The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-10 00:00:00

much good may yet be expected. In the meanwhile we advise some candid reader to try if he can forget for a moment the noise of daily contentions, and the bristle of the stones, and, having calmly remembered what travelling was twenty years ago, think what it now is, in cheapness, comfort, speed, punc tuality, civility of attendance, freedom from valgar extortions, under the name of gratuities, &c. &o. ; and, lastly, who are those that have made it so. Any one who will allow himself time for this retro spect, and the comparison that must follow it, will probably be disposed to admit that railway people have already done the state some service, and are, thereupon, entitled to some better treatment than con fiscation and abuse for what they have done. WE concluded our remarks in yesterday's paper on juvenile crime, and the necessity of trying to dry , up as well as dam up the torrent of crime, with these words : " After mature reflection, we can really see no remedy but in the institution of asylums to pro vide homes, education, isolation from depraved asso ciates for these young waifs and strays of our over crowded and defectively-organised society." There is little to be gained in the way of social improvements so long as discussions on such topics are confined to abstract principles. Sound and comprehensive views are indispensable as the groundwork of all reform, but it is only when definite plans for its accom plishment are submitted and discussed that there is any immediate prospect of its being realised It is, therefore, with sincere pleasure that we learn the subject of juvenile asylums is at p *sent actually under the consideration of the sliddlesex justices, and that two of their number have submitted to a committee distinct proposals for esta blishing them. The views of Mr. WALTER BUCHANAN and Mr. BENJAMIN ROTCH—the justices to whom we have alluded—are in accordance on some most essential points. Both of these gentlemen are at one on the inefficiency of punishment alone to repress crime; and on the inefficacy of Refuges and Magdalene, and Schools of Industry, and Phil;inthropic Societies, and provisions for poor criminals on their release from prison, to diminish materially the numbers of what may be called the professional crime clam. Both of them urge the experiment of a state provision for innocent, but destitute and unprotected, children. The points on which they ' differ—and they are most essential—are thusrecapitu- Wed by Mr. ROTCH :—" Mr. BUCHANAN does not contemplate any legislative interference ; I contend that nothing effectual can be done without it. Mr. BUCHANAN looks to the county . rate for the means (which, however, unfortunately, is not available for the purpose); I look to the Treasury. Mr. BUCHANAN proposes a withdrawal from contaminating associa tion only during . the day ; I propose an entire separa tion, day and night, from all bad companions. And lastly, Mr. BUCHANAN'S is a voluntary system, mine a compulsory one." _ . It Would lead us into too wide a field of inquiry to decide at present upon all these points of difference. We have however no hesitation in expressing our acquiescence in the opinions propounded by Mr. BOTCH, that it is necessary to invoke legislative inter ference if the experiment is to be tried in a manner that can lead to a satisfactory , judgment of the scheme; that the isolation must be entire, and that the system must be compulsory. Mr. BOTCH'S plan has the further advantage of being embodied in the form of an outline of a draft act of parliament, which gives precision and perfect distinctness to the enunciation of his views. EVERT day tarnishes its argument in favour of remodelling our system of local government, in the shape of a fatal accident or a disgasting nuisance, an avowal of helplessness, or an exhibition of official over-meddling. One day it is the rebuilding of a block of haws, which had fallen down apparently from a coovietion that they were in the way; another, a death from the nuisance of an open sewer ; another, some rotten stack of hovels has fallen and crushed its inmates ; another, and the sanctity of the grave is violated and the remains of the dead carted through the streets to some suburban dust-heap. Such voices as are lifted up in protest against the present state of things will be listened to. There is no virtue in the crown and sceptre of Bumbledora to silence them. Let the parish, or the board of alder men, meet and bluster, and resolve as they may, the public will sooner or later insist on being protected against sufferings which have only been submitted to so long because it was not known how completely they were within the reach of remedy. Our paper of yesterday supplied its daily contin gent of illustrations hew London governs itself in this nineteenth century. Two houses fell in Dudley-court, Crown•street, Soho, luckily without lore of life, though a little girl was buried in the ruins. The whole north side of the court had been condemned,, but the inhabitants of three houses only could be prevailed upon to leave. The demolition of their houses had commenced when the houses in question fell. That their inmates were not all crashed within them is due to the providential chance that made them absent at the time. Bat why were they there at all after the condemnation of their dwellings? We may be told they had a right to remain and be crushed, in virtue of their inalienable privilege of self-government. With more than rat-like tenacity they dung to their falling houses. Had there been the proper authority at work in each a case, these people would not have had the option of staying to be smothered. The same sentence that condemned the court would have pronounced the evacuation, or expulsion, of its inhabitants. The notice to quit would have been followed up by the pzooess of eviction. The official who served the one would have power to carry out the other, if the order of the authorities were not at once complied with. This is an example of that want of power in the local executive which meets us in most accidents of the kind. Our second example illustrates the long and tor tuous road which authority must travel to get at the offender in that head-quarter of Bumbledom, the Mansion-house of the City of London. The LORD MAYOR, from his seat in the tribunal of the civic palace, read a letter describing how the grave. diggers of St. Ethelburga, Bishopegate-street Within, knocked "o' the mazzard" the unhappy inmates of that troubled resting-place. The skulls were smashed to pieces as they turned up,while the idle boys around occupied themselves in detaching, the nails from the fragments of coffin wood scattered about in the pro- cess. Perhaps we wrong these youths in calling them " idle." This may be a regular branch of in dustry about St. Ethelburga. The LORD MAYOR " took the opportunity" of men tioning a complaint that had been made of the state of the burying-ground attached to a chapel in Fetter-lane. A carpenter, who had buried two of his children in the place, called on Dr. FARQUHAR, his Lordship's informant, to express his apprehension, from what he had seen, that their remains might be cut in pieces and mixed with unfamiliar bones. Dr. FAItQUHAR visited the burial ground and found on the spot two or three cart-loads of human remains packed up for removal. _ _ _ Dr. FARQUHAR on complaining of the danger in a close neighbourhood of the effluvium caused by these hideous and ghoul-like disturbings of the dead was referred to the ward authorities. Probably he knew what ward authorities were, and preferred leaving the case to the LORD MAYOR. His lordship accordingly declared " that he took this mode of letting those who had the power of dealing with the question know what was going on in the churchyards of the metropolis." And this is all the chief magistrate of London can do ! He can wait for the accident of an amateur complainant appearing before him, and then tell the world at large, by the help of the reporter, what has occurred, in the dim hope that somebody who has something to do with some local board may come across the paper that contains the case, and take some steps to force somebody else, who has some official concern with the particular matter, to do something to stop the disgusting practice. This is an illustration of the sort of plight in which self-government occasionally leaves its nominal head. Whet is the chief magistrate of a great city intended for if not for setting the executive in motion for the abatement of nuisances like this ? Yet, as it is, who knows how many boards are to be put in motion, how many officials must be run the gauntlet of, before the public-spirited prosecutor can bring the terrors of parochial authority to bear on the offender ? Unless, indeed, some can be found patriotic enough and with leisure enough to under take such a crusade, there is no remedy for the suf ferers. No public board for the suppression of nuisances, with not a permissive but a compulsory action, exists in any metropolitan parish. We leave these things to unpaid wardanen, and vestrymen, from whom we cannot insist on the fulfilment of their duties, as they are undertaken for nothing. We have in our metropolitan administration an admirable illus tration of the two old proverbs, " too many cooks spoil the broth," and " what is everybody's business is nobody's business." We insist on these cases as strongly bearing us oat in a proposal made in a former article for remodelling the local government of this great city. It should be remembered what those are legislating for who legis late for London. They have the population, with more than the commerce, of Denmark—the numbers, with far more than the activity, of Sardinia—the life of Tuscany, with more complicated interests, and a =disinclination to obedience. Yet what would states be, or their equals in importance, Han over, Wurtemburg, and Saxony, with such a system of government in local matters as prevails in London ? It was, perhaps, well that the metropolis was ex cluded from the Health of Towns Bill, that the exemption might awaken curiosity and lead people to notice how the great Babylon wanted a sanitary organisation, a police of health and comfort, with powers more imperative, an executive more compact, end a centralization more thorough, than any of the towns or cities of England. That this boon will be conferred on London we live not only in hope but in the assurance. of. The great I obstacle to it is in the self-importance with which a vicious system has inspired a set of busy bodies, whose qualifications are in the inverse ratio with the ira portaace of the functions they fail to fill, and the scope of that authority they have not the capacity to exercise, but which none else can exercise while they nominally wield it. Mr. Rama proposes that an act of parliament be passed, declaring in the preamble that "the great causes of juvenile depravity and crime appear to be the absence of proper parental or friendly care, and the absence of a comfortable home ;" and that " all children above the age of 7 and under 15, suffering from either of these causes, require protection to pre vent their getting into bad company, learning idle and dissolute habits, growing up in ignorance, and becoming an expense and burden on the coun try as criminals, and that each protection be afforded by the state." The clauses in the projected act are ten in number. By the first three it is ca m posed merely to enact that the asylum be the Child's Home ; that commissioners be appointed to manage it; and that provision be made in it for instructing the children in all useful arts, trades, and occupations suitable to the working classes. The fourth clause enumerates the claws of children in cluded under the term " unprotected and destitute." They are : " Children driven from their homes by the bad conduct of parents; children neglected by their parents; children who are orphans, and neglected by their Mends; children who are bastards, and chil dren who are orphans and have no one to protect them or provide for them, or for whom no one does provide; children who, from their own miscon duct, have no protection or provision found them; children who are idle and dissolute, and whose parents or friends cannot control their bad conduct ; children who are destitute of proper food, clothing, or education, owing to the poverty of their parents or Mends, but whose pa rents or Mends do not apply for or receive parish relief ; children who are destitute for want of em ployment, and children of the class who become juve nile offenders generally." The fifth clause prescribes the manner in which peace officers or overseers of the poor are to obtain the warrant of the justices for intro ducing a child into the asylum. The sixth declares that children in the asylum may be employed as sailors, soldiers, workmen in public works, B:c., as the state thinks proper. The seventh directs that, on the admission of a child into thessylum, inquiry shall be made by the commissioners into the circumstances of the parents or other persons bound by law to support it, and the justices to make orders on such persons, from time to time, for contributions towards its maintenanoe there. The eighth enacts that these contributions shall be collected by the overseers or rate collectors of the parieh, and power is given to these parties to attach property or wages in the hands of masters for this purpose. Clause nine directs that the children sent to the asylum be taught useful trades or occupations in addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic. The last clause prescribes the condi tions under which the parent or friend of any child may obtain the authority of the justices to withdraw it from the asylum. Now, without maintaining that this plan, or the machinery proposed for its execution, is complete and above criticism in all its details, the merit may safely be claimed for it of placing a practicable scheme for accomplishing an important and desirable end fairly before the , public. As such we now present it to our readers. The important characteristic distinction be tween the projected asylums, and places like Park hurst, is, that the former propose to deal with children before they have taken their degrees in crime in the courts of law. Parkhurst, (says Mr. Botch), is no example he se. There all the children hare been criminate— haws bees allowed to drink deeply of the cup of sloe I Moil If not after *kg, have at any rats lisisre trial, bassi a pest to the, I way almost wry eleetrkel, watezoieellew et Imo dodos, se 3w dees Stake eel& That the Wino el Sehry er aYiennasr le stemped epee *tea ell beim they ire sewed to the edits es useful umlaut; et twisty. The alien stile esylwa nil be of a tee heat deal. will be him begin the 'steal otwadielea ashes b They ow bees Weep* tine to them ; whea eueeeweisi by weak o lden a , boobs essay . ow Ans , lasaws, er who should be, het ere mot, ask asmwal thug weal inevitably bare Ma a prey to these whit se ewe ea the leek out for just seek estreeiag wwwetee, le web, Om, though only yet belt willing, the tells el preelhed Mew, to become, when farther 'drowsed is ie. heeksei Ind emboldened in in iquity, and thus Teepee eentlieew Ile Nahum. Mr. Rona ought to &Osage, and we believe does &elan% arutimy and criticism of the most un sparing ldid he his plan. If it is or can be made workable, the advantages of adopting it w ill b e incalculable the exports of maintaining these innocent would be tor less thin that of sup porting them asiblema The everberdeeted rate-payers would so Itog be easpeiled to ass a drunken fah/a apeedimli ia ho es ahq gad drink is the gin pelmet, bete‘ship, hie wieldy yoga of 305. or 505., sad Is.. at the two des from their premises the petty sat else IN* Or glorying children of the sot are =ety let looms is steal to appease the opt tuna hunger. Property would at MO is aimilimpi sore secure, and the enormous cost et mgaimil sipieseices of these wretched children by Ihe I et their examinations, remands, re sod sesmittals, by magistrate! and Wi ittai. jindeas flair trials and convictions by juries, and maintenance in gaols, be Above all, the systematic imer vigorously carried on in every aelghbourhood, would be pat a 11. . 4: „.. ,., , . Accounts from Lisbon to the 3rd instant, state that the royal decree recalling Espartero, naming him a senator, and restoring his rank and honours, and another forbidding the journals from discussing the palace question, were expected to appear in the Gazette on the 4th. It was said that General Serrano would be named captain of the halberdiers. The moderado organ, the Heraldo, is furious, of course, at the turn things have so unexpectedly taken, and devotes several columns to the expression of its vexation. The cup has been dashed from the lip. On more than one occasion lately we have noticed the part taken . by . the Journal des Debate (the only remaining Paris journal which does not oppose the Ouizot cabinet) on the Italian question. The a sion of Austria was first flatly denied, next doubted, ir then tacitly assumed and extenuated, if not justified, and at last, under the hard pressure of public opinion, declared to be brusque and inopportune. The most trifling incidents were snatched at to cost discredit on the movement of the Italian people ; the rulers of the Italian states were warned against the horrors of anarchy ; the infant press, not yet walking alone, and confined by the leamg-strings of a censorship, was quslified as the " radical journals of central Italy r and, finally, the most enlightened of the Italian princes, whose conduct has commanded the admiration and respect of the world, was denounced as an incendiary who would set Italy in a flame. We revert to these circumstances, be- cause they give especial force to admissions now made by the same journal favourable to the liberal party in Italy, and inspire salutary reserve in the reception of such sinister statements as still issue from the same quarter. The Journal des Dilate on Monday gives a sensible letter from one of its correspondents, who dates from Bologna on the 30th ult. This letter THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1847. (which, for the reasons just given, may be taken as good authority on the liberal side) reproduces in sub stance the accounts which we have given of the ad mirable oonduct of the population of the Roman states, and especially of those more immediately goaded to acts of violence by the presence and inter ference of the Austrian soldiery on their soil and in their city. The writer says that although, since the 13th of August, these troops have not attempted any further encroachment, their attitude was still menacing and provoking. The commanders of the pontifical troops have received orders to make the moat firm resistance against them if they attempt to advance beyond their present po-, sition, in which event the regular troops are to be' reinforced by the volunteers of the national guard. The general opinion was, however, that no further advance would be made, and that the real object of Austria was to excite some popular outrage which would call for intervention. In this singular and delicate position the conduct of the population is ad mirable. An invincible determination is taken to give no pretext for Austrian interference. The popu lar feeling finds vent in the organisation and arming of the national guard, and in the enthusiastic ad 'dresses of the municipal and other constituted bodies to the Pope. Another letter of the same date, from Florence, given by the -Mats, presents a different view of the state of Tuscany, where it is complained that the rame control is not exercised over the popular movement Peti tions have been presented to the grand duke signed by eight thousand persons, calling for the organisation of the national guard. A large meeting took place in Florence on the 23rd, when several thousand persons went in organised procession, four abreast, to the palace of the grand duke, where, mingled with loyal acclamations, the formation of the national guard was called for. Among the leadem of this movement, according to the Debals, weni M. Mordini, editor of the Alba, a son of M. Pensi, a wealthy banker, and a Jewish banker, M. Crest! delle Ripe, called the Ciceroacchio of Florence. Among the lower classes an abortive attempt was made to get up a reactionary demonstration, which was, of course, ascribed to the agents of Austria. The government exercises no interference with these popular movements, either in directing or suppressing them. The troops have received express orders to avoid all collision with the people. These facts are admitted by the informant of the Debate, who, nevertheless, is opposed to the liberal movement. He admits that the public tran quillity has not been disturbed, but says that the government and the police are not to be thanked for this, both of which he censures for supineness. He de nounces theattroupements as democratic manifestations, but admits that the heads of the finance and wealth of Florence are among their leader& He denounces the journals for a licentiousness which would not be tolerated either in Paris or London. but admits that these journals are issued under the sanc tion of a ministerial censorship. The dis quietude of the respectable classes produced by the events at Ferrara and the rumours of war and in vasion have bad naturally an unfavourable effect on business. The savings bank has been drained in an unusual manner. The grand duke desires reform, but his ministers advocate conservatism. The course to be taken by France is anxiously inquired after. All this has excited the population to a high pitch, and the immediate presence of the Austrian invaders does not operate in Tuscany in producing a voluntary suppression of all demonstrations, as it does in the legations. MADRID, SEPT. 3. One of the two gaps in the ministry has been (as I announced yesterday that it would be) filled up by the acceptance of the portfolio of Grace and Justice by Garcia Goyena. He has been sworn in, and his appointment appears in the Gazette. T he other vacancy, the poet of President of the Council, is yet unoccupied. Nor is it with any degree of certainty yet known by whom it will be filled. The two persons on whom the eyes of the remaining ministry hive beea fixed are, beyond doubt, the Duke of Fries and Senor Ayllon. At the same time I have heard that Gen. Altus had refused this charge, which in the first place had been offered to him. Ayllon is reported to be tinged to a certain point with liberal tendencies, to which it is to be hoped that his inter course with Sir George Seymour at Lisbon may have added. The Duke of Fritts is a poet and an invalid, neither of which specialities may be considered as recommendations to figure at the head of a govern ment which stands so much in need of a pilot at once strong and vigilant. Which of these two has priority of choice is disputed. But the weight of authorities &vows the scale of the poetical and bath-consulting duke. Meantime a document of so much importance has been put forward in the Gazette by the remaining ministers that it deserves a full translation. They have not waited, it seems, for their official president to put forward their programme. Therefore their virtual president may be considered as already in his saddle. For the rest the ministerial prologue is in sufficient harmon7 with the terms of their bargain with the pragmatist& chiefs, which I sent you yes terday Madam,—The responsible ministers of your Majesty, whom you have honoured with your confidence, would be wanting to their own consciences, if the first resolution the council, which they resp ectfully submit to the royal hation, were not an act worthy of the heart of their Queen and mistress, and a sewers at ones just, liberal, and reparatory. Your calling around you those whose name. are wee far from purposing to confide the govern the ammareity to a single party, was equally far ham desiring to exiled* any other party from a share in the public budeses. Prom the throne of S. Fernando, placed by gftd iketnae in angle& exempt from maw passions and civilities, the liege soul of your Majesty has seen with deep grief that deplorable dissenit violent struggles, and am bitious and bitter rivalries tormente your an subjects, dividing the nation into partass, these parties i nto factions, d sub dividine even them factions. The ministers see, madam, like your Majesty, that to shut up the government of the state within the narrow limits of a party or faction, is at once to fecundate the lamentable seed of discord, to stir the fire of animosities, to perpetuate hatreds, and to deprive both the throne and country of loyal ser vants, who in their turn, and in consequence of the injustice with which they are treated, are wont to convert themselves, even against their will, into disturbers, or tools of intrigues and disorders. Nor is this deplorable exclusion confined to persons : the ideas, the theories of government, the advances even of civilisation, have become party questions, each deny ing to his opposite the right of doing good, and one sae blaming the efforts of another. Such a state of things, ma dam, cannot longer continue , without the throne of a hun dred kings, on which the nation loves and reverences the worthy successor of Isabel ,the Catholic, laded its lustre, without the= nation descending into the list of 11111/ yeeple_ • sad the actual ministers, who omassememmlesabsemseNithe able and and weighty charge white the regal eon lemee has =urn their inesidess, cannot and euot not to make assompliess of the ruin et the throne, in whose &hose dry watch, sad of the wiranky whisk it is their mere* obliption to govern loyally. Th. ndadmom of your ssejesty repose, therefore, to doyens thele sear% to incul cate deeply into all minds the principles of order, base, mid ibundation of all government, and the the public tranquillity, which depends on the of all to the laws and authority, without either to revolutionary subversions sr to • s e e h. , surd as impossible. eyes of your wiejesaq'rn ' most will twat to the The past only to had there e go wou ve nds in the body mil, which hays best mead by stns =that Mr the 'mks of the many ought to be Is ebileks. Wiesner beans, sptitude, deserts, serrisek sad malty to the threes mml ensnitution, may be feed, there will the sninhirry se serients for the .IMste They desire men who are hosed, eagable, sad loyal. What le post need not be recalled : it Weep to history and to bio tin aims. The reform of Asada imposts, the ear:ma mmon! of 'gasoline* sad indurtry, the removal of obsta . elm embodied's, end lashes in trade, punctuality in the follilment of elweYeae, is the fundamental Use of emir —or Iris to the liquidation of property which is in _menopelised in the hands of govern ment. The and seganmation of the public fore', a g th e repro* eharged to administer the laws, and of the drU adminkleation, are the objects to which the peers saint will dowels its first cares. Bat before all, Madam, the. council of Mitddlim, which his ever heard from the as col lips of your Dl** words t Life sad reconcilisties, lost not hadtate to delete se the ben, progiumme, and pattern ef the system they pegs* info es meek and cesiplete etwessey et the ywitorblith, ylissiet i er Spaniards as au =WiWage the ithethwetheither oat. as far as pee ves the =ma" 'fps* theemins. Your Matesty is thesis et the I'd* and et all the Spaniards, and the MOM el OD them ought to reach all, even so all ought to le OWNS ID the inflexible rod of its justice. lhepeemmmi esante spin all, it needs none; it ail thew he Mealy voice is des unhand sem et your Ma jeetessialjmie t awl if this vise Is Vilma * there will des las Ewa the rules et di yethke • liberal mo it tablet, with whose im am ket a r uses teem to occupy in the Easy= ha* the emisest rank to whisk it is destined by its Wsdloyend eseensess. If year Majesty will roadeeee i a as hue yaw loyal gtheresity we lark glwr your anionto tio doom which we Peanak the ileMby all await the verdict of tie math Illy =deli by th tn e=, baize which they will Ives in disk day to give as esesme t their :itt it The wise bre sigrht of your Majesty will determine, as always, in favour of that which is jest and well aimed.—Madrid, Sept. Madan, 14 the royal feet of your Mgarty, Cortuova, Bovzio, SALAMANCA, BeCOBURA, !I Di LiNO. ROYAL DIORZE.—It being my royal will to bury In oblivion the dissensions and disorders occurred in the mo narchy during the lest years, I decree as follows:—l. The representatives of my government in foreign countries will grant passports for Spain to all *Mal emigrant' who I solicit the same, without further condition than requiring from such an oath of fidelity to my royal person, and to the constitution of the monarchy. 2. All trials pending for political crimes shall be immediately superseded, except such ' as relate to the armed rebellion at this present prevailing. 3. The persons comprised is the present decree who shall have served in the ranks of the ex-Infant Don Carlos will not be permitted to reside, without special license from my government, in the military districts of Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre, and the Barque provinces. —Given in the Palace, &c., Sept. 2, 1847. Concha sets out this evening for his command in Catalonia, accompanied by 15 battalions and a body of cavalry. The pr etas are not very well pleased with the prospect of Senor Zaragoza, a person whose titles to office are entirely confined to his connexion with Salamanca, being appointed to the responsible post of political chief of Madrid. FRANCE.—Passs PROSECUTIONS.—The respon sible editor of the Gazette de France, M. Durand, was sum moned to appear on Tuesday before the Court of Assizes, to answer for articles inserted in that journal on August 20th and 21st, as being excitations of hatred between two classes of society, and of hatred and contempt of the King's sovera ment. As M. Durand did not appear, the court condemned him in default, and sentenced him to imprisonment for twelve mouths, and to pay a fine of 3,000 francs. This case being disposed of, the court proceeded to that of the .IXmo cratte Pacsfique. The advocate for M. Cantagrel, the re sponsible ethtor, who e hie appearance, moved to quash the citation, on the ground of technical irregularity, but the objection was overruled, and the merits were gone into. After hearing the Advocate-General in support of the pro secution, and M. Dein for the defence, the jury, after deli berating a few minutes, brought in a verdict of "Not Guilty," and M. Cantagrel was discharged. THE BEAUVALLON APPAIR.—The preliminary pro ceedings in the Beenvallon affair still continue. M. Michelin, the councillor to whom the conduct of the inquiry has been entrusted, yesterday visited the house in the rue de Chaillot which had been inhibited by D'Eequevilicy. He was ac companied by Beanvallon and MM. de Meynard and Bost tipsy, two of the witnesses. EXTENSIVE FAILURE.—The suspension of pay ments by a large commercial house in Paris has been re ported for some days past. Liabilities to the amount of six millions of francs are spoken of, and the manufacturers of Paris will suffer for very large sums. The declaration of bankruptcy not having yet been made, the Commerce, from which we derive the information, declines to publish the name of the firm, _ STEAM POWER.—It appears from a recent official return that the total number of steam engines in France in 1845 was 207 ; in 184.0, it was only 109. Another return respecting the produce of the iron mines states that in 1845 the quantity of iron cast was 439,000 tons, whereas in 1826 the quantity was only 190,000. The pries of bar iron, which in 1523 was 48f. the 100 kilogrammes, was in 11545 only 34f. ATTEMPTED MURDEII.—A person named Ham mond, aged 42, a native of Jersey, was on Tuesday brought to trial before the Court of Anises of the Seine, charged with having attempted to commit assassination, in order to effect a robbery. The prisoner, who is of gentleman-like manners, belongs to a good family, and at one time possessed some for tune. But on spending it he had no other resources; end his wife, from whom he lived separate, obtained, it was said, her living in • disreputable way. In 1 , ebrusry, the pri soner lived in a house in the rue du Chemin de Versailles, at Chaillot, and was unable to pay his rent. On the 25th of that month his son met • person, named Comte, a dealer in lace, and told him to take some lace to the rue du Chemin de Versailles, telling him diet a gentleman, who was rather avaricious, would purchase it. Comte immediately went to the place indicated, taking with him lace of the value of from I.Boof. to 2,000 f. The pnsoner detained him for some time, and treated him with great politeness; but when Comte was off his guard, the prisoner struck him several times on the head, with a clothes iron. Comte cried out for help, but the prisoner beat him until he fell senseless. Hammond then took to flight, but the next morning gave himself up to the officers ofjunice. Comte subsequently recovered. The pri mer, whose previous conduct had been far from correct, was declared guilty by the jury, and the court condemned him to ten years' hard labour at the hulks. SHFTTING UP AN IDIOT.—A man named Hubert, an inhabitant of the arrondissement of Netichstel, in Nor- mandy, has just been tried at the Court of Assizes of Rouen, foe having held apart in a state of complete isolation, want of food, and filth, his brother-in-law, named Boutt erelles, • man of rather weak intellect. The motive of this sequestra tion was a desire on the part of Hubert to appropriate to his own use a life-rent of 450 fr. belonging to Boutterollea. Being found guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, Hubert was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. SUICIDE PROM RAILWAY SPECULATION.—An inha bitant of St. Maur, • few days back, when walking in the garden of the house where he lived, perceived near the wall a basket and a woman's cap. Suspecting that all was not right he gave the alarm, and the well having boa assn mined was found to contain the body of the wife of a work- man residing in the house. They had, it appears, contrived to scrape together a sum of 3,000 f., which they had laid out in railway s ha res. That species of property having become exceedingly depreciated, the woman could not support the idea of the loss, and put an end to he existence by throwing herself into the well. _ _ -- --- THE ilNTAGE.—Letters from Strasburg state that it is impossible to conceive anything more luxuriant than the present vintage; it is rich and abundant in the extreme. Immense quantities of champagne are being exported, especially to the north of Europe. The price of wine is falling daily, while that of vessels increases ; in some districts the seller, will return one ask of wine for three empty vessels. . . . HOLLAND.—The Queen is travelling incognito to Switaerland, under the name of the Countess of Hein richsau. AMSTERDAM, SEPT. B.—An order has just been issued by the burgenuaster, under date 30th Aug., stating that in the approaching kertnesse, which will commence on the 13th of September, all games of chance, lotteries, raffles, fortune-telling, or anything approaching thereto, are most strictly prohibited. It is likewise forbidden to make pro- cessions in the streets with beating drums, and while a place is especially assigned to the amusement f the children, the parents are strictly admonished to keep them within bounds, so that there may be no approach at disorder or disturbance. Taverns, coffee-houses, wine and beer shops, and other places of a similar nature, are permitted to remain open until two o'clock is the morning. GERMANY.—AUSTRIA.—VIENNA, SErr. 2. The garrison commenced its autumnal evolutions yesterday, but they will be confined to the local troops, in consequence of the harvest and the vintage. At the latter end of the month, however, we expect to have the three annual grand reviews. Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress have just returned from home to Sebonbrunn from their tour, which has been favoured by the finest weather. We hear that our royal visitor the King of Prussia has been received everywhere throughout the imperial do minions with the utmost enthusiasm. PRUSSIA.—BERLIN, SEPT. 3.—The court pro ceeded to investigate the case of the prisoner Severyn von Ostrowski. TOUR.—ST. PETERSBURG, Aure. 28.—The Emperor will next week begin an extensive Jamey through the interior of the empire. The main =of doe szettrsioa are Moscow and Kiew, bat several elves sod southern governments—in New Russia sod tin triorOaseasiaa proclaims—will be visited. There win las misers ea a consieterabis scale in the cities Kiew, Meseseeeek,„ soid Blisalsethipa4l. Wanner possibl be imbeds& ha the Mass visited. The ma y Pawns b sot expec y ted to rooms ben the Ilia el Odsier. . Welt WITB fitiCOOLltlte"—A lapplementary ordi nance has been bitted against the sureel on the Prussian frontier. The eestrlentartiel ) are satho rind to prone:ones senleeme et ini a girke ll I stimetenta as lave carried arms sad rabbi the staikury or rural panes. These courts are to be amused et the oMottn of We cordons, assisted by some of the Led magistrates. Their sentences must be tint submitted to the civil governor of the province, and on his 'probed.' pet in immediate execution. In the event of these matron involving oorporia pouishments or banishment to Siberia, they must be transmitted to the Minister of Finest* e who is to lay them before the commit tee of ministers BRAZIL.—The Swordfish, Capt. Green, which ar— rived st Liverpool yesterday, has brought intelligence from Pernambuco to the 30th July. As is generally the case the commercial news alone possums interest. Business was rather dull in conesquence of few vessels arriving with breadstuff, ; indeed, the whole stock of flour in the city did not exceed 1,000 barrels, which were principally American. In regard to beef, butter, and cheese, the same remarks will apply. Any of these last named articles, it was thought, would command good prices. Fish, as may be imagined, was, in consequence of the small stocks of other food, greatly in request. The arrival' amounted to about 95,600 drums, 65,700 of which were sold in Pernambuco; the re mainder went south. Further snivels of this last-named commodity were anxiously looked for. In exports increased activity was manifested ; in cotton particularly a capital busi ness was doing, owing to the arrival of several Spaniards: prices had risen to 71d. per lb. The supplies from the country, owing to rainy weether, were very limited. Cotton: A good deal had been done in this article, at 61 to 60 200 re., but latterly, in consequence of the arrival of several Spaniards, prices had been pushed ; the supplies from the country daring the last fortnight had been very limited, owing to the weather. Exchange ruled from 261 to 27d. F b: Last rates for Liverpool Id., and 5 per cent. per b. cotton ; sugar, 31. 10s. and 31. and 6 per cent.; Channel and a market in the United Kingdom 41, and 5 per cent. ; ups in cues 16 per cent. ler for begs, additional rates if sant from the Channel to the continent ; 41. and 6 per cent. for cases obtainable for Trieste and other Medi terranean ports. No vesseL in port disengaged. Accounts from Bahia to the 24th July had been received in Fermat- bum. Freights were at 70s. to London direct, and 80e. to the Channel. Exchange remained the same, namely, 27 d. Advice' had also been received from Maranhao to the 14th July. Exchange was at 27i• RIVER PLATE.—Sir,—Thestatelnntinyotirpaper of to-day respecting the negotiations in the River Plate is ' evidently written by an advocate of the Monte Videan and French party, anxious to throw all the odium on General Rome, and to make it appear that he alone has broken off the good intentions of the English and French ministers. Such is not the fact. All the points affecting the original cause of intervention had been arranged between them and the government of General Row ; it was the attempt to force the question of navigating the rivers that broke off the negotiations. The armistice was also agreed to by Generals Roses and Oribe, but refused as inadmissible by the govern meet of Monte Video. Your informant don't say why it was inadmissible. I will tell you—because it does not suit the MonteVidean loan jobbers to open the trade of the river. Keep on the blockade, say they, and we shall continue to re alise large dividends on the "customs mortgages : " take it sit, and we no longer tan the commerce of Buenos Ayres. This is the real game they have played all along, and they still want to play it. As for the greater consistency of Count Waleski over Lord Howdea, it only amounts to this, that the cue follows in the wake of bis predecessor, Baron Defaudis ; whilst the other acts independently, and shows his determi nation no longer to be humbugged either by MonteVidean rapacity or French intrigue. I doubt the accuracy of your informant's statement, " that Count Waleski's assurance that he would not raise the blockade was put on board the Rattler."—X. Y.—London, Sept. 8, 1847. CHINA.—The Lirerpool IV,nea publishes the fol lowing awful intelligence, purporting to be from Canton, of date the 22nd of May Most likely this will be my last letter, as I hear we are all going to have our throats cut to night ; so the Chinese say." tjt Court. - ARDVERTKIE, SEPT. 7.—Yesterday the Prince of Leiningen left for London. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the morning in the grounds, and in the afternoon went out on the 'lake, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. Today Prince Albert went to the forest. There is no addition to the royal dinner party. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Lord J. Stuart had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Dr. Lindley had also an interview with the right hon. baronet, at the Home-office. The American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft have left town for a short tour on the continent. During his excel lenc)'s absence, 'the secretary of the legation, Mr. J. R. Brodhead, will act as charge d'affaires. The Earl of Minto left town yesterday afternoon for Ramsgate, to embark for the continent. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, has arrived in town. DEPARTURE OP PRINCE WALDEMAR OF PRUSSIA. —Prince Waldemar of Prussia, accompanied by Baron Lauer Munchosen and Count Groeben, has left Mivart's Hotel on his return to Germany. His royal highness made farewell visits to Lord John Russell and the foreign ministers the day of his departure ; and the royal prince and attendants were engaged a long period in inspecting the valuable collection of painungs belonging to Sir R. Peel, at the rig_ht hon. baronet's private residence in Whitehall-gardens. The whole of the arrafigements previously announced for his royal highness's departure were at the last moment abandoned. The prince left with his retinue soon after 3 o'clock for the London bridge terminusof the South Eastern railway, where Cheva lier Hebelow, the Prussian Consul General, was in waiting to receive the royal prince, who proceeded to Ramsgate by the half-past 4 o'clock train, and intended to remain there for the night, and embark to-day for Ostend. Count d'Orlola proceeded by the same train to Folkestone for Paris. Prince Waldemar intended on leaving Ostend to go by way of Ghent and Antwerp to Cobleotz, there to meet the King of Prussia. His royal highness, previous to quit ting London, expressed his deep sense of the cordial recep tion he had met with while sojourning in this country. GENERAL ESPARTERO.—We learn that the Duke of Victory (Genets] Espartero) has at length determined on quitting England for the continent. The gallant duke has taken preliminary measures to break up his establishment at Abbey Lodge, Regent's-park, and has made arrange ments to leave for Brussels on or about the 28th inst., and will then in all probability proceed to Madrid, accompanied by the Duchess of Victory and Espartero, his niece. is It exactly four years, the 23rd of last month, since General Espartero, with General Van Hales and fifteen companions ' in exile resorted to our shores for personal protection. The important news contained in our communications from Spain will sufficiently account for the duke's departure, and his English friends will rejoice at the cause of his return to Spain. Few foreign noblemen will have taken with them so large a share of admiration and esteem as Gen. Espartero. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of business.— Deputy Peacock gave notice of a motion for making some improvement in the Irish Society.—Mr. Wire said that he had intended to give notice of a motion relative to the sanitary regulations of the City of London, but he had been given to understand that the Commissioner of Sewers meant to adept immediate proceedings upon the subject —Deputy Peacock said that the commissioners were engaged in the consideration of that important question, and it was referred to them to prepare a bill for power to improve the sanitary condition of the City aocordinely. THE Car SMALL DEBTS COUHT.—Mr. Barn brought :p the report upon the act for the more easy recovery I small debts and demands within the City of London and the liberties thereof. It stated, that the com mittee having considered the 23rd clause in the act, whereby the court was authorised to order that the judge, clerk, baili ff , and officers of the court should be paid by salaries instead of fees, recommended the court to direct that the payment of the chief clerk should be by a salary of 5001. out of the fees. That the act came into opera tion on the 29th of September, and the court must give at least one month's notice of the place where, and of the day at days on which, the sheriffs' courts were to be held ; and that the committee recommended that till such time as the court of requests may be in readiness, the said courts be holden in the Guildhall, and that the first be held on Toes day, the 12th of October, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and continued weekly, the judge having advised that the holding of the court once in every week will be sufficient at the com mencement. The report was agreed to. CITT-13UILDING LIASES.—Upon the motion of Mr. Wire, M was referred to the City lands, bridge-house estates, and improvement committees to consider, consult with counsel, and report te the court, whether, in their opinion, it would be for the interest of the corporation, if building leases on its estates were in future to be granted for 80, instead of the now venal term of 61 years, sad whether such change could be made without peril to any of its rights or privileges. ALLEGED SALE OP A JUDICIAL OFFICE —Mr. M. Taylor moved that the secondaries and City courts committee be directed to report upon the reference from the court of the 26th of January, 1843, relative to the appointment of the clerk of the county court of Middlesex.—The minutes of the inquiry relative to the alleged sale of a judicial office, are, it appears upon the records of the committee in the Tows- Clerk's-offiee, and the importance of the subject may be collected from the fact that the chairman of the committee stated the result of the investigation to be, that parliament lad deprived the shrievalty of Middlesex of a privilege which was represented as having been then abused. The motion was agreed to unanimously without discussion, but it is un derstood that all the particulars of the transaction will be brought forward at the next court. Tax TESTIMONIAL TO THE SPANISH CAPTAIN:A mag nificent salver, the manufacture of Messrs. Elkington and Co., of Moorgate-street and Regent-street, voted by the court to Captain Don Bernardino Camp, in testimony of his humane and heroic conduct in saving the lives of the pas ample and crew of the Tweed steamer, was exhibited on the table of the court—Mr. King (the chairman of the General Purposes Cenuaittes) said the testimonial had been prepared by the geoid dkostion lithe committee, and he trusted it would meet the yoprobedes eithe court, as calcu lated to evince the seheira and risme with which they regarded the heroical minduct of the sn. to whom it had been so ward. It was 'ble to contem plate, without a degree of sa ion, the course adopted by the issepsenidon of the City of London upon an cession of the kind, fix at the same time that it expressed emir NM of the grid merits of the Spanish captain, it memerily led to a maple emulation, tending to the benefit done kind.—Mr. Awdlerton agreed in every word uttered ye. King. He hoped that in futere the court would edelitnte pieta of pkis like that which was exhibited on the mart table, tor the muff-boxes in which the freedoms were generally muissoL knarrvenou TO PAILLAMILIITAZT Home or Mernso. —Mr. Wire (in the enema ei Mr. Beneath) brought for ward the following Emden Mist Oe SIONMONIS of the Oise of Comma head at ono Oda* teas ltar • mg nommaime ar memo ammo in Is& sari. Tint It Mier Imam, to mirk too tae owl noldrolo. timber% mit peoftionel mo. Is tibia Ilia arty dace thie soto not provonts els duo on ot =tleostit Itsroript Ittt imam ; timbre It to sip& t i sit ow* at mom somial at kir Me Imo otiout la the ollonsat, te orb Wiliam aims le aneemoi men Soli. vadat. The enema of Mr. Benno& emu seek an emesion was wee at *s ineenvenienee et the prom hours emoting. The oldies et Mr. MONMSEat was te provide far the solvent once of the membere to have the week= am eicarately and fully dimmest, and to promos eambeesteee mercantile and banishes kroner—a clam et sentiment excluded by the , existing_getem Oces participtMen the deliberations of the body. He thoesin that eis V eldt, whisk time the members hid e proahl be arose suitable to the nolleitz —Mr. Kin the mew He did net tow position w ism gentlemen entertained be misdate the practice and More of busittees ef the cone as alertly se they could to peehmentary usage. He was net desirous of making the alert look ridiselona—The gneiss wee then put every head imp Mr. Wire s ens held up Flu Isameen—The Lord May.. bonded to the town clerk a letter hem Mr. Paine, the fantair, stating that in acteedeme with the melee mem whisk he had revived beidig timm ing i neele in ewes el Ire, he had held five inquests in Ma d Leadita , and her ingeasta in Southwark, within the year, and that ne vim then me-halt et the number et free had occurred ion. it pions, in comparison with the number usually reperteL—The letter was referred to a committee. - Carr Fammiome.—Mr. W. 8. Hale moved, that in con sequence of the peosesdino tithe coati on the 21st of July, 1847, with coyest Wileiwioa of the City the mart epectfally muse the Cone etablemea to divot such pro ceedings as they may dam for calling upon non freemen carrying ma made wMYi the City to take up their freedom.-811m tome dismiss, in which the sense of the court wu mat slyly and decidedly sweated against en tertian* such a miles, Mr. Hale vftlio iß ALTIOLATTOVI OR red exam lima= raw WOND/T TO TIIIIIIDAT.-40. Amble=arkka Aram the fumes; (mime, mai edam, ef n, altering the cattle aseket at b pese Ite=day to Tuesday; also, a petition from the farmers, graziers, and others, of Wiabeach: also, a petition from the farmers graziers, and others, of the county of Rutland and elsewhe re , for the like alteration. The petitions alluded in very pathetic terms to the desecration committed in Smithfield on the seventh day in the fixing of the etalls and pens for the cattle, and the noise and filthy language of the vagabonds trees. eerily collected by the immense business, for which the Sun day was used in preparation.—M r. ft. Taylor, Mr. Lawrence, and other members, denounced the language of the petitions as touching the highest point of cant, fanaticism, and hum. bug ; and - Mr. Barnes, Mr. De Jersey, and other', con. sidered the petitions as exhibiting a truly religious spirit, and reflecting honour upon the petitioners, who looked upon the desecration as deeply revolting,—The petitions were referred to the markets committee. The court then adjourned. THE NEW MODEL PRISON, CLERKENWELL.-- Yesterday communications were forwarded to the magi'. trates of the county of Middlesex, requiring them, after the 28th inst., to commit prisoners for trial, as also those re manded for further examination, exclusively to the new model prison, Clerkenwell, named the " Middlesex House of Detention," which, after that date, will be ready for the re ception of such persons. This prison contains 1,000 separate cells, each fitted with stool, table, hammock, and lavatory, similar to the Bentonville Model rison. The entire erection is in the form of a cross, the centre being the chapel ; each wing contains 2.50 cells. Persons under detention will be kept strictly apart ; even the exercise grounds, and gratings for the reception of visitors, ars so constructed, that they can neither see nor hear each other. A library of works, chiefly of a religious tendency, is to be provided for the use of the inmate.. Tile SAILOR'S HOME.—Yesterday the directors of the " Sailor's Home, or Brunswick Maritime Establish ment," held their meeting in the board-room of the institu tion, in Well-street, London-docks. This institution was opened 12 years since for the providing a receptacle for sea. men paid off from their respective ships in the port of Lon don, or otherwise oat of employ, where they may be boarded and lo dged at as low a charge as possible, and where every effort is made to improve their moral condition by affording them religious instruction, &c. The establishment is capa ble of accommodating 300 individuals, each of whom has a separate cabin or sleeping•berth. There are at present 200 inmates. During last year 4,587 boarders were received, and the sum of 22,4801. had been received and paid by the cashier on the private accounts of the seamen ; 4,1951. had been sent to themselves, or their families, at their own homes; whilst in the savings bank upwards of 2,2881. stood to the credit of the boarders of the institution. The Holy Scriptures, in variens languages, are provided ; and an excellent library of useful and instructing works. A pro fessor also delivers lectures on practical philosophy, the steam-engine, &c., in which the men appear to feel great interest. There is also a schoolmaster, who gives instruction in navigation, writing, and arithmetic, both to adults and apprentices. Tke expenditure last year left a balance on hind of 6881. LAMBETH RAGGED SCHOOL.—Yesterday evening a public meeting was held at the Baptist Chapel, Waterloo road, for the purpose of devising means so as to extend the operation and o f thwepscu i h o o L l' dis n 4i rd ct e e r f t4 th m e e lC t e th w-c e t r i e t t . lui T e h m e e Cdr o l- f the ing wax filled by a respectable auditory. The Hon. Arthur Kumaird occupied the chair. The report read by the secre tary showed that the school was first opened in November last, through the assistance of the Ragged School Union, the committee of which presented the promoters with 151. The attendance upon the first night included 160 children and 30 teachers. The funds of the school would not, in the first instance, admit of its being opened for more than three nights in the week, but now it was opened six days for 5i hours each day, thus affording the scholars 33 hours per week of religious and secular instruction. The overage attendance of day scholar, was now 45, and of Sunday scholars 91. An examination into the history of the children showed that several of them had been discharged from prisons, and that others had been rescued from an aban doned and idle life. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Watts, the report was received and ado?ted. After several addressee by Dr. Elliot, Mr. Butler, and other gentlemen, resolutions approving of the objects of the meeting were unanimously carried. CITY OP LONDON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. —A reunion of the members and friend, of this institution took place last evening—the first since the com pletion of the extensive alterations and repairs of the house, which has been considerably improved since the last celebra tion, the theatre having been rebuilt on an enlarged scale, and various accommodations added. The proceeedings of the even ing were of a varied character, and appeared to afford consider able amusement to a large concourse of visitors. They were commenced at 8 o'clock, when Mr. George Grote presided in the theatre, and in an address of some length spoke of the numerous advantages derivable from ema ciation with an institution of the kind, the benefits of which, both in the way of amusement and in struction, he described. While congratulating the mem bers upon their increasing prosperity, he could not but regret to hear of the ill success which had recently attended similar societies, and of the extinction of two in the metropolis. The sum of 1,4001. had been subscribed to the City of London Institution for repairs, but 2001. was still required to cover the expenses. A copy of Mr. Grote's speech, in extenso, was furnished to the Morning Chronick, for the use, it was understood, of the morning papers, to which copies were to be supplied, but on application at the Chronicle office the request was not complied with in our own case. A number of recitations from po pular authors were delivered after the opening address by Messrs. • Gardner, Carswell, George Grosamith Tagg, homage, and Brind the subject of the latt'er gen. Semen was a poetical address, written for the occasion by Kr. Lawrence. This portion of the proceedings was perhaps moat interesting, as exhibiting the efficiency acme of the departments of instruction enjoyed by the members, who appear, from the specimens of last evening, to have made considerable progress in elocution. For the amusement of those whom the recitations did not interest, or who could not find accommodation in the theatre, a soncert was pro vided in the reading-room above, and the entertainments • concluded with a ball. It u to be hoped that the members of this institution will not be deprived, by its ill success, of passing many more evenings in • similar manner. SELF-SUPPORTING AGRICULTURAL ScitooLt.—Sia, —Some six or eight years since much interest was excited at the meetings of the British Association, by accounts furnished by Mrs. Gilbert. the widow of the late president of the Royal Society, of several self-supporting agricultural schools which she had established in the neighbourhood of East bourne, Sussex. The interest thus awakened was kept alive from meeting to meeting, by further reports of triumphant success, and proofs of profit, to landlord, achoolmester. and all concerned. Having occasion lately to visit Sussex, I re solved to go over to IWillingdon, where the most celebrated of these schools was situated, and see and judge for myself. What, then, was my surprise to find that the school—a self supporting school, be it observed--had been given up by Mn. Gilbert herself some three or four years since, and the school and the premises attached to it had been sold by bes son and successor. Now, surely, here is a wrong one way or the other. Year after year the public were informed that Mrs. Gilbert had made a great discovery ; that a new moral agent had been introduced into our agricultural dis tricts, profitably to the landlord and beneficially to the la bourer ; m brief, that spade husbandry, cows stall-fed, little boys, and a penny a week, had worked miracles. If these re ports were true, the breaking up of the school, and selling the improved land at, of course, an improved price, were some what hard usage for the poor schoolmaster. If they were not true, then I submit that the lady or her eon were bound to have given public notice that they had been deceived or deceived themselves; and not have allowed persons to travel down into this obscure corner of the civilised world in search of a humbug, or to start projects on the faith of Mrs. Gil bert's statements, which Mn. Gilbert knew could-only end in disappointment. I hope that the publication of this letter may elicit the truth from sense one.—Ti. ISSUE OF THE SHILLING POSTAGE STA 31P. — Yesterday notice was kneed and affixed at the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Geseul, that the new shilling postage label would be ea sale, for the use of the public, on Moeda), the 13th inst. PRISON HAItPIEL--Wer—Tbereia a set ofraesbeWS to few but Month, ding to be gurneys; lads in reality, having Ne ~ pua c an to the standing in sosiolf. ednestion, er Idol et modeema of that'neefel prehsoles. Theme men me immtenft Weals' about . pollesellem mimes, he the eels 9111.1181etbeing advantage et the hest ancultl and &MIK to pleader the 'datives sai fiends of delinquents, by egg a knowiehr atjt a kw, and great eagoalenee is criminal emots, wW ambles them to hems a certain acquittal for Ile NI. fortunate being in eraMody, if they are only and paid to get op hi deism If the unfottomes, should in an ungeweied mead soneent to famitly coo aa them, he at oneolinds out lie mitions or friable, sat by di! seat wily arts of mimegmeemigks and elsa by Alsehood, works epos Ikek hist essniigs, sad Woo log.„, to advance money for the delmos which th ea skier la afford; and when the trial aims on they dlMear Goa late that he is no legal practitioner et all—no brief has ben me wed—no counsel has beemesteimd—we Whom , hale been subponaed, and the polorkli saw where to be found. Indiums have bees Lam eg 1101., 151., and even 201., basing bent menial *OR the pockets of the poorest relatives et the rime these harpies _• to oblate width teonitmo hies .die llim pawned, and dime lend for loess, te es enlist that 'las proved*. utter Ma d who Mee boos ems forbad Cam seeking be dame Is put en ail Is lbomilo. `. • . Nigeki fsNami Cannot peimin be solberhilli 10e to lend themeless to sok eieleass f Sorely it is a natter waft, of atteetke 111Bilisse magistrates, who an new about es •epta ta. saw kers et detention at Cleeksowdl, where, is Mose tie" se mob of this kiwi dhag sad impala kap veil. The evil is se peat, an abets rue isissselt the blade amdreistime of mimeses se mach sew dna el the Mak& Sussamiwas, that we onset bat think aats nom of haft thessels el the dines as well as el Se preessee• ties soli be irdesi tat week' tend verymmh to shah suck diemeillableprestiem—lii. CoullTT (burr Jam a MCP plaint made in t ripager by • person who lad to me sr: thee by County Cm" ghat after = li pid Yat e s ch s e r omnibus to amble tea bees sass coul was saw a~ b y thhba tum.tit : diels urs : ry bo alala bmeL andi at the ensw jlidill."llware eks l bedi s ;emeeten ithe " : m dab annat li:V ii ie wsdi s so the Alai andel to, who unmade' S ae Mire Me I enact ape to those I had already peii. th il e s t e d y seeption o ba bi l iglig a M namou the steri publi' a d o t , seli i w c : s a r ho tare:trodosimumertelimesamrs