The Express. — London, England, 1849-11-12 00:00:00

ght Orono. OUTGOING MAUL Vie Wait ladla Mai* oral edies Bermuda, lievaaaa, News. Noodures, New Orleans, aad llesfoo, wd iseludlas glen tar Madeira, Bt. Jusa.daNieareiva. New Graaada, asd Peru. will be Rada up is Nor. 17. The mot oath So. Lisboa, Biala, sad Gibraltar will be made yea Nee. 17. 11te asIYM Gibnier, Mks. Greene, the beim Sipper, Caploo • Wk. WA Ghia. eie Seatheaspora, will tra made op ea the wawsitigi . 70 . TM ms m vie Mermidrau to the Mediserreates, Bpppt, Goyim, lad* Newieor, 6e., will be made up is the mei* °IMF& IN. The mils it Madeira. the Brealle. sad Buena Ayres, will be nada ep ea Dee. 4. MOM WATTS AT lANDO3I TKO Dar —l6endos, MIA ..... Afters Tm. 111 211 w...asav-4kneas. 12A altarans. I b. 1)4. LONDON, MONDAY; NOVIIMBER 12. Wz shall, perhaps, startle the reader by the asset lion that one of the first and principal things requlsite for the due working of a free and representative system in any country is a well-defined law of treason; not merely that statute law which is enforced by penalties, bat that law of castes, expediency, and , which all are bound to respect, and which society itself will punish with marked disapprobation when infringed. This his become cf imperative necessity in colonies and dependencies, where, Yawns law of the kind be not established and reco constitutional liberty of any kind will be Liner to lapsable, and tyranny and anarchy will irrevocably and alternately prevail. Everyone mutt remark the immensely increased difficulties which have seeing up in the way of governing any country fain another country, be it ever ei little separate in distance, habit, history, or tongue. The great reason may be the ignorance of the gocerning couotry, and the habits of tyranny ge nerally =whined with Ignorance. But this is not the sole reason. Another, equally influen tial, is, that the colony or dependerey, attributing to the mother or sovereign country. all the ills " which governments ire heir to," conceives a hatred, in the indulgence of which sentiment all other sources of rational action are absorbed, and, instead of having recourse to those moderate arid constitutional mesas of resistance to the errors of government, by which states, like our own Ragland, have risen to free dom and prosperity,they fly at coca to the extreme of disaffection, the weaker =entry =legit' weakest and worst means of defects, the sword, whilst the moral and argumentative weapon must have ensured it final triumph. One of the most active cams of the backward state of Ireland, as well as of Canada, has been that the great amount of freedom granted for the salutary purpose of legitimate complaint, fair enlightenment, and constitutional resistance, has been so often per verted into menaces of rebellion, and appeals to phy sical force, however remote. It may be that Ire land, and that Canada, have been driven to this by feeling that constitutional agitation was thrown away—that the legislative bodies endowed with imperial powers were too remote or too prejudiced to be influenced by any thing less urgent than apr :Imre rebellion. Wherever the fault lies, it is evident that whilst such a state of things exists, thepesoe and security indispensable to commercial or agricultural prosperity and developaseat cannot exist. As long as the Irish cry repeal, meaning by repeal separation, and es long as the Canadians cry annexation, as the meet obvious and forcible means of furthering their wishes or their pas sions, be those what they will, so long govern ment can be nothing but an idle succession of cod cilia' ions and ooercions, alternating like sainehine and storm over an ocean, doomed to be ever restless, ever treschert and ever sterile. We a-e as much lovers of freedom as any. Bat nevertheless we must say that government is utterly imprssible in any country, in which it is usual and allowable for a numberof reen,revertable or irreepret able, to get up and publicly impugn the very basis on which all government stands, and openly repudiate allegiance. When this can be done with impunity, it will he done, not seriously, but as the means of mere agitation and annoyance. Men will be found to throw cif allegiance in a pique, and to denounce the onion between two great countries, because their amb tion or their self love arc not gratified. We must say, that in the In terests of liberty this should not be allowed. We ad mit that there may be, that there are, cases of wrong, of breach of contract, of extremity and outrage, which fully warrant a dependent country in flinging off the yoke. The case of Hungary is one in point. But resistance to established government, cr flinging off of old and hereditary allegiance, is one of the greatest of crimes if it be not manifestly one of the first of duties. And any such idea should be long dormant, long suppressed, digested, and combated in the, breast of a nation, and never I stoned to or avowe much less acted upon, until the necessity for it had swelled into an unive rsal sentiment. Bat no individual or class should be allowed to broach it publicly, in order to propagate it, and acquire adhe rents to resistance and rebellion amongst the timid, merely from the forbearance or the weakness of government. For our part, we are named at the mild way in which the organs of conservative opinions in this country have greeted the cry of annexation from Montreal. Were these writers consistent with them selves, the denouncer' and calumniators of Bernie- MO and Rotuma would have passed severe judgment on the annexationists of Montreal. Instead of this, they have treated treason u venial, and loyalty as an old song. In this they have deserted their prin ciples and their posts, and show that they are only hangmen where they know they have 200,000 men behind them, and only cone rvative and vindictive when it requires no courage to be so. It is said of woman, that to hesitate is to fall. And a nation's allegiance is like a woman's honour: the mere mooting of separation is the greatest step to its achievement; and those who propose it there and those who admit it here are, the former assuming, the latter =seeding, the great point in dispute. Such a manifestation ought by every means to have been prevented; and the goverment, which, with a popu lar party in power, his cot prevented it, stands at once self-convicted of imbecility and unfitness. As long as a people are subject to the crown of Great Britain, they should be made to respect it, and to pay it at least public deference ; and this for their own sakes, more than for the crown. For nothing can be so deleterious to a country se a semi-state of rebellion, one in which treason is a pastime, and mock insurrection the habitual game • where no ' hiog is serious, nothing sacred; whore =aerial reform or calm consideration of political questions is impossible, and where fools, like the 1 2APINZA1111 and Oltalcre, are enabled to take the lead, and to keep the eyes of the country fascinated and fixed on their mad antics, like Riedeca in entranced worship of some dancing dervish. With respect to Canada, it is pain that the pre sent western must be altered altogether. The Guyer nor-Generalship and the Goversor-Oensral are evi dently both humbugs. The Legislative Assemblies of Canada bayonet the respect of the population, divided as it is iato large and distinct muses, none of which am content to put up with the position of a mino rity. Of late years, too, the most important changes affecting the oolooy . hays been by the Impe=liament, in which or w :s s f id est which the feel they can have neither influence ear power. They are right, therefor. in the combat= that the representative system le falsi fied with regard to them. The benefits and the weetdap et that representative system o ug ht hp be Riven them in reality. We ought to cease to =dad them in their commercial and fiscal arrangements. If the cum of their remaining so inferior to the Unit= States nate in the absence of local and self administratim, let them have it, and hsve it to the full. Let the erten of a Bride American federationtbe adopted. Mr. ROEBUCK has ably drawn up the out line. And, by ting the sere provinces of Canada all that Mesa possibly get from Anieriee, let us ahead= ear incisively imperial policy, and war seta/ pealestisa. If, under mash e rourostaness. the Maeda =said lastly separate from Great Bri tain., sew lase, sew &rase and our mortification will be lees. Bet we lame that, on tee contrary, by these mesas the Ommilisas may be kept for a very long pedal is =mind =Mention to the British crows, bed tier a t=ai huger in real alliance with the British pupae. !kismet, hsweemr, render the terms of this alliance fa. We mat render, at the same time the laws of allegiance plebe and Wet on their being observed. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1849. And we mast make the Comedian and erety de pendebey feel that they obey the British crown for their own good and thew own greotnem, ma portions of the British race; but that they are I of sabjeet to the British people for the exclusive advantage of its Mttests, or the carrying out of its theories or even of tt nth,. ARE we never to have done with the folly. and guilt of oriental wars of aggression P Or can no ex perience, however varied and cumulative, teach our rulers the fruitlessness of forcible possessious, and the ruinous cost of cooquests? A century has not elapsed since English adven turers, professing to have no other porpoae save that of trade, first gained a territorial routing in India; and but a few mouths have elapsed since the last native government that presumed to dispute the ever widening sway of usurpation was overthrown. To dwell upon the public morality of the means by which this vast course of appropriation has been porsutd, would be mockery. Violence, dignified with the old eoulirigueis of comprehensive statesmanship and chivalrous courage, and fraud wrapped up from popular sight in innumerable folds of administrative hypocrisy. have alternately furbished the materisls out of which this gigantic web of unprofitable wrong has been woven. We 'Ay unprofitable in a public sense. Individuals have. at every rage of the sanguinary business, from the days of Cuvs to three of NAPISII, amassed huge fortunes oat of ihe plunder of Hindostan ; and not even the " too glaring rapa city" of a HASTINGS, or the self-proven incompe tency of an AUCKLAND, has been denied its exorbi- DLLS reward. Many a noble house has been founded with the pillage of that devoted land; and many a dilapidated fortune has been rebuilt with the same. Large armies, fur the rupees,' of police, to detect every lingering strip of local independence, and to root out every fibre of local thought or energy, have likewise given avocations and pay to countless scions of the governing class at home; and there are few aristocratic families who have not come to think habitually of India as a sure resource for at least one of the brood who have been born into the world to live at the expellee of others. Is China Wise devoured next! or is theism's cruel, sordid, and abort-sighted policy about to be repeated towards the celestial empire? We do not ask the question without cause. Not the greedy locks of a vast army, impatient of idleness, and accustomed to dream of prise money—not these alone, nor the yet more repulsive, because more sanctimonious, lust of aggression that is betrayed among the civil servant. of the evangelising . company of Leadenhall-street, whole paramount aim, if we believe themselves, is the spread of Christia.ity at the point of the bayonet throughout benighted Asia—not these alone stimulate our fears. Sounds that resemble the whetting of a keener sword have lately fallen on our ear. Notes of preparation and of warning have fallen from oracular ps; and we can hardly doubt that government i eel begins to cast wistful glances towards the eastern shores of Asia. As Una], the protection and development of our commerce will be made the pretext fur a squadron on the coast, and imperious demands, to be followed in due time by the already prepared invading expedi tion sent forth merely in vindication of the rational honour. But natiouul commerce has in reality just as little to do with the matter as national honour. Toe tine honour of the country as a just, humane, and peace-loving country, is only tarnished by such transparort flathead, and the true interers of trade never can be promoted by the terror, suffering, and ruin which are the invariable concomitants of war. Nevertheless we are tend by en evening contem porary, supposed to speak the sentiments of those in power, that because at d.fferent times and at various places during the last seven years, certain individuals, in all amounting to eight cr nine, have been mur dered by some nemel, es and noteless vagabonds, it is impera avely incumbent on the government of Great Britain, not to call for the punishment of the offenders—for these in almost every instants. have ac wally been already brought to justice—but, • ither to invade the Chinese empire for the purpose of ex torting a pecuniary mulct from every province where ore ut our people has b:en ill-used, or with a view of retaining permanent possession thereof in order to teach the uneulightened natives what are our notions of justice ! The Chinese are stigmatised as a "savage popula tion," who have " none of that respect for human life which would forbid a magistrate to save himself from the trouble of an unpopular act of justice, by the sacrifice of innocent blood." In other words, we are called on to believe that one of the most industrious, inventive, and intelligent people upon earth are, as • nation, such stupid and rude barbarians that when one of them commits a crime, they seize hold of some other man whom they know to be innocent, and im molate him instead. And the credulous world is asked to believe that cur sensibility on the subject is such, Viet we cannot possibly refrain from preparing to spread over an undefined extent of the country where these unjust savages dwell, the blessings of fire, rapine, and slaughter—in order to save the effudon "of innocent blood." The ooly chastisement that ma promise to be effect live mast be one which falls on all alike. Whethtr s.cb a revuea should be wAnibt in the ink,osition of Geevy crate' bations on the district in which the bfrenav has been com mitted, or in taking into our own hands the duty of adtnioie tering justice and controlling crime within the limits necessary for the development of our commerce is a question that will &libitum receive serious thought. But unless one or other of there reruns be taken, sad that very speedily, it requires no conjurer to foretell that our intercourse with China an only bring r•ut two reetalts. The first of these will be the re. prated sacrifice of English settlers to the ignorance and brutality of the Chinese mob; and the next, the chutisement of the latter by a conquest too long postponed, and Memory laborious and expensive. " A conquest too long postponed!" So this, then, is the true reading of all the boasts of magnanimity and forbearance upon former occasions, and the reite rated assurances given by "high p!eaipotentiaries' in the east, and higher diplomatiste in the west, that the government of Great Blitaia cherished no thought of further aggrandisement or any project of new acquisitions. Have we forgotten the generous vows of peaceful ambition and humane repudiations of ideas of ootquest which graced tt e memorable ova tion of Sir HENRY Porn:eon, when he returned in 1843, with the treaty of peace between this country and China? What becomes of all the self-landstioos uttered upon that and subsequent occasions, at the abstinence from all attempt to encroach on the inte grity of that ancient realm or to appropriate any por tion thereof? Was the secret purpose of military and diplomatic chiefs only then postponed, to be avowed and executed at a more convenient season P And do they imagine that the propitious hour has now ar rived, when they can commence the long premeditated work of invasion, exaction, and subjugation ? And all this is to be perpetrated in vindication of our honour and interest as a trading and tax-paying people. Let the public opinion of England be ailed, and we shat MID whether it is in favour of this deliberate coarse of aggression, or whether the protestations so lively and vehemently made against all and every species of warfare are to be treated with marked con tempt and scorn P As for the retences eat up, it were preposterous to waste serious argument upon them. As for the purpose in view. it is palpably one in which the idle and covetous paupers of quality alone are interested—not the laborious, war-hating, Christian people of these kingdoms. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS - Al 70170 RD. —On Friday me raiar last at one o'clock, the thing of gage was heard in Sir T. 4. Hesketh's preserves, st Redford ; on which the head keeper, John Hetketh, amenacled about hobo doses new, sad Eroseeded to the spot, • wood, adjoining the keeper's hours. They were immediately attacked by • pus of sine poachers, a portion of whom were armed with gum, mad they were knelt down, potation their guns at the keepers, the rest remaining bentad, issuing this with stoma. The keepers were overpowered, sad Hooke*, sad • ma named Cameo, ploughman to Sir Thomas, were some! beaten with bledigeose Hesketh, who is • very dett man, had his had laid open. The poachers, it appears, wished to possum themselves of his gun, which be clung to until completely overpowered. He 1., however sot . Rhaetian the number of Ms wounds, going on more favourably Asa could be expecird.—Preston Chroosiele. MALICIOUS COM:MM.—On Saturday evening last some seusdrah cut the throats of two very valuable rams, the property of Bdward Clerk*, Seq., of Commie'', sad wound. d s third. As the eareases of tee sheep were left in the ilek, thus can be a: doubt the antra(' was committed to gratify some malicious feeling. The rams were of a very v.luable deacription, sad were mush pied by the owner, who has been • well-known breeder for many years. Mr. Clarke is a redeems who is much respected ; he has always b ea glad to dm pose ry outplaying great numbers at week sea, and bii.lopalsq to his teigabours has gamed kr him a gall wad users* all who know him. 801. reward has been adored fee the apprehension of the *Souders, by the Bev. H. W. flibtltorp, by Mr. Clarke, and by the Aseoeistio• he the Prosecution of Felos•—Liwooholare Mr on‘lo. Int Court. • z Noe. ISt' The Quetta end His Repel Highness Prins@ Albert luau their Gaud sad, punning walk. • Tke Royal Faisay took walking and pony exercise in the Elopes sad Wielterpark. Vie Quest ilia !Woe Albert, attended by the C.oentess isf Monet Edge a ate (lady is waiting), sad Colonel Hoe. Charles Grey, sad Colonel Hoe. A. Gordan (marrties in waiting), peel a visit to the Count and Countess Nervily at Clardsaset this morning. Tee Belgise Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, lift Castle to.day. There is ao additiee to the royal Mawr party tbis evening. Nov. 11.—The Qom and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. TM Royal Family teak their acme tamed siring.. The Queen sad His Royal Highness Prism Albert, the 1.4 k. and gentlemen of the court, acd the domestic house hold, attended &vim *stria) this manias in the private chapel. The Hoe. and Rev. G. Wellesley of fi ciated. Her Royal Bigheads the Duchess of Kest alto attended the service. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. " The Pi key, Nov. 10. "The Queen Dowager passed yesterday comfort ably, and had south tranquil sleep in the early pen of the night, bat towards morning her thugh became troublesome. Iu man rupees' her Majesty remains much the same. DAVID PAVILP. M.D." " The Priory, NOT. 11. The Queen Dowager passed an indifferent night, having been much disturbed by the frequeeey of her cough. " DAVID DATISIII, The prayers of the congregation of the Chapel Royal, Sr. Jaws's, were desired yesterday (or Adelaide, the Queen D mixer. The Rev. Kr. Dyson preached the twe nty/. The Duke and Duchess of Btutufort, Lord Elpbin stone, Lord Milford, Lord de Manley, and the Hos. Wil liam Ashley, were moss the nobility . present. Lord Courtin] had an interview with Earl o , ey on Saturday. Mr. Jolla Ramis had also an interview with the noble Earl en Saturday, at the Colonial aloe. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his official readying in Dowsing 10•11,t, yesterday evening, grew his seat Hielleton Hall, SW' Doncaster. DEPARTURE OP THZ AUSTRIAN MINISTER.—His Bun lleney the Austrian Minister end the Countess Collo redo let Chandoaboasc at an early hour ou Saturday morn ing fur Calais, en routs for Brussels. After a brief sojourn in the Belgian capital, the noble coact and onetime* proceed on a tour an Italy, after which they purpose repairing to Vienna. The diplomatic duties at the Austrian Legation will be discharged by Baron Koller. u charge &api►es. Prince A. Schoenberg and B.ron Wiedenbruck remain at lath. d to the embassy. CABINET COUNClL.—Sommonses have been issued for a Cabinet Council Lr Tuesday, the 27th instant, at the Foreign-office, at which the wools of the members of the cabinet are expected to be present. BIRMINGHAM, SUNDAY.—informatiOß has been received by the mayor, from Sir George Grey, to the effect that his Royal Highness PAU% Albert will arrive here is. morrow, for the purpose of viewing the Exhibition of Mann er:lmes, now open. This virit will be of a ptivavo character, is the strictest sense of the word. THE FREEHOLD LAND CONFERENCE AT BIRMINO NAw.—This important assemblage take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next, in the committee-room of the Town hall, and will be attended by newly all the leading friends of parliameatary wham throughout the kingdom. The ob. ' ject of this meeting, ea our traders are already SIMI, 1. to devise some plan which will Lave the effect of introducing freehold land societies into every locality of the country. It appears to be now universally admitted that the whole con stitution of the Rouse of Coalmen@ mast be thoroughly changed, and that it is utterly useless to petition parliament for redress of grievances until that change is effected. We cannot conclude these few remarks without men. tioniug a fact which our readers may consider extraor dinarily strange, but which we are sure they will agree with a. reflects the highest medit upon the gentleman coact reed. Ie eonseguence of theftlection of a new high bailiff, the com mittee wore sujected to some little inconvenience in their application for the use of the Town-ball, and *finding it was doubtful as to whether t. ey would be able to obtain the hfigh bailiff's consent in time, they resolved upon applying to Mr. Richard Spooner, M.P., and we are happy to state that that gentleman, without a moment's hesitation, immediately els. pended h is signature to their application. This is as it should be. Conduct like this is alike honourable both to Mr. Spooner and the society. They, regardless of politic .1 differ ences, applied to him for :holm privileges which, as honest citizens, they werejustified to crept ct and he, as a guardian of toe public property, granted the indulgence which they asked fee. We are also happy to state that the high bailiff has likewise given his consent to the committee's application. —Birmingham Mercury._ SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning last, Mr. George Toynbee ' a highly.respectable fanner, occupying between 400 and 600 acres of his own land, in the parish of Howell, near lieekington, committed suicide by taking a quaatity of ansoie. The deceased, who was thirty-three ars of age, had been married only about six years, and has left lour young ebi:dren to bewail their irreparable loss. Aa inquest was held on the body on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Feltner, coroner, and a highly respectable jury. of whom Mr. Wiliam Petchell was foreman, and the members of which had been for years on terms of the most friend) y intimacy with the un fonuoate deceased ; and from the evidence of Mr. W. Gibbs, sullen° area other wenesses, it appeared that Mr. George Tuynbe;, who was of a highly•excitable temperament, had for years been subJect to flu of mental hallucination, during which he imagined himself beset by spectres of the moat frightful description; and that, wile they continued (for three or four days) he was totally unlit to manage the bud nose of bin farm. It was stated that many years ego he re ceived a severe injury on the head, which had probably been the origin of his occasional attacks, although they were gene rally immediately induced by any anxiety resFectinir his fermis, heisiness, or any extra fatigue or indu lgence at market or elsewhere. On Saturday ei,:ht the deceased was particu larly readies, and attempted to get out of bed, with the ex pressed determination of dealing hie head against the wail of the room, but he was withheld by the keeper. At seven in the morsing, Mr. To, nbeei being apparently calmer, the man got up and left him ; Mr. T. soon after went down stain end breakfastel with the family, and about tea o'clock, stating that he was unwell and feverish, raid he would no upstairs and take a seidlits powder. At this time he mast have taken the arsenic, from a parcel procured for agricul tural purposes, sad which was in a wardrobe in his chamber ; he shortly afterwards returned downstairs, and walked to his fen tam, a distant* of upwards of a mile, where he was seen by the servant of his athuntheeper, moving round and round the stacks, in a strange and wild way. He then went home, and the effects of the_ poison becoming evident, Mr. Gibbs war sent tor, who on his arrival administered every possible remedy, without hope, however, and without avail: Mr. Toynbee gradually sank, and expired about five o'clock. He was much respected and even beloved by the poor, but his eccentric habits had long been a cause of uneasiness to hie relatives and 'fiends. A verdict of "Temporary derange ment" was returned by the jury, without hesitation. The melancholy event has cast a deep gloom over an extensive connexion, and indeed throughout the whole neighbourhood. Stamford Morestry. STABBING • CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER.—At the Hull police-court on Thursday, a man named Peter Cassidy, one of the hawken who infest the dock sides upon pretence of selling knives and other arddes to the foreign sailors, but really for the purpose of contraband, wu remanded on a charge of having stabbed Robert Poetill, one of the Customs' ' pa role, who, it was stated, was confined to his bed in thase• quecee of the serious nature of the wound. It appears that the primmer is a convicted muggier, and was coming from a vessel, al which the officer had the charge, on the north side of the Oki Deck. On seeing the dater he maimed drunken ness, and semmeneed screaming that some one on board the vessel bad "Men his goods. The officer, however who it appsan knew him, was not to be thrown off his muird, end demanded if he had any foreign goods in kis remseion, when Cassidy made • stab at the officer, sad indicted • weemslakeet loueias min length above the hips. A male owned, and moats Canons-home aim and policeman amine up, Camidp `wen taken into custody. The caw, who eaSseed meek kem loss of blood, was takes Deese In a fall, and allimkid by Mr. Dosser, the gurgles to tii=e Agee mks stated Isis inability to attend to eve • The polsoneir was therefor, remanded until this day, when we aimsai be will be prosecuted ander the customs laws tors duty menklag end wounding the other in the discharge of hi. A kATHEIt STAMM DT Hie BON OP TWILTE UZI or kon.—A aireamsteme of a deeply tragical md almost smpineeled nature, took plass on the inning of the 6th instant, gellalmer Gregg, I. the parish el Great Iliseen dia. The followlag at. the fasts which led to the fearful The naketnaite .s cur, whose Dams is 7= a recia, a sarpsatsr by trade, sad who also Imps • beer shop at Hobstsr Gesso_ , was so ths evening mated, em ployed I. Makin attar his hems. Julep the temporary abeam of his wife, *be bed is Oa her muse hems ea Mrestice tout glees, mad words were fel lows& by blows, until ea open or tem ensued . Their sou, isereily If of age, tatsdaed on behalf of his mother, gad that he would stab his father upon a repoilim of his violent seadast. Tee strife was unfortunately re weer* sad the boy, without a mosmat's notice, plunged a kegs Me bit Amber's side, Minim a wound of the wet Neigh eaters. Csamenetioa seized the whole of the per igee paean, ea& swami eseistenee was procured as sysidlly es pogible ; bat notwithstanding the moat prompt and timely aid mg abided, the greatest h e is immetained tie poor easa's recovery • iadeed, Ikeda the testimMey of the Medical gendmies mar whom oars the iallesdag ems sow lies the siss er a t p a rers hopeless, indeed the meant bee been prommased a 'Ns CAIPTI7II 07 THE ILUIT BIRTGOLEIt, AT ST. Saw —Tab rand (as reported in the Do lly News of Saturday) threw hew serge overboard to avoid detection, which bring salad by the crew of the Catarina cutter, a Ana, rem ant am go Tot. sad the Cushion, Bealark, and Vigra acesaeared 'reap. hr the sambas tabs. which were crept up at four o'clock on afternasa, is 18 fathoms water. nye way so =say tarp aerie tied us to the warp of the tato that groat mortises was required In roamer big this. Tae to were 00 in sa=ber, and amain about 210 pikes of spirits. The crew wore taken. on Friday, beton L B Atkins, Esq., araty might/ate, and remsadud to gaol for sight days. THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. I,' PREPARATIONS FOR THE The morbid cariosity of the public to witness the execution of gnat existed' has long been a abase and s reproach ; but assuredly none other than an eyewitness meld have credited the souse enacted in the vicinity et Rovaratouger leas Gaol daring the lam two days. !rem an early hour on Saturday morning, anti after evening had closed, the bray din of carpenters' kammen was heard without intermission, several hundred workmen being al ready engaged id erecting mats and scaffolding in front of the houses teeing the prima. for the 'impose of atiding accommodation to the spectators who it is anticipated will Melt to the locality ou Teeaday next. The houses opposite the gaol are small tenements, with gardens extending thirty or forty feet in front. In several cows these gardens are covered with temporary platforms in three tiers, affording ememecedation for many hundred apeetaiters, end, where this arrangement has not been carried out, every window and foot of standing room, on the roof and elsewhere, km bees let to the beat advantage. To 'hew that everything is performed in a purely bail. seas like manner, we may mention that the momeat a °De tract is completed, a ticket is given by the owner of the house to the purchaser of the Best, whisk is printed in this form: ° EXECUTION OF MANNINO AND WS WWII. " Admit the beam to the out —, In the house, No. Homeowner-11m." [Then follows the name'of the owner of the house.ll2 The application for seats from parties of respectable appear. mos continued up to Saturday night unabated, and cot lies alka oast guinea Is charged for staading-reetn within a reasonable distance of the scaffold. Rumor states that several member of the erietoersey have already secured *ens ; and at can bowie opposite the gaol the landlord Makes no secret of the fact that his guests have required him *o Weigh a champagne breakfast at unlimited cost. Another OM was mentioned to our reporter of an old geotleman,who, kerb' to breast the crowd on the morning, had engaged a bed for the night, thus ensuring the opportunity of gloating his eyes upon the drop at daybreak. The sca/Bilt will not he minrimeneed until tooneerow morning, its erection occupy lag only a few hours. During Saturday a canker of men were engaged in removing some loose Hints which bad been 'Wi down on the road in front of the prison, a precaution temeetad necessary as much to mead the possibility of tautest a. by the mob, of popular vengeance on the convict as Much of the time of the sitting magistrate at the South wall Police Court was occupied on &turd./ by al plisations respecting the extensive preparations and other matter secneeted with the forthcomieg execution. Besides the application of the pawnbroker respecting the pistols, • report of which will be found in our police reports, • respectable man waited upon Mr. Seeker, to seek WS assistance. He stated that he lodged in one of tie houses In Horeansonger-lane, about a hundred )ards from the gaol. His landlord bad erected • scaffolding lee the purpose of disposing of seats to witness the execution, and he had carried it to such a height that applicant c laid not see to perform hip business, as the erection p ted the light from entering his room. He therefore wished to have it removed. Mr. Seeker told him that his landlord had no right to shut out the light from his room. He directed ' Guest, one of the warrant officers, to proceed to the place, sad ascertain the truth of applicant's statement. Guest the. left the court, and returned in about ten minutes afterwards, when he informed Mr. Snider that he bad seen the place, and found an extensive scaffolding erected in frost of the house. The latter was situated just past the narrow part of Horsemonger lane, sad • great portion of the scaffolding projected over the footway. The upper part also prevented light from entering the appli cant's room. The landlord of the house attended, and denied that say part of the platform projected over the public way. As for its preventing the light from entering his lodget's room he could nut complain, es hie time was up that night, be having given him a week's notice last Satur day to quit that day. The lodger said be wanted to get rid of him io find an opportunity of letting the window to per sons on the day of execution. He, however, was determined not to leaven—Mr. Seeker said he had nothing to do with their private affairs. It was stated that the scaffolding pist on the public footpath, consequently he should order t a t t ifte removed. Guest was ordered to take • slumber of ounstables with him to remove the nuisance. Mr. Roe, the chaplain of Harsemonger lane Gaol, also waited epos Mr. Seeker, and informed him of the disgrace ful state of Horumonger-lane, especially that part tiring the gaol. He stated' that nearly all the iuhabitants in that locality had raised a number of slender scaffold poles in front of th . ir hums, to which they bad tied side pieces, and plated planks over them, tor the purpose of accommodating wanes to witness the awful spectacle on Tuesday morning. 110 was rertain, from the manner in whichthese platforms were erected, that some serious accident would occur, un less the magistrates at that Conn interfered. So great was the curiosity of the public, that many persons had paid es much u a guises to evilness the execution; and other places were publicly let so low as half a crown. In met, the state of Horeemonger.lane was of en disgusting • nature, that he hoped the magistrate would exercise his en thority, and order the stands to be pulled down.—Mr. SAL r asked the rev, gentleman whether the places were erected on public property t—Mr. Roe replied in the nega tive. The houses in front of the taol had long gardens, end OCCUplori of them had erected the stands tor gain. —Mr. Seeker said that if such was the Case he could not interfere . He wu, however, sorry to hear that respectable people oh :utel act in each a disgusting manner. He hoped the public would have more regard for their morals, and not pa trol he each people.—Mr. It observed that if accidents of a fatal nature occurrel in any of thou places, would not the owners be liable to be indicted for manslaughter I—Mr. Seeker replied that he had no doubt bat they would. He, however, hoped the public world not endanger their lives to witness the execution of their fel:ow meatus...G. Mr. Roe then vetted. THE CONVICTS. The chaplain visited Manning at en early hour on Satur day morning, fur the purpose of offering the wretched man all the consolation in his power. Manning received the rere read gentleman's exhotatione in a very becoming mant.er, and during the InterVew added considerably to U.. statement he had previously made to Mr. Roe on the subject of the murder. This statement, which will not be made public until after the death of the convict, covers 26 pages of foolscap paper, end in it the wretched man admits his knowledge of the fee. that his wife and partner in guilt enstemplated the murder of O'C:nnor as long since as June last. Several other circumstances of a very extraordinary nature are also disclosed in t►is document. During the convict's interview with the chaplain he agate urged the el gentleman to use his utmost endeavours to induce his wife to see him, which Mr. Roe promised to do. At a later hour he addressed the following letter to the chaplain, reiterating his request on this subject : " Friday Evening. " My dear Sir,—Feeling an earnest desire to be at peace with all men, and with my wife in particular, before the clout of our wilily course, which is so rapidly approaching, may I ask it of you as an act of kit dotes to learn from her whether an interview may not take place, es it is truly awful to eolvemplate the wickednese of any one who enter the presence—the awful presence—of God, without bting at peace with all men. As such interview would, I think, ne calculated to bring pesos and comfort to us both in the seat world, do, in the name of God, let me implore of you to ask her to grant this last request for the sake of her poor Foul. Sir, it you could venture to do this for me, I hope you will promote Is. I remain, my dear air, yours obediently, FIiNDX. Gnomon Nommen. The Rev. W. S. Roe, chaplain. This letter wee handed to the female convict last sight, by Mr. Rue; bat we understood th►t it had no effect, as she pan sts is her refusal to grant her husband an interview, unless he first commits himself to the version of the circum stances set forth la her reply to is previous letter. Mr. Bians also had an interview with Manning, and com municated the malt of his endeavours to obtain a commuta tion of the capital sentence on his behalf. Manning had entertained great hopes of les MOMS, and when he burned that all the means which had been tried had failed he app and greatly dispirited. Oa taking his leave he thanked Mr. Sinus very warmly for ail his kindness and attention to him since his arrest. _ _ _ A Sunday paper slates that at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon the cenvict's brother, Edmund Manning, had an interview to take a Snal leave of the wretched man. He was introduced to the condemned cell by the chaplain and Mr. Keene, the governor. Oa observing his brother enter, the convict rose, and advancing towards him, said " How do you do, Edmund I ant glad to see you." Ice reply to his bro. titer's imp:ides, he said he felt perfectly happy and resign.a to his fate. He added that he slept will, and was not at all disturbed during the nieht in proof of which he appealed to the turnkeys in meadows upon him. He asked his brc thkr if he bad seen Mr. Bums, sad whether he was aware of the untavourable result which had attended the appli cations made in his favour to the Home Secretary. He then told his brother that he had written *weber letter to his wife, soliciting an interview, but he feared she was as hardened as ever, and wal d not gnat it. ll...terrine to the subject of the murder, he produced a pencil sketch of the back kitchen, shelving the position of O'Coanes's bddy when (as he alleges) he first saw it. He took especial care to explain this sketch to his brother, and evinced great anxiety to satiety him that he we. not • participator in the murder. After soma other conversation on general matters, he requested hie brother to give his love and last blessing to his relatives, especially the sister who visited him on Tuesday lest, altar whom he inquired most particularly. He also desired his respects to his former master, • cosebbnilder of Taunton, and requested that his best thanks should be given to that gentleman for all hie kindness to him when • boy. His brother being about to leave, Manning requested Mr Roe to offer up a prayer be. tore they parted, which the fiTerrn4 chaplain did in a very impressive manner, all present kneeling and joining in this act of devotion. After the chaplain had concluded the pray , r, his bro her ask. d him Übe *Amid tome and see him mei.. Manning replied that he thought it would be of no ass for him to do to ; in het, he would rather that he would not. The final separation then took plane, the movies re marking to his brother that he woe duly going a short time before him, end hoped he should meet him in another and a better world. On Felder afternoon a Rowan esthetic prelate fro= Taunton bid istarviews with both prisoner. it. had known them while living at that place, and hearing of Mts. Man ning's stubborn toodnet, he telt an mare, to see her, and end. avoar to soften her heart the paid no attention to his temerlui, and was rather rough in her Raman towards hint. The rev. gentleman afterwards visi•ed the wile .unit, who sensed plowed toil, hint, bat refused any religions console tina at his hands. orliosdayi;at the female *soviet drew op a memorial to the Queen, Imploring her Majesty 'o save her from the scaffold, sad raiteratists her Sanoosase of O'Ccoaor's death. This memorial she endosed in a letter, addressed to the Duchess of Sutherland. is which her grace was asked to lay it Wrenn* Mono. The Inter was duly plated, it appears, but being unnald was rejected oa presentation e Stafford house, and on Saturday mornieut it was opened in due tonne at the Dead Inttermdlos, in filt. Martin's le Grand. The wretched woman, impatient of a reply, had written oa Fri day to Sir George Grey, requesting his intent non. :IME CONDEMNED SERMON. The wristei;eloon;icts Minnie, and his wffe attended Divine service in the chapel of Honemonger lane Gaol, yes terday, for the last time, when the Rev. W. S. Rowe, chaplain of the prison, preached an eloquent and most im pressive sermon, in the nuns of which he made frequent and pointed allusion to the unhappy criminals, end exhorted them, by all their hopes of mercy hens ter, to unburden their consciences. and truthfully confess the enormity of the crimes for which they have been so righteously condemned. The tonal service of the prison chapel commences at 9 o'clock in the morning, and there was no deviation from the rule en this wesslem. The other felon prisoners and the debtors confined la the gaol having entered the chapel and taken their respective plate., the condemned prisoners were intro duced in ebarge of the respective male and female officers appointed to attend upon them. The culprit; were so placed that the env could not °nerve the other, Manning being seated on the male prisoners' side, and his wife on the opposite side, where the female prisoners sit. They evidently bed a desire to speak to each other, far on taking their teats they raised themselves and looked over the perti• ion which divides the different portions of the chapel. The division are so constructed, however, like in meet other criminal prisons, as to prevent prisoners seeing each other, and the convicts therefor, did not meet each other's pee. Manning looked exceedingly pale and deinted, and appeared to be suffering greet mental agony, while from the drew of his partner in guilt it would seem that ette had paid some care in preparing for the occasion. The visitors' gallery was exclusively confined to the visit ing justices, of whom there were several present. Mr. Keene, the governor, occupied his usual pew • Mr. Meore, the deputy governor, end all th e oth er ° M oen Of the prison, were also in attendance The convicts. as Me service pro ceed" 4 , became much distressed, and during portions of the rev. chaplain's sermon they both wept bitterly. The usual morning service was read by the reverend chap lain, who took occasion to desire the prayers of the doors gallon on behalf of the two convicts. The prayers having been concluded, and a hymn sung, the reverend chaplain entered the pulpit and commenced his sermon, selecting as his text for illustration the second verse of the 65th Psalm. " 0 Trion that h prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come." The rev. gentleman opened his discourse by re marking that ii all has b knew hew short a period ex isted between them and eternity they would tech feel the necessity of so living as to b' able to assist each other, and thus entertain a well-grounded hope of assistance hereafter through the h ly and divine grace which the blessed Redeemer had gracinuely thrown in the way and placed at the disposal of all who chose to embrace it. How much more forcibly did this apply to their unhappy brother and sister, whose days were num bered, and who had but a few hours to live. He implored them well to consider this, and so to conform themselves that they might hope to be assisted and strengthened to meet their anproschiog end ; and, above all, he beseeched of them to benign every thought of this world, and confine themselves to the courderation of that which would so shortly open upon them. finny. preacher then proceeded to dilate upon the im ports see of repentance to all sinner., after which he ad deemed the two convicts especially, expressing as earnest hope that they would both, by contrite repen•ance and an undiseuind confession of their sins, prime the only claim they could have to be forgiven their trans greenness, and made fit partakers of that heavenly place, where none but truly r'pentnnt sinners could enter. That the mercy of Gid was ell-safileient to pardon the most guilty criminal, if truly penitent, may suffiriently shown in the Apostle's epistle to Se. John, where they were told that "If we confirm our sins, Gad is faithful and just to forgive us our sins , and to cleanse us from all un• Mend usness." And, again, they were exhorted in another place with these cheering word., "Come unto me all ye that aro heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Toe rev. gen tleman then proceeded at some length, and in a very impres sive winner, to point out the necessity of an energetic tepees twee on which the whole heart should be laid bare, con. outing this, the only proper course for the Christian, with that adopted by hypocrites and dissemblers, whose punish ment hereafter would be everlasting misery. If they examined their hearts, how many ales would arise in the conscience a of each—for be sure that sin would always find a voice in the red ales of the human heart. Whatever de ceptions and wickedness,' might he practised by mantled upon his fellow creatures, they might be sure that sin would only ke bidd-u fur a time, and that offenders would meet with their due reward in an a'ter state of existence. The res, gentleman, after further illustrating too text in e general manner, again addressed the convicts, inuring them that their hope of salvation depended solely upon their true repentance and branching them to embrace the opportunity without de lay of laying their hearts open before God, who then invited them, and not to lose one moment of the rhort period allotted to them for existence in this world. The rev. preacher wocluded an eloquent discourse in these words " God be merciful to you both, and to all of us sinners, and teach us to for k to Jests. the sinner's friend, as the on y true source of absolution f or our transgressions." The two convicts, as before stated, were deeply affected during the delivery of the st Talon, and occ 'deadly, when the rev. preacher addressed them personally, they gave utterance to the intensity of their sufferings by solstice audibly. Even after their removal from the chapel they remained ixceed ingly depressed, sod hopes ere entertained that the rev. chaplain's forcible address will not be without its effect on the conscieact sof the criminals. We should mention also that not only the two convicts, but also the other prisoners and the magistrates present, were very much affected by .the sermon. In the amuse of an hour the rev. chaplain waited upon the unhappy woman, and delivered to her the opined letters which she had forwatded to the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Blantyre, praying for their intercession in sparing her life, a also a reply t a petition which had been sent to the Queen by a•.me gentleman connected with the goy. rnment of Louis Philippe as Bing of the French, and whom she termed her guardian, and who, from the contents of letters which have since been made known, had some know• le 4 ge of her, and had gent her money during her incar ceration. ALLEGED ATTEMPT OF MRS. MANNING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. Since the above was written, we have heard from un doubted authority that the unhappy woman attempt e d self de.truction in the course of yesterlay morning. It has already been mentioned that her Luger-nails have grown to a great len.rth, and when it has been remarked to her by the authorities, she has given some evasive answer. 0.1 more than one occasion she has even given an obscene reply resprcting their length, and on enotlr.r occasion she has eta ed that they would be of use to her. In the presence of the chaplain or the governor she covers her hands, by wrap ping them round with her handkerchief. Every precaution wa' taken to prevent her making any attempt on her life, and even the Clothes which she puts off when retirie g to rest are removed from the bed and quite out of her reach. We hear from the polies authorities at Btonet-end that at about four o'clock yesterday moroing ehe endeavoured to strangle herself. Raving observed that the wata ere, as she puppet.% had dozed off to sleep, she made an attempt to choke herself by forcing her nails into her throat. The noise consequent on her convulsion having startled the watchers, they jumped up, and on hastening to her bed side saw she was almost black in the lace. As soon, how ever, a. the wretched woman saw that the watchers were by her side she seemed to rally hemlf, and put her head under the clothes. In the course of the morning the eircuntetance was made known to the authorities, and her nails will pro bably be reduced, or additional watchers placed over her, so as to prevent the possibility of her committing self destruction. HORSEMONGER-LANE, YESTERDAY. The neer epproult of the impending tate of the Manning. drew together yesterday an immense multitude of persons in front of Horsemonger-lane Prison, cad in the immediate neighbourhood. From an early hour in the morning, and up to anon, vast numbers of idlers were au lounging about, paying running commentaries on the future conduct of the eriminals,their remarks in some instances being of the most revoltis g description. The opening of public-hours at oat o'clock tended to relieve the monotony of the ecru, a general rush invnediately taking place into them, the proprietors of which must have reaped a plentiful harvest, for with several additional hands they were kept fully employed. As the afternoon vanced the numbers so far increased that, by four o'clock, Hotsemonger-lane presented one dense men of people, 'eve. ral of them being most respectably dressed, who amused themselves by gazing alternately at the top of the prison and at the front gate, with various speculations that were neither interesting nor creditable. The scene woe frequently diversi fied by the appearance of light carts and ca b s , filled with sight-seekers, which were driven to and fro through the mob, and it was with difficulty some of the crowd escaped without injuries, as the writer witnessed several persons thrown down by the horses. A large body of the A division of po. lice were en duty on the spot to preserve order, and their efforts were for the most part successful. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MEESET.—On Monday a serious accident took plain on the Meney, by which two pones lost their lives. do far uwe can learn, a shrimping boat left the Cocklehole,jst Coburg Dock, about half-past 1 o'clock, having on board four resorts; two of them were being taken to a vessel lying in the river. When the boat was off the Coburg Pier, she was upset by a squall, and the four persona were thrown into the water. Amiantus was Immediately rendered by several persons who witnessed the accident, but, notwiletanding their most strenuous ever. tioLs, only two out of the four who were in the boat could be rescued. The others sank, and were not seen afterwards One of thou in the boat was a man going on board a vessel to see his son. Up to Monday evening, the bodies of :he unfortunate sufferen by this subunit, had not boon ro wooed. —Liosroool Courier. WINCHESTER PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL Itzeoax Aseociaviox.—at a reosnt meeting of Ws ano. elation, it was resolved to rase subscription to defray the expenses of a public meeting, to which Sir Joshua Walms ley, Mr. Thompson, sad other able friends of the came should be invited. S4NITART STATE Or OEPTIEDIGIIRE.—The Rogio trqr General's Quarterly Report, Just published, gives the following amount of the state of this county ander the late visitation "In Oxford en the Isle, 39 persons died from choler+ ; but no deaths occurred in six pariahs. where the rtr.em am wide and clean. In Headiogton and Witney also a cumin number of deaths occurred from cholera ; the other districts were healthy, exempt Banbury, where 25 persons died of scarlatina." THE MURDER IN MILLBANK PENITENTIARY, On Sit'orday, Mr. Bedford, the Coroner for eit . mineter, and • numerous Jerry; aarienthled in the Hillhaek Prison, for the purpose of inquiring into the circa connected with the death of Tnomes Hall, Led 40, a wed * who died from the effects of vi o l ence received from the of a convict named John Francis, wh priso n under sesta:ft of transportation, aud confined in that. Heider ce having been given, clearly finiog the crim e lip % t murder, he accused, but without showi ng any strong motive ha so t Mr. John Davy RentEe, resident surgeon of t) pie kk , said that he saw the deceased at four u'elnek on W last. He was then in his room, and quite insensibiscit found an extensive lacerated wound on the right di. the head. The skull was laid bare. The menthrame of the brain were szposed. There was also a great deal i t hemorrhage from the wound. He had the man removed is the infirmary, and did what was necessary, and reerg e ,n with him almost constantly. He never became sensib le, 1 . spite afterwards. He died the following night between 11 and 12 from the eff.ota of • compound comminued bat of the skull. There was also a w oun d over the eye, bone was not exposed. The post m th selees examinatioa mek by witness proved that there was an extensive fracture of the scalp on the right side of the head a little above the ear; th e bones were broken into as many pieces as nine, Ooe of N s fractures intended to the base of the skull running ne on. The fracture also extended throe to the root o f t h e eft orbit, • and from thence downwards into the base, meting the kw tore on the opposite side. It was quite impossible for &nye,. to recover from such extensive injuries. The jury having consulted, returned • verdict of "Wig murder" against John Francis. ROYAL ARTILLERY COMPANY.—A deaPlich leke recived at the Armoury-house, Artillery -ground, ei g d.y evening last, addressed to the c .mmanding salsa, , superseding, by order of her Majesty, 12 captains andwe: lieutenants, and reducing all the sergeso's to the ranks. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR TEX WEEK —This del —The R ysl Academy, et eight: Er. Oren "On anatomy;' Geographical, at half-pest idd it , despatch from Si, C. Fitzroy relative to Mr. lien n ,74 l .', expeditions to Australia. To morrow -- Institution of Civil Engineers, at eight; Zoological, at three ; papers by E Grey, Waterhouse, Gould, A. Whit e , sad D r. Wednesday—Literary Fund, at three ; Kie r , scop w . eight ; Et: nological, at eight. Saturday—Asistic, at two-. Atheneum. CAMBEIDOE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.... A meeting of this association was held in Dyball's house, Sussex-street, on the evening of Tuesday last, Me, Bond in the chair. On the motion of Mr. Wood, seesaw by Mr. Johnston,' it was agreed to form a Freehold Lad Society, to be cal eat " The Cambridgesiii,e and Heath* donate's Freehold Land Associ a ti on ." Mr. atone .1, mewed, and Mr. Johnston seconded, that Mr Wood be re quested to act also as provincial secretary to the amodatioa, Mr. Wood assented. On the motion of Mr. Bradfield, Mr. ' Wm. Johnston was appointed provincial treasurer. We heartily subscribe to the sentiments expressed by Tari m members, and sanctioned by the vote come too, es to the pro priety of forming such an emaciation. Kindred societies throughout England have met with decided success, a n d have already secured the elective franchise fey hundreds elm otherwise could not have secured it for themselves. If the great principl , s of financi,,l and parlismewery reform an 03 triumph, and the numerous abuses under wl.tch the country labours are to be removed, it must be by maw such decided efforts as those contemplated in theformati n of teeeteld land societies.— Catnortdqeshire Advertiser. TEN HOURS BILL MEETING AT CinunoL-01 Thursday awning 1 as a meeting was la hi in the Assembly. room, Swan Inn, Clitheroe, '• to take bibs consideration the propriety of memorialising her Majesty against any further violation of the Ten Hours Aet, and for the formation of a branch association for the proteetiou and enforcement of Jahn. Fielden's Ten Hours Act." Toe Fate room tom d. ns, ly crowded, and many were unable to obtain admi.eion. Tree following re-elisions were unanimously adopted: "net the thanks of this mewing be most re•ps equity tendered to those millownen who have paid due del renee t: the Tea Hours Factories Act, and that they may be most teepee fully request. d to lend us their co-operation and arsistanee is oar end, av tors to so curo a due enforcemeet of the present fat tors law; and this meeting furthermore disepprov• a of any attempt to alter a infringe the Ten Hours 8,11, and we, the f-ctury operatives and other., will nee every consitutiegal ripens in our power t. preserve its provisions in all their fa levity; and that we also consider that the relay spawn is unlawful and injurious, and ought to he resisted." "That au humble memorial be presented to her Majesty, praying she will he graciously pleased to eufore • the due , netreance of that Ten Hours Bell according to the soiritoi its ' , widen." " That this meeting deeply regrets the 14. s of that indebti gable champion and friend of the uurkieg mae, the late J ihn Ftolden, Esq , and mat sineere:y sympathise, with Mrs. Fielden and family on their bereavement." The prin cipal speaker nt this meeting was Vet. Rev. J. R. St•phene, who spoke for two hours and a bat in support ot the resolutions. ACKWORTIi CIIIMCII-RATE.— The inhabitants of this village ware 1401 . '1 called upon to lay a ehurclivate oar Thursday last. The vestry was convened at 10 o'cl• ek, gad the chair occupied by the Rev. J. ffenwnrthy, rector of the parch. After reading the notice be stated, emote; ether thieas, the difficulty experienced it. getting churchmen's money, e.) that /detests. Jones and Beectott, cherchwardene, were in a dean fig. Mr. Jones then propcsed a rate of 2d. in the pound, which Mr. Beaeroft Seel need. Mr. Thomas entle moved, as aii amendment, " that there be no rate laid at thin time," which was seconded by Mr. John &spice; this the chairmen refused to put to the m fling, saying they had met to make • rate, and this was to be don , ten it evneld not be collected by force on those who ceuld Oct pay it, (we supps se conscientiously) : and after a few remarks from Mr. Fumptirey and Mr. Brown, of the Society of Friends, the meeting separated. The atterdance of the mitigate party was good and orderly, but the churchwerdens wen quite clove to their work, not basing a single supporter present.—Leeds Mercury. GANGS or Btittotsas.—With:n these few years,* set or lawless ruffian, infesting the counties of Northamptca and Bedford, have formed theme, lees leen formidable buds of from six to eight in number, and have commit ed most dui g outrages in the dead of the oieht In butt ountiess The usual paces they select are lone farm houses where the inmate, are few and the occupiers are reputed to keep s. my in tee house. Previously to emanating the burglars, ons or two of the benditti visit the place under the pram* of selling knives, shirt buttons, &e., for the doub!e pur pose of reconnoitering the premises, end of seeing whattorm they may have to oppose. Fortunately for the thieves, meet persons in remote localities repose in such fancied secu r its , that it is geld im they adopt any precautie ns against • visit from these lawless fellows until it is too late. A burglary of this character took place at Bolnhurst on the night of the let inst. The burglars, it appears, broke into toe dwelling of Mr. Thomas Jeffries, a somewhat lonely farmhouse, about the middle of the night, and remnined therein from two to three hours. They were live in number, and wore disguise, with eye and mouth holes in them, over their head. and persons. On reaching the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries, who were the only inmates excepting aI I. they ordered them in feigned voices to be still, and pro ceeded to examine every pocket and drawer eskers they tY °ache money might be kept. They net with a tolerable booty, congaing of a 51. note of Mr. Barnard's bank ! Bedford, about 34. m half crowns, the sue amount in shilling, end sixpences, one sovereign, and two half-sovereigns, three silver watches, one markid "B• Jeffries" on the inside ease, and one with the maker's name, "Thomas Clare, Bedford, No. 360," on it, sue • silk handkerchief, marked B. J.," with all of which they got clear away. There is no doubt but the same fellows were seen in the neighbourhood the day before, and two of them called at Mr. Jeffries' house and offered buttoas and needles for sale. Information of the rot bery was given to the police, who used extraordinary exertions to trace out the offenders, and the result was the capture of three notorious fellows on the following day, who it was aunpects .1 were part of the gang who broke in, whom they took before the magistrates, and got them remanded until the 10th film It ie to be hoped that the whole of the gang will speedily be in sale custody.—Northampton Mercury. DEATH FROM PLAYING WITH LUCIFER MATCHES. —On Thursday last, Mr. E. Herford held an inquest, at the Stonemasons' Armr, Cambridge-street, He lms, on the body of Sarah Ann Higgins, a child two years and a halt old, the daughter of a joiner, living in Stretford-street, Hulas. It appeared that both parents of the deceased were in the habit of leaving home at six o'clock in the morning, for their respc ctive work places; but a girl, ten years of age, bad be.* engaged to take care of the deceased and her brother, oboist seven years old, duriog their absence. On the 19:11 tilt, this girl left the two children asleep in bed ; but shortly after- wards, while in her father's house, on the opposite side of the street, she heard screams, and on going back, she 'curd the decersed still on the bed, with her clothe on fire, and her brother sitting screaming by her side. The flames were th tit:pushed as soon as posaible, and medical advice obtained; but the child had been so severely burnt from the first, that no hopes were entertained of her recovery, and the died en Wednesday, in convulsions. Some 6:Unburned matches were found on the bed, and there were marks on the wall, mode by the matches being rubbed against it, so that there could be no doubt the occident had been caused by the elder child playing with them. A verdict to this lithe was returned according27.—Manchester Guardian. FIRE IN BT. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE.--. On Sunday morning, shortly before the commucement of service, an alarm was given that the roof of St. Michael's ChurElt, Cambridge, was on fin. In a few minuses After wards the fumes broke through the slates, and raced with great fury until 12 o'clock, and than hen were enrertained for the safety . of the organ, which stands at the west end. The west window was consequently broken into, and the case of the organ being broken open, the pi,tes were conveyed to a place of safety in Cans College, immediately opiate. By one o'clock all danger of the extension of the fire was over, and shortly afterwards it was thoroughly got under. The roof of the church, which the fire has revealed to have been of fine old oak, although it was plastered over inside, is totally destroyed, but the old catholic stalls, the flits foliated arches, and sedilia in the south aisle have Escaped injury, as wall as the handsome altar screen. The organ is damaged by wet and the removal of the pipe,. Toe fire teems to have been caused by the negligence of a man who has lately been repairing the stoves and Bun, and who left one of the lath r, on the south side, in an unfinished state; this was covered at the outside vent with slates, so that the smoke and heat found their way between the roof, and heron the calamity. The damage haa not yet been n ame., d, but part of the loss, which will not fall far short of 1,0001, will fall upon Trinity College, the society of which present to the living. The mayor (Hr. H S. 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