The Express. — London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

_2,, bf pea ilisa and reward are evidently con lad In the sew measures, and will be greatly bar soca byresimselisn. Netvrithstandingell this, it erasiet be hoped, in any immatry, that this pollliedy et Ile army or navy can much better.pad se camnanil than the mass of its pmsantry. To mime mos linedhar mast be elevated. To take an ignorant elodhansr, sA nineteen, and ecurvert him into an intelligud agar, is too great a task. What the peasant is, the soldier in general will be ; and whilst the present great gulf between our up per and lower agricultural classes exists, the same gulf will exist between soldiers and officers, and in this gulf will grow that mutual contempt and hatred, which makes such men as Lord Citantosx fear the lower orders, acquainted with the use of fire-arms. We should therefore send the schoolmaster abroad into the fields, as well as introduoe him to the bar racks; we should enable the peasant to attain a certain degree of education, dignity, and independence, ere we can expect to transplant such feelings, ready grown, into the breast of the recruit. The Duke of WELLINGTON says, in a despatch quoted in the Quarterly, that the ditty of a subaltern officer is never performed in the British army, except so far as fighting in the field. The only instance where it is reformed is in the Guards where the seijeants do it. Surely, the conclusion from this should be, the necessity of encouraging promotion from the ranks, in order to which result a considerable change in the education of both men and officers is indeed imperative. THE meetings which have been held in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with a view to promote an alteration in the Scotch law of entail, appear to have been coin posed of landowners. The speakers were proprietors ; the inconveniences of the entail law upon which they expatiated with most unction were those which are felt by owners of entailed estates. The voices heard at these meetings come from the class by whom, and for whose fancied inte sea* the entail system was created. They are cr yi ng aimed to the mercantile and industrial classes. That law which our fathers framed to gratify their, and sae, vanity, by perpetuating estates in afew families— that law of which you have so often complained—we now feel a burden heavier than we can bear. Aid us to emancipate ourselves from it. The thin attendance at both the Edinburgh and filassow asstir o ts ea no proof that the mercantile and of Scotland are disinclined to Lasp 11111111 : 11 = appeal. Their dislike to the entail bin has been too often and too unequivocally ex- Cseto admit of such a @apposition. The truth is, tty regard these laws—and not without good twee —as specially levelled against themselves. There is truth, no doubt, in the allegation that entails were devised, in the unsettled eras of Scottish history, with a view to obviate arbitrary confisca tions . • but there is quite as much truth in the insinn atioathat one kind of confiscation aimed at was that omreinuit bodies " of Glasgow were in the habit at lahling, by process of law, upon le&ds who could not dor wiel not pay their debts. Throwing eat of view these class considerations, there can be no doubt that entails are, in econo mical respect, alike detrimental to all classes of • society. They are obstacles in the way of all im provement. The heir of entail has seldom the means to effect improvements on the estate, and still more . seldom the inclination to lay out money on property in which he has only a life-rent interest. The account given by Sir Hew CRAWYURD, at the Glasgow meet ing, of the difficulties which the entail under which he holds his lands threw in the way of carrying into fist part of Glasgow which is situated on the south of the Clyde a sufficient supply of wholesome water, is only one of many instances that might be ad duced, in which the entail laws may affect injuriously even the health and domestic comfort of non proprietors. The paucity of attendance at the anti-entail meet ings may be accounted for in part by the fact that the greater part of the community are at this moment I heartily sick of agitation of every kind. Even thoegh they were not, people will not put themselves out of their way to moot a new question in. the last session of a parliament. But apart from these con siderations, the movers in the entail qnestion will do well to remember that it is not one of those reforms that can be promoted by large public meetings and speeches. The corn-laws, slavery, church abuses, any wrong that is directly felt by all, may be assailed by such instrumentality. But the abolition of entails is one of those dry teohnical reforms that can only be effectively urged by incessant badgering of ministers, and members of parliament, with hard-headed rea soning. The central committee for procuring exten sive changes in the Scotch law of entail seem, from the public appearances they , have made, quite competent to carry on this more intellectual kind of agitation. By persevering until success crowns their efforts, they cannot look for any of that Mat which bus crowned, in our day, successful agitators of more popular reforms; but they will confer upon their country a benefit scarcely second to any that has been gained for it within the memory of the present gene ration. It is of good augury that they have taken one leaf out of the Anti-Corn-law League's book—a leaf containing sound instruction for all reformers, by whatever means they work. The fourth resolu tion passed at the Glasgow meeting declares that they go for " perfect freedom in the purchase and sale of land." Sir W. M. NAPIER objected to this resolution, on the ground that by asking too mach they might get nothing. A somewhat similar discussion arose at some of the early meetings of the Anti-Corn-law League. There were members among them who thought that there was no chance of get ting total and immediate repeal, and that therefore it would be wiser to ask something that might be con ceded. The reply was, that by maintaining the broad general proposition that the corn-laws were an evil, and that it was desirable to get rid of them, no pro vomtive was given to internal controversy ; but that if any mere modification were asked, each member would insist upon its being his own pet modification, and union and hearty co-operation would thus be rendered unattaivable. The success of the League Proves the wisdom of their having acted en e = atter view. The parties in Scotland who have taken the field against the entail laws will in like manner act most wisely if they rest contented with simply denouncing those laws, and asking for their repeal. It will be time enough to discuss the merits of any compromise when it is offered to them by those who have the power to make and unmake laws. There will, in such a case, be no harm in accepting an eligible compromise--as an in stalment. will quietly take its place injure statute-book, and become the foundation of much future benefit to agri culture. After reciting that it is expedient to make provision for the collection of information relative to the amount of land under cultivation in England and Wales, and relative to the several kinds of produce rained therefrom, and the number of cattle, sheep, and other animals kept thereon, and relative to other matters connected with agricul ture, the bill proposes to enact that once before the Ist of June in every year an account shall be taken of the particulars set forth in schedule A. That schedule contains a tabular form by which the quan tity of land planted or sown, &c., is to be given under each of the following heads : Wheat, barley, rye, oat', beans and peas, potatoes, turnips, carrots, beet root or marigold vrurzei, tares, clover, lucerne and other art ifici al grasses, meadow and pasture, fallow, wood, waste, other crops if any. And under the head of " description of stock " are bulls, oxen, cows, sheep, short and long woolled. Here, there are the obvious emissions of heifers, calves, and swine, which is, probably, accidental, as we find such kinds of stock are enumerated in a subsequent schedule. The form in schedule A is to be filled up by all the occupiers of land whose holdings exceed three acres, and delivered by them to local enumerators, who are to examine the occupiers' returns, and to cause any defects or inac curacies in them to be supplied or corrected so far as may appear possible. These enumerators are to be appointed by the superintendent registrar, one com petent enumerator being appointed in each registrar's district. The duty of the enumerator will be to pre pare on the let of June, yearly, a list of all the occu piers of land in his didnct, arranged according to parishes, townships, and so forth, and for that purpose he is to have access to the , different local rate-books. He is to transmit a blank form, such as we have above mentioned, to each occu pier, who is bound to fill it up and return it to the enumerator within fourteen days. Having obtained such returns, the enumerator is to frame a table ar ranged according to the townships comprised in his district, which table is to be in the form set forth in Schedule B, and to be filled up from the returns received from the occupiers, and transmitted before theist of July, yearly, to the superintendent registrar of the district. The superintendent registrar, after examining, and, if necessary, correcting, such returns, must transmit them to the registrar-general for the use of the Board of Trade. The form in Schedule B, appended to the act seems to require the total:quanti ties of land cropped with wheat, rye, barley, &c. &c. in each parish or township to be given, and the seine as to live stock. This will afford the means of com paring parish with parish, district with district, and, so far, will be exceedingly valuable ; but, unless the returns of each occupation be also stated, the plan will fall short of effecting one great object of use fulness. A little consideration of the actual condition of agriculture will make this apparent. When we have accurate parochial statistical returns, we shall readily be able to see to what extent, or in what particulars, one agricultural district excels another. We shall have acme means of com paring with tolerable accuracy the husbandry of the eastern and northern counties with those of the west and the south—of contrasting the acreage of roots and green crops, and the numbers of livestock, in North umberland, Lincolnshire, or Norfolk, with the like particulars in Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, or Buckingham shire. Nay more, we may compare parish A with parish B in the same district, and shall often find some startling contrasts, which will set on foot in quiry into the causes of such contrasts. Doubtless, much will have been gained by such opportunities. But, great aiare the differences between the hus bandry. of different districts, the differences between farms in the same parish are often still more remark able. And these differences occur all over England. In some of the districts wherein the state of agricul ture is generally inferior, there are individual in stances of high cultivation not exceeded in the best cultivated counties, while in the best districts some very bad farming is to be met with. Now, if the yearly statistical returns presented to the public the striking differences which exist between individual farms in the same parish or township, the thinking part of the community would spe ed ily investigate and make known the hitherto latent causes. When it could be seen, as we know in many instances it would be, th at a farm of 300 or 400 acres carries as mach or more stock than all the rest of the 6,000 acres of the parish, or that a little occupier of a hundred acres returns more cattle and swine, and nearly as many sheep, as his neighbours who occupy farms four or fivefold larger, the natural question most be—" Whence this difference?" The answer would be almost invariably found in the different proportions of capital employed, treatable again, in most cases, to different degrees of security of tenure. We trust, however, that the more perfect information we have suggested may hereafter be obtained under the present bill, should it become law, for we _find, Abet power is given to the Board of T rade to alter the forms of the returns and tibia annexed to the bill. The enumerators, and the superintendent registrars, are of course to be paid, and are to be made responsible, by means of penal ties, for any failures in performance of their duties. The occupiers, also, who neglect to make returns, are to be subject to a penalty. The penalties are, how ever, only to be sued for by the direction of the Board of Trade, or the Registrar-General. This will prevent any abuse of the penal clauses, as the high functionaries who must direct penalties to be sued for, would only do so in - flagrant cases, or for ha bitual neglect. We believe that it is essential that it should be compulsory on occupiers to make the returns; and in that we are Lorne out by the unanimous opinion expressed by a meeting of practical farmers, at the Farmers' Club, when discusang the question of agri cultural statistics, some months ago. One gentleman, on that occasion, said : " Farmers are always rather jealous with regard to the question of how many quarters they grow to:the acre; they have a natural antipathy to making their affairs known ;" and that, therefore, the acreage of each kind of crop would be the best return they could be expected to make. So, another speaker, a land agent, said " You will find the farmer will not tell you how many acres he grows, nor how many quarters per acre;" and that the returns must be tested by a responsible officer. Again, an other farmer said: " We know that many farmers do not keep accurate accounts of what they grow, and therefore, having to make a return for statistical pur poses would be of advantage to them." And every persan who spoke agreed 'that the plan mast be compulsory," and in the hands of the government. Thus, the government bill, so far as it goes, is good, and bee the approval of those who may be taken to mien tae opinion of the better class of WEIN& Whet may be the reception of the measure with theismiseracy of pertiesalmt, remains to be seen. The oresnd reeding of thea g i s s been postponed dip lissAsr, wild like • disclaiming WINO *laid* sr Opt ocenowit,inAhe Mime of Oesems. The will watch narrowly taken: by the Th ee party" on this A BILL has been brought into the House of Com mons for the very useful purp os e of enabling the col leetion of agnculturalstatistim in England and Wales. The history of this measure is curious. During the Anti-Coln-law discussions which preceded Sir R. Pares prospective repeal of the corn-laws, it wee the constant object of the Protectionist members to show that there was no danger of high prices, or scarcity of corn, in this country : that imported corn was not re quired ; that the stocks of home-grown corn were oaf- In consequence of the customary holiday of Long- G .int for the consumption of the community ; and champs, the French Chambers did not sit on Thursday, that the improvements then asserted to be going on isse adjourned oaths preceding day until Monday. is British agriculture were such that free trade in A Bedded fall took place in the corn market. Flour corn could not be required. For proving all, or some, fell S fr. per sack on Wednesday, and a reduction will or one, of these arguments, it was asserted by Protec- no doubt follow in the price of bread for the latter tionist members, that nothing more was wanted than fortnight of April. Advices from Havre announce full and accurateetatistical information : and oneyronsi- fresh arrivals and a fall in the price of flour. Seller* rent member of that party—Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, were much more. numerous than buyers in the we believe—distinctly called upon the government market. As anticipated in our correspondence of foe some means of obtaining such agricultural data as yesterday, reports are abroad and generally credited the exigencies of the monopolists seemed then to re- on the Bourse that the Cabinet is about to propose in quire. The then government, having probably the Chamber a project of law for the continuance enough on its hands, did not respond to that call ; of free trade in corn and general provisions until the but Mr. MILNER GIBSON, as an active leader of the 31st July, 1848. Free-traders, bad become perfectly aware how A debate, on a subject not uninteresting to English completely full and accurate statistical information, readers, took place in the French Chamber of Peers, on the subject of British husbandry, would scatter to on Wednesday. It was brought about by a petition, the winds an the protectionist assertions, and he at begging the inclosure and division of common and once announced his intention of bringing in a bill for communal property. The ministers resisted it, from its the collection of agricultural statistics. Then came extreme injustice to the poor, who now enjoyed each the change of government, and Mr. GIBSON became the right of pasturing a cow, for which that class' a member of the new administration. His colleagues could not be indemnified. M. Duchatel said that, in office understood and valued the measure he had though the inclosure might increase the produce f promised, as an independent measure, and the bill to grain, it would diminish what was more wanting, which we refer is the result the growth of cattle in France. The minister took Whether, as a government bill, it will encounter the opportunity to defend the !government, much as any serious opposition we know not, but if it our ministers do, for not having interfered to beat ba opposed, it requires no gift of prophecy to down the price of corn in an hoar of famine; the foretel that the opponents will be found amongst leaving trade free and uncompeted with, having now those who, for their own class objects, first produced the best e ff ects in ample importation. The pointed out the necessity for such a measure. Unless speech of M. Duelist.' is a whole paragraph, and Tided by the squires, the country party, the bill, the arguments are identical with those of the English —*eh less complete than could have been wished, ministers. the kart quesbon. , THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1847. In consequence of the act lately adopted in the Chambers, preparations are being made to fit out the government steamers for transatlantic naviga tion, and it is expected that the first will sail from Havre for New York on the let of May. The journals and despatches of Madrid of the With ult. have been received. AU the inoonveniesces at tending the conflict which has taken place between the cabinet and the crown continued to prevail, the Queen being on the worst terms with her ministers. L'E,.Ao del Comercio says that M. Roca de Togores, one of the ministers who refuses to retire from the cabinet unless be is dismissed, was ordered to attend the Queen, when her Majesty gave him to under stand that the present cabinet did not possess the moral strength necessary for its efficient existence. M. Rom, however ' pretended net to understand this. Next day,the ministers met, and, on the proposal of MM. Bravo, Murillo, and Roca de Togores, resolved not, under any circum stances, to give in their resignation. Meanwhile, it was said that a ministerial combination had been pro jected elsewhere, in which MM. Miraflores, Sala manca, Armenia:, Pena y Aguayo, Benavides, Vahey, and Roe de Olano, held conspicuous places. All the journals admit that a new ministerial combination is in evitable, but it is di ffi cult to see what will be the issue of the present situation, the Queen being in fact soerced by the cabinet. The system pursued by the ministry, of removing from Madrid, on the plea of provincial appointments, all persons in whom the Queen showed confidence, was continued. An instance of this occurred in the case of M. Patricio de la Escoma, under-secretary of the minister of commerce and public works, who was ordered to leave Madrid for the provinces on a tour of inspection of the roads of the kingdom. This was a mere pretence, the real object being to remove this person, towards whom the Queen had shown esteem and confidence. It was feared that an influence would thus be exercised over the mind of the Queen, and that communications would be established between her Majesty and the opponents of the present cabinet. "It will soon ap pear," says El Clamor Publico, " that it will be ne cessary to fly the presence of the Queen, under pain of being sent to a fortress, or condemned to a forced voiafle." It was said on the 27th that General Oraa, Minister of War, had resigned on the plea of indisposition. Intelligence is said to have been received at the Spanish embassy in Paris on Wednesday and Thurs day, relative to Montemoliniat movements on the frontiers of Spain. These reports, sent by the Spanish consuls at Bayonne and Perpignan, concur in the in formation ,that a general insurrection was about to take place immediately, the rallying cry . being "Charles VI. and the Constitution!" Adnces to a like effect were received from Navarre, Catalonia, and Biscay; and, indeed, documents found at Toledo indicate that the intended insurrection embraces nearly the whole of Spain. DAMASCUS, MAILCH 8. Sinceleave was obtained from the Sultan, through the exertions of Sir Stratford Canning, for renegade Christians to return to their farmer profeesion of faith without incur ring any punishment or molestation, a great number of such re:cavernous have taken plain voluntarily in all parts of the Turkish empire. But the degree of security which attends these renunciations of laliunisns differs according to the and the views of the local government. Thu., at Berton= Kismil Perla, who is liberal in his religious news, twelve Christian renegades have been reclaimed in the space M little more than a year, while at Damascus, under the eye of Saffeti Pasha, who is a very strict Mussulman, and amidst • fanatical population, scarcely a single cue of reconversion has he-cured ,• and the few apostates who have been induced to return to Christiani'y have not dared publicly to abjure Mahommedanism. Recently, • converted renegade died under these circumstances, that is, without having made his con version publicly known. A dispute arose between the Mussulmans sal Christians as to whether he should be buried in the Christian or Mahommeden cemetery. But as this affair has made a great deal of noise here, - and produced a collision between the puha end the French consul, which has occasioned an appeal to Constantinople, I shall enter into details. I shall tell the story as it was told to me by Mariano Vipardel, the superior of the Franciscan convent of Terra Santa, an excellent old Spaniard. In the year '29, one Antonio Nadies, a native of Duane mu, professiag the Catholic religion, having struck a Turk in quarrel, was seized lad put in prison. He was then el. verely bastinsdoed, and the condition of his being spared' bother torture was, that he should become a Turk. last& pded by the devil (to use the good father's words) Antonio then denied the holy faith : his name was changed to Sells, sad he lived as a Turk. Nevertheless, later, he assured the re verend father that he never ceased all that time praying to the Madonna that he might not die a Turk. Oath- 20th al December last, he sent to the superior mmeengers to knew if he could be received into the bosom of the church, lag to perform whatever penance might be im The superior replied that he was delighted with Antonio's good purpose, and that the first step in his absolution from apes- Soy, should be to obtain a divorce from hie Turkish wife. Antonio instantly repaired to the cadi, who was easily per suaded to grant this divorce, which was forthwith effected according to the common forms of Mussulman lave. Then, to act with more freedom, and that nei ther the pastor nor his spiritual patient might be detected in the " groat work" of the latter's reconciliation with the church, Antonio came to live with his brother El's Haan, a Christian of the Latin rite. Here, after much en esiragensent and exhortation from the holy father, Antonio, with great penitence of heart and much effusion of tsars, the errors of Islamism, and received absolution is Val his apoetacy, and the excommunications thereby bacerted. On the 3rd of February he was fully restored to kis thhear rel4ion ; then he mad, his general confession, received the hay sacrament with great devotion, and died on the night of the 16th. The next morning the superior seat to the French consul for order' concerning the disposal of the body, informing him that Antonio's onvendon had been secret ; at the same time he feared that u soon as his death should be discovered, the Turks would come to bury the corpse, bevies first washed it, according to their custom. M. Tippet, the French consul, sent hie dragonaa to take verbal information. In the mean time the Turks arrived on the spot with two kawasses of the governor. The superior, having heard this, sent to beg them not to touch the corpse, but to wait till a message came from the consul. But the Turks disregarded his request, and fell to washing the body, according to their custom. Then the dragoman of the French consulate, having heard tha story of the superior, went with two kawames to the house of Ella Nadim, where the body lay, to save it from the hands of the Turks, and to give it Christian burial. The dragoman begged the Turks to wait a little till he had seat word to the Pashad consul ; but the Turks refused, and would have taken away the corpse to their burring-ground. Then the dragoman, Antonio Zonna, knowing the good zeal of M. Tippet, and how far he was from desiring that a Christian body should be buried in a Mussulman cemetery, civilly and firmly, and without vio lence, took the corpse out of the hands of the Turks. All the expenses incurred by the Turks, such as the chatraters and the santons, were paid, and willingly received ; and the Musulmans departed with their two kawaraes to make their report to the packet Then the Christians, full of delight sad Joy, and loudly praising the activity and great seal of I Tippel, eagerly shared the task of carrying the body, and i snot notice to tie Franciscan superior, who forthwith pro seeded to the Catholic cemetery, where, in the presence of ISM than 600 Christians, be performed the customary rites, and gave the dead a Christian burial. No sooner had the aspens returned with his monks to the Franciscan amarent, than he saw from the terrace pass down the street an age, several lapses, and a groat Platitude of Turks, coming to prevent the exerS• tits of H. Tippet's orders. Arrived at the house a : Nadim, they sought for the body, bat Men WU !that it was already . bud by order of the Frenek t al mad the Latin parish priest. Had the Clhciathma an 'Allay in buryimaguinarsl tb r e body, serious dilleatinemp,poselb Hie sanat kind, must have oath nation them tiff the Tneb, Whitt .‘ratald usasebleiltisivo then birth Ma lass swiss of dientrone heirs Ilya is Nutt, Filar , diebteseemet et the mitiMit. Mesa difilcalt Msamover Mews la - Astra, Nadim's redimmession clot having how mei pia Mown, certainlyaZka amid have Imes aiWaei Nshosistea Na aims Me number, and the =shot. deltoid the Mmenlaman aseelemb awns. al mitt fey and Mien *pis. lIIb arlightmuisad is gni etilhi v aiserh hound hi wit Mt *sit iestmegige the , gail mesa rettresi. • at Hwy dii• smi a tag found the Galt d m i s ie= o. lmisi I till e ith tl O7 any napes; be their .1 hi s any Age-. Omilieg between the Chastises Mitedimmt eme by it.. Nish • time egialeglege see ei •di dew The Caillegiagbie hew be }scold s ' it le herd, to dada teem eittabe the litmliammill rem smut bed begs takes to sipeemat thematic to deem in a semak lett- Tins memo In we harks" made knew. the watt Iritof Atari* Nate Is, Uri swat a dilatant* wad kessglwrlMemaM Mb ig &mist. This may be : 41111 ant toped -ase M r to beams oter ".. lTht lbws SWIM gi Ott' MONS gems tee& afla , mss iles7 to **swift the aai=era I sZ e r u onegt va g. Tigers ems, tusiese glie tre :eta ' ens Haropeon Oilman moess4 la aside Tipp lultabis sonslderatioaa: The paella Mshd upon M. his dragoman and kawamee for their di'- seepester li o dilg adatt is o pp osing the keystones of the !Orem alias to the if. Tippe has refemedio do. tTpot at the The appealed Pm U. The French consul has long solicited his renal, and daily meets the arrival of his istosstar. The Christians teem as muserons M DlLMltSetti as they were in the days of Gibbon. There are about 10,000 of them ; the Mussulasans amount to 100,000. _ JANIR—On the 18th ult. ab;eifel . a — niiii,two sham alma. of eartisquike won felt as Zaas-Boma (Baru P7r6s6s), and au the 23rd ult., the same phenomenon was repeated between four and flee in the afternoon.. , THE. LAST OF ME LALLYO.—A young Dian bear lag the name of Count Lally-Tollemdal, one of the most illustrious in France, was brought to trial on Wednesday lest before the Court of Assists of the Seine, for appro priating the money of hie employers, and for forgery. After a somewhat adventurous career, the prisoner entered the service of a milk merchant, named Lefebvre, in 1848, and was specially charged to collect the debts. One day he suddenly disappeared, and it was then found that he had made away whit a sem of 836 ftmes, and that, to disguise the theft, he hriondreetsd a receipt of the payment of a certain BUM to a resew named Boulanger. The jury found him guilty, with extenuating circumstances, and the court condemned him to three years' imprisonment sod to 100 francs fine. The father of the accused was governor of Pointe S Pito, and his ancestors have always been dis tinguished fur their eminent eervices to their country. The chief of the elder branch of the family was the Marquis de Lally-Tollendal, Viceroy of India, Great Crone of the Order of tke Saint-Esprit, and was taken prisoner by the English at Pondicherry. He was unjustly condemned to death and executed ; but his memory was subsequently fully vindicated, and every reparation made to it that could be made. The last letter Voltaire wrote was to this distin guished man. His son, who died in 1830, was a peer of France. The prisoner in 1831 made a demand to the Coun cil of State, to declare that he alone was entitled to the name and arms of the family de Lally-Tollerulal, but he did not follow it up. In 1831 he was condemned to death by the Court of Peers, for being concerned in the events of April; but, after being secreted two years in Englund, he wo again tried and acquitted. The court, the advocates, and the witnesses all expressed deep regret to ace the bea rer of such a great name condemned for fraud and forgery. INCENDIARY FIRES IN FRANCE.—On the 213th tilt. placards were posted up , in the sous-prefecture of police at Vitry-10-Ynuteats, to the intent that if the price of corn was not reduced the property of the grain-hoarders would be destroyed. No one took any notice of these isaandiary pla cards, but at nine o'clock in the eyries the hews ern 1 M. Launois-Viet, in the faubourg St. Disks, was ussolsoi to be in flames, and in hell an hour was a heap dash & Nine cows and a horse perished in the flames. The de-kgis and warehouses escaped destruction. A Mom= woe blowing at the time, and the flames spread to the next home, belonging to an subergiste. All the stabling wee. burnt down, and three valuable horses perished. Last week two farmhouses in Rains-la-Brulk were burnt down, and it was supposed that they had been maliciously set fireto. 01 the night of the 28th a farmhouse was discovered to be on fire between Vitry and Chalons. The authorities ere on the look out, and it is hoped that the malefactors will soon be in the hands ofjustice. The village of Preigney (Haute Saar) was three days ago in great part destroyed by fire. The loss of property is estimated at 250,000 f. One of the inhabitants perished in the flames. A fire broke °Mon the 26th tilt., at juvincourt, in the department of the Alnie, and in the course of a short time up weeds of forty houses were burnt down. The loss is stated to be 40,000 franca. DESERTERS FROM THE FRENCH TO THE AMER/- CAN Nee e.—The French journals have frequently com plained 'of the injury done to their merchant navy by the desertion of their seamen to the American navy ; and hitherto it appear•, the remonstrances of ministers and journalists have had no effect in diminishing toe evil complained of. The comparatively few French ships that in ordinary times trade to American ports, has prevented the evil of desertion being magnified into anything like one of national import ance. But since the recant scarcity of corn and flour in Europe, and the great supplies furnished by the United States, the number of ships going from France to America has increased, and with it there has been an increase of desertions. The Journal du Havre devotee a long leading article to the exposition of the grievance under which France labours in this respect, and cites a recent instance of neglect, on the part of the American authorities, of the treaty of extradition. The Joseph, a three-muted vessel from Havre, made a voyage lately to New Orleans for a cargo of flour. The moment the vessel arrived in port every man deserted her. Knowing, by experience, the powerlessness of the French consul to enforce the return of his men, the captain commenced enrolling a new crew, and the manner hi which this is effected affords certainly a curious specimen of mora lity in this land of liberty par excellence. The captain makes application to a party, who makes it his business to MS* deserted ships ; that party engages to put on board a certain number of hands, but there his responsibility rots. He hu in his service a number of tavern keepers, who select from the frequenters of their taverns such as are in a state of inebriation, and for whom the saihr broker pays the land lord's score. When the vessel is ready for sea, these men are hurried on board, completely drunk. It was a crew coin. posed of men such as these, and in the condition here de scribed, that the captain o f Joseph had put on board his ehip when she had completed ber cargo. They had not been long on board, however, before they retuned to go with the ship. The captain submitted his case to the French °easel, who confessed that he could do nothing fur him. He then cos suited a lawyer, whose advice was, that with time and away he would certainly obtain Nalco. Seeing the espenes delay which the obtaining of justice would cause him, the captain quietly pocketed the injustice, and, with much diffi culty, procured another crew. SWITZERLAND.—The Vorort of Berne having demanded explanations from Lucerne relative to the mili tary preparations making in that canton, the executive council of Lucerne replied, " That the events of 1844 and 184$ have convinced Lucerne that a party existed In Switzerland which sought to obtain its end by the violation of the right of nations and of the federrl pact, and by the means of deli war, that party had become so powerful, that the government in whose territories these criminal projects originated, had not the power to prevent their execution ; se much so, that the Vorort itself did not think fit to put a stop to the prevailing anarchy, until it had raised its head. The projects failed, but the originators of them still exist. This deplorable feet has convinced the state of Lucerne, first, that it must he ready to meet all emergencies, and secondly, that it has to rely upon itself only, and upon the measures sanctioned by set 4 of the federal pact These are the motives for the military pm. parations of Lucerne." GERMANY. BAVARIA. The new Binfiließ ministry is preparing a popular programme. It realer improvements in education, in legislation for the press, and in promotion for the army.— Weser Gazette. SAXE-GOTHA.—Prince Albert has given 1,000 dol lars towards instituting premiums for the best masters of primary _schools in Saxe-Gotha.—Frankfort Journal. RUSSIA.— ST. PETERSBURGII, FEB. 25.—There are now 1,565,000 sacks of rye in our magazines. From the price, which holds out, more than another million will come , in. This capital consumes 712,000 sacks annually. Russia will have exported in this year at least 3 millions of eschet mem &urn, or about 21.3 millions of quarters.—St.Peters lerfakiteggali.—Morm, MARCH 17.—Advices re &dud from this city are, in substance, that Bederkhan Bey had decapitated a bishop and a Jacabite priest, and had submitted several Christians to the most atrocious tortures. The Chaldean were in hourly apprehension of a massacre. The Porte, however, expected to have 40,000 men in the field at Carpont, in the course of a few months, to rescue this miserable population from the horrors to which it is ex posed. GREECE.—Arantre, MARCH 20.—Letters have been published or addressed by re Turkish minister to the Greek envoy, insisting that M. Museums, Turkish envoy at Athens, should, on his return to his post, receive a Tint from Gen. Coletti, with a confession of regret for the late affront. General Coletti replies, by objecting to hi. Measures, " as an agent, who rendered diplomatic relations always difficult and sometimes intolerable for the Greek monarch." Con sequently General Coletti objects to receiving Measures or making him any apology ; but offers to send an agent to Constantinople, who will express the regret of the Greek government. This ought to terminate the differences. FRENCH GUIANA.—The commander or a French merchantman, just arrived at Havre from Cayenne, gives a deplorable account of the state of commerce in that colony : French produce is overwhelmed by the competition offered by American merchants, who throw previsions into the colony et inferior prices. Both colonists and =cremate are placed is a condition of inactivity from the Indesision of the • goverment as to the period . and tulle ef amonipetion. , The Meese& are everywhere dumeguAnst awl IliKstreed. • fa eases they refuse to week at all ; and it is with ty that a tow can be prevailed upon **give =sr hew hear' labour la the ley. The themposee of this street WOO Is, thektlio loil• oloot=klea bowery direithe, the- met tir th em to eider' ht. limy of the prepeflisie Ithwei br these iiimk thready list a thhd, and •001••••• • )Mfof dew 000; Indeed, they fad the unable to suet Br= SO lave pepandloa the tasks of labour preseribed by the ithisesanees. This amount goes on to my, that in eavevewerwe of the liberty given by, or forced from the °waive ii arty, mendieity, ap• which had not hither* Ishird the colony, now - stalks throneh the streets. Lisle efambeaription are hawked about in favour of the or, 'Mahon poor are no other than freed slaves, who bel iev e themselves dishonoured if they work; ihey prefer beggary, sad omen robbery, to labour. FRENCH COLONIES.-- Bouse&N.—'rbe Minis ter of Marine and Ur Colonies has called the attention of the Havre Chagas. of Cemseres to the delay and irregu. laxity of the ••••••••ind••• with this Mead, contrasting so nsfavoorably wads the regabrity given to the communi cation with the &Afar lc the Eighth iblaso-yaskets. He 'admires Met en /MOW 0N11.1.17 MB alfod to establish a regular stosuposhat Grubs lOUs* Arlen and Bourbon, : but that before 'MIMIC Ide• emegetheds with a foreign : cowpony,. he WAN& ilia Meth* te assedela ea Midterms ' the shipping intend of Hem would wislieteke the task. . THE 111C0IIABIL-ArrEgrricp Daum Om 4 ruurstm—The Allalf. Qamatte, in its annul retr . has gathered ishr methathat "ogees the few fads w have too ne boot time to dee totledlei the ' made Meese. ear ego by the Danish 'overwrote nine demoishude. the Gaspe stserarr wu esqlegsd for the paepeee3 sad the , Odom frigate, destined fer a wider ol vele ge. woo appohsted to Midst at the outset. the Omits, Weems, "MIN about lity Chinese ardAs and la me to the Ifilestremr se the nudist 'Or the seillasent. thus 1M tub of diredleg a ells ler the first of the bleeds sad th ere agewately skrootidning , was' assidnowily ildieteed up. Bat Mom it unsafe for the limpesas to condone s • the Oshawa had beep issagelled 10 .... 1tnt into Ferang' NU 'tile siddillet ef •thwa Awe it and the 1)111•• adesedeilfi ROA* willi. ' The allsals• l e iwpwatly wade d her way eta Oat seta snafu webs t t Win& She 'had 'eriginell4 , - : end the steamer remained at 'Peneng. Mere made to mallet vessels to the estduasur, a ' ispervisina kept up, but to what drat ft wet . .mestreety karen. The Gazette states, " that a Pannone overseer ONISTOIskore now un 'that' the etzeogth of the Dada . fit, the rest I haring been removed by death or otherwise." And oar eon temporary concludes by saying : "it is not probable there fore that much was accomplished during the past year ; and in all likelihood before the present year closes, these islands will be again abandoned." SOUTH AMERICA.—Two vessels, named the Gazelle and Plurals, arrived in Liverpool to-day with intel ligence om Pernambuco to the 21st February. The former vessel brings a mail from Rio. COLONIAL. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.—TeRerrome Or THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY,—An accredited dele gation from the natives of this region is at present in Lon don, to lay before government their complaint* against the Hudson's Bay Company. A memorial, forwarded by the delega , ion to the Colonial-office, was transmitted to the company for a report upon its statement', on or soon after the 17th of February, but up to the present time no intima tion has been given to the delegates whether any or what answer has been returned by that body. The statements in the memorial may be classed under two heads—those which complain of neglect on the part of the company to take mea sures for promoting civilisation and morality among the na tives, and those which complain of positively illegal and oppres sive treatment of the natives, by the company's agents. With reference to the fine class, the memorial represents that no sincere efforts have been made on the part of the company to instruct the natives, or elevate their moral senti ments; that they allow ardent spirits to be supplied to the natives throughout their territories, in contravention of an express stipulation with the British government ; that the exorbitant prices demanded by them for goods, have brought destitution and famine on many districts, with the crimes to the commission of which such suffering stimulates the savage; that by their extensive destruction of game, and ne glect to foster agriculture, they hazard the extirpation of the native tribes. Under the second head it is stated that the more intelligent natives. informed that the charter of the company has been annulled by a later and not generally-known act of parliament, have lately come to a resolution to import their own supplies, independently of the company. They further argue that, even supposing the charter to remain in force, its exclusive provisions, pointed against other British traders, can in no way affect the aboriginal natives, who are inde pendent tribes in alliance with Britain, and possess the right of independent nations to trade with whom they please. Wherever, however, they have attempted to act upon this view, the company's agents have seized their patties, and, in some instances, imprisoned those who refused to deliver them up. The memorial concludes by praying for a dispassionate and searching inquiry. The time during which the reply of the company has been pro crastinated has not been wasted. Arrangements are being made for having the case of the memorialists brought before the legislature. On the merits of the care it would be rash to pronounce a judgment; but the complaint can scarcely fail to elicit some information respecting these vast regions, which it has been the effort of the Hudson's Bay Company to keep unknown and unvisited. Their concealment of the discoveries of their agents, alone enabled the Americans to lend the slightest colour to their groundless claims of priority of discovery in Oregon. NEW ZEALAND.—We have at last received an entire file of the New Zealand Spectator (Wellington) for the whole of September. We have on previous occasions published intelligence, received indirectly, from the Cook's Straits settlements of a more recent date. This continuous series of papers conveys a more real idea of the actual state of society there than the fragmentary notices of striking events selected the journals of Sydney and Auckland. The settlers at Wellington continued to express perfect con fidence in the governor. One instance of this feeling is given in • change of the mode of conducting the New Zealand Spectator. That journal wee started at the most trying era of the settlement's existence for the express purpose of contending in behalf of the settlers against the bitter hostility of the then governor end colonial secretary ; and to that end a committee of five of the oldest settlers were satrusted with the responsible management The period of necessary antagonism to the government having passed away, the committee have de sisted from their labours, and thepaper is now conducted by an editor as other papers are. The satisfaction felt in respect of the governor does not extend to the superin tendent, of whose supercilious and injudicious conduct grave complaints are made. He has imitated the militia by his arrogant and professional airs, and seems to be in a hurry to get rid of them altogether, by having them disbanded before tranquillity is freely restored. He hu irritated the native allies, by insisting upon their being disarmed before (as they remark) their's and the settlers' eaemies are completely put down. The other topics 'lauding the public mind are : the policy of the absentee proprietors, and of the New Zealand Company. With re spect to the former, it is alleged that they entertain exagge rated notions of the value :of their lands, and impede the progress of settlement by offering terms to tenants which no prudent man will accept. With regard to the latter, the colonists urge upon them the encourairement of settlement along the lines of road connecting Wellington with Now Plymouth by way of Porirua, Manawate, and Wanga nui. With regard to the absentees, it is a ques tion of private business, which is best left to be argued and decided by the parties as such. With regard to the New Zealand Company, it will be time enough to urge upon it plans of action when the colonial office shall have , placed it in a condition to act. The governor had recom mended the construction of three military roads :—one by Foams to Taranaki; one to the coast, by Karori ; and one to the east coast, by the Hutt. Operations had been emn menced in conformity with this recommendation ; but there were complaints of • want of earnestness and energy in the way in which the local authorities set about them. Colonel Mc Cleurty had arrived, and assumed the command of the troops in the southern district. ebt eflUft. WINDSOR, GOOD FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the do mesuchousehold, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the castle ; the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Caurtenay officiated. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. Their RR.HH. the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Mice took walking and pony exercise this forenoon on the eastern terrace of the castle and the slopes. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge left town on Thurs day for his residence at Kew. HIS EXCELLENCY COUNT DE ST. AULAIRE had a lengthened audience of Viscount Palmerston yesterday after noon. We understand ilia Excellency u on the eve of leaving the French Embassy for Paris. Despatches from the Governors of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and South Australia, were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN Elan LIPE.—The morriage of Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., son of the Marquis of Anglesey, and Miss Wyndham, daughter of the Countess of Listowel, is to be solemnised on Thursday next. The Countess of Listowel will give a sumptuous dqfriner at Kingston House, to a numerous circle of the relatives and friends of both families. The Duke of Devonshire has placed his villa at Chiswick at the disposal of the young *Duple. (From hat night's Gazette.) CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 1. Member returned to serve in this present parliament for the county of Bedford. —C. J. F. Russell, Esq., commonly called Lord C. J. F. Russell, in the room of W. fastell, Esq., deceased. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 30. —The Queen has ' approved of Don .1. Melendes, as Consulleneral in the United Kingdom for the Republic of Peru; also of Mr. 8. Cahlmann, u Consul in London for the Princesof Schwarz burg Itudolstadt and of Schwarsburg Bondershausen. WAR.OFFICF., Anus I. 3rd Dry. Oda—H. H. Lonadale to be corset, by par., vies 61. aeons, app. to 17011...Drage. 4th Drag. Oda.-Carpet T. B. Williams to be lieut., by par., vice Baker, who ret. ; J. M. Webb to be cornet, hy per. 4th 1.. Mar.—Cornet and Adjt. C. B. Mayne= to hare rank of heel.; lieu:. J. W. Wallington, from 63rd F., to he lieut., rice lard A. Churchill, who rub. 13th L. Dracra—lleri..MeMe T. Andante to he quart.muot., Mee J. O'Beilly, who ret. b b..p. 17th L Dram.--Cmact H. St. George, from 3rd Drag. Gds. (ming, mast.),"to be cornet, vice Graham, who ret. 4th F.—Enst. M. V. B. Marten, from 33th F., to be Omit, by par., vies Baldwyn, who mt. 116 V.—J. Malabar, to beeem, by par., rim Warren, app. to 199th F.—Lieut. J. L. R. Rooks to be ospL, by per Moe Farce, w h o ro e, ; Mos. B. 0. Bright to be lieut., by per.; F. C. Ashworth to be ens., by pur. t6th F.—Payniaet. Seri. C. Kent to be qaart..amet., aloe C. Daiwa who net oo h..p. kith F.—Ens. sad Adjt. EL R. ilemaidt to haverlat at Ea& ; Lima M. T. B. Morton, ;/ton 4th F., te be Yam, vieeOlabla pee. ; Dna R. L. Wanen, from 11th F., to be elm; Moe Itorkm 6 gr ai r. ta 4th Y. 39th F.—Lient. I'. M. Haultain to kf ta. oke , prom. 44th F.—Brevet Lieut.-Cot W. H. from 31st r.. to be copt., without par. • Lieut. J. L.X. to he °apt, by por., rims Taynton, who rm.; Ens. G. Cover to ha Ileat.dry per.; 0. M. Robins to be elm, by par. 411th F.—Lieut. A. Green to be eept., by par., vtoe Bromley, who ret; Eat C. Sykes to be lima, b yre .; - W. IL to be in., 67 ar 0011 F.--Em. J. C. liamicee 0 be Bati v withefit per, vim Coates, dee.; D. R. Role le be , 69th P.—A. IL Wersigar to be . ma, addheat pre, vies Fell. dee. 79th1.—Lleat. T. B. Battle% mpt., IT par, ebee Madied„ vibe vet. ; Pre.. G. DL /11Dre to be beet, lir pax; J. Welsher, lobe era., br Per. 63rd F.—LlsoL Lard A. amok% kcei 4th Lt. Drop., to be Beat., rice Wallington, who each. 33th F. —llla6 and Alija O. Thaw= to have the Teak of beat.; Ens. C. H. AIMS* tie heat., .111 mat per, vim Walters, app. to Cffell Mounted Blimast ; A. R. to be am., without per. frith F.—Perj.-Maior 11. from Seth F., to be miertereart., vier Carr, who ream h..p. Kok Brig.-11. M. Boum& to be me. Data, without per., vice Diokeola dee. Owe Mounted Kitionen—Te be capta, without par. • Lima T. Hare. from 27th F. • Leal& F. Campbell, J. T. Meat; SCITIVir. To be Beata, intlioat par.: Lieut. B. R. Wallas, from IMO P. ; Rua W. M. MEL from Old F. • Er. R. F. A. lavers, tam Ma ; Ye T. de C. Haaalltca, from 990 F.; Eaa 0. ' , Ramrod, from 914 F. • ea Er. J. Over, Moe Bimott; Ens. J. Harsey, Mee Borrow. Tribe .moi without pelt :J. 8. Wakes, W. C. &we, F. Smyth, sad O. L. .d.mt ; M. E. .116elle, Moe Carey; J. C. 0. ILlmpiey, vim - Haney. Brarm—Lisal. V. Meters, from Isis Ist F., re gliert..amet., to he k larverniting Advice, vice Whim, prom. . —Brevet bent.-Col. W. H. Upham. from 44th P., to be eri. la the army. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Mears SI. El. lephierce—Ftra Lima O. C. Baldlie to be ses apt, vim Km mew. *eel in the emended list; Bro. Lena J. Liddell to be Ant GOVERNMENT AID TO IRISH RAILWAYS. On Wednesday, e deputation from the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company waited upon Lord John Russell. Among the deputationlate *ere the Earl of Roden, Lord Cremorne, and Vieecrant The Earl of Itooss briefly explained that they wait e d oi the noble lord for the purpose of soliciting his sanction for loan of 100,0001 oat of the Exchequer Fund, to enable tta j directors of the Dundalk and Enniekilleu Railway Comper e to oomplete the construction of the works on the seetni of the line between Castle Blayney and Duddy,. Their expenditure had already amounted to neat, 63,000/., and they bad a balance to their credit o f see 4 35,0001., but that sum was quite insufficient to carry on th, - , works, and in the present deplorably depressed wenn:inane, of Ireland, the great majority of the shareholders wen utterly unable to pay up additional calls, though most log. citous for the completion of the undertaking. If the govern. merit consented to advance the required sum, for which tla payment of interest at the rate of four, or even five, per cent, would be cheerfully guaranteed, the directors undertook t o give immedii.te employment to no less than 6,900 men, a remunerativ.• wages, in the comparatively distressed distrtst through whi2ti the railway was to be constructed; whersr they had no more than 1,500 men engaged on the work s a mvaient. It the government came to the aid of the eompeay facilities would be thus afforded for opening the line as fa as Castle Bliyney in the course of the summa, or early eta autumn. If an additional loan were granted next year, th e directors, w ith the aseistanoe which they expected th e abs, . holders would be in a position to render them, contemplated that the line to Clones would be ready for traffic in the fp. suing autumn. Lord Joint Rasstu. asked if the company represented by the deputation bad half the amount of their capitol subscribed in accordance with the provision contained in the act of in, rporation ? The Earl of Ronxw stated that the position of the con. pany was simply this: The present act only contained powers to construct a line to Clones, and, in order to light en the calls •ai the shareholders, the directors were promoting a bill in paliament to reduce the shares of the company from 60/. to 30/., by which means, even according to too standing provision, they would be entitled to borrow money ' with 15/.. instead of 251., paid. The calls made up to the present time amounted to 10/. The noble lord handed Lord John Russell an elaborate statement detailing the precise position of the corrpany. Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Hamilton, and Mr. R. W. Collett, severally pointed out the immense importance of employing the peoi le on reproductive works,and with the view of remov ing the barrier which stood in the way of railway companies obtaining loans from the Exchequer commissioners anal half th. amount of the capital was subscribed, they urged upon th noble premier the expediency and sound policy of introdu ing immediately after Easter a short bill to email* governi,ent, under the present circumstancesof the country, and in • onsequence of the unwillingness of private capitalists to hive: in railway securities, to make leans to railway com panies so about a moiety of their capitals being subscribed. Lord Joint RUSSELL assured the deputation that their proposition for surmounting a legislative difficulty would :wave the consideration to which it was entitled. The node lord proceeded to observe that the principal ob jection urged out of doors against government advancing loans to railway companies was, that the great bulk of the money so advanced would nut be expended in labour, but in the purchase of land and other matters by no means alcu latad to afford relief at the present season of distress. Now, in the r vent of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company re ceiving government pecuniary assistance, he wished to know how it was intended to be laid out? The 'oar' of EAMES said that the directors were quitepee. pared to give a guarantee that every farthing advanced by government would be expended on earthworks and masonry, and the. 6,900 men would be immediately employed. Lord JOHN RUOSRLL informed the deputation that he would esrefully consider the statement they had presented to hisa, and communicate the nature of their application to the Ex. !limner Loan Commissioner, whose early attention, no doubt, would be directed to the subject. He could not undertake to give a definitive answer to the deputation's re quest, h t he assured them that they might rely upon the subject being entertained by him with as much favour as the finances of the country and other important considerations Tl;e7l,P . utation thanked his lordship, and retired. HEALTH OP TOWNS ASSOCIATION.—On Thursday evening, a public meeting of the inhabitants of St. Georges in-the-Bast, was held at the school rooms in Cannon-street read, for promoting the objects of the Health of Town As. satiation. and to take measures for urging on the govern ment the necessity for adopting some speedy measures for improvin r the amitory condition of the people. The Rev. W. Que.. it took the chair. —2. Liddle, Esq., M.D., on referring to the mortality of the various districts, found that in tho north-western counties (Cheshire and Lancashire for inetanm) the avenge mortality was 1 in 37, while in the south-western districts, where the population was not so great, and where the sanitory regulations were of a superior character, the mortality was lin 62. He did not consider overcrowding to be the principal cause of morta lity in large towns. What they had most to tear was, the immense amount of poison generated, rid which was at present so imperfectly emceed off. Wide and magnificent streets had been erected, but the poor were worse off than ever, being driven to districts which were already too densely populated. He then alluded to the loefringthousee fur " travellers," or tramps, in the metropolis. In those hooves, large numbers of persons sleet in the same room, the beds were so arranged that it was impossible for a person to pan between them, the bedding was scarcely ever washed, not even after a person had been removed to the hospital from putrid or yellow fever. In Glasgow, these lodging-houses were licensed for a certain number of persona. and under the cootroul of the potion, who visited them daily. He was surprised that government had not adopted the same measures here. He then adverted to the defective cleansing of the streets, and the inefficient condition of the sewage, which latter he attributed to the great and useless number of commissioners, who interfered with each other in their duty. Of these commissioners then were 173 in Finsbury, 200 in the Tower Hamlets. and 260 ii Westminster. They were in effect a self-elected body, money being the only qualification, _ yet they pocketed 4e. for every visit to the board, in addition to which there was • trifle expended for tavern ex penses. In one year, the city oommiwioners expended for tavern dinners the sum of 4871, and 1601. for a summer ex cursion in the garde year. The sum of 100,0001. was as. Dually paid by the public for the present inadequate sewer age ; so deficient, indeed, was it, that some time since, _4 digging up the sewers in Smithfield, several coffins and dead bodies were found there : it had been used for the purpose of a sepulchre. Dr. Liddle expressed his conviction that as less a sum than 20,000,0001. per annum was lost to tkis country by diseases, which might be prevented by proper sanitary regulations. He concluded by moving that glob tion to parliament, based upon the above facts, should be adopted. The Rev. C. Wheeler seconded the resolution, i which was adopted, and a petition to parliament was prepred. tiOLDsMITIIS' AND JEWELLERS' ANNUITY INSTl ewrioN.—On Thursday evening, at nine o'clock, a general m~tmg of the donors and subscribers to the above ineitatite was Wd at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the trametisa el general business—Mr. H. Ledger in the chair. Theelnedtation was founded in 1827 for the purpose of re lieving,,the Essayed members in the above busiocases, their workmen, sheyease, and clerks, as likewise their widow,. There are new on the funds, fourteen male and six female intendants, whose pensions during the past year, amounted to 2281. 12s. 9d. ; the males receiving 151. and the females 101. per annum. The receipts for the year were 1,6641. 19s. 3d. ; the expenditare 3421. Bs. Ed. leaving • balance in favour of the institution of 1,3121. 12s. 7d. A further sum of 8001 has been set apart for the erestionof almshouses. The report was adopted, and thanks was voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS.—On Thursday, an annual court of the governor and subscribers to this ex cellent charity, founded in 1768, for the maintenance mad education of orphan girls, was held in the board-room of the institution, in the Westminster Bridge-road. The report stated that there are now 148 children in the establishment who're instructed in religion, reading, needlework, aid household Deidnets, until they are apprenticed as serest% ha rempeetedde families. Since its establithment. 2,412 children have participated is its benefits, and above 700 rouse women have received five guineas each for having faithfully served their apprenticeship At the anniversary dinner last month, at which His Royal . Hiohness the Duke of Cambridge pre sided, the sum of 1,1451. was collected. The report wee iidTpted. SCHOOLS FOR POOR CHILDREN.-0B TUBMIIy IRS a meeting was held at Farringdon-hall, liolborsehridge, to progaete the education of the destitute daises in the nei The chair was taken by Thm. Thompson, • The eimeiftg we called by the teachers of the Fox Knor.oonet School, in Smithfield, who have laboured formula years among the c'eildren in that densely-populatediomWT with cheering success. The object of the meeting was :t• seism the sphere of their operations. Two *owed Miliaria are yet unattended to, and living in as degraded a date as say pardon of the heathen world. A dayarefilm Tem the libillehecil Union addressed the meeting, sad a sellestion was made at its close. Three stables hays boa eseted le be cenverted into a rehesi•rena, SIMI it b w: se tta last pales' menet would be estenien is the t . ennertalting. . . • OrtnillrroOtt EXHIBITIONS ma SA 110MBATO . —The British Museum, Great Buselletreet, Blowelasyr lbw Open during the bet edr isa aee stuar e list week. The 1 1 . : 1 Goal Gallery at Phentea, Iheetibliewing dam Moe Genemniat llehell i Vret letheinet ienen.-I , lBa mete these ots .= t lls the liesenee= z et doe The AM/ '. .—Xoaday„ t, eel (el Ineei It order). East In te a rOny e *am" look & hall-Oran —On fiaturda l a w aly. The Mama el the Sepel TTr et . , arid three Yew= enesin ew r i reseeminGeelsee, Craig' arm— the week 1,i71. Imre knir. Ilo wa nklood i d lie Leant , Tlemeleaellneen , Mlle . -- AIIT de?, aim Welted Elervh• Mem" flame As r Aal =1 a l y aanaher's arder z t e l : iii - 7; r -- eam, - 1. n'eleallaide.—Tbuseday anti row' emsehe Collation sr Pictures, Dulwich LBe utti exempt ?rift, by *Mei ebteinalle et IN 'The thid IA Gemenwide isy en= t he ll Mk* asput a or lie 10 01 . 11. bet et parties afoot lees thee six pestle, Or* XI. atiaink osiiiha—Dea4 (by die O r* *meg w Ti • ,F 3 ,, ak• G ial. l. C mis Tampiaob4. l 4 • k g , ' k i II Ilb Zi: lir t :ht lt: re . 11. - • • Midi ' %L . ......... 1 als the le-street ; and Olt 1=4.8. In addition to pi th i s u r gable& t ill Gel - Gramm Gallery, Upper Grosvenor-street I hear lery, Belgramtequare ; the Alahurton, egg many others, all of which may be viewed by. their proprieton. __ _ ~~ ~a k).