The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

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Isis; at the * sometime filsolte► company sp. lobo the oommhtee ljef of the Ids identical That, he tatest attain- r, the party ea* dopes& rotadiri that rona I,ooi. to made entirely al-4er to it prmerty was * sage, how oat piny Witt 'lowest. 118 :company aid ty to use the It a 'Ransom mat the lino, etitiot botn •etios net to itLotity tf its ltapamy, not r, be bdisved ne length, in ociplee of nil or three dir od dispose of, tbo report of by Mr. Him d•uun at dm A Dose Dl the atty,N but any part lg Utons ng :—" flat a peinted, who. • the wage- Os& es • vim r somber; is. (Hoar.) Ne st, Toot eport of the ri b • mood re port up& IS. asd madder = stl the meek • mLIILa WW k.enittai and tb. I W Oft adopted. Winnows. It opea to soot- 9 awe frith gs. rte was the WI proprietor , . was almost mow tes,litioas win of the dimities mains( dn. 'ton it WM GM • of thistle.'" N oy woe We it the ossaltro Mos to mks toes the ihrostees gamy. The chsii tiro rise the tw kg a baaimama, ousts ovoids? _n of dr 01 °11 The nallib,..M Iteldirg tor er L Tha oss 80.0001.& T swwot se ossouttwe Ise salsobisis sal we assails:A* ei ▪ ossalsosst she posjadiss se *a ir swami beg Wig trimly UPI. " I s. Usis swath*. sad. lowasussikir_ by thsis grew , y. woo Poi W ig et their tassel • swat tS lists ▪ so-srist • Ths r i d i t i rtallif"" b it IV, F. coral bodl. 1. 10 1 Asia *•"1". Is aonfessOwst the 4ses THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 18, 1849. 111,666 males above 20 years of age. In the perish of Shoreditch alone there was • gross population of 83.432; 12,642 houses, and 21,809 adult males. The parish of Delltaalirreen bad a population of 74,000 ; 11,782 houses; and 18,373 adult males. Notwithstanding this, there were only 21,331 registered electors He trusted the fibs- Wants would asks an effort to increase that number. There was no reason why it should not be 40,000 or 60,000, sad become the greatest coastitueney in the empire. Let them see that every person qualified wu on the register, without punks, any question as to how he would vote—let there be, in reality, an enlranchisieg association. (Cleats.) Let them do this, even though they knew that the man whom they were putting on the regirer would vote against them at the next elective. Is any such effort made in the borough he should he most happy to render all the asietanoe in his power. (Cheers.) Mr. W. J. HALL alluded to the rumours of a return to protection, and quoted the return, of the imports of foreign grain, cattle, and provisions, for 10 or 12 years past, to show that the country had not be, a capable of producing safficirnt food fn its constantly inaresaing population. After a few words from Ur. f. M'Estren, and Mr. T. M. Banos. the Secretary of the Freehold Lead Society, M. LLOYD moved a vote of thanks to the members of the deputation. lir. SAVAGE wooded the resolution, and expressed his sense of the valuable service of Mr. Thompson in the House of Commons to the people's cause. The resolution was unanimously agreed to, amidst much cheering. Mr. THOMPSON, M.P., in acknowledgment, expressed his determination to do everything, in season and out of seamen, to support this great movement, Mr. HOWEING, secretary of the Skoreditch Association, moved : " That, whilst this meeting is deeply convinced that a great reduction of the national expenditure, and • more 'gig table adjustment of the burden of taxation, are imperatively necessity, and almost aniverselly demanded, it nonce see any reausable hope of permanently securing those important oblate, until such • measure of elect,ral reprnentation has been obtained as shall give the people • direct control over the tires which they are required to pay." Mr. TOWITSBNO, • working man, seconded the resolu tion, which was unanimously adopted, as were the subse quent ones. Mr MILFORD moved— " That this meeting most cordially approves of the princi ples en which the Natienal Et form Aesseiation is bated, and decline its unqualified oval Moe, in its president and fenn el'; and this meeting rejoices in the hope that a hearty anion b•tweeu the middle awl working clews has at length been effected, and strenuously enforces on all who complain of any grievances in tie national affairs, to concentrate all their energies in the coutitutifn of such • tribunal an parlia meat as shall deal nut full and impartial justice to all classes of her Majesty's subjects." Mr. SAVAGE 4icionded the resolution. Thanks were the n voted to the chairman for presiding, and to Mrs. Bradley, We the free use of the chapel; and the pro coodiags whi c h were of the mat harmonious character throughout, terminated at a little after 11 o'clock. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS, Se be acting with scrupulous propriety, that he pro posed that the committee should strike out the words et the first resolution relative to statute law, if that would suit the counsel for the sitting member. To MA., however, Mr. Austin observed that it would leave him quite as much in the dark as liable. Alter this extraordinary decision, the committee' engaged themselves for several days in the scru-1 t.ny. The upshot was that Lord Mamie 11111 was placed in a majority, and declared the lilting member. Previously to the committee agreeing to their report, Mr. Austin applied to them to hear evi dence which should exculpate Mr. Borthwick from the charge& bribery. The committee, however, decided that they could not reopen the question. Upon this Mr. Amin said—After this declaration, it becomes my duty to state to the committee, that though In accordance with a previous resolution or intimation of the committer, it is still i• the power of the sitting member to continue the defence, not of his seat, but of the vacant seat by proceeding against one of the other sitting members, and although the temptation is, perhaps I may say most difficult to be resisted, yet, nevertheless, upon deliberation, he has thought it prop-r, baying done every thing he could for the purpose of vindicating himself, not to pious that course, but to retire from the contest. The committee thereupon declared that CLRoshout, Esq. and Lord Marcos Hill were duly elected, and that Peter Borthwick, Esq., was not duly elected. And, further, "That Peter Borthwick, Esq., was guilty of bribery at the last election." There sin be no doubt that Peter Borthwick, Esq., was extremely badly used throughout the matter, not only by the committee, but by his own colleague. The first had far too much some of propriety ; the last far too little. But Mr. Roshout and his friends paid dearly for their treatment of Mr. Borthwick. The Blues of Evesham swore to have vengeance whenever an op portunity offered, and they had it to their hearts' content. When the p arliament was dissolved in 1841, Mr. Rushout and Lord Marcus Hill proceeded to canvass Evesham. The former was very ill received, wh Ist the latter found himself unexpectedly popular. In the course of the noble lord's MUTSU repeated overtures were made to hie friends by the Blues. " Will you vote for Lord Marcus ?" inquired the Whigs. " Will you vote for a blue candidate ?" was the responsive question. It was obvious that nothing but confidence was wanted to establish • new coalition in Evesham. At length the two parties appeared to understand each other, for the sturdy Bendgeworth Boniface was nowhere to be found, and it was rumoured that be had gone to London. The rumour was quite correct : he had gone to London. But when he got there he was greatly puzzled. Mr. Peter Borthwick was no where to be found. The Porter at the Carlton did not know him address. The servants at his old lodg ings were sure they did nut know. Several other persons said impressively they wished they did; but no one seemed to have any clear idea of Mr. Borth wick's where about. At length it was elicited that he had gone abroad, and then a trace of him was diecovered at Parts. Upon this scent faithful Bonito:* followed op his man. He reached Paris, Heaven knows how, not knowing sufficient French to inquire his way from one s'reet to another. But Peppily Mr. Borthwick had not changed his querters, and the Evesham deputation discovered him in bed in lodgings, in a little street urn' the Champs Elves. When Mr. B wthwick was told that the blues were going to bring him in again fir Evesham his joy was indescribable. But when he was told that the depu tation had come to fetch him over, he looked as blue as an elector of that colour could have wished. Heat once confided to his friend that personal attendance was impossible at that time. If, however, he should &Airco to be elected, he promised to appear without a moment's delay to thank the faithful Evesham voters. Boniface was accordingly . obliged to return to Evesham with Mr. Boreiwick's address instead of with Mr. Borthwick'e company. But in the then state of public feelicg in the town the address was sufficient. Borthwick, whatever his faults, hid been badly used : the conduct of the Scarlets had been ur , English and ungentlemanlike, and the Evesham voters were determined upon retribution. The poll was as follows : For Lord Marone Hill, 188: Mr. Peter Borthwick, 161 ; Mr. Mahout, 137. The Northwick family have nut since reco vered their position in the borough, and in all proba bility years will pass before they again are returned to represent it. This election of 1841 was an exception to Evesham elections. It was almost a pure one. At any rate, it' was not so conducted as to afford subject of complaint. It is very remarkable that the only two elections on record which were honourably conducted were those in which the blue voters proposed • candidate who was not himself present—namely, the election of 1831, with Lord Kennedy ; and that of 1811, with Mr. Peter Borthwier. At the dissolution of 1847, Mr. Borthwick bade farewell to Evesham. The cause of his retirement was very unsatisfactorily explained in his address ; it it was understood to be occasioned by his wan' of means to meet liabilities which bad arcrued at Evesham from 1841 to 1847. A very strong belief, however, is en tertained that had he come forward ho would have obtained • seat. There is no doubt, that, despite every thing that has occurred, Mr. Borthwick has a hold upon the confidence and affections of a large proportion of this constituency which never was acquired by any other man. The town gained nothing by Mr. Borthwick's se cession. The candidate who offered himself to sup ply his place was Sir Henry Willoughby, a regular Tory hack, who has contested every sort of borough from Poole down to Newcastle-under-Lyne, for which he was elected in 1832. Sir Henry Willoughby was suppor'ed by the Northwick party and by some of the blues. Many , voters, however, were not contented with his nomination, and were anxious to bring forward Mr. Budge. Two er three days before the nomination a new candidate unexpectedly appeared in the field in the person of Sir Ralph Howard, the present member kr Wicklow. We are spared the trouble of detailing the story of Sir Ralph Howard's appearance, for it is written for us in a report of a proceeding in the Westminster County Court, which we find in the Worcester Herald, of October 6, 1848 : In the Westminster County Court, on Wednesday, Luke Williams recovered a verdict of 201. against Mr. Nixon, ea attorney of Lyon's Imo for services performed at the l ast election far Eveshem. 'lt seemed that Williams, on the en el the last election, offered his services to Nixes to reile n ny gentleman returned for Morison whom he minlit in opposition to Lord Marcus Hiil and Mr. Rudgs. , Hader his auspices Mr. Freshfield first nibbled, but speedily gave In after spending 701.; then Sir Ralph Howard came forward and advanced 7601. to Nixon, whereof Williams re ceived and spent 4801. in a manner which he declined to state _en the ground that " it might cr iminate himself." Sir Ralph lost his election, and on the same evening his agent, Mr. Nixon, left Evesliam ; or, as the plaintiff deo cribed It, ' bolted from the town," leaving all the election d e bts unpaid. Mr. Nixon's defence was that be and Wil liams were joint agents, and he explained that the latter's name did not appear in a written agreement which was pat in, because he, . Williams, appoind in the character of the representative of the people of Benham, who were in *earth of • candidate." The sum,agreed upon for Sir Ralph Howard to Icy was 1,5001. He had paid 7601., besides a further sum of 1081. for mad/green's bills, and an action was threatened against him by defendant for the balance. Williams swore that he had disbursed 6011., though he would not te'l in what manner, and he brought this action to recover 201., sinking the odd pound, to bring it within the county courtjurisdic tion. Defendant wee ordered to pay debt and costs by monthly instalments of U. When we add that Mr. Luke Williams was an attorney's clerk in London, and the eon of a horse doctor at Evesham, we think we shall complete this pretty picture. A candidate who placed himself, as Sir Ralph Howard did, in such hands deserved to be beaten. The poll was for Hill, 195 ; Willoughby, 172 • Howard, 131. Lord Marcus Hill is popular at Evesham where his influence is maintained by acts of personal courtesy and kindness. The other sitting member, however, has no hold upon the town, and will proba blyl . resign his seat at the next election. By that time it is to be hoped that Evesham wit be placed in Schedule B. of a new reform bill. It has no claim whatever to ' return two members. it of THE LATE Exusrogirs FIRE AT NEWINGTON CAVORWLY.—Last evening Mr. W. Payne brought to a conclusion the adjourned tow , ' y respecting th e circumstances attending the fire which deetroyed the premien of Mr. Hooper. a linen and lac* warehounentan„ carry log t he us ness at N 0.19, Alfred-place, in the same parish, and jury returned the following grail verdict, " That there was no evidence m to the origin of the Are but the jury think the c i rcum stances attending it are suspicions." TOBACCO SoUt3RE.—On Frick last, in Bed Rauh, the Vigilant. roveuno clatter, seized a r barge, with won tons of tobacco on bocad, which wee emend with trams of straw, to prevent suspicion. It ia said 70 tons were owelpped from a vessel on the coast, and have been disposed 91 4 with the exception of that on board the barge. Duncirt, Dsc. 17. The first of the series of protee'ion meetings with which Ireland is to be visited was held at Cork on Friday, the Earl of Bandon presiding. It was en exclusively landlord meeting, Lord Bernard, Mr. Charles Beamish, Mr. Cole, and Colonel Chatterton, the newly-elected protectiosist member, being the principal speakers. All advocated the necessity of re-establishing protective duties on foreign produce, and, with a singular oblivion of the state of Ireland previous to the last year, joined ic attributing an the calam ties of the country to the &lustrous introduc- 1 tion of the free-trade policy. There is, indeed, one great evil which they admit must have had some other cause, and that is the potato blight ; but Luis misfortune has become a matter of only secondary consideration with the Irish protectionists. The speeches and resolutions were of the usual kind. An important meeting to promote the cultivation of flax was held at Mallow, in the county of Cork, on Thursday last. Several gentlemen of influence were present, and a local society to carry out the object of the meeting was established. The catastrophe in the Kilrush Union, briefly men tioned in your List Irish news, was of a most lament able character, and it is hoped will have the effect of calling public attention to the wretched state of things in that district, in such a way as to secure some relief for the sufferings of the people. The rates that can be collect...ll are utterly inadequate to meet the wants of the union ; and how should it be otherwise, when by bad management and the calami - ies of recent years it has become so involved that a rate exceeding forty shillings to the pound would be required to extricate it from its difficultie s? In the meantime the little town of Kilrush, where the workhouse is situated, is daily crowded by some thousands of the poor wretches from the en-rounding districts, who come in seeking relief which cannot be afforded to them,. and it was a boat load of these un fortunates who lost their lives on Wednesday night last while endeavouring to regain their stretched hovels. The following particulars are from the Limerick Chronicle: On Wednesday evening, at five o'clock, intelliger.ce reached the town of Kilrush that a large number of persons, meet of whom were paupers who had been seeking cut door relief, were drowned wbile crossing the ferry on their return to Moyarta. Captain Kennedy. accompanied by Doctor O'Donnell, proceeded immediately to the who of the tragedy, bringing with them such restoratives as are gene rally used in recovering the drowned; but none of the bodies were washed on shore that night. Those gentlemen remained out all night, and the scene next mooning (Thurs day) was most distressing. No Las than thirty-three d. ad bodies were washed ashore at the northern side of the ferry. They were removed to an adjacent field, aad the coreser arriving soon after from Ki:kee, an inquest was held on their wretcr.ed remains. It appeared upon the inquiry that no lees than forty-three or forty-five persons (fur they could not tell the exact number) were allowed to crowd into • crazy and rotten boat, which has been plying on this ferry for the last fortyyeare. The big moved on as far as the middle of the ferry, when a sea broke over her stern, and filled her at cue:, the wind blowing strong from the south-east at the time. She upset intently, and her miserable living freight were immerged in the mer ciless waters, while tour (who were eventually soved) clung to her until a boat front Captain Cuss men came to their assistance. The verdict of the coroner's jury was 10/ usual in such cans, but imputing gross neglect, and attaching con sure to the owners of the boat for permitting such a number of persona into so trail a craft. With the exception of tour, the victims were paupers who hail Inquently come into the town iu vain to seek out door relict, and were return. ing that sad evening to their wretched hovels in the parishes of Koltun and Kilboliyowen. The disconso late relatives of the unfortunate victims came down ore the shore bewailing with heart-rending cries the awful calamity, and the bodies of others were mug- Meal by the aid of the relieving officer. Captain Kennedy distributed money to those poor creatures, and sent into the Kilrush workhouse for cuff,.. for the dead. There were two other bodies found on Thursday night, end four en Friday morning, making a total of 39 teaud dead, and two are still missing. The terry (as it is called) wit re this most melancholy . catastrophe uccuorea is an arm of the Shinn ,n extending into the spot call. d the "Turf Yards" by the road to Kifkce, and the peasantry !roux the western parts of Clare have made it from time immemorial their shortest way home. It iv stated the uufortunate creatures forced their way into the boat as it grew dark, and that act would appear as if they were reckless of their lives, or as it Heaven awarded them a more merciful death inset starva tion, by which they probably would have perished in a tow days more. Tony came in many times to Kintigh, seeking for relief, and were crowded in squalid groups around the workhouse gate, the most , miserable spectacle that ever shacked the eye of his- 1 sanity. The doomed beings were oblige,: fur the lest fortnight to return to the country without receiving one pound of meal, and the charity of the shopkeepers of Kite rasa must have been the only means during the sad interim, together with that of the Haman Catholic cli rgy, of pre e'rving their miserable lives, and thou of many others. Toe residence of the parish priest, Rey. T. Kelly, Kilrush, is every day beset by such forlorn and destitute creatures. The state of this wret:hed union is almost without a parallel, and only for some humane arrangements made by Col. Van debut, with Mr. M. Kelly, the Manager of the National Book, the inmates of the workhouse would have. had au food during the past week. Titers are daily meetings of the board of guardians, but what can they do when the poor law commissioners treat their appeals on behalf of a perish ing multitude with indifference sad contempt. A member of the board went specialiy to Dublin last week, and repre sented the deplorable state of the union to the comotinioners, but the mignon of that gentleman appears to have been utterly fruitless.—Limerick Chronicle. The Mercantik Advertiser gives the following in teresting particulars relative to the largest property that has yet been brought under the incumbered estates commission : 'fie annual rental of the Portarlington estates in Ireland is 32,6401., cowl/ling chiefly of well-urcumstanced head. tents; and so valuable is the property, that the amount re ceived within one year, 1847, alter the terrible failure of the potato, was nearly 29,00 N. Toe incumbrances upon the estates amount on the aggregate to 617,0001, besides about 3,00C1. a year charged as irredeemable life annuities. Some years before the death of the late earl, the sum of 344,0001. had been r tised by " contribution.," which, with a previous mortgage of long standing, 56,0001., which now stands as the prior incumbrance, amounted to 400,0001. There were subsequent mortgages to the amount of 130,0001., judgment debts, 60,0001., and some charge a under the will of the lee earl, making in the entire 617.0001- - the amount of the incase:prances at the period of his decease. The present Earl of Pertatlington ' with a view of liquidating the incumbrances arising from the " contribution.," under , which trustee, had been aopoieted, ranted a large sum from the Law We Durance Company, who in this way have become creditors, and that company has, he-ides, a secondary security for those advances on the English estates of the I resent earl. There has been a protracted suit in the English Court 01 Chancery, between Colonel Dimmer and the Earl of Fortarlington, under which a receiver has been appointed ; and the case has also been in the Irish C...urt of Chancery; but it an absolute order should be pronounced iby the eennissionen, it would practically operate as an e estoppel to the suits in Chancery. tit THE GREAT LONDON EXHIBITION IN 1851. A special meeting of the Dublin committee for promoting this great national undertaking was held at the Mambo House, on Saturday last. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. There were also present Mr. L. E. Foot, Mr. Thomas Hutton, Mr. Richard Atkinson, Mr. W. M. M.Csy, Mr. W. Rigby, Mr. Edward Jones, Sir Ed. ward Stanley, and Mr. W. H. Porter. After some preliminary business, Mr. Porter, the secre tary, read the communication adopted at the meeting of the 9th of Nov. and addressed to his Excellency the Lord Lieu tenant, together with his Excellency's reply, as folio es t— „ November 9,1849. " My Lord—Your Excellency is aware of the visit made to our city a abort time Oats by Mr. Henry Cole and Francis Fuller, members of the Society of Arts in Llndoni They visited Dublin and other large cities and towns in the United Kingdom, at the instaoce of his Royal Highness prince Albert, for the purpose of eliciting an expression of opinion in reference to a proposal of his Royal Highness I for making a Great Collection aod Exhibition of the Art,l Manufactures, and Inventions of all Nations in London in 1851. " On the occasion referred to the Lord Mayor called toge ther a few gentlemen, whose attention had been directed mote or less to the holding and arrangement al exhibitions of manufactures, and after hearing the statement of Mr. Cole and Mr. Fuller, and a brief outline , of the views of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, so far as they bad ben mature/ by the Prince, it was the unanimous opimoo of the meeting that such an effort would be calculated, directly and indirectly, and in a variety of ways, to confer most important benefit upon every portion of the empire. " The deputation from London, and the gentleman present at the meeting, felt that to carry out so stupendous as undertaking will demand a unity of action in which every portion of the United Kingdom must bear its part ; that the object is one in which the producer and consumer are equally interested, and one, they felt, in which every British sill' ct may, without any reservation, cordially so-operate, and as cord ially commend. " A committee was accordingly formed of the gentlemen then present, for the purpose of obtaining an expression of opinion amongst their fellow-citizens in reference to this undertaking, and for making known generally the objects awl plans of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in reference thereto; and further, to take such other steps as may place Ireland at the appointed time in as favourable a position as the nature of circumstances will permit. " The committee are now about to commence their la bean, and being aware of the deep and cordial interest en. teirtatoed by your E7.g:efficacy In this movement, they venture to sotici', in the Ant place, that your Excellency will be pleased to snore them to use your name as a patron of the movement in. Ireland ; and further, from the great and long experience of your Emellency in matters affecting the intereita of arts, manufactures, and trade generally in the OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM MEETING IN SHOREDITCIL A public meeting was bald last evening . at Ebe r tZ., Chapel, Bhorediteh, for the of receng a de patatiou from the mistral society. 'here was a very crowded attendance. Mr. W. A. H. Howe presided ; and the depu tation consisted of Mr. George Thompson, M.P. ; Mr. W. J. Lot, Mr. T. WEntser, and Mr. T. Beep. The CHAIRMAN Whig opened the proceedings, Mr. THOMPSON, M.P., was rewired with enthusiastic cheers. He cc ratalated the meeting on the progress of the muse of reform throughout the ecasqtry. Out of London be had attended no meeting which was not densely crowded. It was not London which moved the provinces, but the pro vinces that moved London. This had been the case on every great question steamed in the last GO years. Thermion we. the vastness Witte metropolis : it was a coos pries of large townie and a man might talk for six months at one end of the tows, and be never heard of at the other. (" Hear," and lasiehter.) Norfolk was movie, se a meaty ; and both in the city and the county tk• fruits of this mammon would be *tea at the nest election. (Hear, hear.) In Scotland there was an intense feeling on this question; the whip, to be sure, were not with them, and they a repeated to have the tOTIMI ; but the people,. the men who had the balance of power in their hands, had been with this wherever they went ; and whether at Paisley, Greenock, Glasgow, Aber deen, or say other large town where they bad been, they had had with them the party who carried Me elections at each of those places. (Clem.) Never had mass progressed 90 rapidly ; the flails were already 6= I 1 the harvest aweatisig the sickle ; and they wel l the sinews of war. One mast remarkable simmatmem was, that at noes of the meetings which hi bad rassibta— and be bed been at most of them —bad a single disyslstisss wad been uttered,: Its Bosse of Commas w as p to be the people's own bows; hems it voted th sad was the house which the people g enerall y But, tasted by the yours of theleet two years, it essehl be found that that house qmpatbieed with say elms seeder Urea the people. (Hear, h e ar.) Mr. Thempss then laid bare tbe vicious cassiitution of the present beam But parliamentary re'ormicese also desirable as a means loss cad. The tea millions enjoyed by the church was a thing thl!' aught to be considered. What parallel was Mere is primitive Christianity to the income enjoyed by=l Wes l Imasine ten minims of money ocllected in J a when W Christians had all this's is coma". Imid St. Pa It .slitiag off with 19,0001. • year, St. Peter wide 12,0001, sod James, amebas, sad Jade with muse little Ms is sasess. I lied they done so, Christianity would Wm loss •sessi "we'd of bleeds; to the world. TM plass/ sesulthaslihie the meaciatien had laid dome woe team/gm smilmeass, early ant year, of delegates Wits all pow albs Marla • they would aho avail themselves et WWI% sad Ilisi mighty organ the'covese. Of this boroug _ h, some amistiesbal been banded to Man, which he would mention. The Tower Haaltta had • 'gross population, in 1841—no doubt moth greater a0w—a428,078 ; there were 64,89 6 hymn i and (gam the Deli, Noes.) MANCHESTER, Dxc. 17. After the excitement of lest week we have a lull, so far as poli - ice are cone, rued, and it is pretty certain that, so far SO the district around Manchester is concerned, we shall have no further great weeiiaes till after Chris'ines. SJ far as we can learn here, Mr. Cobden is to have a grand reap. Lion at Leeds this evening, and that sine ViOttlSC Bradford his concituente in the other large teen of West York-hire contemplate inviting him to attend public "satirise, which they propose to call for his reeeption, and in furtherance of the objects he is pledged to promote. A scheme is t dked of in or vale circles, and is beginning to attract a good deal of attention, kr a more eligihle week ina of railways. It is said that • body of capitaliste. com prising some of the leading men in L on don, as well as In Manchester and more northern parts of the country, have it in contemplation to make offers to some of the railway cos• panics to take the responsibility of working their lines else gather of their hands. They do not propose to stop short at the kind of arrangement made with the North Stafford shire, contracting to make good and keep in repair the roll ing stock and permanent way merely ; but they contemplate taking from such companies as they can eater into arrangements with the whole risk of working the passenger and goods traffic, gu 'resifting to ' the shareholders a certain per carers upon the 'spited expended. For this purpose they will seek to have a transfer of the line and all its stations, locomotives, carriages, and other stork for • certain number of years, and guarantee not only a dividend of four, five, or six per cent., as the ease may be, but to re-transfer the whole of such stock at the expiration of the lease (with permanent way), is good con dition Tee names of the parties are not generally knows ; but one or two members of the legislature who have locg been connected with railway management, slid • &stip gaished capitalist in London of the Jewish community (not the member for the city) ate spoken of. I . each a scheme could be carried into effect, so that share holders could really have • relievable dividend guaranteed them for a period of years, it would, so doubt, tend to re vise the drooping fortunes of many of them--apecielly if, aMag with such contracts, they could succeed an making sti edam with directors for • el( sing of capital accounts. nether then is such mismanagement and such an absent" of economy in the present working of railways as to leave • margin for profit altar paying • fair dividend to proprietors is another question. If it be true, as here stated, tht moo conversant with railway mensgeineot end contractors f u r the construction of railways, who have already displayed great I energy and enterprise, are mixed up with thee! propoub, it may be presumed they will not embark their capital in an nn&rtaking of the kind without an appreciation of all the risks. It is stated that definite proposals have already been made and are under consideration by several of the minor eem_ipsnies in the northern counties. The Manchester Financial and Parliamentary Reform Amociation continues its labour' unweeriedly. On Friday evening • moieties was held at Upper Mill, Seddleworth, to receive Mr. Prentice and Mr. Shuttleworth, es • depute , eon from the Manchester Financial and Parliamentary Kt , font Association. The meeting consisted of manufacturers sad the better clue of working men, and included a consi derable number of freeholders of the West Riding. Amongst the gentlemen present were : James Lees, Esq., of Delph Lodge, an influential and coasistunt reformer and free holder, and • magistrate for the county; limn, John Taylor, of Doberose • Peter Saville, of Lees ; Jobs Rad cliffe, of Running-hill; B. Bottomley, of Greenfield; Abel Siaow, of Fur-lane; W. Nichelson, of Lees; Hammond Platt, J. W. Bradley, 8. Hegginhottain, and Ralph Rhodes of pies Mill. Mr. geodes having been ailed to the' chair, requested respectful attention to the gendarme who had come as • deputatute, and then introduced to the meeting Mr. Prentice, who said the only cassias oe which, S bad visited Saddleworth before wee at a dinner gives to Sena Brougham and Lord Morgarth as their electi oa for the egenten le 1830, when their neighbour, Mr. James Lees, wee to t e chair. The retrospection was rot unsuggestive ememly any OW at that time would have ventured to NM; [ dist in two abort years a hut of rotten boroughs would be destroyed, the right of returning members extended to new end populous towns, and • prospect opened out of farther mpasentative and fiscal reforms, peacefully and quietly marled out. But if any body could have anticipated so ro t • l change d ia th, : t o short w a h time, e could he w p t oxibl i t a prospect sad so fair a promise, should have allowed 16 or 16 years to elapse ere they became converts to the Rene sky of free trade in corn, and that 17 years after the peeing of the Reform Bill we should now have to form agitating associations to enforce the peace and the retrenchment which I were the watchwords with which they marched into eMee I Bow was there so much difference in action—why so much gained in the shorter period and so little in the touter ? From 1829 to 1832 the people relied upon themselvee. From 1832 to 1839 they relied on the promises of the whig ministers, and had nothing. A ten yeses' sing es obtained the abolition of the crushing landowner's monopoly, and now it had become statuary to form new ewaciatioss to obtain the retrenchment and those further representative changes which ought to have followed quietly, end as the natural results of the Reform Bill. He and his friend were there on behalf of the Manchester Re form Association, to show that very great reductions could be made in the public expenditure, and to argue for other reforms in the representative spew, to give the people a men complete control over the Roan of Commons. Mr. Prestice's speech, of an hour and • half's lesgth, rapidly de li/end, and abounding in facts, commanded throughout the acute attention sad wimp occasionally relieved by loud laugh ter, excited by his sarcastic descriptions of absurdity and folly, sad hearty cheep at his indignant denunciations of the fiscal oppeasions exercised upon t foe many for the benefit of the few. Ile concluded by strongly recommending the purchase of 40s. freeholds, not u an end, but as • means • of giving to the industrial classes additiona l ! power in the enforcement of financial and parliamentary reforms. Mr. Shuttleworth congratulated himself and the gentlemen present on having assembled to hear Mr. Prentice's lecture in a Sunday school, as he considered the "object of the adder's nowise at variance with the purpose for which the betiding was erected. He proceeded to remark that the object of the lecture was to reduce oppressive taxation, by which the friends of Sunday schools would be the better prepared to render such noble institutions more efficient aid. The school he understood wee connected with the Indepen dents, a body of Christians to whom the country end the world were more indebted than to any other religious com munity in the furtherance of civil and religious liberty. He was not an independent himself, yet he cheerfully tendered these remarks as agreeing with his honest convictions. He observed also that although Mr. Prentice had said much that was highly interesting and impactive, he had only pre sented • mere fragment of the entire subject—indeel the field was wide enough to occupy many lectures — and wad only be slightly touched upon is • single lecture. He was convinced from the the clue attention paid to the lecture, that deep interest had been felt, and hoped they would unite their exertions to remove the evils pointed out, and not allow themselves to despair of success. The object of the lecture was to show that taxation was beyond the reel end efftnient requirements of government. and that re daction ought to be made ; and that the lecture? had sun , seeded in making out a clear cue, • awe not to be mower resisted. He therefore hoped and believed, from the manifest approval indicated by their attention sad cheer., I Sat master, men, employer and employed, would medially see in saisse, and sever cease to agitate until they realised • Men *Mow adjustment of taxation than sow existed. The ONO, was then addressed by Mr. SaraLn, Mr. Linfe.meillfilr. J. Gasurna, after which a vote of thanks to tfte diromila WA pond unanimously. EVESHAM (Coneurnsn). Mr. Borthwick's friends at Enchain of course treated the result of this memorable trial as a triumph. And from thenceforward the great Dal keith question was silenced at Evesham ; though there were some who still shook their heads about Mr. Borthwick's identity, and wondered how an gentleman could manage to be at the same time both himself and his first cousin. Mr. Boethwick was a lucky man. Throughout his cense:ion with Beecham, fortune certainly played curious freaks with him, and sometimes turned up cards in his favour at the very moment when they least could be expected. The nista of the trial at Taunton was a piece of wonderful good lurk. There occurred soon after an equally fortunate mai dent for this bold adventurer. Early iii 1837, Sir Charles Cockerell died. The nephew and heir presumptive of Lord Northwick. Mr. Rushout Bowles, was brought forward to supply his place. The whip obtained a candidate from the Reform Club, in the person of Lord Marcus Hill, the wesent whipper-in. The noble lord proved an excel lent electioneerer, and a very close contest was likely to ensue with the Northwick party, indeed, it was really quite a question whether they should be able to preserve their hold upon the town. The influence of the Blues, or independent party, became, in consequence. of the uttermost importance. No one could clearly tell how they would go. Many of them, it was understood, would hang out for heavy bribes; others were far more inclined for a govern ment candidate than for an unknown member of the house of Northwick. In fact, both parties felt that upon the Blues hung the fate of this election. In this crisis Mr. Borthwick appeared in Evesham, and declared for the conservaive. He canvassed for him, and carried with him the majority of his own friends. Thu result, after an election in which a large amount was spent in bribery and treating, was the return of Mr. Rushout Bowles by a majority of "5 the numbers being, for Bowles, 165 ; for Lord M. Hill, 140. The effect of Mr. Borthwick's proceeding was to establish a coalition between the Northwick party and the Rues. Nothing at the time could have been more advantageous for Mr. Borthwick. It placid him in every way is a at-ong position, and in fact was the only circumstance which at that time could have se cured for him the representation of the borough. Six months after, in Jane, 1837, occurred the death of King William IV., which was immediately fol lowed by the dissolution of the Parliament. Mr. Mahout (he dropped the name of Bowles), Mr. rthwick, and Lord Marcus Hill again appeared as candidates. The Scarlet or Northwick party, in re turn for what had been done for them in February, could do no less than afford assistance to the Blues. Lord Marcus Hill had consequently to fight Rushout and Borthwick in arnica- Me codifies. A similar contest me treed to that of the February immediately preceding. Treat ing and bribery were rife on both sides, and the teats were won by even a still narrower majority thin before. The numbers on this occasion were for Rwihout, 168 ; Borthwick, 166 ; and Hi 1, 158; nearly all of the latter being plumper& But fedoras, which had conferred on Mr. Bo:th wick so many favours, was now about to play him a very shabby trick. This was the period of the wSpottiswoAs subscription"—• fund which, it ill be remembered, was raised by the Unite to prosecute election petitions and displace liberals elected to the Parliament. The retaliation was wage. Wherever the whiles ran the tory members close, they presented a petition complaining of the return. The Beecham cue, in which the victory was only won by 10 and 12, appeared an excellent case fur one of there petitions. Accordingly, incited thereto by the whig agents in the metropol's, the electors of Eves hem complained of the return." Every one about the Home of Commons knew that this petition was a speculative one. It was almost a question whether the petitioners would pro cud to strike it. Probably a little negotia ion would have induced them not to do so. But no reasons were I offered for not striking, so it was determine' " to take the chance of tke committee," which meant at that time to see of which Tarty the majority of the com mittee was composed, and to prosecute or abandon the case as might then appear desirable. The committee was struck, and it proved a very odd committee. Virtually it MUD a tory com mittee, for it consisted of six conservatives, four whir, and one member who was doubtful. But among the tories there were three members who were regarded by the wbigs as quite as good as any member of their own party. These were Sir Robert Peel, Lord Ashley, and Mr. Plumptre. The first would not venture to play the partisan ; the two last might be supposed to have a horror of anything ap proaching to corruption. The committee met on the 9th of March, 1848, Sir Robert Peel being in the chair. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Rushton appeared as counsel for the peti tioners, with Mr. Coppock es the agent ; Mr. Themger, Mr. Austin, and Mr. Talbot, represented the sitting members. But althourh these gentlemen appeared for both the sitting members, it was speedily obvious that they were to be called on to defend the seated Mr. Borth wick only. What arrangement had been arrived ar,or what 1116110311 1 1111 had been practised to prevent the cise from being prosecuted against the other sitting mem ber, is not on public record, but on the second day Mr. Cockburn for the petitioners stated that he abandoned the cue against Mr. Rushout altogether and was con gratulated by his learned friend, Mr. Talbot, " on the exercise of a sound discretion," the learned gentleman expressing a hope that " Mr. Rushout retired with out any:taint upon his character," and stating, "as he understood was wished, that there was nothing vexa tious in the proceeding with respect to him." Mr. Rusbout and Mr. Borthwick thus being dis severed, the latter was placed in a precarious position. It was understood that whatever case of bribery there was, affected Mr. 'tusked and his friends far more than it affected Mr. Borthwick and the blues. But it was also understood that what fonds there were for defending the seats were the fends of Mr. Rush out, and that Mr. Borthwick's personal means of meeting each expenses were by no means inex haustible. The course which was taken by the petitioners certainly did seem devised to harass Mr. Borth ' wick. It was evident that they had no cue on which they could rely against him. They beet about the bush a great dmil—trying to prove agencies and attempting to establish charges of bribery and treat ing which broke down ;—Mr. Cockburn interlarding the proof with frequent addresses to the committee upon points of law exceedingly abstruse and only in teresting for their legal ingenuity. One of the allegations against Mr. Borthwick was personal bribery. And this personal bribery the petitioners sought to establish under the circumstances following :—There was livinv at Bengeworth an old echoolmuter of the name of Ebenezer Pearce. A year or so before the election, one of Mr. Borthwick's friends intimated to this person that the honourable member intended to present him with a snuff-box. The snuff box, however, did not make its appearance until a few weeks before the dissolution, when one day a friend of Mr. Borthwick's came to the peda gogue as he was walking in his garden, and presented him with a box fresh from Storr and Mortimer's with Mr. Borthwick's crest inside the lid, and the follow ing inscription: " Ebenezer Pearce : Ex dono amid sui qui conclude." The box was proved to have been ordered by Mr. Borthwick, who communicated to Store and Mortimer's " young man" that it was for an old echooleaseter at Evesham. Mr. Cockburn contended that this was an act of bribery, falling within the terms of a resolution of the Howie of Commons of 1877, which made any gift to a voter subsequent to a certain day antecedent to the election, an act of bribery without reference to the intention of the donor. The " resolution of 1677," which appeared to have been raked up for the occa sion, gave the committee an immense amount of trouble. The point being a new one, counsel argued it at great length. The committee evidently could make nothing of the arguments respecting it. They cut the Oration knot by arriving at the following resolutions : That they mast look to the statute law, and not to the reeolutioa of the Bones of C 071210111 of 1.677., for the defini tion of the offense of bribery. That they consider bribery has been proved in the case of a gift of a saaff-how to Ebenezer Pea rce. Mr. Austin, at the next meeting of the committee, asked under " what statute law" the gift of this muff-box was bribery ? The chairman replied to this by inquiring what precedent there was for making the inquiry? But so anxious was Sir Robert Peel to appear "r ow &cession took place es to the mode of appointing in which Mr. limber, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Carralho, Mr. Adams, and other bondholders pew* ' pot NISPRIETOR asked whet would be done with any it.wood five per runt. ? r (one of the committee) said that it would be as for the b i ndholdvre to leave this in the lased* of skto e• (*salves and directors ; inroad of dividing it pro rots, as g eoid prefer to imps' raw shares to 'ivy off the principal l As Weds. if the surplus would ensure a lager Inteesst on oell shots reed to the meeting. De Med wee D o igen of the committee adopted, awd *vote of Ao ki wee pweed to them. A cassias' of hondhelden and simple weaved creditors A dias s ppoin h ted te act with the directors in carrying out os sisca of te ri.peet. After avow of thighs to the chairman, the malting ed. P gra.d. LONDON MUNICIPAL REFORM. last evening a publics meeting of the ward of Far a...ha wee held at the New Coert, Old Bailey, to take into il'' - s taes the question of ausicipal :Mona Alderman Er hilts Dvxs, Bart, M.P., peecded ; and on the plat a.. welt Aid. roan Sir Jobs 11... y, Alderman Sir Deorge circ a, A.dermatt Sidney, M.P., the Common Serjeant, Of, C 00111101011.7 Dittoes. Mr. Smi th , edford, Mr. sldlard, Me. J. Toulmin and a large s or of sooners of the Common Council. JAMES DUKE briefly explained the ejects for ' list t h e inevtiag had bean onewhed. gr. FULLING entered at some length into an sapod illad the laws Ts entities the slain of the City of London opferg partiselarly to those which he contended pr. seed sigh megrim apse the eicsens of London, and moved the Weft moieties ..The the emporation of the City of Landes smileless's. o wls, to law and arrent right, all the commosalty of M Mid City who bale bees ocimpiers within the said City tribe space of a year and a day s , and it la th. t duty ol au ite isid o f to take pa in all tha relates to the mlbre of the Mt City ; awl to discharge avively, of sari olue themselves, Car functions which belong to them es arstaws of that corporation. That visions acts of puha. mot Wise interfered with the discharo of al of the miffs sad dutiss of the members of the corporatist o' Ler miss, it is annuity to take prompt steps to procure the a do ?era of all such mu topes iament &ad especially et s Ortela met of parliame din the Ilth year of the tea/ M Own* I.: and or all acts fonadod tapas, or bevies BeWoos to, that see' ACLAIID, mondia l / the regulation, isniarkWl gas the vita Oro. L. and the act passed Ism s. asiou had la, prima whittler sighs of the Whales by needlessly melliiMag *w the keel isaielatersi. ater some emau ka from Mr. Dopey Barirosts, the innintien was pet to the UMW lag sad marled. SMI 11 said that the mat rerolution was to the glewlea Aim : Thm, erJer to uailentaed, and s Bectusily to dia. Loo k11:ohlig e ward of P o the rgeiroemtritliout, btsatu Wadlllo'll at least owe ia every mor.th, sandy, the tenth dav of each month (*rime the same skill be aggasy, sail then on C:e Monday following) at G fie Lek in aftsrsoos, to coesider such stemma as shall seem best Mkedaled N maintain the integrity and welfare of the w on of Loadoe, and the Farrel interests of the tal oa ; and to advise with their representatives is the Cart of Common C manta on such sea - ten as shad be leseght before that court. Acd the word chit is 'meshy istreceml and r. quired henseforth to issue regular nodose emerdiaely, without any further authority in that behalf." That cisme ice 'moue of great iniportsnee, and would sole mach mach dic assign ; and ha thereto,. begged to mf,ve the eliouroads: of the meeting until Friday next, it being, adanaeod that the business should sot eons on until after dis dredge meal spa St. Thomases Day. Kr. PULLING @waded the resolution, although Me wee wit Om sare be *lvied h• able to agree with Mr. Smith era **legality of the course recommended in the rose- ACIAND and several other gentlemen thought it meld be miadvisoble to bring on the business on the day of iteesnrearl eleeSon, and they therefore sugresc d that the mee:ing should take plans on Wednesday instead t This suggest ion was agreed to, and a hearty vote o *mks having been accorded to Alderman Sir James Duke Mr his courtesy a presiding, the mean; separated. At the a. joarind mating it lbe proposed to form a wil committee to carry out the ioregoing meolutions. METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY. An adjourned meeting of the Association for pro viding an improved supply of water for the metropolis was held lad evening at Lawoon's Rooms, 3, Gower-Enet North, the objec t being to consider certain resolutions which h ad previously been speed to at a meeting of the pariah of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, held in the vestry.room on the Ilth D.-camber last. The resolutions have sLready been advertised is the morning papers. On the motion of Mr. COLLIMION, Mr. BRALT, church warden of St. Puerto. took the chair, and in opening the proceeding% said that he Mk it tor granted *at the gentlemen present, the represestatives of the metropolitan parishes, were all aware of the ebjects tor which they were called together, having seen them fully stated in the resolutions of St. George's, which bad been generally advertised. The object was to procure • supply of water for the metro politan parishes of better quality, at a cheaper rate, and nom constant in sappy than they enj•yeA at present (lies!, how.) He was not prepared to say what St. Pancras would do, but there would be • vertry meeting on Wednes• day next, when the question would receive full considera tion. As this nes a retesting for business purposes, he should sot father detain them than by calling on Mr. Day, vestry dole of St. George's, Southwark, te read the resolutions, which had been eyeld to at his own parish meeting. Mr. DAT proceeded to read the resolutions. He kad net circulate enclosing their purport to the officers of the vs rims parishes in the metropolis, and Dais the answers from nearly all, expressing acquiemooe is the project of the monthlies. Mr MOSLEY, vestry clerk of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and chairman ol the Strand naion, moved &resolution pledging the meeting to the adoption of those which had been passed in S istkwark. Mr. E. COLLINSON seconded the resolution, which was pet and carried unanimoudy. Mr. FRAZER moved • monition affirming the neces sity of early vestry meetings, for the purpose of impressing as the metropolitan representatives the duty of urging the Water question on the attention of parliament. Although individually he had not much reason to complain, being sup plied by the New River Company, yet still he felt it his duty as &citizen, sad mach more as a medical men, to use Ms best exertions to procure his lea favoured tellow-citisees a cheap sad plentiful supply of pure water. Mr. CBALLICE (Bermondsey) seconded the resolution, vial was sgmd to. Mr. Ras (Chairman of the Board of Guardians, Mikes) moved a resolution appointing a &pontoon from this meeting to wait on the various metropolitan vestries. Mr. YIELDER (Churehwarden, St. Luke's, Chelsea) pr eceded the resolution, which, atter a few observations from Mr. Cateasom (Ckrkenwell), was neasiteously agreed to. Thanks were thee voted to the chairman, and the pro reedier terminated. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM. United Kingdom, and alio from the interest more than ones expressed by your lordship in naive manufacture., your Excellency will be ;leased to Dapart to the committee such advice as you may deem r.quisite, and kindly afford to the committee the opportunity, from time to time, of taking I counsel with your Excellency, in order that the movement may be thoroughly effective ; that, in seconding the gracious proposal of the Prince C .nsort, the committee may likewise feel they are conf:rring a lasting benefit own the lend of their birth, and upon the nation of which it forms so im portant a part. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, W. Excelleney'a most obedient servant, " W. H. PORTER. " Tokio Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, Stc." " Viceregal Lodge, Dee. 10, 1849. " Sir,—To reply to your letter to the Lord Lieutenant, stating that a committee of gentlemen has been formed in Dublin fur the purpose of obtaieing an expression of opinion avongst their fellow-cid.. ne with reference to the Great Exhibition in 1851 of the Works of Industry of all Nations, and for making known generally the objet a and pAns of his Royal Highness on the 'Oka, I am directed to inform you that his Exc. Benny cordially approves of the course which the committee purpose to ad. , pt, sad that he will at all times have pleasure in communicating with them, and afforditg every assistance in his power towards the pionthe don of so object which he considers of the higLcst national importanot. 1 bare the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " W. H. Porter, Esq." " GERALD Porcsoieuy. After adopting a resolution expressly of thanks to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant for his obliging rtinmunica. Don, and the readiness he has expressed to promote by every means in his power the objects for which 'he members of the committee are associated, it was agreed that no time should be lust in endeavouring to effect the object had in view by the executive body in London. STAFF OF IRELAND. M ijor-General hie Royal Highness the Princ,. Geor,to of Cambriege itself g prcreeled on leave of absence to attend the funeral of toe Queen Dawager, Colonel Cochrane, the Deputy Adjutant. General. has taken the command of the Dublin district. Major- General Wemyu, C.B , having arrived in Dublin on leave of absence, Colonel Sir Michael Creagh, K H., has assumed the command of the Athlone district. Captain Se.t.,n, 74th Highlanders, Deputy Av.istant-Qaartermaster-Ocneral, has proceeded from Dublin to England on leave. THE REcusTares.—ln the year 1835 there were 2,300 voters in the Queen's County ; at prcaent there are 247. Nor do we believe the Queen's County to be a solitary in stance of such a geereese in the numbs of elector?. 7h. re has also he3n a great falling off in Kildare; and we daily see complaints in our contempn-eries of the prevalence of such seltdisfranclusement.—Leinster Exp►ess. Ms LINEN TRADE.—Last week the home demand for yams was not bruk. At pr.seut price there is still left a fair profit for the manutacturen. Linen; have been brought • shade lower, einecially the fins Forts, for which the demand is linited. The demand is now for heavy linens suitable for the home market. The (coon of ; Brim improvine. During laid we, kit amounted ti r ' 4 b +les; linen, 363 boxes, 19 bales, 2 trusses; muslin, 9 ly..x:s ; thread. 8 boxis.—Belfase News. DRAMA. HAYBIARIET THEATRE. A play. in three act., calltd "The Loving Woman," by Mr. Mark Lemon, w..s produced at this the.itre last eve! log, with complete success, which it futly de served, from the skill of its dramatic construction, the strong interestof the etory,and the great beauty of the principal character. The incidents, at the same time, though sufficiently clear in rcpresentt*tion, are s 3 nu merous, end are complicated with so long a train of events, suppoael to have occurred prior to the com mencement of the piece, that it is imtssible to give snintelligible account f the plot within any reason- able compass. The heroine, 0/lilies, is the ward of WieVert, • rich usurer of Prague, and is on the eve of marriage with Rosen, a young man of the city, to whom she is devotedly attached. Iler guardian, who has nous idled I &passion for her from her infancy, and who finds his hopes on the point of being destroyed by this mar riage, which he has vainly endeavoured to prevent, is driven to make a desperate avowal of his feelings, and receives, of course, a scornful repulse. From that moment hatred and revenge take possession of his mind, and he resolves to work the ruin of the pair. Rose n's late mother, who had lived for many years es a widow, had borrowed large sums on the security of her house and gcods, to enable her to bring up and educate her son. Mel fee knowing this, purchsves the bonds for these sums, in order to make them tho instruments of his vengeance. Toe marriage takes place, end a gay company of bridal guests are as.embled in Rosen 's house, when the festivity is interrupted by the sud den appearance of Ill'eyert, atterded by officers of just:ce, who claims the house and property under the forfeiture in the bonds. The bridegroom is stunned by the blow, and gives way to violence; but the young wife, by her sweet cheerfulness and devoted affection, soothes his feelings; and the pair depart along with their sympathising guests, having the houae in the possession of the vindictive creditor. Months elapse; and the married pair are living almost in indigence, their only support being Ottilia'e small fortune. Rosen is much changed; he has be come moody, irrit-ble, (wranged from hia home, and galled by the idea of dependence on his wife. His enemy is unwearied in his endeavours to sow suspi cion between them. In her distress, Ot/i/io visits an old and faithful friend of her husband, to take counsel from his friendship. Rosen fi nds her in his friend's house, and, in a transport of jealousy treats her with harsh ness and violence. In this extremity she has recourse to her guardian, who has in his possession the deed which secures her fortune to herself. He craftily suggests that she may dissolve a union which is no longer happy by obtaining a divorce ; she consents that the necessary were; to that effect shall be taken. Notice is served upon Rosen, and the parties meet at the house of if ielferes lawyer to sign the deed of divorce. The deed is signed, and the mar riage is uull. If te!fert is triumphing in the success of his /scheme, when tearing the paper which secured her fortune, turns to Rosen, and tells him that she had renounced his head only that she may sue for it again, and be his wife in entire dependence on him. A separate chain of events is brought to a denouement at the same time. Her mann, &personage who, under a disguise, has played an important part in the piece, turns out to be the father of Rosen, reined many years before by the criminal arts of WieVert, but who has now returned, armed with ample proofs of the villain's guilt. The curtain falls upon the happiness ef the reunited pair, and the punishment of the wicked. The character of °talk is perfectly suited to Mrs. Charles Kean. Nothing can be more charming than the picture, by this most feminine of actresses, of that love, strong as death, which woman only can feel. The part of Rosen is comparatively weak. He is intstisting only because his wife's happiness is in volved in his; and his pride, sullenness, and sourness ere so unamiable that he appears unworthy of such a creature's love. Mr. Kean made the most of a not very grateful part, especially in the last scene, to which he gave great effect. If' iqfert, a sort of 6Aylock, was acted with considerable power by Mr. Howe : and the disguised Hermann. a part full of pointed sarcasm, was well supported by Mr. James Wallach. The ensemble was excellent; and we bar. seldom seen a play acted. with more warmth and animation. The applause was immense; and the principal performers, as well as the author. were called for at tLe fall of the curtain. THE SOUTH SHIELDS LIFIBOAT.—On Monday, at a publio meeting in South Shields, Ur. Robert Anderson stated that this lifeboat had gots, off from South Shields sines 1841 to 66 vessel!, and brought on above 466 shipwrecked mariners.—On Frie.ay a public meeting, convened in com pliance with a requisition, was held in the Guildhall, New. castle, to promote a public subsiripation for the relief of the widows and orphans cf the pilots who p rithad on the 4th instant.—The Mayor, ifiaeph Crawhall, Esq.. took the chnir.—There was a tremerous attendacce, comrtiaiug the most influeatial inhabitants of the town.—Resolutions wee* "mad, and an expression of sorrow and sympathy was fel bwed up by the appointment of a committee to raise a sub scription, at the bead of which are the Mayor and the Master of the Trinity Roam.—Mr. John Rayne, who supported one of the resolutions, made a powerful appeil in hihalf of Mi. widows and orphans, and sp oke in warm terms of com mendation of the spirit manifested at the meeting in South Shields, where, he said, 5001. had already beta subscribed. A. suggestion was thrown out that the resolutions of the Newcastle meeting should be Lent to the London Coal Ex. I charm ; but an application in that 'penal., it was justly oh served, would COOll with more propriety (if it hod not already emanated) from the South Shields committee. On Sunday lot collections were made in Hanover-square chapel, Newcastle, for the reliof of the widows, orpham, and other dependent relatives of the brave pilots who perished on the unfortunate occasion above mentioned. —At the Methodist New Connexion chapel, Dunstan, after aa appro priate unman, the sum of 16s. was collec colleted in ai ionsd of ha th ve e relief fund—Several other congregational ot already been made; and others are to follow, in various towns, forthwith.—Oatealead Observer.—The Queen his forwarded cue hundred guineas towards this fund. The °operation of NewcrAls bare sent a dentin' in of 100 guineas, and the Master and Bratheren of the Trinity lions* hare also tellttibUtte. 100 guineas to the same deserving object. NICE BCARD WAOES.—The Admiralty Board him 136, 3034 . e year.—Puncka ellmawAr4.