The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

erci.ll-—hat they have given up all thoughts belita nts . G • s' the government cannot at psent be begeng arms r` It seems as if the anxious expectation a re what was /et:, 1, 3 ,1 suppressed all inclination to write; even a • pu b:idled here, entirely devoted to affairs of agrieul ow ceased to ve anrerts of s ad commerc, as n of Lemberg igricarkets and commurci affairs . outo Re ' int " e ied merely for persons business), yet still so t h e censors permitted, containing much interesting "- • e xpecting the state of society, and especially of o r mation rats. to , Royal ordonnance of the 23rd Oct., rtle•I• ' the corn-trade, contains the following decrees : eager'"? „ The r ho end revenue authorities are not to permit the ,rt ion of cora unless a certificate is shown stating that LiP,;• - r a r t , the property of a person domiciliated and was in ' the interior. Corn merchants must be provided ..ahLicertiBe residence. the police authorities of their district, t heir re Persons acting contrary to these Acts ....-- es s re rable to a fine of from 2.5 to 100 Rocco, and front -- ,i s ht dams to four weeks' imprisonment. Persons elides. • c ause, by fraudulent means, a rise in the price of "Dug .0 my or of potatoes, will be punialted according to section? of — t h e ardennance of the Ilth November, 1845." Scattswin-HoLarEiN.—From the proceedings of tic first five (lava of the session of the states of Schleswig, tic w og German tendency of the majority is manifest. )ection Bowler as president by a large majority, 1 , The e• a bsence of a number of deputies from the inauguration die " given to the royal commissi.ry, and six petitions intends argued at the very first sitting, prove that Schleswig intends :;: i - t honaieg anything like an encroachment on the part of I renuiark. Notwithstanding all the precautions of the ,„,li ce taS ae Scions were presented to 11. Beteler from every r psrt of the country, all demanding annexation to the ()er ase Confederation. In the second sitting of the 23rd Oct., , propo.nd has an address to the king. The Duke oe.augustenberg proposed that the two duchies be under one and the male a dounistration.—Cologne Gazette. A letter from Posen, of the 17th, states that the association formed in that place, under the patronage of the liing of Prasaia, for estabbshing Jewish colonies, has pur thaw' land to the value of 621,t100fr. The number of dews who have demanded permission to be received is about 3,300, • several of all im hava some funds of their own. A letter from Pisth, in llunrry, of the 21st, says, on e price of corn has been falling for some days past in our marlut, and it is hoped that it will continue to fall. The accounts front the other parts of the country being equally favourable. RLSSIA.—ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 20. The Givdoo Un:ette has the following article : "Almost at the same time that the Polish insurrection broke out in Cra cow and Galicia, in February this year, similar revolutionary sum s s were prepared in Lithuania, by an emissary of the name of Rohn, by means of a secret correspondence. Seve ral persons, all belonging to the circle of Brezeslitsuwski, in the covernment of Groduo, have been found to be impli cated in this affair ; in consequence of this his Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to order the Governor-General of Lithuania to sequestrate all the landed property of these persons, in whatev'T part of the empire it may be situated. POLAND.—IVAusAw, OCT. 20.—A remarkable l a w-suit, which has been pending two ye . ars, has just been decided by the Emperor. A wealthy Russian general was be- Wars to the beautiful daughter of a Polish nobleman, near aw, cad obtained ids consent to the marriage. On the day fixed for the ceremony, the bridegroom appeared, attended by a captain and two officers, the first disguised as a pope (priest) and the latter as his witnesses, and the unsuspecting bride was married to her Russian iota r by this false priest. Two years after the general became tired of his wife, and desired her to return to her father's house, at the • ame time informing her how she had been deceived. She at first thought be was jesting, but her cruel husband goon convinced her el the fatal truth, and shut the door of his house upon her. tier indignant father immediately brought an action against the general, but of course lost it, in all the courts against the Russian general, till at length the sentence C4lllO before the Emperor, who decided as follows :—As the general is not really married to his wife, the marriage is null and void, but as the wife has been most scandalously imposed upon, he is dismissed, with the loss of his salary and his office, without having any claim to smother appointment; his whole property is given to the lady who he has so wantonly deceived, and he is rot per mitted ram to marry again, and the two officers, his wit nesses. to remain for life with a small salary. TI:IiKEY.—CONSTANTINOPLE, Ocr. 14.—0 n Fri day last the Sultan went to the mosque of Beschieklasch to offer up prayer. In the afternoon lie gave an audience at Tschiraga to Prince Luitpold of Lavaria, who had been saluted the day before by the Sultan's brother-in-law, Fethi Ahmed Pasha, ,at the residence of the interuuncio. There was a severe storm throughout the morning of Friday. The claps of thunder and the flashes of lightuiug were almost incessant, and resembled a magnificent mountain atorm. This was succeeded by torrents of rain, which, as the cisterns and reservoirs were empty, must have caused great joy to the inspector of the water-wo.les of Constantinople, because during the summer of 1815, in which there •was no rain, he was suspended from his office, and not reinstated till late in the autumn. We have now the prospect of a long and fine autumn, and we learn that the august traveller will soon set out on a visit to Brume, Wica, and Nicomcdia. COLONIAL DEATH OP A BUSIIILINGEr.—The career of the notorious bushranger, Wilson, who has so long infested the north, ra districts, has at length beet put an end to, and his party been captured. It appears thi.t a party of the mount, d consieting of Serj. Ogles, one corporal, and four pri vates, were in pursuit of this gang of depredators for a lone period, when the serjeant resolved to divide his party, and send Corporal Worsley acrd troopers Joyce and Maher to the raugesat the head of the Clarence River, while he, with the two other troopers, proceed d to the Darling Downs, where a rob':ery had been just before committed. The prudence of this step was apparent hem the fact that Wonky and his party came up with Wilson an 1 his party, and that in a very sharp affray Wilson was kille.l, and one of his coin earn mg wounded, nod that another .4 the gong is in custody. The details of the affray will ba gathered from the following letter :rum the corporal to the commandant of the mounted police, with which we hate been favoured. The conduct of the police appear-. to have been exceedingly meritorious for the perseverance with which they penned the lawless scoun drels, and tie courage and determination with which they acted when they came up with them :—" Yul,gillar, May 10, 11136. Sir.— I beg to stree fur your information that, on the 7th of May, we were Mformed that the hviiranger, Wilson and his party, of whom we were in pursuit, had robbed the station of Mr. Bloxome, of Restion. The next morning we went after them, and took the aboriginal black with us to track. We gut on it on the morning of the oth, and followed them over mountains and through scrubs so thick that we were obliged to cut our way through them with our knives. We fell in with them on the morning of the 12th, at half past eight o'clock ; we saw their fire from the ridge which we were on. I dismounted the men, as I would have been heard with the horses, front the bank of the creek upon which they were being very hard and scrubby. As we came up the bal.k they were prepared. I ordered them to lay down their arms, but they refused to do so. The bushranger Delaney, whom we captured, being behind a tree hve yards from the hank, with double-barrelled piece, he fired at me, but missed me ; when seeing Wilson with a bltinderhuee and spring-bayonet attached, presented, and a double-barrelled gun at his knee, I fired at him, but missed, when Delaney rushed on me, and caught me in his arms around the body. I then ordered trooper Joyce, as he was close by, to do his duty, which he did, and shot him through the ehoulrhr blast°. I then, teeing trooper Maher in front of Wilson without any covering, ran immediately to his assistance, when Wilson fired V., blunderbuss at Maher, and shot him in the fleshy part of the thigh, and lodged 13 buck shot in him as be was making for cover. Maher then fired at him, and put a ball in his left elbow. He then ran with the double-barrelled piece in hi-. hand; Maher followed, and knocked him down with the butt of his carbine, which broke. lie got up again and made an effort to cross the creek ; I drew my pistol and shot Lila through the left side. Trooper Maher not being able to in wie, I went to sae after the other two bushrangers that we had not seen, as they had cot into the scrub when we first challenged. At this time the affray was over, having lasted an hour. Wil son was severely wounded, but lived until half-past three, being six hours and a half. I then mustered all I could find in the camp, consisting of eighteen stand of arms, six horses, four saddles, two pack horses, with a quantity of ammunition and other baggage. Having one dead and two wounded men, and not knowing where we might find a station, I thought it best to remain all night, as we should hate to go all over mountains. Oa the morning of the 13th we started, and made an out station of Mr. Ogilvie's, on the Clarence River, about twelve miles distance, where I left the wounded in charge of Trooper Joyce, and proceeded to the head station for assistance. Next morning I returned with a dray, when Joyce reported that one of the bushrangers, who bad escaped, was lurk ing in the vicinity, where a shepherd brought him some meat to detain him until I should come back I then retie off and apprehended him in a gully, about three guar", of a mile from the station, with a double-barrelled gun 111 his possession. We brought the dead and wounded on a dray to the head station, where J. Melton, Esq., J.P., had arrived, in the absence of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, who had been sent for, but was out in pursuit of the piny taken. We could get no medical aid up to the present, bat I proceed to-morrow to New England for Dr. Frail, who is the nearest medical gentleman to this place. Trooper Maher is not mortally wounded, neither is the prisoner De laney, but they are not in a fit state to be removed. Mr. Melton took down the depositions to-day, the 15th, when we uttetred. Wilson."—Sydney VJ (frOlitt. WINWOR, MONDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Prince's Alice, took pony exercise this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. 11.1111. the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert this morning at the Castle, and remained to luncheon. In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert rode out in a pony carriage, the Prince driving. Another pony carriage end four followed, containing the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Gainshorough, and the Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Mile Devereux. The Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal Highness attended on horseback. Her hovel Highness the Princess of Hesse, attended by the Baioness Scheel, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron Meysenbuch, left Cashiobury Park, Herte, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday morning, for Watford, and travelled to town by the London and North Western Railway. The Princess and her suite went to Marlborough House, where she arrived soon after eleven o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz visited the Princess at Marlborough House. In the after noon the Princess of Hesse, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and Prince Frederick of Hesse honoured the esta blishment of Messrs. hunt and Roskell with a visit. The illus•rious party afterwards returned to Marlborough House. The Prinix ss of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Aleysenbuch, left Marlborough House at five o'clock, on her return to Cashiobury Park. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H. Laboucherc. The Council sat two hours and a half. _ After the Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town, accompanied by Lady Mary Wood, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Lansdowne was absent from the Council, his lordship being at his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. His Excellency George Bancroft, Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to this Court, arrived at Long's Hotel on Saturday, with his lady and family. Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Duke of Bedford left town yesterday for Windsor Castle. l)espatehrs were received yesterday at the Colonial office tram the Governors of New Zealand, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Malta, and Gibraltar. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has just become the patron of the Windsor and Eton Amateur Choral Society, the director of which is Dr. Elvey, organist to her Majesty. His Royal Highness, should the court he at Winds ,r, is expected to honour the first performance this sea , on, at the Town-hall, Windsor, with his presence. On that occasion, "Mount Carmel," a new oratorio, composed by Dr. Elvey, of which report ;speaks very highly, will be performed. TIIE ADVANTAGE OF A CHEAP NEWSPAPER EX EMPLIFIED.—Yesterday, at a vestry meeting of the parish of St. Pancras, Mr. Lrumbeer moved that the report of the commissioners and that of Dr. Farce be printer: and circulated for the use of the vestrymen of the parish. It would not cost more than 255. to have 150 of them printed. —Mr. Douglas said that there was no necessity whatever for having the reports printed, and putting the parish to an ut neceaaary expense. The reports had already been published in the papers, and if any vestryman wished to have a copy, he could get one by purchasing the Daily News for 3d., wnich was not much out of any person's pocket —A vestry man : And also bare a good leader upon the subject into the bargain. (A laugh. )—Eventually the motion was got rid of by an amendment being carried to the effect that the rep •rt should lie upon the table for those vestrymen to read who wished to do so. INFANT ORPHAN ELECTION.—The amoral election of orphans into the above asylum, at Winstead, took place yesterday, when thirty children were elected. The following are the names of the successful candidates, and the numbers of the votes :—S. H. Parker, 27,992 ; C. A. Good, 19,811; It. Hunt, 18,305 ; W. Downard, 16,720 ; R. H. Tor pin , 16,663 ; M. A. Wagnee, 18,232 ; A. M. aledbury,ls,46l; A. Standerwil, 15,437 ; A. Grees,ls,l7o ; J. 11. Hale, 14,483; W. Buily, 14,183; T. G. Fennell, 14,113; C. H. F. Hay wood, 13,877; T. M. Truelove, 13,6.59 ; E. E. Glove, 13,48 a ; H. Wells. 13,35(1; A. Rowland, 13,266; S. .1. Wingrave, 12,863 i F. G. Smadbury, 12,702; H. C. Innocent, 12,157; Q. E. Francis, 12,238; E. Fletwood, 12,030; C. Graham, 11,955 ; E. Barker,ll,9ll ; 11. W. Russell, 11,615 ; M. Gun son, 11,161; F. S. Hermitage, 9,189; E. Lake, 8,508 ; C. A. Symoons, 7,877; E. Buchlely, 6,8.54. BASINGSTOK E CANAL NAVIGATION. The hol yearly general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held yesterday, at the Gray's-inn Coffee-house, Hultman. The chair was occupied by P. Davey, Esq. ' jun. The accounts showed a gross receipt, from the I st of April to the 30th of September last, of 1,0171. is. 9d., of which 9161 was derived from tolls. The expenditure for the same period amounted to nearly the same sum, leaving only a balance in hand of 11. 4s. 9d. The accounts were unanimously passed. The general report of the committee of management showed a decrease in the traffic of the last half-year of 751 tons, or 681. 7s. 4d. in tolls. With a view to improve the traffic, the toll on coals hail been reduced from 2s. Gd. to 2s. The state of the company's affairs at the end of September last showed a balance in their favour of 4131., being 134/. 12s. 9d. less than it was at the same period of last year, owing to the expenditure of several sums in improving the works. The committee recommended the payment of 2 per cent. on the bonded debt in March next—The Chairman, in submitting the report, said that the canal was never in a better state than now as regarded the supply of water, and with a view to keep up a more regul..r supply, the committee now con templated the sinking of a well at Basingstoke. He did not believe the concern would ever thrive as it had done a few years back, but ha considered that it still had vitality iii it.— The report was unanimously received and approved. METROPOLI'fAN AND SUBURBAN BENEFIT BUILD ING B(kIETY.—A numerous and respectable meeting took place last evening at the London Coffee-house, for the purpose of carrying . out a project formed by several influential gentlemen in the City for instituting a society of ' the above description upon terms more equitable than those usually afforded to the members. The chair was taken by W. Lake, Esq., of Fleet-street, and the secretary, surveyor, and directors having been duly elected, the meeting pro- ceeded to apportion the shares, which to the number of seve ral hundred were at OBCO disposed of. OPENING OF AN 110.11tEPATIITC lIOSPITAL. Yesterday the house No. 17, o, Hanover-square, was publicly opened for the reception of gratuitous in-patients. There are upwards of 800 out-patients :suffering under chronic diseases nt present on the books besides a multipli city of individuals daily applying for relief. The institution is under the presidency of the Earl of Wilton, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., the Earl of Shrewsbury, &c. &c. MICHAELMAS TERM.—The Lord Chancellor's levee, preparatory to opening the courts of law for the Michaelmas Term, took place yesterday morning, at his lordship's resi dence in l'ark-lane, when nearly the whole of the judges, and most of the leading members of the equity bar, took the opportunity of paying their respects to the noble and learned lord. l'he " cup" having been handed round, the learned dignitaries proceeded in state to Westminster-hall. The Lord Chancellor, attended by the accountant-general, the seal, and mare-fearer, and other officers, taking precedence of the ether judges.—Previous to the judges' levee, the Lord Chancellor received the Lord Mayor and the Lord Mayor elect, who, accompanied by several aldermen and civic officers, attended for the purpose of obtaining her Majesty'. approval of Sir George Carroll, the choice of the livery, for the office of chief magistrate for the ensuing year.—The Lord Chancellor having formally signified her Majesty's approba tion of the worthy knight, the deputation, after partaking of the " loving cup," withdrew, Slit,—The numerous accidents to steam vessels within the last ten years—in which the course wan duly wt, the coin pawes quite right, the charts not in fault, and the comniuuler and whores not Mamie, and yet somehow the veweishave got on shore, — have attended the notice of all men who travel by sea. The main roue of many of these disasters may possibly be suggested to the di rectors of steam navigation TOOMBORN by those habitual ptasesigeta, who are looking on, as well as by their own officers. The main Ogle is undoubtedly bad steering. Ina sailing vowel, the man at the Wm, or the wheel, knows, by the weight of the sails, or their drawing, as it is railed, whether he, by bad steering, has altered the posidon of the vessel with regard to the wind, or whether the wind has shifted, and strikes the sails at a different angle; and every man on deck knows is an instant, by the sheets, whether the helmsman is throwing the vessel toe much up in the wind, or I. steering 'Aide. The vessel under sail will even keep her direction for a time without any man at the helm at all. The mainlander also in a sailing vessel is always in his right plate, close to the helmsman on the quarter deck, from whence be HDCA his orders to aim the sails, and has always the steering in his eve. Yet with all these checks upon faulty or careless steering of the comae ordered, there is always in the navy, and even in the smallest cutters in the revenue service a quartermaster in each watch, whose sole duty it is to see that the man, or men, at the helot or wheel, steer the course ordered. Will it be Mimed that, from some paltry economy, none of our great steam nos igation companies keep any such petty officers in their vessels? They have masters, mates, and stewards, but have no officers to stand by the man at the helm, and see that he is duly steering the course ordered. You will see at this moment vessels worth 40,000/. or I an,ooo/., with their cargoes—the vessels for instance of the General Steam Navigation Company, and or all other steam computies--going down the coast with a single man at the helm or wheel, like a light collier. It IS true there are mates, and second and third mates, on deck every watch, besides the commander, but these officers are not like the petty officer, whose sole duty is to stand by the helmsman and see that he steers the course ordered. They have to secure the cargo, to attend to the vessels crossing them, and many duties. In a steam-vessel going at the rate of II miles an hour, three minutes of bad steering is equivalent to about half a mile run en a wrong course, and then the right caurse is no longer right. The sails and sheets do not instantly admonish the steersman, as in a sailing vessel, that either he is shifting the course, or the wind has shifted; and although the passengers are admonished on a brass plate " not to talk to the man at the wheel," the man at the wheel cannot be prevented from toting to the passengers. Bad steerage will be found sufficient to account for most of the disasters which have happened to steam vowels, without hosing recourse to unusual currents, faulty charts, or undistinguishable light's; and bad steerage of curb vessels occurs from the miserable economy of saving the expense of petty officer, in each watch to attend to the steersman. It is altogether ridiculous to see such vessels as the Scotch steamers, Atli of passengers and valuable goods, with a Angle hand at the wheel, without any . superintendence or check, except what the master or mate can give in the interval of other duties, and steered in reality with no more care or caution than a collier brig.—A TBATELEEII BT &num. INQUESTS.—EFFECTS OF EIfrERSTITION. — At the Woolpack, Minories, before Mr. Payne, on the body of Mrs. Mary Woolley, aged 42, the wife of a clerk in the Ordnance Department of the Tower. Before the recent alterations in the Tower, the deceased and her husband resided there, and an Irish woman holding some menial employment in the same department last some property, and her efforts to dis cover the thief having proved ineffectual, she had recourse to the skill of a fortune-teller, well known in the neighbour hood. This fortune-teller told the woman that the thief was to be found in the house in which the deceased resided, in the Circus, Hi stories ; end, no one else living there, suspi cion at once fell upon her (the deceased). The Irishwoman, not content with accusing the deceased, also told the Gover nor of the Tower. The deceased was much annoyed by the reflections cast on her character, and at last felt it so keenly that her mind became affected, and on Friday last she hanged herself to a rail of her bedstead. The jury having returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity," the coroner called in the Irishwoman and severely lectured her upon the consequences of her superstition.—.A LUNATIC nuttrer TO DEATH IN BROOK-HOESE ASTLUM.—Lut Thursday, at the King's Head, Clapton, before Mr. W. Baker and a highly respectable jury, on the remains of Miss Jane Emily Crabb, aged 29, an inmate of Dr. Monro's Asylum, who was burned to death in her apartment on the evening of yesterday se'nnight. After the jury had viewed the mutilated remains of the unfortunate young lady, who had evidently been of THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1846. a remarkably elegant and symmetric's' fig ore, Mary Butler deceased's attendant who appeared deeps; affected. IV" called. She deposed that Miss Crabb had, during the tut three prinths been an inmate of Brook-house. She was sometimes very violent and unmanageable, and bodily re. strsant was absolutely necessary. No fear was ern. 'Muted that she would destroy herself, but she had frequent ly.ex pressed a wish to die. Another nurse was employed tore:leva witness, who, about 9on Monday night, after putting decesied into bed, in a strait-jacket, placed a large high scr, en aroancl the tire-place, went down stairs, and in a few minutes was alarmed by piercing shrieks from the deceased, and cries for help by the footman, who, before witness's arrival, had found Miss Crabb standing by the fire-side, enveloped in flames, and was then endeavouring to arrest their further progreas by tightly folding a carpet round her burning body. Medical aid was obtained, but without effect, and the unfor tunate lady expired in the course of the night, in the moat excruciating suffering.—The footman of the establishment stated that he ran into Miss Crabb's apartment on hearing her agonising screams, and found her as described by the former witness. On perceiving witness, deceased ceased crying and appeared aunot, ed, exclaiming, " How foolish it was of me to complain !"—Mr. F. Toulmin, surgeon, was called to deceased. Every effort to save her proved unavailing. Her body was altogether frightfully disfigured. A former medi cal attendant un the deceased here put in letters written by her to him, in which she urgently entreated him to " come over and kill her." She was decidzilly of unsound mind. — The coroner asked to see the certificates authorising Miss Crabb's removal to Brook-house. Dr Monro handed them to the worthy coroner, who examined them, and summed up at considerable length, adverting to all the facts of the melancholy case; and toe jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death by burning." The unfortunate lady belonged to a highly respectable family, and her loss of reason was assigned to disappointed love. Her friends had made valu able presents to her attendants to ensure marked care of her.—[Every endeavour was employed to suppress this report, and our reporter obtained his informa tion as best he could, not having been present at the pro ceedini.m. To this any inaccuracies must be attributed.)— SUYPO,ED CHILD Mennen.—Before Mr. Fayne, upon the remains of a child, whose name and sex were unknown, at St. George's Workhouse, Miut-street, Borough. On Thum day morning John Plaits, a labourer, said that he went to repair the drain at No. 17, Henry-street, Kent-street, ' Borough, where about a foot below the surface he found a small box, which upon examination contained the remains of a child ; but whether male or female could not be ascer tained. The inquiry was upon the last examination ad journed, fur the purpose of making inquiries, to endeavour to identify the body. The required information, however, had not been obtained, and as there was very little possibility of doing so, the jury thought it was not necessary to proceed any further with the inquiry; consequently there was not any verdict returned. men employed at the Hartford Iron Works, Oreenaeres Moor, have within the last few days spoatammaily raised amongst themselves upwards of 601., in aid of any fated that may be formed, with the object of providing a public walk, or park, for the recreation of the inhalsitanta of Oldham. Several years ago her majesty's commissioners of woods end forests made an offer of a grant of 1,0001. to the Oldham police commissiunen, in aid of any local fund that might be raised to a corresponding or larger amount, with the view of astablishiog a public walk or park. If the principal inhabi tants of Oldham would exert themselves on this subject, a sufficient sum might soon be raised to carry out the praise. worthy project, and thus the grant of government might be rendered available for the public good. A CATHOLIC PRIEST CHARGED WITH FELONT.—ste ford Swain, an elderly man of respectable appearance, and who was formerly a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, was charged at the Liverpool police. office on Friday, with having stolen a sheet, a pillow, and some towels, from the house of Robert Smith, the person at whose house lie lodged. The prisouer, who had been several times in custody for oh tainiNg money under false pretences, said he had given the things to his wife to pawn, on the condition that she would redeem them. A pawnbroker, with whom some of the things had been pledged, said they were brought by a man.—Fined sixpence, and twenty shillings ; or in default fourteen days' imprisonment. BONDING IN MANCHESTER.—The first landing of goods at the wharf lately erected, connecting the Manchester Bond ing Warehousing Company's warehouses, Salford, with the river Irwell, took place last week, when one of the lighters belonging to the Duke of Bridgewater's trust. arrived at the premise, from Liserpool, with a cargo consisting of 10a puncheons and hogsheads of wines and spirits. YORKSHIRE. Rrrunsrsv.vrins OF KNAHESIIII.O . .—The position of the liberal party is said to he so much improved, that Mr. I,r -rand has little chance of being returned for this borough at the next election. A WHALE AT Hur.t.—A whale measuring M feet has been captured in the Humber by the crew of a fishing vessel. It was sold for 401. TITIIE.—On Tuesday last the agent of the Rev. L. Jones, vicar of Almondbury, appeared before the magistrates at Huddersfield for the third time, to enforce a claim of 3L 10s. against William Cotton, of Crossland Moor, fur Ea-ter offer ings and small tithes. Such a searching investigation into the various items constituting the claim was made by the justices, as the agent appeared little prepared for, and his equivocatory answers to plain questions from the beach placed him in a very strange light. After much talk, he made out the following Rams, amounting to 1/. 17s. 5d., viz., six acres of potatoes and turnips (in two years) at Is. ?er acre; fire litters of pigs, at Is. each litter; house custom, 21. Id. ; five cows and calves, 4s ; and two cletches of geese, 2s. 41. In answer to which Cotton proved he had only had 41 acres of potatoes and turnips, which were not worth get ting up ; three litters of pigs, one of geese; 2s. Id. house custom, and two cows, but had not had a calf for three years; thus reducing the amount to 11. 3s. 101. For this an order was made. A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILW Y on Thursday, between the Brig how?. and Elland stations. Two plate-layers heard a luggage train upon the up-line, and unfortunately stepped on the down-line out of its way. At that instant the express teals, which leaves Manchester at &quarter-plot eight, came down, end both of the men were killed before they could get out of the way. The morning was very foggy, and it is thought the men slid not see the express train in time, and that the noise of the luggage train prevented them hearing it. IRELAND, DUBLIN, ICCAT. 1. TIIE LABOUR RATE ACT. CO. DERRY.—An extraordinary presentment sessions for the barony of Loughixshollen seas held en Monday last, at Magherafelt, and a sum amounting to 6,0091. was voted. The meeting was clamorous in the extreme. CO. DONEGAL.—On Wednesday last a presentment sessions for the barony of Tirkeeran was held at Muff, Sir Robert Ferguson, Bart., M.P., in the chair. I'rc,cntmeuts to tho amount of 4,310!. were passed. New LANDLORD MOYEMENT.—A requisition appears in the Galway papery from some landlords of that county re presenting large properties for a meeting " of men repre senting the intarests of all parties in Ireland, and competent, from their information and position, to deliberate for the fur therance of measures of practical benefit, in Dublin forth with." A hope is expressed that the Earl of Devon will preside. LABOVHERS' ,PAY Losr.—One of the pay clerks of the county Clare, engaged under the Board of NVorks, last 70/. on Tuts liv. Ile placid the entire sum, which was in silver, in the well of his jaunting cm, and when he arrived at the place where he appointed to pay the men, he found that the board at the bottom of the car had broken during his trip, and the money had disappeared. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. LIMERICK, CLARE, GALWAY, AND TIPPERARY. —The following statements in the Limerick Chronicle, of yester day, show the disorganization which unhappily prevails in a large pardon of the south and west of Ireland :—The detach ment of the ath, under Lieut. de Montmorency, at O' Brien's bridge, was called to assist the police in protecting Mr. Den niston's canal-boat, on Wednesday, with flour, from a furious multitude, and luckily, John S. Dwyer, Esq., a magistrate, rode up, and hearing of the obstruction, enabled the military to interpose, and save the property from indiscriminate plunder. Joseph \l all Req., called upon Capt. Butler's company , 59th, at Castle-Connell, as not only the boat, but the mills at O'Brien's bridge, were threatened by tke mob. The military succeeded in quelling the disturbance, without firing a shot. Most of the labourers employed by the Castic-Connell relief committee, and holding meal tickets, struck work upon the roads, to join in the attack upon the property of a moat bene volent gentleman, Mr. Denniston, who is the great benefac tor of his neighbourhood. At Bier quarter-aessiona the process-servers complained to the Bench that they never before experienced so much dint catty in discharging their duties; in some instances they were threatened with death if they attempt. al to serve processes. John Coghlan, aprocess-server, in Eglish, stated that a party of men visited his house, armed. Ile was entering the par ticulars of the processes he had served in his book ; they pre sented their pistols at him, seized his book and papers, which they carried off. The Assistant-Barrister permitted the par ticulars of these processes so stolen to be entered, and they acre heard in the usual form, and decrees granted by the court. T.tst WORK.— MEETING OF THE PEOPLE. AT BALMS GARRY.— On Tuesday (says the Limerick Reporter) the la bouring population from the districts within several miles award Ballingan7 assembled in that town in numbers which might well entitle it to be called a monster meeting. They hail turned out fur several days before against " task work , " and they came together to exhibit a "demonstration " of their feeling.: on the subject. The military were in attend ance from ltathkeale, but were so completely hemmed in and crushed that they were very glad to get away, a passage having been made for them by the interposition of some gen tlemen who were present ; namely, Archdeacon Fitzgerald, W. H. De Massy, Esq., D. D. Power, Esq., &c. These gentlemen, particularly Areheacon Fitzgerald, addressed the multitude, end ultimately persuaded them to separate quietly, though evidently dissatisfied. OUTRAGE.—RODDERY OF ARMS.—A daring outrage (says the Limerick Reporter, Repeal paper) has been perpetrated on John Griffin, East, of Glen Cottage, near Quin, County of Clare, whose residence was broken into on Tuesday night last by a party, who demanded his fire-arms. They obtained one old musket; this, however, did not satisfy them, but placing i.lr. Griffin on his knees, they commanded him to swear that he had no more arms in his possession ; and, en his refusing to do so, beat him in a most savage and brutal manner. THE LONDON MAlL.—The London mail of Saturday did not arrive in Dublin this morning in the mail packet from Liverpool. The mail train from London had not reached Liverpool on yesterday evening up to the hour the packet sailed; and the apprehension was that some railway accident had occurred ott the down line from London. MR. W. GRACE.—In the case of this gentleman, charged with embezzling the funds of Evans's Charity, Kilkenny, by means of forgery, the sureties had not presented themselves up to yesterday. The mode in which it is said the fraud was committed was thus : Mr. Grace, as secretary to the charity, had in his possession powers of attorney, in blank, duly signed by the trustees. These he had instruction, to use for the purpose of drawing the dividends, having authority to affix to them the seal of the charity, which had been incor porated by act of parliament. Instead of using the powers of attorney for the purpose for which alone it is alleged they were entrusted to him, Mr. Grace made use of them for the purpose of disposing of the stock. The criminal charge agsinst Mr. Grace is, for forgery in affixing the seal of the charity to the powers of attorney, and it is said a very nice question will arise whether that official act, he being the ens todee of the seal, can amount to a forgery. A Farr avostru KNOWING.—S. Bunter, Esq., of Mill town Cottage, near Warrenpoint (says the Belfast Vin dicator), is at present digging out two acres of cup potatoes, of the best possible quality. PROVINCIAL. LIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—LiTeTpOOI is divided • into sixteen wards, and of the sixteen retiring councillors, twelve were Conservatives and four Reformers. The elec tions for two wards are postponed till to-morrow, in conse quence of the absence of the alderman ; in three others, , there were no contests, two Conservatives and one Reformer having been returned without opposition. The result of the polling in the eleven contested wards, is three Reformers and eight Conservatives. It has been a well contested battle. BEQUEST FOR A COLLEGE IN MANCHESTER.—There is every reason to suppose—though the disposition of the pro perty and effects of the late Mr. Owens is not yet so far completed as to warrant any very positive statement on the subject—but there is every probability that the total amount applicable to the purposes of founding and endowing a col lege will be about one hundred and thirty thousand pounds. Of course, some time must elapse ere all the assets can be realised, and the exact amount known. THE EXPLOSION AT ASHION.—AN INQUEST has been commenced on the bodies of the unfortunate persons whose remains were recovered on Thursday from the ruins of the ma—Joseph Fitton deposed he lived with his father and sister, two of the deceased, in Syddall's-buildings. They both worked at Mr. Knott's mill, his father being a spinner, and his sister piecer to him. They went to the bottom of Park-hill, to Knott's mill, and about nine minutes to six o'clock in the morning, they left home, and proceeded, as was their usual custom, around the church school, across the Wellington-road, and along Nelson-street, by Bailey and Dewhurst's mill. He saw them turn the corner, about thirty yards in advance of himself, and afterwards heard the report, when he ran back and told his mother, but did not then know that his father and sister bad been killed. —William Fitzgerald said he had been married to the deceased Margaret Welsh about three months. She was 18 years of age, and worked for Messrs. Bailey and Dew hurst. She left home about half-past five in the morning, and witness went to his work at Staleybridge, where be Si emyloyed as a tin-plate worker, by Mr. Joseph ?delay. He never saw his wife alive afterwards, but had been told by a man who worked as a mason that she was seen to go into the boiler-house, to warm herself, after she reached the pre mises. The Coroner gave orders that this man should attend, and then adjourned the inquiry. In the meantime, , he should request the attention of Mr. W. Fairbairn, civil engineer, Manchester, to an examination of the boiler, so that he might give his opinion as to the cause of its destruc tion. PROJECT FOR A PUBLIC PARK AT OLDHAM.—The work- WESTMORELAND. APPLEBY is already beginning to feel the effect of the po tato s.•!.lrcity. But very few cart loads were exposed for sale in the market ou Saturday last; and the hich pri'e demanded —ls. per stone-quite precluded the possibility of many poor people, who live in a great measure on potatoes, making their u-usl purchases. Towards noon the farmers reduced their demands to lid. per stone, at which price the principal por tion were sold. The price was considerably enhanced by parties buying by wholesale to carry to some distant market. —•• CR E:qIIRE. Mr.. 'M'OILL, THE VICTIM OF Tiff: RECENT TREA CHEROUS ATTEMPT AT MURDER, is said to be recovering, although aluwly, from the effect; of his wounds. WARWICKSHIRE. ACCIDENT ON THE Bu tMIWfI.tN DERRY RAILWAY. _lntelligence was received at 'lmmingham on Saturday, of an accident having occurred on the above railway, near bur ton-on-Trent. At the spot where this casualty took place, the line crosses a canal upon the level by means of a swing bridge, and as the train to Birmingham approached it, a barge was passing along. Before the bridge could be turned to its proper position, the train was up, and the engine dashed across the canal and embedded itself in the opposite bank, the tender being dragged along with it. The engineer and stoker jumped cif, and escaped unhurt ; but the guard su , tained serious injuries. A second-class carriage next the tender was smashed to atoms; fortunately it di,l not contain passengers, and the other carriages escaped with a violent concussion, which alarmed the passengers, but not one hilt taiuvd any injury. A messenger was sent fifty yards down the line to warn the engine-driver of the danger; but, al though the engine was instantly tevcrsed, and the breaks put on, the attempt to stop the train was ineffectual. The other trains were delayed for several hours. Mr. Commis sioner Balguy was in the train in which the casualty re curred, on his way to the Bankruptcy Court, and the cause of his non-arrival was communicated by means of the electric telegraph. T II F. MUNICIPALELECTIONA.—BiRmiscir AM.—Sixteen of the Town-Council retired on the Ist of November, and many of them were re-elected yesterday unopposed. The result of the election is considerably in favour of the Liberal party; but party politics have had little to do with the matter, in fact; in several of the wards the mere Whigs have become unpopular, and the new candidates most of them declared their purpose to act independently. In three of the wards the contests were closely fought, and for three out of five councillors re turned, three are professedly Tories, but men whose respec tability and integrity is a suffii jolt guarantee that they are far fitter members of a municipal body than mere partisans. In two of the wards Liberals of the most liberal and inde pendent school were returned without a contest. The whole of the aldermen, sixteen in number, are Whigs. SUPPOSED Muitnea.—The following information was yesterday communicated to the police from the constabulary of Leicestershire:—" Missing, supposed to be murdered, Thomas Brooks, a pensioner, formerly a regimentalserjeant major in the 6th Dragoon Guards, and has been living for the List six years in Leicester, and was last seen at the White Lion public house, Market-place, on the 41st ult. He was dressed in a blue pilot coat, dark-blue trousers, dark-coloured printed waistcoat, black silk stock and wellington boots. Has been (or the last five or six years staff-serjeant in the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. Ile is about 00 years of ' age, 5 feet 9 and a half inches high, puck-pitted, prominent nose, hair much inclined to be grey, and bald on the top of the head. Had in his possession a red morocco pocket-book, containing memorandums, silver-mounted spectacles, and several small articles." A TERRIBLE POSITION. • As a train was proceeding through the tunnel on the Leicester and Swannington rail way, on Thursday, in the direction of the latter place, one of 'he chains which connect the carriages broke, and left a number of the carriages behind in the tunnel. Another train left the Leicester etation about a quarter of au hour after that which stopped in the tunnel hod started thence, so that the passengers in the latter expected every minute to have a col lision with that which was following them. Their agitation and intense feeling of approaching danger may be in some measure imagined ; and these were heightened by their hearing the noise of an engine drawing near, while they were unable to judge whether it was in the front or the rear of them. In a few minutes their state of awful uncertainty gave way to a sense of security ; for the engine which bad gone on returned to take the train forwards. Had the delay existed five minutes longer, the collision between the following train and the carriages would have been terrible, and the sacri fice of life certain. LINCOLNSUIRF— _ REPRESENTATION OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE.—It has at lest been arranged at the house of Brocklesby that Sir Mon tague Cholmeley is to be the successor of Lord Worsley as one of the representatives of North Lincolnshire, or, in other words, he is to become the "political warming pan" of the young Lord Worsley.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. NOBTHAMPTONSIIIRE. EXTENSIVE INcENbuaism.—The Government Police Gazette contains the offer of a reward of 1601. for such infor mation as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who, on the 21st ultimo, wilfully de stroyed by fire the farms and outhouses of Mr. Laxton and ➢ir. Spendlove, of Gretton, Northamptonshire. Soso OP IBRAHIM PACHA AT WORKSOP .—No sooner, says the Noltingliam Review, did this prince reach his own dominions, than he forthwith decided on sending two of his sons to England, to acquire a knowledge of the habits and language of the people, with a view of infusing into Egypt the spirit of English civilisation. These youths, who are most intelligent, have been placed under the care of Dr. Heiden. =der, president of the Pestalozzian school, at Worksop, in this county. WILTS.IIIRE. agitation in favour of a repeal of the Malt -tax, which is now going on in various parts of the country, has commenced here, but with rather an unfavour able prospect. The first meeting, which was held at Crick lade (and reported in this paper), was well attended, and gave rise to sanguine expectations on the part of its pro moters—leading them to anticipate a glorious campaign throughout the county. But the result of a meeting an• flounced to be held at Devizes, on Thursday last, of which great things were expected, has " changed the spirit of emir dream." This meeting was advertised in the local papers, and also made known to the public by " posters " ef every size and shape, and a large gathering wax expected. A deputation from the parent society, consisting of Messrs. Northouse, Lattimore (the celebrated free-trade farmer),and Collyer, were sent down to help their provincial brethren. Notwithstanding this attraction, the Wiltshire farmers would not give their countenance to the meeting, and from some undiscovered reason (as they are nearly unanimous in the wish for the repeal of the tax,) could not be induced to attend. In consequence the promoters of the meeting wisely postponed their advocacy of a " repeal " to a more con venient season. [NAB LLSOIr. a ILMINSTER AORICVLTURAL oa ASSOCIATION..-- So many meetings of agricultural associations take place at this season, that it is impossible to notice a tithe of them—and indeed they are all so much alike in their general character, and in the talk which panes current, that it would be a waste of space to do so. But Mr. Esoott, M.P., in a speech at the above meeting, run so far out of the common and beaten track, that a few sentences may be worth quoting and recording. We copy from the Somerset Gazette: " There exists in this country a system of law with respect to the ad mission of food, such as never did exist in any civilised country under similar circumstances. There never was an example in the whole history of the civilised word in which, while the governn. ent felt it its bounden duty (and I think it was a boundes , duty) to make great pe cuniary exertions to save a large' Portion of the pee le from the danger of famine, and at the same time to tole ' rate the existence of any legal ehe s 2k upon the importa tion of food. I have stated that fact, but will make no remark on it whatever. We say we is..eet to* encourage meritorious labour, on which we all lire and depend —on which high and low equally depend—whits: , gives us all our wealth, all our power, and all our national honour and distinction. Why, gentlemen, is there no way by which that labour may be encouraged which has not yet been hit upon, or at all events not acted upon, which may afford a remedy for the distress under which some portion of the community now labour, and from which the wisest a,nPro hend more will labour before the winter is past? IM a I of us who are entrusted with property do our duty In the ft:- spective stations in which we are placed? I have heard A said at meetings of this kind, that there is a remedy for the distress of the poor. I have heard it said, farmers should raise their wages. Tell farmers to raise their wages ! Why do you not tell them to sell their wheat at Gs. while it is worth 9s. ? Why do you not tell them to sell their oxen at Se. a score, when they are worth 10s. ? It is most unfair to throw the distress on the farmers. Well, then, I have heard another say, the labourers are at fault; they should not drink so much beer and cider. It is true they are to a certain extent at fault. I do not defend the man who spends his hard earnings in drink. But do not suppose that by saying they ought to retrain from drink you can effect the great social revolution in their condition that is necessary. lam a landowner, and if I censure other land owners, I censure myself also. I have not done my duty. I have not exercised the trust which Providence has placed in me, in granting to me hereditary estates in land, as I ought to have exercised it. That property has its duties as well as its rights. And now let me say what I believe to be the first duty of landowners, and what would be, in my opinion, a permanent remedy for the distress among agricultural labourers. That which I believe is to be the remedy for prsen: distress—not only the remedy in '46, but what is in future years to prevent, so far as human foresight can pre vent, a recurrence of those distresses which for the last five-and-thirty years I have witnessed, and heard lamented from time to time is, that landlords should take care that in letting their estates they, in the first place, let them to men who have the character of industry and application to business; and in the next place they should see that their tenants have not only energy and activity, but capital to manage the land entrusted to them. I know not one farm, either of my own or any of my neigh bours, in which one-third more labour might not be employed profitably to landlord, tenant and labourer. Now, I lately propounded that opinion at a party of farmers not so large as this, and of different grades, some men of wealth, and others of comparatively small means. One and all admitted the truth of what I said ; and I do not believe there is a man at this table or in this large assembly but who agrees in that opinion. Well, gentlemen, if that be so, some may say, then the farmers are in fault; why do they not, if they are to put money into their pockets by employing three where they now employ two, why don't they do it ?' What is the rea sea they do not employ more labour ? It is this. They have not got security for laying out their money. (Loud and long-continued cheering). Give them that security which other capitalists have, and you will find that if they can em ploy three men with advantage where they now employ only two, they will very soon do it. And their doing so, gentle men will be the remedy for that agricultural distress which people are very apt after a good dinner to ascribe to other causes. It is not the farmers nor labourers who are in fault. Who are to give the requires! security? Why, the owners of the land. It is bemuse I have not done so that I say I have been in fault as well as others. What has been done, and what will he done, as steps towards that security, towards that permanence of system, has been, and is, the promotion and maintenance of a just and equitable system of trade and commerce, which alone will give permanence to agricultural prosperity in this country—for I must say once more, what I said two years ago, when we seek for the agri cultural prosperity of England, what does it depend upon ? Why is as acre of land worth more in England than in Po land? Why are there twenty occupiers to be found here foe a farm, and in another count , / miserable slaves are com pelled to till the land at the bidding of the landlord ? Be cause ships and commerce have given us that command over the nations of the earth, and over their varied produce, which has raised the value of our land to a point which, without ships and commerce, it could never have attained. The only danger to land at present is this—lest that failure of !boa to which I have alluded should lead to the decline of our trade and commerce. As soon as they decline, we shall find that our markets will decline." GLOITESTERsHIRE._ MURDER OF A I'uLICERAN LAIL BRISTOL—OR Sun das evening the densely-populated district of St. Philip's was thrown into a state of great excitement, from the appal ling circumstance of one of the Bristol police Puce, named White, having been murdered by • woman. The deceased, who has been connected with the police for about eight years, was an Irishman, aged about 30. He was unmarried, and lodged in the house of a female named Louisa Ferris, a married woman, hut who, in consequence of domestic broils, had for a long period lived separate from her husband. His fellow-lodgers were, T. Edwards (brother to Ferris), a cab driver, and Elizabeth Jones. On Sunday evening Ferris, with her brother and a third party, had been drinking at a public-ho4se. About six o'clock they returned home to Lion street, and Louisa Ferris upon going up-stairs found White and Elizabeth Jones in bed together. At this she was very much enrage], having, as it was previously known, entertained kindly feelings towards White. A short time afterwards the parties met down stairs. A dispute arose about some trilling matter, high words ensued, the ciecum stance of White's intimacy with Jones was alluded to, and Ferris, seizing a razor, walked up to White, and inflicted a deep wound in the throat, severing the wind-pipe, and penetrating the caroti I artery ' • the effect of which was almost instant death. The poor lellow staggered to the door leading to the street, and fell into the road. The patties in the house wire at once apprehended, and upon their arrival at the police station-house, Ferris admitted that she had committed the dreadful act. TttE IMPROVEMENT or BRISTOL was debated at a Special Meeting of the Town-Council of that city on Wednesday, when it .was recommended that certain new streets be formed, and that others be widened. A hill is to be pre sented to parliament next session to enable the authorities to carry these improvements into effect. THE NEW RI:CORDER Or BRISTOL, 11. B. Crowder, Esq., Q.C., successor to Sir C. Wetherell, took bis scat on Mon day. This gentleman is also appointed judge of the Tolzey Court. It was expected that in his first charge to the grand jury he would have introduced himself to the citizens by some reference to the circumstances which led to his appoint ment, but he entered at once upon the cases enumerated in the calendar. It is stated that counsel's opinions have been taken by some parties as to the legality of this appointment, by the government, to the judgship of the Tolzey Court. His salary as Recorder is 4UO/. per annum; and as judge of the Tolzey Court 2001. ; in addition to which 1001. a year is allowed for travelling expenses. BRISTOL FREE-PORT AMSOCIATION.—A meeting of the inhabitants of the ward of Clifton was held on Friday, for the purpose of hearing from a deputation of the Free-port Association information and explanations to show that Bristol may be made a free port, or nearly so, without adding to the burdens of the ratepayers. Mr. Hyde, in reference to his estimate, that 100,000/. would he raised by voluntary subscription, stated that, from what they found in their peregrinations through the city they had every reason to believe that nearer 200,000 /. would be the sum realised. They were told that Mr. P. Maze was ready to sacrifice his dock shares—about 20 in number—for the good of the city. Mr. G. Salmon was ready to give 1,0007., or 2,0001. if neces sary. The firm of Stratton would also give 1,000/., and, what was more important, the workmen in their em ploy would give 1001. Mr. Hyde next directed atten tion to a chart on the wall, which set forth that the Dock Company's income for the past year was 29 ; 584/. Go. Bd. The total amount of tonnage was 559,000 tons, on which a rate of 3d. in, and 3d. out would produce 13 , 9751 . , and every additional 100,000 tons increase would give 2,500/. Three times the present trade would give 31,925/., being equal to • borough-rate of Is. 81d. in the pound. Mr. Rowe also spoke, showing the decline of the port, its capabilities for a large trade, and its superiority as a port of Western embarkation ; and also contending that it might be made free, or nearly so, with a small rate--probably no rate at all. There was a good deal of feeling manifested, and opposition to the views of the speakers was expressed. Mr. Michael Castle expressed his belief that the Free-Port Association was doing mischief, and said he would, if al lowed to go into the question, show that the arguments adduced were fallacious. The Chairman said he did not think he could, consistently with the terms of the advertise ment convening the meeting, admit of a discussion. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and to the deputation, and the meeting broke up at half-past ten o'clock. lIERTFORLITIRE. A SEASONAPLE EXAMPLE.—Str E. Bulwer Lytton, anxious to relieve his cottage tenantry from the difficulty and priva tion occasioned by the failure of the potato crop, has made a deduction of a quarter's rent (or 2d per cent.), from the sums due from such of his oottagers as pay rent. Sir B. Lytton has wisely selected the quarter which includes the three winter months, as the penod when the deduction will afford the most relief. THE MALT RORBEIIYATABINODON.—The protracted examination of the parties, 17 in number, in custody on the charge of being concerned in this extensive plunder, is still going on. The inquiry has now extended over a period of three weeks, the magistrates having been engaged nearly every alternate day during that period. The last examina tion took place on Saturday, by adjournment from Thurs day. The depositions hare been most voluminous, from the number of separate charges involved, which has altogether precluded the possibility of anything like an epitome of the evidence ; and, as yet, it is uncertain when the in. vestigation will be brought to a close. Every examination tends to establish the guilt of the whole of the prisoners, and leaves no doubt of an ultimate committal. THE LATE Rev. R. T. JACO:ES, of Reading, has be queathed by will the sum of 110 1 . consolidated bank annui ties to the Church Missio NOß nary Society. FOLK. Tin COSSEY litlrhnEur.LThisCae, in which Eliza Peggs, Th e nex t k n . Artant gtep taken was to endeavour to obviate the old a servant-girl, has been suspected of murdering her new- gundale system by piing each tenant on hi, own farm, preparatory born infant, by drowning it in a ditch, came on Friday to which ev cry er on time agate wa, served with "ashes to again before a jury. The fact of finding the body had qwf• tb, haves was wegasyed and maps mere (haven . after six mom been previously spoken to. The rurgeona, Mesas. Frances town ,.. d .. —-___._ _.. ____... . _ . ~, ... and Cooper, having made a post mortent examination, were esa, cad ~..m both decidedly of opinion that the child had been born alive, e ti eemen — t ; t l i and had lived several hours after birth. The evidence hay- pkined an d 1 ing been gone through, the coroner requested the attendance, of the towns of the mother, who bad confessed that the child was hers, lr.d. PrenowslY et said that it was born dead. On coming into the raom she • I ' l t ": still seemed in great distress. The coroner read over tote de- i lr y e es t t e o y. positions in her presence, and she then said, in a low voice, the new fan "Itis my child, and that is all I have to apy." The jury, the tenants had elapsed a commencemeni ••••imi reds. The tenants were all assembled, and although they mi- -1 innumerable objections, peaceably consented to allow the new ,enta to be made. It having been, at the time, most fully ex- d and guaranteed that each tenant eho •wt proportion townland, according to his re u s s mad° ously ;Mould be strictly my-...t . . thaamono 1. as far as it was pomible, 6 • • •• 7rl r . • •Or th:1 1 4 11, hey were allowed to choose . • ~ 0 11 :gt e out „to farm. accompany After th e e age to ntan ,L d nd : 00011 were allowed as many • Eta , • - ;r e. . • rin rs; . a ft er consulting tog, then an hour or m , re, returned the fol lowing verdict :—" Th, , t the female intuit of Eliza Pegg was born alive, and diet; front auffueetion, but how or by what means, no evidence a i ppear3 to nasty the jury." HAMPb:URF- - RIPHESIENTATION OP Lymtnti rote.—A meeting of the Reform Association of this borougi: was held on Monday, and was very numerously attended. The Hon. Col. Kcppel addressed the meeting in an able spe...ch, and expressed his great gratification at seeing around hiw SO many friends end supporters. Haring briefly adverted to the result of the last contest for the borough, he expressed his deb mai nation again to come forward at the ensuing election, relyirg upon the support of all present. The hon. gentleman took a short review of his put political life, on which he ground ed his claim for their confidence, and exprestid hi, concur rence in the enlightened views entertained by the present ministry, especially with regard to national education, and the sanatory condition of the people, and his determination to assist In carrying out thcir measures, if returned to par liament. He concluded by calling upon the uniting to stand by him in the ensuing contest--a call which was enthusiastically responded to. sysizEx. THE LOCAL ACTHORITTES are beginning to take active steps for clearing away nuisances in Brighton. There are ahumlarice in existence, and public opinion is decidedly in favaur of their removal. A Sussex MAGISTRATE.-At the Brighter.' Police -court, James Pri'ett and Joseph Lock, two young men, were charged with poaching. Henry Gallon, steward to Baron Goldamid nt the Wick, stated that between 6 inn 7 o'clock in the morning he was on the farm anti saw the two prisoners in a field close to the gardens ef Baron Goldsinid. They were also seen by the gardeners, who took them, and, on searching them, he found a set of snares on Priy..at and a phial of gunpowder upon Lock.—Clerk Were they hare or rabbit snares ? They would etch either.—Major 'Willard c Yes, but there is a great difference between hare and rabbit snares.—Witness could not speak as to this.—Clerk They did not say what they were there for? They said they were bird-catching. llad they nets ? There were nets in another field 306 yards off. Mr. Borrer : Were the wires set? Yes. lie did not know either of the prisoners. There was no path through the field.—James French, a gardener, deposed to finding five snares standing. He had information of prisoner:. having been seen the previous night with a gun.—Mr. Burner: Aro there many hares and rabbits in your neighbourhood? Yes.—Mr. horror: I know that poaching is so much fol lowed now, that a man who received 2s. a day left me to follow it at nights.—Privett said he was out bird-catching, anti found the snares. His mother was a laundms.—Lock said he worked in a brick-yard ; but lately he had been a bird catching. —Major Willard: Do yin get enough by bird catching to maintain yourself? Yes.—Mayor Willard: It :it a very clear caw. No doubt you were there for an unlawful purpose, although th ere was no game found on you. It is necessary to put a stop t o thi s poac hi ng, and therefore, you are committed to the House of Correction to hard labour for one month, and (calling prisoners back) to find sureties.—Clerk: No, Sir, no.—Major Will a rd : Eh? What?—Clerk: No, no, Sir.- 2 Mr. Boner It is not neces sary. It is for the second offence. Major Willard (to the Clerk) : Read the act.—Mr. Verrill accordingly read the act—Major Willard (to prisoners): There is a distinction made as to night and day poaching. You are each fined 21. and costa, or one month's hard labour, and to find sureties. —Clerk (again interrupting the worthy magistrate): No, no, Sir.—Major Willard: No? (To prisoners.) That is all.— Prisoners were then removed. DINNER TO CAPTAIN PECIITILL, The guar dians of the East Preston Union, in this county, which was incorporated some years ago under the Gilbert's Lnion Act, gave a dinner to Captain l'echell, the hon. member for Brighton, on Friday evening last, at the Steyne Hotel, Worthing, ns a mark of their regard for the services which he had rendered them in maintaining their unions and pre serving them from the control of the commissioners at LITERATURE. Farts from Gererdore. Compiled front Notes by Lou n Ci nouns: Htu,, Hardy LnilSons, Dublin, 181 d. We continue our remarks on this interesting and curious narrative. Immediately that Lord George Hill had completed the purchase of the main part of the lands in Gwee dorv, he had temporary apartments fitted up for him self and his agent, and went to reside there, at once to commence the arduous work of reformation, 110 personally visited and made himself acquainted with all the tenants ; and his kindness to the people made them all declare that "he could not be a lord, parti cularly as he spoke Irish." The nearest market-towns being et tLe distance of from nine to twenty-eight miles, and the sale of grain, as previously explained, being thus prevented, the new - proprietor forthwith set himself to work to provide a permanent remedy for ;his the greatest and most extensive evil. A. illicit distillation induced lawless; and irremtlar lintute In the people, and render, it their liable to tints and impriaamo, t a N th r .,,uy causing the ruin of tie it laminas and farms and frequently Wan pro toeing famine, by the grain whirl. should otherwise have rupplled them with fod; meartimt were immediately adopted to cheek the pernicious preettee. In 1839, a corn-etorc, 11l feet long by 22 feet Witte. having three lona and u kiln, war imilt ut the port of 11141010 r, capable ot containing three or finer hundred tuna of tot,. quay t, a. Mimed in front of the More, at which veratela of 20n toms can brad or olisharge, there bring 14 feet of water a: the height of the tide. market war thus eatablidied fig the grain of the district, uiu price given for it being much the Willie as at Lefferts, tiny, aix Wet twenty mile. distant. It may herr be remarked, that lit that period no ves,el could he freighted iii Liverpool for Gweedure; ih hay, and the anchorage limier the Wand of (lola, being as little known in England tin if it had been on the mast of Afrka. This is no longer the ease, and shipowners now send vessels to Gweedore. The corn store was, how ever, built with great difliculty, owing to the want of masons and carpenters. There was scarcely anybody residing there who could do anything: :so great war the difficulty of getting even a coffin mate, that, to wenn the servieca of a earpenter, such ea the district afforded, many of the people gave hint annually by way of a retaining fee, cheater of oats, on the express condition of making their wain when they died ! The compiler of these facts observes that it was no wonder the above individuals did not like to remain; —men who had been used to a little bread and meat occasionally - ;—whereas nothing of the sort could here be obtained. It was a whole day's journey to the nearest butcher's or baker's shop! It was just the same, or much worse, with all other articles, whether of gro cery, or ironmongery, or domestic hardware. There was nothing for it but that Lord George I fill should set up a shop. This he at once did. The brief account of it, and of his lordship's success, is very interesting: It watt also thought that a few other articles in general demand might be diapered of at a moderate price, such iet salt, coop, candlis, toboceo and tea. But from the Kite, increasing, the idea was rug getter' of establishing a general attire or shop for the areorminslation of the people. The new chop was managed Lyra.. wheelwright, under the superintendence of the agent, for three years, until the sales became so very extensive, that it was eowildentl advisable m entrust the concern to a more experienced person. To give seine conception of the increase of btlfillePA, it may be mentioned that the first guar teen sales to the 19th of Deamber, 1840, amounted to VV. 12r. lad. The order for the quarter ending 19th December, 11442, amounted to NO. GK, 4d., while the oarreaponding quarter fur 1844 was .550 r. In eon/sequence of the great intrease of burley., the shop was ...alarms! to double its original wise, and three or four persona instead of oily one, ore now requited to wait upon the eurtomers. The consumption of bread, floor, and biscuit, since their introduction into the district, affords a fair criterion of the improved babas and et:yam:tames of the inhabitants. At the bottom of the page from which we make the foregoing extract, there occurs a note, stating that " in 1815 upwards of 3001. worth of excisable arti cles, such as tea, tobacco, and snuff, were sold at Lord George llill's shop at Bunbeg." Well done, say we, and as honestly outspoken as done. Reflecting, as every thoughtful person must, upon the consequences attached to this mode of dealing with the distresses of Ireland—admirable in itself, and yet more important in its example to other landlords—we cannot but smile with the novel and peculiar interest attached to such words as these over a little shop-door, or ulon„ie the side of a building of brick or boards—" Lard George Hill, maltster," and " Lord George Hill, licensed to deal in tea, coffee, tobacco, and snuff At this shop everything requisite to the local cir cumstances can be bought at the same price as at the Letterkenny market, which is twenty-six miles ' distant, imported direct from Glasgow, Liverpool, and Dublin. Vririous articles are also purchased from the people, and trade and industry arc thus established and encouraged. The list of the principal arti cles sold at his lordship's shop is amusing and significant; such as awl-blades, bridles, fishing hooks, hinges, horse-shoes, plasters, salt, tar, teas, Scotch barley, tobacco-pipes, ink, writing-paper, reaping-hooks, wheelbarrows, Epsom salts, pepper mint lozenges, flannels, buttons, thimbles, knives, stockings, &c. Hardware and crockery (previously to the existence of this shop, they were unknown) are now common in every cabin. The cessation of the old practice of making all the grain into poteen is rendered conspicuous by the fol lowing statement from the books, that in 1839, the first year that grain was purchased from the people, 479/. 9s. 60. was paid for oats at the stare . ; and the year 1844, the amount brought in realised upwards of 1,100!., paid to the peasantry. Thus were the first steps towards a great change successfully made. A far more arduous task had now to be undertaken:— - - 'l