The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-15 00:00:00

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La * -1 la MS • gen - assth, climes ems - rtuoa s n erni. he OW Itaincse ro pad Tye V 40 4 of tb t vela * e ego sli a tbi le lass, f Jwl" a Corp 01 ,07ifig AP 81416 • eadt Us 'W e. it in. l a tlrs is u Ars. "" s. ▪ nor. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. The Grit grand metropolitan Meeting Orftwened by the National Charter Aesopian°a was held yeseseday Ma ine at the London Tavern, Bishotiegato street ; Mr. y . ()Vox&Oa, )1.P., it the chair. The meetiag wee a a wry crowded one, cossistieg &hunt sulasitely of the arerlueg elegem Tee CHAIRMAN congratulated the meetly on the „ a bl es t proven of autism. Sr Joshua Wallasley was tae of the etworeite. He had declared his adhesion t . hie coestitimute at Bolton. It was now clear to any tat ( ding penes that the only mesas of snaring their vi . mita *one was the adoption of manna suffrage. Le. teem resseuther that they wen not yet nay the better i o r worm or free trade, nor could they le so without the „g ra y. When parliament met Lord Joh& Russell would c.ne forward and propose a large eat/Rake of the (ran abae. He well keen, however, that the measure would b. t hrows out in the Lords, mid his tole object was to lave • ety with while' to go to the custry at the ant a b eba a. (Hear, hear.) fla by as he (Mr. UCos a r 1 e:rod on the wateli•tower the pecp!e should not be defrauded. The questio• had been asked, on what ground he bed assumed to be the lender of chartists' t His coniesissi re was greeted to him I.!,ti, when the radicils of L mdcm, amaatrt whom was p, wade, authorised him to represent t . (Hear, beer 1 The workies classes had 'tithe dr beta disunited, a.. 1 t • was up to their diuicion that the tower of the eirtgo er rested. They bed hituerto been abused. but he would t ke cue that heacerherdi they should be neither abused suss soul. (Cheers.) As the result of 28 yesn' • xperieuw, he ueelared that if 20,000,0001 wire %Intik off the unatioa to. sort..er, without the pewee of warding representatives to parliament, the people would au. beattit by it to the extent ad ore farhiag. .... .. • . . . Mr. REYNOLDS then moved the following resolution: tt That ia the opinion of this meeting the alarming and downward tendency of the labouring and general ammonia] interests of the United Kingdom and the colonies is the result of la present unjust and unequal system of government, tromotisit, as it due., the turnips interests of a small faction ..t the expense of the people at 1-rge; and th at this meeting 'sperms Its deliberate conviction that tbe only safe and ed. Oval remedy for the colonies i► independent responsible government, and fur the United Kingdom sorb a &nage of our representative system as will place the House of Cam sums under the direct eosinl of the nation, and by the ad mittal of the satire stale adult peadation within the p,l• of irte slect-ral franchise, and whin W 0,4 be acooniplished, most ea:nekton', to this meeting, by the enactment of the people's m.arter as the bans of a nature constitution." Se said the necessity for • zone,* reform was proved by mar., facts, by the resent letter. in the Morning Chronicle, the pauperism which was stamped on the features or the pi,olation. They might depend upon it that the re i,tne v . , rued by the +Ws wank, be th- sms/Isst possible modicum which could be ad at paper. ( dear, hear.) Tee a-yeasty of the country WY sow on its last legs, but it grout.i Lot r. sign its um rp powers without Booking • des hive st.nd. (H• ar, hear.) This ins. • asomentous peri .1 in E history. Au aldose* between France and Ao..ries aught trod to a destruction of British pow. r. Serb toss tee p %don into "'bleb tai aredoersey would drive cm. aun•ry. In order to pretreat such • catastrophe the s peopie Sat raise their voices ana declare united, their ,),...s a daimon to have free institutiorai themselves and to Or leinitations to the colonies. Mr. "I'd RATH seconded the resolution. He s id it was ti it enounh merely to attend meetings ; they must rads a.e3 w tors a supine people. The resolution asserted that tue troletcy of the people of this enuntry wa. downwarets It night be questioned by some *homer teat wes owing to te • e, ?Asti of an unjust and iniquitous parlOuneat. He li••• el thin there was not atingle ill which afflict. d the people welch was not traceable to bad poreerament or bad leguktien! They had • Best Indian emp.re the inhabitants of which, I; properly teemed, would be their b-it customers. But tee unions:de people of that magadicent country were a • roared down that thew were now the most wretched in the • er: I. Let them look to the c induct of their govern. r• in do lonian blames and Ceylon. (Hear, beer.) AU thin. lan& at home and abroad woad be remediod it they bad the charter. It was time for the people to be stirring, fur ml other patties wen on the move. . . Mr. YE:OWN. who was received with repestei cheers tor inereut.ns !dwelt rue his long to eat, said -n0 seeing been bound in nowt security to on of rood be r.voor lor tbs. , * yeare, and having mount t. add idea he care In.. a comitatabie home aner suffering so wag a eon -6 -suet is a and end—be would not soy a d trop—but ab et. rely wet cell, he woulu not on the pretext a.. Minn dee n there long It was with great pleasure that hr wit-' c. and the seal displayed by the listener, and bend the e ailments ro b aa.7 expressed by the r airman .red tree who followed Ns, is al of whien he cordially concurred. Seine smog its toutpl. 5. •gn ranee of sexist d in Eu rope for the last In months, con having be-n al to -es a IMlg•Apif of t, 11." 'he stna.l.l: pi.c. of pruipd pa sr in his possess on, or to ask a smsle quest.on iv. n rei.ung to tee weather on to the htiltn tf tutees (shanie). the few r. maze he should wake most necessarily be of a ge-.,f41 nature Ttey had bet nt hi that En„land was Foul down Ha lair wed It .o t. • 1t..., beams* he knew, aeon Ise was put ‘lk IMO9O. th• r. were 1.,100,0110 romper. in Mankind, 30.,11.0 of ',moat'. al let.oiden living as 6.. a ekek, end ♦toe Oue •h.e reneriptions of lab-avers living a reel tie•nr. Ile b. 1... thin was owing to bed legislaiiou—to -.1.• atone more, in far, a .Ikb their bag net's had been Cue rd ay no. who weer their serrates, for the pr pie uk. amnion, and Muir rephte..intivee were merely n-ir rinks. The. had feudal landlords, and sailowners. and - nt kers. end in , n•yoteelteve—thos• • ho, lestavi 01 s i din g • 'be 1 .011,011P1N of sue people mane use of their post in, to c:-u.. t .er owl pschts. (Hsu.) Pesch ibis:' could • • centi..e• of tn. people bad their chaster end their AMP. be lot- ad to the abetter as • iteppiss s:ohe to a bit asi:o—the organisation of lab's: and t better motto' M tee laud." (Cheera) Is het p .utisirTtie ly al SW as a seam of raakiag a people sodaily better. r, same mord and more Chrimiaa. (H at, hoar.) fa Tenet 1111 th,oalit iwother rev- lutists was peresary, aid ailed it would bo a moral owe. He hoped the people .saki he Emote eawarb to pia their tights ssorsl meta s. ab. HARNEY Lest schitemed tha meeting iu latitheetton I be temarhasina e two earthe laoteatnt,rtoawa .01 i..trie they meld have no hops from tse ecneine . ativut to be pved by t►e whir, and even that, at the hood of whisk r•.r J. Helmsley stout, could not satisfy this, ►maaae at re. 1..r0d the payment of rates—that was to my, a moony he.r.) Now, that was opellostable, .cauee at was the poorest portion of the commode, tut mond must in need of the franehim. main, the reform party ild WA attach to their p..■ the principle of the payment of menthers, which would them to select their ibembers hum — the case. ( Hear, hear.) Now, his wevietisa eras, that_ ey, tee Trellis( claws, would never be properly treated till they were reprwratad by persons of their own order. (Hear, hoer bot, notwithstanding this, he was very glad to see sti.• little retool znevement, because be was sure that the .trect curter would sow Weer. He thought it would bt meth totter if they had cue great organisatioa wee for all, because there would Otter be tree in this country ae lose as injustice cot .a... 41 to he inflicted ea say party la the country. the recent ravolutioas in Europe had no other use, thry would et lees: have this benefit, that the peop'e would *a mother occasion treat their pitiless and re conelies secures se they deserved, and show them that sere; which they showed the people. (Hear, hear.) He veered them to be neither peotectionista sot free-traders, brit rharti.tr, or if anything different, let them be s . .artiets and thenelaing more. (Hear, hear.) He be ..eved that if t••••• landed azia:ocracy had heretofore warred them with wk•pe, the aristocracy of money, if they t .41 the power, woithi 'outdo thin with scmpions. (Cheers.) ice, had been told that the land ought to be free, that it cadet to be bought aid sold like anything else. Bat he •'.thied the right of any sea, or even elite state, to dispose •.1 the lead. The rent of that land, it managed by the state tr the benefit of the people, would afford ample mesas for the education el the peev ~ sad for providing everything eta which woe now p r . ev id e d f or b y taxation. (Hear, hear) I t (4 no other reason, yet for the sake of our foreign relations, the charter ought to be carried. He woe one of thew who tad advocated war on behalf of Hungary. (Cheers aced Maws.) The result of a contrary course had been the ise- Ftwomiut of Koseuth. He should glory in the fact of the r.,weeks biewacking thirds/pr. equare. Why? Senses the aid/weep sad the waded claw, would be compelled be go dews ea their kiwi to the working claws for their assistthee. The eloater would then be curled. Let jostles be dew, sad the pe.pls of all nobs would do their in definite of the coar.try ; but, without ponce, the people would resemble the donkey in tee fable, who, vibes threateaed with the enemy, coked why ha should can for them ? Like Samos, burying these- hetet in the ruins, they might be diexamd to aid rather' than repel the foreigner is his efforts to pull down the preont eyetw. KYDD said he repeated his statement which he print made 04 that platform, that the demand of maiming ...trap mu based on the moral principles of the rallies thwer. • Cheers.) TOON who refined a reform browse le **thug. bad to take cheap when it ceased to be velem. He agreed is the statement of the resehtliem, that tee tweet, of this enemy was dowawards. he nt.luti , 4 woe thee put and carried unanimously. Kr 1 .1.4 kg proposed the following : het in order to make effective the demand fer the enact r,t-tt of tie pe o pl e ' s c h arter, it is necessary that the friends _A %at should forthwith form th e ms e l ves i n t o as few, e• re-thoe for that purpose; end that thi s meeting hereby upon the working classes, to aopt the alum "lirerterl, ll es the one most essential to thei d r moral, social, " 4 . thvatiOn. ie , 0.4 he or/retied to hive heard some observation in -.ton of the efforts made by other bodies. (Hear, ryi t chertoth ant anything it meant liberty, and ne Ti this world we to hideous as the deepsitissa of , ) hitherto the middle claws bad ''tt"ror, the working dames acid the franchise ; and ';'• Et found en emaciation coming forward l'"•l",iag 41 to en/rat:chime 4,000.000 of the people, not COIMIIt to met a stigma upon it. (Cheers.) not not the leas with his ow" class because be . very p •paler thatimesth which was uttered is ~:l , •tio. The Ficascial lieteres Assoc/aim prcreed L.* four militias data. (Cries of " No, no, 'aid ' t ie de repotted his amertion. Ina voters et eonly to use has and if the four wilie *hen eofranehised, refused to share the franchise with . one million, it would be the act of the isejs should nut complain of it. ChiF.N said it was gratifying*. lied that whaeareef the „ p • • ow there might be am apt them me art f were rte t all in favour of universal suffrage. MINS 4 . as Caw: wched his wife to be, not wily Eller bet above thspicion. (Hear, hear.) He Mani with Ns. Cot lea with wised to tke iseproyekty of ha sk is* at the door of parlisawat. It was all my well fur Mr. Cohdes to toy that 1111 w. hot he did sot do so whoa he Mimi' was *Min adatissiou to tho legislature. (Dow.) Mr. DICKSON supported tits sesslatisa, whisk was pat awl earned saaairaawdy. A vote of thanks wee them rased to the Chairman, Mr. lil'Oretle (who took the their which had Imo mita by Mr. O'Cooares), for which be retssued thanks, sad the teeth. sekarated. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1850. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. THE BONDING SYSTEM. MANCRIIITIII, JAW. 14. There have been few privileges which the people of these districts—or at least the pennon of them engaged in trade—were gem aeons to &nal* than that of inland bonding. Ater years of unremitting importanity, it was at length wrung frees an unwilling government en the wadi ties that it was paid for ; net paid for by the whole , es all other seals= establishments ere—set paid fee by the whole dieldst, whose members were to pertielpthe In the adesaMgee of snub a hen; bat, by the mopeenties of Meembither. amthiglies, It may be sot unreMenably supposed, was @sly Wang h thia expectation that it never would be submitted U. There were reasons for estopting such a gemelsenhie ben, at that time, width, hoverer., no Main exist. There was then a duty of au eighth of a penny per pound on the great staple atthde of our trade, math ; said thin were duties on many ether sstlsles which life Robert Peers revision of the tan sertpt_away, and which, bad they continued, would hew Maid the emperation to r.pay themselves for ' the sapiens of • mime establishment by • reasonable abuse upon banden. It Is obvious, however, that whilst the expenses of the most petty mamas eetabliebsente in the Weide. were paid for out of the taxes of the country, in a large and populous oommunity like this, when • redoes establishment is greatly needed, and only an act of bustles, the payment of sack a bonbon out of the ocrats funds could never be looked epee as more than • temporary expediest. The mews's body themselves never looked upon it in any other light "Let the govern ment ready see that we extensively avail ourselves of the •Avastages the establishment often," they add, " and they will remove the burden from our shoulders." They will my, " the experiment has been tried—has proved that the privilege of bonding was really needed, or the warehouses at Manchester would not be preferred to thaw at Liverpool; and now they have a just claim to be placed' on the fooling of other ports" Nn one can my that the corporation of Manchester rea soned unfairly in suck a supposition, but still it is to be regretted that the experiment has not borne out the argu ment. The people of Maackeeter have availed themselves year after year more extensively of the pri , i'ege, bat govern ment remains as obdurate as ever as to putting their esta blishment on • fair and equitable beds. The customs receipts at Manchester for the year ending on the 5.11 ea' the present month are 319.3351., *pleat 249,6687. for the _previotia year, being as increase of f 39,6621. There could not he a str neer proof that the traders of Manchester value the privilege, and that the compubion previously of large mereantile establishments, rush as wr have here, to keep goods under b tad at • port like Liverpool—thirty miles off—was felt as • great hardship and Jamie. faience. The corporation, however. are resolved not to submit to the injustice of a tax of 3.0001 for an estsbii•hment which the, are justly entitled to without payment, or on the um* terms as other oommunities have these establishments, I-neer than they cm help it. They are pursuing •h•ir application to parliament for the repeal of that part of the at for bonding in Manchester which im poses the cost of the establishment on the corporation, and a draft of their bill has sits say been lo lied at tha private bill ram in London, the panting of which will be pushed with all the vigour and influence they know how to bring to h►ar upon the question. The cost of the establishment in Manchrter, if psid for es other establishments are by go vernment, would not exceed one per cent. on the amount cadence], which is considerably lees then the average, for Manchester already rarks as the eighth port in the kingdom in point of receipts, and the sixth with reference to the number of entries. MEETING OF THB PROTI WARWICK. Yesterday a meeting of the "friends of native in dustry " was held at the Court house at Warwick, for the purpose Mite* expression to some opinion as to the course to b. pursued in the *neuter session of parliament, with tle view to mitigate the evil amiss from the operation of the laws. PfIIpSTOWIT to the commencement of bad ness, the.. Omembiloi, to the number of about 200, primed themselves by mom of a splendid dinner at the Warwick Arm. tho Willa fa which were sold at 12* each. The companyoniii handed the Hen. Bemis Perey (chairman), the Bad ef Warwick, Lori Geternem, M P., Sir Charles Geodriske. Bart , Mr. Spooner Y.P., Mr. Rowdiest/at, Mill elf the principal landowners, and the geotlomom Unser, of the distriet. It was Ultima four o'cdock Mem the sloth was removed , at which hour Mr. Moore, Ms mtMel meat of the protectionism, ushered into the room mono sixty other Mends of " the mum" who had dined amlailt pan of the building. The Chairman read WM= agsdsgy Is,. a number of gentleman, amongst theme mon emf lfrom Lord Brooke, 11. P., mumencino his " unelhalme adltsden to the principles of protection,' but that be wee prereated by Indisposition from attending. There were an the toast list fifteen meats, many of them of the usual ehareeter. TM mom noted ease were the " Friends of Probsetio• fa the House of Lords," ditto " the Roue Of Ceemseem" " the Protection Societies of Great Labourers,Britain" " th" Art. e Tenant Farmere," " the Agricultural The wad loyal toasts were drunk after the usual fashion. In proposing the health of Prince Albert, the Chai rman took occashm to announce that his royal highness was the first farmer in Boylan& and in that capacity he sup posed him to be all teat Sir Robert Peel and Lord Wham cliffs required: he possessed a combination of intelli• pence, skill, and capital, end as he did not doubt but that he was SR accurate book-keetw, hie royal highness must be as good a judge as any of them of what the fernier could do in theft times, and he was of opinion that his royal highness would mom And that in spite of hi skill , Istelligenes, and capital, he would and farming an expensive am usement Perlteps like that rev. experimentalist Mr. Bustaide, and the trader, Mr. mew, hie royal Wellness would one day have mime carious confu sions to make. la proposing the " Army and Navy " te. hon. CHAIR MAN expressed a hope that no niggard economy, no injudi cious interference, would be offered to cheek the organise don or the discipline of either of these branches of the service, which had always been characterised for their obedient*, courage, and loyalty. The CHAIRMAN soon after roes and gave the toast of the evening, " Protection to British Industry." He rejoiced (he end) to see several of their county members present, because from them they would hear whether they had reason to be better reconciled, after the.' years experience, with the great experiment of what had been called free trade. (Hear.) And knowing that the farmers were, both by habit and occupation, opposed to reales* excitement, be regarded the large attendance of the farmers that day as a convincing proof of the interest they felt in the proceedings in which they bad been called to take a p tett be regarded it as a proof of the conviction they entertained how much ell the evils prophecied of the legislation of 1846 had been jus tified by the results, and how completely all the specious promises made by Mr. Cobden bad turned out to be fallacious. (Hear.) Mr. Cobden had been pleased te declare during the tree trade agitation that with free trade the rents of the landlords would be as high as they were under the then existing monopoly, for such he was pleased to call it ; that the re would be so greatly augmenttel that there would be no necenity for poor rates, and that other taxes w old be proportionably reduced. Such were the predic tions of Mr. Cobden, and be would ask how were those borne out by the results? Mr. Cobden might have been only an over-sanguine man, and only have been guilty of an error in judgment in one particular ; if it were not so what was to be said for his want of honesty. (Hen.) The bon. gentlemen now said at A :lesbury that if the landlords would only make a fitting arrangement with their tenaata all would work well. Now, what was the plain meaning of this ? Why, reduction of rent, which meant reduction of profit— reduction of the home trade—reduction of wages—reduction of the cemforfs of the tenant farmer and the labourer—au 'ion of the burthens of taxation, and an increase of paverty and poor's rates. (Hear.) Mr. Cobden said that the twelve millions of taxation pressing a :elusively on the anteultural interest, was borne by the landlords, and he asked the tenant farmer why they should seek to aid in its removal. (Hear.) Was that fair or eenerous, or was it but and a: ? But it wra not true. (Hear.) Were men 'o be. taught to be selfish enough never to assist these with whom their interests were closely identified? (Hoar.) He could not however help remarking that the speeches of Mr. Cobden at Aylesbury and Leeds were essentially different in tone : at the former he condescended to argue ; at the latter it was all bluster and bell sus. (" Heat" and laughter.) But this mach be would bay, that, as when Mr. Cobden offered them his abstruse' they were not taken in by his cajolery, neither had they now anything to fear ( rem hi s t h reats. (Cheers.) A right hon. gentleman (Sir R. Peel), to whom the farmers once gave their confidence, had declared his own convi-tion to have been tho result of the unadorned elo quence of Mr. Cobden ; now he (the chairman) tad no wish t-, enter into a contest with the greate.tliHng example of par liamentary oratory, but he would say this that a more fr.volous reaaor. fora greatening , he never heard of. (Hear) The right hon. baronet to whom he had referred, had lately issued a private circular to his tenant farmer*, but which by some everaordinary breach of coefialence had been published in every newspaper in the kingdom. (" H ear , teen," and laughter.) He had been told that in this neighbourhood that document had been regarded with feeling*, not only of disappointment, but with those of a sterner character. (Hear, hear.) There wag doubtless many who were disap pointed that, after the experience of three years of free trade, Sir Robert Peel could o ly give vent to the stale cry—" in crease your skill and capital." (" Hear," mingled with marks of disapprobation.) The fact was, the proposal war as heartless it was impossible for it to be accomplished. (Hear, hear.) There might be same present of a more sanguine temp, rament than himself, but he, fur one, believed that Sir Robert Peel would never confess his error. There were two persons in the kingdom who never could do so on the subject of this free trade policy, confess that they had fallen into error, and these were Mr. Cobden and Sir Robert Peel ; the first, bo nen he had received 80.0001. of the public money, and by wafering ea error would acknowledge that he was • shallow impostor, and his admirers shallow dupes. it. Hear" and laughter.) Sir Robert Peel hed been the instrument by which a great party had been broken up—a party formed expressly to resist great oraanic changes ; the evil of that act could not be estimated in our times ; and it was, therefore, too much to expect that the right bon. baronet should de el ere that he had been guilty of an error in judgment. (Hear.) Where was the new pledge of Mr. Cobden, that with free trade the is:ICONS tax would be given up, and poor rates scarcely needed? Had not the honourable gentleman, indeed, as slots as he had obtained his free trade sesame rot up a new agitation for financied re form—(hear)—thereby adding a new and • bitter ingre dient to the cup of disappnintment ? (Hear., Our army and navy were to be reduced in the face,of a foreign policy, cot that of the whig government, for he would do them justice in that particular, but of Lord Palmerston, who had interfered where interference was unjustifiable, exciting the people of different nations to insurrection, and then abandon. ing them—conduct which had brought down on this country the contempt of the surrounding nations. (Cheers.) Our prospects at the commencement of the now year were gloomy enough : our colonies disaffected, the shipping interest abandoned, and ruin and misery at home. (Hear, hear.) And what had been the cause of all this agitation, but as attempt to force by law, where we could not by other means, oar goods on reluctant foreign markets (Chien.) And the only resource for the people of this country we, in this reaction, which was not factitious; his belief was, the people were sick of nostrums and quackery: that by union and strength the agricultural interest would again rate it head, and gather under its shadows, as before, a loyal and • contented people. (Cheers.) He for one will stand on the principles laid down by Lord John Russell in his letter to his constituent. Let the home producer be placed in a fair position with his foreign competitor. That was the Janne the British farmer demanded; that justice, if they stood fast together, they would obtain; they asked no more, and would be contented with no less. (Cheers The Earl of WARWICK acknowledged the toast of the protectionist peers, an, and strongly advised the egricaltaral interest to unity. , "The Prorectioniat Members of the Rouse of Ciannims," and " The County Members," having been toasted, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Spooner, and L or i Guernsey, M.P., responded. Mr. NEWDEGATE, who spoke first, wu proceeding at the tints OUT reporter left Warwick. The bon. gentle man said that the object of the protectionists would undoubt edly be to place the agriculturists on a proper equality with the foreigner and the manufacturer, so far as pro tection and taxation were concerned. (Cheer.) Re ferring to Sir Robert Peel's second letter, he said, with much apparent indignation, that he had no hesitation in declaring that the offer to lay out 20 per sent. in Ssaprovements was made upon a rental 10 per cent. higher than that of landowners adjoining Sir Robert Peel's property ; and moreover the right hon. baronet was offering to do no more than influential landowners of large property bad been doing for years. (Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel's wane of proceeding was else in his opinion prejudicial to the baronets of tenants. The meeting was passing off gird humonredly, as might b i Lezated alter the excellent dinner which preceded the Enasrux.—Etir It. Peel's adviser in agricultural setters, is Mr. Josiah Parkes, and not Parker, se printed in the wand I•ader in yesterday's paper. - - - - Tun DEPRECIATION QUESTION.—The heavy de grade on the relation and skill of arthwers, in the oanetrue don of railway works, clarion past yes= have left but Utile tints for Ur devotion of their egerglea is the improvement of the nuahanical and garneedel wedrinsof the thee. Aft wide 11 • 14 is, b OYMPT, now opera he themes= of professional skill and ability, Is perhisting the anplioations of tractive power, and all the meabigery of railway plant ; and it ray be rearnably expeoted, list the irpee thas storied to railway earapaniso, of the With= ongineesiag skill of this °wintry to boar up= thane Sthighelle me oily produce i in elesea the rener Y h al tk pl i an wo t, ridair but le e ad zPlasiC to fathea d" lualmoriaents in the construction and sainteames of the dosinigable Pula of the (earalled) " =' lsonad thus set at net the garter of —a which is now felt to be al almost vital importance to railways as aa isnotasaL—Mr. Ct,kV. Inargnaai dame at Po,- _ i,W , Wia;4 - ZWOTEW4 - ii4 g iww% THE LONDON COAL TRADE. (Prom the GrimAsed thowver.) The official accounts of the ooal market for the plat year having been published, we are enabled to lay before our readers some account of the coal transactions with the metropolis for several years pee, with a view of showing not only the magnitude of the trade itself, but the magnitude also of the conteibutioaa which are levied upon It, to.the di rest prejadiee and injury of all the interests eng,ged in it :—aud all of them contributions which, if not capable of total abolition, are at any rate deserving of it. During the last year ill* re were imported into London 3,339,148 ions of coals end cinders; and in the last month of the year. 358,760 teas. The delivery of coals is December, 1849, was 274,643 tons, which 'weeded the delivery of December, 1848, by 31.2:48 tons. The delivery of the whole year was lees by 179,643 tons than the year 1848 ; but it was in excels, es compared with an average of five years, to the extent of 100,483 toss. The fol.oring details of the importations during the month of December will show the relative importance of each coal district: ships. Teas. Newcastle Sowteriod theekka c , Mideneribroegi:Bertispecil. air- 304 ... 14,440 birth Lotlend Wake Yorkshire Cade, .»931 1,1111 364.730 Moro. As, however, a Wails month or • single peer's transactions afford 'illative ao swarm ft estimating the actual importance of any great branch of commerce, we proceed to give an account of the importations into London during the las. eleven years: Tear. By sea. Na 13,933 By Inland _ Total tom. ... 1639 ... 2,636,136 1544 1841 1841 1843 1644 1845 1846 1847 1641 1819 Total -. • Now, let us see the amount of tares levied upon this great wares of national proeperity during the last elevens years:- 1. The Light Duties. We have not the number of shine ; but, taking the average of the last two year., the 32,291,781 tons of coal must have formed the cargoes of about 133,870 vessels; and the light dusi•s on such veer is wou'd average about 31. 17s. each. Tne light duties, therefore, which have been paid during the last 11 years by the *kith shipowner, must have amounted to about 133,870 vessels at 31. 171. each, 615,3991. 2. The Landon Coal Market Dues. These, at a peony per ton, would amount to 134,6611. 3. The City Du:s. At lc per ton, the City has levied, ler its Streets and improvements, 1,614,7391. 4. The Factors' Commission. This is a charge existing exc.usively at London :--and silting, not by any fault of the lectors, but as the noteral MIMIC of on ill.organ'esd, cumbrous, and antiquated system of commsr fat intercourse between the producer and consumer. The :actor's chary, we understand, is 4.1 per ton. Tatre must have therefore been paid, at this rave, not less than 538,2461. These tour items alone feria a Iv a= total of 2,802,9451., exacted from, and tamely submitted to, by the portico—coal owners, coal-consumer., and oh.powntre—whose common interest ought to have tiered the moat incet sant .ff,at aid undivided exertion for their total and immediate abroga tion. Why, then, is such an evil telt. sited ? If the csnapetition of the foreigner :s tt tee considered to of a character hostile Is the interest of the Bilt.sh shipowner in the foreign trade (in whist alone the competi. on is to eels.), hy . does the British shipowner submit so q.or tly to the ecisapefi ton of the Trinity light-taxgatheier, the City taxgatterer, and the Fecturage tasgatherer, in tl at branch of trade which, by act of parl. anscht, is secured to him ega.ust the comp. ii.iou of the foleigne: f Why the coalownershuuld keep so quiet under such an incu'ent, i• is impossible to con. calve, save on the ground that its weight is such a. totally to prevent the slightest effort. lon is removal. Nei.ber it. the apathy of the coal-coneumer—and of the philantimpists whose care (or the poor is so provcrhisl—to be more easily accounted for. Coal is a necessary of life—a tiecowary the want of which dntroys, so .ure.y and as extensively, it is to be feared, as the want of food Limit Ev..ry tax sods to th difficulty of obtaining it—every reduction 4.. f expense it. 1.. transasi-sion from the pit to tilt fire-grate reduces that ditfi culty—tnereby creating a comfort tor, and in many, very gassy cases, unquestionably prolonging the existence of, 'he What are your Chambers of Comentrro about ? what your soup kitchen prow tees ? lour needleeromen prohcturs your emigration director.? AU the intentions of "ergo in slaw ioneond indieidusis are pod cud p - aiseerorthy and ea cellent in the ea rents. Bu. why a 4 oleo ogi•eau or the emsmripatian of the poor Inn& the f.:al consequences of do r fuel, and wr the extensim to the humb:er classes of a bles sing which the fevounrd on. s have it in their power t.) poe sess—the proverbial biasing, we mean, of en Englithman's fireside ? FOOT RACE BETWEEN A LORD AND A WEAVER.— For an..,e time previous t c h. 28. h o. December the sport ing portion of the inhatcPaut. of Cestledawson and its environs evinced consideroble society for it. arrival, 11.1 day it was whispered was to dr tide the pedestrian capabilities of a lord and a labourer in the neighbourhood. The foot race .as nearly the whole theme of conversation. B ith old and young, male and female, seem to be interested is it. All fl eked to the scene of action ; all were afraid lest they should be too late. Foot racing Is not a common occurrent. I in this part of the coun-ry, yet, no withstanding, a great many inn some pretensions to ruunieg. Though a rural district, somewhat densely pc pule!, d, neither pedestrian nor gymnastic exercises are much practised. We have said that foot rating is uncommon in this part of the country; n this instance It was extremey so. No one ever imagined that a lord, who had been rested in the midst of affluence, would be seen competic.g with a hand.loom weaver, who had been brought up in the midst of poverty. No one believed that such would be the fact. Those who went to the scene of action went in doubt, and were afraid they would be made toes of; those who stayed away were afraid they would miss the sport. However, 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the oboe, mentioned day convinced those who had must 1111 courage enough to go to the domains of the Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, that they had not gone for nothing. The Dawson@ were galloping up and down seemingly all in life. Other gentlemen, of no less note, were doing the same, and seemed equally interested. Shortly afterwerde. the two pedestrians came out in full uniform. His lordship is about 5 feet 10 inches in height, slender-liniNed, ligh-ly made, and about 19 years of age. His countenance is very frank, and, upon the whole, a very likely looking person to take such a thing in hand. James Keenan, the weaver, ie about 5 feet 5 inches in height, proportionately built, about 40 years of age, and has a wife and six children. The length of the race was eight miles, and the stakes 51. each side. His lordship backed himaelt,and the Demons backed Keenan. His lordship had on a pair of well-made white pantaloons, wash leather pumps, and a yellow jacket. Keenan ran in a pair of white drawers, barefooted, and a blue jacket. Before they commenced, his lordship asked Keenan if he would run first and he would run after, each of them running against time. To this Keenan replied, " Since your honour has engaged to run against me, I would rather that we ran together." " Well, DU run with you," was his lordship's reply, " You can commence first, I'll Rive you the start." So Keenan commenced, and after he had got a start of about six yards, his lordship followed, and ran in a scientific manner, keeping his arms well up and his elbows close to his side. It is evident that his lordship is better ac quainted with the theory than he is with the practice of running; he ran gracefully, but did not get over the ground quickly ; he seemed to have a notion that there is as much in the look of a runner as there is in his speed. This was, as Franklin has it, " one of the errors of his life." Keenan, on the other hand, seemed to be better acquainted with the practice than he was with the theory. He ran with his arm hanging down and quits looee, but he was well ao. quainted with the art of getting over the ground. When he had run two miles (which he did in 12i minutes) he was about a quarter of a mile before his noble competitor ; so he (lewd Lurgan), thinking it of no use continuing the contest longer, gave up when he had run about two miles and a quarter. Keenan, however, ran on, making the second two miles in 134 minute' ; the third two he ran in 14 minutes; and the last two in 134 minutes; running the eight mils in 534 minutes, amidst the vociferous cheering of his friends and acquaiiitances.—Con lisle l'atriol. CRICKET Os THE ICE.—A novel and interesting Falai, was played on Wednesday last, en the canal resarwir, in the shape of a match at cricket. The ice hying in beau tiful condition for the purpose, some of the mei:ruin of the Carlisle Cricket Club determined to transfer their stumps from the turf to the field of ice, for a little practice, on skates, of their favourite amusement; and they accordingly kept up a vigorous contest in this way for three or four hours, The novelty of the scene attracted mazy spectators. Carlisle ✓crawl. ENTHUSIASM FOR PROTECTION. Mr. Jenkin Thomas, bcoluolisf, and Mr. Roger Lidstone, ditto , h,,th of them, as young Mr. Reshleigh, of Menabilly, used to soy, "Stench but not bigoted conserya.iyee," have had two copies of the Hs. tar protection petition lying on their counters for signature for the last 15 days at least. That in Mr. Thomas's boutique hod seals/al yesterday afternoon actually 18 signatures, and that in Mr. Lid s t one ' s s h o p, where the clergy most do congregate, had 11 autographs— that is 29 signatures for the two petitions, or nearly one a day ter each.—Plyneorte Joustul. THE WINTER IN FRANCE.—It appears that in some of the districts of the south the cold is more 'wormw than at Paris At Lyons on the 4th the c old was at 13 deg . beim stro, though the day after It was 2 der. above it. The Satins is covered in put with it. above Lyons, hut the Rhone is net in any way affected tit he frost. Letters from the department of the Ain state t the wuole surface of the c..untry was so completely covered wan snow that the birds and game o3uld no longer find any food. Hares have been knocked down with sticks, and a partridge has been soon perched on the top of a house looking for food. The wolves had made their appearance aloes to the farm in search of pray. GENERAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. The maul meeting of this society was held lee, evening at the Linden Terra ; Dr. Lrrrts teak the ebsir, and after sengratalating the aisetJas that the assuciatieo 11,41 new extend spot the srd year et Its masteries, sad urn what bed been dose by the essadthee is earrylas oat the beseystest objects of the subscribers dari the put yes:, called as the secretary to reed the report, which stated that duns bad hese a ossuiderable inentas• during the year, bosh in the souther of sobseribers, sad in the number ot area re lieved. There hid been 21 applications fur relief. the merits of all of which had hose strictly examined (as was the principle ef the association ) before my relief wee ✓usted, sad two only had been found undeeerving. The molt of the iavestigatios, and the relief which had followed, was, that thireee d.sereing bet unfortunate fa. midst had been rescued Irma a state of paoperina end rotund to industrious independence. This had been effected by ea association whose Waimea subscription was fixed at only 61. The receipts during the year had been 611. lie 6.1., of which 301. had been devoted to this relief of applicants—U. 4.. cool.- to incileetal expanses. (Hear,l hear.) The balance is baud, including the Waves of the overi.tas year, was 411 16e 6d..-4411. of whicY had been lodged with MUM Bawd, Hoare, and Co., with whom the committee had opened an account. The nuntlvr of new subscribers added to the Ilst daring the year wee 112, heed's two life governors. The report derailed soms of tic cases relieved—one of duns being that of a p..yrician of claim at attaininanu, and sormerly of coosl s ruble practice, whose entries-. had been alleviated in i.is last moments by means of U. which tto e..semith • had advanced to him. Mr. J. H. JOSEPH, Is moving that the report b adopted, observed that is the many of our charitable isetim ions the grist bulk of the contributions went in tie p.y nt of collectors, secretaries, printing, and other yap-uses, instead of to the purposes fur whkh the money had been given by the donors. Here there were nu paid officers, but , every farthing of the money subscribed went into the po kets of those for whose benefit it wee intende , l. The resolution having been seconded by Mr. G. HENRY, wee cirri. d unanimously. Mr. C. WARWICK moved a vote of thanks to the un seeing committee, end is doing so remsreed that it was mainly owirg to their exertions that the number of sub scribers had doubled during the last year. (Hear.) This resolution was also passed unanimously, sad is ite knowledsing it Mr. SIDNEY A. 8111TH (the treasurer) observed that whilst they bed doubled their fase.s tory had only added IV to their sip 'Water-. The president (Dr. Little), the honorary seer.ttai7 (Mr. A. Hoary), the members of the committee, audi el), and other otileen, were then reelected f.r the (mining year. after Which a joint •Jte of tbahks WY passed in isvour the president sad et cestery, belt of whom spoke in acknow. ledgenent. The proceedings then toronnated. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING TILE ANIEND- MEN r OF THE LAW. The usual monthly meeting of the above society was held yesterday evening at the srci- ty's ram , , 21, Waaerloosplace. The chair having ben taken by Mr. Comitssioven FANS, the usual prelniasary business., r:scher minuses na.losing for member., &:., was dd.*. I of. T. M. Or-er, E.q , was duly elee.e t Mr. T. T. ATECKETT read • rep's, trots the equity committee, rehoinmehe'ing certain al. rooms the law of equity as regarded dec. nest person'. mates. The committee having in their report eller'' , to th.• pre eat most dt4. wive state of the law, which is founded in the grodiest ju.tice, while the pr elidg is en tedious and expensive as often to involve the t..t.sl conlimati m of p•-• p rty, ree on mend the ictroduction into patient nt sf two hue—the not establohing new prisses,•ln es to the ridh• of p. , rt'es 'o d— enied persons' estates ; the woad en,eting , new course of procedure before the court The new principles reeom mended by the comotivire am—richt to continue actions, W:dch now abate on th • deaqt of either tae the parley; tea minable time for toll nines of dehLs; kh,ii!Ha of prferectial claims, with one or tn.) minor 'lactation's. Under the sec , no head ,he committee I iv. prepared a vel.sui none fill of 100 climes, the main Wade of welch, how• v.r, sots to 'trim - Rate the proceedings f the entree of eq aiay in the twitter of deceased persons eel its to the pt. tice of the C-art of Bankruptcy, as rstsbli.hod by the late Ilerkrupi Act. The committee rv , amnissid the establishat, at or a new court, to he called the Comet for the st.liaisistrelon of estates to be pr• else. nv,r by the- commesimien in has k• niptey. The commil'e, in conclusion, express their sus ' game hope that their islms, if carried oat, will have the of sect of remedying 'hi le now so lou , ly complained of in the proceedings of C urn cf Equity. They expect that suits now costieg 3001. in.y be corned t.) a c•mcluei .0 fur 151, and that a moo' is or •ws• will be sufficient to decide a snit which now hop rs vrr a series of 3 enah Mr. A'BECRRT f, to moving she add,dion of the reuore, aleuded m string terms to the rune Inds to as families h t the primal state of the law, and expressed hi• be:iel that the anomalies is the Ise, chink produced each a etwe of thine., lay on the mesa aid might be easily removed. Outset the greateat of these anomalies was the di :tactile: mule ley the law between specialay and contract nehe.. H knew aces. au which a property was charged with 30.0001 ep Welty delr., and I.sool.eon'rut debts. Tee sp. ci.ity erooitore were paid 15.. in the pound, elide the con'reet cashiers got 110 hiug (Hen ) The sna r l. remedy for this wee that rennin ode by the committee—'oe abolition of ell preterentiel art whatever deseription. (Hear, htar,) Th.• speak r hay ing cited same outs, iostances of the mischievous working of the law, putponed more lengtnen-el dimumi n on the merits of the proposed reform until there should be a more numerous attendance 1.1 snow members of the eaci-ty who took arroag ,'tweet in this in s metary question. The CHAIRMAN of 94 rved net the doctrine of preference had been abolished in bankruptcy for 200 y an, and more recently in chancery, in so far as regarded what were • sled equitable tenets—a 1 stincti sa being absurdly tali• a between equitable and legal asset,. He would suggeet that Id . fella/tett might effect his object el abolishing preferences by a simple enactment declaring all assets to be tquitatne Mr. SPENCII,Q.C., said that the Court of Chancery, even ender the clerical chancellors, never had, nor over would reeognise any preferential claims. The doe•ries of the Equity Carte was purest equality to all claimants. He gave, how• ever, his general eancurrence to the recommendati us of the report, especially to that part which sugge-ted the handing over the administration of dscuesd persons' estates to the commissioners in bankruptcy. Mr. STUART begged to remind the meeting that if thee adopted this report, and obtained a concurrenos of view from the legislature, they would be peachy dly superseding the Court of Chancery is one of its most important (one Hoes. (Hear, hear.) The Court of Chancery in Ireland had already been abrogated in so far as a most important part of its business was concerned, and this report proposed • similar princip:s for the English court. This was a most important step, and he entreated the meeting to plus ere it committal itself. Could not Mr. A'Betekstt's object be effected by a reformation of the master's of ? He had reason to believe that a bill on that subject would be istroduad early in the ensuing session. He begged to give notice of soma resolutions acknowledging the evils of the present system of Chancery procedure, but suggesting a remedy to which the present equity machinery would b • applicable. The CHAIRMAN said that the best course, seeing that Mr. Stuart had resolutions to propose, would be to have the report received and printed for distribution, and on the motion for its adoption at a future meeting, Mr. Stuart !mid propose his resolutions. This coarse was assented to by the meeting, and the pro eeedinp ternslasted. GORHAM v. THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—The judi cial committee of the privy council will hold a private meet ing this day, at half-peat tare., to confer upon their decision la the case of " Gorham against the Bishop of Hamer," but no day has yet been appotated for delivering the judgment. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—I asked Mr. Spen low what he considered the best sort of professional busi ness. He replied, that a good case of a disputed will, where there was a neat little estate of 30,0001. or 40,0001., was per haps the best of all. In such a cam, he said, not only were there very pretty pickings in the way of arguments at every stags of the proceedings, and mountains upon moantai , s of evidence on interrogatory and mrouter-interrogatory (to say nothing of an appeal lying, first to the Delegates, and then to the Lords), bat the costs being pretty sure to COlllO out of the estate at last, both sides went at It in a lively and spirited manner, and expense was no consideration. Then he launched into a general eulogium ea the Commons. What was to be par ticularly admired (he said) in the Commons was its cm pactness. It was the most conveniently organised place in the world. It was the complete Idea of senates', it lay in a nutshell. For example :—You brought a divorce ease, or a restitution cue, into the Consistory. Very good. Ton tried it in the Consistany. Toss made a quiet little round game of it, am mg a family gimp, and you played it out at leisure. Bupoose yuu were not satisfied with the Counter!, what did you then ? Why, you went into the Arches. What was the Arches ? The same court, is the some room, with the same liar, and the same Jractitioners, but another judge, for there the Consistory udas could plead any court day se an advocate. Well, you played your round game out again. Still you were not satisfied. Very good. What did you do then ? Why, you went to the Delegates. Who were the Delegate.? Why, the ecclesiastical delegates were the advocates with as, business, who had looked on at the round game when it was playing in both court., soil had sees the cards shaffi d, sad cut, and pined, sad had talked to all the players about it, and now came fresh, se judges, to settle the matter to the satisfeetion of everybott ! Dimostented people might talk of eery epties is the closeness in the Commons, sad Ohs sonemity of reforming the Commons, said Mr. Span lew enaelanien ; bat when the pries of wheat per bushel had hest, the Commons had been busiest; sad a man might lay is hand upon his heart and say this to the whole werid—" Touch the Cosmos., sad down comes the country 1 "—(From the last ameba of Dom Copper fideL) - - THE VICAR OF BERKELEY. The following letter, addressed to Earl Fitzbars 0:fly) by the lord bishop of the diocese, appears in the Bristol Journal: "Stapleton, Jan. 9, 1860 "Ns Lord,—l have received a letter signed by your lordship and a hrite number of parishioners of B .rkeley, of h dh wzes. in which you comp) in of my having inhibited tee Rev John 8-ton K irr from the performance of the set nen of the church so long es the charges against him are nutter inve.tigatiem. I reply that, being convinced. from the retire of the offences charged, that the greatest scandal wee likely to arise Irma his c .ntinuing to officiate, and that his ministra eons must he worse thee wailers while such foul imputatieae were pending against him, I d• owed it my imp►rative duty to tollnw the course which the law had pri.cribed. "The cans. indeed, is so exactly met by the provisirns of the statute (3 & 4 Yid., c ha, etc. Hi, tha• I cannot be!ieve Hitt any hahtip, or any oth- r p tors whu hod seen the d• pr. sitions wt ich I hays 64.111, could hesitate about the course which ought to he adopted. " That this temporary inhibition is of the nature of a! pus ishm nt I do not admit; most clergymen would attire to he relieved tom their sacred ditties whis 1-hou ing under ehergeirof such a nature, however strong they might feel in .nrcious in -licence Nir can I recor iss it as being at variance with he oilier institutions of our country. A per stn chieged with offences in th, civil our it imprisoned or held on bail till he can be brought to *val In the army, as accused otileer is •uartenile I from his rofeseional iuties aconr •mertial has derided upon the justice of the se cutation. In causes ecclesiastical there appears to be a still greater neeetsity for the intermission of t s "ermines of an sr-mud c'ergymsn during the preen. Nothing eon be more offensive to the religi.as feelings of the people than that the Word of God should he pronou-ictel, and the lily Sacrament administered, by on. who is at the same moment himself eh trged with scandelons immorality. ifo.4 loedship, and the ladles and gentlemen whose names follow your lordship's, have, it seem., nev r till now heard of soy each enormities being laid to 'he charge of your vicar. N .verthi less, it Is certain that rumours of that iteription, th ugh t ley di i not reach your urs, hive been for s ims tins hi Berkeley and the neighbouring country; of that fact I wan in'i rmed •1 months ago by several of his two her clergymen, who found that greet maul was thereby caused to the church, particularly by one rep in, of a eircuartantial nature, which was obtaining ex•entive circulation ; the method which I adopted to protect the church and the clerical character wu this 'empowered a commission of flys c'ergynun, of high Oa , rawer, to icquirs into the truth of the reporte, and if they were ill-funded, or if they believed them to proceed not I fry m criminality, hut only from levity of conduct, to m- k . I known their opinion in such a manner at might tend to whit I had hoped. lam sorry to say that the investigation carried as is Mr. M•rr's own presence left upon the minds .0. the clergy uen an iimpreadon of hie guilt, and • convic tion tt at the ease could only be properly dealt with in a court of judicature. " Your lordship cannot fell to observe that, in prosecuting an heti in of this nature, a clergyman can have no nvtive erupt a wish to see justice done to the church, and p the cies ical character untarnished—beyond this public bene fit no imaginable advantage can be in his contemplation, while much trouble and considerable expense are incurred. Fur myself, I shall sincerely rejoice, if by the issue of these proceedings, the Vicar of Berkeley can be rest - nod with a pure aid untainted character to the discharge of his sacred Inactions. I am, my lord, " Your lordship's obedient and humble servant, (Signed) J. H. GLOUCIIITZA and BRISTOL. Th • Right Hon. Earl Fit:herding', Berkeley Castle, Berkeley." THE WEATHER AND THE PARKE. The ther mometer during Sunday night, in exposed situations, fell as low as 24 degrees, or 8 degrees below freezing point, and during yesterday morning at was down to 20. The wind veered to different quarters in the course of a few boon, but in the treeing was nearly due east, and blew exceedingly cold, with strong gales. The various ornamental waters in the royal parks were visited by thousands of persons during yester.lay, but far below the number who flocked to the same places on Sunday. Every precaution was taken by the officers of the Royal Humane Society to prevent acci dents on the ice, and although very few immersions hap pened, a great many persons were seriously injured by 'ailing whilst sliding, and their heads coming in contact with the points of skates. Several scientific evolutions were minnow! by the members of the Skating Club on the l:ng water ice Kensington Hardens. NORTH KaNT RAILWAY COX7IIII7IITION.—A meeting of the bridge wardens and amistants wee held yesterday at Rochester, to determine upon the expediency of constructing a new bridge acmes the River Medway, to improve its pre vent navigation, and, incidental thereto, to hear a proposition from Mr. 0. L. Taylor, the engineer of the direct line of railway from &rood to Dover, proposed to be constructed Hider the direction of • public commireion, coordeting of the principal landowners acd the L• rd Warden of the Cinque Porte. The were present the Earl of Ramsey, Earl of Darnley, E. Twop e nny, Esq. J. W. Strafford Esq., wardens ; and C. W. Martin, m ta., M.P., T. L. Hodges, Esq., WM. Smith, E.g., R. T , Esq., J. Moron, Eq., and J. Stunt, Esq., amistanta. On the presentation ot a report by W. Cubitt, E-q., the engineer, it wee determined to pro ceed with the construction of the new bridge with all pos sible speed ; and with respect to an apNimitioa received from Ile. Taylor, who represented the wish., of many landowners and occupiers in the north-eastern part of the entr.ty, it was decided that there was nothing in his Dro p ',Won, to delay the progress of the works.—Mr. Taylor explained that the railway bridge might be rionstruatod subsequently or simultaneously with the proposed new bridge, so as not to involve the slightest danger or aporehension of accident from carriages or horses as , the railway tr a i ns wou ld b e entirely re i pt 4 from view.—Mr. Cubitt stated that he could see no reason to oppose the preposition of Mr. Taylor, in whose views on this point he entirely esmearred*; and he subseques_tly stat-d, that if he were milled em by the ilon , h- Eastern Medway Company, to advise ea the onee, be diesid strongly reenesamod that troutpeny M mneerna the liked line themselves, and by no means le elm t• • project, when it had trio sumo of the and others locally interested in its eimminelYmi, &sVTH WALIIII.—The &name of this mageny have intimated their Mention to Oomply inch the reemassoda tma contained in the report of the elaridebe of investip- I ion. They state that under • emnistion Mel the eventual istersate of the estarstoldsre will be beet by alba of the tomb immediately at their d l towards the esselmsotiea et the penes of the Rae beams Swansea and Curlew, reposed to be opened in the owing epeinB, the erasion Wen it right to adopt the reemagen el the corned tea so Is, es te the payment of Interest upon sane en* abet the nwiting Fekreety, when the .abject mein he dissnmen, the Intermit epee calla paid in adman to be disebeiget Y the uses lineensusui. IRia. A ND. In the Court of DI7ILIN. JAN. 14. Queen's Bench on ti aturday the Attorney-General appeared on behalf of the new Lord Mayor, Mr. Reynolds, to show cause why the con ditional order obtained last term, to remove his name fr im the burgess-roll, should not be made absolute. The case had not concluded when the court rose. A remarkable brochure on the Irish Poor Law System, by Mr. Vine nt Scully, Q.C., is promised immediately by the Evening Post. It would appear that the promoters of the address to Lord Roden are @till beating up for signatures, probably to make a show when they publish the list one of them days, the address having actually been presented several weeks ago. The following is Lord DunFannon's reply to the application recently made to hun on the subject. _ . _ Brynkinalt, Jan. 6, 1850. Sir, lam h d with the receipt of your letter of the Slit of December, requesting me to authorise you to append my name te the address to Lord Roden, on his recent dis missal Irom the magistracy by her Maj , sty's ' , venom:aut. I consider it but fair end honest to state, in reply, me grounds upon which I feel co m p e ll e d to decline, though with real sorrow and much reluctance, appending my name to the ad dress in question. Au reg a rds L a rd Rod en , I can only repeat, what has been, throughout, my sincere opinion, that, t,warda that excellent and highly-to-be.valued nobleman, a very harsh, unjust, and uncalled for proceeding has born adopted, So far as he was personally concerned, I was ready to ex prow, in the strongest manner, my sympathy and respect as an Orangeman, a sincere preostent, a neighbouring land owner and a brother magistrate; but ere affixing my name to such a document u the one transmitted to nee, I em bound carefuily to weigh and consid, r, no: only every senti ment it may contain, but, also, every principle it may in volve. I regret to be obliged to declare, ta•r• are one or two points in the address to which I eon never sub scribe. I cannot admit • right inh-rent in the crown to distal.* at pleasure its servant., being in any manner, direct or indirect, questioned. It i% true tlat the advisers of the crown may some inns, se I conceive they have done in the present instance, reoamaend the exercise of that prerogative in an arnitrary manner; but one, two, or more such cues occurring, are by no means sufficient to cell in question a very essential enu important power, as regards not alone the security of the government, but likewise the well-being and bee interests, in a found sense, ef the communi'y. %Wen, therefore, it is contend. d, as it seems to be in the proposed eddrews, that it is unjust to visit upon any individual filing a public and reepoineble office, provided hi, intenti ne are honest and coseriectious, the evil consequences &tieing from error in lu lgme,t, I cannot but conaidtr that, cos only i. the right et the crown to &soli.s its servants thus called in triesti in, but a pi inciple is laid down equally dangerous as opa . .is precedcie, cud mi•chtevous in practice. Feeling (ha: it I allow my name to be appended to the aedri se, I must be on , idert d es subscribing to every sentiment and principle in v.lved in it, I 4111, from an bouest conviction of the fallacy in the points above &linden to, com pelled, with real regret, to decline acceding to the must contained in your letter r.t the 31 , e of D cumber.—l hare the hi flour to subscribe myself, sir, your °belie! t Moab!, ser vant, DCSOANI.4O3. . Richard Nu.rent, E•q., &c. The ass.stavit barrister for Clare informed tie grand jury of that c set. tv loot week, accordir g to the Lime rick E inminer, that hi- wai aware of • till aeing in prepare. , i.in by g , vernn.err. aat would prevtnt land lords recovering by Neu pr °etas rent " not in keeping with the poor-law v us , ion." After a longer interval than usual, we bear of one of those horrible cs,•cs cf agrarian murder, which afford such a teeth t comment on the rel,.Cors of landlord and tenon, n Ireland The crime on this occasion, as on so in trey similar occasions, was per petrated in Tipper.ry, an,' the victim was a land a.;ent. The Nettagh tieardtan states that William Ardtll, steward to Mr. Faliaer, was shot through the heart on Friday rieht last, and his body found t' e next morning where he fell, b-twfth his em ployer's residence and his own housA, wera about a quarter of a mile asunder. Tie c. , .urs, of the murder is not stated. En the same c uuty se Lcar of numernus evi..tions even at the present inelemi.n. season. " You wall be sorry," says a correspondent f the Lfintrick Ex .ntifier, " to learn that ebo a tweiry henries have be n tum bled and the inmate• treed, at* place cellel Drum. clieve, near the town of T pp,rary. A n.uib r of houses were also knock d down at d the t.cupiers cart out at Bunch.. At Doan se%eral houses cave also been raz-n to thi. ground." At the Tuam Quart. a St6ll l / 4 1138 last wet k there / were upwards of fifty casts of ejectment. A correspondent of the Lout) aulerry Statulard complains that the Ironmum. era' Lompsuy have not yet sten the propri.ty of reducing the rents on their Ulster estates, although, he adds, the Mgt of the tenantry on this prop. rty ";:re in alaset as wretc.ied a condition us any in tier Mikiesty 's dominio" rave and except those who Lave the mistretone to be under the Mercers' Company." We learn, obsei vet the Londonderry paper, ti et the latter company tr. ated with contempt a petition lately addrvisect to mem for an abatemeut of their rents, winch was sighed by almost every tenant on the estate. The Merc'arseile Adeertis;;TiescribPs the state of trade in Dublin as undergoirg som improvement: A very favourable report, ,t observes, to the present cir cumstances of .Le aeon 'Ty, and aft e r the ezhau •ting effects of famine, coulr scucel exp. tel ; but, neve &lams, we are assured that the working classes generally are in a better condition aa regards their means ot pure using food and clothing than for several pars put. We have heard ot one extensive house in general business connected with wearing apparel, which ►as route • c nsiderable inmate of sales during the put year—during the manth of D umber last its receipts were 3,0001. beyond lbw for 'be c rre•p'nding month of the preceding year; and we understand that several other houses hays experienced a similar improve ment, which is attributed to the cheapness of fool, enabling the working people to lay out more mosey in their clothing and comforts than heretofore. The Northern Standard A Friday has the follow irg : A report is in tows to-day that Crom Castle, the magnifi cent seat of the Earl of Erne, has been destroyed by tire. The report originated in a trovel!erwho wee pas ing through Lisnaskea at about one o'cleck yesterday, when the inhabi tants were rushing to the castle to aid in suppressing the fismes. Another gentleman, who travelled by the Ennis killen mail last night, mated in Monaghan, that when pass ing by the demesne, the passengers distinctly saw the Haves of the still burning edifice. This, we believe, is the third time this splendid oils of building has been burned. The .Erening Post of last night published the fol lowing letter from Mr. Cobden, in reply to one from Dr. Shell, of Ballyshatmon: - - - - • Llndon. Jan. 5, 1850. Dear Sir.—l have sent you a newspaper containing a report of Mr. Bright's speech at M anc h ester , upon the sub ject of Ireland, in whose views generally I heartily concur. My own remarks at Leeds would explain the opinion I en tertain of the present movement of the Irish landlords. There never was such a barefaced display of shallow cunning and base hypocrisy, as is this cry of the landowners a bread tai, under the plea of bet . wing the condition of a starving people! I very much doubt if their representatives is the house will dare to bring forward their cue for discus sion; at all events, I should wish nothing better than to have the opportunity of meeting thcm on that ground, and I remain, dear sir, truly yours, RICHARD COBIAIN. Dater Shed. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A most tragiell event occurred at Earlsgaft, the :widest), of the 800. and Rev. Charles Douglas, on Wednesday afternoon, during the absence of that gentleman from home. A little boy, named Barney Doherty, a stable servant, son of Mr. Douglas's coachman, was desired by his father to watch occasionally a pan of coals that had been placed hot in a canine for the purpose of airing it. It appears that the poor little boy, not aware of the danger ha incurred, either out of fun, or supposing that the carriage would be better aired by his doing so, pulled up all the 'blinds so as to exclude fresh air, and remained himself in the carriage. The boy not re turning from the carriage, his father being surprised at his remaining so long a time away, went to see after him, and found him quite dead.—Deny Sentinel, 1 THE BLOOD OF AN INEBRIATE.—Dr. George Ste , phew Jean, of Boston, communicates to the Medical Jour nal the following singular though not unprecedented case of the transformation of the blood of an inebriate:-" I was called upon in great haste to see a patient who was ulna seated to be in a dying condition, and on my arrival at the house I really found him sick, but far from being as bad as was represented. My patient had a severe attack of pliru ritis. The symptoms being very urgent, I thought proper to take blood. The peculiar odour emitted by the blood while running from the vein, together with the singular ap pearance it presented after remaining in the howl some few minutes, led me to • farther examination of it. One hell (c hat is lateral half) woof the normal appearance when drawn mom a patient labiuring under an inflammatory affection ; the ether half had the appearance of milk upon the surrace, so mach so that I .inestioned my assistants as to the fart, al though I was quite positive of the vessel being perfectly clean when handed to me. I gave the bowl a rotary motion, yet the fluid would not mingle, remaining just the same as when first observed. What is still more interesting, and to which my attention was attracted, wen the fumes of alcohol, which were so strong that one would have supposed that article to have been thrown in among the blood. I did not apply a lighted taper to it, but have not the least tioubt thatif I had I should have ems it ignite, burning with its lambent flame. Is it at all strange that we find in autopsies of those persons who are in the habitual use of alcoholic liquors such depositions and concretions ? Why should not their thanes he mat deemed when their blood has been so charged with carbon and hydrogen, which is eatirely foreign to its vitality ? Disease, with all its concomitants, must m.els make • Ilt• vegee; the stomach suffering first, the ! s p e d, . .1, don destroyed; the brain, frog% eoatinu ... ' s 4 :.4., Pi softens,lenteks, and the creature Ices. My pa . rrA . --7-, , , ,• 4 d an k Nur Xuslaa4 run to I , ,r ge dons awn " v vt e',t.o •t- M : drank tr ''.: Am e.S.'ti- *f i r. a y 1 9 Cil ia . ..111, 11