The Express. — London, England, 1846-09-12 00:00:00

Intinteitie end thole way to Wawa, Ng the general et seillrennenle emilli of the esel'tee conveyed in im i trojimi ri ins le the else it, 'who have ne ray el raft et ille ;it oar oder— ihey beer the 2M el tens *mask ilia ad In Ignorant of the . ef eseisty as, and low entirely whit : psween. re the *ekes of inerideek on& efibneellseiw-ean Aar. eme• ref* NOW Plaller• deter inehinds 'deem, pond if their eseesnt, lebktkihey I•llVer with use anwingle of a eeeihtty, Ikeda Iliani an Inde x' carol" Oit Arklery, vibe had sus enrammeil= Ter which they hod uld not appreciate the llP eam e take tr =st *lbws NO wonder that a pm* thus sinestsi di ted ems , with arms and military munitions in game -4 without the form of a government to reatasin than, boldly take the Initiative and peter being the am& the abseiled ? Posterity mei jisdp and deeds en snentous question. i few remarks are penned in the moment of victory he capital of a eountry to whose rulers the terms el 4 war are being dictated, and the sinurieyegaue foram tip is being proved by our fallen foe. Bat even in the 'victory at the close of a just war, who eta Imitate to MO war the greatest of human evils, imemuch as it widest vistaed*: of misery among the Moran race ? a who sighs for war, and the glories and distinctions t brings to the survivor, think only how dearly these have been bought. Let lima reside the history of fortunate province, far the lest sewn eateries the of nearly unceasing wow I let WS Tfriset upon the sf plunder and opined= width every 'village i l near the line of mush presmsto the peasant, from his rifled hallealten and his blighted onverted by despond= tato a ruffian and er, and finally, is iii mess, cut down as a wild Let him, when the atment of viekey is gone, ret the field which a few beers been* bad been so on, and pause to meat urea the wet maw by ictory's ends are esassinMistad:—hems ha*. bold checked in his imp stsene enver, se be shared the ired rampart ; there the seem of the steady column atry is too clearly indicated W the bodies of the here lies with the cold Moe poised throe& his he gigantic foe, with his ads Bale sans ant wfld lor still breathing edibling in od the fir-haired boy of .. a lad left his native highlands to ret wpm a soil. a turn from this scene to the hospital, an walk y amidst the hideous law house of wounds and the spontaneous result of our weak nature, but the g of the black passions of mankind—let him consider kited prospect of that limbless though still living car t a few hours before exulting in the pride of man id strength—let him gaze on that manly counte r= which the inestimable gift of sight has been for thdravrn, and consider to how many among the two 1 sufferers upon whom his gaze will fall in Buten has become an incumbrance rather than a blessing— for ever from their friends and profession, or to return u useless logs to their country. Let rk the long line of desolation that follows the an army; let hint listen to the sad tale of the l peasantry, and visit the ruined spot front which usehold goods, all their worldly gear, the savings past harvest and the hopes of the future, rude hands been sacrilegiously torn; and beyond ible woes let him consider the destitute ease of the and the widow struck down in a few brief momenta stenos to penury—many a wife, whose hopes of hap this world are gone for ever ; many a eon, whose has been altered for life by the premature loss of his let him accompany the harbingers of grief to his and, and see many an eye glisten, many a heart Any a fond home dashed to the ground—let him all this, and weigh it against the value of the brevet on which he has gained, and—despite the solid ad to the empire which could scarcely come under his ition, nor were ever present in his thoughts—will he r that these ephemeral distinctions have been dearly and that war, in its mildest form, is one of the evils of thOuman race ? EETING IN DORSETSHIRE b&PROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. SEAMINSTER, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10. meeting was originally advertised to be holden )wa Hall, but that was found to be too small to date half the persons who sought admission, and refore adjourned to the Parochial School. Lord le was called to the chair. He was supported by s. and Rev. Mr. Ward. The Rev. Mr. Manua, Mr. Cookson, Captain Aitchison, the Rev. Mr. 'asset, the Rev. Mr. Lane, theßev. Mr. Whitehead, of Bragfte, the Rev. Mr. Helyar, Captain Steel, :r. Whaty, J. Oundry, Esq., Messrs. J. Pope, J. Gilbert, B. Fox, Dr. Kiddie, and several hundred neighbouring gentry, including a large number of srmers, and others. CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meeting, was to form a society for promoting the field allotment system, under proper rules and ins, as one means by which the condition labouring classes might be improved. The rd was not one of those who believed the field ystem would produce all that could be desired for Irv., but he did believe that it would materially he alleviation of his condition. It had been said prospect was so pleasant to a man as looking from ow on his own land. Although it was not likely old be able to say that of the labourer to any great still by means of the proposed society, he would he to experience some degree of that gratification, it in possession of a piece of land which would be it upon himself for its proper cultivation. Ile now the more practical question, as to what chance they establishing the society. Supposing that in those where allotments existed it should be desired that :ty should take the trouble off the hands of the owners, it would at once be done. He was not un at in some parishes there might be some delicacies culties to encounter, but he thought that, by the of a little forbearance, those who doubted might be to join the society, and support their scheme. n Steele, the Hon. Secretary, then read the follow s: THoM LORD ASHLEY. Hyde. Aug. 2S, IM6. will Ore great pleasure to assist the projected association for aof the labouring classes in Dorset, by all means in my *hall be happy, if I can thus render my service, to become patrons. I am, your very obedient humble servant, ). Steele, P.sq. AmaLay. FRO3I THE BISHOP OP SALISBURY. Senumete, Aug. 29, ISM. r Sir,—l am very perry it will not be in my power to be the meeting to he held at Beaminster, on the lath Septem f an association be formed for the purpose of promoting the rent to in your letter, I shall be happy to become a member di capacity as the committee may desire. I have been able thing in the furtherance of the system of Sad gardens in of Chadelock, where I have pet apart twelve acres of land management of the clergyman of the parish, to be occupied nner. It appears to be the surest mode in which a certain 'good can be done to the poor of our agricultural parishes. I remain, my dear Sir, Your very faithful servant, axle, Esq. E. Stars. FROM C. PORCRER, ESQ., RIOR-SRF.RIEF. Clyffe, Sep. 7, 1848. riced,—l have had a circular seed to me requesting my e at a meeting at Bearanater, In favour of the allotment lam sorry lam unable to comp ) with the request on next, but I cordially join in the that, under due the plan is productive of essential neat to the labouring ad if your meeting ow Thursday should lead to the forma " labourers' Friend Society," I think it will be of impori Se county. r long had allotments on my estate, and venture to enclose dated rules upon which we hare acted in my own case, and see found to answer their purpose welL Our limitation has me-quarter acres, except when the family has been very nt half an acre has not been found too much. I much doubt m of a further extension. I am, my dear lord, very faithfully yours, I Starenlak. CITARLES POACHER. m Akmnder Brink Cochrane, late M.P. foe Bvldport.) • Sir, You will greatly oblige me by being the medium of corn ig to the committee of the Labourers' Friend Society my desire enrolled among its members. I have edema thought that , n allotment eyetem has never been sufficiently carried out en parishes in Scotland. I have advocated it, and always attended with the happiest results; it stimulates all the lines, and induces Store of honest independence. lam very et your meeting is to be on the 1001, as I should like to be it it, but I fear it is quite impossible. Next week I might taped it, and I should have been delighted to have done so. rived in town last night, which will account for your Latta mained so long unanswered. Beliere me most faithfully yours. ALEXANDER BAILLIE COCIIRANE, Steele, R.N. 32, Grosvenor-place, Sept. 7. - --• FROM SIR DUDLRY HILL. - High Cliff-Home, Lyme, September 7th. r,-1 ant favoured with your letter of the Sth Mat., Steward of a circular for convening a meeting at Beaminater on the improving the condition of the labouring classes by field lotment. Being unable to attend the meeting. in cause s previous engagement, I beg to convey to you the expression tire approbation of the praiseworthy intention to form a ie nature of which roust be so beneficial to the labourer. h much pleasure, give you any assistance in my power to an laudable an object, and request you will have my name the list an an annual subscriber to the society, in the welfare every man should take an interest. leliere me, dear sir, yours very faithfully, teele, Eaq. DUDLEY }n: L. I were also read from Captain Soobell, R.N., Mr. he Rev. John Mules, of Flemston, the Rev. C. F. , and other clergymen and gentlemen, expressive of royal of the objects of the society and promising their seistanee. Many of the gentlemen stated that they pted the system of field-garden allotments, and had em productive of immense benefit to the labourers u utisfactory to the landowners themselves. el Bnacios proposed the first resolution : Practical experience, both in the neighbourirg counties and >, has shown that the field garden allotment system has o increase the menial., of the labourer, and has been the rvvlairnißg bim from idle and dissolute habits." Rev. J. F. Wix MIT, in seconding the resolution, ex his conviction that the subject they had assembled to deserved the closest attention. When he looked at elution which bad been proposed to them, and found in of such importance included in It 'slim increase of forts of the laboirrer, and reclaim/401bn from idle and nis habits, he could not wooed lb' evolation without to it a few remarks. Tbril4 Sellieulintgelloold be done comforter the labourer so Obeereeddetessopt to deny. Cell known to the clergy *ho visited the cottages elf ricultural labourers, and saw their temporal and necessities, that some immediate measures were five. In their large parishes destitution of the most al character existed. It would make many of those ere at present surrounded by the comforts of life, t• see the privation of many of their own industzi 4'est-hatrW labourers. That much was to be done yond question. The resolution spoke of the efficiency field-garden system in promoting the benefit of the hammers In that and the "eametiss. Of the esftly et Dank be lessee lON having bet resendy baleen connesta It of another einner le could treat sateetehat . In Stab& he kr *that a large numbstraf=st= to .11eheA tick' Wei %rain and ease Me kw seemed to ft* them. will& Mined larkes iM , treamelemeepttlisea the that had melably ersengkt weaken. l as tr ielli the genttemee) milked ant die noble bra in the awl', err sense ether ps We rand he ads ine= s e . a beset puma at ens et the fkaf !hewhoa Ile Myna Ennis= deli weeettelamitalte the semandal eeedidedes ler** halteerses' award& If the spading eyes sad helgh senate -armee et three Milks w hew L=and tened pit bleated the senentit of the bbywk r tire; wen ridded, seal Is seen by mak& no dean mead fte a atone* exist es to the • adoption of the Ilailarden spasm, now reeenewiled to its camse. Assess& the pima= who want up ea thin rd le setelve pima - wen erns vase led bees poetises, Mims • eche bad been howsekes, de. barred from every ectmilert, end yet, when surrounding the table of Sir Edwina mitribis. the writer saw them in decent apparel, and shrerieg, by Se willingly circumstancesthe value of the hem they bail Se willingly learned. T i'f added to this a ads meld be me& to their cottages, while they showed the cordialities for pod •conduct which they had so hanserably attained, it visa be a matter of re joicing that seek a system had been adapted ; for while on the part et same there might be a end a the lip or a serer* male, seek preens always left those happy homes with IMMO sad confusion of face. That, he thought, was evidence eadkient to substantiate that part of the resolu tion which aimed that the fieldipirden allotment system had tended S. mess., the esseibrte of the agricultural labourer. There was another part of the resolution which was particularly gratify*, to him as a clergyman, and that was, that the system alluded to had recla im ed them for whom it was designed best idle and dissolute habits. It was lamentable is find that, in those et unparalleled enterprise, so many of the labouring popdeYoa gave them selves up to habits of idiom's ; but it was, ea the other head, gratifying that so large a number bad been reclaimed. Having had the pastoral supervision of a large Forkh in Suffolk, and haring been chaplain of se =dee weekheines in London, containing upwards of 6,000 penmen, he Ind became practically acquainted with the wants and inteselene of a pauperised population. He could my that, if May were allowed the independence to which every Raillisman was entitled—if they were kept independent of the mien and of parish relief, they would be very shortly raked from their present degraded position, and become the ornaments instead of the pests of society. Surely, then, if these objects could be secured, the society now about to be fumed had every encouragement held out to them to perseverance in the holy and mighty work of improvement. (Hear, hear.) He felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution which Colonel Blagge had proposed. The resolution was put by the noble chairman to the meeting, and was adopted rims. dia. JAMES BANDINSLL, Esq., moved the second resolution:— " That society be now formed, to be called the West Dorset Labourers' Mead fieclety, and that the 0 :f ue tat society be so increase domestic eteneort and encourage habits amoopt aserienitord endmishenhal labourers." He said he Mt some reluctance at first in coming forward to take part publicly in the proceedings of that meeting, but when he discovered how great were the advantages sought to be accomplished, he readily and at once overcame these scruples—(hear, hear)—for he felt that it was not only their duty but their interere to improve the condition of those whom God had in some ,r”ests placed under them. The Hon. and Rev. Mr. WAILD (a county magistrate) said he had little difficulty in a vondthg the resolution, be cause he could speak with the utmost confidence of the system it was now proposed to adopt. Two years ago he gave part of his glebe lands as allotments. but since that time they had all been returned epos his hands. That arose from the fact that in his district the labourers had a landlord who wu a father to them, and a tenant who was a kind friend. (Hear, hear.) If that were the case with all landlords—and unfortunately the fact was far otherwise—there would be no occasion for societies such as that which it was the object of the present meeting to found. He had been away from his benefice a year for the purpose of recruiting his failing health, and on returning recently visited a spot where many of his parishioners resided. Its entire aspect was altered. The old landmarks had been removed, dirty cottages made clean, incommodious booms rendered capacious. Struck with the marvellous change which had been effected, he naturally inquired how such great improvements had been effected, and found that the landlord hod created a vast number of field garden allotments, all of which were assiduously and efficiently cultivated by the persons to whom they had been let. As a clergyman, he was glad to bear testimony to their great worth. Thia brought him to make one or two remarks on the subject of spade husbandry. During his absence from England, he visited a plain, near Naples, four miles long and two miles wide, on which there were 35,000 per sons. There were no poor-laws, no beggars, but every person received a good day's wages for a good day's work. Not a single horse or cart wu employed, but all was done by spades, mules, and men's backs. He found that as all was done by these means, the produce was large, and every one was employed. He had beard it urged as an argument against allotments, that they were likely to consume too much of the ti tie of the labourer, thus depriving his master of a portion of his services. He (the rev. gentle man) entertained no such opinion. On the contrary, be be lieved that the system increased a man's self-respect—it gave him a stake in the country—it gave him a character to lose. He believed, moreover, that it would keep women and boys out of the field, certainly a great desideratum, for a woman was evidently more in her sphere while providing for the domestic comforts of the man, while the children's would be better secured by imparting to them instruction, instead of sending them to work at so esrly an age, with their minds entirely untrained. At present it was the shame of England —the richest country in the world—that her peasantry ware the least educated, the worse paid, and the most miserable in Europe. (Hear.) That was not a loose assertion, made at random, and incapable of support. It could be borne out by statistics, but, unfortunately, the fact was so painfully evident to all who knew anything about the matter, that it required no confirmation at his hands. Those remarks he (the rev. gentleman) did not direct specially to the county in which they were assembled ; nevertheless, it could not be concealed that even in the western part of the county of Dorset deep and dreadful distress existed. Quite enough distrem, at all events, was there to warrant the immediate formation of the West Dorset Agricultural Society, to encou rage industrious habits amongst the agricultural labourers. Upon some estates, it would be readily admitted, the opera tions of the society would not be needed ; for there were some paternal landlords who did all that could be desired for all who were in connexion with them. The exertions ,of the society would be especially needed in localities where there were only persons of small capital, unable to carry out great improvements. In such cases, the society would step in to improve the character of the labourer. But after all, it was to the landlords of England that the country must look in that great and trying emergency. In that county he might state fearlessly, and without any chance of giving personal offence, that if the landlords of England would do their duty, every other person in the country would also do his. (Hear, hear.) A fearful responsibility rested upon them, and in stead of looking to the manufacturing and other districts for the commencement of improvements, they should at first look at home. They lived in an agricultural district, and he (the rev. gentleman) would my boldly that the landlords had no right to ask those under them to take their place in attending to the wants and comforts of those who ought to be the objects of their special care—he of course alluded to the poor. (Hear, hear.) But when he spoke of the land lords and their privileges—when he said that he believed it was their duty to take the poor under their special canes he would not debar the tenant from the exercise of the privileges which devolved upon him, or from the great duties he was called upon to perform towards those who were more immediately connected with him. How gra tifying must it be to the tenant on seeing his labourers in the field meet him in confidence and affection, instead of exclaiming, " See, here comes numbs.," and running away to hide themselves; that should be the sort of connexion misting between masters and servants, and in that case the interests of all would be promoted. When he (the rev. gentleman) thought of the duties and responsibilities devolv ing upon the body to which he belonged—when he reflected on the debt due by the clergy to the poor—he confessed he was utterly at a loss to find words sufficiently strong for the expression of his feeling. The clergy had been told that they could, if they pleased, do much in inducing the landlords to perform the duties which were required of them. That was perfectly true. In the hands of the clergy was, for the most part, placed the education of the landlords of this country—of England's best hope, of her broad and fair lands, and to them the clergy always found a ready access. How easily therefore might a word spoken at a fitting time and in a proper place be productive of good effect. He believed that the clergy would speedily reap the benefit of such a course in the visible improvement of their parishion ers; and as " England expects every man to do his duty " was in the time of danger the declaration of her great naval hero, he trusted that would be the motto which his brother clergymen would adopt that day, and by it regulate their future course. If the landlords and the clergy would com bine in that great work, they would soon find that the domestic comforts of the peasantry would be increased, that industrious habits would thrive by encouragement, that the love of God and the Queen would, to use the words of good old king George 111. " reign in the hearts of a loyal and religious people." The rev. gentleman resumed his seat amidst general applause. The resolution was then carried. W. T. Cox, East by , moved: "That th e Im te means of = out sash object be let ting to the labouring classes of land, the quantity to be limited to so much only es the labourer camealtirste with the aid of his family, and at a modetste rent, end under cetera rules and reatastione." S. LANE, Esq., seconded the resolution, and remarked' that he had enjoyed opportunities of seeing the system which it was the object of the present g to adopt, carried out in his own parish and the adjoining ones, and he therefore could not help bearing his humble ions the beneficial effects produced. It was' by ing—not by the propounding of snot by parading before the people instances, individual &tress, that the gentlemen present would beet show their sympathy for the poor, but by devising such ateainres as the present, to show the labouring population that they were not h in the light of senseless eerie—that they souk by shill sad labour improve their condi ti on, and rains themselves in the social webs inch he believed to be the eff=rdwred by the field-garden allotment system , whe n oat lender the necessary re:&ations and restrictions, suggested in the resolution. He - knew that there bad been in the minds of some—and, indeed, that there existed still t -- e r fe mirebension that the field-garden allotment system in with the sinews and strength justly due from the labourer to the employer. He did not believe that would be the case ; but that the system would produce in the mind of the labourer that feeling of honest independence, which the labourer ought always to entertain towards his employer. The THE EXPRESS,.. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1846. resolution he supported limbed the amount of bud to be let to the labourer to • eiertabi quantity, so that its cold- infirm could not very well interfere with the emotions dna to the employer. It was not like the write:lei old= tem which prevailed in another country, bet Wei merely for the purpose of increasing the temfitels7rbe labouring population. It would be the greatest Maw the labourer could desire, imams& as it would tend morally and physically to the improvement a bk •reanktime. (Hear t hear.) In his own pariah, and the ems immediately it, there had been for the last three yean one h i t t n=allotment tenants, under very and be might as airier! regulations, both as to then vrition of their allosins, and their moral charade! One feet would be sufficient to show the working a f the system In the first year, three forfeitures ware made for improper conduct, and one be bad cultivation. In the secon4 and third years there had been no forfeitures, and no complaints of any kind had been rendered aecemary. No argument or fact could speak stronger than that, in corroboration of his statement, the system he advocated was eminently adapted to pro mote the social, political, and moral condition of the la bourer. Convinced as he was that it would ever have that effect, that it would bind together more closely in common ties the landlord, the tenant, and the laboarer,—ties that could never be severed without threatening ruin to all, he cordially seconded the resolution. The resolution was adopted. J. GRUNDY, Esq.. banker, moved the next resolution, on which, though only a formal one, he desired to make a few remarks. It would ill become him, as a very large employer, to have refused to-operation with the proposed society. or the formation of that society, no time could have been more fitting than the present, because in consequence of a mys terious plague, the condition of the labouring poor was likely to be very precarious and distressing ; and it was the duty of those high in station to impart to them confidence. Therefore, it was a fitting time to form the society, although the reason which rendered it necessary was a most painful one. One of the great objects of the society would be to instil into the minds of the labouring population larger wants—legitimate wants, of course, he meant—for be held that to be a dangerous state, when the wants of the peasantry were reduced to the lowest possible point. Therefore he looked forward with pleasure to the formation of that society, because it would afford to the labouring poor in creased comforts, and thus lead them to higher aspirations and more determined exertions. In the formation of the society, he would go to the point at once, and make ft a labourer's society, for he thought they should not look to the remoter point, namely, the result of this measure to the employer, for it was impossible that any man could work weil who did not work willingly. Let them, therefore, put no limit on the amount of land to be allowed to the labourer, farther than that he should not be allowed to hold more than be could properly cultivate. The powers and the time of the labourer were his own, and he, of course, had a right to dispose of them in any manner he chose. His (Mr. Orun dy's) views in forming that society were directed entirely to the improvement of the labourer, feeling as that with the improvement of the labourer the interests of landlords and tenants would be found to be intimately asenciated. (Cheers.) lie concluded by moving the following resolution "That the following noblemen and gentlemen be requested to act on the eommittee—the Marquis of Winchester, the red of Portarteig. tae, lord Hedport, Lord Ashley, the Bishop of Saliabury, Lord latinordale, the Hon. and Bev. Mr.liWard, the members for the county, the members for Lyme, Re. Re." . . . The resolution, having been eminlif A wiefearried. Lord STATOHDALE announced that he bad received, from V ag I. B. Sheridan, Esq., a note apol for his unavoidable Isheence, and at the same time ex his fear that his motives on recent occasions had misconstrued by the aviculturists of Dorset. He (the noble lord) bad a great respect for Mr. Sheridan, and sincerely wished he could transfer to that right hon. gentleman a portion of the pop*. larity with which he had been honoured. (Cries of "No, no and "He does'nt deserve it.") Mr. Seeaxe having had much experience in the county of Somerset, was enabled to corroborate all that had been mid with reference to the beneficial effects of the allotment sp. tem. Fourteen years ago, one with which he was intimately connected was formed in the county of Somerset. Its begin. sing was but small, but like the oak it, Grew with as growth, sad streagtliened with 1.. s strength." At the present time it combined thirty parishes, with 800 allotments. He could say as an inspector, that all the per. sons who held them were thankful, and that there was net one who would not feel extreme reluctance on parting with his piece of ground. (Hear, hear.) Not only would the labourer be benefltted by the extension of the allotment system, but the landlord and tenant also. At the present juncture, when the potato disease pervaded the length and breadth of the land, it was their duty to do all they could for the honest and industrious labourer, and he trusted that at the first annual meeting of the society it would be m. to the members, that their philanthropic exertion. ported rs db been crowned with eminent and deserved success. (Loud cheers. The ttev. W. B. WHITEHEAD, Rector of Chard (a county magistrate), having been called upon by the Chairman, said 'that, from an experience of many years, he had become fully persuaded of the usefulness of a society such as they had assembled that day to found, the great object of which, be took for granted, was the promotion, physically, morally, socially, and religiously, of the labouring poor ,• and that the free garden allotment system had been selected to carry out that object. 'Very little calculation wax required to show the increase of income which arose to the poor man's cottage when well regulated. and his conduct based on right principles. It was proved that a small allotment of land, take a quarter of an acre, would, if properly cultivated, yield to a labouring man 41. or 51. per annum, after allowing all necessary expenses. In many instances that was be:ow the estimate ; for it mast be remembered, that not only summer and autumn crop eessid be produced, but winter crops also; and these might be se varied in their nature, that there should be no season of the year when they , might not add to the comforts of the poor man's table. 1 requently had it been stated to him by wires and mothers, that but for the produce thus raised they would have experienced much difficulty in escaping the demoralisation and miseries of the Union workhouse. The system held out a relief of the most valuable kind from the toils of hired labour, and when a man found that he had a permanent interest in a piece of ground, he would scarcely consider any amount of labour too much to bestow on its cultivation. He would become • steadier and better cha racter, more firmly attached to his native soil, and clinging more ardently to his happy home. That was his (the rev. gentleman's) experience, for he had at the present time seventy field gardens of his own, and on the;r working his judgment was based. For s further information on that point he would refer them to that report whim) induced the parlia ment to pass the act providing for field gardens, which now graced the statute book. It was therein shown, beyond all doubt, that persons who had taken these gardens, being at the time of indifferent characters, had been reclaimed, cer tainly not independent of biaher influent a, when honour. able employment was provided for them. In one parish with which he was acquainted, containing 2,000 inhabitants, previous to 1834, when these field gardens were granted, there were thirty-four apprehensions ; but since that time, there had not been one apprehension for any cause. It was subsequent to the establishment of field gardens in the parish alluded to, that the great change took place. After some eloquent sentences on the moral and spiritual tendencies of the allotment system, the rev. gentleman went on to remark that they who pm-eared the better things of this life might go on revelling in their luxuries—they might continue in the enjoyment of their worldly poesessions, care less of the starving population around them, but suck a state of apathy was little in accordance with the sentiments of a man who loved his country and his fellow-creatures— totally inconsistent with the obligations of Christianity. He would beg the meeting to consider, at the same time, that the field garden system was not all that was required to alleviate the wants of the poor. He would recommend them to join friendly societies, clothing societies, loan funds, &c., in their respective districts. The inadequate state of wages in that county must be remedied, not only upon the weak and frivolous ground of expediency, but upon the high, holy and sacred principle that he who cultivated the kind was before any other entitled to his share. It would not do for them to see the man superseded by the brute, or cattle thought more of than the man bearing God's image. (Cheese.) The brute receiving all attention, while the emaciated Its occasioned a mere transitory feeling of pain ; it would not do that the animal should be petted while the labouring man was defrauded of his hire. The man must be well housed as well as properly fed. He (the Rev. gentleman) meld not believe that with such an assembly any difficulty with respect to that matter could exist. It wee to the owners of the land that they must look for thou great remedies. The inadequacy of wages might be remedied by an understanding between landlords ana farmers. Improved cottages might be secared in the same manner, and the present evil of cottage rents might be remedied by** landlord taking the cottages into his own hands, and milicing himself the i/al3lO - landlord, so that rents and other charges being reduced religion would have good ground 'on which to work ; educa tion would be extended. and the comforts of the poor inmemed. They did not expect an Arcadia ice this man b7:— ‘‘ Vain the search for scenes like these; no view appears By sighs unruffled and unstained by tears." Still it was in the power of all to assist the labourer in his pre sent straggle, so that he should no longer remain in his pauperised condition, to be found " in his old age begging his bread." He would conclude by saying, that he was glad to see so many of the gentry of the county of Dorset pre sent at the meeting, perhaps, he might say, the unjustly censured gentry of the county of Dorset—because their co operation would completely answer the allegations which had lately been made against them by heartless traducers. A vote of thanks to the chairman having been carried, the meeting separated. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. SOUTHAMPTON", FRIDAY. The various Sections were occupied this morning in receiving and discweing a great number of papers relating to the several departments of science entrusted to them. Amongst the most important were, in Mathematical and Physical S. fence, a paper by Sir D. Brewster, on a new property of light, as exhibited in the action of chryumonate of potash, on common and polarized light ; and another by Mr. Hopkins, on the Semi-diurnal movements of the barometer, to daily sea and land breezes. In Chymical Science, a paps by W. R. Greve, Esq., on the dritompositket of water into its constituent gases by heat t ' one by Dr. Dea lrationale bony on the of certein oltymical practises em ployed in agriculture ; rod another by Professor Way, on the cause of fairy rings in land. In the section for Geology and Physical Geography, was an interesting paper by Capt. B. Menton and Professor Forbes, on the vertical tertiary strata of White Cliff Bay, in the Isle of White. In the section for Mechanics (O.), Mr. Vignolles read a paper' furnished by M. Arago, for the express purpose of being communicated to the British Association at this meeting, which M. Argo was prevented by film es from act , "On a new method of boring for artesian springs," by . navel* of Paipiiiian, in Mme. The ;wpm which was an abridged wended= at AL Minvabee own aecoant, stahni fiat-- la MS, I wee preent at the boring et as wads web at Mee. ; the !peer yes bead. asd speeeed abraskielly as = = lBlll =U- ama tr.r" "'"'" lip wee by atonvivo ewe It wee too offeesup le drew the tests le lir et the tasentel. ma Int the fie, rising firm aep Makl. Nees et Who. en the nil width the bib dierb dal elhe. I Itnnribisti observed to n Mink M. Deeral, who wee with ate—./his is a neeeitatie bet, am! or wiry away e, twitaw ; ff. through a ledisw Webs; rod, water be seat dawn tats the bare.hcia r U Is• Ink, the maw In . wades up again, new bettr thila it en Se Ca this pelealgis I storied Is am walled et The swat= Y ens pawl eta beim weitabil ben lobo meeited alth ad: the Lew eri l lr d lidike aid le gal wise a yea. =MI MIMI lie the dis abaft vita bath is be The illembe et dd b lira the kimmethr der UMW red, to whir le OW sera to a •••• 1 •• •IC thee* tibia the mew soles emirethe say** tiptgzio et the Wow red is eareked ugh • tweeremp by l reithed alba villa ea Yaw the ktheelleit thelatheat et the lbw tale brae ealselat woe pas. Th frFaf bedther m• rekikagy MOMlllat with a daft IX larvae- N fib :a The tam awl ell therkiikts he l ag lab% sear . When did,....11101 bee be Imbibe mop wiss el pat in motion. the biledor et Ow bile et water is sent down tali:WM= as tin %ask volth watiA_ _Sam the 'mut" re bobbin the sheik et Ilk bellek wow awl the sides of amen 'what alma earriesall tetereie bi lZ: Ihi Wee Is them weeks* Ike sa rf vol. sal se the meta* Is acted apes lry the lest et the lower thasekkaharthisd up to the lip of thebbahele by the ends etweew. Uhl a simegesese dais ewaelbse tht eellimps Magi by ethriell buret user, there le a do =try esewiew Is draw uy ea. le irk away, warmest swift of Om. tainly es Ws ademege. ls, dot the beefeg Web savor dispel by the dry vesk j Withwat seselter through the Ards b be alla a = dle et ems a/ ninalmies. of the dialeabies *sleek be warkaid. hot espethess his thew are so dips le thir wpm' lowa to mberbsyrede thelserlog Ode wed. et pa iC villa se wash es What ealylwayeribdoseeasd artirea d rvery elsemdemme Its brow a belay red. It puma willwase toteseiss lisaasolid rod otemithlehare oftellres mush resigatoe to leaslisa: theme are till vabfastegle at the men symbol et War Imbed those etheabrio here beta My wollarallythe kolegs whim\ I lore just sagieled at Peryignas, la St. Dwiskrebragesers. Mb ens wimapsel oa the Ist July sad wee empbad sa the fad, by Meilen wow at • deg* et Us grim (MS theillib bit). It hese theeily-thres deb earn te hopes wee% ere adeesei thews biedays sad ix lost dam, are gems& dierista days or 141) hours dated work ; stick is upwards bar et bs aw Who per hour, that is, ten times the wort of an y emissar la the maid wei I hew deuribtd, It will be perceived that the water liewegli Oho besets, et as baeligered. Experience the _the Oft who reask. sr slims Si ewe lies see likely to be OM, it is Was le Wed the weer hp Ohs beroacts, and let It rbe as Ipalegdelia. Theadelised albeit, which say be le the web; awl as asowncy of calibre of the LIMP, tbistmememe dad absintr wig* may be found at the bees= me et the oil whisk the lams node of working may net ge I have les ( eght up by this Idler ). way slow ad II isathestre keg and 9 Walk 2i by It Mehl lashes The Mei at Wks*, valor moat rasa* lie herb, et the barb" Übe seggsde a goy mai et lacier Wow a Mak (sheet) of , Ittenkti vett : it week be mint le ekes the grilse ot the bore bele lemedaely, ern beaver se ea b anew the boring tube to wort, Mg yet so that the lewime water should be always forted down to theta:Memel the bomb* le And its way to a vent : It would the draw up sad tarry away all the detritus. inn addition to the ahem we madder the et asking the billow tem et the bretelt rod et wood, sad et bilmaleg It as that it would mirk se wese thee the wawa. le width It hes le mere, the probiew Si barbs le depths et I,ouo meats (Übe yawls) end error& would wpm. Isle eared. • In the savers ot it. Dowtslitive at Fesplipseot babe had been carried ea ec a thi nd ail wined foe nimmis et dem menthe tor the papaw Si ea ereelm well, awl the era? had not bees lowirL lhoweilta lis sew I ly a lmoMe as mil bring tackle Ind OM est dews Is • dig& a/ lli yards, when so accident cominell ell& wadi bath reriked wee days to remedy. Famelle degas' epee tbeadetelewthe bweilie dreedy souk so deep, and com mmthica yew in, edell that there would thereby be • saving in time. The ewe, ef sinking arm opal to four &Wish het per hour of ter time the holow borinprod WOO Gawkily at work, the depth of 3:l o o . =ki Met having bees amine in 140 working hours, for a et shwa sax English IMAM In diameter. M. Amps The had morn the rudest Fainelle at work, mroticoui how fully bar aasiessed, awl that the large powerful toots at the bottom the have Wei red cut easily through the limiest strata; he con firmed ea bet dtbs large sized stones and grovel coming up with the sessaiiss wren; having himself watched them. lie also men dosed as each wan the opinion of the people In the visktey d Paredgase, and so much was water scanted that cuter,. huh, Walther upwards of WO amens', welshed been given to Fauvelle. The leraleetloa of this sys:eal into this country, especially If cool. Maid wtth the Chinese or percureive system of boring, so practiced with bore holes of very large diameter, at the Saarbruck Minn, and at any other places on the Continent, must be productive of peat beret, and would not merely effect a saving of money and labour, but the paramount advantage of immediately solving the question of the existence of coal, minerals, water, he. A discussion arose on the reading of this paper, in which Sir John °Lest, lie. Robinson, the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. Roberts, and other gentlemen took part; the result of which was the formation of a committee to inquire into its applicability to the boring for the Artesian well, now in progress on Southampton Common, and to make such prac tical arrangements for furthering that work as might be ' agreed upon. In Section F (Statisti cs ), Mr. Heywood read a paper on the educational statistic: of Oxford University, from which it appeared that of late years the number of students in that University was slightly diminishing, and although amongst those who had taken double first-class honours there were to be found the names of Sir R. Peel, Dr. Hampden, Mr. C. Wood, and Mr. W. E. Gladstone, of late years our great public men had emanated principally from the rival Lniversity of Cambridge. In the Section for Botany, a discussion on the means of escaping the ravages of the potato disease, in which numerous suggestions were thrown out (man) of them conflicting, but none new), both as to the cause and cure, were advanced by the Dean of West minster, Dr. Crook, Professor Mayfair (who acknowledged that he knew lees of the matter now than he thought he did before he became a Potato Commissioner), Mr. Sully, Mr. Busk, and others, was going on when our despatch left. The business for this evening is a discourse by Professor Owen on Fossil Mammalie. To-morrow there is to be a geological excursion to the Isle of Wight, a great number of names for which are down ; alo a luncheon. The members of the Botanical Section, and all foreigners present at the meeting, are invited by the Dean of Winchester to luncheon to-morrow, and to view the gardens of Bishopetoke Rectory. It is understood to be now definitely arranged that the next annual meeting of the Association will he held at Ox ford. This will not be publicly announced until the general meeting, on Wednesday next. MURDER AND MUTILATION. In the Express of yesterday, we published a report of the inquest on the body of George Collis, whose mutilated remains were recently found in a cesspool at Chesterfield, as far as it was carried when our despatches left Chesterfield. The following further evidence is the con tinuation of that report:— William Roamer, labourer of Chesterfield, deposed that he never offered a watch for sale to Platte, nor to any ono else, in all his life. He did not know why Platte had laid it to him, as he always had had a good character, and he sup posed Platte wanted to spoil it for him. James Kirk, butcher at Chesterfield, said that his shop was in the Shambles, about fifty yards from Platte's. Wit ness knew Collis well. Deceased had Joined Platte as a butcher about six months. Witness knew that they had had a weekly settling together. On the 7th December 1846—he was married the same day—during church time be was sitting in his house, when his sister came running up the steps of his house, crying out, " Jem, Jem, here's some body very ill in this shop; come down directly." Witness did so, and in running hanged against the door. Witness said, " Open the door, you little beggar; you have got Hsnnah here." Plaits did so, and came out. I said, " Bring her out." He said, " No, James; she was not in." I He (witness) said, "She was in, or why did you make this noise ?" Platte said he had been having some liquor, and throwing up. He then went into his mother's house, and fastened the door. By a Juror: There were no lights, then, in the shop. The cross-way is exceedingly dark opposite the place. At this time there were present in the street several other persons. It wee, perhaps, one minute and a half before the door was opened. The door was firmly fastened, or the force with which witness ran down would have forced it open. Ann Plaits, mother of John Matta, was then sworn. She deposed to the following facts: Her son is by trade • butcher, 22 years of age. She had another son of the same age; they were twins. The latter had not lived with her fur some time. Three weeks since, this day, her sou, John, gave her a pawn ticket, to get out a watch, which was in pledge at Mr. Wileocksion's. He gave her 12e. 6d. to redeem it, which she did ; she believed this occurred in the morning. She had not wen it since, nor did she think she should know it again. Upon the watch being produced, witness said that was something like it, but she did not take much notice of it at the time. By a Jurer Her son once had a watch hanging up in bis house. He was not in the habit of staying out Lite. Never saw him frightened nor in a tremble. When her son wished her to get the watch out of pledge he said he wanted to send it to Sheffield. Was quite sure she never heard her son say where he got it from. William Sharp, constable of Chesterfield, deposed that he found a quantity of bones on Friday last among some manure in Bunting's fields. There were one foot and six ribs: they were human bones. Witness searched Ann Platt's house on Saturday morning last, and found the watch under some bricks beneath a stake filter in the pantry. The watch pro duced was the same. Knight's house he also searched on Saturday last. He found one boot there (the boot was pro duced, it was one of the Blucher kind, considerably the wire) for wear). He also found a waistcoat. The next morning he went to the Rev. Wm. French's stable and found the fellow boot. It was under some stew. Knight's wife said they were the boots he had when he was at Platt's. Humphrey Bellfit of Asgate, deposed : On the 17th of last June, he had some conversation with John Plaits the pri soner. Platte and witness were making hay together, and talking about Collis. This was in Mr. Parker's field. Wit ness asked where Collis was. Platte said, " The b— has gone off to Manchester with a woman. I saw him there about six weeks ago. He owed me 'about five pounds." Witness said, " Can you never get anything of him ?" He replied, " Hold thy noise, I have each •pain at my stomach." He looked very ill at atee time.—By -a-juror: He had not complained before. He seemed muck *caused at the time. Afterwards he a ell of a tremble, and seemed not to wish to her 's nante mentioned. Banda Bertesford, Collts's Sweetheart, deposed that sbe saw the watch he .had joist before he left. her home. He pulled it out, and laid it upon the table. The time then she perfectly recollected; it was half-past six. He said, " I have to meet Butcher John Platt• at half-past six, and so I must leave yen." He mid he was going to settle with Platte. John Platts owed George Collis money. George (deceased) said he had promised to pay him one time and the other, bat he was determined to make him pay him that night. She was sure of the watch ; he took it from his fob just before they parted. The chain and the key were the same, she had not the least doubt about it. Witaem did not remember whether deceased wore the gaud or not that night The hat was eo Ruch broken that the could Namely identify it but she knew he was wearing a silk hat which he bought at BheMeld.—A juror: The money owing to dammed was from ea,mas trade transaction. Sim. Mary Thompson wowed that John Plana came to her home while his mother was charing there, yesterday week, and that he took away a watch, which his mother had that morning fetched out of paws. lone Metcalfe, of Baland, constable, deposed to going on the 2nd of this math to Mrs. Bunting's field, where he found a quantity of Donee, a coat, two handkerchielb, and some part of a pair et Mowers, with bruise attached ; there were also a pair of garters: one was red end the ether white. The clothes are the tame is were this day identified by Ellen Borrosford. Mrs. Maui (Collis' mother) nailed and shown the watch, said with much emotion—" This is my lad's watch," and as the tears fell thickly upon it, " this, " she continued to say, " I have seen many a time." Plat te had never applied to her for money.—By a juror : What did Platt, wry when you asked him whether he had seen your son ?—" I have seen but it is a good bit since. I want to au hins, as there Is a bit of settling between us."—Witness replied to Platt*, " Yes, John; I know there is."—By another juror: WAS you aware of any quarrel between them ? Witness: Never, sir. Dr. H. E. Walker, of Chesterfield, stated that on the 2nd inst. he made a post-mortem examination of the remains found in the soil, supposed to be those of deceased. One foot and both hands were wanting. They were undoubtedly bones of a human skeleton, though incomplete. There was no daub:, from the bones of the pelvis, that the remains were those of a male. Front the development of the teeth, he must have been about twenty-three or twenty-four years of age. The skull was shown to witness subsequently ; some of the teeth were missing. The remains were in a very ad vanced state of decomposition. There was a fatty substance attached to the spine, chiefly on the left side of the pelvis. The bones were mostly disjointed, through decay and the giving way of the ligaments. There was no fracture on any of the long bones. The head was separated from the spine. The soft parts were removed by decomposition, except on the orbits and the basis of the skull. That contained in the right orbit was of a much darker colour than that in the other orbit, and more advanced in decomposition. On the inner edge of the right eyebrow there was a deep fracture of about half an inch in length, and in a direction towards the left side. The fragments were separated full one-eighth of an inch, and from this inner fracture there were several washer ones diverging towards the left orbit of the eye, and the second one passed across the forehead towards the left orbit of the eye, and the third paned up the forehead about five inches in extent. The small bones forming the inside of the eye socket were very much broken, especially on the nasal edge of the tight orbit. The cap of the skull being removed, the brain appeared quite in a semi-fluid state. Ou the Inner side there was an irregular portion of flesh much depreueii the inner plate of the skull in fact pushed in upon it. This; extended so far as one inch and a quarter in length, by one inch in breadth. It dropped into the lavatory while he was cleansing the bones for examination. He produced a small portion which had corresponded with the fracture over the eye-brow. There was another fracture immediately over the brain exteadiag nearly to the base of the skull. °reit violence, very great violence would be necessary to cause such extensive frac tures. The fractures were of long standing; they bad not been recently done. From the very much discoloured state of the matter in the scull I believe death tools place before the fractures were inflicted. His reason was the following : Because there was an absence of suffusion in the right eye as compared with the left. Such a blow might be produced by a pole-axe, or any instrument which would perforate the skull. That kind of blow might not cause a man to die in stantaneously, but it would kill him ; it was quite enough to cause death. Two of the neck bones were missing. The hair might have been separated from its weight. The bones of both bands, three ribs, and two of the vertebrae had not been found. He could not say that the body had not been cut uo ; he, however, was of opinion that it had been thrown into the pit with the trousers upon it, and the lining of them was smeared with a fatty substance found in the inside of them. He should judge the person when alive to be about the middle height. The removal of the teeth had destroyed one chance of idenlity, but there was no pos sibility of arranging them now. Mr. C. Cottrell, inspecter of police, being sworn, stated that last week when the inquest was adjourned, Platte asked him on the road if he (witness) knew how they had brought it in ? Witness told him it was adjourned for further evi dence. Witness then said, "John, when was the last time you saw Celli.? " He said, "On the oth of December, that was Saturday in the a ft ernoon. He came to my stall and asked me to lit him have 21: 10s. I let Lim have it. He after wards come again and I let him have 2lbsof steak which I had, and he invited me to go that night with him to have some ; and we agreed to meet at Franks's on the Sunday night to have a settling." I said, " Did you go ?" and ho replied, " Yes, 1 did, at six o'clock, and staid until 11 o'clock with the ringers upstairs." Witness then asked him if Collis met him there ; and he said, " No, I never saw him." I said, "It you had met him, and settled accounts, how would the balance have been ? Would you have to receive from him, or he from you ?" He said, " I should have to receive from him : he owes me 91." Mr. Wileockoon was present all the time on the road, and he then said, " But how came you to lend Collis 21. 10s. if he owed you 91. ?" Platte said " I thought he was honest, and he would pay me again." Wit ness then said, " If he were living now, how much would he owe you ? " He said, " Take 21. 103. from 91, and what will remain ? " Mr. Wilcockson said, " 61. 103." Then he (Platts) said, " That's what he owes me now," He was apprehended the next morning by witness. On Mon day he searched Platte' boxes, and feund a pledge ticket in a purse. Witness was told this was his (Platts') bro ther's ; indeed, I'latts' mother had told him (,the inspector) that she had given the brother the purse with the pawn ticket tor the watch in it. It was pledge.' for 11s. Witness searched again on the Friday morning, when the purse was gone. It was admitted that the mother had given it, the morning before, to the brother to redeem the watch. Richard Parsons, blacksmith, of Chesterfield, stated that, about the latter end of last year, he was in Terry's public house, when Harvey came in, and named what he had seen in the shamble* near to Platte' house. He said that there was a strange noise in Platte' house. Platte saw him the next morning; be brought some door-keys to be repaired. The first conversation we had war this. I said, " Jack, there is a strong suspicion you murdered some one last night." He said, " Who told you so ?" 1 said, "Tom Harvey. Hesaid, "1 had a little meat in the shop, and I was going to let down the shutter when it overbalanced me suel I fell down al.d cut my hand on a !anthem. 1 hod three pennyworth of rum at the old Angel, and it made me rather sick, and I made some sort of noise that caused them to suspect such to be the case.—By a Juror: lie appeared much excited at the time—By another Juror: The prisoner blushed ex ceedingly when the matter was named ; but of this witnce took no notice, as he thought if prisoner was innocent he might do the same. This being the whole of the evidence, the coroner was proceeding to sum up, but was soon stopped by the foreman of the Jury ea> ing, that himself and his brother jurors con sidered that course unnecessary. They remembered the chief facts of the case, and, therefore, at once requested to retire. The inquest room was accordingly cleared, the sitting having lasted about ten hours. In about half an hour the jury had returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Nitta," who was conveyed to Derby gaol. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 10. EvecrtoN NEWS (IneLaND).—l have ascertained that Tipperary will at the next election be contested with despe rate energy by the Conservative*. They have not yet decided whether or not two candidates will be started on that interest, but one is already in the field in the person of Viscount Suirdale, the eldest son of Earl Donoughmore, Lord Lieutenant of Tipperary. Your readers will easily under stand what 'influences the noble earl will be able to bring to bear upon the constituency but I need not remind you that the constituency of Tipperary have seldom submitted to those influences. I doubt whether they will be successful now, but I have no doubt there will be a contest. Mr. Nicholas Maher, M.P., lett town this morning in consequence of this intelligence. Co. or KERRY. The Limerick Chronicler announces Mr. Herber, of Mocker's Abbey, Killarney, as a candidate for this county, in the room of Mr. X. J. 0 Connell, should the latter obtain the poet of Poor-law Commissioner. Mr. Herbert is a Conservative Whig, and is not unlikely to suc ceed. It is not improbable, however, that the Repealer, will start Mr. Keane Mahony or Mr. Shine Lawlor in oppo sition to Mr. Herbert ; and, as both gentlemen are person ally popular, the contest with either would be severe. LORD BUROROUGH AT TRI TREATRE.—Iiia Excellency Earl Besborough save a Command at the Theatre Royal, Hawkins-street, last night. His Excellency arrived at half put 8 o'clock at the door of the theatre, accompanied by hie family, the officers of his household, and attended by • mili tary wort. A band stationed in the vestibule played during his passage to his box the orai - inal anthem. His reception, by one of the most crowded houses I have ever known , was enthusiastic. The cheers literally shook the house. The Commander of the Forces and the Lord Mayor of Dublin were present with their respective suites. The Ladies Pon sonby (three), who entered the theatre after their noble father, were also loudly applauded, and the more so as they rose in their places and gracefully acknowledged the compliment. There were, it is asserted, loud and enthusiastic cheers given during the night for Smith O'Brien, and but feeble applause for O'Connell and Repeal. The performances were excel lent, and the Lord Lieutenant retired at their conclusion amid great applause. OUTRAGES.—The Ker. Mr. Waller, • clergyman of the county of Limerick, and a gentleman of large property, has been threatened with injury, for unkindness to the poor. On Sunday last, some stands of arma were forcibly taken from various houses in the neighbourhood of Bonne, county of Limerick.—The country people in the neighbourhood of Coonagh. near the city of Limerick, have cut the road across, as an indication, my* the Limerick Chronicle, that if they do not obtain employment, they will do mischief. A/MAI:LT.—The Freeman's Journal of this radrisiag con- tains an account of a sturtlesone amok on a *iceman at Kingstown. The assailant is not known. The eosurrence took place at a fight where many were engaged. latex Waraxx.--The &enllmiem of Cork are in full ac- tivity, and their stock. are going off at a rise of 4d. per gal lon. This increase is not caused by any dread of • prohibi tion of distillation from grain, but from an increased con sumption, it is supposed in consequence of the many thou. sands earning large money wages on railways. ImixoTxuaicr or luaLurn.—Ameng the improvetnenes on the waste lands of Ireland contemplated at the present moment is one to encloses portion of the comet at Dungarran, now waste ; it is 1,500 acres extent, and the cost of the en closure would be 17,0001. A MILD Au roan.—Thera apple Item in bloom as the present moment in more than one part of the county of Waterford. PREPARATION Or INDIAN MEAL. Mr. CORElisSarr. General Hewatson ku issued instructions for the prepare tion of Indian meal ma food. RESULTS or Disranos.—There was never before this present time such a vast quantity of bakers' bread made up for sale in Limerick. The journeymen are at work day and night to meet the Missend, and the families of operatives are now constrained to be dependent, in lieu of potatoes, upon what was heretofore deemed a luxury upon Sabbath or holi day. India corn meal hes advanced 20.. a ton in the local market, and first flour 2s. to 34. a bag. Quantity of potatoes to market in the last week, 628 carloads, being 186 lee than the week before, and the diocese is fully developed in two- thirds of each load. Average price, 3d. to sd. per stone. The price of wheat in Limerick has risen within the put week threrehalfpnwe per stone. MoVENLINT AMONGST TR Z PEOPLE.—The following no- tice appear in the last number of the Limerick Chronicle. It will show how neenery, as well as wise and humane, have been the issue of thou proclamations of the Lord Lieu tenant, which, convenirtg greetings for the relief of the dim tress, have ppresented the butultury proceedings in which smak hm ,~saeablyes u that astimplased by this notice would p~s a e The litF ' melee um pried am thous. of all the Roman esthetic Carp& the diarists of Ankeston. kildnact, and NR.B- biotin limilq—lbepribile on hereby iniNsord that a meeting will heed Cesigill. ONIONNiest to New Latham, on 'Thursday next, at the hoerllt Abet, eseipneed of the inhabitants of limey, and its adjuiniag and labourcraindiscrinithately, fur the purpose of es !advisable coarse to odes to pro cure imakedble Tad tknwsk So usury of s humane anii bemtiful Ooveyment, mid As te dennester the most prompt mode of thru m with the dellintml sweets and landlords on the extreme amour speedy esesperetien. surely it must to universally ad. tinned that an - saminaratioas ought to be particularly its. mtareed when a with the condition of a people threatened with en awful impending Isinine. It is confidently hoped the local gentry will afford the bent& af their pretence on this occasion: and for the inlbenation of others more immediately concerned, it may be truly stated that they will be absolutely limbed upon as enemies to the came, mho Id they, through any pretext, however urgent, decline to attend. At th e present crisis, it is of the greatest importance that the entire of the corn now In the country, should be carefully pre served by the occupying tenants—at all event. until there n ample province proewyd otherwise. Dated Sept. 4, 1846. Signed far "The Pariah of White Forge." WALES. REPISMINTATION OP Tlil RAIMORANTRE BOR01:0149. , —The pretreat representative of the Radnorshire boroughs, Richard Price, Esq., who has sat for the boroughs for half a century, having been first elected in the year 1790, has inti mated his intention of retiring from public life, in conse quence of the infirmities of age. The hon. gent leman has pat issued a feeling and delicate address o his constituents, in which he formally announces his determination. Mr. Whittaker, of Caldwell Hall, having withdrawn his name, the only candidate for the boroughs is Sir Thos. Frankland Lewis. ADDITIO:YAL CORONER VOR THE COUNTY Or CMt- DIOAN.— I n consequence of a petition from the justices of peace in the county of Cardigan, representing the great in convenience arising from the insufficient number of coroners and the remoteness of their places of residence, an order in council under the "Act to amend the law respecting the office of County Coroner" is publi.hed in yesterday's Gazelle. The county is henceforth to be divided fur the purposes of that act into three districts, to be called, " the Cardigan district," " the Lampeter district," and " the Aberystwith district." Courts, for the election of coroners fur these districts, are to be held, and polio are to be taken respectively at the three towns of Cardigan, Lampeter, Port &hyphen, and Aberystwith. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE LITERPOOL - - Since the awful calamity which destroyed the sugar-works of Alessm. Brancker, in Ilarrington-street, Liverpool has not been visited by a fire so alarming in its nature, and so destructive in its effects, as that which occurred last night, anal which has resulted in the total destruction of the works of Messrs. Mottle and Sons, sugar-refiners. The building, which is sow a blackened mass of ruined walls, is situated in Bachelor-street, Dale-street, and runs froin Bachelor-street to Orange-street, bounded at the south end by Hale-street. With the exception of one sugar-house in London, which is entirely fire-proof, this was considered the safest in the kingdom. It was well and substantially built, and with machinery, cost the enormous sum of 40,0001. The fire broke out, as near as can be ascertained, about half past six o'clock. The workmen, we believe, had either left the premises or were preparing to take their departure ; and what renders the origin of the fire a mystery is, that, five minutes before the flames were discovered Mr. Thebaven, one of the managers, states that he went through the works, and at that time he perceived no light, the men having lett work at dusk. He then went into Isis own house, and us the course of three minutes an alarm was given. Rushing again into the works, he found them in flames. There was a hose on the premises, hut the flames had proceeded so rapidly that it a as impossible to connect it with the cistern. Although not a moment was lost, and the engines were soon got into play, such was the inflammable nature of the materials inside the sugar-house, well stored as it also was with sugar and molasses, that the flames hail made considerable progress before any attempt could be made to prevent their wrestling. In a very few minutes the roof fell in, and the flames rapidly extending, forced their way downward from story to story with increasing fury. The building is seven storks high, exclusive of the cellar ; and as floor after Hour burst through, the flames roaring like a mighty torrent, rose to an immense height, threatening destruction to every building in the immediate neighbourhood. Explosions occaaimiiilly took place, and were followed by the emission of dense masses of black suffocating smoke. It soon became apparent that nething of the building itself could be saved, tool the efforts of the fire-police were directed to protect ;he surrounding pro perty. Immediately opposite the fire, both in Orange-street and Bachelor-street, are a number of low-built houses, with courts at the back. These are tenanted by some of the poorest of the poor, principally Irish, who are crowded together in very miserable-looking hovels. The streets are very various and confined ; so much so, that the operations of the firemen were much impeded. So alarmed were the poor people at the anticipated spreading of the fire, and the consequent destruction of what fragments of furniture they possessed, that they shortly after thc uuthi elk began to throw their things into the street, those on the west side passing them through the courts and over the wall into Moue tiekis. The confusion and alarm which prevailed was great. Women in desperation rushed into their houses, calling for their offspring ; regardless of self, they passed through thick clouds of smoke and burning cinders to rescue their children, whilst their husbands tried, many of them in vain, to match from destruction a few articles of bedding. Occurring at an hour when the workmen were at hand, a considerable quan tity of property was saved. Parties acquainted with the premises continued to work as long as it was considered safe in the lower stories, and a large number of casks of molasses were taken away. As we have before stated, the building and machinery cost 40,0001.. Taking its present value, however, at half that sum, and calculating the stock at 40,000)., which we believe to he pretty near the mark, it will require (iO,OOOl. to cover the entire loss, to say nothing of the destruction to the furniture of the poor people, and the lots to the workmen (100 in number), who will unfortunately be thrown out of employment. We believe the premises, stock, and machinery,were fully insured. On no occasion do we remember seeing so many persons crowded together to witness • fire. Although, at one time, it appeared beyond the reach of human poser to protect the houses on each side from the raging flumes, we are happy to any that, at the hour of writing, there is no likelihood of their extending beyond the building in which they were dis covered. To the stability of the walls this must be attri buted. Although there were several rumours of persor.al accidents, none of them, so far as we muld learn, have any foundation in truth.—Lirerpool Mercury. TIM DISPUTE AS 70 THMIUTING OP THE ROYAL D./MAINS in Windsor Great Park is now understood to be finally settled, her Majesty having agreed to give annually to the parish a sum equal in amount to that levied in shape of poor's-rate. At a vestry meeting, the authorities of okt Windsor have thankfully accepted this arrangement. This long-disputed matter," says our correspondent, "is thus arranged, and evidently to the satisfaction of all parties. To show the importance of such a settlement having been come to, as far as regards the rote-payers of Old Windsor, it may be mentioned that the Crown will contribute an amount annually equal to about one-fourth of the rates of the whole parish." CORNWALI, THE VISIT OP Hes MAJESTY TO CORNWALL hes already been mentioned in our columns, hut the following additional particulars will be perused with interest. Upon the landing of the Queen and Prince Albert from the royal yacht at Fowey, they proceeded to visit the ancient castle of Restor mel, belonging to the Duke of Cornwall. In the interior of this ancient structure they alighted, and proceeded to ex amine the various apartments, now fast falling to decay. Leaving this ivy-mantled ruin, the royal visitors walked half a sale to inspect the inn mine in the lands of the Duchy of Ccr.twall, of which Mr. J. Taylor is the lessee. At an early boar the various officers connected with the mine were on the alert, a messenger having arrived the previous evening to announce the royal intention of examining the mine by going into one of the sixths. Tram carriers cushioned and lined with green haize were prepared for the purpose, and every other kind of arrangement was adopted by the active and intelligent officers of the mine to make our Queen and her consort as comfortable as possible during their subter raneous excursion, Her Majesty and the Prince having entered the royal tram-waggon were then partially arrayed in the usual style for underground trips. The ceurace and firmness of the Queen were the theme of admiration. They were drawn 300 fathoms into the bowels of the earth, where her Majesty and the Prince got out of the carriage and entered the excavations, and even then the miners said ' the presence of mind of her Majesty did not forsake her for a moment. The Prince took a pick and knocked off some ore, which he brought out with him, and no doubt he will preserve it as • memento of his visit to the iron mine of Restormel. Her Majetty was heartily and most lustily ' cheered when she entered, and more heartily so, if possible, when she came out. She expreseed herself mach gratified with the excellent arrangement. ' with the hearty and cordial welcome wit/. —` thing but wee- emir, to the Prince, them jesty an P f t e r d e Pn of the establishment, working draws. town of Loottrithiel, the corporation. RIP/LISI oat Flonth excellent arrankezuelta, and with the hairty and elconse with which she wu received. It was any- roeremoniourxisit ; no more than was ne- ) sustain the dignity of Itoyalt 4,1010. and the distingui.hed party - • eared to enjoy themseltes 1011- the Prince addressed nut o • Atllloert stablishment, but the co they dresses. On hat return :• • • Lostwithiel, and stopped to 7 1 , 7,T" 'ration. HAMM= 11 11 4 W1 ---1- 7 - IaIIINTATIOX OF Hl.lllMittall. .• ' h Hants are in high akirita7:, dog ragistanti9q, it r. said that Idx, Compton, aM