The Express. — London, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

ether means of subsistence. Improvements should be enema- To o an d urged forward by every practicable means, both u r egards the parties undertaking them, and those by whom they are executed. If labour is connected with relief, it should only be es • test of the destitution of the applicant, and of his being consequently entitled to a bare subsistence, in the earns way as coofinersent in a workhouse is also a test; and the I n a way to make relief conducive to improvement, is toes* the rich no choice between maintaining the able-bodied poor in idleness. or employing them on lull wages on profitable w in. and to take care that the poor have no reason to prefer living in idleness on public alma, to the active exercise citheir industry." Notwithstanding the force of these arguments, we cannot say that we are at all oonvinoed, nor do we think that it should be allowed to pass altogether into an unquestioned axiom, that in all cases of great motional destitution and distress of the lower orders, no remedy should be tried but gratuitous relief, and that c o possibility should exist of turning that destitution to the national advantage . by the employment of the sem eee, when possible, in enterprises of productive labour. The objections of the reviewer apply to districts in which there are numbers of resident landlords whose duties a labour-rate system usurps, and whose exertions it supersedes. But there are districts in which there are no resident landlords, and in which there is a numerous pauper population Idle, without occupation or prospects, the soil affording no rent, but still monopolised by en owner, to whom its only value is in name, and in futetro. In such districts, or in districts approaching to such a state, we do think a reclamation of waste lands law would have been feasible, economical, and just. Commissioners with full powers should compel the landlord to part with what is of no value to him—viz. land—for the purpose of employing and raising food for a population which only demands the means of work. Even now, in the western parts of Itelind, where, for want of rent or value, poor rates and the poor law are a nonentity, it would still be preferable to set the able-bodied to work upon their hills, instead of pretending to do what is impossible—viz., immure them in a workhouse. Another prominent portion of the article in the Bdinburgh Reniew is, what most writers now love to indulge in—a funeral oration on the potato. We fear, the epitaph is premature. The patient has certainly had a very severe fit of illness—influenza to begin with, and cholera to finish. But Potato is not dead. Corn of all kinds has had its blights, and has failed for years successively in certain soils and climes, yet the agriculturist has persevered, and corn been sown and consumed. That the potato will resume its sway in Ireland, we may conclude from the fact that no satisfactory mode has been put in operation for super aeding it. We cannot but think it a mistake to throw so mach of the cause of Irish degradation upon the potato, or b consider the Irish as fallen from any hater diet or position down to the potato and the mud cabin. The Irishman was never io tter. Nor do we believe that the peasant in rade and undeveloped countries, is anywhere much better. As long, indeed, as rude and uncultivated countries have no distant markets, no outlet for produce, no means of converting surplus into monit d rent, then indeed, the labourer may get a sufficiency of substantial food and rade comfort. But with export of produce begins the landlord's prosperity and tire labourer's decline. Paid in kind, his wages di not rise, whilst the agricultural produce, which was of old the peasant's food, becomes too valuable to be spared him, and he is put off from year to year with cheaper and cheaper, worse and worse, till he is east to the wall like the Irishman. The true salvation of the lower class is, that a por tion of that lower class become something else than agriculturists, that come trade or manufacture should arise, to take a portion of the population, better it, I give it new claims, new ideas, new interests. Of a population thus divided, one half will improve the other, the manufacturing portion will raise the agricultural one. This is the true cause of the comfort and elevation of the English lower orders. And we do believe that it is the best remedy for the degradation of the Irish lower orders. The Edinburgh reviewer, following the usually received opinion of the day, thinks the contrary, and asserts that Ireland and its population will rise and thrive purely by better agriculture and increased exports. For our part, we would have complete freedom of trade, and when the tend, ncies of capital and industry were to the land, we would let them go thither. But let trade be equally free; and when there is &tendency to manufacture, let it not be discouraged by theory. Notwithstanding the immense advantages possessed by the coal districts of England, the water power, cheap provisions, and humble wants of the poor in Ireland go far to counterbalance them. Manufac turing speculations are the first that attract capital, and until they do so in Ireland, we doubt much that capital will be largely ventured in land. The present is not a moment for speculations in land, above all in Ireland, where the first requisite is to know the popu • ktion, the landlord goes to live among. The old Mogen in that country can press, and ejel, and mainage the people on their estates, whilst a new I comer or capitalist with a hundrtd times more hu manity, and outlay, and means, and wishes to improve the condition of the labauring classes, would by his ignorance of their ways probably thwart them, fall into disfavour, and be sacrificed. We doubt,therefore, the possibility of at this moment replacing the present proprietary body of Ireland to any large extent. Nor do we think that the salvation of that country can be effected by a speedy redistribu tion or new manipulation of the land. Bat, however oiffering from the reviewer on minor points, we cannot but be grateful for his lucid state ments, his calm and liberal discussion, his cheerful and humane views, of Irish suffering, policy, and prospects. The following appeared in part of oar last evening's bonze. We have Paris letters and journals of Sunday. The first act of the new French Chamber will be one which, according to the explicit declaration of the Journal des D"bats, will involve the fate of the pre sent cabinet. The ministerial journal has nailed its colours to the mast. If M. Sauzet be not re-elected to the presidential chair of the Chamber of Deputies, the cabinet, whose sentiments are expressed in the columns of the Journal des DAnts, will resign. The organ of M. Guizot gives formal notice that, if M. de Maleville be re-elected one of the vice-pre sidents, that minister will withdraw the light of his countenance, and give place to the guests of the Chateau Rouge. According to the Debella, there i. only an alterna tive offered to the chamber and the country, M. Guizot or anarchy. The oppo.ition journals comment with much severity on the arbitrary manner in which M. Bakunin Las been compelled to quit Paris, as we stated yes. terday, in twenty-four hours, in consequence of having delivered a speech reprobating the policy of Russia in relation to Poland. M. Bakunin is a Russian, and Dot a Pole. The Madrid mails of the 14th have arrived. There is no news of general interest in the journals. Private letters contradict the report of a misunder standing between Narvuez and Queen Christine. Letters from Switzerland indicate a curious confu sion likely to ensue from the discordant opinions of the government and legislature of Neufchatel and its sovereign prince. The cantonal government and the assembly have una nimously agreed on accepting and submitting to the decree of the Diet, and paying the fine inflicted upon it, for its misdoings in relation to the late war, and so getting rid of the affair. But while this wan going on the sovereign prince of Neufchatel (the King of Prussia), after secnring the concurrence of the French cabinet, has come to a resolution to sustain the refusal which he assumed that the canton would return to the decree of the Diet! The provisional government of the Valais has or dered the Jesuits, and all societies affiliated to them, to quit the canton in three day.. The property of these societies has been confiscated. We have received the journals of Constantinople to the let ins ant. No new cue of cholera was reported during the lut four days. COLONIAL. ---- --- WEST INDIES.—DEMERARA.—The Standard, ar rived at Liverpool, Am brought advice. from George Town to the 10th ult. Though several days later than the West ladia mail's letters there is no news. HAMBURG, Dec. 13.—The administrations of the rallway from Kiel (Holstein) to Hamburg, and from this town to Berlin, hare just t animated an agreement, haring Smite object to create an uninterrupted line of electric tele graph between Berlin and Kiel. The governments of the countries through which this railway passes have already authorised the establishment of this telegraphic line, the works of which are to commence in the beginning of April nett, and perhaps at a cull more early period, Cbt court. Her Majesty and — Prince Albert, accompanied by the royal children, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the roya l suite, will, it is expected, leave Osborne this &yin'. incisor Castle. Tle Dake of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester house. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the P‘weign-oftice It was attended by Lord J. Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland. Sir J. Hebb Gum, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, and tile Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The council set two hour,. The Bishop of Tasmania had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Charles Boller, chief Poor-law Commissioner, . _ had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Duke of Wellington attended the e►rly service in the Chapel. Royal, St. James's, on Sunday. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the Marquis of Winchester were also among the nobility present. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.—Lord Sandon is to he a member of the Ecclesiastical Commission, in the room of Lord Ashley. GENERAL ESPARTERO.—The Debars of the 19th has the following We hear from Madrid, under date of the 13th of December, that General Espartero is expected there on the 20th of this month." :he Debate' information is a little premature. We understand that General Espar tero does not leave London till this day. RESTITUTION OF A LARGE SUM.—We are autho rised to state that the bank notes and cheques, to the value of 7,8881. Os 7d., stolen from the clerk of Morn. S•rahan, Paul, and Co., in February last, have been sent back to the banking-house, in a parcel, containing the identical notes and cheques, with the exception of one country bank note of the value of 51. Illim""° . DR. HAMPDEN AND THE SEE OF HEREFORD. PETITION PEOE COVENTILY.—. 6 We, the undersigned clergy, resident within the archdevconry of Coventry, having observed with pain that a petition is about tab* pre sented to her Majesty frem certain of our brother clergymen of this arctieleaconty against the appointment of Dr. Hamp den to the bishopric of Hereford, desire to record our protest against such petition, as alike unjust to Dr. Hampden, inter fering unnecessarily with her Majesty's selection, and likely to prove highly prejudicial to the best interests of the church of England."— Signed by thirty-one clergymen of the arch d-acoory, including the head master of Rugby School and floe assistants. ONT:+ED, DEC. 20.—We hear that the Bishop of Oxford, in consequence of a formal charge of heterodoxy haling been brought against Dr. Hampden by some clergymen of his Lordship's diocese, hal intimated to the rev. gentleman that proceedings must commence against him. The following is an extract from a private letter dated Hereford, Dec. 17:—" Tne conga arrived this morning. The election fixed for the 28tli, when it will take place by a large majority of the Chapter. Yesterday (the 16th), General Chapter met, in consequence of the Dian batwing summoned them, to lay before them the various CD6ll7llUlliell, lions he had received as to Dr. Hampden, and also to consent to sign a petition to the Crown which he had pre pared agaicst Dr. Hampden's appointment. This was re jected by a majority of 7 to 3, and I know 3 or 4 of the pre. bendaries who were absent, and would have swelled the majority had they been present. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. Yesterday the election of a representative for South Lancashire, to supply the vacency crated by the determina tion of the doubly-elected Hon. C. P. Vl!lers to sit for Wolverhampton, took place at Newton-in-the-Willows. There was a large attendance of freeholders present, and, among other gentlemen, were—W. Gale, Esq., High She riff ; F. Yarker, Esq., Under Sheriff; W. Brown, Est; , M.P.; R. Cohden, Esq., M . P.; W. Rathbone, Esq., and C. Rawdon, Esq. (Liverpool); (*.Wilson, Esq.; A. Henry, Esq. (the candidate); T. Bexley, Esq.; S. P. Robinson, E•q. ; W. M'Cell, Eel.; W. M'Carthey, Esq ; and W. R. Wood, Esq. (of Msnchester). The usual forms having been gone through, and a fair hearing having been claimed by the High Sh• riff for all parties, Mr. R. Conoarr, M.P., rose amidst great cheering, which was wound up with a" three-times-three," and spoke nearly so follows:—Mr. High Sheriff and brother elector,—We are here to return to parliament a representative for the southern division of the county of Lancaster, in the place of the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, who was well described in that writ which has been read to you, a. " our well beloved and faithful Charles Pelham Villiers"—(lond cheers)—who has not, for reasons which have been ex plained to u., taken the seat which we tendered him en a. i former occasion. Gentlemen, deeply as 1 regret the decision; Mr. Villiers has felt it his duty, on public ground., to tale*: on this questio , I do not regret that the southern diviait did itself the honour, and him the justice, to return him as their member on a former occasion—(cheers)—beconse at least it has enabled you to perform your duty in the ferns of the country and of the world in testily ing the high esteems and gratitude you feel to him ; for never were grateful feel ings mere strongly deserved by faithful services in a good cause. Gentlemen, we are met to find a proper substitute for Mr. Villiers, and I frankly say it is not an easy task. I beg leave to submit to your notice a gentleman who is well known in Manchester, and I believe in Liverpool, as one of the most extensive merchants, and who has cootribeted pro bably more than tiny other person during the last 20 years to give employment and activity to the staple industry of this country—a gentleman not only of great wealth, but who has had the wise discretion to employ it always beneficially—a ;gentleman known as amiabl.• in all the relations of private life. But these are not the qualifications I should have con sidered sufficient to entitle him to your suffrages if he had not pomesstd others. The gentleman whose name I am going to mention is well known to all those who hare taken a more prominent part than be has in the political affairs of Manchester and in South Lancashire, to have always felt the strongest riymoitthy in the political, social, and moral pro per of his fellow-countrymen ; as one who on alt occasion. has been ready to give the most substantial proof of his zeal for the onward movement And if ho has not been foremost to take part in our proceedings and share in the triumph., why I take it as the greater proof of his sin cerity and disinterettedngss that be has aided the public cause and left to others the into!. I beg leave to propose to you Mr. Henry as a fit and proper person to represent this divi sion of the county is parliament. (Cheer..) It will be in the recollection of messy gentlemen here present, that on a former occasion there was a meeting held at Manchester, not so numerous as this, at which the name of Mr. Henry was proposed and adopted as a candidate for this division of the county. That meeting comprised the names of all those gentlemen who had subscribed themselves as Mr. Villiers's termer committee. Circulars had been sent to all those gentlemen inviting them to attend ; and I mention this that it may not be supposed that anybody in Manchester, or that Manchester itself arrogates to itself the right of nominating a candidate far this division of the county. (Hear.) We did thick that that committee—which comprised, I bell! ye, nearly 2,000 namts of gentlemen who had been supporters of Mr. Villiers—was a fair bode to nominate a candidate in the plain of Mr. Villiers. And I must say I think it not an invi dious proceeding in any way, if as •colleague for Mr. brown, the moat extensive merchant of Liverpool, and who, in him self combines not only all the qualities of private qualities we could wish.- a thing most essential in a repre sentative—but the largest experience in mercantile affairs. I say if, in addition to our tried friend Mr. Brown, we sent along with him a gentleman equally eminent as • merchant, a gentleman equally fitted by his merest tile experience, I think there is nothing invidious in Manchester and Liner. pone sending their two first merchants to represent South Lancashire. (Cheers.) Since I had the honour of sub mitting the name of Mr. Fleury as a candidate in Man chester, Mr. Henry has become better known to the electors of South Lancashire; he has seen many of the leading friends of free trade and of liberal principles, and they have had the opportunity of testing his views on political subjects. He has talked to them of civil and religion. liberty. He has talked to them of the ballot. (Cheers.) I am glad to hear that cheer for the ballot. I never heard any rational objec tion to the ballot. To be sure I have heard it said that it is un•Englith; but then I find that those people who call it un.Eoglish in our debates in the House of Commons have just come from the Carlton Club, or from the Bank, or fr !tn the East India Howe, where they themselves elect their members by ballot. (Laughter and cheers.) I believe the ballot has been stigmatised as republi• can and revolutionary ; but then, gentlemen, I cannot believe they are Denims, because, if that were the case, the Carlton and Conservative Clubs must be revolu tionary too, since they always elect their members by ballot. (Cheers and laughter, and a Voice " How do you like that, Mr. Brown I" followed by renewed laughter.) It is not in America alone that they elect their representatives by the ballot. I was travelling in Spain during the election of their Cortes : they always voted by ballot. And when I was in Russia I found they always vote et their pariah or municipal elections by ballot : they have both universal suffrage and the vote fey ballot in all the empire of Russia. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, somebody said to Mr. Brown, " How do you liko that 1" (Laughter.) Well, then, I believe that Mr. Brown's view of it is this—he cares little how soon you hare the ballot, but he has his doubts as to the conse quences. Now, I do rot argue by predictions at all. Accord. big to my humble apprehension a great deal of pain and suffering to a large portion of the constituencies of this community would he averted by the ballot. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) That is all I wish. The electors would be able to vote for those they liked heat without the fear of pains and penalties. (Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, our friend Mr. Henry has stated his views on other points. He is a church and state reformer. (Hear, hear.) Well, gentlemen, the best way to preserve every institntion is to reform its abuses. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Hilary is not an enemy to the church; he wishes to reform it, and I find that there are a great many influential churchmen themselves in Manchester wbo are anxious to reform the apnoea which have crept into the pecuniary affairs of the church at Manchester. (Hear, hear.) Well, he has declared himself the uncompromising advocate of free trade, and not merely in oorn. He is pre. pared to carry out his views upon every cemmerciel subject, beyond the queslien of the corn laws, ut all its ramifleltions. He has an experience which will enable him to deal with the tariff upon all articles Then we shall have other questions which will come before us the next 'melee—the quinine of the eavigetion laws—(hsar)—upon which Mr. Henry and our friend Mr. Brown will be able to bring their expe rience to hear. Then we shall have the sugar question. We want firm hands to deal with and to pre vent any tampering upon the sugar duties. There le a cry from the colonies for an increase of the auger duties; they want protection back again to help them out of their diMeulties. Why, what brought them , into their difficulties t Have they not had protection? Wien could you adduce better ea a proof of the inefficiency of pro tection than the present state of the West India interest The West Indies have been the child of protection for the lest thirty years : look at the condition of the planters, and you will dud the true worthlessness of that rotten prop, pro , tection. (Cheers.) But there is another vie. of the Bee trade question, which I venture to say Mr. Henry will take. You want not only free trade in corn, and sumer, and "hip ping—l don't want merely the putting of cheap bread and cheep sugar into our months—l want the spirit of free trade to enter into the hearts of our community—(hear)—l emit to see our legislators alive to the great moral revolution which free trade, properly understood, would produce in other respects if it was believed in. What is it 1 We propose to abolish or greatly modify our navigation laws—to gave a free entrance to ships from all parts of the world bringing all kinds of produce ; to throw open our ports to the pro duce of all parts of the world. (Cheep.) Well, gentlemen, what don that imply ? A growing dependence and sym pathy between the people of this country and the whole civilised world. Tv what must that conduct us 1 Does it not conduct us, if we are right i our principles, to a spirit apace, of fri endship, and amity throughout the world If that be the moral tendency of our principles—and I should never have given teeth.* months attention to the question if I had not thought it would—what is the use of talking about the increasing of our armaments? (Chien.) I ventured at Stockport to allude to that subject, and what I said there has been greatly misrepresented. It has been stated that I proposed to sine the country seventeen mil lions annually by taking off the army, navy, and ord nance. I tad not promise anythisg to you so good as that. What I said was, that if we are right in our free trade principles, we must be very wrong in beginning the year after to put up fortifications all along our coast. (Cheers.) I said, moreover, the great item of (our expendi ture in DID country upon which you could makes • re...lac:ion, if you attempted to make any reduction at all, was that great expense of the seventeen =Woos fur army, navy, and ordnance; and I said then, as I say now, it you cannot make • reduction of tit t you cannot make any reduction that will he felt as a tensible reduction of the taxes. (Hem.) Well, since I have been in this room a gentleman has put into my hands a paper on the *abject of the tea duties. I have not read over very attentively what it contains, but thick I can guess : they want a reduction of duty upon tea to ls. Ronan of 2s. Well, and it is a very necessary and very proper change. (Cheers.) Then comes the question, " How will you make up the revenue ?" I perfecdy agree that it would be to the auvantage of the country to make treat reduction. I go farther, and I say it would do far more good in. extending the trades to China than sending two or line-et-battle ships, or taking poser siren of some new in the In;lian Archipelago, as a sort of half-way Is for our shipping. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) ii, gentlemen, you want the money; you want the us to enable you to do without the money; and I • nobody come forward with any propmition or scheme fo lassectieg the taxation. They have diffennt plans of taxation for sbifuog it, but shift it as you will the load will gall your shoulders. (Cheers, and laughter.) lam ®e who believes that this country has nothing to fear from any foreign country, so lone as she advances on the principles of fair commercial enterprise. One great evil has arisen from the grasping disposition of this country to seize upon unoc cupied territory, in order to monopolise the exclusive trade of that territory ; but so long as you throw open your ports, and throw open those of your colonies—(for they.claim it now)—the moment you throw them open the feeling of the whole civilised world towards you changes. (Hear, hear.) I don't speak, therefore, as a Utopian. People will try to identify me with Utopia. The views I am ex pressing now first made me acquainted with the peop:e of Lancashire—l moan certain pamphlets which I published twelve years ago, in which I first put forth the principles I have since advocated. Free trade has only been a labour of love with me, that I might carry out those views. 1 believe we are fast tending towards the time when the whole community will come to the conviction that it is not by warfare—it is not by armaments, by brute force, that we are to maintain our friendly relations with other countries. I am one of those who would slab not to hold out the nettle —the stinging nettle—by which our diplomatists have too Ruch :attempted to effect this object. I wain us to hold out the olive branch. (Loud cheers.) And, if we do, our in fluence will be such that you may depend upon it the rest of the world will be ready to do the same. (Cheep.) There is not a country of the civilised world that is not groaning under these immense armaments. Take France for instance. France has • large standing army, but compared with the extent of her frontier coasts she has not • larger army, perhaps, than Russia, Prussia, and Austria; they are all armed, because the same spirit of fear towards each other pervades their governments. France D as mace.), under her immense burden of taxation from this cause as ourselves, or as Austria, Rued", or Prussia. Now, I have a great mission for English statesmen I wish Reg land to take the leading position in the disarming of all the powers. (Loud cheers.) I want England, instead of sending diplomatists to the email, of the continent to quarrel about the merriage of boys and girls, and to squabble over invite ' 'ions to dinner —I want her to send her diplomatist* to say : " We have been pursuing a foolish coarse • we have been building more ships, and you have been doing the same ; we have been increasing oar army, and you have done the same ; we are only at the same point where we began ; now let us agree to a pro rata reduction of our armaments. (Loud cheers.) We shall still be on the same footing; ; we shall be saving our respective people the expense we are now incurring, and if unfortunately we should ever be plunged into war, we shall all be relatively as well prepared for it as if it happened under present circumstances." (Loud cheers) Well, now, gentlemen, do you think there is anything Utopian in that? (Cheers.) It is common sense, and I !Teak from an acquaintance with the leading and most practical men in Europe on this subject. I believe it would. be practicable to lead Europe back into that course from which they have passed, as respects standing armies, with no benefit to themselves, and to the scandal of Chris tianity. (Cheers.) W. RATHRONE, Esq., of Liverpool, seconded the nomi nation, speaking chiefly of education, to which he rejoiced to and their candidate was a friend. ALEXANDER Haeltv, Km. then addressed the meeting, and was received with great enthusiasm. He said I con sider it no small honour to have been proposed' to you by I that distinguished philanthropist who has so nobly, through good and evil report, advocated and established the prin ciple of free trade, upon which I now stand before you. Aud allow me further to say, gentlemen, that I am very sensible of the deficiencies under which I labour, for no per son holds a more humble opinion of the abilities I pesetas then myself ; but I trust that if in me you find an honest determination, and an honest perseverance to carry into effect the great pr:nciples I awn; unced myself as holding when 1 came forward I hope you will not be unwilling to overlook def. cts of less esiential im• portance. Gentlemen, its consenting to become a can didate for the representation of this intelligent and im portant community, I at the same time determined I would not palter with you in a double sense, or profess to be that which I am not; I therefore stated plainly and distinctly ' what I now beg to repeat—that I am the friend of civil and religious liberty in the largest acceptation of the term; fa vourable to the utmost d;ffusion of education, without regard to sect or party; an advocate for the utmost extension of commercial treedom ; and for the abrogation of all monopo lies and exclusive privileges. These principles I believe ere becoming the sentiments of this greet constituency, and if it be your ph genre to send me to parlia ment, my votes and my efforts there will be con stantly directed to carrying these principles into effect. They necessitate the passing of just and equal laws—the enlightenment and moral improvement of the people—the abrogation, as I said before, of unjust monopolies, and the admcsion of the principles of free trade, the cultivation of peace arid goodwill, the practice of rigid economy in the public expenditure, and the bonnet endeavours of the legis lature to improve the condition of the people. (Applause.) These sentiments, gentlemen, are, as I said betore, the opinions of a large proportion of the electors of this county, as I have • right to assume from the result of my canvas.. When was it ever before known such principles should appear before you without exciting the fiercest opposition ? How did it happen that the humble individual that has been brought forward on this occasion, without influence, without county connexion, s'iould thus he permitted to heroine the representative of this great, thin intelligent, this enterprising commuoite, without a contest ? lhe answer is to be found in that which pays the highest compliment to your own good sense : you are becoming tired of party politic., and apply ing the same good sense to polities which you display in the conduct of your private affairs. You are no longer to be governed 4 rabid tontines, but are disposed to give a trial to the principles I have before abuded to—those of free trade. In visiting the different districts, and seeing so many of the electors, I was received in the kindest and most courteous manner by many who are generally opposed to me in their political opinions, and many of whom promised me their 6111). port if we should go to a contest. I observed, gentlemen, in these visits there were three subjects upon which the public mind bad been intent first, the diffusion of education and the instruction of the people ; second, the doing away with all monopolies and exclusive privileges; and thirdly, the determination to return to parliament men who are part and parcel of themselves, men who by their habits, information, and experience, may be supposed to have a knowledge of the interests of the community, and these, I believe, are be coming the sentiments of some of the more intelligent and generous-minded of the landed interests. (Loud cheen.)— After some questions, which Mr. Henry answered aatislac torily, ne was declared by the high sheriff duly returned. IRELAND. Drum Dec. 19. Special commissions will soon be in active operation in three provinces. In Limerick thirty cases of the most aggravated descriptioo, chiefly capital felonies, have been selected for the new tribunal. There are 120 prisoners for trial by the commission, and in all not fewer than 420 in the gaol of Limerick. Having organised his procedure, and prepared the train for indictment, Sir Matthew Barrington has crossed the Shannon, and made a descent into Clare for the same purpose. There, too, is ample work for the high commissioners. While this extraordinary mode of punishment is matter of general notoriety, and might reasonably be supposed to produce some effect in the direction of tranquillity, it appears to have ' THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1847. created no impression whatever beyond a continuance of crime. On Thursday last a tenant of the Earl of lienntare was murdered, within one mile of the town of Hospital, his °fro)°, cons • ' in an anxiety to pay his rent, which he had 7 made up by the tip sale of his produce, on that y, in Bruff. He was first plundered, then shot dead. The Limerick Chroxicle, on behalf of " prudent consideration" and " sound policy," suggests that the jury panel for the commission sh ould be enlarged by an amalgamation of the town and country lists. There can be little doubt, from the well-known character of the Limerick county juries, that they would in no case hesitate to Rod on the evidence ; but it would be scarcely fair to subject them to danger, when the responsibility may he divided with the town juries, which are free from all perils of personal violence. This would be preferable to a change of venue, and would equally ensure the ends of justice. Archbishop M'Hale has addressed another long letter to the Premier. It has little of the figurative vehemence of his old style, although not devoid of sarcasm, which wouli have been mom pointed had the country not been in a condition almost to invite repressive measures. His grace attacks in bitter language enough the " maligners of the priesthood," and declares that t-, them society has been mainly in debted for its existence. The letter altogether is far more feeble than the usual missives of the archbishop. The first fruits of the new and " vigorous policy" are to be a special commission early in January to the disturbed counties. The clerk of the crown and crown solicitor of Roscommon are holding commu nion on the preliminaries, and in Limerick the multitudinous staff of Sir Matthew Barrington are re-organising and preparing to open a serious cam pain in Munster. The delay of a special commission until the reported period is not very intelligible, fur there is no connexion between that extraordinary tribunal and the Coercion Act. However, the govern ment may be disposed. to attribute some powerful effect to the operation of both influences working together. A proximate estimate of the quantity of land laid down with green crops in Ireland during the past season has been made by a Limerick seed merchant, and considering the practice heretofore subsisting of abstaining almost entirely from that sort of cultiva tion the result is very promising. The quantity of turnip seed imported into Ireland from England and Scotland during the past season was 10,000 bushels, which, at 41b. to the acre, would sow 120,000 acres with turnips. Probably it would hardly be too much to say that an equal breadth was laid down under various other green crops, such as mangel warzel, parsnips, carrots, vetches, tfte. ; but estimating the quantity at two-thirds only, we have a breadth of 80,000, or in all of 200,000 acres under green crops. Next year we shall certainly have one-half more at the least. FEARFUL STATE OP THE COUNTRT.—There are symp tom, enough indicative of the misery of the people in this day's journals. The stealing and slaughtering of sheep and cattle are of ordinary occurrence, and wherever meal, flour, or potatoes are in store, they can hardly be saved by any vigvance. There is no doubt at all—neither gentry no journals deny that these plunderings are prompted by Rrt miuguted destitution, and men frequently 101 l in the streets and on the highways, weakened by long fasting. SHIPWRECXB.—The Mystery, Port Maddock, went ashore in Tremor. Bay on Monday last in a fog. Since then she has gone to pieces. The Energy, of Limerick, went ashore in the storm of Thursday, at Torbert, on the Shannon. It is expected she will be got off safely. Tha Limerick Chronicle thus describes the stor:n of Friday lut:—" Be tween twelve and one o'clock yesterday morning a furious gale of wind set in from the southwest, and continued from live to six hours, accompanied at intervals by frequent violent squalls and heavy floods of rain. Such was the force of the storm that Pat Garrigen, driver of the Duhlin mail, was blooll off the box-seat of the mach at Carrigatober hog, near Ninagh, and sustained some injury, not of a character to prevent him regaining his Mat. Fortunately for the other passengers, Mr. William Dubbin, Pelted hold of the reins and kept the horses and vehicle in clear trim, but the coach arrived late at the put-ollice in this city one hour." SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, DEC. 18. As this city is not a trading town mercantile ca sualties seldom affect as, but owing to joint-stock speculations, particularly in that of the Ayrshire Iron Company, the Gazette has this week been unusually full—the number for Tuesday containing 15, and that of Friday 18 sequestrations. More are compounding, and na the number of solvent partners in the above scheme decreases the penalty will fall so heavily on the rest that it will take some time to ascertain the real extent of the damage. Besides bankruptcies publicly announced some parties have made private arrangements with their creditors. An anti-game law meeting is to be held in Edin burgh on the 29th inst., with a view to the formation of a national association for the repeal of the game laws. Mr. Cowan, M.P., is to take part io the pro ceedings. The rumours of legislation is gradually telling on proprietors—the last case being the Earl of Stair, who has given his tenants permission to shoot hares on their own farms. Mr. Pagan's plan of road reform is advancing in public opinion. Of thirteen road trusts in the neigh bourhood of Glasgow, the representatives, ail except two, have agreed to it. Thirty public bodies through out the country have testified approval ; twelve peti tions have been sent to parliament, and eight members of the House of Commons have expressed themselves favourably towards it. EDINBVROH CHAIR OF CLINICAL SURORRT.—The can didates are Professor Miller, professor of surgery ; Dr. Duncan, lecturer on clinical surgery; and Dr. Handyside, lecturer on anatomy, &c.—all in Edinburgh. EDINNVROH II anasw CHAIR.—The first diriiion of the Court of Session has unanimously confirmed the decision of Lord Robertson, that the presbytery of Edinburgh wero not entitled to apply fur an interdict against the admission of Mr. M`Divall; and they hare also unanimously affirmed the second decision of his lord.hip, granting interdict at the instance of the moat's, academicus and minority of the town council. Mr. NPDousll cannot now, therefore, be inducted, unfree the House of Lords reverse the decision of the inner court. . . GLASGOW ATREN /SUM SOIREIL—This flee will take place on the 28th, Mr. Dickens in the chair, witen be will be sup ported by the elite of Glasgow and E.linburgh. The chair man and hi. lady aro to be the guests of Sheriff Alison during thcir visit to Glasgow. SIR JOHN GLADSTONE has been presented with the free dom of Surntisland, tor his exertions in establishing a ferry bawcen that port and Granion. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. _ COLLISION ON THE MEREIET.—On Sunday morning the Flambeau steamer left her moorings at the Albert Pier, for the purpose of proceeding to sea; the Wirral, Woodside Ferry boat, was at the same time coming from Woodside, and, when little more than half-way across the riv.r, the two vessels came into collision. The Flambeau was struck, or struck herself, on her larboard bow, and was so much injured that she rapidly filled, and shortly afterwards sunk. The Thomas Stanley steamer, which was lying near, drew her moorings to avoid being drifted against, and, before the vessel went down, took the crew on board. The Wirral, which, strange to say, had not sustained the slightest injury, attached a rope and towed the disabled vessel, in hopes to reach the pier, but did net suc ceed in conveying her far before she totally disappeared. At the time of the occurrence the tide was running in, and the broad daylight was unclouded by fog. We (Liverpool Albion) bare heard the most conflicting statements as to the cause of the collision. The crew of the Wirral affirm that at the time their engine was stopped, and the helm put hard a-port. As, however, it is a law of mechanics that, other things equal, the body which has most velocity is the one most likely to escape unscathed, it is difficult to reconcile with their statement the little injury which the Wirral has sustained. The crew of the Flambeau of course maintain that the other party were entirely to blame. THE SA/111'AV/ COMMITTEE OF Tug DONCARTER TOWN COUNCIL hero commenced a vigorous and well.orga nised attack upon the nuisances of the town. It is intended to thoroughly examine every alley, and court, and ereet, with a view to expose the sources of fever and disease. For this purpose the police forte have been engaged to visit every part of the town, taking specified districts successively, and they are ordered to make a report of every nuisance that mimes under their observation. The reports thus derived will be laid before the sanitary committee, and form the basis of future messores. The plan adopted by the com mittee appears sexy judicious. The police force are neces sarily well acquainted with the most obscure and noisome localities, besides having opportunities of observing mi nutely the every day habits of the people amongst whom illness most frequently and most fatally prevails. This general inspection will be attended with other benefits beyond the remedial measures which may be the mere immediate consequences of it—it will tend to convince the most sceptical (by no means a small proportion of the inhabitants of most towns) of the real dangers by which they are surrounded, and thus cause them to receive with more complaisance and deference than many of them are inclined to manifest at present—the suggestions and pro positions regarding public health, which are intended to be nefit the community at large. WARWICIUMISE. PAINFUL DZATH.—On Saturday se'nniglit, the Ser vants of Mrs. N. Wright, of Coombe-fields, were much alarmed in consequence of an intolerable omen, which, upon examination, they found proceeded from the parlour, where, to their great consternation, they found Mn. Wright lying before the fire, literally ►outing, but not dead. They imme diately removed the unfortunate lady to the sofa, and pro cured the sasietatuse of a surgeon. But death was inevitable, her hands, arms, breast, and face, being severely burnt, sad the latter also greatly disfigured; the nose and hair sere burnt off, and the can reduced to a cinder, requiring the greatest care to prevent them from falling off. In answer to inquiries as to how the sad affair took place, she replied she had not the least idea. She did not appear to feel so much pain as might have been expected; in short, she appears to have lost the sense of feeling in the arms, chest, and face, but she was fully sensible of diuolution, which occurred in 24 hours after. It appears, is the former pert of the evening, she had been paying the labourers in her service, and afterwards retired to the parlour to read the news paper, where it is conjectured she was taken in a fit, and fell from her seat. An inquest has been since held. Verd:ct. Ate.ideatal CHILD MURDEIL—On Tuesday last a report gained circulation at Aldeuham that a child kad been murdered by its mother, which unfortunately proved too true. On in quiry, it was found that one of the maid servants of a lady named Gibbs, living at Aldenham-bouse, had on Monday delivered htrarlf, and afterwards destroyed her offspring, and that she was still at the house in the custody of the police. On Thursday an inquest was held, but it is stated that, for the purpose of secrecy, the jury were all selected from the persons who were at work at Aldenhun-house, and that, to make up the number, the coachman was called from the stable into the servants' hall, where the it qul'y was held. Application was made by a repor er to be prevent, but be was refused admi-sion. with a mesasge directing him " to leave the premises." The jury having beard the evidence returned a verdict of " Wilful murder " against the mother. FO lIT U NAT E EBCA E:LAB the five o'clock train from Salisbury was panning over the viaduct near Romsey, on Friday evening, the engineer fanci.d he heard nom. thing drop from the engi , ,e. On arriving at the nest station he gave information of his suspicions. Two porters were sent with lanterns, and about midway on the vteduct (which is a quarter of a mile long), two large pieces of iron, sufficient to overthrow any train, were found across the rails. But for this fortunate discovery the consequences might hove been most serious to tne mail train, whien would have come along the viaduct neat. Itnt ens. SIR AUGUSTUS CALLCOTT ' e SKETCHISS.—Me. Graves has just pablished a folio volume, containing twenty-six well executed lithogrou ha by T. C. Dibdin, after oil pictures and coloured drawings by the late Sir Augustus Callcott. Mr. and Miu Sheepshanks are the chief contnbuter• to the work, though some of the sullects, and those occasionally of a better kind, have been derived from the collections of the Duke of Bedford, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Col borne, Sir William Heathcote, and Sir Matthew White Ridley. The majority of the subject. are river scenes, con taining graceful recollections of Cuyp and Claude, with a certain English feeling throughout —a Callcott-like air may we call it 2—which conveys a peculiar charm to the most tri fling subject. A long view of Dort and a small upright river scene (in Min Sheepshanks' collection) are perhaps the best of the series. Sea pieces seldom tell in lithography. ftflustt. GRAND OPERA, DRORY-LANR.—Balfe's new opera, " The Maid of Honour," was performed for the first time last evening with brilliant and well-deserved success ,—a success, too, which will stand the Vat of time, for this is un questionably the best work, on the whole, that this prelatic composer has yet produced. The drama (which is written by Fits' all) is founded on a ballet called "Lady Henriette," which has been very popular in Paris. The whole of the dialogue is in music, though there is not a great deal of reci tative, the most busy scenes (according to the modern term of the Italian opera buffs) being carried on in a series of concerted movements. We did not receive much plea-ure from the overture ; it was incoherent and disjointed, excessively noisy, and full of violent and unintelligent contrasts. The rise of the curtain dis closed en apartment in Queen Elizabeth's palace at Greenwich, in which are • bevy of the Queen's ladies en gaged in rehearsing a madrigal to be performed before her Majesty. This madrigal, " Lo, the bee on fairy wing," forms the introduction to the piece. It is a delicious com position, redolent of the sixteenth century, and reminding us of the delicate harmony and graceful quaintness of old Wilbye. It was admirably sung by some forty voices, lightly accompanied by the stringed instruments, a thing quite proper on the stage, though, 'tried', • madrigal ought to be sung without accompaniment. Two of these ladies are Henriette and Alison, maids of honour, the former ot whom was personated by Miss Birci and the latter by Miss Miran, a sister of Miss Laura Addison. The two maids of honour, weary of their gilded cage, and eager for • little liberty and amusement, hear below the window • gay chorus of lads end hisses going to the " Astute fair" at Greeswicti, and take it into their beads to go als+ in disguise, taking with them a ridiculous old count r, Sir Tristram, to escort them in their frolic. This scene is very gay and dramatic; the trio of i voices on the stage, minuted with the joyous chorus without, had • happy effect, which was enhancael by the old English character of the music. The next scene exhibited Green wich fair; the stage coy. red with • multitude of people, in animated groups, and joining in a chorus which surpassed anything of the kind we have ever heard except the market chorus in " Masaniello," at the Grand Opera in Paris. The two maids of honour, dressed as sex. rant girls, join the group of lasses who are waiting to be hired. They attract the notice of two young men, Lyonel, a yeoman, and his friend Walter, by whom they are hired alter some playful talk. The ladies now think the joke has gone far enough, and want to escape; but they are held to their bargain, and obliged, not very unwillingly, to go with their masters. Lymea house is the next scene ; la• and hie friend arrive with the new servant girls. There is here introduced a ballad, sung by Mr. Reeves, as Ly met— " Behold the happy home;" a very sweet melody, finely accompanied by the oboe. Mr. Reeves displayed the beautiful quality of voice, finished execution, taste, and expression which have placed him at the head of our English tenors, and the song was vehemently encored,. The young men become smitten with the charms of their awkward handmaidens ; and Henrietta, especially, quite captivates the heart of Lyonel. A little ballad sung by Henriette in the course of this scone was the first opportunity given to Miss Birch of distinguish ing herself, and she did not throw it away. She sang charmingly; and the ballad itself, " It was the Redeems Knight," is one of those things which become universally popular. It was followed by • duet, " I know not by what spell," in which the fine voices of Miss Birch and Reeves were beautifully blended, and the motions of incipient afro tion were expr essed wi th much feeling. Ilenriette, however, cannot yiel d to her tenderness ; she finds i: necessary to depart, and, with her companion, steals out of the window and escapes. The second act opens with a chorus of hunters in the royal park at Green wich—very pretty, hut without novelty. A troop of sol diem appear, and the chorus, then becoming double, assumes a character of great animation, the sylvan strains of the one group being skilfully blended with the martial notes of the other. Lyonel and Walter appear, having turned soldiers, it seems, in coneegtience of the desertion of their fair ones. Mr. Whitworth, as Walter, sang in this scene a easatina, " Prime the cup, fill it high," which proved ineffective, though it was well sung. It was in the style into which Belle is apt to fall when his memory is more active than his invention. The groups on the stage are augmented by the cortege of the queen ; and Elisabeth herself appears on horseback, and in hunting attire. Mrs. Weiss looked the royal Bees exceedingly well, and sang a cavatisa, "Far from gilded state away," ia a manner which showed that she will be a valuable member of the com pany. Her voice is a clear aoprane, which she manages with musician-like skill and, perfect intonation. Arming the Queen's attendants are the two maids of honour. Henriette, remaining behind the hunters, is left alone. The air introduced here, " Sweet rose !" has no relation to the scene, but is merely a display of voice and execution, in which Miss Birch's clear, brilliant tones, and liquid shake, appeared to great advantage. Henriette is discovered by Lyonel, and the situation produces a highly-wrought and admirable duct, full of energy and passion. The solo pas sage (or rather sir), "Oh, cruel beauty, hear me," was ex. quisitely given by Mr. Reeves. The end of this fine duet however was, in our opiniJn, spoiled by the outrageous violence of the accompaniments. Why should the two lovers be made to part amid a din of drums, trumpets, and all the brazen clangour of the orchestra? Presently there is an alarm. The Queen's horse has run away with her, and she is saved by Lyonel, whom she rewards by promotion as a soldier. The thi•d act commences with preparations fee the representation of a grand masque in the palace. Sir Trot. tram is schooling the performers in their parts, which he does in lively and comic strains, sung with good effect by Mr. Weise. The Queen and her court take their places, and Lyonel, now an officer, is at the head of the guards. The misque is the story of Orpheus and Eurydice; Grp/setae being represented by Alison, Eurydice by Henriette, and Pluto by Sir Tristrem. Belle must have felt that he had here to contend with the remembrance of Glack, and he has wisely taken that great master as his model. The choruses of the demons, the orchestral effects, and the melody sung by Orpfiens, all gave us this impression. The masque is suddenly interrupted by Lyonel; who, discovering Henriette in the representative of Eurydice, rushes from his place and throws himself franticly at her feet. The Queen descends from her throne ; and Lyonel is seized and hurried away in the midst of confusion. The concluding scene is in Lyonel'a house. He has become insane; and the Queen, as a means of his cure, has had him brought home, and every thing arranged as on the night when he brought Henriette from the fair. While sunk in • melancholy reverie, he hears her voice singing the air he had heard on that night; preeently the two servant girls appear ; and the sudden shock of happiness re stores his reason. The Queen enters, to enjoy the happiness she has created ; and the opera terminates with a finale sung by Henrielte, a rondo in the Polonaise style, exceedingly elegant and graceful, which Miss Birch executed with a brilliancy hardly to be surpassed. The cur- ! Lain fell amid acclamations from all parts of the house; and the principal.performers, the composer, and the manager, were called for in succeesion and heartily cheered. Having given these particulars, it is sufficient to add, in general, that, whether we regard the manner in which the different 1 parts were performed, the magnificence of the inatrumental orchestra, and the splendour and completeness with which the piece was got up in every respect, no operatic perform ance, at all comparable to this, was ever witnessed in an English theatre. _ _ gb! Brute. -- ----- - THE FRENCH PLAY last evening was very bril liantly and numerously attended, the incitement being the announcement of two pieces new to English audiences, which have been eminently attractive in Penn The Sat of these was Une J, anuse Orageuse," a drama in two acts. Either of the acts might have been performs:. separately, and have given satiefaction es a finished vats levant. The plot as usual is slight. The links by which it is held together forming the eole merit of the performance. The first an: ends in a double marriage, one being the result of a lung attach ment; the ether being the offspring of a sudden penchant, conceived by the reformed rake of the stormy " Jeunesse " who, oultseing reproached with having made n chance matc h, whilet his friend has married on the more solid ground of a settled love, exclaims " Cut ersi-- l'amour et le Acuarii—tour demur [gatemen! aveyglet." The seemd act affords an insight into the &untie circles of the two married couples, and a highly amusing scene occurs, very similar to the screen incident in the " School for Scan dal." Monsieur kloutaland, as the reformed rake, made • much stronger impression than on his former appearance, and gave tokens of talents which man shine forth during the course of the season. The last piece, and that which wee looked for with most interest, was Una File Terrible," a vaudeville which has had a gnat run at Paris, where the eels heated Millie. Fiore enacted the eztravagancies *reigned to Madame Valley, in a manner toimpurate the audiences of the Varie•fs," but of which her proxy on the St. James's boards could nutafiorJ the remotest glimpse. The piece served, however, to introduce a new actress in the person of Mdlle. Lattice, who gives promise of being an acguisitt in of which however her as the "fille terrible," all 'Med no oppor tunity for judging, ina-much as the piece is siltogethi r un calculated for an English audience, and, properly speak ing, neither can nor ought to be understood in all its bearings by those who witnessed it. The manager should bear in mied that when be places a drama on his boards, which is what the French style "sae Marge," be may place the English pert of his au dience in a false position, by inducing them to laugh et what appears to them to be mere absurdities, whilst to the French portion of his listeners the same words and actions bur a meaning totally different from that on the surface, and which, however wall adopted to the B,ulevards and Falai. Royal, is altogether unfitted for the meridian of the St. James'. Theatre. - - ADSLPIII.—The title of " The Pearl of the Ocean, or the Prince and the Mermaideu " would seem to promiae one of those harmonious extravagancv in which Mr. Charles Selby has already achieved sevesal 'accrues. fiat the piece of last evening will bear no en nparison with anything above mediocrity, notwithstanding the effective manner in which it was put upon the stage. The story is a German one, by a modern writer, and relates to the adventures of a mermaid, who, conceiving a p,ssion for a young prince whom she has saved from drowning, continues, through the agency of an aquatic enchantress, to dispense with the piscatorial portion of her /anon, and assume a mortal form. The change, how ever. is accompanied by this drawback—that should she fail to gain the love of the prince, she will instantly die. Her task is rendered still more difficult by the lo s of her memory, which happens whenever she attempts to relate her story to a mortal. She is therefore prevented from making herself known to the prince, who, failing to discover the press rver of his life, is about to marry another lady. At this point the original *ton terminates in the death of ti.e me rursid ; but a more orthodox dramatic ending is given in the adaptation—the princess being represented as retiring into a convent to make room for the mermaid, who metrics the prince, and brings meters I. a happy termination. The dialogue—ineffective and pointless—ts scarcely redeemed by occasional flukes of absurliry. The chief fault of the piece is excessive length, which is telly as great as Visitor any of the five-act legitimate dram" which excite the indignation of the vaudeville writers Mr. Wright is a comic pearl-diver, and Madame Celesta a sentimental mermaid. At the former the audience roared, es a matter of course; mid the laic r they applauded in spite of her broken Englis h, which, always intolerable, a series of years has rendered an inexcusable nuisance. Miss Woolgar, and all the other favnuritts of the theatre, ap peared in the drama, and supported it pleasairly enoaga. CLERICAL CIEWINATIONS. PETi:RBOROCOH.-At en ''''''''''' holden by the Bishop of Peterborough. on Sunday last, the 19th Rot., the following gentle men wer, admitted :—Psuvars: F. P. Firming, Magdalen, Comb.; C. E. Thomas, University, Dubi. —Ducat:es J. Hely, Worcester, Ox-n; E. P. Bolt, St. John's, Camb.; A. S. Ruder, St. Bees; J. Dixon, St. John's, Clunk ; J. A. Fell, Corpus CkrisU, Camb.; J. Gordon, St. Jobe'., Carob.; J. M. Holt, St. John's, Camb.; EL Lindsay, Trinity, Comb.; A. P. Morris, Worcester, Ozon; C. Evans, S. Bees. The biderp immediately aftr.rwi.r.'m granted the following licenses, viz:—Rev. J. Italy, to St. Margaret's C. Leicester; Rev. lE. P. Brett, to Dutton Brett C.; Rev. A. 8. Cut ter, to Shrepalted I C.; Rev. J. Dixon, to St. Nicholas, Leiorwter, C.: Rev. J. A. Fell, to Cossington C.; Ile,. J. Gordon" to Murton C.; Rev. H. Lindsay, to Sibbertoft C.; Rev'. A. P. Mr.rro, to thrhd hurch, Leicester. C. ; Rev. C. Evans, to Sea Hill and Craydale C.—all in Leicestershire; Rev. J. M. Holt, to High= Ferrer.; Rev. F. P. Heating, to ha Chaplain to Weedem Barracks. CHICHESTER —The Bi•hop or Chichester also held an or dination at the cathedral In that city on Sunday Ina, Dee. 19 when the following were admitted : —Pawns : R F. ootpkino, Bt. John's, Comb.; C. P. Longisutd, St. He.; T. Pyper, St. Ortwerine.hall, Camb. ; H. L. Wakon, Gonville and Caine, Camh . • J. 11. Vale, Env. marmot, Comb.; C. R. Drury, Bt. John's, Camb.—Dr-tevas : T. C. Pratt, certificated scholar of St. David's, Lam.eter ; J. Rola, Literate ; J. Newton, St. John's, Comb. ; W. S. Serra, Queen's, Comb. ; C. T. Frampton, Clam Hail, Camb.; A. Orlebar, Wadham, Out; J. F. Piney, Trinity, MM.—Limos= J. Roo, to lidimore C.; 11. 1.. Watson, to Bexhill C. ; C T. Frampton, to S. Paul's, I Ineherter, C.; A. Orlebar, to All Saints and fictuthorer C., Lewis; J. Y. racy, to Wareham C.; W. S. Serra% to Fanehorne C. OLOCCEsTER.—The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol likewise held an ordination . in the cathedral thurch of Bristol on Sunday het, the 19th December. The following gvntlemen were or. d.i • Plumes : Rev. R. J. Abbott, Corpue Chroti, Comb. ; Rev. G. Butterworth, • Balhd, Ott.' Rev. W. Mope, Trinity, Comb.; Rev. H. IL Farmer, Exeter, Oef. ; Rev. W. B. A. Gilder, St. John's, Canal. • Res. M. Y. Lamb, Corpus Christi , sat% ; Rev. W. Melees, Pembroke, Oar.; Rev. W. H. Y. M 'Knight, Trinity, Debt ; Rev. IL. T. Price. Jesus, Oaf.; Rev. E. Roberts, Trinity, DultL ; Rev. R. ' Storing. King's, Cemb. •R. G. F. ('orterthin, Jesus, iamb., and Rev. W. L. Manley, (2:rist'e, Carob., by letters dimitoory from the Bishop of Exeter ; Rev. D. Dickson, Trualty, loW., and Pee. N. It. Lloyd, St David's, Lamp., by letters &mise from the Bishop of Llandaff. —Deacon . .1. Baveremek, St. Jahn '., C4mb. (Messed to Standish C.) : J. Davenport, St. John's, Oaf (licenvd to Welfare C.); J. IS. A. Fenwiek, tnivenity, Ott. (Bossed to West Littleton C.) H. Haleatt, Trinity, Dahl. (licallsed to Acton Turville C.) ; F. V. Mather, Trinity, Comb. ((licensed to Mitalinhampton C.) ; F.. G. Reser, Christ's, Comb,(l mewed to Alventan C.) ; J. R. W'mthen, Queen's, Ott. (licenred to Prestbury C.); J. B.J. Watson, Bt. Jolla's, Comb. (licensed to Amberley C ); 11. Wright, St. Mary Magdalen Hall, Oxf. ' • J. It. Farrow ' St. Catherine's Hall, Comb. ; IL J. M ay ne Exeter, Out ; J. B. Messenger, Clare Ball, Camb. ; A. S. Sutton , bake Oxf. Licnniuda.—The Bishop of Lichfield held an ordination In the chapel able palace at Eceleehall on Sunday last. The follow ing were admitted : —Panora : Rev. E. W. Diekse, Corpus Christi, Comb.; Rev. S. Hood, St. Bets; Rev. F. Grtoton t, Pembinal. Out.; Be.. J. H. Jenkins, 'Trinity, Gelb. • Rev. H. Moore, Trinity, Dab.; Rev. 0. Poole, Queen's. Limb. • gee. Y. Schooner, Exeter, Oxf. ; Be.. J. R. Staley, St. Bee. ; Itr:v. J. Stock, Corpus Christi, Comb.; Bee. Y. R. Wataon, Trinity, Dubl. ; Rev. R. C. West a, St. Beta— Maass :W. Acton. BARRA Olt. •E. E. Allen, Trinity, Carob. ; W. B. Headman, Trinity, Dub!. ;T. Bo rne,i St. Mary Magnaku, Comb.; J. M. Clarke, St. Johns, Comb ; G. Dance, St. Peter's, (limb.; it. N. Ellecombe, Oriel, Oaf.; J. Rutherford, a literate person; A. Garai, Trinity, Comb.; F. Veneer, Emmanuel, Camb.; B. Willnvore, B. Bees; R. Weed*, fit. Geri; J. wutson, Trinity Hot, Carob.; It. Wldeltica, S. John's, Omit Lincomr.—The Bishop of Lincoln held a general ordina tion to the cathedral of his dlocere ce tiunday last. The following were admitted : —Penne : Bev. A. L. tirumbeed, tionville and Gins, Comb.; Re,. E. H. Edman, et. John's, Comb.; Rev. G. E. Pattenden, St. Peter's. Comb. • Rev. G. If. Spurrier, el. John's, Cu:tab.—Dna. eon : T. H. Luton, Catherine Hall, Comb. ; T. N. Lucas, St. Peter's, Comb.; 8. M. Mackay, Worcester, Oxf. • T. C. Southey, Queen's, Oaf.; W. W. Thornton, New Inn Hull, Ott.; W. J. 'manes, OxL ; C. A. West, St. John's, C ..mo. P RRRRRR rcre.—Ree. J. Frith, to Bi•hop'a Hebington C., warwicksbire. Rev.?. H. Deane. MlD;mutton C., Warvickallize. VACANCY.-Bouth Claypole R. ; county and clio. Lincoln; WU.; pat., J. P. Elumptre, Eng. ; meant by death of Rey. U. Plumptre, LLB. NAVAL MALTA, DEC. 11.-1 n harbour : Ceylon, 12, with the flag of Rear-Adinl. Sir L. Cards; Team ono, ' 84; 80 . Steamers Ueda, !locate, Ardor t, and Woe I et. DEVONPORT, DEC. 16.—Balernphon, 76, Capt. Bac ; : t. s, which sailed from Portamouth on Monday last with ibis 74th bound to Malta and Corfu, put into thin port Ibis morning from atm of weather. Aratattrr. Dam. 20.—Arrotwrazum.—Lieut. E. D. D. Aplin to be Flag Lieut. to Eacellent. Wert A. 8. little to In constant. Alsster's Asmstant: IL C. A. Wilkinson to Hercules. Clerk's Assbtant O. W. 8. Ulm to Firefly. Assistant Engineer: Madge to Terrible. MILITARY. THE COLONILET OP THE 4TH LIGHT DIUGOONS, vacant by the deaths of Sir Charles IMII ee, boo. it is understood, been filled op by the app.:Salmi of of for George Scowll, lobo mance from the 7th bravoes. The commensal me Army is the bluer regamet It Is mid, be euppbed by the oppelatment of Mope-General Murray. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S.—Montua. WAKEFIELD STIIIPLICKABII.-100 even on the field eget The Chandler and the Glenna Odle, (Wolverhampton); 4 to 1 apt The Chandler. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECIIASII.-15 to 1 asst The Curate ; 20 to I aid Sir Arthur (t); 20 to l apt ItVitard the That (t). Two TnotsaND QUINEAS dranes.-5 to 1 agst Bar- Pike (2). Denny.—ll to 2 agst Stott's lot (taken to 2001.); 40 to 1 aptßaslya(Plkell to 104); 40 to I 4,4 The Fowler (t). CRESTIIIt Cur 1,000 to 16 apt Keleahe (taken two or tans Um). tats inttlitgnut. Corer or Crier etar.—ltegistrar's.ofEce, Dee. 20, 1847.—Notiot— rie Lord Chancellor Intend. to deliver Lis judgment in WI the several matters now waiting his deciaon at the corucurnerment of next term; but his lordship MI been pleased to communicate to Mr. ()dale Ur order{ ha to make in the following awes, which were heard previously to Le•t vacation, via.: Bell v. Lord Mekborough ; Lacy v. bugle; Davis v. Chanter: ILole v. Markley ; :tack% v. Daw son ; Kirk v. The Bromley Union; Cores v. Lovnitics al ickland v. Strickland; Parker v. Morrell; Peacock v. Bernet COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH. Nut rams, Grunneu...—Betore lard Daiwa and • Special Jury. • TRI QUERN O. CH•IIITII AND OTRIBA.—INDICT. MINT FOR TRA/PTICLING IN THIS SAL! OF A CADITSIIIP IN THE SEIVICI OF Till BAST INDIA COMPANT.-111111 case, which wu partly beard on Saturday, and of which a report appeared in toe Evros., of yesterday, was re sumed at the sitting of the court. Mr. Crowder, Q.C., for Capt. Charretie, and Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., for Sir W. Young, severally objected that the evidence did not sustain the in dictment. 'These proceedings woligskasi{uted nada, tha th Oeo. 3, c. 146, by which the riaelf Goy " oMegeogundoe sion, place, or employment," .in sbuy l iervios of abb merag, or of the But India Corn any purelan elagree ment to pay for the nomilloMent he appantatant, or the fe v i ica resignation of any such o s , was made an indictable offence. The evidenoe b that, in this cam, the thing obtained was only to which entitled the parson to whom it wu gi i ii itenelve a coaannasion on his armee' in India ; it was, the , "lir as inchoate right to an office or a commission, 311kketlelf as offloo er com mission. * 1 4 , ..1 • Lord Denman : I have not the slighllbet^ okilit on the subject. The cue must go to the jury. Mr. Crowder then add:need the jury for Capt. Charretia. ~. L f 1