The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1846.

chairman, in replyingto the vote of %hawks, showed the neglect
that had lawn shown towards the bringing up the children
of the poorer claims. by stating that of 59,000 persons taken
up by the metropolitan police, no fewer than 15,000 were
found to be totally deficient of the most simple rudiments of
education ; indeed, they scarcely knew the alphabet. (Hear.)
This was one of the reasons for instituting ragged schools.
The desire of children to obtain admission into the school
was MoTI. than could be imagined. Let a echoed be opened
in the mast destitute place., and in lea' than six weeks the
applications would be to numerous that many would have to
be refused. The meeting then separated.
THE CORONER AND THE PARISH AUTHORITIES
or ST. PANCRAS.—At the weekly meeting of the vestry of
St. Pancras, held at the rooms in Gordon-square, a length-
ened discussion took place between several members of the
Board of Guardians concerning certain proposed alterations
in the Coroner's Court, when Mr. Churchwarden Howarth
(then chairman) moved a rewluti-in to the effect, "That the
Coroner's Court be in future attended by one of *spew
chial officers throughout the entire parish, instead at the
three servants who now attend to that duty ; and that such
office bo taken in turn by each of the three once a month."
The motion having been seconded, was put and carried
nens. eon. It is said that the above regulation will occasion
much inconvenience, and, in fact, prove utterly impracti-
cable ; as, in the event of there being three or more inquests
in the course of one day in the parish, as it often happens,
the impossibility of one man summoning the various juries,
as well as collecting the requisite information, will be mard-
feet, whilst the additional hands will be found indispensAble.
JULLIEN'S HAL MASQUE.—Covent-garden Theatre
last evening was the scene of what will probably be its last
hal masque for a considerable period—that is in the event of
a successful result to the forthcoming operatic experiment.
The frequency of these entertainments, and the similarity of
their general features, leave little to be remarked of a par-
ticular occasion. To my then that the theatre was crowded
to excess with the " votaries of Terpsichore," as the play-
bill+ delight to designate the dancers, is saying little more
than may be imagined ; neither is it any particular informa-
tion to make the somewhat general announcement that " the
dresses were of the usual motley character," as we, in common
with others in the same capacity, have done many times before.
were o
Such, nevertheless, was tho fact; though we may qualify it by
stating that the costumes last evening f a better
and more effective description than is often the case ; and.
although motley, were not by any means the only wear.
There was sufficient to impart plenty of brilliancy and anima-
tion to the scene. The music was well selected; and, it need
scarcely be said, lost nothing in the hands of Jullien's hand.
The general arrangements, WI, were admirable, in preserv-
ing order and facilitating the general enjoyment, which was
doubtless extended to 'a
late hour. A rumour had gone
afloat that an inroad would be made into the theatre by the
renters, and the entertainment stopped, M. Jullicn's term of
lease expiring at 12 o'clock in the evening. The fears were,
however, unfounded; for up to the hour of our writing this all
passed off quietly ; in fact, there could be little probability
of such aggressive measures being seriously contemplated.
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERIES. —On Saturday
evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as a young man
named Thomas Dunn, residing at Twickenham, was pro-
ceeding along the public way leading from Isleworth Church,
through Sion Park, llrentford, he was met by two men,
who threw him down, struck him repeatedly, and robbed
him of two half-crowns. On the same night, between 9
o'clock and half-past, as Mrs. Whittington, the wife of the
keeper of the Ship beer-shop, Cuaford-hill, Lewisham, was
proceeding along Perry-vale, Syclenham, when near the
finger-post, she was stopped by a man who asked her for a
penny, and on her declining to give him one, he violently
knocked her down, end stole front her person a biue silk
purse with broad steel rings, containing eight sovereigns,
one half-sovereign, and 11. 15s. in silver, with which he gut
clear off.
A FURIOUS BrLtocx.—Yesterday afternoon a
bullock, on the way from Smithfield market to Paddington,
in parsing along the New-road between King's-cross and
Pentonville, be came furious, and rushing upon a hawker of
vegetables named Margaret Goding, who was crossing the
road with a basket on he r head, knocked her down and
tr envied on her, breaking her ribs and otherwise injuring
her. The beast then rushed upon several persons standing
on the footpath, when a lad named Armstring fell down in
getting out of the way, and was terribly gored by the
animal. The bullock afterwards rushed upon a waggon
drawing a large steam boiler, mapping the right horn by,
the concussion, and stunning the beast for a few minutes.
The drovers now placed a halter round his neck, and he was
dragged to his destination.
INQUESTS YESTERDAT.—SUICIDE FROM DINAP-
POINTMENT.—At the King's head public-house, in the
Tower, before Mr. Wotton, the coroner of that fortress,
on
the body of Mr. George Tidy, aged 46, the landlord of the
above house, who committed suicide on Sundt). by cutting
his throat. It was stated by the witnesses that the decessed
had suffered much from his house having been ordered to be
pulled down to make way for the improvement of the Tower,
and from the Board of Ordnance having refused him any
compensation for the great loss he likely to incur.
Verdict: "Temporary insanity ;" and the coroner and jury
signed a memorial to the Board of Ordnance, praying that
the widow of the deceased might in some way be compensated
for the loss of the business.--DEATH OF THE C ANON RIEGO.
—By Mr. Mills, at the Coronation, Seymour-street, Euston-
square, on the body of Miguel Riego del Ricgo, aged 68,
Canon of Oviedo, brother of the patriotic General Riego,
who was executed in 1823. Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm,
Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, and several foreign gentlemen,
friends of the &ceased, were present. Deceased had been
in this country 21 years, the whole of whirls time residing at
No. 57, Seymour-street. lie was a person of great literary
attainments. He generally enjoyed good health, but bad,
since meeting with a severe fall two years ago, occasionally
complained of a pain at the chest. On Friday morning lest
he ate his breakfast in bed, making a hearty meal, and say-
ing he was better than usual. About two hours afterwards
be called to a youth who attended on him in the double
capacity of servant and bookbinder, and complained of feel-
ing very ill, and desired a surgeon to be fetched, which was
done, but on the anis al of the surgeon he had ceased to
exit. Mr. G. Clements, surgeon, so. 72, Euston-square,
said he hail examined the body of deceased, and found long
standing disease of the heart. Verdict, "Natural death."
--DEATH FROM MATERNAL NEOLECT.—By Mr. Baker,
at the Lamb and Flag, Homerton, on the body of Susannah
Green, aged two years and a-half. The mother, • wretched-
looking object, stated that the child's father was undergoing
a term of six months' imprisonment for a brutal aessult on a
female. On the 16th ult. the child was attacked with hoop-
iag-cough, when the mother applied to Mr. Clark, surgeon,
who prescribed, and heard no more of the child until Satur-
day last, when the mother informed him that it died on the
preceding day, and applied for a certificate, which Mr. Clark
refused, and gave information of the death to the summon-
ing officer.—The coroner, after the evidence bad been given,
said it was palpable that she had grossly neglected the child
by declining to call in further assistance from the surgeon ;
and although he had great difficulty in dealing with the pre-
sent case, he felt bound imperatively to declare that a repeti-
tion of such inhuman conduct would result inher appearance
at the Old Bailey on a charge of manslaughter. Verdict,
" Natural death."--Sereme FROM A THIRD FLOOR
WINDOW.—By Mr. Payne, at Bartholomew's Hospital, as
to the death of Mr. Walter Ball, aged 53, a hairdresser, at
40, King-street, Snow-hill, who destroyed himself by leaping
from the third floor window of his house. Deceased was
immediately taken to the hospital, but died from the in-
juries the same night. He had many delusions, and the
surgeon had advised his being placed in confinement. Verdict,
Temporary insanity."

ledged the to,itt in an appropriate speech. The following
Joliet' were les° proposed .—" The Duke of Richmond and
Lennox," the President of the Institution ; " Her Grace
the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Ladies Patronesses of the
Charity ;" " The Duke of Buceleuch, and the Edinburgh
Branch Society ;" " Mr. Fox Mauls), and the Vice-Prest-
dents of the Hospital " Mr. B. B. Cahlmll, M.P.,the
Chairman ;" " The Chaplains and the Officers," Ike. e.

be only pairlfor. Without some such royal rood to
parliamentary proceedings, a large body of the public
must, oh fact, be content with ignorance. The *tram-
press has rendered the printing of such interminable
columns of daily declamation a possible feat; but
there is no steam apparatus, as yet, for reading them.
The limes, though not necessarily driven, like its
SHERIFFS' FUND SOCIETY.-The half-yearly gene- rivals, to such long-drawn dulness for covering its
ral meeting of the donors and subscribers to this institution acre, yet fell into the tedious humour : and, as the
we, held yesterday at the London Cutfee-house, Ludgate- papers that wanted advertisements had. nevertheless, 1
hill. for the despatch of the business connected with this doubled their sheets in imitation of the Times,-so, the
society, which was established nearly forty years ago, with a Times, in turn, doubled its reports in imitation of its
view to enable the sheriffs of London and Middlesex to alle-
viate the masses of human misery and wretchedness which adversaries. Thus, that which was a mere remains
come daily under the official notice of those functionaries as with its rivals for filling waste paper, grew with the
custodees of the metropolitan pros. The Sheriffs' Fund Times into a substantive argument for more paper.
originally embraced four objecte, viz: the temporary relief The make-shift took rank as newspaper information
of the distressed families and per,
dependent upon persons of prosing and pro-
-the fictitious was breveted into the real.
in confinement ; a temporary provision for persons who, on Then began a rivalry
being discharged from confinement, have no means of pre-
sent subsistence or habitation ; the purchase of such tools, lixity. "adieus reports of proceedings in equity
&c. as may be conducive to habit., of industry in debtors (rarely interesting, even to the lawyers)-whole co-
sad criminals ; and, lastly, the means of affording peen.
ofevr
ye the
ihre(isana
Lamm, of the exceeding twaddle and incredible bal-
niary relief to urgent cases. In more recent times derdash spoken in corporate assemblies and parish
in addition to the " Sheriff 's Fund," a separate account meetings, or at corporation and parish dinners ; with
bt endlessthe
stoastsofthelis thgv i called the " Permanent Fund," has been established, to
hicsb°dhcomniessuighmortedln,eoreb:stilirileoesintgypptreitr)fn,eaststndd
which the surplus of the former are contributed, and the
whole invested in the public securities. A portion of the
dividends issuing and payable therefrom is expended, under
the direction of the committee, in maintaining discharged of the "Lions of Literature," recorded by the im-
criminals (who, on the strictest inquiry, arc found to be de- mortal Hasnewoon -abstracts of Acts of Parliament
serving objects) in SOME of the asylums in or near London. and parliamentary papers-long extracts from books
The accounts for the year 1845 showed the possession of
stock to the amount of 9,5001., besides a balance in the hands -grandiloquent letters from " Catos " and " Constant
the treasurer of 1,1531. and a fraction.-At the meeting Readers," about anything, or everything, or nothing-
ofheld yesterday, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Challis presided, bits of area and tales of turnips, or " Tubs"-were all
' supported by his colleague, Mr. Sheriff Kennard, Mr. Alde- pressed into the service, to make up a show; and help to
man the late Lord Mayor, and Treasurer of the inform the columns, theough which a diligent 1
Societe ; Mr. Johnson,
Deputy Bedford, Mr. Eagleton, the Under reader can scarcelyar toil his way in the length of an ordi-
Sheriffs Baylis and Telliard, and other influential
gentlemen. -.• The Chairman opened the proceedings nary working day. The morning paper thus grew to
of the day by a brief but feeling advocacy of be a " heaviness under the sun!" It is vain to say that
the cleirns which the institution had upon the sympathy its matter is there, to take or leave-that each reader
and support of the public. The short time he had been ju may read just so much of the whole as pleases him.
office served to convince him of the benefieial services the How is the news-seeker to know the value or worth-
society WAS enabled to render, not only to the distressed and
degraded, but to the public generally ; and he could not lessness of the contents, but by their testing ? How,
too strongly urge the necessity of its acquiring increased but by wading through the wilderness of words, is he
utility from a corresperiding effort nu the part of those who to be sure that he has not missed something which it
were blessed with the means to do good. He had great imports him to know; and which, be its value what it
iin having to announce that the executors of the may, would have been more valuable had it been pre-
LT: iratril ens Be St. Lew, Esq., a strenuous supporter and rented to his notice readily,-on the principle of
subscriber to the funds of the institution, had handed in 1
from a food left by the testator at their disposal a sum of Bid dot gni cito dab. To get at something which he
1001. The Chairman conuded by calling upon the hono- must not overlook-though the material of its pre-
racy,
secretary, Mr. J.mhn E. Cooper, tu read the sentment might lie perhaps in a nutshell-why, in
report for the past half year. The report stated these days when time is economised in every other
that the receipts on account of the two funds (already way, must the man of business or of thought toil
described) during the late shrievalty had been altogether
5421. Is. 10 1., of which 1511. SS. I Id. had been received on through the whole extent, and exchange greetings
account of the " Sheriffs' Fund," and 3371. 2s. Ild. on with the entire (meaning or unmeaning) paragraph-
account of the " Permanent Fund." The expenditure on population, of a literary "long Acre?"
account of the former had been 2021. 7s. 21., which exceed- To bring its readers into easy and immediate inter-
ing the receipts, bad compelled the committee to apply the course with their subjects is a portion of the economy
sum of 47/. 18s. 3d., part of the " Permanent Fund," to
supply the deficiency ;of the money so expended the sum of of the Daily News. Its object is to convey the great-
-1581. 6s. 7d. had been applied to the relief of 344 poor prisoners eft possible quantity of intelligence in the smallest
confined within the walls of Newgate and their families. Of adequate space ;-omitting no line or word that has
this, 9/. 10s. 6d. was expended in the purchase of neccsaa- weight or interest, bit intruding none for the mere
ries for persons who were transported, the sum of 71. 2s. was idle purpose of occupying space and squandering time.
expended on prisoners discherged on the grand jury Its columns of type are all intended for the service of
ignoring the bills of indictment preferred against them;
a sum of 201. 7s. 6d. had been divided amongst those its readers,-none for the benefit of the paper-maker.
who bad been sequined on their trials, and 1211. 6s. 7d. had The Times is, as our readers know, a great arithmc-
been applied in various ways in the relief of 135 distressed titian in its way ; but in the system of the Daily
prisoner
had
been
and their. families.
.The sum of 431. 10e. 4d. News cyphers are not considered as having value by
pended in the relief of 58 offenders, who had any manner of location. Words which neither "point
been tried at the Central Criminal Court, at the termination
of their sentences of imprisonment, and in conveying some of a moral " nor " adorn a tale" it rejects as mere
them to their r espective homes iu distant parts of the king- gossips, whom occupied or reflective men cannot afford
dome as well as in one case of paying the passage of a young to entertain-still less to pay for.
woman to Boston, in the United States, where Crh relations These explanations are offered, once for all, in
had located, and were willing to receive and provide fur her.
In other instances the funds had been disbursed fir the pur- reply to the inquiries and suggestions of many
pose of enabling prisoners, after the term of sentence hail generous and earnest friends. 11 e are prepared to
expired, to pursue the means of existence, and to earn a give double sheets whenever there is a reason
livelihood without being driven to acts of dishonesty by the for them. No rival of ours shall be more liberal
pressure of want. The report then proceeded to detail the of his paper than we will when the additional
efforts made by the late sheriffs (Messrs. Chaplin and
Laurie) to establish, through the funds of this charity, sheet is not at the cost of our readers. Extra so-
an asylum in the neighbourhood of Newgate for the limns shall never be wantin„s when they can be in
shelter and reformation of hopeful cases of offenders, fact supplementary. When Parliament was sitting, we
but the present report recommended a contribution gave a double sheet twice or thrice a week : and shall
from the " permanent Fund" of 5001.1. the " Elizabeth Fry when it sits do so again,-as on every other occasion
Testimonial," to which between 5,0001. and 6,0001. had been
subscribed, und which, it was hoped, would comprehend all that demands it. When our subscribers have the toil of
the charitable institutions for the same object over which the extra reading, it shall be for the sake of extra infor-
City of London, Miss Neave's Charity, and other associations mation. And when advertisements begin to press
presided. At a subsequent stage of the proceedings, on the us for space -as on a circulation like ours they
motion of Mr. Alderman Johnson, the sum of 5001. out of ' will, and very shortly, according to all the
the permanent fund was voted to the Fry Testimonia/s0 1 theory and history of advertising matters -
Asylum, subject to such conditions as by the sheriffs and
committee might be agreed upon relative to the government I then, we will put the double sheet on perms-
and treatment of the inmates. The report was agreed to , nent duty, with infinite personal satisfaction.
and ordered to be printed and circulated. Mr. Alderman I But even then, we will in the idle time maintain
Johnson was unanimously re-elected the treasurer for the Ino empty columns to be provisionally occupied
year ensuing, and 1,..comm
ittee ofmrin agemenrte.chavinng Iby stereotyped paragraph& In no case will we,
Pl3O (I, . Cooper was h ,
with an expression of thanks for past services, to the office for the show of the thing, allow the mere word to do
of honorary secretary.-Mr. Cooper, in returning thanks and duty for the temporarily absent meaning. In the
re-or the trust, mentioned a fact which is worthy of 1 dull amen, when there is not that to communicate
record. A young man who had been convicted of felony, which intelligent and busy men desire to know, we
but after imprisonment had been, by the aid of this society, will suppress the columns-which, as the object of
restored to the moans of employment, had sent a contribution
all., the" first fruits of honest industry," to the funds of an their establishment was to inform, shall not be made
institution which had proved his s &ration from misery and a snare and obstruction in the way of our sub-
crime. (Hear, hear.) Thanks haring been voted to the scribers.
Numberless, too, are the friendly suggestions which
chairman, the meeting broke up.
WATERMEN'S STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. - The we have received as to typographical arrangements:-
annual meeting of proprietors was held yesterday, at the
London Coffee-house, Ludgae-hill. Mr. Charles, as chair- to most of which the explanations already given
man of the company, presided. The secretary, Mr. Newbon, include the spirit of our answer. But, that we may,
read the report of the directors. Upon the general disburse- since wo have entered on this kind of manifesto,
ments of the company a saving of 7001. bad, it was stated, make it complete-and that our readers may see that
been effected in the last year as compared with the previous every portion of our arrangements, and of the improve-
one, but the receipt. were less by 1901., owing to the conduct meats in them which we make from time to time,
of the corporation of the City of London in the quari el of
this company with the Woolwich Company. A lengthened has a meaning, and that meaning one-we will be a
allusion was made to the circumstances and merits of this little more particular. By some, we are recommended
dispute, and it was argued that the company had been to begin each of our columns, after the fashion of
treated with great injustice, especially in being compelled to other journals, with a new article and a special
alter the times of calling at 13Iacktriars Bridge, so as to heading. This arrangement has, doubtless, its advan-
throw the traffic into the hands of another company. The
government, it WA. said, had introduced a bill called " The page to the eye-but to the eye alone. It is a sacri
Fidel Harbours, Bill," in which it was proposed to vest the five of the greater to the less-sense to picture. It
conservancy of the Thames in comisioners, while the corpora- enters admirably into the system of our rivals, but is
tiou had given notice of another bill to the same effect ; and directly at enmity with ours. Our rivals obtain this
the directors hoped that the result would be the appointment comeliness of form by " stuffing," to borrow a
of persons who would act only fur the public advantage. The
company had bad eleven boats running during the year. The phrase from costumists of another class ; but
following is the cash account for the year ended 30th Sept.: we refuse to keep the convenient stereotype or waste
On the credit side, balance of profit and loss, 11. 41. &I.; paragraph for the purpose. To do this would be a
general earnings, includini season tickets, 27,9551. Is ; divi- direct negation of our own principle, as we have
end on reserved fund, 51. 6s. ; total, 28,0131. 11.
Bd. On already explained. It would be a falling back pro
the debit side, cherges for repairs of boats, 4,1121. 16s. Id. ; tanto upon that very abuse of superfluous or valueless
charges for working, 20,8281. 17e. Ild. ; general charges,
2,3791. ss. 9d. The balance, being profit for the year, was letter-press which our arrangements have been so
6921. lls. 11d. The debts of the company up to September carefully elaborated to correct. Suppose, however,
were stated to amount to about 12,0001., which had created that we did keep paragraph-padding, of various I
a necessity for raising 7,0001., in order to make up the defi- lengths, to make our articles hold up their heads and
ciency. look stately : -we could do so only by an invasion of
Soveneteff BUILDING SOCIETY.-A meeting was
held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, last evening THE "DAILY NEWS." that systematic disposition which is another object of
(Mr. Tobias Pepper in the chair), for the purpose of forming 'NE history of the acre sheet is as well worth look- the Daily News, for the gain of its readers.
a building society, to which the above name is to be attached, ing into as tfie hietory of prices :-and some of its The attractive subjects of the day-our " leaders "so
the principal features of which are that the value of each chapters will further illustrate the economy which is to call them-are, of course, of varying dimen-
share is to be 201., payable by monthly subscriptions of 10s., . ' . -.. ...e
or of 30s. quarterly, fort hree years only. Advances, not the principle of the Daily I 1
.ws. . . sions; and do not, each, fill its column. That
exceeding 6001. on freehold or leasehold property, to bee,
made It is about twenty years since a ridiculous compe- is no obstacle to their classification ;-but a re-
to members by lot, for a term of 3,5, 7, 10, 12, or 15 years, tition was commenced by the London newspapers, course to the waste drawer and the paragraph " dum-
repayable by monthly, quarterly, or half-yearly premiums which had for its object the production of large sheets. mies," for the purpose of lifting the head of each to
for principal and interest ; applications fur which must be There is always a case of suspicion when the tempta- its conspicuous position, puts at once an end to such
made to the manager on or before the 15th day of each
lion held
month. A deposit of 11. per cent will be required after allot- .
out to the public takes the form of mere arrangement. The paragraph chosen as footstool can be
I f • 'fremember selectedon one rin ile onl • -it must exactly fill the
meat to cover intervening interest; and a deduction of quantity. The strugg eor size was, iwe
21. 10s. per cent., in aid of expences, will be taken from the rightly, eet on foot b y the Atlas: a paper which has vacant space. That condition it must satisfy, if it
advance. The subject of the solicitor,' charges on the trans- since established more worthy claims to the public violate every other which should have brought it
fer of property, which are not limited, gave rise to much respect - but which opened its career with the there. Very ingenious disarrangemente and curious
discussion, the general feeling being in favour of a fixed
boast of being double the sire of any morning cross-readings will be the consequence. Column 1,
sum ; and Mr. James, the actuary and surveyor, stated that
the solicitors would consider the subject and report their de- journal. This triumphant offer of more paper for instance, shall be headed "Famine in Ireland ,
."
termination at the next meeting. Other matters of detail" Awful Suicide ;"-but the
might have been a reasonable boast in the mouth of a column 2 deal with an
were carefully canvassed by several persons who appeared to stationer : but, such as it WES, it raised the emulation chapter of accidents shall have enlivened these painful
take considerable interest in the proceedings. The meeting of the daily papers, and one of them soon brought out themes by an intervening notice of the opera or interest-
was well attended.
RAGGED SCTIOOLS.-Last evening a crowded a sheet as large as the Atlas.
The Atlas was not paragraph on the performances of Tom Thumb. A
r' to be beaten at its own weapocs ; and announced, on column on tho Currency shall be felicitously gra-
meeting of the inhabitants of the parish o St. Pancras was the history of a
held in the National School-rooms, Mortimer-market, Tot- the occasion of the Catholic Relief Bill, that it would dusted into one on the Corn-laws, by
tenham-court-road, for the purpose of supporting a school contain forty square feet of matter ! This was the running (or of a runaway) match. The Duke
recently opened in Phillip's-gardens, for the children of the crowning feat :-for although the morning papers of MONTPENSIER shall be united to the Abbess of
poorer classes of the district. Lord Ashley preside& and have since presented as large a superficies of type, they Minsk, in Marrlebone Vestry, by Sir P - ETER LAURIE,
bore his testimony to the usefulness of ragged schools. In
have not been able to exhibit it on a single sheet. -or in Fleet-street, by Punch. The reader shall be
supporting these schools beSaid they were acting in a true
Christian spirit, as it was their duty to go into the highways The sheer absurdity of a rivalry in monstrosity transported from Downing-street to Washington by
and he lges and bring out all the poor, and attend not only soon put a stop to that particular fo y. ll But the Eastern Counties Railway, or by Captain WAR-
to their temporal but their spiritual wants. They had the extent to which the advertising system had 'a lo -as either mode of conveyance may NER .. fig range, PROVINCIAL.
selected a most promising period for the commencement of gradually reached imposed on the Times the necee- turn up, at the moment, of the proper length! LANCASHIRE.
this most praiseworthy undertaking, being the period of the
t for an occasional double sheet,-and forth- Seriously, we dwell on these technicalities only to REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER.- MANCHESTER,
Advent, a time when all hearts were made glad. The feast 111.9 .
of Christmas was nigh, and he trusted it would not be kept with the other papers followed its example, wi 'flout point out their absurdity. Why, in newspaper lite- MONDAY.-The requisition to Lord Lincoln gets on but
.
by idle feasting. and mere idle rejoicing, but that all its reason, and in the mere heedless folly of comp!- refute alone is there to be no digestofmatter art Oil sly.
or Out of upwards of 11,000 voters on the register, it
which appear that they will have a difficulty is getting a couple. of
would lend their assistance in carrying on the good tition and rivalry. There is not one of them that has of arrangement ? Why are so many things, thousands, though the most active means are being
work by ameliorating the condition of their more ever had, except during the railroad mania, even a the growing intelligence of the public is entitled to taken. Up to the time of despatching this, scarcely one
unfortunate fellow-creatures. (Hear, hear.) He would demand, sacrificed, merely that the newspaper pro- thousand namee bad been subscribed. It is difficult to
rotence for a double sheet. Of course, every expedient
call upon the secretary to read the report, and after that .
theyt ea to be resorted to, to cover the waste paper ;- prietor may cover more paper and charge a higher account for this, because the Tot), strength, it may be rea-
would have several resolutions submitted to them, and it sonably supposed, is enough to carry it up to 3,000 at the
would be for them to say whether they would give effect to whose mere wilderness of undigested type is ala
the . .
by- price ? The Daily News subordinates the picture to least,-if not nearer to 4,000. Though a . dissolution of par-
and the coherence of its
them or not. The secretary accordingly read the report, rinth and an annoyance. The Parliamentary de- reader s convenience inlook
]lament has not been announced, things begin tolike a
from which it appeared that the rchool was first opened on bates -instead of being reported with judicious plan. Each subject is, each dace produced the contest even thus early. Squibs are plentiful, chiefly from the
the 20th of October last, when forty children attended, and concision,
that should give the pith and es-
same order, without frivolous interruptions ;-a new Liberal side, directed against Lord Lincoln for his Drainage
that at the present time there were sixty receiving religious he former
nce of the speeches without their too-frequently class of subjects following when t
.. , Bill wh.ch, it is said, would take the losal government, to a
and secular education. In addition to being opened in the se t extent, out of local hands, and increase the rates. Mr.
daytime the school is opened in the even' g a from seven to tedious verbiage--were given almost verbatim ; ex- is exhausted. The reader of the Daily Aews ffru
brigh 's general committee is regularly organised, and meet-
nine, but the report regretted that the want of teachers was tendinoften to • hte dt t -and °wa-
g mg en an wen y may turn familiarly, and at once, to what he . are being held every tensing in different parts of the
The so
Lily. amounted to 941. 3s. 6d., BS Ito five and-twenty, and even more--e
very great.
..onal y ty,
lose- wants. How much time and annoyance is spared to borough to form what are called district committees.
f k 'n
and the expenses to 2 i sld., and the cost or eem gup led columns : and the dullest of members, if hehimself
thereby he will soon understand; but not the LAW IN TH a PRoviNcEs.-At the Liverpool Court ce
the school will amount to about 1001. per annum. The re- r". a window, amount of care and labour
to us at 'which that Bankruptcy, on Wednesday, the 18thlegal gentle-
ed his mouth for leave to shut .
well alr Green supported the petition of an insolvent
port concluded by making an appeal to the wealthy inhabit. but open
lend h 1" h d was ure next morning "to see himself in print." saving is obtained-sitting, as we do, as as col- man, - • , . _
ants of the district to come forward and a e ping an in named Fleming, who for the second tame applied ansuccees
in support of so praiseworthy an undertaking. Resolutionsh form these rts should be read was, letting, for his service, according to our duty as earnest
That sue repo fully for protection. His first application was dismissed by
to the following effect were unanimously adopted- of course, felt to be out of the question; and some and honest jo. .
urnaliste -Many another matter of detail Mr. Perry, the commissioner, because the petitioner's hour
"/fiat the state of ignorance and infidelity into which therprrern
device became necessary to reconcile this luxury of the reader will now be able, for himself, to resolve into bed been let furnished for three months, and the name of his
claws have fallen calls loudly on them as.Chmstians and Eng is me
with supply for the possible digestion of men its motive :-but thus much of
.p ex lanation the many temporary lodging had not been inserted in the schedule,
tonzry such a system of education, by instituting schools for poor type a d • alth ti d bta had been contracted there• Mr. Green
letters which we receive have satisfied us was desire- oug no e.
children, as will entirely remove such ignorance and immora. who had any one other thing to do thtu ad newspapers. hen applied for leave to amend, which was refused.
. The
lity."-"That ragged schools arecalculated to efleetyt
tanghiaewhereby,
be ht their The contrivance stumbled on had ohm
he double merit of ble, and the hearty spirit of public cooperation made t
debts of the petitioner amounted, on that moron, to
without respect to persons, the most97l. 12s. 3d., his credits to 61. Gs. besides furniture and ex-
doing this and peopling other two or three columns due.
duty to God and man." then, are the principles on which our paper is septed articles, of the supposed ;slue of 29/. 18s. The peti-
of thanks was then passed to the noble chairmen, for
of the great paper waste. The " Summaries" were Such, .
A vote iled. The rinciples which it advocates are tioner came up again oa a new petition. The debts wore
the part he had taken in the foundation .
and welfare of rag-
T 4 noble invented, to be read-leaving the original reports to coin lied P
gad schools, and for his conduct in the e • a

DUBLIN. Nov. 29.
PORT AND HAMMOND Or NakrasT.,--At the inquiry be-
fore the Tidal Commiseion, some of the parties examined
charged the Corporation with the want of diligence in fur-
thering the works for the improvement of the port and
harbour; that the funds at their disposal were sufficient for
a greater accommodation of quay rrem ; and the taxation,
particularly on steamers, was exorbitant and oppressive.
Mr. Steer., as advocate for the corporation, seeks to relieve
that body from the imputation of blame. In reference to
the annual revenue of the corporation, and other incidental
matters, Mr. Steen states, that in 1843 ballast produced only
one half of the sum returned ; the same of pilotage and of
graving docks. By the change of taxation in 1844, the
profit on. ballast was still further reduced, as was also the
charge for quayage, while the profit on pilotage was alto-
gether abandoned. Mr. Steen shows in palpable figures,
that the taxes attaching to shipping have been reduced
by nearly 6001. less than they would have been before the
improvements of the harbour were undertaken, or capital
borrowed; and when the trade was subject to a very heavy
( lighterage on vessels which could not approach the town
The funded debt of the corporation last Nov. was 133,1701.
FLAX IMPROVEMENT SOCI [MT.—At the monthly meeting
of this important society, at the Commercial ROOMS, Bel-
fast, on Wednesday last, the Marquis of Downshire in the
chair, the treasurer announced a sum of 3191. in donations
and subscriptions, since the amount last reported. A great
number of the society's agriculturists had returned from the
outlying districts, while some of them were still in the
south and east, selecting land for fl.tx cultivation in the en-
suing spring. Among the noblemen and gentlemen who
had accepted the services of the society's officers are Lords
Monteagle and Devon, Sir D. Roche, R. Archbold, Esq.,
M.P., and, latterly, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.
Arranrments have been made by the sou'hern landlords to
supply their tenants with Riga and Dutch seed, on credit,
until the flax crop is harvested, &greeted vantage to the farmer,
inasmuch as the seed ordinarily sown was adulterated and
liable to constant failure. The Board of Trade had supplied
the society with the returns of the quantity of flax and seed
imported during 1841, and the nine months ending the
first of August last. The Searetary had also asked
for the quantity of lesinp imported in the present year. Last
year the quantity imported amounted to 931,830 cwt., which,
at the rate of 301. per ton, would make 1,397,7751. expended
for this on. article in one year's consumption--a sum which
might be saved to these countries by extending the cultiva-
tion of this valuable plant. I'eat soils, it is said, are pecu-
liarly favourable to its production.
Ftsnattirot.—A loan of 2001. has been obtained, without
interest, and not repayable for live years, to promote the
fisheries of Dundalk.
KINOSTOWN A BONDED Pon:l%—A large and ir,fluential
meeting was held at Kingstown, on Wednesday last, to peti-
tion the legislature on the subject of that port beings bonded
port for revenue and excise purposes--Resolutions were
adopted, and a petition to Parliament agreed upon.
PUBLIC Woaas.—Upwards of two hundred and filly pay
clerks have been appointed by the Board of Works, and are
, now officially engaged throughout the country. The Dublin
Herald, which makes this announcement, adds, that many
of the gentlemen of the country are selling their situations.
You sr. IRELAND.—There will be a meeting of the seceders
on Wednesday next at the Rotunda, at which all the chiefs
will attend; Mr. Doheny, it is said, will take the chair. Mr.
O'Brien has written an unusually sensible letter on the
affairs of Ireland, which appears in the Notion new-paper.
We regret being obliged to defer printing extracts Irons it
until to-morrow.
STEAM PACKET AectDENT.—On Saturday morning,
about four o'clock, as the ship Jane Archibald,. from Scot-
land to Dublin, was making up the River Liffey, with the
11 tide. she was run into by the Queen steamer, belonging to
the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, which was on
her passage from Liverpool. The collision was terrible, as
I the Jane was nearly split in two, and sunk almost imme-
diately. There were ten hands on board the Jane, and it
was with great difficulty they were saved. The Queen is
very little injured. The cargo of the Jane consisted of coal,
and is said to be worth some 5001.—a1l other property on
board was lost. The fault is said to rest on the steamer, and
the Captain of the Jane intends making the company pay
for his loss.
STATE OF TIIE COUNTRY.

The journals which came to hand to-day contain nu-'
merous details of petty larcenies and cases of the destruction
and consumption of cattle and sheep such as have been
usually found in t'•eir columns for some time back.
K EURY.—The Kerry Examiner of yesterday contains the
following intelligence, describing the alarming condition of
that county. On Wednesday a large body of people, num-
bering about five or six thousand, arnvcd in Listowel,
shouting out " Bread or blood," and proceeded in the
greatest state of excitement to attack the workhouse. For-
tunately the Rev. Mr. Mahony, the parish priest, perceived
the multitude approach, and threw himself into the midst
of them. He earnestly and vehemently reasoned and re-
monstrated, but in vain, until at length the reverend gentle-
man, overcome and exhausted by exertion and nervous ap-
prehension of the consequences that threatened to ensue,
sank down and fainted. The people of the neighbourhood,
who hitherto were mere spectators, became alarmed, and
wildly appealing to the tumultuous assemblage, asked them
" Did they mean to kill the priest t" This appeal, backed
by the sight before them of the reverend parish priest
stretched in a faint, as if his spirit had fled, in his efforts to
dissuade them from their most foolish and dangerous pro-
ceedings, had an immediate effect on their minds. They
forgot their hunger, assumed a sudden calmness, and at
length departed quietly. The poor unhappy people pre-
sented all the appearance of want.
THE WORKHOUSES.—There are 788 paupers in Galway
workhouse, and the average cost of maintenance of the
paupers is Is. 10d. per week. At the last meeting of the
board of guardians two hundred and fifty persons made
application for admission to the house.—There were 1860
paupers in the Limerick union workhouse on yesterday,
and 169 applicants presented themselves for admission.—
The Cork workhouse is 6,0001. in debt, and the guardians, to
avoid closing the doors, had to draw 3,0001. yesterday from
their treasurer. Number of paupers, 4,300.—The number
of paupers in the Nenagh workhouse amounts to 1,231.
IRISH PRoPEKTY. —i have been assured by a gentleman
holding a situation in one of our courts of equity, that there
are, up to this time, 1200 petitions presented, praying for
foreclosure of mortgages, on the ground of irregular pay-
ment, and the non-payment of interest due. lam further
given to understand, that before hilary term the number of
such petitions will, it is confidently anticipated, amount to
fifteen hundred.
THE 92stn HIGHLANDERS.—Sir,—In your paper of
Thursday, Nov. 26, there is s notice of 51. having been given towards
the relief of the poor in riallyshannon, Ireland. Prom the wording
of that statement it would appear that the whole regiment
.92nd
Highlanders) had subscribed, whereas, it was only a company, con-
sisting of two officers and about 65 men. I merely write this to clear
the regiment of the character of being thought close, an attribute
generally laid at the door of my countryraim.—Gana.- —Arvagh, Nov. 28.

SCOTLAND.
SUNDAY TRAINS.—A petition signed by nearly 800 of the
most wealthy and intelligent inhabitants of Glasgow, corn-
prising people of all trades, professions, and pursuits, end of
every religious persua•ion in the city, has been presented to
the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com-
pany, urging upon them their duty and legal obligation to
run trains upon the Sunday. An answer, refusing to accede
to the memorial, has been returned by the chairman of the
directors.
THE SCOTT MONUMENT. —We (Edinburgh IVilness)
understand that the corners of mouldings and pieces of
corbel heads, in several of the galleries of this splendid work
of art, have been chipped off, while letters have been rudely
scratched into the atone in different parts of the building.

11A1,1rOrlInc.
THE REVISED LIST of voters fur the borough of New-
port, I. W., has just been published, and the numbers therein
contained amounts to 646. There are, however, many per-
sons who hold more than one 4ulThrellficat, and • few have
died since the overseers' ists were. audit pr Ong a consi-
derable deduction from the; list ; -Montana munter of per-
sons at present qualified to vote at us/ elcctis,e between the
last day of this month add ths let daibt Member, 1847,
being 616, or an additiorof 206 to the numbee of persous
who were qualified to vote at the first retell/a election in
1832. This very considerable addition to •the number
of 'voters extant at that period, mai be accounted

:ation ;—but a re-
etlParale head paragraph
each"ill: nearly 800 of the saifordmietrlwyasst("unouuesPntinonrhele'thlit"t'heL; al•cts—;-e.ha-p-er dedie;tCcl
SCMDAY TRAlNS.—SACp?tiTtioLnAsigniTil.by
once an end to such most wealthy and intelligent inhabitants of Glasgow, corn- spot in the reign of Henry 111. The earliest records in St. Sprite (St. Esprit, or the Holy Ghost) clinic to the . 1
re-
;n as footstool canbe prising people of all trades, professions, and pursuits, end of
must exactly fill the the directors
persua-ion in the city, has been presented to lotion to any church of St. Mary Itedeliff were dated 1246
to 1287, and consisted of indulgences gra' ntod by certain
must satisfy, if it directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail,ay. Cora- bishops upon condition of visiting the church,
pony, urging upon them their duty and legal obligation to
Id have brought it run trains upon the Sunday. An answer, refusing to accede
to the memorial, has been returned by the chairman of the contributing towards the repair of the same, and
ra for tho souls ofthose •
rements and curious p g interred therein.
o THE ScoTT MONUMENT. —We (Edinburgh IVilness) Judging from the architecture, the lecturer was of opinion
uence. Column 1, directors.
amine in Ireland ; thatof
thethe present building was begun about the early part i,
understand that the corners of mouldings and pieces of
ivSeuni
ec. Suicide e
these;" — ;"—but the corbel heads, in several of the galleries of this splendid work
and occupied a period of about 30 years
or upwards in its completion. The north porch on • room
painful of art, have been chipped off, while letters have been rudely il
over which Chatterton pretended to find the Rowleian
manuscripts) was unique as a specimen of beautiful archi-
the opera or interest- wretched into the atone in different parts of the building. ' I
lectors ; there was nothing in this country that resembled
sof Tom Thumb. A
history rypoukf ae
Guardian,
„rd.,.
be felicitously gm-
.,,, ~LEIRITMAN RHOT.—A correspondent of the Cardiff*
WALES. it, but at the Monastery of Batalhs, in Portugal, there was
one somewhat similar. The lecturer said the whole church
n, whose letter is dated " Swansea," informs us that '• • in '
was in a dilapidated state, and was fast crumbling to pieces ;
and, unless funds for its complete restoration could be
theob-
mbtych.tamed, the most magnificent parish church the empire
d to the Abbess of on Friday last the Rev. J. C. Gower was accidentally shot would fall i
FREE PORT ASsOCIATION.—# general ruins.
Sir PETER LAURIE, through the back, and that the rev. gentleman' s life is in B li
The reader shall be imminent danger. The gun was in the hands of another RISTOL / public
meeting of the council and members of this association, was
when it was accidentally
discharged, and caused the
t to Washington by deplorableen'
a • °Meet just named• held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving a re-
ir by Captain WAR- port from the provisional committee, and of adopting plans
-- for the future conduct of the business of the as-eciation. The
e of conveyance may PROVINCIAL. Guildhall was crowded in every pot, and the chair was
the proper length ! LANCASHIRE. taken by W. Miles, Esq., M.P. for East Somerset, who, in
ehnicalities only to REFRESENTATION OF MANcHESTER.— MANCHESTER, opening the business, expressed the warm interest which he
in newspaper lite- MONDAY.—The requisition to Lord Lincoln gets on but felt in the welfare of the city of Bristol, and his sympathy
gest of matter or art sIO4IY. Out of upwards of 11,000 voters on the register, it with the present movement for the emancipation of the port
• appears that they will have a difficulty in getting a couple of from the press of her euessive port charges.— James
many things, which
thousands, though the most
active means are Brest, Esq., the honorary secre.ary of the association, read a
public is entitled to taken. Up to the time of despatching this, scarcely one report from the provisional committee, which expressed the ' y
the newspaper pro- thousand 'tamest bad been subscribed. It is difficult to cordiality with which the efforts of that body had been aided
Ind charge a higher account for this, because the Tot), strength, it may be rea- by the citizens, and espiall spontaneously the several tr..de-operatives
il
mates the picture to sonahly supposed, is enough to carry it up to 3,000 at the associations, which had come forward to waist
he coherence of its least,—if not nearer to 4,000. Though a dissolution of par- the movement, and had proffered their aid, as well pecuniary
liament has not been announced, things begin to look like a asoliern ise. The meeting wasaddrcssed by several merchants
RV, produced in the contest even thus early. Squibs are plentiful, chiefly from the and bankers of the city, and various resolutions for the future
kierruptions ;—a new Liberal side, directed against Lord Lincoln for his Drainage governance of the association, and of thanks to the past com-
when the former Bill, whch, it is said, would take the local government, to a mitt, e and officers were adopted. Wm. Miles, Esq., M.P.,
the Daily News tr...rest extent, out of local hands, and increase the rates. Mr. was elected treasurer ; Robert Bright, Esq., president ; and
right', general commioee is regularly orsfanistd, and meet- Daniel Cave, Esq., G. 11. Ames, Esq., P. I. . Aiken, Esq.,
t once, to what he "
ings are being held every evening in different parts of the and Edward Thomas, Esq., vice-presidents.—Thanks were
noyance is spared to borough to form what are called district committees. voted to the mayor for the use of the hall, and to the chair- 11 il
lerstand; but not the LAW IN THE PROVINCES.—M the Liverpool Court oi man; and the meeting broke up )
) us at 'which that Bankruptcy, on Wednesday, the 18th inst., a legal gentle- HAMPSHIRE.
re do, as well as col- man, Mr. Green, supported the petition of an insolvent THE REVISED LIST of voters fur tbe borough of New-
t named Fleming, who for the Son applicationppli ensuccess- containedoI ~ has just been publisned, and the numbers therein ' 1
to our duty as earnest fully for protection. His first was dismissed by amounts to 646. There are, however, many per-
,other matter of detail Mr. Perry, the commissioner, because the petitioner's house sons who hold more than one rpriarellSon, and a few have
timself, to resolve into had been let furnished for three months, and the name of his died since the overseers' iista were sasaiwup, caistag a consi-
zxplanation the many temporary lodging had not been inserted in the schedule, derable deduction from the, list ; theastual nainker of per-
.
dialled us was desire- although no debts had been contracted there. Mr. Gnen sons at present qualified to vete at aer eleetiOree between the
ilk co-operation made then applied for leave to amend, which was refused. The last day of this month ant the let day isf. Wernher, 1847,
debts of the petitioner amounted, on that occasion, to being 616, or an additiorrof 208 to the nensbet of persons
. 971. 12s. 3d., his credits to 61. Gs. besides furniture and ex- who were qualified to vote et the first reform election in
on which our paper is cepted articles, of the supposed ;elite of 201. 18s. The peti- 1832. This very considerable addition to the- number
Lich it advocates are tioner came up again oa a new petition. The debts were of voters extant at that period, may be accounted 1 '
. . ,