Star. — London, England, 1828-03-08 00:00:00

The azerte de France, received this morning, with alr mentionin4 the destin ition or obj-ct of this ar roamcn,. states the amount of the force to he em ployed altogether at between 10.000 and 11,000 n en: this force, it is addei, will be joined by 15 000 Engli-h troops, under the command ref a 1 km, Genera. Some of the Officers who were on leave at Paris, have received orders to join their regiments, who are to make part of this expedition. The Moniteur contains, in two columns, the " Ex planation given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Secret Cummittee of the Chamber of Deputies, on sth March, 1828." The greater part of it relates to the affairs of the East. He says, that it was on the 19th February that the Goverment received the Turkish Manifesto, which, while it seems to destroy all hopes of reconciliation, justifies the expec tations that had been ent-rtained, since the Porte confesses that it has been endeavouring to deceive Europe by feigned promises. The three Courts are at this moment concerting what resolutions this new state of things readers necessary. He declares that the Minis ters f France are most solicitous both to preserve the peace of Europe and to maintain the honour of France. The Treaty signed by the three Courts still subsists; all the executory measures may and must refer to it Meantime trance will be faithful to herself, and will maintain her rank in every situation. • • FROM TD6 GAZETT6 DE FRANCE. PARIS, AlmtcH 6. We have received a letter from Vienna, by Ex press, with says, that the general subject of conver sation in that Capital is a Letter which M. D'OrrrN• WELLS is said to have written to Pant, METTkRNICII to ask leave of ab.ence. Information has al , o been re ceived from Ode.sa, that the Russian Government had prohibited the exportation of cc•rn and wine, and had freighted for conveyance of troops and ammunition 77 merchant ves•els, among which are 22 Austrian ships, hired Fr. six months, to carry troops, &c. to Varna and Niata, in the Black Sea. The Florence Gazette announces that Count CAPO D'ISTRIA has gone fiom Egina to Hydra. We have spoken of a hody of troops assembling at Toulon for an expedition. The following are the authentic particulars which we have collected on the subject—six thousand infra:• try will be assembled at Toulon, and reinforced by 4,000 men from Cadiz; they will be commanded, it is said, by the Marshal Duke of RAGUSA, having under him the Count de Lovenno, and two Major- Generals. A regiment of cavalry will m4ke part of the expedition, and it is sail that 6,000 English troops, un der a Lieutenant• General, will act in concert with the French. Count SOLPERWICK, Colonel of the Bth Regt. who was at Paris on leave, has received orders to join his regiment, which is to make part alibis expe,lition• The following extracts are from private letters re ceived by the French Mail this morning: _ TRIESTE, Firs. 42g. di We learn by a vessel, in seven days from Syra, that . Count Capo d'lstria has arrived at Napoli and Egina, where he entered on his office by plied - yang the Govern ment, and has taken the oath. AL his request the French and English squadrons has teen to Carabusa,' the chief retreat of the Greek Pirates ; forty of their vessels were destroyed, and the place taken. The Cam brian,, Captain Hamilton, is shipwrecked; the crew saved. The Greek brig commanded by 'Lord Cochrane's nephew has been wrecked off Scio. The Turkish squadron, from Constantinople, which was intended to convey troops to Scio, has put back on an intimation from the Allied Admirals." VIENNA Fits. 24. " The attitude of Russia deify becomes more serious, but no accounts have been received as yet of the army of Bessarabia having passed the frontiers; still ties are esfected to take place daily : and another cir cumstance, which cau.es the serious alarm t f our Court. is the warlike preparati-ns in Poland." Another account from Vienna cf the same date, says that all hopes had vani , hed in regard to the mainte nance of peace; that M. Ottenfels had not sufficient powers to protect the pro, erty and lives of the Ft auks, Who still remained at Constantinople. M. Ottenfels has threatened the Rei Effendi to quit the above capital. • The following are extracts from the German Papers received this morning: VIENNA, Fro. 23. Letters from Cm fu, of sth February, say— " The Wolf corvette arrived here this morning, Ind a salute of artillery immediately announced the return of the Lard High Commissioner, Sir F. Adam, from his late voyage. Mr. E. Baynes, his Secretary, has not returned with him, and is said to have gone to Egina, or, as others say, to Alexandria. " According to a letter from Zante of the Ist inst. General Adam arrived there on the 30th January, but did not land; in a few days the Wolf, on board %hid) ha was, put to sea, with two English and one Russian vessel, and steered towards Modon. It it thought that Sir F. Adam has been to Modon, and had an interview with Ibrahim Puha, and that Mr. Baynes went from Motion to Egina (or Alexandria). The Sonhum, a • Russian transport, arrived here yesterday, in one day from Zante, with six parsons belonging to the Russian Legation at Constantinople. " A vessel which arrived at Zante on the 28th Jan. in seven days from Syra, brought word that in a violent storm in the Archipelago ten merchantmen had pe• rished, and that Lord Cochrane's brig had been cart on shore near Scio. The Kartirea steamboat arrived at Zante on the 31st January."— Austr iageObserver,Feb. 25. TRIESTE, FAL 22. The Russian frigate, with M. de Ribeaupierre on board, arrived here last Wight after a dangerous voyage. The dispatches sent to meet him missed him, and he did not know till he had arrived that he was to return to join his colleagues at Corfu, whither, it is supposed, he will soon return. FROM THE FRONTIER OF MOLDAVIA, Fro. 14. According to all the accounts from the Principalities, the greatest apprehensions are entertained there re specting approaching events. The entrance of the •Russians i s feared, who, for these three weeks past have • been impatiently waiting for crders to pass the Pt moth. On the part of the Turks, the soldiers are indeed strictly prohibited io pass the Danube, but the Beschl. Aga go through the Principalities and take all the hurses they can find ; 4,000 have been carried away from Moldavia. According to accounts from Kiew the 7th, the head•quarters of the Russian main arm) were still there, but expect orders to advance.—Alv nteine Zritung, Marc* 1. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The industry, TURNIIU7 L, from Sunderland to London, struck u the !Laps on Thursday, and afterwards sunk in deep water rcw .atrt J. I.S101!TH, 11A R! H 6 —Wind N. to N.N.F..—Arrieed his Ma je.ty's brig Vale .n. from Lisbon, in eleven days, with divatent% which were sent off by expre:s. DFA 1., MARCH 7. —Rind W.N.E.—Arrived from London the Mary, COWARD, for Jamaica; and the Woodpark, MUCKS; for Madeira. PORTS3fOUTH, MA NCH W.N.W.—Arrived from Lon don the Duke of York steamer, for Lisbon; Victory, FA RQUHA R. sow, for Madras and Calcutta ; Mscqueen, W R, and Lord Lowther, for Madras and China. Sailed the Pisani!, CURZON, for Van Diemen's Land. PLYMOUTH, hi aßCll;.Sailed the Percival, Lomat.t.y, for St. John's. The Pylades, 18, was paid off yesterday. In Ilamoaze, the Britannia, Pylades, Bittern, Britomart. Grasshopper. Nightin gale, Antelope, Royalivt, Leveret, and Reynard ; at the Island, the Bramble. ARRIVAL OF DON MIGUEL AT LISBON. The Vestry having determined to abandon their in- I tended application to the Legislature for a consolida tion of the Parochial Acts, and one of the originally avowed objects of those who have urged the parish to resist that measure being thus obtained, it mgy be hoped that the time is now come, when a temperate appeal to the inhabitants on the subject of this opposi tion may be heard. In sending forth the e remarks, the Vestry have no object brit truth—they wish the case at issue between them and their accusers in rest on its own merits, after both sides are heard ; and they deprecate any judgment which may have been formed on the statements of the accusing party only ; statements which may be fairly considered as drawn up without a sufficiently accurate knowledge of the subjectyo which they refer. It may be admitted at once, and without reserve, that, among the names of the opponents of the Vestry which have been published, are those of many persons who would never sanction statements ss hich they did not believe to be true, or measures they did not deem expedient and just. On the other hand, it w,ll pet haps he allowed, that in the list of 123 per , oirs, of whom the Vestry are c m• posed, will be found many who are worthy to reyresent the tank, the wealth, the ability, and integrity of thi, great palish : nor will any candid person attentively peruse that list, and say, that the interests of the parish could be committed t. arty other 123 of its inhabitants less likely to ahu e the trust committed to them. But t may be said, th .t bodies of men, however respectable may be the individuals who compose them, have often li-appointed the expectations of those who appointed eh nr to m.iliage their tom crit4, or protect their interests; and that, as a body, they have done many acts, which, as individuals, they would have di , ,dained. Be this as it may, perfection is not the ch iracter of man, eith. r in his individual or his asso ciated state; and in either capacity he must be judged by his actions. Let his conduct be truly stated, and impartially wrighed, and he will have no right to complain. The Vestry of St. Mary-la-bonne have been rerre sented as grievously incompetent to the due discharge of the duties entrusted to them ; and the inhabitants of the parish have been invited to seek the sanction of Parliament for the formation of a differently consti tuted—it may be a more capable and a mote trust worthy—Vests y. Let us endeavour to ascertain the specific charges against the Vestry. and how far they admit of a satis factory answer. When this is done, perhaps it may be useful to show what was the real nature of that measure which the Vestry contemplated by theit proposed ap. peal to the Legislature for a Consolidation Bill, that the parishioners may be able to judge how Par it might have been beneficial or injurious to the parish had it been cart ied into effect. PROM THE PRITATI CORRESPONDENT OF THR MORNING HERALD. LISBON, Feb. 22—Two o'clock, afternoon. The long looked-for signal has been just made of the Portuguese frigate being at the bar—all the city is in a state of the highest excitement ; the guns are firing from the Castle, the forts, and the vessels of war in the river; the bells of the churches are ringing; and the crowds are rushing to and fro in the streets. It is not known where the Infant is to land—some say at the Black horse-square, others at Belem. I have just returned front the former, where, from the rain and storms, the tent erected for the-reception of the Infant has been greatly damaged. There eve two smaller ones erected on the quay, at Belem, one of which was blown down by the rurricane, and the other has been repaired. The crieys •I this part of the town are filled with persons looking li l t for the Perola ; the weather is squally ; and, alth , ugh he l'ottugue , e have an aver-ion to rain, their eagerness .0 descry their future Ruler is so great as to absorb ail idea of personal inconvenience. The wind is blowing rather fresh from the N.W. and the tide is favour able ; so no great delay can take place before the frigate retches her m orings. The tide runs now at the t ate of four miles per hour, and tee re led blows from tee west quarter. It mu t be pleasant to Don Miguel to advance so rapidly to his native city, particularly after the dreadful tossing% which he must has e undergone since M. nday last. The steim•boat the George IV. arrived in the Tagus on Tuesday, arid stated that she had seen the squadron off the mouth if the river; but the winds have been verging near hur• ricanes same that day, and there %sere per sons who en tertained great appret ensions for the sa'ety of the old frigate, on board of which was coming " 0 nosso Anjo," " our Angr 1," as the friends of Don Xliguel have named him. There was a trader sunk by being run down by a transport, in a gale near Cape Espichel, about ten miles from the bar ; the crew saved, with the exception of one -eaman. Many persons, is their, anxiety, say that the geles etre stronger than have been experienced in this quarter for some years. Five o'Cle CK —Don Miguel, to the disappointment of the Ci y party, and of their adherents, who call them selves his friends, because they think it will be to their in►terest if he become an absolute King, landed at half past three o'clock, at the stairs of the quay at Belem.— T hose st •irs are at least four English miles from those in the city: Boats, horses, and seges (the ugly gigs of this country), have been in requisition at more than four times their usual prices. The Periela - sailed rapidly up the river, and sonic of the Royal boats, of forty oars, were constantly near it. Before she let go her anchor, Den Miguel, glad to get quit of the re eking prison, in which he was confined during the bad weather, and eagei to place his foot on his native soil, sprang into one of them, and the boatmen plied with might and main, and soon reached the shore. On receiving the intelligence of the approach of .the Perola, the Princess Regent and her sister, the Infanta . Donna Maria da Assum; e‘o, had wren orders for their carriage to cenvey e theni to the quay. They arrived there; a Royal galley was in attendance, on board of ehich they purposed to go to the 'frigate to welcome thei: brother; but his mo ions were too rapid for them. From the time the news of his arrival had been circulated by the'guns and bells, the hills and quays at Belem were filled with spectators. On his landing, their shouts rent the air Viva Don Miguel!"—" Viva o Infante!"— One or two voices cried aloud—"Nive Don Miguel, the absolute King !" but this cry was drowned in the others, and not then repeated. The Prince, in return for the cheers of the people, took off his hat and bowed. This act of polished manners, which was so different from what many had witnessed on former occasions, was to the people extremely agreeable. The Prince entered the carriage in which his sisters had ar rived, and, escorted by one regiment of infantry and two of cavalry, proceeded up the ascent to the Palace of the Ajuda—a distance of about three quarters of an English nele. The people foilowed, cheering; and, from the windows, the f. males waved their handker• chiefs. The Prince sat at the hack of the carriage, to the left of the Plifiless Regent, with his hat off, and for k but little notice of the cheers or of the crowds. Of the English troops, the 10th Hussars, the 63d Regi ment, and the Artillery and Pioneer corps, which are quartered in the barrack at Belem, formed, and pre. sen•ed arms as the procession passed. I asked a British Sergeant, after the whole was over, e hat he thought I f it ? He was a sober, obsery ng Scoehmrin.—" 'Pon my word to you, Sir, it seemed to me to be Rather a fl it business. It was true th it there was but little notice given to the people. Our regiment had been about a quarter of an hour at dinner, when the Colonel sent orders for us to get ready immediately. We left our dinner and got ready ; but it did not happen as soon as was expected; so we finished our dinner, and then had an hour to spare. The Prince is a nice•leoking young , man; but 1 pitied very much the perst ns who went first, and endeavoured to animate the people, by shoat- Mg and gestures, to cry out. They did trot do it as I expected they would:" The Prince proceeded with the Princesses to visit their mother, whose residence is in the old part of the Palace, where it is said he dined. The Nobility, the Clergy, the Lawye►e, and all who wi•hed to pay court to the new Ruler, hastened, in all their finery, to pay their respects. The British, French, and Spanish Am bassadors, also attended. The appearance of the Prince is a new era for intrigues and cabals; and his looks, words, and acts, were watched, canvassed, and reported. The charge against the Vestry was originally worded thus :—" In a few years, under the management of this self-elected Body, an extravagant and inconsiderate expenditure of the parish monies has accumulated debts to the enormous amount of one hundred and thirty thousand pounds, besides a debt of ninety-eight thou sand pounds. for which an annuitant interest is paid:— Other accusations have since been produced, of which it may be right to take some notice in the course of these remat The or;- t ;inal charge may be divided into two specific accusations—that an enormous debt has been accumu iated ; and that this has been done by an extravagant and inconsiderate expenditure of the parish monies.—. That a debt has been accumulated, is most true—a debt which now amounts to 1294004 besides life annuities, payable out of the church rate, of 7,9621. 6s. Bd. It should, however, be remembered, that ibis debt has been incurred under the authority of Parliament, and for the accomplishment of designs which that authority has sanctioned. 'file Acts of Parliament which gave that sanction were passed without opposition from the pa rishioners ; and, being passed,the Vestry were bound to carry their provisions into effect. But, before it can be shown that this debt so incurred may be justly called enormous (a), it should be corn pate& with the income derived from the rates ; and when it is considered that in the year 1826 the rates produced 106,2631. Bs. it may perhaps admit of a question whe ther a bonded debt, the interest upon which am-unts to only 6,2421. 16s. can be justly entitled enormous ? And aid) respect to the annuitant interest of 7,9621. 6.. BJ. in order to enable the parish to judge how far such a mode of raising troney may be justly called extrava gant or inconsiderate, the state of the money market at the time it was raised, and the terms on n bleb the an. nuities .sere granted, should be fairly inquired into.— It will be found that the bargain was not, under the circumstances of the times, then considered a disadvan tageous one (14 ; and that it may not now be so regarded, will appear, w hen it is known that the annuities due to persons above 601 ears of age, amount CO'S 8691. 6s. 8.1 and of this sum of 5,8691. 6s. BJ. the annuities due to peqrstis above severity )ears of age, amount to 30851. —lt is then evident, that this part of the but den on the paiochial funds will swat be greatly diminished. The principle on which the debt has been accumu lated, is shortly this : the parishioners will judge for themselves whether it is a just one. That, whenever large and expensive public works ate to be undertaken, which are calculated to be of per manent benefit to the parish, the expense of these works should not be charged upon the rates of any one year, but be defrayed by a loan, with a provision for its re demption within a given period. The Acts of Parlia ment, by which the Vestry have been empowered to raise money by loan, direct that a certain portion of the capital sum borrowed upon bonds shall be paid ..if every year; and annuities necessarily provide for their own redemption. But, it is charged upon the Vestry, that they have accuinulated enormous debts by an extravagant and inconsiderate expenditure." Perhaps a little examina• Lion into the real state of the case, may convince the parishioners that this charge has been made without (a) Fifty years ago, A.D. 1777, the debt of the parish amounted to 9.3,5001. the whole of which (as wilt be the case with the pre sent debt) was gradually paid off by the operation of sinking funds, the last bond having been cancelled February 8, 1806. When the parish was involved in the above debt, it had not been called upon to erect any of its present large and expensive public buildings : the Court-house and workhouse were comparatively small, and tie I only church in the parish would riot contain 300 persons. The population was probably not one-third of its present amount. (6) The Annaities (with the exception of .220,000 benevolently granted afterwards-by an individual, now seventy-two years of age, on an annuity of 5 per cent.) were raised in the interval between the beghtning`of Septimber,lBlB, and the end of December, 1816. —The average per tentage pair/ tot the monty so borrowed was .E 3 Bs. 1 id. The 3 per cent. Consols gave steady 5 per CCM that stock being on an average at £6l. Dispatches were this day received at the Foreign Office horn Vienna; and at the Colonial Office front Lieutenant General CLISVIOM at Lisbon. The Duke of Wectimcrrots attended Lord HILL 's Levee on Wed nesday at two o'elock,und afterwards attended the El ms's Ccurt at three o'clock. On the Noble Duke's arriving at Apaley House. he tound that be had caught a severe cold, and Dr. HUHN was inune diateiy sent for, and who has constantly attended his Grace since; the Noble Duke was confined to his house yesterday; his Grace, however, transaci■ his official business as usual. Earl BATHURST, Earl puma's', &c. transacted business with his Grace yesterday. The Earl of Assault's transacted business yesterday at the V..rtign Office. Yesterday Lord STUAAT transacted business t the Treasury add the Colonial Office. Yesterday the Dully el Susses visa .d tote Pt ti to s 1 newel.. PARISH OF ST. MARYIgIIONg. , , ~.. debt , h due tonsidetation. Tile as bus OCCulbutat Ito et _.......... iu .—. • enable the Vestry to carry into execution great poll: REPORT OF A COMMITTEE works and improvements. APPOINTEO TO INVESTIGATE THE CHARGES If the e halm been unnecessary or useless, then h:ts BROUGHT AGAINST THE VF TRY OF t t :eir ex,pendlture been extravag a nt arid incon iderate ; ST. MARYLEB I ONE. if otherwise, they are exculpated prom blame& The first items in the debt are the bohds 56,2001—ind saCall are rite bonds annuitant intete:t charged en the Church rate. With the money so raised, the parish Criurch, and the Chaps t of Ease at St. John's Wood, wi:h the houses for the Minister and clerk of that Chapel, have been erected, and the large new buri;l ground has been provided (c): all under the the direction of a specific Act of P.rlia ment (51 Geo 111. c. 151.) The price of the sites (d) for the four district Churches, and the sum, 20,0001. paid to his Majesty's Commissioners towards the expense of building them. together with the money required for filing them up with all necessary furniture and ornaments for the decent celebration of divine service (c), have also been taken out of this fund. And thus the means of attend ing the public worship of ALAIDHITY GOD has been afforded to about 12,000 of the inhabitants. who had previously no Church or Chapel within the parish where they could be received. Few will be found to say that this was an incon siderate and useless expenditure. And when it is con sidered that the annual charge of the debt incurred fgr these great and beneficial purpo•es is now only 10.7721.; that in a very few years, half at least of that deht will be absorbed by th. lilting in of annuitiet ; and that the Church r• to is Emited by 1 w to sixpence in the roundi; th;s, o-t least, will n-•t be alleged against the Vestry as a proof of their extravagance. Some observation; have been hazarded on the alterations lately made in the Parish Church. And as the teal deign of those alterations was not even alluded to by those wl:o produced them as mar. 'er of accusation against the Vestry, it may he tight to say, that accommodation has thus been provided for more than four hunched children of the poor, who are receiving edu , allot) in the paroc. ial and ceetral nati , nal schools ; and that the closets in the lower gallery, hitherto appropriated to two families only, hate been converted into pews capable of receiv ing one hundred and nine persons; making on the whole additional accommodation for five hundred and nine persons, at a cost of 1 600/. With respect to the transparency which has been removed—the unfi•ness of that picture for the place it occupied was universally admitted : and there is no wish to deny that the :um charged for it was greater than the Vestry contemplated, or would have sanctioned had it been anticipated. But in candour it should be added, that the venerable artist by whom it was painted, after wards liberally presented to the parish that exquisite and valuable specimen of his genius which now adorns the altar of the Parish Church. It is not necessary to remark on the ingenuity which brings forward a trans ac.ion that took place in the year 1816, as a proof of the improvident and extravagant conduct of the . present Members of the Vestry. The remaining debt stands thus On the Poor Rate Paving Rates . Highway Rate .33,400 29,700 10,000 _ - £73 too The debt on the Poor Rate has been chiefly occasioned by the additional buildings at the woi kh use (fl, and by the al eiatioi s anJ enlargement of the Court House (g). both of which have been undettaken and completed under the direction, and by virtue of the powers granted by 3.5 Geo. ill, c. 73. 3 Gen. IV, c. When the rapid increase ot buildings in that poi tiro of the pat ith which lies to the north west of the Regent's Pat k, a district chiefly inhabited by poor, is consideied ; a-cl it is known that at the close of the last year. 1060 paupers 'were inmates of the workhouse, and that the pati:nts in the sick house amounted to 299; it will be believed that went addltions have been necessary, in order to render the building capable of rec. iving so large a numher. If it is said, that more has been done than is required, the answer w ill be this: That the sick house, even now, is scarcely large enough, at times, for the due accommodation of the patients; that to inadequate is the size of the work house, that the poor, both on the male and female sides of the house, are most improperly crowded together and that the new building, intended for.the boys, was not commenced, until such was the a ant of room in the pnttion of the workhouse allotted to them, that they have been obliged to lie five and even six ill one bed. And not only was it expedient to provide mote room ler the decent accommoda ion of tt e boys, but, in order to enforce a system of ~.oral discipline, it was lound to be absolutely recess ry to separate them from the adult males. It will now happily-be possible so to remove them, and their removal will afford means of better accommodation for the adult inmates of the workhouse, both male and female. In truth, it must he observed, that, if any charge can be substantiated against the daectors and guardians f the poor, to whom the administration of this branch Ai V e parochial funds is by law committed, it will be the very reverse of having accumulated a debt by extravagant and in considerate expenditure. They are well aware that much yet remains to be done. Their ahtiety not to increase the burdens rf the parish has prevented them (torn making alt- rations, and introducing improvements in it the wok close, of which they deeply feel the ex pe.liency ; and they s ee with regret, that the buildings appr priated to the poor are still vet y uttwotthy ot the character, nay, of the humanity if this west and wealthy pa. ish. • Of the necessity for enlarging and al . eiing the Court Holt e, they only will entertain a di übt who have not considered how peat and multifsiinus must be the business there conducted ; and how much room is re mitted for the various boards, committees, ffices, and clerk., whore attendance is continually necessary. Nor can it be denied that the Vestry itselt should be pro vided with a proper ro an for its meetings, and with convenient waiting rroms for the many inhabitants, of all rat ks, who attendant appeals and other important busine,s. ----- --- Another portion of the fund raised by loan upon the poor rate has been avproptiated to the putchase of ground (li) in the north western p -rt of the parish , which is now used as a stone yard ( i). • Alk flit stone (c). The cost of these works 1141 been 108,2641:. of ibis sum 9.5,11‘i1. was expended out of monies borrowed by bond and an rainy, acid the rentAttitig 15,146/. Was supplied by a balance of burial fees in hand. (d) The sites, with the conveyances anti other contingent ex pen.es, cost in round numbers 27,000/. (e) The whole money expended under this head, when Trinity Church is completed, will be (i) These buildings cost 16,4P0L 2.5.64 4 (g) These cost 17,0991. 14s. led. . • 41•1 (A) The sum paid was 4,800/. (1) It has been in contemplation to but'ld e:• •• watehhouse on part of this land; and the time may slier* ionic when it will be absolutely necessary for the adequate &title* of persons and property during the night in that district that arch a hulking should be erected.—At present, if offenders are taken Into custody there, a portion of the watchmen must be withdrawn from their stations for a considerable ;ism that they may con vey the culprits to the watehhouse on the southern border of the parish. I