The Express. — London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

6 . - . . . _ . -- • • NEWSPAPER - 7 - 7 4 4, - • . - • A l' . es - , 5 z .... .., . , . i ' r-i .. .. . .. . e( 4; t 41 s . • • • p et - ` 4 41 . . , ... . . e • • • • - tit . S a /3. d X "..4 L , . . • • LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 7, 1865. , (Stamped id . Additional.) [TWOPENCE. ---_---. relation *onto ; the Bev. W. G. HoIiPBRIT, the visa. THE LAND QUESTION IN AUSTRALIA. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. ha the a sh ,. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. Mr. Daasciaarisui, the vestry clerk, then read the report --e-- c o a f ti th oi t i cs an ra t mittisi which, after witting forth the comment - The irregularities of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Yesterday morning three of the five gentlemen interviews thin had taken place between them Company have led to the holding of a public meetiog atth e Crown Lands Commie appointed ' dations in the Report of mia appointed by Sir George Grey, under Sir Benjamin Hall's sad Si, Beijing's Hall and Sir John Villiers Shelley, pro- Georgetown , Demerara, of which a full report is given la sioners, on The followin g the most important recommen. what is commonly called the Squatting new Act, to set out the Wan* sad to apportion amoag such ended to state that, with regard to the air. and Population the Royal (mite, of August 4. Amongst the gentlemen wards the number of voltremen to be elected, commenced Of the o li: h ris e I . !, ead to the principles involved in the provi- present were the Hon. J. B Roney, Hon. T. Porter, acil. : IhOrkere Bay— ard section, the committee wander that the aet G. I. Luaus, Meek,. A. Macrae, F. Verbeke, W. . their labours. The gentlemen named for this responsible • Question in the colony of Victoria. The Commis would be folly and equitably carried out by dividing the Campbell, J. Lent, F. A. R. Winter, 0. A. Gilbert, J. We recommend and somewhat arduous duty are Mr. William Durrant Perish into three wards, ecoprleing-Ist, Chug woes ll'Allaster, C. Lynes", F. W. Whitney, J. Gordon. A. B. 1. That the survey and sale of the Crown lands of the Cooper, Mr. Alexander Palling, Mr. George Baugh Alice, Ward, Zed ditto ditto, Suffolk street ditto—in one ward, to Irving, J. Basco, W. B Fergueon , W. Dallas, J. Donald, colony should proceed continuously, with referent* to the and Mr. Arthur John Wood. Mr. Pulling will net tom- be Galled the West Ward. Bedfordbery Ward, New street T. H. Mackey, J 0 Austin, J. H. King, W. Knight, G. requirements of all classes of pitchouts, and in quantities mince his operations in his district—which comprises 1 . 4,1. 14 M r idle y a llar l d 4 Blehan e rie t iritto be , Strand i o ditto—to T _vg, R. t il ;' l itr C ot le , M W D OolfaTd W iVtl i l t er . J A : Atkinson , lgatt I. snakiest to prevent the price from greatly exceeding at any Greenwich, Deptford, Poplar, St. George's East, White- be called South W a rd, The West Ward contained 610 rate- P. Jo a nn, ManseU, J. Templeton, H. Murray, Rev. A. D. time the present upset price, as prescribed by law. chapel, Bethnal green, Shorediteb, Hackney, Mile End Old payers, assessed at 110,6941. The North Ward vatained 876 Murray, Rev. Kimonos, Rev. J. Corlett, Dr. Mengel, 2. That yearly licensee, renewable from year to year, Town, and Lienhouse—untll Tuesday next ; bat Messrs ratepayers, assessed at 68.03134. The South Ward contains 761 Dr. Dalton, din. The Hon. J. E. HONEY presided. should be given to the present occupant., for pastoral par- '... -moor, Allen, and Wood entered upon e ratepayers, recessed at 71.6661. The emonsittee, taking into n ..ILIDIR.Ieit V rEn , moved the Grit retolntion r poses only ; which should held good against soy other consideration the principles on which the number of vestred; 'ety, and will motion* them de as follows :—" That the cootieued and increasing inega- 1i ,,„„,... um were to be apportioned, thought the number to laritise ia the performance by the Royal Mail Steam Puttee *---- ars completed. Mr. Cooper's di elected 04) should be equally divided between the three mbeth, St. Mary Newhigte words —ins., 12 for each. The emandiece concluded their Company of the postal service between St. Thomas and this colony are attended with very injurious results to -"dm, Rotherhithe, V report by recommending the sense to IlaDeliO. then Pone - ten community, end call loudly for the immediate and ' , ohms and Lewis' eel, DJ which there was no doubt the assessor appointed by energetic interference of her Majesty's as government." wooer agitate, th° °Pwethe Y of guile would (H e ide th e F e e" as let ° th e The resolution w nesaimously adopted,were several Me s ethers strongly condemning the conduct of the Conaway. e.-- _-e tt << r No. 2,824.] FOR AUSTRALIA sad the COLONIES.—Light • am Mulls moormo—cßocooles PA =l7 /11/11V1100111 1 0 mit ipielbetly bagerioes be ids. tasty, widow. d bee leak : D a bag - ad erreedit teen is allieskas belt the required far elms; csa be lid al rik pernes. NUM ON It PUNT Mt lam NON-CONDUCTING Tett ler irotelial ism adistr a Z2. ism Id per treat of reel.— emote aid trethnordais seat by peg ea re to =GOON NA bp.. 2. lipitriollt-HILL, LONDON, wit also 'aply SHIP 11111LOTHING telt end 1/40[101101111 hit tor dame wile mud Mill tree bowie mambas lite teieurilie. ASCENT OF MONT BLANC WITHOUT GUIDES. ___ _ We have already reported that the Rev. C. Smyth, or of the orates of St./fire/se Church, Groat Yarmouth, bad jest smoteedod is reasisiag the rasa of Moat Blanc wit►out guides. The rev. gentlemen Curates his expo- AIM% sad those of the party be asioompanir,in a letter to • Irked, some sat:acts from which we subjoin. Oa leaving the neighbourhood of Monts Bon, Mr. Smyth descended by one of the passes into the valley of Aosta, and our to Cramer. Of his travelling expeditor from this point Mr. Smyth writes to his friend r follows : T=AHD, WHISKERS. and MUSTACHIOS. A Ifs eigeueledel wenn of ROWLAND, mictsthis, oiL poodmier iliesansmos at lbehert r leetweedly term wed spetaletell. en& le sereded swam esineeleleb ere mild " as WM* welbstle. 011ialmas lb Woods yowls hla do pro of the litsf. seedtbee the Wish Immtkrph NM% eminter Peliftligearie Übe. aIM Diedrig eusleloS nenrity, lea peemeinef borkblyfgaisr.dllssi& ars. W lesoneee peirisinem es the Yen penes et Wen SA. hisi b. 7.., Mae WON 0190 loalar 5 sal deelie that net, flee Ind& mes by S. SOW D 8011 P, 104 Baumagladea. Lark" W by all Cbambia and lir twee. " CHAMOUNII, Ara. 16. " The Val d'Aoste takes its rise at Cormayerer, at the very foot of Mont Blase, which stows on this aide to the most advantage its rugged sad precipitons aigisillea. As I I we apprombed it—and a bead in the valley brought to our sight emeresive packs of this splendid range, rising me above mother till the saewy samesit of the white ssounMia appeared above all--au irresistible Amin seised as all to SOWS the ragged heights end to Mast oar leg ape* them. AS %booms Use we had eash of a stress ehjeetioar—posi• sibly masektatimis ortee—to paying 241. at the very least foe what we could doubtless do for 21. sub. Monte Mom had not east us so much, sad that ins only 400 feet lower; ea we determiaod to try by ourselves. Our party bad bees well armed ; we had travelled much together on foot ; and we wore all of us replete with glacier exportation. The only question was, who should lad oat the way ? Now here, mo, we were ea an equality with the best Cor ium? guide, for Most Blanc Masora been ascended from that side. Sin persons had • week before attempted it. and found that it was practicable, but were too severely WWI by the said to attain the Ismael summit. We this de• sermiaed spool trying the same way. Porters were engaged to may oar teat and provision, blaakets, &a , for • hi l os the mew. Them they canted up to the snow, after whit* we beams our own potters. Clouds, however—those peat enemies of mosatais expeditions—began to lower on _ . Cooper, Allen, and Wood entered upon their labours yesterday, and will unitises them de die Is diem until they are completed. Mr. Cooper's district comprises Cseaberwell, Lambeth, St. Mary NowiDge's, St. Saviour's Southwark, Bermondsey, Rotherhitho, St. George the Martyr, Southwark, Clapham and Lewisham. Mr. Allen has charge of St. George, Hanover avian, St. Martha la the NM*, se. Jam, 91.3412,m0 MergomerWisfralserer Kensington, Chelsea, and Hammersmith. Mr. Wood is eatrasted with St. NAUSS, Bt. Wee in the Fields, St. Maryiebone, Paddington, Islingtoa, Clork•swell, aad St. LW, Middlesex. Tho parishes takeu yesterday morning were St. Pancras, St. George, Hanover square, and Cam berwell. 8. That the rent to be paid sbonld be regulated by the gneiss capability et each no, subject to the mode of deci sion presently to be proposed, and should be at the rate of 6d. for every sheep, 4s. for every heal of cattle, gad 10s. for every hone widen lawns sateen be testintated oeimpablo of carrying. 4. That the above peseta] rate, per head of stock, should be open to periodical resdjustment, at the expiration of sash period of Ave year, from the date of occupation ender the proposed system; to be effected ►y competent authosity, and to be applicable in cceounon to all a:comm. 6. That a mimeo's= Limit, based on extent, should be imposed, of Id. per acre. 6. That a legal tsibunsl, in' the nature of a court of appeal from valuation, thrall be constituted, to which either the government or the coonpant should be xl liberty to appeal against the existing animate of grazing capability. 7. That the proposed regulatioas should take effect in differently upon all waste lauds cd the crown throughout the colony, the present territorial , classification, and the regulations dependent spin it, below abandonad. 82. It remains to say a few words• in exploration of the mode of estimating the rent vecommenitd. TWO proposal* in particular ban been considered by as in connixion with, this subject. One of these proposals wee that the pastoral runs should be divided, with r dentate trims' and el value, into a definite number of clause; that an =reside rent, varying with each class in the fat, per acre, 81230 id be paid for each run ; that this rats should in each iwt•nt* bear a certain relation to the upset price al land for sale; that the rate, upon an go of the colony, should not be less than 3d. per acre ; and that • legal tribunal should be constituted for carrying out these proposals. The other proposition is that which we have in terms adapted. The principle of these proposals appeared to ne to be the same, and will be seen to depend upon a reference to cape, bility, based upon, and qualified by, area. This principle constitutes the limit to unproductive occupation, which we have stated to be so deeirable ; since the institution of a minimum rent, estimated upon the acre, obviously places at • disadvantage such occupants •e are indisposed to use, to the utmost of its capacity to produce, the land in their occupation. One BE Clil i alli th ltrO d iffNSUMON ; being MEM rile aVe2 Vdia l ia ite Mho ChM. la Aio. one =IMO a? anailsa ea et tie II WIT. Loam Lossas Hews. Ones. awl Lemmas. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL LIPS ASSURANCB Aftie , seme commode* the report was received sad adopted ; end the committee, with the churchwardens, om elets, and the parish eenerally, requested to attend the assessor this day at 10 o'clock. The meeting concluded by a cote of thanks to the paw mitts, mad to the reverend chairman. SOCIETY. LLUBTRATED TlMllB.—The Nimbi, for ro-mosauw poSse ISL. will ssoliis olsboosa• r,. ,r amis.( tits Tr f. sns. s toss • is IS sad Alm, _lrish two Time( dr sod a Ism se • lbs seusolol amide So a tram lisisSo by L a . iiisrlololsik ci =s2 .......... =fli m t.. Weis se Roo ths .."- is the essisa sr Fre .7 o to Pir A le a ß Vim et the Place ft t o r s anis. vim at Ike tod• sum istiembs awl varloso ll". 4% Mast = d al a Ths asus of as irk.—Tbe ILLVITKATID li. pew Id.. mu Übe tat drip =. sad deft" It. Om mans Wilms Ms slim ill• mai SmosSesusts to Ms magerstes. IT. PAXCILLS. The fourth annual general meeting of the pro• piston aad arcared meshes of this society was hold yes terday at their dhow in Cheapside. Mr. PARMILL was in the chair. IRELAND DUBLIN, ezra.. 6. A report, of which the following embraces the chief feentros, was read : "During the put year the directors have received 884 propoaals for assuring the sum of 215,2101, out of which 652 have been accepted and completed, and policies hued assuring the sem of 143,3771, producing a new revenue of 4,9311. Os. Id. per annum. Since the establishment of the society ao lees than 6,163 proposals have bean received for the large sum of 1,012,C481. The total amount of um reacts effected is 667,8961., and the usual income arising therefrom 23,2521. 4s. The mortality experienced by the society continues to be extremely small, and very far below what was calculated upon. The claims during the put year are only 38, and, after deducting the amount re-assured, the net lees sustained by the society is 3,9301 Os. 9d., making the net losses since the establishment of the society 7,1811. U. Bd. The directors would specially invite atten tion to the highly satisfactory coaditloa of the company's affairs, as exhibited by the statement of accounts and balance-sheet. After payment of all louse and current ex penses for the past year, and reserving the sum of 1,8021. Ile. 7d. received for the purchase of annuities, there remains a surplus upon the year's income alone of 6,9951.55. 11d. to be carried to the reserve fund, making that amount now 18,8761. lbs. Bd. Your directors cannot but regard this state of things with feelings of the most lively gratification, more especially when they consider that this result has been obtained in so comparatively short a space of time, and in such an early stags of the society's career, and during a period which is usually regarded as the most difficult and trying in the history of all such institutions. The directors have now the closure to recommend that • dividend after the rats of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, be declared on the paid-up capital. The Comarax congratulated the proprietors on the satisfactory aspect of the Waits of the company, as exhi bited in the report and the accounts submitted, which, he ' observed, were drawn up with • precision and carefulness which he had seen exceeded. The motion was put and carried, WINNER of BT. LECIER.—READ and BR IMS TOMISSON3ILDVIC6 la ZIA NM! L lautsiv ell S, Samoa mormtal waft wriest. A Pell Programme or lhassisar lacer urn be Mark as dee BMW% Mem nem am a l sr l d b , e. i . wignatidi .1 esega of 'be W of per WM WIZ= 011.0 aims 3, TEE DAILY NEWS: LONDON MORNING PAPER, prise IMSMOped 411., slempd bd. Loam Mae/ Swab sessolle et hie miimoss lad ST all mud Wens& za the retest sad vilso d Es NNW smos—la 08scroof a ti bar reports, sad V tbs eyelid onemillsteed ammusloil Asa asaisid ai la the sky, warm. sad onaisry milde-416 pre Is maisrpd. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS AT THE BRAT OF WAR. ITS FOREIGN NEWS 18 RELIABLE AND IMPARTIAL. La reclusively early report el ailpagm la Isaias Sees Is sap. ,pllsd to It by every Overlaid Mmil, aid It aistalas THE ONLY DAILY MINING REPORT, wlth list of pas. IT EXCLUDES ALL OFFETISIVE ADVERTISEMENTS. It faatrietiyloriepee;a;Tt, -- 5iie1,71;417 ran than any of its contemporaries, tW wet W. by end early hironeatios, Wined Par heel, *Waren WI toot igholor to say. To he °reined nosy bookaller or eemenea le the Idespiees; or at the ogler, le, Owe& neat, lint Lostokos. 14.8. ellSicelty hi eiperinste b Meerlet the pew by mash net at e redone peke, the pelnelest se i ne km* the fames or wise watts reedy te apply Is, et lb. M. yet ineeler. BW In whew by Foe-el ke order. 83. We msy be permitted, in conclusion, to add that, sbould our recommendations be adopted, it will be a source of great satisfaction to ue to have been instrumental in con ducting this &Moult question to a Baal and durable set tlement. TIAILY NEWS LENT TO READ, from 8 a.m. ..1 1a f t "siL r ' m r *;"Ia l y .. . o r r tia . ek e 9 1 1 (1. a p per ALTa Maws Apst, it, Taapiwtreat, withdraw. DAILY NEWS FORWARDED tothe COUNTRY by MOON() PO6T , at My. M. MrV. mamma w aohyor. HN MADDOX. le. Uppa Albany-a.. Ilaparrpark, DookalYst sad Nary Agra. VAILY NEWS LENT TO READ, in London , at I la, per qua/tee—BENT by 1101114ING NMI. at it ULU VINIXO W., 194 9d. per qr.-11. ADAMS 9. Partiamat-alrael. 99aatutaalar, Nam AVM. BAYSWATER -DAILY NEWS LENT TO RICAD; oad 'applied to tin contotry 1p molar post, al M.N. quorum pad is idr res. X. SUASICZ, Grovo.torroto, Wad- Noes Mout. THE CODHAII AILIADER. Robert alias Thomas Paling, the person suspected of having bees guilty of the murder of Jane Begley, wee trued by as oiliest of the detective fore', named Johnson, tp the village of Whitfield, in Olucestershire, where ha was apprebeaded on Wednesday last. He was at once brought back to Bromley where he underwent an *lamination before Mr. John Wells, one of the magistrates of the minty, riot/edgy. .The following evidence was taken : George Begley steted that the deemed, Jane Bagley, was bit wife. On Saturday morning, the 25th ult., he went out at 20miertes past five to hi work, and returned about seven in the evening. He loud the house shut up as be had left it la the worming, and epos listening at the door he heard eine ate groaning is the mirage. He got in by the window, and be found his mother in bed weltering in her blood. Be than went to the room where his wife slept, and found bee lying dead in the bed, the bedclothes which were cover ing ber body being deeply stained with blood. Hiss= was mitts him at the time, and he immediately despatched him for asaistance, some neighboun arriving soon afterwards. He of found the pair of tongs produced in the kisebee. They were covered with blood and hair. _William Bagley, the deceased's son, corroborated his father's evidence. Oa searching the cottage, be (witness) salaried, atter the murder, a jacket, waistcoat, sada pair of er Neus. Thaw prod se ed we some of the missing articles. They had been In hie (witness's) pots/melon six months before the murder, having been given to him by hisbeother, ibis had entered the army about that period. Jemmy Freemen, farm labourer, residing at Carthame, trrthat on the morning of the 25th test. he wee with men mowing in • field adjorsiag Begley's borne, whew they saw a as running away from the direction of the cottage, about twenty minutes past 6 o'clock. The man wen • dark coat, dark troween, and black kat, and had a Imes under bb acs. The distance of the man Irons where they were mowing was about 120 yards. He believed the primer wee that mu. He wee of just the same description, lard same height. Genially speaking the prisoner had the same appears's" as the man who ran acme the clover field bee Bagley's beam. The witness was aves-essahted by the plow with weals sauterne's. The witness, in reply to the aniseed, said he had seen him (the primmer) before; it was when he used to be about Cildhase some five or sin years ago. It was whom be (the amused) was with • man named Denudio, that be (whine) knew him. That was emu years ago. Gotha morning in queetion it had bees foggy, but it was getting very light wiles he saw the man running away frost the wisp. William Crane, who was at work with the last witnesses the morning in question, and saw the man running across the clover field, corroborated Freeman's evidence, and ti Idenlisci the prisoner as bearing a stroog resembanos that man. He did mot see tt e features of the man naming nosy from the cottage. Jetnima Blake, who kept the Black Horse pablks. hems at oiygie's• hill, identified the prisoner as having bees at the Black Horse, • mile sad a half from Bagley's house, ea Friday, the day preceding the murder, at haltpsat 12 in the afternoon. He left the house about twenty minutes le L lira. Jane Faint!, wham husband keeps the Fog and Bounds, in Muth-street, half a mile from Bagley's cottage, identilied the amused as bavieg been there ea the Friday before the murder, about 3 or 4 o'clock, and remaining there two hour. He then left, and she saw nothing mere 51 Um. Jusee Johnson, police constable, 108 B, stated, fres la fornastion he received, ho •ppreheaded the unman on Wednesday morning, at t►e house of Mark Wheeler, at Whitfield, near Bristol. The prisoner eras in bed at the time. The clothes idestiled by the viten* William Bay ley as hie, he found amongst the prisoner's clothes in UN axle room. Id. William Watkin Edwards, surge,., of Hates, said M was tilled to Bagley's cottage as tie eesdag of the 26th wlt $e found that the deceased Jame Beaky bad bees dead some boon, her death having hest eaard by a snare isompound fracture of t h e skull. He saw dripals el temps marked with blood and haw; but be wooed @Owls% OD trends about the deceased's fine and walk were set is. Ilislid with that lionesses, but some instrumeut of a sharp pigged aerate. The various wounds on the deceased's Shwas oremeeidentfy Witted by a sharp iastenseat, and sot Ito !ha moods wore evidently it. doted duns( lib tibia the siadas of bind wider the skin, sad other approrsaies sbawatban. Kr laspestor fkiwar laissaad the beast* that that was all she Wiese, to be produced that day %Oast the viewer. If tba assalad wale remota fee a week, the boldest' amid be by that dm sampasea. Tiv Wish oosoldiat el4 tearied asswead. Mask Wissolse, am bites esstairk who hattoarsd the ocassed, has bees areastal by the Glostostarehbv police. CITIMAL PALAM-SRILLING DAT.-611.7. 6. 94101181••• ea papaw; 9,667 s ditto W mom Wks% 14.1....Te55i, 9,310. Corropestai day last year, 7,864. the niewritains. Above, below, and around us, thick mien closed in and impeded oar steps. The glacier was mush broken up and neva/led. We VDTs tied together, and took the lead. Many an apparently impassible crevasse was mooed by some narrow snow bridge, or had to be doubled at considerable loss of time to our selves. After a time it began to snow, so we began to pitch oar tent and to spread our blanket is the midst of a vast wilderness of snow. There were no signs of life but in our little bustling party of six. All argued woo cold and still as death, except when some oecesional crack, resounding all along the ice, told of the oontinual progress of the glacier, or some roar u of distant thunder marked the fall of an avalanche over the rocky precipice. But we wars not in the land of avalanches, so though we heard them we did not see any on this occasion. Our boots being hung, all wet, bee the roof of our tent, and additional clothing for the night pet on for warmth', sake, the •lauds were produced said plead in the midst, and as our ten hours' walk had met fu say way impaired our appetite, a considerable on- I shught woo speedily made on our provisions. A spirit lamp and mamas gave us water from the fresh snow, and a little wine poured Is, with sugar, made it a very palatable drink. We then wrapped ourselves up in a blanket, and I slept sa well as we could ; but I can enure you it is no easy matter to sleep when the mind is excited with past exer tions and future hopes, especially when six an 'rammed into a spies adapted for three or four at the most. You will sympathies with me when I toll yes hew difficult I found it to stow away my long lege. There were about two pairs of ley upon mine, and a heed reclined against my side, as I laid mine upon some one's elm s►oulder. We were so leaked together that when we tamed the w►ole sesehinery had to be set in motion; add to this, bivouacking on mow at a height of 12,000 feet, is, to say the least of it, rather Geld sad comfortless. The follow ing mussing the meal was repeated, end we set off is the fog with a vain hops of its clearing off. With gnat perito neum we rucked the third pint of Mont Blanc, occa sions! openings in the fog revealing our route, and giving us hopes of the clouds rising iron the mountain. But now all hops of this vanished, and dispirited, though in no de gree tired, we retraced our steps to our tent, shouldered it sad the blankets and provisions, and, after a sixteen hours' walk, made our wsy hook to Centimes,. Disappointed u - - re were with th is result of ell our preparations wad rreer- Lions—entirely in conseqsenes of the weather, net of the will or ptomaines of the party, we determined upon making another trial frogs St. Gervais*. Lest yea two or three ehamois hunten suoseeded in reaching the summit from St. Glavalm, and returned the following day. Ws planned • similar expedition, but tagged of returning to St. GefTSlllll resolved to make a pea of the entemit, and asto nish **geed people of Ckasoa•ix. In this we happily sureseded. Again we made free as of porton, who only cod us An francs each, and we engaged three chamois Laden to ge with us to • aortae point, some five hours from the suait, is case any ef our party should wish to rears. laded, one or two persona astrompanied us with a view of reaching • certain past, and experiencing • sight's easapaga on the rocks. This was to our advantage, as they shared our expenses. We had no guides, but persons ezperiesad is glaciers would Sad bat little difficulty is the last Am hours of Mont Blanc, Wass they were out of madition, and foiled the labour too great. Ws had almost invariably found that goldes were as much • hindrance to as es a help. Mat Baglisbnies will best them la a Mug walk. I shall not again trouble you with the details of another night's encampment. It was much pleasanter than the last, as the reeks are warmer; besides that, we provided ourselves wit► charcoal for a fire, straw for • bed, and dour, ailk, and eggs for • hasty goddess. Chocolate, chickens, pears, rallies, and other dales else being added, we pasted • very comfortable night is the midst of avalanches which thundered about to la all directions. We were, however, is safe quarten, and the night was lovely. Tee spot sainted for our bivouac was close to • rained hut, without a roof, with walls &best our fest high, which, sixty years ago, De Sa•ssure, the philosopher, built for his scientific o;orrvaticoas. We found the cabin faU of MOW sad to, which we shopped sod 'levelled away; and as architect of oar party employed two or three of us in building a roof of imp flat stems. The teat went oar all, lugs steam Wog laid apes it to prevent its being blows off, as the wiad was severe. We started at daybreak, and reached the Dome de Gm% one of the summits, in three hours and a half. Here we were left to carry oar ow. knapsacks and provides, for five hewn more ,to the real sessmit. The difficulties compered up by were meceseively vanquishecloond that without violeateisknees or hemorrhage. The dreadful If sr-de-la. Cott, • to whisk ba had to cling fee his life, sod down which, bad he slipped, he would lam been dashed from as. icy erag to soother, till his mangled remains wire entombed Jr the hor rid depths of the glacier !' Whet:would he say if we were to tell his estimate that we bad ventured to dewed this dreadful part by an ordinary glissade ? How emsllsot were oar appetites —pears, fowls, load bread had little Mane, with Ave huegry Englishmen. The most admaturous part of our jemmy sow mummaced. We wield, Mated of retasniag to St. Ommise, to desesad the asseeesia as the Chamomile side, To us, of WWI./ it woo sew fortilled though we were with Albert 's wrest, and that of other emesseeful encreataineers. Yet ia one plum skim did we Infilkaill say dtiswlty ; it was in ereming from see *wise to saishee below the (Mad Melees, whose peep& Ishii. Oily Wahl% weed= is the 'asst. I oseast dessrlbe the .stein we MI to own- Nes Crevasses, exteuding la all dfrostlim. Lab up the glades: crag was heaped es orig. We had to WM. by all me el sane+ ledges at les, &se saw %adios ef doubtful stoma. Mops It ad la esadaealtyat with wet Eon opd then he she. • guide maid hav e hew it say &se sr,. sot es help as over dilloult plea& bet to show es she stud route hen me to the ether : Moak time would thus lam boss saved. At keg* Um ether ado wee gales{ sad with some degree of ealiihstles we sit foot is arra Jima. TM& hewn' Mak , woe still belies as, sad yet is MN ea laws the ass maid set Aosertiagly tie sheet taillihts's& elpht Mod es talletrieg the sorrow goal task width pram thoslipi the piss woods hi the =Vof esoesft. Alfloupft klidy ha the IM ham* *OW AI the de NB tb day we laid awastese dews So is, Mae Se treas. About aidlit sem me sarsimeal oesposall thetas we had lift • edsi.l wily • short way up, we sheeM Moms was steps aid oe. if we meld dad say sosommiotils Shwa To ear toy we dissoamd • hayloft with sone hah My ha the it, sad Amy Mew doped MM. say et le awoke hen weal sad raboshist shop we than ibtaised. Cur hover mace lorseght ei to Clatoomis. sod we on Kew Mee." At ten o'clock Mr. Wood ;et thip vestry. The learned asesseor opined the proceedings by mediae his appointment and that portion of the act relining to the particular busi ness is hand. There are to be 18 vestrymen for every 1,000 householders rated to the relief of the poor of the parish; if over 1,000, 24 vestrymen; and 36 vestrymen if the ratepayers exceed 2,000; and so on in proportion at the rate of 12 additional vestrymen for every thousand toonsetiolden. The insumbent and churchwardens and the district rector, at presses constituting soy part of a vestry, shall cooties' to do so. Where the number of qualified vestrymen is below 18. the vestry is to cousin of as many as may be qaalified. Parishes with more than 2,000 rated bouseholden are to he divided into wards; no ward is to contain less than 600 rated householders, and the whole umbra of wards is any perish is cot to exceed 8; and their limits are to be defined before the 10th of October nest. Should the population vary fa a future censor, the number of vestrymen may be altered sceordingly. The qualification of a vestryman is to be rated to the poor soon a rental of not less than 401. per annum ; bat is a parish where the 401. assessment is not more in the whole than one 'nth of the entire rating, then 251. rated rental will be sufficient, and a joint occupancy annuatiag to M. each occupier will also qualify for the above office. The fiat election is to take place next November, between the first and twenty fifth days of the mouth, when the fell number of vestrymen are to be sleeted; sad future elec tions will take place in she mouth of May every year, the churchwardens giving previously 21 nays' nuke. One third of the vestry will go out of dike every year, and the first and second years are to be determined by lot among the whole of the vestry as to thaw who shall retire. Valencia' can only be filled up yearly, sad the persona sleeted shall go out of one. in the same order as those parties would have dose whose vacancies us supplied. The testators of parish accounts will go out of office in the same way as the vestrymen. A member of the existing vestry was told that assess:seats were based upon indivi duality, that is, that ea owner of booms cannot have votes for the houses, hat only for his own rating, sad that it was a question not yet determined in what way the railways wen to be represented in vestry. In remedies to mark the outlines of the wards from toe of maps of the parish, the usemor said that the object to be attained was to squally apportios the representa tive power throughout the parish. When wants were of small extent the number of vestrymen would be small also, in order that the ratepayers of a poor or small woad should be as well »preowned, not according to their wealth, but to the number of qualified ratepayen only. The learned assessor them proposed to divide the perish into eight wards, as follows .-No. ward to be bounded on the north by the boundary of the lowish ; on the west by the same ea the south by Mansfield road, to the boundary _ westw ard; and on the east by the Kentish Town road. No. 2 ward to be bounded= the north by Newfield road ; ea the west by the parish boundary ; on the east by the:Kentish town read, to the obelisk opposite the Mother Rod Cap ; and on the south west by Pancras vale. No. 3 ward to be bounded on the north east by Gloucester place, Kentish Town, to the parish boundary ; on the west by the Kentish Tower road, High strut, to Oloseester place, Camden Town; on the south by Gloucester pleas to the work house ; and on the east by the King's road to Oxford street over the canal, thence aloes the canal to the parish boundary. No. 4 ward to be bounded on the north and west by the palish boundary line, and on the east and south by Pancras vale, High strut, Camden town, South. Renton street, Moraingtoo cresceot, Crescent piece, Serpentine road, Augusts' street, Cumberland market (north side), Cumberland street west, and Albany street, to the boundary of the parish. No. 6 ward to be bounded on the north-west by Southampton street, Morningtes enuest, Crescent place, anon the Railway bridge, Serpentine road, Augustus strut, north side of Cumberland market, Cumberland street west, Albany street, Oanaburgh terrace, Osas burgh street, to the New road. Oa the south, by the New road to Ruston square (oast side), and on the east bi ly ßuston square (east side), Seymour street, Upper moor street, Crawley street, Oakley square (west aide), an Rvenholt street to the sad. No. 6 ward to be bounded on the west by Busies square (east side), fey molar street, Upper Seymour street, Crawley street, Oakley square (west aide), E,enholt street to the end. On the north by Kleenex", Russell place, Tioney piece, Wane ford place to King's road. Oa the east by King's rood, to Oxford street, along Oxford street. to the Canal, and slang the west and south aides of the Caul to the parish boun dary, and then along that boundary to King's cross. On the south, by the New road to Banos New aide.) No. 7 ward to be banded on the worth by the New read from the parish boundary on the west to lutes square (east side). Oa the east, by Woburn pima, Upper Woburn place, Tavistock square (east side), to the parish boundary, and upon all other sides by the perish boundary. No. 8 ward to De bounded on the north by the New read from Ruston square (seat side), Upper Wara place, Webs!a place, Tania took square (east side), and all other sides by the parish boundary. The above unofficiala are subject to each eorrectioas as may be determined on afterward'. and the learned assessor adjourned to a future day, for the purpose of fining the assessment for the respective wards, ST. 01010 R, EANOTNIt MUM. At tea o'clock Mr. Allen attended at the °Moe of Mr. T. B. Chappell, vestry clerk of the parish of St. Georg*, lissom square, for the purpose of potting the intentions of the act 'stoops/Mice. The assessor. is the coarse of his Inquiries, ascertained from Mr. CheppeU was already divided into wards seder a local sot, when it wes agreed that tb should rentals as they aro. They are so follow : Dover, Curses, Conduit, Brook, and Grosvenor wards, which form the inwards. The two outwards, Boightabridp sad Piralkm. Bo thea proceeded to ermine the books, in order to apportion the numbs, of vestrymen for oath ward, which will be according to tbe number of permits rated, end the aggre gate amount of the sum at which they are rated. Oct of the whole wards, 1N everyman are to be elected to form the vestry of the parish. During the proceedings not ass member of the vestry was present, and but two or three ef the parishimers at tended. The Commuter/an (Mr. Cooper) opseed the business by isforming the meeting that as it was absolutely ',pessary the promodiage should be adjourned, be only proposed to ask a dew qualm, so es to furnish him with data to found the neesessep pares sum. which be should leave with them to AM up sad Imam to him before the meeting again as sembled. The parish would ban to be divided into wards, and be shodd esquire some laformatiost as to the number of bums he the parish, sad the number of pumas rated. The Taints CLini said them were at proem, 10,700 hews mewed. Mr. Coosa said, for the purpose of metiag out the welds, regard must be had se the number of persona assessed. The VISTST CLM—Thu sambas of persons rated are 1.900 in Camberwell, 2,903 in Peckham, 352 is Dulwich, 2,301 in St. George's. making in all 7.46 9 . Mr. Cooraa wished te hum bow many were reddest householders I The several parochial dims laving 'remised their books. it was found that the total number of persons who would be entitled to vote wider the ate for the wire parish amounted to about 6.000. Mr. Cooraa the& requested that the parochial *Mews should suggest to him the number of wards they would like to have ; be tuneful, should sot like to give them more Shea six. The Vorrit CIA= ass& the &Ow of the *Seise wee Meier of berides tbe *Moe of Oe geelehismers bedews they shred ire pied i sad the modes thud ed. *med. IT. MARTIN IN TIN MUNI. Yesterday ntoon ".. i7g7;estry ..— Zeiftig nee held hr tie purgers of resolving the report of the esnunittee appointed on the 29th of Monk lost to watch the of air Boa loafs Bare Bill for ths Bettor Loral t of the 1 M.06/9011/4 sad to rassigte die muse is M Moping to With the exception of a few slight showers yester day and this morning, there has been no interruption 1 1 to the line weather of the last week, and it must now be confessed that we (Enid scarcely have had a finer season thus far for gathering in the harvest. Under such circumstances, as might be expected, our agri cultural reports continue favourable. The following is from the Belfast Mowry of yesterday : A Belfast gentlemen has just eompleted a business tour through the counties of Armagh, Monaghan Tyrone, Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, Deny, and A ntrim, and he favours us with the following result of his observations of the crops during his journey. The potato crop, be stater, universally looks well, and although disease, or indications of dimes*, have been shown generally is the tops, the tubers are everywhere spoken favourably of, which is not the case in the South of Ireland. There is • great deal of light sets, est generally speaking it will probably produce • fourth less than last year, and in some places • third. Last year, however, was one of the most, if not positively the most, productive of mint years as regards oats. The best crops that he saw were in Sligo, about Derry, and between Colo rant and Ballymena, and is those districts also the potato plants are gait* gross. The wait oat crops he obeerved anywhere were in Tyrone. Flax is rather poor. So small a crop has been seldom seen, especially in Dosage]. Every where the cora is ripe, in some pleas too ripe, and reapen cannot be obtained is sufficient numbers. The wages paid to harvesters is very high, in sou., instances tour and fin shillings a day. To the above we append the following »poet tram the respectable fire of Bourke, Bros., Cork ; it is dated Saturday ' The early part of the week was ax trowel, wet, but the past few days have been fine. Wheat, oats, and barley, have suffered as mouse of injury which a COMi01111111S• of the most favourable weather would not remedy—they are expected to turn out unsatiefaetory both in yield and quality. The sondition of what has come to market has - bees only very middling. New wheat briaga 38s. to 40s. ; hero barley, He. ; sad black oats, 14e. 84. per barrel, with brokerage.' The Kilkenny corporation ban followed the exam ple of Limerick, Drogheda. and Cork, in declining to act for the collection of ministers' money in com pliant* with the recent act. THB CROPS IN THB NORTH. MID LOTIU&S.—Three-fourtke of the white crops are now cut in the lower district—late winter and spring wheat being that which remains. Until the 28th, with • week of flue weather about the middle, August Ins been wet and unpropitious, th e gauge indicating two inches sod nine-tenths. The kit week, however, has brought a very favourable change, sod with • clear dry atmosphere and bright sun the oats and barley Wham" suddenly ripe, and a great amount of labour has since hien done very eatisfac. torily. Of the wheat crop all that can be said yet is, that there is ample bulk, that the ears are faulty, and its ulti mate yield • matter of conjecture. Of barley there is also • full bulk, although not what it appeared while growing. Much of the grain will be die coloured and of slight we,pbt, with en unequal produce. Oats are the best crop, although lighter in strew than the others. So far as yet tested the yield Is good, while the quality is fine, several fields which have been thrashed out weighing 13 stone per four bushels. Beans kept the growth, but are now blackish's. Potatoes, too, are beginning to In* the green colour. The leaves have some spot; of domes over them, and in a few fields some tented tubers are got, but in general they are sound. Turnips have thriven well, and pastures have been very good. There was rather too much ran, however, when the grass was at the best, and settle did not improve so much es might hive been expected. There has ben a good many eases of plesre of late. Burr-Loviiime—Tbe quaatity of rain for the month of August amounts to (2.6) two inches and five-teethe, the greater pert of which tell during the first eight days. Not withstanding the showers since, the weather has, on the while, bees favourable for ripening the crops and for har vest operations. Within the last few days on a slumber of farms, the stacking of grain has bees pi:ended with, and if the present favourable weather continues for a short time, a large extent of grain will be smeared is exeellest 'audi tion. Wheat has cut well up, is so far as bulk of strew Is concerned; indeed, there are meny fields having the appear sun of very superior crops, bet • sheer examination shows the heeds to be often so defectively filled that there an be no doubt of the yield proving below an avenge. Barley is universally the largest mop on the ground. It is also ex produce well ; bat the quality sad senor en in reircitera to to that of ordinary seasons. Oats an more various, though generally speaking fine while the quality of the vele is Melvin enallent. Beins have • greet dael of straw, and they appear to be ist beast fairly podded. The turnip eiop is very promising; the Swedish variety in genii solar bong sepseb. Within the last few days the earliest fields or pintoes have got spotted ea the leaves, showing unequivocal symptom" oldie's's, bat as yet the roots are quite untainted, even in gardens. lino evil befalls them the mast tern out es napresedeatedly largo crop. Warr LorlitAx.--The weather at en early period of the meath was highly favourable for ripening tU , crepe ; and =Lft afterwards benne nosaionally • little gusty a, they matinee to @dream steadily to a state of milliseity. The mesa beat at nine in the morning, is a seetbsen expo's», was 61 deg, and LIO inches of rain fell. tailis the most bulky of oar crops ; we anticipate that it s inferior in quality to the crop of lest nano. Oats more corny ena than the crop of last sewn, :211 1" ; e was rather deceptive. The reaping of wheat did end balm general till sear the sloes of the month. This egiehe well, and, as the ear is large, sad apparently • mha, we may anticipate • fair return at threshieg. Ono bias harvest, also, has been partially comenneed in ague quarters, but has not biome general. This crop Is eftnntlant both in straw end grain. Potatoes are lamp riant, and with the easeption of one instance, when the farmer admits that they were over minuted, they exhibit no symptoms of *useatuatleeet. Teraips have a promising appearance, both Swedes sad yellows, although la some intenees, particularly on hard soils , they look a little backward, ceased perhaps from an eines of drought at sowing and of ateistare at bearding. In a few eases, too, the finger and to dimes is to be men. Fo3.—The past moath has hese wet and stormy, but on many farms setting is foe &denied, and the greeter part of the easily-soma &utast wheat bas been secured in good 000ditiai. The reaping machines are doing adm irably where the crops are not too closely laid; bat In some cams, when they were expend to eat dews a eensidirrable portico of the mop, they leave bees head entirely useless, on seterant of the state of the grab. Wheat is twain; out much better in stock than was expected—la feet, it is the balkiest crop; but the damage from fly is pretty general in the auftwo..-- The speisipsewa wheat is a good crop, sound, and Ws is _eke tie nee sod osesperstively . _ with lappet to a few of the ..rifest fields of stasis wheat. Barley wee expected to have shows mash better la the stook *es It hes dose; bads, the twenty all over however, it is perhaps e good image, Oats an geiserally eating up very light, wore esUy es dry sails. Batas sad poste sr* • geed erop. Potatoes are temarksbly hoariest ; the rest en bermes el steals this yeas is altogether uspreeedeated. USIA Miriam el disease, however. ere mow sees la almost *my felt, sad I. the gutless It his destroyed the lower News is s sessederable asst, tholes very few of the 'shin are affected. The breadth of potatoes is very lugs ia parts et the essay. Turuip an very growthy, sad, being pretty well Mewed, we nay Impost a large crap of roses after es fie as apparatus of stems. Pastur age bee set bees over sbusdest, by say essess, sad leas stash has bees WS fa deasad I. 'strati of the sualets of lat. Tao seise of 'grinnersl labour have sadesgase siadissaMit des Ibis year elm.--botsgess. PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life Boat limitation was held at the Society's house, John street, Adelphi; Captain LLMSIKT Panzorr in the chair. There were also pullet Edward Harry, Fog., Captain McHardy, It N., Major Palmer, Hasiolppark ; Junes Peaks, Fag., R.M. Dockyard, Woolwich; Francis Wilson, Esq., and Captain Ward, E.N.. . . . . Xr. Lions, the secretary, hark g read the minutes of the previou rasetiog,the followiog rewards for rennin life from wrecks were ordered to be granted: A reward of 21. to two poor fishermen for their prompt and laudable services in putting off from the shore M aloof their curraghs to the resale of a master of a smack, who had been thrown out of his vessel by her boom striking him, near Dooey Island, on the Donegal coast. A reward also of 11. 12s. was voted to a boat's crew for say ing four persons from a boat which had sunk in Bedwharf Bay, on the coat of Anglesey. Also a reward of 21. 10s. was voted to the crew of the life. boat of the Anglesey branch of the Institution, stationed at Cenlyn, for putting off to rescue the crew, consisting of four men, of the sloop Ann Susannah, of Bangor, which became a total wreck near the Slurries, on the 17th ult. Also the silver medal of the institution to Mrs. Galbraith and William R►e, in testimony of their humane and gallant services to one out of three persons, who, with Rae, were upset hem a small pant near Whitbarn, on the Durham coast, on the 6th alt. The special thanks of the committee were voted to the Rev. Owen Lloyd Williams, of Liriefairyagbornwy, and 61. to his boat's crew of five mai, for putting off early on the morning of the 28th ult. in the Ceinlyn life boat, with the view of rendering assistance to the crew of the barque Regulus, which was observed to be on shore on the Skerries, near Holyhead. A reward of 91. was also voted to the crew of a fiebing smack for their praiseworthy services to two of the crew or the American passenger-ship John Bright, which struck, with about 460 passengers on board, on Acklow bank., on the 24th alt. A communication was read from Count Walewski, thinking the institution for calling the attention of the French government to its models of lifeboats and other apparatu at the Paris Exhibition, and stating that the same I would be specially examined by Prince Napoleon. In the last number of the Lifeboat Journal of the institution a list i.ppeued of the names of British sailors who bad recently been rewarded by the French Emperor for their services to the crews of French voids in distress. Some other Imams having been transacted, the ptoma ins dosed. ROYAL VICTORIA REGIA, IN THE BOTANIC GIAR DINI, GLASOOW.—We are happy to state that the first bloom of this wonderful plant began to expand on Friday last, et half-put two o'clock p.m., and continued to open gradually during the evening, effusing such a sweet fragrance that the viaitors, on entering the house adjoining, •ia., the palm• house, felt it distinetly.—North British Daily Natl. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CLIIIGYXAN.—Oo Friday Mat, the Res. J. Meredith William., carets of Berriew, was riding his pony round hie parish, u was his custom, and minutiae about 2 p.m., met the Greyhound mach (which was on this Magian driven by the proprietor, Mr. I. Taylor), opposite the Red House. On passing, the pony shied, and threw the rev. gentleman into the hedge, from which he rebounded, and fell under the hind wheel of the comb. The coach was immediately pallid up, and the sufferer con veyed into the Red House, and Mr. R. Jones, surgeon, of Newtown, atoms sent for, who found Mr. Williams dread fully injured, several of his ribs being broken. The uafortu nategentleman died the same evening about 8 o'clock. He was Perfectly conscious during the whole time, made his will, end also left a statement, in writing, eminenting all pasties from blame, and stating that the accident was unavoidable. ita inquest was held it the Red House an the following day, before Mr. George Matthew*, deputy coroner, when, after a careful inquiry, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The jury and coroner desired to express their deliberate opinion that the road is moat dangerous in the spot when the accident happened, and to call the attention of the proper authorities to the same. It is very aarrow, being only 12 feet from ditch 10 ditch, and even this narrow space is very much confined by a quantity of marl lying on the side of the road. An almost perpendicular declivity from the road to the canal, with • drop of sassy fest, also mean at this very place. The deceased is said to have been the oldest English curate is the Priacipalitv, and was very widely known and esteemed.—Eddowees ShrepAire Joerissi. THE Lint.—On Tuesday last, at Winchester, Staff Sergeant Crowdy, of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, trade/west this punishment is aceowdasce with the Sading of a mart raartiol,which had sentenced him to be degraded to the rank of private, to forfeit ell dais to a pension, to receive fifty lashes, and to be imprisoned for six mouths for robbing Pay-enteeat Parsill, of the same regiment, of the tam of 37L 10s., mosey he had in head as regimental account foe =art of the men. It appears that while ::ergesat was out as Mishima la the tows, Crowdy, by mesas afainetbee key,lakelted the door of the room in the her iambs whew Parisi wee tmartered, sad where he had left his ineb•hoz, with*, key is it. Crowdy having abstracted the mosey, so susgisioa fell oa him for a day or two, whoa it wee Erna that bad hunt trying to get gold fog two pease woe* of AMT, end about that .mount of savor wee kaolin to have hem in the cob-box. Oa searching his room the meet SW. lfre.wae found tied up is a handkerchief helengiag to Sergeant Parma, and which was lost at the sum time as the meney. la the fee* of such 'einem*, it is mis sed searmielaid=dastret7ishauthe daliatitheuerstwwweesumossaute:7l.—Htoospthe Airs Wit F. STAIBILL (L.S ) JANIS F. STRACHLN (LA.) •J. F. PAL (I. (L ) •JOHN P. FAWILNIR (L. 8.) AND CLANKS, Capt. •WN. NICHOLSON (LA.) R.E. (L. 5) •WN. C. HAIN= (I. a.) °CHAS J.GRIPPTIKL.B.) 'THAL BILLESULW (L. 8.) •JOHN O'BILILNASIIT (L a.) Nora —These members of the commission whom names are marked thus (*) have signed the above report nadir protest. Copies of the several protests am appended. CORRERPONDBNOB BXTRAORDINARE We have been requested to publish the following letters, whisk have appeared In the Meutourise Morning Herald: Colonial Elocretary's Office, blalboarne, Jana 1, 1865. Bir,—His Eacellency the Governor, having had under his conaideration a report made to him by an °Moor of police with reference to certain ezpressions used by you on • late occasion, and also with reference to your tone end bearing, I am directed by hie Eacelleacy to inform you that you are unfit to have the honour of holding the appoint ment of a government contractor, and that your services will henceforth be dispensed with.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, Charles B. Croons, Esq. J. Mooas, A.C.B. Colliogwood, June 2, 1855. Bir,—l here the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, informiog me that my services will henceforth be dispensed with, in consequence of the report by an officer of police concerning certain expressions said to have been made use of by me, together via' my tons end bear ing on • late occasion. May Ibe permitted to remonstrate against this summary deekion on the part of his Excellency, and also to inquire what were the offensive expressions alluded to, sad what tone and bearing hes been described to have been uttered or displayed by me, and on what oeca sioo, as I am at • loss to understand how I can have offended to such a degree as to cause his Excelling to adopt so sodden and severe a measure .—I have the honour to be, most obedient servant, CHARM B. CROONS. To the Son. the Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Jane 3, 1853. Sir,—His Excellency the Gloverc;or having duly considered your rt quest to be informcd of the grave charges brought against you, which have caused your dismissal, and having thought fit to made to such request, I am directed by his Excellency to state that the remark you were heard to make on the subject of his Excellency's beer at the late viceregal ball was neither courteous nor proper; and furthermore, that the wont of discretion was aggravated by your recum bent bearing and gestures while in the sot of leaving the supper•room. His Excellency, at the same time, directs' was to state that although the offence would in itself come under the head of extreme indiscretion, yet having been committed oa a great state occasion, where court etiquette was obviously enforced on all side'', hie Excellency had no other course open to him than to order your immediate public dismissal and officiol disgrace, independent of the fact of the bad example set by you to all other government contractors, w hose duty it is at all times, and more especially in public, to support and countenance all articles of consumption fur nished by official contract.-1 have the honour to be, air, your most obedient servant, Charles B. Croons, Esq. J. Moos', A.C.S. Brunswick street, Collingwood, Jane 4. Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd inst., in which lam informed, by direction of Sir Charles Hotham, that I em summarily dismissed and publicly disgraced, and is consequence of my having uttered the ex clamation of " 0 lord ! " after a draught of the viceregal beer, and for having walked rather hastily out of the supper room wit► one hand pressed upon my external coeting. I beg lean, in t►e most emphatic manner, to declare that I never, for a moment, intended any personal offence to his Excellency by the exclamation of 0 lord ! " nor by pressing my band on the region above-mentioned, the act and the expression being alike involuntary ; that I could ant have supposed his Eminency would have taken it so math to heart, not being, at this time, aware of the contract" alluded to ; that everything I have myself, at any time, supplied to the victualling department has always been of the very best kind for the pries contracted for, sad I de imet solemnly protest against this despotic order. whereby 81r Charles Botha= hes deprived me of my poet es a government seestracter, injured my interests, destroyed my future rapids, and Nought to disgrace me in the eyes of my fellow-colonists as a man of wak digestion, and &il -1 dent is official discretion and ball-room etiquette.—l have the mthappiness to be, sir, your servant, Ciwu.ss B. Cuomo. re Ibe lbw the Citadel Sethetary.