The Express. — London, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

' t h e royal yacht Violinist iend u Sidiessed by the Black the Fairy, W oo s soshared in the bay a salute frogs At night the lows so d environs, soother with the bay and the heights, u m& could be sesta lien the awyel mitt, were flluselsmesd; sa d a gnat number at sealren wee let ad'; huge benarse w oo d upon the MI; the dwelt steeples were she is od, sat the eigzil h aest Fart Rerilli tilspityisi a *as pic el intill/N4 a vary pavereg alket. Cat the frit signal being gL ir t e at . Dims and Le Heston mia=the governor, who was unable is gasmeat kiss! 1„, and the bailiff, Sir Jolla D. Venlig, end the v iscount, Col. Le Contour, aide-de-easy to the Qom, es re .esentatives of the states, went on boat the pit, where less !dainty was pleated to permit ea radians*, receiving these gentlemen in the most afhble nnieser ' goyim that she h a d heard much of the salubrity and beauty of tile island, lied was mindful of the loyalty at all times of its inhabitants. Oka further stated her royal pleasure to land the sad day at 11 o'clock, being informed by Mr. Chevalier that the tide would then emit. Thursday opened with a beautiful morning —her Majesty j a said always to have tine weather when she travels—and th e flags, and arches, and the clean and gala aspect of the t o wn, were true omens of the triumphs of the day. From an boor before sunrise, people were coming into town, and pro os oding to the neighbourhood of the piers. The stream con tinued to increase, and by 8 o'clock, the reserved seats, the heights above tho harbour, and every place where it was possible to obtain a view of the landing, were filling. The coop d'teil was now very picturesque and imposing —the ranges of seats covered with well dressed persons, the crowds swarming on the table land of the rocky steeps leading to the fort ; the decorated red pavilion at the end of the pier, and the white group of young ladies about it, to welcome her MajeMy with the royal anthem, gave • fi ne effect to the scene. The depot of 81st regiment, the town militia, and the States were all on the pier ready to receive the sovereign, who landed ahortly before eleven o'clock. The battery of Elisabeth Castle tired a royal salute, and on the Fairy rounding that fort, and entering the small roads, the royal standard of England was hoisted at the pier -head, and at the same time a beautiful white flag was run up under the royal banner, bearing the words " %%crows HARBOUR" in large 'characters. A train of young ladies sang the national an them, and at the same time strewed flowers on her Majesty's =On entering the pavilion, the Queen seated herself moment, 11 11.11. Prince Albert at her right, and beside her the ladies of honour and Lord Spencer. Her Melody was pleased to receive the addresses of the States and of the militia. Carriage* were next in requisition, and the royal party pro 'seeded on an excision through the island, visiting, amongst other places, Mont Orgepil Castle, where the keys of the for tress were presented to the Queen. On seeing the coast of France, Her Majesty expressed her surprise, and asked the Viscount what might be the distance between this island and the opposite come, to which he replied about thirteen or fourteen miles • Her Majesty expressing a desire to see, if possible, Coutances Cathedral, Colonel Le Couteur proceeded for a telescope, but unfortunately the one he procured was not good, and the royal party had a very indifferent view of the opposite coast. The Queen was also desirous of entering her name on the visitors' book, but unfortunately it was not at hand. The royal party re-entered their carriages, and returned to the New Harbour, where the royal State barge conveyed them to the Fairy. "And here," says the Jersey herald, "let ue mention, en passant, a circumstance which occurred shortly before the Victoria and Albert came to her moorings. The little Prince of Wales went on deck, dressed as a sailor—a glazed hat, checked shirt, the handkerchief round the collar tied in a sailor's knot, blue jacket, and white trousers, were his costume. The sailors gave the royal sailor nine times nine, and when that was over, he ordered a glass of grog to be given to each of them." THE BRITISH MUSEUM, together with the new rooms in the western wing containing sculpture, will be re opened to the public this day. THE Soa-FIESDS BURIAL-GROUND.—Mr. Bram well, to whom the case between the proprietor of the Spa fields burying-ground and the public was referred, has at length made his award. He prohibits any further burials or disturbance of the ground, save in certain parts of the church yard, for ten years. Directs that no coffin of five feet or up- i wards shall be buried in any grave not deep enough to lie s over the upper part of such coffin a thickness of soil of five feet ; coffins to be buried one or more deep in a vertical direction. Where a coffin has been buried one year, they I shall not bury over or disturb it. There shall be a horizontal or lateral direction one foot at least between coffins buried in 1 the ground. No coffin to be removed or disturbed, nor any body, or part of any body, for ten years from the time of banal. This award is dated the 9th of May last. The parts I of the ground to be hereafter used can only be properly un derstood by examining a plan. They comprise that portion 1 bounded on the east by part of the western wall of the dwell ing -house, and part of the ground bounded on the north by the north wall of that house.—Sunday Times. ROASTING AN OX TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OP THE CORN-LAWS.—Yesterday, at the Pearson Arms, Pearson-street, Kingsland-road, a large ox was roasted ' whole, to commemorate the repeal of the Corn-laws, Orna mented with various coloured ribbons. It was placed before an enormous fire ut seven o'clock in the morning, and was 1 visited by a large concourse of persons during the day. At five o'clock it was taken from the fire, and eat up, when an 1 immense number partook of it at a very small charge. OFFENCES IN THE PARK.—Yesterdaya statement , of all persons apprehended in St. James's, Hyde, and the Green Parks, and Kensington Gardens, during the month of August was, by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, poetess at the principal entrances. Fifteen persons found sleeping at night in the shrubberies of Hyde Park were all confined with hard labour for short periods ; three, convicted of indecency in Hyde and St. James's Park, were held to bail to answer the charges at the sessions ; and three , others, for cutting seats and assaulting a constable, were im- I prisoned with bard labour. WILL OF THE LATE MRS. E. FRY.—The testatrix, wife of J. Fry, Esq., of Upton, Essex, enjoyed a life interest over certain trust property, under the respective wills of her sisters, Priscilla Gurney and Rachel Gurney, with a power of disposition over the same, by deed, will , or otherwise, and of which there was remaining unappropriated, and at her dis was], a sum of 11,0001. ; this she has directed to be applied ' for the benefit of her family in the following manner :—The 1 interest of 6,0001. to her husband for life, and afterwards the principal to be divided squally among st her children. To 1 her daughter, Katherine Fry, who has always lived with her, 1 but to whom no provision has hitherto been made, she 1 leaves the interest of 4,0001. and 2,0001. on her marriage 1 and the remaining 1,0001. to her son D. H. Fry. The be- 1 quests are entirely confined to the trusts under which she 1 was empowered by the deeds of disposition. She executed I her will in 1840, appointing her sons J. 0. Fry and J. Fry, jun., Esqrs. ' executors, to whom special letters of administra • I tion with the will was granted, the husband consenting. She 1 was in her 66th year.—lfornisq Post. THE REGISTRATION.—Funds being required to carry out effectually the defence of persons whose claims have been vexatiously objected to in Middlesex, East Sussex, Hertford, West Kent. South Essex, and South Hants, an appeal has been made for subscriptions. Amongst the first to come forward with substantial aid to the cause are the Earl of Radnor, Lords Robert Grosvenor, John Russell, and Clarendon, and the Hon. Admiral Bouverie. OMNIBUS STATISTICS.—The total number of om nibuses now traversing the streets of London, is 1,490, giving employment to very nearly 4,000 hands. The earn ings of these vehicles vary very much, on some roads being as high as 41. per day, and on others as low as 21. ; but taking the lowest average, we shall then find that there is spent in omnibus rides in and around the metropolis, the large sum of 2,9801. per day, or 1,087,7001. per annum. Persons can now be conveyed as great a distance for six pence as would formerly cost five times the amount ; besides, the whole is so r eg ulated, that there is a comfortable means of conveyance ready at all hours, from eight o'clock in the morning till twelve o'clock at night, to all parts of the metropolis, and for miles beyond it in every direction.- - Morning Post. SWIMMING FEAT.—Yesterday afternoon, a man of filename of Leeson, jumped from the middle of Hungerford - Mtge, and swam to Waterloo-bridge in four minutes fifty - fee seconds, winning a bet of 151. to 101. that he would amemplish the feat in five minutes twenty-five seconds, ' millet the cheers and congratulations of his friends. The tide was running strong at the time. SUICIDE AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE. —Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, an elderly man, threw himself headforemost into the river, firom the steps on the Surrey aide. After three hours' search, the body of the unfortunate man was found, and conveyed to the workhouse in Christchurch. He was dressed in a fustian jacket, corded breeches, grey stockings, and laced-up boots. In his pockets was found a tobacco-box, with " J, Manning " inserted on the lid. ACCIDENT YESTERDAY.— A waggon, heavily laden with timber, and drawn by three horses, was in Ebury street, Pimlico, being driven by a man of the name of Clarke, who was sitting on the fore horse, when he fell off, and before the animals could be stopped the off fore and hind wheels passed over his thighs, which were frightfully fractured. He was removed to St. George's Hospital, and but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. INQUESTS HELD YESTERDAY.—By Mr. W. Baker, Cock and Magpie, Worship-street, Shoreditch, touching the death of Mary Ann Stroud, aged 47, a married woman, who died on Saturday last. Deceased kept a coffee and eating house is Worship-street, and was subject to bilious attacks. On Saturday morning she complained of violent pains, and retired to her bedroom. Towards the afternoon she vomited *great deal, and appeared to get much worse. A surgeon was sent for, and mills arrival the deceased was quite dead. A'uror said it was a suspicions case, and it being advisable tohave martens examination, the case was adjourned for further inquiry.—By Mr. Wakley, at the Vestry-hall Church-passage, Chancery-lane, on the body of a newly bora female. On the morning of the 4th inst. a small rush bullet, tied and directed to a gentleman at No. 95, Hobo -1117-road Villas, was left by a stranger at the receiving-house of the Parcels' Delivery Company, Charleeetreet, West minster. It was ascertained, on the parcel being sent, that no one of the name lived at the address, and it then returned to the company's office in Roll's-buildings, Fetterslane, where, upon being opened, it was found to contain the body tif deceased wrapped up in a piece of linen rag. The pare thin 'surgeon could not state whether the decea sed bad been been alive or not, and the jury returned an op en verdict of Found Dead."—By Mr. Bedford, at the Griffin, Villier's . *ens Strand, on the body of Charles Wells, aged 43, rosier, of No. 30, James - street , Covent garden, whose des mu mentioned yesterday. It appeared from the evidence, • 'which was rather conflicting, that the deceased was tipsy, bo„.t that he was rudely pushed by a porter of Cove nt- g arden surnet, and fell under the wheels of a cart paining at the time. The jury, however, seemed to consider the porter free of blame though he had been taken into custody, for they ?denied a verdict of" Accidental Death." BRITISH AfiSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE KENT OF SCIENCE. Ivzr4lio..--The announce mot that his itzli = l Hilmar Priam Albert will viol* the amodatka at the w ise Thursday emu W *, sod aim Mama the setings, has so d a sow sold' his the swim et tha bud ososoditm ham obeli aim ghee no MMus to the main pro soolimp. possisrakspe one win, liormor. he made fhr hh resZ a rzit bong e expremed yids of his Royal vidt alma be mangy hi his die molar os • ZM lsa snember.--His MI not be the ally royal hoZition ol the pr eel la _3l. atm. mad ht. Yon den. her,will bs lore as WarMa a yetis. tram the Paperer of Ramie, as well as M. Ornalmi -d K. Failmmor from Copenhagen, expertly sent over by the Ku ( a Denmark, and M. Mains and N. Seinrsobsm. deparad hum Stock holm by the Ring of Bwarra, whin the aims Prusai will, an cm ~weal previous oramitem be represented by Chevalier Burma, the ambassador boas that country. Other foreign distinguished aseams, whose names are announced to be present, are, M. Rose, from Berlin ; M. Schonbein, from Bade; and MM. Elie de Beaumont, Dumas, and Constant Prevost, from Paris, besides many others of scarcely less distinguished note, for whose reception accommodation has been provided at the houses of the principal local members : the vice-presidents--who are the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P., Professor Owen, and Professor Baden Powell—have also announced their intention of being present, besides which the scientific ranks of the meeting are expected to be filled up more efficiently than even on any previous occasion. The preprations of the local council are far advanced, and very conveniently arranged for the acoommodation of members. The reception-room, where each member presents himself on his arrival in town, for his ticket and for information, is at the Audit-house, in High-street, and the places of meeting of the different sec tions have been selected as near as possible to each other. The arrangements for the week are the meeting of the Lon don Council to-morrow ; that of the general committee for general purposes of business on Wednesday ; whilst on Thursday at 11 o'clock, the scientific business of the sec tions will commence, continuing each day till the following Wednesday at the same hour. The opening general meeting will be held at the Victoria Rooms, when the president, Sir Roderick Marckison, will deliver his introductory address ; on Friday evening, Professor Owen will deliver a discourse on the fossil mammalia of the British islands ; and, on Monday evening, Mr. Lyell on certain points in the geology of America. On Saturday there will be an excursion to the Isle of Wight, and on the evenings of Saturday and Tuesday there will be conversational aoirdes at the Victoria Rooms, whilst the concluding general meeting will be held on Wed nesday evening. On Monday . there will be a meeting of the general committee for the choice of the next place of meeting, and officers, &c. ; and on Wednesday another, to decide upon the awards of money to be made for different objects of spe cific scientific research.—A very numerous meeting of the local committee was held yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the Mechanical Section. The chair was taken by Mr. Lobb, the mayor, who was supported by Sir R. Mur chison and most of the leading members of the town council. In alluding to the visit of the Prince Consort, the Mayor stated that the inhabitants of Southampton were equally prepared to receive him, whether in his station as a private individual, or as the husband of the Queen. They had shown this in the recent visit of her Majesty to the salmon fishery, at Woodmill's, where her desire for privacy had been properly respected. On this occa sion he was sure that the wishes of his Royal Highness would be perfectly consulted. Various minor details re lating to the proceedings of the sub-committees, having been entered into, the meeting adjourned. Amongst other sources of accommodation which the com mittee have provided for the members is a descriptive account of Southampton and its vicinity, with a geological guide to the Isle of Wight and its scenery, which they have got up with great care, and at considerable expense. SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY. A pub li c meeting of 'tants of terbnry, convened by the mayor at the request of a large number of the most influential inhabitants, was held in the Guildhall of that city yesterday. The object was to afford an opportunity of publicly expressing the sense entertained by the inhabit ants of the conduct of the directors of the South Eastern Railway, in the recent increase of their charges. At the hour appointed for the meeting the hall was densely crowded, and a unanimous feeling of intense dissatisfaction with the conduct of the directors appeared to pervade the meeting. Henry Cooper, Esq., the mayor, presided, and briefly opened the business of the day by requesting a fair and impartial hearing for all who might address them. Alderman Neassz then came forward. He said he had been throughout* strong advocate of the South-Eastern Com pany, and had supported its interests in opposition to the various other projects for affording railway accommodation to their part of the county. It was with regret, therefore, that he felt himself compelled to submit for the adoption of his fellow-citizens resolutions condemnatory of the recent con duct of that company. The enormous increase of their fares he considered totally uncalled for, seeing the great support their line had received from the citizens of Canterbury, and the residents in its vicinity. The resolutions he proposed to offer for the consideration of the meeting were based upon the principles laid down in a pamphlet prepared and circu lated by the Directors of the South Eastern Company in December last. It was, in fact, a declaration of the views and intentions of the Directors, emitted to enlist public sympathy in their support. In this pamphlet it was stated that the company had conferred much greater accommoda tion to the public than most other lines, and had found their advantage in so doing. They had run, it was said, at low fares, and afforded frequent opportunities for third-class passengers travelling by almost all their trains, and they had also introduced the system of day tickets at a fare and a half. The public, the pamphlet added, hail been greatly benefitted by these arrangements, and the experiment had been justified by its success, for the comp.rny had been no losers. Alderman Neame also alluded to the speech delivered by Mr. Mac gregor, chairman of the company, at the Canterbury dinner, on the day when the line from Ashford to Canterbury was opened. That gentleman said that though the South-Eastern line was a circuitous one from this part of the country, still the public were not charged on the principle of the miles they travelled, but the fares were calculated upon the diagonal of the circuit gono over. Now, however, added the Alder man, they have thought proper to alter their principles, and in place of charging on the diagonal, they demand the full mileage of the whole distance travelled, and in their day tickets a first-class passenger is charged 13s. instead of 9s. 91. from Canterbury to Maidstone; a second-class passenger Bs. 641. in place of Be. 6d.; and a proportional addition pervades all the fares on every part of the line,with the exception of the one to Ramsgate. Mr. Neame, after commenting at some length on the various degrees of increase, concluded by moving a series of resolutions to the effect:—That the increase on the fares made by the South Eastern Company were impolitic, uncalled for, and unjust towards the public, and utterly at variance with the declarations set forth by the company in a pamphlet published by them in December last ; that a communication be forwarded to the Directors of the company requesting them to re-establish their scale of charges on the principle professed by their chairman at the time the branch line from Ashford to Canterbury was opened; and that the Mayor be requested to transmit a copy of the resolutions to the chairman fir the information of the com pany, and to make public as speedily as possible any answer he may receive. Mr. Tasszsatt reconded the resolutions, and commented on the secrecy and suddenness with which the augmented fares had been resolved upon. No previous notice had been given. Many had only been informed of the increase when they came to apply for tickets. Mr. W. J. COOPER did not intend to offer any opposition to the resolutions. He hoped, however, they would not truckle to the South-Eastern Compary. On a former occasion he had frankly expressed his opinion that they were like the chameleon, and would take their colour from circumstances. They had now gotten the county entirely into their hands, and had consequently taken the colour of monopolists. They sought only to advantage themselves, regardless of the public interest. Mr. MATEHEWS said. he had always been an advocate for a Direct North Kent line, and he would now move a resolu tion to that effect. The resolationa of Alderman Neame were carried unanimously. Mr. Matthews' resolution was then put, and also carried unanimously. The meeting then class fare. The company are haring first class excursionist csnisges made of extracrdinary length, similar to those employed on the foreign lines, capable of holding 130 pas =lieach. They will lint be used on the North Wool ne which is rapidly approaching completion. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 6. A DIAAPPOISTMENT.—The sight-seers and tuft-hunters of Dublin were disappointed yesterday in their expectations of the naval display at Kingstown. The vessels were all in harbour with sails set and streamers flying, so was the pro mised military band, and numerous red-coats with gold lace and epaulettes ; the crowds were there in equipages and on foot ; but the Lord 4deutenant was not. kits Excellency could not spare time, and postponed his visit until to-morrow. Then was not over much disappointment felt, however, as, if the crowd did not see a lord-lieutenant, it saw a crowd, and the viceroy " will draw" another day. Tin THIRD Sort of Col. White, M.P. for Longford, has been accidentally shot while on a sporting excursion on the Shannon. ADDRESSES TO LORD BESSEOHOUGIL —OR Saturday ad dresses were presented to his Excellency the Earl of Bess borough, from the City of Waterford, the Corporation of Waterford, and the Town of Clonmel. The addresses from Waterford were read by the Mayor, Sir Benjamin Morris Wall, and the Town Clerk of Waterford; that from Clonmel was read by the Mayor, Mr. Bianconi. When the deputa tions from Waterford had withdrawn, his Excellency con ferred the honour of a private in.erriew upon the Hight Rev. Dr. Foran, who formed one of the deputation. Ma. therre O'Batxs.—The Limerick Esaminer, an organ of "Young Ireland," thus indignantly reclaims against the non-restoration of Smith O'Brien to the magis tracy:—" Mr. Powell received his supersedeas, as he states himself in his reply to Mr. Brady, without any previous in timation or correspondence on the subject. Mr. William Smith O'Brien was not dismissed. He threw up his com mission when he found that the constitutional prerogatives of the subject were trampled upon tyrannically. We should be glad to know why Mr. O'Brien's commission is not offered to him. A resident landlord, of the highest order of intel lect, of the most unblemished reputation and spotless private character, coot, dispassionate, impartial Mr. O'Brien is par ticularly fitted to play the part of local judge. Iles Lord Chancellor Brady . pared him ever ? And why " BELLIGERENT MEPEALERE.—YOUNG IRELAND IN Lire- RICK —The Limerick Examiner thus describes some recent proceedings in that city. I only request, in laying it before your readers, that they may not imagine it to be a burlesque. The meeting of which the following extracts are descriptive, was held on Thursday evening last : —Mr. Ahern said he had celled this meeting on a requisition of his brother repealers, for the purpose of adopting a vote of confidence in Smith O'Brien— (hear, hear)—but it was thought better to postpone the con sideration of this question, lest anything might be done which might not meet the approval of Mr. O'Brien. They had a short time previous addressed him, and he (Mr. Ahern) was not aware that he had done anything since to forfeit their confidence. (A Voice—" He has done every thing lend cries of " No, no, he has done notniug.") He thought it would be better to abandon the question, and en deavour to heal up all division. ("Hear," and cheers.) He would therefore propose that the motion fall to the ground. Mr. Joan ABRAHLII said he begged leave to second the motion. He felt it his duty to warn those who heard him that there were spies in the city, seeking to undermine their glorious cause. (Cries of "No, no, " hisses, and cheers.) There were people seeking to take hem away from the noble-minded O'Connell. (Loud cheers groans, and cries of " noble-minded O'Brien, too "—" There is a breach of trust "—" There is no question " " Chair, chair." He demanded to be heard—he was in possession. (A voice— " You are a Limerick man, are you not ?") Ile was born in England, of the Jewish persuasion, but he had an Irish heart. (Loud applause from the bottom of the room, min gled with groans and hires; a voice—" I thought you were a foreigner ;" another—" Bravo, Abraham.") Ile did not want to detract from Smith O'Brien ; there was no man who would go further for Smith O'Brien—he would re-echo the words of O'Connell in his praise, but he would shed the last drop of his blood for O'Connell (Min gled cheers and hisses.) He had tried O'Connell—O'Connell had always been faithful to the people. (Repeated cheers and groans.) Their universal demand was the repeal of the Union, attained by peaceable means. Let any one show him that any advantage had ever been gained by the shedding of blood. (Groans, and cries of ' You are wandering,'" " Question, question," mingled with cheers.) The resolu tion was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. Demo MuLCANY said he had one observation to make. (Cries of" There's no business.) Mr. hi 'MCA /iY continued —The gentleman who had spoken last had said he was of the Jewish persuasion. Mr. MIRA H Ast—l said I was born in the Jewish faith—l am a Catholic Mr. MULCAHY begged pardon for the mistake be bad fallen into. He could never forget the sacrifice of Dungaresn. (Here the speaker was interrupted by a tremendous shower of groans which completely drowned everything he said. For some time he essayed to obtain a hearing, but found it impossible.) The CHAIR:HAN then nee, and endeavoured to obtain silence, but the mingled cheers for O'Connell, Old Ireland, moral force, &c., completely prevented his being heard. At length he said the interruption was caused by persons who were not members of the club. . . . A VOICE—Down with the Richmond Ward Club (mingled with groans and cheers). For upwards of half an hour nothing could he beard hut groans and cheers, mingled with various epithets respecting ; several members of the Club, particularly the Secretary. At length the Chairman left the chair, and the meeting some time after separated, breaking up into little parties, ; among whom the dispute of Young and Old Ireland was con tinued as angrily as before." The Limerick Chronicle, a Tory journal, thus notices the same scene :—" At a meeting of the Richmond Repeal Ward Club, summoned on Thursday night, to address Mr. Smith O'Brien, and pass a resolution of approval and confidence in him, Mr. Charles O'Neill in the chair, the Old Ireland party 4 mustered so strong as to overpower the regular members of the club by their intrusion. Mr. Ahern, secretary, said the address would be postponed. (Murmurs.)—A Voice: Three • cheers for O'Connell. (Loud cheers.)—A Voice: Three i cheers for Smith O'Brien. (No response.) It was then inti mated that if the Young Ireland party did not separate at once they would be foreibll expelled and the candles extin guished. To prevent a collision between moral and physical force it was deemed prudent to dissolve, the moral force • aiming/ being virtually the physical force delinquents." The same journal. adds :—" The Bruit Repeal Reading-room is broken up, in consequence of the envision between Young and Old Inlanders which plainly proves that ' a house divided against itsel f stand.' The Old Irelanders are more numerous, but the Young Ireland party arc much more intelligent and active." O'CONNELL.—THE REPRALERS OF NEWRY.—The re pealer of Newry gathered on Friday last to express their confidence in O'Connell. The Right Rev. Dr. Blake, Rom. Cath. Bishop of Dromore, some neighbouring priests and influential gentlemen, and about 400 to 500 persons in all were present. Rowan Mc Naghten, Esq., was called to the ohmic The Right Rev. Dr. Blake, in a glowing and ani mated address, traced the career of O'Connell, and advocated the exclusive ascendancy of reason and moral suasion in poll- • deal agitation. He concluded b moving the following resolution, which was seconded by Matthew Russell, Esq. (a Protestant), and carried by ace amation : "ltesolval—That th , most grateful thanks of the people of Ireland are due to the liberator, O'Connell, for his great and unparalleled wrists Is the wan of Ireland for the last My years ; and that to his Mund principles of moral force slime in obtaining the eonlenden of our domestic legislature, and to him alone as our insame, we, the repeaters of Newry, thus solemnly and publicly bind egnalvea" The meeting then separated, with cheers for the Queen, O'Connell, Repeal, &c. &c. BISHOP Ll:scomne's SUCCESSOR. The Limerick Chronicle announces that the recognised successor of Bishop Luscombe, at Paris, is the venerable the Archdeacon of Ardfert, the venerable Mr. J. Keatinge. Mr. Keatinge is a Native of Limerick, and has always been a Liberal in politics, eml a supporter of the Board of Education in Ireland. The rev. gentleman has for some time acted as Bishop Luscombe's coadjutor. Lim ERICH PROTESTANT ORPHAN SOCIETY.—The monthly meeting of the committee of this, our staple charily, took place on Tuesday last, and, as usual, was very numerously and respectably attended. The chair was taken by Lord Clarina, one of the vice-patrons, and an early, constant, and warm friend of the society. The treasurer's report announced vies receipts, 1,0021.185. 5d.; expenditure 8871. 11s. Id., Laving a balance of 1151. 4e. 4d. sterling, to answer the heavy cells of the day. There are 260 children on the foun dation., A gentleman named Maude, of Wakefield, forwarded adonatien of 1001. KING'S COUNTY.—The annual meeting of the north branch of the King's County Protestant Orphan Society took place on Wednesday last. The attendance was respect able, but not very numerous. Amongst the clergymen pre sent were Reeds. Edmond F. Berry, Peter Wilson, Ralph Coote, Lynally, John Galbraith, Meagre. Dunne, Benjamin Morris, Mr. Norris. THE SECOND COLLECT of the Church of England Liturgy, ordered to be read in the time of dearth and famine , been read in all the churches at morning and evening prayer during the past month. THE REcrour of Magheracross, value 5001. a year is vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Overend, and in the gift of the Bishop of Clogher. NSW APPOINTSLENT.—Dr. Mellen, brother-in-law to our Irish Chancellor, is to be the new Inspector-General of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. The salary is 7001. a year, with travelling expenses. EMPLOYMENT OP THE PEOPLE.—The Irish Board of Works are about to construct floating docks at Limerick, as a means of affording employment to the people. The work men are employed day and night upon the Cork and Bandon Railway._ TEE Ilesszost-tiones Covert-rex met on Saturday, Lord Cloncurry in the chair. The following members also attended :—Mr. O'Connell, M.P. ; Very Rev. Dr. Flanagan, Pierce Mahony, John O'Donoghue, Alderman Gardiner, Thomas Gresham, Dr. Gray, John Clean. The resolution adopted at the Mtude-hall, on Thursday, baring been brought before the notice of the meeting, Mr. O'Connell proposed the following Resolution : "That the labour Ms Mt, haring only Jag came into operation, ant the pronneont wpm*/ to to winsdeue the aziettaidiateeme on& Masnlig Mk smalltime Elm i rlefatawswoltdcb they do in Oa bon e the malt s ii =lot nesmores, osier dr est of emillemeall with the to take soeh ran dupe se day amity OM Amid eta require, or should the dated net tat saiksiawki alkwakas kr theemsgerey." The resolution was unanianady adopted. Curtains, ELEcrrow.—Tke writ has been forwarded to Clonmekand the election will take pine watt week. TIER LIRINDING OF INDIAN Coats.—'dab Conmakowist• General at Limerick has advertised Ike toadaste Om the grinding of Indian corn for the government depot dean, en the following terms :—The tenders to date the rats, pee 20 stone of corn delivered from her Majesty' depot, to be kik- DWELLINGS FOR THE POOR.—Sir,—The cor respondent of the Mechanics' Magazine, whose remarks on proposed dwellings for the poor you quote in this day's paper, has very accurately described a plan proposed by me, three years ago, which was laid before the Hulth of Towns Commission, and published, with my evidence, in their first report. The description and estimates of the proposed dwellings there set forth fully show the resulting advantages to the poorer classes from the adoption of some such plans, and the excellent investments they would prove for capitalists, and I war glad to see that you considered the idea of suffi cient importance to occupy your valuable space.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, HENRY AUSTIN. A RAILWAY SMOKING SALOON.—Within the last few days, a novelty has been introduced on the Eastern Counties Railway in the running . of a very handsome car riage, termed a smoking or excursion saloon, which, from its elegant and peculiar construction, has excited much interest. In size and form of build it much resembles the royal car riages on the Great Western, South Western, and other railways. The peculiarity of a portion of the Cambridge and Newmarket mac suggested to the company the formation of such a description of carriage, and which oertainly reflects great credit on the skill of its manufacturer. Its extreme length is 40 feet, the body about 30 feet, the ends being con verted into a kind of open lounge. It runs o n six wheels, which are fitted with Adams' patent bo w s p rin g s. The in ternal decorations are of the most recherche description. The seats extend the full length of the sides, and are hand somely covered with morocco leather. A highly polished mahogany . table occupies the centre, the entire fitted with self-balancing lamps. The sides are lighted by eight plate glass windows of unusual size, while the ends are fitted up with four plates of looking-glass. Its drapery is composed of bright crimson silk formed in very 'metal design. The roof presents an exceedingly chute effusing's,. The ground work is painted white, the smuliinasitosigg gilt. The gene ral furniture is of richly salved polished any. The exterior is gabled a deep marone cs k sessinsnted with gold etchings sal ambismead with the ~airs ciphers. It was manshequad by Kr. Adams, the assepmes carrier bailor, at Fidrisid. Irak% Bow. It was Ismoilisi an Friday last, whoa Kr. Suass t. *P., and a large party of die direo tors sad *Las poseessaa is it to Ipswich to a mai enter tainment at the seat af lisgehawe, the late tasailier for Harwich. Its easy mommast was a subject of math praise. &nand others on the sass style are in a forward state for the company. They will be attached to all the fast trains to and from Cambridge, passengers using them paying first THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1846. dried, and converted fair week 94 peewit et which will be required to be reterwei he every 100 pees& of green corn so delivered. The less wheeled (whisk will avenge less than one per car I.) la beams the plegesW elate party con tracting. Ths awing, et the mei teWm VW • , and the delivery a doe mil Mu m& face the epot, to be at their (the setwesdeg gerlies) Nth Thee it would that gemsenseat me hellenniwnhin ha Pre" - the markets, should private sgeselaters Pni c r Price. ORN.—FAUM PRODUCE.—The Limerick Chronicle states that Mr. Marshall sold the crops of Cherry-grove farm, near Limerick, by a u ction, when the oats in stack realised at the rate of 161. per acre, and the wheat 171. 10s. The potatoes, unfortunately, as in every other district in the neighbour hood, were perfectly unsalable. I Ittell FASHIONABLE MOTEMENTE.—Lord Monteagle has arrived at Mount Trerchard, county Limerick, from Lon don. Lord and Lady Courteney, Earl Fortescue, and Samuel Trehawke Kekewick, Esq., trustees of the Devon abeam, were expected on Saturday at the castle of New castle. The above party arrived at Mount Trencbard, the ant of Lord Monteagle, on Friday. The Hon. and Rev. C. Courtenay has joined his father, the Earl of Devon, at New castle. The Earl and Countess of Glengall arrived at Colter Omile, on Thursday, from Limerick. Tax Lam Ftoons.—The late flood, says the Roscommon Journals has swept away many hundred acres:of meadow in this locality. The wheat crop appears to be en average one. The cut crop is about half that of last year. The potato crop is completely gone, and people are dying fast front using them. The market has got up to starvation price. One pound per cwt. for meal. The public works and employ ment has ceased, and we fear the people will have recourse to the fat sheep and bullooks in the fields. AN ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.—During the past week, says the Cork Constitution, an incident occurred in the military circles of the city, which has afforded much amuse ment to the public, and caused no small annoyance and vex ation to the parties concerned. An officer belonging to a cavalry regiment, stationed near this city, became acquainted, on the voyage tram Bristol to Cork, with a young gentle man of agreeable manners and fascinating conversational powers, travelling under the name of Lord Clifton. The officer invited his lordship to the mem of the regiment, which the young nobleman, who said he was merely travelling for amusement, gladly accepted. The officers of the regiment were much pleased with their new acquaintance—and gave some expensive entertainments for his special honour. At one of these, an officer of infantry had scarcely entered the room, when, perceiving his lord ship the centre of a throng of officers, be went up to him, and recognising him as an acquaiatance, saluted him " Mr. —," expressing surprise at seeing him in the neighbourhood. It would bo hard to tell whether his lord ship or the officers felt most astonished and disconcerted. The aoi-diaaat nobleman blushed, stammered, and endeavoured to explain. He said it was true he was not Lord Clifton, but his lordship was his particular friend, with whom he had had a wager that he would personate his lordship for some time without being discovered, and its carrying out his spree, he had introduced himself to the officer who had invited him to the mess. This explanation not being deemed satisfactory, his lordship was ejected from the room, turned down stairs, and kicked through the barrack yard, the officer who had been the first dupe being the most remarkable for the pun ishment he applied to his lordship's person. On the ensuing day a message was conveyed to the officers of the regiment, that Mr. was willing to give gentlemanly satisfaction for the deception he had practised, but or. inquiry being made at his address, it was found that he had decamped. DEATH room BOXING —On Sunday last, two soldiers belonging to the 94th, stationed in this town, the one a cor poral, the other a private, named Hennessy, commenced, at first in .play, a boxing no .tch. As generally happens in such cases, the play came to earnest, when the corporal hit Hennessey with his clenched fist and killed him on the spot. The deceased was originally from the neighbourhood of Lis towel.—Kerry Exammtr. toint itiod to *Prat act upon food to a mono- SCOTLAND. IT IS STATED THAT LOIID ASHLEY is to be the conserva tive candidate for Glasgow, at the ensuing election for the Rectorate. Lord John Russell and Mr. Macaulay are spoken of as likely to stand on the liberal interest. The Scoveit Pooa-LAw.—The Spectator of Saturday adverts to the case of a Scotch pauper, named John Wood; who thus states his case, in a petition to Parliament Your petitioner is seventy-three yeah of age, and is afflicted with asthma and cough ; and is, in consequence of old age and infirmity, unable to do anything for the support of himself and family, consisting of his wife and three children, the oldest of whom is only eleven years of age. The whole in come of the family consists of the earnings of his wife and eldest child, amounting, when both are fully employed, to three shillings per week, together with four shillings per calendar month allowed by the Parochial Board of the parish of Gorbals, as sufficient subsistence' for himself and his two youngest children, who are too young to be able to earn any thing. As your petitioner pays 21. 10s. a year for rent, his allowance from the parish does not even provide him with lodging ; and the whole income of the family, including his parochial allowance, after paying the rent of the house, only leaves about fivepeoce per day to provide five persons with food, fuel, and clothing."—Wood applied in vain to the parish for increased allowance; in vain he applied to the Board of Supervision at Edinburgh for leave to appeal to the Court of Session. Re is not aware whether the Board insti tuted any inquiry into his case . but he was afforded no opportunity of proving his allegations ! Is this petition a fabrication or not? If there is any truth in it, serious in qniry is demanded, not only into the conduct of the Board of Supervision, but also into the law, which can render such cases possible. We repeat our conviction, that when the English Poor-law is revised, regard also should be had to Scotland; still denied so needful a provision, except in form. PROVINCIAL. I!INCARIIIRE. Tue Taorntits OF Pooh E3IIC;RANTB.—At the police court, Manchester, on Friday, a decent looking woman, apparently between 30 and 40 years of age, preferred a complaint agaiast Mr. S. Dodge, emigration agent, No. 2, Deansgate. She said that haring two brothers doing very well at Sydney, and learning that she could procure a free pasaage thither by application to Mr. Dodge, she applied to him for that purpose about five weeks since. She paid him 20a. and 3s. 61. to Mr. Dent, solicitor, before whom she made a declaration, and Mr. Dodge told her she was to sail on the 20th ult. When she went to him for the purpose of being sent off, he said there had been so many over the number, that she must wait and go by the next vessel. Re had sent off her papers to London, and she, having been out of place five weeks, and obliged to pleige her goods for a living, wished for the advice of the bench under the circumstan ces. She did not wish to receive her money hack if she could get a free passage to Sydney—Mr. Maude said he did not see how he could interfere in the present state of the case. If it were proved that the defendant represented him self as authorised to grant a free passage, and by that means obtained money from parties, when he really was not so, that would be another matter. At present he could not take cognisance of it. The applicant then left the court. YORKSHIRE. - . - PRESENTATION TO COLONEL THOMPSON. Colonel P. Thompson, the prime instructor of our modern free-traders, is now in Sheffield. Anticipating his visit, a few of the staunch friends of commercial freedom, anxious to recognise the presence of such a man in our locality, agreed at a short notice to present him with a slight remembrance of their esteem and gratitude for his invaluable services, made at great personal sacrifice, to the cause in which they themselves have been among his disciples. The result of a conversation on the subject was an order to Mr. H. Atkin, silver cutler of this town, who has produced for the occasion one of the meet recherchi case, of dessert cutlery we have ever seen. The cue contains 18 pairs carved mother-of-pearl silver dessert knives and forks, 1 pair melon carvers, 2 pairs pickle knives and forks, 2 butter knives, 1 pair grape scissors, and 4 pairs nuteracks. The whole are enclosed in a splendid mahogany case, lined with blue silk velvet : on the top there is a silver shield containing the following inscription :—" To Gol. P. Thompson, the father of free-trade, and author of ' The Cern-law Catechism,' this case is presented, as a tribute of sincere esteem and resrard, by a few of his Sheffield friends, September, 1846." The testimonial is got up in the most tasteful and workmanlike manner.—Slieffield Ir ea. DANGER FROM FIRE IN LEEDS.—A fire broke out on Saturday night in the oil-mill of Messrs. Joy, Leeds, and destroyed the building with its contents. The scene exhi bited upon that occasion is described to us (says the Leeds Mercury,) as destitute of all order and judicious combination. There wee no directing head, each of the fire-engines had their own managers, some of them giving directions in op position to the others, and the police force having as little authority as the usual bystanders. Owing to some cause the Town's-engine did not arrive at the spot till the flames had attained a height that rendered its exertions nearly un available ; and had the fire occurred on some of the more densely built parts of the town, it is impossible to calculate the extent of the mischief that it would have inflicted. The lesson bought by this and similar disasters will be purchased at a very moderate price, if it should lead to a great and im proved organisation of the establishments for the extinction of fire, whether it be called a " Fire Brigade," or by what ever other name it be designated. The object cannot be at tained without some cost to the public, but the security to life and property in an opulent community , is surely a matter of much more consequence than any moderate expense by which the public safety may be secured. EFFECTS OF RAILWATS ON WATERING PLACES.— There never was • season, we believe (Leeds Mercury), in which the principal watering places in Yorkshire and other parts of the kingdom were so full of company as at present, and this is chiefly accounted for by the cheapness of travelling and the other facilities that are given to visitors by railways. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. ANOTHER INCENDIARY FIRE AT SOHAM.—II would be a task of no small difficulty to describe the excitement that necessarily exists in the town of Soham, from the repeated acts of the daring incendiary. The success of his villany leads him from one atrocity to another, and he literally paralyses the while neighbourhood with his monstrous achievements. NaShan, in Dr. Bird's celebrated novel of " Nick of the Weods," did not produce more consternation by his fearful and mysterious sets of revenge amongst the Indians, than does this " Nick " of Soham amongst the quiet inhabitants of that place. Stallion, the lest man who expiated his offences at the Cambridge county gaol, twelve years ago, having admitted to eighteen isocediery fires, ere his career of crime was ran, beame se audacious, that even at mid-day he = hided his dietetical crimes 3 the incendiary of is becoming shied es tad. Oa tiettirday night last, when the elect were tell, mad the town„ to used it sash these, the seen et beide eat activity, sad boars wine caspealstibeg seek sea that there belt a sheet doe been a earretia to its dreeitel Amilatiese they had ee deal two eelfeet to, mai tau ei* that tie it oendiary bed Israel hem the whiner& el lima n t e li cry of "flee" tesoessimilheeeek the pleesosedge amongst the whale et the bareldleale. The activity which ebueeteriserl tlesk preeeediaisTiZemer similar melancholy occasions were speedily again in action. Theltre wee foun d to roceed from the premises of Mr. J. Smith, farmer, Quam Fen Common. Mr. Smith has a family of ten children ; and, at the time his premises were in flames, six of them were in bed, and it was with con siderable difficulty that their lives were saved, so furiously did the flames extend. Unfortunately, there was a very short supply of water; the consequence was that nearly the whole of the premises were consumed, as were also three eottages close by. Mr. Smith was fully insured ; the cot tages were not insured. A reward of 2001. in each case has been offeregi for the discovery of the incendiary.—Consbrarke Independent Press. STORM.—WiNnsoR, Monday Evening.—Shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon one of the most alarming and fearful storms of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain, ever experienced in Windsor, passed over the town from the south-east and lasted fur upwards of an hour and a half. The lightning was of the most vivid character, and flash followed flash without intermission. For the last two days the heat has been most oppressive, the th ,, rmometer this day at 1 o'clock, in the shade, standing as high as 52 degrees. DEVONSHIRE. .... FATAL ACCIDENT.—On SKturday night last, an alarming accident occurred at the Marley Tunnel, on the South Devon Railway. It appe►rs that about ten o'clock in the night, several workmen were engaged in removing the centre and uprights that bad been used in erecting the arch over the tunnel, as all the masonry was considered perfectly safe. Melancholy to relate, about fifty yards of the arch felt in, and buried four men, and others meived injuries. Several hours elapsed before the bodies could be extricated, and the poor fellows were literally cut to pieces by the heavy mass which fell on them. LITERATURE. Popular Fallacies regazl o ey General Interests, being a Translation of the " sases Econosniques." By M. FREDERIC BMITIAT. I itA Soles, by G. R. PORTER. Murray. With the exception of Archbishop Wbateley's Easy Lessons on Money Matters, and Mrs. Mar cet's Conrersations on Political Economy, scarcely anything has, in this country been done for the popu larisation of politico-economical literature. Theworks of all our leading writers on the subject are clear enough as scientific expositions; but the mass will never read treatises which merely contain principles enunciated in a systematic form, and which the reader must himself apply to existing usages. He must have the principle evolved from the practice, or theory will be to him a dead letter. Hence the abso lute necessity of lucid works like the present. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is by no means an abstruse book ; but it advocates free-trade, and, accord ing to Mr. M`Culloch, it requires "a habit of reason• ing on such topics to perceive the fallacies" of protec tion; besides, from the advances made in the science, Smith's work must now be viewed much in the same light as Watt's discoveries connected with the steam- A•ngine. Watt did not apply his discovery to steam navigation, to letter-press printing, or to spin ning ; and, in like manner, many of the arguments used by Protectionists will not be found refuted in Smith's pages, although his doctrines would accomplish the refutation if earned out to their legitimate extent. Ricardo improves on Smith, and corrects some of his errors • but his writings are far too technical for a general reader. M'Culloch is dear and terse, but then he is systematic, and to be understood his pub lications must be read through. M. Ilastiat, on the contrary, is discursive, and he selects only one sub ject—that of free trade—which he discusses with a plainness, simplicity, and variety in illustrative example, which cannot fail to convince the obstinate as well as the ignorant man. Alluding to the difficulty of his task he says ; " Protection concentrates on a given point the good which it effects, and distributes through the mss the evil a hich it indicts. The good is visible to the external eye; the evil can be perceived only by the eye of the mind. The case is precisely the contrary with regard to free trade. It is thus with almost all questions in political economy. For example, say here is a machine which has put thirty workmen out of employment; or on the other hand here is • prodigal, who by luxurious waste encourages trade; or again, the conquest of Algiers has doubled the trade of Marseilles ; or lastly, the budget insures the existence of 100,000 families. You will be understood by everybody; your propositions are clear, simple, and true in themselves. Deduce from them these principles: machinery is an evil; luxury, conquest, heavy taxes, are advantages : and your theory will meet with success, inasmuch as you are able to support it by undeniable facts. But we on our part cannot allow ourselves to look to a cause and to its merely proximate effect. We know that this effect becomes a curse in its turn. To judge of a men. sure, we must follow it out through all its resulting links, till we arrive at the ultimate effect." _ _ _ As a specimen of M. Bastiat's method of tracing the "links," we select the disputed point of the Balance of Trade. M. Lestihoudois, a French senator, states it "as a fact of great importance," that the imports of France are continually exceeding the exports.• In 1842, they did so to the extent of two hundred millions of francs—ergo, says M. Lestibou dois, "rrery year we gire two hundred millions to foreigners." M. Itastiat puts this down by the following plain talc, bonlijule derived from the books of a mercantile friend. M. T— dispatched a ship from liavrc trr the United States, laden with French merchandise to the value of 200,000 francs. On its arrival it was found that charges and duty increased the amount to 280,000 francs. It was sold at a profit of, say 40 per cent., and produced a total of 320,000 francs, which the consignee converted into cotton. In its turn it would have to pay charges and duty, amounting, say, to a total of 312,000 francs. According to M. Lcstiboudois' statistics the transaction would stand thus : Export of French goods 200,000 francs. Import of American do. 3.52,000 „ Gift of France to America 152,000 „ M. T—'s ledger, however, shows two entries to the endit of profit and loss, of 40,000 and 70,000 francs, being his net gains by the two shipments. In a succession of similar examples, reiterated in every shape and variety, M. Itastiat explodes the fallacies of protection; and we should be doing injus tice to Mr. Porter did we omit stating that his notes ably perform the same good office. One of them is striking. It is well known that in this country there is an excusable reluctance to relax our tariff in favour of countries which are tardy in relaxing their imposts on British commerce. M. Bastiat has an allegory show ing that whatever is right in itself should be done ir respective of consequences; but we may first quote Mr. Porter's figures. In the year previously to 1831 the entire value of our shipments to France was half a million. Since then we have relaxed in favour of France, although France has rather been more strin gent with us ; and yet the result is that our ship ments now exceed three millions. Mr. Porter further illustrates the absurdity of stipulating for formal equivalents by the following example : ' Will any one tell me,' said a noble lord, during a re , cent great debate, ' will any one tell me, that when he buys and wears a pair of French boots, he does not encourage French labour at the expense of his own countrymen, whom he deprives of employment One would really think that the fallacy involved an this question is too transparent to deceive any one. Let us trace the operation. M. Lehocq, of Boulogne, sends to London a pair of boots, in the making of which have been employed French tanners, carriers, ant boot-makers. The boots are sold in London, and paid for in coined money. This coin does not find its way to Bou logne, but M. Lehocq draws a bill upon his London agent, and for this bill he obtains five-franc pieces from a banker of Boulogne, who sells the bill to a coppersmith having to pay a London merchant for metal sent to him from this country. The bill, it its maturity, is discharged from the money paid by the buyer of the boots, M. Lehocq having paid the leather merchant and his workmen with the money he re ceived from the Boulogne banker. It is net, of course, pre tended that this is the precise course pursued; but a course equivalent to it is followed in ninety-nine cases out of a hu-dred. Let us, however, suppose what, according to the noble lord's position, is the very worst that can happen ; viz., that M. Lehocq receives the identical coin given in payment for his boots. This no further alters the operation than by complicating it in some slight degree. Whence has the coin been obtained ? England has no mines of gold, and must purchase the precious metals which it needs, with its :iron, its coals, its cotton, linen and woollen manufac tures ; and having need of more gold by reason of the pay ment made to M. Lehocq, will send a pier* of linen to Brazil, in order to purchase it. Will any one tell me that in buy ing and wearing M. Lehocq's boots I have not given employ ment to the copper-miner and smelter in the first case, or to the linen-weaver in the alternative case?' " And now for M. Bastiat's apologue on RECIPROCITY. " There were, it does not signify how situated, two towns, Stulta and Puera. At a great expense they construeted a road ining . the two towns. When it was made, Stulta amid, 'Puma is inundating me with her produce ; I must con eider about it. In consequence, she created and paid a body of preventives, so called because their business was to put obstacles in the way of the arrival of goods from Puera. Soon afterwousis, Puera bad her body of preventives as well. " After the lapse of several sentunes, intelligence having made great progress, Puns became sufficiently enlightened to see that these reciprocal obstacles were only reciprocal annoyances. She sent • thatist to Stulta, whose speech, stripe of its official phras eolog y was as follows : " ' We coastracted • Iced, and now we pat hindrances on this lathe road. This is shard ; we bad better have left =as they wen ; we should not then have heel to pay for a wed , and th en he the impediments which we have plastid there. I have cow to propose to you, in the nano of PRET% not that we should at awe !MOTS the °Wades which we have mutually opposed to each other: to do so, would be acting on principle, and we despise principle as much as you do, but to lessen seine few of these obstacles, taking care to balance equ illy our respective sacrifices, in so doing.' " Thus spoke the diplomatist. Shiite asked time for re flection. She consulted her manufacturers and agriculturists by turn. At last, at the end of several years, she declared that the negotiations were broken off. " Alter this news, the inhabitants of Puera held a council. An old man (who had been always suspected of having been secretly bought by Stulta) rose and said : " ' The obstacles created by Stulta injure our males ; it is a misfortune • those which we have created ourselves injure our purehaies ' • this is another misfortune. We car t do no thing in the first case, but the second depends upon our selves. Let us relieve ourselves from the one, although wo cannot be quit of both. Let us abolish our preventive ser vice, without requiring Stulta to do the same. At some future day she will doubtless know her own interests better.' "Another councillor, a practical man, free from principles, and who had thriven on the experieuce of hi, ancestors, ex claimed, ' Do not let us listen to this dreamer, this theorist, this innovator, this utopist, this economist, this Stultamist, We should be ruined if the hindrances ou the road between Stulta and Purrs were not equalised and balanced. There would be more difficulty in going than in coming, in export ing than in importing. We shoutd be, relatively to State, in the same condition of inferiority which Havre, Nantes, Bordeaux, Lisbon, London, Hamburg, and New Orleans hold with respect to the towns placed at the sources of the Seine, the Loire, the Garonne, the Tagus, the Thames, the Elbe, and the Mississippi, for it is more difficult to ascend rivers than to descend them. (A voice : ' The towns at the mouth of rivers have been more flourishing than those situated at their sources.') It is impossible. (The same voice: ' But it is so.') Well then, they have prospered in opposi tion to all rules.' So conclusive a reason made the assembly waver. The orator settled their convictions by speaking of national independence, national honour, national dignity, and national industry, of the inundation of foreign produce, of taxes, and of ruinous competition; in short, he carried the vote for the continuance of the obstacles; and, if you are curious, I can still take you to certain countries where you may see with your own eyes the road maker and the officer of the preventive service working together on the best of terms, by order of the same legislative assembly, and at the expense of the same tax•payers, the one to clear the road, the other to put impediments upon it." We may take other instances of a like kind, to show how the subject is enlivened: DIFFERENTIAL DUTIES. " A poor htiabai;cfnaanoiiii;43;cenTehad raised a vino with great care. After much anxiety and labour he pro duced a ca-k of wine, and in the satisfaction which he felt, no loner remembered that he had earned it by the sweat of his brow. ' ' I will sell it,' he said to his wife, 'and with the pro ceeds will buy the yarn with which you can make our daughter's 'nauseam' The good countryman went to the town, where he met a Belgian and an Englishman. The Belgian said to him, ' Give me your cask of wine, and in ex change I will give you fifteen packets of yarn.' The Englishman said, ' Give me your wine, and I will give you twenty packets of yarn, fur we English spin cheaper than the Belgians.' But a custom-house officer who was present, objected. 'My fine fellow,' wild he, 'exchange with the Belgian, if you please ; but it is my business to greyest your exchanging with the Englishman.' What,' said the countryman, 'you expect me to be satisfied with fifteen packets of thread from Brussels, when I can have twenty from Manchester ?" Certainly ; do you not see that France would lose, if you received twenty packets instead of fifteen 2' 'lt is hard for me to understand said the wine-grower,— ' and for me to explain,' replied the custom-house officer, ' but the thing is certain, for all the deputies, ministers, and journalists are agreed on this point, that the more a peoplo receives in exchange for a certain quantity of its produce, the more is it impoverished.' Ile was forced to exchange with the Belgian. The husbandman's daughter had only three-quarters of her trousseau, and the good people cannot yet understand how ruin could ensue from receiving four instead of three, and how they can be richer with three dozen napkins than with four dozen." DA? OERS OP METAPHOR. " Sometimes sophistry dilates itself, and pervades the whole web of a long and dull theory. More frequently it compresses, it contracts itself, converts itself into a principle, and is concealed in a single ward. " ' God preserve us,' said Paul Louis, ' from the evil spirit and from metaphors!' And, in reality, it would be difficult to say which of the two causes the most evil in our planet. It is the demon, you say ; he puts the spirit of spoliation into all our hearts, during our whole existence. Yes, but be leaves untouched the repression of abuses through the re sistance of those who suffer from them. It is sophistry which paml)scs this resistance. The sword which malice puts into the hands of the assailants would be powerless, if svehistry did not break the shield on the arm of the as sailed, and it is with good reason that Telalebmnche has in scribed this sentence upon the frontispiece of his book: Error is the cause of human misery. " And see what takes place. Some ambitious hypocrites may, for example, have a sini , ter interest in sowing tho seeds of national hatred in the public mind. The fatal germ may developo itself, bring on a general conflagration, put a stop to the progress of civilisation, shed torrents of blood, and bring upon the country the most terrible of scourges, en invasion. In every case, and beforehand, these hateful feelings lower us in the opinion of other people, and reduce Frenchmen who have preserved some love of justice, to blush for their country. Certainly, these are great evils; and in order to guarantee the public against the intrigues of those who would subject it to such risks, it would suf fi ce that it should have a clear view of them. how do they suc ceed in depriving it of that clear view ? By metaphors. They alter, strain, corrupt the meaning of three or four words, and all is said." Such is the word invasion itself. _ A French iron-master says, let us preserve ourselves from the invasion of English iron. An English landlord exclaims, let us repel the inrosion of French torn. And they propose to raise barriers between the two nations. Barriers occasion non-intercourse; non-intercourse leads to hatred ; hatred to war ; war to invasion. What matters it ? say the two sophists ; is it not better to be exposed to an eventual inva sion than to agree to a certain invasion? And the people believe them, and the barriers remain. And nevertheless what an tlogy is there between an ex change and an itirosisn l' What similitude can possibly be established between • ship of war, which conies to vomit upon our cities fire, sword, and devastation ; and • merchant ship, which COmes sad offers us to barter freely, voluntarily, foreign productions for ours ? I shall say the same of the word inundation. This word is taken ordinarily in a bad sense, because it is the general characteristic of inundation to lay waste the fields a.d the crops. If, however, they leave upon the soil a value superior to that which they take away, like the inundations of the Nile. we should follow the examp"e of the Egyptians, bless them and deify them. Well then, before declaiming nbainst the inundations of foreign products, before placing in their way troublesome and costly obstacles, do we ask if they are among those inundations which lay waste or those which fcrtilfs: ? What should we think of Mehemet Ali, if instead of con structing dams at great expense across the Nile, in order to extend the region of its inundation, he were to expend his piastres in deepening its bed, in order that Egypt might not be contaminated by the foreign slime brought down from the Mountains of the Moon ? We exhibit precisely this degree of wisdom and of reason, when we wish, by the ex penditure of millions, to preserve our country — from what ? From benefits withwhichuature has endowed other Climates. Among the metaphors which conceal an altogether fatal theory, there is none more commonly used than that put forward in the words tribute, tributary. These words have become so common, that they are used as synonyms of purchase, purchaser, and the worth are used indifferently for the one or the other. But, nevertheless, there is as great a difference between tribute and purchase, as between theft sad crchange, and I would just as soon hear it said that Cartouche has broken open a strong box and has purchased a thousand crowns, as I would hear our honourable deputies repeat: We have paid to Germany • tribute for a thousand horses which she has sold to ns. For that which renders Cartouche's action no purchase is, that he has not put, and with my consent, into my strong box, a value equivalent to that which he has taken out. And that which causes the payment of 500,000 francs, which we have made to Germany, to be no tribute, is because she has not received it gratuitously, but by giving us in ex change a thousand horses, which we ourselves hare judged to be worth our 600,000 francs. Must we then seriously animadvert on such abuses of lan guage ? Why not, since it is a very serious evil, that they should be made Ana of in journals, and in books. And let it not be imagined that they nape from some few writers, ignorant even of their own language. For one who abstains from them, I will quote ten who allow themselves to use them; and even amongst those who are the most con sidered—the d'Argoute, the Duping, the S illiles, the peers, the deputies, the ministers; that in, amongst the men whose word is law, and whose most hurtful sophisms serve as a ground-work for the administration of the country. A celebrated modern philosopher has added to the catego ries of Aristotle a sophism which consists in comprising, in one word, a begging of the question. He quotes various examples of it. He might have added the word tributary to his nomenclature. In fact, the question in point is, whether purchases made abroad are useful or hurtful. They are hurtful, you say. And why ? Because they render us tri butary to the foreigner. Certainly, this is a word which takes the question for granted. Row has this improper trope found its way into the rheto ric of the monopolists? Some money leaves the country to satisfy the rapacity of a victorious enemy. Some more money knees the country also to pay for merchandise. They . establish the analogy between the two cases by only taking into account the circumstances in which they resemble each other, and leaving out of the question those in which they differ. However this circumstance, that is to say, the non-reim bursement in the first case, and the reimbursement freely given in the other, establishes such a difference between them, that it is re ally impossible to class them under the same head. To give a hundred trams perforce to one who has his hand at your throat, or willingly to one who gives you the object of your wishes, are really cases which can not be assimilated. You might as well say that it is a matter of indifference whether you throw yonrbread into the river or eat it, because in either case the bread will be destroyed. The vice of this reaso e n e ials:that contained in the word tribute, consists in • • a complete similitude be tween two cases by means of their points of resemblance, and taking no account of their points of difference. Mr. Porter's notes, as we have said, are in the same clear and lively spirit. Here is an apt Misers. Lion of PALS' SENTINIST. " We cannot simplify and chespen any article of use or consumption without adding to the sum of human enjoy