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regard to the sapply of seed—and if Elie rem urn adopted it would only nose expectations which could never be rea lised. Mr. BELLEW could not concur in the proposition of his b o o, friend, tor no did not believe it to be practicable ; and if it was practicable it was not desirable. IITZOEktALD wished that the labour should be transferred from the public works to tillage, nor did he see that there wore say great difficulties in the way. Lord J. RUSSELL rid he had not wiehed to add anything to the remarks which had been gathered to the house by his right boa. friend the Secretary for Ireland, but as the govern ment bed been spin urged to consider the propositions made by the hon. member for Kilkenny, it infinite* him (Lord J. i(ugeell) to declare !gain the opinion and dreerfaistion of the goverumeut on that subject. A hope bad bean expressed that the government would interfere with the cultivation and Waage of the lauds of Ireland, and it had been said that at this was the proper season for sowing the land, no time ought to be lost; and, at the same time that this was urged, a somewhat strong warning had been given to the g overnment ag ai d nst the adoption of that course, by the state ment which ha been made as the e ff ect produced by the declaration he (Lord J. Russell) had made some time ago, that 50,000 J. should be given for the purchase of seed. He (Lord J. Russell) had hoped that the small amount of that son, which, as the uuble lord the member for Lynn had said would not buy more than 2.5,000 quarters, would prevent any extravagant hopes being raised ; but they were now told that the tartness of Ireland had consumed their own seed in the expectation toot they would be furnished with seed by the government, and hence great mischief had been pus dined. If so, what would be the effect of a declaration that the government would undertake the tillage and sowing of the land in Ireland? (Hear, hear.) Would there u:t be an immediate stop put to all private euterprize —would not the 11,000 officers now em ployed in superintending public works, have to be multi plied tee times, to enable so gigantic au operation to be car ried on? lie, therefore, thought it necessary again to declare that the guverument did not intend to undertake the culti vation, tillage, and sowing of the lands in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) The government lameuted very much that in cer tain districts tillage had not been proceeded with, but he had still hopes that it would be found to have been more general than was expected, and the only ground upon which ke founded these hopes was, the well understood determina tion of the goverumeat not to interfere in that respect. lie would not now enter upon the other topics which had been urged, but musical the hour would now proceed to the busi ness of the evening. (Hear, hear.) Mr. O. A. HAMILTON concurred entirely in the views expressed by the noble lord at the head of government, and by the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for Ireland, on the subject of the ieexpediency of the government undertak ing the tillage of the land. Mr. B. EoCOTT said, the more be listened to these pain ful dietitians:di on this most distressing calamity, the more he was inclined to make up his mind to the conclusion that these measures would do more harm then good, and that there were only two things which would really benefit the country. Tie hest was, the - giving every facility for the importation of food from all parts of the world ; and the - second, was the exercise by all classes in the nom enmity of the greatest economy in the use of that food. Mr. RICE said there was a point in which the govern ment of this country would do well to emulate the example of France —he alluded to the improvements of the deep water harbours of the coast. The order of the day was then read, and the hour re greed itself into a committee of supply on THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Colonel ANSON said it was now his duty to bring under the notise of the house the ordnance estimates fur the ser vice of the ensuing year, and he trusted that any hun. member who had objections to any of the items, would make those objections, and enable him to prove satisfactorily that these estimates had not been prepared without due con sideration and regard both to economy and to the efficiency of the service. (Hear, hear.) He would now proceed to state the different votes required for the respective services belonging to this department. The gross estimate fur the ensuing year was 2,679,1271. The estimate for the year 1846-7 was 2,643,6691., showing this year an increase of 135,568/. Now he must call the attention of hon. members to a note in the abstract of the present estimate, showing • considerable reduction heel been made in three different votes in consequence of the new arrangement entered into, of only young for the service of the year the sum actually to be paid within the year. Phis arrange ment had been fully and clearly explained on a former evening by his right hon. friend the Secretary at War, and he (Cul. Anson) did not suppose any hon. member would disapprove of a principle which brought the public accounts into • more accurate position than under the tornier system wee possible. In three items in the first page there were reductions of this kind made to the amount of 67,2991. This amount he conceived he bad • rignt to deduct from the amount of increase be had stated, and that leR an actual increase upon the estimates of last year of 68,2291. He now came to the first vote which he should ask the committee to pass it was for the Pols allowances, and contingencies of the ordnance military corps, and amounted to 617,2391 , being an increase of 41,6691, upon the vote fur the year 181647, which was 676,6701. In this vote there was included under one head three services—viz., the Royal Engineers, the Sappers and Miners, and the Royal Artillery. In the tint of these corps, the engin. en, there appeared to be an increase from last year of 6,9781., and this increase did not arise from any increase to the establishment, but from the additional em ployment of the officers. It was unnecessary for him to state that whenever these officers had been called upon to undertake public duties, their efficiency had been of such a character that, notwithstanding the expense, the public had been fully compensated by the great know ledge, ability and experience displayed. (Hear, hear.) It was generally known how eagerly the assistance of these officers was sought for in marten to which their high profei- Sonal qualities could be applied, and he felt confident that no individual, in er out of the house, would grudge them the emoluments to which their labours entitled them. (Hear, bear.) From this heed, he named to the Ron' Sappers and Miners, upon whom he might my the same. For them there was no increase in the estimate, and, therefore, he proceeded to the Royal Artillery. The sum voted for the Royal Artil lery last year was 387,0001., and upon it there was this year aa increase of between 30,0001. and 40,0001. His noble friend t the Master-General of the Ordnance, had thought it advisable to add to the number of this force, and the government had not hesitated to comply with his re commendation that L'AO men should be raised for that purpose. This was now in progress ; the corps was now recruiting, and found no &Rini'' , in getting recruits of a superior description to any that had ever yet entered the service. (Hear, hear.) In Order to carry out the proposition as economically as possible, the increase of men would only be as follows .—Last year there were 8,222 men, and this sear it was proposed to increase the number to 9,430. He did not think that this increase would be thought extrava gant, when it was considered what were the various duties =poen' on that force at home and in the colonies. Indeed, be thought it was matter of astonishment that so small a force was able to meet the exigencies of the service. How ever, they had done so efficiently, but it must be borne In mind, that as it had been thong .t necessary to add to the fortificatioos of the seaports, those fortifications must he manned, and therefore the larger force was called fur. The se eond vote was for the commissariat and barrack supplies forher Majesty's forces. great-coats for the army, and clothing for the colonial sops. Last year the vote was 340,9811. ; this year it amounted to 370,4641., being an increase of 29,4831. This increase could be very easily accounted for, inasmuch as it arose in part from the increased price of forage for the cavalry. Last year the rations in Ireland had been 3d. per head, and in England 14d. per head, and hence the increase. In the item of great coats and clothing for the colonial corps there was this year a great dimi nution, became the supply was not this year required, end this diminution made the actual increase of this vote only 10,2071. He now came to the third vote, which was for the salaries, allowances, and contingencies of the officers of the establishments in Pall-mall and the Tower. Upon this vote he did not think it necessary to make any observation. He knew it had been objected that these establishments were too liberally supp lied with clerks, but, from hie own experi ence, he could state that such was not the case. There was no mere efficient body of public officers, and in this vote there was only an increase of 15001.,whichanne from the sub stitution of the police for the old watchmen at the Tower. The next vote was for the salaries, allowances, and con tingencies of the establishments in the United Kingdom and the colonies. In this vote there emu an apparent increase of 6,1051. ; but it would be found that he had to take credit for 7,1291., which was voted, but not paid, lest year, and therefore there was an actual diminution on this head of expenditure of 2,0241. The next vote was for the wages of labourers and ariifieers employed in the United Kingdom and the colonies, and it amounted - to 137,852. lest year the vote was 125,3921., so that this year there was an increase 0(12,4601. This increase was caused by the large addition made to the number of the artificer, and labourer employed in the Arsenal, which was absolutely rewired in the laboratory at Woolwich, and in th e car riage department, which was rather defective. This addition would enable a supply to be made to answer any emergency that might occur. lie now name to the sixth vote, which was for the ordnance stores for land and sea eertice. For this the government asked for the year 1847-43 the sum of 368,7121. ; last year the vote was 392,1841. ; being a decrease for the year of 21,4721. This included a sum of 120,0001. for the alteration of the small arras of the army, which was now nearly completed, and with the exception of two or three regiments now coming borne from abroad, the army was now entirely equipped with pereuoion muskets. The next vote, No. 7, was the important one for works and repair, at home and abroad. The amount he asked under this head was 632,7661., being 27,7791. more than the same vote last year, but the addition had been rendered essential by the general feeling, fully shared by the govern ment, that although happily no danger actually corset ened our shores, it was the best policy and the truest eco nomy to place our fortification.. and our ports in a fit state to Meet any emergency that might arise. In former vote., a large sum h a d b een ta k en f or suc h wor k s i n our co l on i es; be the present vote • certain sum would certainly applied to the improvement and extension of ' our fortification, abroad : but the main amount would be expended at home. The next vote was 60,0001. for the scientific branch, for the ordnance surveys in England, Scotland, sad Ireland. He was aware that the people of Scotland had complained that of the similar sum voted last year for this service &entail amount only bad been expended " the surety of B:meland ; the reason of this was, that it had been deemed «t • et vise e to employ earnest the entire force of the limited establishment engaged on them surveys in a dvancing the survey of Ireland, and he was happy _ state, that the survey of that country was het altacet completed. The money, however, voted tor the survey of Scotland but not applied to that g; i T aa PrPelet had not been expended in any other way, Est for mu Wormed to the treasury. The lost vote, N 0.9, sari airy swims, military sad civil, 168,6321,1 being an Inseam of 48,0711. ever the similar vote of last par. The latter vote, indeed, had been 164.7761., but one quarter (41,1941.) was deducted, as not being required for payment within the year. Tke hoes. and gallant gentle man, in cosseltudon, observed that before any geatlernan animadverted upon the apparent increase in this year's votes, not merely over three of last year, but mate rially so over those of some years ago, he must reflect that within the last few years, many services had been transferred from other departments, or originally added to this department, the expenditure of which was thus greatly augmented. For instanoe, the charge of the com missariat and barrack department had, lime 1835-6, been thrown upon this department, an item which alone added 370,0001. to its expenditure. There was, again, the charge for works, repairs, and buildings, which the Ordnance had now to meet, and which amounted to the am of 678.7741. There were sixteen new establishments to maintain at Biz mingluun, Pembroke, Cape Town, Hobart Town, Toronto, Hong-Kong, ite., involving an additional charge of 370,0001. In poet of fact, had the Ordnance department only ta bear the charge of those services which were comprehended in it in Jan., 1833-4, the votes asked for by it would, instead of being augmented, have diminished. The him. and gallant gentleman then moved that a sum of 617,2391. be granted for the pay, allowance', and contingencies of the Ordnance Military Corps. Mr. WILLIAMS denounced the votes asked for as most exorbitant and most uncalled for. Sir H. DOUGLAS denied that the °out defences bad been negleetfd. -------. Mr. GOULBURN defended the lets Admiralty Board from the charge of having wasted the public money in useleie experiments. Col. ANSON disclaimed any intention of casting any blame on the late Board of Admiralty. Dr. BOWRING complained that, under the head No. 7, there wu a great increase in the Ordnance estimates. After some further observations, the vote was agreed to. The following sums were also voted : 617,2391. tor the pay of the Ordnance Military Corps. 370 4641. for Commissariat and Barrack Supplies. 96,4441. for Salaries, &c., in Ordnance offices. 228,1301. for Expenses of Establishments in the United Kingdom and Colonies. 137,83 V. for the Wages of Artificers, &c. 368,7121. for Stores. 632,7631, for Works, Buildings, and Repairs. 58 • 9881 for the Scientific Branch of the Department. On this vote, Capt. PECHELL wished to know whether there was any truth in the report which had appeared in the Times, as to the state of the Military Academy at Woolwich, and that a high wall had been erected to prevent the cadets from getting out after dark? _ Col. ANSON said, the committeeappointed to inquire into the state of the aeadesny had not yet made their report. He must, however, caution his hon. and gallant frient against placing implicit reliance upon every statement which might appear in newspapers. (A laugh.) So far from a high well having been erected to prevent the students getting out he believed it wu merely a psli•adiog which had beets put up to prevent improper person. from getting in. The vote wu agreed to. 168,5321. for aon•efsetive services, military and civil, was also voted. NAVY ESTIMATES. 137,0541. for the Admiralty Office. Upon this vote, Sir H. DOUGLAS remarked upon the importance of hav ing a reserve of seamen ready to man our fleet on any emer- Lucy, and the satisfaction it would give to see a vote proposed that purpose. Dr. BOWRING deprecated any yielding to the gallant officer's suggestions on the subject of increasing the naval establishment, especially as it was admitted in the debates iu the French chambers that in that respect France could not pretend to cope with Great Britain. Atter a few weeds from Mr. WILLIAMS to the same effect, Sir e. NAPIER concurred in the suggestion as to the neessaity of keeping a reserve, and reiterated the opinions he expressed a few evenings ago, respeetiss the enormous expense of building iron vessels, and their unfitness for service in time of war._ . . . . . Captain BERKELEY agreed with his hon. and gallant friend, that iron was not fit for .excels of war, and De re gretted that the experiment which he sugges ted wee not tried before the late government ordered iron vessels to be made. (Hear.) Mr. CORRY doubted whether the plan of the hon. gent. the Secretary to the Admiralty, with respect to the dock yards, would work as well as he expected. With respect to the question of iron vessels generally, he believed that they were superior in strength and durability to Teasels nt wood, for general purposes. Hewassure the time was. not disumit,that the two gallant officers who had such objections to iron steamers for purposes of war. would change them, and agree with the captains of the Names and Guadeloupe, who enter , ta nod a contrary opinion. Altar a hw words horn Can. HARRIS, The following votes were agreed to : Admiralty °Mos, 137 0641. General Register sad Record Office of Seamen, 9,2291. Scientific Branch, 44,2771. Upon the vote of 137,2231. for Her Majesty's establish ments at home, being proposed, Sir J. GRAHAM said it appeared that the patronage of the dock-yards was now exercised by the Admiralty, but when he was at the board it wee the privilege of the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the only patronage exercised by the seenenty was the appointment of chaplains to ships. He had great doubt whether they must not ultimately come to the conclusion that the officers in the dock yards must be treated as ether public servants and dis qualified to vote in elections. for members of parliament. (Hear.) He thought, however, that the plan proposed by tae Admiralty was a very fair one, and he was therefore, disposed to give it a trial. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WARD felt much gratification that the plan which had been proposed met the approval of the right hon. baronet opposite (Sir J. Graham.) Mr. CORRY explained that the patronage of the Secretary to the Admiralty was limited to the appointment of arta &erg and subordinate promotions in the dockyards. It was not exercised as a right, but as a matter of convenience. After a few words in explanation from Sir J. GRAHAM and Mr. WARD, Mr. F. T. BARING sincerely hoped that the plan suggested by the hon. member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward) would succeed in the object for which it was intended, and that no memorial for promotion would in future be received at the Admiralty except through the officers of the dockyards. The vote was then agreed to, as were the following 25,5371. for her Majesty's establishments abroad, 811,3041. for wages to artificers, &e., in the establishments at home. The house then rimmed. DRAINAGE OF LAND BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, The Earl of LINCOLN said, though he would not now object to the second rending of the bill, he would express hi, disapproval of the manner in which it was hurried through its stages. It had only been two days in the hands of menthe's, and it was now brought on for a second reading. He would state his intention of introducing some amendments when in committee, in it. He objected to the extension of the operation of this bill to any other agricul tural improvements than that of drainage, when he consi dered that the sum provided by the bill was only 2,01r0,0001., sod was originally intended to be applied to the relief of the distressed districts in Scotland. In the cases of distressed districts alone, he would not object to the bill being made effective in any kind of agricultural improvement. He wished to suggest, that if the bill which was brought in some time ago by the Duke of Richmond, was amended, the object of relieving the distressed districts would be attained, for thereby small landowners would be enabled to get large sums of money for the improvement of their lands from insurance offices. Ile regretted to find that such large sums bad been applied for in England, and in the districts of Scotland, where distress did not prevail. As large a sum as 70,0001. had been applied for by one individual; and the total applies ' Sons amounted to 780,0001. more than the two millions that were to be granted. lie conceived it would be Demmer to impose a limit, either a positive one, or one in proportion to the rent of the estate. As far as England was concerned, a necessary complemen t to this measure would be an outfal bill, which he hoped to see introduced by the government. Sir G. ORE assured the noble lord that the fullest con sideration would be given b t l a th i e in governlint to his sug gestions. At the sante it was die urgent wish of the Booed' ummisma, that the should be pressed for ward with an esasumhst es : He wee hand to state that, howevet Wilda ism been mode applicable to England, ithal been awl& aloha's the dis tress in Scotland. The proposed estendsos in the object of the advances was neeeemary to ensure the utility of the mea sure. As to the Imp amount of the sums applied for, the subject had been maw the cossideestlea of government. There wens akeeedine lathe adeptket eta greet limitation; but it wee fork drivable to redoes the aareaals granted. The bill wee reed a woad time, and ordered to be com mitted ea Wednesday. SCOTLAND. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to Wei in the following bills : Bill to mead OM law sod moils la deaaml as to the swim of heirs • Mitts assmit dr low 00l rib rowed to cre.i shrews twarmelorbm esenaria illtheonse knew er Lob No giber liellone la bilk Immo te am* ; IsWNlsae.tb fined, me ether Wows la ikethed MY Y baneeptesue t Wile Sable Ihesseennilineoll lersaMimelhsskiYeesminks kr 'kit la Ittelteed.md ft rimer thy moo oo WNW kr the resestry et dent; eet unbent I to orkia rum motvoil as amoot cello Ise pride L'llZr• mstr fDlrenar la armory to essehre, louse the payment arena keestee neepletke as OfflEilli MOW Barre et &Hs. bu tt bents then edieersed at half-past 1. THE CARLBRUHE THEATRE BURNED DOWN. — Another German theatre has become the prey of the dames. On the evening of the Zfith ult., a fire broke out just be fore the performance, at the theatre at Carlaruhe, in the grand duchy of Bake, and at nine o'clock it was a beep of ashes. Some lives were lost. BAVARIA.—At Munich, it is said, the symphony by M. Berlins, entitled " An Episode from the Life of an Artist," ha s signally failed. Although it was played with precision by the orchestra, the audience could find nothing Intelli gi ble in this " fantastic composition," as they ailed it. The Silesian Gazette gives another anecdote of Lola Monts's. The &maw suspected a lirterafeur of Munich, of publishing some details of her adventures. As a revenge, she invited the author to tea end he came with some hope* of gathering materials for new feuilletons. When he had taken his Bret cup of tea, he observed that the lady's cup bad not been filled. " Sir," said she, " you have taken liberties with my character, and as a Spaniard, I must have revenge. Poison in your cup, Sir ! You are a dead man ! " The litterateur rushed to the apothecary's for an antidote, and was some time before he recovered from the fright occasioned by the practical joke of Lola Montag. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1847. disgust, and the assignment system was declared to be at an end, to the acclamation of all at home and abroad. Since then, other ways have been tried, and Lord STANLEY himself officially provided for them. He tried Norfolk Island, and TASMAN'S peninsula, and persevered in his experiment, strangely regard less of the complaints of the colonists of Van Diemen 's Land. Despairing of procuring work for the liber ated convicts, Lord STANLEY planned his celebrated colony of North Australia, not for the dispersion of convicts amongst a more moral population, but for their concentration in the idleness and abundance and temptation of a tropical clime. Lord GREY recapitulated most fully all the recog nised evils of the old system, its inequality as a pun ishment, its failure as an intimidation, its cost, its abandonment of all attempts to reform the criminal. The efforts that have been since made to collect the convicts on one island, or one establishment, have ter minated in failure, too recent and well known to need repetition. Lord STANLEY, however, stood out last night fur the necessity of resuming the old exploded system, and of not only continuing to transport, but of reviving the custom of assignment His Lordship's panacea was, that we should go back precisely to the point where we had stuck ten or twelve years ago. The principal provisions of Earl GREY'S measure are known. A sentence of transportation is com muted for each criminal into, first, &confinement after the separate system of Pentonville, for a term varying from six to eighteen months. The rest of half his time is employed in labour on public works, at Gibraltar, the Bermudas, Portland Island, or such public works as can be carried on by convicts, con sistently with their being well guarded and secluded. The works are to be executed by task work, the labour of the convict being from the first competed. Hie rapid execution of the task, with his good be haviour in other respects, all tell in the shortening of his confinement, at the termination of which he is bbliged to proceed to the colonies. Lord BROUGHAM made very merry with the latter part of the scheme, and Lord STANLEY assailed it with more serious objections. Both asked, whether the expatriation of the convict was free or forced, and whether the colonies would like such visitors? But be these objections of what force they may, they apply to all other possible plans, save to that exploded one of Lord STANLEY'S, an exclusively convict colony, which his lordship dared not even hint at for I the present. In the system of transportation or emigration, the convicts must be disposed of some how. Ea rl GREY proposes that the mother country shall take the risk and trouble of superintending convict labour, discipline, and reform durin,g the years of their sentence. Their sentence expired at present, they return home unreformed. Can the colonies object to receive better men than those whom England her self, at present, is willing to receive? Lord GREY himself, however, declared, that the present was an experiment An essential part of that experiment is, the complete seclusion of the con ' victs from all communication with their friends, and from all possibilities of escape. If this perfection is not obtained, the scheme, we admit, most fail. If it be obtained—and we have no doubt that it can be obtained—then all the objections of Lord DENMAN fall to the ground. His lordship gave his weighty testimony to the fact, that transporta tion was a strong and effective source of terror to thieves. It may appear so in a court of jus tice, and at the moment of sentence' . but a great many facts and testimonies bear witness to the direct contrary. Lord DENMAN thinks that separate confinement and labour on public works, with subsequent expatriation, will be less terrifying than expatriation at once, with lighter labour and good nourishment—for such was transportation. We see no sufficient reason for this. His lordship seems to agree with Lord BROCCIHAU in the idea, that transportation ought to be cos-, tinued for criminals of the wealthy and educated classes, for the rich receivers of stolen goods, for forgers, and others, whose command of money and connexions would render them formidable even in the cells of Portland Island. It is impossible, how ever, to keep up a convict establishment abroad for the sake of a score of individuals, who, under Lord GRIT'S measure, can be very well and safely km posed of at the Bermudas. We do, however, agree with Lord DENMAN on the necessity of such discipline as will deter. Nor should the aim of reforming criminals be carried so far as to better their worldly condition. On this ground we abject altogether to the system of teaching trades to convicts. The lowest class of our population lives by unskilled labour. The class above it lives by skilled or artisan's labour. We would do nothing to rein the convict from the one to the other. It would be extending to the criminal an advantage denied to the industrious population. Lord BaouGusx insists on gardens and outdoor work in every gaol, which would be to endow the inmates of a prison with sources of enjoyment and health purposely denied to the inmates of the workhouse. Comparisons of this kind must be avoided. Whatever individuals may do, government cannot sacrifice justice to generosity. Tan Journal des Drbats gives curious prominence to a version of the complications that followed a re cent visit of the King of PRUSSIA to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin. His Majesty frequently confers the honour of being present at the sittings of his Royal Academy; and it will be supposed that the presence of the monarch has its due effect upon the tone of the compositions read upon these occasions. At the sitting in question, the subject chosen by M. VON }Gomez, was the vindication of the character of FRE DERICK THE GREAT, whose works he is employed by the king to edit, from the aspersions thrown upon it by orthodox divines. It was not easy to treat the matter without launching into some praise of the general claims of that monarch on his subjects for good management, and other points, which drew applause,' from his audience. These plaudits, it seems, the present King, very unnecessarily of course, interpreted into reflections upon him self, and quitting the room in a huff, wrote to the president, declaring that the academy having grossly insulted him, he should go near them no more. The president, in excess of loyalty, framed an epistle disclaiming all fellowship on the part of the academy with the culprit member, and specially condemning the obnoxious passages of his memoir. This loyal effusion, when sent round for the signa tures of the members, found, we are told, a protester in the person of Baron ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT, who explained that the more judicious proceeding would be to assure the king that the obnoxious passages were in no way calculated to elicit any offensive in terpretation ; that the writer was not answerable for the opiuioos of his auditors, and that the academy, entertaining only the highest respect for the King, requested him to view the matter in the genie_ 4ht. ALRIANDER VON HUMBOLDT'S in fl uence, ad ded to the plain sense manifested in the plan proposed, was near overcoming the scruples of the tim l T: el r f e: sident, M. ENURE, when another personage interfered and caused a complication that has led to the denoue ment announced by the D4bats. This was no other than M. EICHHORN, Minister of Public Instruction (not to be confounded with the lawyer and historian, C. F. EICHHORN). He-insisted that both the letters drawn up by the academy should be referred to him. The unpopular character of the minister, arising from the influence he has exercised to further religious views of his own, led many of the German papers to pre dict that Baron Hu u noun's address would be set aside. by the ministerial mandate and the original one adopted. A semi-official announcement in the Berlin papers denied, before any step was taken one way or the other, that there was any truth in the insinuation. It seems, however, that a decision has at length been made, and that the German papers were right. M. EICHHORN has supported his character. The text of the address adopted by the Academy to pacify the regal feelings, is given, oddly enough, toy the Journal des Danis. We fear our contemporary has, on this occasion, had to play the cat's-paw. By advice' received in Paris on Thursday the diplo- make rupture at Athens between the representatives of the Greek and Turkish governments has been con- I firmed. M. Coletti, in accordance with the spirit of constitutional governments, immediately after the offence had been given by king Otho to M. Museums, I assumed the responsibility of it. As we stated in our correspondence of yesterday, the Ottoman minister left Athens for Constantinople, the apology or re paration which he required having been refused by M. Coletti. It appears, however, that after his departure, the am ors of foreign powers at Athens had a conference, at which it was resolved to use their com bined efforts to induce the Greek government to yield, and that they succeeded in obtaining from the King his consent to address an autograph letter of apology to the Sultan, while M. Coletti was to send to the Reis Effendi a similar apologetic letter. It is said the letter of the King and that of M. Coletti had been already expedited to Constantinople. Lord Howden left Paris for London on Thursday. M. Martin du Nord is convalescent, according to the Gazette de Prance. _ . The same journal states that the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier are to make a formal renunciation of the Spanish succession. An attachi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been sent to Tunis, with the answer of the French government to the application made by the Bey for its intervention between that regency and the Porte. The ministry demanded in the Chamber on Wed nesday a grant of four millions of francs for the pro motion of public work,. This is in addition to an equal sum already giant d for the same purpose, and with a view to the relief of the working popula tion under the pressure of the existing scarcity. Wheat rose from two to three francs in the Paris market on Wednesday, barley, rye, and oats, rising in proportion. Flour was sold at 110 fr. or Ms. per sack, with a tendency to rise. The advices from Marseilles were less unfavourable, showing a slight fall. No further supplies, however, are expected at that port from the Black Sea until next month. The Duke de Polignac died at Paris on Tues day last. A statement of circumstances of the rapprochement of Lord Normanby and M. Guizot has been drawn up by Count d'Appoay, and approved by both parties. This, we are told, has been sent by Count d'Appony to Prince Metternich, and will probably appear in the Austrian Obserrer and Allgemeine Zeitung. The courier from Bordeaux arrived, as usual, in Paris on Thursday morning, but brought no Spanish mail. EGYPT, FEE. 18.—It is understood that the abolition of the slave trade and also of slavery in this country, will take place within two months from the present, and at the same time throughout the Pacha's dominions. The rich Turks are in a great ferment about it. We under stand also, the abolition of the tribute, paid by the Packs to the Sultan, has been applied for by the former, as the latter had sent hint orders to send a body of troops to garrison Mecca, Medina, and other Vicinities, and he expects this favour in return • _ . _ TURKEY.—The Bosphorus has brought commer cial journals to Marseilles from Constantinople, to the middle of February. It appears that from the Gth to 13th February 120 vessel. freighted with corn arrived at Constantinople from the Black Sea; 30 left kr Marseilles, 4 for Genoa, 16 far Leghorn, 12 for England, 4 for Trieste, 3 for Antwerp, 4 for Megrina ; 165 vessels of diff.rent nations left is the same interval to take in freiglys of corn in the Black Sea. Of these the greater number were for Marseilles. ALGERIA.—The Algiers journals to the 26th ult. arrived yesterday. The Mossite.iv Algerien contains the following :—" The movement of General Marey towards Kaar-Zaccar has produced the result that was ex pe cted. Having marched by the north of the mountains of Zahn on the 13th, the general canoed it to be believed that he had re turned to thel ell. He subsequently took the road to the south, and on the 15th succeeded in reaching the Ouled-Aiseas (a fraction of the Ouled-Nouls-* Chkraglui) in the chain of Senellia towards Djelfa, about 100 leagues from Algiera. He made • new enema upon them. Part of the cavalry were obliged to leave their horses in order to dislodge the infantry of the tribe from the rock ' s and revises, in which they had hidden their flocks. The resistance was spirited, and cost us 4 men killed, 3 wounded, and 20 horses killed or wounded. The Ouled-Aire lost from 40 to 50 men, 4,000 sheep, 250 oxen, and a great many camels, horses, die. The next day, the column continued to march towards Kser-Zsocsr, in the hope of again falling on the Onled-Anna, or receiving their submission. General Marty calculated on returning to Guelt-el-Seltel by the 28th, in order to receive a convoy of supplies sent from Aumale, which will enable him to regain Medan." -7 - 7 :11t prelsg• MAILS. The mane he Opore, Lksbon, Madeira, Cad" sad Gnaw, will be sob at waren the int March. Tb• died Mareelltes, to the Maddens.," =Ail% 0 1 1 61 % bulb. Keep, ac., via be eirbe Ilb awl& The evenee4 walls kr Obriber PIM" One" the lathe ! aserlowur,lseebemplee. Ina be Ebb spell etthe e W N W* . The mile be Mew Pleb Webs, V Dierials Los; Bed Wm Zoslsad Ira he mak up Pm be bobs Obi Meek The Welt Mb web, esebeibe done ke Ikedury sad the Hamm* wal be web up on thereat," Mae art March. Theme& tit Mei North Amen" B*llllollo4 and the Vetted TM be nob up ea be twain et bagel Ape& T Sten. he nab be the the Iteer Plate, Mate Video, Penni =Me, Madeira, and Buenos Ayres, ell be suede op oa as of "e nth Ataildi TO CO RRESPON DENTB. The Ath•ertlErs_olei;storti;ziTAiCiieii ; ina EX muss have been REMOVED from 90, FLEET-STREET, to No. 10, 11011 1 111121.111111.1 ET, FLEET-STREET, cooetlitusuß to the Prlndas sad Peribein Mew We await ea*" In any way, any comoundoetka that le sent to ue lad MI; but those who choose to addrere es in confidenee will Mil loidence respected. NY.ITHER CAN WE UNDERTAKE TO 11.6TUR1 ANY MANUSCRIPTS WIIATEVER. • Attrissimiernts Intended for TM Arprere, Loadce events, mar, maul be et the Moe by Two o'clock op the day of publication. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. T 066 no—Moroinp, 32 tehL put ; Afursoce, 46 min. peat 4. TO-lioaunr—Mandap, 0 min. pea 6 ; Aftssocat, 16 min. past 3. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6. IN the House of Lords, yesterday, the Earl of RADNOR desired to know whether the goverumaot had carried out its expressed intention of diminish ing as fast as possible the number of persons em ployed on relief works in Ireland. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in reply, stated that the most positive instructions had been sent to the Lord-Lieutenant for the discontinuance of the relief works . gradually, in .. terdicting, also, the commencement of — others, - unless under circumstances of the most urgent neceaaftty. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his apprehensions that the course which had been pursued was one from which it would be found very difficult to recede. The Earl of ItioustressaELL con. sidered it would be impossible suddenly to stop the works upon which the support of so large a number of persons entirely depended ; besides, they were not half finished, and if stopped now, the money already expended would be thrown away. Earl GRE Y , in moving the second reading of the Criminal Offenders and Prisons Bills, took the opportunity of stating the views and intentions of the government with re spect to the punishment to be substituted for transportation for the future, stating, that it was proposed virtually to abolish the exist ing system of transportation to the colonies, with the exception of Malta and Gibraltar. The noble earl proceeded to enter into an elaborate histo rical detail of the system of transportation as it had been carried out in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Norfolk Island, with respect to the latterot which, the state of things which had grown up, the noble earl said, was so frightful, such a disgrace Is the British nation, that the breaking up of the CAP bliahment was absolutely and imperatively neeeswary. With regard to future punishment in lien of transportation, it was intended to employ convicts on public works ; and in every case of good conduct, and where the convict did not incur fresh punishment li while undergoing his sentence, he would be di.. charged from punishment at the termination of half the period for which he should be sentenced. It was also intended that criminals, while undergoing the latter portion of their punishment on the public works, should be allowed wages nearly to the full value of their labour, to accumulate so that at the ex piration of their sentences they might have the means of emigrating, the condition of the pardon being that they should not remain in England. Having been taught branches of industry which were of most value to the colonies, he had no doubt, when they ar rived in Australia with their families, they would be well received by the inhabitants. He attached great importance to the circumstance of their families going out with them; because, to go on with the system which would keep up th e frightful inequality of the sexes which existed in Australia, would be wholly inexcusable. With regard to female convicts, it was intended, for the present, that they should continue to be sent to Van Diemen's Land as heretofore.—Lord BROUGHAM expressed his satisfaction at the statement of the noble earl, but could not refrain from expressing the doubt he enter tained as to the propriety and expediency of abolish ing deportation altogether as a punishinent. Lord STANLEY thought the government, on contemplating the existing evils, were adopting too summary and hasty a measure, by altogether departing from a system which he was free to admit had been subject to considerable abuse. He entertained great doubts as to the policy or prudence of abrogating the punishment of transportation. whether as a punishment to deter others from crime, or as a means of reforming the criminals themselves. Lord DesIVAN rejoiced that the establish ment at Norfolk Island was to be broken up, but when he heard that the terror of transportation was intended to be withdrawn altogether from the minds of criminals, he regarded the expression of that opinion with the greatest possible dismay. The Duke of RICHMOND thought it would be better to diminish the periods of transportation rather than abolish them altogether. Earl GREY having replied to the objections raised by the noble lords who had addressed the house, the bills were read a second time. _ _ _ In the House of Commons, Mr. MILNER GIBSON, is answer to Dr. BOWRING, stated that the only new quarantine regulation which had been adopted, was with respect to ships from Turkey importing non enumerated goods, which were to be exempted from quarantine if they were provided with clean bills of health, and the crews and passengers free from suspi cion in a sanatory point of view. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Lord DUNCAN, replivd that the Poor-law Commissioners had issued explicit orders that all de faulters in the payment of rates in Ireland should be summarily dealt with, the collectors throughout that country having been directed to require immediate pay ment. Capt LINDSAY moved an address for an inquiry into the canteen system in barracks, and as to whether it would not be advantageous to discipline and to the moral improvement of the troops to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors therein, or within the precincts or proximity of barracks. On an assurance from Mr. F. MAULS, that the whole canteen system should undergo the most rigid investigation with a view to rendering it next to impossible that it should tend to the deteetoration of the morals or health of the army ; and after some observations from other honourable members, Captain LINDSAY with drew his motion. Mr. J. O'CONNELL in an ex planatory speech, drew the attention of the House to the advisability of employing the labouring population now engaged on the public works in he- land, in the tillage of land. Mr. LABOUCHERR was not at all surprised that the hon. gentleman should avail himself of the forms of the house to bring the calamitous condition of Ireland under its notice, but as regarded the proposals made by the hon. gentle man, he conceived it to be the duty of the govern ment unreservedly to state, that, it would be impossible for them, as well as impracticable, to act upon them. Lord JOHN RUSSELL lamented very much that, in certain districts, tillage had not been pro ceeded with, but he still hoped it would be found more general than was anticipated, that hope being grounded upon the well-understood determination of the government not to interfere in the manner pointed out by the hon. member for Kilkenny. The house then went into committee of supply, Col. ANSON moving the ordnance estimates ; after which the navy estimates were proceeded with, the discussion on which occupied the remainder of the sitting. LORD STANLEY'S is a chivalric temper, that kindles willingly for what is deserted and left of all mankind. Lord STANLEY is a generous lover, but it is always of an antiquated mistress, whose beauty has departed, but whom the political knight-errant is still ready to proclaim the fairest of the fair. If there be an exploded idea, a well-nigh extinct prejudice, a venerable abuse—all these, which the regular Tory of the old school would defend from mere habit, obstinacy, and tradition, Lord STANLEY gets into a romantic affection, a veri table passion, for. The old cern-law was the idol of his affection last year. We were wondering what old abuse would this year be enthroned as his poli tical mistress; and even we are startled to fmd that the transportation system has obtained that honour. Public inquiries and opinion have been directed for these several years to the subject of tranoporta tion. The very first drawing aside of the curtain revealed such horrors, that every one drew back in Mt Court. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the walks and plantations of Osborne H use. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took their accus tomed walks and rides yesterday in the vicinity of Osborne Home. ---• H.S.H. Prince Frederick of Hesse took leave of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last night, and proceeded from Cambridge House to embark in the Triton steam-packet for O.tend. H.S.H. visited and took leave of H.R. H. the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, on Thursday evening. Yesterday his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, and H.S.H. Prince Lativensteen visited Prince Frederick of Hesse at Cambridge House, to take leave of H.S.H. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yeater day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It wu attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, th e Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Chancellor of the Eacheitier was prevented by indisposition from attending the meeting. The council eat one hour. (From last night's Gazette.) WAR.OFFICE, Manes S. let Life Gda—Cor. E. R. Dodwell, from 7th L. Drags., to be ,or. k sab-lieut„ vice Graham, who each. 6th Drag. Ods.—Vet--Surg. G. Johnston has been permitted to re sign his 000milielon. 6th Drags.—lieut. C. C. Shute to be cmit, by par, Moe Davidson, who mt.; eke Lieut. A. Lowther , from Rif fs Brigade, to be lieut., 1 Ith L. Drop. —Befit. Serj.-Major J. GWeituid to be quarL-mas., vice T. Collins, who net. cm h..p. 17th L. Dregs—Coe. & Sub-Lieut. F. U. Graham, ham let LW Ode., to be tor., vies Dodwell, who exch. Chen. Gds.--CapL nom C. R. Pakesibam, from 09th F., to be beat, & slept, vire Parma, who each. 6th F.—Ens. M. Eyed to be lieut., by par., vice Stone. who mt.; Ens. A. J. Itotertmo, from 711th F., to be ere.; P.m. J V. W. H. Webb, from Cape Mounted Rdiemen, to be em., vice Howell, who ref.- Sath P.—Melor J. G. Geddes to be lieut.col. by pur., vice Ormond, who rd.; Capt. & J. L. Nicoll to be major, by pm. ; Lieut. R. D. O'Grady, to be apt., by par. ; G. L. F. Jhelum to be ens., by per., vice Limiemy, who mt. 48th F.—Assist..Barg. G. T. Woodmen, M.D., from 3rd West India Regt„ to be emist.marg., vice Dickson, proem on stag. 60th P.—Brev. LieuX-Ccd. G. Tomy, tram h.-p. matt., to be make, vice E. C. Giffard, who each., rove(. oiler. • Capt. J. H. Trevelmui to be major, by pur., vice Tovey, who ret. • Lieux R. R. W. Sibthorp to be rapt-, by par. • See Lieut. P. A. St. John to be first bed, by por.; R. J. E. Robertso in to be sec. beat., by per. 66th F.—Lieat. & Capt. J. H. Purees, from let Greet. Gk., to be amt., else Pate:ahem. who each. 78th P.—D. IL Grahame to be ens, by par., vice Roberteon, app. oth F. . - 3;1 - fWeat India Rest—H.B. Standen to be aaaataor6., vice Wood. man, app. 48th F. pe Mounted Itiflomem—R. J. Brim!) to be coo, by par., eke Webb, app. Bth F. Hoarrrm. Sme.—Aatriat..Stag. J. Diekaon, from 48th P., to be staff surd. ow. dam, vice Godwin, de e. Banver.—firer. Lieut-CoL 0. Tony, of 60th P., to be cot. in the army. 1110.11,0111D.—Brey. Lieut..ooL O. D. Hall, from major on b..p. Royal Staff Oorpe, to be lieut-coi., without pur. ; Copt. W. D. Dew. rail, (men lot Went Indio Regt., to be ,or, without pur. GAW801.15.-111401r-GOD. H. J. Riddai to SOy. of Edinburgh Crabs, Moe Lieut.-Oett. Sir N. Doagim, Y.C.B. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND._ A MONTHLY COUNCIL was held at the society's house in Hanover-square on Wodoesday last, the 3rd ot March. Mr. Miles, M.P., in the chair. ADULTERATION or Mexottas.—Mr. W. C. Spooner, of Southampton, oeaunuoicated to the council the remit of an analysis he had mole of a sample of &Moho Bay guano placed in his hawk es gamine, but whisk was loaod to be adulterated with ormur drib to the what et 60 per cent., and to made Wriest art. if Orris& rid, the sebetaire easstielly _aerelteds. the peseher esollesee of that He asight Ire these seferious tresretiess set be tee eseV esperd, is order tbat homes may be pat area their is perebrdes manures ; the sample towhee\ be all bed all dr external chandlers in coloar and Wow of t h e omits* article, while ehemind analysis hell it so utterly worthleas.—Mr. loom haring _ the prise of the society by his Iry en Vitriolised Beers, his attention had for some time host par ticularly kora as the economical preparation of thit manure, and he took that opportunity of transmitting to the council • emopis Imo a large stock he had prepared, in order that gosh Per* might be submitted to the teat of examination and rid. . Ig/11702 ,10 1 FROM MARIZT GARDENT/fo.—Mr. Barugh Ahem*, of 18, Saukville greet Piccadilly, transmitted to the Mandl a communication ore the eubject of the advantages to be derived at the present time, by the intelligent fernier, from the practice and experience of the market gardener, in reference to the introduction of some crop, commonly crown with profit in the market garden, into the open culture of the field. In a highly-cultivated market garden, he con sidered that the effects of high cultivation might be seen in the most striking forms, and some of the best lemons learned an to the proper warm of cropping. As an instance, among many others, of the proposed transfer of such crops, he adduced those of garden peas and been.; for, although the " broad " beans of the garden may not be so valuable per bushel, when ripe, as the sense measure of the common field beans, be thought it likely, taking quantity per acre into consideration, and the various uses to which the broad beans may be applied in their green state, that the garden bow would be a eon valuable crop than the oommen field been, especially in owe Where laborer is cheep. It bad bees oh- I served that wheat web limsrek better eherbeeme then ester any other crop ripened - 4e the Lad, and aftenrards Welly removed fres it; end the emperimoes tithe vatakstviressar confirmed the tinerally, that bum ere in stew degree valuable,ea the lead re After other bad bees nncll agreed, that as the deg I* the mat easethly giels per in 4 4ii , esaeeas 1 biters:, the we mctlng drephi o rr Imill ea :lia 7th of Aprii, for the bedew, en the 14th et Anl.—Ths comma then to their weeldymeallag es Wednesday next. • BANKRUPTCY AND INBOLVINCII.—Lord Brougham'e la to .nod tho law of bankruptcy and iaaolveacy, which was reed ■ first time on Monday, has just been printed. It contains 27 provisions, and it is proposed to repeal the juris diction of the Court of Bankruptcy and district courts of bankruptcy, to abolish the Court of Review, as d to reduce the num , er of commissioners. In future the judges of the Small Debts Coasts I. the country, with certain exceptions, • are to have jurisdiction in matters of insolvency, in the sc-ve- • sal counties of Middlesex, Hertford, Kent, Surrey, Busaez, Hants, Oxford, Buckingham, Berke, Bedford, Northamp ten, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, or Essex. There is a provision in the act to give a p.rotettion from . arrest on the tiling of a petition, by granting an interim order. Hitherto the court had no power to entertain a pe tition until a person was in custody, but now it is proposed to give a similar power to the one at present exercised by the Court of Bankruptcy, The Court tof Review is to be abo- ; lisped, as also subdivision courts, end appeals are to Ds made to the Lord Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor in certain eases, which is rather an expensive mode of proceeding. • The commissioner acting under the fiat is to decide matters before him. As vacancies occur, the commissioners in I.••ns . don are to he reduced from six to three, and IA the country to nine. Provision is made for the registrars of the court ; and, in order to carry out the intended act, rule& are to be framed by the Insolvent Debtors Court, and to be ono- , • Ironed by the Lord Chancellor. Such are the principal datum of the bill, which is entitled 'An Act to repeal the jurisdiction of the Court of Bankruptcy in matters of insol vency, to abolish the Court of Review, and to reduce the number of commissioners." INQUESTS, VESTERDAT.—SUICIDE.—Before Mr. Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Wm. Northover, aged fifty, late messenger in the employ of Mews. Took and Sun, solicitors. Lately the deceased, who was by trade a plumber and painter, had been depressed in his mind, which was attributed to anxiety and a bad state of health. Yesterday morning his wife left him in bed be tween •even and eight o'clock, and returning to the roost in , about half an hour, alto found him stretched on the floor, his head resting against the foot of the bedstead, with • frightful wound in his throat. evidently inflicted by a razor, which lay by his side. Hr. Worwall, •surgeon was sent for, who advised his removal to the hospital, where he died at two o'clock in the afternoon. Verdict," temporary insaraity."— ALLEGED DZATH PROM FALSE IMPRI.ONMINT.—Before Mr. . W. Carter, at the White Hart, College-street, Belvidere road, Lambeth, respecting the death of' Thomas Bernard, , aged 38 years, lately ruining at N 0.14, College street, who it . was alleged had died from the effects of being placed in a damp cell without food and firing, and in darkness. The inquiry . was instituted in consequence of a communication forwarded to the coroner from the deceased's late master. The evidence adduced yesterday was to the following effect .—The deceased, who was a sober man, was in the service of Mr. George Simmons, wharfinger, of No. 203, Upper Thames street, City. On the morning of Wednesday, the 24th of February last, he proceeded by order of his employer to fetch a load of flour aom the Eastern Counties Railway . terminus, Shoreditch. He did not return that day, but late in the evening the master received a letter from a gentleman 1 at the station, requesting his atten ance at Worship-street police court, as has servant (the deceased) had been taken up on • charge of felony. On Thursday the deceased 'meek.... before the magistrate for stealing • sack of flour, which charge was not substantiated, and he was animism-a. The deceased returned home to his wife, and complained bitterly of the charge brought against him, and of the dreadful state of the dungeon wherein he was placed. He was very weak and ill, and said " I am afraid I shall not live to see the morning." On the following day be became worse, with great difficulty of breathing, and, although placed under the care of Mr. Miakin, the surgeon, he died at a late hour the same night. The deceased's employer, who was present during his examination at the police o.urt„ spoke to him, and he complained very much of the place he , had been put into during the whole of the Weilneeday night. The coroner said it would be necessary to adjourn the in- ? vestigation, for the attendance of the police, and the several parties connected with the railway terminus, and to allow time for • post martens examination. The jury inane. diately acceded to the suggestion of the coroner, after ; which the proceedings were formally adjourned.— PutITAKORTIN BIAXINATIE/N6 IN PUBLIC INSTITUT.IOI4. ? Before Mr. Bedford at St. George's Hospital, on the body of ' Samuel Salter, aged 70. The deceased went out on Tuesday; morning last, and about seven o'clock the same evening was found against the railings of Hyde Park, lying insensible eta the foot path. He was taken to the hospital, where he • rallied so far as to be able to give his name and address, shortly after which, he was seised with a fit in which he re. . ruined till ten o'clock, when he died; the cause of his death on the body being opened haying been found Whim resulted . from ossification of the heart. The evidence to the above effect being given, William Slater, the son of the deceased, addressing the coroner, said he bad a complaint to make of a serious nature. Although his father died at the hour men , boned, be was not made acquainted with it till half-past ten o'clock the next morning, and on reaching the hospital before twelve, the porter told him that the surgery man was. engaged, and he had better call again between orre's and two . He did so, and saw the surgery man, who told hint that he could not see the body then, as it was undergoing an examination, and he must call again. Coroner (to Mr. %sate, the house surgeoa) : Can you explain this ? Mr. Mashie It ie the hospital rule to make sport mortem examination of all persons dying therein. Coroner: Without the sanction of the friends of the deceased? Mr. Machie: No, air; but I was not aware any relative had applied before the exaniina lion commenced. Coroner I shall put in my veto ag drat such a system being adopted, and desire that no such exami nation be mare without my written authority. In the pre sent instance, I can only lament what has occurred to wound the feelings of the deceased's relatives, and state that I shall deem it my duty to communicate with the hospital author-16n on the subject. The jury having expressed their entire concurrence in the observations of the Coro ner, a verdict was returned of " Natural death."— Da. ADAM BLACK.— Before Mr. Bedford, at the White Swan, Piccadilly, on the body of Dr. Adam Black, aged 62. Mary Anne Human, housemaid at 114, Piccadilly, raid the deceased had lived there about two yearn. On Monday last he appeared very ill, and Dr. Fuller attended him. He got up on Tuesday morning, and having put on his dressing gown, took breskfitst. About half put one o'clock she heard his bell ring violently, and on going up stairs limed him in his bed-room dreadfully burned. There was a large fire in the grate in the drawing-room, and portions of hie clothes were lying about the rooms burning. The deceased, on peeing her, exclaimed, " I am very much burned, and ant afraid I shall die." He then told her that whilst etaudin,g with his back to the tire, he was suddenly seized with giddr- , nets, and fell backwards into it. She assisted hint to the sofa, and then sent for Dr. Fuller.—Dr. Fuller, of 112, Pio- , eadilly, said he had known deceased, who was a Doctor of Medicine, about 30 years. He attended hint on Monday evening for an attack of cholera, and saw hint again on Tuesday morning, when he appeared much better. He came home about half-past one, and then heard of the neei- dent. On Geeing him be appeared as if he had been turning some time; indeed, the whole of his back, thighs, and area were completely roasted. Turpentine dressings wen• ap plied to the burns, but he died from the effects at half. past L eight the next morning. —Verdict, " Accidental death.' IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 4. Emigration is rapidly on the increase in all the chief ports. Landlords are compounding with in solvent tenants for the surrender of the lands, and facilitating their removal, while large bodies of the independent farmers are seeking the improvement of their fortunes. The landlords, by a little judicious liberality, might accomplish that consolidation of 1 tenures without any violence which they arc accus tomed to identify with the agricultural regeneration of the country. I noticed the wise conduct of Mr. Guinness • few days past Mr. Thomas B. Stoney, a • moderate proprietor in the King's County, acts still more liberally. He offers to all his cattier tenants holding under five acres of land 101. per acre, together with remission of all rents and arrears now due, if ; they wish to emigrate. The land, if surrendered, will be distributed amongst the most improving tenants on the estate. 'The farmers, or a very large portion of them T• might obtain seed without much difficulty on the credit of the crop or the land. Where the landlords did not aid, the banks might accommodate for a small amount. Various other sources arc open to them, and we believe, in districts better disposed than Tipperary and its marches," the spring work will go on. However, the land of broil is likely to be the land of idleness. Government are attending to the wants of the , poor. A schooner, chartered by_ government, arrived • in Deny from Liverpool with 1,000 barrels of Indian ' meal, oonaiguedto the Inspector of Relief Committees. Two other vessels laden with provisions also dis charged on the coast of Donegal. I some time since mentioned that the citizens of Cork were about to establish a joint-stock bakery. This bakery commenced operations upon Wednesday last, and in the course of the morning sold 9,6001 b. of bread, at the rate of the 41b, loaf. The price of bread at the private bakeries of Cork was, upon . • the same day, 10d., 9f d., and 9id. the 41b. loaf, of the same descnption. Thus, the people of Cork, by a little exertion of private enterprise, have accom plished a daily saving of 561. or thereabouts, while ' the ent . erp ••• are nue to realise a hamisomedividend on their spec The exhibition of works of the ancient mutate, contributed from private oolleetions, for the relief of the digress, was opened to-day. The Lotd Lieu tenant and sane attended. The profits of the rxhi bition are expected to be considerable. 0 I.GI •24 I Z know or: -Thesevertammit propose to organise relief acouniteree ender the ie. Trap*. rary Relief Act as follows :-1. latices resident. 2. Onardiana df the divi.ion. 8. The inspect., of the union. 4. loch biiitope and bishops of both airtime, in electoral division when they reside. 6. hegira. bag propriston in &wad . division. 8. Plllollll appobibmil by Saab jestkes (with sie. proTal of Lori. linismat) 46 act ia their ei rr ti lTr. chairman. of the Wm. b. The principal clam, non of sash loorik (Proteetert Boma pa electoral divinesaad the swim ealating Presbyterian climatal, or sack of their =ideate es (with Lord-baste.- i \