The Express. — London, England, 1852-03-22 00:00:00

tYSTAL PALACE RE OPENED. TO Tilt IDITOK or TM! EIFIIIBII. s nt, ....The government and the royal tammaimion pare ilecidcil to allow the contract under which the T a i,,ee was constructt dto take its course. Ia thoewith the bedding will shortly be pallid dews. Wo fret that a structure of the kind, novel is donlok m g w i dth km r utted the unqualitied aolisuration oftbswide seam. Y &dune,' for &any purpims of public imerseties sad re grottos. and ousiit to be Preserved: that the 'meads' err, to which se large a covered spree suisilit be adapted are • dbistroted in the enema of Mr. aft and MF. Duke ,ournission on the salmi t o 7=tsi by W Limb lithe ry. But in the repeat asmaimmi the is taken founded us a dagrast wdesiewaptlaa ▪ La i th rottens evidence, that it weahl bs petit& to potty , t nee building better adapted kar a winter et les cost than would be reunited to render UM Crystal ll pa,“ pernissicet, and to adept it to Sir Joseph's Vas, er have a. hes:totem in myna, that this is a monstroes pi,aake. And that. if the present structure is threwa away, • s imply a unmet s detract ion of 160,0001. worth o r Lb;,‘ pnyerty, which is not likely to be replaced Incept p,l r r se am•unt of cited! aunt equal to that which pro -6,4 the ti•ect Eslobition. The building aus only sow reeszini by a ;nand; station of public opinion in its fe w, end, that the most ample opportunitts a for that pur rs. sasy be afforded. we shall for the next week throw Nee ths doors to all visitors tree of charge. We leave the • ~,the building to this final court of appeal, confident o w. away mews are rand, tlii y will yet be carried into 4 0 , We ate, sir, your most obedient servants, FOX. II EN 1/KIRSON, sad Co. Newstritt, Sprimkgank its. March 20. The following i 4 the !sport of the corrimisaioOPl rated to o..tcre into the cost and applicability of the Esi:dinst in Ilv de nab: tidies. of Worts, de., 19th Feb., 1832. ..onplionce with your lordships' direc tion. vie hate made Unpile, into the several mattes re fund tom the 'lrsassr, letter, dated the 13th of bora). r. bids It will our most ,suivenient that we should is the Int Rine nport oven thou . questisnri which will admit of stir lint and dstiu.te man s the, net— t The pear at winc:i the ievernment could purchase the Sa It clear lea s that 'niter the 31st of Deeember, 18.11, the Waite has been ...inn gp by the comniilaiOnera appointed to soprrintert the Eslinnuen, and has become the sole pree. rty of tic ..11•1.0041. to order, therefore', to obtain ar , ply to this Own. we arrhed tO Sir C. Fox. and he h a . „n I' v.-A of the ontreeters, that the prise of 0. :iuddine A. it co. it I. 1 . ... A IL 70. Ha., to which ein,wer, •„•,..r, mu.: he added a sum fur its main. trainee saw the hr.! cot Irrember. Sir C. Foe has stated eat be toped. the IZo A Commiraionera to pay • sum of 91:41:1. 4.. 4.1 beyond a hot he has already received, and if rope. tan i'ileadd br r. abseil, the purchase money geetd be misted ro the.: est, fit. 11. The con at which it could be adapted for a permanent Ire !In. the moths necessary tor th s purpose the contractors well seibrtale to roe cute for the sum of 26,0001., SOBlllit. it that it were determined to retain the building on Its peat intr. 111. The coat of removing the building, and razing it 0 wart site. The auger to this question must of course depend upon titans:ma the r, mound, and the nature of the soil upon what ft say be prop...A to relic the building ; but masami 'pato be vethin a distance to which the materials could bt rated. sad that the site chosen for its re-construction ern sttradsd with no unfavourable circumstance, Elie C. Fit has stated the cast of its removal and re-construction, lea:slag soch improvements as would adapt it fora masa mut bui.dins. to be 61..10Uf. lu other words, adding the eat dreamt and reconstruction to the price of the par don the Exhibition building coed be removed and re b..a fin the sum of l'-'7,3331. in • condition In which it cool be permanently maintained. IV. The probable cost which would be required for the nalteasset of the building. The contractors would undertake to maintain the grartert, including the coat of painting it eaternally and burraally every four year., fur the sum of 3,0001. a year. Tie other questions which your lordships have submitted lOW CouNdsratloll attest be matter of opinion, and will or of such easy solution. These are : T The purposes to which the building could be meet atnataa. otoly applied. this point a variety of suggestions have been e& red. _ _ large covered boace affords, it is said, accommodation fx innumerable objects hud facilities for public amusement scl instiartion.. These arc advantages which, it is argued, tt.414 not be neglected, but should in some way or other be rendered evaiLible ; end accordingly the Exhibition might, it has been suggested, comprise within its exple area UM.C1113:11, sculpture galleries, ksture rooms, *mend walks for invalid., places of recreation for the ii c. snd of velltatilie research for the studious. It is imposaible fairly to examine these various runw ays *Murat at the same time considering another ques t". I te rosy r " 11. site which it be desirableto select for this ba:ding : Whether or not the government could, consistently with brow ingsgements, rs:tain the building upon its present men re question into which we do not consider it our pro rate to eater; but ae have not deemed it right, in regard le this point, to exclude :4:new evidence which appears to 'Were, year lordships' attention. Assuming that the present site were deemed nnobjection &l.e. it appears to us that a portion of Hyde Park should an he pinnatu-ntly Appropriated, unless to on object of very ✓enal interest and advantage. The lkitish Museum affords undoubtedly insufficient rpm for Its daily increasing collections; but we believe that the areeture in Hyde Park could not be rendered sub• arrant to its relief without extensive alterations, which, tsds they would impair the effect of the building, would u mtisty persons who visited the collections. The sculptures of Egypt, of Lytle, and of Nineveh, arid, it has been said, be advantageously seen under a not whieth from its lightness end transparency, resemble. the wen v. The contrast of light and shade is, however, deemed advantageous to sculpture, and the colossal charac ter et these antiquities may be by other persons thought harmed best with missive architecture. flawkins, the head of the department of Antiquities at the Tinti.ll Museum, thinks it objectionable to divide tut collection, while he observes that articles of value toed not be sifely deposited in this building, unless the preesetsows moat.: to curing the time of the Exhibition were again adopted. It it, moreover, obvious that roams for the careers of the tepattintat must he pr.vitied: and it ii probable that guisally the subdivisions and alterations of the interior smolt prove the bad economy of appropriating this much Waited st.sseture to a purpose for which it was not originally dh itintee of these °barred's% appears te have bees la Nice mann admitted, eve* lip gwelege The Segealehled apprspetation dohs bailing. It wagbe seek he in nate. eat Mr. Cole eestanghtess thi only as a tsapereey impleyment el the eon some ewe Wean Mlles agl hare bees ilme yellow kelklatiene which he thinks it desirable be smalarb. Agnes the veriest athimes WM lase beset . With a new rearliseksi the WNW one& Ihr ea he pewee tide. the pine eweetweeeefl _ .1/11 Tutee memo le as the me Webb. Se sellwinM • eery is us pies fee emeeerther Se beading late a gar des. and having estleinteal Ple wet 'Me eineeedendbe mates that the futile eatZ e r w erep die prelim of the bedtime sad fte wail be ifs ales enbeinee mote at 12 OWL a yeet. Sinthee eandiseellaa. /NW ever, r Joseph Pastas be. welted Sib eallmeite, stated the ',any chewy She the meialeseas of the Mole sea die mks our of the !Heeler illeeeseimee seqpieed to id& der it pi rinaseetly allmallsO m 1 peer. Erse ate, making theme aslemiw allmeleas la the pees test tiiil,Lep, Sir Joseph Perna hem adWilVad that it .6 est be in all rr *peon the bete adapted he be peepees, en/ Mat for the sum of IJOASW. be welt pat up a usilt We, a saft lintrailleset, and ewe appeepebte etweelene Ibis the Itskintsewl=tll- Ws are to say that the Me of meow. erwkl sear east of adapting the barbing to the per- Pars We should think it saddiAliddlid to eremo be 9l6iYtL r the expenditure which wield be MOW Sete Weeks. Coanderiati the lupe manual elpead/here which will be Pointed •• the eseistmemee of the gamine when made, amass to ma to be meapedient to ecennence the work epos • plea admitted to he Imperfect. Mosel ar leedahipe determine to rereesseeed to lia• meet sa m a r rant fee the meiatememie elan eeseme par atai Petra egmlexigtme within the peveinew et the parka, the Phe be orb a armors should we thiak be designed with W die WU whisk seam" end ...aperient* could direet to Se task; and it would be maim. tame that the architect *Maid be Mined 17 the sedastuer to employ old MP ltd., sad predept brew arrearmeata. We believe Sot the reenembemwe et the late kahibitina wriald be asfseinirehie to a sew appropriatioa ()idle baill• Inc ea it wield be Inipessible to reproduoi the beilhast 'Cu obtained Is.. the Ark collsetiess which were tempo twit, plered Th. evident" which we have Shen Wein ue to believe that ma if tbe building were removed te Mabee site, Seth, lat *Mom ea aditenta-puk, it weld sot be ma dred • self supporting eatablialuseat i came it wen cadet 6. ta sedi penteat of persons who might toodact it as a sem. awretakepoeulatios. the reesmeet themes* we hew COM app o f of the secertsio whether the of the structure, min connexion with t space for the elhilillea= for the growth of piefill t i. much detired. exiets already en es in the este of the plan ta r= height and beauty of they 4 parties of the budding gardens at Kew. e, of Sir C. Fog the coat of MOW the t ztent of thirty•thros tom.ther with two new entle l , ll. Z building so a permanent stew appetre that the price of flatmate., razing it would amount se slot Bess additional es wield beet to be is emend Ise wsweissand The mob ef the 'dime i.. uef =l .l. to se to sheer dist. if It be pespeeed Ishii ibe MB ICS prowl de.,, Ohs bees purpose le TIM It esull b• applied would be the Ibestatiesk of as asseessesl prissoe esp ies= J. Testes. If it wets fasided set Is main th• I. Upds.pult. we do wet It asp ether site spas shish tee w rosesswand its resesslesstiss at tits pans supers. If the of $0,090 , . were set hemmed as inn. perabis the prissiest portion of the bending sight be rowed to Kew, where its future asalweeestess as • roaserwalloy, bath arital sad ornamenta/, natio be pro vided Ise tede a eswpwasivelp small inertias to the sots. bilehessat of the illi•Mis arise. I a the ; - vent. beweeer, et wash seines Illestise with the sweeties drew lordshies ant the erprweei paellowest. we believe dist it would be the nen eeemenieel mem ef protesting le es porch satire structure, and midis to pose dis eilthese pentein whisk night net he required for the purposes et the Botanical Oardes.—We have the honour to be. 'sty beds, your lordehipa very humble err vaeu, Barnet a. W. Contra. .101111 LINDLIT. The Right Iles. the Lords Commissioaen of her Maieny's Treasury. THE ELECTIONS. W FSTMINSTER. On Friday evening, a meeting of the electors of St. John's perish took place at the Lecture-hall, Vauxliell bridge-road, for the purpose of hearing (rum Mr. J. Villiers Shelley a declaration of his political opinions. Mr. Wisroot . t.D took the chair, aid having explained the ra aeons which had induced Mr. Shelley to come for ward as a ceadidate fur the representatnin of Westminster, went on to observe that they were at present under the con trol of a goversassat which did not possess the sympathy and confidence of anyone. Ile trusted that • better state of thief,* would soon arise, and that the people would be fairly aid adequately represented. Mr. Smatter than addressed the electors, and introduced the same arguments which ho has employed on former occasions is favour of vote by ballot. exteusion of the suffrage, sad triennial parliaments. With regard to the ezteusiou of the suffrage, he thought it was advisable for them to support what was CAW Mr. Ilume's mo tion." lie was prepared to go farther than this motion, but in his opinion they ought to accept what they could get, until they were fortunate enough to obtain all they , desired. Ile argued strongly in favour of local sell government; sod proceeded to *bane that if he should Mamie their Torras:olefin) he world support Mr. Hume in his end, Amur' to promote economy and retrenchment in the expenditure of the public money. Ile would else up hold the principles of Sir kiClajWill Hall with regard to ecclesiastical mutters. Alter repeating his former argu ments upon the question of church rates and national education, Mr. Shelley proceeded to expatiate upon the sobject of protection, observing that he, as • landowner, had been able to audio farming pay extremely well under free trade. (Hear, ►ear.) Ile contended that protection was never Wooded to benefit the tenants, but to put mosey int) the pockets of the landlords. Ile thought , that the struggle between protection and free trade should , be settled now and for ever, and that all minor differences should be swamped until this great question was finally determined. Should he be elected to parliament his consti tuents would find him a working member, and he would make it his duty to reside within the precincts of West minster, and devote two days in the week to see such of the electors as might desire to consult him. (Hear, tom) In answer to questions put to him, Mr. SIIELLTV stated that be was opposed to the game laws, and that he was not prepared to support univerail suffrage in the present coudi tion of the people of Englund. A resolution was passed, pledging the meeting to rapport Mr. Shelley, sad the proceedings closed. LIVERPOOL On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the liberal electors of Liverpool was held et Esetwood's Royal Hotel, to adopt measures for securing the return of two free-trade members of parliament for the borough at the ensuing ge neral election. The meeting was numerously attended, and William Rathbun', E-q., was voted to the chair. Mr. C. E. Itawetsos read the report of the committee appointed at a previous meeting, to watch over the liberal electoral interests of the borough, with a view to securing proper representatives in parliament, who would vote in accordance with the wishes of their constituents on the vital questions affecting the free Steal pulley of the country. In accordance with the powers entrusted to that committee, a deputation, consisting of Messrs. A. H. Wylie and Charles Robertaos, had proceeded to London—lt having been pre viously ascertained that the return of ens of the present members at the neat general election was doubtful in con sequence of votes given on the Papal Aggression B 11, with limited powers in regard to the selection of another candi date. They were instructed to ask Sir James Otahans whether, in the event of a requisition being presented to him from Liverpool so numerously and respectably signed as to induce a well-founded belief that he would be re turned, that bon. baronet would allow himself to be put in nomination ? That deputation bad only that min ning re. turned, and would now report the result of their mission. Mr. A. H. Witte then came forward, amidst mach cheering, and after dueluiming Lime statements which had appeared in regard to the retirement of Sir Thomas Birch and the suggestion of soother candidate, and the alleged approval of that candidate by the deputation, proceeded to state that neither Mr. Robertson nor him self would have presumed to express approval of any candidate until authorised to do so by their fellow townsmen. (Hear, hear.) They had, however, on be coming acquainted with the fact that Sir Thomas Birch did nut intend ta preseut himself for re-election, waited a sowed time on Sir James Graham—that lion. ba ronet having, iu the first place, declined to contest the represeutation of Liverpool against the sitting members, one of whom (Mr. Cardwell) had been his former colleague, although he admitted the importance of the constituency was scarcely second even to the metropolis. (Cheers.) Sir James then said that whatever might be the feeling with regard to himself, he felt that he was too old to eneoenter the tech of representing such vast and important interests as Ammo of lAverpor, and mast, therefore, decline the in tended loaner. Three these circumstances, it wax for the Ma rare dorm 011ie borough to consider what was the her sores to he adopted, so that the all-important interests which they niteseated should not be imperilled in the forth combs, traggio. (Loud and protracted cheering.) He concluded by swing that a committee be appoiuted, with fish powers 1110111 this meeting, to select two radar's to represent the lbw trade party at the next eleetits. 4r. G. 1101,? woe strongly opposed to the aelattne - at of a committee, aid roved as au amembasa that a re quisitioa to big maw Birch and Mc Orient% tba pre. sent realism be as ones forwarded to Ibtoo iSlp me, re questing trot to allow themselvseiri. be neinisstod." Sung Mr. Su a*M catholic, molar a Ne. Salt's en the pined that Times Sir* by ide ve▪ te ia laween et tatiebeleided Theo Ed, had hthhed wedte the repreleateden ed the berms% lad he dna *Mit air Thomas one hewn& spin. all the oatbelire treield vote spine Won, end the inter** et tree undo oreehl be thereby 1 Id& derniass, s banister, warnedll6o masher that if firs ivis inelood briesias formed Sir Themes Hitch, the mam -Mimed mesas apalast him. • lose meanies than ink peek but ultimately Mr. Hotta maimiliumaa ten carried by a hare majority. litnimiantax—Mesara. Kuntz and tiabolefield, eta mons members, will taala offer themselves with a tamable aMeiaty of r.alNtfia Tbe lest-aamed le, it is said, to be wised W Dr J. T. Mame, the sea et a mer chant fa the Mem Thb gristkosts Is a tilseal-essairta siv• ; be bee me, boweves_ me hemelle masempal bismelf, wittier in it M aly didisul Mot be bap be sM maellete. The opposition to Mr. Behelsiebil Y belay ma sp IT the eltawletstemeM party, that geadememeh taeeedatba harm Mee DIII of lest year Metes Shan as.. pawns mom sisroz..—it is siviisest et ti • state of the ye- OW WS the Wks los Wm sank usable, sotwitb sissastr ths saws. slivrts lisms loss used Woman as MS 19 eget Isintid4 sal sp ea r ei r st re soot tins tharst i g li rtistisss ulth sesprosigisst vw Issisd slisritre. Thin is to Asa hip isseft of the siestas is est leanest Ms dor (Ms.kp) M asssfAer I what Is to is Ens. ah.—Mace the publication of the address of I &r Harry Veer* stating his intention not to minis tits anglases at the eginaßg election, a requisition has bola gist op M ihe bees* begging him to withdraw the fano, sod W clear Mermilf to be seam brought furerard ea the lased With this requisition Sir Harry has _temp toed sad he irisvisit his onstinents on Monday coat. edforof Trsiows. BKAUVORD.—On Friday night, a meeting of the liberal electors of Bradford was held in the Temperance fur the purpose of adopting the necessary measures to secure the proper representation of their principles at the ' neat election, sad to name the candidates to be placed in nomination. Mr Councillor Henna was called upon to preside, and resolutions were unanimously adopted approv ing of Mr. IL Milligan and Colonel Thompson as candi dates. COI:PITT ANTII.IIL—Thu Belfast Mressiele says:— " Ws have teases to baisive, its ogee of one of our present representative- retinae et the meat general election, that Mr. llsesetney. of Linanoure, will receive the united support of the lending introits of the county." COUNTY IrOletirOlLD.—The liberals of Longford have resolved to support Mr. H. White, the eldest sea of Col. White, who represented Longford for many years. The Hight Has. R. H. °Terra has declined to staid again.—timerird CArostkio. DEVONPOKT.—In this borough no active MOSS meat has yet taken _place, but it is understood that Mr. Tufaril and 8.. r J. Rainilly, the present liberal members, will again prenat tiembelves, and will in all probability be re.elteted. On the aide of the Derby ministry it Is said that two gentlemen will be pat forward. One, the son of a distinauished protectionist duke, and the other • distin- I guished and highly connected admiral, are spokes of as the 1 1 owning men. DUalllAM.—For Durham, both the city and county, matters remain in static quo. Both the memhen for the former ore Mon.'', and h e ore Afraid the influence of the' Duke of Met land and the Mar nisof I..ntiontterry is too strong to render the ejectiou of Mr. Ferrer and Lord Sea ham possible. On the whole, the prospects of the free trade cause in Northumberland and Durham arc of a very grstifyiug and satisfactory rtaturc.—NciecesCs then than, EAST WOICENTRRSHIRE.—It I. now stated that the difficulty which had arisen with regard to Mr. Clive, the pro tectionist candidate, owing to his refusal to give • pledge to oppose the Maysouth grant, ha, been got over by • dis creet resolve on the part of the representative of this section of his supporton not to press the demand. The startled candidate, we bear, has been soothed and p•mfed, and has consented not to leave his patty in the lurch at such an im portant crisis.— Weereaerslaire Chronicle. EAST CORNWALL—Mr. Robartes, the present free trade member, has declared his intention of again asking fur the suffrages of the electors. Mr. Pole Carew, the other member, is regarded with suspicion by the protectionist party, but will again present Licaself„ and most probably be 1 re-elected. The protectionists put forward Mr. Kendall, of l'elyn, bat that gentleman will refuse to contest the divi sion ageing Mr. itobartts unless Mr. Carew declare. fur protection. Mr. Carew is at present in Paris, in cense quence of the death of his eldest brother. llALtnx—Everything is progressing very fa voutably for the two fret-trade candidates, and the re quisition to Francis Conaley, Esq.. it receiving signatures from the liberal party every day. No push has been made in the matter, which renders the progress already made the more eatistectory. HUDDERSPIELD.—At present there is a split amongst the liberal electors of Huddersfield, and though attempts have been mud* to prevent a division, they have not yet succeeded. NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND.—The opposition (says the Nomad& Guardian) with which Sir Wine Orey was threatened in North Northumberland is said to have this week assumed a more eh finite shape. Lords Ossulston and Lovaine are alleged to be in the field, though neither of their addresses has appeared, nor has an y systematic can vass been undertaken in their behalf. It 14 well understood, however, that a strong desire exists for bringing thins for ward. However, there seems no doubt of Sir (home's triumphant return. It is expected the honourable baronet will bo 111 the north (if ho has nut already arrived) in a day or two. Pottrimorrit.—We are pleased to hear (says the Ilaerialeire Independent) that the friends of Sir Francis Baring ent?rtain no donht of his triumphant return for this borough at the approaching election. PLIMOUTII.—During the last week meetings have been held in support of the interests of three of the can didates for the representation of Plymouth in the neat par liament, and committees have been organised for the pur pose of conducting the canvass. On Tuesday Mr. It. P. Collier, the barrister, met and addressed a large body of the electors, who had assembled on his invitation in the hall of :he Mechanics' Institute. On Wednesday Mr. G. T. Braise, a merchant of London, deputy chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Compa n y, anal a director of the Plymouth Great Western Ducks, met at his own invitation a numerous body of the electors in the Meehsnies' Insti tute. In polities Mr. Brains is a moderate whig, and what some of the more ardent tempered called • half-hearted reformer. There was no very strong demonstration in Mr. Brain's favour, dint, as the el'airman thought, suMeient to justify Mr. Brains in offer ing himself as a candidate. On Thursday Largo placards were put out announcing that, prineipiily through the instrumentality of Mr. Braille, the total anew* efelpital for completing the Great Wetter' Docks had base obtained. Tho slehciency amounted to several thossead pounds. The news spread through the town with great rapidity, and the I hells were set ringing, and Mr. Brain's name was on almost every tongue. Mr. Brains intends to visit Plymouth again during the present week. On Thursday evening Mr. B. Esecott delivered his second 'address to the clat ters; it was very clever and effective. Mr. Emmett is sup ported by the extreme radicals and by the dissenters gene rally. He re-Ad a letter from the lion. C. P. Villiers., ex pressing that gentleman's ratisfaction at the intention of Mr. Hemet to return to parliament, and acknowledging the important services he rendered during the decisive struggle for free trade. WASWICESIIIRE (NORTH). The protectionist members will be opposed, and with every probability of securing one of the seats for a free trader. It is doubtful whether Mr. Spooner will again otter himself. YOUGTIAL—Tbo Cork Examiner says that Sir Ralph Howard, the present member for Wicklow, will be a candidate for Youghal at the general election. DEPAZTERE or THE CANADA.—On Saturday fore. noon, at half-past 11, the British and North American royal mail steam-ship, Canada, Lang, commander, sailed from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston, with upwards of6o For a full eargoof merehmdise, and the usual mails for Via United States, Canada, Newfoundland, &e. The next incoming steamer is the America, from New York, with dates to the 10th instant. She is expected to arrive this morning (Monday.) BUILDERS BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—A special general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this useful charity, which was bounded for the purpose of granting pensions and giving relief to ‘lceuyed and aged members of the building profession, was held on Thursday, at their aloes, New Oxford-street, Mr. T. Grimell, president, in the chair, for the purpose of considering a proposed altera tion in the rules relating to the election of pensioners. The report, which was highly satisfactory, stated that there ate now on the fund. of the society eight males and four females; end that, owing to the large number of pressing' applications, it is the intention of the ilFectors to hold another election in May next, when three more will he elected. Owing to a recent alteration in the bye-laws, the benefits of the society are extended to the provinces, and the directors are empowered to appoint district committee'', for carrying out details. The report concluded by observing that the expectations fo'med of the success of the institu tion at its formation had been fully borne out by results, and the director; hoped that the public wo u ld come forward to enable them to still farther extend its benefits.—The Chairman having briefly addressed the meeting, and ex plained the objects for which they had met,—Mr. Joshua Higgs moved a resolution to alter one of the rules, so that the votes polled by unsuccessful candidates might be carried forward until they were 110.117 successful.—Mr. Joseph liird seconded the resolution, which upon being put to the meeting was carried wens con.—Mr. George Bird proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman ' which having been replied to in a neat speech, the meeting broke up. OPPOSITION TO THE POOR LAW BOARD —On Sa turday a deputation, consistint of Mr. T.E. Baker, church. warden of St. Pancras ; Mr. Dike, Mr. Stockton, Mr. Billett, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Brettingham, and Mr. Cooke, waited upon the members for the borough of St Maryle bone at tho resident* of Lord Dudley Stuart, at Stratford place, on the subject of the late attempt of the poor law board to interfere with the power of the local authorities in discharging one of their officers. Mr. Baker and Mr. Dyke entered fully into the detail of the relative position of the poor law commissioners and those parishes governed by special local sets, in which they motended the poor law board had no authority. Mr. Cook, the vestry clerk, read the letter of the poor law commissioners, in which they threaten the vestry with a writ of maadasne salsas the meter of the workhourie, who .calm im/sea bent the 25th inst., is forthwith reinstated in Warm Mr. Cook stated that the wish of the vestry was ANN the Poor-Law Bill would expire this year, Sir B. Hail and Lord Dudley Stuart would endeavour to intro duces clause entirely exempting all parishes governed by local seta, as well as all parish., who have adopted the vestries act, be. the opmatien of the pear-law. Sir B. Hall would undertake te see 11,. Seises, me of the most active suttee has fie t, and sneweek frees him what were *sir Ms•Awiletlit reesevral of that set; and in the event of the MI Matt/ agate Wee& la, he would move few the hitredasdas of a dame, exemptiag St. Pancras, mg lirli ed, m from the ustiest of the eer eceeideestl elgestassaide ke the members to scab is pest law eseemhelearre. at Is that ease Mr. Halts maim alone wield he laid helm these. Sir B. Hall was most willing te de all that the parte re quired in the matter, hat trusted that he would be elleired to do so in • merieseis mow. The deputation then with drew. - COlo4=lloll 11l WAreilL—On Saturday • spenally 08111.8.011. mu holden la the New Vistry7ll7, Pesaro ; Thema H. Balm; Esq., senior desedneordes, la the shah, la memessmeeee et • memorial, gamines* eased Mae • satelayeelf meths, pales the matey te ewe he beet amisasuas M apes Nara lisatien, sad apesposes aempelltien, mare putiesleaty la wear. Hr. Needstam M peepang the let remiadse, obsened ,manady M all them a meat evil, near mead aims debrimemal tithe weld.beler of the seetrepells am is the rasa miasma Moan* wain It was imee that lest melee Ms. ad lateedused•• bill, resepisia• the ragesertaiim prinelple, t and Metes the antra la ho wow supply to the Mal Mum het this bill war avid week well, ihr tan wee a dame wields hound the perishes le maw the plats of the e= elmasies, the bawl en whia nee alone mead M mere then the sea peepesed oder antis, IW, sad thus la perpetuity. N. thea seised to the apart of Mr. Barlow r te the reemerses on the sea* as well es the lath el the Thema. Oa the latter wider was presesstila hem the chalk fernaties is Beier neeniewe, whisk m ama men then 1,11111 snare aides, used re estimated be equal a a daily supply of IMldepellsne. Ikea yeses age, be, is ampany with several matlemeniatereend in obftWeig a apply of this meet saamemy snide el daily Melted the Walled well, ad Mt sem visaed elle rommesels giving saenstain asp* of wmos le the metespelle. Heathen was eumpsellies at and, without -7 espouse of debts efeldeeeppenies, or harem ea sash dean. H. moved, '• that the many, andemaka the af eestralisatisaltr LW beet ender Pe usts e ten es end to this eel Make ham ad un dertake t 4 ert a full hkeempeelden, mere rotate lady is a plentiful apply of pure weer. '—Mr. IV sub, the resolutiem—Hr. Dyke supported the moieties, whirls he reaudeed did set plede the vestry further time sopport sompadded —Jar. WOW was of aisles thus it would he totem M Mr. Housts's pin of wislodoit do' yeast 'f la t palest eses_pania V they swig lb so at • eammabile ants.—air. Maiming warmly auppeetell the eseektien.— Mr. Pewter bad glass iamb siNitho to do sablot ; no 41.• emu Ends tbi dor • bodor soddly at owe, buss .reeds swimse. .ISselea w lim o adbs arm obssis the hind AWL The fewalliso at orlbs old sow prim W2B ea sheemlity. No ow mid grit water oblong away ; he eaissibed dud until a pies wee hit epos where by els adidd be plentifully smiled graftitinaly, so weld pow beneficial. Macrae preettnable; hr s — t - Wris — borylk, ohm the water supply was in the beads of M. averameat, the poor were supplied in this way ; the on diffitenee being that thnos who raid fur it had rims I lumen to their bowies, while, the gratuitous supply wu obtained from taps iu the public streets. After a few eh aerations from 10. Healey, in support of the reminds% it wee put and carried unanimously. W. sot wpm, that I it to rub .a ohject, and hrttter Sato mach an appear; at F tnifesvutirtd to sec lir.a, 'a any portion of implo)ril at. Kew in en °ardent. he Paha-house affords o c.; batik badcfing for .t. r and mode to heat i. hi thine inroads flare ra • lash n uld hr employ d in moil he oileriolod that the h forming the most .trikinit pr • great enemies' to the oar We inquired, ther•fore, thr central portion to th F. tong !hi. rooml pe ce te a C..m pit t 114 Yin illosinialnd firm F hie reply, it pp and and tke tharge fur refilini THE' EXPRESS; MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1452. ATTEMPTED MURDER AT On Friday. Jane Graham was charged at Now smile with essompsing to drown bar child La a pond, near Bonen lltak. The prisoner is a single woman, and kept howl he b WM; who is a lamp-black ntanalioturer at the Sawa Osseo, lossebsad ; asocial is a boy about seven. teem imelho old. RAO Mapes" rid—Yesterday afternoon, I took a walk up the Ourbersi, by a road which rnn. with the burn, awl worse the road at 11, , ,ter•bridge. I turned thrash a teemettle end got on to the bridge on the right aide balm her Newcastle to Long Benton, and I sat dews wal well there. Directly after I had sat down, I mew the *maw with • child in her arms. She walked her the saw aide of the road I was on, to the left side, abut ewe header(' yards from me, on the road to Long Bower" sad the sat down by the side of the footpath. I thee stewed the road, and made • slight circuit through the wood OR the left side of the road, end lost sight of the road fur about three or tour minutes. I came within sight of the road again about fifty or sixty yards up the hill, and on looking on th e rea d I saw the prisoner coming scrota the road to the side on which I bad seen her first, but now she had no child in her arms. I made my way to the road, and she walked down towards Newcastle. A Person named John Carlton Robinson android, r man had just passed Wore I got on to the road, aid they were going towards Long Benton. I went to them, and asked if they had seerTa woman going down there with a child, and Mr. Robinson said they had met a woman, but she had no child, and we all three went across the road near to the place where I had seen her. On this side of the road there is a wooden fence inside of • Thickset hedge, nearly five feet high. On looking over this fence, I saw a child in a pond of water, about six or seven feet off. The child wee moaning, and clinging to the aide of the pond, and seemed much exhausted. Its head was above water, but all its clothes and its cap were wet as though it had been under the water. The child was taken out, and I went in search of the prisoner, and sae her at the top of the bank leading to Newcastle I called to two men at the top of the bank to atop her, and they did so. I then went bark to where the child was end Mr. Robinson gave me the child over the fence, and I carried it to the cottage near the bridge, when its clothes were changed, and it was taken care of. On our way to the cottago, we met the prisoner in charge of the two men, and without any question being put to her she said That's my child, give it me." I saw no other person en the road but the prisoner from the time I first saw her till the time I observed her,welking towards Newcastle without the child. There was r o person in eight on the road towards Long Benton. The pond is about three feet deep, and there is a wooden railing between it and the road, so that the child must have been pitched over. W. Donne, butler with the late Mr. Alderman Donkin, said about half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon I was an Benton Bridge, and saw the prisoner passing very quickly towards Newcastle. She had her hands folded, and looked back towards Long Benton several times, seemingly anxious. The witness Chapman who was forty or fifty yards up the bank towards Long Benton shouted tome to stop the woman, as she had murdered a child. 1 followed altar her, and before getting up to her! called to another man to stop her, and be did so. I charged her with drowning a child, and she said, I karat had a child ;it iv not muse." The other men and I then told her that she would have to go back, and we took her back along the road towards Long Benton. When we got thirty or forty yards beyond the bridge a child was handed over the fence, and when the prisoner saw this she said, " Well, it is my child, but I did not put it in ; a man called Taylor, the father of the child, put it in, and I intended to take it out again, but durst not till he got away." We then took her into a lodge at Benton Bridge, and kept her there till police.ollicer W ilium Welton came, who took her into custody. Prisoner—There was a young man with me, and he took the child from me and said he would keep it. I met him in Grey-street yesterday afternoon, and we went out together. Mr. Carr: Who is the young man ?—Prisoner: MI name is John Taylor ; ho is • grocer's assistant, and has bees out of the town some time. He said he was employed in the town, but I don't know what shop be is in. Mr. Atkinson: How long have you known him ?—Pri- ' sonar : Five years. Inspector Forster said that two officers had been search. lag for this man yesterday, but they could find so such person. Mr. Carr (to the prisoner): Have you always kept this child ?—Prisuner : Yes. Mr. Atkinson :' le this man you speak of the father of the child ?-11'risoner : Yes. Idr. Atkinson said that if her story was true, the police would afford her every facility in getting hold of this man, but he was afraid that it would be the duty of the magis trates to send her for trial. The depositions were then taken, and the prisoner was folly committed for trial at the assizsc—Netocostls Guar dian. ARRIVAL or Tug RIPON.—The heavy portion of, the Overland Mail was landed at Southampton yesterday. The Vengeance grounded in the bay of Oibraltar, and was et off by the steam squadron. Al l the ships there have, it is reported, been kept waiting the event of the affair at the Balearic Mee. TUE ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—On Saturday the annual general meeting of this institution, the object of which is to afford relief by pensions and otherwise to the widows and orphans of dtceased sztiats, was held at thel Freemasons' 1 . Great Queen-street, Lincoln's I n- 1 fields, Mr. It. Sully, F.R.S., in the chair. The report of the manajfing committee referred to the continued patron-' age and liberal support of her Majemy, and described the state of the society as being, on the whole, most aatisfactor7. Forty-nine widows have been in the receipt :of pensions the past year ; forty-four of whom have been paid 161. per annum; four, 71. ; and one, 161. Bs. Thirty-three orphans had received sums of various amounts—from 51. ( downwards. The amount paid to orphans and widows fur the year was 8421. 10§. The finan cial statement showed the reetipts, including the I previous balance of 241/., and a legacy of 1,0004. from the late Mr. Jeremiah Olive, to be 2,3121, Bs. , 2d :. yhe animal disbursements were stated to amount to 2,1161. 14s. 40. leaving a balance is the treseurer's hands of 2261 13s. 10d. The report, in conclusion, expressed the regret of the com mittee at being unable to increase the amount of pensions, as had been contemplated, on account of the greater num ber of claimants on the fund during the put year. The fol lowing gentlemen were proposed and elected as new mem bers of the institution:—Lord Ashburton, Mr. George Hutt. son, M.P., Mr. It. Blakemore, M.P., Sir Wither Stirling, Bart., Mr. Jacob Bell, M.P., Mr. 11. Weikel, and Mr. H. Twining. The retiring officers were re-elected, and some other business having been trawacted, thanks were given to the chairmen, and the proceedings terminated. _ _ TWO BILLS ON FRIENDLY SOCIETIF.B.-Ou Satur day Bill No. 2on Friendly Societies was printed. It is to amend and continue the set for another year, and to the end of the then neat session of parliament. B dl No. 1, al- ready printed, is to alter the law on friendly societies. THE EXECUTION OF KALADEROO AT OXFORD, TO DAY (MOISDAT—The execution of Kalebcrgo, the young Italian, which appointed to take place to-ay, creates considerable Interest in that city and neighbourhood. Since his attempted escape from the castle on Ftiday ho has been strictly watched and securely ironed—a precaution which has operated strongly hi subduing his rather excited state of mind. Dr. Tandy, the Roman catholic clergyman of Banbury, has been in frequent attendance on him, and, in order that he might have all the possible aid the church could give, Cardinal Wiseman was applied to to send down an Italian priest, and Dr. Fee, who as from the north of Italy, is appointed to attend the culprit during his last moments. It appears that he has made a much more de tailed confession to Dr. Tandy than has appeared in print. Hs /termed a desire that all the catholic* of England should pray for him, sad it is understood that Dr. Tandy has communicated his wishes to the catholic journals. The criminal is a native of that portion of Italy which, a short time ago, was in a very disturbed state. The district is a mountainous one, and the Swiss frontier is near. It abounds in brigands and smugglers, with whom there is little doubt the prisoner was connected.—D6sereer. GILT Finn IN Sono.—Last night (Sunday), Andy after 9 o'clock, a fire, attended with a great low of = , Woke oat in an extensive range of prowdasa, ex- Crownnren Ilehrenan, late liennert, Oaamplarainat. The lent Inns ed the remise wearer Ilenesen 'were tesened by a Mr. Paddiesabe eel • Mr. Tote reed. ben Ihiplin and cow-liongen suiting whisk wan tee Nihau el Mr. Rutter, Mr. Cisersheransa Nixon, and Mr. Hens, • salernen, et °e kst. Over the inemeed buildiagewe v r• ski dwelling house sad wheseenghtte weekehspe beiregiag to Mr. Janie ism et the labableseste et Creverweet Isn, it wean their steadies dieted b the premien by as ans. i lal k e ig lare of light MAW seer the ketisenpa, and, on s t towards the }retire, inns in fee bodies wen swing ay *a hen der ensklerable penis of the nwfwiff• At SHAPsoill, Mr. mil Ates. Juan wen in tier ion sie w l= s ee= amber et cows sad hones wen is the adjoining. Tito first thing Militbe alanwgiidtoil was to arse Mr. Jame and his II why was a week of pet dillialty, and had it not bees for paemsels, vise of Its James, his wife an ied:nent here wins& As it was, be was cr *lle bee eat of the Whin wady stilled widt smoke. mat mealiest tuned te we te renew the ewe and hones. Atm awn tooalds, It of the stet wen eared, but it Is thee hates ewe has fallen • neellee to the lines. &Tent bars wore likewise got set seaqinatinly vw isjueed, but awe et three were se Minuted ea seeing the Ise, tea nen Wee elapsed before they and be got out. The Immo ea ; e ared the be, a fine ani mal b beenbeen ea la , which at length drove bin M. ben he entered the yard, he honed lit s any elesd, far the whole man WAS UM Flyirteem AIM making two or these teen la the hi ; het the Ire wee ass satlegolied nest No nets Ihe lie dins weeny bossed elf tie been. A lofty weir bide, sear the beam la Chswertreet she bemuse sad the 1n... et as.. an that anew ney weld agar the in= sit Skit pent mensal hewn the Iliobsemmt seen emit be emismod. The memo woe hetliwkii idled into operation ; and, owing r the jedienee diepelses given to the flrowton, they sannamisd in cuttings, tho farther spread of the destructive eisseat ; bat it wee ha amide oat ins uisheil at twelve Vele* last night, by whisk thee the minor part of aloe aamrw buildings WWII barnwl down. As to the on of the an, or whether say of the sud errs were insured, it could not basaand, Ur. Okaporintendent Otway and a poworfal erpollei wen maired to keep a owing of amo cwt of dawn. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.-FIRE WITHOUT COALS. We were invited to the Polytechnic Institution on Saturday evening, to enjoy the private view of Dr. Bach bolliser's Patent Fire." We wont—were ushered Into the lecture-nos, and saw a largo party of gentlemen chatting and laughing mend what we would call a roaring fire, only that it burned fiercely without making the slightest uuise. It was an ordinary small drawing-room grate, and within t►e bus was a very ordinary-looking_ tire of what we took to be the " clean hot screened." We saw nothing pecu liar about the matter, except a wevea gusts persha pipe attached to the hack of the grate, and snaking oil into some distaat region of the mysterious institution. Living in an age of electric telegraphs, we were ready to believe anything, and should not have been startled if Dr. Bach boggier (the lecturer of the Polytechnic, of course) had informed us that the pipe in question ton veyed liquid fire from the igneous coal beds which, according to country papers, in the winter are always burning in any part of the land where news is deficient. Dr. Ilacchhoiluer, however, did not ven ture to impose upon us. He quietly stated that he bad ap plied a well-known combination to ordinary purposes: that what we took to be Walls-end wore thin layers, or flakes of metal (pieties), over and through which a stream of water gas was passed: that when set on fire with a lighted taper, these flakes of metal threw out a heat far greater than could be got from the same body of coals: that they were nt %cr. theless indestructible—the metal (vice the coal) merchant having the chance of getting more then one order per house; and we were, ourselves, enabled to give evidence that there was no smell. The flakes were red-hot; and the large amount of radiating surface they presented, licking over one 'mother, completed the illusion of a brisk coal-tire. One involuntarily asked fora poker Wiped it—as is the way with Englishmen. The advantages (Vie data being as sumed by us for the present) of such an inventiuu are palpable. The now fire could be used at once in all houses where " gas" is already "on," and • in all such eases there would, it is stated, be a direct saving in expense, as eompsred with the come of coals—coals involving wood too. But the pateetets desire to apply non- I carbonised gas, obtained by the decomposition of water; and with this object are starting a company to lay such "gas" on in towns. Their calculation is that this gas would cost about one shilling per 1,000 cubic feet. There would then at once be economy in the poorer household, and coals for domestic purposes would be superseded. There would be the further economy of avoiding all the nuisances involved in the introduction and use of coals in a house. There would again be the economy 01 lessening the danger of conflagration and the consequent reduction of the terms of insurance offices. But, above all, the curse of towns would, we are told, leave us fur ever—smoke. The novelty is certainly interesting, and may prove most va luable. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. OXFORD, MARCH 20.—UNIVERNTY COLLEGE.— This morning the following gentlemen were elected scho lars of this society, viz.: Arthur Gray Butler (Sheph e rd scholar), on the Bennet foundation; Messrs. James Wan moot Wiustanley (commoner), and Davey (from Rugby School), on the open foundation; and Arthur Brook (com moner), on the 1 orkahire foundation. LUSBY SCUOLAWsllll..—Yvbterday evening Mr. R. N. Sanderson, from St. Paul's School, London, was elected to the open scholarship at 51nd:den- hall, founded by Ilcnry Lusby, Eq., in 1833. Mr. Jobe Edward White, scholar of New College, was the same day admitted an Actual Fellow of that society. Tits VINERIAN SCIIOLMORIPS.—The election ofa scho lar on Mr. Vine,'. foundation wiil take place on Wednes day, the 28th of April, to till up the vacancy caused by the election of Mr. Montague Bernard, B.C.L. of Trinity College, to a fellowship on the same foundation. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 20.—APPOINTMENTS.-4alian W. Bradshaw, Assistant-Surgeon, Ilro,lar Hospital ; T. T. Mumy, Chief Engineer, Medea; Joshua Rubinson, Assis tant-Engineer, T'atiorus. - - PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 21.—The ships in commis sion at this port dressed out in colours at their masth.sids yesterday atla rnoon, and the other customary arrangements for the reception of her Majesty, on her arrival at this port en route to town, were made, but at two o'clock it was as certained that her Majesty had determined on proceeding via Southampton, owing to the wind blowing very stiffly from the eastward, by which a ver y h eav y sea was roll ing at Spithead.—Tho Simoom, iron screw transport, Captain Kingcombe, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning on a cruise down channel to try her en gines and qualities—The Polyphemus, steam sloop, Com ' mender C. U. Phillips, has been paid advance of wages, and will sail at once for the coast of Africa. She takes out supernumeraries for the squadron, and also the witnesses who came home to give evidence at the trial of Peel, the engineer, for the murder of his father-in-law.—lt is re ported that tha Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris; Hogue, 60, screw steam vessel, Captain MtDougald ; Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds ; Arrogant, 46, screw steam frigate, Captain Robinson ; and Sampson, steam frigate, Captain Jones, are ordereilto be paid off at this port; that is, their crews are to be paid down tea fixed date,leaving only the usual six mouths due, and the men to have a f or t n i g ht' s leave of absence, when they are to rejoin their respecthe ships. The three fi rst-named vessels arc already at this port. The Win chester, 50, has been commissioned by Captain Granville G. Lock (1841), and has been brought down the harbour, into the sea basin, to he fitted out. Sho is to relieve the Hastings. 72, as flag ship, in the East Indies. The Nep tune, 120, Captain Yetis, ordinary depot-ship, has been removed from alongside the dockyard to her hulk. DEVONPORT, MARCH 21.—There has been no movement amongst the +hips in this' harbour worth noting for several days put. The Vesuvius and Hecate steamers have nut yet returned from the chops of the channel, where they had been sent in consequence of the prevailing easterly winds, to relieve homeward bound vessels. - The commodore superintendent of the dockyard (Seymour) is aliment on leave, to consequt nee of the death, in Wiltshire, of his mother, the relict of the late Admiral Sir Michael Seymour. MILITARY. STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—The following appoint ments are, it is said, settled and will take effect from the Ist of April :—Major-Oeueral Simpson, from the command at Chatham, to be Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth, and to command tha south-wt stern district; Colonel Deresford, Assistant Adjutant-General at Cork, to succeed Major- General Simpson at Chatham ; Major-General S. Kennedy to succeed Lieut.-General Riddell at Edinburgh; Colonel Eden, Assistant Adjutent-G I in Scotland, to succeed Maor-General Cochrane as Deputy Adjutant-General in Dublin; Colonel romans, commanding the let battalion 23rd Fusiliers, to be Assistant Adjutant-General in Edin burgh. THE METROPOLITAN COAL TAX.—On Saturday, at the meeting of the vestry of Marylehone, Mr. Hodges brought forward his motion for a committee, founded on a memorial from the Ratepayers' Protection Association, on the subject of the privileges granted to the city of London in respect of tho coal duty and the toll on carts entering or leaving the city. The memorialists complained, and as he thought yen justly, that the city of London taxed the rate payers of the metropolitan districts Is. Id. per ton on coals, within a circuit of 20 miles, the revenue derived Irom which was expended in embellishing, widening, and beautifying the streets within the city of London, and in addition to this they also levied a toll of 2d. upon every tradesman's cart entering the city. Now they also complained that that portion of the metropolis which anumed this power of taxation, namely, the city of London, had only a rental of 800,0001., whilst Morylebone was upwards of a million. Marylebone had 17,000 houses—or 1,000 more then the City, and 800 more public lights. It was estimated that each hones in blarylebone consumed on the average eight tons of coal per annum, so that they were taxed by the City 7,33 W. per year for their coals, and if they took into consideration the difforitoos which would be made in the price of gas to the consumers if the tax;were off, they would find it another 3,0001., making a total taxation imposed by the City of London on the parish of Marylebone alone of 10,3061. per annum. Now, the memorialists declared that either this taxation ought to be taken off, or that it should be appropriated to the purism's of the metropolitan parishes who had to pay the money. The power was conferred upon the city by a charter of James 1., and it was continued until 1694, when the cor poration was obliged to obtain a fresh act, in consequence of debts incurred by the fire of London, &c., but in 1823 the debt of 1691 was paid off; but even then, in 1831, the city obtained another set, which gave them power to levy • tax of Is. per ton on 'seaborne coals, and Is. Id. on inland coals, to last for seven years, after which they were to re turn to their old meterago granted by the charter. This tax they had taken care to preserve by a continuity of acts, and they stuck to it with the greatest pertinacity, like most people who, when once they obtained power, were very loth to give it up. There could be no doubt that this was a real grievance, and therefore he felt justified in mov ing fur a committee.—After seine discussion, in which Sir Peter Laurie defended the city corporation, the resolution was carried unanimously, and Sir Peter Lurie, Mr. C. Geor, Mr. Breese, Mr. Gray, Mr. Hodges, and Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., were appointed as a committee. GUN COTTON.—'fho military commission of the Germanic Diet has granted the sum of 40,000 florins to Pro fessors Schonbein, of Basle, and Banger, of Frankfort, as • reward for their invention of gun cation. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.— Another week—the tenth of the strike—has passed without producing any ar rangement of the dispute between tho operatives and their employers. On Saturday a reduction took place in the allowance paid to members of the Amalgamated Society, who received only 10e. per man for the peat week, instead at las. paid since the first week of the strike up to Satur day, the 13th of March. The non-society men received 10s. as usual, thus placing the whole of the skilled workmen belonging to trades in connexion with the Amalgamated Society upon a common footing. The reductien in the allowances to society men is said to have been made with a view of preparing against a lengthened continuance of the contest, rather than from tho lea of any immediate and severs strain upon the resources at the command of the executive council of the melety. Subscriptions in aid of the operatives still flow in. The labourers continue in a most deplorable condition; as an inomce of the destitu tion to which they have been reduced, it may he mentioned thvt in the West London hunch they have only shared lls. M. per man since the commencement of the strike, or Is. 2d. per week for ten weeks. IRELAND. Donau, Maar' 20. THE CORK ELECTION. This election terminated yesterday in the trium phant return of the fret) trade candidate, the result being only what every one expected. According to the numbers reported in the Cork Constitution, the protectionist organ, the gross poll at the close last evening was: For Scully (free trader) For Frewen (protectionist) 2,939 Majority for Scully BOl The total number of electors polled was consider ably less than 7,000 out of a constituency of nearly double that number. The proteviionists, in Km veling as they did, must have calculated either on the divisions known to exist in the liberal party, or on the reluctance which they may have supposed Mr. Scully to have felt to encounter the expense and trouble of a contest on the eve of a general election. COLERAINE ELECTION. Tho Coleraine election has been list d for Monday next. Mr. Kennedy's answer is not yet known here; but if he declines to stand, it is probable that some other friend to free trade and tenant-right will be found to contest the election with Lord Naas. Dr. Boyd, tho late member, has had the modesty- to ad dress a letter to the electors, in which he candidly ac knowledges the transfer which be has endeavoured to make of their representation. Ho says : &foie lensing London I proposed to Lord Naas that, in the event of his defeat in Kildare, I would retire from the representation of your borough, in order to afford on oppor tunity to his lordship of seeking your sutirages and the honour of representing you in parliament. I beg you dis tinctly to understand, that it is only for the present that I consent to withdraw from what I feel to be a high honour, that of representing you in the Commons House of Parlia ment; and, at the ensuing general election. I shall again seek at your hands to be restored, by your kind support, to the position which I bare bet n proud so long to occupy. Lord Naas's friends are exerting themselves to give eclat to his visit to Ulster, by g. tting up a pub lic dinner to hint in Belfast; but sumo of fhe means they have employed fur this purpose are fur from be ing creditable. They have sought to create an im pression that the public bodies hale rt solved to en tertain his lordship, and have gone so far as to assert, through the medium of their local organs, that such is the case. Several gentlemen connected with tho Town Council, the Harbour Board, and the Chamber of Commerce, the public bodies alluded to, have in dignantly denied that their respective boards have, in their public capacity, attempted to compromise themselves by such a course. The liberal men of Belfast (says the Northern the men who support free trade, and disenuntenunee the seMsh and impructicable schemes of Lord Derby and his followers, know now that they cannot greet his Irish secre tary at a public dinner without compromising themselves with opinions to which they are utterly opposed; and they are naturally indignant that an unworthy attempt should be made to identity them with a transaction which never met their countenance. 7ARY COMMITTEES. The Select Committee on Standing Orders report that the standing orders may be disppnvt d with in the fol. lowing eases : North Staffordshire Railway (S.tndhach to near Warrington), Wycombe Railway, Southampton Cor roration Bill (in reference to a petition of the London and South-Western Railway), Tees Conservancy (in reference to petition of merchants of Stockton). and in the saes of the Wedmore-road petition. The committee also report that in the case of the Nuneaton and Leice.tts Railway the stand in orders ought not to be dispensed with. INCOME AND nit/YEMEN TAX COMMITTEE.—The com mittee on this measure re-assembles to-day. COMMON ROAD Biu.s.—The committee to whom the consideration of the six and twenty turnpike-road bills ore referred to meet on the loth. and consists of Mr.Wrigktson, chairman • Mr. B. Carter Mr.Stanstield, lion. C. Howard, and Hon. GI. Cavendish. htirritupoLlTAN WATER BILLS —The members of the committee appointed to inquire into this question are Mr. Beckett, chairman ; Mr. Barrow, Mr. Ellis, Sir J.llnamer, and Mr. J. Sanders. The committee is, in fact, the same as that which sat last section, with the exception of the sub stitution of Mr. Barrow for Sir James Gratam, who, it will be recollected, was originally chairman of the committee. COMBINATION OF MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS.— The council of the Society of Art. lately received a letter from Mr. Harry Chester, of the Education department of the Privy Council, stating the views entertained by that gentleman of the benefit which would accrue to provincial, literary, and mechanics institutions, if they were combined to a greater extent than is at pr, sent the ease, as well as cooaccted with • central or metropo:itan society, like the Society of Arts. Several of the advantages likely to arise from such a combination, will at once euggest themselves; among the more obvious are the obtaining better lecturers, and on more reasonable term., by the adoption of judici ous geographical arrangements than are possible L.. isolated institutions, greater facility in assembling exhibitions of an instructive practical character, mid in circulating them among the institutions in com bination, &c. With the view of testing the state of feeling at the provincial socie ties with regard to this measure, the council h a v e ad dressed a letter and series of qucsticns, to the secretaries throughout the country. ROYAL ARSENAL.—The long-expected reduction of men on the Ist April is abandoned, as it is found impossible to complete the orders required for foreign and home ser vice. We may add that only those who, from old age or long service may wish to retire, will Is:allowed to do so. The classing of money to be eilopted here next week will cause great dissatisfaction. There is no foundation for the rumour of reducing the labourers' wages, which is now only 14s. per week.—AeriftrA Mercury. INFLUENCE OF GUTTA PERCHA ON THE ELECTRIC SPAILL—On Friday a curious experiment demonstrating the protective quality of gutta percha against tho escape of the electric fluid, wee tried on the premises of the Gutta Percha Company. A series of copper wires, coated with gutta percha, each wire LOW feet long, and in the aggregate amounting to 274 miles—was immersed in the water of the Regent's Canal—all, except the parts where each wire joined its fellow. The juncture was af fected by mere twisted contact, a condition very unfavonr able to the ready transmission of the fluid—and the vol taic battery employed in passing the discharge was on the old construction of Dr. Wollaaton, c misting of 384 pairs of 4 inch square plates of copper and zinc—put in action by dilute sulphuric acid. Ou completing the voltaic circuit, the explosion was instantaneous,—notwithstanding the wires had been immersed in water ever since the 18th of January. By employing • stronger battery, it is Jai cult to say what would be the limit of the electrical ignition. The usual plan of inflaming gunpowder, by Means of voltaic electricity, consists in making the flutd traverse a slender platinum wire, which thereby is rendered incorrodeeccnt—a plan which certainly would nut have been effective at so long a distance as 275 miles with the batter employed. Probably it would have been impossible with any battery. The plan actually followed was discovered by Mr. Statham, the chemist, at the gutta perch, works, and consists in passing the voltaic discharge through a small layer of the salt (probably eulphuret of copper), which forms when copper is brought into contact with aid phurised gutta percha. MR. KAYE AND THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.— On Thursday evening a public seine was' held is the large hall of the Freemasons' Tavern, to welcome Mr. John Kaye, the proprietor of the Wet/eyes 2times, on his release from the Queen's Bench prison, whore he has been confined for the hut four months fore libel published in his paper upon a Mr. Clarkson. Mr. Kaye, upon mitering the hall with his wife and family, was saluted with loud cheering. Mr. Kaye and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of the cause of Wesleyan reform, and the fol lowing resolution was unanimously adopted : " That this meeting regards the existence of a liberal and independent newspaper as meential to the extension and purity of me thodism, and hereby record, its sense of the deep obliga tion un der which the Wesleyan people are laid to Mr. Kaye for originating and maintaining the Wesleyan Times. This meeting also desires to soknowlialge the providence of God in preserving him in health during his recent separa tion from his family." RESULTS OF k BEE-TRADE.—A lazy mill is now incourse of erection en the Green Ban Estate ' and • weaving shed (nearly completed) on the Peel Hall Estate, Preston. Several of the old established firms have greatly extended their establishments and others are about to billow their example. RIO DE JANEIRO WILL SHORTLY BE LIGHTED terra GAS by an English company. The gas pipes for the purpose will lie shipped from Liverpool in a few dam and a gentleman proceeds to Rio by the next Brazilian mail packet from Southampton to superintend the arrangements. DESTRUCTION OF RHEIN ARDSBRUNN.—The palace of ltheinardshrnon, the favourite residence of the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, brother of his royal highness Prince Albert, was burned to the ground on the night of the 14th. The edifice was situated iu one of the most, charming spots of the Thuringian Forest, end occupied the site of an an cient monastery. It was not long since built at great coat in the old Oerman style, and contained treasures of anent, antiquity of untold value. The disaster was purely arir.i• dental. FRAUD ON THE REVENUE. —On Saturday the officers of inland revenue discovered at • house in Princes. square, St. George's in the El" • considerable quantity of snuff of foreign manufacture upon which no duty had, b een paid. The importers had been in the habit of leechingfrom the continent what seemed to be mince of Se . ieer w a t er , the t e ntitle, a a a i t e n dew wt . p oss ibl e par t :Ulnthe examination,bobt lt bo t t le binwhich, placed V the top to pro hhowe'rer, con t a i ne d EXPORT OF SPEClE.—Antongst tho cargo of the Bentinek, which lilt Seuthemptou on Saturday with the Indian mail, was specie 10 the value of 182,0001., viz., 80,0001. for Egypt, and 1( 5 2,0001. fur the India and China ports.