The Express. — London, England, 1847-05-01 00:00:00

otorm set borne oat by experience. la tenser periods of „ 0 ., ri& secarsty had beim established by an Woe d r T a ps is motifs* difficulty. la fact it was as absurd in a liks this to say that the imam of the bank should be waxy ...awl ender arcurastanoss within a certain limit by perlisment, as it would be to compel ships by act of _Abse to eery the same quantity of canvas in all 7siaiss, ( Cries of " Divide.") The comenttee divided—For the vote 208 AstainM it O A vote-40,0001. for fisheries, Ir.ROEBUCK hoped it would not be taken to-night. Is t ow to &question from Mr. Hurl, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that at elwe of L a e se ssion, 50,0001. was voted in aid of fisheries : that vote oue or two applications were made, and vii „op an application for 10,0031., for the improvement n on, ce which woul d be granted ; and left an un --- balan of 40,, tote was then agreed to, and the house resumed. TM ether orders of the day being disposed of, the house A g ana at 2 o'clock. Pe Oporto. MAILS. b t u. me ga, =tufting Owl be Narks, Boadana, sad k li s , a , ss a, rift be made up on the ~Ms aid Ist Kis aortae! avulr fur 9ibrulrar,.llldln.likana, as lamb, c e ywo, ltong-kamsed Chi% els up oa the morning of the Sad liwg. The sea for igitialt North Va Mermoda de rg Oa lid hmil be made up oo tbe (=lda sal W fur the Smile, Um Mho, Place, Manse Wee. Peniale. kw s si a !Weirs, and Boma draw, will be soda op es the y of the adt May. T u be mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Nay. sa d Goa . ur, eil to node to on the morning of the 7th May. The oreriuld &ex! rie Marmillee. to the Mediterrutteara, r o ylon. Hong Kong, Ito., will be made up on the *Mug of We 7th May. Th e a ad, for le South Wales, Van Dieenim'a Land, sad New iegead will be m ade up on the everting of the Slat May. HIGH WATAA AT LONDO244I9.IDGE. 13,44.449;4, 33 nua. Tag S ; Aftrascen. 49 WA. Out f. ja a .,,,,,mmim, 6 WA. past 2; Aftasses. 24 mu. peat 3, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 1. THE circumstance of the government of the poorest sod most barbarous state in Europe coming to the aid, richest s uccessively , of the two states in it, with accom modations of two and three millions of ready money, which are welcomed with the moat profound acknow ledgment, if not of gratitude, at least of self-congratu lation, is certainly very ludicrous and somewhat die raid, in despite of its being so " very satisfactory." It is always the instinct of a despot to bard. And the Emperor NICHOLAS, who has been all the years of his reign meditating one military ee laught or another, could not but have felt the necessity of keeping in store a certain sum sufficient for the exigencies of a sudden war. Even though his Majesty borrowed money, and paid five and six per cent. interest, he loved, as one of our magnates is reported to do, a hoarded sum, for fear of accidents. The increasing produce of the mines, which some value as bights three millions sterling annually, facilitated this. And sow that England has been paying in specie for millions of quarters of Russian grain, the greater part of which has found its way into the Russian treasury, the ruler of St. Petersburg strikes at once a good pecuniary bargain and a great political coup, by accommodating the Banks of France and of London, and by displaying to Europe the abundance of his overflowing coffers. An older and a prouder monarchy might have disdained this dabbling in our western funds ; it would have left such operations to Mr. ROTHSCHILD, or to the court banker of the day. A government's undertaking to perform by itself, and openly, the great task of restoring the balance of ex change, is really taking, we were going to say, the bread out of the mouths of the great capitalists (but bread is not exactly the expression). It is for them of bad omen and example, and only shows how ex tremes meet, sad how the autocrat of Russia, and the great military , President of the United States, arrive at the same idea of governments doing without the professed dealers in money and exchange. Of the distress, which has been relieved by this God send, the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night gave no very satisfactory account. It was not the fault of the Back, nor of the system, nor of the want of accommodation, nor of the want of currency, but of an idle panic. What is it, however, which gives birth to the panic, but the system ? Every one knows that oar great imports of corn are to be paid in specie. This creates a much greater need of accommodation. But all know, that, in proportion to the need will be the harshness of the terms, and the rigidity of the refusal. The example of the great chartered purse influences the closing of the lesser ones. 'f he Chancellor of the Exchequer says the Bank has not applied the rule. But the existence of the rule is enough to create the panic. The law does the harm, even without its being executed. It would be difficult to pronounce a keener satire upon any measure. The interventien of his Russian majesty has been a godsend to the great Irish trunk railroad, as well as to British speculations. The House of Commons arms to think that if a potentate from the far side of Europe could lend England four millions,England might afford to lend to the beet, and already half completed, Irish railroad, half a million. The idea of comparing this safe investment for so very short a time, having the good cantonal effect of keeping in employ a large body of labourers who would otherwise come on the relief fund, with Lord GEORGE BENTINCK'S gigantic plan of binding the Treasury to the outlay of four millions a year for four years, is an assertion of that monstrous extravagance which some folks venture to Indulge in, whenever Ireland is ooacerned. Mr. HUME was amazed that the house should not at once have adopted Mr. ROEBUCK'S proposal to refuse the grant, without even hearing the minister. But the fact is, that Mr. ROEBUCK'S speeches produce the impression that he is influenced more by spite to Ireland than tenderness for England or her money market. Such motives are neither large nor credit able. The House of Commons is not in love with Ireland; but spite towards it, if indulged as a private feeling, is scouted as a political one. Parliament cannot condescend to the motives of Conciliation-hall. FEVER, though not produced by famine, is sure to follow in its wake with rapid strides ; and of this fact Ireland is, at the present moment, an unhappy instance. The poverty and the squalor of Ireland have ever made it the hotbed of fever. During periods of comparative affluence and comfort this disease is constantly to be found amongst the poorer classes of the Irish, by whom it is fostered, and the seeds of its dreadful con tagion preserved through habits of indolence and neglect. Frightful at all times, and liable to spread from one person to another, from house to house, and from city to city, it becomes a thousand-fold more alarming when it attacks communities whose bodies are wasted by famine, or through poverty or other causes are pent up in the ill-vensilated and crowded courts and alleys of large cities and towns. Fever is not, however, the necessary concomitant of famine, and it cannot be too well known, and too energetically acted upon, that fever may be arrested even where famine exists. On a knowledge of this fact, and a resolute determination to act upon it, depend the lives of the people of Ireland as much as upon supplying them with food. Every means that humanity can suggest, and skill devise, consistent with the welfare of the sick, should be pursued, for the purpose of keeping the diseased from the healthy. We do not say that it is possible, under the present circumetancee of the population of this country or Ireland, to arrest this disease, or that it is desirable to attempt it, but we believe that an immensity of human life may be spared by proper precautions. This, also, is a question in which the lives not only of those who are ready to perish from famine are in volved, but of those who are anxious for their wel fare, of those who feel not the pressure of destitution in the supply of their daily food. The fever that is constantly lurking in the hovels and homes of the poor sad destitute, may be suddenly developed by an at mospheric change or the pressure of want on some portion of the community, and then its poisonous virus becomes intensified, and it spreads from class to clam till none are safe. Many noted instances of this have occurred is Ireland ; men who could be ill at such a crisis have been snatched away by spaced treacherous malady. To suppose that a disease like typhus would be confined to the country in which it rages, when that country is in constant communication by means of its ports with almost every part of the world, would be absurd ; and it is not to be wondered at, that typhus has shown itself on board some of the Irish provision vessels in the Thames. We have, however, made inquiries on this point, and find that at present there has been no importation of the disease sufficient to excite general alarm. There is sufficient to lead to the adoption of preoautianary measures, which we make no doubt will be speedily done. But whilst there may be no occasion at present for uneasiness with regard to imported contagion, it ought not to be forgot that a fitting soil for the increase of the disea a exists among ourselves. Ireland is pouring her famishing population into all our great towns by thousands. Liverpool, with an increase of her already destitute and degraded population of one hundred thousand in six months, has already got fever raging in her disgraceful courts and alleys; and some of her public officers have fallen victims to the performance of their duties. In Lon don the disease has also showed signs of increase, and amongst the same class as at Liverpool—the poor and destitute Irish. It behoves us, then, to be up and doing, in order to mitigate, if we cannot prevent, the approaching catastrophe. We should be glad, on such an *cession, to see the machinery of Lord Mon- VETIeS Sanitary Bill in full operation, and have the greatest confidence that by it the lives of thousands and tens of thousands of our fellow-crea tures might be saved. But to those who have opposed this bill we would first ask, what are you going to do, seeing you have thus taken the blood of your countrymen on your own heads ? Will the corporation of the City of London eleanse the abominations of Field-lane, Saffron-hill, and Cow cross ? Will they take care that the dens which sur round Smithfield, and which are redolent of its filth and contamination, are properly visited and cleansed ? Will they see that these dens are not over-crowded, and that their inhabitants are supplied not only with water to cleanse themselves and their wretched dwelling-rooms, but that every means are employed for carrying away the filthy fluid into the common sewer? If they do not do this, and much more, and fever should spread in consequence, we do not see how they could plead innocence if charged with the blood of their fellow-men. We speak especially of the City of London, because its corporation boasts to be the most efficient sanitary board in existence • Lot we would say the same to every vestry that h as in its ignorance and uncharitableness attempted to defeat the success of Lord MORPETEeB measure. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence to prove that in every town in the kingdom there exist abundant sources of fever, all of which are removable. This fever destroys annually fifty thousand of our popula tion, and now, when we are threatened with a more ' alarming visitation of it —now, when the measures are ready for the extermination of its causes—we are to be told that it must not, it cannot be done, because local authorities do not approve. We trust that the public generally will take up this subject, and that they will not allow a handful of men in office to reject for them the means, not only of saving the lives of their fellow-creatures and their own lives, but the in calculable suffering that inevitably attends the sad progress of disease and death. The reaction which has followed the railway mania of the last two years has produced serious embarrass ment in France. As we have more than once said would soon come to pass, several of the companies now propose to throw up their contracts, unless the state will relieve them from the oppressive conditions to which they have so imprudently bound themselves. The most prominent of these cases ars those of the great trunk lines connecting Paris with Marseilles. This enterprise is distributed among three companies, the Paris and Lyons, the Lyons and Avignon, and the Avignon and Marseilles. The last alone has completed, or nearly so, its line, complying with all the conditions of its b argain. The first has made some trifling progress in its works, but the Lyons and Avignon company have not ventured on any expendi ture. The Paris and Lyons company complain that when they undertook the work, the government estimates supplied to them were ender 200 millions of francs; whereas it now appears that the actual cost of the line will be 300 millions. The government, on the ether hand, replies that it was open to the com pany to form their own estimate, and that, in fact, the government estimate did not enter into the contract as a substantive condition. The truth is, however, that the company now knows, that with the lease which has been granted of forty-one years, the enterprise, if carried on at all, must be attended with a heavy loss ; rather than incur which, they are determined to forfeit, as they must do by the condi tion of their contract, thirty millions of francs already disbursed in the state deposits and the works exe cuted. In enforcing this condition, the legislature meanwhile will not be exempt from disadvantages. ' In the first place, the company need not incur the forfeit for three years to come, and another yenr would be consumed in the legal formalities of its en forcement: thus it is in the power of the company to suspend for four years the construction of one of the most important lines of railway in France, un less the government comes to its relief. There are two forms by which this relief may be supplied ; first, by theloanof capital at low interest; and second, by an extension of the lease. When, however, it is considered that the state itself is now seeking capital on treasury bands at five per cent., the first mode of relief is clearly out of the question. Unless, therefore an extension (and a considerable one, too) of the lease be granted, there is no alternative but to submit to the suspension of this chief line until the year 1831. Such is, in fact, the conclusion at which the Journal des De; bals arrives, in its leading article on Thursday, and as it may be assumed to speak the sentiments of the government, it is very probable that some com promise of this kind may be made with the Lyons Company, and proposed for the sanction of the Cham ber before the close of the present session. A petition from the most eminent commercial houses in Havre has been presented to the chamber in favour of the continuance of the free importation of provisions of every kind until July, 1848. The new line of steam-ships between Havre and New York is announced to make the first voyage before the end of the present month. They will sail twice a month. E Union Monarch aqua states that after the speech of M. Lherbette on the secret service money, M. Larave- Laplagne, the minister of finances, tendered his re signation. Although this event has long been con sidered as probable, and would be by no means unacceptable to some of his colleagues, we have not heard any confirmation of the report. The Madrid mails of the 24th nit. have been received. The King accompanied the Queen to the church of Atocha on that day. It was expected that the budget would bo immediately presented to the chamber. MILAN, APRIL 24. The vacant archiepiscopal mitre, with contingent or rather concomitant red hat, has been placed on the brow, not of a German as of late, but of Count Ro milli, a Bergamasque, who has been just translated to Milan from the suffragan see of Cremona, hence forth to play first-fiddle in the church affairs of Lom bardy. The Milanese are in high glee at this forced concession of Kolowrath, and in every shop window exhibit a print of the new primate ; a faint remi niscence is their joy of the days when the civic go vernor Ambrose, was, by sudden acclamation of the people, made bishop ; and from being a mere layman, and it is supposed only a " catechumen," in three days baptised and prieated and all. The new prelate had only ruled Cremona one vear, but had shown unexampled zeal for the social and moral bettering of the inhabitants : proved efficiency has been his sole recommendation. He was neither tutor of some booby lord, nor editor of a crabbed Greek play, nor calculating pamphleteer, nor sycophant "master" of a college. fo the poor of Christ (the original grantees) he banded over, on principle, far more than two-thirds of his church revenues. Such a man ought to succeed to the great Frederick, and the still greater Charles, Borromeo. The prospects of agriculture in Italy must be a topic or interest to your readers; and as I have just traversed the whole of the central and upper districts of the peninsula I can affirm that for the last 20 years never was the aspect of the country, or the operations of the farmer, in a state so promising. There can be no doubt of an immense surplus of grain for export next autumn, nearly double the usual breadth of land being laid down with that view, con sequent on the removal of your corn laws, of which the presence here of Cobden had been an active me mento. The rice fields about Milan and Mantua are in high order: the numerous floodings of the various streams throughout the winter have had in Tuscany and the Romagna rather a favourable and fertilising effect : and the second or after-crop of Indian corn is sure to be provided for in due time (after the present harvest) to an immense extent. The weather, which had been bright and bracing, is now genial and warm, —indeed, in the plains inconveniently hot for the period of the year, and jut each as Taro described it in his time-- Cuss al ea la plants, e tam V tots Ms Woe oplegs a tesipmita a ramrko, Pisa At merlin valor; siaan. !Vote Tea iljle tr.4pik r U commeieriar tt .Kaggio. (Gerustlemme, NXI.) The duchies of Parma and Piacenza, of which I re ported unfavourably last year, are still an eye-sore to the well-wisher of Italy. Incredible apathy and in difference seem to have descended front the ruling power down to the lowest gradations of the social system. The leaden dulness of despair is discernible In every face; and cretinism—not metaphorical, but literal and physical—is prevalent to a singular extent, showing the goitre not to be a mere mountain malady, but the natural growth of a sluggish circu lation and a stagnant existence. The sooner Bona parte's widow gives place to the young Duke of Lucca (to whom this Castle Rackrcnt property re verts by the treaty of Vienna) the better tor humanity in this dreary land. She wants him to purchase her out, but he has not the cash. Is there no good Sa maritan, or even Israelite, in London with a spare million ducats? The mere material interests of the population in Austrian Lombardy are looked after carefully, and, if men were mere animals, no government more laudably active in providing for the lower instincts and com forts of the people ; but thought is severely proscribed, and the exercise of the mental faculties strictly inter dicted ; not a single " reading-room " is to be found in all Milan, and the splendid libra'y of the Brera has but a very scant attendance of book students ; but woe to the possessor of a copy of any Roman news paper ! If the plague or cholera were in the Pope's capital, there could not be such alarm or precaution against what emanates now from Rome. FRANCE.—PARIS, APRIL 29.—FnEscn CHAU assts.--In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion was opened on the grants for the extraordinary and supplementary credits for the budgets of 1848 and 1847. In the bureaux of the Chamber the project of law on primary instruction came under discussion. This cine,tion was brought forward in the Chetah.? lest neraien. The commission appointed to examine it drew up a report, which did not come under dis ensaion. It demanded a credit of nearly two millions of francs, for increasing the salaries cf the teachers. At present there are in France about 33,000 teachers in the Oeoles yri moires, the average rate of their salary being 575 francs. 23,000 of these teachers have a salary under 600 fr. Of these, again, 18,155 do not receive 500 fr. ; 11,15.5 only 400 f. ; and 3,654 only 3001 r. ' • the latter being less than the pay of a daily workman. The object of the present bill, I after regulating the conditions of salary of the teachers, is to fix a minimum salary for each clam The pro ject divides the teachers into three classes. The Ist comprises 959 schools, and thostato is to fix the salary of those teachers at 1,200 f. per annum. The 2nd comprises 4,629 schools, I with a salary of 9001. The 3rd consists of '27,058 schools, with a minimum salary of 600 f. The total credit demanded from the state being 4,421,367 francs. The project proposes that the vote on this grant be adjourned until the state of the finances be more prosperous. This bill was opposed in the bureaux, both in the financial point of view, and on the I question of form. Dilferent member', particularly 81. demanded that the 4,424,367 f. should be voted, without delay, during the present session. MR. O'CONNELL.—A letter from Valence, dated' April 24, in the Gazette de Lyon‘, says "Mr. O'Connell arrived here yesterday at four in the afternoon, greatly fatigued from the heat of the cabin of the steamboat, the weather not having been fine enough to allow him to remain oa deck. A number of ecclesiastics and other personages ' waited upon him at his hotel, but he was obliged to decline receiving them. DEATH OF A SON OP MEHEMET ALL—Prince Hussein-bey, one of the y oung sons of Mehemet Ali, died ion Wednesday evening, n Paris, of the typhus fever. He was following a course of studies at the Institut Egyptien in Paris. STREET LAW.—Owing to the crowded state of the thoroughfares in Paris, an ord mnauce of the prefect of police calls upon pedestrians to keep always to the right hand on the footpath, as is customary in London. HANOVER.—The General Diet was prorogued by royal edict on the list inst. The same Oarefre in which this notification appears contains the King's ant.wer to the request of the Estates. that he would allow the debates to he pub lished. The reply concludes with this emphatic declaration "After mature scrutiny and conscientious d,hberation on our duties, we have irrevocably decided Ntvga to allow the meetings of oar loyal Estates to be open to the public." The reason assigned for this determination is, that publicity can only be useful " in so called constitutional states" (in sogenonnten conltitsdion ellen ataaten) ; and would be positively prejudicial in his kingdom, where the deputies " are not allowed to receive instructions from their constituents, and are not responsible to them." l'ublicity, be adds, would inevitably " shatter and destroy the constitutional relations existing between our government and the Estates." This reply has at least the merit of frankness and a kind of candour. . . . . RUSSIA . —Letters in the Frankfort Pest dint Zeitung, under date April 21, say, that the Emperor of Russia has adjourned his visit to Warsaw. The liver com plaint from which he is suffering is of so serious a nature that his physicians have advised him not to quit St. Petersburg before the middle of the summer. It is probable that he will then proceed to Kissiogen, and sftermsrds to Stuttgard. At all events the emperor does not intend visiting Paris. ST. MICHAEL'S, APRIL 27.—This island hes been in revolt some time. Independent of the garrison, 800 caqadores of the line, there are 1,700 and odd armed volunteers. The governing junta are displaying great energy and activity; they have recently remitted to the Oporto junta 15 contos of mil, island currency—about 2,7001.—a large sum for so small a place. They are seeking for vessel, to embark a considerable portion of their force for Portugal; and as the islanders are a fine, hardy, sad athletic race of men, this addition to the popular cause in Portugal would be a valuable auxiliary, apart from a grave moral effect. The crops have failed here, and exportation of grain is prohibited. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1847. Seth F.—Ens, J. leoloth to bo bout, erithost par., sloe Chopseas, dee.; Ens. E. F. Vaster, tram 70th F. to MOM. 914 F.—ice boyar., without par.—R. Whale, rise MIS, tools. M Ome Mounted linkmen ; E. J. 8. Rae, rice Lavers, prom. to Cape Mounted Riflemen; '. A. Sounders, vice kitx-Geraid, prom. to Cope Mounted inflame.. TO be mgt.—Staff Miry. me, Class J. Foam; M.D.. rice Iladaway, who each. 94th F.—Major J. Paterson, from lhh F., to be major, roe Daven port, who each. lUfle lisig.—See. land. r:- floarlaide to be tote Mut, without par., doe Glya, app. ani. A. NLcon to be sec. Ucut.; Lieut. J. id , layet to be adj., dee Woodfield, wet 11,,srirst tir.r.—Surs. S. It ifsdeway, from 914 F., to be staff sure. of see. Miss, rim F.rreat, who etch. elasonutorm.—The Christian nonce of Ens. Somerset, 10th F., are Alfred ilan ... tagen net Frederick Charles. APRIL 19. the Closes has been pleased to appoint Col. G. llama. ton, llamado of Donegal, ti.C.11., Antrim Nutty to be one of her Molnar. A.D.C., for the wrens, of her Mditla Force. Her Majesty has been pleseed at the same time to direct that sold Marquis of Donegal shall take rook se one of ant. cola. of Mail* komalionly after j on. col. of b. Majesty's Fames. ADMIRALTY, Aeon. 2L. The following promotions have this day taken plea, !wet - sina upon the death of Adm. M. Latium :—Adm. of the Blue t4tr C. Latina, K.C.8., to be odm. of the white; Vice-ildm. of the Red the Hon. tir T. B. Cupel, K CAS., to be adm. of the due; Vice-Adm. of the White A. W. *bomber% to be viee-adm. of the red ; Vice-Adm. of the Blue P. itibuulesu to be vionodra. of the white ; Re. Adm. of the tied air C. Malcolm, Kat., to be vice-adm. of the blur ; Rea-Adm. of the White Sir J. C. Coghill, Bert., to be mar-adm. of the red ; lkar- Adm. of the Blue C. S. J. Hawing., to be rear-adin. of thew bite ; Capt. Biz N.J. Willoughby ; Kat., C. 8., K C.H., to be rear-atini.uf the blue. — Xeatt. Marinee—Ser).-Majs. 1. Christie, 0. Downer, W. Cary, •r. Potts, L. Orme, to to see. heath THE DAILY JEWS AND TDB TIMES.—The implicit confidence which our brethren of the daily press place in the accuracy of the Daily News is flattering. We cannot repay the compliment better than by a c sndid avowal that we sometimes commit mistakes in order to put them on their guard. In the hurry of going to press on Thursday morning we omitted to correct an error of transcription, by which we made the meeting of the Pisani in Diet, to which the king's reply to the ►ddress was read, meet at half-past eleven and rise at a quarter past eleven. A translation of this reply appeared exclusively in the Daily News. and was copied by the Globe and notes, as usual, without acknowledgment. In their implicit reliance on our infallibility they also copied the blunder.—Daily News. ANOTHER STEAMER DESTROYED BY FIRE. The General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Clarence, Capt. Laker, arrived at the company's wharf, Poplar, yesterday afternoon, from Edinburgh, bringing in telligence of the loss of the Experiment steamabip, by fire, on the same morning. It appears that about one o'clock yes terday morning, the Clarence, being abreast of Ala borough, a boat hailed her, and told those on board that the Experi ment was ahead on fire. The Clarence immediately bore down upon her, and, upon getting along-ide, the pa.ssengers were found to be almost suffocated with smoke, which was bursting forth in volumes from the burning vessel. They were immediately taken on board the Clarence, which vessel took the Experiment in tow, the captain and crew remaining on board and exerting themselves to the utmost with the pumps and all other means to save their vessel. The Clarence kept her in tow till about eight o'clock in the morning, at which time they were off the Gundeet Sande. The flames were then half. mast high, and the captain of the Es perimed hailed the Clarence, and called her to send boats for the crew. The captain and crew were then got on board, all further efforts to save the Experiment being useless, and the was cast off and loft to her fate. It is conjectured that she must have burned for seven or eight hours after the Clarence left before she went down. The passengers speak in eulogistic terms of the energy and presence of mind of the captain of the Experiment, in his attempts to save the vessel. She was bound for London from Sunderland, and had on board about SO persons, including the crew. lier cargo, which consisted principallypf coals, of which there were 300 tons on board, and a large quantity of plate glee', was insured for 8,0001. LONDON AND PROVINCIAL LAW ASSURANCE Soctesrr,—The second annual general meeting of this so ciety was held yesterday at its temporary offices in New Brioge-street. George Martin, E-q.. in the chair. The re port stated that there had been received on account of capital up to Dec. 31 last, 35,4861. Oa. 3d., aloes received, 6721. 12a., total, 36,1521.125. 3d.; being, for deposits on 18,206 shares at 54 , 4,5511. 10s. ; first instalment on 17,989 shares at 355., 31,4601. 15.. ,• and f ir interest from the time appointed for payment, 1201. 7s. 3d. In addition to the 1 8 ,46 120 have been lately allotted to applicants, making • total of 18,3/6, representing a capital of 9 .6,3001. The whole num ber of shares applied for has been 10,661, but the director., with a view to the extension of the badness of the society, by increasing the number of proprietors, have not allotted the whole number of shares, and thus 1,674 remain to be allotted to such parties as may be considered eligi ble. The report went on to Mate, that the num. her of proposals for assurances has been 212, fur sums amounting in the aggregate to 230,0381. 18e. Of these, 160 have been approved of, and the policies issued; 9 snore have been since accepted by the board; 8 await its decision, and 35 have been declined or withdrawn. The sums assured by the 160 policies amount to 156,539/. 18s., and the annual premiums to 5,4181. 16s. fd. No claim has yet been made on the funie of the society, the whole of which arc invested upon government and other unexceptionable securities. The proposals for policies accepted do not, on the average, fall below 1,0001. each; and it was observed that the mean rate of the simnel pre miums at which these contracts have been effected, prove that encouragement has not been given to the acceptance of risks of a speculative nature, or of liabilities involving more than usual hazard. By the balance sheet, it appeared that the entire receipts of the year, up to the 31st December, 1846, were 44,0721, 4s. 9d., which exceeded the expenditure by 371. 135., leaving that balance in the secretary's hands. The report gave general satisfaction, and was unanimously adopted. The election of officers was next despatched; thanks were voted to the chairman, directors, and general officers of the company, and the meeting separated. HOLBORN AND FINSBURY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. —Tams HEALTH OF TOWNS BlLL.—Yesterday a quarterly court was held at the office of the commission, Hatton cerden. Mr. F. Wigg presided. The com missioner recommended that her Majesty's ministers be memo. rialised to exempt the commissioners of that district from the operation of the bill, and that it be referred to the commissioners for general purposes, to communicate with the government. The recommendation: was unanimously adopted. MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION POE THE ADVANCIIMENT OF SCIENCII AT OXFORD.—The associa tion will hold its seventeenth meeting in this city on Tues day, June 22, and following days, when the proceedings will be as follows :—The town-hall will be opened as a recep tion room on Tuesday, June 22, and during the session for issuing tickets, supplying lists and prices of lodnings, lists and addresses of members, and for giving information concerning the proceedings of the sections, The first general meeting will be held in the theatre, on Wedneeday, June 23, at three o'clock, when the president, Sir Rode rick Murchison will open the business of the emaciation, and resign the chair to the president-elect, Sir Robert Inelio, M.P., who will then deliver an address on the objects end proceedings of the association. The different sections will assemble for the reading and discussion of reports and other communications, on Thursday, June 24, at eleven o'clock, a. m. ; and afterwards at the same hour daily until the termination of the meetiag. The section, are—A. Mathematics and Physics; meeting in Randolph Gallery ; Rev. Professor Pow. 11, pm.; Rev. B. Prier, see. B. Chemistry, &c.; meeting in Taylor Building ; Rev. W. V. Harcourt, pm.; B. C. Brodie, tn., see. C. Geology; meeting in Convocation House; Dean of West minster, pres. ; J. Raskin, Esq., sec. D. Natural History ; meeting in Asbmoiean Museum; H. B. Strickland, Esq., pees. ; Dr. Melville, see. (Sub section ). Ethnology k meet ing in Music School; Professor H. H. Wilson, pres_,.• Pro fessor Buckle/ 4 sec. E. Physiology, meeting in Writing School; Dr. le, pres. • ' W. P. Ormerod, E.g., see. F. Statistics ; meetanan Natural Philosophy Setlool Dr. Twins, pm. ; Rev. W. IL Cox, sec. G. Mechanical Science, meet ing in Taylor Building; Rev. R. Walker, pees. Soirees will be held in the Radcliffe Library; and it is expected that on one evening Professor Faraday will lecture on his recent researches in diamagnetism ; on another, Professor Powell, on shooting stars; and on another, H. E. Strickland, Es+qq. on the natural history of the dodo and other allied birds., One evening will be devoted to the exhibition of microscopic objects and microscopes. Arrangements are being made for providing breakfast and dinner ordinaries for members and associates at the principal hotels. The concluding meeting will be held in the theatre, on Wednesday, June 30, at three o'clock, when the proceedings of the general committee, and thefiranta of money sanctioned by it, will be stated. TINCROF'T MINING COMPANY.—A general meeting of proprietors was held yesterday at the offices of the com pany, 44, Finsbury-square. Mr. Hodge presided. The re port of the directors, with the reading of which the proceed imp were opened, announced the steady improvement of the mine during the past year. Many circumstances had prevented the payment of more than one dividend during that period; but it was gratifying to the directors to state that the outlay made had placed the mine in • mast efficient state of working, and that the present returns and prospects were such as promised the payment of future dividends with more regularity. One item of the expenditure was for the nee don of an engine, and works for developing the Dwid lode, which had not yet been wrought by the Ilnuott company, but which was now one of the moat productive sources of re turn in the Cam Brea, into which the Tincroft sett extended. Mr. Johnson, or.e of the directors, had several times visited the mines in order to suggest improvements which are now in epemtion, and of which an increased quantity and lees expense would be the result. The total expenditure of the company from October, 1846, to February, 1847, bided • ing a dividend of 3,0001., was 16,7431.65. LL, and the returns, including the balance of 3,2151. 10s. 6d. remaining from last meeting, was 14.6611. 18e. 11d., which showed a balance against the company of 2,0811. 7s. 2a. Further returns, however, since February, amounting to 3,1291. 2s. Bd., left a credit ;faience in favour of the comr i zif 1,0471. 15s. 4d. A discussion ensued, on the motion put for the adop tion of the report, with retard to •letter which bad been received from the auditors of the accounts, who did net consider that sufficient time had been allowed for their arrangement. The result was the unanimous adoption of a resolution adjourning the meet ing to the 2nd of Juno next, in order to give the auditors time to examine and audit the accounts, and when.it was desired that Capt. Paul, the manager of the mine, should be present. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The annual festival of the friends of this institution took place last evening at the London Tavern. The Earl of Cleveland presided. The Board of Managers, in their report, stated, that since the orneral meeting at the commencement of 1846, 66 children, haring completed their term, had left the institution, and 17 bed And. 63 bad takes their places; et that number, 10 bad him admitted sake mile 37, and 65 kr election. The entire somber, therefore, under the protection of the Midi tattoo, was 374 ; thus raising the total number who had received the benefit of the charity to 1,620. The board had bean anxious to extend the usefulnese of the institution as far as practicable, and they had therefore deemed It mineable gradually to increase the number of ad-' miisions as follows:—Is January, 1845, 25 candidates were eteeted into the asylum, in June last, 30, and at the lost election, 36. This arrangement the board had made, notwithstanding the fact, that the subscriptions and dona tions of the past year were mach below the average, in the hope that liberality on their part would be met with corre sponding generosity on the part of the public, especially as applications to the charity era increasing every year. The toaste of the evening, besides the usual loyal and patriotic ones, included " Prosperity to the London Orphan Asylum" (which was proposed by the chairman, and enthusiasti• catty received); the health of the chairman, the president, and rice-prondenta, the memben of the council ; and other+ of the usual character, all of which were received with due honours. The su bscriptionsl amounted to 1,1521. Ile. (in cluding 101. annual) respectively from the Queen and the Queen Dowager, 1061. frame Mr. Charles Fisher. and 501. from the chairman. The vocalists lending their aid towards the evening's amusement were Mist Thornton, Mr. Taylor, Mr. C. Kenney, Mr. Binge, and Mr. P. Smith. PROPOSED EMIGRATION OF PAUPER CHILDREN TO AUSTRALlA.—Yesterday, at a very (Ay attended meeting of the board of directors ,u 1 guardians of the poor of St. Merylebone, h, Id in the boardroom of the workhouse, New- road, Mr. Thorne, the secretary, read • communication from Dr. Rutherford, a member of the vestry, calling uion thr ' board to avail themselves of the advantages now offered by the government for sending out a number of the pauper children to Australis and other parts of New South Wales as agricultural servants. The communication stated that the writer had had an interview with E irl Grey, the Colonial Secretary, and that the eon rnmeut would take care that the children were provided with good masters and properly treated. It was proposed to take any number the board felt disposed to send out. After a discussion, Mr. Potter moved the appointment of a committee to obtain information, and to put themselves in communication with Earl Grey, as Secretary for the Colocies, on the subject. REPORTED SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN DOWNY-S.—We have received a communication from the friends of Captain Downer, desiring us to contradict the supposition put forth in a paragraph ',shirt' appeared in our paper on the 17th ult., that the captain had wilfully thrown himself overboard during a voyage from Yarmouth to London. The weather was extremely squally when Captain Downes was missed from the vessel, and it was t►e opinion of a naval officer that the strongest landam in could not have kept his footing on deck; while Capt. Downes was much enfeebled by • pre vious Pine's. No motive was known to exist to induce suicide, for the captain had every reason to be satisfied with his lot in life. TIIE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS.—Mr. Barry, the architect of this very beautiful building, has given a Sly but very severe dig at the peers, for he has so constructed the upper house that none of_the speeches of their lordships are audible in any part of it. The peers can nei ther hear each other, nor hear themselves, nor be heard by any one else; so that, according to Mr. Barry's . plan, a dehote has been treated as a thing to which it is worth no one's while to listen. Considering what a common habit it has been for several of their lordships to talk at the some time, this new acoustic regulation will be found very convenient, for they can all speak at once with oat disturbing each ether, or creating the manliest confusion. —Punch. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.— DISEASED POTATOES. By Mr. Mills, at the Elephant end Castle, opposite the St. Pancras workhouse, on W. T. 1/errv, aged forty-four, a coach - painter .— Dec eased's widow stated that on last Friday nialit her husband returned to his residence in Agar-town, St. Paneres, very ill, and said that he had suffered intense agony since he had eaten potatoes at his dinner in a dining home in Holborn. Although several medical gentlemen were called on to attend him, he continued to endure the most excruciating agony until Tuesday, when death put a period to his sufferings—Mr. Pratt, surgeon, who attended deceased, could not give his disease a norologieal name. In his opinion deceased died of an effusion on the chest, and au inflammation of the pleura. Verdict, "Natural death." —A WORKHOUSE Pitesometroo.—By the same coroner, at the same place, on Mary Read, aged sixty-four, cook to the workhouse. 7 Tillio, one of the beadles, stated that he was dining in the kitchen of the workhouse lest Wednesday, when he entered into conversation with deemed concerning the death of one of the overseers, who was buried that day, of whom de cees.•d said, that " He was gone, and would have to answer for all." She had scarcely uttered the words when she fell to the ground a corpse. Deceased, who was a great eater, weighed 16 stone, sad measured three feet three quarters across the chest. Verdict, "Natured death."—Desen or A SAILOR PROM STARTATION.—Before Mr. Mille, in the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, on Charles Stuart, a mariner, aged 41. Elisabeth Starr, the infirmary nurse, de posed, that on last Friday the deco used, who was in a moat filthy state, presented himself at the hospital for relief. Having got a warm bath, he was put to bed, and bad sup plied to him proper nutriment, but his stomach was so weak, he found the greatest di ffi culty in taking food. He stated that he had not tested food for three da c e, and that he had not slept in a bed for weeks. Two documents were found on his person, one of which was signed by T. R. Bremer, commodore of her Majesty's ship Wellesley, which stated that the deceased had been captain of the mast of the Wellesley, bearing the coremo dore's broad pendant, that he served in her for five years in China and the East Indies, and that he bad aright to a share in the prize' and bates to which she was entitled. This document was dated Jan. 14, 1847. The other document, which bore the signature of Boatswain Seagrove, of H.M.S. Groan, stated that the deceased served in H.M.S. Werspite las an able-bodied seaman, and that he was a sober, well. conducted man. Mr. Cooke, house surgeon, deposed that, when admitted, deceased was evidently suffering from star vation and exposure to cold. He had hopes of his recovery until Monday night, when a body of policemen brought into the ward where he lay a man whose limb had been frac tured. The sight had such an effect upon deceased, that he instantly feinted, and never afterwards recovered the syn cope, but died the next morning. In his opinion deceased's death was the result of previous starvation. Upon opening the body after death, he found the internal organs quite healthy, but could not trace a particleiof food in the stomach. Verdict, "Deceased died from exhaustion, and the want of the common necessaries of life."—Witrui Memos& OP A CHlLD.—Before Mr. W. Carter, at the Tankerville Arms, Carolinettreet, Lambeth, on the body of a female child, fouud under the following circumstances:—Early on Tues day morning, as a lamplighter of the name of Bowen was returning home through Carlislestreet, Marsh-gate, he die. discovered a bundle lying in the fore court of the house No. 3.5, which, on opening, was found to contain the body of a female child. Mr. Wagstaff, of Walcot place, Lambeth, sue. gem, who bad opened the body, found the viscera of the chest perfectly healthy, and the lungs inflated; they floated in water. There was tome fluid blood in the heart, and the umbilical, which was two feet long, having been cut, and not tied, he inferred that the child had bred to death, as he considered it had bees born alive, and a spoonful would be sufficient in one so young. Tl'ere was very little blood in the body. This being all the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." The wrappers remain at the workhouse.— ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER Or AN OMNIBUS DRIVER.— Before Mr. W. Carter, at the Greyhound Inn, Dulwich, to investigate the death of Samuel Jones, aged 29 years, an omnibus driver, lately residing at Dulwich, who, it was alleged, had died from the effects' of violence received in a fight on Friday, the 23rd, briefly detailed in the following evidence :—W. Cade proved, that on the afternoon of Friday week the cleansed drew up his omnibus to the usual plying place where he got down from the box, and went into the Red 'Cap with a gentleman. Shortly afterwards witness heard a disturbance, and, upon entering the place, saw the deceased, in a stooping position, ever a man named David Dow, the driver of another omnibus. The latter was in the corner, lying on his back, as if he had been thrown there by the deceased. While witness was speaking to them, a young man, named Henry Mills, ran in, and seised the deceased, whe steepled to be released, when they fell heavily to the ground, the deceased being underneath. When they fell, the knee of Mills premed on the groin of the de ceased's person. He did not seem to be injured, but got on the omnibus , and drove towards the city.— C. Copper, an maaibus driver, corroborated the testimony of the last wanted, sad added that when the men fell to the ground the head of the deceased struck against the wooden partition of the bar. —D. Dow said that be was standing in front of the baron the day of the affray, when the deerosed said to wittier, " Do you recollect what you said to me the other day ?" and immediately began kicking him; and if it had not been for timely aid he would have been killed.—Mr. E. Ray, surgeon, of Dulwich, deposed that be was called to see the deceased on Saturday last at his residence. He was suffering from fever ; be likewise showed symptoms of approaching delirium tremens. His opinon was that his state arose from exposure to the cold in his occupation. There were strong symptoms of active inflammation existing in various parts of his body. He continued to sink gradually, and died at twelve o'clock on Monday night. Witness made a post mortem examination of the body and found that loth had arisen from severe in fl ammation of the left toe, by which the pus, or matter, arising therefrom had been absorbed into the system, ending in death. There was no appearance of violence, and the other parts of the body were in a good Mate of health. The deceased never made any complaint of the conduct of any one. The jury immediately agreed to a verdict of " Natural death." INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. NEW MODE FOR SUPPRESSING THE DANGER CAUSED BY CASUALTIES CM RAILWAYS. —The newly. formed inititation of meshmthal engineers usembled at Binniseha , ea at Wednesday eweidas,J.C. M'Connell, Em., is Ms *sir. The math' was resded by the chi Is of the lassessekw dapelmams of wises railways, and by the saysthommisats of sumsrom sailsthring emtblidthata in all pets d tar Isaatry. lirowthss wow as" sikeittsd, bat no eansepamisst lhoodihed by ths oserstmy with a notice et the pooesdiap, d wYei is solidamt is so out line :—A gager was mod, sappembe impsommests to be applied leiallway esnalmms, for the payer el messing the deism Mending wollidens. The fammter i Ns. C. Moshe% of Birmephem. Hares sot Ow& ths Mike Pudwfasi bf of Mains am in id maim, and the mem the writer sf Ihs pope males es feet that the span wow ht assmea us me Weida to reset wise the tosireibe earth's' to tea sae towards ssellare, sad to Moss We shooks resshais there from ; that to a erase admit they ham that sink bat ia rams of mil ties, tram ems abssevietthe earthess els ask tend to roe 'maims:dm mother h grater lbw the MIMS spring buffers are adapted to resist. In • •übecquent part of it the paper sets twit that the iraprovemeuts are intended to preserve the passenger and other car riages of a train from the first violence of a collision, anti to transfer the shock either to the tend, r and the engine in the .front, or she to a strong luggage-van Whine, which should invarlaNg form the hinder ends of every train. To effect each traasfer of the shock, it is proposed to apply be smith all the length of the body of each pn.sengcr and other earrings of every train an infletible unyielding rod, which is tueatd " a safety buffer ; " it may be made of wrought iron, and it may be a tube plugged with wood. It is to be supported in suitable bear lag sockets beneath the framework of the carriage, at the middle of the br.adlh thereof, and left tooth in those sookets further then by a slight t}ing to the carriage by a cord or chain, which will break easily, and permit an endway motion of the safety buffer in its rockets, in case of collision. The safety buffer terminates at each end with an enlarged had, like the se of ordinary buffers, and the heads of these of each carriage correspond to the like heads of the safety buffer of the preceding and following car riages. When the usual coupling links are 'crewed up, to bring the ordinary buffer hemis of the several carriages into elastic *Detect one with soother, as is usual, there will be vacant space between the surety buffer head of each carriage and that of the next adjacent carriage, varying from three to six inches, more or less according to circumstances, and the safety buffers will nut have any effect or operation in the ordinary course of travelling, but only in the case of a collision. 'the safety buffers in the van at the hinder end of the train, and in the tender at the front end, ore net to extend throughout the whole length of those carriages, ani need not have any endway motion, but may be firmly fastened to the frame-work of thus • carriages, or they may be applied against strong elliptical springs, placed end to end for expending some of the force cf the collision. The von is to be lower than the passeneer and other carriages in order that its centres of gravity may he nearer to the level of the rails. The van at the hinder end of the train is to have its ordinary buffers, with easy 3 ielding spring., which with the same force applied to them, will allow those buffers to move through • much greater spare in respect to the van thou the ordinary buffers of the carriage of the train, so that in case of a collision from behind, the ordinary buffers of the Tan being so yielding, they will not act with iamb force agaiust the cerrt•epon•ling buffers of the hind most carriage of the train. Another passage in the paper set, forth that the coupling iron, or cou•ectingliak, which is applied between the hindmost earrieee of the train and the van is to be vostructed sufficiently slight, that it will break ed in case of • collision, at the foremast cud of the train, and allow the van to to come disconnected. Finally, it is sug- ;tested that, t• by means of the safety buffers • COmmonicii tion is established between the lan at the hiider end of the train and the tender of the foremost end, from a direct trans mission of the chief force of violent shocks along all the length of the several carriages, without materially affecting them, fur thej will be pron. cted from so much of the force of such shocks of collision as is thus trans mitted by the salety-buffers, when they become conjoined. For instance, the ease of a collision taking place at the fore most end of the train, the motion of the engine and tender being thereby suddenly stopped, the tendency of the hind most van to continue its own onward motion, in-teed of act ing with collision on the carriages of the train, will be resisted by the safety-buffers of the several carriages of the train ; as soon us those satetyibuffees become esnjoined with one continuous length of int!, able and unyielding rod. and the motion of the hindmost van being suddenly stopped, by the resistance of such a long conti nuation of the several safety-buffers, • recoiling action will instantly succeed, and will (according to the degree of force thereof) cause the hindmost van to re bound. When inch rebounding takes place with any mode rate degu e of force, it will operate to pull back the last of the carriages of the train, and will operate so instantaneously alter the collision as to have an advantageous tendeney for holding beck, and stopping the rimaining motion of the carriages of the train ; for, in consequence of the elasticity of their present ordinary buffer-springs, by which their motion will be stopped, those carriages will not stop so soon as the engine and tender will be stopped by a collision, nor will they be stopped so suddenly as the hindmost von will be stopped by the aid of the above improvements ; and that in cue of any violent collision, when the rebounding and re sisting of the van would be violent, then it would be better that it should break away from its connexion with the last of the carriages, which it will do, by breaking the coupling iron, if the same is made slight in the manner beforeimen tioned." _ _ A considerable diseession took place with reference to the plans suggested in the foregoing, and in which Al r. M'Con nell (chairman) and others took part; ultimately it was agreed to adjourn it until the next meeting. Amodel of an invention for disconnecting speedily the carriages from the engine in eases of accident, was produced by Mr. Johnson, of the loco motive department of the Manchester and Leeds Railway. The mode was, by placing a self.acting disconnecting coup ling chain between the tender and the luggage van, so that in the event of the engine running off the rails, it could be immediately disengaged (rota the train. The inventor acid he had had a working model twelvemonths in operation, and it was found to answer all the purposes required. All the speakers on the subject agreed as to the utility of the invention, and the matter was adjourned for future consideration, and to allow time f.r the collection of infor mation on the subject. A model of a railway axle was next produced by Mr. H. Besemere, of London. A paper was also read from Mr. F. Knight, mechanical engineer, of Bir mingham, suggesting an ingenious plan for au improvem.nt in the affixing and construction of the breaks of railway car. risges. The cen.ideration of these matters was also ad. jounced. This institution promises to become exceedingly usefuL It has been established under the moat favourable auspices. Mr. Robert Stephenson has accepted the intim of president, end haa given 1001. towards its funds. Zfx eoun. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the exhibition of the Royal Academy with a visit yesterday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback. H.R.H. Prince Albert presided in the after noon at a meeting of the commission for promoting and encouraging the floe arts in the rebuilding the palace of Westminster. The commissioners present were Viscount Morpetb, Viscount Mahon, Sir R. H. Inglis, and Mr. Hallam. The secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in a.tendance. The meeting broke up at a quarter-past five o'clock, when Prince Albert proceeded to We , tmin.ter Hall, and afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the performance of the French plays with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Kerr, the Earl of Morton, kt•jor Gen. Wemyss, and Col. Bouverie. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady A. Bruce, Baroness do Speth, and Gen. the Hon. A. Upton) and H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge (attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Mr. E. Mildmily) also honoured the performance of the French plays with their presence last evening. the Duches• of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough Wine. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Noblemen and Gentlemen's C►tch Club with ha company at dinner last evening. The Rev. Dr. Smyth had an interview with Lord J. Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing. street. The Bishop of Tasmania had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord James Stuart hod an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday ; Lord C. Fitzroy had also en interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office. The Chairman of the Customs had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Westmeath bad an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday nt the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation from Norwich and Lynn, and another from Glasgow, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commiesioners of Railways. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting yesterday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. Lord Kennedy and Sir Edward Disbrowe, her Majesty's British Minister at the Court of the Netherlands, accompanied by hls family, arrived at Blackwell by the General Steam Navigation Company's mat steam ship, Rainbow, from Roheram. yesterday morni. (From last night's Gazelle.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 28.—The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon W. S. Harris, Esq., F.R.S. The Qieen has appointed Lieut.-Col. Fits maurioe, K.H., Clerk of the Cheque of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vies J. Ellerthorp, Esq., deceased: The Queen has also appointed H. Chard, Esq., Exon of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vice Sir 8. Hancock, Ent., resigned. WHITEHALL, APRIL 24.—The Queen has appointed Sir T. Burnett, Bert., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff - F' Principal of the shire of Kincardine, in the room of John Viscount Arbuthnott, resigned. The Queen has granted to H. J. 8. Mein', Esq., 8.A., the office of Reeder of the Civil Law in the University of Cambridge, in the room of Doctor J. W Geldart, resigned. - WAR -OFFICE, Aram 30. Sad L. 06.-80tg. A. J. N. Comel, 11. Do from h..p. Kith F., to be mug., Kee ()alder, dec. /Mt. Drip— L. H. IL Bond, to he cm., by par., vice Bathe, prom. 13th L. Drep.--Melor 0. W. No 7, to be Mot-ea, without Kee Sir W. fleaft, Bart., dee. ; Cape. K. W. Smith to be mKor ; Lieut. 0. Ci. Peered to be me. ; Car.,. B. Miller to be lieut. 17th L. Drega—laeol. J. Btephemon, from h..p. 16th L. Drage, to be perms Kee Chandler, dee. Ind F.— O. Dollop to be OM, by par., Kee Swilelr, who ret. Bth F.—Limit. C. C. Neme, from 7th F., to be lieut., Me Cape. dem prom. lgth F.—MK. W. D. Davenport, from pith F., to be major, dm Paterson, Me each. 69th F.—Lieot. D. Dann to ho ea., vice Carmichael, who rm. adj. 70th F.—C. Crawley, to be me., without par., vice Fcetar, 'pp. to Seth F. 73rd F.—H. Mackenzie, to be ma, without par., vice Waddington, app. to Bide Brig. IRELAND, DUBLIN, APRIL 29. The following bulletin respecting the health of his Excellency was issued thin morning, signed by the Surgeon-General and Dr. Purcell, the family phy sician : " Ills Excellency passed a tranquil night, and his breathing is much relieved this morning. The general symptoms, however, are much the same as yesterday." The reply in answer to inquiries at the Castle this afternoon was that the symptoms conti nued unchanged. There is, however, no hope of re covery. The Evening Post announces that Captain Burke, of Marble-hill, the son of Sir John, will stand for the county, and will be unopposed. The northern journals complain of the mode in which the seed supplies, forwarded by the British Relief Association have been disposed of. The southern papers re-echo the complaint, and the Western Representative, received to-day, harps on the same string. If the following facts be cornet, there is a prirnii facie case of undue precipitation in the discharge of the cargo. The Dragon steamer anchored in Galway Lay on the 18th, with a supply of seed oats for farmers, at Is. M. per stone. Oa Tues day, the 20th, circulars were sent by post to the neighbouring farmers and gentry. Many of these could not have reached before Wednesday, so that the applications could not have been before Thursday. " Yet, on Wednesday afternoon," eays the Galway Vindicator, "the cargo was safely deposited in the stores of one of our private merchants." It should, however, be remembered, that the Dragon was ex pected long before, and if parties wished to avail themselves of her cargo, they might personally, or by order, be relieved on application. They now complain when visited with the consequence of their own negligence. Tea MURDBIL Or LIDDELL.—Our correspondent writes that this crime, mentioned yesterday, appears to hare been attended with many bad circumstances. " Two stout young of the neighbourhood" were said to be standing in Lid . men dell's house when the murderers entered, but that they made no adequate efforts to prevent the minter or capture the murderers. The wife of the unhappy man straggled to melt him, but in vain. The PieriagA Guardian states that Lid dell was murdered because he was • Scotchman," but I ma hardly credit this statement, whoa I find in the same journal that ks bad resided in the emu place for the last thirty years. It was rather late, therefore, to and anti. sational antipathy blase up so fiercely. The Tipperary Vioulicakw discovers a isomewhat more probable motive for AS Wm* that Liddell's muter had imued numerous civil bill prosaism, is which be most succeed through the tietbsoay eLiddelL SCOTLAND. EDINBTJRGH, Aram 29. The vague way in which Mr.Wstaon questioned the Lord Advocate with regard to fees said to be received by Scotch . judges renders it difficult to say what the precise drift of the member for Kinsale was. A *hart time ago, Lord Robertson was asked to arbitrate be tween certain proprietors and the Clyde Trustees, Glasgow, when the award of his lordship caused great dissatisfaction to the latter body, who gave expres sion to their feelings without overmuch delicacy. The arbitration would necessarily involve expense, but we are not aware that a fee to the judge formed one of the items—nor indeed can we say that this is the cue Mr. Watson had in his eye. Mr. G. S. Duff has addressed a letter to the electors of the Elgin burghs, announcing his intention of standing, and also asking them to demand from Sir A. L. Hay, the present member, a distinct reply " as to which party he looks for support," and this he asks in consequence of " a rumour that the pliant knight has secured the support of the party to which he has been so long opposed." PROVINCIAL. Incriox Paol Yawn= Kovastairta:—/16;aetias at die le sea sows the ausespiimails of Laaaaskiss, was had bat avosig aa XlmalswassOs min e- ased am* astlarawse as lawasa4s- wlisi asames will be the ansfeatisa at • was" at this next sla ce rs . 4 4 =asive • • • 4 % , 1 " 7,,,, piacdpka. All the assa hsand ~' --