The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-05 00:00:00

missioners of the Treasury) is awarded to William Joyner
Ellis, one of the present coroners, who had for seven years
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in the manufacturing diarists es a matter of course, and to
the agricultural there could be no falling off, not a desk
field being likely to be thrown out of cultivation by the ope-
ration of the law ; provided the landowner paid the same
attention to his business that every one else was obliged to
do, and furnished the necessary capital. It had great natu-
ral protection in the expense of transport of corn to this
country from remote districts. in the cheapness of coal, iron,
and all the articles of clothing, in the facility of credit, and'
in what was really the cheapest labour in the world, taking
its efficiency into account. He had no doubt, there-
fore, that all could stand competition with the greatest
ease, if rent was reduced a little ' • in the first
instance, it would have the effect of compelling the
aristocracy to look after, and therefore reside on,
their own property. Employment not being reduced, the
working man would benefit to the full extent of the decline
in value of the necessaries of life. lie was glad to see the
measure passed, without any attempt to drive a bargain with
other countries. In commercial treaties, each party only
sought to arrive at the other, and the best way was to leave
it to every one to find out his own interest, as in the end it
was quite sure to bed scovered that unless others took from
us we could not take from them. Already Russia and the
United States bad effected a most important change in their
tariffs, and while some of our farmers complained, English
wheat was buying for shipment to France—one of the
countries from which we were to be inundated with supplies.
He felt confluence in Lord John, believing him to be a tho-
roughly honest and an able man ; and whenever a general
election took place, he exhorted his Conservative friends not
to own the character of 'evolutionists byopposing him, since
they must be well aware that the only other possible
government at present was that of Lord Stanley and
Lord George &caloric ; and he believed that no public men
ever lived more unfit to govern this country, and that their
rule would be a national calamity, and might lead to the
must uisastrous c.nsequences. lee Rev. Mr. Maclellan, in
replying to too toast, " Universal Education," eulogised the
conduct of Mr. Mitchell in voting conary to the prejudices
of perhaps a majority of his constituents in favour of the
grunt to Maynooth College. He urged upon the honourable
member the duty of a state education for the people; and
contended that to be efficient, all such institutionsshould be
of a completely unsectarian character. He entreated Mr.
Mitchell to oppose the attempts now being made by the
Roman Catholics in Ireland on the one hand, and by the Cal-
vinistic Presbyterians on the other, to have one or more of the
new colleges appropriated for the education of their own
students alone for the ministry, and spoke warmly in favour
of a united education ; where persons of all creede, Protes-
tant and Catholic, Calvinist and Arminian, Trinitarian and
Unitarian, might learn together languages, and physical and
mental science, while each had in the same building their
separate professors of theology. Mr. M. also begged the
attention of Mr. Mitchell (should he be called upon to de-
liberate on a plan of really national edncatiu), to the system
existing in Ireland; where extracts from the sacred writings,
approved of by a board representing all sects, are used daily
in the schools for the poor, and where every minister is pier-
sifted, after the regular school hours, to give to the children
of his own church such doctrinal instruction as he considers
proper. The reverend gentleman concluded by advo-
cating the establishment in Bridport of public gardens
and baths for the working classes, and urging upon
them the duty of supporting the Mechanics' Insti-
tution. " Universal Peace " followed, after which the
health of " the Rev. R. E. B. Maclellan," was proposed.—
The rev. gentleman, in replying to the toast, expressed his
heartfelt gratitude for this mark of esteem from his fellow-
citizens ; and alluded to his public exertions for the abolition
of capital punishments; for the promulgation of the princi-
ples of peace; for the adoption of the truths of free-trade,
the doctrines concerning which he had held since 1830 ; and
for the establishment, on the most liberal foundation, of •
school for the masses in the borough. He affirmed that: the
reception then awarded him was an ample recompense for all
his extra-professional labours.—Several other toasts followed,
and the evening was spent very pleasantly.
BERKBITIRE.

MORTALITY AMONOST THE CATTLE WINDAGE-PARIL.
—lndependently of upwards of thirty valuable cows, be-
longing to the Crown and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
which have recently died from the pr...vailing disease, a large
number of Scotch beasts in Windsor Great-park have also
been attacked, and no less than seventeen have died
Although there are cattle from various parts of the kingdom
all grazing together in the Grcat-park at Windsor, the only
description of beasts which have been attacked are those
which were bred in Scotland.
WIND/SOIL—THE ROYAL PIIESERVES.—Such was the
exceedingly favourable nature of the breeding and rearing
season, that the royal preserves in the vicinity of Windsor
are overrun with game of every description. Some thou-
sands of birds were hatched in the spring, under barn-door
fowls, at the residences of the different keepers, and after-
wards turned loose.

Mush.
CrtosaY HALL.—Last evening an entertainment of
Scottish and Irish Song wsa given by Mr. Thomas Den-
ham, a gentleman known as the author of a pleasing volume
of poems recently published. Mr. Denham, in this enter-
tainment, endeavours to combine the styles of Wilson and
Lover. In the one he is extremely successful, while in the
other he is not so happy ; and for a very obvious reason—he
is a Scotchman and not an Irishman. He is a genuine
Scotchman, too ; full of Scottish poetry, Scottish song, and
Scottish enthusiasm. As an Irishman, he is only an smite
tor; everything is assumed—brogue, manner, humour;—
and, as is the case with assumptions, everything is overdone
and exaggerated. If Mr. Denham stick to his own pure
nationality, he will probably obtain much favour. Though
his entertainment is similar to Wilson's in form, he is by no
means a copyist of that admirable performer. He has a
beautiful tenor voice, of considerable power and compass;
and he sings with great feeling and expression, and,
for the most part, with simplicity and taste. This
last praise, however, we cannot give without quali-
fication, for he now and then introduced some very
clumsy flourishes, anything but ornamental, and quite at
variance with the character of the music, and, indeed, with
the gen •ral character if his own singing. This fault, which
evidently arises from inexperience and defective musical
education, he should hasten to get rid of ; for the melodies of
his country cannot be too plainly and simply sung. Like
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lover, he intermixes his songs with
anecdotes and descriptions of national manners, which are
exceedingly interesting, and occasionally (when his own
country is the subject) expressed with considerable poetical
beauty, while his Scottish accent harmonises very pleasingly
with his Doric themes. We have heard few things more
pathetic than his singing of Thom's song, " The Mitherless
Bairn," or his recital of the poet's own account of the cir-
cumstances in which that most affecting ballad was written.
The Hall was respectably filled, and Mr. Denham was much
applauded.