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'MOLD ESTATES AT BRADFORD IN THE COUNTY OF YORK. pursuant to a Decree of the if CHANCERY, made in a cause of the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, !cl Court, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford, in at Lots, sonic time in the latter part of _winning of June next, of which due no 'reehold ,nd Leasehold Estates, consisting with Mills, Warehouses, Reservoirs, mildings, and other Premises, situate in In Bowling, near Bradford, in the county iy Messrs. William Rouse and Sons, as ted manufacturers. Ins of sale are in the course of preparation, I (gratis) at the said Master's oflice in iancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Hawkins, Aoxam, New Boswell-court. Carey-street, Chaneery• lane ,nessrs. Walter and Pemberton, Symonds' Inn , , solicitors ; of Mr. William Wells, Bradford, soli citor ; of Mr. Richard Tolson, of Bradford, solicitor ; of Mr. Joseph Smith, of Bradford, land-agent and surveyor; of Mr. George Thomp son Lister, of Bradford, auctioneer ; at the place of sale ; and at the Principal Inns at Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, and Hudders field. ROYAL ASYLUM of the ST. ANN'S SIETY. A SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION will 0 ? kolden at THIS OFFICE, on FRIDAY , the 16th instant, at Two (2eicek In the Afternoon, exact time, to consider prep , sed Additional Rewards to Former Pupils, and Alteration of the Half - year l y Elec. '.'0115 from Th urs d ay to Friday, and on other Affairs. - By Order, E. F. LEEKS, Secretary. 2, Charlotte-rovr, April 7, 1847. S TEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and The the NORTH of SCOTLAND. n al A berdeen Steam Navixation Company's sple ndid and power ,:ulipa will st ar t as un d er , weather, &c., permitting : April " 10 ABERDEEN, the DUKE of WELLINGTO N, on Saturda y , at Four o'clock afternoon. __ No r INVERNESS, the NORTH STAR, on Monday, April 19 , at Nine morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry Point. The Company's New Iron Steam Ship DUKE of SUTHERLAND, aPPolnted to leave Inverness on the 19th, and London on Monday, the 26th April, at Ten A.X. Offices: Spread Easle, Regent-circus, or 257, Wapping,. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. LONDON to BOULOGNE.—The Commercial Steam Company's favourite Vessels, CITY of BOULOGNE et EMERALD, will leave London -bridge Wharf: — Sunday, April 11, 7 morning. Sunday, April 18, 1 morning. Sunday, April 25, 7 morning. And every succeeding Sunday, according to tide. Offices-17, Fish-street-hilt; 67, Lower Thames-street; and Chap lin's Universal Office, Regent-circus. EASTER HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, Mornings and Evenings during the week. The 9YMNOTUS ELECT RICCS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in a TRANSPARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO -ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK ING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Optical Effects inched. a New series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiments with thAdixria-BEr.4. mai DIVER, dtc., &a. la. Scheots,hatf-price. puiLHAßmoNic SOCIETY, HANOVER SQUAR E ROOMS. PROGRAMME of the THIRD CONCERT, MONDAY EVENING NEXT :—Shafortia in D (.Mozart)—Duetto, Mr. Manvers and Signor F. Lablache—Concerto, Pianoforte, in F Minor, Mr. W. S. Ben nett— Terzetto, " Tremate," Madame Caradorl Allan, Mr. Manvers, and Signor F. Lablache (Beethoven)—Overture, Preciosa (Weber)— Slnfonia in C Minor (Beethoven)—Air, Madame Caradori Allan (Auber)— Concertaute, Messrs.Blagrove and Willy (Spohr)—Over tare, Lodoiska (Cherubini). Conductor, Mr. Costa. Single tickets, One Guinea, and double tickets, 11. 10s., to be had of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street. THE ST. JAMES'S CHESS CLUB, No. 23, NEW BOND-STREET (three doors from Conduit-street), s now OPEN for the reception of Noblemen and Gentlemen. SUN -B L IND S, in Great Variety, RICK CLOTHS, BUNTING, and NETTING for fruit-trees, &c., at THOMAS EDGINGTON and Co.'s, 17, Smithfield-bars, and Old Kent-road, Manufacturers of Marquees and Tents of all dimensions, Rick-cloths, with Poles, Flags, flexible water-proof cloths, for railway trucks, waggons, coaches, &c. ; Tarpanling for packing goods for exportation. Tents and Tarpaulings for colonists and for hire.—Address, 17, Smithfield-bars. DOWN with CHEMISTRY in connexion with MEDICINE.—DOCTORS and their MEDICINAL POISONS, such as Prussic Acid. Laudanum, Arsenic, Strichnine, &c. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNLIILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, arid the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object. ADDRESS OF TIIE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, which. should be the privilege of every one, they confine too oar . rawly the abuts:el . through wiskti a benefit can alone be secured; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual, or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a Peenitiary sacrifice • while to others such a provision appe ars more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy; that is to say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar funaions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick ress-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the sane perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results are to bear oat calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should bo kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. Because tke laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial ',iodic:. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amomst the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plait proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being fully sa'isfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its. number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capitol of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, F. 0.8., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John 11. Gordon, D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, rm. C.s., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 13 - .0.F. Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, D.d.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 10/. 19s. 23. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.—A person aged 2G next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of 11.65. 93.. or a single payment of 22/.178.33.; or on payment of 61. 145. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. 1 id., the same as or age 20. Examplc.—A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 1/. 65., or quarterly payment of 7g., or monthly payment of 2s. 23., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1431. 125, ; or a policy on his life 1751. 1 is. Exanude.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly p a y ment of Is., or monthly payment of 2s. 23., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 175/. 1 Is. LEAS] t ' 412 • LING, • IR OLD, • " - 7.11 OURT of '1 I 1 . ROUSE," with otp 6 • „Masters of the sa• Y of York, in Sevet It, •• t _'' , 'P nth of May, or the be; Ik S 4 will be given, certain Fe several pieces of Land, eam-engines, Yards, Outbu e town of Bradford, and In • o fYOT k, lately occupied by Worsted spinners and worste( Particulars and conditions and may shortly be obtained S outhamptan-buildings, Chan Bloxatn, Stocker, and 131 ox London, solicitors; of Ifessr. TO THE EDITOR 81r,—We beg to suggest to ye>s and the public how easy It must be fir any evil-disposed person to poison another whilst such deadly themlcal preparations as the above are held out and given " medi cinally." It is useless to attempt to conceal the facts. Take the following cave :—Suppose the doctor orders a patient a dose of lauda num, or a mixture containing laudanum—what is more easy than for an evil•disposed person to acid a little of the poison to the mix ture prescrib d ley the doctor, and thus pr duce death ? Would it be Possible to detect such a criminal ? We think not ; for even sup- Posing a post mortem examination of the body took place, NO one Would be capable of detecting the extra quantity of poison taken by the patient. Supposing that strichnine were the poison, it would still be more difficult, as a less quantity would be necessary to pro duce death, and so on with other poisons. Dr, ScofTern in the la- Mentable case of Miss Collier, said, in answer to the Coroner, tha• strichnine could only be given in fractions of a grain! The fol owing 1 3 the description given of this precious medicine, i. e. poison, in " Hooper's Medical Dictionary," page 1,228 : "Half a grain blown into the throat of a rabbit has produced tris- Mus in two minutes, and death in five ; and the eighth of a grain taken into the stomach has proved fatal to a strong dog." Why, Sir, look at the case of the girl Foster, now so justly under sentence of death. If it had not been for the fowls dying all about the house, she would not have been even suspected, for the doctor who made the pest mortem examination declared it to be a case of English Cholera!! The fowls were, in fact, the means of bringing the criminal to jnstice. In further illustration of the a bove, we recom mend the reader to peruse the fourth Hygeian print, in conjunction With the G9th Number of the " Hygelst," for April, on this Important Point. In conclusion, we cannot but think that a grave responsi bility attaches to all persons who support such a system of poisons, either directly or indirectly. Issued by the British College of Health, London, for and on behalf of Hygeists, April 5, 1847. As it may be asked how we know that these deadly chemical pre • ,Parations may be dispensed with in medicine, our answer is simple and positive, viz., from the almost numberless letters of parties who Were dosed with them without benefit, and who were afterwards Most easily cured by a simple but effectual system of safe vegetable Purgation. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE SPRlNG.—Registered 6 and 7 Vict., cap. O.—PATRONISED by B.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the COMMANDER-IN-QUIFF, the PRINCIPAL NOBILITY, and OFFICERS of the GUARDS. This gentlemanly garment, cut without seams on the shoulder, HO as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) fits equally well either ite an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK, is made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England, expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and welt, and finest Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re pellent, is perfectly porous. The sleeves are lined with ar ids dura ble silk, so that the coat slips on and off easily, and, owing to its softness, lightness, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect ease and freedom when the coat is buttoned. The WELLINGTON , URTOUT commends itself to all who desire a quiet, elegant, gentlemanly appearance ; it is kept in every size and leading colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a • Malf, net cash on delivery. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, and name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT STREET, REGENT-STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the MAN SION-HOUSE, LONDON. TO LADIES. ROWLAND'S IC AL Y DOR an. ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Disceleurations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and. in cases of Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or incidental Inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, the Court, and the Ro3 al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. *** Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine bas the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also emraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. • QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty Years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, Without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65.. and 108 per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn bill ; Butler, 4, Cteapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-litreet ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' bserve. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. DR. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), is. 6d. each. W TO BE HAPPY. " .Tucumie Vivere."—Cic. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADTENT aid CON - TROL. " Cura ut valeas." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 64., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. Bd. in Postage tamps. direct from the Author's residence. SELF-PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Matur',l y. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, " aPlahling their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing 10 injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other 4 , l ,zcuses. With Practical Observations on t he Treatment of Nervo us '" e bilitY. Local and Constitutional W eakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL A' LMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinbur g h, honorar y ,Member of the London Hospital Medica l Societ y , Licentiate a pothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS or VII TREATISE. Cuanza 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Cuanza 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative °r gans, their functions, structures, and sec retions, p roving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action --- Cns.rraa 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the functioni, of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CuarrEa 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth sad Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervo us and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CIIAPTIMS 5 and 6. On e e Disorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonaorhcea "lea, Strictures, and otber.Diseases of ,:he Urethra. REVIEWS Ol TUE WORN. " The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quall. f,ed azedical man, who has evidently had cons iderable experience of tine trr fitment of the various disorders arising from the follies and 2 : t alltied of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad 41tien, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must aet as a salutary warning to, youth and maturity, and by its perusal 1 ;2 1 1 4 , 17 questions may be satisfactorily repli ed to, that admit f no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend. —Era. Published by the Author, and may be bed at his residence; also Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co. , 63, I . l ord-street. St ar i e , Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146, nd L enhall-street, London • Newton, IG, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. eve till for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from . t he fee of ht ; and all letters immediately replied to, if contaunng for advice, ilr4.-9 BEDIQRI)-STREET BEDIORD "-"It 11*P933 No. 61, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND-STREET. ME SSR S. MOSELEY, SURGEON-DEN TISTS, have REMOVED from 32, Haymarket. Their system of supplying artificial teeth ensures the power to masticate, without lessening the taste of the palate by ertificial covering, or in juring the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange able in colour, and perfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth permancntly ailed and reatoroci to use, supersedi ng "unction. . . • • • 4 7: 1 T l* ; Airt, • • " 1 MI-111 1? • 1 , • (11LI 7: '11"", 4 3 ) " 1 _ a , • „ 4 44/) • . .40 L 41— >s "" • )/.0,T.,- No. 17,021. LONDON, TH U RSDAY EVENING SUE APRIL 8, 1847. ILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER •.I TAINMENTS, at the MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. - Mr. WILSON begs to announce that, on MONDAY EVENING, the 12th of April, at Eight o'clock, he will commence his Series of En tertainments on the SONGS of SCOTLAND, when he will sing several songs for the first time in London, and also bring forward some old favourites.—Pianoforte, Mr. Land. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL s.—Fever still continues to increase twelve months. He also adds, that the spread of oats is far beyond that of 1846 at this pericd. Notwith standing this prospect, there are thousands of small occupiers who are totally unable to sow their farms.— Tralee Chronicle. to an alarming extent in Core, Sligo, Mayo, and various other counties, and, indeed, the pestilence exists to a greater or less degree generally throughout the country. In the union workhouses, especially, the malady pre vails, and the mortality in some places is very consi derable. As yet Dublin and the surrounding metropo litan districts have escaped, but there is reason to ap prehend that with the approach of warm weather the capital will also suffer as well as the provinces. In some few ceunties—for instance, in Cork and Sligo—farnine is still at work, but generally there ap pears to be a decrease of destitution. The new relief measures, it is to be hoped, will produce a decided im provement, as well in regard to the sustenance of the poor as the ravages of disease. The provincial journals mention the names of many more landlords who are suaplying seed to the small Occupiers on their estates. There are, however, bitter crmplaints of the total indifference of several extensive proprietors, who have as yet taken no steps to promote the cultivation of the land. A landlord and tenant association is in operation in the county of Wexford, from which much practical good may be anticipated. Most of the principal landed pro , prietors, including the Earl of Courtown, Lord Carew, the Honourable S. Maxwell, Sir W. Cox, Messrs. Gwyan, Morgan, Doyne, Walker, Soc., are members of the association, which held a meeting at Ennisworthy on Thursday last, Lord Courtown presiding. Resolutions were adopted with a view of establishing safety harbours for fishing boats, and of obtaining information on all matters calculated to employ the labouring poor in a useful and profitable manner, as the best means of lessen ing taxation on the land. An address to the landowners was adopted with the same object, earnestly calling for their co-operation in setting the surplus labourers of the county at work, and urging them " to unite while there is still time to prevent the degradation and final ruin which threaten this country." We extract one important paragraph from the address : " the evil of out-door relief, when grappled with sys tematically, will not be fotzud unmanageable. 'On the 20thlif Februitry,'When more than 20,000 peraons were employed on public relief works in this county, the pro portion was one person so employed to 25 arable acres in the county." STATE OF THE PROVINCES. S MODEL . DUBLIN, AP SOYE R' RIL s.—This day M. KITCHEN Soyer exhibited an experimental trial of his cooking apparatus, in the Es planade at the Royal Barracks, and the subject of his model kitchen for the poor having excited a considerable degree of interest iu this country, an immense concourse of persons of the first respectability, to whom tickets of admission had been issued, repaired to the ground, in order to assure themselxes that Soyer's plan was, or was not a project only. llia'txcellency the Lord-Lieutenant having expressed his intention of being present, the at traction which the Noble Earl and his intercring family never fails of creating amongst the citizens of Dublin contributed to swell the number and the elegance of the persons who attended. At three o'clock a grand military salute from a guard of honour which had been stationed on the ground announced the arrival of his Excellency and the vice-regal party, amongst whom we perceived the Ladies Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, Mrs. Captain Williams, the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. Corry Cone nellan, Captains Henry Ponsonby and Williams. On the ground we perceived the Earls of Charlemont, Roden, and Meath, Lord Brabazon, the Lord Chancellor, Lieu tenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, the Hon. Frede rick Ponsonby, &c. &e. On aligAng from his carriage, his Excellency and the rice-regal party were conducted to the tent where the cooking apparatus had been in operation. They led the way, and were speedily fol lowed by a numerous train of visitors, who accommodated themselves as best they could, standing at the outside of a range of tables which extended along the square of the tent, Soups of various kinds were then served, and the company having discussed the merits of each decoction as it had been presented, the signal bell to retire was tolled, and the great people gave way to an equal number of paupers, in order that they might regale themselves upon M. Soyer's soup. The contrast was sudden and bold. A moment before and a great number of lovely faces smiled their apprsval, of everythinf they saw, and 'a moment aftek cl4ereprd 'age, upon whose faces It 'would be hard to say whether time or hunger had made the most havoc, were ranged at the same table. Ladies Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, Mrs. Williams, the Misses Brady, Mr. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. C. Connellan, the Lord Chancellor, the Dean of the Chapel Royal, and several others, remained inside the square formed by the range of tables whilst the poor people were enjoying their meal, and the pleasure which those benevolent per sonages derived from seeing the poor people give every token of their approval of the " steam-engine-soup," was visible upon every countenance, the ladies seeming to take the deepest interest in the subject. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the association was held this day. Mr. M. Murphy in the chair. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, in reference to a letter from the Rev. Mr. Campbell, Ciogher Head, Drogheda, inclosing rent, adverted to the attempt which had been recently made by the landlords to impose the entire payment of poor rates on the tenants solely, and observed that if any thing were wanted to fill to overflowing the cup of landlord oppression, it was that attempt. He expressed his apprehension that the felon attempt would again be made in the House of Lords, and would in all probability be successful. It would be advisable that some plan should be adopted to make their Lordships aware of the ruin that would inevitably fall on the tenant-farmers of Ireland if the clause sought to be introduced by Lord George Bentinek were suffered to become law. That base attempt of the Irish landlords entirely removed from his (Mr. O'Connell's) mind—and he thought it ought to remove from the mind of every man of common sense— any lingering feeling of sympathy for the proprietors of those lands which were threatened with confiscation. He would, therefore, welcome the accession of English capi talists to the possession of those estates, if they would orly take care of the people—if they would only be humane to the people—if they would only preserve the lives of the people ; and if they acted so they would be heartily received.—(Cheers.) The letter of the reverend gentleman, to which Mr. O'Connell alluded, contained the following passages : " Here we have not joined in the foolish yell that has been raised against Roebuck and some other English Members, for their attacks upon the Irish landlords. A harsh and disgusting picture of them he has given, but I fear there was little creative power engaged in perfecting it. Take a glance at the original, and judge. The relief committee of Clogheran, Walahestown, applied to the landlords of the district for contributions to the relief fund established in the parish. The letter of application stated that great distress existed in the neighbourhood, and that great exertions would be re quired to meetei.t. The landlords of the parish are Sir Patrick Bellew, having acres, 1,135; Smith Barry, ditto, 1,864; E. 11. Byrne, ditto, 869; A. Newcomen, ditto, 832; J. Godley, ditto, 366; Major Bonner, ditto, 217; George Ball, ditto, 213; Brahazon, ditto, 186. " Amount of subscriptions received from the above, 201.—being 101. from Sir P. Bellew, and 101. from E. H. Byrne. The other honourable gentlemen (for they are all—all, honourable gentlemen) did not even condescend to reply. Thus the entire burden of the support of the poor has been thrown upon the unfortunate occupiers, and well and nobly have they borne it. It would be uninteresting to detail their exertions, though perhaps their contributions might excite shame, if such a quality be an attribute of an Irish landlord. And is it to the tender charge of this merciless class the Premier of England would consign the Irish poor? A Poor Relief Bill in the hands of the Irish aristocracy! Out upon the hideous mockery—the ugly delusion. What effect, think you, will the proverbial hard heartedness of the class, excited by fear of confiscation, give to the law? Well informed persons believe, and I think prove, that out doOr relief amongst us must work confiscation. And what of that? Place the London banker, the Yorkshire manufacturer, or the Liverpool trader in the position of landlord—would he be deaf to the cri, s of hunger and destitution and death? Would he, when the wail of famine and pestilence is borne on every breeze, clutch closer his money-bags, and pull tighter their strings? No; he has sympathy with his kind; he has not been schooled in inhumanity; he has not exacted his pound of flesh; the widow's tear and orphan's blood have not swelled his cup of revel. But perhaps the Premier in tended this grim-faced grace to execute vengeance on the landlords, by making them the instruments of their own annihilation—complacency in the thought would be cruel. I would rather punishment less circuitous, though not so bitter—direct deprivation of property where the owners leave its duties unfulfilled. Ah! spoliation, robbery. Not more so than disarming an insane man, or the depriving a child of a dangerous plaything. And a dangerous and destructive plaything Irish property has been in the hands of its owners." The reverend writer suggests, by way postcript, that The Sligo Champion contains the follOWlng reports of the miserable condition of affairs in that county:— SLIGO, APRIL 3.—Notwithstanding the reduction which has taken place in the price of Indian corn, our agricultural labourers are still enduring the most dread cut sufferings. The deaths from starvation are multiply ing every hour; and notwithstanding all that has been done by the Government, and the generous people of the British nation, thousands upon thousands will be swept away by absolute hunger during the present spring and the ensuing summer. The people have given themselves up to despair. In the remote districts there is nothing whatever doing; the only soil turned up by the spade is the rank earth of the graveyards. There is not a burial place in the county that is not at present overstocked with dead; and we do really believe that the mortality is greater now than it was when the cholera raged. At present—it is right the fact should be known—no in quests are held upon.the bodies of those who die of star vation. The grand jury, at the last assizes, desired the coroners not to hold inquests in such cases. FEVER IN SLIGO.—We deeply regret to say, that fever is rapidly on the increase, and the disease is now turning out to be of a very malignant character. A new fever hospital was established in this town within thelt was fortnight, capable of holding ninety-nix at filled in three days. In the country districts typhus Fever is raging to a fearful extent. The following is an extract fro:u a letter we received from a correspondent o dt fromieby d a death t fewo pestilence.t h h yd e ays famine higher 3ja i ago residing in Ballinahill : —"F ever i s greatly on the in crease here —average of de a th s weekly, twenty. " In Gurteen, Altamlisb, and Tirera g h t hi s awful scourge is n ranks, o equally w fi n and n general t d hat those th e a 3 n w , d a h r o e f a e we secure t a l . I e t h Lawlor, the agent of Mr. Coope o has spread it d of fever. Mr. William Ormsby and Mr. Luke Hester, both pay clerk* are ill of the same di sease. STATE OF KILFREE.—Nothing can be more deplor able than the condition of this parish ; the following ex tract from the letter of an esteemed Correspondent will serve to show the miserable state to which the wretched people are reduced :—" Since my last we have had awful times here. On last Sunday there were eleven people dead in this parish. Of this number, John Fahy, of Mulroe, Andrew Ferrell, of Drunbushand, and John Grady, of Amaghmore (the father of the boy whom you some time since stated was carried in a basket from the who Wered died the not t e f osra the me timely n i gh d t ? , o d n ic a d tit o m f of 101. from our venerated Bishop, Dr. M‘Nich:Aas, aided b so public u t w e o s r t l a ; r s v , a t a i n o d n . by the liberal subscription of a charitable commercial friend in Sligo, many more would have shared a similar " If some Member of Parliament were to move for a return of the relief committees in Ireland, and of the applications made by them for relief to the landlords, of the number of acres held by these landlords in such districts, and of the sums received from them, this would unmask the hypocritical exertions of several of the Irish party!" Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL subsequently addressed the meeting at considerable length. In compliance with his recommendation, the committee of the association had determined to request of the Catholic clergy to furnish. as far as they could possibly do it, an abstract of the number of deaths which had occurred since the com mencement of the famine. Having spoken at consider able length on a variety of topics, the honourable gentle man concluded by reading the address of the association to the people of England, thanking them for their pri vate subscriptions in aid of their fellow• countrymen in Ireland. The rent for the week was announced to be 251. Is. sd. The meeting then adjourned. THE IRISH CORN MARKETS. _ Conic, Arm 3.—Supplies of grain to our market continue to be very limited. The same dulness and de pression which we had occasion to report so frequently of late, continue to characterise the trade in every de partment. For Indian corn we have had a heavy draging trade, at gradually declining rates, say 20s. to to 30s. per ton on the week; cargoes on the spot have been sold as low as 121.. to 121. 55., and in small parcels at 121. 10s. to 131. per ton; a better feeling, however, has been manifested in this article for the last couple of days, owing to the improved tone of the English markets. BALLINASLOE, APRIL 3.—The corn market was very plentifully supplied; the prices were lower than last mar ket. There was a large quantity of potatoes offered for sale. Wheat, 455. to 495.; oats, 16s. to 19s. per barrel. Potatoes, 2d. to 10d. per stone. TRALEE, APRIL 3.—lndian meat, which not long since sold so high as 2s. Bd. per stone, fell on Thursday last down to 2s. 3d., and is now selling at 2s. 2d. Other bread-stuffs exhibit a tendency downwards. In the several markets of our county, too, the potatoes, which so long lay perdu, are rolling in in unexpected abun dance. To-day the supply has been enormous, and prices averaged from 14s. to 15s. per half quarter of 10 stone for minions; white, 7s. to 9s. per ditto; black bulls, for seed, Bs. to 103. GALWAY, APRIL 3.—Our corn market to-day was but moderately supplied. Farmers were demanding prices, irrespective of the recent considerable decline, and few sales were made until an advanced hour of the day. There is more than the usual show of potatoes. CORK.—MOST IMPORTANT.—At the advanced hour at which the subjoined reached us, it would be impossible to do mora than place it before the public. We may add that a finance committee has been, we are told, appointed, viz.:—the Mayor, the High Sheriff, Mr. Sarsfield, and Captain Broughton:— " Cork, Ist April, 1847. " Gentlemen--I am instructed to make known to your committee, that the reduction of 20 per cent., which has been made upon the public works will be shortly followed by a further reduction, and that great distress and con fusion will necessarily arise unless prompt and energetic measures are taken by the relief committees for giving effectual relief to destitute persons in their districts. The relief commissioners are prepared to advance money where it is necessary to the finance committees, when the required preliminary steps shall have been taken by the relief committee. the finance committees, and the board of guardians, but the commissioners are wholly unable to act until these steps have been taken. I there fore ornebtly request You will lose no time in calling your committee together, and complying with the re quisitions contained in the instructions.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " W. E. DELVES BROUGHTON, " Capt. Royal Engineers, Gov. Insrector. " To the Chairman or Secretary of the City of Cork Relief Committee." AMERICAN SYMPATHY FOR IRELAND. The following letter has been addressed to a gentle man in the neighbourhood of Londonderry:— " Charleston, South Carolina, March 2, 1847. " As a committee, instituted for the relief of Ireland, we have, within the last month, remitted to a committee of the Society of Friends in Dublin, viz:—Joseph Bewley, James Perry, and Thomas Pim, jun., the sum of 1,3001., in two remittances, one of 1,0001., and another of 3001. " We now beg to hand you the first of a bill for 5001. drawn in your favour by the Bank of Charleston, upon the Bank of Liverpool, which we des're you to distribute at your discretion amongst the suffering poor of Ireland. The only condition we desire to impose upon you Is, that you distribute the money where it is most needed, and where it can do most good—all else we leave to yourself. " In imposing this duty upon you, we are quite aware that we are calling upon you to take upon 3 ourself no small degree of labour and trouble ' • but from the known benevolence of your c h arac t er , we doubt not the trouble will be considered a pleasure, and that you will derive as much heartfelt satisfaction from administering to the wants of the needy and afflicted, as we can possibly do in being made the instruments of forwarding so pure and holy a purpose. We have the honour to be, with great respect, Tours, " JAMES ADGER, Committee of 11. W. CONNER, the Hiber ; ALEX. ROBINSON, nian Society. " To William Ogilby, Esq , Kilcatten, Claudy, County of Londonderry." EMIGRATION. If the tide of emigration continues to flow with the same rapidity which it has for the last month, the country will soon become desolate indeed. Every sea port in Ireland is full to overflowing, We hare been in formed that one - nable - Lad in-the provinai OrCciatailtiebt is about to ship not less than thirteen hundred families(!) off his estate, paying half their expenses. If things pro gress in this way, there will be very little use for the bailiff, and " Gerrardism" will vanish from the land.- 7uam Herald. From every part of Ulster the middling and small class of farmers are leaving in hundreds for the purpose of seeking a future home on the other side of the At lantic. The English and Scotch steamers carry out with them, weekly, immense numbers for Liverpool and Glasgow, the impatience to quit Ireland being so great, that should a vessel not be ready to sail immediately from Derry for America, they set out with all possible speed for the above ports. We have been informed that within the last three weeks fully fifteen hundred persons have embarked at Portrush, the steamers on arriving there being scarcely able to take all the passengers offering.—Londonderry Sentinel. ROBBERY OF THE BALLINASLOE COACH.—The day coach, running between Ballinasloe and Dublin, was robbed on Tuesday evening last of 3001., money sent by the Board of Works for the payment of labourers, &c. It seems that the perpetrator was an acting guard em ployed during the sickness of the permanent guard. He broke open the box and took three bags of silver to the above amount. There was a large sum in notes which he did not touch. He has absconded.—Galway Vindicator. The Board of Works have considerately appointed Mr. Abraham Prim, pay-clerk, county Kilkenny, in room of his murdered cousin. There were forty appli cations.— Waterford Freeman. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. _ _ _ CORK, APRIL 2.—James Buchanun, a corporal in the 73d Regiment, was indicted for the murder of Corporal Thomas Frisby, of the same regiment, at Cork barracks, on the night of the 2d September, 1845. It appeared that the prisoner, in a fit of intoxication, fired the shot which deprived the deceased of life. The jury, after a long delay, returned a verdict of guilty. GALWAY, APRIL I.—Several persons have been tried and convicted of stealing cattle and sheep. POOR-LAW FOR IRELAND. The followirt is a copy of the petition adopted on Friday last, at a meeting of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, in favour of the Ministerial Poor-law for Ireland:— " UNTO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED " The petition of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, " Showeth,—That your petitioners, as the represen tatives of the ratepayers of this populous city parish, have, in the discharge of the arduous and responsible duties imposed upon therk as managers of the poor's fund, experienced much difficulty and annoyance, as well as an unprecedented increase of expenditure, arising almost entirely from the extraordinary influx of impo- tent, infuntine, and diseased Irish paupers into this parish. " That your petitioners, while deeply sympathising with their distressed Irish fellow subjects in the calamity that has overtaken them upon the failure of the potato crop, cannot but express their surprise that so little should have been done by the wealthy classes in that country to ameliorate this distress--a distress as yet that has had to rely for its relief upon British chat ity and the taxation raised from British industry. " That, in the opinion of your petitioners, an absolute necessity exists for the introduction of a sufficient Poor law into Ireland, whereby an adequate provision shall be made for the relief and support of the impotent, infan tine, diseased and aged poor of that country, and that the fund for this purpose should be raised by an assess ment upon all incomes, whether arising from real or personal property. " That your petitioners feel persuaded, had such a law as this existed in Ireland, they would not have had to complain of the present influx of Irish paupers, who, from their wretchedness, destitution, and disease hare not only absorbed and are absorbing a large proportion of the rate levied for the poor properly belonging to this pariah, and spreading contagion among them, but are also setting a most pernicious example to the lower classes of this city, by accustoming and instructing them to look to parochial aid for support, instead of depend ing, as Scotchmen were wont to do, upun their own in dustrious exertions. That your petitioners fear, unless your Hon. Housc interfere and prevent this fearful ingress of Irish pau perism and disease, all the efforts that may be made, whether by private or public benevolence, to ameliorate the condition of our native poor, or to raise the condi tion of the lower orders in this city, either temporally or spiritually, will be rendered abortive. " That your petitioners have seen with alarm that her Majesty's Ministers, in the Irish Poor-law Bill which they have introduced to your Hon. House, have ad mitted the principle of granting out-door relief to the able-bodied poor—a principle your petitioners hold to be opposed to sound political economy, as well as inde pendent feeling and sound morals among the lower orders ; and, should your Hon. House sanction such a principle, your petitioners do not hesitate to aver that it will lead many to trust entirely to the poor fund f their support who but for this enactment, would assur edly trust to their own exertions ; while it will also de st-oy all feeling of gratitude on the part of the receiver of that aid—a feeling which ought ever to exist, and which your petitioners earnestly desire to foster and encourage, rather than destroy, and which they pray your Hon. House to carefully watch over and protect, and not supersede. " at pyouraparish, h? petitioners, fee l themselves as se the ves representativesespecial especially c a l called of upon populous to give utterance to their opinions on this question, as they have to provide not only for the maintenance of their own destitute poor, but also, under I he recent Poor law Act for Scotland, they are compelled to provide temporary aid for an overwhelming number of their im potent, infantine, and diseased fellow-subjects, having no settlement in this parish, and for the relief granted to whom they have no resource whatever. " May it therefore please your Hon. House to pass a measure for establishing an efficient Poor-law, by which adequate relief shall be provided for the impotent, in fantine, diseased, and aged poor in Ireland, and other wis• adopt such measures as shall relieve your peti tioners from the intolerable and oppressive burden to which, from the causes set forth above, they are at pre sent subjected. "And your petitioners shall ever pray. "Signed and sealed in the name and by appointment of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, at Glasgow, this 27th day of March, 1847." FEVER BILL (IRELAND). The following is an analysis of the Bill prepared and recently introduced into Parliament by Mr. La bouchere and the Irish Solicitor-General, for the purpose of amending and continuing an Act of the last session providing for the treatment of poor per sons afflicted with fever in Ireland. 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Loans granted, Information and Prospectuses furnished by JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. itte."l LONGFORD WORKIIGUSE.—The number of deaths in )ur workhouse, and the fever hospital attached, from the Ist to the 31st March inclusive, were 174 ; in February, 176 ; in January, 116—making a total of 466 for the quarter, exclusive of the many deaths throughout the union, and this town and neighbourhood, from fever and O Y th ir er Ni d ° i N se — ase D s u , destitution.—Longford Journal hospital L o N pof from o r: n 1 ri l n o g B l:st week, 80 patients ire reported to be ill in fever, and 80 convalescent ; in making in all 263 d p u at ty le . v i s L u on n d d o e n i de :e ri c i li s : e a i l itz t ., r ie e i a . tment. The clerk and four of the resident officers have; been attacked with fever, and are at present incapacitated from performing their TILLAGE OF THE LAND. WEXFORD, APRIL 3.—lt is cheerful to behold several of our r es id ent gentry acting in accor d ance w i t h the principle s o f h umanity and sound policy. A f ew d ays since th e agent of Lord Kiltnaine applied to a corn merchant in Enniscorthy for 200 barrels of seed oats, to give his Lordship's tenants in this county,. to seed their land; bat t hi s order could only be partially complied with, i n consequence of Mr. F arme r having previously engaged 1,2 00 barrels of seed oats an d b ar l e y, f or t h e tenantry of th e R ev. B. IL Bridges , Mr. Blacker, and Lord Carew, for his Lordship's tenants. , 800 bar re l s b e i n Hg is Lord s hi p ' s agricultural s t e ward is visiting the tenantry in thi s county, bestow i ng t o them quantities of various kinds of turnip seeds, and giving every en couragement of sowing green crops as extensively as possible. Mr. Glascott has also contracted for two hundred barrels of seed corn for the same benevolent purpose of see di ng the land for his peop l e . M r .G rogan Morgan is s u p p l y i ng every tenant on hi s property th at seeks aid i n t h at way with seed oats, b ar l e y, an d th e necessary se e d s f or green cropping, so that not an acre of his extensive estates will be permitted to remain un productive this year.-- Wexford Independent. CALIIRCIVEEN, MARCH 30.—The Centaur steamer is in harbour with seed oats and some potatoes. The Marquis of Lansdowne has sent some barley seed for his tenantry, and also Mrs. Mahony, of Castlequin.— Tralee Chronicle. THE NEW RELIEF MEASURES. Generally the relief committees are making arrange ments to commence operations. In Dublin the commit tees will be at work in a few days. As a specimen of what is doing in the provinces, in those places where the gentry have taken the matter earnestly in hand, we select the following:-- KILLARNEY.—The Killarney Union contains twelve electoral divisions; but for the Temporary Relief Act it is divided into nine relief districts. Captain Stewart, R.N., a most active and zealous officer, has been appointed Government inspector of re lief committees for the union. The finance committee consists of Henry A. Herbert, D.L., Christopher Gal way, Daniel Cronin, Jas. O'Connell, and the Government officers. The Earl of Kenmare has consented to act as chairman of the Killarney relief committee. Every committee in the union is working with zeal for the general good. The following orders hive been issued by Captain Stewart in reference to employment on public works:— " Every overseer is to report to me (Captain Stewart) any labourer on the public works who has any land, who is not taking the proper measures to get it tilled, that an inquiry may be made as to whether or not it be ad visable to discharge such person from th e p u bli c wor k s. h Every imsel f ch th e o ck ro c u l g e h rk ly , overseer, and with all the particularsand gan gsman s h ou ld ma k e respecting labourers under his charge on th e p u bli c works, so as to be able to give such inf orma ti on to t h e m il y authorised are person, as t o h ow many in om eame employed on e i t h er pr i vate or public works, the n umber o f cows, and the qu an tit y of land, or other means of l iving, as in many cases la bourers on the public works have been known to have concealed, and in the bank, sums of money, also other property. .1 trust that all such persons will so conduct themselves in this important service as to afford me an opportunity of recommending the most d eserv i ng to the cons id er ation of the Board of Works. The overseers are to see that when men or women of ono family are employed on the public works, they aro to bo on the same road." HARVEST PROSPECTS. CoRK, APRIL 3.—Considerable progress has betn made in out-door work; vegetatian is said to be a good deal retarded, and the y oun g wheats are re p orte d as looking parched and sic kl y in many places, b u t w i t h a little rain there is no d oubt but everything wou ld re sume h w m e e a ha ea s us, and tend to encour a g e the hope that the ro o t may yet, with care and attenti on, be cultivated with s uccess . llethftfu at l and our promisingoffice aspe c t.—T he Potato— potatoes, the size and sou ndness of which rather surpriseds morning a sam pl e o f The potatoes, which, we believe, are of the description called White Quarries, were planted in March, 1845, and Battersea cabbage was sown in the same ground in 1846. On digging the ground this morning a considerable quantity of fine sound potatoes was found there, without any symptom of the disease heretofore so destructive to that esculent. They were found on the land of Mr. John Sadleir, Gaol-road. —Cork Reporter, TRALEE, APRIL 3.—While we would be far from en couraging the sowing of potatoes to the extent of former years, it is gratifying to us to be able to announce that, in various parts of this county, where an early crop of this esculent has been tried, every promise of a healthy growth is exhibited. We have conversed with a public officer, who has been through the entire of the county, and he assures us that not only are the early potato crops giving token of all absence of disease, but that a greater quantity has been sown than was apparent this time PROGRAMME. PART FIRST.—My Heart's in the Highlands , --The Bonnie Douse of Airlic—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's 1. ament—An Thou wert my ain Thing —Auld Gudeman, ye're a Drucken Carle—The Irish Mother's Lament—Won't you lave us a lock of ' - our hair? PART SECOND.-0 Jeanie, there's naething to fear ye—The Stuarts of Appin—My joe Janet—Go fetch to me a pint o' wine —Green grow the rashes 0. _ _ Tickets, 2i. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per• sons, 15s. ; for Eight, 11. During the season, Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainments in the Music hall every Monday Evening, at Eight o'clock. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The IIALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on the STOCK of the ALLIANCE mu risii and FOREIGN LIFE and FIRE AS SURANCE COMPANY will be in COURSE of PAYMENT on MosnAv. the 12th Inst., and every following day (Saturdays ex cepted), between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. A. HAMILTON, Secretary. Bartholomew-lane, April 8,1847. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESPAY.—The new steam basin in this dockyard, fast approaching completion, and pre senting such a splendid addition to the great resources of this establishment, will most probably be opened in the early part of the ensuing year. The south wall is nearly complete, being connected with the south-east inlet and east wall; the apron of this inlet is completed. The west wall is nearly ready to receive the coping. Both en trances to the basin have only one course of stone to set before receiving the coping. The harbour wall running west from the north entrance is more than two-thirds up to its intended height; the circular pier, with its inner and outer north walls, for a considerable extent has only one course to set before receiving the coping; the east wall, between the north and south inlets, is up half its height, and there only remains 150 feet run to complete the whole formation of the walls which form the basin, the excavation being done and part already piled. The dam for the extension is nearly complete, which, when finished, will be the largest in the world, its length froth east to west being 3,000 feet. The new Hard for the use of the public is getting on rapidly, and will be found very far superior to the old one, as there will be a quay enabling vessels to lie alongside to discharge their car goes; the foundation of this is formed. Part of the plinths are set for the brass foundry building; the foundation is in a forward state for the large factory building on the west side of the basin; this building is to be 685 feet long, and will form the finest workshop in the whole establishment. The quantity of granite stone that has been received on the works amounts to 800,000 cubic feet, in addition to 400,000 of Portland and Pur beck, making a grand total received up to the present time of 700,000 cubic feet of stone; 1,200 men are at present employed exclusively upon these works. The First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by his official colleagues, and attended by Captain James, Royal En gineers, paid an official visit 'to the steam basin last Wednesday, and was pleased to express himself in most complimentary terms towards the constructor, and par ticularly as to its very apparent state of forwardness, which he had not expected; this must have been most gratifying to all concerned in the formation of the work, but more especially to Mr. Peter Rolt, the contractor. When this magnificent basin is finished, the nation will doubtless feel that its gratitude is due to those whose ideas first contemplated such a structure, to the engineer officers designing it, and no less to the contractor for completing it. Hold Pacha, Lieutenant-General in the Ottoman Ar- tillery, and Osman Bey, Post-Captain in the Ottoman navy, accompanied by M. Zohrab, Ottoman Consul- General, arrived at this, port to-day on a visit of inspec tion. The distinguished visitors were conducted over the dockyard by a member of the master shipwrights' corps, and received every attention in their inquiries, the Lords of the Admiralty having ordered that every respect was to be paid them in their perambulations. They visited the steam saw and wood mills, the black- smith's shop, the new steam-basin, and the ships build ing and in dock, going on board the Royal Frederick, 110, Princess Royal, 90, and Arrogant, 46, on tht stocks, the Retribution steam-frigate, in the basin, &c., and afterwards embarked at the King's stairs and went on board the Victory and Excellent, and inspected all the other objects of interest at the port. Captain Osman Hey, it may be remembered, fought the flag-ship of Admiral Walker at Acre. lic has brought with him to England nineteen Turkish young gentlemen, many of whom are of high distinction, to be educated in various departments of our Government establishments at the national expense. The Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, C. 8., arrived at Spithead this morning from the fleet of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, off Lisbon. She has brought no news, having left the Tagus nearly ten days ago, in company with the Superb, SO, Captain Corry, and the America, 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland, on a trial of sailing by order of the Admiralty. Several trials have taken place under almost all circumstances of wind and weather, in all of which the Thetis has come off eminently victori ous. In fact, she has beaten one competitor completely out of the field, having driven the America into Vigo with loss of cross jack yard, mainmast, mainyard, and mamboom sprung, and foremast damaged. She parted company with th Superb on Monday morning, about 150 miles from Plymouth, into which port the Thetis put yesterday, and landed some of the supernumeraries she brought home. She came up to Spithead this day about noon through the Needles, under topsails, top gallant sails, royals, foresail, jib, and spanker, and came into harbour this afternoon. She will be docked with out delay, to repair the damages sustained by getting ashore in entering Lisbon. The Maria Somes transport, having on board the second division of the 48th Regiment, arrived at Cork from Jamaica on the 2d inst., and sailed the same day for Belfast to join the depot, and whither the first divi sion preceded her on the Ist in the Blenheim transport. Captain Mountsteven, of the 48th, unfortunately suf fered a fracture of the leg on board the Maria Somes, sustained by a fall while the vessel was struck by a heavy sea. The Kestrel brigantine, Lieutenant. Commander Baker, is in the basin, fitting for sea and entering men. She will only carry two guns. The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain S. C. Dacres, having completed her cargo of seed corn, sailed this afternoon for Ireland. _ _ --- PLYMOITTEL APRIL 6.—Her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 36, Captain Henry J. Codrington, came in last night at twelve. She left Lisbon Feb. 28, and Vigo on the 24th ult. The Thetis on her departure from the Tagus was accompanied by her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, Captain Armar L. Corry, and her Majesty s frigate America, 50, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland. These three ships made an experimental cruise to test their sailing qualities, and by the diagrams on board the Thetis it is evident that under a variety of circumstances in every trial she has proved her speed greatly superior to the others. On one occasion in a gale of wind she split and carried away her maintopsail, and without the aid of this sail held way with the Superb. In a heavy breeze the America carried away her mainyard, and returned to Lisbon to refit. On Monday, the sth inst., at noon, the Thetis parted company with the Superb 79 miles south-west of the Lizard, bound to Corunna and Lisbon. Wind S.W. The Thetis, besides her excellent sailing qualities, possesses good capabilities for stowage, and altogether reflects great credit on her constructors. About two months since she scraped her bottom on a shingle bank which has been for a long time forming on the north side of the Tagus, and will in consequence require docking. For that purpose she is ordered to sail at two o'clock this afternoon for Portsmouth. hundredm James's-street, - s poundtr eet , s and in MUNIFICENT GIFT.—A gentleman called last week l a e t f t m , u e n s s d r e s r . t H h r ei r n i i e t s i l a s n fid Co. , in Svet. aid of the Royal Free Hospital in Gray's Inn-road. We are glad to find, that, while enormous sums are being given by the benevolent for the alleviation of Irish dis tress, the charities of our own country are not forgotten. THE GOVERNMENT AT THE CAPE.—Sir Peregrine Maitland, the late Governor and Commander-in-Chief at the Cape, is expected to arrive in England shortly. The Gallant Officer, who has lately been promoted to the rank of General, has been warmly congratulated on the fact of his administration having witnessed the submis sion of nearly the whole of the malcontent chiefs. Lady Pottinger still continues in London, and it is not likely that her Ladyship and family will join Sir Henry for some time, if, indeed, as the Gallant Major-General, having undertaken the responsible and onerous office solely with the view of rendering service to his Sove reign and country, is likely to retire as soon as peace is firmly re-established in the colony. SEED POTATOES FOR THE HIGHLANDS.--A Con siderable quantity of very healthy seed potatoes and oats, with other necessaries, for farming were shipped at Beauly last week for the Highlands. Inverness Journal HERTFORDSHIRE ELECTIONEERING.--TWO out of the three Members who represent the county are re ported to be desirous of retiring; and all the gentlemen who have been thought worthiest to succeed them have coyly withdrawn from the flattering proposal. Colonel Calvert, Mr. Hale, Mr. Spencer Cowper, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Mr. Bosanquet are reported to have turned a deaf ear to all such suggestions. Mr. Brand has been retiring for fifteen years, or, snore properly speaking, refusing to come forward, for he never actually an nounced himself a candidate. But now, at last, when the general voice points to him as the fittest person, and the most certa;n to unite the suffrages of one party at least, he has consented to do violence to his inclina tions, and to sacrifice his preference for a country life in order to perform the duty which will be thrust upon him of serving the public as a Knight of the Shire.—Hert ford Mercury. ACTIONS FOR SMALL DEBTS IN SUPERIOR COURTS. —There was only one cause set down for hearing in the Secondaries' Court yesterday. A jury was sworn, and in a very short time concluded their labours. The action was for 11/. 3s. 6d. for goods supplied ; and the defendant, in one of his letters which was read, admitted the debt, and expressed his opinion that the costs had exceeded the original claim. The jury gave a verdict for the sum claimed. It is very probable that very few cases will now be tried in this court, on account of the new county courts. PRICE SD. L with such nourishment, bedding, clothing, Medicines, and medical appliances, and other necessaries, as may be necessary for the due care and treatment of the poor persons admitted into every such hospital, " and also such a number of competent nurses and attend ants as the Commissioners of Health may think ne cessary for each hospital, and also to rent, hire, or procure a house, building, or room, to be used as dispensary, or office, for the medical officer of such union,' and- to provide such other medicines and medical appliances, including nutriment, if necessary, e n e Isifeowfuhreotohl committee clause tbseeee declares affectedcan constitutew that ith three disease. a umo as the medical officer may require to out-destitute a p n e y Th r o the fifthermumbe;rsanodf clause vests the management of h • ospitals and dispensaries, procured before • in • as directed, the relief committees, subject to the • e superintendence of the Commissioners of Health. Persons affected with fever , 4 or other epidemic disease, to be admitted under the Luthority of the committee, or by their officers, duly authorised ; and the medical officers a • ppomted under the provisions of the existing Act shall be continued for the purposes of the new Act. The sixth clause, which, with the two succeeding clauses, has been taken from the 58th Geo. 111., cap. 47, empowers the relief committees to give such d;rec tions as they consider necessary and expedient for preventing the communication of fever or other epidemic diseases within their respective electoral districts or divisions; and for that purpose to order that all streets, lanes, courts, gardens, &c., shall be cleansed and purified; and that all manures prejudi cial to health shall be removed therefrom; and that all houses in which any sick persons were residing shall be ventilated, fumigated, white-washed—the building and furniture to be exposed to the air, washed, cleansed, and, if absolutely necessary, burned an& destroyed. The seventh clause tests the relief committees of those districts where fever hospitals have been esta blished with power to remove infected persons (not under proper medical care, and not placed in such circumstances and under such precautions as may most probably tend to prevent the communication of disease) to hospital, upon the certificate of the medical officer, after due inquiry into the circumstances of the case. This power is, however, accompanied with the following proviso :—" That the said relief committee shall in all cases of such compulsory removal of any persJh into such fever hospital, make a special report thereof to the, said commissioners within two days figgh•re ielaus wilt=rpitt amiliaimai . eight pettilty-of 51., or one month's imprisonment, upon conviction before two magistrates, on any person who shall resist or oppose the execution of the powers of the relief committees under this Act, such conviction not to be quashed for informality, nor to be subject to any certiorari proceeding or appeal whatever. The ninth clause declares that the general issue be pleaded in any action brought against relief com mittees, collectively or individually, or their officers, and that, in the event of the plaintiff in the suit fail ing to establish his case, the tribunal before whom the case underwent adjudication shall award costs to the defendant. The tenth clause enacts that the necessary ex penses incurred by any relief committee, in carrying any order of the relief commissioners into effect, and in the execution of the other purposes of this Act, shall be defrayed out of the funds from time to time placed at the disposal of such relief committee, under the provisions of the Destitute Poor Act of the present session. The eleventh clause enacts that, notwithstandi ng the 10th Victoria, cap. 7, sec. 3, which declare s th a t no relief committee shall be continued after the first day of November in this year, unless for the purpose i of settling or closing their accounts, " n any case in which previously to the first day of November any relief committee shall have received instructions from the relief commissioners, for executing the provi sions of the Act of last session, in any electoral dis trict or division, such relief committee, and also, the finance committee for the union, shall continue for the purposes of the Act of last session, and of this Act, d lLDr u ieie r il u i ba n itn g ie. idln, t a h Gns e hta,a c zl o eol n irt t e iu b, o n yth an dissolve earn c y e o ho f this iredsfeurge ho At to vr c eerbl , niee o of r rp ou u o rrhn published s l nohav t e h nearc e ne L ioncr o os r trn d ho - e..f naittee. The twelfth clause declares that in the case of certificates issued by the Board of Health, after the Ist of November in this year, the provisions of the 10th Victoria, cap. 7 (under which the relief com mittees are appointed) shall be extended and applied to such cases ; and the costs and expenses of carrying the same into execution, after the disbursement of the funds in the hands of the _finance committee and relief committee on the Ist day of October in this year, shall be paid and provided by the board of guardians of the union, in like manner as in the Act of last session. The thirteenth clause provides for the decent in terment of de,titute persons dying of fever, by em powering relief committees to defray the expenses of the same out of the funt% placed at their disposal. The fourteenth clause fixes the duration of the Act, namely, until the end of last session ; and the fifteenth; , clause, h o a amended o w n ( h i e ic d h o i r s r t e h p e oa l l a e s d t, b d y ec al la iy re A s o th t a t t o t b h o e A passed in this session of Parliament. FUNERAL OF THE LATE BARON 'DE BODE. Yesterday morning the rtirrains of this nobleman, whose name has already enlisted universal sympathy in connexion with his legal claims, were deposited in their final resting place, a vault subjacent to the Catholic Church, St. John's -wood. It is necessary to state, that family arrangements pre vented his numerous friends from paying until now the final tribute of respect to his menv)ry and his virtues. l'he present Biron enjoined on his brother to waive the rites of sepulture till his return from Russia, and, con sequ-ntly, the name of (It - ceased, who has been dead since Oct. 2d, 1846, is again introduced to a sympa thising public. Just as some prospect of success began to cheer his gloom of disquiet and disappointment, he passed away, leaving to his successor the pending doubts and dangers of the law. On Tuesday, S P.m., the corpse was privately removed from the family residence, IS, Grove-end-road, to the church, and at 12 o'clock yesterday, after a solemn high mass, the crimson•velvet cushion, ornamented with the insignia of six orders, the baronial coronet, the dark plumes, awl the gloomy pall, were removed. The heaving hearts and tender tears of the mourners, among whom we observed Mr. Sergeant Manning and Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., were in perfect keeping with the gloomy drapery of the edifice. The slow and plaintive notes of the organ during divine service, accompanied by the solemn hymn of the choristers in the Dies irce dies illte thrilled the hearts of all present. The coffin was then borne on the shoulders of six bearers, pre c2ded by the officiating clergyman, the acolytes, and sacristans. The mourners, seventeen in number, fol lowed, and the Dc Profundis having been chaunted in the vault, they returned from the " narrow house," where the late Baron de Bode rests free from pangs and pains. The universal sympathy for this victim to legal tech nicalities induces us to hope that his successor will reap the harvest for which the departed so long and justly laboured, and that English justice and English inde pendence will be ever prompt to repudiate any decision which may interfere with the honour and integrity of our national glory. J ,' EASTER TERM.—Yesterday, on the opening of the offices of the Common Law Courts after the holidays, the lists of the arrears for Easter Term, commencing on Thursday next, were exhibited. As the first of the three Courts, the Court of Queen's Bench requires par ticular notice on the present occasion. Hitherto the new trial paper of that Court contained many causes ; and, on reference to the time the rules were obtained, it was ascertained that 18 months or two years had elapsed; and it was found that, to obtain a rule nisi, was in effect to delay justice for no inconsiderable period. The Learned Judges, by their exertions, have made great progress in diminishing the arrears, and the list for the clearlyen sounilnyg6t,errlmue rule s to be arguedreveals trials, ta There earliestar are no w of which was obtained in last Easter Term ; and of 5 remain ingme em n d t,on n e rr case willthseere a decide 6 l foridetwaorguothmeersn.t andO one for judgment. In th e Court of Common Pleas, the re f special for c jg a u s d es and ( n manetapial of which, exhibitsper with 5 he texception of two, were moved enlarged rules and 46 rules for new tr. : ala an d' since Michaelmas Term ; there are 5 rul e s f or judgment. i In the demurrer paper there a re 23 ru l es ap pointed to be heard on the 21st inst. The peremptory paper of the Court of Exchequer has 5 rules for argu ment. Of cases in the special paper there are 22 for argument and 1 for judgment; whilst of demurrers there are three for judgment and 26 for argument. In the new trial paper there are 6 rules for judgment and 36 for argument, all of which, with the exception of 6, were moved in Hilary Term. It is not too much to say, that the lists of the three Courts present, on the whole, a very healthy appearance; and that, by renewed exertions, the Court of Queen's Bench will shortly reach the two other Courts in the number of rules for new trials. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The deaths re gistered in the London districts during the past week (the first of the spring quarter in the Registrar-General's returns) were 1,004, being a decrease of 25 on the mor tality of the previous week. The weekly average de rived from the deaths of the last five springs, and corrected for increase of population, is 914, but as many of the deaths occurred before the expiration of the winter quarter, the mortality of the week may be com pared with the winter average, which is 1,068. Deaths from diseases of the epidemic class continued to decrease, being only 107, of which 33 were from pooping-cough. Diseases of the lungs ranged• between the spring and winter averages, and bronchitis was still more than usually fatal, especially to persons advanced in years. The week was remarkable for the lowness of temperature which prevailed throughout; the thermometer on three days registered below the freezing point,and on Saturday last was 8i degrees below the temperature of the er sat? day on an average o f 25 y ears . A s compared with the_ previous week, th e a t mos ph ere was co lder by_ e _ff 10 degree--a circumstances which will told t o las 1 47 any increase observable in the Itur,ber of tered in the present week.