The Express. — London, England, 1846-10-16 00:00:00

p o dard flan the Labrador, telonging to Mr. W. Dillon, was stranded et posy Bartow." Tbe Poet continues the lamentable details in its number 0 , 2 1.1 we gave an scorunt of the consequences of the " s ow, as far as we could gather that and we much *lab that Sate its destructive abets tied been confined to at. John's. o is greatly to be kared that besides • vast amount of damage am , to s luts, s tages, lc. , belonging to the numerals thing embalmment' along the coast, the lase of shipping will be to a very emo "wt. We believe we may safely say that a more violent m tm m, or one more destrative in its efitets, was never before a ape. rienced—it Iris Quite appalling. The rain deeeenling in nent' eo y sow occasioucd tho overdowing of the rivers, by o bi s o mo n of the bridges In the nelgisbourbood of St John's were we pt away or sustained such damage to will =asks 0.'"" swept expense to the colony. Nor le this all, for 6 wry done to the poorer cameo of the inhabitants will doobooss ii° toa d greatly to augment the previously existing claims stoo the funds at the disposal of the relief committee. The yew ISM be rendered memorable in the bleary of this colony by, first, so anoteressful seal fishery ; second, a most disastrous fire, by w hi c h to e ity was laid in ashes; third, the appearance of the potato diem* to tetr a important districts; fourth, the destructive areas of the moo ink; sad, though bat not least, a cod fishery, the staple of the ob s d, considerably below an average catch. These are misfortunes s treet adlicient to annihilate a colony poseeedng within herself Is., of Ward reources, or having a less fliyarishiug trade than New wood, bat It is, notwithstanding, net to be Mantled that the mr prets of the a pproaching winter are not only not at all cheering, but that they are gloorny in the extreme. The ..Vevlivindkead Times, of the 23rd September, men tions that the Misses Peyton (daughters of the stipendiary 03gistrate at Tw Wingate), and Mr. Lewis Emerson (son of m r . Henry Emerson, barrister) were passengers in the th but escaped. The Times mentions the following ad- Bitten,ditionalcasualties :—Yesterday a fishing-bo.it came in to the wharf of Messm. Robinson, Brooking,having on board the remains of four persons belonging to Port-de- G r ave; J. Butler and his two sons, and an Englishman named J. Daniel, who sought shelter from the storm in the harbour of Renews, but unfortunately perished in enact- Ts urioo to reach the shore. The barrack. , at Signal-hill are materially injured. Mc Court. WINDSOR, TTICRSDrY.—Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, and attended by her suite. ',kited St. George's Chapel this morning. Their Royal Highneeses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mccklenburg-Strelita are ex pected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl of Auckland is also expected to arrive on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to in her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highoen the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lady Emily Seymour, the Earl of Auckland, the Earl Howe, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Sir George Couper, and Baron Meysenbuch. The band of the Ist Life Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's yrivate band afterwards attend in the Castle. Count de Reventlow, the Danish minister, trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from the Governors of the North Ame rican provinces were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Mr. Francis Cavendish, second son of Colonel Cavendish, has been appointed by Lord Palmerston an attaché to the embassy in Vienna. THE REGISTRATIONS. Losnox.—Yesterday the court was chiefly occupied with the parish of St. El•atolph,Aldgete, in which there were no less than 161 objections. During the sitting, the lists of tl:c following parishes were also disposed of : St. Mary, Whitechapel ; St. Michael, Cornhill ; St. Peter-upon-Corn hill, and St. Wave, Hart-street. The cases were all of the ordinary character. The day's proceedings shoeed the fol lowing result: Liberal objections sustained, 34; failed or withdrawn, 7l): Tory objections sustained, 157 ; failed 106 : double objections sustained, 22 ; failed, 4 : Liberal claims sustained, 1 ; failed, 9. The lists of five parishes only now remain to be gore through; and Mr. Arnold expects to ter minate his protracted labours either this evening or in good dine on Saturday. MIDDLESEX.—The Revising Barrister (slr. Shad well) held his court yesterday at the Green Man, Bethnal green, and revised the lists for Hackney, Shoreditch, Beth nal-green, Norton Folgate, and the Old Artillery-ground. The only 0. C 1.1911 of the slightest interest or novelty was the retention of the statue of a Mr. Harrison in the Hackney list who lived in his freehold, and paid the rates and taxes (the house carrying a vote for the borough), but who stated that he had underlet the house all Lady-day last, and now merely occupied apartments in it as the lodger of his tenant. GERMAN lIOSCITAL.—The first anniversary of the opening of this hospital, at Dalston, was celebrated yester dav, by the performance of Divine Worship in the chapel stixched to the institution, after which an appropriate ser mon was preached by the Her. Dr. Kupar. The Chevalier Bunsen, Madame Bunsen, and family, with several other distinguished Germans, were presznt on the occasion, and took the opportunity of making an inspection of the whole establishment, which appears to bo conducted in the best possible manner. There are at present only about forty to-door patients, but there is accommodation for 300, includ ing whom and the out-door patients relieved by the dis pensary, &c., the institution is calculated to exten d relief to 1,200 sufferers. The Sisters of Mercy who have been brought from Germany to attend upon the sick, and some of the eonsalescent patients were also present during Divine Ser vice, the former wearing_ a very neat uniform dress. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN DISCUTE.--Sif —I beg to oar you the following remarks on the correspondence from the &ale in year paper of yesterday. There is no foundation whatever in gee awned necrosity of the consent of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg liartitute the hereditary right of the route of the Danish Crown Mese to all the present dominions of the Danish crown. A Lustily to, like the one supposed does not exist, anal it would require but very little knowledge of Danish and German public law, and of the =the countries in question, to prose the atter futility of this It in altogether a wanton and malicious fabrication.—Tae Box OF A NATIVE OW SCHLEIWIE. GENERAL ALARM OF FIRE THROUGHOUT LON noN.—Ahout half-past five o'clock Wednesday morning, information reached every engine-station in the metropolis that a very extensive conflagration was raging in the direc tion of Blackwell. The horizon at that time presented all the appearances of being illuminated by the glare of some tremendous tire. Tho river for miles looked like burnished gold, the dome of St. Paul's and the windows at the water side of Somerset House, were completely lighted up ; in deed, the Litter building appeared as if the interior was encircled in flames. The firemen declare that such a light was never before witnessed by them. Seven engines of the London brigade, with those of the County and West of England offices, instantly started in search of the supposed scene of conflagration. After travelling for some distance, it at length became apparent that the extraordinary light in the sky was caused from nothing else than the rising of the sun in the east, and the engines were sent back again to their several stations.—Stan. Ixtsu DesiTlTTlON.—Extract from a letter from the County Cork, dated I'th inst. : We are in a tire-dial state here. The people are on the verge of starvation. It is puce a e4M111.111 thing for persons not to taste food for twenty-four anu thirty hours, and their looks prove it. lam a member of the Relief Committee for this parish, and have been work ing fur them sirce the 11th of May lust; and durir. , t the last month or alr weeks it his been really hard work. On Saturday I was at the e barrack ham ten to foar, Iran six to seven, and (as more meal -wed) from eight to nine o'clock. We have a population of 7,0.10; Ald with the exception of ten or twelve farmers, who are only pot imalbstably '4 the people are all poor or needy. There la nothing of a gentleman residing in the parish, except the two he two Mimeo Catholic priests, aced your humble servant. e work to be done under the new Act. Thirty men were work on Monday, and one hundred yesterday ; and we hopesoon see five hundred employed; but even that large number will not Lad to half that want it, We sell not low than half a clone of at the police barrack; and Mrs. i doing all she can by get few stones of meal up to thehouse, and letting the very distressed e hare it in quarts and pints. She makes soup for them twice a ; aid she requests me to say, that a shilling alit come is a letter, would sate a dozen children from a/orriny fur a day. THE REPEAL RENT.—Sir,—I am rather surprised ; the uewspapers, that at the weekly meetings of the Re- Alan, held In Dublin (although there is every prospect of a want of provisions, and great scarcity of money), that a is collected weekly as Repeal rent. Would it not be better 'Connell, in place of putting the money in the bank (which ad loot present done), to put it In immeiliwe use, and advise e that no more money will be accepted until the immediate the people are satisfied I—l am, sir, yours, A Lerma or six i—as ialllllitAX.—Dunhrmline, 10th Oct., 1548. iTPTIAN MANI:RE--A vessel just arrived in the 'mm Alexandria has brought, in addition to 261 tons of animal bones, the large quantity of 3753 baskets of ' dung. This extensive arrival is not of the descric sours known by the name of guano, otherwise, it is it would have been so termed its the report of the enporting the article. It would appear, however, the description given above, that it possesses the qua il, or is of the kind of merchandise, similar to the which has of late been so extensively supplied or from the islands in the Southern and South Atlan• -tans, between the African and South American coasts. importation, and the apparent novelty of the article, ;used, causes it to be of interest to those concerned in the of the manure called guano, which is the evacuation :use of the penguin bird, abounding in the southern ON THE THAMES.—Yesterday morning, be and 8 o'clock, one of the large sailing barges, laden caught fire from the heavy rain having entered slacked the lime. An immense body of smoke arose, and the men being . unable to extinguish scuttled the barge opposite Messrs. Lee and Ae's wharf, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, where at . water only the masts of the vessel were visible. Upon tide going down an attempt was made to empty the I but even then the heat of the lime was most oppressive. T IRACULOra ESCAPE.—On Tuesday evening, a un travelling by the mail train on the London and Veetern Railway, had a most wonderful escape from slily injury, if not from death. The train was pro t a very great speed, and, when within a short dis the Willesden station, a policeman observed some leap out of a carriage and clamber up the embank- An alarm was given, and the policeman, with two of the company's servants, went in pursuit. The tent in the direction of some plantations, but, find s pursued, he doubled, and approached the rail and eventually, after a long chase, was caught very near the spot where he took his dangerous leap. He seemed to have sustained no inktry, and had on no article of dress upon him save boots and trousers, having divested himself of the remainder while in the carriage. On his being conveyed to the Buten-square station, a servant was in waiting for him, and it is suppoeed that insanity was the cause olithe rash and dangerous adventure. THE ST. PANCRAS CASE.— Sir, —Much obloquy lie lately been esat upon me In your and oatnewspapers, in come mime theme made r oo te r Cooper, when he was examined helm the Directors of the of Wait Pancras, relative to the verdict of the coroner', Jury, in the COW of Mary Ann Jones, tram which hams In erred that on more than one occasion I had hal to act LI beams a gentleman towards Mr. Cooper. The annexed eztraet from the directors' minutes contains Mr. Cooper's explana tion of his tenser statenserits, and shows that the chance made 'gained me are wholly unfounded. I therefore trust you will do me the justice to publish th is communkstlon in your journal . -1 have the honour to be, Sir, your moot obedient servant, James Bowel:MIL Camden Town, Oet. It, 1846. Ala meeting of the Directors st the Poor of Saint Pancras, held on the 6th October, 1816, Mr. Cooper, surgeon, and Mr. Lea, mailer, being in attendance, were called in. When the chairman called the attention of the board to the recent Investigation relative to the ease of Mary Ann Jones, and the reasons assigned by Mr. Cooper for not baring called the attention of the directors to what he considered objectionable in the state and management of the workhouse, namely, that on his complaint of the manner in which the females inmates washed themselves. the master told him he had better mind his own shop, and the chairman did not interfere to plot( et him. And, fur ther, that Mr. Ilowoctb, churchwarden, hod ultoil him, and when required to sa y in what way, he answered, by giving his casting vote I Valiant him. —The Master stated he used these words, but it was in his own private room.—Mr. Cooper mid the words were used in the board room, but he never meant to my that Mr. Howotth was the chairman on the occasion alluded to, and never said so.— The minutes of the board were referred to, from which it appeared that Mr. Uowort WU not the chairman on that OCC.MiOII. Mr. Cooper was then inked, whether he considered that Mr. Howorth had insulted him, because in the exercise of his duty as chairman he had given a casti ng vote against him. And whether he could show that Mr. lloworth had insulted him in any other way t Mr. (toper stated that he bad spoken under excitement, and licicgod to my that be re tracted the observation. THE NEW ITALIAN OPERA.—The Chronirk of yesterday announces, from " authority," that the prelimi naries of this new enterprise have been fully arrantted. Mr. Beak, the music seller, is the acting manager, and M. Costa the musical director and conductor. The orchestra is to consist of eighty performers, and the chores of aixty voices. Engagements have either been concluded, or are being ne gotiated with some of the leading Italian vocalists. Lo LORD ItOSSE'B TELESCOPE. The paragraph de scribing an attempt to destroy Lord Raise's telescope, " in the neighbourhood of Armagh," which was transferred to our columns—with a doubt (tor the reason that the gigantic instrument is fitted up at Parsoastown, King's County, above a hundred miles from Armagh), turns out to be incor rect. A correspondent writes to us that he visited the teles cope the day after the alleged outrage, and beard nothing of it. The report originated in a detailed statement supplied to the Belfast Chronicle, under the signature of the manager of thy Armagh bank. Perhaps, however, it is not wholly unfounded. The injury may have bean done, as suggested in the Morning Chronicle of yesterday, to the telescope of the Rev. Dr. Robinson, of Armagh, the well-known astronomer. LE VERRIEK'S PLANET.—Mr. Lassell, of Liverpool, communicates the following results of his observations of the new planet to the Times: On the 3rd Mitt, whilst viewing this object with my large C 111.13. torial, during bright moonlight, and through a muddy ani tremulous sky, I suspected the existence of a ring rand the planet; and on surveying it again for some time on Saturday evening Last, in the absence of the moon, and under better, though still not very favour. able atmospherical circumstances, my suspicion was so etrougly mn. tinned of the reality of the ring, as well as of thi existence of an acennpansing satellite, that I am induced to request you as early as possible to put the observations before the public. The telescope used is an equitorially mounted Newtonian reflector, of 20 feet focus, and 24 inches aperture, and the powers used were various, from 316 to sb. At about 81 hours, mean time, I observed the planet to have apparently a very obliquely situated ring, the major axis being seven or eight times the length of the minor, and having a dim ' tints nearly at right angles to a parallel of declination. At tae distance et about three diameters of the dish of the plane., north wards, and nut far from the plane of the ring, but a little following it, was situate a minute star, having every appearance of a satellite. I observed the planet again about two hours later, sad winced the same appearances, but the altitude had then declined so much that they were not so obvious My impression certainly was that the sup posed satellite had somewhat approached, but I cannot positively insert it. With reswet to the exigence of the ring, I am not able absolutely to declare it, but I received so many impressions of it, always in the lame form and direction, and with all the different me g. nifring powers that I feel a very strong persuasion that nothing but a liner state of atmosphere is necessary to enable me to verity the discovery. Of the existence of the star, having every aspect of a satellite, there is not the shadow of a doubt. After wants I turned the telescope to the Georgium Sidus, and remarked that the brightest two of his satellites were botp obviously brighter than this small star accompanying Le Venice's planet" _ WEST GLOUCESTERSIIIRE REPR ESENTATION.— Esteemed Frierel,—Permit a "daily" reader, and a West Glintoester shire elector, a corner in thy valuable paper to offer a few remarks on the subject PO prominently brought before the public, by Grantley P. Berkeley's published letter. I readily admit the faintest and per_ . tinence of thy strictures on that letter, as affecting both the character and position of the member fur West Gloucestershire and his conati. ' tuenta, but 1 am anxious to possess the public of a few further par ticulars, in the hope or removing from the independent electors of the division at least some of the stigma which must, from the exparte statements already published, attach to them. On Grandes Y. Berkeley's introduction to, and election by, the Liberal party of West Gloueestemthire, his professed political principles obtained, as I think they to a considerable extent merited, the approbation of his consti_ tomtit generally, and I believe lam warranted in saying, from some knowledge of the sentiments and feelings of no small portion of the independent electors in the severe contest of 1832, that he was elected then us having the contWenee of the party generally, without its being in the most remote degree suspected that he was put into this position to become, instead of their representative, the nominee and autoin ton of his eider brother, Lord Fitzliardinge. We have how ever, his own confesion of the fact, and it appears to me that if such was agrccil upon previous to his election, or, if after his election, he thus consented to become the representative of his elder brother only, he ought, in either ease, In honour to have apprised his ignorant constituents of the fact, that they might have known the exact state of the case, and have acted accordingly. Though I believe a large proportion of the Liberal electors of the division have been trims ignorant of the feet which Grantley F. Berkeley announces to the world, yet I also well know that since his election in 1011, his non.representation in parliament of the sentimeiras of a large portion of his constituents, and especially his conduct on the Free-trade and Gamelaws, have rendered lam en exceedingly unpopular, that I be lieve ell the influence of Iced Fitshardinge and his penmen:it Mends would be exerted in vain to secure his reelection. I am Informed that Lord Fitshattlinge Is DO stranger to the existence of this extensive dissatisfaction, but whether the withdrawal of kis confidence from Omntley F. Berkeley he the result of this knowledge, or whether it proceed from mute private cause unconnected with the electors, it Is not for me to ray : my only object in thus appearing before the public being to ouleivour to show that by a considerable number of the Li beral electors of West Gioucestershire, Grantley F. Berkeley has never lama accepted us the nominee and sole representative of lard Fitz. hardinge, and that recently he has no far lost the confidence of many of his old supporters, as to render Ms re ektUon almost impossible. In crmeltedon, I put it to Grantley F. Berkeley to consider whether, or he has openly avowed that on the " field of politics" Ire Mauls pre cisely where Lord litzharillnge (not his constituents) placed him, sad also (at least by inference) expressed his readiness to continue in this position, his appealing to the independent elector+ of the Western Di vision of Gloucestershire fur support at all, can be regarded as other than a force and an insult —Very respectfully, thy friend, Almondsbury, 10th Mo., 13, 1016. Josua Myr. INQUESTS.--TRE MURDER IN SPITALPIELDS.—By Mr. William Baker, at the Grave Maurice, in the White chapel-road, into the death of Daniel Crawley, the particu lars of which were fully detailed in our impression on Tues day last. On the jury re-assembling yesterday, Mr. John Wordsworth, house-surgeon at the London Hospital, staled that he had made a post mortal: examination of the body, and discovered a small wound about an inch wide and two inches deep. The knife had divided two of the rib',, and had penetrated to the heart, which was the cause of his death. The blow must have been inflicted with great forty. Other witnesses deposed that both the deceased and the female Rutty were much intoxicated. Tho jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Anne Sinner, alias Nancy Ruffy."--DEATH FROM A FALL FROM A YARD ARM.—By Mr. W. Baker, at the Spotted Dog, High-street, Poplar, on the body of Edward Scares, aged 18. On Tues. day afternoon, deceased, an apprentice on board the ship Persian. in the West India Duck, fell from the topsail yard arm to the deck, a distance of ntarly 40 feet, alighting on the fore part of his head, which was fearfully crushed in; ho expired immediately in the arms of one of the sailors who picked him up. Verdict : " Accidental Death."— Sumps: OF A BABRISTER.—OR Wednesday evening, by Mr. Mills, on the body of W. Walker Jordan, Esq., aged 43, a barrister, at deceased's residence, No. 16, Gloucester road, Regent's-park. For some time past deceased had laboured under great depression of spirits. lie was visited by the Rev. Mr. Rigaud, a clergyman of Westminster, to whom he stated that he considered himself so sinful a man that tic bad not the slightest chance of salvation in another world. That religious feeling appeared to operate very strongly in his mind. He also entertained an opinion thst his pecuniary difficulties were such that he could never re cover from them, although his brother-in-law made use of every argument to convince him of his error. On Tuesday morning the report of fire-arms was heard in his dressing room, and deceased was found there lying on his back in his dressing-gown, and his head resting on a carpet bug, placed no doubt so as to ease his fall. It was found that he had just discharged the contents of a large horse-pistol into the chest over the region of the heart. The pistol must have been very heavily loaded, as it had rebounded from deceased's hand, and the butt-end penetrated into the plaster of the wall opposite to the depth of two inches. Deceased was quite dead, The Coroner remarked that it was very strange that a man should think himself unfit for another world, and yet hurry himself into it. Verdict, " that the deceased de stroyed himself, being at the time of unsound mind."— Serernz BY STRANGHLATIOH.—By Mr. Bedford, coroner, at the Flask Tavern, Ebury-square, Pimlico, on the body of Ellen Martin, aged 62, a widow. The deceased had grieved much for her husband, who died about four months ago, and on Monday she was discovered in her room in a kneeling position on the floor, withasilkhandkerchief fastened around her neck, the end of which was tied to the rail of a French bedstead rather more than 3 feet from the ground. She bad been dead many hours. Verdict: "Temporary Derangement." DEATH BY FALLING INTO A COPPRR.—By Mr. W. Payne, coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Robert James Ross, aged 33 years, lately residing at No. 2, Rose-street, Shoreditch. Deceased was in the employment of Mr. Germain, silk dyer, of No. 10, Milton-street, City. On Wednesday afternoon deceased was at work in the dye house, where et veral large coppers were generally kept full of boiling liquid, when the deceased, although against the rules of the shop, got upon the edge of the logwood copper, for the purpose of drawing a pail of water from a tank, and while turning the tap off, he mis-ed Lis footing, and fell head foremost into the boiling liquid. Ho cried out as he was falling, " Help me, help me." Several of the work men ran to has aid, and seized his left foot, which was the only part of his person visible. They dragged the poor fel low out in a homble condition, the whole of his body being frightfully scalded and discoloured. He was immediately carried to the above institution, where he expired in great agony at an early hour yesterday morning.—Verdict: "Acci dental Death," accompanied by a recommendation, suggest ing that the copper should be forthwith enclosed with an iron railing, to prevent the recurrence of 'antler accidents. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE; ON PRIVATE BiLLS. A select committee of the House of Commons was nominated on the 30th of April, " to examine the applications for local acts " during the session ; "to examine especially in respect to the bills for the erection of new waterworks, drainage, paying, and improvements, awarding to the recom mendations made by the Commistionersot Inquiry into the uar ,ayasy ,aOl . ll, We are in a dread • starvation. It is gt for twenty-four anu • member of the Relic , log for them since tl six weeks it ban bees police barrack from • arrived) frees eight • and with the exceed comfortably oti, the ; in the shape of a Re: clergymen, the two It We have some work set to work en Monde to have live hundred give food to half that MCA at the police btu tint 3 kw stones of m people hire it in gum week ; aid she segue would sacra d THE REPEAL obtuse,.. by the um i•esedeAon held 'fur wont ' o rp ! Yrkc turn isclechli kr Mr. O'Connell, in Isaderstend teat press the people that no to waata of the people CUrfillY—AN iallllll EGYPTIAN NI river from Alczaz P Weight of animal p,toons' dung. T ton of manors kw Presumed, it woul vessel importing from the deacriptit litres of, or is of CI amide which hoe (nfdered from the • ft Oceans, hetweci Its importation, s so corned, CRAMS if supply of the man' or ntuse of the p dimes. FIRE ON TILE • tween 7 and 8 o'6 with lime, caught the vessel and clad intrudiat . ely arose, the flames, scuttle Jardine's wharf, IS high water only th the tide going do vessel, but even th MIRACULOES gentleman trayelli North-Western Ri serious bodily Mitts eeeding at a very g lance of the Wile person leap out of Molt. An alarm Dr three of the cot fugitive went in tit ing he wu pursue Wan and eventual THE EX PRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1846. means of improving the health of towns and densely pops. dated districts ; and to ascertain how far the principle of their recommendations maybe carried out in relation to the bills propoeed, and whether any and what measures may be re commended for adoption by the house thereon." Amongst the witnesses examined, during eight days' sittings, were E. Rushton, Esq . . end W. Earle, Esq., niagistrate.a of Liver pool ; E. Chadssek, Esq, Secretary to the Po3r-law Com miedoners ; T. Greene, Esq., 11. P., Chairman of Commit tees ; E. Strutt, ; and J. St. George Burke, Esq., and W. Bryden, Esq., Parliamentary Agents. Of the re. port presented to the house, and ordered to be printed on the 3rd of August, the following is an abstract. The committee express the opinion that the local bills re ferred to them for the erection of new waterworks, for drain ing, paving, and other improvements, had been improved by a parual adoption of the recommendations of the commissioners, and that they might have been still further improved by a fuller adoption of such recommendations, and by the introduction of other provisions ess •ntial fur the protection of the public interest. Amongst the recom mendations in which the committee concur, are the following: that authority to construct local works should not be granted without a previous local examination by competent public officers ; that ouch works, both as to their construction and maintenance, should be subject to the supervision of some public department; that power should be reserved to repurchase on behalf of the public, and that all works of this description should, if possible, be carried out under one local authority. Further, the commissioners recommend that the sanction of the legislature should be withheld from schemes which involve undue competition for the same objects, on the ground that such competition in volves needless expenditure, and generally ends in a coali tion ; and the committee think that considerable injury to the public interest has been thus inflicted. It hail been shown to the committee that defective drainage and other causes of disease prevailed as intensely in the poorer towns and villages, which could not resort to remedial measures, as in more populous districts. The committee further say they have discovered great de fects in the whole system of private legislation at present in operation. The expenses of obtaiuing the most necessary private bill are grievously and needlessly heavy, though the great mass of such bills are essentially public in their nature. The chief imperfection arises from the want of complete and trustworthy information. The public not being represented by any competent person, when the bill is unopposed, the committee are wholly dependent for information on the interested representations of the pr meters; and, where it is opposed, they have, in addition, only the representations of interested parties, inasmuch as the expenees of opposition are such se to deter all who are not directly concerned. Besides this, of the provhions introduced into local balls, some interfere with the general statute or common law, some are perplexing in form, and others are so contradictory and mutually discordant that their carom: meat is impossible. From the union with IFebusd to the termination of the ses sion of 1815, nearly 9,200 local and personal bills passed into law, and only 5,300 public statutes; and the committee appeal to members themselves as to the pressure of private business during fie two Preceding sessions. Influenced by these considerations, the committee make the follow he; recom mendations urekr the heals Public General Acts" and " Private Bills." I. PUBLIC GENERAL Acrs.—Under this head the committee think that, in cases in which only ordinary powers were sought, means should be afforded to the parties of carrying theis projects into exe• cution, under the authority and supervision of one of the public boards, or departments, without applying to parliament. That for this purpose public general acts should be passed on the several subjects of sewage and water-works, paving, lighting, police and watching, markets, and every other class of subjects which is not in its nature personal. That every such public general act should set forth the conditions on which the required powers may he obtained, and specify the public board or department under which they may be conferred. Amongst the provisions in the general act, it seems expedient to the committee to require that a memorial should be presented to the proper board, stating the objects of the promoters, the public utility of the measure, the local situation and estimated expense of the work, the means of raising the required funds, and the periods over which the charges or repayments are to be dis tributed ; that similar information should be given to all the parties interested; that, within a limited tune, a printed copy of the memorial, with plans, sections, &c., should be lodged at the office of some local functionary • and that duplicate copies of the same documents should . be likewise lodged with the department at the same time;—further that all parties interested should ho permitted, within a given time, to lodge in the office of the local functionary written suggestions, objections, or amendments to the measure pro posed. It is recommended that the department shall there upon depute one or more qualified inspectors (at the expense of the promoters) to proceed to the loc.ility, and to examine, in open court and by personal inspection, both as to compli ance with the general Met, and as to the merits. The inspector having made a a rittcn report to the department, the latter should then pronounce its deckiion • but in any case where lrivate property is interfered with, the parties should still be eft to apply to parliament. - - IL ?means Bitte.—The committee recommend that similar proceedings should be adopted in the case of all private bills relating to the above mentioned class of subjects; the report of the inspector or inspectors in this case to be referred respectively to the Com mittee on Standing Orders, and to the Committee on the Bill. Such local investigation would be of incalculable advantage, first in diminishing the great expences now in curred for the attendance of agents and witnesses in Lon don ; secondly, in saving a large portion of the time of mem ber, ; and thirdly, in supplying to committees on bills trust worthy local infermatiun. With a view to an immediate saving of time, the committee recommend, that in the ensuing session, the proof of standing orders, now taken before the subcommittees, should be taken before an officer or officers to be appointed by the Speaker, who should com mence his or their sittings on the let of January, 1847 ; that every petition fur a bill should be lodged in the Private Bill Office, on or before the 24th of Decemba ; that no bill should be read a first tima until the report of such officer or officers shall have been presented to the house ; that all plans should be deposited. and all applications made to landowners and occupiers, on or before the 30th of Nov. ; and that a report of compliance should be final, and a report of non-compliance be referred to the committee on standing orders as at present. Any doubtful point should also be re served for the committee en standing orders. On account of the evils resulting from the want of uniformity in legislation, with reference to private bills, the committee further recommend that acts should be passed on the same prin ciple as the Linda and Houses Consolidation Act, and the Con solidation Acts relating to companies and railways: such acts to include the following objects: police and watching; water works and sewage ; lighting; improvement of towns, and regu lation of buildings and streets and roads ; markets and farts ; cemeteries; bridges and ferries; harbours, docks, ports, piers, and quays ; canals, rivers, and navigation. As doubts are caused by having a multiplicity of acts for the same ob ject, in any locality, the committee suggest that when ap plication is made for a new bill, for any corporation, parish, or company invested with powers under an existing local act or acts, the new bill, together with all existing acts on the same subject, shall be forwarded to the Board of Trade, who shall report to the house whether this new bill should be allowed to proceed ; or whether all the existing acts should be repealed, and their powers and provisions, together with new and amended ones, be consolidated under one general local act. Under the head " Taxation of Costs," tbe com mittee say that the charges of solicitors and agents for promoting or opposing bill., are very un certain and often very extravagant; and they suggest that a proper taxing officer should be appointed under the authority of the Speaker, and that a scale of taxation should be authorised and published by him for the guidance of all interested parties. They also recommend that the taxing officer should be required, at the commence ment of each session, to present an account of the amount taxed by him during the preceding session. The committee conclude by recommending the adoption of preparatory meatless before the close of the session, in order to protect the public from the evils proved to exist in the present sys tem of conducting private and local legislation. [ln com pliance with the latter recommendation, a preparatory act was passed accordingly. OPENING OF THE PORTS.—A meeting of the direc tors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufac tures was held on Wednesday, when the following memorial for the opening of the ports was unanimously agreed to and despatched to Lord John Russell : To THE REACT HOHnOtHEIX THE Loans COMIHEETONT24 or nER KAJLETV'E TREASUBT.—The Memorial of the Directors of the Cham ber of Corruneree and Manufactures at Manchester, a cwetli e That your memorialists feel deep apprehensions at the prospects which threaten this district. Whilst the prices of raw materials have been advancing, the profits of trade have been dimini-hing, and hunt branches of our manufactures arc now prosecuted under Iraq bases. The depressing policy of our own country up to as kg session of parliament had long tended to fritter away ear Intercourse with several of our best customers, and the that interval which has elapsed sine the cilium has not yet permitted us to resume the connexions which we once eujoyed;—the price of food at home almost precludes hope that our people will have the means of purchasing elotleingt—stocks of raanu factures are accumulating, and there are strong grounds for fearing that before winter shall have pissed the demand for labour will be greatly lessened. Tozer memorialists feel that any reference by them to year lordships respecting the present and expected Moe:: of fool on whisk the labourer has to rely until fresh crops be available, is not neemeary ; they content themselves with stating, shortly, that at the moment, besides a great enhancement In the prices of meet and fart moment, this town, bread has been nlessesd hilly one-third, whilst eeaiwsal Is selling at twofold, and peados at threefold their usual and that they look forward with dread to the con- In r ! which the people will leedbebly be fixed in the =of next year. That deeply for the measures of prised in thelast session of your memorialists hoped telt:mph the period of transiaaa, awl an the terms which the decreed, not way Waged disperidemer bet with a sus- awilftwe. The espeasedree helms Providence have, however, iseeeeseed, sod. brie °dew et year memorialists, have thrown apse the deseramerhelher awful nepowibi Ain. Extreme sway at dad is hisedelde ; Y Isibaer 111, that weedy will bowie alma. Prayes see directed to be offered up in our dawdle es haw ewe evils averted, and yet one of oar laws suite dal wbsierow New be the price of wheat, the Neale* duty to he paid epee the Impart of it shall - be 41. per grater : another law decrees, mos had Arought Into the oramhyhyesstain wo mb shall not be wit at all by oar Bawd whilst a third *deem that iradded shell be mod la ear detiDerte• bat that which wail sees Led. Yew 'weeklies he year =to take loseet le renew thew weildwand wed In fed mew" se the widen of 'oar sweest They bedew Met is Wagete impending athelelea aselklse We will be selkese the le admit Into our Ertseese7 r and had esesswy Le ainy sehishetwe, free of du ; le It t• be bewelablberiedeMi den amp weatryby weds W WIT lep deneellespolteelleerelrilellheleeihilbrevideeibemeetoprod acessweltheat releases le the verse width have elredyleaselitt. ar way bmidter Wag them to as. this extent they beeddYPer the laseeellele inerfeenee of "wring the ea* a ass - by theastice.— b!_ap — proiiiir=fte kl 2. Alga. 'alio , car. iitewiester, 0at. 1846. A wee of the Town Cotme2l h to be called for memc- Lords of the Treasury. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Ocr. 14. FORROP PRATER PORRELIEF PROM SCARCITY.—The Dub lin Gazette of Tuesday contains an order by the Lord-Lieute nant and Council of Ireland to the Lord; Archhishcps and Bishopa now iu town to prepare a form of prayer for relief from the dearth and scarcity now existing in parts of the United Kingdom, owing to the failure of the crops of the present year, and instructions for the use of inch form in all churches and chapels in Ireland, on all occasions on which divine service shall be performed during the present month. APPOINTMCNTL—The Dublin Gazette of Tuesday con tains notifications of the following appointmenta:—The Right Tice. Thom ts, Bishop of Team, and Alexander Mac donnell, Est., one of the Commissioners of National Edu cation in Ireland, to be of the Privy Council in Ireland; John O'Connell, Esq., to be a deputy-lieutenant of the County Kerry ; Colonel Sir William Verner, Bart. (re-ap pointed), to be a deputy-lieutenant of the County Tyrone; John Low, Esq., to be a deputy-lieutenant of the County Limerick; William Moore Miller, Esq., barrister-at-law, to be resident magist ra t e f or th e di s trict of Portadown, County Armagh ; John L'unsford Ellard, Eget., to be resident magis trate for the district of New Quay, County Clare ; William Knaresborough, Esq., to be resident magistrate for the district of Nuddleton, County Cork; Charles Arabia, Etoq , to be resident magistrate for the district of Ballinnobe, County Mayo. BOARD OF Woaxe.—Final notice; have been issued by this board,. of compliance with the preliminaries required by the provi si ons for summary proceedings under the Act 9th Vic. e. 4 (" to amend nets for promoting drainage, &c., and aff o rd facilities for increased employment for the labouring classes in works of drainage during the present year "). in the cases of proposed works in the di-trict of Clonakilty, Ow enkeagh, and Ratooragh, all in the county of Cork ; and of compliance with the preliminaries required under the Act 9th Vic. c. 3 (" to encourage the fisheries of Ireland, &c."), with respect to the proposed pier at Claddagh, in the county of the town of Galway. DEPUTATION TO THE LORD LTEUTENANT.—A deputa tion, composed of Lords Fiuga ll and Farnham, Meson. ltoht. Bourke, Napier, had an interview this afternoon with his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on the subject of the construction of a railway from the boundary of the county of Cavan, through Kells to Navan, thence by Bective and Kil merlin, onward to Dunboyne, to join the Great Western Railway at Clonsilla, with a branch to Trim and Atliboy. This is the railway which the gentry and people of Neath at the late 'Sayan meeting agreed they would prepare, at the public expense, for the laying down of rile. The Erening Mail states that the deputation was unsuccessful. MEETING 01' PARLIAMENT.—LORD CLONIIROCK.—The following letter from Lord Clonbrock appears in this even ing's Mail. O TO TII FMITOR OF THE ETTNTNO 1477. " Crounaocz, trer. 13th, 1114ti.—rtir I have just seen in the Fern ing Mod of yesterday a recut of a speech of wine at the late meet ing of the county of Galway, held at liallinasioe, which I feel compelled to notice, as it attributes to me an opinion exactly the reverse of that which I did express, and still hold. In moving a vote of thanks to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, for taking upon himself the responsibility altering a late act of krarliarnent, by giving a power of empl oying the people in reproductive labours, I entended that his Exc ellency had acted most wisely in taking this step, instead of advising that parliament should be convened, • mea sure which, in my opinion, would be ill adapted to the present crisis, so too much time would necessarily elapse before letolllloo could be brought to bear on the subject. lon will, therefore, see that ouch being my views, I Gould not have 'concluded by expressing an opinion that parliament should be convened at once to consider the suite of Ireland.'--1 have the honour to be, tar, your most obedient fervent, CLONYWOCX." THE LABOUR RATE ACT. Proclamations of Extraordinary Prooentment Seuions for the following baronies appeared in last Dublin Gazette :-- CAILLOW.—Barosy of !drone East, at BagnalstOUSl, Oct. 23. KILDAIE.—Barony o. Narraglt and ltettui %Vett, at Athy, Oct. 23. LONDONDERIIT.—Barony of Tirkerrin, at Muff, Oct. ; Barony of Liberties of Coleraine, at Coleraine, Oct. 24 ; Barony of Coleraine, at Coleraine, Oct. 23; Barony of Laughinsholliii, at Magherafelt, Oet. 2u. MuNAGILLV.—Burunv at homey, at Carriekinuenves, tkt. 28. QVECrell Comer.—ilarony of Marybosough East, at Maryborough, Ott 23. LOUTH.—BARONY or Lowee. DUNDALK.—The pre sentment sessions for the barony of Lower Dundalk were held on Monday last at Riverstown, in the court-house. The attendance of the gentry and poorer classes of the neighbour hood was very considerable. Nut only the court but a large portion of the area in front of the court-house, as also the open space at the side, was filled by the poorer classes. At one period of the meeting several of the labourers outside made some observations, which seemed to have given rise to some excitement. The men complained of certain state ments which they alleged were made in the body of the house, by the magistrates or others, in reference to a reduc tion of wages—a piece of cruel misrepresentation which it is hardly necessary to contradict. However, the Rev. Mr. Gowan, with Mr. Black, J. P., spoke to the crowd, and their expostulations had the effect of putting an end to the confusion that prevailed. The chair was taken by Thomas Fortesci:e, E.q., J. P., who formerly represented Louth in Pariament. The Chair man said the present meeting had been convened for the purpose of devising works on which the poor of the barony could be immediately employed. That was the sole object for which they had met. The poorer classes who listened to him should bear in mind that the magistrates and associated ass-payers who were then present were most anxious to do all in their power to give employment. He could have no doubt but that every firmer present would say that it would be better to give employment on lands in draining, subsoiling, &c.; but as works of this description could not be entered upon just at once, it would be advisable to take the roads iu the first instance, as they afforded the readiest mode of giving employment. (A owe, " Long life to you.") (Cheers.) Therefore they would go on with the roads first, till they should have discovered and arranged the details of works of a more reproductive character. (Loud cheers, and cries of "Long may you live.")—The Rev. Mr. Hobson, rector of Ballymascanlan, said he should state that there was a very strong opinion among the gentlemen near bins that money spent on roads was almost thrown away. —The Chairman said that he did not mean to convey that road work was to be preferred to drainage, subsoiling, &c.. but the roads only could be immediately entered upon ; and when reproductive works could be commenced, of course they should be proceeded with in preference. (Hear.)—The Rev. Mr. Barlow, rector of Carlinglord, detailed tho state of distress in a district embracing a circuit of two miles around Carlingford. He said he had made personal inquiry in all the cases ; and, after the minutest investigation, he could say that, leaving out of consideration altogether the number of persons employed in fishing (who, however, would be un employed in a fortnight or so), and those now employed in quarries and in other works, and some who were in Eng land, and who were anxious to return, the number who were really destitute and in want of employment, was 214 men and 41 boys—in all, 255. There were 127 acres of potatoes totally lost, and the means to procure sub sistence to that amount must be instantly provided. He could say, that in such a state were potatoes at present, that pigs would scarcely eat the filthy food which he saw some families use for dinner and supper.—The Rev. Mr. Mtlieowne, P.P., said there were 0,060 in the parish of which he had charge, and he would state that fully one-third of these was in a state of destitution at present ; and that in two months, almost all would be reduced to the same state. The number of sole-bodied destitute in the barony was esti mated at 1500, end the sum required to find them in em ployment at 15,7001.—Mr. Upton moved a vote to the effect that the sum should he raised off each electoral division, in proportion to the wants of such division. Mr. Wolfe M'Neale seconded the proposition; and after the matter had been talked over for nearly an hour, the question was put, when the original motion (for a union rate) was carried— the only dissendents being the mover and seconder of the amendment —When the question of the pro priety of charging each electoral division with its own expenditure, rather than a uniform rate over the barony generally, was being discussed. Mr. Fll gate expre-sed his regret that while he was in favour of the uniform rate nothing could be done to touch the ab sentees, whose alisence from their natural home was the cause of much increased poverty and destitution. Various presentments were then gone into, up to five o'clock, when, in consequence of the numbers who were outside, and some apprehensions being felt by the magistrates that if the people were kept there longer a breach of the peace might take place, it was darted expedient to adjourn the meeting to Tuesday, when the court was occupied for a length of time with the consideration of the outstanding applications, which were near:y all agreed to—the total :mount presented for being nearly 6,0001., which Mr. Neville promised would be put in course of circulation with the least possible delay. There was again a large attendance of the working classes, but no disorder occurred during the day. CORK.—KERRICURRIHY BARONY.—The extraordinary resentment sessions fur this barony was held at the Petty Sessions Court House, at Carrigafine, on Saturday. At 12 o'clock the chair was taken by Colonel Berke.—A discussion took place, immediately upon the chair being taken, respect ing the convenience of adjourning the meeting to the chapel, or the open air. One gentleman observed that there was ample room for those who bad business to transact; but that the half who were there were only disposed to humbug and the other half to job.—Mr, J. Roberts : Turn out the jobbers. (Laughter.)—lt was at length determined that the business should go on where tlo meeting had assembled.—The Chairman hoped they would carry on the business of the day without angry discussions. —The Secretary read the communication (already pub fished) from the Irish Secretary, relative to the drainage of lands by presentment. He (the Secretary) apnlicd to the clerks of the unions in which the several parts of the barony were situate for returns of the valuation—but the only por tion of it with respect to which he had been furnished with information, was mat in the Cork union. It was as follows : Valuation of the electoral division of Inniskenny (part), 2,8771. ; Carrigaline (part), 10,5531.; Monkstmen, 10,4)61. — total value of that portion of Herricurriby in Cork union, 23,8861. In answer to a question put by a cess-payer, Captain Broughton said that under the circumstance of a road being beneficial, exclusively or in a material degree, to individual , that the proprietor so advantaged would be exp to subscribe towards the presentment, but there was no means of compelling each contributions. Mr. Sarsfield said their safest course would be to throw out any such presentment, unless a guarantee were given to them that the private subscriptions would be forthcoming. Captain Broughton said they should at the same time take care that they relieved the destitution in every district. (Hear.)—The Chairman said the population of the barony was 14,641 and the acreage 23,245.—Captain Broughton inquired whether the Belief Committees were prepared to bring leeward any roads ? If they were, it might be the most convenient aware. to entertain their applications first.—The Chairmen mid theta preliminary meeting was held, but they did net aims the merits of any of the presentments.—The Secretary laid that applications to the amount of 17,7001. had been mat la to him. Of these presentments upwards of 16,0001. were paned. INCREASED DEMAND FOY BAILERA.—The &flare of the potatoes has lammed the demand for bread to such an ex tent, that jourarposbokatiosonot be had at the old " nolo of prices." Last year the partial rot in the potato crop ena bled them to augment their wanes from fifteen to twenty-one shillings per week; and this 'seas= they refuse to work unless they are paid four shillings per night, which (reckon ing by their time). amounts to nearly twenty.eight shill ings each week. Ten years ago, the salary of a Journey man baker, in Belfast, did not amount to much more than lls. fid. a week. biIIATARY ESCORT OP PROTIBIONB.—A troop of the Innis killen Dragoons arrived In Galway on Sunday, from Ath lone' for the purpose of aiding the local authorities, with the 49th regiment stationed there, to escort provisions to the inland towns in the interior. I understand that Govern ment have appointed Mondays and Thursdays for the per formance of this duty. Yesterday seventy-five carts laden with meal and flour, and destined fur Tuam, Dunmore, Headford, Athenry, and Monied, were escorted a few miles on their way by the Dragoons and two companies of the 49th, under the orders of Mr. Kiernan, R.M. Notwithstanding the awful destitution that prevails, the people remain tranquil, and bear their sufferings with wonderful patience and fortitude. The address of the Repeal Association to the people, bearing the signature of Mr. John O'Connell, which had been plentifully circulated and placarded throughout this town and neigh bourhood, on Saturday and Sunday, as well as the exhorta tions of several of the clergy, in the different chapels, have had a most salutary effect • Government is much censured by all parties," says the Pilot, " for not having ere this allowed the Indian corn and flour, which is stored here, to be disposed of, even at a molerate profit, in order to control the exorbitant demands of speculators and jobbers; but the commissary in charge seems to be as well skilled in jobbing in human food himself as the most sordid of our traders or mealmongen, and actually sets the example to others of holding out for high prices while thou6ands are famishing. Is it possible that a liberal and maightened government would countenance or encourage such conduct ? Ample supplies should be afforded without delay." ROSCOMMON.—Great blame is attributed to those who have undertaken (but particularly those well paid) in not setting the poor to work. Thousands of them are dying for want of food. Oats are selling in this market to-day at from lfis. to 194. per 14 stone, and meal hu risen to 114 s. per cwt. The late rain has completely put an end to all the rotten potatoes—and the people's plot of cabbage (upon which with salt they subsisted up to this) is completely exhausted. God only knows where this will terminate.—Whilst on this sub ject we cannot omit the earliest opportunity afforded us of recording the humane and charitable conduct of an honest Scotchman (Mr. Campbell) connected with the extensive mills in Ath:eague. Instead of following the bad example of his neighbours in the same business he generously opened his stores, and himself and his men were daily occupied from morning to night in retailing, at a reduced price, and not more than one stone to each family, during the work, the immense quantity of meal in his mills and stores.—Ros common Journal. GALWAY.—The government have given directions that • troop of the 6th Dragoons shall immediately proceed here, for the purpose of protecting the trade iu provisions.—Gal way rindirator. latimatiot has been received from the Castle that a com pany of soldiers will be ordered to Tulin as roan as accom modation can be provided fur them.— 'foam Herald. ARMAOH.—The Earl of Gosford has lately intimated his intention to make to all the small farmers on his estate, holding under twenty acres, an abatement equal to all their patato planted land of the present year.—Uhfer Gazette. CLARE.—WO understand there were no less than 111 pai.pers admitted into the workhouse of Ennistcmon on Fri day. This is a strong proof of the utter destitution preva lent in the neighbourhood.—Clare Journal. WATERFORD. EXPORTATION OF PROVISIONS. Within the last few days there were cleared out at the Custom-house of this city, for England, 2,400 barrels of oats, 90 barrels of wheat, 1,790 cwta. of flour, 1,400 flitthes of bacon, 682 live pigs, and 112 head of cattle.-11 aterford Freeman. _ _ . The tranquillity of this county, especially of the dis trict in the neighbourhood of Lismore, is now restored. Thousands of men are at work in every locality, and disorder and tumultuous assemblages of the people are at an end. The people only wanted employment. The postpone ment of the public works was the real cause of every disturbance in this ciunty; but it will be seen that the Lord Lieutenant and the Board of Works are now doing their duty well, and great thanks are due to them and to him who brought the subject pressingly before them. Indeed, Earl Besborough is eminently entitled to the grati tude of this country.—The thanks of the Executive have been conveyed to the Rev. Dr. Fogarty for his exertions to preserve tranquillity.— Waterford Frteman. NEWItY.—INTIMIDATION.—On Monday morning several persons (perhaps about thirty), and apparently not in desti tution, exeresed the intimidating process so effectively as to obtain a supply of bread from Mr. M'Cann, a baker in Newry. They then visited Dr. Kelly—lint he very properly resisted the unusual demand. Such invasions of private property cannot be tolerated. In truth, such conduct as that of the party in question checks beneficence, and operates to the prejudice of the really destitute.— Newry Examiner. THE Ancit manor OP D reference to an arti cle in the Evening Mail of Monday, which I forwarded to you on that evening, reflecting os the Archbishop of Dublin for having, it was said, prohibited in his Churches the read ing of the prayer fur alleviation of the famine, the following letter from the Rev. Mr. Woodward appears in this day's number of that Journal : OF 771 E EVENING MUT,. Sir,—ln rekrenoe to an article in your paper of Monday evening, I beg to elute, that the prayer apponwd by the church to be used in ' "time of dearth and famine," was real at St. Stephen's Church on Sunday last; and that the omission of the form issued by Mews. Griersoo was not byonler of the Archbishop, who gave no order what ever on the subject. lam not disposed rigidly to scrutinise the com mand of those placed in authority—sod, therefore, on occasions for which the Church has made no provision. I have not scrupled to use the farms of prayer issued by order of the Privy Connell. But the present occasion being one for which the church has made , provision -and not being aware that the Privy Council have power to relax the Act of Uniformity, or to shelter the clergy from the penalties to which they become liable by violating it, my colleague and I did nut feel warranted in using any form of prayer except that premeritcd by the prayer.book. It is not my place to defend the sermon preached by the archbishop on Sunday last. This much, however, I may say, that the writer of the article in question strangely Misapprehended his Gram's meaning, the view be took being, in fact, the exact oppoette of what the writer has represented. —Your obedient servant, F. B. Woometars—Oct. 13, 1114 G. Mn. GREY PORTER AND Loan ENNISKILLEN.—Mr. Grey Porter, whose coquetting with the Repealer has ob tained for him some notoriety at both sides of the Channel, has published a placard respecting Lord Enniskillen, of which the following is a copy : Norier--I hereby occune the Fart of Enniskillen of dishonourable conduct in the poor-house on Tuesday, September 20th, when the Earl of Enniskillen, Mr. Echlin, his agent, and Mr. Emmett, were the only magistrates prenent, and I request him to wine before a meeting of the 'mgt./rate, and guardians or the union (who do not wish Ennis. kit en poor-house to beconie as great a job as the late corporation of Enniskillen), on next Tuesday, October 20th, at twelve o'clock at noon, at Mliride's Hotel, in order that this charge may then and there be fairly examined by these gentlemen, Its pmer judges, and who linaw the men and circumstances of the cane, out trust that dishonourable conduct may meet its just condemnation. If Lord Enniskillen will not in next Thursday's papers declare that he will then come forward Oa which case there will he a nxvtinir), I will look upon him (or the future as a man who can do In private :mil behind a moon back, allot he dare not and cannot defend in public and before his few—Juno Gaw V. roarea.—bkniskillett, October 13th, 1846. LORD Poirrant,tsoron.—This nobleman paid, on Satur day, his first visit to the family estates, so long neglected during the life of the late earl. He was received in Borriso leigh by the tenantry of his Limerick and Tipperary estates, who presented him with an address. His lordship, who promises to be an excellent landlord, occupied the chair at a drjerentr which he afterwards gave sonic of the most influ ential of his tenants, and had upon each side of him the Protestant and Catholic clergymen of the distract, who evinced the most cordial good feeling in their sentinic nta and intercourse. Lord Portarlington, we are told, after having left the sum of one hundred pounds for the Relief Committee of Borriseleigh and gained the goodwill of all by his kind ness and affability, departed " amidst the cheers of a grateful tenantry, and the blessings of the poor." LORD JOHN Rusanu..—There is a rumour very prevalent here to-day (I have been unable to trace it to Its source), that Lord John Russell has suddenly and unexpectedly arrived in Ireland. It is stated that his Lordship has been closeted ell day at the Castle with Lord Bessborough. I merely mention the rumour as au o,s dit. WALES. IMMENSE CoNrftscr ron IRON.—There i an accredited rumour here, says the Heretbrd Times, that Sir John Guest, Bart., 'Jowled' Ironworks, has just completed a contract to supply 200,000 tons of iron rails, at 10!. per ton—the total value of which will be two millions sterling. The same iron three or four years ago would have been sold from 51. to 61. per ton. EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES UNDERGROUND AT ABER GATENNT.-C. Charles was charged with having, on the 14th of last August, two females at work underground, in his employ, in a level called Level Braith, in the parish of Aberyotruth. Mr. Oabb appeared to support the informs, tion, and Mr. Baker appeared on the part of defendant. The evidence, however, failed in Sting the ownership of the mine, or the reel party who put the women to work, and the case as therefore dismissed.—Mr. Gabb made an application I to the Court to adjourn the hearing of a case, Taylor v. Hayward, until that day fortnight. The case, he stated, was for employing women underground in the Blacnavon Works, in the pariah of Llanwenarth, and his wish for a postponement was in order that he might be enabled to pro duce his witnesses, who had been summoned to attend, but had failed to do so. PROVINCIAL. REPRESENTATION OP MANCHESTER.—A meeting of the Committee of the Reform Association was held on Wednes day afternoon, when it was resolved, almost unanimously, that Mr. Bright should be requ.stcd to allow himself to be put in nomination for the borough at the next election, and that, if he consented, a meeting of the liberal electors should be held in the Free-Trade Hall, to consider tho propriety of the nomination. There were only two dissen tients to the vote, one on the ground of Mr. Bright's opi. nions as to the union of Church and State, and the other on the ground that his election might cause the country to believe that Manchester was desirous to destroy the aris tocracy. The Manchester Times of this morning (Friday) tar We trait that those gentlemen and others who, like them, fear that the church and the aristocracy might be annihilated by the eloquence of the Rochdale 04ton-claimer, may yet pee it their duty to give him their support. We think that the church and the ark. tocracy may be safety left, to take of themselves; and we can not bring ourselves to believe that they will crumble into duet at the sowed of Mr. Bright's trumpet. The utmost o mischief " be ma do, in these duectioes, may be to prevent say fresh essupliestions, in the shape of new endowments, of a system dist at some Mum time will be thoroughly reformed. and to Wader the IMO& extension of privileges to the aristocracy which ma be ielobleesse to the community. it may sot be able that that y the country abould believe, ham Mr. Bright's election, that Manchester wishes to pull down theater& and yam the plough share over the ate of the Home of lords; kat still Ins (taint& it weld be that. by Mr. Bright's ritinNik Ma "mar, aboald Men that Manchester is rtwily to submit to further inter*: enoe with liberty of conscience and ftirther extensions of injurious erisweratie privileges." The deputation appointed to wait on Mr. Bright consisted of the chairman of the meeting (W. It. Callender, Esq.) and Alderman Kershaw, Fag., Alderman Burd, Es q ., Alderaum Kay, Esq., LieJ. Wi lson, Esq., W. Rawsnu t Esq., and Samuel Lees, Esq. They expected to meet Mr. Bright at the League R 901114, Manchester, yesterday evening. Tux DEFECTS OP TUB LIVERPOOL PORT-OFFICE afferd a constant text for complaint in the local papers. It is alleged that at present the post-office management rem wes the great manufacturing towns of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Stafford shire to the greatest possible distauce from each other. Tilt e, for instance, it takes as long to forward a letter from Liver pool to Runcorn, as it does from Liverpool to Southampton! By this means business is, of course, extensively injured. The post to the Isle of Man, also, is an illustration of the carelessness with which the postal affairs are ordered in this neighbourhood. A resident in that island may transmit let ters from one town to another daily, but the post-oltice con tract with the steam-packs t company only stipulates for a conveyance between that island and Liverpool three times a week in the summer, and twice in the winter ! Here is a population of at least fifty thousand, only six or seven hours' sail from Liverpool, and yet it is only twice a week that they can correspond with Englund; and ad badly are the sailinga managed, that it generally happens in the winter that a letter does not reach in time to have a reply before the second poet. From Liverpool to Dublin there are two mail steamers daily. The government boat seldom carries more than a dozen pts sengers, but she is always a firsteless steamer, ably com manded and well app Anted. Now, there would be more passengers than this to the Isle of Man. Why, then, asks the Lirerpool Courier, does not the Post-office have a more efficieut communication ? Doubtless, because the Dublin . . _ post bears on the Llndon accommodation, and the Isle Man does not extend its influence much beyond Lancashire. —_-- • • • TILE LIVERPOOL CVBTUNIS . REVEN I:E.—Al:aid/It the complaints. says the Liverpool Standard, of declining com merce, which reach us from every quarter, it is gratifying to find that the port of Liverpool stilt keeps on the cern tenor of her way, improving her position. The accounts fer the present quarter, coded the 10th instant, give an increase over the corre,ponding three mouths of 1846, of 118,205 t. The following are tho receipts during the three mouths of both years: 1545. Jut) , F258,518 Aurust 217,261 beptember 387,203 Giving 1:897,883 against £1,018,353 in the quarter of lOW, showing the above surplus. Taking the tkree quarters of the year now ended the ac count will stand as follows: 1848. £25i533 324,283 437,784 QUARTERS ENDED, 1845 Sth April £0118,973 sth July 10th Octubrr 1816. .C 7 91,42; 0:1,4% 1,016,383 Totals C2,044,2i0 C2,754,:!0a showing a gross increase upon the 9 months of 110,0661. This is encouruging, not so much for the gross amount received (which is leas than iu the corresponding period of 1814), or the surplus over lost year, but from the circumstances under which it has accrued. It shows us that whatever blows the customs' revenue of tho kingdom may receive from changes in our econo- mical system, there is a healthy vitality in the com merce of this port which enables us to rally from the shuck. Thus, in 181 .,, we Wand the year's receipts et our Custom house reduced from 4,487,064 t—the previous year's re. ceipta—to 3,413,1121., showing a deficiency on the year of 1,034,552/. This was accounted for by the Tariff reductions, including 609,0001., as the loss on cotton, in the port of Liverpool alone. We have this year had further reductions of important duties; yet we are steadily regaining our posi tion ; and fully anticipate in a very few years to gain our original revenue productiveness. TOIiKSIIIRE. THE FREEDOM OP TiiiCITT or YORK WU presented to G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., on Monday last. This cam. pliment was paid at the usual Michaelmas court of tee ancient company of Merchant Adventurers of York, held at their Hall, is Fossgate. A numerous party was invited to a public breakfast, which, being con cluded, the Governor proceeded to the official chair, and the formal proceedings connected with the admis sion of Mr. Hudson to the freedom of the company were commenced. The silver box, containing a copy of the oath of admission, was very massive and richly . chased. It was of a very large size, and on the lid was the inscription : " This box was pretemted by the Ancient Merchant Adveaturers of the city of York, together with the freedom albeit company, to Goo. Bottum, Esq., M.P., 34 a itinit of approval of his public conduct, and of peat respect for hi...private character." After a complimentary address from the chairman, Mr. Hud son, in reply, expressed his grateful thanks for the honor done him, and in continuation said : I have now been for thirty-three years a resident of this ancient city. I have re ceived from this city almost everything that 1 possess. and I have enjoyed the affection and regard of my fellow-citizens generally. And, gentlemen, if I know anything of my own feelings and wishes, my utmost ambition and desire is that I may continue to enjoy that confidence, regard, and respect which I have so largely received from you up to the present moment. (Applause.) The governor spoke quite right when he said that my conduct had received the approbation of large assemblies elsewhere. It has been my lot to enjoy the confi dence of many who have never seen me. I may have received the raced of pilaw from many quarters, but nothing in the whole course of my life has been so grateful to my feel ings—and I say this from the bottom of my heart—nothing has been so gratifying to me as the flattering compliment which you, my fellow-citizens, have paid to me this day. (Applause.) Gentlemen, lam happy in becoming a mem ber of this ancient company—a company iirtituted for houorable and benevolent purposes. I believe that this company, if resuscitated, is yet able to render essential ser vices to the state and benefit to the city. This is a society which happily is not mixed up with political affairs—such a society is enabled to afford to the Minister of the day—be he who he may—information which he will be anxious to re ceive on all occasions connected with the commerce of this important locality. I feel proud in being connected with this company—it forms another tie in my connexion with the city of York. (Applause.) I hope that this city will continue to progress as it has done before. There is a wide field open for us. As corporatert, as commissioners, or as member, of this company, we should unite for the benefit of the city—in the improvement of its approaches—in the in crease of its conveniences—in the removal of everything pernicious to its health—and in affording enlarged facilities for its trade and commerce. (Applause.) If we, 011 members of the different bodies entrusted with authority in this ancient city, zealously co-operate ' I doubt not that we may raise it to a proud position—if not the first city—at least one of the greatest cities in this kingdom —a city worthy of being the metropolis of this great and mighty county. hope I am not the man to recommend prodigal ezymili taire—l am not one who would run too fast; but we must take care that we do not go too slow. The pro. ',putty of this city is increasing, and it is acquiring the means fur carrying out improvements. I trust that this Company of Merchants will ever evince an interest, not only in the preservation of the antiquarian re mains which our city possesses, but also in the exten sion of its commercial prosperity. (Applause.) It I:aa so happened that by the efforts of myself and these with whom I am associated in a great commercial undertaking that this city his become the centre in the great system of the railway communication of this country. And, gen tlemen, I hope and trust that whin that undertaking shall, in course of events, pass into other hands, that whoever may be my successor, he will ever entertain the deepest regard and consideration fur the city of York, to whose inhabitants we are under the greatest obligations for the kind rapport which we have ever received at their hands. If, gentlemen, there is one injunction which 1 would press more strongly than another upon those who shall follow me, it will be, that they should on all OCCaajwlS evidence by their conduct the debt of gratitude owing by the York and North Midland Company for the zealous, able, and kind support which its directors have t ver received from the citizens of York. (Applause.) Gen tlemen, I said that the Company of Merchants was capable of being resuscitated and of effecting much good in our city. I hope that increased means will be placed at is disposal for adding to the social benefits of its poorer mem bers ; and I trust that the day is gone by when such institu tions shall have ceased to be regarded except with respect. These ancient companies were instituted for good—let it he our duty to see that that object is fully carried out. (Ap plause.) Gentlemen, everything and anything that I can do to benefit the city of York, and to evince my gratitude to my fellow-eitizens, shall be done so long as it pleases God to give me health and energy. (Cheers.) A FIRE occurred on Monday at Yarns, by which the paper-mills of Messrs. Bainbridge and Co. were destroyed. An adjoining inn was likewise burned down. LINCOLNSHIRE. A LINCOLNSHIRE SX ItTCIt OEI/lELINCOLN " FREEMEN." —The way in which Colonel Sibthorp has been besieged during his visit to Lincoln races by shoals of ragged and drunken freemen, renders it not at all surprising that he shonld so seldom occupy Canwick Hall, and that Ti, vaca tions are spent at a distance. Upon the race-course they tracked all his movements, hunting him from the stem ardee stand to the grand-stand and back again; at the Saracen's Head they stormed him like a swarm of locusts, and teemed ee if they would not be repulsed by threats. When he has gone into the city since the races, they have followed his carriage wherever it gees: and at the bank the ether day some score of those drunken hangers-on watched it for two hours; and at last the gallant member had to escape from his besiegers by a side door, and the carriage was driven off empty. Cm:muck Hall has been visited daily, the vagabonds going up by the sc,re, stopping outside the day through, and vowing that they would net go avrcy without some thing. Such is the price paid for represeatative hoaours.— Stamford Mercury. WARWICKIffIRE. UTILITY OP THE ELECTRIC IELEGRAPH.—A man and woman were taken into custody at Birmingham last night (Thursday), in consequence of information transmitted by the electric telegraph. They had absconded from Derby with 4001. A DREADFUL EXPLOSION occurred OR Monday at the ex tensive iron-works of Messrs. Lock, Wilson, and Bell, situate on the river Tyne, at Walker, about three miles below New castle. Three person+ were killed, one by the force of the explosion, and the other two by inhaling the impure air before the explosion took place ; and several others have been seriously injured. The Walker iron-works are the most extensive in this district, and give employment to up wards of a thousand men. 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