The Express. — London, England, 1846-10-17 00:00:00

mined that ultimately either he or some other general officer u oll be sent to fill up the vacancy which the retirement of D i g Cethcart sill create. With respect to the Cape of Good Hope, we are informed that the command of the threes, under the governorship of Sir H. Pottinger, has been meme..l to Sir A. Woodford. Sir Alexander has not as yet sig oka his accePtaoce of the offer ; but, as he has been requested to reconsider his determination, which in the first i n ane , seemed rather adverse to the proposed arrangement, ion theaght more than probable that ultimately he will undertake a duty for which he is considered by competent authorities to be particularly well qualified.—Britannia Her highness Princess Nicholas Estcrhazy was opined on the sth inst. at Vienna, of a sou. The infant win baptised according to the rites of the Church of Rome ths nest dsy, when the infant prince took the name of e Adolphus , ' after his godfather, H.R.H. the Duke of mminnsey Highness Prince Esterhary, Prince Nicholas i. ter b, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Cle ;,—lnna Villiers, and a select family drcle, were present at a ptismal ceremony . ROYAL BENEVOLENCE. —The whole of the chesnuts sown upon th • royal domains in the Great-park at Windsor c r. " b e ns placed at the disposal of the parochial authorities for t he purpose of their beteg sold and the proceeds applied tow ards the relief of the poor of the parish, in any wcy which my be considered by the churchwardens and overseen meet it to their comforts during the approaching winter. The q u htity already gathered amounts to upwards of six bandied bushels. At the present market price of chesnnts ia expected that they will realise at least one hundred . mi nns. A large quantity still remain to be gathered ; and it lii-upemed, when the whole are housed , there will be ver y 1.1 . y one thousand bushels. THE RIGHT HON. SIR BROOK TAYLOR, G.C.H.— A distinguished diplomatist expired at an early hour on Th u rsday morning, at his residence, in Eaton-place, after rather a short illness. The deceased ' , who was third son of the Rev. E Taylor, of Bifrons, Kent, and brother of the pats Lieut.• General Sir Herbert Taylor, was born in 1776, and was consequently in his 70th year. Re was employed in his diplomatic capacity at the courts of Heme Cassel and ip u menkerg. In 1842, when Envoy Extraordinary and Min i ster Plenipotentiary at the court of Bavaris,hc was anted by George IV. a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. Sir Brooke subsequently, in 1828 was appointed minister at the court of Benin, and of the privy Council. By the dmise of the right hon. gentle man, an annual pension of 1,336/. reverts to the public puree, behaving enjoyed that yearly in come nearly twenty years his &clop:tam services. [From last night's Gazette.] Wutransu., OCT. 14.—The Queen has presented the Rev. D. S. Rae to the united parishes of Lethend Perth_y and Xioloeb, in the presbytery of Dunkeld and shire of , vacant by the OFFICE &privation of Mr. T. Clark. OF ORDNANCE, Om 14. Rqal Eogineers.—First Lieut. A. U. Freeing to be second eaPt, yin peiler ee, dec. ; Sexed ',beet. A. R. V. Crewe to be first lieut.: Second kiest. F. C. Belson to be Bret Wet. • THE REGISTRATIONS. LMinoN.—Mr. Arnold yesterday delivered judg-j anent in the case of Mr. Henry Edmond Gurney, who had been objected to by the Conservatives. It appeared that the Meson. Gurney occupied a house, No. 6-3, Lombard. Atleet, until March, 1846, when they removed to a home, "No. 71, in another parish, but in the same street, in order :that the honer house might be pulled down an't rebuilt. The house had been razed to the ground, air which nothing . was left but an empty iron safe, for the purpose of being refixed. The house was not yet rebuilt. Meters. Gurney had a lease of the premises, containing the usual to repair, de. The case entirely depended on the construc tion of the 29th section of the Reform Act, and the ques tion was whether Mr. Gurney could be said to have occupied a how, when the house itself was not in existence. It appeared to him that the section to which he had referred required not only a tenancy, but the actual occupation of galas building of some kind or other. Now, during a con siderable portion of the twelve months ' the house in Lim hard-street was not in existence, and therefore there could be no occupation, although there might be a tenancy But - ficient to entitle the landlord to recover for use and occupa tion, The name must therefore be expunged.—Three other names were expunged under similar circumstances. Mr. Arnold, in the course of the day, revised the lists for the parishes of St. Gabriel, Fenchurch-street ; St. Mary Woo Moth ; St. Nicholas Aeons; Allhallows Barking; and - St. Hunstan.in-t'ie-East. The business of the registration finally terminated at four o'clock. In our next we shall be able to give an accurate summary of the result of the entire revision. ALLOW AN CE TO VESTRY CLERAI3.—Mr. Arnold said he had consulted several gentlemen as to the scale of , charges which ought to be allowed to vestry clerks for making out the lists, and he had determined on fixing the following as the scale : —one shilling per name, including every charge connected with making out the lists, such as attendance on overseers, posting on church doors, but not including printer's bill, attendance on secondaries, and at the court of the revising barrister. MlDDLESEX.—Yesterday the Court was held at the Chandos Arms, Edgeware, when the barrister (Mr. Shad well) revised the lists for Harrow, Pinner, Hendon, Edge ware, Kingsbury, Great and Litte Stanmore, and Finchley. In the Pinner list, Sir William Millman, who had been • objected to by the Liberals, claimed costs, there being no person present to support the objection. It appeared that there had been an understanding come to between the agents en both sides to withdraw all objections, but as Sir W. Mill man had not received any notice of the withdrawal in his ease, the barrister having amended the description by insert , hag the name of the residence, awarded ss. PItOVINCIAL.—SotTti LEICESTERSIIIIIE.—The i ' revision of this district is concluded, and the Conservatives '"' elaim a gain of 437 votes. WEST RIDING OF YORW"HIRE.—The Bradford • Observer publishes an elaborate table, showing the results • Cl the revision in the various polling districts in the western El I of the county, and from these we find that there is a ma yof Liberal votes to the number of 1,883 . Last y ear , some party had the ascendancy to the amount of 2,142, r mist in two years the Liberal ranks have been strength ! • tined by the addition of 3,825 voters. Lt ICESTER.—The Le>certer Journal states that by j the revision of this borough, the Conservatives have gained . 90 vote*. BATIL—The gain in this city and borough is on ' the side of the Liberals. They claim a majority of 27 votes. KIDDERMINSTER. — In this borough a majority of 12 has been obtained by the Conservatives. WEYMOUTH.--The revision of the burgess lists for the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis resulted in a pin of 37 Liberal votes. ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY. A very numerous and highly respectable meeting took place last evening in the'lleatre of the Southwark Literary and Scientific Institution, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of immediately abolishing the practice of legal strangling on a public scaffold through- out the British Empire. The Rev. H. Christmas, in the temporary absence of Mr. Apsky Pellatt, took the chair, and stated that the objects to accomplish which the meeting had been called together, were certainly most difficult, but the difficulties were not insuperable. The attempts to abolish the punishment of death had been a long time in progress, and the objections that were made to them were ali but universal. But the assistance which had been afforded by criminal statistics, had enabled the advocates of a more humane legal policy to overcome most of the objections formerly urged. It had never at any tier e been contended that the punishment of death was productive of benefit either to the individual or to society at large. The only plea that had ever been urged in its defence was, that death was an evil inflicted only in order that a still greater evil might be avoided. Now, if it could be shown that capital punish ments had totally failed to effect the ends for which they were inflicted, and if it could be proved that the practice of putting men to death was productive of the utmost degree of demoralization amongst the community at large where it prevailed, then he conceived that there would be established two insuperable reasons for its immediate abolition. (Hear, hear.) Acting, therefore, on the experience which had been already obtained from the history of the past the advocates for the discontinuance of hanging were prepared to go to the legislature and to assert that this dreadful punishment could be pros , . d to be productive of so much mis chief as to call for its immediate abolition. It had been said by the advocates of the gallows that the expiation of crime (as it was styled) on the scaffold, acted as a determent to others to commit similar offences. But wait the fact so? (Hear.) In order to show how utterly futile such a pretext was, he needed only to refer his hearers to the descriptions which had eo often been given of the scenes and occurrences which took place under the gallows whilst executions were going on. (Hear.) If there were any country where the full force of the terror which the example of a public execution was especially calculated to impress itself on the minds of the people, it w: s in Spain, where the criminals were strangled (not hanged) publicly on *scaffold. The parents were in the practice when a public execution took place in Spain, to hold their children up in front of the scaffold in order that they might witness the dying agonies of the man, and thus in order to impress the scene upon their infant minds, and to make them regard it in the light of a dreadful occurrence, they were wont to pinch, box their ears, scratch, or otherwise torture them, until they screamed with pain, so that the recollection of having witnessed the punishment of the "garotte" might operate as a terrible warning to them in after life. In so far, therefore, the Spaniards were consistent, by making the public exhibi tion of the punishment of death subservient to such views ; hut did those intentions become realised? Was a moral le.son thus held out to the rising generation of Spaniards? So far from it, he believed there was not a country in the whole world wherein there were more murders and other capital crimes committed than there were in Spain. With respect to the punishment of death, he was ready to admit that at a former period of his life he had certainly thought It was right to inflict it in some cases, and he conceived its infliction was warranted by the word of scripture. He had, however, greatly altered his sentiments in this respect. (Hear, hear.) Nor was he alone in having done so. !den of all ranks and stations, and of every grade of intellectual acquirement, had been led to change their opinions on the same grounds that he had done, n amely, after a full inquiry and upon the complete Conviction that the state of society in which the scriptural authority warranted the infliction of death was one which had been totally changed by subsequent occurrences, and, consequently, that the laws under which that punishment had been authorised were now obsolete, and ought to be no longer enforced. (Hear.) The rev. gentleman then intro duced the Rev. Dr. Jabez Burns to the meeting, for the pur- Pose of proposing the first resolution : Mr. AINLEY PELLATT, who had entered the theatre during the last sentences of Mr. Christmas's speech, now took the THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1846. chair, and epologised for his temporary absence on the wore of an unexpected eneagement. Ile then preceeded to say that the question which they were that leght met to discuss was one of the utmost importance, and the gre itest amount of seal would be requisite in or 'cr to effect the removal of We disgraceful law which authosixes the ieffietion of d-nth m a punishment from the statute-hook. Since the iiitroduc ticm of milder punishments for offences the am cunt of crime ei=sensibly diminished. (Hear.) Many persons the infliction of death on the authority of Scripture That was not the arena for discussing the point upon that ground ; but, if the Old Testament was to he appealed to as the text-book fur penal inflictions, why should they out continue to inflict death fur the other offence* which were so punished according to the laws of Moses ? Why should not adultery—so prevalent amongst the higher classes of society— be punished with death, if the law of the Old Testament was still to prevail in respect to other crimes? How many imeances were there not of men who bad been put to death judicially fur crimes of which they were afterwards proved to have been innocent? The Newgate Calendar abounded iti such in stances. (Hear.) He therefore called upon the meeting to give its sanction to the resolution about to be proposed, and thus to take a step towards abolishing the bloody excesses which were still sanctioned by the law. The Rev. JABEZ Beam ruse and proposed the following resolution ; "That this meeting regards the infliction of the punishment of death to be unjustillab.e. Whether it is viewed on the grounds of morality, good policy, or of religion, it is in the highest degree prejudicial to the merals of the community." The rev. gentleman mid, he felt rejoiced that ho lived in the 19th century, and in the s ea-girt island of Britain. There had been dark times, when the minds of men were enve loped in darkness. But now the schoolmaster was abroad. (Hear, hear.) There had once existed superstition. He was glad that time was passed. There had been despotism. He was glad that age was also passed, and that the despotic will of one man wee no longer able to crush the minds of many. Ringcraft was also abolished, and he felt rejoiced at hying in a free country. They were met that night to ascer tain how many of the suffrages of the persons around him could be collected in support of abolishing the gallows and the hangman. (Hear, hear.) There were numbers of people now who cried out for this abolition. Expediency likewise called for it. lie asked the meeting were they pre pared to perpetuate the practice of putting men to death ? (" Hear," and " No.") Neither he nor those who thought as he did, wished to have the gallows abolished because they were enemies to the laser, or to social order, or to the govern ment. No, they wished it because they were friendly to those institut'ona. But sangeinary laws disgusted and de terred the people from loving or supporting them. They were in opposition to the sentiment* of the people. What he wished to see woe the proptr mmeencing and maietaieing the law. He was anxious W see the death penalty abolished, in order that the true ends of the law might be accomplished. The law ought to seek to effect three things, namely, the restitution of what had been wrongly taken ; protection • and reclama tion of wrongdoers. Any system of law which &fled to accomplish these objets was deficient in itself. Now let btu ask, does the infliction of death on a 'woad person give Usk the life that has been token by the murderer, ur restore pease to the family of the slain ? Certainly not. The execu tions, &Wore, of a murderer was a mere sacrifice to len gellele complete act of revenge. (Hear.) Did putting a murderer to death protect society? Did the terror of suffering prevent the murderer from liftirg his hand ? He might appeal to the case of the boy Wicks to prove that it did not. That victim to the savtgery of Newgate had been in the habit of attending executions, and it might be said that he had thereby been encouraged to commit the crime which led to his own death. As for the reclamation of a man who is hanged, that was a mere farce, unless the exhor tations and attendance of the chaplain of the prison could be eo considered. For his own part, he believed it was possible fur the lowest and most degraded and guilty of human beings, to be restored to virtue. (Hear, hula.) He be lieved. that, until the awful boundaries which separate life from death were passed, man was a reclaimable being—(hear, hear)—and it was a pious and a truly Christian effort to try to reclaim him. But at present the law thrust the unhappy wretch, who stood in need of reclamation, out of the world, and into the presence of hie Maker, without any regard to the question whether he was fit to appear before that awful tribunal or not. (Hear) What he sought to effect was, to render the law equal. Juries, is order to avoid the extreme penalty of the law being enforced, often violated their con sciences by acquitting men of their offences. It was only recently a man was tried for the murder of his wife, and the jury found it manslaughter. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. A poor wretch was next convicted of , stealing some spoons ' and he was transported for ten years. (Hear, hear, hear). What equality of punishment was there? Had not death been the consequence of the cruel murder of his wife, whom he was bound to protect, the man would have been proportionately punished. When criminals see that the meshes of the law are too close fur them to escape the consequences of titeir offences they cease to c 'limit them. The certainty of commensurate punish ment is the great check upon crime. Ile wished to effect the repeal of the death penalty because he could not recon cile it with the law of God. He knew he was treading on debatable ground, but he appealed to the book of scripture in support of his views. Formerly the Scriptures were ap pealed to by the despot as aanctioning hie despotism. The wily priest also held the Bible up in his defence, that book being the most determined protest against him that ever was recorded. The soldier carried the Bible with him and justi fied his bloodshed by it, and even the despicableand polluted wretch, the man-stealer, appeals to the same book, and professes to have God's authority for holding his fellow in slavery. He envied not the advocates of the death penalty the company in which he found them. (Hear.) But let him ask, Was not Cain a murderer ? Did he escape from the punishment of death for his crime by the reluctance of a jury to convict him l• Was it not by the immediate act of God that he was permitted to live ? Was not Moses likewise amenable to death for haviug slain the Egyptian ? Were the advocates for th death penalty on scriptural authority prepared to enforoe it on the blasphemer, the Sabbath breaker, the undutiful son, as the law of Moses enjoined ? But what said the New Testament on this subject? II they went there they would breathe only the atmosphere of mercy and lovingkindness. Would the advocatesof the death penalty assert that the Divine precepts of Jesus Christ meant thsit the man who offended was to be hanged ? No; they meant quite the reverse. He averred on the authority of these precepts that the death penalty was anti-Christian. The reverend gentleman concluded by saying that if the key note of the cry for entirely abolishing the punishment of death were sounded throughout the metropolis, it would soon re sound in the provinces, and he would venture to assert that the Premier was not in office, nor would there ever be a prime minister in office who would refuse to rsten to the benevolent demands of the people at large. (Loud and con tinued plaudits followed the conclusion of this address.) The meeting was successively addressed by Messrs. H. Christmas, Charles Gilpin, J. L. Stevens, and Mr. Apeley Pellatt in support of, and by a Mr. Elliott against, the reso lution, which was carried by a large majority. A second resolution, pledging the meeting to use its most strenuous efforts to effect the purpose in question, was then agreed to, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the Lessem - ‘^ese broke up. AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE. Under the head of "Miraculous Escape" we printed n paragraph in yesterday's paper mentioning the wonderful good fortune of a madman who threw himself from a " fast" train and escaped unhurt. His own was not the only life endangered it appears ; he had pre viously made a fierce attack on a fellow-passenger. The particulars are as follows :—A gentleman of the name of Parker, of Sydenham, Kent, MU travelling by the mail train from Derby to London, in a first-class car riage; his only compauion being a gentleman about 33 years of age, remarkably , handsome and perfectly gentlemanly in his appearance and manners. After some preliminary con versation, he requested to have the window kept open , and offered Mr. Parker his wrapper if he felt incon venienced by the cold. Other conversation ensued, and he stated that he once possessed a large fortune, which he had squandered ; that he had now retired from the army, and had not been so happy for a long period as at that moment ,• adding that some friend had given him 1,1001. t o pay his debts, and 5001. more to buy furniture ; and that the first thing he intended to do was to buy a dressing-case which would cost him 3.5 guineas, which Mr. Parker re marked he thought would be a great pity, as no doubt he already possessed one. After some further conversation, which began to alarm Mr. Parker, he suddenly dropped on hie knees, and in a most energetic and fervent manner prayed for his friends the Dukes of Beaufort and Wel lington, and more particularly that his dear mother, who had died in hie infancy, should appear. &c. After rising from his knees he exclaimed to Mr. Parker, " Did you hear a noise ? You must have heard that God was speaking to me ?" At the same moment a train passed, the engine of which he declared to be hell. Mr. Parker, by this time being greatly alarmed, tried in vain to soothe him ; his only reply was, Have you repented of your sins ?" at the same time throwing off his boots, coat, and shirt, with his gold watch, chain and seals; he began to slap Mr. Parker in the face, exclaiming, " Yon must come along with me ?" and thrusting his own head through the window, he cut his head and neck in a mast shocking, manner, and was soon covered with blood. He then re;nrned with double fury, and beat Mr. Parker about the head and face most severely. Expecting to be murdered every moment, Mr Parker entreated him (in order to gain time) to pray again, which he instantly did; while Mr. Parker, at the immient risk of his life, opened the door and made his way to the next carriage, where there was onlyone gentleman; who, having heard all that had passed, helped him in and shut to the door. They had scarcely done this when the madman appeared, endeavouring to force his way in also, and it required the united efforts of both to keep him out; so he returned to kis carriage. This happened near the Watford station. Frequent and unavailing appeals were made to the guard for assistance, stating that a gentle. man was dying ; and the reply was that being after their time, they could not stop, as the Manchester train was close heniud them. This, however, was no excuse fur the guard not going to the carriage to ascertain what was the matter. All Mr. Parker knows further of his strange companion is, that the guard of a following train saw a man in a state of nudity running by the side of the road, which can only be ' accounted for by his having thrown himself off the train, I which was then going at an increased speed. A servant was at the terminus of the Euston-square station, waiting for his master; but Mr. Parker being in a dreadfully bruised state, and most anxious to get home, Oid not wait to hear the result of this strange encounter. We are happy to say he is now nearly recovered from the effects of his violent bruises and most alarming position. The additional particulars which have been forwarded to us narrate the adventures of the nuoappy assailant after he threw himself from the train:—On Tuesday morning about half past eight o'clock, a horse and cart, having on it the name of Charles Higgenbottons, Stone-bridge, Willesdon, drew up at the entrance gates of the world of the pariah of St. Mary Althutt, aiensinaton, situate in the Litesiceater:ract, liensingtoa. The cal t contained, in addition to the driver, polce c instahlts 101 and 115 of the 1) divisioa, wha had with the:n a wretched-looking object, covered with dirt and filth, and who was securely bottle' dawn with cords. On their being admitted into the workhouse yard, the p ',icemen stated to Mr. Blackwell, the matter of the work house, that the individual they hail brought with them was a lunatic who had been found early that morning at Kens:al gal:en, in the parish of Remington, under the following emum-tanc :—At an earls- hour, as tome labourers, in the employment of Mr. Edward Salter. farmer, of Nutting llama farm, situate about half-way betweca Notting-hill and the general cemetery at Ken , al green, were goinz to their work in the fields, they saw a man is a state of nudity with the exception of a pair of trousers, and a pair of tine cotton sock., covered with mud, dirt, and blood, come over a hedge into one of Mr. Salter's held,, from a swamp, through which he had crawled, in close contiguity with the Great Wisteria Railway; that the labourers told him he was trespassing, and that he must go back, upon which he became much excited, and, on their att e mpting enforce their direc ions, he became so violent, that it took twelve of the labourers to secure him; and so convinced were they that he was an escaped lunatic, that they bound his arms securely with striNg cards to prevent him doing himself or others further mischief, and handed him over to the police. Upon hearing this statement, Mr. Blackwell directed the unfortunate man to be conveyed int, the insane ward of the workhouse, which was done. When there, the cords by which he was bound were re moved, and a strait-waistcoat put on him. Mr. Guazzaroni, surgeon, of the Terrace, Kensington, who ,s medical officer of the workhouse, was then sent for to exa mine his state and condition, and, in the interim, efforts were made to change him from the dirt and mud with which he w w r il c e os o e i red ng ,. o wh i i t e w h a w s aaundto moat h a difficult ms task, an otherat , discovered that bea parts of his bode had numerous lacerated wounds, iuto which the mud, Ate., had so penetrated that they could with great difficulty . be cleansed. He gave no account himself as to how he got into the wretched plight in which he was; but on ; being questioned as to his name, and where he had come from, he stated that it was Osborne Markham, and that 1 his apartments were at No. 91, Mount-street, Berkeley- I square. A messenger was immediately de-patched to Mount-street to ascertain the truth of that statement ; and on his going to No. 91, Mount-street, he found that Markh..m Osbarne, Esq., lived there, and that that gentle man had been expected home on the previous evening from a shooting excursion at the Marquis of Bute's, that he had come up on the previous evening to a first-class carriage of 1 the ma I train on the Great We-tern Railway, his man ser vent being in a second-class carriage, and that on the arrival ' of the train at the terminus, the servant, on going to the carriage in which his master had sat, found it empty, and his master's clothes, with the exception of his trowsers and melte, with his gold watch, itc. ' lying on the seat ; that in consequence it was thought that the unfortunate gentleman bad coat himself from the train during its progress, and his friends had been is active search alter him during the night. Mr. Gualmaroni, on making a minuter examina tion of the wounds, found there was one at the back of the head of rather a serious character, and also two severe lacerated cuts on the left arm just above the elbow, one of which exten:led to the bone. So numerous were the wounds that Mr. Ouazzaroni was engage d in attendance on him and in dressing the cuts until 4 o'clock in the after noon. Shortly after the return of the messenger from Mount-street, Mr. Harrison, surgeon (we believe) of Al bany court-yard, Piccadilly, came to the workhouse on the part of Mr. Osborne's friends, and again visited him in the evening, when he appearing more quiet and collected, he ' was removed in a fly from the workhouse to his lodgings in , Mount street. The strictest secresy has been maintained by all the parties connected with the case, as to who Mr. Osborne is, and the motives and causes which have led to his extraordinary conduct, but there is every reason to believe that he is most highly connected ; that he is related to a noble duke, and is the brother of a titled lady. BUCKINGHAM PAL ACE AND THE. COURT OF SEWERS. —A general court of sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster was held yesterday at the sewers' office, Soho square. J. White, Esq., inquired of the surveyor of the court, in r lerence to the improvements and enlargements of Buckingham Palace, as to the progress that had been made by the •Mctropo!itan Sewage Company in passing through I Hyde Park ?—The surveyor replied that he believed their works were at present suspended until it was ascer tained to what exti nt the contemplated improvements in the sewage of the district would be effected.—Mr. White urged upon the court the necessity of adopting a new line for the King's Scholars' Pond sewer, which, by being diverted to wards Charing-cross and Northumberland-street, would I secure a deep and continuous fall into the river in the place of the present defective drainage, with a very slight tall at the p nut of its discharge. He had made a calculation, and found, by forming 12 miles of sewer, the whole distrie, Buckingham Palace included, might be entirely and for ever relieved, and this at an expense of littlo more than 300,0001. As they were about to divert the sewer for the improve ments at Buckingham Palace, he thought the present time was a favourable opportunity to take the aubjeet into consi deration.—The chairman said that the divergence of the sewer opposite Buckingham Palace was already in progress, I 1 Mr. Blom, the architect, having stated , on a former. occasion. I that it was absolutely necessary that the work should not be delayed one day beyond the time required to obtain the per mission of this court.—Mr. White expressed some surprise that the work should have been proceeded with.—C. N. Cumberlege, Esq., said that, upon the application of Mr. Blom, from the ommissioners of Woods and Forests, he was fully informed that alterations in the line of sewer were in contemplation, and, if adopted, the money thus spent would be entirely thrown away..—Several lion. Commission ers having expressed their opmions upon the suNect, the question was ordered to stand over for consideration at a future court, when the plans of the surveyor would be laid before them. STEPNEY. TITHE COMMUTATION. A stormy meeting of the tithe payers of the parish of Stepney, held under the presidency of %Ir. Martin, assistant tithe commis sioner, took place yesterday. The object for which it was called was to get the landowners to agree to a voluntary commutation. Considerable objection, however, was made to a claim for each garden, called " The garden penny," and to the expense of mapping the parish, estimated at several hundred pounds ; and after a continued dispute for three hours, such as only takes place, we believe, at parish meet imp, or, perhaps, at meetings in Ireland, the business was adjourned by the commissioner for three months. RAILWAY ILL-CBAOE.—Two complaints, one of a " light," the other of a grave character, were recently made in the Tones by railway travellers. The first complainant, after rernarkingthat on the South-Eastern line third class passengers are obliged to travel in darkness, relates that, • One passenger, who knew his customers. had provided himself with a candle, which he lit, much to the comfcrt of his fellow travel lers. This, however, was ordered to be put out by one of the railway nooberrys, at which all the paasengers rallied round their candle, and defied the railway authorities, thereby retaining their light, but at the risk of accident from fire. The company also forced several passes gen into the carriage after all the semi were occupied- At one line we had more than fifty , some of course obliged to stand, walla SI well as men. On this line the third-claws carriages not parlhemaw. taryl are open, without coverings, and many passengers last alga were forced to travel in the rain, in the open c irriages, because the company had not supplied a sutlicient umber of parliamentary coveted carriages. Want of civility, and even gross insult, wens added." The second correspondent states that "On Monday, my wife, in returning to town from Ilertloed, was obliged to entrust herself to the ['marital• merits of the Eastern Counties Railway. Of course an accident happened. The train had not proceeded many miles on its journey before the engine got oft the rails, and was turned completely upside down, one or two of the company's servants being seriously injured. Providentially, the messengers escaped, as the phrase un truly bas it, " more frightened than hurt," for the state of mind generatei by mishaps of thischaracter is sometime of painful import. 1 do not know, however, that I should have been reduced to contribute to the catalogue of casualties furnished daily by this well-managed railway to your columns, but for this very significant 1 expression, which, in a mournful tone, fell from the lips of one of the officera " I expected this ;" an expression which could not well have been uttered but for a reason. Does not this indicate " enmethinit I rotten in the state of" Ile lsonla I As far as I have been able to gather touching this accident, it appears that just at the spot where it cc - curved another line of rails is being laid down, in preparing for which the workmen seemed to have loosened the earth close to the rails over which the trains pm, in consequence of which, on the parsing of the train, a displacement of the rail ensued, and hence the accident. My nonacquaintance with engineering matters may reader my inferences untenable. Of the main fact, however, the shattered nerves of my wife upon ehr arrival at home are sufficient proof to me." REFORM YOUR WASHING BILLS.—A correspondent of the Builder professes to have mode a " very careful esti mate" of the laundry expenses of the metropolis. lie com putes them at five millions per annum! He proposes that the necessary and expensive locations of linen, &c., should be carried on on a large scale, and that washing camt.anies should be once more set on foot. The certain effect of such establishments—if skilfully conducted—would be to abolish the extensive and not nnamiahle sisterhood of washerwomen, I and to save the metropolitan poblis 20 per cent. on the washing bills, or—should the careful estimate" prove enerect—one million per annum. MR. GRANYLEY BERKELEY, HIS LETYER, AND sus Corierrrummr.—Sir,—liadirg seen an address from Mr. Grant *: Berkeley to the dealers of the Western Division of Glouceeter shire, in reference to a meeting at Gloucester on the 15th of September Let, and stating that a resolution then adopted Was made in come =of a complaint by the Earl Yitzhardinge of Mr. Grander Bee " having abused the government patronage," we feel called nee, in justice to the Karl ritzbardinge, to ourselves, and in defe rence to the feelings of the constituency of the Western Ifivieion, to offer a eery few oteeryations on that statement. The meeting which then took place, in consequence of the approaching revs. Woo, after calmly and dispassionately considering the present poli tical position of the Western Ifivikon, kit bound to take the step it did, as the one most conducive to the best interests of the Liberal party _in the division ; and in which opinion we still con tinue. We feel bound to state, that the resolution come to by the meeting was principally caused by the knowledge of Mr. Grantley Berkeley having, In the year 1845, in the strongest language, an nounced his determination immediately to resign his seat in Parlia ment, unless some private arrangement between himself and Earl Fitzhardinge were effected. A natural fear arose that upon a revival of a discussion upon this private matter, the Liberal interest et this division might be placed in extreme jeopardy by the I sudden retirement of the honourable gentleman at any moment lie might tidal: fit, and when it might be Inconvenient, if not impossible, to bring forward a candidata to supply his place. We think it quite unnecessary to tip more than refer to the present position of Mr. Grantley Berkeley as regardsa his con stituents, which may be unpleasant to the feeling of the bon. gentle man, but of the existence of which we believe be allalla be ignonm. We beg also to state, that we are no parties to "ad 601111Mili 611 an unexplained plan." We had • perfect knowledge of a as a candidate for the support of the constituency, who. ti- dewily presumed and believed, will be acceptable to the whole Dottrel the Liberal electors of the western division.—T. lirroscore, J. WAITS. R. J. PVILNELL, R. F. James, T. A. &mammon, J. Paoirre, W. Jones Ewe. Although accidentally absent front the meeting of the 15th a September, I perfectly agree with the contents of the shove address. Oet. IS, 1548. 1.. S. Arena. FLOODS AT EDMONTON AND ENVIELD.—III COMO quence of the heavy rains of the last two or three day% • oor.siderable breadth of land in the neighbou rhood of Ed monton and Enfield is now covered with water. On Thurs day night, some alarm prevailed for the safety of tht sheep, and Luray hundreds were removed. f tie high road between the Ansel and Lower Edmonton is Under water. EDUCATION FOR ALL CLASSES.—Sir : The Tory emsllent articie on Falmation in tour number of Fester] it* has in duced me to offer you the (liaison for beat-ion in your valuable piper. It is gratifying t ) perceive that the chain has at lesieth din. cover, el that a nodonal edii ran a cannot be placed under the control of any particular cam of Chria ions, and that this Mom, ry is avowed by a kalif!' of one mond the many sections into which The establish ment is divided. It has 12,71 deitoustrated from the time of lord Brougham's bid, sometweatv yestro since. But the admission has been reversed for the year I SRL br. Hook's plan of requiring the child to i.rocitico w 3looday a certificated having attorled a Suodayschrool in harnoka e woolen, for be does not suggest a penalty for the default the met to which the to teems belong might not have a Sun:ay-whoa in the place, or :hey might be Jews, and I presume the doctor would not visit the child with depriratioo of literary education because the puma had emitted to send him to a Sunday-achoul. lam induced to give you the workia- system of a Khoo' in very active operation in Min cite, of hi:b lan one of the trustees and committee, because I believe it to jUM what is desie..ble ar.d 'he only practicable mode of a truly national !system of education. It mu formerly the custom for the miuieter of the religious. society to which the school is attached, to attend once a week and catechise the children. But at that time the education wee confined to chilaren belonging to he congregation. A few years since we resolved on enlarging the operation of the school. We ad-toted the moot excellent system in use by the Irish Beard Education, and obtained a mister who had been educated at its nor mal school. We have shout 30 bays and 30 girls of all sects, and among them a number of Jews. We Mopensed with the attendance of our minister on week days, sad an arrangement was made by the congregation to have religious worship cot Sundays, in the morning and evening ; and that In the afternoon such of the children ers belong to the society should attend and receive hoot the minister at the chapel a ransoms education, together crib the children of the Sunday school. In the Sunday mornings those of the children also attend at the school room, when the master reads to them the scripture exercises wend be the Irish Nation Schods and which are free from dogmatical passages. Gut all the other children attend their own Sunday-schools: and we find on inquiry when the children are admire! that niaedeutho attend those of their own societies. The real of all sects prampto thew to attend to the religious education of the Sang generation, and I believe there is not a chapel in the city without a Sunday school. There are many in different districts belonging to the establishmont We have thus no religious exercises in our schools. We think it is the duty of parents mad of the ministers of the sects to which they belong to exercise their children in the practice of devotion, according to their own opinions. We conceive domestic and suoday religious exercises by 1 the parents and the ministers likely to be most efficacious ; while we could h spe but little from that which would proceed from a school master, even If he could make it acceptable to the parents with their varied sectarianism. In addition, to the Jews it would be a came for exclaims. We are thus eduutting the children of members of the establishment in all It. se:tions, Catholics Unitarians, Cale-nista Methodists, and Jews, who all entrust their children to our ram satisfied that their young minds will not be imbued with any hostile to their own, and that they will be left to the a d = selves and their minister; on Sundays. We find the aNWalfsaa As' admission to the school as numerous' as we can reggae ma ma oar cafe, and I believe thin purely sceslar SIAM is the gig grind* OR which a notional education can be of The paler portion of the lower oriers in this diocese whose children are eseght to be edu cated are dissenters and it would be abortive, the allonpt to engraft any religious instruction upon a system of education kr their chit. , then. B the religion of Eogland was simply Christine and not see. tarian, it would be desirable. But I believe, in the present state, it would be impracticabie to place such ochoolo uoder thecootrot of the clergy of any section of re:an:lnlets. It must be purely a lay system. —J Sea TERRELL.— Exeter, Oct. 13. THE GREAT BRITAIN. —Unpleasant and often dangerous as it Is for little boats to launch forth into public and troubled imam, I still cannot avoid snoring off from my obsess* moorings, even at the risk of sinning foul of that numerous asse se trait, woo do worse than sail with a naked gaff, by cruising 10111111 false colours In other and 'long chore parlance, it cannot be ORS. cattily deplored, that not only in this case of the Great Britain, beta moot other, of u like lamentable nature, one Iloilo the public pipets teasing with anonymous communications, as condeanatory of the case in po nt as damnatory of the moral courage of the writers , in concealing their own names. yam as far from attempting to justify the present lamentable position of the Great Britain as any man, but I do contend that it is both unfair and unmanly to aggravate such a calamity by the most cruel, beeattee unatheekable, c, near:, lawny moiety put farts; Instead of openly cadencing the merit, and de merits of a caste, so very essentially (as this is) fair food for public eon ' demnation or acquittal. It is not my province, and therefore I shall In no wise attempt to put forth any pout of that army of ifs your .natured friends are Pure to favour you with, after you've got into a ex, unworthy of all notice, because too late to be of use. I, lipase with, and as fully as the public at large can, do lament the Sat that so tine a ship, on which such an enormous outlay of means awl mow lave beat expended, should be now all a thing that was ; big, ye w prima of England, who live at twine at ease," have mos MY NOM epos es anararing men; and you by far more aciitraef pmm, Ob. Public Opinion. asyou are arm r, so also be you you undertake to paw sentence an her cepa* whilst you may wirander yourself obliged to censure the owe Ogg. let Justice bur partially survey a period of many yeers, where, talon rdiet, shall le found to stand forth a line of the most ordain@ dam so discharge! a series of voyages sot ably peteee= se e• ggra, previous knowledge of nautical skill sad with as untiring wish to do honor to his porsolas r • aavlroCir,to bring profit to his employers, and to Abed witty sad comfort to his pas. aengern. When there things are fairly weighed and thought of, the world, both ashore and afloat, will (at the same time they may de. plore, and perchance condemn, the present misfortune) I trust, admit that years of unsullied reputation as an otileer and seaman, stallot, and ought not to perish in the gulf of one distoter, however peat and grievous. But to refer to my first observation : if men choose to canvass the pros and cons of this unhappy business in the public prints, instead of signing themselves and their twice-laid stuff, J. A. T. I Pompey, Cato, Pluto, Virtue (God bleu the mark and Veritas (which by striking out the t, would very often render it no longer anonymous), let these men, If not ashamed of themselves se (MVO, confess thematic s to be in props ill *amine, what I sat scat happy to suboeribe mmelf, your obliged and obedient seerat. M. M. Ex-Commander of steamers President and British Qum. RUMOURED LOSS OF ONE OF THE BOSTON Brsemzus.—A rumour has prevailed in town this week :to the effect, that one of the splendid Cunard line of steam ships, plying between this port and Boston, had been de steoyed by fire at sea. The rumour, we believe, originated in this way c On Saturday last, a mercantile house here received a note from Dublin, stating that the captain of a ' vessel, which had put in there, on the Bth, through stress of weather, had reported that, on the 27th ult., in the Atlantic, he had seen a large steam-vessel on fire, he bring et the time not in a position to render her any assistance. It was, of course, naturally supposed that the vessel alluded to must have been the Hibernia, which a riled hence on the 19th ult. The Cambria, however, has brought the gratifying intelli gence that the Hibernie arrived at Halifax on the Ist inst., and, as there is KO other steamer ut the line at sea, the Caledonia, only sailed hence on the ith inst., of course she could not have been the vessel seen on the 27th ult. Supposing the report to have any foundation at all, the vessel could not have been any of the Liverpool steamer.—Liverpool Mer cury, Oct. 16. MISTAKEN IDENTITT.—Oft the morning of Wed nesday last, a female, who, being drunk, was taken to the Fleet-street station, hung herself in one of the cella. The same night art inquest was opened. As no one claimed the deceased, and there no evidence as to her state of mind, the coroner had decided upon adjourning the inquiry, when a person came forward and informed the coroner that the deceased was his sister. lie had viewed the body lying at the station-house, and he was perfectly satisfied that it was that of his sister. Her name was Emma Pike, and she had resided in Charles-street, Drury-lane. He had not seen much of her lately, and he could not therefore speak of the state of her mind. As there was still no evidence as to the deceased's state of mind, the inquest was adjourned. Sub sequently Pike went again to the station-house, to make arrangements for the removal of his deceased sister, when he found her alive and well. Hearing of the death of deceased, she had gone to the station to see whether deceased was any one she had known, at the very moment her brother was l imiting arrangements for her own funeral. The deceased pparains unowned. She was about thirty years of age. Had OM a half-mourning gown, straw bonnet with white gauze Iribbon, a black veil, sable ben, white check muslin collar, black merino scarf. black stockings, and low shoes. INaIUESTS.—MYSTERIOUS CASE. By Mr. Joseph Payne, at the White Hart, Fetter-lane, Holborn, on the body si Jobs Mullins, aged 36, a pensioner from the East India Company's service. The deceased was said to have lately come into possession of 2,0001., left him orelative in Ire , land. For the last fortnight he had l oosed at Crawford's coffee-house, in Fetter-lane. From the evidence of a young man named. Cooper, it appeared that the deceased told him that in the course of Thursday evening he I had taken something which had made him sick, and that as he was passing through Virginia-street, Ratcliffe-high way, in the afternoon, he was accosted by a man who stated he knew him, and asked him to drink with him. They went into a house together, and ho drank something which made him sick. On Cooper getting up at seven o'clock on Friday morning, he found deceased in bed a corpse. The surgeon was of opinion he had died of apoplexy, hut there being some suspicious circumstances attached to the case, no money being found, although a quantity of gold was seen in his the inquiry was adjourned topossoesbitnoninonftuhrtehperrevio day, evidence, and to have the body examined.—DEATll FROM ALLEGED VIOLENT E.—By Mr. Baker, at the Blacksmiths' Arms, Baek Church lame, St. George-in-the-East, on the body of John Suteliff. on Wednesday last. It appeared from the evidence of several aged 66, a labourer in the London Docks , w ho died witnesses, that the son of the deceased was in the habit of beating his parents in a most shameful manner. Oa Friday, the 9th instant, the deceased complained of violent pains i n his stomach, from which he received no relief, and he expired on the following Wednesday. The surgeon who had exa mined the body of the deceased said he could not di , oover any marks of violence, and he attributed hie death to natural causes. The jury then returned a verdict to that effect. A PORTRAIT OF MANY ORIGINALS.—Miss Tox's dress, though perfectly genteel and good, had a certain cha racter of angularity and scantiness. She was accustomed to wear odd weedy little flowers in her bonnets and caps. Strange grasses were sometimes perceived in her hair ; and it was observed by the curious, of all her collars, frills, tuckers, write bands, and other gossamer articles—indeed, of everything she wore which had two ends to it intended to unite—that the two erels were never on :nod terns, and wouldn't quite meet without a struggle. She had furry articles for winter wear, as tippets, boas, and muff, which ' stood np on end in a rampant manner, and were not at all sleek. She was much given to the carrying about of small bags with snaps to them, that went off like listlc pistols when they were shut up ; and when full-dressed, she wore round her neck the barrenest of lockets, representing a &bey old eye, with no approach to speculation in it. These and other appearances of a similar nature, had served to propagate the opinion, that Miss lox was a lady of what is called a limited independence, which she turned to the best account. Pawl ' bly her mincing gait encouraged the belief, and suggested that her clipping a step of ordinary compass into two or three. originated in her habit of making the most of every thing.—Dealings with the Firm af Liombey and Son. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. IS.—RAILWAY DEPCTATIONA TU THE Loati-LratrreNiter.--The following is the substance ot the answer given on yesterday to the Meath deputation, which waited upon his Excellency to solicit his approval of the construction of the table of the Dublin and Cavan Railway through Meath, at the expense of the latter county His Excellency replied that he would be most anxious to assist the deputation in every way in his power, but the question was quite new. There was no act of parliament authorising the construction of the projected line. The Board of Works might perhaps authorise the formation of the embankment ; but the line of railway thus projected had been already be fore parliament, and he was afraid the Bowl of Works woulrl not autberiie the toreador' of a line which had not obtained their bill. The difficolty Fly is limiting the Trea sury to content to authorising the Board of Works to assist ins plan which had been rejected by parliament, and which rni ht heavies rejected. He would,liowever, send forward a memorial to the Treasury, and give it everything in the way of recommendation he could ; but the difficulty was as he had stated. His Excellency then put several other ques tions, to the answers to which he listened with the greatest ponible attention, evincing throughout the audience the greatest desire to comply with the prayer of the deputation, The deputation then withdrew. WNTI:ItFORD AND Lratetuc•x RAILWAY.—Another de putation, headed by Lord Glentrall, subsequently waited on his Excellency with reference to the Limerick and Waterford Railway, and handed to his Excellency a memorial, praying that the Board of Works should undertake, under the provi sions of the Labour Rate Act, the formation of the line. HIS Excellency raised three objections to the prayer of the me morial, the mint striking of which was, that the Board of Works could not, under the provisions of the act, confine the employment to the class of men best able to work on a railway, but should grant it to those in the greatest state of destitution, which might probably cause the engineer to ob• joct to the men so employed. Some of the deputa•ion having admitted that his Excellency's objection was certainly one for consideration, the deputation withdrew in order to re- I consider the terms of the memorial, which his Excellency promised to forward to the Treasury when they had recut sidered the matter. THE BOARD or Woaxs.—Strong and grievous com plaints reach Dubin from all quarters, respecting the delay of the Board of Works, in giving effect to the presentments made at spacial sessions. The following extracts from letters which I find in the journals of to-day, will explain the nature of those complaints. The first extract is from a communication of the parish priest of Louisburg!' in Mayo: "Fitly in t h e season the government had statement• relative to the total loin of the potato. All to no pupae; food i. not to be had now on any term, /fme painful it to ace poor creatures with hunger in their ontustenanees returning from this town, ay, and tram Westport!, a distance of twenty milee—twenty Irish mile.:— without one particle of food for t‘ernwlvat and sharvina famine, Who can describe the scene when the emanated parent returns fatigued and heartbroken' I have seen such scene, but I am as unable as unwilling to describe them—it might be called poetry, if a harsher term were not applied. The Marquis of Sligo assured us yesterday in the court house that he had repeatedly urged on the government the tieweiviity of giving immediate employment, and that he had received promisea that the works would be opened six woeka ago.. The second letter is from the County Surveyor of Mayo, who was accused by the Board of NVorks in Dublin with having been the means of obstructing the commencement of the public works in that county, and he unequivocally lays the whole blame at their own doors, and at those of the local committees: "To be worked like a slave, both day and night, and my life rendered a burthea (tom my diaagree:btr and anomalous position, is bad enough ; but to be charged with delay, and to have the odium of a whole peuple raised against me for no e.m.1.4e, to too bad. Surely the Board of M orks could not mean to say that the fault lies with one who has done as much work so any six Purveyors in Ireland I sent the report, lta, co Cuatelloe a week since (In two or three days after the acbcdule was sent to me'. Since thee I have not got an order for a single new work In the barony. Those heretofore in operation are ready to be pat in bands for the last ten days if the commiticias did their duty—bat they have not pent a list." THE LABOUR RATE ACT. GALWAY. —Bstiosr or MOSCULLEN.—The present. ment sessions for this barony, pursuant to the proclamation of the Lord Lieuteuant, was held on Monday last, at the court-house of Outerard. The attendance of the magistracy and other landed proprietors of the district was very nume rous. The barony embraces a large extent of country from the merings of the county of the town to a considerable way , into Counemara, and from the sea coast to Lough Corrib. From almost every village in this extensive tract some of its poor people attended at the meeting—from Furbo', Spiddle, Garomna. and the islands on the coast, together with the population of Muckrus, Kilnanin, and Outerard. The result was, that it constituted one of the largest assem blages that ever met in that district. Still never did we observe an assemblage of the people whose conduct was more characterised by decorum and propriety of behaviour. Robert Martin, Esq , of Ross, was called to the chair. Thomas B. Martin, Esq., M.P., was also present. Mr. A. O'Flaherty detailed the state of the barony. He had, he maid, estimated that 20,000 of the population of that barony would require to be relieved, and to be provided with food for the next eight mouths. (Hear, hear.) The amount he calculated at 3,290 tons of meal, and taking this at 10/. per ton, it would make a gross sum of 32,0001. to be provided. He feared that in t stimating the price at which the food would have to be purchased he was under the mark, but he wished, if possible, to avoid all exaggeration. Pur suant to the instructions of the Lord Lieutenant, their first duty should be to provide for the wants of the barony, and to do this he considered it would require from 32,0001. to 40,0001. He was of opinion that 40,0001. was the sum which should be presented for. (Hear, hear.) That sum will have to be allocated according to the assessment of each electoral division, and it would be for the magistrates and sass-pavers subsequently to apportion the works to be axe muted in each for that purpose. A resolution to this effect having been seconded by Mr. G. E. Burke, and put, was unanimously passed. SRONY OP CLANWILLIAM.—The extra ordinary presentment sessions for the barony of Clanwilliam, under 10th Victoria, to preside employment for the poor, was held at Ballyneety on Monday, pursuant to the Lord- Lieutenant's proclamation. The sessions-house was crowded to excess—so much so, that standing room could with ditfi , milky be obtained, while it was still more difficult to note the - preen, no accommodation having been afforded the anti the reporter bad to write on the shoulder of Michael Purnell, Esq., who condescended,says the Limerick Chronkle, to bear the weight of that " mighty engine."—J. Croker, Esq., 1) L., was called to preside, and the county surveyor, Mr. Kearney, proceeded to say that he had, in pursuance of a resolution adopted at the preparatory meeting of the magistrates, prepared a list of weeks, which were to the best of his belief distributed fairly over the barony, so as to give employment in every portion of it. The execu tion of these works would enable the labouring population to earn subsistence and maintain their families for the next three months ; as the money to be expended amounted to over 13,000/. Ile had endeavoured, as well as he could, to distribute the works, so as to give a fair proportion to each locality, but it would be for the meeting to say, when he read the list, whether works of greater benefit or advantage to the district could not be substituted. Independent of road works, he had also prepared a schedule for drainage, which was to be submitted to the Booed of Works along with the one to which he referred, and should the board entertain the drainage project in preference to road works, care had been taken by ham that, under any circumstances, full employment would be given. Works to the extent of 14,000/. were presented fur, when the sessions adjourned for three months. Ssuorev of COONAOH.—At the extraordinary present ment sessions of Pallasgrean, for the barony of Coonagh, held on Tuesday, Maurice Crosbie Moore, Esq., presided. The schedule submitted by Mr. Kearney, for road works, amounted to 6,6001., which was approved of, exclusive of a sum of MO/. for drainage. DUBLIN COUNTY— BARONY or NETHERCROBI.—The sessions for this barony were held yesterday at Swords, county of Dublin, and a sum of 1,0001., being Is. 3d, per acre on 13,000 acres Irish, were presented for. The pro vedings otherwise were uninteresting. CORK AND CONCILIATION HALL.—The citizens of Cork have set themselves to the task of endeavouring to reconcile the irreconcilable dispute between " Young Ireland " and "Old Ireland." At a meeting held there on Tuesday night last, the following resolutions in furtherance of that object were agreed to, and it wan decided that the meeting would adjourn until the reply of Conciliation Hall should be re ceived ; if that should he unfavourable, one of the speakers threatened that " the people of Cork would then know how to act :" I. Resolved, that we deeply deplore the tinhappy dirimOns which have lately sprung up amongst the adherents of ° 1 rah Nationality " —divisions which have been followed by the seeension from the Ne i halal Association of so tang talented, energetic, and sincere adva. cater of Ireland's Legislative 2. That whilst we, so members of the Association, steadfastly support the moral force doetaine (so essential to the auesedul issue of our political struggle, and so wisely inculcated at all times by the Great Leader of our Counter, wr respectfully tag ged to the National Association--a raeonsiderattoit of the ter., rs which that doctrine is set forth, in the resolutions adopted at the Conciliation Hall on the 13th July last, with a view to ronfinetheir aa test, to this' who nor seek amelioration to the of the British .grapire,bythe Repeal of the hate ful Act of rnios--and to remove any expressions that may seem to involve the abstract right of vindicating national asdepeadetice by the strord—as regards other was or other lands, is past, present, or future history. 3.—That we do so is the hope and in the belief that thin modifica tion In the terms of the resolutions adverted to, without at all detract ing from the integrity of the principle originally established as the bads of the association, 'could restore to it the terriers of William Smith O'Brien, and those gentlemen abase 'home front our national deliberations is a cause of jeering triumph to Ireland's foes, and of disheartening diaisiona amongst her people, and may happily restore amongst no that combined action and medal ea-operation, which, under the guidance of O'Connell, cannot fail to achieve the crowning work of his long career—his earliest aspiration, and his latest hope— the Repeal of the Union. SCOTLAND. L&NDED PROPERTY. A meeting of the Association for simplifying, abridging, and economising the titles of heritable property and mortgagee, was lately held in the Royal Exchange Sale-rooms, Glasgow. Sir J. Camphell in the chair. It was declared that the end the association have in view, is strictly limited to the abridgment, simplifica tion, and economisation of the tides of heritable property and mortgages in Scotland ; and that whatever private opinions the members of the association may individually , entertain, either in favour of or against the repeal and modification of the laws of entail, or in favour of or against any legislative commutation and adjustment of the casualties of sup e riority, or contingent payments eventually due by the proprietors to their superiors, on the entries of heirs or purchasers under the peesent system of feudal tenures—these constitute quer lions totally distinct and separate from the one exclusively in volved in the object of this emaciation, and into which the lar.ms have not,and never had, any intentila of entering. They • , mts of the commission of rs ight . in that the that " certain abrulgumats in the forms then used in the constitution and traneedesion of heritable rights," had not been carried into effect, and that their anticipations ofrelief and amelioration have been year alter year disappointed. The meeting, therefore, resolved to adopt every competent mere ler securing an immediate and complete simplification, sileldgment, and, economtution of the titles of heritable pre peel, sod mortgagee in Scotland, by inviting the co-opera- Sea tithe various Chambers of Commerce, Town Councils, mid ether constituted bodice in Scotland ; by memorialising parliament ; by appointing deputations to wait on members of parliament, and of the government ; and by raising money an subscription for the purpose of carrying out them objects and they appointed a committee to carry these resolutions into effect at the head of which was the Marquis of Breadal bane, and which included, we believe, all the Proyotts of SCSland PROVINCIAL. REPIULSENTATION OP MANCHE.iIEtt..—A dcp•ltation of . the Reform Ass elation had an interview wits Mr Bright, on Thur.day evening, at the League rooms. then that gentleuma a:reed to t•ecome a candidate for Mancluater at the next election. In his reply to the deputation, Mr. Bright said it would be affe,tafion iu him, he was sure, not to fed, and not to appear to feel very much the high com pliment which the Reform Association hail paid hint. and it would be most insincere in him were he to receive it in any other spirit than that in which it had been offered. He believed it was known to most of the gentlemen present that he had a strong sympathy—indeed, it might be oaid to be the ruling feature of his character—with the manufacturing population. And that feeling, connected wi.h his opinions on the corn question, was the cause of his first thinking of going to parliament. Now this town being the centre of the manufacturing district itself, he was satisfied that the representation of no town in the kingdom could be more hoaourable or onerous; and, holding the opinions ho did of this population, and possessing th? knowledge he did of this centre of industry, having no indisposition to remain in public life, he considered he should not be overstepping his duty were he to accept the invitation the Reform Association had so flatterinely offered him. Ho ' was disposed to think that the Reform Association did repre sent, to a considerable extent, the various shades of political opinions prevailing among the liberal and free trade party in the borough, but his feelings, he must con'ess, would be very greatly consulted, and his gratification with this invita tion enhanced, by its riceiving the consideration a'so, and possibly the sanction, of a larger body of electors, whose deci sion could not be complained of, and front which, perhaps, there could be no appeal. He felt the onerousne.s of the position he was invited to occupy, and if elected to fill that post he could only ask for that indulgence which honest men give to honest men, and he could only promise an honest perseverance in the expression and enforcement of those opinions which he was known to entertain, and which he believed to be those of the great majority of the people of this borough. He did not know that he ever felt himself more at a loss fur words to express his mind than on this occasion, but he fi:t very grateful to the Re.'orm Associa tion, and to the gentlemen of the deputation, for the honour they had conferred upon him. (Applause.) After a few more words The deputation withdrew, it being understood that a meeting of the Reform Association was to be called, when a formal answer from Mr. Bright, in writims, would be laid before i:. YORKSHIRE. AN EXTRAORTONARY ATTEMPT To POISON A FAMILY occurred at Wakefield on Monday. Mrs. Bramah, with of a tailor in that town, made on that day some oatmeal porridge for supper. Herself and infant, a daughter, a son, and an apprentice-boy, in all five persons, partook of it, and were almost instantly seized with sickness and pains in the sto mach. A surgeon was immediately sent for, who at once perceived all the symptoms of poison. He instantly applied the stomach pump, and administered strong emetics ; and it appears that principally owing to the prompt exertions of that gentleman the lives of the whole five persons are saved. On the surgeon seing the appearance of the family, his first inquiry was how many had partaken of the pudding. and then Mrs. Bramah bethought herself that the apprentice had retired to bed immediately on eating his supper. lie was at once sent for, and was found asleep ; on being brought, the surgeon saw the lad was ill, and found, from exa mination of the chamber utensils, that he had been vomiting severely, on which the stomach-pump was also applied to him. On Mr. Bramah coming home, Mr. Dunn, the medical man, said some one in the house must have mixed some deleterious substanee with the food; immediately, on this being said, the apprentice lad, who was present, said, " I did not do it." This aroused Mr. Dunn's suspicion, and a strict search was made in the house, but nothing could be found to lead to detect:on. Mr. Bramah, next morning, ho" ever, went to the boy's parents, who reside in Stanley, and, on getting th^re, found that they bad some arsenic to their house, for the purpose of destroying what they called " black clocks." On the lad's mother looking for the poison she could not find it. Tho father accompaiked Mr. Bramah to Wakefield, and the boy confessed that he had made an attempt to poison the whole family ; and that he had taken the arsenic from his father's house a month since and kept it by him since that time at Mr. Bramah's, intending, as he says, to poison himself. On being asked what made him make such an attempt, his answer was, " Why, nothing; only the devil tempted me to do it, and I did it." Ho was asked if he had any ground of com plaint against his maser, and answered none. It appears that for some time the conduct of the lad has been very indifferent, and on more than one occasion he has been heard to say he would destroy himself. He says he intro duced the poison into the pan whilst Mrs. &Amalie atten tion was drawn to something else. Ile is in custody. FEMALE FACTORY OPERATIVES.—ATROCIOCS (7A,;11 OP SEDUCTION.—At the Court-house, Bradford, on Wednesday, a man named S. Holroyd, an overlooker in the factory of Messrs. Bottomly and Wilkinson, was summoned by Eliza beth Bowles to provide for his and her child. She had sisters in the same employment, and when she complained Holroyd discharged the whole family on the fidlowing Satur day. But the circumstance (says the Bradford Obst , rrer, which reports the case) that renders the matter still more atrocious is, that the elder sister, Mary, had been previously seduced by Holroyd. The bench was of opinion that the case had been fully proved, and accordingly made an order upon Holroyd '2s. fid. a week ; expressing their disgust with his conduct, their sorrow that they could not inflict a heavier punishment upon him, and that, through the timidity of the girl, he had escaped punishment for a more serious crime, of which he had been guilty. WARWICKSHIRE. BIGAIIY.—A man named Trippen was committed for trial for bigamy, at Birminellam, yesterday. About six years ago he married at Wellington, in Shropshire, and again married at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, in September, a young girl named Hare Mine ; but being followed and dis covered by his first wife, he was by her given into custody. A letter was produced addressed by the prisoner to his second wife, and written subsequent to his capture, in which he admitted his offence, butimplored her " not to appear against him, as, if she did, nothing would save him from transpor tation, and that she would gain nothing by ruining him." LINCOLNSHIRE. • • THREE ACCIDENTS ARE SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED in two hours on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway, on Thursday. A correspondent of the Nottingham Guardian states the facts thus :—" As the train was about to leave the station at Lincoln, at twelve o'clock at noon, for Notting ham, the engine was run up the line to shunt, when, on arriving at the points, it ran off the line. All hands were quickly aloft, and, after an hour's delay, another engine was attached to the train ; hut, just as the signal was about to be given for starting, a pipe in the engine burst, and let off all the steam and water. A second delay occurred; but a third engine being procured, off the train started, at a rapid speed, no doubt with a view of making up for lost rime. Having travelled about five miles, a third disaster occurred, and the train came to a dead stand, owing to one of the pumps of the engine being out of order. The train, however, managed to reach Thorpe station, six mike from Lincoln, where a iitoppage was made till the train leaving Nottingham at twelve o 'clock should arrive. The wished-for train having come up, a message was forwarded to Lincoln, from whence a fourth engine was brought, and at two o'clock the train started for Nottingham, where it arrived soon after four, being two hours and a quarter late,. than the regular time. Much alarm was felt by the passengers, but no one sustained in jury. About a fortnight ago, a train at Lincoln was delayed two hours, in eons -forme of the engine getting off the line when shunting at these same points." CORN WALL. A fIRCTAL MURDER has been committed on a man named Samuel Hockin, a cooper, at St. Mabyn, Cornwall. He was found on Saturday morning last lying in the load, and on being lifted up breathed once and immediately expired. Upon being examined it was discovered that he had been struck on the back part of the head by a heavy instrument, which had broken the skull so that the brain protruded. Suspicion fell upon a woman named Ann Treverton, with whom the deceased had cohabited, and she has been taken into custody. A large stone had been discovered near where the deceased was found. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday last, which was adjourned. DEVONSHIRE. THE INVESTIGATION AT THE STONEHOUSE WORKHOUSE has been completed. The master, Mr. Evens, in his defence alluded at length to the charge of neglect brought by Hors well, and then added, that with respect to accelerating the death of Eddy, Aishton, and Modedge, he could solemnly declare he never heard any complaint of ill-usage towards either of them, until he received the assistant poor-law com missioner's letter of the 30th of September, the day before the inquiry commenced. Alter the conclusion of the inquiry, the learned commissioner went to the workhouse, and saw the rooms as they were described by the witnesses. The evidence will be placed before the commissioners at Somerset House, who will shortly give their decision. COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—C►pt. G. C. Loftus to be major, vice Jacob ; J. Davis, Gent., and W. A. Biddle, Gent., to be lieutenants; J. (lollop, Gent., to be ensign, of Dorsetshire militia . — Ca eKe. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN TWO BROTHERS—At Steeple Claydon, on Thursday, Thomas Shirley, a young man of that place, was killed in a fight by his brother. It appears that Tho,nas and John Shirley, sons of a labourer, were, with two companions, drinking late on Wednesday night. They quarrelled about some gin, and a fight ensued. They fought near the village pound for about an hour and a half, and about seventy rounds, when Thomas, the eldcr brother, fell, and on being taken to his father's cottage, he was found to be dead. r..k. , 11•.• - •• NEWBURY, OCT. 15. D John Perry, the well-known pugi list, was apprehended here to-day, on a charge of utter mg a 211. Oxford University Bank note, knowing it to be forged. He was removed to Winchester, where the alleged offence was committed. T sr EARL GROSVENOR'S MAJORITY WAb CELEBRATED at Cheater on Tuesday with much spirit. The bells of the cathedral and other churches rang forth merry peals, bands paraded the streets, and all was hilarity and mirth. Two thousand tickets, value seven shillings each, available either in silver coin or meat and drink, were distributed among the citizens as a gift from the Marquis of Westminster, to enable them to " make merry and be glad " on this auspicious occasion ; and various social parties assembled at the different hotels and inns to enjoy a good dinner, and to drink long life and happiness to the heir of the Noble House of Eaton. OXFORRIMUIRE. ABINGDON, Ocr. 16.—This town and neighbourhood has during the past week been thrown into the greeted conster nation by the discovery of a most extensive and systematic plunder committed on the maltsters, and which has engaged the justices of the borough for the last five days. The maltatera have been robbed to the amount of several hundred pounds, and at present there are no less than " """" 5 4 r 4 es: ;~ .7 - I