The Express. — London, England, 1850-02-21 00:00:00

~. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY, P. 10. The Semis* took the char at 12 o'clock. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. rOWI , OPTICS —PetiliONl WIN preseated by Mr. EVANS, from Desby ; BAILLIE, from Javanese: Sir T. D. ACLAND. from Devonshire; Mr. G. BERKELEY, from Dorsky; Mr. G. DODD, from tons;Mai Mr. FARMER, iron Durban; 111 Mr. DRAM, fast biu, Preying for the *ballast of Beaky WNW bi the Post *See. RATING or SMALL TWiiisem..zry Mr. MULLINGS, from o x CiIIOIGUI, aphid the rain do& teammate. Taxes KNOWLIDON —By Mr. K. GIBSON, from Masebeeter ; Cul. THOMPSON, from Bradford, fa favour of repeal of lima on Mortar, THE DEER IN THE ROYAL FORESTS. Mr. G. BERKELEY asked whether government had given any orders respecting the destruction of deer in the New and Peon Forests. Mr. 'LAY IRE said that the government had no control over the New Forest. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, u ranger, was the only pawn empowered to interfere. With regard to the Forest of Doan, they we were in a different position . The Commissionaire of W and Forests had lull authority, sad bad ordered the destruction of the deer, to prevent the 11111111.01111 acts of theft and mis chief which arose fa eoaeegnsz.os of the foyer. containing valuable mines, to which tin isbourenarcpeieed generally at night. EMIGRATION.—THE BARQUE INDIAN. DIVETT, seeing the Under Secretary for the Cob. sit In hi plot, wished to know whether government had reavirod say authentic details rorposting the disgraceful inanitione said to have conned on board the barque In dian, an emigration ship booed to Now So* Wai the ts, and which Lad obtained general circulation through public papers ; and if they had, he wishril further to know whether the Itnigvation Commissioners intended to put forth their full legal powers for the punishment of the owners of the skip, as well as the guilty parties' He was the more anxious on the object because vast owszben of intending emigrants had Income so alarmed by the ace Aunts as seriously to think of abandoning their intentions. Mr. HAWES mid that no authentic details of the trans action/ had as yet been received, but he must say that, if proved, they woad deserve the severest penalties the con miesioners cold loose, BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT MEMBERS BILL. On the motion for the soma rending of this bill, some onvenstio• having token place, Sir 0. GREY apprehended that the measure, to the pool principle or which he was, nevertheless, favourable, would involve a liability of injustice and oppression towards members of the house. Mr. GooLanaw and Mr. Narita having spoken in opposition to the hill, the Louse divided : For the second reading Adwisat Tin bid was soasequently Ist. SMALL TENEMENTS RATING BILL. Mr. HALSEY mood the second reading of this bill. The object was to charge the rates for such tenements on the owner issued of the occupier, which he contended would be advantageous to both partit.. It was an error to support that rents would be increased by this change; on the con trary, the ',ignitor of such cotter property as the rates in which were, seder local acts, charged on the landlord, proved that no introse in the rest resulted, while the charterer of such dwellings was much improved. Mr. P. SCROPE opposed the bill, and said that if adopted It would have *prejudicial alert on the supply of house at. commodation for the poorer clouts of the pople. The report of the commi.sioners who were appo i nted to in guar upon this :most important subject, showed that throughout the counties generally there was already a great deficiency of cottage ace ommodation in the rural districts, and that there had been no increase in that respect propor tionate to the increase of the population. He hoped the conskieration of the bill would be p otponed until the boos bad first disposed of the laws of settlement and removal. The question wits no fillet one. It affected a large class of the most deserving of the population—namely, ell those who had en' yet been driven into the ranks of pauperism. (Hear, hear) The hour., perhaps, had little adequate con ception of that numerous portion of the people who would he found under the bill now proposed, to los the occu pants of rated cottages, and who were at present muted from the payment of rates. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving u an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day 'ix months. - )Sr BAINES assured the house that be should be mom happy lithe present bill should successfully meet the diffi culties of the question. (Hear, hear) He feared, bowerei, that the owner, in a great many eases, by letting cottages en the supposition of the parties occupying them that than would be no auction of rates, would contrive on the faith of that representation to set a higher rent than he could otherwise obtain, that he was the only party who would thereby bene fi t, that the poor man would not be a gainer, and that in fact the public would be losers. His own opinion was, that the present bill did not go far enough, because, though it was a step in the right direction, it was permit. sire. (Rom, hear.) It certainly would do a certain amount of good, and he wrs willing to g ive his wont to its being read a mood time. Sir J. PARINGTON hoped that this subject, which had been before the house year after year, would be satisfactorily disposed of in the present session. He believed the poor wruld be gainers toe rely greet extent if the bill now pro reed wen passed into law, and fir that reason he would TOO is favour of the mooed reading. Sir G. It. PECRELL supported the bill. Mr. ROBERT PALMER was not satisfied that the measure was a right one. He feared it might have the Out of checking cottage building in the country, Instant's, comfortable accommodation and raising nate. -- - • Mr. ADAIR thought the proposition that the rating should set he en a pester amount than the rent actually remind a wry fair one. Mr. DEEDES said his experience had shown him that those who made applications to be relieved from the payment of poor rate were generally man who had miwonducted themmilvet, and did not attend to theta work, and that when the allowance same before the petty sessions to be confirmed, it turned out that such men were paying exorbitant rent for their cottagnwhich increased the difficulty of paying the rates. He thought such property ought not to be exempt from paying its fair proportion of the rates. If he thought the bill would increase the charge on the poor man he would not selvocate it, bat believing that it was a bill in the right direction, and that the amendments which had been sug. Rated would receive the attention of the hon. member for Hertfordshire, be should support it. Mr. SLANEY firmly believed that instead of this bill being injurious to the working cleans, it would, by the alterations which would be made in committee, be made to work beneficially. Mr. PIGOTT thought the bill was much called for in large towns, and he had much satisfaction in supporting It. Mr. AGLIONBY said all the arguments he had heard in the house had been in favour of the second readies of the bill. He believed the feeling of the country was in favour of it, aid upon that ground he should support the second nailing. He rose for the purpose of calling the attention of the mover and seconder of the hill to the effect it would have on the vu's of the occupiers. Those who supported the bill as being bent ficisl to the poor could tot continue that support mei , as the occupiers' right to vote was made perfectly clear. He always had the fullest confi dence in the judament of the hon. member for Hall, end if that matter were not clear he trusted the hon. gentleman would take care and make it clear. Mr. BAINES said his attention had been called to this jpeint, and he wad an extract from the Municipal Retorm Let, which it is provided that every person occupying a hove, shop, or other premises, whether the owner shell he retail In respect of it r r not, may claim to be rated, and the overseer shall be required to put the name tel inch occupier L the rate-buos. When the bill went into committee ha was safe the hon. member fur liertfurdshin would be most anxious, ea he was, that that matter should be made ekes, and that a clean to that effect should be introduced. Mr. REYNOLDS said the hon. geodesist bad referred to a clines in the Municipal het, which he said would save the franchise. The words in the Irish Mann* het were ao exact copy of those quoted, but the Irish courts had die cid. 1 that that elan* was of no value. It gave t t the r, o, tendering the whole amount of the rate, the right to b.. rated, notwithstanding that the guardian might not wish it. Now, that was precisely his ewe. Under the ad vie- of eminent counsel, be served upon the guardiees of the yew a notice to be rated for a onatiag-hiresse ; he offered th, wools amount of the test made rate, sod woe told there wee n .thin due. He calmed the notice to be made a matter of reeled in the hooka of the South Dublin anion. His vote as a burgess woe innened, end the learned yentlsmaa who repremated the uainnity et Dahlia woad that it was tee swine at all, bismuth a he did not inert in the body of the swiss the value he set epos hie ewe wanting-house. BRIGHT seit he had received a letter from one of his cosetkoents, not in reisnace to this bell, but referring to the ratepaying dawn. He sell the effect of landlords not pelisse the poor rate heron a gives time sight be to die franchise thee portion of his tenants whose rates he had not paid. Now, he tbou4bt the howe would agree unanimously that ao frenchias amikt to be placed wi such a tags for, if the tenant paid his rent, the rent, in that ease, would la elude the rate; and, if be fulfilled the law, if he were called we I. sane all its offices, and perinea all the duties of eillsesehir, there ro a ds he no Janke is diefeasehising him %mane kis landlord, from poverty, ee neglect, wr malevolence had not paid the rates. Mt G. GREY said he had no hesitation in declaring that he 'Meld be exceedingly sony ff this hill should have the effect of dkitranekielag say person. The right hon. gentle man the President el the Poor Lew Board said just now that when the bill west into areamittee, if they were not mtedied, he would take care that there was such a clause intr..elue.el. If the hon. gentleman would not fix the com mittee for an early day, there were several points on which h. ntight commentate with his hon. friend, with a view of rendering the bill more perfect. Mr. HUXLEY, as be understood the bill, thought it was mainly to save the hoses feem in b e e sa rin applied to hy parishes lOW were distress a batis, • ens to effect the objects which dile hill Maid ant. e was is favour of the bill, but if it were to be a neoplasm measure to one would op' pew it men than he should. • Mr. HALSEY saki if he *eight the bill eeOuld have the offset of say one, he would have been the WI pones Ile d tre =and it, li the bill went iztfif lOW THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1850. mitts. it was Me fall 'aunties to woe a beandary miasma and also a clause to guard the banshee& The Minas then divided— For the mooed media( &pied it -180 The hill was then read assessed ties. BENEFICES IN PLURALITY BILL. Mr.FREWEN, ia movie; the soot reeding of this bill, spoke komaader the galloy, sadowing to that cireamatuto and the lobe imams looks, the boo, he was vary hip dude Hs was understood to say that the bill was to sabelmasetho same as the one of last menden, aad its leedini c l o deol vim Ifn", i an y ellgr from holding two bent lobo they adjoined each , and the livings were both undo MSL a year in value. The bill would aloe apply to Indeed. Sir G. GREY bad he objeetion M lbe @soma MOW ofl this bill. He lei aelloranicalod MIK AO ARMY* et Canterbury, and fond that be, se von se the Womb of ;Wand, Weis iffirosisole to se.iiiiKliallate fre mialithw Trebles. This bobs so, he would ...sent tithe eselairreed fag at the bin, em w understanding that the committee *old be postponed fee a tow days. mfr R. INGLIS wished to be informed whether this bill vas part eta general series el measares. Hs kid heard o d f ida Kelm. being bald by ciao alergymea, the inmate valise whislidliaot messed 3001.—set same than the kma. mas hy Ise Maslow thenght suflkient for a elergymaa. Raving map NV alma the bill, be was swim tbat • farther disco. den druid take place before the seemid remillaw was alma to J. RUSSELL was understood to say that the were approved the principle of the measare, but were &Awns to introduce some alteration is its details. For iolesee, it might be desirable tondos the amount at which less livings ought be hekl together ' from 1001. to 701., or nine smaller sum. All he whited to provide by the present bill was, that he thought it desirable to make farther restrie lbas in the holding of livings in plurality. If the goon meat was enabled to do so, they should certainly require to Intenisse • bill to carry into effect their not Was on the sahjefil. (Hese, hear.) On that ground he should like the esmasittee on this bill to be postponed for some time. Kr. HORSMAN said it append that the honourable booed opposite (Sir R. Initial and the noble lord were agreed as to the principle that every perish should have a resident clergyman, and every con gregation a resident teacher. The measure pissed eight years ago bad accomplished this vety Imperfectly; and the present bill was • nearer approximation to what ought to be the principle of oar church coostitution, which required the doing away of all sinecures and pluralities to the utmost ex tent. The only fault he had to find was that the bill did sot go far enough. It would still permit benefices to be held in plurality in certain cases, dependent either on the amount of the income being less than 1001. • year, or on there being no house in one of the perishes for the clergy. man. The remedy for that should be different. If • re sident teacher were given to a congregation, they would make great efforts themselves both towards raising the in come of the incumbent, and supplying him • es sidestep. (Hear, hear.) The more poor parishes were united together, the greater were the ob. 'tractions interposed to raising the incomes of the clergy. Whereas, by disseveriog two parishes hitherto united, they at onee secured fall @orrice@ in both and larger congregations, with the probability of • great effort being made to make up the income of the iscumbent ; but the more parishes were kept united, the more were obstacles interposed in the way of this being dose. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, hoped the stead reading would be postponed. Gap. JONES lid not think the bill was at all suitable to Woad. Mr. FREWEN said the Archbishop of Armagh had set his face most determinedly against pluralities, and few existed in Ireland now; but it was not certain that • future Arebbishop of Armagh would pursue the same count. Hence, it had been thought desirable to extend the measure to Ireland. The bill we* then read a second time, and ordered to be ..omitted oaths 20th of Muth. LARCENY SUMMARY JURISDICTION BILL. Sr J. PAKINOTON moved the second reading of this bill. Its principal object was to enable magistrates to deal summarily with juvenile offenders. Mr. M'CULLAGH opposed the bill. He had received from different persons in the country strong representations on the subject of the measure, and should sot allow the bill to go into committee without taking the sense of the house upon it. He objected to the extension of the magistrates' jurisdiction in potty sessions, and also to the character of the panishments proposed by the bill. Mr. M. MILNES thought that if any objection was to be made to the bill, the prevent was the time to make it. (Hear.) Ho did not clearly understand the objection of the ken. gentleman, whether he opposed the whole measure, or merely the extension of the punishment to juvenile offenders. He was of opinion that it they inflicted corporal punish. ment on persons of 1i years of age, it would be equally applicable, and equally beneficial, in the easoi of offenders of the age of 16. It be made an objection to the measure, it would be that the jurisdiction was not summary enough. As to the objection that they were making a distinction between the rich and the poor child, his hon. friend seemed to forget that the sons of the rich were subjected tc corporal punishment in Eton and Westminster. Mr. NAPIER said that in Ireland some such bill as this was absolutely necessary. Ho had received a communication from the assistant-barrister of the county of Cork, which showed the necessity of the measure in the strongest light. The ATTORNEY-OENERAL said that he entirely ap proved of the bill, Ocoee with the exception of filing the sum at one shilling instead of five, it was the same bill as that which he proposed to the house last session. He did sot regret that the sum for which the magistrates were to have summary jurisdiction had been changed to one &Maisie, because it might give rise to considerable abuse if large sums were to be disposed of. He could wore the house. however, that he had as many applications to fir the sum at 51 as at Is. With regard to juvenile offenders there is a diterition vested in the magistrates of sending the case to the sessions or mixes, and the prisoner himself might object to his being tried by them. It was only in cases where the friends of invite& offenders wishel to have the case summarily dis posed of, in order to prevent their being contaminated in gaol, that this bill would be operative. In the next place, the bill would obviate the expense which was caused by the taking of witnesses to sessions and maim, and it gave the offender the opportunity . of getting persons to speak to his character in his own neighbourhood. Fur these reasons he should give his support to the bill. (Hear.) Mr. PACKS felt that great obligation was due to his hon. friend for introducing this bill. He entirely cow curred in extending the bill to offenders of 16 years of age. Hr. ROBERT PALMER believed this meteor* was ea necessary for England as the hon. and learned member (Mr. Napier) said it was for Ireland. Mr. HENLEY said that in point of fact there were two principles in this bill. He had no objection to the first part of the bill, but be entertained considerable doubt as to the latter part. He would not vote against the second read tog, because they would have as opportunice of opposite, that part which he thought objectionable is committee. Mr. MILES said that be was an unwilling convert to the principle of the manure. He had been the chairman of petty mai. as for 16 years, and he often had occasion to see the necessity of each a measure. He could bear his testi mony to the discretion which the magistrate c showed in trying offenders of the age of le years. Ile could therefore have no objection to see their juri.diction extended to °Hendon of 16 years of age. He thought that some difficulty would arise film the circumstance that two magistrates were required to decide in these petty cases. But on the whole he gave his ready support to the principle of the Mr. VIVIAN said the want of such a bill as the present had long been felt, and serious inconvenience contequently resulted. Therefore he hoped the hun. gentleman wattle riv e ere in his intention, and that the bill wontd before become the law of the land. (Bear, hear.) bill was then read a second time. TENANTS AT RACK RENT RELIEF BILL. Mr. SOTHERON moved the second reading of this bill, "jab wins agreed to, after • few words from Sir H. Wil loughby, Sr H. Raiford, Mr. S•sono, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Hams, Mr. Henley, and Mr. NeVidegt.te. The other order of the day were thin diepoied of ; and the house adjourned at five o'clock. 'AItY BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. ORDERS OP THE DAY. COMMITTEES —Railways Abandonment ; Acts of Parlia ment Abbreviation ; Bills. Manat.s.—The Duke :of RICHMOND, to call the at. tentioa of the house to the award of medals for actions by sea and land, from 1794 to 1614, in pureusnee of the general orders of the Adiniraltyand Hors* Guards. Pools LAWS.—The Earl of DESART, to move the fol lowing resolutions That under the provisions of the existing poor law the moraine of many distr . cta have been found utterly imidecriate for the sup?ort of the population ; and that while the act has thus failed to accomplish its purpose, it has produced hatkruptcv and ruin IS some distracts, has driven moire] out of the country, sad has enfeebled and paralysed the efforts of both farmers and landlords. 2ndly. That it is the opioion of this knits, that these mischiefs have resulted item the ex.tesion of the poor law of 1938, and the adoption of a rya em of out door reit( at that time not contemplated ; and it is further their opinion, that no permanent system for the rell.l of the poor eau be tarried out in Ireland safely and beneficially to receivers er payees, without a return tothe principle of tne original law, by a obit* application of in-door relief to all *lasses of paupers. MATZ TDADL—The bishop of OXFORD, to move fur the reappolataeat of the melee* summate* to consider the best mesas which Gaut Bdtaia can adopt for the final ex thaetkin at the African slave trade. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICE OF QUESTION. CRIMINAL LAW (Jaitasw) —sr. IltiME, t ask Sir George Grey whether the government Yalu decided upon earning out the recommendation, of the elmntieslon.re fee alteration of the ethnical law, and the node of ita adwiale- Intim', in Jenny ; and, if Do, whether by bill in parliament or an order in council. NOTICES OF NOTIONS. Kitausat Untor.—Mr. I'. SCROPE, to draw etiolation to pia state o/ (Le Kl.!rush anion. Juvexttl Orramuixe 7 BILL.—Mr. M. MILNE% to move for leave to brio,/ in a bill f.r the edvection and formative of javesile offenders and the prevention of ju venile offences. .-- Vomits*, at" Buz.—bit, Woon, bill to prevent lbo hdirtt~•••tryer Ohm medians fiekumeites, sad dcc re stltaitri data • DII M mom kit sonurittee of the tilde tit bibs IntaMolisoulime the laws whisk pen 11111 Ibe et Wham la the Vatted Maiden, with avian to their romovaL ALIONSUITATION 07 LIMOS. Sir MONTAGUE GROMMET., _ .1411 to enable the widedasdoal aoamih dm% ebiebeauba bodies, sole sod corporate, lessors it mein bail tor • tena of Jean or cm lives, to eolanutte their falsest thann for an animal mat charge (either fixed many payment or corn rent), and to appropriate, at their discretion, the whole or a pert of such payment, for the augmentation of the livings of the parish in which such estate is situated. TRANSPORTATION (lIIITAND).-131r D. NOREEYS, re turn of the number of persons sentenced to transportation is sash county of Ireland, daring the years 1846, _1847, 1848, sad 1849 distineolshing the court by which the offender..haitior at anises or sersions of the pesos, the nature d the offence (separated into two dames, via. " simple larceny aad other offenses"), sod the period of trenspostallen ordered. FINSHIIT Monar.—Sir G. B. PECHELL, return of the sevens memo far freight money received bythe Treasurer of Greenwidt liesphal nice the 17th day of March . , 1849, with the dates of seek payments, arid whether on public or private asermat ; abo, the same of the ship or vowel in which the Imams was conveyed, and of the captain et of eon mareetai the ram Ifsweaseta TRINITT-woven Coaroannint Act.—Mr. OBIT, to move for returns of amount levied tinder the operation of this act on occount of lights, buoys, and beacons, Rem 1816 to 1860. FRTIR HOSPITALS (IRSLAND).—Sir D. NORREYS, to move for retarns of the number, dcz. of temporary fever hospitals and dispensories in each wan in Ireland, and of the boards of guardians of ouch unions u have remonstrated airtime their continuance. &c. Tess Aastr.—Mr. HUMS, nominal return of all officers serving on the staff at home and abroad, dates of appoint ment, regimental mak, dre.., &e.; also, of all officers ap pointed to the ooluelcies of regiments from January 1827 to March 1848, specifying period of service, and whether in the guards or the line. THE ROTAL NAST. HUMS, returns of the name of seek of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the let of January, 1849, when built, tonnage, cost, dic., and of repair., and the expense incurred on account of dockyards a , home sod skein in each year since 1828. Separate return or muds in oedheary which have performed no sea envies in commission, with mat, &c., of each 'vessel ; also, of those broken up white have performed no service in aeaushaioa, their cost, &a. Also, return of all officers of the navy pro moted on and since the Ist of January, 1848, periods of ser vice, Re. ' • and whether promoted from full or half - pay, and the dates of their several commieeions, Dr Dux Iloartmus.—Mr. GROGAN, return of the sums annually voted by parliament, an, and left by the founders for the :saint:maw em s of i nstitution., th with the number of medical atom sad others attacked to sash, and their salaries (nurses excepted). Orrice BANLIMPTCY BILL.—Mr. HEN LEY,—to nominate the 'elect committee on this bill :—Mr. Henley, Sir J. Jervis. Sir D. Dundee, S*.r J. Graham, Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. B. Denson, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Peel, Mr. Littleton Mr. Bonnie, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wood, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. fi-y_mer. ORDER OF THE DAY. 61)301711NID DIRATIL—BeIief of the Poor. PUBLIC PETITIONS. The following special report from the public petitions committee, was presented to the Douse 01 Commons on Tuesday: Your committee have, from time to time, published, for the information of members, the orders and practice of the house which regulate the framing and presentation of public petition.. Amongst other rules are the following: Every petition must be signed by at least one person on the skin or sheet on which the petition is written. (Vide Commons' Journals, 1817, March 12.) Every petition must be signed by the parties whose names are appended thereto by their names or marks, and by no on olia, except in use of incapacity by sickness. (Vide Commons' Journals, 1675, November 8; 1039, November 14 1774, June 2; 1826, December 13 ; 1836, Jun* 28.) Your committee regret to observe that, notwithstanding such publicity, sod that they have repeatedly brought under the notice of the house irregularities which they have di'- covered, a too frequent disregard of the above mentioned orders still =um Your committee have had before them the following yeti. tions for abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office : From inhabitants of Stornoway, purporting to be signed by 646 persons ; of these names only a very small number appear to your committee to be genuine. From inhabitants of the parish of Knock, county of Ross, purporting to be signed by 1,037 persi as ; in this case it appears to your committee that not more than the first ten signatures have been written by the individuals bearing the respective names, those following being on diSerent sheets, and each skeet written by one and the same person. From inhabitants of the parish of Lochcanon, county of Ross, purporting to be signed by 931 persons; of these very few appear to be signed by the parties whose names are attached. From inhabitants of the burgh of Oban, purporting to be signed by 845 persons; of these a large proportion are ob viously not in the handwriting of the persons whose names are appended. Also a petition from Cork, for abolition of ministers' money in Ireland, purporting to be signed by 12,340 per sons; there are many sheets to this petition, uoon each of which a separate individual Hs obviously written all the 11/1111011. Your committee hope that members, by a mare careful examination of the petitions entrusted to them, will co ope rate with the committee in their attempts to guard the right of petition from abuse. Vu' erproo. OUTGOING MAILS. The mails for British North America and the United Staters will be made up to-arrow evening, Feb. 22. The mails eid Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, lulls, Hong-Kong, Ac., will be made up on the evening of Feb. 25. The mails for Lisboa, Spain, end Gibraltar will be made up on Feb. 27. The West India Mails, inadiagißerranda, Havannah, Nassau, Honduras, New Orleans, and Meziev,lsnd excluding these for Madeira, Bt. Juan-de-Niearsgua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru,will be made up on Much 2. The mails for Maderia, the Brazils, and Buunos Ayres, will be made up on the evening of March 4. The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Southampton, will be made up on the morning of Much 20. HIGH RATIN AT LONDON NAIDOZ. Tm. D.,-11.A/y. Afternoon. Ml. SIL To- xonso•-11,ormaL L LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. No two questions are in themselves so distinct, or more require to be kept so, than the fairer distri bution of the burden of the poor rate, and the throw ing of any increase on the sum of general taxation as now raised. There is a great deal of injustice, and anomaly, and intricacy in both; and if, eetting aside the too just argument that the land Wu been legally mortgaged to a certain portion of local taxation as well as tithes, it may appear that these twelve millions of local burden do weigh with unequal pressure on owners of real property, it cannot be denied, on the other hand, that of the sixty millions of general taxation three-fourths are borne by the struggling classes, who have still their fortune floating on the sea of industry, and who have realised nothing. The question of the mutual rights and respective claims of the two climes we shall not argue, for, in truth, it is a dangerous subject. And we shall, therefore, confine ourselves to expediency. A few years back it was universally admitted, nay proved, that the presburo of indirect taxation had reached its maximum, and that increase of taxation actually diminished revenue. The camel's back had, in fact, been laden to the very lest pound that it could bear, and the Ch ANCLLLOR of the EXCHEQUER was obliged to lighten the harden by a few packers, in order that it might get up. Since then, whatevi r diminution there may ha in the amount of returns of customs and excise, is fully made up by what is levied by the ircome tax on the profits of trade and professions. We are, in this reflect, just where we were. So that, to throw any portion of the burden of direct and local taxation on tbat fund, the greater part of which is wrung from the poor consumens, is merely to risk our whole fiscal system, end bring us by to much nearer to that state of bankruptcy, which the clismpious of the landed inte rest seem not to contemplate with horror. In fact, the mauler, who bear the burden of indirect taxation, can bear no more. And we mould not re• commend auy ministry which valued the peace and security of the country to get up and declare that the British consumer had got at last into DANTE'S hell, from whence there was neither relief nor hope ; and that malt, soap, tea, and all excisable articles, must remain highly taxed, in order that the squires may make no abatement of those rents, which have been doubled durirg the last half century. In the first place, then, no more burdens can be thrown on the Consolidated Fund, that great fund of indirect taxation, or of the taxation of the humble and industrious, even if it were proved that theme burdens galled where they at present rested. Bat has this been ever attempted to be proved ? Why, it is not even asaerted.• But the agricultural interest in England has contrived of late years to fliug off °w hale' of several of its burdens, and but one-half, in order to have an excuse fur retaining the local influence and management connected with it. Bo that, eestedleg to the weenie of political by Mr. DIBRARLI, we are t i r i Voll r i bi h tl e territorial constitu tion of the country and the political predominance of the land, whilst the monied, and commercial, and industrials sissies are to pay ler it. This, the worthy member for Books may depend on it, will never do. In our country, at least, when a clue declines to pay its quota, it will not be allowed 'to exercise control, except by some legerdemain more antiquated end more cunning than is pro an the present instance. If local taxation is to be swept away, local influence mast go with it. As soon as the protec tisedst reformers have succeeded in distributing local taxation over the muses of the people, they will find 9.tat political influence and authority mast be distri buted in like proportion, and that whilst strielng to spare their purses and me their dignity, they will be unable to shirk payment without being shorn of authority. We shall not enter here into the very luxe question of right, or of the jut liability of land to its local charges; but merely ob serve, that a more mal-appropriate instance could not be given of the immunity of land from poor rates than the possessions of the house of Ileum. These lands were the property of an ancient monastery, which spent the greater part of its income in the support of the poor. When such lands were confis cated, and made over to the favourites of HENRY VIII., the poor were sent adrift and destitute. But the necessity was soon seen of rendering the poor chargeable upon the land, and especially upon such lands as those which surrounded Woburn. And statutes were soon passed for charging the care of poor and impotent persons upon the land. Mr. Disaam adducing these very lands as an exemplifi cation of property free from inch charges was, per haps, one of the most astounding instances of self refutation that even that parliamentary orator ever indulged in. What, however, is likely to prove most fatal to the entertainment of Mr. DISRAELI'S proposal is not the logic with which it is supported, but the utter inefficiency of result which even its success would produce. It is precisely the fixed part of the poor-law expenses that does not weigh on the farmer. Therefore the alleviation of the expense of the establishment would be excla dvely for the benefit of the 210,000 landlords, at whose head the member for Bucks places himself. Next, as to the casual poor, we verily believe that Dorsetshire and Bucks would suffer, and Liverpool sad London be eased, by such an enactment—that is, if it was fairly administered. Bat the bribe offered to nukes to mobilise their poor would have effects on the morals and habits of the agricultural labourer not easily calculated. In fact, Mr. DISRAELI'S proposals are untenable except as the first step of a great change, that eking° being to abolish the local jurisdiction and nature of poor relief, and to make it national. There are many who recommend this, and those who do it with most cogency and knowledge, recommend it upon strong communistic grounds. Mr. Coreoex, fur example, the great witness in its favour before the Burdens on Land Committke, declared that the gelatest advantage of throwing the poor on the Cunsolidated Fund would be, that whenever distress arose government would be the first to feel it, and go vernment weal d,of course, be instantly obliged to apply the remedy—not perhaps by regulating wages, but by instantly finding a demand for labour. In short, government, in order to avoid having the Exchequer swamped by the national pior-rate, should imitate the French in opening ateliers nationaux, or the Irish government when it undertook to set all the paupers to work. The price of such policy as this is but the flinging away of millions in idle ex penditure, and the outlay of as many in suppressing the rebellion, to which ill•oreated and unfounded hopes must ever give rise. On the whole, therefore, we cannot but regard Mr. DISRAELI'S propoesls as revolutionary in more respects than one—revolutionary inasmuch as they go to destroy the local authority of the landlords along with their liability to taxation; and stcondly, that they lead inevitably to the undertaking by the go vernment of duties, which only communism can sanction or undertake, and which would lead to fiscal bank ruptcy and economic ruin. Mr. DIsRAELI is a conservative, but he wields a torch which threatens to fire and to consume the very interests and the very powers, in defence of which he stands. CERTAINLY, of all the burdens which the necessi ties of the state impose, there is none which has so meny prejudicial ramifications as the Excise duty upon paper. There is no other tax which operates as this does upon commerce, upon manufactures, and upon literature, in the varied concerns and interests of each. Let us glance at it in these different relations, and observe how injuriously its continuance affects our most important national concerns. Commercially, this duty upon paper operates in the way which is universally acknowledged to be most injurious to trade—namely, as a heavy tax upon the raw material. And that raw material, be it re: membered, is of the most worthless character. Until within a few years past, the sweepings of cotton and flax mills, owing to the grease and dirt with which they were mixed up, were of no value whatever excepting as manure. But by chemical and mechani cal processes means were discovered of purifying and whitening these sweepings, so as to make them available for the manufacture of a good paper. This discovery did twenty times more to lower the price of paper, and conse quently to diffuse literature, than was done by the Equalisation of the duties in 1836, and the partial re moval of several of the heavy trammels to which the trade had previously been subject. In fact, if it had not been for this discovery it is difficult to say what would have been the position of our paper trade at present; for the exportation of linen rag is strictly prohibited by France, Belgium, Holland, and other nations, and although we obtain 10,000 tons of it annually from the ports of northern Europe and the Mediterranean, it commands a price averaging from 201. to 24/. a ton, and is even in demand for exporta tion to America, where great encouragement is afforded to the paper trade by our absurd end short sighted policy. But the effect of this reduction in theraw material of paper is very greatly to enhance the proportion which the duty bears to its coat. In the case of the cotton trade government were satisfied in 1845 that a duty of five-sixths of a penny per lb. upon the raw material was injurious to the British manufacturer. But this duty upon paper is estimated to amount to no less than 600 per cent. upon the coat of the sweepings of the factories! Mark the anomaly. Having abolished as injurious to commerce and manufacturing industry the small duty of, say 5 per cent. upon a particular article, our government continues to levy a duty amounting to 600 per cent. upon the value of the very refuse of that same article ! Such an inconsistency and burden upon trade as this it ie utterly impossible to justify. As • burden upon the manufacturer, this paper duty is proved to be one of the most grievous of all the inflictions of the Excise. Our Manchester cor respondent chews, in a letter which appears in another column, that this tax bears with oppression even on the patterns prepared for the Jacquard loam. It is affirmed, and we believe not without foundatior, that the Excise are as unable to protect the fair dealer in the paper trade as they are in the soap or spirit trades. We heard not long ago of a paper maker in Ireland who took a contract for paper to weigh 181 b. per ream, which paper paid duty to the Excise as upon 81b. per ream only. This manufacturer naturally competed successfully against revers' English paper makers who made tenders for the several. On the fraud being discovered the Excise were appealed to. But the Excise declared that "an Irish jury would be sore to acquit;" and the parties escaped punishment. It has been long remarked that Irish papers have been sailing at exceedingly low rates in London, and we are told by a large maker that he "drily KM papers sold in the markets at prices at which it is utterly impossible that any honest trader can produce them." But the want of protection is the smallest of the evils the Excise system entails upon tho paper maker. He might dispense with protection if he were only permitted to improve. But the Excise oppose effectual obstructions to the manufacture of paper in any other than that which they regard as "the good old way." An amusing story was Old to Lord Jolts! Russet'. in illustration of this position. By a formal decision of the Excise—one of the orders of the Board "—paper is defined as a fabric consisting of "materials pulverised and worked in water." It occurred to a manufacturer, who no doubt was very anxious to 'soaps Hulse restrictions, that be could dispense with the " working is water," and thereby escape payment of the duty. He erected premises and constructed machinery for the purpose of working his materials in a dry state. The fabric was successfully produced. No sooner was it made than the Excise seized the whole of it as en illicit manufacture ! But the maker, luckily for himself, war on the windy side of the law. The Excise, on consideration of their position, were induced to compromise. But they would not do so except under an arrangement that the process should be discontinued. It was disconti. cued; and in no far as it was applicable to the mint _a aablia hum. ln.e the benefit at it for the present. nnt, in another (tape It has been revived ; and, under the designation of " Felt-maker," this manufacturer is now producing, by his dry pro cess, the same article, free from duty, which the Excise illegally and improperly seized before : the only difference being, that that article is not turned to that useful account now as it was at the time when the most obnoxious of all public boards caused the sutpension of a useful branch of manufacture. The effect of the paper duty upon literature is so admirably narrated by Mr, CHARLES KNIGHT, in his little cheap pamphlet, called the " Struggles of a Book," that we venture to express a hope that every one whose eye may reach this column will not lose a moment in obtainioz a copy of that meet convincing publication. Mr. KNIGHT conclusively shows how author, printer, and publisher, are all sufferers by the duty upon paper. They are sufferers as well by the impediments which the tax throws in the way of publication as by the additional coat it entails upon every published work. There is another shape in which it falls most heavily upon all who are con cerned in the work of publication—we mean in the dead lon which it entails upon the proprietors of every unsuccessful work. It is estimates that there art nearly 3,000 volume* annually published in Great Britain, at a value approaching 450,0001. But of all the works produced, it is also estimated that not more than one-third pay their expenses, and that there is only one in ten that can be reprinted with advantage. Nevertheless, the linty upon the paper consumed is paid by the ensue oessful at the same rate as by the most successful pub lisher. What is the consequence ? Obviously, an enhancement of the price dell successful works to the public who are their purchurre. In purchasing a copy of the moat successful book the buyer is paying the paper and advertisement duty upon some work which be probably never heard of, and in which some pub lisher has made an unfortunate speculation. In other cases, of course, the loss falls upon the author or publisher himself. Of fifty pamphlets issued from the press it is said that on an average not more than one pays the cost of paper, print, and adver tising. Of this cost a full half is incurred by the paper and advertisement duties, and the enhanced prices to which they both give rise. In these cases, no doubt, the loss falls less upon the public than on individual spe:ulators ; but in either instance it is equally unfair that the government should be reaping benefits, not from the profits derived from indastry and success, but from the misfortunes and digesters of those who, perhaps, can ill afford the sacrifice. IT is the practice of ministers to herald the opening of a parliamentary session, in which a few promising measures are put forth only to be nipped in the bud, with flattering whispers about contemplated reforms, jt.st as Emus preludes the approach of a particularly inclement spring by breezes of unwonted mildness. Among these delusive Favonian gales from Downing street tnere was one this year which spoke of reduc tions in the army. We ventured at the time to prognosticate the pro wls by which this vision, which had evidently issued from the ministerial elysium by the ivory gate, would gradually diminish and disappear. We explained how some pretext or another would be found for subtract ing a less number from the army total than was pro mised ; hog► the full number of regiments would be kept on foot, and only a few men pared from the muster-roll of each ; how the reduction would be con fined to the rank aad file and non-commissioned offi- cers ; and how a large proportion of the apparent reduction would only be sent to India to be kept out of eight for a time. The Circular Memorandum from the Horse-Guards, published last week, and the Army Estimates, delivered yesterday, would have made good oar prophecy to the letter, were it not that they coeviet ministers of trifling more daringly with the expectations of retrenchment they had awakened than we ventured to anticipate. In 1649-50 there were 102,02 men of all ranks serving at home and in the colonies, in the pas of the tatted Kingdom : the number asked for 1e36-51 is 108.524. The apparent reduction is 4,138. Bat in 1849-5 U there were only 28,839 men of all ranks of the Queen's troops in the pay of the East India Company ; in 1830-51 it is proposed that there shall be 31,101. Here is a temporary addition of 2,262 to the number of the Queen's troops in the pay of the East India Company. The actual reduc tion, therefore, in the number of the Queen's troops does not exceed 1,896. W hen the East India Com pany no longer needs the additional 2,230 men, they will be replaced on the pay list of the United King dom. The effective strength of the royal army is only to be 1,896 men less in 1830.51 than it was in 1849-50, though at present JOHN BULL has 4,138 men less to pay for. Of the 1,896 men of all ranks by which it is pro posed to reduce the effective strength of the army in 1660 51. there are 1,700 rank and tile, 164 non-com missioned officers, and 32 officers. And these 32 officers see all quarter masters or regimental surgeons. Not one general, colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, or ensign fewer is there to be in the army in 1830-51, than there was in 1849-50. Not one individual of these ranks is even to be put upon half-pay : and the 32 quarter masters and regimental surgeons are only to be put upon half pay, while the non-commissioned officers and rank and file are to be sent to the right about. The "(puss charges," as in the Army Estimates they are not inappropriately designated, for the ➢ffective Forces are (exclusive of what is defrayed by the East India Company) 4,026,155!. for 1849-50, and 3,9:36,5821. for 1830-51. The difference between these sums is 89,5731.; but as the charge to be de frayed by the East India Company for Queen's troops in 1850.51 exceeds what was defrayed by it in 1849- 60 by 68,1881., the permanent decrease in our army expenditure is only 21,405/. The decrease of expenditure on the Non-effective Services in 185051 is estimated at 3'2, 2 _41/., as com pared with that of 1819.50. In this, however, there is a good deal that will require explanation. For example, there is said to be a decrease of 1,131 in the number of the out-pensioners,while there is at the same time an increase of 9,6581. in the bum charged on their account. The total reduction of army expenditure contem plated it, 1830-51, as shown by the estimates, is 122,814/. ; but of this sum 68,168/. is only a temporary reduction. The army expenditure may, and most probably will, be increased by that amount next year. The permanent reduction does not exceed 44,646/. A reduction of little more than 50,0001. on an annual expenditure of upwards of four millions, does not deserve the name of retrenchment. And this paltry saving is to be effected entirely at the expeose of the private soldier. The aristocratic class of our soldiery is left untouched. With the exception of 32 quartertuabters and regimental surgeons not one offi cer is so much as to be relegated to half-pay. The clothing emoluments of the gallant regimental tailors are still to be held sacred. The volunteer corps, theee pot playthings of the privileged closes, are to cost 14,7141. more in 1850-31 than they did in 1819-30. SHANNON COAL AND MINING CONDANT.—A pre liminary meetir•g of persons favourable to the formation of • company for opening and working collieries and cea► mines situated on the hanks of the river Shannon, Ireland, was held last wink at Ellii s lintel, St. James's-street. Tte promoters stated that the mineral fields upon which they had obtained very valuable concessions, had been most favourably reported upon by several persons of high authority in the scientific world. And in the course of the discussion it was observed that a district, embracing • population of nearly 2.000,009, could Ito supplied with the company's coal, at highly remunerative prices, the present supply being from Sooteh or English coal, the high priors of which necessarily limited the demand, and consequently prevented the full de velopment of tho industry of this large section of the coun try. Resolutions for the prosecution of the objects of the company were agreed to, and for summoning an early public meeting for the full exposition of the views of the promoters. FRANCE. PARIS, WIDNIIIDAY, 5 30 P. 31. Whilst M. Mold is doing all in hie power to patch np a reconciliation which Pd. Parien's conduct on the Education Bill has rendered almost imkossible and though M. de la Hitte and General d'Hautpoul had some high words with M. Parien yesterday, in which they reproached him with imprudence, there is another act to record this morning, which certainly will nut tend to make M. Mole more anxious to serve the President. The act I refer to is the fol/owt cg d~ tree, agreed to by the President, and contained :tithe Monileur of this morning : Monsieur le President,—The Constituent.,trembly rati lied the decree which ordered " that a monument shall be •• iFolaisU• . :ll7o7tt, 7• ll l onsi u" e s u u r e l T e e P rY res l2° ldei: i t t ,. ;'. th ire a n t e the - m " ; . ei ; : . e ." t was come to carry into execution a decree which so well expresses one of the most lively and deep fe.linits of the country. I asked myself whether it would be necessary to have recourse, for the execution of this monutaent, to a spacial credit, and I doubted not that an Assembly presided over by one of the Illustrious defenders of the hero of Moe how*, would receive such a proposition with the moat lively sympathy. But, on reflecting on the charaeter which the monument to be erected to Marshal Nay should have, I find that the ordinary credit for works of art may he sufficient toe it. It has appeared to me, in fact, that such a monument, from the nature of the reminiscences which it ell awaken, should he one of the greatest simplicity. And what proves that such is the spirit of the law is, that it designs as its site the desert place where Mar.hal Ney met his death without any other whitlows than his executioner.. y ou have not wished, Monsieur le President, that the monument to him whom the Emperoroalled le Brave r.a Braces, should be considered as the public mark of an irritating remini scence. It was nectuary to record somewhere the exotesion of that regret which had been felt in so many hearts, aae it was considered suitable to do so on the very .pot where toe marshal fell. The monument will represent Marshal Rey presenting his breast and opening his heart to death. I have no neck miry to tell you, Monsieur le President, that I have chosen for the execution of this wore one of the greaten statuaries; his work would be worthy or the seaaments which dictated the decree, and the execution of wh.cl. you have prescribed to me. I am, with profound respect, tloa. Omer le President, your very humble and devot‘,l Knee% FERDINAND Approved, The President of the Republic, Lotus NAPOLEON. This decree being another defiance of the majori,v cannot but further alienate feelings which before were not very ardent in the President's favour. The legitimis s consider the act as suicidal, aed ca.l on the President to explain himself with 31. Molt., one of those who condemned Marshal Nty in the Chamber of Peers, and hitherto one of the President's chief supporters. As for Louis Napoleon, he continues to seek the favour of the sildiers by visiting the barracks, and distributing money and cress's to the men, he n o doubt considering that the beet means of gaining af fections preferable to these of the fickle hgtelaters in the Legislative Assembly. The council of state, to whom the law on the cashiering of mayors were referred, has adopted it entire, and with only three dissentient voices, In the Assembly, after the ec-patch of sme unim portant preliminary business, the Education Bill was again the subject of debate. The Monifear contains the fol:owit.; Ti.e re ports which have been again in circulation illative to a dislocation of the ministry have not the least foun dation. We are authorised to contradict them in the most formal manner." The Moniteur states that M. Romitu, who has lett Paris for Strasburg u commissioner extraordinary, will exercise his funrtions in the departments of too Haut and Bas Rhin, the Doube, and the Jura. A cabinet council, at which the President of t'tc. Republic presided, was held yesterday at the After the council the Marquis of Normanby and ti-lo Greek Ambassador had a conference with the l'reet. dent of the Republic. The illoniteur publishes the Customs' returns import duties for January last with those of the cor responding months of 1848 and 1819. The toll!. amout for January, 1850, was 9,263,913 fr. ; in 1- 0, 8,533,241 fr.; and in 1848, 9,27.1,0.15 fr. BOURSE. For Account. PARIS, Fin. 2.0. ;;Opening itLighest l Lowtc tl Sper Cent... 57 30 rNo 57 85 57 5 per 93 5 95 40 193 43 95 5 do. New Loan „ 41 per Cent.,... „ „ per Cents 73 0 ;1 „ . . . hacban9e oa Lamina: 90 days. 474; 90 dam :.. Belmar, 3. Igo , 4 Mow. Sawn ittates... Ds. 3, 1842 Do, 4; Do. 3 Piedmont 5 per Cents. '43 „ - Bonasz.—Parts tad Orlearn% 770 ; Parts and Ronan, Rouen and Havre, 247 50 • Mignon and Manville*, 1•• • bourg and Basle 115 ; Centre (Vierzon), 310; orle4o• dem:, 44 , 7 50 ; nirthern, 455; Montereau and TroycA, and Straabourg, 35175 ; Tours and Nantes, 257 50 ; Vera ; ,. bank), 196 25; Veriatlks (left bank), 105 73. MADRID, IFC,4 15.- -Three per CMG!, 209-18 pair. f • , :r Cents., 12 paper. Fire per Cent,., 13 paper. Cotp, • , Bank of Bt. Ferdinand, 84 money. E.:change on LoudvD,SAL 3'. SWITZERLAND. The Constitutinnnel publishes the following letter from Switzerland, dated the 16th instant: 1 have already told you that the Grand Cannel: of the Canton of Vaud had approved of the wise measur, s t nby the federal council relative to refugees. This po:icy has r. it been followed by the patriotic association of the canton; that association has lately held two meetings, one at Tverdun, and the other at Lausanne. In bath of them resolutions were unanimously adopted to invite vie federal council to follow a mare independent conduct towar.!.4 the foreign powers, particularly with regard to the refugees. These resolutions are not without gravity. The patnotid association of Vaud is a real power, and is .a correspondence with all the secret societies both a; home and abroad ; it ceenstitutes a hidden power, which is • rival of the regular one. The mem. bars of the government of Vaud, who have f r the most part formerly belonged to this association, hare been present at these meetings, but only as silent listeners, not one of them daring to say a word in support of the moderate policy prevailing in the grand ccunrl. The accord which has hitherto 'listed between these two power is now bee Ion; the power now belongs to the radicals, and the patriot . ; association of Vaud is now threatened by the if tra The French refugees in Switzerland are said to he very dis satisfied with their chiefs, or, as they call them, their eof.ee-e: the latter, in order to satisfy them, promise the speedy . of • social republic, but the majority do not place much e..c. fidence in the promise. The chief , are reproached with appropriating to themselves the greater part of the n..ney which is sent from France, and request remittance , •re. from the democratic treasury at Lyons. One of th. accused of having received lately a sum of 13.00:. t r :ha benefit e f the refugees, but which he is spending at Leiti. AL ne on his own account in company with a female. ITALY. TILE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS. NAPLES.—Our correspondent writes : NAPLES, Fr::. 'That which nothing else has been able to eth et the eruption of Vesuvius has effected, the flight, or rather the removal, of the Pope. It is °els , , however. to the palace on ('apo di Monte, where 'he can enj..y !ao - ' magnificent scenes now being exhibited on V,-c:us without trembling at the dreadful roarirg •he mountain, and without tear of being or . rwh, I hear nothing, however, of a more dis t ant ti 4:n. Cardinal Dupont is still here, and the r, the Vauban, which brought him, waits in pm!. 4to rests still continue here, and I hear that Lkt terribly large batch was seized and sent off to vr:s4n —some say twenty-seven men of birth and hility. Mr. Brown, an American, formerly at Rome, has been ordered to quit Naples wi: .n hours, whereupon an indignant andargry e • rri .Ted: ence has taken place between the American 01 .17 4 0 d'affairi s and the Neapolitan government. A.; y I know net if, or how, it has terminated. I must not forget to inform you of the state cf vine. Fora week we have now enjoy ed the most sp., d:.l eruption which has taken place for many years• l! ,0 althea have been carried as far, we know, as twenty milt 8, and no doubt much farther. The lava do.enda in two streams upon Ottajano, where it has dr4troyed a palace and much land belonging to a nobleman of that name, and another towards Toni deli Annun ziata, whilst the flames and the immense 11104C6 of rock which are ejected form at night a splendid arid terrific spectacle. 'The roaring of the mount tin ,tn Saturday night last was such as to disturb the %hole country for miles round, and here in Naples our n .n -times shook with every repetition of it, which was unceasing night and day. Immense crowds, of coarse, walk over to the other aide of the bay to get a nicer view ; religious processions are moving about, for the intercession of the Madonna and the saints; and it is said that the Pope is to perform some cent menial to cause the mountain to stay its ruinous pro ceedings. lam sorry to add that the seeitlonts to those who wont over have been very sad. Oa Satur day night a young Pole was struck in the leg by a 1