The Express. — London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

1 M.....- -- _ Tag MILITARY KNIOIITS OF WINDSOR.—It was dot to chime of the eighteen neilleas7 knights of _of -their parent inewmes would . eggobegotbdentenerliaineat in theenetypart of tie ma & Me, ihmiemia Bowl Thbleell, the kart .. Aa m ei. bed ghee mein of modem OM the geee • '''' i s % o w rpm, and elm If This eopoisement of a t an sso a id 40 . 1 011010111 ardor dot Mee Adam el the atilitery , • woes might be filly innatigelled. Me. Gehltsil ham reel.. meek IS" of the Attorney sad lioneitor-Genend. =the subject before the house until after • MOW" Ate lON ream 1. Wags or SMAnin.—To put the silver edging to s ogno, which is always torn off and thrown away before manning the material to use, oasts 20,0001. a year ! —The Brader• jiyine,e,—Sir,—ln reading the remarks of' your toTespo ndent " 8.," of Chelmsford, under the head of sc Doge Juries," I felt surprise that he concluded without ing king any suggestion for the improvement of the common prom of whom want of intelligence he complains. Your editorial remarks in the Daily A ems of the 20th, on the ors Mot elicited " B.'s" letter, strongly show the necessity of tee vote by ballot at elections for members of parliament, se Mat the firmer's sweet voice might not be identified, and ' e ensequently not so greatly appreciated on those interesting • ene . "B." is mistaken, as it appears to me, where le wyg, "our chief gentry and magistracy act only as grand jury si..,,,,,g the ,wrir gentry, bankers, merchants, corn factors. dc., es special jurymen at mares, the principal farmers and - tradesmen are only summoned as grand jurors, whilst a - lower stratum of their body appear as special jurors at sae . oust; I leave you therefore to judge the material of which common juries are composed." I think if "B." had ex amined the jury list for his county, or the panel at the assize, be would have found a number of names of other indi viduals of greater talents and ability, or, at all events, of higher station in society, than the unfortunate pub-' scan and beer-chop-keepors whose " sleepy looks an d stolid indifference" be appears to stigmatise: sad if he was in court at the commencement of the business, I make no doubt he would have heard the names of compe tent individuals called, but not answered to, limply becaissa the men of wealth and intelligence take French leave, and op away attar the first or second day, owing to so great a nether of onamosjuron being summoned to attend at each nine. The make se anent of their absence but observe, *There will be limey of *yawn, and I dull take my ' hum" and, if they should be Mud M., they can afford to pay it, and consider their time of more value to them than tut savant of money (though I have never heard of was b i geg fined for abseace) • not so the pub. . Bad, Immeisp4toeper, sod small tradesman—they . • kave le IL to risk, and, masequently, are compelled leaded, My by day, for &paned of ten days or a fortnight ; . peMmemelmilell le travel en or ten miles, or more, night am eogodag, to amiss town; they must be there at mar * woe, with the dunce of being called into the box, and re ly leseMeitiesed sum of eaghtpeace per trial as a corn . fer their leas of time, neglect of business, and the : marliknerff their intellects, in endeavouring to settle the Alemesselperties they have never seen or heard of before. i Wm ass me so treated, Mr. Editor, can you be surprised at die indifference ? If you were ever placed in the unfor ' Omen peskiest of one of a jury who have been locked ''ltsr several hours, and not able to agree on , verdict, you will be able to appreciate and synths :. aids their situation, you will likewise know how their .',. Ilme beret after the fint half-hour of their con fi nement, iOM warding to his feelings and temperament, one bioriog his absence from his home end busi .gme, another stating what will be the nervous - lents of exeitement in his family caused by lffe amortival at home, thinking he may have been robbed . =worse, by some of the prisoners who have been enough to he acquitted, others anathematising the - ledge sad the law that perpetrates mush an injustice upon hike the benefit of others, and rots him of his time and .41pfints, with only • mockery of remuneration for ' .keds, sad numberless other remarks that bear just .as much on the subject they have to decide ulilmi till they are called back to a consideration • -tif the evidence by some one of the unfortunate party whose pewees of endurance are not so great as his associates. I sides these facts and circumstances not to stigmatise the ' jury, but to show the parties who enter into litigation, the manner in which their cases are too frequently discussed and decided on. I would ask any person, either plaintiff or de fendant, to place himself in the position of a juryman, com pelled to absent himself from home and business, as 1 have before stated, in what frame of mind he would feel himself after sitting in the box for several hours to retire and be locked up ( without refreshment) to analyse the conflicting evidence o a number of witnesses, and the speeches of two learned and eloquent banisters, who are retained by the contending parties at an enormous expense, for the purpose of gaining the cause, or making black appear white, or the contrary. I must mention one source of great irritation to the common juror, which is the method of taking the special jury cases, gener ally from eight to twelve of which are spread over four or five days, when the common jurors have to attend at nine o'clock in the morning, and take a short cause to occupy the time of the court till ten o'clock, for the convenience of the gentlemen, bankers, and large farmers of yonr Maidstone correspondent, who receive each their guinea per trial, and the common juror is frequently told by the court, he must not absent himself, as he may be called on again alter the special case is over ; or if the judge dismisses him for the day, it is a favour that is of very little value, accompanied with an order to attend at nice the neat morning. The ' labour of the common jury would be much shortened if the epeeist causes were taken consecutively either at the coos- menennent or at the last part of the mane ; and the gents., ite., who are summoned, compelled to attend by I rigid enforcement of the tine for &bounce. A regulation of this sort would shorten the time of attendence for the common juror some three, or perhaps men, days. lam gratified to see that the government have taken a step in the right direction in their recent an for the • resevery of debts under 201,, where they have reduced the : weber of jurors to five, with an increase of remuneration of about 33 per eent, or from Bd. to le. per case, , though I cannot conceive by what process of rem - wing the framers of that act value the same juror's time, if summoned as a winless, at 6s. per ' day. If any member of the legislature would bring in a bffi to extend that portion of the small debts set (as far as relates to reducing the number of jurors empanelled to 6.) to mines and sessions with something like remuneration for the loss arid ill-convenience they are put to—l feel he would be conferring a great benefit on jurors, cleats, and society generally, and would have their unanimous support. —S. C. Futed.—At Islington, yesterday morning, shortly ' before one o'clock, a fire was discovered in the outhouse and stabiftg, adjoining the dwelling-house of Mr. Ronald, mer chant, situate in Canonbory-lane, near Canonbury Tower. An alarm was given, and a number of policemen, with three engines, soon arrived. For nearly twenty minutes the engines were useless for the want of water ; but in the mean time four horses were rescued. Water having been at length obtained, the fire was extinguished by about half pest three, but not until the whole of the stabling was destroyed. The premises were insured in the Plck:. The origin of the tire could not be ascertained.--Ix Rozrox—Yeseerday afternoon, shortly before two o'clock, an Mangier fire was discovered on the premises in the occupation of Mr. Saunders, bonnet and shape menu lecturer' situate No. 5, Old Oloueester-street, Houton Old Town. The dames, when first perceived, were raging in the upper floor, and so strong a hold had they obtained, that none of the inmates were able to enter the apartments to tender any assistance. Information of the disaster was therefore sent to the fire stations, and forthwith the engines of the London establishment from Whitecross-street and • Jeffrey-square stations arrived, followed by those of St. Leonard's parish and the West of Busload office, in the Waterloo-road. An abundant supply of water having been obtained from the mains in the d istr ict, the firemen set to week mast vieoeously, but they were unable to get the flamer extinguttshed until the whole of the mock in trade in the Ippv floor of the premises was mosumed, the windows lsaat eat, and the lower portion of the building and its ecintenee severely injured, more emseially by water. Fond. en* Mr. Saanden was insured in the pun fire aim 1121ffeetiott AFFAIR IN ST. PANClLtB.—Withill 1 4 Inahn drys, Mr. Wakisy, the coroner, has had WNW order Ids SWAM eertain mysterious eireamestanete eesamted 'Wilk the dm* et a herb, =aid itamits. brown, — La *sad was held ea her body by Mr. Mills, the 406•37 '.."•••• en the sod of November bet, and what then •9••Pleted went to show that the Emend was in the aerie of Mr. hodolae, warnyor, 22, thaday-etnet, Tot tenham-court-road, who was the peineW witness in the AP& That reageena stated that the doomed wee to be an the • ..to ha death, to • young man 81 ••• 1 „__ best ammertaat there was Moo en Wen n ••• berated a Liam in his houses be wee .defend to attend the dearele, and forbid the manhole. Oa dm irnowiag afternoon, he (Mr. Jenkins) wee opwisirs at Abner, when his little child (five owes of age) mine up .and said Rosetta was lying i a the with a •*111.,..._•.' .He ran down stairs, sod hand the_ loeseedsiri leinff,eln.= leek in the coal-c a lm with her heed Illortur *um ro m Air. be_dn, and a carving knit, lying wear her. At the in • Nett, Mee. Pope, the eke, tithe diseased, as well as titbit relatives, wished to Teaks a statement to the jury affecting en ladividual whom they shehred to be the destroyer of the girl, but the deputy -coronet. Penang to' bear them, alleging .to if he alkremlorinte abassitatlob•seatled, they might nit there till deemeday. No Mil Was examined, or Jest' cruets eq}inetiaaeada J M jury =Mewed the ir 811 Whilerties slot firibre evidence maw not produced, ,kotafter an argamest with the deputy-consner, lasting nearly tin Mr, they gave VIM lad returned a verdict, " that the memeesse committed do an ternetr, the state of her mind at the time sot being jusana." It was suspected afterwards that 1 peer Mel heel net anly been seduced, but that the le fa bar *seat was of such a character that it was no =Mud she could have inflicted it cm herself. It was also that the suspected party on the night of the elesiseed's death beanie insane, and was conveyed fatisse to l'forwicit or liewieste. and there pi= Izits/lion. Thee and ether cireenntanees elf the dessand to write to Mr. Wakhy. They C 1e m5 *11 414,1 4 Iff Mt. Mills, wire stated that it was needles a semi *Fmk the having been unesheseseia deb mail. Thb try hrreetded * 1 0 4 Wdeignitly busmen win, es • Mewl of the family, serge' hishebetiesefeesgagtheltbembeeweegenther The bay of tilve demised weeinglerel is the grot ai d= *6 the Talresassle in Teeleoheemeola*ocii 13.1 .3 .... 'heed are the miative that she wee sweribred, list they hate hem weesveleg. In their eager ease es a 1146, inlediddien With tale view lbs. Perea l t ai rlut ..... " 1 l• gibbing en bielefillee will Ye. ',llkley, who tgtrahld. kr Set arctic finned shall be held as 0 • 4 1. AocIIIENT. Ole RITE Sourz-WserERN RAILWAY.— Testyrday, awe* totem six o'cledn Jahn Glazier, a porter, u3 W7e4 by the nth Western Railway Cempeny, la the W w l emi d•l th mrtletent, proceeded sous distance down that line e rails, for the pupose of hie wal duties, when several of the officers hard the - gime* el the three o'clock up-traia from Southampton. The six *Vick down train had jut started from the Nine Illesetenelses, and wag progressing very steadily from theatatfsa , whea the engine-dnyer pre the proper and ausemey precaution with the whistle and by other mew, and as they egprowhed the man Gluier, he suddenly stepped on to the up line. The engine-driver, stoker, and the whole of the guards in charge of the train, instantly shut off the steam, put on the breaks, and sued every possible me ins of warning the unfortunate man, but in a few seconds the buffer of the up train struck him with fearful violence, the force of which sent him forward under the down train, which happened to be passing at the same instant, and the wheels plumed over his legs. As soon as possible, several per. sons ran to the unfortunate man, and discovered him lying eaves the rails, moat shockingly mutilated. His right foot wan cut off near the ankle-punt, the left was dreadfully crushed, and manned to be hanging by a piece of flesh. His head was lacerated at the base, the left arm fractured, and his body, in various peers, was seriously contused. He was removed to the station, bleeding most copiously from the injured parts; and, after having been wen by a medical gen. denten, who happened to be in the train, was taken to Bt. Thomss's liaspital, when most prompt attention was given to the complicated injuries of the wounded man. Lest night at nine o'clock, he was progressing an well es could be ex pected; but it is quite certain that one if not both limbs must of necessity be amputated. The man wan quite sober, and has a wife end flintily. There seems but little chance of his life being saved. ELECTORAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. In considering tfi;itiaiClry ---- ii the parliamentary elections of a county, we must always attribute great im portance to the presence or the absence, the abundance or the deficiency, among its inhabitants, of occupations coa nected with handicrafte and trades, manufactures and com merce. In proportion as we see among a people that spirit awakened or dormant, which laid broad and deep the first foundations of social freedom and municipal rights in Europe, and which, in this country, as it had previously done in the free (bemuse commercial) republic' of Italy, in the Han seatic towns and is the Netherlands,arrestecl the violence, and finally subdued the licentious tyranny, of a fi erce but ignorant, and disunited, aristocracy o f feudatory chief tains, we may be sure that the elective franchise, which has been, of old time, as it is now, the first mover, and or. ganiser, and defender of free political institutions, is under stood, and cherished, and honourably exercised. Indepen dence as to personal means la the first-fruit of personal devo tion to any . legitimate or honourable calling. Independence as to opinions is the inevitable result of independence of action. Whosoever feels that he has, himself, earned an in defeasible right or qualification to ponces the franchise, is not likely to be insensible to its value, or reckless in its ex ercise when he has achieved it. In theory, therefore, and reasoning il priori, one should say, that a constitu ency well divided between the occupations of trade and the labour ofaBrlealture, should be a very good one—a very roper dal for the sacred trust of the elective fran chise. And, ea the same grounds, we should be justified in assuming that Oxfordshire must pones' such a constituency. Here is a midland county, ranking in our parliamentary statistics es the eleventh on the list of English agricultural counties. Yet it can boast of employing some 10,000 persons in the various trades or manufactures of blanket-making (at Witney), plush and girth-making (at Banbury). It merles on a large business in polished steel and gloves (at Wood stock), hone-clothing (at C bury hipping Norton), and weaving (at Bloxham and Adder). The best general notion of the proportions in which the people of Oxford betake themselves to the two classes of occupations we allude to, may be formed, perhaps, from the statistical tables pre sented by =amend to both houses of parliament. On a return of more then 30,000 families in the county, it sp. peared that there were 15,30 , of them engaged chiefly in agricultural employments; 8,440 chiefly in trade and manu• lesteres ; 7,000 not occupied under the one description of hoar or the other. The extent of its agricultural industry mad wealth may be collected from the large proportion of is ' lIM7fIOII which is maintained as arable land. It has North amptonshire on the north-east ; Bucks on the east; en the south-seat, south, and south-west, it is skirted by Barks; Gloucestershire bounds it on the west, and Warwickshire on the north-west. Its extreme length is ascertained by a line drawn from N. by E. to 8. by W., from the " Three Shires' Stone," u it is called (which marks the conterminous point where the several counties of Northampton, Oxford, end Warwick touch each other), to the junction of the Kennet with the Thames, near Reading, in Berks—a distance of about 51 miles. But an average of about 32 miles would better represent this length. Its breadth is very fluctuating. From the banks of the Ouse, near Buckingham town, to the n in e e ith a bo te u v rtroli ty of oi ld ( i . r . f r o o r i d d , e it ty is ar o u . t e 32 miles. „I m n ei the u i t i ti n e - I more than seven miles. The area comprised within this irregular outline is estimated at 750 square miles, or 483,840 acres. (Arthur Young's estimate was very much below this ; namely, 474,830 acres : but it is to be observed that he expressly applies this estimate, or survey, to that portion of the suracke, only, covered by what he calls " thee:amused soils." It is now ascertained to be, in point of sine, the 31st o the English counties. It is smaller, therefore, than Surrey, and larger than Berk` Its 14 hundreds are subdi vided into 207 parishes • and the range of its population. increase seems to have been much less than some well. authenticated medical statistics, collected throughout this county upwards of 43 years since, might have warranted us, now, to expect. At that time, and for ten years before, the average of deaths was but as 1 to 51 of the existing population, which was then 112,0 , 0. Now the whole increase of births in Oxfordshire has been far below that in almost any other county that we remember, if we except Rutland, within the several decennial periods that we are accustomed to refer to. The census of 1801 gave a population of 109,524. At the dose of the next ten years the number had risen only to 119.101. In 1821, a third ten years' return gave but 180,571 ; and in 1831, it had reached 151,720: the total increase for thirty years being no more than 381 per cent , whereas the average increase for all England and Wales was 67 per cent. By Inc but census, the population in 1841 was given at 161,573, which is but 474 per cent. on the returns he 1801. The poor-rats up to the year 1831 had increased 45 per cent. in the preceding interval of thirty years. Its Mr3s was from 86,6891. in the first-named year to 431. in the last. In the intervening decennial periods of 1311 and 1821, it stood at 143,1081. and 115,6461. respec tively. The difference of charge fur 1811, in this statement, Y startling. very In 1838, the charge fell to 84,3161. At the last decennial return, the total sum erpended in the year ending March, 1841, for poor relief, was 76,4741. Now, wherein, in 1831, the peor-rate, when the eounty numbered 31,770 families, was 180,0131., in 1841, when there were 38,000 families, this rata had decreased by 56.8241. We must not anticipate say large increase to the number of registered voters on the county constituency for newly-created freeholds in respect of lease investments ; for, though there were nearly 29,400 in habited houses, and 200 new ones building, by the last re turn, we have seen, there were also 850 uninhabited. There is, indeed, in these statistics nothing to demonstrate any great elasticity of reunites, or any extraordinary degree of social program and prosperity, if we except the striking dimi nution of the poor-rate. In the parliamentary history of this county, we have little to note that is of much general interest. The elation for the year 1754, is most calculated, perhaps, to excite or fix the attention of the present generation, as having been the last pitched battle urged until more thin half a century after wards, between the two great . parties of Whigs and Tories for parliamentary predominance. In 1734, a young man was introduced to the prime minister of that day, the cunning but feeble, bungling but crafty, Duke of Newcastle, by one of the four candidates for Oxfordshire, Lord Parker, eldest son oldie Berl of Maeclssield. This young man ren dered himself as famous as a writer of political suibs, and libellous. Bas 4. mpg the Tories (!) of his day, that he be came,shabd4 in mens e lea. vats secretary to the notorious Lord But., is 1102, to the Treasury, under Mr. George Greuvilles a in 1783; a Lord of the Admiralty, under the Duke of thslan's administration, in 1766 ; and a Lord at the Treasury in 1767; Secretary at War under Loed Nor* In 1778; in 1786, under Mr. Pitt, 1, a high Tory and anti_ (!). 2 a pear by the style and title of Lord Hawkesbray; and 3rd, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster. In the year 1790, First Lord of the Baird of Trade and Plantations; and, in 1796, Lord Hawkesbury retired— (not by decease, or into private life, according to the nice surmise of Madame De feael, hut)—under the enhanced dignity . of an earldom, as Earl of Liverpool, a wholesale unecuriet, and a full-blown pensioner on the public purse. He quitted public life sly in 1804 ; and, on his death, was uueeeeded by the late Had of Liverpool, the very hops and Isesstion of Toryina;, i s r e til e l e a f whose thick and thin sup ctssztMr.Besshigen tot he siune official honours, Slides' Sews sad opie ons of a fermis liberal end , was literally hunted to a premature Ztrbe g that was ever pulled down by the meat Ignoble p,rMis et party and of envy. But to return te the young Pamphislies of 1754. It was chiefly by his mess that the Crest mod the Whig government of the day see rallied te a ishwilleed and scompresaising ruort of Sok Oakelbhire eastiathee, in the piss ot Lord Vis pp count, Parker and Sir Used Turner, left Their success was laboured for, i ferot tliattri , boroughs and the Meceledeldi, the inris = l Clinton, and all! theethar portions of the Newcastle party , . The opposing Lard Viscount Asuman and Sir James Mill wood, were supported by all the interest of the Hepatitis sad by the Tories. The election was les and meat spouts The distratesd sheriff (or his assist ants), in wpm* at inturalag_ellies, sun up a double stern et all her eastilates. Theis Si MOM instacrity appealed egelnet and all lembils, sad, sibs likd a r=766, Lord Wonsan and Sir JUNI Dinh Sere resolatlern of the House of ComaselVidgatelected sbnl it was rebels& that Lord - Pulsar Sirs ward Turner were daly Owned, sad ought to bassinet returned. Bs at the beet elution, In 17 61 , the Tiny interest. so far es 04 shwa see member, the ducal funny the other. The sow ernagemant, of and roligli eniatessiptailly tits that law We rra toballthli ill . 111 MU .The Slow 'IF sentation spsderlhaa kin hes sit iisreessi *Seed -• moutoc y • M• IS orrante i far Si.' stock now lint woe member in press qty cou nty cots* At= two; two iamb= sent are , lffeferai of Diked and tar ' also estarneffr se tho city et taw mit. mambo , ler Brabg.slat; WI NSW l i gsim ii i 4; 6ll...k alla • Oriente et • SU I: di l l s see. if any sec • thir mese Vest .in quatkm, and with the saisig:= she mils. ism suit wa= . l6 Proviin icle (That = aUggellin g the elesterel ; so Wag will th e et • saw ; jotlit oft3 l B l W tor•ilwash" beth s " ism "' who win upheld Men enlightened and beneficial principles of social and economic legislation, be delayed or defeated. TM electors entered on the county registry at the general elee tionsoflB4l, were 5,721; and there was no contest. Them has been no contest for the county since ; hut the last return of this registry ve only 5,3 entere d freeholdete. Now we are prepared to contend from these premises, considering the degree of indirendence which communities, compared of agriculture] emu me and manufacturing employers are sure toenail; and the 'ffusive extent over which that independence is spread, that the electors of Oefordshire do not conscientiously exercise their elective franchise, and cannot plead either all exigency of their condition, or any practical ignorance of the value of the privilege which they thus abandon, in their excuse. The interest and influence of the Marlborough; the Abingdon; the Dashwooda, the Dillons, the Cloacae's, the Camoyses, and a score of other ennobled or ancient families and large landed proprietors in this shire, form no oultlelent plea on their behalf, who, from their intelligence, their position, and the comparatively prosperous condition of the Internal economy of their county, ought to set a signal example to the other constituencies of the empire at the approaching general election. If they would command the respect ante empire, they must return a very different representation from that preconcerted and as it were stereo. typed one, for which they have been, for too many years, unworthy and passive parties. X. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1847. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL I. When the news of the defeat of Lord Bentinck's clause has reached the Irish provinces, the rate-payers will congratulate themselves on their narrow escape from destruction, for the ruin of the present genera tion of farmers at kast was involved in its success. The smallness of the majority, however, renders it not improbable that the clause will be carried in the Upper House. Already the press begins to sound the alarm, and an active agitation will perhaps be commenced to quicken the attention of onr repre sentatives to the rights of the farmers. Another source of uneasiness to the small occupiers is Mr. Gregory's clause, which, in combination with his emigration clause, will have the effect of forcing the surrender of the patches of land misnamed " holdings." People are confused with the number and variety of changes which accompany our social revolution. The twenty per cent. reduction has been followed by no disastrous consequences. In very few districts have the relief committees refused to co-operate with the government officers, and the result 'has had a favourable effect on cultivation. A very large pro portion—indeed the great majority of the dismissed labourers, have been absorbed, and the proof lies in the general repose of the country. In some localities the order has not been complied with—for instance in Owning, county Kilkenny, where the chairman of the relief committee refused to furnish the lists, and threw the responsibility of dismissal on the Board of Works' officer. Generally a better under standing has prevailed between committees and officers, and though in some cases the rule bore bard on the labouring classes, yet, in the main, the conse quences have proved beneficial. The time was well chosen. Had it been earlier, when the markets were high and field employment scarce, the labouring classes would have suffered dreadfully--or later, and the fields would have lain unaown. Altogether, the government has no reason to regret that portion of its policy. Cultivation is in cheerful progress throughout the country. The ploughs are all at work in Limerick ; in the King's County tillage is steadily and satisfac torily proceeding; the landlords generally providing their poorer tenantry with seed, and taking as security notes payable after harvest.. Even in Mayo, some thing is being done, and I find that Lord Kilmaine, an extensive proprietor in that county, has provided his tenantry with seeds of all kinds—corn and green crops ; for his Wexford tenantryhe has done the same. Sir Brooke Brydgea, though a non-resident landlord, has directed a statement of the position of his tenantry in the Queen's County to be laid before him, preparatory to his supplying them with seeds in abundance for spring and green crops. He has also pledged himself to afford other relief to such as need it. Mr. Harvey, of Kyle, in the county of Wexford, and Mr. W. Villiers Stuart, M.P., have also given directions to supply their te nantry with seed. The latter gentleman, who has recently inherited considerable estates in Kilkenny and Cork, has announced that he will not demand any rent from the tenantry before November. The Messrs. Harding, of Cork--one a barrister, the other a merchant—have also supplied their tenantry with seed. It is well to note these individual instances of attention on the part of the landlords : they are, I fear, but the exceptions. The Chamber of Commerce is organising an op position to the Dublin Improvement Bill, and the promoters are preparing to push forward the claims of the municipality, and to operate ou the ministry and the English members. Tho wealthier classes are all on the aide of the former ; and on the side of the latter, little more than the just principle strenuously advocated by Mr. Labouehere, that Dublin was enti tled to, and ought to have, the same rights and privi leges as the other great cities and towns of the empire. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The government officer' are using extraordivary activity in organising the relief committees under the new relief act, and every journal which has come to band to-day contains reports of proceedings preliminary . to the commencement of operations. In the electoral divi sion of Limerick, the Lime rick Ezaminer estimates the numbers requiring relief at 29,000, exclusive of the paupers in the workhouse. The cost of relief for six months is computed at 56,0001., or 19s. 2.d. per pound on the valuation of the union. An at. tempt, has been made in the open street of Rathkealc, and in mid-day, to assassinate Mr. D. O'Grady; fortu nately, the attempt proved abortive, the cap having fallen off the pistol, but the culprit walked away through a crowd of bystanders, none of whom attempted to seise him. Mr. O'Grady acts as agent to his nephew, Lord Guillamore, and had gone to Rathkeale to prosecute several civil bills, issued against defaulting tenants. The attempt was made because he declined to forego the pursuit of those proceedings. A bailiff on the estate of another gentleman, named O'Grady, was fired at on the same day and wounded, but not dangerously. The man who perpetrated this act, and who is in custody, had been speaking to the wounded individual ten minutes before the attack. The bailiff was serving law pipers on the tenantry. The guard of the Ballinasloe day coach decamped on Tuesday with 3001. deposited is a parcel in the coach. He escaped about a mile from Bellinuloe without his departure laving been discovered. An agent of the Irish Evangelical Relief Society of Ireland in Castlebsr states that on Sunday last he discovered is two cabins in that town fourteen human beings no better than skeletons ; they were without clothes, or fire, or fond, and their hair had fallen from their heads through famine. The MagoTelegraph states that Lord Loran's drivers have seized the cattle of a village on his lordship's estate for rent, but have confined them in yards and houses to avoid the exposure of placing them in the open pounds. The tenantry, the nine journal Mum had gathered the rent to within a few pounds, but it was refused, as tho whole was not forthcoming. In the same jonrcal there appears a letter from the Rev. Mr. Hardiman, • Roman Catholic clergyman, in which he states, that he applied to that noble curl for a subscription for the poor of Kilmeena, where Lord Lunn is "by far the most extensive of the landlords." The rev. gentleman applied twice; but he received no reply. He states, that his lordship's, as well as other tenantry, " are withering with hanger." The same rev. enntleinan elates, that from Mr. Knox, of Castleree, Sir T. O'Malley, or Sir R. O'Donel, he has neither bad replies or subscriptions; but the latter baronet is, be states; very zealous in his efforts to relieve his tenantry at Newport. Lola Ho:exec.—A fresh claimant appears for Um " honour " of the birth-place of Lola Monies. The Galway Vindicator, on the authority of a ecerrespendlent, insists that Loughrea is the true locos u coo Betsy Widow, AM inhaled the vital air. Her father, poor Jerry Watson, followed the profession of a vagrant player, and often delighted the deni zens of Loughrea with his " mirror," which he held singu larly close " to nature." Betsy, too, was famous in her day. The Vindicator concludes the notice thus "This is no tale of imagination ; it is 'an own true taw of natural life. We should not wonder if she inherit some mixture of Spanish fire, obtained from the ' Old Spanish town,'. the ' ancient cities of the tribes,' Galway,: which may account for the sur mises as to her Smith °ruin:" ft gvatitmen informed may Le knew Lola wail in Dublin ex Mrs. James. T=s RECENT DIDEDII,-.INTIONESS Or THE DECEASED Aseaserti.—ln out last publication Megan, the particulars of the loped upon the body of Roe, one of the naurderen of Mr. Prim and the policeman, and wounded by the former in his death straggle. In referents to the demise of this villain we consider it worthy now to chronicle a rather extra ordinary setae which took place at Kells, with respect to hie interment. The inquest was held on Wednesday last, and on the following day the relations of Roe came to Kell. peliartation to claim the body, bringing with them an orna mented been and a jaunting car to convey it away. The r stated that they had received orders from their sub that the body should not be removed till the follcrw ing iperubs, mad eimuttiently time claiming it were obliged ML sty UV" wii stated that she would put the re. ' mutat et ler 'WORM ado es has a man as that which had =aOm *di qt,the murdered Mr. Prim. asst that he above gaits as empeotable a funnel. This *Mgt abrei weds and by several of the inhebinWa offret asseeist whom Mr. Prim was universally and duomvectly imierred, their Indignation was excited to the highest • MA the pawns who came for the murderer's remelt Vlore new& reinuenutat or admittance to every home of adarlainuerut or otherwise in the village. The resentment of the people, however, did not stop here. Oa the following wanting, aa Ind y es sle o'clock, two men presented tkrt mine at the Erells polies bunch', and asked far the= Roe, statingediat they were his saareetei kin. The r which bad boa by the pvertens Oder the mum, placid in a deal coffin were immediately given to then son who deposited ileam in a car and proceeded in the direction of Shortallatown, the scene of the murder. They were joined as they went along by immense crowds of persons who bad been waiting for them, and a procession of about 200, from the districts of Kells and Stoneyford, provided with guns, blunderbusses, pickaxes, shovels, &c. ' was soon formed. This motley force marched in triumph to the turn of the road at Shortallstown, where the ruthless deed had been perpetrated, and there baring dug a pit in the ditch, 15 or 16 het deep, they flung in the coffin, and hurling upon it immense stones, which must have smashed the body to atoms, they filled up the grave and tired a volley over it in token of their triumph. The commune, which d much excited, then returned to Kells, where encountered the wife and father of Roc, w h o again come with the hearse and jaunting ear to claim the body, and so exasperated against them were the people that they at once surrounded them, and would have tern them to pieces but for the providential presence and in terference of the brothers of the murdered Mr. Prim, and some other parsons of influence, who with great difficulty prevailed upon the mob to allow the wretched man and woman to depart without injury. So far all appearance of violence and disorder had terminated ; bat on the day hut one following, which was Sunday, considerable apprehension was excited amongst the authorities by a report which had reached them, that a body of men from the borders of Tip petery had determined to come for the purpose of disinter ring Roe's body and carrying it off to give it " Christian burial," and that the people of Kells were prepared to turn out in large force with fire-arms to prevent the success of the design. A bloody encounter being feared, Joseph Greene, 1t.11., Peter Blake, county inspector, and T. Trent, S.I , Bops., with a large police force, were early on the ground to preserve peace, but fortunately no appearance of any as sembly for a hostile encounter took place. However, the people of Shortelstown protested, it is presumed from a superstitious feeling, against the body remaining interred by the roadside in their locality; and we believe that, in cease quence, Mr. Greene ordered the remains to be . xhumed and to be transferred to the precincts of the county gee!, and there to be re-interred in the:burial-ground assigned to similar criminals. No trace has since been obtained of the other miscreants concerned in this darner and diabolical murder, and the Board of Work, has offered 1001. in addi tion to the government reward of 1001., for information lead to their discover}',—Kilkenny Moderator. PORTPATHICZ.—COMMUNICATION NETWEEN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND TOMMUNICATED).—As it is possible that this question wil tee again discussed, in consequence of the recent improvements in locomotion, and the present state of the sister island, and being confident, also, that there are few instances on record wherein government has been so grossly misled by interested persons, we feel inclined to re , view and expose the circumstances which have led, end are still likely to lead to a useless expenditure of the public money, and also to point out the best mode of communication that can now be adopted. About thirty years ago, when this question was agitated, Col. James Hunter Blair was member of parliament for the county of Wigton and pro prietor of the vi ll age of Portpatrick, and the late Mr. Rennie, the eminent engineer, was employed by go vernment to ascertain the best position for a packet harbour on the Scotch aide of the Irish Channel, for sailing vessels, as steam vessels were not then thought of. In 1818, Mr. Rennie produced two plans for the improve. ment of Port Patrick Harbour, which he had deci,'ed was the best, in opposition to the report of Captain M'Kerlie and Mr. Teller, who had been previously employed. The fir.t plan was to carry two piers out into the channel tide, and into twenty-four feet at low water, by which the little Lin ing vessels could cast off, and with the wind westerly on one tack or the other, clear the rocks to the north and south, which berme had been found both dangirous and difficult. The second was to excavate a basin, which mare room would be obtained. Both plans le the disadvantage of putting to sea unremedied. The estimate of the first plan was 100,0001.; and the second, 50,0001. It was but natamil that the engineer. who was to be paid by a per emit" should recommend the former, which he was sure was te cost much more than the es timate,e and which ins now amounted to nearly 300,0001. ! It is true that ea examination took place before a committee of the House of Commons; but we have strong reasons es think that the question had not fair play. The expensive plea was ultimately decided upon, and in order to prevent eta alemstion, the pier on the south side (contrary to all =t) was begun at the outer end! We know that Die, in opposition to other opinions, stoutly main- Mined that he would construct piers that should withstand any storm; and we doubt not that he conseientiously be. lieved what he then asserted, and that be could make a harbour for the small sailing-packets then employed, that would efficiently remedy the evil, although that has not been borne out by subsequent experience ; but it cannot be denied that both he and the hon. member for the county were, in a pecuniary point of view, deeply interested. and although the other position recommended by Capt. M`Kerlie and Mr. Telfer for a packet harbour, possessing much supe rior advantages was known to Mr. Rennie, it is but natural that he should have recommended the most lucrative one, sad the one by which his fame for overcoming difficulties was meet likely to be encoded. Portpatrick harbour has indeed been a good speculation, not only for him but for his son and successor. The last improvements recommended by Sir John will add largely to the public expenditure, and something to his own per centage. The next proposition will boa railroad ter minus, which will require several miles of tunnel, at probably a guinea an inch, and after all be useless, for no person who has common sense will embark for Ireland in thesmall steam packets that must be employed on that station, which are sometimes five or six hours going the nineteen miles, and very often (as their loge, if called upon, will show) unable to venture out of the harbour for days together. This last fan will satisfactorily account for their being so seldom obliged to take refuge elsewhere; for it is manifest that if they do not venture out, they cannot be driven back, or into Loch Ryan. A. no vessels of a larger size can possibly be employed in Port Patrick harbour, it will never be the route preferred by passengers. If there was no other place but Port Patrick on the Scotch side of the Irish Channel, there might be some excuse for adhering to it. Sir J. Rennie's objection to Stranraer, Cam Ryan, Troon, and Ardrossan, that they would render n an enermous increase of sea voyage, is fetal. But there Port Nesaack (near Port Logan), of which he only says, " it was recommended, but not acceded to." ludeed, he could l no more, for his only objection to the rest could not be ma le, because Port Logan being a little to the south, and Port Patrick about as much to the north of the point nearest to Ireland, they are equi distant fiam Donaghadee —namely, both 191 miles; and we have so hesitation in declaring that, if the late Colonel MeDouall's patriotic and liberal offer had been aoeepted, government would have saved 150,000/. of the public money ! besides having not only an excellent harbour for such packets am are absolutely necessary to induce passengers to cross in them, but an excellent harbour of refuge, an a poll. tion'which we know to be more wanted than any other platter mart of Great Britain. But now there is another circumstance which mast, in the end, oblige government to abandon Port Petrie* for Port Logan, and that lA, the facility with which • railroad an be carried to the latter, comparatively with the farmer. The roads, both from Ayrshire and Dumfries shire, are nearly a perfect level to Port Logan, while Port Patrick, being itself at the bottom of a steep hill, is sur rounded for miles by ground far above the common level. so that the construction of a railway to it, if not impractica ble, would be ruinously expensive. The best description that can be given of Port Lope ',Abet it is Plymouth Sound (without Drake's island) in miniature ; this spacious hetet has clean, good poling ground, deepens gradually, has on each side abundance of the best material for the construction of a hreskwater. The expense would run from 50,0001. to 100,0001., accord i ng to the roam inclosed, and the depth of water required, from 12 to 50 feet. The rise and fall of tide is 15 feet, And the ebb, on the north side, rune out eight hours ; there is there a neat village, and a pier giving rise dent protection for small craft, already built, and we have no doubt that if the government will consult those that ere not interested, say Admiral Bowles and Lord John Hay, they will throw no mere public money into the sea, at Port Patrfeh s but immediately adopt Port Logan as by hr the mat eYfibls sal pot useful for every purpose. e, • • SCOTLAND. Alt trIIikTOIAL loess.—()a Saturday monibgllest. about 8 o'clock, as aremlne the end hada& leading from • field ins ti ne wil i tta w a is = of a mile tithe village of In his attendee was arrant . by Ike shoed zikryi of the drain, lain whisk alone Ono lot Irma and beaked up with 4 ifearn, Mil shiserlag be heard afainths s 3 mad; aad al leusesareneedi knocooded Area the link.. He- ieesdrody reukond do nee hat as Woo and pereeivalthe logs if a boy, whoa les ponly wet ; be west tease village for the osa with whoa he retuned bus Isar nuntes, and they . tigetera took this hey, a shillabon eight years of age, how liteheis. They ttnel that la ben lad boa put into a beg, awl about* bens dawn INA been put over Ina; bit WY Seelbens v but epowely He was knyikatsly Yond la the Is the village, whole bewas at. sow ea ow of an Ink tastily which . had mini the aht before, and had heap' hob loan to boss; y in the hit sins at einlaultal sad, nilsetymeym=al ems! the halghpplesessorhytio when (who ithlreatod the allnaisla AM (w ho war= a akele s 73ou been* ihrhskindareasiden out of balsa to the stone &or. In the and II e'en*, the whole goaily left the orb an tie road to words ileserishapn , osossihn the atro also; deed by_thoung.. on ei. asaarar with OkaiTh ihni reib li."d aul dadili. 4=t clis iest flis,. l = on osabse r irson nand Li shish, an it arra sato. The ar am a rk. hassulit h eaarteyy. The a, se woman at e d , the hrt flew hoist all of the ishon , bed allowards Oternowledrei mho LA mond la-peatiog Ms the hole, oventer siertia Vgle died so near tlln hailleft the , astautanag what tirde illn, she harlot le sa reyt rash Thotehelegartg ippeosied halm the &We inislibisfrs lbs ova* at Deass, "" Wroussied that he loner suroiralsa. and ellesenChner werhousaudonsa albs bodylo bansh; gaieslim dean ealiostilay. . The electors esediesta ado No nee of death .11 bars by songothoot Ss Ism Mewl %renal neepkatian. The noon Ostailing =li FASOMMIII•I4 holiehad ; that they sertemila w, fryllelhatrealkinainfebyesauf lb* uhanelne, oinked hashbeggiog ding afteehlehhalififg atrinedin,hanniubat wenia I ssssyyelinsradetrerri oaf !oak hrtrial if hot., Oa aerelty lesuelthr Gahm* above . 61. to silver swan was howls noled , E.reeirpersa Os Tuesday. Ohlitit, they hen 1 .. conagaintio, when Ow wish parterfoospt= V....leyes of age, was coutaaitimi to ftulimal. adieu at w, fee trial for saarclar, aattlessase mind tithe =Avseste. It would appear that the issossiline pur -1 possignpt two toed, so es to reads: hie appetnan hors emaciated and dirtreeming, and thus oreite the cosusieera don noel:charity of the humane. Svairrons or Aoc. The Old Bridge of Dumfries, after standing 600 years, has begun to give way. Last week a l■d tumbled through a •hole in it into the river. The Dumfries Courier gives the following particulars respecting this venerable fabric " The Old Bridge of Dumfries, waded at an early period of the 13th century, consisted originally of thirteen arches, with a guard-gate in the centre; and, in our opinion, is the oldest structure of its size in Scotland, if not Great Britain,—keeping out of view Roman single arches, specimens of which are still extant. The kindred avainuity at Stirling, we suppose, comes nearest to it; an old Forth fabric of unknown date, but which figures in 1571 as the scene of the public execution of Hamilton, Bishop of St. An drew's. In its youth it had only four arches, with flanking towers, and a gate in the middle. Two silver keys belsoging, each seven inches in length,are preserved in the town-house, and were last presented to the Duke of Cumberland in 1746. The year before, the south arch was destroyed by General Blackeney, to prevent reinforcements joining the at indaid of Prince Charlie. But a few months thereafter, wl en Cum berland chased the Jacobites, the fallen arch had to be sup plied with wooden legs and boards. to enable him to pass over,--so curious sometimes, is tie fortune of war." WALES. PEHRHOLE.—COMMISSION DT THE LC/HD LITUTIWAITT. —W. H. B. J. Wilson. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. PROVINCIAL. THH NUNTIRE or Pooh, especially of Irish . poor, daily coming into or passing through Manchester, continues to be very great. An inspection of the books kept at the night asylum, where shelter is afforJed f.ir one night to applicants who are houseleas, and Dave no means of petruring other lodgings, shows the following results :—Adcnitt. d last week, 1,119; corresponding week of 1846, 419. It may be re marked, that this is not a selected week; the result is shown over the whole quarter. In the three months ending with March, the whole number received amounted to 17,966, whilst the number far the same period last 3 ear was only 5,616. Tite WRATHER has been extremely variabl • within the last month in this county, the thermometer, which stood as low as 72 degrees on the llth, haring rile is tie Ot on the 16th, and fallen again to V on Monday. 01 Wednosday there was a heavy fall of snow at Moodiest. r, which con tinued, with some intermissions, during the !...lowing night and next day. ANOTHER BEOOINO IRISH FARIIHR.—On Monday, be• fore Mr. Rushton, an o'.d Irishman, in plain n td mum, but not ragged attire, was charged wits begging i t the streets. A long letter was found upon him, from his rather in the sister isle, front which it appeared that the p isoner kept a farm in Ireland, and had there lett with the writer of the epistle a cow so d a colt, which he had been at some fairs to sell ; also advising him that he would soon leave his own faros and also p over to England, where the prisoner's sue- Dem aa a mendicant has doubtless been great. Mr. Rushton said such conduct was perfectly scandalons—puties coming here who were well off at home, and extorts_ money from, in many cum the distressed population of thi, country. He should treat all such impostors as they deserts .1, and he sen tenced the prisoner loose month's imprison, at DIIITILLATION PROM CiRAMT:IRO Opponent' Of strong drinks," members of the teetotal and tempenu,ce societies of Leeds, have presented &requisition to the Mayor of Leeds to call a public meeting of the inhabitants to con , ider the pro priety of petitioning both houses of parliament to enact a law to prevent the destruction of strain in breweries and distil lenes, and thereby cheapen the toed of the ix ople by pre serving to their use " the kindly fruits of the earth." His worship has complied, and convened a meeting for Easter Monday evening Tits WEATHElL.—Tl;eiemp; : atura in Ycn kshire, which last week was very warm and genial, has uncle. tone a great change since Sunday. On that day, a heavy re 'n fell, which has been succeeded by cold, frosty weather, ca'culated to do harm to the early bloasorns. On Wednesday night, and again on Thursday afternoon, there wee a slight fall o. snow. A LOCAL EDITOR'S DZSCRIPTION OP RIG NZ:10111101MM. —The Cumberland Paapset says :—" The god people of Cockermouth have, without exception, the hsp;.iest method of creating • ferment amongst themselves of any body of men within the wide range of her Mai tsty's dominions. A public clock cannot be lighted without • row, a a cannot be supplied to the street lamps without quarrellir r, a church rate cannot be levied without a trial of strength, and now, it would seem, basin? no other matter in band by means of which they can raise a commotion within the borough, they appear determined to have an election for the enviable and lucrative office of guardians of the poor! People generally, we should hare imagined, would have shunned the situation rather than have courted it, but this feeling does not appear to prevail at Cockermouth, where, like the Irishman at Donnybrook fair, who fights for ' the love of fighting, a contest in courted purity for the hurly-burley, uproar, and tumult which it must necessarily create. THII Gana Nuisance.—The Duke of Devonshire with a philanthropic consideration for the welfare of his tenantry, has ordered all the hares to be destroyed upon his grace's domain about Chatsworth. _ _ _ COMMIT ACCIDENT.—SIVEN Ltvee LOST.—On Wed. nesday an Inquest was held at Church Greeley, on the bodies oft number of men who were killed in a colliery the day previous. It appeared that on Tuesday, the 30th ult., about half-past five o'clock in the morning. 14 colliers, men and boys, got into the cage at the Church Pat, to be let down to their usual employment. Daniel Batch, the engine man, let them down, but when they had deicended about 40 yards, he heard one of the wheels crack, and immediately stoved the engine. He ran to the pit mouth, and found the drum run ning fast, tke spur wheel having broken, and fallen under the drum. The cage was precipitated to the bottom of the pit, which is 270 yards deep ; the rope broke off the drum, and went down the shaft, although longer than the depth of the pit. It was between 9 and 10 o'clock before a rope could be attached to the pumping engine, and another cage let down, when the bodies of the dead and dying were drawn up. Major!, alter a patient investigation, returned am lt la the rest—" That the &masa met their deaths by the owidasSalbroaking of the spur wheel." EINCITTIOIf or PIATTS, THE MURDERER. —At 12 o'clock on Thursday, at Derby, Platte paid the last penalty of the law for the murder of Collis, at Chesterfield. The concourse of people was immense. Early ha the week be made a written confession, the correctness of which he per sisted in averting to the last. He was very firm uhtil he arrived at the pinioning-room, when he began to tremble violently, and continued to do so until the bolt was shot. He straggled violently for about two minutes, though loaded whit inns. It will be sass that bile confession is not mon- ALM* with the widen's. His conduct in gaol was good, and ho amposeed drew raglan hopes. Pune Warn= Cossoness.—Yrestey an I kid the pea nen diluter, der the pane nee gee bib church ; he rinds bd bee with —, sect they bed kid sin le mate away with Cain They bed te asst at the time ha (siren's), at leentss. Chills we to ens to the there la Ike enemen. an they wen an to an lowa a Canmaresid„ as the libeelakest (Den letes), and they were beak thee aril nen. Oils lull nee: be welted to me ar ; Ilartay held Ida lohbe at Penes stelt. at the WU new ; I was ted there. be ldea where there that Os ken. Inky kid Orli it h e ld em lei no wen be en with limn nine; en that be weld to sure to nest se at end. Moen he bed le es me An pin to end at Nensthigh Thor rendind lemplea one doe *kw thie soneeeties. nen Ind me been nib net they let the Weelebeet ehae W i sling se sr a n nen to men Vein. He an en vas newsy be pe Odle le ths snlie hs ton Ids Ins then seil et we nen al es Miner le settle then, se weak One Pia*, a a den le the stens. Whia they gee Cans le th er he (Odin Int le pe nay when be bed I vas sot I d s y nd be bens le weft: lbe deer was epee non n We the seen deer. nen he bsil penny pan en nen kr theyenne inithetsf Celle. Hs sunk hin etth It, enbiesein bin emene. in be In spin the den enestelis; widen be dnepd hi eh; eel sembleseale. ke Star ebbs inane • nee ; the he sere Ma en eve ea the we, a senene ellen" WI dentirovw when be esid senifig as hie the on set. I eselsaides Inged the densenelnew, sod I saw nate eel ossalag dt the M alibi yen nwiteyeinne non Ind me to eon an I weens Itienehnd wale Ille sleben the he 101 l zie he bed le they& Wan we get dee4 be neeed setaethent* hid Ilene with se kasha. en Ole Pro p Et Ws! ma alio. Ina Morn pen Ma awn eln 1 link wenn ben led I ant use see, It lekey diek be Aar die )iow en Ink •,- mid be nut peed knee Ile win on le stet spit Inns en sled to e'** U. wen shit. F lie ree. It as seen Wen I hik Senn len es the lisp den. I lee dinned nib Obi Anne el It; an la en U.U. tit abithieve anon' fl a titnede Wen the dews ; el& le It I see mg hen I penal en ay bed oft U. nee I benne. Thee no witz%beerd theme= tin Ile dein Mr. libt pre tediennie Ind big Penn red Pin ere islet ansit,• nil Innen ellk be lens dep. Ire I bed an an end thin he to Ist feel ems de en in elre death eve mtg.! Yee. Oa lifpney envinve wee ki nen heves bur dein. I Sint pm es I bad le I=l . l rMeaii ait ea Thane leinleg. Jew ea p▪ s i nil emend le ion an Theft ning ve lgia dr" Nan In pet di Ile limp Peale. ernlalle ▪ ne leen re,. le is ended ewes the yen nen. nth end I led be In yea le win, gieW s ledis %pm awed see with POOL MOM lonia be. bones ever sad Inn the lady In the seeppeol. The begs Wyss* Oat w• minis! oat nein eel U. shankles eel Way e i = ter Its Inman h he *Who olght ; said ff he Whom Is shop. it nein= I mei ellen U. be eye nine' kw drip; he %M .. elehle. mid by the lanky I us t o 411147 , the r e :I re . 14 erliewhle 1•010• 11 L 11111 .1 Z11 11 : =rlllll.ftinl rid allf ▪ lialakiih era Rend le It fir= in nein fir the pep= deneelent theSzen , 1 rake.' been sent than ear. la the as Set I Inn hne the wateia .... ne le n tr a l nen On et `Tale ...... o f assionterteronsab tors woo. poi birrerthsajges. I bins nen MA Mb seas he end bln beit a bne sed Nen shospresii. es ender In I wee him inn. I lase MEW irest Onle et Let en a Motley earl. TM wee liinelbeheeene Oriels le the maim Wen we ern*, bee, bane be Inns rain an en in I esnlesedst le neennyldn. Therfee iimmot woe as inellepneelep lean" dns seer vie is./. I needy, as andlag Who peens et an ulmee s g use le a in keen On ihe nen seinen le lent RMS." w Won/aft nen 1111 bee tenon nen Melly all No Olon • Mbar dun hen beam Wynn 1 Yid sea' PP • (Twee, of tin dint is ssaillsi for olevisasesnoss. Two lints ere also alighted wtiei rota to the disposal of • boa) • NAusimi. Nov oinox.—Thi net sdal los bola unialsoft aiageod to dier= a swt ra llisei x r lisL ag litt 4 4 4 rr r i r la • ' ehi _ pir IMMO, *rib* . lillt diks .plid " A r e= f i t midi Ss Cbma has bowls eperstisa), to veimple We me bigoilM OM Oa the doomed Wormier, kg riga* gnus he the ballalag sad establisbaseet of assets sad towhee/ matires, I ad. la rem ear, towards their rielrease; art she by the = torerdes and omen of ea leadtelhe la the aer et Worcester mew re ad lee We lASI or tedsedeaseer. 'That yes streasey the dillsoddr did 'toad in the way et elmeree, eat only lei Me wont drubs= duly quell , ael ler tire rim hears Seem the ribility, r err err to gt , e theca ea serer, comereedee he Oak Barre% sad they here roomer teem, that eemedwas deter Ms the tespasit. betty strides tie.. Olga era dr tgadarr WY peerage eight to nigg, maw the apprehrite rest obis allerrele selW red; teaupport tbad (hot reaider that If sk. seat were eredel by the of he the rem. ere esilearrat or orremeas of rime, Y prepostisa le had metributioes er butletted bearmelenee, It wanid gm e rt vale elm* while wadi perste the enterer sod of education. That leer shit,, *rear asbatsw- Wee the ealleme teMek ell rim within 1/eke d dr support of orrelery re mar otheols from Itterbee released le the minutes of the Contekose of Crete heady pen~oremo to suggest whether greater agyeaftesossidsetremitl sob lietteder it grants were permitted Word* =brim rimer rerietior to meet kcal subeeriptions orleerlderbearsolsrolgetldlearisveseist and rasintenance. Iliatycoaratrestelets greatlyeriketthettheame her of in•pectors issboutbsimaramadonidamlnsin of schools a great secur to ity he deer oilloironsUa= against abuse god mernasesestri. Thayer are dent. rocs of doing the utmost in drat pegs le eorposple with the Om future a Council in di triage rook modal, education In the of through theme* ere of the OLOOCEStEItifffIRE. • EVERT DOG Ng' nit Day.—A singular apparition (sa)•s the Bristol Times) is now constantly 'renewed along the highway in Clifton, namely, a carriage, splendid in all its appointments of hones, harness, conehnian, footman, dm. driving about In the fashionable leg of the day, its SOlO tenants being two handsome small white dogs, somewhat of the poodle breed, which look owl at each window with pert and important air, as if conscious that they were •• No prks, monger, wholes, or homes, Or dogs of low degree ;. but " curled favourer of fortune," for whose convenience or comfort no expense is spared. The owner of the equipage and noodles is a lady of noble family, who is so loud of her canine pets that even a carriage is kept as much for their ac commodation as her own, for it will drive up to the door, when the lady herself is unable and indisposed to go out, the footman will throw down the amps, and the curled darlings, descending the well-carpeted stairs, jump into the chariot is a style only to be attained to by quadrupeds atter long custom and practice. The steps are then put up, the door closed, and the dogs are driven off far their airing, returning with a brink and eeltaatiAled bark the valedictory hand-waving of their benefactress in the balcony above. _ DIsCOVERT OF COA:L . WWpa;;l7lsiYattoo has recently been the scene of great rejoicing, in consequence of the dis covery of a vein of coal, between three and four feet thick, on the estate of J. H. S. Pigott, Esq., at Clayerham, in that parish. The strong belief that coal existed somewhere in the neighbourhood induced Mr. Pigott, about a year ago, to commence boring for it. After penetrating abort • hundred fathoms, • vein of coal was reached. The spot where it has been found is about a quarter of a mile from the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, so that by laying down tramsJd r. Pigott will be enabled to load the trucks with coal at the mouth of the pit, ready for conveyance by railway to any place on the line. Iron ore also exists in the neighbourhood but, for want of coals, this has hitherto been sent into Wales for the purpose of manufacture, but it is now hoped that furnaces will be erected on the eget, and the cost saved of transit to the coal districts of the princi pality. REFUSAL TO RECEIVE THIS CORPSE OF A DISSENTER WITHIN THE Clionca.—A correspondent of the Iherlarne Journal says : —The esteemed pastor of the Independent Church, Bruton, having lately lost a eon by death, it was determined by the family to inter the corpse in the parish burial ground ; no ground for interments being attached to the Independent Chapel. On the appointed day the corpse was taken to the church, but on arriving at the church doors the feelings of the family and friends were wounded by the announcement that the body could not be received into the customary place within the church, but must be left in the church perch, on account of the deceased never having re ceived clerical baptism. Though no notice was taken at the time, and the service was concluded in the usual manner ' • general feeling of indignation has been excited by this act of intolerance. AT A SPECIAL MEETING OP TEE HARWICH Tow* COUNCIL, • petition to the House of Commons was agreed to, and the corporation seal affixed thereto, to refer the two Harwich lines to the railway board for selection : and it was resolved that the town clerk should forward such petition to Sir R. Peel, with a request that he would present the same; and the following is a copy of the right hon. baronet's answer: To the Town Clerk of Harwich.-711r,-1 will not fall to take an opportunity of presenting to the House of Common. the petition which accompanied your letter. I rejoice that I bad the opportunity during my tenure of office, notwithstanding the neceswary rejection of many urgent claims for the expenditure of public money on works of great importance, of orienting a vote for the prerervatlon and im. prevenient of the port of Harwich. not vote will, I treat, condom, equally to the marten defence of the country, and to the prosperity of !branch and it. neightworhood.—l am, Ike., Houma Peat. — Whitehall, March 27. TILE AUTHOR or "PETER PHlGOlNB."—Amongst the means made use of to assist the family of the late liar. J. T. Mc...lett, we find the publication of a print, from the por trait by Mr. Watson Marsh, u suggested at the Rochford meeting, has been determined on. 'The likeness is stated to be admirable. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. Daman Portia:mu or Sr. are now ' ex British families spending their private incomes within the parish and town-800 families of British tradespeople and shopkeepers-2,000 labouring poor and mechanics—and GOO aged, infirm, and sick. In the first aim, the average expenditure is 3.00 f. per annum each ; in the second. 851. ; in the third, 401. per annum; and in the fourth, 61. 10s.— therefore, the expenditure of the British residents in Jersey per annum is—let clam, 180,0001. ; 2nd class, 61,000/. ; 3rd dass, 80,000 f.; and 4th clue, 3,2201. ' • being a total outlay of 316,2501. per annum, by the entire British residents in the town and parish of St. Helier. One very remarkable cir cumstance connected with the British population of St. He tier is the very small proportion, in class the first, of males amongst the adults; there are, oat of 2,400 souls, only 4QO men, while there are 1,300 unmarried females, 200 married females, and 400 widows ; this is exclusive of children under 12 years of age ; or about 20 females to 4 males. Thus, 80 per cent. of the adult British residents are of the upper class adult females.—Jersey Times. " Vasicento " ire JaddeY.—The season for gathering the seaweed which abounds on the countless rocks around the coast, commenced on Monday last. This important and peculiar harvest prolusion to be very abundant, and the wea ther brine propitious, numbers of our farmers, with their wives and families, may be seen daily, wending their way to the sea-shore, attired in the only costume that !rile fashion has net yet succeeded in altering. To Maglish readers the name of the weed and the harvest itself will seem somewhat singular, as well as the importance which they may perceive by the law lines above, b attached to the operation. This is even greater than they can conceive who are ignorant of the actual facts. So precious is the " vraick " regarded as immure that it is placed under the special protection of the full cou rt, who, On the advise of the twelve constables (these in turn being guided by their parochial assemblies or vestries), fixes on a certain day for the " abandon " or liberty to commence cutting. Proclamation to this effect is made by the regular officer, who advances for this purpose from the body of the court to a railing which separates it from the vestibule. When the ap pointed day approaches, preparations are made in every farm-house in the Island, the more profitably to devote ex clusive attention to tke previous harvest. Cakes of a par ticular sort are mode wed baked some days before, to serve as food during the Owe the occupation lasts, which is durinir a few days masiNag and following the spring. tide. The season pa lb some measure of the nature of a holiday—parties me forma to pia the vraickers, and the whole rural population is ea the is t vier The Jersey woman, in our opinion, is the, primps, only then, thoroughly identical as the km, al she was before the rapid introduction el Maw INIONOI eed customs. The homely garb takes tbogionest man* emery, which is far the inoweent talowa . owl Orgetien. Antediluvian bonnets, of •. lomed over with came of coarse wadies ride to . ' is law shape of a large ad* cube, cosirdhe of the fret and rosy , dlwww4 (and they are treat awl seey), who wand their way to the*** daring See maishig. The met (tithe bebehmedeanible eta= awns, ws# , c4 Hoolr as ntiv a limlig, why—lt wick am less -=. other name a dark wide "hal stuff. Aatillleralle ini P•Ndii Owl an lal issli hotly memarahable as hm ereellid i , owl a spoils *coarse land osaaesk: these i Me ii fig •11 Wooer .aka lbs. . sad oIZ P r snalik wa V the bee by Its tire-wont=s thp mem 'hia er. ellota wish 11 . 1 . 1 ...7 1* kidek Mbyek or Owis It so M e iealme/Mmi Mid 110111511111=111 1 110 ell wowidi steles may . Ashoesinsift ; hogged from amidst the reedy ' skin& mad and ash mad, enough, ere * nit el ideal, and se ft woad any Mesa . the ,pilad NMI may he .mssmei Ift thi eibmesmaimed i illoodie = Ile *lee steer/eat lir 411= vibe ekellme gs u readi= m4ble . 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Assuan, M.A., FM - -- • Van Yr• - • -• It ie not become the 3 • -- Wrest in natarid r . less ealdvated th bat it is because mineralogist, ;- animals, and ig• unintelligible dry and repulsive- • thusimat, throw am at lateral Imo, H.a'r Leftism ; Years, caw the llama mind Ulu* little li- ra ebjeele, that the nstorel etieseee ate at use the the • • • '• in axamalating minerals, biome • • fe ' • lligible to the great • • • hive- to all. 0E1714 - • s t ' „m- -ow into the • r'S!:l 3 ! cral history, some d his'