The Express. — London, England, 1846-12-18 00:00:00

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Tbe statersaustbat ie punka bla Ifs la anwagslag so owe his paw= _,,,,,wwierres, re tangles Ys seta by Lieutenant 10 7" y e ! unable, Ida* dates teat Caotain P. went IMO 0 2 110 0 .: 8 OK, his boy, who was slinging to the canoe, iwil tau- a& , ~.."- ii. swan The &Wulf Qisitau Pipou will not retool ' 11 ,..." -- i t tie 'away, ws the pester put of the next 100wasand in tbe prelinius7 explo ti rations, under any dr. ___,,mani sad tao most energetic exer 'one art being made to on—upago wart..iggilrFORNDLAND.--TLIE RELIEF G RANT. - l asoring statement and suggestions ate Irons the Times d) of Nov. 18: erti o sa t u ad that 16,000 sovereigns (the rem tinder of the grant Aljaai, riven ny bee Bassty's govern go verment) were revived by the riejOacid4 that tae/, w„. or at . r. a bf::e rt s i n .,, L t i ltem, bare since lit the are, who Lea mw , p r eviously relieved. g cansiderable aunt. 10,0obl. or we lain. been very judiciously reserved, by in -true. biz Ajettys auvertuned, to be appropriated towards 'gni ban .... lautatlein of t various public buildings which have liven de. K t he court- house, Cuidoin-boitse, &e.—it very proper wiret, as haul not such reserve been made ( the colony would ~,io be lau b a se , o nler to make provision for these . 2 ...... W e se however, heard it suggested by iw,we Judgment and opinions are entitled to rea. et, that if sum were ,et apart as a fund front which loans might, on L.... c omity, be advanced (on the principles of the proposed loan ccilif estseacien• to aulustrions tradesmen show circumstances km boatels:li reduced and their Me.Us much straitened, to usist d o g la re -building their b rows, an I thus , liable them to resume theio , dimr y ~,,,,awns, a vast deal of service wouhl have been ren ewed to • dePerring FlAs. of people, who, under the pint .ollowail out bobs B e be( Com uheionerv, could nut expect any adogowe a.,„4"... iNc „ if we remember rightly, ttere is a clause in the instructions Pees tO these Cominissioners by our late Governor, permittuig, if nut ...welling, them to extend loans" fur the abuse purpose i And we pip tainsing, that in many eases such a mode of affording T ani 'mold be by tar the preferable one. Agertnini CALAMItir or N es WrOUDLAND.—The French w occnent of St. Pster, or St. Pierre g ait is more generally called, has now tri ea visited with an exilosion whics has lad a great part of the settlement in ruins. Newo o• the calamity had lust reached St. John's, Newiiiteidlaiid, and Hagar, N S., at the starting of the last maii-stevmer. 'The 'riefoundfart,ier's version of the story ts : " An arrival from fortune Bay bring. the intelligence of the exploi.iou of the poiler-nuitturue at St. Peter's, on Saturday, tits 6th of November. One house in seve r a l ed neighbourhood wan totally dertroyed, and others unroofol. Fortu nately, however, there was no loss of life on the ecea.ion. The shock is de-erihed as terrific, and such was the concus ion that it w is sensibly felt at Catoctin, a distance of about 17 miles. The eauw of the accide t has not been ascer tained." The Ila:traz Recorder says: " The master of the French sehoJner US:mole, arrir ed yesterday, reports that, this day week, from 30 to 40 houses were laid in ruins, and 10 persons wounded, at St. Pierre, N.F., by toe explosion of a powder mer zinc, which Was occasioned by ati incen diary who tle,ittutAl to blow up the wuole town: the wretch , din the attempt." Obi 4.r The Queen and Prince Albert walked both ti theed Dewlap afteinoon and yederday morning early in plea sure Found.: of Osborne House. A‘INDOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—Those of her Majesty's ministers who are in town, and the great officers of state, will leave Pad lingten on Saturday, by the half-past one o'clock train, for Sieu,rh, for the purpose of attending a PrirICOURCiI to be hold by her Majesty that afternom, at the Castle, at half-past two o'clock. HER MAJESTY TILE QUEEN DOWAGER.—CAsIIIO - PARK, Ti U USDA Y.-11.R.H. Prince George of Cara linage arrived on a to her Majesty ye,terday morning. The Prince, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of S.ixe Weimar, went out shooting, the result of the sport being nearly sixty hares and pheasants. The royal Prince remained to dinner, and left by the last train for H.R.H. Prince George had an interview with Sir G. Grey yest, relay at the Home-office. A deputation on the subject of the Australian mines, consiati. , E of Mr. Ma.sterman, ?LP., Mr. J. Capper, chairman, Mr. deputy-chairman, Mr. ?std. Cope- G.., Mr. de Castro, Mr. T. ii. refl.., and Mr. liodgkinson, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-ottiee. Major-Gen. Sir J. Reynett had an interview yester day with Sir G. Grey. Mr. C. Wllliams, of Liverpool, and Mr. Morgan, Secretary of the General Asmciation of Steam Shipowners, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, in reference to the Steam Navigation Act. Mr. J. Allen had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Charles Grenfell had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the governors of the North American provinces. THE DEATH OF THE HIGHT HON. THOF. GRENVILLE took place, at a late hour last evening, in Hamilton-place. This venerehle and amiable perm has depsrted full of years, and of the hest h. ro ;—those confernd by the gene & respect of the country, the affection of all who had the privilege of his acquaintance, and the sincere regret of all to whom he has been known, personally or historically, through his long, benevolent, and useful life. He wee eldest son of the late Right Hon. G. Grenville and Dubs Wyndham, daughter of Sir W. Wyndham, Bert. He wee born December, 1755, and would cmeequently have attained his 91st year on the last day of this month. The deceased was never married. Be represented Buckingham in several sessions up to 1790, when he was elected for Aldborough, and in the next parlia ment was again returned to the House of Commons for Buckingham, which he continued to represent for many years. At a comparatively e irly age, nem ly, in 1782, he went to Paris on a diplomatic mission, and in 1794 was selected by Pi , t to proceed to Vienna as Minister Extra ordinary, and in 1799 was accredited to succeed the then diplomatic representative at the Court of Berlin. In 1806, the Earl Grey having resiened, he was appointed successor to that nobleman as First L Hill of the Admiralty, but on the Duke of Portland succeeding Lord Grenville as head of the administrati in. he retired with his noble relative. The deceased was a trustee of the British Museum, and had held since 1800 the office of Chief Justice of Eyre, south of the Trent, *tin which he derived the annual income of 2,1301. The office by a recent act of parliament was ordere d to be abolished on the find vacancy. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. ExruAouotsAßY & P...NE. —Yesterday a court was held, the principal part of the business of which wee to take into consideration the third reading of " a bill for declaring the qualification of freemen of London to be elected mem bers of the Common C•suncil." The Luau Nlxvoa : Before any further proceeding with this bill I cell upon the Recorder to read to the court u corn municatim which he has been ordered to make by myself and my brother aldermen. Much dissatisfaction was expressed by Mr. Wing and several other members of the court, at what they considered to bean unfair interruption to the usual course t f proczecling in matters of corp •rate legislation. The Recorder proceeded to read the comnuilication referred to by the Lard .)layor, amidst frequent cries of No, no," and other evidence of dissent from the great majority of the members. The learned gen tlemen stated that the paper related to the bill which had been just named, trid the court at length became tranquil and listened to him. The following is a c.py of the communication : Carroll, Iltayor.—An especial clan was held on Wednesday, the HQ day of December, 1016, and in the tenth year of the reign of Victoria of the United Kingdom of Limit Britain and Ireland, Queen, Re -RemilYed. that a ter mature consideration of all the of circum stances of the bill entitled •• A bill to declar e the qualification free men of London to be elected members of the Court of Common Wadi," the laird Mayor and Alilrrmen arc of opinion that such bill is contrary to the customs, charters, ant laws of this city ; and they do hereby declare tneir &meat from the bill and from any fur ther proceedings therein.—Resolyed, that the Recorder be ordered to communicate the above resolution to the Court of Common Council.— Rerewethet. Here there was a7ciud and general call fur Mr. Wood, antl several members oiled out, " Proceed with the bill." Mr. Wools rose with the bill in his band, but The RECORDER stepped forward and said—The Lord Mayor directs me to say that he cannot put the motion for the third reading of the bill, and he cannot allow any fur ther proceedi..g with the measure, as he has already con cured with his brother aldermen in declaring that it is Malan the customs, charters, and laws the city. Sir Prreit Launte : beg to say that of Ido not agree with the Lord Mayor and my brother aldermen in their view of this question. (Laud 011een) The Lotto MAYOR: Sir Peter Laurie was not present when the subject was discussed. All the aldermen who attended agreed in the propriety of the resolutions just ' Mr. JOHN WOOD: My Lord Mayor, I move that t he bill be read a third time. (Loud cheers.) Sir Pavan LACKIS: I secon d the motion. (Imam hernng . ) The Ll/ lAD MAYOR: I cannot put the question. Some of the nit inters attributed tothe Recorder the course of opposition which it was obvious the Lord Mayor en tended to persevere in, and said that the court could proceed without the assistance of the learned gentleman. Deputy Costs EY submitted that the dissent of the Court of Aldermen possibly proceeded from some technicality which a communication between the two courts might hav e e the effect of r. ving, and that by a kindly co-operation th bill might he passed in a somewhat altered form to which no objection could be reasonably started. (A few cries of " liear, hear;" and overwhelming shouts in the negative.) In the absence of the reasoning of the aldermen upon the subject, &deputation to that body might set the question at rest. (Loud cries of "No," and lauahter.) What was the use of a bill which, when passed, might prove a nullity (General murmurs, and cries of " Move, move.") Depuy COHNEY hen moved that a deputation should be appointed to center t with the Court of Aldermen upon the subject. The amendment having been seconded, The 'tee titnete, having risen to put the amendment, Mr. RNA IIiST started up and charged the learned gentile. man with ha viug alwa)sshown a readiness to advise the Court of Aldermen in matters opposed to the views of the other branch of the corporation. lie knew that the opposition of the aldermen to the present hill arose from their Reprehen sion of another hill which they knew would f •llow, and which would prevent them from dipping their hands into the pockets .f their fellow-citizens. (Loud cheers.) Ile knew that the add. rmen had employed a private solicitor to aid them io their o jest of retaining a p ower over the public " T hes ie.. din their e ederivonr to influence the ~. i perisled to render service to Tight any _OOSTINV that eras net ealearate. _ bath brearthes of the corporreden. Mr. Alin] MT raid he did ass peen to give any personal eases to the Recorder; bee the Wads be had just used were enheteatially correct. The nwoebeen of the court knew the het, end tare would rather be dieeilved as a corporation then Awn the aldermen to dip their hands i ,to the rickets of their fellow.citisens. (Great cheering.) They knew to that the Recorder had advised the Court of Alderm e n against the bill. They knew that the Recorder bad allowed the members of the City Common Council to go on legis ',tine from day to day, from the time of his appointment to the office ; but the moment they began to legtelate in order to prevent the pillage of their fellow.citisens, then the learned gentleman found out th tt the bill was against the customs, chsrters, and laws of the City. (Cheers, and erie. of " No, no.") lie called upon the court to insist upon pro ceeding with the bill, which was to be the forerunner of a measure calculated to check the teeth tent power of the aldermen over the City mmey, and to allow no bushiess whatever to be do to until the bill before them was passed into a law. (Cheering.) The Itscoenee said he had iistinctly represented to the court the difficulties which, upon the perusal of the hill, struck bins as iusurmountable. Ho considered it extremely uncandid, as well as u'ij .st, to att.& a public officer woos,: duty and whose anxious study it wits to do all its his power to protect the privileges of eviry breech of the corpora. iOll. MS. Witte repeated the statem..nt made by Mr. Ashurst. If what the Retarder stated hail any f ovidation in fact, all that the court had done since the days of Edward lli. was illegal. But the real truth was, that if it were not for the bill which was to come close after the present measure, and which the aldermen had good reason to tremble at, there would not have been a unto of objection raised against that which must inevitably pass into a law. (Cheers ) Mr. KING said, that if the Recorder persisted in refusing to put the question, the court had only to apply to the next officer to hen, and it the next Wiped, to apply to the third in rank, and the difficulty would anon cease, for they had a very unceremonious power of expressing their disapproba tion of the conduct of those who were appointed by (Cheers.) Mr. ANDZILTON cautioned the Lord Mayor against the alternative of vacating his seat befiire the decision of the court should take place. if his lordship pursued that course, the court would doubti as levitate the conduct of the Common council of 1618, when the Lord Mayor having refused no put a motion at their mew it, they went direct with a petition to the House of Commons, complaining of the contempt, and they there received the warmest assurances of support Mr. LAWRESCE said that the very manner in winch the Court of Aldermen had made the communication was as offensive as word. could make it. (Hear.) They might have expostulated where they saw anything to which they might have objected, but they had drawn the sword and thrown away the scabbard, and now the two courts were foot to foot with drawn swords, and it would he soon seen to whom would be the uiumph. (Cheers.) They were told that the dispute would nave the inevitable effect of knocking up the corporation altogether. What did they care about that? (Great cheering) Did the Lord Mayor imagine that the court would submit to be told that the question would not be put? (Cheers.) There was no intrined:ute course. The Lord Mayor must dismiss the court, or the question must be put. Alderman WILSON said it appeared from the lanousge used by the court, that they considered the a.dermen had objected without reason to the bill. Such was by no means the fact. They were opposed to it from the commencement, but they waited until they h id the opportunity of examining the words in which it was framed. They had tasen cousel's opinion as to whe th er they co uld be consenting parties to such a measure, end they were told it was in direct opposi tion to the usages and customs by which the corporation was governed. Here the amendment was put, and, after an infitity of I confusion and noise, there was a cry of " Divide." Mr. Wire and several other members begged that the court would nou divide, and intim ited that a marneusre MIS intended, by which they might be betrayed into an error, of which the enemy would take eilvanfage. Doctor LYNCIt said it was quite plain that the Aldermen had not a solitary leg to stand upon. (Laughter.) He was delihted to see the spirit of the court displayed against a power which seemed determined to ride rough shod over them. Ald er man SIDNEY said no man more respected the privileges of the corporation than he did, and therefore lie opposed the bill. The power assumed by the Court of Com mon Council roold only he • xereised by the legislature itself. As for the bill, it was calculat , d to destroy the corporation altogether, so that the court, by advocating the measure, were doing an injury to the caostituener. It was an act 01 usurpation, and c rtainly could not be passed in defiance of the wisher; of the Court of Aldermen. Sir PETER LAIMIE said that be heartily supported the bill, and be was prepared to support the bill wnich was to follow. (Loud cheers.) After some ohervetions from other members, Mr. Corney cried out, " Why, my lord, there ie; no court." Here the utmost confusion prevailed. The aldermen had, one by one, slipped away unperceived, until tne Lord Mayor was left with but one of his brethren (Sir Peter Laurie) on the bench ; and the presence of three aldermen is necessary to constitute a courr. It was stated by some that there was on alderman is the adjoining room, and the Lord Mayor was requested to Pond the mace-hearer to compel the attend .ace of that gentleman. Ms lordship declined to do so, and said, that he coold d his not stultify himself by putting a question which he an brethren considered to be of a nature calculated to interfere fatally with the privileges of the eo. p..ration , and the rights - hdlow-citizens. His lordship then left the court. ~- ; to be legitimately framed; those who mato be benefited by them. It is only women y b direct the attention of the conseirentious washer to what Is denderated in his profession, or an kis ownpractice, Mercantil him to adopt it as far ea &commences will permit ; thebu when he hes neither the means of amen to the best models, nor promPtinga at *opener experience to direct bun, it is not to be expected that he can keep pm with the exigencies of the times. The beat system of teaching can only be discovered by cornea:risco, and when so many systems are brought Into Juxtaposition as be the reports referred to, sompuirmas can be easily made, and the beet puts of each selected ; besides oar plan may work well in one lomilty mai very 11l in magher, end when • view of the whole is laid before the mind it can choose the parts best fitted for its purpose. It is to be hoped that publicity bring given VI the anxious wishes of, it may be fairly amid, the whole of the teachers of the country, some means may be deemed to comply with their wishes, mpecially when it mto be dere at so cheap • rate. At fine, perhage, the committee may chink it necemary to confine the disaribiation to such schools Mare wider th. ir own surveillance, and to the fouodation schools of the country, but it should be borne in mind tnat the paeansd teachers are as much uneer the surveillance of the ger , rnment as the parochial clergy. and that it is an unquese Boilable fact that -was A distribution would gin an impulxe to many a mind far without the re eh of any other encouraging influence. The sehoolm toter, when he hears of such work, being pub! shed, can not purchase them, while those to whom they axe generally sent, can either ount 4.e them for theauchne, or find an opportunity of forming them. Ito blame is here attached to the committee of council on education for what they have done, it is only what has been done in such owes from time immemorial; but ,Imes have very much altered, for no uric class of society is ro isolated or en insignifi cant as it was formerly adjudged to be. Whin en many nobe and us efforts e ing mode to elevate the very lowe-t of a ciety tpoeition of degradation and vice, it is surely far from being wise to overlook the clam who IS to be the chief inetrument of refor mation. ouch a negint, if again repeated, after attention has been thus calmly direrted to the subject., man be looked upon as a stigma on the profession. Inured, what stn be more degrading to • cult!. mud mind than to be told at second-hand, that at the table of the squire of the parish the subject of education was largely talked over, Shath it the clergyman mid he rep etedly referred to the report of then committee of council on education, and 'lamented the inefficiency and the want of enthusiasm on the part of their teacher—we say, what can be more degrading than to hear, for the Met time in the teem at a reproach, the Vet that suc h information was in exis t t Tb obviate such an evil in future, our p u lan wold be, to Wrens these works direct to the teacher, and refer the clergyman to Min fur a perusal.—S. T. S. REMOVAL or NVlSAstega.—ln antieip *Hon of the new act fur the removal of nuisances, which comet into operetta* early in 1847, Mr. Wh•gham, the Sheriff of Perthshire, has,' with commendable public spirit, published a proclamation, embodying the leading provisions of the statute in such a way that none of the community will be able to plead igno- rance as a reason for not availing themselves of its important benefits. Mr. Whigham's brethren in the sheriffship should do the same thing, as the act cannot be too extensively known. By it the suppression of nuisances to rendered a very simple matter. The complainant has merely to get a certificate from two medical men, to the effect that the offensive matter is unhealthy, and the sheriff immediately orders its removal at the expense of the proprietor. Its powers, however, we are afraid, are insufficient to overtake clamant violations of sanitory propriety which exist on a large a ale. Fur instance, Eoitiburgh pose sites a mineral well dedicated to St. Bernard, which is • favourite resort routes to it requires that the valetudioarian o ld through a suburban thoroughfare, called Sani.der's-strea. I the state of which closely resemble* the Slough of Despond et I John Bunyan. Vehicles have a sore struggle to get to its ex tremity, and equally sore in returning, for there is no exit at one of the ends, except tor bi p eds. Passengers keep on the one narrow pavement, and eschew the bog altogether, —but this is not all. On one aide there is an aqueduct fir conveying water to certain mills in the neighbourhood, and which rune parallel to the backs of the houses ' composing the streets, and the aqueduct being leaky, the water percolates through the houses and runs acrusa the pavement. It is questionable if Mr. Chadwick or Dr. Southwood Smith ever saw a similar exhibition. Farther down, several atrieta cross it at right angles. But more than that. On the other side, and at a much lower level, runs, or should run, the Water of Leith, but its basin only rewires the surplus of wh .t tl.e millers do nut require to drive their mills ; and as a very great number of common sewers descend to this stream, and the inhabitin' along its batiks make it a common receptacle, the consequences may be ea ily conceived. At a point near the new cemetery it f o rms a stagnant pe ddl e f o r months, so that rause and eff are seen in close connexion. The Health of Towns Coehnis 'loners have pointedly con•lemned water-mids in the vicinity of towns, and they cannot too soon be atopp d. Their owners should at once receive compensation, and be compelled to use steam, or at all events give up war r, is it is altogether intoli table tha. what stature intends as a blessing should be turneti by the hand of man into a curse. We have been thus particular in noticing these nuittera, because the Edinburgh authorities, reading of the eaiiitury disclosures recently made in English towns, will be apt to hold up their hands, and ole,s themselves and thar . couelkuents that they . are free from all disease-fns cring enormities, whereas it is jest their familiarity with home defect.' that prevents them from being s en. Edinburgh has improved snare Johnson •• smelt the High•etteet in the dark ;" but let Dr. Smith or Mr. Chad wick ace its foul-water irrigation. its parochial church-yards, its c'usva, and its drainage. Faugh ! they should be re formed altogether ; and if this or th..t alley is beyond police bounds, why don't the magiatrates get enlarged powers •Chy have ouly to ask them from a government pledged to sanitury reform. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. THE SANITORY CONDITION Or fdANCHESTERWES the sub ject of discussion on Tuesday at • meeting of the teach. ra and friend, of St. Paul's and other Sunday schools, held in Bennett-street, Oldham-road. The meeting wee called by the school committee, and upwards of one hundred persons attended ; the Rev. C. O. Hutton. M.A., incumbent of St. Paul's, in the chair. Mr. I'. H. Holland, of Churlton, secre tary to the Manchest. r Health of Towns' Association, in introducing for th e approval of the committee the proposition. " That the causes of excessive disease and mortality of large towns are, to a great extent, moveable, and and ought to be removed," made a speech full of stathdieal details in support of the alleg ,two, and clearly proved, front Leta collected from the general experience of the country, and from that of parti cular localities, that an immense sacrifice of life was made annually, by public ignorance and public remissness, to diseases, over the must a of which we had almo't complete control.— Or. It. Smith enlarged on the view, that one of the primary means required for dintioishing th e e unlie rov h idedaltfulirese for rat Manchester is a copious supply of purewater p every house ; and in proposing a resolution to that effect, very clearly pointed out how water was rendered impure. and the proper sources from whetter it should he obtained Mr. Lambert proposed " that health will be much promoted by the improved ventilatio h nof use os, churches,sc hools and other public and private buildings," Ile iefly brought the subject of ventilation and its advant.o;es before the meeting. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—A ehroll 0 . '14 inquest WWI commenced on Friday, at Dukenfield, upon the body of a child named Pagett, a year and nine months old, who had recently died of starvation at Stalyhridge. The tpares of the child were steeped in poverty, though Parrett,father, had originally been a land steward in Ireland, and hod received a tolerably good education. They had two children, a girl of tour y ears old and the deceased. Theceived, from want of proper nourishment, had been ill lo seear a fortnight, during which time repeated applications had been made to the relieving officer of the dietrict of Dukenfield, both by the father and mother, but without effect, and the child died. During the greater part of deceased's illness its parents were utterly destitute, having nt ither coal nor candle, and had it not been fur the kindness of the neighbours, themselves poor, the whole family must have perished long ago. Something more than mere occasional supplies of food and warmth was required for the sick child ; proper medicine end the aid of medical skill could alone avail, and these were not to be had until the limit,' had been " visited" by the reli and aeving-o appli fficer. At length, the day before deceased's death, fter ca tions, whose frequency and earnestness wore " the ed unhappyd parents a lmost to the bone, the family was visit "an an order givin for medical attendance. But these necessary offices came too late, and the child died.—Mr. Hudson, the coroner, when the case was reported to him, immediately required the body of the deceased to be exhumed, and held an inquest over it. To the particulars elicited at this inquiry we are indebted for the melancholy facts. It appeared from the evidence of the medical gentlemen, I that the death of t he deceased arose from disease, and that disease might hive arisen from cold.—'ihe jury having been left to themselves for about ten minutes, returned a verdict, " That the de.leaaed died from a disease of the bowels, which was accelerated bv cold." The inquiry, which excited the greatest interest, lasted upwards ot six hours ; at the close the jury made a subscription for the family. On Monday afternoon a special meeting of a c as e , commtte appointed by the board of guardians to investigate the was held at Staly bridge, when a letter front Mr. Anderson, surgeon, was read. The depositions as taken by the coroner at the in quest were afterwards read, and, after due deliberation, the committee agreed to report That, after a careful and impartial marl of the eeldence taken on oath before the comfier, they hare wan to an unanimous opinion, that the charge preferred airainst Mr. John Newton, " fur gross ne glect and inhuman conduct in the ease of Noble Paget, a child of If ..1* of age," is fully borne out and s ubstantiated, and that the said Mr. Newton is, in the opinion of the committee, until to discharge the duties of a relieving officer of the raid union. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE Ell HEZ7,LEMENT BY ♦ COMMISSION A GE NT. —A reward has been offered this week, by public hand-bill, for the apprehension of Mr. Thomas Smith, lately c arrying on business as a c ommission agent and cott well mer chant, in Strutt - stree t, Newmarket -buildings, ton known to the manufacturers of Lancashire. It would seem that the accussed left Manchester at half-past eight o'clock on the night of Friday the 4th instant; and up to Tuesday evening had not been apprehended. The charge against Mr. Smith is one of a very serious nature, iovoliing the [ estimated embezzlement of a sum which has been variously estimated at from 10,0001. to 16,0001. ; but with respect to which no accurate information can be gleaned until the judicial inves tigation has taken place. The parties mentioned as being the greatest loans by the defalcation are Mr. Alderman Shuttleworth ; Mr. Bateson, Liverpool; and the firm of Mears. W. O. and J. Strafe, cotton-thread manufacturers, of Derby. A SMOCKING CASE has occurred at llorwieh, where an inquest was comm enced on Wed died nesday 00 th neglee body and of Alice e H e aton, 55 years of age, who from ct, th alleged ill-treatment of her husband. It appeared from the evidence that s, the decemuri ng ed the had been co ofnwfined to htimeer bed was fur nearly three year d wholewhich she without any one to take care of her, there being no family, and her husban d, John Heaton, refusing to employ • nurse Sh e was left for several slays without meat, and f weeks w ithout being taken from her bed. On Tuesday or last she died. when some of the neighbours 41itexivered that the flesh hod ulce - ated away in many places to the bone. The body was allowed to remain all night in the chamber without any light, and in the morning it wee discovered that the rats had got into the room and had eaten away her under lip and a part of her left cheek. These facts were detailed ill •- , t had made a pest-merlon ex- ;,-,... AP. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1846. THE OVERLAND POST VIA TRIES Sir,—Three of tae six experimental journeys, for the transmission of the Indian Mail rid Trieste and Germany, sanctioned by the British government, have already taken place. I need not expatiate on the extreme importance of success in such attempt+, which would reestablish the old trading route of nations, would place England and Ilol laed nearer to their dominions in the Eastern hemi sphere, and open the road to them through great, kindred. pacific. an d commercial te gion.. The British government and the East India-house, as 1 have good reasons to believe, are completely satisfied with the results of the trials made, and the interest they take in the German route is greater than it has ever been before. British statesmen must be theresrous of beiug able to command a secon rough in case of entualities of war, be that route th Ancona, Brundusium or Trieste. A' yet the two first roads only exist as projects, and all the facts known plead in favour of Trieste, whose Austrian Lloyds has afforded uch effective assistance to Lieut. Wieghorn, Unfortunately, how ever, they appear to entertain at Vienna a fatal and unprac ticable predilection for drawing the overland route from Trieste to Vienna, a circumstance which prejudices them much agaite-t the projected and far more ecnvenient railroad from Bieck to Salzburg. A few words will place this ms ter in a proper light. Whilst the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railroad is to connect Austria with the railroad system of North Germany, and another by Cracow is to join that of Warsaw, penetrating on the other side into the very hearted Galicia, they intend, by a railroad to Bavaria, to reach ugh in a similar mode the linesof S outhern Germany, passing thro Munich, Augsburg, Ulm, &c. Those who render all other considerations subordinate to the desire of erecting Vienna into a common centre fo r all these three different systems, I I insist that the connexion wish Bavaria should be esta blished by a railroad from Vienna bye Linz to Salzburg, whilst them whose principal atteton is directed to Trieste and the shortest route for the East Indian overland post, affirm on still better grounds, that the pre ference ought to be given to the projected railroad going from Vienna through Bruck to Sulzhurg. From Vienna to Sale burg by Linz, the di,tance would be 41 German miles; that from Vienna by Bruck to Salzburg, 69 German miles, or only 15 miles more than by the first line ; but of the railroad to Bruck 26 miles have been already constructed, so that only 33 miles more rereitin to be completed. Moreover, the route from Trieste by Bruck to 'Vienna, and th ore by Lies to Salzburg, would be 37 German miles, nearly English miles longer than if the post from Trieste could go from Bruck directly, without touching at Vienna or Line. It is through this obstacle, this attachment to centralisation cherished by certain parties at Vienna, that Trieste one of the runs the risk of being set aside, and the preference given to two other lines mentioned above, going from Ancona and from Brindisiover Switzerland to the Rhine; for though these two lines are as yet only projects, we must not forget that I both the Pope and the King of Naples have already granted permission for their construction, and that Switzerland is prepared to come to their assistance with every effort in her power. If Austria alone hesitates, she may soon have hut the opportunity for sterile complaints of not having been active at the proper moment, and of having opposed to un alterable geographical necessities a mania for centralisation, entirely misplaced under the circumstances. flowerer, the Austrian cabinet has, generally speaking, fl ower r, wisdom and sound judement in the construction of the state railroads, that one cannot be brought to despair that also on this subject they will, on mature , considentiose, adopt the right decision. Besides these three recent trials, sanctioned by the British government, t w o others fur testing the efficiency and Ml*. bilities of the overland route rid Tries Lieutte, ha an d previo a ghers e usly t a ken place under the responsibility o f Lieutenant W seconded by the Austrian Lloyds ; in the first aration of whithe ch, w h e re there was scarcely any tame left lor e are deep itches entrusted to the care of Lieutenant Waghorn arrived in London before the French pat (conveying the news of the great victory on the Sutlej), whilst in the second, but only in consequence of some extraordinary end unfore+een circumstances, which were beyond the control et both Lieut. Wsghorn and the Austrian Lloyds, the French triumphed. lam unfortunately not at this moment in pos ssion of a dtailed table, but as to the three recent WM jseourneys, undertaken under the sanction of the British go vernment, I can state exactly the total of the time consumed' during them by both parties. That time was—for France, 7501 hours, giving an average of 2:50 I.6th hours for each single journey from Alexandria eel Marseilles to London, and for Trieste 7434 hours, giving an average for each single journey from the same poiat yid Trieste to London, of 217 5-6ths hours rs , leaving thus a gain on each t o the latter of 21 hou. In this competition, we must, moreover, not overlook that the stea a m boat Ariel, conveying the despatches from Alexandrito Marseilles, makes 91 knots an hour, whereas the e Ardemostnt, placed at the disposition of Lieut. Waghorn, steaat but nine knots an hour; and that these three experimental journeys, as it will also be the case with the three next to come on, have been assigned for • winter season, when France, by her milder climate, and the absence of great mountain ridges on the ordinary route, has a signal advan tage over Trieste. Yet, in spite of these odds, Trieste was enabled not only to maintain an equal pace with its rival, hut actually to leave France twice hind (the first and thin journey) in dolivering the Ea st Indian dematches to the British government and the East India Rouse before them. • - ' B ter tile ge K neni ff GLa e E o N urtof ri th ir e .— pro Th pri ere was proprietor lo' this corporation a tionquaherld at - Bank of England, pursuant to the terms of the charter. There were hut few of the proprietors present. At twelve o'clock precisely the governor, the deputy-governor, end a majority of the court sf directors entered theauditmee-room, and the secretary, by the direction of the governor, read the minutes at the last general court. . It was resolved that the minutes read, in which are contained votes of thanks to the past governor, the deputy-governor, &c., for the able man ner in whieh they had exercised the duties of their various offices, should be fully confirmed. The court then adjourned. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.—A public meeting of electors was held last night in Dean-street, Suho, Mr. Rogers in the chair, for the purpose of hearing an exposition of the political principles of C. Cochrane, Esq., a candidate for the representation of Westminster at the next general election. Mr Cochrane said he was an advocate for civil and religious liberty to the fullest extent. He was an advocate for extending the suffrage to professional men, to tutors, clerks. and others classes at present not entitled to vote. Ile was In favour of vote by ballot, of shortening the duration of parliaments, of sanitory and other social improve ments. He was decidedly opposed to the New Poor-law, which was based on inhumanity and utter heartlessness. A resolution appr ving of the principles announced by Mr. Cochrane, and recommending him to the electors of West minster, was put and carried. ABOLITION OF ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—A meet ing of the inhabitants of Westminster was held last evening, at the rithool-room of the British and For ign School, York street, Westminster, to hear a lecture from the Rev. Edward Muscott, i n the ahu-es, religious intolerance, and national evils arising from the powers placed in the hands of the ad- I ministraturs of ecclesiastical law. The chair was taken by the Rev. Mr. Martin, in the absence of Sir H. De lacy Evans, from whom a letter was read to the meeting commu nit:sting that he was ill. The lecturer strongly impressed upon the meeting the necessity of appealing to parlia ment to take away the power at present belonging to the eecle-iastical courts, which were originally invested with them at the period of the introduction of popish super stition into this country, which crushed the liberty and destroyed the right of the people to form opinions for them selves. It was only necessary fur the inhabitants of West minster to follow the example of the inhabitants of the borough of Southwark and w her districts, by exhibiting a suf ficient amount of public opinion in favour of the destruction of the power of the ecclesiaatical courts, end they would be sure speedily to see a complete reformation, a blessing fur which posterity would be exceedingly grateful. CONTINUED DETENTION OF THE Maag.—By an official list posted at the chief office, Sr.. Martin'sle-grand, it appears that there arc no less t han 77 mail-bags over due, arising from the obstruction caused 11 the deep snow now lying in the north and west of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The following were missing, in addi tion to those announced yesterday, viz.:—Bridlington, liar. tlepool, Pickering, Ripon, Scarborough, Whitey, Fern Houses, Durham, Edinburgh, Leith, Oakhampton (Dover), Ridmin, Camelforti, Falmouth, Helstone, Loetwithel, Limn- ceaon, Penryn, Redruth, Galway, Newry, Sligo, &c. Yes- I terilay the Post-office was b-siegrd with inquirers. TIIE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUDS.—Sir,—A paragraph appeared in your paper of this day, copied from the iler cantik Journal, stating that the duty on sugar, involved in the dishonest practices of a customs locker, amounted to be tween 20,0001. and 30,000/. This is inaccurate, as the amount does not exceed 2001. The customs officer, who improperly certitl d the discharge of the su g ars is in cu stody, and criminal proceedings have been instituted against him owl his confederates. The warehouse-k eper ho.ds the officer's order' for delivery, and is, therefore, completely exonerated.—Dec. 17. THE DISTRICT SUB-SORTERS OF THE POST-OFFICE. —S:r,—The sub-sorti rs of the London district department of the General Post , office forwarded on Friday last, the 13th inst., a petition to the Postmaster-Gene ral for an advance tit wages The scale by which they are now paid was fixed soine eleven years since, when the duties were comparatively , nothing to the present. Somo of these men have, since the date of their first app Antment as latter-carriers, turned their stet enth year vrithout spot or blemish on their reputation. They receive no more than 701. per annum, and this sum subject to a considerable deduction for superannuation, &c. Heretofore the line of distinction b tween the sub-sorter and clerk was discernible in duly; but since the flood of cor respondence has swelled so much as to thruten to inundate the office, it is only to be tr iced in pay ; and many a silent sting is felt by members of this body, when they hod their ease epproxiina ion to a higher appointed order constrains them to make an a' pearance, to support which the curtail mint of absolute physical necessities follows, unless in some few cases , where men carry on a private trade, or their wives have a buaineas. During the conference they had with the superintending president, prior to forwarding the petition, that gentleman told them he saw no reason why they all old not be &eased on the same scale as the tub sorters in the General Post-office, believing them entitled to it from the nature and amount of duty they have to perform. Such is the opinion of an impartial officer, backed by the weight of more than forty years' active service and expe rience.—A FRIEND TO A JUST Cause. CHILDREN OF TILE LATE THOMAS HOOD.—We are I sorry to learn that the chi:dna) of the late 'l'. Hood are, in consequence of the death of their last remaining parent, left entirely dependent upon the small fund, amounting, we believe, to ahout 8001., collected by public subscription at the period of Mr. Hood's death. The pension of 1001. granted by Sir Robert Peel, ceases with the decease of Mrs. Hood, who lived but a twelvemonth to enjoy it. We believe that Lord John Russell has already been applied to by the friends of the family to continue the pi mama to the children, but his lordship has intimated his inability to comply with the re quest, since the pension becomes, by the death of Mrs. Hood, the property of the public. — Times. CASINO DP, VENISE, HOLBORN.—Among unpopu lar entertainments a swimming bath, during the winter months, claims a prominent place. Ti' combat this evil, the conductors of the National Baths, in Holborn, have supplied more setiaouable amusements, and commenced last night a series of concerts and balls. No traces of the original use of the building are to be detected in the present tastefully constructed interior, the adornments of which are in excelleut keeping, and if nut proot against a detailed inapection, art effective us a whole. Ihere is in the centre lleia spacious pro menade, and an area for dancing. A low gay run. along the sides. What the bills term a Tui lush smoking saloon " would, doubtless, have proved las: evening an operable lounge for smokers, but for a formal error in the license, forbade cigars to be sold The amusements are on the plum iif Laurent's Casino, at the Adelaide Gallery. The early par of the everting was occupied with the concert, in which the instrumental performers acquitted themselves exceedingly well, and had uo inefficient conductor in Mr. Grattan Cooke, assisted by Messrs. LI Blagrove and Patey, the leaders. the vocal department is not strons ; but such as it is, we think it would tell better by being spread over a greater part of the evening, admitting of dances 'o fill up the intervals. The plan is found pleasant enough in a ball- room, and wliv nut at a place which seeks to imitate one ? As it is, the dancing time is waited for with an impatience greatly to the prejudice of the other performancrs. The latter amusement was well kept up, and as in the case of the Adelaide Gallery formed the principal attraction. Yet it is asserted that such recreations do not Nourish in this country; that the people are shy, and do not enter into the spirit of them. Whatever other objections may be made to the kind of entertainment, this is not one, which was corroborated last evening at toe Casino. I:ne compauy, to he sure, are less select than nume rous. The music and dancing mania has taken a firm root in the metropolis, and the marks of its flourishing will doubt less be manifested in many similar establishments to the present. A DELICIOUS NON-SEQUITF.R..—The Duke of Richmond, at the; mithfield Cattle-Club dinner, gave " The B u tchers of the tropilts," which toast he tull..wed up with the appropriate sentiment ut " Live and let lire." In which case, we ask the Duke, what is to become of the butchers ? Punch. THE WEST-END REFUGE FOR THE HOUSELESS Poos.—ln consequence of the severity of the weather, this institution, situate in Market•street, Edrware-road, has 'veer, thrown open fur the nightly recepuen of 200 poor. Each is furnished with a supper of bread, and half a pint of beef soup, a comfortable bed, and breakfast in the, morning. ACCIDENTS.--The streets yesterday were very slippery, causing the following aceidents:—ln Mecklen burgh-square the horses of a brewer's dray slipped down, and trew te ca-ks f beer into tbe r. To or three of t he m fell on the shaft horse while oa on d the w ground, by which the animal's spine was broken, and it was necessary to kill it on the spot.—ln Wellington btrei t, two gentlemen were driving in a gia ne ar the Lyceum Theatre, horse slipping, brought the gig in contact with a carriage, throwing the two gehtletneu out. The gig horse plunged to get free, dashed the g i g to pieces, and then dashed off with the shafts at a ninon. pace towards Waterloo -bridge; but coming in contact with the lamp-pillar at the corner of the Strand, t.:,e animal fell in the road, and at almost the same ' instant was run over by a heavily-laden c at, by whiche it it was an much injured that it was found necessary to hav killed. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY. -GROUND IN A MILL.- By Mr, W. Biker, coroner, at the Greenland Fishery, Assembly road. Mile-end, on the body of Thomas Stokes, aged 77 years. Deceased was in the employ of Mr. Batteressoad. , a colour manufactu rer in Assembly-pgivage, Mile siltin-end-r the Oa Wednesday morning he w a s in the mill-room, g various paints, when, on reaching over the mill, which was being worked by a h rse, the . ride runners " caught his head, and jammed it wiult great veilence against the wall. The horse was instantly stopped, and the deceased was extri cated, but he espis ed in about ten minutes.—Verdict dontal death." t he FROM INTOMICATION.—Aho, by Mr. Baker, at the Crown and S. yen Stars, Itsusemarv.lane , on the body of Jeremiah Sheen, aged 30 years, a labourer. On Monday last deceased war employed at Downes' wharf, Wapping. A number of butts of w The hisky dece a -ed d were placed rank an on the (pay and the bungs withdrawn. immoderate quantity, by nneano of straws, and expired on the following day. Verdiet—" Died from excessive drink ing.”--Ditarii 1,1 A BAKEK'd SHOP.--At the Unicorn, lienrietta-street, went-gardeu, by Mr. Bedford, on the body of Theophilus T. Hai Cox, EA , aged SS, of Henrietta street, Cavendish.square. Alex under Moore, baker, of No. 25, Brydges.street , Cove, t.parden, said that on Tuesday evening 1 _at the deceased cone into his sh be aop, 110 an wed d, sta to sit ting that he had been taken very il., bugged to down awhil. lie t down, nut in at few minutes fell back in his chaire almost i a nsensinle. Mr. Davison, a nei s hbouring sureeon, was instantly sent fir, but deceased died in twenty minutes. The surgeun attributed death to &sudden spasun of the heart, probibly caused by the severity of the wea , her. Death west h Alt hy tout. .- By ct — N et g at the FILLY EIHAVIIIION Mr. Belllolll, at the tha pas Arms, Cherie...street, Ciroavenor--quare. on the body of James Cook. aged 62, a cab drivir. Deeesasi's widow de 1-wave' that they w, re in great distress. and 4.,f late i1...e......d cab. On Monday morn* * lot the deceased left home eventing his breakfast. Between in. and two o'clock be was called off the coachatand is Davis-street, Berkeley square, where he bad been waiting four hears in the cold. He was about to atm • trunk down stairs, when be stag gered against the wall, and before assistance reaceed him he sank to the ground inseusilde. Life was immediately extinct. —Verdict, " Died from natural causes." (A sum of 2i. 18s. was col'ected in the inquest-room for the deceased's widow] --ACCIDENT AT COVENT I /ARDEN THIATIOL — By Mr. Bedford, at the George, Gilbert'epassege, Clare-market, on the body of John Cain, aged 38, • labourer at Covent garden Theatre. On Thursday last, about twelve o'clock, deceased was on the upper tier of boxes walking out of one room into another. On coming out of one of the rooms he stepped on the end of a piece of quirteriug, which was over a place where the joists were out, when it tripped up and he fell over two tiers of boxes, a depth of twenty-five feet, into the passage of the dress-circle. This board was nut laid down for walking on, as proper boards were laid for that pur pose.—Tke deceased died on Tuesday morning from fracture of the spine. —Verdict, " Accilental death."—Deern IN THE WMATMINNTER BRIDEWBLL.—By Mr. Bedford, is the Westminster. Briduwell, on the body of Elizabeth Mead, aged 43, a prisoner, convicted on the 30th of S. ptemher, at, the Middlesex sessions, of stealing from the person, and sen tenced to six months' imprisoutuent with hard labour. De ceased died of a natural attack of apoplexy on Tueeday.—Verdiet to that effeet.--Dzern or AN INFANT BY •—• By Mr. Bedford, On Wednesday night, at the Star and Ulmer, St. Martin's-lane, on the body of John Bath, aged four months. —Ssrah Matson, of 14. Meads-court, Wardour-street, S ono, said, on Monday eftemeon, hearing a child ere, she went to the room wh. re the noise proceeded from, and found the place full of smoke, and a cradle in which the deceased was in flames. She ex tinguished the tientes, and the deceased was dreadfully burnt. There was another child in the room about 2 years and 3 months old ; she was at the farther end of the apartment, and seemed exceedingly frightened. The cradle was 4 feet from the fire-place. The cloth on the table near the cradle was also in flames, but how the fire originated she could not tell. The child died in two hours.—Mary Ann Bath, wife of a picture-frame maker, said that she had been out of the house only a few minutes when she heard that her child was dead.—How the fire originated could not be ascertained. Verdict, " Tnat the deceased died frJsu the effects of owns, but by what means the fire was caused there was no evi dence to satisfy the jury."—DEATH FROM PLOWER. RIND SPIRITUAL TU MEDICAL ADVICE.—By Mr. Baker, at the Cumberland's Head, City-road, on the body of Catherine Clinch, aged 52. Deceased had been in an ill state of health for some time. Lost Saturday she got worse, when she was told that she required medical assistance, but she remarked that she would have the priest. She died on Monday, no surgeon hay. big been called in. Verdict, " Natural death." DEATH FROM FALLING WITH/ A BASKET OF FIIIIL.—By Mr. W. Payne, the City Coroner, in the board-reom of Guy's Hostpitel, on the body of John Percy, aged filty-three years. Deceased had been fur many years a porter in the Billingsgate fish market. On Thursday he was carrying a heavy Wad of fish from the wharf to a cart, when he missed his footing and fell to the ground with considerable violence. The lead fell upon his ioins, and nearly the whole of his ribs were frac tured. lie died from the effects of the injuries on Tuesday. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." IRELAND. DUBLIN, Dec. 16. I informed you on Monday last of a private meeting of the Irishanded proprietors held on that day, to consider the cour se to be pursued u ,der their present :Averse circum stances. The mectieg was attended by Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Shaw, the Recorder fur the city, G. A. Hamilton and John O'Connell, Eggs., and several other members of parliament and many of the gentry. The first question discussed was the propriety of convening an aggregate meeting of the nobility ant, gentry of Ireland in Dublin before the opening of par liament. All agreed that such a meeting would be bene ficial, but the delay of convoking as well as the danger 1 attending the withdrawal of the gentry from thei I important duties in the country districts at this trying crisis, presented obstacles which rendered that course im practicable. The idea, however, has not teen wholly abandoned; the realisation will depend on the terms pro posed by the ministry in the ensuing session. As the centre of such a body, or one thatmieht prove rill more unmanage able and embarrassing, a committee was constituted embracing a fusion of all parties to consider the beet means of affurdiug relief and employment to the people—r.f obtaining altera tions in the Labour Rate Act—and of vigilantly attending to the legislation et next session. tired rend. ring it as productive as possible to the social irnprevement of the country. One of the resolutions adopted veil; show more clearly the objects of the committee "That fur the purpose of considering and devising the best means of meeting the pr, sent difficulties of the country in relation to the relief and employ ment of the peretle, a committee he formed to collect and circulate information, prepare petitions and memo rials, and frame suggestions with respect to amendments in the present temporary relict laws; and to permanent legislation for the future." Ido not know what effect the ' late circular of the Board of Works, which was issued on the day of the meeting, though dated on the 9th, has had on the revives of the landowners. It looks very like a concession, and a just one, to their wishes, and it is to be hoped will bring that body into closer harmony with the government, which seems disposed to stay at no means of at co plishing good. The Freeman of this morning justly panegyrists the circular and the government :--" The arrangement is well conceived, judicious, puma politi.., and will, we doubt not, be productive of the best results. The government deserves much credit for the course it has adopted in this instance. It has acted boldly and promptly, showing a due deference to public opinion ; and we hope that all parties, landlords, tenants, and labourers, will co-operate to make the alteration as beneficial as it is capable of being made." A deputation from the Young Ireland party waited on Mr. O'Connell at his house in Merrion-square, to lea' n with more precision his steal as to tue e intereuee. Mr. O'Connell was supported by hi' son John, who observed that the prelinsi naryquestion to be decided was the legal one, thus widening he basis originally laid down by his father. Much unity . of feeling or °plaids does not apar to hae actuated the parttes, and the chord of harmony b as lax a s ever between the op poieng section , . I understand many of the Young Ireland party do not go quite to the extent of Smith O'Brien's terms, which, iii an amicable arrangement, are far too ezigerins. ns for In the Gazette of last night appear proclamatio holding extraordinary presentment sessious in tweet)-nine baronies. Mane of these are additional sessions to be held on second proclamation for the purpose of presenting for extra sums where the amount originally sanctioned by the board was insufficient for the completion of the public works or the relief of the destitute. In such cases, by a power vested in the Lord - lieute nant, a second or third sessions may be convened. The severe frost baying interrupted the navigation of the canals the supply of grain on 3estenlay at the Corn Exchange was very small. Wheat and barley brought an advance of Is. over Friday's prices, and oats W. Oatmeal a shilinst upwards ; flour stationary. No change in the price of bread. 9Stl. per 41b. loaf, first quality ; and aid. the second. I was yesterday . assured, on excellent autrit tr y, that an Irish finn extensively engaged in the milli ho ng ade, pur -1 chased in the course of the past week its London corn to the value of 14,000/., which the y have caused to be shipped for Ireland, and further, that it is intended to take this corn by canal to Longford, where it will finally be dressed for coo gumption. It is an unusual circumstance, indeed, fur corn to be imported from London into the intei ior of Ireland. ARE THE PEASANTRY ARMING ?—This is a question so grave and serious, more especialli in the d raw present ill be cum stances of Ireland, that I am sure your reaglad to know that the labouring people at least are not purchasing arms. The demand is on the part of the farmers, as the Waterford Freenton testifies. PRESENTMENT SESSION 6, TIPPERARY. — A presentment sessions have just been held in Thurles, at which the magis trates and cess- pa) ers agreed to proceed under Mr. Labou chere's letter. The sum of 11,0001. was presented fur drain age works. There was then an adjournment of the sessions to hive the opinion of the gcvernment made known, whether or not it would be permitted to assess the electoral divisions in the proportion to the number of destitute labourers they eontain, and the amount expended in each such division, or whether it was intended to assess each division equally, Wan RESOTRCEti.—FISHERIEs.—We learn that a new company has been projected in Cork, for the encouragement of Irish fisberies. The object of the company isti not to eng age itself in the fishing tra de , but to supply a stimulus to the exertions of the fishermen, by affording them a ready and profitable market at their own doors for the produce of their &hinge ; and thus, while they afford the fishermen real and eubstantiel encouragement, the mode adopted will also teach them the value of relying upon their own exertions. But while the object of the company is not to interfere with the industra of the fishermen, it is their intention to afford every reasonable facility to the poor and needy man, whckle ose poverty may nut admit of his possessing the usual ta and gear required for his avocation, and to encourage him, by such assistance in a number of ways as would seem to the company most useful and valuable to a poor but industrious man. The capital of the company, we can understand, is to consist of 10,0001., in 2,000 shares of 5/. each ; deposit. 1/. on each share. Operations will be commenced when the d depo sits of D. each share shall have beShona, an the s tations intended to be occupied are C orp, C Clone akiity, Ressearbery, Crookhaven, Glandoie, Skull, Skits and bereen, Dunnamais, Bantry Bay, &c. A curing house depot will be established at each station, and constant sup plies of fishing gear will be kept furem the use of the fish ermen, which will be supplied [h e m upon reasonable terms. An experienced Scotch curer will bo also provided at each station to superintend the operations of the company SCOTLAND. EDUCATION.-MINUTES OF COMMITTEE OP COUN eii--`fir,- —When no many reflections are at present being made upon the ignorance of the public teacher, it sur , ly would not be difficult to induce the committee of council on education, to adopt the means they legitirmtely have in their hancbi for instructing him in his profession. In the y me 1914 the minutes of the committee were publish d. con tnining • body o: information exceedingly useful to the schoolmaster. Thep• were clreulat. d widely among the clergy and other influential individuals, but ally a favonred few of the national school or burgh and parochial teachers received a copy of them. Rad these books been more liberally distri butrd among the ischoobrisMers, they would hareproduced an effect totally different from what they are doing at present. lu place of being locked up in well-stored libraries, . a objects of anti quarian re • emelt for future generifions, their beneficial effects would • bane been at this moment visible at the farthest extremity of the 1st:old. Few of the teache:s to the distant finis - Mess am afford the expense of travelling to renowned seminaries ar learning to acquire a knowledge of their systeins of teaching, wiz t are yet quite co si p eie to arnil themselves of the intorinauon contained in the minutes of the 0011.11/11ttee. it ta of ba r e with our knowledge that those who • has e received these repmts bare highly prized them, and hare pro• -'' . eztended means are hum neglect and want of noureuims.... adjourned till Friday (this day), when it is dictof manslaughter will be returned against . Heaton is a farmer, occupying a considerable land, and keeps ten cows and tome horses. leased of p roperty , it is said, to the amount 'PRE WORKINO or TRH POOR REMOVA stated in a recent number, that the Manchester guardians bad determined to discontinue paupers chargeable to this union, residing eta. , ; ahio to remote to their places of settlement paupers charge able to other unions now living in Manchester. These r so lutions resulted from • conviction entertained by the guardians, that the administration of relief could not be safely delegated to the officers of another union, which had no interest in the funds expended. The Manchester Guardian now affords some results of the cause adopted. The tatal number of eases to which the resolutions in ques tion apply is between 600 and 600, embracing above 2,000 individuals. Of these cases, about 300 are of paupers chargeable to other parishes, residing in that town ; the remainder are Manchester poor living elsewbire. About half the eases of the former class have already been carefully investigated by the guardians of this union ; and when the paupers understood that the alternative was re moval to their places of settlement, fully three-fourths of them were tumid able, either by their own exertions or the ass stance of their friends, to support themselves ; no that in only about thirty instances will removal he necessary. four cases have as yet occurred in which the enforeemeut of removal appeared a hardship; and three of these admitted of an easy solutioe. The retnaiuieg one presented some diffi ctay, and appeared to the guardians to afford a suitable oc- • easion for the exercise of that private bounty which it is ne ither possible nor desirable that public charity should entirely supersede. WARWICKSHIRE. SHAILISPRAREAN RELDIROS.—Mr. MOICIVIdy read the tragedy of '• Macbeth," to a large number of the members of trio Polytechnic Institution, at Birmingham, on Wed. es day evening. This reading was gratuitous ; and in aid of the funds of the library in connexion with the institution. Mr. Macready, in the course of • few introductory remarks, adverted to the motive which had iuduoed him on that, as on other occasions el.ewhere, to comply with the request made, that he would read a play of Shakespeare, it was in toe hope that he might be the means of lending some aid to the promotion of the cause of education. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. Osman, Doc. 17.-1 n a maceration holden this morning. the degree of Doctor in Divinity by diploma was oonferred upon the itt. Rev. W. A. Shirley, lute Yellow of New Coll., now bird Bishop of Soder and Man. At the same time a congregation was holden (being the last day of Term), when the following degrees were conterrid, bortor end ilacftel r of Ihribily by ACClllNulalion—Rev. C. T. Cary, dime. hull. Doctor of Gird /Ale—Rev. (i. F. Need, Wore. Coll. MaUe► of Arts—Rev. G. C. Shifter, Deist Ch. ;C. A. Johnson, Brea:nom. larh•lor of Ants —II. A. Harvey, student of Christ W. ►t. Bright, Balliel ; Rev. J. L. Patterson, Urand Compounder, Trinity . J. Ruinsey, Exhibitioner of Pembroke; 11. G. Merriman, Fell. of New Cell. R. 11. Dimly of Mar. The BUILDING CAMIIIITTItr. d Acivisceows-mr-vne-Wsus, Fe 'TIM, have announced numerous suttee, lotions received for the purpose of completing the tower of that church. Pt. Avtam, Cou.swau_— In this large and Populous parish two parochial districts have recently bees formed—Treverhyn and Mount Charles. The latter extends from Dupurth.gate to Tregonlssey, and onwards to the eotern boundary of the parish : it la nearly seism miles in circumference, and contains a population of more than 300 souls. The Rev. C. S. Wuolcoet, wbo was recently eurate of the parish, o f been appointed to the district of Mount Charles. To the district of Treverbyn, no appointment has yet been made. A Chao.* of Ease is to be built in each district LANCAIMINJL.—NEW Cu k RCM AT LTTRAIL—A si p ho nsubscri ba n. at set on fat for the erection if a new church h the nile for whit la fixed a little to the east. of Lytham-mill, on the north Ode of the New Beach-reed. a fronUte to the river. It of is Pro posed that the church shall contain from 450 to 300 sittings, which about one-third will be reserved free for the poor. Me. Clifton. of Lytham-hal, the lord of the manor, has intimated not only hisnown midi- Dela TA, give the required quantity of land, but has aim mode k bin intention to provide the endowment. The subscriptions at present amount to 1,5471. 150. rkLYEKIIILNPL—Hew. W. Edwards to Killalee C., Leland; 1. T. al•Donogh . to Strailbally C., co. Waterford; Hew. W. T. Wit. Monson, to Ennis C. VACAMT.—Vi.lierstown chaplaincy, co. Waterford, by roaignatioo of I the Bev. P. 110011111. NAVAL. • Tworowtsra, Drr. 17.—The I'dyphemoos,MCleverty. wilt proceed this aaernoon V 3 die chops ot the Ccannel to re li eve hhe homeward bound merchant troche. The Vengrance is eraered to be fitted for the reception of .ramps ; she will not go out of aiabour till the 20th :mt., and be ready thr tea on the 25th inst. The feno d has nearly conipleted taking on board the ordiumee stores for the South An et •oas station, and will 13.• nutty for sea in a few days.. The law raid tender arrived this mowing from Jeixey with ahmt t nighty new railed tan. A court of inquiry via held nu board the i'entiopt steam.frigate, pale. (Afford, on inst., to consider as to the efficiency that ship's company, when they rocomnentled that her complement rhould be increased to 2' 6 0 men, instead of ICA her present complement. The .Viinnrang, Capt. E. Welter, niay be daily expected at Bffithead, to gether with the Daphne and Tyne. The torque rd Mossy hire noticed some daysard, was this day raisedback in this paper as baying capai and stinCa and pt .eed in safety. burrooms, 16.—1 n consequence of the intensity of the front • low number of the men employed upon the fortifications here were discharged on Saturday night, and the remainder are about to be dis missed for the prftent, as it is Unlovable to carry on the works while the present weather continues. The [walk:idiom) hate effected quits .i change in the apps at ante of the place. The road betwes ri Mils Town and Blue loan has been much cut up, and is in a very danger -us elate. An iild burial -ground, in which the grate of Parker, the mutineer, was pointed out, lay on the edge of the road; this has tom ' and quantities of coffins and bones brought to light. i, 1 4 I 3 The inquiry warn I expected a ver- lust the husband. rrable quantity of lie is also pus- of 6,0001. KOVAL ACT.—We nchester board of le the relief of all g elsewhere; and i turmd up, MILITARY. ROYAL MILITARY M'AUFAIY. WOoLWICH.- - The half-yearly exa mination of gentlemen cadets uidlergoing • prepanita y couroe of study at the cadets' Itirraeks, at W. olwieb, to qualify , them tor tom. missions In the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery, toe plate on 'Amine's:lay, in the presents . of Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. Dowumun, Com. ntandant of the garrison (President) : Maj.-General Sir J. F. Itar goyne, K.C.8., Inspector.Cotneral of Fortifications; Maj.-Gen. Sir If. IC Rims K.C. Dep.-Adj.-Gen. of Artillery ,• Muj--Gen. Mr J. W. smith, C. 13., Virectordienstral of Royal Artillery ; Maj.-Gen. J. B. Parker. C. 11.; Lieut.-Gov. or the AC.IIIIITy, and other *dicers -I'rest lessor Christie minimented the examination of 2:1 valets of the the,- Teti-tad clam at ten o'clock A. 14.. and the following hating pasami in • satisfactory manner bate been advidiced to the p mtimil class for study in the Royal Arsenal , pre vious to obtaining commtmions : -R. 11. totnertl, W. 11. NOUle, 11. hehaw, li. N. Ile ygote, 6. ll. Gordon, A. J. Clerke, C. A. ltiee, l'. J. Fowler, 11. P. latest, M. F. Ferrer., S. D. Wright, 11. A. Thrum, C. ii, Mainwaring, A. Gordon, w. J. Williams. C. F. Young, S. Meeting, 0. It. Stokes, W. O. Grinutto6 W.D.Guilk, ts.E.Oldt•rshu, N CC Turner, I. V. Pennycuick.--Manols a Anglesey, Mar N-r lien. of the Ordnance, pm-sided at the examitiotlon intim afternoon, whch was conducted in the pray:Bad elute by llal.- Gen. Patenton, of lice Repooitory Intpartment; Mii).-Gen. Lacy of the Carriage Department ; 01. Drumey, of the Ltboratory Department; and Cieut.slka. Dundas, C. 8., of the Foundry Department. The following Grillkllkell Cadets pasmed for CO MIIII.IIIIOIIII, and will be ap pointed to the Rood Engineent and ltojal Artillery:--J. Litlidil, J. F:..Micl C. W. Barry, O. C. Henry, f. P. Warlow, C. 11. Smiley, W. Y Lambert, It. Warrin, P. Bodinglield, 11. Williams, 8. P. Ch.o - W. 11. Mytton, Hon. J. J. Miry, R. P. C. Jones, If. J. M. Camp bell, 11. 0. Farmer, A. Makerizie, C. M. Govan, C. If. Ingilby, It. P. liabitett. At the C OINIOAIOVI of the elimination. his lordship tba Midler-General of the Ordnance made an a p ps psi de adheres to tea whole of the Gentlemen Gaels, pointing out to ti cm the propriety of their condu Ong thenrelves in a manner which would he cre ditable to the writes. and profertaion tbi wished to follow, and read a report which had been drawn np by the authoritlea, and approved Iby but b -rdohip, a copy of which would be emit to the parents and guardians of evert Gentk man Cadet, to assure them that it was the de termination of WC head of the academy to *build', by the most ,strung 111IIIALIIVA, the system of one cadet making a nt oa of another ; and that it would be better ter any parent or guardian to withdraw thorn, under their control at once, if they mold not golliraltOo that the gentlemen cadet* would retrain from conducting themaeltes in it moa ner in direct opiomition to the rubs o f the academy, as any dep is of arted* from the regulation. world in sure thc.r died:assail. The Marqu Anglesey 'AAA eery i mon...ode in the delivery of Lis admonition, and no doubt his lordship's advice will be acted ki upo nd and enn ia fttdre. gins lordship then delivered the prizes, ano mid a a word ttt each ot the icopiente as the prizes were handed to them by LieutsCuL Janes, by dine Mon of Maj.-Gen. Parker, the Lieutenant- Governoe : -G. C. Heady-Practical t lass ; W. H. Noble-Firot Clam Mathematic& ; A. It. Clark -Second CLAM Mathemati as ; R. H. stokes -First Clues FOrliliCaliollA; R. M. Parsons-Second Class of ON:a lio= ; W. G. Nolte - French; 11. P. Yates -German ; E. Bridge-- History and Geography ; E. Bainbridge -Military Plan InalWing; A. Gordon-Landrespc Drawing; B. St Drawing; I Tamen --nerves mg ; Its. Stotherd -Cbernian7. SPORTING„ TATTERSALL'S —Tituseoar. The cab, Derby bets laid yesterday were o W 1 agt Van Tromp, to 1004., 15 to 1 agt Epirote, 33 to 1 aid Larted.de, and 40 to 1 ogt Mad Hart ; the butt throe in small soma CH La , eve.— SO to 1 offered on the field, but not a bet laid. The Leamington Ample dunes, weather permitUng, are tualendowil to be for the 24.1th0l January. tato fritttligcnct. EQUITY COURTB.—YERTERDLT. Before the Lord Chancellor. KIRK V. THE BROMLEY UNION. —BUILDER'S CONTRAUT b . —L IABILI TY or COUPORATIONS.—This was SR appeal y the defendants against a decision of the Vice-Chan:Tiler of England. The plaintiff is a builder, and entered into a written contract with the defendants for building their workhouse. In the prosecution of the works the plaintiff made several alterations sod deviations from the original plans, with the approbation of the defendants, but the con tract in writing did not provide for these, and the defendants refused to pay for them, or to certify that they were done, end in the absence of such certificate, or of an agreement in writing, the plaintiff could not have an action against the defendants, who are a corporation. and he therefore &eel his bill or relief in this cour. The defendandemurred tithe bill, f and the Vice-Chancetllor overruled th e demurrer. The appeal was partly argued on a former day by Mr. J. Stuart and Mr. liarereace for the defendants, in support of their appeal. Mr. Bcthell was proceeding fur the plaintiff when he was a-ked by the Lord Chancellor for any caf•c in which it was held that a party, not able for want of written instruments to have an action at law, could have re li e f i n equity : he reque.ted time to search fur such a case, a id the further hearing was postponed. Mr. Bethel' to-day re,umed his argument, and referr. dto the case of "Bond v. Hopkins" (Scheele, and.befroy, p. 413), to show that a party Whose evidences of title were in the possession of hie adversariee, would be relieved in equity, though, for wait of the written instrumento, he decouldants not proceed at law. Si in the p resent case, as the fend refused to give the plaintiff a written certificate of the woks being done, this court might properly interpose, more eve cially as it was a mo.t unconscienth.us proceeding on the put of the defend ints to saa:tiun the alterations of tile works at great expense, and then to refuse to pay for them. Mr. lietheringtoe w.s on the same side. Mr. Stuart in reply Paid, that by the written contract, the plaintiff' was required to give notice in wr.ting the defendants, of any e.terations or deviations, for *hick he was to exptet any ex ra payment. As he omdtcd to give such notice, the defendants did not object to the works, being under an iuipte-sion that th.y were not to - them. The p aintitf admitted that there - that effect in the contract, but that ho ' he WOK deing the work. The Lord Ch ir.ceil , r said he ..•eo des, '4,7;- „at e. lie eat dowu, hut in it few minutes len oraharatrinit re.e..ireo for future uuc :aaalimnauttir Few t!)kactairiona adit:a(itaillbon twenty i l i ,ie d ttee . etfrTliiriz..Nretaible Lberiiitetehnce fpaprt,shiest exsine trema: re elr.itldioutwing.tea;ceo , The surgeon amt . V erdi death . to a sudden qualm . Of--the neighbours if ve tioo. ..- t, probaldy e ßrut Att *,.d hy the aceerity of the weather. e a l i rn- now se iedire °f " or =lf w .,,,,e re % of . tea se' c u lT4, ie lefi (ruin... the arsh hod ulce7ated away in many places to the bone. give suchnotiee,.the tlef!•ndantbmtu rasa h althy than. Vct—"Natural deaih."— petent to avail Memacties of the unormation cunt+ to atm . The body vial affowed . to . remain al . l tn the chamber being un d er an . toque-mon that h.uy"rent'si;oi-t-o pay to; tost EHAutiiioN.— By Mr. Beiltord, at the Dial- of We committee% liniment with our knowledge t Mow who without any light, and is the morning tt was dit.coyered that them. The p aintitf admitted that there wati.s. aged 62, a cab drone. Deeeitsviis widow ad pied fur training puldic educator, ach ror more Charle,strett, Gritatetior,quare, on the body of ha' recrived the.t!trePntlu'owlaa b. City prized them, and hare pro. the rats had go , into the mom and had eaten away her under that effect in th.. contract, but that bo e rgot dow de- CO greatly by them. , un re al silme rxtended nuon , arc h r kit ch k. These facts were detailed in he WINI • 4t.ing the work. - t thew w. re in great and of law ence, an • o Td ch ••I r mid he would eon:Wirt e s . I d the ouroeon who had made a past- morlen ex- he ir r.c.., , lip .. and a part o e • ce Ole •y Er. ;.. I,a I