The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-12 00:00:00

p a wing law. This dirleicia will be added A be the ' l i r a reunion army miss I the emansaadee ceps is to be its inspector ; the Sowers kry exp , in to adopt the sures. or thaTel= aroY• It hes been stated that by a peoftedkeg_kthketpls of Oliver Cromwell the daubers SI hisidegager had b ee n prevented from meting. !Ye *NW dig. a • his elicited addresses and ps ibis from the .3 . , r s parties into which the chassis= mew di v id e d. A ,„,,c e ig of the party formieg the right of the Late , e .... m t a . r has been held. at which a memorial to the 1 , 3 k, wsr s,•-re.-d to. This address recites the obtect of the I njunction. the declaration of thegovernmental d ee ruiLation to obey those directions, sad the die tarcar with which the HOMO of Dopeties had re re:cc.A ! ha time. The memorialists state that the T o 'lotion of the government has taken them by sae , they fa. deeply anxious foe the future of heirfatherland ; and complain that the presto n:am the chambers prevents their tak rna counsel in parliament, while the injuno rt„e ugoires its execution within three weeks. Ise) dre.are the ob:igations under which the sentry WO lad to his highness, and reflect with eadelastime es the wail occasions on which the b e d N ested attempted intermeddling with gas ee f or l an d. They deny that the ardessommet the h N ffeat her, 1817, awes to the aseind pewee the right to imagist injunction each as the peigsgt. Th ey e uie that the sub. of the 23th of May posised to i t , members tosuitsh oat a helpieg had to all n states it h.,. e rights of any kind are thevatasea. Tee question. they say, can only be decided by rtantal. end moist es going &Awe the Erfurt court a d et , re d. Tbeadmis,ion of the injunction as the c ommand of a competent authority is a surrender of ttsswerf'.,n rights of tie state and an weeatial al :ratios of the legal position of the nation. Under cane cirennistswes they cannot approve of the , c i.t e cial woo:26°o'nd respectfully hope that the o cc ..:on of his hiihatss may be still open to fern ga,r r Leftof the chamber held meetings on the th, ar. d re , t he ark inst. deposited a memorial in the Owe; of Mecklenburg to the following effect. T ut ... ra h : ea, whoee names are appended, have beard the n,te of the central commission reed in the sitting o: :he chamber, and listened to the ministerial dicta ex .11 is its favour. They d• uy that the convention herre,n Austria and Prussia, establishing the central co mm.esior, gives to that body any tight to interfere interior canneries of the MeeMeaburg state*. I:cy pro•est, on eonstitationel grounds, against re cor'...ng the validi'y of the injunction of the central crzminte : and they add, that the mere resolution of Puke t. give edect to the same, cu confer on it gy legal validity ; and protest finally against its ex- AUSTRIA. SIENNA. Aran. 6 Cr. tic °maim of the departure of Coast Giulay, • t]. e.zo, the pubhc were treated to a series of t , 7 7 4 .f a clienge of ministry ; however strongly tt.-e marts were &tied, and however small the r%.*.t •h,y received at the time, they were neverthe ,,es f,: dad on fact. I have learnt all the particulars r the ..:air from an official rennet, and communicate _ 119 - throw an imp3etaut light on the present q.T,r.aunt of Atutria. int Groans. adjutant-geteral to the Emperor, is t of attecding all eabinst councils when : I:mi eror is abort t, and sometimes of address - - mbled ministers. On one of these oees t. .t happened that Count Grimm concluded his stdr. tf w:th the re mark, " That is my opinion, and :tst ',tee I shill ' vote.'" Dc. Bach, the Mi t...ter et the Interior, immediately roes and n " Cant G;::ne, my colleauues and my • are ssstrnbled here as the responsible 'e-I of t:e crown; until now we have never 0b j.:•,,.1 put presecce, as you attend here by the • c; r.O Emperor, in order to inform him of the ;!•egt, and result of the deliberatitne which take in Le absence ; nor have we objected to anv re ter:3 wtir'r you have been pleased to make on these o..,:rne. Bat waen you express an intention of • is a particular way. I feel it to be my duty tea n.r...3ter and a member of the cabinet to remind yr:: :Le! sour exceptional position in these councils t , .*. coder cn you any direct influence over our each a proceeding on the part of any per e;: not a m e mber of the ministry, if permitted, would a: sere overturn the whole canstitutianal machinery. eiere, the responsible advisers of the crown, are rpueible *o pubticopiniz.n for the measures we may a: ,t, and cannot therefore permit ourselves to be utray by any improper influence. Foe t:4l the expression which you have been pleased . e -e compels me to enter the strongest protest rentt your being . permitted to addrees the council." hata:sion ensuilon this speech of Bach's, in which teas of the Minister of the Interior were etre supported by Coast Giulay, the Minister of sr. S 3 soon as the sitting was concluded, Count Ivied him to his master to complain of Bash. L 1 luper ;al Majesty caused Bach to appear in the tunic, and remonstrated with him very seriously on wr.ieh he, as Minister of the Interior, bad i.xt,e4 in the cabinet council. The imperial die it.stattim was conveyed to Count Giulay in a similar :atter. Bach returned lime from his in trs:cr with the Emperor, and at on wrote vitt demanding his dismissal. This note in (Awarded the same day to the Emperor. la Emperor, somewhat startled at this sodden de esti, lurritil with the note to his mother, the Arch ....tie Sophia, who undertook t o m o ll i fy B ac h, an d Lim to retain his office. Bach permitted him ts he so:ithed by the imperial lady, and consented '0 :at wistes. This is the trite history of the affair. sulden departure of Coast (holey fir Italy was 'Le time unintelligible to all ; this little narrative . ...explain it. 7.. e Emperor is to proceed, towards the latter end math, to Trieste, to lay the foundation stone the sew terminus. He will return to Vienna trough Carinthia and the Tyrol. 7:.e nestiettion for the " Oriinzland," the frostier , :o:itce, is drawn up, and will speedily be prosed. Pd. 1: is one of the results of the labours of the 41,:t...0e for the regulation of the military hustings 7 kb JellasSieb is the president The 61. Atar are the principal points in the sow alitale : he indivi :nal military frontier provisos, main to their original provinces, and lion with 437 I territory with peculiar administration. The 'digs to be used in the military service is to re tte German; in all other respects the national "Inge is to remain in force. (The national lan t are the Servian, Wallaebian, and Croatian.) • • .tcgasge to be used in schools is to be that of the r. Every toeerament official will be required '- . hrstand and speak the language of the district *'-ch he is employed. The military organisation 'zie provinces is to undergo a thorough reform. -:, Lean. 10.—Votaatary Lee; 1031; Nestle s 1 Nit, 86f ; , 93f. Aran 9.-71ve per Coat. MeteElquee, 93; Year per hlf. Seat Shares, 1077. Ezebange ea Landes, 1111. Wk. IVt bare received the Moniteur Alg'ries of the Bth h states that—" The tribes of the Maadid rad 12 ' 4 .'1 'he Onled-Annaiche, who had taken part in "4t of Zaatcha, but who since that time had 17'imoadvse quiet, had again recently committed !! tvAtility. A detachment of 334 men belonging .. • , :11 Regiment, whil e returning from Boa Cada ;'-f. tad been attacked on th e i r marc h by a b o d y 1" 4. • tad known, when a severe combat took 4. `, Lt which ended in the defeat of the Arabs. , 4 V 4 - 4 iruboasest was killed, and Lieut. Mao of rtel wounded. Several of the Ara killed vtuuded. General de Banal hails ent a ; r4 t detachment among the revolted tribes, who it ~ ,• ed would soon be made to repent of their -•; Same t h a d also been sent amongst ~.I , o ,,v •tas and the 'n, in order to enforce pay 7. 'AU* tribute and the lines inflicted on them as .: :•:ohreest for ref us i ng the mean' of transport to • trove during the expedition of Zaateha. Lad also been made on the Beni Khottabs, refused payment of their taxes." riP. TAINVP.NT BY TUB MATott AND CORPORA -7(0 TUX LoaD MAYOR 07 Lorloox.—lt tad that oa tie 241 b of January Yob Lord , 1* a diaasr t o lb. Mayor and Corporation of a Wetlands, last tint aompliornt was rotaroad :4.o,4:Paita who owntinato that body. Th. Lord ' 4l 1 ass% wat down We private Mato ( with" %nude, ad on melting ti. Hastings terminus ;" 4 7 was net by tato mayor and other umbers 4 t , °Who, who aecourailisd him to the Swan Inn, • 4 . 4 hat wet was provided. The party Goa ^ wda c: . . A . 4 Pn 611 ter 7:1 Z.: "5! 1• • 1 1 ira to tr '1 r.. • WAR PAY illb j‘ &ICE PRICES. __ _ Ma. llegree.—Wilk • dump aid leader oa t i t i : Neese that I am s s err i e d um Mrs. lit vested, vir e ii t eL de pstisea /sr bite es: : has bet see haft Is OW seasimireial state of eximeasevensk lbek a rinses ITH--011 evil eat hes Eselseyel filkeeselkss of the lizallugusr. albarreand gomlimmeillb • sad —of coares--esttled down as s madame Semi weight upon peoples. Mrs. Oakapple's abweraghe is—a &feed., power of soriehms4M. The bast sentare is the world, she ma nse elethese sad meth* figures. Her pastry is mar eileset ; bet—thsegli the deer seal assures me she hie trial • headset' dine, Moto. ,, ea a dosen—she eansot ;pep a Meg ag e o e% like saad, run through her gagers. Sir. the rasp's* that serneally animates the bosom of s husbead ociessionly warns me from the perpetra tion of compute' les; is the present seer. however. I think I may be allowed to liken Britannia to Mrs. °Amp*. Both females are ',Womble objects ; crea tures to be serevelly idolised t but they have coin fault in commee--they will pat tea above enth used.. Myself end wife begin Matrimony span war prima We metered open housekeeping with all the fiscal responsibilities of powder and shot. At that time, sir, Beeasparte was act o d our h an d s, an d the parlors loaf was a thingeciamn as a death's head is families. Possibly, eirx e, may recollect that time!' Not a hesseheld bat appealed to the b num inner (which I take to s the lining of his pocket), is a vain heavy with shillings. In those days there were DO pseentztailies ; salt WY a thing to calculate, and Mara w ould net be played with. Well, sir, open war priors we ate our wedding dinner; and, demanded from the honeymoon at our own house, tarnished with war mahogany, we settled —myself and wife—the weekly bill upon the war estimate. &r, were I at all vainglorious—but the Let **ere is seta plainer, simpler man in exist enes—l would, as an nneoescMes illastration allay ecastitutienal geurasity , here pat down in black and white the weakly sum proposed by me to Mrs. Oak apple for housekeeping : a sum, I own, in vestor' by twenty shillings at the half-coex ist, half-rebuking words of Mrs. Oakapple— tor the hoceymooe,. remember, had mill • silver edge to it. It is, however, sufficient to state, sacs and for all, that we began boneekeepiog upon war prices. Children, of mores, gradually dotted the bowie ; bat every baby wee equitably considered with reference to the war (our first, sir, we called Arthur, in compliment to the Duke) —every half-pound of arrow root purchased, if I may be allowed the espressioe, out of the cannon's-mouth. Now, sir, Ido not complain of this. By no means. I gloried in the war; I loved my wife, and danced on the buoy. Bat sir, the war ceased—priors &n— -ether children came, if you will permit me the figure, with palmbraneltes in their hands; nevertheless, Mrs. Oakapple—with • serenity that, I own, astonished me—every Monday morning exacted the war allow ance! The same weekly PM that set us out on the fifth week of our marriage was, up to last week, demanded by that courageous woman, my helpmate. Being a quiet man, and worshipping my hearth-stone, it was a long time before I could find the heart to demur. I had seen the starvation, death's-head quartern at Is. 10d., by degrees put on a cheerful tenpenny, ninepenny, eightpenny, sixpenny look; , neverthelev, though we married upon war, not an atom of peace was made to appear in my house ex- Penns. "There must be some mistake—this can't go on —no; next week she'll propose another scale. And then, there can be no doubt of it, dear soul! with everything so cheap and the weekly bills at the war figure, she has laid by a handsome sum. Who knows? the price of a living for Charles, or a mar riage-pytion for Elizabeth P" With this consolation simmering in my heart, did I every Monday morning, write the same cheque; a cheque seemingly unalter ,' able as though drawn by Mr. Meds or Mr. Persian. Sir, when the time came, I had, unassisted, to buy Loaf-cues-Fish for Curies, an eloquent young man, in whom Lambeth may have great hopes; for his threat last week " to go into the wilderness and eat locusts with Exeter," I consider •to be only the flourish of an ardent temperament, a little after his dear mother. Again, when my daughter married Mr. Macthistle, common councilman—like one of Mr. Fox's martyrs, his great glory is in Smithfield— everything, from the marriage portion to the silver Packthread that tied the hymeneal pasteboard, came , from my pocket. From mine, Mr. Editor. I merely mention this circumstance to show that, though for upwards of five-and-thirty years I have paid war prices, nothing has been saved to me, sir— nothing has been saved. At length, and after a delay, patiently continued from week to week, I ventured to observe to Mrs. Oskapple that—l purposely pitched the matter in an unimaginative, homely way—that, " as everything had come down in the way of price, the household expenses ought, as a matter of course, to come down too." The dear woman put on the prettiest face of wonder (she is still pretty, air; with a pleasant autumn brightness), and "didn't know what I could mean." I then thought it my duty to go into par ticulars. I endeavoured to explain to her—taking the simplest examples that fourteen quartern loaves, at is. 10d. per loaf, must cost consi derably more than the same number of loaves, price 7d. Then, sir, I proceeded : tea, sugar, salt, cotton, penny postage, threepenny 'busses—all cheaper commodities —all cheaper oonveniences—l toothed upon, as I verily believed, with a clear and instructive spirit. Nevertheless, I could not illuminate my subject. The good, simple woman, seemed no more capable of arithmetic than the Bishop of London, or any other mortal divinity whose book is not Cocker. It was in vain that I preached, that I urged the equitable pro priety of lessening the weekly outlay to the weekly cost. Sir, had Mrs. Oakspple been Mistress of the Robes, she could not have treated the'suggestion with loftier and better-bred contempt. Though I knew I wuorfectly right, I nevertheless felt myself subd ued sad mean before the face of my wife. It was a study for an ex-chancellor ; indeed, for any ex with a war pension. "Why, my dear," said I, arousing myself with an effort to the task, " you must allow that everything being at little mote than half the price than when we married, the weekly bill might, at least, be reduced, say one-third. Consider, my love;' I continued, somewhat encouraged by her brooding silence ; "consider even in the article of tinder-box and matches. Why, say lucifers ; they're not half the price." " Well, now ," cried my wife, her face taking a tinge of triumph, well, now, I'm glad you've oome to inciters. That's so like you ; bums Inciters are cheaper than matches, tat's the reason we're to live upon no thing. I suppose people require something more than inciters; but, of course, you'd have us eat loci fin, and dress in luciferer And not another word could I get from her: no, she had, as she believed, settled the question of retrenchment and swam away from me with a sharp triumphant laugh that closed the conference. I own it, I should have been amused with my wife's logic,—but it was not original. No, sir, Mrs. Oakapple is a patient reader of the debates, and the whole argument was a bold theft from at least half-a-dozen Chancellors of the Exchequer. It was nothing but an old application of the new lucifer. I will not go through the whole process by which, at length, I have induced Mrs. Oskapple to reconsider her weekly bill. That excellent woman (and could she only become clear and conscientious in figures, she would indeed be a treasure) has at length un seated to do what I consider to be of the first ne cessity, but which she still persists in calling "my crotchet and my whim." She dose not see how, at most, more than a few shillings can be saved , " try it, jest to humour me." "My dear," said "her Majesty's ministers"— my wife has a great respect for the government, spa tidally since she saw Lord John in his Windsor uni form--" her Majesty's ministers are about to make twelve and sixpence go as far as a sovereign. They are all, to a man and woman"—for of course, in the matter of salaries there will be no respect of sex—" all about to cut themselves down to the quick." My wife would not believe it : " som e people might ten; bat, for her part, the matter was too 'ideas to jokelapos." tt The hearts and souls of her Majesty's mi nisters," said I, getting a little warm upon conju rat opposition, " are nerved and bent upon economy. Why, they are even about to strip gold lace from the blue jackets. The navy is no longer to be g ilt. Epode:Mos, says a United Service authority, epee lotto/ are to vanish like golden bubbles; we are to have glory plain, without a bit of bullion on it" " Then," Mrs. Mts. Oakapple, " it won't be worth a pia. rd as moos sec a zebra without his stripes as 1 4 5h11. 4 4 el is et diom 1 11 be is I sitiohli lbw tft. Ch tsd in alt? with the - rodlestl7 tr a tils Plate tempeterls :Ewill geld mask P` With the ater's geld hi ale will the Milan of the hereditary fasenerr at the rate of an M these/ad or an a year 1 0 can 6a no doubt mt this detenniaatioa of is* Maisety's frugal doietry to &mese all salaries—a sc. *tweed by the doom of blatise.ket gold—is the ibdest preface to sesesprehensive national work that Mil destroy the Stay of lumber, when gilt lumber ily. At prapeat, as I say to Mrs. Oakappls—with mil John's media yet unmade—then is no knowing a quantity of gate bullion that will be brought to is asidair-pot, But we shall see. And Mrs. 0. Item a knowi ng disks of the bead I sod with a short, mewhat spiteful laugh, eehaes- 4, We shall sea* Bet then, Mrs. Oakepple is a wayward head at rare. Like Britannia, as I observed before, she Y a thous end virtu*, but like Britannia, she will et oosJosesed to arithmetic. However, sir, take my word for it—a 'bort, em- Mho word—both of 'em meet begin to leers. Your obedient servant, Ivy Tod, JOHN OAKAPPLE. simallillillase Vitt/ hens bad assmemedidisa, that ill earehird tithe annual 'preens% we et whit' druid be the wand produce, at as had Jostling' lost or wasted in till Vale of Berisky. Mask of the land phoa4 be broken up, as it would make Ina arable lead, and would double or treble the of the hams, Is this district, however, I think the , cows kept Pre of a superior kind to thus it the dairy districts of the Vale of White Roue, in North shire. I mean that to apply to the average dairy farmers. I spent two hours au the farm of Mr. Positing, who occupies a farm of 140 sores ekes to the tows et Berkeley, belonging to Lord Fitshardings, and k a favourable specimen of his class. He hes betwesa thirty and forty cows; wine of these are eery geed ones, and all hive the shorthorn ohmmeter. Mr. Posting, whoure to be near aunty, thirty years ago went iato treading de s of the midland °maths, sad bought twelve skertrhern yearling White, when there were very few of them in Meows disbud s awl has ever sines been a memorise im prover aids bard by the careful selsetles ad his belle, and by the purchase of good sows. He has new seve ral ewe At for the @sleeted herd of may breeder of short-herse. He has also pat ape nundisr of sheds, sad has divided his yeeds, es that not mese thaw six or sues °owe are kept lier Is this he basset theabgheast help or onssasegeammikeen his leadised e bad donerearytaing at ids sera awns. Me Med has int Dien indeed, aid eller elopiste Illon I have named, his wampum* dare MIND Alin that alto dairy farmers of the &Ma The Ode are fed entirely on hay, and they have to lithe whatever. Accustomed as lamto me tattle here Is stalls, well-sheltered yards and boxes, and seeneantly well Mend, it is impossible to describe the seem of illessonent experienced in seeing the cattle of these purely dairy farm districts standing in mad and water, with their cotta staring, and, notwithstanding they have a full allowance of food, looking very poor in condition. My owe experience has long led me to doubt the value of meadow hay as the principal pro- vender for cattle, and all 1 bare °believed daring the last few days in the grass districts has eenvinoed raw that hay alone is expensive and inferior cattle food. The hay, too, of certain land is supposed to be the cause of abortion in cows, which fro:rally oecuionsso much loss to the dairy farmer. Certain farms seers more aubjeot to this then any others. Thu Mr. Pouting told me that for the last twenty years be has every year suffered from his cows " warping." This year he has had seventeen oast their calves prematurely, and consequently are of little value for the dairy, bat are sold off to be fattened, of course at a loss to the dairy farmer. I suggested the want of shelter, and the wet state of the yards as the cause of this evil, but Mr. Pouting said that his cattle had more shelter than those of his neighbours, and yet they naively suffered at all from abortion. He attributed it to something peculiar in the herbage of his farm. The disease, too, seems to be somewhat capricious, for a farm near Berkeley was pointed out to me on which two or three tenants some years ago wore ruined from the Ices sustained through abortion; bat the present tenant, who has occupied the farm for eight or nine years, has never experienced any such loss until the peestnt year, when he has suffered very severely from the same cause. Thus it would seem to be caused, not by the land alone, but partly by the season. On mentioning this to Mr. Morton, of Whitfield, he told me that it had been disooverod that meadow greases are often subject to an ergot, • parasitic plant, like the ergot of rye, well known for its power to produce abortion, and that the losses by abortion t nstaioed on certain dairy farms are believed to be canoed by this ergot. If so, the only remedy seems to be to break up the land. I inspect that a partial breaking op of the land, sou to supplythe cows with roots and straw chaff, with a leis quantity of hey, would prevent this serious evil. The dairy farmers do not complain in the same degree as the corn farmers and tho graziers, for their produce is selling at fair prices. Stock in this dis trict is, however low. I went into a farmyard wh ere the stock of a de ceased farmer waa being sold by auc tion, and I mw some very nice in-calf heifers sold for 71. and 81. each, and several two-year-old light cart colts for from 111. to 181. each. In the counties near L,ndon they would have been worth at least me third more.—Yours, &c. , A MIDLAND COUNTIES FARMER. THE ►IANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. MANCHESTER, Aram 11. • -- The advance in the Liverpool cotton market has given iacreased firmness to the pries of twist and cloth ; and buy en on India 1100011111 have been snxious to complete orders. The remit has been • good deal of business in shirting, suitable for the Calcutta market, and these goods are very scarce. There is much the same dielculty as regards the numbers of twist suitable for that market. TO* demand from other quarters was trifling. Au impress's. still prevails among experienced niercan ' the man that the prices Or cotton, notwithstand ing tits shortness of crop, cannot b e sostalned with the priest limited demand, and whilst this leads them to operas with soothe, producers, on the other hand, conti nuos nazism to avoid the accumulation of stocks from high- Out Mimi. Tlis most singular fact, perhaps, connected with mar mint mishits k the unnamed demand,comparatively, frai the hies lode hewn. The heavy export. of last yew may satiellaseedly ausesut for a lull in the foreign trade, but with cheap fat he the wasp classes, and ca pital abandaat, it warn to have been e x that we should have experien c ed mere prosperous as as regarded the country trade. This paint is adverted to in Mr. ldandlors trade circular for the present month ; and he observes : .. The more ••range does it appear, sines is former years, hasediately succeeding abuisdant harvests, when food was not ern so low priced as at present, the state of these ma nufacturiag districts was highly prosperous, sad our mills were at full work to the utmost stretch sanctioned by th• law. There are many rases, no doubt, conspiring to pro duce the present unsatisfactory state of things here, amewpt which may be enumerated the relatively high rates of Miss r compared with the value of the textile fabric , although I. kerns, years of abundance the present prices of gale were set tee high for a large home consumption. The heavy ex =last year are probably another cause of this t ty in this market, especially so regardswselga de ms &; but the chief sasses of the present leprous, I ap psshs.d, are to be found In the wide- woad inalsommisaill ISMileoloi with railway property, antis the Moos bps. dollen of both our home and colonial pretese." A geed deal of moiety mast Ws! while the Mai market b is its pnwat Snetuatiag state ' • but haw shish werra.aaMl.edthere Noe weeks back of the NOW* of ass* homes shish had bean embarked heavily laths WM. qmsulaties sues le have been groundless thee* it I. ru moured thee didnessured bills have heel neat OM to the States by the ires tr t. ke A very re-wales was held bore WI .iag, at the Town ell dews* Poem of the sissehme id oar Me ehanim' Inseleste, sad some historical Oats *tasseled with its rise sad poser were detailed by She various speakers. Mr. Jena &spleen Turner, the president, said it was now a quer* ef a century since it was established, and he sawarsted some dozes of the then leading merchants of the Sews, and others, who took an active part is egablishing it; and who bra considerable time hat their poses and active pinged eo-operation In the management to MOM its sumo Es wagratulated the community that sew es* ma ercaellent institution, the sole pro. a k hod ef sod wider the entire control of its members, he regretted that the name the wealthier *mu wets sew less amosiated with it of than formerly. Mr. Al es taidas, 'one '0 the original list of ite potions, was the speakers, and adverted to the sessilielimg opbtions prevailed at the Sae amongst the lakes- Sal parties who established it and for a tame had ere el of its winking, when the question of surrendering ita meat to the subseriben participating faits advantages= mooted. Non to Ms. Hopkins came another of lie pro lectors and warmest importers in its early days—Mr. W. IPairbairs, C.E. Mr. Fairbairn, whose sagas new stands high In the maohaniesl and 'Aglaia/kg TOMIIe of his ewatry la sessexias with the railway tubes swim the it.., Coswy sad the Mail amts, wee the Meet weitelwy el the Meshes& lostitution. Mr. Fahheint, while congratulating the mobs.s of the belhatisa en its regrow and =slalom, sweabeless took the moranity to observe that it had tailed kg nit ef the w * *ell isdell Per whisk it was started the hapssdeg tithe sheasebey pie* use of mechanics to thine =hi loil bis holor ie rnsh& Ow Mae most in ef the sketch ef the institution rea d ti a nis modes by the seireeory (Mr. J. 31%09pH), was one detailing the smAte Onmeeseed about 1835 by the members of the Oohed* Is mks the pashw mosey of, or wipe off the debt as, the warm and make the property their own. And this was dew by mesas of fonds raised mainly at annual exhibitiess of as industrial and scientific character, to which the piddle were admitted on pay meat of a small charge. With the aid .._ ___. du ca j eat - .... ~, A- pim ple , " :n (Hear ,-.44 GMORGII TROMP:3OM, Beg., MX; la essasidiag a• readmisa, aid he was egamal to all stais mabihibietate if ‘elElbr e t—* 0 all smigalese dbi a s im il ynrs en tOe OM steperl !7 ! ' ; lt Med ft ail dal liallffaffsltaffe• at Ow eill•Ir pa eight 111611441174 50 plods il Mabee a m apiakaaaim Ile ear ler t ad r t : peefselffeaismi bade retailing to aillillow go west.= scatiesmay salamille le the ef the eati.shite Omsk sanseladea, width be wadi to ley Wen them. It was thls—that all leglinp lila by meals/ gamesman is th e Ware of ralgioa, was set ?. aeleaNimisat elm the rights of conseines, sad as of Divine aatkority—(hear, hose)—ead that the tisa of the resoareas of the Mate to the maim. twain of cry form a_ religious worship or instnietioa was mescal ia 'amnia'. Madre to liberty, and opposed to the ofaf G•4l. H. lost cogratalate the people et Hesegrater sad of th e kingdom at large on their one metropolitan paper, the Daly N whisk id not fear to lay bare the seatids owa lose Moss whisk exited ia the eaanah • and he hoped it would egotism he be siastaiaed in thus harlosly parliaming fes dam. (Leal Meers.) The hon. goatlemele mamma* gamed *WWII" et a, peonespport from Lord Jabs lassare Mask oa the Ceassienis la s a kis obserital down aesideteutho u lastie chim NK elall Ml ing. R. MIALL, I .. said he would not addreee the meeting ea the reffelleas bearing, of tbe question having already dose so awn than ones in the city of Manchester ; h. would take tap this question tonight as an imesossieal sues. tioa—(hear, hear)—es a question deeply affecting the tem. peril ae will as the spiritual welfare of , the people of than roams W i tleh ee srut Icr Itae l regard ra bi c . y .) Cr= 1:as:.1 Matta Me setablahnisat principle, whisk kid htli oft heines the matting with so much fore* and 'legumes the meseffing soaker, to oft in Jul practical deveionamit to Wl' mosey asemeihenalaut tea or twelve millions per annum. Orem, hoe.) Ha be with Mr. Cobden, that it was quite poolible to redoes the expenditure of dm greessemoit by 10,000,0004 a year, sad ke canton as mach mere MOM be saved by tha separation of church sad state. 1 Those who took a deep interest in the separation of tha *harsh from the state were frequently ae enad of seeking to destroy the church ; but they could hardly be consistently charged with that is future—the Jo tidal Committee of her Iff quotes Privy Council bad done it already. (Laughter.) They had left the establishment, but there was au church remaining. (Great ingkuw ) Oa the one hand were the tractariaas, who imputed to the evens.- Beale the holding of certain errant cogs opinions upon • (*a damants' point of chriatianity : and, on the other hand the evangelicals imputed to the incurious the preaching of a soil-destreying error. These were their own words. This was the patio the church was placed in by the decision of the Judicial Committee, so these parties wen held together by norobsioas bad, only front reoerviag their pay from the same rate. (Cheers.) Mr. Mall occluded byalling upon them to am every means in their power to effect the saving of this vast .me not of remise, iby the abAition of the chum's astablialeamet. (Load cheers.) Mr. ATKINSON. an operative, moved an amendment in favour of a Mask establiament, whi.:ll was received with groans and biases. The amendment not being seconded, the CHAIRMAN put the original motion, which was tarriod almost unani mously. OEO. HADFIELD, Esq., moved the second resolution, adopting a peition to the legislature praying for the lepers. tion of the church from dm state. The RV,. J. BURNETf,77Cainberwell, ',goaded the nsolation, and said, lookiog at this question in • religious point of view, it brought before the meeting the scriptural view of the subject. The resolution was carried unanicaou•ly, and the meeting sooa afterwards separated. Zbe Court. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday ' at Buckingham Palace, and partook of luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert. Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations to be held in the year 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace of Westminster at thee* o'clock, attended by Liint. Colonel 'F. H. Seymour. The Commissioners present were Earl Granville L,rd Overstone. Sir Robert Peel, the Ri g ht H on . Henry Granville, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Mr. T. Buie', 24 P., Mr. T. Bayley, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Eastlake, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, end Mr. Pettey, M.P. Mr. Scott Knoell and Mr. Stafford Northo et*, the &arteries to the Commission, were in:attendance. Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Execu tive • Committee was present. The meeting, broke up at twenty minutes peat five o'clock. Prince Albert, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F H. Seymour, visited her Royal Hthhneas the Duchess of Gloucester yes terday at Gloucester House. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Royal Italian Opera House with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal Suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Mir Murray, Lord Blohinstone, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.• Colonel F. H. Seymour, honoured Mr. Martin on Tuesday by inspecting his paintings and fresco at Lindsay House, Chelsea. The Chevalier Drouet had an interview with Lord Palmerston at the Foreign-office yesterday. Count de Reventlow. the Daniih Minister, transacted business yak: , day at the Foreign.office. A joint deputation from the county and town of Inverness, had as interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street, on the subject of the proposed new bridge at Inmates. The members of the deputatiou immolated of Mr. Henrry Baillie, M.P. ; Mr. Matheson, M.P. ; Mr. Loch, M.P.; Mr. Alex anderMathelion, M.P. ; The Chisholm; Mr. A. W. Mae Wash, of Rsigroore ; Provost Simpeoa, of Inverness; and Mr. Alexander Mae ravish, town clerk of Inverness. Major Gramm had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Celestial-oak,. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revisits, had an interview yesterday with the Cluinceller of the Exchequer. A deputation, on the Cop hold Enfranchisement Bill, consisting of Sir William Foster, Mr. John Maskett, Mr. James Cudden, Mr. Charles Applejard, and Mr. R,bt. Arnold Waiuswright, had an latervw with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Hon. John Elliot, and a deputation, had an in terview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official rosideses in Downing street. A deputation from the committee for managing the affain of Lloyd's, consisting of Mr. John Robinson, Mr. John Simpson, Mr. William F. Sadler, and Captain George Masted, R.N. (secretary), had an interview with the Right lion. H. Labouehere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. :E EXPRESS, FRIZIT IN, Apity L : t ig. Ism ~ 'Pkodit" - " ------- * --- 'm" -- --------iaihbs .0141119, be it noiewbera) seilft *shots Se Bir Baba* haw* Pvii, 4% et Ilillkiai imitiisonmonsiol, a vwf sitmalit . wombs wither will hie said los& • mislay email judo el She =egad= Om; be bad el =de Irg as er at t a r g =kes "lisse•d *l* " I L 11 be ht ediefise the knew of their Imo "fir beepally tisk sad the wig.... SO bee am llMllltikva tid ti dor triadfm- d Idle le bialasli thowika slow.essmaaasi, et itia /Pm raga ilaa, ID frVbe inky like eaviakerei Wilb *Nib= bet the fatieheame hiUdLip I s o* &ow Winesrfris 6,00 se UN Nolo . wiN raw. to, IMP Ifif P . "' .. . , ~. lim_s kolOg mak, though tlie Este pot IMO kweles these= ie the eaue iibla ilsesdke le We I ' , mu, dpien7 eseall, *_ I_kgve ao deed,' =mho twair. (harp Thenyeemo Kr.; lb. MA ash he permed awl tisk& AFP Oral" illoh Mild be eels- thejley : .!t__ _ 17 Immodest awl ti la 11i Parr!... 1/ Mr . Illeattem. dear ilwiedem. in ti n agia. %I" 1 . 1 . 4 . 11 , " Oho onadadaa• wad the p a a savai boom. It * midisi mate a whams rebored to•ies hare letter tildes Lite me- .. tam it was the delibwato driblet of Ili "sesame, that talea% trase al embalmed= et all Mai lOWA With the mutt their west old do et Ma& the wiabbhweas at_ yea lasit et isligies by as wwweaest tee off meal lbeteseabs =IC Gibes se tbe leis foe shelterise a= di ihs mil the Me essizary to ihe ikeigeares Welasse eisasissie., a= pro- bes mate be safe ? 'iltkei the arompetor's lace waste o/ omen whisk taw ail. d i e l e u irt " ...1.1 . 4 .=5te 1 40 , 10 . " :6 (agars ham) 1 n DMZ ?MIA - - .. .. - - will -- the beeketwoo Nekl semi' P With dub Muammar.. .....1 .-...•i- a__ s.._ a AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. , Cirmuceetsaaataa, Aram 11. row address you from a place surrounded by some of the finest land in England, and of which nearly as littlerproSt is made as it is possible to make. It is a gems district, lying on the old red sandstone formation, entirely devoted to dairy hastmod r y. H ere are made the &mous skim cheeses, known as Berkeley Ames; and the yearly produce of the dis trict, badly aa it is farmed, must be very considtrabl• from the exuberant fertility of the soiL The greater part of the lead requires to be drained, sad much of it towards the beaks of the Bayern lies so nearly one a level with the water of that river, that some general draining works are necessary for completely laying these fat meadows dry. The estate of Earl Fits. hardinge, which surroands the town of Berkeley, and extends to a considerable distance on every side of it, offer as extraordinary example of neglected oppor tunities. Nature seems to have done her utmost, while nue has dose the least he can possibly do to avail hissed( of her bounty. Nay, more, the chief , exercise of ingenuity visible in this district seems to' have been applied to waste and spoil. In the first place, Lord Fitshardiep's estates more completely over-run with game than any property I ever saw. Hares and pheasants swarm everywhere, and appear to be so entirely lords of the sod that everything gives place to them—they scarcely move oat of your way. To the small quantity of grain grown in this district them creatures must be utterly destructive, and even the occupiers of the grass land complain bitterly of the game. Then the fields are all very small, few exceeding ten acres, a large proportion not. being much more than half that size, and every hedge row is almost a continuous line of tall, straight elm tress. How they ever make hay in these meadows in a dripping summer is to me a mystery. They certainly cannot make it in sun chine, for unless while the sun is nearly vertical, its rays mast be intercepted by tries. Viewed from a distance, this vale looks like a wood of meet luxuriant elms; for finer and cleaner specimens of that tree I never saw. The land is, for the most part, undrained, and the sluggish brooks have deep deposits of rich mud, which would render all attempts to drain the lower and more level lands vain, without first clearing out the mittens. The immense improveme n t e ff ec t e d by draining may be seen in the fields near the town occupied by the shrewd landlord of the Berkeley Arms ma, who having been bred to farming in a less stag oast (mentally and physically) district, has not only) drained his land, bat has succeeded in getting leave to clear away a great deal of the timber by which, like the rest of the land, it was originally encumbered. So far the landlord is to blame for most culpable inat tention to improvement. But in the state and form of the oowyerds, and the mismanagement of manure,' landlord and tenants seem to vie with each other who shall waste most. The co +yards of the vale of Berkeley are model contrivances for keeping animals in dis comfort and throwing away manure. They are all on the same plan; a scanty shed stands on the highest part of the yard, which invariably slopes towards a large pond or to a brook, generally both, and sundry uncovered cribs for hay are placed around, and in dif ferent parts of the middle of the yard, which is roughly pitched with stones. The inclination of the slope is sufficiently gentle to secure about twelve inches' depth of mad and manure around the feeding places, and so great as to make it certain that all the liquid portion of the manure shall drain away. In one yard I inspected there was a well built stone gutter, going from the lowest part of the cow-yard, pairing by the pigsties, which were drained into it, and then after receiving contributions from the drainage lof the dense and the privies, poured a full stream of manure into a running brook, which carried it at once to the Severn. All this was most deliberately con trived, for the farm buildings and premises were alto gether superior to thane of racistofthe format the district; and there was no reason, that I could see, why the whole of this rich stream of manure might not have been carried into the centre of the cowyard, there to have remained until carried out upon the land. I would undertake, with the assistance of a few mere labourers, and at a coat not exceeding 201., to render this homestead one in which all the manure made should be preserved from all loss, except that arising from evaporation. Then you never nee a manure heap, which has been carried out of the cowyartla placed anywhere but close beside a brook, to which the same conveuient channel as I have noticed in the yards, conveys all the liquid portion of the manure, or that which is made liquid by rain. And as if the manure thus weakened was likely to prove too strong, the farmers of the vale of Berkeley carefully turn it over at least once, so that when it comes to be spread on the land, it has been reduced to the smallest quantity, and to the lowest quality possible in the time. The buildings, too, are generally not only insuffi cient, but in very bad condition, and show manifest signs of deterioration for some years past And this is the more extraordinary, because a dozen or two of the trees which comber the ground and diminish the Taloa of the land, if cut down and sawn into boards, would be sufficient to put all the cow-sheds of the farm into good repair ; while a tenth part of the 1 noxious timber on each farm would furnish the means either by its sale, or by direct use of it, for erecting a complete set of buildings. Nowhere the deficiency of buildings and the bad state of the actual buildings are more conspicuous than on Lord Fitz hardinge's estate; and when I suggested to some of his tenants that an earnest representation on the sub ject to his lordship would surely produce some improvement, they marred me that all such repre sentations would be absolutely useless; that his lordship would make any additional buildings, and that even a slab could only be obtained by the tenant. after 6 months' application. In several instances good tenants had left his lord ship's farms because they could net obtain accommodation in the form of additional buildings. I must not, however, omit to state, that though the rent-paying tenants' houses and buildings are mean and dilapidated, the game-keepers' lodges and dwel- 1 ling-places are quite unexceptionable; being new, substantial, and kept in the beet possible order. The hunting stables and the kennels for fox-hounds also appeared to be in perfect order. In short, the neg lect of the awful, and the ore and attention bestowed on the appliances for sport and personal gratification, which are unfortunately too frequently characteristic of English landowners, are nowhere more conspicuous than on the Berkeley estate. An instance of the whimsical csprice of the lord of this domain is that he requires the parish church clock to be kept two hours too fast. In going oat for a drive this morning, as I believed, at nine debar, I was alarmed, on par ing the church, to see that the clock was on the point of striking eleven. How I had lost the two hours I could not conceive, and on referring to my driver, I was told, " his lordship always insists on keeping the parish clock two hours faster than the real time, but nobody knows his lordship's reason for so doing." Adjoining the Berkeley estate to the east is as Tho Ecclesiastical Comm a immoral laming yomorday. for England had THE Ray. CANON Bowl. Es, the poet, whose con troversy with Byron may be recollected by many, died at Salisbury on the 7th inst., aged 89. Tax Rev. Da. NoLAN.—On Banda,' last, the rer- TUNIS at Duds Chapel were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Nolan, for the first time since the action for defamation of obaneter, tried at the recent Liverpool assizes. The chapel eneolowded both morning and evening, great numbers not Wei able to obtain admission at the latter service. Both helm and after the time of the eereicoe, many peons hod assembled in front of the building, and the aid of the police was required in order to keep the footpath clear. Lae any interruption should be offered to the performance of divine service by the rev. gentlemen, Mr. Chisfouperin tendent Bostwick, and Superintendent Leary were in attend ance; but not the slightest disturbance, or expression of feeling, took plate. After dwelling at some length oe the romp et Providence, he said. in allusion to the late events, ' But, foe myself, I require not the sway of men ; I will have no mercy ; all I want is simplsjustioe." The rev. gentlemen requested (in sandals to the strangers preesat) that they would suspend their ju4ment, and yield to him what was the right of every individual—to be held innocent until proved guilty—stated that he had bees con demned by no tribunal of men—and el:premed his conviction that but a short time would be reqaired, either through the providence of God, or what men sometimes called "the chapter of 'oddest'," to establish his innocence with the vast masses, as he had already done with the members of his own congregation. He then said that a charge had been made against him of some seven years' standing, of which every one seemed to have forgotten the particulars, and whisk was only supported by the evidence of a man whose oath was contradicted by the oaths of better men.—Mon chewier Guardia*. LORD ASHLEY AND TUE WINDOW TAL—The following letter has been addressed by Lord Ashley to the editor of the Bath Chronicle, oa the subject of the window tax "Sir,—Will you allow me a place ut your columns to explain tomy coustiteents the ewe of my absence from the debate and decision on the window tax, in which they take a deep interest ? I have bean obliged to visit Paris in order to canna an eminent medical man respecting the heelth of one of my children. like will not be permitted to commence her journey before the 11th, while Lord Dummies motion is axed for the 9th, the day after the holidays. The state of the public mind hire, sad the uncertain continuance of Waa -1 quality, reader it almost impos,ible for me with any degree of ameirease, to leave my family to And their way home aieMIL Were it otherwise, I weld have preesied them by • Aw days. I much regret these obetruouse,es the Mb of the public revue" leaves me at fall liberty to preemdagelisst a tax so injurious, is every way, to the comfort and beelike( the community.—l am sir , your very "IMAM servant, Aszyni.—Pars, April d, 1850.,. • A44:41 •. . • EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY, 1861. Yellenlay the friends of this national project re =la the nidjhbouriteed of the Tower Hamlets hall • al at the Sesames% Innateilea, Sepagentwouge, Mile.mitreed Sir =. N. BUXTON, M.P., took the chok e and ab eam & that he believed that the proposed meeting 11161 would be et peat envies to . the inbabitaate of the Tower lit as it was likely to bring together persons frot parts of the country, who would sot ealy be anxious to View the products of native Wintry whisk would be exhibited at the west end, but also the articles of Wastey whisk were produced at their end of the town. It was a grand tact for their con sideration that the scheme was promoted by and under the patronage of Prism Albert. They were indebted to kis royal highness for the latest which he had t a k en l a t h e I promotloa of the project, end ales for the excel/eat condset which he bad manifested sines be had arrived at his present high patties. He hid shown great wisdom in abstainiag from all politieal matters, and had made himself most l eonspianonsly eminent in giving his sesistanes in ell &fairs appertaining to the masufesturies, agrkesitural, domestic and social advantages of all classes of the esumnnity. (Cheers.) The chairman concluded by stating it es his opinion that the proposed exhibition would be of the t advantage to the community, and hence It was that great orasented with great delight to take the chair at the present meeting, Sir W. CLAY proposed the first resolution, to the effect "That it was the opinioa of the meeting, that the proposed exhibition of the works of industry of ell cations is the year 18.51 would be of great edema tap to all claim of the community, whether pro. damn, distributors, or consomme, and was, therefore, eminently deserting of support." He was exceedingly glad to move that resolution in the district which he had the honour to represent, inasmuch es he believed with his friend the chairman that the exhibition would prove of immense advantage, not only to the country at large, but to that district in particular. He was happy to find that in the promotion of the object which they all had in view the greatest statesmen had laid aside all their differs sees, and that, no matter how opposed in all other matter', they threw down their weapona of political warfare. Mr. KEtdP seconded the resolution, which was unani mously carried. Mr. MARTINEAU then proposed a resolution "that while this project would undoubtedly benefit all clews, it was especially calculated to promote the welfare of the work ing Ousts, both by tarnishing examples of different kinds of workmanship, and stionalaUng production by the exhi bition of various articles of beauty and excellence, and was therefore worthy, in the highest degree, of th e assistants, and co-operation of the Tower Hamlets, which contain wa large • proportion of the industrial dames of the metro polis." Carried unanimously. Yr. J. DAVIS proposed a resolution to the effect that, the exhibition being open to the exhibitors of all nations, would lead to promote peace throughout the civilised world, which was carried ; as was one to the effect that, with the view of assisting her Majesty's commissioners in carrying out the exhibition to she most successful result, a committee be formed to collect subscriptions, and take such other mea sures as may appear most conducive to that end. It was also agreed that J. Humphreys, Esq., be the hono rary secretary to the committee for the district. A vote of thanks having been pasted to the chairman, the meeting separated. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. Yesterday the annual general meeting of this company took plate at the Lond on T avern , Bi e h opagatim matt, ANDREW COLVILE, Esq., in the chair. Captain CHAPPELL (the secretary) read the report, which stated— The receipts of last year showed that, although there has been a considerable falling off in pastas money, yet, owing to the increase upon freight, the total exceeds that of 1848, to the extent of 7,8431. 13s. 3i. On the disbursement aide of the working account there is a dimi. nusion, as compared with the preceding year, of 1,68.51.8a.6d. The items which exhibit a decreased cx.manditure are those of wages, provisions, stores, general and stations, and 'coal seeks ; there being an incresse under the heads of c oals, I part charges, repairs, eiliee and law expenses, and salaries. The profit and loss account is charged with the execs (over 50,0001., carried to insurance account) of the whole first cost and outfit of the Forth, and with balance a upon the aispoaal of the Reindeer and the Princes Victoria steam tug-beat at Southampton. The extraordinary repairs of the Medway and the Eagle are likewise included on the same principle as in forint r years; but this head of expen diture is less than in the year 1848 by 12,16-51. Si. 10d. The sum of 35,0001. invested in debentures of the Loaden and North-Western Railway Company having been paid off in July last, that amount was laid out in the purchase of 37,3331. 6s. Bd. 31 percent. stock, making the total of that stock standing in the name of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company on the 31st December, 1849, 14e. 3d. The 2.5,0001. ye for insurance for 1849, was invested in the purchase of 28,0111. 4s. Consols, and 20,0001. still remains invested in North. Western Railway debentures. The nego tiations which were in progress at the time of the two last g I meetings, relative to the establishment of a steam communication between this country, the Brazils, and the River Plate, have been delayed by circum stances over which the directors could exercise no con trol, until at length the renewal of the company's present contract came also under consideration. It cannot be ne cessary to point out to the shareholder into bow wide a field of inquiry this question could not fail to lead. Her Majesty's government felt it to be their duty to institute a rigid inquiry into every branch of the subject. Not only changes of time and route as regards the West India packet., but other suggestions also for the performance of the mail service across the Atlantic, to the West Indies and the coasts of America, had to he carefully considered ; and the various advantages and disadvantages of each weighed against each other before any decision could be arrived at, on a question to which so large an expenditure and such important interests are involved. It was impossible such inquiries should be brought to • speedy termination. The directors have every reason to believe that all the main points are disposed of, although they cannot announce that any arrangement is definit.vely settled. The communications with the gnvernment are still going on, and any discussion upon the subject at present would obviously be inexpedient. The directors must, there fore, again rely upon the confidence hitherto extended towards them, merely repeating the assurance that they do not anticipate there will be any further call made upon the shareholders. Meanwhile the Company are prepared to begin an improved line of communitation with South America and the West Indies, and to establish that with Brazil in a few months after the details of the new service are agreed upon with her Ma jesty's government. The directors having carefully consi dered the present state of the Company, feel themselves jus tified in recommendiag a dividend for the last Mx mouth. of 1849 at the rate of 21. per share (free of income tax) pay able on and from the 16th inst. After some little discussion the report wee adopted. A dividend of 21. per share, as recommended in the report, was then declared; and a vote of thanks haying been passed to the directors, the meeting separ►ted. FAIT INDIA 110talt.—Yesterday a court of direc tors was held at the But India Holm, when the following new directors, elected on Wednesday lut—six., Lieut.. General Sir James Lew Lushington, G.8.C., George Lull, , EN., Elliot lisenaghten, Esq , John Petty .!iluspratt, William Wisps., Esq.—took the oath and their seats. John Shepherd, Esq., was chosen chairman, and Sir James W. Hogg, Bart., M. P., deputy chairman for the year ensuing. BRITISH MUSEUM.—Yesterday some accounts re lating to the British Museum were printed. It is gratifying to observe—and it is an argument in favour of museums in municipal tewns—that there his been an increase yearly in the number of visitors to the general collection. From Christmas 1848 to Christmas last the number was 979 073 compared with 897,985 of the preceding year. In the year ending Christmas 1844 the number was 075,758 ; in the next year, 685,614 ; in 1846, 750,601 ; is 1847, 820,965 ; and is 1848 as stated, 897,985. The sum proposed to be voted for the current year ending Lady.day 1851, is 45,3291. THIS ROYAL SEA-BATHING INFlRMARY.—Yesterday the annual general court of the governors of this charity, established in 1796, for the benefit of the diseased poor, was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgete.hill—Alderman Gibbs in the chair. From the statement of the secretary, it appeared that the total receipts for the year ending Dec. 31, 1849, had been 2,4011., and the expenditure 2,1371. The in-patients admitted into the institution (situate at Westbrook, Margate) amounted to 676, besides which a con sidnable number of out-patients had received relief. Of the 676 patients 61 had been attacked with choler's, 38 recovered, sad 7 had died. There were, moreover, 2 deaths among the servants, likewise occasioned by the epidemic. The num ber of patients received since the opening is about 21,720, is the first year (1796) there being only 16 admitted, whilst in 1849 there were 678, and there are new 230 loads. RAGGED SCElGOLS.—Yeeterdny morning the an nual meeting of the Edward's Mews Ragged School was held at the institution, Edwud'setreet, Portman-square. R. E. Boughton, Est) , in the chair. Mr. Stone, the secre tary, read the annual report, from which it appeared there had been six schools established, and that they were all well attended. A statement of the receipts and expenditure showed a Wanes in hand to March, 1850, of 17a. 91 Sir Wdliam Bain, Bart., on moving the first reaolution observed that his best argument in favor of them school; was his own experience. For three years he had attended ragged school, and during that time he had ob d a marked improvement In the character and appearance of the scholars. An attack had bean made upon ragged schools in the Morning Chrootick newspaper, and he wan not sorry for it, because the arguments used had been triumphantly refuted in other papers. Mr. Maxwell, is seconding the resolution, said he had certainly felt dis heartened after reading the letters referred to by his friend in the Morning Chronic*, but it was only for a moment. The cloud had now passed away, and for his own part he believed the statements there mentioned were very inner harelins. T be hi g i u re pam port il w to as tt le ch n air ad m o taa pte , d ut , a e n n d o a eti vo n t l i t i m o p % ?Maud. DEATH BY POlSONlNG.— Yesterday evening an inquest was held by adjournment, before Mr. Payne, at tha Hug's Ares, Westminster•road Southwark, touching the death of Mrs. Sarah Lelia, ailed 47 years, the wife of a muter builder, living at 16, King Edward street, who me mittod suicide by taking arsenic while in • slate of unsound mind. The jury returned • verdict accordingly. The servant girl of the dimmed drank seine o accident, and vary (nearly lost her life • d is is, however, recovering, and wu abartegMe but a inquest yesterday. , - I