The Express. — London, England, 1847-12-30 00:00:00

' of al address in my behalf to her bbitstr a pti,n e Wit' reference to the see of Hereford, wlich will newt, the appointment of which it k i ndsed is finally settled, and that several trucla, Maiothens yourself, have commenced • collection to that document. I trust you will aisl es that such demonstrations of kind feeling_ WO' svpd • d e that my bumble efforts for the public at t hi s place and the promotion of the real and flaaate objects with which, in my official station, I am ye appreciated in such a manner--are not coldly Agit gra ed —they are acutely felt. But I must not forget ;IA WI at this time placed in a position of no little deli aty, if not of difficulty ; and I cannot hesitate to say that a is/ duty to request that my friends will oblige me by n i nes it to the decision of others whose province it Is to e g o., and to the will of God, what may be my fate. I i my euter into particulars. I must content myself with ....gi n g you, Eli all others who have taken so warm an , t my welfare, to accept my most cordial thanks, and o wners Met I am eaceediogly cheered and encouraged by, ,unces sincerely grateful for, this proof of their esteem no motives.—l remain, dear sir, your faithful ser ial, Joss MiIIBWETIt Tits m o rning Chronicle, on the authority of a " London bom b a st," puts the matter in a stronger light : —" Blighted bps aed disappointed ambition," rays our contemporary, o e s it the bottom of the business. When Dr. Merewether se .... in i n seuely offends the premier, breaks with the crown, precludes himself from that which might otherwise tee hem his lot,' it is simply a case of ' sour grapes.' We gre sasb l e d to state distinctly that the Doan of Here erg memorialised the Queen to give him the vacant tiesprie—that the Queen referred his suit to the Prime gisister—and that the Prime Minister's rejection of the le a solicitation was what first provoked the late daorpsous expression of eeltsacrificing heroism. It is no a rt erejecture, but an actual fact, that Dean Merewether n , aiseppointed suitor for promotion before he came out n the dander of saint and martyr. Before ' precluding himself from that which might otherwise have been his lot,' i n bad dons his very best to make sure of that particular called Bishopric of Hereford,' and bad most un siontisably discovered that he etas `precluded' already. prt~s Ta iping for conscience sake all prospect of royal and mitred honours, the good man had tried very =7:the particular mitre that lay nearest him, and made abed Winer of it." and sonildeat that th ey WOW not be backward in =Ss oh the Mama emealem After ems general re . mem do mil Maims, eg the principles' monopoly, he went on to say that they let row an oppeetanity of re leasing themselves flea_ na minmeim nailer which they had for many yeses kismet Oa the lith of No vember last a lad ladled ea the vie. try upon the ci s jell nader smisidelegiam, and a resolution was then agreed epos, meddles the Western Gas-light Company to lay down their ipse - lap the parish. The parochial committee, however, ronsideretibeemations contained in the resolution under which the permission was granted of too stringent a character, and on the representa tion of that committee a special meeting was sawed, when it was agreed that the report upon the subjeet abseil be re considered. Such wss the state of affairs at patient. The Chairman then went on to remark upon the expediency of allowing the Western Company to supply the gas to the parish, by which, he maintained, a saving of 40 per cent. mead be effected by the consumers. In answer to a question from a gentleman present, the Chairman expressed hie bad that the Western Company would not mumps with ray other company in the event liking permitted te r = a be parish. Mr. Kaxwell that moved the following 71st ilthreeet is ef gilt that emigellass la the ;apply ot pa vill be a greet km& to the falai, ad iiinesby akin as Mir- MIS arse ad Ingelleter alludeet wen i this yarn thawkw nor frelatlale bat Italy mesa Or at et. May say web the Weleini WA Cianessy weave ashy o de betne , the WO eopartme proped aware to suet the pradosnaide of the r at ats-men weds. gas 03011011111. eel cannot in any way be ne iii rue to w ad ~ In support of the resolution he contended in strong terms against the principle of allowing any body of men elected by the parishioners to prevent them from availing themselves of any advantage' held out to them by competi tion. Al a general rule he considered it could not be doubted that the officers of all monopolies were overbearing, insolent, awl tyrannical, and he saw no reason why the peo ple of Marylebone should not rid themselves of the injurious effects attendant upon the system. He concluded by describing the benefits which would result from the intro. duction of a second gas company into the parish, in procur ing for the parishioners a eupply of gas at • cheaper rate.—Mr. Heligher seconded the resolution, which was further supported by Mr. Cooper. The latter gentle man said he was not a gas consume, and the reason was that he was determined not to use the article while the monopoly exiated.—Mr. Mitchell, while sup porting the principle of the resolution, considered that the pariah should not make any arrangement with th e Western or any other company, unless with a proviso that the gas should be supplied at a less coat.—After an irregular dis cussion upon the subject, the resolution was carried without diwent.—After some observation, from Mr. Richardson, a gentleman connected with the Imperial Company, in refer ence to certain reflections which had been cast upon that company in the course of the proceedings, Mr. C. Cochrane moved a resolution to the effect that the resolution which had beenforwarded paned should he to th e vestry, and a deputatio n appointed for that purpose. He considered it necessary that the parishioners should keep a careful watch upon the amount of power which they allowed to rest in public companies, who frequently misused such power . He considered that they had a right to make the proposed experiment, and he be lieved the present to be a favourable season for laying down the pipes, on aecouut of the amount of traffic being lees than at other times.—Mr. Biggs seconded the resolution, which was also carried. The appointment of the deputation, and the usual complimentary vote to the chairman, terminated the proceedings. SUSPENSION OF A PARISH SURGEON.—Testerday at the weekly meeting of the board of guardians of St. Luke, Chelsea, held in the board-room of the workhouse, Arthur street, King's-road, Mr. J. B. Ryder in the chair, to take into consideration the following motion, of which notice was given at the last meeting by Mr. Ryder, via.:—" To lay before the board the case of Mrs. Thereby and Mrs. Rodd, of No. 9, Wickham-place, Oakhamplace, Chelsea, who have grievously complained that Mrs. Killpatrick, new dead, daughter of the former, and sister-in-law el the latter, for whom a medical order on Mr. Warder had been given, had not been at all attended to by that gentleman, but by his assistant, Mr. denary, and not even by him for two days previous to bar dealt," the following communications from the pooPkw bead, airing to the suspension of Mr. Warder a tortsdght dose, wen _. ear,—cam dialed by the Temenr Hand to slate Me they ban Ml =Yr serkbootin as raped et Mr. Mal, Parka baps*, en Ike embark az. Wor; care to Or prod Ilta l =„ e g ag adeli be Ire Ma' MA period. Tbs to an de the Iniereast of ths Cersias ealseed wry el s lele rash they lea eilenniet to s tarike re Oa saki The bred ire Wok as akar waft of Merbeal male In thk saw s; sod knot tbst Ike aka& eaten erresped by to.. to Mr. Wender will More Ms Mein MO- Anse *eh the ails at lhe garriere. Ms Mat see et *Won deet tbs emperion et Mr. Warder dwell LI 2 . l e ntlhat be drat be arra to rem@ at dales at Me sass. ) W. O. i l a tr, l —"fle Pri AmEi rk i = e —b rusiTe d d l e s ed lift. W er report on the 'West Otto arum l ure ad* des geNraire of K. Luke, =bre Ira Ss Meelarge ef year Wise es filikerrir W leseortre eat Oakes drearlare Was are to be Inc a le lair the pray of mewl tar sir bat they duke terabit pa Oat • leettplibei deseranes o wsa l P ga lasi eri pager wane of Or prrilkne, is a pat at TM air of • re el aim ; red dry MI pN—isl est tak TM be duly atteedal be by Waters. The Bari of Guardians Om pried a resolution removing the enspendee, and reinetadeg Mr. Warder—Mr. Ryder having sada the chair, weak was taken by Mi. O. Chan cellor, brat forward his announced motion, as given above ; with mud to which Mr. Warder explained that at the time referred to in the charge, so exemeivewaa the de mand for medical assistance, owing to the influenza, that it was impossible for any medical man to attend all of either his private or other patients. He trusted that the explana tion be had given would satisfy the board, and he would as sure them that in future, as Mr. Guidry was now duly qualified, and on the point of becoming a partner, there would be no more cause for complaint.—After some further discussion it was resolved, " That Mr. Warder having ex plained that the extent of disease existing in his district in the parish prevented him personally attending the case in question, this board were satisfied with his explanation."— The bo ard then proceeded with other business, after which they adjourned. SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.—A special gene ral meeting ado proprietors of this cempany was held yes terday at their dikes, 19, Bidtgorgalselmet, when the fol lowing report wee submitted and ressimi : la air le • Oreeneb adonarillne el Os sears the darks hays la raw In eartosing Or Irma mesa& end le eidasabse ft desk esaddireden as eapetlasee a impleader • Orbs piffles a the debenbere Eat, It me be : er . 4: ria art Mrcaeca et rear as ragary amble st sleek, batalling be n oway Seised rarest eau; nisi a dasares; and 12,8001. as tbe bra asks Mad In lair the set id as nil 7 Victor* the have aver Is Tare • MODAL d 550,0001 ea debrieres; Ike rad say of this lea pot Mad; and le.MM. 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Set the Wart 1 per s i z si ttirepard Y be Si to des pima prepiletors ales ma be te teas their t, MIL, ad, ar any What meat a t the irk sr® ewers wry Itels, if at Si, be reduelka c/The llissi diet. mead kid a Ike mad sat st Os essgery; se • It ad, le • seeidor• ales= . 44 b e senarbansed by dr Nooks st the gem nraer- alb Mr a *a datenams; red *Mbar, that the openMe by pert' rade. Or propeelentelide theberevad onkel brew N. ire ezg o st a alla - tram as flearki pel itdon ot the=iy, and Imes= dr bide* sates of s eleat Boor tew of ihe popish= parent were et mOdm that i l it would be better not to preclude those rat adeht advance their money now at 6 per cent. from all Mars participation in a higher rate of interest should it arks, bat to limit the payment of 6 per cent. to a certain period, to which the clubman (Col. Barlow) replied that all attempts by railway and other companies to guarantee 6 per rant. for 10 years bed failed, and therefore the elirectors had come to the eneteiea of proposing it in perpetuity, as holding est to gamma what, in their estimation, was the greMmt ely, a meleinty. Aftez u :4ll deal at general eamereation on the edged the romintims sure u rrersd end umenimendy adopted : dew ft the easeasse se Iles zwitsasaawalway rare Ise, eta hear pram ef medebt, It Is azgrant to sale a sem ase ; w i ser wthil at MAK aufteeket le be ws = "ll 2 2. asa Was elk art MTN. by thseremba eta Whet NOWmen at the rid mood at Meal, llot • sea ot era 70,10111. be aria sod bead by ths dinars ; orb shah toloi2 aid le a unreeled lad Mimeo se defiled et 6 preset persona in PeMennit, ribe NM Inparaeser ti Cer le sr/ Main Itsof pro. gange d tbe alder a as desk el as aSeir. may. ce err MYR Mak Medi map hareshor be trested. nafthis seakbe alindreemblyie the Milers et the am& tal or )oft *it et the emmary,sed thee the darer 001 they ars bray endtertia Is raw as essereiry kr :V:irk ear le the sa? reads as et pip dr blamer of ad law ell the they way data samexery kr eraptep oast are rerbelair Maar diadem he, and Soy ere brayerbseind Nallepene d ma pardon ti.=l at Or Now de* now seataked to be rare, am dude Net be - ly dr preplaless et la make okidtoes a e r ies and sada arli time warm as es Y; r i se OW 01111111 8".11, 7016 0 Istemile of the eassuary. A vote of thanks to the directors terminalled the pro ceedin THE gs . SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND Till PAitietit OP Lan eirru.—A. question of considerable importance both to railway companies and to the public in general is about to be submittal to the decision of a court of equity : The London and South Western Railway Com pany, in constructing their extension lies from the Nine Elms station to the Ysirk-road, have had to erect bridges over several intersecting thoroughkres ; amongst them is that now in coarse of construction over Church street, 65 fest wide, leading from the Kennington-road to Lambeth-stairs. Before commencing the works the company submitted two different plans of the lord bridge to the surveyors of always, one out of a wide central arch, with two arches for foot peasengera, the other of two arches of equal width, "up ' by a entetantial brick pier in the m iddle of the ; a shied plan was also submitted, consist ing of a single arch, to be etietained by ken columns, which COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY. The annual dinner of this useful charity took plies lettuday evening, at the London Coffee house, Lod tiewhill. At six o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor sob tee chair, supported right and left by the sheriffs, Sir xerehall, Dlr. Barnard, and about one hundred gentle aim Oa the removal of the cloth the customary loyal ids were given and responded to; after which RE C. MIJOINALL propo.ed the " Health of the Right Sm. the Lord Mayor." He eulogise his lordship so a man one nedy to act than to speak, and also as one who had Essieed, and evinced by his coming that evening, a warm Mont is the prosperity of the Commercial Travellers' suety. The toast having been received with the loudest Th aeli ttaD bIATOR, in returning his KIM thanks, said ha bed felt it a duty to respond to the invitation did the moiety had been kind enough to forward to him. Seam with the commercial travellers on that day had bead past of the duties of the mayoralty for many years, ad be trusted it would do so for many years to come. Isen hem) The society ever which he had that day the Imes is meld., had existed for nearly fifty yean, and on kolas mar Its accounts he found that during that time it • eammded 80,0001. in the relief of deserving objects. The relieved had, in their prosperity, subscribed and for that :investment they had, us the time of ' and adversity, received back 80,0001. (Hear, hear.) lady web a result, without any words from him, was lib =Selma to attract members to the !society. (Hear.) Bs aged cm their list of few 134 pawns, 23 ▪ Aim had reachad an avenge parasol of 80 years, 85 is swigs 0(70 you% end 28 ea smogs of SO years. Did IMAM speak loudly for the utility of the society ? When bey considered the nature of the commercial traveller's on. wiatim, and the wear and tear his constitution had to un- Ilem it was fearful to think that in advanced life he should is Mt without any friend to fly to in case of sickness or do lmas& The present society offered him help under esbmbeumatencee, and therefore it was his bounden duty to Meats to its funds in the days of his prosperity. (Hear, Ism) His lordship having alluded to a kindred institution Ali had recently raised 2,0001. for charitable purposes, minded by again thanking the company for drinking Ids bid& The ant tad wee " The Sheriffe."—Mr. Sheriff HILL 1111011 d TheOZD MAYOR gave " Sir C. Marshall and the Cons ortial Travellees' Society." Sir C. Msaansta, returned thanks, and gave an cum minx account of the prosperity of the society. There was 10,0001. of untouched capital at the bankers', a further ba lance of 1,90 W., and a legacy which had lately fallen in of M. With this fund they could get on, even if the sub ariptions should fall off during the present year. 1549 scald be their fiftieth year, when he trusted that all present, ad a great many more, would attend their jubilee, which M expected would completelyresuseitate the society. (Hear, kar.) He urged the advantages of the society upon the prongei members present, and having thanked the company, an down amid much cheering. The next and concluding toasts were "The bankers, Mews. Barnard, Diamdele, and C 0.," and "Mr. Thomas Chapman," late proprietor of the Globe, and the fouader of society, In proposing the toast, Sir C. Marshall read a 'liter from the present proprietors of the Globe, enclosing a donation of 501. The subscriptions received during the present year were announced by the treasurer to have ruched the sum of 4001. ROVli, PRESENT.—The stammer which left South ampton on Sunday for Lisbon, has conveyed a package to tke Portuguese capital, in charge of an official deputed by Ike Portuguese embaary in London, being a present from the 4681t11 of the Belgians to the Queen of Portugal. We be hen that the eontects of the package consisted of some articles of personal and ornamental apparel, not of a very valuable character. _ PRESENT OF A STEAMER TO THE PACHA OF lowr—Some anxiety has been felt respecting the fete of the beautiful little steamer, called the Marchioness of ireedalbene, which the Peninsular Company have sant eat at a present to the Pasha of Egypt. Several commanders declined tempting offers to take her out to Alexandria, on monad her small nee and the fearful state of weather. Captain White, however, late of the South Western Com pany, undertook to convey her out, and the Hindostan konght home intelligence of the Marchioness of Breadal rne having arrived safely at Malta, and that she had left rat port for Egypt on the 13th last. DECREASE OF MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. —The ravages of disease are rapidly subsiding. The frac-general's return for the week ending 26th p records 1,247 deaths, which, though 201 above** mew of the corresponding period during the peat eye y• is • decrease of 699 casualties since the previous we mei as fewer than 1,169 leas than the number of dasdistsearthil kt the week ending December 11. The infirm= easy be mai to have disappeared ; dresses of the lams mei ear= of respiration having proved fatal during the pest week fa Ave more than the average number of cases—namely, in 391 ; the average being 333. During the week which ended on the 18th instant, the number of persons who died ?roes those tares was 667. • OFFICIAL PAYMENTS. The revenue tittle:widen having had under consideration a report from one of the mashers of the board, who has recently inspected certain of the ont-porta, in which he has suggested the expediency of the extra inferior officers being permitted to remove their payments weekly, the board hare concurred with this mg and have expressed their wish that such officers should be paid upon the usual day pay-bills, and that credit mat be taken every week for the payments, without a special application to the board in each instance ; and orders lava been issued to the collectors and comptrollers at the several ports throughout the kingdom to govern themselves amordingly in future, observing that the monthly return of the parties employed is to be transmitted as at present, in ceder that the board may be informed of the extent and ne cessity for such employment, and give any directions which they may consider expedient to issue thereon. fitairr OF RAILWAY ACCOLINTS.—AMongW, the Parliamentary papers Isaaad on Tuesday was Lord Monteriglee bill to provide far a more effectual audit of railway accounts certain cam. The fret claim empovren shareholders to call on the directors to submit the balance-sheet for the exa mination and report of a special auditor ; it also describes who are to be considered 111 shareholders. The second clause is the copy of the remisition of the shareholders to be trans mitted to the commissioners of railways, who are to ap point auditors under this bill. The third clause states what are the duties of the auditor so appointed : he is to have full power to inspect and examine the accounts kept by every railway company whose proceedings he has to in vestigate; of the various sums rewired or expended on account of their company, either by the directors or perms' employed b 7 them, and on other matters and things for which such investigation takes place ; he is also empowered to call for any vouchers or other evidence he may deem De °marl ; and also to examine into all matters as touching the balanceekteet of each company, for the purism of report his views as to the profit or lest which may have arisen lathe tramectioos of the company in the course of the period to which each balance-sheet relates. The fourth clause directs be auditor to prepare his report in duplicate, one of which is to be transmitted to the company and the other to the railway commissioners. The next clause enacts that the re port shall be laid before the next ordinary meeting of such railway company, and shall be open to the iespection of the ihanholders of such company. THY NIIRFIELD MURDEILS.--RESPITE OF M'CABL —ln couquence of a:communication made by Yr. Justice Paulen, relative to the case of Michael M'Cabe, now under sentence of death in York Castle for murder, the Secretary of State has advised the Queen to respite the primmer. * A BT - LOTTERIES.—It appears, from a statement in the Ara Uaion Jolene/ that legal proceedings have been imitated to arrest the progress of art-lotteries ; writs having hem limed for penalties in the form of actions for debt and cork Tat PALISH 07 MARYLEBONE AND THE GAB Conraxlxa.—A public meeting of parishioners of Maryle boot wu held last evening, at the Literary and Monti& lanitalen, Edwards -street, Portmansquare, to take mae- Nrat with reference to the present monopoly enjoyed by the ;retrial Gas Company in supplying the pariah with Beason was called to th e chair, and a introdueing the "...feet to the meeting observed that the principle if free &petition was now universally The people of 4,2 7kf10ns had always fearlessly their interests, THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1847. t however wu resisted by Mr. Locke, the company's engineer, who declared that he would not be answerable for its safety. The surveyors of the highways ultimately assented to the erection of the bridge with a central pier, and the work was forthwith commenced. The inks bitante then assembled in vestry, end formally pro tested against the construction of any bridge supported by a central pier, and a deputation wu appointed for the purpose of inducing the railway company to adapt some de sign of a less objectionable character. The directors, how ever, relying upon the power given by their extension act, declined making any alteration from the plan, and the works proceeded. Another vestry meeting was held, pre sided over by the Rector, Rev. C. B. Dalton, at which meo lotions were passed authorising the churchwardens to take means for preventing the completion of the objectionable bridge, either by application to the Court of Chancery for an injunction, by an indictment for a nuisance, or such other eouree as they might be advised. The churchwardens sug gested that they had no funds at their disposal for such pur pose, and declared that they would not incur any individual responsibility. The threatened opposition on the part of the parish, in its official capacity, has consequently fallen to the ground, but a public subscription bee been set on foot for the purpose of trying the question, either in a court of law or of equity. BIRDCAGE-WALK.—Among the many improve ments lately effected in various parts of the metropolis, with regard to the paving of footpaths and other additions of a like description, few are more worthy of commendation, and likely to meet with more general approbation than the paving with flag-stone of the footpath the entire distance from Storey's-gate, at the west end of George-street, West- minster, to Buckingham-gate, in immediate proximity to the I Palace, anti long known by the name of the Birdcage-walk. Until now it was almost imputable at this season of the year, frcm the softness of the soil and the accumulation of mud which was suffered to collect and remain on the path, which was the more surprising, considering it is the highway from the Palace and the improved neighbourhood of Fina -1 tiro to the houses of parliament and the law courts at West minster. This walk is perhaps nearly half a mile in length, and the expellee incurred in thus laying it with pavement along tae entire distance, must have been very considerable. Although on the outside of St. James spark, it is, strictly speaking, a portion of that enclosure, and, there , fore, the sole cost must have been borne, we presume, by the department of Woods and Forests, to which branch of the executive the public are lately indebted for many improve runts and additions lately in the parks of the metropolis.— Evening paper. BRICK-MAXING.—We inspected yesterday, at SS, South Molton-street, the model of a machine, patented by M. Legros, for the moulding of bricks, tiles, and other plastic articles. The mechanism is extremely simple, and, Si near as we could judge, likely to effect the objects in view --superior quality of products, great economy, and ex tension in production. The clay is put into a receiver on one portion of a railroad constructed for the purpose, and, by means of pistons, an inclined plane, and other machinery, comes out at the end of the line a perfect brick, which is carried on its original truck to the drying-place, and there made fit for building purposes. It is stated by the patentee, that where the meuldirig of 1,000,000 bricks of the kind costs 3121. 108., his machine, for the same sum, will produce 3,303,000 bricks, at the rate of 40,000 a day. Scorrisll SQUARE MEASTIRE.—A public dinner in Edinburgh had dwindled away to two guests, an English man and • Highland gentleman, who were each trying to prove the superiority of their native countries. Of course, at an argument of this kind, a Scotchman possesses, from constant practice, overwhelming advantage*. The High lander's logic was so good that he beat his opponent on every point : at last the Englishman put a poser. " You will," he said, " at least admit that England is larger in extent than Scotland ?" " Certainly not," was the confident reply. " You see, Sr, ours is a mountainous, yours is a flat country. Now, if all our hills were rolled oul fiat, we should heat you by hundreds of square miles."—Family Jo: Miller, a Drawing-room Jul-book. STURDY BEGGlNG.—Sir,—There are few evils or abuses which do not in turn come under the notice of your paper. May I beg your attention to the following short statement, of one instance among a hundred, of a daily-re curring evil :—I was this morning accosted by a stout hearty-looking man, who carried in his arms a poor sick child—a boy, about nine years old. The man told me he was compelled to beg for his livelihood. The sick boy was ill from the effect of measles, and he did not know what to do with him and two more children, who had both had the same complaint. On my renion.strating with the man on the mushy of exposing a child, already ill from the effects of greasles, to a cutting north-east wind, which had numbed the poor boy's uncovered limbs, the so-called father replied : " Ili do not take him out with me, people say .• strong hearty man like you ought to work for your living." Of mune, further remonstrance in this case was useless, but by calling attention to the great quantity of suffering in flicted on helpless children by the persons who, generally speaking, hire them for the purpose of begging, some remedy sup be found to check this terrible barbarity. I believe that few persons who are waits would hesitate to assist in any effective measure for this purpose—Yours, he., D. CHRISTMAS WAlTS.—Numerous tradesmen waiting for their accounts, as they have all a " little bill" waiting to be taken up.—Numerous persons waiting several days in the Post-office at Manchester, to get a small money-order cashed. —The pedestal in Trafalgar-etkuare waiting for a statue. — The Spanish bondholders waiting for a dividend.—The Irish waiting for John O'Connell to die on the floor of the House of Commons.—The monster house atthe Albert-gate waiting for a tenant —The subscribers to the Art-Union waiting for their engravings.—The marble arch at Buckingham Palace waiting for a actuation.—Leopold waiting forhis wife's dowry from LOUIS , Philippe.—England waiting for justice from Ire land.—And—the greatest wait of all—the printer's devil waiting for copy. — Punk. THE INCOME TAX AND THE COLONIES.—Sir, — Observing that you are beginning to direct attention to the details of the income tax, I beg to call to your I remembrance the hardship of forcing officers in the colonies to pay it, who are debarred from all the so-called compensating benefits of the new tariff which accompanied its imposition; and, not only so. but obliged to pay, as in my own cue, heavy colonial duties on all English articles im ported. For instance, if I order out a piece of rod cloth to make into jackets, I have to pay the colony an ad valorem duty of I per cent. upon it, and so on of nearly everything else ; end while out of my scanty pay 3 per cent. is deducted, the well-paid " members of council,' and other civilians around me, pay not a penny. Surely, when officers are sent le serve abroad, they ought to be exempted from an English femme tax, and not singled out SI a class for its infliction.— EraIIL ETTE. It is net my lamed= to poem% in any way, against • pardon elite masa remorse, belegemployed In perfecting the halltleetkas et ear emiperte, bat simply to express my regret that the preememl, sr real, argedheasy of this being at come sereeigli•bed shed* be Brae the mew of reviving national prejudices, whisk am, ahri gre arhatlhily =U we saway. It is "Meat tuns in g Dover, Rams's* &a., es a reason the eventuality of a war with that reentry will pro ceed with the fortifications of Hams, maid by the chambers, but the commencement of which bases yet been deferred by the government; and that Boulogne, Calais, and Dunkirk, which are excellent harbours the trading puniness, but almost devoid of fortifications, will necessarily be defended by extensive and costly works ; and if we see extensive forti fications constructed on our aide with satisfaction, so tending to increase the difficulties cif war, and thereby indirectly en suring peace, it is hard to see on what grounds we can object to their oonstruction by others who may allege the same mason, and quote the example shown by us as an apology for pursuing • similar course. At the same time, if it is considered by those competent to judge of such matters, that the fortification of our seaports would obviate the risk of attack, were • war unfortunately to spring up, and by giving an additional security to the trade of the country promote the well-being of the community at large, the question becomes one merely of expense, and can only be looked at in that light by the legislature. But it is very important to remark, that • feeling of jea lousy and dislike to England is far from being as general or deep seated in France as has been need ; and were it not that the contrary is • notorious fact, the assumption of it in the letters to which I allude might be made the ground of the imputation el a similar spirit here towards our French neighbours. In the last few years the increase of trade and industry in France has been very great; and the trading Blesses are daily increasing in number, and becoming more aware of their true interest.. An extensive agitation has prevailed in that country in favour of free trade. A reject of a new tariff, presented to the chambers has given rise to petitions from all quarters for reductions on the various customs duties imposed at the present moment, and a report on the proposed tariff by a well-known protectionist deputy has been met by comments favourable to a gradual and progressive reduction of duties and opposed to his own restricted views from by far the greater pertionof the French press; although • portion of your Paris contenspormia, who, let me add e passant, are much oftener quoted here thth their brethren upholding more enlightened simian this particular question, still con tinue to write in that conventional spirit of exclusion and jea lousy which has come down from the time of Napoleon ; the tempers and minds of the middle classes are gradually under going a change, and their interests, which are those of peace and order, must eventually take the lead both of thine ofthe highest when opposed to the general good, and of the prejudices of the uneducated lower classes, many of whom have no idea , of Englishmen but that derived from relatives who served in the military and naval forces during the last war. Any political reforms that may be realised in France can only have the effect of increasing the influence of this Chili, and I the various political banquets that have recently taken place in that country, if they prove the existence of strong opi nions, at lean show that the expression of those opinions has not been made in an unconstitutional form, and the pa sibility of their being effected without any violent change. The trade between England and France has increased since 1830 in a manner almost without precedent, considering its extent and the shortness of the period under con sideration; it gives employment to , • very great number of British vessels, and from the proximity of the two than tries is in a great measure exempt from those sudden fluctu ations which affect commercial intercourse with more distant regions. By the completion of the railway from . Boulogne to Paris that capital is brought within a 12 hours' journey of London, and the expense of travelling between the capitals is reduced to one-half of what it was before the introduction of railways. The same cause will greatly facilitate the con veyance of goods between the two countries; and it is only a few days since yea had to chronicle the establishment of two poets a day between England and France, one of which will convey letters from London to Paris in 144 hours. Must not all this lead to a still greater personal in tercourse and increased trade between the two countries, and tend to make their interests gradually assimilate ? When I express an opinion that a war between them is every year less likely, it is not only because, in the progress of time, people are becoming more enlightened than they were in former ages, but because I believe they are learning more justly to e stim ate their true interests. That an increased intercom's@ between the countries cannot fail to produce kindly fading I', I think, not to be doubted : and I am strengthened in the opinions I have expressed by finding them participated by Mr. Cobden, whose name is sufficient to command respect and attention to anything proceeding from him—by the most eminent statesmen in this and foreign countries, among the latter of whom let me mention the Due de Broglie, and Mr. Bancroft—and by you yourself, sir, who, I have no doubt, will more logically and eloquently than I can pretend to do defend that which you believe to be correct. _ . In conclusion, let me repeat that I have no desire to say anything against the establishment of defences the construc tion of which is deemed mummy by those competent to judge of such matters, but only to animadvert on the spirit of the observations which have accompanied remarks on the expediency of such defences in many of your daily oontem poraries.—Z. INQUESTS, YESTERDAT.—StIDDEN DEATH OP A STOCILBROXER.—Before Mr. Payne, at the Jamaica Cof fee-house, Cordial, relative to the death of Mr. Anthony Collin Gill, aged 53, a stockbroker. Mr. B. W. Boulton, aooountant, Leipsio-grove, Camberwell, said that en Tuesday afterneon, about four o'clock, he was at the George and Vulture Tavern, when the deceased, whom he had known many years, came in, complaining he was unwell, took some brandy, and sat down, when his head fell back. He was supported, and a surgeon was sent for, but before he arrived deceased heaved a few sighs and soon after expired. The brother of the deceased said that deceased had been unwell for several week", and complained of his chest and heart. He was of very abstentious habits.—Mr. T. T. Edinborough, surgeon, said that he was called to see the deceased, whom he found pelages.. Death was probably the effect of some disease of the heart —Verdict, " Natural death."— Flits IN Ducar-LANE.—Before Mr. G. J. Mills, at the Brown Bear, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, as to the death of Clara Chalcroft, aged three, who was burnt in the recent fire which occurred at No. 2, Drury-lane.—Ann Banyan said that on Sunday afternoon Mrs. Chalcroft went oat with her for a short time, leaving the deceased and anether child in bed asleep. Mrs. Chalcroft locked the door, and left the key with a person in the house. They returned soon after weeds, and found the place on fire, and the deceased with every article of clothing burnt off and quite dead. The body was burned as black as a coal. The other child, about four months old, was found in the bed, which was on fire. It was got out by Mrs. Chalcroft uninjured. When they went "asst there was a fire in the room. There was no 9n-guard put bslire the grate. The mother was not absent more than five minutes—The Coroner, aftercenturing the carelessness of the mother of deceased, said he thought that one of the most valu able societies that could be established would be afire-guard in stitution. If a number of the benevolent ladies of the metro polis were to start a society of that sort it would be of incel eatable good. It would meet the cases of mothers who were not provident enough to provide the means for their children's safety.—The summoning officer informed the coroner that three children had been burnt before in the same hour. — The Coroner thought it would be doing a great deal of good if they were to send some one to the Old Bailey as an ex ample to others. The very practice of asking neighbours to take care of children during the absence of their parents was bed.—J. Bell said he lived in the same house, and he knew tbe mother of deceased. On Sunday evening she asked wit her.' daughter to take care of the key of her door, and give It to her husband if he came home. She (the mother) re turned in about half an hour. He gave her the key, and in a few minutes after he smelt fire very strong. He went down stairs and found everything in the room burning.—The jury 'darned a verdict, "That the deceased was found dead in the ream from her clothes taking fire, through the mother leav ing a fire burning without a guard; but the jury believed such fire arose from accident.--AN 11N9APN STRAIII-BOAT PIZ/L.—Before Mr. W. Carter, at the Black Horse, Thames street, Batherhithe, on the body of Edward Wade, aged 27, who was drowned at the Commercial Dock Pier. Deceased, on the evening of Sunday last, reached the Black Horse in a cab, and went over the bridge leading to the pier, and called out to the parties on board the Tonbrulr steam-tug lying off the landing-place, for the purpose of going to his berth on board that vessel. He was heard to call out by the watch on duty, who directly afterwards noticed a splash in the water, but it was so dark that he could see no one. In consequence of the continued splashing drags were brought, but the body was not found until two hours after when life was quite ex tinct. Several of the jury having described to the coroner the dasger of the place, both sides of the line of way being unprotected, instructions were given to the men in charge of the pier to have it protected by chains on each side as soon as possible for the prevention of similar accidents, or that a strong memorial would be sent from the inhabitants to the owner.—The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally drowned." .••• - , -, M...... ,- ' 1l' •••► - -..e--- COAST DEFENCES. Sir,—ln tionbliionviithtliee;iinee my object ii to remark on the j ous and exclusive spirit in whit moat of the letters which kers been addressed to your orestempors ries, relative to our national defences, are worded, and, in. deed, in which their own allusions to the matter have been made, so widely different from the more philosophical and, I believe, more correct views, which you have yourself ex posed. LITERATURE OF THE LOWER ORDERS. Southey—in those good old times when epic poems were printed in imperial quartos, and prosy lucubration' were sent into the world surroundedorith magnificent margins— startled at the idea (then beginning to dawn upon the public and publishing mind) of revolution in the prescribed modes of issue, prophesied that cheap literature would soon drive all sound literature out of the market. Time, however, has proved the poet-historian to have been a Woe prophet. Eco nomy has become an element in bibliopolical lama to an extent that the " gentlemen of the old school" could not even have conceived. The library of the Messrs. Constable, which so alarmed the sticklers for the traditional restriction of knowledge to the wealthier china, instead of being the culmination of cheapness, proved to be only its humble commencement. Com pared with some of the present issues of Mr. Charles Knight and others, enumerated lower down, their admirable series of works was high-priced and popularly inaccessible. But at that time readers were far more limited in number than they are at present. The great masses had not then acquired reading habits, nor perhaps possessed much desire for the pleasures and instructions which those habits are calculated to confer upon their possessors. The account of the gradual develop ment of this desire, and of the means which were successively adopted to meet it, constitutes a curious and not unimportant chapter in our social history. But we cannot enter into it here: our more immediate object is with existing facts • their history belongs to another inquiry. Readers are now inde finitely multiplied and multiplying ; and the first publishers in the trade recognise, and act upon, the policy of looking to an immense circulation at a cheap rate, rather than to a limited one at a high rate. The consequence is, that in ad dition to periodicals of a miscellaneous character—a body of serials on specific subjects, complete and perfect in them selves, have been brought within the reach of moderately contracted means ; forming the nucleus of a new and purer literature for the lower orders. To the works already . enumerated se adapted in their general character and topics to this purpose we will add the following: namely, Bohn's Standard Library, Bohn's Anti quarian Library, Bohni Classical Library, Bogue's Euro pean Library, Knight's Monthly Volume, The Parlour Library, The Horne and Colonial Library, and Chambers': Library for Young People. The design both of the Standard Library and the Euro pean Library is to present to the English reader, at the lowest possible price, good, and even in some respects critical, editions of the beat home and foreign writers, got up in a new and elegant form, the text elucidated and illus trated by maps and portraits, printed with good legible type, on serviceable paper, and well bound : in a word, equally well adapted for the cottage fire-side or to be placed at one upon the shelves of the student. Even in an age re markable for economy they are a marvellous in stance of what may be profitably done by Intel. Haynie and enterprise on a large scale. The volumes "beady published, or in the pram, comprise the works of the following amongst ether distinguished writers--namely, Engliah Roscoe, Oakley, Cone, Sheridan, Junius, Robert Hall, &c. French : Outset, Lantartine, Miehelet,2rnet, &c. German: Luther, Goths Schuler, Rank. s &c. Italian: Macchiavelli, Benvenuto Cellini, Lansit. The works contained in thaw series are chiefly historiall--a sign not without its significance as indicating the mound tendencies of the popular tastes: Each volume contains about 500 pages of letter-press ; is furnished with a carefully arranged index • and is ostensibl sold for 3s. 6d. ;..at a doses places is the St rand, am all Lo know, they may, how ever, be purchased for halt a-crowo. The Antiquarian and Classical Libraries—both boned by Mr. Bohn—are equally surprising in their way: they are boned in the same form and sue as the preceding; but being a little more costly in the production, and perhaps not being expected to command so large a sale as their more mis oellaneous com_ peers , have a few additional pence added to the price. Bat, considering the permanent value of the eerie", the care with which they are edited and got up, and their previous inaccessibility to general readere--theee extra pence are • mere trifle. For the production of the Antigua ruus Library, especially, thousands of poor students, in all parts of the empire, will he grateful to the spirited publisher. We do not, however, think his general dengnation a happy sue, because not entirely suggestive of the peculiar and price less treuures which it contain,. This objection will be best understood by the enumeration of some of the principal works which have already enriched it: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, and The Saxon Chronicle, Williams of Maims 's Chronicle of the Kings of England; Awes Life of Ad red, and the various chronicles of Ethaketrd, Aennius, Geo ff rey of Monmouth, and Richard Ciren cester. These are, in fact, an English histarkel li brary, and one of utm osti value. Readers are now wisely re verting to the old chroniclers for their history, indeed of re lying upon the interpretations of emelt partial= as Russ and Lingered. We know of no better 'Say 411 that tendency—now generally lasealut to z= of the people—of returning to the, to army peapelle, men equitable social and political answers* al saint then, than the perusal of that invaluable Idelcaleal relle -The Saxon Chronicle. Amongst the worts is the rale tie the same series are the chronicles of Roger of Weadleser„ Ositte ricus Vitalia, Richard of Devises, Rseharti sb neinef, and De Joineak—and of the Jewellers in the Rely LOA— Mandeville, La Broolniere, Ywandred, sad sass. 1* tats list we regret not to Mad the mare of the amble ea yams Jefrey de Villehardevier--the &rookies d die Om& mad most [amour crusade, fad as d the MIA say aai= cum of warrior-historians. We begie Mr. Saha ea his work in his set ; indeed, ft mull set be eteridered as complete without it. All these wriloon have litherte beta locked up fa the libraries of the lend sod die wealthy— in costly editions, and in the Saxon, Latin, and Norman- French languages—comparatively inaccessible to hundreds of students and utterly beyond the reach of the muss of readers. Now they are made free to all. Every literary and mechanics' institute, every book•club and public library in the empire, ought to place these useful and valuable works upon its shelves. The Classical Library wu not so imperative a desideratum es the foregoing ; but in extent and completeness of design it promises to be no inconsiderable boon to the reader. The poets, philosophers, and historians of Greece and Rome con. 'Chute the bulk of those already announced as in course of preparation—but the last-named are made, and wisely made, the largest number. Knight's Monthly and Weekly Shilling Volumes are too well known to require any particular specitieation here. Not the least liberal of the literary underta king s of Mr. Charles Knight was the projection of that admirable series—not noticed in our last article, because no longer in hie possession. Marvellously cheap as it was, that sense contained several new works of very considerable value ; of which Lewis's learned "History of Philosophy," Professor Long 's " Plu tarch," Dr. Southwood Smith's " Philosophy of Health," may be especially commended. The first of these is, in some respects at least, excellently adapted as a text-book and index of the opinions of the great thinkers of all time ; and its edu cational value is consequently very great. The Parlous. Library couists of a series of original and reprinted novels—each complete and perfect for a shil ling. A good novel is an admirable vehicle for imparting instruction, and for creating the habits of reading and reflec tion ; but it is a perilous instrument in unskilful or unscru pulous hands, and we would counsel Messrs. Simms and M'lntyre to beware of indiscriminate translations from the French. We do not know that we have any fault to suggest in thou which have already appeared: we recognise the care which has been bestowed upon their selection, and shall be glad to see the same judgment continue to preside over the whole series ; in the end the enterprising publishers will and their advantage in it, we are assured. The Home and Colonial Library of Mr. Murray has ac quired a reputation, both in this country and abroad, which makes notice superfluous, and praise almost so. Borrow's Bible in Spain, the Earl of Ellesmere's Sieges of Vienna , fisher's Journals in India, Lord Mahon's Lye. of the Crept Condi, and many other works, not unworthy to rank beside these, have appeared in this Library. There is no better, and very little cheaper, reading than this. Of The Library for Young People, announced by the Messrs. Chambers, only one volume is as yet out—lint that is full of promise. It is written—an original and copyright work—by the literary vetersu Miss Edgeworth, whose in terruption of the long silence which has shut the public out front her chaste and pleasant fancies we hail with intense pleasure. Others from the pens of Madame Ouisot, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Other, Foe, &c., are promi.scl. It will be a library for the nursery—verynicely got up, in the , style of the pretty volumes formerly published by the ' good Mr. Newbery at the corner of St. Paul ' s Churchyard. " All these L ibraries are well adapted to the purposes of public instruction and may be safely recommended to the attention of working men. There may be, and doubtless are, some others well-deserving to be included in the same catalogue, which at the moment escape our memories. But they will readily be found by those who seek for them with a serious purpoes. And, moreover, their number is con stantly on the incruue. IRELAND. Dcstric, Die. 21. The health of the Chanoellor mends apace. Sir Henry Marsh, for the first time since his illness, looks on his gradual recovery as certain. Whether that restoration will enable him to return to the Court of Chancery is not equally certain. After frequent communication with the Poor Law Commission, the Enniekillen guardians have re solved on o at-door relief in money until March next. The allowance far each adult is below the average standard of those districts where ont-door aid is ad ministered—namely, between M. and Is. per week. Fran.--On Sunday evening a fire, which proved very destructive, broke out In a house in Garden-lane, off Francis street, Dublin. The fire originated in consequence of the neglect of a woman, who had incautiously left a candle burning in a room, and which communicated with the fur niture. In a short time, not only the whole house, but those adjoining, were in a blaze, and five habitations were partially consumed. Owing to the early hour at which the fire broke out, a good deal of property wan saved, but seve ral poor persons who occupied apartments in the houses suffered much by having their furniture damaged. Although much confusion prevailed, there was no personal injury sus tained by any one. It was stated that the houses were not insured. ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN TIPPERARY. —NIWPORT, TIPPERARY, Dec. 26.—A most brutal attempt to commit murder was made this morning within about half a mile of this town. The intended victim is sanest respectable man of the name of M'Mahon, a clerk in the employ of Mr. Francis John O'Neill, the extensive merchant of Limerick, who some ' time since took a mill in this neighbourhood, and placed M'Mahon in charge of it, who, it appears, has made enemies for himself by discharging his duties faithfully to his employer. When on his way home this morning from raw, between nine and ten o'clock, and when within a few yards of his own door, while speaking to a woman, he was met by a man armed with a holly stick, loaded at the end for about six inches with lead. Immediately after passing him the man turned round, and struck M'Mahon on the hack of the head with his murderous weapon. The blow knocked him down, and when on the ground he received two ether blows. The woman who had been speaking to M'Mahon called loudly for assistance, which is supposed to have alarmed the assassin, who nut off, leaving M'Mahon weltering in his blood, and insensible. While in this state several people passed by, but it was not for a considerable time, until some of the workmen of the mill came up, that he was car ri ed into his awn house, where he wail immediately sarrounded by his disconsolate wife and four children, who supposed he was dead. The butts of two pistols were seen protruding from the pockets of the ruffian, so that it was evident he was pre pared for mischief. As there were several coming the same road from chapel, there is no doubt, had they wished it, they could have made a prisoner of the assassin ; butso far from doing that, they did not even assist to remove the insensible man to his house As hflishon is • most inoffensive up right man, no onecan account for this diabolical attempt to deprive him of his e." -- Dublin paper. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, Dso. 28. Commercial matters are still very anfavount ile. In addition to the disasters consequent on do failure of the Ayrshire Iron Company, many reties here will lose by an English joint-stock NMI company . Great alarm is also felt ttbout eashange companies, and notices are being pub lished on all hands of the parties who have sold oat. To each an extent has this proceeded, that an advertising agent in Glasgow has a special announce ment, offering to takwharge of getting such intima tions made in the Edinburgh Gazette. The failure of some more shopkeepers and lawyers is spoken of to day. Fay, the shoemaker of Glasgow, who immured his wife untier cirsumstaucr ., of a pe c uliarly disgusting character, has been tried for culiable hornicide - at the winter circuit, and sentenced to transportation for life. This sentence is a practical rebuke to the paltry bail asked by the Glasgow local authorities on the first apprehension of Fay, and also shows the great efficacy of the press m discussing such matters; bat for it the case might have been disposed of by an in ferior court. A report of the trial is given elsewhere. SKIRIFFDOX OF EDINDVILON.—Mr. Alexander Danlop, Mr. John Cowan, Mr. J. T. Gordon, &c,, am all spoken of for this offiee. Mr. Speirs' funeral is to be a public one, and his grave is to be near that of Dr. Chalmers, with whom Ye was on terms of greet intimacy. Lou OP Live AT THB ENT/LAT:CI OP THB TAT.—On Friday morning, about daylight, the schooner Favourite, Capt. Corte, ef Jersey, bound to Newcastle, broke away from her moorings. The wind having died away, and the breakers bang clue ahead, the crew, four in number, left the vowel in the bat without the master, who eta& by the ship, and saw the boat swamp class to the schooner's side, when, melancholy to relate, the whole four mat a watery grave. The master, being uow the only survivor, peeing the perilous situation of the vessel, slipped the cable, and drove pip with the flood tide into the river. . When off the South Ferry, he received the asustance of • pilot-boat, by which the sere wee brought into the dock this morning. Captain Corte was muchhurt by the tiller among the broken sea. . _ A NSW Otis Timm—Abut ten days ago a poacher named Graham was suspected of stealing a gun from a farm near Lauder, and an officer named Dobie was employed to endea vour to trace out the retreat of thi o rposed thief, Dobie resolved to assume the costume of a el., and in thin dis guise he learned some accounts the haunts of Graham, Alter traversing several counties, including those of Lanark, iss Perth, and Fife he at WI introduced to the object of his pursuit in the vicinity of horn with the stolen gun in his pommies. It veer to h ave a night's poaching together, milli with that view Dobie, who alio carried a gun with Mat PrilllONd that they should ask another poacher, who lived in Leghorn, to join in the ex ' canton. Graham oonasated, and they proceeded with the greatest amity to Me village. On Wiring it Dobia wee net long la vaseeing a pease eutolabb, ea which he new kb lisle wee WIMP, and 1M10141.11117 tamed round ea kb opmgenimt end made him yeleener, smiling on the Mime mestabie Mudd ban in milt the Muir gars whirl dieehdee ambd under his m The aserna et. et the latter wee of sense pest, but be reemined bra ony =ye& Dale task ids prisoner with Wm ea beard tie remembeet, to mersey Mu by allehmet Is Ds wish. 00011.1tallb, Nevi fea the mess el his ebeeMerm and exposits( in the mane of the ohms= to me to sew am onsemmeled by having the pm idenlified by the owner. Mae loss cogitating Graben Wild his alleMise to some wafts Awl prise mar the emsere, aid asketl Me gee le here a shot et them. To Ws remit DeMe semplied, sal. ease homMeir t =the mb ieti a liMlC2 aide to gene et the unit. te Mil wadi', look eise i Mei, cad thus ma theses lees the Firth. On the binged Debts demanding why be led dose go, the =ay egad, "Sorely a man our do wi' his am as m; yen 11l me, now I have done yon." Graham is Mal is traslody, bat of ewes he awe be seavieted of stsalisi the pan, es it wee set Mistilei by llos NNW PROVINCIAL. AnnrcrioN.—An erroneous statement has been pub lished ky some of the local papers responding what they were pleased to call an " elopement." The Manchester Guardian says:—" It is an act of justice to the young lady, whose els,- meter is implicated, to state that there is scarcely a syllable of troth in the details that have been given. The fact is, that so far from being an ' elopement,' it was a case of abduction, the young lady being forcibly carried away without the ' slightest knowledge of the intention of those who committed the outrage. The young gentleman in question was not on a visit to the family, but on his return from Cambridge, for the Christmas vacation, in company with a college connexion, rather advanced in years, and who was apparently the adviser and director of his youthful companion. In pass ing through Bolton he called upon the family, but did not see the young lady, and it was concluded that he had proceeded homeward. On the evening of Friday, however, the young lady was induced, by the representations of one of the servants, to go to the garden door, where the youth was wait ing. She was there immediately seised by him with the in tention of Inning her away. In this, however, he failed, owing to the young lady's resistance, and he then called to his companion, and by their united exertions she was forced into a chaise and driven away, not through the town but by a circuitous route, with a view, evidently, of preventing pur suit. The young lady had not even a covering for her head, nor any protection from the inclemency of one of the most stormy nights of the season. It was the intention of the party to go upon the Manchester Railway at the first station out of town, but when they arrived there the young lady attempted to call for assistance, when a handkerchief was placed to her mouth, and the carriage was ordered to be driven forward to Manchester. Considerable time elapsed before any clue could be traced of the route of the fugitives, and it was only ascertained on the return of the chaise by which they were conveyed to Manchester. The young lady's brother and a clergyman immediately proceeded after them, and succeeded in tracing them to the Leigh Arms Hotel, at Newton, where they found the young gentleman, his companion, and the young lady, in a sitting room, waiting the arrival of the next train to the north. The young lady was, of course, imme diately rescued, and it is only due to the character of Mr. Clarke, who keeps the hotel, at Newton, to state, that the appearance of the party having roused his suspicion, a strict watch was kept upon them during the whole time they were in his house. The young gentleman is of a respectable family. and well connected • and it is unquestionable that hie intentions towards the lady were most honourable ; but an outrage like this upon a mere child, who was in total ignorance of the design, can admit of no palliation. On the following day (Saturday) the young gentleman and his com panion were taken into custody, where they remained until the following Monday, when they were brought before the borough magistrates, and finally gave bail in 2001. for their good behaviour for twelve months. ' MORE HIGHWAY ROBBERIES AT LIVERPOOL.— On Monday at noon, u Mr. Frith, of the firm of Mums. Frith and Co., wu driving from his house at Atherton to Liverpool, he was stopped just manacle the borough by bees men, apparently superior to " navvies," who presented to pisl s, desired him to keep silent and deliver his watch and money. Having done so, they ordered him to turn back, whilst they walked towards town. This took place within 200 yards of a gentleman's house. On Tuesday evening, Mr. John Nielson, of the house of Messrs. Daniel and John Nielson, was stopped in a public street (Par liament-street) by three men, and knocked down. He carried a loaded stick, and being a high-spirited young man he got up quickly and made fight. One of the ruffians he disabled with a blow, but the other two dosed on him, and being armed with a knife, tied to a stick and a " cotton hook," they cut and tore his clothes in a dozen places; but he continued to use his stick , and with good effect, for the villains desisted, leaving the marks of their bloody hands on his shirt and collar. Mr. Nielson, though much bruised, and though his hat and coat were cut, fortu nately escaped without a wound. The magistrates met yesterday, and resolved to send out armed patrols. In the mean time the environs of the town are kept in terror by nightly burglaries. On Monday night five fellows, armed with blunderbusses and pistols, entered a gentleman's house near Aintree, and carried off money, jewellery, and apparel. A CEMETERY is abent to be established near Chester. A proposal was in the first instance made to the Marquis of Westminster, to purchase, for the purpose of a burial-place, the piece of land at Hough.green, now used, in part, as a nursery garden, and containing somewhat lees than nine acres. This land seemed to present the most eli gible character for the purpose, as well from its convenience of access from some of the most:populous districts of the city, as from its natural capabilities wit respect to the ferns, and position, and quality of the ground ; and the result of a survey of the land has been to confirm entirely the view of the committee, and to establish the eligibility of the site. The Marquis of Westminster at once met the views of the committee in the most liberal manner ' • agreed to sell the land and the houses thereon for 1,0001., toeing considerably lees than the real value, and to receive the amount in shares in the company. A RICH BEGGAIL—Many of our readers (says the LiverpoolJourrus4) who reside in Chester, or who frequently visit the ancient city, will no doubt recollect an old woman, apparently paralytic, who was generally to be seen begging in the streets. She was dressed in a tagged blue coat, and wore a man's hat, that had doubtless weathered many a storm. Her name is Ann Price. She is of Welsh descent, and it is said is the grand-daughter of a clergyman. Her age was somewhere about threescore years and ten. She had pursued her calling in Chester for nearly twenty years past. On Monday she was found in the street, having fallen in a fit of apoplexy. She was immediately removed to the workhouse. The officials proceeded to the house in which she bad lived, or rather existed. Upon an entrance being effected, a scene presented itself almost beyond description. The lower room was completely filled with rags, bones, broken furniture, crockery, and filth. in some pillow-cases, on which it is oonjeetured she laid her head at nights, were discovered sums of money, the greater portion in sovereigns of the pre sent reign, which do not appear to have been at all used, to the amount of 2201. ' • in addition to which it has been dieco rued that she had had, for several years, 1001. to her credit in the bank of ?deem. Lloyd, of Wrexham, the interest of I which she had received regularly every thr ee years. She is still in the workhouse, on a comfortable bed, fed on the fat of the land, little dreaming that it is at her own expense. _ NOTMOH.AIIfiFIIRE. _ _ SUPPOSED MURDEROTA RAILWAY CLERH.—OS Wednesday last, a clerk in the goods department of the Mid land Railway, stationed at Nottingham, named James Wil liam Walker, left hie home, and has no t since been heard of. A variety of conjectures are afloat on the subject, some sup ' peeing that his absence may be attributed to kidnapping, others to murder, while others conjecture a suicidal act; and we (Nottinghamshire Guardian) believe the canal and rivers in the neighbourhood are now being dragged to discover the body. Walker was formerly clerk with Mr. Sanders, Derby, and afterwards with Messrs. Tunley and Hodson, of that tows ; from thence he came to Messrs. Hunt, oeNotting ham, and became servant to the Midland Company on the Ist of Sept. Latterly his spirits and health have suffered from over-exertion and anxiety in his situation. He had cashed a noto at one of the banks the day previous to being missed of the amount of 1001., which he received in Leicester and Derby bank notes, and which sum he is believed to have had about his person when mining: and we have heard that in tke drawer in his office was found a sum amounting to about 1501. A bottle was discovered in a private drawer, that contained a few drops of laudanum. The general opinion in the neighbourhood is that he his been murdered. LINCOLNSHIRE. THE KTRTON LINDSEY MURDER.—The young man named Joseph Travis, who his been committed for the mur der of his companion, Copeman, was exceedingly violent when taken to prison, and =de an effort to destroy himself, saying, that " Cooeman wee gone, and he would follow him before morning!' He was, however, overpowered by the constables. and everything was removed that could be employed to destroy life. The clothes he wore on the night of the m., rdet which were at first miming, have been found, and blood marks have been discovered upon them. WAR THE BIRMINGHAM ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY held their annual meeting last week, when Mr. Joseph Sturge read the report, which expressed the matured belief of the committee that the days of slavery in the United States are numbered. The effect of the war with Mexico had been ta awaken public attention to the encreachments of the slave power; it had swelled the ?sake of the abolitionists, and possibly it might be the mesas of bringing slavery itself to an end. The legislative assemblies of New York, l'ennsyl vania, Massachusetts, and other states had strongly con demned the war, and protested against the further extensise of slavery. The subject of slavery was not now interdicted in the Hall of Congress or the Senate House, but was freely debated there. An anti- s lavery newspaper, conducted with great ability, has been established at Washington, and has now a wide circulation, and there are upwards of forty other newspaper devoted to the anti-slavery cause in different parts of the states. The churches too are gradually, though alowly,worldng themselves clear of the anormonsevil of slavery. In France the fruit of antislavery efforts had begun to appear. Petitions from numerous cities and towns, praying for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery, had engaged the attention of the Chambas of Peso and Deputies. In the former the discussion was unsatiethotory in its character and result ; but in the latter, after two days el earnest de bate, the petitions were ordered to be thrually Mid before the President of the Council and • the Mthkgrere of Marine and Justice. The government of the Netbadaak though the consequences in a ilawasiel point of view, ad mitted the principles 'Onetime, lewdly, and religion required the abolition of slavery. Amongst the most recent events oonaethei with the anti-slavery cause we that tits Pas of Swedes bad abolished slavery in the island of fit Bruce, the asly slave colcay in his dominions. nth prreemsat sad legislature of Den mark had dined thei the gaol abolition of slavery in the colonial beleaaisa is thee emery shall take place in 1869. It was begethUeraysg, that long before that time the en tire hely of the slaves in those othaiss would be tree. There smeared is be • 'Mitt( disposition is Stevie awl Transylvania in &vow Or the emancipa tion of the serfs in Shoes anothise; end the Diet of Wallachia, at the lirthon of the ithisiag prince, had de creed the assms eta ram et glipthe belonging to the state wad th e 'introit it was suthethed that 'lout 60,000 bureau bebop midi theme bee is temple tins abalitiow Weeated — b eet---taksit— the date lode: the bees earl other sisam essassm. Td! r slavery to be unlawfal 147Puha a , on his return to of , ffa irs glitl in thalami Pi tondos to Noy all antfalavery efforts In of Brasil has not only mom *so dis oat. 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