The Express. — London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

been subjected to a coarsen.. of vitupera tion utterly inconsistent with every rule of fair argument, and directly subversive of the judicial temper indispensable in such inquiries. In the tenor of the allusions to the conduct of the Bank which so frequently occurred in the speech of Sir C. WOOD on Tuesday evening, there was, of course, no trace of this reprehensible tone or offensive vocabulary. Sir C. WooD's ideas on the subject of the Bank have certainly not the advantage either of lucidity or justice, but he fully understands the difference between respectful duisidenoe and abusive disagreement. It was one of the main purpose of Sir CILARLIS WOOD'S speech to fasten upon the policy of the Bank the blame of those defective ent re coy arrangements from which the country his se acutely suffered. He traced the conduct of the Bank in February, in April, in Jane, in Augeek and in September, and concluded his recapitulation in every instance by a significant lamentation over the indiscretion of the directors. He lamented that in February they did not raise the rate of interest sufficiently soon ; that in July they lent too much of their reserve; that in September they placed it in too imminent a jeopardy ; and he especial . l z fdt himselfcalled upon to deplore that, by these indiscretions, the Bank has produced great ..7M agrOCU3 fluctuations in the state of confidence and credit throughout the country. This, he ima gined, was the consummation of his case. The syllogism was complete, and nothing could be plainer than that a derangement of the money market, trace able to the Bank directors, could not be imputed to the act conferring their present charter. This is precisely one of those unaccountable chasms in the coherence of Sir C. WOOD'S exposition, which have so greatly astonished the country. Granting even every fact of indiscretion for which he contends, there arc still two queetions to be settled before his favourite scheme of banking regulation van claim the benefit of an acquittal. In the first place, is it truo that this peculiar policy . of the directors is at variance with any provision, ex press or implied, of the act of parliament under con sideration? In the second place, is it true that thei authors of that act, in their anticipation of such a policy on the part of the Bank of England, saw any , tea- ' -mato provide against it by stigmaor prohibition? Now if a negative answer, and no other, can be given to each of this inquiries, it is not easy to overrate the temerity of Sir C. WOOD in directing public attention I to this peculiarly exposed point of his position, and then betaking himself to another and distant part of his very irregular line of defence. It is, to say the least, very bad tactics to invite the enemy to attack a tottering citadel, and then withdraw the garrison for the defence of an obscure loophole. Now, if there be any truth in history, it is as his torically certain that the authors of the act of 1844 most naturally contemplated—first, a constant and vigorous competition as brokers in the London money market by the Bank of England, and second, the occurrence not of mischief but of good from such a competition, as it is certain that CHARLES L lost his head. What are the facts ? In his greet expository speech of the 6th of May, 1844, Sir It. Part said : With respect to the banking business of the Stook, I pro pose that it should be governed on ',wisely the sense prin espies as would regulate (mother body dealing with Bank of England notes. Oar general rule is to draw a distinction between the privilege of issue and the conduct of the hank ing business. We think they stand on en entirely different footing. We think that the privilege of /MO is one which may be fairly and justly controlled by the state, and that the bankinybusiness is a matter in respect to which there cannot be too toilimitedand unrestricada competition. 'ln this latter respect, we think that the Bank of England ought not to be subject to greater restrictions than other banking establishments, but that it should be pat on as equal foot:no with them, se the principle of competition, which ought not to govern in case of issue, ought to operate in re spect to the banking business, and that after the issue has once taken place it is then important that the public should be enabled to et the use of that issue on as favourable germ as possib?e. It is quite impossible to have anything plainer than this specific declaration. Here is the great promoter of the scheme claiming applause in its behalf, because it would introduce a new prin ciple of competition as regards the Bank of England, and because the effect of this new competition would be to cheapen the monetary trans actions of the public. But this is utterly at vari num with the line of justification set up by Sir C. WooD. " Behold," says Sir R. Part in 1844, " a new contrivance, which has the peculiar merit of setting in motion a vigorous spirit of Competition be tween the Bank of England and the London bankers, whereby money will be cheapened, and nothing will ' be endangered." " Bemoan; says Sir C. WOOD in 1847 " a constant tendency in the Ba nk of En g land to interfere with the London money market, which has led to the most disastrous consequences, and to the utter shipwreck of the beautiful machinery set up in 1844." - We certainly conceive that there is a luxuriance of eccentricity between these utterly dim cordant strains, which has not been lately surpas sed either within or without the walls of our vaude ville theatres. It is altogether a most intricate puzzle of identity to dissever which, after all, is the real SIXON PURR? Has some mysterious transmutation taken place in the statute book, so that the act of par liament actually in force is not the act of parliament which enjoyed the ovation of three years ago ; or, on the other hand, has some equally mysterious trans- migration of faculties befallen the two right honour able baronets P Turn which way you please, there is still a labyrinth. Either the act is the same, and it has net failed in the estimation of Sir C. WOOD, because it has falsified svery expectation formed respecting it by himself and Sr It. Poet in 1844 ; or it has failed, and his therefore convicted them of egregious miscalculation and incon sistency ; or they at present describe as faults the very things which in 1844 they described with rap ture as beauties of the most unique description. We are exceedingly happy that we at least have not to go upon so forlorn a hope of reconciliation, nor to tempt the perils of each a wilderness of conflict ing statement. It is sufficient for us to point out these salient angles of divergence between the course of the adopted defence, and the history and character of the measure sought to be upheld; and upon this particular point so notorious are the opposing rack, and so flagrant is the attempt to exculpate the vicious legislation of 1844, by raising a clamour against the Bank for faithfully following out the imperative pro visions of that legislation, that we are gaits, sure, whatever may be the boldnees of the manoeuvre, it will be most signally uneuccessfal. THE singular system of diplomatic and warlike ope rations in which this country has been entangled on the west coast of Africa is about to be further com plicated. Intelligence has been received by the Naval Department at Washington that the free-negro settle ment of Liberia has declared itself an independent state. To this, of course, no opposition will be offered by the American Union. The scheme of getting rid of slavery by gradually exporting negroee as free adonis* never was a favourite of the American slave owners, who have no wish to Fart with their septa& And still lees was it a favourite of the abolitionists, who looked upon it, not without cause, as a sly device to weaken the anti-slavery . party by introducing controversy and dissension into their camp. The few crotchety in dividuals who took up with this notable compromise between abolition and slavery have long grown bred of their expensive hobby. The supplies have fallen off year after year, and now that there is no hope of raising more, the miniature model of the great pattern republic cut in ebony is allowed to loose** punter which tied it to the vessel of the state and sat up for itself. Now, though we have succeeded in concluding a treaty with the republic of Equador—a minikin state situated about the antipodes of Africa, and with its flag unknown on the seas—whereby that mighty I nation binds itself to co-operate with us in putting down the slave trade, , the bantling republic el Liberia springs into existence, we take it, free from all such bonds. The question then arises—are we ffitely to find this baby state an ally or an adversary is our anti-slave-trade operations Clekri nulla fides : don't imagine that all negro.' &hie to deal in black slaves. Disbanded members 1 et our West India regiments have, NO now, been Mows to be the most eager and efficient agents to ti do kale in the marsh-delta of the Niger. Nay, bow alias it in oar precious anti-slavery settlement of Sims Loose P Prom Sioutsves " Sierra Leone" —die "elms swami at bead—we learn : Imams ham swum& of ihmsdiaLing in the colony by =ld Wrigal4o themicshee, ea in the case or the notonoas lhomeLt stsseed to Ibex= lie ri e ver chain , icps:disz.;. the who : Man di lbtuw ths delver to Ism the mutates is his piece. Other wee of Mshomedans, Mandingose, and P•Ilialle es Tillman/es, residents in the colony, are estabLideed, Ida have inveigled liberated dfrioan bungs or eltilde n.i s=f the colony, and sold them In the interior. • • a liberated Atria's, oa more oconaions than bills presented to the grand jury spinet Lim fir aleo a Handing°, named Howdah ; l keh eke issuer in which the intimate are trained the inlader, conviction is difficult, yet many have bean punished with severity. To avoid unnecessary multiplication of instances, we subjoin only one more of Mr. SIEREEVEIS remi niscences. Mr. SHEESVE, be it remembered, resided six years in the colony, and held at one time the ap pointment of first acting writer under the slave-nude commission there. A slave schooner wee purchased by a coloured British merthant in the colony for 3001. He named it the 13berbro', and afterwards sold it to his relative, the chief of the Plan tain Islands, under a fictitious bill of male. The chief sold it to the slave traders in the neighbourhood of Sea Bar. Shortly after she came into Sierra Leone a prise, with above three hundred slaves on board, and was condemned in the Mixed Commission Court. Now is there any reason to believe that the negroes of Liberia will be more inaccessible to the fascinations of slave-trade gambling than the negroes of Sierra Leone ? That there are highly respectable and even highly accomplished men among the free negroes of the United States, is indisputable, but this is not the character of the class. It is impossible that a class, denied civil rights, and treated with contumely and oppression, should retain that self-respect which is the basis of class morality. As a body, the negroes of the United States are noted for self-indulgence, low cunning, and impudent un scrupulousness. This is not their fault—it is the fault of the institutions, and of the dominant race who have made them what they are ; but the fact is as stated. This class, prompt to acts of illicit gain, have lean familiarised by their white countrymen, with eon , nivs.nce at, and participation in, the slave trade. Lieut. 'Commanding BELL, of the United States navy, in the same letter which notified to the govern ment, at Washington, the Liberian declaration of Independence, supplies some statistics of his country nies's participation in the slave trade along the wed Ned of Africa.. On the 31d of Aug ust _ last he over "an American brig (the J. W. Huntington), owed in New York, from Rio Janeiro, with the usual asserted slave cargo, and lumber enough for a slave dept.' He was informed that the Malaga, another lAinerican vessel, had precisely the same cargo, with out the lumber. The Senator, a third American vessel, some months ago, landed 500 slaves at Cape Frio, and then proceeded into Rio, under Brazilian colours, where her owners were suffered to strip her ' of all her furniture, " and then the government seised her as a no-document vessel, the American crew having left her at Loango, where the slaves were taken on board." Lieut. BELL adds I understand that upwards of thirty American vessels annually ems freighted from Snail by Brazilians to the south coast some of them, as is well known, taking a return cargo of slaves under Brazilian colours, their Ame man crews first leaving them." Who, that reflects upon these facts, can doubt that the slave traders are looking forward with good reason to make the new republic a harbour of refuge! Already have complaints been made that even under the striped and starred banner, facilities to slave trading were afforded in Liberia, if not indeed that the slave trade was actually prosecuted within its territory. It could not be otherwise. The mass of the dominant part of the population are just in that state of advancement to make successful slavers of. Their contact with civilisation has been such as to impart to them somewhat of the European intellectual superiority over the rude hordes among whom they have settled, without elevating them correspondingly in respect of morals. What is the remedy for this additional obstacle to the suppression of the slave-trade impending over us? Not, assuredly, a blind and obstinate perseverance in those meaeures for its suppression which have hitherto failed even to check its expansion, and which have subjected us to so many correlative evils. It is no exaggeration to say that the crews of the vessels of the royal navy employed for the suppression of the slave-trade have been annually decimated. The addition to our annual expenditure caused by our naval and mixed commission anti-slavery opera tions is counted by hundreds of thousands. And yet we have the authority of the late Sir FowELt Buz. TON for saying that the number of slaves annually carried across the Atlantic has not been diminished, while the cruelties of the middle passage have been fearfully aggravated. This is not all. Oar perma nent blockade of the West African coast (for such it is) tells fully as severely against the honest and legi timate trader as against the slave trader, and thus innocent commerce in the produce of the soil—the beat means of civilising Africa—is cramped and dwarfed in its growth. Again, the liberties which our cruisers must take with tradiag (or seem ing trading) vessels, if their attempts to repress the slave trade are not to be a mere mockery, have fostered for years a growing dislike of England among the sailors and merchants of almost every nation of Europe. The last notable device for evading this consequence of our anti-slavery ernawiss —the three equal squadrons maintained by France, England, and America, off the coast of Africa—is ludicrously mischievous. It is as if the City of London should be at the expense of tripling its police force, maintainer equal numbers of French, American, and English icemen, and making the men move in clusters o three, in order that every delinquent of any of those nations might be duly arrested by a coun-y -man. The jealousy of France, England, and America, seta three vessels to do the work of one. And the constant juxtaposition of strong squadrons of three services, not remarkable for mutual tolerance, keeps Europe and America in constant danger of war. The independence of Liberia is, alter all, a very trifling addition to the embarrassments which our inefficacious system for repressing the slave-trade has entailed upon us. That system cannot be much longer persisted in. Already members of parliament are beginning to move against it, and it shall not be our fault if they are not aided, in so far se they can be aided, by making the public aware of its absurdity and danger. Our Paris express of Tuesday has arrived, bat contains little news of general interest. The London journals of Monday brought the intelligence of the definitive nomination of the diplomatic mediators on the Swiss question. According to the reports receir ed from Berne, however, it seems likely that the war will have ceased before the arrival of the mediators. The sanitary board of Marseilles, in its sitting of the 25th, ordered a rigorous quarantine of twelve days for the Mentor, and decided that in future all steamers, without di stinction, coming from places where the cholera exists, although they may . have had no case on board, shall perform a quarantine of ten days, to be increased if any case of death or sick ness has taken place daring the voyage. An extraordinary express has brought to Paris the 1 intelligence that the three small cantons of the Son- derbund, Schwyts, Uri, and Unterwald, have been ad mitted to capitulate, subject to the condition that the) , shall not be occupied by the forces of the Diet. It is reported that the diplomatic conferences of the me diating powers are to be held at Neufchltel, the capi tal of the canton of that name. The only outstanding canton of the League at present is the Valais, and the submission of that may be looked for by every courier. The report we gave of the foot of General Salle Sigh° being wounded is confirmed. lie was wounded in the had by the explosion of a shell. The members of the ex-government of Lucerne who carried away . the fonds of the cantonal treuury, had signified their desire to return and to restore what had been abstracted. One of them, M. Schopf, had written to the military authorities at Lucerne to that effect. Since the above was written, we have received the Swiss journal' to the 27th, which confirm the re of the capitulation of Uri and Unterwald, bat affirm r that they are to bs occupied by the federal troops. --- The advices received from Naples, to the 22nd ult., announce eeveralministerial changes, all of which are of good augury to en improved state of things. The Minister of the Interior, M. Santangelo, has been compelled to retire, receiving the title of Moquisoorel the rank of Honorary Conneillor of State. This ministry is resolved into three-1. That of public works ; 2, that of commerce and agriculture ; and 3, that of the interior. The first of these offices has been conferred on the Chevalier d'Ureo, the second on the Chevalier Spinelli, and the last on M. Parisi. d'Urso and Parisi are both known for their liberal views. The latter was honourably distinguished for the infkrible opposition which he offered to the butchery of ("Jewel Laudi in Sicily. THEI EXI`RikS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1847. The Chevalier Spinelli is also a liberal and enlightened person. It was understood that the ministry of pollee, rendered so odious by the atro cious Delcarretto, would be abolished, and its duties annexed to the ministry of the interior. It was also reported that M. Code, the confessor of the King and the prompter of many of his evil deeds, would be die mimed. Other changes, still more important if pos sible, were expected. The Prince Comitini, who is in the ministry without a portfolio, and who is known to have the confidence of the King, and to have co operated with M. Pietrs Catella in effecting these salutary changes, will probably be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Sicily is to have a separate admi nistration, under Count Trapani, as viceroy. MADRID, Nov. 25. I gave in my despatch of yesterday a rough outline of the opening of the debate on the address. By far the most important feature in the day's achievements was the marked liberal tone of the speech of Names. The next re markable point in the debate was the profession of neutral ity on the part of goveroment,when its head was called upon by Doom& to declare whether he approved the language of the paragraph, against which the amendment was aimed, as against an implicit vote of censure of the two preceding ministries. Such a neutral position is quite at variance with the common parliamentary practice either in Spain or in any other country where representative institutions are u tablialied. The government according to usage ought to adopt the address. If it does not, it virtually abdicates. I The neutrality of Marren reveals a deep schism between the government and the ultra-mode:adios; and the determi nation of the latter to embarrass and throw out the ministers. Chance has favoured the designs of the ultras in the compo sition of the committee, which contains the quintessence of the majority. They have taken advantage of this partly accidental unanimity to digest such an address as could not be adopted by the government without contradicting both in word and spirit the sentiments and expressions in favour of national union, forgetfulness of pest quarrels and grudges, &c., which are consigned in the purely ministerial composi tion of the royal speech. The two words which, from the beginning of Narvaex's ministry. have figured most often la preambles to decrees and such official documents as admitted an expression of the contemplated spirit of the administration, have been legality, ri-concilintion. The bitter censure conveyed by the sonorous periods of Rio., Roses, and Pidal against the governments of Pacheco and Doyens, put into the mouth of the present cabinet, would utterly belie its conciliatory promise. But the refusal to adopt the address of the committee, and the determination to remain in power notwithstanding, would be no less incon sistent with the engagement to follow a mune of strict lega lity. Thus the ultras have caught Narvars in the trap of his own words, and placed him between two fires. By deciding for the liberal side, so far at least as can be understood from his answer to Became' yesterday, the Dake of Valentin had placed himself in the necessity of dissolving congress or re tidal,: his office. In either case the progreaistas are well dto an alliance offensive and defensive with him the ultras. Meanwhile the latter have not left on plied t t he great engine of court intrigue. Christina has made overtures to Concha, a man who has always been exceedingly distasteful to her, but who promises to become • meet serviceable tool for the present, being the rival, and now, mina his dismissal from the command of Catalonia, the enemy of Narvaes. From the hour in which Don Manuel refused the French embaoiy, the Duke of Va lencia might count upon his decided opposition. Nervier, then, veering round to the liberal pole, it follows that Concha should accompany this deflexion of his opposite by a corresponding deviation towards ultra-moderadoism. Mon, according to this plan, is to be the President of the Council ; Fidel, the Minister of the Interior; Concha, the Minister of War ; and to-day I hear that °ensiles Bravo, now in high favour at court, is to be Minister of Foreign Affairs. Bravo Murillo is suspected as having been put by Christina into the present cabinet to serve at • pinch as • man who would make no difficulty about countersigning royal decrees for the dismissal of his colleagues. Sanchez Silva was expected to make a speech to-day upon the economical amendment; and Benavides to defend the Pacheco ministry. To-morrow, Cortina and Olozaga are ex pected to take up the debate. Olozoga, unfortunately, is not well. BELGlUM.—Buossura, Nov. 27.—THE NEW POSTAL LAW IN BELOIUII.—On the 26th inst. the Belgian Chamber of Representatives finally adopted the project of law relating to postal reform. The new laws (which will come into operation on the lit of January next) reduce the postage on all Belgian newspapers, whatever may be thew size, from 2 centimes to lc. ; and that on foreign journals, from 10c. to de. Consequently, on and after the above date, the postage on English papers arriving in Belgium will be one halfpenny instead of (as at present) one penny. " Re , commended letters" (that is to say, letters recommended to the special care of the Post-office) may be sent on prepay ment of the postage and the payment of an additional penny. The main question, however—the introduction of a uniform system of postage—has been adjourned for the present until ministers shall decide in favour either of a 10 centimes or a 20c. system. It is all but certain, moreover, that tke stamp duty on newspapers will be reduced. ISAXONY.—DREBD6N, Nov. 24.—A dreadful mis fortune occurred on the Elbe, near the village of Sebousei, in the district of AUNiti. Thirty-seven workmen, belonging to the works of the railway from Dresden to Prague, em barked) on Friday night last in a boat, to cross the Elbe. They had scarcely left the shore when their frail craft upset, and they all fell into the water and were drowned. But 17 bodies had bees found. Among the victims were several fathers of large families. FRANKFORT, Nov. 27. —RE-IctuRIAGE OP A DIVORCED Couria.—Mlle. de Reieheabech, daughter of the late Elector of Hesse Cassel, and who was married for the first time to the Count of Lukhner, from whom she was divorced ; and for the second, to M. de Wolzdorff, Counsellor of State, who died about two years since, is about to marry her first husband, M. de Lukhner, from whom she was sepa rated merely through politics' motives, which have now become groundless. This marriage, the banns of which have just been published, is to be solemnised in the reformed I church of Frankfort. BANKING LAWS OF • THE STATE OF NEW YORK. [Prom the New Tore Leerier and inquirer.] In the absence of any intelligence of very positive moment, we have supposed it might interest such of our European readers as by the force of circumstances have their attention turned just now to the subject of banks, and the beet modes of rendering these institutions at once safe and useful, to lay before them the chief features of the free bank ill lams of the state of New York, under which, for the last nine or ten years, the paper currency of this state has been mainly issued. We accordingly annex an abstract thereof, adding that since the period when this law was enacted, between 76 and 80 banks have sprang into existence under it, with aggregate capital of about fit teen millions of dollars, and with the right to circulate totes to any amount which they may secure by a pledge of state stock. Of these none wholly based upon stock of the stale of New York have failed, while several, of which the capital and the securities pledged to the comptroller for circulating notes, were composed partly of stocks end partly of bonds and mortgages, have failed. As a matter of feet it may be stated, that although the legislature have not been prevailed upon to strike out from the law the provision whisk permits securities, so inconvertible on the spur of the INSMilth MB mirages often prove to be-experience and the practical working of the laws have led to such an amend ment, and no new banking association is attempted, or coed command confidence, which does not confine ita securities to stocks, for these can always be realised at or near their value. In addition to the 75 free banks in the state of New York, there ars some 84 incorporated banks, the security of whose circulating notessaranteed by what is known as the safety fund, com posed of an amessment levied from time to time on the divi dends of these banks. The circulating bank notes, therefore, in the state a New York, are as safe and well secured a currency, and as nearly fulfil all the legiti mate functions of a currency as any that ever was devised, tai nothing but a lees continued and very adverse state of the tartlet; exchanges, aided by the mischievous operation of the submeasury law, which, by withdrawing coin from the banks, alarms the public mind, can produce my disturbances of this currency. The Free Banking Low of the state of New York we. enacted in April, 1838. 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The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Frederick of Hesse visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Hon. H. Roberts, from Jamaica, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Chief Secretary for Ireland had an interview with Lord I. Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Ar ran bad an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday. Lord Ashley had also en interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Bart. at the Home-office. Sir, J. H. Pelly had an interview with the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson yesterd,ay, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord I. Russell had a dinner party last evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. Sir 8.. Peel had a dinner party last evening, at his residence in Whitehall-garden'. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the governors of the West India colonies. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial secs trees the floyernor.Generil of Canada, and also from the governors of the other North American provinces. THREE VACANT SEATS IN PARLIAMENT.—" There is no longer much doubt that a new election will have to take place in the west division of Oloucestenhire (says the Gloueee ter Awned). The Hon. Orantley Berkeley, in a letter to the papers, states that he is called upon to prove his qualification ; that he has no money to fee counsel ; and that he shall de fend his seat in parliament before the committee. It is not expected for a moment that the hon. gentleman can maintain hie qualification." The second expected vacancy, is one for Sunderland. Mr. David Barclay, M.P. will, it is said, very shortly apply for the Chiltern Hundre ds • a requisition is now in course of signature to William Arthur Wilkinson, Esq., of Croydon-lodge, the late candidate for this borough, to offer himself to supply the anticipated vacancy. An active canvass is also going forward in the borough by Mr. Wilkin son's friends. On the other side it is confidently stated that Mr. Benjamin Hawes, late M.P. for Lambeth, will be the candidate on the whir; interest, should a vacancy occur ; and it is rumoured, can pretty good authority, that Mr. Hawes will be supported by the torz_party in the borough. If this should turn oat soma Mr. Hawse chance of nee= will be almost eartels. Thirdly, then is to be a new *Wien for Tamworth, ararelened by the resigmation of Mr. W. Yates Peel, M.P. The following address la been heed by the above hon. gentleman to his oosetheialls at Tamesa*br : heavy la eitmakin ns whka lam vow se aehy pim the the ellisdon TWA W Whin me mg th appll way. I eta men. to Om le the torakees tithe Zoom et Owner the me and Meal* veddithe et thee losimes amnia Prom a owe el q t r . :, es ma es Orem the leleenes Vie lb& ma moms to samle went et en arty rend. the et reprossaing Jen, I swore yea met my gra= li sr thelSilellllo MONK la tr. ea far IR the kindness I have an. =dlet poor Mods. is umialad, sad will endure to the lONS of say acistsoss. RAVAGES OF THE INFLUENZA.—For some week this epidem has prevailed more extensively than whip kr ever Wore been experienced. The provincial newspapers report its seeemestla tansy localitiee, especially in the north. Letters from - Idhdrargh state that it Arbroath ing the east smut of flosliand, from Aberdeen to siadt Dundee, and has also e a in Edinburgh. The teachers of the Edinburgh academy found their clams so remarkably thin at the end of last week, that some belidaye had to be granted; and the lord as gave liberty to suspend Meadows as the claws in the high wheel for a week, for the sees wee. On lisalay th e elsiNlMil were all very thlalp stleaded, In lielllnee WIT prevalent amongst the ye sag, and it Is nektual that 15 per cent. are gems t e m all the edseele. en 810 in Lon de& zed its nalahhombeed balsams extensively prevails. 11101 Na reseed that esseral hundred boys, in the St. lien gad ohlidditafilk mheols, are on the sick list, and llsereheat Time Seed be been prematurely closed far the Christine, 1211181 R. k consequence of the i ll ness of a large che mils. The baslagas of sone of the pubrrs: bee else to.. impsaei Ikea the clerks bong affected with the ifrowilar. and in the ,mast to he alma last week f:Le eat of se jlialia olleshes--the post- eSIM-140 clerks were. la meastfactortes and wham& her assak keonyealume be been felt tram the ammo amen. The lookiallas of Pater godor-row ham bed ems malt in getting through the Whams of " Yep aVa Dar s " hem the absence of a large member of their sesiliaita. n bias extensively ha& The returns of the at deaths, trc., ist week ending Nov. 21. a gentlowsees of mortaft to weekpolis in mamma= to that of the correspond*, hich hie onsomed 1,041 for the last five ~s. Bat there died is London and its vicinity l u ring the past week no feesarthan 1,677 Individuals, or 631-- about 00 per ant.—above the average. The table showing the owls of death exhibits the realest boom el sesnaldes from bronchitis sad imeemeelle, alessme delay allied to what b popalarlv take kiksam. It is TO. asked eat balk - have Oienel la Greenwich Hospital dm*, ihe het fatalakt at the salt Ma per diem, out of a teal amber of about 2,0011 pmehlosto. Yesterday the mall= ef births and about_ 3 x ooo Ile Markt of St. Martin's. received ee or the death of a woman and h er — dren in BeBBlBBollo7, Ommat-garden, who have alba Widen to the promlllap disown. POOH OF ST. PANCIA.B.—TIE ABOLITION OF TistrAlAas.—Yesterday, at a very ammerous meeting of the /may of Saint Pancras, held in *snow vestry.rooms, ad. joining the workhouse, Ring's-road, Camden-town, ldr. g. Goodwin in the chair, Mr. Churchwarden Howarth bee forward a motion, of which he bad given notice, with mew to the agitation now going on throughout that =WNW district, for the abolition of toll-ban. ile said if the ail& tional six miles of road under the Metropolitan Turnpike Commissioners wore thrown upon the parish, it would have the effect of considerably increasing the burdens of the neepayers, which the vestry were bound, if possible, to pro vost. The two miles of old turnpike-road which had been thrown upon the mash had cost nearly 4,0001., and if the t ti ation out of dean soseseded in getting rid of the turn from the other six nil's, throwing that amount of road the parish, the remit maid be asst of 4,0001. or Elper per, sad thee hapset at keg as additional rate in the pound on the phspayma, Mr. Howarth moved the aliewlas resolution: Ilot the monis KIM maks et the psi* turnpike cowls of the I Union teemaitenills i lump to the lesiduats of the w ith.. =Lwind* Gay bops le pan weal Mew a awn anwensaad idos wen are pattoskr pretam le the Intim Mier et the blottrholB et si sem whim mum, Week by sat inte nsion!' the ashasemse et S r ids enl MM. ta the meat or wsv eals kr the emehe et ds big Misse, the bathe isarnesp ark reads Mena be bows dhow by the letalitaats et essiethe, er HO Olke ebe rn net rim miry tot u r sweat soy whom kr the palideneis er vitt the repairs of ay psalm the templice nab pre* *mitt this parish. Mr. Clarke seconded the resolution. He considered it would be most unfair to the ratepayers of that pariah to be called y for the sepport of roads which was wad and public vehicles paring ova them from all parts. euMuthinfaatt:otbwarthtkit the railway sarcasm , with their heavy loads, to Ply observed that the reason of the agitation wu avoid toll-ban, had gene through the by-streets of the South ampton Paving Trust, but he did not think the traffic did mach injury.—The resolutions ware unanimoudy adopted, awl, the vestry having . proceeded te the election of two per lOW to act as summoning officers to the coroner, the vestry ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR OF TAB Ctn.—The annual eructing was held last evening at the Loodon Coffee Hones, Ludgate-hill. The Lord Mayor pessided. The secretary read the report o: the committee whe sommemed by stating thet they did not disguise from thammler the bet that the report which they had to present Alm* k mesa of the operations of the association and the hewer ...fared by its means, were calculated to I mralosersid=entst in other respects give rial to me smell ISSOSsiasi st . Incompliance with a desire exp.:wed at the he Wed misetion, the sale of coals was commenced rathree Welk& earlier last year, than the time at whic:e boat mail to open the kitchen. The distribution wag continued Orbs( fourteen weeks, from December 19 to March 20, with the exception only of Christmas Day. During that period 27,953 cwts. of 00611 had been deemed at the rate of 6d. for every 112 lbs. The amount of coal distributed exceeded that of the previous year by 115 tons, and that of the year 1846 by 389 tons. The committee considered it a matter for con gratulation that, although the funds of such a charity were Liable to be affected very prejudicially by the change of resi dence which was occurring continually among the inhabi tants of the City, the places of the subscribers whose support bed ceased in the voile of the year had been more than re filled by the names of new contributore. The state of the balance-sheet at the commencement of the present season had caused a degree of anxiety, which the committee were compelled to avow in looking forward to the future. Having commenced with only 71. 6s. 2d. is hand, and having been under the necessity of incurring a considerable increase of expenditure, in order to avoid closing the kitchen at a period which the friends of the poor would have deemed exceedingly inopportune, the committee had incurred a debt of 1711., and this notwithstanding the aid of the corporation to the extent of 2001. They trusted, however, to the public to fur nish means to enable them to liquidate the claims upon them. The receipts for the past year, including 3001. which had been borrowed, amounted to 2,2611.95. Bd., out of which a ash balance remained of 171. les. 9d. Of the amount of the loan, 2001. had been repaid, and the remainder, with I some other matters, made the present debt 1711. The re- I pert was adopted on the motion of Mr. Alderman Wilson. The second resolution expressed the satisfaction of the meet ing at the present method of distribution, and their resolve to continuo the working of the association on the same plan. This, together with a string of complimentary resolutions, in favour of the officers, &c., of the society, was passed. Al derman Gibbs, in moving thanks to Alderman Kelly, the treasurer of the satiety, observed that the debt which had been incurred had been caused by an alteration in their usual practice, by providing for the gratuitous delivery of coals to purchasers, which had been done in every instance. The committee for the ensuing year laving been appointed, a resolution was passed, that each subscriber present should have one dozen extra tickets. A vote of thanks to the chair man concluded the proceedings. PUNCH'S MISGIVINGIS.—We wonder if ministers will abolish the Palace Court, and do away with the litiga tion that still flourishes there, to the great detriment of the full benefits of the new county courts ? We doubt it: but of course, if the nuisance is removed, the six lawyers and four counsel who have the monopoly of all the law in that snug little legal seat, will receive most handsome compensa tion—say 3,0001. a year s.piece—there can be no doubt about that —We wonder if the National Gallery will be altered ? It would not make a bad casino, or oil-cloth gallery, or model timber room. Bat we doubt strongly if anything will be done to it —We wonder if Lord Morpeth will have Lo many occupations and public dinners to prevent his attending to the Health of Towns Bill this season ? and we wonder if the City of London will be included in the bill this time ? Probably, as there is no city election, the thing may be compromised, if not absolutely arranged.—We wonder if the law which allows a member the privilege of contracting as many debts as he pleases, without troubling himself to pay a single one of them, will be altered this ses sion? We cannot help having our misgivings on this sub ject, as we know that members do not generally, when they are sent into parliament, think of discharging wh at they owe to their conatitatats ?—We wonder if Mr. - Brotherion will adjourn the house at twelve o'clock every night this session; and how many of the new members will distinguish them [elves as rising young men—We wonder hew many nights the currency debate will occupy, and how many of those nights will be taken up by Mr. Monts?—We wonder if the income tax will be modified, or enlarged, or diminished, or repealed this parliament? But now it is time to leave off wondering, for what greater wonder can there be than the income-tan? Besides, where is the use arguing about • thing that, after all, cows to no end ?—PuricA. ROYAL SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting was held on Tuesday the Marquis of Northampton, presi dent, in the chair. The president delivered his annual address, giving an outline of the progress of science during the last twelve months, to which was appended biographical notices of the most eminent deceased fellows. The medals were then awarded as follows: The Copley medal, to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Bart., for his work, entitled " Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Cape of Good Hope ;" one of the royal medals to W. R. Grove, E., for his papers published in the " Philosophical Transac tions, " On the Gas Voltaic Battery ;" "On certain Phenomena of Voltaic Ignition ;" and "On the Decomposition of Water into its constituent elements by Heat:" and the second royal medal to Professor Faience, for his papers published in the " Philosophical Transactions," "On the Artificial Formation of a Vegoto-Alkali ;" and "On Benzoline." The Fellows then proceeded to the election of officers and council for the ensuing year. The following noblemen and gentlemen were declared elected:—President, the Marquis of Northampton; Treasurer, George Rennie, Esq.; Secre taries Peter Mark Roget, M.D.. Samuel Hunter Christie, Esq. : M.A. ; Foreign Secretary, Edward Sabine, R.A.,• other members of the council, Samuel Cooper, Esq.. Sir Henry De la Beche; Edward Forbes, Esq. ; Wallets; Hopkins, Esq., M.A. ; George Richardson Porter, Esq. ; Lieut.-Col. Sykes. The new members are : The Duke of Northumberland ; F. Bell, Env ; R. Brows, Esq. D.C.L.; re Sir J. Clark, Bart.; J. P. Gaeet Beg. ;T. Grah am, Esq. • I. T. Graves, Esq. ; Sir 1. F. W. Herschel, Bart.; Sir R. Inglis, Bart ; C. Lvell, Esq. ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—The vessel Chilian, arrived in the docks from Iquique and Arica, has brought from the latter place 3. bars, 1 sum, 3 boxes, and 3 other packages of &uric, in addition to a general cargo consigned to several of the leading houses in the metropolis. The vessel Phrehe, arrived in the decks from Port Adelaide, South Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope, has also brought from the former place several boxes and other packages of specie consigned to a mercantile house and one of the colonial banks respectively. THE LADY KENNAWAY. The barque Nayaden, of Copenhagen, from Hamburg for St. Übe& arrived atTahnouth on Monday. parted company with the ship Lid Kentlaway on Sunday 1 pm., the Lizard bearing N.N.E. i E. 55 miles. It appears that after the Danish brig ladustrie was obliged to leave company, which occurred on the 23rd, off Unbent, 30 =AN S.W., a second temporary rudder was fitted, and carried away ,• and on the following day H.M.'s brigantine, Dolphin, on her voyage from Ply mouth for Teneriffe, in lat. 46 48 N., long. 7 43 W., spoke these ship, and subsequently one of her officers and seven men boarded the Lady Konnaway, " taking possession of the ship in the name of Queen Victoria, ' and one of her seamen was put on board the Nayaden to assist in working her, because of three of her people being on board the ship. The Dolphin sailed on her course after supylying a hawser for the purpose of the Nayaden's towing, her own hawsers having been already destroyed in this service. Oa Sunday, at noon, a third temporary rudder was fitted, and which was just being completed when a gale of wind came on; the , Denied barque standing to the westward, and the Lady Ken- naway:havuig her head 5.5.11 , from which period the latter wee last sight of. She has In ell fourteen hands on board, and is perfectly tight. Her Majesty's steamer Confiince has put in here for information relative to the above unfortunate ship, but from the state of the weather could not proceed to sea in search of her. SHOOTTNO.—TO be let, the exclusive right of shoot ing over the whole county of Tipperary for the present season. The game is exceedingly abundant, consisting chiefly of overseers, landlords, cue-collectors, bailiffs, process servers, government pay-clerks, and occasionally a few women and children.—Application to be made to Archdeacon Laflau.—No Saxon need apply.— Punch. OMNIBUS COLLlSlON.—Yesterday afternoon, as owe of the twopenny yellow omnibuses, from Hungerferd-markelt to Paddington, was passing Waterloo House, Cadmus duet, it was run against by another omnibus, on its way le the Great Western Railway terminus, and by the soled= the roof of the first vehicle fell in, and all the gleam Male smashed, and the aides forced out. The pasesegem weft extricated as soon as possible, and two men, a hey awl a mem were taken, much hurt, to the Charing-erces till, and a lady named Bristow, on whose bead an I male estranger fell, was carried away insensible. PUSS IN CHEAPSIDE. Two fires broke out I retsvday is Woodetrest, Cheapride; one at a quarter before 6 o'clock last evening, at No. 106, in the occupation of Mr. E. Eagles, fancy box maker. It was caused by a altild letting a lighted candle fall amongst a quantity of cut paper, which in a few minutes set the top floor in a general blue. Some engines shortly arrived, and plenty of water being obtained, the firemen soon succeeded in getting the flames out, but not until the top floor was nearly burned out and the lower part damaged by water. The other fire broke out shortly before L a.m., at No. 68, occupied by Mr. J. W. Leggin, a holier. It was occasioned by a spark fly ing from alighted candle amongst the bedding, in the first floor, which set the whole in a blaze. The fire was confined to the contents of the room, which were burned out, and the stock in the warehouse below damaged by water. INQUEST, YESTERDAY.—SUICIDE IN THE SURREY EooLootCaL GARDINB. —Before Mr. W. Carter, at the Royal George, Newington, on the body of Ann Smith, aged 24, who committed suicide in the Royal Sarre) Zoological Gardens. Mathews, the money-taker at the garden', proved having received Is. from the deceased for admission to the gardens, and auto his having, some time afterwards, been sidled to the deceased, who, at that period, was lying on her face near the giraffe-house. He sent for a surgeon, who pronounced her dead. Mr. Miff , jun., surgeon, said that deceased had died from the effects of essential oil of almonds. Mrs. Eliza Cooper, of 25, Newington-cement, said that the deceased had lived in her service for seven months. She had never known a better servant. She gave warning to leave a month back, flying that she was going to another situation. Witness had never seen or heard of the deceased speaking to, or going out with any young man, and she was certain none had called upon her at her lease. An assistant to Mr, Thomas, snrgeon, said that deceased purchased 4d. worth of eoesettlal oil of almond' on Wednesday last, which she mid she wanted for devouring pastry. 'The coroner spoke in strong terms upon the impropriety of selling such deadly noisome, and he hoped that something would soon be done by the legislature to put • stop to it. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased destroyed herself whilst labour ing under mental aberration." ALTERATION OF CLOCI.B THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. An occurrence, of considerable importance in a national point of view, took place yesterday, December 1, when the mail and other trains between London, Liver pool, Manchester, and the north, were, in consequence of the completion of the through communication, placed upon the Trent Yelleyiine, instead of going round by Birmingham. On this occasion, by orderer the directors of the London sad North-Western, with the concurrence, it is understood, of the Railway Conunirsioners end the Post-office authorities, the clocks at every station on the London and North-Weat: ern, the Midland, Birmingham and Gloucester, and other lines, were set to Greenwich time. It was at tint proposed, in Oder to obtain the communication of true time, a practice now doily adopted at Greenwich for indicating it, that a hail 'hos& be dropped from the upper part of the °burn tory so as to touch a spring communicating with all the tele graphic w ir e . in the kingdom, and thus by the striking of a bell give instant:intone true time to Liverpool and Manches ter, and all the no:thern towns. The telegraph could thus from day to day supp:7 any want of uniformity; but owing to the wires not being Completed, and not communicating with every station, the design was found impracticable. In default of this soother plan w..ss resorted to yesterday—that of sending special messengers, each having a chro nometer indicating true Greenwich time, to the several divisions of the London and North-Western and Midland systems, so that Greenwich and Loudon time, in the course of the day, was communicated and established at every station on these lines, the stations amounting to between 200 and 300, and affecting all tha principal towns and cities between London and Carlisle and London and York. The authorities of the Poet-office have given official notification to the local postmaster at Liverpool to adjust the Poet-office clack there in accordance with Lou don time, and It is intended that the same shall be the case at Manchester. The Post-office mails ale always regul a t e d according to London and not local time, and the present alteration is found to be expedient in consequence of the in convenience asserted to arise trsm the fact of every separate town having its own time with reference to the longitude of the particular place E. or W. of Greenwich. The promoters of the measure state that to railways the old system of keep ing time has been a positive annoyance, from each town or stopping-place between London and ilolyhead having its appropriate time. The Post-office sends its mandate for the despatch of • new mail from Holyhead at midnight on Wednesday, but owing to the arrangement of" local times," midnight of Wednesday at Holyhead is morning of Thurs day in London. A similar discrepancy as to time exists in all the intermediate places. As regards railway travelling, one of the consequences of keeping ' local time" is found to be, that an express train on a journey of 260 miles is 61 hears from E. to W., and leas than 24 from W. to E.; and though the speed in travelling is really the same in both instances, by the time-table it is made to appear 33 suites per hour from W. to E., and less than 39 from E. to W. The chief object of the proposed alteration is stated to be that of rendering the movements of the railway system more precise as to Lon don time, and of enabling travellers from the East and from the West meeting at some common centre, each with a time piece in his pocket, to be able to keep their appointments without first consulting the longitude of the town clock. The municipal authorities and others, who have the charge of cloaks in various part of the island, intend, we perceive by the provincial papers, to adjust them to the London time as nearly as the present incomplete arrangements will admit of. The system pursued at Manchester is thus explained in the Manchester Guardian of yesterday:—The difference of longitude between Greenwich and Manchester is 2 degrees and 14 minutes in space, or 8 minutes and 66 seconds in time; and as the only means of ascertaining with facility, at Manchester, what is the time at Greenwich, is by an clime of one of Jupiter's satellites; an difficulty of difference of opinion about time might easily be settled, if an order were passed for the clocks to be kept 8 minutes and 68 seconds before mean molar time, or any number of minutes that mar be agreed upon. The weekly board of the Man chester Royal Infirmary have, under these circumstances, re solved that the clacks in that institution shall be kept 10 minutes before mean solar time,—which will be a close approximation to the time at Greenwich, as given in the Nautical Almanac. On the railway it has been arranged to transmit the Green wich time to Manchester by electric telegraph exactly at urea o'clock this (Wednesday) morning. The station clerks at Rugby, Normanton, and Manchester, are to be on the alert at ten minutes before seven ; and the left needle on the London instrument is to be held pointing to the letter E. Exactly at the instant of seven o'clock, Greenwich time, the needle is to be released, and will return to its ordinary upright position. The clerk at Rugby will instantly, on receiving this signal, release the needle for Normanton, and the clerk will as promptly communicate it to Manchester; so that not more than two or three seconds can possibly he lost in transmitting the time from London to Manchester. When all the electric wires are complete, and the local clocks correctly set, there will be a simultaneous striking of hours throughout the country. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 30. The murder of the Rev. Mr. Lloyd has inspired the public with fresh horror. The holiness of the day, the deliberate circumstances ander which the murder was perpetrated, as well as the quiet and unoffending character of the victim, have invested this revolting assassination with something more repulsive than has attended any of the preceding outrages. It appears the life of the rev. gentleman had been threatened before, and the offence, on account of which he finally suffered, charged against him as the act which am mated the revenge of the writer. He disregarded the menace, though he did not mix with the peasantry so frequently as before. Belying on the security of the Sabbath he remained from home longer this usual—was surprised, and shot. It is rumoured to day that the assassin has been seized. The murder of Lord Lucan's bailiff has been confirmed. The Lord Lieutenant does not wait for a coercion bill to protect life and property in Tipperary. The 92nd Highlanders, garrisoned in Dublin, have re ceived orders to march directly for Limerick and the North ;tiding. The constabulary depot in the Phoenix Park is also preparing to send out a considerable draft. Thin immediate assistance is not unnecessary, for without such protection the North Riding and a large district of Limerick bordering on Tipperary are likely to be soon emptied of their resident gentry by threats of violence. Two extensive proprietors having been warned to depart, under penalty of death, com plied with the notice, and are now in one of our fashionable hotels. They have sent for their families at much expense and inconvenience. The difference between the North and South Ridings is singular. In the latter, with some slight exceptions, all is perfect tranquillity. The gentry are free from apprehension, and realise one of the dreams of the golden age, in being able to sleep with unbolted doors. The Clare Journal states the rate jui;o:*aiceed The on the Scariff union to be 7s. 6d. in the consequences of this heavy burden are the flight of the small occupiers and the desertion of their children —consequences which are likely to be general with the general increase of the rate, the subtraction of one half the payment by the tenant as the landlord's po! , - tion being, for the most part, a fiction. There is always a residue of arrears to countervail say such demand, so that, in substance, the whole rats se de r frayed by the wretched occupier. This system must lead to depopulated fields, crowded workhouses, and an enormous oat-door relief expenditure. The landlords of Ireland never invested money more safely and remuneratively than in paying the entire poor rate. The judicious see this, and act wisely. By sack a sacrifice they keep their rents untouched, anon rage and stimulate their tenants to exertion, and mos them from final insolvency. The extension of government aid to such a units as Tralee, which comprises some of the most fertile lands in Ireland, has sarprised many. To abate the emotion, I may state, that the union at large will not be entitled to the relief in aid, but confined to the Dingle peninsula, one of the most miserable and densely peopled rural districts in Ireland. The pre- perty of Corkaguinny—mich is the name of the baroq —is manifestly inadequate to the subsistence of its poverty, and deserves whatever aid the state cm contribute. SEVENTH REPORT OF THE RELIEF COMIC& SION E RS. RELIEF COMMISSION OFFICE, DUBLIN CASTLE, an OCT., 1847.—We have the honour to submit our isms* and lard monthly report as commissioners for relief ander IS act 10 Vic. cap 7. By the 221 clause ao ammo could be made either by loan or grant sites ihs 30th September. The cessation of issue* to entire ober commenced on the 15th August, and continued systylat night ell the 12th September ; it was only to the lever Iwo pitals that the advance' from the treasury were ogludeitil the latest poosible date. The department is now or e' is finally closing its 'mounts, and the operations of the seer` Rica are virtually at an and. In thus terminating oar repair of this decisive measure we have the satisfaction ofhaidfol that it was thoroughly successful in its primary obis& providing a sufficiency of food for all, it lm hitherto haggard appearance of the people degree of comparative eontent over the general d t community. 'We do not (*wider that the expewilloW been exossaivo, in proportion to its °Wet " 11 . sealova and honourable exertions of the Pi of local relief committees, under the ence and control of the efficient /cosecs mittees, and our inspecting officers, the Weil relieved did not exceed those contemplated in '*wily!, • degree en umsktt have been *spouted, frees the dox did tiu tal