The Express. — London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

Ohm. Free Melo M as eapandiai lies uses, =l t le Ea= i sew ham swam= silleis t the media* 1 , . To , esa Is two wawa gm tandem ▪ mhs* I lima& my : 6stooa& i. oily is mat mem Thom h sea argm at preesse, in Pewees, tram dm par re system. he whisk I isold er =l e intentions at Om is said that the Baeriish maintained as it served their purposes, and now became they mn do without it. I g • fact of which you have been informed tat if in England the application of our corn, that of our home-produttlics must 'petition. Let me assure those gentlemen mistaken if they suppose that our good mists in Eagland have abandoned their it. they are protectionists to the back ly maintain that our country will be eturn to the good old days of monopoly. right to speak in the name of the free inking that commercial restrictions were 'gland, we are convinced that they were prejudice to her interests. We do not Utures, our agriculture, and our corn vantage from what is termed protection. I. have flourished much better without ray suspicions that may have been con e supposed hidden intentions attributed shall be more explicit. Let it then be a conviction is, that at no time, under nation can be enriched by the interfer in the shape of restrictive laws. What nctly understood la, that we apply this ,d, at every time, and under every air er be the condition of the country, we ;de benefits it more than restriction. Is rt of capital, or backward in industry? to more on favour of free-trade to enjoy ly other nations. Is it rich in capital free-trade opens a market to its industry card than itself. Is it weighed down ibt ?—surely it is a good motive for not ein favour of the monopolists. Are its —a reason for not adding new obetruc- Are they _good 2—reason the more to sy them. Point out to me a spot, no surface of the globe,—be it unbounded pt, or a barren rock like Malta, or a land; be it under a tropical sun or at prove that it is in the interest of the min the freest communications possible scattered over the earth. But what ! en pointed out by all the great writers nation—Smith, in England; Say, in lusaia ; eminent writers in Italy, Spain, they not all stand up together in the , to prove that it is equally applicable to ery dime, to every race under every e a so remarked that in another rev:et was not duly appreciated. The repeal represented as the sole aim of the not exact. Daring the course publicly declared, a hundred dif we regarded the repeal of the towards a higher and more ge we regarded that law as the key r, which once pulled out would is of monopoly to fall in. One month our triumph, when our predictions were Lion of the monopoly on sugar. And I that I regard this second triumph as I the first in a moral and social point of complete rate= of the colonial system. the Brithio government has voted the the duty on foreign and colonial anger, ple will he surely applied to colonial importance. At the same time justice colonis:s the right of importing the ;to countries on the same coll et* the mother country. It may t five years hence every nation buy, sell, and exchange in our me conditions as ourselves. You will ; the numerous results contained In that in the breasts of nations the longing 1 conquests and commercial monopolies n more or less the cause of all the wars t will contribute more than anything g and sad chapter of history where we r by brute force the acquisition of riches. as individuals, can only rise by means illation, by labour, by science and genius. of Watt and Jacquart, and not the Lora, who will levy inoffensive tributes thabitants of the globe. Is it not statesman to prepare himself for this They must perceive that the only way alit by complete commercial freedom is branches of industrynatural to them, orcibly brought to the conclusion that are ever Imploring the government for re not capable of taking any share in the r. Gentlemen, I have already trespassed tention with this imperfect statement of ie to say, before I sit down, that I shall however distant I may be, with the istion towards the enfranchisement of Truth triumphs over every obstacle, is certain. The great principle you I not despair in England of cutting its qwithstanding the inefficiency of its I say ? One of them, at least, has been is merits, and has been raised to a dis ks; had personally no claims. I cannot France there are more worthy advocates. e of your eminent men, with the eagle be able to discern the glory he holds out, ration his name side by side with the f modern times. The spirit of the age ternal union. Physical science, steamers, sl reforms prepare the way ; free trade ;ion. Already does the banner float victo and with the aid of the Almighty, ne on hand to hand, till it wraps in its folds vilised world. Allow me, gentlemen, to ;ion, the prosperity of the beautiful, the pitable city of Bordeaux." 1;IAI1..—By the Scamander, which he 90th ult., we have advice/ from Con 17th ; Alexandria, 19th; Athens, 20th ; -AunusT 19.—The current report iaiatic cholera had manifested themselves void of foundation. Ibrahim Pacha at Alexandria until the arrival of his at importance required his presence at rived on the 14th. The Nile has risen itinues rising. _ r 16.—(From a Correspondent.) — irregularity in the arrival of the Bow is some days overdue, so that I send this aer, which leaves Alexandria on the 20th ahim Pacha arrived on the Bth inst. at Majesty's steamer Avenger, and I am Lis commendations of England and the vinced that his visit to England, in par r for the regeneration and civilization of century would otherwise have produced, at of his father. His Highness Mohamed 1, expected in a few days at Alexandria, stantinople ; and when he hears all the s son Ibrahim has seen in England, it is in will decide on seeing them too. He is allusions made to himself at all the pub iers given to his son in England ; so that tions for everything French are said to .n. Nothing new in transit affairs since am informed that Ibrahim, when he ria, told the directors they must imme ie transit, of which he had complaints gland. I learn from Cairo that an alterca e there between the agents of the transit r and Oriental Company, who actually this should turn out to he correct, no irties will be sent to the rightabout. es from Lima to the 12th of July and the country to be in the enjoyment ity. Castilla, the President, bad acquired the moderation and disinterestedness of ese have been so rare in the rulers of that r are all the more prized. He is stated to tered with the claims of the old military a out of employ through his reduction of y his patience and firmness be was able to dof them one way or another. With two e of present tranquillity, after tweaty-two 1, says an intelligent writer, this govern to attend to the just claims of the bond rot trade, after a long depression, shows el, and will doubtless improve in a country y natural resources. Valparaiso accounts have been th of June. They possess no particular LS TnaDE.—Considerable anxiety is rthe Canadian papers as to the great and tion between the exports and the imports the Toronto Globe of a recent date has an ibject, from which it appears that in 1844 porta of Canada fell not far short of MS:- £2,151,520 791,500 1,70,646 ..... ........ £4,015,666 rare still greater, amounting to about does not include the freights, charges, in mall portion only of which remains in the is stated that at least 7,000,0001. must to the foreign creditor. But on the other of the province by which this large paid, have not, in either of the two reached 2,000,0001. The value of pro : 860,000!.; in 1845 , at 550.0001. In te deficit has annually accrued against m of which the Globe says, has not been standing on the account current between pant and the colonial trader. The bovines mainly done upon credit, and the settle mnt, which must come ere long, is looked small apprehension. This is certainly a g presentation of commercial affain in best authorities agree in deeming it *mu m years will offer many problems, political for the Canadian authorities and people to I paper. DENZAMA.—The Damn papers aostaita bkt ammot at a imilf yearly montbig 'tithe Bride Gull= at lAA& a dividend at dbe maa ef Leo per seat was amill,blNl.llle. wan iambi lathe sniping fee& TM wea -1 Oar, though ruby, bee bun Imenrabie to the *Mew A wank beg seism a few silks keen Georgetown, and bad ' done meek test let, without producing any very sarlona oalaadty. BARBADOIII.—TILLOW FEVZIL—Ono or two ewe of yellow fever have weaned at St. Ann's, says the West Didion (August 6). Assistant Commileary.-General Vedas stein died of it on Sunday morning, and we have baud of another case in or near the garrison. Catarrhal complaints are universal, but not (as far as our information salmis) of a eerie= character. GUIANA.—A TORNADO.—This colony had beet visited by a natural phenomenon of happily rare ocearmaes, which seems to have done immense mischief within lb. bounds of its circumscribed action. A correspondent of the Guiana Gaulle thus describes its course and action: " Its effects were first felt on plantation Montrose, where it Maw • strong new cottage to atoms ' • a poor man who to be up stairs at the time waskilled, having been tl i j ie to some distance, and in his fall must hare come in contact with a endue, which pierced him through the body. An. other cottage was lifted off the brick pillars, married for ward a few feet, and turned half round, nd then left without further injury . It then crossed over the Brothers withont doing any injury, there being nothing in its way ; but on reaching the Vryheid's Lu,t, it blew away thirty feet off the end of the megass logic, carrying some of the materials a distance of near thirty roods ; it also damaged about fifty feet more of the roof by making holes all tv; it blew the lead ridging off the engine house, throwing one half one side of the house andthe other half on the other side ; took off about forty feet off the tiled ridge of the boil ing house, and about 200 slates off the back part of the roof, cspartially i unroofed•cottage, and then went on over to the yid of Plaizan where t blew down seven houses, three which were ce large houses of two stories, the other four small ones. One of the large ones was lifted off the woodaa posts on which it rested, and dropped a few feet further ea without injury. There were four or five people in it at the time. The other two, both new houses, finished all but putting in the windows, were blown to pieces. It than went on through the courida bush into the sea ; any tam that happened to be in its course were nearly denuded of their branches, tearing off some limbs es thick as • man's body." BERMUDA.—EDUCATION.—The House of Assembly have adopted the educational resolutions recommended by their committee. The following is a compendium of the scheme:—Six out of the nine parishes (Pembroke, Devon shire, and Paget being omitted) are authorised to establish superior schools to be aided from the public funds. When ever a certain number of the parishioners of one parish (or two combined) shall have secured a good schoolroom and a competent teacher, and have guaranteed to him out of their own funds the sum of 501. a year, the public treuurer shall pay the sum of 1001. per annum to the said teacher. The parishioners shall appoint a Board of Education, to super intend the school as well as hear and adjust all matters re lating thereto. The schools shall be subject to such inspec tion as the legislature may see fit to appoint. Every teacher must procure a certificate from the Board of Education that he has faithfully discharged his duty to entitle him to draw his stipend from the treasury. Credentials of ability and moral fitness must be submitted by every teacher to the Board of Education, and receive their approval. ST. KITT'B.—In St. Christopher's, we observe, the sum of 800 dollars has been appropriated by the two branches of the legislature to the erection of a lighthouse. We also observe a report of the "St. Kitt's Useful Knowledge Society," which exhibits the affairs of the institution in a most pro mising light; although it has but just completed the first year of its existence, its libr ary numbers upwards of four huadred volumes, and is fast increasing; it is also in regular receipt of four weekly London newspapers, six monthly magazines, and two quarterlies, and is composed of about 160 members. The inhabitants of Basseterre have commenced laying down pipes for the supply of that town with water. The cost of the work is estimated at 2,4001. Towrot.a.—A suit for libel has been instituted by the Hon. R. V. Shaw, second Puisne Judge of this island, against the Hon. Dean Rogers, Chief Justice, and James Isidore Peter Lynch Dyett, M.D., stipendiary magistrate. Debases, 6,0001. be crourt. ROYAL VICTORIA AND ALBERT YACHT. --- JERSEY.—The Queen reached this island at half-past six o'clock, on Wednesday evening, the 2d instant. On Thursday, the 3d inst., her Majesty and the Prince Convert made a progress through the loyal town of St. Helier, and on through the country some few miles to the Castle of " St. Orgueil,' very ancient, and said to have been originally built by Julius Csaser. Her Majesty and the Prince, accom panied by the Lord Chamberlain, Earl Spencer, Viscount Palmerston, and the rest of the royal suite, returned to the royal yacht a little before three o'clock. Her Majesty did not leave the yacht again that day. Prince Albert pro ceeded in the Fairy to take a little survey of some portion of the island. FALMOUTH.—Her Majesty left Jersey on Friday the 4th inst., at eight o'clock, A.M., and arrived at Falmouth about seven o'clock the same evening. After the Queen's arrival, an address was presented through Viscount Palmer ston to her Majesty, from the mayor and corporation of the borough of Falmouth. Her Majesty's dinner on board the royal yacht comprised only the royal suite. Her Majesty left Falmouth on Saturday morning about eight o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia left Cashiobury Park, Herta, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, soon after nine o'clock on Saturday morn ing, for the Watford station, and travelled to town by the London and North-western Railway. At the Euston-square terminus, the Princess was received by Baron Witxleben, of her Royal Highness's household, and his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister. Her Royal High ness and the whole of the party went from the terminus to the Colloseum, and after inspecting that buildiug,visited and inspected the Model Prison at Pentonville, and the British Museum ; and from thence proceeded to the residence of the Prussian Minister on Carlton-house Terrace. A dejeune was served to her Royal Highness and suite and a select party. After luncheon the Princess of Prussia drove to the Reform Club, and was conducted through the interior. The royal party next paid a visit to the Conservative Club, and afterwards proceeded to the Surrey Zoological Gardens. Front the gardens the Princess went to the Euston-square terminus, and left town by railway at 6 o'clock, attended by her suite, nn her return to Cashiobury Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strehts visited the Colosseum on Saturday evening. Prince George of Cambridge, it is understood, will enter upon his duties as Commander of the southern district of Ireland early next month. His official residence will be at Limerick. The Princess of Prussia will remain about three weeks the guest of the Queen Dowager, and intends to devote three days each week to view the sights of this capital. The Bailiff of Guernsey had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Home Office. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town on Saturday on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at their seat, Grove-park, Watford. HER MAJESTY AT FALMOUTH. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—This evening, at seven o'clock, the Victoria and Albert, followed by the Fairy, next the Garland, and in the rear the Black Eagle, entered this port amidst the shouts of some thousands of persons, who had taken their station on the hills at the entrance of theharbonr, and of those who were fortunate enough, in the half hour that ensued from the steamers being first descried, to get into boats, and arrive at the roadstead, a steamer, full of ladies, who gave their tribute of homage, and went round the Victoria and Albert after the squadron had brought to. In the course of the morning, two messengers arrived and reported themselves from Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen here, but they seemed to the inhabitants to be telling an idle tale, as it had been reported that the Queen, on her late excursion to Plymouth, purposed to visit Falmouth, and the report bad turned out untrue. Her Majesty and Prince Albert stood abaft the wheel of the yacht until the vessel had entered the port, and the royal salutes from Pendennis Castle and the Crane packet had ceased, when they retired from obser vation. At nine o'clock her Majesty walked for a few minutes with Prince Albert on the deck of the yacht, observ ing the illuminations and fireworks, both on the shore and afloat, exhibited in honour of her Majesty's visit. The Berl of Ilchester was the only gentleman who had en audience of her Majesty to-night, but Sir Charles Lemon and other gentlemen remained in town all day to pay their respects to the Sovereign, if occasion offered. Her Majesty was on deck for a few moments only, at seven o'clock; and shortly after Prince Albert and two of the royal children presented themselves to receive the cheers of the thousands of persons around the yacht. Her Majesty's intention last night was to land here this morning, or to proceed up Truro River, for which purpose the mayor had been directed to engage a pilot, with whom he proceeded on board when he was informed that Her Majesty would go to the Moun t to-day, and proceed on to Scilly Islands, returning back to Falmouth to-morrow evening, when she intended to go up the Fal, occupping the time while Prince Albert proceeds to St. Agnes, to inspect the Duchy mines, and also to view the exhibition at the Polytechnic Hall in this town, at present open. At 8 o'clock the steamers got under weigh, and at nine were out of sight, after taking a circuit of the bay outside this port. Her Majesty's intention to return here to-morrow night was communicated by the Hen. Mr. Anson to Alfred Fox, , Esq.; and we are proud to state, that should the weather „' prove propitious, it is the royal intention to remain here until ro Mr. Taylor, the Duchy mineral agent, and Messrs. Chard v- and Bose, pilots, were received on board the Victoria and l e n t Albert. CONFINED STaEETB.—It is now a matter of general com plaint that the avenues to the great tra din g parts the City of London have become dangerous. A recent meeting, held by eminent merchants residing near Mark-lane, afforded ample proof that it is time something should be done, either by the government or the corporation of London, to apply the remedy required. In Lower Thames•street It isunsafe to psis. A passenger cannot avoid the carts without rbk of his life. In many parts the spate for the foot passengers is not more than 14 itches wide, which, with all his care to avoid the wheels of a cart, will not afford him protection. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1846. The egthood Moth et the sheds and sauna to at eathas ilipmathe to the eamiamity. The Wade and 001M1111111 et the eity lave isermard toes ,meat width nib he the inter twines 'litho othoisipal wahsollith a ether that swan may be allowed in the finals sad thereaultthat narling os *single, Imes whisk se may hanikeds depth& lbw bread. The ?wide of the °organism esehl sot be applied ea • more metal ththot.--Gbrise. SLWT Virms4llB.—A minas notice is paged on the dispel door it tintawleh limpital, stating that tom plaint has beta watistlist may et the peadames are in the habit of awe* dada( divine movies. The boatswains are ' theretame dkeelled to wahe them, unless they are very old and inirsa, atimpaeleft death, the reading of the creed, and to report aY sash Wsagens to the captain of the week. Ta e at BOOKS PIM GRAY'S INN.—On Satur day lalhemothe was reosimd by the pollee, that a number of booed valises of Acta of Parliament had been abstracted kola the Man of Gray's Inn. JURY Liars.—Yesterday, the list of all men quali fied to arm as jurors for the ensuing year, commencing the lit Lat., were posted on the doors of the different metro politan churches, as required by the 6 Geo. 4, c. 50. They will remain open for inspection till the 21st inst. All objec tions will be heard by the justices in petty sessions for the parishes in the county of Surrey, at the Court-house, New ington-green, on Friday, the 25th inst. ; for the parishes in the borough of Westminster, at the Guildhall in the Broad Sanctuary, on the 24th inst. ; and for the parishes within the Holborn Union, at the board-room of the workhouse, Little Gray's-inn-lane ' on the 29th inst. THE NEW RAILWAY SIGNAL.—Sir,—On reading the account in your paper of the new railway signal, it ap peared to me that if a solid air-tight piston, with a rod of convenient length, was applied to that part of the tube to which the man's month is proposed to be applied, the down ward pressure of the piston would force a greater column of air through the whistle than the man coull by means of his lungs. The simple action of forcing down a small piston would be a good substitute for the exertion caused by blow ing, for even a short time. The man's attention, by this means ' would not be withdrawn from the danger which causes him to make the signal, but which must be the ewe while his mouth is applied to the tube.—Yours, respect kill, T. W. TUE FORGERY CASE AT COUTTS'S.—CiTenMSttillee• are stated to have transpired since the examination on Tues day, which will put an end to all further proceedings. It is well known that the two officers who apprehended the pri soner have been informed that there is no occasion for the present for them to make any further inquiries, besides which, it is stated, that no letters have been received from the two other directors, Mr. Wetmore and Mr. Stephenson, Iwho signed the cheque, nor have those who *re now con ducting the prosecution been able ts communicate with them. In the event of the non-attendance of the two co trustees and directors on Wednesday next, the case must fall to the ground, for, as Mr. Alderman Musgrove re marked, anima they repudiated the alteration or substitution of 5,0001. for 104. there was an end of the case. During the examination on Tuesday last, some of the parties connected with the company were speaking together, when oue of the parties was heard to say that he had no doubt, before another examination, the whole of the matter would be satiafacteril explained, and that Captain Richardson would be • —Weekly Chronicle, ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM GILTSPUR-STREET COMPTER.--On Saturday, between one and two o'clock, a prisoner, named Dennis Shine, effected his escape. He was employed to assist the workmen in making some repairs, and while they were going to dinner, Shine availed himself of a ladder which they had left in the yard, scaled the wall, and escaped over the roofs of the neighbouring house:. He is a desperate fellow, who was tried at the last London Seasiess. and convicted of the commission of a series of rellianky assaults at • house in Friday-street. He is described as having light hair, fair complexion, stoutly built, 5 feet 94 inches haffh, and about 21. THE STORY OF YESTERDAY WaB singular from the extreme partiality of the showers. About noon, after a hot, hazy morning, the sun burst forth, and hile shining brightly, a sharp clap of thunder was heard over the northern portion of the metropolis. The thunder continued at inter vals until r ut four, and was accompanied by exceedingly partial showers. At Islington, it rained very heavily during nearly an hour, whilst on the south side of the City-roia scarcely a drop fell. A severe shower came down in the im mediate neighbourhood of Seymour-street, Somers'-town, whilst the back of Mornington-crescent, scarcely • stone's throw distant, was left perfectly dry. A correspondent assures us that one half of Blackfriars-bridge showed the effects of a hard shower, whilst on the other half, not a vestige of rain could be seen. Along the line of the Rich mond Railway the fall was copious and continuous, whilst in Chelsea, on the north side of the Thames, no wet what ever was observed. _ _ _ BARTHOLOMEW FAlR.—This fair terminated on Saturday night as it commenced, without much additional noise or bustle in the locality in which it is held. There were altogether but nine stalls, which were devoted to the sale of ginberbread, &c., whose profits were anything but large; and only two public-houses opened rooms for the former cus tomary revelry of balls. The only incident in the fair was the seizure on Friday of some gambling tables, in the yard of an adjacent public•house by the police. OLIN AND PISTOL STOCKS.—We have on a former occasion noticed the extensive arrivals, at times, of stacks for guns and pistols, from Belgium, made of the weed of the walnut tree, which abounds so much in that country, and also that the same description of ertiele had latterly been brought, to a lesser extent, from Holland, which was not formerly the case. An arrival of the kind has just taken place from the latter State, to an extent which has not before come under our observation, by a vessel named the Alkman, which has arrived at one of the Quays near London-bridge from Rotterdam, having on board, in addition to a variety of other articles of Dutch produce, the large number of 12,281 of these guns and 499 pistol stocks, consigned to the British Government. INQUESTS HELD ON SATURDAY.—Mr. W. Baker, at the Black Swan, School-house-lane, &twilit', concerning the death of a male infant, the illegitimate offspring of Mary Ann Mitchell, a widow, which was found in the water closet. On being taken into custody she admitted the birth, but accounted for the death in a natural manner. Mr. Ross, a surgeon, could not swear that the child was born alive. Verdict " Found Dead."—Also by Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head Tavern, High-street, Poplar, on the body of a man unknown, found in the river on Friday afternoon. He was dressed in a blue jacket, light trowseri, dark com plexion, and about five foot seven in height. He is supposed to have been in the water some time, and appears to be about 19 years of age. Verdict " Found Drowned."—At Bt. George's Hospital before Mr. Bedford, on the body of Richard Quigley, aged 31, a master plasterer. On the 27th ult., deceased and a boy, assisting him, were plastering the front of a house in Warwick-road, Paddington ,• the scaffold gave way, and they both fell to the ground a depth of sixty feet. The boy was killed on the spot, but t he deceased sur vived until Friday. The deceased had weakened the scaf fold by sawing away a portion which was necessary to its safety. Verdict " Accidental Death." ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday, as Mr. Charles Wells, of No. 30, James street, Covent-garden, was about to cross over in Bow-street, a person came up with a load of potatoes on his shoulders, and, running against deceased, knocked him down. At this moment a horse and cart came forward, and before the unfortunate man could be removed, the horse trampled upon him. He was picked up in a state of insen sibility, and conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital, but his injuries defied all medical skill, and death put a close to his sufferings at three o'clock in the afternoon. He has left a widow and three young children to deplore his premature loss.—On Saturday afternoon, as a large four-wheeled van passing along Sun-street, 13ishopsgate-street, a child about three years of age, the son of a respectable tobacconist, living in the above street, ran across the road and was knocked down by the horses, both wheels on one side of the van passing over his b ody," crushing him dreadfully, all the exertions of the driver, who was in the van, to stop the horses, being of no avail. The poor little fellow was imme diately picked up by the agonised mother, who witnessed the accident, and conveyed to the hospital. The child's recovery is doubtful. DWELLINGS FOR THE POOR.—A correspondent of the Mechanics' Maya:ine offers the following suggestion : —As a substitute for the late wretched habitations of the poor in the neighbourhood of St. Giles's, and elsewhere, might not dwellings be erected on a plan somewhat similar to many of the "olden time," with galleries, and resem bling in some measure the caravanseries of the east? Some of the advantages of such structures would be, the small area of ground comparatively that would suffice, the cheapness of erection in reference to each tenement, the good venti:ation that would result, as well as the conveniences for cleanliness and general comfort. Furthermore, the scheme would offer a good return for investment, at a rental as low as that paid by the inmates of the late abodes of filth, privation, and disease. We will suppose a street of rather more than 300 feet long, and about 50 broad. Let this be divided into 2.1 distinct ccmpartments (one on each side of the street), each having two rooms, besides a small one containing the sink, water-pipe, and privy, and having, as a sanatory measure ceilings of an altitude of nine or ten feet. These would supply residence for twenty-five poor small families on the ground floor. Upon these let two or three more stories he rated, with corresponding compartments, and access be afforded by continuous galleries or arcades. Two hundred dwellings, L I dean, cheap, comfortable, and airy, would thus be provided in a comparatively small space, possessing but one inconve- L nience, that of ascent, which use would diminish, and which the inhabitants of Edinburgh and Paris never, I believe, I complain of. Connected with the street might be added an accommodation for the collective benefit—s general wash house ; and that supported by a small fraction of additional rent on the 200 tenements. The water might be contracted for on advantageous terms, in consequer.ce of the concentra tion of the supply. According to the best calculation I can make, a weekly rental of 2s. for each compartment of two sm all: rooms, and an additional small one with conve niences, would allow a liberal return on the capital re quired; especially if the Commissioners of Woods and Forests would, as in duty bound, provide the ground on reasonable terms. UNEQUAL PRESSURE OF POOR-RATES, AND ITS RIIMEDY.—A correspondent to the Tines writes that a prat evil prevails in relation to the poor-rates in large towns. In one large parish, for instance, out of some 40,000 assess ments, calculated to yield 103,0001., no less than 22,000, in amount from 26,0001. to 28,0001., are, and will be, unpaid. In an adjoining township the proportion of defaulters is still greater ; the consequence is, that the actual payers are bur dened with a rate one-fourth to one-third larger than ought to be laid upon them. This state of things is traceable to the circumstance of the majority of the assessments being lira small tenements let at weekly rents of os. and under. AB the tenants are, of coarse, legally liable, but a power is gives to the justices to excuse from payment upon the applisstise of the parties, should it appear . that by reason Of poverty they are unable to pay. There is, however, no moans of Prtimtsas eimre b 7 die arse Imams and usavolibrprecess esmasse and &Nem It nay, asslgiß, sneer due the pseeseelhis Moved, and that the imeoseed Medea ant gm the MO wealthy part I of the asmeausity. Thh is. however. by se muse the ease, ' for the Iwimidems aid busiesteti, whoa ix work, do pay, wham the blle, the sed. the diolresoe, almost always ealige—shre is is sey, She first et diess=p m az I twist rod the eased amea, he Share lea gamed hag, attest expressed, that the rests are high bosun then I are no rates payable. New, for the remedy. If all land- lords were by law made liable for the rates, which they I would, in fact, receive back weekly in the form of rent, net only would the parishes be relieved by a reduction of mess, but the expense of collection would be materially reduced, and fraud by collectors in a great measure prevented. DIBBAsll IN POTATOF.s.—Sir : I observe in your paper of Wednesday last that Mr. Johnston, M. C., Middle sex, troubles you with a few remarks on my letter in the • Daily Nero of the 29th August, "more to point out its in- correctaess and fallacy than to give any idea of what the disease is ceased by." But has Mr. Johnston done so ? potato incorrectness has he pointed out ? What fallacy has he detected ? On the contrary, he tells you that "he will not pretend to dispute my proposition." "If Mr. Munro be • a practical farmer," says Mr. Johnston, " he must know a very good reason why potatoes are not planted at least before the Bth of April. When the young plant gets frost-bit in the mornings, the shoot has to grow afresh from the set potato, which throws the crop back three weeks ; besides, this greatly weakens the set by growing a second time." Granted. But how often is this circumstance likely to occur ? I am not aware how farming operations are carried on in Middlesex ; but they manage matters better in Northataptoa shire. Although lam neither a practical farmer nor a gar dener, I do a little in both ways for amusement ; lam seldom, if ever, later in planting potatoes than the first or second week in April, and I have never lost a crop from being attacked by spring frosts ; besides, if it should happen that the crop be thrown three weeks back, there is still time enough for the tubers to perfect themselves before next planting season. " Again, says Mr. Johnston, "if Mr. Munro be a practical farmer, he must have observed a very marked difference between all the failures of the potato crop of 1845 and 1844, and the failures before those years." The only difference I have observed is that of propressiveneas, of increased inveteracy. When the complaint first made itself palpable among the potatoes the universal mode of cultivation was by that of sets, the failures were at first pa rtial ; in some instances the sets failed to vegetate, and in others they did grow for a short time, and then withered away. Still the disease kept progressing year by year, and as a remedy we resorted to the planting of whole tubers; this practice carried us on fur a few years kmger, and what is the consequence now? Simply this, that, while 30 or 40 years ago a single eye was sufficient for the purpose of reproduction, the constitution of the plant has been so weakened that the united efforts of the entire tuber are insufficient to produce healthy vegetation. " Before 1845," says Mr. Johnston, "the failures that occurred were only when the planting season was very dry, and particularly when the manure was not sufficiently rotted and moist to sourish the plant, and therefore the failure was that the plant did not grow." Has Mr. Johnston studied farming for the last 30 years, and not found out yet, that well-rotted manure is just about the last substance that potatoes ought to be planted with ? Once for all, I beg leave to state that it is not my intention to allow myself to be drawn into a controversy upon the potato disease. I have done the beat I could, and that from the best of motive ; and instead of finding fault with each other's observations, let us rather unite and strengthen each other's hands, in our en deavours to repel the attack of the potato enemy. Since my letter of 29th August appeared in the Daily News, I have had communications from various parts of the country, all approving of what I have therein advanced. From the letter of an eminent banker in a neighbouring county I will take the liberty of giving one quotation, and conclude: " I agree with you, and beg to mention a fact. Mr. —of Northumberland, net potatoes in October. November, February, March, and April, and used a sack in getting up. It took 45 cards of a rig to All the sack "(those planted in April, and only SO yet!'. to the sack of Plow planted in October, and none dimased.--I remain, sir, ' yours respectfully, .I.tam Mean.—Esston-M4udit, Sept. 2." ' P.l3.—Since writing the above quotation I have just r, ceived by post, from a gentleman of Leicester, a copy of the' ' Tyne Mercury of Nov. 19, 1815, which contains an article on the potato, signed L. S. D. As the communication is not lengthy, I have taken a copy of it, and send it herewith : ON THE 38.‘N.U4911!NT OF POI.TOF.A. Plant vour potatoes whole, plant wide, plant now. •To Ilte Rdilor of Me Tyne Merenry. " Sir : Potatoes have in the Ism few wars Gilles o$ in their nourish ing qualities, —and what is the reason! It is because you have foe. saken nattier in their management. Potatoes have been gradually deteriorating —ulthoughdlic crops hare been large, the nourishing qualities have diminished; the potato of the present day contains more moisture and le« starch than it did ten years ago; In planting potatoes whole you follow nature, for you never knew nature take a knife and cut the tuber into four or five piecem ; no,—the plant (hv riven nourishment and strength from the decay of the root from whence it springs, and by adopting this plan, you will Per fewer breaks in the Hell, for every root tells; and I speak from experience, the best crops have been from potata,, planted whole ; they must be planted wide to allow spreading. They might to be planted now, be fore the frost nets ; for it in quite unnatural to suppose they will improve by being stewed together, with laving for nearly 6 months before they are planted; besides, it is the best chance of waving your seed ; if they are planted now, you are sure of them ; they will also show themselves If good before it is too late to plant for another crop. Br following this plan, I'll engage you have your potatoes enlier, better, and get three for two against the old plan.—L.S. D., Leicester, 13 Nov. 1845. HANBEMME RECOGNITION BT A POLITICAL OPPO NENT.— We have great pleasure in presenting the f dlon ing extract from the Carmarthen Journal, one of the beat of our many excellent provincial newspapers: TILE LATE GENERAL 411 t W. NOfl, G.C.B. We havetuttch autiaidetion in announcing that the Queen, on the recommendation of Lord John Rmaell, has presented a eon of tbe late golLuit general to a valuable living, as will be wen by the accom ming copy of a letter from the Prime Minister to the Rev. Mr. Chesham-place, August 2s. " sir,—l have much pleasure in informing you that the Queen has approved of my recommendation of your provided= by the Crown to the living of Tutterton, in Lincolnshire. The lidag, which is near /Liston, is worth, I understand, from MAL to 1,9901. a year. I "W. ( that you will be enabled by this increase of income to give that assist ance to your sisters which your circumstances nay warrant. It is as the son of Sir Win. Nott, as well as in the character of a deserving clergyman, that I have brought your name before her Majesty.—l have the honour to be your faithful servant, " J. RUSSKI.L. " The Rev. Vin. Geo. Nott." We believe we may state that it wan mainly attributable to the very kind and persevering efforts of Mr. David Morris, the member textile borough. That gentleman pretest the very strong claims of the family upon Sir Robert Peel, but without gummy. The Earl of Ellenborough also made a very forcible appeal to the late Lord Chan cellor (or one of the numerous livings in his giR to be bestowed upon the Rev. Mr. Nott, but he wan equally unsuccessful, although 'he made a personal favour it, knowing better than any man what the deceased General had achieved for British Delia. Lord John tem..ll was no sooner in other than Mr. David Morris, accompanied be Mr. Saunders Dmies, M.P., waited upon him with a memorial, deism up, we understand, by the Mimes Nutt, setting forth the claims and the circumstances of the family, which Lord Jobn readily acknowledged, and stated be would consider of the subject. Lord iota, subsequently wrote to Mr. D. Morris, making inquiries relative to the Rev. Mr. Nott, to which Mr. Morris replied, and the result was as we have stated. The services of the late General Nutt were of no common orthx. When our army at Cabool annoyed, nearly the whole of the Afghan force. were brought to bear against the General, and he sustained and defeated repeated attacks during the whole of that winter. Hod he been overthrown, or induced to surrender, as Colonel Palmer dal, who commanded at the almost ini Me fortress of Chimer, there is no telling what effect it w have had upon the native powers of India, who are chiefly awed and kept in s sbjection by the moral influenee attached to British mown,. It is perfectly certain. too, that General Pollock's in orb to Cabool, and the retrieval of oar fume, would have been reu demi impossible. Lord J. Russell has shown himself alive to this and is deserving of high honour for his ready and disinterested ibl'l:lloW !Moment of it. Acts of this kind go far to strengthen a puverament, for the people are ever ready to express their gratitude fur an honest distribution of patronage. We are pleased to be able to notice that Mr. Robert Nott, some time a resident in Carmarthen during the life of his gallant father, immediately on bin return to India, was ap pointed Adjutant and Interpreter to the lot Regimes: of Infantry of Seindial's Contingent at Gwatior, a valuable apptAntment fur to young an officer. This Mr. Nott owed, we believe, to the very stiong letters of mommendation be curried out with him from the Earl of Ellen. borough and the Hon. Col. Tenor, who on all occasions have mani fested the strongest interest for the family. No man can any what is before him ; if Lord John proceeds in this course he will cheat Us out of all our prejudices. There are a thousand unhandsome motives assignable by envy or ill-will for the noble act of the minister described above, but we scornfully reject them all. We are as much opposed as ever to the professed political principles of Lord John Russell's government, as much opposed as we were six years ago, but this shall sot prevent our acknowledging now, as we acknowledged then, that in the dispensation of patronage, Conservatives would do well to take • lesson Irom their political opoonents. We may op pose perverse politicians, and we will oppose them as long as they continue perverse; but it is im possible not to respect, and even love the men who act generously and honourably in the exercise of a great power which their station calls upon them to exercise upon their private judgment, and almost without responsibility of any kind. We say this as much for Lord J. Russell's sake as for our own, because the Premier is too acute a man not to see that by an act which must concliate to him the respect and love of all good men, he does not nezessarily s.rve any party purpose, end the act, therefore, is free from the taint of unworthy motives. It is • gaol and generous thing, promptly and gracefully done upon the impulse of a strong sense of duty.—,Standard. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SErr. EMPLOTIIENT OF THE PEOPLE. —A proclamation from the Lord Lieutenant appeared last night in the Dublin GazeUe, bringing into actire and immediate operation the recent act for the relief of the Irish poor by employment, through means of a labour rate. Br roe Loan Lirt - rr.x.xr qYNLBAL AND GENERA:, OW/ KNOX or Biessoaoton. Whereas, by an act word in the tenth year et the reign of her present Majemy,. intituled "An act to facilitate the em ployment of the labouring poor for a limited period Li distressed dis tricts in Ireland,” it is enacted, that whenever, on representation of the existence of distrecs in any district, it may seem ex, _ledient to the Lord Lieutenant or Chief Governor or Governors of L - eland, that an extraordinary presentment ersions for any barony, half barony, county of a city, or county of a town, In hrelsnd 'tbe county of the city of Dublin excepted), should amen.e,le and make presentments for the elocution of public works in such district, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other 'Net governor or governors of Ireland, from time to time, by a notice be published in the Dubtiot Gazette, and she in one or more r ruvapers circu hew is theempeettm dlsteicts, and of which notice copies shall be • wird in On nd plaoss i lr Lamina public grand jury Dodoes in mob Markt, Marmot sad that an extraordinary presentment senior' for ands berm/ barmy, county of &city, or county of a town, as the ore be, shall meet and assemble for the purpmee of the add mt. AM cereemetationc have been made to to. Ce these of &dram in as baccomr of Baptise, in the county of Donegal, sow I, Jaintallilain, Rut of ilechorourb, Lord Lieutenant Genera and emend Ciavarmr of Ireland, de, by this notice, direct and Media MEI an asteamdbery prmastatent stakone for the raid buoy at lisgbakin tar enmity cif Amid, shall meet and its.emble for Ma porpdaes af dr mid ma, M BAphoe, in the said barons., on Mohair, _the 141hZf o rnmaber at the bout of twelve o'clock, nom DIM at rave id day of September, 1646. By kis gap ft IN Fr. H. Lsooeciuma. The gm/1r 0100 toiotios &Oar proclamation for bolding baronial sessions in the following counties and place and at the time specified : COBB.—Half Bunny, eatery West , at division, at Skibbereaa, Ml 4, at 12. Half Botany, Carberry Wen, west division, Bally- Sept. 13, at IS. Barony of Bear, at Castletown, Sept. IS, at Barony of Bantry, at Bantry, Sept. 18, at IS. Barony at Lower Thlla, at Broadturd, Sept. 14, at It. DONEGAL--Boma y of Boyle", at Mendes, Sept. 17, at It NATO.—Barone of Enis, at Behnollet, Sept. IS, at 12. Barony of Oneleiio, at Ballagitatierres, Sept. 18, at IL Barony of Galen, at iletiedwd, Sept. 17, at IL Barony of Tyrawky, Babas, Sept. 16, at LL ROSCOMMON. —Barony of Ballintobber, south, at Roscommon, Sept. 18, at 12. Barony of Boyle, at [Wyk, Sept. 14, at Is. Barony of (hoidens, at Castlerea, Sept. 16, at IS. Freschpark, at Preach park, Sept. 15, at 12. Roscommon, at Strokestown, Sept. 19, at 12. OLlGo.—loyney, at Totercurry, Sept. 16, at 12. Conan, at Bally mote, Sept. IS, at 12. Tlreragh, atEsokey, Sept. IS, at 12. Ilrerrill, at C,ollooney, Sept. It, at 12. TLYPERARY.—Barony of Upper Ormond, at Too:lmam Sept. 14 , at 12. Barony of Owney and Arra, at Newport, Sept. 18, at 12. Barony of Lower Ormond, at Smooth, Sept. 16, at If. WATERFORD.—Barony of Bede, Without Drum, at Dungan an, Sept. 14, at 11. This immediate action was rendered indispensable by the accounts received from all quarters, through deputatians and by letter, detailing the frightful affliction of the country, and the destitution which impends overall the agricultural popu lation of the country. The promptitude with which Lord Besborough acted upon those representations has procured for his Excellency the praises of all parties in the country. The Evening Mail says, " A most important duty will now devolve upon the several baronial sessions thus culled toge ther by the Lord-Lieutenant. With them rest, the power of selection as to the public works to be set on foot within their respective district.,; and upon their judgment will depend the choice either of undertakings that will coufer lasting benefit upon the country, or of works possessing no other recommendation than that of furnishing an excuse for the distribution of alms." The Freernan's Journal compliments the Lord-Lieutenant on his promptness of action and the Weekly Register says:—" It is matter of deep and heartfelt congratulation, that at such a season we should have an Irish government, whose best exertions, we have this early assu rance. will be devoted to afford them prompt relief." THE POTATO BLIGHT.-- -The extreme beauty of the weather at the present time renders the appearance of the potato-fields and gardens the more melancholy. I have recently been • journey of some forty or fifty mdes through Wicklow, and on every aide, amidst the greenness and fresh ness of all other fields and growing crops, the spaces allotted to the potcoes were one sweep of dark, dry, earth-colbured blight. Large fields, or small patches, it was all the same ; nor was this dry, withered-up appearance confined to any particular spots in each field, but the whole was exactly alike in every part. Those potato-fields which did not present this brown and wretched hue were only those where the rotting stalks had served as a rank manure fur weeds, and a luxuriant crop of all sorts of overgrowth was nourish ing, in some places the weeds being in full flower, so as to cover long strips of the fields with uninter rupted masses of yellow flowers or bright red poppies, as if in gaudy mockery of the wretchedness beneath. In very few instances indeed had the dead stalks been re moved, and cabbages or turnips planted in their place . 1 1 1 inquired the reason of this from many persons. Some said it was because the people had no money to buy seed ; others said, it was because the peasantry had resigned themselves to despair ; others, that the owners of these withered fields had a foolish hope that the crops might in part revive. At any rate, there were the fields with the entire crops dead, and the land iletrardolYree sh t :i r irtrr e : of i Dreatityt:lfd the e e that be Mr. had recently travelled thirty miles into the country, and saw just the same melancholy appearances I have described ; and Mr. Baker, a dissenting minister, told me that he had just been a journey of a hundred miles, passing slowly through the country, and it was the same throughout. THE Carpe.—The 3foaaghan Standard thus speaks of the untoward deficiency of the crops in that neghbourhood. The corn crops in this neighbourhood are nearly all cut do en. The wheat is the only grain which approaches en average. The oat crop is light in the head, and prematurely ripened, and we are informed by the very beet authorities, that it is one-third short in yield. PRELIMINARY MEETING IN DUBLIN TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT Better MRASURR.—A meeting, convened by Mr. Classen, was held in the Music hall on Thursday, Mr. Bermingham in the chair. The object was to firm a committee of the citizens of Dublin to co-operate with Government in the present emergence. It was re solved to present a requisition to the Lord Mayor to call a meeting of the citizens to that end at the earliest oppor tunity. Mr. Classen propounded a novel remedy fur the distress:— " When they spoke of remunerative employment It was often asked whore th►•. employment WAS to be had Now the middle classes of the country were formed of persons of different descrip tiono. One 1161.12 might have money, and the ability to expenil it to tecunnerative advantace; another man might have money also, and as anxious desire to benefit the country without ►nowing how to go about it properly. Ile would suggest that those who had money to spare should lend it to their neighbours lisr the purpose of being els ponied on draining and I daLT useful works of that natant, which, beside. giving employment to the people, Would soon repay the money which had been expended upon them. (flear.i" PROVINCIAL DISTRESS MEETINGS.—The Cork Examiner received this evening says : " We devote about eleven coin= of thh day's Extrosisser to reports of public meetings held in lermoy, Midlnon, Mallow, Kinsale, Bantry, and in other parts of this county —all convened for the pur pose of taking into consideration the fidlure of the potato crop, and the consequences which that failure Is certain to entail on all classes In the country. There has not been a statement made in this journal that is not fully borne Gut by the observations of Muse who attended these curium. Meetings. There is no attempt to make the blight less destructme than it really Is, nor to exaggerate the distress :aid misery which ore certain to fisw fmm a calamity so dreadful and so universal. All is alarm and apprehension. The landlord trembles frr the consispiences ; so does the middleman; so dues the tenant farmer. And well they may, If some decisive step be not taken by the government, and prompt exertion he made by individuals. It is time (or each torn to set his own house in good onler." CHOLERA IN KERRY.—The ICerry Examiner states that some cases of common cholera have appeared in Listowel, and seine other towns throughout that county, and in this town there have been, perhaps. a dozen eases. It is said that cholera has been caused in most of these instances by the use of unsound potatoes, but on this subject we have heard the opinion of a medical gentleman, who stated, that he did not believe cholera to be caused by the use of diseased pota toes, though he was of opinion it might be superinduced by them.—[This looks like an over-nice distinction.] Tttg SYretv OE LABOUR.—Lord John Russell has prescribed it as on of the conditions on which public labour shall be afforded in any district in Ireland, that no labour shall be supplied from public sources when there shall exist any private demand for labour. That this rule is likely to cause considerable injury to the poor will be evident from the following paragraph, copied from a pro vincial paper:— On Saturday last the works earned mi under the ooperintondenee of A. liarnion, Eeq., in this neighbourhood, were brought to a close, pursuant to an order of the Board of Works, in order to give facilities to the farmer to secure his harvest. The amount of labourers, how ever, was ton numerous fot all that remains to be done at honest labour, and numbers have been thrown out of employment.- -Northern tilaadord. NOW it is well known that the field of private labour is twice as extensive in the north as in the south or west of Ireland ; if, therefore, numbers have been thrown out of employment at Monaghan in consequence of' Lard John Russell's or, 'er, the result of it in the districts where less ofpiivete employment offer, to the peasantry must be most afflicting. Upon this subject the Limerick Reporter observes : The Public Work" are wholly inadequate to meet the coming evil. There must be better wage, given too man In ordinary . yeas., for it shoukl be recollected that bowl at any time Is a much more expereave trod than potatoes, and now the price of bread enh metal by the km. of the potato. The poor man, therefore, who could manage to support Ma family on potatoes, must hall.ti rye them on bread, if he deco not get an advance upon the ordinary wages. If the landlords, equally blind to their own interest", and deui to the voice of humanity', will not, of their own accord, set atom! this safe and effectual remedy Oa moliately, there must he public meetings held, and ;Addresses for warded to the queen to summon Parliament to pass an act to compel them to do their duty. THE LORD LI EtTENANT.—We understand that since the Earl of Desborough's late arrival in Dublin, his Ezeellency has caused orders to be executed in this city in the purchase of Irish linen alone, to the amount of nearly 1,0001. THE IRISH SECSETARY.—Yesterday (.haturday) Mr. Labouchere was sworn in a member of the Irish Privy Council. THE IRISH CHIEF Itsuos.—The Richt Hon. D. It. Pigott was sworn into the office of Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer on Thursday. THE IRISH ESTABLISHMENT.—On Sunday his Grace the Lord Primate held a confirmation in St. Mark's Church, Armagh. His Grace was attended by his chaplain, the Rev. James Jones, and on his arrival was met at the west door by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Elrington, and his curates, in their robes. The litany was read by the Rev. Dr. Elrington, and his Grace then addressed the young people in an impressive manner, from Acts viii. 14, 17. His Grace returned to the Communion table; 405 young persons were presented to him fur confirmation-186 from the town and 219 from some of the country districts of the parish. REPRESENTATION OF CLONMEL.—The electors of Clon niel have selected the Hon. Cecil Lawless, second son of Lord Cloncurry, as their future representative. Mr. Lawless is a repealer, having joined the Association after the Exodus of Young Ireland. g announced this fact, now confirmed some days since. O'Commetx AND O'Bates.—A Limerick paper having stated that the congregated trades of that city had taken part in the demonstration in favour of Mr. Smith O'Brien, of which I have sent you an account, the secretary of the trades has contradicted the assertion. LANDLORD Bersevotzece.—The venerable and esteemed Mr. Meagher, of Ballyany, having fifteen acres of potato ground sit to labourer,. intimated to them on Wednesday that he did not intend demanding rent, but told them to die what they could out of the land for the sustenance of them selves and families. Mr. Latouche, of Dublin, visited his propertyy at he has 606 acres of excellentn ear Toorora an i r , a t;;. ;:ila Tues his u ity n , t w ere ry not to use the potatoes which he saw were rotting in the and that be would not press them during this season deep distress. We are always happy to notice timely believes lence, such as has been noticed in these cases.—i'ipperair Vindicator. The Fermanagh Reporter informs us that the Earl Of Enniskillen has established a deptit of India meal at Florence court, and two men are daily employed selling it, at prime cost, to the tenantry and dependents in the neighbourhood of his lordship's residence, where the potato crop has been totally destroyed. It were well if other landlords would follow his example. A gentleman in Kerry complains that there are in the parish of Macroom Seven landlords, having each property of 3,0001. a year and upwards, who have not given, though frequently applied to, a single shilling towards maintaining their own tenantry. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT OF IRELAND.—The Ferma nagh paper informs us that on this day a new steamer, on the screw principle, will commence plying on Loch Erne. And after Monday boats will be despatched twice a week , instead of once, as hitherto. This ts a gratifying evidesiee of the progress of internal improvement in Ireland. OSSEO' DEMONSTRATION AT BELFAST.—An attempted Orange demonstration at Belfast, on Thursday last, proved an utter fame. Neither of the gentleman who have been named as Conservative candidates for the town weuM ennead. The Bari of Rodin declined to accept the levitation.. Mr. W. Blackwood, who had sent a letter of , andaing in tile town by maddest, was pressed lute the and an polled to take the chair at the last moment. The of the speeches was " desertion, desertion." The semslary cedi ventured to read one ow two of th e l e tt ers o t Ten RIPRAL RIM AND " Tea NATios."—ReVtion pubhahre a correspondence between the Rev. J. Kenyon, of Templederry, and Mr. Bay, secretary to the Repeal Associa tion. In his fires letter, the rev. gentleman, after stating that the oontributon to the Repeal rent transmitted by him last February were mainly moved by their wish to get the Nation, begged that the committee will send them money enough to provide themselves with the paper, otherwise ne fears he will have to ask back the entire subscrip tion. Mr. Ray replied that " the rules " did not autho rise them to remit money in lieu of papers stopped ; that they did not accept subscriptions on terms incompatible with their principles; and that auy person refusing hie assent to these principles cannot be a member of the newels: lion. Mr. Kenyon's rejoinder was a statement that he had never seen such ' rules" as were referred to, and a request that they should be pointed out to him. Ho added that he feared he would have to demand back the subscriptions of at least RALF of the parties who had contributed through him. Mr. Ray, in answer to this hint, quoted frem Mr. Kenyon's letter which accompanied the remit tance, • passage to the effect, that if the rules of the association admitted a portion being allotted to providing . a newspaper, the subscribers were sufficiently poor to receive it ; if not, " you are welcome to the whole of it with our blessing." Mr. Kenyon returned to the charge, and reminded Mr. Ray he had not shown any "rules" to prevent him returning the money. The passage in his letter merely showed their doubt whether the remittance was large enough to entitle them to • newspaper. la conclusion. he formally, in the name of the subscribers, reeiairned the entire remittance ; adding, if the request was not complied with, the claim would be handed over to a solicitor. Mr. Ray replied simply that he was "not empowered to giro any answer further than is oontainwl in his last letter." SCOTLAND. MORE ABOUT EDUCtTIONAL ISOLATION.-011 the !sat anniversary of Menet', natal day in Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr. Lee preached the usual sermon before the governors, but instead of eulogising in set phrase the peculiar virtues either of the " noble institution" or its " pious founder," the Rev. doctor roundly declared that youths should be " educated" but not "boarded" in the Hospital—thus disjoining two elements which go hand and hand in ouch insitutions. Some of the worthy governors were frightened out of their propriety at the boldness of the preacher, and probably since the days when 13.-an Swift administer-d rebukes to the Merchant Tailors, plain-dealing has not been the fashion at anal vt ?miry sermons. Nothing daunted, Dr. Lee has published his discourse, and we trust it will meet with an extensive circu lation, as it contains home truths that should not be lost sight of. As a specimen of the unsocial effects of detaching boys from tl..e parental roof it may be mentioned that at the commencement of the holidays this year ne fewer than 93 boys, that is, more than half of the whole number, were actually left in Heriot's Hospital; and in August (last month) the minimum number left was 68. All of there, with the exception of 5, who were orphans, bad either fathers or mother*, and two-thirds of them at least had good homes. This clearly shows that the monastic system cools the affec tions of parents as well as of children. Some time ago ex tensive evidence was collected on the subject in more than one Edinburgh institution, and after the mismanagement then disclosed came to the ears of the different managers it is amazing that no remedial measures were adopted. Public opinion is now, however, aroused, and something will undoubtedly he done. While the magnificent structure of Donaldson's Hospital is yet unappropriated, the question should be duly kept open. HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP SCOTLAND. —INVERNESS, WEDNESDAY NIOHT.—The show yards were this morning thrown open to the public at a low rate of charge, and during the day the attendance was very large. Upwards of tire thousand persons were in the yard during the day. Amongst the noblemen and gentlemen present were the leading members of the aristocracy of the seven northern counties, and from a distance we observed the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Manchester, the Earl of Egmont, Mr. Ellis, jun., M.P., Mr. Matheson, M.P. The Duchess of Montrose was amongst the ladies present. The show yards covered a space of about six acres of ground, and was arranged in a manner which admitted of the cattle being shown to the best advat.tage. There were about seven hun dred animals exhibited, the best display of which was those of the West Highland breed. The show of fat oxen was excellent, but there was none of those unsightly animals shown which pampered feeding used formerly to produce. The Marquis of Breadelbanes celebrated bull, which carried off first prizes at the shows of the agricultural societies of Ragland and Ireland, carried off the first prise to-day. The show of horses was so superior that lased Egmont stated it to he far superior to that of Newcastle-on-Tyne. There was a gallery erected in the show yard for the accommodati o n of la&es; this gallery was crowded by a fashionable assemblage; and a platform having been erected immediately in front of the stand, the prise cattle were walked over and much admired —The dinner took place at six o'clock in a splendid pavilion, erected for the occasion in the chow yard. About a thousand eat down, the Duke of Montrose in the chair, supported right and left by the Earl of Cawdor, Lord Lover, the Earl of Egmont, President of the Agricultual Society of England, Lord Berriedale and the Earl of Leicester. '1 he vice chair was occupied by the Earl of Selkirk. Amongst the party present we observed several of the most dis tinguished agriculturists of the south of Scotland soil several members of the Royal Agricultural Societe of England. The speeches presented no feature of general interest, the committee having preferred to select subjects which could not possibly lead to any discussion on which differences i opinion would be expressed. Tho meeting broke up a nine o'clock, after which there was a ball in the norther n rooms, and to-morrow another breakfast takes place which closes the business of the anniversary. EDINRCRO R Paisoxe. —The Abbey Prison has )sail no occu pant ter several years. The average number of prisoners in the Canongate Prison bee been 15, and their conduct good. In the Edinburgh Prison the average number has bean 400, being :10 under the average of lust year. The general health was good, and the three deaths did not depend on any cir cumstances connected with the prison. Avcrage amount of clear earnings per prisoner last year was about 2/. 135., being about 7s. under the general average in Scotland; and the net coat per prisoner was about 101. 65., being about 5/. Ices than the general average. This (says the I::d;nlntrgh Weeidy Register) is owing to short commitments, the average of which dues not exceed thirty days, evea in• eluding the time before trial. THE MAGI4TItATBS Or FORFAR have sent a notice to every baking establishm nt within their jurisdiction. prohi biting them from using potatoes in the manufacture of their bread during the ensuing year. Some of the bakers, in reply to this injunction, stated that they of their own accord hail given up the practice; and the others, with some exeef tion among the smaller cla sses of bakers, at once agreed to do so. Tho (Dundee Courier) informs us that the autho rities have ?etermined from time to time to test the bread, and if any mixture of potatoes be found in it, the guilty parties will lie visited with the highest penalties that the law will admit, and, at the same time, full publicity will le given to the names of the offenders. PROVINCIAL. BERWICK-ON-TWEED. THE BANK ROIII;ERY. On Tuesday, Mrs. Thomson attended a magistrates' meeting held in the Town Hull, ar.d the several witnesses were summoned fur examination in her presence. The reporter of the Ittreria Adrerliaer made an application for admittance to this examination, and was refused. "We very much regret" (saja the editor of that paper), "the decision of the court on our applic ition, but as there is no appeal we could not amend it. So Ger as the p a rty suspected is concerned, publici•y to the evidence could have no baneful effect, and might have been ser viceable. The proceedings at these prirate meetings , are not wholly secret from the public, and the easing out of particle' only of them, invariably the crimkut tory without the mitigating part, seems to us more in jurious to the accused and the cause of justice than if all the evidence were fairly reported. In support of ear argument, we have only to refer to a report sup plied to the London newspapers of last week, and which must have been furnished by some one who possesses an access to the evidence which is denied the local prints. The evidence there detailed is wholly directed against the accused, and the present ease must be a very singular one if some testimony has not been given which is calculated to qualify the evidence selected for that report. The magistrates present at the meeting of Tue-day were the same who attended the enquiry of the previous week, namely, A. Cahill and C. K. Nicholson, Esquires, and the witnesses in attendance were also the same as are reported to have given their evidence on the former I occasion. The examination occupied from one o'clock till half-past four ; during that time only one of the witnesses, Mr. Short, the senior clerk, was examined. The court met again on Wednesday morning at ten, and continued its sitting till half-past twelve, in the course of which the junior clerk, K. Watson, and Margaret Hogg, the kitchen girl, were examined. After which the sitting was adjourned till Saturday." •,,ILOTTTISIF DECREASE OP ENOLISH CHOLERA.—We have to report the decline of this serious epidemic in Lancaster and the neighbourhood. Most of the cues that now occur are less virulent in their symptoms, and more satisfactory in their results. THE COTTON MERCHANTS or LIVERPOOL are dissatis fied with the charges at the New Albert Dock warehouses, which were recently opened by the Prince Consort. A meeting of the cotton trade wai held on Saturday, which had reference to the same subject, at which exceptions were taken to the regulations of the dock committee. The cotton dealers are disposed to give the system a trial, when, if the practice is found as obnoxious as the theory, they will urge a change. "We will not," says the Liverpool (Aro sick, " accuse the dock committee of seeking to destroy the utility of the splendid warehouses that surround the Albert Dock ; but they may rest assured that they will be narrowly watched, and their conduct submitted to a rigid surveillance in the matter. The charges, it is clear, are much too high, and to take from the importers the power of employing their own porters and servants in the docks is, on the fact of it, arbitrary, if not unjust. We have heard of • case in which a wine merchant had nine pipes of wine to sample and remove, the coat of which, if his own meu had been allowed to act, would have amounted to about 95., but the Dock Trust put him to an expense of nearly 41., for doing what two porters could readily have accomplished in a day! The charges are said to be hued upon those exacted at the London - Dods, but the fact we have named, combined with the complaints that have arisen in other quarters, clearly proves that the Dock Committee have made a fa he start, and must retrace their steps. Never theless, when the system has been denuded of all that is objectionable, it will act not only as a prottatioa - I