The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

CURT CIRCULAR. W INDson, raunspes.—The Queen and Prince Al bert walked lis morning on the east ern terrace and slope s of the fastle. Their Roy Highnesses the Prince of Wa les and the Princess Royal took walking and pony exercise this morning in tle grounds adjacent to the Castle. Lieut.-Colinel F. H. Seymour has ar rived at the Castlo, and OF E ias relieved Colynel Bouverie in the dut ie. -Albert. querry- in Waiting to kis Royal Highness Padce A deput a ti on f rom the geteral boon of Dissenting ministers of the three denominat'.'3' on the subject of the Government scheme oc ...ucation, had an interview with Lord John Russ'-''' yesterday at his official resi dence in Do w ;.„, street. The deputation consisted of the lit e r. as..KEdpath, A.M. (chairman), Rev. Thomas James (secretary), Rev. Dr. Hoby, Rev. J. Blackburn, Rev. Thomas Binney, and the Rev. R. Simson, A.M. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, left town yesterday on a short visit to Brighton. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) was better yesterday. His Lord-hip received a deputation from the Dissenting Body at Lansdowne House. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson (Vice-President of the Board of Trade) was sufficiently recovered yesterday from his recent illness to attend at the Board of Trade. A deputation to the First Lord of the Treasury, from a public meeting of Protestant Dissenters, and of the Friends of Sunday School Instruction, held at Finsbury Chapel, London, on March 19, on the subject of the Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. The deputation consisted of the Rev. F. A. Cox, D.D.,L.L.D., Mr. Thomas Thompson, and Mr. J. M. Hare. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has left town. The Earl of Minto has left town, for Scotland. Viscount Morpeth left town yesterday morning. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey and Lady Grey have left town, for Fallodon, Northumberland. Lord Campbell has left town. The Marquis of Clanricarde has left town. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo- Mal-office, for the Governor of the West India colonies. Divine service was performed yesterday (Maunday Thursday) in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and the Bishop of London held a confirmation of the juvenile nobility and gentry. The Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Lessons by the Rev. W. Hall. The Musical service was Boyce's in A (Sir George Smart presided at the organ). The Communion service was performed by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Wes ley, and the Rev. Mr. Hall. The Bishop of London afterwards confirmed the juveniles present. The Earl and Countess of Delawarr, the Earl of Mor ton, Ladies Braybrooke and Carrington, were among the nobility present. CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL MAUNDAY AT WHITEHALL CHAPEL.—The Royal Minor Bounty and Gate Alms were distributed to the aged and poor on Monday and Tuesday, to upwards of one thousand persons, in sums varying in amount from five shillings to thirteen shillings and three pounds. The number of blind very much increased on the pre sent occasion. Yesterday the Royal Maunday was distributed at Whitehall Chapel in the usual state, during Divine ser vice, accompanied by the prescribed prayers for her Ma jesty's long life and happiness. The anthems selected for the occasion were:— " Hide not thou thy face."—Farrant. "0 Lord grant the Queen a long life."—Hara. " Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy." " Who is this, that cometh from Edom?"—Arnold. The number of persons who received the Royal Charity was twenty-eight of each sex, being the age of her Majesty. The members increase, ono of each, an nually to correspond with the age of her Most Gracious Majesty. There was a very numerous congregation of respect able persons to witness this most interesting ceremonial, who were admitted by tickets. The clergy and gentlemen of the Chapel Royal were in attendance. Among the clergy were the Rev. Dr. Meath, Sub-Dean ; Rev. Dr. Knapp, Rev. Dr. Wesley, Rev. Clarke Haden, Rev. T. Helmore, and the Rev. Mr. Hall. Among the gentlemen of the Chapel Royal were Messrs. Barnley, Bradbury, Machen, Wilde, and Lockey. The boys of the Chapel Royal were present, and also six children of the National Schools (three boys and three girls), who attended as a reward and encouragement for good conduct. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The distributions were made by the Sub-Almoner to her Majesty, the Rev. Dr. Jell, Canon of Christ Church and Principal of King's College, London, assisted by Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary to his Grace the Lord High Almoner, and Yeoman of her Majesty's Almonry, and attendants, under the immediate orders of the Venerable the Archbishop of York. The oldest recipient of the Royal Charity is 98 years of age. The value of the Royal Charity to each recipient in cluding the Silver Pennies, was 41. 7s. 4d. Each man and woman received as many pennies as the age of the Sovereign. At the close of the ceremony the National Anthem, " God Save the Queen," was played as a voluntary on the organ. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. The most important feature in yesterday's proceedings Was the retreat of the Euclid colt for the Newmarket Handicap. sto 1 was taken early in the day, but near the close the biddings against him rose to 7 to 1, at Whirh price, although it was taken in two or three quar ters, he closed. An even hundred was laid on Vanish against him. Sting left off at an improved quotation, 'but in other respects the business on this race was governed by Monday's prices. The Port as before, and very little done on the Metropolitan handicap, 2.000 Guineas Stakes, or Chester Cup. With reference, however, to the two last mentioned events, we should state that Planet rose half a point for one, and that while Dulcet was in vested with the premiership for the other, Punch receded to 35 to 1. The Derby betting was dull; albeit, Planet Was in force a t 9 to 1; Epirote in somewhat better odour than on Monday; Glentilt and the Liberator were backed for about 60/. each, and Mr. Martin for 1501. or there abouts. Closing prices : NEWMARKET nrAmmcnr. 4 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 9 to 2 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt—taken 7 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish 9 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Footstool—taken 10 to I agst Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus 13 to I agat Mr. AVigram's Kesheng 15 to 1 agat Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum 16 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne 20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Tom Tullock 25 to 1 agst Mr. R. Neville's Remorse—taken THE PORT STAKES. Even on the field agst Sting 2 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt 17 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's Bourton 18 to 1 agst Mr. G. 11. Moore's Wolfdog—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Odessa filly—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 2 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 7 to 1 agat Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—taken 20 to 1 agst Sting winning Newmarket Handicap and Port, and Planet the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes—taken. 50 to 1 agst Footstool winning the Newmarket Handicap, Sir Tatton Sykes the Port, and Planet the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes—taken. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Dulcet—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb—taken 1000 to 40 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura—t & aft. of. 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch—taken to 501. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—take 40 to 1 1000 to 15 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat—taken DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp-625 to 100 t. 9 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—t. and aft. off. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—t. and aft. off. 28 to 1 agat Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonlan—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken 40 to 1 aget Colonel Anson'a Bingham ao to 1 a g o Mr. es's Pavilion 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Pedley's c,ossack—takeu John Scott's string, including Epirote, Vanish, Tom Tol loch, and several others are reported to have arrived at New market yesterday. NORTH OF ENGLAND STEEPLE CHASES, NEAR BIRT LE Ir. WEDNESDAY.—The North of England Steeple Chase of 10 sore. each, and 50 added, 3 miles. Mr. Hutchinson's Walter Gay, 12st 71b (Bradley 1 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's King of the Valley, 12st 71b 2 Mr. Batty's Nutbourne, 12st The Emperor, 12st 71b—Catamaran, 12st—The Sailor, 12st —and The Infant, 12st 71b—also ran. Woa easy by several lengths. The Northumberland and Durham Steeple Chase of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, with 25 added , 3 miles. Mr. W. Brown nd The Dove, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. Headlam) 1 Mr. J. Smith nd Brunette, aged, 12st The Tanner, 12st—Golden Plover, 12st—Bishop, 12st— and Ariel, 12st 101 b—also started. Won cleverly. The Steeple Chase Hack Stakes of 2 sovs. each and a purse added, 12st each, one mile and a half, were won cleverly by Mr. Foster's Langley Lass, beating four others. -- HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR LIMERICS.—On Sun day Mr. John O'Donovan, of Milview, whilst returning from mass at Shanac , ' olden, was attack ed b y fo ur armed ruffians, dragged off his car, and so dreadfully beaten with the but-ends of their guns, that he died on the fol lowing day. The victim of this horrible crime, who kept corn mills, and bore an excellent character, has left t wife and eleven children. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday last, Mrs. Lyne, a respectable widow of SheViock, was taken suddenly ill as she was crossing the . Torpoint passage in the steam bridge. On landing, she was taken into a house in Torpoint, and medical aid procured. It was an attack of apoplexy she never rallied, and the next morning death relieved her from her sufferings.— West Briton. ROYAL SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. —Wednesday a Quar tetly Court of the Governors of the Royal Scottish Hospital The held for genera l b us iness; Dr. Webster in the chair. The report for the past year stated that the receipts and a previous balance was 3,599/. 17s. 9d. The expenditure, in cluding relief to the poor in money and passages paid home, which amounted to 2,761/. 10s. 6d., was 3,3231. 12s. 6d., leaving a balance in the Bank of England of 2761. ss. 3d. The amount of stock belonging to the corporation is now at the mi n i mum fi xed by the bye-law viz., 40,0001. There was also 3,3001 . stoc k of the fund for the various schools be longing to th e S cotc h c h urc h es in Loneon. The receipts of annum liiuloch fund, for granting pensions from 41. to 81 . p er , was , 2 , 2031. 2s. 741., and the expenditure to 2,1614194. 9d., leaving g balance vt ill. 24, DN._ THE MAGAZINES. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By _ . _v v Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. No. X. The present number carries us through the reigns of Edward V. and Richard 111., and Mr. a Beckett gives us the concentrated essence of all former histo rian.. Horace Walpole, for instance, was the Ains ,yorth of Richard 111. In fact, the matter may be stated in a rule-of-three sum, thus—as Horace Wal pole is to Richard 111., so is Harrison Ainsworth to Richard Turpin. This statement accurately describes the relative merits of the four individuals in question, but that which Horace Walpole said in sundry volumes, Mr. a Beckett says in as many lines. Here is the quintessence of Horace Walpole's " Historic Doubts"— " In the vexata questio of the cause of the death of the princes, the guilt has usually been attributed to Richard, because he reaped the largest benefit from their decease; but this horrible doctrine would imply that a tenant for life is usually murdered by the remainder-man, and tbat the enjoyer of the interest of Bank Stack is frequently cut off by the reversioner who is entitled to tho.prin cipal." Mr. a Beckett describes the battle of Bosworth, the " dramaticest battle in English history" in a lay worthy of Thomas l3abington Macaulay. We give the opening stanzas : " Ho: trumpets sound a note or chord, two— Ho: r A prompter, t er e, n h c clear orchestra: r t h e ta ge The battle we must wage. Your gallant supers marshal out— Yes, es must a s n e , e the very themall; i; The rather stout, The under-sized, the tall; The Yorkites in the centre, Lancastrians in the rear, Not yet the staff must enter— The stage, I charge ye, clear! Those warriors in the green-room Must have an extra drill; Where's Richard's gilt tipp'd baton? They charged it in the bill. Those ensigns with the banners Must stand the other way, Or else how is it possible The white rose to display?" Thus spoke the old stage manager, The day before the night Richard and Richmond on the field Of Bosworth had to fight. And thus the light-heed call-boy Upon that day began To read of properties a list— 'Twas thus the items ran.— "Four dozen shields of cardboard, With paper newly gilt, Six dozen goodly swords, and one With practicable hilt: The practicable hilt, of course, Must be adroitly plann'd, That when 'Lis struck with mod'rate force, 'Twill break in Richard's hand. Eight banners—four with roses white, And four with roses red — Six halberds and a canopy To hang o'er Ricard's head; A sofa for the tyram's tent, An ironing -board at back, Whereon the ghosts may safely stand, Who come his dreams to rack; A lamp suspended in the air By an invis'ble wire, And—for the ghosts to vanish in— Two ounces of blue fire." Thus spoke the gallant call-boy, The boy of many fights; Who'd seen a battle often fought Fifty successive nights. The frontispiece representing this battle, performed to two in the boxes, five in the gallery, and three in the pit, is exceedingly rich, the woodcuts are full of fun, and the whole is got up "strictly in accordance with the costumes of the period." DOMBEY AND SON. Nv. VII. By Chades Dickens. Major Bagstock proceeds, like a consummate diplomatist—as he is—in effecting his design against Miss Tox's "matrimonial intentions." A perfidious goblin, as the Major is subsequently called, he cony mences by insinuating the ambition of that- lady to the proud Mr. Dombey during a breakfast held at his (the Major's) lodging in Princess's-place. The scene is capitally described, even to the ill-starred Native who underwent " a world of misery arising out of the muffins, while, in connexion with the general question of boiled eggs, life was a burden to him." The perfidious goblin himself appears, throughout, quite as a physiological curiosity—indulging in fat coughs that rise into his short throat and nearly suf focate him—swelling and swelling exceedingly—get ting, what with eating, drinking, hot tea, devilled grill, muffins, and meaning, so swollen and in flamed about the head, that even Mr. Dombey shows some anxiety for him—laughing frightfully up in the tips of his ears and in the veins of his head— and at last getting, with immense difficulty, into his great-coat, and being buttoned up in it until his face looks staring and gasping, over the top of that gar ment, as if he were in a barrel ! Dombey and J. B. .go down to Leamington togeth e r p e r rail wa y t o Bir mingham, and on their way thither Dombey thinks about little Paul, and mingles the thoughts of his de cease with the steam-engine which is careering on before him. Mr. Dickens then writes as follows: " The very speed at which the train was whirling along mocked the swift course of the young life that had been borne away so steadily and so inexorably to its fore doomed end. The power that forced itself upon its iron way—its own—defiant of all paths and roads, piercing through the heart of every obstacle, and dragging living creatures of all classes, ages, and degrees behind it, was a type of the triumphant monster, Death. " Away, with a shriek, and a roar, and a rattle, from the town, burrowing among the dwellin g s of men a nd making the streets hum, flashing out into the meadows for a moment, mining in through the damp earth, boom ing on in darkness and heavy air, bursting out again into the sunny day so bright and wide ; away, with a shriek, and a roar, and a rattle, through the fields, through the woods, through the corn, through the hay, through the chalk, through the mould, through the clay, through the rock, among objects close at hand and almost in the grasp, ever flying from the traveller, and a deceitful distance ever movfng slowly with him: like as in the track of the remorseless monster, Death! " Through the hollow, on the height, by the heath, by the orchard, by the park, by the gar,len, over the canal, across the river, where the sheep are feeding, where the mill is going, where the barge is floating, where the dead are lying, where the factory is smoking, where the stream is running, where the village clusters, where the great cathedral rises, where the bleak moor lies, and the wild breeze smooths or ruffles it at its inconstant will ; away, with a shriek, and a roar, and a rattle, and no trace to leave behind but dust and vapour: like as in the track of the remorseless monster, Death! " Breasting the wind and light, the shower and sun shine, away, and still away, it rolls and roars, fierce and rapid, smooth and certain, and great works and massive bridges crossing up above, fall like a beam of shadow an inch broad upon the eye, and then are lost. Away and still away, onward and onward ever: glimpses of cottage homes, of houses, mansions, rich estates, of husbandry and handicraft, of people, of old roads and paths that look deserted, small, and insignificant as they are left behind: and so they do, and what else is there but such glimpses, in the track of the indomitable monster, Death? " Away, with a shriek, and a roar, and a rattle, plunging down into the earth again, and working on in such a storm of energy and perseverance, that amidst the darkness and whirlwind the motion seems reversed, and to tend furiously backward, until a ray of light upon the wet wall shows its surface flying past like a fierce stream. Away once more into the day, and through the day, with a shrill yell of exultation, roaring, rattling, tearing on, spurning everything with its dark- breath, sometimes pausing for a minute where a crowd of faces are, that in a minute more are not : sometimes lapping water greedily, and before the spout at which it drinks has ceased to drip upon the ground, shrieking, roaring, rattling through the purple distance!" Ilavi"ts nrrixed at their destination , D o rn b y and the pertidious guinia—ttie latter more blue faced, more staring, and more over-ripe, as it were than ever prowl about the more fashionable streets of Leamington, pour passer le temps. Here they encounter new faces —one, a juvenile old lady of seventy, reclining in a wheel chair a-la-Cleopatra, rustling a handkerchief that is faint and sickly with essences, and talking in the most exquisitely artificial manner about the beauties of nature, her name is Mrs. Skewton — another , a beautiful, but disdainful lady, who droops her eyelids languidly as though if there was anything in all the world worth looking into, save a mirror, it certainly was not the earth or sky, her name is Mrs. Granger, and, if we are not much mistaken, will ultimately be Mrs. Dombey the second—another new face is that of a flushed page, who was the m otive p ower of the wheel-chair, his name is Withers the Wan. Even in the minutest details of his de scriptions, Boz continues as happy as ever to the very shed in which the said wheel-chair was kept, a shed appertaining to a dairy, " where new-laid eggs were produced by the poultry connected with the establishment, who roosted on a broken donkey-cart, persuaded, to all appearance, , that it grew there and was a s p ecies of tree. ' The subsequent chapter, recording a trifle of management by Mr. Carker, the manager, is so clever from first to last that we should be tempted to make copious extracts but for the preoccupation of our space. Biler comes out in a new character, as a reprobate, and i s engaged as a shopboy by old Solomon Gills. Mr. Perch is delightfully obsequious to the manager, and Mr. Toots is exceedingly " particular" to Susan Nipper. The illustrations are worthy of "Phiz." THE COLOSSEUM.—The holiday folk will be glad to observe the announcement of a reduction in the ad mission prices of this pDpular establishment. The whole of the exhibitions—how varied and interesting we have often had ormasion to notice—may now be seen for two shillings, the price being the bole for day or night, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEING, APRIL 2, 1847. AGRICULTURAL TENANT-RIGHT EXECUTION OF PLATTS, THE A BILL [as amended by the Select Committee] for the MURDERER. Improvement of A gr icultural T enan t-Ri g ht in At twelve o'clock yesterday, at Derby, Platte paid the England and Wales. last penalty of the law for the murder of Collis, at Ches•. [N.B. The Clause marked (A) was added by the Com- terfield. The concourse of people was immense. Early mitten.] in the week he made a written confession, the correct. Whereas it is expedient for the greater improvement ness of which he persisted in asserting to the last. He of land, and for the consequ e nt i nc r ea se o f pr o d uce was very firm until he arrived at the pinioning room, therefrom, as well as of employment for farm-labourers, when he began to tremble violently, and continued to do to enlarge and extend the custom of agricultural tenant- so until the bolt was shot. He struggled violently for right in accordance with the modern advance of hus- about two minutes, though loaded with irons. It will bandry ; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most be seen that his confession is not reconcileable with the Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent evidence. His conduct in gao l was g ood, and he expressed of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in a firm hope of a joyful resurrection. this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority PLANTS' WRITTEN CONFESSION. of the same, that every tenant under any holding for a " Morley and I laid the plan before dinner, after the term of years commencing after the passing of this Act, people were gone into church; he said he had been with and every tenant under any yearly holdin g , on the deter- --, and they had laid a plan to make away with Collis. mination of his tenancy of any farm, by effiuxion of They fixed to meet at the New Inn (Betteson's), at time, notice, death, bankruptcy, insolvency, or eviction Brampton. Collis was to come to them there in the by reason of defect of title of the le-sor, shall be entitled, afternoon, and they were all to come down to Chester subject as after provided, to receive from the incoming field, to the Wheatsheaf (David Britt's), and they tenant on behalf of the landlord, or from the landlord, were to wait there until night. Collis told Morley he compensation for any outlay effectually and properly in- wanted to see me; Morley told him I would be at Frank's curred by the said tenant after the passing of this Act, at night, at the bell ringing; if I was not there, he would In the temporary improvement of the said farm, by the tell him where I was to be found. Morley told Collis purchase of artifi c i a l manures, or the purchase of that if he did not find me there, that I would be out with oil-cake or linseed for cattle or sheep; Hannah walking; and that he would be sure to meet me Or in the durable improvement of the said farm, by at night, because he had to see me about going to mar draining, marling, chalking, cluing, or otherwise ket at Rotherham. They remained at Brampton some amending the soil; time after this conversation. Morley told me before his Or the permanent improvement thereof, by forming or death that they left the Wheatsheaf about half-past six constructing new fences, water meadows, roads, or or a quarter to seven o'clock, He also told me the way suitable buildings thereon, he got Collis to the stable ; he told him I was there, and The said compensation to be estimated as follows: that we should all go together to settle there, on which first, by ascertaining the cost of such improvements ; Collis, Morley, and - went down to the stable. When then by determining the several periods within which they got Collis to the door, he (Collis) tried to get away every such kind of improvement may be expected to when he found I was not there. Morley and be began reimburse a tenant for such outlay, and distributing the to scuffle; the door was open. Morley put his hand costs over such periods respectively ; and then deter- inside the stable door, where he had previously placed mining what is due to the tenant, if anything, by the spade for the purpose of murdering Collis. He struck deducting from such periods the time during which the him with it, and knocked him senseless, and he fell tenant shall have had the benefit of such improvements: against the door of the stable; and then he dragged him provided always, that the expenses incurred in the in, and struck him again, for fear of him making a noise; ordinary course of good and clean husbandry, or in pur- then he came to fetch me. - was on the way, a com. nuance of any special contract other than the special panion of Morley's, but Ido n o t know whether he said agreement hereinafter provided, or which the landlord anything to him then or not. I was looking through the and tenant shall have agreed to share, shall not be club-room window, and I saw Morley and standing reckoned as expenses of improvements for which the at the bottom of the yard. Morley called to me, and tenant is to be compensated under the provisions of this told me to come, and I went to Morley, and we went Act. to the stable ; then he told me he had done the job. When he got there, he showed me into the stable and fastened the door with an iron bolt, and Collis gave a great groan out of him ; then Morley struck him again with the spade, I think over the head, but. I could not see, it being dark in the stable. After this blow was struck - said he must go ; but before he went we planned to meet again between nine and ten o'clock the same night, but I drove it too late. When I left the stable I went to the shop to lie down. I was distracted with the thoughts of it ; and in getting the tilt cloth down to lie upon, I fell backwards and knocked the lantern down, and with trying to catch it I cut my hand. I pitched with my head on the block when I fell backwards. That was when they heard the roans when I sat me down. Mr. Kirk gave me something to drink when I had left the shop, and joked me about Hannah and said I had been with her in the shop. I And be it enacted, that no tenant, except a tenant for a term of years having more than five years to run of his holding, shall be entitled to claim compensation under this Act for any durable improvement, nor any tenant whatever for any permanent improvement, except under any special contract already existing or hereafter to be made, or under any custom, unless he shall fur nish beforehand to his landlord a statement in writing of the work to be done and the estimated cost thereof, and unless the said landlord shall agree in writing to the execution of such work; nor shall any tenant be entitled to compensation for any improvement whatever which shall be executed after he shall have given or received notice to quit, or in the last year of a holding for years, unless the same shall have been executed with the con sent, in writing, of the landlord, or in pursuance of some contract or custom. And be it enacted, that no tenant shall be entitled to any compensation in respect of any permanent improvement aforesaid, when the same shall not be in good and suffi cient. repair or condition a t th e ti me o f th e d e t erm i na ti on of h is tenancy, unless the valuers hereinafter mentioned shall think fit to allow the same, and then the cost of putting the same in repair shall be t a k e n i n t o ac c o unt. And be it enacted, that if a n y t enan t, f rom an d a ft er the passing of this Act, shall erect any detached farm building, not being a dwelling-house, without the con sent of the landlord, such building shall not be deemed a fixture. And be it enacted, that any tenant entitled to claim compensation under this Act for any outlay in respect of such improvements as aforesaid, shall, five calendar months before the determination of his tenancy, if the nature of the case shall admit, or i n case of thedeter mination of his tenancy by efiluxion of time, notice, death, bankruptcy, insolvency, or eviction by reason of defect of title of the lessor, the tenant or his representa tives shall, within one calendar month after the same, deliver to his landlord a statement in writing, setting forth the amount and nature of his claim, and an account of all disbursements in respect of such improvements as aforesaid, and, if required, produce the necessary vouchers to support the same. And be it enacted, that if within five calendar months from the delivery of such statement the said amount of compensation to be paid for such claim shall not be agreed upon, then it shall be referred to valuers to as certain and determine if any compensation is due to the tenant, and the amount thereof ; and the tenant shall appoint one valuer, the landlord another, and the two valuers shall appoint a third (each valuer to be appointed in writing, and the landlord or tenant to appoint a valuer within fourteen days after he shall have been required by the other party ; and the two valuers to appoint the third valuer in writing within seven days after either landlord or tenant shall require them so to do), and the award in writing of any two of the said valuers shall be binding on all parties ; and if either party should refuse to appoint a valuer, or the said valuers should refuse to appoint a third, or if the said valuers, or two of them, should, within one calendar month from the appointment of a third valuer, refuse or omit, or be incapable of mak ing an award, or if by any reason whatever such valuers, er any of them, sho'ild not be appointed or such award shall not be made by any reason whatsoever, then either the landlord or tenant, or the representative of either, may apply to the Inclosure Commissioners, who shall on such application appoint a person as a valuer, who shall proceed in the said valuation, and whose award in writirg shall be binding on all parties: provided always, that it shall not be necessary to appoint three valuers, but the matter aforesaid may be referred, as the landlord and tenant may agree on, to one valuer or to two valuers, with power to appoint a third valuer to act as arbitrator in case of disagreement, and their decision in the pre mises shall be as binding as if the matter had been re ferred to three valuers appointed as aforesaid. And be it enacted, that every award of such valuers shall state the nature of the several improvements in re spect of which compensation is awarded, the number of years allowed for the same respectively, either in the opinion of the valuers, or in pursuance of any existing contract, and the time to be deducted in respect of the period during which the tenant shall have had the bene fit thereof, and the amount of the costs of such improve ments respectively, as shown by the vouchers or other evidence produce to the satisfaction of the valuers, or of the price agreed upon under any special contract ; and the costs of any such valuation as aforesaid sh a ll b e pa id by the parties in such propartions as the valuers s h a ll direct ; and any monies directed to be paid to any tenant or his representatives may be recovered by such tenant or his representatives at any time after one calen dar month from the date of any such award : provided always, that when it shall be made to appear to the sa tisfaction of the valuers that the vouchers have been lost or destroyed, then the valuers may, if they think fit, admit such other evidence of any expenditure in respect of such improvements as aforesaid as they may consider sufficient. And be it enacted, that any owner of a farm, either absolutely entitled or as trustee or feoffee or mortgagee in possession, or entitled in tail, or for life, or for a term of years whereof not less than twenty-two shall be unex pired, and whether subject to any rent or otherwise, and whether entitled at law or in equity, and any corpora tion sole or aggregate, whether lay or ecclesiastical, may, if they shall so think fit, and they are hereby empow ered to contract with their tenant as to the number of years which shall be taken as the full period of compen sation under any or each head of claim for such seve ral improvements as aforesaid, and as to the allowance in money to be made for the same, and also as to any other matters touching the said improvements, which agreement shall be binding upon the before-mentioned valuers, and also on the persons for the time being enti tled to the farm. (A). And be it enacted, that every owner as afore said may, if he shall so think fit, and he is hereby em powered to agree with his tenant holding under any' lease or agreement for a term of years, commencing before the passing of this Act, that the provisions of this Act shall apply to such landlord and tenant in all respects as if the said lease or agreement had been made after the passing of this Act ; and such agree: ment may be made by indorsement on the instrument by which the tenant holds, or by a separate writing. Provided also, and be it enacted, that no owner of a farm having a limited interest therein as aforesaid shall consent to such farm being charged in respect of im provements under this Act for any term exceeding twenty-two years, nor for the purposes of building with any sum exceeding in the whole amount of c harge for such purpose the amount of one year's rent pa id for the same, ekt,cel, in ttso once of a farm which shall, at the incurred, have of any outlay for building having been have consisted mainly of waste and unimproved land. And be it enacted, That if any incoming occupier, tether as tenant or otherwise, shall pay the amount of compensation awarded for improvements under this Act, the sum so advanced by the said incoming occup ier, or any part thereof, shall, in the absence of any special agreement to the contrary, be recoverable under the pro visions of this Act, as if the said incoming occupier had himself effected the improvements in respect of which such compensation had been paid, due allowance being made in manner hereinbefore provided for the period during which such incoming occupier shall have had the benefit of such improvements. Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained, shall alter or affect the rights of landlords or of outgoing or incoming tenants, under any agreement or custom, unless as hereinbefore provided nor prevetis luny H.( r tenant exempting themselves irons the operation of this Act. reement between arty ana And be it enacted, that the word " farm" shall in clude all land used for the purpose of husbandry, and all buildings thereon or held therewith, with their ap purtenances, for the purpose of agricultural occupation; and that the word " landlord" shall mean the party entitled to the land immediately expectant on the de termination of the interest of the tenant ; and that the word " tenant" shall mean any person in possession of land, as tenant under any lease or agreement, or a tenant from year to year, or as holding over on the terms of any lease or agreement ; and the singular number shall extend to the plural, and the plural shall extend to the singular, and the masculine to the feminine. ea b l e ed it by en a a n c y ted A , c lih to at b t e h i p s a s / e c d t i m n ay th b is e se s s i on amended of Parliament. or Andrep said I had not, and would fetch her to let them see she was safe when church was over, and I did so. On Monday morning we were to meet between four and five o'clock. I did not go on Monday morning, I had to go out of the town : we met on Tuesday morning. I saw Morley on Monday night, and arranged to meet on Tuesday morning : we did so. When I got there, Morley had got all the things ready, and Collis was put into the barrow, ready to be wheeled across the yard by Morley ; he wheeled him, and I stood in the yard to watch. The body of Collis was covered over with straw. Morley turn e d th e b arrow over and threw the body into the cesspool, The large substance that was carried out from the end of the sham bles was not the body of Collis, for he never was in the shop that night; and if he had been in Morle)'s shop, it was before I went to them, for he was not killed in ahy shop; be was killed in the stable, and by the hand of Morley; neither did I see the first blow given, but I saw the last, and heard it, and saw him put into the cess pool. The body was not cut up, it was thrown in whole. There was nothing taken off but his boots. Morley put the barrow into the stable until night, then he took it to Limb's coal yard. It was Limb's barrow, and had some coals fetched in it for himself, on Monday, for the pur pose of conveying the body away. I received the watch and boots a short time after. Previous to the murder he told me I should have the watch, and told me to say I bought them of Lanky Bill.' * * * * * Morley got the money, Ido not know how much there was. I gave him 21. 105. the day before. I b e li eve M or l ey ki lled Collis because he owed him (Collis) for half a beast and some sheep, and I agreed to murder him because I owed him money. I believe Morley str ang l e d C o lli s at last with a bleeding cord. This was planned between us previous to the murder. Morley was to strike the blow, because he was the stron gest man, an d and I were to assist in strangling him. Th e fi rst agreement was on Sunday morning, in Morley's shop, after it was closed. " I certify, as standing in the presence of God, where I shall have to appear in a few hours, that the above statement is true. (Signed) "JOHN PLATTS. Wednesday e over sday to Evening, March Governor, the 3st Mr. l B s 4 i 7 m . —s Fo I t has been r his kindness since I have been in prison I feel much " r em obliged. the " J. P." [We have omitted the name of the third party for obvious reasons. We have also omitted two lines which refer to the disposal of Collis's box.] STATE OF THE CORN MARKET IN FRANCE. Accounts received to-day (Wednesday) announce that the downward movement is continuing; comparatively few markets arrive at present with a rise, and those are principally in the east and west, and some parts of the south ; the north, north-west, and centre, are all lower. Large arri‘als are announced at Havre, both from the United States and England; prices are lower, 1,000 barrels having been sold on Tuesday at 501. the barrel, and buyers are rare at that price. In Champagne prices are giving way, though only slightly. The last accounts from Bar-sur-Aube speak of a fall of 1f: the hectolitre. The following list of places from which intelligence has been received to-day shows the actual state of things:— ADV ANCE. - Chalons•sur-Sione. 75a. to lf. 25c.; Cha teauroux, 41. 10c.; Hennebout, 80c. to lf. 32c. F ALL.-Arpajon,2l.soc.; Brie-Comte-R0bert,31.34c.• Blois, 13f . to 75c.; Biere, If. to if. 50c.; Beaugency, 51: to sf. 50 c . ; Condom, 21. 50c._; Chateau-Thierry, 75 c. to If.; D reux, lf. to lf. 25c.; Dole, 50c.; Orbec, Douai, 21. 50c.; Gonesse, 21.; Lisieux, 3f. 20c. ; Le Mans, If. 50c. • Mon targis, 51. 80c.; Noyon, 2f. 50c. to 31.; Niort, lf. 85c.; ~ Treguier, 2f. to 3f. • 31. .; Pithiviers, 6f. 60c • Thouars, 51. 50c. to 7f.; At the Halle aux 1316:, on Tuesday, towards the close of business, some purehases were made which rather checked the fall. It would seem that country buyers had come in, being tempted by the lower prices. The quotations varied from 1081. and 105 f. to 100 f. the 157 kil. This day (Wednesday) the market was calm, and prices remain as they were. ETHER OPERATION.—On Thursday, the 18th inst., a very painful operation was performed at Saltash, by Mr. Harrison, surgeon, of Davenport, on a lad who, having been struck by a marble in the eye, was obliged to have it removed. Ile was perfectly unconscious of any pain. The instrument used was one of Mr. Croy don's,— West Draws. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Last week the model of antTengine was deposited by the inventor, M r . G usta f sson, i n the great hall of this establishment. It appears more particularly adapted for marine service, as will be seen by the following descrip tion. The piston, which is formed like a wheel for the purpose of rendering it of light construction, has a hollow cast-iron globe fitted to the end of the piston-rod and secured to it by a Vug, in the centre of the piston is a hermespherical socket, into which the globe is fitted and secured by means of a cap ; the arms have strengthening flanges on their under sides, and to the outer ring at the extremity of the ring is bolted the top and bottom covers, which for lightness may be made of wrought iron. To render the piston steam-tight two metallic rings are placed in the annular chamber between the covers, which are held in their places by means of vertical and horizontal springs, but not necessarily steam_ tight, as that will be effected by admitting steam into this annular chamber of the piston by means of a double acting valve, by which a more uniform pressure on the packing. rings is obtained than could possibly be effected by springs alone. The cylinder-cover, which is made spherical, and furnished with segmental pieces to complete the arc of a circle. To keep the radius slides constantly in contact with surface, the - h a ll ow space their bearing should be communication with the eendelitalriwitich is et .led by fixing a ‘suisli tube in any ooriveniesm piaci. In non-oondensing en gines, this space should be in communication with the atmosphere. It will be seen that as the piston ascends and descends, the piston rod will be enabled, by the lateral motion of the radius slides, to vibrate, and thereby act directly on the crank. In consequence of the angular position of the piston rod, the wear of the cylinder would be greater on one aide than the other, but this may be avoided by giving to the latter an in clined position. It will be perceived that this peculiarity of the piston is of great advantage, especially for hori zontal engines, as the weight of the piston would be supported by the pressure, and consequently prevent an unequalising wear of the cylinder and piston, which, in common horizontal engines, cannot be avoided, hence the vibrating piston rod is particularly adapted for the screw propeller and locomotive engines. :eatis7 more, making HOSPITAL.—The h a : I : e nn ui ::: return of i t t h yb e en su L t te o rt n db d ae o y n : e eireHos pitalrn The number of out-patients e n a d to de w theTniluEmbLer°ol4fD°pNatients admi erw t e t ac e es d i: i a in the whole ~mw, ahe n3i cdiltaii notrecom mendation duringot rif e t a l :gioti:r governor, :oa i rs ' 2,714. The number of other in - patients admitted dur ingduring the same period was 16,743, making a grand the year was 1 , 378 . total of 20,835. The Bishop of oxford has consented to preach the annual sermon on behalf of the charity, on the 22d instant, in the chapel of the institution. DREADFUL COLLIERY AC CIDENT, SEVEN LIVES Lom—Yesterday (Wednesday) m inquest was held at Church Gresley, Derbyshire, on the bodies of a number of men who were killed in a colliery the day previously. It appeared that on Tuesday, the 3011, ult., about half-past five o'clock in the morning, fourteen colliers, men and boys, got into the cage at the Church Pit, church Gresley, to be let down to their usual employment. Laniel Batch, the en gine-man, let them down, but when he had descended about forty yards, he heard one of the wieels cracks, and im mediately stopped the engine. He ran to the pit mouth, and found the drum running fast, the spur wteel having broken, and fallen under the drum. The cage vas precipitated to the bottom of the pit, which is 270 t , .: ads deep ; the rope broke off the drum, and went down the shaft, although longer than the depth of the pit. It was htvreen nine and ten o'clock before a rope could be attache to the pumping engine, and another cage let down, w h en he bodies of the dead and dying were drawn up. The jury a f ter a #: , paideni.. investigation, returned a verdict to the eta—. That the I deceased met their deaths by the accidental breaking of the spur wheel,'' INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. (March 16.—Sir John Rennie, President, in the chair.) The paper read was by Mr. Joshua Richardson, M. Inst. C.E., F.G.S., &c., " On the Ventilation of Mines." After stating the necessity for establishing a more complete system of ventilation as a measure of common humanity, and the advantageous results in a commercial view which would arise from enabling the miners to develop their physical force with more benefit to themselves, and allow them to do a greater amount of task work for the same sum, the paper proceeded to describe the system of ventila tion at present pursued in Newcastle and its vicinity, as being that of the district where the greatest attention had, from necessity, been paid to the subject, which is one of undoubted difficulty. It is, at the same time, one of almost national importance ; for, as a mercan tile nation much of our greatness depends upon our manu factures, and unless the fuel for producing power is obtained at a reasonable price, the results of all our attention and skill will not enable us to com pete with foreign labour. Without good ventilation our mines cannot be worked; or, at least, must be so imper fectly conducted as to render fuel scarce and expensive. Much attention has been paid by very able men to this subject ; and still the necessity becomes more apparent for some great alterations, to avoid the gradual but ,ertain waste of human strength, from long sojourn in mephitic air, or the frightful loss of life from the explosions of the gases exuding from the coal in the progress of getting. The nature of these gases, which are the carburetted hydrogen, the olephiant, the sulphuretted hydrogen, and the carbonic acid gas, were severally treated of. The three first are known as fire-damp, being explosive when mixed with certain proportions of common air; the latter is known as choke damp, or after-damp; it is produced in large quantities by explosions, and com pletes the fatal work left undone by the explosive gases. It also exists in old workings and ill-ventilated mines. These gases require a large supply of pure air to dilate and render them innocuous, and a still larger quantity is necessary to support the respiration of the number of men and animals employed in a mine. The entrance, therefore, of the fresh air and the exit of the foul air should be free and capacious. This is gene rally effected by having two pits, one termed the " downcast" and the other the " upcast" shaft, sunk to the coal bed; down the former of these the fresh air sinks, and after travelling along through the various galleries, as it is guided by doors and other means in various directions, it returns to the bottom ofthe latter (the up-cast) shaft, where a furnace is established, in which it is miffed and rendered so much lighter that it readily ascends the up-cast shaft, thus causing throughout the mine a current of air, which, when all succeeds according to the design of the mining engineer, affords ample ventilation in all parts. Sometimes, however, an unusual escape of deleteri ous gas takes place, by the carelessness of the boys having charge of the traps and partition doors in the air ways. Some of them are left open, or improperly kept shut, and the current of air is diverted or stopped ; or one of the workmen, from heedlessness or cupidity in de siring to have more light for his work, opens the safety lamp, the inflammable gas is ignited, and an explosion ensues. From one or more of these causes arose all the accidents that have occurred, and it appears that hitherto no precautions measures have sufficed to prevent their occurrence. The paper dwelt at some length on the present methods of ventilation, and the objections to them, illustrating the positions by quotations from the best authorities on the subject, all of which went to shoo that, in spite of all the care and attention that had been given to the question, all the skill of the engineers, and the introduction of the safety lamp, in 1816, the loss of life had been greater since that period than it was in a corresponding period previous to its intro duction. This must not be charged entirely to the lamp, for although it may have rendered men bolder, and induced them to trust too much to the lamp, in ven turing into those parts of the mines which formerly would have been abandoned, still it must be borne in mind that, as the coal was got at greater depths and dis tances from the shafts, the ventilation became more difficult, and, from the greater number of persons em ployed in one mine, if an accident did occur, the loss of life was greater in proportion. The merits of the safety lamps produced almost simul taneously by Sir 11. Davy, Mr. G. Stephenson, and Dr. Reid Clanny, were canvassed, and the greater amount of merit, as well as the credit of the first production of it, appeared from evidence to be due to Mr. Stephenson. The author then entered into calcu lations, showing that the dimensions of the " up-cast" shaft should in all cases be increased in pro portion to the augmented volume of the air, from the expansion at the higher temperature at which it leaves the mine, after traversing all the passages; and if this were attended to, not only would the general ventilation be better, but in the event of an accident occurring, by an explosion, or the derangement of some of the air passages from falls of the roof, &c., an extra power could be applied, which would at any rate prevent a portion of the frightful loss of human life which now occurs. It was evident from the whole statement that although in certain cases of fiery mines some im provements might be be advantageously introduced, yet that in the majority of the good mines the present method sufficed to maintain them in a healthy and safe state; and that in almost all cases it was the culpable neglect of, and not the want of means of prevention, that caused the destruction of health, life, and property in the mining operations of the kingdom. This opinion appeared to be participated in by all the speakers in the very interesting discussion which ensued, and in which the interference of Government by legis lative enactments, with respect to methods of ventilation, was severely deprecated. It had become fashionable now, whenever a diffi • culty occurred, to recommend "legislative enactment" as an universal panacea ; as if a Committee of the House, or a body of commissioners, none of whom probably possessed any practical knowledge of the subject, could at once WI by incpiration upon the methods of prevention or cure which had so long eluded the careful investigation of scientific and practical men, whose time, talents, and fortunes had been all devoted to the subject from that great incentive to ex ertion, " self-interest." When the example of foreign countries was quoted, it should be at the same time shown in how backward a state they were in en gineering, in mining, in commerce, and, in fact, in everything with which the Government in terfered, as compared to the high state of per fection arrived at in this country. What was their po sition with respect to common roads, canals, railways, the extent of their mines, and the general amount of manufactures, as compared to those of England ? And yet they had the " advantages" of the " wisdom" and the " fostering protection of Government," whilst in England there was nothing (fortunately) but competi tion to urge manufacturers and miners to bring their produceto market of the best quality and at the cheapest Possible rate. In short, it was shown that, to do any good, Government must leave the matter alone. The discussion upon this subject was to be renewed at the next meeting of Tuesday, March 30, when a paper will be read " On the Defects in the Principles of Con struction of Fire proof Buildings," by Mr. W. Fairbairn, M. Inst. C.E. The Conde de biontemolin, attended by the Marquis de Villa Franca and suite, honoured the meeting with his presence, and appeared to evince great interest in the proceedings, as well as in the arguments of the various speakers. A great number of Spaniards are resident in Algeria, and it appears that some of them carry to that colony the political passions which distract their own unhappy country. On the 7th December last, a Spaniard named Fernandez, a drummer in the militia at Oran, fell in, after a day's hard drinking, with a fellow-country man named Olivarao, and offered to treat him. " I will drink with you," said Olivares, " but you must first tell me your political opinions !" Fernandez, it . appeared, was not of the same way of thinking as Oltvaras, for they engaged in a violent quarrel. After a time, how ever, their dispute ended, and they cemented their truce by drinking together a great many glasses of brandy. The liquor eventually re-excited their political enthu siasm, and they again began to quarrel most violently. At length Fernandez became so exasperated that - be drew a knife from his pocket, and exclaiming— "lt is with this that I fight 1" attempted to rush upon Oliva:4s. He was withheld by his com panions. and shortly after both disputants quitted the public-house in which they had spent the even ing with their respective friends. After walking some little distance, Fernandez left his companions for a short time, and on rejoining them, exclaimed—"lt is finished!" They understood perfectly well that those words meant that a crime had been committed; and so it turned out, for a person passing at the amine time found the unfortu nate Olivaras lying on the ground weltering in his blood, and a few minutes after he died. It was proved that he had been stabbed from behind by Fernandez. This man was accordingly brought to trial before the Tribunal of Oran, which convicted him of having inflicted wounds which had caused death, without, however, intending to commit murder, and he was consequently condemned to twenty years' imprisonment, with hard labour. An appeal was made to the Cour Royale of Algiers by the Procureur du Roi against this sentence, and the Court declared Fernandez guilty of murder, and condemned him to imprisonment and hard labour for life. In the course of the proceedings it was proved that he had quitted Spain to avoid prosecution for the murder of a young officer, and that he had been condemned to death for not appearing to take his trial. We learn that Mr. Mc Lean, farmer, St. Martins, by way of experiment, when lifting his potatoes last autumn, left about an acrd in the ground, taking up every alternate drill and ploughing the soil over those left, so as to secure them from frost. On lifting these up lately, the result has been that instead of 6 bolls, he only got half a boll. - SUICIDE AT THE ETON POLICE STATION.—A man named Hawkins, who had been committed by the Eton bench of magistrates upon a charge of having purloined from his master (Mr. Warner, of Ivey) a quantity of oats, wine, and other articles, was discovered, upon Perkins, the Superintendent of Police, going into his cell on Wednesday morning, hanging to the iron bars over the door by means of his garters, quite dead. Upon being cut down medical aid was immediately called but all attempts to restore animation were fruitles3, it being the opinion of Mr. Hammond, surgeon, of Eton, that he must have been dead for upwards of an hour. AN IRISH PAUPER.—An Irishman, who had been begging piteously, was taken up before the Warrington magistrates the other day, and on searching him nothing was found but a large ball of soap. He prayed that th ey would not take that from him, as " he liked tai be cle an , though he was poor." The earnestness of his en t reaty led the gentlemen to cut the piece of soap i n two, and inside was found in gold, 161. IRISH POOR-LAW. The following protests have been entered against the vote of Friday last in the House of Lords : Dissentient, 1. Because, when it is proposed to legislate in oppo sition to the principles which, during the last half cen tury, have been uniformly admitted by all writers of eminence, as well as by all Parliamentary authorities, the refusal of inquiry implies a most culpable rashness. 2. Because the proposed measure is confessedly one of vast importance to the permanent welfare and safety of a large portion of the empire. It is a measure which even its advocates admit to be a great and hazardous experi ment, and which is regarded by many as involving nothing less than a general confiscation ; and the adoption of such a measure appears to us to call for the most ac curate previous examination of all such reports and pub lie documents as may throw light on the subject, in order that the Legislature may stand clear of the charge of a reckless and wanton disregard of the rights and happi ness of our fellow-subjects. 3. Because we feel convinced that the proposed inquiry would have elicited easily, in a short time and conclu sively, solutions to the following three most important questions—solutions which ought to be brought fully be fore the minds of those who shall have to decide finally on the proposed alteration of the Irish poor-law:-1. Whether it be, or be not, physically impossible (even with the best dispositions in all the parties concerned) that it can at all affect the proposed relief. 2. Whether the attempt will, or will not, have the effect of ruining both the owners and occupiers of land, and putting an entire stop to cultivation; and, 3. Whether it will not, by demoralizing the mass of the people, and perma nently destroying the habits of industry and self-de pendence, increase to a frightful extent the amount of pauperism and crime in Ireland, and ultimately exhaust the resources and endanger the safety of the United Kingdom. 4. Because, when it is proposed, on a sudden, tem porary, unusual, and alarming emergency, to introduce not a merely temporary but a permanent legislative measure, and that, too, a, measure which it will bo pecu liarly difficult and dangerous to repeal hereafter, it behoves the Legislature to examine with a doubly scru pulous and anxious care the grounds on which such a measure is recommended, and the consequences to which it may lead, lest Parliament should incur merited repro bation as having augmented by such procedure the cala mity which it is sought to remedy, and perpetuated and rendered incurable evils which would otherwise have only been temporary. (Signed) R. DUBLIN. RADNOR. MONTEAGLE. MOUNTCASIIEL. 1. D.enuso the danger of permanent legislation under the pressure of a temperary emergency can only be averted or diminished by the most careful reference to past events, and that for such purpose a review of the evidence taken and the recommendations given under circumstances admitting the exercise of a calm, deli berate, and impartial judgment, become of the highest importance in guiding the deliberations of the Legis lature. 2. Because the dangers of permanent legislation in a case like the present, when a great portion of the British empire is reduced to a state of unexampled destitution, are strikingly exemplified by the measures so unfortu nately passed by Parliament, under circumstances strictly analogous, in 1795 and 1800, measures which produced calamities difficult to remove, and from the consequences of which England is still suffering. 3. Because an examination of the history of the past becomes the more necessary, when the Legislature is called on to abandon and overrule-1. The opinion of the Parliamentary Committee which, in 1804, re solved " that the adoption of a general system of relief for the poor of Ireland would be highly in jurious to that country, and would not produce any real and permanent advantage even to the poorer classes, who must be the subjects of such support." 2. The opinion of a subsequent Committee, which reported in 1819 " that the establishment of a system of poor law would produce in a country like Ireland incalculable evils to every class of the community." 3. The opinion of the Committee of 1823, which stated that " any system of relief, however benevolently intended, leading the peasantry to depend upon the interposition of others rather than upon their own labour, could not but repress all those exertions of industry which are essentially necessary to the improvement of the condition of the labouring classes." 4. The experience of English poor law administration, as exemplified in the reports of the House of Commons Committee of 1817, and of the Commission of Inquiry of 1833, and wh ich . led to the amendment of the poor-law of England in 1834. 5. The deliberate judgment of a royal comm i ss ion appointed specially to consider the condition of the Irish poor, and which reported in 1836 that if any "considerable portion of the rental of a country were to be devoted to the support of unproductive labourers, commerce must decay, and the demand for agricultural produce and other commodities must contract, the number of persons out of employ ment and in need of support must increase, and general ruin be the result." 6. The recommendations of Mr. Nicholls, on which th e Ki ng ' s G overnment of 1838 intro- . duced and Parliament passed the Irish Poor-law Act, in which recommendations it w as express l y stated, " that no rel ief should be given except in the workhouse, and that this limitation s h ou ld b e spec i fied in the Act, ' in order to protect the cent ra l aut h or i ty from the pressure which is not unlikely to occur on this point." 7. The express declaration of the Ministers respousible for the framing and introductien of the Irish poor-law, and which announced " that the administration of out-door relief would lead to a most pernicious system, mixing up mendicancy and charity with labour ; a syqtm of persons partly obtaining support by labour and partly from the public purse, and which would not only Pro duce in Ireland the evils which had existed in England, but evils very much greater, till nut-door zelief came to absorb a much greater portion of the produce of the land." 8. The evidence of Mr. Cornwall Lewis, Mr. Twiselton, Mr. Gulson, and Mr. Clements, all of whom had recent practical experience in the ad ministration of the poor-law in Ireland, agreeing in a Fonviction of the danger and ruin which must attend the introduction of out-door relief in that country ; a judg ment adopted by the Select Committee of the Lords in the last session, which expressed " a decided opinion that the introduction of any system of out-door relief would be dangerous to the general interests of the com munity, and more particularly to the interests of the very class for whose well-being this relief was intended." 4. Because we consider it the more rash and unwise to set aside and overrule this unbroken series of Parlia mentary judgments without the most careful and delibe rate inquiry, as no attempt has been made in debate to impugn or to deny their three, or to meet them by con flicting authority or evidence, and that by the rejection of the motion for a Committee an inference is justly raised that no such evidence can be produced, or is pro ducible. (Signed) MONTEAGLE. ItADNOR. HEARTLESS LANDLORDS. The Rev. A. King, an excellent clergyman of the Independent persuasion, of Cork, writes to the Southern Reporter, as follows : " The town and the surrounding country for many miles, are possessed by twenty six proprietors, whose re spective yearly incomes vary from one hundred pounds, or less, to several thousands. They had all been re spectfully informed of the miserable condition of the people, and solicited to give relief. Seventeen of the number had not the politeness to answer the letters of the committee ; four had written to say th-y ..* uuta the remfunlng five had given a miser able fraction of what they ought to have contributed. My first donation from a small portion of a small relief fund, received from English strangers, exceeded the aggregate contributions of six-and -twenty landed pro prietors, on whose properties human beings were perish ing from famine, filth, and disease, amidst circum stances of wretchedness appalling to humanity, and dis graceful to civilised men _ _ " I believe it my sacred duty to gibbet this atrocity in the press, and to call on benevolent persons to loathe it as a monster crime. Twenty-one owners of property, en which scores, nay hundreds, of their fellow-crea tures are dying of hunger, give nothing to save their lives ! Are they not virtually guilty of wholes ale mur der ? I ask not what human law may decide upon their acts, but in the name of Christianity . I arraign them as guilty of treason against the rights of humanity and the laws of God 1" BURGBEAD RIOTERS.—On Tuesday last, James Falconer, shoemaker, and Angus Davidson, cooper, Burghead ; Daniel Sutherland, jun., John Young, and John Main, fishermen. Ilopeman, were placed at the bar of the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, charged with the crime of mobbing and rioting, and of assault, in so far as on the 26th of January last they formed part . a _ .y of a mob which as s e m bl e d, and i 1 .1 preventing or obstructing the shipment of meal belonging to John Al lan, corn merchant, Elgin, and John Innes, corn agent, Burghead, on board of the James and Jessie, and Ceres, and with conducting themselves in a riotous and out rageous manner, and with wickedly and feloniously attacking and assaulting Mr. Patrick Cameron, sheriff substitute of Elginshire • Mr. Alexander Brown, procurator-fiscal ; Mr. William Hay, superintendent of police ; and Mr. John All an : secon dl y , w i t h h av i ng, after te meal was shipped, carried it away from the vessels on the 27th January; and with having assaulted C. Innes, the sheriff of the county, and the civil force which had been raised for the purpose of assisting in preserving the public peace ; and also with haying h d e 7 r • forced the authorities, and rescued a prisoner t custody, and with having severely injured .a stehiveleiraaal at them, and compelled them to take shelter ke t Burghead, the c t i h a e l ao windows witlia t o t a f c w k i l a fi g ch t hvieee r;b rr r i c agea by i,a n , i ,a iss il i i l c e i s i t il h u r the authorities, after leaving the inn, proceeded to Elgin. James Falconer pleaded guilty to the first charge as libelled, and the other panels to both charges as libelled. The public prosecutor passed from the second charge against Falconer. Evideace as to character was then led on the part of the panels ; and certificates were read by the prisoners counsel from the Free Church clergymen and elders of the church of Burghead, and also from other parties. The Court was then addressed on behalf of the panels by Messrs. Tennent and Fraser; after which their lordships retired for consultation for a short time, and on their return into court the Lord Jus• tice Clerk sentenced Falconer to eighteen months' im prisonment, and Davidson, Sutherland, Young, and Main, each to seven years' transportation. Considerabhe surprise was manifested in the court at the severity of the sentence.—Aberde en Herald. ADMISSION or THE PUBLIC TO TILE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARlL—Yesterday the Zoological Society resolved to admit the public to their wardens in the Rege n t' s p ar k on each Monday and Tuesday throughout the year, and on every day, except Saturday in Easter and Whitsun weeks, without the usual order of- admisiion from II follow of the society. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ROUEN AND HARVE. The Municipal Council of the town of Rouen is at drawn daggers with the Rouen and Havre Railway Company. They accuse the company of desiring to monopolise the carriage of goods to the detriment of the Seine navigation, because in their tariff they charge 07 centimes only per ton and kilometre for the carriage of coffees, molasses, wines, and brandy, which are the ordinary conveyances of the Seine navigation ; this price being the same which is charged for the carriage of coal, pavement stones, manure, &c. ; whilst they charge 20 centimes per ton and kilometre for wool, flax, and cotton stuff, which are not usually conveyed by the Seilie, though all those items are comprised in the same class. The Municipal Council of Rouen, after a long discus sion have taken a resolution—That a committee com posed of the mayor (M. Barbet) and four councillors will forthwith repair to Paris, and visit the Ministers of Public Works, of Finance, and of the Interior, in order to require energetically, I. That the reduction of the tariffs of the Paris and Rouen and Rouen and Havre Railways should be indistinctively applied to all the articles of the same class ; 2. That the St. Sever station should be exclusively designed for the passengers be- • tween Paris and Rouen ; 3. That the deputies of Rouen be required to attend the commissioners at the different Ministers. CHEAP TRAVELLING. —Yesterday the Eastern Coun ties Railway started a fourth-class train of open car riages, for the purpose of conveying passengers to the different stations along the line, at the cheap rate of one halfpenny per mile. BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST, HAVANT BRAMII.— The praise of the railway from Chichester to Havant is universal and unqualified. Nearly three hundred per sons took tickets at the Havant station on the day of its opening, and nearly one hundred at Emsworth, but those at the former place comprised many from Portsmouth. The establishment at Havant consists of a clerk, a station master, and two porters; and that at Emsworth of a clerk and porters only. Mr. Filchew, who has been some time in the company's service, is clerk at Haven* and Mr. Frederick Bluett, formerly of the markes, and who has been in training at Chichester, fills that office at Emsworth. It seems to have been expected that the third. class fare from Havant to Emsworth would have been less than 6d., and the other fares between those places proportionally low, though a c om pl a i n t o f 6d: as the minimum (except in the Parliam en t ar y carriages which are 2d. only), may not appear to savour of any remarkable liberality, especially when it is con sidered that the train may be often stopped for a single passenger, it may be doubtful :whether the revenue and profits of the company, as well as th e gen e r a l satisfac tion, would not be increased by the reduction.—,Sussex Express. TUNNEL UNDER LEwES.—The railway tunnel under the town was finished on Wednesday last. Mr. W. Vcr rall was to have inserted the last brick; but in his ab sence Mr. G. Norman officiated, and the men were after wards regaled with strong ale. Mr. Wythes, the con tractor, gave a dinner in honour of fhe occasion at the Lamb Inn, to the whole of the men employed in the tunnel.—. Brighton Guardian. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH 30. —The Senate was engaged in its sitting yesterday on the project of law relating to tho gold coin. Many Members pointed out the inconve nience which they thought would result from deviating from the French monetary system, but the Minister, of Finance explained that all the proposed mddificftLus contained advantages and securities to preserve the pre sent coin of the count.ty against exportation. The gene ral discussion was closed. The Emancipation has the following paragraph • " A well-informed correspondent in Paris states as a fact which is now certain, that the Emperor Nicholas will visit France at no distant time." There is nothing at all impossible in this news. It is not forgotten that the Emperor Nicholas began by sending the Grand Duke Constantine to Toulon and to Algiers. That he was gratified by the reception, which his son met with in these two points of the French terri tory. After having himself visited England which, not withstanding efforts, and especially his enormous pro dugality, he left but little satisfied with British hospi tality. The Emperor, like his ancestor Peter the Great, was supposed to have conceived the idea of witnessing more nearly the civilisation of France, in order to com pare it with that of other countries. We see that the financial operation of fifty millions of franca is not an isolated fact. The Echo de Luxemburg of the 23d, says—At the last corn market there was a decline of 2f. per hectolitre. The reduction of the charges made by the Northern Railway Company for the conveyance of wheat, flour, rice, potatoes, and corn of every description, has pro duced results as fortunate as unexpected. The convey ance of these articles in the first ten days of March, amounted to 1,914,878 kilogrammes, and in the second to 3,364,752 kilogrammes. ANTWERP, MARCH 31.—A letter from Leghorn says—" The disappearance of winter, which threatened to be so fatal to our agricultural prodace, and the happy commencement of the new season, has induced our far mers to sell the corn which they kept back in hopes of a further rise. In many parts of this province, the rape seed has the most favourable appearance; corn, especi ally wheat, has in a short time become surprisingly vigorous. The farmers are sowing linseed, planting potatoes, and all agr i cultural labours are prosecuted with great activity. The weather second these efforts, which will lead to a result that will make up for the losses of the two last harvests. POSEN, MARCH 17.—Very great dissatisfaction is caused by the appointment of Baron Hiller Von Gar tring,en to the post of Provincial ➢larshal of the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Posen, in the approlching united Diet of Berlin. This dissatisfaction is felt by the Poles, and especially the Polish deputies to the Diet, though the most unprejudiced among them do not think it v •ry unreasonable, Pules having been constantly ap pointed to that office in the seven first provincial Diets of the Grand Duchy. BRITISH IRON COMPANY.—The annual meeting of this Company was held yesterday, at the office in Threadneedle-street. Sir George Larpent, Bart., took the chair. The report of the directors stated that there was a balance of assets in the Company's favour of 4,5511. 9s. 4d., subject to be increased on the one hand by some further receipts, which are expected to arise from the composition s f or ca ll s; an d , on the other band, to be diminished by any new claims against the Com pany. The directors were desirous that a dissolution of the Company should take place at as early a period .as should be found consistent with the interests of thelpflp,.. pany ; and they had fur that purpose caused advertiseme to be issued, giving notice to all parties to bring uf a claims they might have against the Company. The Chairman regretted the delay which had taken place, and must still take place, before the final dissolution of the Company could be effected. He hoped that it would be, at furthest, within the present year, or soon after wards. Mr. Drane thought they ought to have at least ss. a share paid back to them out of the assets in hand; but did not press any resolution. Mr. Hitchens thought it more advisable to wait till the whole of the assets were ascertained, when he hoped the dividend would be much more considerable. John Horsley Palmer, Esq., and Sir G. Larpent, were re-elected directors. A vote of thanks was passed unanimously to the worthy Baronet in the chair and directors of the company, when the meeting adjourned. F.AivriiquAKE Ix FRANCE.—On the 18th, about , ten at ai s t,t, F els ut..o tit eartnquake were telt at Eaux-Bonnes (Basses Pyreneas), and on the 23d, the same phenomenon was repeated between four and five in the afternoon. CAUTlON.—Yesterday, a well-dressed man called at a ladies' seminary, in Phillimore-place, Kensington, upon the pretext of obtaining the terms. During the temporary absence of the lady of the house he contrived to open a closet, and carried off several articles of plate. BuxPUBLICr° N.____ TESTIMONIALyve understand that To theTEt E p u L bl A ic TEStx ceived a very gratifying support from persons of all testimonialT ' F. the memory of the late Sir T. Fowell Buxton has re ranks, at home and abroad, and from thousands of negroes in Africa and the West Indies. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has forwarded a subscription of 50L, in token of his estimatiOn of the benefits conferred on the cause of . humanity, and on the African race in particular, by this distinguished Christian philanthropist. A working model of the statue to be erected in West minster Abbey has just been completed, by Mr. Frederick Thrupp, which does great credit to that artist. ROYAL COLLEGE CiE CHEMISTRY.--A numerously attended meeting of gentlemen, supporters of this institution, was held at the rooms of the college in Hanover-square, on Wednesday evening last, William Ewart, Esq., M.P. in the chair, when a highly interesting lecture was delivered by Mr. Warrington on the history and art of calico printing, and the immediate bearings of chemistry on this important branch of manufacture. Mr. Warington commenced by stating that his principal design in bringing this subject be fore the members was to demonstrate the bearitrgs of th e . science of chemistry on one of the largem: , n o u u tct b u e re i s o ir ow th e t a s country; and that he hoped the ex am p le andfelt k 1 d ac now ege . and the full value of the institution . closed by referring to the objects of the instit by others, and thus a com: t ae of demonstration be produced, The lecturer tion, and an appeal to the teachers and students that grelt vsr pr m es . en ii t e i c s k •e a r t e t, lt t o a rd q., N: i a .p • r„ y, exertions should be made, not only while in the college, but Sir John Guest, also when thrown on their own responsibilities. Amongst Sir James Clark Bart., pf.p., • Bart., Mr. Braude, Dr. Arnott, Dr. Bevan, Dr. Charles Holland, F.R.S„ Dr. Grant, George Lowe, Esq., F.R.S , the members A. ? Taylor, Esq., F.R.S., and R. Porr l'S A . , ett, Esq., . . . lIE EASTER FAl RS. — Yreparations on an extensive scale are already making for the annual fair at Stepney, which the parochial authorities have from time to time vulnlY endeavoured to prevent. The fair will be held as usual on Stepney-green. At Greenwich a great gala day is antici pated; several of the travelling theatres, each with its coijis dramatique, arrived yesterday, and took up the positions re spectively assigned to them. There will be a fair on a some v% hat smaller scale at Battersea, and it is also said there will be a similar exhibition on Brook-green, Hammersmith, although the inhabitants of the neighbourhood are opposed to it. THE LONDON DISTRICT POST LETTER CARRIERS. —Yesterday Mr. Masterman, M.P., informed the letter carriers of the General Post that he had that afternoon re ceived a note from Mr. Parker, one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, to the effect that the memorial of the men had been laid before the Lords Commissioners cif ber Majestml Treasury, and that their Lordships had refetred it to ar Postmaster-Genet-xi for his report thereupon. REMOVAL OF THE WOOD PAVEMBN,T.—At the meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers on Tuesday; it was agreed the whole of the wood pavenrent at present down in St. Paul's-churchyard should be removed immediately and re-laid with the three-inch granite, similar to what is laid . down in Cheapside and Fleet-street. A FOREST ON FlRE.—About 500 acres of wood • in the commune of Brumetz (Marne) were destroyed by fire, three days ago. This disaster was occasioned by the imprudence of a woodman in throwing the bares ashes Qf his pipe among the dried Jeaveo.