The Express. — London, England, 1848-08-16 00:00:00

is Rome, cost sixty-seven millions of thalers) ; but it eras calculated, about fifteen years sgo, that two mix. lions more thalers would be sufficient to finish the e difice, with the exception of the towers, which wi.l cost an at.ditional three millions. It is calculated a lso that the edifice, with the exception of the t owe rs, will be completed in ten years. But here I m ust stop. I hear the booming of cannon (it is now P at 8, pm.) on both sides of the Rhine. Crowds assemble in thousands; people appear in all directions Was renot des Volk ? Was es iii,st Itch don Die langen Gamen brausend fort? And ;o! whilst quoting Schiller, comes slowly gliding down the Rhine none other than the majestic eteanier Schiller, gloriously bedizened with innume rable German flags, as a vessel °ugh' to be bearing the cherished and immortal risme of Schiller (Ger niany'e truest and best poet), and on its deck the pre sent hope of the empire, the imperial Vicar. On landing, the Archduke was receivid by all the civic authorities and the committee of burghers an` pointed to superintend the arrangements for the fri peal preceded by a band of hon , tar and by detach ments of the lit.e and the civic guard, the Vicar pro ceeded, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the assem bled crowds, to the house of the Governor of Cologne, which wee brilliantly lighted up. After hie highness had made his app .arance for a few seconds in the b a lcony, the crowd withdrew. Several steamers have arrived with the Frankfurt deputies and with other distinguished visitors. The ceremonies of this Vor fest will be concluded, for this night, by torchlight processions and a serenade to the Vicar. MADRID, Aro. 8. The bank is still the uppermost theme. In my letter o! yesterday I reported to you that the contract WSJ to he continued. be continuance was no doubt intended to be prole nged during a considerable term. But the ministers have returued, it seems, to their original resolve to carry on the rescission; and the contract is only to endure till this !reparation can be effected without a violent crisis. The state o: the bank may be described in a word. Ac cording to the best authorities they have lent about 2,000,000 sterling to private individuals ; and the go vernment owes them two more. Of the loaner debt they will recce, r perhaps '?al per cent.; fur the guarantees which remain in their hears, taken in the lump, are not worth more. The gov.rnment will pay 1,400,0001. of its debt to the bank in its own notes . and of these will have to be earcelled 1,000,0001. in amount. The bank is expected to be able to pay its notes: and when the contract ie rescinded considerable per emerge will remain for the unfortunate shareholders. At present, in addition to the 150,000/. welch the bank malaria as commission annually, in consoleration of advances which it can leo longer make, it gains 8 per cent on the ',mount which it disburses in notes for the lirthirities of the state, the testes which enter the bank'; coffers being print in specie. The salaries of the ens• Flora amount to 300 1e:01 a month, awl these are all paid notes. The dividend of the debt, amounting to about 300,000!, is now being paid in notes. Not that the bank receives the fall benefit of such enormous gains, having on the ~teer band to make e tool sacrifices in order to fulfil cogagernenffi on a Lamb greater scale then it was warrant. el by its capital to urdertake. The great loser is the public : the gainers are a few mowers. The difficulties of the govern ment and the rotten state of its crutch, the bank, sufficiently amount for the ceatruction of the bank notes promised not Wirtz been carried into effect. Meantime there is a large party terming in the country who would have no objection to the bank beirg altogether swept away for it has grown to be cou•ideled as a great gulf, which swallitws up the means of the heti es, and absorbs the fruits Off taxpaying industry. Orlando arrived here Irma La tamps yesterday. He kora to scrape up in. net in some way for paying the sala ries ciduly, which are still due. Dina is not gone to Li °raio, as the papers report; at least he was spoken to here yesterday et ei.ing by a friend of mine. The wife of Gorkales Bravo returned to La Granja on the 6tl, accompanied by M. Noudal, to renew nevotiations with the ministry on behalf of her hu-band Natoli& 's suggestion of silos ir.g the prisoner a passport to prom d to foreign coun tries ei7as filially admitted by the ministers, who held a coun cil on the subject. the court and government were occupied with arrangements for the approaching con finement of the I nfants. The King and Queen are to be sponsors, and will he represented by the Marchineem of elalpica, Lady of Honour to her Majesty, and Count S i Comma, formerly the Queen's mayordomo. The corporations will aisu be represented, which usually assist at such ceremonies. The minister of the crown who is to go is not yet determined. The last affair of any note in Catalonia was an engage ment on the 31. t between 21)0 rebels, commanded by the Cabecilla Gilbert and the column of Bagnolas, at Capmanys, the details of which are only just reported. The rebel" had 10 killed and a proportionate number of wounded, and the Queen's troops only three wounded. The Carlista are said to be exasperated at their growing distavour with the popu lation; and many atrocities are reported of the Cratecilla Cortinas, formerly a Capuchin monk, who caused to be shot a young girl and her brother, at Mura, on the 3rd, together with another, for conveying intelligence to the troops of the gave rnment. The same chief had two of his own followers mewed in the like manner. The remainder of the Aragon beam, under Cinches, the cejo had surrendered. Gonzales Bravo arrived at Cadiz on the Ist, guarded by two officers. He was conveyed to the common prison, and not allowed to communicate with any from without. AVG. 9 —Count Montalto, Sardinian minister, presented ea the 7rh his credentials to' the Queen, with the wind cere monies, in the pr.:Bence of Phial, the new minister of foreign affairs. Serrano has resigned his place of cap•aini general of Granida, and his resignation has been accepted. From the circumstance of his going to reside for the present at Arjo nibs, under the peen xt of the air of that place being necessary for the complete re-establisi anent of his health, ann. s arc current of his implication in the recent plot for upsetting Norms. The La Granja corespo dent of the Herald° insists, however, upon the soundness of the loyalty and the pure conservatism of the retiring captain general, ark, is to have his services again utilised by the gore rnment as soon as his health permits Probably, however, his old ascendancy is feared at court. Campazance the present captain-general of Valencia, sue tens Serrano at Granada; and Villnlonga, whose probable removal from N I recently announced to you, taker the command of Valencia. Navarre is incorporated in the same military distil' t with the Basque Provinces, and there fore falls under lirhiidond captain-general of ;hose. The alleged pretest is economy ; but the umlwag.t of the Navarrese at the violation of their fueros by Villeinage, who made his military governor of Piimpeluna political chief, rendered his removal prudent, while the suppression f the relinquished post has saved the appearance of concession. Orlando is gone hark to La Granja; and now we have Bravo Murillo here for a day or two. The Queen rode out for the first time these Isar months on the 7 h. A striking pamphlet has appeared h re from the approved pea of D Andres Borrego, on the position of Spain in the new political state of Europe. The drift is to prove that a corn stitutional and legal government, and a liberal, tolerant, and TdßlDillOt policy, can alms plant Spain in the rank which her resources entitle her to recopy among the nations. Few Eogl end will distrutri a truth eo self-evident. UNITED STATES. A summary of the folkiwing appeared in a second edition last evening. By the Hibernia, Captain Sharmer, arrived at Liverpool f n Tuesday afternoon, we have New York pipers to the 2nd inst. (inclusive). The latest dates from Mexico were to the 16th of July. General Taylor has accepted the nomination made of him as candidate for the Presidency by the whig convention at l'hiladelphia. His letter of acceptance is as follows : li..ton Rouge, La., July hose had tha honour to rit.ive your COOl6lll$6lC it ion of June 10, announcing that the whig convention, which assembled at Philadelphia on the ith of that month, and of which you were the presiding officer, has nominated me for the office of Presi. , ent of the Unitid Sates. Looking to the composition of the conven t! and its numerous and patriotic constituency, I feel d e. ly grateful for the honour Ix stowed upon me, and for the d stinguished col l di nee implied in my nomination by it, ti the highest office. in the gift of the American people. 1 c•rdially accept that nomination, hut with a sincere dis trust .f my hums to fulfil the duties of an office, which de mands for its exercise the most exalted abilities and patriotism, and which has been rendered illustrious by the great at names in our history. But should the selection of the whig convention lie confirmed by the people, I shall endeavour to discharge the new duties then devolving upon me, en as to meet the just expectations of my fellow.citizens, and preserve uediminished the prosperity and reputation of our common country.—l have the honour to remain, with the highest respect, your obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR. To the Hon. I. M. Morehead, Greensborough, Guildford County, North Carolina. Along with this letter the friends of General Tay lor are circulating one whichhe has addressed to Cap tain I. S. Alison in reply to some queries. The im portant points of this letter we subjoin : I will proceed, however, now to respond to your inquiries. Fint, I reiterate wh.it I have so often said—l am a whig. If elected I would not be the mere president of party. I would endeavour to act independent of party domination. I should feel bound to administer the government untram melled by any party schemes. Second, the veto power. The power given by the constitution to the executive to in tern's' his veto, is a high conservative power ; but in my opinion should never he exercised except in cases of clear vio la ion of the c ons tit u ti on , or manifest haste and want of con sideration by congress. Indeed, I have thought that for many years pact, the known opinions and wishes of the executive have exercised an undue and injurious influence aeon the legislative department of the government ; and for this cause I have thought our system was in danger of un dergoing a great change from its true theory. The personal opinions of the inch Adual who has happened to occupy the executive chair cught not to control the action of Con-' rye upon questions of domestic policy ; nor ought h ie ob kthOn. to be interposed where questions of constitutional power have hero Fettled by the various departments of go vernm,nt, and acquit seed. in by the people. Third, upon t h e ' et of the tariff, the currency, the impro ve ment of our great highw a ys, rive rs , lakes, and harbours, the will of the people, as expressed through their representatives in Congress, ought to be respected and carried out by the exe cutive. Fourth, the Mexican war. I sincerely rejoice at the prospect of peace. My life has been de voted to army, yet I look upon war at all tioles and under all circo." - tances as a national calamity to be ed void if - with the national honour. The prin- a ciples of d o co ur m g p o a v t e i r b n le m;nt, as well as its true policy, are op posedto the subjugation of other nations and the disme rn sent of other countries by conquest. In the language of the great Washington, " Why should we quit our own to stand on foreign ground ?" In the Mexican war our Ha. tional honour has mien vindicated ; and in dictatir.g terms of peace, we may writ afford to be forbearing and stagnant mous to a fallen toe. These arc my opinions on the subjects referred to by you, and any reports or publications, written or verbal, trout any source, eliff,ring In any esaeotial parties lar from what is here written, are unauthorised and untrue. I do not know that I shall &grin write upon the suhjt ct national prlitica. I shall engage in no schemes, so email nati• ns, no intrigues. If the American people have not eon flelence in me, they ou2ht not to give me their suffrages. If they do not, you know me well enough to believe me, when I declare I shall be content. I am too old a soldier to mur mur 14(11i1114 such high authority. The Oregon Bill was reported, with amendments, in the House of Representatives ott the Ist of August. The most important amendment was the striking out of the veto power over territoriallegislature acts], pro posed to be vested in the government of Oregon. The brief political aid commercial summary of the New York Cuurrier and Enquirer for Europe is as follows: Our only news of political interest, since the last , 1 steamer, is the statement now receivtd in an authentic shepe of a battle, or rather succession of skirmishes near Guanajuato in Mexico, between Bustamente com manding the govirament forces, and Paredes with Padre Jaraute at the head of the revolters. The vic tory i 4 claimed for both sides, but neither appears to have done much in the way of fighting. The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 14th ult., where the government of llerrera seemed to be pursuing its course without interruption or disturb ance. The American troops have now all left Mexico, and that country is again delivered up to its own laws and rulers. Among other effects of this is the re-euriet meat of the old Mexican tariff. In congress the attempt to pass a sort of com promise hill for the government of the new territories has been defeated—the House of Repre sentatives refusing even to entertain or discuss the bill which had passed the Senate, and of which the tendency was to permit the establishment of slavery in New Mexico and Culiforni•t. It seems pretty well settled now that no bill looking to suit a result can obtain the asseat of the House of Representatives. The state of our commercial and money market is not improved since the advices by the preceding steamer. _ . The news by the Europa, with dates to the 15th ult., produced little or no alteration in our markets, except for cotton, which has advanced somewhat, as is stated below. NEW YORK, AUG. 1. Money continues to be in great demand here, al though business is very dui. The stocks of the United States, and of the States, feel the t Elect of this pressure. Treasu.y Notts, bearing 6 per cent. interest, were down to-day at 1021 ; and United Stan a Sizes, at 7 per cent., at 103. Corros.—The news per United State, and .Ea roint has caused an advance of about half a cent per pound in this market, and we must now quote middlings at 6i to 71 cents for all growths, and fair 71 to 71 for Uplands, and ri to SI for Orleans. ' Stock in this port between 33,000 and 60,003 bales. Salem of the last few days average about 1,200 bales per day, chiefly for England. Not much offering for sale. Freight to Liverpool, :; to 5-32 of a penny per lb. The prospect of an abundant crop con- Itinues about as good as ever. Some complaints are ade of rains here and there, but they seem very local, though there liar. been more rain in the New Orleans districts than in the Atlantic States. The maximum effect probably is merely retarding the ap pearance of the first hundred bales of new cotton some four or five days. The Hibernia has brought 5 0001. in specie, on freights. THE RETALIATORY POSTAL LlW.—We under stand that the United States mail agent seized, on board the steam-ship, Niagara, yesterday, quite a number of letters, which had been given to passengers and others, in order to avoid the retaliatory postage of 24 cents, now levied by our government.—liostsn Trarellcr. GENERAL TAYLOR, A recent number of the New York Courier and Enquirer contains the following account of General Taylor, the candidate for the Presidentship. This notice, it should be added, is written by me of the General's partisans : Zachary Taylor was born in Orange county, Virginia ' on the 2lth Nov., 1786, upon the soil which, in the words of John R ,ndolph, is "fertile in presidential candidates." While he was but a few months old, his father, Col. Richard Taylor, who had distinguished himself in the war of the re volufioa, migrated with his family to Kentucky. Ile was 0.. e of the early pioneers. But ten years before, tor the first time had the habitation of the white man hero seen any where in the vast territory between the western boundary of Virginia, and the far distant Mississippi. With his rifle, even at the time of Col. Taylor's arrival, the enterprising settler was compelled to dispute with the Indian and the beasts of prey his title to the soil. There was a great deal of useful, though rough discipline, in the hardships of a border life. The dangers to which the inhabitants were continually exposed, gave them self possession, a readiness for emergencies, a d a conic rapt of peril, admirably adapted to success in important undertakings. All the intellect was brought into play, sharpened, and fitted for action. It is a somewhat curious coincidence in the lives of Daniel Webster and Zachary Taylor—one the greatest statesman, the other the gr• ateet soldier of the co.:ntry— that their earliest youth should have been passed under such similar circumstances. The log cabin in which Mr. We' ster was horn was on the remote frontiers of New Hampshire. No smoke rose north of it this side of Mont real. His father, an officer, too, in the revolutionary army, cultivated, when not engaged in the defence of his country, • small farm for his own and family's subsistence. He was obliged to carry to the field his rifle no li es than his line err scythe. For till after the war of the revolution, the inhabit an's of the frontiers towards Canada were often exposed to the predatory and a:fiords-mug excursions of the Indian. For both of the now eminent men we speak of, this school, severe OS it was, afforded no ordinary instruction. They stn,ve the harder against circumstances seemingly adverse. They grew up superior ; the one in arms, the other in council. And such was the early training of either, such the character and discipline of their mind and the nature of their pur suits, that their destinies might have been reversed by can trolling circumstances; the soldier and mate:man has; changed parts, and become equally distinguished in relations the opposite of the present. The trophies of Wellington might have been Webster's, the glory of Canning, Taylor' , Both of these men, when young, were accustomed to hard manual labour—aiding their Whirs in tilling the soil. Tnis early exposure to the .everity en', a iciasitude a of the weather, hardy habits and homely rare, laid the foundation of con stitutions, vigorous and even now uoinjuri ei at the age of 62 years Bat . attended schools in the winter months, when ever a school, however distant, a as accessible, and in summer worked on the farm. To soung Taylor the adventures of the school-Louie some what fereshadowed hi. !saute life. On one occasion an In dian, in the British uniform, was shot in its immediate eicicity. And a schoolmate, or rather predecessor of his at achool, gained a brilliant reputation among his associates, from having started four Indiana near the school-house, and successively shot them a:l in a running 'ight. This person, Whetael by name, became aft; rwarde tutor in the art of war to Taylor—the P. (unix .1 the American Achilles. His resit Is and his example undoohteilly exercised a controlling in fluence upon young Taylor's ductile disposition, and madelong to iollow to the held some warlike lord." Nor was the favourite study of young Taylor other wise than encouraging to the formation of a military taste. " Plutarch's Lives" he prized above all other books. An irrepressible desire seized him to become, like Plutarch's heroes, eminent for services rendered to his country. Upon the models thus selected he fashioned himself. And who is there that in these after days has become acquainted with his history but will acknowledge that he has surpassed in con duct and in character the subjects of his imitation t While he was yet under age, the movements of Astor Burr, in the West, seemed to threaten the integrity of the Union, and he eagerly enrolled himself in a troop raised to oppose all treasonable designs. The excatemert upon this subject soon subsiding he ri turned to the labours of his farm, and to his studies, with • disposition, however, to serve his country in arms much stimulated by what he had seen of mimic war. An elder brother dying soon after, a lieutenant in the army, he was, through the influence of his relative, James Madison, appointed to the vacancy by Presi dent Jefferson, the 3rd of May, 1808. Gen. Taylor no sooner e ntered the service of . his country than he exposed his life in her . cause. His his achieve ment was hardly less than a nairacle. By detence of Fort Harrison against odds than is any but . our time and our p a ntry would have been deemed romantic, he saved a whole frontier from devastation and ruin. From that early exploit, as from a corner-stone, his fame has gradually risen, until its summit o'erlooks a world. Forty years have witnessed his devo t ion to his country; bin arms have used "their deares t action in .the tented field." He never hesitated to '-ht, he never COLONIAL. lntendent of the quarantine establishment at Grams or 1817. It contains an intelligent and distinct ac count of the measures adopted to meet the awful mortality among the emigrants of that year. These were most honour able, not only to the offi:ers of the quarantine, but to the clergy, both Roman catholic and protestant, of the district. What, however, seems of the most practical importance to bring (Beane ly under the public notice is th - deiberate opinien and explicit declaration of Dr. Douglas that the mortality of 1847 " cannot he attributed either to a deli-, ciency of food or overcrowding ;" and that " all the remedial measures that may be adopted will not prevent the occur ranee of neatness and death to a fearful extent, so long as fever end destitution prevail in Ireland, as it does now." We subjoin the passages in Dr. Douglas's report, in which WS opinion is expressed and illustrated: In the conclusion of my annual report of last season Ire marked that ' (rem the experience of many years of the MASS which produce disease among emigrants, I am per that next season the number of sic k will exceed that of any previous year. The partial f ilure of the potato crop hut season (18151 caused much sickness ; its almost total failure in that country and the north of Scotland this season (1816) will have the a ffect of pouring upon our shores thou sands of debilitated and sickly emigrant..' The result of the pact season's emigration btu more than fulfilled my prediction. Two causes, which could not have been foreseen, have conspired to augment bsyond all calculmion the number of destitute and &erased emigrants. The first of these was the enactment of a law by the general government of the United States, which, by limiting the number which each passenger vessel cetufd carry, made the cost ot a passage no high as virtually to exclude all but those having a cerium amount ot means of their own. A law prm viously in t xistence in the state ot New York, which obliged the master or owner of a vessel bringing passengers to give honda that no emigrant I nought out by them became charge able to the commonwealth for a period of two years atter their arrival, was mire strictly enforced. The effect of them laws was to turn the stream of pauper emigration to the British provinces. I estimate the accession to our emigra tion this year through the operation of this cause at from tn,ooo to 40,000. Another cause of the increase this season has been the application to Ireland of a poor law. To avoid the enormous expense which will attend its execution in some. parts of the country where destitution abounds, many landlords have given free passages to those baying claims of the land. In sal' cling these they have, naturally tenoned, abstained from choosing the !young, strong, able-bodied lir bourer, but have sought to rid their estates of helpless , widow* with large families, cripples unable to work, aged persons, l the confirmed idle and lazy, and those whose constitutions had been enfeebled by previous sickness and destitution. Such was the character and description of many of the set tlers sent out from the ports of Liverpool, Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, as more particularly described in my official re- ' ports at dilteri nt times during the out aeason. • • • To the final closing of the establishment, on the 3rd of Nov., every vessel coming with passengers from Liverp 'ol, Cork, Dublin, Sligo, or other ports in the a uth sad west of Ireland, heed more or less sick. The greatest number was invariably found, as in former years, in vessels from Liverpool. The overwhelming number of sick Irish who crowded every part of this town has earned for it this year the appellation of the hospital and cemetery of Ireland. Cork and Dublin rivalled Liverpool in sending out sickly emigrants. I have had occasion to observe in former re parts that emigrants who come from distant country places to large seaports, there to await the sailing of a vessel, living in the meantime in crowded cellars and lodging houses, invariably suffer more from illness during the voy age, and arrive in a more unhealthy condition than those who have hut a short distance to come, and little delay at the port of their embarkation. I have heard fewer com plaints from passengers this year of the quality of the ship's stores. I think, upon the whole, these were better than past reasons. • • • • The great mortality and sickness this season cannot he attri bute.. either to a deficiency of food or overcrowding. In support of this opinion I would beg to instance the'fact that, out of 7,500 German settlers who arrived this season, there was not during the voyage, or on arrival at Grose Isle, as many sick RS are ulna ly found in a like number of the same cl gas living in their native villages. The same remark Applies to the English settlers from the ports of Hull, Ply mouth, Padstow, and Penzance; and to the Scotch settlers from Aberdeen, Dundee, send Leith, among whom few or no sick were found ; though in the case of these emigrants (the Germans especially) they were more crowded, from having a much greater quantity of baggage. And as another prised that a sufficiency ot food, good medical attendant - , and comforts, do not suffice to protect Irish passengers from use and death on the voyage, I would cite the case ot the pensioners and their families who came out in the transports Blenheim and Maria Some., from Cork. The pea ionizers of these vessels ware under military din cipline, had the medical attendance of a staff surgeon, they received daily rations of the bent of provisions, issued under the direction of the transport agent; yet fever and dysentery prevailed throughout the voyage among the pamengere and among the crew after arriving at Quebec. fhe Blenheim lost 12 passengers, and had 17 sick; and io the Maria Scenes 17 died, awd from 40 to 60 were admitted to hospital. The diseme which proved no fatal was, in most cases, brought onboard, and many masters of vessels would, on g .ing into the hold, point out to me the particular berth, place, or places, where the dirges* originated, and the dine. Lion in which it spread ; in all such cases it was ascertained that the family occupying this berth had come on board dis eased or co..valrecent from lever with foul and unwashed clothes. The total noisier of pameneer vessels inspected at the station this year has been 400, being about double the number of any previous year, the number of resume:in being ado double that of any former season. Of these vessels the large number of 129 here had fever and dysentery among ' their passengers; 20 have had small-pox, and nine have had both fever and small-pox. 5.293 passengers have died on ship board, being at the rate of 6.39 per cent. upon the whole number of passengers; of these, 11 were women in child birth. • • • • • • ahe Meknes,' and mortality of the masters, mates, and sea men of emigrant vessels has been proportionably great. Few of those who had fever s mong their passengers escaped an attack of the disease, and many died. The great demand for pumps to America induced many owners of vessels to fit them g ut whose masters were ignorant of the trade, and of the means to be adopted to preserve the health of their pas sengers. 15 hen fever once broke out they h.came alarmed for their own safety, and would not so down into the hold, which from nestle ct of cleanliness I{ooll became one vast I reeking pest-souse ; the vitiat d and contaminated air of which SOUR enfeebled those also were of neeessits obliged to breathe it, even when not struck down with fever, and ren dered them inditlgrent to all exertion, even to the preserve. ion of life itself. that first law of nature. In some vessels where great mortality prevailed this apr.thy was so gnat, that difficulty was experienced be the masters in inducing the passengers to remove the dead. In one vessel, the Sitars, from Liverpool, Captain Christian had to bring up the bodies of the dead from the hold on his shoulders; neither namengers nor seamen could be induced to MAIL This humane and excellent man. whose attention to his I sickly passengers was beyond all praise, fell a victim to fever a few days after the arrival of his vessel in Quebec. In another vessel, the Erin's Queen, the master could only get the dead brought up by paying his seamen a sovereign for each body. • • • • • All the remedial means that may be adopted, however, will not prevent the u current.* ot s ickness and elf ath to a fearful extent on slop-board so long as fever and destitution prevail in Ireland as it now does. Some one of the many pamengers is sure to coif:self. either just recovering from fever, with foul clothes and bedding, or with the seed. of the disease latent in his system, which the change of lite and the eliecomforts ot a sea voyage rapidly develop ire so favourable a locale as the hold of a vessel. Medical men are generally agreed, that the three grand measures to be taken to prevent the spree,. of fever, are separation, ventilation, and cleareld nese From the nature of things the two first of these are ren dered imeracticabls in a crowded passenger-ship, and the last, of difficult attainment. Sea sickness and the mental depression which usually atteeds it render it a matter of extreme difficulty to induce people to practise a virtue which they have never been accustomed to. Hence there is much reason to apprehend that next season will bring with it a recurrence of the siekness and mortality of this year. limited only it. extent by the numbers who may emigrate." Mit (gotta. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Prinuss nt Hohenlohe Langenbmg and the Priacese Eliza of Hohenlohe Laneenhure, and attended by the Viscounteas Confine, Col. the lion. B. Phipps and Col. Wylde, left o.borne at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, em barked on the Fairy, crossed to Gosport, and travelled to Railway. a special tr lin on the London awl South-Western The Queen held a court a ter her arrival at Buck. ingham Palace. Nlonsieur de Beaumont, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotent ary of the French Republic, had an audience of her Majesty, to deliver his credentials. His ExcePency was introduced by \ i•count Palmerston, and conducted by Col. the Hon. Sir E. Oust, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Morton, Lord-in-Waiting, and Mr. R. Ormuby Gore, Groom-in-Waiting. Lord J. Itunsell had afterwarda an audience of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenhurg, and the Princess Eliza, honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence in the evening. Prince Caste'cicala, the Neapolitan Minister, bad yesterday an interview with Viset. Palmerston. A deputation, consisting of Mr. T. W. Cookson, of Liverpool, and Messrs. W. Hamilton, J. R. Laurie, and J. Hamilton of London, had an interview with Ea rl Grey yester day at the Colonial-office, on matters connected with trading establishment , on the Western Coast of Africa. Count de Revel, the Sardinian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Capt. Denham, R.N., F.R.S., had interviews at the Board of Trade and Admiralty yesterday, with his Reports and Diagrams respecting the recent steam vessel accidents in the Irish Sea and Gulf of Finland. (From last night's Gazette.) w ItUY VICE, Av 0.15. 2nd Drag. Culy.—Cor. T. B. 'Tomlin, to by lieut., by pun, Nice Blahs', who ret.; J. Clement, rent., to be cor., by pur„ vice Tomlin. 3rd Lt. Drag'.—F. T. O. llopron, gent, to be cot., by pur., rice Dimedale, app. to 10th Lt. Unige. 7th Lt. Drom.—Lieut. E. FL Cooper to be mot. by pur., vice 14e1, who eft ; Cor. F. A. Farrell, to be lieut., by put „ vim Cooper ;F. M. West, rent., to be cot, by mar., rice Famed; Assist-Burg. W. B. fnem 50th F., to be asabil..aurg., vice Wardrop, app. to the Grenadier Beg. of F. Ode. loth Lt Drage.—Cor. H. F. Dimadale, from 3rd Lt. Drage., to bo cornet, rim Lary, who retires. yth Beet. of F.—Lieut. w. Bayly, to be capt., without pur., vt Helder, dee.; EnS. IL Xlmenes, to be lieu', rice Bayly; Ene. A. R. Bell), from liSth F.. to be em., riee Ximenes Lieut. 11. 8. B.lyne-, to bt adj., v!co Ba,ty, prom. ENIIGRANTS 'C ICA. O BRITISH NORTH AMER Among the papers recently presented to parliament relating to emigration to our enlonie , in N•.rth America, the most important is the ahnual report of Dr. D0u417.4, medical THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1848. 10th P.—Ens. T. P. Deana, Axes 33th toil. aliTirks GocdfaL low, appointed to 22nd Foot. 13th F.--Coiour be ßerl. MY Mei Se let or Grenadier Refit at F.to qumotet, vlas 1 HannaiMa, who has been superseded, being abaft without lease. 17th F.—Capt. W. Edwards, from the 88th F., to be apt, vice %Velma; who ex 19th F. —Lieut.l n Mriritson to be apt, by pur., vice Sir M. A. 11. Tutte, Ban., who rots.; Eno. and Ad J. R. Barrett to have the rank of lieut. ; Ea. W. Harris, to be li eut., by pot. vice Mergitaoa ; T. O. Year/seta, gent., to be ens., by pur., vice Mer;la. 22nd F.—Ene. J. C. Goodfellow, from 10th If., to be see., vke Feed, who resigns. 32nd V.—Copt. H. W. Hough. from 50th F., to be cairn, vice Ware, who excluts. ; Liam 0. S. Moore, to be rapt., without put., ' vice Gardiner, dec.; Ens. A. Basuto, to be lieut., vice Moore; W. J. Anacreon, gent., to be era., aloe Braman. 33rd F.—Brea—MM. C. A. Young, from h..p. unatt., to becapt., vice J. Wllliamoon, who curb. ; Lieut. C. Milk, to be gun, by pur., vice Young. who rat ; Ens. N. Kemp, to be lieut., by pur., vice Mills; W. G. Nugent, gent., to be ens., by pur„ vice Kemp; brut. W. Pretyourn, to be ads., vice Mills, promoted. 3 itb - , urrt. F. It. from the staff, to be ossiet core., eke Johnstone, who exchanges. 35th V.—Capt. N. S. Buchanan, from 93rd F, to be apt.. vice Ewan, who each. ; !lout S. L. A. If. Maarten from halt-pay 20th F., to ne lieut., vice Cliatterton, promoted. 43rd F.—Quart-mast Sergi. J. Demon, to bo quart-mast., vice 8 Rand, who retires upon ball-pay. 45th F.—Capt. IL In Griffith, from 77th F., to be apt, vice Fel lows, who exch. kith F.—Capt. IL E. Wake, from 32nd F., to be wipL, vice Hough, who each. J. R. Winytml, Fey. (?Ire of Honour to the Queen Dowager), to en+. without pur., vier Drone. app. to the 10th 1. bgth F.—F. A. Trevor, gent., to be ens., by pur., vice Coghill, who retiree. .; ...- Gist F.-Lieut. J. P. Redmond to be capt., without pur. ; vice Stewart. dee.; Ens. W. 11. Wall to be tout., vice Redmond. 77th F.- Capt. J. B. lellowes, from 45th F., to be cult., vice Grif fith, who each. Rlb F.-tlipt. H. W. P. Welman, from 17th F., to be capt, vice EilaJtds, who each. li7th F.-Llrot. J. Bailie to be adjt., cite Cobb,, prom. 83rd F.-Capt. J. A. liwart, from 35th F., to be capt., vice Bucha nan, who escheat.. Ussrrecitan.-Lieut. 0. N. Clatterton, from 35th F., to be copt., without put. Rosen:a STAFP.—Staff Amiet..Surg. F. C. Amtrak'', to be staff surg. of the see. chow, vice A. Smith, M.D., dec.; Ansist.-Sorg. R. C. Aederson, from 02nd F.,. to be areivt.toirt. to the forces, vice Anneeley, prom.; Assest....Surg. W. S. Johnstone, M.D.,froni 34th F., to be armaL-surg. to the forma, vice Phillipson, who exch. Mevmusot n.-The commission of Lieut. F.. P. Campbell, as adjt. cd the Seth F., bus bevn antodeted Co May 12, ISIS. LI RUT. MUNRO was yesterday liberated from Newgate. Before his release an application was mane to Mr. Baron Alderson at chambers for a summons to be di rected to the governor of Newgate, showing why he refused to give up the prisoner to certain sheriff.' officers who held an execution against him; but the learned judge refused the application, and the debt was sub+equently settled. . . . • • _ TILE DANISH BLOCKADE.—Last night's Gazette i *equine a notification that Viscount Palmerston has received from Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister at her Majesty's court, a note, dated the 10th inst., of which the following is a translation: In conformity with the orders which he has received from his government, the undersigned, Envoy Ex. traordinary and Hit liter Plenipoteutiary from his Majesty the King of Denmark, his the honour to notify to his Ex cellency the Viscount Palmerston, Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, that the government of the King has deeded to blockade, from the 15th of this month, the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Jande, as well as the eastern entrance of the port of Stra'suad, and of Greifswalde, and to solicit him to have the goodness to cause the usual notification thereof to be mace. The undersigned has been instructed to observe to bis Excellency Viscount Palmerston, that neutral packet boat. , will be able freely to keep up the regular postal corn 11111fliCati011e heretofore established, upon condition that they do not carry contraband of war."—(Signed) REVENTLOW. ( HARING-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a meeting of the uoventors of management of the affairs of the above hospital was held at the institution. During the past quarter there had been admitted 293 in, and 3,36 , 5 out, patients ; of the accident cases there had been 519, of which 100 had been received as in-patients The report proceeded to state that during the part year 12,092 indigent sick poor were admitted on the books for relief, at a cost tif 2,2921. 44. Ild. ; of theme 1,155 were in-patients. and 10,937 were out-patients. TIIE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY AND THEIR EN relhuviam —Last evening an adjourned meeting of engine-drivers and firemen who have seceded from the employ of the North Western Itaiiwsy Company took place at the Hallway Tay. rn, Hampstead road, for the purpose of receis tog the report of the deputation appointed to wait on membersof parliament. Mr. J. Brown, engine-driver was again appointed to the chair. The deputation reported that they had waited on the hun. members fur Idarylebone, at the St. Pancras Vestry Rooms, and that they had subsequently seen Mr. B. Osborne, 2.1 P., Mr. Hume, MP. and ,rd Dudley Stuart, at the House of Commons. L ord Lard Dudley Stuart told them that he had seen Mr. Cart, the chairman of the company. and on informing that gentleman that he had, with Sir B Hall, been waited upon by a deputation from the engine -drivers, who represented the line to be in a m :et dangerous condition to parties travelling, and that he intruded therefore to put come quo Attune to him on the sub ject, that Mr. Glyn requested he would not do so without giving him notice of the questions he intended to put. They were therefore preparing statements of accidents and delays which had occurred in consequence of the inefficient hands employed on the line as engine-drivers. Mr. 1 B. Osborne urged that the men should do no act which should compromise their characters for respectability either with regard to the new hands or with the company, and Mr. Hume was particular in inqui ring who drove the express and mail trait.s, as he wished to travel by the line, but was somewhat afraid under existing circumstaoces. All the honourable members expressed their determination to give the matter their most serious coml. de ration.—The Chairman then gave a general denial to what Mr. Glyn had stated from his teat in parliament on the previous evening ; and Mr. Marshall and others having read statements of delay on the line said to have resulted from the change of hands, a resolution was come to directing the rues of the clubs to be forwarded to Mr. Glyn and , those memb, rs of parliament who hal been waited upon by the deputation, in order to disabuse their minds of the rate went that the men had resigned in consequence of such in fluence.—Toe proceedings then tar . Mated at a late hour. THE SALE AT STOWS.—The sale of the effects of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos was commenced yes terday in the state dining-room of Stowe. The Duke of Buckingham wished the effect' to be removed to London, but the Marquis of Chandos yielded to the opinion of the mortgagee in favour of selling at Stowe. What is to become of Stowe is now the question asked on all hands. Every one feels that once robbed of its magnificent contents there can be small hope indeed of finding any member of our au tocracy prepared to purchase and refurnish it. The park alone excei 1,500 acres in extent, and will recesurily requore a very large income to support it. Two or three nob' mien have fii n rormtioned as anxious to possess the place, hut t eyond the desire expressed there is nothing cal culate Ito confirm the probability of its sale. One rumour 1 stat a that governm nt have it in contemplation to purchase the domain for the Prince of Wales. The mansion, during the week, has been crowded with company ; many of the visitors haring travelled trots di-rant parts of the kingdom; and a deputation of Irish members of pediment made a pilgrimage to the place. The most plebeian portion of the company have, as umal, limn the most troub esotne and ex acting. A piety, the other slay, were highly indignant at the refusal of Mews. Christie and Mt noon (to whose experi enced heeds the sale has been intrusted) to all w them to partake of their bread and cheese its nee of the careered selootis of the mansion. Mr. Christie referred the spoaesman ot the 'arty to tae Doke and Duchess of Bedford, who were partaking of luncheon under the colonnade in front of the mansion. It is needless to say the hint silenced the unfortu nate grumbler. On the day h Jere yesterday, in consequence of some irregularities on the part of the agents for the sale of the catalogues at Buckingham, who let out a large quantity no hire for a small sum, considerable confusion was embed. During the afternoon the doors were besieged by an immense crowd of persons, many of them by the it dress and appear ance Evidently improper person. to alit tin admittance. The persons in charge of the entrance hosing vainly endear• wed to oppose th• it entrance were re length overcome, and a large number of patinas entered the house without any authority whatever. By the great exertion of the mare resdectaide parties present, who lent their assistance to the parks in ch tele, no serious damage or loss was iecurred ; but se alarming did matters at one time appear that it was deemrd necessary to send for the police from Buckingham. The articles 'old yesterday consisted chiefly of china vases, M.,jolies, or Itiffaelle ware, and various lesser table Arma ments. The number of lots in the catalogue forth a day was 133, and when the unimportant charact. r of the articles Fold is considered, the sum reale,' being upwards of 5001 , all thelots obtained excellent prices. The following were the meat important items its the day's sale: pair of rare old Che sea yeses, painted with su/jects from Roman history, with fes toons and ornaments in relief. We f or 231.105.; &small square lantern of ormolu, with flowers of Dresden, for 101. 10s. ; the Incredulity of St. Thomas, a curious early piece in Raffaelle ware, 10s. 10s. ; a set of three Dresden vases, the surface covered with calices ot. flowers, and other flowers in relief, with subjects from Watteau, 381. ; a pair of old Dresden figures, with branches for three lights, 151 .155. ; a beautiful cup of old blue and white, mounted in silver gilt, realised 241. 10s. The sale was over before four o'clock. COMPLIMENT TO ME SEDMONInTa.—Punch is desired by several influential members of the aristocracy to present their compliments to the physical-force chartists, sad to thank them for so engrossing the public mind with the fear ot revolution as to distract it from the pursuit of so called moderate reform ; such as any extension of the tran chise, revision of taxation, interference with the game laws, abolition of ainecures, amendment of the law, reduction of expenditure, adjustment of church property, or any other alteration in the established order of things. Punch has anything but pleasure in expressing his opinion that the per sons in question are thoroughly deserving of the congratula tion which he is requested to offer them.—Punch. SOW TURNIPSWHEREPOTATOESFAIL.—Sir,—.NIost of the emallproducers,fearing the potato disease, are now engaged in digging their potatoes before they are ripe and in a state to keep. I would beg to suggest, therefore, that means should he resorted to to supply the deficiency of food which must result from (I will not say the loos) the diminution of the potato crop. I would suggest, likewise, to all persons whose potatoes have failed, or are affected, or who have dug them up, that they immediately provide a substitute, by sowing turnip reeds, or planting a supply of winter and spring greens. I wriuld exhort the affluent to sow and plant, not merely to [apply their own families and household, but with a view to artist their poorer neighbours, who have no land to crea s e a store for themselves and fa milies • and I would exhort ; hem to furnish seeds and p lants to t hose who have land hut are without the means of procuring seeds or plants, the produce of which will be of essential service to their fa tn'dicv during the ensuing winter and spring.—l em, A NVELL-wisimu. TO TUE I'OUIL-liatf9Td, Aug. 14. THE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—The express train which was due at Euston 'quire at 10.30 p.m. last night, aid not arrive till 12.15, being one hour and three quarters behind time. The delay arose in consequence of the 10 cm. mail train from London getting off the line at Warrington, thus blocking up the line (or some time. We understand that the pamangers escaped unhurt. INCICESTP, YESTERDAY.—SUPPOSED DEATH PROM MORPHIA.—At the Greyhound, Clapham, Mr. W. Carter concluded an inquiry, commenced on Monday week, con cerning the death of an illegitimate child, named Fanny Eng and, aged eleven weeks. The substance of the.evidencie heard at the first meeting of the jury has appeared in the Doily News. The inquest had been adjourned for an analysis of the contents of the stomach. Mr. J. T. Cooper, analytical chemist, yesterday said he had employed two tests, one of which inaicated the pretence of morpnia ; but still he had some slight doubts on the subject. The jury then return' tl a verdiet of " Natural death."—SCPPOSED PolS(.011NO WITH AINENIC.— Mr. Bedford resumed, at the Melpas Arms, Char +a-street, Grosvenor-square, an inquiry commenced on Monday week on the bodies of Mary Elizabeth l)ore, aged seven weeks, and Adolphus William Spry, aged eleven months. The deceased children were members of the same family as the child on whose body an inquest was held three weeks ago, and for whose death from arsenic a verdict of wilful murder was returned against its mother and grand mother, residing at 4 and 5, Lower Grosvenor place. From the evidence given yesterday it appeared that the bodies had been xamined, and the liver, bowers, &c., analysed by Mr. Blochans, surgeon, Professor Rodgers, lecturer on chemistry, Mr. Nicholson, of dhe Royal College of Chemistry, and Mr. Pollock, a medical gentleman appointed by the family, and no appearance of arsenic or any other poison was discover. d. The teen were an minute that if there had been the 500th part of a grain it must have been found.—The jury Maslow returned verdicts of " Natural death," the coroner said i.e thought it right to state that the present case ought in no way to prejudice the parties concerned in the former. THE TIMBER STEALERS IN THE NEW FOREST. The conversation in the House of Commons on Mon day night, between Lords Duncan and Morpeth, confirms the 4 statement we made last week, that Lord Duncan first , grated to the government the robberies that were committed in the New Forest, and that Colonel Thornhill, the deputy , warden of the forest, had resigned. A local correspondent , says: The officers appointed as guardians of that extensive estate of the crown consist of a lord warden (the Duke of , Cambridge), a deputy warden, a bowbearer, two rangers. a oodward anti deputy woodward, four verderers, a high 'toward, twelve regarders, nine foresters, fifteen under tar resters, a purveyor of the navy, and a surveyor•general and three deputies. The extent of the forest is about 64,60:1 acres. Lodges are situated in various parts of the forest, which command all the reads through it. About fluty years ago the borderers of the forest, some of the most abject and wretched people in the country, used to live by forest timber stealing; and such was their dex.erity that several of them combined together could, doing e. night, fell an oak and carry it tiff undetected. The forest was thee, as at the present time, surrounded by ostensible timber merchants, some of whom were nothing better than receivers of stolen umber. These retail rob beries were atopred, and succeeded by more whole sale and daring plunders. The latter fact is proved by the lengthened investigations which have recently taken place before the Hampshire magistrates. From these investigations, it appears that there are Omit two auction sales of forest timber annually; that besides the timber sold at these sales there are about 400 loads of firewood disposed of during the year; that amongst the firewood sound and valuable timbal. M mixed; persons with horses and waggons roam through the forest, cut down and carry off what umber they pleased, and the keepers and sp• chit guardians of the place allowed euch to he done, because it was effected in the open dry and it was not imagined that any but authorised persons would do it. Atter the auct on sales carters that could nut read or write were sent to cart it away, and not being able to read their, empl Iwo' names they were in the habit of taking what t tither they pleased and hurrying out of the latest with it as soon as Feasible. Su. h was tee lack of superintendence that the official marks on timber intended for the royal navy were erased and private marks substituted. Two whole sale forest plunderers have been committed to Winchester gaol, and although one of them has not pur chased any timber once August last he has sold 214 loads since last October. In most cases the stolen timber used to he taken boldly and openly, but at times portions of it were dropped outside the private plantations of the estates of the gentry which border the forest, so as to make it appear as if it came from such pletntations, after which it was carted away at the convenience of the plunderers. When any quesiimis were asked, Lady Poore's estate of Cuffnalia, and other estat. s, were impudently mentioned as places trom which the timber had been purchased. From the great quantity of timber that was stated to have come from Cuffnalls, Lady Poore was considered to have had the best *moiled estate in the world. Sir Walter Scott used to recommend a gentleman when he had nothing else to do to plant a tree. When a forest timber dealer was at leisure be used to cut dawn one Nothing can exceed the trepidation which Lord Duncan has caused amongst the foresters, verderers, and rangers. They are all trembling. The books of the deputy surveyor have been seized, and the election of a vacant re , gardership has been suspended. Her Majesty kept servants enough in Hampshire to prevent a forest pony from stealing • a blade of grass, and yet teams of horses, with waggonloads of timber, have escaped unmolested. Since the investiga tion the officials are so timid, that they conjure up, in the grotesque appearances of the gnsrled oaks, the semblance • of detectives. Pan, and the sylvan deities, have vanished • from the for mts, and policemen are now roaming over their beautiful retreats. For many years past down Southampton i Water there has floated many a rood of stolen umber, but ; thanks to timely exposure and investigation, the depreda. I tions will for the future be less frequent, if they are not ; altogether prevented. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Arousr 14. Mr. Martin's brother was arrested yesterday in Londonderry for " treasonable practices." There are now paid guardians in thirty-one unions of Ireland, and it is understood that the outlay by the British Association in certain distressed unions amounts to 10,000/. per week. Mr. Martin's case was brought on this siorniog,the crown having been unprepared with the case of Mr. Duffy, and being unwilling to proceed again to-day in that of 01)oherty. Immediately on the case being opened Mr. Butt made an application for an attach. mint against Mr. Conway, editor and pro prietor of the Evening Past, for an attempt to interfere with the course of justice and to intimidate the jurors into conviction. The article in question asserted that there was no attempt at defence in the case of Mr. O'Doherty, that the result arose from the jury law requiring unanimity, and de nouncing the recusant juror ; the article referred only to one, and all jurors who should refuse to convict as sympathisers with the insurrectionists. Such, at leas., was the complexion Mr. Butt sought to give the article. The court, considering there was no prime dent for the application, contented itself with severely but not unjustly censurin-i the article, and directing that no comment should be made on the proceedings until their dose in any Irish journal. After this interlude had terminated, another speedily arose. A Mr. Barrett, who had been set aside on the trial of O'Doherty, came to the book to be sworn, and the crown solicitor called " wait." The clerk of the crown did wait a few moments, and, looking towards the prisoner's solicitor, said, " Do you challenge? " Supposing the arrest of progress was for his accommodation, and receiving no answer, he repeated the words of the oath, " You shall, will, and truly," when the crown solicitor cried chal lenge. Hereupon the prisoner's counsel claimed to have Mr. Barrett sworn ; but the court, aPer reviewing the circumstances, decided that the well established law that a juror could not be challenged after the commencement cf the oath did not apply here, a■ the clerk of the crown charly acted in error. Some of your learned readers may desire to know that in the glacial challenge to the burgesses as such put in the case of O'Doherty, Sir C. O'Loghlen claims to have a decision on the point in Lord Maguire's cake in 2 Howell's State Trials. The crown rely on the lame case. The Attorney-General bad not closed in Mr. Martin's case at post hour. A new postal arrangement between Dublin and the metropolis commenced yesterday. The mail to Holy head leaves at 11.30 a.m. from Kingstown Pier. The arrangement does not give satisfaction in mercantile circles. The complaint of the former departure was, that it did not enable a letter from Dublin to London to be answered until the third day. The same dis advantage will follow the present. Indeed, it seems a strange regulation which sends the mail to Holy head, and makes it wait there three hours and upwards before it leaves for London. Might it not es well remain here three hours longer ? TRIAL OF MR. MARTIN OF THB " FELON." I The trial of Mr. John Martin, proprietor of the lately sup. premed Felon newspaper, commenced this day (Mondo.s), and excited remarkably little interest in the city. Several hours of the time of the court were wasted with ttse usual preliminary discussions. It wee just 2 o'clock before the At torney-General rose to state the case lot the t..rown. The day's proceedings were commenced with the arraignment of Mr. Martin, who was charged with havi ng r,ublished in the Felon newsper certain artic les of a felontusr,Lharactcr, to de rive the Queen of her style, howitir, an d titl e , & c., and Pay-, war against her Majesty. la ch r. , B l u t of the indictment, w wtic y h the Attorney-Ge fno 1 aeral and Solicitor-General c pro- mind the motion, was prhi ae i r t, aQI C., applied airm,, e t, • ep mind to the learned counsel by the counsel for the crown. Mr. Butt then applied to the court for permission to have an affidavit sworn by Mr. Edward 011orke, attorney for Mr. Kevon Isod O'Doherty, to enable him to make an applica tion of a very important character. Mr. Oltorke then handed in the affidavit to which a copy of the Dublin Even ing l'osf, of last Saturday evening, was attached, and took the usual oath. The Attorney-General objected to the at,. plk stion being made at that stage of the proceedings; it was made on behalf of Mr. Kevon Iz O'Doheirty and the court was then about proceeding with the trial of John Manic.— Mr. Butt replied that he made the epplieati in on behalf of Mr. O'Doherty, but the matter affected Mr. Martin and every other person who might be chuffed with a political offence at that commission. It involved the pure adminis tration of justice, and he would tell the tour th •t he would not feel himself in a position to ..efend tiny one of tke prisoners unless leave were given to him ti .n•ke the ap plication. Re did not like to interrupt the arrai4emeot of the prisoner, or he would have made the application before he nes arraigned. The Chief Baron said that the court aho2l 1 hear what was the nature of the application to enable it to judge whetter it ought to be made. Mr. Butt said that the application was fir an attachment against an individual for conternet of that c suet and the mos audacious attempt to pervert the course of public justice ever made or brought before the notice of a court.—Tne Solicitor- General said that it woe, there:or. ' Xer more important to make the application formally and legally, in order that, if necessary, a prosecution for perjury might be instituted against the party making the affidavit. Baron Pennetather said that as it ass an appleation for an attachment against a third person, be apprehended that such au affidavit as was sworn upon hvt co- casi:m need not, and ought not, be entitled in the case immediately before the eosin. Mr. Butt, Q.C., then raid that his appliration was for an attachment against the proprietor and editor i f the Dublin Earning l'olt, and that he be required to attend that court to answer for mid contests's.. The affidavit of Mr. O'Borkst stated that he purchased a copy of the Dublin Evening Pose, which was published on Saturday evening, at the °Wm., in Suffolk-street; that paper, he eller& circulated extensively amongst the persons who served us jurors for the city of Dublin ; and the publication of the evening to which he r. leered contained what purported to be a report of the trial of Mr. Kevon Izod O'Doherty, a,companied by comments which were calculated to intimidate won, and obstruct the due administration of justice. The !earned gentle- man read the article and cootinned :• The ob vious insinuation in the article was, that only one of the jury was dissentient, and the remaining eleven were disposed to Heel Mr. O'Doherty guilty ; and the plain and palpable meaning of the document was, that the dissentient juror sympatbieed with the insurrection and the clubs by which it was fomented. The article further alleged that no defence had been made for the prisoner. Hs would not nay that that was a libel upon himself, but be .would say that it was a libel upon the administration of jus tice. Fur himself he would say that he bad made a daemon which was no: disapproved of by the erewn counsel or the coon. Ibe learned gentleman cmtend cl that his motion should he ranted. The Chief Berms said that the court haying looked over the article, felt bound to say that it was nut inch a publica tion as ought to have gone forth to the renders of any jour nal at the period at which it appeared. Nothing could be clearer than the observation that it was calculated to excite feelings of hostility towards an individual who was charged with un offence, and pending proneoings which were to be lostituted against him. Sun a publication might amount to a very serious offence ; it might amount to a libel upon the administration of justice, and might he calculated to interrupt and taint the course of justice at the very fountain head ; and if such publication , had the effect of intimidating futon or exciting in their mind. pr judices, they being, under the constitution, the projar tribunal to try the guilt or innocence of accuseiparties in such cases, they amounted to a contempt of court. The bench condemned strongly the artcle complained of, but declined to act upon the suggestions of the learned counsel. Mr. Butt then applied to the court to have the trial of Mr. Martin postponed for a day, on the gr int:id that he was nut yet quite prepared to defend him, owing to the state ment made by the Attorney General on Saturday, to the effect that he would put Mr. O'Dtherty on his trial ones more on this day. Another ground Inc this postponement was to be found in the fact that a variety of new matter led been introduc d into the ineictments which did not appear in the original informations, heist articles published in the Felon si: re the peried of Mr. l'ilartio's serest. The crown would not, he thought, be ircansenienceil it the application was granted, as Mr. Ferguson was then prepared to defend Mr. Willi me, the other proprietor of the Irish Tritium, whose trial might th refute at once he proceeded with. The Attorney Gent ral stated that the crown were not pre pared at that moment to go into any case with the exception of that of Mr. Martin. Baron Pennelather was of n; inion that there was abun dante of time for Mr. Butt to seat user the new matter in the indictment before he would b. t.tilsd on to detend his diem. The jars' panel was then read cork r the clerk of the crown, each juror being cAled um.n ap. salty of 40/. How ever, a considerable number of jurors absented themselves, notwithstanding the largenees of tin tine. Atter a good deal of fencing a jury was sworn. The Attorney-General proceeded to state the case for the prosecution, which he said was v. ry similar to the case of the " Queen v. Doher;y," Lied durin r 'ale previous week, although it differed in one point material y, and that was— that the prisoner, Mr. John Marlin, was not only the sole proprietor of the /risA Felon, but was likrwise registered r the sole printer and publisrer ; wherries Mr. O'llonerty, the prisoner is the other case he alluded to, was only registered as joint proprietor, and was neither the publisher nor printer. .The learned Attorney General then want on at some length to state the law of the case under the late act of parliament, and to m ration the cure -instances under winch Mr. Martin originally started the Felon—namely, after the conviction and transportation of Mr. John Mitchel, the p oprietor of the United Irishman, whose steps he professed to follow in the very first number of hie paper. lie then read the several articles relied on for the prosecution, from five separate copies of the Felon, and eont.nded that under the ststu.e, I. the jury believed Mr. Martin to be the proprietor, printer, and publisher of that paper, tney could not hesitate to convict him upon tne indictment, fur the articles them selves could not bear a second interpretation. [Left ' i speaking AN INGE:6IOCE DEFENCE was made in a cue tried at Galway at the present &seizes. M. Connelly was placed at the bar end arraigned, the grand jury having presented Lim as a vagrant. The prisoner treiven.e.t. The void nce ad duced against him clearly prcriel that he was a notorious bid character. lie had no settled place of residence, was constantly brought before the nerristratest at petty sessions on charges of sheep stealing and killing sheep ; he has pub licly sold in markets legs ot mutton at CAL each, and was committed for trial both at quarter inseams and sofas s; but 1 so ingeniously did he continue to commit these offence' that evidence could not be adduced legally to canned hint. That he was a public nuisance was proved by four gentlemen, two 01 whom were magistrates, namely, J. B. lieman, It M., end John Lopdell, Esq , before whom the prisoner had .eea fr. quently brought, end upon the corpulent appearance of the second named gentleman the prisoner made part of his defence. The cas , for the prosecution having closed, and the prisoner being called on for his defences, made a few observations to the court in Irish, which Mr. Walter Bourke stated he would, for the inform .Lion ot the con. t, translate, the state ment of the vintner being both ingenious and poetic.- 13 troll Li truy expreared his thanks to Mr. Bourke, who said: My lord, the prisoner submits td..t all .he evidence given on the pert of the propecutinn must he construed in his favour, mid that the fact ot his being so often tried, and on no cca sion convicted, clearly shows he must be an honest man — (loud laughter)—fur the same reason, my lord, as the pr;soner states, that the more frequesly gild is mitten in the furnace and tried for its genuine character the purer it becomes. (Loud and continued laughter, in which Baron Letroy heartily joined). lie tuttner submits, my 1 ad, that his rise is analogous to that of Jut as in the whams'. be lly— (laughter), tor that when Jon s escaped tram the belly of the whale he went forth an untointsd character, and so he insists he should be considered, having edap. d from the clutches of Mr. Lopdr 11, wno the prisoner at Ms is in his mind very like a whale, and who sought to devour him. (Laughter.) He further, me lord, Musts that the Met of his having meat frequently in hit preisseeion, and having gone shout the countr. selling legs ot usuttun, demonstratively proves his innocence, tor that it is inee-ly evidence to show he is a man of industrious habits prosecuti.. g hts mot: at a butcher. (Loud laughter.) He submit,., my lord, to en into the dock and stand his trial Ise sheep stealing or any other offence that may be brought against him; but he denies the exist ence of a power its the jury to find him pithy as a vagrant, the whala weight 01 the evidence in hot opinion going to prove he is an houest man. (Loud laughter.) Limier these circumstances the prisoner, whose statement I have literally translated, submits be is entttl. d to an aequittal.—Baren Le troy, who was greatly amused during Mr. Bourke's delivery of the translation of the prisottel'e statement, sad it was a defence very proper for • jury to deal with, which the gen tlemen in the box did by finding the prisoner guilty. lie was sentenced to the usual penalty in such cases, namely, to find security within three months for his future goat behaviour, or in default thereof to be transported ass MSS years. IVALES. COMMISSIONS DY THE LORD LIECTENANT.—J. E. Maddocks, Esq., to be captain, IL. Lloyd, gent., to be lieu tenant, in the llenbighblure Yeomanry Cay.dry. PROVINCIAL. COMMITTAL AT LIVERPOOL FOR TREASONABLE CON aptirAcy.—Yesterday Joseph Cuddy , tbe pike.salesman of Dr. Reynolds, was committed by Mr. Rushton for trial at the mires, on a charge of treasonable conspiracy. O'Brien, in whose possession a variety of pikes and other weapon& Were else found, was remanded till Saturday next. Minimum. OP MILLOWNERS.—The following me morial addressed by certain =We're. n of Lancashire to the Board of Trade, recommending the deportation of numbers of unemployed poor operatives heretofore engaged in the co tton manufacture, with a view to the cultivation by them of cottou in the British colonies, appears in a return to the Rouse of Commons, ands to the cffect That a plentiful s upply of raw cotton country is second only In importance Tin• the dependence of this oountrl, ne source of supply, has, during the calamities which have been be.i here, by our having to contend, dui itoeparable from a sh supply, sll fond and a consequent disturbance cotton , r , le of this omntty his a' -- --- T cotton for the manutceitrea of this portaoye to a *uncut oupply of food. ntry, in an overwh....aAna degree, upe'VAi. ing the hod two e cant, added be.tp.l upon rtanuf - n . Tu -..... \ during dud per . r, rizouttat.towly ... \' arse of Currency a t. n *it . i a attained aor • ' ti. 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