The Express. — London, England, 1847-08-19 00:00:00

41 - Nt % position is an untenable one,—and that he cuts a very absurd figure in it. Mr. MOBERLY is not to suppose that by laying down a series of positions which command the assent of the readers of the limes, he can persuade those readers on the strength of that reasonable anent suddenly to make a jump at his farther conclusions. " The system of fagging," he says, " is a system (and the only one that I knew that is capable of doing its work) of government and protection. It gives to a definite number of the most select boys in the wheal a responsible authority. It intrusta them with a limited controul, and places in their hands the duty of resisting the tyranny of mere strength." Now, why should Mr. MOBERLY—who sees so clearly what is wanted—waste his time in thus beat ing about the real question at issue ? Can no other system be devised which should " give to a definite number of the most select boys a responsible autho rity " than that of ft:o3g ? Is the best way of placing in the hands of his scholars " the duty . of re sisting the tyranny of mere strength "to g ive an authorised tyranny to the strongest ? If the world be of opinion that the system of fagging is a bad one, then it is incumbent upon Mr. MOBERLY to show that no other is possible by which the objects can be ob tained that we and the world have agreed with him are desirable,—ere he can consider himself as having strengthened the Winchester case by his volunteer de fence. For ourselves, if he could establish the theorem in question, the success of his argument would go far toward' convincing us that great public whool are, for that reason alone, unfit places of public education. Instead, however, of doing anything of the kind, Mr. MOBERLY complicates the confusion of his argument as we have stated it, by the gratuitous introduction, as he Foes along, of a number of minor fallacies—thrown in with a liberality of self-contradiction wonderful in a scholastic head master. A system of fagging is greatly . needed among his paragraphs to reduce them to 'order, and " resat the tyranny of mere strength" with which he would thrust discordant propositions upon us. He in sinuates, for instance, that the little boys Lice being fagged better than the big ones like fagging them: —and that, "in the greatest number of instances in which boys have suffered ill treatment," the cruelty has proceeded from boys in the lower parts of the school—the prefects being " too timid or feeble to prevent it !" In the latter case, we do not see the use of the prefects; and the system of checks in the fagging world is deficient even on Mr. Moenatv's own partial showing.—Finally, as if driven to desperation by the unmanageableneas of his cause, and the contradictions into which it is leading him, the Head Master rushes into one of those extreme assertions which are the expression of a forlorn hope, but a settled purpose. In proof that he really does mean something by his defence of the stem as existing at Winchester though he can not justify it in words, he gallantly . declares that in his opinion the fault is, that the fagging power, "so far from being excessive," is not great enough !—Here we leave Mr. MOBERLY ! We will not " march with him through Coventry"—at which we presume he is now arrived. We can only add, that, after such a declaration, and the case which has led to it, we are not sanguine as to the prospects of Winchester school under the head mastership of the Rev. GEORGE MOBERLY. EVERYBODY feels that the trial of Lieut. Menseo was a mere piece of form. He surrendered himself to take his trial, perfectly convinced that he ran no risk of a severe sentence, in order that the slight re straint to which be might temporarily be subjected, once over, he might feel perfectly free. The judge and the counsel for the prosecution struggled hard which should pronounce the most ardent eulogy of the pri soner. His own counsel felt so strongly the want of reality in the proceedings, that he could not get up a decent show of warmth. The verdict was " guilty, with a recommendation to mercy ;" and sentence was "recorded"—the indirect manner in which our courts give prisoners to know that they are in no danger. The whole affair presents a striking analogy to the process facetiously called " whitewashing," by which insolvents, under the old bankrupt law, by subjecting themselves to a temporary inconvenience, escaped from awkward responsibilities. We do not complain of this. Lieutenant MUNRO has already been punished for his offence. He has lost his commission—the main, if not the sole, source of his income—and is understood to have been brought in consequence to e state of poverty, with a large family, chiefly daughters, dependent upon him. The preca rious and painful position to which he has subjected himself—still more the condition into which he has brought those who are dearest to him—cannot fail to awaken feelings and reflections in the mind of a max such ea Lieutenant MUNRO is said to be that are of themselves a severe punishment. But the main end of punishment being to deter others from like crimes, this sort of " Jeddart .justice," as the Scotch phrase it, by which a man is punished first and tried afterwards, is likely to divert public attention from what he suffers in consequence of his offence rendering the infliction, in a great measure, unavailing. It may serve to check the ardour of in tending duellists if his example can convince them that the operation of the laws against single combat can indirectly entail a large amount of misery on offenders even when their formal sentence may seem comparatively light. If it were possible to combine with a lively sense of the grave inconveniencies the duellist runs the risk of, a clear perception of the blended absurdity and criminality of his conduct, a great point would be gained. Towards this end. some simple facts which have transpired respecting the proceedings on the field where Colonel Fawcerr fell are valuable con tributions. Lieutenant MUNRO, asboon as he had shelo his opp onent , turned to the spectators (seconds) and seed apologetically—" Did yon see him cover me es close as possible, intending to shoot me ?" And his next step was to advance to the man he had killed and graciously address him,—" Cod bless you FAw. CET? ; I forgive you." To the uninitiated in the mysteries of duelling there appears summing exquisitely absurd in the idea of complaining that the man von have challenged tries to hit you. Are we to understand that gentlemen who look to be thought courageous for meeting in single combat expect that their adversaries are not to aim at them? Are duels only fatal by accident? If so it will be advisable in future, for the prevention of accidents, that seconds not only take care to prevent the parties from taking aim, but leave out the balls in loading, to avoid the danger of accidental hits. Since duelling has been refined into the mere formality of two gentlemen firing pistols in order to miss each other, it mast be very provoking for one of them to lose his life by chance medley—pointing the old moral of the danger of " allowing fools and children to meddle with edge tools." This is sheer folly ; but the blessing and for giveness bestowed by the killer on the killed blends the ludicrous with the horrible. Were not the image of the dying man too painfully and vividly present, it might rival some of those butleigne siMaUom infirm where the mischief-maker pardons his victim and ex horts him to think no more of it. It is as if old LOYAL had asked pardon of the executioner. When will grown men have sense enough to aban don the perpetration of such horrible follies? The apology for the practice of duelling is, that it has re fined manners—that it keeps the ribald and indeco rously passionate in check. The truth of the assump tion on which this plea rests may fairly be doubted. Instances are known of men who, possessed of skill in arms and constitutional insensibility to danger, have availed themselves of these advantages to trample alike on justice and decorum. But admitting the view to be correct, death does seem rather an exorbitant penalty for rudeness and Incivility. Duellists affect to be generous. Surely they will not continuo more implacable than the meaner spirits who condescend to seek reparation at the hands of the law. Ono by one this vulgar class are coming to the conviction that death puni sh ment is too severe for any crime :—will not the men of honour erase it from their code also? Let them but reflect on the character they assume in the eyes of the world, when they take upon them to inflict death for any wrong (real or imaginary) that has been offered to them. They are then neither more nor less than hangmen on their own behalf. The most vindictive clamourers for the up holding of death punishment by order of law have the good taste to desire that this office should be performed for them by deputy. If in these remarks we have dwelt more emphati cally on the folly of duelling, it is not for want of a strong sense of its criminality. There is a difference between a duel like that between Lieutenant Mosso and Colonel Fewcrrr, and • duel like that between • -^ , Atunt and Dmireinsaa. The Weer le a sew 111billw Cl lathier doom* but the forum, free though it be from these revolting accessories, infers deep culpability aomewhere. Either the combatants urged on the meeting from vindictive feelings, or having in a moment of heat got into a relative posi tion w h ich they feared might compromise them in the eyes c their associates, they had not the moral courage to extricate themselves, but looked to friends to do them that service. Ou the former supposition, each of the combatants tried to kill or wound the other from angry feelings arising out of a squabble about money matters. No point of honour, but the desire to appropriate the larger share of the price of a house, roused their passions. On the alternative supposition, the guilt is transferred in a great mea sure from the principals to the seconds. The ostensible cause of the meeting was a slight offence which might have honourably been explained away or apologised for. The decision of the two seconds to that effect would have compelled Colonel FAwcerr to do so, and have left not the slightest shadow of imputation against his honour or courage. It was the duty of the seconds to prevent a meeting for such a trifling cause. It is not easy to conjecture what apology they caa offer for not having done so. On such occa sions the principal is understood to pat himself impli citly under the direction of his second. The second, who, for slight cause, carries his principal to the field, incurs the suspicion of having either callously per mitted a meeting to take place which he could have hindered, or of having consented to be the stalking horse from behind which his principal tried to get a deadly shot at his adversary. They may apportion the criminality as they please, but there is a murderer among them. A summary of the following appeared in the Express of last evening : Our Paris correspondence of Tuesday has been re ceived. In the absence of the court and the principal members of the government, and the suspension of the Chambers, there is little intelligence which can interest foreign readers. The Prince do Joinville having surrendered the command of the Mediterra nean squadron to Admiral Trehouart, arrived on Sun day night. With the exception of the Jupiter and the Jena, and the steam-frigate Magellan, which have been sent to Tunis, the remainder of the squa dron lately commanded by the prince is in the Bay of Naples. The prince is reduced to a state of ex treme debility by severe attacks of dysentery. He is now at the Tuileries with the princess and the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale. We have received the Madrid journals and corre spondence of the 12th. The letter of our own corre spondent, as well as other advices, indicates the probability of an immediate modification of the cabinet by an infusion of more liberal elements. The arrival of the Queen was expected at Madrid on the night of the 12th from La Granja. It was reported that a council of ministers was to be held at the palace on the 13th or 14th, at which the Prince Con sort was invited to be present. It was said, however, that the Prince would not accede to this request. All reports agreed in naming M. Salamanca as the head of the new cabinet, in which some of the leading pro gresistas would take a part. General O'Donnell is recalled from Cube, of which he has for several years been the governor. It is not true that he is to be exiled, as was reported. Measures for the further suppression of the droits crentrjes were in progress. It seems probable that the discussion of the mea sures necessary to be adopted to enforce tho decisions of the Swim diet against the recusant cantons, will be postponed until October, in order to give the can tons of the league time to comply voluntarily, if they will, with the requisitions of the federal government. The debates which took place in the diet, on the pro- position to adopt the recommendations of the com mittee of seven, indicate plainly enough that the cantons of the Sonderbund have no very determined purpose of opposing the central government, if mea sures of force be resorted to. Instead of avowing such a purpose, the speeches of their deputies are generally evasive, some asserting that the convoys of arms coming to the cantons were mere commercial enterprises, and others denying that any extraor dinary armaments had been attempted, and saying that the reporta received by the vorort were exagge rated and false. Letters from Berne of the 13th fully confirm what we gave yesterday respecting the note of Lord Palmerston. It is certain that a copy of the note has been delivered to President Ocheenboin by Mr. Peel, and that it is to the effect, first, that Eng land will not interfere with the internal affairs of the Swiss confederation; secondly, it recognises the right to re-constitute and re-organise the federal rela tions of its component cantons as it may see fit ; sad thirdly, it says that England relies upon the limning of the president of the general government to make the decisions of the diet respected by the cantons. The ordinary business of the diet will be concluded about the end of the present month, after which an adjournment will take place, and an extraordinary session will be held in October, for the special purpose of deciding on the means of enforcing the decisions of the diet, if they should not be meanwhile respected by the cantons of the league. It is said that at pre sent the military department of the vorort has it in its power to call out, at two days' notice, an army of thirty thousand men, fully armed, eqaipped, and exercised. The Augsburg Gazette states that the frosty be tween the Sardinian government and the Pajial %ibis has been ratified at Rome. On the occasion of the anniversary of the executions of Cosenza, services were celebrated in the churches at Pim, Bologna, and other places. The differences between the Austrian and Sardinian governments on the subject of the tariff were not yet settled. The same journal says that the questions of the Italian railways have been definitively settled. The line from Rome to Cabrano by Albans, is adjudged to the company presided over by Prince Alfieri and M. Roeetti ; that from Bologna to Ancona `will be given to the Bolognese company. MADRID, Aro. 12. There has been much talk of late of the cabinet getting purged of the stiffer moderados, and a coalition sue reeding between the Salamanquists and the moderate sec-4 tiara of the propellants. Pacheco has been starching his pu ritanism more sad more with moderado tendencies, write Salamanca has been making hopeful strides in a liberal di rection. It is clear that the head of the ministry and the heart of the ministry (for so the chief and the financial mi nister may be justly mlled) are pales different ways, and the upshot will be a speedy &Indmica of the Pacheco-Sala manca partnership. The above indicated coalition succeed ing, the tint step will be the &solution of the Cores, for not above one-sixth of the pneent votes belong to the peograe istae. It would be union.* wimp feather open tW mow peel at present. Ideanwidle, lbe madman an In a elate of indescribable agitatiss et the here idea of rmy suedes et the liberals coming into power. They axe Made( weary awn to avert this drawled ouneammatien; while** organs mail the progredstoe with envy available shin dreproach, ridi cule, or calumny. There is no news from La Gra* et the Wet interest. It seems that by way of giving beat Sow Primo his whistle, the Queen ordered nee ibenadee to piny ea the Ott. She is expected in the capital loon after daybreak to-morrow. There are no farther rumours as to how the negotiations with the Pardo are marching. The Faro says that Serrano intends to easemgra his late secretary Ramirez Arras to Jaen, where the Mar is appointed commander-general of the troops. By tat coq, the Conde de Thomar was at La Granja on the 9th to Me leave before his return to Portugal. Senn Leal is Po chargé d'affaires ad interim. A latter from Mob., in the Expedador, gives notice of the mane of th e ajg a a p e art of the prisoners from the presidia, ma the Otis Ith. They are supposed to have maimainen eesopt with the Serrano de Ronda, end to lave totes rakes la that wild district, so noted for its breed of belmodsonsookes, rebels, and maurais sujets of all deseriptimn Wletbm then mope was the conse quence of *ogled or emainam an the part of the is net known. Bat it is feared that their g auss will be succeeded by an outbreak against the is the region which ill threatened by premise. The mansercial reforms of Sabarese to end the senoggler's occupation, of which dam e eistitin amigo the number at 300,00 0 , no them rainy will es long strive to out-do the Carlisle in giving tremble II tie government. This consideration renders the ewes and glisotion taken by the fugitive felon a matter of nem The two maths p ia r gi ulei= . by the protocol of May 21 for the stay of the Spanish beeps in Portugal having expired, Senor Ayllon bee sent orders to Brigadier Beloit& to evacuate Oporto, and withdraw the remainder of the Spanish army of intervention into Spain. The Emeroasa mys that Seam Salamanca has desired all the doereannie 'aloft( to the Mean cordon to be laid be fore him TM iridoreler we mailing the poor Minister of Manes with Ike Nita Must as wind. . .. IT endless polemical ii;;taToiTi7ioin g on between the Faro and Corm about the balance which remained due by the government to the Bank of San Fernando when Mon went out of OEM. This the Correo states at 217 millions of mak, and the Faro at 76 ! The sort of thimble-rig of which one or the other party must be guilty in the concoction of their scoottots must be an edifying spectaclefor the country. General Pena issued, on the 6th, th e following important cireular to the political alas of Catalonia : 1. as loan ea nodes to obtained that say ayaataatiatto or dim of Mince has &limed sums deossmied by the rebeM, soder the tide of THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1847. 36. del es= 2Wparifen adman assignalle them by di L delindelnai Odd efJeand or adoeireat d a tuna itetherlej sandhathm tbreae enedmied sed amasseell to the Mldegmeense. te seen ebultm wild to en de funded. I dell Old II to dyed asemetag to tbe to2l. dr sumbress et the use. 11. If say tedivilemi or anyematen reed, meenlhe to his esift. or g W e e d esq reMeny r wig onir fa the Mediu De a the rebels, or et egg add se sem se tbs Midi la dude eseaL a =l== s e umeelleaml of OM AO le made In tame =l= l 4. I have Out this document in fell, although the last ar ticle is illusory (for what citizen would be simple enough to wed Indemnity for Carlin depredations from a government tMt au hardly pay its soldiers ?) ; and the first is entirely gereeaged by the second, which is clearly the only one of aay importance. To apprehend the full meaning of this or dinanee apply it to the cue which I sent you y'esterday. 450 Carlisle enter a town; a miserable handful of sa dists quartered in the town for its protection (!) shut themselves up in the fort. Bon, Onset, Caletrid or any of those rough tax-gatherers for King Charles VI., call upon the alcalde and corporation for a hum die or two of doubloons, to be paid down on the nail within the next hour, or—" remember the fate of the li soldiers of the Union regiment." The doubloons are paid ; the corporation mess the population for the amount. It is considered as a public calamity, and each householder con tributes his quota cheerfully. Unjust beyond measure would it appear to those good citizens that the alcalde alone should be held responsible in his own person for the hundred or two of doubloons, u if it were a mere private robbery. At the same time it is fit that the contribution of each should be voluntary. There would be no fear of its being withheld on that account. But first to stake the alcalde and ayuntamiento criminal, and deal with them as with felons, for delivering the sum de manded by the rebels under pain of death, and then to con- ' stitute criminals those citizens who comply with the plain dictates of justice and humanity, in sharing the burden =- pond, and not allowing their municipal chiefs to be crushed by its undivided infliction upon them—this is one of the most execrable and monstrous engines of tyranny ever de vised by a fierce and narrow-minded satrap. Lau than • week ago I had to chronicle the barbarous deportation to Majorca, by orders of Oen. Pavia, of the ayuntamiento and leading citizens of San Pedro de Rindenlles, one of the many unfortunate towns under his military go which he can persecute but not protect. Shortly, have to signalise to you the fruits of the present ordinance, in the shape of fresh cruelties inflicted upon the innocent and suffering townspeople of Catalouia. Meantime, the numbers of the Carling are increasing daily, and the continued domi nation of Oen. Paris will end in driving the whole province to rebellion. The 15 soldiers of the Union regiment put to &Mk by Caletrus were buried with great pomp at lgualada at the sth. On the same day the war-steamers Isabel 11. and Lepanto arrived at Tarragona from Vigo, with reinforce ments for the army of Catalonia. They returned, imme diately after coaling, to bring more. Three battalions piths Sofia regiment, in Aragon, have marched for Catalonia. Cabecilla Onset has sent his men to clear off the crops of a large proprietor near Llacuns, and sell them in the towns about, giving the farmer tenants receipts for the The correspondence between Bergs and Mamma won stopped on the 4th by the Carlists and burned. Linage has been allowed quarters in the capital, with the pay of 45,000 reale. FRANCE. THE BEAUVALLON DCEL. M, d'Ecguevilley, who was condemned on Saturday for perjury in the case of the duel between M. Dula:rim and M. Beau vallon, has appealed against the sentence. ITALY.—ROME.—The following extract from the letter of a lady at present resident in Rome, though relating to events already narrated in thin journal (it is dated the 24th ult.), still possesses an interest, for it mentions an episode in a political movement which now engrosses, and probably will continue to engross, a larger share of attention than any contemporary incident in Christendom. 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In the representative body et the papal stater, Rata is to have three deputies, and not two, se formerly stated. The third deputy nand by his no' iced is the nisei Odasselshi. BELGIUM.-13nr Hue Am. 15.—A grand re view is summed for Tuesday. The journals are Cad with . ngenalations about the new ministry. IDa The al = a r ft Mimi= with which M. Lectern ls feral s nly three months at end kb poet of aeral of the Court of Canna= remains open. VI , which will now be the avowed organ of the , announce' that the cabinet intends to form an ex union of the pro vincial councils of the two proving', of e two Flanders, in order to call upon them in an essegal manner to examine the position of these provinces, nail °malt upon tke moat effit4CiOall means for ameliorating *ln. While we apps elate the programme of the new gehinet and its first acts, which are most decisive, we cannot but a pp rehend that the projected meeting of the provincial councils le open to many difficulties; and will probably give rise to many vexatious apprehensions. Some of the Brussels papers, and among them the Journal des Flandres, are of opinion that if the ministers put this project into execution, it will meet with general approbation, and the gratitude of the whole Flemish population. CONGRESS OP REFORMERS OP PRISON DISCIPLINE. —This is a continuation of the assembly which was held last year at Frankfort-on-Maine. The committee of organi sation met at Bromels on the 12th inst., to arrange for the order of the deliberations. An executive committee was ap pointed to prepare an " order of the day." The construe will meet in the Gothic Hall of the Hotel de Ville, at Brus sels. on the 20th and 25th of September. GERMANY.—AUSTRIA.— PERTH, AUG. 5. We are happy to be able to say that his Royal Highness the l Archduke Stephen has recovered from his late illness. BAVARIA.—NAVIOATION OP THE DANUBE.-- We learn from Reath= that the Dutch vessel Ameteedans an Wien has returned from Pesth with a cargo wefgbirg de took aid principally consisting of potash, antimony, and wine, intended for this place, and for Nuremberg, Warshaw, Frailfort, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. TURKEY. —The Allgemeine Zeituny, of the 14th ilia., contains news from Constantinople to the 28th ult., one day later than the date of 'hour last direct commu nication from that city. Jt is said that the change which win expected in the ministry has not taken place, and that there le at present no appearance that it will. Reschid and his party seem, for the present, to have made good their fault of dismissiog the high admiral, and appointing in his stead Haw Pacha. For this dismissal is for the present an isolated act, and Mehemet Ali, the degraded Capudan Paella, was appointed by the Sultan on the 26th a member of the council with a salary of 25,000 piastres a month, and thus, to a certain extent, restored to favour. A. good deal of play and counterplay will, nevertheless, be going on for some time, till victory shall decide the fate of the one party. The Albanian insurrection is stated to have spread in Upper and Lower Albania, and has thus been com municated with the speed of lightning throughout the whole country. Delvino, Argyroautro, Beret, are in a state of open rebellion. Almost everywhere the government troops are obliged to retire, and Emir Pacha, who has just arrived in the province, finds himself and the few troops . whom he bin collected round his person so shut in on all aides, that he requires immediate assistance. Con siderable reinforcements are on the road to Albania: the Porte has not thought It necessary to take further measurer, and has merely commanded a regi ment of infantry to be under marching orders. The troops sustained a defeat near Kopraine, to which place they were compelled to withdraw with the loss of 100 men. If it be true, as it is affirmed, that this revolt has been called forth merely by the recruiting measures of thergovernment, there is no doubt that it will be put down this year, as in former years. Yet the Porte seem to apprehend the existence of ' other impulses, as it is serioufiy resolved to send a numerous squadron of ships of war and light vessels to the Albanian coast, to support the operations of the land troops, and pro bably, also, to prevent the communication of the insurgents by sea. GREECE.—ATHENS, AUG. I.—About 50 deputies have arrived here. The opening of the chambers will take place as soon as 67 members are present—that is to say, the absolute majority. The Minister of Finance continues the reorganisation of his department. Several provincial clerks have been brought up for the embezzlement of public money . The half-yearly interest on the English loan, which fell due on the 6th of March last, has been paid. General Grivas is at Peeves* in the hotel of the English consul, with 60 or 80 palikires ; his residence is invested by the garrison of the place, and this state of things a ill last till he has given up his arms. The insurrection of Albania has done him a great deal of harm. This insurrection gains ground. Quilekas has worsted the Russian troops near Argyzokastran. Quilekas is now at Palacopogoniak, six leagues from Janina, and fresh victories are expected over the Valdapides, com manded by Muir, paella of Janina. The insurrection of Albania may be considered highly favourable to Greece ' • it will inspire the divan with more moderate seatiments.— r:orrespondene de Nuremberg, Aug 13. int Court. The Queen Dowager left town on Tuesday night for her: residence, Bushy-house, Bushy-park. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Gore, Hon. Miss 'Mitchell, and Earl Howe. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial•ofcc, for the Governer-General of Canada, and also for the governors of the other North American pro vinces. HER MAJESTY'S VOYAGE. The royal steam fleet steamed rapidly from the Isle of Man on Monday, and reached the Scottish coast early in the evening of that day. The first intimation given to the expectant thousands who lined the coast, of the approach of the squadron, was a flag hoisted at Stranraer, near the southern extremity of thel'rith of Clyde. This was a signal that it was observed off Portpatrick, and very soon after the squedron appeared at the mouth of Loch Rvan. The Viskoria and Albert, containing the royal family, was the fleet to enter the Loch, and was followed at short distances by the Fairy; the Garland, the Undine, the Black Eagle, and the Scourge ; other vessels brought up the rear, the whole presenting a very imposing appearance. As they glided into the Loch, the crowds on the beach greeted the fleet with loud acclamations, which were responded to by tremendous hums from the passengers in the Scottish steamers. The squadron was scarcely moored when a six-oared boat left the Vie , toria and Albert and approached the shore. Great curi osity was manifested when it was observed that a lady and a little boy and girl were among the passengers ; and when it became known that the latter acre no other than the Prince of Wale" and the Princess Royal, and that they were accom panied by their illustrious parent, Prince Albert, the most intense interest was excited. The royal children were con ducted slung the shore by one of the ladies in waiting, and an officer from the yacht, while the Prince, accompanied by another gentleman, walked round the neighbouring heights. After gathering pebbles for a short time on the beach, they were conducted back to the boat, and conveyed on beard the yacht ; and shortly afterwards a second boat came ashore, in which Prince Albert and his companion returned to the squadron. The fleet lay at anchor in Loch Ryan during the night, and at six o'clock on Tuesday morning it was once more in motion, with the exception of the Black Eagle, which had burst one of her boilers. During the voyage the inhabitant' of the various towns in the Clyde greeted their Queen with every demonstration of delight at her presence and loyalty. At Large a royal salute was fired, crowds lined the shore, and innumerable small boats dotted the waters. Some guns were fired from Skelmorlie Castle. The Shearwater meamted a most beautiful sight, having her yards manned. The battery at Wemyse bay gave a royal salute of quick and steady firing. Kelly House displayed flags. Near Dunoon the magistrates of Glasgow were amongst those following the Queen, in the Thetis ; the magistrates of Greenock in the Mars. Upwards of a dozen steamers were following when the royal squadron passed the Cloch. A royal salute was fired from Dunoon. A small yacht gave also a royal salute, whilst General Darroch's battery, from the summit of the , hill aboveGourock, poured ins thundering tribute responded to from the Romeneath shore opposite. At Kempoch Point rattled the musketry of the coast guard, volley alter volley. The Scourge was seen, all dressed, lying off the tail of the bank. It was somewhat difficult for the steamers of the convoying fleet to escape coming in contact with the small boats that foolishly obstructed their way. One incident, in particular, here happened to the Admiral, a local steamer, which sat many a heart palpitating . ; and had it not been for the steady eye and commanding voice of the captain, the skill and promptitude of the engineer in stopping the vessel install taneensly,three lives would have been lost. Their escape was oatmeal... The Matted States frigate Macedonia saluted her Igejsegg as she passed—the Royal Yacht stopping in her tames, imitated by the convoying squadron. The whole vends were off Greenock at a quarter past 12. The sun dam gloriously ; the Frith re-echoed with guns and music, awl the brilliant it ikawn el natural earn was filled up la& dr gay mealthuaso d Slip sad dewier,. The yore albs getrommthvessek moth assausd, and the " Queues Ambits " waspiged by summon bands of music. Her 114thily, Mee Albert, the Prince of Wales, &et, and snit* ban *banged from the royal yacht into the F 3 whirls promeded up the river at a rapid speed, followed *a Blast Zees and the Undine. On passing Gree battem a repel whim was fired, while the cheering has ar de s . a= o r waving of flags, handkerchief', and other mass on a most extended scale. On this port, the sovereign was not on deck, but aeon late= cams up from the cabin, and appeared to pay the most , undivided attention to the views slung the Clyde. Con siderable disappointment was felt by those on shore when they observed the Fairy go . up . outside the line of vessels in the channel, by which their view of the Queen was inter rupted, and the human were in consequence rather feeble and spiritism. At about 20 minutes to two o'clock the Fairy arrived at Dumbarton, and on the royal party coming on shore they 111416 remaived by county and borough officers, as well as by the Win gentlemen of the neighbourhood, including Sir I. Odgelasan, of Luse, lord lieutenant of Dumbarton shire; Xr. Colquhoun, the sheriff; Provost Denny, &e. Here Mar memration was made to receive her Majesty props*, is well as to preserve order, and insure the royal party against any intrusion. A splendid canopy was weed over the platform. A guard of honour, consist ing as esempeny of the lit Foot, and a troop of the Ennis. ha m pagesses, formed U.S is _icing. Sere the beauty of the s= s 4 ei o v ther reaps dmdar M those we have al ready d was whams" by the palate of the min imalst* taw. Her sal Ile gaped made a minute inspection af the thsioth and the Maw con t a i ne d therein, imbibe this sward of the William Wallace. Dew Milmmation in reformer ill history of le ems &miry Colonel Hervey, Ilusummanier it illbe b ~j ea,air Nidaty subsequently ilimastal Ibis wail were received the sdissmai et the corponstr i of Gllssisw and of the uthaty at lik Provost Hmis, Sir ANN Colquhreth, soirtilhuir Colquhoun, were severally introduced by Earl Grey, and teeing presented to her Majesty the addresses of the corporation of Glasgow and of the county of Dumbarton had the honour to kiss hands. The Provost of Duirflitirton claimed the right also of presenting an adslrees in person, but Earl Grey remarked that the same must be forwarded through him, as it was not usual to receive addresses In that way save from the metropolis. The address was accordingly given to the noble earl, as was that of the inhabitants of Greenock. Her Majesty subsequently engaged in conversa tion with Sir J. Colquhoun, Mr. Colquhoun, and other gentlemen, and made various inquiries in reference to the surrounding country. The party, after a stay of about forty-five minutes, returned to the squadron, much pleased with the visit. The Fairy then proceeded down the river, accompanied by the other vessels, and followed by the Thetis and the numerous steam boats, the cheers of those on which were once more renewed. The battery, we stould have added, fired a royal salute. In passing Greenock, the Fairy came so near the quays and the shore, that every cue who was at all in a good position bad an excellent view of the Queen, her consort, and her familT. The acclamations that now burst forth from the enthusiastic multitudes were tremendous, and the cannon dealt out their thunders with redoubled force. Her Majesty repeat edly bowed, in gracious acknowledgment of the salutations of her subjects. The squadron proceeded onwards and entered Loch Long, a piece of waur shout 11 miles in length, and possessing some romantic scenery, but nothing to be corn- F iLre di d . with that which her Majesty will view in the High- The visit of her Majesty to Arrochar, at the head of Loch Long, seemed to have taken the inhabitants completely by surprise, as no preparations were observable on the way up. The presence of so many et, amass, crowded with passengers, and covered with flags, however, speedily brought them from their houses to welcome t'e Queen to her Highland lochs and romantic glens. Here the Fairy stopped for only a few minutes, her Majesty remaining on board. She then slowly swept round the head of the loch, and continued her course downwards towards the foot of Loch Long, keeping close in by the Ardentinny shore, fol lowed by the Premier, the tender Petrel, and Mali. On arriving at the foot of the loch, the Fairy steered across the mouth of Holy Loch, and passing along by Kim and Du ncan, which she reached about hall-past 6 P.M., proceeded towards Rothesay, the place of rendezvous for the Royal squadron, while the river steamers turned their course home wards. AGED FREEMASONS' SOCIETY.—A general meeting of the governors and donors to this society, instituted in 1836, for the purpoee of providing an asylum for worthy aged and decayed freemasons, was held at Radley's Hotel yesterday evening. Dr. Robert Thomas Crucifix occupied the chair. The secretary read the statement of amounts, by which it appeared that the funds of the society amount to 4,0831. 18s. 11d., disposed as follows : Consols, 3,5331. 18s. 4d.; cash in savings bank, 136/. ; in the hands of bankers and treasurers, 3931. On the motion of the chairman the Right Hon. Lord Southampton was elected president, and the secretary was directed to communicate the same to his lordship. Mr. Fowler laid before the committee the particulars of several sites for the erection of the asylum about to be constructed. The subject was referred to a committee, and after some routine business the meeting separated. CURRENCY CREEK CO. (SeUTH AUSTRALlA).—Yes terday an adjourned special meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, H. he Castro,. Esq., in the chair, for the pur pose of determining what steps should be adopted in order to re-constitute the company, in consequence of the discovery of valuable silver and copper ores on the lands of the survey. The company was originally established some years since, for the purpose of buying and selling lands in South Aus tralia. The company having been found any thing but re munerative, a meeting of the shareholders was held in 1839, when the company was dissolved, and the lands then in their possession were divided amongst the shareholders equally in proportion to the number of shares held by each person. In that state the matter remained until I the early part of this year, when a letter was received from the agent in Australia informing Mr. De Castro , the chair man, that a valuable discovery had been made on the lands of the company, it having been found that they contained silver and copper ore. But it was not stated upon what sec tion the ova had been found; it was therefore proposed, at a meeting held in May last, that the company should be re organised, and the mines discovered for the general benefit of the shareholders. After much discussion the meeting (see Daily News, June 1) adjourned for the purpose of writing to, and ascertaining the general feeling of, the shareholders on the subject ; and - upon the meeting re-assem bling yesterday, Mr ;De Castro stated that there appeared to be great difficulty in way of carrying out the project, as several holders 0! sections had positively refused to join the concern ; and as it was not known upon what part of the lands the ores had been found, he thought it would be better to postpone the forming of the company for the present. In answer to a question from a shareholder, Mr. De Castro said there were 108 shareholders in the Currency Creek Com pany, and 61 objected to the proposition made at the last meeting. After some further discussion, it was moved by Mr. Roberts, and seconded by Mr. Thompson, " That there is not sufficient information at present before the meeting to allow of any decisive steps being taken, and that it be ad journed sine die." SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND OR PHANS Or MEDICAL MEIC—Sir,—ID your paper to-day appears an account of a meeting held for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions for the widow and children of the late Dr. Jordan Lynch, left quite destitute by his untimely death. I perceive in one of the resolutions passed on the maiden that reference is made to there being no public source of relief for the widows end orphans of gentlemen who have last their lives through their exertions to promote the public health. It is no doubt much to be desired that there should be such means of preserving to the bereaved some of the comforts which their station in life requires ; bat are there no private means ? In the present case, had Dr. Lynch been a member of the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men in London and its Vicinity, Mrs. Lynch might apply to it for relief for herself and such of her children as are under 14 years of age, and would obtain at present, I have no doubt, 301. a year for herself, and 121. a year for each of her three chil dren, amounting altogether to 661. a year, and this secured to her by her late husband's having subsisibed only 11. Is. half-yearly, or having paid • proportionate anus as a life-subecription ; a mere trifle compared with the bene fit received by the widow during the remainder of her life, and the orphans until they arrive at the age of 14. To obtain this sum, however, at remit, there must be raised by subscriptions a Bunt sufficient to purchase 1,0001. is the Three per Cents., to provide 301. a year for the mother, and sumach more to provide the earns sum for the children. How unfortunate it is, therefore, that this most valuable society was not thought of by Dr. Lynch during his lifetime, and how sad it is to consider what an immense number of medi cal men are practising in this metropolis who are not mem bers of the society, while every day they run great risk of catching infectious disorders, and thus depriving in • moment their families of, very often, their only means of support. This society in December last numbered only 345 members, and had 60 widows and orphans in the receipt of annuities from its funds, a means of relief the least calculated to wound their feelings, as the necessary inquiries into their circum stances are conducted with extreme care and delicacy. The society is enrolled as a benefit society, and is thereby enabled to deposit its funds with the commission ers for the reduction of the national debt, receiving a high rate of interest, and all the other advantages conferred by the act of parliament regulating friendly so cieties. I find that in the space of fifty-eight years this society has expended 36,6201. 10s. in the relief of persons eligible to receive assistance. The philanthropy you have displayed in your exertions on the sanitary question proves to me that you will rejoice to advocate the propriety of every medial man in London at once joining this society.— S. W. J. M.—Aug. 18, 1647. " • • STATISTICS OP PRIVATE BILLS.—A return, moved for by Sir W. Heathcote, has just been printed of the num ber of private bills introduced, and brought from the House of Lords, and of acts passed in 1847. From this it appears Sat the number of private bills introduced was 474, of which 36 were brought from the Lords. Those relating to railways amounted to 190; roads and bridges, 8 • waterworks, 10 ; ports, piers, harbours, and docks, 21; ca n als and navigations, 3 ; churches, chapels, and burying grounds, 3 ; paving, lighting and improving, and markets, 36; gaols and other county buildings , none ; inclosures and drainage, 3 ; small debts courts, 1; all other hills and acts, 28 ; miscellaneous Commons' bills, estates and divorces Lords' bills, 36. Total, 339. Of the 389 bills Imisalsd in the above classification 187 were unopposed, and rehrred to the committee of ways and means; of which 106 wars private bills not relating to rail ways, and 81 were railway bills. ORE FROM CHINA.—The vessel Mary Bannatyne, just arrived from Canton, has brought,. in addition to a general cargo of merchandise, 50 tons weight of copper ere, the production of the Chinese empire. Should this be the white copper of China, this will prove a novel and interest ing_ importation. INTERCOURSE WITH THE CA)NrINENT.—The pas resgfers between Eagland and Boulogne, during the week ending 15th inst., were 2,807, against 2,682 in the corn spondmg week of last year; the passengers between England and Dover were 646 against 444. Of the Boulogne pawn gen 1,562 were from England—viz., 757 . from Folkestone, 149 from Dover, 611 from London, and 45 from Itamagate ; 1,245 to England—viz., 688 to Folkestone, 254 to Dover, 367 to London, and 36 to Ramsgate. THE RECENT ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.— Yesterday evening, upon making inquiry at the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, the reporter was informed that Cranston. had paned a very restless night, and during the latter part of yesterday his mind appeared to be wandering. His wounds are fast healing, but he seems to betray con siderable excitement at his position. It is fully expected that he will leave the hospital this day, from which place he will be conveyed in a cab to the Mansion-house, for his examination before the Lord Mayor. The answer to in quiries at ht. Thomas's Hospital respecting Mr. Crawley was that he was progressing favourably, and it is expected he will leave the institution at the latter part of the present week. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.--KILLED BY A QUOIT. — Before Mr. Wakley, M.P. in the University College Hos pital, on the body of Jose ph James Watkins, egad 47. This deceased and his brother with others were playing at 'Lucite in the grounds of the Brecknoe.k Arms, when as the deceased was stooping to pick up a quoit, one of the players threw his quoit, which struck deceased on the head, inflicting such in juries that he had to be removed to the hospital, where atter suffering great agony for several days he died from the effects of the injuries. Verdict " Accidental Death."— Tire 81041 TART Quzatiors.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Windmill, Rosemary-lane, relative to the death of James Campbell, aged years, who was living with his parents (his Wiser a labourer) in a miserable apartment in Hay's court, Olasehouseatreet, Rosemary-lane. The Comte, having returned from viewing the body observed that the state of the court was moat horribly offensive, and was culated to generate fever to a fearful extent. —The jury ace, agreed with the coroner. They observed three cesspool. i a the court, which emitted a dreadful atench—Mr, giddy one of the surgeons of the Whitechapel union, stated he Wm glad that the attention of the jury had been drown to the state of that court, as fever was spreading in that neighbour, hood to an alarming extent. There was not a court, lam, alley between Roseratry-lane and the London Dock s h uh which in nearly every house there wan fever. A h two ago he attended six cases in one court, h one week he had sixty new caeca—The forum marked that they had been a long time pregni u d a sewer, and that from the quantity of filth c d, lected the atmosphere was always affected. A blister bad been app!ied to the chest of the child who died on Saturday, —Mr. Liddle, surgeon, Alia•place, saw deceased on Sale. day, when he found the part where the blister had been in state of mortification. lie would not have prescribed &blister, which he considered improper. Had the child lived is an atmosphere which was not infected, mortification might not have come on. The mortification was promoted by ttu infectious state of the atmosphere—Catherine Campbell, deceased', mother, said that she had seen twelve in one week taken (rem that court to be buried. She added that the did not know who the medical gentleman was who attended be child, and that after he left the child was seen by severe's., geone, none of whom gave any hopes of its recovery. M r. Liddle's assistant attended it for a fortnight. Several of tke jury remarked that they ought to hove had the attendanu of Mr. Loney, the medical man who had prescribed the blister.—Mr. Webb, the summoning officer, said that no one knew where he lived, or where he was to be found.— The Coroner stated that had he been present he should giro him a caution how he prescribed in future.—The inqueetwu then adjourned to Friday afternoon, and the coroner Wad his summons for the attendance of Mr. Loney. ENGLISH CONSTITUENCIES. ELECTORAL DISTRICTEL—Sir,—In your paper of to-day (Tuesday), there are set forth some curious anomalies ander part s of the ab3ve heading, and as the subject is in. terekting and one deserving to be kept before the attention of the political public, I enclose you the foll.iwing anahtie extracted from a very useful little annual called the C. plete Suffrage Almanack,"—the table appeared in the volume for 1814; some increase may have taken place in the sm. ber of electors now on the registers, owing to the agitation of the league, and of course the population has Jammed; but in the main the facts and comparisons still apply : Li s the following which Includes a few Irish constituenaes - - - - - Borough. t rl Per, rt. lawn. flarrth.t 2.. 3.T30 Calm: l.. &AO .. la P A.Olburtos 1.. Sp 1.. 6.321 .. IQ Itemte l.. 4,412 22 Thetford .. 3441.. le We-tLury 1.. 4.424 .. 22 Tat i,ock .. 6.425.. 22 Lo-bunr 1 I.ortarlingbaa .. 3,1 M .. 12 m a ss maa mas I.. BL • 1 .: as Kim& 1.. VW .. Tl Ab Ausbwer 3 4,431 12mb227.. TA . O ns chipperamm 6106.. Dart. 114224 243.. 221 Droitssich ll .. ate .. $ X narlohoro` l.. Lyme Rains I.. 3 . 1 T0ta1.... 32 3.12.512 1 Total 32 172.221 Here we see, on the principle of calculation adopiti by your correspondent, Mr. Lockhart, that while even see of the 32 members in the left-hand column is returned b 74,695 electors (excluding fractions), each of those representing places in the right-hand column, has the honour of represent. mg such a majority of 210 electors as he found attainable. Again we find that the average number of electors in cache( the 15 cities and boroughs is the left hand column, six. 4,685, is within one-third of the total number of electors is the 27 boroughs in the right-hand column, viz. 6,913: Ind that the gross number of electors in the left-hand column is within one-sixth of the gross population in the right-hand column, while in the former case the representation is at the rate of one member fur a population of 97,097 ; in the °dm it is one for 5,424. " The above," says the authority to which I have referred, "would give rise to almost endless comparison; bat we shall confine ourselves to the most glaring anomalies. It ine s a4s 7 s : an the d n,a r is i t . ?7 o bo r. r , oig m lis p , le w te i l t y h n a eu popt: . l:ti j o . n th e: legislature the voice of all the most important towns in the kingdom, possessing an aggregate population of 3,129,513,w one-eighth of the entire inhabitants of Great Britain. Thee few insignificant boroughs are invented with 18 times the amount of power, calculated according to population (sad the proportion of adult males is in nearly the same mini, that is enjoyed by the cities and towns on the other side. It is a no less startling fact, that there are eight single en. stituencies, each returning but two representatives, when outnumber the aggregate constitituencies of the whole 21 boroughs returning 32 members, while three of them mare than double the number. It would take more than 82 cos Smote.. of r= Finahury .... 2 .. 266.013 .. 12.974 London (City) 4 .. 151,702 .. 19.064 blaryLbone.. 2 .. 937,465 .. 11.1216 Hamlet/1 2 .. 411..730 .. 13,661 Wmarningter . 2 .. 219.930 .. 14.164 Southwark .. 2 .. 142,611 .. 8.841 Lambeth .... 2 .. 167.412 .. 6,647 14 3 =4: : : r;g: 6 367 6 : 14,970 Shefllel Lod 4 .... 2 .. 109,307 .. 4.461 Birmingham . 2 .. 181,110 .. 4.619 Ilri.tol ...... 2 .. 123,188 .. 16.878 E.lmburgh .. 2 .. 132:47 .. ANA I.Ba.goW .... 2.. 255.650 .. LOU Mituencres such as that of Harwich, which returns two members, to equal that of Liverpool, returning the sue number. As will be seen presently, 110,000 electors rata upwards of 140 members ; in the case before us, 149,111 electors return but 32. " In England, Wales, and Scotland, which return NI [now 590 excluding Sudbury] members, 67 of the coati tuencies number less than 546rsons, 145 less than 1,0311, and 209 less than 2,000. A gig, nearly one- half representatives of cities and roughs of England, WM" and Scotland, are returned by 100,000 constituents. Nail this all. We find that, in the United Kingdom, 232 mese bers represent about 220,000 ; and thus it may fairly be M. culated that, out of the 658 [656] members of the Home d Commons, 330 of them—or a clear majority—ars retinal by less than 300,000 persons. The destinies of this *matey, therefore, are actually confided to the bands of abridge third of the electoral body. Still further to illustrate the inequality of our prod system of representation, we subjoin a few more fikA Ina the Manchester Times, founded on parliamentary mum: ' In manufacturing Lancashire there is one mewl's' , for eney 51,000 of the population; in agricultural Rutland theme one member for every 9,000; in agricultural D.:metals there is one for every 11,000 of the population. The etillY of Buckingham, with 146,529 inhabitants, sends 11 IN. tiers ; Manchester and Salford, with 300,000 inhabitants. send 3 members. Four English counties, with 690,000 ia habitants, send 51 members. All Scotland, with four Lillie the number of inhabitants, sends only 53.' " I have not left myself space, nor I fear you et 100 readers patience, to enter into a justification of the emel heading attached to this letter; but I conclude IMMO catalogue of anomalies by stating my conviction, IMAM most salutary improvement which could be made in lb& tribution of the representation on the basis of the peal suffrages, would be the entire fusion of counties with. and boroughs in the matter of elections; retain** county and borough qualifications in the new distrielslllo out distinction, as was the case before the Reform MRS is now in both towns and counties, where persons vote its same booth under different qualifications. I a c t= would be difficult to devise a system more entail ruinous contests on the candidates, or the entamall of the constituencies, than the present form of OM county and town elections in the county, epreldig fO O a wide district bodies of electors who should be billll o together to hear the candidates, led discuss their mil 0 say nothing of going to the poll, while in the towns mill imaginary line is drawn round the suburbs, the lea If which as a boundary is shifting every month—the WM toe unreasonable to bear inquiry, and to electoral Mena we must come at last.-6. SMITH, Lineal' EDUCATION AND CRIME. It may be remembered by ouch of our readers N are interested in these important subjects, that at the needs( of the British Association, held at Southampton last yest,W Is . leison communicated same important calculationsan4 dike none on the influence of education en crime in &glad se! Wales, during the interval between the years 1834 and lb We have been favoured with a continuation of thatusse which we now lay before our readers. On the falew occasion it was shown that of a variety of eleinN tested and supposed to exercise some material Wigan on crime, not one was found subject to any definite law, manifesting any direct control on the increase or dune of crime, excepting education. If the term education be held to signify the cultures ife ration of the moral character, it is evident that its immolate and essential inflaenee is to destroy crime. In fVt, NA sense, education and freedom from crime must births per Lion to each other of cause and effect ; and, thereby, elf , education is at. a maximum, crime must of neireeN be at a minimum, so that if the term be viewed in the 11 14 no statistical evidence would bed priori namely to 01 r, the problem proposed, but if the term education be Use gt its ordinary acceptation, and merely imply inbaNNet d then becomes a fit and important question, to detersfs whether education, in this limited sense, has say finance on the development of crime. The ear es.",_ able test of education in this country is „I' niched by the records of the registiaripmerel, * • T, show the proportion of the persons marrpel who are incapable to write their names in tier mot registers. By following out this test, it wee food. that taking these districts of the kingdom in which the red° proportion could write their names, crime was Asir! si ant. below the average of the whole country ; districts in which the least proportion could oli o *II names, crime was 13 per cent. above the average. 54 0 1.1 relined* it should he argued that in the two groups now the difference in the amount of crime may be einag . l o • influence of some other element than limply idatatisa far as instruction, at still sustille furtherbje had aull ye y t aili been th in e vedisdad. facts" t o I I t! fairly said, that a high state of education is always a wr.: accompanied with a reduced rate of crime, and fiat r, state of education carries with it en increased crime; spat but it still remains to be determined whether in difference may not arise f hrough the agency of some fr . element. It may be held that a high state d M ee tion is generally the concom it a nt of wealth or advanced position in the social scale of , and hence the reduced rate of crime ; ..r; a low state of education is bully associated IP, peculiar grade of employments and manufactures, subse t t, marked fluctuations in prosperity, exposing these Niger: them to deprivation, temptation, and vice, and thus du% increasing the amount of cr ime, which is falsely I .......