The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-20 00:00:00

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His royal highness dines and sleeps at Mr. Bait's, of Dlchfour, this evening, and will join her Ma jesty on board the yacht to-morrow, at Fort William, where her Majesty, it is expected, wit arrive at six o'clock r from Ardverikie. The Commissioners for inquiring into the applica tion of iron in railway structures held their first meeting at Gwydyr-house, oa Saturday. There were present: Lord Wrottesley, Profesaor Willis, M.A. ; Capt. Henry James, R.E.; George Rennie, Erg.; Eaton Hodgkins, Esq., and the secretary, I.;eut. Douglas Galten, R.E. Sir Henry Verney had an interview with Sir George Grey on Friday, at the Home-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday, for his residence, Mickleton-hall, Doncaster. I)espacthes for the Governor-General of Canada and the governors of the other North American provinces, also for the governors of Ceylon and \Vest Australia, and for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Wands, were sent Mien Saturday evening from the Ca.lonial.ollice. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Mauritius. LORD AND LADY Baol'aitAm are entertaining select circle at Brougham Hall. The Marqnis of Douro has arrived ou a iut to the noble and learned lord, from hi. shooting-box in the Highlands. The noble marquis goes next week visiting in Norfolk. DEATH OF L IDT CHARLOTTE HOMAN—This lady died on the 12th inst., at Drurnroe, Sir W. J. Homan's seat, in the county of Waterford. Her ladyship was only sue 'filing daughter of the late Marquis of Bute and the Hon. Charlotte Jane Windon, eldest..aughter and co-heir of Her bert, last Viscount Windon, and was horn July 16, 1771, and married, June 13, 1797, Sir W. J. Homan, Bart. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bute, Lord Decica, Viscount and Lady Frances SAndon, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord and Lady J. Stuart, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, Lord and lady Wharocliffe, and several other families of rank, are placed in mourning by the demise of her ladyship. HER MAJE:ry's REruaN.—As previously arranged, the royal squadron was to have arrived off Fleetwood last evening. Her Majesty will start by railway at 8 o'clock this morning, and will smve at Buckingham l'al4Co in the after- Coon, en roue for Oaborne. REPORTED MARRIAGE GP THE DUKE OP WEL eleomel wrnt Miss BURDETT Gorrie.—A eorrespon. dent infernos us that the reported marriage between the Duke of Wellington and Miss Burdett Coutts is likely to take place within a very short period; that the legal advisers of the illustrious duke and the wealthy heiress have been engaged for some weeks past in preparing the settlements, but owing to a difficulty which had suggested itself respect. lag the descent of the property, some delay had taken place in concluding the preliminary arrangements. The difficul ties which are stated to have arisen proceeded from the ex. pressed desire of the lady that the greater part of her fortune should be settled upon the heirs to the title of the Duke of Wellington in perpetuity. This Macre. tion has been objected to by his grace, who has most distinctly stated his wish that in the ultimate disposition of the money or any property that may be purchased with it, in cue of the death of the Marquis of Douro without issue, and the issue of Lord Charles Wellesley becoming extinct, no interest should be taken by any colla teral branch of his family, including the heirs of his brother, but that his direct heirs only shall inherit or participate in the advantages conferred by the settlement. After much negotiation between the parties an amicable adjustment of differences has been effected, and, in the event of the direct line becoming extinct, the property is eventually to be applied to an object intimately connected with the renown of the great warrior.— (Magner, THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S ENIR OIRASeHENTe. —The Odserter says the state of this nobleman's affairs has for some time formed a topic of conversation, and his em barrassmenta have become so public that no secregy is now considered necessary upon the subject. The creditors of the duke have been trying to bring his personal property to the hammer, and to divide amongst them what little could he obtained by the sale of the valu able effects of the ducal residences, Stowe, Wotton in Bucks, Avington in Ilammbire, and Buckingham-house and Chandos-house in London. They estimated that the value of the pictures, furniture, plate, wines, &c., in these mansions would be between 50,0001. and 100,0001. Operati ins were consequently commenced, end in the latter end of August an execution was put into Buckingham. house for a sum of 20,0001., for whielt • verdict had been obtained at the last assizi s at Devizes. This was immediately followed by other executions in Stowe, Wotton, and Avington (the house in Chandos-street bring occupied by the Austrian embassy). The total amount of the duke's debts is stated at between 1,750,0001. and 1.000,0001. When the officers in charge of Buckingham House were about to seize the furniture, it was intimated to them that the duke had assigned over the whole of his effects, down to his wearing apparel, wines, &c., to hie eldest son, in satisfaction of a claim which he had egainit his father, and which would he preferred to the claims of the creditors. The sheriff was then requested to leave the house, but this he refused to do, and an application was made to the judge at chambers on Saturday, when it was argued that the deed of assignment was void as against the creditors, and that the distress was legal. The judge also decided that the sheriff should remain in possession until security was given for the amount of the levies, and directed issues to be tried between the parties to test the validity' of the various claims, so as to bring the whole question before the court. It is stated that there are now no fewer than sixteen executions in the town mansion for debts of 30,0001 and downwards. RECOVERY GP ABOVE 1,0001. WORTH OF BANKRUPT PROrneorr.—lt will be recollected that in March last • fiat in bankruptcy was issued against David Edwin Columbine, of Carlton-chambers, Regent-street, and Cecil House, Brampton, the solicitor of the defunct scheme known as the London and Exeter Direct Railway Company. When the day of sale arrived, the bankrupt served the parties with an injunction granted by the Lord Chancellor, on the ground that the property belonged to the bankrupt's wife under a deed of marriage settlement. The valuable furniture, &c., therefore still remains where it was. The assignees, however, have recovered trinkets, watches, and jewel. key of different descriptions of the value of above 500/. in the most singular manner. The bankrupt, it appears, at first proceeded to Paris, where he disposed of his carriage and horses, and afterwards went to Germany, taking with him the jewellery in emotion. Upon his return to London, he deposited the parcel in a well known London tavern, giving strict orders to the waiter net to let any party but himself have access to it. The mysterious manner of the bankrupt induced some suspicion that all was not right, and the valuables were handed over to the City police superintendent, and they are now in the safe keeping of Mr. Green, the official assignee After this disclosure, Mr. Hamber was instructed to use his utmost vigilance in tracing oat any other property that was c incealed, and for that purpose he went to Bou logne, whither the bankrupt had repaired. At that place he found a number of boxes and packages, containing a valuable pianoforte by Broadwood, a number of pictures, and other descriptions of property, of above 5001. value, which had been removed by the bankrupt. Mr. flambee claimed them on behalf of the assignees, but the French authorities declined to give them up until it had been de cided by a suit at law that they were entitled to take pos minion of them. Proceedings were accordingly instituted in the French court, in the names of the assignees, and the suit is still pending. While Mr. Hamber was staying at Bou logne he found from an informer, who disclosed that he had been employed to set as an interpreter for Colombia', that be bad accompanied the bankrupt to the office of a French advocate, who had been instructed to delimit some money belonging to the bankrupt in Adam's bank, at Boulogne. Mr. Member lost no time in going to the bank, and found, upon inquiry, that the information was correct. The neces sary steps were taken to recover the deposits, and the bank rupt, a few minutes after the notices had been served, en tered the bank to cash a cheque, when he found, to his chagrin and mortification, that all his cash had been attached for the benefit of his creditors. Another quantity of valuable property has been discovered ate West end repository. AN IRISH BRIGADE FOR ROME.—lnconsequence Of the allusions made in Coaciliation-hall, Dublin, and elsewhere, respecting the propriety of the Irish forming a brigade, to defend the Pope from Austrian aggressions, a large number of Irishmen, resident in London, have expressed their willingness to enlist for that purpose, and they contemplate bolding • meeting, to petition the Queen to allow them to do so. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—It ie rumoured that a com pany is to be formed for purchasing the Great Britain, and placing her on the Liverpool sad New Orleans trade. She still remains on the gridiron in the Prince's Basin. INQCEST, SATURDAY.—ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES. —Befere Mr. Hier, at the Essex Head, Essex-street, Strand, on Willem Emery, lipid 42, one of her Majesty's walermen, a nd Intel/01n to ttz of the guards, who, with ..a Serg. t life on the river, as ueiZeu °f Monday.—Ch ar l es hi l l , waterman at the Tem ple-so—pie-itairs, found the body floating close to the pier, early in the morn- Emery brother of the decease d , deposed that he end his brother ' rowed up the river two parties, in different boats, that d a y week. Witness rowed up a ' four-oared Cutter which belonged to the Fusilier Guards. At Batter ies, they exchange d boats about 8 o'clock, p.m. , his brother taking the cutter, which he st ee red, and in which were Sc great Paton and Corporals Smith, Hopkins, and Bythe, who sowed. They were perfectly sober, and, for landsmen, rowed well. They leg the Red House, Battersea, about 8 o'clock, witness and the other party remateing behind. In about seve.i minutes afterwar ds , the accident, by which his brother and Sergeant Paton lost their lives, a:carrot He did net see it , but understood that it took place from the Ili, coming in collision with a ste amer. Th e b ow, ?udder, mg; first plank, knees, and shoulders on the tar boerd Side of the cutter, weee forced in. His brother was a l stead y I and practical watermsn, hut he c ould not swim.—Mr, Baker, ' the constable, stated that the occurrence was the result of a collision between the Matrimony steamer and the cutter. He could not adduce further evidence that evening, and he therefore prayed for an adjournment of the inquest. —Ad journed accordingly. THE MONETARY CRISIS.-MEETDIO AT NEWCASTLE. An important meeting of the merchants, manufac turers, and coal-owner, of Newcastle-on-Tyne and the neighbourhood, was held at the Turk's Head Inn, in that town, on Saturday afternoon, to consider the propriety of pending a deputation to London to confer with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on the present alarming state of monetary and mercantile affairs. The attendance was very numerous, and included many of the mmt influential mer cantile men of the district. Mr. M. BELL, M.P., Wan called to the chair, and stated that at the request of a preliminary meeting be had written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to ascertain whether he was disposed to receive a deputation. Sir Charles Wood, in his reply, said he should be very glad to receive any gentle- men, but he did not see what advantage would be derived from the interview, He was afraid, Sir Chub a added, that it was not in his power to prevent the effects of over-specula. tion or mistaken calculation : nobody thought that there was my want of circulation, or extraordinary pressure in the money-market upon houses in good credit. The letter was dated Downing-street, but the chairman observed that the right hon. gentleman had since left town for Yorkshire. Mr. W. ARMS - MONO, one of the vice-presidents of the Chamber of Commerce, said he attended the meeting in c Injunction with Mr. A. G. Gray, u a deputation from that body, and he was authorised by the mayor of Newcastle to say that his worship would be glad to lend the weight of his official character to any deputation that might be appointed. Ile (Mr. Armstrong) thought, however, that it was hardly necessary to send a deputation either to the prime minisur or the chancellor of the exchequer, after such an expression of opinion as had fallen from the latter in his communication. Perhaps the better way would be to communicate with chambers of commerce in other towns, and, if possible, co operate with them in any movement which might be made. Mr. A. G. GRAY thought they were to blame for having delayed any action until now, and as the state of affiirs was daily becoming more serious, the? , ought no longer to withhold from the Chancellor of the Exchequer their con. viction that seine steu cught to be taken immediately to avert consequences which must otherwise ensue. Mr. MITCALFE (late M.P. for Tynemouth) supported Mr. ' Gray's view, and expressed an opinion based upon informa tion he had received irons London, that the commercial crisis was not even yet fully developed. In his judgment, the cir culation of tile country was totally inadequate to meet the necessities, and to carry on the extensive trade of the empire, and as that circumstance was attributable to the operation of the Bank Restriction Act, he thought they should co-operate with the inhabitants of other towns for die purpose of ob taining the abolition of that obnoxious meager°. Mr. W. H. Baocagrr and other gentlemen enforced the necessity of sending a deputation. Several maid that the way in which Sir C. Wood spoke in 114 letter of the nature of the crisis proved that he was profoundly ignorant of the subject. Ultimately, a ft er much conversational discussion, the follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted, on the motion of Mr. M. Plummer, chairman of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, and one of the oldest merchants in New castle : ; " -- 'li;;tthis meeting views with much apprehension the interne de ranged state of the monetary affairs of the country, and the emit ir rammeat and injuri us consequcnces which must Inevitably result from any lengthened continuance of the muting prewure on the whole trade of the empire. That the mercantile, manufacturing, and mining interests of the north of England, in common with the teene r., commercial intents of the country, have for some time suffered great in.. and inconienience, and are Mill suffering from an unpreee dentedle high rate of the value of money, and of the extreme diffi culty of obtilnicg it fur all purposes of legitimate commerce and manufactures; and are apprehensive that a cortinuanoe of the pre sent preroure may lead to a serious restriction of the power of throe engaged in mining and rnanuficturing affdrs to continue employment to the vast number of men under their control. . _ _ ideisltatronWastheitappoiiiieil, - consisting of the follow ing gentlemen, to wait upon the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and confer with him on the subject:—Mr. M. Bell, M.P., the Mayor of Newcastle, Mr. W. Armstrong, Mr. A. G. Gray, Mr. d. Plummer, Mr. W. Cargill, Mr. If. Morton. and Mr. Hugh Taylor. The Chairman was requested to ascertain Sir C. Wood's wishes as to the time and place at which the interview shall be held ; and the meeting then separated. It may be stated, in connexion with this matter, that a largo portion of the coal trade of the North have commenced a movement which, if successful, will raise the value of their commodity in the London market. A circular has been issued to the representatives of the collieries of Northumberland and Durham, which states that a meeting of the owners and representatives was held on Thursday last, and "having taken into emsi deration that the very inadequate remuneration generally derived from capital invested in the collieries of this district, during the last two and a half years, has tended to discourage the power of production, and that the demand for their staple commodity is increasing," expressed their opinion to be " that an advance of 2s. per chaldron should be mado " on all classes of coal ; and a committee was appointed to carry the resolution into effect. THE WEST OLOUCESTEREMIitE CONTEST. SIR, —Fully agreeing with your correspondent, signing himself West Gloucester,hire Liberal and Elector," that the best and molt correct information should too Worded to you, in order that you might form a just opinion respecting the merits of the election in question, so that your powerful pen should be wielded on the side of jus tice, I nevertheless beg to differ tote eels from my brother elector, as to the correctness of those inferences which he has been pleased to draw from facts stated, as he says, for your guidance. I at once admit that he has given a correct analysis of the votes as far as it goes, but I dispute most distinctly that the votes Mr. Grenville Berkeley received from the liberal party were any test or proof that he was preferred by the liberals to Mr. Orantley Berkeley; on the contrary, 1 am perfectly well assured, that but for bribery to an enormous extent, treating to profusion, and intimidation, commonly known to eleetioneering agents under the appellation of "(hearten'," Mr. Orantley Berkeley's majority of those who have hitherto ' voted fur liberal candidates would have been most unequi vocally demonstrated among the liberals. Will any man of honesty dare to assert, that if Mr. Grantley Berkeley 'a well wishers had been protected by the intervention of the ballot, that his majority among the liberal party would not have doubled, if not trebled that which Mr. Grenville Berkeley obtained under the present system of open voting ? Why, in the county, this is a fact so well established, that to cast a doubt upon it would be considered folly. Now, sir, to make a rough calculation, let me suppose that Lord Filxhardinge, the moot powerful of Mr. Grantley Berkeley's opponents, could, through his particular influence, send six hundred men to record their votes for whom he pleased, whether it chanced to be Grantley Berkeley, Grenville Berkeley, or his lordship's butler. It is no secret, nor does Lord Fitzhardinge attempt to conceal the fact, that he considers he has as much right to the votes of his tenantry (tenants at-will, be it re membered) as to their rents, and that ho would eject any tenants that dared to refuse either the one or the other. I understate the case very much when I assert that with the ballot, or left to themselves, five hundred out of the six hun dred would have voted for Grantley Berkeley; and when that hon. gentleman, at his late dinner, asserted that nume rous votes were given with smothered execration* at the ty ranny which compelled them to be recorded, he spoke the truth, and he could establish that truth before a committee of the House of Commons to-morrow. Lord Ducie's tenantry next come under consideration ; and, although that noble man does not take the Duke of Newcastle's kind of line, although he dots not tell his tenantry that he considers their votes his property, and that "a man has a right to do what he likes with his own," yet be pointed to the candidate Gren ville Berkeley, and intimated that he supported him, and then told his tenantry they might do as they liked ; and his lordship's conduct in so doing seems to me not very unlike that of the beggar in Gil Mu, who asked charity with his hat in the road and a musket over the wall. And the activity of Mr. Moreton, his lordship's steward, was very remarkable. Now, sir, I arrive at the third nobleman, the Duke of Beaufort, the leader of the tones ; and that he did all in his power to return Mr. Grenville Berkeley is a fact as indis putable as that he did all he could to defeat his own brother in Monmouthshire. Well, sir, the partisans of this noble clique did their work thoroughly ; and when Mr. Grantley Berkeley asserted that, in a distr,ct where he had 400 direct promises, the money bag or " the screw," or both, converted those promises into a minority of nine votes against him, he told the truth, and moreover there would be no difficulty in furnishing a similar instance from another quarter of the county. The analysis of the polling, as far as the mode of voting goes, is correct enough, but your correspondent says not one word of the strong fact that Grantley Berkeley had a great majority of votes in districts where the property was divided, and men dared vote as they pleased. Orem ills Berkeley's majority was upon the estates of great landholders where men dared express no opinion of their own; unfcrtunates, whom Grantley Berkeley described, not inaptly, as being driven to the polling-booths as beasts are driven to the shambles. Before I conclude, sir, you must permit me to make a short remark upon your correspondent's assertion that, be cause Mr. Grenville Berkeley numbered more plumper* than Mr. Grantley Berkeley, he was, par excellence, the liberal candidate, a most weak and impotent conclusion. Now, air, if your correspondent means to assert that Mr. Grenville Berkeley did not make hie appearance as the avowed castle puppet, popped up to take the place of Mr. Grantley Berke ey, the late castle puppet, he has a peculiar way of thinkiug, which I can only reply to by the vulgar, but significant, remark that ho must " tell that to the marines ;' but pre suming that I may venture to describe Mr. Grenville Berke ley as the present, Mr. Orantley Berkeley as the late, nominee of Berkeley Castle, I look to the past conduct of Mr. Grsntley Berkeley, as the castle puppet, for the proba bility ;;;`, completely replacing him • . in that roll had he got In. As all tun Z;T:..":!!!"' • Berkeley were acknowledged to have arisen from the dicta tion of Lord Fitzhardinge, so there is hope of him when he repudiates his dictator, confesses his errors, and promises better foe the future. At least he is no nominee at the present writing. Had Mr. Grenville Berkeley got in at the end of the screw, and at the outlay of some 1,5,0001. of his I patron's money, I do think we might have reasonably looked for something like Fitzhardinge polities from the castle no- minee ; and let us ask what those politics are, which your correspondent says has never elicited a single murmur of disapprobation from the liberal, of West Gloucestershire ? Why, a decided opposition, on his lordship's part, since the Reform Bill, to every measure of reform. By the Reform Bill he obtained Lis political power, and likewise his reward; ; and since then, every measure of reform has met with his opposition. A friend to the corn laws; an enemy to free trade ; opposed to the ballot; opposed to the extension of the suffrage, and an alteration in the qualification of electors ; a great stickler by the Chandos clause ; an enemy to lease ; an admirer of the game laws ; and last, not least, was a de cided opponent of that most beneficial measure, Post -office reform. Both are the political opinions of the man your liberal correspondent sets up as the beau ideal of a Oloucea tershire whig : to my mind, he seems well matched in poli tics with his Grace of Beaufort. At all events, whig or no wbig, he is a long way brhii Peet. As for the tory splits in favour of Grantley Berkeley, they arise from no political motive, but from a sense of that in , decent and hart-faced dictation which bade fair to disgrace West Gloucestershire—from a hatred of oppression inherent in ell generous minds. Had a second tory come forward, he would have been returned by the tortes; neglect of the re gistration had insured that on the part of Lord Fitzhardinge. No tory appeared, and, in the teeth of the Duke of Beaufort, the Write split for the ill-used man.—As INDEPENDENT ELECTOR or WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Sept. 18. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1847. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MAN- CHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. In addition to the notice which we gave of this disinter on Saturday, we now furelish,chiefly from the llalifiar Guardian, the following details:—The train consisted of six carriages, and war drawn by one of the company's new and powerful engines. Nothing occurred until the train reached the Luddenden Foot Station, when it ap pears that a rail broke on the down line opposite the platform, and threw the last carriage of the train off the line. The Luddenden Foot station is distant about two miles from the So werby -bridge station, and between the two stations is the Soseerby tunucl. At the moment the carriage was thrown off the line, the two guards were both inside their respective carriages, and the driver, not being aware of the accident, continued his career at the accustomed speed. All this while the carriage thrown off the line continued to "bump" most dreadfully against the sleepers, much to the alarm of the passengers, who were thrown into a state of the greatest possible terror. Fortunately there were only five passengers in this carriage, the body of which was fitted up for second-class passengers, with a con* at eitlx:r end for first-class passengers. In the coup: nearest the engine were seated Mr. W. It. Weston, one of the surveyors-general of the Customs, London ; Mr. T. Moon, of London, his secre tary ; and Mr. Gillard, • gentleman In the employ of the electric telegraph company, and residing in Wakefield. In the other coupe were seated, Captain Ellis, of the Board of Trade, a government inspector, and his assistant; they miraculously escaped with a few slight cuts and bruises. They were on their way to Normanton, and soon after the accident proceeded on their journey. No second-clan pas sengers occupied the centre compartment. We are not aware dist any one on the line noticed the accident that had happened to this carriage until the train pawed through the tunnel, where some plate layers were at work, and who observed that the car riage was off the line. They shouted to the engine driver and to the guards, but the noise occasioned by the rushing of the train through the tunnel drowned the warning cry, and the iron monster continued its enurse—draegiire the helpless victims in ite'rcar to certain death. Upon 'emerging from the tunnel the disaster was immediately observed by the clerks and men employed at the station, who shouted and motioned to the driver and guards that something was amiss. The guards, however, were in side, and the rein descended in torrents at the time. Accord ing to the tires bills the down train is net appointed to stop at Sowerby-bridge, running direct from Todmorelen to North Dean station, where it is due at 2 o'clock. It passed the Sowerby-bridge station about seven minutes after 2 o'clock, about which time the accident happened. The moment the train was observed, an storm was reised at the station, a ter rifle accident being inevitable; and in a few moments after the train passed the station, the awful catastrophe occurred. From the tremendous " bumping " of the carriage. it was evident that the under-work , were much damaged, and when opposite the platform on the down line, the two hind wheels of the carriage were wrenched off and hurled across the line. A few paces further on is an ash-pit, and which occasioned the overthrow of the carriage on to its broad side, with • most fearful crash. A scene now occurred which almost defies description. The dilapidated carriage wan dragged • dis tance of from 20 to 30 yards, by which the body of Mr. Gil lard was mangled in the most dreadful manner possible. Whether he was attempting to leap out of the carriage or not does not appear; the probabilities are, that owing to the dreadful force with which the lower part of the carrisge was dashed against the sides of the ash-pit his feet slipped through the bottom. Both his legs were literally torn from his body; one foot, with the boot, was found so hrmly fieed in the " points," that a bar of iron had to be used with con- 1 sides-able force before the mutilated limb could be extricated The other foot, with a portion of the leg, was found at the distance of 20 yards further down the line, and several bones and pieces of flesh torn from the body, were scattered over ' the line. Notwithstanding these severe injuries, the unfor tunate gentleman breathed once or twice after he was taken up, His deem was torn to pieces, and his shirt even riven to rags. Mr. Weston was thrown out of the carriage. His left leg was found to be contused in a most shocking manner, a severe gash upon the right thigh, with dreadful injuries upon the head. Mr. Moon (secretary to the above gentle man), also received a wound on the head, by which he was rendered insensible. Some time after his recovery, Mr. , Moon made the following statement to Captain Biustead, 1 the superintendent of the railway :—" Immediately after passing the Luddenden Foot station, the oscillation and uneasy motion of the carriage convinced us that we were off the line. The rapid motion, the noise of the wind and bat tering of the rain, added to the fact that ours was the last carriage, convinced us else that we were too far removed from the guard to enable us to draw attention to our position, and we therefore eat still, waiting tremulously the result. After the lapse of about three minutes, 1 daring which time the carriage was tossing to and fm in • frightful manner, and dragged along at a rate of full thirty'miles an hour,we found we were entering the Sowerby bridgc-tunnel, which is about a quarter of • mile in length, and which terminates just before retelling the station. In the tunnel lights appeared to be dancing about, and I fancied ' I could perceive the faces of men, whom I took to be porters bolding up lights, and oar hopes were that they had seen the predicament our carriage wan in. The train, however, proceeded, and on approaching the Sowerby-bridge station, the deceased Mr. 'Gillard, remarked that be thought the carriage had righted itself upon the rails again ; they became conscious that the oscillation was considerably less. I sought this opportunity to seize the straps which passed along the roof of the coup, and raising my feet out of the window, I thought it the most secure way to escape danger. I advised Mr. Weston and Mr. Gillard to do the same, but whether they did so or not I cannot say, as immediately after a terri ble shock rendered me insensible to what was passing around me. I remember nothing further until after I was picked up and conveyed to the Royal Hotel." A moment or two before the accident happened, Mr. Moon told his companions to hold up their legs as much as possible, fearing that an accident would happen. And it is not a little remarkable that, in company with Mr. Weston, they narrowly escaped • severe accident a few months ago in passing through a tunnel on one of the Southern lines when another train " ran into " the train in which they were travelling. No sooner, however, had he given the caution than the carriage was overturned, and he and his companions thrown out. As every incident connected with this terrible accident will be perused with interest, and as it is instructive to know how providentially death is sometimes averted, the following inci dent forms not the lent curious circumstance in the history of this fatal accident. When at the Victoria station Mr. Moon placed his coat on the seat which was suinequently occupied by Mr. Gillard, intending to occupy it himself. During his momentary absence from the carriage Mr. Gillard stepped into it, and perhaps not perceiving the over-coat, eat upon it; Mr. Moon being unwilling to disturb the gentleman, took another scat, and thus no d ,übt escaped a horrible death. After • minute examination of the wounds j inflicted upon the body of Mr. Weston, his recovery WAS at once pronounced is ho hopelees. Immediately atter the accident, information wan tele graphed along the line, and Capt. Binstead, R.N., was in a short time at the scene of the disaster, and instituted • rigor. ous inquiry into the origin of the calamity. The line was care fully examined, and the fetal accident was discovered to have been occasioned by the sudden breaking of a rail opposite the platform of the Luddenden-toot station. Some plate-layers had only examined that portion of the line about an hour and a half previously, and found it all right. What occa sioned the sudden breakage must remain &mystery; but how a railway carriage should be allowed to be off the line, and plough up the car;h for a distance of upwards of two miles, without being discovered by the guards in charge of the train, requires to be accounted for. No doubt a searching judicial investigation will take place, pending which we shall withhold any opinion we may entertain on the subject. It is to be hoped, however, that the attention of railway super. intendents and others will be directed to the difficulty which at present exists, of the guard in the rear of a train com municating with the engine driver; and that some plan may also be devised, by which a communication may be made between the passengers in each compartment and the guards in charge of the train, should occasion require. Another accident occurred to a luggage train, at the Sowerby-bridge station, about seven o'clock in the evening of Thursday, and by which one of the servants of the oempany had a very narrow escape of bin life. It appears that some of the " points " had been strained by the accident in the after noon, so much so, that a luggage train, while endeavour ing to " shunt," in order to allow a passenger train (then due) to pass, was thrown off the line. Three or four of the waggons were thrown all of a heap, and in endeavouring to get one of them upon the line, a porter was caught between the buffers, and severely crushed. He was conveyed into the office, but recovered after a short time. The line was com pletely blocked up for a time, but owing to the code of signals adopted by this company, the passenger train was stopped just as it emerged from the tunnel, and remained stationary until ordered to " move on." The inquest on the bodies was formally opened at the Royal Hotel, Sowerby-bridge, on Saturday ; but it was un derstood that it was merely confined to the identity of the bodies, and the jury were adjourned for the inspection of the line and broken carriage by the government authorities. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Bsrr. 18. To those who attentively regard the position of Ire land at this moment, nothing is more certain than that upon the poor-law, its working, and its adminis trators, depend the very existence of the people. In some districts there aro landlords who can afford to improve their properties, and who are disposed to do what they can afford. In some districts improve ments, under the sanction of the legislature, are in progress, through the Land Improvement and Public Work Acts. But in every county in Ireland, scarcely exeepting any one in Ulster, there exists, even at this moment, a want of employment most lamentable, as well in regard to the interests of the empire, as of the people more immediately effected by it. The oottier and con-acre tenants are even now, when the harvest operations are not yet concluded, suffering great distress, and hence we find a meeting has been already held at Skibbereen, in which new appeals are made to the government and the country against a perfectly new phase of die trees, and hence from so many quarters do we already hear the wail of woe—the lamentations of disease. That portion of our city of Dublin called "The Liberty ' is especially afflicted. This district was formerly the seat of manufacturing industry, and it is still principally inhabited by hand-loom weavers and their families. Your readers will easily perceive, therefore, how it has become a hot-bed of fever, and how dysentery seizes upon many victims. At the meeting in Skibbereen, formerly noticed, the existence of a good harvest was thankfully acknowledged—the " necessity which compelled the muscle of the country to take refuge in a workhouse while the country was half waste," was deplored, and the absence of the potato harvest and its consequences, as an aggrava tion of the sufferings ordinarily attending the poor, having been stated, it was declared that the people " on the failure of employment must be immediately reduced to extreme destitution, or driven to acts of violence dangerous to life and destructive to property, the law ittenied for their relief being totally inade quate for this purpose." The meeting, therefore, re solved upon " appealing to the Prime Minister," heaven help him, and, of course, their application will be for further advances, that the property of the union " may not be centismited." In the meantime nothing is being done to put the poor-law effectively in operation. If the people of Skibbereen did that and proved themselves ready to do all they could they might then have some real claim—at present they seem to have very little. Much will depend, in the present juncture, upon the poor-law commissioners for Ireland. Their work must not only be instant, but unceasing. Skull, triate women, is emulating Skibbereen, but its appeal is to the representatives for Cork, county and borough, not to the premier. The prayer of the people of Skull is that their representatives should represent to the legislature the peculiarly grievous pressure of the famine on the sea-coast of Ireland ; the impolicy as well as injustice of throwing the sup port of the poor, in the maritime districts, exclusively on the property of the place ; and, finally, the impos sibility of effecting, by means of the poor law as it now is, the relief of the destitute in those localities. Now, if " even the poor law cannot effect" this objeet, how can the legislature come to its aid ? The general assembly of the presbyterian church in Ireland have just had a meeting to appoint professors to the newly-endowed chairs in the presbyterian college, Belfast. The professors appointed were Mr. Masson, Greek ; Dr. Murphy, Hebrew ; Dr. Cooke, sacred rhetoric ; and Mr. Gibson, Christian ethics. The appointments are all looked upon as unexception able, and calculated greatly to increase the reputation of the college. The poor-law commissioners have just pronounced a censure upon the Rev. Mr. M'Nulty, a Roman catholic clergyman of Derry, for having tampered with two paupers of the presbyterian communion, who became proselytes ; for, say the commissioners, they attach much importance to the strict observance of the regulations on this very delicate subject, as it is essential that the Roman catholic° and protestants of Ireland should be convinced that workhouses are neutral ground in reference to proselytism, and should feel a confidence that the poor, when they take refuge in those asylums of destitution, will be protected as far as possible from any influences calculated to alter their religious faith. Mr. John O'Connell has addressed the people on the part of the Repeal Association, exhorting them by every obligation of morality and law, and enforc ing his exhortation by evoking his father's memory to pay the landlord's their rents and the government the rates. He warns them against being made the tools of the landlords, who care not to shed the peo ple's blood so they procure a remission of the advances; and he tells them that, by the present poor-law, if necessary, the landlord's property is pledged for the support of the poor, even to confiscation. There is considerable honesty and strength of mind manifested in putting forward such unpopular doctrine; more especially as "t' other shop" has preached no repay ment. The " tenant-farmers " meeting at Holycross, be tween Cashel and Thurles, in Tipperary, is exciting some uneasiness in the minds of the authorities. Per haps not without cause, for the leaders in collecting it are not men either of wisdom or prudence. The government sent forward by railway this morning a considerable body of troops to support the local authorities, should the meeting assume a dangerous importance. The assemblage will be immense, and the landlords look upon its probable results with great alarm. DR. 111'HALI ON ITALIAN AFFAIRa.—The "Lion of the Fold" has issued a manifesto to his clergy and flock touching the affairs of Italy. Alter enumerating the obli gations of Ireland to Rome and its Pontiffs, and glancing at the struggles heretofore occurrirg between Austria and the o a f nd the th f u ree s d e o n m un o e f ia t t h e e s churchhp T e P e to w r is h ro he r r fe l y e!: c o o t f eh f n A a t h t o c ath ol ic r e t t h rto e present ct contestthteernrnertamroes' retire, nor continue to In timidate the =censor of St. Peter, by his unhallowed It is, perhaps, fortunate that be his continued to posh = e lls pretensions during the pontificate of one SO SSOStby of his exalted destiny. Should he persevere, he will enkindle an enthusiasm In Europe such as animated it in the middle ages, and the fair land of Italy shall never again groan under the tramp of those Teu tonic invader. Ireland shall, with the consent of our gracious monarch, furnish her coatingent to the corps of the Pope's volunteers, nor is there any kingdom In the world whose youth would store cheerfully shed their blood for the successor of St. Peter. In any event we shall not fail to show oar profnand oym pathy with the pope end the Roman people; nod, exhausted ea is the country by the effects of the late awful famine, we shall cheer fully send our mite to recruit the Koonce. of the papal treasury. let as not forget the benevolence of Rome, not only recently, but on former occasions—its character as uniformly springing from its warm and rigorous faith, es the profuse bounties of its rich harvests are quickened and matured by the sun of Italy. No; we Abell not forget him who has curtailed the expenses of his own household to minister to the famishing poor of Ireland ; whose in in all the churches, and not only in all the churches, but whose reign the Hebrews under his sway steady ...pare to that of Solomon, bring permitted to oft, .cal the In his dominions, under his own fig-tree.. Nor on we be simaineVal of the recent honours which he has paid to the mamsey of the Liberator of Ireland, and of hie approval of the panda policy which he pursued. I The celebrated Padre Ventura, the al* Milord the Eternal City, was selected to pronounce bls males to the Imes people. Seldom vas pewegyrtst more happy le ding *doe to sere a theme. The of liberty and religion wen prreekoly initiated, them twin ro long end re iciest& &weed be the eeprhatield edemas et tyrann and diergesr, were exhibited by the eishlllsa Feeelter ethane* wither\ ether. To the maple et he derided trim chinas be menikel Ode resider reed" and se he peered forth, is the flearlei alerse .fain ark& mein e ivy the lofty hipirader we an Ids wee& heed deep echo In her hone list yen familler VIII Se rem& caristblll 11111101 m. and malit leihmee OM were rebid of &nod= geasses A. miler bow hemidelde the wee et the Ms ypew, or low Wane, the aerie eters brim their ewre en the 1201 7 raker & mem amens confedemiestisse been dimehed. end here beerelana have been indeed by the laimpaileet et Moe& le a twits tiros foe endlng up our =heed Nee liwiles et the church from those remorseless wail be the slavery of the time It controlled by Allstrile be hemmed from the maths ef the church la Germany, wbrereeaerhdb reduced aloft le Os level of pike etireslmy heiimaries L. The derail, neriende to which they are emit vault al meet beyond Sena deal would be their herd hie In= V thir lode were Inn polluted will the gold Ind haired with the chair *the /DIEM"; wed the who, thigh peer, are vow. ft elevated Ind la the inetwes al pure sled order, wield nabs era • embed cc Indy, NM two the hide nely paid& et Mien mime. bowerMktg and the dem,rEd thin troika dews by herisat mererearka, who writ poise seclie abeeekie peses=le by white dry had oreeeled sibliathei nab *tam . As you, thee, • value the freedom the dignity, the anises,, and the omit) of the priesthood, you will lend all your aid to the Pontiff, who is struggling for the complete freedom of the Holy see and the hierarchy, and drawing round them a firm intrevichment against the violence of some enemits and the hollow and treacherouadiplotnacy of others. The archbishop in conclusion, says, " Within the octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, wonderful miracles have been already wrought for the liberation of Christen dom," and be instances the battle of Lepanto, which led to the institution by the sovereign pontiff of the " Festival of the Rosary." On the anniversary of that festival, which occurs on the first Sunday of October, Dr. Mac Hale enjoins the recitation of the Rosary in all the churches of his dio cese, and expresses his expectations therefrom in these terms : She who has been styled the Morning Star will restore calm to the agitated waters. Besides being the patroness of the entire church, u the Mother of God its dirine founder, and the "Missend of all nations," she is the particular patroness of Rome, the neat of the summon, of the Apostles. When Peter, in the person of his successor, appear, in the most eminent danger, she will not fail to secure our Redeemer'. sasistance, who will arise in his own time, rebuke the wares, and re store tooonfturc and safety the rioer , egent of his own power. '" , rept:c=-%; 1:•Ul OT legions, io much talked of by others of his countrymen. THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—THE REMONSTRANT STROH. —The Remonstrant Synod of Ulster waited on the Lord- Lieutenant yesterday witk an address, which wu read by the Row. John Montgomery, the moderator. After referring to the lamentable position of the country, they say that for the remedy of Irish evils, nothing, we sincerely believe, is wanting but wise and prudent legislation on the part of our rulers, and a universal, patriotic 00-operation amongst our- Nelms, to establish ear beloved country in the rapid and permanent enjoyment of all the blessings of prosperity and peen. And they etli : IsmWe se easeilee mber tiy eedigese tieg pieb iniftsble t shlatary the li eeieness a ger sawn mules% well if sedgy al". l— W gbh elelenteh elan perdu ma eerily diver& te leteresle the et Itellesa—ert we MI dis el=art baullhiell thee the reedy eel meg et pettlealeit. =lag the esheteel, siolleert t or t- the i. I tiehpeePblathgeltrhie haw Wasik Is esiewienten. by ungrateful misreprceentations and indecent abase, we can safe:, as, sun your excellency that ingratitude is not the besetting sin of the Iri-h heart, and confidently express our convietioo that the harangues of a few Individuals, who seem to court an ephemeral popularity by endeavouring to perpetuate unhappy divisions amooget Irishmen, and unworthy jealousies between two portions of this great empire, are far from representing the general sentiments of the Irirb people. This we can unhesitatingly my, at treat, for Ulster—many portions Of which neither nought nor required external aid; and we ore loath to think more meanly of our warm-hearted cowitrymen In Use other three provinces, whosedeetitme madam were saved from destruction by British liberality. For the part they will take in the future efforts to amend the condition of the country and the minds of the people, they speak thus In consistency with our religious principles, and our deep muse of social duty, we pledge ourselves to your excellency to use our unceas ing, though humble exertions, for the advancement of all the great ob jects to which we have referred. For oar-elves, we have no martial favour to solicit. Your excellency's predecemors, of all political views, have done us justioc, protected our rights, and treated us with reason able kindness. We desire no more ; and, during the administration of Lord Clarendon, we are quite certain that we shall receive no lees. Hia Excellency returned the following instructive and im pressive reply : Gentlemen,—l beg yon will accept my grateful acknowledgments for thin address, to which I attach the high imp, tante it command., as representing the opinions of • considerable portion of the en lightened, industrian, and moral preabyterian body in the north of Ireland. It is with no ordinary feelings of pleasure I learn from you, that a lth reference to my public conduct, both abroad and at home, and my devotion to the great printiples of civil and religious liberty, you ebould bare viewed my appointment an a Matter for congratulation to yourselves and your fellow. countrymen ; and more than all, that I should he considered as a fitting aucasior to my lamented friend, Lord Bemborough, whom Ireland does not and can not cease to mourn so lor g am admiration for benevolence, patriotism, and justice, hold, its .ocratomed place in the hearts of I riabrnen. The expreaaion of your opinions and your fervent prayers for my success, are to me a source of encouragement and hope In the anthem* task I have been called upon to undertake. An unparalleled calamity has desolated the land—the national resources are prostrate —the social fabric et Ireland fa to be reconstructed. I lab or under no delusion as to The difficulty and responreibility attaching to the office which I hare the honour to fill; and I can only promise that whatever goad zeal°ua industry and honesty of purpose, and the heartiest devotion to Irish lineman, can e ff ect, shall by me not be I left undone. From the tone and spirit which characterise your Waimea, I am RUM gentlemen, that you feel as I do, that neither my humbly efforts nor the wi sdom of the legislature will avail —that the benignant climate, the fertile soil, the baundlnia resources of Ireland will be cemparatively u mo—that the taisat and industry of her people and the partiemcees in the wealth and power of England will yield but insignificant result. if there exist not here a spirit of elertkni and manly self-re liance—if the end which all should have In view be not carefully ascertained, and the mean. to it be not steadily pursued —if, in abort, there be not that universal patriotic onoperation among Irishmen of all clam to which you have adverted, the blessings of order and progress which now seem almost within our reach may, I fenr,still be indefinitely postponed. With perfect truth you affirm that enlightened states.. men of all parties are disposed to promote the intervals of Ireland ; but knowing as I do the deep and unceasing anxiety with which there interests arc. regraded by her Majesty's government—knowing, as we all must, how large a proportion of the parliamentary oession Is devoted, and cheerfully devoted, to the tinny...on of Irish questions—l have grieved to hear the constant and unfounded assertion that the government be solely occupied with party and political greediness, and that parliament has no time to attend to hush grievances; knowing, as I do, also, the attention which educated and patriotic Englishmen feel bound to below on the affair. of Ireand, I have grieved to hear it said that those affairs, cannot be underetood in England, when every day brings fresh proofs of how vast is the diversity of opinion that rants among Irishmen with redact to their own country, rand how rare ia the agreement with respect to in evils or their tractile.. The honest indignation with which sou denounce the aspersions which, in some quarters, hare been east upon England. is worthy of the enligicersed body whom you re present. You wed know that the famine with which It pleaned the Almighty to afflict Ireland was, at once and unhesitatingly viewed by the whole Britlah people es an imperial calamity; their that, their only care was, to save human life as human means could best devise. The largest lam of which therein record in history for such a purpose w.avoted by parliament,while private subscriptions to the amount of more than three hundred thouaand pounds poured into the hands of an association formed of the most eminent mar motile men in London, wbo devoted their time and energies to the relief of Ireland. Mne of high station and In anneal circumstances volunteered their services to administer those funds in all parts of Ireland where digress and disease must prevailed; and large sums of money, of which the amount can never be known, were trans ' milted here through private channel.. And it must be remem bered that this took place at • moment of extreme public ditll - ' a:cruced triVinia w it hen failure or le P' c r et ‘ t t t ° on c":" had America almost deprived L.caahire of its daily bread, when grain had reached a prior unknown for thirty years, and when a fearful critic existed within the commercial and financial world. I claim, however, no credit for England beyond that of having done her duty with courage and promptness, and in the true spirit of christianity, and if fur so acting she has bee n ex veßto mSreprasentatlon and abtoc, I fully agree with you that such nage coo find no real echo among the generoushe.uted and pro ally grateful Irish people. When, however, in additicip to this, the payment of money, to which Ireland stands pledged, is repudiated, and when reentrance to law is supported by arguments which will be made equally applicable to all erg rgementa between different claws, it seems to me lamentable that the voice of gratitude, of jostler, and of pelf-interest, should not, in Language such as yours., and in the spirit which animate. Blaster, be raised against that who CIOISOt have at heart the true and permanent interests of Ireland. ho one can feel more strongly than I do that most of the evils which have afflicted Ireland are directly deducible from misrule and from oppressive legiantion. Those days are haptaily gone. never to return ; but their traces, as you truly observe, can only be eff aced by justice and by kindness. Such, I need hardly mare you, are the principles which guide her Majesty's government, and each alone will direct my coulee In administering the affairs of tali country • and, if it be not presumptuous on my part to think that a strict adherence to this course may serve as an example to others, I shall then venture humbly to hope that political strife will be laid aside; that the true spirit of chridon chanty will take the place of religious animmitien; and that all clueee of society, rightly under standing their common interest, may, with heart and soul, co-operate to render Ireland peaceful, contented, and prosperous. STATE OP TEE COVNTRY.—Great indignation, and not unjustly, it would seem, is expressed in a Nenagb conserve. ties journal, respecting some harsh landlord prace-dings of a Mr. Scully, of 111 rade, in Tipperary, a cousin to the newly elected member for that county. Tile act done was a seizure for arrears of rent—the set was, it is said, accompanied by some harshness, and caused great excitement. Large crowds assembled, but the seizure was effected. The same journal I records a forcible rescue of produce seized for rent in the same county, where great violence was used. The Longford Journal contains an account of an attack on a farmer's house and a seizure of arms; this is uncheering, so of late yearn Longford has been remarkably peaceful. In Revere* it is stated that a rate of 16,0001. will be neces sary for poor-law purposes alone. In Waterford the advances made the union amount to 19,000/. ; and in reply to a request that the money should be repaid, the guardians—or some of them—say, " Give us repeal and you shall have the money." The Board of Health of the South Dublin Union have deter mined, in consequence of the rapid spread of fever, and the insufficiency of hospital accommodation, to appoint several medical inspectors to visit and prescribe for the poor in their own houses. From the provinces the sanitary ac counts are most unpleasant, especially in Clare and Donegal. A young man, a labourer on the Great Southern and Western Railway, was killed by an earth-slip a few days since, near Mallow.—Two houses have been burned in Mallow, and rumour states that the fire was caused by some burning re pealer, as the owners had voted for Sir D. Norma at the late election.—The Rev. Mr. Spain, P.P., Bin. in a letter to a Dublin paper, complains much of the hs rahaeei with which the clearance system is pursued in that varter. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, Sasv. 17. The farmers here are complaining greatly at the want of rain. We have only had one pluvious day for months, and the bad effects, now that the grain crops are for the most part gathered in, are mani fested in a variety of ways. First, towns are short of water, then beans, turnips, and other fields, as well as garden crops, are being seriously injured, and if they fail, especially the former, a moiety of animal food will be cut off, which must be made up by having recourse to grain, which will thus narrow the supplies for the human subject. Again, as most mul mills are driven by water, their machinery being inert, the price of oatmeal is up, not so much on ac• count of any scarcity of oats as of scarcity of motive power for grinding. Yesterday a meeting was held in the Edinburgh high school, of the Scotch parochial schoolmasters, for the purpose of considering the privy council minutes on education. About 200 attended, and the meeting was a private one, but the result of the deliberations Was what tho readers of this 'l ane!' are quite prepared A for, viz., that it would be infra dig. in the Incurs to accept of grants on the conditions prescribed by the I council. To-day they were to meet to receive the report of their widows' fund, which we are glad to say is in a flourishing condition ; and on Saturday they are to meet in common with Scotch teachers of all sects for the purpose of forming the proposed educa tional institute. Ae formerly stated, this body is to endeavour to obtain a charter for the granting of three orders of diplomas, junior and senior licentiates., and fellows. It is to be anti-central in its examining operations, as these will take place not only at the four university towns of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aber deen, and St. Andrew's, but also at Dumfries, Perth, and Inverness. Yesterday, too, there was a meeting of the Associa tion for protecting Roadway Rights. Cries of tabooing are coming from all quarters, and, not to mention other places, some attempts have been making to prevent the Scottish soul from having I its patriotism fired by the clay tenement traversing the "field of Bannockburn." Should a thrust next be made at lona, where shall we be ? Patriotism, however, must give way to botany, and fields to glens, as the association has appropriately resolved on break ing their first lance in behalf of Glen Tilt. The town council and other bodies are to be appealed to for the sinews of law, and there is every prospect of what makes Scotch writers wink and rub their palms—" a weel-gangin' plea." The hot-bed dramatisation of the Surrey has ex tended to Glasgow ; the Adelphi of that city announces " The Revolt at Sea, or the Crew of the James Camp bell." Last night Jenny Lind's concert was eminently successful, so far as attendance and satisfaction were concerned. In Glasgow she sings to-night, and to morrow in Perth, and on Monday she returns to Edinburgh, and appears at a morning concert—prices reduced. The mildew of a cycle of criminal liberation has fallen on Glasgow. Numerous robberies having of late taken place, a muster of " suspicious characters" was made. During their detention cause and effect were beautifully exemplified, an burglaries almost ceased for the time being. Of the twenty-one laid bold of, all had previously been convicted, some three or four, and one of them five times, and four were returned convicts. They were disrniss3d with an in timation that the vagabond hwe would be enforced against them. GLASGOW REGISTRATION COURT.—The sittings of this court have concluded, and although the results have not been formally announced, it is supposed they will be as under : Claims lodged for Dennistoun and Dixon, 2,100 sustained, 1,400. For !testae and Macgregor, 620; sustained,; 400. Independent, 772 ; sustained, 709. Pnovosrs.—The chief magistrates of Edinburgh, Aber deen, and Perth retire in November, all tired of office, THE LATE MELANCHOLY EVENT SEAR FORT WILLIAM. —Mr. Sterricker, ten., arrived at Fort William, the Thurs day after his nephew's melancholy death from cold in Glen coe. The same evening Mr. Moore, of Esher, a friend of Mr. Whitburn's, also arrived, to identify the body, and get the remains conveyed to Surrey. These gentlemen had no difficulty in recognising their respective relatives, on whose features death had wrought little or no change. The remains of Mr. Sterricker were on Friday interred in the burying ground attacked to the episcopal chapel, and were followed to the grave by a considerable wimber of the more respecta ble inhabitants in deep mourning, and by some strangers sojourning at the inns. The beautiful service of the Church of England for the burialof the dead, was read by the Rev. Mr. Maclennan, and all present seemed solemnised by the calking dispensation of Providence which called them together. Wnen the funeral rites were ended, Mr. Sterricker expressed his a_lenowledgmeots for the kind sympathy manifested by the gentlemen attending the funeral, and his obligations for the attention bestowed on the bodies of the deceased, from the moment of their discovery on the mountain, as well as the perfect satisfaction which he and Mr. Moore felt with the manner in which the investigations were conducted under the direction of the sheriff, and for the prompt and judicious means adopted for making the mournful intelli gence known, through the Lord Mar tr.—lncerness Courier. Da. CHALMEIuer: POsTIMMOVS WORKS.—These volumes are to be edited by the Rev. William Hanna, son-in-law of 1.. e venerated author, and successor to Sir David Brewster in the editorship of " The North British Review." The works will consist of, firstly, " Daily Scripture Readings," begin ning with Genesis and ending with the book of Jeremiah ; secondly, " Sabbath Meditations on the Holy Scriptures," embracing a considerable portion of the Old and the whole of the New Testament; thirdly, "Theological Institutes ;" fourthly, "Lectures on Butler's Analogy ;" and fifthly, " Discourses." These, it is expected, will extend to nine large volumes. The "Life sad Correspondence" will occupy, in all probability, four more volumes. The religious public will be delighted to learn that " Dr. Chalmers Life" will be an autobiography, having been fully prepared by himself. Housza.—Dwellings for a hundred miners, commenced at Craigniark, Ayrshire, a short time since, are now nearly all finished. Their e xteinal appearance is remark ably neat, while within every attention has been paid to the comfort of the inmates. A school-house, store-house, are also to be erected. A quarter of a mile farther up the hill arc rich mines of black-band iron ore, ready for work ing. Coal-pits are being sunk and supplied with goad work. ing engines, there as well as at Burnfoot. PROVINCIAL. MANCTIESTER DS MON STItATION.—The Wesleyan methodists are about to get up a great demonstration in Manchester, to celebrate the return to parliament of two of thtir body—the members for K twee borough and Stockport, Mr. J. P. Westbead and Mr. Jai. Heald. An influential private meeting has been held in Manchester with this view, and it was determined to give • dinner early in October to these gentlemen, which Lord Ashley,M.P., Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, Mr. Plump tre, anorthe President of the Wesleyan Conference, are to be invited to honour with their presence. STEAMER SUNK IN THE itIVER.-011 Sunday last, the steam-tug Edinburgh Castle, belonging to Messrs. Spinkes and Co., sunk off the Toxteth Dock, Liverpool, sup posed from some of the valves being left open. The captain and crew got on shore by the boat. Lout) SAN DON.—A requisition, headed by Sir Thos. Branciter, and many other leading Liverpool rut rehants, is now in course of signature, calling upon the mayor to con vene a public meeting to consider the propriety of presenting a testimonial to Lord Sivadon, in acknowledgment of his services during the sixteen years he represented Liverpool in parliament. Upwards of 7001. have been subscribed for the testimonial. GARSWOOD AontentruaAt .NIEETING.—The annual meeting of the Garswood Agricultural Society took place on Thursday, at Ashton-in•the-Willows, near Newton, Robert Gerard, Esq., being the president. The annual dinner was preceded by an exhibition of farming stock, produce, imple ments of husbandry, horticultural produce, &c.; and though the weather was very unfavourable !throughout the day, the rain falling in showers at intervals, the show was good, though thinly attended. The dinner took place, after the dirribu lion of the awards, as stated above, at the Gerard Arms Inn, Ashton; and a company of nearly 100 psr•ons pat down to an excellent repast, W. l'ilkington, Esq., officiating u chairman. The Wakefield Journal announces that the revision of the ibt of voter. for the borough will be commenced on the 28th inetunt, before W. Grey, Esq. CUNI!IETILAN U. LANEncosT ABBEY.—This venerable pile, sogrently admired by antiquarians for its Lich architectural beauties, is now in ruins. During the hish wind of Thursday last the roof fell in with a loud crash, bearing everything down be neath it, and annihilating every portion of interest it con tained. The unfortunate event happened durirg the night, and is attributed to the ruined state of the rafters. NATIONAL EDUCATION.—The Bishop of Worcester, anxious to claim for his diocese a participation in the pro mised pecuniary grants for education, has originated a public meeting on the subject. A circular, in furtterance of the object, has been issued by his lordship to a large number of the clergy and influential laity of the diocese. AN ALARMING FIRE broke out at Worcester on Fri day night It originated in the house of Mr. Hellen, a baker and general dealer, in Copenhagen.street. No one was on the premises when the fire was discovered. The damage done to the adjoining properly was not to any eeriwas ex tent ; Hellen', premises, however, were entirely drstroyed. The property (which belongs toe gentleman named Wilke) is not insured ; but Millen had insured his stock of goods and effects to the amount of 2101. He Mattes, however, that this will not cover more than two-thirds of the damage sus tained by him. The origin of the fire is not known. WARWICKSHIRE, DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.—For the last twelve or eighteen months Mr. Proctor, of Babel] House, near Bir mingham, has been subjected to a series of outrages by which the lives of his family have been placed in csustant peril. Some years ago Mr. Proctor was in the habit of attending Trinity Chap:l, and the mode of conducting the service having given offence to some members of the church, many persona who continued to attend that place of worship were subjected to much contumely and annoyance. Although Mr. Proctor was not a member of this congrega tion, he was unfortunately singled out as an object of perse cution. The first attempt on his life and property was made on the 4th March last year, on which night a stone bottle charged with gunpowder, and with a fuse attached to it, was placed on the outside of one of the sitting room windows, together with two penny pieces, on which were engraved or punched, "Trinity shall be fired or something worse," " 0— is a papist," &c. Fortunately the touch paper to which the fuse was attached went out, and thus the purpose was defeated. No further attempt was made until the 9th of June lost, wken, about half-past twelve o'clock at night, Mr. Proctor was alarmed by a loud explosion, and on opening his door he found that one of hie windows had been shattered by an " infernal machine," similar to the one above described. Effort, were made to discover the author of this outrage, but without 611Cettl, and no further act of violence was attempted until the night of Tuesday, when, as one of the Worcester shire rural police wu passing by Mr. Proctor's house, he ' observed a canister on his windownill, with a lighted fusee attached to it. Apprehensive of the consequences of going to the spot, he threw a atone at the canister, which falling on the ground, the match was extinguished, and on e!tutteing the ease found -it !" a c°Rt3in . about nine ounces 0: powder, and ou the window ledge were placed several penny pieces marked as before with myste rious warnings such u the following " Silent, not sub dued"—" Take care of something worse"—" No confession to Papista"—" No church rata for a Romish madhouse"— " Keep from apostate Trinity," &c. The whole of these proceedings would appear to result from the heated brain of some fanatical Bedlamite, but as there is not only method but malice in the madness of the authors of these outrages, an effort will be made to discover the perpetrators, and make an example of them, as a warning to others. With this view we understand it is the intention of Mr. Proctor to memo rialise the Secretary of State upon the subject, as it would be monstrous to allow such diabolical proceedings to go un punished. Similar attempts have been made to injure an other gentleman residing in the same neighbourhood. THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE held a meeting on Friday evening at the Public Office, Birmingham. Mr. Hill was called to the chair. The exponent of the association principles was Mr. W. E. Timmins , who commenced the proceedings of the evening by reading the rules and constitu tion of the Alliance, wherein the object was stated to be to strengthen and enlighten public opinion, and bring it into action in favour of the princip'.es and necessary details of universal suffrage. He considered that the present system of currency was the root at which they must stake fur the attainment of an extension of the suffrage, and for the de struction of other social evils, and proceeded to illustrate this in a variety of ways. He then went on to consider some of the organic reforms which would follow in the train of an en ter sin of the suffrage ; and declared it we , j' the imt'rat of the middle and higher classes of the country that the social system should be thus remodelled and altered. He moved a resolution, embodying the approval by the meeting of the principles of the alliance, which was ultimately seconded.--A Mr. Empson then addressed the meeting in opposition to the motion, on the ground that there were already associations in existence which amply met the pur poses now sought by the National Alliance.—He was fol lowed on the same side by Mr. Fussell, who moved an that the e b n ee t t 'i r r° nea t as e f e o ff r ee th t people were to to found in the National Chartist Anode:- e tha a t tw th n e m m en ee t and the meeting appeared to be generally in favou r eke existing chartist associationa in pr i ference Y o believe different only in name, We (Birpnittp!bans J t o i f ng th w e e rig re ohfts°oPf' op i nion arried and the meeting, tion, and in the Land Compaq Several spotters f r oll o red . , the amendment was ultimately c , which was not very numerously attended, broke up. ritst_ TNOE!tTOVS SYSTEM OF SWINDLTNO bee been brought to light at Oxford, where the offender boa been taken into cutody. 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