The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-19 00:00:00

P lEbe Tour!. WINDSOIt, WEDNESDAT.—Tier Majesty and his soy a D i,theess Prince Albert, aocompani by their Royal R o yal, the the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess B e rl, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, left the code at nine o'clock this morning, attended by the royal for Osborne House. Isle of Wight. The august party occupied Svc csrriages and four. The Queen was escorted ikon t he Castle by a party of the Ist Life Gasrds. The royal i thrty crossed over to the Isle of Wight in the Fairy yacht, sad arrived at Osborne House at half past one o'clock. Her Serene Highness the Princess Caroline of g eese , will close her visit to the Queen Dowager at Cashio lthrpparh, on Saturday or Istonday next. On leasing Cathiebury her Serene Highness will come to Marlborough beese, and depart on Monday morning by railway for Dover, w here h:r Serene Highness will embark fur Ostend en route to Germany. Viscount Palmerston gave a cabinet dinner yester y e vening, at his residence in Carlton-house-terrace, to Lora John Hose% the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of 'Minh), Earl Grey, Sir George Grey, Lordhancel of tho Exchequer, the • Earl of Auckland, Campbell, Visonunt Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanriearde. the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Speaker of the House of Commons had an ipter riew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Lord John Russell returned to town yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and also front the Governor of the Mauritius, were weaved vesterlay at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office fur the Governors of the North American pro vince.. The Duke de Medina Sidonia, Grandee of Spain of the first class, has arrived in London. The Duchess of Marlborough's recent game-killing bet at Blenheim, is likely to become the subject of an ins% S. ti,eation before magistrates and commissioners of assessed til es. We understand that the duchess is about to be charged in double duty tor killing game without a rerti lute, and that she is a1,.0 charged with au otienee against the game-laws, in having killed game not being authorised by a certificate so to do.—Globe. THE BISHOPRIC OP SODOR AND MAN. We understand that the itev. John Graham, I) D., master of Christ's College, and rector of Willingham, Cambridgeshire, has been appointed to the bishopric of Sodor and Man. NIETROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. TnE WARD OF FARRINGDON WITIIOLTT.—A meeting of the inhabitant householders of the ward of Far riagdon Without was held yesterday, in the New Court, at the Sessions-house in the Old Bailey (pursuant to adjourn ment from the 11th lust.), for the purpose of "resuming the consideration of and protesting arainst the recently proposed enormous outlay of the corporation funds, in the formation of a new street, whilet the conservation of the health of the citizens generally, and of our poorer felow-citizens espe. cially, imperatively demands the adoption of the best means for securing such ',seaters regulations as the present painful exigencies of the ease require." It will be remembered. from the report of the proceedings which appeared in the columns of the E.rdress of the lath inst., that two of a series of resolutions only were adopted by the meeting, and that owing to the lateness of the hour to which the proceed ings of the day had beet protracted the meeting adjourned. Yesterday, at the hour appointed, the alderman of the ward, Sir James Duke, Knt., resumed the chair, and the discus sion of the objects for which the meeting had been convened was resumed. To enable our readers perfectly to un derstand the proceedings of yesterday, it is necessary to repeat that on the lea occasion of the congregation toge ther of the inhabitants of the ward, the following resolu tions were ad 1;1)1 with perfect unanimity: First (moved by Mr. Wm. Carpenter, and seconded by Mr. Cleinow)— nit this mee%ng has learn. with ourprioe and regret that the Court of Common Cotincil loosed a resolution fur the appropria tion of a tam amtierting ton. arty dOU.OOaI., to the mating of a new street ot very queotionaLle utility, and which will prohahly involve the outlay of half a million more, without affording relief .tor the traffic in some part of the most important and crowded thoroughfares of the City of Loudon. The secand resolution, which was moved by Mr. Camp kin, and seconded by Mr. Fowler, was to the effect — fat Is .w important soccer it may be to increase for traffic in the City ot London, there are other and much stronger claims upon the tondo for those sanatory regulations upon which the health, comfort, and tires of mane inhabitants of the City of London depend. The Ward Clerk (Mr. Pontifex) having opened the pro ceedings by reading the minutes of the previous meeting, Mr. BOYLE rose, and, after an able address moved the adnptinn of a third resolution in these terms :. That this meeting observes wilt deep concern that the mortuary registers of the last year aiturd evidence of a great increase of deaths be epidemic dims in the metropolis and the other large towns of the kingdom, arisag out of the want of those proper tetnautry regula tions which it in the bounden duty of the legislature and of the local authorities to adopt, and the imintdiate adoption ot which this meet ing would moot eirneffly press upon the corporation of the City of London, includbig improved habitations fur those of the labouring el ts , sys, who are compelled to dwell within or contiguous to the City, and that a memorial to this effect be presented to the Court of Com mon Council, and that the other I ommon councilmen of the ward be respectfully requested to glee it their moot strenuous support. (Hear, hear.) In moving this resolution Mr. B o y le drove a melancholy picture of the state of misery, diseaw, and death, to which the o ccupants of many of the bye-lanes, courts, and alleys within the ward, were hourly exposed. The corpora- tion of the City of London could not but be aware of the deplorable state of things which existed, on the contrary the complaints as to the state of the drainage were met by the reply that they did not possess the power to interpose. The answer to that rich body was simply this: If you do not posse.; the power, why, in the emergency, do you not seek those which an art of parliament will confer upon you. The corporate body had failed to do thin—they had omitted retention to Dr. Lynch's motion on the subject, submitted to them nine months ago , th ou g h their time would have been better employed if they had directed their atten tion to Coe subject, instead of concocting panegyrics upon the monarch of a neighbouring nation, who had recently, by his conduct, shewn how little he deserved t hem. (Applause.) Better would it he if the corporate body turned its attention to the prevention of intermural burials, to improving the sewerage, and thereby contributing to the health of the'r fellow-citizens, instead of directing their attention solely to the erection of large houses, and the building of wide streets. (Hear, hear.) This duty, with a strong manifestation of jobbery hod been neglected; and hence the constituent body were now called upon to art for themselves, in order to secure comfort, health, and I-fe, to their humbler but not less useful fellow-citizens. (Hear, hear). Mr. Seetzt fof Fleet-street), in seconding the resolution, entreated the tolerance of the meeting if he expressed, or could be supposed to express, any dissent from the objects for which they were assembled. It would, however, he found that, in the end, he entirely and fully concurred in therm objects. He must, hewer( r, say that he entertained a firm and fixed belief that, in the City of London, a large plan of new streets was loudly called for ; and so far from blaming the Improvement Committee of the Corporation for the course they bad taken in that respect, he owed, and begged to convey to them, his thanks. It could not be denied that if something was not done to relieve Ludgate-hill and Fleet street of the traffic which rendered those great thoroughfares unsafe to human life, in ten years the City would become worse than Bartholomew fair war wont to be, and all strangers would avoid an approach to its limits. (Hear, hear.) The plan of improvement ought, however, to be much larger than that which had been put forth, but he (Mr. Seeley) con curred with a previnu' speaker in thinking that the expen diture of five millions was quite unnecessary to meet the case. (Applause.) lie found fault again with the contem plated improvement., because some portion of the funds were not proposed to be applied to the improvement in the condition of the courts and alleys with which the district abounded, and in which it was indisputable that disease and misery existed to a most alarming extent. On the whole he had come to the conclu sion, after much consideration, to give his support to the resolution which had been proposed.—The resolution was then put to the meeting and adopted unanimously. Mr. Anderton, and subsequently Mr. Deputy Obbard, Mr. Deputy Bedford, Mr. Burn, Mr. P.. Taylor, - Mr. Williams, and several other representatives of the Court of Common Council, expressed their readiness to support the decision of the meeting in the Court of Common Council. Mr. STOKER, a member of the body , declared t hat no good result could be expected from the corporation of London until it had undergone a thorough and complete reform. Mr. W. CARPENTER next moved that the memorial founded upon the previous resolutions be now read.—The motion having been seconded, The WARD CLEnK read the memorial, frem which we subjoin the following extracts, the document itself occu pying no less a time than about an hour in its perusal. The memorial, after recapitulating the statements made in the resolutions which had received the unanimous sanction of the meeting, stated that the memorialists were aware that the court regarded the protected street from King William street to Queen-street as part only of an extended line to the south side of St. Paul's - churchya rd, but the memo rialists reli bgged to remind the court that theffi comparatively small e it ef which would afford to the trac of the City, would fall far short of justifying the outlay of so large a sum of money. Cheapside and the Poultry would no doubt be relieved by a portion of the traffic being directed into the new street; but, continued the memorial:—" We, after the most careful and impartial consideration, have been forced to the conclusion that it would be a compara tively useless outlay of the public money, and effecting very little in the way of relief for the crowded state of the existing City thoroughfares." The memorial then proceeded at considerable length to describe the inconve niences which would arise front the present scheme, and that still in the end no means would be afforded to improve the sanatory condition of the population. Instead of carry ing out these great john, the memorialists, though they did not undervalue the importance of increasing the facilities for traffic, earnestly urge that there are under takings appertaining to the public health within the City of Landon which 'molt immediately and imperatively de inard the interferenere anti consideration of the court. Wide streets and handsome buildings were, no doubt, to be co veted; but, it vas notorious, es shown in the evidence given before the Health of Towns and Poor-law Commis eiopere, in their fti4uiry into the sanatory condition of the Inbeiiiving classes, that the disease and mortality of the 14 etTollo:is had frightfully increased by the absence of rich san a t or y regu l a tions as it as clearly with , the power of The corporation to supply." — The memorial, after emphatically calling the attention of • those to wh om it is addressed to the facts stated, press d upon the attention of the court that the matter of public health had recently become a national question ; and yet the corporation of London had failed in its exertions take its place amongst the first cities in the world, by .0 rting the means of giving comfort to those - from whom .. only lear7) Warsa w can Itattd that. T lle dt 4 thn. th t eliiii of b e i m - MI noreorer, of3l 16th ion t ! that u s ma 4 7 1 1 111 ifst ages. 012 artha fts - "T i tolla the 16th br i on the 30111 !be la" If the ha d, rul tan s o f th. Petty Cr )let agar it tysthe Ntir em i, Davis .and Wahw, 5 ar riv e f rom " .CRACcrw.--.1 !mate to yo k a the three pi n tun to p i n ea Leh so setiseei States, my territory vhh ptcyloodne mere at the rued by thole teresting to th e lily to referee do not appear% aken for gn a w this decision win bre, consider th e of this little continued (mime% been recognised s e e Polish ti triter, Ism powers, which, with. ty, the slightest bein ahlished th e repubm.'" adow of Polish ied I at length huh?: tot ar.swered thties. the republic beam,' ly, and by s u b" 11 by the prmsent: hould render the ca n ° roux or less adniahl e , try again Incited m oi public wen, ttm e d m. ions' duration, either f subsequent emu, incredible it may xrc etionery 1110,e terat ['cautions taken by the It must prove abortive. peasants ; but martial F the latter, and will unn with their pase. Prison. enaumme is' last arrivals from a ravages in the city ; he disease. Peen are inePle, a it was from Came. (OPE. .I.nne, of Potts. .itaham's Town, M int' is quite wit/up:i nt-a that the Britntt PionlanY," instead reli—about as manbit • hundred years ago tot have nemtiated with rr marauder. •urnal states that tief Sock had warren for P e ice ; end ]lre donial autheritei large their offer rived to remain at F re of the late chief Eno, food. In the mean tint to visit the Kwaray. the Kei, with a! his as hostages at Fort Ai arc the most chum. ierefore lay before oar they turned as reowded r Andries Stockenotrom inducted the whet at ese are stated to lime nakma tribe!, ohrhieb he the cola:lr.-2. to bee; ertnittine. his Pee* is ) 011 the colony.-3. is bad the Ibirish amt mideat lutterm,rth.-4. la baying I the eoloniats by hie tau. ut consider him mpannlie inch as the governor of tie their independent of bra. Ippoit them against Us in was about to cheat, them night not to accuse tdasith if his people had eummd io of only nrindden his people 1:9 people who had pa.— to make war on another t such occasion.; it ww, be lotion. The resident men art ; whereas the truth, !sent to him, telling him not and that a , the gent ht. roteet the abandoned OWE, any friendly mewae to de it he had given refuse mss g dune .0. Andric. believed, ad' 9 part of Rol - annuli° with Krell : t chief of all Kallrienk induct of the froaderallie want chief, shouldeederthe try between the Fish Mild Land, agreeably to the or, wir Benjamin EMMA be made to lir. Framed* , iffcred, and that Emilia . 4 41 re;ident agent-4. to colonial cattle found k • ggling about the ace closed. After the rv, the following plan lonial forces beyond tea to guard the ook to form a demo he boors' settlements Ick upon Fort Bead . font. The hurgherl at thri services w ould eptenaTher, volu nteere d they should be reel and military mo ;er from the frontier d statemontn of Si r '' kpcir° _.,J to African Co**,' t,— 1111 San d i .re again bitted attrek to didodr e um! mbookieLurl , to eo 4 9 e m t _ 2. groog da i ly sending ; be accepted. • seen - ned awls". tg been ear met ted Be a ufort. UST. ". s In . re said to he collectinkf serous cattle and slaver to be entering the geed Beaufort Yestet, the cattle and sheep tbt Min be w it ery that ww.- re jungle which WOO ih weer: d to the left tunk that this tract of tri er This, howe ver ' , orti d os 11 he may be saiii that if a sufficient ono m as to act simu ltre ooy c my, on the alMearwwr,. co lony, sad the iahr rem arked, that t never be ese e " t 7; t s ped and pririded_,sl gb 14 I unceas ingly tar. e retreats. the CO p i c ture of anal e Is scarcely a iT i n g le; i vy which parti" °. , please, returnlngtas-te of 0 A s for the esto ad draught s r. n iu t i ntZ uo that " nu D ef e h orse s and es , tld." 0 010 d i scre ditable. 1 to be taken unPreF;;;-ti p m . unable to bs emm hich savages w OF Our; CoTTO:i.---ti ci s rtant discovery by two h en ayloidine 4 hasresor, ower, t h e n it is waren.ivo quality, and a p ro9l was once infonnedAt° ling upon newly turec,.bns ).1 he Gardener's Oros.- i ng a trial. Five ro, p u t in where rAbbi tO r i4 flowed to remain they were plantenl :41 re destroyed, on the isturbed with a tinnitio rcre examined, all a s. red • ntinued for some WO. h the ground, and vr lo .• eaten by rabbits, unlienl evening. The hoeing .. 11 7.0 and, besides li cs ` be plants. .T r~ AI%O F THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1846. opinion, but Dr. Higgins, an eminent. writer on buildir, was of opinion the proportion might be e s 2 ern to one. Was AO engaged that sometimes he had not seen the lime" for three days. lied sines tried the mortar and tu.l e d it m e " mantle'. Had complained to Mr. Holmes of bats beti:4 used, having found them being put even in the chimneys: The difference in the price of stock bricks from bats was Cm per 1,000. The other houses were built more carefully than • those in question, double the time having been taken, and the materials having been better. Had no authority, if he disapproved of the material, and haste, to stop the work, but could withhold his certificate when they were finished. Had no doubt hut that baste was very prejudicial. Mr. Donaldson, the district-surveyor, had the power to stop the building by giving the proper notice, when the matter I would be referred to the referees, who have the power to order what is bad to be pulled down, or the builders to be indicted. Mr. Bloomfield, the assistant district-surveyor, begged to inform the jury that the district-surveyor had, under the 18th section of the New Building Act, the power of stop ping building* only, when irregular as to the dimension.. Mr. Blore said he attributed the cause of the accident to the reckless system of running up a heavyweight of mate rials to the height of twenty feet or more, without any sup port, and to a number of men running up the scaffold with a wall in such a state. He would read from the works of an eminent writer on the subject of buildings, what was also his (Mr. Blore's) own opinion on the subject : " In working up the wall it would be proper not to work more than four or five weeks at a time, for as all walls, immediately after build ing. shrink, the part which is first brnight up will remain standing, and when the adjoining part is raised to the same height, a shrinking or settling will take place, and separate the former from the latter, causing a crack which will be come more and more evident as the work proceeds." He was there a day or two be:ore the accident, and told them to bond the work well, but they went on, after he left, in a hurried manner, putting in only a little iron beeping, which was not sufficient. He also thought the materials were not of the beet description. That being the whole of the evidence, the Deputy-Coronor left the decision, without any remark , front him, to the jury. At a quarter-past twelve o'clock the room was cleared ;at twenty minutes to two o'clock the public were readmitt• d. The Deputy. Coroner said the jury had unanimously agreed to the following special verdict: — That the deceased, James (...Veer, was killed by the sudden falling of certain houses in Alfred-place \Vest, and that the houses so fel' because they were not securely built ; and in returning this verdict , the jury express their consideration (fouaded on the evidence and opinions laid before them) that the raid houses were built more rapidly than they ought to have been built, considering the dampness ' of the weather, the height of the houses, and the directions of the act of parliament, which compelled the builder , to construct the party- I walls without bond timber. At the same tune, the jury hope that next year the erection of party walls with, and without, bond timber will be made the subject of legislative investigation, through the evi dence of practiati working builders, carpenters, and bricklayers, with a view to ensure a safer mete of erecting places constructed chiefly of bricks. The jury, moreover, cannot separate without stating their • conviction, that an effectual supervision auth of the work in all its divi • slons was not exercised by the persons having ority over it at the time when the houses in question were being built. The room was densely crowded duriug the whole of the pleat. Tun POLISU BALL AT GVILDTIALL.—The grand I fancy dress-ball cf the friends of Poland took place lust evening at Guildhall, on which occasion, as on most others of the description, there was a mighty gathering from, every quarter of the town ; the bourgeoises mingling most harmoni ously with their more exclusive brethren of the west, and a scattering of the suburbs affording a pleasant relief to both. We could not calculate the number of persons present, but that it was large may be inferred from the fact that the large hall was crowded even to inconvenience. We remem ber on the last occasion, when the numbers appeared about the same as last night, the guests were computed at two thousand. A festive assembly, is seldom ill-humoured, and even the crowding could scarcely be objected to, when it was considered that the higher the quieks , lv er in the thermometer, the greater number of guineas, to be'wtit the Poles. A large sum, indeed, must have been realised 1 towards the laudable object of the ball; the arrangements of which were everything that could be desired, and tended greatly towards the general enjoyment. The hall was mag nificently lighted by the chandeliers used on Lord Mayor's day. The tapestry worked by the ladies of Poland, and presented to Lord Dudley Stuart, occupied a prominent place on the walls, and the views of the Tower and old London-bridge, as also exhibited on the 9th, contributed to the effect of the whole. The band was numerous, and performed its part exceedingly well. There was also a c-neert iu the course of the evening, among the vocalists assisting at which were Mr. Burdiiii, Mr. Dodda, and Miss Ihsaano, all of whom deserve honour able commendation. The amusements were kept up from eight or nine o'clock until elate hour, and innumerable were the quadrilles, polkas, and post-horn galops danced, as may be supposed. There was a fair scattering of fancy dresses, which imparted great brilliancy to the scene, and which, joined to the dazzling light and tastefully-ornamented hall, produced a beautiful effect. There was a large number of distinguished persons present. ItnYmNEY InoN COMPANY.—The annual general meeting of this company was hell yesterday at their offices, 7, Lawrence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, to receive the re port of the directors and to take into consideration the pre sent position and director, prospects of the concern. There was a very full attendance of shareholders. Mr. Wilson, one of the directors, presided, and expressed his regret that the board of management did not cmceive themselves war ranted in recommending any dividend fur the past 12 months. The fact appeared to be that the expense of working the com pany's mines had been necessarily increased in a considerable degree by an increase, on three different occasions, of fully 10 per cent. in the price of labour. The miners and labourers, finding that the company . had entered into large contracts for the supply of iron within a cer tain period, had positively 'declined to continue ope rations at the mines unless their exorbitant demands were complied with. The report was presented and adapted. Mr. Itongeman brought under the consideration of the meeting a proposition for raising, at five per cent., by bonds of 81. or 10/. each, a sum ot exceeding 100,0001. In surance to pay off the mortgage of 40,0001., nce held by the Globe Company, 40,0001. in loan notes, and some other outstanding liabilities; and a committee of proprietors was appointed for the purpose of consulting with the directors on the expediency and practicability . of the proposed plan. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. SANATORY CONDITION OF NIA.ItYLEBONE.—A puhlE meeting was held last evening of the parishioners of this parish, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, Edward street, Portman-square, for the purpose of considering the best means of promoting the sanatory improvements of the parish. B. B. Cabbcll, Esq., M.l'., in the chair. The object of the meeting appeared to be chiefly to appoint a sanatory committee such as already exists in Westminster, and other districts of the metropolis, whale duty it would be to point out to the parochial authorities the various sources of disease in the parish, and to urge upon them the necessity fur their immediate removal. Mr. Ceehrane, the principal promoter of the mectind, and several other parishioners, addressed themselves to the subject, and referred to a num ber of rriports, particularly that of the superintendent of street cleaning, which pointed out a vast number of lanes, alleys, courts, and small streets in the most filthy condi tion, many of them not haring been swept, or the dust-bins emptied for years, and all without any of those conveniences so necessary to health. It was stated that nearly 160 fami lies in the parish have only the accommodation of half a room each for the entire family, and many whole families occupied one bed. A series of resolutions were agreed to declaratory of this state of the parish, and the necessity of a remedy by carrying out the objects of the meeting. Alter which it broke up. PENNY OMNIBUS MODEL.—A model of the new omnibus intended to be used by the Economic Conveyance Company in Liverpool, has been shown to us (Lirerpool Courier). The body of the carriage is divided into three compartments, having separate entrances. The centre car riage is lower than the end ones, and is intended for passen gers paying twopence a mile. The compartments in front and behind are raised somewhat higher, for the purpose of placing the wheels under the bode, so that ladies' dresses will not be soiled by entering or leaving the vehicle. But the most ingenious part of the invention lies in the wheels. There are eight, four under the front carriage and four under the hinder one ; the whole of which are connected by bars from the axles, which give a uniform motion to the whole, no wheel being capable of moving without giving a corres ponding motion to the other seven. Two horses will gene rally be used, but when the line of route is billy, three horses will be attached abreast, as in Paris. Each station in town will be a mile • and should the passenger wis h to ride further, other omnibuses will run in conjunction; so that the traveller can proceed in another conveyance, either in the same line or at a tangent, as his business requires. CHEAP METROPOLITAN TRAVELLlNG.—yesterday a number of omnibuses were started from the Bank to Ox ford-street, charging 3d. for each passenger. A further reduction took place in the fares of the steam-boats running from London-bridge to Chelsea, the charge being now 2d. the whole distance, or any intermediate station. CURIOUS EXPERIMENT.—We believe an experi ment was lately made at the Red-house, Battersea, by an intelligent City draper of firing cotton balls ; we have great pleasure in adding that it was perfectly successful, the in ventor assuring us, at the same time, that from his long practice at the rifle, he would undertake to send one of the bolls through the eve of a needle.—Prosch. FORGERY ON THE POST-OFFICE.—Sir, —In refe rence to your paragraph stating: " The facility with which postmasters in the provinces may successfully practise them frauds under the present system, will render it imperative on the part of the Post-office authorities to adopt some arrange ment by which they may henceforth be prevented," permit me to observe that provincial postmasters are under heavy bonds for the discharge of their duties to the Post-office ; and I hope there is not such a general tendency to dishonesty among them, as to recklessly sacrifice their bondsmen, and snake wreck of their own characters. asteThe seri ous will , mitigate. But it would be unjust to a numewut amass of respectable men to include them in one sweeping SUS- Timm], because one holding a similar appointment bettays his trust, and acts dishonestly. Postmasters are : muck " more sinned against than sinning." In the inone y melee department they are called to the performance of an im portant, incessant, and profitless 'beeriness. They must eve constant attendance from 9 o'clock A.m. to 6 d'clock P.n., to issue and pay money orders at the demand of the public; render daily am d accounts ; make up remittances for amounts, and on errors and omissions occurring, pay on li Z postage on official correspondence; find the necessary books at their o wn expense ; and, in fact , ma na g e a system of banking on the most correct principles. Andhaving summed up the duties and requirements of this department, what is the postmaster's remuneration ? Absolutely and truly nothing Postmasters should he more than mortal to be in love with such a system. And are the public so exacting as to require it ? The greatest facilities are afforded them in their postal transmission of letters and money; I na 24 they desire to sur round those who manage all for them wits. all the elements of revqpnaiMity, and yet not permit tier° to reach thereward ? If things do go on under the nre „, , nt system, it may become i m p era ti ve t o a d o p t some mceegt, , oent by which postmasters may be remunerated somewhat in MoPor• don to their duties, or men of strict integrity, who are alone fitting fur the performance of such duties, will shrink tr.... 10 undertakh.J them. The sweetener of to ll: is the reward thereof. The money order business gives no reward for services of the most responsiWe kind. Yours, &e., P., Nov. 16. [No slur whatever was intended on the general body of postmasters. That, however, it is in their power to defraud the revenue, is fully shown in Morse's case. P. proves, moreover, that strong temptations to dishonesty exist in the inadequacy of their remuneration. It is, therefore, the more honourable to this clam of responsible public officers, that Morse's is, so far as we know, the only instance of extensive defalcation that has occurre J.] INSPECTOR JULIAN, of the H division of police, who was fined by Mr. Broughton, of the Worship street police-office, for an attempt to ride over a man, and who has since been suspended, was yesterday reinstated, and gemmed his duties. He is much respected, it is stated, in the Tower Hamlets, and severs/ memorials, numerously .ed, were presented to the Commissioners of Police in his be alf. All the papers on the subject were referred to Sir G. Grey, and his decision taken on the subject. DEPRECIATION IN THE VALUE OF AUTOGRAPHS. — Yesterday a sale by auction took place at the auction rooms of Messrs. Southgate and Co. ' Fleet-street, of a number of autographs, letters, franks, MSS., &c., of several cele brated personages in the English history. The follow ing were the prices realised for some ef them : An auto graph letter from the Duke of Wellington to Wm. Words worth, dated Strathfieldsaye, 10. 61.1. ; signatures of the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, as presidents of the com mittee held at Mr. Dent's, Mayfair, July 17, 1813, on the subject of insanity, 11. Is. ; an important document on vel lum, with the autograph of Charles 11., King of England, containing original powers for treating with the French for a neutrality in the West Indies, 6s. 6d. ; an autograph of Charles Prince of Wales to a document on vellum, ordering the payment of 601. to the yeomen and grooms of the buck hounds, Sept. 28, 1622, 6s. 6d. ; an autograph of Henry VIII. to a document on vellum, ordering the delivery of various articles to one of the ladies attending upon Queen Catharine of Arragon, and another of King Henry VII., also went off at low prices. Among the lot were an autograph letter of John William, Elector of Palatine, to King William III.; an autograph of Leopold, Emperor of Germany, to a letter addressed to William 111., relating to the siege of Limerick (Vienna, Jan. 4, 1692) ; the marriage contract between Henry 111., King of France, and the Duchess of Angou i leme, 1576, 61e. THE " LIGHT OF ALL NATIOBS."—The little that was lately seen of the Sun has entirely disappeared within the last few days. An alarming rumour prevails that he has been totally " used up " by the Daguerreotypes.— Punch. SMALL DEBTS ACT.—As considerable dissatis faction has been expressed throughout the country, at the delay that has taken place in carrying out the provisions of the Small Debts Act, it is right to say that the law officers of the Crown have been for some time engaged framing the various rules and orders which are required by the creation of a new jurisdiction. They are not yet completed ; and, as some time must elapse before they can be finally settled, it is not probable that the local courts can be in full operation much before the commencement of the new year. It is cer tain that no unnecessary delay will be allowed to impede the progress of a measure Lke this, in which the public interests are so deeply involved. But there are many difficulties against which provision must he made, so that deliberation becomes necessary at every step. The very nature of the case demands circumspection, for the great objects proposed might easily be defeated by the establishmeut of crude and ill devised regulations. Cheap justice is doubtless a great boon, but to be cheap it must he speedy, and this cannot exist apart from a stem of well-defined and uniform practice. To arrange such a system is the great purpose of the present Attorney-General, and the public may well afford some delay if the Small Debts Act, when it is brought into operation, realises the many advantages it is intended to confer.— Ertress. TUE LATE SEIZURE OF TILE ILLICIT DISTILLERY to THE WATEE.I.O . ) ROAD.—Since the late seizure in the Waterloo-road, a closer examination has been made of the premises, and also of the dwelli g-house of the owner of the premises. In one of the unper apartment• the officers seized a large stock of spirits, which they at once pronounced to be illicit. They have also reported to the Board that they found one of the stills charged with old ale at the time of their en trance, similar to that contained in the barrels found, and had no doubt whatever thatit was intended for the purposes of distillation. The Commissioners of Excise, yesterday, sent in structions to the officers in charge to seize the whole stock of ale, &c., in addition to the utensils, stills, &c., used in distil lation. Several wagons having been procured, this extensive stock in trade and fittings were conveyed to the Excise ware houses in Broad-street, to await adjudication for penalties to I a large amount. Within the last fow days officers from the Water-works Company have minutely examined the pre mises, and it is believed that proceedings for penalties will also be instituted on behalf of that company. A PROTRACTED COLD B,tTn.—Yesterday a person of the name of 'Ward, in order to exhibit the effect of some newlv-invented apparatus made of cork, for the purpose of enabling persons to float on the water and use their limbs with ease, swats for a considerable period in the river, idiout Westminster-bridge. He afterwards at.empted to at .im to Hungerford-bridge, but, before he reached it, he became so much exhausted by cold and by his exertions, that he was unable to help himself, and it required the most vigorous exertions of the men in the boat attending on him to save his life. After he was taken out of the water and placed in bed, various restoratives were applied, but two hours elapsed before he was so far recovered as to be pro nounced out of immediate danger. DESTINATION OF THE WELLINGTON STATUE. — A correspondent of the Times states that it is understood that the statue is to be placed on an " adequate " and hand some pedeatal in the area opposite to the Horse Guards. PuticAsuggesta an"adequate" sentry-box. Hesays : "Instead of the two horseboxes Mr mounting guard in Whitehall, let one be made in their stead sufficiently commodious for the reception of the Duke on horseback. He will thus at rve a double purpose, for he will certainly frighten away the little boys just as well as the two gallant fellows who now sit with drawn swords for the intimidatian of rebellious urchins, and he will possess the advantage of not being so attractive to the nursery-mauls, and causing such an obstruction of the foot path as the living military occasion." FIRES AND PROBABLE Loss OF LlFE.—Yesterday morning, shortly after two o'clock, the premises belonging to Mr. J. H. Munday, oil and colourman, h, Duke-street, Back-road, St. George's-hi-the-East, were discovered to be on fire. The engines of the brigade from Jeffry and Well close-squares promptly attended, and plenty of water being at hand, set to work, and in the course of an hour the fire was extinguished, considerable damage having been done to the cellar and shop stocks.—A few hours subsequent, a boy named John Mahony, five years of age, at 33, Vine-street, Millhank. by some means got in contact with the fire in the room, and his clothes speedily became ignited. His screams brought several persons to his assistance, and the flames were extinguished, but not before the poor bey was fright fully burnt. He was taken to the Westminster Hospital, where he remains without the least chance of recov ery. INQUEST.—DEATII FROM FURIOUS MR - TM—By Mr. W. Payne, at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Roberts. 'the first portion of the inquiry appeared in this paper on Friday last. The deceased had been knocked down and killed by a covered cart, driven at a furious rate past the railway terminus at Greenwich, on the night of Monday week. It has since been ascertained that the cart belonged to Mr. Langford, egg-salesman, of the Borough, and several witnesses having established that fact, and deposed to the furious driving, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter - against Thomas Henry Langford." AWFUL EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP LN A COAL MINE.—NINETEEN LIVES LOST. OLDI3URY, NEAR BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVPNING.—One of the most terr fic and fatal coalmine ex plosions which has occurred for many years took place yester day morning at a pit near Newbury-lane, situate a short distance from this town, and known as Round's Green New Colliery, and by which no less than nineteen out of twenty five human beings lost their lives, and two or three of the survivors are seriously injured. It seems that the pit is worked with engines constructed on the high pressure prin ciple, and that between five and six o'clock on the morning on which the occurrence took place, a number of the men de scended into the pit, which is about 180 yards in depth; amongst these were Mr. Holland, the " butty, " and Mr. Truth, the " doggie." In about an hour an awful explo sion took place, the effects of which were observable for a considerable distance round the country. Such was its violence that the whole of the gearing was blown from the mouth of the pit, and the noise resembled the loudest peal of thunder. Some time elapsed before assistance could be rendered to the sufferers ; but on descending into the pit an awful spectacle presented itself : the place was strewed with human bodies : sixteen were taken up blackened snd burnt to death : three others died shortly afterwards, and another is not expected to survise. The pit is in the occupation of Messrs. Parker. Further particulars of this melancholy affair will be gleaned from the evidence adduced at the inquest which commenced to-day before George Hiochliffe, Esq., the coroner for the district. At the commencement of the inquiry the coroner adverted to the difficulty that would arise in obtaining evidence relative to the cause of the accident, the " butty" and "doggie" being both killed: in fact that out of the twenty five who went down the pit, five only escaped with their lives, and of these one was so severely burnt that it was ex pected he would not survive. The bodies having been con veyed to different places after the accident, situate in dif ferent counties, it was found necewry to classify the bodies, for the purpose of the inquiry, a number of them not yet be ing identified. The airy accordingly viewed the bodies of four of the deceased, viz.: Joseph Scott, 22 ; Jacob Bodin, 15 ; John Windmill, 48; and Samuel Bodin , a you th, u p on whom the inquisition was taken. In addition to these, there were George Harding; William Tarratt, 28 ; Josiah Parkes, 23 ; John Oarbett, 25 ; William Price, :35 ; Win. Lyman, 14; Isaac Driffield, 10 ,• William Marefleld, 23; John Hampton, 16; James Waco:, 33; Josiah Holland, 56; James Elwell, 32; Joseph Smith, 3 4 ; and Jam es Shakes wars, 63. The first witness that was called was Harriet Latimer, wIM stated that she knew the deceased Joseph Scott, a miner; that he worked at Mr. Parker's coal-pit at Newbury-lane, near Oldbury , a nd was brought home yester day much burnt ; she also identified the bodies of other three, upon whom the inquisition was taken.—Thomu Boyle, the banksman at Mr. Parker's coal-pit at Newbury lane, said, " I was there when the colliers first went down into the pit yesterday morning ; it was about half past five o'clock; I saw the four deceased about Ms ; I saw the " buttie " or manager of the pit, Joe Holland, go down, but I cannot say whether, on this occasion, he went down before these men or after. The " doggie" of the pit, and cuansger under Holland, penerally went cloven before Hol hod in • morning ; he did so yesterday morning, about half-an-hour bef,.re him ; fivc•and-twenty men and boys went down in all. I do not know anything which took pl.ice after the men went down, n:eivious to the explosion. Shortly before seven o'clock I h ear d a wrrific noise, as of gunpowder, and saw • volume of fi re issuing from the mouth of the pit; this was about th ree _ quer t e re pf an hour after the men had gone down into the pit. As soon as assirance could be procured, a descent was made into the Hit, and a number of the men were brought up, some dead, and others much injured and insen sible; but most of them died iu a short time; sixteen were dead when first taken out of the pit, five others were seaionaly injured, and four escaped unhurt. Ido not know whether the " doggie" took a safety lamp down into the pit with him yesterday morning, but sometimes they are left there during the whole night.—By a Juror: I believe that nobody was working in the pit the night before ; it has been customary to have them at certain times. I have not heard the men complain of there heir g sulphur in the pit during the last two months. I do net know that the men had to "play" for a week within the last few months, in conse quence of the bad state of the pit ; and I have been the bankman at it eight years. I have known men to leave the pit recently, but did not hear them assign any reason for so doing. By another juror: I have not heard that the men have had occasion to "brush" about the pit in a morning of late. The next witness was John Holland, a miner, and son of one of the deceased men. He said : I worked at the pit in question, and have done so for the last two years. My father was the " bottle" at the pit. I went down into the pit in the same skip with my father yesterday morning. We were alone. All the men had then gone down, but one, named Morris ; the skip was subsequently sent up to fetch him ; he was much burnt, but not killed. After my father and I reached the bottom of the pit, he went into the works, and I remained at the bottom of the shaft about ten minutes; and then went up a new gate-road about 150 yards to put some rails down, and, whilst there, my father came to me and said, " Don't you go up the crop ; there's sulphur in it ;" the crop is the place where the mine rises ; my father then went in ..the direction wh• ,, a eh. E..a were working, and, in about four minutes, I heard the ex plosion. I had turned from the gate-road leading out of the one I went up about thirty or forty yards. I did not see any flames, but thought I should have been suffocated with the burnt sulphur. I had a candle with me be fore the explosion, but it was klown out, and I groped my way to within fifteen or twenty yards of the bot tom of the shaft. In about half an hour, lights were brought down, and I was taken up. There are two safety-lamps kept in the pit, and it is the duty of the " doggie " to try the pit with them every morning. Ido not know whether he tried them yesterday morning. Men had been at work until eight o'clock on the night previously. I have seen my master try the safety-lamp, and have frequently heard my father ask the " doggie" whether lie had done so. The two horse keepers usually go down into the pit first, hut I do not know whether they went down yesterday morning. By a juror: Six months ago we had sulphur in the pit, but I have not heard any complaints of it for the lost three or four weeks. I think the "dams" have been sufficiently substantial to pre vent an escape of gas from the eld workings to the new, I never heard my father complain on this subject. I believe there are no commuuica'ions between our pits aad those adjoining. At this stage of the proceedings the inquiry . MIA ad journed, in order that the coroner might open the inquisition on bodies lying in adjoining parishes, 'lt is (says our comes pondent) expected to he a protracted one ; and, under the circumstances, it would be improper to offer a single obser vation, by way of comment, whilst it is still pending. It is a subject preeentine matter for very serious consideration. It cannot be denied that these explosions have of late become more frequent, and that the loss of life has been truly awful. By this accident, numbers of children are left or phans ; old age and youth have fallen a sacrifice. Two brothers, working side by side. the eldest not sixteen, met death at the same moment. Looking, too, at the thousands who are employed, it becomes a matter for grave consideration whether the most effeettial means are ad pted for pre venting these frightful accidents. It canto out in the comae of this inquisition that it was the business of the person employed as " doggie," to ascertain the state of the atmosphere in the pit every morning, but there never seems to have been any surety that he actually perforated his duty on all occasions." We shall duly report the further proceedings in this important inquiry. Another inquiet on some of the bodies was also held at Dudley to-day, but it was ultimately adjourned until Mon day nix', in order that it may be in the meantime ascer tained w hether the pit was sufficiently ventilated; and also that the men may he subecenacd as witnesses who were not at work on the morning of the explosion. L or d R ec t or , th e resu l t would be precisely the same. (Cheers and disapprobation.) I pay, in d ferrilig the result, I should simply be consulting my own feelings, and f .rgetting the convenit nee of the University. For, by declining to vote, I would merely ho . prolonging this excitement, and a repetition of this scene, to the ilisturbance of your usual studies. (Cheers and groans for the respective candidates.) I do trust that you will give me credit for perfect sincerity, when I say that I do, with the utmost unwilling ness, take upon me the responsibility which devolves upon me. Previous to giving that vote, however, allow me to say that not one of the elec•inns in past times gave use greater pleasure than that of the Poet Camp bell, though it happened long aso, and. when I was uncon nected with this University. I can also recollect well the regret felt on another occasion that your choice had not fallen on the illustrious Sir W. Scott. (A voice—" Give it to Wordsworth now,"—followed by cheers and groans from the partisans.) I say Ido the utmost honour to that enthu siasm which has prompted so many of the students to bring forward end support the illustrious Wordsworth. (Cheers and hisses.) Before pronouncing the last sentence, and in order not to be misunderstood, I ay, it may he with great regret, that considering the peculiar position in which the University now is, —considering that I do not believe there ever existed circumstances rendering more necessary the con servation of the rights of the University, and the cons rva lion of all the privileges of the University, I therefore request the Clerk to record that I give my vote for Lord J. Russen. (Cheers and groans, with cries of " Russell and the Pope," and " Nichol and Popery.") Several protests were loixed against the election. The proceedings were concluded by [ Principal Macfarlan, pronouncing the benediction. The following is the state of the votes in the different nations : RUSSELL. WORDSWORTH. 30 Loudoniana Glottiana Rothseyana. OS Majority of votes for Mr. Wordsworth .... 9 [The supporters of Mr. Wordsworth made the majority of votes 21.] THE 11/ADDINGTON Benosts.—On Friday last it was officially announced in Haddiogton. that as th. °lava.. the opponent to Mr. Balfour of Whittinaham, the. present representative of that district of burghs, is to be either Lord John Hay, brother of the Marquis of Tweetbiale, or Lord Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto. DISTRESS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS. —We (Greenock Aelrertiser) have seen a private letter, giving a very melancholy account of the destitution which prevails in several of the remote districts of the Highlands. In Long Island numbers are represented as being in a state of actual starvation ; there is want of food even among those who could and would be glad to pay for it. They have the grain produce of last harvest; but if they were to thrash it all now, the straw, which is the winter provender for their cattle, would be useless before it could he used. The tenantry there, it is said, would gladly buy meal at the present time. Barra and South Uist are worse off, but neither is Ilenbe- cola, North Uist, or Harris in it good condition. Parties competent to form a good judgment in the matter, hare stated that several parts of the Highlands are worse cff than Ireland. The whole epistle, in fart, is gloomy enough, and shows, beyond all controversy, that the present time is one calling for the most energetic and bene volent efforts of those resident in the islands, who may be able to lend effective aid, as well as to others more remotely situated, who may have the opportunity, in various wave, of alleviating a distress which appears to be as general as it is severe in the Highlands of Scotland. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. _ THE SALT MONOPOL1I;IE111AT—OE this subject, two commercial bodies, the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Association, Manchester, base been co-operating, by means of sub-comm ittees of their bodies respectively. One of the means taken to bring the subj, et more fully under the notice of the community was to prepare a requisition to the mayor, requesting his worship to call a public meeting to take into consideration the salt-tax in India, and the injurious effects of the monopoly of the East India Company in this article. This requisition, which was headed with the name of Mr. Baxley, president of the Chamber of Commerce. and Mr. .1. A. Turner, president of the Commercial Association, was placed for signature in the Exchange on Wednesday lust, and in two days and a half received the signatures of upwards of a hundred of the most influential of mercantile and manufacturing firms in Manchester. On Monday last, it was presented to the mavor, who has acceded to its reque , t, and has appoinusi a public town's meeting to be held in the Town Hall, on Thursday, the 26th inst., at 11 o'cleck, for the purpose stated in the requisition. THE Conumx I:VEIL—The increase during the past week amounts to 2071. IN. Bd., making • grand total of _ _ n i l n 4 eo sl. ll 6B ottrr a ri fii l ßmni l d t .: l —,ih N ominT,lgtAli o . r Wannue orox.- - It is rumoured that a eommis'ioner is about to be sent down by the government, to make the necessary inquiries relative to this subject. nEDUCTIoN OP THE DUTY ON 'res. —On Tuesday a deputation from the Liverpool Associat fur the Reduction of the Duty on Tea, met, by previous appointment, • number of gentlemen of the Manche seer Chamber of Com merce and the Manchester Commercial Association. Son e conversation ensued as to the objects of the Liverpool asso ciation, the evils of the high duties on tea, &ad the means it was taking to awaken attention to the subject in various tilti}::nainntmercantile course undd, d, T sorsoebeaLina Ireland, cinu tn t tou h htt nf e l stv4teco-operationpter Liverpool,.rdeputations w:: of rst..bli•hing communities Leeds and h n , that the rto:(i'ntriseswEliztluao:T'aeass.stated Scotta G s( o ia i n n ni . the movement to be made for the reduction of the lea duties. ItA n N E T A I T ' I I!.IuS F O H N ° held on the body of Michael Monaghan, an infant aged nine weeks. When (incased was three weeks old, he ass seared with a fit, and his mother got him n pennye orth of " Oodfrr y's Cordial." She gave him a tea .puouful of it, and ever since that time she hail been in the habit of giving him a pennyworth cvery "week, a teaspoonful at a time. On Thursday last, deceased's mother and her husband went to a druggi-t's shop, in Marylehone, and asked for a pennyworth there. A. young man in the shop supplied it, but refused to any what quantity was to be • given to the child. They tank it home, and g av e deceased a teaspoonful. He fell asleep after taking it, and did not wake again till five o'clock the next evening. Ile continued in a drowsy state, and never properly rallied, and on Saturday lie appeared to he convulsed. He remained in the same state till the following morning, when he died. From the evidence of Mr. Kelly, surgeon, it appeared that deceased died from the effects of a narcotic. Gudlny's Cordial " contained a drop and a half of laudanum in every tea spoonful, and was, he wed, a most injudicious quantity to give. Mr. Kirby stated that he was not at home when the mixture inquirtal for as " Godfrey's Cordial " was supplied to the deceased's parents. His assistant sold the mixture. It was a strong narcotic, and ought to have been considerably diluted with wrier before being administered. The Coroner called Mr. Kirhy's ehopman before him, and, upon question ing him, it appeared that he knew nothing whatever of the nature of a chemist's or druggist's business. He had never followed any other rolling than that of a common labourer (some one in the court said he used to sell fish about the streets). The Coroner commented very strong'y, not only upon the wholesale destruction that was continually going On in Liverpool and other places by the use of the so.cal'ed " Godfrey's Cordial," but also upon the negligence and mis conduct of Mr. Kirby, in keeping such an ignorant person as the one who had sold this cordial to serve behind his rounter. —The jury fully concurred with the coroner's remarks, and, under his direction, returned a verdict of " Chance medley against Ann Monaghan, the deceased's mother." SPECIMEN Or A RELtEVINO OPrICER.—The Maw-heater Courier of yesterday reports the following case : " An application was made to Mr. Maude, at the Borough-court, on Friday lust, which exhibits perhaps such an instance of utter carelessness and unfeeling conduct for the poor, as our readers have not for some time past met with. An aged couple named Henry and Elizabeth Ron, natives of Man chester, who have for years resided in Charles-street, have latterly, through adverse circumstances, become so poor as to be almost in a state of destitution. To add to their mis fortunes, the old woman is entirely blind, and from wantof the usual comforts and necessaries of life, she him recently lost the use of her limbs. The husband too, an old man on the verge of the grave, is dreadfully afflicted with asthma, and such has been their destitu tion, that their little furniture has been sold for food, and at last they have been compelled to sell their bed from under them. They applied for relief to the union, but met with the most heartless treatment, when, driven by want and starvation to the limits of human endurance, they at last made known their situation to Mr. Maude. The following is the substance of what transpired. The husband, who was very much affected, stated to the court that he applied to the relieving officer of Chorhon for relief, who refused him, but directed him to go to Manchester, when he went, and saw Mr. Wheeler. Mr. 'Wheeler was rather inclined to sneer at his misfortunes than be moved by compassion, and directed him to go to Hulme. Hungry and fatigued, endeavouring to drag his afflicted wife with hats, he went to Hulme, and was sent back again to Manchester, where lie again was sneer ingly told that he should go back to liulme. At leng.th ther people, worn out, were unab le to go further, and but fort he bumaaity of a woman in the neighbour hood, they might have perished on the streets. She took them into her house, and supplied them with food and lodgings, and assisted them to come before the justices to tell how they bad been treated. Mr. Mande and Mr. Walker heard their pitiful tale, and both appeared much affected. Mr. Maude looked at Mr. Roberts, relieving-officer, who was then in court, and said he had never heard of such conduct. He did not know whether it was the effice that changed men, or whether parties were selected without Christian bowels to fill the situation of relieving-officers ; but he really had never witnessed such unchristian conduct before, to drive poor ypeople about in that way ads.) were unable to weak. Mr. Roberts then endeavoured to make some apology for Mr. Wheeler's conduct, sinkuestions put to the poor creatuses, who were evidently ing under the destitution attributable to the unchristian misconduct of the redieving-offigers. Kr. Maude declared, in the mostemphatic language, that the relieving-officers should be indicted for such conduct, and put on prison allowance; and by that means they might be brought to the feelings of ordinary men. It was evidently a shifting of the poor paupers about, for the sole purpose of doing away with the five years' set tlement contemplated by the Act of Parliament, end that they looked more to the paltry shillings of the township, than to the destitution of the poor. He would go to te Board on Thursday next, and see the Guardians, and know from them whether the law was to be administered in such an undulation manner. In the meantime, he ordered the poor c peo lothin ple g to g b i ;t n ak th en ut to t u l p ie twooiikhhuonausea,yond xpror. Volker the merchant princes derived 'their opulence and Wealth. I The memorial, which contained much valuable infor mation, and which was most ably drawn up, detailed an amount of misery and disease which it would be impossible fur the most sceptical reader to refuse credence to. The volu minous character of the details, as read by the officer of the ward meeting, prevents its appearance in our columns; but we are the less disappoiated in that respect from the knowledge that by the decision of the meeting the valuable document will be in the hands, in a printed , form, of every resident house holder of the district. On the motion of Mr.CARPESTaIt, seconded by Mr. FIELD, the adoption of the memorial was unanimously agreed to. Much desultory conversation followed, in which it was admitted by all the speakers that the bye-places of the dis trict were in a most unhealthy and dangerous state ; and the representatives of the ward, including Mr. Deputy Obbard, Mr. Deputy Bedford, Mr. Burn, Mr. Isherwood, Mr. Har ding, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Buckmaster, Mr. Williams, Mr. Stokes, and Mr. Richard Taylor, with others of the body, expressed their readiness to support the prayer of the memo rialists. After some general conversation of no practical result, Mr. GEOROB WALTIE, of Shoe-lane, moved that the memorial which had been read should be printed and circulated in the ward. The ALDERMAN intimated after, with the ward clerk, that the present meeting, not being a wardmote, it had no power to tax the community for such a purpose. The report, however, he felt to be so valuable, that if the expense of its circulation would not exceed 10 guineas, he was quite ready and willing to bear it. (Hear, hear.) It was afterwards resolved that copies of the memorial should be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Fo rests, and to the Commissioners for Metropolitan Improve ments. The meeting was aubsequently addressed by Dr. LYNCH, who with great ability advocated the adoption of sanatory regulations, and deprecated in strong terms :he indifference of the Corporation of London to that important subject. Thanks were then voted to the chairman for his conduct in the chair, and for the punctuality with which he had convened the meeting ; and Sir Jas. Duke having returned thanks, the court-house, which hail been fully attended, in a short time was without an occupant. THE FALL OF THREE HOUSES. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday forenoon, at 10 o'clock, Mr. G. I. Mills, deputy coroner, resumed the inquest, adjourned from Satur day, at the Hoop and Toy Tavern, Old Brampton-road, on the body of James Casey, killed on the 12th inst. Mr. Ernest Jones attended to watch the proceedings on the par of the family of the deceased. John Collins deposed that he was a bricklayer's labourer, in the employ of Messrs. Emmens, the builders, and lived in Jennings-buildings, Kennington. Witness was on the houses in question, and on the same scaffold with the de ceased, when they fell. The scaffold was round the chim ney.. Part of the scaffold rested on the last floor, and part on the one below it. Deceased was within a few feet from witness at the moment of the accident. No one else was there on the scaffold, which was erected to build the chim neys. He had no notice of the moving of the house. The chimneys made the first move. Witness and the deceased were tying up two ledgers at the time. There was not cords enough,and witness said to the deceased it was too dark to go on further, and that they had better put it off until the next morning. Witness then turned round to go down the ladder, and as he did so he saw the scaffold going under him, and the building all going down together. Witness then fell, and when he again came to himself found that he WAS lying on the top of the rubbish. Witness was so con fused at the mom :at he saw the scaffold going down that he had not sense to look for the deceased. Witness was much hurt about the head, arms, and back. Did not consider the buildings dangerous before that. Deceased and witness had put the scaffold up. In answer to a arious questions witness stated the scaffold was well tied and braced round the chim neys. Was not afraid of the safety of the scaffold or of the brickwork of the chimney., as the bricks were &shard as iron. Had thrown ore of the bricks from the top of the house to the bottom without its breaking. Had seen better mortur than wag. used in the buildings, and also much worse. Had not heard any one say that the mortar used was not good mortar. A good many bat bricks were used in building the walls, and some were also used for facing work. By batshemeant half bricks and three-quarter ones. Heti they not been so used in erecting the chimneys, whole bricks must have been cut. Would have complained of bad materials being used if he had thought there was any danger. World have spoken to Mr. Emmens had he thought there was danger. I lad previously never complained of bad materials be ing used, but had grumbled at having too many bate to carry. Had not done so in the present instance. Had not com plained of the mortar. Did not watch the mortar to see how it was made. Did not think the buildings were run up faster than they ought to be. He should not object to work there again without any mare protection than he had before. Cola not say if the chinineya falling took everything else' with them, or how the fall was occasioned. Considered ' four bushels of sand to a bushel of lime with water in pro- portion was a good mixture for mortar ; should put Thames sand for the best work and pit sand for common work. Did not know if bad sand had been used in the mortar in the houses in question for cheapness ; could not state the rela tive proportions of the sand and lime he used in making the mortar for the houses : never measured them, but when m iking the mortar used to shove a barrel of lime into a heap of sand and mix it. Thought that any eminent surveyor wonl,l sanction the use of four bushels of sand with one bushel of lime as a mixture of pod mortar. Thought too much lime in mortar never did it any good. Had he built a house for himself or his lather to live in he would not have found fault with mortar made like that at the houses which hail fallen. Did not know if the sand used was Thames sand. It was sand good enough. l'art of it was brought from Mr. Holmes's brick-field. Did not know where it had come from to there. Ilad no direction.) given him as to the making of the mortar, but made it a. he had nen the witness Mason make it. Had he had plenty of lime, and was building a house for himself and family, he would have put half a bushel more lime in the mortar. When he was working for Mr. Freak, another builder, he put is more lime, but the same quantity of sand. The witness here said he was in such a weak state that he should answer no more questions. Michael Rockwell, of Berry-street, Chelsea, deposed that he was foreman over the bricklayers in the employ of Messrs. Emmens, and had been engaged on the row of houses far the last six months. The three houses in question had been in hand about six weeks. Had been told to do the work in a workmanlike manner. Could not say where the bricks came from, but thought them good. Had never complained thatthere were too many bate amongst them, and that they were h id. Had not complained of the mortar to any one. It worked very easy. Thought too many bats had not been used. Had he been building lis own house he shoukl have used more. Had used worse mortar on govern ment buildings. Had he made the mortar, he should have used three barrels of sand to one of lime, which he considered would be sufficient for anything. If one more barrel of sand Was used to that, the mortar would be inferior. Inferior mortar was sometimes used for party wall.. Could not ac count for the fall of the hoes. Would now top the stack of chimneys still standing, but t e uld take no more precaution ary measures than was taken before the accident. Had be fore worked for Mr. Griasell. Could not say how much lime was proper for a rod of work. Could only answer by the comparison he had just given. Had used worse mortar, and had used better, but then it was nearly all Lim?. Good mortar would stick to the bricks if it had stood long enough to set—say four months, but bad mortar would not. Could not say if at was the bricks, the mortar, or the iron tying, that first gave way. The scaffold was erected in the usual way, with putlocks. Eleven labnirers were con tinually running up and down the ladders. The wall was held by iron beeping, which run along throughout it. It was tied wherever they could do so. Did not think' iron tying so safe as wood. Thought the want of wood bands had nothing to do with the falling of the houses. Thought it would have been much safer if return bond timber had been put in. Was sure that the houses still standing were quite safe, and would say so if he or his own family were going to live in them. A solicitor, who attended on the part of Mr. Holmes, the owner of the property, said be wished for the fullest in quiry. and would assist, to the utmost of his power, in attaining that object. Patrick Marra, the first witness examined on Saturday last, recalled, and further deposed, that he made the mortar before Collins, but had no directions as to the making of it. Thought about four bushels of sand to one of lime was the quantity he used, and, as no complaint or fault was found with him about it, he went on so from first to last. Had made mortar at the Great Western Railway, and for Mr. Hoof, but had there done so under the direction of a fore man, who, when he did not like it. told witness to put in more lime. Thomas lianniland, a carpenter' in the employ of Mr. Holmes, and came to on the works: Could not say how the houses came to fall. Thought they had been run up too quick in damp weather. They had been only five weeks in erecting, when they ought to have been two months. Had not complained about the quickness, as that was not witness's place. When they were got up to about the first floor, the weather was very wet ; and he thought that the lower part was not sufficiently set to bear the weight of the upper part. Was in the third house, which fell about five or ten minutes past five o'clock. Witness heard a rumbling noise, and ran out of the kitchen in which he was as fast as he could, and then found the two adjoining houses had fallen down. The walls were tied by irons which were torn out. Could lay the accident to nothing hut the dampness of the walls. Con sidered the second floor save way first. There was a great ' deficiency in the bends, as the law does not now allow timber to be used, and iron bonds do not stand. That was the opinion of all working men. Did not know if the government examined working men, as well as surveyors and architects, before the Building Act was passed. No wood is now used in party walls, as a bond. All the wood that is now put in must be as a rest, and not loagwise. Considered the chimneys would not give way at the top, as the scaffold was • support to it. Should say the chimneys were run up about forty feet above the top flooring. Was confident bond timber made walls more secure. Had been apprenticed for seven years, and had had five years' expe rience. Considered *e wall would not have buckled had bond timber been used in it. Had heard no complaints against the materials used ; considered them good. The Deputy Coroner said he believed the witness had stated the real facts of the matter. He had done so fearlessly, and he (the eeputy coroner) trusted he would not sustain any damage from having done so. • Mr. Blore, the surveyor to Mr. Alexander, the freeholder of the ground, said that if be was building for a gentleman of property, or for government, he should require in both cases that stock bricks should be used, and that th hale morta r should be made in the proportion of two and a sand t one of lime, or of three to one. Thought four to one was not a fair proportion of ingredients. 'That was witness's .. • . ,', . IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 17. CONDITION or THE PEOPLE.—The perils of the crisis arising from the delay in the public works are over. Em ployment is now very general throughout the country, par Scutari,' in the southern and western districts At first the peasantry were indisposed to task-work, but a short trial inducted them into the benefits of the system. The old rates of labour are changed. Instead of the usual Gd. or 10d. a day, the average amount is :Iva - here less than Is., and in various places as high us 2s. The duel' g state of the markets has add,l to the comforts of the labourer. With steady wages, he expends less in food. Cases of deep distreis appear in the country journals, which are used to quiektti the attention of the Government, but in general the peasantry are in • quiet and improv ing condition. The attacks on the officers of the Board of Works have altogether ceased. The wages are paid with regularity, and, to meet the necessities of the ' labourer, often in half-weekly payments, according to the state of his task-work. A committee of the Royal Agricultural Improvement So ciety is sitting in deliberation on the most expeditious and practicable mode of affording productive employment. The great object is to have the land ready for the absorption of the labour which will be thrown on the country when the public works shall have ceased. The difficulties are greater than at first sight appear, but the landed proprietors must vanquish them. Opinion is much divided between the mem bers as to the choice of the unit—whether the electoral divi sion or town-land. Each has its advantages, but it is pro bable the latter will be recommended in the report. RIDHTS or Nu s curious question is to be argued before the Chancell ir to-morrow, namely whether a nun can have civil rights, or whether she be not absolutely dead in the eye of the law. The case is McCarthy v. McCarthy. All parties are Roman Catholics, and Sir Colman O'Loughlin, a Roman Catholic barrister, will argue in support of the pro position which bars the enjoyment of the claim. STATE. OP THE COUNTIM—DISORACEPUL OUTRAGEA.— We have received the following account of a serious outrage on the Public Works, from our correspondent at Newmarket on-Fergus An altercation took place on the llth, on the new line of road making to Fenloe, between a man named M'Namara, who had been some time before a gangsman in charge of a few men, and a man named Lyons,the gangsman recently placed over him ; when M`Namara struck him two awful blows of a hammer on the head, which has placed his life in imminent danger. On hearing of it, Mr. Heard, with some police, were soon on the spot, and made every exertion , to find the fellow, but he had fled. It is believed he has , been arrested since through that gentleman's exertions."— Clare Journal. ISTARTATION.—From a letter of the Rev. Mr, Hunan, P.P., Swinford, county of Mayo, in the Freenian's Journal of this evening, I take the following case:—No later than Friday morning last a man named Thomas Philbin, from the parish of Bohala, died of actual starvation. lie held out as long as he could in the vain hope of getting work. That failing, he came for the purpose of being received into 'the poor-house, at the lost extremity. But, alas! it was too late fur him to seek any relief this side the grave. Before he reached the place of Lis destination, he died from weak ness and inanition. Tile united parishes of Kilconduf and Meclick, both under ray care, says the reverend g entleman, contain a population of 10,087 persons, all, with scarcely an exception, depending solely on the potato for food. By the destruction of that article seven-cighths of that number at least are reduced to that state, that they must either get relief by employment or otherwise, or starve. Yet, up to the present moment, not more than about four hundred men have been put to work in the two parishes. The work is set to them by task, but 1 they are not supplied with the necessary working imple ments to enable them to do as much work as would ensure them fair wages. Of the whole number not more than fifty have yet received a single penny. Some are going to Eng land, some to America, others they don't know where, but they cannot stay within empty walls. The poor-house, cone tines our Irish authority, is " more than full." MILITARY OUTRAGE,—An assault of a shocking nature was lately committed by some officers in the garrison of Cork on an unfortunate female. It was sought to hush up the matter, but it appears , that though the female was silenced the military authorities take a different view of the offence, and the freak is likely to prove rather of a serious character. The Horse Guards, on the application of the military authorities in Cork to the magistrates, have been supplied with a copy of the depositions. The result has not yet transpired. SCOTLAND. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—ELECTION or A LORD RECTOR. —On Monday, the election of a Lord Rector for Glasgow University took place at the Colle, in terms of the statutes. Lord J. Russell and the Poet Wordsworth were the two candidates nominated ; and from the result of the election it will be apparent that the struggle betwixt their supporters was a keen one. The students are classed into four nations and each nation votes apart : the rector is chosen by the majority of nations, not lisy the majority of single votes. In the event of the nations being equally divided the casting vote lies with the rector, or in his absence with the vice rector. Betwixt 11 and 12 o'clock, Principal Mac farlan and the Professors, with the students, assembled the iu th e Common hall, for the purpose o f hearing intimated choice which had been made in the different nations, and de claring the successful candidate. Professor Ni hol, the vice-rector, occupied the chair. The clerk having read the returns, it was found that each of the sandidates had in two of the four nations a majority of votes ; corsequently, it lay with the vice-president togive his casting vete in favour of either. Professor Nichol then rose and said--Gentlemen, by the statute' of this University, it unfortunately falls to myself to declare which of the two gentlemen shall be Lord Rector for this year. If I were to commit my own feelings, most undoubtedly I should decline to vote, and leave it to the Lord Rector to decide. Bat in doing so, I should be c"n suiting my own ease, and not the benefit of the University; and I am perfectly satisfied that by referring the vote to the t the colliers flrbt went down an% - -