The Express. — London, England, 1846-12-19 00:00:00

merchants unhesitatingly buy and sell on the faith of an experienced broker's judgment, the Custom-house is not likely to be led into any serious error by it. An experienced sugar-broker ascertains with great exactness and little difficulty the qualities of sugar samples submitted to his inspection, and the judgments of our experienced tea-brokers are equally prompt and certain. In the United States the value upon which the duty is ,to be struck is the actual selling price in the market whence the article is im ported, phu the freight. This method, as a general rule, checked by the inspection of skilled brokers, will approximate sufficiently to the real value to pre vent injustice and deter from fraud. But our object is not so much to enter into controversy with our correspondent, as to recommend his plan for the re duction of duties to attention as feasible in the case of teas, supposing an ad valorem duty oat of the question, and as worthy of immediate consideration in the case of tobacco. The fact that there is exten sive smuggling in tobacco shows that the rate of taxation which combines the greatest productiveness to the revenue with the least pressure upon the ' trader has been exceeded. Wherever there is smuggling, a reduction of duty is not only . advisable in a moral but safe in a financial point of view. These remarks are made more for the purpose of drawing attention to our correspondent's communica tion than of arguing the question. We wish, how ever, to embrace the opportunity of deprecating the exaggerations, into which both the advocates and the opponents of a reduction of the tea duties occasionally fall. The question is surely one which can afford to be argued calmly and dispassionately. Even those who represent tea-drinking as a great practical moral lesson will not place ten on an equality with bread, an indispensable necessary, the prospect of a short supply of which excuses pan is and passion. Nor will those who advocate the reduction of the Um duties as a means of redressing the disturbed balance of trade with China maintain that our dealings with that country form as yet so large a proportion of our whole traffic thattemporary. and transient check to it is likely to Won a crisis. The question of the tea duties is neither so momentous nor so urgent that it can serve as an apology for substituting the fallacies of passion in the room of calm truth-seeking argu ment. Yet, on the one side, we find Sir. JOHN GLADSTONE asserting that the consumption of tea by the poorer classes has not increased • and, on the other, we hear gentlemen maintaining ihat the reduc tion of the tea duties will immediately make our al ready great consumption of that article increase two or three fold. Had Sir JOHN GLADSTONE, instead of ringing the changes upon numbers and ratios, inquired among the tea-dealers, he would have found that a great quantity of tea is consumed by the poorer classes. We know in some of the great manufacturing towns extensive tea-dealers, the most important portion of whose business is to sell tea and sugar in small packets of one or two ounces to the females (inhabit ing a pretty wide range of country) employed by the great wholesale dealers in cottons, on the days on which they come to town. LIEDIO has shown that theine, the peculiar principle of tea. yields, when combined with water and oxygen, the chief consti tuent of bile. The use of tea, therefore, is beneficial to the habit of body of those who live in a great measure upon vegetable food, and this explains the partiality of the poor, not merely to tea, but to the superior and consequently more expensive kiuds of tea. The dietetic action of caffeine, however, the peculiar principle of coffee, is nearly the same as theine : and, if we may argue from the example of America, and the extent to which coffee is already consumed in this country, its use is likely to interfere materially with the increased consumption of tea. Bold assertions, like that made by Sir JOHN GLADSTONE, in support of the present tea duties, are met by yet more bold assertions, on the part of those who advocate the reduction of the tea duties. The confidence with which these gentle- , men predicate what will be the result of that measure in the markets of China, is surprising. If the fact that we know so little of China will not teach them modesty, surely the failure of their former prognostications might. They are the same parties who, when the sugar duties were under discussion, boldly declared that large quantities of free-labour sugar might be had from China; as yet, we have heard of only one cargo that has reached England from that quarter—it was found unsaleable, and re exported to Sydney. The truth is, that the overweening confidence of parties trading to China defied all warning, and glutted the markets of that country with more cottons and woollens than they could absorb. Of cottons alone there were imported to China, in 1842, 23,000,000 yards; in 1843, 44,000,000; in 1844, 75,000,000; in 1843,108,000,000. Theconsequence is, that duringthe ten months of 1846, only 63,000,000 yards have been exported. It was asserted at the meeting on the tea duties, held in Glasgow, on Tuesday last, that the Chinese markets are not over supplied ; that " a large amount of the goods of last year have actually gone into consumption." If so, whence the felling off in the exports ? Or how much of the goods went into consumption through the instrumentality of the great Hong, who failed some time ago at Shanghai, having been in the habit of disposing of the shirtings he bought there on credit, at half price, at Soochow, to raise the wind to buy the teas he sold to the English. The rash and inconsiderate manner in which the traders to China have managed their own affairs warrants a considerable degree of scepticism in listening to the advice they so freely impart respect ing the footing on which it is desirable to place the national intercourse with China. These considerations will show that this matter of the tea duties is one that " craves wary walking." IF the present frost, which exposes the Public Records to additional hazard from fire, last a day or two longer, the 4,000 gallons of water in the roof of the Record Office, at Carlton-ride (see Deputy- Keeper's reports !maim) will be completely frozen : and their use as a measure of precaution rendered nugatory. Under these circumstances, should any fire happen to the great stable itself, or the adjacent buildings, in half-an-hour the nation would lose three-fifths of all its records. The fire would destroy all the title-deeds of the conveyance of land—the " fines and recoveries" existing in perfect series from the time of King Joint to the present day, the Pipe rolls or great ledgers of national expenditure from the days of King STEPHEN, and all the records of the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer. It is opportune to give this warning to the Judges, the Home Secretary, and the Treasury. Remembering the promises of ministers, it might have been expected that the public should have learned before this the decision of the government on the building of a PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. When, towards the end of the last session, a resolu tion was moved, affirming that the public records were so exposed to danger " that no merchant of ordinary prudence would keep his books of account in the same situation ;" that the fire risks were re spectively estimated in all the record offices to be at least as hazardous as those of an ordinary dwelling house, and in several to be doubly and trebly haz ardous, so hazardous, in fact, that no prudent fire office would insure the Carlton Ride or the White Tower of London at less than 55. per cent.; and when the said resolution was withdrawn at the Home Secretary's request, on his guarantee to consider the subject forthwith, it does not seem to us that, with these facts before him undenied, this minister must ere this have resolved upon the proper coarse. It cannot now be pleaded that the erection of the Victoria tower is the impediment, for Mr. BARRY himself has avowed to a committee of the House of Commons that this tower had proved to be quite insuf ficient for the purpose. We do not think the Treasury would have given the answer they did to Lord LANG DALE"; letters in 1844, had they been fully acquainted with Mr. BARRY'S evidence, or had remembered the pledge hich the Treasury had given in 1839, to the prin ciple of having but ONE general office for the public records. A suitable site for the Public Record Office at the Rolls estate, in the very heart of the inns of court, from which proceed at least nine-tenths of the parties using the public records, has been kept vacant ior years for the express purpose, and still is so. Nothing is wanting but the word of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he will apply some 15 or 20,0001. per annum for a few years to thia national object. Considering that no less a sum than 10,0001. per annum is the actual cost of administering the public records at the present time, it seems marvellous that a proportionate sum cannot be allowed for a suitable and safe build ing. We will not believe that any narrow motives of economy can now be stopping the settlement of this question ; and we will hope that Mr. C. WOOD will ~. TEE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1846. excise duties, while Mr. Lawmen considered it as i part of " the great food question." However, be it for good or evil, the malt tax re peal question has passed out of the bands of the far mers into those of the protectionist landholders. The probable effect is, that the movement has received its quietus. the civil tribunal of the Seine was occupied with a suit by Madlle. Ziuna, a young lady of a respectao:: family, against a M. Ensile, who, after repeated protestatleas that he would marry her, had married another lady. Madill*. Ziuna had loved truly, and too well, for a child was the result of her weakness, and it bad been baptised in the name of the father, who not only acknowledged it, but even declared at the registry of the birth that it was his child by . his legitimate spouse, the mother. The promise of the marriage, both verbally and in writing, was clearly proved, but the cou nsel for the defence contended that Madlle. Ziuna and he mother had taken advantage of the youth and inexperience of the defendant, who is indeed older than the plaintiff, but it was argued that young ladies are much mere clever than young gentlemen, and that Matins. Ziuna, although younger in yes's, was superior in tact to her seducer. The Avocet du Roi, in his address to the court, said that, " if it was necessary to give reparation to the victim of seduction, it was quite as necessary to avoid holding out premiums to a sex who complain too frequently of being such victims." The court rejected the demand of Madlle. Ziuna for damages. NETILERLANDS.—THE HAGUE, DEC. 15.—The official journal published a royal decree of the 10th of this month, for putting out of circulation the old coins of one florin and half florin, after the 25th of December. The same j o urnal publishes the condition of the loan of one million , being the fourth series of the loan of eight millions for defraying the expenses occasioned by the draining of the Lake of Haarlem, fixed by the royal decree of the sth of December, 1846. This loan is to be contracted by virtue of the law of the 22nd of March, 1839, with interest of 41 per cent. There remains a series of one million of this loan to be negotiated, which will not take place during the year 1847. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 5.—A e learn that within these few days severs] inhabitants of this city have received mes sages inviting them to come to a certain place, at a certain hour, which messages were found to be mere pretenses, pro , bably with no other object than to have an opportunity of committing some robberies. ROTTERDAM, DEC. 14.—1 n consequence of the heavy fall of snow the Meuse is covered with frozen snow, SO that several steam-boats are prevented from leaving the port as usual this morning. FRANKFORT, DEC. 12.—The treaty of commerce and navigation, concluded between Austria and Russia, was published at Vienna on the 7th of this month. By this treaty the two parties are placed in all respects on the same peeing, so that the regulations of the system of differential duties lately introduced in Russia, and the advantages granted to the Russian marine, are not to be confined to Russia. The report of a conspiracy said to have been dis covered on the Rhine appears to be unfounded. Very urgent warnings have, however, been sent by diplomatic channels from Paris to several courts, announcing that emissaries of the Propaganda intended to visit the Rhenish provinces and central Germany. COLOGNE, DEC. 13.—We learn that ice floated down yesterday from the Maine, and to-day from the Moselle, into the Rhine. The latter came down to - day as far as indernach. The bridge here is taken up. BRESLAU, DEC. I.—Our commercial journal pub lishes the following official notice ;—." The undersigned de puties of the city, and merchants of Breslau, consider it as their duty, on their return from Berlin, to inform the public that the highest public authorities have acknowledged the importance of the preservation of free-trade with the terri tory of the Republic of Cracow, secured by article eight of the 3.1 of May, 1815, in the fullest extent, and that they have received the satisfactory assurance that the maintenance of this free-trade will be the unconditional basis of the commer cial regulations to be agreed upon with the Austrian autho rities —Breslau, 30th Nov., 1846." (Hera follow the signa tures of the merchants.) RUSSIA.—ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. I.—The IMpe rial Court gill remains at Peterhof, and it is not yet decided when it will remove to the capital. The day before yesterday the places of public amusement which were closed on account of the death of the Grand Duchess Maria, were again oper.ed. On the 28th November our winter beg an with a very sharp north-east wind, and a heavy fall of snow, with six degrees of cold; on the following day the Neva brought down much ice, so that the bridges betweeen the city and the islands bad to be taken up. To-day the snow was deep, and the cold increased to nine degrees. THE OVERLAND ROUTE FROM INDIA. The Augsburg Gazette contains the following article:— " The first three experimental trials have taken place, and it may be as well to cast an eye at their results, and the con sequences attending them. The object of England is nothing less than to insure a second and as quick a route as that through France in case of a rupture with that country, and Germany has in view the re-establishment of the Venetian- Hanseatac route of the middle ages, and a new high road along the Rhine, across the Alps to the Adriatic and the Beat, and to each of a system of universal brokerage. Holland seeks a more direct and more speedy line of communication with her East Indian colonies, and Belgium, as also the western and southern states of Germany, would gain an increased traffic in the augmented transit of goods and managers. The British government and the East India Company are satisfied with the re•ults of the trials as regards Germany, and this route has rather gained ground in their good opinion than otherwise. It is a fact that both of Wughorn's despatches arrived sooner than theirs via Marseilles, as they came to hand at six o'clock, and not at half-past eight, as formerly stated, whilst those by Prunes were net yet in tk. Herald othce. The Cracow affaut has a thing but contributed to patch up the entente eordiok, but, on the coateary, has widened the breach, and the statesmen of Great Britain wish to have, at all price, a second postal route at their command ; and that such a one will he established no doubt is entertained, be it by Trieste, Anenna, or Briadisi. As yet fattaare in favour of Trieste, where- KO much has been done by Austrian Lloyds, who are quite capable of establishing a regular service. lJn happily it seem that at Vienna the idea is entertained of making the Indian overland mute pass through that capital, arid the Snick and Salzburg railway will not be heard of (?) This is a stumbling block which might prove fatal to the route by Trieste. Switzerland and Naples are eager to do their utmost, and the new lines of rail way decreed by the Pope are all favourable to the enterprise. Austria would then have reason after wards to lament her want of energy at the proper moment, and her having opposed an impracticable system of centraliza tion to the unchangeable geographical circumstances of the country. U is, however, to be hoped that the energy and tact displayed by that eminent statesman.„ Baron liasbeck, will not leave him its the present instance, and that he will at once perceive the only way of realising the idea of an Austrian East Indian commercial route. The following is the result of the three experimental trials : Alestulginio;l7;6e _.....106 Fr " ... • Marseilles to London —.... 79 I Alexandria to Trials 6 " 4 Y* 'blest* to London. .... Alexandria to Markings—. Frnwr' Marseilles to Loudon as.v, Alexandria to Trieste .._ Trieste to Loucks speedily show that he has a higher, and juster, more enlarged appreciation of our unrivalled coiled don of pubhc records than his immediate predecessor. The political party now in power strangled that hydra of corruption, the Record Commission, which had coat the country some 400,0001.!—infinitely beyond the sum requisite for a new building; and they re modelled the present Public Record Office. Let them complete the good work by taking the most necessary step of providing forthwith one safe repository, with out which all former reforms are comparatively im potent ; that step, which their own act of parliament declares is the first thing to be done, but which, owing to various untoward causes,has been delayed for these ten years. MANY who saw, or thought they saw, in the anti malt-tax movement the commencement of independent action by the farmers will ere this have been disap pointed. It cannot be doubted that farmers feel strongly upon this question ; and it was because the movement indicated some symptoms that the rural capitalists were about to awaken from suchathy that the friends of agricultural progress re garde d it hopefully. The result of the meeting at e York Hotel has for the present effectually damped those hopes. Notwithstanding the evidence he last meet ing in Norfolk exhibited that landlord influence had considerably abated open manifestations of zeal for untaxed malt ; although farmers were induced to abstain from countenancing the agitation by their presence ; there were still signs, less obvious perhaps, of their acquiescence in the views of the malt-tax repealers. One of these which may be men tioned is the fact that the Lynn " Protection Society " determined to devote its entire efforts, and its funds, to the single object of repealing the malt duty; and so determined were the members of that society to accomplish their object, that, in order to get over a rule which prevented the voting any larger part of their funds than 231. at any one meeting, they held successive meetings until they had devoted all their money to its new purpose. It is not to be supposed that such a decided expres sion of interest in the subject on the part of the far mers, was lost upon the politicians, who regard the farmers as their political tools—the engines whereby they at one time governed the nation; and many of whom constantly sacrifice real wealth and pecuniary in dependence to the maintenance of large voting power through the agency of a numerous and dependent tenantry. And accordingly we find in the cattle show week, which is the agricultural politician's brief season of activity, the " farmers' friends" took effective means for swamping the farmers' agitation. The cold shoulder had been offered by the land owners to the malt-tax repealers, the light of the landlord countenance had been carefully withheld from the movement; but the main effect of such means of obstruction had been to render it more genuinely a tenant farmer's action. Much was said at the Norfolk meetings apt enough to the condition of farmers, and the existing relations between landlords and tenants, but not very germane to the matter of malt-tax repeal, which tended in the direc tion of emancipation of the tenantry. And it is not so much the want of power as the want of will to act, which prevents the farmers from taking that social and political position in the state which the importance of their industry, and the large aggregate amount of their capital, would seem naturally to justify. Now, the sentiments of some of the speakers at the anti-malt-tax meetings were calculated to sti mulate this sluggish will into life and activity, and hence it became an object with the party of land owners, which for distinction'-sake we must still designate as " protectionist," to suppress such senti ments. As, therefore, the movement had not been extinguished by the absence of landlord support, there only remained the more decisive but effective plan of stifling it by landlord patronage. The Central Protection Society, which twelve months ago had ostentatiously repudiated the malt tax, have now thought fit to entertain the question. The Duke of RICHMOND, who is the organ, and, if it has anything worthy the name of head, the head also, of the confederated landoerats, said that " numerous and pressing applications had been made to the society to take into their consideration the repeal of the malt tax," and that in consequence a meeting had been fixed for the 12th of January for the full discus sion of the subject. And he added : We want to know, and we ought to know, what is the opinion of the farmers of England on the subject of the malt tax. My own opinion is well known. I think now, and I have always thought, that it is an odious tax; that it interferes with the manufacture of malt , that it is an in tolerable inconvenience to have an exciseman constantly hanging about one's premises; that it prevents the feeding of cattle by malt, which, despite of the opinion of one learned professor, I still believe to be excellent food for cattle; but, above all, that it tends to deprive the farmers and labourers of England of a wholesome and nutritious beverage. But the question is not, what is my opinion, or the ooinion of any other individual member of the society, bat what is the opinion of the tenant farmers of the country I I hope sincerely that we shall be favoured with their opinions. But, as to myself, I confess I like customs duties better than excise duties. And his grace suggested that a tax producing nearly five millions sterling per annum could not be repealed without finding some substitute. Now the above plausibly-expressed anxiety to learn the opinion of tenant-farmers upon the subject, and when that opinion has been obtained to defer to it, is based upon the covert assumption that tenant-farmers must and will act only by and through the Central Protection Society. This is the old " farmers' friend" device in a new form. The farmers seemed inclined to move without their political " friends," and the Duke of RICHMOND, in the name of the " farmers' friends," says : Tell us where you want to go and we will lead you. That • such leaders will conduct the formers to a repeal of the malt tax, unless it should happen that a repeal of the malt tax be found convenient to landlord interests, nobody, who has watched the sham fights made by the "farmers" friends," when professing to fight farmers' battles,. can believe. It was clear, therefore, that the malt tax repealers who are in earnest could gain nothing by surrendering their question into the hands of the Central Protection Society. They should have avoided such a surrender, if they wished to avoid ca.- tinction. But the Anti-Malt-tax Association contained a large proportion of Protectionists, whose allegiance to the landlord influence of the central society was at least as strong as their desire for malt-tax repeal. Willingly or heedlessly, at all eventahelplessly, the malt-tax repeaters have fallen into the trap; for the association agreed to suspend its operations until after the 12th of January. No more deputations are to go forth, and the association adjourned to the 13th January. There is no doubt that the opinion of the local protection societies will be almost unanimously in favour of the repeal, and thus the question will become once again a part of the regular political stock in trade of the " farmers' friends." It may be used to impede or embarrass tb e present or some subsequent administratiJn, for the furtherance of some landlord objects, but that the malt tax will henceforth be ad vocated for its own sake, or upon sound economical grounds, is out of the question. But above all it can no more furnish a sort of trial question, on which farmers might learn independent political action. ' Possibly this may not in the end retard their real emancipation, for the spectacle of another question, in which they feel an ir,terest, undergoing extinc tion under the fosterkprmentage of the squirearchy, may not be without ~ ts advantages to the tenant farmers. The mainly; of advocating repeal, by some of the speakers of tb e association, savoured too much of the narrow viv.vs, and dealt too often with the claptrap phrases of the Protectionists. There was more than enough of stress on the importance of malt in feeding cat• Lie, and of home-brewed beer for the labourers,which after entire only incidents in a larger consideration of the subject. Not tlrit the continued independent agitation of malt-tax repeal would have led to any immediate re sult, for the revenue derived from malt is so large that the duty can only be repealed as a part of some large measure of fiscal change. But there is great power in earnest agitation, and a farmer's—a real fariner's anti-malt tax agitation might have hastened the advent of that period when taxation will be re moved, in a great measure, from the industry and consumption of the country. Several of the speakers at the meeting of the Malt tax Association showed that sound economical prin ciples had found their way into the question. Thus, Mr. CUM.:TRAM, who was in a sort the messenger from the Central Protection Society, drew an illus tration of the probable increased demand for malt when relieved from duty, from the great increase of printed calico since the repeal of the duty of 30. the square yard, and said, that the entire fr eedom from excise restrictions was a principal object to be striven for. And Mr. MODCSKIN urged the repeal of all NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. The steam-ship Queen arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon, bringing dates from Gibral tar 6th instant, Cadiz 7th, Lisbon 10th, Oporto 11th, Vigo 13th. The Queen had on board three packages specie and sixteen passengers. She expenenced tremendous gales and heavy snow squalls, and rode at anchor 24 hours in Vigo, owing to the weather. We have received papers of the above dates, together with our correspondents letter, which is subjoined. LISBON, Dec. 10. Affairs remain here much in the same state as they were on Saturday the sth when the Tagus packet left for England, affording little scope for narrative but plenty of room for speculation and invention, which accordingly are largely indulged in. At Santarem and Cartaxo, the two chiefs, Sa lda nha and Das Antes remain quiescent, the only signs of activity being dis played in the detachment by the former of a force under General Fereira to join that commanded by Colonel Lapa, whose exploits have recently formed the subject of several bulletins in the Diario do Gorerno. The last accounts that were received in Lisbon respecting the operations of this combined column, consisting now of about 1,800 men, stated them to be at Leyria or in the neighbourhood, and that Count Bomfin had been sent by Das Antes with about 2,000 regulars in order to kold them in check, or, if opportunity offered, to bring them to action. Expectation has been rife on the subject at the capi tal, but, up to this morning, no intelligence of any action has been received. The Tojal steamer arrived in the Tagus on Sunday morning, from Valence, bringing intelligence of the capture of that frontier fort by the squa dro n engaged in the blockade of Oporto. This was effected on the 3rd instant; a supplement to the Diario was pub lished in the afternoon announcing the fact, which, however, is unimportant. The exact locality of the Baron de Case's division is not known, but in this supplement it is confidently stated that he was to be at Vallonga on the sth instant, marching on Oporto ; this has not as yet been realised. Per haps the intelligence from that city may throw some light on his movements; and also make known the result of the Duke of Palmella's letter to the Junta of Oporto on behalf of the Duke of Terceira. On the after noon of Sunday the Tojal steamer was suddenly sent off again towards the south, and on the following afternoon she returned to Lisbon, having on board the muni cipal authorities and government officers stationed at St. Übes, together with the treasure and arms which were at that place. It appears that a force of Guerillas had been for some days hovering in the neighbourhood, under the command, it was said, of Count de Mello. They burned the steamboat-pier on the opposite shore, and threatened St. Übes : with such haste was the retreat effected as to leave behind the whole of the copper coin in the St. Übes tobacco treasury, which was a welcome booty to the invaders. On Tuesday some companies of regulars were sent over to Almada, and four guns with eighty artillery-men were likewise despatched thither, but it is not anticipated that the guerillas would carry their incursions beyond St. Übes. Nearly the whole of the provinces to the south, in cluding the Alemtejo, are in the interest of the popular party, nor is the Queen's authority acknow ledged anywhere in those districts, save at Elves, where there is a body of 200 men left in charge of the fort. The state of affairs in the north is not correctly known at Lisbon, but it is anticipated that they have not undergone any material change since the last news arrived. Whilst these uncertainties prevail respecting the ultimate result of the existing struggle, commerce and trade languish, and little business is transacted beyond the imperative daily demands. Party feelings run very high, and it has even been found neces sary by the minister, to issue a circular to the various consuls and vice-consuls, warning them, and desiring them to caution all seer chants against taking any active part in the present struggle, under pain, if the fact be proved against them, of losing the protection of their flog. This has been deemed necessary, in consequence, perhaps, of the severity displayed by the actual government against a gentleman here, whose- sympatWes were too loudly and energetically manifested on behalf of the liberal party, and for doing which he was deprived of the exequatur by virtue of which he officiated as Vice-Consul for three foreign powers. A little more forbearance and magnanimity on the part of the authorities would, perhaps, have been graceful more particularly when it is notorious that the most undisguisea partisanship, even amounting to overt action, has been displayed in favour of ' the acting government, by the Consul of one of the European Powers. It is barely within the bounds of possibility that, if the Liberal party should succeed in its present endeavour, this act of severity may be imitated by them, though it is to be hoped that each acts of petty recrimination would, in the event of their success, be carefully eschewed. The Cacique French war-steamer, having on board a compliment of 600 men, put into the Tagus, on Sun day afternoon, coming from Toulon : on the following morning she left the river for Brest. The object of her visit, unless it was to bring despatches, remained a secret. P. S. The first Lumber of a Liberal paper, entitled The Echo of Santarem, dated at Lisboa the Bth of December, bee just reached me. Its contents are unimportant, but the flict of its being printed in the capital and circulated, though with caution and anonymously, evinces the widely spread disposition of the people to view favourably any attempt to free themselves from the shackles which are new imposed on the expression of opinion. ROME, Dae.s. At the close of my letter two days ago, I felt bound to notice the melancholy death of Colonel Bryan's daughter- The solemn dirge and requiem which was held yesterday in the church of Irish Franciscans, St. Isidoro, was attended by several hundred British visitors, besides the young- lady's kinsfolk, of the princely houses of Doria, Tansphili, and Borghese. Towards the termination of the sorrowful ceremonial, at a pause in the liturgy, there arose in the body of the church a person in ecclesiastical costume, of pen lee and careworn aspect, who, standing near the coffin, addressed himself to speak. His voice wax low at first, so that few beard till it gradually filled Ile church, and it was understood to be a simple recital of the unostentatious virtues of the deceased ; tut soon came words of more impressive import, and a whisper went round that the unexpected speaker on the occasion was the Rev. Mr. Newman, late of Ox ford. To the thousands who have perused his printed sermons delivered in Anglican pulpits it would be difficult to convey a notion of his manner on the present occasion, it being the first time that be deli vered himself of an extemporaneous unpremeditated discourse. But a newspaper being no proper vehicle for theological comments, I add no more. I mentioned the dismissal of the Governor of Rome. The treasurer Antonelli got his conge yesterday, and rumour sends him as delegate to Ferrara. Marini, the ex-governor, goes as legate to Lisbon or Madrid : a polite sort of banishment. The next removal, it is devoutly to be hoped, will be the Postmaster-General Massimo ; this functionary, not content with neglect ing his proper duties in the amelioration of the posting system throughout the Roman states, which is a dis grace to Italy, has within the last fortnight shown his tender regard for Austria, by taking on himself the responsibility of stopping any journals, French or English, which reflect on that respectable Court in its late absorption of Cracow. The Pope is utterly un conscious of his pranks, and may perhaps first learn them from the Express. Thus Postmaster Mas simo has, of his own authority, confiscated Galignani's Messenger of the 20th, 21st, and 25th of November, as well as your contemporary the Morning Chronicle of the 18th and 19th ditto. The British residents here are inclined to proceed in a body to the Quirinal, to lay their complaint at the feet of the Pontiff, who will doubtless find a speedy remedy for such insolent in terference with his general policy. The Duke of Devonshire has just arrived. BREACH OF PROMISE IN FRANCE. Actions for breach of promise of marriage are very rare in France, and they are gill more rarely successful. On Saturday last 152 mot 774 133 2/3 , 130 i • Alexandria to Marseilles. Marseilles to Landon . • • ' • Trieste . (Strin4nY* Tr Alel"thia ieste to Loadon.t°l- The average speed ma the Marseilles route would therefore be 250 1.6 hours, and on the Trieste NV,. If further it is taken into consideration that the Ariel runs twelve knots an hour, and that the Ardent never surpassed ten, the superiority of the German route cannot be doubted. gbt court, - - Weepsoß, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and H.R.H.. Peinee Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Primus Helena, arrived at the Castle at two o'clock this afternoon from Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, attended by their suite. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will inelede H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent. Thew it. 141-1. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, end H.S.H. Prince Frederic of Hesse. visited H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester on Thursday, at Gloucester-house. WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.—It es expected that their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians will arrive at the Castle, in the course of the ensuing week, upon a visit to her Majesty during the Christmas holidays. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN TO WINDSOR.—PORTS MOUTH, Dec. 18.—Her Majesty arrived this morning at the Clarence Yard, Portsmouth, at haltpast ten o'clock, in the Fairy, and was reeeived by Lieutenant Governor Sir H. Pakenham, Admiral. Sir C. Ogle, Commander-in-Chief, and the different officers in com mand of the ships, &c. The guard of honour was supplied by the 2nd Regt. Her Majesty looked exceedingly well ; the train was in readiness in the Clarence Yard, and pro ceeded with her Majesty to town immediately. The Fairy went to her moorings up the harbour, and Capt. Crispin goes on leave to-morrow. Orders were gives that the crews of the different ships were not to man the yards, in conse quence of the frost rendering the yards slippery ; but the men of the different ships manned the shrouds, and gave her Majesty three hearty them as she passed by. The ships were dressed gaily in colours, and salutes were tired. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were Lord J. Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Vise. Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir J. tiobhouse, Lord Campbell, Vise. Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Lord Chancellor sub sequently joined his colleagues. The council sat two hours and a half. The Earl of Mountcashell had an interview with Lord J. Russell yesterday, at his official residence iu Down ing-street. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an Literriew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at h.s official residence in Downing. street. Mr. Aglionbyhadalso an interview with the right hon. gentleman yesterday. Col. Anson had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office, From Last Niabt's Gazette. WHITEHALL, DEC. 17.—The Queen has appointed the Rev. R. Lee, D.D., to be one of her ➢tajesty's Chaplain, in Ordinary in Scotland. COMMISSION BY THE QUEEN. Dumfriesshire Militia—Lieut. and Adjt. R. C. Noake, from 44th Regt., to be adjt., vice Capt. Swanson. WHITEHALL, DEC. 17.—The Queen has directed letters patent to be pawed under the Great Seal, grantinkt the pec dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the following gentlemen, and the ic ties heirs male of their bodies lawfully' begotten, viz : H. E. f. Davie, of erect, in the county of Devon, Esq,, Colonel in 112 e Army; F. Currie, Em , S ec rttary to the Oovernmeut of Beep' ; and A. Rothschi:d, of Grosvernor-place , in the county of Middlesex, Esq., with remainder, in default of such issue male to his nephews, N. M. Rut ache C. A. Rothe. child, an d L. Rothschild, Esqrs., sons of L. Rothschild, Esq., brother of the said A. Rothschild. OFFICE OP ORDNANCE, Dec. 16. RI. Artillery—Maj.-Gen. J. Power to becol. cow., v. Dickenium, dee, ADMIRALTY, Dic. 7 BL Marinee—Lieut -03 L T. Peebles to be col. sad sec. nom., vice Swale, dec.; Capt. and Brev...Major J. Whylock to be lieut..ooL ; First Lieut. J. Wright to be capt.; Sc. Lieut. J. J. I). Barclay to be first Due. Marines—First Lieut. R. J. leKillop to be capt., vice Morrison, ret. on NI-pay ; Sec. Lieut. G. S. Dunbar to be first lieuL Disc. 16.—Tbe name of Capt. the Hon. 0. B. W. Treftmis Is to be included in the list of captains of the Boyd Navy having accepted the retirement of their rank on the terms propomd in the Loudon Costae of Sept. I, 1846, on the half-pay of 18s. per diem. PENSIONS FOR LITERARY SERVICES. Her Ma jesty, by a warrant of the 31st Oct., 1846, has granted a pension of 501. a year to Margaret Turnbull, widow of the late James Turnbull, in consequence of the literary merits of her brother, the late Dr. Leyden ; and by another war rant of a like date, a pension of 501. a year to Mrs. Fanny Gurwooi, in consequence of the literary merits of her hus band, the late Colonel Durwood. COMMUNICATION WITII FRANCE tici PORTSMOUTH AND HAVRE.—An arrangement has been concluded between the General Post-offices of England and France, for placing Portsmouth on the footing of Southampton in the conven tion of April 3, 1843 ; to take effect on the sth of Jan., 1847, on which day letters and other communications for France by the way of Havre will be forwarded through the Portsmouth Post-office, as they now are through the office at South ampton, and Mee versa. The commercial men in both countries owe the accomplishment of this important measure to the Marquis of Clardicarde, who, in his late autumnal visit to Normandy, saw hew much it was called for by the rapidly increasing intercourse betwixt Havre and the British ports. In a few weeks the railway from Havre will be in operation through to Paris, so that if steamers of approved qualities are established between Southampton, Portsmouth, and Havre ' both mails - and travellers will henceforward he able to rea ch Paris daily, from London, by the beautiful valley of the Seine and the interesting city of Rouen, within the short space of eighteen hours. THE SALT TRADE TO INDIA. A deputation of the merchants. manufacturers, shipowners, and others in terested in the salt trade to India, and the abolition of the East India Company's power to manufacture salt in India, waited on Sir John Cam Hobhousc, the president of the Board of Control, on Thursday last, at 2 p.m. In reply to the observations of several of the gentlemen who formed the deputation, Sir John Hobhouse intimated that he would lay the whole matter before his colleagues ht the cabinet, for their early consideration. He :could not hold out any immediate expectation that the East India Company would be induced readily to surrender 1,300,0001. of manual revenue, but he would see that the bonding system war immediately inquired into. The India Board being a concurrent rather than a directly controlling power, he could not issue peremptory instructions as was supposed, but everything should be done which the case, on consideration,appeared to demand. The East India Company had already sent out a despatch to their government in India upon the eubject,but he was not at liberty to disclose the nature of the wmmunication.—Ooe of the deputation having asked when the salt merchants might hope for a decision on the question, Sir John answered, that no time should be lost, consistently with the ordinary claims upon the time of the cabinet, in coming to a conclusion ; and, meanwhile, he would be very happy to see and confer with any members of the deputation who might wish to see him.—The deputation then retired. THE WAR IN THE CITY PARLIAMENT.—After the extraordinary scene which took place in the Court of Com mon Council, and described in our paper yesterday, when seven out of the eight aldermen who attended retired, and broke up the court, the Lord Mayor, before leaving the chair, stood aghast at his perplexing position. The members rose in a body ; many rushed to the table, and protested in vehe ment terms against the conduct of the aldermen. His lord ship assured them he was most anxious to avoid giving offence to any party, but felt himself in a difficult position. He then retired with his officers and the officers of the court. The members of the court, consisting of about eighty gentle men, together with Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, immediately formed themselves into committee, Deputy Peacock in the chair, when resolutions were passed to the following effect: 1. That the Court of Aldermen, having caused an unwarrantable obstruction to the business of that court by refusing to attend the third reading of a bill for the qualilication of freemen of London to be elected menilwn. of the Court of Common Council ; and the Lord Mayor this day having refused such motion to be put, where by the court wake broken up, and all business suspended ; a com mittee of twenty-one gentlemen be formed to devise such means as shall restore the ancient rights and privileges of the citizens in com mon council assembled. 2. That an appeal be made to the various wardmotes on the emoting St. Thomas's Day. 3. That such wardrnotes be informed of the presumed cause of this conduct on the part of the Court •f Aldermen, which relates tounother bill about to be brought forward, to prevent the Court of Aldermen voting sums of money out of the poeketsor public purse of the citizens for Oxford tripe., annuities, &c.) without the concurrence of the re presentativee in Common Council assembled. Twenty-one members were chosen, and having commenced their important ditties, the remainder of the gentlemen re tired.. SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION.—A col er satione rather numerously attended was held last night at this institution, on the occasion of re-opening the theatre, which has recently been newly painted and decorated. Mr. Serk, in some introductory remarks, said that the institu tion would derive much advantage if its friends of both sexes were to meet occasionally for the purpose of social and literary entertainment, and recommended the holding of an annual re-union similar to the present one. Mr. Serie then read a scene from " The Rivals" with much effect. Mies Brunel, Miss Thornton, Mr. Field, and several other vocal and musical artists contributed their quota to the amuse ments of the evening, which were prolonged to an advanced hour, and seemed highly satisfactory to the company. MERCHANT TAILORS' SCROOL.—Yestertlay, after a most satisfactory examination, both written and oral, in Hebrew, the Greek and Latin classics, and mathematics, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Slcath, late High Master of St. Paul's School, and the Revs. IL W. Broune and T. G. Hall, Professors in King's College, London, the half-yearly re moves took place, and the following speeches were delivered according to custom. The audience was very numerous, and consisted of the Master of the Company, Mr. Alfred Pigeon, the Wardens, the Rev. Dr. Hersey, Head Master of the School, the Examiners, and a large body of friends of the boys and other visitors. Subject and order of the speeches monitor J. H. Reid— Phormio's Address to his Soldiers—Thucydides. Sixth monitor, W. Shillito ; the Hypocrisy of Clytemnestra— aEschylus. Fourth monitor, H. D. Church ; Catiline on the Eve of a Battle—Sallust. Seventh mo litor, W. H. Hart; the Delights of a City Life—Juvenal. Fifth taonitor, C. M. Style; the Duty of Christianising the Heathen—Grant. Eighth monitor, T. Russell; the Fall of Nineveh—Ather stone. Third monitor, .1. B. Behrends ; the Soliloquy of King Henry V.—. , hakiipeare. Second monitor, W. T. Warne. Fourth monitor, H. D. Church ; Dialogue between 1848 and 1847—Anonymous. The delivery of the orations in general was good, and the comic speech in particular wi t s I very humorously sustained by Mr. Warne, assisted by his interlocutor, Mr. Church. In the evening a splendid enter tainment was given at Merchant Taylors' Hall. DEATH OF MR. BELLAMY OF TIIE HOUSE OF COM MOSEL—Mr. John Bellamy expired yesterday morning, at his house in Woburn-square. lie had attained the age of seventy-five or seventy-six years, and will be remembered with great respect as housekeeper to the House of Commons, a situation in which he succeeded his father, and the duties of which he executed for many year.. THE NEW OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE.—We are informed that Mr. Cannon, son of the late Mr. Cannon, official as signee in the Court of Bankruptcy, has been nominated to HD the appointment, in the place of the late Mr. Alsager. Tim CIVIC ELEcrioNs.—The annual election of members fur the Court of Common Council takes place on Monday, St. Thomas's Day. There are 27 wards, which elect 206 members. In seven there will be contests, viz.: Bishops gate Colem►n-street, Cripplegate within and without, Far ringden-withou•, Portsoken and Cordwainers. In the last named one of the candidates is of the Jewish persuasion, a whish has never before been known in the City. A NEW CLAIMANT TO THE DISCOVERY OP THE NEW PLANET.—A writer in the New York Tribone states th the new planet was discovered by the patient of a mem riser in that city last March. COLLEGE FOR CLERKS.—It is reported in a MOPS ing paper, that a proposal has been started in the city, which has been very favourably received, to establish a mercantile college for the sons of clerks. It is intended that it should be carried out on the mutual or club principle, so th: t each pupil will be charged ont his actual proportion of the total annual outlay. A committee, selected from the managers and clerks in the leading public offices and commercial firms, is in course of formation, and there is every reason to an ticipate success. The idea once suggested, it seems strange that Landon should hitherto have remained without au in stitution of this description. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE WITII PRUSSIA. The Gazette of last night contains the new postal arrangements concluded with Prussia, which will come into operation on the Ist day of January next. After that period all letters posted in the United King and addressed to Prussia, and vice verad, when conveyed by packet boat or private ship, either by way of Bel gium, Holland, or Hamburg, will be charted one shilling. BEET-ROOT BREAD.--IMPORTANT SUGGESTION.— The Right Hon. T. F. Kennedy, Paymaster of the Civil Services in Ireland, has addressed a public letter to Mr. Labouchere, drawing attention to the fact that beet-root and flour, mixed in equal proportions, make excellent nutritious bread. "We have," say the conductors of the Gardeners' Chroniek, "had the experiment tried, by rasping down a red beet-root, and mixing with it an equal quantity of flour, and we find that the dough rises well, bakes well, and forms a loaf very similar to good brown bread in taste and appear. ance. We regard this as an important discovery, because there is no crop which can be so readily introduced into Irish cultivation as the beet and its varieties; because no crop will yield a larger return ; and because an abandant:supply of seed may be had of it from France. We have long since shown the great value of a beet crop, in point of nutri tion (see Gardeners' Chronicle, 1846, p. 163) ; that in fact it ranks higher than any known plant which is cultivable. But there was always the difficulty of how to consume it, for men would find it a poor diet by itself, and the present circumstances of Ireland are not such as to justify the intro duction of produce which can become food for man only after having been tminiformed into pigs and oxen. The discovery, however, in Germany, of the facility with which it may be combined with bread, removes the difficulty, - .rid places beet incontestable at the head of the new articles whine 14 ; 4 be introduced into Irish husbandry. In its rewi re , potttoes, beet stands as 1020 to 433, if its nutritive e w th o .: considered ; and as 8330 to 3180 in regard to utili sable —Jo: duce of all kinds (see the tables at p. 163.) It i s . iiir be determined what kind of Beet could be best cul t ivat e d, a _ ll this purpose. Red Beet produces bro wn b read ; %bit e a ... 7 Beet would probably yield a white bread, and of still quality; mangold wurzel we have ascertained to 6;7 bread of inferior quality, but still eatable enough. It: Kennedy suggests that carrots and parsnips might be tried, in the same manner as beet. That, t oo, w e ci ; and we find that parsnips are excellent, but m em , much less palatable. All thew substances combine H i e with flour, but they are rather unwilling to part wi t h 6 2 water, and will probably be best in cakes, like at'merl" THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We have initured i ntt the re ports that Sir John Franklin had landed t the liar kenzie River, and shaped his course to return ihrougle territories of the Hudson's Bay Company ; and found s e , suspected, that they are altogether groundl ess , sa d the son's Bay people know nothing of any such umement, It is possible that the expedition may have got through h e summer, and Sir John be on his way from Ktnisehatlmee Petersburg ; and in that case we would not give ap hope of seeing him till the close of the year.ls But it is m we than probable that they have not been able to get th ritt last season, which appears to have been unfavourable to why navigation ; and that they are again shut up for the aim, so far to the north as to prevent their communicating with the establishments of the Hudson's Bay Company m the ' farthest shores of the continent of America. If FO, we lu s , no reason to entertain any fears for their safety or ultimate success ; but should we not hear of them by the end oflBl7, would be time to take measures to send after them, whe r e however, we feel confident will not be nere.u r y, we shall have good accounts of them long before that Literary Gazette. ITALIAN Boys.—A correspondent of the Mo r m ee Chronicle states that in a steamer which brought him from Boulogne there were 18 Italian boys in the most pitiabl e state, some with hardly rags enough to cover them, and at such an inclement season, and others without shoes, and me poor boy, about twelve years old, with his feet sod amh, covered with chilblains. They were being i mported into England for the purpose of exciting charity, mad for the benefit, no doubt, of two men who had them in elseg e , s o dreadful were the sufferings of the poor and m at „ t onion boy alluded to, that when dragged up (as was literci i , ry e case) from the fore cabin be was quite unable to stand, and obliged to be carried on shore on the back of one of M ew traffickers in white slaves. POTATOES.—The following very important informs. tion upon the subject of the potato * disease in Poem l e been received by government from the British Co m i Warsaw WAYBANT, OCT. 16.—My Lord,—ln a report on the rook year's harvest in Poland, which I had the honour to forward lordship with my letter. consular, No. 2i, of the Mr of Let Mated that the potato disease was totally unknown in tot, comp," Since making that statement I have heard of oncesceptisn Mardi which has occurred on a small estate not far from Widcad f amed a Mr. Kedelie, a British subject of much inullmw t established in Poland. The potatoes which tr o this exception are of the kind called the " ek e -bar e d glints kidney potato," at were obtained from England tiro ago; they were planted in the midst of Mr. Kedslie's ether • • crops, on land of the same quality, and prepared exactly in Me use way as the rest of the ground which has yreitled periectir aovad fruit. This circumstance would seem to prove thot the disaa attributable to atmospheric influences, as is, I hear, th e meri t received opinion in other countries. Here, in Poland, all peiso, i to * whom I bare spoken on the subject, think that the potatoes tithing of Europe are tainted in the germ by over cultivation ; sad it its , tainly remarkable that here, where the soil is generally lint, a d where less manure is used t han is any other country, except Rag s —and never immediately preceding the crop of potatoes—thast should have completely escaped the infection hick dwestess the extinction in aS ports where greater pains have been taken k tht cultivation. I do not imagine that the opinion alluded less isolated fact which I have mentioned, will decide al im anrw h yy has so hopelessly occupied the attention of rind-rate iamb many countries ; but I hope that the notice of the eirermainssell not be deemed irrelevant at a time when the Biidde in untie the cuter of such dire distress in her Majesty s own dommicas, well as in other ports of Europe.—l have, Ste. iSimed, G,T —Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., tte. This document will be read with the more interest, if it a compared with the other facts of the same nature to vital we have formerly alluded as having been observed Genoa, Oporto, Bermuda, and the Cape of Cool Hope. It proves incontestably one of two things, either that the potato disease was actually engendered in 1841, or that the whole English potato crop is predisposed, by some cause, to take the disease more readily than the crops of Pon*, Italy, and Poland.—Gardeners' Chronicle. LEARNED MUSICAL CRITICS.—Our musical critics are getting so learned that we don't knew how to follow them. They will tell us every key in which every pins is written, which is all vary clever on their puts; ha they sadly perplex us by the odd names they gwa things. we only know under more_ amiliar tides. They will talk to us of a delicious scherzo, a beautiful bit of pedal ling for the horn, and a nice phrase of contrapuntists while they will inform us that there is a luscious passage for the wood, when they mean there is something pretty for flutes, flageolets, or oboes. There are now so many nice divisions of wood, wind, brass, string and steel, that we shall expect to hear next of a fine inorceou of fugae for the parchment, by which, of course, wi:l be understood the tambourines, grosses misses, and kettledrums. Are shall hear probably of a lovely bit of scholarly writing for the steel, in allusion to a few noes given to the triangle. We have no doubt this is all very learned,and we have great respect for learning, but we like the intelligible as well, when it is convenient.—l'unds. THE HoN. THOMAS GRENVILLE'S LIBRARY.—One of the finest libraries in England changes bands by the death of the Right lion. Thomas Grenville but its path cuter destination is as yet unknown. The catalogue made by Messrs. Payne and Foss forms two c!osely-printed octavo volumes. FIRE AT POPLAR.—Late last evening a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Wm. Maunder, No. 2, King street, West India-road, Poplar, and in the space of a few minutes the building, which contained eight rooms, became wrapped in flames. The engines speedily sensed, but wr ing to the want of water the fire war not ei.tirely extin guished until the building and its contents ware all but Jr stroyed. How the tire origioated could not be learned. 11ONV SOME PEOPLE LIVE AND DIF--Yeatelty , an elderly woman, well known to the bargemen and watts men about Whitehall under the name of Peggy the Mud lark, dropped down in Scotland-yard, and loon afterwarli expired. She lived by gathering up the pieces of coal which fall from the barges as their cargoes are discharged. Many a time has she been seen with half her body immersed in mud working in her strange colliery, groping and digging for the black diamonds she was to transmute into bread. No weather which did not put a stop to unloading the barges was severe enough to give her a holiday. Yesterday, however, the cold seems to have been too great for her aged frame, and on her return from one of her usual excursions with a small booty, she was seized with a shivering fit, and before medical assistance could be obtained she was a corge. HORRIBLE I)EATII.—EarIy yesterday morning the body of a isan respectably attired was found in one of the lime-kilns of Messrs. L. and 'l'. Glenton, at New Charlton. near Woolwiah. The unfortunate man, it is supposed, sought the shelter of the kiln during the inclemency of the preced ing evening, and being overcome by the fumes of the carbolic acid gas fell over the edge upon the burning mass. His hands were very much calcined and hut for the fact of the kilo having been but recently lighted, little would have re mained to testify his melancholy fate. On his person were found two pawnbroker's tickets, with the name of John to his friends. Knight, or Wright, on them, which may possibly afford a clue INQUESTS. YESTERDAY.—DEATII FROM BEING e b 0 ody 0 . — f aßb boy yM named in P d y ne Tom,t Bartholome w's JSot.neageds. deceased was crossing Cheapside, when an omnibus com pelled him to take a slanting direction, and run before the horses' heads, in doing which he ran against a cab, and . 3, knocked back under the omnibus, two wheels of which passed over him, and injured him so seriously that be died the next day in the above hospital.—Verdict, a . accideoul O n hire pied, ay t o s n t the h death."—Se HORN DEATH ON BOARD SHIP.—By Baker, coroner. at the Royal Oak, Wapping-wall, as the body of Andrew Eason, aged 52 years. Deceased was of the collier brig Lord Tvnemouth, of Sunderland, lying e" Rotherhithe. The vessel had been in the pool for are 110 fortnight. On Wednesday deceased, after having bees °° shore, retired to rest as usual in the cabin. The mate aria in the same berth with the master, and on the following morning discovered deceased lying on the bed quit* a eld s The surgeon.attributed death to a rupture of one of tbeblood* vessels of the brain. Verdict " Natural death."--- VI to 218 97 i,75S IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. I.• The reentry journals do not possess much Uttered. The progress of disorganisation does not appear to be quite so rapid this week. The constant and untiring activil9 of the officers of the Board of Works, supported by the exertions of the local gentry in procuring employment ant thus dui ing up the currents of complaint in the provincial IMP'!" . a have hushed the outcry as well as checked the tendency tom- subordination which a few weeks ago excited such gegen.' alarm. The gun tales have abated, though occasion al lice disturbs the quiet of the Tipperary villages. Dunes` of caur,e universal ; but the most intense form of that condi tion appears confined to one district in Ireland, Skitsbovell —from which every succeeding report su rp a sses its antem dent in horror. Some extracts will be found below—fro t suspected source it is true ; but there can be no question oC the existence of appalling misery in that fated district. When the Young Ireland deputation waited on Mr ; O'Connell on Tuesday, they were furnished with ceding propositions which were to be adopted by the Old ail or' party as the basis of future harmony and eo-operati J oa. At the interview these were handed to Mr. O'Connell, but be decidedly refused to receive or acknowledge them in any form or shape. The report of the proceedings, the sub stance of which I subjoin, drawn up at an adjourned meeting of the seceders yesterday, shows how slight are the hopes of reunion. The sections diverge wider and wider eac h da y . and the interview sets the seal for ever on the deed of Kr , ration. Mr. O'Connell Is all for the law. The duties of the conference are restricted to that single point. Be sever contemplated the settlement of all the points of dif ference between the parties, for he acknowledged but me: — namely, the question of law. The report. which is quite dramatic, shows the caution and eager vigilance pursued o °. both sides. I wish to correct a slight error in my coni:tun cation of yesterday : Mr. John O'Connell was not preaea l at the interview. The words attributed to him were used on a different occasion. The following are the chief puma° in the report:: tNt Tour deputation having waited on Mr. O'Connell, amused buns the seceders most anxiously desired to en-operate with him in WT.' text shout a reconciliation, upon any term , honoura'Jle to the par•ll; and useful. to the country. 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