The Express. — London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

the prices of animal food must advance, and that corn is far from its maximum, unless there is an enormous quantity of it in the heads of the mer chants, or about to be received from abroad. But we must not deceive ourselves as to the latter puree of supply. With the exception of the United States, no country appears capable of meeting the une xpected demand upon the food market except at a great advance of pnce. From this we cannot ex cept even the Black Sea ; for, although it is probable that vast supplies still exist in Russia, yet the ems inculcations round Odessa are so bad as to render the cost of land carriage to that port more and more c onsiderable every day. All the wheat that is shipped there is brought in in the carts of the country, two- wheeled machines of a very primitive description, and no means at present exist of improving such *ems of transport. The country round Odessa has been emptied long since, and by degrees the length and difficulties of land carriage must become such as will close the port as effectually as an imperial ukase. THERE is something highly respectable in the con sistency of Lord Ittnene's political economy. Two maths ago the amusing letter to his steward, in which he denounced the practice of increasing wages iortion to the wants of labourers, was con tystrz by some portion of the press with his treat ment of a marvellous lot of prize pigs which lay panting in Baker-street, with paws like those of kangaroos and snouts as of hedgehogs, projecting from enormous cowls of fat. We have too much fellow -feeling with our contemporaries to grudge them an oprrtunity for a joke ; but, in fact, the dis position to raise produce to a maximum is by no means inconsistent with the wish to keep expenses at a minimum. The man who sells bacon in the dearest market is the very person to buy labour in the cheapest. A down years ago, when political economy NW in fashion, Lord Itsnsoe would have been praised for echoing the universal cry. We are not certain that it may not be as useful to repeat it, in this age of philanthropy, when the laws of produc tion and exchange are forgotten in the general en thusiare for universal theoretic benevolence. We certainly do not agree in the arguments of Lord RADNOR'S protest against the Irish Relief Bill. When he states that the government has no store of food wherewith to supply the people, or funds for pro viding the same, he forgets the undoubted fact that government has the money and may buy the corn. His meaning probably is expressed in the succeeding proposition, that " the supply of food leads to injustice and disastrous consequences, because such funds can be obtained only by taxation ; and if the taxes are levied (as they ought and profess to be) equally on all, the whole will be taxed to supply the wants of a pert; the consequence of which must be, that some persons on the verge of destitution will be thus reduced to the same state as those whom they are taxed to re lieve, and that those who by prudence and industry have raised themselves out of the reach of want, will be taxed for the relief of the improvident and idle." The assumptions of the fatal universality of taxation, of the prudence and industry of the rich, and of the im providence of the poor, are highly characteristic of the class of reasoner' to which Lord RADNOR belongs. Impregnable to favour or affection, popularity or odium, the true believer in political economy elimi nates every fact as well as every disturb:ng influence widish interferes with the symmetry of his rules. If taxation has got so pervading a hold, that the slight est increase of expenditure submerges some who were jest on the brink of poverty, if innocent poverty and unmerited comfort still exist in the land, why so much the worse for the country : the principle re- Mains the same : as, in the theory of mechanics, fric tion mast be put out of the question. In applied mechanics, it unfortunately too often brings the machine to a stand-still. No doubt the general assumption of the supremacy of self interest, which is at the basis of political economy, must also be the foundation of all sound economic policy. Lord RADNOR'S theory is right, but the statesman is distinguished from the theorist by the capacity to see exceptions and to modify the applies ties of rules. It cannot be denied that, in the words of the pro test, it is dangerous for a government to lead the people to rely upon it for support—that the Irish are of a temperament peculiarly likely to be so misled. It is true that experience in England (Lard RADNOR strangely says " in England and Ireland") under the old administration of the poor-law proves that the attempt to provide gratuitously for the needy is in its restate dangerous to property and to the independence and well-being of the people. There are, indeed, dangers in abundance to be foreseen as the result of the present measures for averting starvation , in Ireland. There is the risk not only of breaking through the rules of political economy, but of forget ting the principles on which they are founded, of providing for the pouring out of wealth without re garding the sources which supply it. But on the other side is the starvation of a whole country, to be averted not only by a sacrifice of accumulated wealth, but by weakening the rules which have made its ac cumulation possible. Political economy is but the consistent inference from the rights of property; and those very rights must now for a time be subordinate to still higher considerations. He is the devil," said the followers of DR BRACT, as they shrank from the encounter with Ceuta DE LION. " And if be were the devil," said their leader, as he pressed for ward from the burning castle—" if he were the devil, would you fly from him into the month of hell ?" In the concluding sentence of his protest Lord RADNOR distinguishes between the charity which may be a proper motive for individuals and the jus tice which must guide a government ; but, in fact, all his arguments would apply to voluntary benevolence, as well as to relief from the fends of the state. As he told his steward, that labourers in Berkshire must abide by the sacred laws of supply and demand, so he virtually tells the House of Lords and the country that the Irish poor must take the consequences of not having provided against distress. Aide-tei, and per haps, le clef evidera. If not, Heaven must answer for it. Private charity, even if it could possi bly be comprehensive enough to meet the occasion, would tend as much as parliamentary grants to diminish the self-reliance of the Irish, and to teach them to depend on external aid. Seven millions raised, if it were possible, by private subscription, would be to the Irish indistin guishable from a public grant, while the pressure on the donors would be incomparably more oppressive, unequal, and ruinous, than a corresponding amount of taxation. If the constituted organs and autho rities of the state are ever to overrule individual dissentients, it is just that they should do so in raising funds for objects of general concern. We cannot understand why Lord ItAneort's ideal system of taxation should be so constructed as to press hardly on the poorest class above pauperism. The result which he indicates would seem rather to show that the legislator would, even for the interests of the revenue, be disposed to spare them : but we are certain that no scheme of taxation which ever pre vailed in England would be so vexatious as a voluntary contribution of immense amount, which would leave the selfish, the stingy, and the consistent economists, to enjoy an entire immunity. There is no true distinction in political economy between public mid private munificence, except from the greater dis crimination with which individual charity may be expected to be dispensed. In an emergency like that of the Irish famine, it is evident that public and re le functionaries have far greater facilities for dicingfishing real distress and detecting imposition than can be possessed by , any private person. The mosey to be given is a sacrifice, the habits engendered and the miles violated are a great sacrifice; but the ,violation of principle would be the same in the case of 'private charity, and the voluntary taxation which it must involve would be at the same time oppressive and _ _ Neverthelese, we are quite serious in saying that we rived Lord RADNOR'S CORtidefley--Rdillail• enending the reaction of popular oratory and litera ture, the rules of political economy are neither a adssion ner a dream. Public wealth is still made up of the wealth of individuals, and is promoted by the ..consistent pursuit by each of his own private interest. 1 lb* poorest clues of the oommunity gain more by i the selfishness of the j i l r ha tt ro bours than they mg pl Wet hope from their , py• Whom t 6 ein 18 area weal th them be some fir all, where stein I "be yreesnts of sixteen millions, the poorest will Rest. The laws of wealth, which were once on silty trope, seem now to need a prophet, and Lord ittheica is. , •-ining to undertake the office. lie month believe that the arguments which, per kin, convinced him in youth, and which in his lousier years commanded universal assent, have been smitten in these days by some incurable blight which makes them no longer capable of supplying nourishment to a state. In his isolation he may serve u a warning to those who echo popular opinions, how rapidly philanthropy itself may be come obsolete ; but his perseverance and consistency show that he belongs to a higher order. He is right in believing that the frame of modern society rests on the law of enlightened self-interest. His error con sists in his failing to recognise the existence of con siderations paramount even to that order of society. Perhaps Lord RADNOR may not be aware that the most thoroughgoing revolutionists who have yet ap peared in the world, the Communists now exist ui in Germany, have welcomed the thorough going conclusions of political economy as the consistent redtsctiu ad absurdum of the principle of property. They would rejoice to see Lord RADNOR successful in opposing the rules of his science to the wants of Ireland. Here, they would say, is a theory logically followed out, which leads to the starvation of millions. Given the existence of property, the chain of reasoning is complete. Now, therefore, let us, tke anarchists, try whether oar an nihilation of property, and of the system founded on property, could lead to a worse result To say that property is more sacred than life, is to grant us all the admission we desire. The only answer that can be given is that which the country is practically offering. Without retracting any economical prin ciple, believing that the accumulation of wealth is one of the chief interests of a nation, and that private self-interest is the most efficient instrument for the purpose, we yet admit that there may be higher objects still, and that at the certain loss of much material advantage, with the probable risk of great contingent evil, it is above all things necessary to meet, and, if possible, avert a famine. MurrsaiNns of discontent are beginning to be heard in France on account of the more active part aken by the national marine in helping the Eng lish to hunt down the slave-traders. The Jour nal du Horns of Tuesday . last, complains that England " has succeeded in compelling France to associate herself with operations, the effect of which is to render her liable for abetting attempts on the independence of other flags.' The cause of this complaint is the refusal of the Brazilian govern ment to comply with a wish lately expressed on the part of the French. Some years ago the go vernment of Brazil allowed a survey of part of the Amazons to be executed by the commander of a French man-of-war, although the Treaty of Utrecht would have warranted a refusal to admit the ship into the waters of that river. An attempt made lately by the French Minister at Rio to open a negotiation for leave to complete the survey was so unfavourably received, that 3L GE SAINT-UEORGES speedily desisted. This, the newspaper we have named attributes to the displeasure excited in the Brazilian authorities on account of the capture of their vessels suspected of being engaged in the slave trade by the French steamers on the west coast of Africa. The Journal du Havre intimates that Sardinia, and some others of the second-rate powers, are equally indignant at the conduct of France. The journal more than half hints that England's main object in inducing France to enter into the convention for the suppression of the slave trade was to compromise it with other maritime pow ers. The suspicion is groundless ; but it is nevertheless true, as the journal remarks, that less invidious measures for the suppression of the slave trade might have been resorted to. Nay, we will go further : the experience of many years has established that the over-sea slave trade cannot be sup pressed by our attempts to establish a coast blockade of Africa. We have expended much money in this crusade, I thrown away many valuable lives, and yet the numbers of slaves annually carried across the Atlantic have been little, if at all, diminished ; while the sufferings of the I poor creatures themselves have been incalculably in creased. So long as there are communities willing and able to purchase African slaves, e 0 long will there be adventurers ready to brave all dangers and supply the commodity. It is only by putting an end to slavery that we can put an end to the slave-trade. And we can only put an end to the slavery of Africans in tropical countries, by showing experimentally in the British sugar colonies, that the free labour of Africans may be made more economical and productive than their compulsory labour as slaves. This, however, cannot be done ;so long as vexatious and unnecessary impedimenta are thrown in the way of the emigra tion of free labourers from Africa into oar West Indian colonies. The information which Mr. BARELY elicited last night from Mr. HAWES, relative to the , experiment about to be instituted by our government, to ascertain the possibility of establishing a con tinuous plan of sending free labouring immigrants from Africa to the West Indies, shows that ministers entertain this conviction. The Infant Don Enrique landed at Toulon on the 14th. La Pearls, an evening journal, announced on Wednesday night that a report was current in well informed quarters that England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia had combined in common a protest against the sovereignty of the Rey of Tanis. La Paine says that, to add to all the embarrass ments at present existing in the diplomatic relations at Paris, Lord Normanby is to leave for Italy imme diately after the soiree on Friday. This statement, however, appears to be without any confirmation. The leading Paris journals, with the exception of the aosseitattonisel, suspended their discussion on M. Chivies diplomacy and the international etiquette of Lord Palmerston. The National mentions a report that M. Cunin-Gridaine, Minister of Commerce, intends to resign office, on amount of ill-health. The same journal says that M. Lucave-Laplagne , Minister of Finance, has also determined to retire. The committee on the bill relative to the augmenta ion of the army for the home service, has recom mended that the additional number should amount to 47,000 men. - - - PAM., Vas. I6.—]Tree per Ousts., 76 ad; rin par Mt►, 116 a 6: Pour.snd ..Halt per Cents.,—. Pone per Cents., III; 8.*.. nye per Cents OM, 1611 1141, 101"; Nsples /tauten. 101 TO ; neniil Leon. 101 1 . 136•11 sham., =7o. Itsennagt a& Lennon, PO days, 33 XI, 00., pi dam 29. Fes. 112—Parts and Orleans. 1,263 73 ; Fria and aeon, 676, Contra Vises.. Derdeasn. SU 73 Mints. 111 13. We have received the Madrid mail of the 12th inst. There was a report at Madrid that General Pezuela had resigned his poet as Captain-General at Madrid, and that he was to be succeeded by General Oraa. The re was also a vague rumour of a ministerial crisis, owing to dissensions among the ministers relative to who was to be appointed Minister of Marine. It was presumed that General Baldwin° would be appointed Minister of Marine. At two o'clock on the 12th the Queen received the deputation of the Senate with the address in reply to the royal . All the ministers were nt. The Count speec of h Altamira gave a grand banq uet on the 11th on the occasion of the marriage of is son with the Infanta, daughter of the infant Don Franciso de Paul. Her Majesty honoured the banquet with her presence. A letter from Valencia states that the division of 700 men, which was to embark for the Equator, has been dissolved. About 160 of them have entered other regiments. The second in command at Valencia has left to take command of the troops oaths Portu guese frontier. A letter from Bergs, in Catalonia, of the 7tb inst., says that a Cerliat band, commanded by Ito. de Crolls, entered the village of Olvaz ; they were going to La Hum. A body - et - troops marched against them, and a few shots were interchanged without result. They then left in the direction of Boado. On the following day they made their appearance at San Jean de Maudam. Their number was computed at ninety. Tv. 11.—Ttope.serCeats , lkor.sar-00010.. SOS . .:11... 6 14 3 : 3 ., 74 . SS; 00.0....296. 100 k id Teedia•ad. 230. FRANCE AND RUSSIA.—Coax EXPORTATION. —lt has bees stated that the rumour of a Russian imps. rial ukase against all exportation of corn woes fon a letter Vivo_ the Preach consul at Odeon to 11. Rothe- , Otiose child- This letter reported the effect that M. a remark frees a cr ... fonetietsary at , to M &lid should " take away o much cern is pos sible, se the Russian poets would soon be eloesd." Rothschild, on receivieg the eenon a nication, housed to K. Ouirot to gain prec is information. K. Gullet re plied that be knew not of such a measure i but , afte r thaaking Rothschild r the communicanott, said he .110.11 d hasten to take all steps necessary to prevent the pro mulgation of a Russian tdemeno-disastroos tor France. It is asserted that soon afterwards a courier was sent with de splashes for the dee . srgd d'affliires at Petersburg, requesting hLa to employ his Influence in favour of keeptag open the Russian porta. If suoh an ukase has paned, we are at a loss to comprehend the motives of the Russian Emperor for THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1847. awl a measure, as there is no ed•auta of prices of grain in Itustia to nose any anziwty, It would appear to be purely political.--Journal du Havre, Feb, 13. ITALY.—DoN 1111c0r.t..---A letter from Rome say.—" The departure of Don Miguel still form, the prin• cipal topic of conversation. It is said that the reprewnta. tires of France, Spain, and Portugal have complainel of not having been informed of it. It seems to be certain that the government was a perfect stranger to his Bight. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. A WS/11LT COUNCIL was held at the Society'. House, in Hanover-square, oa Wednesday last, the 17th of Febnury ; the Earl of Egmont, prasidosit, in the chair. POTATO DISEASE. —Mr. Foster transmitted to the society various documents on the subject of the potato disease. In them Sir John Johnstone stated that the potatoes in the vicinity of his residence in Yorkshire had all been affected, within the period of two days, as if struck by a blight ; the beans and peas had been also to a certain extent smitten in the same way. Mr. Miler had found his celery and hrocoli affected by a brown spot n-on the leaves, which immediately resulted in the decay of the plants. lie had, however, not yet heard of potatoes being affected with the prevalent dos sane in the neighbourhood of copper-works. Lord Portman had been informed that it prevailed to a great extent in the West Indies. Dr. Calvert would inspect and report upon the microscopical illustrations of diseased specimens. BISET-BISEAD.—Mr. Briscoe forwarded to the Council upecimees of househould bread made under his direction by Mr. Doer, baker, of New Bond-street, of equal parts of mangold-wursel pulp and fine wheaten flour in one case, and of equal puts of the same pulp and wheaten flour from which the bran had not been separated in the other ease • the juice having been pressed out of the pulp, and no wets; used in the making of the bread. Mr. Briscoe informed the council that this bread had been found very palatable, and could be made for half the price of that in ordinary use. AUSTUALIAN POTATOES AND WISZAT.—Mr. Majeadie, of Ileditigham-castle, Essex, reported to the council the testimony of the Bishop of Tasmania, and of the Rev. T. J. Ewing, chaplain of New-town, Van Diemen's-land, in favour of the excellent quality of the Australian potatoes, which had been found to remain perfectly sound and free from disuse during the voyage to England. The variety brought home in the Jane Frances is known in the colony as " Brown's River Potato," and the supply was as good when the vessel arrived off the Lizard as when she first set sail.— Mr. Msjendi expressed his intention of presenting a sup ply of these potatoes to the council for trial among the mem bers ; and he was authorised by Lady Franklin to state that, should the council think it desirable to write out to Australia for a further supply, it would give her much pleasure to be the medium of communication in the attainment of this ob ject, as well as in that of obtaining also from the colony a supply of the finest seed wheat grown in that part of the world, forcultivation in England. After some further busi- MN, the council adjourned to Wednesday next, the 24th instant. COMMISSION BY KEIL IMAJKSTY'S COMMISSIONERS OP LIPUTISNANCY P.lll. THS CITY.-0. Platt, Esq., to be Captain of Royal Loudon Militia. CITY OF LONDON UNION.—The following is an ab stract of the report of the special committee appointed to inquire as to the necessity for and the cost of a workhouse : "To the Board of Guardians of thecity of London Union. We, your committee, to whom it was referred to prepare informa tion as to the neceseity for a workhouse, beg leave to report that we have considered the subjects referred to us, and find that the publication of your intention to procure the erection of • workhouse for this union has given rise to a great deal of misapprehension in the minds of many- With • view, therefore, to remove all doubts and misapprehensions, an d prevent unnecessary excitement or opposition, we skill pro ceed to state such reasons as appear to us conclusive as to the necessity for erecting a union workhouse without delay. In order that our remarks may be the better understood, we shall divide the subject into the following heads, and show, first, the necessity for • workhouse ; secondly, the probable cost of the same ' • thirdly, the benefits we expect to arise both to the poor and the rate payers from the possession of such workhouse. First, se to the necessity for a union workhouse. We are of opinion that there is a great want of a proper classifica tion In the present poor-houses. In the quadrangle of each house the old and the young, the industrious and the idle, the profligate sod the unfertunete rate-payer, of both sexes, are compelled to mix together. We strongly urge the necessity for a proper workhouse, in order that evils of such magni tude and such serious importance, particularly to the youth. rut inmates of your poor-houses, may be remedied without delay. In addition to the above , are many regulations as to discipline, order, comfort and cleanliness, which might be introduced with advantage into a workhouse of your own. Such advantages and comforts arc not faun I complete in any one workhouse, but being adopted partially in one or more, there can be no reason why the guardians of this union should not make use of the experience thus gained, and introduce every improvement of discipline or comfort into their workhouses, built and adapted for the purpose. With respect to the second point, namely, the probable cost of a workhouse, we have ascertained the cost of three of the workhouses rot recently built in the neighbourhood of the metropolis ; that is to say, Wandsworth, Greenwich, and Bethnal-green. We find that the coat of the building and site of the Wandsworth workhouse, to contain 550 inmates, was about 20,0001. ; of the Greenwich workhouse, to contain 1,100 inmates, was about 30,0001. • and of Bethnal-green workhouse, to contain 1,100 inma tes, was about 25,000/. Taking these as a guide, and bearing in mind the probably higher value of land, but at the same time the decrease in the price of building materials, we think we may fairly presume that the cost of a site to and of erecting a suitable workhouse for this union, to contain 1,200 inmates, would not exceed 30,0001. The total cost, therefore, would not exceed 40,0001. The guardians are autho rised, by act of parliament, to raise the necessary sum fur building a workhouse by loan, repayable by instalments, with interest, in twenty years. The above mentioned sum of 40,0001. would be charged to each parish ; and it may be observed that each pariah will be at liberty either to pay off suth amount at once, or by twenty instal ments, with interest, in twenty years, whichever may be most in accordance with the wishes of the rate-payers. We will next proceed to offer a few considerations as to the benefit to be derived to the rate-payers after the workhouse is erected. We find by the returns for this union for the year 1846 (which we take because the prices of provisions, &c. during that year were stationary), that the whole average con per week for each pauper maintained in the present poor-house was ss. 91, or thereabouts. We include in such sum of Is. 9d. all extras allowed either by the board or the medical officer. We also find that the highest cost per head per week for maintenance an clothing in several of the unions round the metropolis at the same period, viz., the year ending March, 1846, amounted to 3e. 61d., but this being exclusive of ens blhhment expenses, which we estimate at a sum certainly not exceeding 16001. a year, we add to the above sum of lla 61d. the further sum of 9d. for establishment expenses, making a total wet per head per week of 4s. 31d., which being deducted from the cost in the union of ss. 9d., will show a saving upon each pauper per week of Is. 51d., and taking this upon 800 inmate' only, the saving to the union would be about 3,0001. pee annum, with all its conveniences and appendages, over the narrow and improper accommoda tion afforded by the present poor-houses.—Signed, Thomas Thornton, 0. Sherman, A. Solomon, R. A. Warwick, J. Morris, J. Gann, J. Col man. H. W. Ward F. W. Vigers, G. Brooke, G. Simmons."—A table is appended to the re port, showing the average number of indoor adult poor, exclusive of children and lunatics, and the total number of out-door poor for the several years from 1839 to 1846. HURRICANE.—A hurricane took place between four sad five o'clock yesterday morning, it being nearly high water, on the Thames. Barges were driven from their moorings. Hundreds of sticks of timber &tilted here and there, the lashing of the wove, threw down several em bankments between Vauxhall and Putney-bridges; and between Battersea and Putney nolos than five sailing barges were sunk. In three oases the crews succeeded in reaching the shore in safety. In the fourth there was • very narrow erape of life ; and in the last case, the men having charge of the huge are believed to be drowned, as nothing had been heard of th om up to last evening. Thehurriesnehas been al moet r disastrous on land. In the nursery gardens around Clap- ham, Balhans-hill, and Battersea, immense mischief has been done by the uprooting of shrubs, &n ; and in Wienble den, niobium& and Bushy-park, many trees have beta blown down, and some hundreds lopped of their branches. Great damage has also been sustained by the rare and valu - Akio tionestion of ;darts in Kew-gardens. InfttliTlCTDft—Yesterday morning, at an early hoer, so a private watchman on duty in the South Lam ' teeth-road, near Vauxhall-bridge, he saw a deal box, about twelve inches square, lying in a field at the rear of the Crows and Thistle tavern. It was tightly bound with a cord, eml he carried it to the nearest tavern, where he with mole difficulty unfastened the lid, and to his astonishment : discovered the liedy of a newly-born male child. It was quite naked , and the box was filled op with ashes. RIOT AT LAMBETH WORKHOUSE.— Yesterday afternoos, a lens amber of ormal female rupees, who have teenage* boa sent to the county gaol, Brix ton. for :Mims 'net and ftindow , assembled ftioakin4 sy is Est' being wortkingoe, finasediog relief, sad sot mires' of the momeat Shopping several oessmenwil an Maw* as the wheaten. noir set and bow be game see Wasted a miSmoonues ti idle sad bad choreetsre, who agoweady seemed to urge than on is Irk work if ' daimon's. The shutters at the bower part ft . the building were necessarily coft mild to be abrad e as • may ot the Legatee received meow Injury by Um gems fad other minas' which they burled asm the various womb, gawiag mach fear maws the aged {smuts. nes police arrived, and after a little aseibise has et the rig-leaders were taken into custody. FALL dr RAs. Solna in Lori-num.—On Tharsday raseolog, Wonky Our 4 *Walk en midget w eaned la linwOrobt, tiondtvish, by whisk mega lignage womb' Ilmsiimil pen & Tor moth Om pest, the awninged 216 fa the siren. , ea, a shopal, ll = been soudderell Moab Sem de @bee e hetwitts-; deadles, ea. ddoefy bay. Ordlltorsi bar two digegh ten, eusdissed to renal thargia, Om ils atendes le. quer tiers. h* violent gib stela& a Idly Mesh otabioney., tooth* Mil the &a eirfilli with • Mash, remehing s &....el *whir. ewe Oahe s gm the to ef the met en the one known as the T II •'M Collire-home, both reed were forded la, ends so thoh the Tallier ot . bath i fl i rl :Mk brides awe rabbi & The bsinift b r;:ftri bs = = sad sew. owed &Wadi= ; ow OW punks only say peeled injury, that merely a eat am the heed. FALL or w niecinnie In lIINLITY.--+ On nattily skews, ens bill ha ie . whisk, =A I wigs Air Ware. 'NM heotA flo d i e t son dine& The bows ere ot , smdl oen 'sterner • Illivilateg noto w 4re of ever the bosh title inantoo, We cry treti. vinyl • raw leen %ballet by ma glailly, We pay •=1 rtattni Wheolsit t h ey blabs.' often wawa at dos lof • tipsy _ponistod ft yortikshog. Steles& efl de s eMera diked awnyi, No et the a finaole; was . As inunediabi seine was tise, agg she was discovered' in the bask pan of the bony worm doll mina, and conveyed to the bow et a neighbour, ohs gib.' stained very littio injury, RI Ina reorweg, ILLICIT DISTILLERIES.—Yesterday, no lees than four illicit stills were seized by the Excise in the course of the day. From the observation of Messrs. James and Fre derick Pargeter, officers of excise, of premises No. 27, St. Peter's-street, Bethnal-green, and the delivery there of cer tain suspicious articles, they were convinced that something illegal was going on, and on obtaining a search-warrant they proceeded to the house, and having gained admission, they soon found that those suspicions were perfectly correct- On proceeding to the front kitchen they found a large copper still in full work, running off strong spirits. They then went to the back kitchen, when another immediately met their view, also at work. In this room two men were engaged, and so buoy were they that for some time they were unaware of the preeence of the officers. One of them was holding a bladder with a funnel in it, while the other was filling it with spirits from a tub. One gave the name of Jamas Brown, and the other Alfred Crompton, but protested that they were only servants. There was a large quantity of fermented wash and spirits, and the sena distillery apparatus, which they seized.—The next ease was at No. 7, Scott-street, Bethnal-green, kept by a man named Joseph Adlington. The officers got over a gateway, and effected an entrance into the house, where they found a still at full work, running off spirits of wine, a quantity of spirits fifty over-proof, fermented wash(which was destroyed), and all the usual apparatus, which were wised and conveyed to the excise warehousea—The third case was in Stoney-lane, Petticoat-lane. Messrs. Bayford and Lewin', the indefatigable officers, from information received, went to a house in the above street, and after a good deal of trouble effected an en trance. In a back apartment they found • very tare still in full work, and a mean attending to it, with an immense quantity of fermented wash prepared for carrying on a large trade, with spirits ready for sending out. The apparatus was of a complete deeeription, the whole of which was seized. This is the second still seized by Messrs. Bayford sad Lewin* within Bolan few days. INQUEST YESTERDAY.-.-ALLEGED POISONING WITH WUoNo MRDlClMB.—Pursaant to adjournment from the previous day by Mr. T. Watley, M. P., at the Wheat sheaf, Camden Town, to inquire into the death of Miss Sarah Ellen Collyer, alleged to have died from the effects of a certain unauthorised medicine prescribed for her by Dr. Cronin. Dr. Cronin was in attendance, accompani ed by a professional adviser. Mr. J. Pound said, the deceased and himself, who were cousins, had been under the treat ment of Dr. Cronin, of Leicester-place, Leicester-square. The deceased coriiplained of pain in her back, and when he went with her to see the doctor, on the 3rd instant, he gave her the prescription produced, and afterwards gave it to his assistant to maks up. They paid each a guinea as a fee for two visits, and 2s. for the medicine. On Monday evening last, about 10 o'clock, deceased had the prescription made up by Mr. Cortield, chemist, of 47, High-street, Camden town. The label stated that two spoonful were to be taken three times a.day. The deceased took the medicine on Monday eight, in a wineglass, the quantity being rather MOM Ihna one table-spoonful. A minute or two after Chewed had taken the medicine, she exclaimed, " How einem. I feel !" and made her way out of the parlour. Ob serving that she appeared ill, and staggering, witness followed her to the garden door, where she fell. He raised an alarm, and a relative, who was in the house, ran for Mr. Corfield, who, the moment he came, fetched a sur geon. The deceased died in a quarter of an hour after. She had been lively and cheerful up to the moment she took the medicine; but after she fell, she groaned loudly. When Dr. Cronin gave Miss Collyer the medicine be told her to take two table spoonful three times a day. Dr. Cronin told her to keep on with the mine medicine, and said the medicine could be made up at any chemist's lam positive he made the latter observation. The witness Imre identified the prescription, which was signed D.C., as the one given to her by Dr. Cronin, and the bottle containing the medicine, from which she had taken the fatal close.—Mr. J. A. John son deposed to being present when the deceased took the medicine; ebe laughed, said it was rather strong, and handed him the glass, and he remarked that it smelt strongly of almonds. The witness showed the quantity taken in the wine glass, which, on being measured, was not quite a table-spoon ful and a half. Mr. George Weathers, surgeon, said, I was called to see deceased about a i before 10 on Monday evening, I found her in the parlour perfectly insensible, with limbs extended, pupils dilated, and pulse exceedingly tremulous. Understood she had taken some medicine five or six minutes before ; and from her appearance, sepposed her at the time to be labouring under the effects of prussic acid. Endea voured to induce vomiting; and, as she was rapidly 'inking, he gave brandy and ammonia; but she bad no power to swallow, and died in a quarter of au hour. Had since exa mined the body in the presence of several medical friends, and found it in every part perfectly healthy, except that the surface of the brain was somewhat congested, and that the ventricles presented a slight odour of prussic acid. The witness here described the various tests applied in the analysis, in which he said he was assisted by Dr. Scoffern, and that the result gave the presence of a sufficient quantity of prasaic acid teaccount for death. Mr. Wakley here inquired if the friends of deceased made any complaint against Mr. Corfleld, the chemist who supplied the medicine; and being answered in the negative, Dr. Cronin said, as that question had been put, he wished to know in what position be stood, or if there was any . complaint against him ? The Coroner . Certainly,Dr.Cronin, you are charged with prensibing a medi cine by which the deceased's death has been caused, and it is my duty to tell you now that your position is a very serious one. —Dr. Cronin expressed his surprise that he was there criminally before the court, having been summoned as a wit ness. He had, however, no wish to evade the responsibility, and would at once acknowledge the prescription to be his.— The prescription, written in Latin, was here rendered into English, as follows: Spirit of ammonia, 2 drachms; tinc ture of opium, 16 drops ; prussic acid (Scbeele's strength)) , 4 drops; bitter almonds water (Num amygdalie smarm ) , 6 ounces ; compound strychnia powder, 2 grains. Feb. 3r , 1847. Mies Collyer. Two spoonsful three times • day. D. C,"—Mr. Danield Cordeld said he had the prescription produced sent to him from Mee. Collyer's about seven o'clock on Monday evening. It contained two articles he had not got, namely, the compound strychnia powder and the bitter almonds water, the latter of which he got from Mews. Bell, of Oxford-street. He dispensed the prescription in every respect accurately, with the exception of the corn strychnia powder, which he could not find either in the London or Dublin " Pharmacopreia," or any seer nised medical work. He had known bitter 'laced, wad= to be used previously, but sever interimilly. Mr. Zee* Bell, Mr. Weathers, Dr. Scoffern, and Mr. Mcareson, aII ' stated that the " compound strychnia powder" was not known in the British Pharmacopiria. The coroner said it was quite certain the medicine prescribed was trot to be found in any recognised formula, and the bitter almonds water might be of very great strength, or very slight strength. It was therefore necessary that the bitter almonds water used, and the medicine which the deceased took, should be tested with the greatest minuteness, to ascertain if the mein- ' tine dispensed contained more prussic acid than it ought, in accordance with Dr. Cronin's prescription. Dr. Scoffern said he had tested the medicine, and found it to contain about one quarter per cent. of real prussic acid. In the bitter almonds water he found prussic sad and oil of bitter almonds, also, to the extent of about one quarter per neat. Mr. Bell, in his examination, stated that he never dispensed such a prescription as the one produced, and had he hadit presented,he should have gone to the physician and asked him dim knew the effect of the medicine he had prescribed. Had never known bitter almonds water used Internally. A gentleman, named Tennant, said he had had the very me dicine from Mr. Bell's shop made up from a prescription of Dr. Cronin's.—Dr. Cronin said, he considered he had a right to complain that his prescription was not made up entire; he did not like the colour of the medicine made by Mr. Cor field. If the " compound atrychnia powder" had been it being a preparation of oxide of iron, would have the prussic acidinert, and made the medicine appear of a bluer colour—The coroner said, it was most essential to ascertain the exact amount of the prosaic acid in the mixture, and in the bitter almonds water, to see if more than the four drops of prussic acid prescribed had been placed in the former, and Dr. Cronin oould appoint some of his friends to assist in such ana'yaia.—Dr. &offer% Mr. Ball, Mr. ldoormen, and Mr. Weathers were then appointed by the coroner, and Dr. Van able' by Dr. Cronin, to make the rewired analysis, for which rirthe inquiry was adjourned Wednesday next, and ronia, and all the medical gentlemen bound over in their own resispiener to attend on that occasion. RHAPPIAMIAIIka or THE POTATO DISEASE.—Sir, I so hen a ruiselet Ow Botanical Society of London, that Mtn Sam" ar Meath, has exhibited namerous speci mens of elleemeed psalms of this yeses growth, sad that he It ANN Sta &am will be more serious then last year. Now It mtesll Iwo boa very mach surprised indeed if these *real sabot bad net the disease, as keying is of all things In the weal& the most likely to produce a. But I beg to caution Om Palk against being alarmed by this repast ; it is we paint all that the dimes will be more maim this year thew bet. If cultivators will be eerefol to alaaa mini mad, aril ha suitable land, I will venture to say mang em ileat bas produced.—Ozoaoa T. Diaz, Leasdobb, aim , Feb. 17.—N.8. The rashes= who =lsm the dime to the fly knows very hale d the I era= • it is =riga sown= to ascribe it to ea= a swarm RalcrEne.-Bir,—ln an article relating to abeam eteasimistieel »vas width =peered ia year raw ad =fryer leas areva la a =teat la ewe, erantyrenrana ; and, amahot file yes say that aeisaus us very woe in the of a elm of stathellas the oiled Beiehea, =is join the elf the chatter tri the inematies. ant* ea afthe Prom an exteriva earaintasea with the et Chetah= ankuria, by wa.7 r•Pmeh , " " gay conaledea tar, tbat year Iwo et the po lka et *sir reealake is assesses ; being sae Of ea nisi erthe araseshis set le allow, I uglier any the lasteiemt f aaelf lmtgllami dew In Ober religham Widealtama Vilift ele . this rule I'm, la mast with einiseadiag =reed I in= you an, in reties to the roam impilesial, in= the above.—..Tosra, A. W. Hiarraort, Baptist slibitar, Feb. 17. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Fos. 111. The solicitor-general has been returned for Galway by • majority of seven, after a very severe contest, the numbers on t he e re and anal poll being, Moosleen, 508, , 501. The raceme of the golicitorteneral bas been regarded by the moderate of all parties u a Tata.; for government, and an sesames and consolation in the midst of the to which one portien of their policy his been exposed. Even in Galway, where that foolish verdict to which reference has been so Ass made during the election, might be supposed to indicate the anti-ministerial dose of public opinko, the well known anxiety or the government to relieve and raise up baa found an ung. (pivotal respomalhe &boa could compare the Galway lelection to nothing lesssublime than the Pass of Thee-. mopylte. Well, the gates were forced notwithstand-' lag the combined shoulders of old and young Ireland. The victory should be considered in another light, even more important than the political one, as some re quital to the munificence of England. True: the return of an Irish law-officer for an Irish borough conld not be regarded in a very imperial light; but people associate that fact with British generosity, and rejoice in the result. Emigration on a very extensive scale is about to take place. In the north, this movement is connected with an important part. The small farmers are sell ing out their tenant rights for sums as loge as might be had for them in more prosperous times. " Men," says a northern journal, " who have been literally starvel out of their farms, which, were they occupied rent-free, would not afford a comfortable subsistence to their families, find persons who are willing to pay them large sums for the privilege of mere occupa tion." The purchase-money which often amounts to twenty-six years rent, would procure the fee simple of more fertile land in America or the British colonies. If the landlords were able but unwilling to buy in these rights, the enlargement of farms by consolila dation becomes impossible in their hands. The state of crime in the provinces is not propor tionate to the fears entertained of its progress in the beginning of the winter. Hunger has subdued the cravings of guilt even in those districts where social violations had assumed the character of an endemic disease. Limerick is rather heavy in number (183) ; but the great majority is fur minor offences. Wes& meath, also, is lighter in the quality than the quan tity of crime, the number of prisoners confined in Mullingar gaol being 156, of whom 67 were impri soned since the Ist of January. The King's County calendar reckons 63, chiefly for the smaller offence a; and Clare 60 only. One of the Society of Friends, on behalf of an English charitable association, is making an inspec tion of all the union workhouses in Ireland. He in spected the Derry workhouse very minutely last week. It is a remarkable fact, from which each will draw his own inference, that there are not less than fifteen thousand puncheons of whiskey at present stored in l)ublir. __ An important meeting was held in Waterford on Tuesday last, at which the Mayor presided. The ob ject of the meeting was to pass resolutions, and to petition parliament in favour of an union and against an electoral rating. The whole of the Irish an electoral rating. The former is the mode of rating proposed in the new measure of relief for Irish destitution now before parliament, and is vehemently oppoeed both by " the Irish party" and the great body of the landlords. Captain Newport addressed the meeting against the measure of union rating, but he was not able to find a seconder to an amendment in favour of the electoral rate. The whole of the Irish cities, towns, and villages are unanimous for an union rate. They say that by the electoral mode the landlords are able to throw upon the towns the maintenance of such paupers as they may make by " clearances" of estates, and consolidation of farms. The landlords, on the contrary, urge that the anion principle is a discouragement to improving landlords, and is likewise calculated to encourage an indiscri minate admission of all applieants into the poor house. One fact, related in an Irish journal, fur nishes a very strong corroboration of the argu ment urged on behalf of the cities and towns. Upon a recent occasion, in Drogheda, sixty paupers were admitted in one day, chargeable on the town division of the union, and of these not fewer than forty were natives of the rural districts, who had just lived in the town long enough to qualify. I must not forget to add, as a curious incident con nected with the Waterford meeting above referred to, that a vote of thanks was proposed (and carried by acclamation) to Lord John Russell, for having proposed the union rating, and expressing a hope that he would not be deterred from persevering in it, nor omit the fact that this vote of thanks was pro posed by the most ultra repealer in Waterford. COMMAIV DES C•FPIN'S LETTER.--Sir,—The letter of Captain Catfin, which appears in your paper to-day, detail ing the scenes of distress in &hull parish, of which he had been an eye-witness, will no doubt have arrested the atten don of your readers ; and those of them who have become subscribers to the British Association for the Relief of Dia -1 trees in Ireland and Scotland, will naturally wish to know what has been done by that asexiation with reference to this particular district. It will be satisfactory to them to learn that the very ship (the Scourge) which Captain Coffin hail under his command, was laden exclusively with provisions for the relief of that district, purchased with the funds, and shipped by the exertions. of the relief committee at Bristol, in communication with, and under the advice and sugges tion of, the committee of the British association in London. The cargo of the Scourge consisted of 96 tons of meal, biscuits, Hour, and peas. Further cargoes of provision have been placed under the control of the agent of the British Association for the relief of the district immediately sur rounding Schutt. In justice to the effort. of the British Association, and for the satisfaction of the humane feelings of the public, I have deemed it my duty to enter into this explanation, which I tram you will admit into your columns toinorrow.—Ssmerx JONES LOT 11, Chairman.—British Association, for the Relief of the extreme Distress in Ire land and Scotland, Committee-r toms, South Sea House, Feb. 19,1847. STAT. OP THE COUNTRY.—The state of Limerick pre. wets, by this day's accounts, a more cheering aspect. Within the last five days nine vessels, laden with Indian corn flour and other N•mdiduffs, had arrived in the Shannon. The quantity of Indian corn in those vessels amounted to 6,300 quarters ; and 6,700 barrels of meal had arrived at Cork, forwarded by the government for the Limerick district. Besides this quantity the London Relief Committee had sent 4,000 barrels tor the same destination, and the Relief Com. mince at the Castle, over which Sir John Burgoyne presides, have allocated 9001. in aid of the Limerick soup kitchens. Throughout the whole county of Limerick', and indeed of West If under generally, the wheat crops look very healthy, and the farmers are sowing considerable quantities of potatoes. The total of Presentments to be applied for at Clare modes amounts to 20,34.51. Os. 4d. I regret to state that the condition of Galway continues to be painful. I have seen a letter from the Rey. Mr. Fits maurice, of Chides, in which he dates that the deaths by destitution in his parish average from ten to fifteen per diem. Karl Spencer has, I learn, subscribed, through Lord Lucan, 1001. to the Castlebar relief fund. COMPRESSED PRAT-CRA SCOAL.-111e, Jasper W. Rogers proposes to cut up the peaty 'upend:stem of the Irish bog land into portions, subject these to hydraulic or other pres sure, and then convert them into charcoal ; thus affording employment to multitudes, preparing the land For useful purposes, and affording the means of smelting /tenth iron into material equivalent to that of Sweden. Turf too, at fo. a ton, will produce as much steam as Scotch cola at 10s. a tem.—Me Builder. RIVER PLATA. The William Peile, Capt. Sproat, from Monte Video, arrived at Liverpool yesterday. She left the Cispla tine capital on the 16th Dec., but up to that date nothing of importance had taken place. Rivera had gone up the Uruguay, with a force of 3000 men. All was quiet in Monte Video, and trade generally was dull. The following is from the Monte Video paper of Dec. 2: - - - " A person, every way deserving of credit, has Sent us an abstract of the treaty of Alcaraz, containing the fol following five articles :-1. Alliance offensive and defensive of the two provinces, Entrerins and Corrientes. 2. Complete neutrality as respects any won of General Roza*, without consent of the two provinces in gueetion. 3. In case of any armed intervention being necessary, General Urquizt to be the commander-in-chief. 4. Recognition of the indepen dence of Paraguay, and invitation to its government to join iu this treaty. 5. Admission of any other province that de sires to join this federal union of the two provinces of En trerios and Corrientes." COLONIAL._ CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Steels has immor talised the letter of a non-commissioned officer of his day ; the letters of the non-commivioned and privates of our day, see in sentiment quite equal, and in shrewd judgment of what goes on around them far superior. The more general diffusion of knowledge in general society has affected the ranks, and regimental libraries and savings banks are carrying on the good work. We have, of late, more than once pre sented our readers with extracts from the letters of indi viduals belonging to thee: classes at present serving in the Cape Colony. Another is at present before us, containing a view of Bleck Drift Camp, very creditably executed ; verses expressive of the feelings of the soldiers who, after serving their limited time at Ceylon, are stopped at the Cape on their way to England, to tight the Kaffirs ; with an account of the places and persons represented in the drawing ; and some rattling gossip for the friend to whom the letter is addressed, intermingled with remark. that indicate sincere religious feeling. " Moist of the regiment," says this shrewd observer, " are of opinion front the succours having arrived from England that we shall soon return home. I hope their expectations may be ful filled; but if I get out of the colony before March next (the letter is dated 19th November), 1 shall be agreeably de ceived. We have been trying to knock up some sort of a treaty with the Kaffir chiefs. Sandilla, the paramount chief of the Gaika tribes, tendered his submission on the 2nd inst., and stated that in fourteen days from that date he would bring into camp all the cattle in his possession. On these terms it was accepted; but, lo' on the 18th he returned with about 150 lean, ill-favoured cattle, and wanted to gammon us 'that was all he bad.' Hn was told that antes, he brought in 2,000 head of cattle by the 22nd, hostilities would be recommenced. Whether he will return with the stipulated somber remains to be seen : if he does not, I think the government too far compromised to begin the mar anew; and I predict that it will be finished, as it began, in a bungling unsatisfactory manner. We shall (1 mean iss of the military) have nothing to plume ourselves on but the endurance of unparalleled hardships in the service of our beloved Queen. For all our marching and counter-marching we shall have nothing but an expensive war and disaatistled colony, without any corresponding result." No one who has studied the history of the Cape colony, and observed at tentively the progress of the present war, can entertain a doubt the writer has correctly estimated the amount of wisdom in its councils, and the probable results of their de terminations. The privations of the troops may be inferred from the following simple statements I suppose by this time bread in England is very cheap; nowhere, they charge us soldiers Is. 3d. per lb. for wheat meal; Is. for a pound of coarse sugar; and (oh, ye gods! who wouldn't smoke 1) 9d. for a clay pipe." Even in these desolate regions, and amid this semi-starvation, however, the gentle pinion seems to assert its sway :—" The Kaffin are as numerous as pos sible on all the hills around the camp, and numbers of their women and children are about the camp wiling bundles of wood and their personal ornaments for small pieces of tobacco [compare this with Barrow's account of his first interview with the Kaffir' in 1799] and meat. They appear to be regularly starved, and are to be pitied, for they, of course, are against the war, and never had their opinion naked. There are some good-looking little dears Among them, though it takes a long while to reconcile one's self to their thick lips, flat noses, and woolly pates. However, our boys are not very particular, and most of them have now a sable Dulcinea. I expect, is the event of active hostilities, some of them will be quite broken-hearted, for the ladies will get orders to sheer off as a matter of course." Speaking of the environs of the camp, he says—" Near the • centre of the valley stands the house of the late diplomatic agent with the Kaffir tribes, which is now falling fast to decay. Its ruin is the more to be deplored, inasmuch as the grounds around it are laid out, and have been planted with all aorta of edible vegetables, some the productions of distant lands, and others indigenous to the country, which have been brought to a high state of perfection. They have indeed been beautiful, and must have conveyed to the abori gine* a striking lesson of the benefice of civilisation, showing them how by industry they might live in comparative ease and comfort, could the y only be induced to drop their pre sent barbarous, thievish, and wandering mode of life." This is a natural enough remark from one who has only seen the, ruins of the " diplomatic agent's house and gardens." We, however, whip know what a staunch supporter he wax of the mistaken policy which encouraged the Kaffin to repel the influence of civilisation, and how unscrupulous in stretching • point to afford seeming arguments in support of a system of management which rendered his agency necessary, will, with us, feel anything but grief at his being dislodg ed. 450Uft. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk yesterday morning in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. H.R.H. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yes terday. The royal family took their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the royal gardens. the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highneesea the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene High ness Prince Frederick of Besse, visited the Zoological Gardens yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yester day afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were-Lord J. Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir Gee. Grey, Viscount Pal merston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Auckland, Sir J. Hobhouue, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the kf argots of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Lsbonchere. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was prevented from attendiag the council by indisposiuon. The council at one hour. Count de St. Aalaire, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.-Count de Schiminelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister, also trans acted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of Chichester had en interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. -Sir William Hestkoote had an interview with the Right Hon. E Strutt yeeterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in Great George-street. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-ofilee for the Governors of Hong-Hong and Ceylon, sad ales for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Island& Lord Howden has arrived in London with such terms respecting the affairs of La Plata, as M. Guizot would consent to. His lordship will sail for Rio in a few days. (From last night's Garatta.) WHITZBALL, FEB. 17.—The Qom has directed Were patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Lord Langdale, the Right Ilea. Lord Beaumont, J. Humphry Esq., one of her Ma- JeMy's soanseLll. B. Ker, Esq, hamster-at-law, W. Coulon, barrister-at-lav, G. Frere, EN., and F. Broderip, Esq., her Majesty's commissioners foe inquiring whether *. burdens on land can be diminished by the establishment if an effective system for the registration of deeds and the simplification of the forms of conveyance, WAR OFFICE, rim 19. rith U. Drego-la p P. IL Sbetreti to be lieut..eoL, by par., vice WOW, who ref.: Gam. R. de Palle So be major, by par. ; Unit. H. F. Cast to be apt, by par.: Unit G. Chetwode, Mb P., to be lbeat, by par. ate Lt. Drip.--8. IL !Ration* be anent, paper., vice Bailer, who rei llth lA. Drega-Lieat. W. Rada, tom Rai L. Dregs., to be Beat., visor. Ilboismotoorlto rat at v inm ali....er lath Lt. Dn.& ; Lieut. J. IL Flawkislobo vim kall• aslr, asts&-ams. w. & essases asst. wawa pm, vice Hem derma, dee.; rm. C. H. tavlume le he Rent. by aro., vire ms, whom mew by per. but Imo maw; O. EL ife.ol to be aw., lidthirfeept. J. J. Ball, Roo 112* P., to be apt., vice Thum, app. to 27th P. sopYlth F.-Ciat. R. J. Warm, frame 26R P., to be eept„ vice Ball, to sets P. list 74-Lient. J. J. Ilort to be 05$. by par., vies whose woo bp been canc. 62nd P.-Ear. G. X. Ambrose to be Rea ; wetland par.,',lce Bari. roe, att. 671.11 P.-Colour -Step. Andrews to been., withotaper., Roe Diem 74tatLieut. 3. W. De Batts to be amt., by pm...lft de Ilao. mares. who rat.; Dia. J. Jego to te lieut., by per.; C. T. IJadow to tie 07„ by par. fte. T. Gore to be lied., by par" Mae Loom, who ; 1. I to le that., by ply, Aso /WM, who mt.; 12.'veme, m ma, by per: 91th T-Lierit. O. /t. areas, Rear Nth lo be Heat, Mee 0. D. D. Oevamd s who ash. lath 2 0 .Uest. G. A. D. Cleveland, from lath P., lobe Beat., .W Bred*, who aid- • SAW .1. Relgt-31. 8 Raba to bas. widest pea, vim gnome,' I Beaver.-Apt- W.ltoblema, at Boyd Zugbitere, to be satar la the mom. EarATCI4 la the Gasietre or Dee. 29, 1816.-For Er. R. G. 13, mean bury to be Bast, le.Apo neussolo, pima.; ma, vies tit,prom. Raeriamnive.-LieaL 0. L. Preby, at Urd P. boa ben apse L, hada. alma& bloat( without Mare. Aneff.a.rc Tio 1L pa -0011:o of Royal Marines t I. J. D. CCOnany, gest., Y. R. Remy, r, t9 be Om. Lista. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGE, Pea. 18,. The situations vacant by the death of Mr. Marvey Napier are now being filled up. Mr. Lindsay, crown agent, succeeds him as principal clerk of ses sion. The two offices are probably egad In molt ment ; but the crown agency is a ministerial sad the clerkship a permanent anointment- Mr. J. C. Inas (a partner in the house- et Gibeca-Craige), is to be crown agent. For the prefieseorship of conveyancing several candidates are is the field, but two electoral ordeals requiring to be gone through, the result can rest yd be caroused. The writers te the signet have the soisetissi of awe ' to one of whom the town arcental miht the chair, and the initial who ties lea not yet hies made. Mr. Einem, Bon-in.. law ed had Jeff % is talked of as the future editor of the iliiisbergii Apriew. He is a contributor of long slemling. Mr. L. X Bell haaanoceeded to the vacant aliv°ll V P • Feed temporarily revived ia the noeth. s em i mese es before, the exci ti n g . came, mum Spred as leading instigators. A! Beauty Se rioters twins deforced and ameba& *e authorilimey and threw a cart over the quay, bat eiventy ; @Alias from Fort George soon restored order. J mea wad one woman were alio csrimd off to lemmusse jail. At Ballintraid, the Ili* sip *.nice, turned back the grain torts and the (liiiding vessel from bee moorings, but again the =iraded. . Wick and Theme have , also had la it is hared that there the din arm le madame. - - • The ' ' which has Ise some time sub bided the Baud of Ilitautiebmers 'balm it the Royal lbatildficiaaciltiilii a lOt .ag o tte e tt a Scottish Acadmay as iite . neisife 1 9Rior doming to an lame. Availing *na -1 selves of the recurrence of their annual exhibition, the academy have r d a •statealest• ef their grievances to their duce (*tilers, in which jt is mentioned that the and insbtotioa (whWt we very much riehangeable terms) ham not Ishaly ' accounted for certain money* raised by • tiiiin avowedly for the use of the widows aM femitiee of decayed academicians; and that without proper came they have intimated that the percent ah.B b e the bog academical exhibition that shrla take place within the I