The Express. — London, England, 1851-02-21 00:00:00

o be construed into indifference towards its inequa lities, or into a sanction for a lazy minister to fling it in mass upon the backs of the people, without consideration, or distinction, or apportionment. The result of fiscal changes and reforms of late years has been certainly to take burdens from off the working and the humbler classes. This has been well done. But instead of distributing the weight of this burden evenly over the classes above them, it has been heaped upon the middle and industrious chums in a far greater proportion than on the wealthy; sad upon those of inseture wealth, who are furred to risk it in order to make it fructify, the charge is infinitely heavier than upon those whose fortunes arc stereotyped in the soil, or in the credit of the country ; 130,000 persons, comprised under Schedule 1), pay three per cent. out of their fleeting and hard-earned interne ; of about sixty-eight millions they pay a million and a half annually; whilst, an infinitely larger and wealthier number of persons, possessed of real and durable property.pay out of their revenue of ninety millions annually a sum of but two millions and a half. In each claw the individual pays the same ; the mar. whose earnings die with m to-morrow pays as much out of it to-day, as the owner of property entailed in past and present from generation to generation. One should think that if this could not be altered, it might be compensated, or that at least in any addition to dirort taxation the same unfair propor tions of burdens upon life interest would not be aug merited or perpetuated. Hut the proposed house-tax, in stead of being an improvement on the inequality of the inconw tax schedules, es, on the contrary, an aggruva tion of it. It is, in fact, the laying of another million upon schedule D. It is not the owners of house pro rty who will pay it, they must get the interest of the money they hate expended and will expend. It will be paid be the numerous tenants of town Mantes, of which the larger proportion is the professional, the earning, the commercial, and the employed chores. The house tax is upon them another income tux, the rent they pay being supposed it fair symbol of their earning, whereas the rent of a house is nothing of the kind, being often augmented by size of family, by the necessity of inhabiting a certain quarter, and by a host of causes, which it should be no business of u fiscal inquisition to lerypenaltits for. The house tax propmell by the CHANCELLOR of the ExciIEOUER in a tax on towns, and upon the dwellers in towns. We can understand such a mea sure if it aun intended to check the growth of a gnat metropolis, or at least if it were intended to check the build of large and comfortable houses, whilst at the same time it had become a ministerial elect to cover the green environs with monster au awl* of houses each under Our/. annual value. But a moo• enormous iniquity than even the tax on new houses is the fixing and stereotyping two think of the present window duty upon old houses. Whether the next generation will pay one shilling or two shilliugx upon the houses, built after P 441, is in the chapter of 'Amick uts. But Sir ettaitt.t.s WOOD has declared that the pnuent generation and their, houses, built in dear times, and of dear materials, and which have puid over and over again their quota of war tax and peace tax—these houses, that is, almost the entirety of the great metro polis and of other towns. are condemned to IMNTE's loofrrma of taxation, from uhieh there is no hope of relief. Many shops and fans-houses too an• flung into the same cauldron in which the (*mix etiaant proposes to seethe and scald the population of Englund. lie is a hold man, this Citaxam.i.on. Pier was nothing to him in broadness of demand. And in truth we think he might vie with WisExas: himself in audacity. Twday, howev . er, it is not the window-tax that come. under eowaideration. but the income tax. The bc.t way to treat this would probably be to vote it fur one year, and that only on the express promise of a gene. ad amendment of the whole system of taxation next sex tote. If the iuronw-tax is to be voted for any longer period, it is clear that lane of its first corollaries must be its extension to Ireland. only excuse that the minister allegesfor reserving a million.isthe neees sity of pitying a part of the ten millions which were bornawtd to relieve Irish distress. To this it is fair that the Irish themselves should con tribute. If the landlords are not prosperous, we do not want to ask them to puy more than the per madam• can the rents they receive. But we do not 14 1. why the &as ifidr ineanws of the inhabitants of hablin should be taboaed to the exchequer more than the hammy,. of the inhabitant. of London. This aamild give the Covxum.boit the sun. which he pro p.... to raise font. his supplenn ntury house tax. Should the house vote the income tax, the simplest plats would he to repeal the window tax altogether, and devote the surplus to it. leaving the question of a house tax to be emasidert4 and included in the general scheme of direct taxation for next year, for which the country w ill regain , a capable minister. As for the humbug of playing off driblets of the debt, let us reeollect what was l'Eces answer when he was asked to do this in said— If we !velar.. the umetion of the houve for the continuance of the ineoine tat, we %hall feel it to he our duty to null. , a great experiment with rexpr•t to taxatiim, hoping that the 1. ral pr.up•rit whirl will rimilt therefrom will contri bute to till up the void rauual by the mow:glow of the t t e tar in future•r.-are. I do not propw• to maintain any material xiirphix of revenue over expenditure, confident that whatcri r may happen, the houxe is determined to maintain the public errdit. FRANCE. PARIS, Titenstms F.vrstso. The 1:Ith Bureau completed the election of the committee on the Municipal Bill, by choosing NI NI. I k•-ouir. and Nlorellet, both hostile to the hill. t it the ;;o nu miters of the committee, 17 arc against the bill and Ist in favour of it. Still, the majorities being in general very ianall, it is hoped that it may be carried thnsigh the Assembly. The onuntittee on the Nlninciptil Bill met at one, to constitute its General Lamoriciere was thoucn president NI. de I.aboulie t ice-prvsitlent ; M. de Larry seentary ; M. Fareonet vice-secretary. All thew appointments are against the bill. Lamoritiere sa. (host si by ballot against Odilon ltarrot. The ably resumed to-day the discussion of the Mortgage Ihll. The bill on private correspondence by telegraph was plated on the order of the day for Kitunlay. M. do Gennitty, Minister of Finuncex, pnsentttl a hill demanding an extraordinary credit old:12,0110k. for tlw payment of 11w half-yearly in terest MI the Greek loan guaranteed by France. Ile demanded urgency. The hill was referred to the committee on supplementary credits. M. Passy presented the report of the committee appointed to examine the bill demanding a credit of 2.21.4.000 fr. for mainlining on a war footing the French army of oecuptithat in the Ito States. It RIM rt`pOrted this afternoon, in well-informed quarters, that the Assembly would only hold in future three sittings during the week, and consecrate the wmaining three day a of work to the examination of the organic laws, reserved for future legislation by a decne of the Constituent Assembly. Yon may remember that, sin the occasion of the disaster ut Angers, the Provident subscribed 2,000 fr. for the relief of the f sim ili es o f t h e v i ct i ms w h o perished by thedestruction of the suspension -bridge. The .Iswinlily voted subsequently 100,000 r. for the same siliso. Well, it stems that in the accounts press ste ed to the Assembly relative to the employ must of this credit, the repnYluent of the 2,000 fr. sub lambed by the President figures as an item. Every one knows too well the generous character of Louis Napoleon to suppose that he could have been privy to a transaction of the sort, which must have origi nated. a ith some blundering o f f i cial. Still, the enemt . es of the l'resident have caught up the story, and circulated it with malicious activity. The government has issued a second warning in the Miosi'rair against the enrolment of workmen for tlw so called military colony of Montevideo, by the agents of the Montevidean 'government ; and adds that the persons forniing such an expedition will ex pose themselves to disappointments and penalties of every kind, if they succeeded in baffling the prohi hoonitof the French government. The ifuniterr contains a statement of import duties during the month of January. These amount to 8 .2 I.ollltf. The corresponding amount of 1830 was 9.203,tff10f. ; and of ltil9 8,333,000(. It is said that among the new prefects will be M. Itomien, a noted intimate of the Flysee. The quar ter destined for him is Toulouse, represented in the Assembly by the l'resident's arch-enemy N. de lb musat. As the journey of inspection, which the prefects make through the communes of their depart ments, takes place towards the end of April, the new prefectional appointments arc expected very soon. N. Itothwhildhasjust had constructed in the docks 'of Bordeaux the largest merchant ship which has been seen in France, of 1,500 tons burthen. She is to be called La Ville de Frankfort, in honour of the Native place of the Rothschild,,'; and is destined to =eke her first trip to California, where the house of Rothschild possesses a large establishment. The funds experienced to-day a sensible decline. The Fives closed at 95.40, with a fall of 20 centimes on yesterday. The Court of Cessation is actively occupied with a curious suit, which has been debuted with various fortune during long years, nothing less than the award of the inheritance of Cardinal 3lazarin, which is disputed between two collateral branches. Dupin sits in court as Proeureur-general. All the chambers al this court have been assembled these last two a..., under M. de Portalis as president. ' 'the council of state has just decided that railroads adjudicated by the government cannot be subjected to the tax on property held in mortmain, imposed by the law of February, 1549. This judgment, pro nounced in favour of the Paris and Orleans railway, is founded on the plea that such railways do not belong to the companies to which they arc adjudi cated, but form part of the public domain. The Patric, of yesterday evening, says :—" The Augsburg ria:ette publishes a statement, to the effect that the Sublime Porte had declared an ultimatum to the Pasha of Egypt, and that Abbas Paella had refined to accede to it. We must observe that our correspondence from Constantinople, dated the sth of February, does not make any mention of such a fact, which, &sides, singularly loses its gravity in the eyes of every one who knows the real state of things. In fact, after the war of Egypt in 1840, by a convention signed at London on the 15th or July of that year, the question of right between Turkey and Egypt was perfectly regu lated. It was decided on the one part that the Sultan should accord to the direct descendants of Mehemet Ali the administration of the pachalik of the la.- Egypt, but that, on the other hand, all i. _ laws et the Ottoman empire should be in vigour in that pro vince. This convention was ratified by the great powers The Porte, having constantly fulfilled its engagements towards the Pacha, has the right to require that Egypt shall be governed by the same laws as the other provinces of the empire. If the empire be in progress, Egypt must be so also. If she refuses, she incurs a grave responsibility, not only to the central government, but to the powers which signed the convention of July lv, 1840. The iron-masters, assembled at the recent fair at Besancon, resolved that, in consequence of the rise in the price of the fine iron of Comte for casting, the price of fine iron shall be increased 30fr. the 1,000 kilos. ITALY. LOMBARDY. The Milan Gazett, of the I Ith announces the arrest of 20 persons belonging to the band of ll Pas sature, near Faenza and Cesena. Seven more men, suspected of forming part of it, have been arrested on the territory of Ferrara. GERMANY. The Breslau Zeilnv says that a financial crisis is at hand at Vienna; that the over circulation of paper money makes this sooner or later inevitable The, Bishops of Bavaria have authoritatively el cd the exclusive right of education all over Bavaria. 'They plainly declare that they ignore the con s titution a l laws which stand against their claim. Though they have sworn to obey and uphold these laws, this was done, they say, in a sense, not expressed but implied, that left their own superior rights inviolate. The Evangelical Church at Dessau have issued a hull excommunicating all the members of the free parishes (Priem genatindr), cutting them off from all Christian rights and prisilers, including that of Claristian burial, and denouncing them to all church pro d e as objects of horror and abhorrence. A &te tra& eungrawi at Elburg has addressed a most inte resting remonstrance to the government, in which , the principles of free trade arc very strongly stated. ) This paper is likely to produce a good effect upon those who, in Germany, are wavering between free trade and protection. The King of Norway has opened the 13th ordinary northing is a fine open hearted speech. Our Berlin correspondent writes as follows: BERLIN, Fin. 18. Matters in Dresden are still lea pleasant than was anti cipated y, sterday. The communications of the Austrian Prctuier have come upon Baron Manteultel so unexpect ' telly that he returned to Berlin to-day at noon to inform and consult the King on the course to be pursued. His arrival was of course quite unexpected and has created a great sensation in those circles in which it has become known. Prince Schwarsenbcrg has thrown off the mask more completely than ever, and has met Man teuffs i not only with a plan for the consolidation and immediate institution of an executive for the rode oration from which the small states are to be excluded, but he has demanded that the presidency shall hr accorded to Austria alone. This latter demand, coming after the dualistic plan. which the Austrianministerput forward and promoted before the conferences assembled, has taken Manteuffel quite be surprise, since he certainly expected that the concessions which he and his muter have made to Austria, would have induced the government of that empire to consent to an equal participation in the executive by Prussia. Some thing of this kind was, indeed, half promised at Warsaw, but the events which have since then occurtel, have ea rned more thoroughly than ever the weakness and sub serviency of the Prussian rulers, and have enabled Schwar zenberg to lay aside earlier than, perhaps, he expected the vague policy which he has pursued respecting the pre sidency in the Bund. His demand, that the presiding authority in the execution of the confederation shall be con fided solely to Austria, brings him one step nearer to the last aggression upon Prussia—viz., the demand that the Imperial Crown of Germany shall he conferred on the House of Ilapaiurg. No one doubts any longer that this is the ultimate result which the policy of Austria desires to obtain. If Austria's demand as to the admission of all her states into the confi•derrtion, and that the plan of the eleven votes in the Engermltath shall be retained be complied with, she will command the majority in every dispute with Prussia. No plenary sitting has taken place at Dresden. The communications of Prince Schwarzenherg were made in an interview which was attended only by the Austrian and Prusaian plenipotentiaries, Counts Buol Schauenstein and Alvensleben. The Second Chamber met to-day ; the proceedings were without importance. An Austrian and a Prussian Prince arc to be placed at the head of the army of the Confederation. The Prince of Prussia will probably have the com mand of the Prussian force. Tnt: MEncecru.z MARINE Acr.—A deputation of seamen from Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, and Stockton, were received by Mr. Labouchere on 14 edneaday. They were accompanied by Mr. Hume and Mr. Wawn. Their principal grievances were the compulsory attendance at shipping-offices and the regulations as to tines. An an ewer was read and delivered to them by Mr. Labouchere, to the effect that those regulations are no essential part of the set; they may, one or all, be either adopted or omitted, as the master or the crew choose ; they were not intended to be all adopted in all ships, but were so framed that some might be taken in one trade and some in another, according to the wants of the ease ; but, unfortunately, the seamen in the north, and some of the masters, too, have taken up the idea that they arc to be a general code, and as no such re gulations have ever been used in the ordinary trade of the north-eastern ports, and as the idea in question has raised a very unfavourable feeling against the whole of the new system, Mr. Labouchere has in those ports suspended the operations of the regulations in question. THE THURGOLAND MVILDEM.—CoMMITTAL OF THE Acct stn.—John Firth was yesterday brought before the magistrates at Barnsley, charged with the murder of his brother, George Firth on the 24th ult., at 'thurgokind, near Barnsley. He was liberated on the Bth inst. by a coroner's jury, but again taken into custody on the same charge. Ile has been several times remanded by the Barnsley magistrates. The examination took place in the magistrates' private room. During the investigation the large court-mom was crowded, as also was the street ad joining the court-house. No less than thirty witnesses gave their evidence. They were, with two exceptions, the MIN as given at the inquest. The prisoner did not appear the least dejected. The only additional evidence adduced, was accounting for the time between the accused leaving his work at half-past sis o'clock to the time of meeting his brother, about 9 o'clock. With the usual caution, Mr. Stanhope asked the prisoner if hr had anything to say. lie replied in the negative, and was committed for trial. THE BRUTAL HOMICIDE AT BATII.—On Tuesday, an inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate woman Clarke, who died on the previous day, immediately after an outrageous assault had been committed on her by her husband. A child of the prisoner was examined, but his statement added nothing to the facts as they have been already given in the Express. The coroner suggested that a post ~Hem examination of the body would be ne cessary, to which the jury assented, and the inquiry was ad journed for that purpose. BouTtt WALE 4 RAIIiWAT.—It seems :Mat the directors of this company have actually decided upon pro ceeding with the works of this line, westward of Swansm, I immediately ; and, at a meetins of the hoard, held a few days since, instructions were given to Mr. Brunel, the en gineer, on the subject, and he has instructed the contractors to prepare for an early resumption of the works. UNITED STATES. By the arrival, at Southampton, of the United States mail steamer Franklin, we have news three days later from New York—that is, to the sth filet The Empire City had arrived from Chagres bringing advises from San Francisco down to the let January, 730,000 dollars in gold dust as freight, and 300,000 dots. in the hands of passengers. The English mail steamer Nledway sailed from Chagres on the 25th with mails and passengers for Carthartena and Lon don. The Empire City arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 311, and left Jan. 31. . _ • A letter, dated San Francisco, Dec. 31, says: I UM sorry I have no better news to offer you this New Year's Eve, and no further accounts to render than the ex tremely discouraging news which the inclined postscript affords. Even these quotations, low as they may seem, are for most articles, from 2.5 c. to 50c. above what the goods will bring if sales are forced. The prices named are nominal nearly, as there is positively no demand for goods of any description, unless it be the single article of teas, for which large orders have already been forwarded to China. The rainy season having set in, prices have suddenly and rapidly declined, and the supply is far larger than can be taken up in the course of trade fur a long, long while. Comparatively few TCN.CIi from the States have arrived since my last, and I hope that shipments have for the present ceased from your port. Goods are daily sold by our commission merchants for freight and charges, which often exceed the value of the goods themselves. I know of many parcels which have been received for more than a year, the final result of which must be very disastrous to the shipper. When freight and storage equal the rdue of the goods, they arc sold ; the only garners being the owners of favourite ware houses. Add to this the great risk of total loss by fire, and you will sec the danger of dealing with so uncertain a market. Shippers nut in the regular trade meet constant losses, as their goods are usually forced off at auction for what they will bring. Accounts from Sacramento City and Stockton show even a duller market than our own, and ac counts from Oregon offer no greater inducements to shippers. I trust that you have not made further shipments since your last, and advise you, fur the present, to abstain from further business with our coast. The general news is of very little interest. The approach of the session of the legislature was ex citing considerable feeling, on account of the extreme uncertainty of the political complexion of the body, and of the result of the strife for the post of United ! States Senator, in place of Mr. Fremont. No less than seven candidates were competing for this honour. It seems to be generally admitted that Mr. Fre mont cannot be re-elected, the members of the min ing districts being, almost to a man, opposed to him. l'he legislature was to meet on the 6th of January, nt San Jose, but an effort would probably be male to remote the seat of government, temporarily, to San Francisco. The operations of the government, it was thought, would be considerably embarrassed for want of funds. If congress shUuld bestow no relief, a loan would be unavoidable, and, according to the State Constitution, none can be contracted unless by the vote of the people. The mines arc yielding - less than during the past season, but preparations were being made to work the quart?. mines the coming spring and surmncr with great energy by the aid of machinery and steam. The Indians in the Mariposa country have com menced depredations, but efforts were being made to conciliate them without a resort to violence. Crime is prevalent in San Francisco, and throughout the country; and it is supposed that an organised band exists, composed of foreign convicts and reckless ad venturers, whose sole business is plunder. The cholera has entirely disappeared, and the health of the city and county was generally good. The weather was clear and genial. Some apprehension was felt for the safety of the steamer Panama, which left Panama for San Francisco on the 4th of I/member, and had not since been heard of, though the Constitution and Northerner had both reached that port. The sittings of Congress had been barren of re ' sults. On Feb. 4 a bill fur the appointment of appraisers at large was passed as follows. We give • it as of interest to our merchants : Be it enacted, That the certificate of any one of the appraisers of the United States, of the dutiable value of any imported merchandise required to be appraised, shall be deemed and taken to be the appraisement of such merchan dise, required by existing laws to be made by such ap praisers ; and where merchandise shall he entered at ports where then• are no appraisers, the certificate of the Revenue office, to whom is committed the estimating and collection of duties of the dutiable value of any merchandise re quired to he appraise -d, shall be di emed and taken to he the appraisement of such merchandise required by existing laws to be made by such revenue other. Letters front Washington of the 7th state that the creditors of Texas had been unable, as yet, to obtain a recognition of her obligation to pay them out of the ten millions voted her by Congress. There had been a meeting of the 'leas bondholders at that place. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 8. A reaction took place in stocks yesterday, and prices of the .• advantvo. katilange low the ettainzet has been In fair request: Meeting, 110, trane , , 3.10 to 3.13/. There i s n o chrome In the general .pect of the money market. We hear of large salve ot paper, at lull rates ; but the sup ly of money is rather better, and begotoaso. are made • ith more facility at tbe private banking huts. The kinks are unable to meet 43 the demand Iron their regular dealer', coarequently it is mule Janson to effect Abort loan., sayable on demand. there it mote activity sowing toe dealers in tank butes : but the rater do not deter rhatenay from our knitter quotations. (Bate money is again very scarce, and wanted for city circulation. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1851. WEST INDIES. COTTOY - (From Takott and Brother'. Circular.) Our Lilt review was written fur the .Iretie, 4th inst., and left the market lo an unset , led and deptcoved moot-Bon, cauael by the Canada's advice& On the 3th scarcely any sal. s were effe ted. Yes terday in all about 1,000 b Were furred, at folly le, reduction on the quotation* of the oth, chiefly Upland., at 121 c. for roddling, 13e. fn middling lair, and I tie. lee fair. Today the intelligence hoot Charleston, dovannah, anti Mobile, In return to the Mcan.er's advice* per telegraph, ' , bowing my • decline 0f .. /e. in the that t costumed market.(" fur" beteg lie, 5041" mid. 12c.), and Ic. in Mobile, "middling" 112 e , with advancing fretght at exh port, has. being oc tants-ducal by the orders Isom the south "to hold," led to an lacreued demand here soda recorery of I be larger proportion, if not the whole of the ground loot pa red ,y. 'the rules reported on 'Change were Oyu balm. Vie quote sus tdloo o: Tres Ban. Bas. Tres Ordin're. Ordlo're. New Orleans itl 131 131 to le 141 Mobile Up'ande l2 134 131 131 to 1 Yaluoient—Nothing offering for France ; nominal rate the came, se. • to lAverpol mote Coeur —establ shed rate, 3-32nds. Cor.—The latest table made up of melte., exports, &0., errs the fallowing resultot—laceis in receipts at all the porta 46,61.1 baler; encm in cap .rts to great Britain, 29,..64 bales; encere in sanest' m' France, 46,t4. bales. The free receipt. at Mobile and New Orleans have induced room parte., at those points to increve their armor's white in the Atlantic Nate- there is no change of opinion. ln oinking our estimate of the crop advised per Aria, Nov. 3th, we were girded by the choosier and length tit the KM!, hoot the date of blooming to that of or.ling (Tort, and ere not &sneered to change It from th e flgure• then advised, namely, 2,111,000 to 2,133,001 bake, to conse quence of the present easeee in arrivals at the porno, well knowing the fallacy of &Unclog conclusions from ouch data. The exports to Havre will now decrease, as there is a lodine of epprehenision that the declining course of the Liverpool market will prmitree an unfa vourable eolith:ore on that 44 Havre in eonsuitienee of the free shipments thither made. The Gallia or to-morrow, city 3,000 hales, cleats with only about 4311 bales. The total export to ?ranee is since Ist September, 173 000 hales, and thin would be • deatient sopply if the onerous duty on the raw material was repealed or soodilkd, and the numnfaeurers of France thu. be enabled to cum. peter fairly with those of (ivat Britain, who are now monopolputut, through tort tarstrseing p,liey of oir itobert l'yel, the market* of the world for their manufactured goods. Banat m rea—Foot e.— We observed more firmness in the 'casket for Western and 'state today, though priers remained without (loot. able change. A better inquiry prevailed for city use. and these was a m &nue business done in Weste rn tor export. liulders of glate evinced leus inclinatam to realise, lad the low grades were, U any thing. better. • Assite. l 4lstber more activity preeailed In the market for thls ar ticle mince our last, without epectd change to value. TM receipts by railroad during the week have been fair for the mason. The day's smite reached 100 barrels, at 3 doh. 6lic fur pots and pearls. HUM. —a moderate demand prevelled in tee market for all dee• criptioes derma the past week, and with leash etelts Talbot better prices Imes been nalised. We noticed site, of 9,750 Buenos Ayres, amortise relbe, at I 4 less I per cent, 5 months; 4.225 Rio Grande, awaits, 23.ba at Ills., Rumness, 9.6 peel salted cow, Buenos Area, at le. ; 1, , esse dry western, et loft., cash, as they run; 000 Certhagem, at 101 e, IN/ 4 per cent, as tier run; 144 wet ...sited Cu roma, at 9e.., Ims 4ow cent.; and 1.0 Buenos Ape bull at tc. auction, VS P.Agli-b slaughter bide. were sold f account of the underwriters, at lje , mats. sa they rue, sight, damage!. TM stock on hand this 'venire reached 30,ns 0 of all kind.. New ORLEANS, FEE. 7. The sales of cotton hare boon 4,000 bales, at fc. docline since the Canada's news. Flour has declined 1,044 We. Oho sold at 4 dole. Ile., and fit. Louie at 4 d tti 23c. Belson side. are at and shoo den °sc. Prime barrelled lard eels at lj to Sc., and Mil at Sugar, mousey slid pork, are unchenged. WEAR VALLET RAILWAT.—The half-yearly meet ing was held in Darlington on Monday—H. Stollen, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the bill providing powers for amalgamation with the Stockton and Darlington Company had been withdrawn, and the new bill introduced in its stead had been read the first time. A resolution was then carried approving of the recommendation of the special 'general meeting of the proprietors held in London on the I lth inst., and declaring a dividend of 5 per cent. to regis tered shareholders. —J. C. Hopkins, Esq., had pleasure in bearing testimony to the clear and intelligent manner in which every resolution had be n put at the London meet ing.—Similar testimony was borne by Mr. Plews, Mr. A. Kitching, and Mr. it. Thompeon.—Mr. Plows said that as the interests of the Wear Valley Company and those of the Stockton and Darlington Company were so completely identical, he thought that the meeting ought not to separate without espresaing an opinion in reference to the Tees con servancy measure. He moved that the proprietors of the Wear Valley Railway approve of the steps taken by the Stockton and Darlington Company to secure a proper con servancy of the river Toes, and request them to persevere in their efforts.—A Shareholder seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously .—A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proccedinia ELECTION RIOT AND LOSS OF LIFE IN JAMAICA. By the Franklin we are placed in possession of dates from Jamaica to the 31st of January. From Kingston we learn that a serious riot occurred in the parish of St. David's a few days previous, which led to serious loss of life. It appears that an election for a member of the House of Assembly, to represent that parish, was appointed to take place on Monday, the 27th of January, when two candidates were placed in nomination—Mr. John Nunes, put forward and supported by the heads of the King s' House, or government party, and Mr. James Porteous, by the conservative party. Mr. Porteous had once before sat in the house for Port Royal, but Mr. Nunes could never succeed in obtaining a seat, having been before defeated in four different attempts to gain an elec tion. Determined efforts were therefore made on this occasion to secure the return of the go vernment candidate. The polling went on briskly, each party keeping even on the poll until about half-past two o clock in the afternoon, one and a half hours before the time for closing the poll. The excitement now became great, and it was increased by the fact that the whole of Nunes' interest wall exhausted—he had not a chance of pro curing another vote. At this juncture a voter ap peared for Porteous, and as this would have given that gentleman the majority, the services of a body of armed men, apparently organised for the purpose, were called into requisition, and a most fearful riot ensued. The court house was almost entirely de molished; the police dreadfully cut and wounded, as well as several other persons, some of whom, it is feared, will not survive from the injuries sustained. Mr. David NPLean, coroner of the parish, was beaten by the rubble so cruelly that he died a few hours afterwards. A verdict of " wilful murder" against three persons has been returned. They had been ap prehended, as well as several other parties charged with being concerned in the riot. The poll was re sumed the next day, and Mr. Porteous elected by a majority of one vote. No acts of violence were re newed, but still the greatest possible excitement pre vailed in the parish. A detachment of white troops was to proceed to the district, in order to quell any further outbreak. During the riot, the sheriff; A. S. Lyons, Esq., was struck ; and, among others, lie es caped greater injuries, by " flying for his life." The cholera had decreased in many localities, dis appeared from others, and in some few was as violent as ever. The Journal says : The disease has entirely disappeared from the town of Falmouth, the medical gentlemen having on Saturday last presented the local board with a clear bill of health. The accounts from the rural districts of the parish arc also fa vourable. The recent frauds on the treasury of the island still excite interest. Mr. Macpherson, charged with the forgery of island checks, was in gaol. lie had been once tried for the offence, but the jury could nut agree to a verdict—ten were for pronouncing hint guiky, whilst tw•o were opposed to it. Ile will be tried in April next. Steps are being taken to de clare his scut in the Assembly vacated. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. KINGSTON, JAN. 30. Alewives yet command 208., but the abundance of herrings inivrieres with the ounstmaptide. beef Priers moire at 40.. t per half Marti, aecordie gto qua ity. 111,04.1-:k barrels each Wattian'a crackers and pilot bread, have tern taken at 225. and 50s. per barrel respectively. brandy has deedned. several small pocels how been moved at 7e. to 6.. in band, emoting to quality; and slot of 100easee pale has changed band. at 15.. per ea.. (I dozen uarts), short prim. butter-The market is )et more ilepressed than It wool at date of oar Last, and prices nave Pother dreiintil. About ISO kegs American have been sold at 7d. Candles-Tallm• are worth 6,d. to 7,d., accord ing to weortma nt. 1,100 blare have horn placed at 7d. ler Ih. Lhasa -American he. rtes wild at Sd. per ih. f'weli.b -32 e per tuna, • ha. been offered tor • ergo. arrived akw week. sine and Ils. Par 100 lb.. ie whit the Istrmet clittuulty obtained Cr anal I lots of the begat market, whilst oi her drAeripUtais ere ineffeCtually offered at ion. A cargo has been told for en outpurt at 11. 6d. per ems, and 16.. per box. Corn-United Motel hors been pelt, at 7. per hag. Ylour-sules Ms. to 325., chiefly at 30s G. to 310. Freights are sod tonnage plentiful. Gold -Amerlv in gold a worth 2, to 3 par rent premium. Hams -American are plentitul. and Nebula at 4d. to 14. per lb., *e mitting to itaility. Herrings-Rea 1110 enormous, and prices far ther declined. 450 barrels No. I have been sod at 12a, but master may now be minuted thereat. Culathlenible littalitnie* are ▪ gum the wharves. lard -In limited ruKly ; 361 kern Phila delphia sold at 7d. Lumber- Market tor w:cite p.nr unsettled, and unsaleable at 71n, to 00.. per 1,0 a feet All the dealers arc well sup plied, and there is fully ma months' supply on hand. An mooted rare, of pitch pine, (run. lissom town, has been dialserd of at 102*. per M. Macierel-245. per bid. tor the Mist a: Ni.' bet. Meal la la overabundant supply, and 14s. would he asepted to move a parcel of toll DIA. Oil -Importers bier been unab:e to realise over 3.. per semi,. Pork-The best mess is smith 724., and prime She. to O'a per mg. Mine-A carve of Carolina, Just arrived, has teen nearly all dimmed of, let lots, at boa per llaslta. Sugar is inaeUse. with a fate supply at molt range our woman°. at from Ida to its. per accordtag to quill y. Tub tom Is brossibir scarce. Lem may be quoted eat, able .it 71.. per Osibt. Gvrndi.n 16's and es Wrltelludd In. 4101. to Is. 51., and IV* la 3d. to Is. Gil ler It,, The high rates of the letter, however, easily dwell ovisunee ion. be. change Co New York-Mereuanta' bills, 30 clays, 2 per cent. prem. vbe Court. The Judge-Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of setae courts-martial. The l'rince Albert, attended by Colonel the lion. C. Grey and Lieut.-Colonel lion. A. Gordon, visited the Model Lodging-house for Families, in Streatham-street, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. His Royal Ilighlusts was received at the establishment by Lord Ashley, and by Mr. Roberts, the architect of the building, and inspected minutely the rooms and arrangements, with which his Royal Highness expressed himself much pleased. The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, drove out in a carriage yesterday morning. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday. Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Prineesees Alice, Helena, and Louisa, took their usual pony and walking exercise yesterday, and Prince Arthur was taken an - - 11;i Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the performance at the Print:eel's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Eilitcumbe, lion. Caroline Dawson, Lord Byron, Lord Charles litaruy, and Lieut.-Cul. lion. Alexander Gordon. - The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, on Wednesday evening. Thu Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary after wards proceeded to their residence at Kew. Mr. Walhanke Childers, M.P., and Mr. Lyons had an in terview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The Lord Mayor had an usterview yesterday with Lord John Russell at his official residence, Downing-street. Lord Ashley had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence, Downing street. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, with Mr. Pressly and Mr. Timm, had au inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a ' general meeting yesterday at their offer, Whitehall. place. The Rev. Edward Ilartopp Cradock and the Hon. Mrs. Cradock gave a dinner party on Weilne.day to his Excel lency the Belgian minister, the Archbishop of York and the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave, Sir Walter and Lady C. Stirling, Lady Ilarrict Elliot, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Warburton, and Mr. G. Lewis, M.P. REPRESENTATION OF BEDFORDSHIRE. . BEDFORD, THCRSDAT. The circumstance of the free traders demanding a poll on Monday last his very m uc h di s t ur b e d the dignity of Colonel Gilpin's friends. At first they pooh-poohed the whole affair, but when they fo un d th a t th ey wou ld b e tripped up Unlc-ss they set to work about getting up the votes they gave orders for the full machinery to be set in motion. This morning the poll opened at nine o'clock, but there was very little activity evinced on either side. The whole affair is conducted with much good humour and very quietly, there being no hands of music and no drink. A pair of cotton flags hanging in the High-street are the only insignia of the candidates. The following won the state of the poll at the clue: Colonel Gilpin Mr. Iloughton This does not include the latest return from Leighton Buzzard and Luton. ANOTHER 11EiTRCCTIvE FlRE.—Yesterday morn ing a fire which consumed considerable property broke out in the manufacturing premises of Mr. G. Cooper, a japanner, currying on busineas at No. 445, Red Lion-street, Clerken well. Owing to the combustible nature of the stock the , factory was soon in • general blaze. The engines of the I brigade and West of England office quickly attended, but I although the supply of water was abundant and the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost they were unable to get the flames extinguished until the whole range of workshops were destroyed and the front residence severely burned. Unfortunately the su ff erer was not insured. Ward, the driver of the West of England engine, was so severely in jured by one of the hors es ki c ki ng hi m , th a t he w as obliged to be removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and a police man was also injured by rolling down a flight of stairs at the fire. _ THE CAPE MAILS.—It may prevent disappoint ment if we state, for the information of our reader+, that letters intended to be despatched by these mails, must be posted, whether in Plymouth or Lorlon, not later than the lath of each month. The consequence of non-attention to I this point will be a nlonth's delay. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. BOW-STREET. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A CLYRGTYAN'a Wire. Eliza EUis, the wife of a clergyman of the church of Eng land, was charged with attempting to commit self-destruc tion by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. Sergeant Ashburt, of the division, stated that about 11 o'clock lard night he found the prisontr sitting upon the step of a door in Surrey-street, Strand, crying viry, bitterly, and on asking her the rause of her distre-s, the replied that she had taken poison. He found a bottle by her side, quite empty, and it evidently had contained laudanum. He re moved her to King's College Hospital, where the usual remedies were applied, and she soon afterwards recovered. The landlady where accused lodged stated that the pri soner had lived with her about four months, and had con ducted herself with every propriety. She believed that the prisoner had been induced to attempt the rash act in conse quence of the privations she had suffered, and bad treat ment of her husband, who was a clergyman, and upwards of 70 years of years of age. They had been separated some time, and it was entirely through ill-usage. He allowed her nothing for her support, and she obtained a very scanty living by her needle. She had a son, who was 13 years of age, and he received Ss. per week from a medical gentleman, near Tottenham-court-road, in whose service he was as errand boy. Latterly the prisoner's work had failed her, and the Ss. her son received was all they had to live upon. Her husband was in the habit of calling upon her when in a state of intoxication, and insult ing her in every possible manner. Mr. Jardine soul if the landlady would promise to take care of the prisoner, until something could be done for her, he would advance her some money for her temporary wants. Ile did not like to send her to prison. This was agreed to, and the prisoner, who appeared overwhelmed with grief, then left the court. ARMY ESTIMATES. The army estimates for the enst:ng veer were published yesterday, in accordance with the order of the House of Commons. The following are the most important portions of the document: 15,;142. 1850-51 Land force., numbers 99,12S 98,714 E £ Land force}, charge 3,5'21,1170 .. 3,562,430 Staff Public department% V2 7 a .. 92,684 -lilitar Royal Mi....ary College Royal Military Asylum, Se 18,014 18,647 Volunteer corps 3,873,066 3,936,•582 3,873,686 Decrease, elfectire services 62,916 Reward• for military service 11,604 .. 15,112 Army pay of general officers Full pay for retired officer' Half-pay and military allowances 377,000 .. 31i6,000 Foreign half-pay 38,093 .. 42,200 Widows' pension. Compassionate list In-pcu.ion 35,413 .. 35,7.36 Out-p. n•ion Superannuation allowances 2,052,279 .. 2,092,815 . 2,052,279 Decrean, non-effective services 30,536 Effective Kervicet Nun-effective tier vices 2,062,279 .. 2,082,815 5,923.945 .. 6,019,307 6,923,94.5 Total deereaxe Army E.timatcs 195142.. 93.452 War-office, Feb. 7, 1851. F. I.llArt.z. 1.-NI - MHER C.V It r. The number of officers, non-commussioned officers, and rank and tile which it is proposed to maintain for the ser vice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (exeliisive of the troops in the East Indies) for the year, from the Ist April, MI, to the 31st March, 1842, is 98,711. War-attire, Feb. 7, 18.51. F. MACI.E. VOTE 2.—ESTIVATE OF Tim CHARGE OE TIER MAJEsTI'S LAND FORCES, FOR SERVICE AT HOWE AND ARIPIAO, FROG THE IST APRIL, 1851, TO THE 3IST The charge of the land forces as detailkd in the accompanying state of particulars (A, p. 4 to p. 11), is Five regiments of cavalry and twenty-four regi ments of infantry are employed in the East Indies. The charge of these regiments, and of the East India depots at 'Maidstone and Chatham, is defrayed by the East India Com pany. Deduct, therefore Amount to he provided for the charge of her Majesty's land forces at home and abroad, ex clusive of India War-office, Feb. 7, 1841 £3,521,070 F AI•t LE. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S--Tnyncriny. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 5 to 1 apt Mr. Parr'. Panope (t) 6to 1 Mr. liberate*. Doubt (1) 7 to 1 M'. Leohonh eautire LIVERPOOL 820:EPLECHASE. 10 to 1 mpg Striate 13 to seat Pt ter 'S!mID 10 to 1 Abd.tl-Kader It to hogittte lo to 1 Maris Day 70 to Itcwoc 1 1 0 to 1 Rot-trap 75 to Curr i e 2 to 1 tan Hope e. to Fernt...m Vain Rope was ?wicket' for nearly 00?. at 12 nod 1:i to I, but closed at 12 to 1, with plenty of lavers. Rat-trap was in good demand; the general betting, houL ver, bt ink; ex tremely dull. 2.000 GUINEAS STAKES. ' The fleld for choice aprolnat Grecian 5 to 1 apt Mr. Ocholdrettnia Mountain Itylpk colt le to 1 Lord Steel. s h storm CIIES rER CUP. 14 to I 'gat Mr. Treenh Rheims 25 to 1 Lent Cliftlen's Wallflower (t and aft rff) 25 to 1 Lord Stretho.nre's Montague It end gift off) 40 to 1 Mr. !lenient'. Scones (t) Rhesus evidently on the decline, but , earetly anything doing on the race. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 10 to spot Mr. aleiklam's Roby 10 to Lord Exlmtorea Duette 14 to Mr. oido.t.destim'A Minimum (t) 10 to Mr. Mate's Gillyflower (taken to 50/.) DERRY. 6to mot Mr. Howard'. Greet et) 6 to -- Mr. Heißoolh Prime M imater 12 to Mr. Oeholthotor.h Mountain ttqlph ettt (t) 40 to Mr. Grectll- Aritoto (1) 1,000 to 2 Str J. Howler. confc-o.r (t Grecian woo backed for 150/. at G to I, Prime Minister at 13 to 2, and 6 to 1, to 3001., and the Mountain Sylph Colt, and Arioste, for 2001. each, at the quoted odds. ANOTRER FIRE IN THE ClTY. —Last night, at few minutes before 11, • fire broke out in one of the large warehouses formerly occupied as a sugar house, and situate at No. 34, East Cheap. This building was of great depth, five tars high, and from .10 to GO feet wide. The lower part was occupied by Mr. Joseph Prime, a cheese factor, and the upper part was in the tenure of Mr. John Roberts, wholesale spice merchant ; each occupant having goods stored away in their several compartments of many thousand pounds value. The fire was first discovered by police-con stable 52-5 (City force). Whilst patrolling his beat, he per ceived a strong glare of light in the first floor. This being an unusual circumstance, induced the constable to look attentively to the spot, as he at first thought that probably thieves had broken into the premises. In a very brief period, however, afterwards, he saw that a fire was burning within the building. Ile therefore lost no time in giving an alarm and sending for the escapes and engines. In the short space of five minutes two of the Royal Society's escapes, with Mr. Baddelly, the inspector, attended, and were followed by Mr. Fogo, the principal officer of the A section, with a body of firemen and the engines from Jef frey-square station. Water was soon procured, and the engine was set to work; but it became manifest to all pre sent that one engine would be of little service in subduing the flames, which were then travelling along with unusual swiftness. Messengers were therefore despatched in sundry directions to call the engines from the more distant depots. A great many more brigade engines, under the superinten dence of Mr. Braidwood, and that of the West of England Company, attended with all possible expedition, but the fire in the meantime had forced its way through every window in front of the spacious building, and when it penetrated I the roof, owing to the vast quantities of spice and other in flammable commodities, the flames for the space of half-an hour mounted terrifically into the air, and shed such aglare over the City that most of the lofty church steeples were brought prominently before the notice of persons over the bridges. The spice warehouse of Messrs. Tomlins, Rens dall, and Co., and the nine cooperage of Mr. Boyon, were I situated on either side of the premises on fire, so that to save them from destruction the most strenuous exertions of the firemen were necessary to be used. six or seven branches of the brigade engines were held up in front of the house, whilst two or three others were carried to the top of the two adjoining buildings. Mr. Connorton also I had his engine directed to the same spot, and, owing to the combined exertions of all present, the fire by 1 o'clock this morning, although not wholly extinguished, was so far got under as to allay the fears of the inhabitants as to any fur -1 thee extension. The total damage must reach some thousand pounds. and, owing to the absence of the princi pals of the place, it was impossible to learn whether the sufferers were insured, or anything respecting the cause of the fire. The building is not absolutely gutted, but every floor, from the ground story, has been on fire, and the goods therein must have been partially, if not wholly, destroyed. TIMBER DETIES.--It is stated that the contracts for supplying timber to her Majesty's dockyard* are to be taken at prices which will not include the duty; in other words, that the timber is to be served in without any duty having been paid upon it. The practice hitherto has been to supply duty-paid timber, and the result of the change will be to make the navy estimates look lower, sit the ex pense of the customs revenue. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL MEETING AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, Teo. 20. A few weeks since a report wax given in the Express of an important meeting held here, in the mayor's parlour, including churchmen and diesentere, to consider a new plan of (-duration, of which a draft had been made by the Rev. C. Itichson, clergyman, in the form of suggestions for a bill in parliament. At that excreting a committee was appointed to revise and report upon the scheme, and they have since published the revised bas Yesterday afternoon the parties at the meeting appointing this committee were convened to receive their report, and the assemblage was at once numerous and very influential. The Very Rev. the DEAN of MANCHESTER, in tak ine the chair, said, the present meeting was held in contin uation of one held on the Gth January last, at which they were pleased to consider that the sche'lle proposed to them was worthy of more full inquiry, and for that purpose re solved themselves into a committee, deeming the subject of vast importance, and being convinced that it was practicable to work out a scheme based on the principles which were then enunciated. (Hear, hear.) The details were left fur future consideration, and a sub-committee was ap pointed to investigate the whole scheme which was then submitted to their notice, and that committee, acting under their authority, had assembled from time to time, since the 10th of January, up to the present hour, working out, as they conceived, a plan which was now fitted to receive their best attention. They had employed them selves most diligently, and he hoped it would he found most successfully, in resolving a difficulty which had op pressed many minds fur a long period of time. Ile would not say more on the subject at present, but would cell on the chairman of the sub-committee to present their report. Mr. W. EN'f WISLE (late member for the southern division of Lancashire) said, the sub-committee, in present ing their report, had thought it desirable not to cucumber it by attempting to enter into the arguments and reasons which had led gentlemen generally to concur in this plan, inasmuch as it must he obvious that very different reason, had influenced different parties in concurring with it. One class of pemons would he induced to approve of the scheme tee one class of reasons, and another class by a very different class of reasons. They had thought it best, therefore., to give their attention to the scheme as it stood, and with the alterations now effected in it. and to present it in lieu of any report containing any argument or reason nn which their conclusions might have been founded. The 'durations' which had been mask in the scheme by the subcommittee were not very numerous, and did not involve any derelic tion of the principles with which they commenced their examination. Ile would not, therefore, make any observa tions on the minute details of the measure. !tut rather on its real tenour and scope. The find thing that of course must strike every gentleman in reading the measure in de present form, was that it people/sit, by means of a public rate, levied fur a common olbjert on property gene rally in the town, to supply that which was a common necessity to all (lames of her Majesty's sub jects. They proposed to adopt that principle as the groundwork of their plan, and of course in so doing they would have to meet objectionswhich might be raised in venous ways against the source whence they intended to derive their means. The first objection was that which arose from gentlemen who advocated the v , :untary system of education. It had always app. ared to him, with regard to the arguments raised by those who advocated the volun tary principle, that their object' to a Iota: rate applied rather to the ratepayers and the parents than to those whose advancement they ought to have in view—namely, the children who would attend the schools. In answer to the objections on the more of the rights of conscience of ratepayers and parents, lie would say that this question of education could no longer be left in the position we found it at the 'lmola time. The rights of conscience of the rate payer and of the parent ought to have considenition at their hands; but there was a consideration still mor e important. When they looked at the vast youthful pepulation swarming in their streete, in their factories, and, anforta 'lately, in their prisons also, they could not refuse to cou sider a plan which propostsl to provide them that whirl, he hoped would take then, nut of the destitute, and and criminal class, and place them within the ranks of the educated and intelligent portion of the industrious eomma nity, qualified to earn their ow n livelihood, whether by the work of their hands, or by the toil of the head. With re spect to the means of paying for that education, he believed the proper a n d correct course was by means of it public rate on property, for a COMIIIOII object. In so doing , they found themselves entirely in union with that scheme, the promo ter, of which were increasing in number, and which was gaining a large share of public support, and advocated by an association which no doubt comerieed in a great degree the intelligence and activity of this community. Ile Wind.' to the gentlemen belonging to what w ow called the National Public School Association. And here he might be pe rinittid to say that lie deemed it no small recommendation of the scheme now before the median!, to say that, relthough Ito believed the National l'ublic Selma, 'Avila., if (-eeriest out in full, as was proposal, would In incompatible with theirs, he did not believe that which was now proposed was at all incompatible with the views of that association, hut was tulculated to enlist the sympathies and vi• we of a large number of gentlemen who had given in their adherence to the secular e . He believes!. for this nsison --they hail heard it deelared in express terms by one of the mo influential membem of that association that he had laboured for many years to prepare some plan to combine all religious denominations in providing for a xywtem of esluention to meet the wants of the people ; but, having failed in this object, and hecome convinced, after long :inil end experi ence, that that object was impoolible of annulus. it, hi• hail adopted—he (Mr.Entwisle) thought t'ey might pneunte reluetantly--a scheme which was entirely unconnected with religious teaching. Ile thought it was quite fair to ask the association to make a fair trial of the scheme now propme tt, which, if carried nut, would undoubtedly lighten their It boors very materially by reviv ing children within the walls of schools already provided. Ile thought if the scheme now under consideration bore a close resemblance to that of the association, and if it Was Oil a more econoniital system than they now possested, they had a fair right to expect no in considerable sham of sympathy amt support from throe gen tlemen. No doubt there might lie amongst those gentlemen some who thought that, as a mutter of principle, all religious ti aching ought to be separated as much us possible, if not altogether, from secular instruction, whether provided out of is common fund or in public schools at al:. Ile mast confess that, although he did not feel in a position to argue the question with gentlemen who held such an (opinion, his own conviction was diem trieally opposite, as he held it to be entirely iinpracticabie to separate altogether religious teachi n g from secular in struction, although he believed they might refuse to teach a child the distinction between the tenets of one met and an other, thus entering the narrow path of polemical teaching, rather than the great and broad tenets Of a Christian edu cation. In his opinion, the scheme we. toile consistent with that of the National Public School Asowiation, and had, therefore, a fair claim to the support of those con nected with it. The ground was cheer for the formation of an association, if it should be determined upon, to rromote the objects they had in view. (Applaus ..) his measure merely demanded that Bath ahead adinitftsl into union should open in doom indiscrimi nately to all comers. The next principle laid flown in the measure was, that the education should be provided gratui tously. For Ins own part, he regarded this provision as one of the most valuable of the whole scheme, and for this reason, it was a very delicate and tera!er point to touch to talk about compulsion. At pre sent they could not compel parents by any enact ments, or by the pressure of public opinion, to send their children to school, but if free education were pro vided, he believed a pressure almost amounting to compul sion would be brought to bear on their minds. It was quite reasonable to expect that when such was the case many persons who had uneducated children in their employment would say to the parents, " If you will not discharg, your duty to your child, by providing him an education, I wdl not consent to keep him longer in my employmeet." (blear, hear.) Ile believed this would prove a vt ry great stimulus to parents to scud their children to ech.ed. Another valuable characteristic of (this mcasure was, the benefits derived from the public rates would be exactly pro portionate to the wants of the people, anti not on the phut of the present distribution of the parliamentary grants, which aided parties in proportion to their own exertions, thus thil hei F i C rr A ric re h .r7va l I h u e a l l v il i e ng ad t d ll l e tio p r: . N h 'r a u d n lm Pr e7 i L k ulle :-' ne r. (Hear, the scheme, in the suggestion for extending it to contiguous townships, on terms, of course optional on their part, by which they could place themselves under the same manage ment, and be considered as within the respective boruegha of Manchester or Salford, as the ease might be. Mr. Entwisle concluded by preontiug the report of the sub committee. The Rev. GEORGE OSBORN moved the first resolu tion : " That the report now read be adopted, and that the a c n i d rrt e ""i f the i • ts pl: P os p" gt i ral on ly o h f y tl w 'e h cu ie hit is i m pla cc u t .d ing me h m ere we by , 1,1 ! t hl p le r oee really deridee dl noteworld. believed. (i a li teu t .s h ,t ah e . ; a , , to Rh p we r i e a n gabc.s e i :ptcl fault iis n el t pme o ft. plan fi r ionttreht educationt i e al e ppn. et in re I, andn in e . a ' tw o a v ir : over others , :l iiteerenderedti n f a or . to a compulsoryn. dyt the reasons. earn ehtB.4d.: .1: r tew T oti. orr hi t hi e o , emf considered betrh established religioushc scheme oii.inedvi.,.ki i it 3. : hi ar c‘ f i 1 z :39 :17.31.; gre lle at fic a h ;l e e p r ro in P Z upwards of two millions of persons petitioned parliament against it, and it was withdrawn. The last charge could I not certainly be preferred against the present scheme. The ' promoters of this scheme said to the established church— ' " Build your schools, obtain the approbation of the MlA mince of privy council, and get the approbation of her Majesty's tweeters, and you are welcome to your share of 1 the assistance to be derived from the local rates." What they said to the church schools, &hey said to the British and foreign schools, the Roman catholic schools, the presbyterian 1 schools, and to all other schools. This scheme required nothing but what all classes of protestants were agreed upon. They all agreed that the Holy Scripture's contained . everything necessary to salvation, and all protestant schools ' in which the scriptures were taught were welcome to their share of the borough rate. (Bear, hear.) lie need not specify the difference between this scheme and that of the National Public School Association, nor did he think it I necessary to enter into any argument on the subject, as he believed all who were present at that meeting were agreed, that the relations of man to God were the most important relations which man sustained, that the value of the pre sent life was mainly to li, determined by its kali life to come, and that the true guide , to eternal we it SS to be found only in the word of God, (Hear, ce . , considered the plan of that association, if it est. - ..., out, would greatly complicate educational - ,es. /' r ;•;.: i: : ::.; iiyi) 7 \:- . l L n ie l. , -- f 4;4.1%1,4.4,4v .1