The Express. — London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

& n ew organi.ation of the states. The four diets two to name 28 delegates, who are to assemble at Copenhagen t& discuss the new prescca for • co nstitut ion, and seek the means of conciliating the interests of the duchies and those of the kingdom. TURK EY.—CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 1 7.—Ali- Bffeadi and Itesehid Paths have formally deel.irell that they could not retract the ultimatum they had ant to Athens. Ali. EirOlai is also said to have expras,vl hie astonishment that M. Coletti should haves prop-wed accredit ing a new ambassador to the Ottoman Porte, to es,wess his regret at what had taken place, iusteal cf sending a specie: env oy to Constantinople. Despa'claes with instruakms from lord Palmerton were expected at Constantinople no the Nth. The Porte intends nddri wino a note to the fives pewee, to prove that it had adopted every means in its p o wer to bring the differences between Turkey and Greece to a happy ternlination.—Allicniei , ie Irsletng. SNIYIOIA, MARCH 19.—A despatch from the Austrian eoneul at Hvio states that two piratical boats, ono •yr~•ng Id men and the other 13, bad appeared nil' Cape Costa, be tween. Almata and Sawa Nova. They attacked on the 11th a Greek vessel, and tank off 6:1,000 piastrm. The bttie portof Vromolimini appear.. to be their principal oho' a re fuge. The passage between Chasms and Smyrna is fur the present unss[e. 6be l~ a+ un. WINDiOn, TCEBDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this moraine on the eastern-terrace and slopes. Their R R. H.H. the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Hirai, and the Prince.' Alice took walkiug and pony esereise to-day. H.R. 11. the Prioress Helena was also taken so airing. In the aPer.loon, her Majesty and Priam Albert rode out in a pony phaeton and pair, the ?net* driving. Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour attended on h or seback, The royal dinner party at the Cutlo this even jag is expected to include 1a.5.11. Prince Lowcast , in, Vie sun t s nd Voc.iuntesa Emlyn, the lion. and Very Rev. the Dean of Wholsor, and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville, sa d Celonel the Duke of Cambridge visited the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, on M.nday. The Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki re surasl to toss vestenlay, after a short sojourn at Brighton. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, transacted Winos yesterday at the Foreign-eflice. The Commiwioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday at the Tha w,. Th ere were present, Lord Langdale (Master of the the Governor of the Book of Eogland, and the De pan.Governor. Mr. Higbam, Secretary ana l Comptroller. Osiers!, attended. and Mr. William Russell, Aceountant- General to the Court of Chancery, was also in uttentl.ince. [The result will be found under the head of " Money Market.") Mr. Thiselton had an interview with Lord John Re ell yesterday, at his official naidencc in Dawning- CNC. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) was tyr Sa yes Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at g ro ollands, Hants, on Monday. from town. The noble Vismunt proceeds to Windsor Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen. Daswpio Roosts.—The Gazette of last evening coetains a notification that her Majesty will hold a Drawing.room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, leith April, and one on Thursday, 27th May next, to cas trate her Majesty's birth-day. The knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars, at the Drawing. tom on the 27th of May. The other regulations are as fol lows:—The ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's Drawing.raorns, are requested to being with them two large cants with their names legibly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's page in attendance in the presence 'lumber, and the other to he delivered to the Lord Cham berlain, who w.ll announce the name to her Majesty. And Awe ladies, who are to be presented on Thursday the 15th eiApril, arc hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, together with the Humes of the ladies who are le present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's am, before twelve o'clock on Monday the 12th of April, in ceder that they may be submitted for the Queen's ap2roba ties ; it being her 11.]eaty'a command that no presentation Intl take place sakes the name of the lady presenting, to gether with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on die card to be delivered to the Lard Chamberlain, which sores shall correspond with those previously mint in to the Lard Chamberlain's office. It is particularly requested that is every case written cards only be delive red. ST. STIEPREm's, WALBBOOK.—ALDERMAN GIBBS.— A meeting of the ratepayers of the above parish Lek place yesterday for the election of churchwardens and other parochial officers. The Rev. Mr. Croly, the rector, took the chair. Mr. Reck, one of the churchwardene, congratulated his fellow ratepayers on the improved upect of affairs. The Court of Co ninon Pleas lad decided that Mr. Alderman Gibbs had unduly exercised the rights of churchwarden, the custom by which he claimed to be elected being at an end. The receipts, mounting to 2,0001., had not yet keen paid in, although Yr. Alderman Gibbs had been unable to prove his claim of 1,8001. against the parish. Mr. Flight maid that on the 15th of last month, demand was made upon him for 1,7891. ID. Ed. as expenses of the poor, and to hi no small astonishment he fiuni it signed "Michael Gibbs." There was much complaint am to the letting of wish property at one-third its value, and even that had not duly collected. Me-ers. Rock and Flight were usaimously re elected as churchwardens for the ensuing year. The Rev. Dr. Croly referred, at some length, to the audition of the pariah cher.h, which, he said, was utterly mat for the pr rfonnanee of divine service, the cold obliging =my persona to leave in the middle of service. The p.uash are indebted 110 guineas to the organiA (a poor umaa), and 2731. to the sextons. For four pears ho had ant received a shilling of the stipand due to ham for his loc tareship. He thought the day of select vestries woo over, sad he hoped the ratepayers would assert and maintain their /MUG m.diage their parochial affairs. A vote of thinks to the chairman c e.i.d the meeting. "Tice Ertl OF EUROPE" AND TTIE PARISH OF STIPNEr.-A p'acard has been forwarded to this office call log a muting of the parishioners of Stepney in reference to a recent election of chnrchwarden• It contains the fol lowing amusing specimen of grandiloquence in the thun derbolt school of electioneer ing literature Men of lism.ney I -If you are worthy of the name, es , cmble in your Mounds at the apanieted time. and express in a Aviv of thunder per _dranninernn to soslat tit re who arc mule and wdling to come lismard Is your Waif, or rernhin, so sou will deserve to be, the lase dews of one of Pe s Hest factions that ever disgraced the annals of PletebisieffSrs! The writers of this powerful appeal must assuredly have paned it under a full conviction that the " Eyes of Europe" an fully turned upon the parish of Stepney. THE . Posy-OFFICE DIRECTORY " AND THE Pesuc Starmrre. - Sir - Notwithstanding the decision that has been come to respecting this work, a desperate attempt it being made to retain the services of the letter carriers on the Directory. And, in order to gain this point, some either circulated extensively this morning, amongst the men, the following notices : we, the andrrogned General Post Letter Carriers, In cossequence eta meet statement of the Right llonourAlile the Chancellor of the Ischsaute, tied it our dots on our own behalf, who hone been for son is the seriiiie, as well as On behalf of :he junior kner•earriers of the establiahment, to call the attention of all to a Memorial, l ( ti: ,,. % /deemed to the Posamoter.General, praying ttact the Post less el.-curler s may stlll he allowed the pi'. .11cxest Wehaw hitherto enjoyed in collodion with the rest-oSiee '''7. or Compensation may be granted for the logs which wil: be sustai,xl by tic m, should the sew be taken away. N.B. -Such manorial will remain Ix the office for signature during the present week nod sit pe, das taterested are earnestly rerruemted to !COW no Br" .sisliniog the maw . -Fool, Layfield, Haste, Posichu, Law rence, Watcou, Holdltch, rooter, Sargeank P. Johnson, Duet te, a. Fox, Lloyd, Bradley, Carpenter, Pearson, Farley, Blake, Pea sant, John Biller, Ilsown. This purports to be the emanation of the persons whose names are attached to it (he the way a more curiously aped document has seldom a,,peareel) ; but the initiative was given by one of the assistant-imp-clout. Acting upon the cue than given, a few who hove profited by their con nexion with this work, have taken upon themselves to draw up the above memorial ; and, considering the influence which Mr. Kelly pos-ieeses over the destinies of the men, many more will be indeed to sign it, although detest ing at In their hearts.-The idea of these men asking for rompemation is preposterous. Compensation for what ? For being deprived of the power of misappropriating the nine which ought to ho devoted to the puldie service! They misty never exp.ct the government to compensate them. It never employed them, nor reciived any profit from their kiwi?. If they want compensation, Mr. Kelly is the man to whom they should apply, not the government. Heartily did thegreat majority of the I. tterearrien rejoice when the decision of the Chancellor of the Excheipaer was made hoax!, and sorry will they be if it is restanded.-I. D. U. m-Airil 6, 1817. (While on this subject we may notice a alight error into which a former correspondent led us. Tice letter of " A Railway Messenger and Letter-carrier," published on the 3lst alt., coo reed a notice, raid to have been stuck up at the Pinto ice on the Bth October, 18411, relative to official oramunicallons with Mr. If ill. Oa inquiry, we learn that this document win not exactly that rsirridid, but was ,bade tap of two notices, stuck up at different times.- in D. :c.] THE erase or CoLoun.—The tyranny exercised Over Permits of colour in the " land of liberty " extenrie, it weld sum, to this side the Atlantic, As an instance of this, Kr. W. Shortt, of Dublin, has furnished the Liverpool Mir- ! fory with I curious statement relating to Mr. Douglass, a W ould gentleoit i n who has, during thelaat year and a half, i wiwireturing in th is ' country against the slavery existing in ' itte United States : _Oethe 4th of March Lot, M r . !buglers, in company with G. Mon "m sobs of the Halt of Commerce, London, called upon Mr. Fords Witte the Cunard Steam Ship Company, in London, to take his I tants en hoard the Cambria, to Pail the 4th of April from Livemool; „... 1 1 . 0 Vilmaagairid if • eamad dais passage could be obtained; he fe.Ts awered no, as all distinctions were atelblied. Fir.. 1h0g1.... 1 tid 401. 10., and received a ticket entitling him to berth na bawd the Qunbria. At the same dine Mr. Dinclass w. 'he arm at his eau would prove any barrier to ....__ - "lhofing all the rights ' and privil s of tee other gW,,e'l. Re IMr. Ford) add no. tie thought : nothing :yore of , ,_!etter mall the 3rd Mat., when, In aimlessly with I.OlDe Mend., ! Foe hoard the Cambria with his loge go, and found, to his. _ _ fed netittestion, th at hi, ti , rth had been given to another, l b i Z n l the r e t t i . ae rat le Loud to had acted witho r oluotr , r i l b ty . ilronst to the captain, who in co ' inl r ierry with rwed . ► blr. - I p hithrl an tur; went I/. i. _. M:lirr, the agent. This gentleman declared that Mr. Doug. e fti rel ant It n on board the Canthria nolo s he agreed to take his i i , ~.., , - . Y.. and no , . to sic with the Wows pmeempre, mad to give woo fa which he had paid. Being Unrest legal remedy, and arloillos to Teton to the MOW State.—hia Igigatto no bawd, and all his Image: lento Othenrin complele —he had to yield to the pro.eriptioas of his ;Ntrateutora, and to accede to whatever taros they ti e r P .Soudldaa oonmeneed his voyage a solitary, it would se.s, amidst a cr.wd. , - 'MELANCHOLY END OF TWO GC.IIDeMEN.—A melauchely accident occurred on Mon-lay evening to two privates belonging to the Coldstream guards. One of them read been married on the same for moon at the military chapel, and proceeded on hoard one of the Greenwich boats in company with his bride and equally unfortunate but heroic corneal.. It appears that the tirst-mentioned, on the boat passing Itotherhithe, by some unlucky chance, Humbled b..ekwArds and fell into use river. Ile sank almost Mime diately, and was I.4en no more. The secoad soldier, per ceiving the accideid, !lunged into tt.e water; but so far from succeeding in the noble effort to save his comrade's life, lost his own. ACCIDENT IN THE ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK.— Yesterday noraine, between uine and ten o'clock, an accident of e • ity &miens nature occurred in the St. Kathe rine's Dock fns two labourer, named John Hayes and John English. The men were e.auged, with several other la bourers, on bard the Mary Barrington, from China, lying off A warehouse, In discharg.ne thc cargo, while a number of riggers were employed aloft iu lowering the yard-arm, when the tackle gave way, and the vartharm fell ea to th • middle of the deck and crack dawn the two men, whu were reu dered insensible. They were immediately conveyed on littsrs to the tendon hospital. Upon examination it was found that Enelish's right foot was crushed in n moat fright ful manner. He remains in the hospital in • very precarious state. Hayes also sutained serious Mimics, and his left leg was fractured, bat L : is likely to recover. Tllll CoNFLAt•RATION AT IItRERNIA WHARF.— Yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. Payne, the city coreeer, and a respectable jury, assembled at the Bridge House Hotel, Lou. don Bridge, for the purpose of ic pairing into the circum stances connected the recent conflagration that occurred at Hibernia Wharf, Montague Close, the property of Mr. Alderman Ilumphe,y, M.P.—Mr. Monroe was the first witness examined. Ile said he was the foreman of Hibernia Wharf, and in the employ of Alderman Ilumphery. Ile left the premises for the las: time at 20 minut.s past 2 o'clock on Sunday morning. He was the last persoa in the ware house. tie hail been working with five other men on the wharf till that hour. in landing and shipping geode of a general character. Niben he left l:e lacked up the premises, and carried the keys home with him. The warehouse was lighted with three gas burners, and it was wit ness's duty to extinguish the lights before he left, which he did. The last gaslight he put out was in the counting-house, where he lighted a candle and on getting tJ. the d tor he pinchr I the sniff and place d the candle out side of the building. The msn on the wharf were not allowed to 'smoke, and they never did so. The goods on the pre mises were of a gene al description there were in one part about 200 pockets of naps, in another part there was a quan tity of Tees and a few bales of shoddy. A juror here ex plained that shoddy was a dressing of Yorkshire cloth, and the most dangerous article that could he placed in any building. It was of en oily nature, and the least quantity of water caused it to imite. He (the juror) had been obliged himself to throw me e into the Thames on several occasions. After some immaterial evidence, Thos. Brooks, a foreman at Hay's Wharf, said that he bad loaded as different times many • ton of shoddy, but had never had an accident with any.—A Juror: Bat you turn it over, do you not, whilst it is in the warehouses ? Witness answered in the affirmative, and explained that it was done to prevent its over.heating. --Wm. Wilkinson, sub-engineer at the Southwark.bridge road station, said that shortly after his arrival, on one of the shutters being burned away, he saw that the gas pipe had melted, and the gas was burning, which could not have been 1 the case it the gas had been turned off at the main. He found the wrench on the main, but the pipe was so rusty that it could not be turned. It had evidently not been turned off that night.—Monroe, upon being re-called, admitted , that he might have neg'ected to turn the main cock off —Other witnesses having bee.' examined, and the Coroner haying summed up the evidence, the jury consulted and returned the following verdict: " That there is not sufficient evidence to enable them (the jivers) to decide how the fire originated, but, in their opinion, there is every probability that it arose from the spontaneous combu tion of some bales of waste or shoddy." INQUESTS, YESTERDAY. SUDDEN DEATH OF A POLICE-SEROEANT. Before Mr. Bedford, at the Red Lion, Princes-street, Westminster, on the body of Thomas Powell, ag, d thirty-fire, a police-sergeant of the A division of Metropolitan police, whose death oc curred while he was on duty. About half-past two o'clock on Monday morning last, deceased was on duty apparently in his mend good h alth, when a cab drove away from Wright's coffee-house, Charing-cress, in which were four men mad a woman, wb . were creating a great uproar. Be - ceased spoke to them sbe quiet, but they took no heed of him; and, continuing 'is disturbance, the cabman drove off towards Whitehall. I , messed ran after the cab, calling to the driver to atop, whi he did opposite the Horse Guard..., and the deceased then appreached the vehicle for the pur pose, as was supposed, • f taking the number, when, without uttering a word, he fel. neck on to the ground as if seat.— ' Police-constable Eve, .1. 47, who had kauwed, on eonsing up, found dec-a.sed in a state of total insensibility, and took him in the cab to Westminster Hospital, where he was pronounced to be dead.—Mr. Tebay, house-surgeon of the hospital, said that there were no external marks of in jury on deceased's beds, but, on making a post mortrm ex amination, he found •an enlargement and long-standing diseaso of the heart, and he had no doubt that the exertion of running had, in consequence of that dis ease, occasioned deatle Verdict, " Natural death." — FATAL Emcees OF I •TINLECILANCE.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Two Brewers, 'll hitecross-street. St. Luke'., on the baly of Eliza Blower, of No. 1, Whitecross-court. The deceased was much add cted to drinking. On Friday night last she was in a dreadful state of intoxication, drinhiug with her husband in the tap...som of the Two Brewers. She re mained there for some t .ue, until two females succeeded in taking her home. On tce following morning she was dis covered quite dead. Mr. Powell, a surgeon, wes called in end prone-aced life to have been ex tinct tome hour'. He attributed death to apoplexy from excessive drinking. A verdict was returned accordingly. ANOTHER SUITE:MI DT Tax ACCIDENT AT THE CAMDEN-TOWN RAILWAY BTATION.—Before Mr. Mills, at the University Coilege Hospital, on William Ed wards, a carpenter. a Ito was one of the four work men that were buried beneath the ruins of Messrs. l'ickford's vaults that recently fell in. Evidence given at the former inquest respecting the accident and its supposed I cause, having been reFated, the house surgeon stated that the deceased's left thigh, fibula, and ankle, were fractured, that his right thigh was crushed, that the upper portion of his person was bruised, and that he was doing well until suppuration and erysipelas set in, which resulted in his death. The other two men were recovering. Verdict, " Accidental death." At the close of the inquest the jury contributed a handsome sum towards the relief of the widow and three orphan children of deceased, who have been reduced to destitution by his death. EDUCATION, - MINUTES OF TIM PRIVY COUNCIL.—Mr. E. Swains has made in tho Patriot the following proposal with respect to the :Minuted of Education, which is worthy of attention The minutes relating to religion are ea follows: ' In schools connected v. ith the Church of England, they (candidates for pupil teacl.ors) wit be required to repeat the Catechism; and, to show that they understand its meaning, and are acquainted with the outline of Scripture history, the parochial clergyman will assist in this part of the ex amination. In other school,, the state of the religious knowledge will be certine.l by the managers. 'More completely (in fifth year of pupil-teachers' exami nation) in the Holy Scriptures, Liturgy, and Oatechism, in Church of England echoed ; the parochial clergyman assist ing in the examination. ' In Church of England schools, the parochial clergyman, and in other schools, tho managers, will also certily, that the pupil-teachers, or stipondiary monitors, have been atten tive to their religions dirtied' " These minutes are not required for any equitable service they can do the church. It would, indeed, ril become dis senters to find fault with the matter or mode of teaching in church-schools, and to require any conformity in them to nonconformist views. But if the government were dis tinctly to avow only general knowledge to be the subject of legislation, it would not prohibit any religious or catectetical teaching which the school. might give. It would leave intact church principles and church teaching, give no offence to dis senting Envies, and avoid the barrier which the minutes, as they now stand, present in many minds to their adoption. But for these minutes the government measures would have the prompt and effective co-operation of many who wil be consdentrously opposed to them if those minutes remain Take them away, and dissenters might accept gnaws without compromise of their conscientious dislike to legislation on religion ; and many would do so, although some, like myself, do not think government grants the best mode, or even a good mole, of assisting education; and would prefer a cemprehensivc scheme, equitable to all, and free from the objection of helpiug most those who require least. But, if the objectionable minutes cited were with drawn, the state would be free in tho matter from all reli gious parties, and that general concurrence be promoted, which is essential to a full and salutary attainment of the end proposed. It would not then be the patron of opposite sects, inviting and paying for the anomalous reports, and equally anomalous claims to approval implied in the last minute I have quoted. It would stand in no relation to sects. It would know only promoters of that general in struction, without which society would be half savage, and person and property be without a security . which is infinitely etronger th an bars and bolts, prisons and 'police. In the hope that government may not to un willing to concede what is reasonable, when fairly put before it, I would respectfully suggest to diseenters who are not opposed to government aid in the matter altogether, to seek by petition, or deputation, or otherwise :-Ist. That the measures be modified so as to require nothing whatever, either of inspection or report, of any school of any denomi nation, on the subject of religion. 2n.1. That while all par ties accepting the grants should be . free to conduct their schools according to their religious views, instructing in re ligion as much as they please, no child in such school should he required to learn cay catechism, or give attendance on the Sunday, against the expressed desire of the:parents. 3rd. That any school, the erection or support of which has been aided by government grants, may become free from government control or inspection, on re-payment of the sum advanced, and discontinuance of the grant in support. (There can be no doubt that this will be granted. The British and Foreign School is to be free whenever it pleases u pon repayment of the 5,0001. grant for its normal school.) If these points were conceded, I apprehend much opposition would le disarmed, and many who are now in doubt would become supporters of the government measures. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1847. That they are open to other objections may be true; but if those specified were met, public opinion cad parliamentary control might suffice in the judgment of many dissenters for the rest. That it is no: fastidious in them to object to the minutes's:l they stand, but that consistency demands their olijectMns, is not their wn judgment merely, but that of churchmen also. The Chards and State Gazette, referring to the government plan, sass, If the dissenters reject it, they lose their schools; if t hey accept it, they lose their character.' " the poor—they being of opinion that till this be i accomplished, the ravages of fever will not be stayed.' One of the fundamental rules is that no person be lodged gratuitously. Bread has fallen a halfpenny here today. A large and respectable meeting of farmers was held at lladdington on Friday, for the purpose of opposing the erection of certain new toll-bars pro posed to be set up in that county, ar.d also for the purpose of petitioning that roads be maintained by assessment, and the toll system abolished. "Ws, inc POOrLE or °hear BRITSTN. •• —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Alva, a small village in Stir. lingshire, was held on the 24th ult., for the purpose of taking into eonsiderasion the fast-day proclamation of her Majesty. The following resolutions were adopted unani mously: let. "That in the opinion of this meeting it is the bad laws, institutions, and arrangements of society, that are the causes of the present diaeresis." 2nd. " That in the epinion of this meeting her Majesty's councillors are entirely iguorant of the caues of the present distreet ra in manifest arose the nature of the rem , !y they proper, and that see therefore memorialise her Majesty to dismiss her present ad yarn, and draw around her practical men more suited to the wants of the age." DAYNXISS AND Seeterea.—At Ktneries, on Tuesday week, en extraordinary darkness occurred about half-past twelve noon, the phenomenon lasting :dwelt a quarter-of-an hour. The growing darkness was most perceptible in the south or south-went, acid about twenty minutes pant tivi there were three short but loud claps of thunder. In less than tee minutes front this eerierd the darkness came on, hunieg for fully a quarter-of-as-heir. periel all business was suspended, and in the sheriff court. sitting at the time, the members, =cording to an eye-wanes, saw each other indistinctly! In the banking-houses, to write wag out of the question, and gas-lights had to lie us ed. " The sky had • peculiar livid appearance," see. the Erlanfmres Express, and " some even said that they fait veryp reeptibly the smell es of sulphur burning at some distance." PORT PATISICX.—CommusiCITION haiwnirN SCOTLAND AND INPLAND (CousloNicATED.)—As it is possible that this question will be again discumed, in consequence of the receut improvements in locomotion, aml the present state of the sister island, and being confident, also, that there are few instances on record wherein goveeiment has been so grimly misled by interesmeepersons, we fed inclined to re view and expose the circumstances which have led, and are still likely to lead to *useless expt ndi tu re of the public money, and also to point out the best mode of communication that can now be adopted. About thirty years ago, when this gentian wne agitated, Colonel James Hunter Blair was Member of Parliament for the county of Wigton, and proprietor of the village of Portpatrick, and the lime Mr. Rennie, the eminent engineer, was employed by o vernment to ataertain the best position for a pac ket harbour on the Scotch side of the Irish Channel, for sailing vessels, as steam vessels were not then thought of. In 1818, Mr. Ronnie produced two plans for the improve ment of Port Patrick harbour, which he had decided was the beat, in opposition to the report of Captain MeKerlie and Mr. Teller, who had been previously employed. The first plan was to carry two piers out into the channel tide, and into twenty-foar feet at low water, by which the little sailing vessels could cast off, and with the wind westerly on one tack or the other, dear the rocks to the north and south, which before had been found Meth dangerous and difficult. The second was to excavate a basin, by which more room would be obtained. Both plans left the dis advantage of putting to era unremedicd. The estimate of the first plan was 100,0001.: and the necond 50,0001. It was but natural that the engineer, who was to he paid by a per tentage, should recommend the former, which he Was sure was to cost much more than the estimate, and which has now amounted to nearly 300,000/. ! It is true that an examination took place before a committee of the House of Commons ; but we have strong reasons to think that the question had nut fair play. The expensive plan was ultimately decided upon, and in order to prevent any alteration, the pier on the south side (contrary to all precedent) was begun at the outer end! We know that Mr. Rennie, in opposition to ethir opinions, stoutly main tained that he would construct piers that should withstand any storm ; and we doubt not that he corocientiously be lieved what he then asserted, and that he could make • ' harbour for the small sailing-packets then employed, that would efficiently remedy the evil, although that has not been borne out by subsequent experience; but it cannot be denied that both he and the hon. member for the county were, in a pecuniary point of view, deeply interested, and although the other position recommended by Capt. M'Kerlie and Mr. Teller for a packet harbour, possemie e much supe rior advantages, was known to Mr. Rennie, it is but natural that he should have recommended the most lucrative one, and the one by which his fame for overcoming difficulties was most likely to lie extended. Port Patrick harbour has indeed been a good speculation, not only for him but for his son and semester. The last improvements recommended by Sir John will add largely to the public expenditure, and something to hie own per centoge. The next proposition will be a rail road terminus, which will require several miles of tunnel, at probably a guinea an inch, and after all he useless, for no permit who has common sense will embark for Ireland in the small steam packets that must he employed cm that station, which are sometimes five er nix hours goine the nineteen miles, and very often (as their lots, it called upon, will show) unable to venture nutof the harbour for days together. This last fact will satisfactorily account for their being so seldom obliged to take refuge elsewhere ; for i' is manifest that if they Is net venture out, they Cannot be driven back, or into Loch Ryan. As no vented/ of a lancer size can pos sibly be employed in Pert Patrick harbour, it will never be the route preterred by passengers. If there wee no other place but Port I'atrick on the Scotch side of the Irish Chan nel, there might he some excuse for adhering to it. Sir J. Rennie's objection to Stmnraer, Care Ryan, Troon, and Ardrosean. that they would reader necessary an enormous increase of sea voyage, is fatal. But there ta Port Messick (rear Port Logan), of which be only saes, '• it was recom mended, but not acceded to." leaked; lie could say no more, fur hie only objection to the rest could not be made, because Port Logan being a little to the south, and Port Patrick about as much to the north of the point nearest to Ireland, they am equi-distant from Donaehadee—namely, bath 19i miles; and we hare no hesitation iu declaring that, if the late Colonel M'Douall's patriotic and liberal offer bad been accepted, government would have saved 150,000!. of the public money ! besides having not only an excellent harbour for such packets as are absolutely necessaro in duce passengers to cram in them, but an excellent har bour of refuge, in a position which we know to be more wanted than any ether place or coast of Great Britain. But now there as another circumstance which must, in the end, oblige govern ment to abandon Port Patrick for Port Logan, and that is, the facility with which • railroad can be awned to the latter, enmparatively with the former. The roads, both frog Ayr shire and Dumfriesshire, are nearly a perfect level to Port Logan, while Port Patrick, losing itself at the bottom of a steep hill, is surrounded fur miles by ground far above the common level, so that the construction of a rails ay to it, if not impractieable, would be ruinously expensive. The best desieeption that can be given of Port Logan is, that it is I'lymeuth Souiid( without Drake'. island) in miuiature ; this specie= inlet has clean, good paling ground, deepens gra dually, and has on each side abundance of the best material for the construction of a breakwater. The expense would run from 50,0001. to 100,005/ , according to the space inclosed, and the depth of water required, from 12 to 50 tee The rise and fall of tide is 15 feet, and the ebb, on the north side, runs oat eight hours; there is there a neat either, and • pier giving sufficient protection for small craft, already built, and we have no doubt that if the government will consult those that are not interested, say Admiral Bowles and Lord John Hay, they will throw no more public money into the see, at Port Patrick, but immediately adopt Port Logan as by far the most eligible and mom useful for every purpose. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Aram .5 . Society is in a most singular state in this country ; the elements of confusion abound on every side, hap pily without the turbulence which would so fearfully point: the disorganisation, and aggravate the dis order. Crowds repairing to ilia fields are met by crowds making fur the sea-coast; landlords, farmer-, labourers, all am bewildered—less about the present than the future. " What u ill come of it ?" is the ques tion. Meanwhile, great ciforts are being made to recover lost ground. The better class of farmers are everywhere carrying on the sprin g work with unusual activity. In the beet - fared districts the spring wheat, of which much is not sown, and nuts, are laid down weeks ago. The mill patches, which are always a late sowing in the south and west, are the great source of appre hension. Of these, more thnn one-half, I have heard, will not be tilted, partly from inability, and partly from a foolish cunning, which, like ambition, will " o'erleap itself." Government and the relief commission have been freely censured for tha delay in giving effect to the Temporary Relief Act. A machinery so cum brous and minutely composed mild only be put in working order after much preliminary preparation. It is not, however, fair to cast all the blame upon the public authorities, for the local authorities have not discharged their portion of the duty with very be coming zeal. In Dublin, the north and south unions will be the first in Ireland to afford relief under the act. In Cork, where the mass of destitu tion is so enormous, and where a moment should not be lost in affording relief, the government inspector has found it necessary to stimulate the attention of the relief committee of the city to a more active discharge of their duties. Captain Broughton states that inasmuch as another reduction will very shortly follow the 20 per cent. reduction, confusion and dis tress will fellow the change, unless the relief commit tees are prepared to afford effectual aid to destitution. Ho adds that no advances can be made by the relief commissioners until the forms required by the act are complied with ; and these allege they depend on the zeal and energy of the local bodies. All the accounts yet published of early planted potatoes in Ireland, and more particularly in the south, are most favourable. There have been uo traces of disease in the stalk or the tuber. In a War-office circular of the 31st of March, a statement is given of the daily rates of allowance in lieu of forage to general and other staff officers of infantry- regiments in Ireland, from the Ist of last October to the 31st of March. From this it appears that for 17 counties the rate was Is. 11d. a day, and for 7 counties Is. 10d. In the remaining 8 counties the allowance varied. The highest are .Meath and Tyrone, where the rate was 2s. 2d. ; and the lowest Mayo, where the rate was Is. 9d. M. Boyer has to-day undertaken to afford a de monstration of the capabilities of his patent soup kitchen, as erected at the esplanade at the Royal Barracks. The Lord-Lieutenant and his household, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the relief com imissioners, the poor-law commissioners, the chair men of the boards of guardians and temporary relief committees, some gentlemen connected with the metro politan newspapers, and many of the heads of the various public departments, were present to-day by invitation from the great chef de euiline, at three o'clock p.m. The several departments of the patent kitchen were passe% in review, and the various opera tions witnessed with great satisfaction by all those personages, who complimented the artiste upon his success. The soup, it is said, gave great satisfaction to those who partook of it. I have been given to understand that from this kitchen M. Sayer under takes to produce sufficient soup for rations for both relief districts of Dublin, which, as the number of destitute amounts to 40,000, would be a labour one would think of no light kind. REPEAL ASAOCIATION.—The usual weekly ascienifil Sr was held to-day.—Mr. J. O'Connell r‘ neweil his overtures to the " Young Icelanders " to re-enter the association ; and re • pasted his readiness to apologise for anything personally Larsh he might have said during the bitterness of the con test. Ile would do anything for reconciliation save surrender principle—he would even, if that could facilitate union, retire altogether front the association.—Mr. J. H. Dunne renewed those invitations, and apologised on his part fur any personal o ff ence he might have given. Mr. Stritch counselled the seceders te return. They must now see that whatever support Ciey obtained in the first buret of the secession, was from the enemies of repeal and the enemies of O'Connell. Thors had now given them up, as the mischief was done, and the secession could be no further useful against Ireland. Perseverance in the seces sion could only perpetuate mischief, PA the seceders could do nothing of themselves. Let them, therefore, return.—Mr. John O'Connell spoke on the state of the country ; and Mr. Ray read some lengthy reports upon the best means of em- Tloying the people of the country in industrial pursuits.— he repeal rent was 211. STAYS OP VIZ COUNTRY.—The condition of the country remains just as we had reason to anticipate. Destitution and disease make terrible inroads upon the population in the dis tant country districts where no energetic middle class or humane landlords reside. Take Sligo as an example, as we have to-day accounts from thence in the rhnmpion, local paper. The fever hospital—a subsidiary oee—which was opined in the town a few days since, capable of accommo dating ninety patients, was filled in thet e days ; in one small perish in the vicinity the mortality reaches twenty daily. and it is said that several of the diemissed labourers have already fallen victims to famine, as the Temporary Relief Art is not in operation. and Shensi. no ad er, nate amount of private labour otieri:g. This statement will at once convince you that there in no considerable amount of tillage in progress in that county ; but I am glad to state, upon tilt, authority of a private letter of a Rom in Catholic clergyman of Mayo, that In the district of Balls, in that county, hithi rho much dis tressed, the general aspect of things Is easier, and that tillage is in progress, though not to such an extent as might be desires:a. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH. APRIL 6. The Kelso presbytery of the Established Church has avowed its leaning to the governmer.t scheme of education. At the last meeting of that court, one of the members moved that the presbytery petition in its favour, two others spoke in its praise, but it was resolved to defer the question till another meeting. Synods and presbyteries act independently of each other, so that if their decisions are contradictory, the real voice of the church can only be known from the deliverance of the general assembly, the representative and supreme court of the church, which meats annually in May. Of course, unless its commission be specially con vened, it can emit no declaration in time for the parlia mentary discussion. Hence, the value of this or that presbytery or synod being for or against, must not be hastily assumed. The supposed inclination of the ministry towards the Free Church, together with the Marriage and Registration Bills, may make the church lukewarm towards the government scheme; but ge nerally, it may be held as being favourably disposed towards it, although its opinion may not, for a time, be distinctly announced. In its measured oppo sition to the scheme, the Scotsman is deserted by its contemporaries of the philosophic liberal school in Scotland ; thus the Cilargow Argue, Citizen, and Aberdeen Herald warmly espouse the scheme; and, till within a few weeks, the shadow of a shade of differenee intim political and theological creeds of the four was not distinguishable. The mid channel course of the Scotsman is bitterly resented by the Voluntaries, who threaten a rival journal, and will probably carry their threat into caeca ion. The Scotch conservative papers, such as the Edintnnyh Courant, so far as they have spoken out, are favour able. The section which may hereon:len as " Whig and something more," is divided; thus, the Glasgow Post is against, and the Edinburgh Re!•;: . ,r for. The spirit-dealers in Scotland arc ri-;ng in arms against the resolutions of the Select C oomittee of Inquiry of the House of Ceinmor.s into t ce: licensing system of Scotland. The animas of their objections may be gathered from the following resolution: That it is the oOnion of this meeting that If that pa tins of the sug gestions embodied la the resolutions of the wised comet ttse of the !louse of Commons, which has been approved of by tlin meting, were introduced into the law by winch the licensing tteou is regu lated, a great improvement would be made. But if that portion of said suggestions which this meeting disapproves of ar, atteepted to be enacted into low. they ought and will moot strenomnly is. opposed, more especially those parts having reference to nn indiscriminate re duction in 'Mutation of the number of properly conducted lkeneed bon's, or making rent • criterion for grunting certificates, or milking final the &ninon of wy panne empowered to grant or refine certificates. An influential society, composed of the magistrates and leading citizens, has been formed in Glasgow for the purpose of proctuing suitable lodging-houses for PROVINCIAL. Teo Coors.—Every word of news about the crops will now be read with interest. In many party of Sussex the wheat is described as looking unusually well. In Lincoln. shire the proapeets appear equally good. The Stamford Mercury sayer—" The young wheats in the ' garden of North Lincoln hire,' as the Lordship of Barton is poetically termed, arc looking extremely well and premising. The past week of line weather has bad a most beaencial influ ence upon them." From Hampehire the reports are leas' satisfactory. "In consequence of the long-continued pre- valence of easterly and north-easterly winds (says the /tamp- Aire Advertiser), the young wheats in the hilly districts have a pSning and sickly appearance, what on the stiff clays of the lowlr.nda the plants are green and vigorous." The Isle of Wight is soot what more fortunate. A correspondent states that the spring corn has been got in with lees labour than for some years past; the young wheats look strong and healthy ; a good many potatoes have been planted, hut not equal to former yearn, pertly from fear of the blight, and partly from the expense of the aced. From Bedfordshire we learn that " the wheat has improved much during the last fortnight, and, for all that yet appears to the contrary, may make a good crop. Barley was never put in better, sod pretty much the same may be said of the spring cropping generally; while, at the same time, the land has been admirably pre pared in many instance. for manrl war:el, potatoes, &e. ; though the high price of the latter, together with the uncer tainty, of a healthy crop, will preclude many bcieg set this year. Speaking of the state of the weather in the north, the Doncaster Gazette remarks " The wheat lands have stood the severity of the season remarkably well ; but, In some locali ties, the effect produced by excessive cold is forcibly risible, without, however, occasion ing any serisus injury." In an agricultural report for the past month, the Alarli-lane Express says:—" March has proved an unusually propitious • ason for the agriculturist,. During nearly, or quite, the whole of it, the weather has been extremely favourable for all out-door operations, which have progressed with a degree of rapidity seldom or never recollected. So far matters are very satisfactory ; but we regret to be compelled to state that oar accounts relative to the appearance of the growing crops in some localities are by no means satisfactory. The ycung wheats, taken us whole, are withered, the result, pos sibly, of the long-continued Mists ; yet we doubt not, a few weeks of fine weather will set matters to rights in this particu lar. Notwithstanding the assertions of some parties to the con trary, there is a manifest inclination on the part of the farmers to increase the breadth of land under wheat culture this year; indeed, the quantity of land sown with that de scription of produce during the autumn of last year, and that laid down for wheat cropping this spring, has never been equalled for a long series of yearn put. Accounts from the carious grazing dirtricts relative to the condition of the stock, both beasts and sheep (but more particularly the latter), are unfavourable. The epidemic his committed most serious ravages amongst the beasts in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Norfolk ; while the lambing season, even allowing for a full overage fall as to number, bas proved a disa:trous one— immense losses having been sustained in the voueg lambs, which have been suddenly wised with a disease peculiar to that observed in the beasts, and which hays been carried oft in a few hours." LANC.ASIIIRZ. ANOTHIM CHEAP NRWSPATEtt Is about to be added to our list. The Liverpool Times of yesterdsy contains an aunouncement that in future its price will be lid. ; and the editor, atter speaking of other contemplated improvement., says, " The sue which we have decided to adogt for our paver is that of the London Daily News." Infest DOIN08" Sc Ganarano —The Lancaster Guar dian says : " Ou Saturday night last, a troop fr on the sister island, which had been . persimbulating the neighbourhood I during The week, applied for their billets to the overseer, and were duly provided with lodgings and provisions. After making a hearty Fa, per they retired to their apartment, where, their conversation being carries! on is rather a shrill key, they were overheard to be engaged it. the interesting occupation of muting up their week:y accounts, the object of which, it appeared, was to ascertain if they bad sufficient " small change" to make up a soyereiga, wtuelt was to he sewed up in the leader's clothes, so that they might truly tura out empty pockets. This coming to the knowledge of the police, a bill for " bard and lodgings" was politely ten dered to them the following morning, which, after a good deal of noisy leai•titac., they were compelled to pay. Tea DUOVGIIION ACIRICULTURAL SoCIETV. is CORM quence of the failure of the potato crop, and in order to pro mote the growth of other vegetables, offers the following preatiunts to the neighbouring townships:—To the eottager. , who shall bare the hest selection of eat. and other vests.. tables planted in their gzrdeint, and the tame beicg in ;owl and neat order, the first prize is to be U. 55., the secuud 1/. 2s. 6.1., third fourth 17s. id., filth 16s.- moth, 10s. and the following roots and plants are recurameadeel. as far as their means are able to ohtMu, as the most nutritious vegetables suitable for a cottager's garden—the rod and white or sugar beets, carrots, parsnips, Jeri., tlem arti chokes, peas and beans, cabbages, and curled brocoli and turnips. Norr MILL FAIR, the largest annual pleasure fair in the north of England, is holding at Manchester these Easter holidays, and notwithstanding the deptesaian of trade, vast nusnbera of people from the town :tad neighbourho d for shout a dozen miles round have been attracted to it. A boy, while gazing at the !waste in Batty's menagerie, on Monday evening, ventured tn., near the hare of the tiger's den and the animal struck him in the flea with one of i's claws, inflicting some frightful scratches, but the poor fellow, it is believes!, will recover from the rffee•is of the wounds. The t authorities of the borough have interfered, and Mr. Batty is io put up a fence in front of the dens, p ting all approach nearer than within two flit of the reuinals. THE LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL AND THE EDUCATION QUES TION.—On Monday the adjourned meeting of the Leeds town coancil was held to discus; the proposal of Mr. Alder man Stanfield, that a petition should be presented to parlia ment in favour of the government scheme of education.— After a debate of nearly sin hi,urs, in addition to the four or five hours on the preceding Wednesday. the mayor ((kernel Goodman, Egg.) presiding, the council divided :—For the petition. 23; against it 27; majority against the adoption of the petition, 4. The following is a copy of the petition pro posed by Mr. Alderman Stansfild The huMbie Petition of the Mater Aldermen, end Bareemee of the logongh of Leeds, in the connty of Tort, In conned a smiled, liwitstr linesmen —That the notorious and deplorable def.- eieney of MOM* for the good. and efficient education of lime numbers among the poorer elasom in thLs country, cameo tke existence of a great amount of lir:mance and crime, is an evil of alarming magnitude-, and calla for prompt and energetic remedial measures on the part of at chows of the emnennnity. That in the opinion of your petitioners It Is the bounden duty of the State to facilitate and encourage the education of the whole body of the people, but that in endeavouring to porno', general edu,nion the policy of the government shoidd be to stimulate, not to supenank the voluntary efforts of the people, and to m the its aid equally so essib:c to all, by avoiding an upon the religious convictions of the re ceiverr. That the position enA prospects of the masters, as well as the quality and character of the inatruction giren in many of the elemen tary schools in this country, are equally tuwatisfectory, and that it Is of the highest importance to Improve the one and to elerate the con dPion of the other. That roue petitioners conceive the plan recently Mid before parliament combines many provisions calculated mate rially to improve the existing means of education, especially —Ely offering aid to all partial engaged in promoting ednealion, while it secures to each full liberty of conscience as to religions tearing to he combined with the 'miller instruction. Second—fly the manner in whkh it calls forth and su, elm voluntary c intributtom for the edu cation of the people, and at the name time renders them effective. Third —By the encouragement wlmc.h it holds out to young per ems to devote themselyee to the profession of teachers, and by the judicious regulation' which it contans for ascertaining and recur. big their progreosive advancement in knowledge. Fourth—sty the moms which it offers for elevating the masters' standing in 'moiety. Fifth--By providing. constant stimulus both to, masters and wholors through the medium of inspection, while the discipline and manage. men.. of the school., the control cf the muter and the religious in stro:tion of the pupils am left exelusively to the local eupperters. That though 'oar petitioners are divested tom . ..mime in the necowity of leaving the control of the rysteut In the bands of • committee of privy council, subject to annual revision by the legislature during the time the measure is in the moire ot trial and gradual im provement, your petitioner. Dwell . * that powers and patronage so extensive es thaw which it will create when m full operation, cannot without risk of injury to tho public and the schools themselves be left in the hands of such a committee, buttlint as noon aa the system has been sufficiently tried and mantra* it should be rely regulated by an act of parliament for that pur pose, and the control and patronage incident to it be either divided amongst local boar!, properly constituted, or, if that be found merle ticabie, entrusted to some central authority, whclly independent of the administration for the time being. Tour petitioners therefore humbly pear that your hon. house will be pl,aseu to adopt such tree meta,. you :nay consider best calculated to promote the success of the plan for the extension nal improvement of education recently laid before parliament by the commdta e of Counsil of Education, as a tem porary measure, following it up at a proper time by an act of paid., meat for the permanent es ihlishment of an educational system, aide 1 by the em u - bat piano' Inter the control of authoritim independent of the administration for the time bring. DIATILLATION T 11 0 ,4 Go tin.—On Monday evening, G. 000 , 1131113, Esq., the Mayor of Leeds, presided over a meet ing of the inhabitants of Leeds, convened by his worship, at the instance of the temperance and total abstinence societies in the town, to consider the propriety of petitioning parlia ment "to prohibit the distillation of spirit from grain, co as to preserve to the people the kindly fruits of the earth." Several of the temperance orators addressed the meeting, and a petition was adopted. AT LTEDA.—On Monday night. about ten o'clock, a lire broke out in the saw-mill of Mr. Joha Townsend, situate in Aire-street, near Wellington-street, Leeds, which was burnt down to the ground before the tire-engines could be brou3ht to boar upon the devouring clement, though they were promprly in attendance. The engine-house was loved, but the damage will amount to several hundred pounds, and la not eoeci eel by insurance. ROYAL AORTCULTUHAL SOCIITY.—The sum of 5201. has been already subscribed by the town and neighbourhood of Doncaster,for the purpose of obtaining the meeting of the Royal A3ricultural Society in IW. Several of the neigh bonring gentry have not yet sent in their answers to the ap plications of the committee ; there can be no doubt, there fore, that the required KUM of 1,000/. will be exceeded. A deputation. consistiag of the mayor, the ex-mayor, the town clerk, Sir W. Cooke, and Mr. Dyson, will wait upon th, council of the Royal Society, at Northampton, in May next. Tne prospect of Doncaster obtaining the meeting is there fore to retry way meat gratifying and satisfaatory.—Don easter Chronicle. SUNDERLAND DOCR'r.:---;;;-if&iinR oboerved in your paper, that a violent gale on Friday n;elit destroyed two of the groynis of the Sunderland.docks, I Leg to inform you that I happened to be in Sunderland at the time, and yester day (Monday) afternoon I left that plauts after an inspection of the damage. I deem it so trivial as not to require my superintendence—the work being in the Lands of the con tractors, who are answerable. Both gruynis can be repaired in eight or ten days, ►t a cost of 607. or 701. By this gale they have been subjected to a severe trial, u they were not backed up with this manly limestone from the site of the dock, and it is surprising that they have stood the test so I well. This dock directors have instructed me to take the necessary steps Mr letting the excavation and other portions of the works. —Joni MA:nevi', Engineer to the Sunderland, Dock Co. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OP UNION-HALL, BARNARD CARTLE, -I was originabycret:Ll for the arciples of Father Mathew, and hare .ince undergone u many metamorphoee3 as Mr. C. Mattbens. The brethren of the fountain—the reetotallers—soon forsook rue ; and from a temperance ha•l I was transmogrified into • theatre. One season settled the business of the unhappy marmot'. : he did not venture on a second. Mr. 3. Barker's followers, however, had the ' courage to take me in hand ; but they, too, very soon gave me up. Neat—presto !—I became a theatre once more ! Mr. Thorne took me; and I was never so well attended before. He made a pretty panty by me, if ene-half that I base heard be true. After kis departure, I underwent a series of rap changes. I was a concert-room—a lecturo room—a bazaar. I mu distracted by trombones and bored to death by twaddle; and every now and thin I was puzzled by ejaculations of "going! going! gone !" followed by the tap of a hammer. At lut, however, I have the prospect of peace. The Catholics have taken a lease of me; I have been converted into a chapel; and a bishop has preached within my walls. WESTMORELAND. . .AN INSTINCR Of CATIINE CLIVERNE43 is recorded by the IVestmoreland Gazette. That paper says: a short time ago Mr. Bell, of Beathwalte-green, sent his man to bring home a pony which ho had purchased of Mr. Holme, of Sizergh Fellside. When the man was bringing the animal away from his former owner, he found that a large dog, of the bloodhound breed, had accompanied him from the Sizergh Arms. The man stopped ou the way for a short time at the Duke of York pubic-house, but on attempting to resume his journey the dog catered a very significant growl ing protest which, upon the mane persisting in the attempt, deepened into rather alarming demonstrations of hostility. Apparently, the animal, though he had no objection to his equine companion taking a short journey under his safe guard, had conceived in hip doggish mind • suspicion that things were now going rather too far, and that he was really about to lose him. He became at last so furious that nothing would pacify him, until the man turned the pony's head the other way, and took him to his M farmer owner. MII., COII3IIIMION BY THL LOAD:giVTEXANT.—Lieut.-Col. C. 0. Bowtee. to be Col., ♦ice 0. Langton, deceased, of the Oxfordshire Militia. Dtecovitates tY IPswlcH.—A few days sine', some workmen were digging for a cellar in the premises of Mr. Meadows, Tavern.street, when they discovered a considerable number of Duman bones heaped together. Upon examina tion, it appears that a place about ten feet deep and two feet wide had been made for the deposit, at the bottom of which a fire had apparently been made with wood, and the bodies placed over it and burnt, those in the lower part showing evident marks of the fire. Upon making further search, the remains of an urn, apparently of Roman er early British workmanship, was found, containing ashes, charred wood, and some brass instrument (the latter so oxydited that its use could not be made out), and some bone pin., with plaited work twisted over them. From the bones collected, many of which are very large, it is cntain that the remains of at least thirteen bodies were here deposited. Several of the acts of teeth are very perfect. Over the narrow chamber con taining these remains, and at about six feet from the surface, was laid a round atone containing a Large aperture in the I centre ; it was, however, unfortunately broken into fire pieces.—lpstaicA Expross. THE CONDEMNED NOIMARESS AT ITIWICII.--Catherill• Falter, sentenced to deathlast week for poisoning her ho, band, and who, up to the time of her conviction, sectord utterly unmoved by the nature of bcr positions or the heinous cha racter of her crime, appears now to realise her *dual posi tion. Six is very penitent, and attends strictly to her reli gious duties, the chaplain attending Inn. frequently. We (Ipswicls Erprerr) oncierstaud a petition in bar behalf is about to be gut up in Bury, to be presented to the Secretary of State, it Ming hoped that the extreme youth of the pri soner (18), anal some other circumstances attending the ease, iy operate in her favour. We fear, however (continues the same journal), from the ferriMe manner in which the judge expressed his concurrence in the v.yslict, and the abominable ' nature of the crime, that there must be same strung fact urged in her behalf to lead to the mitigation of her sentence. It to a elngular (act connected with the prisoner that her incllather was executed for the crime of murder, having, alter committing toe alert, hanged the man up by a rope to a finger-post, to induce the supposiiinn that he bad committed suicide. The prisoner scot on Fri !ay far the lice. Mr. Ottity, of Sudbury, wham she had previously known. to whom she made a confession of 11.1 . gu It, and of has having bought the poicon et Sudbury. In this interview she fully uckaowledged the justice of her sentence. Iler execution is fixed for SA:inlay, April 17." Alittstt. OPENING OF THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-O.tRDEN. The opening of the Royal Italian Opera at this theatre must be considered an event of no ordinary impart anee. It is no ordinary event that a theatre so long de 'seed should be restored to the public in a shape which we may almost deserile as unrivalled. It is of n i or dinary ermarquence that we should hese in London • ' theatre pledged as this is to the production of established works of the greaten masters son a scale of the utmost perfection in every sis pertinent." It is of no ordinary inthartance that such a theatre should open with • company of such treat and varied talent, that there is reason to bi.l.evc (contrary to the experience of theatres in general) that the pledge its manager. liaise give 3 they will be able to re deem. Neither, let as obseen e, is itof ordinary importance in the present nee of musieal appreciation, that there should he collected theether such a body of artistes so form the orchestra of this establishment; men whose names, not many y ears ago, the public mirbt have searched for in vain in any lista but those of performers at cancer!. of the highest and most exclusive class, au -1 whom it may be considered a great ad vantage and encouragement to science that any manages anent shondl have bean able to bring together under such varied and eminent appliances. It is not many years ago since Lord Byron wrote of the Feinice at Venice, that " it be it our opera hollaw, and that I h. Scala, at Milan, sunk into insignificaneo before it." In s ize we have no theatres to equal either the Scala or the Fink* each of which will bold nearly 4,000 persona, bid there can be: no doubt that iu all other points either of the roSlidell Operas will now bear the palm from those and most other continental theatres, the fanned San Carlo included. The hoist which opened to the public last evening i• Covent Gar den, will be admitted by all who see it to be one of the finest of its class a theatre alike cre . Bitable to our metropolis, and suited for the per formances designed to be represented within its walls. In the commodiousness of its interior arrannt - meats, and the exquisite character of its embellishments, it may be palely raid not to be surpassed. The public are aware that the theatre, which they knew as Covent-garden, and which was itself extremely spacious, has been greatly enlarged in forming this new house. Not only lies it been much extended a breadth, but the pit has been sunk and the roof raised many feet; so that we have a house of unusual height, as well as of great extent. By this arrangement, no less than six tiers of boxes, ea:h sufficiently high, have heron obtaimel. The three lower ranges are entirely devoted to private boxes. The fourth tier has a wide space it the centre, corresponding to the gallery in other houses, which is here designate t the first amphi theatre, and in which a select number of the brat seats are railed off as stalls, and let at advanced prices. In the fifth circle there is a second amphitheatre, subject to the same arrangement ; and at the highest part of the house a gallery, corresponding to that at the Italian Caren in the Ileymerket. With respect to the pit, one half of its apace is appropriated to stalls, and one half to unreserved places, both compartments being provided with separate seats. The pit is the most spacious and pleasant of any theatre we ever entered, and would be the meat commodious if the backs to the seats were somewhat more inclined, and if there were the old accustomed "alley," w'deb, alas, is wanting down its centre ! Thu" much as to the ar rangements. With respect to the embellishments, it is scarcely passible to do justice to the exquisite lute and almost unparalleled splendour with which the house from pit to ceiling ia everywhere fitted up. The leading colours are white and gold, relieved here and there with a delicate turquoise blue. The ornaments, which are in relief, are mostly fruit and flowers done in gold, or boys and satyrs brought out in flake white. But perhaps the great glory of the house is its ceiling: a most beautiful representation of the sky, shadowed off from golden sunshine to a border of deep serene blue, around which there is a broad belt of chute and exquisite ornament. The chandelier is the finest thing of ON kiwi in Eng land. It drop. from a large centre of gilded Kim work, which serves the ;nu-poem of ventilation, and is se l i light and airy a thing—albeit so vast, and no fully adorned with drops and other cram:le:its—that it seems an absolute surprise how its pieces are he; t toge ther. In addition to several nags of light, there are twelve distinct cluster., of some t,venty or twenty-five jets, each of which seem almost a ball of flame. To this chsia delier the whole house is indebted fir its light, there being but a few additional lights fur the first circle, made up of branches holding each three tapers. In the early part of the evening the light in the chandelier was Kept down, after the etaeclights had been raised. There was a general whisper that the house was heavy. As the overture was about to commence, a flood of light was suddenly and, to most persons, unexpectedly emit ted upon the house; anl en altered was its aspect —so changed was its tone—so splendid was the effect, as well on the most distant as upon the nearest objects—that the whole awes mbly burst into a ehout of involuntary and raptur ous applause. A feature of the house which has not preeinusly hero described is its curtain, which is chaste and steeple, consist ing of a light gronnil, ornamented with flowers, and having medallions of the Muses in each of their compartments. As the groat width of the proscenium might detract from the effect of the curtain, two side scenes are brought forward when it falls, on which are painted looped curtains, car ' responding in colour to these of the boxes, which are a deep and not very brilliant crimson. This pert of the decoration appeared to us the only one to which any exception could be taken. A gayer endear would hare beeu tan:e effective, and much relief would hire been produced had velvet been subelituted for the satin covering on what are termed the arnreits. The curtains considered as draperies, moreover, were not last night well disposed, being permitted to lay in be svy folds, inatoad of being looped up, or altogether drawn back. The select ion for the opening of the theatre of an open so oft-repeated and so frniiier to the musical public as " Se miramide," hes given occasion to expressions of surprise; but, on the whole, a better choice could hardly have bee made. The character of the Assyrian Get en is one of those in which Grisi leaves all rivalry far behind. Armee is the fluent pert for a contralto voice that has ever been written, and was consequently the hest adapted to introduce to the public the greatest contralto singer (we arc cone trinxd) that ever has been beard in England. The music is preeminently rich in iustrumentation, and fitted to call forth the whole powers of the magnificent or chestra. The subject demands the barbaric grandeur el Oriental state, and affords roam for all the " pride, pomp, and circumstance "of gorgeous spectacle. With a ll this, "See miramide " is every noble lyrical tragedy—somewhat heavy, it is true, but lofty in its tone, affecting in its principal teen'', and calculated to bring into action the highest powers, both dramatic and vocal, of the performers. Accordingly it has been found, by the experience of a quarter of a century, that few operas will bear greater frequency of repetition than "Semirainide." Its heavines s certainly, Is its principal fault. Last night it occupied four hours in repre sentatron—a full hour beyond the reasonable limits of any dramatic piece; and this length is not caused by extent of subject and number of incidents, but simply by excessive diffuseness of style. What Mozart (and, still more, Gluck), would have comprised in a brief dialogue, tarried on in terse and emphatic phrase', is spun out by Rossini into a pro tracted duet, in which the strength of every thought and feeling is diluted by the amplitude of its expression and the frequency of its repetition, till nothing but wearitess and impatience is the result. Trim is the case with several of the most remarkable scenes in the opera; particularly the first interview between Amer and Armes; the stormy scene between Nemiramide and Astor; and, meit of all, the scene in which Arsare discloses to his mother the fatal secret that he is her son, and the son of the monarch who had perished by her hand. Nothing eau be finer, or more tragic, then the opening of this great scene ; but presently it degenerates into a mere pins of singing. Se:nil-amide and Aracr^c vanish from the imagination • an in their room, we see Signora Orisi and Signora Alberni, and hear them warbling very beautifully, but just as they would in a concert ream. But to return to last night's per formance. When Costa took his place in the orchestra, he ' was received with a about of applause which burst from every part of the theatre. The quality of the orehe Ara was at once displayed in the performance of the overture, In numerical strength it is greatly increased, and the increase has been made in the proper part—the quartet of stringed instruments. We have never heard, in any theatrical orchestra, such a volume of tone from those instruments; its fulness completely balanced the weight of brass, and prevented it from being in the least overpowering. Daring the whole piece, the hand wets as re markable for the delicacy with which it accom , panicd the nicest inflexions of the voices, as for the powers with which it produced those grand detterip tive efforts of which the score of this open is en full. Of Oriii, in the character of &min:nude, unthing new is to be said. It must be mentioned, however, that, on her entrance, she was welcomed with peals of applause, which she acknow ledged with much appearance of feeling. She was looking admirably, was in full peasesaion of all the powers of her beautiful voice, and all her great qualities at a tragedian. The reception given to Tamburioi, after his long absence from this country, was enthusiastic. Aster is one of his great parts; and he is so entirely unchanged in appearance, seice, aid =liner of performance, that we felt. as rf he had been absent , nly since yesterday. Tamburiei's acting is remarkable for its plainness and simplicity, lie identifies himself with the character in Its tons and spirit, and brings out its features with great, clearness and force, without trying to make points, or to produce small effects. Hit engine is of a similar character—plain and unaffected ; by no means unadorned, far he is rather florid in hit tnt- 1