The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 13, 1849. " *..... 60 6.101 at Two. Inleilliplars hos unload that pot& dessadoesiess bed bus node fuir m y t h. lt woo reposed thee MK hod boon Oa _t out of oroveyos. mks duo this dbt air mei to propped to Vagum ramie of . tie Randolph ft.. Ragland s e A s rt wp m s spenateadeat, in • At of Washy, threw Ctlor_sr,b i aps sad was &rood. Bbo pod low sw um , . 111 0 7,;;;iir. sod ist eastlosr sirens front the inardship. 5,40 leafs Courier, Aug. 18. gbe Court. OSBORNE. Dec. 12. lb, (*eh and Prince walked early this morning I s pbsese Park lad Maw& s o rg Menem the Prime of Wales sod younger I eyea royal family walked and rode SS mom'. Irr u 7 o ,o se addition to the nisi dieser party yesterday. Bey Boas Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, d's Primers' Anne led Ameba of Sass Weimar , left pomp tor Windsor y.surday. A • Council was held yesterday afternoon , yokdps-Miee. Tee =Misters preiont were Lord J. tae, L er y Chancellor, the Marquis' of Lanedowne. .0. c o mpe Grey, Viscosat Palmerston, Earl Om. the oiso oke of the Sectitgaer, Sir Frown Being, ter Right No . Lsbusehere. the Marquis of CLueric.rde, and the Mkt Eno Yon M Miele. The waned or thew ho:iee. A depatatioa, consisting of Mr. Bruce, chairman of di , &moon MM. Ent Milian nail sy C impany. Meson. " gi pow, and Ball, onnesitteemen of tat massainte ohoilhaidsre. aid Mr. Veientinr, tannin of the company, yid r interview with the eurainiseineers of railways yee pew, at their office is the Board of Trade. Lord ParMAII had an interview with Lord John goleu jusserday. st his official residence in Dowaneg•street. Highsm, Secretary and Comptroller-General * Cbed J aillIMODOIll tlo• Litanies a the National pm. ea interview with the Chancellor of the Eache- ' pee metarday. p m egehes were sent off yesterday evening, from fir the 0 .vettior of Malts, for the Lor.l siscom b i l e nee of Vie !mien Islands, and also for the ammo al *a Ceps at Good H. p-. Korn FOR THR PROTECTION OF AORI. CULTURE AND BKI UM INDUSTRY. The snood geseral meeting of the above Bo gor tub place_ yesterday at their rooms, 1 7, Uld g o cueeet, tee Vase at KITHIIUND, Presi:ant of the pool, Ins ia the chair, sod auldigat those present we smerved the Km. H. W. Wilson, Sir John T. Troll, But., K. C N. Newdegaw, Kit, M.P.; Hilliard Bpodemr, lg., 'M.P. ; Bus. Juno two (Ewe), luau List. a (Han. sogriooshire), sad Cater ; M.sors. T. Kart isms and Lecker(Btafrardshirej, Jobs Itlintan (t3usees), red Toast (tufty), &tort B.her (Easel), 8. Jonas ire), W. Fisher Hobbs (Riser), E t ßall Want. 1 7 6 s ir r72 : l - 1.. 74217 . 7 1 . AZ W. IV :oa t ) ( . 11 8 . ° C t ia & h d at (lalhod). Cahletett cad Pumas (WrirwEluldre), K (Laselaillige).G•'"ll° Brower Wins) , IT Mathews tClsesseloeskine), J. Mersey (Hoods), K. Vial' Pals (Bidioutshire), or biagtos. B/w- Buse. M. Byres (the ormetary), to. TM CBAI AN opened tie proceeding. by sayieg that bed am Mel a aseemery to &tato them at say Imigth is ' Introtshig the term which bad bees drama cep by the bessmos be hoped that as sae present, and not • - is Boglasd, would cusp's% far a munatlit that he bad bids allokte4 degre• withdrawn from the esa ase of prase. des (Cheers) Bo still thourtt that every eonstitutional sass auk% v. he mod to induce the liteislatare to retrace awe" which he ads tale. d had pr damd the greatest pos. 'Mb as to ah slams el pit pie in tea *natty. He believed thal, wit the empties ut a few of the Located interest, all items la the assay weft in a state of the der p.m depr. • *a The et Ipowasee. sbirsuld. r., and all otb , r classes of issestie iadwory were also suffering, and he thought they woad .aree with him, that, as Roglishmen, they were howl to coil opon the loa/sore to retract their steps and Mon that protection e e l whisk they bad been deprived. (Chem) Kr. N BWDROATE the* read the following report,which as cheered in several parts. "Tose committee, in preienting their sixth usual report, abase Key lament the eoudi . ion Of those late:eats the re puted attacks apes which called the pretudon into aideuce, hags the full. it orddidesete sod belief that the members of this society, as well as of those with which It is to annuli n, are still agreed in the eisaviction that adequate protectlo s is indispensable to our national in dustry, aid are resolved to use every cunstitu Waal droll to Of sin from the legi.laturis tbs. which they consider the performance of its duty to the coastitnert interims Cl the late. "Parliament havieg determined to expose the shipping interest of this country to an almost unprotected com petition with foreigners it becomes snore than ever the duty of Ouse who adhere to the system under which this isount3 2 lme grows up t) greatness, and which is he tsa still tic me•cial policy tit the world, to watch the eff eta this e sperm. mai ou y, only apes ear *sports said import., but uprn r home trestc—up the prosperity and the st•schment of our colonia—apos the employment and eorditiou of our pour. We observe that our colonial empire is fast approachisg diesolution—aa event 'mule desired by some lading fro- traders. We know that in our respective Localities the agricultural labourer is thrown our of work, sad that poor rates are Mutating as prices diminish. Many of the beet labourers and farmers who have accumulated some little property are quitting the Mores of this c matey, in tho hope of saving, and finding elsewhe-• prefitablei employment tor, the remnant of their diminished capital. This is en emigration alt the wrong wort —en emigration of those who constitute the at:engin and Mews of this country. Some person' adduce the retention of farms by their present occupant", and the competition for the occup Won of land, as unanswerable arguments, proving that the pros meta of the agriculturist are not gloomy. The retention of farms by many of the present occupiers is attributable rather to the fear of having 'le wind up their affairs, and to submit the sale of their stock at the intact low prices, and to the transference of their interest in improvements, than to any hope of profitably earrying on their business under the pro. seat pollee. It is trim that this competition for the comma tiro of lend has, in same instances, prevented the redaction 51 rent, but it arises from the abandonment of other trades, under the di•couragenteat of native industry which is fad venally felt ; and it will, in too many instances, be Mend that the present competitors for farms have neither the Ilk perience nor the capital requisite for the profitable and NW tattoos occupation of the land. Many, also, are induced he make offers for farms ander the conviction that the present fatal policy cannot be persevered in, and that, if they take advantage of the present lamentable depression of prices in purchasing farming stock, they will participate in the gene. nil improvement wtich must necomarily follow from the adoption of an altered policy. Your minutiae' eannot wonder that the practical are hopeless of • safe return for the investment of their capital and industry in Euglish agriculture, and emigrate or that the sanguine speculate upon aa alteration of the present policy, when so many circumstances combine to refute the assurances which were lavished in support of the system of free imports. A more complete refutation of the predictions of those who declared that a moderate reduction of price would modify the influx of forei,,n agricultural produce cannot be given than is afforded by • renew ot the 'esparto tiousprain, meal, and flour daring the present year as tom with those of 1847. " he importation of corn, flour, and meal daring the huh tea months of 1849, this year of abundance, falls short by only 15 per cent. of the enormous quantities imported in the first ten months of 1847, that yoer of scarcity (of which It was said that, as the requirements wen unpreoadented, se the imports would prove unparalleled). and this in the face of a fall of prices in 1849 equivalent to 38 per mat as com pared with the average mica for the year 1847. The corn duty, which raised in 1807.8, without derangement of eon mere* or percoptible pressure, more than • million of avenue, has been abandoned in total disregard of our heavy internal taxation and increasing national debt. " We mast be blind, indeed, were we not daily more and more convinced that the formidable experiment now in course of trial cm never be brought to a successful issue. We have been charged with gloomy predictions, and with attempts to destroy confidence among farmers. Now, as to our gloomy predictions, we only predict • continuance of those low prices which free importers have prophecied and proclaimed as the one great desideratum of the whole soca- Inanity • and as for confidence among farmers , so maiden of oars Zooid have destroyed confidence so utterly as the tone of contempt in which the farmers are spoken of by the 'supporta. of the hostile legislation which is directed against them. In the steady depreciation of the value of our products and industry, even our opponents now begin to find cause of slam, sad their organs have recently taken upon themselves to swam us that there is no' few' of still lower prices. ' Fear of lower prime' is a siereillautt term on the Ups of those who ones proclaimed that cheapness i 4 in fiat If prosperity ; but it is evident these men cannot much longer go on holding two languages —assuring the farmers, on the one hand, that they ought to invest awl. tal, for prices will not be uaresunerative, mu declaring to Ike public generally that they have made excessive cheap zees permanent and universal. " It has been said that protection can moor bo restored — that no I•gielature will ever again orinsieler tho interest of producers as well as that of consumers—krusing, as in fact they 4n, one great community. That whether it be the struariing farmer, the pauperised labourer, the starving enfewoosen, or even the despised colonist, all must be left to the fierceness of competition, and that, whether they live or die, cheap products will compensate society for their tuff-if. g lives sad premature deaths. Bach results may have little weight with pertain sot over•scrupaloas persons, and easy b • rendered tolerable in their eyes by the prospect of Pecuniary advantage, gratified ambition, and personal in demnity but we believe the opinion is rapidly gaining ground that it is the duty of a omerament to protein its sstjeeise so well as to tea sail be Amish them. Mattis GM gent el ow Mom whose position is so mistrahle s and whim future 1s am M •1 toacke and fr wi at 41 ' rinkf Ormeidaration. We know that the south and west el Ireland depended, like some of our own manufas• luring tlistehro, on the existence of a single plant. In Ire had one pleat enabled =MOS of men to be congregated *Mb. e. permitted the owners of property to stimulate yompeliti n to its highest, to sell the occup ation of their ant at the nearest and to buy their labour in the cheapest market. We know that massy proprietors did en soli and so b ". with • shiftiest , ' of purpose sad a rigour el SOSailtfae, which may well Witte then to be considered ss bright examples to the school el liasebeeter. Now, through some mike s mesa banns; this melooley Chomisibt acne Ilnedse, die pew% hae Idled. It wee es are mery subsidises et their middles so the settee phut h to that d Ileadtester. Ia Wendt the plots slather hod re mia ow/1y low to the palms; ward tee high hr thze i rised einsonam; and Mae whole distrises are led esamity %NUM as pelem iNmiedsk. Heiman., bas =lt to saggkat Iddi when by the immateleled of hats oomoslitien w bar owe, the bed seri. edam' samrkete of the meld. Imbed. thus paspotheil sad rar, lies a m modal ad dems, s hero, to these who that sompetitim and areeat all that are needed to" TM make : zers= er of e el 4 = is p. smil posed Ismatien mast of ameesity be hangs opts mew the mosideratisa ot pm- Hemet. The owners sod esengiess of wed property have long submitted* heavy borders in the disehaege of the local duties *NNW Upon *ell* them keel reepanstbdithe have ever ham hold to ham lasiely modelholeille 'a grammes. fie at aid the weird of ere the laudanum' elements ef our oedema Mageadenes and social order. If these pdasiples ahoild Phil, mid the wreck ot public homer aid ot peeks COMMIS whisk the purer and onrush* of the system of has inputs have mad*, let them beer the blame who have meshed the weep sity fee their abantioameat. As the maim of free imports proeude, DO &Manes has bees made MIMI molly nu proud freedom ed exchange. America and imam have, in deed, published, each of thus, • reeproeity geeelamation with r. (aril to our shipplag ; but the eistraillataallell St those aim CMS tan render suck prostamatims of Mae prettied value. Titers seems no prospect of a rednetima el import ditties of the United States, while Swaim ken, by her new tariff, rob'. d ter import duties epos all mmehetared satiric, ot cotton, 1it..., and silk. Buda hasedigially annemeed to the merchants of the empire that se mealleatima of her tariff will take plea. While Spain has haposed a duty of 50 per cent. ad milor-in en the importation of MUM goods, and /Jamboree bee joined the Bothers* thus adopting its protective system, it would reqi ire some eawarance on the p of any free-trader to boast of the reeigeseity hie fa vourite system has met with abroad. " Your committee, having thus glanced at the leading cir tentinances of our present position, think that you will con ger with them in the opinion that there is every necessity ter *union and isombinauoc in &knee et those whose late rests nave bees Wm wantonly exposed and utilities& "Your committee cannot couched* without expreming their &anima hope that, in the present distressed state of the tenant-tanners and labourers, the landlords will give their undivided support to raise them fru their present lamenta ble and ruinous position. " Your committee have no wish to suggest, far less to dictate, the means by which the change that has taken place in public opinion towards a protective policy can be best ',vatted ann elicit. d, but they believe that the calm rod sense of England will use the experience which has already been so dearly bought, thous', but comparatively little of its prim has yet been paid in the suffering and decay which per severance in the recent course ot commercial policy will entail. The meshes ef sophistry and falsehood by whisk ibis policy has been recommended and upheld, are yielding like gossamer before the wintry blest of keen szpariease. Many, once deceived, are now awakened to the gerteha ran -14 queues of the downward COON* this couwey b ibloblab Let us welcome every honest labourer in our esitmea *UM, even though he job mat the eleventh hour." Mr. BAKER, in moving its adoption, commented on the special necessity which seined at the present moment tor • general exertion on the part of the protectionists. dr. WILSON seconded the motion. Mr. BALL said that the question of an adjustment of tuition was not one for whim. the farmers had any distsste, on the contrary, they with, i it; but they looked upin It oily as an adjunct to the greater question of protection, and never dreamt of receiving it u an equivalent—(hear, hear) —because without a 'sweetie* of protection they felt that they would be utterly and entirely undone. (Gear, hear.) It a mu were drowning it would not do to stand upon the bank and discuss whether it would be better to use external friction or scene internal application, they must Ant take him oat of the water. (A laugh.) So to save the farmer you must first give him protection. (liter, hear.) The speaker then alluded to Mr. Disraeli, as if sumo suspicion bad been out upon him, passed upon him the highest sulegium, mid he was reg.rded by the late Lord G. Benticek as a loan of first Tate ability and assuming honesty, and &clay. d that the lumen ot England would be wilily of the grossest ingratitude if they tuegot their obligations to Mr. Dimon, who, in tact, ought tidy to be seem d in their esteem to Oa noble president of that society. (Beer, hear ) Mr. W. BLNNET bore hie tutimisny to the truth of the report, which he declared to be in no nepre• exaggerated sad said that, unless the farmers were protected, their sup =the event of a general commotion could warmly be for. STONE (of Aylesbury) wished it to be understood that while they joined the National Association in seeking a fir and pit measure of protest. ion to every interest, they behoved that to make it so to the farmers it must include a sorehine el the taxation of the unfitly, which pressed with seek severity upon the local interest., affecting the occupier Made more than the owner. (Beer, hear.) Mr. YOSK ETT said it was absolutely oteessary to have an equluition of taxation. But they must not lose the whams, for the shadow. Lot them first get the substance sad the elemiew would follow. The report was then adopted. The adds CHAIRMAN announced that there would be a special general meeting of the society held at eleven o'clock on Friday, to madder the quid= of supporting or amid gareatiog with the National Association. He thought they would an egrets that two groat societies formed for the same purpose had better bring themselves into one, and prevent its being said that they were not costarring in op.niem They were now nearer their victory than ever, and it therefore behoved them to pull together and show to the labourer', the farmers, the shipping interest, and the mercantile intere.is in general how de. ply they liadbeen aggrieved by the removal ef protection. Tnanks were then voted to the chairman, and also to 11x. Nominate sad others, and the meting separated. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON THE EARL OF ALBEMARLE. A commission was held yesterday, as stated in that day's Express, at Finance's Hotel, Belgrave-square, to in cisive into the state of mind of the Bari of Albemarle. The eistamissionen were Mr. Commissioner Bellow and Mr. Cumnitseioner Winslow. Mr. Strome appeared as counsel for the petitioner—the I °austere of Albemarle • and Mr Calvert for the Earl. Hr. Commissioner B arlow briefly stated to the jury what emetitated legal insanity, and ezplained to them the nature of the duty which they were c alled upon to perform. He observed that the tact of the earl's being represented by minasel relieved him from the necessity of requiting his MMesdance. Mr. Calvert said that as the earl had certain legislative functions to perform, he did not know that he should be justified in dispensing with his attendance. It was doubtful whether the state of his health would enable him to attend. On that point, however, he would examine Dr. Suther land. Dr. Sotherland, on being appealed to, said he thought that the attendance of the earl would be prejudicial to his health. The earl had not expressed a wish to be present, but he had declared it to be hie desire to consult his solicitor. Mr. &Into& then proceeded to open the ease. He said he appeared as counsel for Lady Albemarle, and be seed not say that the duty which her ladyship had to perform was a very painful one. But knowing that the duty was one which she owed to his lordship himself, she bad not hesitated to commence these proceedings. Lord Albemarle was the son of the late earl who died as recently as the 30th of October, in the present year. The late Earl left a large 'easily, two of his children being Col. Koppel and the Hey. Edward Keppel. The resent earl was, up to the time of his Lather's death, entitled Lord Bury, and by his father's death had come into peesession of estates which yielded considerably below 9,0001. • year. His lordship was married in the year 1816, and had lived with the countess in a state of great happiness from that period until the time of his re moval, ander medical advice, from his residence in Ooslow square to Blacklands House. The jury would have to deter edge, first, whether his lordship was of unsouad mind ; and, if that questioa was decided in the airmative, they would Non have to declare at what period the unsoundness comi se coned. The learned counsel then proceeded to state the eielehlelpe of the evidence which he should sdduoe, and which lls amlosined is a more extended form, and concluded by ellMbrig that he hoped to coevince the jury that his lordship had leen Wee' from the 25th of July last. Dr. Iletheriend was sirs. exasniusd—lie deposed that he W issmesoll_ attended eases of lunacy. He was called apes em - all Nth of July by Lady Albemarle to visit the pieseneused , ills lordship appeared excited, and there were gambol systpleess of paralysis. The paralysis was of a form, each as was chiefly found among the insane. bodestrembling ot the upper lip and of the whole bod Witness was told that his lorthhip Lad been burn ing his clothes. Oa the 26th of July his lordship was re ceived into Blaeklands House, which belonged to witness. After he entered the hou'e his head was very hot. He told witness that he had kills l a broker at Willow Bank, and knoeked the nose off another broker. On the let of August whams mat his lordship in the garden at Blacklands. He was enfant, and on witness asking the reason he replied that he had_ berm up to h that there were a million of pumas eampented of in the world, and that his Saviour had told him to erect • guillotine on that spot. From that day to the 30th of October he bad continuous paroxpms of maniacal excitement, exhibited by the usual symptorrs extreme heat of head, quickness of pulse, great Incoherence of language, the utterance of sounds without any meaning, great sleeplessness, and dirtiness of habits. These symptoms were succeeded, as usual, by extreme exhaustion. On the let of November witness told his lordship that his father was alarmingly ill, his real object being to break to him his father's death. He replied that his father was 33, end he himself 25. That was all that happened on the occasion. On the 3rd of November, when witness went into the room where his lordship was, his lordahip said he had just renamed from Austria, and had sailed hundreds of times round the world. Oa the 6th of No vember he said he could take up live coals in his hand without hurting him; that he could make watches worth MO& out of dirt, and valuable jewels oat of bits of enameled paper ; that he and Mr. Hope were the richest men in Reiland, and that he himself possessed Norfolk, Suffolk, Wales, and Ireland. Oa the 6th of Nov. witness told bias el his father's death. He asked him when he had died, and as to the reply with indifferesee. He then said that he was to be proclaimed king under the title of Charles I. On the lith of Nov. be said witases must be in error as to his father's death, for he had been informed that his tailor had brought him to life again. On the let of Dee. he s id he had large sans of money in different banks, iceindinr Pargehar's and Hoare's beaks, and Paradise Bank, and his income was, he added, 490,0001. a year, besides what he de. rived ties velsable West beide perpsfey. On the 4th Dee. le said he was lereneplive elk - and had been at the Bettie eif C• igia. asked his law that amid be, sad t ilik eeptied that be had died and bad rim* *gala; he had died Shies times, bad bees cradled, sad had lived at the time el the twelve apostles. Os the Bth of Deoember he said M bad killed 150 men in • good stand-up 101. He des Mil OM he was a my good ninaer, mad had tist Mee sad She Flying Dutchman and had beaten this Oa OM 11th of December (the previous day) be add be had aMended up to heaven, and had baptised and then thrown them all tato the sea, rat Own was one little speckled child +tilt yellow epee whom be bad killed. Front what he (witness) had ma el ids liseistelp front the 25th of July down to tint time he had so doubt that his lordship had been insane during *Oda, 1,1166 bad elapsed since, sad was now incapable dike of tekbig are of himself or managiog his affairs. Oiremorsamined by Mr. Calvert—The excitement exhi bited by Lis lordship on witneses first interview with him might have arisen from other causes besides inaanity. On entering his lordship's hoes* he saw Miss Vin . e, Colonel Koppel, and another gentleman, who was , he believed, a elergyman and a brother ot his l ordship. After hie lordship ties removed to Blacklands he saw him at first every day.' Latterly he bad 11(1/11 him less frequently in consequence GC *QM improvement in the state of ins lordship. It was wits.: nem who introduced the subject of the sale at Willow Bask. At Biaskiands greet attention had been paid to his lordship's diet is order to strengthen him. His family bed seen his in the establishment. He had seen his two sisters there, Lady Albemarle, hie two brothers, and his solicitor. He had seen some persons without witness's pren us know ledge. He had not had much seems to books. He had seen muse newspapers end soars religious books. His state was Slash that he might property be allowed to read religious books for amusement. Amongst other obeenatiots he said that Bolinebeoke was first favourite for the Derby. Had talked to his lordship about his prop rty, because insane per sons geaerally had delusions in reit rence to their property. On the 6th of December his lordship said, " I'll put you in the we,: of making • million of money by the medicine you order me ; it shall supersede claret and Champagne." On the Bth he said be had won 100,0001. at billiards at Black lands. He was in the habit of recreating himself with billiards in that establishment. There had hero many insane acts as well as expressions at Blecklanda Once his lordship nearly killed his keeper, that was before the it of Aaiun. taring the period which elapsed down to the 30th of October, his violence was very great. Since the beginning of November, his lordship had been getting more and more trrequil, he disorder having assumed a chronic form. His lordship had • peculiar way of rubbing his hair off his head. Mr. Calvert said, that while he could scarcely hops to shake the testimony of Dr. Sutherland, he was atxious to I even anything which would tend to p his lordship's restoration ; and under these circumstance', he should ob iject to his appeunce in that room. By a Juryman—His lordship bad, in consequence of his violence, been frequently put under restraint at Bachand' Huse. By another Juryman—Notwithstandiog the subsiding of the paroxysms, no intellectual improvement had taken Sao. Dr. Henry Herbert Southey was next examined. He de. pmcd to his having been called in by the Rev Edward Koppel to rei-it the earl, on the 25th of July last. The excercil manner of his lordship, coupled with the facts stated to him, convinced witness of his lordship's insanity. Saw him at Blecklands House on the sth of N.yember, when he was labouring under extraordinary delusions. Baw him *Pin on the 19th of November, when also he wee decidedly of unsound mind. Cross examined by Mr. Calvert—Had men Lis lordship three times. On the 19th of November he believed himself to be a gnat fire-eater, and had he not been prevented from long so, be would probably have handled fire. He talked of his inordiuste wealth, and appeared lost in the immensity el the figures. He said he was worth hundreds of millions. A eoavenation ensued with regard to the propriety of Dr. Southey's visiting his lordship during the proonse of the enquiry; and it was ultimately arranged b the counsel, with the concurrence of the commissioners, and in accordance with the wish of the jury, that Dr. Southey should visit his lordship at Banned' house ; and that gentleman left the lroom for that purpose. William Crawley examined—Had been an attendant at the house of Dr. Sutherland five yeas and lITCII, menthe; and had had mead, r ible experience with regard to pa. dents. Went on the 25th of July to the house of the Earl of Albemarle, _ in Onslow- squire, and saw Colonel Koppel and Miss Vine. His lordship oappeared much excited. He was removed the following I day. He could not be persuaded to leave the house on the 26th. Attended his lordship for three weeks afterwards at Blecklands-house. Dunn, the first three days his lordship was not so much excited as afterrwards. On Sunday, the 29th, it was is emery to put a strait we'stceat on him Oa Monday morning, at six o'clock, his lordship took up a Ilene jug to witness, who slept in the rams room, and said "By Oa, I'll kill you." Witness caught the jug in his arm, which broke the handle. His lordship then became very bed. Witness took hiss to walk in the garden, when be pulled off his coat and sad he would fight him. In walking round the garden on other occasions his lordship frequently wanted to eat the leaves ' and when prevented from doing so by wi th er" he became very excited. Witness had regularly attended on his lordship from the 18th of Oct. to the present time, and had mode notes of his words. On November the Ist his lordship told him that he was at the battle of Banker's-hill, when be fought sword in-hand with Captain Brown. Captain Brown, he said, made three cuts at his head, which fell on the ground, after which the captain picked up his head and stuck it on his (Lord Bury's) shoulder. lie (Lord Bury) was then takes home and placed in bed, and the next morning his lord ship's head was as firm upon his shoulders is ever it was, with the exception of its being a little shaky. Had seen his lordship that morning. He was very quiet, but was certainly, in his opinion, insane. Had no doubt that he had been so from the 25th of July. Dr. Southey was again tailed. lie said flit ke had just been to visit the earl, and had found hiss more capable of answering questions than on any former interview. He said he had ordered • carriage at 3 o'clock, to go and see his soli citor Mr. Metcalf. On his questionieg him about the making of watches, he said he believed that that was hum. bug ; but he said he could make jewels out of paper—emerald drupe. He also said that he had 30,0001. in the funds ; had sold that sum out a good many times, and had made a pod deal of money by doing so. He also said he was troughs there for killing a man, sod that he had killed 145 men and three boys at Eton. W. lordship was still decidedly in sane, though better then when witness saw him previously. Hs was certainly incapable of taking care either of his per -a or of his property. The probabilities were against his recovery. Confirmatory and other evidence heals, been token, the following :gentlemen then proceeded to visit his lord ship, at Blacklands House, Chelsea:—Mr. Commissioner Barlow, Captain Bogue, the foreman, Sir H. Bilis, Mr. Knight, and Mr. Mann, who were accompanied by Mr. Woodhouse, the family solicitor. On the return of these gentlemen into court, the names of thury having been called over, Mr. Commissioner Barlow stated that be bad, with a por tion of the jury, seen his lordship, and had proceeded to question him anal told by the jurymen present that it was unnecessary to proceed any further. Captain Bogue, the foreman, said that the evidence had been fully borne out by his lordship's conduct in the inter view. Amongst other statements made by him in the in terview was one to the effect that ha had 100 . 000 1 . em barked in Roa:ish shipping. He produced a piece of brown paper and, handing it to a juryman, declared that it was an eme rald which he bad made, and was worth 60 guineas. He said be had embarked very large sums of money in different insurance offices. With regard to the fire, he declared that if he were to pet his hand in it he should not suffer any inconvenience. It was superfluous to say any more. Mr. Calvert then addressed the jury ; and, admitting that the evidence was conclusive, expressed a hope that the ver dict would be that the Earl of Albemarle had bean of un sound mind from the 23rd of July, as the time might be material with respect to the noble earl's pecuniary interests. Mr. Stanton said he had no observation to make. The jury then returned their verdict, declaring that the Earl of Albemarle wee of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his affairs, on the 23rd of July last, and had been ISO ever sine. THE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS.—In eon& • queues of the numerous repremntations which have been made by the merchants of the city of London, Liverpool &r.. to the Right Hon. the Marquis of Chihli: ode, the Postmester•General, of the inconvenience and loss they sustain by the despatch of the outgoing mails to the Medi terranean, India, &e., via Marseilles, and those to the West Indies, America, fte, before the snivel of the incoming packets or mails at Southampton, Liverpool, and London, arrangements are making which will come into operation, it is expected, with the cemmencement of the new year, which will obviate the imoonvenienee complained of. When email has bees overdue (the same as the last overland mail from India, when the letters were only delivered on Saturday morning), and the outgoing mail not detained—the mer chants and the public have no oppertunity et answering their correspondence for a fortnight or a mouth—whereas, if the packet had been detained twenty-four hours, or only twelve hours, after the arrival of the inland mail, they would have the opportunity of answering the letters. The mails for the Mediterranean, India, &e., via Marseilles, are at present made up on the evenings of the 7th and 24th of the month (and if that date falls on a Sunday, the next evtning), and due in London en or about the 3rd and 23rd; those er Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius. India, Hoeg-Hong, and Cetus, on the morning of the 20th of the month by the packet from Southampton, due at Southampton on the 27th or 28th. The British and Foreign colonise in the West Indies (except Bermuda, Nassau, New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras and Hammel)). Venezuela, sad Jamul, on the mornings of the 2nd and 17th of the month, which are forwarded by the packets from Southampton; Bermuda, Nihau, Mexico, New Orleans, Sec., on the mornings of the tad only ; and Madeira, Grey's-town (San Juan de Nicaragua), New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the morn ing of . the 17th only; and the return whets are due on the 7th and 22nd. Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz. end Gibral tar, on the mornings of the 7th, lith, sad 27th of the month, via Southampton, due oc the 5:6, 15th, and 25th OW month. BritiA North America and the United States every Friday evening (except in December, January, Feb ruary, and March, the winter months, and then only every alternate Friday evening), by team packets, via Liverpool, Llsli6sx, Sudan, or New York. It will be seen from the above how lope:teat such a measure will be to the mer cantile interest sad the public at large, without causing any particular delay in the outgoing III" OF NAVIGATION AND PRACTICAL SCIENCE. A public meeting in aid of this newly-formed in stitution wan held yesterday at the London Tann, and was very stismeroisely attended. The LORD MAYOR presided. Mr. MUSCATT, the seer.tary, read the report, which stated, That the British and Foreign Sailors' Society had arisen out of the first organised effort made in this c iuntry in be. ' half of seamen. It was established is 1818, under the pre 'aiding of the late Admiral Lord Gambier, and for some years its operations had been col fitted to the pert of London. Oa 'Dingier its sphere of action in 1833, it massed its pre sent title. Up to this time it had devoted itself almost ex. elusively to the redgious welfare of British sad foreign sea men. It had bees tang felt desirable to make along for the intellectual and eceial, as well as for the strietly religious im provement of sailors, the subject had often been considered, and, at the commesmment of this year, a somber of geatle men tad formed themselves into • provisional committee to establish a new society, to be called the Merchant Seamen's lastatulion, the object of which wee to promote the Intel. lectual and social improvement of sailors, as ale* their re ligions welfare ; subsequently the new inetinnion had been asealetaniated with this aunty. The cognomina* had era aselsted by D. B. Reid, Esq., M.D., and the Gemination of the society had been agreed upset to embroils the following objects:—The distri bution of the sacred scriptures and religious tracts, peeach int, domiciliary and ship visitation, nautical instruction, publication', lectures and libraries on board ship and on shore, model lodging-houses, a retreat for 'said seamen, a re.istry office and savings batik, or any other means adapted Ito wine the objects of the society. The society was to be ' monaged by 30 directots, one-half to be laymen ; its pro. perty to be vested in not fewer than live trustees, to be ap pointed at a general or special meeting of the members. It was. an unalterable law ttiat the religious instruction should be coofined to those doctrines of Christisaity which were held in commeo by all evangelical churches. The committee had since been laborioualy engaged in preparing plane for the faun extended operations of the society, and had con vened this meeting at the earliest r assible period. Thecont mines ?reposed the immediate formation of a college of navigation and precleal science, with • menus sad library. The desirableness of such as ob ject could not he fir a moment questioned. The eaters in the merch.nt service of Great Britain damsel that the same facilities might be given them for ad. vaspessent in knowledge and science as were now possessed by.. shore et other professions, by the officers of her Ka jewy:s navy, and the importance of which was now fully re moused by foreign states. The committee sincerely re ' R.... And the lots 'hey had sustained in the death of the late I Bishop of Norwich. Had his va'uable life been spared, the cirectors were assured that he would now have redeemed the pledge given at the Ball of Commerce at • tanner meeting. Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., said, as he was compelled to retire from the meeting, he perhaps might be excused taking , bat opportunity of saytug • few words. It was unnecessary fir him, who had spent hie early days at sea, to declare hoe warm an interest be felt is this institution. (Rear, hear.) Without pledging himself to all the details of the college th. y were about founding, he had no hesitation in avowing his disposition to aid in carrying out its objects. He had yesterday seen Mr. L.houchere, the president of the Bond of Trade ; and that gentle man had stated that if the institution were founded on a broad pubis basis, he would do everything in his rwer, truth in his public and private capacity, to promote its objects. (Applause.) On the minion of Mr. D. W. Wings, the report was adopted. Mr. Sheriff NICOL then moved the appointment of oft cars and directors of toe inetitui ion for the year ensuing. Captain C. ALLEN, R.N. seconded the resolution. The Rev C. MARSHAL/. moved: "That this meeting e !chaffy approve of the proposed ex tend Is of the operation. of the society; and especially the establishment of a college cf navigation and practical science, with a library and museum, wh• reby facilities may be afforded for the education of the officers of the mercan tile navy, such as are n,w provided in her Majesty's navy, and thus enable them to attain • position n hich is equally demanded by the wawa of navigation, and the progress made by other nations in nautical science." The Rev. J. BIOWOOD seconded the resolution. Dr. D. B. REID moved— " That, while the instruction of mates, apprentices, end others, desirous of obtaining nautical and scientific informa tion, shall form the great eject of attention, the college stall also be open to all persons interested in naval archi tecture, or in furnishing nautical instruments, or the various equipment• required in ships and steam-vessels." 0. JACKSON, Esq., af co ndEd the resolution. Dr. M'WILLLIM moved,— " That a distinct fund be established for the formaticn of this college ; that a special committee be chosen from the board of directors for the namiagement of the college; and that they be requested to seek the aid of the corporation of the City of London, the governors and company of the Bank of Eng land, the Hon. the Directors of the East India Company, and other public bodies who have already contributed to the sup pot of the institution ; and that they be also requested to communicate with the patliamentar) representatives of the different sea ports in this country, and empowered to add to their numbers gentlemen whose position anti influence would promote the great objects of the society." W. N. BOND, Beg , RM. in seconding the resolution, reminded the meeting that sa ilors were the representatives of England in all parts of the world, and the more care we took of our sailors the more care would they take of us. (Cheers.) Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and this ter minated the preeeediap. FARM LEASES.-MEETINO OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. Yesterday s vety crowded meeting of the members of the Farmers' Club was held at the York Hotel, Bridge street, Blenkfriars, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the present tenure of land, Mr. It. SMITH, the manager of Dartmoor Forest, presided. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, congra tulated the meeting on the numerous attendance of farmers from all parts of England. Mr. J. BEADEL, of Chelmsford, said be wield not for a moment question the kindly feelings end strict same of justice of those who owned the land, lost he considered that leases were essential for both. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bendel then proceeded to say that • new form of lease was abso lutely nocanary, in order to leave the farmer unshackled by thaw restrictions, as to cropping and cultivation 'of the lane, which were impaled by the antiquated ' rem, and which had been carried down to the present day. He thought the lowest term for a lease should be fourteen years, and he considered twenty-one years much better. He thought it rhould be clearly expressed es to which of the two parties should pay tithes and tales, and that reductions should be made for over timbered land; although few people would like to see the country denuded of trees, still It could not be denied that in many parts of the country the timber was in news, and wee highly detrimental to the crops. (Hear.) He then alluded to the question of game ; be said be felt that reductions ought to be made where it was redun dant or too strictly preserved, which was a very great and cayiag evil. Alter these observations, Mr. Beaded submitted to the meeting a form of lame, which he conceived would meet all the exigencies of the cites, and which embraced the sears' points to which he alluded. Mr. SHAW said that the landlords were entitled to pro tection to their property. On the other hand, tenants ought to have freedom in cultivating their farms. He considered the lease which bad been submitted to the meeting too im patent to be decided upon then, and he should move that it be published and circulated in 016 r that the various clauses might be submitted to • future meeting. Mr. BENNETT thought before the lease was sent out to the public extreme caujon ought to be and, ends committee appointed to go through all the clauses. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Baker, Ile. Chatham, Mr. Frethewey, Mr. Mecbi, and others took part, and eventually Mr. Shaw's suggestion was adopted, t h e I and the proceedings closed. pakle of Er. A. C. STEWART celled attention to the objects of the emaciation geaendly, and the changes which it would be the means of producing, Sit only received the support of the Tomtits having been given to the Chairman, and Mr. H. T. Atkinson, the mooting broke up at a quarter to ton o'clock. ANTI-CHURCH AND STATE MOVEMENT IN YORKSHIRE. Lanni, Deo. 12. Last night, at the Music Hall, Leeds, a meeting of p- roue friendly to the objects of the National Anti-Church and State Association was held. The audience assembled was very large, completely filling the spacious silo= of the ball. Those present were, of course, chiefly dissenters, many of the heads of whom occupied the platform. Amongst them were EDWLRD BAINIII, Esq., who occupied the chair ; Mr. Edward Milli, of the Nonconformist; and the Rev. James Murrell, of Leioester, who attended as a de putation from the National Association ; Alderman Luocock, Alderman John Wilson, Councillor Ereshaw, Councillor Morgan, Councillor Town, John Pelts Clapham, Esq., and several Independent and Baptist ministers of the locality. The proceedings were remarkably enthusiastic and the meeting was unanimous in its decisions of approval of the movement for the promotion of which it was convened. It was but the first meeting of • series about to be held in the north of England and Yorkshire. The CHAIRMAN, who spoke at some length, n etted chiefly the religions aspect of the question, contending that the union of the state with the church was derogatory to religion, destructive of its purity, and imagist.. nt with its freedom. The Rey. G. W. CORDER (successor to the late Rev. Dr. Hamilton) moved the first resolution, denouncing the con nexion of church end state as wrong in principle and evil in practice, and predicting the eventual success of the agitation for their seps•ation. The Rev. J. PURCELL seconded the resolution, de claring that the principles of the Anti-State Society were in unison with tie principles of his whole life, and he con sidered the system against which it directs its energies was in direct opposition to the claims, progress, and honour of the kingdom of Christ As regards the bishops of the church, be unhesitatingly declared that he would eject them from the House of Lords ; but as to the revenues of the church, he denied that tee friends of separation of the church and state coveted any of the wealth of the former or the patronage of the latter. Mr. MI ALL followed as the proposer of a resolution declar ing the separation of the church and state as one of the means of removing the peculiar evils which arise from the estab lished church in Ireland. He reviewed the origin and pro gress of the association, the temper and spirit of its friends, and the objects sought to be accomplished. He welcomed to frit ndly discussion every opponent, expressing the ut most confidence in the truth and justice of his cause. He then referred at great length to Ireland, towards whose people he expressed high admiration and sympathy, and laid bare, in impressive language, that incubus—the state church—wnica, notwithstanding the great natural resource of the land, had for centuries absorbed Ireland's every element of happiness, right, and prosperity. He expressed his gratification that this question would, as early as pas sible, be brought before the House of Commons in the next session, by Mr. Roebuck, member for Sheffield, who had determined on the first day of mating to place on the notice book a moieties to the effect, " that this house re solve itself into a committee, to consider the state of the Protestant Established Church in Ireland, witk a view to appropriate its revenues to a more beneficial 'purpose." The Rev. R. H. Reynolds, the Rev. W. H. Morgan, and the Rev. Thomas Scales, also adder ased the meeting, which did not terminate until about half-pest ten o'clock. LANCASHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASSOCIA• TION.-CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER. A conference of the friends and promoters of the Lancashire Public Selmals Association was held yesterday morning at the Mechanics' Institution, Manchester, to take into cenaideration the best means of making known and carry ing out the objects of the association. ALEXANDER HENMT, Esq., M.P., presided, and in opening the proceedings said the meeting wee intended to be a conference of friends to a system of national unsectarian education, supported by local rates, and administered by local authorities, popularly elected, as set forth in the plan of the Lancashire Public Schools Association. The importance of unsectarian educe tion appeared to be admitted by men of every religious permission ; but unhappily the greatest diverbity of opinion prevailed as to the means by which it was to be accom plished. The bishops aad other clergy of the established church objected to any system of which they were not the head, and which had not a tendency to perpetuate the alliance between church and state, while many among the catholic and dissenting clergy deemed their own peculiar ' and theological opinions so essential, as to refuse their sup port to any spate= by which they were nat inculcated. The seal for nuking proselytes to sectarian dogmas and faith had been paraminnt to the enlightenment of the nation by means of instruction. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the plan advocated by the Lancashire Public Schools Awe elation was one by which the reasonable conscientious ob jections of all denominations might be obviated, and that it was well adapted to effect the objects which they pr we to have so much at heart ; and that if the people, foe ,ae , benefit it was especially designed, would unite cordially with them in demanding the recognition by the legislature of the . principles and the justice on which it wet founded, it would not be long before there would be a fair and unbiained edu cation advanced to ell glasses of the community. (Loud ap- plain.) Mr. LUCAS said that any system of education which is proposed for the country should be national and =secta rian, and that it should be established on a local basis end supported by local rates. (" Rear, hear," and applause.) It would, there fore, be unnecessary to discuss those princi ple.. The object of this conference was first of all as to the state of education throughout the country; secoadly, to bring to bear the opinions of those passant on the three principles he had enumerated ; and, thirdly, to bring to gether a large number of the opinions of their friends as to the best means of makin4 those principles known. (near, hear.) They proposed that a school committee should be appointed in every township in the county ; that every school committee should have the power to levy rates for the maintenance of the schools ; that these should be elected by the rate-payers at large ; and that there should be such en amount of elective centralisation an would ensure the efficiency of schools, an elimination of teachers to secure their efficiency, and a governing body over all, calied the county board, elected by the other committees, in order to superintend and put in motion, and get the ma chinery to work in proper order. Teat wu the outline of their plan; they began in 1847, and Bind then they hie oc cupied themselves is making it known throughout the country. They had only proposed it for the county of Lancaster, because they believed they were unable to undertake a national agitation. True, what was good for one county might be good for another, and he had no doubt tf it were brought into operation in Lancashire, it would be found to work well, end other counties would then be desirous of adopting it. (Rear.) There win one object to which he wished to refer before he eat down—it was their justification of this movement. In Manchester, he was enabled to state, that 16 years ago the number el, children in day schools was nearly as large as now—with in 1,000 or 1,600. In that time the population had in• creased from i. 00,000 in 1824, to 300.000 in 1848; and in 1824 the number in schools was 20,000; in 1848 under 22,000. In 1824 the proportion of scholars to the popola ties was linlo ; Decemnr, 1848, it was lis 141. Mr. BIGGS, Mayor of Leicester, said it wee to him a sad and serious thing, that this country, at the bead of the civi 'nation of the world in many respects, was so far behind some of the despotic countries of Europe on the score of education—that we should have an long and fatally neg lected this subject. In the New England States, he could speak from experience, the people were as tenacious of their ' Political and religious principles as they were in this country, yet there, nearly every child was educated on a system anon. gous to the one now proposed. Education there win the rule, and *perinea the exception. Io Primate the average of uneducated persons was one in four and a half of the po pulation. Taking that as our data, we might conceive the state of education where that standard was not reached. In England only 1 in 81 of the population were educated. Mr. Ii'LELLAND, of Glasgow, said some of the schools in Scotland were in the hands of the clergy, paid for by a rate, bat there were now two parties, one of whom wished the schools to be what was called " opened." They wished that the master should not necessarily be a churchman, and that it should be left open to the ratepayers to choirs the eseher. The Free Church party were likely to join the dissenters oa this point. Ile had no doubt in time the would have schools on a plan something like that which this association were seeking to establish. By the present sys tem there were 3,000 catholic children coming into the world every ;mu quite =provided for by their schools in Glasgow, and without some such system as was now sought for there could be no remedy. Ragged schools were most benevolent and expellent institutions, Led were doing much good. But, resting on the benevolence of the richer cla•ses, their means of good was of course hunted. The secular system it was attempted to establish here was sanctioned by high authori ties in Scotland, and he mentioned the names of the late Dr. Chalmers and Dr. Duff. Mr. BRAY, of Coventry, said, that in his neighbourhood education was not sufficiently appreciated, hut he believed the priscipsl reason was, that the quality of the education was not such as to induce the people to send their children to the schools, in preference to finding them en ployment. He believed it was the duty of government to provide meant of instruction for the penple ' and in his opinion the plan pro posed was the only one likely to be sufficient fur the purpose. S viral other gentlemen having addressed the meetieg, The Rev. W. biIIi.ERRON moved a resolution in favour of an extension of the scheme to a national confederation. Mr. P. RYLANDS, of Warrington, seconded the motion, which was carried. The proceedings were to be brought to a close by a great meeting yesterday evening, at the Free Trade Hell. • REDUCTION IN RAILWAY FARES.-CHEAP TRANSIT, —A contractor with the railway company for excursion trains has announced his intention of taking paserngtrs, " first class travelling at less than a halfpenny a mile, and second clue for abhut a farthing !" From Leeds aid Birmingham, 230 miles, the fare is to be, Ant class, As. 6d., and second clan Os. 6c1., allowing six hours in Birmingham, or the privilege of returning on the following day for an extra Is. At the ordinary rates of travelling the journey salad not be accomplished for less than between 9/. and 4i., and at ld. a mile would amount to a few pence short of 14 LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSO CIATION. On Monday evening a meeting of the friends of financial reform was held at the Convert-hall, Lord Nelson street, Liverpool. Mr. JOHN MAIMIR in the chair. Mr. F. BOULT called attention to the objects of the aro dation, which he hoped would, ere long, be Bacterially carried out. After referring to the evils of our government generally, he argued that such a state of things wan neither einiducive to the public benefit, to the stability of oar national institutions, nor to the safety of the country. There must be a thorough retrenchment of the expenditure; but those who were to carry out this necessary work must be as different as possible in many respects from the men now at the head of arra—men leving truth and justice better than place and power,—preferring the interests of the mires of the people, not property, party, or the advantage of classes. Mr. Bruit then went into the question of the custom and excise laws, end the preventing of smagglrg, the remedy for which was to abolish the monstrous duties Whiih at present existed, and then it would not be worth while to smuggle at all. There was nothing more barbarous than suck restrictive laws upon unimerce, and they ought not to exist in a Christian runny. Is conclusion he hoped all present would exert themselves to set free and emancipate our national industry. (Cheer.) Mr. H. T. ATKINSON avowed himself a member of an association which was running a parallel course of agitation to that in which the meeting was engaged—the London Reform Association ; but he was favourable to all the ob jects which the Liverpool society sought to attain. He then referred to the pension list, and said he thought that those he saw before him would ascertain the character of the men and the services performed, and ascertain whether posterity , would be benefited by a man's Invention before posterity was charged with his petition He could not conceive that the middle classes would admit the priaciple of useless er r penditure—that they who were steeped to the lips and bat , fling with difficulties—who constituted the governing power in this great state, against whose nursed public opinion no government dare stand opposed for a moment—who distributed the wealth created by the indurry of another portion of the people,—surely they would not award pen sions which had their origin in prostitution. If the pension list were to cuss before them, he believed they would make a sad havoc of it. He called upon the audience to unite in prOMotlei the obieets of the meeting. It was not a question of property, for there should he Gnly one party, and that the people s party : and It would be the fault of the people if there was nota party—a powerful one, too—in their favour in the Mous of Commons. (Cheers.) RAILWAY MEETING. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN . FOREST. A specialgeneral mee ing of the shareholders this com pany, was held at Gloucester yesterday (8. Baize, Req., in the chair), to consider the terms of a bid intended to be brought into the ensuing maim of parliament by the South Wee. Railway Company, affecting the interests of this company. The merits of the dispute between the two companies may be summed up as follows. In 1847 the Boath Wai.e Cons pany undertook to convert a certain tramwa ) , called the Bulks Pill tramway, communicating with the South Wales and Gloucester end Forest of Dean railways, into a locomo tive line, and to charge a certain sum only for tragic eon veyed on that line. Last session the South Wales Company introduced a bill into parliament, the object of which was to relieve themselves Irons this herded° to increase their tolls, to extend the time of making the lin e, and virtually to do away with locomotive power. This bill was successfully opposed by the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Com pany, and it was thrown out in committee. In ooneequrnce of the notice of application being given by the South Wales Company for another bill, the Gloucester and Dean Forest Company presume that the efforts of last session are to be renewed, and hence the present special meeting. The CHAIIIMAN stated that the conferences had already been held between the directors of the toilsomely and those of the South Wales Company, and that he considered the question would ultimately resolve itself into one of a dispute as to a charge of a halfpenny per ton per mile between the two companies. Mr. STURGII, Gloucester, moved a resolution authorising the directors to oppose the bill in parliament. It,. CLIC/RAN seconded it. Mr. Fox, Plymouth, moved an amendment for the ap pointment of a committee of shareholders to set vim the di rectors of this company in their conference with the South Wales Company, in order to have inserted in the new bill such clauses as would have the effect of bringing the Forest of Dean coal trade to Gloucester and tne surrounding district. Mr. H. Baowo, M.P., seconded the motion. A lona discussion took place, in the course of which the South Wales Company was charged with attempting re pudiatiost, and Mr. Matthews, one of the directors of that company, denied the imputation, expressing the willingness of the South Wales board to come to an amicable arrange ment. It was also mentioned, that the quantity of eral in the Forest of Dean is no less than 180,000,000 tons. Some of the Cheltenham shareholders urged, that if an ~pposition was decided on, it should not be borne en.irely by the com pany, but that the merchants of Gloucester should join as interested parties. On the resolution and amendment being put from the chair, the letter was canned by a large majority. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the pro terminated. Amin OP RAILWAY ACCOUNTS.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in acknowledging the receipt of tke resolutions pared at the recent meeting of railway proprietors, at Liver pool, on the subject of a general audit of railway accounts, has intimated that the representations contained in them will receive the beet attention. Toe 'rumen to the general circular of suggestions for the proposed bill come in but slowly from the different railway complain. Monday last was the day on which they were all returnable, but up to that period scarcely more than one half had been trans mitted, though it Is expected that the remaining, or ma jority, will all be in by the 19th. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY AND THEIR ENOINEZIOL—We (Manchester Guardian) have before alluded to the dispute which had arisen between the directors of the East Lancashire Railway Company and the engine driven and firemen in their employ, which resulted in the whole of the latter giving notice and quitting the ser vice of the company on the let inst. We understand that on Monday evening last a matting of the directors endwise of the principal officers and shareholders, was held at Ac crington, at which a deputation from the engine-drivers was present, by request of the directors. The meeting resulted in an understanding that the men should resume their duties on the line, the directors undertaking to yield to the demand for the dismissal of Mr. Boyle, the inspector of the line , to obtain this having been apparently the chief object of the men. With regard to the minor matters complained of, we are informed th it was arranged that any grievances which the engineers had to complain of should be in future sub mitted to and decided by the board. About one shall of the men resumed work on Tuesday evening. Paosevren Maw LINE OF Ramway.—The Roche:ter Gusetic says: " It is rumoured that a new lino of railway from London, and proceeding partially along the valley of Rotunda's. and close by the town of fievenoaka, and thence in a direct line to the present railway at Tunbridge, is in contemplation ; and that several opulent and extensive land owner have already made overtur. a in the proper quarter, in order to fully carry out the project. Funs:Res.—About 10,0001. wor:h of the newly issued pre ference shares, being about one-half the total amount, have been taken up by two of the iron companies whose interests identified with the line. MAKYPORT AND CARLIBLE.—At the clue of the month, this company takes the management of its own line into its own bands, independent of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick. IRELAND. llt ALIN, TUESDAY EVENING. The loss of four lives has resulted from a terrific boiler explosion which took place in the print works of Mr. Thompson, of Belfast, at the close of but week. There ar in Saunders of this morning a long appears list of landed proprietors who have made reductions in their rove, or forgiven a considerable portion of arrears. S me of them have already been mentioned: in your Irish news, and the other cases are not con spicuous ones ; but so many examples must have a most beneficial effect, and serve, with other circum stances, to promise better things for this country. In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday the new trial in the interminable will cafe of Ffrench o. Ffrench was commenced before the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury. Mr. Martin Burke, of the Shelbourn Hotel, who became so well known by his public correspondence with Lord Brougham, and the comments of that noble lord on his conduct as a juror in the trial of Mr. Duffy, was elected town councillor yesterday for the Castle Ward, in opposition to another repealer. The Tipperary Free Press publishes a I .;,ng list of house robberies ommitted in Tipperary and the neighbouring counties by parties of armed men with blackened faces. So many occurrences of the same kind would show that a very formidable band of high waymen and burglars flourish in that district, not withstanding the numerous police station. which are scattered over the country. The following account of a cue of extensive "clear ance" is given by the Western Star, a paper pub lished at Ballinasloe: MORE EVICTIONS NEAR MOVNT BELLEW.—We have received a communication, dated " Cullum?. Mount bellew, " detailing some cases of extermination in that neigh bourhood, nearly 100 families having been rendered house less at this inclement season, at the suit of Mesas. Smyth, of Portlick, Athlone. From the statement of our correspon dent, it appears that the property in question, which ad joins the celebrated village of Balltnltss, rendered unfortu nately too notorious by the " Gerrard exterminations," a few yeah since, was allowed to run in wear by a middle man, who held under the Messrs. Smyth, and although several of the unfortunate tenants bad their rents psid up, they were thrown upon the world as those who owed large arrears. The subject of spade husbandry is brought every day, in some shape, before the public eye. We hear, for instance, of deputations from one pert of the country to another, in which the system is practised, to observe how it works. Thus, a deputation from Dublin proceeded to Armagh for that purpose last week, and, it would appear, were well satisfied with the result. If this mode of agriculture had been better understood a few years ago, the calamities of the country would have been greatly alleviated. CLERICAL. ------ Panninmerr.—Rev. W. C. Bennett, to be chaplain to Lord Methuen. VACANCY.—Chaplafacy: Uppinsham Union, Rutland; &v. W. I'urdon, prom. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENTe—On Taft day afternoon the body of L. U. Shadwell, Esq., barrister at-law, and second son of Sir L. Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor, was discovered in a ditch which divides Barnes Ems Palk , the residence of his father, from an adjoining farm. The deceased occupied a sleeping apartment in a lodge, which' is about a quarter of a mile distant from the mansion occupied by the family; and he was last seen alive on Sunday night, when he lett the house about half past 9 o'clock to walk across the park to this lodge. The night was not only dark, but there was at the time an intense fog. It having been pacertained in the morning that he had been absent from his customary sleeping•place daring the night, a soariah was instituted, and on Tuesday the body was dis covered in the ditch already mentioned, is which the water was not more than two feet six inches deep, but the deposit of mud was still deeper. Dr. Willis was sent for and made an external examination of the body, which it should be stated was dressed, will the exception of the feet, which were naked. There was no trace of the shoes, but afterwards socks were found in his pockets. His trousers and other pitons; of his dress had been much torn, apparently by the brambles at the side of the ditch, which the deceased had evidently caught at to save himself if possible in his descent. A ring and othee valuable prop irty were on his person, showing that the deceased had not been the victim of robbery. The austral supposition as to the cause that led to the death is that the deceased on leaving the mansion diverged out of the right path, owing to the heavy fog, and fell into the sluice con necting the lake with the river, the tide being then up, and being a most fearless swimmer, it is presumed he swam out into the river, and then landed on the towing path, and in endeavouring to regain the park he inadvertently fell into the ditch, where it was evident his struggles had been most terrific Iv extricate himself. ~~ ~1 ‘ , ~, 1, , i il . , 'II Li k i"" i 1,1 ?):7 /. )4 dit he its iolt and sod obi' aph , ._~