The Express. — London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

GI; I ANA. —STATE OP TIIE COLONY.—Of political or leg i s lative intelligence, says the Royal Gazette of Sept. 3,in " review tor home reenters," we have none to emsmuni ceee. yoijtically, things are as quiet as they ens be: scantly a breath ruffles the surface—scarcely a cloud darkens t he e xpause nfsociety. The people are thoroughly contested; and profound order reigns in every district of the province. w e n.eed, and physically happy, as our masses are, how could it be otherwise ? T E m PER or THE COLONI.—We believe the temper in which the residents in Guiana have received the alterations is the sugar duties, is pretty fairly expressed in the foHosing extract front the Royal Gazette:—" We decline expressing a ny decided opinion at present as to the character of Lord John Russell's measure, inasmuch as we hold it to be im possible to determine its character, until the ulterior West au policy . of the noble lord shall have been developed. According as teat policy is passive or directive, stationary or progressive, will the new miuisterial settlement of the sugar auress have been prudent, provident, wise, or on the other hand improvident, inconsiderate, rash, mad. The government has at preeeat only taken a first step. It has been a bold one ; but whether its tendency is right or wrong depends on the course to be traced by the steps that are to follow. We trust that Lord John laussell wall see that there is not the least desire on the part of the \Vest Indies to oc casion any embarras.ement to his administration, even in matters most nearly affecting their own vital interests. If this spirit of fairness is reciprocated, the most desponding m ay yet have hopes for these colonies: without it, the colo nists, so long the sport of contemling political parties in the mother country, will have to look forward to gloomy pros meets indeed. We think, too, we may add, that if the noble l o rd will act with candour and justice towards u. h e ma y c alculate, among oth er su pp ort, on that of the West India party. In th , s colony, at all events, the feeling seems to be universal to give hint and his colleague', a fair trial, to for get what is past, and to judge of them as we shall henceforth find them to be." 1M NIIO It. TlON.—lMMiallitioll is still going on ; hut at the present moment not very rapidly. We have had during the last fortaight some arrivals from Mndeira with Portuguese labourers; hut no new shipments of immigrants from any other quarter. The Coolies, imported at the end of lust and the beginning of this year, are, we rejoice to say, se-irking steadily on estates in the different rural districts. These people, taken altogether, . give much satisfaction to fee managers and representatives of the properties on which they are located. They are, for the must part, regular and earls . in their attendance in the field, and persevering in whatever work is assigned to them to do. It ts much to be wished that in those respects the great body of oar agricul tural creole population would take example from them We may be mistaken, but the following from the Guiana Times does look a little like a job. " There has been a meet ing of the Court of Policy, and a resolution aereed to, to give a bounty upon adult immigrants from hladeira and the Azores of 3d dollars a head, and 15 dollars for children. Immediately the resolution wee adopted, the whole pas sengers brought by the brig and schooner or. Monday were engaged by an honourable member of the Court of Policy." AGRICULTCRAL IMP ROVEMENTS.—Per. , ous qualified to pass an opinion report strongly in favour of the practicability of subsoil draining in this colony. An experiment is now, and has been for some months past, making on a piece of ground on I'l. La Penitence, in the immediate vicinity of town. The land has been cleared, and tiles have been laid down under the superintendence of 1)r. Ste ir, the agricul tural chemist, and a committee of the agricultural and com mercial society. It is proposed, for the purpose of showing the applicability of this method of draining to our staple cul tivation, to plant the field when the proper preparations have been made in canes. All preparatory arrangements base now been made, and all that the agricultural chemist and the committee now w.tit for is rain. As soon as the land is in a fit state for planting by the setting in of the wet senor, the culture will be commenced. La Penitence is a favourable estate for the experiment. It is one of those properties, which by being situated on the bank of a river, instead of a Hue of sea coast, possess peculiar facilities fur regular and complete drainage at all times. Tits: WEATHEIL—The weaf ler has been dry, and the heat something intense. This is called the hurricane season in the idands ; here the atmosphere has been mostly charac terised not by violent gales, but by deep calms, in which not a breath of wind has stirred to cool the biasing beams of the sun. There still continues some unhealthiness in the colony which is not to he wend, red at; but there has been happily no serious extent of mortality. The planters ere, generally speaking, going on very well; and there has been a marked improvement of late in the quality of the work done—thanks to immigration. TRINIDAD.—The intelligence from this colony is to the .sth of September. TempErc or THE COLONY:A public meeting of the inhabitants of Port of Spain was convened for the Ifith of September, to express their opinions on the present position of the West Indian colonies, consequent on the equalisation of the sneer duties, and to urge upon government the adop tion of stringent measures to suppress slavery all over the world. A deputation from San Fernando waited on the governor on the 2nd of September, to present to him resolutions pawed at a public meeting in that town, on the 29th of August. The resolutions expressed dismay at the equalisation of the duties on free and slave-labour sugar ; confidence in the judice of the Braidi legislature ; their desire for nothing more than an equal application of the principles of free trade, as expressed in the resolutions moved by Mr. flume in the House of Commons. The fourth resolution was as follows : "That in the mists which is now inevitable, this meeting earnestly and respectfully begs his Kacrllcuey the Governor and the Legislative Council to take such nwasurem. may test enable the country to nicer its altered clrtiamstanees, MO without which the struggle will be bap lee amongst these may be noticed the regulation of the right. and duties of employers and employed, and the :assimila tion of the laws of labour to the existing law of K14(1.11111; the pre vention of .nu - sting; the sale and settlement of Crown lands, in approved log alities unit under judicious limit dam., with the view of inducing immigrants who have trained money t remain In the Island, and for the purpose of obtaining a fund for future immigra tion and interml iinpmvements; and the revival of African immigra tion on a sound husis and more extended wale, and with uu harassing restrictions." . . . . ...... Another resolution declared that it was incumbent MI all poetics to obtain a reduction of the heavy charges on the shipment of Colonial produce to the mother country. WINDWARD ISLANDS.—From But Woes we have papers to the 4th of September. The only news of interest in them relates to the weather. Heavy showers had fallen towards the end of August ; the face of the country was beautifully verdant ; the provision crops looked pro mising, and the young canes were looking green and vigorous. The report of the St. Thomas Agricultural Society for August n.dices particularly the flourishing condition of the rumens, the increased quantity of potatoes, and the abundance of the Indian corn. The report of the St. Philip's Agricultural Society states that there had been a large plant ing of yams, which had sprung well ; potatoes were plentiful. The canes were " of a beautiful colour, healthy, and vigorous, and hail grown and suckered at least as much its they usually do in August." This report adds :--" It is highly gratifying to remark th.:t the plough, and other machines worked by brute farce, are in very extensive use ; this circumstance may be accounted (or nnt only by the advance which such imple ments have made in the estimation of the planter, but also to the great 4areitv of labour which has compelled him to resort to them; indeed, without the p'ough the preparations could scarcely have been commenced at this period.' LEEWARD ISLANDS.— From this group there is no news. The Antigua Observer of loth S. pt. complains of the dearth of that material, and then as if to illustrate the old adage, "no news ate good news, " expatiates ou the pleasant weather, healthy st a te o f the island, and general favourable prospect.. "We have, however, in the meantime, been favoured with excellent weather for all desirable purposes,— agricultural, commercial, and pleasurable. The planters are mostly engaged in weeding, though a number are yet em ployed in taking off what is yet remaining of this year's crop. The indications are very favourable as to the next, and unlcis retarded by a scarcity of labour, or these auspices be reversed, we may look in the forthcoming fur an abundant harvest. The Gland, we are happy to add, is very healthy. We hear of a few ca.a.s of fever, but these appear to be of a mild type. The doctors are beginning to look grunt. With out wishinx these gentlemen any particular hardship or W hack, we yet desire in all charity that it will be very long before an increased demand upon their professional labours will MSC thCal to look otherwise." Abe gUnin, - - - -; WINDSOR, N% EDNEsnsT.-1 heir Royal I lighneases the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Hesse, are expected at the Castle this aftenioon, on a visit to her Majesty. Viscount Palmerston, and Sir Stratford and Lady Canning are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to the Queen. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her It )yal Highness the Duchess of Lent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, bis Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Hesse, the Lidy in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in "%dine on the Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness de epeth, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Stratford and Lady Can ning, General and Lute Labelle Wemvsa, Sir Gto. Conner, and the Gentlema in . Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Lord Oranmore had an interview with Lord John Russel; ymerday, at his official residence in Dawning-street. Mr. Charles Buller had also an interview with his lordship yetenlay. be:matches were received yesterday at the Colonial offiv, from the Governors of the West India Colonies. Viscount Morpeth, First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, arrived on Monday last at Acacia-cottage, Ap terley-bridge, near Bradford, on a short visit to Henry Forbes, E4 l . In the forenoon of Tuesday the noble viscount Suited several of the manufactories in Bradford. NIT OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER TO VieltsLev,—On Monday night we were unexpectedly visited by one of tho Royal family, in the person of the Duchess of Gloucester, sshn passed through the town en route for Wars ley-hall, on a visit to the Earl of ElDnimere. The party stayed no longer at the moms than was necessary to enable the ear nls,s to be got ready, as night was already falling, and they naadn several miles to ride, and this occupying but a very few minutes, about six o'clock they left the station. The duchess was handed to her carriage by the Earl of Ellesmere, who then proceeded to mount a led horse, and with his sons also on hoiselnek, fell into the rear as an escort for the party. A private ean'iage contained some of the personal attendants of her royal highness. Her Royal Highness reached the hall about e ven o'clock, where a large party of the nobility arid gentry of th e ne i g hb our h oo d were assem bl e d t o receive r ; amongs' whom may he mentioned, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Hon. Mr. Percy and lady, &c. The c ouutess of Ellesmere received the Royal visitor at the hall. It is understood that her Roy f ed Highness will remain a few day! at Wortley Hall—Menchester Courier. ELOPEMENT TN HIGH LlPtl.—To those of our readers conversant with the movements of the fashionable world, the engagement of the Lady Rose Somerset, fourth daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, to Captain Yr neia Lovell (of the lot Life Guards), will have been long since familiw. The extreme youth of her ladyship (who only completed her 17th year in February last) has, we believe, been the sole objection offered by her noble parents to the ratification of the desired union. Captain Lovell 's poaitien, as the repre s,ntatise of an old Erieleh fancily, was such as , o render him in every respect a worthy suitor for her ladricip's bond, and the gallant officer, up to the latest minium:, had been a co:•.- stant visitor at the hosp:table table nf the noble duke. Perheps this circumstance, more than any other, will Lc calculated to excite a feeling of regret when the sequel becomes known. The Ladies Blanche and Rose Somerset, with Vaeir youth's:ll sisters, have been staying at Badminton some dos, during the absence of their pareata, who have been on a visit to Sir Charles Morgan, ut Tredegar. On Friday evening, the family retired to rest at the usual hour. At seven o'cleck oa Saturday morning, when the atter:dints, as vcsual, went up stairs to call Lady Rem, she was not to be foond. A clover inspection of her boudoir discovered a letter addressed to her noble parents. An open window, looking nom one of the drawing rooms on to she lawn, and further inquiries, placed the fact of her departure beyond a doubt. An express was instantly sent off to the Duke and Duchies, who arrived at Badminton the same evening. The comruuuie •tion addressed by Lady Rose to her parent. frankly iliseloeed to whose pro tection she hat resigned herself. The destination of the truant pair is believed to have been the Scottish border.— Pose THE REGISTRATIONS. PROVINCIAL. SOUTH DERBYSHIRE. This registration, which was ennducted by Mr. Wildman, basing been brought to a chrse, it is found that the Conservatives have gained '22 votes. BURY ST. EDMUNDS. The revision of this borough strengthens the Reform cau,e by the addition of one vote. MAYORALTY EtEcrioN.—lt appears from the return as amended yesterday, that Alderman Hooper stood one hers on the poll than wag previously anuouaced. the official declaration will he made to-day, at one o'clock. TOWER HAMLETA INSTITUTE.—A very numerous meeting was held on Tuesday evening, at the dull of Science in the Whitechapel-road, for the formation of a society to be called the " Working Mares Institute," for the purpose of ailbriling scientific and other instruction to working men and others, at a cheap rate, the Fulp , cription not to exceed oar, shilling per quarter. The chair was tnken by Dr. Bo wlevet, and el.:, meeting was addressed by several speakers in fur therance of the views of the association. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY.—The first converso zione of this society fur the season was held at their house in Bloomsbury-square last evening, and was very fully at. tended. The museum, library, &e. were all thrown open, and thronged in every part. A variety of intcres•iiig expe riments gave great se:kJ:teflon, especially some displaying the operation of the electric telegraph, and the powerful whistle fur the use of railroad carriages, prealuced by ea-- bonic acid gas. Several important improvements in instru ments of surgery were also shown, one of which, a stomach pump, appears to he of the most complete yet simple con struction. Some fine specimens of the sugar cane, the gin ger plaint, the prickly pear, &c. were dispersed about the rooms, and had an excellent effect. The whole was a very favourable commencement of the sea-on. tGG ED SCIIO ILS.—On Monday evening a meeting was held in Tanner's-hill School-room, Deptford, on behalf of the Deptford Ragged School. The chairman (Mr. Ben noch) enlarged on the advantages which would accrue to this country by education carried out on a more ext coded scale than at present, not only in a moral and social point of view, but on grounds of economy, showing that ignorance and crime went hand in hand, and that the cost of trial and transportation of a child would be 1001,, while 100 children could be educated for a little more than that sum. lie also stated that in the valley of London there were upward. of 100,000 children under hfceen years of age without the means of education, and concluded by an earnest appeal to all inte rented to carry out the views of the Ragged School Union. Mr. Agutter then read a sketch of theprogress of the Deptford school since its establishment, two years since, fr-in which it appeared that the Sunday-schoolteachers, struck with the number of children without the means of education, hired a room fur the instruction of such children as were nut eligible for the Sunday-school, and on the first meeting, in Decem ber, 1814, mustered 120 children, six of whom only hail other means of education, twenty were even insufficiently in structed to read the Scriptures, whilst the remaining ninety four were in a state of utter ignorance. They had proceeded with some success, under every disadvantage , in a room of loathsome atmosphere, and it was not until last Sunday they were enabled to obtain a better room, when the school was attended by seventy-six children, six of whom only had any other means of obtainitr• education. It was now contem plated to extend their labours to at least four nights a week, and the committee implored the cu-operation of all in their good work. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. Several subscriptions were announced, and it is understood that efforts are making to funnel a ragged school in Ureenwich. TIIF: ST. PANCRAS POOR.—The board of dircethrs and guardians of the poor of St. Pancras paridt asiembled at the board-room of the workhouse on Tuesday, to consid. r the further proceedings necessary to he taken respecting the medical officer, and improper administration of medicine to the dce. wed pauper, A minims. Mr. Churchward• n Howarth occupied the chair. The evidence taken at the previous sitting having been read, the bottles containing part of the medicine iutendcd as an injection, but which had been administered to Abrahams as a potion, were produced, and after a discussion, in which Messrs. Douglas, Clarke, Crouch, and Dr. Birutitighana took part, the following m.o. lotion was carried : ..... " That the resolution of Tueslsy relottice to the inquest on .%hrahotons, be Idol before Coe ve-try to-morrow, tisicthir wit's the evidence on which it is founded, und the bottles of medicine low down on the inquiry." - - MINERAL WEALTH OF VHS COUNTRY. —ln the course of a lecture delivered yesterday to the general classes of King's College by Mr. Tennant on mineralogic d geology - , the lecturer stated that the annual value of the mineral pr.- duce of this country amounts to about twenty-bye millions. Of this, 9,100,0001. is from cools, 8,400,0001. from iron. 1,200,0001. from copper, 920,0001.frnm lead, 400,000/. from salt, 39,1,0001. from tin, 60,000/. from manganese. 35.000/. from silver, 2'2,000/. from alum, 8,0001. from sine, and 25,C001. from the various other metals, as antimony, bis muth, arsenic, &c. STATISTICS OF NIEDTCAL SCTIOOL3.—The medical and chemical schools of the metropolis came into full opera lion yesterday, by the opening lecture of Professor Briade at the ltoyal Institution. There arc 11 hospitals in which classes for instruction exist, embracing the services of 99 medical and surgical practitioners, of whom 2 are consulting surgeons, 28 surgeons, 17 assistant-surgeons, b consulting physicians, 33 physicians, 12 assistant-physicians, and 2 sur geon-dentists. There arc altogether 15 medical schools, to which 182 professors arc attached, of which 13 belong to the London Hospital, 17 to Guy's, 18 St. Thomas's, 15 St. Bar tholomew's, 14 King's College ' 20 University College, 12 Middlesex, 11 Charing-cross, 14 Westminster, and 13 St. George 'a Hospital ; 13 attached to the Aldersgate-street School of Medicine, 16 to a private school near St. George's Hospital, 4 to the Pharmaceutical Society, and 1 each to the Royal and Polytechnic Inttitutious. TILE IIEOISTAAR-GENERAL'S WEEKLY REPORT.— The number of deaths in the metropolis recorded by the registrar-general duritvz the past week was 935. This is in excess of the average number of deaths in the first weeks of the autumnal quarter of recent years by 4d. There were 58 victims to " violence, privation, cold, and intemperance," and 66 died of " old age," one of whom was 105 years old. FRUIT BY WEIGIIT.—Within the present season the plan of selling apples, pears, and some other description of vegetables by eight, instead of by measure, has come ex tensively into operation in many parts of the eastern districts of the metropolis. The plan a?;tears to give more satisfac tion to the consumer, on account of its ensuring him always an uniform quantity in his purchase. It is the usual method of selling fruit in Scotland. ANOTHER RISE IN THE PRICE. OF BREAD.— Yesterday the 4 lb. loaf of wheaten bread was advanced to Slit. by the cheap bakers, and told. by the full-priced throughout the metropolis. ADMISsION OF CHILDREN TO THE BRITISH Misers.—Sir,—On attempting to enter the British Museum yester day with my ton, the chill was refused admix-ion, because he wants a few weeks of the prescribed age of eight. Now, sir, that ex lusion can only be justified by the fear of mischief, or the uselessness of admitting young childnn to such an exhibition ; and on huh ground. I think it indefeasible. For, first, children of all ages arc admitted to the National Gallery, without any ill consequences ; second, boys of nine or ten, who are allowed to enter the Museum alone, or with com panion- of their own age, are far inure likely to do injury Oral young,r children under the care of their parents; third, the collections of natural history in the Museum are intelligible to all but infants ; and he must be a i very wise or a very stupid man, who does not feel his own mind called into play by the observations and questions falling from an intelligent child while en training the varied wonders of nature; and lastly, many of the poorer classes mast either visit the Museum with their children, or not at all, and they are therefore vir- Molly minded by the existing in gulation. For all these reasons (the first seems to me conclusive), I intend memorialising the trustees to assimilate their regulation. to those of the National Gallery; and I appeal, through your columns, to every parent who knows the Mei sure of teaching and being taught by his child, to adopt the same course. The trustees will probably listen to reamn ; hut, if not. in 0. Induct petitions to the Commons cannot fail to produce the desired effect. AN UNWELCOME VlSlTOR.—Yesterday, AS some oxen were being driven along New Tuthill-street, West minster, one of them mounted the first-floor stairs of No. 24 in that place. Mrs. Lawrence, who resides in that part of the house, hearing such an unusual noise on the stairs, inquired who was there, when the answer was made by the bullock thrusting Lis head in at the door. Mrs. Lawrence was dreadfully alarmed ; her right arm being in splints, her only means of escape appeared to retreat as quickly as possible under the bed. lier screams brought assistance, and, after some trouble, the bullock was safely backed down stairs and Mrs. Lawrence released from her unpleasant situation. Whether the bullock had been over-driven, did not appear. STRANGE OPPOSITES.—Since the Wellington statue has been put up, the joke amongst medical students has been, that St. George's llovital is now opposite to Guy's. —l'unch. A DoPEn TRADESMAN.—A watchmaker resident in the City required a temporary loan of 601., and, in order that as little delay as possible might be incurred, advertised in one of the morning newspapers, stating his wants, and of feriae to deposit nrnperty immediately available as security, together with his note of hand, payable in Once months. The advertisement was answered, and a meeting at Ciarra- THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1846. way's to traria:et the busieese was appointed. The parties were soon in communication. Aftevaome brief negutiatiene, the un suspecting loan-seeker de/soaked with the supposed lender sun dry gold watekes and other valuables, together with his notc-of hetet for the stipulated sum, receiving iureturn tbr the amount a cheque upon un eminent hawker at the We:4-end of the metropolis. It was on ysesented, but the drawer was entirely unknown. The watchmaker hastened back, and ascertained tkat the lender wee ale° unknown there. Thins he was minus his property anti his note-of-hand, of which he will probably hear wheu it tomes to maturity. ArrEUrrF3 SUlClDE.—YeAvoinst • very - respect ably deemed female Clung hem& from "the bridge near the Magazine, Hyde-park, into the Serpentine. Two men who were paseeig at tine time ruined a my fist ;16E4st-tote. and the men nt the RtrAa Humane Soeitey Heem ham red in a ; boat to the spot: Not seeing the WOlll4ll they dropped their grappling irotwand succeeded iu hauling her inn, the Lost apparently tireless. They conveyed her to the Receiving Home, and aster a considerable lame of time, she was re stored, and pronounced to be oat of danger. ACCIDENTA—FALL OF A HOUSE WALL AT KEN NING roe.—Yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clecke fur men named Thomas Saker, Edward Dowell, Daniel Williems, and Richard Careen, were all at work building the upper part of an end house, immediately facing the Greyhound Tavern, adjoining iieneingtoo church. Thee had carried the brickwork of the building ciessiderably abuse the second flour, when a strong give of wind carried the outer wall and the scaffoldine into the street, hurling the four unfortunate men with violence to the hasement of the building, and bury ing them all with the brickwork and the filling timber. An alarm was raised by the carpenters and others who were at work in the adjointng houses, together with a number of I po'icemen, tee., who, with great exertions, removed the rub- bish, sod after a few minutes extricated Willianit and Dowell ; Green was longer under the rubbish, and Saker, when extricated, sea: apparently lifeless. They were taken to Guy's Hospital, where Sakts lies in a very precarious state, haviagneeivel extensive lacerations of the scalp and injury to the skull, with fractured ribs, and eoutuaed body. Green it also seriously injured. The others, who are lees in jured, are going on favourably.—DEATli ream A BOAT CAP. atztece—Yeaterdey, about three o'clock, a young man named Peter Moos, residing in Ilorseferry-road and another young man, were seising on the river in a small skiff with a main and fore-ail set, when a squall capsized the boat, in consequence of the man-sheet having been mark fast, and the beat being without ballast. Moss's friend wee rescued ; but he (Moss) sank, and was not seen again. The body wan not found. INQUESTS. SUICIDE LT lIANGING. By Mr. Mills, at the George and Dragon, Upper Cleveland-strict, Fitzroy-square, on the body of Margaret Fitegerrslol, or Walsh, aged 25. The deceased lived at No. 7, Cambridge . court, Cleveland-street, and on Monday morning hanged herself in a kitchen tenanted by several panics in the above named court, which the jary . and summoning officer de scribed as an unparalleled nuisance. The jury, iu the hope that publicity would cause the proper ateherities to abate it, returned a verdict " that deceased hanged herself, but in i what state of inhid there was i.o evidence to prove," and appended to it, "'that in viewing the place where the de ceased woman was found thad, they had found the court to he ill ventilated, dark and Skies in the highest degree, and unfit for the residence of human'beings; and they express a hope that either the proprietors of the houses in Cambridge court will spec lily voluntatily put them in a proper and ha bitable c .ndition, or the authorities, in whom is vested the legal powers to abate nuisances iu the metropolis, will adopt measures for compelling the said proprietors to amend the unhealthy character of the building;."—Beowieo out THE BHAINS.—By the same coroner, on the body of John Tuittley, aged 26, landlord of the Green Mar, beer shop, Brighton-street, Cromer-at:vet. Deceased on Tuesday told hit wife that he was gang to shoot hims, If, and produced a pistol that he had had some time in his possession. She forced it from him and placed it in a cupboard ; and, not thinking he was serious, went to fetch a mutton-chop for his diener. On her return he was loading the pistol, and when he saw her he ran down stairs into the skittle-ground, exclaiming, as he rau, that she should seen see him d / something tors Pile. She hurried alter him, and just as she gut to the foot of the stairs the sew him put the muzzle of the pistol to the back part of Isis head mad discharge it. He died before sur gical all arrived. Tho weapon, being heavily loaded with large shot, iefiicted a frightfully fetal wound. Verdict, "That decesteel shot himself, but in what state of mind there was not evidence to show."— Dseett BY A BLOW FROM A " Brimat."—By W. Baker, E•q.,'at the Westmoreland Arms, Pearson-street, lilingslaud ruad, ea the hely of Joseph Lauselon, aged 2S. 1) leased was a guard in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Company ; and about a fortnight ago, whiles engaged in turn -1 ing a carnige, received a blow from one of the buffers, which I gave him much pain at the time. Recently, however, he had complained a we'd deal, but continued to attend to his duties on the railwuy ep to the time of his il pith, which occurred *deed 4 o'clock on Tuesday miming, when his wife found him dying by her side. Venliet :"'1 ee deceased died a natural death, which might have been =eel :rated be a Vow received by him while in the performance of his duty." - - MEC - lIANICAL ENGINEEn3.—A meeting took place at the Queen's Hotel at Birmingham yesterday, for the purpose of forming a society to " enable mechanics end engineers engaged in the different manufactories, railways, and other establishments in the kingdom, to meet and cur respond, and by a mutual int •rehanre of ideas respecting improvements in the various branches of mechanical science, to increase their k nowledge, and give an impulse to iir.ordions likely to be useful to the world." The f meting was attended by the representatives of mote of the find houses in all parts of the kingdom; amongst these ve ere Mr. fluekl.., of the firm of Balton and Watt, Birmingham ; Mr. E IluinVirey (Mown. Rennie'', London); Mr. Slate, front the !Ml* %Yorks, Smetliw;ek, Staffifrilshire ; Mr. Char!..2a Beyer (Sharp and Co., Manchester) ; Mr. •Cowpper (For, lien dries, and Co.); Mr. B. Cubitt. London; Mr. Itamshotham, Maliehester and Birmingham Railway ; Mr. Peacock, Man chester and She:diet.' Railway, 6:c. Mr. J. E, M'Connell, of the Bristol and Birmingham Weil way, was called upm to preside; anti ant r a few introductory ohs. rvatims, said they Lad another object in view, that of the advancement amor.get the neuters of the prole,sion of a friei.dly feeliog towards one another ; to estabisli, in fact, a commonwealth of mechanical intelligence. It was distinctly understood that in establishing that institution they lind no desire to interfere with any already in existence. The it sole de sire was to add to their own information, and t o give an impulse to inv. n tions likely to he useful to this great commercial empire.— Mr. B. Cubitt moven the appointm vit of a committee. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Garland, of the Soho Works, Birmingham. Other resolutions neces.ary to constitute the society were carried ,• and at the .sancludon Mr. Backle (from Messrs. BoPon and Watt's) addr. seed •the meeting on the :Armitage of the institution to science : he leJlieeed (he said) that on it important results would be conferred; he was proud to be a member of it, because, if well carried out, he was certain its advantages would he almod incalculable.—A vote of thanks was passed to the eaairinan, and the members afterwards dined together. la , nues. I imagine, pliolle iirdperty, and the public has it right to aninitivert ob its conteets. It apican... by extract% in that letter tram the Mu-book of the alit a, that, at Sb. Um., land was INLV:I on her star ; boon' bow, which, by the *nano: stated, being N.W. by N., could have beets no other than the Ide of Man, as nu other could then be in view in that or env other dieetion: It may be as'ted, why was not the vessel then kept away (the wind being motherly) far that land, in order to have a better and nearer view of it, as thee was then sufti : cient daylight, and the ship might have been put under ea-y any. We ate ant told what induced QiPtiin lleken hot to carry into clfiet what he Is said to has: stated to Christopher Claxton,—namely, at " Bh., toshorten all, and go easy for the North Channel." 'there sere two or three eorrobording en - clung:ince 41 awtur a petTOrl of his pretimity to the I : fir, takiag this interpolations in the log book as (sets (as to the coo:es:Winn between the captain and the mate), Captain Hoohen, of 7b., sars that " the ship has run her di twee, and Joust be wallop to the Calf of Mum" if thc ship had then beet hove to, and sounding. taken, fourteen fathoms water would have been Salad if he had heenirithin four or toe miles of the Calf b yard that distance it detliensrather abniatly, to fifty and fifty-Ise fathoms, bombloMar.nel. Thiswould have shown the po-Ottua of the ship, in. Pied of which 'the shipla run for two hours (fern 7 to-9 e.g.) after the belief ext-ts that she se.w " well up to :he Calf," in a COWS, of N..' W. by N., with one small variation at.Bh. 30m., to N. by W. how it was 1 4 .ible to imagine that after string the Isle of 'Mint at and the ahip having rim her distance :it 71m that upon :a noun, kept S.W. by N., tit Bb. 3•. a., and then X. by W. till bh., the ship could fetch the north passage, in awe incomprelmasibie, for that course we sure to put her ashore, as it did. Upon view of the dm its which I pease., the distancesitom the Bell-lane to Dublin ual Dandrum bay appear abou: equal, ail that of the firmer to be HS miles; now, biking it to be 130 from the Bell-buoy to Dundrum-bay, that in eight bourn, at II an hour, make ups:sits of forty mile which IN: vessel h d a overrun he reckoning in voyam of hours : Should. it not be atiktlyinquired auto who threw and kept on aeloint of the /oft Who (if any one) took the soundings ! The vessel Joust boor I been doing very nearly fifteen miles an hour insteinl of eleven, stated in that' log. There axe many minor itaterueins which &pp, or perfectly irrecencildb!c when ecuipared together, an stated in the ! lett*? I have alluded to. 1 shah only aivert to nra'. It is always- a suspicious circumstance when a document Is put terwurd as a qualifi cation of a iortieular Let, that such a document should contain a material interpoiadom This moat always detroy the effect it is b. temled to erniviy, by throwing a auspicious appearance ou the very Let intended to be proved.—.l SALLOII a 111.111., u. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY LABOURERS. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the condition of the labourers employed in the construction of I railways and other public works, and into the remedies ! which may be calculated to lt s•en the peculiar evils of such condition, having made its report, that report, together with the minutes of the evidence, has been printed, fur the in formation of Parliament and the public. The committee consisted of the following members of the House of Com mons :—Mr. Bouverie (chairmanl, Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Rich, Viscount Ehrington, Sir G. Grey, Lord Claude Hamilton, Mr. Lam Mon. Sir Thomas iclaud, Sir William Jollitfe, Mr. Mangle!. Mr. Hodson, Viscount Barrington, , Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Ewart, and Mr. Deedes ...rind the fol. lowing is a Val% ful abstract of what is contained in the Report. The expenditure of capital fur several years income, in the construction of railways, will prob , ,hly give employment to not mach less than '200,000 of the efficient labouring 'opal*- , thin of the country; and the great amount of outlay already made has crested or developed evils, touching both the well ' fare of the labourers employed and the interests of society, the taint of which seems not unlikely to survive their origi nal cause. Steady employment and high wages might be expected to lead to habits of order, of systematic industry, and of economy ; but other circumstances mu-t be favours. tale before any improvement in the siacial condition of the labourers can be realised. Evidence received from various parts of the country, shows that the circumstances under which this lab Jur is carried on are too often of a deteriurat ing kind. The labourers being brought hn,:ily together in large bodies, no time is given for that gradual growth of accommodation which would naturally accompany the gra dual growth of numbers. They are crowded i ,ta unwhole some dwellings, where scarcely any provision is made for comfort or decency of living; they are relea'ed front the useful influence of etoinestic ties; they are hard worked, exposed to great risk of life and limb; are too often hardly treated; many inducements are pre% ntcd to them to be thoughtless and improvident ; and, as intemperance, disorder, and demoralisation have a bet ter chance of growth amongst them than decency, fru gaaty, and improvement, their arrival in a nviAbourhood is naturally viewed with feelings of dislike and dismay by the inhabitants. The principal evils brought under the notice of the committee are comprises! under the fuhiu•.ring heads:—the made and time of payment of the nun, and their consequent discontent, disorder, and irregul kitty ; the want of proper lodging for them ; their care!, el exposure to risk ; the defective provision for maintaining peace and good order among them; the imperfereions cr ohs me of pros ision for their religious education and the instruction of their childrrn. I. As regards the mole and time of payment there has ! been much complairit from three quarters, via., the men, the local authorities, and the permanent inhabitants of particular vicinities. The system pursued is this: large Portieres of the marks arc let by the companies to con tractors, who divide their reveals e rations amongst contractors of smaller capital, ant these again sub-let to a minor class of contractors, called a gangers, '• who are themselves labourers, and who Loth engage and superintend the workmen on the line. On many works the labourers receise their wages only once a month, ins inc cases less frequently; and advarees are made in the first instance by the employers by means of printed tickets, or orders on a shop, which are filled up with the name of the article required. On pay-day each labourer receives the balance due to him, after deducting for what has been sup plied. The shop on which the tickets are drawn belongs either to the contractor or to the ganger, or, if nut, its keeper pays the contractor from 5 to 10 per cent, on the price of the article. In some cases the labourer receives a ticket for money, a hich is paid at the shop, a penny in the shilling, or 100 per cant., being deduated. Linde r this sys tem the labourer is apt to be defrauded in the quality and quantity of the goods fixed upon him, and, even where this is not the can., and distrust towards the cm player are engendered. The monthly pay-day is frequently an ucea-ion fur dispute, riot, and di-content. Sometimes workmen cannot get employment unless they will deal at the master's shop. An intimate connexion exists between this system and the infrequency of payment ; and it is the opinion of those who have had much experience, that the frequent payment of small some would be much more favour. able to the extension of frugality than rarer payments of gross amounts. With respect to many kinds of employment the practice of paying in goods is already prohibited ; and the labourer can recover any wages which cannot be proved to hare been paid in coin. 'The act on that subject might, it is urged, he beneficially extended to labourers engaged on railways and other public work.. The ticket system would the 11 come to an end, and the contraetor wou:d no 'Queer be able to procure men ualess he were willina to pay them with stitticie to frequency. The great demand at present for this spy eitarillabour affiwas to the workman a f evourable opportunity of en foreiog legal provisions in his own favour. As regards the argument that many employers have facilities for supplying their workmen with weals at wholesale prices, those facili ties might still be extended if the labourer: were always paid in coin. This is an answer to the plea that the truck system is occasionally necessary, on account of the distance pf the ordinary markets; even it experience did not allow That, where there are large periodical payments, the effiirts of private enterprise will be sufficient. The men themselves I state that they would prefer a system of warkly payments. 2. As regards lodsing, the la'bourers are at present either left to crowded villages mar the works, where habits of in decency and discomfort arc generated, or else temporary accommodation of the moat wretched description Is provided by themselves or their employers On this point, it is euggcsted that, previous to the collection of a laxly of these workpeop:e at any spot, sufficient lodging for them should be ascertained to exist, and when the neighbourhood cannot provide it, the company should be required to do so. Every railway com pany, before employ , nl more than a small number of labour ers in any part of their works, should be required to notify their intention to the public hoard for the supervision of rail ways, and to state the number of melt likely to be employed there; and they should not be allowed to proceed with the works until a competent officer r mployed by the board has resorted that sufficient accommodation has been provided; all such_proremliugs to take place At the expense of the com pany. The inspecting officer ought also from time to time to visit the works and tha loeloinga of the men, and report thereon to the board; and he should have the power of making sanatory regulations on approval by the bleed, as well as regulations for the providing of re lief and medical attendance fur the sick and wounded. As regards the latter point, the provision now made Is, it appears , a - cry inadequate . It has been H maxi-ued that excellent temporary dwellings may be pro. Titled at about the same charge 1•4 is now made fur the most miserable lodging. 3. The detect. of the existing law for the summary ' raec,very of wages have occasioned loss and dissatisfaction amongst the labourers 0.. several railway works. It has , been doubted whether, under the existing acts, one justice of the peace has power to order the payment of wages to the amount of 10/. in the case of this class of labourers; , as d one bench of nmaistmtee, before which many such cases ' have been brought, after making orders for payee nt, has declined to enforce them. Justice, too, is often defeated laecause the employers are only lodgers and hare no goods upon which a distress can be levied. To meet this case, it is proposed that, as in the case of costs and penalties, magis trates should have a power of imprisonment for a short given period, unless payment be previously made; an arrangement which would be the more equit able, as the later of the two acts on the subject provides that a justice may imprison a servant or labourer for a breach of his part of the contract. Further, it would be just and useful that the seties of ceutractors, from the one who lets work to the ganger up to the company, should guarantee the payment of the labourer's wages. It would thus become the interest of the company to select fair dealing and reap nsible men far gangers. 4. For the promotion of peace and good order, it is re commended that, wherever more than a certain number of men are employed, an adequate police force, appointed by the local authorities, and maintaivad at the expense of the coca party, ghoul.' always be within reach. I 5. From the evidence respecting the nature, causes, and I amount of the accidents affecting life and limb, it appears that the annual amount of casualties is both formidable and distressing. On this print tutu questions arise—first, whether all, or any material part, of these accidents, may be prevented ; secondly, whether the peculiar burthen which they occasion is rightly placed. The committee think that a part of the accidents, at least, may be prevented by the legislature, and that the burthen should be placed elsewhere than on the shoulders of the public. Conclusive pr.of has been given that every practicable individual exer tion is not, at present, made to prevent accident. The blasting of rock, the working of tunnels, the making of deep open cuttings in earth or clay, and the construction of embanameats, are an fruitful sourer, of accidents. It is alleged that these accidents are mainly owing to the fool hardiness and %:nprodence of the sufferers and their fellow workmen ; but, though the allegation is partially true, one portion, at least, of the accidents in question is traceable to the general condect of the operations ; end the want of care in the tools and machinery lurnished, and in the engineer ing arrangements, sometimes results in fearlul injury to the wt-rkpeople. A large share of the merifice of human life, which occurred at the summit tun nel on the ?thumbs ster and Sheffield Knit% ay, appears from the evidence not to be attributable solely to the men. The use of the patent fusee for tiring boss's, which was mist important for the safety of the men, was negl 041; iron " stennuera," instead of cropper ones, were Lewd in charing the blasts, though by the former was bourn d, nod by the latter would have been avoided, the danger of sudden explo [ Sion; and fatal accidents occurred to the men in going up the shafts, by their striking against the horse-trees or C 1 ,46 beams. A nutterlitl diminution in the amount of accidents would probably result from making the companies prima facie eiviily responsible in all C . :Oh:ft of injury to or limb ; and the liability should not end with the most mischievous result of a breach or neglect of duty, viz., death. Further, instead of resting with the ganger or contractor, the liability should rest with the company, the party having the greatest power to pre vent the Minty, and the greatest means o f repa i r i ng it. Nothing but wilful carelessness on the part of the sufferer should relieve the company from responsibility On this subject the eommiotee's recommendation goes to the full extent of the provisions of the Code Napoleon. • 6. The means of general and religious instruction provided in the several localities, art totally inadequate to meet the de mand suddenly mode upon them. The men are often willing 'and glad tomvtdl themselves of the opportunities of improve ment afforded to them. Valuable aid on their behalf has been rendered by two metropolitan institutions—the Pastoral Aid Society, and .he City Minsion Society. It is matter of regret that on one great line of railway now being constructed, the Lancaster and Carlisle, the men are deprived of the !riser of using the means of instruction which exist, by the fact of their work being continued throughout the Sunday. It has been suggested by Captain Moorsom, that companies engaged in constructing works should be repaired to make periodical returns, including the number of men employed, the progress of instruction, the cessation of labour on Sundays. accidents, and other d. tails. The object would, it is thouelit. be further promoted if a public in spectur were ozeasionally to visit the works, and report thereon. la conclusion, a belief is expressed by the committee that there is no indisposition on the part of B med. of Directors to adopt well-advised schemes for the benefit of the Labourers. IRELAND. , O cr. 6 OFFICIAL EXPOSITION OF TILE L DUBL ANOVIt RT E ACT.. The following conummication, from the Lord Livolizant to the Chairman of the Bolted of Works, h.ts jug Ineu made public: "Dublin Castle, sth October, ISIG. fair —I am direeted be the Loot Lioittemint to inform you. that his excellency has Lail under hi. orrisiderutiam the various repre. Pentation, which have been nettle to him of the operation of the Pour Enspiminent :tat, anal Of the clittku!ty of finding, in tine greater numb's of Iraronies, ' l'ublic Works' upon which it would be expolient or bedelkcial to expend money to the extent requisite for afford ing employment to the pimple during the exit, nye of the present ilistresi; and, with the view of olisialing the bad effects of a "reit expcniliotre of money in the execution of works eom pinotively unproimetive, he alesires teat the COMIII:Nni11111.11.1 Of Public Works will direct the natters acting under Oval in the respectise countie., to consider anti report upon such mirk, of a reproluctive character and pernkimut utility as may he presented in thy manner hereinafter nientionol, at any assasions total under the above act. Anal his Excellency wit be primal ml to wowtion anti apt. prove lat such of thug. work. WI tarry be rionionenaleal lay the bond awl so presented, in etc coma manna r as if they had been strictly ' public works, and iweismted as push in the manner required by the act. " I. The presentment smsions will estimate the stun whirl. it may he neemaviry to raise off thy barony tar the purisase 01 attiariiing employment. " 2. Tha y will also agoitain the pmportion of such assessment, which, iicomilinfr to the last porw-law valuation, may be chargeab/e upon each electoral ilisisiou or an union, or amnion alt an ch.:tonal doision (if the whale shall nag be int:11111rd. in iht• 11.11011 i ; and they will obtain for this purpose, from the c:erk of each issar-law Illii• , 11 ; a copy of sue!. valuation. "3. 11, y will pow-nt for such useful anal laminable works to be executed in each eksctoral division, to the anoint of its proportion of the iosmastuent ascertaiiwil sat above. " I. In the ea, of dmin age, le.wever, and mt.-sidling, so far as it shall be connected with drainage, un undertaking shalt he ;ism in writ big, amt transmitted wit's the presmitimmt, by the person Or Iler. • ens whose lanais are propossst to he drainel *Mg . Kopf...mar' in the terms of the Act 3 anal ea Vie., chap. tot , stating that the MOM'S so i to Ix• expended shall he a charge exclusively an the hind so to he Ma -1 lmo - cif, and he levied from the 'none, marauding tat an sword il be made by the commissioners as under the last.mentionixt Act anal its antenalments. i s.llis tae ellency wishes it to be further untiersamal that, in ease these fl`1111!361111 , aft` not 1111111 upon, and tin 'mations of the assess ment which would ho lei iable from emit Ceti rd tiit ision, are not presented to he expended int wane work within 0 ,1 / 1 1 the proceedings at such sessagis alma he con ,, idenai with atria referenee to the provisions of the 9th and inth Ale., cap. to% His taerdirw•r, nwidering tlsto that many 4rn•nie', have already w tm,A•r that art, to whieb baronies the opport 111 l ity of making alpha - dime, in the manner now prescribed has not been alf,rded, it is lus oesire that all works already Kam-tam...l in those 11611,111111, eg 10t.v:,.31 for. and wide', it mat Is'iorne requisite to ainetioti iu ordtr in a"•nl tont lows' employment, shall be pi oetsakil with until other se, ions oily be cam veniently held ill '41(11 Lamed,•+. •'11:/1 1:X1 1.114.111. y, in I.lllllg Upon himself the respimsibility, tinder the urg•nt eiremustanetw of the ear, of inviting the magistrate , and taw-pavers to provide eliiidoinweit for the ps,,pte Id Ili , 1 Itl-1111011 01 . useful anal reproductive works, etailidentlY tririgs, with their assistance 1111 , 1 tilt bliwsing of the Almighty on their miatil extrtions, that the ealaniity With 101101 it hos pleased Provide ,us to atilt,/ Ire. hand may tot in its results laconic eonducive to tit• pnaluetion of a greater abundance of human food from the sod, and to the 'inure penuasent improvement of tte country.-1 have the Naomi to be, sir, your madden/ servant, "11. Lamm - oink., " Ilse Chairman of the flivaril of Public Works." THE COVE .o CORK A NAV L STATION --.1 hare, alremly . med you that the tzuvvrament were determined to fix a °w e , stution et the Cove of Cork. Ihe following I. tier a ft a : n a :Lo 6 rd John Russell un this subj‘ et I find in tin Cork jourua fatiyte , the county and city of Cork, preying that "u l oh rd -r , e f surrey ma k . la• malt of Itaulhouline, for the purpose of ascertaining to „„„..„, site therein, or elsewhere in the harbour of Cove, for the cn .r r aqi„e of a drychock and building station," I hate now to inform your lord „, ) ,ip that lasve received a letter front the Earl of ,luekkawl , h "o.nt'ffon't!!!:ltP "I, thei iI r b elf lace of ( res .th tt rn2 fiir our fleet+, anal that the exiting l a 'artd m ein t iftbk g, :l v' t • o intimate that the Admiralty are of y br intimating that the .tibjert yew atutakp•itteronewsnt node in future touch more than o r th u . e: in may advantatnxtu,ly Ite extended. They remark, .thor*o.eet7orn'.tho'At.t.„l:u" present ItGyal wkyarda are sufficient 10: the itintent of the ship. id the navy, and that the tom no„..connt of new arsenal eta work nut to be unilerlakun unless required for the Piddle service. 'There is, however, limey of convcntrnt de ,,,, t s and quays for (11.1 e war steanters, and works 01 this knot, , ni n er „ r ah a factory' for the repair of the machinery, might properly be u nd,rtaken, providol a %till:0'1011 Weer found fat mot& to t i o ,,, n , tnort Hoard will, thereline, with the sanction of the lleasury,sentl au O ttl '' r o f Ebleiol.o , t o the (bVe of l'ork w it h in...trac tion. to tnnort upon the site, and should his 00111011 be favonilde he will be directel rt wave to organise' t h e amens of construction, and ciatllluY labourers in the pro:a:abut ol material., in the tacy:dim, of ground. and in other branthes of labsm. In this manner it mm be r of baboon t s 1.011 -11 tor such work may be etupki3eil even before the working plans shall have la cn accurately pretored. 1 have before stated to your lordMip my view of the hi:Adequacy of any such works to supply work old wages to the sitalot 11.1; tof the popula tion in the interior of the comity of ('ark. Itut her Majtaty'a govern ment are anxious to do all that tufty be priteti.ble, vorr.isteritly with their ',untie duty, to contply with the wi-hes of the itienioriali.ts td the comity and city of Cork.-1 have the honour to be, your lordship's obedient humble servant, .1. Rt. K• 1.1.1.. The Lail of Bandon. I)PATHS t9ulM FAMINF. — On Yesterday the secretary to the Calcutta Relief Committee, was in receipt of a leto r front the Rev. John Finn, a ltoman ehrgymnn of Mayo, informing him that he had just administered the rites of his chureh to one of his paishioners who had übiso lutely perished of starvation, he having immediutely after led. A day or two prcviote.ly, the Rev. Mr. TO racy, of Clonti bret, Co. .Mon..glian, addressed a I. tier to the same com mittee, in which he named five individuids of his parish who had died of absolute starvation. Mr. Tierney was one of the gentlemen proceeded against in the great state prosecu tion of 1844. _ DEhTITUTION IN CORK.—ID the F/eearan9✓ournalof this morning, I find the following :lake of a representation made to the Lord Lieutenant yesterday, reelecting the state of Clonakilty, in the county or Cork Yes terday, the Lev. Mr. Townsend, Protestant clergy man, and John °lice, Esq., of Clonakilty, waited on Mr. Labouthere, at the Castle, to press upon the consi deration of government the destitute condition of the labour ing classes in their district. They suited that they were deputed by the clergy of all persuasions, the magistrates, gentry, and people of the district, to lay before government the utter desolation caused by the destructiou of the potato crop, and that the poor had been obliged to support a state of the utmost misery, by living for some time past, for the most past, on cabbage leases, and food of that description. They further pressed upon the government the necessity of an immediate supply of provisions being brought into the district. The magistrates had directed them to state that they could not be responsible for the peace of the district, if a supply of food was not forthwith Introduced there, so as to cheek the exorbitant prices of meal. The deputation had a very long interview with Mr. Labouchere, and urged the necessity of this supply in the most pressing terms. Nothing could exceed the attention pp id to their statement, and the anxiety exhibited by Mr. Labouchere to find out, with the greatest minuteness, the exact state of the district, and the result of the interview was, that the deputation left the castle with the expectation of relief being speedily afforded to the unfortunate popula tion in their neighbourhood. The deputation brought with them a memorial from the magistrates of the district to the Lord Lieutenant, representing to his excellency the impossi bility of expecting them to use force against a famishing multitude, which force they stated they would not resort to in case of outrage or attack upon provision-stores by a starv ing population. His excellency promised to take the case into his own immediate consideration." OCTIatEAK AND LOBS OF LIFE AT CASTLE-CONNMLL.— The Clare Journal which reached town this morning brings the following confused statement of an affray, unhappily at tended with loss of life, which occurred at Castle-Connell on Sunday night We have just heard at our goi rig to press that in some rioting in Castle-Connell yesterday, twosoldiers and one of the police lost their lives. We have not heard the particulars, and rumour gives two versions of the tale. One that the police interfered between the people and soldiers, and another that the police and soldiers attacked each other." There seems little doubt but that an affray has taken p1at... 4 and ended fatally, fur the following corroborative statement appears in the Free man's Journal front a correspondent : " Very distressing accounts were re•leived at Limerick, on Monday morning, from Castle Cor,nell, where a fatal riot took place last night. The amount" of the affray are very contradictory, but the fatal facts are, I fear, unquestionable, that a private soldier of the Bs'.h Regiment is dead, shot, it is said, by a random ball fr''.,m a police carbine, a man named Gleeaon 'lead, and 'not:der man badly wounded. The riot originated with the stirring people, whose conduct, under such circumstances, should be regarded with forbearance. Colonel .Maunsel, the adjutant-general of the district, has left this fur Castle-Connell, to investigate the cause of this distreasine occurrence." Castle-Count 11 is within six milts of Limerick, on the banks of the Shannon." STMPTONIa DP TURBULENCE AT Macatiom.—The cork Examiner, this moment (4 o'clock) come to hand, contains the following •tatement :—" On Saturday it was understood that the population of the surrounding districts dependent on labour for subsistence, would amemble in mass at Macroom for some purpose c onnec t e d with distress. It was 'dated that the intention had been communicated from place to phase fir sonic days prey kW.. One labourer, it iwernd, told the next that the matter was iu contemplation ; while no one mentioned who originated it, but spoke as if the design were simultaneous. In their dreadful situation, as may eaeily he supposed, no difficulty was experienced in lead ing the people to catch at the slight. et hope, and do as the rest. The hour and rotate of deirarture, and ether preliminaries appeared to have been arranged with the greatest despatch and prevision. Accordingly, near noon the expected mass air Ted. From the approach.* on the east and south three or four thousand men came pouring in haste into the town. The number appeared to be wholly composed of the lalsouring class, with few exception s a ll able bodied pereons, A few wonacu acrumpanitd them, bringing their young children. The multitude had no weapons of any kind. They pressed into the town directly, wedging elieely the str e et th rout h w hi c h t h ey passe d , and 'proceeded straightway to the workhouse. It was nut the stress of suffering which had sent most part of them into the town. Neither was it with any view to make de. monstration. The march was a measure of yolicy. They came to Fat information of what aid could be expected. However, it was true many severe ceases of desti tution were to he found anteng the throng. The appearance of all showed that they were on the verge of the same state. One or two individuals appeared to act as marshuls tlf/011 the occasion, in directing the march. At first intercourse with the gentry, there seemed a passing wish to show the rude ness of straneere. However, after a moment, their natural respect for persons of station was not restruined. Altogether, the assemblage presented a formidable atray of power. It was also a most attesting sight to behold. All the spectators seemed to feel with due strength for the first time, that starrat:on was near home. A meeting of the respectable in habitants of the town, together with some of the neigh bouring gentry, was the result, and the following resolution were rinsed: "That In consequence of the alarnaing elate of Oestltutt in eat-tin in the barony of Wevt Mwkerv, we aprrehend the moot alarming results, unless ince:sures be ado:4ml by the Government ottlyi is to commence ut on e the worts which may be reamearnaksl ut the Special sissions: :mil that the Mated of is ~cho be cane-Cy reimasted ti give directions to that effeg. TLut a swatof stirahout • be given in the maul of the wirkimmee to snob destitute daemons iis stay utility for it, until public works commence; and :u this relief mu.: ho borne iv the general union, that we will require the upplic:aits to remain two into on the pry:Miss; 'slice their wants are impplical That the Poor-law Commissioners be re 1111114 1 ,11 to suit tioll the opening of isire,..hops in every electoral division of this unimi, where an applieation may be made Sir sine, with the objet of admit:rig tool to such destilllic liel.lllu aa• may vply. That, 111 the Illealltillte, a meal be given to any persons upldying at the union workhouse, pro dming a ticket from floe clergyman, stating their ris.idt taco, ai.d that the electoral aliai•killif be Chu: .eel accordingly." It was nest arranged that such of the crowd still re maining without the gates or scattered through the town, as we, e extremely destitute, should lie admitted to the yard; and, as euhicient oatmeal could not he procured, that each instead should receive helf a loaf of bread. The Board thin separated. The result was announced to the people by the Ito,. Mr. Lee, who acquainted them with the nature of the immediate itesietance to be afforded, as well as the per manent measures of relief. One man eagerly iuquireil what the poor children, who could not walk to the workhouse, would do ; and no one could but feel the force of his objec tion. I'm's:ceding to the towu, the two clergymen eneuun ti red the main body, sells were miming out. Amidst pro found silence the multitude was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Lee and Rev. Mr. Barry, sure. ssively, with adtuiralde etfeet. With one voice all promised to retire paaccubly to their homes ; and it appeared the engagement was kept to a mm. In the evening the town resumed its wonted appearance of tranquillity. DEPUTY LITI - TENANTCIEa.—Sir William Verner lets been restored to the dignity of Deputy Lieutenant of Tv rune; and Johu O'Connell, Esq., M.l'., has been named a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Kerry. A KIND Aer.—)lc. Daniel Callaghan, M.P., has for given his con-acre tenants tine year their rents, and allowed teem in addition to take away whatever produce the lands yielder'. DEATH Or TILE RIGHT RI:V. Da. CIUITT.—The Eight Rev. Dr. Crotty, Rumen Catholic Bishop of Melte and Ito., died on Saturday night last, at the age of 17 years. He formerly, and through the whole of the l'ininsular veer, was President of the Irish College in Lisbon ' and 5ub..... quently of the College of Slayuuuth. lle filled the t thee of Lishup for 23 years. THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, OCT. T.—The two following letters were posted up iii the Underwriters' 11. urns, t u-d (Beat Britain Strain ship, sth Oct. Meooro.Gilitio, Bright, and Co.—Dear s en -11% letter of yeoterikay, and the weather of laot night, if you bait' had the same, will Lave pre used you or wit it I base now to acquaint you. An the tide Iliac ti l e am laccim,,sl, and :-even 0 . 1:11).': we found the ship making much water, and worked the puu a ;o all night. The anchor» again came home, and on t'te flowing tide this morning, thlding Om ship makieg at It it two feet water per hour more than the pump., threw, I thought it bent to net some sail, to force her as high ao poooih'e. f'apoin town, It.N., who came on board lad evening, coincided in opinion with rue; I at tone did N. lilting )Z0 .11 our ciOtlise and haws:rt.. The ship lo now yu high that 1 think olic will not take mu it more halm. Captain Claxton leaves a. soon ay hr ran ; at recent the yurf is too high. I preyunie you will communicate oar situation to the unlerwriters of Liverpool and 01/01(011% I shall make the befit of everything until I have further direction+ from my directory, ur the underwriters. Until then I shall, a I have thaw, keep the flake management in my own hatulk—l remain, Sac., JAXE. WorrenpOnt, Oct. 6. Thomas Court, EN.- Sir,—l returned from 15MI marking, and regret much to infirm you that the Great Britain had It fret wan r in her hold yeotenkty morning's tide, and now high up on the bunk, with her 'gent S. E. We hal severe weather on Sunday and part of yeyterday. I fear now three wiU be Uttk t han .c of getting this tine off the shore. I out, ice., L:.ON ‘IW Wen•u.. By the steam tug Dreadnought, pays the Liverpool Courier, which has just arrived in the Mer•ey, we have received int lliacnce that it blew so strongly '.iato Dundrum Bay yesterday, and Co, purl ran so high upon the beach, that no attempt was or could be made to get the Great Britain off. As yesterday's was the hiuhest tide, all further attempts to fl oat the vessel have been abandoned until Oa next sprin:s, which will not be until the 3rd ..nd 4th of November. The vessel yesterday was carried higher up on the beach, and is now embedded in hard sand. Persons can walk round her, and horsey and carts can approach on tither side. It appears that Captain llusken wive take every advintale (luring the three weeks wh'.eli wi:l intervene bt tw:cat this and the ni springs to lighten the vessel as much as possible, by taking out everything on board. includit.g as much of the machinery as can be temovtd without opening any part of the ducks. !den will be employed also in stopping th.:. teaks, wl.ich, no doubt, have retarded the exertions made since Saturday to get her off. for, as fast as the tide rose, she made water, and the pumps could not keep her free. For carrying on the next (nitrations. therefore--stopping the halts and lighten ing the vessel—her present position on the beach is favour able.—Yesterday, the stea:ntugs were unable to approach within two mile's of her, and then the gale came on so furiously_that th y had to take shelter in the bays aloffg the coast. The Dreadnought started for Liverpool towards nightfall, and is the first to bring the intelligence that, until the next spring tides, no further efforts eau be made to get the vessel off. BitliTaL, Oct. 7.—Letters received here to-day confirm the unfavourable intelligence as to the condition of this ill fated ship wlfiee appeared in the meeting pipers. The first, from Capt sin Claxton, and addressed the secretary of the Great We tern Steam-ship Company, W. M. Bennett, Esq., is dated from Landrum Bay, up to noon of Monday. After giving the details of the means taken to get her off, he says: It blew strong gales from S.S.E. te S. by W., continuing blowing all night. The rollers came in heavily end fearfully, and as the tide flowed, she dragged her an chors, six in number, and before the tide again toil, she had advanced her whole lengt up the belch. The anchors, with the chains attached to them, seen to have been bodily 'tided. The sea, and her working last night, started the rivets in her bottom, and all chance of getting her off at present with ordinary appliances, is over." The second let ter is from a gentleman on the spot, dated tour o'clock on Monday. lie says her bows are buried full tire-and-a-halt feet in the sand. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—SIN—A letter, dated the 2 VI ult., from on haunt the limit Britain, ashore in Dunham Bay, to Irchad,und signed " Laving been published, SCOTLAND. Loetwm—One of these inweta was caught in a garden in the New Town of Tain last week, and is still living, baling !,en kept in a bottle, and fed with clover and gr.w. It is nearly the mime of a mute* Hager, with lung wings and lett —Russ-shire Adrertiser. 1..t.1.t, autiNeription has been comniencid to erect a suitable monument in the Necropolis to the late Alexander Nudger. WALES. EI)LICATION IN WALES.—Sir,—I have every reason to fond that the conversion in the advocatew ot state (Munition in ogitte hopeless. They are detentoined, at all Inwards, to make alt n Cunt" ltlanigh a very cotton mw; in lavour eof slate interlennoe with (slum filar. You, as editor of the I...rpee., appended u lute to my letter which appears! in your paler for Saturday bud, to nauiu.i Me that the statement of Mr. I Ism y (ocotillo% ot Inceon 1.•,,110ve, was mot so, hags µcrated as I suppossl. Your !moot our nontialing is Mr. (witliths's tali illation re.ts upon assoutuotion that the whole population helivos , n five amt lilreu )eiiis 01 age slotoidol ha in schools. In your Inver for Tucolay last, a •• Welsh po weeds on 11w some nippositioom Without this extravaghoot notion Ilw state education mnunu would Won ablate. My Way, at,ot reason have we f..rsumasing it presible that such u or children can in any ossuary and under any eireunislames alninl schools! Until thin is clearly cloommistratosl, all the rt....coning hosed moon the atoresuid supposition !most he quite worthless. With you and the •• It rWI S.letlsslnor the statement of this number is intc,uhd as an ilidication 0: tin . work to be aelliniplidled, width I. 00 great, at - cording no sour estimation, as to nosier its execution (sanely loopidesa • shoot goveninient interference. I quote agree with you. No short of a coercion boll, intoned by military power, c-all keep It,, whole popu lation of this eowiu - y between the age of five and tifto.ri at school. In our present social and Mohr:trial einnuoutaniss, (lie du:idiom of schooling for ten years is ultow the r imp rarticolote. I very much question whether toe children of even the iniokile classes in Englund call (Al r °total,' suet, u lengthened foerioil oft (duration. The "Jour nal of the statistical Swirly of litaidoo" for Mar 11. 7:1, as quoted by Mr. Moines, say.: ••01 tleo children Who have left schook sue-third uppo ar only to have nnemen there Mane nee year.; Wolof the titlier tWo...llliril,, WllO hare remained less than five year. ut rehoul, Gni...half were I hen' less than throe years." snub, losing the star of things in this country, I u.sert, then, that all calculations bused on on the afurosookl a.s pion oc extruvagunt and N7014( . 0101. It to well known that the inolsortion of the labouring classes in Wales to 11w ottwr ela.ses is in. ric! ; w mush so, iudeed, that middle classes can bunny be said to cubit. oshould the ten ears principle hold dorsi in other count, it s, and under more luvouirable cireilin ntan es, :rosy person asaerting its applicability to Wales, might be justl) divined • sere eligible nuidalate for tWallioni. Whilst wo Rau the pngoruuu of children in day-School, in Awl rio a to be oioly I Erussia ItoU. is lusEla I to Po, mai in roanve I to I I of the wlssie ',min:anon, I Inuot I shall be esetissl to clesigliating Mr. f ,rittlths's statement, tout one-tourth of the population of Wales o.liould be in se1100:04, no absurd and highly extruvagant. lle, unit other frienolsof tuitional illocution, must, in the first plate, prove the (+wreath, of the aiodinird ion On Which their calculations ore Insect, as a general rule, and then let them proned to show it. application In particulao caws, As yet they hate dime neither the inn . litir onher. Until then, their rldident appeals in favour of government i4terferenee will, (Munition may he very sorely dispeascal ;lb,, :nod their lucubration will be osonsiolored by thinking men ie. unliding their authors to distinguished fame in (Ise annals of Unpin:on-no. Itso.tina to your impurtmlity to insert themote entire o a honour Int pr. old to my last) Ir. main, sue, yams sinter ly, A ind.i 0N [Mr. Urittitits's expre. was that the population 'set Weer). live and lifWern ye ars of age oukint to he at Mow flier impracticattle, can •• A Bruconian" deny that this ought to he the caw I] PROVINCIAL. LANCASIIIRE. THE COBDEN TRIBUTE FEND now amounts to 74,31. - d. At the meeting of the committee on Tuesday it was stated that a dad• or two ago Sir Clairli a Tempest, of Broughton Hall, Skiptou, was in a shop, when the proprietor. Mr. Agnew, said he would show the portrait of ', a great man." This was Cobden ; and Sir Charles admitted that he was in deed& great man, and said he was glad the country was doing something fur him. He was willing, lie said, to con. tribute his mite, and begged Mr Agnew to ace, pt a .all. note for the fund, observing that Mr. Cobden had rendered great services to aglicidture. He (Sir Charles) WAS an agricul turibt hiraseif, but he did nut care who knew his opinions. Mr. Cobden has left the Pyrenees for Spain. lie would pro ceed in the tint place direct to Madrid, where he iutended to remain about a fortnight. He proposes, it is quid, returning to the Pyrenees, and it is not improbahle that he may after wards proceed to Italy. SICKNESS HAS REES VERY PREVALENT in this county for acme time past. The N•dion Chronicle states that there is at present an unusually large amount of illness in that town, the must prevalent uffection being typhus and other foveae, dysentery . , and what is usually called English cholera-- and amongst children, scarlatina and measles. A medical man in practice there, says, that amongst his patients alone there are as many as 14 ewes of fever ; and,wluit is sin gular, the parties are of the higher class, and reside gene rally in salubrious places. From Preston similar accounts are rec‘iyed. During the past few weekathie town has been unusually unhealthy. The English cholera broke out about a inon , h ago, and many baths took place in consequence. This was succeeded by typhus fever, which still prevail', in the most densely populated parts of the town. Inc prevail ing epidemic is now the dysentery; and during tee past week the mortality has been very considerable. These facts show the necessity of mere attention being paid to the ven tilation and cleanliness of the dwellings of the inhabitants, the lower classes especially. At Chorley, the typhus fever still prevails. Dpentery is also prevalent, and during the past week the mortality has been considerable. FAETOKY INFORMATIHN.—At the Rochdale petty sessions. on Monday last, Messrs. Charles Butterworth and Suns, of the Hanging Road were summoned on the following charge :—Mr. Beal, sub-inspector of factories, stated, that on the sth of January last, he gave notice in writing to the de fendants to box off certain machinery in the above-named mill. His direction had not been attended to, in conse quence of which an accident occurred nn the 20th of Septem ber, when a boy nearly twelve year of - - named T_ he Hacking, had the find finger of 1 that it had to be amputated at the being called, stated that on the de) ing the machinery, and pulled a the mill threatened to beat him fe put it on again, and immediately the cog-wheels. The msgistrat much to blame. As the defendant notice of the sub-inspector, ttey • in the lowest pe. alty, 101., and dered that the tine should be giv year. of age, named Thomas of his right hand so injured the second joint. The Loy day in question h w a strap off. Th L7` .. Trl LY, L for pulling the • , .•' , 64' • . ely his finger . ht to rates said the 0 1,71 was ,• 'ant. had not a totter • y must therefor • - cotirfett4 Id eipcnq, •. - ivvg to the boy'aa , • \ 1 • „ •