The Express. — London, England, 1846-10-23 00:00:00

whole, commerce, navigation, and industry have been carried e s with activity, but the results obtained have not been s ally Givourable for a ll, on account of circumstances which : ye also, to other parts, exercised a pernicious influence. The recent increase in the exportation of some articles of the e doee of our soil, will, if continued, be of great advantage f ",; - agriculture and commerce. The misfortunes which may have been . occasioned by the bad crops of one of t h e yriocipal articles of food have been alleviated be ond expectations by the providential mildess of the es well as by the measures Aiken n in common with yourselves, and the praiseworthy abets of cha rithhis persons. Now that the crops of that and other articles of food have been also less abundant this year than usual, it is necessary to maintain in force, pro tens., the legislative dispositions for encouraging the importation of srovisions dirt nd to that objectsuccessive rise in our rivers, and t h e high aa-floods and violent storms, caused considerable damage best winter for which a remedy must be found. The various measures employed for the re-establishment of the finances of the state have been fully carried out. They have not only answered the expectations held out, but even cur hem. In the present session, your co-operation will b e required in fixing the budget, and in voting the ways and means for the next two years , as 7/ell as various measures for the further order and simplification of the management of the Miauces of the state. The improvement of our coinage has made remarkable progress , inasmuch as hopes may be held out th at the task will soon be terminated. Other ereengements, however, .are still required to place our monetary system on . a sited basis. I trust that they may be laid before you in . the coon of the present session. Projects of law cts . ritaining the entire penal code will be also laid before you this session. In drawing up those hills atten tion has been paid to the observations which, in the last as well as in the preceding session, were made to the govern ment. As soon as I shall have approved of the propositions which will shortly be made to me respecting the internal government of the country, and the execution of the sixth article of the fundamental law, the projects of law concerning them shall be laid before you. Without having enumerated to you the other projects of law which will be submitted to your examination, you will already see that this session will be marked by important works. Noble and puissant Sirs, we ought all to have only one asset before our eyes—via., the true welfare of our fatherland. In order to attain that object, we shall, assuredly, have need of all our united ef forts; and we must not allow ourselves to be turned away from it by any consideration. May the Almighty support our efforts, and,through tits of our labours, shed his blessings over the Netherlan he fru ds !" AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. —The Great Western is unchrsteod to have sustained no other damage beyond Matto her paddle-box, in the late gale. There is little doubt but that she would leave New York on her appointed day, the Bth. This makes her fourteen days at sea to-lay, and her arrival is hourly expected ; her intelligence will be later from New York than the Cumbria supplied. COLONIAL. NEW ZEALAND. MINES.—The ores of the northern part of the north island of the New Zealand group, if judiciously managed, may yet rival those of South Australia. Letters have been received by the directors of the North British Australasian Company, from their local manager, dated Kawau, the 17th of April last, from which the following is en extract : "'llse miners ant sinking a new shaft, and the appearance of the are is splendid. They have been putting out lately at the rate of ten to twelve tons per day, and have sent to Sydney, for shipment, 100 teas, besides some sent a short time before ;say 200 tons). A vessel Se to leave New Zealand in the month of July; we have already shipped eighty tons, and expect to get fifty to eighty more sent by her, at the rate of 30s. per ton to London." Kawau is, we believe, the island Kawhaw, of Arrow smith's map: off Manakana, on the west aide of the estuary of the Thames, on the same parallel of latitude as the open ing between the south point of the Barrier island and Cape Colville. Kawau is six to seven miles in length, and one to four miles in breadth. It has a safe harbour with good anchor ground, and water enough to float a vessel of any size. It is the property of the North British Australasian Company. Their manager, about two years ago, discovered great quanti ties of copper ore on the island. A cargo sent home sold, at Swansea, on the 27th August, 1845, for about 201. per ton ; since that time 425 tons have been received, averaging about W. Its, sd. per ton. These ores were not selected by a miner. The directors engaged Mr. Ninnis, an experienced mining captain, who arrived at Kawau about the beginning of the present year. By the 11th of March he bad set eight men to o ark on a very rich lode of ore, and an assaying-house was ready fur use about the same time. The result of numerous assays has been an average of frain 20 to 23 per cent ; some parcels wore as high as 50 per cent. It is to these operations that the manager's letter, quoted above, rebates : the miner's report is daily ex pected. The cargoes hitherto received have been sent by way of Sydney, at an expense for working and freight of 61. per ton: from New Zealand direct the freight will not exceed X/s. per ton ; it will be brought as ballast. The North British Australasian Company was formed in 1839 for the purpose of instating capital in land and other property in the Australian colonies. Besides the island of Kawau and its mines, the company possess from 12,000 to 15,000 acres of land in Australia, 30,000 sheep, about 2,000 head of cattle, with horses, &e. They have this season received about 230 bags or bales of wool, producing about 3,000/. The shares were selling in the Aberdeen market on the 10th instant., at 1!. Gs. od., or Gs. &I. premium. Zbe Zan. WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The D➢chess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, left Frog more, this morning, in a close travelling carriage and four for Clarence-house, St. James's. Iler Royal Highness re turned to Frogmore-house this evening to dinner. The royal family were taken out for their usual airing; this afternoon, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left town at three o'clock yesterday afternoon for Doable bury Park, Herts, on a visit to her Majesty tlie Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness travelled from the Ruston square tt rminus of the London and North-Western Railway to Watford, and proceeded from that station to Cashicibury Park. - --• Lord John Russell arrived at his residence, in Chesham-place, 3. sterduy morning, from Wimbledon. His lordship left town in the afternoon, on a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, at his es d, Hatfield house, Herta, to have the honour of meeting her Majesty. Lord Campbell arrived in town yesterday, from Hartrigge Howe, Boxhurgh►hire, and trazsacted buyiuess at the office of the duchy of Lancaster. Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.l'., left Farrance's Hotel yesterday for Brighton. HER MAJESTY AND H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO HATFIELD HOUSE. HATFIELD, TIIERSDAY NIGIIT.—The anticipated visit of her Majesty and the Prince Consort to Hatfield House, to honour the Marquis of Salisbury by their august presence for two days, gave occasion to a most loyal dis play at the small town of Hatfield. At an early hour the town was rife with a busy population, anxiously decorating the exterior of their houses in various fashions, to publicly testify their loyalty. The Duke of Wellington arrived from town before eleven o'clock. Lord and Lady Charles Wel lesley, Mr. A. B. and Lady Mildred Hope, and Mr. J. M. and Lady Blanch BaPour had previously arrived. The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl and Countess Brownlow, the Earl and Countess Spen cer, Lord John Russell, Lord and Lady Cowley, Lord and Lady Braybrooke and the Hon. Miss Neville, Lord Sandys, and Lord Marcus Hill arrived in the course of the day, and joined the circle, staying at the house WI guests of the noble marquis on the occasion. As the day ad vanced, crowds of people from all parts of the county, both near acid remote, congregated in the town, and by three o'clock some thousands of expectant spectators collected along the road and line of route of the royal cortege,manifesting the greatest patience to obtain a sight of the cavalcade. There was not a house in the Hbeh-street which did not exhibit some decoration. In every direction the eye was met by flags and banners of one description or the other, and from the several triumphal arches erected, with the gay emblems with which each was decorated, the scene was altogether of a pleasing description. " Welcome," " God bless the Queen," and ether inscriptions expressive of the loyalty of the inhabitants, were so numerous that it would be found a severe task to enumerate them all ; suffice it to say, that the demonstration was highly creditable to the inhabitants, and such a kind display could not fail to please the gracious Sovereign whose presence it was to cele brate. The Marquis of Salisbury, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Robert Cecil, and Mr. James M. Balfour, passed through Hatfield about three o'clock on horseback, on his way to meet the Queen on the St. Albans road, and to escort the cortege to his lordship's house. We must here slightly digress to :plain the route of her Majesty. At three o'clock Testertlay afternoon, the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert closed their visit to Queen Adelaide at Ca..hiohury.park, and after taking an affectionate farewell of the Dowager Queen and the Prin cess of Hesse, her Majesty departed for Hatfield-house. The route was by St. Albans, where the Marquis of Salisbury's own horses formed the relay for the Queen's carriage, and thence to Hatfield and through the 'own to the park entrance oar the Londou-road. There was not the slightest demon stration. It scions that the local authorities had held a meeting in expectation of the royal progress through that town, and they thought proper after deep consideration to order that the police force be in attendance to pre vent any obstruction to the royal carkge that might occur. Long prior to the Queen reaching St. Albans, the Marquis of Salisbury's troop of the Sauth Herta Yeo manry Cavalry were in waiting to escort her Majesty to Hat field —mustered at the Town-hall, where the Royal carriages changed horses. The Royal party arrived at St. Albans shortly before four o'clock, and after a brief delay, resumed the journey. At about four m il es from Hatfield the Marquis of Salisbury and the Duke of Wellington met the Royal cortege, when her Maesty's carriage was stopped, when the noble and gallant Duke advanced to congratulate the Queen, and the Marquis to offer his attentions. At a quarter past four the Royal cortege arrived at the bottom of the High-street, and by the triumphal arch erected there a band was stationed, when the national anthem was play ed as the Royal carriage passed. Her Majesty and her illustrious contort were welcomed as the carriage went up the High-street by loud acclama boas from the spectators ; but, from the Queen occupying a close carriage, hundreds of persons were disippointed by not gaining even a glimpse of the iliu.trions party. On rea,hing tne market-place, the royal standard wag hoisted on the tower of the ancient parish church, and the hells rang a lively peal. The royal cort.ige having gone through the town, proceeded by the London-road to the south entrance to the park. 'lle Marquis of Salisbury having conducted the Qtna.n to the park -gates, preceded the cavalcade, and arrived at the mansion in sufficient time to personally receive his au4ust visitors. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, on alighting from the royal carriage, were re ceived by the uoblc marquis and his daughters, the Lady Mililred Hope, and Lady Blanche Balfour. The Queen having saluted their ladyships, was conducted by the Mar quis of Salisbury to King James's Room, where the distin guished personages honoured by invitation to meet her Ma jesty were introduced. The Duke of Wellington was loudly cheered by the people wherever he appeared. His grace looked remarkably well, and, to all appearances, was highly gratified at the reca ption given to the Queen. Viscount Melbourne, and Lord and Lady Beauvole, came over from Brockett-hall to have the honour of joining the dinner circle. The banquet was served up in the great hall in a princely style of splendour. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDIDLESEX.—Yesterday, the lieta for Hammer smith, Chiswick, Fulham, Kensington, and Chelsea, were revised by Mr. Shadwcll, at the Sussex Arms, Hammer smith. In the Chiswick list, the claim of Finlay Mackenzie, made on account of joint possession with his uncle of two freehold houses, was objected to by Hr. Payne, the Con.ser satire agent. Mr. Ross, the uncle, was examined, mid stated that the property was his ; but that he had given his nephew permission to put his name on the list for it. There had been no conveyance to the nephew-; he possessed no power to sell, nor bad he any other right in the property than the permission of his uncle to put down his name in the list, on account of it, for a 40s. qualification. The name was expunged. Mr. James complained that the overseers of Hammersmith bad entered objections in every case where the voter had changed his residence. This was a great in justice, because the voter having no notion of the ob;ection would not attend to prove his qualification, and, con sequently, would be disfranchised. The overseer said the lint of objections was publishei on the church doors. The barrister thought the over-eers, when they objected on ac count of change of residence, should either give the party notice or put themselves in a position to prove the qualifica tion. In the St. Luke's, Chelsea, list the name of H. J. Comp ton, woo proved a beneficial interest of 161. a year in an original lease for 63 years, 14 of which were unexpired, of the Cadogan Arms Rotel, Sloane-street, and premises adjoining was expunged, the barrister holding that the claim should have been made for occupancy instead of leasehold interest. The claimant was informed that he might claim successfully next year as an occupier; but he said that the franchise was not worth the trouble and expense consequent upon obtaining and defending it, and he should therefore not repeat the claim. Another voter named Coulson, who occupied a house, 38, Arthur-street, Chelsea. of which he had an original le.ue of 63 years, at a ground rent of 5/., the property being worth from 30/. to 40/., was also disfranchised on the same ground. Mr. English, who proved his qualification as occupier of 38, Cadogan-place, against an objection made by the Liberals, claimed costs ; be said be had been objected to three or four years running, and by both parties, and Mr. Payne having objected to hem, sent to him, tendering his services iu defence of the vote. (Laughter.) Mr. Payne observed that his objection was made last year, and that the name of the voter was then expunged.—Mr. English : Yes, upon some trifling ground. The qualification remains unaltered, and yet the vote is now allowed. (Hear. hear.) I have been brought up here 70 or 80 miles to defend my qualifica tion in consequence of the interference of the agents, who have no business with the votes at all. (Hear.) The re gister would be much purer, and the Lona fide voters would be subject to mueNless inconvenience, expense, and iojustke, if such pettifogging interference was not allowed. If the voters of Middlesex would consult their own interest, they would not subscribe anything to the agents for the revision. (Cheers from all parts of the room.)—Mr. Payne: Bravo! Rouse. (A laugh.)—The Barrister could not give costs. It was quite clear there was sufficient ground for the objec tion last year, or the name would not have been expunged. In the Kensington list a Mr. Best, who claimed on account of a purchased land-tax of 625. 6d.a"year, which he described as a freehold rent-charge, was objected to by the Liberals It appeared that the land-tax was originally purchased of the Land Tax Commissioners, about the year 179.5, previous to the 42nd (leo. 3rd, which enacted that land-tax annuities, purchased after the passing of that act, should be held as real, instead of personal property, and in the absence of the deed allowing when the annuity in this raw was first assigned over, the claim was disallowed. Mr. Stocken who claimed for " two houses on lease," in Knights bridge, producing more than 100/. a year beyond the ground rent,was objected to by the Conservatives, and on praying his qualification the objection was withdrawn, and the claim allowed. The claimant then applied for costs, on the ground that the objection was frivolous and vexatious. Tne agent then said, in that ease he should press his objection; the description, " two houses on lease," was ambiguous and in sufficient. As the barrister had no power to amend it, he must strike out the name. The Barrister said, as the claim stood, it was impossible to understand whether the two houses were held on lease by the claimant, or let by him on lease to another party; he should therefore expunge the name. PROVINCIAL EAST SUSSEX. According to one statement, the voters who have hitherto sap!) rted Conservatives and those of liberal opinions are nearly eqnal. Should a contest occur, therefore, it will be a sharp one. CAMBRIDGE has gained fifteen Liberal votes. DovE.a.—The like number of Liberals have been added to tho Dover lista. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a court was held fur the dispatch of public busintss. TILE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO LORD GOCOH AND SIR HARRY Sxrra.—The LIED MAYOR presented letters from the two gallant generals, acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions of thanks Of the court, and the freedom of the City, for their gallant services in India.—Ordered to be en tered upon the journals. His lordship also presented a letter of thanks for the donation of 1001. from the Ragged Union Committee.—The letter was entered upon the journals of the court. Couoseas' Qces•i oY Flacs.—His lordship then pre sented the following communication from Mr. Payne, the coroner of the City of London • To the Right: llonouvablc the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled: My Lord and Gentlemen,—l beg leave to report to this hon. court that in August, 1845, I revived the ancient practice of holding inquests, or courts of inquiry, incases of ft re—ilproceeding which had long been in disuse, but which appeared to me, from the frequency of these destructive occurrences in numerous part, of the country, to be mast desirable to resume. . . That each inquiries were formerly part of the coniner', , duty may be seen by a reference to the oW treatises on the Crown-law, ae well as the ancient statutes of the realm, and inasmuch as the power to hold such courts has never been taken from the coroner, I was led to resume the exercise of it from a conviction of its great importance and utility. The example has been followed, with public benefit, in minus parts of the kingdom, and has been the means of bringing to jo.ctire tuany offenders who, in all probability, would never have been discovered but for the investigations in the coroners' courts. It has also met with the approbation of the chief justices and other judges before whom these caves were tried, as well as many magistrates and members of the corporation, and the Times and other public journals. I have further the satisfaction to state that notwithstanding the city of London and borough of Southwark contain more property than any other local district in the kingdom, the only fires reported to me within these districts, within the last twelve months, as being of sufficient importance to require investigation by a jury were, in London nine, and in Southwark two, a list of which I have sent herewith. Of these some were incendiary and others accidental, and the expenses paid by me to constables, witnesses, &c. in those inves tigations amount altogether to the sum of 201. lik 2d. I mention this because there is at present no provision made for the payment of those expenses. I have not charged my own fees for holding those inquests, preferring to show that my object has been public utility rather than personal emolument ; and it will be a great gratification to me if my endeavours to render my office increasingly useful are approved of by the corporation, to whom I owe the favour of my appointment, as well as attended with success.—l have the honor to be, my lord and gentle men, your faithful servant, Wittaxm PATNIL Temple, 22nd September, 1846. Mr. PRENDERGAST, who listened with impatience to the contents of the letter, said the idea of a coroner sitting under such circumstances as were represented was an absolute farce. Ile had never heard a chief justice or any other law authority say that • coroner had any such power as that which had been described as having been exercised by the Coroner of the City of Landon. As that gentleman had been kind enough to favour the Court with the communica tion he should move that it be laid upon the table. He was sure it ought not to go to a committee. Mr. DAwsoN rose to move as a " rapid" amendment upon the motion, that the coroner's letter be referred to a commit. tee to consider and report. He was convinced that the practice which had been revived by the care and energy of the coroner would be very serviceable to the community. (Heir, hear.) It was the firm belief amongst the authorities at the fire offices, that many fires originated otherwise than by accident, and the perfect performance of the duties of coroner was calculated to increase the sources of detection. Mr. STEVENS seconded the amendment. The course pur sued by the coroner gave additional security to life and to property, and the court ought to feel indebted to Mr. Payne for having revived a practice which, though evidently good, had fallen into desuetude.—Mr. BOWER was decidedly opposed to the amendment. The committee, if referred to, would probably recommend the giving away of money upon the occasion, and the insurance officers were very well able to take care of their own interests without the assistance of the corporation. (A laugh). The letter was then referred to a committee by a large majority. TOWER-STREET IMPROVEMENT. Deputy FINNIS pre sented a petition from the inhabitants of Tower Ward, praying for improvement in Great Tower-street, which was , referred to the Improvement Committee. BALL AT GUILDHALL.—Lord DUDLEY STUART and other members of the Literary Association of the friends of the Poles, appeared with a petition, requesting the use of the Guildhall on some day after the 9th of November, for a bill and other entertainment+, in behalf of the distressed Poles. It stated that although since 1844, when the last ball was given for their benefit, the number of the refugees had some what diminished, their sufferings bad received but little mitigation, and that the government of that unfortunate country were persevering to the most cruel system of oppression. 'Upon the motion of Deputy PEACOCK, seconded by Mr. Hour, the prayer of the petition was granted by the unani mous voice of the court. _ _ _ Lord DUDLEY STUART said, that as he knew the court had business of great importance to transact, he would not trespass upon their time by any lengthened observations. Ile thanked them in the name of the association, of the refu gem, and of the whole nation of Poland; and he would merely add, that the court must form some idea of the ser- THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1846. vice they were rendering, when he assured them that in no one year since the commencement of the atrocioussubjugation of Poland, had that mud unhappy cou.itry been sulnt.eted to more biting opi.:easion than in that which was approaching to its close. _ _ GttAND LINE OP CITY IMPROVEMENTS. —Mr. R. L. JONES rose to present the report of the Improvement Cora- • mittee. He stated that he had frequently had the gratifica flea of presen•ing reports relative to improvemeets, in which government hai lent their aid by sanctioning a tax upon coals, and giving their powerful advocacy end autho rity as those improvements advanced. In the present in stance, however. he had to perform a ta-k imposed upon him by the extraordinary liberality of the corporation, in conse quence of their vote of 20,0001. per annum to accomplish a • series of improvements wo. thy of the exalted character of the City of Leedom (Hear, hear.) There were many points to which eiGrent interests and tastes directed inch- viduals, as requiting mere immediate change; and the committee had let _it di.igently occupied in selecting the locality which pressed mast for improvement as that with which the work of improvement should begin. (Hear, hear.) They had come to the determination in accordance with the principle thus laid down, to recommend the f .rmation of' a street f out the commence ment of Cannon-street, at the corner of King William- Street, to the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard. It was true the line would not comprehend Watliug-street, but it would, by cuttiug through several nerrow streets and lance, of no comparative value, completely relieve that thorough fare from the caormous traffic which made it dangerous to passeugers. It might be expected that, as was the case with the Loudon-bridge impr tvements, complaints would pour in against any project of improvement. The committee had taken infinite pains to guard the public and the private inte rests, as far ax was :tracticable in a lade of extensive chenge. (Hear, hear.) It might be expected that there would be considerable difference of opinion as to the place at which the improvement sms to begin. It was not to be forgotten that in the great continental cities the widest approaches were neiformly m de in the immediate neighbourhood of the great markt ts. NJR let any one leak to Leadenhall-market, with its vast trade, and say whether it was not necessary to establish increased facilities fur the transit to the west-end. The traffic from the docks, immense as it was, required a capacious outlet, and there were other causes operating to show that the selection of the spot recommended fur the beginning of the alterations, by etre e ing a relief to all the crowded streets from Tower-hill to St. Pate's Churchyard, was the most advisable. He was led to believe that the government, epee seeing the corporation proceeding in such a spirit, would ;m on with the projected improvements in the neighbourheed of the Tower. The committee knew that the improvement would require several years for its comple tion, and that the sum of money would he considereble ; but they at present were for confining the operations front Cannon street to Que• n-street, and tram Queen-street Sum St. Thomas Apestle to Thomafeetreet. The expense of the whole line was estimreed by the clerk of the works at 530,0001., but that part of the line which he had pointed nut as the limit of their immediat.• operations would cod (es our reporter under ' stood Mr. Jone 'a rapid speech) about 240,0001. or 250,000'. Mr. Jones concesded by stating that, as the works proceeded, he er.tertained not the lime doubt as to the practicability or applying to another source of revenue. (Cheers.) 'The report w as . then read. .M.r. Isomers was by no means satisfied with the report, which did not contain the full ieferrnetion which the court had a right to expect. He apprehended that the plat, would, after costing p 'obably upwards of a million, be itothing better than a deformfty alter all. The line would be broken, and churches and t hurchyaris would he interfered with ; and the portion proposed to be at once carried out would be quite useless and absurd. It was rather too hard that the com mittee should have been two years occupied in coming to a conclusion, and then demand that in two minutes the court should agree i s their views (Hear, hear.) He wished to have the cons• ituency informed of the true nature of the pro posed alterati en, and for that put pose he should propose an amendment t e the effect, that all the houses to be effected in each street in the line should be particularised, &e. Mr. Roost. seconded the amendment. Mr. Ashurst and several others of the committee strongly advocated the whole of the recomtecndations in the report. Mr. DE JE :sex said the pith of the argument in favour of the report was the want of time. It was said that, if appli cation were not nude at the present moment, there must be a postponement for a year. That was a fallacy. After a long deliberation the committee, at that late hour, for the first time, sabrnitted their views on a matter involving an expenditure of 300,000, and asked for the hurried assent of the court. Ilear.) The improvement proposed would cer tainly be a great one, but there were others equally so. He supported the amendment. Mr. R. L. Joeres said the committee were unavoidably delayed till the present moment, by the extent of the labour which the Berk of the works hail had to perform in making estimates. Mr. PUENDENGAST said that, like other members, he had had no opportunity of seeing or being informed of the merits of the plan recommended. He had great confidence in the committee, but they haul shown no confidence in the court. They offered, at that late period, Hobson's choiee— that partimlar scheme or nothing, for, if it were rejected, there was no time for going to parliament. He urged that the report should be sent hack to the committee. (Hear, hear.) After some further discussion Mr. It. L. JONES re plied, and the amendment was lost. The report was then agreed to, and the parliamentary notices were ordered to be given accordingly. TIIE CONSTABULARY FORCE OF ENGLAND AND NVAL&i.—A circular has been issued from the Home-office, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons, to all the Town-Clerks in the Kingdom ordering a return of the constabulary force in each city, town, or borough, and the rank of each chief or othcr officer ; the amount of pay for each, and the date when each force was organised ; whether there is a superannuation fund, and if so, what amount is deducted from the pay of each, and what are the regulations for superannuation allowance. ACCIDENT TO TUE " RIPON " STEAMER.—Thin fine vessel which sailed at the beginning of the week from Southampton for Alexandria with the last India mails, and about a hundred and fifty passenger, suffered so severely in the recent heavy gales that she has been obliged to put back into Torbay. to quiet the fears of the relatives and tritnds of the passengers the secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has considerately sent a circular to each of them • of which the following iv a copy : Sir: I am desired by the manaaing directoro, with a view to re lieve any anxiety which may be felt by the friends of the psatiengers on board of the company's steamer " Ripon," to inform you that in consequence of an accident to her rudder, iihich hnppened in the late gale, that vessel has put into Tortuty, where she is in safety, and the conk anv's steam-ship "Oriental" will proceed to-morrow (Friday) to Terbar to embark the passenger and mail., and convey them to Alex andiia. —Jam ks A LLA N.—P.S. Mr. Lane, the purFer of the" Ripon," who brought up the intelligence, ?flume to Torbay by special train to night to announce the above mentioned arrangements to the passengers. - - FLOATING THE GREAT BRITAIN.—Sir : Having read, In your valuable paper of this day, a statement that Lieutenant Gabriel was employed in getting off 111.M.'s s.v. Gorgon, at Monte Video, I beg leave to state such is incorrect, as there never was any such individual present during the laborious task I and my shipmates pi dorms' in getting the said vessel off. As carpenter of that ship, I in vented the machinery toga her into her proper element again. I must, therefore, contradict the statement made by Lieut. Gabriel, of whom I never before heard. JOILN 111:PrM, 71, King-street, Woolwich, October 21, 1846. [We perceive by the Navy List that Mr. T. S. S. Gabriel is not a lieutenant, but a clerk.] FIRE ARMS ACCIDENTS.—In the letter from Nfr.Rip oingille, published in our impression of yesterday, he ex presses regret that no gunsmith has been suf f iciently ingeni ous to invent a safety lock. To this we have received a counter communication, the writer of which remarks that " the very precautions from accident of which he so much laments the need, have been before the public for some months past." This is the safety-lock patented by Mr. Baker. The locks which have hitherto been invented require some preliminary operation, such as the touching of a spring to disengage the cheek ; and this delay, slight as it may be, does not suit the rapid movements of the sportsman. Whereas, by Baker's patent, the safety check is simultaneously removed with the necessary pressure of the right hand against the stock, behind the trigger guard, in the act of firing. Without this pressure it in impossible for the trigger to act, and nothing short of a miracle could accidentally give the pressure necessary to remove the check and pull the trigger at the same instant, so as to let off the piece. SCHLESWIG, HOLSTEIN, AND DENMARK DISPUTE. —Sir Allow me once more to claim your indulgence for my remarks an behalf of the Schleswig and holstein affairs, in order to meet an as- I sertion I find in the letter of " A German," in your paper of s este: day. The writer nays: "Again, look at their (the Danish government narrow-minded and selfish policy, ass evidenced in their refusal to sanction a railway between Hamburg and Lubeck. The inhabitants of Holstein are not opposed to such a line; but in order not to lessen that disgraceful impost, the Sound Dues, the oft-repeated applkation is refused. Here, then, is an instance where the interests of Holstein and Denmark openly clash." As this is a point which interests, not the countries in question alone, but the whole intercourse of the north and east of Europe, with Eng- Und, I think it right to enable your countrymen to judge of the true merit of the assertion. The opposition to the estiblishment of the new line from Hamburg to Lubeck originates precisely with the inhabit ants of Holstein; as it is the shareholders of the Altona-Kiel railroad, and the merchants of these two towns, that fear the !UN this new line may occasion to their interests. This is what I have had ample op portunity to be convinced of by my connexions and frequent inter course with the duchy. It offers, therefore, not "an instance where the interests of Holstein and Denmark openly clash ;" but where the separate interests of a part of the inhabitants clash with those of La heck in particular. However, the writer alleges an argument that, in his opinion, at once proves this assertion, that is, the fear of lessening the Sound Dues. Now, if the Danish government was at all inluenced by this fear, they would certainly not have sanctioned the construction of a railroad from Altona to Kiel, still less have taken a third of the shares, in order to render the execution of the project passible. Experience has also proved that this railroad between Kiel and Altona did not lessen the revenue of the Sound Dues, a result that no doubt might have been foreseen as a natural consequence of the increased tacit ity of commu nication. However, this fear of Denmark for the Sound Dues is now a favourite topic with the German press, just of the some nature as the fear which you find constantly alleged as a reason for England's not joining Germany against Denmark, I mean England's fright for the Zelverein, its industry, tariff, activity, and Congresses. It is not my intention to enter into any of the other assertions of " A German," he is satisfied with the information he has picked up en his I continental trip, and I do not wish to spoil his contentment, as I beg , to assure you that I bear no ill-will toward " A German,' nor inwards the German nation at large, but only wish that they may not plunge into a struggle from which they may find it difficult to retire with honour."—l remain, Btc., Tux SOS OP A NATIVE OF SCHLISIPIO. October 22. INQUESTS.--SEDUCTION.—By Mr. Bedford, at the Star and Garter, St. Martin's-lane, on the body of Sarah Brown, aged 19, who committed suicide by jumping into the river from off Waterloo-bridge on Monday night. Three years ago the deceased had been seduced by a gentleman, under whose protection she had since been living. Through some misconduct on her part, the gentleman had lately dis continued her allowance of money, and she had given her child, aged fourteen months, into her mother's care ; from which time she had been occasionally desponding, and talked abont committing suicide by taking laudanum, or " making a hole in the water." On Monday night, between eight and nine o'clock, she met two female acquaintances in Regent- Street, who told her that they had seen her " friend " in company with another girl : upon bearing which she clasped her hands together, and, hunting into tears, exc'aimed, " I shall nut go home to-night" tier compeuions endeavoured to soothe her, and she slid she would go home. On being asked when they should see her again, she, after some hesi tation, said, "Never," and datted away from them. Know ing that she had to no over Wetesloo-bridge, and suepecting from her memeer that she meditated violence herse't; they resolved to witch tier, and reached the bridge first. Haring hidden thems- lees beneath the seat in the fiat opening on the Somerset House side, they taw her rim Feet, and before they could gain upon h er she stepped ou to the second settle, and mounting the parapet (as the wit:ICS/Ica described it) with the swittetee of a bird, plunged into the water. An alarm was immediately raised, and several boats repairing to the spot, after about a quarter of an hour, the body was found; but life was quite extinct. The jury having commented on the melancholy facts of the case, returned • verdict of "Temporary Insanity."— A DEOWNrD Biwa.—By M. Baker, at the Sportsman, Margareteereet, Haggersione, the inquiry into the death of Sarah Whiteorn was concluded. George Phesent deposed to seeing deceased and her husband turn from the Cat-and- Mutton a'aout one o'clock on Sunday morning, into a path leading to th e e d ge o f t h e Regents Canal. They were quarreling eiolently. Witness and police endeavoured be arouse the instates of the Sir Walter Scott for more than half an hour. Believes deceased was alive twenty minutes after she was taken out of the water. She graved the humid of s young man who carried her on her way to the Hackney station. (Sensation.) Is sere she could have been saved had asaistareie been given. —Mr. Colson disputed this state ment, and alleged that the person alluded to was unworthy of credit. —Other evidence having been heart, the coroner adverted at some length to the melancholy neture of the case; and after some de'iberatioo, the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity," adding that " great reckleasne-s had been exhibited by deceased's husband, in neglecting te prevent deceased throwing herself into the Regent's Ceeal, and in endearouring to leave the spot titer the seme ' without offering assist ance i n rescu ing her ,• and the jury regret that the law cannot punish him for his inhuman conduct."—SlNOrLell DEtTII.-13eil,ro W. Carter, EN , at the William the Fourth T..vern, Ewell, near Epeem, miJamesWaghont Req., aged a wealthy farmer. The dece as ed was i u th e daily habit of driving round the neighbourhood in his pony chaise, an.'. about one o'clock on Tuesday was entering Eeell, who a person named Palmer touched his hat to him. The deceased nodded, and bent slightly forw tett as if to nave a basket at his feet, which seemed to he rolling out of the chaise. In doing this ho palled the horse on one side, and the carriage got into one of the rucks of the road, which caused him as was thought to fall out by the road side. Palmer instantly ran to his assistance, and found that he was perfectly insensible. He carried him to the William the Fourth Tavern, and Mr. Jullien, the surgeon, very promptly was with him, but he died in about ten minutes. —The Coroner asked if Mr. Jullien could state the cause of rich sudden death.—Mr. Jullicu's impression was that in the nodding to the mesa Palmer, and then the sudden attemet to 4.,;7.: the basket, caused such a Now of blood to the head that it brouglit on apoplexy, and deceased fell into the road.—The jury returned a verdict of " Apoelexy, accelerated by the fall."—The deceased was much re spected, but very eccentric in his manner. Those who have I been to Epsom races will remember " Old Waghorn.".— FATAL DRAT ACCIDENT.—At St. Thomas's Hospital, by Mr. J. Payne, on the body of Alfred Coulson, aged thirty six, a drayman in the employ of elessrs. Whitbread, the brewer". On Tuesday last, the deceased and another dray man went with two drays of beer to the Spread Eagle, at Epsom, from whence they were returning, riding un the shafts, when ie the Balhans-road, the attention of deceased's mate was called by a foot passenger to deceased, who was lying in the road. He was picked up, when he said that the near wheel had passed over his body, but did not say what occasioned his fall. He was conveyed in a cab to the hos pital, where ho died the same night, his death resulting, as shown on a poet-mortem examination, from a rupture of the liver and spleen. The jury having no doubt that deceased, while during, had fallen off the dray, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 21. Pruett Comvett. A Privy Council sat yesterday. Amongst other matters it was ordered, that the form of prayer for relief from the dearth and scarcity now existing in parte of the United Kingdom, directed to be prepared and used in all churches and chapels in Ireland, should be further used upon all occasions when Divine Service shall be performed, until the 2ld day of November nest. THE LABOUR RATE ACT. BARONY 9 F HILKIINNY.—The extraordinary present merit sess':cus for this barony were held on Monday last in the county court-house, which was densely thronged. The galleries and body of the building were tilled with an immense mass of the labouring classes There were also a great number of the ratepayers of the barony in a"teodance. Sir Wheeler Cuff., Bart., presided. The Chairman addressed the court. He 'aid they had taken a geod deal of trouble up-stairs in examining the presentment,' which were recommended, to the amount of 7,4001., by M... Carter.—Mr. Finn thought that it would be satisfactory to the people to inform them that the moment the presentments were passed, the county surveyor would be authorised to get them to work upon the works which would be agreed upon. After reporting the items seriatim the Kilkenny Journal says:—" We do not by any means pretend to vouch for the accuracy of the foregoing report, for, conversant as we are with public meetings, we must give the palm to that of Monday as having been one of the most disorderly which weever witnessed, and the confusion which prevailed through out often rendered it a matter of conjecture rather than cer tainty with us as to what was either said or done." BARONY or CRENAOK.—The presentment sessions for this barony were held at Freahford on Saturday last, d. S. Lace, Esq.. in the chair. Having divided the barony into electoral divisions, they proceeded to present to the amount of ss. in the pound of the poor-law valuation. The whole barony is rated at 3:3,3911. The presentments were mostly for new roads, or improving of t ones. In Kilmanagh a considerable sum was passed for drainage, and iu Ballycallan 360/. to repair the Roman Catholic chapel. BAItONY or FASN WINEEN.—The extraordinary present meat sessions for this barony was held in Castlecomer, on Friday tha 16th inst. Thomas Butler, Esq., presided. All the neighbouring clergy, Protestant and Catholic, were pre sent. The sum of 10,668/, wars voted for public work'', the poor-law valuation of the barony being 4.7941. Bs. 9 id., and a further sum of 20,0001. was voted to be applied for purposes of drainer.. the amount to be spread over the barony, and appropriated for the bem-fa of all those who would comply with the requirements of the Lord Lieu tenant's circular. On the motion of Mr. Groome, a resolu tion wee also agreed to, setting forth the alssolute necessity for the immediate opening of depots for the supply of pro visions. We understand that 1,0001. was voted for the completion of the new Roman Catholic chapel of Castle comer, the parishioners promising to supply all materials at their own expense. PROCEEDINGS AT M A CROOM- —EXTRAO:IDINA RV PRE SENTMENT SESSIONS QUASH ED FOIL I NFO ILM A L:T Y.—We learned yesterday that an official communication had been received by the grand jury secretary, intimating that certain presentments passed at the late sessions at Macroont, under the Laltour Rate Act, had been annulled at the Board of Works' 0111.:e for informality. The document is to this effect: —After acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Johnston's letter (the grand jury secretary) of the 14th inst., accom panying the presentments passed at ltlacroum sessions, it states "that the instructions contaie'tl in the circular of the chief secretary to the chairman of the Board of Works not having been complied with, the presentments were in formal, and should be considered strictly with reference to the 9th and 10th Victoria. We infer that this informality refers to the presentments for drainage. EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTMENT SESSIONS CORK CouNtv.—The following are the amounts presented fur in the several baronies of Cork: WEST RIDING. Beer Bantry E. D. B.Carbery .. 31,706 10 0 Battle andßarryrne 29,311 0 0 W. D. E. Carbery. . 43,245 7 6 lannalmeaky • 8,127 0 0 E. D. W. Carboy. 32,233_11 . 2_ Watt Munkerry EAST 1 C 13,000 0 0 32,70 G 10 0 lIDINO. Imokilly Korricurriky )(inflater ...... git 4 °I " " Condom and ClOn- 6,707 6 0 gibbose 21,411 II 10 kinnattdloon .... 10,109 In 0 Cork Duhallow 59,187 0 0 East 3108kerry . 40,548 3 7 Fernley... The whole sum presented amounts to 608,0151. I ts. 7d. WATERPORD.—DUNOAHVAN, Oct. 19.—0 n this night sixteen pernne were added to the very gnat number already in custody for intimidating the farmers and others to pay back the con acre rent receis ell by them this year. They were arrested last night in and about the neighbourhood of Dromana and Villierstown by the police of these stations. An investigation was held to-day previous to their being committed for trial at the Villierstown petty sessiow, which was attended by the local magistrates, with P. C. Howley, Esq., A M., presided over by Lord Stuart de Decies. Those I who were committed reached here at seven o'clock this night, on cars, escorted by 40 cavalry-, and about 100 infantry, under command of Colonel Sir Charles O'Donnell (acting general on particular service, Captain Arthur James, Lord Killeen, and P. C. Howley, R.M., and lodged in Bndewell.— Water ford 'Aronicle. KING'S COUNTY AND TIPPERARV.—On Saturday, a man of the name of Gleeson, known by the sobriquet of Gleeson, Minor, a very poor and mis-rable being, who had been for some years employed as bailiff and collector of tolls in Nenagh, the father of a large and most impoverished family, proceeded to the lands of Garnafadda, near Toome vara, to serve some persons with latitats for the May rent, at the suit of a Mr. White, who resides, we hear, in the county Limerick. Gleeson had gone to the same place on the previous day for the same purpose, but he was set upon, boaten,driven off, and warned on pain of death not to appear again. Stimulated, however, by the sharp goad of hunger, and believing himself secure from further aggression, he went from Nenagh at an early hour on the morning in question. About eleven o'clock, a.m., his mangled body was found on the road, diout a mile and a half from Toomevara, a hor rible spectacle. The contents of a blunderbuss had been lodged in the right shoulder; four balls penetrated the side and through the liver, whilst his head had been beaten with stones till the brains exuded. Life was not extinct. The police received intimation of the oc currence in about a quarter of an hour afterwards, and had the miserable poor man removed to the station-house at Toomevara, where he remained till yester day, when death put a period to his sufferings. We have heard that a latitat, intended for a person in that district, was found on his person. We have been also in formed that half the rent was tendered to Mr. White, wh:eh he refused. _ A King's County correspondent says: Here in this county we hear every night of robberies, sheep-stealing, &c. Pro• perty is every day becoming more insecure. Runge: has set in with terrific violence.— Tipperary Vindicator. BOREISOLEIOR.—" I regr.t to inform you," says a writer in the Vindicator, " that the people of this district are at present in great distress, and they arc submitting to it with greater forbearance than can be expected. I know many myself who are living on one scanty meal diming the twenty four hours ; there is, to be rum, some employment now going on at the low wages of teopcnce per day. Many of them have from five to eight in family to support on this, Re member my words—that if the provision depots are not formed, as I have already alluded to, that the people will help themselves to the food and other stock which they can come at, and I further fear that many highway and house robberies will be committed during the winter, and that under cover, by idle scamps. I further beg to say that half the people of the district are nut employed at present, amongst whom there is a great murmur, as there are very near 8,000 inhabitants depending solely on their labour." STATE OP KERRY.—Ii EN NI A ILE.—A meeting composed of the chairman of the board of guardians and relief com mittee for the past year, met in the board-room of the work house on Friday the 16th, and formed into a c )mmittee for the present year's application of relief. The necessity of relief is urgent, and on the suggestion of the Rev. C. Tho mas, put before the committee in a resolution, two hundred pounds worth of Indian corn and meal was sent for out of the balance of last year', subscription, which remained in hand. The Rev. John O'Sullivan proposed that the chair man should call a public meeting to give an opportunity of canvassing fur public subscriptions to relieve the present distress. The motion was negatived by the other reverend gentlemen who were present, some of whom seemed to dread the congregation of the people to,'ether. Titus the out-door relief of Friday the IGth ended, but on Saturday the 17th, one hundred and three paupers p . ..esented themselves at the poor-house, and only forty were received, the remaining sixty-three starved leaking fathers, mothers, and young children, were rejected, and that relief which the laws of the land and of nature re quired to be extended, was refused, leaviug them to pine is misery until relief works are opened. The offices—namely, master, matron, and schoolmaster of the workhouse, are vacated at the commissioners' suggestion, and remain to be filled. Thus at present ends the mockery of relief given in • barren, thickly ',valued barony.—Xiery. E-raminer. OUTRAGES IN COUNTY DEHLIN.—In reference to these outrages, the following authorised statement has been made on the part of the commissioners of Dublin police : " The conitubstimiers of police have taken the promptest measure* to put all tad to the disorderly and ilkaml conduct of certain pervious . in the neighbourhood of Bleekrock and Kingst own , affecting to be diitressoll labourers, who have visited the houses of many individuals in that locality, demanding work or bread, to the great alarm of the Pmiale portion of their families. The number of the day police has been increased. The horse police have received directions to patrol the district, and the detective police have been employed to aacertain the mums and addresses of the men, eo that minimums or warrants may be token out in even' case ht which evidence of intimidation tin obtiined. There is rani doubt that the m..gistrates will com mit for trial say parties against whom satisfactory evidence can be obtained." 01 . 1 . 081T10N Tfl TILE PAYMENT OF RENTS.—On Friday evening hat, ab•mt eight o'clock (says the Nenagh Guar dian), a man armed with a blunderbuss entered the dwelling of John Cormack, of Ballyhogon, within two miles of Ne !nigh, and ordered Cormack not to attempt to pay any rent whatsoever, and also &sired him to tell all the tenants on that property to act similarly, and swore he would give the contents of his blunderbuss to Cormack, or any one else who paid rent. . . Sr.r/AllE or Cnors.—At the Nenagh Petty Sessions, on Monday, the informations of Condon and Gaynor, bailiffs on the lands of Mr. Hill, of Doneraile, near Portrue, against the Bryans and other tenants, for attempted rescue of sheep and crops, were dismissed, whilst the informations of the liryana against the bailiffs, for beating and breaking the lead of one of the Bryans, were returned to the next Quarter Ses sions of Thurles. There has been much excitement and turbulence on these lands, on which the crops were seized for rent about six weeks ago. EXACIION of RENTN.—SHARP Prtscrter.. —We have hem forwarded the copy of a writ, says the Tipperary Vin dicator, served on a tenant near Roserea, at the suit of a landlord for the Septem6er rent. The writ was served in the early part of this month. MALVEILATIONS IN Cusistrim—The Kilkenny journal states that the fun& of Es ans's charities, administered in that city, have been defrauded to the extent of 10,0001. Mg. O'CoNNELL.—The Hon. and Learned Member for Cork will arrive in Dublin about Saturday next. EXPI:DITIOM TO EucsDon.—The Limerick Reporter, in publishing the letter of Sir \V. Ogilvie, which I forwarded on Sunday last, says: "Mr. John Courtenay Locke, of Newcastle, county Limerick, has also written ■ letter, sup porting the project, and announcing his intention of going out himself. At the same time we must observe that the mayor has received a document (which he has ordered to be posted through the streets) from the Peruvian Consulate office, in London, denouncing the proposed emigration as an expedition of General Flores, in which the adventurers will be certainly cutoff either by " the sword or the climate." If this be true, asks the Reporter, why does not the govern 'noir interfere, whose duty it is to protect the people, and who have the power of prosecuting the agents under the enlist ment act ? SfAF.DING.-OFFICERS OF TIM BOARD or Wintxs.—An unpleasant occurrence (says the .Venaglt Guardian) took place in Bola isokane on the night of Saturday, the 10th inst., at a play which was being performed there. It appears that a respectable man, named Conolly, had some dispute with a gentleman named Holmes, an engineer on the public works. The townspeople took an active part in Mr.Conolly's favour, and Mr. Holmes was ruined, but nothing further occurred that night. On Wednesday night Mr. Ilolmeshad a large number of men collected from the public works at the ' play, and rolled out to know where was Conolly, the blackguard, and who dare groan him now? Words went very high, and from words to blows. A petson, named Murphy, also engaged on the public( work., had a claimer, sithich he used most unmercifully and stabbed two or three men with it—one of them, named John Ardill, is still in a precarious state.. Murphy was made a prisoner of on Monday, and taken kefore T. O. Stoney, of Kyle-park, Esq , who would not take bail until Ardill was pronounced out of danger. Another person, named Mossop, got three stabs in his arm, and has had it ina sling eversince. Mr. Conolly was not at the play on Wednesday night. Since the above came to hand (adds the (.uardia') we have learned that Mr. Holmes received several cuts from a sharp knife, and that there was a regalur attempt made to wound him severely. SCOTLAND. NEGT.Err OF THE POOR IN ScorLANt).—Notwithstand ing the high assessments levied in Glasgow for the support of tie poor, instanei s are influent in which the poor are shamefully neglected. Many renders may not be aware that there exists in that city a society entitled "The Glasgow Association in Aid of the Poor," for the express purpose of assisting paupers in their applinitions for relief, or endea vouring to obtain an increase of their allowances, where these, on a proper investigation of the cases, are found to be inadequate. During the sic months the society has been in active operation, no fewer than five hundred applications have been made to different parishes, by the agent, on behalf of such poor persons as wine really found to be in want, and unable to earn a livelihood for themselves. Some of the cases which have come to ligkt, through the bene volent labours of this society, are of a peculiarly dis tressing kind, and show a great defect either in the exist ing Poor-Law, or in the mode in which it is administered. Ica one instance, an old swum and kir wife, both infirm, and wholly unable to work, are in receipt of 4s. per month from the Barmy pariah. /nanother instance, a poor man, named Malone, hbonring under a complication of ailments, mad totally unfit to do anything towards his own support, is in receipt of a like sum from the parish of Rutherglen; of which, however, the inspector keep. 3a. by way of rent for the house he occupies, leaping only line shilling per month for food, fuel, and. clothing! In the latter case, an applica tion for an increased allowance was made to the board of supervision, Edinburgh, but the boand declined to interfere. liow is thi s? la it to be wondered at that we should occa sionally read of deaths occurring hum: destitution A Lvrren ruost DCNHAIt announces the following dis tressing occurrence: The French brig of war Chersette was run down off Dunbar, on Monday evening, by her consort, the Trevoyant corvette, and sunk instantly, is deep water. The whole of the crew are saved, except four =nu who w ore in irons. PROVINCIAL. _ LANC.AsIIIRE, OPENiNo Tile Pours. A motion, calling upon the Government " to open the ports for the free admission of food," was on Wednesday moved by Mr. Councillor Shot tleworth, at a very full meeting of the Manchester Town Council. Mr. Tomlinson, another councillor, seconded the motion ; and in the course of a discussion upon the question, Mr. Prentice condemned the late governments for not having listened to the earlier petitions for the total repeal of the Corn duty, by which the present strait in which the country is placed might have been avoided. Mr. Aid. Kay could not sanction the asking of Government to break an existing law, Mr. Prentice, to meet the views of Mr. Kay, moved as an amendment the addition of the words, " or convene Parliament to consider the propriety of immediately abolish. ing the whole duty on food," to the original motion. Mr. Kay supported this amendment, and ultimately it was carried ; and the words having been added to the motion, that was also agreed to almost unanimously. THE ATHENA:UM PI JILIC BREAKIAST.—MANCHESTER, TYII:I46DAY.—The grand soir,:e and ball which have usually comprised the whole of the annual entertainments given by the directors and members of the Manchester Athanseum, have been this year extended, and were preceded by a public breakfast to the principal guests at the Albion Hotel, Picca dilly. The breakfast this morning was given in the handsome apartment denominated the Concert-room, where covers had been laid for about eighty gentlemen. Mark Philips, Esq., M.P., President of the Institution, took the chair ; and on his right were seated the Mayor of Manchester, his Orace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., William Brown, Esq., M.P., Dr. West, and John Potter, Esq. OD the left of the hon. chairman were Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P., Charles Swain, Esq., 0. Dawson, Esq., M.A. and James Heywood, Esq. Speeches were de livered by the chairman, and the Archbishop of Dublin, and a long report of the history and progress of the Manchester Athenaum was read by Mr. Edwards, the secretary, and other gentlemen having made addresses, the company peps parated about twelve o'clock. The evening meeting, under the presidency of Lord Morpeth, is expected to be a large and brilliant one, in spite of the absence of some of the greater literary light, who are unavoidably absent. TWENTY-SIX }scrotum have, it is calculated, begun to work short time; generally four days a week. Of these, six are in Manchester and the immediate neighbourhood, five at Preston, five at Oldham, three at Bolton, three at Stocknort, two at Bury, one at Heywood, and one at Burnley. In addition to these, a number of others are I under notice to commence next week ; amongst them, all the i remaining fact , ries at Bolton, with the exception of two or three. Meetings have nivo been held of the spinners • Oldham, Ashton, and one or two other places, to consider the propriety of dirninishinr• ' the hours of labour; but no decisive results were arrived at. A HOUSE FELL DOWN in T'embroke-plate, Liverpool, on Tuesday. ft was being converted into shops, and the work men hid undermined a part of the foundmon. Fortunately the men were at dinner when it fell, or life moat have been lest. YORKSITIRF._ _ ATTEMPT TO ftET FIRE To A MILL AT LEED4L—A. young man, named J. J. Hall, is now in custody at Leeds, charged with having wilfully attempted to fire the tlax-mill of Messrs. Ines and Atkinson, one of the largest in the town. He islipprenticed as a clerk to the above firm, and is not more than 16 or 17 years of ag•. Yesterday he was brought up before the Mayor of Leeds for further examination. Some additional evidence was adduced against him, at the close of which the mayor said that he had no hesitation in committing him fur trial. WEST RIDING MAGISTRATE:4. —At the West Riding Michaelmas Sessions, held at Knaresborough, on Tuesday last, William Wilberforce, Esq., of Markiugton, near Ripley, and Andrew Sher:ark Lawson, Esq., of Bora bridge. qualified as magistrates tor the West Reding of Yorkshire. Mr. Lawson also took the oaths as a Deputy- Lieutenant of the DURITAM. A Cantrell RATE CoNviier has taken place this week in the township of Monkwearmouth, which has terminated by a majority of 40 in favour of the rate. the poll com menced on Monday, and finished on Wednesday. At the close of the first day's poll the numbers were, for the rate, 60—against it, 119. Second day, the numbers for and against were equal, 171 each. Third day, 331 flw, and 291 at Oast, the rate. It is the first csiatest of the kind there has been in the township. At the close of the poll a scrutiny was demanded ou the part of the dissenters, many of the votes tendered in favour of the rate hcieg objected to by them. The rannicipal elections in Sunderland are likely to be exclusively Liberal, the Tories, as a body, having re solved to withdraw from the corporation on the expiration lot their respective terms of office. The reasons assigned by the 'furies are, in substance, that the Liberals indulge so much in scolding and personalities, as to preclude the possibility of the Conservatives accomplishing any good for the borough. The Liberals retort these charges, and attri bute the real cause of the resignation of the Tories to chagrin at their impotence for party purposes. The last meeting of the town council the Tories did not attend, and the " mischievous " result was, that the Liberals passed . unanimously memorials to the government in favour of the immediate opening of the ports for provisions of all kinds, duty free, and another me morial in favour of a thorough reform of the post-office arrangements affecting the borough. WAkt . WICKSHIRE. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The annual distri bution of prizes to the medical and surgical students in con nexion with this institution tosk place in the theatv of the college at Birmingham, yesterday. The attendance was numerous, and the chair occupied by the Principal, Lord Lyttelton ; and amongst those present were Mr. Spooner, M.P.; the lion. and Rev. Chancellor Law; Professor W. S. Cox, Dean of Faculty; and Prof. ssors Davies, Knowles, Wright, &e. The Bight lion. the Principal delivered a briet and appropriate address, after which the prizes were distributed to the successful candidates. i.E!CI sTEI vuxe. THE SANATORY CONDITION OF LEICESTER.--The great extent to which typhus fever has been raging in the town of Leicester has led to many inquiries as to its cause, and the results are likely to prove of eminent and beneficial ser vice to the inhabitants. An object long sought for hail at length been attained, by the formation of a water-works company, which will supply the town with water from sources whence its purity cannot be doubted. The tewn has hitherto derived its water either from the river Soar, or from springs where it became polluted with the soakings of drains and cesspools, and was so hard, from the presence of sulphate and carbonate of lime, that it became nut only in jurious to health, but its effects when used in the preparation of food were of the must deleterious character. The Soar, in its progress through the town, reoeivi a the refuse of dyers' establishments, manufactories, and a number of chemical works, &c., so that it hardly retains the appearance of water when it reaches the further end of the town ; nevertheless it has hitherto formed the chief supply of those who lived in its vicinity. The company just formed will supply fresh and pure water, in the manner suggested by the Health of Towns' Commission, from the village of Thornton, distant ten miles front the town—a district abounding in water de rived from rocks, and which is t such an elevation as will produce a pressure of 103 feet in the centre, and one of tifty three at the highest level of the town. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. REPREST.NTATION OF WEST OLOUCESTERSIIILIV.—We are informed, from • source not likely to be misinformed, that the candidate fur the western division likely to be brought forward on the Liberal interest, is the Hon. Frede rick William Fitsharainge Berkeley, a Lieutenant in the Guards, and son of Captain Berkeley, the present member for Gloucester.— Cheltenham Examiner. SOMERSETSIIIRE. Lord Maneuver; has given his tenants the exclusive right to all the game on their several farms. DEVONSHIRE. TII I: EARL or Devon has resigned his office as chairman of _retorter sessions. MEASURES ARE IN CONTEMPLATION for the complete restoration of the church of St. Mary, Ottery, in this county, and en appeal has been made to the parishioners and the public, for aid towards the necessary funds. Foremost in this, we find the name of Mr. Justice Coleridge. Tile Rom ANTIC RESIDENCE at Chace, on the banks of the Dart, recently erected for Sir B. Wrey, Bart., is finished AT THE REVISION COURT, Tiverton, much amusement was created in consequence of an application by the overseer of Washrield, to alter the place of residence of a voter to " inynsomenywyn House, near Totowa., North Wake." HAMPSHIRE. THE MEMBERS or THE ROYAL YACHT CLUB have com menced a subscription for the purpose of erecting a monu ment to the memory of their late commodore, L•'arl Yar borough. A sea-mark on the I-tic of NVight has been suggested as the most appropriate shape for the testimonial to assume. BUCKIKCIIAMSIIIRE. EARLY CLOSINO.—The principal tradesmen of Slough have come to 'the determination of closing their establish ments at 8 o'clock during the winter month', and have issued the following circular to their supporters and brother trades ale :—" We, the underdgnell tradesmen of Slough, having 'the benefit of those in our employment in view, do hereby respectfully intimate that we intend closing our respective establishments at eight o'clock in the evening, commencing on Monday, the 19tu October, 181 G, until the let of March, 1847, requesting the countenance of our friends in our en deavour to counteract the late hour system." BERKSHIRE. THE EXTENsIVE ROBBERIES AT ABINODO!•I were men tioned in our paper of Saturday last. The following further particulars will be read with interest. By an accidental circumstance, occuring during the transit of serme of the stolen goods through the farm of Mr. Jolla Badcock, near Abingdon, the suspicions of the local euthorities were aroused,. and an inquiry was act on foot wh.'ich has led to the impeach meut arid consequent incarceration of no less than 17 per sons, who are stated to have been more or less concernea in the matter. During the last two years, as appears by the confession of one of the prisoners, upwards of 100 quarters of malt have been stolen front various malthouees and ware houses in the town, eigether with a large quantity of hope, amounting to many pockets; and the precautions taken by the thieves have been so well concerted and carried out that ao loss of any consequence appears to have been discovered. On Saturday, the 11th, the magistrates for the borough were occupied the whole of the day in hearing evidence, and bare sine then been engaged nu less than four days, with Mr. lrankum the clerk, in thoroughly investigating the facto, and their exertions throughout have been most indefatigable. The inquiry is still going on, and so varied arc the details—that is, so many separate thefts have to be spoken to—that it remains now problematical as to when final committal will terminate the proceedings before trial. The question that may naturally suggest itself as to the vigilance of the local police is easily set at rest by the assertion that almost all the malt, hops, or corn, have been transported by water, the river running round the buildings. The confession of the principal offender is most voluminous as well as astounding in character, involving the disclosure of robberies to a large amount.—Miss Spenlove, brewer, has been the principal loser of the malt and hops, but others in the town are sufferers from the robberies. Three or four hundred separate cases of felony have been admitted by three of the prisoners.— Times. SUSSEX. THE RoyAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL will, it is rumoured in ti 'e county, take place next week. "We (Brighton Ga m 'le) believe that up to the evening of Tuesday her Majesty e au ' not communicated to the Duke of Norfolk her intentions as to the day en which she will arrive : but, according to pre sent : nrangements, the duration of the visit will be four days, m o d" 'lag thine of the arrival and departure. During the R o y a l , day, her Majesty will pay a visit to the Duke of Rich moud, a t Goodwood, calling on the way upon the Countess of Newb: 'ugh ? at Slindon House, and will also honour Colonel Wyndham a with a visit, at Petworth House. The arrange ments iu a uticipation of the Royal visit include new dresses for the boys and girls of the National school', the laying down of gas-pipes .'or illuminating the exterior and approaches of the castle, and the planting of cannon for firing royal salutes." It has been stated that her Majesty will make a brief sojourn at the Pavilion, after her visit to Arundel Castle. No pre parations hare been made at the Pavilion, such as to induce the belief that Brighton is to be honoured with a Royal visit at so early a period. Lw CONSEQUENCE 01 , TIIE RECENT WET WEATHER, a large quantity of earth, estimated at 30,000 cubic yards, last week, slipped into the cutting about a mile from Westham; and the passengers by the first up-train were delayed till a train could be dispatched from Lewes, when, having w a lk e d round the site of the slip, they proceeded on their journey. The passengers by the subsequent trains were also slightly delayed. On Monday there was a continuation of the slip, and an engine basing got off the line in the cutting, ran into the loose soil, and a little delay was again caused to the passengers. Subsequently, however, the trains have travel led with great punctuality, and the greatest efforts are being made to remove the fallen earth. LervxamAnrroo.—lt is believed that, in the event of the weather being favourable during her Majesty's visit at Arun del Castle, the Royal party will take an airing to the sea beach at Littlehampton. MAYFIELD CATTLE AND Root SHOW was held on Mon day. The stock was shown at the usual place, and ry • superior; the roots are not spoken of so favourably. : • KENT. A GENERAL MEETING Of the Gravesend " StatonlkelW Packet Company took place on Wednesday, Mit . .- • 1 4 ta‘ I decided to build another new boat at a cost of •', • • . ' 1 earnings of the company during the past ye On 17,4931. 17s. 3d., which after the usual dish •• , ,:yi ••• ; " / 1 '-' •;SA:Id\A 1