The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-13 00:00:00

liiii : 11 4 illP WM, ir(..p{' ~F. go od deal of interest was excited by the creation of the third Waite by the gift of 3001. from one gentleman towards it, sad four offers of 501. each towards a fourth annuity, which were carried forwent to the next election in May, when the whole sum neceseary to complete the annuity is expected to come in. The voting papers, having been collected, were e t :linear' over to the serutumers, but their report of the suc cessful candidates, from the numbers voting and the man. b en c ompeting, was not expected to be made until a late hour f the evening, and is to be announced by advertise ment, Mr. Heist remaining to receive the return, as repre sentieg the chairman. TEsTIMONIAL TO TILE LATE VICAR OF ST. BRIDE'S. —Yesterday evening, at six o'clock, a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the parishioners of St. Bride, Fleet &meet, was held in the vestry-room of the church, "to pro pose a resolution expressive of the deep sense entertained of the valuable services rendered by the Rev. T. Dale, M.A., while vicar of the perish, and the regret felt at parting with him." The Rev. C. Marshall, the vicar, presided. Mr. Rich, in proposing tha resolution, passed a high eulogium on the subject of it. It was as follows: — eh A the Kee. Thomas Dale, M.A., late vicar of the parish, having been appointed to the vicarage of St. Pancras, this vestry cannot allow tam to leave them without mording their great regard for him tarn vidwilly, and their acknowledgment of la. lavalussle of during • period of le ram in promoting the welfare and harmony of the pa. rash, m meninx-genre:to the necessities of the poor, in Merman( the Rada of the charities end the efficiency of the parochial schools, and, mom all, in his very able, faithful, and affectionate attentions to the * r egal wants of the pariehionere. They desire, also. to express their dm, regret at losing him, and their hope that he may be equally use ful in his new parish. Mr. Bacon seconded the resolution, and several parishioners having addressed the vestry, it was agreed to unanimously. It was then arranged that the testimonial should be hand somely transcribed on vellum, and presented to the late vicar by the rev chairman, the churchwardens, and the sideman. ME TEA DCTlES.—Sirs—The great question of the reduction of the present exorbitant duty of 100 to ISO per cent. on the finer deseriptions of tea, and 3; 0 to 400 per cent. on the inferior kinds u-ed by the poor, has now been brought fairly before the public by the formation of the Liverpool Asecciation for the Reduction of the Duty on Tea. The reduction of this tax is a measure the justice of which all must be prepared to admit, hut the queetion of revenue, of which the iinpost on tea forms so considerable an item, naturally pre cuts itself as a very serious one, unless the advocates of that measure are prepared to show that there would be so vast an increase in the consumption of the article as to compensate for the lower rate at which it would be admitted. In the fleet place, with reference to the timely of tea from China, which it has been feared would be inentli tient to meet a sudden increased demand from this country, without occasioning a serious rise of price in the Canton market. The popu- Ittion of the Chinese provinces, as quoted be Dr. Morrison from an °Metal must's ukken in 102 S, was 3,52,866,012, and we may fairly conclude that during the last twenty years this population has extensively increased. If we hemline the annual consumption of tea at 41h. per head, and this is no unreasonable aesu mption in a country where, to quote bas murras , , , valuable work on China, tea "is the national drink, whisk is presented on every occssion, served up at every feast, and even lOU on the public roads," we shall have a tolera bl y accurate result sato the total eonsumption in the empire. Indeed this computation tab anon of Vie actual restive consumption in the Island of Jersey, where Slb. is the mutual allowance of each individual. if we multiply We population of China by four, we have -1 consumption of tea in China 1,411,464,0111 Export to Great Britain and Ireland, as shown by the Chinn hlnd for the year ending 30th June, 1816 Export to the rnited Stales (same authority) 18,502,141 Ditto to Holland, spout] from Davis's " China " I n land Trade to Rueeia, ditto Export to Hamburgh. Bremen, Demerit, Swedes, &e , s even cargoes, about Export to Sydney and Australia Ditto to Spiin and France, 4 cargoes 2,000,000 Total lbs. 1,503050,737 The above is exclusive of the heavy exportation in Chinese vessels to all parts of the East whore Chinese emigrants are settled, such as Ton cum, Cochin Cl.ina, Cambodia, Siam, the Phillippines. Borneo, and the various settlements within the Straits of Malacca. In comparison with such an enormous quantity, the forty-five millions of pomtnds annually consumed in the United Kingdom sink into insigni being nut quite three per cent. of the entire production of the Chinese empire. It is therefore clear that, were the demand to be doublet from Great Britain, it would make very little difference in the Chimesl market, since it would t o only a question of letting us have six pee cent. of their growth of the article instead of three. When we re member that the tea pleat attains to maturity in three years, and Its leaves are then fit for pickin ; and that there ie a vast extent of country to which It indigeno g ns, growing in every climate between the Equator and the latitude of forty-five degrees} It is evident that, were there a neeecity for it, the setual production of tea in China could be increased to an almost unlimited extent in the space of three or four }'can, an extent far more than compensating for the extra three per cent which might be, In the first instance, required by the British. The certainty of an increased consumption following upon a reduction in the price of tea to the actual consumers of it, is so ob- Motts as to require demonstration to there only who have not consi dered the subject. In Great Britain and Ireland, with a populatim of twenty-seven millions, the actual annual con. sumption of ea ia only 43,595,265 Ito., or little more than one pound anti a half fo r e ach individual. In the neighbouring island ofJersey, where the duty on tea instead of being 2s. 20., is only 4d. per lb., there are dye pounds of tea consumed by every inhabitant yearly ; and as we mar fairly infer (ruin analogy that similar results would arise from a Millar cause, the consumption in the United Kingdom in the same ratio would amount to no less than one hundred and th'rty-five millions of pounds annually. Nor is it solely to an increase in the consumption of tea that we must look to prevent any deficiency in the revenue, as there is no doubt that areduction in the price of the article would lead to a prodigious increase in the quantity of sugar consumed, especially by the lower enaCa, who seldom take the one without the other. It is not however merely that they would buy sugar in pro portion to the quantity of tea that they consume ; the circumstance of a smaller sum being requisite for their week'y stock of tea would enable them to spend a larger amount in other artielee, among which sugar would undoubtedly be one of the most important. The mer chant, shipowner, manufacturer, and all connected with the trade be tween Great Britain and China, are in a position to see the prodigious advantages that such a measure as the reduction of the impost on tea would occasion to the general trade of the country : and the public at large, who are not practically familiar with the subject, only require it to he brought before them in a distinct point of view, when the im portant results of such areduction canard fail to be apparent to them. —A Memera OF TUC AMOursTION FOR vita It)IDUCTION OF THE DUTY On Tee. THE. LATE MR. MARSIL—We have received the following suggestion for the benefit of the widow of this eminent but ill-paid chemist : Dr. Mar. of Ratliff iland, suggests most respectfully that • European M arsh, n, in aid of the widow and farnily of the late Chemist of arsenical-test notoriety, shonid he at once set on foot. What would be better than every medical mar, every chemist, eve q philanthropist forwarding his six postage stamps to a person that will he kind enough to receive the same, and a com mittee to consult what would be the best use to concert the sum into, for the aid of the widow and faintly' Who, after reading his various papers, would for a moment think of delaying a plan for the relief of all that was dear to departed worth and neglected talent? Our correspondent will be glad to learn that a public sub scription for the widow end family of this distinguished chemist has been orginated at Woolwich, to increase the pittance of 201. voted by the Board of Ordnance to Mrs. Marsh. The Woolwich Consumers' Gas Company, of which Mr. Marsh was the superintendent, have granted the sum of 201., and Mr. Barlow has contributed 211., and it is ex pected that in a short time a sum will be raised sufficient to place the family above the immediate reach of want. Memo rials have been forwarded to the various learned societies with which he was connected, the Royal Society of Arts (amongst others) having voted Mr. Marsh their silver medal for his test for the detecting of minute quantities of arsenic. TILE POST-OFFICE AND THE " ROW." Notwith standing the fact that more letters are posted from Pater noster-row than from any other street in the metropolis of equal length or population, no post-office is nearer this mart of the"trade" than the General-office, and the sub-post-office at the comer of Stationers'-court, Ludgate-hill. Now, the evening bell of the postman is discontinued ; this is a public evil ; and when the great and almost insurmountable diffi culty of posting at St. Martin's-le-grand, just before the closing of the letter boxier, is taken into consideration, it becomes a most urgent requirement on the part of the book sellers in the " Row " that the matter should, without delay, be taken into the consideration of her Majesty's Post master-General. A PRETTY IDEA.—A young lady, who is partial to silk stockings, declares that she is rejoiced at Professor Sebonbein's discovery of gun cotton; as cotton will now be eanerally exploded.—Punch. FIRES.—NARROW ESCAPE.—Vestorday forenoon a fire broke out at No. 1, Crown-court, Great Trinity-lane, City, occupied by Mr. Thomas Lane, which was nearly attended with very disastrous consequences. During the absence of the mother, three small children were left alone, in a room on the ground-floor, when they commenced play as g with the fire, and set the bed and furniture in flames. The discovery , having been very opportunely made by some et the neighbours, the children were rescued ; but the flames keying obtained such a strong hold, it was found necessary to send for the engines. The firemen and engines from Watling-street station promptly attended, and the fire was en-n extinguished. The smoke that was caused by the burning of the heel was so dense, and of such a suffocatint nature, that an aged female at the top of the house was pre veuted from descending the stairs, and she had just got to one of the upper windows, and was in the act of throwing herself out, when she was laid hold of by Morris, one of the firemen, who carried her down stairs, and thereby saved her life. Mr. Lane, unfortunately, was uninsured.—Fins IN PARICER-STREET,DRCRY-LANE.—Last night, shortly before midnight, an alarming fire was discovered burning upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. W. Playwell, timber bender, No. 16, Parker-street, Drury-lane. The flames ori ginated in the lower floor of the workshop, and extended to the upper story, seizing in their progress upon a considerable quantity of the stock in trade. Several engines arrived,preceded by a couple of escapes belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. Plenty of water being procured, the firemen at once brought the engines to bear upon the flamer, but they having previously got so strong a hold of the stock-in-trade and the building, that nearly an hour was lost before the fire was extinguished, and not before consi derable injury was done, by fire and water, to the premises and their contents. The origin of the outbreak could not be ascertained ; when the works were closed about ten o'clock, the fires were extinguished, and the place appeared Perfectly safe. Fortunately, Mr. Playwell was lamed in the Rand-in-Hand Fire-010kt ACCIDENT.—FALL OF THREE HOESES.—Loss OF lara.—yesterday evening, between the hours of five and six o'clock, the utmost excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Pelham-square, Old Brompton, in comequence of the sudden falling of three newly-erected unfinished houses, situated on the south side of a recently-formed thoroughfare, known as Alfred-place, Pelham-square. It appears that about a quarter of an hour previous to the occurrence of the distilling calamity, upwards of twenty men were employed on tie remises, but in consequence of the approaching darkness not Permitting them to continue their work, they, with the ex ception of three, left the buildings. James Hashey, William ktocney, and Patrick O'Sullivan were the names of the three marriduals left at work. They were engaged at the top of „, the _,Prerhaws . preparing some scaffolding, when they were ""•".., upon b y' a fellow-labourer, named Mulliogford, in the name o f God to come down, for the house win falling. • The en however, unfortunately, disregarded this warning, and mertiyy replied that they were not so easily made fools of. oulavan was then about to descend a ladder, but before aeha d d reached the bottom the house fell in with ( Tub, immediately followed by the falling o f the a load a_d)ouing house on the left aide, and also the partial falling oil that on the right. The workman who was descending the ladder was pitched heavily forward, through which he s ,e •rro d !". t: u ilho Mr. a, 14 1W r; 400;13'. little wood and up the dell ,just mentioned, a place fit for musings on sacred things. I would not, however, by any mean', advise either the minister or his intended neighbours to enter on their new hesitations this winter unless they have gotten especial dispedutions against rheumatism, asthma, and consumption. Ti would seem though as if something of the kind was intended, for at one of the doors lay a heap of coal, and in the grate was a blazing fire, indicating that ere long the wife, the means, and the household goods, would arrive at their new home. I know not how it has happened, but amongst aR the regulations, and proposed regulations, for presents' health in towns, I have not heard of one for preventing the too speedy occupation of newly built houses. In one suburb of Manchester, I have frequently known cellars and founda tions dug, houses built, or rather run up, and families in them, cellars and all, within a few months. I have fre quently known this to belie place on the word of sites which could be selected—namely, on ground which had been recently formed by rubbish carted to the spot. A hollow wants filling ; a broken and inconvenient space requires to be levelled in order to make it into " building ground." A board is then exhibited with the words, " Rubbish may be shot down here." Well, the rubbish is shot down ; the place is levelled ; it is " made into ground," as they say, labourers dig; houses arise— pretty, neat-looking bowies ; families come into them—per haps, amongst others, shall be • newly-married couple, or so. Then you shall see, on a morning, how buy the young happy-looking wife will be, rubbing her windows, which are streaming with dew, or scouring her door-stone ; whilst inside you may get • glan-e of • clean white floor, • new table, with breakfast-things set out, and a cheerful fire, with a bright copper kettle steaming upon it, indicating that the happy twain are about to partake their morning's meal. Things go on in this way some time ; the smart little wife is always so brisk in a morning, and she rubs the windows, deans her steps, and throws open her door to the cool sweet air with so blithe a will t ha t you become interested in her happiness from seeing her 10 happy. At last you pass the door, and the young *mature is not at her wonted task. On many morn you traverse the road an d she is not seen. Tau look at the house, and notice that the blinds ars down. One whom you know to be a doctor is mut observed on the premises, and soon after that, if you Isn't behold a flitting of the young folks and their goods, you will be almost certain'to witness a funeral. Hundreds et lives are in this way lost every year, without the least consciousness on the part of the victims that they are in the smallest danger of incurring serious or fatal disease. Let our philanthropic and benevolent statists look alter this ! Let them procure a statute, or a clause of a statute, that no house, whether in town or country, shall be inhabited until it has been built and seasoned (luring a certain time, nor even then, until it has been visited and inspected by • pe rson appointed for that purpose who has duly certified that it is in a fit state for habitation. But, returning from this well-meant digression to our i more immediate object, we have now arrived at Walkden Moor, a straggling hamlet of cottages, with a neat little brick church striped with ivy, an infant's school, a: homely looking hoetel,* juvenile school, snd a provision shop or two, besides which one cannot Gil to observe the tr ro colliery chimney., with the engine-houses, headstocks, and other 'eluding tackle of the works. Through the hamlet so de erribed, passed the broad and well paven road from Man chester to West Houghton, Wigan, and Chorlcy ; a firm, dry, and durable road it is, and indeed must be, to bear the heavy grinding:of the coal carts which are always upon it. Having a note of introduction to one who was well quali fied, and as well disposed to afford me every information relative to the place, its inhabitants, their occupation, and condition in life, my chief difficulty was overcome when I had the pleasure of bidding the party referred to " good morning.' Betwixt practical men business is soon under stood and as soon entered upon ; and the result in the present instance is as follows : There are probably from 1:50 to 200 dwellings at Welkden Moor, and within haf a mil of it, and nearly the whole of them are the prope rt y of the e Earl of Ellesmere. They are, so far as my observation enabled me to judge, clean, comfortable, airy cottages, nearly all of them having spacious gardens attached, and ninny with groands sufficient to grow vegetables for the families consumption the year round. In each of those I visited there was a good blazing coal fire, the hearths were consequently wane, and the floors dry, things of no small consequence where there are either aged persons or young children to accommodate. The walls, which were cleanly white-washed, were decorated with the usual homely, but highly coloured sort of pictures which arc common amongst the workingelasses. The houses seemed to haec been inhabited originally by weavers, and in several dwellings, one room, that which was formerly the weaving shop, was unoccupied. At one house, two stout young fellows who appeared to have just come from the pit, were preparing a meal of bread, cheese, and bacon, to which I hoped they would be enabled to add a draught of good home brewed ale apiece. We talked with a decent-looking man who seemed to be the head of the family, about these things, and he quite agreed with me, that the evils connected with drinking, arose not from the proper use of liquors, but from the abuse of them ; thin and Wtheat heard Vital ab on stinence from alcohol was a good g • ly one complaint at these houses, and that was from a smart rosy-cheeked lass, who wore a twist of blue betas on her neck, a short kirtle or vest, and a linsey-woolsey peti coat ; she complained that her oven was near falling down for want of resetting, and we joked her on the hard service she had put it to, as it was evident from its state of delapida tion. She took all in good humour, and joined in the joke. Very few young women were seen in the village. When the act for preventing the working of females in mines came into operation, the women here, as at moat other places, were very reluctant to comply with the act, and they would, no doubt, have dared the consequences of disobeying it, if their employer would have connived at their attempt. When, however, they were refused employment in the mines, they began to look elsewhere for it. As many as could went to factory work; as many as could got married to a certainty, and the others were variously dis posed of. Perhaps not fewer than a hundred young girls, and young married women, whose homes are at this place, walk every morning, and in all weathers, to the factories at Halshaw - Moor, a distance of two miles. Others go as far as Clifton to work, which is much further, but these take lodgings, and only return at the week's end. A factory Of two, or a silk-mill, would answer very well at Walkden ; coals would be cheap, and might be waggoned to the fire place, and hands, particularly for carding and weaving, would be abundant. Whether or not, however, the noble owner of the property would like a factory population to ac cumulate so near him would be another question. The deepest shaft here is 154 yards, but one is in the ammo of sinking which will be 200 yards in depth. The seams vary from 20 inches to seven feet in thickness ; the men work according to the demand, which, of course, varies; but the average duration of their labour will be from air to eight hours per day; they are paid according to the ertantity they get, and their earnings will average from 18 to 20 shillings weekly, out of which they find their awn candles and tools. There are about 1,300 men and boys employed in the collieries on various parts of the property of the Earl of Ellesmere. They are paid fortnightly, on the Wedneeday. The place of payment is at a short distance from the works I have been describing. In the midst of a large apace of about sixty acres, which his lordship has had laid out as a place of recreation, stands a kind of quaintly ornamented cottage, sad this, besides being a reading-room for such as cheese to resort to it, is also the place where the wages era paid. The mode in which the claims of these 1,300 hands rre disposed of, is worthy of imitation by other large employers. The canonize of every hand during the fortnight having been ascertained from the books, his wages are counted, and placed in a compartment containing a number corresponding with the number of a ticket which he holds. On his entrance into the room, he ad vances to the table, and, exhibiting his ticket, the money which stands on his number is given to him, and he walks out of the place without a moment being lost or • word being spoken. The business is thus disposed of with quick ness and ease, and the men, instead of being decoyed to the ale-house, and tempted to spend their earnings, are paid at a distance from such places, and are encouraged to carry their wages entire to their families. There are no beer-houses or hush-shops on the property ; there is but very little betting or gambling carried on ; no " ledger sweeps," nor cock-fightings. Occasionally the men get up a foot-race or two, and then, as might be expected, the usual love of hazard is exhibited in wagers amongst them selves, bat of trifling amount. The church is so well attended on Sundays, that it has been deemed expedient to build one much larger; the ground for this purpose is staked out on a site near the present structure, and the building, which will be calculated to accommodate a thousand persons, will be commenced as soon as the church which is in the course of erection at Wortley is finished. The infant school is a capacious building near the present church; and 195 children, from two to seven years of age, attend it. At the time I visited the place, the master was practising them in the rudiments of arithmetic ; the children were all clean and healthy looking, but many of them were far too young to feel interested by the instruction : they seemed listless and weary. When the master should have pronounced the word eight, he called it hate; thus the children had hate, hateen, and twenty-hate, and they pronounced strictly after him. The pronunciation of a whole district may by such example be totally altered and corrupted in a abort time. The heads of the schools which furnish instructors for the rising genera tion, should take care that their pronunciation is English. On the opposite side of the mad from that of the church and the infant school, stands a handsome stone building, In which are the juvenile school, the training school for servants, and the residence of the master and mistress. About 135 boys and girls attend the juvenile school, and are instructed in reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, phy, and music. The girls who are traine d u servants, Cides attending the juvenile school during certain hours, sleep and board in the house, and perform in turns all the duties requisite for the perfect cleanliness of the place, and the washing, making, and repairing of their own attire. At the time I saw them they were dining on good broth and dumplings, and a healthy half-score of growing girls they seemed. It is ,perhaps needless for me to state that this particular establishment is under the especial pa tronage of Lady Ellesmere, who takes great interest in its prosperity, and generously provides for all the wants of her humbleprotegas. The number is limited to twelve. At present there are two vacancies; and I learned with some surprise that neither parents nor children in the neigh bourhood evinced much anxiety to obtain the boon so benefi allay tendered. The parents, with some exceptions, ap peared more desirous to send their children out to fac tory work, and the children seemed to prefer the compare tt.vely unrestrained life they led to the strict order and rep. Why to which must submit during • course of instructs= necessary to make them orderly and industrious domestic servants. Whether, however, this establishment realise Lady Ellesmere's hopes, or otherwise, that the motive which led to the attempt is worthy of ell commendation be mot disputed. —: lnv. 9th, 18 1 6. sustained numerous very serious wounds, likely to result fatally. His companion, Mooney, by some providential rueans, escaped almost entirely unhurt, but Kashey was buried in the ruins, and, from the nature of the fall, was doubtless instantly killed ; and, it being quite dark by this time, the street being but indifferently lighted with gas, no efforts could be made to recover the body of the deceased. Shortly after 11 o'clock last night, several persona fancying they heard moans proceeding from the ruins, ventured upon the, and were about to raise some of the fallen timbers, whets another portion of the already half-demolished house gave way, and fell with a heavy crash, and a brick falling on the head of a labourer, named Hawkins, he was knocked down, and very seriously wounded. The deceased, Kashey, about two or three weeks since, while employed on the same works, met with an accident of such a severe nature, as to confine him to St. Bartholomew's Hospital up to but a day previous to his melancholy and violent death. He, it was understood, has left a wife and family to mourn his loss. The property thus destroyed belonged to Mr. Holmes, an extensive house-owner in that district. INQUESTS.--A LEAP FROM LONDON-BRIDGE.—By Mr. Baker, at the Town of Ramsgate, Wapping, on the body of James Woolrich, ag' d twenty-one a painter lately residing in Devonshire-street, New North - ro ad. It appeared that the deceased was attached to a young woman, of the name of Ellen Pillion, living at 41, Little Leonard-street, Finsbury. He called on her for the last time on the evening of the 22nd ult., when he left a lock of his hair in a letter, which he at the door of her room. The following morning his et c .:elm found in one of the recesses of London-bridge, in which was the card of his address, with the word " dead" written on it with a lead pencil. There was a letter also in it addressed to Miss Pillion, in the following words: " Dear Ellen,—Give my love to all, and tell them I wish you to be my chief mourner. Farewell for ever." The body was discovered on Tuesday morning in the paddle wheels of a steam-tug, lying off the Town of Ramsgate. No cause can be assigned for the act. Verdict " Found Drowned."— MANSLACOATEIL PROM FURIOUS Mums:G.—At Guy's Hospital, before Mr. William Payne, on the body of Thomas Roberts, aged 33, a coach painter.—Robert Pool, a fellow workman, said that, on Monday evening last, he and the deceased were standing at the corner of Prince of Orange lane, near the Greenwich terminus, bidding good night to a man, named John Maloney, when he heard a rattling on the stones, caused by a horse and cart going at a very rapid pace as well as witness could judge, at the rate of ten - and - a - half miles, or more, an hour. Witness saw one of tha wheels strike the deceased, and knock him against his companion. They were both knocked down, and when witness went to their assistance he found them both dreadfully injured. Deceased was taken to the hospital.—Constable B. Lovell, 311 R, said he had made inquiries, and found that a cart answering the description of the one spoken of was at Greenwich on Monday, and returned to London at half-past twelve at night. This cart belooted to Mr. Langford, of the Borough, who, after at first denying, then admitted that he had been at Woolwich and Greenwich that day.—Mr. Edward Lund, the boost surgeon, said the deceased was admitted into the hospital, and died from the injuries.—The Coroner said that further evidence was necessary be fore the jury could return their verdict; and the inquest was accordingly adjourned for that purpose. — HORRIBLE DESTITUTION.—Before Mr. Carter, at the Sea Lion, Wootton-street, Lambeth, as to the death of Margaret Riley, aged two years, the daughter of Wm. Riley, a coach smith, living at 2, Victoria place, who died under the follow ing circumstances :—The jury, upon going to view the body, had a shocking sight presented to them. The child was a perfect skeleton, and most dreadfully deformed. The room had not an article of furniture save a chair, and, although only seven feet square, was occupied by seven persons.—Eli zabeth Batty, the landlady of the house, stated that when the father and six children came to reside at her house, the deceased was very much' emaciated—she and the other children were without food from morning till night. Upon one occasion a dustman saw the child lying on some rags in the kitchen, and he said her state frightened him, she was so emaciated. She was then taken to Mr. Dawson, of the York road, surgeon, who gave her medicine and en ord for wine, arrow-root, die. The ware of the child was brought on, she thought, from 'want of proper nourishment. The other children, except the eldest, who was eleven years old, went out to get what they could by sweeping crossings or beggaig. The deceased got pieces of bread from the people in the house, the feather only giving them a bit of bread fur break fast, and then leaving them ; the bread might be scalded with a little water. The eldest worked for a penny or two pence to buy bread to give the other children.—The Coroner: How did they sleep ?—Witness : Father and six children on one bed on the floor. She added the people were afraid to touch the child for fear it should fall to pieces : it was lifted up in a blanket. The father could have found more food from what he earned. The child died on Sunday.—Mr. Dawson, the surgeon, said the child was brought to him in a very neglected state. He had reason to think the child had not the food he ordered, and he wrote in the parish book, "The child is starved by its erarents." The abscess was scrofulous, and would produce emaciation without proper nourishment, which it did not have.—The father said he got all he could, and divided amongst the children and declared much against the eldest daughter.—Thej ury returned a verdict of " Natural death, accelerated by want of proper food."— SUICIDE OF A STUDENT AT GUY'S HOSPITAL RY Pausste ACID.—By Mr. Carter, at the Mason's Arms, Horsemonger lane, on the body of Mr. Edward William Farley, aged 22, a student at Guy's Hospital, who was rumoured to have de stroyed himself by means of prussic acid. The deceased was in timate with another medical student named Lockwood, who resided at 3, Winter-terrace, Horsemonger-lane, and called on him on Wednesday last. They were much together until Saturday, during which time ?dr. Lockwood had bled him twice for a pain in his side. On Saturday evening, at seven o'clock, Mr. Lockwood left him lying en the sofa read ing, while he (Mr. Lockwood) went to see a friend named Mills. They returned at nine, when Mr. Lockwood was surprised at finding the fire and candle out. The folding doors being open, he could see some one lying on the bed, who, he discovered, was the deceased. He went to him, and finding his hands were clammy and cold, called for a light, and then found he was to all appearanes dead. While he went for Mr. Itendle, a surgeon, in Blackman-street, Borough, Mr. Mills found a paper on the table in the deceased's writing, as follows: Itendle will be the best person to break the news at home, therefore send for him to come here." Upon the return of Mr. Lockwood with Mr. Rendle, the former smelt the deceased's breath, and said " liere it is." The breath had the odour of almonds, or apples. The coroner complained that he had had no information of these facts, and it was only from something he had heard he had directed the body to be opened. Brooks, the constable, said he did not know it, and the friends did not want an inquest held.—Mr. Boddy, of Walworth-road, surgeon, who had opened the body, said the odour of prussic acid on opening the chest was evident, and he had no doubt that was the cause of death.—ln order to satisfy the friends, and to show that such was the fact, the coroner directed the stomach, unopened, to be taken to Dr. Leeson, of Guy's Hospital, to analyse the con tents, and for that purpose adjourned the inquiry SLOPWOlte AND DISTITUTION.—MINSLAVOIITER. — Before Mr. W. Baker by adjournment, at the Duke of Wellington , John-street, Limehouse, on the body of Julia Fitzgerald, aged sixteen years, who died on Friday last, from the effects of injuries she received on the Bth of September last, during a quarrel with a family named King.. The deceased was a waistcoat-maker, and formerly lived with her mother, at No. 8, Samuel-street, Limehouse-fields. The family consisted of five individuals, the deceased, her widowed mother, two sisters, and a brother, and they occupied a small room. They were all employed in snaking up slop-work, by which they obtained a very miserable subsistence. The particulars of the case appeared in yesterday's paper, under the above head. The furniture of the family had been destrained by a former landlord, named King. The severe treatment she received from Mrs. King and her son and daughters was proved by several witnesses, who saw the blows and kicks inflicted. On Saturday, the 31st of October, Mr. Horton, a surgeon, of High-street, Stepney, was called in for the first time to see the deceased. She was lying upon the floor, in a miserable apartment, in which there was scarcely any furni ture and no bedding in the room. The whole family ap peared to be suffering from want of sufficient food and cloth ing. The deceased was in a very emaciated state, and was evidently suffering from pleurisy. She co -tinued to get worse, and lingered until Friday last, when she died. Mr. Horton made a post-mortem examination. There was an ex tensive inflammation of the pleura, which might have been produced by cold. It was possible but not probable that the inflammation was caused by violence.—The Coroner sum med up at great length, and the jury, after deliberating for nearly an hour, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter aga inst Richard King, the younger,Sarah Green, and Jane Sumner, his sisters," and Mr. Baker immediately issued his warrant for their apprehension and committal to Newgate. A sub scription was then entered into on behalf of the deceased's unfortunate mother. The worthy Coroner considered the case deserving of public sympathy, and contributed 1011.— Tentowo PROM A CART.—By Mr. Bedford, at the San, Clement's-inn, on the body of Mary Roxberry, aged 83. The deceased, who was very hale and hearty, was an inmate of the Holborn Estate Almshouses, Clement's-lane. On Monday, the 2nd inst., her son, a compositor at the Qu een ' s printer's, took her out in a chaise cart to visit some relations over the water, and were returning in the evening along the Strand, when opposite Norfolk-street the near wheel of the cart came in contact with a coal waggon, and, by the concus sion,theywere both thrown out onto the horse's back, falling from there to the ground. Deceased, who seemed to suffer in the extreme, was taken home, and attended by Mr. Dunn, surgeon, of Norfolk-street, but she rapidly declined, and died on Monday last, from exhaustion, consequent on the shock her nervous system had sustained, by falling as described. Verdict, "Accidental death." A WALK AMONGST THE WORKERS. COLLIERS AT WALHDRN MOOR. A fine breathing step of some nine miles , o n one of the brightest November mornings that ever looked o'er England, brought me to the descending road from Swinton to the above place. The country is one of open wood, chiefly stunted oak, with some ploughed land, and meadow pasture : in the distance, on either side, are neat farm bonen of brick and mostly new, with roofs and weather-boards in the old fashion. Then we come to neat cottages, standing back from the road side, with gardens full of winter greens in front • then, again, we have a stretch of brown rushy field lan d; next, some wood, with stately young elm and ash intermingled ; then a green dell, with dark clear water tumbling along under the alder and bezel copse, all merry, as it were, in the bright pale sun, and the cool ruffling wind. Such a dell may you find at Linnet-skasr ; and a little further, three cottages were in the course of being finished ; " one for the parson," as my informant said, and the other two icy labourers. The minis ter, whoever he may be, will trore a pretty green alley b.e fore his door, which he will jr,obably have the good test o t o convert into a warm and well-sheltered garden, frr,ot th e bottom of which he maT turn and take a walk thro,agh the THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EY NING, NOVEMBER 13, 1846. IRELAND.. - - - DUBLIN, Nov. H. HIS EXCELLENCY Baal. BEESBOROCOE.—The Tipperary Vindicator of this day publishes a report highly enco miastic of our viceroy. It is dated from Carsick, the post town nearest his Excellency's residence at Bessborough, and is as follows :—" The Lord Lieutenant arrived in Pil town at rather an advanced hour in the evening of Thursday, the 6th instant. The cottages were all decorated. Every person in the village was dressed in holiday attire. The ten antry of the neighbourhood, and those from the more distant parts of the noble lord's estates, went on horseback a con siderable distance on the Kilkenny road, by Killamory, and Nine-mile-house, to escort him to his residence, where the great virtues of the beloved Countess of Duneannon, his I lordship's lamented wife, must ever be treasured up in the grateful heart, of the surrounding population, to whom she ever proved herself a most munificent benefactress, and where also, I need not sa7, the noble earl holds a high place as an improving and considerate landlord. It was the inten tion of some of the inhabitants here to illuminate, and have bonfires for his arrival ; but for many reasons the idea is abandoned, and I believe no public demonstration will be made, which is the less needed as there can be no doubt of the sentiments entertained towards the noble lord by all clams and parties here." THE LABOUR RATE ACT. The following additional proclamation, ordering the hold ing of baronial presentment sessions under the above act, appeared in the Gamete of last night Meru.—Barmy of Upper Dulcet:, at Ardeath, on Saturtay, Nov. SI. In connexion with this subject, and because the gentlemen who composed the meeting comprise the highest and wealthiest of the landed gentry of Ireland, I place here the subjoined report of the proceedings of the Royal Agricul tural Society of Ireland, who have agreed that for the present they shall include, in their category of questions be discussed, political topics. MEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF IRELAND. A special meeting of the members of the above society wee held to-day, at the society's office, No. 41, Upper Sackville street. Amongst the members of the society present we observed, his Grace the Hake of Leinster, the Earl of Erne, Sir George Hodson, Bart., Daniel O'Connell, Esq., and several other persons of distinction and influence. The chair was taken by his Grace the Duke of Leinster. Mr. CHARLES ROPER then came forward. He said that he rose to move the first resolution, which was, "that under the existing circumstances of the country, as to the suspension of the 14th rule, so far as to enable the society to express their opinions as to the profitable and reproductive employment of the people ; the general and thorough drainage, subsoiling and clearing of land; and the production of food at the present crisis." The rule alluded to is as follows :—" That it be a fundamental rule of the society that no question shall be discussed at any of i's meetings of a political tendency, or which shall refer to any matter to be brought forward, or pending, in either of the Houses of Parliament." Now he (Mr. Roper) objected to the latter paragraph of this rule, which prevented them from referring to matters which were or might be pend ing before Parliament ; and if it was to remain open, still to restrict them, they could not consider any of these important questions which he alluded to, and were suggested to every man's mind by the awful state of distress in the country. The passing of the labour rate act called for some movement in that society. Hence they considered it necessary to call a general meeting to have the question formally settled—to have the society finally declare whether or not it would consent then to have done what the council had frequently done with its consent. The sum that should be raised to supply the con sequences resulting from the loss of the potato was immense. Lord John Russell, in his letter to his grace, had stated that the potato crop occupied one-fifth of the arable land in Ire land. Now, if that were the case, it must strike every one as to the dreadful loss sustained; and, also, the vast quan tity of other articles of food that would be required to supply the deficiency. Colquhoun averaged the potato crop of Great Britain as worth 16,000,0001., and M'Cullagh said it was value for, at least, 12,000,0001. Such was the extent of the lose sustained by the cnintry ; and it was well known that it would take three acres of corn to supply, as an article of food, one of potatoes ; so that the produce of 3,000.000 acres of corn would be required for the loea 0f1,300,0000f potatoes. Now, if there was to be an expenditure of money to be raised off the land, that that money was not to be reproductively ex pended, that they were to go on with a compulsory taxation for the employment of the people on unproductive and use less works, and that the money was to go out of the country to buy foreign food, the matter would he soon wound up.— If they could not fill up the gap made in the country, things would be soon brought to • stand still. The Indian trade of corn would, no doubt, open another branch of business to the English manufacturer. The Duke of LEINSTER here interrupted the learned gentleman, and said,—This is the vary inconvenience I find in this question. You are now entering into a subject of political economy. Mr. ROPER—I beg pardon. The Duke of LEINSTER—I have listened with great interest to you, hut this is not the room for such discussion. Mr. Roe en—l merely tefer to the necessity of our assist ing ourselves, instead of depending on others tor food ; and I only ask to suspend this rule to enable us to de so. The learned gentleman then read a long letter from Lord Clan carty, approving of the meeting, and, stating it as his opinion, that the rule should only be suspended for a limited time ; and proceeded to observe that his lordship was a high authority on such a subject. He then said he thought it had been mischievously attempted, and he regretted it very much, to introduce this matter as a political one, and to mix up the name of Mr. O'Connell with it. Mr. O'Connell, he admitted, had but lately joined them, but they had many valued members on their books who disapproved of the society at first, and afterwards joined it. The DUKE of LEINSTER—The Earl of Clancarty, for instance. Mr. ROPER replied that such was the case, and the only difference was that Mr. O'Connell took a longer time to be come a convert. Mr. O'Connell had not joined them, he believed, with any political motive, but in order to do what he could to benefit the country under its existing distress. Mr. O'CONNELL : My Lord Duke, I beg the learned gen tleman's pardon, for a moment. I came here to obey your rules, and not to contradict them—l came to be one of you — to be obedient to all your laws and regulations; and if my presence causes any unpleasantness here or elsewhere I shall retire. (Loud cries of " No.") With that demonstration I am satisfied. Mr. ROPER proceeded to say that the Agricultural Society was never a political body, and would be one for the first time if it objected to Mr. O'Connell; and then, in conclusion, moved the resolution suspending the 14th general rule. Mr. THOMAS BALL seconded the motion, which was put, and declared to be carried, although Vie following proceed ings showed that there was some inaccuracy. Mr. Witsos then rose, and proposed as an amendment, that it was advisable to suspend so much of the 14th rule as precluded the society from referring to any matter to be brought forward, or pending in either House of Parliament, in order to enable the council to express their opinions as to the employment of the people upon the drainage, subsoiling, and clearing of the land, and the production of food, and that the suspension of the said portion of the rule be ex tended to the general meeting of the society, to be held in spring, 1847. Mr. Roper withdrew his resolution to make way for Mr. Wilson's. Mr. LATOUCHE proposed, as an amendment, that the so ciety do strictly adhere to the fourteenth fundamental rule —that no question should be discussed at any of its meetings of a political tendency, or referring to any matter to be brought forward or pending in parliament. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which he declared was negatived. A division was called for, and his Grace ' decided that there was • majority against the amendment, and consequently that the original motion of Mr. Wilson was carried. Mr. MoresxLt, of Tcrvoe, then proposed that the society should form itself into a committee to take such means as might appear advisable for obtaining accurate infor mation respecting the extent of the benefit derived from the present mode of providing employment, and ' the deficiencies of same, to report upan such amend ' meats as were desirable, and submit to the consideration ' of the proper authorities, from time to time, such repre • sentations as those inquiries might supply, thus embodying the collective experience and observation of the society at i The resolution having been seconded, was passed. Mr. FowLea next proposed a resolution to the effect, that the proper authorities should be impressed with the necessity of making the townlands the units of subdivisions as to assessment, in place of electoral divisions ; and that any proprietor undertaking the amount of case to be levied off each townland, would be exonerated from the assessment on the baronies. Mr. MoxsEtx and other gentlemen, amongst whom was Mr. O'Connell, supported the resolution, which, after some opposition, was paased. Sir Geoanz HVDSON was called to the chair, thanks were Passed to his grace, and the meeting separated. .-- MEETING OF ROMAN CATHOLIC PZELATES. — The Pilot of this evening contains the following announcement:—"The important question of the law relating to Charitable Bequests in Ireland, was, we understand, under discussion to-day in the Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy. Their lordships have brought their deliberations to a conclusion, and the re sult, which is not less important than it will prove consola tory to the whole Irish people, is, that the assembled prelates have unanimously resolved to petition parliament for such al terations in the present law as will render itacceptable to **bishops, the clergy, and the people of Ireland."--This berms* act was a measure upon which Sir Robert Peel much prided himself; and what renders this movement against it more remarkable is, that the Roman Catholic Pre lates who are appointed to carry out the act, concur in the petition. They are Drs. Crony, Murray, and concur. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. From the provincial journals of this day I take the fol lowing extracts -. (From the Mayo Constitution.) BARIBAItOts MURDEFL—An extremely barbarous murder took place at Clogheen, situated at the boundary of this county, or. the 2d inst., being the fair night of Ballagha derver. The outrage is totally unconnected with that class of ensue involving the public tranquillity. The result of the eremination of witnesses at the inquest held on the 4th hist., before Captain Whelan, R.M., and Meredith Thran, . coroner, led to the committal of the wif e of th murdered man, whose name was Michael Bufle, The parties were married hut a few months, the ', en = having been the widow of a former hiaband. It ; twe e to have been managed to get the unfortunate man •;irunk, and then, when got to his bed, he was murdevr.el in his help lessness by a blow on the left aide of the *need, s hove th e ear, which frightfully broke in the gv . e"..ter portion of his skull, the brain protruding. Burke sled been a man of greet physical strength, and a very harmless and inoffensive person. DESPERATE ATTACK, ON SHERIFFS' BAILIFF/.—On Saturday, the 31st ult., an execution was put in force at Creasenolina, against a man named Knox, residing in that town. The bailiffs, after taking an inventory of the goods, closed the concern, and about the hoer of one o'clock in the morning one of them went out, leaving his comrade behind. Immediately after, a knock was heard at Knox's shopdoor, and on the bailiff asking who was there, a person ' outside stated that it was Mr. Knox himself. On the bailiff partially opening the door, for the purpose of admitting Mr. Knox, a desperate rush was made from the outside by a gang of :upwards of twenty men, who succeeded in foresee an entrance, and dragging the bailiff to the yard, deprived him of his pistol, and trampled him in a dreadful manner. They then proceeded to tie him in a strong rope, telling him, at the same time, to prepare for a watery grave ; the river being at the end of the house. The cries of the use. fortunate man arrested the attention of the police,who, ha*. climbed over the yard wall, arrived just in time to save lie life, and took into custody a man named Bourke, who wee in the act of pinioning the bailiff. (From the Tipperary Vindicator.) ARREST OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH MURDER.—On the night of Tuesday, the 3rd instant, Constable It'Donough, of Newport, succeeded in arresting the persons charged; and who, we understand, were fully identified, and who have been committed to the county gaol, for the murder of John Ryan, who died in the Limerick Infirmary on Thursday last, from the effects of injuries received from a party of men who waylaid and attacked him at Cooreas, about two miles from Newport, when on his way to Limerick to sell a load of oats. Their names are Michael. Brian (Con), Michael Ryan (Larry), and Thomas Ryan (Small), all of Ballynaninch. Thady Brien, the principal, was previously arrested when attending Thurles sessions, where he was seeking to prose cute an ejectment against deceased. SRINRONE, MoN °Av.—The public works have partially commenced in the locality of Shinrone, principally about Towra and Kilcommon. Mr. Mason, engineer, went on Friday to Moneygall to lay out works there in consequence of a partial rising out of the people through extreme dis tress. Mr. Sub-liumector Butler had to proceed thither on Yriday, with a large party of police; but owing to the exertions of the Rev. Mr. Egan, and Lieutenant Hamilton, of the Board of Works, the people separated without com mitting the slightest violence. There is to be • full meeting of the relief committee on to-morrow, for tlle . purpose of memorialising the Lord-Lieutenant to procla im another Extraordinary Presentment Sessions to be held at Shinrone, in consequence of the Board of Works rejecting a large amount of the presentments, principally in the parish of Kilmurry (where numbs rs are living on cabbages). In use of his Excellency complying, it is the intention of the gentry and persons concerned to apply the sums to be voted to the performance of productive works, according to the suggestions in Mr . Labouchere's letter. The works are at last commenced in the parish of Ballingarry. There is not a parish in Ireland where the labourers are worse off, having in some cases so low a rate as 6d. per day wages, Bd. I being the maximum. Last season numbers went to the railroads for want of home employment, though there are a few parishes where more land could be reclaimed by drainage and reproductive works. Had the gentry due re gard to their own interest, and that of the industrious poor, the case would be otherwise. RORBERY.—A correspondent writes saying, that comine on the coach I heard near Maryborough, that a pay clerk with about 2001. was stopped by two men and robbed, hut that the men on the public works turned out in pursuit, overtook and captured the robbers and got most of the money with them UNERRING EVIDENCES of POVERTV.—There are at present seven hundred and twelve inmates in the Newry Workhouse, of whom seventy-one were admitted on Satur day last, being the largest number ever known to apply on any one day since the opening of the house. About twenty applicants were rejected, most of them able-bodied men, who expressed their willingness to work, hut could not obtain any employment whatever. The Board of Works, so far back as the 20th of October, ordered the works presented at the extraordinary sessions at Ballybot, on the 2nd of October, to be proceeded with ; yet the officials to whom has been entrusted the duty of making preparations, have, to the present time, shown no intention of commencing. This pro crastination is truly deplorable. Government should look after its own officials. INDIAN CORN.—We feel a pleasure, says a Cork paper of yesterday, in announcing the arrival in our portof four more vessels laden with Indian corn, since our last publication. ARRIVALS or FOOD IN ICEURY.—At Dingle, during the past week, the sterner Acheron arrived with 50 tone of Indian and barley meal for the Relief Committee, and a large quantity ef biscuit for the Government depot At Valencia, arrived the smack Anne, with a cargo of oatmeal and Indian meal. Also, the steam-sloop Blazer for the Government depot at Caherciveen, having on board 250 sacks of Indian meal. Decteuartees OP L ABOVRERS IN CORl.—it the meet ing of labourers at Castletoworoche, County C.,rk, of which I sent you an aecount on yesterday, the following petition and resolutions were adopted : "To NKR URACIOt , lIAJENTY VICTORIA, QUEEN or GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. May it please Your Majesty, The Petition of the undersigned labourers of the Barony of Ferinny in the County of Cork, Ireland, most humbly sheweth, that )our petitioners approach your Majesty with sentiments of loyalty and attachment nit surpassed Sr those entertained by any other portion of your Majesty's subjects. That your petitioners entertained hope , that the present Premier would follow out the humane and wise policy, in regard to this famine stricken country, marked out for him by his enlightened predecessor, who with that comprehensive mind which proved him a great states man, amply provided against a deticieney partial and trifling in ex tent, when compared with the present awful destruction of the staple food of the humbler claims of your Majesty's subjects in Ireland. That your petitioners heard with disappointment and alann, the canting and unfeeling plea of political economy advanced in op position to the remonstrances of the benevolent individual. , and de putations who urged on the government the necessity fur providing a su nrient quantity of wholesome and cheap Moll to guard against the unscrupulous exactions of forestallers and famine mongers. That your petitioner. have for months been enduring privations and suffer ings unparalleled among any people in the civilised world, and now when employment on public works, which was long and cruelly with held is about to be given, the wretched pittance of lid. • day will not al the present high price of provisions enable them to support their families on the lowest description of human food. That your peti tioners respectfully, yet earnestly, entreat your Majesty to (Lionise from rour councils a ministry, the Viceroy excepted, who have proved themselves totally incapable or unwilling to go. em this coun try with consideration to our necessitits or advantage to the empire, and wbo have placed in jeopardy the lives of millions of your Majesty's subjects in compliance with the interested views of private traders and speculators, who hope to realise inordinate moats by their nee.s. sales. Mod your petiuoners, as in duty bound, will ever pray." let. Resolved: That the petition Downed be adopted and forwarded to her Majesty. 2ndly. Resolved : That a Memorial to the Lords of the Treasury be also forwardisl, requesting an increase of hire commen surate with the present high price of provision.% and that it will be such as will support a family depending upon one individual. 3rdly, Resolved, That in future the hire to be given by our employers per day to an ahle-bodied man, be what will purchase a stone o r s o i cje.,..l or one way flour whatever that maybe. 4thly, Resolved, That we request of our fellow-countrymen and countrywomen not to enter the house or shop in which Scotch or English goods are sold, even foe the purpose of buying Irish manufacture until the ports are open, and the expor tation of fund from Irel ind is forbidden. lthly, That being our selves tce-tMallere, we deprecate the use of spirituous liquors under any circumstances, but particularly at the present crisis, when the food that would be aequirel to feed a famishing people, is deatroyed in distilleries without advantage is the community, and we here fervently express our hope and anxiety that government will interfere on our behalf by suspending distillation and brewing from grain of any description. Stilly. Resolved—Teat seeing government G deaf to every entreaty regarding the prohibition of the exportation of corn, we feel compelled to have recourse to the only legitimate means in oar power of preventing it, which is earnestly and emphatically to request that the portion of the labouring population engaged in sea port towns, In conveying provisions for exportation to revels will de sist from the smile whatever hire may be offered, and that they will not unship from any importing vessel any article either of English or Scotch manufacture." OPERATION OP RELIEF COMMITTEES.—The following letter appears in a Cork paper—it presents a useful lesson local committees: Commimariat Relief Ofßee, Dublin Cottle, Oct. 28. Sir, --Commissary General Fir Randolph E. Routh begs to state in reply to your letter ot 2Jrd instant, this day received, that there is not any hold at the disposal of the Lord Lieutenant, to be adv danced nsln loamloamfor providing supplies of food , or granted in onatio for the purpose, except in the latter case), where there shall be local subscriptions placed at the disposal of Relief Com mitters. It is recommended to the Caatletown Committee, to use the balance in hand for providing food, (purchasing at pravent home produce), and to have it said on commision by individuals th of character at prices sufficient to repay the fleet cost with e com : mission, and all charger. The committee must be aware that, if a lower price be adopted than traders m!ell at, a pressure would be invited which the Relief Fund could not sustain, and it is be retnem bered that there are ten months, during which supplies must be pro vided before another harvest shall arrive, long before which time any Relief Fund that could be formed would be exhausted, and in the mean time all chanced the intervention of traders would be stopped. It will in like manner be apparent, that if a government depot were opened in the district, the prices of food issued from it abould be Etch as to Ward an opening for the competition of traders, otherwiae the substanee of the whole labouring population of the district would depend on the depot, and it is not intended that the supplies to be provided by government shall in any case be more than auxiliaries to rill local exertions in meeting the existing exigency. The itallat of Os committee is requested to the consideration of an serampaallok lily forming and managing a Local Loan Fund, to be rejig* Is pror riding sunplies of food. It le found, that in one of the eqvsllg ..a imie districts of Llonegal, the landlords have placed a fund dale pounds for this object, under the management of a relief committee.- 1 hare the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ',errant, W. STAN - IAT, Sec. —To Eugene O'Sullivan, Esq., Treasurer, Relief Committee, Castle- Berehaven. SCOTLAND. TEE STIRLING Btinons.—A meeting of the electors and non•electors of the burgh of Stirling, convened by Captain Spiers, in order that he might have an opportunity of ex plaining his political principles, Iris been held in the Justi ciary Court Hall, Stirling. Hardie Dick was called to the chair. Captain Spier' denied ',hat he had come late into the field, and divided the neral interest. nothing said would have induced him to come forward in opposition to a man he thought so well worthy or. the suffrages of the electors. He was charged with cord .ng forward as the nominee of the Whig clique in Rain' ourgh, but he denied that he came forward as the nomin ee of any . body of politicians. There was another charge l• caught against him which was equally unfounded, namely , that he had withdrawn from the contest, and intended to str ,nd for Renfrewshire. Nothing could be more erroneous. No man could become the representative of Renfrewahire without getting the support of three or four of the principal families in the county, and he would rather be the simple, burgess to represent that district of burghs than the noc.inee of the greatest family . in Scotland. Several question% were put to Captain Spiers, in answer to which he exprer.ed himself favourable to the abolition of university teats and in favour of household suffrage. Mr. W. Rankine proposed a resolution to the effect, that the meeting having neard Capt. Spiers express his opinions, and considering that both in and out of Parliament he had been a consistent and zealous advocate of civil and religious freedom, when a ' vacancy occurs in the Stirling burghs, he is a proper person to represent them in Parliament. The chairman put the motion, which was received with loud cheers, intermingled with cries of " No," from 'Afferent parts of the hall, and without any more formal vote being tan, he said he pre • mussed the motion was carried PROVINCIAL. Tag Hovns BILL.--A MEETIXo was held at Hudders field on Monday evening last, for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the Ten 'Rouse Factory Bill. At least 2,000 persons were present ; but though they included all classes in the town, no millownen or muter manufacturers of the town or neighbourhood took part in the proceedings. All passed off in a very orderly manner, and the mtetutg was enthusiastic in favour of the immediate adoption of a Ten Ii ours Bill. The Rev. J. Bateman, vicar of Huddenfield, was called to the chair. The Rev. N. Manning, Mr. R. Outlet., Mr. W. B. Ferrand, M.P., Mr. John Fielding, M.P., and several manufacturing operatives, addressed the meeting, and the following resolutions were passed :- 1. That a redaction in the boars of factory labour is a growing as tensity, from the great increase and high perfection of machinery, whose use to to leden and not to augment human labour ; that king bonne, though at fart not felt to be ao great a axial evil, are now found to be very injurious, both to the personal arid pecuniary in terests of the parties employed. 2. That the recent and pre rent Factories Regulation dicta were forced upon the country, in opposition to those proposal by Michael Thomas itadler and Lord Ashley; and while the object of these acts, amending to their promoters, was to give greater advantages to the employers, by relays of children, still even those measures have proved of considerable blearing, by the greater equalization of labour throughout the facto- t ies, the prevention of night working, and the opportunities, though small, given to children for instruction and recrea tion. 3. That from our amazing powers of production, a still further reduction In the hours of labour is forma to be ementialty necessary, and this meeting calls for the adoption of an efficient Ten Hours Bill; it having been sufficiently proved that such would be a general advantage both to the employer and the employed, for the growing intelligence of the age requires that more time be art apart for the moral and agleam instruction of the working population than can be afforded by an eleven hours regulation, with which the fac tory operatives will never be =tidied. 4. That a petition to both houses of parliament, founded on the foregoing resolutions, be pre pared, and signed by the chairman on behalf of this meeting, and that it be recommended to the workers in each factory to send a peti tion on their own behalf." lisaasWerevoted to Lord Ashley, Mr. Fielden, Mr. Oastler, Mr. Fernand, and (Ali.r advocates of a Ten noun Bill. SOCIETY FOR THE FRO;;.17ION OP THE GOBFEL IN FOREION Pakra.—A meeting of this society was held 3 ester day in the Town-hall, Colchester, which was most numerously attended.—At 12 o'clock the Bishop of Rochester took the chair. He was supported by the Lord Bishop of Barbadoes, Sir G. Smyth, Bart., M.P., C. G. Round, Lsq., M.P., the Rey. D. Markham, Canon of Windsor, and very many other influential inhabitants, amounting in all to upwards of five hundred.—The Re v. J. S. Dolby, of Seaden, read the report of the society, the adoption of which was moved by the Lord Bishop of Barbadocs in an interesting speech, and was ' carried.—C. G. Round, Esq., M.P., moved " that the emi grants from this country to the British Colonies (ameunting to 40,000 annually) and the colonists already settled there require a much more ample provision for their spiritual wants than they are at present able, even with all the efforts they are making, to furnish themselves."—The Rev. Ernest Hawkins seconded the resolution, which was curried. Sir G. IL Smyth, subsequently addre.ssed the meeting, which, after votes of thanks to the Bishops of Roche-ter and Barbadoes, separated. The Bishop and a large party dined with l'ilr.Round, M.P., in the evening. BERK:4IIRE. ....... WINDgOR AND ETON CHORAL SOCINTY.—The first con cert of this society for tho season took place at the Town hall, Windsor, on Wednesday evening, under the patronage of 11.R.H. Prince Albert, and conducted by Dr. Elvey, organist to her Majesty, upon which occasion .• Mount Carmel," a sacred cantata, composed by Dr. Elvey, was performed for the first time in public, the band and elioruases consisting of upwards of one hundred performers, including, as instrumentalists, ten of the members of her Majesty's private band of musicians, by permission of the Queen, and a large portion of the band of the let Life Guards. It being found to be very questionable if the cantata could be concluded in time for her Majesty's private band to he in attendance at the Castle at nine o clock, their usual hour of being present, 1)r. Elvey proceeded:to the Castle, for the purpose of soliciting permission to have a short time allowed them beyond the period for their attendance at the Castle. This circumstance having been immediately made known to the Queen, her Majesty commanded Mr. Anson to inform Dr. Elvey that the services of the private baud would be dispensed with until a quarter before ten o'clock, adding, that if there had not been a large party of guests assembled at the Castle, their attendance would have been dispensed with altogether. ffintißtts. STATUETTE OF TIM EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. Count D'Orsay seem 4 to divide his time among crayon sketches, portraits in oil, statuettes in plaster, and figures in bronze, on horseback. The last of his works, a sta uctte of the Emperor of Russia, is now on view at Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's, in New Bond-street. The emperor is represented in an easy attitude, his right hand resting in an opening be tween the buttons of his coat, while his left hand holds a hat and feather. Stiff military collars, and tight trowsers with broad .tripes, and still broader straps, are difficult things to deal with in plaster and in marble; but the Count has wrestled with these impediments, and shown considerable tact and skill in the way he has kept the tailor in good humour I with the drapery of the figure. The head is somewhat de ficient in intelligence; but the features are like, and the action aristocratic. Ilintbersitg anti Clerical Arias. Oxman, Nor. 3.—A congregation was holden this morning, when the following degrees were conferred, vin.—Boookelor of l'icrl Low 3. W. Mem, New-inn Hall. .Voo(era of Arts: T. A. strong. Exeter Coll., Grand Comiounder ;S. Luca. Queen's Coll., and P. Col lings, do., Grand Compounder ; Wet.. T. P. Nunn, St. Mary Ilall, Grand Compounder; P. C. Ellin, 11 , sus Coll.; Rev. C. 11. Godby, and Key. C. Hill, Lincoln Coll.; C. Rolland, Unlyssraity (]ll. ; Stokes, student, and It. A. Strange, Christ Church; Rev.H.Pialanet,Worcester Coll.; J. Addams, St. John's Coll.; Rev. J. W. Distin, Pembroke Cull. Bachelor of Arts: E. K. jowl!, St. Mary Ilan; T. tliol mondeley, Oriel Coll. ; G. E. (leather, and K. J. Horne. scholar, Exeter Coll.; J.W.Freborn, Worcester Con.; lloWfman, Grand Compounder, and H. M. Turton, Trio. Coll.; E. L. Clutterbuck, and G. Turbutt, Chris Church ; It. Payne. W. Y. Andrew,, W. Alford, and It. Raker, Magdalen Hall : J. Fisher, Worcester 0011. ; It. G. F. Sumner, 11. M. Fletcher, and E. Hulme, !falba! Cull; 0. G. Lawrence. St. Edmund's Hall ; 11. E. It. Iloilo., mod F. K. Perry, University Coll. •, It. E. aingertield, St. Mary Hall ; P. fictordar, T. Sirs (grand rontponoder), and It. It. Fayle, Si. Mary hall; C. S. lion, Christ Church; G. A. E. 1111W1111114 Rabbit College; A. W. CANUO Said I'. Henderson, New Inn-hall ; F. M. Watts, Lin coln College ;J. W. Brown, New Iwo-hall ;C. A. Salisbury, C. I'. M. M'illiama, J. N. Lee, and W. L. Jones, Jesus College C. it. Awdry, Gueen's College; A. C. Saunders (wholor), and J. L. Knowles, Pem broke College ; W. E. Welby and P. C. Gonling, Oriel College. CANIKIWIIt. Nov. I2.—The Greek Professor hos givin notice that the subject of his next mune of IcetiicN will he Arehylus t•upplicra —Agamemnon —Chue9horse—Eumenitie. The lecture. will imminence on Tuesday, the 9th day of February nett, at one o'clock, to be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during term. I:v:rot:wry or Lorain:l.-81.8. Soman FAA:kJ:NATION' 1916.—The following randidates have recently passed this eismiration, : First DiV114011: J. C. )iompas, Coll.• J. C. Day, London Ilcop.• C. Elam, Leeds Sch. of Med. • 11. V. A:Dandridge, Univ. Cull.; T. ILL:,ley, King's Cull.; 3. Johnston, Queen's Coll., }firm.; T. J. shut, King's Coll.—Second Division : J. T. .trlidge, King's Con. ; G. Birkett, Gloving-cross ; C. Cowdell, l'nir. COIL ; P. N. DUllean, King's Coll. •, R. W. Eton, St. George's limp.; T. P. Malmo, Orig. Sch. of Bled., Fete r.mt., Dublin. Vasvr.—BettbnroughCanterbury; cable, 227/., with residence ; patron., Trustees of W. Gay : vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Gay, M.A. NAVAL. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 12.—1 t is the intention of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that, in future, the engineers in steamers shall mess in the ward-room, and be considered as ward-room officers. Mr. Baker, of the l'ie toria and Albert yacht, and Mr. Brown, of the Bee steamer, tender to the Excellent, have already been apprised of their positiou. The alteration is most creditable to the board, as most of the engineers are highly educated men. Ihe Rose, Commander It. W. Pelly, landed her treasure yesterday, and will proceed immediately to Sheerness to be paid off. ADMIRALTY CHANDE.—II is rumoured that Capt. Berke ley will retire from the Admiralty, from the dete•mination of the board to reduce the complement of the ditrer,nt crews, he having always contended for a full complement. Professor Moseley, of the committee of the Natiot sal Board of Education, finished his examination of the tp prentices in the Naval Scool, in this dockyard, y, ster Lay afternoon. By request oft he Admiralty he has visite. / all the schools under their department, to examine into the system of education and the fitness of the instruction. SPORTING. I The following is a summary of the altenioon's betting : . CHIMER CUP. 1000 to 20 and 1000 to 15 eget Mr. W. Scott's Eriago.bragh it.) DERBY. 900 to 50 eget Planet It.) 1009 to 20 spat The L iberator 2000— 30— Limedale (t.) (laid twioe) 2000 50 Tantivy (t.) GOO 10 War Ea je (t.) 1000 —2O Mathematician (t.) THE NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CHASE L The toll t bets were laid in the course of the day : sto 1 agst I 12 to 1 sad Eagle 6 1 The owltcher I 12 —l Fouoepar , 1 Switcher's startbig is said to be doubtful. ASHDOWN PARK COBilitlitiG MEF:TINO.—Wr ~rangy. DESAT.—Fran Tut, Baltimore beat Windfall, Li glinting beat Whitefoot, Stockton beat Brown Jacket, Wyandotte ber G Warminster. Marta—SOL ; Mr. Etwall's Etonian beat Mr. ( ;ordogeip Cock_ fighter. Osaa—Funer 'Prot.—Caprice beat Bobea, Luey Ne de beat Gretna, White Rose beat ErrantOtrL Waterfall ran a bye. Cur.— Mr. Etwall's Knford lam beat Mr. 111. Drinkald's Ea rope, Mr. Lawrence's Lothario beat Mr. Rake's Sir R. Fleetwood's Fancy beat Mr. P arkinson's Sly Hoots, Mr. W. Begin -0_ wall's Wittle twat Mr. Goddard's Gauntlet, Mr. Bowles% Bank of Eleganoe beat Mr. King's Winnitald, Mr. Lawreree's lamprey beat Mr. Drinkakra Emma. Curer PAITT Swaim was not run out,t or want of hares. SWAPFTIAM COUItSLNG kfEEFLNO.—TVVI, AT AA, W x.ing , wA y . Cur.—Mr. Bon e t ' Waterloo (late Emig a; beat Mr. Arabin's Attleboro', Mr. B. Smyth% Silesia beat Mr. llanhury's Goagsni oats Reginald), Mr. Bastes Topsail best Mr. Caldwell's Rerd, Mr. Han bury' Garlick beat Mr. V Maine's Negro, Mr. Bagge's beat Mr.'s Vrythe's Fornmemlier, Mr. Bockwortia's Backsheesh best Mr. Burroligtiesa Gammen, Mr. B. Smytb's Ss m Slick bat Mr. Gurney's Maids, lord Stradbroke's Marnrorm beat Mr. IL rillebois's Dandy. —lst : beat Topsail, Backidosesh beat Treasure, Garlick beat Waterloo, Mswworm beat Sam Slick. DTABT for 12 doppuppies.—Mr. Arabia's Ajaz beat Mr. Bennett Wings, Mr. li. Villebois's Dart beat Mr. Danbury% Gamester ; Mr. Burroughes's Cedric beat Mr. Banbury's Gift, Mr. Buckworth's Buonaparte beat Mr. Ville:loM's Nobleman, Mr. 11. Smyth's Steamer beat Mr. Gurney's Albert, Mr. R. Bagge's True Blue beat Mr. B. Smyth's Science.—lst Tins : Steamer beat Cedric, 'True Blue beat Dart, Buonsrparte beat Ajax. 041 &CARL% for 12 bitch puppies.—Mr. Bagge's Trifle beat Mr. H. Villebois' Dewdrop, Mr. R. Bagge's Twilight beat Mr. Ilanbury's Gadfly, Mr. B urto ughetis Cobweb beat Mr. Arabia's Q. Ales, Mr. Rennet's Why Not beat Mr. B. Smyth's Stop, Mr. Gurney's Amy beat Mr. Villebois' NOM Mr. Burl:worth' , Briar best Mr. Gurney's Augoatus.—lst Ti:m Cobweb beat Trifle, Amy beat Briar. Twilight beat Why Not. 11111 300 - MAI STAKAA.—MT. BUCAWasm. mall/ beat Mr. Titch- Arabia's A I gricola, Mr. Gurney's Aladdin beat Mr. IC. Bagge's field. al W A LTON BTAIUAA for bitch puppies.—Mr. Gurney's Athalia beat Mr. R. Bagge's Token, Mr. Arabin's Q. Airy beat Lord StradkOke'll Koisite. I