The Express. — London, England, 1849-01-09 00:00:00

sow open for issue of warrants, and the paimmit of dividends to the public, and is thronged aseephagly with claimants. =SLIM FOND& ask Oak la i la r O . : tarlis i lei I pig a. ItaL 44= 4 21, i rat a 0444 — V& to iiii. Pus ruitatax al 11l sto km: re F low OnoL Oros& 1144,04 11 Oromis Damsl 11 4, ► 1 or IX lasaisa.Z. ll l 01.844011 m 11414.4114 T r Or a l ighi Parlian Oa, a.. U. T 4 4 . rti. Ilease4 Arse Si. NI 1 ara ll le 4 Mao ITS I4I olllak lba. -- 3pa spar BAL. IT I bIII 1 144.1§1 adorn* SOL.- var. amigo 1144.. a i la r ali s i %dims* M if f 3 wir la Tqamealabb.. 11114 Taft Cam. 14 1 Tr.woris Waned Da. a ile BANK Oly PAINIKIA.-MONTOLT RICTUANS 101 DIKMIIIIII AMYL Oda eel buy 13.3111,1100 Treasury heeds and Treasury Loan Notes 4,013400 What &Amp Ness drawee Pats DOW, various shims ant active Mask N a otes bt elreolatios =ht atonal lma@ la Tresstery Boons (after repayment of 4.1030,1100 Maims) Create of patinae tfelleariel sad privet e wean, hula& ing the etrecircul.itket wiper. Jr. 7. RAILWAYS.-Bhans are quiet, and little doing. A further gal in Great Northern. has taken place, and we quo . e them now l l to 101 discount; Landon and North Western,l2sl to 84 ; Caledonians. 22 to 4 i North Stafford., 3 t dia. 'ALBS LTTIICTSD Of To TWO TH79 DAT TN LONDON. (Testentirs prises will to band in NM pips) Bashisehassoltire, 214 I Midland. NH Calsdaslan, 221 1 D t. WI. Coossibistsd mt., 171 Mater sad Holyhead Pr0f.,131 ; 111 ea int. Z. Anglian 211. L. ad 8., sad Do. OnisekL Heist end Wm. L. and D.. 4; 6 pet Oast., IN Pesten Counties, 11; Norfolk. 47 Z. Unica Strip Gust. 4 pse ant., North British Helves, 7 171 1 Z. Lioodridre, 24 ei ist N. Staardshirs, 111 1 Raid.. a G dd.. sad dale.. 101 Gnat Nadal% 8 I Shrewd and Wria. (A). 2; Do Hews A Deferred.* 9. Matra. 841 i Gt. S. add W. Orland). 16; Do Scrip No. 4. 71 1 Gnat N. 01 &gland, Vill War Val. 6 per Ct. Ow - 54 1. &eft Waiters, 91; o fit; Som., and Way'.. 26 ea Do. Hiders, 431 61 York, News., Is Bow., 29 Las. sad Mask, 34 Do. Or*. N. ft Bee 274 ; Do. Thirds. 111 Da kites. No. 1 (Tort sad Lams. awl York. Fifths, 7 Newt), 14; Loa., Befistilwa, sad 4. C.,11114 I Do. No. 2 ()C. sad 14.). 14; Lon. 5 N. War.rs. 1261 lark and N. Midland, Z. SW. R. Da. and S. (21),121 Ea.. 2.1 Los. !S. Welters. 431 1 nauttnyorg. 14 Do. 14sw 301.. Ina Namur Zt Liam 61 Da. Truths (OossoL), W; I Wean k Bordsanz, 21 Danis* 11 LITIMPOOL SA There was no drake la I wasted lib. Bal., alth.. St W. Toot. No. 1, q B. Lane. New, 6; el Crest Northern (B). 2 d lone. sad lark. Ms. 1; 4 La. A N. West New QM. 24 p Man. ObOto as IAL F.ighths, 4 d Do. W. sh, 101 d Ds. Ors" 2 2 4 6LF.S. Um:ART S. prices to-day, bet the market Mb:Hanka? Do. Ilaleen, 71 4 '4. I. & Doer ?Sae, 71 Yore, News., and Bee. No. 1, 1 d Do. (G. N. B. Pnr.), 3.18 4 01. Soutbeen h Waatmi, 18 d Du ell obaulda. d MANCiIPMTER 8.1t.' 4, JASVIIIIT a. The marina opened Amer, and a good deal of business was Esse, tune of w hick nu for investment ; in the &Ler man, however, the quotations hem Luriou being unfavour able, boeiness was flatter, and prises weaker. Caledonia' Pref., 1 p Hell and Selby saq 11Anowbbe New, 41 4 Do. Halves, 491 ad Teak. ' , MIA, 311 4 Man., Shea,* Lin. Eighth% St 4 Is.. and N. Western Now Gm. Da (Grim*/ Mar) 111 I d 13441 p Do. V&A* 121 l Dm We. (C.). p N. , taffunlaidro, SI 11.111 d Da. (med. It Man. Thirds), 111 S. L s Dov.r N 0.4,71 Llll 'AMU= S. was very little basin.. aarketwas languid; dose, and nice. 'sir , rather liirmes. icd Ldrue. (A!, 61 d Os. (8), Hs 3d. d P. West&ldle, 41d Amb., Not , & Dm, 4 146 d 4. StatLtdsisre, 41. 31. Ida 9d. d _ LEEDS SALFS, istetsae 0. This trsnrattiona in sharee sere not en eztengve as of late, yet the valuer suateined no nr.teri.ll change. IL Lane. New, 0 d N Staffordshire, 31 d Ot. Northers, 101 North Wteters,lll Seer, Rath., St Wog, $ 1.135. 9d. Tallsk Pref., 3 d 12s. Gd. d BRI•TOL BALLS, S. Scarcely anything was done, molders seeming disinclined to maim ntsa. YOKE SALE' JANUARY IL York, New., ).r. LIMNS, Oast Northers, No. 1.141. 1 ,9 4. 9d. York* N. Miolood, Do. (0. X. E. 7L IGLU. CORN.—Arrivala at Cosatiee Railway, for the I Nit Wheat Pe, Parley Ode graintriev, by tb. Eastern ending Jas.l Bras ryas ... 104 „ Thor 6192 Erika. 9164 Atilicourone.—Litmovrinswtse.—W• have for some days hem favoured with fine and severe frost, which has en abled the farmer to mart upon his land suck =snares es he einseired; end, should the frost c,neinue, it will s u a ble hi m be de much in soiling and manuring, a hich it is impossible to perform so well except in severe weather. The effect ups the land, too. is of the utmost benefit, se it tends to mason' the soil, and readers the strong clay light and triable to retake the crop in the spring. 'though the thermometer has written ten degrees below the freezing plat, and a complete absence of snow, we do not op prebeed and injury to the young Wheat crops from the severity of the weather, as the olent I. so hardy Mat it generally mists all injury from frost. Though the autumn, especially the early part, was extremely usfavouralie, from the winners of the land, to get in the seed, and much Wheat sowing was delayed to a late period ; the crops pre sent a better appearance than could h re been expected. The very mild weather in November a d December caused the grain to sprout quickly, and the young plant soon made its appearance above ground, and grow rapidly ; though late sown, it got firm hold of the ground Actors the fret com menced, and will be ready to proceed with the early syrirg. From the great quantity of man which MI in October it was impossible, in many cases, to get the fellows manured, and in ccasequence they were obliged to stand over for spring cror ping ; from this gime a less breadth of Wheat is sown ore such land then in most years, hut this will in some measure be coontsiba'snoed by land which grew an early vegetable crop being sown after that crop was removed. The young Wheats present a promising a pearance, considering how, in many instances, they were trampled into the pound by sowing in wet weather. Turnips are now in much request, and are of the gr. retest benefit to sheep in the fold, and cattle in the yards and stall,. The crop of Swedes is generally good, but a less weight of mangold is in store then in most seasons, from the defective crop of that awful vegetable. Potatoes are scarce and dear, so many have been destroyed by the prevailing disease.— FIFEAII4IIII —The pan mouth hew been favourable for out door work, and ploughing Is generally well advanced. The weather, however, has been very ch...igeable and the late sown Wheat has brairded slowly; and, as there is scarcely the usual breadth put in, the remainder mast stand over till the spring, asd will then prebably be sown with Barley. The four last days of the month have been frosty, and have been employed in carting assures sad doing thisp necessary preparatory to spring opera tion+. T he re has been little encouragement to thrash out grain, as prices have been exceedingly low ; bat se Celli nary expenses most be met, a good deal of corn has been brought to market. It will now become a consideration with farmers whether or not they should give their beam end oats to their feeding stock, or sell them for cash for what they will bring. There can be little doubt that, to those who have plenty of capital, the consuming of grain upon a farm, at present prices, will ultimately pay better than to dispose of it otherwise ; but to those who have a difficulty in getting the ends to meet, the ready money market will be resorted to. Turnip are a very deficient ;crop, and there will be a great difficulty in . getting them to serve ever the spring months. They are in great demand, and have been bringing high prices. Prices of cattle and sheep have fallen cocsaderably, owing, in part, to more than the usual number being fond upon the market from .. want of keep.—Fife Herald.—Beagsniaz.—The wmthe r during the last month was generally mild end damp. hut from the 21st to the 2.5 th there was a sharp (rase, to as t e stop the plough, ban it did no sod of injury to either the Wheat or turnips, and the pastures and meadows looked nearly as fresh as before the frost; but the weather is again getting colder. Most of the Wheat sowing is finished, and in a much better manse than we expected. Nearly all that was sown after rape end turnips comes up thick and strong. The slug and the wirewenn have been very busy, and is rime places whore wheat has been sown aft, r clover and sanfoio there hes been much mischief done, and we fear that we Mall have a great miry pieces too thin in the plant at spring. The mild and continual wet weather has been favourable for the breeding of aloes, sad it is astoniatiog how fast they have in creased; some wheat which appeared too thick a month ago is now too thin, and seems to be getting worse every day.— WARWICKSHIRE —The heavy land Is foil of couch, and a great deal that slicedl have be en pl anted with Wheat must remain till spring. Tho Wheat that is planted looks much better than might have been expected.—BUT SUTFOLK.— At the latter end of December the Wheat sowing was not completed, and there vet remains some of that Important work to accomplish. What was put in prior to the late month has come op very nicely, and promises welrfor a fall plant, excepting that in the clover layers, where, from the excessive wet throughout the yammer, the slug was so prevalent that the young Wheats no soak lands are much eaten by them, but the late feat and the prmont one, setting in tolerably sharp, will put a stop to their reneges ; but it will put a stop to the IrtrifiC ion also of the wry late sown. The plough is much impeded in its winter's work ; the Wheat sowing being protracted to rather an miasmal lateness, has prevented its accomplishine that desirable work, so necessary to the fer tilising the soil for all sprier crops • , Cum , Jan. B.—We are moderately supplied to day with "train Wheat a steady elle, without any improve ment to value. Bask, the tarn du aper, end in very little inquiry. The demand for Beans and Oats on • small wale at late terms. Wheat, 101. to 121. 10e per Instd. Barley, 265. to Me. per qr. Oa* 18s. to 265. Beans, 38s. to 425. Doscaorza. Jan. 6.—The 'lmply of Wheat and; Barley was Ism extensive ; new Wheat Is in better condition and demand ; we not* an advance el 6d. per three bushels on all line qnalities, and other descriptions mach better to sell than lest week, with very little left unsold. Second qualities and grinding Barley le. to 2s. lower. Very little altereticn in Oats and Beans; prices ecareely sup ported. Wheat, sow, 14s. to 17e.; Btu, 18e. to 19s. 6d. ; old, 16a. to 18s.; Inn 19s. to 20e., 64. Blandon's, 13s. to 151.; fine , 16. . ; Rye, 10s. to 125.; Am, 13a. Beau, now, 11.. to 125.; the. 13s. ; old, 13s, to 14a.; ins, 15e. Peaa, gray, to 121.; Mato, 135.; fine, 14a par three bushels . Oats, new, 16s. to 18e. ; 19a. to 21a. ;old, 19e. to 20s. ; fate, 225. to 2411. Barley, 235. to ; Ise gashing, 1.95. to 22a. per quastier. Lancasms. Jut. 6.-Oar harlot sootiness to be but spariagly supplied with grain. Pennon oppose to Why relartaat at thrashing out at peanut orlon Good Isla slowly at last week's rams, say 35.. ed. per load. Oat heal in extra head, and odd at 26e. 64. per load of 240105. The window sentianes Ise, with hard ken. YAIItiOUTII Jan. 6.-Our market was siedattely sup plid with Wk sut. Prins Inn, and whitent alteration iron test week. A geed sappla a Lß:r u l i ey, bat a dal' trade he that artiele ; bast nal rather lower; gad ortioary_gaalitise Sr. very t to quit, eves at priest. UMW sad Pees ON only a slow retail MU, di trio s rather below hit week. Oats mynah the sass. Flour way dull. Wheat, white, 46... to 484 ; red, 41e. to 45.. ; sates, 46e. Barley, 25a. to 30s. ; Beans, 33e. to 355. ; Peas, 34a. to 355. ; Oats, 20s. to 255. per qr. Luau:tax, Dee. 30.-The only °matins in Whit this week has bean the purchase of 1,000 qrs. floe Marianopoli, at about 39.. en board. There have been further arrivals, god our stock of navigable description of Wheat now con sins of-15,000 qm. soft Polish, 6141 b. to 621 b., 395. to 395. 6d. on hoard ; 7,600 ditto 60 2-611 n. to 6116 s , 36*. 64. to 37s 02. ; 6,000 Odessa, 60th.. 61415.., 36. sd. to 375. 94 ; 10,750 Marianopoli, Wiles. to 6141 M, 375. 9s. to 39e. • 12,600 ()kirks, 61 etba. to 621 b., 365. 10d. to 375. 9d. ; 7,504 5941b5. to 60 2-bibs., 341. 3a. to 35e. 24. • 2,000 ditto, 5611 be. to 53 11 bs , 31s. 44. to 325. 7d. ; 3.250 Danube, 5841 be. to 59 3.10.1 w, 31.. 4d. to 325. 74. ; 30,000 Egyptian, 67 4 511 a. to 5841bn, 235. 7d. to 25e.; 13,700 bard Taganrog 634).. to 41e. Id. to 475. 44.; 3,500 Marianoplli,, 621bs. to 40a. 3d. to 425. ed.,- 7,1411 Ginn, 61411.. to 62 In , 36.. 62. to 395. • 4,500 basil, 614165. to 631 b., 37'. 9d. to 395. ; 2,250 Ciffa, 62 1-51 be. to 62 3.51 M., 375.95.; 1,250 Roteelia, 62 1 51M. 375. 9.1. to 395. ; 1,250 (Wats, 6311b5. to 63 7.10.b5., 395. to 401. 3d. ,• 2,500 Sundries, 584th.. to 60115.., 331. 10d. to 35e. 74. The above are all in perfect (audition. Of Indian Com there are 3,200 ars. Ibrails, 691111*. to 601 M , bald at 265. 24. on board ; 1,200, 6Orbs. to 611 m, 275. 61. Vestals of 1,000 qrs. have been mattered at Si. for &direct port. Large ones, of over 1,600 qrs., night be led at 4s. 64. to 4s. N. PRODUCE.— Idiscuta-traa, Holfipast 2180.- 861 m of Suez are large to day, and will not finish until a lag hoar; they commenced, and are programing steadily, at the full prices of last week.—Coffee becing of well, 'anther higher prices. Rim sold heavily ; low white Bengal, 0.. 6d —B9l.peta went with spirit ; 640 _ bags sold, refraction 71, 269. ; refraction M. 269. 6d. ; Madras, refraction IM, 24c—Pimento 200 begs offered, and bought in above the market value, Md. to ed. per lb.—Rum in good demand, at full priers.—Cuttott firm, at the late advance.—Tos steady. —ln other articles no material alterat;on, but agora are showing gala confidence is most articles. PRICES C U It RE NT. DPW, VIC cwt. MTV PAIL Phis, No. I. £2 5 e I W. India,B.P.Mrs.346. 0.1.32a64 Hoops. 6 10...9 0 Biddle( s4 6...17 6 Cargo atOentlff bar 0 S.. • I Good to floe SS 6 ..41 Swath& ll 0...12 • Mufti's, br0w., ... 20 C. 34 • Lam, at per tom Yellow ...... ....... U 0...31 6 fig. WM lll 11. IS 5 Wee. l9 11-A0 • NOW, sheet l7 0...17 6 resigalklledree, b. 17 6.. .51 Barg .... ... 16 10... 0 ~, Yellow 3ll 6..29 haat ghot - ...... 19 10... 0 White U 11...12 red or auorem ... 12 10... 0 Perema, Moira 32 C-116 Speller l4 10... 0 Yellow 36 6...17 Oum per 112 Imp. gal. d.p. Ore, sad white. 30 C.. 21 WM, Seel, pada 2l 0... 0 SaMed, tiambro'.. 48 0..54 straw 25 10... • Lampas orm, 4B 0..61 Mows k yellow l4 0 .. 3 5 la Bad. Sperm S. 10...53 Wad India, .dl. Bead Walter Bl 10 . 113 awry IS C. if 0 Cal 23 10...12 1 Good. 22 •...10 0 South 5m..... 24 0...27 Tine. Ceylon, good crib Moss Net l4 0...69 aarr ... ........... 32 1.. U • Seed, Rape, pale, Wm ordinary... 32 0... 42 0 par toa ..... Pine 46 0... 110 0 uomied_ .. ......... ... 22 15...21 Mocha, goad to flne 42 0... 62 0 Paortgumg, per ewe. Meta Rim, ordi- Butter—Cork, let... 70 0...71 nary to See 26 C.. WI 0 4tha 119 0 90 tematra sad Pa sth. • 0... 0 bag 21 0... 22 0 I Dublin, Ist 0 0.. 0 Tagoet pm lb. Limerick, do 6O 0. 65 C eagemaimmem. 0 • ... 0 9 Carlow, IA 7O 0. .00 Rica, et per mt. Newry Ist ..... Is while 9 6... 12 6 Waterierd 6O 0..70 Carg0........ 7 11... II 11 Beef, lad* per Jaya sad isallla 7 C.. 13 • time Pates, elegised .... 14 1.. 19 ~ Prime Woes 0 0... 0 COMM& l9 Om 22 • Pork, prints num. 72 0.. 20 errata/. Beem-Pork, Lauk i 76 • •• • Do., Selby* i Boma, Waterford, Be vert. 60 C.. 51 50 •..51 W4,501644971'41 las 0...g6 Watertord,do — Latta Bladder Ameerleamdittyp. 62 0...72 Brom, Os .ad Clew, at per M. • B. A. sad IL. Video, 0.44 K 6.- Vied.. - g= t t r l i 9 0...0 • 0 3 0 .• SI Rio, dry 0 3a... •• wk.& vat9.4u • 31_0 5 We.: Ireisa, dry.— 0 0 ...0 • Salted 0 11...0 3 Rage Wk. 0 4 A , 114 Btl l lzea, dry 0 5 ..0 6 0 • ...0 11. S. Azarr.lleme, per kids Um* Brio r ll 0 ... 7 • Dr. Waage, et per Mn. =tJame/m.. IL. 0 I ree 0 ..... 4 1... 4 to Campaecrey ll 0... 0 I FMK* Jamaica 5 0... G Nkazagea, large gad gelid 10 0...13 e 0...10 US*. 13 10...1 S Mom Rime 11 10...12 Red Seaders. ...... .. Smell ... IS 0. 50 as at per 1 7 .:11. — -- Leeward island Proof 1 6 ... 1 7 Demusra, J 1 to SS per mat O.P. ........ 1 6 ... 2 Jamaica, 30 to 36 per mut. O.P. 3 10 -. 3 0 Favourite marlis 4 0 ... 4 3 Braady, MMus% 3 0 ... 6 10 Britisb rpirits, d.p. 10 0 ... 0 o /Botch Mob II V ... 0 FLA/, per too. iIiNP.T.K. 133 0-.40 0 M. Plbarg. Mad ........ 9_ 0 Dutch sad mime ft 0...101 0 Miriam U 0...43 0 Hoar. at per tea. 44.Peanbarg4iraDO 119...111 t °statics bail dealt alp, BMus U 10...3{ 0 Gambol pass Kamilla Bast ladia SWIM 16 0...33 A Bombay l6 0.-34 0 hits tut, at per ewt. Gams. O2 0... 0 0 Straits car in blocks 0... o 0 lams, at per too. Bars /6 0 10 4 TALLOW.—The market im without change. Pe tenburg Y. C. on the spot, els. 6d. to 421. ; o , :tobet to De cember (idiom, els. 64. ; separate months' debeery, 42.. HAY.-BmmtrinD, ?kw o'Cieek.—Messrs. Cooper and Davis report that the supply is short, at the following quotations: prime Meadow. eh to 75a. I Bowen.. tos. to Sys. Straw.... 2.5 t. to No. interior........ tea to iiss. {Sorer TOL to SOL I CATTLE, &o.—Totel of Cattle received in London, by the Eastern Counties Railway, for the week ending Jan. 7 :—Beata, 911; Calves, 33 ; Sheep, 4,640 ; Pigs, 63. CoLcuarran, Jan. 6.—There was very Wil, stock at market of any description ; and the few transactions that took place may b o said to be done at I tit week's rates, but the sales were salt were forced, the demand being so trifEng. Good mil h Cows were eagerly Inquired after by the London Idealers, but none of that sort were at market. Pigs farther declined in value, and mat of those exhibited left the market unsold. Lloaaroot Jan. 8 —The supply of both Beef and Mutton was much larger than last week. The demand dull for each, at about last week's priese ; Beef and Mutton a shade lower. Beef, from 4ld to 544. Mutton, at 51d. to 61d. per lb. 2,300 Cattle, 7,300 Sheep at market. For Fr:lmlay', markets see feat page. Vie Orpreols. The walls tar Pettish North *wale% gad the United Mato% will be made op an the erealog of the 12th Jan. The Welt LAW Kalls. excluding Bermuda, Noma, Kangas. 118=1Now Orleans, sad Malec, and including than for . hendlealtweagas. New Granada, Chili, and ?era, will M owls op mew =graft el the N e w Jag. The wells kir We% Opole. Lobos. Madeira. Cadl and Gibraltar ▪ be mole yea the Wombed the 17th Jen. The sib Ire 4111enhee. Wed; ematee j the balsa Islands. Al" Ogle; bilk Weilig•Wmg. 101 Oft'. rid; Southanirtoo. tr it be wait ryes the witegisget the illth The 1111. win Wareeillea. to the Medtteetinesa. Itgypt, Ada. to 017 10 s. Tleseeaen& b., will los nide op on the maim of the 21th Jan. The mils tar New NMI webs, Via llama% Land. and New realm will he soft op ow the ~lag et the slat Jew. The made Ise the Wed Owe el Allba awd lawkira will be wade egi ea the weewhig alas Melo& wed l b 1/se Masks. the Wed* sad Num. Agree, will be s up ea the ~drag of the 4th Feb. SION Wall A? LONDON 1111 DOE. lit. Dom —llWas.l.ll put I t Atteraw.3l 9.19. plat S. no seem—lAWsg. W. pf t AA•rew 9 min put & LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 9. REFORMERS throughout the country have their eyes turned at present with expectation and interest towards Manchester. As the day approaches, the de sire to learn the tenor of the declarations to be emitted there at the great meeting of Wednesday begins to be tinged with impatience. It was at a public banquet is Manchester, some ten years ago, that the elements out of which the anti-corn-law ' league was formed, first drew nigh to each other and began to assume an organic form. Manchester was the seat of the bold, judicious, energetic council which animated and :directed that great movement. It is natural that the general reform interest should be anxious to learn what course the men of Man chester intend to pursue at the present crisis. There is one topic upon which no one doubts that their declaration will be pithy and explicit. The farther reform of the representation is a question which Manchester has taken up as more especially its own. To-morrow's meeting will assuredly promul gate some stirring appeal in behalf of a re-construc tion of the representative branch of the legislature upon the principles involved in Mr. Hums's motion of last session. The public will learn from it something of the efforts making, of the state and prospects of the agitation for • purified House of Commons, and will thus be enabled to lend its assistance effectively to any movement contemplated in the course of the appronching session. It is impossible, in agatheting of liberal politicians who are the leading spirits in all these manufacturing THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY oommtinities of which Manchester is the centre and capital, that the cause of free trade should be pored over in silence. But the festive' of free-traders, wkich is announced to take place on the 81st, in cele bration of the final repeal of the corn-laws, offering an opportunity for the interchange ,f sentiments on that subject, full consultation regarding it will probably be deferred till then. The topic on which reformers at a distance are at present most eager to learn the opinions and inten tions of Manchester is the financial movement which has been so ably and successfully inaugurated in Liverpool. The labours of the Financial Reform Association have been cha racterised by that ability, and still mote, by that earnest:Ass of purpose which always deserves, and generally o.:rnmands, sum o. And its appeals hive armly responded to throughout the nation. The desire to see such a niovemt nt commenced was universally diffused, and everywitere individual voices have been raised to thank and encourage Mr. Roemer sow CilLararrosa and r. is colleagues. The old and tried refor:r era of Westminster are preparing to bring their forces into :he field to aid them. Elinburgh, through its Financial Reform Avociation has spoken out with a decision and promptitude which may have surprised the few who still cherish the attiquated pre judice respecting Scotch excess of caution. And the meeting held a few days ago in the Wiltshire Bradford in honour of Mr. ROEBUCK is important, not merely on account of the characteristic frankness and decision with which he declared for "repeating the figures of 1835." Bradford was a flourishing seat of manufactures long before the system which has grown to such colossal magnitude in the north of England began to exist. The manufacturers of North Wiltshire, imbedded as it were among an agricultural population, and still retaining some of the impress of old times, have a character of their own ; and it is gra tifying to observe in the enthusiasm with which they re ceived Mr. Roentica's declaration a proof of the entire sympathy between this valuable portion of old English public opinion and the merchant princes of Liverpool on the one hind, and the men of " modern Athens" on the other. At a time when in so many distant and di versified provinces the cry for financial reform is rising and gathering into one combined and imposing sound, it is natural that men should be eagerly listen ing_to hear what part Manchester intends to take. Not that much or indeed any doubt prevails on this score. The most prominent Manchester leader has already announced his views pretty explicitly ; and from the accordance between his opinions and those entertained by his liberal fellow-townsmen that has uniformly been found to exist, his budget has been received as an exponent of the wishes of MaLchester. A confident expectation prevails that on Wednesday next the opinion of that great manufacturing empo rium will be unequivocally expressed in favour of re turning to the scale of national expenditure ..hich was found sufficient in 1835. The adhesion of Manchester will go far to decide the question. Liverpool and Manchester combined fairly represent the sentiments of the central districts of the island ; Westminster and North Wiltshire those of the south, and Edinburgh those of the north. The advocates of an effeci ive reduction of national expen diture in parliament will be able to speak next session with the confidence of men who have the nation to back them. The measure of financial reform which is de manded is one which cannot be called impracticable; for what has been done once can be done again. It is distinct and plait], leaving no opportunity for the in sincere to run with the hare and hold with the hounds. They must give a simple aye or no to the question submitted to them. They cannot profess great zeal for a vagce general principle, and then hedge off on details. One great secret of the success of the anti-corn law league was its dogged adherence to the simple question—corn law, or no corn law ? Had it entertained the insidious overtures frequently made to accept of modifications or partial alleviations of the corn law, its adherents would have been split up into a thousand petty section', each obstinately insisting upon the adoption of its own pet plan. But the de claratiun, " total, immediate, unconditional repeal," was a bond of union, just as " the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill," had ben in the reform agitation. The same advan tage will be gained by a resolute, uncompromising perseverance in the simple call for a return to the scale of expenditure adopted in 1833. If financial reformers adhere pertinaciously to this demand unit it is granted, their insidious opponents will in vain endeavour to weaken by introducing dissensions and disunion,' among them. GEOGRAPHERS record and travellers relate those ,1 strange instances of a rapid river disappearing alto- , 1 gether underground, in order to rise to the surface at a considerable distance and pursue its in pearance interrupted course. Hungary offers a moral similitude to this phenomenon. The great stream of liberal ideas and religions freedom in Europe has ever met an insurmountable barrier on the frontier of Austria, and in traversing that empire has been obliged to work its way altogether underground. In Hungary, however, the I stream completely reappeared with all force:free dom, and peculiar characteristics. Representative government, religious freedom, liberal education, and a does sympathy with the ideas and the progress of the west prevailed in Hungary, whilst the monotonous night of the darkest ages reigned all around it. For this the Hungarians were indebted to their national independence, their federal system of administration, and their free Diets. We abstain from diving into history, though all we could find there would enhance our respect for Hungary aad our admiration of its national spirit. Suffice it, that all through the revolutionary war the monarchs of Austria were compelled to respect its in dependence, and to summon its I)ic Is, although the sole votes of those troubloas times were votes of men and money for the defence of the Austrian empire. With 1815 ceased all excuses for extraordinary de mands of money ; and Prince Merrennicir in conse quence, like anot her STRAFFORD, dispensed with the Hungarian Diets altogether. Tea years later, in 1825, the affairs of Italy requiring the march of Austrian armies, funds became requisite and a Hungarian Diet was then summoned. It behaved like the parliaments of our CHARLF.SES, insisted on its liberties and rights, and the Austrian government was compelled to yield. The Diet of 1825 com menced the liberal struggle, not merely against the Austrians, but against the aristocracy at home. The Diet of 1832 renewed it, and it was then that LOUIS KOSSUTH appeared, as the editor of a journal, not printed, but copied with the pen, in order to escape the censorship, and circulated by the federal officers of the comilat to avoid being strangled at the post-office : he was thing into a dungeon by the order of METTERNICH. WESSELENHT, a more veteran patriot, was accused of high treason, a charge which unsubstantiated or even explained, still procured his condemnation also to prison, in which he became blind. But the patriotic struggle continued not the less in the Diet of 1843, and recommenced as fiercely as ever in 1847. Nothing can be more erroneous than to consider the liberal efforts of the Hungarians as an imitation of French or German frowardness. The constitutional straggle at Pesth was in fall beat at the commence ment of 1848, long before there was a movement in any part of Europe. The revolutions of February and March produced no turbulence at Pesth ;their only e ffect was to destroy the government at Vienna, and render the appointment of a Hungarian Palatine and a Hungarian ministry unavoidable. It wu for the interest of the Emperor and the House of Austria that this should have been done. At a later period the effervescence which prevailed over Europe, and at several constituent assemblies, certainly aroused the Hungarian Diet to more liberal measures. Bat these were always a development of the Hungarian constitution, rather than animporta tion of foreign or ultra-democratic ideas. Reform, parliamentary and electoral, was voted ; but to what extent? Every person who possessed eight acres of •laad (a quarter session) was declared to have a vote. Wu this too near an approach to univerail suffrage ? As to the com position of the ministry, Loo t s BATRYANI was President of the Council, Prince Re nt/MAZY minister of foreign affairs. What could the Court of Vienna demand more ? We repeat, that all that was done by the Hungarians and the Diet at Pesth was in favour of the Em peror, his dynasty and his authority ; and that the true policy of the Emperor would have been to have kept faith and friendship with the Mange ' Hans and the Austrian Germans as the truest support of his throne. The Emperor himself, feeble is was his intellect, desired to do this. Such was his impulse and desire. Bat the Archduke Loots, the Archduke Mainuntx, and the Archduchess BormA, G. JANUARY 9, 1849. 4il tilting what is called the Camara* thought wise. The Illyrian', a Croatian party in Hun was always one of their instruments, and they i ow patronised it, and placed Jontacslcs at its head. Thus was the poor Emperor one moment under the inflame of the Archduke JOHN or Prince Enna HAZY, ready to act fairly towards the Hungarians, the neat laid hold of by the Cement's, supporting JELLACHICII i and supplying him with the menus and authority for civil war. Even at Inuspruck, when he was quite free from democratic dictation or fear of the Viennese, he issued a decree against Int...tem; and assured leHungarian deputation that he was sin cere in supporting the Palatine and the Diet. The Hun garian deputation had not left the imperial presence five minutes, when a person put in their hands the Agram paper, in which a letter from the Emperor to 'ELLA mita' was published, encouraging and appointing him to full power. At the sight of such contradiction and treachery, of which that poor monarch was made:the instrument, Prince ESTERHAZY reigned. Archduke JOHN made a last effort to reconcile the Emperor and the Hungarians. He roposed an in terview between ESTEHRAZT and JELLACHICH, in which the latter was bidden to state his complaints. But he had literally none. His aim was civil war, and the erection of himself into the Palatine's place as lord of Hungary. He therefore insisted that there should be no Hungarian ministers, but that the Viennese ministers should administer the affairs of Hungary. The proposal was mere insolence and ignorance. The affairs of Hungary have at all times been managed independently of any Viennese minister. They were managed by an Hungarian chancellor, resident at Vienna; and by the new ar rangement the Hungarian Miniaterof Foreign Affairs, FATERHAZY, was to reside atVienna and be the channel of The objection of JELLACUICH was front ignorance, whilst his denial of the right of Hungary to have a finance minister, at a time, too, when the finance minister of Austria was under con trol of the Viennese Assembly, was to subject the fiscal affairs of Hungary to the influence of the Austrian deputies. The pretensions of JELLAcnicEt were ludicrously absurd. Prince EsvEnus2v could but laugh at them. But the Archduke saw front the interview that the Camarilla was bent upon war. Unfortunately for his own honour, and his own fate, Count Lamm, the Austrian Minister of War, made himself also the tool of the Camarida. He was false to the Emperor, false to the Austrian Diet, and false to the IlungariaLs, all of whom he duped, and lied to conceal the treachery with which he conveyed stores and money to JELLS anaI for the purposes of civil war. Never was man guilty of more gross treachery than the minister LATOUR. His assassination was criminal, and was, moreover, as fatal and prejudicial to the patty that perpetrated it, as such crimes ever are. But never did a criminal ascend a scaffold having more merited his fate than Count LATOUR. His infamous conduct produced the insurrection of Vienna, as well as the final rapture between the Cu. rt and Hungarians, who indeed could not pos sibly do other than what they did. They were in their full right when they offered to the Ban of CROATIA a rcaistame which the Arch•:uke Paltvine sanctioned. The unfortunate Count LAMBERT was sent to Pesth on the supposition that JELLACRICII was victorious, and that be, LAMBERT, would be useful as a mediator. But Jeuacatai was beaten, and the presence and pretensions of LAMBERT utterly illegal and unwar ranted, unfortunately provoked a crime of the same kind as that which stained the liberal cans() at Vienna. With the exception of this crime, and of the kindred severity against some Austrian prisoners of noble birth, whom the cowardice of JELLACHICII aban doned to their late, we do nut see what course the Hungarians or Louts Kossura could have followed, other than that which they did pursue. Most certainly their acts and their present resistance are ap proved by the greet body of the Ilungarian nation, with the exception of half-a dozen noble absentees and employes of the court. Neither the Archduke Palatine nor the ESTE/111AM abandoned their cause in disgust. or if they felt dis gust, it was decidedly against the conduct of the court. In the Hungarian ranks at present are to be found the flower of their noblesse, tne BATIIYANIS, the KAROLYS, the TELEKIS. It is a national war in which the Hungarians may be crushed for a time, but in which, however we fear th• it defeat, we deny to the victors the power of pe , maneutly subjugating a foe far superior to Austria in vitality and strength. Those of our readers who have followed the course of our article a on Church Reform, will recollect that on the decease of the late Dr. WELLESLEY, the lector of the great parish of Bishop Wearmouth, we pro posed that the measures to be thereon taken by the Bishop of DIMAS' should be accepted as a test of episcopal sincerity and earnestness in the cause of Church Extension ; and !II it, while: endeavour ing by every means in our power to arouse Dr. MALTBY to the necessities of that case and to the responsibilities of his own position in relation thereto, we could not restrain tee expression of a melancholy foreboding that his lordship would pre serve uniformity of episcopal action by doing as little in the shape of ecclesiastical improvement as its cir cumstances would permit. We anticipated this resalt on the general ground that there has been " great cry and little wool " on this question of church extension amongst the bishops ; and for the personal reasons, that the pecuniary ar rangements which Dr. MALTBY made on his transla tion from Chichester to Durham, bore evidence of his individual unfitness to treat properly such a case as had arisen in the borough of Sunderland—that be had at lioughten-le-Spring established a bad precedent for its proper treatment—that his distribution of his most valuable patronage was either nepotic or political —and that he had presided over the see of Durham for a series of years, without any interference to re strain that unparalleled ecclesiastical waste by his capi tular body and by his clergy, which we have exposed —a waste, indeed, in which he himself was, and is, largely and profitably participating. Unfortunately for the beet interests of the church, and for the episcopal character of Dr. MALTBY, our forebodings and anticipations have been realised— worse than realised—have been exceeded. Fur, Dr. MALTBY has not only made as bad an arrange ment at Bishop Wearmouth as decency would allow ; but he has accompanied that arrangement by a piece of very ungracious nepotism elsewhere : as we now prcceed to show. The town and borough of Sunderland, containing 64,000 inhabitants, are made up of the rectory of Bishop Wearmouth, containing 30,000 people : of the rectory of Sunderland-by-the-Sea, with a population of 20,000; and, on the other side of the river Wear, of the parish of Monk Wearmouth, inhabited by 14,000 people. The living of Bishop Wearmouth is of the value of about 4,0001. a year ; that of Sunderland is worth 2641. a year : and Monk Wearmouth, 2231. Thus, from its original endowments, without taking into seemed the supplemental endowments of some sub ordinate chapelries, the church in this borough has a yearly revenne of 4,4891.—a sum, if properly distri buted, adequate to supply efficient spiritual instruc tion to all ite inhabitants; and they, without offence be it added, are much in want of it. The late incumbent of Sunderland died a few months ago, and the Bishop of DURHAM'S presentee to that living on reflection declined the acceptance of a bene fice in which the duties are sa arduous and respon sible and the means of, and remuneration for, their proper performance so insufficient. Before, however, Dr. MALTBY had, on this refusal, made a second choice, Dr. WELLESLEY, the late rector of Bishop Wear mouth, also died. And by the concurrent vacancy of both the livings, an opportunity was afforded the bishop of doing what the interests of the church, the welfare of the town, and common sense dictated, viz., the breaking up cf the two livings into a series of parishes to be equally endowed out of the general wealth of the church therein : which was thus, fortu nately, unshackled by life or vested interests. To this course the ancient ecclesiastical condition of what is now the town of Sunderland, as well as its modern necessities, invited the Bishop of Durham. And parliament, in the recent cases of Leeds and Winwick, had given him evidence of its willingness to afford him the needful legislative means. For, the separation of the rectory of Sunderland from the rectory of Bishop Westmeath is only of 139 years' date. Dawn to the year 1718-19 the former constituted part of the latter parish. But the growth of the mercantile body within the locality of what is now the rectory of Sun derland, about that time, induced its inhabitants, then upwards of 6,000 in number, to build a church and a parsonage for themselves; and with the sanction of the then bishop (the notorious Lord CREWE, on whose charities we inserted a letter on Saturday, and in respect of which we have ourselves not a little to say) an act of parliament war obtained making the town and township of Sunderland a dis tinct rectory. But whilst the greater part of his seclesiutioal duties were so withdrawn from the in cumbent of Bishop Wearrsouth, no part of the iIIO3Me of himself or his successors was appropriated to the new parish; he was left with his 150 acres of glebe, and with all the tithes which formed, in Saxon time., the original endowment of the rectory of Bishop Wear mouth. Sunderland was, indeed, made a rectory but in name; a stipend of 801. a Tear, to be raised by rate, and the surplice fees, were all that the statute of its incorporation provided for its incumbent. Ask you what lands uar rector tithes? Alas ! But few our asres, and but short our gram No crops luxuriant VD our burtk rs stand ; Yor here we pluugh the wean, not the land. Muth is his duty—small his legal dues. Though, with more consideration for the sanitary con dition of the newly constituted parish, the act directed the appointment of a sufficiently paid scavenger ! Such is the history of this division • and though infinitely to the credit of the people of the new parish in 1718-19, it has proved a source of very great diead vantage to their rapidly ipereasing posterity. For, had there been no such separation, the cure of the Irectory of Sunderland would now have been part of the ordinary duties of the incumbent of Bishop Wear mouth • and he, with his 4,0001. a year, would have been most amply furnished with the pEcu niary ability to have efficiently served by himself and his curates every part of hie large parish. As, however, events have turned out, the act of 1718-19 has benefited everybody, save those for whose benefit it was enacted ; it has benefited the rectors of Bishop Wearmouth, by diminishing their duties, and by such diminution, augmenting their net gains; it has benefited the Bishops of Durham by adding the presen'ation of another living to their previously long list of patronage ; bat it has deeply, and from Dr. MALTBY'S recent arrangements it may be feared, irreparably injured the parish of Sunderland. Feeling how sadly the intentions of the legislature in this enactment had been defeated, the Four and Twenty of Sunderland, in whom the management of the parochial :dram was vested by the statute, on Dr. WELLESLEY'S demise, respectfully memorialised their diocesan to in -ke, out of the superabundant wealth of Bishop Wearmouth, some better provi sion for the church in their parish. The local press i enforced the necessity of the case. And the Ex press urged on Dr. MALTBY a series of arguments that would have proved irresistible with any man—not a b?shop. All in vain: Dr. MALTBY has, in the R'-v. H. PETERS, found a clergyman rash enough to undertake the cure of 20,000 souls in Sunderland, with its miserably inadequate provision of Ng a year ; and in the Rev. J. P. EDEN he has secured a servant of God bold enough to accept Bishop Wearmouth, with the striking contrast of the outrazeously indecent in come of 2,0301. a year. With 8001. of the balance of the revenues of Bishop Wearmouth, Dr. MALTBY has augmented the stipends of some of its inferior eh .1- pelries • and the remaining 1,500/. a year he proposes to fund until he has time enough to think to what purpose he can apply it—though the rectory of Sunderland lies under his very nose an ecclesi astical Eyesore to his whole diocese, for want of spi ritual instruction. It would indeed almost appear that, in the Rev. J. P. EDEN, 1)r. MALTBY had especially bred a clergy man for the purpose of thus scandalising the church. For, as we have before stated, this fortunate gentleman has, within the last five years, received no fewer than four pieces of pre ferment from his bishop; each one, of course, rising in value on the preceding benefice. First, he had the curacy of Couudon, worth not stated in the " Clergy List;" then he was raised to the vicarage of Stockton, with 247/. a year ; next he was elevated to the living of St. Andrew's, Bishop Auckland, valued at 6501. a year ; and thence he has soared to 2,0001. a year in Bishop Wearmouth. WAIL might Punch discover the Garden of Eden in the diocese of Durham. And who, does the reader suppose, has Dr. MALTBY selected for Mr. EDEN'S successor in the com fortable living of Auckland, situate under the very walls of his episcopal palms ? Some meri torious north country veteran ? Some clergyman dis tinguished for the assiduous and unobtrusive perform ance of his underpaid duties? Some divine known for the value of his professional works? Nothing of the sort. The bishop has not even chosen a scholar " much renowned for Greek." He has, we are assured, given the living to a nephew of his wife —to a youth of not many years' ordination, and of no especial merit. In these preferments there is, we know, a consist ency on Dr. Mauna's part in the abuse of his best patronage. To Emlescliffe, for instance, worth 1,2001. a year, with some 700 parishioners, he presented his own son. To Houghton-le-4613g, with probably 1,8001. a year, he presented a son of his deceased patron, Earl GREY. To Washington, worth 1,0001., he presented in a DENMAN, a son of a political gossip of his old master, 1)r. PARR; the curacy which the Hon. and ltev. 1,. W. DENMAN had previously held at Escombe for • couple of years being worth only S4l. a year ! In giving Bishop Wear mouth, with 2,0001. a year, to Mr. EDEN, he gratified his friendship f,r Lord BROUGHAM. And by bringing Mr. GREEN t..) 6501. a year at Auckland, he increases the comforts of his own domestic circle. Yet, in the presence of such appointments, there are people—nay, there are journals, which protest that the aristocracy derive as little benefit from the misuse of ecclesiastical patronage as they do from colonial governments, regimental clothing, and diplo- matic appointments. In these preferments there is a superabundance of care and regard for his kith and kin. for his friends and for his friends' friends,—for the MALTBYS, the DENMANS tho GREYS, and the illustrious GREENS, by the Bishop of DURHAM. But, in the arrange ment he has made at Bishop Wearmouth, what evidence is there of care or regard for the church—of care or regard for the spiritual wants of the 20,000 inhabitants of the parish of Sunderland—of care or regard for the cause of parochial extension ? None. Alas! None. Looking, then, at these things of present, of daily, occurrence, are we wrong in coming to the conclusions that Church Reform at the hands of the bishops is hopeless—that the imperative necessities of the country call for immediate and summary legislative interference—and that the cause of this episcopal indif ference is the prelatical corruption which springs from incomes inconsistently great, from patronage unrea -1 sonably wealthy in .indtvidual cases, and from the assumption of social position offensively aristocratic ? FRANCE.—SWINDLING IN PARIS.—FONC or five days ago a Irma e, calling herself the Comteste de Colbert, took an apartment in a furnished house, Rue do la Madeleine, 35. She arid that she had arrived from Russia, where her hus band was in attendance on his friend the emperor. She had no luggage, but it would, she said, shortly arrive by the rail way. She then hired a carriage, and went to a shop in the Rua Richelieu, where she made purchases to the amount of 1,500 f. One o f shopmen conveyed them to her residence, and she then, without paying for them, sent him back to fetch semetbing elms. Having some suspicion, he waited nets the holm, and presently saw her enter her carriage with the articles. He followed her, and found that she went by a roundabout way to the residence of M. Stevens, a dentist, Rue Neuve du Luxembourg, where she lett her packages with the domestic. The shepman went up after her, and told the domestic not to give them up. He win followed her, and saw her enter several e ops, where she gave orders, but going in after her, warned the tradesmen not to be duped. At length he accosted the countess, and insisted on being paid. She was excessively indignant at his impudence, and told him that if he would accompany her to her corre spondent in the Rue Neuve Vivienne he should receive his money. The man went, and at the entrance to a haute she asked him to wait for a moment. Re did ec, and presently the porter came, and shut the door in his fax. It subse quently appeared that the countess had complained to the porter that she had been insulted and followed by the shop man, and she demanded protection. The porter then let her out by another door, and before the ahopman could expltin the truth, she had got clear off. The police are looking after her. int Otourt. WINDSOR, MoNnsir.—Ptinee Albert, attended by Mr. E. Anton, the lion. Colonel Phipp., and the Hon. Capt. Gordon, went shooting in Windsor Forest. Mr. G. Moffatt had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday ; Mr. 8. Martin, M.P., bad also an interview yes terday with the right hon. baronet, at the Home-office. The Earl of Carlisle arrived in town yesterday evening from Yorkshire. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the governors of the West India colonies. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office, for the governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong. The Lord Chancellor will sit in court at Lincoln's inn on Thursday next, the fint day of Hilary term. The judges, Queen's eour.stl, &e., will not assemble at his lord ship's residence on that day. DEATH OF COL. CLEAVELAND.—CoI. R. F. Cleave. land, of the Royal Horse Artillery, an old and distinguished racer, expired at his raid nee, en Woolwich-common, cio Sunday evenhag. The deceased, who was 62 years of jigs, was tont on Friday with the field batteries, going towardi Blackheath for exercise, when Capt. Wright, the adjutant of the bandies, noticed that his countenance en duly boil. mated an alarming change. He rode up to him and inquired whether Major Griffin should take the command of tha bat teries, but the cleansed made no answer, havin4 been seized with a fit of paralysis. He was taken name, but remained speechless till Sunday evening, when he expired. By tbs death of Col. Cleavelland the ()flowing officers will he pro. meted :—Lient.-CoL and Brevet-Col. W. Wylde, C. 8., to the rank of colonel ; Major Burke Copper., to tilt reek of ; Second Capt. Thomas de Warton, to the rank of captain; and Lieut. J. L. Mgt' to the rank of esp. lain. The Wiles of brigade major to the corps is vs . cant by the promotion of Major Cunpaco, end a vacancy occurs for a coloneley in the Royal Horse Artillery. DEATH OF COL. CONOLLY, have to an. flounce the death of L'eut -Col. Connlly, one of the members for the county of Donegal, which melanchols event marred at his seat, Castletown. near Dublin, on Thursday night. Col. Conolly was the eldest son of the Hon. Admiral Sir T. Pakenharo, and named the name of Conolly on inheritiog the estates of the Right Hon. T. Conolly, the celebrated Irish commoner, who mama. d Lady Louisa Lennox, sister to the mother of Gen. Napier, of " T. Y." notoriety, and of the " Hero of Mode." Cal. Conolly was bare in 1786, and was married in 1819, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Chambre Ponconby Barker. ga g . Deceased was lieut.-col. of the Done,ral tallith, a D.C.L., and a depute lieut. for tho counties of Doneg and Kil dare. In 18§I he was first elected to the House of Commons 'or the county Donegal, ire conjunction with his relative, Sir Edmund Hoye a, Bart., which county he has since continued to represent in parliament The deceased was an exaellent landlord, and from his residence on his Irish property he was beloved by his tenantry. In parliament he was always a supporter of the conservative patty. REPRESENTATION OF DONEGAL.--Sipco the death of Col. Conolly, there has been a rumour that Mr. Hamil ton, of St. Brunei; (who has so much distinguished hinuelf by his efforts to promote employment on his estate in Done gal) would be called upon to start for that county. It has also been stated that Mr. 'fhomas Conody, late sheriff, in tends to offer himself. It is probable that some arcing. mint will be made to prevent a con•cat, as tho lindlords of Done gal have been considerabi sufferers from the 10. g continued distrees which effects all classes. Lord Moon:aeries, Fond the Marquis of Conyogham, has also been spoken of as a candidate. SOCIETY FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. Yeeerday, a general meeting of this society wu held at its rooms, in Regent-street, Mr. Commi>sioner ham in the chair. Mr. STEWART, in moving the adoption of the report of the committee on the equity of the law, relating to the confine ment of pe runs all( ged to be lunatics, stated that since the last meeting of the society the committee lase made several alterations in the report. Oae of these receinmended the ru e that all lunatic asylums,l public or private., should be called upon to give in, periodically, a lid of the minket' re ceived by them from time to time. Another suggestion made was, that the original order of commitment, and the original certificates in each case, should be filed in the ulne, of the commissioners, instead of Wing, as nod, deposited with the keeper of the asylum, a change which would obviate the risk of demo garbling. of orders which it was known Low took place in not a few cues. Mr. Stewart referred to the recent decisioa in the Fishponds Asylum case, as fully belong oat the general tenor of the committee's report. Mr. C. WEBSTER ascended the adoption of the report, which was accordingly received. Mr. STEWART moved the appointment of a committee to consider the present arta of law reporting, and to suggest measures for its improvement. The present system of law reporting was an absolute nuisance to the professa n, afford ing no rent of accurity to its members or to the pubic, but, on the cent eery, mieleediese all parties front the incccureciet and contradictions which disgraced halt our books of reports. As for the cost to the profession, it was monstrous. The least estimate of the outlay, to which every member of the profession was almost compelled, in the I urchase of these most unsatisfactory productions, was 211., but nearer 301., per annum. Mr. PULITE°, in seconding the proposition, said that the mischief arose, in a great immure, from the grasping extortion of the bookeeders who imposed a tax upon the sale of every book, 'mounting to no less tLan 33 per cent. of the twal woe lie considered that a society of 10,000 nasmbem might supply themselves with a copy of the statute s 'Marge, with improved editions of the great teat book., and with in finitely better reports from all the count', thou were now produced, for a eubseription of three guineas a year. Tne motion was then agreed to. Mr. FAHRIIa then moved the adoption of the reported' the committee appointed, on the following refereuer :—" That the committee be requested to direct their valuable labour to the consideration of whether any further site rations can be made in the whole system of the jurisdiction, practice, and constitu ion of the masters and masters' offices, with a view to obtain a more speedy and el:taper administration of justice in the Court of Chancery." The scope of this important report will be gathered from the following resolutions, founded upon it, which Mr. Stewart, in seconding the adoption of the rep• rt, pave no tice he should propose at the next meeting ef the society: 1. That the evils attending the existing procedure of the Court of Chancery are now fully admitted, not only by the suitors who buffer from th no, but by the judgea, the masten, and other officen of the court.-2. That it has been proved before a select committee of the II ouse of Commons that, under such procedure, the most grievous dean and ruinous expense now take place in the disposal of many suit', and that the suitor is frequently deprived of hos jut rights for many yeses, while sometimes his whole property is consumed in unnecessary costs.-3. That while this society fully allows that extensive changes in such procedure are not only aboolutely necessary, but highly advisable, yet as such changes involve the adjudica tion and administratioe of millions of property by the first tribunal of this country, it as of great importance to oldish no part of the exiring machieery before the suttee 'tun shall have had a fair trial. and be found to wink wed in practice. —4. That the number et the judg,s tied officers of the Court et Cr:am:cry .i 1 easily permit the trial of a new procedure, by way of option to the suites, without altogether sup. rseimg the present machinery.- 5 Teat this society is or oponsu that the greater part of the present delay and aieree now attending a su.t in Chancery arises from its being a -jadiested upon by two judicial pet s.: s—the judge and the muter, who are not :necessarily in communication with each other.-6 and 7. That if the judge had the direct and exclusive tespontibility of dis posing of a suit from beginning to end, sitting in court or in chambers, as he might think best, and availing himself of the assisting. of a staff of officers similar to those now em ployed by a master, this society is of opinion that a great number of cases would be easily and speedily decided, and that months, or even days, might be substituted for the yeses which now frequently elapse before such suits are disposed of.- 8. That if any of the pre cent judges of the (limn of Chancery were willing to undertake the whole conduct and disposal of a cause on this principle, a fair trial might b given to the plan without further sweerseding the present machinery of the Court of Chancery.-9. That this society is of opinion that a more effectual machinery for taking accounts by professional accountants, and for disposing of the administrative business of the court might be adopted.-10. That the whole fee system of the Court of Chancery requires revision and regulation. — 11. That the great bulk of the fees now paid in tne Court of Chancery fall on conteatious suit*, that is, on suits in which the rights of the parties are in litigation while suits of an administrative character, that is, suits in which property is kept in safe custody, and properly distributed by the court, are comparatively lightly taxed.-I'S. Toot a small per centage should be levied on all payments made by the Accountant-General of the monies administered by him, which per centage should form a primary fund, to be appli cable to the poyment of the judicial a stablishment of the court ; and any deficiency therein should be raisable by fees payable by the suitors in contentiousmatters betere the court. —l3. That it would be highly desirable to relieve, as far as possible, contentious suits from the payment of such fees and to place them on suits of an administrative character; and it would appear that if a small ad oeforem fee w ere levied 0* the property paid and distributed by means of the Court of Chancery, the suitor most entitled to consideration would be materially relieved from the fees which he is now obliged to pay, and the burden placed on the class of suitors most able to bear it.- 14 That a certain number of neeners should be appointed by the Lard Chancellor, among whom, according to the ne ceseities of the use, should be apportioned the real estates under the management of the Court of Chancery.-15. That the business should be so apportioned ea to secure the ser vices of experienced land annts.-16. That these receivers should render their accounts to one common head or depart ment, which should he authorised to issue regulations on this subject, and to allow disbursements for the benefit of the lands under its care.-17. That to this department should be also intrusted the sale of estates directed to be sold by the court.-18. Thst a sufficient number of official assignees should he appointed by the Lord Chancellor, who should, on the motion of one or more of the parties to the suit, or at the discretion of the court, be attached to the cause where their services were required. Atter some observations from the Chairman, the report was received, and the meeting separated. OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PRISON AT HOLLOWAY. Yesterday, a meeting of Alderagate w,,rd Was held at the General Di , pensary, Aid( rsgatestrent, Sir P. Laurie in the chair, to consider the propriety of admiring measures in opposition to the erection of the proyosed corporation prison at Holloway, at an estimated ex; ease of 80,0001. The CHAIRMAN explained that his friend Mr. Alcock had intended to bring forward the question on St. Thomas's day, but he (Sir P. Laurie) had thought it better to give it a day for itself. He was adverse to going out of the City at all with the prisons . It would be difficult to get the itoldermen to ge to Holloway to inspect, and now that the separate system was being abolished, space was not so much an object. Be sides, even if the prison were to be at Holloway, 80,0 001 . was an enormous estimate, aed they might be sure the ex pense would reach 100,0001. By increadog the prison se commod. tion, they would only attract all the thieves of the country to London. Look at what had been the ease at the House of Detention. There each cell laid accommodation equal to a respectable hotel, and the expense had increased from 3851. to upwards of 7,0001. per annum. The average of prisoner was 121, and the number of officers to attend them 52, who