The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1846.

SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.—Mr. Goal, the wan-
ralist, who was some years absent on an oroiftbole;tical tour
in New Zealand and Australia, is about to leave En. and on
an expedition to Guatemala and other parts of Central
America, in order to esplore the natural history of those
retons.
THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—Sir,—The Small Debts
Act having paved Into a law, whereby the homed tradesman is
enabled to recover his account at a small expense, I am somewhat
surprhcd at the tardiness of the government in carrying out the pro-
I Maim:m.l so excellent a measure. The vacation in another work will
expire' when al the old complicated and expemdre machinery will
be resumednmed only to benefit the harpies of the law; for it will
be readily admitted that if the debtor Is unable to pay the demand,
my W., he must necessarily be unable to pay the addition of costa,
amounting at least to 121. or ID. more, and which fall of course on the
unfortunate creditor. Sincerely hoping, that, by thesid of your powerful
pen, you will be ab'e to bring the mutter tinder the seem of the de-
partment of the government whose duty it is to see the provisions of
the act carried out, that the public mar receive the henegt of its pro-
visions. We have been promised cheap law for the last twenty years;
awl the return of writs Issued for the last six morals (for debts under
20f.) amounting to nearly 00,000 ! ! is, I think, a sufficient realms
that the :Ina'. Debts' Aet should be no longer delayed. The judges,
hsve, no doubt, ere this. returned to town, and contacted the mem-
nary rules and forms to be used in the practice of the several courts.—
Ilespectlffily yours, A TIADIEMIAN.

THE Sr. PANCRAS POOR.—Yesterday afternoon,
vestry meeting of the parish of St. Pancras, took place at the
rooms in Gordon-square, for the purpose of adopting some
measures for the amelioration of the condition of the poor.
The chair was occupied by the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A.,
vicar of the parish.—Mr. Churchwarden Howarth proposed,
in a 1, ngthened and elaborate speech, the f 'Bowing resolu-
tion : " That the vestrymen present avail themselves of the
opportunity offered by the attendance of the lice. T. Dale,
vicar of this pariah, in vestry this day, to make known
to him the satiefacaon with which they regard his appoint-
ment ti the high ant imp wtant office which he fills in this
extensive and populous parish; and whilst they are well
assured that he will zealously and efficiently discharge all
the spiritual duties of his office, they are disposed to believe
that he will cordial:y support that beneficial system of local
self-government now estailished in this parish, in eon-
nes on with the election of vestrymen freely chosen
by and responsible to the whole body of rate-payers."-
I%e resolution having been carried nem. con., the chairman
said he could nut receive this mark of their kind confidence
without endeavouring to acknowledge it. He felt that the
p-aition which he had the honour of occupying involved
duties of a most arduous and responsible character—he hoped
they would allow him at all times to throw himself upon
their candour aid good intention--he had come amoogst
them without any previous knowledge of the affairs of the
parish, but he bond them a body of gentlemen to whom the
mane .tement of those affairs were entrusted. With regard
to the principles of self-government he could not but admit
that it was the only just and fair government. (Much cheer-
ing.) They were perhspi aware that he was not there merit,
from his own choice; the act of the legislature which had
constituted them for the management of parochial matters
had likewise placed him there, and it afforded him great en-
couragement to be amongst a body of gentlemen by whom he
ffi.d been so kindly received, lie regretted to find the eccle-
siastical affairs of the parish in so unsatisfactory a state. All,
however, that he would say at present on the subject was
that he trusted to bring a scheme for the promotion of the
spi,itual out, rests of the parish, and he hoped he should re-
ceive the support of all those who wished well for the sp:ritual
and temporal welfare of the parish. (Hear.) They must
do all in their power to ameliorate the condition of the poor
of that parish, and he (the chairman) spoke necessarily as
one altogether untried, but he had lett a parish in perfect
peace which he found in a state of division and irregularity.
After some further remarks the Rev. Chairmen resumed his
*eat amidst much cheering.—After some further discussion
the meeting adjourned.
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.—Yesterday evening,
the ninth anniversary of the Walworth anti Camberwell
Total Abstinence Society wascelebrated by a public meeting,
in the school-room, Queenhead-row, Newington. The
meeting was most numerously and respectably attended.
The Rev. W. W. Robinson, M.A., presided. The report
stated that 400 persons had joined the society, and that
amongst these were several of the most inveterate drunkards
in th, district; that .500,000 persons in Great Britain were
notorious drunkards; that no less than 60,000,0001.
were spent annually in intoxicating drinks; and that
50,000,000 of bushels of grain were used to manufacture
them, and that at a period, too, wffi n one of the great arti-
cles of human sustenance had been destroyed, and thousands
were on the verge of famine. Resolutions to support the
society, and promote the cause of total abstinence, were
agreed to, after which the meeting separated.

TILE ALLEGED SCARCITY.— n.,—The enhanced
Price of the common necessaries of life now so serion.ly affecting the
ower orders, induces me to offer a few observations thercon. The
alleged scarcity which is the mascot this rise I do not believe to exist;
for although the potato crop has failed, the principal grain (wheat) is
an average crop. I am, therefore, of opinion, that we are a prey
to a contbikation between dealers and speculators! in corn, and the
ProtectioniMic; who. between them, have run up the market for their
own Pettish ends, aided by the generally improved minditien of the
cultivators of the moil, who are enabled to bold back their corn for a
further rise. What 1 would urge is this that if it be true the loss of
potatoes has caused this rise, why nut at once give up the planting of
them altogether, on a larg wale, until it is aamrtained that the
disease has abated !and thereby not risk a further serious loss of capital,
labour, and valuable land, which:m*4 be profitably used for the cul-
tivation of grain. It cannot be Jona that by the use of this (I had
aimed said filthy) root, the Irish have contracted habits the most in-
jurious and degrading to themselves, and disgraceful to the land-
owners, whose selfishness and utter disregard of the interesta of the
peasantry has reduced them to their present abject state. The season
has now arrived for planting wheat, and potato land is of fair average
quality, and it will be the fault of the owners and occupiers of the
roil :f, after this year, we hear any more about scarcity.
There is plenty of land in the country to grow abundance of
wholesome food, but it is not the interest of the great lend-
lor,h, to hare It produced, leg be its becoming cheap their rents
should be lowered; and we suer jwige of their philanthropy by Lord
Stanley's descanting so earnestly upon the great value of turnips us
food for the poor.: If he had tiused to provide plenty of mutton with
them, it would have redounded more to his credit. A most sts'utary
measure would be, to allow every agricultural 'slimmer with a family
a quarter of an sere of gmund, one half to be cropped with wheat,
and the other with vegetables. This would supply the low of porn.
toes, make him more independent of his employer, and elevate his
own character. But, as this would find few advocates amongst their
emplojers, who are generally careless of their labourers' welfare, I
see no means of its being carried out largely, except by a society or-
ganined to hire land in the vicinity of populous places, who could rc
let it at a moderate rent in the quantity I have stated. An anxious
desire to see the lower orders freed from the impealtions and neglect
to which they are now subject, is the only apology I can offer for thus
intruding myself upon your notice. I am, sir, your obedient servaut,
8.—0et.16, ISIS. -
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POTATOG9 FROM LIMA.—A vessel arrived from
Lima (South America) has brought, in addition to 1,412
packages of capper ore, and other articles, 23 barrels of pota-
toes, the production of that distant quarter of the globe.
Potatoes have before been imported from Bermuda, and
tt`scr of the West India islands, but we are not aware of
a similar importation having taken place from the SLuth
American continent.

ROYAL EXCIIANGE IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday, a
sale by auction took place of the building materials of the
extensive range of premises forming the corner of Thread-
needle-street and Old Broad-street, in the rear of the Royal
Exchange, for the intended improvem•nts. These premises
embrace a long range of shops and warehouses, extending
to the Hall of Commerce, which, when cleared• away, will
afford a noble view of the back front of the Exchange.

COMPARATIVE COST OP REFORMATION AND PUNISII-
MENT.—In the "General Summary of the Reports of the I
War wick County Asylum," recently alluded to by Mr. Ser-
jeant Adams at the Middlesex Sessions, it is stated that in
1827 a comparison was instituted between the MC of reform- ,
ing criminal boys and the cost of punishing them in the ,
ordinary course, and it was then shown that the average
cost of reformations in the asylum, was 241. each for boys
between fourteen and sixteen years of age ; and 241. 17s. 6d.
for those under fourteen. On the other hand, of the 81 boys ;
whose names were taken from the gaol calendar, 38 re-
turned to crime, and these thirty-eight cost the county, ,
for expenses attendant on their subsequent prosecu-
tion and punishment, no leas a sum than 7161. 2s 6d., '
or on an average 181. 16s. 10d. per head, and this, be it
observed, exclusive of expenses defrayed by goverment,
and lows caused to individuals by their depredations.
Besides these expenses, every transportation Costs the go-
vernment 13/., independent of the charges incident to penal
settlements. Now add this 15/. to the 181. 161. 10.1. fur
county expenses, making the average cost of boys transported
331. Hte. 1,0 d., and the result is, that to punish a criminal
boy without reforming him, costs more than it does to reform
him. It may be said that aU criminal boys are not trans-
ported ; but it will be answered, that if they continue to 4
support themselves by crime in England, the kiss incurred
by the community in the destruction of property, and the
cost of punishing them, is at least an equal expanse.
THE ENGLISH RAJAH OF SARAWAK. Sir,— ,
Mar re bears occesismolly of Me elevation of a rarer to the
Peens% awls apt to ask, What wood has he dam? MI what good
will It do hint And wiry peat sad orattehrery,lamest mem, is the
maw tat who (atom Ost the Orr Ims of ide delighted to
hanser) his shown lir sinews ray trite mas Mos our gallant
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hasamerr his we drat freed to hagessfing ownelce, among a
pew* rtio rim rook sr Ode Aro wear. Hive we hanorary
wswwassily flig Own rue Oa se sitters l Is it a small thing for
a war, at its sir aspire sad remleled, to ham resod a whole
candosst to or =moingiatioars mane acquainted with Mr.
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mash* someircesger kir *Acton,' to Jet. some room
an me who has dimeetrtwintirtAt Bengt influencein the East. I
I —I on, year obedient serving, P.--Loodon, Oct. It, 1516. I
DESECRATION OP THE DF.AD.—Workmen, to the '
number of five or six and twenty are still engaged at the
I revolting task of moving the dead from Short's-gardens,
which, according to present appearances, annot be
brought to • termination fee many days to agase. Some
I idea may be formed of the quantity of human remains die-
turbed, from the fact that, although the portion of ground
already excavated, is some eighty or a hundred feet long, by .
twenty or thirty in breadth, end fifteen deep, the workmen
still continue to discover coffins taped so closely together,
that they at first resemble a heap of tsrda crushed together
by the supenncumbent weight.. All the coffins, however,
discovered up to the present period, did not present this
appearance, as some of :11e.a were found, upon inspecaon,
to be quite firm, even after the lapel of so many years' expo-
sure to the air and the operation of removal. It would
appear, that at the time the more ancient coffins were depo-
sited, it was not the custom to affix ireicriptien plates, as
many of the lids, still sound, bear the initials of the deceased
person, and the date marked out in metal nails. Yesterday
morning four of the temporary boxes or coffin", each contain-
ing the relics of about thirty persons, were conveyed in the
pariah hearse to the new burial-ground, St. Pancras-road,
SUICIDE AT WATERLOO Ban:oz.—Last night,
shortly before ten o'clock, • female, whose name is supposed
to be Mary Brown, about 20 years of age, threw herserPi?:d
Lo
the river from Waterloo-bridge. An alarm was raised
instantly and the Thames police galley was put off from their
ship. In about ten minutes the deceased was picked up, and
conveyed to the house of Mr. Wildred, Fox-under-the-hill,
and no time was lost in recuric,g the attendance of medical

. gentle gen, who, for three-quarters of an hour, endeavoured
I in lain W restore life The body remains fur an inquest.
FIRE AT NORWOOD.—Yesterday afternoon, between
1 and 2 o'clock, a fire broke out at Ifilt mansion, the resi-
t deuce of T. Grit/Ides, Esq., at Norwood, Surrey, which de-
stroyed the librory and a number of valuable oil painting',
the staircase, the kitchen, and one of the rooms on the floor
shoes the library. The firemen then succeeded in extin-
. guishiag it. The building was insured in the Alliance.
ACCIDENT.—A young man, named Chriatopner
Penn, a bargeman, was proceeding up the river with a barge
laden with coals, accompauied by a boy, and when off
Chelsea, he overbalaneed himself, fell into the water, and
was drowned. His body was not found.
INQUESTS.—DEATH PROM FRIGHT.--By Mr. Mills,
at the Cheshire Cheese, Phillips's-buildings, Somer's-town,
' on the body of Elizabeth Stubbs, aged two yearn, the daugh-
ter of a mechanic. On the afternoon of Friday, the 9th
inst., the deceased was in a shop buying some "sweet stuff,"
when a boy with a red mask on looked through the win-
dow, which deceased seeing she became dreadfully fright-
ened and ran home, &tying, " the bogie-bogie Looked through
the window at me." She trembled violently, and her hair
was wet with perspiration. Her mother trinfto soothe her,
but in vain, as day and eight Ala would say the same words,
and cry if left a moment by herself, or in the dark. On
Wednesday night lent she started up repeatedly out of her
sleep, exclaiming, "the bogie," and in the morning, ap-
pearing very ill, a surgeon was called in, who ordered her to
be put into a warm bath and some leeches to be applied to
her forehead, observing that her head was affected. In the
after part of the day Mr. Mansell, of the University College
Hospital, saw deceased, whose death took place at six o'clock
the same evening. Mr. F. It. Mansell stated that be was
called to see the deceased, who was sighing convulsively,
with the face in a state of spasm, and eyes fixed, her whole
appearance indicating great terror. He was satisfied with
the treatment of Mr. Roper, and merely prescribed a
draught, after which he saw deceased no more alive. He
never saw a child so young in such a state, or knew of one
dying from fright. His opinion was that the fright, from the
severe shock it produced on the system, was the cause of
death. The boy who had exhibited the mask said that he
merely put it on and went to the shop window to see, from
the reflection of the glass, how it looked. It was a red Guy
Fawkes mask. He did not see deceased or any one else in
the shop. The coroner cautioned the boy ; and the jury,
believing that he did not wilfully frighten the child, returned
a verdict, that " The deceased died from fright by axis-
adventure."—SUDDEN DEATH.—IIy Mr. Mills, at the
• King and Queen, Paddington-green, on the body of George
Owynne, erred 60, a schoolmaster, of Wallingford. Deceased
had formerly been in the army, had seen much service, and
lost a leg at the Battle of Salamanca. Having °trained his
discharge, he got his living by keeping a school. lie cams
to town last week to see a eon, and on Thursd
night slept at the White Lion, Edgeware road. The
next morning he was found dead in his bed, and a
post modems eximivation proved that apo-plexy was
the cause of death. Verdict given accordingly
DEATH FROM SCALDINO.—By Mr. William Baker, at the
London Hospital, on the body of Elizabeth Ann Coade,
aged sixteen months, the daughter of revectable parenta,
residing at No. 12, Coventry-street, Bethnal-green. De-
ceased was playing on the floor, close to the fire, on Monday
the 12th instant, when she caught hold of a coffee-pot full
of boiling water, standing in the fender, and upset the
whole contents over her. She was conveyed to the hospital,
where she lingered until the following Saturday, when she
expired. Verdict: "Accidental death."—DEATH mom
APOPLEXY.—By Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy-coroner, at the
White Hart, Fetter-lane, an adjourned inquiry on the
body of John Mullins, aged 36, a pensioner from the East
India Company's Service, who was alleged to have been
hocussesl in East Smithfield. The particulars appeared in
our paper of Saturday.—On the re-assembling of the jury,
Mr. Kelly, surgeon, stated that he had made a careful frost
niewtens examination of the deceased's body, and had analysed
the contents of the stomach, but he could not detect
any appearance of poison whatever, and he attributed
his death to apoplexy. Verdict : " Died from apoplexy."
--FALL FROM INTOXICATION. —By Me. W. Payne,
at the Robin Hood, Shoe-lane, on the body of Mar a May,
aged 41.—The deceased was a married woman, living at No.
14, Robin Hood-court, Shoe-lane, but her husband had left
her on account of her bad habits. On Friday morning in a
state of intoxication she fell down a flight of seven stew, and
struck her head against the kerb atone. She was Licked up
insensible, and conveyed to her room, it being supposed she
was only labouring under the effects of drink ; but on the
following morning she was discovered in the same position
she was left, quite (lead and cold, and, on examination of her
head, a fracture of the base of the skull was discovered, which
was the cause of death. Verdict: "Accidental Death from
intoxication."—SU ICI nE IN THE FLEET-ETREET STA-
TION-HOURE.—At the Red Lion, Poppin's-court, Fleet-
Street, the adjourned inquest was concluded by Mr. William
Payne on the body of the woman who committed suicide in
the station house. Her name is now ascertained to be Maria
Gibbs, and her age 40. She was so often taken up for drunk-
enness that her absence created no surprise. The jury added
to a verdict of "Temporary Insanity," that the bar and
wirework to which the deceased hanged herself should be
removed to a different potation, but that the police were
not in any way to blame for what had taken pace.—
BEATH 1110111 THE FIRE IN SOUTHWARK.—Dy MT. J.
Payne, at Guy's, respecting the death of John Centel), aged
21 years, who died from the effects of injuries received at the
late fire in Kent-street. As in the other case, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental Death." At the same time ,
they expressed their unanimous disapprobation of the prac-
tiee of allowing children to make fireworks, especially in a
crowded neighbourhood.—A CHILD KILLED HY DRINK-
ING FROM THE SeuUT 01, A TEANETTLE.—AIso by Mr. '
J. Payne, at St. Thomas's, on the body of Sarah Workman,
aged 4 years, who drank some scalding water from the spout
of a teakettle, and died in two hours afterwards. Verdict :
" Accidental Death."

THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL.—The fol-
lowing characteristic account, dated April 21, we extract from
a correspondence of the Jewish Intellemeneer We went
this morning to sit in the hall of the tomb of the Prophet
Ezekiel. This is a large wooden case, about twelve feet
long, live feet wide, and five feet high. It is covered with
several dresses of chintz. It receives a new dress of chintz
every year. It is put up to auction, and the Jew who pro-
mises to give the motet money for the uew dress, has the
honour of buying it. The room in which it stands is about
forty feet long by eighteen wide. This room has, within
the last year or eighteen months, been beautifully pointed
in a flowery style, in gold and other colours. The room is
very high, and has a dome with a short thick spire over it.
Beside the tomb of this prophet, there is another large
room adjoining, with four other tombs, but these do
not get so many dresses as the Prophet Ezekiel's. This
room is very long and spacious; but I could not find out
who were buried there. Leading out of this is a little dark
room, which they call Elijah's. I asked them if they be-
lieved he was buried there ? They replied, they did nut, it
was only allotted to him."

IRELAND.

DUBLIN OCT 18

BOARD or PusucWoale.—The following alvertiaement
appears in the government evening paper of this day :
• The Commissioners of Public Werke will be prepared to receive
tenders, addressed to this office, on or berore the 20th instant, from
workers in hard wood, manufacturing smiths, he., for delivering to
their agents, at the undermentioned stations, the implements is wood
and iron hereinafter enumerated, pattern, plans, and specifications
fur the staking of which may be seen at this office, and ut the offices
of the engincers, in the several diatriets in the country where public
w.rlte &relating carried on. The °mei Wooers do not pledge themselves
to accept thclowret, or any offer, unless the termspropmed are faired
reosonable. They hold a large stock of every clam of working imple-
ments in their stores in Dublin, with which they will be prepared to
' supply the remote works, should unreasonable demands from local
artificers, or delay in their supply, compel them to do so: sod thus
the advantage of the employment, which the manufacture et the
implements would afford, will be Iced to the neighaourbood. Parties
tendering are to state the number of each ere/peeler dam of imple-
ment they will be able to deliver, and the time they will require to
make their deliveries. Tenders to he addressed to Jos. C. Walker,
Esq., Secretary, sod endorsed ss Tender for Implements."—By order,
Jos. C. WALlien, Secretary.—Dated this 16th day of Ottober, 1846."
Then follow the specifications, which include everybarony
in Ireland in which extraordinary an ssions have been held,
numbering already 278. The articles to be contracted for
are wheelbarrows, handbarrows, clay picks quarry picka,
and falling bars, pointed at each end, 5ILto 6 ft. It would
oocupy too large a portion of the columns of the Daily
News to insert the whole specification a the articles for
which it is intended to contract : but the quantities of each
ankle bear a certain proportion to the other throughout,
indicated by the figures for Carlow, for instance, which are
as follow :
Handbarrows
Clay picks
Quarry picks
lulling rs
LABOUR RATE ACT.

CORK.—BARONY OF EAST Muexeitay.—The sessions
for this barony were held on Thursday ; Charles Colthurst,
Er.q., presided. The Secretary said that sons^ presentments.
were passed in Kinoatalloon for drainage, sad were duly
forwarded to the Board in Dublin ter its apprera. The fol-
lowing post he received • letter, requesting it to be stated
whether, in making these preseo,truento, the cessions com-
plied with paragraphs one or two of Mr. Labsuchere's demo-
lar. In west Istusbrm, useful present nests were passed,
and he believed they would fallto the grimed in oo
of the sessions not proceeding as he suggested nHsC=
their proceedings& this day would not-he as irregular as
they were at Macroom. TIM total amount of the works
applied for was 366001., sad the total valuation 60,0001.
—Mr. Warren, after mush of the Wainer had bees gone,
thrones, called out that he and several other gentlemen
near kiln were almost ..ffocate& It was impossible they
could remain there.—'The Chairman : W. all have our
trisda--I've only the corner of a chair, sad I can neither
see nor hear.—Mr. Jeffreys Cannot we adjourn to the
County Court HOUS.?—The Secretary • Is it all the way to
Cork I—Mr. Warren : 'Tia very well for you, gentlemen,
who me not incommoded—but I'll not remain hero.-The
Chairman : I'll adjourn the Court for • quarter of an hour,
and I'll have it cleared of every man who has not business
here.—Mr. Warren: Sir George Colthurst, who is one of the
highest rate-payee in the barony, her been obliged togo out.
The court was then adjourned for • quarter of an hour, and
in the meantime arrangements were made for accommodating
the magistrates and ems-payers. On rooassembling, the bun-
nem was resumed. Amongst the presentments applied
for was one to make a road from Mologhroe to the bounds of
the barony at Innialinga.—Mr. Cross said that the work
would involve the barony in an expense of 10,0001.—Mr. K.
Allen : That's a gross fabrication. (Oh ! oh !)—Mr. Crone :
It would take 1,0001. to build the bridge over the Lee Doom-
eary to complete the work.—Mr. Allen : What Mr. Cross
• has stated is a time of fabrications from beginning to end.
(Cries of " order.")—Mr. Cross: If I had you outside the
, court, I'd let you know whether it was or not. (Confusion.)
I —Mr. Allen : You will hare rat Wade the court,-.The

Chairman: Gentlemen, You must keep order. (Cries,
chair.")—Mr. Gullock : expellee of the bridge would
certainle he 1,0001. on the barony.—A Voice : That would
not lay the foundation.—A poll was then taken upon the
application, when it was rejected by • large majority.
FOOD DEP6TB.—Sir Randu!ph Routh has tuldret.seri the
subjoined le:ter to Lord Bernard upon the subject of food
depots;
"The Castle, Dublin, tat. 10.
"My Lord—l have the bonny to acknowledge the receipt of your
lordship's letter of the Isth instant, and I regret to perceive that your
lordahip diasente from the memares which her Majesty's ment
bare sanctioned. The interferences of government in thewply of
food to the people Is at all timeri a eery delicate question. It is much
heater to encourage and even waist pkvate enterprise than to Inter-
fere Itself in ouch arrangements, far se means that a •gorenament can
employ can ever equal even a small tem of the operations of trade.
The 'treasury minute explains: the grounds which have induced the
government to leave M northern, eosins, and routhcm porta, and
those parte of the innrior which are ordinarily supplied from
them, Vs the foresight and enterprise of private merchants. The
duty on Indian corn, and the uncertainty Which attends
the introduction of a sew description of fried, ore circum-
stances etich prevented the adoption of this principle during
the past arson, bat a, three difßeulties are now removed,
it is desirable to avoid every pnesibk interference with the ordinary
course of tride and industry. Your torch:hip is aware that this is no
local deficiency —but a general scarcity emended over the railed
Kingdom, and the whole of Western Europe, France, Hull mil, end
Belgium are Is competition with us in the food minket, : nd if we re-
fuse to offer the value of the article imported from foreign countries,
we shall certainly fail to se-cure our proportion of it is the market, and
if, as the resolutions seem to intimate, I should attempt to control
there high prices by melting at a rate below their value, I should invite
all descriptions of pressure on the depot or locality where such a ale_
ten is pursued, and exclude all mercantile assigance and apeolution
from it. I hove ratan to believe that her Majesty's government con-
finer to be decidedly of opinion that the public safety, as well a' the
public faith, indispensably requires that the pledge given, that
no Interference will be exerviwd with thv provision trade
in the eastern ohision of Ireland, should be strictly ob-
served. I trust that your lordship, on consideration, will
be disposed to give this opinion a fair trial, and that with
the countenance of your lordship's authority, either by private
subscription or by loan fords, or by such other individual exer-
tion as may encourage tnide, you may commence a System of opera-
tion which mar not only he beneficial to them who have forwarded to
you these resolittions, hut also be an example to others. I beg to sug-
gest to 3-our Lordship that the country is nowhere destitute of sup.
plies, that whole wheaten meal may be obtained sn reaomtsable terrine,
that burley MICA may also be manta* Imported, and that the home
produce may be benUght into consumpUon very advantageously SO the
holders before toe large importationu now on their way to this country
shall come in competition with them. The difficulty this year is to
provide au-ten:ince from this salad until the lir of iinuary, and it is
not to he denied that the main support must be the abundance of the
late h wrest now In the country. 'reward:, the end of November these
supplies will begin to arrive, and as the winter advances the importa-
tions will increase. I con persuaded that rour Lordship's authority
and example will tic found a most valuable inducement to the exer-
tions it behoves us ell to adopt.—l have the honour to he, yoor Lord-
!bilis very obedient servant, R. 6. Bourn, C.G.
" The Viscount Bernard, Castle Bernard."
IRISH RAILWAYS.—GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.—
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"Treasury Chambers, October 12, 18
"Sig—Having laid before the Lords Commissioncei of Her Majes-
ty'a Treasury your application, dated the 21st ult., as a director of the
Limerick and Fauns Railway Company, for a loan from tar govern.
meat in aid of the prosecution of the Limerick and Ennis Railway, I
am directed by their lordships, to acquaint you, that after a fall cum&
devotion of the subject, it has been determined not to adopt hams to
Hallway Companies m a means of relieving the suffering alisr from
the failure of the potato crop.—I have the honour to be, Sir, your
very obedient servant, C. E. 'Jammu/Ai,
"John O'llrien, Esq., M.P., Carnelly, Clue entitle."
PRESENTMENTS TO CHEAPEN FOOD.— Govtinaltili has
refused to sanction a presentment for 6,0001., paned at Lime-
tic's, for the purchase of Indian meal, to be retailed to the
poor at a cheap rate.
EMIODATION TO EQUADOR.—The following letter in re-
ference to a subject, the discussion of which has done much
service to the people of Ireland, and has won for the Ex-
press the approval of Irishmen of all classes, appears in thu
Limerick. Chronicle of yesterday :

authorised him to put shown his cause Gie say sum he
thought /wrer, which, however, he declined to do. The
Chairman then said that ho had '11:11. which 1:e had just M-
edved from the Calcutta Bolide Fund. These sums, with a
balance of the old 'fund, give 2001. as a commencement.
Considerable aunts hare also been subscribed in other parts
of this county. The RCS. W. Fitagerald, a Roman Catholic
clergyman, at a meeting in Killarney, said: " I have two
curates and three workmen. My incase lass year averaged
2601. This year L will not exceed that average. Still out
of that I will give 501.—(loud cheers)—tad as much bodily
exertion as I can I shall endeavour to make available for the
Tebbe benefit."
Emecovstexy.—The Board of Works has instructed Mr.
Frazer, engineer, to make surveys of the river, &c., above
Nenagh, and between that town and the Shannon, for a
canal.—Mr. Secretary !debaucher., in reply to John O'Brien,
Beg., M.P., expresses hie fears that "the distress in Clare
has been much aggravated by the relhsal of the labourers to
work by task."—At a public meeting of the perish of Kate-
nora, John O'Brien, Esq., M.P., in the chair, a resolution
was adopted calling upon the government to adjust the rate
or wage* as far as practicable to the present high prices of the
necessaries of life. Wednesday, a meeting of the relief fund
was held at Broadford, county Clare, which was attended by
the magistrates and clergy, who placed 100 additional hands
on the public works through the government officer, Mr.
Butcher. Orders were received on Saturday from Dublin
Castle for the commencement of works to the amount of
3,0001., under the presentments made at Limerick. On
Saturday all the labourers employed on the new Mungret-
road, struck for advance of wages. The sum paid was 10d.
per day—they claim Is. 6d.
INCURASE OF PAWNBROKERS' BUSINERS.—WO under-
stand, says the Southern Reporter, that in most of the small
towns of this county the pawnbrokers' shops and houses are
crammed to inconvenience, and that goods, the property of
the humbler classes, and consisting principally of bedding and
bed clothes, have bad in several instances to be refused
through the want of accommodation. In one town—we may
name it —Bandon, a pawnbroker, has given on pledges to the
amount of 2,5001. over and above his usual advances for the
period of the year.
roost LAW PROCEEDINOS.—The guardians of the Lime-
rick Union met yesterday, Wm. Gietbett, Eta., in the chair.
Since the opening of the house, there never was such a num-
ber of applicants for admission in one day, amounting to 148 ;
bat there is still accommodation for 6W) destitute persons,
owing to the additional buildings recently erected. by diem-
dens of the gaardiana. In the house this day, 1,600 paupers
—weekly co* of each, le. ltd. The cost of milk alone in
the Tralee Union workhouse was 221. last week. The
guardians have got down a supply of molasses. to be given to
the paupers as a eubstitute for milk with their atirahout.
The average cost of each pauper for the past week was
2a. Id., and the balance in favour of the Union. fie. Sit
The Poor law commissioners have appointed John Ball,
Esq., barrister-at-law, son of Judge Ball, to be an assistant-
commissioner to act in Ireland.