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.I- I tt et 44 iik/ tt rft. , * -q4 k 141 SUN OFFICE, Seven ("Clock TAT TERSA L'S —THIS EVENINC six O'CLOCK. YORTHAMPTMIIIRE HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Halo 6 to 1 agst Euclid colt 12 to 1 agst Queen 111ary--taken 20 to 1 agst Lord SAltoun 2,000 GOINE..kS STASES. 7 to 1 agst The Liberator CHESTER. CUP. 30 to 1 agst Mickey Free 60 to 1 agst Queen Mab 3IETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Bourton—taken 25 to 1 agst Pineapple—taken DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Conyngbam—taken 30 to 1 agst The Liberator RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XII. This Committee met to-.lay at twelve o'clock, in Room 25, the Hon. W. S. Lascelles in the chair. All the other members of the Committee were presen'. IPSWICH AND Bunv ST. EDMUND'S, No. 11. (NEWM.A.RIEnT AND ELY). The case on behalf of this line was resumed. Mr. P. Bruff, civil engineer, was examined at con siderable length regarding the engineering features of this line. He said it started from out of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's main line at Newmarket, and proceeded in the inept practicable enaineer ing route to Ely, where it terminated. To avoid the necessity of a tunnel at Newmarket, there were two rather severe gradients between Kenford and New market. These were one in sixty and one in eighty respectively. There would not be any difficulty in work ing them, as they existed on the portion of the hne where there would be the least traffic. The curves pre sented no engineering features of difficulty. The estimate of cost was 13.0001. per mile, or 250,0001. in all, making it the cheapest line yet constructed in the district. The op posing Company, the Newmarket and Chesterford, proposed to make a tunnel at Newmarket, and would therefore have better gradients; but that line took a circuitous route, and passed through tens that would make it very difficult of construction. This closed the promoters' case. Mr. GUEADON, who, on behalf of certain landowners, pro posed to address the Committee on the relative merits of the competing :Ines, was refused a hearing, The CHAILLMAN stating that they would only hear those who appeared on petition against the Bill under considera • Lion, on account of alleged injury to be done to their pro perties,. Mr. O'MALLEY then addressed the Committee on behalf of the Duke of Rutland against the Bill. At the close of the Learned Gentleman's speect the Com• mittee adjourned till Monday next. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) BARRETT AND OTHERS V. THE STOCKTON AND DARLD:GTON R.\ ILW AY COMPANY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the arguments, post poned their judgment. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) HILLS AND ANOTHER V. NASH AND OTHERS. This was a bill filed against the executors of Thomas Nish, to enforce the payment of certain losses incurred by him in a speculation in which he had engaged with the plaintiffs. A decree had been made in the cease . ' in favour of the plaintiffs in 1843, but the case. was taken before the Lord Chancellor, who varied the decree by the addi tion of certain parties to the suit as defendants. The cause therefore came on for re-hearing. The facts are these:—ln the year 1841 George Webb suggested to the :plaintiffs, Hills and Burton, and to Thomas Nash, and a per son named Carpenter, all of whom were engaged in the corn trace, to enter into a speculation for the purchase and sale et English wheat. The parties agreed that the profit or loss should be regulated by the proportion cf corn which each invested. It was further stipulated that Mr. Nash was not to be one of the parties who were either to purchase err sell. The plaintiffs held 15,000 quarters of wheat, Webb 5,000, Nash 2,500, Carpenter '20,000, and a person named Shepherd. who lied been introduced into the speculation, 2,500. In 1840 the plaintiffs and Carpenter 'purchased a large quantity of wheat on a joint account, and At the end of the year the affairs were wound up, when it was :found that the►e was a loss of 18,1801. 18s. 6d. Carpenter came to a settlement with the plaintiffs on the ascertained loss sustained. Shepherd had also settled his portion of the loss. Webb, not being in circumstances to enable him to liquidate his moiety of the loss, was released from al► liabilities. Nash died in 1811, and by his will ap pointed the defendants in this suit his executory, who, not finding in the books of the testator any satisfactory evidence of his being a party to the agreement in question, declined to make any payment on his account until ample proofs were given that such was the case. IA ebb and Shepherd, who titer,/ parties in the original record, were added to the suit. (The case had not concluded when our report left.) ,SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ( Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Ifuhcnv,L.r..) AI3SENCE OF ATTORNEYS AND WITNESSES. This moriong there was the same ground of complaint which has existed f:}r some time past t f the absenca of the parties at the appointed time, and sereral causes were either struck out of the list or were placed at the bottom. SMITH n. MOORE. This was an action brought to recover compensation for damage dune to an omnibus belonging to the plaintiff, an omnibus proprietor. The defelidant pleadel that he was not guilty of the negligence imputed to him, but no one attended on his behalf. Mr. WILDE stated the case on the part of the plaintiff, from which it appeared, that in December last the plaintiff was driving along the Mile-end-road, when the accident occurred, through the defendant's cirt being on the wrong side of the road. The actual damage to the onii;ibus was about 101., and as much more was claimed for the loss of time. On the-witnesses being called, however, they were not present. The U\nEu•SIIEItIFF said that a verdict for nominal damages must be taken, unless the witnesses arrived before the jury were dismissed. LLOYD V. LEILKOVITZ. This was an action to recover the sum of ss. for one quarter's rent of a houses in Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that this was the third time the cause had come before the Court, :as two previous verdicts in favour cf til plaintiff had been set aside ; the facts, however, appeared To him to be very simple. 'lhe plaintiff was the landlord of the house for which the rent was claimed, and the defendant, who is a Polish gentleman, took the house on au agreement for three years, but shortly after the expiration of the first quarter he gave up the key, but had not paid any rent; the plaintiff had ac cepted the key, which however did not preclude him from recovering the rent. Nixon, a process server, was called and proved that be took a key of defendant's wife, but he could not identify it; he had tried a key in the door and it opened it, but he could not say that the one produced was the one. Mary Wood was ca:led, but could not speak positively to the key. Defendant was net now in psiession. The defendant's witnesses were called, but did not answer. The defendant's ATTORNEY Slid :hat he had a good defence ao the action on the merits, but o: .:ourse could not goon with Atte ease in the abeence of his wit ti,sses. A verdict was then given for t! c amount claimed. From what tronspired on the 1 rovious occasion it was ex pected that the defence would be that plaintiff had in dwed the mfd in give up the key, but that the defendant was nct be and by her act. It was also urged that the iden tical key was not produced. IMPERI PA RUA M ENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. 'The House sat to-day shortly before Five o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. The royal assent was Oven to day, by commission, to the Consolidat , d Fund Bill, the Irh.h Loan (8,000,0001.) Bill, the Labouring Poor (Inland) Bill, and the Protestant Dissenters and Gvueral Lite and Fire Insurance Company's Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, and Lord Campbell. The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsuk a: a few minutes after Five o'clock. THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Lord POR TMAN presented a petition from the board of gturdians of Bradford, pra3ing their Lordships to take into consideration the law of settlement, iu order to repeal it and establish a national rate. Tiie Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Torrington complaining of the Poor Removal Bill, and praying their Lordships to take into consideration the means of establishing a system of union rating. A NOBLE LOAD, whose name we could not learn, pre sented a petition from Letford against the law of settle- EDUCATION. Lord BROUGHAM presented a- petition from the . congregation of Independents in Norfolk, complaining of the Government interference with religion and educa . cation, by making grants. EDINBURGH AND ABERDEEN MAIL. Lord _ CAMPBELL rose to present a petition, to which he begged leave to call the attention of his Noble Friend (the Marquis of Clattricarde). It was a petition complaining of a contemplated grievance in the alteration of the mail hem Edinburgh to Aberdeen, and was signedintiuenttiq many of the noblemen, gentlemen, and other tien stataelld:ntlhmatbfi o tants of the county of Fife. The peti iicshirer the b last ten years the mail had run through allnerbab c i l an C t u s p o a f r and Perth, to the great advantage of ' they way was now proposed to the county; but it mail to Perth by nay t i be route, so as to forward the white it :could tdagioe believe that any public Would result tram tbia 7lbcensberry. lie did not inconvenience and alteration, disappointment of a most iiltkethr.telal and respectable body of men. LANDLORD AND TENANT, pCtition from BroughAane, The NOBLE LORD also prestnted to a improve th e re in Ireland for a law latic:n between landlord and tenant. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. Thc Marquis, of I,OI.\TDO.NDEItRY wish e d to call the attention of the House tu something that had fallen, from the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests in another place, which he must say di*pla) ed considerable. ignorance of the matter in question. The statement had reference to the Wellington statue, , . which was stated to be removed, and placed in another site. The attention.of.: the Committee had been called. fo the matter, and at a meeting of the Sub-Committee that clay, he had been requested to state to ;he House that. they had not come to the decision of placing the statue in another place, but had agreed only to tike it down. To prevent any ..!,-,-, , mistake he was requested to read ihe following letter ~ ~ f.om the Chairman of t he S u b-o, :mm itt e e, embodying ~ ----•--_,,,,..._Ae Commitkea views. (The N 41e tdar_quis read the 1 T THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINg, MARCH 18, 1847. the expense of taking the statue down, but would not be i responsible for its being placed in any other situation. They did not think that any other situation would suit the statue unless it were s of the same elevation and mass as the present arch, and further they were of opinion that no better or more eligible site than the present one could be found. The expense of a sufficiently elevated pedestal for the statue would be such as, the Sub-Committee were not prepared to take upon themselves, and were the Government to pay the expense it would in all probability lead to a contentious discussion about taking the public money to which they would not be a party. The Committee were of opinion that the duties of the Sub-Committee were terminated by the taking down of . the statue ; they believed that then the statue would be seized by Government, and that the subscribers would be left to make the best terms with them that they could. That was the statement he was requested to make to their Lerdships' House. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he was not officially acquainted with what had passed between the Sub-Committee and the Lords Commbsioners of the Woods and Forests, and he had no reison to doubt that the statement in the letter read by his Noble Friend was correct, but when the Sub-Committee in that letter alluded to this statue being the subject of a contentious discus sion, which it would be advisable to avoid, he (Lord Lansdowre) felt himself bound to state that he was not aware of any contention that had arisen on this work of art, unless it were indeed a laudable con tention as to who should do the greatest honour to the Duke of Wellington by placing the statue in a situation which, while conspicuous enough, would also be conformable to the dictates of public taste, in con formity with the wishes of both Howes of Parliament, and the country. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that he fully agreed in what had fallen from the Noble Marquis, all he desired to impress upon the House was, that the sub-committee could do no mere than remove the statue from the top of the arch, and that there their duty in the county of Hertford, complaining of the inadequate remuneration now paid to the collectors and assessors of taxes, and praying for an increase The Noble Lord also presented a petition from certain traders and owners of vessels in Liverpool against the Birkenhead Docks. DUNFERMLINE. Mr. HUME presentA a petition from the tradesmen of Dunfermline against the railway which passed through the town. RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. Mr. MOFFATT presented petitions from Carrick-on- Suir, the barony of Athlone, and other place's, praying the Government to make advances of money on Irish railways as a means of employing the people. EDUCATION. Mr. HINDLEY presented petitions from several Bap. tilt' congregations against the Government scheme of education, and moved that they shuuld be printed with the votes. ceased. - PUBLIC WORKS, &c. (IRELAND), The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, laid upon the table certain papers, moved for, from the Commissariat De partment in Ireland. These papers were brought down to the latest period. In a few days he should lay upon the table a report from the Board of Works, which would place their Lordships in possession of all that had been done to relieve the distress existing in Ireland. CONCILIATION HALL. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of their Lord ships to a circular which had lately emanated from Con ciliation Hall, calling upon the people of Ireland (and he (Lord Brougham) had no doubt that its request would be urged by the priesthood from the altar) the necessity, the absolute necessity, of raising what was called the minimum subscription to the repeal rent. Now he (Lord Brougham) hoped that mea sures would be taken to prevent any portion of the millions of money which was received from Eng land and Scotland, he tru,ted that means would be taken to prevent one farthing of that money getting its way into the coffers of Concili•stion llall, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said there could be no two opinions upon that subject. He had not, how ever; seen the circular referrf d to by the Noble Lord. cate died of the disease. The return was ' nil.' It had , THE POTATO —ELECTRIC been proved that after all the costly institutions they 1 AGENCY. had framed for the prevention of this disease, (From Saunders's News Letter.) it could net be introduced. Clothes subjected TO THE EDITOR OF " SAUNDERS'S NEWS LETTER. " ',Q a moderate , head would no longer corumu- Sir,—My attention was very powerfully drawn to a it ; and the disease itself would not lie letter addressed by Doctor James Swan, to the Council :agent for more than eight days. The most absurd l of the Royal Dublin Society, dated Cottage, Donegal, report and ideas were prevalent with regard to the ' Gth Feb., 1847, submitting to the Council the result of plague. Many supposed that it could be communi- an experiment with reference to the blight in the potato cated by clothes after the lapse of years, and one crop which, under existing circumstances, and especially writer had stated that. the plague had .been intro- at this period of the year, appears well deserving of the duced from Thebes from the uurollingeef a mummy. most serious consideration, and to which, with your In many parts of . the world, a moving on th'-s permission, Ir. ill again seek to draw public attention. question was going forward. Russia was advanc- A copy of this letter appeared in pair paper of the 16th leg, and public . opinion was fast changing in ult., but as a very distinct and close reference to the de regard to these laws. Austria es as also tails of the experiment as then given is necessary to a stirring. In pl..ces where the greatest ignorance thorough apprehension of what is to follow, I would beg prevailed, opinion was becoming enligbtened. Last year the favour of your re-printing the following extract from there was a scientific congress held at Marseilles, which it. After a short introductory observation, Doctor Swan though principal' composed of contegiouists, yet passed proceeds— resolutions that the present law required modification. 4 , Having read an account of the application of eke- He believed that it the quarrautine laws had not tricitv as a stimulant to the growth of plants, by Dr. existed the unfortunate people on board the Eclair i Forster, and others, I, early in April last, marked oil in would have been spared, and L 0 d amage what- m y ward( n(a rich loamy soil) en ebbing plot of ground, ever would have occurred to the community due north and south, containing twelve ridges of the He would, therefore , move for any copies of the corre - usual a idth. Into the four corners of the plot I drove spondence which hid taken place on the subject of the wooden pegs, and had a fine iron wire stretched from quarantine. laws since the lust session of Parliament. ' peg to peg, and buried six inches tinder the surface, so Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Ile thought that as to surround the plot. Pole,e eight feet high, were the most convincing argument steainet the entire useless- then placed in a line clue north and south, seven yards nest of these laws was, that during the hundred years apart, down the centre of the plot, and a wire carried that the quarantine l a ws - bed been in existence, at -from the centre of the buried wire, on the north, over an expense of upwards of 140,0001. a year, not one the top of the poles, and attached to the centre of the person employed to open the bales and air the buried wire on the south side, and left to collect the cargo upon vessels coining to the country under tbe electricity of the atmosphere, and convey it to the plot most suspicous circumstances had ever been effected. beneath. The sum mentioned by his Hon. and Learned Friend ~ The ground was planted about the 20th of April was scarcely a Litho of the expense of the main- with early Scotch red potatoes, without manure; and tenance of the quarantine system. The commerce twelve ridges to the east, planted with the usual quan of the country had been delayed- ann impeded tity of mixed manure. Both seemed equally healthy by it. He believed the general interest of the and luxuriant in the month of July, from which I quite community had suffered from the systemio an extraor- lost thought of them, owing to the total destruction of dinary degree, and, therefore, he was happy to have the, the rest of my potato crop..until the end of November, opportunity of thanking his Hon. Friend for having when, to my utter astoniehment, a better or more pro brought the subject forward. ductive crop .of sound, mealy, large potatoes, without Mr. MILNER GIBSON said it was unnecessary for the least appearance of rot, I , have never seen dug, him to dwell upon the various subjects which had been though nine of the twelve manured ridges outside the introduced into the speech of his Honourable enclosure were totally destroyed; the three next it friend, because he was not aware that there was the having a few small sound potatoes. slightest objection to the motion which the Hon. " This fact I look on as worthy of consideration; not gentleman had made as to the production of the corres- that ,electricity is likely to become a substitute for pondence moved fur. There was net the slightest doubt manure, -but .tte it. tends to .shoW that disease in the chat the quarantine regulations in the various countries potatocrop"of the past year was owing to atmospheric of the world had been prejudicial to commerce, butes far influence, and not, as so generally believed, to the de e as England was concerned she had reduced her rcgula- predations, in the first instance, of animalcule, which are tions so as in many cases to render them almost nominal. the congequence, not the cause; of deetty." For instance, ships from Turkey were now admitted. The letter concludes by an expression of the writer's free of quarantine, provided they were net laden conviction of the efficacy of conductors, properly ad with susceptible articles, And the same regulations ap- jested, in preserving the potatri from blight, and his in plied to ships from Syria and Egypt. But in a matter tention to plant more largely under their protection like thie, England could not act by herself. :She must during the present season. have the co-operation of the other nations of Europe e Early - tastes and pursuits had led me a good deal into , (LEFT SPEAKING.) - the wide and interesting field of chemical reading and research, and.nowhere in the course of my application to it had my attention been so much interested as by the well ascertained proofs of the extraordinary influence of electricity, in reference to the economy both of animal and vegetable life ; and in turning my thoughts —and who has not done so ?—to the probable cause of the blight in the potato crop of the two last years, I was irresistibly led to the conclusion which the re sult of Dr. Swan's experiment has. gone, in my opinion, a considerable way to verify. Under these circum stances it will not seem strange that upon the appear ance of bis letter I was strongly impressed with the im portance of the result of his experiment, and which was rendered the more interesting from its peculiar cir cumstance that the result aimed at, the application of electricity as a substitute for manure, was not that which was fortunately realised—namely, the preservation of the root or tuber. I had in consequence a few hundred copies of the letter printed, and distributed pretty freely among the landed proprietors and agriculturists of the adjacent counties, and I had the gratification to find my communication' very promptly responded to by several highly respectable and influential persons.. I was, amongst others, favoured with a letter from Sir Gerald Aylmer, who, as many of your readers cannot fail to be aware, is a very extensive landed proprietor in the adjacent county of Kildare, and a scien tific practical agriculturist. In the letter Sir Gerald states, and I have his permission to mention the circum stance upon his authority, that he had long previously arrived' at the conclusion that the potato blight of the last and preceding year was attributeble to the effect of electricity ; that under this impression he had, in the spring of last year, had a ridge of the usual description planted close along side of a wooden paling, the upright slabs or pieces of which were bound together at the top by an iron hoop for its entire length, and which he reasonably assumed would act as a conauctor. In this ridge, when dug out, there was not a single unsound potato, although his crops in all other places suffered in the same way as those of his neighbours. From the Messrs. Rsits,_ of Rath moyle, in the same county, who are admittedly the most extensive growers of the potato in this country, their crop of last year having been, as I am aware, little short of 150 acres, I had a similar communication, stating that their t xperierce and observation had quite led them to agree in the opinion that electrical agency was the immediate cause of the late blight of the potato, and that they had determined to try the effect of conductors placed over their crop of this year ; and in several other communications from highly respect able persons, I found a general concurrence in similar opinions. Under these circumstances I deemed it only right to . apply to Dr. Swan, and to request that he would enable me to afford to parties who, in their replies to my previous communication, had made inquiry as to various matters of detail, such information or advice as his previous ex perience might enable him to offer. His reply appears to me to contain a number of suggestions, the manifest importance of which will, I trust, appear to you a suffi cient excuse for my request that it may also be given to the public through the medium of your columns. It is as follows: THE FOREIGN EXCHANGES. It appears to us, on a re-consideration of the circum stances bearing upon the rate of exchange between Eng land and foreign countiies, that we did not, on Saturday last, give sufficient prominence to the tact, that very large amounts of English property are at all times lying in the various commercial emporiums of the world ; and that the tendency to an adverse rate of ex change may be, to some extent, counteracted by.realising a portion of this property and remitting the proceeds. In judging of the probable consequences of excessive impor tations of food, or other commodities, at any particular period s men aro rather too ready to assume that the commerce of the country is conducted almost entirely upon the plan of drawing bills at once against exports of Merchandise to other countries at the time of shipment, and remitting these bills ,at once to the country on which they are drawn. If that practice was as general in England as in the United States, we might always place the exports and imports of any given year against each other, and pretty safely take for granted, that the oalance of excess on either side must be paid or received it: coin or bullion. But English commerce is not generally conducted on the plan to Which we have alluded. Owing to the com parative abundance of capital in this country, the trade, both of import and export, with many very important markets, is carried on entirely with English funds. The merchant buys manufactures, sends them abroad, and waits until they are sold, when he invests the proceeds in produce, and imports it into this country, without having drawn or negotiated any bill of exchange in Conaexion with thert;. The imports ofone year, consequently, may, and generally do, rspresent, and ought to be compared with, the exports not of that, but of some preceding year ; and, having been paid for in advance by this country, their excess at any particular period cannot exercise any influence upon the rate of exchange. From the mode in which the trade to the East Indies and China is carried orr, there will probably be at all .imes an amount of British property lying to the eastward of the Cape of Gs sod Hope, equal to not less than the whole amount of British exports to those countries for eighteen months or two years. The same remark will apply to the West Indies, British and foreign, Brazil, and the whole cf South America, with other markets of consi derable extent and importance. Whatever excess in imports from three countries may have recently arisen, we may look upon it rather as the natural result of the 'arge exports of the year 1845, than as a cause of pro cable derangement to the foreign exchanges. Again, if our exports have recently declined in value, al.o have the prices of some very important articles of produce, in w hick returns are ordinarily received. This is particularly the case in India and China. Teas, which, last year, were selling at thirty taels a picul, could be bought at the date of the last I,dvices from Canton, for twenty taels ; and silk, which tad commanded 500 dollars it bale, was selling at 400. At Calcutta, indigo—although the crop was smaller by 30,000 maunds than that of the previous year—was soiling at 135 rupees per mound, instead of 175; and sugar et nine rupees instead of eleven. These prices wilt make a considerable difference in the amount of the purchases, on British account, in India and China ; and although, for the reasons above men tioned, that fact has no direct bearing upon the notes of exchange, it has an indirect operation upon them of some importance. The smaller the amount required to purchase the necessary supplies of pro duce for England, the larger will be the fund applicable to purchase on account of other nations. very large portion of the Indian and Chinese produce exported to the United States is now paid for by means of English manufactures ; and it seems highly probable, under existing circumstances, that a much larger portion, not only of that, but of all the tropical produce consume d in the Units(' States, will for the Future be purchase d throu g h t h e intervention of British capitalist:, ssel with funds obtained by the sale of 3 The writer of a recent article in the Times, to which w e adverted on Saturday, had entirely over .ooked the important facts above referred to, and assumed . that the whole of the heavy imports which as e mint manufactures. breerow arrived, and are now arriving, in thi: country, paid for, paraly in commo dities, and the remait:dear in specie and bullion, to he very great deran g ement of the monetar y s y stem r recently ct of the cuuntry. The tact, however, is, that very man) of them have been paid for long ago ; and no therms:- aerable portion of toe remainder will be paid for iss means of British funds now in foreign countries ; su that the drain of bullion from this country, will pro bah!y be much smaller than the great increase of im ports, f a lling-off in . exports, would, at first sight. appear anti threndere necessary.—Manchester Guardian. "College, Donegal, bth March, 1847. " Dear Sir,—Accept my thanks for your letters, as well as for the trouble you have taken with mine of the 6th ,to the Council of the Royal Dublin Society. " The privations and sufferings I have witnessed in the discharge of my duties as a dispensary physician for the last three months, have made me must anxious, if pos sible, to fix the attention of scientific gentlemen on this momentous subject, as nothing can be more cer tain than that an electric state of the atmosphere, whatever may be the peculiar phase of that electricity, is the cause of the potato blight. Indeed, its pro tection by metallic tractors, as in my experiment, though badly adjusted to accomplish that end, places this beyond a doubt. On this principle the various forms of decay in the potato can be satisfactorily explained. The total destruction in the ground, its decay after being taken up and stored away apparently sound, its well as the rotting of the seed in the ground, are attributable to he injury sustained from this active agent by the vital prineipl, of the tuber prior to its detachment from the pare stem. • " In my letter to the Royal Dublin Society; I merely gave a statement of the result of an experiment, conclu .ive as to this, but instituted, as you are aware, for a very different purpose. I declined, however, giving and iirections fur the protection of the growing crop, think ing the matter would be taken up by persons more cora• eetent than I am, but acquiescing in the wish conveyed co me by your letter that lshould do so, I beg with great ,leference to suggest — "First—That uncut potatoes, when the bud first ap peared, should alone be used for seed ; for when the vital energy of the potato is affected, which it may be, without evidencing by any external mark the existence of disease, it will be unable to recover the shock of so large a wound as is made by cutting the seed, or to re produce a bud when broken. " Secondly—The seed should be brought covered to the ground, and earthed up the .moment it is dropped, that it may be as little exposed to atmospheric agencies as possible ;• and " Thirdly,—Before the stem rises to the surface, poles, twelve feet high, and ten yards apart, should be erected, with a strong three-pronged wire (copper if you wish), the prongs projecting eighteen inches Irom the top, bent outwards for that length, and the principal wire con veyed from them down the pole into the ground. It is not material that they should be placed in line with the magnetic meridian, as- Mr. Cooper, who has honoured nay letter with his notice, seem* to think the horizontal wire unnecessary, but he approves of, and recommends, this plan, and his opinion is of the utmost importance, as no gentleman stands higher in the scientific world. This will be sufficient to divert the electric matter from the plant in any state of the atmosphere, however highly charged. "The whole subject opens a wide field for investiga tion, as there is every reason to believe that electricity performs a more important part in the vegetable eco nomy than is generally supposed. I have little doubt, however, from, the notice taken of the trifling hints I have given, by gentlemen of the first scientific attain . meats, that the question, as far at least as relates to the potato blight, will, ere January next, be thoroughly investigated. _ _ DEATH BY FALLING FROM. A TREE.—An inquest was held on. Tuesday, before Mr. Carter, at Balham-hill, Surrey, on the body of a boy ten years of age, the son of Charles Searle, Esq., who, on Thursday morning last, fell tram a tree in the school play-ground at Balham, and re ceived a concussion of the brain, of which he died the next day. Verdict, "Accidental death." . . THE GANG OF CORN STEALERS IN KENT.—At the Rochester Quarter Sessions, held on Saturday, before James Espinasse, Esq., Recorder, Mathew Burgess and Charles Smith, two of the men implicated in the extensive robberies which have been recently committed in various parts of the Western Division of Kent, were brought to trial, together with Robert Jenkins, charged with being an accessory aftet the fact. The trial occupied the greater part of the day. Mr. Rose and Mr. Russell appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Addison defended the prisoner Smith and Burgess, and Mr. T. Hills attended on behalf of the prisoner Jenkins. Barns and, granaries around the neighbourhood of Rochester had re cently been robbed to a considerable extent, access to which had been obtained by means of skeleton keys, 24 of which were found in the possession of. one of the prisoners, and an inquiry being set on fcot, it was found that small quantities of corn had at various times been sold to Stephen Charlton, a corn factor, at Strond, by William Gilbert, who has ab sconded. The case was clearly proved against the prisoners Smith and Burgess, and they were sentenced to seven years' transportation. Jenkins, through whose instrumentality the principal offender, Gilbert, has for the present escaped, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. A letter from Galatz, of the 14th ult.. says—" From want of ships, only a small portion of the corn collected here at the end of the last year has beec embarked, and con squeal), the magazines of all the ports of the Danumbe are still quite full. The quantity now at Galatz, Glurgewo, Ibrail Siston, and other places cannot be estimated at less than 2 . 000 ,000 hectolitres, of which 1,100,000 are wheat, 500,000 maize, 300,000 barley, and 100,000 rye. The corn of the last harvest in Moldavia is expected to reach, early in May next, this port, Thrall and Giurgewo , and the q uantities will be altogether 2,976,000 hectolitr es, com p rising. all kinds. Adding to these quantities the 2,000,000 hectolitres alredy arrived at the ports, it will be se en that western Euro p e, will find here the means of supplying herself from the ports of the Danube after the next harvest with nearly 5,600,000 hectolitres of corn. The Danube is at this time covered with ice, and more than 100 vessels ready laden are detair,ed, but at the first opportunity, which car.not be now long in c"iing , they will take their departure for their respective destinations."- A raouric EWE.—There is at present - a black. faced Hardwick ewe in the possession of Mr. llill, of Whin. nerah, in Gosforth, which has reached the patriarchal age of twenty-five years. This extraordinary animal has annually reared a lamb for the last twenty-three years, and has every year, during that long period, always produced a full fleece of wobl. This animal is healthy and active, and will shortly present her owner with a lamb again this season ; she has annually produced a gimmer lamb for the last twelve year so that the number of her progeny can scarcely 'oe calculated "Believe me, dear Sir, &c., " JAMES SWAN, " John M‘Mullen, Esq " The universally admitted importance of the subject is the only excuse I can offer for so large a trespass upon your space ; but I cannot conclude without urging upon public attention tbe vast valiie of Dr. Swan's sug gestion, that no potato should be used for seed until it should have been first ascertained that ir still contains the principle of vegetable life, and should, for the pur pose, be so placed as to cause, at least, the appearance of a bud. Had proper attention been paid in this respect, it seems scarcely possible that so large an exent of the seed planted in the autumn of last year should now be rotten in the ground and totally lost. • I am, Sir, your faithful servant, • JOHN BP:dULLEN. Grand Canal 1101.13(1, W illiam-street, March 12, 184 7. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR LOUGII• 110mq:ult.—An accident, attended with loss of life, occurred on Tuesday night, between Loughborough and Kegwortb, on the Midland R„il wa y. It appears that when the down train, leaving, Loughborough at ten o ' lock, arrived at Derby, a communication witS telegraphed to Loughborough, stating that something—the driver thought a sheep—had been run o'er,, sq , n after the train had left Loughborough.. Some men were according)}' sent down to clear - the line, when about three-quarters of a mile off they found the body of a soldier l y i n g across the rails with his head err shed, both legs severed, and the body dreadfully mangled. In addition to the pas senger train, a luggage or mineral train, c o n s i st in g o f 5 G or 60 w aggons, appeared to have gone over him. The body was taken to the Loughborough station, where' a coroner's jury will sit upon his remains. The unfortunate man was a private of the 4th Dragoon Guards stationed at Loughborough, named Thomas Buhnan. He was 26 years of age, and. had by.en in the regiment about six years. I —Cumberland Parquet. -- - THE "POTATOE Caor.—We learn that potato - es foi ld are by no means scarce in the layer ,district. 0 Fan ner in the neighbout hood of Wigtown has a large quan n ! „_:n pits, which he has offered, we learn, at 43. i er bushel, tilt' ~...' is a price that is being paid in many cases for good ' se " e u d. " ln . :!te upper district, we have heard of as much as l being put on the precious seed. 81. a boll au 'ler a high price.—Galioway Advertise r . Las I N LONDON.—In this metro _. s sh is 'wo hundred deaths a w eek, nearl y ' 'ne death an hour, beyond 0 1 O r s p . o p t e a r to h e u 4 :. i?r ..se of nature.— s- "~ .....a•-•••• .---------- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. RECRUITING IN GLASGOW. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Dorchester, March 16. A FEMALE RECRUIT. CROWN ,COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Last Saturday the East India Company's recruiting - Robert Bridge, John Fetherstone, Samuel Mostyn, William sergeant, stationed here, was applied to by a splendid Barnes, William Tievelian, Hiram Vivian, Samuel Former, looking young fellow to be admitted as a recruit. Con- George Guy, Richard Martin, and • Richard Rees were in ,and the In etment charged them with assembling in dieted, • gratulatinrs himself on his good luck,- the sergeant led a tumultuous manner, and with force and arms making an the way to ' the in. rendezvous where - the recruit was found affray to the terror and and disturbance of her Majesty's to be 5 ft. 5i in. in height. The chest and legs were subjects, wherein one James Bushrod, together with Ruth, sergeant con examined as usual, though the worthy _ his wife, and Sarah Ann, his daughter, were assaulted, beaten, sidered this p roceedin g q uite unnecessar y in this instance, and abused, and at the same time in and upon George and performed this part of his duty very cursorily. Groves, Jet bro Waters, and Thomas Cake, constables, assault.- I bystander's eyes were, however, sharper than th e ing and beating them, the said constables behes then in the • d e luded sergeant's, for hri saw, while the chest was bei n g execution of their duty at Upway. looked at, that the would-be recruit was—a female! .T 0 Mr. Stock was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Fits herbert defended the prisoners. avoid a closer examisaticn, she at once centessed her sex whi'e the disappointed sereant stood by in gapi n g The prisoners are what are termed " navigators," and were employed upon the Wilts, Someraet, and Weymouth Rail- astonishment. She said her name was Anne M`Leano way at Upway, between Dorchester, and Weyineuth. On 18 years of age ; was a native of Ireland, tbough " Monday, the 18th of January last, some of the prisoners Scotch parents, who were poor, and that alter their den_th _. went to a public-house at Upway, kept by Bushrod. In :he she had found it difficult to obtain a livelihood. Bele s s course of the evening the rest of the prisoners came to that stout and hardy, thought she might pass for a boy : cam e house. After drinking some beer a quarrel arose among to Cork, engaged as a sailor, and went two voyages the men, and went on till it came to what was termed a the West Indies. On her return, in November last, got desperate row. They knocked down some of the posts which employment for three weeks in a factory in Glor y, supported the beams of theaap-room. This disturbance con- bat did n o t like the confinement. Subsequently *vs! tinned until some constables arrived, who recommended them to be quiet and enjoy themselves. They, however, broke the emploed about the Broomielaw as a coal porter, an d table and drove the constables out of the house. The pri- also at , Pollokshaws in field labour. Having a brother in goner Bridge dragged Bushrod out of the house, knocked him the East India Company's service, thought she w ould g? . down, and kicked and beat him until he was tendered insen• t he r e also, and was much disa pp ointed when discovere 0. er sible. Upon coming to himself he found that his passage She lots cousins in Glas g ow, and g enerall y p assed h door had been broken, and the men were then endeavouring self off as her younger brother, and was never e ven s to force the parlour door. His wife and daughter were lying pected before. She has altogether a m anl y look ; bill on the ground in a senseless state. His daughter's cheekwas dressed out in corduroy jacket , moleskin t rousers, severely cut. Time then was a clamour for more beer. He bonnet, striped shirt, andhob nailed shoes, the mascu line was terrified, and therefore he drew some, but the men brake gender could not be doubted. To avoid suspicion, lie all the mugs. Bushrod at length contrived to lock up his smokes, and can take her glass of whisky or porte r like bar and left the premises. He returned in about an hour; h er wou ld-b e f e ll ows . H er vo ice is rather shrill, an d IC most of the prisoners had gone Away. The constables, who the only weak point in her assumed character. She 14 had been driven out of the house, had now procured further the soldiers, saying she would endeavour to assistance and came to the spot. Two of the prisoners were then lying in the tap-room asleep, and they were immee the railways as a " navvie 1" This true tale serresfr diately taken into custody, and the other prisoners were ap- confirm the old adage "that truth is some:inns strung prehended on the following day. When the constables were than fiction."—Scotch Reformers' Gazelle. • in pursuit of the prisoners Bridge threw stones at them, with a view of driving the constables away so that they might not be taken. Bridge had been heard to say that he would have a row at Bushrod's. One circumstance is particularly worthy of notice, because it has a tendency to create these lawless acts, and that • is—that it is the general rule to pay these men their wages at public-houses, where of course there is the inducement.to get to drinking, which continually leads to riot and disorder. The jury found the prisoners Guilty of the assault upon a peace officer, and they were sentenced—Bridge to four months' and the other prisoners to two months' imprison- get work on anent, with hard labour. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) Bartholomew Gale and William Reid were indicted for entering the dwelling-house of George Lane, at Corscombe, and stealing money. Mr. }looks was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Ed 'wards defended the prisoners. It appeared that the prosecutor kept a turnpike-gate at Tollerdown. On the night of the 18th of February, 1846, he was awoke by a cry of "Gate." He got up, and went down stairs, and opened the door, when two men laid hold of him, and two others went into the house. They told him if he did not bide quiet they would have his head off. The prose cutor's wife came to them, and they knocked her down, and said they would have her life if she did not tell them where the money was. She told them the money was gone, but there was some in the window. One of the men held her down while the other took a lantern from his pocket and went up stairs. The man who held her down had.a hand kerchief over part of his face, and the other part was black ened. She had a black eye. They took away 1/. Os. lOid. The prisoners lived in adjoining parishes, about six or seven miles froni Tollerdown-gate. Gale was seen in company with Reid about nine o'clock that night, and they were heard talking together as to the best mode of disguising them selves to go to Tollerdown-gate and get some money; and the husband of one of the witnesses told them it would be a good way to tie a handkerchief round the face and wear a cap, and he gave them a bit of rag, and told them to black -it against the back of the fire. Gale blacked the rag and put it in his pocket, and her husband gave him a cap be longing to one of his own children, and Gale put the cap on ; the husband then took a lantern, and they all left the house— her husband, the two prisoners, and John iteid, the brother of the prisoner Reid. This witness stated that she after wards heard William Reid give an account of the robbery, which corresponded with the account given by the prosecu tor and his wife. Her husband told her that while he was holding the prosecutor he told him that this was a shocking thing, and they must soon meet before the judgment-seat of Christ. Her husband bad been transported 12 months ago. Gale was apprehended at Dorchester, and Reid near Brid port in October last. Mr. EDWARDS addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soners, and urged upon them that they could not place any credit in the story told by the woman. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both pri soners, and they were sentenced to be transported for 14 years. Thomas Saunders, William Larcombe, and William Lar combs the younger, were indicted for burglariously breaking and: entering the dwelling-house of Edward Legg, at Beaminster, and stealing therefrom divers articles, and Maria Saunders and Ann Saunders were indicted for receiv ing the same. Mr. Slade was counsel for the prosecution. The house of the prosecutor was found to have been broken into on the morning of the Bth of January, and some boots, bags, a quantity of flour, silver spoons, and many other arti cles were missing. Some persons had entered by the window, and six panes of glass were broken, and one of the cross-bars had been removed. Thomas Saunders and William Larcombe the younger were seen together on the road going towards Mr. Legg's, about twelve o'clock that night, and about five miles from their own residence. A search was made that morning in the house of Thomas Saunders, and a great many of the stolen articles were found in the bedroom. The two female prisoners, who were his wife and • daughter, were in the house. While the search was being made Thomas Saunders got out of the upstairs window. He was immediately taken, and then he asked if the constable bad got Will Larcombe all right. William Larcombe, the younger, on Ore same day, took some of the articles to an ironmonger at Crew kerne, and sold them. The prisoners all lived at Master ton. 'On the morning of the 9th of January some earth near Larcombe's house was observed to have been fresh moved. The spot was searched, and several of the stolen articles were found buried. Maria Saunders was apprehended on the 9th of January. Four silver spoons which had been stolen were found upon her. Ono of the constables said lie had worn one of the stolen handkerchiefs in the hope that it might be identified. The judge told him he was a very foolish man. Ann Saunders worked at a mill at Mosterton. Sonic of the stolen meat was found where she worked, wrapped up in an apron. 'Ann Saunders admitted that she had taken the meat to the place where it was found. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the case to the jury, observed that there was no case against the elder Larcombe, and he thought it would have been as well if he had not been sent there. As to Ann Saunders, the law considered the wife acted under the control of her husband, and therefore she was entitled to an acquittal. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Thomas Saunders, William Larcombe, the younger, and Maria Saun ders, and Acquitted the other prisoners. They recommended Maria Saunders to mercy. A former conviction was proved against William Larcombe, the younger. The Learned JUDGE sentenced Thomas Saunders and Wil liam Larcombe, the younger, to be transported for seven years, and Maria Saunders to be imprisoned and kept to hard abour fur two months. There were no less than 11 witnesses to prove this case. ROME CIRC 1 T.—Maidstone, March 17. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.) HYDER V. DIXON. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, MARCH 17. 51i STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and D udlel..., p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 p.—Eastern Counties. WI ld —Ditto, York Extension, % dis. Great Western. 27 ion Shares, 3% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p. — L on sic, and North-Western, 176—Ditto, New, Quarters, 10% Quarters (G. J.), 17U p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halveil, Ditto, Fifths, 6% p.—Ditto, 32 1 . Shares (late Extenslon)..7B Pi; Manchester, Sheffield, mid Lincolnshire, 91—Ditto, Qn_a rt ,,, 6rs 'lreir. 92. Ms. —Midland Stock, 117—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4% p.--P' o ", 3 p.—Newcastle and Carlisle, Ils — North Staffordshire, n.—. North Western, % dis.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 75abrire, Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1 dis.—South Staffe 3s. 9d. p.—West Riding Union, 1% p. — York and Newcastle, 1-7 ference, 4 p.—Dutch Rhenish, 3 dis. MANCHESTER, MARCH 17. an Sroca EXCKANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate , NottinNottingham' Boston, t4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, New Birmingham and Oxford Junction, Bb—East Lancashire, west (scrip), I% East Lincolnshire, 2% c.—Fleetwood, Preston. and sod Riding Junction, %—Huddersfield and Manchester Itail Wal t Canal, Thirds, I—Leeds, and Thirsk, 2 % —Liverpool, blanch :7 0 , and Newcastle Junction, %—London and North-Western (f,,,u -cheater, and Birmingham), Quarters (B), 6—Ditto, (C), chestcr, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % p.—Manchestel;;o, Leeds, 321 . Shares (late Extension). 2 9-16—Manchester. Sheltto and Lincolnshire (Great Grimsby 201. Shares), 1 11-16 dis. (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1% --Manchester and Soullla n , 4 l o6 15.16—North Staffordshire, 2%—Northern Counties IJnion , ' sou th —Shropshire Union, 1 —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, h Vest Staffordshire, %—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, Pa r ; re fer' Riding Union, I%—Wharfdale, par—York and Newcastle. • exce, 3 7 4 p. LEEDS, MARCH 17. h 15g1 STOCK ExcHerinr.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-n 'f,ss t Boston, ss. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 6s. 6d. dis. ts nd Lancashire, New, 1% p.-Ditto, New (scrip), 23 5. 6 d. P . - as v o rk) , West Yorkshire, 13s. n. p.-Great Northern (late Londo n and xd Ntd 2s. 6d. dis.-Ditto (late Direct Northern), 3s. dis.--Hudderillel,.. OS. Manchester, 2% p.-Leeds and Thirsk 2 dis.-Ditto, Preforen''' 311 6d. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 14s. 6d. p. -Londo n _ old Brighton and South Coast, Fifteenths, 3s. 6d. p.-Maricheslcl;tBn, Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2% p.-Manchester, Blio Matlock, and Midland, Bs. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 9% 1 :4 0 a51 8 -Ditto, New, 31. 14s. -North British; Quarter Shares (la te Cou n Blanch) , 365. p -Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 14s. p.-Northern ties Union, 335. dis.-North-Western, 2s. p.-Sheffteld, By - 04 ham, and Goole, 7a. 6d. dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster' Goole, par-West Riding Union, 335. 6d. p. HULL, MARCH 17. 1 04 kt STOCK EKCLIANGE..-The sales are-North British,- • (scrip), 13s. 9d. p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, aii-orth. -Newcastle and Berwick, 33 c. n.-Ditto, New, 3% Western, 4 -Nori.h Staffordshire, 16s. 9d. SHEFFIELD, MARCH 17. •a a tlee lci STOCK ExcnAwort.-The sales are-Manchester, Buxton, ..'iciore and Midland, % p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and 111,,c°,e5tern, (Grimsby), 5% dis.-Ditto, 201. Shares, 1% C. dis. - N orte par-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, Is. dis. EDINBURGH, o' l MARCH 16. 6 ; STOCK ExcHANna. -Th sale are-Aberdeen, 11- and Bathgate, 3!. MI.- e Arbroath and F or far, 281. -11 1: S.hares, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. Is. 6d.-Caledon ian, Ditto, New, 21. Bs.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2!. 75.-C2l.- "- 10s. Junction, 39!. 58.-Deeside, 31. 55.-Direct Northern, -4 " 0 ,1 Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dund ee broath, 42/. 153.-llitto. New, No. li 1, 30/.-Ditto. New , s.°t• ‘if te, S e - Ditto, New. No. 3, 41. 15s.tnidee and Perth, 33 /. - p " , ' tra l, Shares, 201 . ss. -East of Fife, 21. 165.-East Lothian -- P r o an 10s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, Si. 175. 6d.-Edi nbu 'Quar t r a 11,tigow, 741. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Half Shares, 20/.-D 1 ,, fe Shares, 19 '.- Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201. - DittoataburBll itto, • once, e, New, 3!. 35.-Ditto, Quarte rs, Se l f; and Northern, 161. In.-Ditto, New Shares, 31. Ver;, port, 71. 145.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 125.-Edinburgh 5-Glas,c,o (Old), It. 17s.- Ditto (New), 21. 95.-Ditto, Halves. 1 68. 00 ,5 ' and Ayrshire, 651. 105.-Ditto , New Stock. 341.-Ditto,r snares!, No. 1, 61. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, Si. 158.-Ditto , Quar e t _ e otase; 161. Duintrics and Carlisle, 5/. 17". 6 „.' . ...0ta51 ° „. and Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. In'• , 8/. "i and Greenock. 191.-Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto. s;torth -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. al England, 233 , . 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 21. Bs. and York, 3/. 12, 6d.-Ditto, Extensions (sail)), 21. socc ,istr cheater and Leeds, 1081.-Ditto, sixteenths. 81 . 8.-- rialvee , 1°1 ; and I , lcrwick, 331. 53.-North British 321. 153 ----Ditto. „cep), It 2s. bd.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 19A_Dlit0 Quarters 35.-Ditto, Thirds, Scottish s. d. -Ditto, Fi . 3eA ttiSh t l , tral, 22/. 17s. Gd.- Grand June f t t i ll e s t; 61./ --sottish 'o r land, 221. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 11. t 2 :. 6c i . _stirevl bUrY ' and westry, and Chester, 8 !. 45.-Ditto, New, t. at. 6,1.-Stiding bef Dunierinliiie, 31. 16s. 6d.-- . Stirling anti Midland, 21. 95. --1" o 10 8. and Coltness, 481. 15s. ,ex div.-York and Newcastle, 3. - D oor Ditto, New, 111. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 81. 17s. W.-Direct lop, Preferenacte bay and Madras, 3s. 9d.-East Indian, Bs.-Great North 01. 0 t, 2 8 ' 35.-Great Southern of Madras , 3 5. - Ma dras, Neilore, and Afe GLASGOW, MARCH 16. ed."' L. - 4 Sroca EXCHANnit. -The sales Are -Caledonian, .7`TeTr , 4 r 6 1 LSO ( Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 445.-Edhiburgh aTimms_,e 118 1 fi re .. Co.), Ditto, Ilalves, 16s.- Glasgow General Tem°, -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, ~s 4 Glasgow , r i ft!' No. 2, 7 %-Dit to, Quarters (5 per cent. Soar .), 1 7 3 5 5 .- Great fries, and Carlisle, 5 % -Glasgow Harbour •51inera Mancheger s_4 of Scotland, 475.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 383.-: 'l. Scottish ors Southampton, 171.-. North British, Thirds, L..' Junction, 20a. 621,4 -Ditto, 3_l 1) ..... This was an action brought by Captain Hyder, formerly of the 10th Dragoons, against Mr. Alfred Dixon, the son of the proptietor , of the well• known horse repository in Barbican, to recover the value of a race• horse, known by the name of " The Devil among the Tailors," sold to him by the defendant, and warranted sound. Mr. Mautague Chambers and Mr. Bovell were for the plaintiff. and Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bramwell fur the de fendant. • It appeared that "The Devil among the Tailors" had been run by Mr. Dixon at Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury, and Chat ham races in the autumn of last year, and was very successful, being the winner on several occasions, and at one of the meetings he ran as many as five heats. At Chatham races he was again successful, and, according to the evidence of one of all witnesses, he bore the character of being a very good "country plater," and upon this occasion he was claimed by a person named Messer, according to the terms theyace, for 801. ; butiMr. Dixon was unwilling to sell him, and ultimately gave Messer 201. not to press his claim. Capt. Hyder, who had been steward at one of the races where the horse had run, and was aware of his capabilities. afterwards entered into a negotiation with Mr. Dixon for the purchase of the horse ; and it was at length arranged that he should give 11C/. for him, and a cheque for that amount upon Messes.. Cox - and Greenwood was given to the defendant, but it was arranged that the transaction should not be con sidered completed until the horse was delivered safely at Brown's training stables in Lewes, and then-the cheque was paid. The horse was taken to Awes in due course, and when the cheque was presented for payment, the clerk who cashed it, it appeared, took upon himself to require the defendant to state on the receipt he gave upon that occasion that the horse was warranted sound. This, it seemed, took place on the 15th of September, the original bargain for the sale having been concluded on the 10th ; and this interval formed a material point in the present inquiry. It seemed that the horse arrived at Lewes on the 12th of September, and it was very soon perceived that he was very ill, and it was found necessary to call in the assistance of a veterinary surgeon; but the remedies be prescribed were of no avail, for the horse went on lingering and wasting until the 21st, and then died, and on his being opened it was found that his kidneys were very much dis eased, and this disease was the cause of his death. The veterinary surgeon who had been called in stated his opinion to be that the disorder existed for a fortnight or three weeks before the death of the horse took place, and consequently that the animal must have been unsound at the time the warranty was given ; but it was admitted in cross-examina tion that horses were frequently attacked witk inflammation and other maladies very suddenly, which would cause their death in a few hours, and that it was very improbable if the horse had been suffering from this fatal disease in the kidneys at the•time he was sold by the defendant, that he could have Jun five severe heats at the Chatham races, and have won the race. Mr. Sergeant SREE, on behalf of the defendant, com plained that by the proceeding of the banker's clerk he was made answerable for a supposed warranty of the 15th of September, when, if one hail really been given at any time, it must have been on the 10th, when the horse was sold, and when, even according to the evidence of the plain tiff's own witnesses, he might have been perfectly sound. He then went on to say that according to his instructions the horse was, in point of fact, perfectly sound when he was delivered, according to the instructions of theoplaintiff, to, the trainer at Lewes, and that the malady must have come on suddenly, either from the change of stable or some other cause, and that, therefore, the defendant was not liable for a breach of warranty. The groom who took the horse from Chatham to Lewes was examined, and he proved that the horse appeared quite we'.l during the journey between the two places, and that on the following morning, after his arrival at Lewes, he cantered him for an hour upon the downs, and did not oberve any thing the matter with him. Some other witnesses were also examined in support of the statement made by the Learned Sergeant. 1121., that sum n e d xp fo e r ns t e h s e th pl a a t in h ed by the plain incTluhdeirjiugr)s.omfoue tiff in doctoring the horse prio r to his death. taidff—beDenaminacguersr. -- EXTENSIVE FIRE AT SonAXi•—We have just re ceived information of an extensive fire at Soham, that broke out on Monday night last, in Hall-street, on the op posite side of the street where the late conflagration burst torch. We can furnish no particulars.—Bury Herald. ---------- bell, F. si r IWO .., in hisSA SAW DUST o ß n ß t it h A e D s . t — u p y ir of John Natu ra x l • • h . stai r hilosord o , . ob " that raw-dust itself is susceptible of co ncerSi o d n i l hough c e „ 1? stance bearing no remote analogy to bread; a n t „ v disar, e ,`"; tainly less palatable than that of flour, yet n ° ‘ l if A s h IVY able, and both wholesome and digestible as I ce he e:sPe r '' nutritive."—NoTE. "See . Dr. Prout's account of Phil,t.Trs° ments of Professor Autenrieth, of Tubingen. . e neN t L e 1827, p. 380. This discovery, which renders fain than it PT, impossible, deserves a higher degree of celebrity Froet„ obtained."—The following is the passage in Pri ih otrs t ; paper, to which Sir John Herschel refers :—.‘ 19 , 1 t 0 1 vi t % the properties of lignin as an aliment, the onlY.P ° ' n ote - J .: in which we have to consider it here, I shall brieflY,g en , iv:, experiments of Professor Autenrieth, of Tub i %cat ,r ib i l o showed some years ago that by proper otallag broad' ',AO principle might be rendered capable of forming .„, n se; f , following was the method he employed for this plui; i O 3 j the first place, everything that was soluble in wa t o t e lvio moved by frequent maceration and boiling. t hat is • was then reduced to a minute state of division, „oirdefo: I say, not merely into fine fibres, but actual, bea t of mo and after being repeatedly subjected to the m o od t/ t e oven, was ground in the usual manner of corn. V I s oltto p imieneo r as e uavltinee a mhsen i t e e i, according to the author, acquires the st ce t e lsc ,s of cern flour. It is, however, never quite white fl our in 'of of a yellowish colour. It also agrees with corn aditiontoi sre t urao l snifbatdtsacitiiat.ntr has ihaldoestvsiys i t chans this not sourf i e t rm m e lae nkat:makes without an pofe c: cr I l i i:Dotif.n ri fosi3tir o f dle l i li t ill ii,s, spongy bread prepared keupec i a t htrhedb i a s ett t tfoe h rfor o mw r t o ah u stet g leal h eto l) s i b!i b a : nce k iha,.itial e d :sni : ta t:s t. o : ° ; t :eoc ii iioje.,ol, e itt; ! c to o u rn g . h, t N r V em oo b d lin fl g o j o e r l , l ia ) :also, boiled in water, forte s t'' ll ' flan' v is very nutritious." can, t he ROMANTIC soaof A a n VEresNpTecirtyleowrorAkinCgHlLD--- rive- i err having been in Scotland for a few we in ek a s n with his mother and the rest of the T j'a lt °l :s: :: ::' tracted a strong attachment for the locality arr o w b e ere' with whom he resided. Upon his return n hi , ret pe quently requested his parents to consent to l o cl t f ° o iiii i , and latterly became so importunate, that he 55d de 0, chastised in order to drive the notion from his T 1 ;0 t A ° O O O to Scotland. Within the last few weeks, al li f hre" i fitl l family, he had accumulated a small stock ° ti s een cis' money; and on Monday last he might have bps tba.„ for, two companions, directing their course tovia r W e e 1 rence Dock, inquiring in the language f ° ti th e pls I ,l ; es the " Stot-land boat." Upon their arrival al. n d ei do c ea embarkation all the glowing pictures of the, ' 1 "; to k' - iie ° failed to induce his less courageous compaln°nfitcoiP;liore' o b r oa g r u d a , r b d u i t a rd a a c u h n i t l e d d s ,le n c y hi e l a d r N s v o en f went alone, wi tl " °- Con ini oie ll', w i t h the iasr ~,i t , bound for ' Glasgow and Greenock. From 0 0 0 0 1 . tp i , l, tioned port he had a further sea voyage to PO W the of °I miles. In a lonely and mountainous di:trict ;tied stifeels" of Bute, upwards of 250 miles from the gas - l i g h r e - y °' iiitla' his native Liverpool, our little voyageur in the g ain s% 03 0 ing approached the object of all his longings. a roe° pe r ' house, the inmates of which were gathering t tbe httl i s cheerful fireside, when a knock was hea rd ti t tbe i i i. so t ' When opened, they found, to their astonishnlen 'eatiewfoos h S u a n x g o r n y f ; a vhoeurrietceeoivf received the p t r r e u v ly i ou n g isguhml amnedr,wceoiledo:ol:o,roaeoyd.:ol.lolo, forgot the toils and dangers of his perilous 3 . ' o ,day "i the breakfasted on the banks of the Mersey on It o pad ° „ 1 , ins . , and on Tuesday night he slumbered. intuatair'......y," Celt. Sucli is the rm_ ....................... ance of ,—Lis'er i " • f ° t fu ll° BIRTHS. Wi les On the lath inst., in St. George's-place, the Lady t it. $' t . ter ° a daughter. , OA ~,if, On the 11th inst., at Largs, Ayrshire, the lad ' o. P" Creyke, R.N., of adaughter. CliffordOn the 11th inst., at Cotham, near Bristol, 1 110 ' or A 0 0 0. 10 E dwards, of a son. A % s(1 , fOD On the 13th inst., at Bath, the la d y of J. ,„ w ife ° On the 15th inst., at Comiaug ht-place West, I •'''' Baring Young, Esq., a a daughter b ed,' p r eelt eti " tin ' MARRIED. emit . C* . 0.:0 01 At St. James's Church, London, by the 1/..T. , -.'er' Rector of Brocklesby, Sir Edward BrackenburY,,, ... i on ~0. ~ o K f .C th . e ß l . a , t&eciv..o.fßKecnladlrek,E,sll4..tlolef cuoeuitflotyrcr ul;iini,ceilin'eT!;_?'iticiadotce le: thumberlatid, eldest daughter and co-heiress of t i .!..a,rl—so,, yr . P of wick, Esq., of llishopwearmouth, in tile county or I , W. i n A t i l i m i e g, l6 o t f li T i r n in st i . t , y. a s t qu P ar a l e sl , e s y. , the late Hugh Kerr, Esq., On the 16th inst., at rtliSley, by the Bev. John 4 t he la 0, John Fulton, Garvald, to Margaret, second daughter ..' v, itt til : , ' Kerr. Esq., Paisley. to An n - Aii4d ic e t E. Aujard, Baq , __ re el, • o , ' Id - . io scr paisieuybthy. Southwark; to :•MjaOrl;'n,,e:llo,lleBl::::4o,ffttbneeitit:4o,; daughtersecOonndthe 6 t t l i l t i is ,o t s f . t ,. l.v a a. t tr P c. a A r o is t ti , il e LI:, n , On the DIED. nirner 'cm ~,,: i's On the 13th inst., at Twickenham, HenrY -1 , ; A te .' I , (.:Irgr!txgthotroici,;. c to e r n ar gh l a o ln. Menthe Eelsidle.sti;t!adifuegalliltf.ek'rreolf itblie Izoti Sitci, 6 0 ' On the 13th inst., Elizabeth , eldest daughter of t •st l O'ityan. Samuel IC-ne ' ' e re , • On the 13th inst., at Gloucese& House, r Gloucester•P el s On the 12th inst., William Taylor, Esq., e• 10 hi O r i e i , t a b g e ed l3 s t ,t h . inst., the Rev. William Bird, of Church Ea b t e e l a r ' ' 54. vo, r 85 gent's-park, aged 72. May. aged 73. trftet Rotherhithe, On the lath Inst., in Princes-s ~ , , d 134. On the 13th inst., at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Ann. wife of pol ylo , widow 01 the late Captain Allan Dedziel, age $' Es g q! al , •• , 10. r, . ride , cd , Itlfelt theila telaitib.intisits.t,.!dart.W.n.nhEdigron,taarrerheittevgr,tohf,MchorgariseTs:: London: Printed and Published by IHIIRDO YOI in the 1 14 Strand, Printer, at The Run I •ftle,. No. 11z, Sr: l % r oaf, of tbs Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, "11l 18, 1847. , • A NATIONAL FAST. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the 24th of this month havirg, by command of her Majesty, been fixt:d for a general fast, he begged leave to move that the Bishop of St. Asaph (who was present) should on that day preach before their Lordships House in West minster Abbey. LAW OF MARRIAGE. The Earl of • CLARENDON presented a petition from some bankers, merchants, &c., of the borough of Devonport, praying for an alteration in the law which regulated marriages. The petitioners complained that many irregularities had arisen from the operation to this law, and they thought that it might be extended to a degree that would enbrace the sister _of a deceased wife and others us remotely connected. The Noble Earl presented a petition to the same effect, from the corporation of the borough. He agreed with the prayer of both -peti:icna. Lord CAMPBELL said that, notwithstanding the opinion of the Noble Earl, which was entitled to great weight, he felt himself bound to come forward and say that he entirely disAltted from the prayer of the peti • tion, and from the opinion expressed by the Noble Earl. He thought that any alteration of this law would be a great blow to domestic happiness, and he c uld not help saying, that in his own mind, the phrase of incest would be well applied to a marriage between a man and the sister of his deceased wife. It might be true enought that inconve niences had arisen from the operation of this law, but he thought that even greater inconveniences would arise from anyalteration ()fit. He entirely approved of the law brougt in by his Noble Friend (Lord Brougham) last session. It was a most iniseh4.vous state of the law, and he thought the state ..f things necessitated that incestuous marriages should be rendered null and void. He thought that this was a great improvement in the law, and he should certainly support its continuanc'. The Earl of ELLENBOROUG II said that the ques tion really was what were the prohibited degrees. Lord CAMPBELL—That was not the question. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH begged the Noble Lord's pardon, for that really was a questicn which - had excited ranch comrneet, and great doubts in the minds of persons perfectly competent to form an opinion. If this matter were to be discussed, they had no alternative but to go to Scripture : for, if the Noble Lord were to state all his reasons for opposing the repeal of the law; and if others were to. do the same for carrying such a measure, the debate would last till midnight; and it was a matter on which even lawyers d - ffered. Lord CAMPBELL said that there was not a lawyer in the kinedem aho doubted that it was necessary to make laws within the prohibited degrees null and void. Lord BROW-LAU entirely agreed with his Noble Friend that this was a most important question, and he was quite ready to allow. that, in one part of the Act, a sufficient distinction had not been drawn to show the objects of the Act. The promoters had cer tainly no desire to interfere with the marriage of relations, but only to prevent those between certain degrees of affinity, and, it was certainly very desirable that the question of the marriage - law sitould be settled, as in its present state of uncertainty it WRS productive of great mischief. The marriage between first cousins was prohibited by the canon-law, although not prohibited by our law. The marriage between an uncle and niece was also prohibited by the canon law, but the Pope could, and frequently did, grant , nsatioes for such marriages, and taking the usual principle that "per legem loci contractus," the law of the place justified and confirmed the controct, he did not see how the Marriage of a man with the rizter •of a deceased wife, when cele brated abroad, could be dissolved in this country. At any rate it was very desirable to settle the law with respect to marriage. The subject then droped. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the second read• ing of the fo:lowing Bills Fairs and Markets Clauses Bill. Gas Works Clauses Bill. Water, l Work4 Cluses Bill. Commissiot.ers Clauses Bill. The Duke, of RICHMOND said he had several times been in Committets upon utv,ppo.ed waterworks Bills, and he lilt the want of some clause to re4alated the prices to b. charged for the water, so that the poor should not pay more for it than the rich. Ile begged to calfe I the attention of the Government to this con sideration. The Earl of CLARENDON acknowledged that the suggestion of the Noble Duke was well worthy of attention. The Bills were then read a second time, in order to be committed tomorrow. DRAINAGE OF LAND BILL. On the motion of the Eerl of Clarendon this Bill was read a first time. Thtir Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SECOND HEADINGS. The foll o wing Bills were read a stcund time:— Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of Stratford stations, and Amendment of Acts). Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amend ment and Branches. South Devon Railway Extension and Amendment. INCOME-TAX. Petitions from the collectors and assessors of th e income-tax and property - tax, complaining that their remuneration was very inadequate, and praying the House to take sups to remedy the grievance, were pre sented by the following Members:—Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Escott, and _Mr. Johnstone. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from the High Sheriff and grand jury of the county of Sligo, praying the House to take means to develop the resources of Ireland, and encourage trade and agriculture. HORSE-RACING IN IRELAND. Dr. BOWRING pre;ented a petition from Kildare against the impropriety of allowing the public money to be used for the purpose of encouraging horse-racing. LAW OF MARRIAGE. Mr. 11. BERKELEY presented a petition from the merchants and bankers'of the city of Bristol, stating that, in their opinion, the present law preventing marriage with a deceased wife's sister might be repealed. Also another petition signed by between thirty and forty Dissenting ministers of Bristol to the same effect. Mr. Bit OTHERTON presented a petition against the use of grai❑ in distilleries. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr: PATTISO N presented a petition against the re moval of SinithfiAd Market. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented three petitions from the occupiers of land in the county of Lincoln, from Sleaford, Stamford, and Lincoln, praying for the rc !naval of Smithfield Marker. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN presented a petition from certain graziers in Northampton against" the re moval of the market. Air. INIA6KINNUN presented three petitions from parties in the nisighouttrhood of Smithfield Market, Praying that, the retuoval of it may be .I;icedily effected. POOR -LAW IN IRELAND. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the 'chairman and board of guardians of Carrickmacross paga:!ntsitethLeanprdelsoer,2apnodorT-elint%as-4ain4hptraiiiilni.g the House to UNION SETTLEMENTS -IN IRELAND. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the landowners and rate-payers of Kildare, praying for an union sys:em of BLACK-WALL RAILWAY. Sir WILLIAM CLAY presented,a petition from the Tower Hamlets against the Bill of the Blackwell Rail way, now before the Floue. „ DECCAN PRIZE MONEY. Sir DE LACY EVANS said, seeing the. Bight Hon. Baronet the President of the Board of Control in his place, he begged to ask the question of which he hal given notice—whether there was any likelihood Of a speedy decision in this matter, as parties who stood in need of it were deprived of it? Sir J. C. 110BHOUSB . said he had answered the question already, some three weeks ago, but he had uo objeetion to state it again to the House. Ile begged now to state, that since that date there had beer, an adjustment, and the Government was now ready to pay over to the trustees the sum of 2,2001. SirDE LACY EVANS inquired whether tLe amount of the recompense had been ueeided upon ? Sir J C. HOBHOUSE said that that question had been tcttled some time ago between the commissioners of the Deccan priie money and the Court of Directors. Mr. ll U bIE aaked whether the observation applied to the 112,0001. ? Sir J. C. - HOBHOUSE intimated that it did. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Mr. J. O'JONNELL presented a petition, very nu merously signed by the inhabitants of New Ross, com plaining that the present poor-law operated very juju- . rionsly to them, and praying that a 'better system of election for the guardians of the poor might be adopted. They prayed that out-door relief might be given to the able-bodied poor. They stated that the poOr-law, as now administered, interfered with the religious dif ferences of the country; that the greater part of the inhabitants of Ireland were Roman Catholics, and that they had no sufficient influence in the direction of the poor-law; that this interference with religious opinions was greatly to be deplored; and that unless a better principle were adopted in the new poor-law, it was the impression of the petitioners that that House was totally incompetent to make just and sufficient laws for Ireland. Mr. J. O'CONNELL also presented a petition from the Rev. Mr. Duggan, parish priest in Ireland, com plaining of a misrepresentation in the reports of Captain Lynch. ROYAL ASSENT. . At this time Sir Augustus Clifford, the-Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the House to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills (for which see L'lrdi' report). 0 PENING OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. HUME wished to ask—he did not, however, see the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forest's in Lis pltce, or he would have asked—whether as the new House of Lords was to be shortly opened, any. accommodation had been made for the Menibers of „the House of Commons? for he (Mr. Hume) could pot see any. HOSPITAL AT PORT MAIION. s Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice: that on a futures day he should put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs with respect to a petition which had been presented. praying-that a military hos pital might be erected at Port Mahon. Mr. P. BORTHWlCKinformed the Hon. Member that he had already given a similar notice. Sir DE LACY EVANS withdrew his notice in favour of that of the Hon. Member. QUARANTINE LAWS. Dr. BOWRING rose to move for a continuation c. the correspondence with respect to these laws. said althotigh the subject was an uninviting one, y.l the discussion which had taken place upon it had gone far to prevent uudue espionage by the Crown. The discussion had also done much to remove many dis• abilities under which travellers and others labour-0 consequence of the existence of.those laws. He was sure, also, that every additional discussion would tend towards the same end; and it was with that view that he felt it his duty to move for the continthition of the correspondence which had taken place" since the subject was last under the attention of the House. The sanatory condition of the people was intimately connected with those laws, and he was not• without hope that the time was not far distant when those laws would be removed altogether. The best results had followed alterations in those. laws in the west of Europe, and in the Levant. Plague, Mtn all other diseases, was materially increased when circumstances concurred to promote its propaga tion. lie need not refer to any instances to illustrate the truth of this proposition. That celebrated case in 1 Calcutta, where, out of 140 individual.:, more than 100 perished in a single night, was a melancholy proof of it. That fact was notorious to every reader of history, and demonstrated the pernicious effects of unventilated and confined places. In the last session, at• tendon was called to the great mortality on board the Et lair, and this mortality, which was not unfrequontly to be found on b.tarl ship, was b bo attributed to the same cause, - and bore evi dence, to the truth of the facts to which he caller the attention of th House. In a disp,ltch which had been sent by Lord Palmerston to Lord Pousonby in 1839, and is hich had been presented to the Turkish Divan, these truths had been recognised. II( considered that by the progress of the raiitary im : provements of large cities, the elements of disease would be gradually removed. An improvement in this respect was no doubt going on in Egypt, in Turkey, ant in various other parts of the worl:l. end he believed that a greater knowledge of the causes and character of the plague would tend to remova many of those appre-_ hensions of groundless alarms which had been ex• cited in the minds of the timid. In the time of Ilerodotus, Egypt was considered to be a very healthy country ; but in consequence of the inattention of the people, the marshy nature of some parts of the soil, the anarchy which had existed for centuries, and the wretched character of its inhabitant's, had :ended to make that country one of the most unhealthy in the world. It N% as a well known fact that plague had never entered into any of the colder latitudes. The voyage was noes made from England to India in a very 1 . ,:w days. On the other aide of the Atlantic, where peat attention was paid to the health of the inhabitants in the United States. There were no quarantine-laws, and vessel: crossed the Atlantic in a much shorter time than the) did heretofore; in ten or eleven days Europe now . communicated with ~- A motica. These laws were founded in ignorance and in ignorant they found their suPfrert* . and a,•tochment them was found strongest it liose countries where the knowledge of reed'eine least prdiailed. In those parts of Italy where the science of medicine was most back ward, such as Naples, they were most strict in the pres. rvation ,and observation of quarantine. But with the progress of inquiry, and attention to the sUbje ct, alarm had become disipated, and the previous account were found to be without foundation. The end of all this had be, n that great changes were extorted I. roir, Go vernment by the might and irresistible influence of public , 'opinion. The quarantine laws, however, were connected, with the pecueiary interests of a vast number or persons. The State paid 15,5001. a year for their maintenance, and he found that in Liverpool there were ninety persons dependent upon them, while in Rochester there were no less than seventy. If they were to be paid for in this way, there would be always read) advocates to support it. Persons would be found to support witchcraft itself if it could be paid 'or; and the quarantine laws would never lack support while the State paid 15,0001. a year to those who were their advocates. For a long time they had the support of medical autho rity in favour of these laws ; but, most honourable to the profession, that support was withdrawn. The soundest evidence had issued from places where the plague was endymie, which had thrown such a light on the subject as to induce the introduction of considerable moditica rioes in the system. In 1838 Mr. Lewis, in an official communication on the subject of these laws, writing from Malta, where there was a great prejudice in favour of the system, said, " It is notorious that the modes in which plagues were communicated very imperfectly. That many of the grounds on which the continuance of these laws rests are little better than vague hypotheses. Again, Dr. Robinson, in speaking of Egypt and Turkey, in an official communication, in 1841, stated that those frightful diseases prevalent in those countries arose from local causes, and stated that the , plague could not be communicated in pure atmo sphere, but that be was not prepared to say that it could not be communicated in confined places. or in impure atmosphere. Mr. Grant also stated that he was aware of thousands of cases where it had notcom. municated, when there was proximity to diseased parties. He had known instances of persons completely ex cluding themselves from contact with others, and taking the utmost precaution with respect to their clothing and food being nevertheless attacked by the descase, and becoming victims to it. 13ut the most remarktable cir cumstance in connexion with the descase had been elicited by a Commission of Inquiry which was aßeointed by the Royal Academy of Medicine of_. France it . 1844. The Commission wile appointed to inquire into the who% subject of plague and quarantine, and consit ted of men of the very highest professional and scientific character. They received every assistance about the Government could give them. They immediately put themselves into communication with persons elm) had frequented the Levant, Cairo, Constantinople,:e awl other localities in which the disease created the mast fearful ravages. After directing their attention ten the subject fur two years they published a report, to which they appended .. a volurnous body of evidei ice which they had collected, on the subje ct. They stated in their report that fhe facts they had been enabled to collect extending os . er the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as we 'll as up to a late period, proved incnntrovertabl that the disease bad a spontaneous origin. conclusion come to by the Academy was that i . , 1 those countries which the plague had visited—in Egyr4e Syria, and Turkey, and in several other places inAfrice; Asia, and Europe, it was not spontaneous ; and in •those countries where it did originate, that it was caused by animal deposits in the alluvial sr' adjoining such rivers as the Nile and the phrates, by the action of putrescent ani vegetable substances, by insufficient ar some food, and by physical and '— With regard to It would AIS EU ,ca.al and 4.1 unwhole ' -e,shedness. _t_ke I:49mbiLjr- +? ct'3 TIM guest et-the 1.13 tie katQtArE 4, l ii b e 25th instal N'otice th 414,V o ir et_t11 0 postf a the t i core? of , rn 13 th Auzust P ;tgi to h ave t ' h er delay. 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