The Express. — London, England, 1847-04-05 00:00:00

.......-----•"--- try ,• yin have spent the best years of your life in P ur .wraLag a ' aa the welfare of satiety, now that you are unable •""" tly to perform your duties, retire, and here is what w ig :detain you in comfort and respectability for the re nof your life." Will those who so violently opwse limmensare, make provision for worn-out masters ? They 'Meld remember that there are those whose interests and e a ten comfort are materially concerned in the present metier, who are notorious . ly un alt b i l l e l paid i I= d o e f men, and „m ay iadcaoyrtratheirr more prospero us i neigl l iZu m rs at . a A BIITIBII SCHOOLMASTER. FIRES. -4M BOND-srgerr.—Laat evening it fire broke oat in the premises of Mr. Simpson, baker, at the corner of Old Bond-street and Piccadilly. The flames were first dis covered by a passer-by, at a few minutes befo.ro eight o'clock, when they had obtained a firm hold of the lower portion of the home. it was with the utmost difficulty that the resi des& could effect their femme, two of the journeymen having hese obliged to make a precipitate retreat from their beds in their nightclothes. The County eneine soon arrived, *Bowed by others of the London fire establishment.. There es an abundant supply of water, and notwithstanding the -des entered every room in the building, and eventually isdhilarated the root and the adjoining houses, the tire was l ady extinguished by ten o'clock, but not until the whole of itr. Simpoon's stock-in-trade was consumed, his furniture end ether effects partially destroyed, and the building merely injured. 'Unfortunately the occupier was unin sured. The houses on each side, No. 4.1, Old Bond-street, sad 58, Piccadilly, are likewise damaged, chiefiy by water, bet hetunately the parties are insured. The origin of the saamity could not be ascertained; a few minutes w o n the discovery was made, when one of the workmen passed through the shop, the place cep to be perfectly safe and free front fire.— raWIELLINOTOST-STREET.—Yesterday morniug, between Me and six, considerable slum WAS created in Wellington seem, North Strand, by the sudden outbreak of another /te-ethe third since November, 184,5—upon the premises to Mr. J. Pitt, hatter and tobacconist, cam ing on at No. 10, in the above-named thoroughfare. The ag r was made by a police constable of the F division, teeing smoke issuing from the shop front. An alarm was raised, and in the course of a few minutes, as escape of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life pwa Are, arrived, followed by numerous engines of the bake Brigade, parish, West of England, and County eAlem. Plenty of water being immediately procured, the 'shoe and inhabitants got the flames extinguished, not, Lower, until the whole of the stock of hats was damaged by fire and smoke, and the partition, the flooring, and geodes, en one side of the shop, partial) y burned. The origin of this, as well as the two previous fires, is wrapped to mystery : Mr. Pitt was insured for the stock in trade in Ike Pkcaux, and the building was insured in the County wiles. LNCICESTS, SATURDAT.—ALLEGED CRUELTY IN A Lexiric ANYLUM.—Before Mr. William Baker, at the Five Belle, Old Ford, Bow, respecting the death of Wm. Rank, aged 68 years, who was alleged to have died, on Thursday last, from the cruel treatment of the keepers belonging to Glove house Lunatic Asylum, Bow. It appeared that the deceased had been an inmate of Grove-hone since May last. He was very violent at times, but was very seldom put under repaint. On Saturday morning, the 27th ult., about four o'clock, one of the keepers, named Garrett, who slept in the ewe room as the deceased, was alarmed by feeling a pressure upon his neck. He opened his eyes, and discovered the de mised standing by the bedside. The hands of the deceased were closely twined round Garrett's throat ;who was unable to move. Ile raised an alarm, sad the deceased was with same difficulty forced to the ground. He was immediately put under restraint, and confined to the bed until eight o'clock the same morning, when he was released with the other patients. He became very violent, and threatened to stab the keepers. Garrett 'truck him a violent blow on the stomach, with his knee, and forced him to the ground. Another keeper, named Downer, commenced striking him about his body while he was lying on the ground. The blood was toeing from his mouth and they were desired to desist by another keeper named ' Pride. He was then placed in a cell, and attended by the surgeon of the asylum. He expired on the following Thursday morning. Mr. Palmer, the surgeons, attributed death to diseased heart. lie had examined the body, and discovered marks of violence on various parts of the chest. He was unable to state whether the blows had accelerated his death. The jury expressed their great die satisfaction at the conduct of Garrett and Downer, and said that unnecessary violence ba d been mod towards the de mand. blr. Byes, the governor of Grove-house, stated that the men lie I lost his confidence, and that they would be dis charged from their situations. He had no doubt but the keepers had used violence to the deceased while in a state of excitement. The coroner thought they had received sufficient punishment for their cruelty, and the jury, alter a long con. saltation, returned a verdict of "Natural death,' but that might have been accelerated by the violence he received. — FATAL ACCIDENT.—Before Mr. Wskley, M.P., at the Fountain, King-street, Seven Dials, on the body of Benja min Braithwaite Cummings, aged 51,a fireman belonging to the London Fire-engine Establishmeat. The deceased, on Wednesday evening last, was engaged extinguishing a fire that had broken out in the kitchen chimney of No. 2, Little Denmark-street, St. Giles's, when the top round of the lad der on which ho was standing, in the gutter part of the roof, gave way, and the deceased fell into the back yard, a distance of 41 feet. A medical gentleman was sent for, but before he had time to arrive, the unfortunate man had ceased to exist. The foreman of the jury said that the deceased had been a fireman upwards of a gaarter of a century, and he had left a wife and eight children : he hoped, therefore, that the coroner would use his intlueace in getting some provision for the family from the establishment to which deceased bed belonged.—The Coroner Paid he did not know any one be longing to the establishment, but he thought, in cams of this description, that the companies generally ptovided for the men's wives—Mr. Colt, the foreman of the district, said that the case would be laid before the committee, and he had no doubt that something handsome would be done for the family.—The jury returned a verdict of •• Accidental Death." EDUCATION. Sir,—Now that you have not to record parliamentary proceedings. you may find space for a very few remake on los great subject of national education. I am anxious, sir, that you should be aware that the evangelical dissenters are not all equally involved in opposition to the government on the subject now exciting such deep and anxious interest. That the dissenters should be on the alert is :'not to be wondered at, for no class of her Majesty's subjects has manifested more zeal, or rendered greater service, in proportion to their means and influence, then the nonconformists in the establishment and main- Jammu of day schools and Sunday schools. They have, therefore, a claim to much consideration in any plan the go vernment may devise and adopt for the more wide extension of the blessings of education. They have seen the voluntary principle working well, as far as it has gone • and could they rich but convince the and the people gener ally: that volun tary efforts involve more of genuine benevolence than those which are compulsory, and could they untie the general rse the facility of educating the children of our poorer fellow -subjects would soon be equal to the require ment. But the thing is impossible. Mankind do lot change their opinions so rapidly, nor is it likely opinions will ever be uniform ; and unless the exigency is provided for in some other way, ages must elapse before a sound education can be given so !penen= sad. adequately as to produce that elevation in m principle, as well as in intellect, which we have reason to believe is attainable. In the plan proposed by government, it appears to me there is great concession end clear evidences of honest intention. Likewise true patriotism, whether we view it in relation to the parties who are to be benefited — to be elevated in the scale of mental and morel being or in relation to the diverse opinions that an to be conciliated, and brought, if possible, to bear on the carrying out of a grand national . Project. Then, Mr. Edito-, I think this honesty of pupae has been farther exhibi ted in the readiness to explain what may have appeared doubtful. There has been mani fested a courteous and liberal spirit, when objections have been offered, which is usually an evidence ef conecious integ rity. Suggested modifications have been received and con sidered with great candour, and evince the sincerity of desire to render the plan as perfect as possible. I am not a dissenter of yesterday, but of more than half a century, nor have I ever been a Tory in polities, so that my prep:est-Moos have been in favour of co-operating with dissenters; but on this occasion lam constrained to stand aloof. Before getting hold of the minutes of council, I met with Mr. Baines's let ters, and other letters lin the Patriot, heard sundry state ments and conversations, which were as alarming as the let ters from Leeds, and traceable, in many instances, to the same source; but when I read attentively the minutes of council my fears were much allayed. I have since found that others have undergone the same change as myself— they read the commentary without the text, and were alarmed, and when they read the text itself they perceived (or thought they perceived), that their ter roes had been awakened by perverted interpretation. Whllst. Sir, on the one hand I see no occasion whatever to impugn the wisdom or the good intentions of the government, so, on the other, it would very ill become me to impute to the dis senters unworthiness of motive. With not • few the opposi tion arise* from a genuine conviction that the interference of government will, in the issue, defeat its own good inten tion, and whatever may be suggested by these opponents will deserve to be well weighed. Their opposition will be tem perate, reasonable, and dignified, and will secure them respect. They will descend to no abuse; nothing ungentlemanly ; nor will they attribute motives to those who propound the plan which are not apparent on the face of the minutes of council. But there are objections of another class—whose speeches are long and vehement— ' whose epithets; are course, and who are not sparing in the 'M gi. ~,`,..v • ion of motives utterly unwor th y of them to attribute, due to, honourable men. It is to be regretted that 1 It wii objections are listened to, and tolerated, in a line of i die_ Penvaion clearly designed to produce an impretoion on the feel rep of non-reflecting aaditories, and not in harmony =frith truth. Here we find political influence and T'ehurch influence, and papistical tendencies so unwarrantable magnified and brought forward in a spirit so alien for that which should characterise the sound Christian reasoner, that whatever may be its effect on a number of persons who are carried away with temporary excitement, their speeches will not have the weight of a feather with enlightened states men. Bat they have weight of another kind. They tend to exhibit dissenters unfairly as a narrow-minded, liugieus, mapicious people ; impair their honour and influence, and hoe raise hoe ilities, as the anti- s tate-church society has done, far lame ul than can be successfully opposed, and which booed and impeded the onward movements of dis mews in things of great moment to vital religion. It seems • to e, Sir, that dissenters are losing a fine opportunity 111 Inhibiting an enlightened and noble character. They inand me In lie plan as persons whose principles and doings I Euen• maihrstion. They have some old and sincere friends of education on their own plans in office, and when they saw that sone paints were objectionable, why should they not have sought a modification of the objectionable pro positions rather than have placed themselves in direct oppo dtion ? We have reason to believe that they would have been received with kindnss and friendship, and a much as potable would have been conceded to them, and the rest they should have met with a manly Christian re. eipeocity of conceseion. Supposing the government should carry out the plan alter the kind of opposition it has received, in what a humbled position will the dis senters appear as to their influence; and how much will their real in`luenee be lessened. An excellent man—a man of interns/mice and great piety, far advanced in life, and all his life a dissenter—deprecating the measures his brethren were pursuing, remarked, a few dal , . since, " Were the dis senters requested to suggest a plan of general education, I do not believe it would be nearly as liberal as that now pro- posed by government." I cannot but feel, Mr. Editor, that you havejgken aright course with respect to this great sub ject. AM. it has been again brought forward, and the in tentions of government fully and finally reali , ed, I trust it will undergo an examination directed mote to the plan itself than to the mystery thrown about it by lively imagluations, unwarrantable mindless, mistaken calculations, and special pleadings. And I trust the intelligence and benevolence which really belong to the dissenting body, will rite above all sectarianism, end will take full advantage of any increased facility that may be given them to co-spends liberally and kindly in every measure adapted to elevate the hum ,n race. —I am, Mr. Editor, yours, Asacus. THE LIVERPOOL PETITION IN FAVOUR OF A MEASURE FOR IMPROVING THE CHARACTER OF THE INSTRUCTION RECEIVED DY THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF ENGLAND. To the Wonstregsbis the Oleameas of the rafted Kingdom of Oral IYYY gni Irina in Parliament sirembled,-- The humble plena dth. uniftrikpase peteon. sheweth : The wide panr pedalo= NOW sit Ineresied tom now voted 92 ettesitimod popes% they ere endow to nmet mote of etn • pert Of this hog waded, kg e a r r of the middle class raf i t i tignikilim. The yin which your pinions grogose is, that out eit Op MOM emmulty weed for echisaliongl &medal =Awl' be met apart for the estddiehmet in the Wm et poem& These fellowshdpeshonld be eg gnog.* le law EOM deines, by regulations isle men:noel below. bs wall not lass than gin. per seers, and should be err Urea la saner to gander era ealuahle to mile .MY Int _edged to the bau smaillann mist sat Mgt= In be bit - manually. The suttee% semostentios amid he odemisd by the coos wide' of es elesollea, owl pablilly sodded br !oreband, hi the memo maim me the emehmelbsom for ' pupil temehers mod " meollensm la dreamt ceders 0. council. The anwieese alpt very well he esiseled frost moony toe K w % T h eet ivi teepsehers. Them gillowidpe mina be oiled "Queen'. ". GM lens who Ali o& Poo r green's Fellows," anallibe title erne of the "Cleemalsgeheiseeltins" lately founded hy the Manias of amod is eels to restrict there fellowships :o tie due dish they wed* be latioded to lomat, stringent rerun. tking will be umeemy. sodhlieles skald pledge theinselece Its oar Me awl amid hehtt their fellowship, if, by the ale the Ind your Meg should sot Ism entered to on the prereira tina Li their haze amployemeat, All ems of doubt should he dumped by the poseromeeet lospectore The fellow:dive should as flartiind by mimeo Into goy of the universities. The csolidetee druid be between the epee of fifteen end nine. tea; and dry shield love been reddest in, or within three stun .I the Own Is told& trade fel for two years plervbes le the somilmilles. They l eis= d lo bli b=ons of parents same Ingme vas blew • emsedo sprilled mescal—• Yet which shoat be melded by the nitwit of the prat. The earn re, ginned is en= toll Iller•oldp Wald le =Vomit...tall. For per Moms (er map gig pa gent , of the sum voted e =headeletimel megmeme) eyed MEd fifty fellowships of 40i. • yew es* avA omit homble kg throe Thus Ire tellemohips of this wise Might M meowelly Ymd up in the ten Urged Wow or Ono a pion bk M. Ma Lewdk I two • pim is the teem nest Y pigutelles; er oaths. tea to Meaty In the thaws teem wet hi doislb, mod lite rensiolos twenty in the iukrior him& It 'mkt be try hr the emptiteme of council to donde, es to the if edventegosus pareartima le le ghee to the Miami loom Year patents boles lieu this yin wild go fer towards a the min Oft WWII r moiety, the M eowed= semi"/le middle dram te be moiety, Is, the woad • tomegeleol elmoderd of holiweltew, semi the early withdrawal of dillies be. shed. And Ord bother, it would invitee eitellep wheels hy the sompegillon oiled between these 'hey levet thee Ise rood yeses of the est by whigh three Irish colleges wore getablihoi he the ashohy Walk el the odddle closes to Isokiel„ walls aavorar to id vortaisty aidostiais whist this mem= t he by dot met 21,44111. poi semale yell le these selleges. Mayo= paallooreo kw*, bees ihr mums pap algelpd id leo =lthe dead= at the tebbile dome U•seped, see us 11ot greet goad wed& be diese byes@ amelare . e sib presteddeh *whine mewled ; ad they erre Sot hero will astir th • AA= of ilia MY. rests of =l, with • haws sot les Own that which yea hem omborisd to those of Ireland.—And your petitioners willow gine, Pa, This petition we. *mid ley the following parties : Ist, the two rectors of** of Liverpool ; 2nd, twenty-two masters* in the sehools ; 3rd, twenty-one masters in the schools of the ' Institution, • In order tie the yeYlles WOE wowed exchasively from those employed in the egoestion a the middle closcie•, the mastent ;A the L 'pper Collegiate School (which it preparatory to the unirersitiee; abstained from signing it. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 3. Emigration from all parts of the country proceeds at a rapid pace. The quays of Dahlia resemble the halting-place of an Eastern caravan. Crowds of emigrants, with their separate allotments of luggage, stud every available spot. The greater number are conveyed to Liverpool, but many ship directly from this port. Two vessels sailed last week with a full complement, and two more in which nearly 1,200 passengers are booked will sail on Tuesday next. A Dublin agent has gone to Liverpool to charter vessels for the conveyance of 1,300 families, emigrating from one Irish estate ! the expense to be partly borne by the landlord and partly by the tenant. A ship is filled in a day or two after being put on the berth, and the agents say an hundred vessels would not meet the demand. In the midland counties—the King's, Queen's, Kildare, and Carlow—the Leinster Express, a jour nal generally well-informed, states that there is extending amongst the peasantry " an increased in clination to engage in field works, and make such preparation for tilling the land with corn and green crops, as will prevent future famine. The apathy which prevailed has disappeared, and even the smallest occupiers evince, we are told, a desire to till their holdings." Into Tipperary that desirable dis position does not appear to have yet extended. The commissioners of' metropolitan police have supplied the relief commissioners with a return of the destitution of the North Dublin Union. From this it appears, that there are 4,711 heads of families, with 15,633 dependents, including heads of these. There are 6,33.1 partly, and 9,228 wholly destitute. Al lowing for half rations to be supplied to children under nine years, the total number of rations to be served daily is estimated at 12,902; the average daily cost, 1541. 10s. ; and for three months, 14,0591. Rear-Admiral Pigot, in command on the Cork station, has written to the Cork Harbour Board to the effect that the Lords of the Treasury have re ceived a communication from the United States government, declaring its intention to despatch a sloop-of-war to Ireland with a cargo of provisions supplied by Boston and the state of Massachusetts. The admiral asks that all port dues and charges should be remitted to the Jamestown on arrival, "in consequence of the service in which the ship is so generously engaged ;" and the old heart of oak adds: " All the repairs and defects of the Jamestown will be made good at Hawlbowline to the best of my power." After invoking a blessing on the good people of New England for their offering, an order was instantly made to remit all dues, and offer any other aid in the power of the board to the admiral. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork, Dr. Murphy, has died at a very advanced age. He was mild, tole rant, charitable, and learned. He amassed one of the most valuable private libraries in Ireland—the Cork Reporter says ever two hundred thousand volumes', His collection of engravingswaa most rare and costly. The venerable prelate stated some time ago that ba would bequeath this library to the citizens of Cork. Downward as prices descend, the lowest figura to which they have yet reached appears at a gala of Indian corn, which took place at Cork on Thursday. The price was 10/. per ton. On the preceding Wed nesday an auction of Indian corn took place at Derry, where the prices ranged between 12!. 15s. and 13/. 15s. In a letter of Commissary-General Hewet sou to the treasurer of the Cork Relief Committee, dated Limerick, March 29, he says that Indian meal will be at 12!. a ton before the Ist of June. Of two very important matters—seed and cultivation, the commissary observes : We have four bulge steamers at sea—the "Terrible," " Odin," " Avenger,' and another, with corn seed, which will be issued by us on board. I look every day for one in the Lower Shannon. I think tillage far more general than we expected. I have given out all my rve and here seed, and shall find plenty of candidates for the barley and oats which 1 expect. The next mouth (April) will, I trust, do much ; at all events it will not be for want of our continuing eudetvours if it doss not. A " monster" trial has just terminated in Cork, after six days of hard labour. It was an action brought by a Mr. Oliver against the Cork Steam-ship Company, to recover damages for the loss of eight very valuable horses, which were shipped on board the Jupiter for Bristol. The vessel ran aground in the Avon, and the horses were lost. Verdict for the plaintiff, 1.5001. After a long respite, the last Gazette contains pro clamations of not fewer than 21 presentment sessions for the completion of old road works. Of these, there are four for Limerick, fear for Tipperary, three for Kildare, which has drawn very little on the Labour Rate Act, two for Wicklow, Kerry, and Galway respec tively-, and one for each of the counties of Down, Meath, Westmeath, and Roecommon. The Gazellel also contains notices of the formation of 106 relief districts in the several unions of Ireland. THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Some evidences every day present themselves of our !social and commercial advancement amidst all the misery which afflicts us. A public Exchange is about being erected at Dundalk, the commerce of the port having increasealsrimulh as to demand it. A vessel laden with corn and dour arrived there in the course of this wick, bringing 200 tons Indian corn, and 800 barrels flour, the first entry of that description in the port of Dundalk sines 1810. In many districts—partially indeed in all—the landlords are supplying such of their tenantry as require it, with seeds for spring and summer cultivation. Among the land lords mentioned to-day I find the Marquis of Hertford, who, in addition to other musures of relief, has given 1,4001. to the relief committee in whose district is included his Antrim estates; the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford has given a donation of 4001., and the Marquis of Dowruihire, who ha. supplied mei to all his tenantry requiring it, has sent 2001. to the Rathfirlana committee. General Meade, who has a property of 20,000/. per annum in Down, has not only not given any relief to the fends of any committee, but refused to see a deputation deszatched to solicit a contribution. I am sorry to say, that in many other dist,iets, the landlords are taking advantage of the immure on the small tenantry, to endeavour to force them to give up their holdings—a proceeding which will certainly have the effect of leavingthe land untilled this year, even if it were not objectionable in other ways. Fever held. on its way unchecked. In Donegal the work house hospital is crowded, and fever and dysentery prevail to an alarming extent. In Nenagh the fever hospital contains 186 patients, and the hospital of the workhouse, with 217 patients, has 130 ill of fever. The deaths in the house since the 9th September last was 236, of whom the greater part died of fever. In Limerick the deaths in the workhouse for the last week was 24, and of these, '27 died on the last day of the week. The rector of a suburban pariah of Limerick has deemed this a proper time to advance the pries of the place of pauper graves from one to two shillings. The city police in Cork are attacked with fever. SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM Now BRUNSWICI.—The Lord Lieutenant has received from the Mayor of Bt. Jam's, New Brunswick, a remittance of 8201., and has acknowledged the receipt in a letter from the under secretary, in which the latter says : His Excellency desires me to caper , ' the gratification he has felt at this sympathy for the sufferings of the people of this country, on the part of their fellow-sub)ects in a distant colony, and, ni Viceroy of Ireland, desires to convey, than rh you, to the benevolent Individuals who have made this contribution. his grateful acknowledgments. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, APRIL 2. At their last quarterly meeting, held in Dundee, the Forfar, Perth, and Fifeshire Educational Associa tion expressed themselves favourably of the Minutes of the Council on Education ; and agreed to call a general meeting to take the subject fully into consi deration. The Illeshire 1011, nal, in recommending the scheme to the Established Church, says : It is the duty and the interest of the Church of Scotland to be ready to avail herself of the provisions of this truly Conservative scheme as a means of supplementing the in adequacy of her g arish schools—inadequate now to the in creasing population of the country. The Free Church is calculating on the remissness and negligence of the Esta blishment in this respect. It should be the business of the Establishment to disappoint these expectations; but in order to do this, she must be en the alert, for her enemy is active and indefatigable. Mr. Baines's educational meeting held here on We - nesday evening was well attended, but nothing new was advanced either by him or his voluntary sup porters. The platform was chiefly occupied by mi nisters belonging to the Secession, Relief, Indepen dent, and Baptist denominations, bodies which have done nothing for the systematic education of the young in Scotland. It is, therefore, a small matter that they decline accepting government grants, as they could not, for many years to come, be in a situa tion to receive them. The presbytery of Edinburgh met yesterday and condemned the Lord Advocates Marriage and R:vis tration Bills. One of the members suggested that a conference should be held with his lordship, but this was objected to on the ground that no copies of the bills had been officially sent to them, and that it would be infra dig. in them to seek an interview after that. A pro re nata meeting is, therefore, to be held for the purpose of hearing resolutions and petitions against the bills. Notice was also given of a motion to obtain power to clergymen to sell or feu their glebes with out applying to parliament. The presbytery of Glasgow, headed by Principal Macfarlane, has also declared strongly against the new bills. A curious case of copyright was decided by the Court of Session immediately before its lost rising. A legal gentleman compiled an " Analysis of the Heritable Securities and Infeftment Acta," and he claimed an injunction against the publication of the report of a committee of the writers to the signet, appointed to consider the forms of those acts, on the ground that in their appendix they had pirated from his analysis. The court, both in the outer and inner houses, granted the injunction, holding that copyright in a book of styles existed as much as in a chart, map, road-book, interest tables, or any similar class of works, which, from their nature, must have many points of identity, bat in which intelligence of ar rangement is entitled to protection. Referring to the alleged fictitious vote given at the late election of a Scotch peer, and in anticipation of the proposal of the Lord Chancellor being acted on, that each peer should present a certificate of qualifica tion, the Glasgow Constitutional says, Should some such order be established, we may hope, bye and bye, to see it extended to the Scottish Baronetage,where its necessity is even still more urgent. For many years past, the dignity and respectability of the knights baronets of Scotland have been most seriously compromised by the de plorable state of the existing law, which offers no sufficient obstacle to the assumption of the title by any needy or un scrupulous adventurer who can trump up the merest show of a pedigree connecting him with the person on whom the honour was first conferred. The Ayr Advertiser, in reference to the abolition of entail, says: Let us cherish the hope that the Lord Advocate, in taking up the question, intends to act manfully and with decision. But it he allows himself to be misled in regard to public opinion in Scotland to the extent of believing that the assimilation of the law of Scotland to that of England will set the question at rest, he had better let the matter alone. There has been more than enough of such tinkering already ; and we rejoice to find that this sentiment was echoed at the Glasgow meeting in a very unequivocal man ner, when Sir William Napier's motion to strike out the resolution imperatively demanding free trade in land, was almost unanimously rejected. Let the heirs in possession ' and in immediate prospect be treated with equity and eon , sideration ; but let the exertions of all point to the total ez tinction of entails, at a period not too remote for the hate rests of the present sae. The first civic body that has taken up the Lord Advocate's Marriage and Registration Bills is the town council of Caper, and they are to petition , against it. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1847. PROVINCIAL. PER CENTAGI OF CHANGE IN THE COUNTY REMOTER. —Mr. J. Moorhouse, who has paid much attention to the registration of this county during the last four years, states that the average annual amount of change in the register — the result of the registration and revision of the lists—he finds to be about 101 per cent., of which he says 24 per cent. is due to deaths alone. YORKSHIRE. THE RESULT OF THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION of the late fatal railway accident at Heinle exonerates the railway servants. The conclusion Captain Coddington coma to is, that the rails were originally adapted for lighter locomotives than those recently c 2 introduced, and that the latter arc dis prortioned to the strength of the rails. THE SCHOOLMASTERS AND THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME. —The following memorial to the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education wan adopted at a meeting of school masters in Yorkshire, end signed by no less than 48 of those present:—" We, the undersigned Church of England schoolmasters, assembled at Brighouse, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, February 27, 1847, at our quarterly meeting for mutual improvement, humbly show that the scheme of education propounded by your lordship" committee for the advancement of the moral and intellectual training of youth deserves the warmest approbation of every enlightened En glishman. The undersigned desire to acknowledge the skil ful mode in which the details of the measure are adapted to the wants of this country , and in particular the generous manner in which the serv ices of their own profession are re cognised, both by the increase of their stipends, and the provisions made for those amongst them who are worn out In the service of the public." DURHAM. AN IGNORAMUS "ON PRINCIPLE." The Durham Chronicle, in a noties of the late educational controversy in Stockton, says: " During the early part of the discureion, the meeting was highly edified by a speech from a man in fustian [a very appropriate garb], who coademned educa tion as an evil, and said that be at one time had the offer of a good education; which offer he, however, on principle, re fused. He then stated to the meeting that be confidently believed that but for this refusal of education he would have been hanged long since for forgery, or some other crime appertaining to education alone." If ever he be hanged for incendiarism, it will not be for " setting the Tees on fire." xon.TIMAPT.AMII_ REPRESENTATION OF RIINDAL.—A. reply has been le. raised from Mr. Warburton, M.P. for this borough, acknow ledging the receipt of the requisition of a majority of the electors, calling upon him to offer himself sa a candidate at the next general election. He declines to accede to their request, in consequence cf hie age, his growing infirmities, and distaste for parliamentary duties, Mr. Warburton con tradicts the report thr.t means have been used by parties in the borough to prow m his withdrawal. A_public meeting of the liberal electors is to be held on Wednesday next, for the purpose of appointing a committee to inquire as to a future candidate. Mr. Glynn and Mr. Bouverie have been named. A correspondent sari We want a radical, and one acquainted with trade K and. commerce." WARWICSHIRE. Tan ZDECATIOX QVISTION IN BIRMINORAW.—At the request of the opponent,' of the government measure, the Mayor of Birmingham has called a public meeting of the inhabitants of that town on Friday next. In connexion with this 'abject, a petition to the House of Commons from the Umbers of the Sunday-schools supported by the Unita rians was adopted on Friday. The following is an extract: That notwithatandinv all voluntery eserims male to any oat the great wort of edosation mono the rising generation of this empire, your petitioners, from their own knowledge and experience, can teddy that in the very populous district in which they reticle, all the means at present in operation, though very coosiderable, are oltogee.er bailigicient to meet the demand ; and they feel certain ram, unaided by government, the friends of education will never be castled egitiently to afford that more minded amount of gaily rdues,ion witch the bumbler clams require, under the eircumstal ces in which they are placed. Your petitioners, therefore, feeling dee,ily the importance of the oda jftst, hail with gladneva the measure rat, lyintrodund by the members of kQ llakinrs government into your honourable house, for the better education of the people, under t:ie direction and control of lot =4as recommended in the mind. of the commatee of sound estioct, prevented to your hcocuribte house by command of her laqaty; and they verily believe the time, if curried out under wise and peeler direction, ant upon the broad pr:neples of religions liberty, will be of immense auvantage to society at large. THE WHATHEII.—On &aunt iy there was a very heavy fall of snow at Birmingham: it commenced about one o'clock, p.m., and continued until bete eon six and seven o'clock in the evening. THE SANITOHY QUESTION.—InPoRTANT INQUIRY IN BIRMINGH•II.—For three days during the past week, Alfred Austin, Esq., the assirtant poo-.law commissioner, has been holding a special court of inq tiny in Birmingham, on the subject of the eligibility of the site of the present workhouse in that town for the erection f a new and larger building. The existing house is situate i Lielifield.,treet, a short dis tance eastward of the centre and ii , Frile,t part of the town. The evidence adduced, that of medical men, and other per seas competent to form an opinion on [hes. mitten, has ex tended to great length, and the inquiry has not yet termi nated. On one side, it ia con tended that not only is the present site an unhealthy one to being in a very densely-po piloted part of the town, and contiguous to* very large grave-yard, but that a sufilci, et area cannot be procured for the erection of a building large enough; they, therefore, re commend the Heath, which is situate two miles and a half lion the centre of town ; this spot is declared to be high and S e , gs and consequently more salubrious. Against this, it is that the present site is the more healthy of the two, se much so as can be procured near so large a town ; that a sufficiei t area can be obtained for all useful purposes, for that it is better to extend the out-door retie , than to crowd a large house with inmates. We give aO, et summary of the evidence, as containing some rather impo-tant facts with reference to this subject :—The site of the pr. sent building comprises an area of eight thousand yard. ; the number of inmates now in the house is ; it is not pretended, how ever, that there is nearly sufficient of proper accom modation for these, but it is proposed that the new house shall be sufficiently capacious to accoerriodate 600 in mates ; it came out in evide, ce that the number of sick Irish applicants for relief had lat. iv been immense; and that out of the 581 inmates now in th, house, net lea than 281 out of that number were sick. A r port was read from the medical officers, which set forth that " the ptesent site was sufficiently elevated for the purposes of ventilation, without being un duly exposed, and that its a ilubrity as a town residence was established by facts, and ton 4 observation; further, that the disown which are most prev..lent amongst the inmates of the workhouse could always be traced to causes independent of locality." One of the house-surgeons (Mr. Thomas Green) reported that the proposed site at Birmingham-heath was "cold, damp, and unfit for the purposes of a workhouse," and that during the last two years he had been more than ever convinced of the insalubrity of that site. An important question was raised as to whether there had not been a frightful degree of mortality extended amongst the children born in the present building for several years. On that subject the witness just named maid his atteation had been called to the report that very few of the ehildren born in the house lived to the age of three years ; but that, in Isis opinion , this arose from the weakly and diseased state of the mot en, and not front the insalu brity of the site. lie would p7efer, however, a place outside the town for the children, but recommended the existing site for general purpose', beet we most of the inmates were persons advanced in years, sea, required warmth. He gays the following reasons for having declared his preference of the situation of the present house over the spot at Birming ham-heath, that the land at the latter " was unhealthy, being based upon a clay honor., twenty feet deep, which was impervious to water ; and although it stood nearly thirty feet above the natural level of ilia drainage, there was only an actual fall of about ten feet. He alio observed that the health of the town would be materi..lly improved by the present extensive system of drainage in its centre, which would render that part as healthy as the outskirts, if such was not already the ease." A medical report showed that out of 1,500 cases of sickness in the house, during a period of ten months in 1846, there had ben only 133 cues of fever. Residents near to the Birmin; ham-heath gave it as their °plena that the land was unhealthy, and incapable of being easily drained. The point as to the mortality amongst the children was much canvassed ; the register showed that of 210 children in the house between the lst of January, 1643, and September, 1846, no less than 201 had died before they attained the age of two years; but these included those taken into the house eubsequeutly to their birth. From a statement handed in to the commissioner, it appeared that for the last five years all the children left in the workhouse had died, except four. That is, of forty-eight left, forty-four had died. The statement was demurred to by Mr. Knight, the borough treasurer and superintendent registrar • and further evidence with respect to it will be offered= a future day. Mr. Coo, a surgeon of between thirty and forty years' standing, declared in favour of the existing site, supposing a suitable house were , rested. He gave it as his opinion that the sickness amongst the children did not arise in consequence of the unhealthiness of the site, but that the mothers were very frequently in a high state of disease when admitted, and the children when born partook of the disease. lie alluded to ryphilitic, scrofulous, and other disease', which he considered a great cause of the mor tality among the infants in this establishment. Sometimes the mothers neglected to suckle the children. A tabular statement of the deaths in the workhouse during the years 1841, 1842, and 1843, was produced; and Mr. Cox declared that it did not appear to him there were any arising from disorders which had been increased by the locality. The most important evidence adduced which was unfavourable to the existiag site was that given by Mr. Thomas Gutterid, a surgeon of twenty yearn ' general practice. Ile said: " Th ge e site of the present workhouse is most unhealthy; it is in • town containing 40,000 house., and • great num ber of steam-engines, mills, workshops, and chemical works. The land on which it stands is nearly on a level ; and the drainage is not good. The neighbour. hood is densely thronged. It stands where houses are thick est, and there are the greatest number of old, small, and dirty houses, inhabited for the most pert by the poorest and dirtiest people." " A great many (eontinurd Mr. Gutteridge) are low lodging-houses, and the greatest portion of those who would be called outcasts reside there ; at least such is his im pression. As regards the salubrity of the site, for two thirds of the year the wind brings the smoke and effluvia of the town over it, the air is thus deteriorated. In cause queen of the situation, the workhouse is insufficiently ventilated for the purposes of health to a lame number of human beings kept constantly within its walls. This feet had more weight in regard to the inmates of a workhouse, because their mental condition is unfavourable to health. Sorrow and disappointment are unfivoushble." Ia another part of his evidence this witnesa said that the proportion of deaths in the whole country is one-half of the children under two years of age; and referring to the contiguity of the present building to • grave-yard, he Raid " The fact of the workhouse being sur rounded by several large grave-yards is highly detrimental to the health of the inmates. The grave-yards he meant were St. Mary's, St. Philip's, St. Bartholomew's, and the Park-street burial-ground. There are upwarde of 100,000 corpses in St. Philip's churchyard. Had lived for six years by the aide of that churchyard, and had experienced bad effects from it. Was aware that there was a bill now before parliament, or about to be, by which interments would be prohibited in towns. If that were pared, it would gradually restore salubrity to the district. Although there should be no other corpses buried in St. Philip's, the evil from exhala tion and percolation of ftetid matter into the water would take many yean to peas sway." The inquiry is still pending; but so far as it has gone it has furnished some valuable evidence, showing the necessity there is for Dome sanitary measures in such towns as Birmingham. NARROW ESCAPII;I3;I77I7/40aT101f IN A ORIIRCII. —On Sunday ee'nnight, during the morning service at Powick Church, a young lady was observed to he in a faint ing condition, and the same symptoms almost immediately afterwards affected others of the congregation, to the number of about twenty. They were conveyed into Steepen air and to the adjoining houses, and after acme time and trouble, they all recovered, haring apparently suffered severely front isapient suffocation. It was found on investigation, that the alarming occurrence was caused by the sulphureous vapour evolved in t►e process of combustion from the coke used for the purpose of warming the building. NORFOLK. TENN.—The formation of a quay, to extend from Common Staith to Millfieet , is in conternrlation ; and at a meeting held at the Town-hall, on Monday, a committee woo nomi nated to make inquiry as to the expense of this im provement. THE UNUSUAL NUMBER OF 5,300 SHEEP were offered for sale in Lynn market on Tuesday last, but in consequence of the sanity of grass for feeding, few bales were effected. RZLIOIOINI FANLTICI B / 4 IN frIXDINO.—This town was the scene of come excitement last week, in consequence of predictions of the approach of the "Day of Judgment," which according to these false prophets was to commence en Wednesday last, March 31. It appears that a party aims ties, in London and elsewhere, had aimed a tract, with the following title :—" The mighty angel's midnight roar; or, the Cry—' Behold the bridegroom come* ; go ye out to meet him !' This cry will be universaly heard, sad the authoritative command obeyed at the commissioned of the vest day of God's wrath. In the night of the penever, on the 31st March, 1847." In Reading, amass newseillinhen, • grocer, made himself very active la diseemkeetkg these tracts and holding forth in de fine s of their orateslis. On the evening in questins• WM& d pmems gathered read his honor, and on kr seem home, *dig And ridiculing the Rang "prophet" We (Berkshire Chen. mete) cannot vouch kr all the reports current about his in tentions, but it was understood he had prepared a robe of scarlet and white, with which he was to reseed to the high ground above Caversham„ menspeeici erne d hie disciples, to have the first view of the weatiortel wads he had predicted. This intention wee frustrated by a motel regard—altogether unbecoming a gifted emr—to kin comfort, the mob being extremely opposed to his views, and sundry railway labourers having premed wpm and other accompaniments to an intended ducking. There was so muck confusion in the street that several policemen were fully engaged in keeping order and preventing mis chief. ROYAL 011NRROSITT.—It will be remembered that an accident occurred, a short time ago, at the new budd ing at Osborne, which resulted in the death of one of the sufferers, named James Blake. Iler Majesty hes benevolently ordered that ten shillings per week shall be paid to the widow, and that her two children shall be sent to London, there placed in a school, where they will be fed, clothed, and educared. A Fossil. Cuanar-rues was discovered lstely in a bed of sandotone, in the isle of Wight, two hundred feet below the surface. Twa Now Pirn AT PORTSRA.—This undertaking, in the promention of which considerable delay has occurred, is now rapidly approaching completion. It will be a moat im portant improvement • enabling steam,n at all times of tide to land and embark their passengers. In a few weeks this promenade will be open to the public. AFFAIRS or PoRTCOAL.—The Sidon, -frigate, came into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and received ord n to prepare for sea with all despatch, to embark 200 marines on board of her, and proceed with them to Lisbon, where it is reported they are to be landed at Fort St. Julian. About 50 marine* from this division embarked yesterday morning, and a 4.-ta haunt of 150, officers and men, arrived from Woolwich oy the South Western Railway, at a quarter to five o'clock ye sterlay afternoon, and were immediately embarked from the Clarence jetty in the Victory's boats, and berthed on board the Sidon, which has completed fuel, coals, and water, and will Bail immediately the important despatches shell; to take out arrive here, and return imme diately to this poet. It is understood that this detachment of marines will be followed to the same quarter by another detachment, which will he taken by the Terrible, st.-frigate. —Hampshire Tekgraph. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. COST or A PACK or EIoiTIDA. —A meeting of the sub scribers to the Cheltenham Stag Hounds took place on Wed nesday at the Assembly Rooms. The account for the past year was presented, by which it appeared that the expendi ture had been about 7001. It was determined to continue the establishment for another year. DEVONSHIRE. .... A orators CORRESPONDENCE . BETWEEN THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND Ma. W. DENIS MOORE,MATOR of EXETER, relative to a public ball announced to take place in aid of the distressed Irish and Scotch, is published in the Exeter Gazelle. The bishv wrote to the mayor on the 24th March, expressing his " very strong opinion on the painful incon gruity of such a mode of testifying sympathy for famishing millions ;" and stating that he had animadverted on the contemplated enormity in a sermon which he had that day preached. Mr. Moore replied by avowing his " regret and surprise," drc..—" Though humbly sensible of the great superiority of your lordship's judgment, I am unable to din. cover any sound objection to such a mode of disposing of the surplus receipts arising fro n a harmless amusement. lam very far from thinking that the end, however good, can sanc tify objectionable means ; but when the means are blameless in themselves, I am ate loss to comprehend how their diame ter should he changed by an ulterior benevolent pares. The promotion of the intended ball is a towns directly sanctioned by the personal example of her Most Gracious Majesty." The bishop published his sermon at the charge of one shills g. To the title-page he appended a foot-note, stating that the " proceeds " of the sale were to be given to the relief purposes for which the proceeds of the ball were destined ; and hinting that those charitably dis posed could give as much as they liked beyond the shilling. On the sermon and note Mr. Moore founds a long letter to the Bishop. written in exceedingly respectful but very direct language. He mks—" Was it necessary that your lordship should stigmatise with such terms as 'selfish ness," degrading," low," miserable fri;olity," mockery,' and ' dissipation,' the feelings of those who in a different sphere have come forward to devote their talents to the like purpose ?" Then comes a bone-thrust. " What was the shield which in 1841 sheltered your lordship's name from the like aspersion, when it stood high among ' full half the aria tecracy of Devon,' not unaccompanied by others of clerical and even episcopal dignity, in the list of stewards of a fes tival, in which the ceremonies of the day, consisting of a procession, a sermon, and a tavern-dinner,were terminated by a public ball ? I may be permitted to ask, were these in themselves ' innocent festivities ;' and did they become evi demos of ' dogged, wilful, systematic resistance of everything Eke denial of 'elf,' when devoted to the ulterior purpose of Mereasing the funds of the Devon and Exeter Hospital ?" THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Covent-Garden Theatre, in its new character of an Italian opera-house, opens to-morrow evening. We have seen the interior of the theatre since its decorations have been almost completed, and have been equally surprised and delighted with its spaciousness. beauty, and adaptation to the purposes of a great musical theatre. The public accustomed to the aspect of old Covent- Garden will find the transformation so complete, that it will be almosti impossible for them to imagine themselves seated in Use place oolong familiar to them. The form of the house is entirely chang ed and its proportions are such, that its magnitude seems to grow upon the spectator's eye. Its breadth, in proportion to Its depth, is greater than usual, the audience part of the house forming a segment of so large a circle, that every place is brought within a convenient dis tance of the stage for sight and sound, while the stage itself has gained an extent of front which (as its depth corresponds with the width of the proscenium) must greatly conduce to scenic effect. It is worthy of remark, too, that the space in every part of the interior has been enlarged, no one part having been contracted in order to make room for the exten sion of another. The boxes, pit, eorridompassages, staircases —ell are rendered more roomy and commodious ; end all this has been done without touching the external walla of the edifice ; a circumstance which, while it shows the skill of the architect who has planned the alterations, argues also an enormous waste of space in the original construction of the building. The cm bellishmente are exceedingly rich. The theatre, when lighted up, will absolutely blaze with gold; but such brit, liancy be fi ts an edifice of this class, and the magnitude of the space will chasten and subdue its effect. There are six tiers of boxes, which are ISR in number. The pit has ten rows of seats, with arms and backs—a great source of com fort, independently of its effect in preventing overcrowding; and there are eight rows of stalls. There are two amphi theatres on a level with the two uppermost tiers of boxes ; and, lastly, a gallery. The external improvements are great. The rails along the front have been taken away ; the company will alight from their carriages under the cover of the portico; and the double entrances to the pit—the one for ingress and the other for egress— will tend to prevent crushing and confusion. Oae very important circumstance must not be omitted : the perfect safety of the building has been ascer tained by an official survey under the authority of the Metropolitan Buildings Act ; and a satisfactory certificate to that effect has been published. The opera of to-morrow even ing is " Semiramide, ' in which Grisi, of course, resumes her great part of the Assyrian queen • Tamburini, after an ab sence of four years, re-appears in 'Assur ; and the Arsace is Mdlle. Alboni, the extraordinary depth of whose contralto voice, as well as her general powers as a performer, has been the theme of admiration both in Germany and Italy. The principal dancers is the ballet are unknown to us; but it may fairly be presumed that they are of continental reputa tion. There was a general rehearsal of the opera on Saturday morning, which, we • formed, was to be strictly private. We hope that this privacy wilt be adhered to as an uniform practice ; for a rehearsal of an opera or a concert, as it is generally managed in this country, is little better than ii farce. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. Cassiness.—lt is now quite understone that the installation of his Royal Ilighneeis Prince Albert, as Chaddlue of the Untverslty, will take place at the easing Commencement. Of coarse, circumstances may occur in the interim to render a postponement of the ceremony &dyable ; but at plant ft is menmed that the installation will been July of the pretest your, and preparations he the event have Men already commenoe both in the university and (as a reference to the QuarterlyOstut at Addenbrooke's Hospital window) in the town. We believe that Cambridgewill be honoured with emceed visit from A.M. the Queen at the installation of her royal husband. Probably her Majesty's day amoamit us will not be of long duration ) but it is Con fidently hot ed that for one day at least she will be a witness of the ceremonies and festivities connected with the Interesting maim in question —Conthridef ("trowel, Cisas 1131. L.—Wm. Ferdinand L. Fischer, B.A. (1114 i), of Pem. brolieCollege, has been elected. fellowof the. society. Mr. Fischer is .German by birth. Br. Csaskutes Ogle, B.A. (1847). has been elected to a Sklrne fellowship. Rev. J. it. Pine, 8.A., fells. and assistant. tutor, died= the lid alt. Tia limn or ems Cent or (ion Hors.—The Darks= Adam filer eye: "With eireaare we 111100.10111 Oa troth at to. re port ilat to. Roe. Senn Oray, rim et llNalm bis respeml the row Minns et tin One of Good Mop. Mr. env la the NU at the intanMs aad reenatel Min et PriMel. mew et the "Key to the OM 'botanist, * ma may after webs. He r a wed town swig us. la We dem; as dis insier at naub, land ia =atia , : ma t see henitind. Ur. 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Vends= presmiel down W lL ther l a i ressisidlir Os pewee dinner seadry ail istamptipliar. OM all set Mara tsWederia dr eisse " S is le le tnipled Mrse OM Idel at ler milks =ler seem sell. dhe WM riles =ea Ins mow, end NI , bap MI series lisieur • esmependent eme :"11 r =me do set set Ma. bid memmul d awns, en the mdelpie of Oast Boom The smoddelds ts. that after MK worked di I MOM awl they °Atop*. and Mom all her Fedora triak, Mead of beef a s many triumphs (as asserted) have proved complete failures."—Th Terrsbk, et. fr., having taken in her powder at Grenshithe, was off Dover on Friday night, on eat pomp to Cork. ADZIMALTT.-Ayr 7. arm, AWL 3.--Capt. IL C. Nerds to Avenger.—Aetißg 'sever!. Winstanky, to Growler.-Surgeons: B. Brine, to Croordile• 1. Solent; to t am—Acting Master T. B. Meths, to Growler.—Aselsbust-Scirmoos: H. H. 'Seekonk, to Growler; J. NibelL to Superts.--tiecond Masters: W. !MAP. to Growler; J. Richards, to Kestrel.—Mostere.Asaistants: Winnint, to Kestrel; C. P. Tula and T. Pounds, to Growler.—First Engineer A. Lep., to Williams and Mary. Acting Second Fogineer W. Saunders, and Acting Third Engineer C. Seely, to Ceylon. —Clerks en Charge T. Totter, to Kestrel; J. Doyle, to Tentbk.--tlerk's Assis tant It. Winstanley, Acting Boatswain M. llit, and Carpenter S. Cornish, to Ceo r. —Carpenter H. Parkin, to Recruit. Matra, MARCH 23.—The Spartan, 26, Captain Symonds, arrived at Malta on the 20:6, from Beyrout. The ltesistance, frigate tem* . ship, Com. Lowe, left Malts on the 16th, with the reknie hettalion of the 42nd, for Bermuda. The Mutine, IS, Com. Tryon, arrived at Malta, in eighteen dam, from Gibraltar, and nine from Algiers, ow the morning of the 23rd, with supernumeraries for the squadron. The Rodney. i‘2, Capt. Collier, CAC; the Albion, 96. Capt. 2re eissntle ; the Vanguard, So, Capt. Wines; the Bonetta, surveying yesmil, Com. Brock; her tender, the Research, Linet.-Com. Spratt; the Volcoso, st..v., Lieut.-Crern. Craig; the Ardent, st.v., Lieut.- Cons J. R. Raker; and the Wee Pet, st..tug, are in Malta-harbour. The Robley bas refitted; the Albion his taken on hoard 70 tons of and has partially refitted, changed her iron-hooped topmast, &0., and with the Vanguard, it is said the two former ships will pro ceed to Athens. MILITARY. • - norm. AIIMUART.—The strictures which hew appeared in this end in one of the Kentish papers, have induced the atten tion of the authoritier to the estrarogrt prior charged to reunite h mad oth, re for regimental neemouries; end, after • clone Inwell notion, it has been determined to thtow the rupyity of there articles open to coning t, instead of confining the purchase to one or two tradermen in the neighbourhood of the barracks, as heretofore. The mutt has been that, though the articles are sow of • far triter qua lity, a redaction, in mime ewes amounting to 33 per rent.. has token place. Thus, boots usually charged 12n. Gd. are now supplied at Sr. GO- A list of the prices to be hereafter cha rged has been isrued to the men. Tan Maud rs or A 5..., Master-freneral of the Ordnance, accompanied by Lord Clarence Punt and three other gentlemen, rfelted Woolwich on Saturday , and went over the Royal Arsenal and egimental schools, ke. Ton Furst Ex rainstorm to determine the relative merits of the concussion .hells invented by Quarter-Muter Preehurn, krj.-Maror Moore, (both of the Royal Artillery,) and Mr. Tyre, foreman In the Royal Arsenal, will take place next week on board the Excellent, oval gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. FomITICATMN• or lisowita.—Tbe means of &boast this seaport are eo exceedingly deficient as to induce the military authorities to make a strong vpreaentation to the Board of Ordnance on the neves aty of placing the dehisces in • more efficient rate. It appears that there are ten 21-pounder guns on traversing platforms, aid the only force to work th,rn consists of amaster gunner,one non-commissioned oflicer, and three gunners of the Royal Artillery. In consequence of this representation, an experkeard =leered Artillery will, it instated, be sent next week to examine the state of the defences, and report to the Board of Ordnanoe what le necemary to be done. It is expected that some 36-pounder guns, or others of heavier calibre, will be mounted, sad that • company of Royal Artillery will be stationed to take charge of them. Tao Glows UtzmerA, Jansen.—Lanes arm rim 511.410,01.. — The following is a correct return of the guns mounted on the tette rite of the river Shannon :—Castle, one 44-inch mortar, and two 34-inch howitzers ; Ordnance Berracks, one 41-thch mortar ; New Barrack., one 44-inch mortar and one 51-inch howitzer, all on com mon carriages; Torbert Battery, seven 24-pounder guns, on traversing platform.; Torbert Tower, two al-losh howitners, on common car riages ; Kilkerran Tower, two 31-inth howitzer*, on traversing plat forms ; Kilkerran Battery, six 24-pounder guns, on traversing plat, forms ; Carrick Battery, six 24-pour gone, ontreversing platforms Carrick Tower, two 34-inch howitsers, oa traversing platforms Scenery Battery, six 24-murder guns, on traversing platforms Scenery Tower, two 31-rach howitzers, on traversing platforms Duns= Tbwer, two 54-Inch bowitsers, on troreraing platform.; Dun ohs flattery, four 24-pounder runs, on traversing platform.; Micro. dane Tower, two 44-inch mortars, on common carriages ; Kileradane Batter?, six _4-ponder guns, on oommon carriages Grand total for Limerick, &c., 33 guns. Batten, Re...—Chartement Fort, It &pounder guns, on common platforms Green Castle Tower, two 3i-inch howitzers, on tear erring platforms; Green Castle Battery, two 24-pounder mum, on traversing platformo; Carrickfergus, one 12-pounder glut, on common carriage; Moonlit= Tower, two 24-pounder guno, on trorersing platforms; Knoekallow Battery, two 24-pounder gum, on traversing platforms; Droner Battery, two 24-pounder gun., ca traversing platforms ; Grand total for Belfast, 2sc., 29 glum. SPORTING BETTING AT YANG/IEB7'ER. Nrswimmer FIANDICAP.-4 to 1 agst 845ng (t), 7 to 1 agst Vanish (t), 7 to 1 apt Euelld e. (8 and afterwarda off.), 8 to I apt Foot- Meal (t), 13 tot apt Kosheng (t), 13 to I seat Lyncetw, 15 to 1 apt CtmPt 7o77 7 ( 7 ), TO to l apt QUO= Of Tree (t), 20 to 1 egg Dimon. twat (t). Pons 71razws.-71 to 5 apt Bung; 3 to 1 art Sir Tattoo tykes. Two TisoinuoD OMOILLO Oroosi.-2 f 0 I isortPlaset (offers to take), Bto 1 prat Glentilk •to 1 agatOowywrhato, to 1 age The Liberator. Cmaran Cor.-1$ to I opt user (t), and 40 to 1 apt Um; Mae were tba ger Iron tatted. Dwass.—g to t sorra& Iltoop.ll to 1 orot F lOOO7 (t), 38 to 1 apt Martin(t). No otrat draw tram the London pekes. OAIM-200 to U apt asmaWns (t), 300 to 25 opt The Farmer's Daughter (t), 11 to I opt oily other: NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. NRINAILPIFT, &MILT AITIRMOOM. Face* O'CLOClC—Billee we pub. Mad the list of esponnerdo :or the ensuing week, the following horses Mve arrived:—Mr Tenon Sykes, Halo, Red Hort, and rem pyre, Planet, King of Morrell, Devil-Me-Core, Wildernme, Vanish, Bingham, Don Cesar, Losarillo, Jack Rueter*, Epirote, The Tra- Terror, yyrrbus the First, Alendicant, Wbirlytig, 14 , 1 d Doe, Euclid colt, Sir Francis, Lancer, Discontent, Conspiracy, Merpresa colt, Lynceue, Lady Lure.eil, Free Lance, Brother to Stitch, and Maid of Langan. Path will hare nothing for the meeting. The above &Milian tenchs it probable that alt the engagements at the list will come off, except the match, between Alarm and Paregone, Alarm and the Baron, and Contain Phehus and Ukraine; Alarm receiver In the first two; and the latter is off by onuent. The following horns have been scratched Gag, Outpost, Cothen and Free Gift for the three 50 MM. sweetritiikes to. morrow • Flahowlagh, Watchdog, Finveragh, Doleful, Refraction, and Collier for the Newmerket Handicap; the Mstilda colt for his three engagements; the Zuleirna filly , Meld Mouse, Billow colt. and Veneer, for the Column; Pompeluna for hie engagement on Wednes day, and Joy for the Port. Several others ere likely to be struck out In the course of the day, and the gelds, with the exception of the Newmarket Handicap, for which 15 or 16 erUl probably show at the past, will be ,mall. The List contains some races of con siderable 'unwed amongst them the rates in which Epirote, Planet, and Red Hart ere engaged, the Newnan ket Handicap the Port, and the match between Pyrrhus the First 'and 'Havener but, on the whole, does not promise anything wonderful in the way of eport. Nor done the weather teed us to expect • full attend-ince. For many days past there has been enough of come, bell, rain, and fog, to remind us of the depth of winter, rather than the approach of a giving campaign; end today, although the temperature is more the appearance of the stmosphere in anything butencouraging. genial, i s fortunate that, notwithstanding this unwonted duration cm Winter, the course is in gent-rote conditioe, and the stalks, with very few exceptions, are healthy. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1817. MONDAT.—Duke of Bedford's Weatberbit. Sot Sib., arable Mr. ORrien's The liberator, let 1011:. T.M.M.; 500; lat. BATH RACES.-11147. Amer:Awns sea me ante HANDICAP.--My Mary, 3 yrs, Sat 71b ; Woodpecker, 4 yrs, Sat Alb; New F0.`04 Drer, 8 yrs, Sat 41b; Sir Simon, 4 yn, Set llb ; Columbus, 4 yrs, ist I Ilb ; Milliner, 4 yea, 31b;TR Wild Roe, yrs,7st 41b. The highentw eight that sconepted harms been under Sat 71b, it haa been raised to Sat 71b, and the others in Prsl 37 r l3o s. ALAVA AT Nswitsanwr.—vanish, Epirote, Bingham, Lanarillo, Jaek Musters, Lynxes, a by the Saddler out of Menem, Datontent, Conspiracy, Lancer, and Sirrrancla. tats Intelligence. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL. Preormt Lord Brougbao . „ lard li . agdale, Lord Campbell. and Ex PARTE SIDNEY STEPHEN, ESQ.—RESTORATION TO THE ROLLS.—Their lordships met for the purpose of deliver ing judgment in this case. Lord Brougham said their lordships had heard this case at great length, the particulars of which it was needless to go into. They gave great atten tion to the documents and the whole of the matter alleged, the more so so it was ex parte ; and they endeavouredlto dis cover upon what grounds the very severe sentence, striking him off the roll, had been inflicted upon a barrister and at torney (fur he was both) so long ago, unhappily, as the year 1842 ; so that before the result of their lordships' judgment could do him any good, five years of his suspension would have elapsed, which was a very painful consideration, for their lordships had unanimously come to a very clear opinion that there was no ground whatever for the sentence. That being the case, it was unnecessary to go further except to express, what they all felt, very great concern that he should have been kept out of his professional rights so long, and his character to a certain degree suffering. His lordship then ed to refer to some strong expressions used the proceeded to refer to some strong expressions used frl the judges below in the sentence appealed from; which most, he said, have arisen from an entire misapprehension of the : case, and the use of which their lordships lamented beaus e they tended to injure the character of an innocent mu I, and, because, sifting the case fully, there could not be th e least doubt that there was nothing to support the dig htest of them. It was, therefore, very much to be regret ted that the court had taken the course they did in the cu e. And without expressing any censure upon the judge.; for the language they used or the course which dug pursued, jostles to Mr. Stephen's character compelled them lordships to say that there was nothing whatever casting e n imputa tion upon him. The sentence, therefore, must be, reversed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Beam Mr. Orminemer nwilimpes. A BANKRUPT Awroomist,--its. Odomlin, Wormy, the alleged bankrupt is lin ales, was • well-known. solicitor and money smut, megylag brims" as. Carlton-gardens, who was OM allellbed IS • ateliense-i This was a meeting for the lair of mapsos. Mr.. Columbioe had filed no books, sad bud slot as yoe sue. rendered to the fiat. Mr. Osombionor Fonbiasqut said, that under them ciermenenese bs would &Mei t proofs, but the choke of anicama apt Oat sajoursir d for further investireatien--,Ms • masker, not i d if he might be permitted te remnant lb. Column —Mr. Commissioner Floahlestae : Conaialy tun Mr. Columbine has not yet saTreedired to his lat—kta. M filler, he the petit:Wain median, prayed for no ad pun ,. meat of this meeftm so Oa ground that no b A u , of sosswas had boa .ftenhala. sod, therefore, it , melba orssalok vibe WM sad who were not e ma ° . added to ram agar* tbo Wats, so as ta,rmajalr them to have a Tots la dr asks 1 ssigasea. It e au .," that Mr. Col owsd dab to wawa thou mom . that tartlet had boss la la IlbM of d e p o dgie money with him for the orapaws of investment, but is so books hod boon ,• nor papas isikating od e we e ' d i titan, woad bis bag a r ei l efie k Ink twoo -" Zirsa7 lido losdilses.—Mr. ssiwo bow bon the learati woolbootawbat withal to by as adjournment, filif 1111111.1111 &INV w. more sopsuislly as ao boobs se pesos boss Itboos w . the Maim.t and how did it boom that mita ark an bowortsat Mobs to has own istasas, he we not To. peolontod i *is court?—Mr. Cooks ail he bad bona Ite• at puma% not in aPPeara coatis, I saki _la the* ♦. ties The vie Asa s7a bAsitaties brimit mai bditismi that hev;:S moat widths. 101111•Prher• Puma ; but car vainly in lingland.—The debts pm& fa tbs:esouse of the day and to be about 1,11•91., owl &sr • Mohttiened die- ion, the choice of sidosss ... • rit i li!• d in court, dosin g tits _ .1 `..' Mr. Columbine In . to . BANKRUPT BARRUSTII.-411. : 4 ' 4 4TP II under a fiat mud out spinet • -.-, ' whoa it was sought to matt ' v , .1/4.... IV ~ P . 1 race WM argued at great • "I''' • ... 1 essuissisd, i• Rapport of 110 .• - 1 -Z., 0 • ' ir, s ..,