The Express. — London, England, 1851-09-29 00:00:00

...-----.-- 'r o ast w called a monarchist, and acquired some qty, not many years ago, in Spain by his plans to subject the South American republics once mom to the Spanish crown. BRITISH AMERICA. The crops in Lower Canada look exceedingly well, especially the wheat crop. This grain has been thus f ir free from the attacks of the fly, smut, and so forth, and, from its advanced state, the farmers do no t anticipate any danger. Oats also promise abun dantly. he hay has been well secured, and proves to be far above the average quality. Potatoes look well, and those that have been dug out appear finer and larger than is usually the case at this time of theyear. In detached places, however, there arc evident signs of the rot. The discovery of gold in the valley of the River Chandice, in Lower Canada, hm attracted the attention of numerous adven turers. No leas than five hundred American gold hunters, together with several men from New Bruns wick, have been " prospecting" along that river and its tributaries, during the summer. They have, how ever, met with but little success. Still, there are five companies in the field who met with sufficient encouragement to prosecute their labours. The mineral region extends over a surface of 3,000 square miles, the gold being found in the beds of the stream, and the adjoining hills. Pieces of gold with quartz attached have been found, but no auriferous vein of quartz. Mr. Mackenzie the representative from Ileldimand, in the Can adian parliament, is making the tour of his county. The Governor-General and his family have been staying for some time at Niagara Falls. The number of emigrant; that had arrived at Quebec, up to the 23d of August, was 35,618, being an increase of 4,163 over the number that had arrived at the same date hat year. INDIA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (By El etrie Telegraph.) We learn from Trieste, under date of the 27th of September, of the arrival of the Adria, from Alex andria. with 1 3 passengers. Our dates from Bombay are to tho let September. (loath Singh had suppressed the outbreak in Cashmere. The Kahn Herat was dead, and Dost Mohammed bad sumedtsl him. A gnat quantity of rain had fallen in Scinde and the Punjab, which had caused inundations and much lo a. of life and property. General Kathie, Commodore Hawkins, and M. de Bethune had died. The last would probably be suet' , eesksi by Sir F. Perry. Frauds to the extent of 70,000/. had been diem vered in the opium department at Bombay. An expedition was being fitted out there against the Araby round about Aden. Gold was abundant, and the import trade brisk. Exchange, let September, Is. Exchange at Calcutta, August 21, 2s. Old. to 2s. ld. Freights from Calcutta to London, 3/. 10s. to 31. 12*. 6d. POPERY LN NORTH GERMANY. The following letter appears in tho correspondence of the Bahr. fulance Beige : HAMBURG, SRPT. 23. The city of Hamburg presents, at the present moment, animation which contrasts remarkably with , the ordinary niethodwal and regular movement of its mercantile affairs. Blurt , yesterday deputies of the Latham associations from all the states of Germany hare met here, to the number of 211(1, for the purpose of considering what was the best means to he adopted for the consolidation of the protestant hier archy in the fatherland, and further what arrangements will best promote the success of their various modems in Europe mid America, the Indies awl China. We have now thus within our walls, with the prelate Dr. Zimmerman at their head, all the chief men of the Lutheran confession. Although the motive assigned fur this protestant congress appears to have reference to the aforesaid measures, and the administration of relief to poor pastors, and assist ance to communes in distress, it is known that special de liberations are taking place upon the best mode of placing a barrier to the incessant intasions of tbs Itosnish church in moot of the states of Germany. It is not to be denied that since the revolution of 1•48 Roman catholicism has made a most remarkable progress iu Germany. The impassioned and numerous sermons of the catholic missionaries in the northern states, where their voice has not been beard since the 16th century, havC made a great impression, and filled the churches with listeners. The different governments, far from interdicting, have seemed to Latour these numerous religious meetings. The conversions to the Runtish church effected for some time past in various classes of sock ty in Germany are remarkable for their number and the notability of the persons gathered into that fold. It is not, therefore, astonishing that ths Lutheran pastors should think it needful to meet in com mon, and take counsel upon the means of arresting these toner& upon their flocks. The Court of Rome has made at various periods many vain attempts to establish an episcopal see in Hamburg, the metropolis of the north. 'These attempts have uniformly realised so lively an opposition, not only on the part of the senate and Lutheran clergy, but also from the reigning princes, that ten years ago M. Laurirt, designated by the lope to reconstruct and occupy the episcopal see destroyed by Luther, was ordered out of our town. To-day the Court of Rome, supported by the two great powers which disiwow the affairs of G ermany, renews its efforts with in creased pertinacity, and everyahing seems to indicate the speedy creation of a Romish Bishop of Ilamburgh in the midst of a population attached to Lutheran doctrines. LATEST FOREIGN ►ar Assissat._ ?AIM Sore. tr. la w n. wow, r_. M Cern. 54 60 M la 16 13 sartaats...- OS N 91 SS 92 110 par Cass. de, her loot • • ineasaos an Lando. : stied. Y N ; 110 dem Wm% 3, law nil Myrrh No*, Nada lb. 6, 16.1. — Sa Uo. a w e. nos 75 Lasa, 1 De. easury Irtnlasst s. Craw 79 70 .. W an Minis Hasa ....-... 1116 la Pram, Serr. 27.—Versailles (right bask), 256 ; do. bask , 311 26; Pais rad miaow, ON; Ps. nod larass. SU; Paws and Havre, 131 10; Illaniellks sod Avignon. NM lb ; boung sad Bale .41 73; Centre, 417 16 ; Daelsotiss sod Malootti 76; 'tome sad Dardentm, 9 US U; Paris 90 d lies kw& ; Tours sad Nantes, —; and resamo, 11.1. 11 uuo, SEPT. 23.—Three per Ctn., 35 9.18; after Boise. 3.11 11-16. Four per Cent..., ISt; after Bolas, —. Fire per Ctn., 16 1 ; after Bolas, 161 p. Coat= N ; utter Bohn, 81. l'aesires. 8 3-16; after 6 •i-32. Hank of St. Ferdinand, 99 paper. Ex dungy. on London, 51. lore* Coin. I I of 14 04 U 41 Ilk II MI ' . 24. (ay Meauis TelersilL) itERI 27.—Voluntary Loan, 1031; Rua aim Four-and-a-Halt per Cent., —; National Debt, toil. Exchange on London, 6.22; ; Hamburg, 130 i; Petersburg, 1041. VIENNA, SEP?. 27.—Five per Cents., Metalliques, „_• Exchange on London, 11.49 ; on Paris, 141 i. Agio ou Gold, —; ditto Silver, —. . • ANTWERP. SEPT. 27.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 'NI. File per Cent. Ardoins, 141. Three per Cent. Island, 35. Itusgan Four-and-a-Half per Ceuta, Exchange on London, 25.25. RaT"Li . .l.4. Seer. 27.—Belgian Five per Cents., on. hue Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 92. Ditto, Two ver Cents., 501. Exchange on London, —. ARNIERIMM, Sari. 26.—Five per Cent. Metal ligney, 74J. Five per Cent. Ardoins, 14 h. Three Ar Cents. Interior, 34 15-16. Russian Four-and-a nal( per Cents., —. Two-and-a-Half per Cent. In kgrals, Si 1-16. Exchange on London, 11.95. ftt , rity.—A d es p a t c h was rece i v ed at Jersey on „.. vdnesday ramming last from the Secretary of State own ?,4tilie the puni s h men t o f d ea th, to which Jacques r croquet, the Jersey murderer had been sentenced, to tramponation for Ir e. The J ersey Times of yesterday sus that this commutation has arisen principally from the Scretary of State misapprehending the verdict of the ihrf *lnch convicted Fouquet, and asserts that the words of the verdict " plutot coupable qu' innocent" is an *aqua litifa verdiet of guilty in the conventional verbiage of the ishni criminal court, whereas the Secretary of State inter 14Ttctl the lit cal translation "rather guilty than innocent" tats a &alit entertained by the jury on the subject as to the t . silt of th e pr i soner. - The Jersey Ti mes amuses the !.%ilish authorities of an enviable ignorance of the Jersey the r forms and rejoices at the mistake, because it has spared People of Jersey the ghastly ceremony of the kid en ._""nlfti of a human life upon the scaffold. It is stated kshe do rof to t. the juryman mod SW words, "courkblo do eatteleadiawa" gOt Court. DALMORAL, rams?, 611. T. 26. Her Majesty drove yesterday towards Invereauld. Prince Albert went out deer stalking. The Earl of Aberdeen leR Balmoral yesterday. There was no addition to the royal :dinner party yester day. SATCADAT. Yesterday morning her Majesty drove with Prince Albert to the Ballo& Blink, and then returned to Helmond, his Royal Highness remaining in the forest for deer-stalking. ' In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro and the Hon. Beatrice Byng, walked towards Abcrgeldie. APPOI sni vas.—Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, now be Majesty, Consul at Warsaw, has been promoted to the rank of Consul-General of that city. James Green, Esq., now Viet-Consul at Bluellelds, in the territory of Mosquito, has been promoted to be Consul there.— Observer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returns to town the ith of neat month, Lord John Russell on the Iltk, and the Marquis of Lansdowne about the same period, to be in readiness for the very early and unusual as-embling of the ministers in cabinet council on the 14th of the month. Tho Earl of Zetland, u Grand Master Mason of England, laid the foundation stone of the St. Ocorge's Hall, Bradford, with grand masonic ceremony, on Monday last. THE ROTAL VISIT TO -The pre paratirms for the reception of her Majesty the Queen are 1 1 new going on with great spirit, and it becomes trident that much money will be expended both in Manchester and Sal. ford for the pageant of the day. The mayor and corporation of Manchester hare finally determined to appear in robes. The mayor is to wear a gold chain and b.ulge, in addition to his scarlet gown, the badge to bear the arms of the borough, with its motto written, not in gold, hut in diamonds. The badge is estimated to cost 600!., and the robes, chain, collar, and other decorations of the whole body corporate 1,4001. The guinea tickets of admission to the royal reception in the Exchange have not gone off well, and the time for selling them has had to be extended. The stages to be erected in Peel. park for the Sunday-school children, who are to sing the national anthem before the Queen, are to be extensive enough to accommodate about 80,000. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1851. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The receipts at the doors of the Great Exhibition, on Saturday, amounted to 1,852(. 2s. 6d. The police num. ben were 20,236. The following shows the temperature on Saturday, as recorded by Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean result of 100 readings :-10 o'clock, 51; 12 o'clock, .55, 2 o'clock, 50 ; 4 o'clock, 5); 6 o'clock, 58. Mean tempt• rature, 56 2. The contractors for building the Exhibition re• eeived notice frnin the ezreutive committee, on Friday last, to commence pulling down the Crystal Palace after the 11th proximo. THE SUIiMAIUNE TELEGRAPH. Intelligence was received at the South Foreland at 6p.m. on Sunday, by the submarine telegraph itself, of its satis factory completion to the French coast, near Calais. Communications by the printing apparatus of Messrs. Brett were kept up by one of the inventors at Calais, and by Mr. Cheshire at Dver, and aLm with the double needle instrument, in a most satisfactory manner. Fusers were successfully fired on the order to fire being given from either side of the Channel. Copies of the printed message announcing the gratifying intelligence have been forwarded to bar Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Wellington, &s. VIOLENT STORM ON TIM COAST OF DURHAM. The morning of Thursday was fine, with a gentle breeze from the west, but about half-past one p.m., the wind suddenly chopped round to the N.N.E., blowing "great guns . ' Torrents of rain fell, and before evening, for miles out, the sea was one mass of white foam. There were a good many vessels between the Tees and the Tyne, none of them bad time to get their canvas in, and with hardly an exception the sails were torn to ribbons. The vessels that were able made to roadsteads, mid a number of them escaped into Sunderland and Hartlepool. The gale continued without abatement until Friday afternoon. There is no full account of the leas amongst shipping, as a number of laden ,coUiers arc out, and it in doubted some of them will not "tell their own tale." The following are amongst the casualties that have been reported : —The Whitcwell Orange, and the Meridian, Tyne ships, are on shore at the Salt Rocks, Redear. The Meridian is a total wreck: crews saved. Some other light colliers aro on shore near 'Wear ; number not ascertained. Six vessel, are reported to be on shore near Whitby; and a foreign vessel, it is rumoured, has gone down,.and all hands. Part of the Redear and Mid dlesborough Railway was submerged on Friday, and the traffic stopped. Seven tshields pilots are missing. Two of them, brothers of the name of Freeman, it is to be doubted, are drowned. A Lynn brig is on shore near Blyth ; and a vessel is on shore at Hawthorn Hive. As far as can be ascertained, the crews are teased. Two keels went behind the pier at Sunderland, but the men In them were rescued. A scrioue amount of mischief has been done to the southern outlets of the new docks at Sunderland by the sea carrying away a portion of the breakwater arida part of a temporary railway and sea walling. A breach has also been made in the coffer dam. Messrs. Pawson, Dyson, and Co., will be serious losers. Some newly erected houses in Shields and Sunderland have been blown down, and a quantity of small craft in the rivers broken up by the vio lence of the storm. There was some snow amongst the hills on Friday. Altogether the gale has been of a very serious character, and it will be some days before the extent of the mischief is known, as it came away so sudden and un expected. The sea had gone down on Saha lay evening when our correspondent sent off his parcel, and some ships were proceeding to sea. Some over-due vessels have also also arrived in the Tyne—about half a dozen sail. TiE SEARCH FOR SIR 1. or SIR I. Rose.—As announce( FRANILLIN.—AIUUTAL in the Express late on Saturday, intelligence reached Uoyd's, under date Stran raer, Sept. 2.5, that Admiral Sir John Ross, in command of the Arctic expedition, had arrived that day in the Felia schooner off Streamer, and an shored in the roads. The Felix left the ice about the 18th of August, nearly six weeks since. She brings no news of Sir John Franklin, and the opinion appears to be that the search can only be effectually earned out by the employment of a screw steamer. ACCELERATION OP Matt.B.—The long-promised acceleration of the mail train, in connexion with the half past 7 p.m. boat from Kingstown to Holyhead, will take place on the Ist of October. The delay hitherto complained of at Chester will cease, as the stoppage there will not be for more than five minutes. The train will arrive at Staf ford at a few minutes after six lathe morning—it will there be divided into two parts. The mails for London and Birmingham, and the passengers for the latter place, will be despatched by an express, thatwill reach Birmingham at twenty-five minutes after seven. The mail bogs for London will be transferred to the 7.30 express train from Birming ham. This train is to be accelerated so as to arrive in London at • quarter past ten o'clock. The letters will reach the General Post-office in time for delivery throughout London at a little after twelve o'clock—letters posted in say part of Ireland in time for the up-days mail, as also letters posted in Dublin up to six, p.m. will there fore be delivered the following forenoon in London. As letters for the five o'clock express mail train from London to Holyhead can be posted et the receiving houses until two o'clock pm., and at St. Martin's-le-Onuid until half-part three, a days post will be saved for the great bulk of the correspondents, between Ireland and Loudon. Referring back to the division of the train at Stafford, the passengers for London will be taken over the Trent Valley line: and although the distance to the metropolis is nine miles shorter than by way of Birmingham, they will not arrive there until eleven o'clock. The slow speed of the train is caused by the necessity of frequent stoppages at the stations for Post-office purposes. Nevertheless the arrival in London is • clear and valuable gain of two hours in the business hours of the day. An important acceleration of trains between Dublin, Manchester, and Yorkshire will also come into operation on the Ist of nest month. Hitherto passeugers proceeding in these directionsexperieuced considerable delay at Chester; but by the arrangementjusgreferred to a train will start fromWar nngton and Manchester at • quarter before five in the morning. It will reach the former town at a quarter-past fire, and the latter at a quarter-past six, in time for the first trains to Leeds She ffi eld, Huddersfield, and Hull, &c. Thus a person dining in Dublin can breakfast the following morning at either Sheffield or Leeds, as the arrival of the trains at both these towns takes place at ten minutes before nine o'clock ; and one of active, go-a-head habits, wbo only requires a short delay at Hull, can reach that place at a quarter-past twelve; and, as there is an eqnal facility of trains both ways, he can leave again at a quarter-past two for Dublin, where he will be at half-past six the following morniug. The total distant- from Dublin to Hull by this route is 315 miles ; the cost to a first-class passenger to go there and back is 31. fss. 6d. If he prefer second-class he can complete the double journey of 630 miles at the same speed as the first-class passenger for the sum of 2f. Ss., or at the rate of three-eighths of a penny per Dubf s,s Paper. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.—On Saturday the usual precept was issued to the livery to assemble in Com mon Hall, to-day (Monday), to elect a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. There arc eleven aldermen below the chair. Alderman Hunter, of Coleman-street Ward, being the 'War, will, it is expected, be returned without opposition. THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND SLOANE CASE. (nos Übe liento hdivemitnet.) Wo gave last week a report of the two first days proceedings, in the inquiry opened by the coroner into this cause of death of Ann Griffin. The inquest was held at the house of the father of Ann Griffin, and great interest was excited in consequence of reports that she had died from the effects of ill-treatment, whilst in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Benham, of the City Mills, Elstgate, Winchester. . . . . S. R. Everett, superintendent in the Hants constabulary, described the cellar where Ann Griffin is stated to have been shut up. Emily Waldron sworn, in the service of Mr. Benham, of Winchester, as nurserymaid, said, I have been in the same situation four years. I recollect the deceased, Ann Griffin, coming there as under nurserymaid last April or May. She was then in good health. She told me, when she first came, she was nineteen years old htr neat birth day. She went on very well at first, but after a little she became very tiresome and d.sobedient. We were obliged to fine her to do what she did by standing by her and seeing her do it. She was corrected a great many times by mistress and myself. She had nothing to do with any one else. She was scolded—never beaten, but shut into the cellar three times. The tint time was for stealing some jam on a Sunday, before the 2nd of August, when her mo ther came. It was the Sunday before the 2nd of August that she was first put into the cellar. Mistress told her to !to into the cellar. She asked her if she had taken the jam. The girl said she had not. Mistress then told her she should shut her down in the cellar till she did own it. She went down by herself. She went into the beer cellar. 1 saw her there. She did not cry. She never cried. It I was a little before one when she went down just 1 1 before our dinner time. She remained there about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. The door at the top of the cellar stairs was shut. I went to draw the beer for dinner and found her sitting un the stairs. Mistress again asked her if she took the jam. She still denial! it. She then made her empty her pockets, in which were some bread, one of the children's books, and a half-penny. Mis tress then went up stairs with her, and made :ler empty her box, and at the bottom was a sixpence, which mistress said was hers. Anu would not own where she got it from. Mistress then told her she must go down in the cellar again until she owned it. We bad not had our dinner then, but had it directly afterwards. After our dinner, mistress called her op again, be ing about half au hour after she went down the second time. She then owned that she took the sixpence olf the dining-room mantlepiece. She then went up into the nursery for the remainder of the day. She had her dinner that day as usual in the little hall. She always dined there by herself, but had the same sort of dinner as I did. She was not ill or dull that day alter coming out tit the cellar, and did not complain of anything. On the following Saturday, the 21 of August (being Magdalen Hill fair day) Ana's mother came to see tier, and saw her in the hall. Mistress then hail her mother into the drawing-room, and told her what she hail done, and that she had punished her for it; and as I was going up stairs I heard her mother say that was right. Her mother stayed with her some time in the hall (mistress being then in the dining-room), and then she went away. The next day (Sunday) she was put into the cellar again for disolmlienee and neglect of work. Mistress told her to go into the cellar for punishment, in the morning between ten and eleven. She was there &,out an hour. I wont down to draw some beer, and found her in the coal-hole. I told her she had no business there. It was not where she was told to go, but into the cellar. I told her to sit on the stairs, and she did so, and I left her there. It was a fine day. After about an hour mistress called her up, and she went up stairs to her work. She was not put in the cellar any more that day. On the following Saturday (August 9th) she was put into the cellar again for breaking a shrub iu the garden. She had been in the garden all the eveningjat play with the children, drawing them round in a carriage. I was out that evening for abut a quarter of an hour, and when I returned about eight o'clock I wanted Ann fur something, and mistress told me she was in the cellar for breaking a tree. She was up again in the nursery before nine o'clock. There did nut appear to me anything the matter with her. She emnplained of nuthirg. That was tls last time I ever knew her put in the cellar. If it had occurred again must have known it. I never heard her complain of any illness till the morning of the day she went away—Satdr day. the IGth of August. She then complained of pain in her back. Knowing Mr. Wickham was in the house, I went and told mistress, and she had her down directly. After Mr. Wickham was gone, mistress told me that she was to put on her things and go home, by Mr. Wickliain's advice. I then took her up to Mr. White's between 12 and I. She walked up with me, and was able to walk very well without support. I saw her into the chair—a donkey :hair—and she was brought in it to Mr.llenhenia dour, where witneea gave her a gla a of MILIC and a penny bun. She drank the wine, but did not eat the bun. She had Ito. breakfast in the nursery that morning as usual, but nothing afterwards till she went away. She only complained of her hack, and never till that morning to me. She did not say when it first came on, or what was the cause of it. The night before she had nut done her work. I asked her about it several times, but she did not my she was not well. M , lieu I went into the cellar the second Sunday I found her stand ing in the coaTeellar. I was going to draw beer for dinner about half-past 12. I never put her in the cellar myself, nor took her down. She always went down of herself by mistress's order. The boots and shoes were always cleaned in the cellar, and are now. I have done it myself sines Griffin left. She was very dirty in her habits. Sarah Clover and E. Sims gale evidence confirmatory of that testified by the witness Waldron. Henry Giles Lyford, of Winchester, said—l knew no thing of the deceased, Ann Griffin, until Friday, the 6th of September, when 1 visited her professionally, at the re quest of her father. 1 saw her about three or four in the afternoon, in bed upstairs in her father's house. She was then quite insensible, and appeased to be in the last stage of fever ; and inflammation of the air passages appeared to have been going on for some time. She could not take any medicine. 1 advised her mother to get some wine down, if possible. She mid her husband's master provided them with everything. She appeared to me to he in a dying state, sad I told her mother that in all probability it would be all over in 21 or 36 hours. I saw her again next day in much the same state, only more exhausted. The mother informed me that Mr. Bayles had been attending her. Such an illness might have been occasioned by a chill, but other causes might bring it on. The usual course would be for the consequences of a chill to show themselves im mediately ; but it is possible there might be an in terval of some days before they developed themselves. The effect might not be apparent even to the individual, and might not show itself to others for some days, but might be lingering in the system all the time. From my know ledge of the old County Bridewell, I have had considerable experience of the effect of chills from confinement in a damp place. From that experience, and generally es a medical practitioner, I can speak confidently on the above points. By the desire of the coroner, I have seen the cellar at Mrs. Benham's. It is approached by eight or nine steps, each step eight or nine inches deep. Then you pees across a landing place, and arrive at a door which leads to a small room about six feet high, in which are coals and faggots. Opposite the door is a window, rather large for the site of the room. If the window were cleaned, a good deal of light might be admitted, but when I saw it it was covered with dirt and cobwebs. It was not fixed with hinges, but could only be taken out and put up again. When removed there was a small area, covered with a moderate-sized grating. The aspect is east. The coal cellar which I have described was darkish. You could not see to read there, and, unless you bad been in there for some time, you could not discern the features of a person. remained there about five minutes ; it certainly fi tl toe cold and damp, so that when I came out I felt the difference, that I had been in a cellar, pro ducing that sort of coldness and rawness which every one is conversant with after being in a cellar not much occupied. I should not say the fluor was very damp. It was paved with brick, but nearly covered with coals and faggots. I bad the windows removed. This morning I sent a ther mometer there, requesting that it might be hung up there, and the cellar left as when I first went into it After hanging an hour it stood at temperate, 60 degrees but I am satisfied it was much colder yesterday, and that the air in the cellar had become warmer by the admission of the external air in the meantime. The beer cellar was a spacious apartment, very clean and light, and rather dryer than the other place, looking as if more used. I should consider confinement in the coal cellar, as I found it yesterday, for an hour or more, at tended with danger, unless there were strong powers in the constitution to resist it. It might have produced mis chief, or it might not. A person might find no incon venience from it except feeling chilly. Whether such a confinement would be dangerous to such as the deceased would depend very much on the state of her health and feelings, and whether she was there of her own accord or under tear or depression. I should not like to take upon myself the responsibility of cocfining a child there for any time—l mean in the coal cellar ; the other cellar is much less objectionable, approximating more to an upstairs room. ' Damp without light is more injurious than with light. The ' cells in the old County Bridewell were rather larger and higher than this coal cellar, and they were not underground. ' There was a direct communication with the external air through an open grating of considerable size not glazed. I saw the coal-hole yesterday between 11 and 12. I did not see the thermometer put there this morning. I found the window of the cool-hole down this morning when I went. The thermo meter b-id only sunk about two degrees, and from the door and window having been left open I do not think it would have sunk much lower, nor do I think it would have sunk lower in the other cellar. The, morning sun had been shining in this morning. I found the cellar to-day quite a different place from what it was yesterday. I should think the cellar would be lighter with a less quantity of coals in it, and that if it were empty, and the window and door open, it would be far less dangerous. If a person in their ordinary state of health were tent into the large cellar for an hour or two I do not think it would pro duce any serious consequences. If the coal cellar were quite empty, so that a person could walk about in it, it would be less objectionable. I first saw the girl on Fri day. We generally endeavour to ascertain the cause of sin h an illness, Having heard the evidence of Mr. Bayles read over, I see no reason to doubt its correctness; but I only . saw her in the l as t s t age o f t h o ill ness he has described. Stich an illness might arise from a variety of causes; fifty people might be put into a cellar without illness following, and fifty others might have a sunder illness without having been in &cellar at all. There must be some cause, and damp is a frequent cause, espe etally with absence of light and want of power to move , about, so as to keep up the vital heat. Similar complaints are sometimes brought about by malaria, without damp, but they frequently go together. The cellar in question Is in & very low part of the town. 1 should not expect to dad I malaria in Coe beer cellar, nor perhaps in the other, but it • would be more likely there . Making use of chamber uten sils instead of the privy, and sleeping in the room after wards, would make a person more liable I. any injury to health than otherwise. If the deceased had been put into the cellar for several hours on the Saturday or Sunday pre ceding her illness, and complained of coldness of her legs at the time, and afterward,' on the following Friday stated that she had felt ill ever since she 1 , 13.4 put in the cellar—if such were the facts of the case, they are quite sufficient to laccount to me for all that f 'flowed, so that I should not have thought it necessary to inquire for any further cause. I am of opinion that if the deceased had been confined in the coal cellar as I saw it yesterday fur several hours it i would be likely to produce illness of which no one could tell the result. William John Wickham, recalled, said—l saw and exa mined the deceased on the Saturday morning she was re moved from Winchester; fever was approaching, but nad not set in ; only the state of the tongue, and the pains in her hack and limbs, led me to think of fever at all. I feel convinced that it was a malarious fever, and that it was im possible fur her to have carried about the effects of damp fur a whale week without having produced further conse quences, but malaria might have remained in her fur that time, and then exhibited itself in fever. If she had Bern continually exposed from day to day to damp I could understand the illness going on, and that damp would produce it. If fever had actually begun I should have sent her home. I think fever would be the first symptom of the ill effects of damp, and that it would have made much more progress in the course of a week. .CUNCI.I:6IOB OF THE INQUIIIT.-VERDICT OF MAN- SLAUGHTER AGAINST SRI. HENNA/4, The adjourned inquiry wax resumed on Tuesday last at the fI.H. Inn, Cheriton. Walter Taylor, Esq. (one of the county magistrates), the Rel.. Mr. Itubbanl, and several gentlemen from Winchester, were present to watch the_pro ceedings. Mr. Wooldridge appeared on behalf of Mrs. Ben ham. The jury having answered to their names, Martin Viler, the younger, of Winchester, builder, said— built the house now occupied by Mr. B enham in Win chester. There is a drain under the floor of the cellar to _ . convey the drainage of the cellar into the river 30 feet be low, beyond the mill tail. The pipe is 12 inches in diameter. Those drains arc sufficient to take off any accumulation of water which can come under the pavement of that cellar. I visited the cellar yesterday and to-day. The beer-cellar ceiling is perfectly dry. The walls feel cold, but there is no daemon them. The cellar is as dry, if nvt drier, than cellars generally are—c, nullity drier than my own. The coal cellar is divided front the beer cellar by a wall and par tition. The ceiling iv perfectly dry. The eastern wall, the only external one, was cold, but not damp to the touch. I found that cellar much warmer than the other. lam in delicate health, and round a sensible difiCrence in the coal cellar. I found a dry warm glow. The eastern wall has the window. The coal cellar is nearest to the kitchen and the rest of the house. The floor was not damp, not so damp in appearance as the beer cellar. I should not like to be shut into the beer cellar for three or four hours, but should not mind it in the coal cellar. It is a very supe rior cellar. The coal cellar is nut gloomy. If the coals were out it would be light enough to read in. I never saw the cellar for some months till yesterday. The window of the coal cellar was then open; that of the beer cellar was shut. I don't know how long the window had been iu that state. the Jury returned an unanimous verdict of " Man slaughter against Mra. Benham," and the coroner immediately issued his warrant for her apprehension, and placod it in the hands of Superintendent Everett. (It is currently reported that Mrs. Benham is gone to France to escape incarceration, but that she will surrender when the proper time arrives to take her trial.) SPORTING. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. The subjoined outline of the first of the three. October meetings gives promise of an abundance of interesting sport : TUESDAY (TO-MORROW). TRIAL STAKES of 10 sacs. each ; fur 3-yr-0111a, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 91b; five, 9st 214; six and aged, Ost 61b. A.F. SWEEPSTAKF.S of 10 sovs. each; for 2-yr-olds, 6st 71b; three, test 71b ; abut and upwards, 9st. T.Y.C. Winner to he sold for 501., &c. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 SOPS. each, 5 ft only if declared, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, the second to receive the forfeits. T.Y.C. THIRD TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STARES Of 10 sees. each ; for 3-yruld colts, Bst 71b, and fillies; the second to receive a sum equal to ten per cent. upon the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to five per cent. upon the same. A.F. (76 subs.) Hernandez, Christina, f by Don John out of Lollypop, Abilerhaman, fby Charles XII. out of Pergu laria, *Santiago, fby St. Francis out of Tnurina, c by Epirus out of Valentine, Ipsus, Epira, Kalonca, Aaron Smith, Payment, gr f by Don John out of Mrs. Taft's dam, fby Rate...staler out of Lady Liverpool, *Julia, Emeute, Bonnie Dundee, De Ruyter,•Phlcgra, Cilia, flush, *Midas, c by Pleuiptitentiary out of Amima,•Knight of the Thbale, Antigone, c by Don John out of Miss Whip, f by Lanercost or Retriever out of Thralls, Nondescript, Ariosto, Genevra, Barcelona, f by Veuison out of Diversion, Le bo urne , Merry l'eal, the Ban, Duchess of Cumberland, c by Launceiot out of Teresa, Nuptlia, Philanthropist, ILitberton, c by Thcon out of Crenoline, lioabdil, *t by Auckland out of Cowslip, Touch Me Not, Nineveh. Po dares, Ihnduneute (dead), f by Epirus out of Estelle (dead), Nancy by Launcelot, c by Launcelot out of Maria Day, c by Launcelot dam by Irish Birdcatcher, b f by Slane out of Palmyra, Scandal, e by Theon or Amoriuo out of Hannah, Vagabond, Show Girl, c by Gilbert Gurney out of Bellis sima, Mirage, Potent (dead), c by Launcelot out of Flam beau (dead), Pussy, Prestige, Catalpa, Glendale, *The Black Sea, the Serpentine, •Lamartine, Eclipse, *Trinket, fby Pantaloon out of Virago, Hippogritf, c by Bay Miu dleton dam by Bizarre, *lsapauk, b c by Prizefighter out of Mowerina (paid), f by Epirus out of Prism (dead). SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sore. each, h ft; colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Sat 41b. T.Y.C. • Duke of Bedford's Wcathergage, Lord Derby's Merry-go. round, Lord Exeter's fby Phlegun, dam by Velocipede (paid), Lord Spencer's b c by Cowl out of Orctna (paid). Gassy DUKE MICHAEL STAKES of 50 son each, for 3-yr-old colts Sot 71b, and fillies Bst 31b ; the steond to save his stake. A.F. (12 subs.) Oleander, •Midas •P ' hlege thon •Phlegra, Anspach, Kakistos, Lord Edward, Moun tain Deer, Priuiitious, *.Eolus, HOPEFUL STAKES Of 40 fen. each, h. ft., for 2-yr-olds, colts Sat 71b, and fillies, Bat slb ; winners extra. The second to receive 501. out of the stakes. Last half of A.B.M. (2.1 subs.)—*Col. Anson's Rolando, *COI. Anson's Bay Rosa. lind, Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire, Mr. Carew's The Nun, *Duke of Bedford's Ilugo, Lord lifden's If menus, Mr. 11. Des Vieux's b e by Don John oat of Dilbar, Lord Eglinton's Ovando, Mr. J. J. King's (by Y. Lirehinvar out of Madcap's dam, *Col. Peel's Kingston, *Col. Peel's sister to Naptha, Baron Rothschild's ch c by Phlegon out of Marinello, Mr. W. Etwall's f by Slane out of Pelerine, Lord Exeter's c by St. Martin cut of Mecca, *Lord Exe ter's Ambrose, Mr. Orutwicke's Flirt, Sir J. Hawley's Pluck, Mr. H. Hill's Canine, Mr. Howard's Medusa, Dir. E. Jones's Czarine, Mr. Payne's Hirsute, Mr. Payne's b c by Cotbcrstone out of Layla, Duke of Richmond's Home brewed, Mr. B. Way's Miss Conyngham, Sir J. Hawley's Misericorde (dead). MATCH, 200, h. ft. T.Y.C.—*Lord Derby's c by Birdcatcher out of Meeasee, agst Lord Exeter's Nevis. MATCH, 100, h. ft. T.Y.C.—*Lord W. Powlett's St. Ann, 6 yrs, fist 71b, agst Mr. W. E. Hughes's Cornelius, 3 yes, 7st 11b. Maxcx, 200, h. ft., Bst 41b each. T.Y.C.—*Col. Anson's Bay Rosalind, receives 60 Boss. forfeit from Duke of Bed ford's Salvage. WEDNESDAY. Fern Ponerns ; for 3-yr-olds, Bst 51b; four, Bst Blb ; five, Sat 131 b; six and 9st. D.I. HANDICAP Sw 222222 ILES of 15 sows. each, 10 ft; for 2-ys-olds. T.Y.C. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 son. each, a ft only if declared, the second to receive the forfeits ; for 3-yr.olds and upwards. D.M. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 son. each ; for 2.yr-olds, fist ; three yrs, fist 41b ; four, list 12 1 b; five and upwards, 9st Ilb. HA. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. ST. LEDER STAKES of 25 SOU. each ; for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b; winners extra, &e. D.I. (11 Subs.) Abderhman ' Ariadne, Boyne, *Croupier, •.\lidas, *Artisan, c by Pie aipmentiary out of Fochabers, Merry Peal, Hengist Mecklenburg. GUMMY STAKES of 30 SOTS. each, 20 ft ; for 2-yr.olds, not named in the Rutland Stakes, colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, 316,8 a t winners extra. From the Turn of the Land in. (12 en a.) Mr. Death's Fire Queen, Lord Enfield's Poodle, *Lord Exeter's (by St. Martin out of Toga, *Lord Exeter's Iles, Sir J. Hawley's Bilberry, Mr. Henry's Snarler, *Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, Mr. Mare's Sister to Ilatherton, Mr. Payne's Freedom, •Duke of Rutland's fby Cothiv- ' stone out of Virago, Lor d John Scott's Hobble Noble, Mr. Watson's France. THIRD YEAR OP THE SECOND TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES of 10 soli. each ; for 4-yr olds ; colts 8-4 71b, fillies Sat 41b, D.I. (76 subs.)—Chieftain, *Abdallah, eh f by Irish Dirdcatcher out of Buzz, b by Gladiator out of Lollypop, The Heroine, Valentine, Rybinsk', The Lam of Underly, The Draper, Busiehaw, Probity, Cora, Visite, Nutbrown, Cecil, Cranberry, f by Retriever out of Cruiskeeo Lawn, Sidua, Joe Muggins, Pomegranate, Bender, Dolly's Brae, The Sea Serpent, Give and Take, Claymore, Compass, eh cby Erymus out of Patronymic, *St. George, Damask, eh f by Gladiator out of Marchesima, ch c by lletman Platuff out of Total Eclipse, The Puddler, The L gly Doe, Mayors, f by Scutari out of Elegance, The Nigger, Estarette, Rumborough, Pontifcx, nard, Sycioo, f by Slane out of Exotic, Sereius, *Hardinge, 6 Sisyphus, Haber Ghillie Callum, Ploughshare, b c by Erymus out of Erica. The Black Man, Panope, Bastille, r ch c by Irish Birdcatcher out of Wee Pet (dead), bl c by Irish Birdcateher dam by Dr. Syntax, *Mickleton Sampler, Candlewick, Azimuth, Knight of A.veuel, *Clelia_, Ohio , *Utrecht, Hippie, by Tearaway out of Brandy Bet, Le Beau, Narbonne, f by Arundel out of Mandan*, b c by Sir Hercules out of Henry,s b c by John o' Gaunt out of Faucbon, Harum &arum, b f Erymus out of Crenoline, Stings, William the Conqueror, Ellen Middleton (dead), f by lrish Birdcatcher out of Oxygen (dead), f by Irish Birdcatcher out of Young Defiance (deed). Post Marcie 300 mom. h ft, one to the post; T.Y.C. Lord Derby's angbow, Sit 711) ; Merry go round, eat 41 b; *c by Bi r dcatcher out of Mecauee, Bst 41b ; apt Lord ' Exeter's cby IL Platoff out of Timbria, Bst 41b ; *Lens, Bst 41b ; ye by Cheon out of Hydrangea, Set 41b. tow. MATCH, 9.tIb il, .g. 731., e Laid OWgow ' s Knight of the Garter, Tat 616. MATCH, 101 f., h ft. Last half of Ab. M.—Sir J. Haw , ley's Songsttr, Bst 71b, agst Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, Sat 41b. ba soathrasd.) , . • CLERICAL. PREFERMENTS. Rev. John Allen, tolianmer6;laey, Flintshire. Rev. William Milton Ireland, to Lowdhain Curacy, Notts. Rev. David Lloya James, to Castle-Coreimon Curacy, Montgomtryshire. Rey. Oswald Marriott, to Goshill Vicarage, Lincolnshire; value, 1 LW. ; patron, Lord Chancellor. VIC \;;4l7lZ.—PytehkOrortiiamptonshire, diocese Peter borough • value, 991. with residence : patron, Bishop of Lichfield; Rev. A. W. Brown, promoted. Recrouv.—Chevening, Kent, archdiocese Canterbury; value, 6 tif. with nsideuce : patron, Archbishop of Canter bury ; Rev. J. Austen, deceased. Cuitscr.—Tetbury t county and diocese Gloucester; patron, the Vicar of letbury. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 27.—APPOIN TM ENTS.--Jannes Jenkins, ussistant•surgcon, to the Fixyard, for Woolwich yard; W. J. Billings, assistant-surgcoo, to the Fisyard ; James F. Stoddart, assistant-surgeon, confirmed to the Driver; Richard Picken, assistant-surgeon, continued to the Lily; Lieutenant George Le G. Bouyear, promoted to commander; Coldstream C. Robinson, midshipman, to the , Victory. Lieutenant RAY, R.N., Admiralty agent on the West India packet station, and Lieutenant Whipple, Ad miralty agent, on the East India packet station, have ex changed. PORTSMOUTH, SEer. 2S.—The Fairy screw steam• tender to the Victoria and Albert royal yacht left here yes terday Ihr Liverpool, to be in attendance on her Majesty Idurint her visit to that port. The Victoria and Albert will probably follow her to the 6.1111 e destination on Zealay (to-morrow).—The Bellerophon, 7s, Captain Lord George Paula, was taken into No. 2 Dock yesterday, to have de fects made good.—The Dauntless, 32, screw steam-frigate, Captain Halstead, went out to the measured mile in Stokes's Bay yesterday, to try her engines and speed. She after wards came to anchor at Spithead.—The superintendent of this yard, Admiral 11. Prescott, Mr. Murray, the chief of the steam factory department, and other offi cers of the yard, went out in the Dauntless. She will sail about the 2nd for the Tagus ' to rejoin Com modore Martin's squadron. The Vulean, iron steam troop ship, fitting to convey troops (the 43rd regiment, from Cork, to the Cape of, Good hope), bent sails yesterday, and completed coaling, preparatory , to leaving for Cork, which she will probably do on Tuesday. The Norwegian war corvette, Omen, Captain Diricka, sailed tram Cowes ilia morning for Madeira and Rio de Janeiro. DEVONPORT, SEPT. 25.—The St. George, 120, Capt. Joseph Nies, C. 8., with the flag of Commodore Michael Seymour, was paid a month's wages on Thursday. The Desperate, steam vessel, in charge of Mr. Brown, time second master attendant at this dockyard, was constantly at work from Monday to Thursday, trying her machinery, having on board an engineer, to watch and report on her qualities to the Admiralty. The Ponce of Netherlands frigate of war, is still in the Sound, and it is expected she will sail on to-morrow or Tuesday. During her stay here she has been visited by u number of naval men, and her appearance, cleanliness, capabilities fur stowage, and the order and discipline of her crew, have formed topics of much discussion. MILITARY. TIIE BREVET.—There is now no longer any doubt on the subject of a brevet. It will probably he of the same date u% the one in Isl 6, viz., the 9th November, the anni• versary of the birth of the Prince of Wales. Although it is known that the brevet is decided upon, the extent to which it will proceed is still uncertain. _ _ . . TIIE LATE CAPTAIN A. Bt.TltßOwt:s. Captain Burrowcs, formerly of the 3rd. Foot Guards, died in Canada West on the 28th ultimo. Ile sewed in the Penin sular war, was an ride-de-camp to Viscount Dcresford, and had received the silver medal and fire clasps fur Fuentes il'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Nivelle, Nice, Orthes, and Toulouse. THE TROOPS IN AUSTRALIA.—The only regiment now serving in Australia is the 11th Infantry; but, accord ing to letters recently received from New Z,aland, it ap pears that the authorities in Australia have applied to the effect that either the sSth or Gith (both 'ening in New Zealand) may ho removed to Australia as a reiniOreement. It is apprehended that the men of the 11th Regiment will, if possible, desert, in order to repair to the gold mine districts. THE SCREW STEAMER SHANGTIAL—SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 27.—The first and smallest of the new auxiliary screw propelled steamers which the Peninsular and Orien tal Company are adding to their fleet, arrived here early this morning. She is named the Shanghai, anal is about to proceed to the India and Chinn station. She is nearly 600 tons, and has an auxiliary engine of 100 horses power. Iler symmetry and lightness of form anal neatn• sal of rig arc much admired by the best judges here, and her run from London to this port has been performed at a rate of speed which few paddle-wheel steamers of her sire and double her power could have equalled. We have been favoured with the following particulars of it. Illackwall to Gravesend, 20 miles, with screw only and slack tide, in one hour and 40 minutes, equal to 19 miles per hour. From the warp (where she anchored for the night) to the North Foreland, with her bead sails set, and the screw working, the distance was run at the rate of 12 knots an hour per lag. From the North Forehand to the Nah Light (Isle of Wight) she had a strong and at times a heavy head wind and chopping sea; however, without help from canvas, her speed was front 7 5-10 to 9 3-10 knots, and she averages for the whole distance (133 nautical miles) 8 6.10 knots, avid to about 10 statute miles per hour. The Shanghai is armed with a long 1.5 cwt. 32-pounder traversing gun on the quarter. deck, a lung traversing 9-pounder on her forecastle, two thpouuder broadside earronades, and six swivels on her bulwarks, and will prove a very "ugly customer" for the Chinese pirates should they attempt to meddle with her. She has been constructed by Messrs. Miller, itavenhill, and Salkeld, and was draughted by Mr. Pascoe. Four of the directors of the company, Captain Thornton, R.N., Mr. Anderson, M.P., Captain Nairne, and Mr. Haden, came round in her for the purpose of personally witnessing her performance, and express themselves highly satisfied with it. The Chusan, a similar screw-vessel but larger, being about 800 tons, is also expected here soon for the same destination, and she will, we understand, be followed in a month or two by three very large screw steamers from the Clyde intended fur the East India communication. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S Sruatista IBERIA left Southampton on Saturday, with the Peninsular mails. The Oporto mail sent out by her will be taken on to Lisbon, and sent overland, in consequence of the fever which exists at Oporto, and which prevents the Iberia calling there. The Iberia was crowded with pas sengers, principally Portuguese returning from the Or at Exhihition. Amongst them were the Duke and Duchess of Palmella and suite. The duchess, previous to her mar riage, was the richest lady in Portugal: she was the daugh ter of the principal army contractor in Portugal during the Peninsular war. The Peninsular and Oriental Compa's new screw steamer arrived at Southaniptun on Saturday from Loudon. She is the first screw 'teenier the company ever possessed. The company's Alexandrian steamer Ripon and the lied Sea steamer Bentinck wilt soon be ready for sea. Both of these steamers have been under • going extensive repairs and improvements. By means of the latter their speed will be greatly increased. Although two of the Oriental Company's steamers are to be despatched to Alexandria on the 20th of next month, in stead of one, almost every berth iu both steamers is already taken. It is believed that many of the passengers are bound for New South Wales, and after leaving the Oriental Company's steamers at the Indian ports, or in the Malacca Straits, they will proceed on to Sydney in sailing vessels. _ - - DEPARTURE OF TILE ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHIP ASIA.—On Saturday morning at half-past eleven, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Juelkins, left the Mersey for New York direct, with about 130 passengers (among whom were Madame Celeste and her sister), the usual mails fur the United States and Canada, and a full cargo. The weather was very unfavour able at the time of the Asia's putting out to sea. BRADFORD ELECTION.—BRADFORD, SATURDAY.— There is now a prospect of this election being terminated without a contest, Mr. Henry Wickham Wickham, the candidate of the conservatives, having withdrawn, and issued the following address to the electors Gentlemen, I have had the honour of being presented this day with a requisition most numerously and influentially signed, re questing me to come forward as a candidate to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of your late respected member, Mr. naafi:ad. I beg to assure you that this proof of your confidence and esteem is most gratifying to my feel ings, and under other circumstances, I should at once have complied with your wishes. The probability of an early dissolution of parliament, and the respect which I entertain for the gentleman who is already in the field, are the prin. cipal reasons which make me unwilling at this time to enter upon a contest. If I find at the next election for this borough that I still continue to possess tho confidence of so large a number of the electors as have at present pro- raised me their support, I shall not hesitate to come forward as a candidate to represent them, and, if elected, to devote my best energies (or the promotion of our national welfare, and more especially for the interests of this important borough. I cannot conclude this address without again re questing you to accept my heartfelt thanks, and I grate fully acknowledge, in this expression of my feelings, the kindness of those gentlemen who, although not includ&l. in the requisition, have so promptly tendered me the promise of their support. That the inhabitants of this borough may largely Amos in the benefits resulting from an enlightened and liberal policy is my earnest wish, believing us I do, that such a system is eminently conducive to our national prosperity. I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your faithful servant, H. W. WICKS4I3I. Bradford, Sept. 26, Mr. Robert Milligan (Liberal) is now the only candidate really in the field, although the Chartists threaten °P t: I RE; ENTATION OF MACCLESFIELD.—Thero has, Williams, J. ma dsttope th rs o ug ti e n i g h e m e e l oj ec: There is no truth whatsoever in this rumour, as we under tanitiw:r,beisofilliMek"eatelPyibeerofibn:ellormtheeatathrleetrineandidate fur a Welsh county. under stand that Mr. Williams will, under any circumstances, seek the renewal, at the neat general election, of the confi dence of his present constituents.—Monrhesfer Examiner. CITY OF LONDON.—Ii is rumoured that it is the intention of Sir James Graham, in the ensuing session of parliament, to bring in a bill fur enlarging the area of the City of London, and effecting a variety of reforms in the cor poration.—Lirerpool Chronicle. IRELAND. Drams. Sari.. 27. As I informed you yesterday in a telegraphic des patch, the " general committee " chosen to organise the new Catholic Defence Association have at length carried their labours so far as to have issued their address "to the catholics of the United Kingdom." The rules of the association have not yet, it appears, been finally agreed upon, and the public have yet to learn whether the proceedings of the body are to bo carried on by regular meetings for spouting and de clamation, after the old fashion, or by a committee acting as a silent nucleus of agitation. The latter, it is thought, will most probably he the mode adopted. The committee, presided over by Dr. Cullen, and aided in its counsels by Drs. MeHale and Cantwell, decided last evening, after a two days deliberation, on giving their address to the world, but that docu ment after all is very much like tho produce of the mountain in labour. It is as follows: TO TIIM CATHOLICS OF TIIB ustrct) KISUDONI. Fe.low.catholics,—lly the net passed in the last session of parliament, declaring unlawful anal void every exercise of turiailiction and authority, even of a mere spiritual cha racter, on the part of the bishops of one-third of the people of these realms, it has been sought virtually to abrogate the legal existence of the catholic religion in the United King dom, mid place us, no to the free exercise of our faith, without the pale of the constitution. To speak of till: act of parliament as aimed at the assumption of titles alone is a delusion. The act is aimed at the very vitality of our faith, and not only declares the performance lay our hie rarchy of any ecclesiastical duty to he unlawful and void, hut also renders it punishable by fine and imprisonment. Of this we arc well assured by most eminent lawyers M both countries, protestant as well as catholic. Under these circumstances, it was thought fitting that an aggregate meeting of time catholic, of the United Kingdom should be held, to deride on the best means for the preservation of any liberty which is still left us, fur the repeal of this in sulting and tyrannical enactment, the abolition of all those acts and practices which have fielded to members of the catholic church that perfect equality which they are en titled to enjoy, in common wi•.tt their protestant fellow subjects, and for the prevention of similar measures in future. _ The address then describes the aggregate meeting of the notundo; and having set forth in full the re solutions adopted on that occasion, proceeds as follows: The objects of the Catholic Defence Association nre to se cure Or the catty:ilia church perfect freedom M the profes sion of her doctrine, the maintenance of her discipline and the exercise other rights. To adopt all volistitutional in,ans to ensure the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, and all laws restricting the religious liberties of the catholic," of the empire. To relieve the catholic people of Irelabd from the intolerable burden of bol-taining an ecclesiastical ment Crain which they not only derive no beuefit, but the funds and ample resources of which are expended in persevering efforts to subvert the faith and over throw the religion of the country. To protect our poor from the odious and lie:artless system of pecuniary proselytism to which they are at preseut so much reposed. To obtain and secure for all clussei of ca tholic, sound catholic instruction and education. To con tribute to the moral and intellectual training of the people, and to the improvement of their social condition. To assist catholic institution., and protect catholic endowments, es pecially those established for educational and charitable objects, and upon all occasions to promote the removal and slieviatiun of the prevailing social misfortunes of the people. The association is founded on purely catholic princiales. It is essentially catholic, in which word is expressed its love of true liberty, and its relation to the supreme load of the church, the episcopate, and the whole body of the clergy. The association will inculcate strict allegiance to the throne and the maintenance of peace and good will among all her Majesty's subjects. Whilst resolutely resisting any aggres sion on catholic freedom, it will not only nowt scrupu lously avoid invading, but be ever ready to assist in pro- tecting the just rights of others. All the proceedings of the Association will be conducted with the strictest regard to truth, charity, and justice, and in the true spirit of the catholic church it will manifest its sympathy on all occa sions with the most distant members of that body through out the world. In aid of this great work we shall have on our side Cie prayers and counsel of our venerated hierarchy and clergy, who, without travelling out of their own avoca tion., will continue to spread sound instruction amongst the peopie, and hr fultiltnent of their important duties will in culcate the strict and religious obligation of selecting as re presentatives of the people those men who are best fitted from integrity, ability, and zeal to support iu the imperial parlia ment our religious rights, and to remove the ?WWI griev ances under which the catholic' of the United Kingdom still continue to labour. The lay members of the Association will have their peculiar sphere of ac tion. 'they never can sufficiently impress on the minds of the people the gr, at fact, that all our hopes of redress, under Divine providence, are centered iu the crea tion and sustainment of a parliamentary party, ready to defend at all hazard, with an independent spirit, our civil and religious liberties. To the neconiplisliment of this great means of carrying out the objects of the Catholic De fence Association the energies of the laity will be incessantly directed. It will become an imperative duty to organise anti marshal the elective power of each constituent hotly so as to ensure a right direction being given to every available vote, and thereby to evince in the moat solemn manner un alterable attachment to their civil and religious freedom in all its practical reality. Finally, it is manliest that if penal laws are to be repealed ; if the perfect freedom of the catholic church is to be secured if our bishop, are to be allowed to exercise any jurisdiction or authority even of a spiritual character within these king dolma without being liable to heavy penalties for so doing ; if an extensive system of organised pecuiary proselytism is to be counteracted ; if a sound system of catholic education is to be diffused amongst the people ; if catholicism is to be fully and faith fully represented in the imperial parliament, and the ca. tholie people of Ireland relieved from the intolerable bur dim of the Irish protestant church establishment, those great objects cannot be accomplished without combined ex ertion, great personal sacrifices, and the command of large funds. We therefore call upon you to enrol yourselves as members of the Catholic Defence Association, and appeal with confidence not only to the catholic* of the British em pire, but to our brethren in every country and every clime to contribute to this great enterprise to which we have been prompted by our unwavering attachment to the faith banded down to us from the apostles, and which, as catho lies, we deem more precious than our lives. Signed on behalf of the general committee, al PAUL, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland, Chairman ; WM. KEOGH, Secretary. The general committee arc to meet again on the 16th of next month, having in the meantime, it is to be presumed, settled all about the rules of the asso ciation, and the first meeting of the association will be held on the following day. Tho Right Dom Denis St. George, Baron Dun simile and Clanconal, has been chosen by a majority of votes to be the peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of Charles Wil liam Earl of Charlevillo, deceased. _ _ The following summary of the proceedings in the Encumbered Estates Court since its foundation ap pears in the Freeman's Journal, and will be read with interest. The facts stated may be relied on, as they are derived, we are assured, after minute in quiry, from the published reports of the court, and from other sources of information less available : Summary of proceedings in the above court from the com mencement of the sittings, 25th November, 1849, to the 23rd September, 18.31:—Number of petitions presented by creditors to 23rd September, 1851, 1,318 ; numbers lodged by owners of estates to same period, 385; number dismissed by the comniisioners, 212 ; total number of petitions presented, 1,945. Total amount of incumbranees, as stated in the schedule to said petitions, t 2,458,576/. 7s. Net annual rental of the estates sought to be sold by said petitions, and ap plicable to pay said incambrances, 1,141,0901. 10s. Bd. Namber of estates sold in court to the last auction day, 17th July, 1861, 333; number sold in the provinces to 13th August, 1851,61 ; number wild by private contract, 46; total number of estates sold, 440. Amount realised by sale of said 333 estates in the court, 2,322,9531. Os. 6d. ; ditto by private sales, 236,9161. Ils. ; ditto by provincial auctions, 1,091,6311. Os. 6d. ; total amount of tales, 3,651,500/. 12s. Total amount distributed to creditors up to 23rd September, 18.31, 1,798,0001. Total number of con ditional orders made to 23rd September, 1851, 1,150 • Total number of absolute orders to same day, 1,253; tota l number of miscellaneous do., 3,383. 'total number of titled persons for the sale of whose estates petitions have been presented to the commissioners:—One marquis, thirteen earls, three vis..munts, four barons, one lord, five honour ables, twenty baronets, five knights, seven members of par liament, five es-members of parliament. The very great difference appearing on the above return between the amount realised by the sales, and the sums allocated to claimants is accounted for in this manner : Firstly, that a very great portion of the sum is produced by the sales immediately preceding the vacation, and which, consequently, cannot be distributed until the resumption of the business of the court. The distribution is also contin- I gent on a formal notificatiost to claimants, that each Jar estate has been sold, and Sufficient time given to enable them to lodge and prove their claims on the settling of the final schedule of incumbrances sail distribution of the • fund. Secondly, in ascertaining the priority of each particular claim—one of the most tedious and particular duties of the commissioners, and the cause of great delay and litigation. This occurs particularly in cases where the fund is not ample for the payment of all the creditors; but the commissioners have very wisely established the principle of investing the purchase money, when lodged, whereby the fund is multiplying fur the benefit of all the creditors. In some cases where it was utterly impossible for the pur chase money to be allocated till November, the COlOlllO, 44:mere allowed the purchasers to lodge, say one-half the amount—the other half to be retained by them till November, they paying five per cent. for the same. As an yeample of the very moderate sum for which an estate can be sold in this court we may int ntion the ca-e of Samuel bopping, owner, which estate wag sold, and the amount, 76,22.51. distributed for the small sum of 3211. Is. sd. Another in the matter of Arthur Robinson, owner, sold for 9,2001., the costs of which, including survey, printing rentals, and distribution of the fund, amounted to but 1971. Is. lid. We understand the commissioners will sit for general business about the 10th of October. !4