The Express. — London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

sabliey refuted. Count Stadion has publiahed in the Polish l os breg Gazette an ordoananos which has been long ex ardieg to which all Galicia, with the exception of cleat:trine, is placed under martial law. is The app li cation of mar tial law (summary proceedings) to be enforced ant all those who, after the publication of the present w iconan ce, excite any person or persona to commit the • 0 1 high treason. The second ordonnanee is regarding more energetic measures to be observed towards foreigners m e eidpab!e and pernicious endeavours of the emis saries and instigator' to . revolt with treasonable inten excepted tion, eall for renewed vigilance." Bukowine is equally from this last ordonnance. D RES DEN, OCT. b.—Major-General Von Oppel has b,,,, appointed Minister of War, vice General Mosta.: Wall wits, resigned , FRANKFORT, OCT 11.—In its sitting of the 30th September the German .. Diet promised a reward of 100,000 fl or ins to Professor Sfhonbein and Dr. Boettiger, if, on the examination of a military commission, their invention was declared to be of a nature to supersede the use of gunpowder. POPULAR ItEcitrAriox.—The King of Prussia has, it is stated from Berlin, devoted no less a sum than 120,0001. to the formation of a covered garden in the centre of that city to be used es a winter promenade by its inhabitants. A regulated temperature is to be matotained, and rare exotics o f warmer climes cultivai ed i n this truly royal design.— Literary Gazette. DENMARK.— Scm.r.strm-Hor.srElN. GLUM 'IAD!, Ocr. .S.—The King of Denmark arrived at Gluck stadt on the sth ; be was enthusiastically received, but some excesses took place. Some young men, before the arrival of the king, assembled at the house of one of their friends, and meg in chorus the national song of Schleswig-Holstein. The inhabitants were affronted, broke into the house and ill treated the young men. An investigation has been set on foot. HOLLAND.—THE HAGUE, Ocr. 11.—On Mon day there was a Cabinet Council, which sat very long, at which were present his Excellency the Minister can Hall, who has wholly recovered from his indisposition, and M. Van Bandwyk, the newly appointed Minister of the In terior. Oct 12.—Though the potato crop is not so abun dant this year as last, yet many are dug up in very good con dition, and, therefore, the scarcity will by no means be so great as last year. The price is indeed double that of good years, but people have learnt to be more economical in the we of this invaluable vegetable. Oct. 14.—1 t has been asserted that the govern ment intends, in order to cover a deficit of some millions of florin in the public revenue, to negotiate a loan of twelve millions of florins at 4 per cent. We can state on good authority that the government has no such intention of con tracting a loan. TUNIS, SEPT. 27.—His Highness, the Bey of Tanis has officially announced his departure fur France, which is to take place in a fortnight. The Be) goes on the special invitation of the King of the French, and will embark on board his new steamer the Dante. WEST INDIA MAIL. The royal mail steam-packet Severn, Capt. Vincent, arrived at Southampton at 7 A.ll. yesterday. Her dates are: Jamaica, Sept. 23; Demerara, 18; Trinidad, 20; Barba dos', 24 ; Grenada, 26 ; St. Thomas, 29 ; and Fayal, Oct. 11. She brings 20 passengers, 5 children, 1 muter mariner, amid 4 distressed seamen, and the following freight:- 68 bales of tobacco, 150 dollars, 161 bales sarsaparilla, 451.175. 6d. British coin, 135 kegs 77 cases succades, 29 oz. gold dust, 33 tierces 2 bundles coffee, 3 oza. 2 dwt. gold, 74 tierces 9 barrels, ditto ginger, 404 oz. silver. COLONIAL - • MOVEMENTS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—H.M.S. Imaun, bearing the pendant of Commodore Pring, and the Pickle schooner, were left lying at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 23rd Sept. The Alarm, 26, had recently been there, but had sailed for the Gulf of Mexico. No others of her Majesty's ships had been met with during the Severn's absence from England. MotEMENTB OF FORRION SHIPS OP WAR.—The follow ing Spanish ships of war were found lying at St. Jago de Cuba on the 10th of Sept. i—Soberana-74 guns, sails bent, and apparently in good order. Congreso —war-steamer, 6 guns, her boilers were out of order. Christina—schooner, 3 guns, and Teresita, schooner, 1 gun. All in good order and discipline, MERCHANT SHIPPING.— Six British merchant vessels were waiting for cargoes of copper ore at St. Jago de Cuba on the 19th of Septemb:r. 'I he American merchant-ship Philadelphia, of New York, was found lying at Fayal on the 11th October; bound from Antwerp to New York, with 270 German emiurants. 011 the banks of Newfoundland she encountered a heavy gale; was cii.masted ; and, aft.s much distress time being over crowded and deficiently supplied with water, succeeded in gaining Fayal without loss of life. GENERAL News.—The panto& of the Sugar Act conti nued to be discussed wi'h lively interest in all the British colonies, especially at Jamaica. None of the West Indian Islands had been visited by hurricanes or casualties of any serious description. There had been many cases of fever and several deaths at St. Jago de Cuba. At Sa. Martha, Chagres, and Nicaragua, on the Spanish main, all was quiet ; and from the encouragement given by the different governments to the construction of railroads, canals, and other works (such as roads across the Isthmus), great hopes were entertained of future prosperity. At Jacmel, St. Do mingo, everything was equally quiet on the 25th of Septem ber. The President was very popular, and there was every prospect of the island being soon consolidated into one republic. 'MIN I DAD.—Tnz Leo MATURE. —The Legislative Council met on the 17th of September. The governor announced that in consequence of Dr. Phillips's departure from the colony he had appointed Mr. Maingot his successor. The new member took his seat with the usual formalities. The Attorney-General introduced an ordinance" for the ap prehension of offenders escaping to this island from the republic of Venezuela," which was read a first time. A letter was read from the Secretary of the Medical Board, recommending the formation of an establishment to instruct persons wishing to practice midwifery ; and a resolution adopted to appoint a committee at next meeting to take the matter into consideration. A letter from Archdeacon Cum mins, relative to an application far 100 dollars in support of the school at Savonctta to cover the amount withdrawn by the Bishop of Barbadoes, was referred to the Church Com mittee. The Attorney General observed that " the clergy thought they had only to ask money for a church or school to get it. As long as he was chairman of the Church Com mittee no grant should pass without sufficient cause shown, and unlc,s subject to any alterations to be made in carrying Out the general education system." Pc ekte MeeTtsio.—At a meeting held at Port of Spain On the 15th of September, resolutions were passed declaring that those present viewed the passing of the sugar act with alarm; that they thought the colony could not in its actual condition compete with slave-holding states; and that the bill was calculated to give an impetus to the slave trade. The following special resolutions were also adopted, and a deputation named to wait on Lord Harris with the whole of them : "That this meeting considers that immigration on a most exten sity seals, under proper regulations, but not fettered by any unneces sary rerarietions, eau now alone avert the inevitable destruction of this opium., and that the coa,t of Africa is the best source from whence to derive an angmentation of labour suited to our present position and wants—therefore this meeting most earnestly calls upon hi. Excellency the Governor and the Legislative Council to adopt every meam in their power to insure the speedy introduction into this island of labourers from thence; and for the furtherance of this object tic home government to appoint accredited agents on the coast of Africa for the purpose of effectually carrying out the o.dd measure. '.That this meeting is of opinion that the contemplated abolition of an imperial or discriminsting duties upon imports into the liritiab colonies will afford little or no substantial benefits to their inhabitants, and as a "boon" will prove altogether illusive, inalmuch as these duties are exclusively applied to colonial purposes, and in this Wand only amount to about one-sixth of the total duties Collected ; the deficiency, therefore, would have to be immediately toads up by imposts not lees onerous. But, that this meet ing would now gladly hail such an approximation to the penei?l principles of ' Free-Trade,' as, by a modification of the exist ing aation Laws, would enable British colonists to avail them - Wives of the cheapest bottoms' (or carrying their produce to the home market as well as bringing their outwanl supplies—an advantage at prefent denied us, but at the command of our opponents, the slave holders. That upon the same Free-Trade principles, this meeting elan., as a right, the admission of rum, the produce of British pas- Sessions, for consumption in the United Kingdom, at the same rate of duty cec that charged upon home-mads spirits; and also, the use of British plantation sugar and molasses in sll manufactories in which they can be employed.. MARTILQUAREs.—Shocks of earthquake were felt at Port of Spain (we learn from the I'm t of Spain Gazette) on Sunday, the 6th of September ; on Wednesday, the 9th of the same month, and on Sunday, the 13th. The shock of Sunday, the 6th, was felt about 20 minutes past 1 r.et. It is described as more severe than any that had been felt in the colony for some years. The Trinity Church bells were set a ringing ; few houses in the lower part of the town escaped without a crack or two. The service at the Roman Catholic Church was over, but at Trinity Church great part of the congregation rushed out into the rain. The morning had been close and hot, and at the time of the shock the heat was excessive, though a shower of rain was falling. The shock seemed to last more than a minute, and to be most violent about the middle. The Wednesday's shock was slight, and would scarcely have attracted notice, but for its following so soon upon the other. The shoc k of Sun day the 13th was perhaps the severest yet ex perienced in the island, though of short duration. It occurred about 7 A.M. It was vertical, and resembled more the shock felt in the neighbourhood of the explosion of a powder-mill or magazine, than the tremulous motion =tally experienced on such occasions. At eight o'clock another very slight shock took place, but which was not generally felt; at nine o'clock, however, came a third, much less violent than that of seven, but still f sufficiently severe to be universally felt, and, as may be supposed, to occasion the greatest uneasiness and alarm, following so closely on the others. In fact, we believe the inhabitants of Port of Spain, particularly of the lower part, where the ,1 buildings a re o f s t one , a nd the chances of escape, in ! case of the falling of the houses, but few—never passed • more anxious or uneasy Right. At the time of the first the congregation of Trinity Church bad just assembled. One of the finish over the face of the clock in the spire was thrown down on the roof. A hole was broken, and pieces of elate and boards fell on the pews beneath. They were all unoccupied, except one, in which was Captain Sturdie, of the RITS. Tay, and another officer of that vessel. oth escaped unhurt. GRENADA. —The earthquake was felt in this bland, even more severely, it is said, than in Trinidad ; but we have no particulars. BARBADOES.—No mention is made of the earth quake in our paper' from this colony. We infer that it had not been felt there. NEW BRUNSWICK. COLONISING BY RAILWAY.—Mr. J. C. Ord, a gen tleman of large landed estates in the north of England, has applieel to the executive of New Brunswick for the purchase of 40,000 acres of land in the county of Gloucester, not far from Bathurst, on which he proposes to settle with the surplus tenantry from his English estates. The proposal has been accepted, and orders of survey have been issued by the crown land department. The construction of the Halifax and Quebec Railway through this unsettled district, will make all the difference between the barbarous system of squatting and slow and desultory uncombined efforts, and the creation of flourishing peopled towns and villages, and the rapid establishment of commerce and civilisation. The following propositions and suggestions have been made by parties interested in connecting the grand falls with the ports and harbours of British America :—That during the year 1846, 200,000 tons of timber have been run over the grand falls (to St. Andrew's alone), out of which a deduction of one-third should be made for waste in rafting and other losses; that the average price of timber at St. John's is 30s. per ton, out of which deduct one-third or 10s. for losses, and se. per ton, the average expense for running the rafts to port, making 15s. per ton, and leaving but 15s. to the lum berer for what is sold; that if the timber were taken to the port by railroad, it would reach it In sea or seven hours, whereas it now takes six or seven weeks to take it to market, it would arrive in good condition, and the cost of transmission would not be one-half the present charges; that the proposed railway being con structed of wood, would, in all probability, not cost more than 1,0001. per mile, or 140,0001. fromthe grand falls.* The timber which would probably be transported upon it would I not be less than 150,000 tons, creating a revenue, at 10, , of 75,0001. ; that the annual appropriations on the Boston I and Maine Railroad, 110 miles, for repairs, running trains, and all other expenses, ere 20,0001. per annum, or about 35 per cent. ; that the transport of timber would increase with increased facilities, the railway carrying for 104. per ton would successfully compete with river navigation ; and that the railway would pass through tracts of fine timber, too remote from streams ever to find its way to market by any other means. I have selected the most im portant of the propositions referred to, all having reference to only one department of track. Govern ment are now exploring two lines of country in the province with the view of ascertaining which is the most eligible route for the proposed railway. Lieutenant Hender son, RH., with one party proceeded from the Bend of the Peticodia, and taking a course a little to the westward of north, crossed the heads of the streams flowing into the gulf, and struck the south-west Miramichi at the mouth of the Rineas River, up to which the tide fl ows, then crossing the Miramichi ( S. W.), the party ascended the N.W. valley and crossed the Nipiaignit above the falls, where they were last heard from, making their way to the Ristigouche . by the val ley of the Upsalqnfich. The second party under Captain Pipon, R.E., left Buiestown about a month since, and taking a west-north-west course, were on their way to the Tobique, which they expected to strike not far from the Red Rapids on that river. The country between the Bend and Boiestown is supposed to have sufficiently explored by Sir James Alexander,f and to offer no impediment whatever to tee formation of a railway. Mr. John Grant, of the Crown Land Department, at Fredericton, has been appointed by Captain Pipon to examine the valley of the Tobique, and is now engaged on that duty with a small party. The object of this party is to ascertain the best point for crossing the Tobique, as we:l as the most advantageous line for avoiding the Tobique hills. Mr. Perlay also, the Government Emi gration Agent, at St. John, a gentleman of great ptpractical kn swledge of the Indian grounds, has been directedby the Lieutenant-Governor to aid and accompany the expedition. W. BRIDGES. • Mk is too low an estimate. Mr. Valentine's cakulation, which is corroborated by Mr. Grant, of the surveyor-General's Department in New Brunswick, is 2,300 f. for a substantial Payniaod wooden rail, with a light iron rail upon it. $ Wheat survey appears in the Daily Neves of the 30th March last. line (Twat. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchea of Mecklenburg Strelitz left the Castle yesterday, and returned to Kew. The Earl of Auckland also took his departure yesterday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne ar rived at the Castle, from Bowood, yesterday, on a visit to her MajTeshety R. oyal dinner party at the Castle yesterday in cluded the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in attendance at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse arrived in town on Saturday morning from Cashiobury-park, Herta, and visited Westminster Abbey and the Colosseum, and returned to Cashiobury at four o'clock. TRANSLATION OF THE LORD BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN TO THE Sea or Sr. ASAPH.—We now announce the translation of the Lord Bishop of Soder and Man to the see of St. Asaph. Dr. Short is, at this moment, in point of fact, Bishop of St. Asaph, and will, if the state of the weather permit, accompanied by Mrs. Short, leave the Isle of Man this evening, for England. Mrs. Short will not return again, and his lordship will only return for the pur pose of winding up his affairs as our diocesan, preliminary to his leaving us fur good and all. The announcement here made by us will, we are sure, strike every Manxman who has the welfare of his country at heart, with extreme sorrow. Since the death of Bishop Wilson no such blow has fallen upon the Isle of Man as the removal of Bishop Short. Learned, affable, active to a proverb, and zealous, heart and soul, in the performance of every good work —open in purse, wherever money was required for any beneficial purpose— we look in vain to the body of English clergy for any man capable of occupying the position which he thus vacates. Bishop Short was appointed to the see of &dor and Man by a Whig ministry. A Whig ministry has again the power of nominating his successor. God grant that they may evince similar judgment and sound discretion in the latter matter as they did m the former.—lsle of Man Church of England Journal. _ _ DEATH OF SIR EMANUEL PAGE TURNER, B.tRT. —This baronet, who had been indisposed for some time, and who had lately raided at Tonbridge Wells, expired in that neighbourhood on the 10th inst., although the event did not tray Aire till Friday last. He succeeded his brother so re cently as 1&13. The deceased was the second son of the third baronet, by the daughter of Joseph Howell, Esq., of Elm, Norfolk, and was born in 1789, consequently he had passed hie 57th year. He married in 1818 the daughter of John Williams, Esq., of Southampton. The first baronet was second son of John Turner, Esq., a merchant of Lon don, who in 1733 was chosen Chairman of the East India Company. The third baronet assumed the name of Page on succeeding to the estates of his grand uncle, Sir Gregory Page. of Henickle Marsh, Kent. The family estates, which lie chiefly in Bedfordshire, with the title, are succeeded to by Edward Henry, son to the deceased. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLESEX.—On Saturday the lists for Hamp stead, Hornsey, and Willesden, were revised by the barris ter at Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead. A number of claims, on account of rent charges purchased through the agency of the League were allowed, the objections of the Conservatives to them having been withdrawn. WEsrmtssrmt.—The revision of the lists of voters for this city has terminated most ruccersfully for the Reform interest, as will be seen from the following statement : Re form claims allowed, 128 ; Tories expunged on objeetion, 243; which makes a total of 371 ; deduct 4 for Tory gains on claims allowed, and total gain remains to Reformers of 367, In addition to this, there was, previous to the revision, 979 more names on the lists than on the previous register, a large majority of whom are known to be Reformers. This in crease has mainly resulted from the attention paid to the insertion of names in the lists of voters previous to the revision. PROVINCIAL.—Sourif CnEsnmE.—The regis tration for the above division commenced on the 2nd October, and terminated on Friday. The free-traders had made upwards of 980 new claims, and succeeded in establishing all but eight. The monopolists objected to more than 800 of the new free-trade claims; but, on uccunt of an informality in the majority of their notices, the result has proved anything but satisfactory to them, having only sustained eight out of the whole number. The result of the revision is • gain of 1,128 free-trade votes.—Manchester Guardian. Wimnsou.—The revision of the electoral lists for New Windsor, and for that part of the parish of Mower within the borough, took place on Saturday, in the Town hall, before C. S. Whitmire, Esq. Mr. C. 8. Voules, solicitor, attended on the part of the Conservative interest. No party attended on behalf of the Liberals. There were only six claims made by the Conservatives, all of which were allowed, with the exception of one by Charles Manley, sen., the parish sexton, who did not attend to support it. It appeared that the sexton occupies a house in the church yard, of the value of about 151. per annum, which has never yet been rated. Had his claim been allowed, the house must have been rated by the parish officers, and therefore the sexton abandoned his claim. There were but two ob jections, both of which were sustained. According . to the revised lists the number of electors now on the register is 732, being 67 more than were in the register at the termina tion of the revision last year. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LINE.—As in most other regis tration courts this year, no interest was excited during the revision of the lists for this borough, by W. Milinan, Esq. The only case werth adverting to was one in which a claim was disallowed, on the ground that the notice was informal, the claimant having abbreviated his christian same by writ ing " Geo." instead of George. The barrister held that the christian name and surname should be at full length, as stated in the schedule to the act. The number of voters on the register for the ensuing year is 1,076. There are 32 voters more on the register this year than the last. TOTNES.—This Devonshire borough has added 15 votes to the Reform interest. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. ------- EXPENSE AND INEFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE. — On Saturday a very full meeting of the Marylebone vestry took p!ace at the Court-house, Marylebone-lane, to consider the propriety of appointing a committee to investigate the very numerous complaints of the inefficiency of the police. Mr. NICHOL/LT observed that the vestry considered the subject one of the most vital importance, not only to the rate payers of Marylebone, but to the inhabitants of the metropolis generally. He was sure there was no one who had paid the slightest attention to the matter but would agree with him that the present police force were a most inefficient body for the public protection, and at the same time an enormous expense, whilst the regulations wain guided the oilmen the performance of their ditties IMO the poilist those of absurdities that could be contemplated. The question was, whether these foolish regulations emanated from parliament or the commissioners. If from parliament, then it would be the duty of the vestry to go to parliament ; and if from the commisnoners, then they mutt call upon parliament to correct the absurdity et the cammissioners. Mr. Nieholay here at great length want into a variety of cases where rob beries _and other misdemeanors had ansen in the Maryle- bone district, and where, in frequent instances half an gone and sometimes three qu arters of an hour elapsed before a policeman could be found. Another strong ground of com plaint was, that, although they and other parishes were called upon to pay double the amount they ot to pay for the maintenance of police, on state and o ther public occasions, they were drafted away for many miles, and the districts who paid were left entirely unprotected. The many complaints which could be substantiated showing the gross inefficiency of the police he hoped would induce the vestry to grant this committee.—Mr. HICKMAN remarked that before the new police came into operation the cost of a much more efficient police in Marylebone was under 10,0001. per year, whereas the present inefficient force cost 100 per cant. more. Under the old system they had in Marylebone 256 constables, whereas the nominal amount supplied by the police commissioners was but 211.--Mr. RIDGWAY could scarcely believe that any good could result from the commit tee proposed, when it was recollected that the police autho rities set the public at defiance. He had communicated with the police commissioners frequently on the subject of the number of men employed in the large district in which he resided, and the commissioners bad refused to give the desired information. He had, therefore, instituted in quirks himself, and he found that during the day the entire district from Salisbury-court station-house, Marylebone, to the Swiss Cottage at Hampstead, and to the Windmill in Edgware-road, at Kilburn, there were but five policemen employed. This, too, in a district cover in a seam of many square miles, having, in the parish of Marylebone alone, upwards of 2,000 houses, and paying a police-rate of 2,04/. 13s. 6cL annualli. (Shame.) The fact was, that the whole conduct of the police was a perfect Star chamber system, and instead of being the protectors of the public,they were mere soldiers of the government in disguise. The police, when felonies were committed, or when those infamous nuisances, street organs, were going on—(laughter) —were never to be found, but they were always on the alert to make a crusade against a poor apple-woman who happened to be sitting too near the pavement. Mr. Ridgway having cited a Freest number of cays against the police, concluded by expressing his opinion that the vestry should go to parlia ment at once.—Mr. WILLIAMS, 11. P., thought that the vestry were perfectly justified in taking up the matter, and at least he thought it proper that a general survey should be made, in order more equally to divide the charges for police rate. There could be no doubt in the world that many of the existing regulations of the police were absurd, and he believed, from what had fallen from members of the vestry, that a good case could be made out for the appointment of a committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the sub ject.—After a few other observations, the necessary resolu tions were put and carried unanimously. UNHEALTHY Hoesze.—A communication was received from Mr. Mills, the deputy coroner, containing the follow ing comments of a jury at an inquest recently held by him on the body of a woman who had been found dead at her miserable abode in Cambridge-court, near Carburton-street, Portland-road : " And that in viewing the place where the deceased woman was found, they have found the court to be ill ventilated, dark and filthy in the highest degree, and unfit for the residence of human beings; and they express a Dope that either the proprietors of the houses in Cam bridgeeourt will speedily voluntarily put them in a proper and habit able condition, or that the authorities In whom is vested the legal powers to abate nuisances in the metropolis, will adopt measures or competing the said proprietors to amend the unhealthy character of the buildings." This document was also accompanied by a numerously signed memorial, expressive of similar sentiments, from a large body of ratepayers.—The matter was referred to a committee. . I THE VACANT RECTORY OP THINITY.—A communication was received from the Bishop of London, calling upon the churchwardens to have all the fees pertaining to the rectory of Trinity, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Penfold, placed under sequestration, until such time as his successor was appointed. Much amusement was created by the vestry clerk reading an account charging the churchwardens 21. 91. for the trouble of sending them the official document contain ing the above order.—Aßer some discussion, in the course of which it was declared to be the intention of the vestry on the part of the churchwardens, to pay the amount charged, but to deduct the same out of the stipend of the next incum bent, the document was ordered to be referred to the church wardens.—The vestry then separated. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1846. THE GUN COTTON. Since Sehonbein made known to the world the explosive power to be communicated to cotton by chemical agents, a great many " discoverers" of the same article have started up. Among others we notice the names of Beittger of Frankfort, Morel of Paris, Dr. Otto of Brunswick, M. Chodsko, a Pole, and a couple of others at Mayence,—all pretenders to the invention. It does not appear, however, that any of them made their experiments until the recent announcements of Schoubeiu ; and it would be more creditable to men of science to call their experiments repro ductions of Sebimbein's (the original discoverer's) cotton. Dr. Otto, professor ef chemistry in Brunswick, has pub lished the following statement in the Ilanorerian Ga zette, which—supposing the constituents he mentions to be the true ingredients—leaves the process of its manu facture no longer a secret:—" Independent of Schonbein and Bottger, but relying on an observation of Peloure, con tained in p. 136 of the lot vol. of my Manual of Chemistry,' I have succeeded in producing an exploding cotton, which, after a series of experiments, seems quite suited to supply the place of gunpowder. To prepare it, common, well cleaned cotton is dipped for about half-a-minute in highly concentrated nitric acid (the acid which I use being made by the distillation of ten parts of dried saltpetre and six of oil of vitriol), and then instantly placed in water, which must be often renewed, in order to free the cotton from the acid with which it is impregnated. Care must then be taken that all the knotty particles of the cottoa are properly dis entangled, and that it is thoroughly dried." Dr. Otto fails in establishing his claim to originality, inu much as by his own account his first certified experiment was made on the 4th of Oztober, while SchOnbein's cotton wee used in the Cornish mines in August last. By the Measager we learn that M. Morel, a mechanical engineer of Paris, also claims to have invented gun cotton ; and experiments were recently made with his invention before some of the military authorities. The account of these experiments states that AI. Morel " pre sented a box of cartridges ready ptepared for small arms. Burned on the hand it causes no sensible pain, leaves no stain, and produces no smoke. Dipped in water and pressed, and afterwards dried between two leaves of blotting paper, it preserves its fulminating properties. Gene ral Gourgaud fired a charge of fulminating cotton from an ordinary fowling-piece, at a distance of 40 yards from the object at which he aimed. He fired a holster pistol at a dis tance of 25 yards, and a pocket pistol at a distance of ten yards. At 40 yards a ball from the fowling-piece traversed a plank of beech of 0.3.5 centimetres thickness ; at 2.5 yards the ball from the holster pistol lodged in the plank with out perforating it; the ball from the pocket pistol made the same impression on the plank as that which might have been produced by a charge of ordinary gunpowder. The charge of fulminating cotton leaves scarcely any residue in the barrel. The recoil of the gun is extremely slight, and the report is not louder than that of a large detonating cap. We cannot calculate on the effect which may hereafter be pro dueed by the discovery of M. Morel. /4.Chodsko, a Polish refugee, likewise presented a fulminating substance which has the appearance of cotton, and which was tried with an artillery musketoon, fired at forty yards. The ball produced the same effect as dust fired by fulminating cotton, but it left a considerable deposit in the barrel. The cotton powder of M. Chodako was compressed into a wadding in order to charge the gun, whilst the fulminating cotton Will not. Both mate rials ignite by the blow of a hammer on an anvil, but not by the blow of a hammer on wood." . . . . In juxtaposition with these experiments, it will be inte resting to place some which were recently made in the pounds of Mr. Barron of Stanmore, under Professor Schitn bein's superintendence, and reported in the At/tem/tuns of last Saturday, by a gentleman who witnessed them:— "Previously to trying its powers with fire-arms, the pro fessor made several experiments to show its explosive pro perties and perfect combustion. He placed some gun-cotton upon a heap of the strongest and most cagily-ignited sporting gunpowder. The cotton was then fired by heated platinum wire: and, although there were innumerable points of con tact between the cotton and the powder, the former exploded so instantaneously as to leave the gunpowder unexploded. The gun-cotton explodes at about 400 degrees of 1- sheen heft, with a vividness of flame which is perfectly dazzling — leaving scarcely any residue behind. It has been stated that no smoke is emitted: this is erroneous. A slight smoke, or rather vapour, is thrown off ; but it so soon disappears as to occasion no inconvenience. After repeated explosions of the cotton, the room in which the experiments were conducted was perfectly clear. It is difficult to over-estimate the ad vantages attendant upon the use of the gun-cotton in mines ; since the smoke proceeding from the coarse gunpowder used for blasting purposes occasions so much annoyance and in jury to the health of the miners. The experiments in blast ing tried in the Cornwall mines a short time ago, were most satisfactory and conclusive in favour of the gun-cotton. Another of its strange qualities consists in its not be ing deteriorated by damp or wet. Some gun-cotton which had been steeped in water for sixty hours, and dried by exposure to the air, exploded with the same fa cility, and as instantaneously, as cotton which had not been wetted. Professor Schonbein stated that immersion in water for two months has not impaired its explosive qualities in the slightest degree. The experiments with fowling pieces and rifles were highly interesting and satisfactory. A gun charged with thirty grains of prepared cotton pro pelled an equal charge of shot with greater force and preci sion, at a distance of forty yards, than was done by the same gun loaded with a hundred and twenty grains of gunpowder. A rile charged with fifty-four and a half grains of gun powder sent a ball through seven boards half an inch in thickness, at a distance of forty yards : the same rifle charged with forty grains of gun-cotton propelled the ball into the eighth board. Another rifle, which had been used for elephant shooting, and consequently carried a much larger ball, charged with forty grains of gun cotton, propelled the ball through eight boards, ate distance of 90 yards. In no case was the discharge accompanied by a greater recoil than usual ; and the reports were not louder than those accompanying the discharge of guns and rifles loaded with gunpowder. We understand that a hundred weight of the gun-cotton is on its way from Bade to Wool wich ; having been ordered by government with the view of testing its applicability to heavy ordnance. Professor Schonbein states that the manufacture of the gun-cotton is unattended by risk ; anti that it can be effected in the small vote of eight hours, and at a less colt than gunpowder. If these statements shall turn out to be correct, the adoption of the gun-cotton will follow as a matter of course." SAVINGS' BANKS.—A return has been made, in obedience to an order of the House of Commons on the motion of Mr. Hume, staling in detail the purchases and sales of Bank Annuities and Exchequer Bills, effected by the national debt commissioners, on account of the trustee. of savings banks, from the 20th of May, 1844, to the 6th of July, 1846. From this it appears that within the time specified the sum of 3,141,3791. 17s. 6d. has been plied to the purposes indicated. On the other hand, sales of stock and the pa off Exchequer Bills have been effected to the amount of 118,9171. 10s. Beeluscnism PALACE.—We hear that the greatest exertions will be made to expedite the new erections and improvements at Buckingham Palace. Mr. Corbett, the builder, is employed under Mr. Blore, the architect, to carry out the plans. In the meantime the occupation of a portion of the palace by her Majesty will in nowise be interfered with.—Observer._ ADMIRALTY RECORDS.—We understand that a very considerable quantity of Admiralty records have recently been transferred into the custody of the Public Record Office. The documents are now in progress of transfer from the Dockyard at Deptford to the White Tower of London ; and we regret to hear that, so great is the quantity, they will not only fill up the large Council Chamber, but also the Norman Chapel known as Cmgir's Chapel. Thus, the hopes of arch:n(llopda, that this, the most perfect military eccle siastical remain of the Norman period, would shortly be cleared of the records and opened to the public, are likely to be postponed—at least until a Public Record Office is built. This will, surely, now be at no very distant day, since the urgency of providing a safe and permanent depository is being telt more and more. The immediate cause of the re moval of the Admiralty records, we believe, is the want of room in the dockyard at Deptford.—Allientrum. AN ANT-PLAGUE AT THE WEST-END.—Some of the houses in Pall.mall are infested by ants, similar in foriu to those we see in the country, but much smaller and Gl' a reddish colour ; they swarm in such multitudes as to become an intolerable nuisance, generally frequenting the warmest parts of the house, and finding their way into sugar canisters, bread cupboards, &c., and covering all that is succulent and edible. The unwelcome intruders do not confine themselves to inanimate substances, but, introducing themselves into wearing apparel, crawl about the body, thereby producing • titillation far from agreeable. Beetles that abounded pre viously to their appearance, have nearly disappeared. Some of your correspondents may have the charity to suggest the means of extirpation.— The Builder. CORRECTION TO BE MADE IN ALL GEOGRAPHIES.— PYRENEES. A chain of mountains which was formerly the boundary between France and Spain. They were cleared away by Louis Philippe in the year 1816, on the occasion of his son's marriage with the Infanta Luisa. This gave rise to the French saying, which is now so popular in the eelaminete of Paris: " Il n'y a plus de I'mr6ties. •—Punch. THE Gni COTTON.—We have oar doubts whether the explosive cotton is really the discovery of Professor Schonbein. Certa;n it is, that for the last gaarter of a cen tury, there has been in use a cotton of incomnarably greater explc.ive power, and that it is the material of which Sir Robert Peel is made. Could a whole bale of Professor Schonbcin's cotton have blown the Tory party to atoms ? It is all very well to send a rifle ball through eight planks at fifty yards, but what is that feat compared with driving a Corn Importation Bill through the House of Lords? What is the resistance of boards to that of blockheads, which Peel's cotton made uof little account as egg-shells ? Peel has been blowing everything up, riving, splitting, and blast ing, all his life, without a spark of fire, for the cotton com bustible explodes at a low temperature; he has blown up Protestant ascendancy, he has blown up his party, he has blown up the Protection system ; and what in the world is there that he will not blow up one of these days, for he is a cabinet petard of explosive cotton, and the thread of his nature is destructiveness?—E-rantiner. NUMEROUS FlRES.—l)uring the morning of Satur day the metropolis was visited by the outbreak of the fol lowing fires :—LinEIiOUSE.—At an early hour, the premises in the occupation of Mr. W. Joel, known as the Coopers' Arms, in the Old-road, Limehouse, were discovered to be on fire. The police constable on the beat was the person who made the alarming discovery. Having sprang his rattle, he set about awaking its inmates. After considerable trouble, he accomplished his object ; but on the residents attempting to descend by the staircase, they were forced back by a mass of flame and showers of sparks. Having regained the front rooms, they at length succeeded in effecting a safe retreat out of the windows. The necessary intelligence having been forwarded to the fire stations with all possible expedition, the several Brigade engines of the district arrived with Mr. Fogo, the foreman. An abundant supply of water was in stantly obtained from the mains of the East London works, which was copiously discharged upon the lire. Notwithstand ing that the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost, they were unable to stet the flames subdued until the shop WM burnt out, the stock in trade, fixtures, and other effects consumed, aad the remainder of the premises severely damaged by fire and water. The cause of the disaster could not he learned. For tunately, Mr. Joel was insured in the Guardian Fire-office. —Cmenxes-wers..—Another fire trek place the same morning, upon the premises N o. 33, Red Lion-street, Clerken well. It consatneed in the apartment occupied be Mr. J. Sheppard, newsvendcr . The brigade, parish, and West of England engines quickly attended, and owing to the exer tions of the police, and strangers, the fire As 3.4 got out, but not before it had done considerable damage, the • hole of the furniture and wearing apparel, with the window glass iu the apartment, being destroyed. Mr. Sheppard was uninsured. —lioxrom.—A fire, which at one time threatened very serious results, took place at a late hsur on Friday night, upon the premises, in the tenure of Mr. J. Still (private), situate at 14, Haberdashers'-place East, Hoxton. It was caused by a lighted candle coming in contact with the win dow drapery. Engines were soon in attendance, and owing to the exertions of the police and inhabitants, the fire was speedily extinguished, not, however, until a great deal of damage was dOne.-•---IN CHEAPAIDE, CALBED BY A RAT.— Between the hours of eight and nine on Saturday morning the residents of Cheepside perceived smoke issuing from the premises of Mr. Joseph Baker, tobacconist, situate opposite Bow church. Feeling convinced that a fire was burning within, intelligence was sent to the Watling-street engine station. In the course of a few minutes Mr. Superintendent Braidwood and three engines arrived. Upon breaking open the front door it was proved that about five thousand fusers had become ignited, and there is little doubt if the discovery had not been so opportunely male, that the whole of the premises would have been consumed. As it was, the fire was speedily extinguished, the damage not being very con siderable. After the fire was got out, an examination was made to find out the cause, when it was found that a rat had worked its way from the bottom of the flooring and had got amongst the fusee., when in nibbling them the friction had caused them to explode, and hence the disaster. — Shortly before eight o'clock last exening, a fire (which, it is feared, will he attended with fatal results) broke out on the second floor of No. 1, Church-row, Newington, in which were three children in bed, one of whom, about six months old, was so much burned shout the head and face that it is feared it cannot survive. By the timely arrival of the en gines, the fire was confined to the room in which it broke out, the contents of which arc nearly destroyed, but which are fully insured in the Phoenix office. Susriciors DEATH.—Very early yesterday morn ing a young man, named Alfred Whithorn, was brought to Hackney station, charged under the following suspi cious circumstance :—The accused, who is 19 years of age, by trade • shoemaker, had been marketing on Satur da y evening with his wife, to whom he had been united only three weeks, and on reaching the Cat-and-Mutton-bridge, over the He gen.'s canal, about one o'clock, they began to quarrel, and instead of going home, a few yards off, turned on to the towing-path leading to liaggerstone bridge. In a few minutes a violent splashing in the water attracted the attention of some men, on whose arrival at the river's edge Whithorn was observed running away, but was seized and given into custody. Drags were promptly obtained, and the female got ashore in a state of exhaustion and past reco very. The unfortunate woman had not attained her 19th year, and is described as industrious and cleanly. On being visited yesterday by his mother, Whithorn maintained a sullen silence ; but on allusion being made to the existence of severe and extensive bruises upon the chest of his deceased wife, he burst into a flood of tears__, which increased on being apprised that he would appear at Worship-street this morning. ACCIDENT.—A HORSE DROWNED. —About four o'clock y-esterday morning, Mr. Davis, cow-keeper, North street, Hackney, was attempting to ford the Old Riser, near Temple M ills,in a cart containing ca n s of milk,when the strong current caused by the late heavy rains, carried the horse out of the track, overturned the cart, and precipitated the cans and driver into the river. Mr. Davis escaped with difficulty, but tbo hone, • valuable animal, war drowned. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, shortly after one o'clock, a man named Murray, residing in Charles-street, Woolwich, was passing through the church yard when he was accosted by a stout elderly man, who was leaning against the iron railings which bound the footpath, with the exclamation, " I have cut my throat." Murray, who thought, from the position of the man, that he was only joking, immediately replied, " The devil you have." The man made no reply, but seizing hold of Murray's hand, to the surprise and horror of the latter, thrust his four lingers into a deep gash in his throat. As soon as he recovered his self-possession Murray led the unfortunate man to the Mitre Tavern; and the assistance of Messrs. Turner and Macdonald, surgeons., having been obtained, the wound was strapped up, and the unfortunate man removed to Guy's Hospital. His recovery is exceedingly doubtful. From the time ho uttered the exclamation in the churchyard, he never spoke, and although a pen was put into his hand at the hospital, he was unable or unwilling to communicate who and what he was. On his person were found 21d. in copper, and a card bearing the address "T. C. Marchese de Beceadelli." lie is about fifty years of age, and was attired in a black great coat, black coat and trowsers, and black figured satin waist coat. The police have searched the churchyard, but have been unable to discover the instrument with which the rash act was committed. CUSTOM-HOUSE POLITICS.—It has been deemed expedient to amend the articles in the printed instructions to tidewaiters and other officers in the service of the customs' department, which relate to political societies and the repeal of the union, in the following manner, viz : " You are strictly forbidden to take a part in any party procession, or to belong to any political society, including persons of a diffe rent religious faith, using secret signs and emboli, or acting by means of associated branches, on pain of dismiasal ;" and, " You are strictly forbidden to attend any political meeting, or to subscribe to the funds raised for any political purpose on pain of dismissal ;"—the commissioners of the customs have issued directions to the principal officers of the revenue In London, and the collectors and comptrollers of every port throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, to cause the instructions in the possession of the several officers at their respective ports to be amended accordingly, for their individual information and government in this imaortant particular. THE LATE FIRE IN SOUTITIVARIC.—On Saturday afternoon, the young man named John Cantell, who was burned at the fire on the premises of Mr. Sharp, Kent-street, expired in the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, notwith standing every care and attention that medical skill could suggest. INQUESTS.—DEATH FROM DISTRESS.—By Mr. W. Carter, at the Tankerville Arms Tavern, Caroline -street, Princes-road, Lambeth, respecting the death- of Joseph William Grove, aged 20 years, who hung himself at his resi dence, No. 5, Maniiing'splace, East-street, Kennington road. Deceased was a single man out of employment . The deceased and his father, who resides in White Hart street, Kennington, had not spoken to each other for four months, through a family quarrel. The deceased, although in very reduced circumstances, was not in want of food. Verdict, " Temporary Insanity."— A Suicinz 'Rom CUTTING THE THROAT —By Mr. G. J. Mills, at the Calthorpe Arms, Gray's-inn-road, on view of I the body of Mr. Wm. Wheeler, aged 45, map and print ' mounter, who lately resided at No. 5, Lower Calthorpe-street, Gray's-inn-road. Deceased was a man of very regu lar habits, but had latterly become extremely depressed in spirits, and although his conversation and manners were uniform] rational, ho was still subject to par os y sms o f exc i temen t , an d had mentioned to his wife that he at one time considered himself inmate. About a week ago, he failed in some busi ness contract into which he had entered, and the circum stance preyed heavily on his mind. Soon after ten o'clock on Friday morning, he entered the room in which were his wife, child, and the servant, and having called for some shaving water, the domestic left the room to procure it. In a fhw minutes ater, he seized hold of the razor, and nearly severed the head from the body. Death was almost instantaneous. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."-- DEATH FUOM MACHINERY.—By Mr. Mills, at the Industry, Gedding, near Hayes, on the body of Thomas Wright, aged 20, in the employment of Mr. Gurney, farmer, of the former Tillage. On Friday week deceased, dressed in a loose amuck frock, had to pass amongst the works of a threshing machine put in motion by fur horses. The spindle of the machine got entangled in his smockfrock, and, the horses refusing to halt at his command, he was whirled round, compressed by the swift rotatory motion into the shape of a ball. His father's arrival caused the horses to stop, and deceased was extricated. lie had received a severe scalp wound, and the thick muscular part of one thigh was torn away, making a wound nine inches in diameter. On the third day after its infliction lock-jaw set in, and death ensued on Thursday last. Verdict, "Accidental death." REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER. —To TUX ISi DZPTIN ELECTOIII or TIM NV VAITEILN DI Vl‘lo,l or G 1.01,1.1.1.11 llt X —Gentlemen Deeming it necemary to offer to your notice any facet Illustrative of the danger in which your interests may be placed by ablind adherence to unexplained plans, such as the adhe rence affo rd ed by the meeting called by Lunt Fitz at Glouces ter, on the 15th September,] announce to ton the Nilo additional information. Lord Fizahardinge has officially signified his inten tion of withdrawing his support from hie brothers, the Liberal mem bers for IlriAtol and Gloucester. 'suggest to you that it is high time you should inquire, what influence or what reason exists for aban doning those interests, in the .me manner that the Western iito be deprived of its present member.—l remain your obliged and faithful servant, Oaxernxv F. 111CALKIILLY.—liesoun-lodge, Getotier 15, 1846. THE ASHES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.—The Sardinian Government has, it is said, entered into a nego tiation with Spain for the restitution of the ashes of Chris topher Columbus. The mortal remains of this great man, after having been first deposited at Seville, were removed to St. Domingo, where they remained till 1795, when they were taken to the cathedral church of the Havanna where they now are. As the King of Sardinia has no amb assador at Madrid, it was through the representative of the Two Sicilies that the application was made to the Spanish Go vernment. SUBURBAN CITARACTERS.—Mr. Brixton is a great character, consider the adjective as you will. He is a great capitalist, a great trader, a great cater, and a great man (omnibus measure). Mr. Brixton never enters lus office or warehouse before ten, and never remains in it later than four. His chief business is to give audience to junior partners, sign checks, and eat dinners. He has always a fat voice, as if his that was full of turtle. His face is rosy—rosy as a decanter of old port when the sun shines through it. His hair is cut short, as though he never gave it more than a month's credit. His linen is curiously fine, and scrupulously clean, and displayed to the best advantage, as if he were anxious to advertise " Washing done here." He is never without a pin set with diamonds—always diamonds, dazzling and sparkling as if the gems were Humus's through which you might see the honesty of his intentions, if close enough to look into him. His rings are stupendous A cameo, the size of a pennypiece, or a diamond as large and as brilliant as the bull's-eye of a policeman's lantern. Mr. Brixton is no niggard of his wealth ; his name is down for five five' to all public subscriptions, and the mention of his name at a charity dinner is always fol lowed by—(' cheers'). He looks forward to be Sheriff, and hopes to tuck his legs under the Tuileries mahogany. In the City he is grave and magnificent, like a peacock with his tail spread ; at home lie is jolly and luxurious, like a lively grub in a filbert. At church he is seen to great advan tage ; spread out in his pew lined with blazing rid broadcloth, helooks as he feels, a pillar of the establiAntent. His carriage is a wonder to the charity bey% and his liveries are the envy of the beadle. He is the proprietor of a slip of ground in the cemetery - , which he will some day enrich with himself, and ornament by a mural monument, de scribed in his will as " Fame blowing a trumpet, and pointing upwards with the city mace, as two chc,ruhs, wear ing city caps of maintenance, are bearing an alderman in his full robes, seated on an easy chair of clouds, to the realms of bliss."—Almanack of the Month. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Oar. 17. DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS.—His Excellency the Lord-lien tient has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the following gentlemen to be deputy-lieutenants, viz.:—County of Kildare: Robert Burrower, Esq., of Ciiltown Kilcullen, in the room of John William DigbyEsq., deceas ed. County of Meath John Farrell, Esq., of Moynalty, in the room of John l'ratt Winter, Esq., deceased. Ilis Excellency the Lord-lieutenant has been pleased to approve of William Sharman Crawford, Esq., M.P., being appointed a deputy lieutenant fur the county Down. TBE LABOUR RATE ACT. The following additional proclamations ordering the hold ing of Baronial Presentment Sessions under the above act appeared in the Gazette of last n;ght:— AIUiAOII.-11arony of Tirenny, at Tynan, on Oct. 2G. Dow N.—Barony of Mourne, at Ailktrl, on Out. it, Deliu9.—Barony of lialruthery East, at Balbriggan, on Oct. 20; Barony of Balmtberr Wcwt, at Ballyboghill, no Ott. 2T ; Barony of Ratbdown, at Dunditun, on Oct. 29. K1111101:47.—liar013) of hells, at Kllttunianny, on Oct. 28. Lnowsex.—Barony of henry, at Pallaskenry, on Oct. 2i; barony of North Liberties of Limerick, at Wtghtflelil, an Oct. 26. Losoosukaar.—Barony of hecnagbt, at Newtownlimarady, on Oct. 30. Gesso's Cotherr.-Bareny ofTortnabinch, at l'ortarlington, on Oct. 28 ; barony of Stradleely, at strsdbally, on Oct. 26. Triti.e..-Barony of Omagh }net, at Omagh, on Oct. 26 Wierrn•tru.-liarony lartullagh, at Roe hfort, on Oct. 26. Morn.-Barony of Upper fleece, at Garadice, on Oct. 26; barony of Lower licece, at Kilmewan, on Oct. 27. CORK.-Wzar Mes EaltY.-The extraordinary Present ment Sessions for this Barony was held at twelve o'clock, on Tuesday,at the Court-house, Macroom, and was character ised (says a Cork paper) as being the most turbulent that has been heretofore held in this county. I shall proceed to copy some specimens of this turbulence from the report: Mr. W 11. Warren had made a calculation of the amount necessary to feed the people for three months.-Mr. J. We.orthy : Three months won't do. (Cheers).-Mr. M. 11. Warren would recommend them to vote sufficient for three months and no more. (Uprear.)- Mr. J. E. M'Carthy: That would be doing nothing, coneidering the mirer)• of the people. ((Cheers.)-Mr. M. 11. Warren: After the M etro:noes of the Lord Lieutenant, it is right that we, get breathing time - that we be enabled to we our way, and madder whether we can take advantage of the plan proposed for draining. (Dieapprobationd If we have not works enough, we can call another sessions. (Uproar.) Mr. M'Carthy moved that they should take the presentments in alphabetical user -)No, no; yes, yes; and uproar., -Mr. Johnson conceived that the first step was to estimate the sum neeessiry to be raised off the barony. -Chairman: Now which shall we estimate for three or Fix months (Cries of six, six, and great uproar.) I think the derision must be in favour of six months. (Cheers.)-Mr. M. Warren : Then, sir, I demand a poll. (Tremendous uprour.)-Mr. J. B. Warren : It is useless to say anything. You may as well let it pass. (Cheers.)-Mr. M. Warren: No; I again call for a poll. (Re newed clamour.)-Chairman : Let it pass. The government will exer cise a controlling power. (Cheers and confasion.)-Mr. M. Warren: Then I will withdraw it. (Cheers.) But in my opinion you should go on the valuation of the barony, and pass only as many present. meats as would give employment for six months. (No, no; yes, yes; and uproar.) Considerable discussion next arose as to a particular road, and again the confusion recommenced : Mr. It. Warren: said that if the works, did not commence before four weeks, they might as well not meet at all. They ought to force the Government to pram them on. Were the people to starve? Were they to be left without employment for four weeks? There were no provaions in the country, and to save the people the Government should be forced to act. This was Thursday end If poedble the works ought to commence next Monday. (Great cheers.)-A Voice: (anon Captain Gordon. (Captain Gordon is an officer of the Board of Works.)-Mr. R. Warren: I won't call on Captain Gordon-he is not the man-the Government is the party to be called on-and if the Go- vernment don't do it, on them be the consequences. (Loud cheering.) Don't let us have Tipperary boys here, for loughal boys.—Rev. Mr. O'Kearney : Or Dungarvoo boys. -Mr. R. Warren : lAA us force on the Government to do its duty, and if it don't let it blame itself for what may follow, (Loud eheers.)-Seemtary : 1 y, Mr. Chair man, wehave not met for this- -our duty Is thainme, and let us go to business. (Great tumult.) A presentment was then put forward for 1,0001 to build a Roman Catholic chapeL-Dr. Baldwin did not think that the building of chapels would give employment to the neighbouring poor, and be would therefore oppose the grants for their erection.-The present ment was then passed.-The Rev. Mr. Murphy put in a presentment foe 500 J, to build a chapel in the parish of Kileomey.-Mr. fil•Carthy : I object to this also. - Mr. M. Warren : And I also object to it-Mr. Wocelley : For my part I object to money being granted to build either a church or chapeL-The presentment pared.-The Rev. Mr. O'Drieooll put in a presentment for SOUL to meet a chapel at Dieshure. -Dr. Baldwin : I must protest against those presenthenta, for I own rider it is diverting the money which should be used in employ ing the poor to other purposes, that of purchasing matenaa. -The Rev. Mr. O'Driecoll replied that they did not re- quire the money to purchase materials, they would raise with script:lons for that purpose, and what they wanted was to spend the money in giving employment.-Dr. Baldwin did not wish to give an Invidious opposition, but at the game time he desired to act conithentiotudy, and as he conceived that those buildings did not come within the provisions of the act, he should enter his objection to the presentment.-Mr. Woolley would oppose presentments for building either churches or chapels. -Mr. M. Warren : do will I. And why , not poll this presentment? (Disapprobation.) Yost may hiss until , you are tired, for I don't care what you think of my acts. lam m anitions a. any man to give employment to the poor, and don't wish the money directed to improper channels. It is equal to me what you think, for I will act oonecientiously, and I don't care whether you hiss or not.-Eventually the presentment was passed without a division.- A large number of presentments were then passed for the town of Munson-LOON. for the repairs of the duvet It having become rather late, and most of the magistrates and rate payers having retired, the Chairman said that there were a number of presentment. before him, and as nearly all the magatratee were gone, he did not know what to do with them, as he had no assistance.-Mr. Johnson suggested that he should reject them all.-The Chairman re plied, that although they passed presentments for nearly 60,0001., he thought it but fair to consider those before hint. On this announce ment being made, the presentments were handed in in such numbers, that they began to accumulate very perceptibly, when the Chairman was COMpelied m collect up all within his mach, and make a precipi tate retreat into an adjoining room, followed by the other magistrates and es-psych s present, where they disposed ef them, and the meet ing dissolved, INSTRUCTIONS TO RELIEF COMMITTEES. Revised copies of the instructions for the formation of relief committees have been issued by the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by a letter to the lord lie utenant. of maks. The following is the only paragraph which varies the former instruction., to which I append the letter to the lords lieu tenant of counties : "In thaw came where local circumatanote may require that per eons not comprithended in this arrangement should be appointed on I committees, It would be desirable to re-appoint ro many of the most efficient and respectable member. of the committers of the past SC .IKIR IN may be req 'te. In forming new committees, where none had been named during the put reason, and where the ex-odlcio mem bers may be ineufficient, the lieutenant of the county will exercise hie di-cretion in selections from the moist respectable subscribers to the relief fund." "TO Mt LORD I..irrntNANT or ?Mr rotsTr er "Dublin Castle, October 14, 1,41. "My Lord—ln transmitting to your lordship a copy of some fur. thee instructions, with regard to the formation of Relief Committees throughout the country, I am directed by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to say, that be trusts no time will be kw in oriounsing them committees generally in your county, es he has moon to be- Dere that great inconvenience has been occasioned, in some distriets, from the delay which has taken place. lam also desired to observe, that lee Excellency trusts that your lordship will impress upon the magistrates, and other persons, the amenity of supporting the officers of the Iloard of Warts in the execution of their arduous duties, in carrying into effort the instructioto of the government, and especially in enforcing the system of task or pier -work, w hich considered essential, as a general rule, to the successful gipmation of the measures of relief —I have the honour to he, arty hard, your lord ship's most obedient servant, H. LAsorraERIL" CoMPONENTS On' THE COMMUITEES.—III the letter of instructions issued by Government, pointing out the parties who should more properly compose the Relief Committees, it is enjoined that only the principal parochial clergymen of each persuasion within the district shall be placed on the committee. This instruction has given rise to great dissa tisfaction, as it excludes utterly all the curates of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, and all the Diahnps of that persuasion, who are never rho principal parochial clergymen in the the several districts. Mr. Dillon Browne, M.P. for Mayo, has written a letter of reinonerance to Mr. Labou chere against this particular instruction, and the matter has formed the subject of complaint in the popular journals ; the Conservative papers, on the other hand, strongly eulogise the instruction. FOOD DEPOTS.—Lotto JOHN RUSSELL'S DETERMINA TION.—From the following letter written by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Mayor of Cork, it will be seen that the government has not changed its opinions respecting the propriety of leaving the supply of food, an much as possible, to " private enterprise: " TreasuryChasthers, Oct. 13. Sir, —ln reply to your letter of the 7th instant, encluaing u me morial hem the magistrates and otos payers of the borough of Cork, praying the intervention of the government, in reducing the price of food, I sin commanded by the Lords Commissioners if her Majesty's Treasury to state to you, that it Ls not in the power of their lordships to lower the price of food, and that if the attempt were mule, it would, Ly in, hieing a rapid consumption of the Meek of provisions, and by checking and suspending the bringing forward of euntilies from other soirees, render the existing pressure more severe. Their lordships have undertaken to establish weenie depots fur the sale of food to Relief Committees in districts on the west ern side of Ireland, and to which the ordivary operations of the „ provision trade cannot be expected to extend ; but the same reason does not exist for their interference in respect to the cities and towns on the Southern and Western coasts, and 'o the neighbouring districts, and beingconvinced that the course which they are pursuing is the only one which is consistent with the public safety, their lord ships cannot hold out any expeetetlen of their deviating from It. In order to make the suppliesprovided by the Government for the remote districts on the Western roast answer the purpose for which they are intended, it is indispensably necessary that the Government &plats should not be opened while the markets can be supplied from the pro duce of the late harvest, and that when the y are opened it should be at prices proportioned to the neighbouring market prices —I am, air, your obedient servant, G. E. Taarrumi. Rhin IN WAG Es.—The Nctsagh Guardian writes thus : It is now known that labourers on public winks can earn by task work Is. per day; and if all the Labour is almorlod on these works, the farmers, and those gentlemen who farm a great deal, may Ind themselves in a dilemma, if tbey cannot obtnin labourers for agricul tural purposes. At Kilkenry, within two miles of Nenagh, on 'thus. day last, a fiat of forty names sent in by the Relief Committee was handed to the steward by the engineer, to be placed on a certain public work. However, seventeen of them did not make their appearance, and a gentleman, or farmer, of the neighbourhood, came forward, and solicited the engineer to spare him a groat portion of them who did come to work. and offered Is. a day as wages for agricultural pur penes, for some months to come. Mr. Thomas Fortcscue, of Louth, thus propounds his plan for the reduction of rents upon his large estates in Louth : As the small fanners ore by far the greatest sufferers, I introit in the one of all persons whose rent does not exceed 111., to direct that an inspection be immediately made of their farms, to ascertain the extent of their lens, and the means of subsistence left them, and to make mirk an allowance In their Will-year's rent us from the condi lion of each shall appear to be necessary. In the (nit of all farmers, being tenants at wilt, or not holding benctlcial leases, %hose rent exceeds ISt., a return will be obtaitwil from them of the number of acres of potatoes which each one has lost, when, after taking into consideration the unionany high price now obtained for grain and cattle, I shall take upon myself a fair share of their reel hews by a proixotionste ullowance in the halLyear'n rent. MK. G. POItTEU AND THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN.— Upon Wednesday l*st there was a meeting of the magistrates of 'Fermanagh nt Derylin, for the purpose of presenting for the relief of the destitute, when Lold Enniskillen made the following statement o I think it right to state, that on the 20th of Rl.:'niter Last a ' meeting the magistrate* , pinllllll..lnhi. in 010 favor-Eon's of Ennlvkillen, to am:obit ‘..•-g - j,7 ' , guardians. At IL it unicting Ind three magistrates attended. I proposed Mt. Porter's name. The clerk Mated that Mr. Porter load nut attended no more than three max- Mons since the lust time he had been appointed. Mr. Jolinston'o name was than put on the list. On the day of the last minion. held in Enniskillen I met Mr. D'Arcy and two or three other ;gentlemen in wmois hotel. One gentleman was standing at the window and hall his back to me. I inquired who thnt was, and, upon finding It was Mr. Porter, I went over for the purpose of shaking hands with him. Mr. Porter refused shaking booths. A conversation ensued, which appear.' then to 'satisfy Mr. Porter. Ile then asked me whether his name could be put on the list or not. I thereupon apokc'tri, Mr. D'Arey 'on the subject Mr. D'Arcy said, that without a magistrate could be got to resign, no election could Like place. A few days afterwards I was in the act of sittingilown l's write Is letter requesting a magistrate—(his lordship would not mention any names) to resign, to make morons for Mr. Porter's appointment, when the following letter was handed me: Ilifficiale, Oct. 12, 1816. "My lord,--I take the liberty to oak you now, after four days, ivbetberßand if so, how your luedthip means tapulill your woolo of last Friday. In order to prevent any mistake, I mind a mew-eager with this mite ; and I hope your lordship will be quite clear In sour answer, or else, though I hate and despise personal questions of this kind, I will nut shrink trona my duty to myself and to the public, but will act at once.--i am, your lunbdrip's obedient servant. " Earl of F.niiishillen." " J. C. V. PORTER. NCOT (enni(1111Oil his lordship) maweiving that that woo not the tune in which one gentleman should adder. another, I wrote the foilow ing reply : Florenoeeourt, Oct. 12, 14411. " Sir- -I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of thin I morning. In answer, I beg to state, that however anxious I may bath 11,11 to further your wishes, the tons of communication is such, that I beg to decline further corthspondence on the subject. -I have the honour to be, Kir, your obedient nervoat, EithIsKILLLN. " J. G. V. Porter, Egiq." The result of this correspondence, gentlemen, has been that placard which you have heard read.—Mr. G. Porter's father, the Rev. J. G. Porter, stated that he thought his son's feelings had been inured, when his name was not permitted to remain on the list, and that Lord Enniskillen had acted improperly in not appointing his son, but that if be had his way,p public e li w c u e ll e d not have allowed one of the placards to meet the SCOTLAND. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S TOMBSTONE.—At the works of Messrs. M'Donald and Leslie, of Aberdeen, there has just been executed a massive tombstone, which is to be placed on the contiguous graves of the late Sir Walter Scott, and of Lady Scott, at Dryburgh Abbey. It consists of a large block of the beautiful red granite, cut from Messrs. M'Donald and Leslie's quarries at Stirling lull, near Peterhead, on the property of the Earl of Aberdeen. The block is 7 feet long, by 61 feet broad, and weighs nearly 5 tons. The upper sur face is cut in the form of the top of a double sarcophagus. On the one compartment is the following inscription : • Sir Walter Scott, Baronet, died September 21, s.n. 1832." On the other :—" Dame Charlotte Margaret Carpenter, wife of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford, Baronet, died at Abbots ford, May 15, A.D. 1826." The letters arc very deeply cut in the material of which the tombstone is composed. IMMIOR‘TION.—The distress in Ireland is beginning to drive the less home-sick from their country. Occasionally poor wayfarers, with looks and habiliments of unmistakeable Irish poverty and want of tidiness, make their way into the town by the Ardrossan road. On Thursday last five or six of these hunger-banished men were endeavouring to find employment in the town. This party were from the County Down, where the potato failure had completely put an end to their pig-trade ; and, as their subsistence and ability to pay rent depended on it, they were under the necessity of seeking employment in this country. It is a fortunate thing that work for labourers is abundant here at present, am? is likely to be so for some years, else the mingling of such poverty with the poorer portion of our population would operate very prejudicially.—Ayr Observer. A BAD CASE.—A circumstance of a painful nature has lately occurred in the neighbourhood of Doane. The house keeper at Donne Lodge, the seat in this quarter of the Earl of Moray, died a short time ago, and, since her death, suspi cion has been excited that, a short period only, a day or two we believe, before her death, she had been delivered of a child. Under this impression, two respectable women made a private search, but found nothing to confirm the suspicion. The story, however, got wind, and soon reached Mr. Batty, the fiscal in Dunblane, who instituted a more rigorous in vestigation, when the body of an infant was discovered in a ' water-closet. It was then resolved to have a post mortem examination of the woman's body. On Monday last, accord ingly, three medical men, one from Stirling, one from Dun blane, and the third from Donne, were officially appointed to examine the body. The result is, that a medical man and a farmer have been taken into custody.— tiding Observer. PROVINCIAL. LtNCASIMBE REPRESENTATION OF WARRINGTON. — Mr. Greenish has declined to allow himself to be nominated in opposition to Mr. Blackburn, the present member. In his letter to the requisitionists, after expressing his deep sense of the honour conferred upon him by them, he says: " My first impression was, under the peculiar circumstances of the electors at this moment, that it was my duty to disregard all personal tonal derations, and at once to respond to the call made upon me ; but, upon reflection, I feel that it might be detrimental to our cause, and embarrassing to many friends, were I to as sent to your request, and now enter upon a canvass in oppo sition to the present member, who has expressed his inten tion again to offer himself as a candidate for the represents of the borough." THE PRESIDENT OP THE MANCHESTER REFORM ARSO ciATioN, Mr. John Potter declined to form one of the deputation appointed to wait upon Mr. Bright. We learn that Mr. Potter has since tendered his resignation of the office of president, on the ground that he cannot cordially concur in the nomination of Mr. Bright as the future midi ' date for the borough. AN ATTEMPT WAS WADI TO STAB AN OPTICER of the 3rd Buffs at Liverpool, on Friday, by a private in that regiment. The delinquent is said to have been drunk, and, being spoken to by his superior officer on the subject, he struck at him with a musket, and afterwards attempted to stab him with a bayonet. The blow was parried, and the mutineer was placed under arrest and taken across to Dublin with the regiment. W. V' an-MP 1 OPPNINO OP i 1 PoRTI4.—At a public meeting at Hud dersfield, a memorial to Lord John Russell wao agreed upon, .-J...1•110