The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

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Cow • • 'rho id bo - otie& sites. at] to tics of y sal& ald b• the IN" e video 6 00 0 i. utto eb• .ol dvat • b f al th s which • • :mate. duol that al • Ist • A FRENCH OPINION OF ENGLISH FREE M. TRIERS ON PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 111. fliers during his speech, referred binthen letter of Me Paris easesopoudeut published y*.- lerdmT, aid:— That sine* . the corementememt of this greet die• evasion certainly very euellmet things had been lewd from the 'p'uk'es es both sides of this ga'mi'n; yet it append to bits that the bill itself had bees comewhat neeltred. lie could say, from his own espartos's, that it ens sot 'sough to merely read this bill, in mime to under maiod it; it was neceseasy, is addition, hi peruse ekes eon.. Di etary, like the report, to pertisetly comrelased It. Re w ould coinage to show what the bell nein wee. emd est l oathe oaly object 'bet he should sin at is the Tee hilt lad hiss the mat of the labours et two eemmietem, • mu of obit\ he had hod the hcesens of bong president. He emasegmade was perfently well mane( the iendeney of *We labours. The memene lbw of all, was a kind of mem premier, wish sedeavoured by gemilistory mesas to draw eaftether puttee previeeale at various. This the bill, hem. enact, would asst. The ordinary remelt of such arrange wow was to put ea ad to extreme parties, sad musty tea german eaten the nave lawmen comerasd. They else p. smelly led to loud represent easiest the parties who sew l ooted to them. The posses* bill, at ell events, had Willed this latter geninfien, as it bed Men iteedly Feinted against sed attacked. 11. de Mostalsonhat had bees shamed with apestsey, and meowed somewhat amt. d by the aseseaties. As to tom (M. Thins) lie had bees similarly amend, his had sot bees is the slightest degree disturbed by what wee sm e, d• Mestalembert lied this advantage, tbat hawse gull yeses ia mildest ; but that eiresiestame also res. dead kiss Ism moistened to the imenage of partiesthes he who sow addressed the seimably. Hs Amon this 'mesa M all parties would de kiss the jostler to believe In eis W hereon Is kis sonvietions and his indepesdeme. He had gins the peesent seder of things his loyal Median , ash • las had not abmilemed kis former views, het had remained Mafia to with he had previously sowed and snood. (Ap phiesse) He mild, therefore, with trash Manse that in the Olen% and unhappy, although honourable part, which he led twee playbog her the Int tere yam, be had rs noised penestly soM sad impassible to all repreeshes directed nano hies. (Hem, bees) Os use post In bed, however, seedifted hie news, is prenem of the Inman perils whin' bed messed the seem, define the last two yeses, sad ail es still. It was that Mites that bad inflomeed him la hie desire to draw slow toget her and reessesile the partisans of the state sad these of church. Yes I he had gives the land freshly to M, de Illostalembat, with a view to coacalt. mama Yes! it. tho measure whits was made tektite for the eiergy use kw the university, bet for society, adveatages ewe given to the clergy. But they were not those which *d bees stated ; I. would show whet they were—sad he did sot deny that they were considerable. They had bees effected is vine, of the emitituticie—they were the result, not of the opinions of the u•jority, but of the Left In the two committees what part bed he filled ? He would tell them, aster toning first briefly ezpisised the organisation of iestrectise in Frame. At presest there ewes the state schools, Mows by the same of lyceums; communal col leges ; tree establishmeets; and lastly, seminaries, or schools carried us by tlw clergy tor the education of persons in tenaed for the church, altbouph other penons were elm • d there. Diapason, who founded this oysters, and was couistent is his views, said, " I must give this new indite too a goversesest," and he est..hlished the university. He per. to that nuiblishment property and an ansinistestin organism , n—the govenmeot of the university, in fact. re presented the state. He gave it the privilege by which no Khoo'. could be established in Francs without the authcs restos of the uninnity. But nothing was more easy than to obtain that pensions, and so many institutions ..en formed under it, that if liberty of instruction mid note list in ereace ne jure. it did in fact, the university esereising its monerly with great moderation. Thus, by the side of 300 lyceums and 300 communal colleen, More were 800 private institution. lei addition to the lay establishment., there was mother dewription which he bad Cready alluded to, which should not be omitted in the list. By th - account 1t.,, each bishop had a right to keep up a religioue secon. dui school, called aseninoire, of which he was the tele head bed sup. nutendent But to make up on the other side fur this Neon. , the law said to the " You cannot bring up popi s extopt for toe priesthood, and your pupils whl not he &cheated to the nomination for the d of bachelor of letters." After this preparatory explanation, the Amiably could better undentand the new bill. They all were aware of the great oispute Mein to public intention, which had arum during the last years of the monarchy of July. Ile would not enter into all the points of differeme which were witeted; be wou'd simply mention three principal one.. The clergy said to the University. "You instrue. t.on is not worsl; it is irreligious." Other adversaries said to the ttttt ity, though not in the name of the chureb, but in the name of liberty of instruction, "You follow the old beaten poth; you cause young men to pew the best years 01 their lit. is learning Latin, which will he of little me to them in life; you do not give us 'nth educated men as we want is the present day." The Uni versity replied, " Oar education is as morel es that of the religious estabiashments; we do not impose religion on our pupils, bet we tea bit with respect. We bring them up mono the mutton of antiquity; we form their style ; we It them for the active position of lite, and for 'he present times. Such is our plan." Then the Coiner. ear in its turn addressed the el.rgy and said. •• You want to seize on ins ruction. If you wanted to ezer.i.e it yourielvis • well sod good ; but you do not aim at that course, you want to deliver it over to a celebrated hair ow h. dy ten Jesuits), who profess, wider a eltree COll - the Court of It me, opiniens which we dread. Yee mote hood cilia-as of the pupils ambled to you." Sack were the reCriatilletiorie of the dispute is the mien of *Mk the revolution of February bunt forth. N hat 'Mann had that change produced in him ? He bad not been a pietism of liberty of instruction ; he had oft- n el...tided the Weenie of the state. But when once the ciesitutios was pissed, as • good citizen, and owing to it lawful °lndian, he Wad himself obliged to change his vas on tee subject, and foe this reason that by it full Leery ut ins roc ioe was formally established—union in direct oppo.i.vin to the eoaatitution, he could not any longer iciest on Lis former opinions. The constitution was formal, red he, in order to be cossistent, was forced to support that liberty et tastnetio which he had previously poised. (Bea. bear.) He sail to himself besides, that it the quarrel contused, it meld not but be with great danger to the coon try in the present critical state of things. It was not 1," panted tie his, gentlemea, " who made the coestittitien, it was yin- I was, so debt, member of the second committee es the westitathe appointed to criticise the work of the first. I noggin I had rornied en eon points the members of that canine*, but w. afterwards found that the melbas Sr the woad committee made converts on very few points of Amber. of the firs.; in fine, the constitution exists, and ti• liberty of ism ructiqn. But with Art. 9 conciliatios 'rc d event—is • matter of absolute necessity. Yes . , by . we have made a grea t conco ction, or rather we have non OYU to the church an important eight; yes, we s elide to the church a great conctssion, which nom of snout ee hal thought of pointing out. They have ill t istt chetinctuios and groundwork for dictum hat not *single en, has shown that he comprehends the (Movement ) Are you aware what most offended— it our the wren pont with the clergy ? It was the re'piese tee wasiaaries ! There is not a single minister of public •rwoos of Power brass who will not tell yes that, if .rt W ierrartion was given to then establishment., the erel would c. ase lat omit The clergy used to may, ewe to risme men to educate, and you forte th em to r 'l4 priest's habit ; they cannot exceed 20,000, and Pal aver the lowed profession. This would not annoy us • t were all to be priests, but that is not the case ; many .1. Were to enter the lib eel professions ; but you re - use !iot them to the eamanation for the diploma of M oe of letters, sad they ars so prevented from following heft of their iaelieia, ass " Ail that was true, and then c , hoysehtly good ground for their complaints. Tee Si weres and pupils chi , fly from the poor, as, by not being wtiontments, they saw themselves deprived of the chil e 't the owlish ; the consequeses was that these eats to. ati oiesis,ed with difficulty. But what was not Ilion crises, y on have effete. d since for you have introduced orostittal in the hi.l of M. Jules Simon. You have that all establishments of education shall hi per hut that they shall be subject I. inspection. That Is ow commas which has been made, the seminaries resin what pupils they please, but subject to inspection ''eh ley man to those me any other matter of great int me in the bill. (Movement.) As to the presence of ;0 in the council, as the Bishop of Langres obeened, it , ot a favour, but an meanie. (Approbation on the t sand essureours on the Left.) The partings of instroc ay the stets must seems me, but with the constitution 3no longer any conceesion, there is a right. Ws have Peened of debvs ring up the youth of France to the 7. Ihe gnat esoncession is that the small wminaries net freely. It is the enestitution which wills that ele ell be the ease. (" Hear, hear," and murmurs ) !hewer 'sad " Toe organisation of freedom of instruc t 1. take place as promptly as possible," and if it had • • puitive an the constitution, its fulfilment would •*a eosins, d to the very letter. Bet the constitution sh establishments shall be fres without enerion. witted to i. sp chum. That charge has been imposed, • Inirine inep.etiOß yes naturally give liberty. (Ex .., on the Left) The avenues given to oti is tie fa. ul•y of tesehian greeted to the small •. ; that i a serous adman's given to the church. •: es y..tr, since I should have regretted this. but i.,•. 1 stldrsell myself to the Left, and I wit . • • y wool, have weeded the bill. I confess to •• ' odeiit ; I have bequeath asked myself • vermin would employ to prevent the Con. o , ioplied to all, eves to the clergy. Adler/win • •hi• non of your principle*, how would you • taking pert in instating' ? You naked • i wserty under the old government, and now yes inked. s and Milked, and you tell us that Jesuits . .rif Own the tribune, the bon. meatiness was too/retained by a great number of the men- this limo /aroma dii &has.) As animated debate has eenzmeacied is Behead, rapastiog the merit sad the advantage: cd free 17 " 11 in it. Mallow with the aaticsalsgricalittra 'hi fermis nffer eatrevaitly from the low prise et sera, sad livers! emu paths Nam that free trees am. eaves. It is snider alto tin eitasstaaree that Bit Robert Peal has Jaw addressed to itis tomato a letter is whisk he makes knows his well-weislted epithet whisk, like ever, sottor emanating from that Illus trious 'lateness. is adagios& to preeam a deep lepresioa, mot wily fa Great Britain, bat shoed. Is in, trade to beer the Mite for . this sodden fall of the pries of son, white, if esstlaued, weld reader its midvatlon is Zeeland almost impeastioshie 1 X% replies dir It. Peel emphatioally ; the prinelphs fuss trade awn set De rendered yesponiible for a redoetina ef whisk is net only abeemem, but a profound This dorm elation of the price ef seen arise tho dessmitime that alter the wool famine it 1847 as Asa all ache inn% the fear it • smelt, der sa sad the bop el pasalinfl by Wes NW* mused ealtnatios to bs unmanly naeasad ; such awe ant was rows Una lernerly. It so Iced that the seeps wan nun antaint I. saarkst we naesqualb atatted, awl the =result was that the scot Me mid at a less. The proof that free trader not the origin of this serims mess is this—that the fall was as great, nay, create/ than in England I. thole states of the continent of Europe where the tors law underwent so al oration whatever. Prone Is a etsatirs example of this feet. Here, in Paris, we awl the Inerallwo ci sees at 13f., instead of at 20( the amigo prise; and an a Sailer has been laid on our esstom-house misses. It Is ma to be remarked that the adoption is Eaglaad of Me trod' ia ern most ham prevented the prim :loom from falliag in Paris as sinek as it would have dose if left to itself; for England has taken • pretty large quantity of gran from Normandy, mad the glut of the markets In the meth of Frame, icionsive of Paris, has been diminished by so much. Nettling is limier than to 'Disbud the man whose temper Is scared by suffering and privation. The English harem at this mutest are rather severely tried. Woes they se. orpted their looms, they foresaw set that they would have to sell sirs at meant prima. They lien only Mel their ea gigemiste, eissequently, at • great lose. TM " protec tionist " ladies, in this conjuncture, hopes to succeed in rallying the counties round Its standard. But Sir R. Peel boldly baffles this cannine iIICHITINI with th e resolution end the authority which have never yet failed hies. It is flrm conviction," writes this eminent statesman, that nether the pr. sent nor say future parliament will commit to lovy duties on article which aro essential to the sustenance of was, either with a view to pr...tection or Bash is the style in which as aristocracy which would end ure morasses itself when speaking of popular interests ; and this by which the dominant dames in Great Britain ars animated, mplains more clearly than anything else why sad how it is that the politial constitution of that country re sists the thick of continental revolutions. But whet is to be done? The slats,a quo is impoesible. Free trade in corn, if not the saws of agricultural dewier, may, nevertheless, place the farmers in a disadvantageous position. The old leases, plurally granted fora long term, may, under the new system, be onerous to this important clam. Is there no room for an arrangement, and what ought the terms of that arrangement to be? The manner in which Sir R. Peel considers this question is worthy of notice ; it contains a lesson for everybody's use. He adweiM that the old contracts must be amicably revieed. He adjourns that revision until the moment—which he re gards as proximate—when the secichntll crisis that now prevails shad have pulsed away. But he does not hesitate, yen n.iw, to declare the bases on which he will accept the revision. Calculations must be made—not limited to a mere taking account of the fall of the average selling price, bat embracing all the elements of the question. Many improve ments have been made, and a great many advantages secured to the farmer of late years, so that the cost of cultivation has been materially lessened. Again, a dirinctiou must be drawn between the laborious, intelligent, and active culti vator who keeps up with the progress of apiculture, im provement, and the degenerate clodhopper who detests work, and is utterly devoid of intelligence and moral force. In ternal competition will ruin these laggards far more surely than that from without. The principle of commercial policy of which Sir R. Peel has secured the triumph may thus be enunciated—every one is responsible for his own destiny, and ought to seek for success in sustained efforts, activity, intelligence, and good conduct, and especially to forbear from demanding that a tax be levied on his fellow-citizens for his owa especial be nefit. This ought to be the law of agriculture as well as of manufactures. But between the landed proprietor and the farmer relations of mutual assistance are proper, and at cer tain times necessary. Sir R. Peel now intends to put in practice this sort of fraternity or patronage, without preju dice to ulterior concessions. Under various forms he pro- poses to encourage the schemes of improvement of his tenants, with this proviso, that he will do nothirg except for those who shall have paid their nate. He firmly maintains his rights of property. It is the general opinion of the beet judges that English agriculture will suecesatully emerge from the trial of free trade, and succeed in producing corn at such prices as will prevent the native cultivators from being supolanmd by foreign growers. Admitting that this antiopetion will be realised, it must be attributed to two special causes—first, the countries which export corn do not grow it so cheep', es we are told; and 'gain, they have commonly only a trifl'ag eaves of produce. ordinarily not more than 6,000,000 or 7,000,000 hectolitres can be taken away from the general market without itducing a marked rise in price ; secondly, an sgrkulture which enjoys the twofold subtends of science and capital posses es great advantages, and hie very little to fear from the cultivators of new regions, where land costa nothing, but where capital is scarce, and even science does not ;abound. The art of serialises is broueht to a great degree of perfectas in Great Britain. The English farmers —persons in may cireusastaecee, and often szoadiney rich —bring up their eons to succeed them, and notes in Prance, to make them, at all hazards, magistrates, tams ia the army, or attachis of embassies. They give them a special, hat distinguished education, with that object in view. Lastly, capital in England is far more multiplied than else where. The English do not make revolutions once every 15 years, by which a great part of the movable capital of the country is consumed. The cepi•al of England is constantly increasing, and gives an admirable impulse to all branch.' of production. Now, capital is the material element of the progress of 'isolating and popular improvement. Where capital abounds society with the labor, of the ssme numb., of persons may obtain a far larger mar of artiege to distribute amongst men— a far larger amount of satisfaction for the average number of MOIL It England had not had much capital at command, she wild not have accomplished with each rapidity the evolu tion by which she hail pared from the old system of " pro tection" to that of free trade. Aud now that she enjoys that liberty she will pores., in a far larger proportion then in past times, the means of forming capital—that instrument of power over the Ifeeld- that m►terial foundation of the poli ties' g►eatams of nationii—that marvellous ag. nt of the in ternal order detain; for under that system every fragment of the national labour is employed in the most fruitful man ner, obtains the largest retort', sad consequently permits the largest saving. England, therefore, has no reason to regret—far from it—the great political saanccuvre which she accomplished, after the brilliant campaign of Mr. Cobden and his friends, by mauls of the energetic and farsighted care of Sir A. Peel. The principle of free trade will be maintained, bat it might have been compromised, had not that emi nent man delt a deathblow to the protectionist faction by his retreat derisive demonstration. He has just done what was required to avert the tempest which was gathering. ( ..Flfat AND EATING HOVER KEEPERS' • en ain't the half-yearly Meeting of the frt. ads of this sessiciatloa was held at the 1 •• Tav ern , (h eat Quern• , Lincoln's. inn ' 1 hoses Sherwood, the president of the institu ' The charisma haring briefly opened the • r•errsry, Mr. S. Abbott, read the report, .t th; r. cripts and donations for the past ew,,u4.1 to ltd. 14e., which, added to the modal Hawed that the assets of the society were I ; sum di,hur.ed In pensions in the half -2,. Tee eh.irnian moved the adoption of the * "assay been seconded, was carried nasal- Posetedings closed with a Tow of thanks to •dlasa, MURDEROUS ATTACK AND HIGIIWAT ROBBERT.-n• Oa Timidity night last, u Mr. Abraham Mallinson and Mr. Joseph With'', onnufeetursin, residing in the neighbourhood et Kirkheatoo, near Huddersfield, were retuning from market at the latter place, they were attacked by a peg of robbers, felled to the earth, and most brutally maltreated. Kirkheaton is situate about two miles to the east of Hud. denfield, and is itself a Mrs/sling vilage, with other and smaller villages at sheet distances from it ; sense to most of whisk villages is readily obtained by means of footpaths woes the fields, the route by the cart roads being longer, from the hilly Deckle of the district. The two gentlemen above rimmed left Huddersfield between nine and ten in the evening in question, and called at the Tandem lea, on the Wakefield read, to se if any other parties were going their way. They left the len between eleven and twelve, passed Kirkheaton, and took • footpath leading through the fields from Kirkstyle to a place called Gawthorpe Osten. When they had proceeded • abort distance from Kirkheaton, the time being about twelve o'clock, they were attacked by • party, who music them to the ground, with weapons of which • pair of stilts that had been spaded from the parsonage at Kirkheaton farmed a part. The violence used was considerable; for the two gentlemen were beaten is a dreadful manner, and the ground for a considerable die tepee was covered with blood. Both of them were left insensible by the ruffians, after each had been plundered of the money and other valuables he had in his 'on. They lay for some hours before they recovered sufficiently to be able to crawl towards their respective homes, where they are both now lying in a dangerous state, particularly Mr. Joeph Wilby, who, at the time when this was seines, costumed lasensible to all passing. On the arrival of Super iatondent Heaton from Huddersfield neat morning, that oiliest trued footprints in the snow, from the plan tef attack across the fields to • small plantation in the grounds of Mr. John Labrey ; and in this plantation a number of payers, which had been taken from the persons of Mr. Manias= and Mr. Wilby, w. n found. From the plantation across Mr. Lebny's perk the footsteps were ctintinued ; sad is • hedgerow at • considerable distance from the spot where the gobbler bad been rthettd was found a part of one of the stilts that had been used in the attack. Several other pens had been left on the ground where the attack took place, these weapons, from um violence used, having been heokea in pieces. From information eollected by Mr. Heaton, that racer apprehended John Wood, John Sykes, and James Castle, all weevers residing at Lascellee Hall, • short distance from Kirkheaton, on the charge of being eoneerned In the murderous attack and robbery. Oa Thursday they were plaeed before George Armitage, Erg, J.P., and sufficient evidence adduced to justify their de tention on • remand until Thursday neat, that the fate of the parties so brutally maltreated may be known. Doriag the last two months no fewer than lout eases of highway robbery, accompanied by more or less of violence to the person, have occurred in the roads and bye-roeda of the Kirkheaton district, one of them so lately as ta Freida= Saturday night.—Mancherter Guardian. .o; t i_ , THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1850. THE UNITED STATES. tiS7 Electric TekerlPM PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM. [non ova own oolansroinninr.) LIVERPOOL, Tummy Moanuta. The R oya l yid steamship Cambria, Capt. Leittt, hu antyed hen 1:-.)m Boston and Halifax, bringing the mile and peele i ege .-4 from the United Stake, Canada, and the Lower Provi,c'est She sailed on the 9th inst., eessequeotly brings fourteen days' later news than previously received. The steant4tip America, which sallsilheatte for Hali fax and Bost.on on the 15th alt., had arrived oat at the latter port. The eseeeediag.inail steam ship Canada, hones on the 29th Dee. for Halifax and New York, had sr rind out at Halifax, and landed her mails and pia angers and proceeded to her pert of destination. The only political news of moment by this arrival is the fact that the bill for diplomatic relations with Austria had been iatrodnsod into the Renate, and the subject was ander discumion. There is nothing new from Canada or California. The captain and other cants of the Caleb Grim shaw had arrived at New Ybrk. rraRTING AT IP ty..2.70. • A atiltiV wee held yeeillrffay liee,a i g, at the es Mall, Baling, to hear from some winbers of the oilmen al the Metropolitan Reform Association an ex position s a ge rteef e j ee uped which that aeweiation towagen, t o obtain the tworration of the locality. The mem was quite fell. The Weir having been taken by Mr. FLOWlian, Mr. WILEINSON reseeded to address the sliest isg. He monaminced by oisserving that Sew men in t*a fwors. m atry al coul dlibe oc , but iesplaia all of aay anapl ourtaßwat and of u prces : rrtyaised 0, nadir, exve taxation. (Hem, bear.) The o of thie taxation was heavily felt by the middle claws, but the great pressure fell after all on those vest maw WWI emathated the working dame of this enstry. (Hear.) To offset a reformation of so videos • Mate of things the Parliamentary and Mazola Reform Amplifies had been galled late existents*. The objects whisk that sesesiation prepesed to itself were a completeextenekin of the suffrage, wee by holliat, abolition of the pee party qualtleatioa. sad Ma SUM measures as were meow easy to wake the Howe of Omemene what it released to be —the representative of the were people of England. He Galled upon his Wavers to in genres eat those °biotin, and. kyy . their mimed wad sweet / NOT* ell nosey to the wane of the pawed amseistim (Lewd sham) Mr. HANNAN, the sett speaker, said he would trouble them with a few wo r d s an one brawls of the subtest which it was weaseary they should all sodomised. R. believed that every penes pressed wished to redoes the taxed= of the omitatry. (Hear, War.) The 'meal amount of oar twee, bat emseially of ow national debt, was priestly in conceivable. It had been will put, by a correspondent of the Deily New, that ow debt amounted to fifteen pounds per hear Maw the tweaks of the world. Bat to Co.. to mew modern dm'', and to ismer berthas, it mist w you g u y:: Sewn pew& per Waists to pay Inc tho army, end per linage pep fee the navy of the country. Nay, iriVrti l r i e possible ado* thew items sovereign by sove reign, into a box, it weal amemotteena sommeiga persesond. Having swiped with reit rem the various fallacies by which the abuse in our gemegumenMl system are attempted to he supported in argument, the speaker concluded by stating that all the people waited was good government, and that that was only to be obtained from a real repreeenta• Wu of the people. (Cheers.) Mr. II'ORATH, who was warmly elteered, congratulated himself upon finding that reform was not without its sup porters even in that small village. He saw before has the germ of a powerful memlatioe, and it was the bounden duty of those who heard him to bring that germ to maturity. Mr. T. ATKINSON then rose Meacham the meeting, and was received with loud chew. Having complimented the premiums speaker, whom he designated as one of the eloquent representatives of the working cleanse, and expressed the pride and platoon he (Mr. Atkinson) felt an his oo operatiois, he proceeded to say that one of the principal objects of the assaciatioa was to embody • public opinion tensed of the re flective portions of the middle and working claws, which should strike terror into that idle class who were living on the burdens of the country. (Cheers.) There were two principles is the guestimate& of this country the aristocretio and democratic. The monarchical principle had formerly been tolerably active. (Hem, hear.) It hat been active down to the death of Charles the First—(bear) ; and subsequently is the winterise; times of the amenities. Junes 11. strained it a little too hard, until at teat he found a resting-platy for the soles of his feet in another country. We had 1.1.17 returned tho complimeat by rain, shelter to a flying renclt King of the present day. (Cheers.) That mamma went on until William 111. cams over, accompanied by several worthy Dutch gentlemen, who , having made cheese in the flats of Holland, came over hers to revel in the milk and honey of England. Those gentlemen were pensioned, and not only them, but their de scendants, and even assignees, down to the present time. (Cheers.) Then came bloody wars—the wars of Marlbo- rough, to find work and places fon lords' younger sons, and for the support of which the labour of the English working man was mortgaged to all euriity. But there was a love of right and justice, imprinted in the mind of the Anglo-Saxon, whether ignorant or enlightened, which in the end would find a way of remedying them evils. He had already obtained relief for the dissenters, tor the Roman cotholics, as extension of the franchise, in 1832, and the more recent emancipation of trade. But he had as yet got in only the small edge of the wedge, it re mained yet for him to drive it home. The Saxon had im bibed the principles of freedom in the depths of the German fornsts, he had cherished them even when crouched nutter the hoof of the conqueror, and they wore alive and vital at the present day, and in direct and active antagonism to the aristocracy of the country. (Hear, hear.) It was the object of the association to give their principles efficient force and direction, and to establish such a state of things tie should prevent the aristocracy Laving I any influence, direct or indirect, over the deliberations of the Howe of COOIIIIGIIII. Mr. Atkinson next alluded to the pension list, and gave a history of the origin of the Duke of Grafton's pension which elicited the loudest laughter and cheerios from his audttory. Mr. WYMON moved the following resolution That this meeting having heard the deputation of the National Parliamentary aim Financial Reform Association, approve of the principles of the society, and pledge them• Selves to give it their warmest support. Mr. GROVER seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. A local committee was formed, subscriptions were opened, end sneaks basing been valid to the chairman, the pro ceedings terminated. Mr. Meredith, secretary of the treasury, in answer to inquiries, has replied that in all cases of importa tion duties Rut be attested on the entire quantity imported. Whenever the quantity im ported is ascertained to nosed that specified in the invoice, &ammo intention to defraud the United States appears, the merchandise will be admitted to entry, and :the proper duties attested on the whole im portation. Whatever the value of the whole importa tion, including the quantity stated in the invoice and that in excess, exceeds by more than 10 per mat. the value declared on the entry, the proper penal oe addi tional duty must be exacted. The Governor of Maryland, in his annual message, represents the finances of that state to be in a most prosperous condition, leaving 376,000 dollars over all current demands for the annual extinguishment of the public debt. The governor predicts the total ex tinguishment of the state debt in 13 years. COMMERCIAL NEW YORK, Jaw. 8. Business fair. The market for breed-stuffs was active, and priors very firm, at the following quota tions, via.:—Western Canal flour, 7 dole. 750. to 7 dole. 8710. per bathe!, steady. Gamesome p , ime wheat, 1 dol. 26c. to 1 dol. 280. per bushel of 60Ibs. Southern wheat, 1 dol. 80. to 1 dol. 10e. per 601 b. Indian corn, round yellow, 62r. to 64c. per bushel, steady. Indian corn, flat yellow, 63c. Southern white, 58c. to 60a, very firm. Indian meal, 3 dole. 100. to 3 dole. 121 c. per barrel. Daring the last week the sales of cotton were to about the extent of 2,000 bales per day, and each day higher prices were demanded and obtained than on the preceding, the operations being for demestic con sumption, and for export to France and the continent. The larger proportion, however, was on speculative account in this city. Very little has been done for the English market in the past two weeks, our prints being above the limits of orders, and there being no general disposition to ship on American account. Yesterday there was a good inquiry, and 2,500 bales were sold, the market closing very firmly with a de cided upward tendency in prices, and a strong specu lative feeling, induced by the accounts from the south. The sales to-day are 2,000 bales. The quo tatiocs annexed are three quarters to seven-eighths per cent. higher than the prices sent by the last steamer. Inferior Uplands none. Florida none. Mobile and New Orleans, 101 to 101; ordinary, 114 to 111, 111 to 111, 111 to 111.; middling, 114 to 114, 11/ to 111, 111 to 121; middling fair,l2 to 121,124 to 12:, 124 to 12; ; fair, 121 to 12: ; no minal, 12: to 13 ; good fair, 13. The accounts from the south received outing the past fortnight, in rela tion to the incoming crops, have been more decided as to the general results than any hitherto received this season ; the estimates appear to have settled upon 2,100,000 bales as the maximum, while very many insist upon less than 2,000,000 bales. There was a fair business doing in exchange. On London, 107: to 108, pretty firm. On Parts, 6.30, very little doing. On Hamburg, 341 to 391. On , Bremen, 791 to 794. Freights remained unchanged at the departure of the steamer; the quotations are: Flour to Liver pool, le. 6d. to Is. 9d. per barrel; cotton, to Liver pool, 4d. to 3-16 d. per lb.; cotton. to Havre, Id. to ad. per lb. Cbe Court. WINDSOR, JAN. 21. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Allred, drove to Frowners this morning. The Countess of Charlement, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Earl of Listowel, Culonel Hon. IL Boyle, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel F. H. Seymour, aid Mr. Birch, were in attendance. Their Royal Highnesees the Princess Royal and Princess Alice also west to Frogmen. His Royal Hizlinsee Prince Albert, with the gentlemen In attendance, enjoyed the diversion of skating on the ores mental water in Frogmore grounds. The Queen and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent were present. The Bad of Carlisle lett the Castle to-day. Thor. is no addition to the royal dinner party this evening. A cabinet council was held yesterday afternoon at the residence of Lord John Russell, in Chemins-place. The ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerstim, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Sarum, Lord Campbell, the Right Hoc. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Claaricarde, and the Right Hoe. Fox Mauls. _ _ The Earl of Carlisle returned to town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. A deputation flan the committee of Spanish American Bondholders, consisting of Mr. Poole', the deputy chairman, U,. James Caps', Mr. 8. H. Ellis, Mr. W. P. Robertson, and Mr. S. Minitel had an interview with Visimunt Palmerston yesterday. Lord Barrington had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home•office. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial dem from the Governors of the West India Colonies. Lady John Russell has issued invitations for a series of assemblies on Wednesday evenings at her residenos in Cbesham-place, commencing on the 23d inst. MADAME KOSSUTIL—Wo hays much pleasure in announcing that the wife of Kosauth has escaped from Hun gary, and had reached Belgrade on her way to join her husband at Shumla. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The general quarterly (and in this case annual) court of this institution was held yesterday at the Thatched House Tavern, Si. James's-street; Admiral Sir C. ADAM in the chair. Tlie minutes of the previous quarterly meeting having been read and confirmed, The secretary, Captain DIXON, read the balance sheet, from which it appeared that the total receipts during the year had been 3,2031. 6e. 4d., including a balance of upwards of 7001. fee:maths previous year's account; and the expenditure, 2,2701. 11s. 84., leaving a balance of 9321. 13e. Bd. The total amount of properly invested in the name of the society in government stock being 34,8481. 2a. Id. An item of 1631. charged in the expenditure as incidental expenses occasioned some dl.cussion, Captain Dickenson and other members of the court complaining that the word " in cidertal" was too vague to cover so large a sum. The SECRETARY explained that this item included two payments. one of between 601. and 601., and the other be tween 601. and 701. for law expellees. Capt. DICKENSON thought those expenses should have been charged under a separate head. The SECRETARY observed that the present balance sheet was made out according to the form which had been invariably ade pted. The accounts were then passed. Admiral Sir J. West was then elected vice-president of the institution, in the room of Sir J. Hawkins Whitehead, deceased, and a committee of three, consisting of Captain Dickenson, Captain Clark, and Lieut. Hall, to examine all nr.morials foe the next halt year, was appointed. Capt. MARSHALL wished to know whether the widows and orphans of atm cmimanders who paid only 101. a year, would be eligible for relief ? He asked the question because he had been told that tney were not, in consequence of the subscription being deficient the odd 6d. to make up the hall guinea • year. The SECRETARY replied that the rule distinctly laid it down that the subscription for officers of that rank to entitle their widows and children to relief from the hinds of the institution, was 10s. 6d. a year. Probably the court would nut be disposed to reject altogether an application when 101. a year only had been subscribed, but there was no claim. A notice of motion was given for the next meeting, to con sider the propriety of publishing the whole particulars, in cluding the trial, from the shorthand writer a notes of the case, between the society and Miss Home, Sir J Ross, and &Retires and that a grant Ica made each year to the Royal Nava! Female School equivalent to 40 votes. &Jansen were then directed to withdraw, it have been dee ided that the only other business on the paper, via., a w rtice of motion relative to the claim of some individual, 'which had been standing over from the previous quarterly minim!, should be discussed with closed doon. UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA. A special general meeting of the proprietors was held, yesterday, at the company's offices for ice purpose of receiving the half-yearly report of the directors, and of sup plying the vacancy in the direction occasioned by the decease of Mr. John Gore.. The chair was taken at 1 o'clock by Mr R. Canrita, who read to the meeting the following supplementary report; The directors having laid their annual report before the propriet , re in July last, have now only to state that the pro gress of the bank's business sine* that period has been highly satisfactory at all its branches. Looking to the present value In the English market of wool, the staple export of Australia, the extended scale upon which the emigration of an important clue of settlers has been of late carried on, and the growing commercial inter course of the principal Aorta in Australia with the Bast Indies, China the Mauntins, and Western America, the directors feel that the prospects of the Australian colonies are very encouraging. The inspector having received the direetions of the board for the opening of the branch at Adelaide was engaged at the date of the last advice, in making all the necessary arrange mente, and the steps he hail taken for that purpose are such as altogether meet the views and wishes of the directors. A vacancy in the direction created by the decease of John Gore, Esq , has been provisionally fi lled in conformity with the deed of settlement by the appointment of Henry Buckle, Esq., of this city, who now offers himself to the proprietors for election. . The directors ousnot announce this vacancy without at the name time recording their sense of the valuable services ren dered to the bank mace its formation by their late esteemed colleague Mr. 0n,,, and the deep and wive interest which on all occasions he manifested in its prosperity. The directors now proceed to submit the statement of accounts the result of which enables them to declare the 1 dividend at the rate of 6 per oast. per annum on the entire paid-up capital of the bank, together with a bonus of per snare on the 32,000 paid-up shares, and a like pro. portion of bonus on the 21. 10s. per share paid up en the 8,000 shares of the 3rd series, payable in London free of in come tag on Tuesday, the bth of February, sad in the colo sties, with the addition of 7d. In the pound, as soon as the inspector shall fia after the receipt of advice's. Rilb payabla, and sundry Uslanon; --- E 89,484 16 10 Reams fund (10par cent) £6 . 4 . 4719 1.5 in - 111;nd 108 i . Paid-up capital 130.394 10 0 820.000 0 0 5t.039,629 6 19 Drench mounts, Wines — X 313,639 e 0 Inns malleable 'Dearman; Government 8to:11, and loans an me curity open tenkien, lie. Cent £1,03k828 8 10 1/TATINZINT OF MORTIS. Halanarot undivided profit at June, 1849 £34,382 13 4 To which are now to be added profits of the past half-year, end ing at the branches 30th June, and at the London Moe, slit Member, 1849 Deduct one-tenth fee reserve fund 4,447 14 3 40,389 8 7 Deduct : SKIPS 1 11 Dtsidend and Bonus paid at Midsummer, 1849 32,800 0 0 --- Balance or undivided profit at this date .C81,1:4 1 11 At June, 1149, as per satem — -" £63,731 13 10 Add to liutdram, as per contra 4,457 14 3 £6e,219 e t The CHAIRMAN said, that, without exposing himself to the charge of taking too sanguine view he might declare that on no former occasion had the bank been in a more sound, healthy, and prosperous position/Jtan It wee at that moment. The report was adopted unanimously. Mr. H. Buckle wee elected to supply the vacancy in the direction occasioned by the death of tdr.,Mor•. A dividend and bonus were then declared in eonformity with the recommendation In the report; end a who of Um," to the directors terminated the proceedings. A BATTOL—Crown Inn, BiCSIMY, ha. 20. Bir,-1 beg to hand you an ocoonnt of a hates I met with on my travels. I paled at Lord Southampton's, Whittlebitty Forest, where • party of gentlemen, including Lard South. ampton, Earl of Sandwich, Mr. Cook, Lori! Chesterfield, Captain M•Donald, end Lord Maidstone, were enjoying the " sport" of shooting. Th e y took the fields ao.l wood on Tuesday, &het through Wednesday and Thursday, and in three days they killed 1,T20 head of gum. This included 600 emirate, 300 hens, the rest is rabbits, its.— Yours, IMPROVED SUPPLY OF WATER.- LAMBETH. lAA evening, a public meeting of inhabitants Of the borough of Lambeth, was held at the HOC= lavers, sgpsiseton- tow the names of considering the - gp r iz• d0i........ i........ - _ :'td it, 'i• -ars sup p i 7 of w e '...r, a.. - ": ep _ereitilli its -.ty rr, seam of the urg..^Pt ate... r Promptly pr ocuring a bet" and &same supply of Water to ... a t district nod Ski metro- polio generall L y. Mr. CHAT ES PEARSON, M.P., took the chair, and in openiag the proceedings stated that he was desirous, in all matters of local immortalise, rather to hear the opinions of his constituents than to promulgate his own. He was however ready, cm this as on all ocassions of a similar nature, to render them any amissuice In his power ; and ha would advise them to conduct the discussion with good feeling and impartiality. For himself he would be a calm spectator, and womb, lake no part whatever in favour of any particular party eir usespeay. As they inteadad to present a whim to parlisimsaa se this ealtiact, he boned to soy that if they desired to salmi w paid= to him, he hops* they would be careful sotto a document of which they might hereafter be mhamad Mr. NEWMAN prepaid the Mt resolution:— . Thst the water supplied from the river Thames by the Southwark, Vaushall, and Lambeth water works cont. psalm, for human consumption is the several parishes to which that works extend, and this borough in particular, in an impure supply, malt for me, which this meeting holism" hes added to the cholera and diarrheas, whereof many thousand parsons have died, end ware dilated. That no fewer then two thousand have died in throe months, and tan thousand others won attacked, causing an expense of 2,0001. to the mamas for medical aid, &a. This meeting is, thontere, of opinion that the mast efficient measures ought ;to II be adopted to obtain for the inhabitants an abundant supply of the most pun water that can be pro cured, at the lowest rats eonsistont with a fair remuneration for the capital neossearily employed to it. aunt." Er. EDWARDS seconded the resell' , which, after esertala verbal emendnuate had been proposed and negatived, was carried saanimously. A resolution was then pa condemning the high price whisk had been ehaged for water in Lambeth since the irompetition arose amain the Southwark, Vauxha ll , tad Lambs* companies, sad stating—as in the first resolution— , tam memo ought to be adopted tor tho purpose of ob tamping a supply of bettor water, and at a much cheaper rat*. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of the resolution, and he the coarse of the discussion some little personal seeling arose, which wm, ho wens., soon checked by the interference of the chairman. A motion wae then proposed that a petition be pre- Nested to parliament, embodying the resolutions agreed to. An amendment was suggested by Mr. ACKLAND, and seconded by Mr. L. thsvnes, but the original motion was ultimately adopted; and a vote of thaaks having been pared to the Chairman, the meeting separated. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE AS SURANCE. Last night the ninth annul meeting of the Provi dent Clerks' Association was held at the London Tavern. Mr. R. H. Jonas in the chair. The report stated Mat a considerable Increase had taken place during the past year, both in tre number of policies taken oat and in the amount of assurances effected. In the last year 668 policies were issued for 115,8661., the enamel premiums upon which amount to 3,2421. There were 67 proposals for assurance declined and 62 were deterred, witbaraws, and waiting for eurtner information. The business of the emaciation for 1849 had greatly exceeded that of any year aim:site tormation; and there was an increale of 134 policies for 30,7551. over this prosperous year ot 1848. The annual premiums payable in respect ot policies in existenoe, together with the dividends on invested capital, now amounted to 11,6261. During the year 1849 the board purchased 6,0001. stock, and the total amount in the names 01 the trustees on the 31et December last was 20,0001. Three. and-a-Half per Coate. The total amount ot aeons arising tram 25 cleanse, curing the past year was 3,8601. Toe mortality amongst the smarted daring the past year, was augmented by four deaths, owing to etagere and diarrnce a . I Q t h e course of last year a d eputauon from the board of management has rimed Biroungnam, Manchester ' Liverpool, and Gla s g o w, on the subject ot agencies. The depu Anions were most c. t otally received by the principals ot many ot the leading houses, and the bus.nesa had since considerably increagea, The accounts for the year exhibited receipts to tne amount of 11,621:. 3s. 84., and a balance 01 4,944/. 9s. 11d. in favour of the saseci•tion. Los ClitelitHAN congratulated the meeting in the pro gress made uy the association during toe past year. He said that they had received proposals to extend the society to Ireland, and he had himself gone to Dublin to make inquiries respectiog toe expediency ot that step ; but, Irons the con• diming statements tnat had been made to Men, he came to the opinion that it would net be desirable to do so. Tim report and balance sheet were enanimously adopted. Mr. DuiLANTIaII proposed, and Mr. SHAM seconded a motion for awszeiog a awn ot 6001. to the board ot nsanagm merit, for the great attention bestowed by them to toe interests ot the society ' • but at the request ot toe ch a i rman, who was sapported by the other members of the board, the sum wes reduced to 4001. A vote of wanks was passed in favour of the press, for the support woicli a had given to the snociatton during the put year. Mr. SCOTT suggested that the accumulation on the assurance mad should be lent out on goon security. Tne CHAIRMAN said that the truster. 11.4 considered it prudent that they should have tirst accumulated 20,00U1. lie was happy to say that they ha, done so, and the sugges hen of Mr. bOott wou.d, he had no down, be taken tutu conaiderati :a. Neon. R. Bell, J. Hooper, and E. Coleman were elected &suitors, and some odic, formal business having been cranium/ the rautiag separated. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE BY A MFACELLNT. MAPICHESTER, JAN. 21. A painful sensation we. created here this morning by a rumour that Mr. Alexander Novelli, merchant, and his late brother's widow, both residing at Lower Broughton, had been found dead a: their own house, under very myste rious circumstances. Mrs. Novelli was the widow of Mr. Louis Nowell, of Prestwich, near Manchester, and the daughter of Mr. Hall, bleacher, of Prestwich. Mr. Louis Novell died soon alter returning from Doncaster races about sixteen months ago, and left his widow and two young children very handsomely provided for. His father, Judi ed, who is sell living in the neighbourhood of London, retired from business in Manchester not many years ago in very effluent circumstances. Mr. Alex. Novell, upon his brother's death, was appointed one of the executors to his estate, and from that time hes lived with his brother's widow and the two children. A few weeks back they took up their abode at Clid Mound, a genteel residence purchased in the name of the children, at Lower Broughton. They appeared to live together on good terms, employing a man servant and two maid servants in the house. If day (Sunday) they appeared to be in the enjoyment of their ordinary health, and attended divine service at St. Clement's Church, Broughton. The fervent' retired to bed at the usual hour, leaving Mr. Alex. Novelli and Mn. Novelli in the sitting room, and had ao reason to suspect that anything unusual was kbout to take place. The man-servant was horror-stricken to find, however, on descending to the sitting room this morning at 8 o'clock, that Mrs. Novelli was dead. Site was found reclining on a sofa partially undressed. Her body was quits cold, and it is supposed she had been dead many hours. Mr. Alexander Noveili was then sought, that tidings of the death of his sister-in-law might be taken to him, but oa entering his room his dead body was found hanging from the ceiling. Then was warmth about the region of the heart, and it was supposed that he had not been dead more than a couple of hours, The exact circumstances of the death of Mrs. Novell and her brother-in-law will probably for ever remain a secret. At the moment I am writing these particular', an inquest is about to be held before William Smalley Rutter, Esq., the county coroner; but so far as I can learn there is very little evidence to lay before the jury. Mr. d. Bower Harrison, surgeon, with two ether professional men, are making a post mortem examina tion of the bouies with a view to ascertaining the cause of death, though there is not much room to doubt that Mrs. Novell ht' died nom poison. Mr. Novell's d,ath may pro bably be attributed to suicide. It is hardly to be supposed, however, that Mrs. Nose% would be likely to commit self destruction. She always displayed great affection for her two children, who are both at home. There is too much reason to fear that she has fallen by the hand of her brother-in law, through the instrumentality of some quick and deadly poison, administered at supper or after the. Santa had retired to rest THE COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION. This association held its annual meeting tor the election of officers and to receive • report of the priossediugs of its directun, this morning. Mr. J. A. Turner presidia. Mr. Malcolm Roes, the vice.chainniin of the association, was the principal speaker. Ile alluded to the efforts the Commercial Association were making to produce reforms iu vanuus quarters. One of these was the proposed reform in conducting the business of the Bankruptcy Court. lie said one of the official assignees of thin court at present had 4 MU a year, a larger salary then that enjoyed by the Bishop of Manchester, and this, of course, was paid out of • the money of the poor biaknipte. Thb be had on the authority of Mr. Skirrow, one of the cimmissionen. Re interred also to•the adulteration of coffee with chicory, sod said he found it prevailed to • very large extent. In tact, from information ho had received from dealers in town, he bad no doubt that chicory formed from 25 to 75 per cent. ut the article •Ael as coffee. The average would be from 45 to 60 pee cent. In this matter they eatiected shortly to have a reform. . . . . - The formal resolutions having been passed appointing the committee fur the opening year, and also votes of th tuts to the retiring directors, Mto chairman, at, the sloes of the pro• reedier, made some observations relative to the late meow log of the (mmix,' of Commerce on cotton cultivation in India. lie eulogised the address of Mr. liriiiht on that occasion, iMaracterising it es an eximeilinsly temperate, ablr, and appropriate speech, sad then proceis.ed to remark upon ono or two observations which had Whin host Mr. Ashworth in the course of that *nesting. II.• complained of Mr. Ashworth throwing slight upon the efforts mad* by the Commercial Association for the promotion amine* culture in !Lid**, and contended that they had not been so absolutely 11111100111111d111 OE Mr. ♦shworth had smarted. In feet, altMnils Mr. ♦shworth stated that nothing had been don* aim IW, at the ury lout 6,000 bales had ln,al consigned to ths seastary of this association, Mr. Fi At eing ; and he had no doubt that altogether about 10,0Pij Ulu bad entered the catatry sines th►t period. ♦ vote of thanks to the -,airman "yin bees ?mid/ the lusting terminated. CORONER'S INQUESTS. DI. 44 TREBSIII° OCCTJERENCE AT THE DUES OP BeheonDls MAnslom.—Yeeterday a highly respectable jury assembled at the Turk's Heed, public house, Motcombe shwa, Bajrao,e.squeze, Wore Mr. Bedford, the Westminster eme . r, r e l a ti ve . to the death of Elisabeth Heatless, aged ht ty . i h me p an sipper housemaid in the establishment of hV grace the /Lo a of Bedford, No. 6, Soigne-square. p e u waphi g h bj e gaga:, No. 200, B di v i s i on, depos ed that on Thursday everaing, the 10th instant, a b out seven o ' clock, he wee on dety Balgeave-equare, when he observed the deceased have the Doke el Bedford's mansion. The pave ment was exceedingly &tippet, in consequenes of the severity of the weather, and she appeared afraid to walk, us she thought that the would fall. Witness advised her to walk in the road, *Meth eke did, and Mad not proceeded far when she attempted to neck the pavement, end in doing so she slipped, and fell with considerable violet.'" upon the pave. Rent. Witages went to her metastatic*, and found that she had broken her right leg. The deeemod was quickly re moved to the duke's resident's, where she bad every atten tion paid her. She went on most favourably fir four or five days whim mortification e ime on, and it wee deem e d necessary to amputate the limb. The operation - wee per ' formed most satisfactorily, and she graeloally impreeod until Wednesday last, %hen she began to sink, and espirref me the following day. Mr. Du Pasquiu, surgeon to the royal household, aid two other medical gentlemen wer► ens stonily in attendance during the whole time. The jury re-, turned a verdict of "Accidental Death." DEATH OP A PAUPER AND VERIIOCT 07 MAN SLAUOHTIR AGAINST AN °TIMMS. —ths Thursday Mr. D. P. Bing, the termer, resumed the inquiry, which was commenced on the previous Saturday, relative% the death of George Lockett, of Marsh Gibbon, who died ins cart whilst being cenveyed to the union house at Bookioghamt. Ti. deceased was a poor old men, 69 years of age, and lived in miserable place celled the College, 10 or 12 mile from Buck iogham, his wife and two daughters residing with him. Ono of the latter had been ill for some time past, but she strug gled on in extreme poverty and wretchedness, untie an order was received for the remdval of the deceased and his family to the union. Friday, the 11th instant, was flood upon to pat the order into effect, and carry off the old man and his family ; but himself a nd s i c k daughter only were peeked is the ears, and started on their journey of many miles over a wretched rough bye road, on one of the most bleak and cold winter days. The cart was a common baker's vehicles without springs. The deceased, almost naked, and who was then dying, was placed in this cart along with his deuokter, who was in a dangerous state, and having been covered with • barn door winnowing s'ieet, the two paupers mre re moved, and when they reached the union the daughter was quite insensible, and the lather a corpse ! The jury, who. they viewed the body of the deceased, declared that they never beheld sue. a deplorable sight before. Starvation and disease were depicted strongly on the countenace of the poor man. The only articles o , weering apparel on the body was an old shirt and a waistcoat. Henry Jones proved having removed the deceased in the manner stated above, by order of Josiah Jones, the overseer. When he went t his house he -as lying on the floor groaning. He thought him in a fit state to be removed, and he and three others took him out and lifted him io the cart like • pig." On the way to the union he heard deceased groan, and he died about four miles be'ore he got to the place. He then told his daughter that her father was ead. He did not think, when he re moved him without trotsers and stockings on, that he was dying. The wife and whet daughter refused to be removed. Mr. White, the master of the union, said that the daugh'er, when admitted, was in a very dangerous condition. Brandy and arrowroot were administered to h. r. Tie berndoor winnowing -eh. et was pertly wrapped about her and partly round her dead father. Mr. King, relieving officer, said the deceased and h a family had been ebjecta or relief for some weeks pest. Their dwel ling was in a filthy and destitute state. Mr. Josiah Jones said that he was the over. er. He received an order for the removal of deceased from the medical attendant. (The order was produced and read by the coro ner. It said, if deceased was not removed he might create a pestilential disease.) Witness went with two men to the guardian. Mr. Jones said they would be wanted to help deceased into the cut; they did so, but as they could not get his clothes on he had him put in a winnoxing.shret, such as is put up at barn doors.. He did not mNe about at all. He should not have removed deceased if a letter had not been received from the doctor. The cart was a village baker's. He considered the deceased would rot be worse off in the cart than at home. Mr. W. H. Somerset, medical poor law union attendant, said, he addressed the order of removal to Jones ; he considered the deceased would be better off in the cart than in his own miserable hut. When he last saw deceased and his daughter (before the removal), he considered they were fit to be taken to the union. He considered deceased died trout told and the inclemency of the weather. He might have died if he had been at home. He ought to have been removed with care, and blankets ought to have been wrapped round him. The wife of deceased said, her husband had been ilt some time with rheu matism and pains in the bowels. He told h, rhe was unwilling to go into the union, is his time was very short. He got into a great rage with one of his daughti rs, when she told him he was to go into the workhouse. He said he would die first. When the men brought him down stain, one took hold of his head, and the other held his he, Is. They could not get his trousers on. He was not insensible, she thought, when he was brought down stairs. Dr. S ,uthan said, that he saw the bedy when brought in. It was stiff and Gild, and in a filthy condition. Exposure to the culd in such an inclement meson, the state deoo used was in from his age, the depressed state of his vital powers, and probable belt starved condition, were likely to be attended with fatal consequences. He considered there was great want of humanity shown in re moving deceased in the state he was in. The jury, after consultul, returned a verdict of " Involuntary manslaugt ter against Josiah Jones, the o eeeee er," who was thereupon committed for trial at the next Aylesbury anises. REFORM OF COUNTY EXPENDITURE. The Wills Standard, a conservative paper, says, under date Cirencester, Monday Jan. "At the Glouces tenhire Sessions, which commerced on Tuesday last, the long anticipated scheme of a reduction in the county expen diture was brought to a denouement. The depression so sensibly felt by the agricultural int 'a the county, com pelled them to reek a reduction in tittle liabilities. The general expenditure of the county was beyond their reach, except in conjunction with a movement of all the ratepayers in the kingdom, and they naturally took the most immediate and quickest steps to • partial rens' ; they locked with jealousy on the increased and still increasing items of the county expenditure. At the lest sessions, Mr. Beale Brown, of Salpenon, wisely nggested that, as corn was retiuthel in price, and the other nen:series of life would follow in an equal ratio, that the salaries of all public officers, should be reduced, we believe, 10 per cent. Mr. Hopkinson, of Edge worth, improved upon this suggestion, and the result was that a committee was appointed to examine in detail the sources of expenditure, and to report on each the amount which might be saved with the least injury to the mainte nance of the peace and ef f icient conduct of county affairs. At these sessions the report of that committee was submitted to the magistrates assemoled. The attendance was large, and afforded efficieat proof of the sympatby which exists be tween the rate-paying classes and the magistracy. The mat ter was well weighed, and we think the decision arrived at was such as must ensure • general concurrence. The inability of the rate.payen to meet the demands on their profits, was the moving cause of the jewelry, and the resolution arrived at, after mature discussion, was to reduce the salaries of the county officers, on salaries above 501. and below 1001 , 5 per cent., and 15 per cent on those above 2001. Tae prison dietary was also subject I. a revision. This was necessary, for in the distressed state of our own neighbourhood, and the agricultural districts generally, the liberal allowance made in prisons, to malelactow, wars reward to vice, at the expense of virtue. The reword of meretricious conduct was not pu nishment, as the felon was better cared for, and supplied with the good things of this world, than was the hard woe king, honest labourer. The spiritual wants of the inhabitants of the gaol, we hope, will not be interfered with by the dismis sal of the assistant chaplain, as it has been ascertained that ' the chaplain himself will be able efficiently to fulfil the duties of the office. Toe salary of the county treasurer is also to be reduced from 1501. to not. per annum. The tees to the clerk of the peace of the county were also reduced. Wi.h regard to the reduction in the numbers of the police, much was said large body of the force w fo u r an c ts ce g n a tra ine k t. d where they would be slays ready tor sudden emergency in l i t n a C pp li e e ar lte ed nha th e l i, t b a nng a central position, ' any other portion of the county. That the police force is too numerous in the county, no one, we presume, would ven ture to assert, nor was it asserted. The assertion was, that they are more numerous than we are able to pay for, and therefore " we can diatoms fifty men, with but trifling, et any, reduction in its efficiency." This reduction would have effected • saving (12,4041 fie. 4d. That this amount would have been • great boon to the rate-payers there can be no doubt, and Mr. Hopkineen and the gentlemen of the commit tee would have been much lauded could they have succeeded in effecting it. The suggestion of the Earl of Ellenborough was also good, and fur ourselves we think one halt ut the ex pauses should be paid by the state. The agricultural interest in the present instance are maintaining men to kegs the peace and protect the property of all classes. The landholder receives his dividends, and with these in his pockets he struts about, paying but • teitle in comparison with the man who rents a few acres of land, and, as Mr. Cobden says, land can not run away, but the property of the monied men may be abstracted by the felon whom the police are paid to secure. The one-halt, at least, of the police force should be undoubt edly paid from the gen int tuud. The nstgestion ter the reduction of the salary of the chief constable, was "*lttihad, cabined, and confined" to 3001. out of .1101. per swum. This exception wee just, on the principle that the forage only applied to "costa out of pocket;" but it should be borne in mind that the forage money in the first instance allowed to Mr. Letroy was 1901. per year, and that that sum was increased to 2501., as it was then considered izsetticient. Since that cheaper, so that we do not see just cause for 2501. of the period railways have rendered travelling expenses much salary being free while 3001. of it is mulcted in the forfeit of 15 per cent. The inhabitants of the minety have just cause to be thankful to Mr. llupktu.oo seed the geutloneu of the committee who co- permed wits& him in this matter, and though the result et this movement has fur the present not be. n so succeitful as might be wished, yet it points in the right direction, and if the suggestion thrown out by the Earl of Elle nborough be telloweg up with equal vigour, all may yet be—for the best." 11 • I 11'.?.. YR , '.ll I i