The Express. — London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

Y a isa tims es RISK ;of ths latter tho awe of ssi 01 was possivad front Inis Rural 11/glsomm Wawa I= so g a lftwi mama mos also Ihmmailtall_ kg bit eachv o r ue the espearateen at the Mushy of Omar mations to dm hails erg bad sow onsomti ban orwollam RANI wit as salts sod see sem,- b ilf o a llir iss Alamos Sorb,. It Illmazh i tth roped to Niimsasinfiary. Os bail osst of the sedmots2 eaeaed aft mil will animal to • Mi.laske 00,AP. ter ale, effiwei to map* 9104 is Mee reethemea welpereibiag IOOL iladiond by thi s amid , st. OUSEL WY raised, muter the de emit a sLeh. inktr Tug 'fend, a ra l te ti tr us ar tit e nt la raherr ill Te t = igt, is sae Jest anislast. ;16 ham renteiset froy t ba wedges year. The flea paid by them &negated li ra Tic . ; the eatery expeome ta 9211. 13s. This de * will be 9ally =O s eaten. The report i that through the of his Royal High- 1 yes Prime Abed, segatiatioas bad seeduded with governeat, by which, is the mat of the nlle P— ot seceeediag, M. Boffin= win be rented to = no his professorship at Been The meet haven ben to, the meeting proce•dsd to the eleelica el saw when his Royal Highness Prince Albert was or =president. SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASTLIDE.-'le Melection of children into this asylum tosk plies o s Money, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-stroat. wary Nelson, Eq., took the chair, when the election of six vie sad three pine was proceeded with, and terminated at totes eche& The meet was then read, which seated that, Imo the low este d the fends the committee were pm abbot Inn rdeVo the present wenn mere than six bell ai d tests although there was room he many ism inamMe. committee felt grafted for the "staid eat gift of SUL es. Bd., from Ilan. Seems, widow of the bdo J. fererel, . ewe a vice-peesident of the institution. They also the gift of 1001. from the Honour sbli=stim Trinity House, and 501. from the Best Life Campeay, ROYAL The the SOCIETY POI TIM Pitorscri Loudon ha ox or LIFE 1120* - nepenthe of city of mesh &in Tuti. n to the society of 2001, foe the pershan et six = m a their appsatennee, that awake bee been god pined - la wine &Wen of the atty. The meta hes ner tweatrese elation eatiellog wee one- Med 41 tile askepoili, and as the Me Wren they will be sildni Se mensii their sphere of asetalase. the bet tae years the sedety, by the ehl et their boa saved nineteen peewee, who otherwise nest ineeftsbly been perished by the most terrible et eft deane,-ebee b y lee Two moue machlaes an building, sad will sheetly b. ,piesed is West alma ma WIITISIMITII-1111D01.11-11=evening a meeting of the laluebituths el the Weehabread was bolo der the 11• Minn, for f e te purpose of tung . the Lords `Chidesof the Treasury respcting the she of Westrainster-bridge Nixon. Esq., the their. The ebekviras pointed set the serious injury that nagging the elle et the present 'A* would Willa on the inhabitants of Weendneter-read. , To retain the old cite fora new bridge wield be a groat public saving. It, therefore, was the interest of the intiabi ,lests of Westminster-road to use their best ondeavoun to ,spin the present site. Mr. Elliott proposed the first reso lution, to the effect-" That the present daring of the car -Time way . over the Westminster-bridge was a cause of public Anoaventence, and serious injury to persons in trade in the `vicinity, and that the meeting would memorialise the Lords :'ee the Truantry." Mr. Hinton seconded the resolution, Zwlll i =nod unanimously. Mr. Archbold moved, " That a be drawn up and presented to the Lords of the ,that the resent site may be preserved." Mr. Beck the resolution, which was also adopted. A `lenterial was accordingly adopted, and a committee was lrto watch over the interests of the inhabitants of istsainster-bridge-road. Cr INCURSION TRAINS ON THE GREAT WESTERN I.IILwAT.-On Monday afternoon the first excursion train . dam Bristol and Gloucester arrived at the Paddington ter mien ; the train was an unusually heavy one, the number eho availed themselves of the trip amounting to nearly 1,800. The train was impelled by only one engine (the *jot), and performed the journey at an average speed ap ' flinching So miles an hour. The return journey will take place this afternoon. The NASSAU BALLOON.—On Monday night the royal Nassau balloon left Cremorne-gardens, with a number of persons, about seven o'clock, with Mr. C. Green, the veteran aeronaut, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Van Buren, Miss Lowe, Dixie, Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Spence, Mr. Hoole, Mr. • Pond, and three other gentlemen. It passed over the Thames, and proceeded in the direction of Croydon, de mending, after a pleasant journey of about 35 minutes, mar Penge common, where the aeronaut safely alighted, bring readil y assisted by the inhabitants of the neighbour- THE FIGHT ON A LOCOMOTIVE ENGLIE.-Yeeter -67, Temple, the engine-driver, and Poole, the stoker of the mixed train from Bristol, who fought on the engine between Bteventon and Didcet stations, thereby perilling the Urea of the passengers, were brought before Mr. Gooch, the super intendent of locomotives, when, it having been ascertained that Poole was the aggressor, he was immediately discharged. Temple was fined • sovereign. FIRE AT SMITHFIELD BARS.-OR Monday night, a fire broke out in the premises occupied by the Londonliat Company, No. 18, West Smithfield Bars. The fire com menced in the front shop, in which • large stock of hats was deposited. Owing to the combustible nature of the goods a ray few minutes elapsed before the flames had obtained possession of the shop and its contents. The upper of the building was occupied by numerous parties, wro rt h ie ad a gnat di ffi culty in effeet.ng • retreat from the place. The firemen, as usual, exerted themselves vigorously, and the flames were got under soon after midnight, but the damage . done was considerable. - AN IMPUDENT IMPOSTOR.-The sightseers of the metropolis have recently been gratified by the exhibition of a being called " the Wild Man of the Prairies," who has ` held his levees at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The advertisements relative to this singular specimen of nature • led the public to believe that he was a most mysterious creature, half animal, half human, " the long sought-for link between man and the ourang-outang, which naturalists have for years decided does exist, but which his hitherto ' been undiscovered." Thus began the advertisement, which bad the effect of attracting several visitors to the exhibition, bat unfortunately for its complete success one too many. A odent of the Times-who characteristically signsch.72Te " Open.eye "-paid his shilling, and was shown into the sanctum of the monster. He at once discovered din " Wild Man of the Prairies" to be no other than that exceedingly tame dwarf, Hervio Nano, otherwise Har vey Leach, who about ten years since performed the pet of a blue-bottle at the Adelphi, Surrey, and other minor theatres. This, besides being the most barefaced, is • also the most transparent attempt to deceive a gullible ' public on record. ' MUSEUM OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.-The new • buildinKfor the museum, the sits for which is in Jermyn street, Piccadilly, is to be commenced forthwith. The deposits at the present building at Craig's-court have, some time past, outgrown the means for their accommodation. LUDICROUS Occunamecr.-Yesterday morning a tradesman of very extensive business, residing in the • borough, near London-bridt, n iad occasion to go to the • Beath, for the purpose of c hangi ng notes to the amount of 801. m gold, and, upon arriving t ere, to his utter astonish ' seat and consternation, found that he was not in possession of the property. With the utmost speed he gave the In formation to several police constables, and also to the station-houses, that he had been robbed of Bank of England notes to the amount above stated. Having done so far, he proceeded home for a list of the numbers and dates of the notes, when, still more to his astonishment, he found the property where he bad left it, namely, on the table of his own parlour. Having obtained them, of course, he " per fectly remembered" that he bad forgotten to take them with him. BODIES FOUND.-Yesterday morning shortly after six o'clock the body of a gentleman was discovered lying on the shore of the river, opposite to St. George's-square. Life had been some time extinct. In the course of the morning the body was identified as that of a gentleman of property, and repectably connected, named W. Johnson, 52, who had resided for some time at No. 14, Belvoir-terrace, Vauxhall bridge-road. He had left home after dinner on the previous evening, which was the last time he was seen by his friends alive. He had been in a low and depressed state of mind for MSS days past, but his family could form no opinion what ever how he came in the river.- -On Monday morning a man unknown was found suspended from a ladder, by the side of a hay-rick near the Jolly Butchers, in the Green-lanes, Tottenham, where the body . now lies. He was about 25 years of age, of d a rk complexion , with no whiskers, and was a bout 5 feet 7 inches in height. He was dressed in a light green coat, with gilt buttons,striped Valentia waistcoat, drab goners, and a beaver hat, with the name et Lee, Plummer's-row, City-road, written inside. THE TRINITY BRETHREN--On Saturday night last Captain Nelson and others of the Brothers of Trinity house, arrived in the Trinity yacht at Blackwell dim ea official tour, which extended to Heligoland and pores ahrag the German coast. At the place above-named, the pint was visited by his Highnem the Prince Albert of Saxesy, and many of the titled foreigners there assembled. ABOLITION OP DEODANDS.-The act to abolish deodands came into operation yesterday. A STRANGE THIEF.-On Saturday last the follow ing extraordinary theft of • diamond ring took place at the hew of Captain Bryant, 23, Wellington-place, Shacklewell. It appears that • tame jackdaw, the property of a gentleman kiln neighbourhood. was seen by the servant to enter the bed-ream of Captain Bryant, and shortly after the jewel was aimed. A sear c h was made, and ultimately it was disco valid in the fore-court of the house, and, on furthe t r o gr e ; at.., it was ascertained that the bird had taken it, with another small article, from the room, but had fortu nately dropped it shortly after leaving the window.-Globe. THE FIRST OP SEPTEMBER. -Yesterday being the first of September the early trains of the several • ways conveyed masses of metropolitan sportsmen with their Mon tan and pointers to various parts of the country, with the Liming anticipation of abundance of game and good sport. The reports from the crack manors are most satisfactory c l raws being plentiful and strong on the wing, sad feed on the ripening grain are in prime condition. • div i sion of the metropolitin police iv lately been appointed to a most lucrative situation as commissioner of Pollee for the Isle of France. THE FORTHCOMING REGISTRATIONS.-CITY OP Le/num.-In the Livery list, the Liberals have objeated t 0231 &Ames ; the Conservatives to 560; t 843. Several of the tbjections are made by both pesthole misdescription, change of residence, dc. The objections made to the householders ore, by the Liberals, 1,515 ; by the Conservatives, 2,800 ; fetal, 4,315. The seems-on the Livery list were ohy two .. ,-, ~~~.. . THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY shwa aft they idled the Mien Men et the eniheeltim le et be was bees& tempittenneenemment= unmet il=f eingliege as imaie~; nal In ee 'heir pared mu *mete Inelimeo IThos thee sellelf es ihr so it minhs lie . (Ate) He (111 r. O'Ommeit) was sue Kat weal& he always hem& ready to NM= SR the ofthe people -- t e a sis = old this law, Thai be !rie s say was eureendoe—honeeteli se Ihr the re of OW .1,111111111114 to it wee a law whisk i Mesh! ler to hap the poor la and by yid& the foe* weld have an elppereanity ef earning wages, k " C hg amane th"l o . f a su vie ; ftr ths th h e= ide and ni7 T.- and wanted charity from no man. (" Hear, hear, tad thems.) The law he alluded to was said to go too ter waled the landlords. (Hear, hear.) Now, he (Mr. O'Connell) was a landlord, and he did not thin]; so, for he thought it contained two good principles—it made bad land lords do their duty, and contributed to support these who bad no other means of support. (Cheers.) It was, in fed, a measure of out-door relief and he would tell the gentry that they would have this law perpetual, melees they tanks lEle ic eßed him in getting a parliament in Collegeogreen, w would bring the absentees home, make landholders reside on their properties, and take care of their tenants. (Her, haw.) This was a melancholy topic, but he had dem with it, and would now refer to one of a more cheering nature. (Cries of " Hear, ism, bear.") He was now about alluding to the infidel colleges bill. (Hear hear.) They had all heard from the Fredonia's Jou rn al that the eardinah of Rome had condemned that measure, end that there was little doubt but that it would be condemned by his Holiness the Pope. (Hear, hear.) What a triumph was 'that for the people of Ireland, to say, that the measure they amellearle I was disapproved of by the heads of their church! No (Kr. O'Connell) was abused by all the Tory papers—as he had been for fifty years—for denouncing this bill (hear, beer); but he would now ask whether he was right or not ? (Chess.) He was right, and he would warn the govern ment against attempting to carry out such an infidel measure, or aelompt to threaten the Irish people. It was a measure gym" by in parties. The Presbyterians, he was happy to ray, had asked the government to give them the appoint ment of the prefeinori of their own faith, and he thought it west fair dewed, and regretted that Lord John Russell amid have thought fit not to comply with it, for it was bat kir and ism. It was just, and they should get it ; ad be woald also take we that the Boman Catholics Amid kw the oppohlaient of their poeforsors ; and the hob of de Peetallant char& haves draw privilege— (hear, bear) ; and in order to same theme advantages he would, epee that day week, peeper the adoption of a peti tion to the Queen, wetting out died: vim en this subject, and faloraiss the orresearaa, that if they wasted the sup portentous hide people, they maw do justice to Ireland, and net ghee them a mixed educadee, hr he &sheered a mixed edam. ea, because it always led to imidelity or indifference, as is the ease of the Prussian gireememat. which adopted that =(Cheers.) Having sehered to thew two matters, as another matter of great importenee he (Mr. O'Cou nell) wished to refer to. (Hear, hear.) Several parties had spoken of their anxiety to bring about a reconciliation in that hall between the Old and Yound Ireland parties. (" Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) Now, no one was more anxious for • reconciliation than he was, and par ticularly with Mr. W. 8. O'Brien ; but, in effecting such a re-union he would not consent to sacrifice the prin ciples which involved the interests of the Association, or in volved any principles that might consign them to the tender mercies of ,in Attorney-General. (Cheers.) If Mr. O'Brien, o , :• o In/ of the others adopted their principles fully, they receive him or them with open arms—(hear, hear, hear)--and if they did not come, it was not his (Mr. O'Con nell's) fault—(cheers.) He was ready for a re-union; but such a measure could not take place without a full declara tion in favour of moral force. Until the sword was thrown away, there would be a perfect impossibility of a reconciliation, but on those peaceful prindples—(heer, hear, hear, and applause.) He (Mr. O'Conne ll ) a., had boon asked why he did not bring forward his k against the Nation until long after the obnoxious articles appeared. Now, he would answer that question, and he hoped satisfactorily. He post poned it, because he wasaware that the Notion was under pro secution in the Court of'Queen's Berich, at the suit of the Crown, for a seditious libel, and he did not wish to say anything that might be prejudicial one way or another; that alone was his reason for postponing the severance of all com munication between it and the Association.—(hear , hear.) Upon the 15th of June, Lord J. Russell said in the Home of Commons that the Nation was a paper which advocated vio lence and separation; cad what course could they adopt under the circumstances, but to sever the connexion, for the accusation could not be fairly denied. The Nation, no doubt, denied the imputation ; but he would show that the denial was incorrect. The learned gentleman then read some ex tracts from different numbers of the Nation to show that it was for separation and physical force, when Lord J. Russell made this statement, and long prior, and subsequent to it ; and went on to say, that such lan guage having been pub lished, he found it necessary to take the step he had taken, for ho was determined to take care that no mistake should occur, or that it should go abroad that that Association was for separation. (" Hear," and cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) had brought forward the question of moral and physical force in committee, when " the moral force and no separation" doc trines were carried with but one dissentient voice--cud that dissentient voice was no longer enrolled in their books as a member ; in fact no man of his principles was, or could be considered a member—for none but moral force Repealed were qualified to be so. (Hear, hear.) Moral force and no separation, was the basis of the association, and always bad been, and always would remain to be its foundation — (cheers.) Emancipation, and other good measures were carried by moral force, and the Anti-Corn Law League carried out their principles by the same doctrine, and what, there fore, was to prevent their success? (Loud cheers.) They were for peace, and against high treason ; for he considered the writers of the Nation subjected themselves to such a charge, as he would be able to show. (Loud cries of hear and cheers) There were two descriptions of treason, either written or spoken, and they would at least come under the former class, if not tether both. (Cries of hear, bear.) The learned gentleman then proceeded to prove that the " Young Ireland" party were all guilty of treason by referring to the publications in the IS Mien newspaper. He quoted from that journal two several article., the one refer ring in complacent terms to the severance of the " ligature" which binds Ireland to England, and the other referring approha'ion to the period when Ireland se.ould be prepared to declare her own independence. The hon. and learned gentleman said that these were articles advocating separa tion, and such as would become treason if any overt act in furtherance of them had been done by any party. Mr. O'Connell referred to " Blackstone's Commentaries," in proof of his definition of the law, and proceeded to say that, as counsel for Ireland, he could not permit a few young men to make the entire association liable to death upon the scaffold. (Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) was obliged to go to the castle, as he had stated ; but he could not leave with out &disavowal of physical force—and having done so, he was happy to announce that the city registry was going on well—(Hear, hear)—and that the repealer' had a majority that day of 193 on the registry. (Cheers.) With moral force they could do anything, and he was for it alone in obtaining repeal, while he was ready to take anything the Whigs would give him until he got it. (Great applause.) The learned gentleman here left the meeting, observing that he would return if possible. Mr. Steele, Capt. Broderick, and Mr. Levy having ad dressed the association in handing in money, and made allu dons to the late split in doing so, Mr. J. O'Connell. expeessed , a hope that they would hear no more of "Young Ireland ; ' and having addressed the meeting at some length, concluded by moving for a commit tee to inquire into rho religious grievances of all classes of Irishmen. The motion having been seconded, was carried ; after which some money was handed in by different persons. At 4 o'clock Mr. John O'Connell announced the week's rent to be 1041. Is. Gd. Mr. Thomas Steele was then called to the chair, and the meeting adjourned to Monday next at the usual hour. " Youso IRELAND" TN THE PROTINCER.—We read the fallowing announcement in the Limerick and Clore Exa miner of Saturday :—" A large and respectable meeting of the Repealed of Rathkeale was held on Friday, at the Repeal Reading-room in that town, the Rev. Dr. Synan, R. C., in tee chair, when resolutions of approval of Mr. S. O'Brien's political career, and the young gentlemen with whom he seceded from Conciliation-hall, were unanimously carried. It is intended to-morrow (Sunday) that a depu tation do wait on Mr. O'Brien, Cahermoyle, to present him with an address, conveying to him the purport of the above named resolutions." Mr. O'Brien has made no declaration' of policy since his secession from Conciliation-hall ;it is net { improbable that he will avail himself of the occasion et >w l plying to this address to do so. Femur's or CROPS.—A correspondent of the Limerill and Clare Examiner says, The greeted excitement was eseeed in the populous districts in and about Ennistymon and Lie canner, by the stopping of the public works. I may vestal, to assert that in those didricts one garden of potatoes, with out being diseased, is not to be found, and when the staple food of the poor man is thus destroyed, is it prudent, is it Christian, to discontinue employment ? The saving of the bravest is only a pretext, for there are hands enough for ha ; besides, the fine weather we have will nearly complete OM work this week. Full credit may be. given to the go menutent for their intentions, but I do not think the Board ennuis soffeiently active and alive to the wants of the r o aminge when the various and multitudinous labours ea them are considered, they are not to be blamed ; but the government, the representatives of the county, and other influential persons connected with it, should be called on to have the work recommenced. In comparison with the population, the resident gentry who give employment see but few, and it would be impossible for them, with their good intentions, to alleviate the famine that is threatened. I Tue Hutvesr.—The cutting down of the crops proceeds rapidly in this neighbourhood, for the last week ; the weather, we are happy to state, was most favourable foe the husbandman. The wheat and cat crop are most prodtadive this year.— Twos Herald. POOR RATEL—The military are again called out in the west of Ireland to collect Emn'o rate. CHARM BEGINS AT noids.—ln looking OM the lids of subscriptions for the relief of the poor, as the Sligo Cham ion we chanced to perceive the name of Colonel Alexander l' adeval, of Templehouse, and after it the sum of 261. This we thought handsome, and we were about to give to the colonel credit for a geed deal of liberality, when we per on= by a note attached in small type, that he only sub s conditionally, and the condition was, that " the old Templehouse road should be made." TARING Toni HT THE PORELOCIL-011 Monday (says the Limerick and Clare Eraminer) a poor farmer, named Thomas Allen, who holds two acres of lead in the north liberties, and who, we are informed, has regularly paid his rent up to this period, bad a eonple of keepers placed on his l io an di dl a e rge expe . nees The o reas f whom , ssit to n Va iar eni t ir shav tis, ho pme will tice have ia. Mat he had told part of hie wheat (cop, in Order IQ Wawa , , . . . • • • . , • , Llbmale, sad atm Coeserrattes Os the hemelwrieme the Liberal chime am 304. The Coseervellives live made Het, nese whatever. CITY or Wseresterras.—The sembor M' new elsdaas here b 1147 . 0 ad the stuabee et 967. Dettonatm HILO TIORTADAY.-1 . Oats, in Priseres.nred, LreatherA, es the hedy Frehriek Ankold pane ra 37 ire Li =et west of a ea "I the l MI is i jit • rz benes. folly be bed hes is the ` lmre the tames where he bid liamiles d ip Kw s as addieloil lie the se efloamink esd doamprseics was that le bed poisoned linwert WS the empos attributed - ids *silk to es aft* of limb f. the Amin. enktith hem Moral essela."—At the Kuhl Bens Tams, Oresowich, Wore Mr. C. J. Cant*, et the nmaiae of Catherise Desevan, aired 21. It will be smothered that a pieties ei the body ef - this milsionate mom was hand I is the dm abest thine wake am • The eviller*. root to thew that the had fallen into the river at Hingerford Pier, es Baster Sunday, owing to the eilidtattirbith {hen motred then. An open verdict of " Fouled drowsed" was retabed. —By Mr. Wakley, at the Unisee ssis Car ess ll ause e urt, epitoloos the bod Mof Janet offat Bain, mot read. was thrown oat of tis the 9th of June, and died on Saturday let of the injuries site restived. Verdict, " Accidental deat h"—By Mr. rapis t no Menlo night, at Guy's Hospital, respecting the smolt of Joseph Dowd , aged 13 years. whom friends reside at Lynn, Nor folk. Decried was killed on Friday while helping to unload a veesel at Cotton's Wharf, by a mar of slate falling on hint. Verdict, "Accidental death."—By Mr. Wakley, in the drawing-room of No. 15, Brompton-creseest. Brosooll, the residenc: of Mr. 0001f0 Arnold, as the bed= gmlema, aged 66 yeas. who ecnuoided vie di. having owned oeseiderside poperty as a esbinetmaker_ , retired ten boobies is July, and Mn . Amid having died a few math before, be bet one d bie obese to reside with him. Os Friday afteoueen be set has to Mrs with some badmen pow, sad is bee reams base between II and 9 Vele* is tbe swain( she was teak to obtain adnittesee. As mimes having *O4lll elleted, deemed wait fad is a trek wash-house, quite dead, with his throat cat, a looking giro hedge hint, and a =see and two peaknivea tear Alm, all marked with blood. No onus mkt be assigned for the emmisies of the act. Verdict, "Deems* died by his own oat, but as to the state of his Wad at the time thine was no evidence to show." THE CITY 4tEG IBT RATION.— Sir,—l am a how. holder of the City, and have been so lam 1840. I was Int on the Register in 1841, and have beam sa every year shim I voted by this qualification for Me. Pelt= at the sealed between him and Mr. Daring icy males mak Its twee I live in would mace to !assailtfema 1111. hereashisiders. I have duly paid all rates and taxes, sad have never had any other raid/sloe than this from the day I entered it. Yet lam objected to. Is not this purely vexatious ? I should, perhaps, add, that I was for some years a member of the League. I know of no other cause of objection..-I am, Sir, A Loarriox ELecdroa.—Aug. 31, 1846. A GREAT MISTAKE.—Sir,—An I am sure Ton are anxious that only correct reports should appear in your columns, I take the liberty of mentioning one or two inaccu racies in the account, in today's paper, of what took place yesterday at the Hann Tavern, Bennington, under the Commission in Lunacy, to inquire into the state of mind of Mrs. Catherine Cansaaing. The witness, Mary Inman, is stated to have deposed that Mrs. Cumming had " four cats and a kitten, sad aced to buy for them two pounds of beef a day," but the bulk lithe witness stated there were three eats, sad that ores posed et beef was purchased each day.— Yours, F. F. DISEASE IN THE POTATO.—Sir,—Having taken a constant interest in practical and theoretical fanning for the last 30 years, I trouble with a few remarks on Mr. Munre's letter, whirl appeared in your paper of Saturday, more to point out its incorrectness and fallacy than to aim any Ides of what the potato disease is caused by. lii. theory is shortly this : ' The potato disease is not an epidemic, which made its appearance in 1845 for the first time, but a gradual decay of the potato by being dug up year after year before it is properly ripe." I will not pretend to dispute this pro- position ; but if Mr. Munro be a practical farmer, he must know a very good reason why " potatoes are not planted at least before the Bth of April." When the young plant gets frost-bit, in the mornings, the shoot hat to grow afresh from the set potato, which throws the amp back three weeks ; besides, this greatly weakens the set by growing a second thus. Again, Mr. Munro, if he be a practical farmer, must have observed a very marked difference between all the failures of the potato crop in 1845 and 1846, and the failures before those years. Before 1846, the failure occurred only when the planting season was very dry, and particularly when the manure was not sufficiently rotted and moist to nourish the plant ; and therefore the failure was, that the plant did not grow. This was obviated by " rolling" the earth close down to the " set," and also by additional cover ing of earth ; but in 1845 2nd 1848 the potato grows far above the earth, has all the appearance of health and vigour, when, suddenly, they are affected, become black above the ground and diseased below simultaneously. Also, when the tuber is cut through, it appeared coloured and hardened in a rammer peculiar to 1845 and 1846.—ROBBILT JOHNSTON, M.C., Middlesex. ' IRREGULARITY OF THE BRAZILIAN PACKETS.—It is to be hoped that the establishment of a line of steam-ships between Liverpool and Rio will put an end to the gross irre gularities which now exist in the man communication between the Brazils, the River Plate, and this country. The follow ing facts will show how great this evil is at present :—The Penguin packet arrived at Rio on the 11th of March, and according to the proper arrangement, which is that there shall be a packet every fifteen days, it ought to have sailed I on the 26th of that month. Instead of doing this, it was de tained until the 16th of April, making a detention of thirty six days, instead of fifteen, and an interval of fifty-three days between the sailing of the Penguin and that of the previous packet. The Swift arrived at Rio on the 25th of March, and I remained there till the 25th of April, being detained 31 dan instead of 15, and yet sailing, most uselessly, 9 days after the Penguin. The Crane arrived on the 17th of April, and sailed on the 9th of May, being detained 22 days, but (for a wonder) sailing at the proper interval from the preceding packet ; and, to make up for this approach to regularity, the Ex press arrived on the 25th of May, and was posted to sail on the 28th of June, being 34 days after her arrival at Rio, and 50 after the sailing of the preceding packet. It has not yet appeared. The Inconvenience resulting from thew monstrous detentions is excessive, and the whole arrangement is very discreditable to the parties who have the superintendence of this part of the public service.—Liverpool Times. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Anover 31. CORPORATION ADDRESS TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT. This day the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, accompanied by a largo number of the Aldermen, Common Councilmen, and Officers of the Corporation, presented an address to his Excellency the Earl of Besborough. Shortly before three o'clock, his Exce ll ency, attended by his Aides-de-Camp, arrived fromthe Viceregal Lodge, in the Phcenix-park ; and at three o'clock a notification was made to him that the Lord Mayor, and the other members of the corporation, lad arrived. The Right lion. the Lord Mayor, advancing to the foot of the throne, read to his Excellency the following address ro sus TUX NAN& OP irentrocon, LOILD A i dii %/AL . AND Bi tan t /VAAL Ekesue llo=: i t e r x rL11111:0 ; alarm; and Duresems of DMA& "MAT rr PLIMISTOOR Ezarnmer.—Mk. de lard Meyer, AI - demen. and Inorens el dr City et DOW. la Orman Orson smarisik tsar le year Medium sper INA dams ori sea drl ormenterder Mot yew y e Merriment to the mar MOM If Lad bona Is the __ariad the MA erhosity lA rgr i ef Orserear d Weed to your Excelkary, dervelly adorea to so as yen eoe szk imd terth, family, and mikes% vs =Ea = rt la with the dsdre hes ism smarned by ear teramb this pert leer dessilissey's I Mohr, mil attendee ts able hereto ic yew dimpoderd mi thole* grardsofeareance thettlitesteass orris. lidesty's sw mwaltwesetLmeendadre k O. hekeede at her lekh Peers then h has hem em eniel to their wtristr is qryke to Oak VIM pride we rompales mar a neldeat poor el brook me tame that year 'e pergne:int to gernmer our leer the Imilmer at nmsores midi wal elms irahrl spa a yerlbet epode lift ths acre krand ports ef as smoke; aid Mrs ma realm op to our headl insuents ro tier bar Metery ermined to your and bende, yea ray rake lir Mon the adeddstrati hr oa ed dds smeary with the enessiseress that yews Mier Or its peke, prosperity, and hap' pramsham crowned Mr ram “Wn.uan Poen, Town Clerk." Eh Excellency having moat graciously received the fore going address read the following reply : MT Loan MaTaa, ALDWOL_•,•I AND BUXOM= or TEC CITY or Mal" Mink you for the esedlal manner it whir yen have oared me year ea ea arrival in this eteray. In esserine the aline to Het Majratlei .di cisedylbra yisessit to n a ler rso V tibm illa erintas ier. ettrs r e ear ettitort . y which that I dell neer. ken my fellosjeerokyrm Minn 111= parts of die kredom ktes so kindly sem threartt to agree their apperal et the seedalmat that Ha b er km prier M are el a MUM Ineysister ,lestusent et Ire Ths hirer I ism shims ths rapt* al this eserey morn de ameleimmt met grefyleg, en It ine the epreerary ef arriMmelkedy &resew nu to those mama al trod imereerimr width isnot toed to the am =rid mire el eis lisgaria I dimly riri the domes that in mem /err of the merry kiss the tro ef ths arou sod yea mim rely ea sity bresdatalY mfflyrg into reset roes ths keirime have Mere& be- grift the More denial mar dds heavy trimireass of renikesd" Alimmee dir Jck* Power sad Aldermen Shahan were than presseted to his Enalleney-{Alderman O'Connell wan not presented to him)--and laving bowed to the other mem bers of the corporation several times, they withdrew. REPEAL ASSOCIATION, CONCILIATION HALL. The usual weekly meeting of the members of this body was held to-day in the Conciliation Hall. It was badly attended, both as regards numbers and orators. At one o'clock, Mr. O'Connell (who appeared in his cocked hat and corporate robes), John O'Connell, Esq. M.P., Daniel O'Connell, jun., Esq., M.P., and Captain Esq., entered the Hall. On the motion of the learned gentleman, the chair was taken by J. K. O'Dowd, Esq., barrbter-at-law. Ms. RAT (the secretary) having read the minutes of the last meeting, Mr. O'Cositaii rose, and handed in *me money, and In doing so said, that as he was in theater vier. dra* he woad address* a meeting at eats. (Hear, hear.) H er o to go up with sic sebum from the emperation to that tic Irish nobleman, the Bari of Berbarevgb, who was tolerably !imam with the messed! et the Irlek breve, end who would teitekirst to bear lie cs bogus In the Conk of Dahlia. Neither had igeet to best it in Conelltbatkes sod as he sa tothem,bewasid at ewes Mir to the topi Is ssy isireisis to disk mdse. The Int was as To eath, pinto asp. (Rae, hew.) It was said that seseelidlos hod dose nal* to prevent the awful rin ser:mem liludly to arise ftoic slaws of the potato eropthe Now, that waa act true, for lie geoid braresti that committee had done all in its lower tO relief, by put ting into tie bait ad the germinal every account they r(4, SrPTEMBER 2, 1846. Is Lary ton be the of of Ware/1 and tam Iy, kb , sad also te pay or a debt I.= imiline fae nam e r&l=Cortnig the past ansaner. If tbeas STIMINIOS he it assent be denied that each at thie ammo sit diagram, is lowlifes but °slas hes& as ward eft dbamasset,, er ammerve the peace of the emmtry. Weds esaibasaa had waited two days or so, the kierfait pawl *gee& Parllagessat would have prevented Igign bona Wig his tameat's mop seder such circumstances; ladle wee ddiessied to take time by the forelock.] • GOOD LIANSLOID.—As a eantrist to the above I gladly gads the ildlowisi dam the arms journal The tenants os the emesse n a aj lie. °seep Osimii, of Aided* county Timmy, at Mask* Ind Ballykeefe, near Bal e. Meagre', were masiderably excited yes terday med., by the appeerease of a new agent, whose samekadsaldred amen diem emu unpopularity. The term* aired did they would pay him (the agent) no rreed, bat reedit Tether go moit gdiday in a body to the land leers raidemes c Ze uid te his de messes with gratitude and thinks. Mr. legedierd, is exceedingly popular ammo. thew e Ilebirkabie ibr humanity and kind lbsdelgemas, mad it is very umgradaful to their feelings that any etdlor her , party should ease between them and so good a land,' BUTODATION or 111711/L 111110111TRATES.—Mr. Powell, Y.P. per Limerick, has eddrageed the following letter, in re ply to the eirsider informing him of the Lord Chancellor's *mere to misstate Waifs the Cesusimica of the Peace : 1 ' Clansbney, Osolleammill, .agiest - 19, ISM millr„—Toor lathe of the 1114 b WM, aikonsd le me by desks of the lard Clionsoller, bosjw6 noshed me, smi be reply, I beg lows to own, for the Inhemitissi of his lionehlp, Mat Wog amber m pro maw modal mkt by seardleg the preeestlenof the laws le the poorer climes of Issrlinjones blob WOMB es be as lies *Ma my ham bleairmilmic redoes le ressone nodes or • mogistrele Mete Peelers Lad Clavinsike Wake St to relsaMeme Is the ennesbelon cf the yore, via the grove& of tamer! fromeolah Ima elloillyenesquelesel, man Moor team nr.eigia via the wellgot ever ems Mo wey bawls. 'hers the hamper to be, str, your osulloot b em bl e " Cmaa rooms "lb lanais W. Irak. Secretary's Oie, rear Cleat% " THIS BARTORID MAOISTRATIS AND THE LORD CHAN cam.oa,—(From the Mail cf this evening.)—ln our publi cation einem Wednesday, we gave the letter of Mr. Plane ihsassest Bader to dap Secretary of the Lord Chancellor, in with* lbe femme Isatisman, while accepting the restoration of his sceasiehm. doseaded that the mode and nature of that noteellion Awn le each as to concede emphatically to Mr. Bailee what he *Maly, though in respectful and gentle manly berms, asserts, namel7, that as Sir Edward Bugden had " tampered with the ementution when he improperly dis mimed him and his handier magistrates from office, and in order to obviate any suppinition, from the terms of the secre tary's letter, that his lordship believes there were any just grounds originally for his disminal," that high functionary is required to reinstate Mr. Butler in the commission of the date and in the priority to which he formerly occupied, and that without expense, As regarded the concaving a false date to the commission, we Mated such a thing was =poen- Me. • The jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in frauds is to relieve against, not to fabricate them. As to the other requirements, we felt our anspicions that they might be com plied with. Both our views tarn out to be correct, as the following wrapped's,* will ealdbit : Secretary% Odle. Pew OM% Dublin, Aug. Mb, 1946. Sir, —I have Ow beam Inloam pm Mt the lard Clionesike has given Wrestler lisr mi = ji lieriashiMl la theomminion et the pave for da asarity wed lad me arms' all dial tbe tesealeicat la the gine fa 11 wasbehrepow rerame‘ ond that rdlrearo relmartel Mann hue; bat I ma the la elate Illet lde bee act poser te anasnile s eremite be be Ward. I have ths brow to be, Mr, shellont aselmok (aped) Wiraaan Baur; Pierre B.l3eatior, Nog. le the Lea Oedler. Lodge Pah, Aa& 1111, Int Mr,-1 bay eitamblae the zieelpl dray h im, falleaba lee that the Lard (teethe bar gaga the teeameg dheillaa fir my ban yeadeled hs the esemeadea of the palm the Isinhel ca yman le salable the eaminisa Is of no impeelatee, ea the Ma& emit moms ba whine MB hold* has and way vim ehaelis alto he fey ewe, the pendloillty of my josless=ea the wore of or of persosallowsour.—l r‘ma dr, (Wined) Puma ilonmear =ca. F. W. Brady, le. Well, here we have one more judicial admission of the propositions propounded to, and extorted from, the Lord Chancellor by Mr. O'Connell and Lord Ffrench, namely, that the dismissal of the Repeal magistrates by Sir Edward Sugden was unconstitutional, and therefore that their re-in statement is now justifiable. LORD JOHN MANNERS i.e LIMERICK. Lord John Manners, Mr. A. S. O'Brien, Cratloe, and Mr. William Monsell, Terror, on yesterday visited and minutely in spected the schools of the Christian Brothers, Sexton-street, Rev. Mr. Brahan's school, Bridge-street, and the Convent schools of the Sisters of Merry. They expressed themselves highly-pleased with the management of the different web liahmenes, the mode of instruction and proficiency of the scholars. Lord John, with Mr. Monsell and Mr. O'Brien, have been this day engaged visiting the various public estab lishments in the city.—Linserick Ezensiner of Saturday. THE KINo or CLADDAGIL—The Claddagh is a fishing village forming a hale and important suburb of Galway. "The King" is elected by the fishermen, and his preroga tives, which are asserted with a vigour and imperativeness worthy of Roman., are to give laws to the body, to relax or make stringent those already is force, and generally to see that the commonwealth of fishermen of C la ddagh receives no detriment during his occupancy of the " Monarchy." The sovereignty is elective, and a vacancy having occurred on the throne of this important kingdom, an election will take place to:morrow. All tue Great Officers of State will be present on this grand occasion, and the fortunate candidate will be installed with becoming honours. We have heard that Mr. James Quinn is the popular candi date. The revenues are a little under those of the Bfitish Crown. SCOTLAND. THE LATE ALLEGED CASE OP MURDER IN GLASGOW. — A few weeks since we (Glasgow Herald) noticed the case of a man named Sweeney, who was taken into custody on the ~Large of having murdered his own child, by . throwing it over Glasgow-bridge. Since then a very full rnvestigat:on has taken place, which leaves no room to doubt that the death of the child was entirely the result of accident. Sweeney has accordingly been liberated. As THE Huy. ARTHUR Want, and a friend were on Friday last driving towards Falkirk in a tandem, after view ing Stirling Castle, the leader suddenly became restive and unmanageable, and turned round upon the wheeler so sharply as to soap the shaft. Both parties were thrown out with great violence, and remained upon the ground insensible for several minut es, but were at length taken to the house of Mr. Maekensic, surgeon, of Falkirk. Mr. Byng, who was driving at the time, escaped with a slight wound near the left thigh, but his friend, who was a most expert driver, and who had but handed over the reins two or three minutes previously, is in great danger, suffering from concussion of tha brain. The unfortunate gentleman had driven the same horses for above two months en Scotland. AT GLASGOW, ON SATURDAY, A SERIOUS FIRE OCCURRED at the patent iaw-mills of Mean. 0. Taylor and Co. Great damage was done, but the firm are said to be insured. TRH JOINERS Or EDINBURGH are agitating for an ad vance of 2.5. per week in their wars. RIOT IN GLASOOW.—On Sun d ay afternoon a riot took place in Oorbals, which for a time wore a very alarming aspect, and threatened serious consequences. The disturb ance commenced in consequence of the police attempting to take a disorder fellow into moody. A crowd gathered, and commence d hooting, and then made an effort to rescue the man. The officers endeavoured to retain their prisoner, but they were eventually overpowered by numbers, and ke was taken from them. In the course of the struggle, the policemen, and some of the well-disposed citizens who came to their assistance, were most cruelly maltreated by the very scum of the barony. Five of the men are a good deal hurt, and ,in the case of two of them, their clothes were literally torn to shreds. As the alarm spread, The officers were rein forced, and succeeded in making their way to the office, bringing two or three prisoners al;Tir with them. Some of the most active of the rioters esca for the time ; but as this lawless proceeding took place an the broad daylight, they are not likely long to elude justice. When the row was at its height the mob consisted of several thousand persons. maa's moo* would water at the Milder her. She is the pro. I pert. of Mein. M.Tear, Hollheld, and ether modems* and is to ran between this and Rio Janeiro, with mods ad passemers.—L • Standard. =MOM WOODS/110011 Naw exotica was oossercrated by the Bishop of Norwich on Thursday last. The tot mom of this church was laid in the year 1842, and finished in 1843, bat from the inadfliciescy of the endowment fond, it was not opened before. YORKSHIRE, Fans-TRATaI DiIIONSTILATION AT SIIIIFFIELD.— The friends of free trade at Sheffield will hold a public saris to day in commemoration of the commercial measures recently by the legislature. Lord Morpeth, John Parker, erred M.P., li. (2. Ward, Esq., M.P., and Col. Thompson bare accepted invitations to attend, and sev e ral oth er free trader, of eminence connected with the locality are expected to participate in thesle!Fonstration: JOHN LElGaTON,oouricted at the last anufs, and under sentence of death, for entering the house of Thomas Moore, Blaek Cleugh, and assaulting and wounding him, with intent to murder, made his escape from Morpeth gaol er Monday night. It is supposed he let himself out of his cell by a key made of leather, and after getting into the yard, scaled the prison walls by aid of a ladder. FATAL ACCIDIETT AT APSDALE COLLIERT.—On Monday se'nnight a number of men went to the pit, headed by D. Kelluallll a turnsman, who being a sober steady person was much trusted. KelsaU bad been in the habit of depositing his safety lamp at a certain point in the pit, sufficiently re moved from the foul air to be considered safe. The current of foul air is directed into certain channels by means of drop sheets; but on the morning in question the drop sheets were sot suspended u usual, the foul air had passed the point, mud no sooner did poor Kelsall approach the part with a naked candle, in order to get the safety lamp, than an explo sion took place. Kelsall and a companion named Lightfoot were killed on the spot, and three other colliers were 'evenly burned. There were about thirty men and boys in the pit at the time, besides others descending, when the expkaion took place. The rush of air to the month of the pit was so great that the party descending had the greatest difficulty in keep ing their places ; their hats were blown off their heads, and conveyed a distance of twenty yards up the shaft. The acci dent, says the Staff ordshire Mercury, is wholly attributable to the absence of the safety lamp and the neglect in not putting down the drop...sheets. Each of the sufferers has left a widow with four young children, and both the women are at the present time enceinte. IttcaxauaT Ftni.=in the night of Saturday last an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr. R. Atkins, at North liworth, near Lutterworth ; happily assistance was promptly rendered, and the flames, after considerable exer tions, were subdued, being confined to the stack where the fire originated. A large number of wheat and other corn stacks surrounded the sue in question ; and from an examination that has taken place since the fire, there is every reason to believe that the act was that of au incendiary. This is the fourth act of ineendiarism that has occurred in the neighbourhood of Lutterworth within a short period. recently, the crime was unknown except in name in this part of the country. A liberal reward is offered for the apprehen sion of the guilty party. The LRICRSTRR BOARD of GUARDIANS his ordered re turns to be made of all lunatic paupers sent from that union to the Heydock Asylum. The return is to specify tke age of each lunatic, and, if dead, how long each lived after being removed thither. •--- -- DEVONSHIRE. SHLICINO RINDS WITH • DCHE.—On Friday even ing an enthusiastic admirer of the Duke of Wellington, hearing he had, on going through Totnesa, stopped at the Stan, ran with breathless haste to inquire into the truth of the matter, when the following abort colloquy took place : —Enthusiast (breathless): Oh, my dear Miss Webb, is it true that the Duke of Wellington stopped at your house to-day?—Miss Webb: 0 yes, sir, it is true, for I shook heads with him.—Enthusiast: My dear Miss Webb, have you shaken hands with any body since ?--Min Webb : No, indeed, sir, I have not.—Enthusiast: Then, my dear Miss Webb, pray do shake hands with me. And irnmodiately gave her a hearty shake of the hand, and on the Sunday morning was early at his post, almost rampant, to have a real grasp at the hand of the noble duke ; we believe, con tinues the Devonshire Chronicle, which tells the story, that he succeeded. PROVINCIAL. HATDOCY LODGE LLT(7IIIJ3YLVX.—In the Liverpool Police-court on Monday, Mr. Rushton, the stipendiary ma gistrate, seeing one of the paid overseen in court, inquired whether the lunatics from that parish, now in Haydock lodge, had been visited by the churchwardens and overseers ? The reply . was, " Not very lately, but I believe they are about to visit." Mr. Rushton rejoined, " Then they ought to go. Do you see what deaths have taken plan there -112 out of 444 in one year? You should go immediately. It is a bad busineas." The conversation then dropped. This circumstance led the reporter of the Times to make some inquiries, " and ho ascertained," says that paper, " that the parish of Liverpool had been in the habit of sending pauper lunatics se Haydock-lodge, to be under the care of Mr. Mott, from the first opening of that now notorious este ' blishment. The average number annually maintained there has been 43 or 44, for whom up to last year 7s. 6d. each was paid weekly, but this year a reshctu of 6d. has taken place. We have learned, too (continues the same journal). that the unfortunate imbeciles from Liverpool have formed a large proportion of the deaths, upon the enormous number of which Mr. Wakley was so indignant, for in one year there were fifteen, and in another year twelve. But the mast remarkable fact which has been elicited in cense guence of Mr. Rushton's question to the overseer is, that since August last, exactly 12 months ago, no visit, omclal or otherwise, has been paid by . tbe churchwardens and over seen to the unhappy beings in Haydock-lodge, over whom they are supposed to enema , * a double care. The present holders of those offices were appointed at Baster ; yet even the subsequent disclosures in Mr. 0. Roberts's petitition to the Rowe of Commons do not seem to have induced them to turn their attention to the subject, except perhaps with a view to the reduction of 6d. per week in the cost of each proper. Probable some further questions in open court by Mr. Rushton and . the intervention of the press will stimulate their seal, for it is very certain that the rate-payers of Liver pool were in utter ignorance ofthisomission in official duty." ' ANTeLoPE" SAIL AND STEAM PACILET.—The Antelope, an iron vessel, fully ship-rigged, and with a screw propeller as an auxiliary to her sail propulsion , made a trial-trip which proved to be most fying, inasmuch as it shows that the judicious • of wails and steam acting on the screw will, is all pgababllitg, and that soon too, effect a revolution in the stenshare and appointment of a great portion of our sea-grim nmeantile marine with greater advantages, (at. illerrely small cost,) in speed ; and con a yet incalculable degree tie mow of asmaasem with all parts of the world. Her ibremast Valegynd well aft, on account of her strapness hresml, ash Aber nests have a considerable re:e. Her gurus riggiesAllipngh, on a near approach, realer heavy frame tug% beconse her well ; and her mode'. being fine, smi laer leastkjigeat., she has the appetraito, of a handsome 011 4. 104 4 Ind were war time., e would-be privmeer's- I 7 - - CORN WALL Emir WHEAL Rosa MINE..-=5; Thursday se'nnight, the hody of Luke Phillips, aged nineteen, ono of those who lost their lives by the late accident, was found in the ninety fathom level, and about twenty-seven fathoms from Michell s engine shaft. There are still two bodies remaining in the mine, those of William Pearce and John btephens. In addition to the 6001. originally subscribed by the adventu rers, • further sam of 5001. was voted by them last week, for the immediate relief of the sufferers by the late deplorable accident. Cargoll adventurers have also contri buted 1001. for the same benevolent purpose. The public subscription list does not advance so fast as was am icipated by many ; but from all sources about 1,6001. have been already contributed. A ruomistNo VEIN or SLATE, of considerable extent, and first-rate quality, has lately been discovered within a mile of Camelford, on the road to the celebrated Delabole Quarries, being, in all probability, a continuation of the same stratum of rock. NORFOLK._ ROBBERY AT THE NORWICH RAILWAY TERHINCB, Noavricii, Tu ESDAY.—lmmediately after the arrival of the first down train yesterday it was discovered that the cash-' box of the company, and which was kept in the office at tached to the station had been emptied, and its contents, amounting to upwa rdsof 8001. in gold and silver, had been carried off. The key was still in the box, but the cash — what had become of it ? Nobody knew. An alarm was given, and information promptly forwarded to the chief constable of the city, when a most active search was insti tuted. A large number of his force were potted in all parts, with a view of tracing the plunder, but up to a late hour nor the slightest clue could be obtained. Mr. H. Bulling broke, one of the city magistrates, and who is the resident director, was engaged the whole day in examining the ser vants o f company, and the premises in the locale of the robbery, but without arriving at anything satisfactory. The spoil weighed near half a hundred weight. CORONER'S INQUEST.—WINDSOR, TUVIDST EVENING.— An inquest was held this afternoon at tko Hope Inn, Frog more, by Wm. Machin, Esq., the coroner for the borough, upon the body of a child, id: weeks old, who was killed in conaequence of falling from one of the baggage-waggons of the Grenadier Guards. The waggon contained, in addi tion to a heavy :oa 1 of luggage, ssx of the soldiers' wives and six children; upon its arrival at the bridge which crosses the road at Frogmore, the fore part of the luggage, from the extremely careless manner in which it had been secured by a rotten rope, gave way, falling into the road, between the shaft horse and the fore wheels, carrying with it three of the women and the whole of the six children. The deceased, who was in the arms of its mother, the wife of Serjeant Robinson ' had its skull fractured, and expired in about two 1 hours afte r the accident. The mother was also seriously hurt, as well as the other two women who were thrown into the road. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Thumwood's man, from whom the waggon had been hired, that the wo men were cautioned against riding '.n the front part of the vehicle, in consequence of its not being quite safe. Verdict, " Accidental death." In consequence of the act of Parlia ment for the abolition of deodandit coming into operation to-day, no fine was inflicted. KENT. REPRESENTATION OF ROCRESTER.-A meeting of the electors of the city of Rochester is about to be convened to take into consideration the propriety of forwarding a requi sition to R. Bernal, Esq., M.P., inviting him to become a can didate for the representation of their city at the next general election. STATIBTTCe OP BAaalNO.—lna licensing die at the Ilford Special Sessions, the following facts relative to the increased prosperity of the neighbouring town of Barking, in consequence of railway communication, were detailed by Mr. Bodkin. Upwards of 100 smacks were constantly in Barking Creek, and the population has increased to upwards of 5,000. In 1801 the population of the town was 1,583, and in 1811 it was 4,732. Mr. Fearnley, on behalf of the licensed victuallers of the town, in presenting a petition showed that at the present time there were seven licensed houses and twenty-one beer shops in the town, and that ano ther licensed house was not at all necessary. The trade of the town bad considerably decreased in consequence of the fishermen being now absent from Barking ten or twelve weeks ate time instead of two or three as formerly. This was owing to the opening of the railway from Yarmouth to London, the fishermen, instead of bringing their cargoes up to London, and afterwards putting in at Barking Creek, discharged at Yarmouth and went two cc three voyages before they returned home. A FIRE occurred on Saturday last on is-farax of Mr. NI. Eve, North Ockendon, by which six asneU were destroyed. Had not the wind been 'blowing keenly from the east, the fire must have extended to the other property on the hem, worth between five and six thousand pounds. The mischief arose from overheating of the stack—a consequence of want of skill and care in its construction. LITERATURE. Slate of the Jews in France. (Des Jul.'', en Frame, at de leer Etat Moral et Politique. Par M. T. HALLIPI. London : Dolan. Paris : Dentu.) The period is long passed for discussing the gishir s : Lion of toleration; the word itself is becoming ober lets. We have reached the age of religious freedom, and in a few years men will begin to wonder at the folly of rulers and legislators, in having ever inter meddled with matters of opinion. No doubt there are some who will long continue to lament this change. It is a very pleasant thing to belong to a Turkish, a Protestant, or a Christian ascendancy, and to feel one's-self better than one's neighbours, because our fathers taught us the orthodox creed, and our grandmothers instructed us in the orthodox catechism. The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican is daily realised before our eyes. Emancipation is refused to the Jews, because otherwise pious Christians would have the mortification of discovering that their piety conveyed to them no political supe lierity. On such meu, argument would be utterly thrown away. On the other hand, there are some who object to the Jews, not their creed but their nationality; who believe that the minority would refuse to be comprehended in the universal charity of the majority; and that the Jews are as un likelJ to adopt the feelings of Britons as the doctrines of Christians. They point oat the Israelites of Frme, and especially of Alines, ea Will " • masa within a nation," incapstae at fume and_ repwasat unity. They tell as, at before we &awn for the Jews, as teethren, from the British parliament, we should address airwaves to the Banhedrim that before we try to persuade the Church, we should win the Synagogue ; and that cur reasoning should be addressed to Rabbis as well es to Bishops. Let us at once declare that this course of objection is quite different from the line taken by the partisans of intolerance ; that it is not destitute of a foundation in truth and justice ; and that th e f ac t s set f ort h b y M. Haller sufficiently prove that Jewish emancipation is not necessarily followed by the absorption of the Jewish body in a common nationality. We deny not the reasoning, but the inference. The example of the Freemasons is sufficient to show that a special law of brotherhood may co-exist with unbroken nationality ; and the Society of Friends exhibits to us a perfect system of isolation harmonising with our common fraternity. The case of the Jews in Alsace is special ; and in deed Alsace itself is in many respects exceptional to the rest of France. It has not lost all its old traditions of the Germanic empire ; and though feudalism is banished from the laws, it practically survives in the institutions. Within the memory of living men, the Alsatian Jews were alien-serfs to the feudal lords of the province, and recognised by law as their chat tel property; a landed proprietor was at liberty to tax his Jews as he milked his cows or fleeced his sheep; and the only limit to his rapacity was so much wisdom as he could learn from the fable of the clown and the goose that laid the golden eggs. In the towns, they were at the mercy of the close corpora tions ; and if anybody is curious to learn something of the extent to which close corporations carry abuses of power, we recommend to his notice a most amus ing Blue Book, called a Report on the Irish C'or porations, which, if it had not been a Blue Book, would have no doubt more than rivalled the popularity of Joe Miller. Furthermore, a Jew could not hold land, could not exercise any learned profession, could not engage in any ex tensive trade, and could not have in his employment a Christian clerk, operative, or servant. All these disabilities were abolished in 1791 ; but can any human being imagine that the habits, associations, prejudices, and passions, formed and fostered by such a system, could be abolished by a simple decree of the Constituent Assembly ? Ask at,y statesman who, for his sins, has done penance as Secretary for Ireland since 1829, if he has found that the Irish Orangemen at all comprehend the change wrought in their position by the Emancipation Act? The memory of King William, with its long tail of ana chronisms, is still toasted; the Protestant Ascendancy is spoken of as an existing fact, instead of a historical recollection ; and there is not a Protestant stable-boy who does not think himself a much finer fellow than Lord Fingall. To be sure, all this is great nonsense ; but we must not forget that nonsense is a reality, and a very mischievous reality into the bargain. He was a wise man who said that " many fictions are preg nant facts." Now, while we confess that the Jews of Alsace exhibit a very great amount of bigotry, exclusiveness, and isolation, we happen to know that the Christians of Alsace have pretty fair claims to be regarded as their rivals in all these amiable qualities. The Jews are preached against and prayed against by fanatic monks and bigoted friars; point de juieerte is as common a cry as "no popery" was with us during the campaigns of the M'Ghees and the O'Sullivans ; and as Jews (ride Shylock passion) km their fair share of human passions, it is natural thatlkey should reciprocate this hatred, and perhaps try " to better the instruction." The law allows the Jews to employ Christian servants, labourers, and workmen ; but the Christian who accepts such employment had better make up his mind to the fate of St. Stephen. Martyr dom is a joke to the fate that awaits him • he is assaulted by men, cursed by women, and hooted by children. And yet M. Haller complains that Jews do not embark in large mercantile or manufacturing concerns ; that they have no spinning -mills, print works, bleach-works, or power-looms; when every one knows that for a season at least their machinery would be idle and their mills deserted. "They confine themselves," ho complains, " to usury, to smuggling, to dealing in second-hand goods, including the pur chase of stolen property." But so late as 1782 it was enacted by royal ordinance that no Jew within the bounds of Alsace should deal in new articles. It is more than a century since corporate regulations ex cluded Catholics from practising any trade bu', that of brogue-makers, in several towns of the south of Ireland; and the passions to which this exclusion gave rise, pride on one side and indignation on t'ne other, are alive and vigorous at the present morr.cnt. But the condition of the Jews in the rest of France affords decisive evidence that their state in Alsaec is exceptional. At Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseilles, it is quite impossible to distinguish them from the rest of the population. Their young men talk fully their own share of nonsense about Peo:fitle Pritchard, and the French Lake; and their old men laugh at the nonsense as heartily as any other rational beings. Speak to a Parisian or a Bordelais about dangers to be apprehended from Itabbinism, and ho will laugh in your face; but mention the subject to an Alsatian, and he is as full of apprehension as an Irish parson when discussing the growth of popery. Policy must not adopt the geography of prejudice. We Englishmen made this blunder at the time of the Union, and we have paid rather dearly for superior instruction. It is lamentable that Judaistrt should keep any of its exclusiveness ; but we fear that, in Alsace, Christianity does not set the example of con cession and comprehensiveness. The great lesson to be learned by all the friends of social improvement is patience; it is absurd to expect that years should undo the work of centuries. It has been the good fortune of the English Jews to be excluded from this country during the period of what may be called " religious definition." It is impossible to guess how they would have been Waal by the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts. Would Henry VIII. have required them to adopt all the phases of the half-dozen faiths of which he was the defender? Would Mary have burned them with bishops at Smithfield, or Elizabeth hanged them with priests at Tyburn? Would the pedantic James have argued with them from the 1 almud, or the imbecile Charles have tried on them the logic of the Star Chamber ? They luckily escaped all these experi ments; and the consequence is, that there is no special designation of their legal position in any one of our statutes. They exist in England not as a nation, but as a sect; they are dissenters, aot aliens; they are practically naturalised ; and the only law which we know to have been directly framed against them, is an obsolete statute of Anne's, compelling them to provide for the support of any of their children who should adopt the principles of the Established Church. The best proof which the Jews can give of their English nationality, is their desire for what is called emanci pation, bat what, in fact, is simply perfect naturaliza tion. They ask leave to serve the country, because they feel it to be their country. When a man seeks to become an alderman of London, he must have given up all notion of becoming a syndic of Jerusalem ; and a candidate for a seat in the British House of Com mons, has clearly no idea of occupying a place in the ,Senhedrim. • We deny not that many prejudices of exclusion adhere to Judaism, but we cannot demand their aboli tion while prejudices of exclusion are preserved in Christianity. We should be glad to get Rabbi Isaacs to lay aside some Talmudic interpretations of the Mosaic laws, but we must first induce Sir Robert Inglis to depart from his Oxford version of the Christian dispensation. " Re-action," say the philosophers, "is equal to action, and contrary thereto." While we ex clude the Jews, they will he not only excluded but exclusive ; to blame them for a feeling of isolation when oar laws create the state of isolation, is some thing like the old joke of knocking a man down and beating him for falling. In fact, we must consistently either go backwards or go forwards. Having conceded the elective franchise, it is mere absurdity to withhold the right of representation under the pretence " that a Jew ought not to legislate for a Christian country ;" he does legislate when he elects the legislator. But, is feet, those who use this argument arc misled by a metaphor; a country is no more the country of a particular belief than it is white, or copper coloured, or high-cheekboned ; we have heard indeed, of " sermons in stones," but never of cr in geological stratification. "God presery said Paul Louis, " from the evil spirit a metaphors." It took somewhere about thi• get rid of the notion that we were Protestant country," as if the cliff of 1' -- w 9