The Express. — London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

oioeption of one company, which perlorms police duties, h is been dishanara. POLAND.—Letters and travellers recently arrived b o o Pula .d, oar, in the nowt precise terms, that the plan Me converting Poland into different Itusi.ian provinces, is ea ripe enough to bo carried into execution on the Greek yew year's else. LEVANT -- The steam-hoot lioephorus )igs arrived at Mars with advice' from Constantinople, t o the 2. - ith ult. Tito Ottoman w.verninent had pronvolged a body of new regulations for public functionaries, the de mg, i ,of which ndicated a tendency to a state of enlightened regrew numerous modifications introduced into the cere monies of the court show the determination to lay aside that aontempt and distrust of foreigners whils hire hitherto been inutifest in such forms. The publication of a complete an neal, or public almanack of the Ottoman elm ire, was an nounced fir the let of January. In the school of en :Meets, lately estahli,heil, cox' isting or 240 tudeloo, it was ordered , that the practical sciences should be studied in From+. His ' _Excellency Chekib Effendi had just roceivel a mission to eompliment Pope Pius IX. on his accession to the pontifical throne. From !tame he was to proceed to Vienna, where he had been appointed to the office of Antimixadar from the Sublime Porte. BRAZIL—The du Havre mention% a conspiracy i f the n gross is Pernambuco. Ps object was to have mode Pernambuco an independent town, :mil the de signs of tie conspirators Were carried on under the cloak of a reagious purpose. BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES. On the Bth inst we published (aloste with other istelliget.ce, brought by the packet s bleb miled from Rio Mt the 19th of November) an account of the Riny nod offro- A ire blustering of the American consul and commodore on dm Rio station. The following article from the Jornal do Comeneercia of Nor. 17, indicate* the temper with which ghat display Into been received by the Brazil lens: • On th e e vening of the 3let of Lam month, ea a petrel of the police seem making its rouxchs, they perceived a sailor near the quay of ?home who afterwards they found belonged to the United Stets. sloop-of-war Samtnind attack some other sailors with a knife in hie hand ; they took him and two (ahem into custody, but not their way a, the guaid-hothe, at the imperial palate, an Whereof the corvette • came andderrianded their liberatin, which not being complied with, he went to o wine-shop near at had, fetched hie sword, and, with the aid and area-tenor of other American nukes and • g oof% attempted by ewer their rescue. A patrol of t'uedieta on the recruiting ,eerier, having joined that of the police, the American women sere compelled to go to the guard-home, the police giving Alma • kw blows when they infused to move on. olden tonowed the polite, threatening them with lii drawn sword, till their arrival at the entrance m the palace, where the commander of the police, not wishing to order him to be token into custody by the eentintis, re -peeled him fulsome to him, and took his arms from him An im mense crowd had by thin time colleeted in the galore squire, when it was found necessary to sent for other troops, in order to disperse the mob and preserve the peace. The Consul fur the United State. likewise made hi. appearance, and demand, d from the command ing officer of the guard the liberation of the prisoner+, which not tong acceded to, he protested on the spot against the capture, man offence committed against the enitedStat,. eorne time 'after, the officer was condoeted by another officer to the head-quartets of the police, and the three sailor. to the Ajitte. These acts are of .pfablie notnnety, but we did not notice them at the time in our columns, because se did not imagine they would lead to any serious comequences. They have, however, taken another course, and it is as longer possible to otherve silence rd specking them, particularly .after the unjustifiable coos Wet of Commodore (lessen, the American etommander on this station, the day befits° sesta - day, and which was • witnessed by the whole population of this city. That the infraction .of the laws or police regulations of any country, commit - tad within its jurisdiction, is punishable by the authorities of such country, we be. litre to be an incontestible axiom of right of nations. Whatever may be the condition or quality of the transgrereer, we presume that the principle cannot be Meowed, and that whatever otepa may be taken to rove the delinquent from the puniehment he Covered, ought to be conaidertvl an act of benevolence, and therefore cannot form any pretext for ridicule.us pretension., much lees fur [mule such has not been the thee in the present instance, as we are credibly informed. The incOniiderate conduct of the minister plenipotentiary of the • Baited State% who, it should seem, coma& es no nation con ha -'teat without its representative trampling on the indubitable sights of ether states, for he would not comsat to accept as • an act of favour the liberation of the American othe r by the Inspenal government, ro soon as they knew of his im prisonment, but with this understanding, that it should not prejudice the progress of any criminal primes hued against him. The plenipotente.ry of the United States attributed, perhaps% to weak • nee, that art of kindness on the put of the Imperial Government, and • secordingir the act of intorteonment was viewed by him as on imalt, • for which he demanded the meet summary eatisfaction. The release • tithe officer who had then taken in the act of attacking the tablic authorities, ants entering the Imperial Palace with a naked sword in pursuit of the police who bud apprehended some American sailors who were found occasioning a riot, and with knives in their hands, was on the part of the Imperial Government a deviation from all precedents, sad only resoned to out of great consideration br the government of • The Untied States, aad in consequence of the urpney of the departute -of the Saratoga, as represented by Commodore Itomenu; but this de - stature from alirulee, and this net of clemency did not experience frees the Antertmn mint ter that consideration which it would undoubtedly • bavesexperienced from any diplometim conectrant with disown dunes and with the ruble of others. Mr. Wise, acv we have been informed, disciaimed the liberation of the officer' 'after hr had been received on board his vessel; acconipanied an it Was with a notification of the - metre being carried out. Ile demanded, not only hie unconditional release, without any reserve, but that the officer of the polio should be &maimed, and all the men who took the seamen into custody should he pueished, refuoing to acknowledge them VA a public force, and declared the rapture of the *Meer and seamen to he an insult to -the flag of the Commodore dome. f alleging that they were on the beach, and . that the Brazilian authorities had no meet - film right over It; that the American yellers, fighting against rack other, could not injure any Brazilian oubject ; and that an American officer being C, the public authorities of the country had no right to inter. ; a nd in line declared, that if within a time named ode demands were not stilled, be is - addl. longer minim Commodore Roseau not to see the means he had at kis command. It will be sera from the above, that the strange oonduct of the Ameri can plenipotentiary arrived at such a point as to deny the sovereignty of Brazil over the Oil*, where the offence was committed; to deny to the police patrol and to the Fuediers the abstracter of public functionaries, either from not being dressed in splendid uniforms or from other accidental circumstances; and. finaly. to pretend that .crimes perpetrated by one American against another, cosmos be pun . ithed by the 'awed the country in which they are committed. 01 bon such cluitos as Mr. Wire has put forth are comidered of any weight, founded on such frivolous pretensions, it Ia not surprising that coon • Pirated negotiations should be the result The American Minister, . finding his demands not complied with, as we arc informed, declined any further or rrespondence with the imperial government, who, we are further informed, cemented thereto. But the Ame rican plenipotentiary, whilst he referred the matter to the deciftioo of Ida government, should have preserved relation, of amity and good will towards the imperial government, although the latter, sustain av became it, its dignity, tel.ed to aocep: the mewas prercrtted by him for the rettement of the question. In regard, however, to those relations and attentions. Mr. Wife has acted no If the United states were on the eve of a rupture with Brazil. 'roe 15th of this month was appointed her the baptism of her imperial highness the Princess Isabel. Some days previous an officer of the Brazilian navy vrila sent on board the American frigate Columbia, to apprise Commo- dore Romeau that, in honour of the christening of her imperial hip nem, the Bmailint men of war would he decorated with flap and are a salute; a communication that, according In etiquette, 'signified that the Commodore was expected to follow the example d the Brazil squadron. With such an intimation no . fordo commander had ever failed to comply. Commodore 'Comeau, however, declared, that whilet the conflict existed between the ifo - of the United States and that of Brazil, he thou' refrain from practising them acts of courtesy and attention which are usual amongst nations who are friends. The day before yesterday, when the ships of war of other nations responded to the demonsitettione of the national jubilee given by the Brazdian ships, the American frigate Colombia proffered the insult to the inhabitants of this city, of ob serving m our port the utmost indifference to the rejoicing* which took place, neither hoisting her colours, nor saluting as insult the more unjustifiable for taking place on a day set apart for tenacity* of the august Imperial family. Such, as we are well informed, and such we believe to be the complicated state in which the plenipotentiary of the United Mates has involved, no doubt fair want of re flec tion, a simple fact, sus ceptible of a prompt and friendly solution. We trust that his govern. went, disapproving of such conduct, will be fully ratisfled with the friendly and benevolent proceedings of the impenal government in regard to the imprimoment of the lieutenant and sailors belonging to the Saratoga, and our government receive ample satinfaction for the gratuitous insult offered to the intherLil family and ha the national flag by Corrooodore Roseau, by order, it is said, of his minister at this court —Liverpool STondord. be Court. The Queen end Prince Albert took their usual early walk yesterday, in Claremont-park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness again promenaded in the afternoon. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning, attended by some of the gentlemen of the royal suite. Lord 7. Russell arrived at Claremont yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, and had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner. TRH. the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Prince." Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked and rods yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Cla remont. The royal family took airings in the afternoon. H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by H.S.H. Prince Frederick of Home, and attended by Lad Augusta Cadogen and Baron Knesebrck, has arrived at Bel -weir Castle, Leicestershire, to honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit, from Belton-house, Liorolnshire, the seat of Earl Brownlow. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON comes to town to-day 'from Strathfieldsayc, Hants.—The Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot is rapidly regaining his health. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the °Chancellor of the Exchequer yestanlay, et his official resi- Arne. in Downing street.—Lient.-Col. Michell had an inter rim with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial. office.—Sir H. Hukinfield had an interview with Sir G. Grey on Mon- Any at the Home-o ffi ce. Mr. S. Fox had an interview with the Right Hon. E Strut% yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of ' Refine.. • chairman of the Excise, had an _.ailways.—Mr. I: Wood, cusirmaii interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. K. Shuttleworth had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman jesterday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of South Australia. TIIE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de Montemolin on Monday visited the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange. The Conde was received at the Bank by the governor, Mr. Heath, and by Mr. Gower, one of the directors. By these gentlemen the Conde and his Suite were conducted over the various departments of the establishment. The fire-room, the mechanical arrangement for counter checking the numbers of the notes ; and the most ingenious contrivance for weighing and separating the coin, were amongst the objects which moat struck the illustrious visitors. According to custom in the case of royal visitors the Conde was requested to print and sign a thousand pound note, which is preserved in a book kept for that purpose : with his characteristic good taste the Conde signed simply the words El Conde de Montemolin. After this the party was invited into the governor's room, where theypartook of a sumptuous repast, and thence proceeding to the Royal Exchange were conducted over that establishment and Lloyd's, by Mums. Gower and Mr. King. DEATH OF LORD BERNARD HOWARD.—Accounts base been received at Norfolk Howse of the death of the above nobleman, who died suddenly on the 214 ult., ad Alexandria, where his lordship had only arrived a few days from Malta and a tour through Greece. His lordshin was third son of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, :id it is netters to say that the premature demise of this promising youag noblemen will prove a sail affliction, more especi.illy as the intelligence will reach them earlier through the me dium of the press then by a more direct channel. The deceased was born the 30th Dec., 1825. (From East Night's Gazette.) WHITEHALL, JAN. 11.—The Queen has appointed Sir .1. M'Pherson Grant, Bart., to be one of the Holed of Supervision fur Relief of the Poor in Scotland, In the room of Sir G. M'Pherson Grant, Sett. ; also, C. S. Grey, Esq., to the office of one of the Clerks of Her Majesty's Signet, in the room of J. Gage, Esq. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 12.—MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN PARLIARENT.—O. Rushout, Esq., captain in Her Majesty's Ist Reg. of Life Guards, in the room of .1 Barnehy, Esq., for the Eastern Division of the county of Worcester. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAx.--A meeting of the joint committee of delegates from the metropolitan parishes was held yesterday eveni ng i n t h e Court House,Maryle boite-lane, to consider the most effective meaaures for obtain ing the repeal of the window-tax ; Mr. G. Daniel in the chair. Letters were read from Mr. Hume and Sir Benjamin Hall, expressing regret at :heir inability to attain!, and con curring in the necessity for repealing the window -tax, an well as promising their assistance for that purpose. The chair man made some observations intended to illustrate the in justice and inequality of the tax. lu a sanitary point of view, every inquest proved its injurious character. Only last week, a gentleman of eminence in the city of Londoa had stated that 60,000 children die annually in consequence of inhaling impure air; and they were told by physicians that sick persons confined in dark and unhealthy rooms were sometimes restored to health, without the use of medicine, by being merely removed to a place where they had the be: nefit of fresh air and light. It was strange that though the tax on ginss had been reduced, no alteration had been made in the window-duty, and that the smallest aperture in the poor man's wall was still as liable to the tax as the orna mented window of the nobleman. The question was very important in relation to the franchise. In the parish of &they'd:sone, 1,023 persons had been disfranchised through the existence of the window-tax—an impost which was op posed alike to the comfort of the cottage, and to the orna ments of the dwellings of the rich. It would be useless to attempt to carry out any sanitary measures without first removing this tax upon health, cleanliness, and morals.— Lord Duncan remarked that the window duty was abolished in Ireland on the express grounds that, as applied to that country, it was utterly indefensible. If indefensible in Ire land, it would be difficult to defend it in England. Since the pawing of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, houses had been restricted to • much smaller number of windows than were necessary for convenience and health. The architect was obliged to draw his plan so as to evade the tax, and a bad building was the result. Ile hoped that a deputation would be appoint. d to wait on tt.e Prime Minister, and represent to him the injustice of the tax.—Sir C. Napier said there was a league being formed throughout the country against the tea duty, but he thought that a league against the window-tax was the, best that could he formed. The people of Russia and Turkey would be astonished if told that we cannot have light or air without payirg for it, even though it has been proved by evidence that they are necessary to keep off disease.—Mr. Herbert proposed, Mr. J. Williams seconded, and the meet ing adopted, the following resolution That a deputation of the delegate" from the metropolitan parishes be appointed, for the purpose of waiting upon the Premier without the least possible delay, in order to show his lordship the justice and neeernity of repealing the obnuxiou4 and oppressive window-tax. It was further resolved that the metropolitan members should be requested to head the deputation, and that a cepy of the above resolution be forwarded to the Right lion. Lord John Russell by Lord Duncan and Sir C. Napier, and that they be rtqaested to procure an audience of his lord ship." ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The usual half-yearly meeting was held yesterday, at 3, Trafalgar-square, B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., in the chair. It appeared from the report that the balance of last year's income was 1431.171.1 d.; the amount of subscriptions, donations, &c., 1,9591. 180. 441. ; legacies, 635/. ; balance in hand, 171. Is. 3d. ; total, 2,7851. 16e. Bd. The expenditure on rewards, salaries, print. leg, &e.,was 1,6191. 7s. Ild. ; receiving houses, 2941.175. 6d.; purchase of stock, 8711. lls. 3.1.; total, 2,7851. Ifis. Bd. From the 14th Dec. to the 3d of Jan, there were 279,482 skaters is the different parks. Out of this number 4.5 were immersed, and only one death took piece. On the 31st Dec., there were 36,000 skaters ; on the 3rd of Jau., 35,000, being the days on which the largest numbers partook of this amuse ment. The silver medal wan awarded to the following per sons for their efforts in saving, or attempting to save, the lives of individuals Itobt. Munsie, seaman ; Mr. Geo. Clif ford, Lieut. J. W. Finch, R.N. ; the Earl of Leicester, F. Astley, Esq., Charles Jackson, Mr. Thew. Mitchell, H. Ve reker, Pierre Victor Trotel, a French sailor; A. R. Jenner, H. S. Gibson, E. P. Green, Exeter Celine, and J. Wright. Votes of thanks were passed to the Duke of Northumber land, the president of the society, and to the other officers belonging to it, all of whom were re-appointed, after which the meeting separated. PUBLIC TESTIMONIAL TO THE DUKE OF RlCH MOND.—liesterday a very numerously attended meeting of agriculturists and tenant-eirmere, deputed from various counties throughout the kingdom, assembled at the Free masons' Tavern, Great Queen( street, to consider the best means for rendering the proposed testimonial to his Grace the Duke of Richmond as effective as possible. The Duke of Richmond was present.—Mr. John Ellatan, of Sussex, was called to the chair. On the motion of the chairman, a committee was named, with the Duke of Rehmend as its president, to apply the sums subscribed fur the Richmond testimonial to the formation of au institution fur the benefit of decayed tenant-farmers. In the course of some observa tions by the Duke of Richmond, he said, " I leave long felt with emotions of no ordinary nature, that I have never passed a farmer's house in any part of this country, without feeling assured that if I knocked at the door, and sought admittmee, I would find a friend within to welcome me." After auggesiting a plan of operations for collecting further subscriptions by means of the various agricultural societies throughout the country, the meeting separated. PAINLESS SURGICAL OPERATIONS.—Guy's hospital was crowded yesterday by members of the medical profession who congregated to witness the results of two surgical ope rations under the new process of inhalation of ether. One patient laboured under stone in the bladder, the other was afflicted with hernia. In both eases the vapour was admi nistered by Mr. Robinson's apparatus, and in both instances the results were satisfactory. The first operation occupied but • few minutes, the other subject was twenty minutes under the knife. Both declared, on their recovery from the effects of the ether, that they had no sense of pain. SUICIDE.—On Saturday Mr. Youatt, the eminent veterinarian, author of the" Treatise on the Horse," and other works of a like nature, committed 'suicide b y . taking poison. About eleven o'clock he went out, complsuning of a pain in his head, and returned at twelve. He then retired into his room, wherein he remained undisturbed until about two, when the maid-servant proceeded to his apartment to an nounce the dinner; but receiving no answer, and the door being partially open, she stepped in and saw him sitting on a couch. Thinking he was asleep, she advanced further; and on approaching him closely, discovered that he was dead. There was • small bottle and a cup on the table, which had evidently contained poison. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—FOUND I)ROWNED.—By Mr. W. Carter, at the Coopers' Arms, Russell-street, Ber mondsey, on the body of Joseph Matthew Cotton, aged 21 years, who was found dead in the river under very myste rious circumstances. The deceased was the stepson of Mr. George Downs, proprietor of the Haberdashers' Arms, Hor ton. For several months past the deceased had given way to habits of intempermice, and whilst under the influence of excessive drinking his mind appeared deranged. On the evening of the 23rd of December last he begged of his sister to allow him to take more brandy, but she refused, which circumstance gave him great offence. He proceeded to his dressing-room and left the house in great haste, and not withstanding every exertion on the part of the police and his relatives, nothing was heard of him until Saturday last, when his body was (Recovered floating in the river, off Mill-stain, Bermondsey-wall, by a waterman named Hobbs, who conveyed it ashore to the workhouse, where a silver hunting watch, a purse containing moneT , , o rd a bunch of keys were foand upon his person. The y was in • very decomposed state, and on the crown of the bead there was a large hole, no doubt caused by his Milieu, upon some bard substance. Mr. Paul, surgeon, uas quite unable to state the precise muse of death, and owing to the advanced Meteor decomposition the body was in, he was not In a posi tion to say whether the wound on the head had been inflicted before or after death. The coroner having remarked on the case, the jury returned an open verdict of " Found drowsed in the River Thames." — MYSTERIOUS DBATIL—By G. I. Mills, Esq., at the Hamp , shire Hog, Hammersmith, on the body of W. E. Davis, aged 67. On the morning of Saturday last, about 5 o'clock, the son of the deceased went up to his father's bedroom to call his brother, who slept in the next room, when he found him father's bed-room door open, and saw deceased kneeling lon the bed against the bed-post. Thought deceased was in a fit, and ran down again to call the neighbours. Deceased had gone to bed at half-past 12 the previan night. Between Its sad three o'clock on Sunday morning the son of deceased bawl a violent scuffling in the upper bed-room in which the asemeni and Anne Wheeler, a woman who lived with kiss as bis wife, were. He went up to ascertain what was the matter s but the deceased instantly ordered him to go down stairs, which he did. Deceased hail been subject to fits. Mr. Mills here stepped the inquiry, and said that no informa tion with respect to the suspicions entertained as to the mode of the deceased's death had reached the coroner's office. The ant he had heard of them was on his entering that house. Her therefore thought that although there was reasons to be lieve that deceased had hung himself, after the evidence that had been taken, it 1/111• ease in which • post mortem exams. maim ought to be made, in order posi.ively to ascertain the actual cause of death. The jury expressed their coneurream in the views of the deputy coroner, remarking that they 00 sidered the case required a searching inquiry. o ne deputy coroner then issued his warrant for the opeahs'g of the body, and the inquiry was adjourned for the attealynce of other necessary and important witneases. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN, It. The members of the Reproductive 'e r npiereent Committee have, I understand, beer. engaged for several days in the discussion of prJjects of a more permanent character for the improvr,ment of Ireland. I have learned, on good authority. 'that the committee have unanimously resolved upor. a recommendation, that the legislature should prohibit fer the future, under penalties, the ereet'on of those wigwams known u " Irish. cabins ;" that the land- THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1847. lords will undertake to remove those which may already disfigure their estates, and supply their places with others of a better class. The gentry also agree that the legislature shall limit the power of distress for rent now enjoyed by Irish landlords, and so grievously complained of by the tenantry. They will recognise the right of the tenant to compensation for permanent improvements on the land, and in other ways contribute to the permanency or security of tenure. Upon the question, whether the Irish landlords shall object to or permit the govern ment to take possession of the waste lands for culti vation, there are in the committee two parties. The one led by Mr. T. B. Martin, M.l'., the hereditary possessor of the " houseless wilds of Connemara," is opposed to granting any such power to the govern ment ; the other, more reasonable, and, I am happy to add, more numerous, parts-, are disposed to permit the wastes to pass for reclamation to the state, upon proper compensation being afforded. My informant assures me that Mr. O'Connell's opinions on these subjects are listened to with great consideration in the committee, and that, though most of the members are opposed to him in polities, he is uniformly treated with great deference. In the North the spirit of insubordination is quite as active, though assuming a less fatal shape, as in the South. The Horse Gazette contains a long catalogue, not to be exceeded by the occasional returns in the Tipperary Constitution, of arms robberies, house breaking, thefts of cattle and sheep, and crimes of that class, which indicate a disease rather than a vervdan gerous condition of society. Scarcity is ever the fore runner of disorder. The steady „North is not more patient under its pangs than the sensitive South. The Central Relief Committee, I understand, is pre paring a circular, to be distributed through all the districts where destitution exists, requiring informa tion as to the stock of food in the fa r me rs hands, re tailers' shops, &c. The clergy of all persuasions, chair men of the unions, and leading gentry, are to supply the facts which will guide the committee in amount and character of the relief. I may also inform you that government has taken stock within the last month, as, so far as appearances could warrant a true arrival at the result, ministers are in full possession of the available food of the country. It is said the same course has been pursued since the autumn. The mode, however, of attempting to fix the quantity is very fallacious, and why it is unnecessary to state. In some of the country meetings the people are misled by false statements as to the supplies stored by the government. Thousands and thousands of tons of provisions are, it is said, rotting in stores and steamships, while the people are dying. We may not approximate very closely to the truth by taking data supplied so far back as August last, but from the comparatively small additions and considerable sub stractions made since then, we may infer the exist ence of very inadequate supplies by the state. In the first week in August last the number of tons of oat meal in all the government depots was 430—0 f Indian corn meal somewhat more than five millions of pounds weight, and of Indian corn less than eight thousand bushels. This is but a poor staff to lean upon. A question of some interest was determined at Car rickmacross, county Monaghan, on Friday last. It was, whether a tenant from year to year might claim compensation for tenantright. A great number of the Marquis of Bath's tenants, holding yearly, claimed against the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Com pany, not only for the quantity of land required by the company, but for their interest by reason of the tenantright, which was to be estimated at twenty-one years' purchase on the annual aereable value. The right to compensation was negatived by the ma gistrates, but an amount was awarded in the first which decided all the other cases, showing the incli nation of the bench to attach a value to the interest. Northern juries have in several cases awarded full compensation for the right. ing in behalf of the famishing thousands at Skibbereen, the Catholic rector was the first to suggest the names of the two Protestant clergymen who went on that disheartening mission. In every district in Ireland there is the some Christian concord. Charity is in morals what drapery is in painting—At lover. a multitude of faults. A etle . wated polemic, nut unknown to Exeter Hall, hes lately come forth with a fervour of language which indicates a must generous feeling in behalf of his countrymen. We shall not disturb the rohe which he wears with so goods grace, and hopo that all religious animosi'y and inisrepiesentati, n skill hence fueword cease uu both aides of the Channel.—Freeman's Journal. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, JAN. 11„ The promptitude which the people of England have shown in organising measures of relief for the Highland destitution, will act as a stimulant to higher efforts here. In a brief space there will not he a county or town in Scotland which will not have held their meetings, or otherwise have taken means to raise contributions. I'aisley, which in all times of distress, at least of recent occurrence, has been the first to feel the gripe of poverty, has not beer, more fortunate in this season of depression. A contem porary reports that he has "heard of several well authenticated instances where both individuals and families in the town have had to subsist, for a day or two at a time, on nothing but a few turnips taken from the fields, without the consent of the owner. We are not, however, equally depressed in all guar- I ter.. Leith and Port Glasgow show maritime pros perity, and in Galashiels trade is spoken of most favourably. The Leith statistics arc as follows: Ib.VENVE or CVATOll..— Year ending 3th Jan., 1847. 579,8031. en; is 510,123/. 193 3d.—lncrease on the year, 39,679/. 12, 9d. Vassets non FOREIGN PUSI 'I wren 1917, 953; in 1646, 724—Increase, 221. In Port Glasgow the customs, for the year ending January 5, 1847, exceeded those of the previous year by upwards of 44,0001. From Galashiels the rep in is more favourable of the state of manufactures this month than of the two last, especially in lighter fabrics, fur which there is an increased demand. The snow, which has so long interrupted intercourse with the north of Scotland, especially for heavy goods, is now breaking up; but here, where there has scarcely been any, we have indications of a similar visitation, The operations of the New Poor-law Act has rendered still more obvious the nece s sity of a national system of registration of births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland. The following overture or petition from the presbytery of Lochmabcn to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, will explain the matter: Whereas, according to the new poor law for Scotland, it would 2ppear from nectior, 75 that, in a large propor ion of case., porde* becoming objects of parochial relief will revert to the pirbh of their hi tit, and as it is well known that the registration of b.rths, especi ally in country parishes, is not sutSciendy attended to, in consequence of which it is very frequently • matter of diiiiculty to tin upon the particular pari,lt of the pauper,— It is humbly °mimed to the General Assembly to take what atria they, in their wisdom, many think eight to bring the matter under the notice of the legislature, is order that • general eystem of registration of births may he intro duced into Scotland. KING'S COLLEGE, AHERDEEN.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint A. Scott, ffi. A. (Edin.), at present Rector of the Pultneytown Academy, Wick, to the vacant chair of Hebrew and Oriental Langusgcs in King's College, Aber deen. Heotois HOSPITAL.—Another interim report by the special committee appointed toe insider the cases cf the boys expelled fur insubordination, has been given in. It announces the re-admission of other fifteen of the boys—in regard to five of whom it is stated that as they have in a more especial manner forfeited their claims on the hospital, they should be re-admitted only to finish their education, and not to be entitled to any of the usual allowances after they quit ;he institution, sullen the governor should, on a review of their whole cor.duct, think tit. Fourteen boys still remained excluded from the hospital. Stoaa DISTILLATION.—At the annual meeting of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, held on Tue.lty, W. Buchanan, Esq., moved, " That the chamber petition par. !lament to repeal the prohibition on the use of sugar in breweries, and that the restrictions on its use be withdrawn, so far as is consistent with the protsetion of the revenue." The motion was carried unanimously. GLASGOW. E tHtntTtos.— In reference to the late ' New Year's-day exhibition of the tilugottr Philoso phical Soci.ty, the Constitutional newspaper of that place makes the following communication: "At eight o'clock at night we received the following gratifying note from the Superintendent of Police ' Shut the street entrance at six o'clock ; 16,117 in the hall during the day. All orderly. Not an article touched"" REPEAL ASSOCIATION-THIS DAY. The usual weekly meeting was held this day in Concilia tion-hall. L. O'Donnell, Esq WAS called to the chair. The hall was crowded. The proceedings, which were of an ordinary character, will be amply enough elucidated in the brief account below. Aid. DELAHUNTY, of Waterford, handed in 201. from Waterford, and stated that at the next election they should return to Parliament from Waterford two Conciliation-hall repealers—Alderman Meagher and Sir Benjamin Morris Wall. Mr. O'CONNELL —Three cheers for Ald. Meagher, one of the best men that ever lived. (Cheers.) Mr. DELA/lI:NEE continued to say, that they would have great pleasure in voting for Sir Benjamin Wall, because he was a good Protestant gentleman. [AM. Meagher is father to Mr. Thos. Meagher, the Young Irelands]. Mr. O'Connell handed in 1/. lie. from the horse-shoers of Dublin ; also 11. from the Rev. Dr. Sprint, a gentleman who takes great interest in the progress of temperance. Mr JOHN O'CONNELL said that the Irish members were going over to England in despondency—nearly in despair— not for the cause of Ireland, but with regard to the caudition of the country and the incompetence of the English parlia ment to relieve it. He said the most brutal, cowardly, and calumnious libels were found in the English press upon the Irish people, whose conduct ought to be lauded. There was the ruffian Times, and then the Economist, the free trailer, and then they had the Spectator, which re presented nothing but the blackheartedness of its editor and proprietor, with the outlandish name of Rentoul--but all these papers had levelled their brutalities at the people of Ireland. The Economist had basely charged the Irish people with flinging themselves like slaves upon the bounty of England—without energy or exertion. He did not think these brutalities would be repeated to the faces of Irish members in the house ; but he did think these outrageous attacks upon the people were evidence that nothing would be done effectively for the relief of Irish distress. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to argue that the condition of Ireland was such as to present an argument for repeal not to be overcome. The people were dying, at the rate of three hundred per day, of famine, and that in the 47th year of union. How could an Irish parliament, or any parliament, mismanage to so great • degree the affairs of this country? But they would grant measures of relief—reclaiming of wastes. Would that restore manufactures, or trade, or com merce ? Then they promised a poor-law. He warned the people spinet adopting • measure which had failed in England, which had failed as far as tried in Ireland, and which would be only imposed upon them for the selfishness of England. He warned the clericy against advocating them. Workhouses were sinks of iniquity in England, and he asked the clergy, did they advance morality in Ireland ? Again, let them think of the facil.ties it afforded for religious perversion. Mr. O'Con nell further contended that the effect of a poor-law for Ireland would be to confiscate Irish land for the benefit of the capitalists of England. Such were the measures proposed by the English statesmen. Poor-laws, he would, to his place in parliament, resist to the last. He con cluded by earning for the restoration of the Irish parliament. Mr. O'Connell stated he should not detain them long, but he would address them again from Conciliation-hall. He would not address them at all did he not wish to condemn a new calamity induced by the conduct of the landlords. Some of the landlords—most of them indeed—had done their duty. Lerd Farnham bad acted admirably • Lord Roden had done the same. But the Rev. Eugene O'll.ourke, P.l'. Killucan, described the conductors noble lord there who was inflicting horrible injustice upon some poor creatures, whom he was about to eject in Westmeath. He thought there should be a measure brought into parliament to prevent any systems of eviction during the present alarming circumstances of the country. Mr. O'Connell then adverted to the exertions of Lord Slip and Mr. Moore, who were exerting themselves for the of having county meetings, their intentions were exec lit. There would be a meeting on Thursday next, which he would attend for one I purpose, and one purpose only—to see whether they would demand—aye, demand—that food should he had for the poor at any price. They should demand justice or the haughty English people would not mind them. Food should be bought by the government at any price. People said let the meth . ..ants bring you food ; but they were pay ing merchants twice the price it cost them. And was he to be told of political economy and private speculation, when mea were starving in the county he repre sented at the rate of fifty per day ? Let Eng land take care ; Ireland was the right arm of her power. She newr stood upon a battle field that Irish courage did not advanna her colours; nor did ever that flag which braved • thaw sand years the battle and the breath float in trump' ph where Irish blood did not wash the decks. She ouch t therefore to do justice to Ireland, and if she did not do ▪ Aer power must fall. Mr. O'Corcent.t then announced the repeal rent for the esk at 1191. 19s. Id. The meeting adjo. rood. EXTINCTION OP PARTY —The community of misery has already almost annihilated the last swims' of party. The names of Tory and Radical are as rare as those of the blue and green factions. When the ship is among the breaken, the distinctions of rank are merged in prayer and supplica tion. So is it with us. All party differences are forgotten, and the general safety alone is the common object of all. In this there is deep canoe of congratul►tion, and when the storm blows away, the fruits of this permanent " truce of God" will appear in the anxiety of all classes to cultivate mutual esteem, and labour together for the common good. One phase of this remarkable unanimity deserves especial notice—namely, the perfect harmony which distin guishes the conduct of the ministers of religion of all classes. The charity of Christ and of the Gospel animates all with I ardour and attachment to the suffering poor. The Catholic and Protestant clergymen vie with each other in am of be nevolence. They are the most active members of relief committees; they confer together, work together, remon strate together, evoke together the aid of a dilatory govern ment, and condemn together its vicious and impolitic refusals. When the desperate urgency of the crisis instigated the necessity of appealing to English feel- PROVINCIAL. LORD LINCOLN ARRIVED AT on Monday evening. He met his committee at the Albion Hotel, at twelve o'clock on the morning of yesterday, and was intro duced by Mr. Ald. Neild, the chairman; but then spoke for a few minutes only, not touching on politics, but avowedly reserving an exposition of his political sentiments till the even ! Big. His lordship said in effect that he did not come on this occasion to receive the requisition, but that there might he ne mistake or misrepresentation of his sentiments. We are precluded from giving his lordship's words, because the re porters were admitted only on the condition that they should not produce their reporting-books. After Lord Lincoln's brief address, the chairman invited gentlemen forward who might wish to be " presented," and after some irresolution, many of the committee went forward and were formally introduced. The number of gentlemen present did not ex ceed 160. His lordship was afterwards introduced on 'Change, and was cheered, but the friends of Mr. Bright got up a counter cheer. THE INQUIRY INTO THE CASE OP ALLEGED NEOLECT by a relieving officer at Manchester was concluded on Mon day evening. The assistanbcommissioner, Mr. Austen, will transmit the evidence, and his report thereon, to the com missioners, whose decision will be made known in about • fortnight. DARtNO BiatoLanv.—On Monday three men were appre hended at Manchester on a charge of having been concerned in a daring burglary committed at a farmhouse called Lady barn, near Burnages, four miles from that town, on Satur day morning. On that morning, at an early hour, a of tea or twelve men, with faces blackened, end armed p :ra bludgeons, broke into the house in question, occupied byMr. John Wood, a farmer of 70 years old, supposed in the neigh bourhood to be a hoarder of money. They went to the bed room of the old man's nephew, Mr. Charles Wood, and fastened him and his wife down, and then proceeded very leisurely to demand the old man's money from him. They remained threatening him and aearcbiag the house, making his servant girl carry a light, for about an hour and a half, and at last bore off a booty of about 241. in money, a watch, and some other valuables. It appears that though they threatened to hang Mr. Wood, and to set fire to the house, he resisted all at tempts to get • disclosure of his hoards from him, and they were indebted to the fears of his servant for what they did obtain. There was uo conclusive evidence against the men taken into custody, but after a long examination at the New Bailey Court-house, before Mr. Trafford, they were remanded till this day. 01,1211,11.1,9 LEEDS AND WEST RIDING BANKING COMPANY.-111 the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy yesterday Mr. Cora miseioner Burge delivued his judgment in the case of the disputed adjudication of bankruptcy under the fiat issued against the company on the 12th December last. The prin cipal point upon which the objection to the adjudication rested was, that a notice of the demand of the petitioning creditor's debt had not been duly served ; hut his Honour, after recapitulating the authoritative decisions which go verned the ease, ruled that due service bad been effected, and consequently sustained the adjudication. As the credi tors who sued out the hat against the company have since obtained payment of their debt under other processes against individual shareholders of the company, they have no inte rest in further prosecuting the fiat, and it /Emilia** be seen whether any other creditor will take up and continue the proceedings. COMMISSION NT THE LORD LIEDTENANT.—J. Todd, Esq., to be Capt., vice Shore; M. J. Orimston, Esq., to be Capt., vice Clubley, . 16.7 of East York Ort MilitM. "WITI ••••ISM • V /1 PUBLIC HEALTH IN NEWCABTLE.—The bilk of mortality give a startling picture of the health of this town. Com paring the deaths in 1846 with those of 1845, there is an in ertias of 1,239, or nearly 68 percent. ! This high mortality is ascribed to the prevalence of scarlatina and typhus hoer; I but these diseases have their origin mainly in the disgrace fully defective arrangements for the sanitory eondisson of the place. An abundant supply of water and adequate sewerage are indispensable to the health of any town, and of both these Newcastle is notoriously deficient. ELECTIONEERING MOVEMENTS.--MllllOllll have been in circulation this week, of the intention of Lord Ossalston sad Mr. A. J. B. Creeswell, the two Conservative members for the northern division of this county, to retire at the earliest ! opportunity ; and that they are to be succeeded, unless the electors determine otherwise, by Mr. Hinde, one of the members for this town, and Mr. Ord, of Nunnykirk, who are both well-known Conservatives. We have not much faith in vague rumours, especially in electioneering Elkin; but we have reason to Mies.* that an arrange ment similar to the above is contemplated, and may not un likely be tried. Mr. Hinde is known to feel . usensy about his present constituency, and, having good clams upon his y, must be provided for in smother quarter, where he may be lees liable to disturbance . The eircuinstance, Ihowever, shows the necessity of active efforts en the part of the Liberals in the town and county. A Liberal candidate to succeed Mr. Hinde has been nominated, but no steps taken to elicit the opinions of the electors on the subject, or to secure for him the support indispensably neceseary to pro cure his return. Such apathy and indifference are Men eusable, and contrast very strikingly with the secret yet effective operations of our political opponents. If we are to have two Liberal candidates proposed at the neat election, the constituency should be made aware of it, and everything done to secure their return. Public opinion is unanimous in desiring the continuance of Mr. Ord's services, and of his re-election there cannot be the slightest doubt; but, to ob tain the return of another liberal representative equally popular and effective will not be quite so easy as some imagine.—eVetecastie Guardian. ,116,1M1121:19TOO NONTH LINCOLNOKIRI ELICTION.—TrEBDAT, NOON. The election of a member, in the room of Loid Worsley, who has succeeded to the peerage, took place to-day in the County ball, at Lincoln. There was no oppsition to the Whig candidate, Sir M. J. Cholmondeley, and consequently the pro eeedinp passed off tamely. Shortly alter the time appointed, 11 o'clock, Sir M. J. Cholmondeley, and a number of 'the principal gentry of North Lincolnshire, entered the County-hall. Weston Crscroft, Esq., then rose and proposed stir M. Chohnundeliy, of Nortan.place, in the parts of Lindsey, as a tit nod proper person to represent them in parliament.—J. W. Yorke, Esq., of Wabasgate, Louth, seconded the nomination.—Sir M. Cholmondeley said he had always been a Protectionist. It was his conviction that the measures of last session were impolitic. He would not hesitate to give his vote for t h e repeal of the malt.tax in preference to the duties on tea. But they must remember the repeal of the malt-tax would create a great deficit, and there would he a considerable increase in theta: on property in consequence. FIRE AT STOVILTONI3I;TI:E.6; --- aturday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Stourton Castle. near Stour bridge, in this county, the residence of James Foster, Esq., en ironmaster of great eminence. It is supposed that the fire originated in the sleeping apartment of Miss Folder, who on awaking in the middle of the night observed that the room was in flames. By great eurtion the flames were checked before they had spread further, but several of the allotments were much injured. The property was insured in the Phirniaoffiee. _ WARWICKSMRE. THE DISTUPARED Nisi( .—Elforta arc just nnw•bcing made at Birmingham to raise a subscription for the relief of the starving Ire h. The work of benevolence has been taken up by both the Protestant and Catholic clergy, and a consi derable sum has already hr en raised. This fund will, how ever, it is to he feared, suffer diminution from the circum- ' stance of the amount of destitution in Birmingham being just now almost beyond precedent. The workhouse is filled to overflowing, and the demands upon private charity is enormous. The price of all sorts of provisions in Birming ham averages twentv-five psr cent. higher than at the cor responding period of last year. GLOUCEsTEMIIIRP. . . A Wn•n Klux's Br HER HUSBCCD.—An inquest was held at Bristol on Monday aftt.rnoon, upon the body of a woman named Catherine Welsh, the wife of a mechanic re siding in Mark-lane, St. Augustine's, who died in conse quence of injuries inflicted upon her by her husband. It appeared from the evidence that at a lot hour on Saturday night a violent altercation took place between Welsh and his wife. As no one was present at the commencement of the quarrel but the parries, the cause of it has not trans pired ; but at about half-past eleven o'clock that night, as two females, ea•o.el 'larding and Scott, %ere passing down Mark-lane, on their way home from market, they heard quarrelling in Welsh's room, which induced them to atop end listen. They heard Mrs. Welsh say, " For God's sake don't beat me any more." The women went to the dour to a place where they could see to the top of the steps leading to Welsh's room. in a few moments they saw the husband, who was stripped to his shirt, push his wife out of the room against a wall on the opposite side of the landing. lie then gave her another blow, and Bila fell over :be whole flight of stairs, pitching heavily on her head upon some stone steps as the bottom. She WES taken up insensible and ble' ding from two wounds of the scalp. She died on Sunday night. The inquest was adjourned tillWeJnesday, and the husband, who is in custody, was removes to Briderrell. SUFFOLK. IPSWICH APPEARS TO lIS A FLOURISHING Town. Not. withstanding the reduction of Customs' duties on several articles, a decided augmentation of the revenue of the port is shown by the returns. The prosperity may now be considered so permanently progressive—the amount of income for the year 1846 exceeding that for 1845 by upwards of 4,0001., and that for 1844 by above 8,0001. The foreign trade has very considerably increased this year compared with the preced ing year, and as compared with 1844 in the ratio of Bto 5. The following statistics may be interesting:—The Customs' duties received in 1846 amounted to 36,9831.—Foreign car goes inwards, 79 ; coasters inwards 1,404, the tonnage of which amounted to 97,096 tons; counters outwards 913, amounting to 54,457 tong—Number of registered vessels belonging to the port 181, of the burthenol 14,.t44 tons, and employing about 900 men.—Above 90 cargoes of iron have been entered in wards during the past year, amounting to 14,000 tons ; 10,000 quarters of linseed have been imported from the Black Sea and the Baltic; 3,162 loads of sawn timber, and 6,426 loads of hewn timber have been imported ; 34,401 lbs. of tea removed coastwise from London, and the duty paid on 19,880, amounting to above 2,000/., by tradesmen of the town. The following are the quantities of wine and spirit* remaining in bond at the end of the year 1846:-41,021 gallons of wine, 5,983 ditto brandy, 14,577 ditto rum. RELIEF OP THE POOH itt IRBLANIL—Tho members of the Society of Friends resident in Wurzhal;ton and neighbour. hoof have subscribed 153/. in aid of a lund for the relief of ,the distressed poor in Ireland. Stmt. PEINCESS'S.—Last night Miss Basilan() made her debut at this theatre, as a dramatic performer, in the cha racter of Ann Boleyn, in an English version of Donizetti's " Anna Bolena." This young lady was educated in our Royal Academy of Music, and, after spending several years in Italy (where, we believe, she appeared on the stage), she came baler* the public last season, with considerable mecum, as a concert-singer. At the Birmingham Festival, in parti cular, she acquitted herself with much,' red& Her choice of the above part for her theatrical &lb utAres,we I in k, an injndicious one. There is no merit in the opera of " Anna Bolena." The libretto is contemptible ; and though the treatment of the story of our unfortunate queen may be tolerated in a foreign theatre and a foreign language, yet as we have it on our stage, and represented by our own actors, it becomes really too ridiculous. Nnr is there anything intrinsic in Donisetti's music. It is a poor and meagre outline. depend. ing entirely, for its effect on the rich colouring given to it by the great artists for whom it was destined, and who may be almost said to compose it every time they sing it. A young performer, too, who appears in this part, has to contend with the remini‘cences of Pasta, Mali bran, and, above all, Henn, whose innumerable representation, of it are fresh in the memory of every body in the least conversant with the musical stage. 1 here is, besides, the further disadvantage of ringing Italian music with words in a different language ; for every one knows that the bond between Italian melody and Italian speech cannot be broken with impunity. Notwithstanding these unfavourable circumstances, however, Miss Bassano's debut was attended with considerable success. She exhibited talents of a superior order ; and her reception, if not enthu siastic, was very favourable. She has a powerful voice—a mezzo soprano—of excellent quality, and more than ordinary compass and flexibility. 'f here seems ta be something ardent and almost impetuous in her temperament, which impels her, in momenta of excitement, to throw out her tones with a degree of excitement at variance with grace and smoothness of style, which belongs to the finished artist. And the same cause, it seems to us, hurries her into a somewhat exagge rated manner of acting—movements and gesticulations so violent as sometimes to approach the confines of caricature. These are faults, however, which we are not sorry to see in a young performer; they arise from an excess of feeling, an exuberance of en'rgy, which time and experience subdues and softens down. Miss Bauano is handsome both in face end figure, has expressive features, :and grace and dignity of manner. Among her vocal efforts, the most sue ceicsful were the elvatina " But my sorrows deeply eeated," (Non .'ha sguardo) ; the finale to the second act, at the end of which she was loudly called for by the audience ; and the impassioned air in the last scene, which she gave with great effect. From her whole performance, we are convinced that she will be a very great acquisition to the musical stage ; and we hope she will speedily appear in another part, better cal culated for the advantageous display of her powers. Allen performed Percy, and sang with grace and delicacy ; his " Vivi tu," in particular, was enthwiiastically applauded. Leffler was respectable in the King; Miss Smithson (bating a good deal of false intonation) performed the part of Jane Seymour very creditably ; and Miss Sarah Flower, in the part of timeaton, sang the pretty lute-song, " Ah, Fara," in a manner which reminded us of Brembilla. The piece was, altogether, carefully and well got up, but we do not think its intrinsic merits sufficient to keep s! for any length oftime on the stage. CLERICAL. 81,3 , 10.4113123.--Nrw Camara sr Wiaarnimene.—A meeting hr Wen held, at Wedieshury, oe the requisitka of Res. W. O. Coils the incumbent, to form a committer for the Che epate of =shine arrangements for buildieg • new church m the district a et. Jars. Theß e . Res. I. Clarkson stared , 9 3o had bora made by the ohms A, oxictica to the extent of 1,930/. ; _that dimationa had been tees . n d and promised to the amnion of 44181. 17s. and that a salmi*. db had been obtsined. The total cosi will not, it la rappowd, n , n n 2,8001. The chairman announced his *mottos of goring ♦ nonn n donation of SO guineas le the building furl. Bruns.-9t. JAKNet Cerium be roopemed for rice ce3 the 26th inst., when the Riled Rte. the Lo BOW' of the tho ctiore ug eurpotes being present. The church haring one/ repratice. Ira as muds Mteration in the inlay A n y now preemie one of the most roomy, depot, sail convententr• n‘ne l ten this city. Mc sulemiptions it a►ort of the =hey; required by abed 4001. _ . Aetna—The lord Blehop of Clanoestse end Bonded y t ee we rre ip e d MI. towards the emanation of Landeff Cetbedntl, and be e she ghon ON. towards Me subeoription fir education in tan prtheipeut, of Weiss. fleets.—The Earl of Vendetta has given 1,1041 „ e mit'. e e t h e site, toward, the building mid endowment of t caste c h..' i t Latistosk rl = Bt. Mom It Is that tba agent incumbency n gt . Edward's, pere. bridge, is to offend to limb Bee. Dr. Spence, Paernesisers.—Rev. Jonento St. George P.C., whet, Lama. 166 f. ; Be.. J O. Mulholland to fineyd P.C. , R e g an: l.w,, . Be.. p Genera to Campton Cluunberisin V., Elba , dia. Baran; ie.. D. I. Heath to Bfed'na Beats, dl.. Winebeek. ; ea t . saw.; p e t eee w. Teneef F : — %Magtale Tv to MUM c end woomart C, Barks; din Oxford • 3681. with residence; pea C. Eyre, pee. ;by UM dent the Rev. C. Loll Combo. M. Ma* C., tloonveet, bf the Primo eke of the Be'. I.E. Guiana 6' eetet te, P.C.; hyl, . p i t. J. Retreat', Env ; sad Wren B. i I. ; pt. se re , pr h ereerle; bah in the of Breams* end di. , of M. David's, and meant by the death of them,. w. wiName. AIM Par , M-grO AX 7 • Arroarranns.—The Ben. J. P. Phair, Clondivaid C., dl.' of elope, on the nontinetion of the Be.. John Torreon Kyle, reds*. of the pu m. The Be.. cheeey, A.B. to nollttebnle P.C. • e tbe nisolastion of the Very Be'. the Dean of Derry. The Van.. B. It Gough, A.N., to Dunbar R., end the avehdenoniT DMZ in the patronage of the lion. and Right Bee. the Mob% ci that a tee , Vacate, —'fie Bvreg of Ronan in the gilt of the Bishop of Cashel, vain VOW. prtr.apm. The rectory of Incrodan, ia the COUR of Limerick, keld by the late Rev. T. Itioneerl, has teen nrprndea, and the inmate reverts to the Emicraethea emiunkeketera An y ardinatim vas held by M:Mishap of Cashel, at Waterford, an Suada MA. The Rm. ft W. Kyle bas sorepted the invitation from the trustees of ore al the churches of St. Pierre-le-Port, Guernsey, and is about to enter an his ministerial labours In that island. NAVAL. Poarsarocra, JAR. 12.—The Theta, Captain Codrington, railed this day for Plymouth, where she will exehange some of her anchors, an?, then proceed to Corium, for the purpose of trying her rate of sallirig with the America frigate.—The Albatross sidled this day, for Plymor,th, to be paid advance.—The Hyacinth, 18, Com. Scott, which railed yester• day for the eastward, put back to Spit ted this aftentooe, • ith ',as of bowsprit and topmillant-msata, haring been in contact, this morning at ail o'clock, off Peachy Heed, with the ship Wanderer, Capt. Prince, front London, fur 'long-Kong. The Wanderer came into harbour thin afternoon, .t four &clinic, to repair the damages Abe received. tingrautam, JAN. It. The IMpbne, (trot. °mime, has arrived from the Pacific etation, Igat (no, l'ormmouth ; Me will proceed to-morrow to Chatham, to be frAd oI tit, re. The Samar mg Sir Cilwaid Weller captain, hen gone on to Cbathon, and the crew have cornmeneed din mantling her, preparatory to being paid o there. The Hyacinth, Corn. P. Scott, in expected here shady to be paid off. Wootwien, JAN.l :. —The Lktoser, Cam. Brown, left Woolwich on Sunday. Her deutination will probably be the count of Irel Ind. The Rosamund (nt.`„ Com, note (tote the Eidatir), will be ready for A 1.3 in the mune of next week. she in ordered to the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve the Thmuterholt. The Dr .non (d.). I. at Deptford. taking in a cargo of meal for the relief of the tiiitrmaerl Iridt. The sulphur, formerly the Engineer's Sehooldthip, is letng lifted up for the recep tion of the 'loyal Marines, the accommodation on board the Hobe not being sufficient.. MILITARY. Poanotorrn. J.W. 12.—This morning the let &canon of the Ilth, or Prince Albert), Rirkiient, loft this r...,+.11, on their route to Dublin. They were preced..l to the Elating Bridge by their own gm band, and those of the 2nd tnieeree, and Royal Marine, whom martial airs delighted a large osenibluge people who were abroad, between the early hours of s. , ven non vght in the morning, to oilmen the depar ture of this corm. The let division of the elrd Regiment marched in this day, frau Cbiehoder. henna or Cot- klecouroott, or Tett ben FVPIIIIBIII—This distin guished ofllmr died akw ...vs since at Piymou.b. He was a native of :addend, and at a very early age entered the army; his commie. Pions being than dated:.-Second June 24, IM2; flew., Juno 24, 1804; Capt. in, Augmt 7, tali; Itrevet-Nlajor, July 22, 1830; and Lieut.-Colonel, November 9. teed. Al; his promotione wrie unpur duped. lie served in Calabria in IltoG, and wee pigment at the battle of Maids and taking of Catrone. In 1807 he *creed in Event. Ile nerved also in the campaigns of 1814 and IBIS, to Holland and the SPORTI:01. EPSOM SPRING IMSFTIO. • rall TH. GREAT MICTIIOI.OI.ITAN JIANDICAI ^ 25 Povs. /or-h; 15 it, and S ordr if tiecluird 00 or before Tuesday next, Jan. 19:—.Harm, 5 yrs, 9.1 121 h; Sweettorst, 5 yrs, 9st 9b; Wolf. dog, 3 yrs, 94 11b; Dulcet, 5 yrs, 9,1 Ilh; Annandale, 5 yrs, 84 111 b; Mar peth, 6 yrs, 114 12lb; Sting. 4 7 ant 12th; logo, 4 rs, ant 121 h; Dokful, 5 yr% 81 10lb ; Queen of T y ne , seed, 910; Mimeo Mob, aged, ant 9lb ; Akhhar, 6 ~ 8-9 9lb; CA ...005r, aged, 84 lilb; Pine Apple, used, Brt 71b; Intrepid, 6 int, Sat 51b; Noel Rorer, 9 yrs, fi Mb; Lady Wildeir,'S yrs, 84 Rh; The Comet, 4 yen, Sot 11b; Dexterous, 4 yrs, Set ; The Premier, 4 yrs, P.O 31h; Arthur, 5 yrs, 84 1 1 b; Lord Salto" G yrs, ; Laundry Maid, 4 yrs, 114 11b; Wit's-end, 4 sr', 84 11h; Refraction, 5 yet Bet ; Com ponile. 5 rrs, 74 1311” i yrs, 74 131 b, Roebuck, 5 yrit. 7st 131 h; - Heardine School Slim, 6 yrs, 74 LIM ; Giselle, 4 yrs, 74 131 b; Whet, aged, int 1310; lkst Rower, 6yrs, 7st 12th; Loon. net, 5 yrs, Tat 121 h; The Lunh, 4 yrs, 74 It ; Milden, 5 yrs, 74 Illb ; Mosque, aged, het 1 ; Plaudit, S yrs, 7.9 10Ih; Mall of Lynn, 4 yrs, int 191 h; Roderick, aged, 74 10lb; Tom Tulkich, 4 yr., int 101 b; Little Jock, 5 yr!, 7st 'the Duke of Richmond, 4 yrs, 74 940; Ukraine, 4 cis, 74 916; Monied, 4 yrs. 74 91h; The Magnet. 3 yrs, ist 91h; Gwilior, .5 yrS 714 910; Dridield, 4 yrs, int 131 b; Q.CII Anne, 4 yrs, ist 91b ; Sly HAty, 5 yrs, 7st 9th ; 4 yrs, ist Sib; Falne Report, 4 cm, - et 8115; Rufus, 4 yrs. 7st Slb; Bourtoo,. 4 yr*, 74 816; Marquis of Conynglun, 4 yrs, 74 Sib ;- Aral, uged, 7nt 8:b; Banana, 4 yrs, 7471 b; Buttress, 4 yrs, 4 7th; Icicle, 4 yeti int 7th; h m by Kamereand out of La Fine met Garde, 4 yen. ist ilb: Shrlfieth, 4 vrs, 74 ilb ; Due an Durras. 3 yrs, 74 710 ; oir Simon, 4 yrs, 74 ; Binnacle, 4 yrs. 74 ilb; FillVllragb, 4 cm, 74 7lb ; klahostagh, yrs, 7st 710; Jenny Wren, 5 yrs, 74 Sib; Lyrice., 4 yrs, 74 51b ; Sheraton, 4 yrs, 74 MO; Farthing Candle, 45)T., Tat sth ; Sceimilus, yeti .a slb ; Wysern, 4 yrs, 74 Sib; Punch, 4 yrn, ha t Slb ; Flitch, 4 yrs, int 5115; Camera Ohmura, 4 yes, 7st 51 b; Ihneut Buck, 6 yrs, 7st slb ; Hydran ges, 4 yrs, 74 51b; Tbe Little Vulgar Boy, 4 yrs, 74 31b; Sotyr, Byre, at 31h; Lady Sarah, 6 yrs, 74 31h; Sir l'eter Lturk, 47n 74 31b; tivarach, 4 yrs, 74 31b ; Miss Shirley, 4 yrs, 7st 1lb; TitLß, 4 yrs, bet 15th; Cherry, 4 yr., 6e4 13th; Ileuhunan, 4 yrs, Get 12 1 b; The Correct Cord, 5 yrs, 64 121 h ; 4 yrs, rot 121 h; Polka, 4 yok, 64 I 21b ; Pimento, it yrs, Gat 121 b; Ally Corker, 6 yr% cwt 91b; Hannah Rains, 4 yrs, fiat 9.b; Feeney, 4 yrs, 64 51b ; enromk, 3 yrs, Grit 3lb Projectile, 3 yrs, Sot 31b ; tgosier, 3 ynt, Set 13th; Devil-mo.Csre, 3 yrs, Sat dole; Queen Mary, 3 yrs, 5a 101 b ; Comae-it-Fast, 3 yrs. 54 1010; b. f. by neon, out of flippona's dam, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib; Ilals, 3 yrs, Snt 7lb ; Mooilkee, S yrn, 54 sjb ; Agnes, 3 3m, Set 51b; Mir mill°, 3 yrs, sst 1 ; f. by Lanereost, out of Camp Follower, 3 yrs, Set 1lb; Meaner 3 yrs, 54 Ilb ; So 11m, 3 yrs, sst llb; Pint Bonnet, 3 yrs, Set 110 ; Brother to Stitch, 3 yrs, 44 1210 Varopyre, 3 yrs, 44 121 b ; e. be Euclid, dam by Timms, 3 yrs, 44 121 b; b. f. by Llis or Venison, out of Odessa, 3 yrs, tst 12lb ; Emerald Isle, 3 yrs i 4st 121 b. N.B. If the highest weight accepting in under 844 716, t will be rained to let 71b, and the others in proportion. lath Elm Chance . EQUITY COURTS.—TESTERDAT. Before the Lord Chancellor. Wcaa V. GRACE.—GIFT TO A WOMAN NT Di:ED.—Rs- PTHAINT ON MAILILIMIE.—This WAS an appeal from the Vice-Chancellor's decision on the construction of a covenant in a deed, dated in 1802, by which Mr. Webb agreed to give Elisabeth Coale', who had some time previously cohabited with him, and bad children by him, an annuity of 40/. during her life, but in case she married, then only 201. a year. Elizabeth Castles married one Elborough, in 1805, and from that time she received the reduced annuity of 201. without complaint, being wider the impression that the condition in the covenant wee imperative. tpne the death of Mr.. Webb, in 1828, who, in his will, referred to and confirmed the deed, a suit was instituted for adminia ttetion of his est ite, and uncler a decree of reference in that suit Mee. Elborough, being advised that she was under a mistake in law in aupposieg she had not been entitled to the full annuity, presented a claim before the master for the full annuity, and for the arrears then due to her. The master disallowed the claim. She then presented a petition to the Vice-Chancellor who wax of opinion that the claim should be allowed as the condition or proviso fur reduction of the annuity, being is restraint of marriage, was against the policy of the Lew, and therefore void. The appeal from that decieion was argued on the last day of the sittings of that court at Lincoln's lon, and the circumstances of the case, as well as the grounds of the arguments on both sides, were reported in this paper. The Lord Chancellor, on that occasion, said none of the eases that were cited had a cogent application to this as they were all cases of gies by will, hut this, being • gift by deed, by contract, to which there were two parties, we* very dif ferent, and he therefore desired a search to be made for decisions in cases of that nature. The case stand over for that purpose.--Mr. Spence and Mr. Winstanley, this morn ing, in support of the Vice-Chancellor 'e order, referred to several cases to the effect of chewing that the condition in the deed was void as being in restraint of marriage.—Mr. Bacon and Mr. Montague, contra, insisted that the cases re ferred to did not sustain the decision appealed against. The Lord Chancellor expressed an opinion to the 'Wein that the present state of the came precluded him from deciding this question. The master reported that the annuity was only 20/. The decree afterwards nude adopted the report, and the decree could not be alttredou a petition. &bill of review would alone enable the,court.to allow a final decree. The counsel on both aides urgeslon his lordship the ex pediency of deciding the question without *tether expense, declaring that the parties would all be williag to accept Iva lordships judg m ent. The Chancellor epee, that repeeeerdsdieri desired the necessary papers to be delivered , to him. Wore the roe-Clisseenor of Magnin. INSOLE v. FEATHERSTONELAVOH.—FIILL TRANSACTIONS. ALLEGED UNPAIRS.IIIA.-7he Vice-Chancellor delivered The in this can, which was argued in December last. The plaintiff mss a termer i Worcestershire, and requiring, some years ago , to borrow stoney, consulted with his sun, who was a soli char in partnr rahip with a Mr. Corbett. The plaintiff Was then introduced by Mr. Corbett to the defend ant Mr. Fe athorstonhaugh, who bad been a chemist at Worcester, I and was in the habit of lending money, and in July, 1839, a bill fur 1001. was discounted by the defendant for the ph kintiff. A number of transactions of a similar nature too It place between the plaintiff and defendant from that pen id down to the month of March, 1841, when the Plait stiff, having become indebted to the defendant • oonsid erable sum, executed an indenture whereby he as swed / kis life interest in 1 2 7/. per annum (left him by the ill of his uncle), for the purpose of securing the sum which was tk en due to the defendant, and all such further sums as the 1 efendant might advance up to 1,0001. The plaintiff short ly afterwards became much involved in his cimum stet, :es, and was obliged to sell his farming stock, which pro thee ed, with the crops upon the farm, a sum of 1,1761. A bit .of sale on this property had been given to the defendant, se/ co received the proceeds, and a memorandum was executed b ,tween the p'aintiff and defendant, by which it was so .nowledged that all accounts were settled to that period, with the exception of particular sums, for which the assign ment of the plaintiff's annuity was to remain as a security. The defendant subsequently claimed to be entitled to the whole interest assigned by this indenture, whereupon the plain ' tiff filed his bill, alleging that the assignment was intended only as a security for the money remaining due to the defendant, and preying that the defendant might be declared • trustee for the plaintiff as to the surplus beyond that tun, and the bill prayed that certain documents and bills of ex change in the defendant's pomassion might be delisand up to be cancelled, and that the defendant might be ordered to render an account of all monies due to him and received by him. Much evidence was produced on both sides. Poe the plaintiff it was contended that he was a man unused to busi ness, and had been imposed upon by the defendant. On the other aide it was urged that the plaintiff had acted under the advice of his son, the solicitor who bad been concerned in all the proceedings, and that every transaction had been con ducted with perfect fairness between the parties. The Vice-Chancellor said he had desired to read through the whole of these papers, because it was evident that • very grave attack had been made upon the characters of several persons; and there ware express chargin in the bill that some of the transactions which bad taken place between the parties were fraudulent and void. He could not see that them charges were in any manner substantiated. It appeared I that the plaintiff's son had been mixed up in all the negotia tions, and had sanded in preparing the deeds; and if there had been any fraud it was his business to have warned his father of it. The bill alleged that the father was anaemia tooted to business, and unable to understand any amounts but farming accounts. His honour thought that this spans of knowledge was quite sufficient to have guided him through the several transactions alleged to have taken place could see no ground for supposing that any fraud had been intended, but the spirit of the plaintiff seamed to have led him beyond his judgment, and induced him to state more than he could prove. He should, therefore, dismiss the bill with cops. COOPER O. Wants—BlLL POE AN ACCOUNT AGAINST RAILWAY frtRECTORS. QCESTION AS TO NECESSARY Pairrna.—The Vice-Chancellor delivered judgment in this case, which was argued on the 17th of December. The bill was filed by J. Douglas Cooper on behalf of himself and all ether the shareholders in a company formed for making a railway from York to Lancaster, against Sir J. Webb and the other persona forming the committee of management of the slid company. The scheme was provisionally registered in O ctober. 184,5, and deposits to the amount of 132,0001. We'ee paid up upon the shares allotted by the committee. Toe bill failed to pass the standing orders of the house, and the project was afterwards abandoned. The directors then gave notice that the aura of 36,e581. had been expended by them in the necessary expenses, and that they intended to pay back to the shareholders 30s. per share out of the deposits, and retain 10,0001. in their own hands to answer any farther liabilities ; at the same time proposing to the shareholders that they should execute a release of all claims upon the directors, and give an undertaking not to commence an.7 l - pro- 1 t