The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-03 00:00:00

I I t - Ii XREATRR ROYAL, DRURY-LANR.-1 easarcasear et the MATS et her Meisey the QUEEN ADEL the Moir" whl be CLOSED Ibis ieueleg, MONDAY. IDse Ems, TUESDAY, IL JOU.WrS DEZEDEIT leis Vie erprtoo. OUTGOING DUMB. The uses far Madeira, the Brasile, aid Bums Apse, will be made up to-ninon, Dee. 4. 'l'be nest mails for Liebe's, Spain, and Gibraltar will be tale up ea DAe. 7. The uses eie Karetilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Dellso, lathe. Ilea` -Kong, Es., will be aide up on tie evening of Dee. 7. TM sails for British North dairies end the trultod Mates will he made up on the erasing of Dre. 14. The West ladle Mails, escinding Berens* Bananas, Messes. Honduras, New Orleans, and Nerleo, and including Owe Ise Madeira, St. J ean-deNisaregus, New Gesnads, Cllta, end Tin, will be dispatched on Des. 17. The sees far Gibraltar, Malta, Grow, the l o nian lalawis, vim Ceylon, him and Chime, via Southwaptea, will be sands up on the 'Writing of Deo. 20. ■ION WATIII AT LONDON 111111011. TAIA DAl—Minist, SA. ....... Afiermas. 4A.ti o. trimas.r—lfirtles, 4b. ..... A. Ns. LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3. Iv la not the existence of wealth so much as the activity and intelligence with which that wealth is turned and employed, that creates the prosperity of a country, and diffuses it through its several classes. Within the last week several of the organs of the English press have turned their attention to our southern countier, especially to Dorset. Unanimous and sad are the tales told by all of degraded peasan try reduced to a minimum of wages, a minimum of house comfort, a minimum of morality, providence, and education. And yet there is no region in England, with the exception cf London, end of canna none in the I World, in which so large a proportion of the popula tion are of independent means. Not one-fl tieth of I the population of oar great manufacturing districtsr are possessed of mallard proper t y ; whist one-thi teeth of the number of our southern counties are so situated. It is preciwly, however, that edam which have vested their money in speculations and in industry, of which they are not partakers or directors, who have lost meat in such a crisis as we have passed. And the consequent curtailment of their expenditure would alone account for a large increase of destitution and crime in those regions which generally prosper mere by the expenditure of money made elsewhere than by the actual making of it on the spot. The mere flinging of domestic ser vants, of which there are each large numbers in these districts, beck upon ruder modes of earning, is alone a aerials evil. The rate of wages some sixty y ears ago in Dorset wen a shilling a day in summer and tespenes in win ter. The price of wheat was about 435. per quar ter. 'lt is thus not of the amount of wages, nor yet of their proportion to the staff of life that the labourer First to complain. It is of the memories. First of all, the labourer was not then so completely divorced from the land. Young, he lived in the farmer's house. Advanced to man hood, he could rent a comfortable cottage and garden for from 30 to 35 shillings a year. Toe same house, with half the quantity of garden ground, would now cost him O. or CA a year. It is in foot the rise in the value and rent of land, which has made a prince of the landlord, and the veriest pauper of the labourer. Since 1792 rents have doubled, and in many cases trebled, while the actual drawbacks of the landowners have been lessened—for instance, by throwing several farms together, and tram saving the expense of keep ing op one or two out of every three sets of farm buildings. And during the last five and thirty years the landowners have carried on an unrelenting war whist cottages. They seem not to have cared where their tenants' labourers lived so that they did not gain settlements in the squire's parish. It was a common practice with the landowners of the olden time to grant cottages and gardens on leases for long terms of years determinable upon lives, bat of late thes e lemma hare been allowed to run out, and have generally fallen into hand in a very dilapidated state, so that to pull down or rebuff became a necessary alternative. 11nd they were invariably pulled down. Freehold cottages also have been eagerly bought up for the same purpose. We are under no necessity of instituting stn in quiry into the condition of the Doreetsbire labourers and their dwellings. We are contented with the tes timony of one of themselves, the Rev. S. G. Osnottan, who published in 1814 his account of them They were so crowded, he told tl9, as "to put decency oat of the question, and so dilapidated as to be unlit for human beings, though the rents were exorhitemt.* Mx OSBORNE tells of many large farms in Dorset shire without a single cottage on them ; and he de sceibes landowners us invariably averse to the build ing of any cottages, lest it should lead to an increase of the poor rates. It is pretty evident that it is this dread of the per petuation of a peasant and an agricultural race, this determination to detera trate and render them uncom fortable as a step to their destruction—it is evidently this, which has peopled the poor-houses and impo verished the farm, although the intention was pre duly to enrich the farm and leave the poor-house empty. If, seekisg a contrast to Dorsatshire we visit any really prosperous agricultural district — the farms of the Lothians, for example—we infallibly observe cottages for the term servants, built as regularly and prudentially . as stalls and sheds for cattle. To farm on the principle of all for the beast and no thing for the man, may be economy in the eyes of a Dorsetehire squire ; but it is really the road to ruin both for himself and his district, to the practical agri culturist. Dorsetshire hag 570,000 productive acres of ground, With a population of 175,000, of which not more than 20 per out. are engaged in agricultu:e. This gives shout one sixteenth of a soul per productive acre. Yet the landlords tell us they cannot possibly support this sixteenth part of a soul. And in order to avoid doing so, they thrust these fractious el humanity out of cottages first, and into pigstyes; than, finding them discontented in pigstyes, into paw houses ; and finding them mote discontented there than ever, into ) jail. Such is the conduct of the Dor • setehlre landlords to the poor sixteenth part of a man per acre. The Chronicle has sent a commissioner to the spot, who declares the unfortunate sixteenth very badly used, but neither he nor his principal durst propose a remedy. Th. Times, too, has put on its spectacles to examine the cue, and havin g ; duly felt the poor Dor metatarsi labourer's pulse, and the Dorsetshire squire's taste, that learned authority gravely proposes emigra iims. This is certainly the best thing that could befall the poor Dorsetshire labourer; and richly the Dorsetshire squire deserves to be made to pay for the transportatiom. But we beg to say that this would sot improve the condition of the Doreetabire squire who, if he cannot employ and feed the sixteenth part el a soul per acre, cannot employ the one thirty-second part done either. He wants energy, capital, and la bour • and because he csnnotfind the capital, you take from him the (to him) superfluous elements of pros perity. Yon do to him much as you do to the Lbourer whom yen send to the workhouee. Yon annul and shelve the Mee usefulness that is in him. But at the same time you let the land run to weeds, the revenue and resources of the country dwindle and disappear—what for? Why, that these very noodles of bankrupt squires may awake some day and throw all the blame upon free trade. Now, we too have our nostrum. And it is by no means that of a law of emigration to rid Donetshire of the ore thirtieth part of a soul per acre. It is an Encumbered Estates Bill, extending not merely to the indebted and impoverished, but to the incapable and cruel landlord. We would not interfere between any individual sad his creditors, except his ember- Moments were such ss to prevent his doing justice to his position, as holder of a portion of the soil and re sources of, England. We would not be contented with repeating, that landlords had duties as well ail rights; but we would see to their execution. We have laws and inspectors to prevent the owners of factories from overworking and endangering the manufacturing population. We should have both to guard against the existence of large farms without a single cottage to shelter a peasant, and of immense tracts of fertile land thrown waste, because landlords may want the skill, or the will, or the money to cul tivate them. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1849. been completely thrown away as soon as this daring attack cm the people's only remaining guaran tee sad bees of hopes is lawn. No man in his Nome will believe that the commercial barrier be tween. Austria and Germany ma be thrown down ' while the political barrier is being built up stronger than ever. Mb ar r and free institutions thrive aad decay together ; and it is a mere illusion to sup pose that the same government which tramples down the one can uphold and cherish the other. Bruck preaching free trade while Schwarsenberg is ebolirth mg parliaments is, however, an anomaly which can astonish no one who is accustomed to mark the con trast between the words and the deeds of the Vienna cabinet. The prospective union with the Zollverein was the suggestion of financial despair. What made the plan smile on the government, was the hops of break ing up the Prussian Zollverein, in order to form a new customs-union with high protective duties. The free trade cry, which, I hear, is encouraged underhand by the government, is merely au rattles to keep the eyes of the manufacturers familiarised with a terrible bug bear, in order to reconcile them to the minor evil of German competition. If Prussia fall in with this scheme, the Austrian government will succeed in revenging upon England its hatred of Lord Palmer ston ; for that the exchange of a Prussian for an Austrian Zollverein will not be very favourable to the commercial interests of Great Britain will be made clearer when M. Bruck's tariff is better known. The mischief which would accrue to Prussia from the discontent of her northern provinces% ould be another gain for her rival; while South Germ iny would be more nearly connected than ever with Austria, and the protectionist interest in the new Zollverein would be more feebly combated than in the old, where, however, it has been yearly gaining ground. The readiness with which the Times hes jumpei into the pitfall of the Schwarzenberg cabinet is a new proof of the recklessness with which British interests would be sacrificed by the foreign policy of Lord Aberdeen. I have another piece of important news to tell you. Orders have been issued from the war department for the immediate oollection of vast military stores, which can only be required in case of war. The story of the redaction of the army turns out to be a mere m 3 sti fication. The reduction only concerns that portion of the soldiery, as the landwehr, which can be called out again on the shortest notice. The landwehr compa nies are reduced from 180 to 60; but the cadres re main. Among the vacant officers' commissions, two out of three are supplied by the ministry of war, and the other by the propeietor of the regiment. The Hungarian and Italian regiments are to be in creased by a battalion. Thus the army, which amounts to 650,000 mer, will be rather increased than diminished. The last mills from Turk• y briinght no intelligence of importance; but a war with the Porte is looked upon here as imminent. This is the latest leaning of opinion. aZtet i i i at the intimation that the lugs sum of beeeming due and ought to be paid. The oeseefftestss of that slam lasing left =provided tee amok es Ilk Charles Grey has observed, be otherwise ding ilisenetable and tuitions. The hoses may vote the a breast of its privileges, and under shelter of that it en the table. It may omit to pay any atten dee M the matter until it is too late to do so, or neglect it ohm:ether. The governor, however, will have done his duty, and the government and the public of the mother country will be aware upon whom the responsibility rests. The people of this country will also have been informed of the existence of the demand, and of the manner in which their representatives have acted in referents to it. There can after this be no excuse for neglecting so important a duty as making provision for the arrangement, if not the payment, of the public debt. At so adv aneed a stage ef the seminal, no time ought to be lost in disposing of the more pressing matters of public interest, and of this in particular, as one that lee already been too long neglected. The following paragraph, from the Morning Jour- nai, is importatit c - MAIL CONNONICATION BETWININ TEA UNITED &ATRIA AND KINOSTON. — Our readers and others will be glad to learn that the address which wu tome time ego presented to the American consul in this city from siveral merchants and others, requesting him to solicit his government to establish a regular mail communication through this port, has been most favourably received, and that it is expected that at the ensuing m sting of Congress a measure to carry into effect that object will be introduced and sanctioned by them. BRITISH GUIANA. A complete rinsed of the fortnight's news will be found in the following extracts from the (Guiana) Royal Gazette. The Hon. Mr. Stanley appears to have been the lion of the day The last fortnight has, happily, been one of profound ponied tranquillity, for which all clangs of the inhabitants have cause to be deeply thankful, for in this community po litical diapute• always, by some fatality, end in the loes of money to the colony chest, supplies being stopped, taxes thrown away, arrears accumulated, and, by way of eater tiophis, a long account rendered to that luckless witht, the public, who pays thousands for quarrels that he, perhaps, never cared a pin about. Little has been done in the legislative hall, there have been one or two *bon sittings of the Court of Polky, for electing a new member, and getting through ordinary busi ness ; but none of the Combined Court. The vacant seat in the Memer body has been filled up by the return of the Hon. A. D. Van.!er Gon Netscher, • gentleman, as his name proclaims, connected by family with Holland, though he has been for several years past re,ident upon his property in the colony. Previously to the elevation of this gentlemea •o the honour of a chair in the Court of Policy, the College of Klemm sent up the names of Peter Res. and Williat Robertson Sandbsch, Requires, as their nominees. Tha i court chose Mr. Rose ; but Mr. Bose having already re lellgraed, declined to take his seat; the consequence of which was a new nomination by the college, and ultimately the selection of Mr. Vander Gon 'detaches. In our lest Review, dated the 18th ultimo, we mentioned the arrival in the colony of the lion. Mr. Stanley, the eldest sow of Lord Stanley, the late Secretary of State for the Cola aim, by the preceding packet. Mr. Stanley, after visiting, with saeuergy of body and mind not often witnessed in the tropic., the different parts of the colony, with which, we have reason to know, he was highly pleased, left us on the Mb, in • brigantine which he had engaged, for Trinidad. The boa. gentleman, we are glad to say, appeared in the enjoyment of the best of health on his quitting Guiana for the coasts of that beautiful island. Oa the 22nd • public dinner was given to Mr. Stanley by a numb' r of the leading gentlemen of the colony, in compliment to him " as • member of the British House of Commune," a mark of respect which, we trust, will be duly appreciated by every individual belongins its the grand council of the nation. The dinner pasted off exceedingly well. The Governor, the judges, the Cowman dant of the Forces, and the leading notabilities, both official mid colonial, of Georgetown and its precincts, were present. The High Sheriff presided. Our readers who may be interested in shares in the De merara Railway Company will be glad to learn, that, in spite of the hard times, the works are rapidly advancing. On the Ist instant a new section of the line was opened from the village of Pleasance to that of Beterverwagting, thus completing about a third of the route to th' intended terminating point at Mahaica. A large number of passen gers availed themselves of the opportunity on that day of travelling along the new pox ion of the line ; and there appears every reason to conclude that, by pursuing the policy on which the direeton have entered of making their charge' , moderate, travelling by the line will become more and more popular. The value of landed property continues as &pr. dated as ever, the . ffict of • variety of causes, the chief of which are the unremunerative retun sof estates, the want of capital, the destruction of credit, the uncertainty of free labour, and the approaching withdrawal at no distant day of every vestige of protection fer their sugars now enjoyed by our planters. Within the het Pew days, a property, at one time very valuable, and still possessed or every appurtenance re quisite fee sugar cultivation, plantation Maryville, in the island of Leguan, was sold by order of the administrator-ge neral for the bent fit of the creditors of the late proprietor, Mr. Alexander Wishart, and knocked down to the highest bidder at public auction for 6,750 doh. The weather has been very fine during . the fortnight ; and sugar making has been rapidly advancing in all the cultivated districts of the country. TRINIDAD. The island continued tranquil. The gaol regula tions had passed the legislative council with a few amendments. The membera of council were talking about coercive measures. Mr. Burnley seemed disposed to impeach the executive council, for sub scribing to the Trinidadian (an opposition paper) and spoke thus of the riots: — Tee late riots were enacted by a pampered, over.fed, over paid and over-petted population, who work only a fractional portion of their time, and laugh, and sing, and dance away the rest, and who slam, in the last sad seines they had wit nessed, to have destroyed property, and endangered life, from mere wanton petulence. The Attorney-General chimed in with Mr. Burn ley, but the Governor gently deprecated the high tine taken. Cons.—Daty, 13 omits per builieL Yellow, at 1 dot per hosheL In demand. TOBACOO.—Lest, duty, 10 cents per lb., if in packages of teen than 800—Duty, 13 coat& Ito sales to quote. Gliszen.—Doty, It mat. per lb. American—Price, 1$ cents per lb. Last sae. Stook light. Wm—Duty Sc. per bushel. Irish, 13 dole. to 16 dots. per pun. (puncheon included). MIMPtiOIIII not suited to the market. Lone", W. L—Doty 2 &W. per 1,000 feet-16 dols. to 17 dole. Dull. P. P.—Dety doL. per 1,001 lest —22 dole. to 24 dote. Brume, B. o.—Duty 1 dot 30a. per 1,000-28 do doto 30 dole. W. o.—Duty S dole. per 1,000-40 dole. to 43 dots. Stock light. gamotze, W. P.—Duty 50e. per 1,000-2 i dol.. Cypress —Seldom imported. No sales to quote. Pm in WNW—Duty per dozen Sc.-14 dol. per dozen, common quality ,• 11 digs. ditto, superior. Ditto in khda.—Duty per laid. in bulk I dol. 30c.—Priee 13 dal. to 16 dole. Comirrms Bums—Duty per hit& in bulk 1 dot 30c.-33 dote. to 10 dole. Bic:Kamm LOWW.—Prirate 90 days' sigh dolt, 466 t o 468 dole. Banks : 90 DO m da, 476 dole. ;60 days, 478 e. ;30 days, 430 dale. Purchasing at 466 dole. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY, 64 P.M. The greet feet of today is the appointee* of an article in the Reyes des Dews Monde., in which is ad vocated the re-Amide , of LosieNapoleon as pendent in 1852. The obstinate Aimee of thus Moniker with regard to the assertions of the President to hie prifete as quoted by the &edit, coupled with an article cal culated politically to be of great effect, showing, too, what the clear intention of the President this is the subject of general conversation. The Revue des Deux Monde says, what everyone admits, that the constitution is a bad one, adding, that if it were allowed to exist, the revolution would be again tri umphant; and this is a oonclusion which must be avoided at all hazards. It may mem strange to find the Revue, which is known to be under the influence of the family of Orleans, urging the re - elect ion of a Bonaparte, but its reasons for so doing are contained in the article. The re-establishment of the monarchy, by the aelseiple of legitimacy, would, i t s f be prefer terabit, but the majority of public opinion, and the monarchical parties themselves, are not ready for this re-establishment ; and, therefore, it is beat to re-elect Louis Napoleon, that being the sole means by which the revolutionary party Gan be kept in check. Such is an abstract of the opinions of the Revue des Deus Monde; which is, perhaps, preparatory to the pro- ' posed review of the National Guards on the 10th of neeember, a review in which acclamations of a certain kind are looked for. It would, however, be wiser for the President to wait till the new law is brought in for purifying the National Guard. Yesterday, after the Assembly had adopted the proposal of the committee relative to the naturalisa tion of strangers, it decided that no naturalised foreiper could be appointed minister of state without a geoid law of the Assembly. An amendment pro posed by M. Joly, to the effect t the bill should Dot have any effect with respect Bath persons as had already, by the decree of the Provisional Govern ment, been invested with the right of voting for re• preventatives, or of sitting in the Assembly, was sent to the committee for examination . Al l the other articles were then adopted, and as the committee will declare on Monday its views on the amendment just mentioned, it is to be presumed that the discussion ea the bill will then be brought to a close. M. Georges Lafayette, the member of the National Assembly, died yesterday. M. Guinea was present on Thursday at the sitting of the French Academy. " It is positively stated," says the Patric, that the President of the Republic will review the National Guard on the 10th instant, the anniversary of his election." The Conetitutionnel says :—" It is said to be the intention of the government to address to Rosas an ultimatum, which, in the event of his refusal to accept it, will be followed by an expedition of 12,000 men. On another hand, the committee on supplementary credits appears inclined to propose • prompt solution, and it is believed that it will instruct Its reporter to demand either an immediate expedi tion of French troops to Montevideo, or the payment of a subsidy to that place, to enable it to make a great effort for its own deliverance." PARIS, SCNDAT, 530 P .Y. It is evident that the President of the Republic will not allow his ministers to do nothing; for he has taken literally in hand the reigns of government. The Constieutionnel informs us this morn►ng that the President of the Republic has just presented to the council of ministers two projects of law of his own elaboration; one upon the reserve of the army, ano ther on public assistance. There is no trace as yet of what these laws are. In the meantime, in order that the busy time of the four de Pan may not be in terrupted by elestions, the president has ordered the postponement of the elections, which will not take place till the 24th instant. In order, however, to keep the anniversary of his accession to power, he announces, officially, in the ifoniteur, that the grand review so much spoken of will take place on the 10th inst., at the Champs de Mars. Not only all the troops of the line but the national guards are con vened for this grand deployment of force. The Cbnatitutionnel, whilst it announces that the names mentioned as those of persons likely to succeed to the diplomatic post, are prematurely so, regrets that the law should render members of the Legislative Assembly incapable of filling embassies for any length, and auks why an amendment of the electoral law in that matter is not proposed in the Assembly. This is evidently meant as a sound to produce an echo. The amendment will probably soon be proposed. Favourable news has been received from Algeria. A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles announces that General d'Herbillon, who had been sent to chastise the nomad tribes south of Zaatcha, had come up with them on the 10th of November, at daybreak, at a place called Ourtal, and beaten them, after killing 200 men and capturing 3,000 camels and 15,000 sheep. An immense booty bad been taken in the shape of tents and ammunition. All the chiefs had submitted. It was supposed that this success would lead to the quick surrender of Zaatcha. ITALY. ROMAN STATES.—We have letters from our Roman correspondent to Nov. 22. The appointment of General Baraguay d'Hilliers to the supreme com mand seems to have given satisfaction to the majo rity of the officers. General Rostol►n had issued an order bidding adieu to the army. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 26. The Gazette contains deerees for the establishing a weekly mail between Cadiz and the Canary Islands, by means of steamers, and two between Barcelona and the Balearic Islands. KAMAN Nov. 11—Tkres per Ceuta., 2814 amt. Pours,l4 ; new 14 paw; Coalman 7 ; Bank ot 81. Ferdinand, 77. Y.k. age an Larks, Wit. GERMANY. The following letters are from our own cone spondenui BERLIN, Nov. 29. The official Gazette contains the law signed by his Majesty for the election of the Prussian members to the Commons House of Parliament foe all Germany. Every Prussian is to have the elective franchise who has passed his 25th year ; is &householder, has resided three years in the parish or electoral district, has paid one year's quota to the direct taxes and parochial rates, and can prove that he is not behindhand in the payment of the taxes. The election of the electors is to take place by three divi sions, each of which mast be paying a third of the whole amount of direct taxation to be paid by the electoral district. The elections are to be public. Every honest and unimpeached German is capable of being elected, but he mast have inhabited for three years one of the German states which send members to the parliament, and must be 30 years of age. Prussia is to elect 158 members. VIENNA, N0v.27. I have to communicate to-day a piece of news of great importance. I understand that the govern ment intends to publish in two or three days a mani festo declaring that the Landtags of the provinces will not be convoked within the term appointed by the constitution of March, and putting off for an in definite period the meeting of these representative assemblies ! The anti - uncement is accompanied by a statement of the motives which have in duced the ministers to take this step, such as may without much difficulty be supplied by those familiar with the commonplaces with which the German governments are latterly in the habit of ex cusing themselves from the performance of the most solemn engagements. As the Landtags are not to be called, neither can the Reichstag, whose upper chamber is composed of deputies from the Landtags. I beg particularly to all your attention to the ctr cemeteries of no future time whatever being men tioned for the convocation of the parliaments of the provinces. Thus the main feature of the March constitution may be said to have provisionally disap peered, and no one aware of the ministerial resolution can regard it in any other light than as the first step to the extinction of the right of popular representa tion achieved in 1848. In the limited circle to which I I believe this intelligence is u yet confined, it has produced a deep sensation. The steps taken latterly by Austria to outbid Prussia in Germany will have WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal Mail Packet Tay, Capt. C. M. Chapman, arrived at Southampton yesterday, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. J. Y. Wilkinson, R.N., Admiralty agent. The dates of the Tay are : Santa Martha, Oct. 21; Grey 'roes), Oct. 26 ; Chagrea, Oct. 29 ; Carthagens, Oct. 31; Porto CAW ler, Nov. 3 ; La Ousyra, Nov. 6 ; Jamaica, Nov. 7 ; St. Jago de Cuba, Nov. 6; Demerara, Nov. 4 ; Trini dad, Nov. 7 ; Grenada, Nov. 7 ; Barbados", Nov. 9; Antigua, Nov.lo ; Martinique, Nov. 10; Porto Rico, Nov. 11 ; St. Thomas, Nov. 14 ; Fayal, Nov. 26. The Tay also brings from Chagres the Pacific mail with the following dates, received at Panama on the 23rd Oct.:—Valparaiso, Sept. 30; Cabija. Oct. 4; Arica, Oct. 6; Islay, Oct. 7 ; Cellos, Oct. 13 ; Pay ta, Oct. 16 ; Guayaquil, Oct.n. M. Dillon. French! consul at the Sandwich Islands, with his lady and two children, came home in the Tay. Ttere were in all 28 passengers on board. The freight of the Tay cowries of :—Gold and sil ver, valued at 960,896 dollars; gold (frdm California) 1,256 oz. ; British coin, 1,4231.; silver, 688 cz.; 3.390 five-franc pieces; plaque, 15 cz ; pearls, valued at 4,880 dollars ; 24 serene indigo; 251 biles sarsaparilla; 71 barrels coffee; 25 bags pimento; 55 packages sundries. The Des had favourable winds and pleasant weather from St. Thomas to Fayal; the first two drys from Fayal she had fresh gales from S.S.W. to N.N.W. ; the remainder of her voyage moderate breezes from the same winter. When the Tay sailed, the Dee was at Vera Cruz, the Avon at Jamaica, the Medway had sailed from St. Thomas for Jamaica, the Conway was at St. Thomas, and the Eagle at Demerara. The Tay brings the disastrous intelligence of the loss at tea, by fire, of the Ame ken emigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw. The British barqle Sarah, D. Cook, master, from London to St. John's, put into Feral, on the 24th of November, with 390 passengers (emigrants) taken from the above-named ship, which it encountered on fire 16 miles S.E of the island of Flores. The unfortunate people lest everything but their lives, and were glad so to escape. The muter of their ship has chartered the Sarah to carry them on to the United States, at the expense of his owners. JAMAICA. The governor and the country party continue still at odds, and the country partT are the majority in the A ssembly.; The following article, from the Jamaica Morning Journal, states the case between them—it must be borne in mind, however, that the Journal is a partisan of the g. vernor : The governor, anxious to direct the attention of the As• sembly to the unusually large amount of island certificates which will become due next year, and for the payment of which provision ought tobe made, has, in a message to it, given certain extracts from a despatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative to the offer lately made by the imperial government of a loan for particular purposes, mentioned in the act of parliament which authorised it. The object is evidently twofold. First, as already stated, to call the attention of the house to a matter cf vital ins. portanosto the character of the oolony. Second, to indicatethe source whence the means which are required fur :pettier the anticipated demand may be obtained. This menage or communication, we were told in the Howe on Friday even ing, by the member for St. George, was a breach of its pri. vilegee, and the opinion has been repeated in the Standard. It is not our intention to discuss the question, whether the manage is or is not a breach of privilege, bec ause whatever may be the decision of the house upon it, no one can suppose. or will believe,. th at the communication originated in any desire or intention to invade the privileges of the people. The facts are simply these: The Governor, knowing that a large sum of money, due and owing by the Wand, Wit be called for in the coarseof next year, and that provision must be made for its payment during the present sitting of the legislature, has felt it to be his duty to direct the attention of members to the circumfuse, so that they may consider in time what course ought is be I pursued in reference to it. The object, wnicb is to remind the house that this heavy demand is to be met, is a very proper one. It has arisen out of a desire that the credit of the island should be upheld. Breach or no breach of privilege. this desire is creditable to the eaten: ive, and no man who values the character of the Wand will blame him for his anxiety in the Inner. We are as great sticklers for the privileges of the assembly as any of is members, but are content to waive them when, as in this case, and admitting, for argument sake, that the message is a breach of privilege, there is no personal object to serve, no motive beyond a re gard for the public credit, a desire to uphold the public honour. The subject which Sir Charles Grey has so very jpreparly brought under the notice of the House and the public is one of considerable in:Tortola at the }meat moment. With a oonfessedly inadequate to the expenditure of the colony, and the popular branch of the legislates, in a frame of mind unfavourable (judging from awlearences) to the consideration of a matter so per plexing as its financial difficulties, Sir Charles Grey may well fear that members may be disposed to banish it from their thoughts or to put off its unsideration to a period so remote as not to leave the time or leisure which is necessary for mature deliberation. Let those who will, blame this anxiety. We think it reasonable, and must regard it as evi dence of the desire of the executive to place matters upon a more satisfactory footing than they are at present. It may be demanded of the country party, or the majority of the Assembly by whom this debt was contracted, for it is one of the legames bequeathed by the planters to the public, how is the 30,0001, which - will become due in the course of the next year, to be met—what provision do you propose to make Ise it—how, and by what means is the public credit to be srdstained ? Very possibly the parties alluded to find it lesonvenient to answer such questions, and are unwilling to I he reminded of the liabilities which they have contracted. This is no reason, however, why silence should be mai:,tained or the executive should expose himself to the charge of neglect of duty. The legislature has been sufficiently long be session to enable the members who ought to take the lead in the business of the house, they having the ma jority, to take up this question and deal with it. titles they intend to waste twomouths margin Spanish Town, they meet admit the period has arrived when something should be dew, at least, respecting these demands. As to meeting the mat of the unassisted resources of the island itself," that seems out of the question altogether, or hopeless. To UM quarter is the House (that being the case) to look for esietenee ? Only to the government. To expect to riles money without the aid of this latter is simply absurd. Will that aid be invoked? If it will, then it is necessary to read red iseseidm Earl Grey's Despatch of the 16th March, NA die extract from it is properly laid before the lease. Then is no use in bristling up, and being THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY Nrour. By the Bonita, arrived here from Pernambuco, we have letters from that port up to Nov. 6. New sugars were arriving more freely, but the market had opened tardily for them, and shipments were not ex pected to b, made for Europe for some week", at which time frights would become more active, and rates to the Car.nnel were expected to be from 435. to 50s. sd. per cwt. The quotations fir Muscovado were 1,600 to 1,700, and white, 2,100 to 2,700 rein per erroba. Cotton continued in good demand at 4,850 eels per arrobs, and at the outports of Maceio and Paraiba 5,400 was the price free on board. Exchange was 271. Tae Strephina arrived at Pernambuco Nov. 3. The Bonita brings intelligence from Bahia and Rio Janiero. From Bahia we learn, under date Oct. 23, the new sugars were arriving fast. Prices of the new crop had not yet opened, 1,500 reis to 1,600 reis for brown, and 1,900 eels to 2,000 reis per arroba for white, were fixed upon as the probable rater. Cotton was 4,800 reis per aerobe, and Exchange 27d. From Rio Coffee was quoted 3,900 reis to 4,100 reis for supe rior, and 3,700 reis to 3,800 reis for good firsts. The atcck was 80,000 bags. Freights were dull, at 40s. to 455. to the Channel. Exchange, 27d. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the arrival of her Majesty's ship Eurydice at Portsmouth we have dates from the Cane to the 12th of October. The colony continued in a most excited state ; business was altogether sus- pended, and on the day the Eurydice ;ailed, most of the shops were closed. Sir Harry Smith remained at Cape Town. It was generally understood that the could, were positively not to be landed, and that the Neptune only remained for her final orders to proceed on to same other place. The troops, u usual, maroktd down to the commissariat stores for their daily rations of fresh beef, &e.; the government bad a supply in store of seven or eight thousand cask of flour, six or seven thousand oxen, and several thousands of sheep. The governor had been compelled to seize bollocks while engaged drawing waggons, and to employ forced measures to secure other provisions.' A stipulated price is paid for the captured cattle. The convicts were still distributed on board her Ma jesty's store-ship Seringapatam and on board tho Neptune. Although no violence had cccurred previous to the departure of the Eurydice, the ferment was at its height. The colonists had declared that they would not supply the caval service with anything whilst the ship was in the bay. The governor had replied that he had made every concession in his power, and would not submit to threats. The governor was acting with his executive council, and had forwarded a letter of explanation and re monstrance to the ss4ociatil n. There were ample supplies for the naval service in the store at Cape Town. The Eurydice, however, left with a very limited quantity of fresh provisions. The Cape Than Mail, of the 6th ult., says: "Pri vate letters from Graham's Town state that the effect of Earl Grey's last despatch, in that quarter, has been to create universal alarm and indignation. The in habitants of the western districts are assured of the support of the people of the eastern province in car rying oat the strongest measures of resistance which they may think proper to adopt." THE UNITED STATES. REPORTED LOSS OF A NEW ORLEANS STEAMER AND 200 LIVES. By Electric Telegraph. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The steam-ship Cambria arrived here this morning, at seven o'clock, with the mails and passengers from the United States and Canada. She left Boston on the 21st ult., and reports the arrival at New York of the America, and at Halifax of the Caledonia, on her way to Boston. Her mails cannot reach town till to morrow morning. The most interesting intelligence received by this arrival is the reported destruction of a New Orleans steamer, by explosion, and the loss of 200 lives. We are gratified to state that the Cambria brings better accounts of the cotton crops. The general state of business throughout the American continent was satisfactory. The market for breadatuffs has been quiet, and prices are without change, viz.: Western Canal Flo r 4 dole. 75c. to 4 dole. 871 c. per barrel, steady ; Gen nesse° prime wheat, 1 dol. lgc. to 1 dol. 20c. per 60Ibs. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 64c. to 66c. per bushel, barely supported ; flat yellow,'63c. per bushel. Indian meal, 3 idols. to 3 dole. 121 c. per barrel. The cotton market at New York continues in a de pressed state; sales cannot be made except at a reduc tion submitted to by holds re. New Orleans and Mo bile, mid. fair to fair, 111 c. to 111 c., showing a fall of c. Uplands and Florida, mid. fair to fair, 101 c. to 11c. ; a fall of Ic. Freights continue very low, and little is doing : Grain to Liverpool, 3/d. to 4d. per bushel ; cotton to Liverpool, 3-16 d. to Id. per lb.— to Havre, 1 to a cents, per lb.. Exchange on London 109 to 1091, barely sustained ; on Paris, 5.25, demand fair; on Hamburg, 351 to 351 ; on Bremen, 77t to 78. COLONIAL.—NEw SOUTH WALEs.-1 1 1e have re ceived files of the Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser to Aug. 15 inclusive. Their con tents are merely of local interest ; but we may men tion that the statement of quarterly exports of wool, tallow, &c., showed a considerable increase. EPISTOLARY INSULTS TO THE QUEEN.—Some let ters of an intemperate character have recently been ad dressed to the Sovereign by a lunatic pauper, in the district of Whitechapel, who fancies himself aggrieved by the local administrators of the poor law, and threatens his revenge on her Majesty. The services of two magistrates, connected with west and east-end police offices, were brought into re quisition by the Sseretary of State, with the view of pre venting a repetition of this indecent annoyance of royalty, and effective steps have brew taken to carry out the Home minister's determuswion.— Weekly Chronicle. A GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE. — A letter has been addressed to the council by Lord John Russell, offering to place at the dittprnal of the Royal Society, to*, ientitic purposes, this year, 1,0001 , and probably the same amount in successive years. It is quite unnecessary for us to say. that the offer has been accepted. Government subsidies of Science and her sisters are not sufficiently numerous to make an announcement like this uninteresting to our read ers. The money given is not the sole good : the measure marks progress, while it aids it.—A th eructun. FIRE AND loss OF Lirn.—On Saturday evening Mr. H H. Wakley held an inquest at the Brown Bear, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, on William Martin, aged 60, who had been a respectable tradesman and an overseer, but, in consequence of altered circumstances, was lately compelled to take shelter in the crowded lodging house, 26, Great Wild et reed, Drury-lane, which was burnt down a few dalliance, and in which fire deceased perished. Joseph Gerard, fire man of the London fire brigade, stated that the fire, the origin of which was unknown, broke out at five on Wednre day evening, and was extinguished at nine o'clock, when he , found deceased Ising dead on the floor of the second door l front room. Ellen Smith, servant of Mr. Sullivan, the pro prietor of the house, said that there were 36 beds in the house, and that between 40 and 60 al ept there. When the fire broke out demand was confined, to bed by rheumatio fever. The fire destroyed deceased' s room. Other witnesses proved that the fire originated in the rear of the house, and that several of the poor lodgers sustained great loss by the fire. One of them, named O'Mara, saved his life byjump ing out of the window. Verdict—" Deceased's death was caused by the fire, but there was no evidence to prove how the tire originated." BARBADOES. The steamer Medway, with the 2nd October mails, arrived on the sth of Nov., two days before her time. There were 94 passengers on board. A case of small pox having occurred in the person of one of the crew nine day■ previous, the Medway was ordered into quarantine ; her passengers were not allowed to land, and her letters and papers were fumigated before they were allowed to be carried ashore. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. KINGSTON, (JAMAICA) Nov. B.—Tbe btuinas of the math has been quite as doll and heavy se that which preoeedsd it. Trade seems to be entirely at a stand. The warns throughout the sirmstry have been excellent; bat there are few estates at this top mast ia a position to take advantage e f them. The labourers are I'LL E w ers ere therefore unable to purchase more than they are to provide themselves with. 'noires' consequently droops , and all branches of trade are in a state of cuplete IS Arrivals bane taken place freely since the sailing of the AMAIN packet, ens prices are looking downwards. Midas have new demanded 32a. per barrel. Mut.-Owing to the light supplies lately received, this snide Is bid for an advance es late sales which mere made at 17s. per barrel. lisca.-Nothing has orearred since the trusections referred to in flas markets stove, under date of the Ist Ind. The sane remarks agra to vms, in white Malin has Wm dons. BILAD.-There Is sot any be first hands: pilot is worth 21s. and crackers 23a, for Watson's. Macs sitiu--No sales Lee bees made since the Ist inst. lizaanios -The arrival in ass used 01 so large a quantity as 400 barrels has canoed the value of herrings, notwithstanding that the allele was scarce, to recede Iran 12s. (the hot quotation) for prime nu Unwell' are very dull at 225., at which rate the last lot was parcelled. alteration has occurred since the Ist instant. LUID.-10 &Um have changed buds at ed. Coorraw.-Ilstders have descended from Hs. per 1001bs. for prime, in tierces, but even at 13s. 6d. buyers refuse to operate ; and as ano ther cargo has arrived, prices may be said to be on the decline. Pmts.-Remains at our last quotations. HAIIIL-Nodiferrooe has occurred since the departure of the Arnet t.= sedate. Lnuaza.-12,000 feet W.P. have been sold at 41. 10s. per M. Cuszsz.-American is very dull, and can scarcely be moved at any price Tou. cco.-ed. per lb. has been refused for Cavendiab, It's and 20's. In the articles of beef, tongues, brandy, genera, soap, candles, ruts, sugar, coffee, pima to, and logwood, there has not been any elan non sine the Ist instant. Pasteur remains extremely dull, without any lack of ships. Bills on New-York-3 per cent., at 60 days, and not in much demand. Clow.-American has been refused at Md. per cent preen. ESCIMNOSI on 1.60511014. Jamaica Bank 90 days, per cent. prem.; 60 dam 11 per cent. prem. Colonial Bank: 90 days, I per cent. prem.; flo days, 11 per camt.pem OZORGITOWN (GUIANA), NOY. 3.—We have sone little alteration to advise in this market silts our tog publication. The stock of flour has been somewhat lessened, and an advance in price is now sated. Pork has declined a little, which a further importation per Montezuma will in all probability confirm. The stock of cod fish Is ample, two or three arrivals basing taken place within the past fortnight, and priors have a downward tendency. Produce is plentiful and comes freely to market. The accounts from England being still unfavourable, malaise still rules at 1140. to 13c. Manage abundant freight Is. 9d. to Is. for sugar and molasses. num.-Duty, t dot. 73 c. per teL-New held for 9 dots. Stock not large. Ooze Men.-Duty, 93 e. per bet-Demand quite limited. Selling In tots of 20 bale. at 5; dole. Stock light. Ries, E. L-Duty, 30 e. per 100 Ibis -SI dots. per beg. Camlina ditto.-Doty, ditto.-4 c. per 100 IDs., for new. PILOT BMAIL-Duty, 30 c. per 10t1 its.-24 dots. to S dole. Heavy stock and no demand whatever. Burraz.-Duty, 3 c. per lb.-Irish, 11l dots. to 115 dots. per firkin at 64 to 70 Ilia. for new. American, 10 c. to 12 c. pa lb. Very dull. e. per lb. Itish.--Consumption small; retail price, 12 c. per lb. American, 12 c.- Last sale. Warm CANDMS.-Tallow, duty, 11 per cent. per lb. American only sale able: best quality. in boxes of 201U...twinging 15 cents. per lb. Cern. portiou, 30c. to j2c. per b. BOAP.-Duty, lie. per lb. Best Irish, 51 dots. to 51 dols. per 112Ite. Coortsu.-Duty. 50c. per quints]; 3 dolt. to sy dole. XACKAMIL.-Duty, 1 dol. per barrel ;41 dots. Last sale. Sautox.-Deity, 2 dots. per barrel ; 12 dots. to 13 dots. per barrel; very littlest market. POOL-Duty, 2 dais. 73c. Irish-Trade confined almost entirely to retail; price, 13 dots. per barrel. American. prime, 11l doh. to I 2 doh. No sale to quote, and demand greatly diminished shoo the duty has been put on. Boar.-Duty per barrel, same as pork. American prime. Stock very light, price 10 dots. to 14 dais. per barrel, as in quality ; con ' sumption limited. HAIM-Duty, 2 mats per lb. Common Irish, 13 cents per lb.; la ,IS cents; dull of sale. Good American warm k e t r Pass.-Duty, 15 ante Tee bushel. Prim, si oaks, tog dole. per bag of 2 bushels. AN EMIGRANT SHIP ON FIRE,—MIR LOUR ESCAPE OF FOUR HUNDRED PESsoss. The Tay (with the West India mail, th e intelligence of which will be found in another eni e -- " g „ brings an account of the total loss of the ship Caleb Grimshaw, Captain Houle, by fire, iitilnat S.B of the island of None, one of the &e ves 141 1,„ emigrants, 390 in number, with the gr ew , were tial!y saved from destruction. The cry of g ra ', .wils. soy at about 8 o'clock on the night of the 12th tilt, The "1161 e., were immediately fl ooded. Oa raising one of t h e .°4l hatches, the fire was discovered abreast of the e ,, eie ..._kes The heat was so intense that no one could li ve below we immense quantities of water poured int o t h e ship 7 crew and passengers generated steam, and the beat at a's became insufferable. But this was the only ne e* , t e ,_lfs the ship was kept from being rapidly consumed . Ta_.°4 were towed astern of the burning vessel for g ee a q , nights, filled with poor emigrants bewailing theg get about 60 were on • raft, when a ship was wee towards them, and which proved to be the bu rin ! 'we Cspt.Cook, bound from Lundou to New Brunswickiu net, As soon u the captain of the Sarah saw the signal oteg te „„,. Immediately approached the Caleb Grimshaw, bat able to get on board, during the Light of Ms 17171 boatsful of passengers owing to the wind Wowing g er a . T. next day, the 18th, he got on board about 160 Night approachshg. and the wind still incretsing, obliged to lay to. On the 19th there was a heavy Ru a" more could be got off. On the 20th shout 10 pe rm , had escaped from the burning ship, volunteered to eel and relieve those who were on bread s week , 41! by . this time there was no more water ter visions to be got without raisins the hatches. T OI L: mast was now settlia r t down, and the upper deck was eQ—Z lug ench way. On this day the ship I rated to too le etroa of Flores into smooth water, and during the sink• ell us passengers that remained on board were got utt. n i t re , last of the crew left they lilted the hitches, and iniated it .T • the ship burst into • terrific blaze. The cuss hi e g 1 persons, 399 in number, was most miraculous. c e , 4 4,7 ship, filled with swirly 490 persons, on fire t or r i ght de ,: and nights, and not a single person lost his life! NittlingL ei the continual floc iag the ship prevented her frog xu burnt to the water's edge, and every soul on b sad prhda r : before relief could be had. The meu and crew %idol heroes. The conduct of the muter of the Sarah was beye g i dl praise. For three days and nights did he hover m eet the burning ship amidst the most tempestuous weather, tug every opportunity to lower his boats to me wee of this passengers. Nothing could exceed his herons lad ha. enmity. To him, under Divine Providence, th e eri g epee emigrants owe their preservation. Although perget u d e obliged by the tempestue.us wind and buoy sea to k m ; them apparently to a dreadful fate, he always eadese ee m to keep in sight, and cheer their 'chin, tin* with a prospect of escape. Toe Sarah arrived et N i l with the crew and passerrgen of the Caleb fi rm . slum in safety. The passengers had fist eifq thiug on board, and were perfectly destitute, foe they L e i ' the greatest difficulty to get food from the bends ! s hi re keep them alive. Captain boale chartered the S. g take on the passengers to New York. The Sarah had el left Fayal when the Tay twk her departure, but th e American consul was using the moot strenuous idertig arrange everything for her leaving. The Cieb Unit. Shaw belonged to blown. Griaishaw, of Liverpool, origin of the fire was not known. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM[, GREAT MEETING IN PERTH. The reformers of this Cliy having sent a requestis Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. George Thompson to pay That to their locality, and those gentlemen having entente', • numerous and highly respectable requisition was presto* to the Lord Provent, to convene • public meeting. lb lordship immediately complied, and also concerted to presid e . The meeting took place on Triur.day evening last, on .hid occasion spout 2,000 persotw assembled in the City 114., His lordship having introduced the deputation, the two ha gentlemen addressed the meeting at great length, sad wet heard with the deepest attention. Nothing seemed to disturb the harmony of the proceeding., save mew mannerly interruptions by the agent of the Right Hos. Fot Mink, M• P. This person, however, was speedily ejeetei by the hearers in his vicinity, and his cspuldoo wag Mild with loud acclamations. At the conclusion of the adders of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. Thompson, resolutien cordially approving of the orjects of the Nutiknal km* tion, and appointing a committee to carry them ivto effec, were proposed, and earned unanimour•ly. Thanks were voted to the Lord Provost; and, alter three cheers for the speedy reformation of the House of Commons sad the re. duction of the national burtherns, the meeting cps:4a PUBLIC MEETING IN GREENOCK. GREENOCK, SATUEDLT, • Sir Joshua \Valaisley, M.P., and George Thompsce, Esq., M.P., finished their prneint tour last Eight, by id• dressing one of the largest and most respectable meetings which have be n held in Greenock lot many years on my political subject. The deputation did not iutrod to pay a visit to Greenock at the present time, but a rfquisitimlisr. ing been presented to them from a large body of respeetaks inhabitants, they were constrained to accept of the invitstite, and yesterdaytney posted through frln Perth, where they had been received with the utmost enthusiasm. Toe ma tog in Greenock was held in Blackhallsstreet Chapel, sal we may say, have we seen assembled in sown a net orderly, respectable, and apparently interested midi.= The platform was occupied by the non. geatlewen of dr deputation, Bailie Hamlin, Councillors Maclie and Martisdl. Deanistoun, &c. Throughout the meeting thne goodly sprinkling of the influential classes, es well as slugs body of our most industrious, sober, and inteilhant uti• sans—and among them many who have battled for relay principles, steadily and consistently through late. THE COMMISSION OF POLICE.—A paragraph, which recently obtained extensive circulation, stated that Sc Charles Rowan, the chief commissioner of the metropolitan police, intended resigning his situation; and it was rt• moured that Mr. D. W. Harvey, the head of the city of London police force, would be appointed hie seemlier. Sit Charles Rowan has no intention to relinquish the Maus of commissioner. His health, we are happy to learn, is now quite restored.— Weekly Chronicle. BAPTIST NOEL AND HISNILW CONGREGATION , —Ot Friday evening the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel officiated for the first time at the " fount " since his connection mth the Baptist Church, in John's Chapel, Bedford roe, of which place of worship he is now the recognised moor, Mr. Evans, the late minister, having been given up by his me dims' attendants as past all recovery. Upon Mistime'" the number baptised or immersed was seven, v s, Ill&aaki and one male, all of whom were members of his crighgc tion when a minister of the Church of England. This tam ber, however, is merely a portion of those who hare left Bedford Chapel to loin him in his new state, some seem or eighty having seceded from the church to become Dip dais, and members of John's Chapel.—Sunday paper. WORKING MAN'S HALL.—MUNIFICENT GIPTS.—A benevolent testator named imitate has left the rouoificest sum of 10,0001. for the erection of a Working Dlss's kW, to be built in some convenient part of the rvetropohs. The building is to be for the free use of working men of si denominations, under the mistral of twelve directors, who have been nominated. It is added that Mr. Hill, the pike gist, has expressed his !intention, on the cowl-not:of the building, to present to it his magnificent museum. aid far ther, that a gentleman, whose name did not transpire, wad furnish a library of one thousand volumes. A GIFT of 2,5001. bag been made by W. sett, Esq., to the parish of St. Nicholas, Worcester. The 11113E1114'A, Stone, sailed from Liverpool at. Saturday for Halifax and New York. The inter eolosal steamer Margaret, Lang, sailed the same day for Halite. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. PHILIP STRONG.-• The very sudden decease of the above rev. gentlemso, took place et Nyland Rectory, on Wednesday night. The de ceased had enjoyed his accustomed health during tiled* and, on his return from a visit to the town, partook of kg dinner as usual ; when the hour of family prayer arrived MI household assembled, and the reverend gentleman ceeded to perform the customary devotional duties:, bit while in the act of uttering the words, " Our Father sal' denly fell backwards, and did not breathe more thanthrm or four times afterwards. THE MURDER OP DAVIDSON, SIR J. Gasnaid GAMB.WATCHZII. — The adjourned inquest on the bay ci She unfortunate man Davidson took place on Monday laM. Owing to the active exertions of Mr. Sabbage, the sopa' tendent of police, all the suspected parties were tafe in cog; tody soon after the commission of the crime, lad eml the prisoners, Andrew Turnbull, made • confirms it the time which fixed the actual perpetration of t la deed upon his companions, John Nichol and weft Hogg, and since then he has made a further lists' went, in which he unseid a great part of what he Wilson:, to in his first examination ; but he directly implic ated b the prisoners in custody and himself; and his mu g° seemed to indicate that he spoke the truth. T urn , ever, as well as the murdered man, has rue to WI stvso On Wednesday night he committed suicide in Culls e Osd by hanging himself with a towel. The evidence ohm": the inquest was very voluminous, and on Thursisy the diet was "'Wilful murder against Joseph li e ge, John N and Andrew Turnbull." An inquest was held on Trior, on Friday, when the jury returned a verdict that the prIlM committed suicide by strangulation, but in what sta te of still he was in at the time there is no evidence to show. B! k"' himself by his towel, tied to the iron bar of tbs mtam - 2 To e ff ect his purpose, he got upon a form a nd kicked it an! his feet being only three or four inches from the floor; 6 I' o ll Bible lying at a short distance. The " writing on 00 0 was as follows t—Below the window: "The two Hoer, d guilty ; I am innocent; I will not come in the h0',„.4 man." Above the fireplace to that gave it—take my body to my father's burying r? es Above his bed (to his wife): "My dear, you and .1r see lovely, but I am torn from thy breast ; don't weer' I° I Jomimah, my dearest, my heart's delight and treskir!!,.. „ Je , innocent—l die with pleasure—we'll meet again vut:,' sure. Beware of bad company. My parents are to t " I commit my Mout blame—they did their duty. Adieu my dear frmlns2 n bless you all." All this he wrote with a burnt Meg lime-washed wall. lie had not been in bid, and A' posed that he wars dead before midnight. The Qa Osborne' The yours r d.a USU UST ° Ira b e C L olonel t ondon Disc 2. us i est y an of the ito 111 11 k L The Q u yoyal boos C h u rch. Sir Jam sod return tended Ist! A Cabt at the F John Hug donne, th snerston, J o hn Hob Bight RO t h e night a half The on • visit PesPa Colonic tehiel-oth DEA' The i Adelaide her to al her ar?t day) , " On Sr health II " The less rept', Iler minutes Donetnb her coin H 11 P 111 Dr• and rei cease. Her lbulletit At I was i! 1 meat n Thi Kok sty Priory, family, I with ez pellet es yest'. dere y d h Call yeste warde Righn Duche Royal bridge In limn' Georg State Mayo demi after Poai she chi prit