The Express. — London, England, 1847-05-29 00:00:00

The Chamber of Peers has passed a law, autho rising the Bank of France to issue notes as low as 200 The journals and correspondence of Madrid of the 22nd arc occupied almost exclusively in discussions r especting the differences which continue to be pub licly manifested between the Queen and her husband. No new fact of importance is disclosed by them, but much and various speculation is given. El Espana insists that the separation is owing to no domestic causes, but entirely to the claims of the Ring-consort to exercise an ibfluenec and power in the government i nc ompatible with the spirit of the constitution. The Queen had not yet returned to the capital, but was e xpected there on Sunday or Monday. The King was dill at the Pardo. GERNIANY.—Pacs , i.t.—BERLIN, MtY 23.—An meet reoueet was made by the deputies from Posen, in the guise of t &coed Chamber which took place or the 19th lag. to obt..in a prolongation of the Whitsuntide holidays, In order that they might visit their bonus. The pro. reel was theltred to be inadmissilde. The principal topics of the day were the right of petition, and the right of a' dissidents '• and ether religious nonconformists to partici. pate in leilitical privileges. M. Hamemann made a strong A ft to move the chamber to petition that the reeep doe, by the diet, of all petitior.s (even from out door electing") might be made leip rative; but in vain. A rcqucia for some extension of the very limited right of petitim was, however, agreed to. The question whether foreign affairs could b • made subjects of deliberation in the diet, was met by M. Caniaz, minister for foreign affairs, by an explanation that as all foreign affairs had of necessity some bearing upon the interests of the state, they could be debated as interual affairs. With this the chmber was satisfied, and the Marshal, with great glee, asnounced that, in consequence of it, he would refer to com mittees some petitions which he had bailors felt it necessary to reject. The religious toleration nitra tion 'raised by a report on some petitions WAS twofold : whether political privileges ought to Ise conferred irrespective of religious opinion altogetner ? whether it being assumed that only christens were entitled to religious privileges, merely tolerated sect*, es well as those recognised by the state, 41 relit be allowed to nurticipate in them ? The first branch had not teen brought to a vote when the clamber adjourned. M. Von Beekereth eloquently advocated entire religious freedom. M. Ric:ikons, ministre des etates, advo cated the church establishment Mile of the question. AUSTRIA.—VENICE, 13. —A project on the part of the Sardiniau government for establishing Tepee. seatanve states, in imitation of the Prussian institutions, hos caused greet sinaatioa in Venice. It is said that this will be a mutual measure between France and the pontifical government, which, iu order to carry out its work of re form, needs the authority of an example from a temporal power in Italy, which would take the initiative. foe Grand Duke of Tuseanv will follow the example of the Sardinian government, which course will inevitably bring 'about a reaction i .tustrian SWITZERLAND.—GENEVA, MAY 25.—The new constitution of Geneva, which has emanated from the revo lution of hut autumn, was voted on the 21th inst., by a ma jority of 5,527 voices, out of a total of 8,693 voters. RUSSIA.—TR.tDE .IND REVENUE OP 1846. Favourable circumstances, acid particularly the large export of corn. rendered the futeem trade of Russia, in 1816. very active. 1118 details cannot be known with certainty before the Minister of Finance publishes his annual statistical re turns; the statements of merchants, however, show that the operations of 1846 have been eonsidsrably more extensive than those of 1815, and that the export values exceed the import values by about thirteen main:ant of silver rubles. The custom. revenue, however, owing to tke reduction of various duties, Las been less in 1545 than in 1815. On the 13th (n. it.) of June, 1846, the duty on flax, hemp, and tallow, exported to Europe, was lowered by one half, and that on bones entirely abolished. The crown revenue from these articles fell off 647,877 rab!ei, in 1348. The import duty on several foreign goods wa. reduced at the some time, and the diminution of income on them amounted to 606,850 rubles. The ukase of lot August (n. st.) reduced the cus toms cloy levied at Kiachea on common black tea from 60 to 40 kopeks (silver money) Os- pounce; and raised the duty on black flowery tea (Blumenthee), and green tes from 60 to 80 kopelu the pound ; as. however, the quantity of ordinary tea consumed far exceeds feat of the finer sorts, the consequence has been a falling off of 315,618 rubles in the revenue fr -m tea. The total diminution in the revenue of 1816, attributable to these alterations is the tariff, is 1,570.315 rubles. The t eel actual reduction in the revenue Of 1846, as compared with that of 1815, however (owing to compensating causes), does not exceed 202,03 U rubles 28 kopeks. The revenue of 1816 from customs dues and similar sources, amounted to:—Customs duties, 30,201,731 r. 28k excise on the wilt of the Crimea, 266,60.9 r. 95k. ; tax on shops and warehouses, 233,2'18r. 69k. ; tax for the Neva bridge and improvements in various towns, 1,051,430 r. 93k.: in all. 31,758,052 r. 77k. The aggregate return from these items in 1815 amounted to 31,9.38,083 r. sk. At the expense of this very 'alight diminution of income, the foreign trade of Russia has been materially benefited by the reductions in the tariff effected in June, 1816. Notwithstanding the in creased prices of flax, hemp, and tallow, at the seaports and in the markets of the interior, the export of these articles has been facilitated by the reduced duties, and the tee trade in ordinary sorts at Kiachta has also been promoted by the lowering of the duty. AMMUNITION FOR LISHON.—The Geyser steamer haring received on bard a large quantity of ammunition. shell', and stores for the squadron is the Tagus, sailed last night for Lisbon. Z'br Tourt. The Queen gave a concert last evening, at Bucking ham Palace. The company began to arrive at nine o'clock, and were ushered up the Grand Staircase into the Green Drawing-room and Picture Gallery. Her Majesty In Queen Dowager, their R.R.H.H. the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge, sad Prince George, alighted at the grand en trance. Her Mejesty the Queen Dowager was accom panied by their R.R.H.H. the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Saxe Weimar, and h. , Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. H.R.H. Prince Albert received tho Queen Dowager in the Sculpture-gallery, and conducted her Majesty to the Yellow Drawing.room, where the Queen received her august Win ton. Shortly before 10 o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Queen D 'wager, the Duchess of Kent. the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, the Grand Duke Constantine, the Heredi tary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess and Prince Edward of SaleWeimeir the l'rinoe of Lucca, and the Prince of Lein. ingen left the Yellow Drawing.ronn, attended by the Isrli.e and gentlemen of the household in waiting, and entered the Grand Saloon, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward. The general company followed from the Picture.gallery. The Royal and distinguished circle being seated in the Saloon, which had been prepared for music, the concert commenced, The following Was the programme of the concert : PASTE PALMA. Qtd. ,, AtA. "M scrivermi ognl giorno," Mad. Grid e Mae. Alhord, Signori Mario, Tacohurini e Lablache (fhei inn tune) Mmart. Ana " Coo vorgin,' Sig. Gardoni (•' La Vavorita") . Donizrtti. • "Ps, PI). Signori Tamburtni e Labia:be (Crania trid Tillene). Melodic," Ave Maria," Mdlle. Lind Pnittik., A. e. I u t, Mad. Grid e Mille. Alboni, stoori Mario e Labia:be Art.." in qrto aemplice," Mdlle. Allred (Betty) ~ . Dmizetti. (Marietta Peirce in °gni tm " Mlles. Lind c Alkali, signori Gudoni e I err udigl (Chinas Panne Literate) Righini. PANTS SrAVINDA. " Penal e guarda" *pre Tambutild. fletT Staudigi, e Signor LaMothe (Ilargerita Anjou Meyerbeer. • " della pee," MaderOche (" Merlin di Conan.") Ono, " On coures.votas r` retitle. Lind • Signer Mario Husruennts) Led, " Wer reitet eo spit, Herr handle (Der Eel hang) • " Men per mis manner* . Madero Oriel e Madlle. Al(Cher Ladra) Bowan,. " throat reartra," Signor Marto (Ord* • (arra) Settlmino ; " Fended via di qua," Tuttl Martini. Mr. M. Cora prtsidtd at the plandorte Refreshments watt served to the company during the evening in the Green Drawing-room. A sumptuous supper was afterwa-de served in the - State Dinner-room. The fol lowing had the honour of receiving imitations 7 The Grand Duke Constantine, the Hereditary Orand Duke and Grand Duette... of Sane Weimar, the Prince of I. Viee.Admiral Lake, Lc Courtlier d'Etat Ileurowix, Baron Freedelasae, Counter Cl Marburg, Count de Beust, Baron Margolin Peoyetuall. the Art: an Ambassador and Counter Merienirrh, Berm Koller, Count A. Potoeki, the Belgian Mille nil liagemee Vas de Weyer ; the Portuguese Minister and Itme/Seil d ihnerwe; Y de Mores Sarmento ; Duke de Palmas, the Amgen 111sieter, the American Minister and Mr. Bassaril. the Spanish Mister, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and lesnetess tle Iteha the Turkish Minider and Means Cellimakl, fY Wiertemberg MLister, the Bavarian Minister and Barmier de Cr* the Brariban Minister and Madame Marquees Urn, the Dsu Minister and Counter de Reventlow, Counter Iliirla de Reventlow ' the French Minister and Counter de Janie, the Mexi can Minister, the tianoverian Minister, the Netherlands Minister. hi. Be rem Uighur Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, the Prussian Minister. and Madame Bond'. ; Mademoiselle Bunsen ; the Peruvian Minister and Medsme !unman' ; the kkrian Minister and Bruner de Brunnow ; U.knanselle Olga de ',echoer, the Sariltnian Minister, the Soarer !heater and Baroness de Bert, the Sicilian Minister, Prince end Primed P. Leichtendein, M. de Lonsonoentr; the Archbi hops of Canterbury, Turk, and Armagh; the Lord Chanoellor, the Right lion. the Speaker of the Home of Com none, and a very large circle of nobi lity sad p nt)7, - • • Prince Albert presided yesterday morning at a meeting at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset house. H.R.H. Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a committee meeting of the Commissioners for promoting and encouraging the tine sets in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal highness arrived at the Palace I shortly before three o'clock. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansidoene, the Ran of Aberdeen, Sir B.H. Inglis, Idr. Wyse, and Mr. Hallam. The secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The meeting broke up at half-past Rye o'clock, when Prince Albert took hied. parlors. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince ef Wolis, the Princess Royal, and the Prince of Leiningen, took an airing yesterday in an open barouche and four. H.R.H. the Duchees of Kent visited the Queen and Print... Albert yesterday. P. ince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. B. Pnippe and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, the ?melon:Ka in Hyde Park yesterday morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert inspected the Royal Ascot Cup, submitted by Mr. Garrard. The form of the Tam is globular, with the arms of her Majesty and the Prince ; the handles being formed by the heads of toe royal supporters. The cup was afterwards submitted to the Queen Dowager, the Grand Duke Constantine of RUMia, end the Prince of LeMing,n. A deputation from the town of Windsor had an interview with Lord Morpeth. yesterday, at the office of the Woods and Forests. The governor of the Gambia had en interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial Office. A deputation from the committee of rate-payers of the county of Warwick, accompanied by Mr. Newdegate, M.P., and Mr. Dugdale, had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the liome•otßee. Mr. Hud son and Mr. Gray, secretary to the York and North Midland Railway, had en interview with Mr. Strutt, at the office of the Railway Commissioners, Great George-street, on Than day. Earl Waldegrave and Sir Thomas Tancred had inter views yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colonisl-office. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptrollevtieneral to the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, bad en in terview with tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Paulson, M.P., had an interview with Lord J. Russell yesterday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street. The Queen Dowager w ill give a grand concert at Marlborough House, nn the 9th of the ensuing month. The concert will he pree aded by a splendid bangin.t, at which the Queen and the Prince Consort, the Grenu Duke Con stantine of Russia, the hereditary Prince of Lucca, and the hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, are to be present. (From lam night's Gazelle.) WAR-OFFICE, May 28. 18th LI-DMlL—QuerLonea. 0. Rooter to be payroas., rice dec. itll P.—Lieut. W.J. Mere, treat nth P., to be lieut., vice who exch. 71Otx.ZLent. R. W. Smith to be mpt., by pur., vice shum, who rot ; lbw T. W. R. Coventry to be lieut., by pur. ; J. D. IL Lewin to be without pur., vino Morel., app. quart.-u.; Ent. T. Morris to be quart.-roae., rue J. Ward, who ret. on b..p. 59th Y.—Lieut. J. King, from nth F., to be Lieut., vice Hoare, who exch.. _ _ P.—Quartma,....Serg. It. Power to bo quartnrai., vice J. Brannan, who ra. on h.-p. vt P.-31. Hanky to be ems, without par., eke Colthurst, who ?emir. 82nd P.—Bra. mod Adjt. H. Efate to have the rant of lieut.; Ens. O. Site to be lieut., without pur., vice Elliott, Ike. ; Cii.our- S erf. 7. Smith to be ens. 871.LIiievi Maier J. Campbell to be major, without par., vice Y. 11. Kobe, who rot. on h.-p. ; laeut. 11. J. Joon , ey to b• capt.; Pec. Lieut. It.. T. King to be firm lieut. ; J. Torey to he sec. IWut. lot W. L Km:L-Bmq. 11. H. Searle, from 24th Y., to be cos., by poor., rice blurted, who rot. bran.—Major V. H. Robe, 87th V., to be dep. quarterroaa...gen. to the troops remelt at the Mauritius, with r.4.1k of limit .oul. in the army, rice Major-Urn. W. Stareley. Mrsonawma.—The Christian names of Ens. Gardiner, 40th P., are Thomas George, not Thom. William, at previously stated. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The thirteenth of this com pany was held yesterday at the others in St. Mary-axe, when there was a numerous attendance of proprietor, Sir John Camubell presided. Mr. Howell, the assistant secretary, read the usual report of the directors, of which the follow. ing is an abstract : Since the law meeting of proprietor, the following resets hare been despatched by the directors to India and China. viz., the Dad dington, 1,617 tons and 300-ha se power; Pekin, 1,18! t., p. • P uttinger, 1,401 t., 500-h. p. The directors Mend to follow up these arrangements be pl icing two rulditienal vessels In the Ind-.an meas. And for this object they hove mate contracts with Mesas. Pitcher r two timber-shipe of 1,205 tone each, and engine. by Mess. Slitter, limed:dd. and Co., of 420.herse power each. Moons. White, of Cowes, ate also building for the company nue vowel of 3d) tons, to be fitted with engines of 30-horse power. In addition to the foregoing, the following vessels were in course of completion, and would be added to the company's fleet this year, viz., the Indus 1,220 tons SOU-hose power, ready for tea June, 1017 ; Trafalgar, 1.000 t., 400-h. p., ready for Pea July, la V 7; another ship, 1,040 t., 400. h. p., ready for cev Oet , 1617 . • and another, 1,220 t., 500th. p., ready for rea Dee., 1947. The direstorshave reduced the tares between 7outhamplant and India 10 per cent; and altheugh this may at first Call, some diminution in the amount of the company's receipts on that line, yet the director. felt confident that, ultimately, it will be tound beneficial to the inte rests of the eetablishmetit The directors, since the last meeting of proprietors, had earned out the intention of having a branch of the Landers castle ishment appropriated to th, special purpose of receiving parcels for India di re‘t from the pinks forwarding them, thus reit ing any intermediate agency unnecessary. line plan has been in operation for some months, and has been found not only benelleinl to the public, but also alvantag. ones to the company, by eetabliebirg an efficient check uponthe mode in which the budnere has hien naiducted. It bas come to the knowledge of the Directors that, in more than one ease, in the comae of this year, peckeges continuing specie have been shipped with an Incorrect dscription of the contents; the company hare thus been deprived of their regular rates of freight fur bullion, and even the owners of the property have been ignorant of such a system being adopted. The measures which the directors have taken to establish a branch department for this traffic will therefore appear to have bees calico fur on those emu.ds alone without reference to the general aceimmodation and additional security whidk it has afforded to the public at Liege. A favourable opportunity having, effered for the eale of the eompany's Seams the Royal Tar, on advantage*us terms to the coramny, the directors mailed themselves of it, ant that vessel's place would be supplied by • more efficient steam ship. The directorecoutinued to keep up the plan of insuring a certain proportion of the company's floating property. The amount which has been, from time to time, evened out of tradiog profits., to create an ineurunce fund, left a balance to the credit of that account of 118,0001. In the ease at the unfortunate wreck of the Tiber, on the 21st of February, in a fog, oN Oporto Flir t the ship was covered to the extent of 20,0001., and the original cost was only 23,6001. The directors hav ing been repeatedly urged to establish • communication with the colonies in Australia, by means of steam navigation. have given that oubject their attentive consideration. They have evileeted a variety of detailed information relative to the trail.% literate to guide them us to the ter,ms on which the company can undertake to establish such a communication under a mail contract, and had placed themselves in tee mannication with the f orals of the Treseury, intimating the willing. two of this company to tender for the eery'er whenever their lordship" may determine as establishing it. This communication has met with their lordship's' approval, and they have further give n their official sane- ! i lion to the Merest • e of the °timothy's capital to the extant in 500,000 f, The directors contemplated ismmg shares to reyresent tine additional capital in the &mese of the present year, calling it up by instalments as it may be required, and by allotting ihe new charm at par to the thee existing sharehoklers, to give them the benefit of the premium. Foe directors were enabled to state that the c impany's resorts con tinued to be kept in the highest state of working efficiency. They re commended that • divalentl of four per cent. nut if the P.M. for the n.e months ending 31st of March, 1017, be declared (free of Income taxi, and that the same be p dyable on and after the 23rd of June next. After a few words from the chairman, Sir B. MACNAMARA. moved, and Major HISLOP seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which w. is carried unanimously ' • and the dividend was also agreed lit on the motion of Mr. J. Miachin, seconded by Mr. T. D. Edwards. The CHAIRMAN then, in answer to several questions, -tats d that the proposed new shares would be of the usual value of 500/., but the directors had not determined on the ratio at which they would be issued ; neither had they de cided, for certain, as to the precise period at which that issue we.uld take place, but would be able to ascertain in a month or two. Their present intention was to issue a part of them about the month of October, when the old shares would be all paid up, reserving the remainder fur any contingency which might arise. Mr. BENION begged to urge on the attention of the directors the publication of the deed of the company, and the completion of the number of the board to sixteen, both of which objects be considered highly desirable, believing with regard to the latter, that the accession to the board of gentlemen who had been long resident in the East, would conduce considerably to the prosperity of the company. The CHAIRMAN answered that the publication of the deed was not deemed advisable, nor was it pursued by any com pany. The charter, however, was published, and any pro prietor could have a copy of it. The addition to the number of directors was a point in contemplation by the board ; he thought, however, that the proprietors would be astonished to hear that however deeply int-rested the China and India community ought to be in the welfare of the company, they (the propnetors) had never received sufficient income from those countries to construct one vessel. In fact, Ireland had furnished nearly three-fourths of the capital of the concern. There had been shares taken in India and China to be sure, but a large number had never been paid upon. Mr. BENSON then made some observations with regard to the accounts of the company, the non-publication of which he deprecated, as preventing the proprietors from ascertain ing with any certainty their true position. The CHAIRMAN said that the books and documents were open to the inspection of every proprietor at the annual meetings, and he believed that Mr. Benson had availed him self of that circumstance on the last occasion. But while t • ey invited the proprietors to examine these documents, the directors considered that their publication would be inju dicious. • Mr. This/sox:in the course of some further observations reiterating his dissatisfaction on the subject, observed that he had not a doubt but that, instead of the present amount, a ten per cent. dividend might be declared if the accounts were properly looked into. :The opinion was received with considerable disapprobation. A conversation followed, arising out of some observations made by a proprietor with reference to the non payment upon shares by parties in India and China, the neglect being in his opinion caused by the want of that information which should be furnished by the company in London. Mr. CARLTON, S director, observed that it was impossible to obtain the directions of so large a number of persons scattered over the whole of India. In answer to a proprietor who suggested some improvements in the carriages used in crossing the desert, the chairman stated that the com pany had no roles in the arrangements for that transit, the Egyptian government having taken it oat of their hands. Mr. IticniiansoN then proceeded to complain of the in. crease of charge which h►d recently been made by the com pany for the transmission of small parcels, being no less than 100 per cent. r Captain BARBER denied that the present charge was too great, being as it was lower than any other company ; for they only charged 11. for the conveyance of one cubic foot weighing 201 b., while 30s. was charged by other companies. Alter some further conversation on the subject, leading to no result, Mr. BENISON proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, for the efficient manner in which they had discharged the duties entrusted to them.—The CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated. THE FALLING OF THE DEF: SUSPENSION SRI IJG E.—INQUEST. Yesterday, at Cheater, the inquest (opened on Tuesday) wu resumed. Sir E. Walker was chairman of the jury. The unt:rtunate sufferers, the subject of inquiry, were Mr. John Matthews, a passenger, of Llangollen; Mr. Charles Nevitt, passenger, of Wrexham ; Mr. Isaac Jones, Wednesday of Wrexham (who died in the Infirmary on Wednesday afternoon, and since the last meeting of the jury): George Roberta, guard, and 'Vhomu Anderson, stoker. The Exchange room was densely crowded during the investigation. Mr. Robert Stephenson the engineer, Mr. Lee, Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor, and Mr. Mowatt ap peared to represent the Chester 11Aut Holyhead 14.d1way Camping. Many other eminent engineers and scientific gentlemen were present. Previous to calling of witnesses, Sir E. S. Welker, on be half of the jury, begged that the stone on which the broken girder rested on the Saltney aide be cleared of the soil which covered it, with a view of satisfying themselves as to the support it afforded. On one aide of the bridge the Seder had tors away the stone, on the other it still rested on it. It was the latter the jury wished to have inspected. Mr. Tyrrell, on the part of the company, said such should be done. James Clayton was then called, and said : I am an engine driver in the service of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, anti had charge of the engine of the train that met with the accident on the 24th of May. It was the quarter put six o'elock passenger train, from Chester, con noting of three carriages, but I am unable to give their de scription. My stoker's name was Thomu Anderson, he was on the tender. Amongst the passengers by the train I re collect seeing Matthews. He was with the guard in the luggage van.—Coroner : Will you tell the jury how the led , dent happened, to the best of your recollection )—Witness We were going at a speed of about fifteen to twenty mile* an hour, oys r the Roode viaduct, and panel over two arches of the Dee bridge without noticing anything unusual, hut on reaching the third, I felt a sinking. Fearing something had given way, I gave the engine all the steam 1 could, which roused her to jump up, and break away from the tender. I then saw Anderson was on the tender; he was standing on the off side; hut in a moment or two he was thrown off the engine, and his head fell on the rails at the spot which the jury had viewed. As soon as I could stop the engine, I looked back and wondered what hod become of the ' train, but supposing the bridge had fallen in, I pnifeeded to the Saltney Junction, where I beckoned some plate-lasers who were laming work. I could not tell them what had taken place, for I did net exactly know. They all made as much haste as possible to the spot, and sa soon as I could get my engine on the down line, I returned to the bridge; I then discovered that the bridee had given way, and the whole train had been precipitated into the river, and partly on to the bank. The plate-layers were getting the passengers out of the water as far as they possibly could, I saw my stoker lying on the road quite dead. I do not know the preciie depth of the bridge. Thomas Frith, an Entelligent youth, said. I am engaged in the Chester town-clerk's office. On the 24th of May, I was ' fishing on the weir on the Saltr,ey side of the river Dee, within 100 yards of the railwarbridge. I saw the train approach, but did not take any particular notice of it until it came on to the bridge, when it made a peculiar noise. I turned round, and caw it *as passing on to the lest arch, aad was alarmed by a tremendous crash. A large piece of iron girder fell from the middle buttress, and immediately the train descended amidst a heap of stone and rubbish. The carriages did not fell on the top of each other. The last carriage fell in the river, the others were on the bank. On going to the spot, I found a number of persons 1. ing about the broken carriages with stones and girders lying on them. Cannot say how many were dead.—Coroner: Were you under the bridge before it give way that day ?—Witness Yes, I was standing under the arch on the Rorie side, and noticed one of the iron girders bend as a train was going over—Coroner: Explain to the jury which of the girders you saw bend.—Witness : It was the one that I saw break in and let the train into the river. Two fishermen proved the rescue of some passengers from the river Dee, into which they hail fallen with the carriages. The Coroner said the next witness on his list was General Pule's, and inquired of the summoning officer if he was present. The officer replied that he was not; he had been unable to serve him with a summons. The coroner remarked to the jury, that hearing yesterday the general was at Chester, and had surveyed the bridge, he had sent the officer with a summons, requesting his attendance before them. The officer stated that when he reached the hotel where he had been staving, he was informed that he had I left for London.—Sir E. Walker then said he would de -1 mend hie presence. They were engaged in an inquiry that was of the greatest moment to the public, nay, the whole word. Being known personally to Mr. Strum, of the rail way board, he had communicated with that gentleman on the subject, a step which be deemed very necessary when so melancholy a catastrophe happened at a period when bridges of a somewhat new description were being thrown over the Menai Straits and the Conway. Mr. Strutt had favoured him with an answer, and he would read an extract of it to the jury: Railway Board, June 97, Id-U.—Dyer Sir,-1 received your letter this morning, and I ma amine you that the 00MILli.i0 , -fre of rail ways will be 1U21101.1.4 to aford every ordinance in their power for the investigation of the enu‘s of this terrible accident, which ban occurred near Chester.' Yesterday morning, as soon as we heard of the acci dent, we appointed one of our Inepectom Copt. Simmons, ILL, to proceed t i the dad for the purpose of making inquiries and reporting on the subject. This morning, after considering your letter, we have determined that it will be desirable to appoint with Capt. Simmons, an eminent civil engineer, and we have selected for this purpose Mr. Walker, who Ls an engineer of great ability and experience, and who is at present totally unconnected with railway companies. Mr. Walker is at present ow of town, but he is expected at home this evening, and we have requested him to lose no time in proceeding to the spot, and also to give his assistance at the inquiry loetore the coroner. We aim, yesterday, communicated with the Admiralty on the sane aubject, and I believe that it la the intention of this depart ment to send down some of their officars.—l am, ho., E. SrerTr. Mr. Thomas Alfred Yarrow, who was selected by the coroner and jury to examine the bridge, was next called. He had inspected the bridge and the materials of which it had been constructed. He said, after careful consideration, I concluded that the send. nt did not arise from the hr. asking of the girder as a primary cause, and 1, therefore, directed my attention to - the state of the masonry, and to a consideration of its sustaining power. Having carefully examined all the displaced stones and their respective beds, I found that one forming the acute angle of the river pier, and upon which one end of the broken girder rested, to be totally inadequate in its form and bearing surface, to its important situation. This stone had sustained nearly three-quarters of that por tion of the flaoge of the girder which rested upon the piece. The area of its lower surface is 24 feet 6 inches, of which 11 feet 6 inches only was bedded on the pier, leaving 13 feet to overhang as a cornice. The stone was not connected by cramps or ties with the adjoining masonry of the pier. The railway over the whole bridge is curved, the broken girder supporting the outer side, and being subject to a greater lateral forte than the girders forming the ineideradius of the curve. 'consider that this lateral force acting during the passage of each train, must have so far loosened the inefficient masonry as to cause a displacement of the girder itself, and its consequent fracture.—By the coroner: If I had had the management of the bridge, I certainly should have had a greater strength of masonry round the girder. Considerable vibration would be likely to disturb the masonry. I tried the deflexion of the arch opposite the third one. Had an engine and loaded ballast waggons, in weight about 50 tons, pass over it, and the deflexion was about an inch and a third. Some other witnesses having been examined, one of whom said that before the accident the bridge was generally noon n of as unsafe. Mr. Tyrrell observed that Mr. R. Stephenson was ready to give the fullest information respecting the bridge, but he would put it to the jury whether they had not better hear the opinion of the government officers first, as, no doubt, some explanatory questions would be put to Dlr. Stephenson.—The Coroner said that the CAMS of Major Foster, a government officer present, had been handed to him.—Major Foster remarked that he certainly did attend for the admiralty, but he came to glean information, and he was not prepared to give any. Mr. Walker would be sent down to report on the construction of the bridge.--After con siderable discussion the jury agreed to postpone the taking of Mr. Stephenson's evidence until the government officers had given their opinion as to the cause of the accident. At five o'clock the proceedings were adjourned, the coroner being directed to summon General Paisley and the other inepectors. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1847. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MALT 27. The country journals ars all dressed in mourning for O'Connell. The effect of the event has not yet had time to ripen ; but, from the accounts received to day, it is probable the gratitude and respect of the provinces will atone for the coldness and 'degeneracy of the capital. In Limerick, on receipt of the intelli gence, public business was suspended, the shops were closed, and a requisition for a meeting of the citizens hinted by the mayor. In Waterford and Wexford similar demonstrations took place ; and in Belfast the liberals, with good taste and feeling, offered to com bine with the Repeal Association in paying any suit able mark of public respect to the remains of Mr. O'Connell. The proceedings in Limerick, which had canted the authorities some uneasiness, have, by recent accounts to-day, passed away quietly. lam assured, in a pri vate letter, that the outrages against property reported in the journals have been exaggtrated, and that the real, as well as the expressed intentions of the crowds were, to induce the gentry, by a demon stration of force, and its concomitant, fear, to provide them with labour. The activity of the authorities— , civic, mac sterial, and military—had entirely subdued the riots by Tuesday evening, the whole extent of the depredations being a few loaves of bread, and a few stones of Indian meal. In Galway matters look more promising this week. Labour to a very great extent is about being afforded to the people, and quiet prevails. The contractor for building Queen's College has advertised that he will employ, at sufficient wages, for the next six months, all the competent unemployed stone-masons in the town. The works of Lough Corrib, long delayed on account of the required " assents " being withheld by some millowners, are about to be entered upon, and 4,000 persons will obtain employment. We have heard much of the destitution of the city of Cork. According to the last census the population amounted to so mewhat more than 80,000, and the amount of destitution just returned to the Relief Committee, including returns not yet made out for the outlying districts, ie 15,000, so that one in every five, or twenty per cent. of the population is destitute. The father of the Irish bar, Mr. Thomas Dixon, is dead. Ile passed from the church to the bar, was always a liberal and a sound lawyer, though the silk gown fell on his shoulders only a few years ago. He Is succeeded in the conventional paternity by a far more distinguished, and almost as old a man, Robert Holmes, whom the profession will not find so gentle as his predecessor. Another able lawyer, Mr. Joseph Nelson, Q.C., died yesterday. He was assistant-barrister for the county of Longford. The vacancy has been rather quickly filled up, by the appointment of Mr. Thomas °gingen. He was named by Mr. O'Connell as one of the " arbitrators" on the late physical force business, but refused, as he agreed in the opinions of neither party. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH D;I:HI.;:—Mr. Bowes, who hu represented this division of the county of Durham since 1832, has announced his intention not to be a candidate for re-election. It is ex petted that Mr. James Ferrer, a relative of the Earl of Eldon, and who contested the division at the last election on the conservative interest, will again offer his services. It Is generally considered that he will be elected, as he will have the tory influence, now predominant in the county. Lord Harry Vane, though opposed to his brother, the Duke of Cleveland, in politics, is not likely to be opposed by a second conservative, so that the representation w❑l be divided between the conservatives and liberals, the latter party losing one member by Mr. Bowee's retirement. BUCILINOHAIIBRIELE ►ND Ma. DISRAELI. —The appear ance of Mr. Disraeli as a candidate to 1111 the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of the Hon. Capt. Fi:zmaurice, has caused some surprise. On this subject a correspondent says, " the Baron Roth.child has a pack of stag hounds, which have been hunted, for several seasons past, in the neighbourhood of Aylesbury and Buckingham. During the past season, the tenants of the Duke of Buckingham, with scarcely one exception, warned off their several farms the baron and his hounds; thus curtailing, to a very great extent, the field operations of the pack, and the gentlemen of that part of the county who regularly attended the hunt. This step, it is said, was resorted to by the tenants, at the instigation of the noble duke and his agents. Hence the appearance of the author of Coteingsby, supported by Roths child, who owns estates in the county. It was at one time expected that the Marquis of Chandos, who now represents the borough of Buciungham, would have been brought forward as a county candidate at the ensuing general election. Such an idea, however, appears to have hems abandoned since the issuing of the ►ddress of Mr. Disraeli to the freeholders of the county. The friends of the new candidate are extremely sanguine as to the successful result of the contest A whlg candidate, the Hon. Charles C. Cavendish, being also in the field, may tend, it is considered, to render the result of the election doubtful." Cozen esrea.—The representatives for this borough, Mr. Sanderson and Sir 0. H. Smyth, in anticipation of the ap proaching dissolution of parliament, commenced their canvass on Wednesday, at the same time issuing a joint address, in which they say—" It is of the utmost importance, in these times, to guard and support the Protestant institutions of our country ; and we are more t►an ever convinced of the para mount necessity of upholding them in all their integrity. It will be our earnest study and determination to carry out these principles in opposition to any measure that may be introduced into the next parliament for the endowment and encouragement of popery." DEVOSPORT.—Sir George Grey having retired from the representation of Devonport, a borough with which he has been connected ever since its enfranchisement, a preliminary meeting of voters was held on Thursday evening at Stone house. The electors bad no candidate before them whose principles they could subject to the test of their scent inty, and there was an attempt to discuss abstract principles. The names of two gentlemen likely to offer themselves were men tinned. They are Mr. Rontilly, the present member for Bridport, and Mr. Pascoe Orenfell—a name known in the commercial world. These gentlemen are both liberals. levearreas.—lt is understood that Mr. Morrison retiree from the Inverness hurghs, and that he will be succeeded by Mr. Alexander Matheson, of Ardrere, nephew of tr. Mathe son, M.P. In the county, Mr. 11 Bailin, will walk the Course. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The state of the couottyConti;M;e;;;Snigestire of pre sent despondence as we could at all anticipate. In Belfaat I find the number of fever cases in the town estimated at 1,280, of whom, perhaps, one-half are confined to their own houses, where, in many instances, they are left utterly unattended, save occasional visits from the doctor. Destitution in the north seems very much on the increase. Turning to the south, we find the county of Limerick a scene of turbulence and plunder. Here five bags of meal are swept away ; there 7!. are carried off. In another place a farmer's house is plundered of property and money, and five similar instances are recorded. These outrages, wherever possible, are accompanied by the taking of arms, and, in most case., by violence. The price of provisions rose in the Limerick markets on Wednesday, in the face of considerable arrivals. Flour ad vanced 2.. per bag, and Indian met! 10s. per ton. Ihe accounts of the crops continue favourable, and the potato crop, of whirls we hear every day that a larger breadth has been sown, looks healthy. Some of the new growth has been exhibited in Mayo, but they were of garden culture. They appeared sound and good, as in former years. The wewher, though somewhat boisterous, is extremely favour able for the growing crops. SCOTLAYD. EDINBURGH, MAT 27. The established assembly has declined all compro mise on the subject of the property of the chapels of case; the free assembly will, therefore, in all likeli hood, endeavour to get government to interfere, as in the case of the Dissenters' Chapel Act. With the view of providing endowments for thole chapels the clergy of the establishment have subscribed 8,0001., and the laity 2,5001., and in time they expect the subscriptions of the former to amount to 20,0001. . . In the Free Church Assembly the education scheme has triumphantly been approved of by a majority of 295 to 5. The conclusion of the last resolution runs thus : " In the meantime the general assembly being of opinion that there is no valid objection in princi ple in the way of accepting aid from public grants given unconditionally and freely for the support of the schools of this church, remit to their educational committee to give advice to such parties as may wish to apply for grants." NATURAL PHILOSOPHY CHAIN. OP ST. ANDREW'S.-A meeting of the United College, St. Andrew's, was held on May 8, for the purpose of electing from a list of thirteen candi dates, a Professor of Natural Philosophy. After five out of seven professors had expressed their intention to vote fur a Mr. Maclaren, of the Dundee Academy, the Principal stated to the meeting that he would avail himself of the privilege given by the act of parliament of insisting upon a compara tive trial, or upon a positive trial if that should be regarded as consistent with the act of 1741. The meeting adjourned, without any election having taken place. The Dundee Courier, says that the " trial" system was also attempted with Mr. Adams! These modest St. Andrew's professors would have " tried" Sir Isaac Newton. COMMINSIONIS ST THIS LORD-LIEUTENANT OP FITESRIRE —A. Bethune, Jun., Esq.,to be Captain, vice A. Rutherford, deceased ; H. J. O. Cowan, Gent., to be Ensign, vice A. Wilkie, of Fife Militia. PROVINCIAL. .. „.-- Ton LATI MURDIRA AT MITATIELD.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of J. Wraith and his wife Mary, and their servant, Caroline Ellis, who were barbarously mur dered on the 12th inst., was resumed on Thursday, at the King's Head Inn, Mirfield. A large number of persona were present, anxious to hear the proceedings and see the two men, Michael M'Cabe and Patrick Retd, who are in custody on suspicion of having been concernei in the murder. All who attended with the latter object were disappointed, as the prisoners remained is the House of Cor rection at Wakefield, to which place they had been committed for safe custody until the time fixed by the magistrates for their re-examination. Iu the pursuit of the former object they were more sue ,cessful, as arrangements had been made for proceeding with the further investigation in the spacious school-room belong ing to the Wesleyan methodists. To that place the coroner's court was accordingly adjourned, and the puhlic were ad mitted. Most of the witnesses examined were those who had been examined before the magistrates at Dewsbury on Saturday.—Mr. Leadbeater, the constable, proved the find ing of the key of the house, and of the plumber's soldering iron in the wall, upon Wraith's premises. —Mr. West, chemist, was examined as to the character of the red marks which had been observed on M'Cabe'a stockings and shoes, the minuteness of which had rendered the tests very diffi cult, and respecting which he was not fully pre pared to speak portively ; but there were un doubted marks of blood on • coat produced.— Isere Webster : I live about • field's length from the Water Royd-lane, into which lane the footpath that pares Mr. Wraith's house, enters. About half-peat twelve, on the 12th May, I saw Patrick Reid going along that footpath. A short time before I saw him, some scissor grinders called at our house, and want in a direction towards Mr. Wraith's house.—Harriet Webster I live next door to butte Webster. On the 12th of May inst. Patrick Reid passed my door be tween half-past twelve and one o'clock. He did net call at my hour. About ten minutes before a man called and asked if I had any errors to grind or any umbrellas to mend, and I said " No." I remarked what a " clever" man he was. I did not see that he had any machine to grind with. He went in the same direction as Reid.—Benj amin Morton : I live in Nab-lane, in Mirfield. I know Michael M'Cabe and Patrick Reid. Oa the•l2th May, near one o'clock, I sew Reid at James Wraith's lane end, He had his face towards James Wraith's in the road leading to his house, but whether he was going towards it or standing I could not say, but he looked to be standing. He had his basket on his arm. I saw Michael M'Cabe at the same time, about ten yards from John M'Kinnell's garden. He was in the same road leading to J. Wraith's that P. Reid was, walking towards the house. He had a basket with him, bat I did not take notice whether it was on his head or his arm. I did not see what became of Reid or M'Cabe, as • sharp shower of rain came on a few minutes afterwards. I had never seen Reid or M'Cabe so neer together before.—Charles Flint: I am • labourer, living at Mirfield. When I went home, about 3 o'clock, on the 12th of May, Michael M'Cabe was in my house. I had beard of the murder of the deceased r I want along, and when I got home, I asked my housekeeper, Mary Scholes if she had heard anything of the murder. She said, " No." I mentioned that it was the murder of Wraith. Michael said there was nothing so sure. He had been at the place. He rapped at the door, and he rapped again, as he fancied he heard a footstep down stairs; and there was • good-like young fellow came down and opened the door, and he asked him if he wanted anything in his line; and he said " No." He asked him again if he wanted anything in the pot line. He said "No, air," again, and he shut the door. I asked him if he had seen - anything, and he said he had seen lots of blood at the back lof the kitchen door. I asked him if he knew the persm he saw, and he said be did not, and 1 salted him if he thought he should know hint again, and he said he shonkl. I asked him if it was the old master ►e saw, and he said "no it was not." I asked him if he heard aught else, and he said ►e heard loud groans. He said that then he put his basket en his head, and came up to John aleKinnell's, but he had mentioned it nowhere. When I asked him why ho had not mentioned it, he said he thought they might be killing fowls, and he did not wish to set a scandal on a respectable man's house.—Win. Shooed ; I live at Robert-town, in Liversedge, and sell a few pots. - I went to Charles Flint's house in Mirfield. I saw Michael M'Cabe there, and had some conversation with him. I said to him that I bad been informed that he had been at the place where the insider had happened at lalirtield, and he said he had. I asked him which way he went to the house, and he told me he went down the held opposite Mr. Wraith's home, and when he got into the yard I the shutters were to, end the blinds down. He said he went to the door and rapped twice, and he heard a foot in the chamber ; and then be said he thought he heard it coming down step by step, and right across the kitchen floor to the door, and then, he slid, the men inside unlocked the door end opened it, and he asked them if they would buy any pots? and the man said, "No, Sir;" and then I asked him how long he kept the door open, and he mid, about the space of three minutes. I then asked him how wide it was open, and he said, between three and four inches. I asked him if he could see any thing when it was open, and he raid he had seen great lots of blood lying on the fl,nr. I asked him what he thought that blood came from, and he said he thought the old men had been killing hens at the back of the door, and he thought the blood came from that. I asked him if he neither saw nor heard anything more, and he said, yes, he did ; he heard several groans—heavy groans, indeed. I asked him where he thought the groans came from, and he said he thought the old woman might be in the parlour tamely and the groans came from her. He said the men stilt the door and locked it; and I asked him if it was old James Wraith that locked the door, and he said no, it was a goof-looking young man, about twenty-five years of age. I He said he was sure it was not the old man, as he knew ham well, having stopped many a quarter of an hour in his house. I then irked him where he went, and be said to the window of lallKinnella house, and to other places, and then up to Charley Flint's. I told him that if Mr. Ingham (the magistrate) knew what he had told me he would certainly send for him. My brother-iniew (Flint) washed me to saddle the pony, and go to Mr. Ingham. I said I did not like to go, as it was a serious job to begin of; end he mid, " Don't go, Dill • I sin going down to the Shoulder of Mutton, and I ' can declare it a:itself." I then saddled the pony, and went and. told Mr. Howarth, the constable. At eight o'clock in the evening, the coroner stated that they had now heard all the evidence which could be produced to day, bat he thought it possible that from the publicity which had been given to the evidence, regarding the position in which the suspected parties were seen, other evidence might be forthcoming at a future day ; and, therefore, he proposed to adjourn the inquiry to the 10th of June.—The jury were accordingly bound over in the usual recoguisance to appear at that time. THE IRISH FEVER IN Leroy —The malignity of the fever which has been rtcently imported into the town of Leeds, seems no. to have materially abated during the last few days, notwithstanding the warm weather, and the adoption by the parochial authorities of various curative and preventive nteasum which the gentlemen of the faculty have suggested. The new and enlarged fever hospital is still full of patients, and there are additional claims for admisaion. The Rev. Henry Walmaley, the senior Roman catholic priest in the town, died on Thursday afternoon of a fever caught daring one of his visits to the Irish poor; and the Rev. Mr. Metcalfe, who succeeded the Rev. R. Wilson, the first Roman catholic priest who fell a martyr to the disease, is also seriously iil of fever. DAMAGE HY Oams.—A correspondent of the Doncaster Post states that a field of wheat at Melton, in the neighbour. hood of the preserve, of Fuuntayne NVilson, Esq., has just been valued by a comp tent valuer, and the damage to the crop by game is est nisted at upwards of 1001. The field is about to be plourhed up and re-sown. TMs FIIiST STONE OF DUNCAKTLR NNW MARKET was laid on Monday last, when a public breakfast was given at the Mansion-house. . — A HINT TO THE AVAItICIOI:IS.—A very strong proof of the folly of farmers holding their corn in the expectation of real ising enormous prices has just been communicated to us by a gentleman of this town. It appears that recently a farmer in the neighbourhood of Beverley commenced thruhing some wheat, for which, Mee yens ego, he refused 70s. per quarter, and after labouring from seven o'clock till eleven in tha morning, he succeeded in obtaining four quarters seven bushels of corn, and the enormous quantity of 3,260 mice!— Iltal Advertiser. ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT MANCISESTER.—A Shocking and moat extraordinary attempt was made, on Thursday morning, by an old woman in Hulmr, to murder her son-in law, while asleep in bed, by cutting his throat. The name of the woman is Elizabeth Jackson, and her daughter, and son-in-law (Thomas Royle), lived with her at No. 43, Cater street, Hulme. Jackson is a married woman, but separated from her husband. She alent in the same room with her son-in-law and daughter, and at an early hour on Thursday morning went to the bed side of the young couple, who have only been married nine months, and, leaning over the body of the daughter with a large table knife, cut the throat of Role, who lay next to the wall, and who, as well as him wite, was fast asleep. Fortunately the knife was not very sharp, and the young man was awoke by the knife passing across his throat, before a sufficiently deep incision had been effected to prove fatal. He put out his hand to save him self, when the end of one of his fingers was nearly cut off, and he then sprang out of bed and ran into an adjoining house for help. The prisoner in the course of the same morning was brought up forexamination at the Borough Court, where, in addition to the above facts, the following evidence was given.— Ellen Thompson stated that she lived at 55, Clarendna-st. she said Royle (the prosecutor), came running to their door, and asked if they could find a policeman. He was bleeding profusely from a wound in the neck, and stated that his mother-in-law had been attempting to cut his throat.—W. Court, a police-constable, stated that he was called in by the last witness, and went to the prisoner's house, where he found her sitting by the bed-side. He told her what she was charged with, and took her into custody. She accompanied him willingly, merely observing, " Very well, take your time, and I'll come with you."—lnspector Lightfoot pro duced the shirt worn by Reyle at the time, and which was covered with blood.—Superintendent Taylor said when he saw the prisoner he cautioned her of the use that might be made of any confession, and then asked if she had any voluntary statement she wished to make. She answer ed , " I hardly know what I'm doing, I'm sure, for all sides, for he only wants to get my property from me, and won't wait till my death." The knife produced in court was very blunt, but of large size, and the wound inflicted on Royle's throat was from two to three inches in length, but had not penetrated the windpipe. The prisoner was remanded till yesterday, when a more full investigation took place, and the prisoner was committed fur trial at the next Liverpool assizes, on the charge of attempting to commit murder. WESTMORELAND AND CUMBERLAND. COMMISSIONS BY Toe LORD-LIEOTENANT.—Sir G. Mus grave, Bart., to be major, vice Wilson, res. ; G. E. Wilson, Esq., to be apt., vice Sir G. Musgrave, Bart., prom. • H. Lowther, Esq , to be cot., vice Parkin, res.; A. Lo wther to be heat, vice Watts; J. Y. Thexton to be lieut., vice Wil son, prom. ; B. E. Rees to be cornet, vice Lowther, prom. ; W. Harrison to be cornet, vies Thexton, prom.; J. Wick ham to be sure., vice Romney, dee., of the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry. WORCESTERSIIIRF-_ TEE WORKING CLASSES AND THE HIGH PRICES.—On Thursday, a meeting of the citizens of Worcester was held at the Guildhall, for the purpose of considering the present price of food as affecting the poorer ensues. The mayor presided. It was resolved to commence a subscription for the relief of the destitute. .LINCOLNSHIRE. LINCOLN Coax EXCHANOE.—After an agitation Oftseatiy two years. this project is at length so far in progress that the plans are drawn, and tenders are advertised tor. To the back of the present Cornhill, a handsome three-story building, with Corinthian capitals, is to be erected, containing various public rooms • to the rear is the corn exchange, to be lighted from the roof with skylights; this spacious area will afford a site for large public meetings, and there is to he a balcony at one end, the access to which is from the public rooms, which will afford a commodious hustings. In the basement there will be a series of vaults, so well as a !Arne kitchen range of oftl.ies. The rest of the site is to be occupied on the south side of the newly laid out street by a covered market, and on the north by an open one. NOTTINGII\IIIBIpIIP . . . ELOPEMENT.—The Nottingham states that grea distress has been occasioned in the family of a gallant M.P residing in thin county, by the clandestine departure of his daughter. To aggravate the calamity, her husband is on bed of sickness, and her young family will severely feel lose of a mother. SeolLeo ORAlN7fh: ' 7:in . C;g;:g;; : clry complains that a large quantity of grain was Intel y destroyed at Peter borough. The writer continues—" The public will not be lieve that it is the wish of that great and good man, Earl Fitowilliam, to have one grain of bread corn wasted the question then is asked by the inhabitant', by whose autho nty does Mr. Gibb, tke bailiff of his lordship, thus act in housing wheat for years, until it becomes entirely useless, and is a nuisance to the neighbourhood, in causing a deluge of rata, mice and insects, to the no small detriment of the health and domestic comfort of those who live near the plaoe where the granaries are situated. Those who witnessed the removal of this wasted corn, can testify the effect it had on the minds of the people, most of whom are obliged to give 4s. or 4.. 3d. per stone for flour, and receive the scanty pay of 12e. or 14e. per week for labour." WLLTSHIRE. CONIIII3BIOII Hy MB LORD LIEVTIMANT.—T. Gaisford, jun., Esq., to be °apt., vice T. 8. Mills, res., of RL Regular Militia. BERKSHIRE. COMMISSIONS BY THY LuaIi•LIYUTYNANT.—A. H. Pop ham to be sec. lieut. ; E. Morris to be cornet, Tice J. Mat thews, res., of the Hungerford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry THE RIOTOUS PROCIEDINOS in some of the towns in Somerotskire, and in Devon and Cornwall—particulars of which we reported—have entirely subsided, tranquillity and good order having succeeded these outbreaks. Several meetings have been held withia the last few days, and large sums of money have been contributed, for the purpose of enabling those upon whom the pressure of the times has more particularly fallen, to obtain bread and other provisions at a low rate. TEE RAPID INCREASE OF EVERY SPECIES OP VEOE -1 TAHLE Guewrit, within the lest new days of saperb weather, affords gratifying assurance that the food crops of this county will not be so backward es it was, until lately, feared they would he. The wheat is everywhere looking levilthy mid luxuriant, and every other description of corn is in excellent condition. int early potatoes have in every instance sue twined the most sanguine hopes of being perfectly exempt from disease, and, as yet, no symptoms of mischief have ap peared in the late and general crop. THIS ABI:OR ors YCBLIC CHARITY has Mused much discussion recently at East Chinoock. The charity lands there consist of Ha. Ur. 20p., besides houses, and produce upwards of .501. per annum. The complaint of the poor people of the parish is that fur years past they have been • kept in total ignorance of the management of the funds de rived from this property, and the existing ingirty was in stituted in consequence of some time since forcible possession being taken sf a portion of the property. On Wednesday the amounts were gone into. It appeared the feoffees had erected, at great expense, certain premises, which are now called the "School-house." These premises are not consp!etcd, and have never been occupied; no estimate bad been obtained of the coat of the erection, but a surveyor had gone over and valued them and considered them worth just the amount which had been drawn out of the funds for the purpose of building them. At this meeting the feoffees agreed to have an audit, and annuaUy to publish the accounts, and to distribute every year whatever balance might be in hand, and in every respect to carry out the ori ginal intention of the donor with respect to the trusts. "It is however worthy of remark," says the local journalist, " that the feoffees at present acting have no right whatever to administer the funds of this charity. They are, beyond question, merely trustees to hold the same to such uses and purposes ' as seven of the most discreet men of the parish ioners shall from time to time appoint.' No such arpointment by the said seven aim men of East Chi:mock has ever been made, and the present &Mims are purely self-appointed ones." PORTLAND BRRAILWATZIL—We (titherborue Journal) are happy to state that this national work is now about to be proceeded with. Mr. Bendall, the engineer, has been in the island during the week. 'fns laqd to be used for fortifica tions has been surveyed and is now marked out, and we are pleased to find that they are to be of such a nature as will Justify its being called a national undertaking. The works ' are sufficiently extensive to give permanent employment to • large number of individuals. Tue Diutuours or Macaw:Let within the past week have been unprecedentedly abundant ; upwards of three hundred thousand have been landed on the beach between Portland and Burton. Seven thousand were shipped on board one small malt on Monday evening, fur Seuthampton, the owners hoping to be in time for the first morning train Irons that place to Lon. Ma. So Large have been the guanti ties landed that spectators were permitted to lake with them as many as they chose gratuitously, the beach Laing strewed with HERTFORDSIIIRF. MURDEROUS ASSAULT AND 11101LWAT FLORBRRT AT MlDoyar.—On Monday last, Mr. John Salmons, a butcher, repining at Barley, had been to Barkway on business, and was returning along the high road about eleven o'clock in the morning, when he was accosted by a young man in the garb of a soldier, who entered into conversation with him. Mr. Salmons walked on with his companion unsuspectingly for about half a mile, when the ruffian, who had picked up a large stone on the way, and placed it in a head:kerchief, struck him with this formidable weapon on the head, and having thus succeeded in knocking him down, continued to beat aim with the stone upon the head, until he became per fectly helpless. &Amnia was then dragged by hi, assailant into a deep ditch, where his pockets were rifled, and 10s. Bd. in silver taken. The soldier then left his victim Ur p . ar L ' lt y on d s7 d ait an er d so re m t e ra ti e m d e, his ti v te e p , : d to b ye a m w ds B i :rkway. , and succeeded in reaching a habitation, when he gave infor mation of what had occurred. The atr aity and boldness of the assault astounded the whole neighbourhood, and in a short time many persons, on foot and on horseback, were en gaged in scouring the c untry in search of the offender, who was at last found regaling himself in a public-house at Reed, a village near Barkway. He was aecurad and handed over to the police. Owing to the precarious state of the injured man, it was judged advisable irnmediat• ly to take his depo sition; and on the prisoner being brought to his bed-side, he unhesitatingly identified him, and fully detailed to the magistrate the circumstances of the assault. The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday, when other evidence was adduced to chow that money, nearly amounting to the sum taken from Salmons, was found upon him, and also a handkerchief stained with blood. A stone, covered with blood and hair, was found on the spot where the as sault was committed, and the ground thereabouts was saturated with blood. Mr. Silinenee hat was also much stained with blood, and quantities of hair torn from his head by the violent b'.o%, he had received, were found adhering to it. The medical witnesses were of opinion that the wounds, which ar, of the most dangerous nature, were inflicted by such a weapon as the atone found in the road. The prisoner, who gave the name of William Atter, and who said he was a deserter from the Bth battalion of Artillery, stationed at Woolwich, was, on Wednesday, committed fur trial. He is an athletic young man, about 23 years of age. Mr. Salmons still lies in a precarious state, nod on Thursday night no hopes were entertained of his recovery. ESSEX. __ ROYAL AORICELTERAL SOCIET A . B MEETING FOR 1849. Thursday afternoon a public meeting was held in the Shire hall, Chelmsford, to receive the opinion., of the inhabitants on the proposed invitation of the Royal Agricultural Society of England to hold their country meeting fur 1849 in this town,. W. M. Tufnell, E.g., of Boreham-house, was called to the chair. He said he did not wish to disguise the fact th►t the object of the meeting was to ascertain what amount of subscriptions could be raised, because it was evident that sweets or failure depended main'y upon it. He would re mind them that, in other districts where the meetings of the tacitly had been held, they four.d county bidding against county and town against town for the honour of entertain ing the Royal Agricultural Society ; and he hardly thought Ewa would be behindhand in this comp tirion. J. H. Pat ' tinsel., Em., inquired if the chairman was prepared to state what sum of money would be required no a contribution to the society, and whether such land as would be wanted could be provided ? The Chairman said he be lieved the sum ranged from 1,0001. to 1.2001. or 1,7001. Mr. Groves said he was sere great good would result from the meeting, if obtained. A gentleman resident atSouthamp ton had told him that the effect of the meeting it that town was felt to the present day, and would continue to be felt for a number of years to tome. It was quite certain, however, that the object could not be secured without considerable subscriptions, and when he heard that Mr. Bramston had offered the sum of 501 towards raising the required amount, he (Mr. Groves) had likewise the pleasure of announcing that he had been deputed by Mr. Fisher Hobbs t) offer the same sum as he had done at Colchester, nomely,lool. towards the expenses. The subscription list was here passed through the meeting, and the chairman said he had the pleasure of announcing that the BUM of 5201. w :11 already subeeribed. BRAINTREIL—SALE or ESTATES, ST Ma. J. Coors, ON WEDNESDAY LAST.—Lot 1. A freehold farm, known as Rolfe's, situate at Rivenkall, containing about 80 acres, 2,8701. Lot 2. A freehold messuage and garden, near the last lot, producing 61. per annum, 1151. Lot 3. A freehold messuage and garden, situate near the Western Arms Inn, Rivenhall, producing 91. 2s 6d. per annum, 1201. Lot 4. A freehold messuage and garden, adjoining the last lot, pro ducing 51. 10e per annum, 701. Lot 6. A copyhold messuage with garden, eituate opposite lot 3, producing 81. 13s. per annum, 1251. jrintt arts. COOPER'S BATTLE OF WATERLOO.—There in at Apeley House a clever picture of the Battle of Waterloo, upon which the illustrious hero of the fl ;ht peeled an appro priate criticism' before he bought it : Good, very good ; not too much smoke." This apposite remark of the great duke's seem' to have had ita effect upon Mr. T. Sidney Cooper, A.R.A., who on a canvas, 12 feet by 7 feet, has given on an episode in the battle, in which there is no smoke but in the distance, and all the foreground is a hand-to-hand fight between Somerset's Brigade and the French Cuirassiers and Carabiniers. The picture is foil of tire and spirit, not over done, but admirably balanced in every part. The hones are full of energy and action, and the grouping throughout care fed and clever. We abstain from further remark, bneuse the picture will form a part of the Westminster-hall exhibition of the present year. Picruass BY W. CoLLigs, B.A.—Yesterday was the private view of the six days' sale by Christie and Manson, of pictures and sketches, by the late William Col lins, R.A. The exhibition was well attended, but the sketches, though clever, are unusually slight. Among the choicer few we may enumerate, "The Morning Lesson," 649, three children at a cottage door, full of the particular beauty and talent of the master; No. 583, "The Prawn Fisher;" 728, "Farm at Shedtield, 11.10111 ;" Gl2, " View near Boulogne-" 587, "Study of the picture of the Cate chist;" 564, " Figuresin the picture of the Cherry Seller ;" 364, " Sketch of Rustle Civility ;" Nos. 323 and 324, " Couple of Hastings Fishermen, full lengths, and clever ; 102, ' Avenue, Stratton Park ;" 179, "A Fisherman's Child ," 168, " Study for the Boy on the Gate," in the pic ture of " Happy as a King ;" 376, " Landing Fish." The only finished works in od are, 783, "A Patriarch," and 784, " Antonio," from the " Merchant of Venice." CABINET OF DUTCH PicTems.---Mr. Phillips has sold the collection of Dutch pictures already advertised and reviewed in this paper. The sums realised ware unex pectedly low The Skittle Players" (Jan Steen) ! 210 guineas; Frosen Canal" (A. Vander Neer), 210 guineas; " The Repast" (Peter de Hooghe), 190 guineas; " Beatifl cadon of the Virgin" (Andrea Sscchi), 180 guineas; "The Sempstrese" (G. Metsu), 112 guineee • "An Architectural View" (Vander Heyden), 77 guineas; guineas; the " Sir Samuel Morland," by Sir Peter Lely, 23L 2s. MRS. ANDERSON'S CONCERT.—This distingu ished lady's annual concert is always remarkable for e T large and liberal scale on which it is arranged. It is one of the very few concerts of the season at which there is a regular instrumental orchestra; the pianoforte being now almost exclusively used at benefit concerts, even for pieces which really demand orchestral accompaniments. At her con cert yesterday morning, the orchestra was conducted by M. Costa; had M. Stanton for the principal violin; and consisted of the most eminent performers on every instrument. Mrs. Anderson herself perforated an in troduction and rondo by Hummel, and (with M. Balaton) the "Tema con variationi." from Beethoven's hams .' Kreutser" Sonata; and it is hard necessary to say that she displayed her usual firmness an d' —. — and 'classical purity of style. 'I excellent vocal and instrumental Otardi, on the harp by rl.--' - and on the violoncello Mdme. Castellan, Mdme. Kirkham, and Meeare.Star and It. Costa. The room' Theatre) was crowded t' M. SCRULTIOFF'S L a young pianist of Prague, concert last evening in tl. .1 firmness and brillianejof eseintion, if style. There was • great variety of tramental mune ; solos on the eat* by r Godefroid, on the violin by I. lo by Piatti ; and airs -. , ,r- a's .. lme. Dorm O res Miss • ...., ". ..* .7 • .Standigl,Loblaelie, 6 • -I. "- , It •I .. r . om (the ooncert•roosa of WM .to overflowing. -a. v t'... 7 ,. >0 ', It. • ,1 4 ,vo . -4 I CA)NCERT.—M. J. • .1..._,_ ~,, •' ... low, newly arrived in . .. 'Z'r '. X "" a the Manoverwauaro , ::" • .• 31 :4 „, (- " C r:7-3 ,.:1: -.. k..... - .... ...„ ... : :::.. V• - tv, 4 , --Si-,(.