The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-04 00:00:00

~r.r.r,"/~" ~~ R. ince Al l grounds t' d igl:ness od, s nd r e a 6 ,1,11 , vr maks* 'rince. at tµ - 0 0 c!„,: lA'ules, ee.ss Alice , 1 this forenow, it left her lour for t°'or , ly Anna Froginore ice rode 0 1 1 followed blo t a phatt °ll at the Cast° lge, atteni eleven? Royal gig I -. ill I travelle ri ring at,th,O e j Iv 2 8 reet iv. al Duke O ri , e of Con ib i Gloucester ed Adend re y idence, GIS IV, I ay. Net vl ,, return to, ited her 1/4 c i, w, at GlOl A Earl 0 - f p 41or of the the aftern : °°l ; l ay morn w°' 1 0 ? rov incia cellor oft Downing',„H neys' eery' :werage 11t j Lincoln, 1 3 an d wet 11' transacted t't it and 1 1; resterd* .ENC S' nt of the oi l are s till 7 s l,fr e four INPOoI d e their al pr j I r cases iss if a few try colt -ulgar J3° ; Alice evy ) 1:1 of Ba li eoisie• n o t 0; on the d horse h N 111° '5 Ol ele.) 0 1 0 its dutl led y an d is ell rg fro° of, oprOoter • •oe 0 1 A AND .1- 0 5 0° /no , 46 . j 3 101 4 ,1 .0 DTI , c leci , t ten ° „ e ighb ° t iie ling - ,fret p l i ff• . ee diee bst ear s t LpP , r bos t i r e eg lD3 ritlg be ,„tu. . LIB.- o. t be don fo r itte.ditinPthe booll'ut lung 111° :( 1 1ctu r :r he wan nz etb„ e bang 3ited, a n d ty of lire. n clot' he tsco l „ , id t `'; ya rd y i ' e , 10 , ; )v, - of t in n ut ' floor- v erei yeti se pitA L'eeu'sbis°o2s in M d r * fa ce I°ll° instaoce"lo,4oll, r the Iha fit pep i° th e i Inc ell ; the n a° id, it MUNICIPAL ELE:. TIONS. ANDOVER. TO THE EbITO OF THE SUN. Sits,--The rate-payers of this small, but, unfortunately, no torious borough, have nobly done their duty. In consequence of the treatment of Mr. Westlake, the medical officer to the union, who has been suspended by the board of guardians fir having manfully exposed the malpraclices carried on in the union poor-house, the electors of Andover determined no ex ertions on their part should be wanting to °ware his return as a member of the town council. The Tories stoutly opposed such a noble and praiseworthy resolution, and used every effort, both fair and otherwise, to frustrate this much desired object, but ineffectually, as the following state of the poll will exemplify:— . LlBEii.s. ra F. C. Westlake, tA o Tors. Esl Mr. Thomas Lamp 129 surgeon to th e un i on 118 Mr. T. Phillips 125 Mr. George Young 101 Mr. John Poore Mr. J ames Biker - ... 87 Mr. T. P. Clarke 4l Mr. William Gilbert... 104 410 I 4ati It will now clearly be seen that the town of Andover has not deserved the vile reproach which the published pro ci(nitrt:ogl-s ( :: :et t r h e e red la i t t e , inquiry would seem to have fixed upon ern. With the management of the union they have no these, to' their represented by five guardians ordy (and always advocating the just rights of the t ° v ° e ), whilst they are opposed almost uniformly by about miry to guardians of the rural parishes, who, in cont'or- Y to the Chandos clause, vote as their heal may dictate. AN ELECTOR. LICHFIELD. The T or i es NORTH WARD. jorities have again defeated the Whigs, by increasedMa, at our To wn-Council election to-day. The follow ing are the numbers : CONSERVATIVE S. RADICALS. Joh nson 2Ol ' Whi aker S mith, (J.) ........ 201 Birch Purden .. .200 Sharp SOUTH WARD. CONSERVATIVES. RADICAL 138 Rowley ..... 100 Smith, (W.)l l3B G0rt0n.......... 100 Butcher ............ 137 Reap DURHAM. OR ICH WARD. Win. Davidson. N L., (re-elected) 154 John H ancoc k , T., (re-elected) Win. Winter, L 142 ST. NICHOLAS WARD. Wm. Henderson, T., (elected) 127 Mark Story, L., (re-elected) Nicholas Oliver, L. James Robson, T. SOUTH WARD. ~'l , ohn IL Foster (T.) was re - e l ecte d, an d Ri c h ar d Th ompson k I') was elected in the room of R. H. Allan, Esq. (L.) with out opposition. Mr. Allan retired in consequence of having left the neighbourhood. The South and North Wards were both severely contested. Winter, Henderson, Robson, and Thompson were new cam didates for municipal honours. Henderson has ousted Oliver. BIRMINGHAM. in th S A:rum:lax NIGHT.—The elections to-day have ter m i na t e d e defeat of most of the Liberal candidates. Sixteen Toriecouncillors retired, and of those newly elected eight are 8 , seven Whigs, and one Radical. The election has not, ALowever, turned on politics, but on a question involving a otter .connected with the government of the borough, and do‘ majority of our councillors are in favour of " amalgama ;'' as it has been phrased; there is, however, still 'a con- Si.derable majority of Lib era l s i n th e C orporat i on. All the elections Passed off quietly. DERBY. SATURDAY EVEIVING.—The municipal elections for this borough took place to-day. but they excited very little inte ,',lst, there being no opposition except in Bridge IVard, where ne two Liberal candidates were returned by a large majo rs -council now consists of 22 Liberals, and two °r3' euncillors, besides 12 Liberal aldermen. l tea returLned. Sonat a 2 Tor* LEICESTER. all one AT . -- -The elections here to-day have been nearly waY, there Edit n the seven wards 12 Liberals and II! market Ward only a contest took Ell: , iir ' T uolnas Burgess and Mr. John Allen being the latter a w call( fidates, and Mr. Jeremiah Briggs the Tory. The ben , - : 4 ' s t hrown out by a majority of 40 votes, the num )eitag for Burgess 130, Allen 121, and Briggs 81. Two Toriesl., were returned without opposition for ~,t. Martin's w ard' and for each of the other six wards two Whigs were returned also without oPp isition. So u LINCOLN. v as "At —Thrve years ago the corporation of Lincoln tircelusively Whig-Itadical, but during the past year the tiv ses Quin the stood—Radicals, 11; Wnigs, 7 ; tonserva a ; e lt v 6 ; of these the retiring c uncilloni were—Radicals, ele • hi g , 1 ; Conservatives, 2. The result of this day's tw o -n wads the retora ( f all six Conse - evatives; in Th1 ....i the they was no cwitest, and in, the third the ti e P r ltY was nearly 100. The relative stre..igth of the par latter "W 10 Conservatives, 8 Radicals, a'Aid 6 Whigs. The e „. Most frequently vote with the Con servatives, and it is ti,",Pe.cted'that a Whig mayor will be Oio=en without opposi vn,,,ebut should the Radicals s:art a 'aindidate, the majority the Whigs will join the Conservatives, and a Conservative mayor will be elected. LrvERPO,OL. ii..... The, annual election for sixteen councillors in the town ouunsztoyf this borough was Yaeld on Saturday last. It was quiet. Of those rptiring fourteen were Conserva iy_es and two Reformers. in lieu of these, seven Conserva anifv" and three Reformers were returned without opposition, i n w e e ; .. e st c:l e t t e , s a te i :l; at tine close of the poll two Conservatives Rod three Reforaiers were returned, leaving one of the wards, we.re alike, nainei3 d ., ec 2 l s e . d, as the numbers for each candidate The result of these elections is a gain of three Votes to the Liberal party in the town-council. ~ NO PTING HAM. do lSl t T r Uß l to t'r•—"UP to the present week little was known or cl'ol;ri'vee(aitasivetotc' the municipal elections which have taken "'" to-day i n t i ll . h ave borough, and yet matters have been so a d '' c'f. th ri ons: l n e ,i. t .. a contest in every ward. Last year pounds were expend.d in treating, bribery , .. L ion e ectors. Yet so tn , e_ w hand -bills• this year very few p,,unds, and lecl have found their way into the pockets of the ' , a Tuesday ten out of th e four t een retiring S issued niginherat their addresses offering themselves again . ~as cand idates ' the same wards for - which they had pre non s j Y sat, b u t on Wednesday an d Thursday various Ch a nges were announced, owing, as it was reported, to veral rail way projectors having concocted a scheme to get into . the council certain parties, large shareholders, with a view of obtaining votes from the Corporation ill Particular lines of railway about to be taken to Par ent. How far this is correct is not yet known; but t t4 ota, in it is that a general excitement prevailed cn the 1 ilect throughout every district in the town. There is t e doubt, had the candidates stood for the wards they had en so long menebers for, that very little opposition would y ve arisen, as the heavy expenses of the last and previous Cho had wiled the feelinge of the defeated parties. (1111:Ping anal changing, however, to make way for new can altar,' At% were known to be the friends of the parties ing it t ''' , raised a general opposition, and on Saturday morn evet.,; was found arrangements had been made for contesting tteii Wa t ,l - The elections went on in some wards with at wilSDirit, and hi all the poll was kept open till four o'clock, tilrlimit4.„„4our there were ten Liberals and four Tories re °.icith *l-'4. ot Withstanding the opposition, the railway party, iq,:eted, I n i,and Tory, succeeded in getting their candidates '''Y, klaT,e, council now consists of 14 Whig aldermen, 20 4 Whig councillors. Th e , . PORTSMOUTH. go out rct, on Y r Of town councillors, ia the room of those who l ' eB ult • - '44IU k bee to-day. The following was the ~. .-...5 : . ~, on, too p • .. i d ' r S qUiekr i beinas's Ward : The business in this ward was , ', fir, 4 ` 3 :.settled. At half-pa-t ten Mr. Child had polled rre senti n 4sP tins 12, and Mr. A. Heather 10. No other voter Zelectioo_ h imself for an hour, the poll was closed, an d d tke . epolrpiamalnl to have fallen on the ge t ia h tl r e l m r e e. n n e I e a c m t :d . St. s t Z 8 W arr , ' I . Xe.siri. Ellis and Sm ., e . . al Paul's 1 ,,- , : Itv G. Pratt 208, Mr. L. Gain 177, elected. — "eve '' ard • This wartl was strongly contested ; the rin k , e ,,,t r l e:men were elected—Mr. Marks 391, Mr. 8k also str : . l • Palmer 381. All Saints' Ward: This ward a. e pPard c ugly contested, and the battle won by Messrs, .old s • , i alsworthy, and Smith. St. Mary s Ward. Mr. tclitlk Was re - elected.—Hampshire Telegraph. ---- tite, eclal):E-N.: on the GREAT NORTH IsTiN, OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. TYNE, SATURDAY.—An accident occurred kacreuniail train this morning on Cie Great North of E w ng as • ;f rt 15141,1vraY, which, though of an alarming charact.n., . rB,ll-',„"_lY unattended with serious results to the py.s en et 20 The mail train from the south, due at Darlington r and minutes past seven o'clock, was upwards of an hour vi , hi4 ;141f behind its time in arriving at that station. 14 % 0 . 4 left shortly before nine o'clock, and than consisted taroo.l,lgine and tender, a luggage van, two second-class . car hitid . B t-cl ass carriages, Post office,and one or (wo carriages . be that ~,.. ti t . • it nen between four and five miler north of.Darling over ti i ; et igiee got off the line, and, crossiflg the up line, went feet 1,, , e 'lg'e of an embankment between seven and eight th e "` ~,,Seigh.t. The wheels, however,into sinking the hotto:)`t earth, prevented it from . reaching tasi t W, and in the meantime the engine man, who s drat, 'nei his position, turned off the steam The tender wa akrg\-;.(1 across the up line, the ra ds of which were displaced, eoh t t 'h e :tiro secono-class triagesce were thrown together eohor,""etr ends, in an uprig pio on the line. Toe lout . chain between these rind the rest of the train broke, thou `,, e ether carriages mai stained their . proper position, hornet' most of them were tilt viten off the rail. Fortunnte h lir, se l): ll :tilitli7:sengers sustai. , sed any serious injury, whic t - 8 l 'elli n : "'log to the slorr rate at which the train was ra going at mere than fifteen miles an hoar. The hiletertalarr„tev:s carriages arid tender were much broken. A th e _ - er Was sent track to Darlington for assistance, before of w hich, the express train from Newcastle was e°llveavmPrZaehiligi alit'. intimation of danger having been of h e - ”3, signal it, was stopped before reaching the scene paaae,,aeeident. In order to prevent delay the mail-bags and 04:octac7hrseclivterloe transferred to the express train, and the pu sher in that train having alighted, it returned to Newcastle, Gateshead station at ten minutes past twelve took • 4 ‘ spt.tchil engine from Darlington having arrived, train s tithe c'Arriages with the passengers by the express clearinnd, i n the meantime workmen were employed In %eel, boo P.e line and relaying the rails, which was effected in The ~ra, but the engine still remains on the embankment. eoa o s e r e ? . .4es of one of the wheels are broken, 'and the outside %,set a. "og-rod is much bent, but otherwise the engine do e s _JI) *►o il &Peed" t ° have sustained much damage. The ac . cident is seikientito have arisen from the sleepers not haring been h c h, 1Y Packed, it having occurred on a part of the . lin t o „ _, h ad been undergoing repair. A train which left Darling seh4ot half -Past eight had passed over the place safely not . half i t , ~ er before the accident occurred. Had the mail train kept Vti,?e it wouldltave gone first over . the line, but bein behnd rtZ other train was dispatched from Darlington before it. to 4.11 f ro 4 re so mach twisted and broken that it is impossible kohe off tieal? inspection of the place whether the engine had Ze sik; hoe at a joint or in the middle of the bar, from ;pie give of the sleeper, though it is probable the . bar tae tiaa''' e °f ay at the joint, and so leave an opening which I Nkai t ft f: °f the wheel bad passed through. The passengers 41 ch ar °4 rably of the exertions of the company's servants Sttrib ge 43 t the train, to whom not the slightest blame is titet4 p ....................„..—............. Iv _ 8 ... re, 'I ILLNES S OF '1%13 EARL OF GRANV . ILLF..— kteat,ret to state the earl of Granville continues' n a very It kt tIL°II3 condition• On Friday evening the Noble Earl 1111,1edielle:tteRoddeoly ' worse, and in addition to his ~L o, rdpl .. ; 8 toll' tires tad34 lll l.3i:i cla n . 4. constantly with the Earl at Ro_darnpbm, I trie an - , were summoned from the ..! metr - opolis, for otl th e ot-iitl: The Duke of Devout ire, Viscount Leveson, Ili a t°4ll at.qJj,inembers of the family assembled at Roehamp- Nitil'd*,aip`riMorning, but we are ratified to learn that Nar,:ilet'l bette,p 4 . eXpertenced a favour:able night, and was A. N s+o On Sund ay the accounts were more fa- Y 414 b i lit l st, fo 1) r' i 1.37 left K ens i ngton Gore on Weines beyor 04dar13. a MonttThe Nobl e C ount does nc4 4itead. to be UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. I.—At a congregatim just held, the following degrees were conferred Bachelor of Divinity—The Rev. James Hildyard, Trinity College. Ma - ster of Arts—Henry Cope Caulfeild, Trinity College ; Theophilus William Lane, Trinity College ; Augustus Wil liam Cole, Sr.. John's College ; John Nottingham Fowler, Magdalene College ; and William Harker, St. Catharine's Hall. Ad Eundem—Jac , :b Fussell, Queen's ..!ollege, Oxford. At the same congregation, the following grace passed the Senate : " To allow Mr. Frere, of Downing College, to resume his regency." The Jacksonian Prftsor's lectures on Mechanism, Statics, and Dynamics. canomence on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at one o'clock, at the room in tle Botanical Garden, to be continued on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during term. TRLNITY COLLEGE. TITORWALBSEN'S STATUE OF BYRON.--This beautiful work of art was plated in i.. permanent position, at the upper end of the colle library, last week. STATUE OF BACON..--The reverent] mater has just pre sented the college with a very fine statue of the immortal Chancellor, by Wakes, which has been placed in the Ante Chapel, near the screen, and almost under the bust of Words worth. The philosopher isrepresented in his chair, in a gently reclining position. TILLS CHURCH. The following appgintments have taken place :L. The Rev. Edmund Mortlock, 8.D., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Atmlton, Suffolk. The 11. v. William Osborn Jenkyn, 8.A., of Christ's College, to the curacy of Wootton, Beds. The Rev. Favill John Hopkins, 8.A., of Sidney College, to the curacy of Woolley, Hunts. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL • AND THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. The dispute between these two great bodies will, in all probability, soon occupy the attention of the courts of law. The immediate subject of dispute may appear of but trifling import. It has, however, led to questions of the greatest consequence It appears that from time immemorial Christ's Hospital, as well as all the other hospitals, have been in the habit of making a yearly return to the Lord Mayor of the names of all the governors, and in this list the Lord Mayor stood at the head, in conformity with an ordinance passed on .the first foundation of the hospitals, which declared that the president of each hospital was next in authority to the Lord Mayor. In these annual lists the names of the presidents and treasurers stood next, and then the names of the alder men, who are ex-officio governors, and after them the names of the benefaction governors followed, arranged sometimes alphabetically, and sometimes according to their rank. An uneasy feeling between the active governors of Christ's Hospital and the Corporation has been growing for the last few years, and in some of the lists of late years it has been observed that the names of the presidents and treasurers were placed before that of the Lord Mayor. As it was considered that this might be rather the result of acci dent than of any desire to offer an affront to the Lord Mayor, it was passed over without observation ; but when upon the occasion of the Queen visit to Christ's Hospital, the gover nors thought fit to depose the present Lord Mayor from his civic station, and to place the president and treasurer before him in the royal presence, it was thought by the Corporation high time to claim for the Lord Mayor the precedence to which, as well from immemorial custom as from the ancient ordinance, they consider his Lordship entitled. This led to a correspondence between the authorities of the two bodies, in which the right of precedence was claimed by the Cor poration on behalf of the Lord Mayor, and by Christ's Hospital the right was as strenuously denied. they pro fessed great respect for the Lord Mayor, as such, but de nied that he had any rights in the hospital except as one of the ex officio governors, who were all upon an equality with the benefaction governors. The glove of defiance having been thus thrown down, the Corporation were not slow to take it up, and a General Court of all the hospitals was called by the Lord Mkvots for the purpose of receiving lists of governors, arranged according to the ancient form. The other royal hospitals, namely, Bethlem and Bride. well, St. Thomas's and St. Bartholomew's, all eomplied with the requisition, and seen; amended lists, although they did not appear at the Court. Christ's Hospital refused to alter their list, or to e.:imit the Lord Mayor into the Hospital to hold the Gene ;nal Court in the accustomed place. His Lord , ship and enceral of the Corporation governors beleagueren the tre a surer aid president in their strong hold. Finding the gates closed, the civic Marshal, with his baton in hand, snmmoned the nbrtress to surrender, and the deputy town clerk read, in front of the gates, his Lordship's proclamation to the same effect. This was answered by Mr. Trollope, the herald, from within, to the effect that the Lorl Mayor, as a governor, was welcome to admi-soon to any part of the build ing except the great hall, where the general counl, s - were usually held ; but none but governors 'could be ad mitted, and they would not be niiowed to enter the hall for the purpnee of holdir4 the Court. Thus Med in their attempt peacefully to hold a general Ootart in the mannerpreseribed by the ancient ileag of the hospital, the Lord Mayor and his suite wile:dm-a to Guildhall, and, it was understood, it was then and there resolved to call a Court at Gulldhall, the ordinances of the hospital declaring that the general musts shall be held at Christ's Hospital or elsewhere. At the subsequent meeting at Guildhall it was determined to report the proceedings to the Common Coen. col, and that Court unanimously resolved to uphold the Lord Mayor in the as'ertion of his right of precedence over the presidents' of all the hospitals, and his equally undoubted privilege of calling general courts when and where he pleases, at which he presides, for the purpose of confirming the no mination of governors and doing many other acts which by ancient custom can only be done at theie courts. The Lord .Mayor eonsulted with the town clerk and other law officers of the Corporation. The original charter and the ancient ordinances of the hospital were carefully examined, and it appeared to the law advisers of the Court, not only that the Lord Mayor was fully justified in the course he had taken, but that, in point of fact, in consequence of the contumacy of Christ's Hospital in refusing to furnish for confirmation a corrected list of the benefaction governors their appoint ment had become ipso facto void, and that except the Cor poration' governors, there were no legal governors qualified to make a qualified Court. Founded upon this view of the case, Alderman Wood has given the following notice of motion, to be made at the next Court :—" That no governor of Christ's Hospital, not being an Alderman, or elected governor of the Common Council, be recognised by this Court, nor any act of such governor be recognised, until he shall be duly entered in a proper list of gover atrs, and be duly confirmed." " That the hospital seal be not affixed to any deed or document of Christ's Hospital until proper evidence (certified by the Chamberlain to this Court) be given that the same has been duly examined, proved, and signed." "That the Aldermen of this City be requested not to sign any deed or document for the hospital seal until they have been satisfied that it has been duly ordered and sanctioned at a legally-constituted Court fbr such hospital." If Alderman Wood% motion is carried, it is not imagined that the Corporation will do more than refuse to seal one, and force Christ's Hospital to put the question in a proper shape for trial in the courts of law. The hoipital may then move for a mandamus to compel the Corporation to affix the seal, and the whole ques tion may be then put in issue. " What a great flame a little fire kindleth. ' If the hospital had but allowed its lists to be made out in the usual form, giving the Lord Mayor the precedence he has always hitherto ,had, the eM nagement of the hospitals might have been continued 11l the hands of the benefaction governors, as has long been the case. This inquiry has, however, led to the discovery that the paramount rights of the Corporation to enforce the oln servance of all the ancient customs, not specially abrogated by the Act of Parliament, which was passed in the year 1789, for the purpose of composine- former differencee s are still in existence, and that the confirmation of the nomina tion of benefaction govern;, rs is still vested in the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, it is also contended by Alderman Wood and the other lawyers that no valid Act can be per formed at either hospital without the pre'sence of the Lord Mayor, a majority et the Aldermen, and a majority of the otlier Corporation governors, to make a Court. The Act of Parliament says that the benefaction governors; together With the Lord Mayor, all the Aldermen, and the other Corporation governors, are to have the Management of the affairs of the hospital. By this ettattrnent the corporate governors are constituted into parts of the whole body; and by a well-known rule of legal construction of charters and other documents, in `thick this mode of nominating a corporation prevails, It Is necessary that at every court where corporate business can be legally transacted each of the defi nite classesahould be represented by a majority of their body APPREHENDED FAMINE IN IRELAND—SUG• GESTION FOR ITS RELIEF. • (From a Correspondent of the Dublin Eveniug Mail.) You- were kind enough to recommenl to the public my suggestion of putting horses on the shoriCt possible ante of oats. Could not this be done with our cavalry. We, are not likely to have war. It will be ten months before next yelr's oats can make its appearance in the market, and every horse, in her Majesty's service consumes 101bs. of oats per day. This, in a time of dearth, would support five men daily; and this additional supply alone would be of great consequence to a starving population. Besides, though Government may , raise money, it cannot raise oats. COMM-SSION OF LUNACY. A commission of lunacy was opened on Saturday, at the Coura house in Wellclose-square, St. George's-in-the-East • before E. Winslow, Esq., master in lunacy, and 16 special jurors, chiefly magistrates of the county, of whom George ; Tindall, Esq., was foreman, to inquire as to the state of mind of Miss Sarah Carey, a maiden lady of the advanced , age of 83, described in the commission as of " No. 8, Cannon ' street, St. George's, Middlesex, spinster." The commission, which was unopposed, was taken out by the next of kin, being S. J. B. Stouter, Esq., of Hendon; Mrs. Page, wife of a City merchant; and a Mrs. Verrall. of Brinley, the nephew and nieces of the lady, who is possessed of funded property to the amount of about 15,0001., and house property, worth nearly 5,0001. more. MraWarren and Mr. Willes appeared in support of the commission. Mr. Warren, in a speech of great length, opened the case. He said Miss Carey was a maiden lady, upwards of 83 years of age, and had resided in Cannon-street- road for the last 40 years, chiefly by herself, which would in some degree account for the development of her insanity. She had con siderable property, and as it was believed that large sums were concealed in the house, that circumstance and her sin gular mode of life had attracted much attention. She lived in the mostalesolate condition, closely shut up, and the window barricaded, many of which were broken by mischievous boys, &c. She was attendedby a female named Hammond. It had been found necessary for the police to keep a vigilant watch for her protection, as whenever she was seen, boys would assemble round the house and call out " You old witch of Cannon-street, come out." Several attempts had been made to break in. About three years since her delusions began, when her mind appeared to have quite given way. She con siders she has no matey, and buys neither victuals nor clothes ; in fact, she lived like a wild animal, and was in a most horri bly loathsome condition, insensible to the calls of nature, and altogether of most disgustingly filthy habits. Her house might indeed be compared to a pigstye. She kept her food till nearly rotten before she ate it, and was in the habit of hiding food and other articles. A dead cat, nearly putrid, thrown into her area in August, she fancied was a rabbit, and said she would have it cooked. One delusion was that the French had landed and taken England, and were marching down the street. She imagined some men were enamoured of her, and had sat at her window for six hours with an old cloth round her head for a turban. She fancied that a pub lican in the neighbourhood had murdered his wife, buried her in the house, and afterwards married a beautiful girl, whom he had served in the same way; also, that other people had been murdered in Ratcliff-highway, whose bodies were to be brought and laid out in her house. She mistook the seasons, fancying snow was on the ground in June, and that morning was evening, &c. She would pick np pieces of glass and dirt in front of her house, and hoard them up. She did not use either knife, fork, or spoon to her food, but tore it with her hands, and ate like a wild beast. She had a notion that a gentleman had offered her 4,0001. to marry him. She did not appear to know what property she • had. As safety was the object of the commission, which but from motives of de licacy would have been issued long before, if the facts he had detailed were proved in evidence, the jury, he would submit, could come to no other conclusion than that the poor creature was of unsound mind, and a ould have the satisfaction of knowing that they had been instrumental in shielding her person and property from injury Elizabeth Hammond, the attendant, Dr. A. J. Sutherland, Mr. Quekett, surgeon, and other witnesses, gave evidence bearing out the statements of the Learned Counsel, adding that she had not clothes even necessary to cover her, and these were literally falling off. She objected to dress, and would not wash herself for fear of wasting soap, Ohe had not changed her under linen trice in tallata mohths, and her hair has not had a eolith passed through it for years, and it was a petaled That. She occasionally kept ' her bed for dare fst our days without taking a morsel of food, and during that time no one had been allowed in her house. The jury expressed a desire to go to Miss Carey's house, but on their arrival with the Learned Master, Ste., could not at first gain admission at the street [Wort This elect was at length effected by means of ladders;belt* place at the back of the house, and some aien entering by a back window and opening the dolt. A mob of at least one thousand persons hail by this time assembled in front of the house. So great was the effluvia emitted, that the windows were directed to be all thrown open for ventilation for softie time before the jury, &c., could be induced to enter. • On proceeding up stairs, her bedroom was found to be fas tened, which she did not attempt to opem notwithstanding loud and repeated knocking% The &of will at length forced, and she was found 43 . 7 bedside in the most wretched state. The room end thrfilaire were most filthy, particularly the bedding, &ea Which was very ragged, and her flesh literally begrimed with dirt. The jury appeared satisfied, certainly glad to escape from the wretched place, and on their return to the Courthouse I found a verdict—"Tnat Sarah Carey was of unsound mind, and had been so from Ist October. ' )Al." The jury expretted a dosiie that immediate steps should be taktai protect the taior creature, which it was intimated *ould be promptly carried into effect. THE CORN CROPS O le EUROPE. We extract from the Gazette d'Augsbury the fblloWillg article on the crops of 1845 in Europe tss= according to the eastern I.Ve ,haVe nitchitea; *e e. ail divide our account Of the fekilts of the last crop into two teteriing to the east, and the other to the west or Europe. For several years past the east threatened us with sterility ; it first of all began in Russia, spread over Poland and Prussia, and appeared even this year likely to diffuse itself in the east of Germany. Experience has ge.; nerally proved dint in the boreal Wavle dies falitY Yeats are more sterile than the dry ones. This fact has again been confirmed dale* the last years. It was humidity that ditninished the crops a few years ago in Russia, and which produced the like effect in Poland, Gallicia, and Upper Silesia in the course of last year. In Germany the humi dity has not produced any unfavourable consequences. but in certain districts, there are others, on the contfity; *HIM have suffered from want of rain. The melt§ o the Crops are, in the mean time. Par ftonl being satisfactory, and, from the calculationt which have been made, will not suffice the public consumption. " It is far from our intention to represent the situation of things in more dreary colours than belongs to it ; but we do not wish, and we ought not, to exaggerate the advantages of it, desirous as we are of attaining out present Object, which is to furnish an exact apprtclAtioll or actual circum stances. We shall s....eafetely name the different countries, and Indicate the supplies they stand in need or can dispose of. Russia will have sufficient corn for the whole empire, without purchaSing any foreign corn. Its Governments are in a position to assist mutually each other, but it is very doubtful whether they can send much corn abroad. " The crops of Poland are not sufficient for its gener4l consumption; and, unless it has been prtinddSlY SUpplied, will suffer from a scarcity, or be obliged to receive corn from abroad, But Whufil can one have recourse to when one's neighbours have only had themselves but middling crops, and have not wherewith to supply the deficiency? Money also is scarce in Poland, and important sums cannot be sent abroad to purchase corn. " The kingdom of Prussia has greatly suf f ered last year and this from inundations, which have ravaged pKeciAly its mOst fertile countries ; and want s Whith generally Telt there, in on the point of transforniing It hit° actual famine. "The news from Potatrania agrees in stating that the re sults of the kit crops are very mediocre. "In the Urand Duchy of Posen only a middling crop has b+ ti obtained, and anterior provisions can alone prevent a scarcity. The author does not remember having heard swat. numerous and general complaints, unlets it be in the Atli 1804 and 1817. God grant that .the itntoitlinate events of that epoch be not again rtptodubed! There are in this pro vince whole eettettlea where the usual corn-sellers will be obliged themselves to make purchases the next spring. The situation pf Gallacia is still worse. The price of rye rose 60 per cent. immediately after the crops; it is still on the rise. I would that the importance of economy in this, which may yet be the only, food for the poor, were duly impressed on our noble-minded and truly generous brethren at the other aide of the channel. Let every man who feeds a horse on oats remember that in case of famine, and the consequent eestruction of human life, his horse will have been eating daily what weat'4 have served six human beings from perishing. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY A LIVERPOOL MER CHANT. —On Saturday information was circulated through out the divisions of the metropolitan and City police, that Mr. Lyon. an extensive merchant in Liverpool, In the Smyrna and American trade, had absconded front that city, having committed forgeries to a very large amount. Mr. Lyon is believed to have quitted Liverpool about Monday or Tuesday last, but he was not mused till Thursday. It is supposed that he is in London, and that be intends to quit the country. He is described as about five ten inches high, sallow complexion, black bushy hair and whiskers, rather prominent nose, dark eyes, thin face, pro minent teeth, thin figure, and very upright; dresses gene. rally in a black frock coat, figured silk waistcoat, light ttowsers, and black hat, Wellington boots, and black stock, and wears a large shirt pin, and several rings tit his fingers—is fond of smoking, and is well known hi the sport ing world. EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—LIVERPOOL, SATUR DAY NIGHT.—About half-past seven o'clock this evening a dreadful explosion of gunpowder took place in the glop of Mr. Jones, ironmonger, Dale-street. The whole font of the shop was blown to atoms, and we regret to say several per sons have been severely injured, among whom are Mr. Jones and his shop-boy. Flow the accident occurred we have not yet been able to learn, nor can a proper estimate be formed of the damage sustained, or the injury inflicted upon those per sons who have suffered by this unfortunate occurrence. WINDSOR ELECTION.—WINDSO R , SUNDAY EVEN" ECG.—The nomination is not now expected to take place until after the 10th instant, on which day the present mayor, Thomas Clarke. Esq., will go out of office. The canvass which has now been going on ever since the 16th of OM- , ' is therefore likely to be prolonged for , upw.-- 1 week. The greatest interest is exc;4- of the inhabitants, non-elee' names are on the re- " In Hungary, which is usually so prodactiVe, the &Wet& went has been obliged to layin large shires Of torn to prevent a famine. The hop e e n te r t a in e d tff hiving good crops has been still more cruelly dikkrpointed than in Silesia. "In Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, the results of this year's Crop are below those of the averge ones, and mutt scarcely suffice for the general consumption "If we consider the west of Germany ) tyre Ada, firs i all, that the crops in Saxony have trot lireCiSeAx ftti ea although they are v er y far fitin_being ibilildribt. The same may be said of the proVitttel e Brandenhurgh, and of Mag deburg. " l3aVatia, like other [countries, has suffered greatly this year from hail-storms and water-spouts; the results of the crops have in consequence been diminished, as likewise by the state of the atmosphere, which has shoWri itself but little favourable to the cultivatior. a ettlert,_„ Wurtemburg; the country iot Wemtplialia, and the Rhenish provinces, have - b'een better treated ; but the disease which has raved the potato crop will be severely felt. Nevertheless, the potato crop has been generally good throughout Weetern Germany ; it will supply niAny deft= ciencies in the crops of other places, although they are riot SO much grown as in other parts of GertaitiV , . " Belgium and Holland have had bltt bad 61P3; and the news from France SuffitientlY Dttivgi that this year has not been a productivt " Spain eccUpits but In inferior ran k among corn-growing oon.ntrini 1 Mill reports from this country do not nieritioti that the crops have been deficient. " England, where the states of the, 2broiMia e tlt generally find a market fin their ettin, Appears to day to be reassured on thl ikbiltd bl its internal consump tion, or at least the Marbling news which arrived from that country hOtt been succeeded by much more favourable in telligtAe. Those who count upon corn supplies from the Baltic and provinces of the North Sea will be greatly de= ceived; the prices of these productions will firSt be Very high, and in the secon d p l ace the quatititieS Gist Can be supplied very small. A weat quantity off` wheat has this year been struck by blight: aria this disease, which has spread throughout thrttlany, Poland, and Hungary, has de teriorated the quality of the corn as well as diminished the quantity. Further, it cannot now be accurately known whether at a later period England will not be reduced to supply itself from abroad, for it is well known that it is only in case of an abundant crop that enough corn will be grown for the country. In the contrary case, she will look to supplies from America, or from the countries bordering on the Black Sea. " In Scandinavia, that is to say Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the CMOs have not been satisfactory. In a few words, then, it may be said that for many years past there has rid% been so unfavourable a year as the present one; and if it be added that last year only furnished but indiffeierit Crops in comparison with the preceding Ones, this *Rim stance ought to give rise to ratitstires being taco to prevent the danger which threatens tts.4 PaItrORMANCE IN AID OF THE SANATORIIIIC—N. The amateur performance, at Miss Kelly's Theatre, of Peery Man in his Humour and A Good Night s Rot, by Mt. G. A. a Beckett, Mr. Dudley Costello, Mr, Charles Dickens flpd Brothers, Mr. Evans, Mr. Forster Mr. Douglas J e rr o ld, Mr. Leech, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Mark Forster, Mr. Mayh ew , M r. Stanfield, and Mr. Freak Stone, which so delighted an audience composed, perhaps, of a greater number of intel. lectual and accomplished persons than ever before aesew.ti on a similar occasion, is to be repeated, w it.). .• assistance of Mr. George Ceti— the St. James's TIIP-• Sanatorium enilo , -.Jed Lne additional —.rime, on the 15th inst., at in aid of the Building Fund of the — au Institution in which the distinguished men .11 the performance have always taken the deepest .oterest, both from a full conviction of the excellence of its principle, and because it is designed for large classes of per sons in whose suffering they naturally feel a strong sympa thy. Their purpose has been responded to in a spirit cordial, like their own, by all who are acquainted with the nature of the Institution, and by none more ardently than its President, Prince Albert, who has expressed high gratification at the prospect of being present. The performance is to be strictly private, as on the former occasion, and the following ladies, noblemen, and gentlemen have already consented to form a special committee fur issuing invitation cards, namely :—The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Duke of Devonshi re , Count D'Orsay, Lady Duff Gordon, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Right Hon. S. Lushington, Viscount Morpeth, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Lord and Lady Nugent, the Earl and Countess of Radnor, Lord and Lady Shelburne, Lord Dudley Stuart, Dr. Southwood Smith, &c. All acceptances are to be sent on or before Monday, the 10th of November, to Dr. Southwood Smith, 38, Finsbury-KW" whoa a ticket of adagodoia will be roturati ' ' ws of another Nu Inongi! . t all dames eater, ;tr i te tashe reltaBorlthliTcownhteosste. ror town-councillors (three for each of' the into which the borough is disided), which took yesterday the whole of' the retiring Members were re elected without opposition. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.--This distinguished states man, accompanied by his lady, arrived at Douglas's Hotel on Saturday, where they still remain. It will be seen that on Thursday the Town Council unanimously resolved to confer on his Lordship the freedom the city. The presentation is to take place at one o'clock an 3londay. Vith the view of allowing the presence of a larger body of citizens than could be accommodated in, the Copn,c4 Chamber,' application was made for th e use or the Parliament House. ran the occasion ; but the attempt has not bee n suC 4ois yet bent L s teasful, and no other plaice ed on.—Scominan. At the electio^ two war'. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1845 MAGA ZINES—(CON TINUED). ALPS WORT MAGAZINE. The romance of Caesar Borgia "is continued in this number with great spirit. Not only the interest, but the management of the narrative, and the style of the composition, manifest a decided improvement. The only drawback on the story continues to be, that in pro -1 portion to the degree of fioelity with which the author follows the track of authentic histroy, his narrative dis gusts, owing to the unmitigated and almost supernatural wickedness and brutality of Borgia. " Chaldea,"by W. F. Ainsworth, Esq„ is a charming paper, a spirited Oriental tableaux, embodying all the various and glowing features that compose the landscapes of the more picturesque countries of the East. Palm forests and antique tombs, ruined palaces, pyramids, and towers, pass in review before the re :der, under a most able and artistic arrange. ment. The " Legend of Le Petit Saint Albert" is a spirited imitation of the lamented Ingoldsby. " Schwarz kopf the Poacher ; a tale of Bavarian Forest Life," is also a clever affair, the very mint in which to coin a melo drama. " The Mournful Tournament," from the German of Uhland, is an exceedingly gracefularanslation, show ing' a considerable mastery over the " father- tongue." " The Gam!ding Booths at Baden," is a sketch too admira ble to admit of being transcribed by extract, for its unity, like its moral, is excellent. No. 1 of "The Life and Writings of Nimrod," if the commencement of what ap pears to be likely to prove a spirited set of reminiscences. Here is an allusion to a true sportsman, a gentleman with whom we ourselves had in our younger days the pleasure of some intimacy and neighbourship. Men and Dogs are both capital portraits—more like they could Rot be. Alas! Mr. Meager was the last of an excellent race of really fine—that is, manly, shrewd, and generous " old English gentlemen." We can hear him speak again in some of the following passages:— " His tour in this number (December, 1823), comprises his visit to the Sanderstead and Mr. Meager's harriers, both then in the neighbourhood of that metropolitan Melton, Croydon. The former were what are called blue mottled, or ticked hounds, long-eared, slow, and musical, a breed that has become almost extinct, owing to the increased desire for pace. • " Mr. Meager's hounds were true barriers; and the cha racter of the worthy master—now, like blue mottled harriers, almost extinct—is well described by Nimrod. " ' There is another pack of harriers kept within a mile of this town (Croydon),' says ho, which an admirer of hare hunting would ride a long way to see. They are kept at the sole expense of their owner, Mr. Meager, who has had them for twenty years, and turns them out in very good style. He hunts them himself, but is assisted by a whipper in, who knows his business well ; but, if I may hazard a pun on the occasion, there is nothing meagre about them—hounds, horses, and men appearing to be all well fed, and well up to the mark. " ' Mr. Meager, is an excellent farmer as well as an excel lent sportsman, and is said to be the best judge of a sheep and a harrier anywhere in these parts, paying equal atten tion to the breeding of each. Although in possession of very considerable landed property, he classes himself with the yeo manry of the county. This was the man, however, whom a monarch envied, as enjoying life without being a slave to its formalities, and who is often happier than his more wealthy neighbour, who leaves nature behind him when he dismounts from his horse, and has his part to act for the rest of the day. The former calls for his slippers and his dinner as soon as he comes home, and if (which is rare) no one partakes of his hospitality for the evening, he can snore in his chair, whilst his daughter plays "Those Evening Bells," or some other of Moore's melodies on her piano. He retires to rest at an early hour, and is called, by the crowing of the cock fresh for the occupations of the coining day.' " From so unsophisticated a character, one would naturally expect a corresponding establishment, and Nimrod says, there was no affectation of the fox hound (that curse of modern harriers) in Mr. Meager's pack ; his harriers, like his sheep, being of pure blood, and exactly what they should be —full of power, fast enough to kill any hare, and in beautiful condition. " Mr. ikhager,' continues Nimrod, 'is a great farmer, and having a good eye to business as well as to hounds, never loses an opportunity of transacting to advantage. Being one day id the act of capping a favourite hound to a very ticklish scent Ili a road sttid griXiouS to recover his hare, a man stood by him who had some manure to sell, when the following interlude took place : " Yo-doit, Nancy! Have you sold that dung?' No, Sir,' said John. " Yo-doit, Nancy,' good bitch What do you ask a load? " t tuts " Yo-doit, Nancy ; have at her, good bit& I 11l give you half-a-crown.' " 'Can't take it, Sir.' "' Go and be d— then ! Yo-doit, Nancy, good bitch ! She's got it, by God! Hark to, Nancy, hark " A similar sketch of this celebrated gentleman is given by an aniusing writer (Wildrake) in a recent number of the New Sporting Magazine. 44 4 re* originals in the hunting world,'tsays he, have sur passed this Iva, bld ; find pe,prie who ever saw him in the kennel or the field will forget his 18 4 16 fbf his hounds, or his hatred of a hunting parson. His turn-out was unique; with his old green coat, and broad-brimmed hat, and his whipper-in, such an exact copy of himself in dress and gene ral appevance,that you could never distinguish them from one anBthei, aegfthlg V4f.tha large mother-o'-pearl button which the commanding officer wore by of Epaulette en his left shoulder. His voice was very deep and gruff, and if, in beating fora hare, his eye glanced on a jolly red phiz and black coat on the same horse, his "dog language" was broken into parentheses by his denunciatitas of the sporting clergy, suipewhat aftir this fashion i— t' iTeh yeh ! geritle; liaptipolel-share's a parson— mind there !—have a care, Bldeliell I—l hitte it hMating parson l—yooi ! yooi !—what business has a parson out hint ing ?—yooi doit, Rarity, good bitch!—why don't he stay in his parish 2—have a care, Gadabout !—and take care of the sick—steady, dogs—steady—or marry somebody—yooi over, Active !—er bury somebody—Hark to, Challenger !—hark forward away . fr-..vilsh I could ride over me, how r A we Attnifne The " Searchers of the geirent Chao of Modern Lon don Underground," is an excellent example ofthe pkfotind sympathy which the most homely materials, in hands as accomplished as Mr. Charlton Carew's, may be made to excite. " Minstrel Life in the Thirteenth Century " presents a poetical picture of the social life of the Middle Ages in Europe. " The Paradise of Mahon:titled" is one of those disqUisitiotic on Subjects falsely assumed to be exhausted, to which Mr. bildley COstello Ott all occasions brings the lights of very extensife great sagacity, and above all, a graceful and ettsji 641 e, which always secures for him the attainment of that pataitiount object with all writers—the being read. Another chapter of " Ehrenstein i h by Mr. James, com pletes this power number of th's Magazine. of Queen Elizabeth, and, after reminding the reader that there were no umbrellas in those days, he thus proceeds— "lmagine, then, the Old English Gentleman as he must have appeared after having been first involved in a cloud of dust and then caught in a shower of rain. The Old English Arch was defended by a dripstone ; but the Old English Gentleman had no such protection. Conceive the state of his chaussure when, with his yellow boots on, he encountered a peddle, or fancy him splashed up to the ears by a passing waggon. There wasno cab for him to call, or even hackney coach to rush into, when overtaken by the wet, and his only resource could have been to draw up under an arch-way. Even that he could not have done when he had an appoint ment to keep; and what, we would ask, must have been his plight after a run through a 'regular soaker?' Some idea of it might be formed by taking an unhappy peacock in the moulting season, and purting him under a pump. A spectacle more pitiably draggletailed than the Old English Gentleman under these circumstances it is impossible to imagine : and, to aild to his discomfort, his boots must have got full of water, by reason of their bucket-like tops, which seem to have been expressly constructed to collect the rain. We omitted to mention that his hat, or beaver, generally of some bright colour, was by no means washable, or all the better for a shower. Nor was the feather in it more calculated to be im proved by a thorough drenching. "In the time of Elizabeth. no less than in this, there was such a thing as smoke; and then coal, as regularly as in these days, evolved sulphurous acid during combustion; and such gales were just as prone as they are at present to tarnish silver. Consequently the silver lace of the Elizabethan doublet, after a few days' wear must have assumed the tint of a neglected egg-spoon." The illustration of the Old English Gentleman in a shower is very rich. This is a very amusing number of the Table-Book. We have not received Blackwood's Magazine for this month. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of discussing the subject of the introduction of railways into Farringdon street. It was numerously attended, and was for several hours a scene of great excitement. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. R. L. JoNEs, the Chairman of the Improvement Com mittee, brought up a report of the Committee appointed to consider the best means of carrying into effect the resolution of the Court for appropriating the sum of 20,0001. annually for public purposes, which stated that having taken the re ference into their consideration, and had before them various plans for the improvement of the City of London, they pro ceeded to consider the subject, and finding it was necessary that the notices for an appli c ati on t o P ar li amen t, to b e passed in the next session, must be given in the month of November next, they thought it desirable that some improvement should be carried into effect in the next year, and they had selected two plans which they considered would be great improvements, and beneficial to the inhabitants of the city of London—one for forming a street from the south end of Water-lane, now called Blackfriars-street, and the other in the Old Bailey, from the south side of the New Inn to the south side of Prujean-square ; and they recommended that they should be empowered to give the necessary notices of an application to Parliament for an Act to carry the same into effect. Mr. JONES observed that these two projects would operate most advantageously. The first would, by the opening to the transit of carriages, afford great relief to Ludgate-hill, and would be formed upon part of the site of the Fleet Prison. The second would, although of small dimensions, be productive of much public convenience, as it was well known the traffic from the wharfs in the neighbourhood of the gas-works seri ously interfered with the transit through Fleet-street and its vicinity. A long discussion took place upon the merits of the recom mendation of the report, some members arguing that there existed a more pressing necessity for widening narrow old streets than for making new ones, and others insisting that the large improvements suggested by the objectors would cost an enormous sum of money, while the improvement to which the report referred could be effected without any con siderable outlay, and would be the most judicious precursors of the extensive changes which must rapidly take place. The report was ultimately agreed to by a vast majority. - RAILWAYS IN FAREINGDON:STREET. Mr. 11. L. JONES said that, be had never upon any occa sion within his recollection brought up a report of greater importance to the city of London than that which he had to present to the Court upon the Pies, nt occasion. The committee had most strictly investigated the subject of the introduction of railways into Farringdon-street, as suggested by the petitions which had been presented at a former Court, and they came to the opinion that there was no part of the City so well adapted for a great terminus as Farringdon street. The great breadth of the street, and the palpable ne cessity for the remoeal of the miserable and filthy habita tions in the vicinity, including Field-lane, Saffron-hill, and the adjacent courts and alleys, in which disease was engen dered, independently of the advantages derivable in a great many ways from changing the face of the locality, were un deniable arguments in favour of the plan of favouring the reception of railways there.o4llear, hear.) The following report was then read by the clerk of the court : "To the Right"Ftdii:Thlaord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com _ inns, in Common Council assembled. " We whose names are hereunto subscribed, your commit tee appointed on the 9th day of October inst., to consider the best means of carrying into effect the resolution of this hon. Court of the 25th dayof September last, for appropriating the suiii of 20,020/. annually for public purpo§es and improve ments, to wnottP, an the 9th inst. it was referred, to examine the allegations in the petition of the directors of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company for leave to purchase Farringdon-market for a great central terminus, and also to examine the allegations on the petition of the l i Birmingham Railway Company for leave to purchase the ride Lii side. of the site of the late Fleot Prison, with other premises, for the purpose of a city terminus, and to report our opinion thereon, do certify that we have proceeded in the due consideration of both references, and were attended by Mr. Dillon, the chairman, with Messrs. Deacon, Wells, and Shepperson, directors of the Direct London and Man chester Railway Company, accompanied by Mr. Rastrick. tlieif cngtneer, when Mr. Dillon fully explained the views and +llEibe# of the petitioners, and Mr. Rastrick submitted plans and Asetitiini of t he intended railway, and was heard at con siderable length hi eApianation or the same ' • and more parti cularly that part which affected this city, by which it ap peared that the Company proposed to take the entire side of FarrinVon-market and all the adjoining housesand buildings IbttSnding from Harp-alley to Holborn-hill, north and mit:Ali) drid from Varringdon-street to Shoe-lane, east and west, and tb forni d itisidrid from Holborn-hill to Skinner-street. That we were attended :by Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, and pr: Creed, Mr. Parket', and Mr. Mordigan, on behalf of the .betlf:^ aftd 3rit-nit - 10am Railway Company, when Mr. Stephenson was "Ord iii support of their petition, and sub mitted a plan and sectiCti tor the proposed line of railway, and particularly showing the fltiftion of ground they were desirous of obtaining within this city, by Which it appeared tiotnpany contemplated purchasing an area of about five adeg, d!tttate between Skinner-s:::eet, the Old Bailey, and Farringdon-stred, ilitinding a portion of the site of the late Fleet Prison ; that their °Vett was to form :79 levels, the lower to be approached by a tunnel ffon Camden-ton, so as not to interfere with any of the streets ttivi houses, except those immediately connected with their proposed site, and the timer Igvel to be approached through Skinner-street and the Ola Bailey; and any new street that might be formed in that neighbourilofid. " That we, your Committee, after literally inspecting the several plans, and considering the statements of the respec tive parties, with all the circumstances connected with this important subject, are of opinion that it is desirable both fi' the prosperity end advantage of the citizens of London t o have railway termirti Within this city, that the sites pro posed to be purchased by both companies are desirable, as they interfere but in a small degree with the public streets within the city, and that the plans will afford great accom modation to the traffic passing east and west. "Ali which we submit to the judgment of this Hon. Court. Dated this tad day of October, 1843. " C. Prior, "R. L. Jones, " J. Dixon, " J. Johnson, Add., " T. Challis, " W. Stevens, " R. Taylor, " W. Christie, t , H. Burn, " B. Bower, " B. Massey, " D. %V. Wire, " J. Hartley, " D. Cook, "T. B. Simpson, "J. Britten." Cope, Mr. R. L. AWES mu%cd OW the report be agreed to and sent back to the Committee, to be carried into effect. The motion having been seconded, Deputy BEDFORD propose, as an amendment, that the report be referred back, with instructions to the Committee to take into consideration the petition of the tenants of Farringdon market; and also to consider the propriety of confining the teririirus to the north side of Holborn-hill. He cau tioned the Couft against permitting such an outrage upon the population of the City as the terminus of the Blackwell Railway constituted, and expressed his decided opinion that very great disadvantages must arise from the intrusion of terntial into Farringdon-street.—( Hear, hear.) Mr: ljx../Effsr:r seconded the amendment. After a long two other amendments were proposed, negativing foiyorti hut the report was ultimately agreed to, with Mr. Wire's ameildMaUt as 3 Men OVERLAND MAIL—Mr. v, 2ghorn, on taking the route by Trieste, and through Germany, accOmplished the journey fiat Alexandria to London in fourteen hoZra less than the France: This, we hope, will put a little Lore mettle time occupied by the Overland Mail, which Was conveyed throug h intqhe French Post-office authorities. Ta Marquis of Waterford, who has been at New market the last week, arrived at Mivart's on Satur day. The Countess of Carlisle and Viscount Moipartir atriVed • in town on Friday last, from Castle Howard, the Earl of datlisles seat In Yorkshire. The Countess has been brOlght to town by the alarming illness of her brother, the EBr4of Granville: We learn ffcifil St acetate on which we place great reliance, that important changes aret in course of operation in the Ministry ; and that there is little doubt that Lord John Rnsselj wil join the Administration of Sir }Men Peel , r 4 litit Lord Stanley will retire from the office of Colonial Secretdr.fl kid will lie etteceeded by Lord John.—Brightcht Herald. THE NORTHERN PROVINCIAL CCILL E GE.—WC are enabled to state, on unquestionable authority; fttatic Go vernment Commissioners have reported in favour of as the site of the new northern college.—Northern Such is the demand at the present time for ship wrights at her Majesty's dock-yards at Portsmouth, that our city is placarded, offering liberal wages and a free passage to forty good workmen.—Chester Journal. We understand the Ayrshire Railway Company have agreed to lease the Paisley, Ifafrltead, and Hurlet Rail way, and to guarantee the holders of the Wick in that com pany an annual dividend of six per cent.— Cilatifidut Satutday Post. HERRINOS.—YARMOUTH.—The quantity of Mi . 'wntight lot mitt port on Tuesday is said to have exceeded either known or w:h co a r t d h e as d. ev;h.4fett'lcruanialktrel:toZei're hi og le day, either and taking each last at 1,320, gives the exidttdiutify'lliftfrer of 6,600,000 herrings. Two boats belonging to Mr. Shtitifoid lyought in 50 lasts, which at 501. a last, will give him 14001. The fish are very fine, and we hope the season will prove highly beneficial in enabling the poor to provide for the rigour of winter.—Suffolk Chronicle. WITLET, Nov. I.—Her Majesty the Queen Dow ager, we regret to state, has for the last three or four days been labouring under indisposition, which has prevented her from taking her usual carriage drives in the vicinity of Wit ley Court. We are, however, glad to add that her Majesty is recovering.— Post. PRICES OF FISH IN LONDON AND YA.RMOUTH.—A fishmonger in this town went down to the beach on Tuesday, to procure if possible a turbot or two. The fish agent stated that he hid orders to forward all to London, without selling any in Yarmouth, but as he wished to oblige the fishmonger, he might have 'two for 245. This was thought much too high a price, and they were accordingly forwarded to London, ..nd sold en WeduaUy for W.—Suffolk Chronicle. JERRoLD'S SIIILLIN6 71.4dANNE. We have but one chapter of the " history of St. Giles and St. James" in the present Number of Douglas Jerrold, and in that the story makes but little progress; the admirable sarcastic philanthropy of Capstiek, and mint-ofhunaap=ltiAdness philattlitopy of Bright Jem, as devgolied in their liefOie, at, and after-tifeal!fast celiirtr sations, more than make up for the absence of incident. The following passage might have been written by Sterne in his happiest mood "' There's no whet to the appetite,' said Capstick, like early dew: Nothing for the stomach like grass and field floWtts,,• taked with a fasting eye at five in the mor#irlg. 'TiVas Adana's uttli salad, and that's why he lived to nine hundred and thirty.' " Think you, said the visitor, chipping an egg-shell, 'think you that Adam, .before the fall; ate eggdr "' I can't eve said 011apstiek i 4 but recollecting the things I hiVe read, file woilld make a Vet*_ pfetty book. 'TiS A pity the Matter Wasn't stirred two or three hundred Years ago: How nianv thotisand throats might have been , tit iipdn it itiatiY men and women roasted like live oysters 1 For the wisdom of litimanit; 'Us a great miss. How popes might have thundered about it! What Te Deems have been chanted; what maledictions -:.gild All with the melted-butter yore of a Christian pronounced 1 The NFttid has had a great loss--;:a very great loss,' And Capstick sighed: , that;' said ;tent, a it seems to me that "this win never want something to quarrel about, so long_as there's two straws upon it.' '" Why, there have beet; the Battles of the Straws,' ob served Capstick, althdligfi CeriMn ptifpdse4 the been called tkqet names. T " Engilsbrati in P r rtistla," in it fetleit 9f a curious aro 6itirttoils , Otiblisbedi &Aided ; gives us some carious fetelatiOnS of the double-dealing, hypocritical,, ind sp7-ericouraging beaureaucracy, of, VriiSsia, The " Price of a Garter and the Price of a hire" i 6 ebinment upon fwd itbmg of eipend,mire recorded inthe recently publi6ed ddciiiiietttstlie One an item of AjOit VIE Oldefa 6t off' the Garter on the installation of Louis Philippe ; the owe?, an item of .53/., paid to the crews of five boats for saving the lives of the crew of the Shepherdess, on the Goodwin Sands: Will May tho widtkif " And no*, English reader . , do.Yoti not feel Melnik's.; dj did; to Start wlth astonishment front your seat— to fling away; AS A illthy Parliantentarysanc tinned document—to protect with e4c'o4 , of yoOr oul against the system which sanctions such moral monstrosit which rates so high the Consequences of an unmerited bauble, and which pas • almost .with, so to speak, a monetary sneer PodAds , ShillingA4n&periCe Idelf7'-'9VOr an elwloit in which precious human lie Was adVentlitedti), *Melt prt3- clout human life was saved'?" There is an admirable fader On " Decline of the Drama" in the present number; and a liltingl3, severe, because truthful article, on the " Egotisin of the Anstii cracy," who, as the writer justly obset.ves "Are very excellent masters, of the art of puffing; Few advertising tradesnien know, betttr het* the paragraph is to be turned. It is erten at - tinting enotigh to ionitiarti the till; nbuncetfientt at' the peer and the shopkeeper ; the great di& feß,`rid'e being that the latter puffs his Wares—the former, himself. In the next column to the 'alarming sacrifice' of the tradesman find the still tnot:c alarming sacrifice of the pex. " We iiiiderstitid that Lord Thomas goddy has, with his usual generosity, returned 25 per cent. of the rents of his numerous tenantry, Would that his Lord.shiVs example were generally followed!' 14:091 hitiOCint teititi read this and similar advertisements of landlord generosity without the slightest idea that tho returned 25 per cent. means the 25 per cent. imvthich it r d, fchincl impracticable to screw out of an !luens 'du, rack-rented tenantry: The tremendous sacri nce' of Lord Tom Noddy and hold tom Isioddy's tailor mean 114ithinfor an c an precisely the same thing. tut a' B . of pushing themseii;;; 12cf9r0 the public, v auntinowog their generosity as tailors and lords !" The " History for Young England" is continued; but so is not, we are sorry to say, the "Hedgehog Corres pondence." We miss the witty, sarcastic cabman, and trust that next month Juniper Hedgehog will be again upon his stand. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-ROOK. "Railway Calls," and Mr. John Bull as " Willibald," in The Bottle Imp, holding up for sale the imp " scrip" in a bottle, the stopper of which is a stag, are two admi rable illustrations of the present number of the Table Book. " The Legend of the Rhine" is continued with admirable spirit, and is to be concluded in the next number. The " Hint to Projectors," suggesting the forma tion of an " Every-body-his-own-Balloon-Navigation- Company," for supolving all the world with balloon jaekets, is good babble ti],4l:i9,, vorF quaintly illustrated. We commend the " Old Englishi Gentleman in a New Light" to the consideration of " Young England." The writer takes the old English'. rittleW3 es he appeared in the costume of the clap HUMAN FOOD. The world has seldom exhibited a more strange and startling contrast than that which now presents itself be tween the intemperate pursuit of artificial wealth and the stern incurable deficiency of the most essential products of nature. If any one should come amongst us unp re p are d by the renown of this great country for the astonishing spec tacle of human activity which it presents, he would ask with a sort of wondering fear for the meaning and the purpose of this infinite perturbation, this ceaseless running to and fro, this'intricate and restless mechanism of fortune. He would see fictitious holders of fictitious property wade and unmade in an hour by the fluctuation of fictitious prices; and by the side of this imaginary opulence, inflated by the premature excesses of unreal luxury, he might watch the steady ap proach of want in its worst form, imposing on every man who breathes the breath of life duties of self-denial and public sympathy. At the very instant when the imagination of the community is rapt in a sort of frenzy by the disco verers of some new mode of creating inexhaustible wealth, we are reminded that these great magicians of the age are powerless against the cankerworm or the palmerworm, which are emphatically called Ged's army for the chastisement of mankind; and whilst they are proclaiming their recent vic tory over space and time, a blast of wind or a grub may de ny subsistence to the world. Though we can pierce rocks and pile embankments with a power and an art which will leave imperishable traces on the globe, we cannot anticipate by an hour the harvest of next year, we cannot augment the actual supply of the primary articles of food. Be it more or be it less, the population of the globe has its annual ration. The present prosperous condition of the country, the de mand for labour, the high rate of wages, and the general fever of activity which pervades every class of the commu nity, are circumstances which tend to augment rather than to diminish the danger of scarcity ; for they manifestly in crease the amount of present consumption, they encourage habits of indulgence, they drive off the day of privation and self-denial. The time when a nation may have most need to husband its resources may also happen, from causes quite independent of the scarcity of food, to be that at w hi c h it i s most lavish of them. It has yet to learn the mockery of wealth which cannot purchase sustenance far the population of the world. At the present time of year, in the months immediately succeeding harvest -time, these forebodings may seem unne cessarily dark; for, except by a slight augmentation of price, no real pressure is felt in the provision market. But we hope the country will learn in time that these cautions and this augmentation of price are the checks which can alone mode rate the evil hereafter. 'We are under no anxiety for the supply of food in the second er third month of the year, but our anxiety and our foresight ought already to embrace the probable condition of Europe in the eleventh and twelfth months. If it be necessary to support the population of any given country or of all the countries of Europe upon eight or ten-twelfths of their ordinary quantity of nourishment, it is evident that the more equally the privation is distributed over the whole year, the less severely will it be felt at the end of it. The obvious course is, therefore, to endeavour at once to devise the best modes of economising the supply of food we possess, more especially by the introduction of bread stuffs which may be usefully and safely combined with the best kinds of grain and flour. For example, the farina of the potato may be prepared with complete success even from the diseased tubercles of the potato plant; and Indian corn, which even now may be imported at a very low duty, is cer tainly the best substitute for wheaten flour, especially when mixed with it in proper proportions. In ordinary years it may be assumed as a general truth that there is no excess of food produced on the globe. With the exception of wine, there is no article of very extensive consumption for the purposes of sustenance of which the annual store exceeds the demand ; and, with reference to the principal object of vegetable diet, a very slight deficiency is inlmediately felt, because it must be supplied, as far as pos sible, out of the current year. The failure of the potato crop in most of the northern provinces of the continent, and more recently in so many parts of the United Kingdom, is, how ever, no slight deficiency. The potato is the lowest and cheapest article of human food; and the difficulty of provid ing food by some means or another for the populations thus deprived of their habitual subsistence, is increased by the cir cumstance that the substituted food must be, for the most part, of a higher and more costly description than that which it re places. But in the great corn-growing countries the scarcity seems already to be felt with equal, if not greater, intensity. In Lithuania, in the Ukraine, and in the Baltic provinces, bands of famishing peasants are said to scour the country and force the barns in which their landlords areseeking to preserve the supply of the coming year; and the Russian Go vernment is accused, upon authority which we cannot discredit, of the most inconceivable hardness and indifference to the fate of this wretched population. But under any circum stances it is inevitable that the poorest countries must suffer most from such a trial. Their primitive agriculture is less able to resist the inclemency of a bad season, The want of means of transport prevents the distribution of food. All supplies from foreign markets are shut out; and even their own growth is drawn to better markets abroad. Their habi tual and entire reliance on their own produce for their total subsistence is now their total ruin. The habitual abste miousness which their poverty imposes on them is their only advantage. In all these respects our position is incom parably superior to that of any other country; Sand, though the evil may exist here as well as abroad, we are far better provided with the means of palliating it. In spite, or rather in consequence, of the inferiority of climate, the agriculture of England and Scotland leaves less to the accidents of weather than that of regions more favoured by the sun, and in point of fact, we believe it will be found that we have suffered less by this season than any other people of Europe. Then we have the greatest imaginable facilities of transport, and of exchange. Already orders for food have been sent within the last few weeks to every part of the globe; and we have no doubt, assuming that the laws regu lating the importation of grain have been meanwhile adapted to the wants of the people, that the supply at the present prices will be abundant. The Irish peasant starves because his whole subsistence depends on the produce of his own patch of ground, and that failing he has nothing to offer in exchange for the necessaries of life elsewhere. The price of these articles is, so to speak, indifferent to him who has nothing. He lives upon what he possesses or he remains destitute. The condition of many of the corn-growing States of Europe, as, for instance, the western provinces of Russia and Poland, is precisely the same as that of the Irish peasant. In losing their crops, or even that portion of their crops which is destined to support their own labouring population, they lose at once their food and their wealth, and the result to them is not only scarcity but famine. In England, on the contrary, the laws of commerce operating fairly on our rela tions with the various producing countries of ,the globe, will preserve us from this horrible affliction. " Never since I ' have known England," said Mr. Burke after the bad harvest of 1795, " have I known more than a comparative scarcity ;" but, added that great writer with a solemnity not inappro priate either to that or to the present occasion— " We, the people, ought to be made sensible that it is not in breaking the laws of commerce, which are the laws of nature, and consequently the laws of God, that we are to place our hope of softening the Divine displeasure to remove any calamity under which we suffer or which hangs over us." Such a calamity calls for public wisdom and public virtue; but before the country can be prepared for the efforts it may be called upon to make— and which it will make nobly when ever they are required of it—we must be rid of the tricks of gamblers and the dreams of dupes, and the fabric of insane speculation must collapse and shrivel into the nothing from which it rose.—Times. THE CORN TRADE. lArtsroor., Nov. L—The - demand for British grain, meal, and flour, during- this week has been of a very limited character, the millers and dealers having previously stocked themselves to a good extent. Prices generally have receded. We observe a decline since Tuesday last of 2d. per bushel for old, and 3d. on Irish new wheat, on flour Is. per sack and 6d. per Uwe], on oats and oatmeal fully 2d. per bushel and Is. per load. The present value of best Irish new red wheat is Bs. ld. to Sc. 2d. per 701 b. !dealing oats 4s. per 451 b. Beans and peas maintain the late advance in value, but the sales have been quiet in retail. There has been an active inquiry fqr wheat and flour in bond, and several transactions have coccirrred at improving prices. At yesterday's market the sales of recently imported United States flour were at 325., 325. 6d., and 335. per barrel. TUESDAY.—We have had a week of very dry weather, and the trade for wheat has ruled dull in conse quence. We have had a very strong demand far oats, in bend, for shipment coastwise, and we note an advance of fully 2s. per quarter. The stock here is very small. There has been a fair inquiry for barley, at rather higher rates, but the quantity in the port is limited. Linseed and rapeseed have both been in fair request, and the price of both articles is rather better. In other sorts of spring corn not much doing. At this day's market the supply from the farmers of new wheat was only moderate, the condition being not much im roved. Buyers were unwilling to give the prices asked, and we quote both old and new is. per quarter lower. No barley offering. Rather more oats offering, and fully 2s. per quarter dearer. Beans and peas in fair request, and beans must be noted full ls. higher. Linseed and rapeseed main tain their value. Linseed cakes in fair demand, at last week's rates. Rape cakes not much sought for. In bones but little business passing, but rather dearer. Guano in a better demand. WAKEFIELD, FRIDAY.—The general opinion that an Order in Council for the liberation of the foreign grain in bond at a mmiinal duty is about to be made, has checked the trade here to-flay, and so limited a business has been done that it is difficult to quote prices. Where sales have been made, a reduction in the price of each article has been submitted to. THE RACE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LONDON. — ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 22.—Mr. Waghoni started from this port for Trieste at 10 minutes past 11 o'clock on the morning of the 20th inst., in a steamei placed at his disposal by the Austrian Government, and he ho l ies by that route to antici `-, the arrival in London of the regular Bombay mail, pa, , which ..;11 go through France. The Hon. CPmpany's steamer Tived at Sue z with the Bombay'Settilramis ai mail on the *i . otning of the 1-;b• and Mr. Waghorn received a private In'dia despatch from Buo , by express courier, in the rem..7rka bly slit,it StOace of 21 hours. The Iberia leaves this morning with the Itthnbay mail, which will be sent rid Marseilles, thus Mr. Waghdrri NViitil have had front Alexandria the start of the mail by 47 hours? "Md. although it cannot be expected that a heavy mail of 60 or 7 - 0 boxes can be conveyed from Suez to Alexandria in as short a time . as a single dispatch, still if Mr. Waghorn does anticipate the arrival of the mail in London by more than two days, it will prove that the Trieste acute is shorter than that through France. EXPLOSION OF THE BRIG BLUNDELL.. — On Saturday the brig Blundell, which was me down on the 11th of November lAA, off the MageXines, was exploded with a charge of 3001bs. of gun powder, which was placed in a cask ten feet from the stern, and alongside keel. the Th ere was a depth of water of about 65 feet at 417111 part of the river in which the Blundell lay. The explosion took pities re twelve o'clock, try galvanic batteries, under the direction of Captain t'awley, of the Royal Engineers, and Mr. Arthur, manager of tiM'Steam-tug Company. Several merchants and ship owners were preteht on the occasion; amongst others, Sir T. Brancker, Mr. Cotcastettb, Mr. H. P. Chapman, Mr. Alder inan Nicol, and Lieutenght Lord. It will be remembered that the Blundell, which had sailed for Trinidad, was put ting back in a disabled state, when she came in contact with the Feronia, from Quebec, which IVO at anchor. Shortly after the disaster the Steam-tug Company endeavoured to raise the wreck, and succeeded in removing her from her :original position to one which would be attended with less danger to the navigation of river. ii-e , The Tug Company being unsuccessful in their endeavours to teot'teve her entirely loy means of their own apparatus, the ccnser vators if the river sent lighters and machinery of greater capacity; but the second and subsequent efforts made to remove her were equally ' unsuccessful. Under these circumstances the conservators applied to the Steam-tug Company to destroy her with gunpowder, and the result has fully answered the expectations of all parties. The appearances after the explosion, which caused a singular commotion In thz water to a considerable distance, left no doubt in the minds of priictital men that the wreck had been destroyed . —Liverpool Albion. ImPO`ttlitrur DISCOVERY IN THE MANUFACTURE OF Sn.x.—A singular', and to the ladies ti:very important defect, appears to exist in the manufacture of silk. From time to time scientific , efforts have been unsuccessfully made to ascertain the cause. The most remarkable feature In the mystery was, that not only was the cause unknown, but there existed no means of distinguishing those fabrics which contained the evil from those which did not. During the wear of the silk the defect comes forth, and the dress gradually assumes a greasy appearance, as though it had been rubbed with an oily brush. The reason has at length been ascertained, the discovery having been made in the house recently occupied by Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, the opulent jewellers upon Ludgate-hill, the discoverer ' being Mr. George Smith, of the late flrm of Everington, who it is to be hoped, after he has been fairly rewarded, will adopt the patriotic course of making the secret known to the manufacturers of hie coun -1 try, who would thereby be enabled to produce a superior fabric to that of the French—the latter country betas in the 6A .e dilemma in mud to this defeCt! IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 31.—TILE POTATO DISTEMPER.--The Commissioners appointed by Government to inquire into the actual condition of the potato crop in Ireland have presented a second report to the Lord-Lieutenant. It is as follows : "TO ma IXCELLENCY BARON HETTESBURY, LORD...J.IEII7W NANT OF IRELAND, &C. " Board-room, Royal Dublin Society, Oct. 29. "My Lord,—Having submitted to your Excellency, in a former report, some preliminary instructions intended to• prevent improper treatment of the pato crop still remaining unaffected, we now have the honour to lay before your Ex cellency our views regarding some processes of treatment for the potato which appear to US to be of practical value and importance. "We are deeply sensible of the incompleteness of form which this mode of presenting our results to your Excellency necessarily assumes ; but the exigencies of the case are such that we consider it our highest duty to bring at once under the notice of her Majesty's Government such principles or modes of practice as, upon due consideration,, we feel] autho rised to recommend. " We have been engaged in the investigation of various plans for preserving diseased potatoes, as proposed by other persons, or suggested by ourselves, and we have been col lecting precise information as to the experience of others in. their endeavours to arrest the progress of the disease. From all the results that we have obtained, we feel jas tified in submitting to your Excellency the following obset vat ions. " Plans of treatment have been proposed by persons pos sessing more or less of chymical knowledge, in which, by some, acids are to be employed ; in others, alkaline liquors ; and, in a third class, gases--such as chlorine. These pro cesses we dismiss from further consideration,—as, even did they, in the laboratory, answer the intended purpose, they are totally inapplicable to the circumstances of the produce of an entire country, and to a population such as that for i whose welfare your Excellency sso deeply anxious. Other methods, apparently more practical, consist in the treat ment of the potatoes with chloride of lime (bleaching powder) and salt, either separate or in mixture. The result of our own experiments, and the evidence we have received concerning trials made by persons in whom we have full confidence, authorise us at once to recommend the rejection of these materials. We have found the decomposition of the potato to be decidedly accelerated by their application. With respect to lime, the results of our own experiments are not yet decisive ; nor is the experience of others as yet satis factory. We, therefore, reserve this point for further con sideration. " Whilst the disease is not yet very far advanced in the potato, it is certain, that after being boiled or steamed, it may be employed as food for immediate use, both for man and other animals, without prejudice to health. " When the disease is more advanced, so as to have in vaded a large part of the potato, and when the tubers haa acquired a disagreeable smell, their influence on the system is more questionable. We have put in operation a series of experiments, in order to determine this point, and will, int due time, report the result to your Excellency. As, how ever, the potato, when once affected, quickly runs into total decomposition, if left to itself, it is evident that its consump tion merely for the purpose of food cannot be sufficiently rapid ; and it therefore becomes necessary to consider to what other uses it may be applied. " The extraction of starch from potatoes, and its use as food, having strongly attracted public attention, and con flicting and, in many cases inaccurate opinions having been entertained on this subject, we consider it of paramount im portance at once to direct your Excellency's attention to the actual state of knowledge regarding this material. It is re cognised that the potato, in relation either to its weight or bulk, is one of the most inferior articles of food. In its ordinary state of sound constitution, every hundred pounds weight of potatoes contain, on an average, 741 b. of water; of skin and fib rous 'natter, 81b.; and of starch, 161 b. ; whilst of gluten, the most nutri tious of vegetable matters, and which predominates in corn, there is not more than 21b. in the above quantity. It is quite certain that starch, or materials corresponding to it, exist to a certain amount in every variety of useful food; but it is equally certain that in food starch is not the material which serves for the support of the animal frame ; and an animal fed merely on starch dies of starvation nearly, if not quite as soon, as if totally deprived of food. Hence, starch extracted from the potato cannot be viewed as a substitute for the potato itself; and we consider it of great importance, that whilst the attention of the people is directed to the real value of starch, and the uses to which it may be advantageously ap plied, they should not be allowed to rest their hopes of nourishment during the succeeding season upon any store of it alone. " With this preliminary caution, we have to state to your Excellency, that probably the best use to which diseased potatoes may be applied is the extraction of starch. In a commercial point of view, the starch represents a considerable proportion of the value of the potato, although it is not pre sent in as large a quantity in the unsound tubers as in those which are free from disease. The extraction is simple, and consists in processes which we need not here describe, as they are given in the current publications of the day, and indeed are already practised in most parts of the country. " Your Excellency is aware that we are directing our at tention to the manner in which starch can be advantageously employed. It can be worked off, and with utility, as food, when mixed with proportions of oatmeal, beanmeal, or peas meal, and such intermixture forms an excellent and econo mical article of food. It is also to be remarked, that the pulp remaining after the extraction of the starch from the diseased potatoes contains a considerable quantity of nutri tive material ; and as the decomposing substance is, to a very great extent, washed out during the preparation, the pulp may, when dried, be applied with confidence to the nourishment of animals. Further, if the dried starch, ex tracted from the potato, be mixed up with the dry residual pulp, a material will be produced really representing the potato, equivalent to it as food, and, if dry, capable of being preserved for a considerable length of time ; it, of course, must be prepared for use by cooking or baking in the ordinary way. " The manufacture of the pulp and starch, on an extensive scale, in accordance with these suggestions, we venture to consider worthy of your Excellency's attentioa. It is an operation not suited to the circumstances of isolated cotters, mid just now might not be a proper object for mere com mercial speculation. But arrangements might possibly be made for carrying out this recommendation through the agency of the Poor-law unions and other Government establishments, in which mechanical power and intelligent superintendence could be speedily and economically applied. We feel, however, that even these facilities for the conver sion of the tubers may not be sufficient to keep pace with the progressive injury which, it is to be feared, the potato crop is sustaining. We, therefore, recommend a mode by which we believe the process of decomposition may be re tarded. In our preliminary report we mentioned to your Excellency the important influence exercised upon the dis ease by moisture and dryness. Our subsequent investigations have confirmed this opinion, and, we believe, where means exist for a more complete drying of the tubers, such a method will prove the most efficacious plan for preserving the potato from further decay. This more perfect drying cannot, however, be effected in this climate by mere exposure to air ; it requires artificial heat, applied in some form of kiln ; and, without entering into mechanical details, we may name some simple contrivances which seem well adapted to the purpose.. .. _ _ _ . . "The corn kilns extensively distributed through the coun try may at once be applied to the drying of the potatoes, which will, however, demand a temperature rendered gra dually higher than that required for corn. But, as in many cases those kilns are at present fully occupied, we would re present that every limekiln may be adapted to the purpose, without interfering with its ordinary operations, by erecting over it at a suitable height above its mouth a framework of hurdles, upon which the potatoes may be spread in a thin layer, fresh potatoes being added as the others become dry and are removed. In localities where the previous means do not exist, or may not be on a sufficiently extensive scale, potatoes may be spread on a framework of hurdles supported on a few props of stone, two or three feet high ; one or more turf fires burning slowly under the hurdles would effect the same object. There need be no fear of the potatoes becoming slightly browned, as they are not injured thereby for future use ; and the turf smoke would act favourably on the po tatoes rather than otherwise. " In all these modes of drying, the potatoes should be cut into two, or if very large into three pieces, so as to allow the water to escape. . _ _ " Potatoes dried in any of the modes above described are certainly capable of being preserved when kept in a dry place, and stored, with the precautions described in our first report, until suitable opportunities arise for converting them into starch or meal, according to the degree in which they were affected by the disease. " It is gratifying to us to find that our own opinion as to the advantage of thoroughly drying the potato in the manner we have recommended, and by processes such as those above described, are confirmed by the experienced and highly in telligent persons who have simultaneously directed their at tention to the subject. " We shall not hesitate to bring under the notice of your Excellency our further conclusions, and we have the honour to be your Excellency's obedient and faithful servants, " ROBERT BANE. " JOHN LINDLET. HLYON PLAYFAIR." A public meeting of the citizens of Dublin was held this day at Ole Music-hall, in Abbey-street, the Lord Mayor presiding. The attendance was respectable and rather numerous ; but the proceedings were not suffered to terminate without an unseemly display of political and party feeling in the highest degree discreditable to the parties engaged in it : The LORD MAYOR, on taking the chair, briefly addressed the meeting, which he said he had called in pursuance of a requisition presented to him by the Town-Council, to consider the present calamity which had befallen the potato crop—a calamity of such a nature that every one would admit the necessity of taking the moat speedy measures to remove the evil likely to arise from it, or to provide for the sustenance of the poor in case of the disease spreading to the extent which was then unfortunately anticipated.—(Hear, hear.) The Lord Mayor concluded by stating that he had received several letters on the subject from different parts of the country which he would be happy to lay before any commit tee appointed by the meeting or anybody anxious to inquire into the matter.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL, M.P., observed that he thought it would be advisable to read some of those letters, as he was sorry to say, that from what he had lately heard, the disease was rapidly spreading.—(Hear hear.) lie did so, because he had, at the last meeting of the Corporation, stated that in Kerry the disease had not appeared, since which time he had re ceived letters showing it to be, he feared, universal ; and in order to avoid the present calamity which threatened the country, he would support every means that could be devised, and support any measure that the Government might pro pose on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The Loan MAYOR stated, that upon his property at Tallagh the disease had spread itself to a considerable extent. Mr. PHlLLips.—And on my property the disease, which has only lately appeared, has spread to at le ast one per cent. of the crop.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. P. MAIIONT said lie regretted extremely at being en abled to confirm what his friend Mr. O'Conn Hear, ell had stated— namely, that the disease was gener al—( hear)—for had received letters from Mayo, Galway, Kerry —coun ties stated not to be infected —assuring him that the calamity had been felt in various l o calities.—(Hear.) Mr. PERRY also expressed his regret at having it in his power to corroborate the"statements already made.—Tear.) He was enabled to do so, havin g visited the south of reland within the past week, where lie found the disease in almost every locality; an d he took particular pains to obtain accu rate information.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted particularly to have to state, that potatoes treated in the manner sug gested by Professor Kane had been infected, as well as those treated in the usual manner. Mr. O'CoNNELL read a letter from his son Maurice, dated from Derrynane Abbey, and also one from the Rev. Mr. M•Evoy, a Roman Catholic clergyman, residing in Kerry, stating that the disease was daily increasing in almost ever locality ; and said that, as far as he was concerned, he would allow every penny his tenants should pay for food to them in their rent, and he hoped others would follow his example. —(Hear, hear.) The Irish people were in fact feeding the English, as a proof of which 16,000 quarters of corn had been exported within the last month, and their continuing to do so would bud, Very likely, is guying thomnlYce I -J V ~~