The Express. — London, England, 1849-05-03 00:00:00

alliances The dingo must be pulled out of them— the game-law meat be utterly abolished. Surely the evils of gems-preservieg onght t o t felt by all dune, if anywhere, in the neighbour Cl the New Forest. The landlords and the fans% of the bell-frog pans who complain so fee the havoc wrought upon their hems sad ill* *stations and seen fields by the deer, asOt fib their own annoyance tokenn sympathy for what thel! poorer neighbours star in their little edict ggd garages by the plunder of bares, partridge'. The impossi ing bility of ecoint s t i rt si and the same district the advantages of high coltivie tioa and the amenities of an unredaimed remedy I Weiss with the besets of chase, is around the Pow Forest made experimestally clear even to the OW apprehensions of the lords of the soil. - Int the men of Ringwood then raise the w e Down with the game law at ennead for ever.' The note will be taken up sad repeated alone the valley Cll the Avec' from the sea to its sourer. It will pass late the vale of the Severn undeterred by GRAN BisiKnsT's menace of " punches on the head" to all who join in it. Its echoes will eddy round—south, east, and north—to the furthest shores of the island, and will be reverberated thence to startle by their blended loudness the drowsy inmates of St. Stephen's. Now is the time, before new and stirring events have .Sated or deadened the memory of the treat ment of MAZY ANN' Clolllllr, So long as the game laws exist,game-preserving squires and parsons: 4 a= any time seed the mother of a starving and family, with an infant at the breast, to a distant gaol, there to =neat with felons, for lifting, out of sheaf cariosity, a :Mere far game which she may have men lying in her path. GERMANY. PRU9BIA.—Wo subjoin' a translation of the is. etreetions of the King of Prussia to M. Cemphamen, Ws plenipotentiary at Prenkfort,definitively declining the psiel crown of Germany, and mentioned by Mr Berlin correspondent in his letter published yes terday. They are dated the 29th of April : When the depatatioa boa the Ogres Natiesal Assembly breyht, on the led of this etoath, the intelligens, that I. tke eieedoa of a Gomm swarm the sessahly's cedar Mika ea the Ling, his Majesty, inspessesd with the im unes of the amens for the whole Mere of Gamey, leirmatly desigeoll that he meognimed in the cell the vales of the sogreasatallme of the Ges pseple, and n oappreciate the mile el the Ode cased hi., but that he could form o Maid"' Nedatisa without previously ceaseless the sese edge pines, end free towns of Gasmay reepsedeg a step whisk tut have sash ocesequsuess for them aad their si r k asehmaity with this answer of the King, his ministers es the same day transmitted to all the German gmensmsats ea s t SS*. to eommunicate their views sad wishes ea the reiguestaill them le deals* Moldy their op/sises, est may el the dip* aimed to Ms Majesty, hat of the whole esestilatien g they dal est sensed their own spiales that the esestltuthe met be altimately sari ed sad vised beim they odd mikhi Majesty to op it. At the ems* time thst ishistme tisk elep oia = re asked Ms le Os plosigise whit It they hem Mss the tispenieg ef thli pest elks to mosselmel the einelketioa el Gesm, and whisk they are *males* *I UM, et all ems residy avowed and elbowed is. These primishe see opened la the ma uf the lied of Seetimyleit. - They an Fineded ea • emisioadons reaped kr the Ogles ef all the petionmeate, m well as of the sa lient serembly, sad cm the rested ecomietion that it is Prim slies 'malign to libeler for the estabihkmost, in a possaW sad legal mew, of the unity, Mberty, sad power of Chessey. Tres this seavisties whisk they ham never asseeled, Kenai their deelesadoes, that the isondinlisa of Gamy emit be *seined by Smile sonmat of the go- Menteente sad the national amiably ; and *air &torahs. Ma is take the iaitiative in beingleg those two parties to a night uadersuad bag. When Puede thus showed itself may to make every exertice, sad every smiles conducive to n te s cerel misstep, sad at the Nile tine espremed its sat to amid of say elevation ellerell to it, except with the free mama of the gemmaseste. it biped as the reword of ate dulaluested genies to see the eenothation establish*/ MiliMes timbre entered esefidontly en their took of klegleg oft poetise to • right underiessidbeg, expecting that the ether Make would moss equal confident)* is their ski. 01111. They asknowledp the general merits of the draft • tkomnstitution, as it was mad • first tits in the Amer )te= that ibi s e lt ali Mte t t wed re *g il t r te e s q2erb: skit moil moieties they were obliged to add that ws. psi to gamed es well as Individual intends required is. altsratione in k. Their views in this remelt are expand la the vole of the 18th of February, and are in substanest 1. That the powers attributed to the astral government require limitation, aad am authority to execute these se striated powers ought se be coofereed apon it. 2. That the sesed esisteses of aft t is :es s Mess °apt to be milled hr, and *et *sir filweldi as be hither Isendied upon *ea was le Ile miniese of *e federal state. Them mists wen set insisted upon hen mere treasitiey cionsidosellses of dr t it was abseiste necessary in the pinkie talatises memos et Germany that Ids lis lytoety's go 'animal *Mid ales* is them raise they ware prepared to risk die gemesise of the natural depnesat of Ger mas hish these mesiderations were oveflesked amid at prat Ci l l =ity of the German govessmalempsved of the aeiYeaMas M the emetitution reeemmoMM - by Prussia, Asp were limited to suds as *. iseallitrations above re di n il tfoned recommended ; some of the governments have proposed other modificatioas of a similar tendency. The governments submitted their proposed modifications to the National Amiably in the expected on that it would maturely consider them. We cannot relinquish the hops that when this has been doss it will be easy to setae to an undentaading. It was therefore possible that a constitution mull be framed by the Joint labours of the assembly led the govern ments, ander wham protecting shade all the Galan people might have made proper in civilisation and prosperity. And although a few Gomm states might have been pre vented by itself intoned relations from hemming part of the federal state, yet through the co-operation of the National Assembly with the pmemmts, • closer anion might have been organised *MUSS original more extensive mist that would have Impeded new pewees to those states which were linked in it wakes/ weeirring the general Slime. Prue& spared no se imitator between the sad the to attain this end. It wilted wit the decision of the Assembly ; it forbore from mq ifeenee over the delibentions GI that body, kirks everytidag to the patriotism and wisdom of the mem bers. 10Moteos were confirmed in this miry by the We *Mess appelostim of the Prussian people. Mok wee the pollee of his Majesty's govaisaset, Mears in the pod ilitit with which they Mimed to the dishes@ of testis sled sendlielise, when the Asemsweed the sesta readies of the emodtallea, sad elected the Ilog empires Thies possediego showed that the karma* was resdeed to mob, its memises. Tito proposal, of the Peeelen end the other gemensate was met even noticed la Is &Mbar teas :Nees the slight allusion to rhea Is the report of the committee was posed over unheeded ; sad, on the other hand, imprint provision of the first draft of the essititu- Ma were .truck out, so as to give that doesissat es salkely new shames. Finally, it wee lasised that the Idag, se elmCglisearigt implicitly Ilis te lls : rider Meths, la theseMeassemes, they could advise Ids to Mgt the sem 'deaths ems* is it had been pined by the AresaWy. Thsy bold* as their conscience sad hate dishes/ ps pit' they were call to lime was pea aes ef The esedesseq, sad of good ed faith. Mrjesty eseM tool for a met * desk that by this path also was the pre meads. of Goveray and Peoria, of - himself sad hi Mese, attainable. In this pill, therefore, the kin's sensor to the ed their deputation to abide. *, and the minkterial circular of , same date, Mew feselatioa It is ender the some impreseicas that his Majesty, after sessiviag the memos of the gwewnmeau of the oeMedera lies to the miaisteril sad after the mastitution lie boon deliberately maimed by his new gives ▪ lea mower to the imbeds. of the Mem* le Pees himself at the bed of Illesrow. The ewers of the gemenewate shirr hew Ovine are their oplaioas on the min pine at bees, and hew little hope *ere is of bdit *ma te aa spooment While MOW Oases with • oses ble ismer Mieb is most petite , * wish his Meet to seep the impel* mown, emw em i ap they see pest dense he Gensesse in the mo ped to ',plat • lese~Y em/err, and swim a deter deation sot most pewees.'to reseples my mince es tisk mereign. TM i Gams gesenments rotate Se adopt the esnolitation la he h i s hem. Oa the sem pest ember of Geniis anti has mitred et the ineshisha limit, la os. t itis teriat4 ,tban te weis amer inia eawd r a leisthe Ta to *o p = Mee lestheateil le impedel sidedshy *dr reelleses to mop moseviag • Spit 19 Imps* it by tame isgblMhe insfemisfe. Ia tildes fhts step they ap pm to upset *et the reme%igovemisseles f ases r ee t_ sa mlal their onomple 4m weeld ein Se the se ham est jestilled. u c l a ilia bses sanonketi bi =dist the emesitsties was m ewling skied is the sued , sod la r maser sold* weihood It impedhle air his M. 9 tto *eke is mopK Ifieskitess have Me* this to the Pemba Mobs* The poodelime le AM dish of the oinelleilim whisk meseseeed lie Mktg jeseem. met to istsrhes la the Mond salsa of Madded Miss to en eftst ant reader* mil gememene MgiseiMeo have est bees palled. The Imams** priaidpiss meet shod by the emilitelles, ssmm., bknisay nspesM» qmolise able, that it mend weall*elie to IMP this as Wens been a.s =L a b slabs te Ibis lb* masks Mlle Mir Mailer to the imperial wilniney, k imposible to sues impala antiliseitp withcrab said here eta with the Mesabi, ; sad, et the num time, the mehateg only • seopsnsive veto en the belated head of the mph*, eta 1110 regard le eeestimdeeil sheejillo & Pri m him of the power of men Ma Ibe amessieldripey Of for the geeing mei. De ~if leas to the Germans, is thseatesed by this potties, and the whale ammonasien reeeives the moues of a mete ad Jamie Mean el imeseamest intended to pan the ws to • 3:ndegilig sash a easstitatias his Matesty's geresintsat iwaGionted their principiss, mad given a death-blew le Am emanative atom% in the Panel= mid Gesso '*l overlook these objediens wader he of ekes% 1111111 Ne would have beim weemlllable, use ha ewe .beet le clay the bandatiems of a pisksamt emalastien for Nis ley, therefore, soma etessel firm Moot that re eeaar%e.e are a-weatig which would mama his se NOV _lllebePwla seem ; klieg Om seams eralisn dim mos he ewes to Genatimy end se Ns am had. he deism% feel that kis cousassee weak allow his Is NI upsa his people to make tb• ineriliess that maid be to sop aweshim la his now peaks ; and he, with the m elf ids slaloms, ha meshed te halm meigthe the impala acuity la sensed= whit the einetkalea tested ea Plead/set The Was is eat letimidamd by the were shelles shoean& week Imet haws apes Ida Gerwrig sop the ef hes a aphit la de even masaplass, h wa waft sail hmear—sesh • merit= hula aat bark ear klbsrlaed. aM Idejesty, thiesises, upsets set lb. ?fe dora Amiably, and the a 5,... amiss we 'predate the sentiment whisk hie dictated his deal NNW. As the king was the first to art his auk ease ia the regswesellies of die will be the ha te ef souks to that peat Phil Meta ess, withdrew kilt from he Mob. will um levees kelt with Area amp te the OIL ='s goverwmest began by utieg reuldb views end wishes, wed , them& th eft same hnee Lam% bees hates, hey alb mums% to hem As Ira heisted la the wets et Jimmy 23 Ikea he meat a a Haan emperor wee set %disposal= establishment of a isemprolunsive wash, w• mama lkili/wr that his Mejesey's doclusiag to amp he ales ees laslrift the MIN el We bane, es the army. thet IS will promo ft. If the Narked Aissishly mesa us Vat sea& meats et sally %Mirk k its purer to se mikes. tion to he hissiam a the essaltstion as w render ek = ratios with he ammunlitpleqh. red lama by mar tilii adep • rued MSMMsfir That it most be pomade to mum as ersideraties et the eanstiestioe, with a vim to .edify it, erase bet be hare to the Assembly, if its umbels will only evilest that the AM ph ean only be saimeed by means of a wet cc a mhos—a method to what the Assembly is, doubt I leer, u amine r any German pines ma be. In sommaisating to you this Anal steshaien of his me , jesty, I hate to request you, in the sem et the abinst, to transmit a espy of this despatch to the interim antral "thoeity, sad thrivegh it to the Nedra Amembly. (Bawd) Ow vim BalaDillßlllo. COLOGI§I4; MAY I.—The Burgherverein of this eity held an extraordinary sitting yesterday, in which the hlbrwing declaration was adopted almost unani mously i She nwedhaverele heiress that the Premiss mishoy Ye set 4114 &MR boil bewails of earryieg mura rendes se a harpy terminates. bat hoe evert iwyeerd theO the edam eepeemd by the Poneden sates; that a solstice eau only be lbead to the innealsis eserytation of the ceeetite. the lOW by the Naked mouatiy, NA et the dignity of Wet oldie empire handed lopes that ememitation. The Durgheivesekt then decided that this resolution shield be oommenicated to the eonneil, and engage them to tend a deputation to the King, and inviting them to call upon all the communal councils of Prussia to meat in a general congress at Cologne. Acting use this advice, the communal comical of Cologne his addremed the following invitation to all the am asses et the Rhenish provisos : Gurar i a Oa impotent politiod psalm of has 11%- 415.14 the eimmaaal semi le aside upon general esewieet of an the amm ao' mends AO : zg::=t * la be wpm et - eiemsig die melt their a anima Mims le the Meg. liaterday, id Ugh at 9 Ale& in the merideg, the deputise of use mime cemented mum& leveled with fell semen are re gnawed Sr meet la the ball at Cologne. BELGIUM—By/sem, MAT I.—Mrs. Clavier, wile et the esisbrated ',swat of that name, has jut died, is her 87th rits, at the Judi■ ties Pleats.. THE COURT. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held s levee yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prates Albert arrived frogs Buckingham Palace Kneaded by the royal suite, and owe moived by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, end the Masher of the Horse. The royal suite oassieted of the Deism of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes ; the Mew Menem of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Reel of Maley, Led k Wang ; Capt. Hon. J. Denman, Groom is WA fag I Rama Wamm, Byway la Walti i Mewers. Forbes awl Onrilea Nos 1 / 1 1 KMOIIT in Wai • the Mara& ef Akesemea Sam aea fade to Prins, Albert ; Vienna Mien, Lord Is Woking; Boat.-Cole the Hon. Charles B. Phipps, Private Seeretary ; Capt. Francis Seymour Gram Is Waiting ; and Col. Hottentot, Equerry la Wait ing to his Royal Highness. Sir Edmund Lyons. her Majesty's Minister Plenipoten tiary at the Swim Ccafaeration, had an endings of her Ma jaay, in the royal closet, and was presented to the Queen on his arrival from Athens, by Visoount Palmerston, her Ma jesty's principal Secretary agate for Foreign Affairs. Prince Ernest and Prince William of Hesse Philippighal attended the levee. The Queen and Prince Albert, KOMl ponied by their Sum Highnesses, and attended by the royal suite, pared inom the Royal Clow; into the Throne Room. Her Majesty's min wee econmed af Nottinghamshire lass over blue satin , trimmed with bows of blue satin ribbon. Taspettiom wia of Nottinghamshire Me over white satin, with bows at blue satin ribbon to correspond. Her Modesty's had -dress consisted of diamonds. The Foreign Ambamsdate and Masan were introduced, when the following palm= had the honour of being pre soaked to her Majesty and Prince Albert is the diplomatic By the Brazilian Minister, Li Chevalier J. M. de Souza Lisboa, son to the Master, and Attaché to the Legation. By the Swedish Minister, Le Cora de Rosen, Aide-de =elaral and Chambellas saran de 8.111. le Raids de Norvice. The diplomatic circle was attended by Mehreed Pasha, Ottoman Ambassador ; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian alinider ; Vbseat de Mowers*, Portognies Minister, and Bona de )1411MMVO, Attalla to the L•gaties ; Bann de liminew, Russian Minister ; Count de Kteimosiorw, limawaria Miaow; Chenlier Bunsen, Praia Made ,r • le Oen- Madill/ Marques Lisboa, Brazilian MislaYa g _ Gongs Banana, American Minister, sad Mr. inn of Legation; Count Bchimnielpennintk s a l 1 1:1111= Misister, and Baron de Stations, Comilla of Lqadoia Bonn de Rehausen, Swedish Minister ; Mr. J. J. de Casa, Peruvian Minister, and Ma or M esabi to the Legation ; Sear Molina, Costa Elsa Midair ; Marquis de Sall, Sardinian Minister; Le Comes Coaeredo, Austrian Minister . Colonel Baron Oates, arm aria Service; Viscount Palmersans, G.C.8., ha Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affair; and Coking the Bob. Sir Edward Can, H.C.H., her Majesty's KWIC a the Ceememise. The g al Melo was afterward' introduced. Sir Robert H. Inglis plameed a petition to the Queen from her Ms- IMO loyal and &What subjects in British Guiana, paying ke menne alpha the Brazilian and Spanish slave trade, rod for relief I. her Majesty's colonies. Mr. Henry Charles flarklitoyal Walsall*/ Militia) promoted a copy of his work, sealed " China ad the Chinese." The general circle was alluded by the Lord Privy Seal, MS First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State Re the Home Departmeat, the Secretary of State for lite Wails, the President of the Board of Control Ream Affairs of bridal, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan aller, the Captain of tie Hoes Corps of Gentlemen at Ain% Vienne Cambiums, Gold Sao* in Waiting; the Telco we of the Household, the Vies-Chamberlain, the d die Household, the ametary at War Mr. : 11 . 1 7 1 2 1 : 1 7n, Keeper of her Mid 's Privy Pam; Sk lialdisky Write, Lieutenant of her 'it Hosoureble Nita al Gentlemen at Arms; the Qaertenseeterammel M the Penes ; Mr. Colahean, Agent end Consul-OmM dm the Hesse Tcerne • lb. Agway-Gomel to the Queen Danger ; Mr. D. Hirmar, Standard Bearer of the H Owls of Gentlessen at Arms ; Mr. Hate, Snout SorPoo to the Qua ; Rev. Even Replan. Chaplaie In It Waiting; Mr. Albert William Woods (Lissameer Gentleman Ushe r of tie Order of the B ak; Parlar,llllver Stick in Waiting; Sir W. C. Roes,ILL. lIIIBiaMM Pantie to th• Queen; Mr. Robert A. Ha a r . Sardinia Vice Consul ; Mr. Koch, bet Maj.,ty's ComeThT Frankhotj Colonels H. Bettina, Priam, aad Clark Row sedy, A.D.C. to tie Quest ; Captain Provo Wallis, R.N., Aide ite•Cleap to the Qom •, Captain Curling, Adjutant to the RM. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Sir Seymour Sadler, Ras is Waiting ; Captain Main, Ran of the Yeomen Goad ; Sir Benjamin Smith. C. 11. ,• Caplets Courting Boyle, R.N., Groom of the Privy Climber a Waiting; Ilk John Straka, Bart, Gentleman Usher in Waling le the Qua ; Mr. Ward Hobhouse. Gentlemen llsbera Waking area bee lielesty • Caplets G. C. Bloke, R.N., fiestlemon Wag to Ida kayak Wale Pth" Albeit in Wades ; Ceismel Sir John M yea Wilma, C. 8., ClentimalJaber to the Privy Chamber 011ie Ones& Adelaide. Her Majesty and Prime Albert returned to Bak ham Palace after the Levee. Ornte Comic um.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured tee performs:tee with their prawn°, last evening. The royal suite eom_priesel dullest:Monis of Douro, the Has. Miss Part, the Earl of Morley, Gen. Wemyss, and Col. Darden. Her Royal Hiram the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Augusts Brace, Lord .7. Murray, sad Sir G. Court, also honoured die theatre with her preens. • THS VACANCY AT THS ADMIRALTY.—The Dnahion • thirdlutisys:—" Notwithstanding the annerou sw r poei dee stalsneute which have been made ea this subject, we yew, lbws an unquestionable essres, that the idea et sue ' te the vacant post has near §X ass isomat boon by the respected tanaber Air Chieftain:, Mr. ' I. A. Smith. Tux Canna PINK was visited on Saturday last by the Primus. AMMO sad Miss, Habsaiehe Schilling.- • Awn, the Grantees Srbant .liebolabseg, sad the Priam et • Zees Philippthil. These relatives et the Gana Dowager THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1849. arrived at the ramose to the vessel if **Bast ludic. Docks, Shawl% to two royal carriages and four, with outriders, and expressed ilea usher marl delighted with the novelty and latuest of the exhibition. BRITISH ANTI - STATE CHURCH ABBOCiATION. The =had public mss of the above easoeistios was held as het evening, at llasl.ry Chapel. Meoelleide. whisk was vary much crowded ea the earden. Dr. THOMAS MUCH hubs be.. mail le the Asir spend the proceedings with • stsiseemat at the .l' l the why sad its progress dulag the poet yeir r , li t e ea plemmisabrilsatton at mammoths sash a very 1111111NOINS sad stated that the 1111111019 a the essesisties. that that balit wadi be le Ace laet these aim were sexism le lake pert la Ibir_pesessdings, bad applied fa the diresmes it Baskt Zall he permismisa te held their mesa. the the ism et that bandies spa payees.% et the heel bat they bad meshed a rate from the smeelmy E g gns r, iahmaleg dams *KUM direstees io dised le mode to the reque. The preheat anew ret s tips wes_± ..... ts satearivez k eesh to st e ow; h r o bst the CliPbes Ibeir mimes was hem& sad bos Wilma steetamaa maid as Isere ant with dimmest the =tateeleised by thew He was km te iallimm at the ellietioa of Om samaistioa wee mem beilhdal, sad *mese than, t hey it bad hale at say ruins st leumbleam. It wee and at len by their sad see die oat, and that *l. sad ot •hwet he mem atessmtis originators would mead half la spsedmi; brat usay dans were then prises; ahem a year i ad a ashes maim be declare the& they mem s mem it tem* an Issailehm, red they we le puma% th lhat to a sweemshi base the eitest width disy erste asedily keeping in view. The ha. demental gebelple et the emaciation wee that all lesidalima by snake sevaaments In allikedrelklis was sa mammd• mat ea tie right* if messiest media ampatisa albs tibiae satimmity, sad that Ibe applisedsa et the esesassee it the state to the maiummues ef al! imet_l4llo.lll IMO, or histradlea wee .awed is MON as aide& sad opposed m the weed it Gad r. ..lC . emesiatica ►wee es seatlally a embelis ene—emlneeing every ha/ideal. 'tab ever .ighe be his need, wino la beam Gad reel was se the eseaszima adman hawses shwa mad state. Th* iessme starlag the pest year eiseeded by 6001. the Masi hs. mem onsetyyesasrrnotwithileading that tkeseweethmalembeial same large dsaatiea. received at the seemed _• Ger Ilmsaes, whisk had been beld before the slatameat et the eseemests he the year was published. During the yew! esemliss bed be.. visited by deputstions, sad 90 towns la Sum mantis& had requaded se the appals .Me to them. I will ea enthusiasm nehmen la the sods sages of the Warm it the eel ts.y auntie. Their enema Mead, Mt. Seha Kiwi* bud gee engaged la defilmfas a seems et Mimes la various parts el the kingdom. et the peheiples of the amosiatioa, and the sallelime 9 eimlZ I , repent was that w whole meatry was premed Is eispemi to the mil ads ea tlar to joie the mevemsee. The mesaet the Dams bed Was Ana whin= the perpses et irks Ilielr ewe% sad the aseasimlisa bad deummi it Tighe, mit only le madah sad din:lsla eh Seas he that gawk bee Onew# the instrumentally ef I Mt. Imesierea ja th ia t ai memisss he Westminster, they had H misilli N ea • divisios In the home cc awl the result was that 28 voted in favour of He. 's melba, sad 60 whet it. He regretted the Mai mbldi the mea who were at present entrusted with peeper, were amensted towards the greet body of die semen la this century, fee to that body it mast be admitted the mom& ant stamina of liberal principles were due. The grainkl rush of the whtparty to power those who had so oftea 4111114114 them triesaphan to. pow wee contempt sad essatinely. Bat they wo carry them no more. They had learned a lesson sad would prcdt by it. sad ter the .ten the party to which dimmers would Attu* them selves and lend heir sosimasos should be the party of the "Ire' first resolution wee moved by the Rev. W. Blom, seconded by Mr. R. Nonni', of Bristol, and carried natant measly. It was dee of the satisfaction with which the continued success attea the lams of the association inspired the meeting. Oa the motion of the Rev. J. Bunten?, seconded by the Rev. T. firzwcza, of Bath, it was resolved that in the oc currence of recent events in the established church, in the revival of intolerant laws and the unwarranted but oessiment exercise of oppressive powers—lathe extare by churchmen themselves of the emupting and enfeeb influence of state cennezien—sad espe sally in the secession of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel and the Rev. John Dodson, expressly on the principle embodied in the sesociation, the meeting band ground for the belief that the period was approaching when churchmen would be constrained to unite with dissenters in demanding a separation of church and state. A resolution was also adopted in which the intention of the executive committee to promote the presentation of pe titions to parliament was noticed approvingly, and a hope express( d that, in the event of a general election, efforts would be made to procure the return of men pledged to the decided advossey of anti-state thumb principles in the house. The meeting then separated. GENERAL DOMESTIC SERVANTS' BENEVO- LENT INSTITUTION. Yesterday the third annual meeting of this institu tion took place at the 1111110,4T1plire Ratan, Lord flennote in the chair. The report for the put year stated that the institution had succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations, aced its merits had received the high patronage of the Queen and Prince Albert, who had solemibed most liberally to the funds. It also appeared that three thousand servants hed enrolled their names as members, and the committee had been enabled to invest a permanent fund of 3,0001. in Three per Cant. Consols. The Seined statement showed that the receipts for the per year (added to a sum of 1661. Is. 11d. in the hands of the treasurer) amounted to 1,3201. es. Id., which, after deducting the amount of expenditure and investments, left a balance of 1281. 18e. 14. The Bishop of NORWICH addressed the meeting is support of one of the subjoined resolutions and stated that at the lost assemblage there were o nly 100 per present, whereas upon this auspicious occasion the number amounted upon a rough calculation whisk he had made to as many is 800. He was glad to find that out of the 3,0001. subscribed to the funds of the institution, 8001. bed come from the domestic servants themselves. This argued greatly in favour of that class of people, and it was gratifying to think that as a body they were exerting themselves so much for their welfare. He would, however, call upon the higher m.that large class of persons who firmed the masters and mistresses—to i lend their aid towardsthe maintenance of this excellent insti tution. It was well known that good masters made good servants; and he hoped that the noble example which had already been set by essay of the aristocracy would be speedily followed by every person of rank and distinction. Lard LILFORD exposes& similar sentiments, and said he bad very great Masse in seeing the progress that the institutioa was maim. He was happy to state that amongst his own servants there were two *hose families had bees in Masonic*, or that of his ancestors, for 130 years. The Earl of ASUNDIL and Squat, the Rev. H. HOWARTH ' Sir 3. Y. Human, sad other noblemen sad gentlemen (including the Camilla:o, addressed the met ing, and the (*Bowleg resolutions were passed : " That the period having arrived for acts en the third rule of the society, this meeting receive with groat satisfac tion the announcement that the committee are shout to pro ceed to the Stet election of samitaate, and to the affording of temporary relief to distressed members of the society.' " That this meeting do acknowledge with especial grati tude the great honour cosfarred upon this society by the pa tronage of her Most Modem Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Princes Albert, and ether royal and distin guished personages, and are stimulated thereby to persevere In carrying out folly and effectually the benevolent objects for wheels the society had been estaMished." Some routine basins., having been gone through, and thanks having bees voted to the chairman, the meeting ELECTRO MAGNETISM[ AS A MOTIVE POWER. The following is the report of the Select Com mittee of the United States senate, presented by Mr. Ben ton, on the applisasisa of Dr. Page, for aid in testing his new invades la shone magnetism. Yr. Benton, from the select menden of the ornate, to which was referred the memorial of Preham Pogo, made the following report " That the seemerialin represente that he has discovered a ATTEMPTED RENEWAL OF THE CHARTIST mode of applying duore imarbetic power f or the purpose of AGITATION. usvi sal lessmnion sad se a general substitute for Lest night a meeting of the Chartist body was held the gloens esteem ; that he has been engaged in at the British Belson-room, Cowper-streak City-read, forth. the inves'igacis - dthls subject for mere than twelve yens, purpose of adopting a petition to parlismentin support of the at great exposes mad esentoe ; that he is sow able to demon people's charter. Is was earned that Mr. G. Thompson strata the availability of the sleet magnetic power, as a would have presided. bat I. kis absence the chair was taken mechanical agent, upon a mole of magnitude COSIZIOSIIIISUI by Mr. Wm. Davin, a weeffeing man. with his limited means ; that mans larger than his owe Mr. DAVIS, ea *sift the din:, said that whilst the hon. would be assemary to test the availability of the power in its make he the Tower Mandeb wee ready enough to attend application to the gnat of useful emigatisa and meelings tra all other MOON he had generally some prior lo:onetime ; that he dames Yes Invention worthy of national logegronsat when asked to preside at a meeting of waling encouragement, epos the lone plod* that encouragement moo. (Hear, hear,) was extended by naves to Pretense Morse for telegraph- Mr. J. HARNRimpoeser the first resolution—" That Lag by siselreaspothill ; and he prays that a onset coa ti* memetieg bMI *stint pond& and social condi- w i t neyt u nsiated to matins his briontienr and to coed die pimple thoserealms clearly Indicates thenecemity witness Ms eats, and that an appropriation may be of a thong& sadkelesibma la the Comatose Hones of par- made to ma • him to apply his invention on a large llama —that mask Wiest to be useful, and embracing the and nodal ann. In pursuant. of their appointment, intent of the whole pm* of Great Britain and Ireland, the committee attended the lectures meow in course should be foam's' an Ihe well known priaciples of universal of delivery in this city by Professor Page, on saber, annual patilments, vote by ballot, equal electoral electroluaantins, and win:seed his experiments in ii=aeroperty qualification, and the member to be the application of that power as a mechanical agent, and are he their services." The speaker said that the addled that his past success, wish his limited means, grid holly of the people of this country were jullilles the expectation of farther sumo from 'alerted aims politically and socially. Tbeppoii 9 0000 0001. of rates lamas. The power was exhibited (among other ways) ia saltness of various kinds,—end all fir trW ?to pay for the sagmmsica of a mans of iron of 60 ponads, without viol *. to watch them, policemen to ended them, soldiers to tie suppsekaad la the capacity of the g reet electro magnet sabre them, law Oficial. to storm dam to death— to sauna all the weight that amid be crowded upon believed it, oon (sheen , wens Mao ell, rem' to delude thou. slating of meson of fees and several persons, and (Cheers.) capable et valeireing a weight of 10,000 pounds. Its apply. Mr. T. CLARK wooded the remintlen. cation was Immo la the propulsion of miniature engines, Mr. F. O'CONNOR, Y.P., next addressed the meeting. and in driving an eagles of maiderable power by which He said he much imp/erred the ~Oen of the present Muds are planed with ma and smoothens. That the meeting to that of the present Remo ofCemmens. whisk he power is great and an be applied to the meld purposes of had no hesitation in laying was the worst padiaossat be had smigatisa and heessokien, the committee see no reason ever known. He had no hope firths presereadea of the peace to doubt. The enquiry whisk reels upon their mind is as to Made gantry, exempla theelitabliiitof tbe el: pilafs tithe the mat of the prediesdea of this power, and whether it charter. Beer inn the &hem Rill paled a readisaary cos iM re at a rate to justify its com mo n me as • me- S' had been passed ly Me gene met ti this ematry. Malan a gent. On this pile esperioase ma be the only bad indeed Am trade ; they wan promised cheep safe guide, end thee he expmelman is hommilin Dr. Pats wibi pigmy to Is. Row did a t bie tree trade ? Weems the ammillee that be Ms susseisi is beady ri (One or two voices " Not at all.") W eelif, there was a reee- desist* ant of prophecies. ma ammo. to be able Mining Urinary meet a cterdey. He wee that the mares it within the limits of an nessmisal Dower, es a p i en esp a r ß e t e r a s e il they were y was only " pro to the devil," sa the saving of life, es welLeo mammy, shall be Mr. Disraeli raft in the Rome if Nis He did not amen the Wes et eme—' . 'sky bete one of the great resist free trade, or anything that Maid to But otthill it lds lirimiss. _Ups the examinatios of the he never deluded them, sad would saw t= l l PIM °a it~la it rliallOr _l*" lavollllow• the telling them that they would find their is sessior. dim it ma Win el na tional istenet, that its but the people's charter. (Hear., So ids God be weld mike abil4 be famoitialg word; and the sem of twenty not give m a vote egoism We minim if they were to offer tamed tepee beisrimemed by Mgt as ea hen is the he that w hin the whole English Exebequer. (Hear, hese.) Mr. peek thy tesenneesad es meneshigly, sad al He was to bring forward kis quadruped next week. direst their Meknes to peeper (Laughter.) Mr. & Crawtsrd, err ist the haswlmat nen in Apropriatien BM" The report was ordered to be ptinted. the keen, p.m swim si an assendsent In tavost of men hood rialefp. (awn.) Now he maid meths that. because M ad.tie glsis tree trod' party west& flosthwith errpst sad W. " awe is the old devil opals." The isessuable gentians essehsted by moving s resoistion to the afoot thee des weals' ohms hasher ban bentotors seed as teak ti aide' pothke fa the seethe, ef ergowto champ' nadir • maid spasm of treaddes, this swedes pledgee itself thet they meth set &besets wsy stessure short ef file people% thetter, but veslid *ad firmltogether se • digalth mei weals ohm thethetheg for t he natural 11 0 01 et may ash their itheratios hemlines's/al sad do. I swathe et:thimbles with ask ether. Beth the ressistiess woes pet sad Ganda seasheowly. Mr. OTONNOI sewed s esssistice oapresdre et the an g=d stlis modes at the rthareft loath of Yr. 5 1 711. P., eel of their ramrod aosfdaae is his. The rethistioe was serried with scassestios. =ld= fat is faer of the charters we tes w adopted, awl the separated. FIRE AND DISASTROUS LOSS OF LIFE. Last night. about 10 o'clock, a Are broke out at No. 67, King Williansoitreet, in the joint occupation of Mr. Devereaux, a bat niannfacturer, and Mr. Dewey, a tailor. Mr.. Devereaux mad four of her 'children were is the house. Two 011ie mfortanate Mantle have ben taken oat of the ruins, add others so dreadfally Mimed that they were taken to ospital without my &moo et money. It appears that the atteatioa of Beqmeat Martin, of the City police, wee drawn to an mama glare of light throadk the fan-light over the shop-deer, and, with oat a saameat's delay, Its raised an alarm, and sent for the napes and maims. Daring the tha k :arl ie lheir =lra, the egos, exerted himself in et street door fat the mumps of arousing the imam. Whilst so employed two females and Mrs. sad ono of her daughters aide their ' art= bog front window bewailing is a W ai f= toes their impend in g fats. The sergeant told them to remain fir • matte a two for the snivel of the Are reap. The elder heals however threw herself cat and fell m a % gsm her Mod on the flasteses ia frost of ha blood amnia; from the INGE& isdkiatod by th t e h fall. Hahn stif bloat time had doped is name the poor Wham her daughter Wowed. mad Mfftbg is her desamt the Lades guar mer the dear she brekelmw thigh, and was instance mat fesrfally Ward. the was kirthwitk ssagemi to Mr. main in Gesosanzelietrest, whim miry thing wisdom he he r the mune of her ease weal penult of, bat is each app state was the unfortunate sufferer that she was obli be taken to the hospital, where she manias without any home of respray. The OM pa of the Royal Society, sailer the direction of Mr. y, the inspector, were on the spot is las than five salaam after the alarm wee given, bat milartenately not in time to be of the least maistasos, except fa the firemen, who conveyed the hoes of their maims up these. The alines of the Lerida. brigade arrived early, an there Wag an abundant supply a water, the whole of the amities were galled into operation; but in spite of the vest torrents 1 of water scattered over the flames they continued to mount wet fearfully, and it was not miff nearly 12 o'clock that the llama read get them subdued, and not until they had broken through the roof and were aseencting so high into the air as to illuminate the whole of the City At the same time the lightning flashed mat vividly, and the thunder roared so loudly that the people in the inumdiate vicinity imagiaird that the noise was earned by some terrible explosioas. Daring the time that the fire was burning me of Mr. Demesnes children made her appeasece at a lower win dow, and having broken the glass the child succeeded in Mein her way partially through the aperture, when some one Hiding in Mr. Hill's hove, neat door with the aid of the polies managed to draw the poor ereato:re through, bat in so daarg the flesh was horribly eat on her legs and other para of the body. Elko was removed to the nearest surpea's. Then amasat milkiest time had elapsed for the ruins to Memo odd, the firemen and mem-men entered for the le Wads; for the maks miring. Upon entering third int, _a tearful piston presented itself. Near the window the blademed remolasof a the young women appa Nally about 1$ ofese was perceived ; and near her was the body of a iMM abed sins or tan years old, also fearfully band. The leas were pissed la blankets, and having been lowered, they wore placed In shells and conveyed to the deadhenes, when they will remain until viewed by a ceroner'sjary. How the disaster occurred cannot at present be amounted for. The premises were closed between 8 and 9 o'clock when everything seemed perfectly safe. Since the above was written the police, who have been to the hospital to inquire after the state of the sufferers, report that Mn. Devereaux has died from the effects of the in- juries she rewind. Her husband was at the time of the outbreak at Windsor on hulas... It is therefore impossible to tell whither or not the premien were insured. Not the least blame can be attributable to the &toes:ape men, for they were ou the spot before any engine, and there is no doubt if Mrs. Devereaux and her daughter had re mained at the window a moment longer, neither party would have received the legit *jury. FINANCIAL REFORM. MEETING AT GLOUCESTER. A numerous meeting wee held in the Shirehall, on Monday • vetting, celled by the Mayor of Gloucester, on a requisition from a body . of inhabitants, to wander the lams of promoting economy In the national expenditure. Mr. S. ROWLEY, one of the Society of Friends, being called to the chair, Mr. PRENTICE addressed the meeting at coneiderable length, contending that, in almost every branch of the public service, at heat cue-third of the money expended was given without any equivalent, and wore than thrown away, as the expenditure wee generally productive of mischief. He dwelt particularly upon the expenses of our colonies, incurred ander the pretence of profitable trading, which he showed to be not only carried on at so profit, but at an ina. mouse loss. He referred to the tracts published by the Liverpool Financial Reform Association, which contained a mass of lien not to be controverted, and proved that savings might be effected to the amount of eight or nine million per annum, without the discharge of a single effective man in either the army or navy ; and he stoked if after that proof any one could accuse Mr. Cobden dunking a rash assertion when ha said we could go safely back to the expenditure of 1836 ? He told the meeting that the distressed agriculturists would probably soon meet in that hall, to ask their sym pathise, and he hoped they would be told that the only means of obtaining relief was to join in demanding a reduc tion of taxes to twice the annual amount of tithee. He hoped that they would he told that the only protection the men of Gloucester would join them in demanding, was protection frera the unnecessary exactions of the tax-gatherer. Mr. PRICE proposed a resolution declaratory of the heavy burtbeas of taxation, and calling for a reduction to the standard of 1835. He sai d no one need have any hesita tion in joining the movement for financial reform, for al thea. b some night sot be disposed to go the lengths re commended by Mr. Osbden, no one could deny that the ex penditure wee eseemouly beyond what was necessary to the public genies. The modes was lecended by Mr. T. Srynos, ( brother to Jo Surge of Birmingham) in a speech which was loudly ap Th plasdal. e resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN spoke in condemnation of war u a means of settling disputes between nations, and in conclusion said, that the names of a number of inhabitants had been obtained to form a financial reform samiation, and he expected that the list would soon be ooropleted, Thanks were then voted to Mr. Howley, as chairman, and to the mayor for allowing the use of th e hall. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY., THE DIRECTORS AND THE Cum._ INVESTIGATION. The following is the reply to the report of the com mittee of investigation by the board of directors. An unusual press of matter precluded ear publishing it yesterday. It is entitled " Observations of the Di rectors of the Eastern Conntim Railway Company upon the Report of the Committee of Investigation." 'rho directors have carefully iconsidered the report of the committee of investigatiou, and would be wasting in their duty to the shareholden were they to delay for a ids& day making known to them the sentintenie they entertain with regard to its chief recommendations. They have no wish to 'intonate their trended in respect to those matten where blame can be plead upon the board as a body, while they regret that they did act earlier oppose the influence which led to erroneous measures. The facts are be fore the proprietors, who can form their own opinion. They will bear in mind, however, the circumstances under whi ch Mr. Hudson was Invited by the shareholders to take the un controlled direction of the undertaking, the expectations he held out of great increase of revenue from the opening of the Byston and Peterborough line, which lave not been realised ; and that, whenever Mr. Hudson was thwarted in his views, he threatened to leave the direction of the com pany, and it was considered that it would not be agreeable to the proprietors that he should do so. Therefore ha wishes were concurred in and carried out by the board. That various sums. which ought to have been charged to revenue, have been carried to capital, now unquestionably appears ; but at the same time it is undeniable, that to state the sin mats charged to capital, as improperly so charged, at 320,5721. is a great eassmeration. It is true for instance, that sums to the extent of 84 , 0001 . and upwards, forming portion of the 320,6721., bays been charged by the directors to capital instead of revenue, as the tittereat of unproductive capital. But whether this be right or wrong, it has been a practice pursued by all other railway eampeeiss ; it is defensible upon substantial grounds, sad the shareholders have them selves been parties sanctioning the charms. Many other sums also, forming an aggregate of upwards ef 100,0001. also form ing poetise of the 320, 6721., and chiefly esenected with the rolling stock, have been treated during the last three yeses es chargeable to capital which they properly were. Throe sums the committee of inustigatioe seek to brim hack spinet . the past revenue, whereas the true complaint on their part should, in the opinion of the digesters, have been that no depreciation fund had, during this period, been formed Gut of the revenue. As to this plat, the directors have to remind the shareholders that, be fore Mr. Hudson joined the boast, the principle of s depreciation hind had been established, at the credit of which stood the sum of 8,3451., and it was the intention that • half-yearly addition should be made to this sum; but Mr. Hudson disapproved of the principle ; the matter was dimmed at the general meeting of - February, 1846; and the shareholders having then adopted Mr. Hudson's view of the subject, all further additions to the fund were abasiesed and the existing reserve of 6,3451. was, in the following US year, mail use of, 'on the face of the printed acertart In e, ' assisting to pay the dividend. The matter was, learner, forted upon the eoneideration of dui board when they had to Prepare a financial statement of the company, in November Jut, and they considered that they ought not to avoid men tioning the question of the depredation fund, sad they brought it forward contrary to the wishes of the thee chair man. The 1 e used on this subject, in the financial statement, is as fo : It is impossible not to foresee, that, at intervals in a series of years, the net revenue will be called upon to contribute more than ordinary gams for the replan-meat of the perish able portions of the permanent way and working stock. The only practicable method of dealing with this contingency is the creation of a depreciation fund, if the proprietors think fit ; or to leave the shareholders of the cloy, when the extra , outlays are made, to bear them." There is not even yet any positive experience as to the n extent dutch reserve, but suing upon the wind , pie laid wn in the financial statement, the board did, in their report of February last, propose to lay aside a sum of 140001., as the nucleus for a depreciation fund. !the directors, having thus stated their views upon some of the charges made in the report of the committee, will abstain from comment en any questions touching individual eondact. Them will be best dealt with at the public meet ing ; when snob personal explanations as may be required willbe given. In reference to an expenditure, however, of 7,6061., which is referred to in the committee's report, the directors think it right to say that it was made to bring about , important benefits for the company, by assisting a committee in April, 1846, called the Sire-lane committee, formed for the purpose of carrying out the scheme of analgamatka with the Eastern Counties and London and York in , tenets, which bad been proposed by Mr. Hudson at the meeting is 1846, and which had been received with each unbounded satisfaction by the shareholders; and of that committee Mr. William Cash was • member. Had the objects of that committee succeeded, an enormous amount of expenditure, parliamentary and otherwise, would have been saved ; and that these obj ects were legitimate and prop ' are sufficiently established by the feat that a gentleman of such respe ctability acted upon the committee. The d irectors deem it unnecessary to trouble the share holders with remarks upon some of the matters in the report, which have obviously been constantly before the board. They have always been anxious toeless the capital account at I the earliest possible period, andto introduce every practicable economy in the working . of the railway. They have also not been insensible to the importance of reducing the legal expenses, and stepping all expenditure not absolutely neeemery. Referring also to the capital and liabilities of the Com pany, the directors, with confidence, appeal to the &lucid statement issued on 21st November, 1848, as giving a de scription of these, to accurate that it cannot be refuted, although there are passages in the committee's report which appear to differ from the results of that statement. The careful consideration by the committee of the question of amalgamation with the Norfolk Company having led to the conclusion that it should be carried out, the directors abstain from further notice of that subject. In reference to the vital question of dividend for the last half-year, the directors having deeply considered the subject, and having regard to the interests of the shareholders and the permanent stability of the property, find themselves obliged to arrive at a conclusion directly opposed to the report of the committee, and they will now proceed to give their reasons for thinking that the shareholdeiN should de aler* inch a dividend as has been unquestionably earned. Upon this subject the directors are necessarily more than anxious, because the last half-yearly account of revenue is the first since July, 1846, over which they exercised control ; and they believe it to be strictly and in every figure correct ; and not impugnable in the manner stated in the report of the committee. The directors consider that they ought first, in the very language of the committee, to quote the pawage from their report which pronounces the opinion that no dividend should be paid, and which charges the errors in the last half-yearly account as amounting in the aggregate to 97,3641. It is as follows (p. 16) : " But, perhaps, the object of the most immediate inte rest under this head of the report, is the true state of the working account of the last half-year. That account, as presented to the late general meeting, exhibited a sum of 103,6871. 13s. as the net profit of the half-year; but your committee regret they cannot acquiesce in its correctness, payments to the amount of 97,3641. 14s. W., which ought to have been defrayed from the current income having been put to the debit of capital account, which, if properly charged in the hooka of the company, would have diminished the balance of the hairiest to 6,3231.85. 7d. Be that the real result of the half-year's Waffle account, ending 4th January, 1849 shows that the balance remaining is too small for any dividend, and must be carried forward towards that of the next half-year. The items of which this 97,3641. consists, as furnished by Mr. Quilter, are the following: wages in carrying department paid by Mr. Moseley 66m0 Lem receipts to ditto /2,297 Role of old material LH] of permanent way, London sad Stratford ------- 13,635 amines 1,851 two 2,343 ige tins ,_ - - esildieme a irlualsWaborps - 1,371 =if kip- IS aps= eigliel. - beil4 . imp. fie. 7,189 lams9Blss wiry angora, treas. borarbacus. he. 64,47$ The directors feel that this statement has been made under an erroneous impression of the facts of the case—an opinion in which the shareholders will no doubt concur after the fol lowing explanations. The first item of 2,2971 is wholly incorrect, as will be seen front the subjoined figures. The whole et the receipts and expenses in connexion with Mr. Moseley's cartage account for the half-year ending 4th January, 1849, were brought to account, than : Mr. Weeelq expended E11.782 17 4 Mr. Davis 2,280 8 8 114,913 4 0 Kr. Yardley received 112,1192 7 6 Mr. Davis 12,932 8 0 Balance deb i tcess of expectliture over receipts minded to the of traffic amount, as a deduction from the receipts for goods, cattle, he. Thus proved,— Return freer Mr. Stephens of the audit ofßee, se receipts for geode, cattle, ke £133,601 2 7 Deducted se above SIAM 16 0 „ drawbacks .. 931 18 9 9,012 16 9 espeaditure credit would have to be given for a proportion of proceeds of the old materials to he sold acd realised. " Rebuilding of two engines, 1,3811 ;" and" new carriese tires and sprints, 2,3651," were sums paid in the half year ending July, 184 m, and ought not to be introduced into the last half year's soocunt. " Sultritors' and parliamentary charges, 1,3711" the directors bad thought should not be charged to revenue in additiem to the sum of 1,0571. 6e. 2d., appearing to the debit el the lest half revenue account. Parliamentary imps have never by any company been placed against re venue' but still the direeton do not seek to change the view taken by the Committee, that the 1,371 i. should be added. "Repairs of malt waggons, &e., 2,9291.," is an improper detsription, for the sharps are not for repairs. 700/. of this amount was paid for carriages in the hall year ending July, 1848, end has nothing to do with tie last half year's amount: and the remainder of this amount was paid for roofing new waggons with iron roofs in lieu of sine tops, whist haying been tried, wen found to be useless. Them iron rook ought, to the first instant*, to have been fixed upon the waggons, and their cost was es properly chargeable to capital as the waggons themselves. The item of locomotive engines, ito., 64,4781., is, whet given in detail, as follow.; R. Stephenson t4 and Os., for engine. ordered 15th May, la Wilma and Cb., ter mime ordered 10 th Feb., 1317 34,000 0 0 Newmarket @took of canines sad nosebleed 11,100 I • William Hamer, for waggons ordered Stit Sept. 1248 5,347 0 II Marriott and Co., borer and wawa springs for new was supplied by Hamer, under order of 13th Sept, INS. mere. ftalgam for bargee lAN 11 7 aatClei i ffi er malt Slat Weig oo . IAN 1 Isoltio4 arryist Meek W. H. Clay two barges ... lOO 0 0 WapaawhoMsetahostraliding engines, r e Orr in halliser iodine JulYi £1,331 0 0 Addideimi maw Mob be' Stratford work 1814IL 873 1 0 2,253 2 0 Air** laid lax stomeary additions to new engines of igndleid and Illwagliter 330 0 0 London and hails Western Company, erwiter of V 2 11 10 Tr i g b ee end l6.•ll mare& kr bending No. 1 and No. 1 new Meant earrings =lntialt Urges, menage of losotnothe engines, wen, new dram We gaming bean tom* 373 6 2 £63,361 7 7 Less Ws el aid amine to 11. P. Bart £7so 0 0 „ canine at waggons twice charged 132 10 1 802 IS 4 £64,478 9 8 It is to be regretted, that in a case where accuracy was so desirable, such mistakes should have occurred, as that 2,1601. Is., part of the item for roofing waggons, should be comprised in this item of 64,4781, when it already formed portion of the former item of 2,9291. ; and that the item of " wages and materials, rebuilding engines, & c., 2,2531. 25.," should also, to the extant of 1,38 1., be a double chart", for that sum is already charged, as above, in the fourth item of the committee's report " Rebuilding two engines, 1,3811." But irrespectivily of these errors, it will be obvious to anyone i perusing the above details—and it is a fact—that the charges are altogether for engines, waggons, &c., purchased as addi tional working. stock ; being therefore as fairly and pro perly chargeable to capital as any of the engines or carriages ever purchased by the company. The payment for the en gines—which firms the heaviest item, viz., 41,300/.—was, as will be observed, in rs',pect of engines ordered so long ago as May, 1846, and February, 1847. It is true that there has bean a depreciation going on of the general rolling stock, but the directors have hitherto considered that this should be met by resuming the formation of a depreciation fund, as suggested in the financial statement of November last ; and, although the directors are not prepared to say that a better system than the resumption of such a fund might not be adopted, they feel that in carrying out any other there would be considerable difficulty. The Item. " Unpraductive capital, bond-stamps, 7,1831.," is, in the opinion of the directors, not chargeable to revenue for the put half-year, for the reasons stated in the directors' report to the general meeting. It has been the invariable practice of railway companies, as before stated, to distinguish between their productive and unproductive capi tal, and to charge the interest on the latter to capital. This practice has been pursued by the board as regards the above sun ;of 7,1831.„ and they believe, when the facts arc ex amined, that the amount will not be disputed. liilpon a review, therefore, of the whole of the above items of 97,3641., which the report of the committee seeks to charge against the last half-year's revenue, it would appear the direc tors have not been in error, and that the sum et 103,6871. 13%, as stated by them to be the net earnings of the last half year, is substantially correct, being subject, of course, to such deduction for depreciation of working stock and permanent way as may be considered right; and with regard to this, there is certainly some difficulty in arriving at a positive con clusion, but the directors think that the difficulty can be best met by a liberal addition to the proposed reserved fund of 14,0091. The board regret that this view of the facts has not been taken by the committee, because if it had, they think that a dividend of 4s. per share at least would have been recommen ded, which would have left a sum for depreciation ample for every ur The p directors consider it only just to themselves further to remark in respect to this last half-yearly account, about which they have already expressed their extreme anxiety that it should not be impugnable, that although by the ex tract gives from the committee's repast it is stated that the net earnings for the lest half-year are 6,3231. only, yet in the first sheet of the appendix, it is reported by the accountant employed by the committee, that these net earnings were, in his optnioa, at least 70,8011. 7s. 108., which would pay 4s. 2d. per share on the shares entitled to dividend. On the other hand the directors, fur the reasons given, allege that the balance of net revenue was in truth not lets than 103,6871, and in conclusion, they leave the whole subject for the inves tigation, fair judgment, and decision of the shareholders. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAT 2. A subscription is being made here for the relief of the distress in the west, but the sum of money col lected is very mall, In the meanwhile, the state of Ballinrobe is described u being fearful-136 deaths last week in its workhouse, exclusive of deaths outside. . . . A very numerous meeting was held last evening at the Rotondo, for the purpose of petitioning for the abolition of death punishment. Several of our Dublin humanitarians took part in the proceedings. Amongst others, Messrs. Ilaughton,R. Webb, R. Allen, Peery, &c., were in attendance, and moved resolutions. A deputation from London attended. On the question, being asked, " What punishment in place of death was to be substituted?" it was replied by Mr. Gilpin that "the committee had no fixed plan—ilist the first thing was to cease to do evil, and learn to do well ; and that the punishment for wilful murder might be perpetual imprisonment, without the hope of a release." Aloft. Ef17,564 BT. JAMES% THE&TRZ. Herold's comic opera, "Le Pre aux Clercs " was performed at this theatre last evening with but indifferent success. It is a piece which has had considerable vogue in France, and was brought out on the English stage some dozen years—at Drury-lane, we think, under Mr. Bunn's management—but without producing much effect. The drama is lively, and keeps up the attention by a rapid saw Cession of incidents, but the plot is too complicated and full of intrigue to be well calculated for musical purposes. In such pieces music merely retards th e rapidity of the action, and produces obscurity. They require, moreover, that the per formers, even the subordinates, should be actors as well is singers ; and few vocal companies, consequently, are able to do them justice. The" Pre aux Clam,' besides, is • piece which is entirely dependent on spectacle and scenic effect, and must fail unless it 11 put on the stage with the utmost completeness and attention to all the acwessories ni the stage. Now at happens that the 'rase en sc6te of this opera was in ferior to that of any other piece that Mr. Mitchell has brought out. There was not even an attempt to represent the some of gaiety and bustle which the ancient public prom.- ' nade which gives its name to the opera ought to exhibit, at the beginning of the third act, and the ch.iruses were rendered ineffective from the want of the moving er ,ups that ought to sing them. Then the acting was very indifferent. Even Couderc, from whom much might have been expected, mistook the character of Comensisp, who, though a prig. fused duelist, is a nobleman of the court, and not a coarse bully. M. Octave made Mergy • mere walking gentleman; and Mdlle. Marton could not throw any inter. at into the insipid character of Isabelk. Mdlle. Ouiehard's liveliness and good looks carried her pretty well through the part of the Queen of Navarre, but the music was far beyond her strength, and precisely the same may be said of MdUe. Martial's performance of Nialto. She made a nice little Parisian grisette, but her Total powers do not go beyond singing a vaudeville. The theatre was well attended. Her Msjesty and Prince Albert were present, and there were many distinguished persons in the boxes. CLERICAL. TEM BISHOP OP M&NCHSSTER has licensed the church at Wordily for the performanoe of marriages, under 7 & 8 Vic., 0. 66. Also the Church of St. Simon and !it. Jute, In the city of Manchester. PIIIIPIRMINTB.—The Rev. Mouiiot BAYLY, to be do nestle chaplain to the Earl of Jersey. Rev. THOltaa MIDDLITON, to St. Oeorge's P.C., 2201., Manchester ; patrols, the Lord Bishop of Chester. Bey. BOLTON WI.LLSZ JOHNSTON*, to Worley C., die. Manchester. Leaving the amount as per printed ba lsam sheet The sale of old materials, 1,8221., took plain during last half year ; they were oli materials, connected entirely with engines and carriages, such as old tires, old tubes, scrap iron, and brim borings ; and it is quit* indisputable that the proceeds of their sale were properly carried by the locomo tive superintendent to the credit of his expenditure on en gines and carriages during the half year in which these old materials were sold and realised; the purchases of the new articles of a similar kind during the half year being charged against revenue. The cost of relaying the permanent way—London and Stratfoad, here stated at 13,53 81 —the directors recommeeded, NAVAL at the half-yearly general meeting, should stand over to the ADMISALTY, MAY 2.—Aproncrnewrs.—To the Cuter; next half-year, as the works were in progress, end as the Lieutenants, H. Jerrittree, F. H. ; TILING sad A. H. items involved the consideration of the question of depre- MOSUNS daster,_G. J. lioness Por.er W. CLor elation as respects rep/acement of the permanent way; and WORTHY ; Second Master, F. Inoue Yates, , C. W. Mee- Shay Cessidsred that provision WAS suflicientl made towards eat& and H. CADCPION ; Clerks, T. PRICE and J. WOTTOM; the outlay in the meantime by the reenv, o f 14,0001, in the Maii - er's-Assistaat, J. WOBSLIT ; Midshipmen, H. BMUr last half-yearly account. But if an actual charge of expen- TAY, 0. L St'LLlTilt, and 4. N. Burr ;B , 1.1, wain, J. dims k r them works wen to bs made daring .he current Corrisarons ; Carpenter, W. KINGDOM ; Naval Cadets, halt-year, it could only extend to 5,4481., paid up to the JW. L. O•xms, C. COOTS, Hon. H. MORICOM, and 0. T. 4th Jenusry, UM, for rails and labour, and to a much mailer sum for deepen tikes out of store; and against this To the Colombia : Litotes/at, J . Bylaws.