The Express. — London, England, 1849-03-19 00:00:00

Vie Court. 086011. XE, SUNDAT.—iiee tbo Primer, and as ladies and geatlentee of the household, attended divine wales at Whlptaia March. The animentres premised hp the Bev. T. Manes. ills &patters of the Dachas of Rent from 1.- esssidir laws lea then Memel in measqueee of • sltglit sold lima Ducker et Oatiabridge sad the Princess ?dory Anted de three Doseverytisseeey at Marlberemdt Home. ILir anal . Biglinemen also paid a Wait to bar Itemlll3.ll. MD tilm Dames of Giouseeter, at Gloucester Hems. A Wiest Gown sou held on Saturday afternoon t b. Lad John Boswell the Lord aisa. war. the MIA* Lansdowne. the isrl alibi* biz emir Gray. Vietnam Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Cum toiler of the lissisinerßir Francis Barton. Sts John Rob b/we. the Eight Hoc. Laboasters, Lord Campbell, an& Me =eel of Calk* attended. The emend sat them hoar LiOstAioneral Sri Charles James Napier had as hoerview with Lord Jolm Reuel' oa Saturday, at lie aliald osideace la Dowalorrreet. Mr. Orman Ricardo had an itterriow with Sir Cheri* Grey as B mo/day, at the A tlepasetioo to tarp on the limas Secretary oppo anon to tle renamed tosantre of Mr. Lecke, the member ally Boaiton, to rendre the roman of Yalu oa the Lord's pey com_pultory t had aa intercity ca Saturday with &t Glop Grey. Tte hooted= reedited of Lord Ashley, my.; Mr. Cowan, M.P. • Mr. Heed, M.P.; Mr. Forbes, M.P.; Mr. Snooper, Y.P. ; Mr. Jneepi W 11906 (Hosorary ), the Rye. J. T. Baylis (Clerical Secretary of the re r tnay Society), Mr. John Bridges,General Mlanes, Mr. Sidsloottota, sad lir. Handentoa. ASSIVAL COVRT ix TOWN.—Her %deity MIA Prises Albert will Isere Osborne Palace and arrive at Pertemegath is the Fairy pat this day, ea route to Baskin has Paha. • ODo Rv [0E1.4 son of the it. lord Wdliant Ransil, is appointed se unpaid attach! to the British embus, et the Autriaa Court. Diu OT TRE COUNTESB (DOWAGER) OP MOE ORATR—Wo have to asmioweee the denim of she Curium Dowager of Melgran (nether of his excellency the Mar di of vb.) expired somewhat suddenly, on at morals', her reeldecas in Eaton-ignore. The auntie (Martha Sophie) wu daughter of the late Kr. Christopher Timpani Malin, sad mania Bury, liset Berl of Malgreve. the 20th of October, 1796, by whoa bur ladyship bad a featly of 10 children, 7 of whoa 'tr ibe the venerable casintese—ssaely, the Merv& of New neaby, the lion. CAL Ch B. Phipps (tkeretary to his loyal Ingham Pdnui Albert), the Ladies Katherine, &obis, sad Charlotte Peipß i zt . .. Hew E. Phipps, mad Ibe Ms. sad Rev. Aloe= SIR C. J. NAPTER.—DINNER. Oa Saturday a court of directors wee held at the Best ladiartariem, when Geneval Sir Cheeks James Negier, O.C.R. was swots in eommander•is-rltiet of the company's -hew and ea extraordinary assaher of the esancil of India. Sir Chides J. Negdw Amu& lilted with the wort of direenees at the Limits Tame% Diet street, when they ware boomed with the matpsny Doke of Wel &gem the Doke of Norfolk. the Yam& of Clearisarde, the It &mei' ot Dreadalbase, the Illersyste of Sligo, the Earl of Visooant Harding', Lord CanspLell, Sir George Grey, Sir T. Baia,. Sir J. Relthosee, Sir James Gotham, the Right Nos. Henry Labouthere, the Right Hon. Fez 'Made, the Right Ems R. Laker Shea, Sir John Roundly, and several civil and mi itary Akers of high rank. We qa to the tonalities trees the Observer: The Etat Inaia Company Weed tickets he the ester taiainent to one or two oily of tic. Lowden )vernal. That privacy could be no object with Sir C. Mobs mast be evi dent, whatever it may he se regard, the East Iselin Com pany i but certainly smiting geoid be more preposteroas than in eitertaninleili pargertieg to be pirblie, moss whkdt the repthentatives of publicity—all bat sae sr ewe--were eadaded." MEETING AT PADDINGTON.-HOBHOU:E'S VESTRIES ACT. • On Friday eve mug apublic meet.ng of the Pablir se ratepayers, convened by the P.rochial Anon& tism, area held at the Crows Imam In the Berwater.road, •at take senile seroseres for seeming the introduatioa of Reikesse's AM. Mr. lierjeast Maannea in the teak. RIDE, Rig., proposed the first resolution. He . Merged that the set whisk they were desirous of Act, contained five important =. TIM 11; i b e ltor la l t it areured for e very rebus Rs pinkie of giving • single von, is toad of living Is erode parties the unjust power of • plurality el Mr. The rich men bad capital la the fends aad other pro. pony ; the tradesman bad capitol and labour as his property, the wading met had Meer only. Earl of these was lbsk property, sad rotation was therefore se math te the poor man as the rich ' • but that amid nenewtbe whilst the gentleman at 0001. had nicety Mae, awl the labourer for his own protection bad only ems. Is the mood places, Hotness , 'a Act gave to the rate payers as eeppeeea vestry, so that all might see how their leads were adminMree, a right of which they were now deprived. • (Shame.) Again, U liolekoroe's Act were adopted, the rate proves cou'ci see the mounts free of expense, and such at. • Mate would have to be published twice a-year sad MOM •Iltarteen drys alto seek audit, and sot, so at prime, er Ws maths atm the year. Moreover, they meld be row piled then to publish an acoonat of all charities,wkieb were Int sow published at all. The Rev. W. TAYLOR, ha seaoMig the raids. Tilleosferred to a pisted list of Emus Mich bad been 'llleslated dumpiest the expensing satinee.ioa At the present nato of things. Now be would ask, • ithe did thee thick bed dosed that &mien ? Why, the ARM of thiseveetrtere venerate, sad bed thus declared le the parish that they were setilled with themselves. Lord DUDLEY STUART einereasel that be had Me abed to give his opinion of RebbessebAst, lei had, from theekeaW pet out by the roaliebi roster end the vestry • d ratlike's. that their paned elisa le ft was " that Mdsyslosith t saTzor of the yob they sow pastas d Wk. tit eased of their srassusset, rtidied cobs Sentribate sae to the parochial fonds • tree keel of thous who pay the least, gluing to each Me- Fdlin • single vela. Why, that was the very ream e (Lard D. Stuart) would rapport it. Thisor man Odeon ea interest is weeingthat the fundable is wa des were fairly expended as the rieh man and erefore he ought to have as equal share sad an mink voles in electing those who were to dispense those AIM. (Cheers.) II that was net a smiles% aad matisetional principle, why was it adopted he elerMag rermentadros in pediment ? Aad if the =worked wall politically, what mesa on earth was why it should act work equally well pa ro chia ll y ? (Re newelaheen.) St. Pancras sad Ilarylebone had been referred ta. All be mkt ley was, that he knew that Hobbes e's Act lathes@ pariahs. worked well, that the rstepayen themselves bed • preps and eilloind control over the expandible., and thel be sot sly sisesrely wished his constituents in Pd ifsglen, is it point straggle for Hobluder's Ast, ego aesihl, het! he begged to soy that he would de ell be amid hod Is sad at of Sarliusent to mist then is obtain* it. Mr. Joax WILLIAMS, M.P., Mr. Mims, NM Mat Loewe having addressed the meting, the moldiest vas weed. Mr. ROBSON moved the second resolationr--"That the miry as at present compoesd is a self-Meted betty, reckless in the expenditure of the parochial Meade, ea to so control, and does not enjoy the oonfidence d aspadd_._"—This resolution was also agreed to. Mr. PEPPERCORN showed that It at one fell ewer, the Ni. said be reduced from da. to 2s. 2d. in the Cut, there dust have bon sone wee *Mg. s showed that the den * had sesintsiad the moropoly of water and gas in the parish for the lag twenty years at • net of 300,0001. aim *as they had any right 1 M R Jo ly. . A. ROUTH, liaq., sawed the third resshation, *lees the meotheir to canvass their neighbotta, sad me every caution in their power to secure the isfembedlis of liobbousa's Act. Dr. THORNE, be seconding the asties, want led the church question, sad stated that it bed his, reperted that the vestry and their agents were sededeerleg either by perstuteion cr coercion to compel the tram= to add their votes ; that there was a petal clads in Mehbeess'eAst which rendered such widen punishable by des sr imprison swat, the gas being not lees than 101. or more this 6K He paddy warned the opposed' of Hobbsuselo Aatthe* be wield did= against the first he bead albs se hid hies dessetled, cod that he would appropriate tbe One deeps's. Mr. Owen and other gentians having aims& the doseug, a vote of theses was passed to the disbud, sad Me peeeedisp terminated at • late her. POSTAL COXXUIIICATION 11:721 TWIlL—The __lirkstirei oldies Ins ioneet ox Ileterday from the Ciseerei reineMee :—lolorostins been received froes the theme-Gum rel of dr Pm& Prehodice thee • Wed toossitioodon oxide between linneeidne ead s e Ihe yeasts loavian Mondlies Ito Tanis so the 91k sod el way see*, sod am Took for limedire on de eta end 19dt of nosy oil bitten bormiter rated,. Winged to Yea Tbuh, be .... =r Prenikpooks, vie to be otherwise 4.p. m, herded to Toole by abloom will be: /Who wady sit rat mesa- user we mod- wrist tog es. I on. tog I as. 11 on. Oa* 3d !e tea. lea. Is. Id. Poem — lea. Is. SA. In ea. to. 44. 4s. M. Tost....is. to. so to. to 44. 4s. 14. Is. led Nempepere wall be liable to a gauge of 24. nob. The fietege on both lettere .and aewspapere mot be paid to *now Caot.n.o.--The following fresh ems Wen re polloi to the Baud of Health as Iletardegr !.; Linehan,. 2 ; Idiotism*, 1 ; Dealershas, 7, Inas 1 ; Gohehiele, 1 keel; Rkeertaa, 6; total 18 sew awe, 6 deaths. Uttlynn Bums Inerrrunow.—A speeWAssad grown of the atembers of the above esolay was WM SIB all• hanky al the Sholohea Tevera, lhaelesolit the "wpm of taidag tab ~ esaillevadea the &kit et 4w* theatze to the prealolo tith e-4 -Or Marl N 5t11116114- f. tee-eltain -The real eleismat,, dm whisk it apposed that the weft the es Ilemstedledea which womdd he sibeded by the emotion et a lestremeeem, la eaaLmity with the emigre! pima of tee in eituden. b deny sod urgently Mt at germs. la seassquass sit Slas embus sertrelttlea et kitatassdisApossesis re‘ i ai s r- Sig spasm *at their Selma have Ma bit is sew ai le d with Pro Cite e l= MI. fa W sedans ef i sed vane , whisk mast he re. modnith emasissar, and the • soma have been • to direstian their leethres sad eves I. biro a nem fee Midis, the maimary sad geared maim of the naiades. Frew the pies and satiater . .lbsaidied to the emell_ hyffis ambitset, it apnea that dr Mmid be teMthett with a issimee-nese waited to ire tha um of 1,0111., sad for the purpose el the seerway lee& s edaseiptisa was *pasta is Oh l=letd, which et preset emeeste 'sly to 41S1. A ems et ROL is thatelere required, whisk valor tightwad es hme to an month ere sentribated by the Mende et the thedets, amer arreasily he tekapbses the reek ernadiag I. theaters of the trustees. A esareso- Ma meted amongst the menthers in atteadman is the atm et whisk any Strictures with the inve sted film of the esdry, ersountieg only to the mull sma ei 1,700 i. wee streegly depressed, esti ea schism was geaera~ly earl esefliently *armed tr os t ig attE use, Akers of both mania I, for addidoeml entedd be attended - with immediate seems; A width was proposed by Sir It. J. lbutitiese„ sad 111111.11401 i Captain Lorraine, sapowerirg the .swell to premed with the emetnurtion of the lecture nem whom they shell think it desirable, woe the. adopted ; sad the .seating separated. INCORPORATRD REPCOE 101 THE DRETITIITE.— OU Saturday, a meeting of timber of this itstitaties task plan at the Loads% Tavern. Sisimegegrosamet, for the pepper of siestas a tremors: is rem of the late - lit. Fester, and for ether Sim Lord Bedrock is the *hair. The resendes the reetinghavina bees teed, Mr. Bides %Midtowns vote um a ifil•nt• to the mradry he. reseerer The onparatice of the Refer fee the Desdhae o. Mien pr weeding to the election of a therm is ileleignites of the desk of Maori Faster, Seq., he Lae tramest, are desirous of rending the deep regret seosehdeled by them et the decree of their highly esteemed nod vemseeded Mond, who zealously and terradtarg donna Wass" to the interests et the institution from thetimieet Me witeddhliment in 1805 almost to the hour of his Math" The vote was warmly responded to by nag geatlerea present, and • record is the books ca the s howed that Mr. Foster died of Asiatic cholera, emend his at tendame upon the disk children in the Saito Mr. Gurney Hoare woe then unanimously sleeted to the nerd office, and is returning thanks Mr. Hoare maid it wosld be necessary for him to propose certait capsules, which le hoped might be avoided in future years. After the aew truster were appointed, wo Ailing of Mr. Kelly, Mr. huge Hoare, and Mr. Cora. y Hoare, to act in. ecujunetben with Dr. Luabingtoe, who at present had the sole emus ability or managing the lured% the mat step 61 the proce•diags was the announcement of the inveighed by the Statue ecratittee, from trkdsh it appeared that the liabilities from September last amental to nerly 3,0001. In order to ma. et Um expenses, whisk included arida gratuities to officers attached to the idtlihr the, it was proposed dist stock should be sold oat to the em sat rated, end that the money should be reinvested Wm the end of the preeent year. Mr. Hoare said he did anexpect that he should have to speed more than 2,0001., bah he thouiht it would not la advisable to obtain a smaller em/ than 3,0001. The t tel amount of funded property beigesing to the inetdution was 17,0001., and in the course it*. year the corporrion were to receive a government great, which would 1111.4 t them in refunding the money now nosired.—Thanks hariug been voted to the noble chairman, the corturatics proceeded to inquire into private matters essasted with the atansgerent of the institution, and the meethignparatod. - - - - - - - 81. PATRICK'S DAT.—On Saturday, being the sent eereary of t►. tutelar east ef Ireland, ths arvolsat flesisty of lit. Patrick, instituted is 1784, by George IV., to oeesate sad cloths the ehatrea of poor Irish, born in the agreeable to mead at regaled all as the NO la member, with a plentiful repast of me beef plani-cuiditag. In conesquesse of the dis tressed dined lre!aed. the aunisal !Waved at Preeminent' HA die effersora of the charley, was this year dispensed with. A PIIMIANCE AT PADDINGTON.—Bir,—I wieh to become a subscriber to St. Mary's Hospital, Padding tes, but I led ma inquiry that withia a few yards of its wens there I. a vast mound of 11th, oa which about $OO luxuriate daily. I shall, theredwo, wait till this eajos shall have been removed, for I sopa imagine that ea latimable attach ma be et say basset to the poor may be placed Is that lastitatioa. Besides, as rltti mis vilo widda thapowilential Whines of that diseist-rae• rating aulsomm, I shall feel obliged it you will inform me how I am to proceed in order to get it rimmed.— I am, sir, V.—Meedi 14. _ _ pea the owners of the pip before a mapetra under the Removal of Nuisances Act] „. CLOSIXO A CROWE 111 LENT.—mr,—III• rosowtog notice was edeulated in this parish at the be&aing of Lent : ” Is enesequwees of the Suctury being ced on Wednes- days sad Fridays daring Loot, and the fusilier in the neigh bor:lthaca having been divested to be closeted at their re 'pestles residesces from eleven till twelve o'clock on each of the above days, it is particularly requested that their pri vacy may not be broken in upon daring there hours." You will perceive, Sir, that the " Clergy List" 'Mgt, as the income of our rector the sum of 9601. a year; but the real income is, I believe, 1,3001. per unarm Yet the extra duties s d ea him at this seams are either too fatiguing for hin t, pods m, he considers his income tor small to pro sabillkia. lie therefore coolly " directed " his 11. tck ham *a pulpit pad in the handbill which I send you, to at beabo.--I up, itc., A Wottue an Cavacx-oois.— aeabattam,Kent, March 16. 11111110POLITAN SEWAGE MANURE COMPANY.— TM moths of this easepany at Stanley. bridge, Fulham, are s=isted.ami are well worth a visit from an who are izk the regrets agrimdture. The rommay, it win be remember. d. was Momparated by act of parliament, lid pupeae of wave ins the contents of the Laudon swim • lipid form into the country, sad distributing Am wan the Seib sad pardon' which sarreaud the aa11110• pelle at • Millie, mat. The asecksaisal mesas by which Iheet wili tiels Me effected Ire M nearly the BIM as those by wear is tarried into allow large tithe, reservoirs , Wag foamed he the maples of the sewage, an eagles Wig eamerwskail Mprim im as au& of it as may be re =sand pipes bft laid down from the works icto the where tLis spade, et usseure is likely to be is de emed. The plan has bass shindy Mad, happens, with great moms near illlugow and Ilmoiseseer, but Omani on a small stale compared with the mmedeers asatemplated by this compasy. They have shee4 bid dm abet* aloe miles of pipet in the parish of Pelham and UMW limy fatted ex • teadieg them without loss of fime MO the diarist of Isle. worth. The estimates of pada heiged_llff_them thaw that they calculate an supplying limp ft MOM men of land, sad that far mere, mar sad hmiewarre culti vating about 68,000 sass. palkies he parliament, ;Lpremed their interest hi t h e MONO of the experiatem. reveals the @Meat of the mime Is *hick the Moves, have embarked, and its great to the interests cf ' agrisulture, not only la the isrh of the metro rib sad sew largo tows*, bad d= ties tbTree the erierstry., Bone ter the peeled which Menem lam hitherto had to eoglesi are the sanity tags hasum, ils . the bantams' ex haws& la its sad Istrasport. Tit* Ks paspasss to re. ars tho eat= of the sat il e li neighbourhood of Leaks free his hoary bards', ma if they saissad2 WS haw soalbelsol tut hisalwabis boas gym the ag lanai fairar, hishiss towing to good aissual M sewage Obi* maw saalmhalss the webs of the Thema and rheas tY shasspbars mod it. As to the saint at towage Emote is • alaishial the ask sad treaty hamiadas its E wary an aLgiliti'hr:s. + no se peedbh reat ir IM abEioal be. beta analysed, sad have bass head no sm. Liss in • hishipowasoatratal hen sil that is Asittpadaplad suds yield bee herseaa. la apphudna to I past= Os aid gross wogs orposiany has bass with very surprising results i set sad boa the Or / e widow sawed ea the se ft is smite clear that if the company an suestadal as.. for plating it at the disposal of the marketicardeame and tumors around Lead" . they will give as hamease impulse to the produstiveaoss of tits oh thus hams& The colae patty ere sow ebsat to cosiateaso opsestisas, and ws shall watch with Mang the mall at ebb Gat esporinsata They ell had as Maass car at fgaisaass lad pro* diss lb matamil VA* IMMO those whom falsousts mit to proms% and sons that nay Uzi: Mid vine; whisk astsaup than are approshavd. it is ingsaiblo that the szistiag state mean Laths As hag ouifikoa, al that hut mom la uulasiag *sit MOP at ea mums sash Ibis - at Om 111. to SI aa =obi* ram eau bus dim he Iron Ahab* with usesat, applied to the hod by the boos at a nod of la. aa awe. Oa Wohtanisr hog sum vary istarist log uposhnosh was snit at Shal=se with um& sow lawagisas hr sates. ornaogis tifs=e gires=zat gave ho ... 11 . 4 11:L bous aapssr 1 711114I I :t ema 111/IfireFirermilensa smaishisd at the oeissioa. The gsasad malt treat to show the what saes with which the sowers sea its bite hem the aria and applied to tits Wilk lay for wpm*. Mr. Ombra patent hisk was caw of the tugboat sh snaked, ex ' Wra i n w skhlinhadia.—ltornimppoper. Taz Mums BOMBAY, MEV to carry oat oopo sad elms he the fasergiats at alarms, was seised as QelEdeg by the Oustranhant authorities at Blarkwall. FIRE AT • SOAP FAClVAT.r—Yesterday shortly Won three ("sleek, the sztaanivs ecrep.famoty b.- leasijiso Maas.wee Patio and Shades, 145, fligh-stroet. • dismay/ sa to be Owing to the int nom of the pinion and the largo quantity of Indus. smith MIMI fa the maw, a mast amAir soadsgration wee 2=abala a few minutes the blip& angina boat it, Walden sad Jhborsquares stations allaidsl i ran the drama hued the dames asotadiag a nt b mut Isigit labs the sir scapktaly Masi= *sad tht wantroadiag Bath a d al tin hams at ass paled meant that it was &Wed aivhabis to send An Rodisahltba tO the isallag ragbit. It was nos owl assay 00 bac by hi het et the rose over the soh Whey wish bared eff. sad Urania, wataising should Wes of tallow, were =. damaged that, tha Ira aria ustingabbad. The ban vary raosidashit r ==itho leaitem orarylpg their bulimic IP Phan sairniasiss was's. aural fa theft* 1111641 Mita of the lire was said to he the eiradeseees fgailisU tram the sham apparatus. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1849. Owe of-tbaseekinen in Kenna. Pittman& Charlsea...ia run dieing soistanis at the Ire, fall down one of the pits, and eras striossly U net fealty injured. FINANCIAL RBFOR3L MUTING AT WAKETIIILD.—On Friday last a pabMs waft,: the lababitaata of die bareagh of Wake aid lea babl la dr saarabeara of that pleat, Wats boos AMlMili nt t o rzwee Vastiesoo with a saaarroesly• de ad oraddir Pratiriet7 of h 1 .P•dtka porlisaart ia Ismer etaalai /argot 114111341111111 f a the rote man of Coo pablio amiable* pea digt ProPo 4o 4 b 7 but lfreastrs imidares. fils weft prodded or *a modes, aid aposfillta proloadiam Mt martini war satiagasatly adirolood by Mr. T. IL Roam Mr. C. Motara w tho Bar. E. ntr.lsad tabor aoadsosa, sad a petition was adopted i es of Mr. Cabala', As dilemma reform,. THE ADMIRALTY OFFICE. Mom Ws It has On &Oat Cossittos os Aram, from sod Ordains fisfkoffa A owmparinel of the witairies l far 111411-49 with No se of 1847.48 onfillis a omit flimintissi el CeMP he the moult rim Ifpos a moo soolsol miry el tbs os osal atutB.s Wooed owls, Niko& sloes 1833, it win be sae OW them is o osoollinW imam is the foosoat of Nis vols. The estiaste for 184549 is 118.1831. The sharps wader vote No. 3 tsarist asset **timely of axed sslasfes, w, that the whole expenditure, with the ea eltseta taw items, war be sesarately toresseo. bashises et the admiralty is divided Wyse* the saes at 191tbsidiewil se leatesset-beese. The several de partatestrare dioributsi woos. the Nimbus of the Board 4 :m., or se that smelt toe of the Inds seassissiaters. besides thwiteerd, breeds mammas with the de tails alb. bras& whisk is placed soder his ape dal The - Yost Ilea Lord anise I. the &tribunes.' the !rat sad the proposal= of Ore= I. ships in condones. Another anal lord atteads to the —slag sad nein*, sad to all manes connoted with the mad= marine artillery. A third superintends the balding seal repairing both et sailiarent Mesa vans. A berth nabob the purchase dad ablated of naval stores sad of provision for the aavy ; the teansport service gad the medical department are placed ender his am, is wall se all clans for nations. The junior lay lord superintends the lasses accounts, the entineering and architectural weeks, and the packet sonic*. The First Lard is cognisant of all that is in manes in nee department, and exercises the general control which sicessarly moompanies the thief responsildlity. There are seven departments is the Admirelty-Office at Somersethosse, named la the estimates as follows :—Sur mot of the Navy, Aeonstent-Gesin& SID/eke/per One val, Comptroller of Victualing and Trmonerm, Director. General of the Medical Department, Comptroller of Steams Machinery end of the Packet Servies, Director of Engineer ing and Architectural Works. The nualase of clerks, Ike. in seek clam of the several de partments of the Admiralty is m follows: Whitehal— -1 cretazy's instants. 44; hydrograpiam, 12. flontenet house—Barmen, ld ; . nonatant-generals, 123; sten keeper-separate, 24 s eemptrollen of victualling, 44; medi ae' direetora 12; director of works, 4; comptroller of steam, 10. Total, 289. Snore information regarding the canon which hen led to an increase I. the expenditure of the office will be found is the evidercergiven by the Secretary of the Admiralty. It appears that with the Minas. of naval foros, and et estab lishments at home and abroad. • corresponding halms has arises in the daily bonus to be trunsaated ; besidn this eatin it is also stand that many sew rules and regulating have ben Introduced, which ban added considerably to the rou tine duties of the several departments. The istab:ishamin at the Admiralty, we are told, although it hese( late yews ban segmented, is still load, quite to the trunnion at the help sem required ; and eonsequenr extra parents are made m the clerks, who work additioaal boars; and extra sleeks en employed beyond the number mactioned he the Treasury. Then clerks receive the sem a t of palmy, sad form es much a part of the ens went as the resalarly aye pointed clerks, but they are employed without any previous reference to the Treasury ; whereas any addition or alters. • 'ion is the establishment can rely be made after applicatics, and with the easetioa of the Treasury. The practise of employing ants clerks, which ken grown into the spina of the Admiralty, is, ia the opinion of yea committee, so objse tionable that it ought sot to be comatinued. A rehrsan to the Tressury al ivions to the knew of their establielments, was made • tory os the ether depart ments ot the governmeat, ter e purpose ett sioniag that• control and semen= which constitute the onlycesch urea the growing expenditure of the public Aims By the sio• pitmen of extra clerks this chock is evaded. Yon cousaittes renamed that the estaMbhment of the Admiralty shield be recessidend, and that, when the aataber of clerks shall have been find, with the undies at the Treasury, se setts sleek be hereafter employed without the written petunias of the Treasury. In reconsidering the establishment, the employment of clerks for extra nun which is admitted to be • bad expedient for the ;sable sin vin, should be also referred to the Tommy, where the practice of Merest departments can be compared, mad the duties of the clerks menallated in regard to the hens of daily attendance, scale of remuneration, and period annul holidays. There ban increased darn of 5001. in the salary of the second secretary, with meld to which your committee called for some explanation . The letter to the Treasury, and the reply sanctioning this increase, will be found in the evidence, together with the minute of the Bard of Admiralty redone tog the increase. The Deputy Aceountant-General of the Navy wee list ap pointed by an order in council dieted let of February, made in consequene of an applicaticm of the Lords loans of the Admiralty, who stated that the control nor the payments would thus be rendered more efficient, mad that the ultimate charge of this new appointment would sot exceed 1001. per annum. Ceder Vote No. 3 are placed the appointment, of vies admiral and rear admiral of Groat Britain. The committee which examined into army and navy appointments in the year 1833 observed, " these two appointments are visitable from their antiquity, and still more se hem the emus of those who have held them. They are Melanin him diately eonneated with the naval service, sad have always been reckoned among the u let professional baste to which a naval officer could as . The camomile, therefore recommend that the it of vice-admiral ma me admiral should remain on their reseal footing; the whole emoluments of both being together lea than 8001. a yen." OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM RICHMOND (Yoameninm) From the painful case of rotten Ripon we turn with lively satisfaction to the political position of romantic Richmond. Charming contrast. Here, far once, we have a borough outdated, if not uninfluenced—a society in which the public feeling is so nearly unanimous that the demon apolitical discord has been unable hitherto to distract its social harmonies. .Rare Richmond ! few are the towns of England, great or sniallithat can boost, now-a-days, of each advantages. May it long retain its enviable diatinction. In popular phraseology, " Richmond is the Earl of Zetland's borough :"—in parliaments:l' " the Earl of &deed maintains his 1 2ue ua re; unimpaired." Take it whichever way you will, both allegations are trim and false : true in fact, and erroneous in inference. The townspeople will give you this solution of the dificulty. It is tree, they say, that Richmond is the Earl at Zetland's borough, in asmoeh as the Earl of &Wed and his relatives have been returnedfer it for &century; but it is not true that it is the Earl of Zetland's borough in the sense that the Earl of Zetlend could return for it a member un acceptable to the people. The Earl of &timid main tains his influence here unimpaired : may be bang continue to maintain it, for it is an influence arising from respeot for himself and attachment to his house. Bat it would be erroneous altogether to infer that it was an influence either booed upon cor ruption or resulting from any apprehension on our part of a bad mattes of the power his position may confer. Sack is the statement of the Richmond people regarding their own position. a case. Suppose the improbable contingency thatthis branch of the family of Dundee deserted those liberal principles which they have endeavoured to promote. In such an evestorneld they be enabled to retain two tory representatives for Richmond? The most influential people in the town will respond with an indignant " No." This, they say, is an essentially liberal town. We owe it probably to the house of ftske that it is eo. They have fostered and nurtured theme principles amongst us. " Our fathers shared'tbsm in common with the family, and left them us as legacies to cherish and maintain. We should depart from them at no man's bid ding." It is a proud bout to make is this boast of independence, and we give it Mdasas it was given to us. Long may such ol Y of opinion be maintained, and may the day be distant when it would be required to make Rich mond a scene of party conflict in order to presorts each sawed principles inviolate. The &timid family, who " maintain their influence" in this geed *ay in Richmond, are seated about four miles from the town. They have some property within it, but not an overwhelming portion, and _sy rLre n ot amenable in any degree fo the charge of • or jobbing fat the of vote "niTdsg7& boundaries of the boe o arranged by the Reform Aot, include some portion of the Alike property h . the outlying district. _'there is a iron - g ft Ming in the cousity thattizt= meat to include Cotten:2k, a parish of o population which is cal y suparated from Richmond W the river Smile. The brandary ommeindosers stnigned no better reason for neelndiag thin raids this that the people of Richmond were opposed to its Introduction into the borough limits. 11 Cate risk mere iaeladed it does not seem.that the political hang of the maatitnesey would be materially dboted, whilst Silinflame by iedividgels would, by the oatmeal= g! Illikelectoraw, be amemarily Rislialoted. at the period of the Rehm Bill re. tuned es its representative a brother end the second sin of the late Lord Dead's. The present Earl of andrna hed represented the om 1818 to 1830, when he 11911 returned for Yo r k, when the family dims possund sure Winne& There were one Wtwo ether sheep@ in the repneestation between 11132 and leak bet they were unimportant. In that year however en event took place which is memorable in Riche nd annals. BebeleeetlY to the kinising of the Municipal Re hm Jib there had been seven] costestr in this borough en offemien el the election of corporate diem They amereed rather a personal than I eheneter, ba t they it for a time whet ball not coonend in Richmond beton, $ division ef the town into two distinct prte., lathe pm 1839 the present Earl of Zetleoa, by the leech et his le ase /ether, became a peer. Another member et the foully was started to fill his place. The pried wee ens of dimethdastion, and the par.y whe were in the isbority in the municipal outsets jested to this nominition. They found a candidate' In Mr. Miles Thomas Stapleton, of Carleton-hall, since better known as Lord Beaumont. Mr. Miles Staple ton's father was a banker in Richmond at the hheeaadd of the respectable firm row known as Maxwell and Co.' Toe will very often hear it said in London, "Oh, Lord Beatiment is the person who contested the. North Riding in 1832, and polled a very small num ber of votes." This is altogether a mistake and, Canot a very fortunate one for the noble lord. lis Pe r ' o of that contest was a Mr. Martin Stspylton; of Metton.ball, near Boroughbridge, whom father. ands: the title of Dr. Ben, was a celebrated quack doctor in Yak. The similarity of the names—" M. Btapletcm "and " M. Stapylton,"—and the sasociation of ,both Parties with the same district of the same county, has frequently led to this not very enviable confusion. Lord Beaumont, however, is the represen tative of a inner, but now the only existing, branch of an old Roman catholic family. His father, aa his been mentioned, was at the head of e banking firm in Richmond, and acquired, late in life, the estate of Carleton, left to him b a relative, who bad no issue of her own. M r. Milan Stapleton sue. ended to this property in 1837 or 1838, and, being a min of no small ambition, was just ready to outwit Richmond when the opport unity offered in 1839. The battle cry of the Stapleton party at this canted wu one which shows the sense entertained by those who know it best of the independent feeling of the Richmond electorate. It was " Freedom of eleo tion"—" No nomination." The contest, it is right to say, was conducted honourably and without acrimony., The number of votes polled shows that while the prevailing feeling is in favour of the " House of bilm," there is freedom of election in the borough of Richmond. The numbers were—For Dundee, 162 ; 1 Stapleton, 80. There are not many nomination bo. roughs where, at the first contest for a century, a third of the electorate would be found voting against the ruling influence. Take Reigate, Morpeth, Lau oeston, Arundel, Wilton, and other small places where the prevailing influence is differently exercised, and you would scarcely muster the same number of votes under similar circumstances in the whole of them put torther. The result of this contest, therefore, whist it indicates the attachment of the Richmond people towards the hoses Of Zetland, shows at the same time their freedom from an oppressive exercise of aristocratic domination. The influence possessed by the present bead of the Zetland family has, indeed, been more lightly exer cised than it was even by his father. Up to 1841 both seats were filled by members of the family. At the election in that year, however, the late amiable Mr. Ridley Colborne was elected to fill awe, of the seats. On his death, in 1848, Mr. Rich, one of the Lords of the Treasury, succeeded him • and in 1847 this gentleman was again returned, together with Mr. Marmaduke Wyvill, Jun., son of a Yorkshire gentleman who formerly repro mated the county in parliament. These members are both unconnected by any tie of relationship with the Earl of Zetland, and though the oame to Richmond under his auspices, they are des by the electors to be highly acceptable to them as representatives in parliament. These articles are usually directed tt exhibit the delinquencies of corrupt constituencies and the op pressions of eleetionseneg autocrats. In truth, in reviewing " Our Representative System," with refer ence to the smaller boroughs of Ragland, we have essay no choice but to exhibit in colours, more or less dark, the venality of electorates or their sad subserviency. It is a pleasing task to be able to vary the picture, by displaying (as a good example to potent nobles) a borough where the major part of the domi nant lateen°s is the result of hereditary of lical opinion. The electoral affection, so personal regard, and general ao ccorrdd ce - an position of Richmon is in many respects equally hanowable to the house of Aake and to the independent electors of the borough. With such a state of things little absolute fault is to be found. At the same time it cannot bet' be seen that the position is fraught with danger. Another generation might see a more imperious lad Zetland and a far lest independent Richmond electo rate. In recommending,. therefore, the extension of this borough, we are only guarding that independence which the present constituency are so anxious to preserve. In further deciding that it ought to lose one member, we are only doing a duty to the whole empire. The town is muth,too small and unimportant to be entitled to the privilege of double representa tion. Its present population is not 6,000 ; its °mai tummy only about 300. Being situated in the midst of an agricultural district, it would be impossible to increase these numbers without a very wide stretched boundary. Richmond, moreover, hu no interest requiring repre sentation. It is *comparatively stagtent market town: its populatioa for the most part enjoying the comforts of human exultance, without posseastng opportunities of rising to its luxuries. There are towns in every respect of superior importance that have not the privilege of returning even one member to reeve in parliament whilst Richmond, rescued from schedule B of the first Reform Bill, is permitted to send two. LAND. Demur , Mazes 17. The county of Tyrone has followed the example of, its northern neighbours, and met against the rate in aid project. Lord Claude Hamilton attended at the matzo', and addressed it at considerable length. The noble lord ia more laely to make himself heard of as an agitator outside the Haase of Commons than as a freakier within its walls. Iu the meanwhile, oar Dublin public remains very quiet about this a g itatim It appears that the news which reached us from Carlow on Thursday, and which was published in the Evening Post, was partly erroneous. The High Sheriff declared that the amendment in favour of the rata is aid was lost by a large majority of &elided ratepayers, sad is is farther stated that a vast number of persons were introduced at the meeting, for the purpose of packing an anti-landlord assembly. Carlow is divided into two bitter sections, who detest each other, from the recollection of their former fads sad electioneering oosteete. At the Limerick assizes Micheel Gorman was sen tenced to transportation for life for Whiteboyism of an aggravated character. The cholera lass appeared in the south with much virulence, and lima side its fleet appearance at Lime rick, a city which lies low upon the banks of the Shannon. Active preparations have been made at Cork, wider the management. of to resist the progress of the ecoorre. "My dear Ray" has reedived an appointment in a I commercial house in this city, and has retired from the secretaryship of the Raped Association. Thus the ones formidable conhderacy has broken up into splinters. A movement is being made to get up an extensively signed memorial for Kr. Gavan Duffy, eutreating . bis Excellency to take no further proceedings against him, on the grounds of his being en entirely.rensed man, able health being utterly broken, of him having published violent @disks only for a very brief time, and of the excessive .state of excitement all *rug Europe. It is also very generally felt amongst protestant and unelevative circles, that itie n Cd to press so heavily upon Mitchel and Duffy, while the maid lad seditious agitators who worked at Cow ciliation Hall are left untouched, oetwithitanding des stet ratenbiof which they did to this Country. ~.....~ _ At a meting held in Dumfries in connexion with 1 the ragged school, the following statistics were brought out : 60010 E Cana ix 1816 ABD 16{7.—Scows Orronmaus. Doubles is 1836 76 lacreseed to 237 to 11817 Wigtown „ — 48 - IP 82 IP alba ik " • 6l „ 1611 „ 83 „ IP Umiak 473 401 ii 7 7 16 At inter 'oils of sax year. the numlers were, for all Scotland : In 1831 — 1,e63 Is 1841 III?. lEngland sad Wales —.......— .. let 19 5 .6 eland—A 2S, 1 31,109 And, taking the whole United Kragdonr, tt e known offenders were 47,797 in 1836, and had in creased in 1847 to 64,677; The only striking exception to progressive increase lin a populous district ismthe essa of - - t, • Where the offends' were, seransa in MR lda fa 1147 A decrees ott2o per seat. That this fare urable chance was due to ragged schools is corroborated by the statistic' of other places which have followed the example of Aberdeen in forming such institutions. The tables for 1848 hare not yet been completed ; but a similar fact was ob served butt year in Edinburgh, after the stAab:ishment of the ragged school,. A published stottment by the governor of the Edinburgh prison, shows thst "the number of commitments to prison of boys 13 years old and under, was about 50 per cent. lees in the thtee months ending Marsh, 1848, than in the correspond ing three mouths of the merlons year." And in Dum fries the gratifying intelligence has been reported by the superintendent of police that a similar result has been experienced in the returns fur 1848, since the Schaal Society began its operatious. PROVINCIAL THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AVIATION.—A public meeting for the purpose of explamicg the principles of this association, and for aad tig a petition to the legblsture in its favour, was held at Heywood on Thursday last ; Mr. Jacob Bright in the chair. Th-re were about 300 persons present. The Chairman, after alluding to the general want of edu cation throughout the country, said he thought that every person who saw what was passing around him in the neigh bourhood of Heywood must he ready to sympathise with any attempt to being about a different state of things. He afterwards mimed to the failure of the voluntary principle is supplying ad. quate moans of instruction to the rams of the people, explained the circumstances which tad led to the formation of the Lancashire Public School Association, and replie 1 to many of the objections urged by different p arties against its plan, on the ground of she exclusion of religion from its system of teaching, the levying of a rate for the support of the schools, and the constitution of the beard by whom the expenditure of the funds so raised was to be con bulled. _ _ _ Mr, F. Espinaue, secretary of the association, contended at soma length that it was the right of every child to receive a good education, because it was impoisible to tell, until it had been tried,. how far any human being was capable of re ceiving and as similating the knelt dge which bad been accu mulated by the great men of past ages ; but when all were fairly instructed, it was easy for a child of superior capacity to show himself in his just relation to his fellow-scholars, and in due time to take that rank in society to which he was entitled. Thse wee the principle which &stunted our fore fathers in establishing the numerous free grammar schools throughcut the country, and it was upon a somewhat similar basis that the Lancashire Public School Association rest d their plan. The voluntary principle, though it had been a very efficient means of spreading religion, was not applicable to education ; because, on tho one band, there was only required a deep convic tion, and the power of expressing that conviction, while, on the ether, there were required extensive means and appliances. Mr. Endear, afterwards replied to the asser tion that education should be left, like soy other commodity, to the principle of supply and demand ; and read from the minutes of council on education several extracts frees the report of the inspector u to the state of the different schools in Heywood and its vicinity, showing that moat of th em were in a lannealsing condition from want of funds. Mr. J. S. Smith said that the working claws did not seem to have any idea of the vast importance to themselves of a good education, or that withcut a good educational system no plan for that political or social elevation could have a firm bgeie in this country. He did not consider that education consisted is giving a child the mere ability to write his name or reckon up a few figures; he would Tether say that it was imparting to his Wad a sufficient degree of kcowledge to create a desire for more. "If there was one word in his language dearer to an Englishman than another, it was " home ; " but he (sr. Smith) could not understand home in the true sense of the word unless every member of a family wee educated. He had been told that men of the chartists were opposed to the spread acclimation, but he could not believe it. The answer of government to all demands for univereal suffrage was that the people were too ignorant to pusses such a power ; end the best answer the chartists could give to this assertion would be by raising themselves to such a peti tion that they might go to the government and say, " It is altogether false that we are ignorant." The vo'untaries had published books and given figures upon figures to such an extent, that a man on rising from their perusal might almost be inclined to doubt whether there was such a thing as an ignorant person in England ; but you I could not walk about, either in town or country, without seeing nightie which gave to such nannies a most pad- I tive coatradietion. The voluntaries seemed to skipper, - bend one greet point—that religion and education were not one end the same thing. Many persons obje.ted to the levying of a compulsory rate, when all closets ware rarer ling for a reduction of rates already existing; but he (Mr. Smith) thought there was a great difference between • rate for the support of useless extravagance, and one for the sup plying of that which was the fcod of the spiritual element in man—education. Mr. Smith then contended that ea edu entional rate would ultimately lend to a reduction of the burdens of ratepners ; and said that the association bad nothing to do with the question whether or not people would send their children to the schools when este billeted. The people had at present a good ground of °Deviant against the government, become they did not fatal their duty with regard to education ; but when the government haa given power for levying a rate—when in every parish there was placed a school accessible to all— it the working dame were so blind to their own interests as not to send their children, the fault would rest with them selves. In conclusion, Mr. Smith referred to the state of education in America, and urged that this wee a good guarantee for the success of the Lancashire plan, which was a very similar nature to that followed in the United States. g kThe Bev. Mr. Parry moved the adoption of a petition to ton legislature in favour of the plan pf the association. He maid he rejoiced in the rise and progress of this society, since he saw In it a foreboding of the coming downfal of political quackery, and the coming of that time when nut would no longer labour under the delusion which led them to suppose that external polit'cul reform was a universal panacea for all their ills. He believed that the progress of education could clone stop the. come of ell that crime, intemperance, and misery, which were the greatest curses of humanity. Mr. Parry then described the results of the different attempts which had been made for the p romotion of education, and said that the plan now p roposedwas one man from the people—ft was to be worked the people, and there could not, consequently, be any danger of undue government influence. The Rev. J. Simon ascended the resolutioa. The Rev. Mr. Ontteridge supported the adoption of the petition, observing that he was fa principle a thorough volun tary ; but if he had to choose between the spreading out of the power of the church as by law established, oy means of salaried schoolmasters, ingsisteachers, end se.booliteputors, and such a plea as that geres4W by the Lancashire Public School Association, he stash Mihaly prefer the latter. The Chairman them Mead if any person had a qua dice to put, or way ehleelisms le the plan proposed ; the association eon* iithenehm e end he should therefore be glad to . hem any semerits.-4. lliralthow, i chartist, in a nabliag speak *Mail that the plea would force upon the people a pea velem of eiatralisation ; that they were not prepared to mama to the levying of a compulsory rata, nor to pay to the paileman who might be sppointed se marmary of the asseeladm, a=c a t a f not less than 5001. or seen thee Mi. a pm nes explained that nom of the. elPostioas IMO valid, ea the several togas would be popnleely elested—the Om leo* net be obtained idthout the people of the ormairy Inalosely asked foe it—and se there would be ea banseina emeniA el labeler tee the seem ' toy, the propped gamy would he by ae maim le= A working man, named illeolt. andemeled that the ought not to be sent as the-p tition of thepepleof Heywood . , lumen they were net ammainted with the _ plan and it had , not that evening bees properly explained. He deo objected to the revision with regard to the normal schools, the rewards to seheiere, and at he said would be the great 1 (apnea of the school build.ngs, The Chairman and Mr. Smith replied te the pinta mimed by Scott, who afterwards moved ea easmdment to the street that a requisition should be preensied M the churehmedem requestang them to call a public ter the sessidemelisa and discussion of the question...LAE HeO, a dentist, aim el jeered to the manner in which it was peopmed to miss the leads for the support of the schools, although hems not opposed to the plan itself.— The amendment was then put and agreed to almost mini lamely ; a committee was appointed to draw up the requisl den to the churchwardens; and the gamin terminated,. PROPOSED NEW LAW RELATIVE TO COUNTY .EX YENDITtria.—The proceedings of a deputation from boards of guardians who visited London, with a view to obtain the pomp of a leghiative measure, giving the moppet some control over the county expenditure, have already been re ported. It Is now stated that a OW will be inooced into the House of Common. as aeon as the draft can be settled. Mr. Hume is to take charge of it, as he brought in a measure of a 'Miler nature in 1888 and again in 1837 ; and, it is said, that bred John Rumen has in private =primed his 00011‘k ranee in the principle of the measure. The main fatten et the bill will, of course, be the constitution of the meaty board, which it is proposed should omelet of one helaz diens elected by the based of guardians of the Wens, and the other half megistrates, elected by the Ju dges weembled at queeteresedom A. Muse will also bo in serted in the bill to reader aughtrates, as espo,fficio guar dians iselligible, either to be sleeted as there presentative* of any beard of gnardiam, or to vote in the election or each preesatatives. CHARTER OF INCORPORATION FOR OLDHAM. — This charter has been (granted, and a copy was received by Mr. Kay Clegg, on Tuesday, the 13th inst., by which the = oa te r rs t obt ained what they sought, namely, the ion of the whole of the township, which is divided into eight wards, via Warmth, Mumps, Westwood.. Claukaileld, Bt. Mary's, St. James's, St. Peter's, and Water; had Mill wards. • A meeting of the promoters took place at the King's Arms Inn, on Wednesday night, when the min mitts. appointed to obtain the shatter was dissolved, wad another was app oin ted, with power to add to their .amber. to sof it carded into oLseraticn. BREACH OF THE FACTORY ACT.--Into Matsitheefer. Bransinet mites that Mr. Graham, suh-leserttee of het , ' dee, a tt ended at the liettough Otte of that any cm Friday, to sentala a summons agebtit Mr. S. Gibbons, cotton spinner, Laveorpetroit, for sott man of oempliam with the 2let maim of the Factory Act. nth the met made it baperative upon the owners or teinanle of mills, In which machinery was so *goosed as to be dongemos to the workpeople, to box it off, and the defendant hitting an upright shah in mut cif his rooms so upesMi, had neglected this - realism of the act of parliament. 116. O. iblions said the shah had been covered by a easing, bat that soon after Obsidian it had been reo Inmost to male **shaft, and had net been f•Plectd• The mart harmed a penalty of 51. FORESHOW. Voaicsinaz AORICULTURAL 80411:TY.—A meeting of the council of this society wee held York last week, when sinagemenb wee. made for merging the meeting of -the Leeds association, forth. imprivement of the breed If2ll . it and poultry, in the meeting of the Yorkshire Society at This will improve the competition in the former due gulls, for which Leeds hes long been famous. The council also decided on instituting an experiment on the value of Ms dissolved coprolites, or animal superphosphate of lame, as a manure for turnips, and approved of the report of the Leeds deputation, recommending the large MCI of the new Stoce Exchange for the great dinner, and the vacant spots in Wellington street, intended for the Leeds central station, as the site for the show ground. CHESHIRE. RAILWAY ACCIDENT -An accident happened to the train which laves Manchester, by the London and North Western Railway, at 11.40 a.s., on Saturday, through the wheel of one of the second-clars carriages giving way, when the train wss nest to Chelford. Our repealer had not heard the full particulars ; bat he was informed that a patlearan's leg was broken, and that a lady received a fracture of the wllaubase. Several woe/Igen sustained severe contusions, but_ o lit. was last. RATE.—On the 12th instant, a special magistrates' meeting was held to examine the mem of a con siderable number of persons, several of whom were members of the satiety of friends, who had been summoned to show cause why they refused to pay the sums with which they had been charged, under a rating for the repairs of the church. Mr. Richardson, solicitor, of Leeds, attended on behalf of the defendants. Several objections to the validity of the rate were raised. The bench, alter deliberation, stated that the objections being of a character upon which it seldom happened they were•required to adjudicate, they did not feel themselves ec mpetent to do so on the present ocea- Mon ; and t reposed that the question should be referred to higher legal authority, and that the opinion obtained shall be demise. On the point of the proposal Mr. Richardson con sulted his clients, which having done, he aoceded, on condi tion that the ieferencb be made to civil end not ecclesiastical authority. Some little debate then took place as to the par ticular person in wh, as opinion both parties would confide. It was determined that the reference should be to the attor ney-general, and in the event of his declining to give an opinion. the solicitor-general shall then be referred to ; the costa to be paid between the contending peeks. It was also understood that the announcement of the decision shad be made the 13th of April. KENT. NORTHFLEEr DOCYKARD,—Great preparations are being mede in this newly enlarged dockyard (the property of Mr. Pitcher). for, as et is said, the laying down of three steamers of 1,655 tons, and six other steamers of smaller dimensions ; three of them, as we learn, for the Wilt India Packet Company's service. Mr. Pitcher has built several of that company's steam ships, and has a general contract for their repair'. A RAGGED Scnow. is about to be established in Chatham. It is understood that a building will be erected for the purpose, the project being liberally supported, and a lady of wealth baying munificently promised to supply what ever money may be wanting. The site of the building will probably be near the turnpike op the new road, riOltfOLX. THE STANFIELD-lIALLMaII ItS.—From inquiries made on Saturday at Stanfield-hall, as to the state of health of the unfortunate lady Mrs. Jenny, and her maid, Elizabeth Chestney, it appears that Mrs. Jenny was described to be in an czctedingly naiad condition. Since the operation she underwent on Tuesday morning, of the amputation of her wounded arm, she has bad two good nights - rest; and, although she is far from befog out of danger, yet her suf ferings ars not so sewn as they were previous to the removal of the limb. At first it was deemed necessary by the legal newt. men who *;are preparing the ease for the prosecution, that Mrs. Jenny should be brought . Thrward as a witness at the trial, to prove certain important conversations between the Mier Mr. Jenny and Rush, a few days prior to the aim 'tannin. It is now clear, however, even should she sur vive, th at it will be quite impossible for her to attend. It has been said that, by the Attorney-General's new act, Mrs. Jenny's deposition would be admissible as evidence. Such, however, appears not to be the take. Another difficulty also preents itself in the unfavourable state of Eliza Chestney. The poor girl is devotedly attached to her mistress when precarious oondiion has so much affected her as to b ring ea ' a relapse, and she continues in a low way, requiring the con stant attendance et the medical gentlemen. Notwithstand ing the melancholy condition of these wheelies, the officers for the prosecution bans decided on placing Rush on his trial at the forthcoming assizes, which commence this day week, at Norwich Castle. On the authority of a magistrate, we learn that Rush intends to defend himself. The greatest interest is manifested amongst the gentry of the county to be present at the trial, and it is stated that already large prices have been offered for seats in the bourt. HERTFORDSHIRE• - EXTRAORDINARY6I.IICIDE7=AII act of suicide, on the part of a young and newly-married female, took plan a short time since, at the retired village et Leayeadee, near Watford. The deceased was a young woman of excellent character, and had lived in service, for two or three years, at Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, where, it is said, she " kept company" with a young man, with whom her future mar riage was partly arranged. Circumstances occasioned her removal to Watford, where she attracted the attention of a respectable young man, named Downer, the son of the keeper of the village elehouse, at Leavesden. The second lover plied his suit so successfully that, aided by the recom mendation of the deceased's own relatives, the former attach ment was soon forgotten, and a marriage agreed upon be tween the deceased and himself. This marriage was solemnised on the Sunday, and after the ceremony, the newly-wedded pair took possession of a neatly furnished cottage in Leaveeden, intending to make it their future residence. The busb nd remained at home on the Monday and Tuesday. Oa Wednesday morning he left hems for the purpose of resuming his occupation, that of a carpenter, at Watford. Before leaving, he laid the Are for his wife, who remained in bed at the time of has departure. It the tree log, on his return home, he found b 1 cottage door fastened. Imeginiag that his wife might be g on e to her father-In-law's, he hastened there to meet her ; bu't, on inquiry, it appeared that they bad seen nothing of her' day. Returning to his cottage, and aiding the door still' locked, he buret it open, when he was surprised to find the fire just as he bad left it in the nursing. On proceeding up stain he wee horror struck at discovering his wife, in her night-dress, suspended by a cord to the bed-post, and quite cold and stiff. • Medi cal assistance was called in, but death having taken pftes massy hours previously, of course nothing could be done. A close examination discovered nothing leading to any explana tion, on the part of the deceased, of the rash act she had committed, but it was quite evident that her purpose had been most determined, and that she had hung herself almost immediahly after her husband's departure in the morning. As inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict of "Tem insanity" returned. It is rumoured in the neighbour hood that the exciting cane which led to the melan choly event was the deceased's own regret at the faithless ness she had sho'wn to her former lover. TENANT-RIGHT.—Thu subject was diecumed by We members of the Reading Fusion' Club at their last meeting. The discussion wee opened by Mr. Young, of Burgtfield, who proposed a resolution to the effect, that a leghlative enactment was necessary to secure a just and equitable system of tenant-right between landlord sad tenant; and after 10•01 al members had taken put in it, an adjournment took place. MB. COBDEN'S MOTION FOB ARBTTRATION.—On Fridsw weenies a pnbliemasting weglaild Meydon's Pub lic Rooms, Devonport, " for the purpose of adcpting a peti tion to parliament in favour of'Mr. Cobden's motion for spe cial treaties of athitration to supersede the cruel and costly war system." The meeting was attended by a large number of pumas. The chair was filled by the Rev. J. Fryer, who, in opening the meeting, stated, that simultaneously with Mr. Cobden having given notice of a motion for special tree tiesof arbitration in the British parliament, a member of tie Rationed . Amenably in Franca lad given similar notice, and a member of Con in America bad expressed his inten tion of availing itimself of the earliest day to bring before that body a similar motion. Thus the three largest e.untries in Christ nelom wore at ores taking the sans practical course for terminating the war system and establishing peace. —Mr. W. R. D. Gilbert moved tbe Bret resolution. He 'poke of war u a great scourge, which was followed by the cry of the orphan, the lamentation of the widow, the laying wafts of eouatries, and as presenting Out obstacles to coin . wren. The resolution was as follows: " That in the opinion of this meeting the maintenance of the war system is incon sistent with the spirit and precepts of Christianity, and in imical to the best interests of mankind, involving, as it does, an awful sacrifice of human life, exciting the most malignant passienr, aced imposing opprenive burdens of taxation upon the industrial resources of natioas."—Mr P. Edwards se conded the resolution. He said that in addition to the notices of motion referred to by the chairman, a similar one had been recently brought under the attention of the German parliament. He hoped that as England had led the van in the march of modem civillention, she would lead the way in the march of peace, in the trestles of arbitration; sock treatise had I eon tried, and had preyed invariably snooreafel. The Rev. T. Horton moved the second resolution.—" That experience haying proied that disputes between nations may be eatisfactorly adjusted by arbitration, without having recourse to war, this meeting is of opinion that means ah osli be immediately adopted /or the formation of international treaties between the govevnannt et this country 0 trA . F 3 v iA 4 A r7.s