The Express. — London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

I glbt i gun. The QueEn and Prince Albert walked early yester. jay is Claremont Park. H. It. U. Prince Albert atterwarde the sport of shooting. attended by some of the n of the myal suite. Their R.R.H.II. the Prince of Wales. Prince Alfred, d o princess Itoyal, and e Prioc, as Alice, took walking sad riding ezercine vesterday morning.. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay left Clare pot yestentsy. In the afterntsott Her lit.ienty and her soil Comfort promenaded in Claremont Park, and the loyal Family took Bair usual airings. A deputation front the Irish Itsilway Companies, of Mr. J. G. Frith, Mr. W. 11. o mit, Sir J. Mr. I'. Tyrre'l, and Mr. F. H. !lemming, hat en ti b pelew with Ih .rd J. Ruseell yesterday at his oltici at mai awe m Doscong-street. Mr. T. E. May, and Mr. S. Smith, had an inter ,tre with the Bight Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office dthe Cometisd then of Railway.. Mr. Parker, I'., had 'oon intersiew with the right hon. gentleman yesterday. T h e Rev. &once Smith hail an interview with Earl Grey tidy at the Contiiinnoffice. The Archhishop of Canter ing had an interview with Sir G. Grey 'entering at the Nome -office. Sir J. Walmsley hail an Interview with the Sight Hon. T. DI. Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Beard of Trade. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial from the G.gernors of Nen' Zealand, Cigna), and the Car ..t G oil !lope. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town r a te 'sy evening, from Ilieklettrinsall, D dirinter. RETIREMENT ov M R. NIALTRY,TII K NIA(IIsTR ATE.— Mr. Maltby has resign, d on account of ill hvilth, and in to be succeeded by Mr. Bingham, from the Worship-street po bct•cour. oF NIR. CR, LATE M.P. Tolt ClREN onba.—Bfe have to r ec o rd the th nfsei of anothg veteran beibtar, Joneph Cripm, H.q., lateM.P. for Cirencester, who on tke Bth loot., at Ashcroft, near that town, aged 81. Ns was a banker in the lumdigh. au Kest India proprietor, a d a governor of the Van Diemen's I. mil Company. In off be was of cted for Cirencester, and continued to repres -Mg it until 1811, when le retired, and w ts succeeded by his 4" OM of the present member*. When Etig'istal mu ilindened by a Frenchinvasiou, thingentleman commanded *lay of volunteers. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yeateriar, being Plough Nesday, a court wan held for receiving thu present emile of the several wards. The foreman of the precinct lop ef St. Dunsten's made a presentment against cor bel QM houses in Fe:ter-lane, helo• sing to the City • ejlendon. which were male depositories of filth, to the Ciihame and injury of the neighbourhood, and other in the ;same sicinity, in which the lives of the inhobitants were in constant deem, on account of . I: ll =eus accumulation of offenrive mat:er in end shout Dee. It also mentioned other dilapidated houses. Sir James (the alderman of the ward) sail there was abundant 'saga evidence to show that the densely crowded state of AliSeighbourhood, and tne want of sewerage, produced fever .rem alarming extent in the close localities to which the fluent alluded. The dangerous state ii , o•her house., .e=ded the building of them, should be also particularly to by the Court of Aldermen. The Lord Mayor mid the jury ought to imply, in caw of the apprehended tall at any house*, to the district surveyor. Ile should himself • Bike eare that the other matters alludes to in the present -MO should he attended to. The Cite Solicitor Paid that in '4111111pwric•• (4: the event alteration in the law any person . ileapprehended danger from a building could apply to the Ditrist surveyor, and at once ohl ge him to move in the Aim. • 'WANTS' RIC:TITS.— Lan evening, a meeting of tie farmers and agriculturists (convened by the F e rran , . i Illal), leek place in the large saloon of Reelley's Hotel, t. Blaekfriars, for the purport of enneidering the of tenant right, with a view to obtain some reale- Fes t. wure from the legislature, and to show how far a • eleilingnlated system of tenant right he beneficial to the . based. Mr. T. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. W. Deseret, besides several other gentlemen, adareevd the : Posting, and a committee having been appointed to Conlin U lids with the membt•rs of parliament on the subject, the : lesilag ',Netted. WESTMINSTER- PRIM E.—A meeting to consider the isepseed eaction of a bridge at Charing-prom, in substitu • Oaks , the prey nt one at Westminster, washeld last night of Westminster Literary Institution, Great Smith-street, • tbs requisition earnestly soliciting the attendance of those . aeons of opposing a meseure so inconvenient and costly to Ile pablic,Bo destructive of important exieting inti rests, and rito all improvement in the densely-peopled districts estainster. Sir D. L. Evans, M.P., on taking the ' air, explained that the object of the meeting was to con ' Agit the last course for preventing the removal and &boll ; 800 of Westminster-bridge, a step which wax in direct oppo : titian to the report of the committee of the House of Commons, : led tewhieh he wassueprieed the governmenteould have been , bleed to lend a so,etion, without consulting the commis imam of that publi • building. which enjoyed a greater .seat of traffic than any similar building in the world t .arepting London-hrldie. (Hear, hear.) If any such pro , Delitiould be firelight before parliament, he should give it Di wet derided opposition. The following resolutions were Inedxnensly adopted : !bet the pennon abolition of Westminster-bridge, and the appli- Onisert ruads Iraiest by parlisment for its maintenance to the dumber near therm-craw, is token and injurioua en le St. Margaret and S. John, and to in i eir she i=g a rrineinal reason. : --Bee mew it would s, : dem the laureeabaseed thoroughfare from Surrey to the WilibliWWW, St. Jamen's-park, and the daily-increasing a i ef Pimlico and C'belses, and leave no coromuni neetteng wenn the river writ of t boring-crow free : d le I and also became the cost of approaches to in bridge ! et linnler site alone would nufece for the erection of • ' man leap on, or eicne to, the present site. Recluse it nia seetety put a stop to the opt dux of new stmtes through assoloriounly crowded. in-draine. and dilapidated portions of thear ~ oar of which greets ho , already received the sanction of ) and preveat ell improvement., therein. Because the Ts eanneske with the present bridge were laid out q commis : Memel= by parliamme. and a very large amount of property h M a a created war an impl cd agreement that a ladies • none be maintained by parlement on this spot for ever, and that the indetinalon of • bridge na silent site (involving an enormous degas ; Malice M the value of sea property and almost ruin to many lad . eldrA b leald be a leach dbith which ought not to receive the leo ' en Imeleinied Ihebbeeependenna of the mog important cons ems arleined he the therner resolution, and of the questions Iheselst, beet. and ettilltelnial Invoked in the propueed fur erecting • tie kegs neat Chealetememb and making the ap proaches thereto: le meeting is of epees Sae ha substitution foe :bridge on the pre- San site would be prates** of manifest public inconvenience, be gged It would throw the MAOus carriage traffic of Westminster nr,f r a .n r: n o T I P Ic e d t ... ha , t t zo re n tzt , r 4 ter r lzbi r,, iiige o , n an a d ultimately spot thei, sow at times iinpaisible by r, aeon of the immense triple from • the City to the went end an.! si-stem suburb./ of the metropolis. , . Meta ropy of the foregoing reentutions be forwarded to the commie. news of Westminster-bridge. and that the memUers for the city of • Illeestineter and the borough of Lambeth be rsinested, both as mcm ,g . We of tea eommerden and one representatives in parliament, to need elm appropriation of the property net apart for maintaining the pima bridge to the erection of a bridge on a distant site; that a acs es be formed to consider the best memo of opposing the • endialie =mare, if expedient, in concert with other opposing ~....a d that a subscription be commenced to defray the neenwary THawes, M.P., the Dean of Westminster, and Mr. .- ',lately, were amongst those present. ASYLUM FOR TIM 1)E.% F AND DUMB.- -An election k eel place yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpnee , ef electing 30 from the list of candidates to so many existing vacancies in the charity. The following are the nacres o • the successful candidates, with the number of vote. for each —F. Williams, 3,440 • Emma Thom on 3,439; Mary Anne . Bear, 3,439; A. Ho r ton, 3,437; Marth a Malin, 3,436; S. • Lynn, 3,43.5; R. G. Thompenn, 3,434; Martha Vaghy, . 2,941 ; Eliza Beyes, 2,856; W. J. Vick, 2.852 ; Emma Lie, 2,916; E. J. Colley, 2.788; E. Lewis, 2,613; S. Taylor, • 2,604; E. Walsh, 2,49-5; J. Finch, 2,470; Mary Stan ton, 2,443; M. E. Barnett. 2,401; G. Pike, 1.988; S. Haynes, 1,726 ; J. Boom, 1,708; W. Driscoll, 1,551 • It. W. Ridley, 1,437 ;W. J. Georpe, 1,046; J. Sheller , 99 9 ; Eliza M. Allen, 9111 R. Fovs'er, 880; Louisa Fisk, 687; H. Levy, 663: J. Stephens, 565 • lkils.3 WALwrr's SOlREES.—Yesterday evening the first of a series of " musical soirees and sketches of cha racter" was given by Miss Ilarriet Walcott, formerly a . member of the corps ctrawatique of the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, at the Music-hall, Store-street. This lady ventured upon a lase of ro ordinary difficulty. To entertain an audi ence wholly by the efforts of one individual, requires mere than ordinary artistieal skill, and the venture a a b ild one; and though Miss Walcott did not " achieve greatness," she certainly succeeded in affording amusement, and as far as we could ascertain satialaction to a respectable, hot, we regret to say, remarkably thin audience. The first part of the entertainment comprised the recitation and embody ment by Min Walcott of "Collins' Ode on 'the Pas lions," aided by scenic effects, and aecompagjel with the original music. The Recollections of Irela *s erved to introduce several jokes, of which it may he cl, as re of "Squire Acre's ;lathe," that "nothing b their antiquity makes them respectable." A new monntle ti en tled ••1 will find him out," presented the artiste ight different characters, in each and all of which Miss N cott acquitted herself with great ability, and received, as sl/Pde served, general plaudits. Of the whole, however, we must express our regret that the arrangements lack novelty, and will, we fear, fail to attract that patronage and support which will be remunerative. At ad event., we recommend a ,bit to the entertainment provided, which, we believe, will be repeated every evening during the present week. POPULAR EDUCATION.—A lecture on this subject I was delivered last evening at the National Hall, Holborn, hy a Mr. Gurvey, whose name we do not recollect as having been pin, lamely before the public. Slaving reviewed ail : that up to the present moment has been done in this im portant metier, the lecturer proceeded to criticise the plan ' tstely propounded be Dr. Honk, of heed., whir , ' lie pro nounced defective, because it retained the fault of, to some extent, mixing up religious with secular education. 1)r. Hook's plan, giving one system to the members of the Church of England, and another to all sectaries, he likened to the child's glove, which contained one place for the thumb, and one other for all the finger. Mr. Blinee's late letters came also under the lecturer's anima:version. The aftertiin of that gentleman, that there were only in Eng land and Wales 62,000 children without school accommoda tion was perfectly ridiculous, there being more than that number in London alone, who were wholly unprovided with the mean., of education. Having alluded at axe length to the intellectual destitution of the country prolud by the startling . rut, that only 40 out of every 100 of the population could read or write. Mr. Garvey contended that it we- 1 matter that re quired the immediate attention of governinctit. The work tag classes in this country had an equitable right to have their children educated at the expense of the state. First , becalm, they could not understand the requirements of the constitution under which they lived without it : and, 2ndly bemuse our socials ystem required that their whole energies should be expended in the procuring food for themselves and families, thereby rendering the education of their children by themselves or at their own expense next to an impossi bility. Government sh ou ld a t once t h en un d erta k e t h e goo d work, undeterred by religious prejudice or political clamour, and construct (or the people a smells of strictly secular edu cation, which, while it enables all to understand the truths of religion, should leave each in the undisturbed possession of his own peculiar mode of belief. Tho lecturer was much cheered by an audience, which, although not very numerous, was exceedingly attentive throughout. REMOVAL OP TIIE ALMONRY IN WESTMINSTER.— A step has been taken towards the Wedminster improve ments, in the removal of the Almonry, Westminster. Eight or ten houses have already been pulled down, and others will, no doubt, shortly follow. LITERATURE Is A GONVICT-SIIIP.—The Thomas Arbuthnot, convict-ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead on Sunday. fur Port Philip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called "exiles." These are the first "exiles" sent to the above settlement, which the in habitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the government on the subject. Themoet ingenious trades and professions are carried on ou board this ship; in fact, we believe all trades in vague have their re presentatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its f.reinn and domestic correspondence, advertise ments, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an ap parently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the ritad;l, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship " the governor." The Citadel having no oppo nents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitim ite literary world; but all names and circumstances in connection with their present position is strictly preserved secret with re gard to these exiles," the great majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Park hurst (Isle of Wight) prisons. , . AMERICAN PROJECT FOR IRISH EMIGRATION.— The Belfast Vindicator contains the following "We are enabled to state, on the authority of private letters from re lipectable parties in New York, that a plan for enabling the destitutelrish to emigrate, on an extensive wile, from their present wretched habits.inns to the deli..htful valley of the Mississippi, is in contemplation in that city. The outlines of the project are these : —A large monied company is to be formed in New York. By this company ten good ships, at the least, will be provided to bring out Irish families, for the purpose of forming a colony in the valley of the Mississippi. Th.. company will have its own responsible agents both in Ireland and America; it will supply to each family no brought out 100 acres of hind, implements of tillage, nod everything neces my for their new condition during the first twelve months The remunerations from the colony to the company would he by yearly instalments, extending over several Tears, in order to make the repayment of the ex penses incurred easy to the settlers. It is believed that, by this means of transit, 10,000 souls could be removed from the shores of Ireland to the banks of the Mississippi in a - RISE OF TILE THAMES.—WESTMINSTER PALACE. —1 have noticed, for nearly half a century, the gradual and regular rim of the waters of the river Thames. My atten tion was first drawn to it by finding that extreme high. tides were not preceded, nor succeeded, by similar tides. These were recorded by the watermen of the Westminster llore ferry, by notches cut by them on a post there, ere the pant was removed when the street was raised. I now observe, that professional men in reporting on some localities, such as Westminster, say that the sewers there were originelly too low. But it appears that the said sewers were high enough when they were first made ; but are not so new, owing to the rise of the river. It appears that I ant the first person who has noticed a cireunritance so universally continuously evident. The architects of modern as well as ancient buildings were not aware of it, as will be too plainly seen by referring to the floor of Westminster-hal, the upper line of the starlings of old London-bridge, the gate of Lambeth Palace, the York- Water gate, Adelphi, the level of the wharfs there, &e. 'the ground-line or plinth of the palatial Houses of Parliament is already below the level of extreme high tides. The dif ference of the rise of the highest tide before the Parliament Houses were burnt down, to the last highest tide, viz. in I December, 1845. is but ten inches. The prece ;lag highest tide was in October, 1841. These two tides were very care fully noticed at the " Fox under the lull)," Adelphi, the people there being up at the late hours both these tides occurred at ; the difference was exactly one inch ; the Ue of elevation are painted in the tap-room there.—Correspowl era of the Builder. SLAUOIITER-HOUSES.—The slaughtering of animals in towns is necessarily attended by circumstances which render the practice injurious to the health of the com munity; and it is very questionable whether any regu lations, short of prohibition, will materially amend the present state of things. It is no doubt possible to &holed' private establishments of this kind, and to compel all parties to make use of those specially provided for the purpose; but so long as the practice itself is permitted within the precincts of towns, so long will it be a public nuisance requiring removal. The views ezpressed on this subject in the second report of the Sanitary Com , mireioems, are very decided, and, we think, perfectly yarranted by the facts of the case. The commissioners 'state that, " the efflavia arisir.g from the blood and the entrails of animals, where recently slaughtered, renders the carrying on of such business in the precincts of large towns incompatible with due sanitory regulations, even when the offal and filth see speedily and effectually re moved. In scarcely one instance, however, in which sham bles or slaughter houses have come under the observation of the cemmissioners, either in the metropolis or in provin cial cities and towns, have there been fount in force any regulations or authoritative supervision to compel the speedy and regular removal of offal from, or the effteient cleansing of such places. They have, on the contrary, been found to be, almost withoet exception, centres of the diffusion of noisome influence*, affecting, with more or less intensity, the immediate vicinity, deteriorating the sanitary condition of the surrounding population, commonly poor and item*, as recorded in the local reports of the commissioners, and Let • more remote degree vitiating the general atmosphere of the town, and thus becoming a nuisance to the inhabitants at large.—HeoftA of Towns' Adcoeste for January. AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE WORKING OF THE QUARANIINE Lawn.—The following case affords a striking proof of the hardship which the 'mice enforcement of this law occasionally inflicts. The vessel Sir C. Napier, of Southampton, was on her voyage from Fero, laden with a perishable cargo of orange., lemons, and figs. After having encountered a suecession of stormy weather and a hurricane, in which the bulwarks were stove, and the creek-house on deck, and a brat, swept away, they were scoring Scilly, when they fell in with a vessel in a sinking state, which proved to be the brig Syron, of Sunderland, bound to Liver pool, from a port in the Black See, with a cargo of linseed. There were on board her, the captain and ten men, who were rescued from their approaching destruc tion with great difficulty by the Sir C. Napier, Mr. Hicks. 'rite homeward voyage having been pro longed beyond the ant)) ipated time, the pros Unties on board the Sir C. Napier, originally only calculated for six hands, were running short, and the addition of eleven others to oh ire the scanty supply at once reduced all on boar.) to an exceeding short allowance. The little store, however, was cheerfully portioned out to the shipwrecked men, who partook equally with their rescuers as long as a biscuit remained on board. In working up channel Capt. Hicks was compelled to run into Cheese! Cove, near Portland, to obtain a fresh supply of biscuit, and he then I came on up to Southampton, where he arrived on Sunday I last. During this time all on board had suffered consider ed* hardship from the limited sleeping room in so small a mewl, and what little food they had cooked had to be dressed in the cabin, in consequence of the cook-house being wa-had away. Here, however, instead of le ins released at once from their comfortless position ' the vessel was seat down to the lotherliatik to perform five days' quarantine, because the shipwrecked men, who had b een takta on board at great risk, sod in the exercise of • noble spirit of huma nity, had been rescued from a vessel coming from a port which would have rendered her liable to that period of do. tention in quarantine, had she arrived safely, instead of sinking beneath the waters of the Bev of Biscay. The law admitted no relaxation; the quarantine was endured, and the vessel was not released until Thursday morning, wham she arrived in the docks, and landed the nnfortuuate crew of the Syron who were loud in their expressions of grad- tilde for the truly humane manlier in which they hod bees treated by Captain Hicks and the crew of the Sir C. Napier. It was not, however, only the el:teen persons on board the vessel who suffered from the enforcement of the quarantine; the consignee of the cargo, Mr. T. B. Thompson, has, we hear, sustained considerable toes by the detention of the vessel. The cargo being of so notoriously a perishable nature, it was, of course, a great ob ject to get it landed as quickly as possible, and when the vessel came up on Sunday the fru it was in tolerable condi tion, the previous cold weather having counteracted the ef fect of the prolonged voyage. But the change which then took place, awl whiter has since continued, to a mild temper ature, and moist state of the atm sphere, began to affect the cargo, which has greatly deteriorated in value from this cause. Mr. Thompson is thus made to pay fo in puree, asee the crew of the Sir C. Nit:4er did in person, r the exerci of their humanity in saving the lives of eleven fell° e-creatures. —Harnp_shire Guardian. A Vont> ABOUT GAME.—TiIiS peculiar, landlord created burden on agriculture is a constantly irritating and festering sore on the rural body. Few of our readers will forget Lord Hardwicke's description of the hopeless state of depression of his tenants, and of the ill cultivation of Ws I farms, and that we suggested at the time that those evils were probably caused))) the mismanagement of the landlord. Now, that view is confirmed by the following paragraph we meet with in a local paper : e e rie...m.l,er Imerseieues k shooting pier OR a snot w the E d r, of ih.,rdwiel.e, of ‘i impoie ILdl, CAtobritlitruldre,lant week, durinr foot hour. in each of three eueerasive day., killed 340 rheas:AMA, 303 hares, 9 woodcocks, and 3lin rabbits; total, 1039. The pure. we have been informed, enneiri•ed the Fad of Hardwie ke, the 31einnita of Exeter, Lord I,eett, Lord thsybrooke, lion. C. Drummond, lion. E. Yorke, and one other gentleman. If six gentlemen can, in four hnnrA, kill 1,039 head of those destructive vermin—game, on ono estate, what must he the condition of the tenantry' Let the English farmers answer the quesfion. If the game killed amount to one-sixth of the whole quantity upon the estate—which is far too teeth an estimate—there will he upwards of 5,000 of these de stroyers left to breed and batten en the scanty crops of the impoverished tenant of the Wimpole estate, until, probably, this time 12 mouths, when the porting destruction of them 11111," afford anotherfour hours' APOILT to six idle gentlemen, Well may the tenants exclaim—" It may be sport to lords and squires, but to tenant-tarmers it is ruin." The remedy, however, is in the farmer , ' own bonds. They should quit We farof ganni-pressre.rs at all hazards, f.r no tenant can eve er r thrive nn a game-ridden farm, sad leave such pro- THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1847. prietora as Lord Hardwick') to pay the natural price of their puerile sport, by being compelled to farm their own lands.— The Economist. TIIE "'TIMES" AND IRELAND.—What has been the conduct of England towards Ireland, in her destitution 1 When the cry of famine first sounded over the Channel, England was aroused to an act of charity. In the course off a little time, the LIMA bestowed were found insufficient for the necessity of the case, and John Bull became impatient: " We have our pone in England," said, he ; " take car • of your own poor in Ireland." Again the cry arose, and the Times aectiard the Irish of wishing " to make money out of starvation." This is barbarous; but it is lite rary true that such an emus 'Gen was made. Other papers began to nay, that the cries of want were exaggiested and that the savings-hanks in Ireland were not exhaust el. This lulled alarm and sympathy for a while, and then the truth of the ease came out again, and again John Bull was touched with pity. But now came a new story, that the starving peasantry of Ireland were purchasing fire-arms ! Again Jobe Bull locked up both heart and purse, saying, that he did not like to pay money to boy hlundertmeses After all these take of exaggeration, of full savings -b inks ' and of fire-arms, 'sought by the nerving peasantry, hose turned out to be falsehoods; but they have served their pur pose in making English charity more tardy then otherwise it would have been.—.4llgcmcine Zeitung. FIRE, YESTERDIY.—Ex PLOSION IN TILE STRAND. Yesterday, a sudden explosion of a most fearful character took place upon the premiss in the occupation of Mews. Pepper and Taylor, printers, of 1, Pickett-street, Strand. It appears that a number of men hail been engaged during the morning in laying on the gas in the le isement. Fro:n some cause that cou'd not be correctly ascertained, the lower flow of the premises became tilled with glut, and a candle, which hied been inc.eitiausly taken into the place, was left burning, which e fused the gas to explode with a fearful noire, shaking the building to its foundation ' • at the nine time netting the basement in ftames,and blowing down the ceiling and partitions on the staircase, and forcing out the skylight in the machine room. The flames, the instantthe windows were blown out, were to be seen rushing out of the openings in the lower part of the building; an that for some time ditaserone conse quences were feared. The parish engines, with seven belonging to the London establishment, and the West of England one quickly attended; a id there being an abundant supply of water, tie flames were subdue I in the course of an hour and a hJf. Some idea of the force of the explo sion may be formed, when it is stated that a gentleman who was sitting in the building at dinner, was faced out of hit choir, and driven against the wall with greet violence ; at the a eue time three or four squares o: glass were demolished on the premises of Mr. Wilkinsen, the chemist, of 248, Strand, and a similar number in the house of Mr. March, ironmonger, of 251, in the same thoroughfare. Unfortu nately, Messes. Pepper and Taylor were uninsured. INUESTS, YESTERDAY. SIR EDWARD HYDE EVIT, BART.—By Mr. Carter, at the Rafe* Head, Batter. sea, to inquire into the circumstances attendiut the sudden demise of Sir E. East, Bert., late of Sherwood-lodge ' Bat t-rsea. J. Blanchard, the butler, was the first witness called. He deposed that the deceased baronet was 82 years of age. On the morning of Friday last, about halt pan seven o'clock, the housemaid and witness went to the deceased's sleeping apartment, she to light the lite, end he with some hot water. They knocked at the door, and continued doing so for full twenty minutes, when, receiving no answer, witness became alarmed, and went for hie son (Mr. E est), who was staying in the house, and by his direction witness forced the door, which was only fastened by a drop bolt, when the deceased baronet was discovered lying on his left side apparently dead. Dr. Connor was sent for, and on his arrival confirmed their fears. The deceased retired to bed on Thursday night at half-put 10 o'clock, and was then in apparent cooed health, lye had been to town in the morn ing, and returned between two and three o'clock, after which he dressed fur dinner, which he partook of heartily with his eon and his wife, Mrs. Croft and Miss Henke,. Deceased had not been under medical care for three months prior to his decease. Dr. W. Connor, the medical attendant to the deceased baronet, r fter describing the appearance of the body as he found it, gave it as his opinion that the deceased died from saneuineous apoplexy, indicted solely from natural causes. The jury . returned a verdict in accordance with this opi nion.—DßATH FROM Sauer or Poreies.—By adjournment, berme Mr. William Batter, at the Cooper's Arms. Blackwell, con cerning the death of an infant, named Robert Edward Jones, aged 14 months, whose death was caused by the im proper use of a medicine, called syrup of poppies. The de ceased was a healthy child, and a few day. aga it was at tacked with a alight cough; the mother purchased three pennyworth of syrup of poppies. She received half a gill of the syrup for her money, and the person who sold it gave her verbal directions to administer three or four spoonfuls of the stuff daily. The mother gave her child two tea-spoonfuls on Monday. On the two following days she attempted to give the child some more of the 'syrup, but was unable to do so; the infant rejected it. On Thursday she succeeded in ad ministering two in ire spoonfuls of the medicine. On Friday morning the child suddenly expired. Mrs. Cemmett, who sold the syrup, denied that she had advised the mother to administer such a large quantity as she had done. ' The quantity sold was sufficient to last a fortnight. The coroner read a severe lecture to the woman Cemmett, who sold Vie mixture, and hoped this would be a caution to her in future not to dispose of such medicine' without label ling the photo in which it was contained. He did not believe the woman had sold the medicine in a reckless manner, or Fe would charge the jury to return a verdict of manslaughter. Verdict, " Death from natural causes, accelerated by an overdose of a certain syrup administered as a medicine." —BURNED TO DEATH.--By MI. Mali, in the Board room of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, on the body of Mrs. Lucy Legge, aged 4.5, aledy residing at 31, Sidmnuth-atreet, Regent-square. The unfortunate lady was arranging her hair before a mirror over the fire-place, when, having been seised with a fit, she fell arrows the fender, and, her clathew e etching fire, she was so dreadfully burned that, although Dr. Cunningham was in instant attendance, and everything that skill or science suggested wan done, she expired on the Gth inat. Verdict, " Accidental death."-- At the Railway Tavern, adjacent to the Brandon-station. The names of the deceased were Joseph Roderham, aged 31, and William Talbot, aged 2.5, both hal ast-men in the service of the company. The evidence of the witnesses thus describes the circumstances attending the unfortunate occurrence: At daylight, on Thursday morning, a train of twelve loaded ballast-trucks was proceeding along the line front Brandon towards Loken-heath. The deceased, with several other labourers, accompanied the trucks in order to unload them. 'they were seated on the top of the soil. The train proceeded apparently in the usual safe manner, hut on nearing Loken-heath the fore axle of the truck on which the deceased were seated, from some unknown cause, snapped sounder in two places. The body of the machine instantly dropped, and as the train was drawn slang, the next truck mounted the one that was broken, and the poor fellows were crushed underneath it. The jury expressed themselves satiated that the company had adopted the necessary prec iutions fur the protection of such workpeople as the deceased, and that the accident was the result of circumatances over which they had no control. Verdict—" Accidental death."--At Ware, on the body of a man who was run over by a train at the level crossing near the station. The unfortunate man was, on Friday evening, returning from the post-office, and was about to cross the line just as a train from Hertford was coming up to town. The constable who heel charge of the gates endea voured to prevent him, hut to no purpose—the unhappy fellow would attempt to cross. He struggled away from the officer, and no sooner had he got on to the line, than the buffer of the engine struck him to the ground, and the whole train passed over his lege. He died on Saturday. Net blame was attached to the company's servants. A verdict of Accidental death" was recorded IRELAND. DUBLIN, J AN. 10. The high pram obtained by the millers during the past month, and which are not likely to undergo mu Ai diminution during the next three months, am exhibited in a fact which Appears elsewhere. The relief committee of the city of Limerick had the good sense to make an early purchase of Indian corn abroad, which arrived only a few days ago. Imme diately, an offer of purchase was made by private speculators, which, on the two cargoes, would have realised a profit to the committee of 1,6001. The difference between the present value and the price paid by the committee exceeds 2,0001. A millowner in Limerick, it is said, clears one thousand pounds a week. He has five establishments at work in the neighbourhood of the city, and is about to erect another, which is to be worked by engines of 400 horse power. 'rhe Limerick Chronicle states that the rival chiefs, O'Connell and Smith O'Brien "shook hands at the Lord Mayor's feast." There was no union of right hands at the Mansion-house, for the member for Limerick was not there, but there was at the Repro ductive Employment Committee on Wednesday lag. Mr. O'Connell tendered the band of friendship, and it was at once accepted. The whole of the London press, with the exception of the Daily News have published incorrect returns of the numbers employed under the board of works in Ireland during the last week in December. These journals have also published incomplete returns, inas much as the numbers employed during each week of December were given in the Daily News alone, The incorrect returns fix the numbers employed on the week ending December 26 at 398,231, whereas the true return, as published in the Daily News, was 418,218. Thus you will perceive your contemporaries ' committed an error of 20,000—a very serious one indeed, in a matter of such grave interest. All the Dublin journals, with one exception, have made the same error ; and hence the semi-official organ of the Irish government has found it necessary, in last night's publication, to admit the incorr, etness of the returns itself had published, and to state the true numbers, which are identical with the totals oubliolmol so much earlier in the Dilly News. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, JAN. 9. At a meeting of commissioners of supply, ustiets, proprietors, and clergymen of Scotland, held on the 23th ult., the following resolutiena were nnanimowily adopted: I. That thin meeting view with alarm and deem cavern, the newer which has been retorted by the Lords of bee Majeure Tna waurryy to the menwsrlal witch they hod the honour to address to thiir lordstoilr in October lad, on the subject of the detonation caused by the failure of the potato crop. —Y. That the members of the meeting were aware that the Lords a the Treasury hod no regular " funds et their disponi item which grants could he made tor the formation of roade;" but they humbly conceived it to be the duty and interest of a parental government to provide funds when the hoes of its subjects were at stake. —3. That it in the duty of this meeting to tar hefote bee Majeoty's Government a more particular recount of the em', of this toneteT. its wants and prospects and to impress upon m.ntmera the awful reapenisibility of withholding relief from many thous:mils of their dretitiite (chow ClergorAA, and that this is wore especialy necessary, inasmuch as the meeting believe that the government elhcer who lately cited 'Leland had not, from the fiberfill:as of hu stay, an op portunity of becoming acquainted with the real date of the co intey. -4. That the following facts show the utter imporolhility of this county alone, and without the strong support of gavernment, at tempting to meet the exigency : —The gnus rental of those lot ad* has been connoted an not exceeding 2i ;.alp:., from which there must be deducted for public burdens at least one.H:th, which leaves at meet an available rental of 16,000/. In this calculation there u left out of view altottetlie: the great amount of annual Into arialng from bad I debt* among a numerous and poor tenantry. The population of three islands, according to the lost census. N/A 30,164, of which, at the very least, 23,00 1 1 are poor rotten, many of wham, In a seafaring Imputation, are betides. arid we and orphan children, who hare lost their chief article of food through the failure of the potato crop. Their small *toot of bear and oohs, even making no allowance for seed, will he consumed by the middle of February, after which, for several months, they will have nothing but narration before them. To maintain this popuLotton, even at the nominal rate of one penny per day for ,eie month, would nquire the K• , of 3,1251. which, if continued; would, bctore the arrival of harvest, more than exhaust the rental of the whole country. From these farts it I. farther evident. that the country will not be able to provide seed, espeially potatoes, for the ensuing season, by which the existing c.damitr will be inevitably extended to future years. 3. Revolved, th d to make rood., in this conntry where the pat idles are from ten to [weals miles long over hill and bog, with a rental of from 3001. to 2,11001., 1. beyond the reaminxs of thew Wands, which are already most heavily burdened; and to attempt to bentw ulna, for such a purpose would be highly In •spedient and ruinous 6. That the chair man be requested to torward cooks of these revolutions to the Earl of Zetlaml. the lord-Lieutenant of the County, the Member of PArlia liament for the County, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, and Sheriff Neansa, he. - - A grand Celtic fancy ball, under the "especial patronage" of her Majesty and Prince Albert, is announced to take place in Edinburgh on the 28th inst., ehe proceeds to be handed over to the fund for the destitute Highlanders. A concert on a large scale takes place on the 1 lth for the same purpose. A ladies' work sale is also contempleted. The prices of malt liquors have been raised by the Edinburgh brewers 21s. per hhd. on ale, 49. per hhd. on table beer, and 7s. 6d. per hhd. on porter. The Aberdeen members, city and county, have in formed their constituents that the Fidel Harbours Bill will not probably be pressed in parliament; and, acting on this assurance, the Aberdeen Town Council have de 'lined sending any delegate to the proposed deputation from varioustowns, shortly to assemble fur the purpose of opposing the measure. Sir Culling Eardley Smith and his Edinburgh sup porters have formally dissolved connexion with each other; the cause of separation being Sir Culling's refusal to oppose Sunday travelling. The Edinburgh presbytery of the United Secession Church—one of the largest of the Scotch dissenting bodies —has issued an address dissuading their ad herer.ts from travelling on Sunday, either for business or pleasure; but expressing no opinion hostile or favourable to the recent arrangement of the dire:tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway. SANITORY STATE OP EIHNIICROIL—Dr. Stark has pub lished a pamphlet on the esnitory state of the Scottish metropolis, from which the following statistical extracts are made Proportion per 1,000 of penums who die above 60 years of age ; England and Wale*. 2"J; London, 206; Edinburgh, 201; 193; Birmingtuun, 159; Manchester, 136; GLisgow, 129; Liverpool, 112. Mean age of death in Edinburgh Gentry and professional men, 47.22; merchant., 36.53; art isa ns, 24.65. The excennee mor tality amongst the 1 mer claws Is ►-cribed C. accumulations of filth within and around the dwellings; wont of dm nage; wont of ventila tion in houses; crowding of families into the mine confined cham bers; want of a proper supply of water; intemperance, anti corpora retain.' VI opirtments °maples! by the living. ABERDEEN Sewaoe.—This is valued at 3001. to 4001. per annum, and arrangements are being made for its ap plication to agricultural purposes. Poo a-Law DECISION.—A practice has begun to creep into the administration of the new poor law, by the local boards in some districts of the north, of admitting applicants for relief upon the roll of paupers on allowatices merely nomi nal, with the view of excluding the jurisdiction, and preventing the inte-ference, of the sheriff. The applica tion of Widow Margar,t Mackenzie of Killearnan, in Rau-shire, the mother of three infant children, having been dealt with in this manner by the inspector of that parish, under the instructions of the board, she appealed to the Sheriff Court for redress, end an order having been mule for interim support, pestling the disco-stun, the inspector refused to obey it. The agent appointed to act fur the woman brought the matter under the notice of the sheriff in the form of a motion to commit the inspector to prison for his contumacy, and the latter was ordered to attend at the bar for explanation. The sheriff found "that the avowed and continued refusal of the inspector to obtemper the said order, and to afford relief to the petitioner pending the process, is a manifest disregard of the authority of the law, and a contempt of this court." But in respect the inspector has now declared at the bar his regret for this course of proceeding upon his part, and paid over in open court to the petitioner'. agent, for her behoof, the sum of ss. EA interim support, dispenses, in these circumstances, with the infliction of any punish= nt." WINE AT FUNEILALS.—FoIIowinS the example of other Scotch towns, a resolution hay been adopted by . upwards of eiihty mini of different denominations in Glasgow, with a view to the discouraging of the serving of wine at funerals. The Town Council hays unanimously agreed to lend their influence in favour of the measure. GLasoorr SAVINGS BANY.—Tho last annual report stated that the net increase in money and interest for the past year was 30,4581. 4s. 3d. ; that 6,222 new accounts bad been opened, 6,141 of which were for individual depositors, and 78 for friendly and charitable societies. The gross sum of receipts and repayments together, was upwards of 370,0001., in more than 80,000 transactions, being a greater extent of actual business than in any other preceding year of the bank. The reeeivings average bad been 31. 145., being leas than in some former years, yet indicating, from their aggregate amount, the continued perseverrince and influx of small depositors. IRON ORE.—A valuable seam of iron ore, ten inches thick, lying immediately above the coal, has been discovered in the parish of Gladsmuir, East Lothian. The proprietor has vs♦ fused high offers for the mineral, and intends erecting exten sive works forreali.ing the benefits of his lease and discovery. The ore is said to contain fram 30 to 40 per cent. of iron at the finest qua; ity. Poe-neat CULTlVtrtos.—The editor of the Ayr Adser finer was so deeply impressed with the marriage and arrival at Culzean Castle of the Marquis and Marchioness of Adak in November last, that he offered two guineas and a copy of his paper for twelve months to the poet who should produce the best verses congratulatory of the occasion. Fertile Ia poesy, the soil of Ayr produced twenty-two bards solicitous to win such tempting prizes, and the laurel was conferred on John Dow, who dates his communication from the classic locality of Alloway Mill. A NEW WAY OF RAISING THE SUPPLIES.—In Dal mellington, Ayrshire, the cost of the gas consumed in the street lamps ii defrayed by an annual dancing festival, called the " Gm Ball !" The last one took place on New Year's Day. ARBROATH BANK.—This institution has bet a Witteitd to the Commercial Bank of Scotland. ENLISTING ON SUNDAY.—A case was trie-1 at Aberdeen, the other day, which excit-A considerable interest. It was that of a young man who had enlisted on Sunday, while in a state of intoxication. On coming to hi. senses he dis covered his position, and get off on the following pleas :- Ist. That he was in a state of intoxication when he enlisted. 2nd. That he enlisted on the Sabbath. 3rd. That the usual questions were not put to him on enlistment.—„N'orth of Scotland Gazette. ETCHINGS BY THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT.—In the Picture Exhibition of the Glasgow Philosophical Society, No. 75 is an etching of two dogs' heads, by her Majesty, and No. 23, an etching. by Prison Albert. Her Mejesty'e etching is particularly well done.—Seottia4 Guardian. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. ALLIIGED CASE OP STARVATION THROVOH THE NEGLECT OP A RELIRVINO Ormeea.—On Monday morning, an inves tigation took place before Mr. Austin, assistant poor•law commissioner, at the West Derby workhouse, Liverpool, into the circumstances preceding the death of James Perk, la bourer, alleged to have arisen from the neglect of William Tristram, one of the relieving officers of the union. A spe cial meeting of the guardians had been called for the purpose of meeting Mr. Austin, and whiting in the investigation. Mr. Austin commenced proceedings by reading a resolution of the hoard, which had been transmitted to the commis sioners, and induced th • present inquiry. It was to the effect that it had been stated to the hoard by Mr. Peers, a member of it, and one of the overseers, that James Park, labourer, had applied to the relieving officer ea Tuesday, the 15th December, for the relief of him self and family, consisting of a wife and four young children, be himself labouring at the time under an asthma; that the application was made during the sitting of the guardians, sad that the relieving officer had dismissed him (without relief) in a state of destitution ; and that he returned home, truing his wife he was heart-broken, and died on the following day. At the request of the assistant-commissioner. Mr. Peers detailed some of the amnia-mem connected with the melancholy ease. lie said: Os. Wedaesday morning Mr. Bradshaw, the relieving officer, asked me what bad been done at the board with a poor man who had celled at his office on the previous morning, and whom he had sent on in a cf..r. Mr. Bradshaw deavribed his appeasanec as very miserable, and said that he was in a state of eahanstion. I said I had not seen such a man, and war ware no such one had been before the board. I was then imme diately struck with some words I had heard Mr. Tristram. tho relieving officer, use Da theprevious day. As I was goiaz into the office of Mr. Lythgoe, the governor, I saw a tall man retiring from the door, and, as it shut, Mr. Tristram turned round and said, " I have got rid of that chop ; he was frightened, and bolted when I named the house." I made inquiries at Edgehill after the applicant ; but could hear nothir g of him till Friday morning, when Mr. Dolling came to t'oe office. When I mentioned the applicant to him he an t , " I sow him myself." " Well," I said, " I wish you would go and relieve him l ? and we will have it before the board neat Tu slay " Mr. Dolling said, "By the tye, I registered the death of a poorman in Edgehill." He brought '\ a copy of the registry-book, and we saw that hie name was ' James Park, lie lived iu Back Boltonotreet, Edgehill. H e wen: to me the corpse, and was quite shosked, eating it was the mime man. I called on the widow on the Monday after ward., and she told me her husband had been buried on the previous day. I requested hcr to call at the office, and I would give her 44. 6d. out of the Walton Relief Fund. Seven witnesses were examined, ao.d the inquiry had not concluded when our accounts left. THE DEATH OP A HUMBLE LANCARHIRS NATTILALIAT is thus referred to by the Mine/tester Gua,rlian We bore to reeord the death of Junes Crowther, the Manche-ter botanist, who died on Wedneaday evening List, from &decay of nature, we fear accelerated bye want t f the requisite nourishment and warmth r.r a man of his years:old Infirmities. lie was in tis 79th rear, and had only been confined wholly to his bed for twa or three days previ ous to bin death. Residing With • coartiel daughter, who haa a large family, all suffering from privations, which result from the factory workers amongst them having long been reduced to short time, pow Crowther has had little so port beyond the allswacce of a pittance old, weekly from "The Society for the Relief of Scientific Men in numb/0 Life." When we mention that Crowther wasi the friend and timpani. of Walker, J. newborn, and E. Ilabson, the b-stonists ear het re him); that he rendered great usistance to the late hr. null, in cot letting and describing tare plants In this neighbourhood, when the Dr. wan engaged in his work on botany; and that he furnished infer motion to the late Sir James Edward Smith, relative to certain mane and lichens, which that distinguished botanist could not elsewhere obtain, for one of his botanical works; we shall have indicated sufils dearly that poor Crowther was no ordinary enan,—no every-day botanist For some yearn Net, mind and body hove been gradually giving war. We underworld, that some years ago permission was granted him that his remains Arnold rest by the side of those of his friend and botanising mm pinion, Edward Dobson, in the graeeritril of St. George's Church, Huhn., His otasequies, on stind.y next, are to he attended. es a mark of friendship and respect, by a number of his sureiring fellow-atudents in more than one kingdom of nature-6r Crowther was also an able entomologist. There still survive him • email band of veteran naturalists in this neighbourhood; three of them sexagenarians; three others approaching the period widened of olil for the duration of human life,—. three wore rears and tort," and one,who hasseen about eighty winters, and IA rigorous both in body and mind. The lives of these egiraordinary men, all of them in humble cincumetances, would furnish a remarkable chapter in one enlarred edition in a work professing to record "The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties." BIEKENHEAD DOCKS.—One of the Birkenhead docks wil, he opened on or before the sth of April next.— Licerpoo' Journal. Y(tRKgIIIICF. DISTRESS is lURLAND.—YCAPITIRT, a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Wok( field, which had been convened by John Flatmen, Esq., the chief constable, upon the requisition of a number of the roost influential residents, was held in the Court•bouse in that town, to consider the propriety of entering into a subscription to alleviate the sufferings of our clistressid fellow subjects in Ireland. The requisition alleged, that " in many districts such in the impo rerished and famishing sate of destitution which prevails, that numbers of human beings ore daily and even hourly consigned to their graves for want of food." Much sympathy was expressed for the suffering Irish, and a subscription was set on foot in the meeting, several very handsome sums being put down. SUBSCRIPTION FOR IRELAND.—The Leeds subscription for the relief of the distressed Irish is going on very favour ably. Already, nearly 15001. I.ave been subscribed, be sides gills of blankets and clothing, which are to be for warded without delay to the sister country . ' • " SCHOOLS is YORIISH nte.—We (!weds Mercury) believe the following to bee correct view : Mr. E. Bainea's York shire returns in 1843 were from a population which, at the c. usus of 1841, amounted to 841,563. Two years later the population of the same portion of the county would be about 3 per cent, more, or 869,898. The proportion which children between 5 and 15 years of age bear to the whole population in the West Riding is 24.06 per cent. The whole number of children of the school age, therefore, would in 1843 be 210,297. If every child in the Riding attended school five years on the average, schools would be required for half this number, or 105,148. Certainly so great a number was not found at school in 1843. Mr. E. Bain. a's returns showed 79,118, but those returns being avowedly defective, at least five per cent. mustbe added, bringing the number to 83,073. The children in dames' and infant schools were 17,78.5 ; and suppose we deduct half that number (8,892) as probably below five years of age, it would leave the number of day scholars 74,181. Compare these with the number who ought to be at school, and the deficiency is 30,957. Tan POOH REMOVAL ALT has found many opponents in various parts of the country. The guardians of the South well onion have addressed a statement to the House of Com mons, in which they aver that, utter the experience of four months in endeavouring to carry the set into effect, they have had great difficulty in discovering its true meaning:— That the difficulties bane bon much in,remed by two circulars from the Pooe.isw Coramiasionere, containing inetructions directly at variance one with the other. The circular of Sept- 12th stated that in the computation of flee years' residence certain periods should be for all purposes excluded, clearly imp') ing retroyeetively so well as prospectively. The circular of Oct. 20th stated, that in the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor-General, such periods should be excluded prospectively but not retroorectiv , ly. That the act hoe not been of to the interests of the poor. That It km worked (especially when interpreted according to the circular of Oct. 20) great *Manor between parishes. They therefore pray the house to take the act into immediate consideration, with a view either to its amendment or repeal. FATAL ACCIDENT •AT TER ONTOND, WORCESTER, AND Wohvensaurron Rsixwra.—This line of railway, which has DOW been in count of construction for several months, run. eastward of Worcester, and at about the distance of a mile from that city is a short tunnel (about 300 or 400 yards long) passing under Spooner's or Rainbow ital. To carry on the excavations in this tunnel two shafts have been sunk, and it was at one of these shafts that the accident alluded to happened. The soil, it appeals, is removed from the tunnel by the use of large windlasses and "skips," or large buckets, men being placed at the mouth of each shaft to receive the " skips ' as they are brought up from below. On Saturday last one of these men so emploied got on his wrong side, and was in a moment forced off' the platform into the shaft, and fell to the bottom, and was literally dashed to pieces. The progress of Ye works of this railway have unhappily been marked by casualties. Last week a man was killed at the Dudley tunnel, and other lives have been lost. EAST WONCESTERSHIRB ELECTION.—Tbe election to supply the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Berneby, took place yesterday at Droitwieb. The customary formalities having been gone through, Sirluhn Pakington. Bart.,M.P., stepped forward and said that he had most readily and wil lingly acceded to the request of his how friend Capt. Rushout that he would nominate him. J. Tayl•r, Esq., of Moseley, seconded the nomination ; and no other candidate being proposed the sheriff, William Hemming, Esq., of Redditch, declared the Hon. George Rushout to be duly elected, and the hon. gentleman having been girt with the customary sword, came forward and ad dressed the few persons who were present. Having formally thanked the electors for the honour they had conferred upon him, and adverted to his conduct in previous Parliaments as a guarantee for the future, the lion. gentleman add, that he had no confidence whatever in the administration which at present governed this country. for various reason• ; he could never agree with men who, as was declared by Lord John Russell during the last sealer' of parliament, differed in opi nion with each other upon questions of vital importance to the interests of the country. Ile was opposed to them be cause he believed they would not uphold, in its fullest integrity, the Protestant religion to which he had ever been warmly attached. He had been frequently asked during the last three weeks to what party he considered himself attached, and who he recognised an his leader; to those questions his reply had been, whilst he admitted it was necessary on some °evasions for men to sink minor differences for the sake of their party, he thought that the proceedings of the last session had shown to them the danger of any man playing too much at the game of " follow my leader." (Hear.) If, however, he was to mention the mane of a leader in whom he placed con fidence, he should at once name Lord Stanley.—The usual vote of thanks was then passed to the Sheriff, and the pro ceedings thereafter terminated, the whole affair having been the dullest of its kind ever wi•netsed in this part of the country. The newly-elected M.P. afterwards entertained his friends at lunch. —...—..... Ca AMMO A SWINDLER.—The appearance of a " second Wyndham " in this county appears to have called up a feeling akin to that which gives the relish to • coursing meeting or a fox hunt. Severe' innkeepers had been victimised, they got scentof their game, and have run it down without drawing bridle. Letters were written to various quarters and trope set which Robert Macaire himself would have fallen into, and the result is that the eater of dinners and smoker of cigars which he could not pay for, is now securely resting in gaol till the day of his committal for trial. An examination took place yesterday at Andover, and one or two of the letters, with the barmaid's description of the dinners ordered by the adventurer, are worth reprinting, as an illustration of crime. The magistrates met at the Town hall, Andover, yesterday, at ten o'clock, when several core. munications were read. The first was a letter directed to Mr. W. P. Drover, George Hotel, Andover, as follows: No. 241, Regentetreet, Jan. B. Sir,—llavlng just seen a notice of a young man of the name of Selby being in custody far obtaining roods from you imam fake pre traces, 1 am of opinion that this young man is the mime Fred. Selby who abeconded from my employ, in whom service he was about loos months ago, taking cash the property of hia matter with hint; the said Fred. Selby, I oftervraMs heard, mot some months /a Women*, goolows • charge, I believe, of borne -stradinm If the Peet Selby of Andover is the person I believe he it, he hum tight curly bale and a near on his upper tip, which has the appeorance of a hair W. I should be glad to learn [the answers this desenptima I am, Ate.,„ T. Ronsitra. Another letter was received by the superintendent of polies. on Saturday morning, of which the following is a copy: White Mart Inn, Southampton, Jo. 7. Sir,-1 beg to acknowledge the re,eipt at your letter rewriting the young imams have in custody. I will than's. you to send se word at what Waage Monday it ona be requisite fur me to Weed, ee certainly that appear whet Men, not only myself, but other= as well. The vet, after letting my bolus, was prod to Mr. Black Swan Inn, Winchester, wb ,, , I believe, Ire rather non realm to ecananin than myself, I thank him a wry proper character to be put train& Ewe and Ma i m I make no elaaVi but nhat be movie eta stay am* mon than meat te would expect. The description you game* ia your letter wanly redo es to the man : he gave the masa of 'vnewere' while with w. 1 tem forwarded your letter to Me. Sheen. of WitteheWee. Who, I taste no doubt, will shoo attend..-1 mee, Dowana. (barrel appeared against the prisoner with seven or eight witnese.• from Southatetpion, four or five from Winchester, and others from Huretbourne, Tarrant, Verulam, Deane, and other nlaess.—Rtailv Wilkins, barmaid at the George Inn, Andover, wait the first witnees sworn. She had kw former deposition read ever to her, and added the follow's' additional evidence. The bill due from the prisoner to bar master is 21. 4s. 4d, She recollects telling Mrs. Drover what the seemed stated to her about his having a horse which be had left .t some place five miles from Andover. On Stinday he had supper, spirits, and cigars. Monday, breakfast and a dinner, filed eels, mutton chops, roast fowl and college pudding, with half a pint of sherry, a bottle of mulled port, delimit, ale, cigars, dm On Tuesday he bad brealeast, and ordered for his dinner a fried sole, roast spare-rib, and par tridge, but he did not return to base this dinner.—On the prisoner being asked if he had any questions to put, he replied in the negative, and - was resounded to prison. SUSSEX. 1381011'10N MONDAT.—A two dare poll fora church rate terminated on Saturday with a majority of dLO against the rate. The churchwardens had proposed a rate nf three halfpence in the pound, which would yield about 1;5001., and they were tart by an amendment that the meeting be ad journed for ail months. LITERATURE. The Nelson letters and Despatch , Edited by SIR HARRIS NtcoL is, G C.M.O. Re-issue, N'l. I. Landon: Colburn. This truly national work is so highly creditable to the skill of the editor and the enterprise of the pub lisher, that we should rejoice in bestowing upon it unqualified approbation. Unfortunately, in one fla grant instance. Sir Harris Sic ilas's admiration of his hero has led him to forsake the duties of a historian for the artifices of an advocate ; he has made an ela borate defence far the greatest crime perpetrated in the whole course of the late war, the annulling of a solemn treaty, and the judicial murder of a brave sailor, who had, on a great occasion, been his own companion-in-arms. Still more unfortunately the manner of this defence is even worse than the matter; facts are mis-stated; the plainest prin ciples of international law perverted and where argument totally failed, recourse has been bad to abusive epithets, which prove nothing but the heated temper or political prejudices of the writer. Were these misrepresentations allowed to pass without protest, they would be quoted by foreigners as a full justfiintion of' the charges of self ishness and perfidy so often urged against the policy of England by continental writers, especially as they appear in a work, which, in almost every other re spect, deserves and poeseees national confidence. It is, therefore, our painful duty to protest against any such inference, and to show that Sir I larris Nicolas's de fence of the course of conduct which Nelson pursued in the Bay of Naples, neither is, nor ought to 13., con sistent with the principles and feelings of Englishmen. It will simplify our ta-k to get rid, in the first instance, of the nick-names bestowed by Sir Harris Nicolas on the Neapolitan republicans. He calls them " rebels," and " Jacobins.' Now, it is a 1 ecog nised principle that subjects deserted by their sovereign have a right to choose a form of government for themselves, and it is also a recognised principle that obedience to a government de factn is not an act of treason to a government de fore. To the latter prin ciple the trial of the English regicides is not an excep tion, for the judges held that the ordinance for bring ing the king to trial was not sanctioned by the government de facto - namely, the parliament—but by a usurping party, which, by military force, had usurped the power of that parliament. Ferdinand having fled to Sicily, and a Parthenopean republic having been actually established, the Neapo litans, according to every principle of equity, cannot be regarded as "rebels." Sir Harris Nicolas has not told as what he means by the term " Jacobins e' but if he uses the phrase to insinuate that the Neapolitans imitated the sangui nary excesses of Robespierre and his companions. he must know that the very contrary was the fact, for they administered the aflame of their short-lived re public with great temper, fairness, and moderation. Supposing, however, that the republicans were rebels, this would not seriously affect the question in issue, unless Sir Harris Nicolas could prove that " no faith should be kept with rebels "—a maxim which we hold to be fully as detestable as its prototype, that "no faith should Fe kept with heretics." It is beyond doubt that Cardinal Ruffo cen eluded a treaty with the republicans which was guaranteed by the representatives of England, Russia, and Turkey ; and. unfortunately, it is equally beyond doubt that Lord Nelson on his own individual authority annulled every stipulation of this treaty. We may concede that a defence could be made for this conduct if it could be proved that Cardinal Ruffo had exceeded his authority or Nelsoninet instructions, commissioned ff it could Sicilies to interfere between his delegate and his sub -1 jects. We shall at once show that all the reasoning ,by which Sir Harris Nicolas labo urs to prove the be h thee further rg proved v th ed e Two probability of these two possibilities is founded either on conceded ignorance or rversion of prett notorious facts. The authority conceded to Cardinal Ruffo was that of Vicar-General of Naples, by which he was em powered to exercise all the functions of royalty daring the absence of the King ; he therefore did not exceed his authority in concluding a treaty with the insurgents. But Sir Harris Nicolas sips he may have exceeded his " instructions r" it is only necessary to refer to the archives of the Kingdom of Naples, to show that no such " instructions ever existed. ' No restriction on a delegated authority can be recog nised in national law or in any other law of civilised nations which is not set forth in the act of delega tion itself, or at least in some instrument as formally authenticated and as perfiutly published as that act. But as there is no record of any such restrictive instraeione in the archives of Naples, it is impossible that they could have existed. Private conversations, whispered intimations of the king's wishes, hints from Queen Caroline, and billets dour from Lady Hamilton are not " instructions," and it is enough to make the hair of every publicist and civilian in Europe stand on end, to find such trash set forth as grounds for the violation of a solemn treaty. So much for the first eupposition ; turn we now to the second. Sir Harris Nicolas confesses that no instrument or commission conferring any authority whatever on Nelson in the dominions of the King of Naples, or over his Neapolitan subjects, has been found among the Nelson papers, but he asserts that such a document must have existed. Now, such • document neither did exist, nor could exist. Had such a commission been issued, it must have been re gistered in the records of the state, and Sir Harris Nicolas ought to know that the slightest trace of any such thing is not to be found in the archives of' Naples. Furthermore, such a commission could not have been issued until the authority given to Cardinal Raffo had been revoked; and it is scarcely necessary to add, that no record exists of any such revocation. But we can prove that no such commission existed, on the authority of Lord Nelson himself; the following is the memorandum which he delivered in writing to• Cardinal Ruffo : Foudrovant. June at. 1799. Rear-Admiral Lord Nemo arrived with the Brltlett fleet, the 74th of June, in the Its, of Naplee, and famed n treaty erMend tyfir grill tale rebels, which, in Ate opinion, canna be carried iatoesecutiao withal the approbation of his Median Alajeety. In this he sets forth no authority bet his privates opinion, and at the same time effectually demolieblese another of Sir Harris Nicolas's strange assumptessea, that the convention was not a treaty'. but merely: sea. armistice. Furthermore, We can adduce evilest* that the treaty was not only entered into, huh ts a great extent acted on when'lslelsoa. interfered.. The city of Naples had been surrendered uninjured to the Cardinal, and the Republican leaders had ereha el ed on board the vessels m which, according to the tee ms of the treaty, they were to be conveyed to Tale ion. Here again we can quote Nelson own words,. fir an • letter to Admiral Deckworth : AP you will telieee, the Cardinal and rennin base beeremem , , by a exempletedifferenen &avian.. lieaall ...ate reliab• • Toulon bel my, tho, shall 1....1 p . n. Ile thMlte one house in timer . more to neficed than hie remennarn'a honour. Now, here we have a confession that but fee the capi tulation, the Republicans would have had it in their power to destroy,. at least in pert, the cite of Naples, and that the only excuse Aar vetting aside th e t rea ty was Nelson's private opinioa of what he deemed con sistent with the honour of the Kin of the Two Sicilies- This flagrant violation of the law of nations was kdlowed by the judicial murder of I' rinse Ceramioli, aggravated by some eimumstances 'which Sir Harris Nicolas has omitted. Caraccioli veal! surrendered by his raptors to the constituted. N eapolitan authori- Ims, sad was takes out of thi it hands by Lord 1 Nelsen, who had est a shadow d claim to the posses skin et the primmer. The re,nce was brought on board the Foudrovant at tea in the morning, and placed on his trial within ar ; hour, so as to render env preparations for defense ; impossible. The first finding and sentence of the court-martial doomed the prisoner to perpetual impr; sonment, and this was set aside by Lord Nelson. The execution took place within three hours Rftlor the second sentence had been extorted from the court martial, in order to prevent the victim from appeal.ng to his own sovereign. The warrant for assembling the court-martial, and the warrant of execnticra, are both illegal on the face of them, since they set forth as authority for the trial and execution of a Neapolitan subject in the Neapolitan dominions, no Nerepolitan law or power, but simply the will and pleasure of "Horatio Lord Zlsloan, Admiral of his Britannic Majesty's Fleht In the Bay of Naples." Any one of them eirotrantenees is quite sufficient to prove that the ex than of Caraccioli was nothing better than a deli le murder, contrary, . vvi, o l7 not merely to the principles bu fileabeses of every known law. But we have no • lo'dwe I on such narraustiwns. The whole le: against Nelson * when it is shown that Ru 'sbatiw ; * ;...i .. . - 4. • 1., ~ • •