The Express. — London, England, 1849-03-29 00:00:00

7 i dlsais, Rano Esq., sad 0. Inns, 11.41., ware eke The ne keted. A com plimentary vote of thanks was pawed to ibefall"t Annum and the directors for their able marago , , t h e te g l ary, Mr. Baylis, and to the niediml Mom wn sad montry , whoa the meethti adjourned. A/Mine BENEVOLENT FUND.—TeiceilltUal gene ▪ ga wky 'of this Institution was ha I Intents/ at rite .s in..ewn Tuna. B. M. 3130 Moq„ tho chaw. The To g g ig mon, which sta y; ted that the va c ities to it w lduivs smwaud is 5654., to 22 ambers 1081. 16a, i ikb, with ea isurnent of 1701. in Tmechase of 2001. fleck a t 3 pew sent. reduad, and the ordinary general Si. left, Mt Man boom of 1,2401, a balance in the =s' boas of MAL The item of lanes von—halsses M let nor's assuat, MIL 14e. 11d.; ordinary incase g ggi. 3.. ; eznarneury 1nc..., 3061. lls. The conamittai with ma* Idenewe that they were now enabled to n its Mk** MOWS& to be paid to the widows and .:bam in the institution:—To gash widow 181. (wilich is Wi g yean from 111.), and to each trphan 61, and they voted that mese would he afforded them of continuing Bls wit owe. The recut was ramialogaly g gegred * sad the meeting Denim/ed.' THE ScoVrieft HOSPITAL ColtrOnallo:l.—Te•ter e, • general Court of (le owners was held at the premises Winging to the charity in Crane-mart, Flrobstrret, Dr. *biter in the chair. From the statement of the account cf rkef dietedneted during the past year, it appeared that the rote, of applicants r casual relief wee abut 300 poethly. Upon those applicasts, together with 130 aged ...koms, and those who obtained nweesees to Scot. there was expended the sum of 2,3731. 2s. 2d. Ite receipts for the year. from all ewers. were Ann 9s. dd Sod the extunditars 2,9891. 10a , lnv irg a balance in hank of 1871. 19.. 81. The chairman red a letter keen Ilaju James Adair, preentiag to die corporation a Libelee portrait of the kin Dab MOOdiSOO, who was for many yeses president of the she. ifly, nod one of its most munificent patron.. The letter was aedeni to be inserted in the minutes, and thinks were Ora to Major Adair for his valuable p7eeent. A petition use presented to the court from a pelmet named Wilson, Paull far a cciathinanin of the pension which the society Ma pasted him. The secretary stated that the petitioner had acted at eolleeter and visitor for the hospital far more than thirty ,ftro t • and upon resieninr, four years afro. I peaks Of 151. a year had boss granted to Mu Subsequent to his resignation, he tad non ago of gems bogalarities Is • siinstion of truss Irldelt he held In eritoeher institution, sod his death was I i ff e.ssi Is she newspaper.. Ii appeared, however, that the Mosemermeed of We death was merely an expedient to rub raspoorthilky, kw after having kept out of the way for a m peers. he sow SIMS forward to ask for a naticuuos of ponsion whisk Ind hem:voted to his, and the arrears due I biskuld Oa kaki that kit was entitled to it. After a klal saavomation the petition wee referred to the relief tom gibr^ aellemilisaiod by a request that they would inviati gni be oloomnstauss of the ease, and report thereon to the got grind wart. Then being no other harness bets the gogn, theprostedings then terminated with the usual von • *Wm to ther chairman. Affirm rosloiors.—The first annivenvy dinner ▪ sic of ths fuse of this reeently-ustabliehad charity took r vesterdar the Lsades Tavern, Bishopegate-street. Ca abeldge had signified his invention to act as preikat es the 010111;011, bat W401110..12 pomaded ids s egagasce, sad the their was filled by Dr. Lu.kagtos, who tar suroseted by Lord Dudley Stuart, 11. P., Mr. J. limitb, la.. . . awne. M P., Dr. B. O. de Ninety, Rev. D. &noway, eel spwarls of 80 patrons of the kotitutios. Tu. mow Isabelita" inciediag this heath of the Luke o f Cembridge, whit was asseumood as a subscriber sit 20 guises , , haves feu and received with all the hollows, the gave " Prosperity and locg o sationsoes so the Asylum fee Idiots" He expressed sur mise that the Institution, was set only a new ens but stood *as in Memo to its objects is Great Britain. Whils the Massa philanthropy hod extended its solicitude to a vast Meese et the Ism of distress and suffesing incidental to hamatity, it had, herelstbet, alto. ether neglected to pro vide miss@ specialty dented to the earl of idiotism—the mat toothier, because the sorest helph as a:d how hse of all visited/as Webby. as it did, a de. radian el thought sad ream. He was sincerely , that the mind of the charitable = lanesser Lad at dog* awakened to the necessity whisk Ward ter seek eas ; and that it was thoroughly seemed, N tris mount of support which this charity had Ikea, wee obastlant eeilsece. There were at pre emie about HI WNW is the assists, who. 'remits, under Odious saperistemisase, was directed to employments such • &swig, gerksdag, mule. &a , caleslated awaken Ihele dormant istellostsal capabilities ; and it must be nutter Ongliifilalla is all the supporters of the charity to haw that great smote" had attended the 'flares width Ise tees nods kr the amelioration of the condition of the Whop, obleele of the shorty. The usual collection in mid goo charity was *es made, and a bag list of subscriptions gm issesseed by the treasurer. CHARTIn MEETING. —Lot evening a public meet- Mg took plane at the &oath Loudon Hall, Blacktrian-road ha emasseemeed boa pat forth, stating that hir. Cheeks Pewees. /LP. ,11r. C. T. D'Syneoart, M.P., and T. O'Cuinier, Id. ? was invkodf and expected to sibad, W room was oroirdod to *rem, and may persons liwared ander this taproot= that some new principle or gwilmentary refer= was about to be proposed. It turned Ni, however, that the petition to be brought ander eon diwation was maims more am lees Ala an embodiment of IM el: potato of the charter; mad that the present meeting me sward hr the Es. of reviving a sabfeet with Midi the pulite hate boss imaillar. The Moir was thea by • perm who himself • mechanic, and who Oiled that Mr. Pianos had called ups his in the moaning lo =use hisoelf from attending, on the mond that his prhabentary duties rendered it impseeible for him to be pant. the other gentlemen who "lad been requested to attend bed not sort any answer upon the subject. A repo ledss vas proposed et bracing Ow six Vita)/ of the charter, iMe petition% the lamella was brought under the noels!, fit the meeting. Several speeches were made in the coons dtbe evesiag, sad many of the most active supporters of Ss sherbet movement leek part in the moceedings. lEQUEBT YEITIERDAT.—BEGOING IN THE STREETS. —Seine Mr. W. Baker, at the Plough public-home, Firegh•yeed, ennediteh, relenting the death of Michael Desoran, aged 9 swathe, who was alleged to have died from Neva: on end mews to the cold. The body of the de. wend was moat f 7 emadatrd. Be wee one of twins, sad the mother was mestantly begging In the streets, with bit two Wants la bar arms. She generally left home about teelock in the mershig, awl remained out all day with her tete children midi late at night. She sanally at upon the win of dome la Flashiwy• square, for several hours to mew. Scam time aloes she was takes into sustody Sot Mang, sad coaviMed by a saaghtrate. Alter her invei glement lied mmloadobe wit reasded to the gene method. jjaa eft attacked with a pulmonary dbsra aid as Mar wee Mod by the med ia l officer of Ms salsa, who limas' that the thud should be properly Insist to. The serious Ailed the child deny, lota the d Muth, but the mother hoodad sot tatsa*ast whim, sea mass! the two Widow is the snorts. The mar -11111 iraaaiai his visits Am the fitli Whist, and the de. nod padmily beams worm. The mother sever applied kr Ms spatascei of a eargoos, nor seated that the chill was mos. Oa Friday last, the deceased was appareatlyd a raj i bet the tanker bask bin oat with the other takst, a ▪ retrara home until the eveaimr. The deemed bream wink end expired serly es Monday naming. The moan W the sargeaa's "within* did not digitised, rove that the death was accelerated by exposure, and the saes was ose of Mtn whoa the Pay amid only mews their horror at vim had warred. The jury said erg had se doubt that ohs death of the child was caused by stervatke and mown to Vs cold air, sad returned a 'redid to that elem. The maw, by the direction of the jury, sew* assured the usliber. sad mationed her is take proper earsof Mr rennin. kg shild. THE SUBORDINATE OFFICERS OF CUSTOMS. TO TZII IDITOa OT TIM IMIZIO. Bn,—The commission of inquiry berwr sitting at ths Custom House have it in their power te dealt towards rebeachlog the expenditure of colleens( the amtocas rave ns, ; and se the eyes of the country ere Nis them, it is to is hoped that they will perkiest their meek thoroughly. This would me greet deal of trouble banallar, and the goverment might then answer with=tbsen questions which will eroWaly be liked on the et sere future tit The qutrAwm I anode to will net alb* the port et u aloes, sway port I. the United Kingdom. Bet Ibb entiefeettry malt NZ may be achieved by meliorating the otaditisa et the aril rid& by breaking tem the barer b presielles. Were this doe., a no., es maimtie each, would be content ea albinos at the begins* el he weer, if • lit / Ina preapestiva to bet barely exist at the lent so inittelhe end oldie chapter, is rather I= hr ler es madwomen. whir • sere fortunate den of Serb not tell*, in abilign level is enspeenthe effiresse hest the %zieg to thre std. Let the elernheiss of irgery releet, they elms emir peening% gra it le la their= hie sub, .1111 the esestry melte it et their beam redeem Ihe dog eft akin nil deft la the water mil fame tisgarlseale le the lowest ta bor Ns, leave set the listlig-veld of a Mare and whim, a have, or the 'aqui IT rM►atAalfestlW. The melts et thomembeiro should hides sad nab , rotailisa L high salatioo. sad randa *Mi a • 27. Ira. to., PRILO-JUNII7B. TILE SICILIAN QUESTION AND THE " TO TO 11011011 07 TIM =PRIM ▪ .° 4l l — Not finding that make his been taken of the -4 10Matie coliavnication of the Times corm rodent frees Naples, published in that journal on mi Mss , a lt; draw your attention to the singular used. It is very amusing to thaw .._ ll6l , in a seseseatile peeitioe, an better informed on ""•., queetkes, to read the sppeal of en attactel of tho 10 slop demos bought by the Sicilians in this wry t end yet, in the midst of the abuse of his `"▪ ing spinet supplying arms to the insurgents of , not one wed is seid of the fact that Sicilian •m▪ nsers, ars in constant communication with France, 41 9 11 ting from theme, and from Toulon in particular, e4pt . of iron description for war purposes. In Marlosion, Mr. Editor, I should wish to ask y ou why an exportation of arms a t a ll i s p erm itt e d, if the I reamer under seizure, supposed to be destined for is net to be allowed to depart so laden ? I have no interest in the Sicilian question ; but, as one auxins for tenth and fair play, indirectly, the ques tion, I submit, does, however, affect me u Lloyd's, March 28,1949. A MERCHANT. FINANCIAL REFORM. PUBLIC MEETING AT SHEFFIELD. A public mccHng of the Sheffield Financial Re form Society ass held in the Tows-hall on Tuesday evening, in support of Kr. Cobden's efforts to obtain a reduction of the national expenditure. It. Illotav, Req., la the chair. The CHAIRMAN, is opening** eseetiog, recommended that them who bad pt votes should coats forward and join that @misty, in ceder that they might obtain increased con trol over the affairs of the state. Even those who had no vote' would not be without their influence, bemuse that so- MeV had its annual election, and the members might ap point sash a committee es they pleased; sad, if a large numb= of Med= and etat-e!ertorn would have something to sty at the next talCitOU Oath for ins borough and the °mai. He did not mean that that society would be able to dictate members either for the borough or county ; but nth a body of men, energetic, and knowing what they meant, and meaning nothing bat what woe tight, would peeress very conolstrable weight In future denims If the society became numerous they would be better able also to defray the expenses of public meetings, which at pre sent fell upon a few very heavily. If they were to main tain independent action they must not go, cap in hand, to a few rich men, and say, " Will you pay the expenses ?" for those who paid on these occasions would expect their views to be followed, and those views might not be satiate.- tory to the many. The many must therefore conic for ward, and place themselves in en independent position for the free expression of their own political opinions. He could not shut his eye to the feet that our two members did not at Present repreeent the great body of the people of Sheffield. (Applause.) It must not be supposed, be cause they called that meeting .to consider the subject of finsacial reform, that that society was indifferent to ether treat qu-stions of reform, such as the bel*et, the extension of the suffrage, due.; hut it wee Mr. Cobden's advise, and the plan permed by meet statesmen when they wished toenails an object, to do one thing at a time. At present their friends in the Hones of Commons only numbered between 00 and 70, and if they wished to support them they must do it by scieie•ifii sad means like those, and by keeping to that question which their leaders advised them at that time to pursue. Their friends last year attempted to extend the maser., but they wens not hardly responded to. The question of financial reform bad, however, been responded to, and be called upon them to unite Ml their efforts, at the present moment, for financial reform. if they obtained that, they would be sb's t proceed upon other important questions, such as the putting an end to that worst of all herrors—war. The best means of preventing war would be for there to be no armies end, indeed, it was very seldom that there was anything worth fighting about. Supported as they were by good principles, and having right and rea son before them, they would not fail to succeed in their ob jets. (hOPlaus• Kr. Counselor .1. BITCHING moved— That the expenditure of oar government has progressively in. mooed until it has greatly exceeded what is necessary or reasonable; that It fosters abases mad corruption in department of the pub. lie service, and le employed to =Main M pulley which are Mame and absurd. That to movide kw that expmdlture taxes are perpetuated width ere negint, bardeniamm windmill, and impolitic thet maims powerful literate are mooed to such a change as would give to the 'pantry my effectual relief iz d it I. therefore on-emery Met people should unite to secure, a di ff usion of knowledge and the 'steamiest M their own right politics' power, an honest and wise atimialetration of the nation! Mumma. Mr. Kirching . said that It struck him, while sitting there, that that ineeia.4 differLd in character from most pub lic meetiogs they were allowed to attend; for the ob ject of most public meetings was to induce the audience to put their hands in their packets and take numbing out, whi`e the object of that member was to induce people to keep what they had in their pockets, for he was quite conviseed that the national tax-zatherer dips far too frequently and for too deeply into the pockets of the people. He was coaviaced that the expenditure of the country had grown to such an 11110,1120 US extent, that if it was allowed to go on at the PIN rate, they would not be able to support it. The pressure had been applied to such • degree that a stop must he put to it before long. The screw had been turned eo tight that there was danger that • few mere turns would break the worm. At the same time he did not blame the government exclailrely for MI .. A etweiderable part of the Mme—U blame there were—lay with the people them selves ; for they did ant Mew their own power ; or, if they Mt know it, they had not on all onsamiess coma forward voluntarily to we It. There was abandon evidence of this In mu own town ; for he had may time lima informed that it was a very difficult thing to get a petition numerously signed even in Sheffield. It was well known that pet:- timiag the Moue of Cannons was one of the greatest pridieges die people piessemed, and, generally, the more aimmeedy a of INS signed the amore weight it would haw with the ef Cremenoi bat in Sheffield they mil ass getup a pedalos widearimil signed unities eon- Wise* span was issnised. This semasiderablc part of die limo soled with the people flmesaves. Just let them Whet*, piles in wile mmendiars of the government IMO pimeed. Poessesed, as they were, of extensive palienses.satrounded by politisai felmile, flatterers, fawners, and applicants fur plasm and /emotions of every kind and degree, they must Ind it estressely difficult to make a stand upon purity of prinepia. Imagine Lord John Russell rehudog a person in whom he felt much inte rested a shuttles or place for whisk he applied. Rus sell says, " No; we have already diaposed of es mach public money me I think we ought.' The applicant says, " Why, r then have dohs it before you ; the people are not 'rambling or grudging the money • and the situa tion Ia given to him. It was dear that In the lives of all private Individuals there were periods when they found it necesiaty to stand and reflect upon their past conduct. So it was with regard to governments. They went creeping on from one degree of extravagance to another. till no one knew where they would stop, if the people did not protest makat their r xtravagance ; and it was now high time that the people lifted up their voice 'Oast any further wute of the public m oney as In 1831, ac to the census then taken, the tioa of this country w about 24,000,000, including ,000,000 or 8,000,000 as the population of Ire land. At the present time, the population might fairly be taken at 30,000,000. If, then, 10,000,0001. would govern 21,000,000 people, hew much money would it fake to govern 30,000,000 people ? The expenditurelmd increased 8,000,0001, and the population about 6,600,000, *bleb was little more thanone-fourth monikers the population in 1831. 24,000,0001. was to 16,000,0001. as 3to 2; an that whilst the population had increared only from 24.000,000 to 30,000,000, which was as 4 to 6, the expenditure had increased from 16,000,0001. to 24.0000001., which was as 2 to 3. Whilet the population had increased 25 per cent., the ex penditure had increased 60 per cent. Now, allowing that the expenditure might increase inpropoelioa to the 'opals tion, 30,000,000 people might to that argument, take 20,000,0001. to govern Ilre c nr a t i fes there was • margin still of 4,000,0001. Wily did the government require 4,000,0001. more than the peoportiosate {mom of =etu would allow them 1 Some maid, again, that our had incremed, ant that they required larger and more extensive setablishments to govern them. It was tree ear pelages had increased. He hoped they would all cordi ally pprt the temptation he had just read, and which eat in • short and terse form, the substance of all he had said. (Cheers.) fir. T. P. FLINT, of Ludo, seconded the motion, and alluded to the position of Sheffield in having two la thes who were members of the goverment, and some wady deprived of their political independence. He advised them by every means in their power to provide themselves with the suffrege ' • berme it was only by the power if voting that they could effectually costrol the Hoes, of Caw SWIM He quite weed with the palsy of doing one thin at a lime in earr rem. This que.tion of !lamella reform was somested with rho wise government of the ealseim, with the dievaispetet at limey, he ezompties k crime and pregadm, sti r eakm with ail t of Mehl mail truth ora and knowledge Ilreaghent Hs Itr. Ommeilkx IRONBIDE mid, ihe pesple of SWIM bad disarmed that they parsed the of control ovr the hal Inallisa, and they were to think that th o z de l s t: have some power me So Meaty eigandiesse, diet it is levied upon the peer ratan Wiese the real =pram., they were going ia r earr ierl r s ffine naked eapeaditure. The expenditure sear Shashi by those new barracks was both maltrotri mit aandled-for. During ell the excitement of last year, in Ifinellisid—radical Sheffield—the ratepayers were not put $ the es t of an additional al:penes for the preservation of tinsmea. (Applause.) Thelestioa was curled unanimously. Kr. R. LEADER, jun., moved the adoption of a petition, ) to he signed by the chairmaa on behalf of the eeting, for preimtatioa to the Ham of Commons, prayin m g for Sunda mohelm. lb. Councillor ISAAC SCHOFIELD, in seconding the modes, enteral into • variety of details bearing upon the entrargenes in the public expenditure. To day, be said,' hire sees the government document which we have hem em endow to obtain In the town council for the sake of mead bilimidien. I will tell you what he been awarded u WOO= le bar parties connected with the Mee memseirl eemls of Bpelfi.l4, who lost their sine he sursymorm of the paring of the County Coale Ad. leis., Ilausdisjip had murensatioa awarded te him to Ile mme et SW Is. M. aamelly ; Kr. Greenwood. a silar 11.11110 1101. h 11.; Kr. John Parker, IsIK 4.4 Mr. Barker, a submits' Me is the semi ISM lb. 4d, making Isgether the maul sai llia A' 117761. 10e. &I (Shame.) 'Simla be imineed of Wades I did sot say that Mr. Jahn Parker is es disisereard that be Is. set intend topsail a pinny of that eorapeamdea 2s he retains his ells la INILM3IOII with the Treasury, harm hint in 2,6001. a year. CHAIRMAN said he rattly thought that Mr. Palm bed est a very noble example. Whether he was overpaid as to the Thum orsat he (the Chairman) did not 2.7: 4 2at any rate it was greatly to his credit that while he wee reesivingpsyheibeing that work, he bad the hearty not Is like saw fir sentesewlikth he did not render. A vote of Masks Is the ehateman closed the proordings. LANCASHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSO CIATION. _ _ _ On Monday bat, a meeting, in furtherance of the objects of the above solidity, was held at the People's Insti tute, Accosts; lir Ann Hsvwoon in the chair. The auditory was very nurnerons, and consisted principally of tam. HAIRMAN, in opining the buboes of the Toast ing, obeirved that the guidon of adios:lca was not a now no. to the working classes, as *ay had long been esaviaced of its mat isporiasse. He had se objection THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1849. to their uniting together he political objects, for Ee was sat'sfied thae meet of the workiag dames think that whilst they eta deprived of the franchise, they are denied the liberty which, as rational and intelligent men, they ought to erjoy. But besides political, there were other objects which it was desirable the work ing man should discuss sad consider, amongst which was education. None, ha ma pomaded, would deny that working men were peibieg, thrusting, sad endeavouring by 0111 possible means to gain a better and more advantageous prodders than they now ponies,. If they had superior io telligenee, width was only got by a superior education, he was convinced that the political rights which they were now seeking would not be denied thug, se they would exhibit that superior intelligence in the same manner as the middle elem. themselves It might be said that the plan of the Leneashire School Assodation would in creme the lazes. lie thought it was better to do so for educating the people, than to increase the taxes for buying swords. guns, and bullet moulds for the purpose of modules our brethren. For be contended that intelligent men, rather than fight, would Nestle their differences I 1 ••• • kind of arbitration, instead of tiesing "If emu Zon't agree to Wlai i propose, 1 .1 1 1e..74 any " 41 out." An educated man would never use any sock kind of argument u this. The elite= of education which the meeting was met to consider proposed, by means of a local tax, to give to every individual and every child consulted with the working classes u good en education as could be given by competent teachers. At present the working claim have not the opportunity, from the want of means, to give their children such an education as they could with —(bear)—but give them the chance of improving their condition mentally, and he was satisfied that they would take advantage of it, and the remit would be that we should poem a poi-Wariest superior to the one we now posies.. (Applause ) The tax proposed would be laid on persons who could afford to pay it, which was nothing but proper and ju-t. Every man hat his value in gr.ciety, and the labourer, perhaps, a great deal more than meat men. The lahouring classes had long been despised, but they were now calling the attention of government, and the Lancashire Public School Ass relation was enter; to them, in language not to be misunderstood, that the working class es theologise. I were desirous of obtaining such en education as would enable them, under ell circionstacts g, to reap these advancers which, in &commercial town like Manchester, were always open to them. The Lancashire Public Scho ol Association do not purpose to tax singly the Roman catholic, the church of England, or the unitarian, but ask to educate the whole; and er will not be agitated ante's the whole are to be educated. They ask for no less • they will sosept:no Their plan would be WOWS Wass it included the whole. Mr. Heywood coneladed by observing that whim this mea sure had been explained to the working chum—a remora in which their Interest was iameeistely concerned, and where no sectarian influence would be allowed to interfere— they would cordially embrace it, and ert old as readily ask for its adepti. a. (Applause.) Mr. J. 8, SMITH ties briefly, but very clearly, explained to the seating the details of the association's plan, but es they have already frequently appeared in this pap er, It la needless stain to repeat thew. Mr. JOHN WATTS then remarked that he had been in terested in education dem he was fourteen years of age. He had viewed it in every possible light, and he never could find, in any view of the question, that an extension of edu cation to the whole of the people, either to the middle or working clean, could do theta any harm. It used to be a doctrine that if pene people were educated, the rich would no longer be able to get servants. (Lairelittr ) That, how. ever, was now believed to he a very foolish notion, and many wealthy pawns at t' is time were actively tressed in pro- moting Visedoctation of the working classes • bat they were doing it by sectarian meant. Those, however, who were tenanted with the Lancashire Public School kneciation, thought that they could never get the whole of the people educated, if they rested solely on sectarian means. They did not recognise what was celled the' voluntary system—that * persons giving money how they please, and when they plum. It was not a just mode of doing bulkiest It was laving all the work to be done by the willing horse. Rich benevolent mos kept schools of their own—belonging to thee own meet —or gave to thou who begged of them. But what was the consequence ? Why, the money was used in their awn immediate circles. In some cues half a-dozen of these schools could he found within a stone's throw, contain ing more room than could be occupied by the children of the district in which the schools were 'Hutted. But is such a district as that in which he was then standing, there was plenty of room for schools ; and if they were multiplied twenty-fold they would not suffice for the children who ought to be under the schoolmaster. That was unjust. Education was wanted amongst the people. Who, he asked, would produce most in his respective departnient, the well-eduested mw, or the grossly ignorant man 1 Did medullae improvements emanate from well-educated or ignorant men ? He would leave those questions to be answered by those present. By scientific .mprovements a greater amount of wealth would be produced, and, consequently, the cheaper it would be in the market. Thus both the capitalist and the working man would be benefited. That which was for the benefit of the whole of society, should be paid for by the whole of society. Oc looking at the lists of crime, he found that nearly the whole of the prisoners were greedy ignorant At the last Liverpool easiest, only one of the prisoners was described as having received a supe rior education. That one he happened to know, and be thought that he ought not to have been there, as he bad committed no gross outrage, and might have been better employed than in prison. If working men bad a better education than they have at present, could not they do more or do better than they do ? On Sunda night, they had a splendid specimen of a working man—Mr Thomas Cooper, of London. (Applause.) After deseanting upon the merits of that individual, he instanced to the meeting another talented working man—Mr.W. J. Pox. What had raised this weaver to his present position ? It might be said, genius. lie, however, was of opinion that genius would have had hard work if it had lad no other advaatages. What had contributed to the rapid progress of their American brethren ? It might be replied they had a greater breadth of hod, and that food was cheaper amocgst them; but there was also something else which was cheap amongst them—good schooling. (Applause.) Oaiout of every 44 of the whole population in the New England States was under the school master. What was the portion under the schoolmaster is Manchether ? Captain Willis, from a return which he had banished to the Lancashire Public School Associatios, proved that the whole of the children under instruction in ifiesborough of Manchester—and it contained a population of shoat 300,000—including every dens of schools, public, pri ests and infant schools, was only about 21,000, which was i ems s 14i, instead of one in 414. Was it then surprising, from this feet slows, that the American people should be getting on more rapidly than we are ? If we are to retain our present position amongst natiese—if we are to set an example to the European sad American continents, we must at mum commence the work of (dui:anon, and it must be spread to all meow. A well-educated man was like a good-looking nut, with a very good kernel in it ; a man with a sectarian education wee something like a very good-look ing nut, with a grub at the kernel, something which spoiled the man, and which made him look narrowly on human kind ; and aan without education was like a nutshell without any kind in it. The tea lotelketnal working men get, the mew easy they would pa what they call their rltiale, and the ism taabioneamo melee they would make. In oullerne make the lon abide the lonesaire School Asa& dim intended .6 preps* emelt jest, he wished to abeam that all laws wen made for the pulsation of property, or the ornservation at scodety. Laws wine obliged to interfere with pawns who molested the property of others—to teach them to imp their hands in their own pockets, instead of inizeiledegMisea into the pockets of others. The Lima. shire lied plea wanted to teach the people this by means alto mbeelmeater. It wanted to change the policemen for the silissloastsr. With regard to the question of taxation, awarding to the ealcialation he had made, taking it to the Rama eleollek a rate of le. 3d. would provide a c d alnealisa gar the whole of the children in et Manchester, between the ages of fineotil lis ten. Thus, a man rated at 101. would have dren honed and stad iiiiig to annual j u l3s. 4d., which would go to make his or his of them um and criminal. Wide -epusii l ediscatigo, by pauperism and ariminals, would produce a pestave weft to the borough of Manc h ester of 26,0001. ; ma Kis mealy by a rat* of le. 3d. in the pound. The wale, men would have a right to this education. It would not be as a charity. Having solicited the attendance of at the Town-hall on Thursday (this day), wham he sail there would be • general town's meeting, con yard by ihe , Mr. Watts casoluded by prepudog the thileseleg Mot this assessn dsesv Mhsard tha plan of the Lancashire Politic Semi ainellildell of the principles, and autho rises a TIM" I/7 th• to both bosses or =meth, toe tts art eat; si the same time pledging itself y to swat the mesa Ns. I. K. FORREST seconded the motion. He de moted Ipso the merits of the Swiss mode of education, by width be himself was instructed and expressed it se his spiels& that, as that system was highly satisfactory, he had no dalbt that the plan of the Lancashire Public School As. seaelem, which was similar to it, would answer the most =upectations of its founders, and the ple of Lan. generally. He bad that day attended a peo meet of She Church Education Society, presided over by the bishop el this dieess•—• mesa who, by his enlarged views, was try ing le de a=dlK o lis t i CL ilie education society aye Kat the should be studied bv every MY wake their table% tat the bishop, beiag meriliberel ableil dam his bream, thought that the catechism should ass be a testkeek sad that the mohair of the society should he to same who do net th ink that the cats *bin be to every MK, but at the same time it at the of mein' of the church of Eag les' chiliken - skink& learn it or not. His = e t& that ewe istiareaswoalmeetingbe thoughtobain ealz humelly, _and mei zt him. The opinion of the =XL peens , was a step towards the &deo the Laaleekke embed plan, which says that no Wo ollen &all be bealli, Wanes dm meat get the people to epee rehab is Sallest. The CHAIRKAN was about to submit the resolution of Mr. Watts limas approval of the meeting, when Mr. CORKS, esheeknester at the Animate Lyceum, came forward on the Pedals to capon its adoption. The public Waal plea, be esnidwaL won based upon fake assumptions. It require' the tatiellarease et the state ; proposed to pay a large elef K glom ; Ithiendld& to lay s tax, which, like all taxa, wadi be wrung hem Ihe working man ; and would ultimately Injare sateelmmlere, who, Le said, like bakers, ought to be allowed Is sat up their deep in any street they like. He also argued that the American public whoa plan was in a state of dew ; and that if the hods of our groa ner sohools were properly applied, there weield be no occasion for a genaul rate, as proposed by the Lanembire School As sociatio Me. WATTS very ably refitted the eiwwasenis of Mr. Corns, proving to demonstration (from She words of Mr. ' Horace Mann, the seentary to the American *stool system) that that mods of education is in a very flourishing condi tion ; that it is impossible for th e p u bli c pro p ti ly to app l y the funds of the grammar selp.ois in this country; and that, instead of the Lancashire Behuol Assoes'ion *levering with ashoolmasten ' it would tend greatly to raise that body of individuals in the sale of exiety.--ply. Watts resumed his mat amidst lout; applause; after which the resolution was carried nos/anon ly. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the steeling terminated at ten o'clock. OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM KNARESBOROUGH. The u Dropping Well" is not the only curiosity i et Knaresborough. Th e b oroug h itself san in finitely greater wonder than any of the specimen that lase been exposed to whet Theodore Hook called the "drip-drip -dripping." Here we have one jwtriftetion. The town thee left in p. sae sisn of the privilege d returning two members to the Hems of Commons, is a phce in a state of ut'er stagnation and paralysis. It is small in extent and in population—it is poor and wretched to a degreo —its manufacturing prosperity, never considerable, is now entirely lest t o it—it h as no mar k.; advantages—it is no piece of traffic or of pas sage. You could not advanta geous ly ex t en d it s boundary in any direction, and an extension of the suffrage would, from the limited extent and &premed cmdition of the place, most probably only esuderit more essentially corrupt. "Mother Slupton " bend?, who is a " worthy " of Kaaresbcwough, would never have been bold enough to predict that each a lowa would have been left two members by an act which prettified to be a measure of reform. Knaresborough retained its privileges under the Reform Act in censequence, probably, of the exercise of a powerful whig influence. It was formerly abnegate* tenons borough, possessed by the Dukes of Devon shire. Their influence, it isright tosay, was admirably exercised. Tierney sat for Knaresboroagh, and so did Sir Jalisco Mackintosh, and so did Brougham. Few towns con boast so prend a catalogue of members. The Cavendishes s..emed to plume themselves upon re turning as their nominees the highest talent Great Britain could produce. Bat in those days there were no ro-ident voters! The bwg•ge tenure deeds were kept in the possession of the St. ward, and on occasion of an election the tenants of his Grace were brought from Bolton Abbey, 20 miles off, and proceeded to elect as if they were the reel feeholdere. The can dilates themselves rarely appeared. On one occasion a poor old pauper in the town was chaired as the substitute of an elected member. It was a bad system, and as the feeling at Knares borough wee Mural, it was onewhich the residentswere rejoiced to are abolished. At the election to the last close parliament a gentleman came among t"em to break down, as he said , the boroughmongering in fluent-. This was Mr. Retch, then chairman of the Middles x beech of magis' rats a, now president of the Teetotal Association. Mr. Hutch is a fluent speaker. He promised the r ()vie that a candidate to their liking would appear. On the day before the election the can didate did appear, but he was not to their liking. This candidate was Mr. Entwisle, since a representative for Lancashire. Mr. Retwiele was a tort'. Mr. Retch urged that that did not matter : but the electors thought :it did. Mr. Entwisle was obliged to with draw, but Mr. Retch promised the populace, with whom be bad become a favourite, that, whenever there was an election, he would come again and make up for the disappointment they en that occasion had endured. The year after, the bormeh was thrown open be the Reform Bill, and a constituency of about 200 was registered. For' the most part they were of the poorest sort. But at that time they were very independent. Mr. Retch came down from London to assist them. It does not appear that he stood on his own account at first ; but after canvassing the place he threw off all disguise and declared him self their champion. There were three other candi dates in the field,—Mr. Richards, Mr. Rich, and Mr. Lawson. Mr. Richards was a hop merchant, in Southwark : a respectable, elderly person in spectacles : a well-meaning man enough, bat a shocking bore, as he afterwards proved himself, in public. Mr. Rich was a young gentleman of whom, at that time, nobody knew anything. Ile had come from they knew not where. Some suggested, from the moon ; others, perhaps with more reason, mid from Bolton Abbey. The third candidate was Mr. Lawson, a resident magis trate, a . tory, but kitten Much liked for his kindly disposition. He had fought Boroughbridge against the Duke of Newcastle. and was known in Yorkshire as a stirring politician. But his viuws on this occasion were rather prospective than immediate. Even with the liberals divided, a tory in Knsresborough at that time stood no chance. Mr. Richards secured the support of a committee composed for the most part of moderate whigs—de cent tradesmen, and the few gentry who belonged to the constituency of the borough. Mr. Retch was the man of the people." Mr. Rich everybody regarded as a nominee. As all portico, however, seemed content with Mr. Richards, it was evident that the real con test lay between Rich and Retch. They went to battle, hammer cad tongs, and a pretty piece of work resulted. As the choice between the two candidates could net tarn upon their public profession, it was permitted to assume the very much worse feature of an attack on 'personal character. On the one hand, Mr. Rich was assailed as a boroughmenn a nominee. On the other side, a series of charges were published, affecting the reputation of Mr. Botch, as a profes sional man and a politician. He was accused of having been for years a trafficki r in elections; of seeking out candidates, irrespective of polities; of acting sometimes as their friend, sometimes as their counsel; and of personally profiting by tlo se pro ceedings. He was accused of having made an attempt to sell the borough of Sudbury in 1826—t0 effect which be must, indeed have been clever, considering the character of thatelectorate. He was charged with having been engag ed in finding candidates for Evesham is 1830, and in procuring one whom ho described as " a man of money and no less than a lord" (miming Lord Kennedy), and of bringing him in by bribery, so flagrantly perpetrated that his election was voided on petition. These and • great number of other things were made the subject matter of very strong personal attacks upon Mr. Botch, and were placed before the electors in the shape of one-and-twenty dis tinct allegations, to which Mr. Botch was called upon to give clear and satisfactory replies. li%atever Mr. Botch may have had to say to all this, is is evident that the people were satisfied. After a fierce struggle they returnedhimby a majority of 20, the numbers being, for Richards (with whom both varties split) 187, Retch 116, Rich 96, Lawson 76. It was, in the fullest sense of the word, " the people" th at effected this result. Mr. Retch had scarcely a supporter among the more influential mem bers of the constituency, but he had all the poorer 101. householders, and a right staunch body they appear to have been. It has too often unfortunately happened that the votes of members thus popularly elected have any thing but realized the expectations of their con stituents. It was 110 iu the case of Mr. Retch. When the excitement of the election was over, and oppor tunity was afforded for reviewing its circumstances, many of his friends were dissatisfied with the result. At length a speech hostile to the case of the Dorchester labourers occasioned such general dissatisfectron that Mr. Botch was given clearly to understand that those who had supported him before would have nothing to say to him again. Acoordinely, at the election of 1835, the candidates were limited to three; Mr. Richards, Mr. Rich, and Mr. Liman'. The prejudice spinet a "nominee" still remained as strong as ever, and perhaps was not lessened," by the ani mosities excited by the contest of 1832. The nip porters of the radical Mr. Botch acoorftgly now de termined not to vote for the liberal Mr. Rich, bat to throw all their weight into the scale of the tory, Mr. Lawson. Mr. Lawson accord:l4ly polled 179, Mr. Richards 133, and Mr. Rich 111. Soon after the parliament met, Mr. Richards ratted ; and this town, from principle and conviction an essentially liberal constituency, thus became represented by two decided tones. The feeling excited by this very disgraceful state of things was so extremely strong, that, at the next election, in 1837, itwas resolved to bring forward two liberal candidates, and if possible to redeem the charac ter of the elactorate. The great object was to oust Mr. Lawson : as fir Mr. Richards he had no chance, and withdrew in time. Mr. Rich, true to bis post, came forward again, and his perseverance was destined now to be rewarded. The colleague assoc 7 ated with him was Mr. Langdale, who had sat for Beverley in the previous parliament. Mr. Lawson, however, was by no means the man to relinquish hie seat without a s'ruggle. His party had recourse to public-house entet teinments, and such like meats of p rsuading a consti tuency, and despi:n the genet al feeling of the petinle, the contest was by thee mesn. made extremely cicse. The numbers on this occasion were, for Rich 172, Langdale 124, Lawson I'lB. The two former were returned. In the place of two tories, two liberals were now sectcll fir the borough. One of these was a Roman catholic. Now knaresborough has the character of being a particularly protestant town. It ac gifted the repata•ion in the civil wive, when t' e large.t landowner in the neighbourhood, pcor Sir Henry Slingsby, had his bead cut off for his devotion to his king and to his church. There is, in reality, noground whatever for the allegation that Knaresbotonsh is les a " Popish" now a days thsn any other place in the locality, but people think it so anti tot3athe people flank it so There are readmits w}.° fancy that the impression is a fact. So, no sooner was was this dectien over then a "Nopopery" my was got up against Mr. Langdale, and i• w-s determined to hcund him down for 'the offence of holding to his fai•h. Mr. Langdale, being a very cenac'entions Roman catholic, was by no means the sort of man to give way upon matters of religion from fear of arousing hostility in Knareshorough. He certainly gave his opponents all the opportunities they could possibly have desired. In the House of Commons he was quite the leader of his sect, as Lord Arundel is now. IL neglected no opportunity of advancing catholic interests, and the protestants at Knaresbcrough, of course, declared that he was inattentive to all others. The Boundaries Act left within the limits of the Inrough a few folds ch'eily in the possession of a single individual. That individual is a parson of t'o Church of England. This gentleman ap pear, d with oth rs to be quite determined that " the town should not be disgraced by a papist again." The very laudable plan he adopted to prevent " the disgrace," was to erect in his field sheds for cows, and to let them to Ede men, who were imme3iately ',heed upon the register. Alto gether n arly 30 cow-shed voters were created under this a) stem. The botui fide constitusrcy consists of about 200 electors, of whom 80 may for one reason or another be inclined to vote for a tory. This was about the number of planners Mr. Lawson at this time could rely upon. Thirty split votes wou'd make him nearly equ..l with the liberal, so that the cow-house rtes gave him a decided preponderance, and made him perfectly secure whenever an election might occur. Such was the sate of Knareaborough when the dim:trim took place is 1841. Mr. Lawson " was made safe ;" Mr. Langdale had no chance. But the liberal party had made a canvass for Mr. Rich, and bad found that if a third candidate should enter the field, that gentleman was certain to head the poll. The probabilities, however, were, that there would be a tacit compromise, and that Messrs. Rich and Lawson would come in without ary poll being taken by • third candidate. On the eve, however, of the dissolution an address dated from " Lo ndon, June 5," appeared io Knaresborough, subscribed by Mr. Rich, in which that gentleman announced "that circumstances pre vented his suliciting the honour of again representing them." 'What the "circumstances" were, was never explained. " I leave the party," wrote Mr. Rich, "far stronger and more united than I found it. I flinch from no dereat, for I may say that my return was nearly certair." An immediate commonica'ion to Mr. Rich was made, strongly urging him to recor.- eider his determination, and pointing out the difficul ies to which his resignation would subject his friends. The hon. gentleman remained inflexible. Mr. Ding dale was sent f, r, but he found the "No popery " cry bad done its work. He could not have succeeded. The liberals now looked about the neighbourhood for a candidate; but whilst they deliberated their chance was los'. Some of the tory party, finding their dilemma, brought down Mr. Ferrand, who had actively engaged himself in the West Rid ing contest then going forward, and the constituency. being canvassed without a liberal in the field, soon became compietely pledged. On the' day of election Messrs. Lawson and Ferrand were elected with merely a nominal opposition from a Mr. Sturgeon, who came down from London on the day preceding the nomination, and who polled 85 votes without a canvass, Mr. Lawson having 150, and Fcrrand 122. During the canvass of Mr. Lawson and Mr.Ferrand the system punned at the preceding ek ction —of giving " eveniag parties" at different public-houses—was fol lowed to some extent. No allegation was made by the liberals that there had been a more general cor ruption, nor from the nature of the diction was it likely that there should have been. In the autumn of 1842, however, the following letter appeared in Knaresborough: TO MR. 3011I.TRIMIDAI.11, BOTAL OAK. INAILTSBOROCOIi. Mr,—lhave this morning received your letter, in which you say that yon feel yourself very much injured and inconve nienced by not having what you are pleased to call your ac count against me settled. You richly deserve to be so. You ran up this bill not only against my most positive ordirs, but without the slightest knowledge on my part that you had done so until you presented the account to me, and on my expressing my strong disapprobation of your conduct you distinctly stated that you expected Mr. Lawson to pay me halt of it, and that you only considered me liable to one-half. After the time had expired which would have allowed my opponent to petition against my return, I consented to pay one-half of the bill, and that I shall do, although I am highly to blame for doing so ; and I hare no hesitation in saying Mat the borough is as sure to be disfranchised when another elation takes place, if Me electors are again guilty of the corruption which disgraced the borough at the last election, as that I should hare lost my . seat had a petition been pre seated against me.—l am, sir, yours very faithfully, W. BURFEILD FIELILANI!. . nes is the only instance we ever met with of a candidate acknowledging himself the representative of corruption. It was well said at the time by a liberal elector, "Whether indignation should be poured on the party corrupted equally with the wealthy corrupters, or not, there can be only one opinion of the man who site in par liament a self-condemned, illegitimate member thereof: and who, in his wrath at being called ea to pay the price of his seat, threatens to take from has constituents the power to elect any member or members in future." But what renders this charge a) especially curious is, the very small foundation which really appears to have existed for it. If the election of 1837 had been referred to, there might have been grounds for imputing corrupt prac tices; bat in 1841 there was no real contest, and, oon uquently, no occasion for expenditure. What ever Mr. Ferrand, therefore, paid in bri bery and treating, must have been a pure free will offering at the shrine of corruption, and he had no business to visit his own sins upon those he had led into error. Looking at the matter in this light, we are not disposed to place much reliance upon Mr. Ferrand's self-accusation of wholesale corruption on the occasion to which he here refers. It seems another " Mott case" in all its essentials. It is almost needless to may that a charge made in this way against all his constituents was not calcu lated verb highly to elevate Mr. Ferrand in their eyes. His course in parliament—the war in which other serious charges were made and disposed of— caused a large body of the electors to feel extremely anxious to be quit of this unfortunate connexion. The outcry which Mr. Ferrand made about the poor law was not echoed in any way by the town. The subject was one upon which his constituents had no strong feeling, and its constant reiterat on by their member occasioned no smell dissatisfaction. An opportunity was given to the party who enter tained these opinions of their precious representa tive to record their votes for a candidate of very dis similar character. Mr. W. S. Lucca", who was (upon petition) declared elected for Wake field in 1841, had grown too liberal for those who had supported him in that town and was consequently obliged to seek ano- ther constituency. The Harewood family have a property three miles out of Knaresborough, and it was determined to ask this gentleman to come forward. He did so, and it was soon evident that he would come in at the head of the poll. Mr. Found in his tarn was supplanted. Ho mule avoured to re treat under cover of afire upon the Earl of Harewood, whom he charged, in a handbill. with support ing his brother, a free trader, in preference to him, Mr. Busfeild Ferrand, a protectionist. Lord Harewood with severe politeness replied to this grave imputation, that though he had taken no part an either side he certainly did prefer his brother to Mr. Basfeild Ferrand. And strange as it might seem to Mr. Ferrand, all the gentlemen . of the cpuatry thought his lordship decidedly right in his pre ference. The feeling at Knareebo:ough, chiefly in conse quenceof Mr. Ferrand's cc nduct,being strongly against the toner, the liberals it the last election detail mined to bring forward a second candidate, and, after . several negotiations, they selected Mr. Wcsthead, of Manchester, a iientleman who, by the death of an' uncle, had acquired a considerable lauded property new Stourbridge. A very close contest ensued be * tween Mr. Westhead and Mr. Lawson, and we regret to add that it was a contest exhibiting many very disgraceful features on both sides. All the public houses were engaged by one party or th e o th er , an d • an immense b.ady of renters, staffmen, banner bearers, &c., were employed. A large body cf "navvies" were also introduced into the town by an irdi met agent of Mr. Wes`head, and their pre sence gave rise to continual disturbances. On the night of the nomination, it being suspected that some • liberal voters wore " bottled " at the tory inn, att attack was made upon the gates with a Vete to a rescue. A few special constables might have dis• Freed the people, but Mr. Lswson's son, a very young mag:su ate, feeling some alarm, sent off too hastily for a military force, which came in the shape of a detachment of dragoons, helter skelter from the barracks at Leeds. Sad consequences might have ensued; but luckily, as tho troops were entering the town, Sir William Ingilby, who is more accustomed to elections than Mr. Lawson Jan., rode into Knaresborough, and having requeeted a short delay, in order to make inquiry, saw reason for thinking that the force bad big get back again es quickly as they came. This circumstance of seeding fur a military force probably exercised an unfavorable lenience on Mr. Lawsou's election. He lost by 14, despite the Cowhouse voter, the numbers being for La-celler, 158; NVesthead, 128 ; Lawson, 114. The last election is admitted by all parties in Knareiloorough to have been the worst within memory. The treating was as extensive as it could be on both sides. But the "runner" system was per haps the worst feature. Each voter was at liberty to nominate any non-elector ho pleased as runner or banner-bearer. As the town hi extremely de pressed, and there are numbers of unemployed men, both young and old, this patronage was valusb'e. There were not less than 300 runners emplGyzd by Mr. Westhead'a agent. These people received a breakfast, dinner, tee, two quarts of ale, and 3/. 61. a day, or if they were banner bear. rs from 4s. to Gd. Ktimating the food at 6s. each per day, the lowest an innkeeper would charge in an election bill, the total expense of these 300 non-electors must have been little less than 1501. a day. ti , x days' expenses at this rate would mount up to 9001.—n0 small sum for only a part of the chatges of election by 128 voters. Ws ere not able to state the precise amount of the expenses of the last election to each candidate, but they certainly did not average much le's than 7001. a pica. And if this be, as we believe, a cloned estimate, the total expenditure was at the rate of nearly 101. a voter. The prospects of Knaresborough on a future elec t:on ere very uncertain. There seems every proba bility that the borough will become gradually worse and worse, until it sinks down into a very corrupt and degraded constituency. There is still much of the old spirit of independence existing among the voters, but the failing condition of the place gives reason to feer that the Lumber open to " influence" is likely to increase rapidly, and the nearly equal divi sion of parties of mune re nitre it in the power of a few to turn the scale. Already, it is said, the election is in the hands of the publicans, who are a strong body, and always require "evening parties" to be given at their respective house.. Apart from the treat ins end banner-bearing practices, the worst feature of Knaresborough is the Cow-house vote system, to which we adverted the other day. In every other case we have met with, these cow-houses are in the hands of parties who possess the boroughs either for themselves or th 4 it nominees. Thus at Totness the Duke of Somerset's cow-house voters re turn his grace's son, Lord Seymour; and Mr. Barry Baldwin, the other member, seats him self by the voices of some dozen electors manufactured in the same way on his own property. But at Knaresborough the cow-house voters are manufactured by an elector—a clergyman to boot—to turn the scale ►n favour of his own party. This is a new feature in "our representative system," and one that gives occasion to many reflections as to its abuse. Tae boundary of Knaresborongh might be extended so as to include Harrogate, the wh:le of which lies within three miles. This would double the electo rate, but scarcely incrrasc,it is believed,the independ ence of the borough. In no other direction would the extension of the boundary be of any service ita increasing the constituency, for this part of the country is held by large landed proprietors, and in farms of considerable extent. Villages are not nu merous, and the population is thin. Knereaborough, mince the H form Act, has been certainly unfortunate. We can only hope that the lesson it has received in electing Mr. Ferrand may be of use, though there is little to excite any expecta tions of the borough. IRELAND. Drntax, MkECK 28. Many here are moat anxious to learn who is to be Mr. Twisleton's successor. Whoever be the new official, be will have no bed of roses, and may, after a little while, expect to be treated much like his pre decessor. There is a general feeling that an Irish man of proved talents and known character, with official aptitude, should be nominated. In its present crisis, personal knowledge of the country is almost absolutely necessary to any high official under the poor-law system. The furniture of Conciliation-hall was auctioned off yesterday, and the goods sold fetched high prices. The words " Goinz--gong—gone," sounded strangely in many ears there ; and the last word describes " re peal" in this country. Never was any subject so gone. Tun PRACTICAL Istaviincron Branca.—This favourite project is now in full and active operation. Thanks to the Indefatigable exertion of the council, combined with the cordial and active co-operation of the local committees formed for the purpose, then are no less than tweaty.seven of these truly useful men quartered and at full work in the different districts ; and it is to be hoped that the number will be in craned to thirty before the end of the month. Instructors have also been lint to the following additional districts gratuitously, where the necessary local committees were ionised to superintend and direct their movements, viz.:— Kenmore (North), co. Kerry; Cahirciveen, co. Kerry; Galway (West) ; B.llinrobe, Co. Mayo ; Swinford Union, co. Mayo; Scariff Union, co. Clue. Arrangements are also in progress to send instructors to Dingle, Tr.lee, Kilmallock, Macroom, and other locslities, which are making the neces sary exertions to secure them. Some of their addi Tonal re ports we understand give a melancholy_acoount of the real state of things in the south and wait. They ell agree, bow ever, that little or no actual reaction has been as yet created in these remote and neglected districts; and that the poor ignorant creatures are bent more than ever en manuring their stubble. for grain crepe, and cultivating their treacher ous old friend, the potato. It is almost hopeless to be deal ing with such icfatnoted beings as these, who, in addition to these fatal propensities, have neither weds to sow green crops, capital or machinery to work them, nor stock to consume them In a profitable and proper manner. While our gentry and rulers are squabbling upon abstract and useless points of economy, and wasting their time and energies in seniless demonstrations and divides, the real interests of the country are forgotten, and the proper cultivation and improvement of the land itself neglected.—/risA Farmers' Gazette. EDINBURGH, MARCH 27. A public meeting was held in Glasgow to day, the Lord Provost presiding, for the purpose of petitioning in favour of some amendment of the Poor Lsw Act, but until the HOMO of Lords disposes of the appeal/ cases before them it is not likely that movements of this kind will be attended with any practical benefit. The question of Irish immigration, however, is one which might be considered and legislated on sepa rately from relief to the able-bodied unemployed. The Lord Advocate's Marriage and Registration Bills are now being assailed on all bands. The esta blished church courts are, as formerly, adverse to all kinds of marriages except those celebrated by clergymen—the old dissenters regard the measures as expensive and centralising—while the free church party condemn the monopoly of registrarship conferred on the parochial schoolmasters. The finance reformers suggest rather pertinently that the sinecure salary of 1,5001., enjoyed by Lord Dalhousie as Lord g i g Register, should be thrown into the fund for defray ing the expense of the proposed registration ; and, in short, all parties are contributing their mite of ob struction to two measures which intelligent and im partial people must ace are very much needed, how