The Express. — London, England, 1847-07-19 00:00:00

w hi c h r ig the mob, being in a state of blessed ignor ' kept a dignified silence, and quietly went home. It ' is a melancholy fact that several French settlers b ee have been active in thwarting the Pope's views in this matter from paltry motives. Yon are not, per bar, aw are how numerous the subjects of Louis yhdippe are in various branches of Roman trade; so w ell so, as to warrant the appointment of a French l a wyer to sit amongthe judges of our rota, or com mercial tribunal, at a salary of 20,000 francs—a mea are carried out by Count Itasi this year. On Nlooday came forth at last the long-expected e di c t organising the national guard, and the whole to " ru ng with shouts of jubilee on both banks of the Tiber. I send you the official gazette in a supple ment to the Biloneia, with a list of the new captains and entire sta ff . Fourteen battalions are to be forth with em b o died, clothed, and armed ; makings force of 10,000 men for the city, nearly equal to the whole standing army of our state. Once arms in the hands o f every Roman, adieu, a long adieu, to the hope of ever undoing what Pius has done. The volunteers of D un gannon are now reproduced in this capital, and as Grattan then gloried, " there is not a man that washes his firelock to-night that is not pledged to the re demption of his native land, and the sustainment of her freedom." This last blow has come like a thun derclap on the Austrian ambassador, and he is fairly .t his wits' end. His latest card waa to try and per vade the correspondents (there are four or five) of the G er man Gazettes to circulate a report in Europe that the Pope is mad; but these gentry, who are known h e re, not daring to go so far, have ventured, I under dad, to hint that Plus is about Le RESIGN TUE PORE- Lox, and you must be prepared for some such ne harions rumour; originating in the back kitchen of Count Lutzow. The new civic militia is to be supplied by govern ment with accoutrements of soldiership, each man payiag three pauls (eighteen pence) a month to the militate chest. In the list of officers which I enclose, you will find all classes represented; the banker Tor lois has the command of a battalion, so has Prince Corsini, whose men arc the trasteverini bri rade ; Prince Piombino takes command of the Colonnn division: the celebrated arclueologist Campania is colonel of a district ; Duke Salviati has the battalion of the rows, warn, in which last corps you will find among the captains the name of Angelo Brunetti, a very significant appointment; for you must know that this gentleman is the famous man of the people, gnontlam cart driver, now known under the title of "Cierro-whaekio," who is no doubt destined to play a part yet in Roman affairs. lea ports pour Clashing his cymbals (cartwhio Comm , tormalice lehneretier !let both he went, posttest With a proud and gallant bearing. Oa le prend pour un =pliable, Kure for a captain he wax meant, Raw mi's Tote ea mine hsutame To Judge from his accouterment, pA eon poarreent doe blatant. And the gold-laced garb he's y, lleuo. "La t , wort,. tr wearing. —Padre, col. 14 182. Gieri has again talked of resigning, but that is now of little consequence, as several eminent statesmen, hitherto dormant, have emerged from the recent stir ring of the political pool of Betheoda. Reaction is henceforth made impossible. Lambruschini has fled. The mistaken Jesuits have given up the game of politics in despair: a new edition of Ganganelli's works, doctrinal and pastoral, is today placarded on their walls, and announced in the Cotemporaneo. Of coarse I don't mean the foolish forgery long current in Europe, called " Ganganelli's Letters," from the pen of Abbe Caracciolo. A vigorous document has just emanated from the Pope, concerning the various orders of mendicant friars and other votaries of the monastic system. Damns nonnullos reperiri qui carom prrfessionis ae diynitatis obliti a suseepto institute ita deel 7 narerint lit, son sine maxima ipsorunt Ordinumet fidelium dansno, spreion tent ant laabitanique pietatis pralerant. Dr. Wiseman is hourly expected here, and the vacant hat of the late Acton is understood to wait his acceptance : either of the Irish R. C. Primates, of Dublin or Armagh, may possibly be decorated with the Roman purple. Acton, you are aware, was a student of Magdalen College, Cambridge, but neither he nor Lord Arundel and Surrey, who was also a manta, was admissible to its degrees. There is an article in the Cotemporaneo attacking the absurd practice of oar law courts, in which the Latin language is still used in the defence of crimi nals as well as the indictment. The new code will bring a remedy to this remnant of the dark ages; yet some think it has its advantages, as it is difficult for a crafty man to humbug or bamboozle in the precise idiom of a dead tongue, every term of which has a fixed meaning. Fancy a Serjeant Buzfuz or Bilkins " trying it on," before a learned tribunal, in choice Latuuty ! News has just reached us from the Neapolitan fron tier of an outrage on some British subjects. Two architects, Messrs. Lawford and Henneker, in ex ploring the palace at Caserta, were shown, among other lions, a carpet on which were worked in worsted the King's arms. It appears that so awful a sight and so hallowed an object must be only seen, if not with unsandalled feet, with head uncovered. The unconscious artists were made aware of this by the abrupt onslaught of a Swiss soldier, who ran his bayonet through the hat of one and was about assaulting the other, when he received a blow of the Englishman's cane on his head : the guard turned out in force and captured both these offenders against tlrelaw of Gesaler: but " TELL it not in Oath " that hired men of Lucerne were found to enforce such tyranny! The captives then sent to Naples for a Mr. Bulwer, another architect, to come and remonstrate for them, but on presenting himself as their friend, he too was captured, and all three kept in a foul dungeon for more than a week. The Hon. - Mr. Temple is very much missed from his post at Naples. FRANCE.—THE FRIDICH IN COCIIIN-CHINA.--The Jloniteur has published the report of Cap. Lapierre, com mandant on the Indo-Chinese station, on the affair at Tuna. It is a lengthy document, dated on board La Glcire, at Macao, on the 25th of April, but it adds very little to what is already known. According to Capt. Lapierre's statement, it appears that he reached the bay of Toren nn the 23rd of Much, having previously despatched Capt. Rigault, in La Victorieuse, thither with a letter to King Thieutry. When Captain Lupierre arrived, the letter, owing to the absence of the prefect of the province, had not been delivered. The reception of the French by the people on shore had been ex tremely amicable. Five corvettes, built in the country on a European mod.l, were at anchor in the bey. After the arrival of La Gloire, preparations were made to fit them out, but only by night : Captain Lapierre sent and caused their sails to be taken down and deposited in two sampans which were moored between the French ships. On th. 31st the prefect notified to Captain Rigault that he was prepared to receive the letter. That officer and his attendants were received with due ceremony and offered refreshments ; the prefect accounted for his not having received them sooner by stating that be had been absent on a tour of inspection through the province. The prefect consented to forward the letter, and then asked what were its contents. Captain Rigault replied that it contained a request that the king would issue an edict for the liberty of Christian worship, the same as that issued by the Emperor of China two years be fore. The prefect began to speak of M. Marchand, to whom he attributed the suppression of the Christians, he karate been executed for a conspiracy. Captain Rigault maintained the innocence of M. Marchand ; whereupon, the prefect stated that he was imperfectly acquainted with finesse, which oceurred before he came to the province. When Captain Rigault was about to withdraw, the prefect inquired, as if incidentally, how the sampans came to be an chored between the French ships. He was told that the sails of the corvettes were deposited in them to prevent those vessels from sailing before the answer to the letter was received. On the 11th of April it was observed that the Cabin-Chinese troops were being augmented; and that eight war junks, which were on th e stocks near Turan, had been launched, and eight others were being coin pitted. A messenger, sent by Captain Lapierre, to in grate after the answer to his letter, was informed it would, probably, arrive next day, and that the troops were collected to do honour to the bearer of it. On the 12th a mandarin of a low grade was sent to the vessels to announce that the answer was expected in the sensing, and that the captain was to came to receive it nut day. Word was sent back that such a com munication could only be received through a messenger of proper rank. In the evening of the 12th, some of the offi cers oil shore had signs made to them by a native, as of pre senting a musket. They gave him a piece of paper and pencil, and he, after ascertaining that he was not observed, trued characters, which the interpreter translated : " They will fight everywhere at once, during the feast and the night." Next day all was quiet, but the junks were em barking troops, and getting their oars in order. About 2 eau it was observed that the crews of the two Sampson bad been augmented. The o ffi cer despatched to exa mine them s^ized a great quantity of arms which had been smuggled on board, and a paper which the arson in command had attempted to secrete. The translator stated that it contained directions for an attack on the French vessels. Capt. Lapierre then gives an account of the destr uc ti on o f th e fi ve corvettes and the number of killed on both aides, substantially the same as what has already been published. The forts on shore and the junks ,titel some shots at them, though beyond range. Capt. Lapierre gives it as his opinion that the authorities at Turan will inform the government that the forts and junks had compelled the French ships to leave the bay. He adds that he Ina sent La Victorieuse to warn Sir John Davis to take measures to put English vessels about to sail for Cochin- Meta on their guard, and that he has written to the French teasels at Mamba sad Singapore to give similar information to French captains of vessels. He recommends officers and sailors for promotion, and the widow and children of the one sailor killed fora pension. The results anticipated by Capt. Lapierre from these operations are thus summed up :—" In a little time we will know exactly the influence of these events on the roverement of Annam. We could learn nothing of the Bishop of Isauropolis. The christians would be severely watched. We have received no information about them." BELOILM.—BRUBSELS, JULY 18.—The ministe rial crisis, which still continues to excite great interest, will probably soon be over. Although the liberal journals, and especially P Obserroteur, express themselves decidedly against a mixed cabinet, it may, nevertheless, be conjectured that the King will first try thin conciliatory system, as the pretty equal strength of parties in the Chamber seems to hold out the possibility of giving permanency to a now mi nistry of this kind. The opening of the Chambers will, how ever, .probably determine this. HOLLAND.—AMSTERDAM, JULT 13.—1 t is posi tively stated that the King of Holland has the intention of travelling for a considerable time in foreign countries for the re-establishment, as said, of his health, which is feeble. With this view the king would appoint a regency to conduct public affairs during his absence, and the regent fixed upon would be his brother, Prince Frederick, now actually at St. Petersburg. A special messenger had been dispatched to notify this intention to the prince, and to recall him ; hut, as he is reported a very unambitious man, it is not doubted that he will refuse. Such a nomination would also be against the fundamental law providing for such contingencies, an cordial: to which the Prince of Orange, as eldest son of the sovereign, and having attained the legal age of 18 years, would have the right to the regency. This prince, however, in said not to be popular, because of reports in circulation about his private life, whereas Prince Frederick is much beloved. - - GERMANY.—AUSTRIA.—VIENNA, JULY B.—We learn from this capital that the conferences relative to the organisation of Galicia having concluded, Count Stadion, governor of that province, had fiord his departure for Lem berg for the 9th. It is not true, as has been announced, that Archduke Albert had been des4ned for the post of Governor- Genet.a of Galicia. Mr. Cobden has arrived at Vienna, where he has been presented by Lord Ponsooby, the English Ambassador, to the Prince de Metternich, and Baron de Kubeck, Minister of the Interior. 'fie Court. - - The Queen and Prince Albert, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service yesterday in Whippinghsm Church. Prince Waldemar of Prussia arrived at Osborne yes terday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord J. Russell, c Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir J. Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Itt. Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Rt. Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council gat two bouts. The Commissioners of the Merchant Seamen's Fund held a meeting on Saturday, at the Beard of Trade. The Commissioner. present were, the Earl of Ellinborough, Sir E. Codrington, Sir W. Clay, Mr. Enderby, and Mr. Lock. Dr. Southwood Smith had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. hlr. Pattiaon, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer on Friday, at his official residence in Downing.street. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1847. THE GUN COTTON EXPLOSION. The explosion of a gun cotton mill at Faversham has proved even more disastrous than was at first stated. So loud was the explosion that the noise was heard within two miles of Maidstone, a distance et seventeen miles. The sound resembled thunder heard at a great distance. The houses within a circumference of a mile were ail more or lees affected, as if by the shock of an earthquake. As the day was beautifully clear large volumes of smoke which fol lowed the explosion were seen at a distance of several miles. One gentleman travelling on the Dover-road perceived the smoke up wards of 10 miles from Faversham. Mr. Topping, I the supe rintendent ofthe works, who had entered the premises only a few seconds before, and who is one of the victims, was a practical chemist, of considerable ability, from London. The escape of Faversham from injury is surprising. Within a distance of thirty yard. of the spot where the explosion occurred,there are premises containing no fewer than 136 barrels of gunpowder. These premises were saved by means of high mounds of earth which separated them from the mill in which the explosion tack place. One of these enormous mounds is said to have been moved from its place by the' terriole force of the explosion. One boy escaped with his life under very extraordinary circumstance.. He was dug out of the ruins after being buried in them upwards of two! hours. He lay between two other boys, both of whom were quite deed. A large piece of timber prevented the ruinous mass from pressing on him, se it had done on the others, with fatal effect. The entire number of persons who have suffered is supposed to be thirty-feur ; of these, twenty have already died. Their funeral, or rather the interment of the fragments of their bodies that remained, took place on Saturday, on which occasion the town presented a scene of distress difficult to describe. Of the 21 dead, the remains of 10 only have been identified, owing to the dreadfully man gled state of their bodice. Of the 16 still living. several are not expected to recover. Awfully destructive of human life as the occident has been, it might, and but for a providential circumstance would, have proved more so. It fortunately happened that a considerable number of thee usually em ployed in the works were at the time the catastrophe oc curred engaged is has making. The immediate cause of the accident still remains, and most probably ever will remain, a mystery. At the coroner's inquest, held on Friday last, on the bodies of the sufferers nothing that could be relied on as to the cause of the catastrophe was elicited. Four witnesses were examined, among them Mr. Hall, one of the proprieto:s of the works, but neither of them could give evidence throwing any light on the cause of the mischief —Mr. Hall stated that the house in Faver sham was connected with the German inventor of the gun cotton, and that they bad been manufacturing the article on a much larger scale than had ever been before thou ght of in this country. Mr. H. Day said : I reside in the Ospnnge-road in the parish of Faversham, and am superintendent of the gun cotton manufactory, at the Marsh works. I have been five weeks in Messrs. Hall's employ, and came down here expressly to superintend these works, with the management of which I am acquainted. Mr. Henry Topping was the resident engineer and chief superintendent. On Wednesday morning let I was in the stove, a drying room, with Mr. flail during the working hours. I went in at six o'clock, and remained till breakfast time, at eight o'clock. I was away about half an hour and then returned, and remained in the works and about the buildings until within a minute of the accident oocurring. I wanted to see Mr. William Hall, and went to find ham, and met him within a half minute's walk of the buildings. I had only exchanged two or three words with him, when I felt a concussion of the air, which appeared to etrke me in the bask. I instantly found myself covered with dust and heard an explosion im mediately afterwards. It did not appear to me very loud ; it was more of a rumbling noise than an explosion. The materials of the buildings flew about in all directions after the explosion. As soon as I considered it safe to move I ran after Mr. Hall, who had left me, and we then returned together to the stoves. I found the premiss' in ruins. All the labourers who could be procured were immediately set to work to get out the work-people buried in No. 3, and in rendering assistance generally. Several of the bodies were taken up alive, and carried away. It was part of my duty to see that the orders of Mr. Topping and Mews. Hall were carried into effect. To the best of my knowledge they always were so. The factory was conducted in such a way, that I always considered myself, as well as the persons employed therein, perfectly safe. Mr. William Hall had ordered 'the stoves to be kept at a certain degree of heat, No. 3 never to he more than 120, and No. 4, 110. To the best of my knowledge these orders were always adhered to. I consider that degree of heat perfectly safe, and that a much higher degree of heat might be used without danger. I cannot account in any way for the explosion. There appeared to be two explosions, or rather a continuation of one ; the two were so close I could hardly distinguish them separately. After the accident Mr. Hall, individually and by giving directions, used every exertion to relieve the sufferers and get them from the ruins. Every precaution was always taken for the safety of the work-people while employed in the factories, even though it was considered there was no danger beyond that ordinarily attending the manufacture of gunpowder.—Coroner: Did you hear Mr. Topping say, on Saturday last, that if the prevailing hot weather continued he feared some accident would happen ? nese I did not hear him say anything of the kind.— Examination continued: Robert Cheesman was fireman, and had charge of the fire during the hour pree.ding the explosion. He is seriously injured, and unable to at tend here to-day. I examined the state of the thenno. meter about ten minutes previous to the explosion. The , one in No. 4 marked 108 degree', and the other, in No. 3, ranged between 119 and 120 degrees. Even in the event of a larger fire having been made up, the heat could not have increased to so great a degree in the interval as to have caused an explosion. The thermometers were always regulated by the heat of the fires, and not by the state of the atmosphere. The coroner, llinde, finding that neither of the witnesses could give any evidence immediately bearing on the GUM of the catastrophe, adjourned the M- I quest for a month, in the hope that some of the fourteen still surviving sufferers may be so far recovered as to be able to' I lay before the jury more definite information regarding the circumstances under which the catastrophe took place. The following has been given as a correct list of the de. ceased parties whose remains have been identified : H. Top ping, J. Tilley, J. Hammond, A. Wyles, J. Petty, R. Rnowler, E. Irish, Mercy Clark, Sarah Hinds, G. Ransom. I The following are also known to have been at work in I No. 4 stove when the explosion took place, and are, ' therefore, returned as dead, though only fragments of the bodies of say of thesehave been discovered: J. Redman, Mary Cheeseman, Anne Stringe , H. Irish, Cath. Hall, J. Coppin, J. Rose, G. Marmouch, H. Bourn, W. Coppin, 11. Amos. The following have been more or lees seriously injured by the explosion, and are now lying under medical treatment in Faversham and the neighbourhood: It. Cheesman, T. Smith, W. Smith, 0. Wraight, J. Vidion, J. Kempen% J. Chain. ben, J. let'Kewen, H. Alliott, T. Stringer, ii. Spark's, R. Cullen, J. Denne, W. Rogers, T. Woolley, Mary M'Kewen. In addition to the numerous deaths caused by the explosion, another death took place under very young man who had been e i T u pl i o i y ar ed e i i n re t u h au e neighbourhood having . gone to . assist i s Inciting the sufferers, and digging the <lend out o the mass of ruins, suddenly felt himself takes ill is consequence of the inhalation of the noxious atmosphere caused by the explosion. He went and represented to a medical gentleman in Faversham bow ill he felt, and the medical gentleman told him to walk about for an hour or two in the open sir, adding that if be did not feel better then, he must call on him and he would prescribe some medicine for him. In the 001151111 of three hours the unfortunate man died. An inquest was held on the body, when the medical gentleman referred to gave it u his decided opinion that he had died from the effects of inhaling the noxious air. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. TLIE PURITY OF TUB PUBLIC PRESS.—Whatever affects the purity and independence of the public press ought to be regarded by the public as affecting their vital interest.. And yet sometimes events occur, involving the character and position of the public press, which, from some cease, either attract but little attention, or at e forgotten im mediately after they have taken place. Thus with a recent trial in one of our judicial courts, in which the proprietors of the Daily News were the defendants, and • gentleman vmerly sub-editor of that journal was the plaintiff. We regard that trial as one of vital interest to the general public, and we cannot but express our surprise that the daily press has not given, for the sake of the principle involved in it, earnest and prominent attention to the case. • • • The case has been decided against them. A British jury has awarded damages amountin4 to 5001. to the gentleman aforesaid; and thus they have given it as their opinion that he was unjust:y and illegally dismissed. With all possible respect fur the jury—with • full belief that they acted conscientiously—we cannot but think that their decision was erroneous, and that its tendency, in relation to the public press, is extremely dangerous, If they protect individuals capable of turning the periodical press into an instrument of personal and social injustice we tremble fur the consequences ; and with every disposition to maintain the rights of gentlemen of the press, we cannot but think, that in this case in which the jury has adjudicated there was a very obvious tampering with the integrity of this important "estate' of the realm. • • • Chief Janice Wilde, in summing up the case, and committing it to the jury, laid down the pr inciple clearly, and, as we think, justly, involved in all agreements between parties. He stated, in substance, that in all such cases fidelity was requires' io both the con tracting parties, and that the manifest want of this in one would exonerate the other from obligation. This, we think, is sound doctrine ; and to its wide promulgation we attach much of importance—especially where, as in this case, the independence of the press is concerned. • • • When men enter into agreements, they are under stood to mean tkat the obligations are reciprocal—that the duties are equally binding on the contracting parties ; and, of count, when one of the partite fails to fulfil his part of the agreement, the other party is freed from his obligation. The failure of the first is a fair question for a British jury ; and with each a tribunal it may be eddy left. In saying this we are aware that the decisions of a jury are not infallible ; and we have seldom met • morn striking evidence of this than the case which has elicited these remarks. We think the proprietors of our contemporary were perfectly justified-- with the evidence they then had—in dismissing the it sub editor ; and we would express our thanks, on behalf of a free, independeet, and not venal, press, for their zeal to maintain the rights of the public by their practical protest against an unworthy effort to tamper with their journal.— The Ursicerse. SIR GEORGE POLLOCK AND THE SENIOR UNITED Seavice. Crxn.—A deputation, consisting of Lieut.-ocount Wm. Cleiland, Major-Gee. Sir 1). Hill, and Major-Gen. 11. Rainey, H.H. waited on Sir George Pollock en Tuesday last, to coimatulate him on his honorary election to the Senior United Service Club, taking with them a letter from the chairman, Admiral Bowles., and a copy of the following rem,. hition:—" At an extraordinary meetiag of the United Service Club, held (in pursuance of a requisition to the committee, signed by 130 of itn members), this 13th day of July, 1847, it was resolved unanimously, That Major-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.B. of the Honourable East India Company's service, be invitc;l to become an honorary member of the club until the period of his ballot shall take place.'' To which Sir George Pollock replied as follows :—" Sir,-1 have had the honour to recineve your letter, enclosing a copy of the unanimous resolution of the members of the United Service Club, passed this day at an extraordinary general meeting, appointing me an honorary member of the club. Suck a mark of distinction is very rare, and cannot hut be highly appreciated by any individual, but in my cane there are circumstances attending the nomi nation which are peculiar, and, if possible, enhance the honour which has been conferred on me. I may instance n.y hissing arrived in England in a very hal state of health; consequently unable, pinonally, to return the many courtesies and attentions I bane received. I am almost a stranger in my native land, and comparatively unknown. Thus situate, I brit you will do me the favair to assure the mentbrrs of the club that I am unable adequately to express how deeply sensible I am of the distinction con ferred on me by being nominated an honorary membr r of a club which ranks among its members the most distinguished officers of the army and navy in this or any other age.-1 have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant, GEOROE Pottocx.-39, Bruton-street, July 13, 1347. HORTICULTURAL FETE AT CIiISWICK.—The unpro pitious state of the weather on Saturday morning doubtless I kept away numbers of persons who would otherwise hate availed themselves of the attractions of the last of these pleasant exhibitions for this year. The apprehension were not however realised, and the day passed off without any of those discomforts attendant upon dripping plumes and watery white muslin, which are bad enough rn themselves, without mentioning the uuamiable feelings to which they give rise. The grounds of the Duke of Devonshire were, as is usual on the last fCte of the year, thrown open to the visitors, and contributed not a little to their enjoyment, albeit the cir cumstance tended in appearance still more to diminish the scanty numbers of those present. The show of flowers, on the whole, was perhaps of average merit,—many of the spec'. wens being unusually fine, whilst others were indifferent. The brat specimens were to be found amongst the ',dwells neous collections. trait was exceedingly fine. The bands of the let Lite Guards, the Royal Rome Guards (Blue), and the Grenadiers were in attendance in various part. of the grounds. The prizes awarded by the judges were as follow Cum L Flowase; kg which nurserymen and private growers exhibit independently of each other:—For Pdarsoniunostes were awarded to Mews Robinson, Dobson, Catleugh, fits Reece, in pots, to Messrs. Terry, Slowe, Francis, Lane, Paul.— Cape Heaths Memos. May, Veitch, Ferbairn, Epps, Ayres, Green, Bruce, Donald, Jack, Pamplin, Fraser, Fawley, Slows,, Malyon, Woods, Frorbaln.—Calosokrias: Mr. Bennett, gardener to J. Smith, Esq., of Dulwich. —Carnitions: Messrs. Edwards, Ellis, Ward, Norman, Turner, Keynes.—Piasters: Messrs. Edmonds, Edwards, Ellis, Norman, Turner, Keynes—Single specimens : Messrs. Wood, Carson, Green, Jack, Witch, Fraser. CLAM 11. FLOWER+. ; for which all persons are admitted to equal competition:—Stove or Greenhouse Plants Messrs. Fraser, Donald, Asee,Green, Malyoo, Bruce, Catleugh, Taylor, Carson, Stanley.— Collections of Evergreens: Mr. Gregory.—Exotic Orchid.: Mews. Donald, Mylam, Kdiirsone, Williame, Carson, Redding, Plant, Dob son, Eyles, Jack.—Pelargoniums: Mr. Stantey.—Achimenes : Maas. Wiltshire, Knott.—Distinct varieties of tall Cacti in flower Mr. Green.--Roses: Meiwrs Lase, Paul, Francis, Cobbett, Terry, Rowe. —Btatloeis: Mows. Glendinuiug, Catleugh.—Elardy Ferns : Mr. Taylor.—New or extremely rare ornamental plants in flows r: Meters. Veitch and Soa.—Miscellineou. subjects : Mears. William., Donald, Reynolds—Seetiling Florists' Flowers: Messrs. Beek, Turner, Fair brother. _ . — Ca; 111. Pare r ; for which market gardeners, fruiterer., and private growers exhibit independently of each other. Grapes Mears. Barnes, Kamp, Taylor, llmpleby, Frost, Tllyard, Kemp, Wright, Soloman, Mitchell, Chapman. Queen and Birk Jamaica Pine Apple.: Monica. Gibbs, Elphintone, Reid, Ogle, Moan. Pro vidence and other Pine Apples : Mears. Turnbull and Davis. Peaches or Nectarine.: Mears. Errington, Thompson, know, Wright, Parker, Mason, Turnbull, and M'Laurin. Other kinds of fruit: Messrs. In gram, Whiting, Lidyard, Foster, Balls, klowe, Cornwall, Deane, Mason, Snow, and Kemp. CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA.—A most im portant conference on a question so vital to the interests of Manchester, the increased cultivation of cotton in India, and the production of an article of greatly improved quality, took place on Wednesday, at the rooms of the Commercial Asso ciation. The board of directors and such members of the association as are more immediately interested in the matter, were assembled to meet Dr. Royle, the chief botanist of the Honourable East India Company, Mr. Mercer, superintend ent of the honourable company's cotton factory at Dharwar, and Mr. Blount, the honourable company's superintendent at Khandeish. Mr. J. A. Turner, the president of the Com mercial Association, having in the coerce of the transactions intended to promote an increased production of Indian cotton, learnt that Mr. Mercerand Mr Blount were returning home on leave of absence, arranged that on their arrival an interview should he had with them, in order that information might be obtained front men of their practical knowledge respect ing the object he had so long and so arduously laboured for. Mr. Turner, as president, took the choir. Mr. Mercer stated that hitherto no adequate encouragement has been held out for the exportation of a better class of cotton; and hence nearly ell the best produce of the indigenous plant of the country is consumed ky the natives, who, being on the spot, have the choice of what is offered fee sale, and are willing to give a rather higher price than the dealers who purchase for export, and who are most anxious to obtain the article at a low price. The natives use cotton to an extent of which no accurate estimate has yet been formed, and it only requires better prices to ha given on the spot where it is grown, by the British merchant or his agent, to enable him to command almost unlimited supplies of the better article. In an experimental parcel, ordered by Mr. Turner, the cost at Dharwar was 10 arenas per maund, while the ordinary class of cotton shipped to England from India was then selling at eight anises ; the difference (two alines, or about Id. per lb.) having enabled Mr. Turner to command cotton worth Id. to lid. per lb. more than the great mass of that which was purchased by the dealers for exportation. Mr. Mercer is of opinion that it is indispentible to the success of this trade, that local buying agents, of known character, and with sufficient means, should be With tithed, say at Dharwar, Khandeish, and Guxerat ; that they should be at liberty to conduct their negotiations with the native cultivators with as much freedom as possible ,• and that they must have a knowledge of the language, and be in a position to commend the confidence of those with whom they have dealings. The result of Mr. Turner's experiment is most valuable. The cotton purchased for him by Mr. Mercer cost him, delivered in Liverpool last week, exactly 31d. per pound ; and it was valued at Git. to 61d. per lb. at the meeting of the association on Wednesday. In this transaction, Mr. Mercer charged no buying commission, which is the only additional charge necessary to be calculated upon in future transactions. Independent of this extraor dinary difference between cost and value, we would direct attention to the results obtained on the carding and spinning of the cotton, as compared with a given weight of a similar quality of American Orleans cotton; the result being a saving of about two per cent. in its ultimate production of yarn, in favour of the Indian cotton from Orleans seed.— Jlianrhester Guardian and Examiner. Two HOUSES YELL DOWN IN ENDELL-STREET on Saturd►y, fortunately without less of life. A house fell in this street some months sinee, and the condition of many of the buildings being such as to render such warnings un neceseary•, it toys litchi for the care of the authorities that houses should be left till they fall about the heals of the inhabitants. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . Antra)amt.—The expectation of a tug between two libe rals, kis set the conservatives on the qui vice, but the second liberal being still in embryo the tertiary party are " biding their time." BEVIELLEY.—Baron Goldsmid and Mr. Townley are still the only candidates in the field. BIBMINGHAN.—There is now no longer any possibility of the differences which Mr. Muntz has created between him self end Mr. Scheletleld's friends being healed. Mr. Manta having further lacerated the wound, by the extraordinary speech he delivered last Tuesday, and which was referred to in the Daily News, the leaders of the liberal party assem bled on Friday evening, and unanimously resolved to confine their labours exclusively to the return of Mr. Scholefield, leaving the electors to act on their own judgment as to the dispasal of their second vote. Mr. Muntz (by public adver tisement) has invited his friends to meet him, with the view to the establishment of a new liberal newspaper. Such is the result of an election rquabble. Btaexiscast.—Mr. John Hornsby has addressed the elec tors. The canvass of Messrs. Hagreaves and Pilkingham progresses successfully. BIUDOEWATEIL—There is at present no appearance of • contest for this borough ; there is, however, a very strong feeling existing in the minds of most of the evangelical churchmen and dissenters of this town respecting the eudow merit of the Roman Catholic clergy and the recent grant to Maynooth ; and now and then it is boldly stated that a can di late who will vote against the endowment and support of the Roman heresy will be brought [award in opposition to the present members. CAMBRIDOZ.—Mr. Humphrey, Q.C., in his address, says: " I have lived to see the watchwords of party so changed, that it is difficult to Bud any which properly describes one's self. I have ever been attached to Conservative principles, desiring to advance with the advancing spirit of the age; but I have learned by experience that it is wiser to correct evils in our social system when they arise, and to remedy grievances when they are shown to exist, than by careless and hasty legislation to create evils, dif ferent, indeed, in their nature, but as mischievous in their consequences as those which are sought to be reformed. I am sincerely and zealously attached to our established church and its venerable institutions. A report is current that it it is the intention of the present government to pro pose in the next parliament to endow, from our national funds, the Roman Catholic priesthood. This measure, or any other similar in its tendency and character, by whomsoever introduced, shall have my determined and strenuous opposi tion. To the poor-law, from its commencement, I have been opposed ; and though I confess that it has, In some respects, worked better than I anticipated, there remain in it such harsh and oppressive provisions, unnecessarily cruel to the poor, restraining their liberty, degrading their feelings, and violating the laws of the great God and father of rich and poor, that I will never cease my exertions until I succeed in erasing them from the pages of our statute book." CHEMILIKE (Nokrn).—Mr. A. P. Astley Dunkiefield. Hall, has acceded to the requisition of the Librral Associa tion of North Cheshire to become a candidate at the ensuing election. CLITHEROB.—Hitherto there are no signs of a contest for Clitheroe, there being no other candidate in the field than Mr. Matthew Wilson, jun., of Eshton Hall, near Oargravc in Craven, Yorkshire. It is probab:e this gentleman, who is of liberal politics, will be returned without opposition. Devon (:loan[?. —Mr. Buck has issued an address to the electors, offering his services for the new parliament. ENNlS.—According to the Limerick Examiner, Mr. (Mermen Mahon is carrying all before hint in Ennis, and must defeat Captain Macnamara, the other repeal candidate, if the electors only vote as they have promised to do. FIFISIIILLE.—Mr. 0. T. 13ruce has been invited to stand on the conservative interest. --..--- ..... FALKIRK Buaons.—The Glasgow Ar g us contradicts, on " authority," the rumour that Mr. Wilion will not oppose Lord Lincoln. GALWAY. —The Lingerie* Chronicle says :—" Mis• Mar tin has given her powerful interest in Connemara to Mr. St. George, Tyrone House, who, with the present member, Captain Burke, will be returned at the next general election for the county Galway." GLOUCESTERAIIIRE, Essr.—To the surprise of the elec tors, Mr. Holland has declined a contest, finding that, u he objected to expend any money, or to solicit individual sup port, the political battle into which he had reluctantly en tered would terminate in adefeat. Apublic meeting and pro cession which was to have taken place at Cheltenham on Thursday was stepped by placards, issued by order of the committee. Sir W. Codriogton and the Marquis of Worces ter are therefore now unopposed. HARIVICII.—In addition to Mr. Attwood and Mr. Rag shaw, Mr. William Knight, of Dover-street, Piccadilly, Rear-Commodore of the Royal Harwich Yacht Squadron, on "Anti-Maynooth" principles, and Geceral Sir Dudley Hill, a " candidate in the Consecrative interest," have ad dressed the electors. lowans:ass Braous.—Mr. Matheson's canvas goes on proiperotudv. No opposition. KENT (WEST).—We have the gratification to state, that the requisitions from those districts which have been sent in have been very numerously signed, and will in a few days be presented to Mr. Hodges. KILKENNY.—There are no less than five candidates for this county, all determined to fight it out, nam.iy Mr. But ler and Mr. Smithwicke, the present members, mud Mr. Greene, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Italy. The latter gentleman is a Conservative, but is:believed to be not indisposed to bolt the repeal pledge. The other competitors are all for the parliament on College-green. KILDARE. COUNTY.—The Marquis of Kildare has con sented to stand. Mr. Archbold (Liberal) and Mr. Bourke (Conservative) are candidates fo rte the second seat. LAMBETII.—A Mr. Leaver, of Camberwell has announced himself a candidate for this borough. He professes Liberal principles. LYME.—Sir Fitzroy Kelly has addressed the electors. A strong opposition is expected ; the cookst will therefore be severe. Thomas Neville Alidy, Esq., is gradually advancing with the Liberal interest, and will no doubt succeed. _ . LUDLOW.—Mr. Botfield (Conservative) has issued his address to the electors of Ludlow, soliciting le.clection. LANCABHIIIE (NORTll).—Efforts are still being made to bring forward a Liberal candidate for this division. Several meetings have been held on the subject, but nothing definite has yet been done. CITY or LONDON.—On Saturday evening a meeting of the liberal electcrs of Bridge, Candlewick, and Walbrook Wards, favourable to the return of Lord J. Russell, Mr. Pattison, Baron Rothschild, and Sir G. Larpent, was held at the Bay Tree Tavern, St. Swithin'e lane. Mr. Alderman Wood, in the absence of Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., was in the chair.—The Chairman in opening the proceedings of the evening alluded to the subject of religious differences of opinion, and contended that any such differences were not the points on which elections now turned, but on political principles; and, therefore, he urged oh the electors of Loa- Oon to return four liberal candidates in the persons of Lord John Russell, Baron Rothschild, Sir 0. Larpent, end Mr. Pattison, IPA their representatives. He Ist tiered the present government was anxious to promote the intelligence and moral worth of the country by Firing to the people a sound and perfect system of education. He then called on the candidates whe were present to address the meeting.—Sir G. Larpent regretted that his friend, Mr. Pattison, was absent, but he had sent his son as his repre sentative. In soliciting the suffrages of the electors of Lon don, he (Sir G. Lsrpent) would state his political opinions and principles freely, hut at the same time he thought it could not be expected of him to go into parliament fettered by pledges on every point which might be supposed to come under their consideration. On the great question of free-trade his opinions were well known, and he was one of those who had fought the battle of those principles when they were less popular and less understood than now, and while he did not wi-h to disparage those who, at the eleventh hour, adopted and carried those principles into effect, he could not but remember the early struggles for them, in which he, with others, was engaged. By those principles his conduct in parliament would still be guided. He was in favour of an extension of the suffrage, and would support in parliament any measure which tended to remove restric tions on the franchise. He was in favour of entire religious freedom, without limitation or condition. He objected to the church of England, the Roman catholic*, or any other re ligious body having any confront over the education of the people ; and he was of opinion that all who paid taxes should participate in any grant for education which was paid out of those taxes. He was strongly opposed to the introduction of any new bishops into the House of Lords. On the subject of the navigation laws he at present offered no opinion; but, if these laws could be removed, consistently with the in terests of the country, he would agree to their repeal. He hoped the electors of London would support the liberal prin ciples of the present government. —Baron Rothschild shortly addressed the meeting, agreeing in the sen timents which had been expressed by Sir George Larpent. He was against endowments to any particular re ligious persuasion, and he was in favour of vote by ballot. Mr. Pattison, jun , apologised for the absence of his father, on the ground that his political opinions were well known, and he had atneaded so many meetings that perhaps he was entitled to a holiday. The electors might depend on his father's firm adherence to the principles of free trade, and civil and religious h'berty.—Mr.Traven moved the following resolution : That this meeting to most anxious to preserve and develop the principles of free trade In their most extended and comprehensive form ; to abolish all political and social distinction. on the ground of religious =Pilo= and to the program of coratnercial as well as general reform. T haw s ng assured, from the long and onnsistent weer of lord J. Russell, they have the best guarantee for his future support, and having heard the opinions ol Mr. his son, and of Per G. Lament and Baron Rothe P chinr,tseti n eetg is of =talon that those principles will be mon effectually owned out by the selection of than gentlemen for the repreeented= of the City of luodon. That this meeting pledges Itself to glee Ito full sad utmost support to Lord J. Rowell, Mr. Pat. limn, Sir O. Larpent, and Baron Rethechlld, in the approaching eiection. The resolution was carried unanimously. MAYO.—Mr. Valentine O'Connor Blake is spoken of as a candidate for this county. Mr. Blake, who is a man of good property and estimable character, is nephew to the °Tenor Don, a Lord of the Treasury. MAHTLEBONR.—To-day the ballot of the 16,000 voters of this borough is to take place in Hall's Riding-school, in order to decide whether Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Whittle Harvey, or Mr. Serjeant Shea shall stand as the liberal can didate in conjunction with Sir B. Hall. Tue MISTROPOLIB.—The following are the candidates for the City and metropolitan districts whom the dissenting deputies have recommended the dissenters of the metropolis to support:—City of London—Mr. J. Pattison, M.P. ;Baron Rothschild. City of Westminster—Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. ; Mr. C. La:shit:qua. Marylebone—Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P.; Mr. D. W. Harvey. Finsbury—Mr. T. 8. Duncombe, M.P. ; Mr. T. Wakley, M.P. Tower Ham lets—Sir William Clay, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. G. Thompson. Southwark—Mr. Alderman Humphrey, M.P. Lambeth-- Hon. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, M.P.; Mr. C. Pearson. Green wich—Hear-Admiral Dundas, M.P. East Surrey—Hon. P Locke King; Mr. T. Alcock. The candidates excluded from this recommendation an . London—Lord John liaaseU ; Sir G. Lsrpent ; Mr. Payne; and the four tone,. West minster—Mr. Cochrane. Marylebone—Lord Dudley Stuart ; Mr. Serjesat Shee. Tower Hamleta—General Fox, M.P. Southwark—Sir W. Molesworth. M.P. Lambeth—Mr. Haves, M.P. Greenwich—Mr. Barnard, M.P. Ms NAOKAI4 COUNTY —Mr. E. P. Shirley baking addressed the electors, notifying his determination not to offer himself as a candidate at the coming general election. NORTIL&NPPON.—Dr. Epps has announced himself a can didate for this borough. NEWCASTLZ•VNDIR-LYNR.—Four candidates are in the field, hotly canvassing the borough ; and, judging from their confi dence, they are all to whs. The popular men are Mr. Wm. Jack son, of Birkenhead, and a non-eonformist, Mr. Greig. It is probable Lord Brackley and Mr. Jackson will be returned. OXFORD (Ctrs).—On Friday Mr. Langston issued an ad dress to the electors, in which he promised to canvass them personally in a few days. PONTRPRACT.—Mr. Wenn has declined to comply with the requisition presented to him. The choice now rests be tween Mr. Hepworth and Mr. Andrew Montague, of Mel ton, the eldest son of Mr. R. F. Wilson, both of whom are named as desirable candidates. . PORTARLINOTON.—The Hon. Col. Dawson Darner has abandoned his intention of contesting this borough. A Con servative candidate is said to be ready to take the Held, but at present Col. Dunne (Whig), has possession of the ground. Roes-sous.—Mr. Mackenzie, the present member, has withdrawn from the contest. Mr. Matheson will therefore in all probability walk the course. RADNOIU6IIIRE.—Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis has addressed the electors, offering a renewal of his services at the forthcoming election. RIPON.—We understand Sir George Cociburn will retire, and that the Hon. Edwin Lascelles, and Sir James Graham, will be the future representatives. Sasithwicir.--The Liberal candidates are Lord Clarence Paget and Charles W. Grenfell, son of Mr. Grenfell, one of the Bank of England directors. The Conservative cahrlidate is Lord Clinton, son of the Duke of Newt istle. Stnoun.—The conservative candidate, Mr. Baker, has retired from the contest. SELKIXIC.—Mr. A. E. Lockhart has announced hie intcn- don of again coming forward. No opposition. Sr. ALBA/ea.—Mr. Milton ham dec lar ed bit intention to go to the poll. STIRLING BUROH/3.—ln reference to the advocacy of his cause by the North British Mail, Mr. Alison dl nies that he is a proprietor. SLIGO BOROIIOII.—MT. John A. O'Neill has written to the constituency of this borough, to say that he is ready to start as a repealer against his brother repealer, Mr. J. P. Bowers. Mr. O'Neill is ambitious of parliamentary honour,, even at the expense of his owa party. WESTRURY.—Mr. Higgins, the new candidate for the borough, addressed the [lectors on Thursday last. His speech was in many parts imperfectly heard, in consequence of the uproar of those who support the pretensions of Mr. Wilson. IRELAND. DowLni, JULY 16. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. It in now a . r . n;:tter — c;f grievous in the local papers that the Board of Works has left the principal roads in a greatly cut up state in the county of Clare. The gentry are particularly noisy In their exclamations. What a pity they could not have foreseen what all Ireland saw, that, when 60,0'20 men were daily employed for months to gether on the relief works this result must be calculated on as inevitable. If they had then done their duty by revising the lists they would have now gond roads. In the same county drainage works are proceeding rapidly. There are MO men daily employed upon the Fergus, near Clare Cantle, at wages averaging le. 4d. per day ; higher up, towards the source of that river, in the lakes, several hundreds are em ployed in drainage at similar wages. The Cork Eransiner of yesterday states that a field of potatoes, five acres in extent, had, during the night of Tues day, become affected with blight. The stalks, which on Tuesday were " green as laurel," had become black, and ex haled an impure odour. No other field in the vicinity had been similarly affected. The accounts from the other dis tricts of Cork, and from Limerick, Clare, Kerry, &c., are most favourable. A Cork paper states that there have been failures in Limerick to the amount of 300,0001. fhe Limerick papers make no mention of the eiraumetance, and it is very probably exaggerated, if not wholly untrue. The cattle market held to-day in Dublin was small, and there fore firm, but with no advance on last week's pica. Potatoes are expected to rate to-morrow at not more than Be. to 123. per cwt. THE GREAT BRITATH.—The Downpatrick Recorder sayr, in so forward a state are the preparations for raising the Great Britain, that they are expected to be put into opera tion immediately. On Tuesday,Wednerday, or Thursday, the three days of the highest tide during the coming springs, the attempt will be made; but on which of the days we could not be informed, as much will depend upon the point from which the wind blows, and the state of the wea. then generally. It will be lull sea about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the fleet day of the springs. We may add, however, tbat the object at present to merely to raise the vessel, not to float her, and, to the bystander, the raising of her two or three feet will be scarcely perceptible. The ingenuity of the plan is such, that, when raised (as we hope she will be), the weight of the boxes and the power of the levers will keep her up until the bottom be examined and repaired, so that when &wed she can be taken off in safety. There are a number of ship carpenters and other me chanics on board, ready to make the necessary repairs with the utmost celerity. SCOTLAND. EDINBIMOR, JrLY 16. Roadway rights is becoming a question of the day. Sir M. S. Stewart claims the sea-shore which bounds his property at Ardgowan, and gamekeepers warn off pedestrians and bathers. Preparations are making for a spirited resistance to these claims. In Edin burgh the Roadway Association is largely circulating a tract, containing the all but unanimous voice of the press against this class of encroachment. The ragged school rupture will lead to a provoking of good works. The original establishments are getting on well, and the dissentients are to start "united schools" forthwith. The religious instruc tion is to be a separate matter, catholics taking charge of their own children, and protestants taking the oversight of theirs, the faith of the parents being in all cases reckoned those of the pupils. The 12th of July did not pass off quietly in Scotland, Orange processions and rioting having taken place in all quarters where Irish labourers are congregated. M. Soper does not stand alone in monster culinary effort. Several manufacturing establishments near Aberdeen have undertaken to supply the food of their operatives at a cheaper rate, and of a better quality, than they themselves can procure. From 2,000 to 3,000 people are daily fed on this plan. The cost for breakfast and dinner, including bread, is I id. per meal; and the arrangements are so complete, that 400 persons are breakfasted or dined in 20 minutes. For 50 gallons of barley broth, the following are the ingredients:-431b. meat, 281 b. barley, 51b. pease, and vegetables to the value of 2s. or 2s. 6d. The masters supply fuel, utensils, &c., and, after these items, the culinary experiment is self-supporting. The cause of institution was the distance which the workers had to go for meals, the poverty of their diet, and constant inability to labour. A similar practice has for some time been prevalent in some of the large works in Leith. The particulars of the Aberdeen system are contained in a letter from the sub to the general-inspectors of factories, and is printed in the last parliamentary report. Another good popular fact is a penny tribute which is being got up to Mr. Campbell, an eminent Glasgow merchant, for present ing the Botanical Garden of that city with such a donation as enables the directors to throw it open to the working-classes during the fair week. As might be expected, no damage is done to the flowers, although thousands upon thousands avail themselves of the boon. WALES. TRIAL OF A MOSHER FOR HANGING RJR CIIILDRIN.— At the Amiss Court, Carmarthen, on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mary Hughes was indicted for the wilful murder of her three children, Sarah, Mary, and Even Hughes. The husband of the wretched woman, who is a mason, rented a cottage at the foot of the Llanbyther moun tain, and on the morning of the 28th of April, when he left far work, the children were in good health, and the mother seemingly in her usual sprits. In the course of the day her sister had occasion to visit the house, but not finding the unfortunate woman in the building she proceeded to examine the place, and, on entering a loft, she was horror-stricken on seeing the three lifeless children suspended by handkerchiefs from a large beam running across the root On being called on to '-'ad to the Indictment sha stared steadfastly at the learned of plead to the judge, and seemed to have no knowledge of what was pass ing around. The demand was made to her in Welsh ; still she took no notice of the challenge, and remained mute. The judge examined the medical officer of the prison, who pronounced her to be insane. The learned judge than ex plained the law to the jury, sa to the incapacity of prisoners to plead when their minds were affected, and directed them to return a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity, in her case. This was accordingly done, and the unhappy woman will, therefore, be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. PROVINCIAL- BIRKENHEAD DOCKS7is;ll7idlly evening a public meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of Birkenhead we, held for the purpose of considering the present critical posi tion of the commissionen' dock bills, and urging on the Coot miesionere of Woods and Forests, and the House of Lords, the great importance of passing the same u they now stand. The room was entirely filled, principally by working men. Mr. David Appleton was called to the chair, and having stated the object of the meeting, mentioned that the petitions to the Woods and Formts and the Route of Lords had re oeived not less than 0,000 or 7,000 signatures ' —a very large proportion in a population of 18,000. Mr. Boyle proposed the first resolution, expressive of the opinion that the bills in question were of the distric ts, portance the ßir kenhead and the nuroanding and thst moat strenuous efforts should be made by the commisvioners to carry the bills in their integrity as they came from the com mittee of the House of Lirds. The resolution wes carried unanimously. No opposition was offered. Mr. R. Hughes astonished the meeting by proposing that every owner of property in Birkenhead - if.lould, from that day forthwith. re ' duce the rent of his tenants ISO per cent. till the dock bills were paned. The proposition was received with loud cheers. The chairman refused to put it, as contrary to the purpose of the meeting. Mr. Hughes persisted, and a scone of inde scribable uproar, cheers and hisses, for some time ensued. A resolution was passed, requesting the members of the county to aid the passing of the bills. Three cheers were given for Mr. Laird. —.--. DEATH PROM MORISON'S PILLS. --lASI week, Emma Partington, aged 30, of Love-place, lisehdale, swallowed in two days, ss. GI. worth of Moriion'y pill.. After which her health, which had been delicate, became worse, and she ultimately died. At an inquest held upon the bialy, the jury returned a verdict " That she died from an overdue of the pills." EMPLOYMENT OP THE POOR ON THE LAND.—A public meeting was held on Wednesday, at the Town-hall, Mul -1 cheater, " to consider the propriety of employing the able bodied poor in the cultivation of land, and for deviling the beet means of doing this effectually, so as to ease the burthen of the poors-rate payers, and provide an honest, healthy, and profital le employment to the able-bodied poor, and thus achieve a permar.ent national good." The Reverend J. Schofield presided, and in the course of his adcreas he attempted to prove that an screed . l mil under potatoes would be sufficient to maintain one man fur 5,625 days, or a little more than .51 men fur one year; that the produce of an acre of wheat would sustain one man for 915 days, or 21 men for nearly a year; and that the produce of one fertile acre in puture consumed by tattle and sheep would sustain one man 72 clays, or something less than one-fifth of • man for a year; so that it appeared that the produce of five acres of fertile grass laud would be required to sustain one man hying entirely on butcher's meat fur one year ; under wheat it would maintain twelve, and under potatoes 77k. This.. figures be brought forward in order to prove the necessity and the utility of converting pasture into arable land. In Guernsey and Jersey, be said, one square mite of land supported 1,000 pencils, and theft, begitory, and pauperism wire scarcely known •, while its Ireland, the same portion of land sup ported but 223 persons ; and how great the con east in the people! Resolutions wi re passed, which, amongst other things, expreased the opinion of the meeting that the land held by the church, and that which it was stated had been • wrested from the people, called enclosure lands, ougLt to be given up to the people for their maintenance. A committee was then appointed to carry out the object of the meeting. CHF..iIIRE. __ __ . _. . A New MACHINE YOUWATELLIEO STREETS has ro• cently been invented, and is now in operation at Birken head. The tient lty consists in its watering the whole width of the street at once—a recommit ndatiou, whets the machine has exclusive possession of the road. _ HERTFORDSHIRE. ANOTHER ENGINE-DRIVER KILLED ON THE EARTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—An inquest was held on Satur lay, at the Black Bull, Brosbourne, before Mr. Sworder, coroner for the county, touching the death of Thomas Parker, aged 23, the driver of the engine, numbered FA, belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway Company.—Thomas tiorrold, fireman in the employ of the company, stated that on Fri day he was with deceased, woo the 'urine, at the time, they were pausing Manner's-bridge, near the junction of the Hertford with the Cambridge line of railway. They were going to Wisbeach with a luggage train. At the moment of passing the bridge, which is technically denominated "a truss-bridge," deceased was reaching over the side of the locomotive to look at the feed-pipe, when the centre truss of the bridge caught hint, and knocked him off the engine on to the line. In consequence of the width of the wood-work of the bridge, which forms its main support, sod which rises be tween the up and down lines of rails, the deceased had not room to turn out of the way of the engine, the wheels of which passed over him, crushing him in a frightful manner. Medical assistance was proems 4 w itbout delay, but deceased was dead. —S. Barrow, an officer in the employ of the company, said that within the last twelve mouths th-re had been an accident on the same bridge. At that time one of the servants of the company had his legs cut off by the wheels of an engine.— Coroner : Do you think the bridge is dangerous ? Witneds I am sure it is; it ought to be altersd.—lt. Reese, driver, in the employ of the company, expressed a similar opinion as to the dangerous construction of the bridge. He, and others, had complained of it to their superior officers, but no notice had been taken of it, and now he (witness), and some ul the other men, had determined to memorialise the board, co that it might be removed. Deceased was •steady young man; he had left a wire and two children.—Thu coroner having summed up, the jury, after a brief consultation, agreed to the following verdict : ' We find that T. l'arker was accident ally killed by Manner's bridge, on the Eastern Counties line of railway; but, before we separate, we wish to give our opinion, derived from the evidence in this case, that such bridge is dangerous, and that it ought to be removed, and we claire the cot oner to send this our verdict to the directors of the said line."—The coroner agreed to do so, adding, Mat if no notice was taken of it, he should fed it to be his uuty to bring the matter before the Commissioners of Itailwaje. BUCK LS9IIAMSHIRE. . . THE GAME LAW:::iiVlTl:l7ll7tltecounty business was being transacted at the Bucks Midsummer Sessions, at Aylesbury, the attendance of the magistrates being more I than usually numerous, Dr. Lee brought forward his motion (notice of which had been given at the former sessions), that • petition be adopted by the c iurt, and presented to the House of Commons, in favour of the total repeal, or of • considerable modification, of the present game laws. Dr. Lee contended that the question he had the honour of sub mitting to his brother magistrates, was most important in all its hearings to every clam of the community, cud that the enormous expenses which were caused by game prosecutious ought not to be thrown upon the county, but borne by the preservers of game and those who were sticklers for the en joyment of the sport. The motion, which Wai seconded by Sir Harry Verney, was lost. PORTSHOFTH.—The late assistant-surgeon of the Conway, Mr. Thomas Hart, committed suicide in Portsmouth on Thursday morning, leaving a cote at his hotel that disap pointed hopes of his promotion had been the cause. THE REVITAL OF THE SALT AIANUFACTURR at Lyming ton is being urged in that locality. Tbc mode bee been examined by Mr. Young, late consul at Palestine. He ton side, s the plan which has been so tested and approved by the corporation of Lymington to be the beet epplicalion of steam tor the purpose he ham cyst. seen, nod only wonders that such • plan :or the regeneration of the slut trade in, Hampshire should have been no long neglected. ..... AN INSTANCE OF ESCAPE TKO% DaowNlNo, through the gallant conduct of a clergyman, occurred on Monday week. On the morning of that day, W. Patty, a labourer residing at South Pool, went down to the Saloombe river t., get • boat, which was moored in the tide, beyond his reach. He stripped himself, but not being able to 'mire, he collected two or three cars, a spar, and a gang-board, whirl. he pieced under his chest, without lashing them together: then pad dling them with bin hands, endeavoured to reach the boat. The moment, however, he got into the run of the tide, out of his depth, the timbers parted company, and he was at once left to his own resources. For a moment or two ha continued above water, but just as he was sinking, for the second time, the Rev. E. L. Davies, of Holwell ileum, who had arrived at the spot, plunged into the water with his clothes on, but before he could reach bins the drowning man had disappeared. Mr. Davies then took one of the oars which was floating, pushed it down upon the man, whom he could see moving to and fro, and the poor fellow grasped it and rose to the surface ; sufficient life was left to enable him to keep his bold, till Mr. Davies gained the shore, which he did, towing the man after him. lint Mts. THE EXHIBITION IN WESTMINSTER-HALL—Go vernment, it is said, has just concluded the pun ham of Mr. Cross's fine picture of " Richard Cceur de Lion," for the sum of five hundred guineas, and Mr. Pirkeregill's " Burial of Harold" for the like amount, Mr. Watts's " King Alfred Repelling the Danes" has been also purchased, for 2001., the artist not having asked more, iu consideration of his having obtained a 5001. premium. The sea-fight, in which Nelson is sees boarding the San Josef, by Mr. Knell, has, we hear, been likewise purchased by government. These are, of course, intended for the decoration of the new palace at Westminster. Mr. Armitage's " Battle of Mceauce" has, we learn, been purchased by the Queen for her own collec tion. A long list of subjects, which the commissioners intend to o ff er as matters of future competition for the decoration of particular rooms in the new houses, will shortly be an nounced.--Atheturunt. THE STATUE IN MARBLE OF PRINCE ALBERT subscribed for by the merchant., to commemora'e his having laid the foundation-stone of the Royal Exchange, has been placed in the vestibule of Lloyd's. The momument of Hue kisson ,culptared by Oibeen, and presented by the widow of the statesman to the town of Liverpool, is at length to be placed in the north area of the Custom House there. PROPOSED STATUE IN LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS TO YES MEMORT OF LORD WILLIAM RVIRELL.—A prelimi nary meeting of rate-payers and other gentlemen has been held in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, for the purncse of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting a mon u ntent to the memory of Lord William Rumell, on the Prot where he was beheaded in Lincoln's Inn Fields, on the 21st of July, 1653. Mr. J. R. Taylor took the chair, and es planted the object for which the meeting was held. Several gentlemen having expressed their opinions upon the subject, • subscription of one guinea each was proposed, and an in tention expressed of calling a public meeting to advance the object in view at the earliest opportunity. luau. HER MAJESTY'S TREATRE.—OR Saturday evening the meegreneu of the operatic branch of the entertainment —consisting of Verdi's " Lombardi," performed in the man ner we have already had occasion to describe—was made up for (at least in the eyes of the fashionable ltabitue4 of this theatre) by the richness of the " choregraphic" exhibition. In addition to the pretty ballet, "Lee Etnniene," the memo rable " Pas de Quatre, which made such a sensation two years ago, was danced between the third and fourth acts of the opera. The performers were Toglioni, Carlotta Orisi, Cerito, and Rosati—the same as before, excepting the sub stitution of Rosati fur Lucille Orahn. It woe, so before, a warm but friendly contest fur the palm of • " and, as before, each of the fair rivals ...- with tokens of favour as her l• exerted themselves to displaying her on attraction, se' groups and u. pas dr quatre furore during fortunate • t friendly contest fur the palm of public. favour fore, each of the fair rivals was as amply rewarded tis of favour u her heart coutikeltsoop. They . all iemselves to the very . pet) adi; hi r her own individual ..t. cbaneetarestio Mielj"rOi , and then forming in . 4 , - 'cum the nios ti cely id tableaux that it , tat uatre would, as form •;,..0 here beettlibm of icing the remainder • a meam, but for ibm od tr . circumstance of the ' el Carlotta - Orli X , ; t,