The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-06 00:00:00

':. Ladrtiad Lord fAn d yße ale, Lord and L idy Waterpark, and several Wadies of distinction, are placed in mourning by the Oath of the ren...rabla baronet. (From last night's Gazette.) TII.OKSGIVINO IN SCOILAND.—It it this day (tih September) ordered by her Majesty in Council, that a ll ministers and preachers, as well of the established church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland as of the epis copal communion protected and allowed by an act passed in the truth ,yea of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, to p. 7, do at some tirne during the exercise a divine service in their churches, congregations, or asemablies. on Sunday, the lith day of October next (or so soon so the ministers of such churches, congregations, or assemblies respectively shall A t enabled ea t 3 do), put up prayers and thanksgivings to Aienijety God for the late abundant harvest.—Gazelte. WitITEU.D.L, OCT. 4.—The Queen has been pleased to moot the Rev. Charia Baring, M.A., to the di.:m e t reCtor! of All So.ds, in the parish ot Saint thenMsxy-lt:ooe, in the coital,' of 3liddlesex and diocese vf London, tame b e ing void by the resignation of the Very Reverend Doctor George Chandler, Dean of Chichester. OFFICE Or ORDNANCE, Ocr. e. R , ya Art in,i.—sec. Capt. F.. Wedeboure to be adj., site Lines, sec. Capt. It. I. Radcliffe to be a d j., rice Frees, who resigns .4.,t..xy only ; First Lieut. 11. Clerk to be sec. rapt., • ice yews, nt. on b.-p•; Sec. Lieut. J. E. Michell to be drat lieut., vice Cori. - • THE REGISTRATIONS. Ctt OF LONDO N.—The court proceeded yester day with the revision of the lists of the parishes in the Cheep Cordwainers' Ward. In the parish of St. Lawrence Jury, Mr. James Keymer was objected to by Mr. Brown. it appeared from the evidence that up to Michaelmas, 1846, Mr. Key mcr was the occupier of a first-floor in Wood-street, used by him as a warehouse; whilst the ground.tloor was also occupied for a similar purpose by the landlord. A ser vant of the latter resided up stairs, and had entire control of the premises, having possession of the keys, closing the house at night, and admitting Mr. Keymer in the morning. The landlord himself did not sleep on the premises. Mr. Brown contended that although the landlord did not sleep on the premises, the control which he had over them by means of his servant was equivalent to an occupation, and v i t iated the qualification of Mr. Keymer. Mr. Smith argued, at considerable length, that unless the landlord ac tualle resided on the premises, the tenant could not be dis qualified. The Revising Barrister, though he differed from the opinion of Mr. Smith, expressed his willingness to give him a ease for the Common Plea& Mr. Smith assented to this suggestion ; but when the evidence mime to be exa mined, it turned out that the party had not been rated, and the question of right, therefore, as re garded the nature of the occupation, fell to the ground. In the ward of Cripplegate W ithin, the parish of St. Alban's, Wood-street, was totally unrepresmited by any overseer or other person officially connected with the parish. A boy had been deputed to act as a substitute for the persona who ought to have attended. The circumstance occasioned great inconvenience, and was commented upon severely by the Revising Barrister. The result of the day's revision was as follows Liberal claims allowed, 15 ; disallowed, 29 ; coustreative, allowed, 2 ; disallowed, 1. Liberal objections, sustained, 1 t ; failed, 23 ; conservative, sustained, 37 ; Oojections by Loth parties, sustained, 17 ; none. The court will again proceed to-day with the ward of Cripplegate Within, and afterwards with that of Crip plegate Without. M.tRYLEBONE.—Mr. Francis Bayley, the revising barrister appointed for this borough, sat yesterday for the first tin: at the Courthouse, Marylebone-lane. The number of claims of which notice has been given are All Souls, 6 ; Trinity, 5; Rectory, 2 ; St. Mary's, 3 ; and Christchurch, 24-39 in all ; being a very small number as compared with former registrations. The obj4ctions noticed are rather more numerous : All Souls, 31 ; Trinity, 2.3 ; Rectory 19 ; St. Mary's, 35; and Christchurch, 64—in all, 174 ; being all conseriative objections. Mr. Greenwood attended for the conservatives ; the opposite party was unrepresented. The vote o! H. J. Barrett, '7l, Upper Berkeley street, was objected to on the ground that his name 1M not in the lease of the house he occupied. It sp. pearNl that he was one of a partnership of three brothers, sad that the lease had been drawn up excluding his name. The voter contended that his brothers had long since with drawn from the room-rn, and that he was and had been for sonic time the sole occupier. Objection disallowed, vote re tained on the register.—John Gilman claimed to vote out of a hone, 27, Buckingham-place. The vote was disallowed on the ground of insufficient residence.—George Overton claimed to vote out of part of a tenement, 81, Earl-street, Lisson.grove. The applicant was not himself rated, but stated that the rates were paid by the landlord. The revising banister decided that the voter should be rated ; claim dis allowed. Toe result of the day's proceedings were, conser vative claims allowed, 5 ; disallowed, 3 ; liberal, none. Con serrat:ve objectioniaustained, 169 ,• disallowed, 5 ; liberal, none. The barrister takes the St. Pancras district to-day. 3IIDDLE4EX.—The lists revised yesterday were those of Bethnal-green, Hackney, Christchurch, Shoreditch, Norton.folgate, and the Old Artillery-ground. In the Bethnal-green list, a Mr. Norton, described as of Thurlow place, Hackney-road, who had voted at the lastelection, was objected to by the overseers for change of residence. The agents on both aides complained of the overseer having o 3 jetted without inquiring whether the piny still retained the qualification or not, and contended that as the residence formed no part of the qualification, nu objection, as from the overseen, on account of change in that respect could be en tertained, although third parties might object with the view of correcting the register. Mr. Shadwell thought the 40th section gave the barrister the power to retain the name only lithe present place of residence was supplied.—Mr. Payne But the overseer cannot object without reasonable cause, and in this case as the qualification remained unaltered, there was none.—The Barrister : Has the overseer any ground fur supposing that the party is not qualified?—The Overseer No ; I know nothing 3110112 the qualification, nor whether the party was ever qualitied.—The Barrister : Then as the objection so not supported, the name must remain. To-day the court will be held at White Conduit House, Is lington, when the lists for the following parishes will be taken :—lslington, Clerkenwell, St. Luke, St. Sepulchre, Stoke Newington, Gray's-inn, Liberty of Rolls, Sr. Maryle bone, St. Pancras. Paddington, St. Botolph Without Al dery ite ; Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden, and Ely-rents ; St. Geerge, Bloomsbury ; St. Giles-in-the-fields ; St. Andrew, Holborn-above-ben, and St. George the Martyr. THE POOR IN ST. PANCR.lB.—Yesterday a meeting of the directors of the poor of this parish took place at the new Vestry-rooms, adjoining the workhouse, King's-road, Ciunden-town; Mr. Churchwarden Howarth in the chair.— On the order of the day for which the board had been spe cially summoned being read," to consider the propriety of ap pointing a committee to consider the dietary of the work. house, and the expediency of preventing the sale of articles of provision to the inmates of the workhouse," the Chsirman Laid the sale of articles of food had been proved to be pernicious rather than a benefit to the poor. All sorts of things were brought in for aide in a raw state, such ea her rings, bacon, onions, and other vegetables, and cooking was going on at all hours, to the discomfort el those who oould not get anything of the sort. He was for an increased diet, if necessary, rather than that such irregularities should be longer permitted. The practice, at the suggestion of the medical officer, had almady been stopped in the infirmary, and with beneficial results.—Mr. Douglas moved "that a committee be appointed to consider the dietary of the workhouse and the expediency of preventing the sale of articles of provision to the inmates." Ile did so without pledging himself to any alteration in the dietary ; but with regard to the second question it would have his support, as it bad long been a matter of complaint that the poor were deprived of the benefit of the tires on account of cooking going on all day, and for the nurses exacted a halfpenny or a penny each from the paupers who were cooked for.—Mr. Wright seconded the amendment, and after a few words from Dr. Deeming ham, Mr. T. H. Smith, and others, the original proposition was withdrawn, the resolution proposed by Mr. Douglas carried, and a committee appointed. WESTUINsTER 110SPITAL.—Yesterday, a meeting of governors and committee of the above hospital was held in the board room of the institution, for the transaction of general business. The report for the past quarter stated that 2,474 out patients had been placed on the books, and 489 in-patients had been admitted. Four wards, capable of receiving 60 more patients still remain shut up for the want of sufficient annual income. During the past year there has been an excess of expenditure beyond the income, of 1,6971. 19s. Bd. The hospital is situated in the lower and most densely populated part of Westminster, and has been in existence for 124 years, during which period it has af forded relief to near 340,000 patients. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—Last nigh t a meet ing of this society was held, at the Lon don Tavern, Bi , hopgatextrect; Mr. J. C. Bloomfield in the chair. The secretary, Mr. Hodson, stated that no less than ten of the pensioners had died during the year, being a larger number than had ever occurred in any previous y_er.r. The next election of pensioners would take place in Much, and several of the applicants had already been ad mitted as candidates. The number of pensioners at present on the books of the society was only 43, the average number being al. Since the formation of the society, in 1827, no less than 130 persons had received the benefits of the society. The subscriptions and donations were very favourable ; and, although the capital stock of the society amounted to 6,0001., the committee strongly urged upon the subscribers the neces sity for further exertions in aid of the funds of the society.— The general business having been gone through, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. METROPOLITAN SANITARY MOVEMEST.—Mondnv night a meeting of delegates from the Metropolitan Anti- Mural Burial Societ y , the Westminster Sanitary Society, the Health of Towns Society, and other societies established to promote the public health, was held in the board-room of the Poor Man's Guardian Society, Leicester-square—Mr. G. A. Walker, surgeon, in the chair—for the purpose of adopting measures to make a public demonstration, with the view of pressing upon government the paramount neces sity of adopting immediate steps to abolish burials in cities and towns, anel - to afford the people better sewerage, a more improved ventilation, and a more abundant supply of water. Mesirs. George, Roger,, Davies, Dr. Barnett, and other gentle men having addressed the meeting, it was unanimously re solved to call a public meeting early next month for the above purpose. LONDoN WELSH LTI3FLARY.—A numerous meet hke, of which ladies formed the greater part, WAS held last evening, at Jewin-crescent Chapel, Alderagate-street, for the Plrpose of establishing a library for the benefit of young Welshmen resident in London. Resolutions for carryirg that object into immediate effect having been moved and secoaded by the Rev. D. Davis, Mr. G. Davis, Dr. Richards, and the Rev. J. Mills, and unanimously agreed to, a vote of thanks to the chairman, J. Williams, Eaq., MT. f?r 5/14. clesfield, terminated the proceedings, which were conducted for the most part in the Welsh language. NEW MILITARY KNIGUT OF WLNDBOR.—Lieut. Henry Griffiths, of the Royal Staff corps has just been ap pointed one of the Military Knights of Windsor, in the room of the late Quartermaster Johnson, whose decease took place at the end of last Jul). Lieut. Griffiths' first cons minion is dated August 4, 1814 ; he obtained a lieutenancy in the following May, and retired on half-pay March 12, 1829. RAILWAY SIGNAL,9.—The following circular has been issued by the authorities of the Great Western and after the 4th da; of October, I";,i7r, a mud, t o b e called the 'travelling carriage porter' will accompany every express train it: each direction. The business of this man will be to on the seat placed for him on the tenders, and to, Keep a steady and vigilant look out on both aides and 41° .4 the top of the trains, so that in case of any accident to any ef the carriages of the train, or of any signal from the guard, or any apparently sufficient cause that may come to Ilia observation, ho may at once communicate with the engine-man, and, if necessary, stop the train. Further, it will be his business, generally, to have charge of the car riages forming the train, to see that in every respect they are in good condition and properly coupled up, the axles greased, and the lamps (at night) burning properly, and he will alight immediately that the train stops, and go to ithe axle boxes of the carriages and grease and examine them, and see that they are all in proper order for travel line. And in case at any one station he may have noticed any one or more boxes getting hot, he must turn his first attention to these. Hs will in a like manner examine the couplings and the lamps, and call the attention of the lamp-man at the station to any deficiencies. Ho will report to the principal guard every circumstance connected with the train which may require notice. He will be re quired to observe carefully the running of the different car riages, and to take notice of the number of any one that may appear to run unsteady, or have any other defect, and to enter a note of this or any other circumstance, such as hot axles, &c., requiring to be remedied, in a report book to be made up for each journey. The travelling carriage porter will be furnished with a pilot coat, &e., in addition to his present suit, with grease-box, grease-knife, picker, lamps, &c. The pay will be 2,55. per week, and the man will be selected from the body of porters, and the appointment will be considered a reward for good and steady conduct, general intelligence, and acquaintance with the management of the carriages.—SEYmoutt CLAIM; Superintendent.—Fadding ton, Sept. 21." ROBBERY IN .t STEAM-BOAT.—Yesterday morning Mr. Robertson, the clerk of a barrister, was robbed of a green leather pocket-book, containing Bank ef England notes and other property to the Naive of nearly 1001., besides various papers and letters. The robbery was effected on board one of the Chelsea steam-boats. The property was safe in the possession of Mr. Robertson when he embarked at !lettersets, but upon landini at the Essex-street (Strand) pier, it was found to be missing. Suspicion is entertained against two well-dreased persons, who were conversing with the loser during the passage down the river, and who, it is suspected, were practised ;Ickpockets. They disembarked at Hunger. ford steam-boat pier. A reward is offered for the recovery of the property, if lost, or for the capture of the offenders, if stolen. 15 4 11.1F.,5T, YESTERDAY.—NIANSLAUGHTER.—Before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the William the Fourth, Beacham. street, Holborn, to investig►te the circumstances attending the death of Matilda Clifton, aged thirty-eight, whose death was occasioned by Wm. Joseph Clifton, now a prisoner is Tothill-fields Prison, having been committed there for re examination un a charge of wilful murder, by Mr. Ty re bitt of Clerkeawell Policc-court.—The witnesses examined at the police-court were called before the coroner, when they reiterated the evidence which they gave before the magis trate. Mr. Pollock, surgeon„liatton-garden, who was called in after the assault, said that the deceased died from the loss of blood caused by tho injuries she received.—The Coroner summed up, and the jury after being in consultation about an hour, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Win. J. Clifton." THE MONETARY CRISIS. -THE MEETENG AT BIRMINGHAM. Tho meeting in Birmingham on Monday night to take this subject into consideration (es adverted to in yester day's Express) was continued, and the discussion upon the resolutions lasted until ten o'clock. . The CIEAIIIMAN (Mr. Alderman Weston) said that the question was one of great importance, affecting as it did all pens engaged in trade and commerce. The present crisis sufficiently showed that our monetary system wasinsufficient to meet the requirements of the growing - Mg trade—growing wealth, and growing Of the country Mr. T. C. SALT, a large manufacturer, seconded the reso lutions which had been submitted to the meeting by Mr. Harlow, who is understood to have written some of the articles which have appeared under the signature of o Gemini." In the coarse of his speech Mr. Salt said that the time had arrived when an effort must be made to do aney a ith the perpetual fluctuations between the value of paper and gold. He insisted that whenever and in whatever country such a monetary syttcm as ours had been attempted to be carried out it had invariably been attended with dis. aster. That the exporting of gold for food in present eir- cumatences was ruin to us; but that deeply and seriously as' the injury was felt., nothing was likely to enlighten the public but the application of the seourge;, that so far as the public was concerned, there never was an instance when ' that scourge was more richly deserved, and never one where, he feared, it would be more severely applied. Mr. N awoaoare, M.P., said he attended on that occasion at great personal inconvenience; but having the honour to represent ',portion of that great mercantile community in parliament, which had, for a long course of years shown its disapprobation of our monetary system, he had felt himself hound to attend for the purpose of explaining his views in the present crisis. In his opinion tho circumstannes of the ' time were each as to call for the deep attention of the govern ment and the interference of the legislature ; and although he might differ with some amongst them as to the remedy, he screed as to the source of the evil. Ho held it, therefore, to be the duty as well as the in terest of every person engaged in commerce in the country to urge upon the government the necessity of in quiry. Since the present monetary system had been in operation there had been a constant recurrence of these' panics they had not yet forgotten those of 1825, of '36, of '49, and now they had another in 1847. Any man who looked at these rationally, unless he was confirmed beyond hope of retractation in his attachment to some blind theory, must be satisfied that some change was necessary. He (Mr. Newdcgate) had objected to the bill of 1844, and, carrying out his objection, he proposed in committee a resolution nhich had been agreed to by a committee of private bankers, the effect of which would have been to have prevented so arbitrary and unreasonable an enactment as that of limiting the issue of notes of the Bank of England to fourteen millions. Instead of that, he submitted that the Bank should have the power to issue upon security to the amount of twenty-two millions, which was the average of what the Bank had issued for 23 years under the old lye. tens. It would be of some service to the country if the Bank had such a power of extending its issues at that moment : it would be sufficient to pay for all the corn the country had required. They saw by the returns of the Bank that she had lost seven millions of bullion ; now, it had been intimated by Mr. Baring,gn the House of Commons, that bythe (alluvia the potato crap and the bad harvest, his country had lost sixteen =MMus, or that our importations to one half that amount had been paid in bullion. At the very time that we were in a difficulty consequent upon this failure in the productions of the earth, the mone Cary system, in the shape of the bills of 1819 and 1844, came upon us sad crushed us. We were labouring under currency laws like an iron rod, forged for nothing but to mortgage all the trading interests of the country to the foreigner, for the sake of tying us down to the exchanges. And what came not there for this ? None, as he believed, but the intention to bring us down to a condition which should make us dependent solely on the condition of the exchanges. If we were solely au exporting country—if our whole resources—if our whole trade—if our whole depen dence were on a foreign trade, it might be necessary to legis late accordingly. But he had no intention of under raining our foreign trade when he said that it was but as one. third compared with two-thirds of our com mercial relations. But was the ... country unencum- Lend fla - Tt not great liabilities ? And was it not in such circumstances absurd to tie us down to some crude system when we had such complicated and peculiar circumstances to deal with, such materials, and such em barrassments? Let them look at the circumstances which had recently taken place. They were 'offering from the effects of • monetary panic unexampled almost in in severity. The people of Newcastle addressed the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject ; they said, we are not suffering, it is true, to the extant they are in some parts of the country, but we are apprehensive that the effect' of it will reach us, and that we shall become involved accordingly. And what maid the minister? Why, he answers, that he believes the evil to he beyond the reach of any minister, or legislature, or human interference to remedy. "It is true," he said, " that you have lost a certain amount of capital; but I hope the distress will pass away ; at all events, I do not see how by any parliamentary interference it can be mitigated." Why to his (Mr. Newdegate'si mind a more hopeful man than the present Chanccl'or of the Exchequer was never heard of. (Hear.) In the month of April they had a great pressure, and, according to Sir Charles Wood, it was only a passing cloud. Deputation after deputation waited upon him—the pernicious operations of the bill of 1814 were pointed out, but the Chancellor sang only one song, " the pressure would pass away." So unnried indeed was this response that the right hon. gentleman obtained the sobriquet of " Sir Confident Wood." (Laughter.) What was the operation of our present system in the circumstances in which the had lice n placed by the failure of the crops of last year. ' TIT• that no provi sion being made for the hole causeu • in Llt: the importation of food, we must first starve half tie people, and then see half the commercial interest of the country ruined. The special requirements of the past year, inclusive of the railway calls, would amount to about fifty millions. Our loan for three successive years of the war was not leas than that sum, and that was a loan, too, for an expenditure virtually barren and unproductive. Such, however, was the effect of our monetary system, that conse quent oa the extraordinary requirement of the sum he had named, notwithstanding that a large portion of it was ex pended on the domestic concerns of the country, we were re duced to a state of the most frightful commercial distress. With all our increased riches and wealth, it turned out that we were governed by a law which deprived us of the capital wherewith to meet the exigencies of one failing harvest. All this misery, too, was for the sake of an adherence to Sir Robert Peel's theory of • gold standard at nominally a fined price. That right hon. baronet had thought fit to say in the course of the late session, that "gold was capital, and in that respect it differed from in convertible paper." Such was the absurd theory of the THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1847. nature of capital entertained by the right hon. gentleman and his party; fee when the Chancellor of the Exchequer said there woe not capital enough for the amount of speeds. tion which had been carried on, he did not mean that there was not means enough and wealth enough in the country, but he meant there was not gold enough; he meant to say, so far en the people arc concerned—starve or thrive, gold shall ho the only medium of exchange. (Applause.) He had never concealed tree fact that he was an °ler ^-• e idleonvertibility but he say that a Mitt woo bigoted indeed who was ; incapable 0 1 surveying calmly and dispassionately the vast interests of the country in suck a time as the present, end who would see these sacrificed for the sake of one crude theory. (Hear.) He feared too first until a much greater amount of misery was experienced and truth wee brought home thereby to the great body of the people, the legislature would never become complet,ly convinced of the diustroue consequences that would result from an adherence to the present system ; but until that system was thoroughly revised, and adapted to the circumstances of the country, he (Mr. New degate) had no hopes fur its permanent prosperity. (Ap plause.) In conclusion, the hon. gentleman said he hoped that when the people speroached the Prime Minister, he would not be deaf to their representations on this import ant subject, but that that distinguished personage would give to those who were so deeply interested a patient hearing. He pirticipated is their prayers that due conside ration might be given by the government to the afflicting condition to which the commercial interests of this great and enterprising and wealthy country had been reduced. Mr. Altana, M.P., was the next speaker. The hon. gen tleman commenced with the declaration that of one thing he was quite conk-lent—that at present the people were not half famished, or they would be more zealous in their endea vours to bring about a remedy. Before any very long period had elapsed, however, they would be mute to see this was the question upon which all their prosperity and all their ad versity hung. (Hear, hear.) Free trade, with all its advantages, and sound as it was in principle, under the present monetary system, cnly :ncreand their difficul ties, lie admitted it was a very plausible argument to say that the failure of the potato crop, and the 'bad harvest, had had something to do with their present condition ; but their commercial derangements hail been increased in a tenfold degree by the operation of the money laws. He was con vinced, too, that nineteen-twentieths ay, ninety-nine hundredths of the evil* which had befallen us since the end of the war, were attributable to the grossest ignorance on the part of our rulers of the principles of government. (Hear.) if these had been rightly understood, the corn laws would never have been enacted, for they would never have been wanted. lie was prepared, too, to maintain that in the position they then were the pressure might be cased in a day—it might be re lieved iu a week, and in twelve months the country might be in a greater degree of prosperity, and continue to be so. (Hear.) But where were the men to do this? There was the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; a very good-humoured man, certainly, but the most flippant, and he should say, at the same time, one of the most self-sufficient men to be met with. (Laughter.) When the committee of the House of Co1:111110111, to consider this very question, sat in 1840, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer was selected to preside, and one day the right hon. gentleman intimated to him (Mr. Monte) that they purposed examining him; but (ho said) remember there are two things you must net touch ; the first is the standard of value ; the second, the corn laws ; and what was his (Mr. Monte's) *newer ? Why, he said, " Oh, but you can't help examin ing me on those points—you'll be into them at once you might as well try to play ' hamlet' without Munk ;" but they tried it on, and after a quarter of an hour they found themselves stopped ; and then, after sending him out of the room and debating tor an hour they found themseives compelled to examine him on those very points. And every thing he stated on that occasion had come to pass, and was in fact then before their eyes. (Hear.) lie remembered that during the discussion in parliament on the bill of 1844, a very . sapient person in the House of Commons thought fit to deugnate his evidence as of a very superficial character. He (Mr. Mimic) then told that right hon. gentleman that he had better read it, and he rejoined " Oh, yes, I'll read it ;" but he did not rend it, because it did not suit his purpose to do so the result had shown that that right hon. baronet's opinion was falso and that his was correct; and great oracle as the individual to whom he referred thought him self, he, for one, felt convinced that he had never under stood the subject of the currency in his life. (Hear.) The people of this country had paid dear for their mi eatery sys tem, but they would have to pay dearer yet not one-half of the mischief, inflicted by the bill of 1819, had yet passed away. (Hear.) What were the corn-laws sought to be re peeled for? Why to bring back pekes to what they were in 1790. People agitated for the repeal of that law, thinking that it would be the salvation of the country; and now they had got them repealed they found themselves so bad off as ever. For flee-and-thirty year. they had been peddling with the money laws, and now they were in a more wretched plight than seer. The bill of 1819 had never been tho , roughly worked, for they dare not work it ; but they were compelled to work the bill of 1844, and the result had been, MI he bad told Sir Robert Peel at the time it was enacted, that it would never do fur this country ; that it, in conjunc tion with the bill of 1819, would be the means of bringing about mach a low state of remunerating prices as would make them all beggars. (Hear.) He (Mr. Manta) agreed with Sir Robert I'eel that notes should be payable in geld ; bat he differed with him as to the definite quantity ; and there hinged the whole question. The hon. gentleman next de tailed the circumstance.; arising out of the 'expulsion of ; cash payments in 1797 and their resumption in 1816, explaining, too, the effect of this last mea sure ; thereafter be went on to say that it had been the fashUn hitherto amongst a certain party in the . country to hold up every man to ridicule—in abort, to toe& upon him as half n madman—who declared opinions adverse ' to the present money laws: for his part, however, he tarried , into prune.* in his priests concerns the views he had advo cated publicly, and he was quite satisfied now that if he hail not door so he should have been a beggar long ago ; whereas, as it was, be had never suffered amidst all the changes which had taken place. With such a fact before his eye+, he was not likely to change his opinions, believing as he slid that the system which had served him would serve others. (Hear.) He felt quite satisfied now that there must be an Alteration before long ; and the course he roma . mended to be taken was this: that whilst the sub ject was under discussion there should be a tees ' porary suspension of cash payments. Then for the remedy: he suggested, first, an alteration of the standard of value ; tam the connexion between the govern ment and the bank should be done away with, and that the bank should be deprived of the power to regulate the circu lation of the country. (Hear.) In his opinion a more monstrous thing could not ;be conceived—posterity would scarcely believe such a thing possible—that we could permit four end twenty common-place commercial men in London to regulate the money affairs of a great country like this. (Herr.) In addition to the changes he had suggested, he proposed that there should be a national bank, not to be managed by government, who might make bad use of its purer ; but by commissioners appointed by parlia ment, and responsible to parliament. By these he would have the note circulation regulated and extended until the price of all articles gravitated to the necessary price, and taking silver as the standard of value, to be regulated by the price of wheat. Supposing they fixed its value at 75. an ounce, he would give the Bank the power, in cases of emergency, to redeem its notesat as high et rate as is. 6d. He denied that there was any real difficulty, if the question was fairly grappled with, and prejudices were laid aside, in allay ing the existing dangers, and placing the country in a posi tion for permanent prosperity. He insisted, however, that if we attempted to go on as we had been going on, that the existing pressure was childish compared with that which will be felt ; that if the present law was attempted to be carried out, the country would inevitably be plunged into a state of revolution, and that the Queen's crown would not be safe on her head. The hon. gentleman at some length ad verted to and ridiculed the assertions made by the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, to the effect that the present distress had been produced entirely by over-speculation. The quern tion (he said) was one of the simplest calculation, which any man might understand in a few minutes ; but (he said) it was a remarkable fact that all those who were opposed to the present laws were practical business men, whereas those by whom they were fostered were the feelosophers who had no experience whatever of commercial transactions. After some further observations, condemnatory of the present sys tem, the honourable gentleman concluded by observing that a great deal more pressure would be required before they would remove the prejudice and conceit, that prevents any thing being done in the shape of a remedy of the present system. (Hear.) Mr. TATLOR, of Bakewell, a banker and trader, next delivered a long speech also condemnatory of the present sys tem. Ile anticipated (he said) much good from this move ment, and from the present crisis; he hoped that thee:ea:mit afforded by such times would not be lost even upon those who had blindly adhered to the theories of Sir Robert Peel, although there was some truth in the proverb,—" You may bray a fool with a mortar and he will not learn wisdom." He was ;satisfied (he said) after deep study that it was not essential money should possess an intrinsic value ; but that in a country like England, possessed of such an amount of media symbolic money wuallthatwu required. Re entered into lengthy arguments in support of his viewa in the course Of which he complained that this question had been ridiculed and not argued in the Timis ; and he summed up with the expression of an opinion that if we had a well-regulated credit currency it would so liberate the precious metals as to make them cheaper with- I out diminishing the specific quantity in the coin. By a continuance of the present system the poorer classes would soon be unable to live; whereas we could produce enough ; and all we wanted was a medium to float us on from ante year to another independently of foreign aid. Mr. SPOONER commenced by observing that for special reason, he would rather have been spared entering into a discussion of the question on that occasion; but in the peculiar peril of the times he thought that every man was yawed it offer hi! 01,10101 Is upon this important question. From the years 1810 and no nu w wv.e. the subject of the currency his meet anxious study. With the pzlie mentary discussions of that time he was perlectly as he was with those of 1819, and the circumstances under which the fatal bill of that year was passed into a law; and having given to the subject the most thorough in vestigation of which his mind was capable, every day brought the more conviction to his mind that our [present system was one of the most erroneous that could have been adopted. In the year 1810, when a great depreciation in the value of paper had taken place, an effort was made by one of the most talented men who over sat in the House of Commons to check that depreciation. He (Mr. Spooner) admitted to that individual at the time that there was a depreciation, but he disagreed with him as to his remedy, which was by a return at that moment to the ancient standard of value. The subject was debated et that time for eta or seven nights in parliament, and it afforded a curious proof of the consistency of Sir Robert Peel, for on that occasion the right hon. baronet thought tit to deny by his Tote that there had been any depreciation in the value of the paper medium. He said there had been 110 departure boa the standard of value, whilst be (Mr. Spooner) insisted there had ; and yet, notwithstanding that fact, i in 1819 when four or five hundred millions had been is the meantime added to the national debt, Sir Robert Peel voted for a return to the old standard, which in 1%0 (she Mid) had never been depend from. (Hear.) But it should also be florae in mina, that the law of lbid had completely changed the standard of value; it had been originally gold and silver conjointly, but in that year the salver was taken away and the gold alone adopted ; thereby Increasing the public debt u some said seven or eight, although es he (Mr. Spooner) believed See or six:per cent. And when the standard of value by various absurd enact. manta was made higher than it was in the reign of Elizabeth, the only reply Lord Liverpool could give to Lord Stauhope's very proper question was, • That the richest country in the world ought to have the richest standard," an observation which could only be likened to the sentiment of Dr. John sen '• Who drives fat oxen sh mild himself be fat." (Laughter.) The prime minister of that day ought to have known that nothing could be more absurd than to limit the power of the standard, and at the same time to increase the burthens of the people. The hon. gentlemen next reviewed all the circumstances connected with the agricultural and commercial distress of the years 1820 and 1821 immediately after the paring of Sir It. Peel's Bill, and declared that he had said at that time unless that measure were repealed the foundations of society would be shaken, and that even the King's throne would not be safe. Further, he asserted that the father of Sir R. Peel had, in addition to supp acing him and subscribing to the expenses of his election for Warwickshire at the time to which he re ferred, told him privately that he did so because he (Mr. Spooner) had, in the House of Commons, delivered the best speech in exposition of the evils of his son's bill. The hon. gentleman next, in elucidation of his argument, adverted to the distress amongst the operatives of Nottinghamshire and the riots of the Luddites as evidence of the miseries brought about by the bill of 1819 ; and he drew attention to the manner in which Lord Castlereagh had found it necessary to tamper with the measure; because (as his lordship sent) they had gone too low and needed • little wholesome speculation. Then came the complement (as it was called) to the bill of 1819—the bill of 1844, by which the Bank was barred from issuing beyond fourteen millions; and the effect of which, as he had told Sir Robert Peel at the time, had been to prolueo a drain of gold from the Bank ; and, further, he had told him that unless he abandoned his bill the people would never be able to get employment. (Hear.) That prophecy, unfortunately, also turned out to be true. And was there anything more distressing than that in their pre sent circumstances the Bank of England should be tied up —that with the best possible security, and an abundance of it, it could render no assistance to the country ; but that consequent on the complementary bill, they could only make a complimentary bow and say, "Gentlemen, our fourteen millions are out." (Hear.) It was for the people to say whether they would consent that the whole commercial interest of the country should be stopped—that their hands should be tied behind them, and the whole producing power shut up, because fourteen millions of circulation were the extent to which the Bank was allowed to go. If such were the case—it could only mean—perish trade, but keep up the complement of the bill of 1819. (Applause.) Ile (Mr. Spooner) had been reluctant to enter again into the discus sion of this question, because he knew there would be re vived the old story of its being a " Spooner sad Attwood dodge s" it would be said, all they want is their intern verhble paper—their dirty rags—it's what they've always been harping at, and they re very harmless. But (continued the hon. gentleman) I care nothing for all their raillery; and a couplet which occurs to me fully expresses my senti ments on that subject You break the web of sophistry in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again. (Cheers.) Are you, gentlemen, content with things as they are? Do you believe things ore at their wont? I say they are rot. The labour of the country cannot be employed whilst its circulation is barred to art issue of seventeen millions of bank-notes. I doubt whether you have such a circulation as you had fifty years ago. Taxation enters into the price of every com modity ; gold is a commodity, and it has of course entered into its price. Why then should the Bank of England be bound to find it, or the foreigner get the same quantity for his paper as he did in the time of Qaeen Elizabeth ? (hear.) After some further observations, explanatory of the injurious ' operation of the present system, Mr. Spooner proceeded . to observe that in the year 1820 he discussed the subject w ith the late Mr. Ricardo, and in the course of the conversation that distinguished individual remarked that in his opinion the return to the old standard would have the effect d nee ducing prices four per cent. ; he (Mr. Spooner) expelled an opinion that the reduction would be thirty per cent., upon which Mr. Ricardo replied that if such were the case it would be imam ateempthig to carry the measure out ; not only that, bat (he said) even though the depreciation were 10 per cent. it would be unjust and impracticable. Now he (Mr. Spooner) contended that till change of 1819 had bad the effect of depreciating prices, not 4, but 30 per cent. Notwitistandiag this the national debt remained in full force, property was depreciated in value, and the effect of ear legislation en money matters had been to rob the debtor to the united beneht of the creditor. (Hear.) Unless there was some ohmage in our ',stem very speedily, he wat . qeite satisfied that there would soon be • scam of confusion m the country which it was painful to contemplate. (Herr.) He was not disposed now to rob the creditor to benefit the debtor ' but of this he was quite certain, that if there wasone class of men interested more than another in the speedy and equitable adjustment of this question it was the creditor, because it was the onlycbance there wasof his maintaining that position to which he was entitled. This would be effected only by the employmeetof such acirculating medium as weld be su Melon to meet all the exigencies of the nation, and as would pre vent wholesale distress, which could only lead in the end to anarchy and confusion. (Applause.) He (Mr. Spooner) was anxious it should go forth to the world that neither lie nor his hon. oelleague had taken the slightest part in getting up that meeting; but if the people themselves would stir they would cheerfully assist them. It was in the power of the people to take such steps as would prevent a repetition of these calamities; and he had reason to believe that, how ' ever muck the currency . doctors (as they were called) had been annealed, the opinion was rapidly gaming ground that • change was necemary. Within the last few days he had cenversed with members of both houses of }ornament, who had said to him, " We thick you are right at last—there must be an inquiry." (Applause.) He suggested that deputations should at once wait upon government ; that the facts should be fairly set before Sir Charles Wood, and that he should be made fully sensible of the peril in which all commercial interests stood, and eonvineed of the danger, unless like the ostrich, the right hon. gonthunan chose to hide his head in the sand, with a determine lion not to see what was clear to all other men's eyes. (Ilea T.) The hon. gentleman next read a passage from • sort of pro sperity speech made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in kebruary, and proceeded to observe that the speculation, and the railway works, which were the admiring stars of the right hon. gentleman then, were, according to him, the curse of the country now. (Hear.) But, the hon. gentle man said is conclusion, on the speedy settlement of the question depended the happiness of our fellow-creatures— the safety of the crown—the safety of the whole nation. lie hoped that the prime minister would follow the ex ample of Pitt, and take the advise of able commercial men, who, from their position, were best able to form an opinion upon the merits of thie question. (Applause.) He contended that it was possible for this great nation so to adjust its circulating medium—its debts and credits—that it I should work beneficially for all dames of the community. That by so doing they would ensure permanent prosperity • that by such a measure the labouring classes would be placed in that comfortable position which they expected and C had • right to demand—to command work, and at a fair remune ration, instead of haying to beg that they might give their labour and their sinews for a morsel of bread. The hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst much applause. The resolutions, which we priated yesterday, were then put and unanimously carried by the meeting,which consisted of many of the principal merchants and manufacturer' of the town. A subscription was entered into to provide the means wherewith to promote the movement. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Ocr. 4 The usual time of the synodial assemblage of the Roman catholic prelates of this country is the middle of November. This year, however, owing to the cir cumstances of the country, that important body have determined to assemble a month earlier, and their synod will commence on the 18th instant, one fort night from this day. It is understood that an endea vour will be made to have an unanimous embodiment of their sentiments respecting the condition of the country, and the remedies properto:be adopted, agreed to and laid before the government. Besides this social aspect of affairs to be considered on the occasion, several questions of local interest to their church, as well as others more general, will be brought under consideration. The Irish Board of Education is making consider li - able augmentations in its staff, as well in that portion which is stationary under the board, as in the in spectors and others whew duties are dischargeable in the provinces. The premises of the board in Marl borough-street have had recently another building added to them, and an additional store for books and school requisites has been constructed. At the meet ing of the board on Thursday last, nine additional in spectors, including one provincial inspector, were elected, and an agricultural inspectorship wall origi nated, whose duty will be to see that the agricultural 17.;:r2ct= pontemplated by the board shall be afforded whenever model farms or gardens are at tached to the schools. THE LORD LIEUTENANT AT BALLINASLOE. BALLINABLOE, OCT. 3.—The Lord Lieutenant arrived here yesterday evening at six o'clock, having travelled by special train to Enfield, and thence in his private carriage. Llis excel lency was accompanied by Lord Dunkellin, A.D.C., and Mr. C. Connellan, private secretary. His excellency's arrival was undistinguished by any demonstration whatever, though it being market-day the town, through the principal streets of which the carriage passed, was crowded to excess. In the evening a large party, invited specially to meet his excel lency, dined at Oarbally, where the Earl of Clancerty had been (or some days put preparing to greet his guest with a " Connaught welcome." Yesterday the county meeting, convened by the High Sheriff, M. J. Browne, Esq., of Moyno, washeld in the Court-house, for the purpose of pre paring an address to his excellency. Many of the most im portant persons of the county attended ; and there seemed to be but one feeling entertained by all—a feeling of the highest admiration for the Earl of Clarendon end respect for the course of policy he has adopted tin his Irish administra tion. The address, which will be presented on Monday, was moved by S. Taylor, Esq., of Castle Taylor, and 'wended by Andrew Browne, Esq., of Mount Halal, both of whom took occasion to speak in the highest terms of his excellency. The deputation appointed to present the address will be composed of several of the most influential men in this part of the country, and a great deal of interest is felt with re gard to his excellency's reply. The Earl of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of Clancarty, Lord Dunkellin, Hon. Robert Trench, and a distinguished party, attended divine service to-day in the parish church, when a charity senr.on was preached for the benefit of the Clonfert Diocesan Church Education Society; but, notwithstanding that it was calcu lated the presence of his excellency would have attracted a large congregation, there was scarcely an ordinary one, and the entire sum collected from earls, lords, henonrables, and all, did not amount to twenty-two pounds To morrow (Monday) will be the show-day for sheep, which are always exhibited in the deer-park of Garbally a day previously to the regular day of sale. The best lots, ' however, are usually sold on the chow-day. I walked this morning through the demesne of Garbany, and never be held a lovelier landscape. Let your London readers, if their fancy can extend its nights beyond the crowded streets and dingy atmosphere of the " great city," picture to themselves a broad and richly-wooded sweep of gently undulating ;land, the rich green pasturage contrasting with the fading hues of the autumn foliage, and, far as the eye could reeds on every side, extended over this, the " fleecy flocks " browsing in endless variety of attitude, to the amount of upwards of 60,000. Besides this vast number, tho parks in every direc tion around the town are crowded, and, of course, the supply will be immensely increased before to-morrow. I have seldom seen sheep healthier in appearance, though their pe rcent] condition perhaps is not so good as usual, is consequeuce of the bad grazing season. I have taken great pains to ascertain it the disease so much talked of in the papers these few days back had done any serious injury in this part of the country, and the reply I generally re ceived was, that the sheep had never been more healthy. Very gloomy anticipations with respect to the results of this fair have emoted for some time back, but I perceive, within the last few days, that the hopes of the graziers and farmers are considerably restored. The banks, it appears, which Ma: scarcely discounted at all lately, and in no instance without charging heavy interest, have come to the determi nation of removing their restrictions during the approaching fair, and the consequence is that a brisk and safe market is now generally expected. THE REPEAL AsQOCIATION.—This body met to-day, Mr, Francis Scully, M.P., in the chair. Mr. Scully alluded to the present calamitous state of the country, and the urgent necessity which existed for procuring food for the people. This was the paramount duty which would devolve upon the council of Irish members; the next was tenant right, and its secure establishment. The meetinr at Holy Cross for that purpose had not his sanction or that of his hon. col league, toe it was not held by the people of that county, but by strangers. A movement of that nature should come from that hall and the clergy. Mr. John O'Connell, in his ad dress to the meeting, animadverted with considerable severity upon the address of the general assembly of Ulster, and the lord-lieutenant's reply. The body from which it emanated he called money seekers and sycophants, who spoke not the sentiments of the presbyterian body. The reply he stigmatised as insulting, and as manikst ing a want of feeling which was characteristic of Rag. lish statesmen. He compared the aid given by Englund with that which England, he said, owed this country, and contended that the dealings of the former with the latter manifested a "murderous niggardliness." The Loni. Lie utenant had asked what Ireland would hays done if throwta on her own resources ? But had not Ireland tie church lands, and would not their sale relieve the distress ? But if they were obliged to retort to the aid of other countries, had not Russia lent two millions recently to England, and had not generous America money to lend them ? Ireland had a right, he said, "to get back from England the money of which she had been robbed."—Mr. O'Connell, in conclu sion, said the roads now unfinished shoat& he taken up— that parliament should be called together, and that Ireland should be preserved, or, in the circumstances in which Eng land now was, she might ind her weakness augmented by Ireland. Mr. O'Connell read a communication from Castlebtr, agreed to at a meeting of the Roman catholic clergy of that district, of which the subjoined is a copy, and stated that he knew that similar revresentatiorw had been 1 1 addressed to the towatry hose tattler more influential quarters: At • etheting of the deuce of the desnrgry of Cartier:or, held at the Chapel-homer, th e anhowing resolution. err re unanimously adopted . That we recoil bean oontemplatincr the bout-rending PA fiction which many of the Dom re enduring, and me likely to endure during the approaching a/Saute, as their noroureel are now entirely exhausted, and the grata mod, if lett exclusively In the growers, would not sap- port them for the next three months; and we we ocrnvinced that thousands will fall victual, to Amine and disease, if steps be not arnenolliately taken by the government to avert the awful calamity with whteb they ere threatened. That the permanent peor,law in its palest Merited slate, unman.. pained with Lege and comprehenaire mamma for developing the reenunee of l ie manitry, and simulating the Industry of iteontur Want., an far from producing the herein. intended by the !with toes, will swell the amount of peturrriorm and enthanetc the eal.ny of al: yea. pry In Ireland by it, henry and unequal prnaLre. That wheat we finely admit the hats of the principle that re operty.hould support the poverty of the rerritry, we deny its applicability to Ireland, from whom obsess capital and skill hove been far ornturies earl ruled, whose commerce and menu lacturm hove born atudilated owing to the want of . domestic and independent leareelegure. The rent for the week was alewards of (41., of which 43Z. were from Hensel, the cute/captions ranineipa'ly of 30111•11 catholic olorgyasesi. SCO TLA NA Ean:arsiu, Oct 4. Mr. Kay Shattleworth is expected in Edinburgh this week, but on what precise educational miasien he visits the north has not yet transpired. Were lie to convene a congress of Scotch educationist. the discre pancy of their opinions would surprise him, for iota the preses of the parochial schoolmasters, who adds the pariah schools consolidated as props of the chin* down to Mr. William Chambers, who wishes dim annihilated as ecclesiastical adjuncts, all kinds AI opinions will be found prevailing intermediately be ' tween these two extreme points, and it were perhapa well were Mr. Shuttleworth to avail himself of the means of inquiry with which his visit will furnisl• him. True to the information long ago furnished by , the Roman correspondent of the Ezpresg, the llev. Alexander Smith, of Airdrie, was yesterday con crated coadjutor to Bishop Murdoch, of °lmago% v. There was a large attendance of priests from all guar • ters, and the ceremony excited considerable interest. Edinburgh is at length to erect a new fever hospital. All the suburban boards have been con sul ted, and with the exception of a delegate from th e board of St. Cuthbert's, who seemed to think that ,as the Caledonian railway required to knock down tilt. Cuthbert's Hospital, a new and improved e difi ce , a •ould be given in lieu, which would exonerate that parish from all necessity in co-operating for the i mme di a t e star . of the epidemic. The parochial divi sions of tow.'s is one of the greatest nuisances of the day. Here is a sensible citizen laying the flattering unction to his s oul that he is doing all that in him lies for thwarting! fever, because some months hence accommodation will be provided for patients drawn from certain arbitra,7 divisions of a crowded city. One side of a street is in St. Cuthbert's, the other in Edinburgh Proper; the St. Cuthbert patients are car ried off to infirmary wails, bat it does not seem to occur to the authorities of that parish that if fever rages on the other side of the kennel, their vocation is likely to be somewhat permanent. At whatever cost, those foolish lines of city demarcation should be abolished as soon as poesible, and a complete assimila tion effected dell municipal cal and ecclesiastical burdens. In Paisley, as in Edinburgh, fever is dis tressingly prevalent. account fur his lordship's haste to leave Campbelton without waiting fur the jury at the late CiltUit. IMPROVEMENT.—In the cornyard of the farm at Petty, Morayshire, there are 101 stacks of corn, each stack averag ing 13 quarters of grain. List year there were only 88 stacks in this yard, and of a much small, r size. About 30 years ago the farm was tenanted by a number of small cottars, and their whole produce would scarcely average 10 small stacks. PROVINCIAL. YORKSHIRE. A GREAT CALAMITY OCCURRED AT REIDeIII 011 Sa turday, involving the almost total destruction of the newly. erected promenade-room, and also the goods of fi ce, at the railway terminus. The goods office, at a cost of not legs than 2,000 L was rapidly approaching completion, when it was visited a fir,, which, it is feared, will render its being taken entirely down a matter of necessity. The workmen employed upon the building le ft it, sensual, at twelve o'clock is go to their dinners, and within a gun ter of an hour the alarm was given. It is an extraordinary fact that in ltedcar no fire-engine is kept. The consequence war that in leas than an hour the interior of the building was nearly all destroyed, the roof having fallen in, and there being nothing but the walls left standing, so that en engine, which was sent for from Stockton, arrived only in time to play upon the burning rafters, thus preventing the fire from extending to the station. The origin of the fire is a matter of specula tion. It seems, how,vir, that some of the workmen were using an open fire-grate upon the balcony of the large room, and it is generally supposed that a spark or cinder had fallen. Oao poor man, whilst assisting in the endeavour to cane tinguish the fire, fell through a window front the top of the premises into the station, and broke his arm, and was other wise seriously injured. FATAL STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION.-1n the after noon of Monday, just as the workmen employed at the works of Means. Smith, Beacoek, and Tannett, machine makers and iron -founders, called the Victoria Foundry, in Water-lane, L,ede, were about to resume work after dinner, their labours were interrupted by the explosion or blowing away, with a loud rumbling noise, of one of the steam engine boilers. The boiler-house, which was fitted up with two boilers, for the working of an engine of about sixteen-horse power, was completely levelled with the ground, and the boiler which bunt was blown over an adjacent building from fifteen to twenty yards high, to a distance of about thirty yards from its bed. The adjacent boiler was alio blown from its seat and turned upside down, with the ends reversed, the engine itself bring almost wholly de stroyed, and the building over which the exploded boiler was blown, considerably damaged iu its proven. The engine -man, named J. Newton, was so severely injured, that be died almost immediately. A girl, named Harrison, about I I years of age, who win peening along a footway which adjoins the external wall of the premises, and over which the boiler was blown was so severely scalded, that she survived the accident but a short time. A person named J. William son, who was employed in the works, was also so dreadfully scalded that but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. Three other persona also reecivi d some severe scalds and Contusions- Owing to the death of the engine-man the cause of the. accident will probably be never satisfactorily determined. At present it is supposed to have been occa sioned kiy the engine-man having allowed the boiler to become overb eated, from an insufficiency of water, and that when he added water, on his return from dinner, the heat of the b , iler generated steam too rapidly. It is estimated that the damage done will amount to nearly 2.0001. NORTHUMBERLAND. A PUBLIC DINNER WAS GIVEN TO HENRY MrreaLez, End., at North Shields, on Friday, as a mark of respect for his services in parliament as the late member for the borough of Tynemouth. Nearly eighty gentlemen eat down on the occasion, the chair being occupied by Robert Pow, Esq. The usual toasts were drunk, and Mr. Mitcalfe's parliamentary course commented upon with con siderable approbation. OXFORDSHIRE- FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY.—An accident, attended with fatal consequences to a young man named George Ay land, happened on the works of the above line of railway at Norton on Saturday, and has just formed the subject of a coroner's inquest here. It happened that the deceased was insisting a Samenetshire labourer named Henry Hooper to " tip " the waggons on their arrival at a certain place where their contents were lodged. While so engaged he tripped and fell upon the rail, close in front of an advancing wag gon, which passed over his body, Riding him instAntanoou , ly. The occurrence was witnessed by Hooper and another man at work there, but before they could render the poor fellow ay assistance the waggon had passed over hiss.—Verdict, ". 6 Accidental death." KENT. THE CASE OF DROWNING AT ROCIIESTER.-011 the night of Saturday, the 4th of September, the body of a young female woo observed floating in the river a short dis tance above Rochester-bridge. From circumstances which have since transpired, it appears that her name wan Wise, e.nd that she had been living with her brother, en eating 'house-keeper in Fore-street, London. It would an in, from a letter found in her box, that divappointment in her affec tions led to the fatal termination of her life. Beyond the following letter, her frieads can assign no reason for this act of self-destruction : Monday, Aug. 30.—Mies Wise—l am sorry to inlbrm you that, alter ulster ell things into serious onusideration, I hare made up my mind to drop the acquaint:nee that has been between us; bat, at the mune State, I shall sot forget your kindness to me dm nag the short time we lwe known each...thee, sad if it ever lays In my punt . to retina It I would do so with the greatest of pleasure, and should we ever meet again n may be as Meads only. If you hare anything to say, you eon write as ham., sad I will avower It.—Youra, respect fully, Aural. Koss.. JENNY LIND appearod at Exeter on Friday and Saturday, reciting among the townspeople the enthusiiirm which bee now become a matter of course. Tke prices of admission to the sutwtription rooms were 11. IL, and 10s. 6d. Some espett thieves were busy in the throng on the first OCCIIiOC, and several robberies were effected. One .centlesan lost nearly 21., another 31. 10s., and a lady up wards of 1001. Certain parties, it is said, speculated to the amount of 3001. worth of ticket, width they were ultinntely glad to dispose dat 6s. each. A LAMENTABL/SWVII.TLENCE took place at the Dada Infirmary during the night of Funday last. About a seek since, a man named John Roweliffe, • fly-driver by trade, was brought to the house for treatment, labouring under severe inflammation of the lungs. Towards the end of last week hie mind showed symptoms of being affected. On& aday his faculties wandered and in the middl e o f t h e night he j umped out of bed and tried to make his escape from*. ward. The night-nurse endeavoured to prevent 'aim, bat he escaped from her and ran into the passage. She pursued him for some distance, and at length finding his craarrested by the presence of an i ron d oor, h e ran i:iin towards the staircase. The nurse made a second effert Meteors him, seized him round the waist, and called kv assistance, and two other nurses cams to her help, but the poor follow broke from her again, rushed down stairs, dashed through a window into the street. The house aurgools andothers were called up and hiutened outside the buialiog, but they found him quite dead. A coroner's in quest esis held on the body, and the jury returned a verdict that he dostmed himself whilst in a state of lunacy. Irbe Mrama. PitINCESS * 6.—A new after-piece, apparently from the French, entitled "A Romance of the Rhi ne ," wu pro duced here last evening. The heroine, Conetnnee, heiress of a German proprietor, has been saved from drowning in the Rhine by a young French officer, Hector Dusiorteau, who, however, imagines her to have been loft in the con fusion of the rescue, and this impression is shared by her uncle and his son, Fritz, who, on her supposed decease, enter into possession of her estate. The usurpation is favoured for awhile by the young lady, for the purpose of marrying her poor cousin, Lucille, to her rich cou s i n , F r i tz, and sbe aceorasgly obtains admission to her own chateau in the character of an old goimernante, Lucille being in the secret. She has, of course, fallen in love with her young deliverer, and be, of course, loving in return, if very sad by reason of her supposed loss. She accordingly manages to bring him to the chateau, and, after Leaving him as the old gouvernante, and fearfully fascinating him as the spirit of herself, gives him her hand, having first secured the desired husband for Lucille. The comedietta is amusing enough, and very well acted. Miss Emma Staeley impersonated the heroine with great spirit, and she was excellently supported by Miss Villars, a moat welcome accession to this theatre. Mr. J. Vining was the young officer, and Mr. Compton richly absurd as Frif:. " Love, Law, and Physic" was repeated. liICHOLSON-STREET UNITED PENIDITERIAN CnuRCII AND ITS sitaIO.COMIC SOIREE.— We a:0 now enlightened in the topography of the Nicholson-street Church, referred to in our correspondent's remarks, and in Mr. Johnson's letter which appeared on Saturday but. It is in Greenock, and not in Edinburgh. The Witness copied the account of . Poetic complete era pocr di G. Gelsri, cots eta LlT ie E i ßA ed a TURf e . collection are all political and the entertainment as given and commented en in the Express, a l ig loe iunle. me L ie ugtua th o i , e lSt7 and supplied the missing word left out by us. pr ts the Wantss has never been challenged for this, it is mimed that the traneaction took place inGreenock. Should the minister of the Greenock Church, like his Edinburgh brother, sat irical. I n the present state o f I ta ly they are both deny the accuracy of the statement, our columns are open interesting and instructive, as showing the popular to him for that purpose. We doubted the correctness of ri tate w in e. th N e e se w lec ie t e io m n an of w obj ill ects to f a or r i ad av o e p o t ti a ve sa a tins nd for the JhuiavthenrYal,aaort°ofb°GmeorgwehilBV.ohroPinmioth° eofilITTO-i -the programme the lea, as some two years ago the Witness SlSMlnllnginserely on a similar exhibition in one of the elage sow is the pale of the United Presbyterian Church. tie ver n si f o re n m of . LOST GREENLANDEUE.—On Wednesday last, 17 of the Seamen belonging to the Bon Accord of Hull, and the penny Postbag ;' and yet there are no materials of Med of Bo'nees, arrived in Aberdeen by steamer from u his i to m r pe y r m tem ore t t i o ul kn ua o b vi le th wh em at p t o h p e ular com li m b t e m ls ity I t t hi is nk q , ui o to r Ingedek, where they had been brought by the l'eru, of Co penhagen, from Egedinnunde, a Danish settlement on the vv desire , Ana Want they like to complain of, as to pretend to think, of their rulers—what they profess east alas of Davis' Straits . The po:r fell:wo, having loot ell ~, _, ,_ __ their clothing, were dressed in the sealskin attire of the Es quimau:, and, Al was to have been expected, attracted no ascertain the acts ana private inte'itions of kings small attention as they passed along the quay. Some others or popes. The Prussians delight in the grace of their ship mates went to Copenhagen, intending to go from f u l and cutting satire of Heine or the gro ammo to B ull. Others—about nine of them—remained in tesatie f i ct i ons of p ries, from a consciousness Gesenland, there not being accommodation for the whole of . them on board the Peru. They seem to have under- that they hit the weak points of the King's gone much privation, having had to remove from character and conduct, without seriously be oac settlement to another, on account of the inauffi• lieving him to be half so much a tyrant, or quite so ciency of provisions. The intelligence that they bring much an old woman, as he appears in the contraband of the other vessels leads to favourable expectations. When the Bon Accord and Alfred were lost, on the 9th of July, the other vessels in their company,pat en of Deutschland or the Wochenstubc. It is were a long way ahead of them, with open water, half a IS for the present extinct among us. Public and pri milewhs. last seen, perhaps to the credit of England that political satire d a y el g t o da t thro y there ueh w to sa th n e ot w a n y t esse T l h i e n y r sig ep tt n , they tht vate decorum are, without any extraordinary eaten having distant;eviden several vessels had fish. The Pacific is said to have one, honest y o and a vessel that they saw, passing down the straits, oppo- muc farmed even by their opponents—to leave h site to Egedwmunde, sitting very deep in the water, and r e c re apparently full. Juvcnal or evert for a Beringer. There aionof hypocrisy, rzli,estooandstatesmen widely di ff umed is among too generallyn s opening fora THII Llau JUSTICE CLERK Hort AND JENNY LIND.— would be no humour in accusing an . En glish The Inverary Circuit fell this ear y to be holden upon Than- ministry of dealing, as Guisti i ns inuates of th e or day, the 16th current. Could any of your readers Oars A Neapolitan government , with t heir enemies by . correspondent of the Glasgow Gottstataional) inform me ison ; nor is society, with all its faults and its whether the Lord Justice Clerk was present in the City as to take a plea- Hall, Glasgow, hearing Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, upon gr P %m in bli l n ooking g , Friday, the 17th i The object of this, spparently, Is to sure so diasa at itee tifi lf ed ia wi th th e disco mirror mirror which