The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-11 00:00:00

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damhatorvirtsinuatiotts. The consewu.snessof trighprice
and of half a century of success, has appareitly begotten
a sense of infallibility, which presumes any possible
amount of gullibility in the public. They who can
swallow the conventional fivepence are supposed, it
would seem, to have capacities for swallowing any-
thing. To those with whom fallacies are effectual,
the offer of principles would be a waste of a costly
commodity. Not but that the Times, in return for
its exorbitant profits, does deal with principles after a
fashion of its own. As a matter of dilettanteism, they
make a great display in its columns on occasions.
In amateur cases, they are fulminated forth
with a vigour and energy of assertion which
becomes an argument for that general economy,
by which they are husbanded for such im-
posing concentration. How, if these sterling pro.
perties were squandered on the daily and common
uses of the paper, could the electricity be got to-
gether, which, as the Times has been accustomed to
assure us, makes its occasional leader a portent to
Europe? How could the Times get up its thunder,
but by an economy derived from the nataral pro-
cess—obtaining its overcharge in one place, by the
undercharge in another? A general parsimony of
the higher class of argument must provide for its
grand public appearances ; and, in the matter of sound
ratiocination, the " large family " of its subscribers
must submit to short commons in general, that they
may banquet with Kings and Poor-Law Commis-
sioners in the leader.
The first convulsive effort of the Times, after it lost
the self-possession which kept it so long silent, was to
prove to the public that we were virtually dead.
That we were not dead, in fact, had one of its most
eloquent proofs in the immense pains which the
" leading journal " took to make its readers think us
so. Then the Times said that if we were not dead we
ought to 132—that our life was an unnatural life,
and not according to Cocker. In a word, to make a
quotation, for which our readers will see the reason
by-and-by, " the columns of the Times were filled
with calculations and arguments, to show that the
Daily Niles would bring certain ruin on any one
bold enough to have embarked in it." This "new way
of excluding competition was devised and practised "
in furtherance of its own selfish and sinister purposes.
It was clear, however, that this was a species of argu-
ment which must make its effect at once or be aban-
doned. It was impossible long to maintain that apaper
was dead, which was making daily appearances, and
looking more healthy and vigorous at each. Accord-
ingly, the tactics of the Times were at once shifted to
ground directly opposite. The next move as-
.trawsed our powerful existence; and included
the seduction of our allies, and a com-
bination of the entire Morning Press against us.
There was some meaning in a manmucre like this.
If not according to the moralities, it was at any rate
a real warfare. But this, too, we baffled by the
strong life that was in us, and by a direct and imme-
diate action. There was another party in the matter
less easy to seduce than the Herald; and to that
party we went unhesitatingly and at once. We
claimed the intervention of the PUBLIC, and defied the
combination. Meantime, the " leading journal,"
though it had thus taken up its formal ground, and
done the predatory on a grand scale, could not
quite abandon the system of skirmishing. Occasional
paragraph detachments were carelessly thrown out
from head-quarters: and a petty warfare was, as we
have hinted, established in the provinces. In this way
the Sherburne Journal won its spurs from the Times
for equivocating in Dorsetshire. This paper, our
readers already know, had increased its size; and to
get back some portion of the extra cost, had been
compelled to ask for either another halfpenny or
cash. The Times suppressed the alternative as well
as the enlargement, and a despatch to its readers an-
nounced the accession of that distinguished leader,
the Sherburne Journal, to the good cause of DEAR
NEWSPAPERS! Then the Epoque, a French news-
paper, which had not increased its size, came into the
market ; and the Times and its allies, sinking the
causes which had brought it there, retained only the
facts of its low price and its death—marshalled them
into cause and effect, and published another despatch
announcing to its readers that the Epoquehad fallen in
the bad cause of cheap newspapers! Now it is true,
that when compared with the price of the " combined"
press of London, the Epoque was indeed a very cheap
paper ; but relatively to its neighbours it was a dear
paper; for while the annual subscription to the Presse,
the Sn'c'e, and other political journals was 40 francs,
the subscription to the Epoque was 52 ! Thus, as
one of the propositions in its chain of reasoning turns
out to be a misstatement—as the Epoque happens to

be a high, instead of low-priced paper—we should be
entitled, if we could permit ourselves to adopt the
logical system of the Times, to maintain the rela-
tion instituted by the " learnig journal," with only
the necessary correction ; and, substituting dear fur
cheap, to insist on the authority of the Times itself,
that the Epaque had died of its high price. But
having elsewhere given the diagnosis of the case in
other terms, we will not press this dilemma against
our past snortem discoverer.
Driven out of all self-possession by these repeated
checks, and by a consciousness of its own fully in
having incurred them, the Times was now seized
with a fit of temporary madness, and fired upon
itself in the following incredible fashion :
For the lent month, the (alumni, of the Freese hare been daily
filled with calculations and orpiment* to show that the Epoque was
not only not worth alwthing, but PAM it *mold bring certain ruin on
any one bold enough to mirelase it. This new way of excluding
competition, it now appears, KW deriardand practiireiscitli impunity,
became the proprietor of the Pram hinuelf wi duet to be the
purchaser. . .

We can scarcely ask our readers to accept a state-
ment like this on any testimony more suspicious than
that of the paper which it so ludicrously damages.
We refer them to the Times of the sth instant, as our
voucher. There will be found this remarkable example
of the danger to which all are exposed who, where a
principle will not serve, beat about for a plausibility,
and take the first that offers, without inquiry into
character. But even this is not the whole amount of
contradiction and inconsistency into which the Times
has been betrayed by its rash impulse to ' run a-muck'
against everything that hearse relationship to free trade
in journalism. In this very same paragraph that paper
acquaints its public, quite unconsciously, that the mar-
tyr to the bad cause of cheap newspapers, the " bank-
rapt property" in question, which, according to the
Presse, was "not worth a farthing," sold, nevertheless,
after every effort of depreciation had been exhausted
by its interested rival, for upwards of 200,000
francs. This is a sum, our readers need not be told,
exceeding 8,000/. in England. Yet, it was much
below the honest value of the property ; because the
Prase (we are tempted to repeat the striking and
self-compromising statement of the Times) to forward
its own interested views, and "exclude competition,"
had "filled its columns with cakulations and argu-
ments to show that the Epoque was not only not worth
a farthing, but would bring certain ruin on any one
bold enough to purchase This, says the Times,
was " a new way of excluding competition" on the
part of a rival paper. The Times is unjust to itself
on the question of originality. Its own practice had
already taken off the edge of that novelty.

The absence of Lord Normanby from the reception
of the diplomatic corps at the Tuileries, on Saturday,
continues to be a subject of conversation in Paris, and
most of the journals of Monday notice it. A minis-
terial journal states that the Ambassador had the
politeness to cause it to be made known to the French
government that his absence on the occasion was in
compliance with strict injunctions received from the
foreign office in London. As to the rest, after the
decided course adopted by the British Cabinet, the
presence of the Ambassador at such a formality would
have been inconsistent. The Paris journ'ils of Mon-
day are at variance with reference to the alleged

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fut..,of ffie absence. at the: Fringe de ILlgne from
64 reception, setae, inaintaining that ho n-as
preitnt, whilst ethers ils • • ice), hastrtitint be was
absent The apparent to qf the King of the
Belgians is said byk.some of ministerial papers to
be assumed, with a view to be the better qualified to i
become a mediator. The truth, hciwever, we believe
to be, that he has refused to mediate.
The much-talked of official despatch of last week,
was not a note addressed to M. Guizot, but a despatch
from Lord Palmerston to Lord Norrnanby, the
substance of which the latter was instructed to make
known to M. Guizo the
reason paper Lord Palmerston
spines, at length,s for which the British
Cainet perseveres in its protestation against the mar-
riage of a French Prince with the heiress presump-
tive to the throne of Spain. The answers of M.
Guizot are successively examined and replied to, and
the arguments against them restated. The document,
ter-
which occupies one hundred and nine pages,
minates with the conclusion, as before, that the Duke
of Montpensier and the Infanta Louisa Fernanda de
Bourbon must renounce (doirent renoncer) for them-
selves and their children the crown of Spain.
The Paris journals of Monday are almost ex-
clusively engrossed with the news from Portugal and
the West Indies, received through England. They
contain no other intelligence of the slightest interest.

The Madrid mail of the 3rd wee_ delivered in
Paris on Sunday afternoon, but brought no news of
importance, the dates of the advices from Lisbon being
anterior to those received in England.
The Heraldo quotes a C,adiz journal to the effect that
the Queen-Mother will leave Madrid for Paris at the
beginning of next year. It was stated that she de-
sired to accompany the Duchess of Montpensier, but
remained, at the request of the Queen, until the
meeting of the Cortes. Don Enrique, the brother
of the King-Consort, was about to return to
Spain. A journal states that one of the first mea-
sures which the government will bring before
the new Cortes, will be a proposition for a revi-
sion of the tariff. This, says the journalist, will
be done with a view of conciliating England for the
offence given her by the mode in which the royal
marriages were effected, and the contempt with winch
the remonstrances of Lord Palmerston on that subject
were received. The revision of the tariff has long
been demanded, not only by the English party in
Spain, but by the native commerce of that country,
especially of the South.
M. Costa Cabral and M. Gonzales Bravo arrived at
Cadiz on the 27th ult. M. Costa Cabral found letters
from friends recommending him not to go on to Lis-
bon, as they feared he would be in danger. Notwith-
standing these warnings, he persisted in accompany-
ing M. Gonzales Bravo, who was to embark in the
Isabella 11. to resume his functions as ambassador
from Madrid at Lisbon.
Since the above was written the Madrid mail of the
4th was delivered. The journals arc totally devoid of
intelligence.

FRANCE. —IMPORTATION OF GRAIN.—A letter
from Marseilles, dated Nov. 3, seiss:—" Vessels laden with
grain continue to arrive daily at our port. We already men-
tioned the arrival on the 28th October of 46 vessels with
more than 144,000 hectolitres of grain of every description.
In the tire days between the 28th October and the 3rd
November, 54 vessels have arrived with 184,000 hectolitres
of grain, of which 175,000 are of corn, 6,500 of maize, 1,540
of barley, 100 of rye, and 1,180 of oats. Of this quantity
CB,IOO hectolitres came from Italy, on board 14 vessels, of
which 10 were French, 3 Neapolitan, and 1 Tustin. 41,400
hectolitres were from European Turkey, on board 13 vessels,
Bof which were Greek, 4 Turkish, and 1 Russian. 6,000
hectolitres were from Egypt, in 2 vessels, 1 Greek, and 1
Tuscan. The remainder came from the Russian ports on
the Black Sea, in 25 vessels, of which 15 were Greek, 8
Austrian, and 2 Sardinian."
According to a report which appears to be derived
from a Havre print, the French Chambers will be assembled
earlier than the 12th of January, the day mentioned in the
oyal nrdoonance whereby they were prorofued.
M. Paycrne had lately sent his diving apparatus
to Brest, to. attempt the raising of the guess of the Repo-
blicain man-of-war, which went down in that harbour about
fifty years back. M. Payerne's vessel was in the act of being
towed along by the Union schooner, when a strong gale
arose, and drove both vessels on the shallows of the tale of
Lihou, where they lie much damaged.
A curious case, arising out of the late inundations,
is to be shortly brought betore the law courts of St. Etienne.
On Oct. 18, several inhabitants of St. Maurice-en-Gonrgois
were occupied in withdrawing from the left bank of the
Loire objects brought down by the river. On the opposite
side were persons belonging to St. Paul-en.Cornillon, who,
conceiving that the others were appropriating to themselves
property not their own, fired at them several shots, by which
Pierre Seguin and Jean Marie were badly wounded, the for-
mer in the ancle, and the latter in the knee. Amputation,
it is supposed, will be found necessary in the latter case.
This matter has been brought before the law courts of St.
Etienne.

SWITZERLAND.—BASLE.--The Grand Council
met on the sth of November; the galleries were crowded.
The burgomoster Fez opened the meeting with a short
address. The prepositions of the commission for the revision
of the constitution, and of a project of proclamation, to invite
the citizens to decide if minors were to be admitted, were
then read. A discussion commenced, to know, Ist, if the
constitution was to be revised in told. 2nd. If the consti-
tuent council was to be elected by the citizens comprising
the minors. 3. If the three electoral systems (corporations,
districts, and fauhourgs) were to be applied. The
majority were for discussing the questions separately, and a
debate began on the total revision of the council. The pro-
position of the commission was adopted by a majority of 90
against 7. The second proposition of the commission con-
cerning the constituent council and the minors, won adopted
by 90 votes against .5. The other propositions were also
adopted. AU now will depend upon the elections.—The an-
cient abbey of Dissentis, in the canton of the Orisons, was
entirely consumed by fire on the 28th ult. The fine church
and magnificent library of the est tblishment were entirely
destroyed. The cook per:shed in the flames.

ITALY.—ROME.—The Queen of Holland left Rome
on 26th ult., ha•ing tak.•n leave of the Pope the evening before.
She was to embark at Civita-Veethia fur Nice, and, after a
short sojourn. intends proceeding by sea to the liague, to
arrive there early in December for the King's fke.

GERMANY.—The anxiety which prevails at Berlin
in the railway world has spread to every branch of com-
merce, and it is not to be wondered at, as the existence of
many families is at stake. The Minister of Finance is said
to have replied to the deputations of every description which
waited upon him—" That the State could not interfere in
the settling of private concerns." This argument—which
is not, moreover, strictly adhered to in other cases, sous a
correspondent of the Aupburg Gazette—does not hold.
At all events it cannot he quoted as a reason why an au-
dience was not conceded to the deputation of the Anhalt
Railway, for Isere it is the state which meddled in
private concerns, and caused the present sad con-
dition of the company. Different meetings have
been held by the shareholders to concert measures for
extricating themselves from the embarrassment they are in.
—The Minister Bodelschwingh is so much affected by the
loss of his son that he intends retiring for a time from
affairs. On his return to Berlin, he immediately repaired
to the Kiag and solicited as a favour the pardon of the ad-
versary of his son in the duel, as well as of the seconds.
The King accorded his request, and the ung men have
been set at liberty. The Spanish Carlist General Luis de
Los Valios is now staying at the Prussian capital ; he has
been staying at St. Petersburg, and intends visiting differ-
ent courts favourably inclinedto the cause of the Spanish pre-
tender and his sons. M. de S—, son of an old Polish general,
has just been arrested and sent to Posen. Of late he
had lived the life of a peasant, and married a peasant girl ; a
proclamation was found upon him, calling upon the peasants
to rally round their landlords for the deliverance of their
country. It is not, however, likely that the peasants of the
Grand Duchy of Posen could he excited to rise.

FULMINATING CorroN.—The Bavarian goverrunent
has just prohibited the sale of fulminating cotton. This
article is placed in the same category as gunpowder, to sel
which it is requisite to take out a special license.

FRANKFORT, Nov. 6.—Da. Rurr.—The following
decision was come to in the general meeting of the Gustavus-
Adolph-Verein, at Frankfort, on the 4th, concerning the ad-
mittance of Dr. Rupp as a member of the said society, by a
majority of 381 against 135 votes:—" That it be notified to
the different verems of the society that the Frankfort verein
disapproves of the expulsion of Dr. Rupp by the Berlin
rerein, as contrary to the principles and spirit of the society,
and that henceforth Dr. Rupp is to be regarded u a regular
member of the society." The assembly, which commenced
at six in the evening, did not break up till eleven, the dis-
cussion being most animated on both sides. Before parting,
prayen were read by Dr. Friederich.

_
HAMBL'ItGIi, Nov. I.—On the evening of the 31st
ult., the Schleswig and Holstein Society of llamburgh gave
• serenade to the Prince of Augustenburg. It will be re-
membered that this prince was governor and commander-
in-chief in the duchies when the lettenpatent of the King
made its appearance, when he immediately sent in his re-
signation. The Duke of Glucksburg acted in a similar
manner. The assembl -4 crowd cheered the prince heartily,
as the energy he displayed at the time of the terrible con-
flagration of 1842 is still fresh in the minds of the citizens of
Hamburgh. No di.turbance took place.
A letter from the Rhine states that the French
Government has taken diplomatic steps to cause the recall of
the duty of 2.5 per cent. imposed by the governments of 13a-
var a, Wurtemberg, and Baden, on the exportation of corn
from their dominions, and in case of refusal it has three-
tenedreprisals.

BOHEMIA.—EGER, Ocr. 30.—0 n the morning of
the 30th, the powder magazine, situated outside the town,
b'ew up with a terrific noi,e, splizting the doors an I smash-
ing the windows of many of the hone. s. An ogicer had just
cot red. Ilk tnutilated body wag foun lat eighty Ards from
the scot. The s.ntiLu.l on duty et: unhurt.

THE RIVER PLATE.
•
('From the Liverpool Times of yesterday.)
NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE. —We have been
favoured with a copy of a pamphlet, containing the official
documents presented by the government of Monte Video to
the Assembly of Notables, on the 3rd September, explaining
the progress and results of the negotiations arising out of
Mr. Hood's mission.
The first document is a message from the Monte Videan
government to the Assembly, dated Monte Video, Septem-
ber 3, 1846, and signed by Jonquin Suarez, Jose de Bejar,
Jose A. Costa, and Francisco Magarinos. It states that the
other2documentsare laid before the Assembly earlier than such
documents usually are, tescause tee government feels that" it
is indispensable to calm the anxiety of all, augmented (as it
is) by the abuse which has been made, out of the walls of
Monte Video, of this negotiation, to convert a message of
peace into an instrument of war." The second document is
a letter of inquiry, dated Monte Video, July the sth, 1848,
and addressed to Mr. Ouseley, the British Minister, by
Senhor Franciso Magarinos, in the name of the Monte Videan
Government, beggisg information s to the object of
Mr. Hood's mission. The thiid is a note of Mr. Ouseley's
dated July the Gth, in answer to the above, in which he
states that, owing to the non-arrival of the packet from
England, he has no information of the object of Mr. Hood's
mission. The fifth is a letter addressed to Mr. Ouseley, in
the name of the Monte Videan Government, on the 7th of
July, in which, after alluding to the rumours arising out
of the mission of Mr. Hood, and to the position of public
affeirs in the Republic, it is stated that the government is
willing to assist to bringing about a pacification, only re-
quiring, as a sine qua non, that "the perfect and absolute
independence of the Republic" shall be maintained. The
sixth is a note of Scuhor Magarinos to Baron Deffaudis, the
French minister, dated Jsly 7, communicating the preceding
correspondence with Mr. Oteseley ; and the seventh is a note
from the Baron, dated the 11th, end simply acknowledging
the receipt of the preceding. The eighth is a further letter i
of inquiry as to the object of Mr. Hood's mission, addressed
to Mr. Ouseley and Baron Deffaudis, by Senor Ilagarinos,
in the name of the Monte Videan government, on the 11th
July ; and the ninth a note from those ministers, of the 13th,
in whick they state that they are unable to give the in-
formation asked for. The tenth is a letter of Mr. Ouseley s,
of the let August, to Senor Magarinos, informing him that
Mr. Hood (who had arrived from Buenos Ayres) was
desirous to proceed with a flag of truce to the camp of Gen.,
Oribe ; and the eleventh a note, signed by Senor Magarinos,
giving him permission to do so, provided the French minister
and admiral have no objection to his doing so. The twelfth
was an application from Mr. Ouseley, dated Ilth August, for
permission fur Mr. Hood to return from Oribe's camp to
Monte:Video ; and the thirteenth, a permission to do so.
The fourteenth is a note addressed to the Monte
Videan tovernment, by Baron Deffaudis and M-. Ouse-
ley, on the 18th August, inviting it to agree to a pacification,
on the basis proposed by Mr. Hind. These bases." it
states, " have been accepted in their principal points—en ass
mayor parte—by the government of Buenos Ayres and by
General Oribe." The fifteenth is a reply of the Monte Videaa
government, dated the 27th August, and signed by Senor
Magarinos, in which it is stated that the government of the
Republic had already accepted, " without hesitation, on the
14th July, 184.3, the original bases of pacification adopted by
the two powers, and that it equally accepts the modifications
which have been made in these bases, and the new proposi-
tions which have been presented by the Plenipotentiaries."
The propositions are then given separately, with the as-
sent of the Monte Videan Government. The first proposes
an immediate suspension of hostilities. This the Monte
Videan Government accepts with satisfaction. and prop eel
to extend the whole of die territory of the Republic. The
second and third are u follows. 2. An armistice bring esta-
blished, the English and French Plenipotentiaries demand of
the Government the disarmirg of the foreign legion, and of
all other armed foreigners, who form the garrison of the city
of Monte Video, or who are in arms in ally other part of the
Republic. 3. At the same time that this disarma-
ment is effected, General Roses shall cause to be
evacuated the whole of the territory of the Oriental
, Republic, by the officers and soldiers of the Argentina army.
Ti the above proposition the Monte Videan Government
agrees atha following terms:—" The instructions of the
mediating Governments to their Plenipotentiaries, and the
repeated nves of those Plenipotentiaries, have regarded the
evacuation of the Monte Vilma territory by the Argettine
troops as an essential preliminary, to precede all negotia-
tions for the re-establishing of peace. With this under-
standing, the (Monte Videan) Government had seccpted the
mediation from the time when it was offered. leGew the
evacuation of the territory forms only one of the bum of
the negotiation. The disarming of all foreigners is required,
and is to take place immediately, and at the same time as
the evacuation. Still the Government of Monte Video
accepts the second and third propositions, as it has ac-
cepted the first. It trusts only that the Plenipotentiaries
in carrying out the principle of reciprocity, will require from
the chief of the besieging army, that he shall disarm all
foreigners, not only Argentines, but others, who serve in his
ranks. This is called for by the second basis, which provides
for the disarming of all foreigners in arms, not only in
Monte Video, but in every °dist part of the Republic. In
this number are comprehended especially the Spanish sub-
jects, whom General Oribe retains in his service, notwith-
standing the remonstrances of the Charge: d'Affaires of his
Most Catholic Majesty, after this government had dismissed
all those who were in its service. This measure of justice
would certaizly have been indicated in a special manner, by
the impartiality of the mediating powers, if they had been
exactly informed of the composition of the belligerent armies."
4. The' raising of ithe blockade of Buenos Ayres and the
restoration of the Island of Martin Garcia are at once agreed
to.-5. The restoration of the control of the Parana to Roam.
Also agreed to.-6. The recognition of the belligerent rights
of Roma Assented to.-7. A new president to be elected
according to the terms of the constitution. Agreed to wil-
lingly and gratefully by Monte Video. -- 8. A general
amnesty and security for the rights of strangers. Fully
agreed to.-9. The intervention to cease if Monte Video ,
refuses these terms. Monte Video accepts them, and only
asks for a faithful execution of the other conditions.

According to the last adrices from Monte Video, the
negotiations had been broken off at Buenos Ayres, but the
Monte Videan government was in no way answerable for
that result.

Zbe Court.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Iter Majesty and Prince
Albert took their usual early morning walk. His Royal
Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, Mr. Anson, and Lord Portman, hunted this
morning. Major General Wemyss and the Hon. Captain
Gordon were in attendance. Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal and the
Princess Alice, taok pony exercise this morning on the
Eastern Terrace, and the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Her
Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing
to-day.
His Ferenc Highness Prince Lowenstein, and his
Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen left the Castle to-day.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, attended
by Baroness Scheel and Baron Ileysenbuch, arrived at the
Euston-square torminus of the L,ndon and North Western
Railway, at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning from
Cuahiobury-park, Herta, the residence of her Majesty the
Queen Dowager. The Earl of Denbigh received the Princess
on hr r arrival, and attended her Royal Highness during her
visits of inspection to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the
Polytechnic Institution, the Conservative Club, and the
Egyptian Hall. The Princess left town in the evening by
the London and North Western Railway on her return to
Cash iobnry -park.

Mr. Bros and Mr. Ellis had an interview with Sir
G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
His Excellency George Bancroft, the American
Minister, has removed from Long's Hotel, to his residence,
No. 90, Eaton-square.
The Rev. Charles Eustace, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William
Cornwallis Eustace, and Col. Sir John Rowland Eustace,
had an interview yesterday, at the Home-office, with Sir G.
Grey.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yes-
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr.
John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had also an interview
with the right hon. gentlemanyesterday.
INDISPOSITION OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—
The Duke of Cambridge is labouring under the effects of a
severe cold. The Duchess will remain at Windsor Castle,
on a visit to the Queen, until to-morrow, when she will take
her departure for Cambridge House, Kew.
From Last Night's Casette.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 7.—The Queen has approved
of Mr. S. Salomon, as Consul at St. Helena for his Majesty
the Emperor of Brasil.

THE BREVET.
From the Supplement of Last Night's Gazette.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 9.
tier Majesty has been pleased to appoint the following
officers to take rank by brevet as undermentioned; the com-
missions to be dated 9th Nov., 1816 :
To az Daus MAILVIAU. tr ins S r G. Nugent,
Bart., G.C.8.; T. Grosvenor; H. W. Marquis of Anglesey, K.G.,
O.C. B.
To as Orrivasts.—Llent.-Generals Sir C. Imhoff; 0. Conlon; C.
Craven: J. Otte ; Sir C. B. Egerton. ( ;.C. M.G. ; Sir 11. J. Cumming; T. B.
Revnardnon ; John Earl of Caryaort ; Sr P. Maitland. K.C.B. . • Hon.
T. E. Chisel; 0. B. Mundy; Sir C. Hake; K.C.B. ; The Right Han.
Sir F. Adana, G.C.M.G.
To au Lisur.-Gorstasta—Maj..Generals Hon. 11. B. Lygon ;1
P. Lytton, C.D.; H. Sbadforth ; A. Lloyd; J. M. Ilamerton, C. 11;, f.
J. Parry; Ste I). Rimers; D. Colopahoun; C. Nicol, C. B. ; Sl; W.
Tuyll; Sfr G. H. P. Berkeley, K.C.B. • 8. 11. Berkeley; Sir C. J. Me.
pier, C.C.& ; 11. Totorl ; Sir J. Itchiest. K.C.8.; Sir H. King, C.R.
Sir F. Giblet K.C.B. ; Sir 0. T. Natter, K.C.R. ; Hon. Sir H. H. Pas:
enham, K.C.B. . • Sir J. Harvey, K.C.L; Sir 0. &oval, K.C.B. ; Lord
Downes, K.C.B. ; Sir N. Douala, K.C.8.; George Marquis of Tweed_
dale, N.T., C.D.; Sir F. W. Trench; Lord Saltoun, K.C.B. ; IL
Wyndham; Mr F. Bowater: Sir W. M. Gomm, K.C.B.
to as Maroa.Cess.—Colonels C. E. Conyers, C. 13., h. p. Inspecting
Field (lacer ; 0. A. Henderson, h. p. Insp. Field Officer ; It. Parke.
Unatt. ; R.. B. Macptienion, C.D., p. Unatt. ; P.
hay,H h. p. 25th L.
Drag. •3. C.B. sth Ft.; A. Money, Cll., p 60th F. ;-D.
Forbes, C.D., h. p. 711th Ft.; J. F. Ewart, C. 8., Insp. Field Officer of •
Recruiting District; H. A. Proctor. C. 8., h. p. 6th Ft. • W. lends,
h. p. Sid Ft. • W. Riddell, h. p. ; T. F. Addiaat, h. p. 99th
pt.; sir F. Ft.
2d W. I. Reg. ; T. Steele, h. p. MusD. ; C. J.
Doyle, h. p. 24 Gar. Batt. ; T. Lltarretie, h. p. 7th W. I. Reg.; Sir G.
Arthur, Bart-, b. p. Tort Chaos.; F.. Parkinson, C. 8., h. p. 11th Ft.;
T. H. Blair, C. 8., h. p. Unatt.; It. Lluellyn, C.R, h. p. Coat. ; J.
Hare, C.D., p. 20th Lt. Drag. '• R. Egerton, C.D., h. p. Unatt.; Sir
W. Chalmers, C. 8., h. p. L'natt. ; C Beckwith, C.D., h. p. Unita.;
W. Campbell, C. 8., h. p. Unatt. ; J. C. Bourdter, h. p. 22d lA. Drag. •
J. Grant, CB., h. p. Matt.; T.W. Taylor, C. 8., h. p. Unatt.Lina.-Ooi.
Rural MR College; L. Argalmtau, c.a., h. p. Ft.; n. a. W.
Smith, Bart., G.C.8., h. p. Mat.; F. Calvert, C. 8., h. p. Cnatt. ; W.
staveler, CAL. h. p. Matt. Deputy Quartertn. Gen., Mauritius; Sir
De 1.. Evans, K.C.8., h. p. Coati.; W. H. Scott, h. p. Unatt. ; H. P.
I tiv.son, h. p. Sth W. I. Regt. • Mr T. Wiltshire, Bart., K.C.8., h. p.
Unser.. Com. at (Statham; IDoe. M. R. Butler, h. p. 211 Garr. Batt.;
E. I luttling, C. 8., Insp. Field Mat Recruit. I 'IA. • J. Bolt, CM., h.
r. u.,,,tt.; I'. Bainbrigge, p. tna:t., c;ro.Csin., Ireland;

T. E. Napier, C. 8., dp. Putt., Dep. Adj. Gen. I.
C. 8., h. p. Permanent /mist. Quarts rm. Gen. • 13
94th Ft.; W. L. Darling, lx p. 2nd Gar. bat
K.C.B. 34 Lt. Drag. • Sir W. L Herne*, CR.
WDonald, C.D. 92d ;T. S. St. Clair, C.B. h.
Pety, C.D. h. p. Unatt.; T. J. Wennis, GB, h.
Gabriel, C.H. IL p. 22d II- Drag. • 11. Thomas, C.II
Rowan, C.B. h. p. Unatt; J. 8. 'Kennedy, C.B. h
Sands..., h. p. Mutt. ; Sir T. H. Browne, h. p. rt.
h. p. Lid U. Drag.; IL W. Mills, b. p. 9th Ft.; I
58th Ft.; 1L 14. Fallen. eti. 40th Ft.: 11. Hain
Unatt.; T. E. Eyre late Horse Oren. Gds ; T. 7
91st Ft.; G. L. °oldie, C.B. h. p. Unatt.; G. p
Unatt. ; G. Bowles, h. p. Watt. ; T. Bunbury, 6;
C. Casentlish, Ist Rec. Life Gds.; P. nay, h. p. s
Godwin. C.B. h. p. 87th Ft. ; T. W. Bobbins, h. p
neil, 78th Ft.; G. D. Pitt, Insp. Field Officer I
Sutherland, sth Ft.; H. Rainey, C. 15. h. Una!
C.H. Dep. Quarterm. Gen. Canada, h. p. matt
Unatt. ; W. L. Walton, b. p. Unatt. ; C. IL lot, b
to the Queen ; C. A. Sharer, Colds. Reg. IL Gds.
To sr C 01055111 :—Lieut-Colonels A. Findlay,
Corp. ; W. Bush, Ist W. I. Reg. • F. T. sod
11. Leopard, 99th Ft. ; B. C. Browse, h. p.
h. p. 48th Ft. ; E. W. Bell, h. p. A. C
Lt. Drags. ; J. Reed. b. p. 54th F.: J. Jones
Canyon, h. p. 66th F.; T. Burke, h. p. 411)
h. p. 24th F. ; C. Chambers, 25th F. ; W. Grah
Earl of Cardigan, 11th Lt. Drag. • G. Thornton
C. Cole*, h. p. Omit.; Sir M. Creagh, b. p. Vita!
h. p. Matt., Assist. Adj.-Gen. North Britain;
Unatt. ; Sir R. Burdett, lion., b. p. Unatt. • C. Sb
R. Hartley, b. p. (nett.; IL W. Barnard', lot
Garoptrell, r. p. matt. ' • Sir C. Chichester, Blot
h. p. Unatt. • Ind de Roo, h. p. Loot.; J. eg
W. U. Forn;rall, Cold. Reg. Ft. Gds.; C. F. 111.1.1
Stanhope,a lot Reg. Ft. ;C. C. Blase, h. p,
man. Reg. Ft. Gds.; P. Dona u+, h. p. Unal
Ft. ; C. M. Hay, Cold. Gds. ' • F. Farquharson, 7th
tam Scots Fut. Gds.; C. Leslie, h. p. Pruitt. ;
Unatt.; O. E. Jones, 57th Ft.; J.l). Read.
Pence, C.O , 16th Lt. Drag. ; W. Beckwith, I
Robinson, h. p. Unatt.; G. Todd, h. p. Unat
Pennant, h. p. Unatt.; F. V. Harcourt, h
li. F. False, h. p. Uatt. • H. W. Briton
Maclean, h. p. 13th Lt. Drag.; Marquis of D
; 0. Gas ler, h. p. Unatt. ; J. J. W. Arsg,,i,
Ft. Gds. ; T. Marten, lot Drag. • Sir J. M. Mu ruts
Yorke, aeons Fun. Gds
E. Monins, 69th Ft. ; Cox, h. p. Unatt.•• t%
FL; It. CApllikar. Ist. W. I. iteg. : 0. M. Eden,
Dixon, ileac Fax Gdo.; F. Marmon, Insp. Hew
G. Baker, b. p. Unatt. ; W. 3. Codringtoo, Cold
Turner, h. p. Unatt. ; Fludyer, Ist Grin. Pe
St. Helena Reg. ; J. W. Frith, Loop. Field 0150
Falls, h. p. Unatt.
To BR Lin-r.-Com—Majors T. Wright, h. p.ll
J. King, h. p. R. S. Carps ; Floc. N. H. C. Maw
J. tiollia 25th Ft. ; J. Procter, 30th Ft ; F.l
Brig • J. Henderson. h. p. t natt. ; P. 8.
I. Workman, b. p. Unatt. • J. Forinburn, p. U.
Unatt., Fort-Maj., Dartmouth; G. Stuart, b. p„
p. Cheshire Fend., Fort-Major, Tilbury Fort ; M
C. A. Bayley. C.M.G., h. p. Unatt. ; A. A. O'Red
E. Johnson, sth FL ; G. Macpherson, Royal (ter.
E. Burrower. b. p. Unatt. • T. Gloster, h. p. Use
h. p. IL S. Corps ; J. Walier, 93th Ft. ; J. K. It
! Wilmot, h. p. ll•natt. • E. B. Brooke, 67th Ft.
! Unatt. ; E.G. W. Ker;pel, h. p. Unatt. ;R.H. M
FltxMaurice, h. p. Unatt. ; H. D. Maclean, h. p.
38th Ft. ;J. Blood, b. p. It. Wag. Train ; Al
C. Young, h. p. Unit.; F. Hope, h. p. Unatt. ;
1.. A. During, h. p. Unatt. ; J. S. Sas!th. let Dr.,
p. It. S. Corps • A. Tennant, 31th Ft. ; W. •
Sir J. J. Hamilton, Bart., h. p. Unatt. • C. Is
O'Neln, It p. Coati. •, ilos. W. N. Hill, h. p.
Unatt. ; C. Stewart, h. p. Unatt. •, F. C. Irwin,
Cowen, b. p. Uinta.; J. Flarnank, h. p. Unatt.
To se MAJORS —Captain. I. Foster, 3d W. I. I
30th Ft.; J. spence, sth Ft.; J. Draper, 64th Ft; II
Reg. F. Gds. •, G. Weston, 14th Lt. Drag. • J.
Taylor, 78111 Ft ; J. J. Peck, 24 W. I. Reg.;
Gds. • Sir J. E. Alexander, 14th Ft.; D. Sonia,
82d it.; R. 11. J. B. NVeumrning, 15th Vt.; W.
dian Rifie Reg. • D. Stuart, 4Oth Ft.; IL V. Ali
!Leyland, 35th Ft : W. H. Itobinon, 72d FL ;
T. J. Deseret', 67th Ft.; V. Eld, 90th Ft. • W. 11
R. Carr. Seth Ft.;. T. M. Waren, 911th Fi- ; A.
' Bush, 96th FL ; J. A. Robertson, 82d FL.i C.
Reg ; J. Ward, 81st Ft. ; Hon. G. C. W. Forests
Gds. ; J. Norma, 54th Ft. ; A. W. Mackay, his
15th Ft. s • G. P. Bushe, 7th Lt. Drag. • C. F.
1
Vansittart, Colds. Gds. ; J. sPMahon Kidd, 67th
87th Pt. ; E. A. G. Muller, lea Ft. ; W. J. Clerke
sth Drag. Gds. : W. Hamilton, 78th Ft.; W. J. )
%Grabens, 89th Ft; R. 1... Ptappo,6Bth Ft. • C. A.
Ft. Gds.; J. Nicholson, 99th Ft.; T. Tulloch, 42
82d ; Ron. R. E. Boyle, Cold. Reg. Ft. Gas.;
Ft.; L S. O'Connor, Ist W. I. Reg. • J. Piggott,
Horne, 12th Ft. ; G. B. Dextrin, 9011) Ft. . L
P. Raymond, let Vt. • H. S. Bruere, 434 Ft.; I
T. M. Biddulph. Ist ilk Gds.; D. Young, 39:11
Fuo. Gds.; T. E. Lwey, 724 Ft. P. Smvly, 99th
15th Lt. Drag. • J. Gov, 40th Ft. ; 11. 3. Pogwe
Garr. QuarterM., Gibialtar ; J. Holland, 86th
W. I. Reg.; B. V. Liyard, 37th Ft.; J. L Elr'a
Gds.; W. E. Harmer, Ronal Reg. Horse ;
Cr. W. Mayow, 4th Drag. CAA.; Is. It. Thurlow,
43d Ft. ; J. Campbell, 57th Ft. ; E. Littledale, le
eBM IL ; Hon. D. H. Murray, Scots Fus. Ode.
R. *slim let Ft. ; R. S. Murray, 38th Ft. ; J
S. H. Look Id Ft.; W. Barnes, 17th Ft.; T
C. James, sub Ft.; E. C. Aneell, 74t
24th Ft.; C. H. Iliksonstone, Stet Ft.; G. 1
. J. Mayne, Ist Vt.; It Y. B. Rushbrooke, Scot
Cowper, 40th Ft.; A. Jerome, 75th Ft.; E.
Kerr, let Ft. • J. Roche, 2nd Life Gds.; T. S
Regt; J. Clarke, Ist West India alit.; F. 1
Gds.; W. H. Gillman, tots Ft.; J. 'Nem 54th
76th Ft.; J. Fraser, 35th Ft.; M. G. Plias, 10
25th Ft. ; 0. F. C. 8.061, 76th Ft.; lion. A. N. N
W. D. Davenport, 64th Ft. ; W. Sutton, Cape 5
hat, 3rd W. I. Regt.; A. I. Lockhat, 92nd Ft.
Regt.; T. Moore, 12th Ft.; J. Ford, 43rd Ft.;
lion. N. Pitt, Royal Regt. Hone Guards; W. 1
W. Johnston. 65th Ft.
Her Majesty has been pleased to apt
officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal
rank be, Brevet, as undermentioned. The
dated Nov. 9, 1846:
To as Lave-Gassa- -Major-Generals Sir T. IN
11. earwax,. ; A. Watson; E. r. Wank
H. W. Gardner; F. Walker; J. W. Tobin.

To as Maa.-G ea a —Colonel" J. Slower, late Rny:
late Royal IrOh Art.; P. Campbell, Ret. Royal
Ret. Royal Art. ; W. G. Power, A. Macalonahl, T.
J. P. Cockburn, It. U. Birch, J. Armstrong, T. P
It. J. J. Lacy.
.

To ea Cotk—Lieut-Colonels Sir W. M. G. Coin
Royal Irish Art. ; W. Cator, J. Chester, h. p. Roy
lan, C. Gilmour, Ret Royal Art ; S. Kirby, Ite.
Kettlewell, Ret. Royal Art. ; G. C. Coffin, Met I
lard, T. G. Browne, D. Grant, H. A. Scott, W. ti
To RE MAJORS—CapIaiIIS W. Hnlent, F. Wool
rater, H. Pester, R. W. Sion', G. James, C. !
11. Palliser, R. L. Wrath], J. A. Wilma, R. To
R. G. B. Wilson, B. Cu ,page, R. Burn, It. IL Bu
T. A. Lethbridge, D. TDorndl ie, IL Stow, W. I
H. Mee, T. Degbrisay, C. B. Symons, T. C. Robe.
ROYAL LNGCOMIP.
To as Lam-r..Gices.—Maj.-Gen. E. W. Dundo
F. R. Thaeheray, C. 8., Sir S. B. Chapman, C. 8.,
Nicol* O. Wright.

To a► Mar.-Gal.—Cal. Sir W. Oconee, C. 8., I
E. Fanabane,C.B , T. Cunningham, T. Colby.
To or COLS.—lieut.-Col. Sir I. M. F. Smith,
M. C. Dixon, I'. D. Calder.

To as Maaoaa.—Cant. G. Tait, H. It Brandret
J. E. rortlock, C. C. Alexander, G. C. Page, IL t
moor,, W. Faris, F. IL Baddeley, T. Dudgeon,
Wulff.

Her Majesty has been pleased to appoi
officers, of the Royal Marines, to talc rani
dermentioned. The commissions to be ds
To sr. Maros-Gans.--Coln. E. Nicol's, G. Lewin
C.IL, G. Jones, T. B. Adair, C. 8., W. IL Cool
To as Cot..—Lieut.-Col. J. Woolridge.
To an NiAlOlO.--Capt.. R. Ford. 11. J. Gillesp
Garmaton, J. 11. Stereos, W. Taylor, C. C. Prat
G. H. Corytoo, J. Ashmore, C. Feces, R. L. Hon
1.. Dawes, J. A. Philips, W. JoUife, W. Calamy,

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 0.
This day, in pursuance of her MAjest
following flag officers of her Majesty's dee
viz.:

To as ADMIRAL or rim Fumy.—Sir G. Martil
and G., Adm. of Me Red. _ .

To /IL AMIS. 07 WE RCP . —P. Steven'',
G.C.B. ; Sir E. Codrington. 0.C.8., G.C.St. M. up
H.C.B.—Adma of the White.
To as AMU. or me Wrtrre.—Sir C. Ogle, I
D'Arey Preston, ; M. Doteon, Eq. ; Hon. S
J. Giftard, Lg.—lame. of the Blur.
To ea ADMIL or rya Br.ta.—H. R. Glynn, Esc
Bart. 1CC.8.; Sir It. Laurie, Bart., ; au
o.C.lL—Vitio.Adtue. of the Red. .

-..
To as Vica-Anna. or rut RlTl.—Marquir of
IL Matron, Eoq. ; J. Mackellar, Esq. • G. Barker,
K.C.B. • W. Granger, Erg.; thr A. Diurnmoirl, I
Whi I.leingrione, Bart.; Mr F. W. Austen, K.C.B.
te.

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To so Tier-Anna or rnr Warm—T..l.Raling
K.C.8.; Z. Mudge, U. Hill, A. W. Schoenberg, t
K.C.H. ; Sir G. Mundan K.C.B. ; F. Warren,
Brims, G.C. Bt. H. and G. ; Fort of Gundonaid
W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8.; G. WlGaley.—V ice A
To Bo Vier-Awn. or not BLrL—R. Currey, E
Loring. K.C.8., K.C.H. ; Sir R. H. Bromley, Bat
verie, J. Dick, P. Mondani, M. Buckle, J. Allen
Neeham, Sir C. Sullen, K.C.B„ 1LC.11.; J. With
Praol—Rear-Adms. of the Red. _

To as Raza-Aona. o► TNt Rllll.—S. Butcher.
Rosa, C. 8.; Sr C. Malcolm, Knt.; Hon. G. Ell
Fitzroy, K.C.13.; M. Godwin, Sr 11. Pigot, Kt
Hawker, Sir C. Itiehardzon, h.C.8.; F. Temple,
Gordon, K.C.8.; Hon. F. W, Aylmer, C.B. ; K. T
J. 8. Carden, J. Sykes, J. Impey, H. 21.0mman
the White. _ _

To as Resa-Anws, or sue Wnirs.—Sir J. C.
Apoongh, St T. J.Coehrane, lint., C.B. ; Sir G.
C. 8., G.C.11.; Ilon.G. Pouted ; Sir W. B. Praia
Mon ; E. katia ; C. P. B. Bateman; M. A. N. de
Hon. J. Pert4C.B. ; Hon. Sir A. Maitland, C.ll
Hon G. ; Lord Radstock, C. B. ; Earl 0
Tucker, K.C. —Rear-Adms. of the Blue.
To as ablilli..ADOP. OP THE BLVl.—Cart. Y.
Dillon. ; T. Searle, C.B. ; H. Hope,
Knt. t.R.. K.C.H. ; W. Ward; Sir S. J. R. I
1LC.11.; R. Elliott ; C. P. Dal), C. 8.: Hon. Sir Y
C. 8., FMK. ; Sir Y. A. Corner, lint., C. 8..
Ring; clir C. Napier, K.C.B. ; J. B. Purvis: W.
thin, C. 8.; P. llornby, C. 8.; Hon. W. Gordon ;
P. Brogan.

To al Carrillo.--Commanders J. Kahn, G.
Haynes, W H. Highs, J. S. W. Johnson, G. Bake.
Kitchen, J. Cake, B. P. Gambier, A. Harley, •
Itioketta. Bart.. T. S. Thompson, W. IL Jervis, J.
E. Edgell, H. B. Younit, J. H. Ward, E. St. Leg
ddaell, It. Barton, F. IL H. Glasse, C. G. Robin'
R. Goer, C. J. Hosanoust, C. 0. Hayes. J. 841111
Hui. E. Plunkett, E. Ommanney, W. F. Glanvill
Stephens, W. W. (lumbers, C.M. IL Wrlabt,
11. P. White, J. W. Noble, IL K. E. Allen, W. Mat
W. W. llornby.
To as COIIIMANDERK—Lirotenants F.. lifoaray,
I Knott, H. J. Jones. G. Bottler, D. Weleb, F. Win
Brand, .1. 'larding, J. iMepbes. J. Itamitnni
Critchell, G. Bpong, W. Carr, W. V. Bead, C. E
Inch, W. T. Cirifiltha, E. Franklin, B. Down,
Finch, J. J. K.Donnell, W. Ilowat, H. E. Wing!
E. E. Gray, C. Hadstray, G. Harm, W. O'Bryco
man, C. Jenkin, W. M. I. G. Pasco, J. B. West,
Rodney, C. H. Baker, W. 0. Mande (11).-IL Bra
Mende., J. W. Tanning% F. Holland, W. Itei4
Katona, D. R. B. Mapleton, G. Clore. W. Bath
n. Debbie, A. Little, C. T. Campbell, H. 8. 11
Firm, O. G. Randolph, It. Curtis, 11. A. Bugg,
Burnett, F. F. Johnston, IL E. S. Wintkorp. T. 11
ming, 0. I'. Knott, 0. Johnson, Iton. G. D. Kea
R. R. Hain, K. R. Western, E. M. Lyons. Inn' A
IL King (B), IL B. smith, J. Willcox, J. M. It. Inn
MATD, TO IR LIEUTENANT44—C. Vesey, It. lien,
J. 8. Darrell, G. A. E. Itidge, It. IL 11. Ilen•ls,
IL C. Laid, F. W. Gough, C. F. Dee Va:ux, K. •t.

Sm Murray,
WW. H. Elaircts W. Swinburn-
MAarnas...—.T. Arundel, G. J. Gibbon, D.
W. Symonds, W. IL Crane, B: Simpson,
L Norway, F. J. Rent. T. 3. Whiffler, W.
J. Willis, W. H. Williams, J. r: Beckett,
es Bimoloss.—L D. Barhanan, R. Hay.
a, J. S. Davidson. W. Roberts, W. Crot-
ord, D. Ritchie, R. Dalton, R. Anacreon,
J.G. Risk, A. Brown, J. H. ITaire, 3. 0.
H. O'llamm, M.D., H. 3. Doraville.
as AND FVLIICRAL—W. Mertidith, C. J. J.
maturio, C 11. Elkins, H. K. Comore; .1.
',ewe, 11. S. Hooper, C. S. Cite,- 3. W.
,T. Ramage, J. Z. Antey, Wiles,
T. Pidcork.

i noticed in last night's Gazette
issued, at the end of fourteen days;
) serve in Parliament for the county
'nee of the death of Patrick Maiwell
representative of that county.
. PANCitAS WORKIIOUSE.—Yes.
meeting of the Board of Directors of
took place in the Board-room of the
Camden-town, for the purpose of
to the recent report of the Poor-law
r.ce to the late inquest on the pauper
the general treatment and manage-
. Pancras workhouse. Mr. Church-
led the chair, and having read the
loners, as also the remarks and re-
'erre, as to tit: dietary and 'ventilation
wad the following reply to the Com-
their secretary :
Cordon-street. Gordon square, Nov IR.
etter of the 24th of Mont.(' addressed to
rectors of the Poor of f 4. Pouserss to "We,
'oor-Laws Ceframissioners, that t2te..dietary

thetas Workhouse was established many
and sanction of several eminent medical
tore of the inmates of the oakum wards
well as by the present medical staff of the
much as the other able-bodied inmates,
m the general body, have a great r allow-
solved to make the dietary of those wards
moral body of the inmates I am also
is proposed by the report of the directors,
already forwarded to the commissioners,
ments which take place in the workhouse,
Imrt les punished will in future be brought
!Aber directed to state, that although, in
seer may have refused todieharpo inmates
ut without the order of the Hoard, it has
he parties applying would not mei= any
r discharge, and would give no amaranth
again within a very short space of time.
or as pomeible the inconvenience and mis.
lowing the able-bodied poor to leave the
an at short intervals, without interfering
their liberty—the Board has re.
inmates, who claim their discharge
d be re-admitted within a week, except
acridity or Friday. This of course does not
Is for lodging the destitute !worriers poor.
to my that the directors have fully cond.
rre. The removal of the dampness of the
y, by the means suggested in the report of
h. Farm, has been alreaey in part effected,
he formation of open areas as soon an the
it danger to the foundation of the building.
rooms have been limited to the number
he dietary of the oakum-wards has been
t of the inmates as before stated. The
ivy in the yard, which had been de-
n, has been restored. and they are
but, if they should abuse this privilege,
utnesion with the upper room. The sus-
e otiose d part of the yard in front, for
, in conjunction with other alterations and
pe, which the increase in the popu:ation
Whitt, the employment in which he was
nature, and was as nearly as possible at
'red from it by the muter, and although
toaster should have deprived Wbitt of any
oyed, on account of the statements which
lireetore are not disposed to give him any
ting from deprivation of employment for a
y employment of the house having been

of resolutions of the vestry and directors
hitt's case : . _

Wry cons ider the reason, assigned by Me Lee
tt from the carpenter's shop most ansatisfac.
and therefore I s,:fastfully requestthe direc-
: the said man Whitt to be remstated in his
at the resolution of the vestry as to the man
jetted to the Board, this Board concurs with
: it was inJudtctous in Mr. Lee to hare did_
hie temporary etnployment, under the dr-
with which that diemimal took place. But
to the paramount necessity of preserving
ionfost the inmates of the workhouse, deems
he said man In his former occupation in the
is ease into further consideratirm."

to ray that besides the regulations printed
able, there are numerous rules and regul,
old management of the workhouse and all
, sanctioned and agreed to by the vestry ,1
rules and regulations, with others founded
tithe directors, being still in force, will, it
asking any regulations for the workhouse
ramissionen, unnecessary. I enclose here-
d regulations for the guidance of the master
tent of the workhouse above referred to.--I
your obedient servant, J. M'ainorr, Clerk.
Secretary Poor Law Commissioners."
made several objections to various
and, in reference to the case of Whitt,
:!, the master, be called in and ordered
he house required to be done, Whitt
ad intimation to that effect be embo-
commissioners ;" hot there being no
!II to the ground.— Mr. Douglas hay-
iutions of the vestry and directors as
cy were withdrawn; and on the mo-
, the answer as amended was adopted
red to be sent forthwith to the Poor-
le Board then broke up.
ETY.—Yesterday, the second of a
course of delivery under the auspices
oting Peace, and for the Abolition of
one of the large rooms of the Hall of
Ile-street. The lecturer of the even-
:pp, jun., who was announced as the
Pioneer, published at Lynn, Massa-
States. The subjects upon which, as
Clapp proposed to treat, were " The
pint of peace," and after describing
tat ►ody of his fellow-countrymen, not
sanee of pacific relations between the
establishment of a complete brother-
ng between the sons of Old and New
roceeded to argue that the spirit of
as upon retaliation and revenge,
ith Christianity, and that the
ouraged those passions, engendered
orruption, and therefore ought to be
the day was not distant when the
e hcra'dic bearing of America, would
ore, and that the lion, which was app-
,o the arms of Great Britain, would
He contended that as the passions
ige would be checked in individuals,
curbed in nations, and that the prin-
the domestic hearth, ought to dictate
arse of duty. It was to give effect to
and many of his countrymen desired
to abelivh and exercise the spirit of
lured several interesting narratives in
.s in illustration of his arguments, and
Lich occupied upwards of two hours in
!neral plaudits. The hall was fully
the members of the Society of Friends.
e delivered on Tuesday evening next,
k, of Chatham.
Sctioot..—A meeting was held
u Tavern, fur the purpose of electing
and three females, to the charity ;
!ended. There was a great number
lowing are the names of the success-
ober of votes for each :—Thos. Bird,
1948 ; George Stockley, 1209. Mary
:ary Baron, 1253; Mary Anne Davis,
ER REPRESENTATION.—Sir,—In
of Gazette the account of the meeting at
doucester Representation," which appeared
inlay, you have fallen into an error, which,
onee to myself, may be of moment to the
nty. I allude to your using the initial letter
or Grenville or Grantley), in that part of my
sin I state " that I hoped they would find
red in Mr. Grenville Berkeley." In the
.keley, and Mr. Grantley Berkeley, being the
o election, I trust the use of the initial letter
conforlon, and perhaps the insertion of this
y be the means of preventing many Liberal
ved.—Cruana Rusam—Eiloe, Gloucester-

OF SURGEONS.—The following
lergone the usual examinations, were
hi, college, viz., Messrs. R. H. Leach,
W. Bradley, Kidderminster; W. B.
. Oething, Newport, Monmouthshire;
; H. Murney, Belfast; J. Bland,
ham; J Barber, Sheffield; F. Hope,
, Hull ; and J. T. Brooke, Stockport.
dr. W. M'Kenzie Saunders paned for
rentleman's diploma, from the same
ry 10, 1840. Mr. W. E. O'Brien also
t.
IPLE.—The undermentioned have

bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle
ru in before the Benchers on Saturday
Bayford, Worn. J. Cockle, A. B.
G. B. Van Buren, J. D. Coleridge,
ighan, W. Milo, C. Milliard, and H.

UNTERS AND ME ROBBERY OF
sides the books fraudulently obtained
ries, as noticed in our paper of yester-
nd the police courts of Marylebone,
-street have been similarly plundered.
hole sets of handsomely-bound statutes
ocured, is somewhat remarkable. An
presented himself at each of the above
Lc, addressed to no person, but sub-
name of one of the gentlemen be-
es printing-office. Upon presente-
r and suspicious-looking document,

red up, without hesitation or inquiry,
)raries and offices we have mentioned.
la in the note was that the volumes
printing-office to correct a mistake
mind numbers of the statutes, and to
it was added that this was " an sant-
We have since ascertained that such is
ire no known errors in the Public Acts
I. As the statement impugns a print-
,rhaps—a3 it ought to be—the most
ta, readily correct it. During the last
000 rages passed through the presses
yet, so far us has yet been aseer-
r was committed. In the Custom's

Bill, the words " or " and " and " were transpose 1, but only in
a few copies, for the mistake was obaerved in time to correat it
for the rest of the impression. The stolen books were very
expensively bout.d, but can only be converted into waste
W per by tho thief, to whom a clue has been found.
IE WAKLEY T'ESTIMONIA L.—The eubecriptions,
for the purpose of presenting Mr. Wakley with some testi-
monial in consideration of his services as coroner, and his
efforts to effect an abolition of naval and military flogging,
ate favourably progressing. John Walter, Esq., of Bear-
wood, Berke, has presented the committee with 101. in fur-
therance of this object, and the auxiliary fund has already
been contributed to, by from 2,500 to 3,000 donors. In the
Course of tho ensuing week public meetings will be held in
! various parts of the metropolis ; the first—of the inhabitants
! of Finsbury—being announced for Monday next.
EMIGRATION AGENTS.—Sir,—Knowing the interest
you take in the welfare .ef the British emigrant, I talrc the liberty of
Sending you the copy of a letter I received a few days since, detailinz
ohe of the many hardships endured by those poor people from the
=ries/mew, neglect, or cupidity of brokers and emigrant agents. The
poor man in question left the North of Ireland a fortnight since, fur
the purpose of emigrating with his family wife and four or live
children) to America. He took his passage in a vessel for Philadelphia,
out of which (asyou will see) he was unceremoniously turned at the
moment of departure. In the burry of getting his children and
baggage on shore, he falls between the ship's side and the dock wall;
is miraculously saved from the meet imminent peril, but tee-Urea a
severe injury of the chest, which lave him on a bed of sickneve. His
unexpected detention at Liverpool clients him of the last of his slender
resourcea, and, to add to li is misfortune, be in now sent 1 ut by the broker
in aship bound for Boston, where he will land in the depth of an Ame-
rican winter, friendlera and penniless• whilst at Philadelphia—his
oricinal destination—he would have foind three brothers, from whom
he would, at least, obtain the shelter of a roof for himself and his
family on landing. I may add that the subject of this letter is an
honest, sober, and industrious man, and an old soldier, who e consti-
tution has been much impaired in the faithful service of his country.
—I am, lex., Vaitrus.
[Corti Liverpool, Nov. 4.
G. R. D—u., Fin.—Sir,-1 take the liberty of sending you these
few lines to let you know the accident that has happened me in Liver-
pool. The broker I took my passage from had not returned me on the
books to the captain of the vessel, and lie turned me and my family
out of her when sailing out of the docks, and In the hurry of getting
my things on shore I fell in between the vessel and the pier, and I am
severely injured in the right breist, and I have now got a blister on,
but am in the way of recovery. He has now transferred me into the
ship Colombo for Boston, to wail on the 10th ; and I am very hard up
as my money is all spent, and if your hooour would be so land as to
send me a trifle to help to pay my lodging and boy some provisions I
want, with the help of God I will hand it to Colonel —alter my
arrival in Canada, and he would transfer it to your honour,—SigneQ
Janes KELLT. . - -

THE GRAND POLISH BALL AT GUILDHALL is fixed
for Wednesday, the 18th inst. All the decorative arrange-
ments, as prepared for the Lord Mayor's day, are pr• served,
and some further embellishments will be added. The
tapestry, worked and presented by the ladies of Poland to
Lord Dudley Stuart, will Mao be exhibited in the hall, to
gratify the curiosity of many who have not had an opportu-
nity of seeing it yet.
VARIATIONS IN THE PRICE OF BREAM—Yester-
day the bakers in Clare-market, Drury-lane, Holborn, and
its vicinity, made a reduction of one half-penny in the price
of the 41b. loaf, while, at the same time, those resident at the
West End, the City, and other parts, made an advance of a
similar sum on the loaf of the same weight and quality. The
following is the singular variations in the, price of that im-
portant article of consumption in the several districts of the
metropolis. In the bormgh of Southwark, St. George's,
Newington, fee., the price is almost exclusively Bd. and 81d.,
while in the adjoining pari.h of Lambeth, New Cut, Lower
Marsh, &c.' the highest is 7.1c1. but the more general price is
7d. only. In the City, with a few exceptions, the sum
demanded is Bid. and in some instances 9d. ; but at the
eastern portion of City, and just beyond the boundaries,
extending to Shoreditch from lihhoisgAte-street, ike, Bd. is
the highest. The bakers in Whitechapti and its neighbour-
hood demand but 71d., where but a short distar ce westward
Sid. and 9d. is charge•l. Variations of an equal extent also
'list with regard to the best or full-price tread. In some
districts only 6jd. being charged, the present average takes
the range of between that sum and 10d.
THE COPPER TRADE.—The following memorial is
now receiving numerous signatures at Birmingham :
" To THE RlkilflOlON. TIM Lotus CODINIWIONII4II or rata kluesres
Tareevar.-The memorial of the undersigned merchan manufre..-
turers, brass-founders, coppersmiths, metal merchants, lie., of Bir-
mingham, respectfully showeth, That your memorialists have already,
on various occasions, addressed her Majesty's government on the evils,
impaliey, and hardship to which they have been subjected by the duty
levied for the first time by the tariff of 1842 on the importation of
forage copper ores-such duty having been at the time expressly
stated by the then President of the Board of Trade, in his place
In the House of Commons, to be an experiment open for
revision. That Chill has for many years been an extensive and
increasing customer for British fabrics; but, nut being a manufac-
turing country, possesses but few means of repayment fur our manu-
factures, except by her copper orow That the copper one of I hill
arc, therefore, of great advantage to the British merchant, as a return
for his exports of British manufactures as well as to the British
smelter, from their excellent quality, and to the British shipowner, as
affording back cargoes to his vensels, which might, without them,
have to return in ballast That the British miner ban not only large
and ample protection in the necessary expense of labour, as well as
in the oat of conveyance from the mines to the shipping ports (from
which they are in all cares in Chili very dietant), and in the length
of transit to this country, the cost of which is materially a nhoneed by ,
the carrying of these ores being now exclusively confined to Brill&
shipping-but that he also derives much benefit from the copper
trade being mainly concentrated in this country, a circumstance
which must eviden'ly tend to the maintenance of greater stes-
dines, In prices, by giving to the British copper trade the command
of foreign markets. That the smelting of copper ores in Chili previous
t 4 1842 had been gradually decreasing, and had nearly ceased, the
miners finding it more advantageous to sell, or consign their ores for
sate, to the British merchants. That, stiteequently, your memorialists
have shown that in Chili the smelting of copper ores has been most
extensively resumed, and that new works have been established In
parte of that country where wood and coal ate plentiful-parts in
which smelting hail not heretofore been practised-and that, in come-
quence, inexact of copper ores, copper bars and pigs are now largely
sent to Europe, whereby the continental copper and braes manufac-
turer. ore supplied, to the injury of the British smelter, the manufac-
turing interest, and of the shipowner ; whilst in the ('sited Mates,
where heretofore the smelting of copper did nut exist, measures
have been taken for smelting ; and, particularly, two smelting
works, upon an extensive wale, have been establiehed -one at
Boston, and the other at Baltimore-and are now in operation;
considerable quantities of copper mot have been received in that
country from Chill, end contracts for Chili= ores have been entered
into, and are offered by United States merchants, who have proffered
to pay beyond the price obtained for similar ores in the English mar-
kets, an your petitioners are prepared to prove. Copper ores have
also been sent trout Chili to Pronto and Sweden-a circumstance here-
tofore unprecedented- and the evil effects of the duty are further and
meet conclusively shown by the serious falling off of the import of
South American copper ores into Engtand, and the diminution of the
duty temporarily derived front that source. That during the last
[radon of parliament your memorialists laid their ease before the late
Prime Minister, who admitted it to be a strong one; but the financial
arrangements for the year basing been made, no alteration could then
be admitted. That though from circumstances connected with the
loans to the Chilian miners and other facts, which have been ad-
verted to, the imports of Chilies capper ores did not immediately 101 l
off upon the imposition of the duty in 1842; yet that such falling off
has now decidedly manifested itself, as is shown by the diminution
in the amount of duty received, as derived from the parliamentary
returns, the sum obtained from this source in the year ending Sth
January, 1845, having been 75,2011. Os. 10d., whilst in the year end-
ing sth January, 1846, it wasonly 59,000f.,being a falling off of 16,0001
or 21 per cent. can one year; and as it is believed that the result of the
current year will show a yet more decisive decrease, it is respectfully
submitted that this source of revenue must seances,* to be productive.
Your memorialists, therefore, venture to hope that, inasmuch as this
remaining remnant of an otherwise abandoned policy la producing
such manifest and irreparable Injury to the numerous and important
intrrests Involved, and is endangering the existence of a trade which
hat become important to many, and esentill to some of the trailing
Interests of this kingdom, and which is disturbing our friendly coo.
meretal relations with s rising and industrious country, no consider*.
tiens founded upon the email and yearly decreasing revenue derived from
the duty will be allowed to prevent ire tmmediaterepeal, the propriety
and even pressing necessity of which they respectfully urge upon your
lordship's consideration.-I. That an extensive trade in the manufac-
tures of this town and neighbourhood is carried on to the states of
South America and the island of Cube, and that your memorialists
are much interested in the unrestricted import of foreign copper ore,
mit is the meet available return for the value of their exports. 2.
That there hoe been of late years a great falling off in the export to the
Continent and America of British manufactured articles of brat* and
copper, inconsequence of the same being supplied bymanufacturers in
Belgium and Prance, who have unrestricted trade in foreign copper
and copper ore. S. That this is a very important branch of
the manufacturing trade of this town and neighbourhood;
the metals brass and copper entering into the composition of
most of the articles on which the largest portion of the population are
employed. 4. That the price of copper in thia country, notwithstutd-
ing the decline in the value of the manufactured articles abroad, has
maintained a high range for the last two yews ; and that your memo-
rialists ooneider that this has been supported by the restricted intro-
duction of foreign copper ore, which is peculiarly adapted to the
preparation of tine metal much required in the Birmingham mane-
factures"
The above is comprised in a similar memorial now in
course of signature at Liverpool, with the matter referring
more particularly to the shipping and smelting interests
omitted, but with the addition of some clauses referring
to the manufacturing and foreign export trades in which
Birmingham is concerned.
GUNPOWDER.—The exportation of British gun-
powder was formerly prohibited, but such restriction has
been discontinued for some years past, and at the present
time a French bark is lying at Erith, in the river Thames,
loading with this destructive material. It will take in a
of 4,000 barrels, which has been supplied by Messrs.
cargo
the gunpowder manufacturers, of Davington, near
Faversham.-Canterbury Journal.
GOOSE GREASE.—A vessel arrived in the river from
St. Petersburg with a cargo of tallow,wood, and other goods,
has brought 27 casks of goose grease, of Russian produce.
The article is by no means an unknown one in this country,
and is used in various war, but more particularly as a re-
storer of alight wounds or cracks in the skin, caused by the
exposure to the cold winds, in consequence of its healing
properties, and for other purposes, but we cannot call to
memory an importation of the article before taking place
from Russia, or any other foreign country, and therefore,
although the arrival be of no commercial importance, the
nature of it will be of interest.
- • .

IMPORTATION OF BoNas.—A vessel arrived from
Algot,. Bay, Cape of Good Hope, has brought, besides a
general cargo, comprising every variety of the usual supplies
from the quarter under notice, the large quantity of 82,3201 be.
weight of dry bones. The arrival of so large a quantity of
animal bones in one vessel from the Cape is rather remark-
able, for whatever purpose they are intended.
THE SEA SERPENT EXPLAINED.—I talked (says
Mr. Kohl) with a Norway seaman about the celebrated
enormous sea serpent. The explanation which he gave of
the phenomenon seems to be worthy of notice. He said he
did not believe in the existence of such a monster; but that
he had often seen c. rtain small fishes, which have the habit
of swimming close together in a long narrow shoal; and
that, as they dived or rose, they might present some appear-
ance resembling; the joints of a vast serpent.
CHEAP FARES.-SO successful have been the expe-
riments on this system from Hungerford-market to Pad-
dington, that it is now in practice en the line ofroad from the
Eastern Counties Railway to the Elephant and Castle, the
fare being threepence.
PRIVATES MATHEWSON AND COOK OF THE
SEVENTH HUS.SARS.—Last evening, a meeting of the gen •
tlemcn who have firmed themselves into a committee for
"purchasing the sli4charge of privates Mathewson and
Cook, witnesses at the late c 'tuner's inquest at Hounslow,
from the 7th Husears," took place at the Wire Post= Tavern,
Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, fee the purpo-c of rteeiving the rc-

port of the treasurer and secretary, and to determine on the
most efficient measures for carrying out the humane object
of the committee. Subserkttions exceeding 301. in amount
were announced. The requisite sum is 501., being 301. for
Mathewson, as he has only been in the regiment a few
months, and 201. fur Cook, who has been ten years in the
service.

•--
FORGERY BY A FOSTMASTER.—Yesterday procla-
mations were posted throughout the metropolis, offering a
reward of fifty guineas fur the apprehension of Mr. James
Morse, chemist and druggist, of Barnet, Hertfordshire, who
has filled the office of deputy-postmsattr for a considerable
time past. It appeared that he has committted forgeries to
a very great extent on the money-order departmmt of the
post-office. The authorities endeavoured to arrest the dello•
quent, but Morse had fled a few hours previous to the arrival
of the officers, and is supposed to have gone to the United
States.

FIRE NEAR TILE REGENT'S-PARK.—Last evening,
between the hours of seven and eight, a fire of a very alarm-
, iog nature broke out in the private residence belonging to
, Mrs. Needham, No. 12, Stanhope-street, Park-place,
Regent's-park. It appears that whilst the inmates were
conversing together in the drawing-room, they heard the
crackling of wood, and upon making an examination, it was
ascertained that the two pair back-room was in flames, which
soon travelled through the roof and rose to an alarming
height. The inmates of the adjoining building being appre-
hensive that the fire would not be confined to one house,
tore away the upper windows, and commenced throwing out
their furniture into the street, which was afterwards re-
moved to the grounds of the Edinburgh Castle Tavern
for protection. By so d ing, considerable damage was
done to the costly articles by breakage and water.
'lnformation having been despatched to the several
engine stations belonging to the London brigade, with all
promptitude the engines from Wells-street, Crown-street,
High Holborn, King-street, and Bakeraitreet, arrived. Un-
fortunately, however, the firemen had to wait upwards of
twenty minutes before any water could be procured from
the mains; meanwhile the fire continued to descend the
staircase and through the flooring into the rooms be-
neath. Water having at length been obtained, the engines
were immediately set to work, and the same having been
worked by the firemen and a strong muster of horse soldiers
from the Albany-street barracks, the flames were b' nine
o'clock entirely extiogui-hed. The damage done is con-
siderable, but fortunately M. a Needham is insured in the
County Office. The origin of the fire could not be
ascertained.
ACCIDENT.—THROWN FROM A HORSE.-011 MOII-
day an accident of a most fearful character happened
to Mr. Champney, inspector of the S division of police, who
was riding along Regent-street, when the animal suddenly
took fright, paced off at an alarming rate, and, coming in
direct collision with a hackney cab, the rider was thrown
with great violence, several of his ribs were fractured, and
his leg broken. Mr. Champney was picked up in an in-
sensible state, and removed at once to the Charing-cross
Hospital, where the surgeons pronounced him to be in a
dangerous state.
IN QU EST. —A YOUTH'S DEATH-RED.—Yesterday, an
inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Fox, Kingaland-
road, on the body of Joseph Gosling, aged 17. It appeari
that the deceased was in the service of Mr. Towne, a surgeon,
as errand boy, and on Thursday evening last was sent with
some medicine to a patient at a short distance, and being
absent some hours, a search was made for him in the neigh-
bourhoce; and eventually he was found by his sister sitting
on his basket near the canal bridge, unable to walk home,
from a severe pain in his chest. On being taken to his
master's he was orderNl home, and the proper remedies
supplied. About one o'clock in the morning Mr. Towne
was sent for, and on his arrival the deceased expressed his
satisfaction that his muter had come to see him die, andsaid,
" I shall soon be in my pretty box, where my brothers and
sisters are;" and soon afterwards expired. Mr. Towne
expressed his opinion that death resulted from the rupture of
one of the vessels of the heart. Verdict—" Natural death."
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING.
—This axiom was thus handled by Mr. Macaulay, in hi,
speech at the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, last
week :
"There is Indeed a topic which I have heard often urged, and some-
times by men of eminence, against this and similar hese townie, which
1 big, with your, permission, to notice. Their dread is of superficial
knowledge. They say knowledge is undoubtedly a great blessing to
mankind. It is closely connected with virtue—it Is an indispensable
preparative to freedom—but then, it must be profound knowledge.
They say, that a reading public - • crowd of people who have a little
of mathematics, a little of astronomy, a little of chemistry, a little
reading of poetry, a little reading of history, Ls dangerous to states.
Such a species of half knowledge is worse than ignorance.
Drink deep, or taste not; drink largely, or not at all. (A
laugh.) I will spare you repeating the well-known lines of
the poet. I must coerces this danger never appeared to me
very threatening; anti my reason for it is chiefly this, that I could
never prevail on any one perste, who entcrtiitted this apprehension
to let me know what was the standard of profundity. It is an area-
ment that presupposes that there is some line between prolsand owl
superficial knowledge similar to the line that runt between tentk.end
vice. I know of no such line. When we talk of men daises
do we mean that they have got to the bottom or near the =
When we talk of deep and shallow, am we comparing limes know-
with the vast r 113,4 of truth which is omaide of being knotty',
artd which probably in the course of ages the human mind will attain
to? If that be the meaning, then we are all shallow together, and
the greatest men that hare ever lived would be the first to coefess
their shallowness. If we could call up the mama of human
beings—tsar Isaac Newton—and if we were to ask hen,
whether even in those particular pursuits in which he
attained the highest excellence, he considered himself an
profoundly, knowing by comparison with the mass which Is
capable of being known, he would have told you, that he was a
smatterer like ourselves, and that the difference between him and
you vanished when compared with the difference between the mass of
science to be explored; Just so the distance between a person on the
level of the sea and a person on the top of Benlomond utterly vanishes
when making observations on the fixed sham But if this le.• nut the r
standard,. what is their standard? Is it the same for one year toge-
ther—or is It the same in any two countries! is it not notorious that
what Is profundity in one counter, is coneidered to be shallowness in
another t Is it not notorious that the profundity of one generation is
shallowness in the next! What now would be the chemists of
1716, or the geologists of 1716, compared with the chemists or geolo-
gists of 1846 ! There is a necemary and natural progress in every ex-
perimental science, of such a nature, that in one generation the hind
rank necessarily occupies the place which the Aire rank occupies in
mother generation. That same knowledge which entitled Rtunohun
Roy to be called the mast profound among the Ilindoos, would have
have made but a very superficial member of this iestitute. That va-
rious knowkdge which entitled Strain to he called a profound gm-
gopher, would have been called ignorance on the part of a girl from
the boarding-school. I doubt not that a copy of Mr John lierschell's
beautiful work on astroLoiny will be found in your institute. A very
few evenings spent over the perusal of that volume will not,
It is true, enable one to cast the nativities of your children ; but it will,
I believe, give him a far more correct and more profound notion of
the solar system, and of the laws which govern the heavenly bodies,
than the greatest astronomer of the 13th century powwows:l. Or
take the science of chemistry. Our great man—fur we will suppose
him to be a universal genius—our great man of the 13th century is
a great chemist. lie, perhaps, has got as far us the very pillars of
the Ilemules of his chemistry—for such it was regarded in that day ,•
he has perhaps got asfar as to know, that if you mix charcoal and
saltpetre together in certain proportions, there will be a great
expbdon. But, of the possibility of employing this know-
ledge to make a revolution in the art of war, or to
accomplish vast scientific results, he has no conception.
But there are things in which he goes beyond the reach of
modern chemists. Ile is in pursuit of the philosopher's stone; and
he has an array of saltpetre, and of red oil and white oil, burning
night and morning, and he entertains the firm conviction that by
means of those stews he will some morning turn all his pots and pans
into gold. Now. suppose that Professor naiades, wua induced to
give lectures in this institute, something like the counewhich I heard
him give to the children in London on Christome-day. In that case,
I believe that I may promise that you would carry away from these
lectures a much more accurate and profound knowledge of ehemistry,
than a chemist who would have been considered worthy of the pa-
tronage of kings, could possibly have given in the course of years in
the thirteenth century.'

STATISTICAL TABLE OF RAILWAY
ACCIDENTS. _

We extract the following from a work just pub-
lished by that eminent statistical writer, Freiherr Von Reden
(Etsenbahn-Jahrbuch Bahn-beande and &ewes be-
!Conk's.)
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I. Comparative table of the number of deaths in one year by railway
szeitlents, in proportion to the number of passengers.
Most ta•oursble. Worst year. AreTage year.
France lin 3,302,000 ... lin 254,000 ... lin 1,143,000
Pmgbind lin 947,000 ... lin 167,000 ... lin 394,000
Belgium lin 806,000 ... lin 257,000 ... lin 441,000
Germany lin 8,089,000 ... lin 1,248,000 ... lln 3,527,000
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f we take the average year (between the most favourable
and worst year) as a guide, the number of deaths in propor-
tion to the number of persmis conveyed, is greatest in Eng-
land ; then come Belgium, France, and Germany.
2. Comparative table of the number of wounded, in proportion to the
number of persons conveyed in one year.
Most favourable. Worst year. Between the two,
France lin 2,201,000 ... lin 58,000 ... lin 79',000
England lin 1,29.000 ... lin 90,000 ... lin 404,000
Belgium lin 389,000 ... lin 123,000 ... lln 227,000
Germany No accident. ... lin 810,000 ... lln 3,782,000
Although the most unfavourable proportion in this respect
(I in 38,000) is with France, still the subsequent years make
it up, and on an average France is better off than Belgium
and England. Germany alone is better.
3. Comparative table of dead and wounded during one year, in pro-
portion to the number of persons conveyed.
Most favourable. Worst year. Average year.
France lln 1,321,000 ... lin 25,000 ... lin 503,000
England lin 344.000 ... lln 64,000 ... lin 194,000
Belgium tin 209,000 .. lin SB,O tin 143,000
Germany lin 8,089,000 ... lin 499,000 .. lin 4,439,000
The most unfavourable proportion is again with France,
but subsequent years make up for it, so that as regards the
number of accidents Belgium numbers most, then come
England, France, and Germany. It must be observed
that the statement of accidents and persons injured
thereby on the railways of France, and for the first
year, of Germany
.also, is not so exact as on the railways of
England and Belgium ; as it is only the governments of the
two latter which exact a yearly correct report of the number
of railway accidents, and it is to be hoped that France and
Germany will follow their example.
4. Comparative table of accidents occasioned by faulty construction of
the line, or of the machinery, or by negligence of the pe: moos
employed, in proportion to the length of railway.

. . _ _
FRANCE.
Number of Length of Line proportim
Tears. Accidents. (German miles.)
1842
1843
1644
1843
One German mile is equal to 4•61-100 English.
ENGLAND.

Number of of Proportion.
Years.Anadente. Rail
1841
1842
1843
1844
GERMANY.
Number of Length of Proportion.
Yaw. Accidents. ILtiL
1841
1842 -
1443 -
11,11
1313