The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-02 00:00:00

meastet jo wly intsd muter ot w ho workhouse It appeared that - ges so - respectable inmates, were allowed to go out on & l oam and who had the good fortune to possess a decent ' of cloth had been refused from so goin O n° mt did the rkh am. (shamel sok galas they w a in wo dose . E. set Bay that he viewed this conduct as an act of great an unnecessary stab at a man's respectability, Vre ,rneeiridal upon the happiness and comfort of the poso Mr Ilethenngtoti stated several coats of oppression, sad one of refusing a blind and paralysed man the privilege dvisiting on aged mother. —Mr. Greenwood corroborated lb" statement, and added that the poor, even women who bed slily been out of their confinement a fortnight, had to go sad fetch their own bread from the store-room at six esioek every morning.—Mr. Turner stated that a few days since *went with a friend over the workhouse, and in weighing several rations of bread put down in the diet table se 12 or . he fund that they only weighed 10 oz.—The chairman and several other directors expressed their surprise at some of these charges. With regard to the women coming down for their bread, they declared it untrue, and said the want of weight, if proved, would be a ground for the dis missal of the storekeeper. They said, however, the whole matter should be investigated, and the vestry shortly after o. separated BT. ANDREW, HOLBORN-ABOVE-THE-BARE, AND Sr. GECOZOR Till MAIITTB.--The governors and directors of the poor for these parishes held their weekly meeting yesterday. At the request of fifty of the most respectable rate-payers, including some members of the board, a reporter from this estab!ishicient was in attendance, but was refused **loam,. The object was to give publicity to the decision of the gi, tiaras and directors on the motion made by Mr. Z. T. Pin toy, " To rescind the resolution of the hoard of the llth August, 1847, declining to furnish Mr. J. R. Tiylor with a ropy of, or allow him to take a copy of, the poll taken en the 10th and 11th August, 1847." as to the adoption of the act of parliament for the establishment of heaths and wash-bou-es for the labouring poor in these parishes. Our reporter was refund admission ; but we learn that the &el .= on the motion showed—Against rescinding the resolu tioo, 15; for, 7. Thus Mr. Taylor has been dented a copy of the poll by a mejority of 8. This decision appears to have been adopted in mercy to certain Was ering gentlemen who visaed the petition in favour of the act of parliament for establishing baths and wash-houses for the poor, and voted against its introduction into their own parishes. A NEW CHAPTER FOR "THE SEVEN CHAMPIONB Or CHlllr.rENDOW."—Forthwith St. George and St. Andrew, haying their five brethren, journeyed till they came to a fair place, carol Holborn, where they sat them down. And while they so abided, there came running unto them a rout of talk, n rs raged and sore befouled and begrimed. And when they sew the knights, they cried aloud to them, " Sive as, noble lo.ights, from the great dragon, Cleanliness ! He timid hend hy. in a bath, whereto he bath of late resorted, from a terrible hill called Sanitary Law, whence come many other monsters that waste us, the people of Bumble-land. But this orogen Is worst of all, for he baleth us into the water, and anon maketh onslaught upon our dung-heaps, sad drieth up our cempools, and hideth him in our drains and our se s et., so that we may not wallow therein as we were wont fur, ever in *tieing and foulness we were well pleased, send of such enjoyment may we none more hays for this dragon. And our King Bumble is armed orainst him, and bath called forth all his champions. Go ye with them !" Then St. George ud St. Andrew said, " Truly we will go forth against this dragon." And St. George put on his helmet and armed and took his sword of selfishness; and St. Andrew went before, armed at point, playing on his fiddle, with his stout lance. which he galled " Vested Right," borne in front of him ; mei anon they came to where King Bumble was with his - i '.ay, seated in hie high hall of the vestry, and he coorteowiy saluted the knights. And there came in a very foal stinkor i, crying, " The dragon is uoon us ! He hath yesternight drawn into his bath the people of a neighbour ing kinationo" Then St. George and St. Andrew said to King Bumble, " Stay here, and we will encounter him." And they went forth, and found the great dragon, who had that moron eaten up five dunghills and thrown down seven Osenthter-houses, as he came through the perilous pass tithe Smith's field, where were many such places on which he was wont to make attack. Acid the dragon reared sp, and :trove to drag St. George and St. Andrew into the bath; but they would net—and Bt. George smote him with a sore buffet from his sword, and St. Andrew pierced him through a soft place in his belly with his lance, and the dragon fell down, an-I his body covered op the bath, wherein he was wont to weeds himself, and to drew the folk thereinto, so that none might come to it ever aft r. And when the people saw the dragon) was slain, they came forth and scattered dirt before the valiant knights, is incense; and King Bumble honoured the stout champions greatly, for that the fell dragon, Cleanliness, ahoolo o' more come among them. And the people abode ix their ti to, as they loved to do; and their dung-heaps waxed larger than before. And they gave crowns of mud to St. George col St. Andrew; and on the crowns was written— SC Geom. and St. Andrew, who the dragon tierce did slay, That woold haveeat oar dirt up, and our dung-hills swept away. And from that time forth none in that land bath ever washed him in fair water fur fear of the brood of that dragon. And their dirt is a token thereof unto this day.—Punch. FAILURES IN Livearoot.—There have been three failures in Liverpool during the last two days; two in the corn and one in the East India trade. They are not for lanes amounts, although all highly respectable. The house of Messrs Fitzpatrick and Co. MI for about 60,0001., and that of Messrs Gregg 30,0001. The East India house is for 60,0001., and will it is said pay 20s. in the pound. Tnz Qu eves COLLEG E, LONDON.—A college, under the above designation (so named by royal permission) in conjunction with the Governesses' Benevolent Institution, has been' armed. Its objects are to place female educ ition oa the same basis as that of endowed schools and universities he the male sex. Its chief purposes consist in the examina tion and grunting diplomas and certificates of qualifications to govern—ses, to enable them to produce satisfactory evi dence of their merits, and is affording the lens competent an adequate and orderly preparation for their work. INTEntor USE WITH THE CONTINENT.—Daring the week ended 29th ult. there were 3,091 passengers be tween linologne and England, against 2,640 in the corr.- vonehne week of last year ; and 562 between Calais and England against 640. The Boulogne passengers consisted of:—From England, 1,585; yin., 888 from Folkestone, 219 from Dover, 466 from London, 12 from Ramagate ; to Lon don, 1,500; vise. to Folkestone, 786; to Dover, 359; to /hados, 357; to hams/ate, 8. FIRE IN UPPER %ST SMITHFIELD.—Last night, abet half-past sine o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive outhouses belonging to Mr. I. B. White, provision mer chant and chipper, of 10, Upper East Smithfield. The ex. Osordinary glare caused by this outbreak, and the vast quan tity of inflammable =Menai', such as dried !neon, hams, ot7s, and other commodities of an easily ignitable kind, con taming to increase its intensity, caused a gent ral turn-out of the engines. and in a few minutes after the fire was first observed is the warehouses, five or six engines were upon the spot, An abundant supply of water being obtained with out acy unnecessary delay a large body of assistants were employed to work the engines, and happily with each effect that the well stored and exceedingly valuable property belonging to Mr. Outhwaite, builder, adjoining, was saved, as were also the contiguous premises, both in )root of the main roadway, and in Sun-court, and Catherine-square. The major part of the stock is damaged either by fire or water, but much of the property in the adjacent buildings was preserved by the exertions of the fire men. Several poor creatures in the neighbouring courts named severely by the removal of their furniture, and the breakages its sudden removal inevitably :awed. By ten o'clock the danger of any further extension of the fire had ended, and by half-past an effectual stop was put to its ravages. How the fire originated it is impossible to state, ate ean the exact extent of the damage be yet estimated. INOEVITS, YESTERDAY.—ACCIDENT AT BLACK 'WALL—CHARGE AOAINST • POLICISMAN.—Before Mr. Baker, adjourned for the fourth time, at the Royal Mason public-house, Sherbert-street, Poplar, respecting the death of C. Simmonis, aged 25 years, late waiter at the Terrace *, Hotel, Gravesend. The facto having repeatedly ap loseed, the last time being is our paper of Tuesday, it need only be stared that the deceased was drowned, as alleged, in oopeequence of a policeman, named W. Feltham, haying Pelted him back ss he was jumping from Blackwell pier on h a steamer alongstde.—The jury after a long consultation, Warned a verdict of " AccidentZdeath," and added, " that Me life of the deceased might possibly have been saved, by his getting on board the ousel, if the policeman had not taken hold of the skirts of his coat to prevent him; led they recommend that, in future, persons given la charge of the police be removed immediately on Mere, and not allowed to remain on the pier.' FATAL ACCIDIINT BY Fiala-Aarilio —Before Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of Mr. H. Powell, aged 22, veterinary surgeon, who was accidentally shot.—lt. I Poster, 1, York-place, St. George's-in-the-East, said, that en the niernint of Sunday week, witness, his father, deceased, ead a Mr. Dray, intended to go from Barking-creek in a boat, hi the purpose of shooting sea swallows and sea gulls. They had four fowling-pieces in the boat. Deceased and a water less' Were about to launch the boat ; when on doing the boat ms shaken, and the prune slipped down. One of the guns went off, and part of the sontents was lodged in the right arm of the deceased and part in the left arm of Mr. Dray, who is seriously injured. The contents consisted of small 40 - Deceased was, in about two hours, attended by a surgeon of Barking, and between eight and nine o'clock be was admitted into the London Hospital, where he died m Saturday last. The witness, at the conclusion of his evidence, stated that the deceased was not attended to at the hospital for some time after his adatiosion.—The brother et the deceased seise said that hr and his mother were at the °metal, and that the bandage which was round his arm or not opened nor touched till four o'clock.—The coroner ma jury remarked that they never heard of any cue t x. neglect before.—The c or oner th en adjourned the inquiry the prilitrlCO th• medical officer.--Sviclos 01 A Ake AT adjourned Mr. T. Higgs at the ° of York Tavern, Lark-hall-lane, Clapham;on the belly of Mr. John Jobling, aged 50, late a clerk in the Tithe Ceamiotation o ffi ce, Somerset-house. On Saturday night Mt, about 11 o'clock, Police-const a ble L Tacker, 45 V, was m ditty in South Lambeth ; when deceased passed him he 0 7. *red to be slightly intoxicated, but capable of managing 'motif. A few minutes afterwards he saw the deceased roam, arid he seemed tith e more tipsy. Mr. Jones, the landlord Canton Masse d Arms, South Lambeth, was leading him. As appeared to get worse the constable followed them, ukin ma over u h . eard My. Jones ask the deceased if he had been , medicine, and he said he had taken sixpenny of laudanum, which he procured at a chemist's shop aufoy's, the distiller. Deceased repeated the same 7 toot te he policeman, and added that he drank it in the :: t t hat he took it b e t ween 9 an d 10 i n th e morning. said that he had taken another sixpenny ilt ketoeon one and two o'clock that afternoon, 4141 U V mmhall Gardena. When asked why he took such a Zit?, he said be took it to make him sleep--they did not what troubles he had got. They took deceased to his lodgings, No. 7, Sydney .place, Clapham-road. Here there was a man in and lie refused to admit the de mised or awaken Mr. B.wl, the landlord, The constable then took deceased to the , and he became so bed that they were obliged to carry him on a stretcher. On his arrival, Mr. Creed, the inspector, sant for me dial maistance. On searching him an empty half-ounce bottle, labelled " Laudanum, poison," was found. During the Interval that elapsed refers the arrival of a sur geon the inspector questioned the demised, ant; be TO posted what he had previously told the mutable. He added that he was much embarrassed ; he said it was no use to send to any friend ;he had no relation in the world. He was a widower and childless. At five o'clock in the morn ing, despite all the medical aid that could be given, he died. The post mortal examination made by Mr. Spencer proved that death had been caused by laudanum, or some other narcotic drug. Every attempt to discover where the de ceased boufht the laudanum failed. Subeequentinquiriee made by the police teaded to show that since the execution bad been put into Be wlay 's house, who had also been &clerk in Somerset house, the deceased had had no home, and had slept about at different public-houses and beer-shops. It fur ther appeared that he had speat the last penny he bad in the world, although, when be leR Somerset-house on the 18th ult., he had lit. From the statements made by Mr. John Randall, Mr. Lucas Cotter, and other gentlemen who were in the same oMce with the deceased, it appeared that up to about three years since, a more regular man did not exist. At that time his wife, of whom he was doatingly fond, died, and he became a changed character, and such a confirmed drunkard, that he always carried a bottle with gin in it. Deceased had repeatedly declared to his fellow•elerks that he should end his life by poison, but they considered the threat a mere joke. The jury returned a verdict, " That the said John -I obling died from having swallowed laudanum, while he was in an unsound state of mind, brought on by excessive drinking." Several of the deceased's fellow clerks have humanely undertaken the burial of the body. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1847. cleansing, publio water-closets and urinals, the answers are of the same decided character. We hope the oommittee will circulate their report far and wide, and that they will take immediate steps for bringing its contents under the more immediate cog nisance of the public, and draw attention to Lord Morpeth's sanitary bill, as a great means of effecting the necessary reform. will had eseineed b dad by reds dew dee palls see, s many owe se del be duel te dee Inas the amber of pests Invested by Jar it Ib we imetheel be ale earsedededs " : l 2 the New Zesised Odom. This adeurdige bedsed bedewed wily to tease white bode dee aseeleed heirs the Mb dity of de, tato, the dole stile pelmets' WWI by le G. Oled es de ado yett.'' Now, le It ad bk b twat tad hie Amen new could had balarkt. at Se dee he we it mod these d ell wee sdposil de pubes doe btu aadeil la e ken e pad st sewed ere who eat ealy dear baled the aid peer d the fad* het tube bed bane el the penced east of the domed I to It pruldie pet lorded, seem, est those only who lashed safety as et s dieters. wood tithes, s .,w; whatever In the harde , i_ lite solorlss, should reap n. :1 •81 e111111, ellPe lete• If not the forlorn hope, et bed theleel at the uPealikei were sot to be allowed uddled, In the elided degree Had sore been Lard 3. h le doeffe bassikas, he wad net merely hove I bees botedeg the Mod raoredspea the lese added to it, bat geed Owe hos seedee nest di Wed Winne. dot litmus perebense bees the and porde sor eheads, Amity trent the Wives liar (if went IN lordidp's in tentions) Indio slosilbs Allied to pay see peed as on these Orioles ,sere weal stosloe (end In fast Ins reselved) I md on the sous Isms as the stmosp, via., at the nee dm acre far every St, although they sumst be isid to bane oostribulal (as we have done) to any ohtsst et mill book sr Milky. FOUMIS Mao NINIUNIONLypia Midi we dila that the land. awarded to you by govenneest mended the expenittnre at the 73 pee cent. or our monies, be Oren up eat as ear deport. an— t. That it was expressly stipulated patywr stemeelee shosid sat eooeed 25 per cent.; tad that you were net, ender any ettutouteatea, to delve any prat on brdtteen the 'codeine 7S per cent. t. That you eonesneed be est es Intim it expending this 73 per cent , and that, ecoacquently, a cart :zit, would ectopcl you to account to us ex anyadvantages as etas obts=l.4 either ender colour of your tract, or by near 3. That even oopeang that *yea woo set band by law and equity to give up these lands to as. still thst yea moo ley alum to thesra i renont easy peculiar wait —but teak 5 166 usatrary, to teed seeing that we have risked owlives mg proper- Tea, ere todeasembly superior to any that you or possibly — Cilia thin b wiry mu= to believe that Lord J. lwaell, in asking the irempomait et Sonsakstr, Wended rat the pur ebreds* re itstad petript asittuart arra la Orr as the eels las as the amory, sod are Fiore walrus for the siter vita raper to the rata at rah tar wore to roar* land, ramink r the roved object of Lord I. Marti aft to reward all eta bad bra mired in the Ilatielai irlietaklng of colorelas New Labs& nem dom. ore oar gommis gook ommemotlon for lithe loom we Mee Mired tan On Mega of yew sontract. arc claim the Briniest of the contltlen (be pow berme of purchase) to rye us the best land In your poesamima. Mid we further that the lends &wooled to the song= by govern ment la respect of the ID of the 73 per cent. of our monies, be m to no For ern claims we earnestly when your most candled sod serious coosidemdon. We dio hope thut your own sense of Juane would ham rending our 'lrunneteseary. We mill hem Unit it will melee made griur. t't.iie to of this Communiaa be unpaingibe—lf It indicate a lees friendly feeling toward. be. owapany Wee km etweloualy been displayed, yea moot reawakening Wie me =IOW Mar a emu of wrongs indicted by Ware at whose bar io me hen war mostood ones selves most entitle:lto progenies endl mast boor la Wei that we have been intopmelibiy SYmkm sod lemerkse, the unareountabk deterrninstlaw . sessomel pane reply to Dr. Evans—your deterrnisatanwie yew me Seim wet armed obligatMne ! But, gentlemen. may be car gement feeling.—however great and biller my be OW preest dlopplat. meets, we mond even yet tibia, when es look to the mats =onset the directors, from indulging some hapcothat dim so nte. sonable, just, and equitable, m those we hove now weisittifera will at once be allowed—and also that such indef.:eery mpliniegions of the course you hare recently pursued will be afforded, as will nemetablish the mare friendly relation* between the New Zeshad Gomm, and in land purchasers which have hitherto misted between thew HEALTH OF LONDON ASSOCIATION. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. This report is the result of the labours of a body of I gentlemen calling themselves the Health of London Association. It is a condensation of the answers that were returned to three thousand lists of queries which were circulated amongst medical men, clergymen, architects, surveyors, and others, in London and the neighbourhood, and a more painful picture of the sanitary state of this metropolis could hardly be afforded. We are at a lose to know what terms to employ in speaking of this subject, so fright ful is the amount of wretchedness, disease, and death by which we are surrounded, and so apathetic and heartless are the public on this subject. The lash applied to the back of a slave reverberates across the Atlantic, and stirs up every heart ; the sufferings of a handful of South Sea Islanders bring the so disant Christian world in thousands and tens of thousands to the gatherings of Exeter-hall ; but who will listen to the still small voice of misery at their own doors? Even now, whilst we are writing, tens of thousands are stretched on beds of pain and anguish, the dying by the side of the dead. Fever, and scrofula, and consumption, are carrying on their wasting processes within a few yards of the houses of the wealthy ; and yet no one cares for them. If there be a duty or a virtue, more especially imperative, it is that of alleviating the distress of the sick and the destitute, and yet scarcely a hand is stretched out, a voice lifted up, to remove from this vast population the oppression of disease and death which hes so hard upon it. We are not talking beyond oar reckoning. It has been proved over and over again, beyond all possibility of a doubt, that not less than EIGHTY THOUSAND persons die annually in this country from removable causes. Hundreds will read this state ment and heedlessly lay down the paper without a wish or a thought towards alleviating this awful mass of human misery. Others will, perhaps, say " it is no business of mine ;" and others, again, " what can I do ?" We say that it is everybody's busi ness, and that everybody can do something. Every one can petition parliament for the passing of Lord Morpeth's Sanitary Bill. Every one can urge upon town councils, poor-law guardians, overseers and others, the necessity of removing local causes of disease. Sanitary committees for diffusing informa tion on the subject of public health could be formed in every town and village of the kingdom. Towards this every one may do something. The report before us refers more particularly to London ; but it represents the condition of every large town in the kingdom. To the question, " have you observed sickness and disease to arise from badly constructed and ill-ventilated dwellings, from imperfect sewerage, and from bad cleansing of the streets, courts, and alleys ?" the following extracts are from the summary albs answers : It is difficult to gam, ea Muftis Or 'peeral sentiments of horror entertained by e sopeekelaregstein " the dreadful demo tution of human ilte," awl lie .• hormialle extent of sickness and disease" caused by beillininsopt awl swamp ; while it is in evidence that " these evils have a direst InniliMny le senate more serious ones in uncleanly habits, and a train oteleee le sweep away many thou sands id the pour, whose lives are ens wen d iary and ill-kealth." Destructive as these evils are, they deed indirectly proclaim others equally deetnetivv=eles, moral degra dation, Ermtkennem, ktn. 11 end proved, that direst hes often bees lamed le theleemen. sot nab maw the poor, but swept the noted* drew le • peat extent, awl ent the slckly appeasers mad depessel peared heft which chareelethee vast pro ' portion ef the Inbabilenlisaf enrenbt porta of this menet& have their trot, Get& it *me einem le life wise established Oat the amain& tie Mahe et arsillatien ems beret le highly unhvetnehie be the dm=the elf Megan elm It mist ken ether ezirereems swam • POW 11111 0 M 0 6148.110 . 011115 = 8,1116.811 . 1 r ia nOffigv u • ofroe7- wheeSeleted tat a Item diner, eel typhus trier le pa& rated end hp the ore aas flhee= „.. the p.m sad of their breatedlele in/ fry as es ve se the utter west of. setrenega; while sume GUY awls owl eller in the Whiteebmiel Ma% al Weer, ports of dr eneerepelle beer Is never absent. Imam= we pima/ edge, nee ef typhus beer from open rower; eel elm gellyiheina, Thee levers an pearally severe. This frightfial mew eel thl at neaehoeh le his prime, the fertile source of Andrea mid .tanage, al peepsehre and crime, is ever In active egeretlen b Se city. And again, Betides the vsneoereary .rte of hale= life by fever sad fibrils demesnes to this metropolia, It is ululated that of theme who ass aally die of consumption, 2,500 might he saved by peeper sadtmey sway mores; and one-math of that maddity I. attributed he Ur dallsient ventilation of worlothops; while Inestvglis are attribehol le the eau Milan of the dwellings of the page. ileatale is mother bras of de. eau which is stated to be Weft Beadmal by the behsomentioset amen, and which greatly tinkllidee he swell the airtality sod amount of Meuse of the pew et thr notrepiir. We hove sere sore eyes, =violate dares cilia bore dal et Jalt e rd the skin, of the bowels, and of the Orals. It as sorrisi or authority that the repeated I mind:ion at the eldeephere le awe et sem fula ; that l. there be oak* de Mew mair he Oat hut, bad clothing, and want of personal bat that he illoree does not exist ; and It Ii pm* SO a weed tow* air, red the want of coercive, ere the dal MIN dolma sill the Alarm reared to workhouses, and ri.oilar aelabliehmenie la Oh awl bodge soon urea, becoming acrofuloug Oda dbeedelsve their wet brelle scarce La the causes referreJ to. Now who is to remove these evils? Can tho poor do it? This is impossible; neither their education nor their poverty allow of this. The landlords will not do it; town councils and corporations have seen it before their eyes for years, and have not done it ; and if the government does not do it, rely upon it it will never be done at all. The answer to the question, " Are all the houses and streets in your neighbourhood provided with sewers and drains ?" shows the terrible neglect of this most obvious source of heath. The raven and drains are in a asa isilhata state In many part of the metropolis and it. eurirena. Mum Ni arab with 'area and bowwa without drains, sad wan wawa thaw are swam the houses an frequently without dabs ssammlisft_with this swam Alfalfa all the hOllllOl 0111111Will4 =JIM Malt balm le Ifs Royal Hospital, ban sewn air dram Ms pulite and priests de slgs "l4 ea la • lied dila el= plat an have greater astaiel awakes& he Es sal peen there are tee mama eal Mum via dew seam or baba In Penton-street, Poiltanfla. Ire b as tsar Wits drams Is ss defective lamesa sera et As ad, situated an a Mi. Ike via b., inhabitants Ni esapsilei to flea sa. la Pealeargeve ass drainage is a bai eat asser Maas Ni mist la seaspera Heaney-ad Is pertly whims& a war. 8 We Cammaisi-1181 end M. tleoripe%-ladrivlisa line re se mow% ire at ladsaa after heavy robs, Ni mug bar wait war, ad van the water trades II lean aa aromalaisa of Ea ma Art if lie watt deserlpuon. Tao Is de a ameba slimb am Or gnaw. In the parish of Linabonns as sway Is ear bapscelat lot be considered wore than gain saran drama lama lee sewers are not deep enough to aria W ewswasnl Owla hla worthy of re mark, that the sevrer.rste Is elms" marry loess waive there no sewer, in an equal ratio as whom Drum ans. - - . . The answers to the queedeas on the supply , of water and its influence on health are just as decisive. The great majority of the poor are wretchedly sup plied with water, and it is not their fault that they are dirty. The evidence is quite as clear that a dirty skin produces disease as self other causes of death. AU the answers to the games are very decided in advo cating legislative interference for a better supply of water in our large town. By univetwal comment It la adaltted that the itercity at water con dones to uneleanlinses md labodlit, sod that the toolkets of the poor are wrratly abridged Is amoodomm. It Is, thembro the duty of the lonvlature, as the imams of tin poor, le topes mood wonditiolv on the water tompleios, det por Arad be pro vided with an abundant supply et wallor. aid the palle . protected from narearenade charms. TY poor a i r= htomelimal payed, dhty by hodiaatlea ; wordy of water, without the Wow et aces sod doseidlod twe et ern lights or t rtairo—wlitch. owing to dus 'Woe tn. mriolidi add a dead ray f h 14ht—eml as homothite Impretwooot w 2 lake place, not oaly in o tdr per or MONA lied la heir weeket, owl morality. The Wow d Milos weer rhea err= moo, portbahrly the add ma Oa% Is raid la array they weir atherwWlaw mm ord Ere Ye 7 d emepeelly ass opotz i r. a alom et= p a r w r i ve di = OW. water on aid dawn =s et a lolly beer Sirs tea bean eoppitodl old War, a m beer ted al= Knew hare hoormeall, sod draw le lom dram letely, ohm orders were glees ley path n aster de dloooldo of Dr. Lye* le lot the water raft body OR ere et the err to the City at lamb" whoa Orate prerleat, the welt emer, Mersa te Mkt len rem Mr parr wrie phOrkory prompted dem Is hens • tho ardor ke Ea Muer supply et Moe. Under the heads of ventilation, light, street NEW ZEALAND.-THE COOK'S STRAITS SETTLERS. We now lay before our readers the conclusion of the settlers' case as stated by themselves ; and, we may adds that part el it which we consider the moat important : Elealkor sedition to which we would now mil your attention h MI rade you agreed with the purchasers of land, that, of every lOU PALM reel se would retain for your own trouble and cx pensfa., e1L . 234 sod would expend the other 751. for the melte. e leer et l =res, to giving value to their lands, by defraying this odd 70le andlithe is thou dated in your prospectus of June 1. 1839: OS the RAM to= to the company by purchasers, 13 per ant. enly,eir 14,9971.1 will be served to meet the expenses of the the berg 11 m cent., or 71,9921. 108 , will be tog the seer thseseWve benefit of the purchasers, In Mho te the A, by dairying the cost of emigration to the bard pisdpal ardenent." agar la year peeper al the Nth July, 1839 "Of the rimers sompmey=ble erik 23 per eelierolll,7: b sea rewe sewed la rn tae i ereelt, war rd ' and out by the co m pa ny P fo poeef . the ti the emadve brat stir nottamen, la giving Value to . helind sold, by dr roger seat of sedgriss at the mulements." Ham jentlamne, is an apemen as certain and defined as could MI be hised. It there Is any settled meaning of cords, the Westin et the perms le it eiserly was, that the c should err gm eery sieseet rwe to itself inoer= 15 per me et the Morse paid by purchasers into Emir loath; int tbst dry me a re g any circumatamen to diens any or ma buss the rentalig 75 per cent. But, grudger them h ione am la thane Isms nen a mere stipulation as le the way in MA arain mare an. tete sepooded. Th ere le a es , tale relotiordpeneblished barer the ennor sod hei chars. The very bet ol the hem_ pro, fan the boods " V i tt former nee Emir 410 to be .Ndoe by oks= brsatsr Mueifird ISMS roles ar armies a rusts sr you, II srarlLt to receive Mae mat on these term (eouplYt se pm remuneration • fixed am), serener to set as term 71st you hare all rag arldnul youreelves clothed with the Ma nned of trustees., may M heed r 1 the nature of all the transac tions In which you have ben ahead Mee the formation of thecom patty ; invotriag, antkomillmeglatme Is.. ever done, the receiving by you of melon le be merle& sot for your own benefit, but for the exclusive Mr d the parties hm whom they were received; for example, the neepany sold, in the first instance, 100,000 mires, at 11. an acre, stipulating that they sheuld retain, for their profit and expensee, 23 per oust. only, or 25,00uL, and Mould expend the other 75,0001. for the exeludve benefit of the parties by whom the money was paid, in defraying the cost of emigration. The company thus be came troubles for the expenditure of this 75,000 f., and if they bad neglecte Ito expend :his sum In the manner stipulated, we presume there cannot be • doubt but that a court of edity would have afforded the purchasers a remedy. That such was the relation in which you deemed yourselves to stand In regard to the purchasers, may also be deduced from the whole tone and spirit, both of your speeches In par liament, and of your correspondence; an, for instance, in your letter to the Cominnsers of Colonial Lands and Emixratioe (alluding to two plane of new settlements submitted to you by intending colonists), re zzz, by " . ln d order:: gem . mote th e functions e . r 0. 1 14 colonisation gned to of Nes the ; by ouch plans," de. ; and we might bring forward many other similar expressions, but we are fortunately relieved from the necessity of accumulating evidence on this point, by your having expressly ad. witted that you were trustees an to these funds. In your letter, dated 13th of February, 1811, addressed to Mr. Bryan Ihmpa, in reply to Ms request to you to form another settle ment, you my, "The directors will not shrink from the heavy re sponsibility which they incur by hemming trustees of the large mots of money which it will be their duty to expend for the benefit of the new dittlement in the manner proposed, became the experience of the past satisfies them that the settler. emigrating under the sanction of the company will made in the rectitude of its purposes, and the good faith of its administration ; and it will be ever the &nee.us rare of the directors to merit the conedenee so liberally reposed in them b jentl: colonists and the public." This reference to your peat caec a. trustees could only apply to the settlement, seeing that it was your only settlement, New Plymouth home at that time under a different company. The allusion to your administration could only for the fame made refer to your administration of our funds. In short, you said here, as plainly and explicitly a. yos cutlet any, that in accepting the office of trustee* to the purchasers at Nelda, you were merely deeding the same °Mee which you had already discharged to the purcha.ers in the first and principal settlement. The Mud being thus clearly established, the question arisen, What are the consequences of each a relationship existing between you and your land.purehmers! What is the nature of the duties im posed upon you, as trustees? Are you not bound, nay, compelled, to exercise the very highest degree of good faith in all transactions Latin? to your trust ! Are you not required, not merely to perform all express stipuhdhona, but faithfully to discharge all implied oblige tions! Is It not a principle moat rigidly enforced, that a trustee must strictly pursue the tenor of hi. trust, without perverting it, directly or tadirectly, to hie own personal advantage? If a trustee ecru an advantage behind the Mel of the party ;for whom he is l trustee), win be not be required by a court of equity to hold it in trust ? No matter how unexpected Cr unforeseen the advantage may be, still, if It be derived by means of the trust-funds, the trustee will not be permitted to retain it, but must account for it, and give it up to the party equitably entitled to it. Nay, gentlemen, is it not an established rule, that if a trnetee by carelesenem, without any ono/a Mee, cause any loss to the trust-estate, he is bound to make It geed In what mauler then, gentlemen, have you discharged the duties of your trust? Have you exercised that strict good faith which is ever demanded from trustees! Or have you, under colour of the trust relationship, obtained advantages which otherwise you could not have obtained? Or have you, by means of the trustfunils, reaped profile which you lass not accounted for to the pedant equitably entitled to them ? Let us examine, now the dealings between us, with a view to ob taining answers to these , inquiries. By the arrangement made with Lord J. Russell in November, 1840, the government agreed to grant to the company land in respect of Ito mat outlay for emigration, surveys, public works, ke., at the rate of an acre for every U. di Cl vended, upon condition that the company should prom Its expendi ture before an accountant appointed by the government; the ex. perditure in England to be calculated up to the date of the .wee ment, and that in the colony up to the time of the governor's reWi dog a copy, which we believe must have been in Anted, 1811. After there two periods the company were to receive land for its expendi ture for public pupates at the seeing price of lands by the crown, ex., at U. per arm, minus a di-count of 20 per cent. In accordance with this agreement, the company made Its claim, and sent in account. of its expenditure of its own money (including the 2.5 per cent. oommission on the sums received from parchment), andad, had, in respect of these gums, land awarded at the rate specified, Tit, an acre for every Si. To the land thus awarded the company see telly entitled ;--bot not content with laying be ore Mr. Penning ton= trout of as impanditure of their own money, the Company sir be innesents at Bate expenditure of monies paid into tact as beds by the perchers set certain mecified objects (via., of the per ma t sperm, la leld )--monies to which the company sever bad the of. they never considered their em—but whir they ember spin admitted they held in Mud; Er Mr. People es ear led sad paned these amounts, snd seeded, torespell at note ereadres et Ws 75 pee cenc, land at the mote rate, in,, star am tarwow fa To this land we rater that the reaper her set the edMtrt claim, but that it justly Mr. Is the parer" orbs the it was awarded in respect of tba topendilme el &dr nom. Tee wombed. an yea have seeded the 75 per cent. of the sons near hem pussrusere be des moor atipalated in your =:IM.. be dslgrt the et et migration. We do not W tee/yew sere mar any profit from this ex. pentlituni—r e d yea sever dared MIL of It as rms. met, we WA arra weld her hard the coaditho fa ger gsel tie,, sad an we should bar bad no grord of c orer hare grafted upoo the armor borer es the ageemeneiZ.,lBlo. by which yealreollied armee" awl an losta&br advantages from the expenditures( hi 11 per dr. Tou lave availed yourselves of your oaks et berm sod of our trust err to claim from mentneent, behead en bear grants of land at the rite of Mu aces ban every poor (of the 71 purr). You bar la bet, pervereed. year Inn le per owl peon pea ; sad IMAM we ore mar fend roe yea to mar to r be the elver nee tires othinen Ind be *ha that the hod" Me werobel be held Is Met kr us; melee are order that a ear of errs art thonmod yen le asperse Om prelln—reld hit gra Sergbir ap kr the bier ar ere attbom by mem at wire Ma pea, ✓ing isphed at them. You m an wimps lap th you have expended we. the 73 per cent. in emisslien, pobbc worth, Stu • and if such be Its em, we are willing, provided bat you have n ot already received Mad In respect of It from goverment, to admit your right to reeelm ' in "%ciof it from us. will now Mate hew the anotmtii stand between on Ms total we meshed by pa Oran perms In the first sal prisolgot era aunt le elsir la pm enema to be 129M0!. Amarlfie to the terms der error yea me Is stabs of this sum 23 pee ape., or 32,0101. kerne ars pert rd "mom e 'um which entitled you to 128,045 we a mph et the illogliti,o3ol., expended In endirstion the reemnot averded ibk MS sem. et which have eater peel ailY MM. b•• •=tt' d then eh " Wigs owes le yew eau an mid tern 330 dem we aide' ea the seri lb wry that they an awarded by preset be reopen et an dour women ; that la to say, of tba It per not grad enipetisa; 'het, as temtens, yes tenor ryas be deeho t apia hen or szpoditure. It may bear the role Stets was agioded before:the time, at err ler was amused the nee Sr as fer every 4a., expired; Ilea mos deductioa A hoe Ober& from the amoont nano. err howser,lbst par prop capital in November, re7n% on exceed obleessr.,aei Olt Ur. EtonPeemi awarded you MAN ie evident yea sr hew pork i in virtue of, as e at 145,1 r., a eon peer Om the Mole mount ad in your (ad Apt den per torsi ( ea she 1101,11 M.), and the erlitte,o2ll.) nerved tren T M 1242) l La h r ai. d arm the the greater pert 1 .. el the moor .. ty sobselbed ►by re sengsr, sad of that mast trona lead W bees iesered peeler to the 18th Novmear, 1140, gibilr Lodi. bore opessent, and that the mammy at that Um had Aare : these, however, are metre to be by ✓ eamonot, and we merely notice them to prevent any q Mat tour an polharn E you lay claim to them VAMP wee, whit S eam" at the ettpaletion, that the company tell only retain SI per ant tar he aaupedtt U, for example, you receive from men. mot MOAN sem he the Sr loo,ooot. peM by Meru and only eillet le thin 18,1 81 keeping for yae t rc the other 300,000 eneh de yes set, lead of 13 per oent., reeve for the company 75 per anti b there wit km met gran Mogi of a most clear and li t it err am" lasemeer, foe the oats of argament, that you were not rearwith the y ehansfer ei trader sod that you never stipu- Idol that pa aeon rare be par ware wily 25 per cent.—till, we sort rat her yea fay dere super er meal to ours, to appro. pine hi pater i the aled serned by Lord J. resells Zerit ayou show En g pair mint which would male mp l aity ter to feat[ the herares thus awarded! Too more deny that arra be hec t ic (151,330 acres) have bee 'c ured by nem of the oreo eet tenth which we furobbed. Vim emit inert le her loseered wry Unto. You line eitlrad that the Meth arortha New Zealand in solely sttrlbeleble to our eatergebo—the 1t "wan through err !Mms tally list pine early serve wee earned "—sod that terror shut Mfr re to which yea tor War entitled Wien IP allied tram am sr 'Ma. You con, be erert,vpf in regard totem nada no ease and than that of bombe age ed our many ;--or ban = hive Ma any OPONIMIwiIIa fixed by yeerestera seer vbiola seethe domed nog simple ; —for larorleu bar rdrdbr Impe e tlie must 711111111. paid by as MOM, Mir cubed yen be men Yee have, in het, Ma awarded 101 MIN ewes et Or the herb d expending 75,0001. received bon tin lest masers: Lel yet you are notsalred 1 but are en deme42lidag=tegonai la lath own me, the lawn enquired by our byllkos owe inlaftp—we might short es, by Me blood am teltawdo floe terries eery ems dear point to which we would rah, AZ, to the rehab harm of Lord J. Rumen in Mertes Into the egreemot et liewAse, tar; sad we think the it 1 • sallielugly hot Ms lorry lateral to Wow the purser In thin "et pethipste to the tar err In Me oarsmen armed ley hist opeenset - for her 11~ goverment re bard to nate that arramement, aot Mom • artain nor of prom be imp/ bed beard thenorle re a loin -nook Mlle of tonna, law became vs seam in Se aria. Aga* te e s stated lbe thin he lint Mect is Ss ...adjustment retrospectively of to the company bes allablithed to favourable orYretn ban thaisibpse. and for the amigranta whom they bar rot sell hew Saar ;" rid In his the g ire=of Lad Deerte i liallallff ban to be is a tta neammo Use*. by sea of Now Ms leidro stated. "That It or so=se only So di wear the vileto which the low mold be hi respect et the her died gy a = Ada the May. net L. all ether pumas ibis* hods them, STEAM NAVIGATION FROM SINGAPORE TO SYDNEY. Ent,—Observing in the papers that a charter has been obtained for starting steamers in continuation of the overland route from Singapore to Sydney (New South Wales), and having resid, d for many years in the Malay Archipelago, Australia, efts., I beg leave to submit • few hints on the suNect. In the first place I consider the route front Singapore cid Batavia and Port Essington to Sydney, and vice versl as perfectly practicable for powerful seagoing steamers, at all times of the year. I observe they talk of coaling at Batavia, Lombok and Port Esaineton—thia would be a useless and unnecessary waste of time and money. The whole distance from Singa pore to B)dney by the roate proposed is barely 4,000 miles. To perform this distance cannot require three coal depots. It appears to me that one at Port Bmington• would be quite sufficient . however, in tame of accident, I would establish one at Batavia, leaving Lombok out of the question altogether. I give the steamers three weeks to perform the voyage, including stoppages, from Sydney to Singapore; consider two powerful vessels quite sufficient to keep up regular monthly communication between the two places ; and would start them thus: ____ Let steamer A leave Sydney on the 13th of the month ; give her 21 hours at Port Essington, 12 at Batavia, and she will reach Singapore on the 4th of the next month, There she will remain to receive the English mails, which usually `reach that island on the 7th, and start for Sydney on the Bth, arriving there on the 29th or 30th, which would give her a fortnight clear time to sail again on the 13± for Singapore. Supposing ehce steamer.l tose Per w rsea, .wary i stiwmon k , reg see ularly—and I, prevent her so doing —you will perceive two steamers are all that is wanted to keep up regular monthly intercourse be • twee° the Straits of Malacca and the capital of Australia. I am quite sure if the interests of this company were fairly and fully repreaented to the authorities at Batavia, that every possible facility would be rendered in forwarding its views, and giving despatch to its steamers. There are one or two indu4ences which might be asked for at Batavia, such u, 1. Tie mail steamers to enter and leave Batavia Roads without going through the tedious form of either clearing in or clear ing out. 2. No port charges should be levied on them. 3. A dep6t for fuel might be obtained free on the plain below the town and near the river. .. - - ... - Either or all these favours would of course facilitate operations, and I feel convinced would be readily granted by the Dutch authorities at Batavia. To obtain the first the company must pledge itself, through its representative, that I neither contraband goods nor smuggling in any shape would be permitted or attempted by the mail steamers. lo obtain the second and third a simple representation and request are all that would be necresary. Batavia is in every way well suited for the purposes of such a company. Its harbour or road is of *my access by day or night. Stock of all descriptions, and wine, is very cheap there ; and many of the numerous passengers that an nually go between Holland and its colonial dependencies, would avail themselves of the shorter and quicker route home by the Red Sea. Starting and carrying through this scheme would be the making of Port Essington, were that place throwa open for colonisation Asa free portt Let it be opened to the world on the same free and liberal terms as the East India Company threw open Singapore • and let the Chinese know that it is within regular montlil communication with every market for its produce, and I'l l stake my existence it springs into importance in five years. It must not, however, be ruled over by either soldier or sailor, but by a civilian, who will encourage the nations of all the neighbouring islands to resort thither, take care that every facility is afforded them for carrying on their trade, planting, iftc., and not be too particular about the value or price of a piece of land, till the settlement is fairly on its legs : then deal liberally with squatters. The sea all round Port Essington teems with the sea slug so highly prized by the Chinese. called by the Malas tripanz, which forms a considerable article of trade in those parts already. The country round about, under an industrious Chinese population, would soon teem with the fruits of the earth, and the wild inhabitants of New Guinea and other neighbouring islands Sod their advantage in bring ing the products of their soil to their strange neighbours to barter for the manufactures of Manchester, Birmingham, &c., a demand for which of very considerable importance would soon spring up. Under such far ntrable circum stances, the way into the interior of New Guinea and the favour of its inhabitants would gradually open to Europeans, and lead to results of the greate.t possible ad vantage to both, but particularly to the woolly-haired Papuan, some hundre ds , if not thousands of whom are annually carried off in slavery by the Portuguese and others. A walk through the town of Mecca will prove part of this assertion. This is a faint sketch of a few of the admotagei that might reasonably be looked for from the establishment of the Auetrelian Mail Steam-packet Company, and Port Essing ton being opened as a free colony. If you, Mr. Editor, think it worth publishing, it is very much at your service. Some day when at leisure I may mama the subject of the " far East" In the s meantime I remain, your obedient servant, O. F. DAYIDOSIL—HuII, Aug. 30. • Why not near id • Milks off Cape York u recommended by Mr. Jukes in ths shat memoirs Is kis narrative of the ropes of the Ely, whidi we Maly Irseseined M ohr eelameel—Eo. D. N. s The owe ot Port liiinplon we consider to be hopeless —fib. D. N. SCOTLAND. EDIK/1171011, Aro. 31. An accident took place yesterday on the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway, but fortunately with no serious results. While the eleven o'clock train was between Winchburgh and Linlithgow, one of the two engines by which the train was drawn left and pro ceeded forward at a rapid rate. It had not gone fax when the crank shaft broke, and caused it partly to jump off the rails, and then stand stilL The train engineer, seeing the accident, reversed his engine without delay, but not in time to prevent a collision with the first engine. The shock threw off the engineer and stoker, and bruised a great number of the passengers, but-none of them were materially injured. A petition fur the pardon of Lieut. Munro, having some 200 names attached to it, has been forwarded to the Home Secretary from Rowiehire, of which county the lieutenant is a native. Sir Robert Peel has purchased from a party in Edinburgh the fall-length portrait of Dr. Chalmers, painted by John Watson Gordon. As a painting it is a work of great excellence. A western antiquary has been digging at the roots of the genealogical tree of the Lynne, of that ilk, belonging to Dairy in Ayrshire, and tries to make out consanguinity between them and Jenny Lind; but it is much to be feared that the nightingale will not be duly . impressed with a sense of the importance of the inquiry. Probably one night's singing will bring Jenny more revenue than the rental of her Scotch forty-seventh cousin for one year, and the worth of persons as well as things is just what they will bring. STORY 111 THu NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—In addition to the damages reported under the head of " Bcotland," in our impression yeetarday, as consequent on the late hurricane in the north, among which we mentioned the rumoured loss of an emigrant ship, with 300 persons on board,we find further accounts of wrecks and other injuries in the John o'Groat Journal. Of the Britannia, of Ardrossan, which we men tioned as having been wrecked at Thurso, the captain, Alex ander WM illan, of Annan, was drowned, u was John Comer, one of the seamen ; the rest of the crew were saved by means of a rope from the vessel to the 'here. The captain remained giving directions until all bad gone, when unfortu nately the rope loosened from the vessel, and he was left on the wreck without any means of escape. He was laahcd to the vessel, and, for some hours, Rare fug.* of life.Oftail ncett b 7 oressi • • hang, • . . • y uag my. Neither of the u o so es man been found. The stoop ....rooter of Douglas, Isle of Mao, went ashore in the neighbourhood of Keip. The captain mistook Noss Head for Dunconsbay Head, and thus furnished another to the many arguments in favour of a ligh thouse on the former headland. laud, It isb:x tetetcrhavtehne ancr C se e r llard m y e le, he sevrr:l ;to . unroofed, stt and hay-ricks were scattered before the wind. At Kirkwall, Orkney, four herring.boats went ashore, carrying their anchors with them. They were all saved by the activity of their crews and others who were up to their necks in water. Several boats were also driven ashore at Tankerness and Deerness, and four or five at Erie. One was blown out to sea from Orphir, end has not since been heard of. A boat belonging to Stronsay, on her way home from Kirkwall, was overtaken, and put back to Tankerness, where she was wrecked. The crew were saved, but the cattle on board were drowned. A boat was also driven ashore at Work, near Kirkwall. Nothing has as yet been heard from any of the islands, but doubtless there also much damage has been done.—At Cromarty the Belgian war schooner Louisa and Mary was driven ashore on the north bask, having parted from both anchors. By the aid of an anchor from the French man-of war, Griffon, she was safely 4ot off in about three hours. At Freserburg, besides the herring-boot, which we yesterday stated to have gone down with all hands, a sloop went on shore on the sands, but by means of Capt. Menby ' s appa ratus a rope was conveyed to the vessel, and the life-boat hauled off to her, saving the crew. Various other losses are conjectured to have taken place on different parte of the coast. PROPINCIAL. EXTENSION OF TEE ELECTRIC TELEGROPII.—The posts fur the electric telegraph have been put down, end the wires have been laid along a part of the Liverpool and Man. cheater Railway, so that in a month or two we may hope to have a telegraphic communication from Liverpool to London gal Manchester. This is rather a roundabout way for the first outport in the empire to communicate with the capital, but as the speed of the electric communication surpasses that of everything except thought, thirty miles more or kw is quite unappreciable. GENERAL SUSPENSION OP LABOUR IN COTTON Facroxiga.—The Manchester Guardian of yesterday, says : —" We publish a sena of resolutions, passed at a special delegate meeting of operative cotton spinners of Lancashire and the neighbounng . counties, held on the 29th instant, which des roe the serious and dispassionate consideration of all parties engaged in the staple trade of the district. It will be seen en reference to these resolutions, that, taking into account the great disproportion which continues to exist between the prices of raw cotton and of the fabrics mane. factured from it, the meeting recommended a general sus pension of work, " for a few weeks, during the present mild and genial season, when, in consequence of the abundance of vegetable food, the warmth of the weather, and the pond bility, in many instances, of finding out-door employment, the privations to which the operatives would be exposed would not be so severe." The editor of the paper continues " Believing, as we do, that neither the present state of the markets for cotton g oods an yarn, nor the present or pro bable future supply of cotton, will pastify a return to full employment in the factories for some Uwe to come, we think that nothing can be better calculated to answer the purposes, both of employers and workpeople, than the entire suspen sion of labour which is here recommended. Few of our readers will have forgotten the beneficial effect produced upon the trade by the general turn-out in August, 1842, and although with the present stocks of cotton in the world, we can scarcely hope for consequences equally beneficial from a general stoppage at the present time, we are satisfied that it would be preferable to any other mode of diminishing production." We append the resolutions : 1. That this sasetkag deeply regrets the continuum of the depres sion which him MOW Milled hi twelve months in the ootten trade of this district, so soda eassdag believes, front the high prior of the raw reatorial.oribeieseme of the neceareriesof life, and mfrs. voted by re unprorissled demand for money in consequence of rail riutesierbson snit 11111111111‘s i rt th er4 crip pling r t of commer w rig a cre b s s li ve t. hem grodri4 th ems esJef e Mk to diminish the extent of the evil, cwands( Me sad theat once lessening the consumpliso of otton NM Mr of goals • but cannot avoid ewer., re gret that mascara were not wooer and more univandly adopted. 3. That though the delegates assembled at this meting onnnot but hal gerible of the pivot:Loma to alien their fellowmen tires and themselves have been eubjeeted, to commemsense et the very great reduction he the of employment, and the 1111111•111110111 t diminution MIMI, they &We to tender their More thanks to the esseM y of their employers ran baviog adopted the reese dome to preierenre Is the redaction of mgr. —4. That this trasire mould rejoice to beim that the period d dif ficulty wire Mar me, bat from the condor* disereportien between the prise d emb end MUM. and the =Yore/ who have is. ce or naLeen soden eider still . fartt t i h er y e osonet to rider , 11 . 11/ i hr Mr d Oi ware, I proem. our elan has to Is endured both by the apholist and his The. wider those circumaterm eY sonstikriag the sibs rebel d their armee so remeadvdy al- Mai ne to be la apertre dries, Ms wafts hr bean W la eratislae Mather my stme meld be rift and penally Men he Mee the mile by which wie w yet War rod ; end reerim ebb mob morime, et amilmolowd oven iserored, thermion brim the the locroin risk ed if wiegarilla fag degree degree he filer a onion Mann br it verb Ire highly desirable to ftelW dm pabelillty sob or sepserthen el be calamity, by eminly esagnalhast operations b ester Nib he kw weeks during dr lama NM and geoid rms. whm in acme come of the sbneams• le meld& trid, psi ben weriath of the weather, and the mobility, In mod lors of Man out-door employment, the Meador le ebb the vos weer he exprod would not be ea severe. —6. The thie moth& thenel pee= ri : recommend to their fellow to Yin thiseenempet how desirable It would be to have the scrwareme of ther orployers and the influence of public ophdoe la its favour, deehretise secretary to forward the resolutions of this meeting to Wilson Patton, Eq., M.P., J. Brotherton, Km., M.P., Mark Phillips, E.g., sad C. Hindley, Eq., M.P., with the request ef was tag shadily eicyJd kindly endeavour to obtain the Mean of dr man use be muse pro peed: Laurin: themthane siert wen be Goble part of the operatives to bring about a smeteeful result, in a manner satisfactory and reareetful to their employee. - - DEMONSTRATION OF MESSRS. FIELDEN AND COB- Ain't; FILIINDS Ai OLD11•11.—A grand procession, public meeting, tea party, and ball, were got up on Tuesday, at Oldham, in honour of the late defeated candidates for the representation of the borough. The procession was extraor dinarily large, and the public meeting, which was held in front of the ITown.hall, was attended by at least eight or ten thousand persons. At the tea party in the evening, in the Working Men's ball, there was a large proportion of females ; and here, after the refreshments had been removed, Mr. Fielden, Mr. Cobbett, and Mr. Hindley, M.P. for tigh ten, were present, to address the elector, and non-electors.— Mr. J. Mellor jun., was called to the chair, and stated, that in addition to the guests they bad with them, there had been letters sent to other gentlemen in various parts of the king dom, who had entitled themselves to the kindest regard and highest esteem of the people of Oldham, by the manner in which they had supported Mr. Fielden during his high, and earnest, and successful struggle to accomplish what to them hnd been so near and dear namely, the mitigation of the hours of labour in cotton mills. The chairman proceeded to read or state the substance of the answers to these letter, which were from General Johnson, Mr. Walter, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. 8. Crawford, M.P., and Mr. Wakley, M.P. The latter gen tleman stated that a more honourable, independent, upright man never occupied a seat in the House of Commons than Mr. ' , laden, for whom be entertained the highest respect ; and he soks, " Why have the electors of Oldham rejected Mr. Fielden ? Have the inhabitants gone stark staring mad ? If any good explanation has appeared in any of the journals you will oblige me by forwarding it ; fur, unex plained, the rejection of such a man, at such a time, is enough to produce a feeling of di.may throughout the country. Mr. Fielden rose a&dst great applause, and, after reading a letter from Lord Ashley, urging Tessera of a domestic nature for not attending this meeting, proceeded to notice the ques tion of Mr. Wakley. To this he replied that their assembling together to support himself and Mr. Cobbett on the day of nominitiou, on the day of declaring the poll, land again on the present occasion, in such vast numbers—if thet were any manifestation of madness, then they were gone stark staring mad. But he took it as • proof of their sincerity, of their honesty, of that adherence to the principles they espoused when they lint put him in nomination. But there was • clam who had gone stark staring mad ; and that else eon slated of the 400 or 500 electors who had had the audacity to profess liberal political principles, and by their votes had confounded all politics. But that was the only class that he knew of who had " gone stark staring med." For those around him he would say, that he honoured them for the conduct they had pursued while he was their member, and he honoured them now, and hoped they would do justice to the principles they had long maintained. They sent him to parliament to obtain the Ten Hours Bill, and he believed the obtainment of that bill had given the greatest satisfac tion ; and he considered it one of the most excellent mea sures that had pared the legislature since he had the honour of representing that borough its parllament. He contended that wages would not fall in proportion to the hours of labour, as had been awned. People asked why the workers in factories did not themselves determine to work fewer hours; but everybody acquainted with manufacturing establish ments knew that the operatives must go to work and leave it, not when they liked, but when their employers thought fit, before that bill was peened. He charged it upon his opponents, at the declaration of the poll, that it was the paving of the Ten Hours Bill got him rejected; and they said " No, it was dictatioa." Now that was what he wanted them to say ; because if it should ever be tried to make his rejection a ground for repealing the act, he could refer to it, and they bad liberated him from a great responsi bility. He wanted to be set at liberty ; he was anxious to get out to pass. He had served them faithfully for 14 yeah; he had never bought them—he bad never sold them. Amongst some of the 440 who voted right and left—for Fox and Duneuft, Duncuft and Fox—men whose political opinions were as wide as the poles asunder — amongst those Very mere he found diseenten as well as men opposed to all religion. And these men complained of the people not being educated. Now he always told them that if they wanted the people to be educated they must give them the Ten Hours Bill that they might have time to be edu cated. But they said, " Oh, oh—we cannot think of that." The peeple bad gat the bill, however, it spite of them, and he herd*, would snake that use of the Ten Hours Bill, and ma these advantages from it, which it was cal culated to give them if they exerted themselves aright. The females would have more time to devote themselves to do. mastic habits, to make themselves better wives, and mother, and daughter. Was there ever such *aortae, as that dis played by she 440 electors who Tined fee Fox and thincult ? He did mot think he could fled Another 600 such ignorant stiassd 0141A311.; hat depend upon it, if.they got that educa tive' which*. bill now gave them en opportunity of obtain ing, the .tame was not distant when they would have an extension of the franchise. He believed that the Working Men's Hall was built with the view of promoting this mea sure; and it Dad always, been his opinion that every man who had a sound head on his shoulders', of 21 years of age, and untainted by crime, ought to have it yoke in the election of his representatives. Well then, let the men, who worked to factories show that they were deserving of the franchise I bill : Ski d :It use they made of ton : • "end upon It the inhabitants of Old/seat would reap the full advantages of their past exertions to obtain it. lied it not been for the state of the times—had it not been that labour was scarce that the people were in circumstances of difficulty their opponents, whether free-traders or leaguers, would not have dared to de the dirty trick they had done. But the fact was, that, instead of the country being better off for free trade, it was not so well or. They were worse now than before they got free-trade.— Mr. J. Cobbett, the other defeated candidate, next addressed the meeting, observing that the question of Mr. Wakley was deserving an answer, because it was always considered at a distance that, when a man who had a long time repro ' sented a borough and was turned out, that it was because he deserved it, and that the voice of the electors was a true index to the general feeling. Was that the case here 1 Wm it not precisely opposite to the fact ? Had they not on the day of nomination a show of hands which put to flight all pretences for such • supposition ? He rejoiced, therefore, that Mr. Fielden had given that answer, and he hoped it would go forth by means of the press as a just retrials , don on the part of that which was the most un principled of all coalitions—the free trade and tory coalition. They had been told that the working classes did not deserve the suffrage; but if they had it, would they have bartered the privilege for revenge 1— Mr. C. Hindley, M.P. for Ashton, was next called upon, and in allusion to the question of Mr. Wakley expressed his opi nion that the rejection of Mr. Fielden was not the re , ult of , the manufacturers' revenge for the passing of the Ten ROUTS Bill, or the same feeling must have operated against himself for Ashton, against Mr. Brotherton for Salford, and against Mr. Sharman Crawford for Rochdale. He expressed his belief that it was from a feeling—however mistaken that feel ing might be—that a degree of dictation had been attempted by Mr. Fielden, in nominating his colleague in the repre sentation.—The day's proceedings were closed by a ball, and the party did not separate till a late hear. AN IMPORTANT NIEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD Door COMIKISSIONEF-9 took place yesterday; J. Mallaby, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the last general board, and also of the dock committee meetings, were read over. From the proceedings of the latter it appeared (as already reported in this paper) that the Lannshire and Cheshire Railway Company had offered to pay all tonnage rates upon vessels entering into the docks, provided the charge did not exceed Gd. per ton on foreign shipping, and Id. on coasters. This to continue in force from September, 1847. to January. 1849, and provided the amount of such rates did not ex ceed 2,0001. a year. On this subject the consent of the Woods and Forests and also of the bondholders had been sought, but as there had not been time to receive answers from those bodies, the chairman suggested that the meeting should be adjourned for a week. This led to a rather lengthy discussion, the general feeling being in favour of the measure.—Mr. Malin asked for information relative to a suggestion which was rather vaguely referred to, respecting the transfer of that trust to the trustees of the Liverpool docks.—The correspondence which had taken place on the subject was then handed to Mr. Ificklia for his perusal, and the matter dropped, with an understanding that it might be discussed at the next meeting, when further communications are expected relative to that proposition and the offer ot the railway company.— The Chairman said, the way in which it was put upon the minutes was through a letter from Messrs. Crowder and Maynard (solicitors to the bondholder of the Birken head docks), but which the committee thought of too general a nature to be entertained.—Mr. W. Laird moved " That it would be for the advantage of this trust, to accept the offer of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, and that &special meeting of the hoard be called for that purpose, by giving fourteen days' notice thereof." The Chairman did not see any objectien to the resolution, provided the words " if it can be legally done " were added. After some further discussion, the following resolution was unanimously adopted—" That the law clerk be requested to call a special meeting of this board, for Thursday, the 16th inst., for the purpose of con sidering the desirable proposal of the railway company, and for varying and amending the rates, and taking such other steps as may be necessary for carrying the proposal into effect." Mr. Prichard, during the discussion, strong lv recom mended the deepening of the entrance to the docks ; that sheds be erected on the west side of the docks; and that a gridiron should be placed in an advantageous position.—Mr. Hind inquired when the graving docks would Le ready I The Chairman expected they would be ready this week.— Mr. Potter moved the following resolution, which was seconded and uaanimously adopted--" That it would pro mote the public advantage that vessels should be admitted from and to Liverpool and Birkenhead respectively on the footing of the nearest English port ; and that so vessels coming from Liverpool are so admitted at Birkenhead, ap plication be made to the dock trustees of Liverpool to admit • clause in their next intended application to parliament to effect this object, if their present power do not admit their making such arrangement at once." A CASE OF SUPPOSED MURDER is in course of in vestigation at Pattingham. An Irish labourer, named 'Arkin, had been at work in the neighbourhood, when he was suddenly missed. His brother received the money due to deceased, and then he also left the place. The body of Larkin has since been found in a pond with a mark of a blow on the head. A jury commenced an inquiry on Monday, but the proceedings were adjourned till We 6th inst. DEVONSHIRE._ GREAT FIRE AT EXETER.—Yesterday morning, at about ten minutes put two, the inhabitants of the centre part of the city of Exeter, opposite Bread Gate, were alarmed by loud terrific cries of " Fire," and before &sentence could be rendered the whole premises of J. Solomon, extending from Waterloo-street to the High-street, were in one com plete blaze. The flames first broke through the premises from the wareroom in the rear of the shop. So sudden and extensive was the fire that before any engines could be got into work the houses of Messrs. Braund and Hearn, drapers, and Mr. Risdon, draper, on each side adjoining, were both partially ignited, some of the inmates of these esta blishments escaping in their night dresses. About half past two the tire-engines commenced playing on the llama, but such was their violence, that the moment the shop shutters gave way, which they did about 3 o'clock, the flames rushed across the street, at that s,:ot nearly 40 feet wide, and would have set fire to the house of Mr. 11. Braunds, woollen draper, and to the house lately occupied by Mr. Prince, furrier, but for the water the engines were enabled to supply. The engines continued to play for some time without making any app arent impression ; at length, the quantity of water stopped the progress of the flames, but not until the et-cks of Mr. Radon and that of Messrs. Braund and 'learn were nearly all spoiled. It iscaiculeted that 10,0001. will scarcely repair the damage done. Solomon's house is entirely destroyed ; that of Braund and Co. very much injured, as well as that of Mr. Risdon. A fire took place on Solomon's premises on the 3rd of March lest, upon which occasion an inquisition was held before the coroner. Solomon, with his ahopman, Lamb, and a porter named Smale, were all three given in charge yester day morning at the Turk's Head. They are now in custody at the city prison, and an inquest is summoned to be held at the George Inn, North.street, this day, at 3 o'clock. Sanest FREE gcßoo7B::fisis ancient and once useful and valuable school, was, in the month of December last, and still continues to be, shut up, and altogether de. sorted. The schoolmaster sad scholars were dismissed, under the alleged authority of a new scheme, obtained from the Court of Chancery at an expense of upwards of 1,0001., for the purpose of confining the benefit of the insti tution to the children of members of the lAtablished Church, in exclusion of the children of dissenters ; the gates leading to the play-ground are demolished ; the broken windows on the west side of the buildings are boarded up to prevent further mischief. Since " the schoolmaster has been abroad," it has been discovered that owing to some flaw in the Chancery proceedings, more difficulties have arisen in reference to the ousting of children of dissenters, than was expected. By the new scheme it is provided, that the Master of Pembroke Hall, in Cambridge, be the visitor of the school, and in his absence the Vicar of Soham. On every vacancy the trustees are to proceed to an election within eight weeks, and if a majority should not have agreed with in that time, the right of appointment is vested in the Master of Pembroke Hall and the Vicar of Sebago, jointly ; and if they should not agree, and perfect the same within one fort night after, then the right is vested in the bishop of the dio cese absolutely. The trustees and the Master of Pembroke Hall, andthe vicar, having neglected to appoint within the time prescribed, the appointment, it appears, is now vested in the Bishop of Ely, and it is hoped that his lordship will proceed to exercise the power given to him with as little delay as possible. As matters now stand, it seems that the children of churchmen, as well as those of dissenters, ere ex cluded from that benefit which the founders of the charity; established in the reign of Charles the Second, intended. A CHURCH 5113.1TC11 - BYIIOLTNING. A corre spondent states, that during divine service on Sunday after noon last, the church of Welton was struck by lightning, and one of the congregation, Hr. J. Brownlow, killed on the spot. Others were injured. In one part of thy church five females were toned Wog insensible with their faces blackened. A boy was discovered in another part of the building with his clothes on fire. The buttons of Mr. Brovnilow's waistcoat were melted; the right leg of bin trainers was torn down, and his coat literally burnt off. His wife was in the same pew with him, but reaped injury. A gentleman occupying the next pew, was knocked down by the chock, and hurt rather seriously. On the church being surveyed, it appeared that the light ning first atreck the south-eastern pinnacle of the tower, and threw down portions of the battlement. It than pond Into • • the tower, and melted en iron rod connected meth the • •••••' Here the onlnsit of electricity appeared to bate bees One portion derteaded on the exterior and ente l oodho another portion dammuleri inside, and, having stonework of dos Igor an do interior of the thrown down the alook4 lllll Patera did rt aisle. In this port Oat dosek worn three . km, chandeliers, whisk annong an ler the At fluid downwards. no on AI" an Watallag •P them were injured. On mwwW Y lope* wet hid es -e -remains of the imoififi, wheats verdict in scesetlease the nature of his do* wotehraed. The other paths wile were Mimed ate le be Peireiling favourably,