The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-31 00:00:00

Clic Court.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 23.
Some important modifications have just been in
troduced by the Belgian government into the corn-
mt reial law of J uly 21, 1844. The new p. ov S`0"8
are to the following effect:—Foreign vCSflt 16 1. rriving
from transatlantic countries', or from pieces situated
beyond the Straits ot Gibraltar, and having their hills
of lading made out in the name of Belgian com-
mercial houses, may, before their arrival in Belgium,
touch at Boack,, Cowes, Havre, and, Flushin , with-
out losing the advantage accorded to direct naviga-
tion, provided, however, they merely call st thou
ports to get orders, without doing any other bullies*
therein, and without lading or unlsding. 'fne bills
of lading must stem that the cargoes have b. en
shipped .n transatlantic ports for Belgian homes,
either as their property or on consignment to them
direct from those ports. The vouchers may de-
signate besides a Belgian port, other markets
as a subsidiary destination for the cargo The
bills of hiding must be vised by a special
agent, who (if he discover that the captain
applying to him possesses other papers showing
That tee cargo is not directly shipped on Belgian ac-
count and desined fur a Belgian house) is to give
only a conditional rise, in order that the minister of
finance may decide, on the arrival of the vessel in
Belgium, whether it shall be admitted to the- ecjoys
merit of the advantages conferred on direct navigsvion.
Novessel can put in at the above-named tour ports
longer than three days. The captain onus. furnish
the Belgian custom house with a certificate
the pirt at which he touched), stating how long he
remained there, and that there wee no lading or un-
lading, no clandestine sale nor aux bueiness trans-
acted. On the arrivalof the vessel in Belgium, the
party to whom the cargo is addressed must state in
writing that he does not intend to make a clandestine
sale of it, and that it his been really forwarded to
him direct from the port of lading, either as his pyo-
perty or on consignment.
The origin of the goods must be set forth in a
certificate given at the port ot lading, and po;.nting
MADRID, DEC 21. out, besides the species of cargo, the Lumber, and, if
necessary, the marks of the various packages ; such
In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies t .-dav, a
disaussion tsok place upon the election pewee dings at origin, moreover, must be described in the tell of
San Lacer is Mayer, a district in Andalusia. The lading, the manifesto, or the chart-r-party. This
however, is not required with ref
progresista deputy, Sanchez Silva, spoke in warm proof,
erence to ca-
terms as
terms on the subject, stating that all the late else-
goes shipped in ports which are follybeing places of production for such cargoes ; toe ra-
tions were a solemn farce, and that no deputies were
ample, mahogany shipp d in Cabs or lisyti, &e., end
chosen but those whom the good ple wire of the
ministry wished ; and the abuse of governmcntal in- cocoa from the Brazil's, St. Domingo, &e., parts
whsre such articles are natural pro:faction,.
fiaence had arrived at such a pitch, that terre were
The diminution of duties in favour of direct nevi-
men now brought into that chamber who, but a eh rt.
gation will not be accorded to snatch putting in at
time ago, had been porters. As Sartorius, the pre-
sent Home Minister, began public life as a sort of any European port, or lying in the rude in view of
any European port, situated between 40 and 55 dogs.
porter and hanger-on at the Mercado .:,ffice, he took
north latitude, out of the Black Sea, the Meeiter-
the observation u a p.rsonal one, and rep led to
Sanceez Silva in the style of Shakspeart's Pistol : cancan, and the Baltic. Should a vessel be obliged,
and repeated several times, almost choked wila pas. by stress of weather, or any other dominant cause, to
\ put in at a forbidden port, the captain mut procure
sion, that Sanchez Silva in any other place would P
tremble before him. Of course, according to tno cue- a certitio de from the Belgian consul verily lug those
the which so many military folks have brought into circumstances, and atteatiag that there was no lading
the chamber, a duel is to be the result, and which is or unlading. nor any transaction of business
to come off to-morrow morning. Belgian vessels have the advantage of peeing in
Demme 22. at any intermediate port, al dot being aliossed to land
Ye aterday, after the stormy discussion between I a portion of their cargoes, but not to ship any.
Santhez Silva and the Minister of the Home D• part- I Ane.ngst tne general provisions are the following :
msrit, concerning the election of a young protege of !In places where there is no Belgian consul, the nee,e- I
the minister, the Deputy Rivero made his promised sary certificates can be given by the consul of any 1
interp:llati in upon the Madrid municipal elembis . Iriendly nation, or by the head-officer of the customs;'
accusing the political ~Lief of Madrid of Lot allowirg ' any fraudulent conduct. er declarations will be es':-'
the lists to be scrutinised and rectified, aid of perm.,.- vi rely punished; and the crew may he obligee% if
\
tiog 275 votes to be oven in the names of pereots necessary, to depose to the truth of the cairtakn's
rece fly decease& 5,000 dollars was the sum paid statements.
i.th.:tgorifyaAnytagrituvigsora,nttsodftaor daisreaerrit nvaavliage.tL.o;honbelf,o.hree or pretended re be paid for the making the lists, Poreirra vessels will not come into the eel °meat
iwoligilaen3dom,oo;rkirengaltshwemouolduthmavoerebethenaipadiodufboli:twhheapTriwni:-6
ofth
paid on other ovasions. 365 ofßeink, whoa • sot tries ; s'l,tr,,its of Gibraltar are concerned i bee
,re the let of
and v ti r:,
iecun;ary means could not possibly glvd themye,.-y-,
1850, f.r Transatlantic se:rive's Iron be. old
riKiit of voting, had been registered as electors, 'Ad eape Hem and the Cape of ()foal Hope l nor betore
seiri voted of course for the modest? mutii,:i•fiby i-, "
the let of January, 1851, for more distaui arrivals
s^.4 among these electors may be found polic officers 1 from beyond those caper.

?ARIA, D.C. 29. I For
Mosey.

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!Drain Wilts, Lowest. clams.
3 per Cents N M
19 56 45 34 60 36 43 56 60
5 per Centel 93. 92.13 91 25 92:03 92 20
t do. New Loos " o ee
§ per Ceuta •• le n”
4 pos ONO. w o II
if IMO. aa bode e 30 days, 25.42 i 45 • 90 days, 25.00 324
Do. 4, DM
, 1942
Do. 4§
Do. 25 ...„.

Up to the hour of going t 3 press, our Paris plreela
of yesterday had not grand.

ITALY.
ROME.—The nate di Roma publishes a noti•
fication of the Provisional Municipal C)mmission,
dated the 18th, in which, after reminding the people
of Rime of the gratitude they owe to the French and
other foreign troops that had contributed to the paci-
fication of the country, it is stated that the Municipal
Commission has neglected nothing to procure the
foreign troops every possible comfort ; bat that the
enormous expenses it has hitherto incurred oblige
the commission to impose new taxes on the citizens
for that laudable purpose; that it has therefore been
decreed, with the consent of the superior authorities,
that the land-tax shall be increased by 15 centimes,
exc•pt on vineyards; that wine, vinegar, an I beer,
shall pay 56 cent. per barrel ; brandy, spirits of wine,
rum, and liquors, shall pay at the rate of sfr. per
barrel; and that the three mineral waters, called Ver-
gine, Felice, and Paolo, shall be subjected to dim' le
their present tax; these measures to be put in vigour
on and from the Ist of January.

SPAIN.

WINDSOR, Disc. 29.
The Queen and Prince Albert to .1 their nail
early morning walk.
Dec. 30.—The Quist: and Prince Albert took their mut
morning walk.
Her thirsty and his Royal H:ghness Prince Alb, rt, the
ladies and getilemen ci- the court, end the tiorovi,tio house-
hold attended divine S,VAC 'in the pries., .apel
The lion. and Wellesley cfficiasel, and ai:mit 's-
uited the holy communi m.

Her Royal Highn' e •he Duchess of Kent, attended
by the Beroners de S,•etr, arrived in town en ti•meday,
from Frogmore limpe, and visited het Serene Hi. cum the
Duchess of Saxe Weimar, at Maribimugh It. Ths
Ducheys sf Kent left h. r reai-ence, Clarence Huse, Bt.
Jaynes's, in the afternoon, acd returned to Fr gain

House.
Ht T Serer.e Hiztinesa the DuebeA of Saar WVillin,
with the Princessts Anti^ And Amelia of B.xt Weioli.r, sad
the Princes Edward and Gustavus of Sass Weituar,,ttsaded
divine service ytat..rdsy writing in the Cnaprl Itisl, St.
J am. s's.
Her Rep' Highn. se tie Ditches§ of Cambridge
visited and to_k !cave of her &stile HighttPss the Ducks
of S tie Wt jam r stt rdo) , at Mialboroutro H.use.
Her Serene Ilighr.res the Duchess of Sin Wein:
'fig ed her It ya. llighni s‘ the Duchess of Gluuctior yrs.
terday, ut Gloucester nous..

COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.--We nridt retstd that
Mr. George Crawford, of :IP- Irish bar. will receive the in-
portant appointment of Chief-Jagless of Actilla•le. Mr.
Crawford is neph-w of the late John Bratty Wu*. Q.C.,
who represented the city at Dublin for wane years in parlia-
ment. The salary attached t i the aka soc.ewnat . needs
8001. per annum.—Weekly Chronicle—M. T. O'Neill,
Esq ,is appointed Qom n'• k • .e iat Sierra Le ne. inch.
room f W C.C. Pine, Esq., appointed Lieut-nant Ci emu
at Natsl —Observer.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—Sir Charles Howell
having reiened his place as o e of the VAllill•biolleT, of the
mrtroyoli'an police, Mr. Richard Mayne bec•lnes chief
commissioner in his room, and Captain Wllltam Hay, the
as,i-tact commissioner, sie,ceeil to the pl .ce of commiisioser
rendered vacant by Sir Charles Rowan'. rgeenri A.—
Mr Seeker, the magistrate a' the S)uthwara pilaw out,
ail for the future sit at the Greenwich anti Woolwich
courts, instead a Mr. Gillr rt Alicekett, a hr has . icAsaged
'vitt Itfr. Seeker, and will in future preside at the S.,uthwuk
court as senior magistrate.

OPENING OF PARLIMIENT.—The commencement
of •he session was on Saturday gotifi-d in en income paper
as from authority, and it is to take piece on the lay day of
January. The Weekly Chronicle says:—" The pro:tenon-
isis intend to move en amendment on the Wu, to the
speech from the throne, the precise terms of %Web have not
yet been settled. We shall thus have so early t.pportppest-
urity
of ascertaining the strength of the resely.oreeniseo o
ti in. They pretend to be in high spirits, and to have disco-
vered some important admissions in Sir ll.,bert Peel's titter
to his tenantry. They lay p.rticular stress oath, ri,he hen.
baronet's expression of . po-rn that the atialiti-% of the ore
laws would maintain a range of low prices in average vasors,
and they will contend that it is conceal to the opinions he
expressed in 1848. As this was the avowed object of the
advocates of free trade, we do not see how the di covert' that
it has been effected Is calculated to help the prottetiouesta.
The opening of the session promises to b. Esey, and it will
probably he some time before real business it allowed to
• commence."
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TRE CR tDLE FOR 11ER MaJESTY.—We have seen
with much pleasure the progress of this important spec
ofimen
of the art of wood-carving, and augur most iaveorAhiy the
effect tke whole will produce in a state of completion. The
sides, which are flnidied, are carved in the chouget box, the
difliailty of procuring which wood has been one et inson eams'
fur the delay attending the %wilt. In the upper porti ON
frit x-s in relief, having an alternate introduction 0: Pressed
poppies,
asdesigned and execute with thr ptr.4t !eeliht.of
Italian taste. Beneath them isd a D'ild torus tnineld,tUldll
pinks, inset tad in fluted hollows. The two e, il. remoteull
fit
be produced, and to tit( m the utmost delicuer ot finish
entcd
l
be imparted. The interiors of Ilse rockers are . in.m
with foliated dolphins, and even the fiat Ve root the soot Ind
head are elaborately carved in'a) stroll-word. It ..ii a great
satiniaction to all who fe.l iit treated in *la Ow 2 recently)
neglected art, that her Majesty hes giver. the e tr
that when
alissian fte
s. splendid an simple of it ;6 and we feel armful,
cmmpleted, it will reflsct high meal'. en th artist, Mr.
6 1: .ners, and add greatly 10 the fame he has slrescy
(It"
blisned.—.Art Journal.
APPROACIIIFIO Matatton VS lIIG a Ltrit.--VO
nuptials of the Mon. Staab Elisabeth Copl,y, eldest dan3ll.-
ter of iOll4 Lyndhurst, and Mr. Selwyn, ealy son of r- k,.s•
Selwyn, of Down Hall, Essex, are to be 5,...c. 'liaised in. we
course of the ensuing month.

ROBBING THE MAIL—Some few nights sr, 111
the mad-ear season its way front Neuagh to rouplemore,
the driver was attacked near Moneygall, and ho
nnilb:.gs
taken out of the car. The b.gs were found br the p:,10
neor the towo on the next morning, being TA..id of the
the t e 27th ult., the daughter d I
conßtents.Drrn.-01
widow lady, named lon tra, waa carried al Wogs MO
country low, near Teapor.l (Sicily.) 0 , the •ullowisg
day the mother receiv4d an anonymous letter erstandiag
8,000 Sicilian OUUCet of gokt (worth 14. fr. eszh), as tba
ransom of bee danghttr. Ton moue, not hati cc been de'
posited in the appeintad s.wt, a ticead l -it. r sus blot,
demanding, WOO (MUNI, bud a third iic:ilted the dr
mend to 12.000, and a theist was held out ~ .. in &Wit
et payment the young lady would held
rut to - .11. it'
formation was given to the authorities. e..hr, at 111411
dcovered the place where the Was conealea. She had
not remised any rrsonal viol tie', but had 11.",‘n hrestool
with death unless she wrote to her enotirr nonttirg ha
to pay the ransom. She was taken b t.li in ,Jett
to 'nee home. She had been card. dof q .., bao(!,
11,4aded by a man Darned Vincenzo Patti, rat 1,1 NW;
...table in that country thin the Sanwa and In llaroitot
our comic operas.
ELASTIC GROTESQUE FACIES.--Thous.iuils of
s'lo-tisria
amusing toys (tens of thowands, perhaps), hot- bee_.
ported trout Germany, and told as gte.ca rrivhs ~gIT;
hut there is not a grain of gotta perch' or 1 :olio rum!,
them. They are cons in Glue end treacle, Ihe coti,,,,
of which prinling rolltn are maa.e, silbch it sitifotl
elastic. Guts perch& i• i.ot eh...alio, sad Ink, robrli
elastic for the slow :save cb.suge of ezprrs.Qacen;ri
squeeze. These faces are readily soluble, 'vo-1
_L'i .„gs
water soon m.lt, which ...inn,* be ii me %till 1""T '0
omits or India rulob:r ; a touch of 1'...e to gii, wlarl,
ir,
added colour will ra. be noun. d to spoil tor 'so. rt... 1.
scantly betray it.: composition. Surely some of cur . r
*.,
r:
out modeller:, can up-in this hint, mar, ,` m :1,..6. ,;i1
~
Nobly too, at one-third of their present 005t.—.4,1 •I'

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q pog THE WORM OP COLONIAL
GOVERNMENT.

, tbs above title the followic g proipectas is
i
lo Osgd
'OO ope of the society is Is aid in obtaining for
which it a tine Wes, of England, the
lassillolegresest of all local sinks by the colony
Mot **disposal of the waste loads, and the Ogits
in imelconstitutios at pliteauth.
or t_h2 views of the society, thie pot
sluoki
im oo
, thy ..tire rills( of distant slake from
ItetTnigg
a sand is local matters by a &pertinent
r_asogies is L of
instead of being isscompati-
IMSass to the crown of Erglesd, is really salmi.
nO, kr stowing disaffection. sad for the pre
il • disatemlurment of the British 1111110 fr, a
good attachment co tho part of the ooleni• s to-
w sober country ; and oleo to promote the adean.
mil th
oin sod mosr country, by reatosiog the
opeSiteLen t and affordiag a new and powerful ca-
me to colonisation proceeding frem the United
Nhe a *Ms object of the society's endeavours to
,sitbef Oasts" from the whole expense of the local
....1 of colosies, escort only that of the defense of
;Woos summon by Amiss powers at war with the
Loos by wliob the sttisty will endeavour to smut
• oboes we:
~... oriwed am vision, in the United Kingdom,
: 0 own yd the aba lu
e osisioss, with a view to ietlil
lopes and die:union, as well as cs-operative and
—oll amnion ; and, mare special's,. with a view to
ii mia c 30..t.0.t peepers i 4,11 VI prOftaitltS in pulls.
aineststances way sequin.
drat,: crg oust cl Cl> Operlitinli with the col-sies.
which d. sir, • to obtain the c.f operation of
t.,...... wit,/ to squire wet ociltraltell, in its local
0:171:14tod teeth et as agent in Engla• il, who may be
of NII 16111.1 is secret ited aomerusiaavora with the
PP
. so is the meantime, the heat arrapeemeot p ...id.
'7'...aery cemspo'swes with the color lee will be
te
AO- if sa•g. ir
sooty sill be eowp'ed of all 'sconce who shall eon- I
wo
obstriptims of out pound to the fund which will be
end ter the tapes, 9 of the ant yes?.
imooldiags of the me
UM ti• aty g
of laid be condueted
hift ; bylnd the
a coos
oiropa by a s anal its in, !s
oil Loy soluble at least olio a week doting the version
ntiasest.
to sidoeiss gentlemen has already consented to form
I Int eve .
B • Franits Wring. M.P.. Chairman
elewilldthlon. A. Stafford. Fag . M P.
R
B.w. ti Gibson J. Napier. BA.. M• P.
W. *holt f,b, . sm. i Simeon, BA . M.P.
C B. Addevl.y, Beg ,
6 T M.P.
I, agligE et: bl F. li. KeT & B leer.q., Da P
Soh • Pli Y. M. J. li=oriao, Lea.
.dtbdia, .. MP. Y. A. bl'Oesthey,ll..q.
Ilwsso.l-q.. ILI'.
bow ssoalstioes is the should
of the society's
oodlegt, end the rep whim\ should be lowastlistely
me
g Me /wain,- of the maims. will be 'molted by the
meranril iv rly in denies sad their reeohti oris ist:t I.
▪ aro, so ii they can be submitted to a general meat-
us/ ilaa seelei s
tn approval or alteloaliata.
401•41120 is 01. stis4 to he seat to J. BFi ster.ild,
hessitls Colonial I:bon/. 6, Charism-scow
nay bewail' to Mown. Cocks sad BRldalyk.
ow. Cbriatcress; Mann. limos sad Co., Poll sill
lig; oil Kam Curio ea Co., GAUD!.
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VESTRY.

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1849.

INCENDIARY 1),INVITO;Ir'ION OF FARM

The inhabitants of Girton were, en Thursday night
shortly after II o'clock, mused from their beds by the cry of
1e fire. It was soon discovered that a fearful conflagration '
was raging is a tiara on the premises of Mr. Elliot Smith,
of Cambridge, his own propert , sad which comprised, as
will be sun below, a very large hummed. The occupation
upon whir& stood the property consumed was purchased by
Mr. Elliot Smith about three years ego, sad he MS sines
that time expended a largo sum of 11101147 ia improve-
ments, both upon the farm and the buildings destroyed,
which were, consequently, in a state of thorough repair.
The flee was first discovered by Mrs. Thompson, the win
of Mr. Smith's bailiff, who perceived the light through
the bed-curtains, end immediately awoke her hus-
band ; and so rapid was the extension of the fl imes thst they
had barely time to escape in a state of semi-nudity before
the house in which they resided was on fire; and Oil.,
it may be stated, with every article of fueni•sue belonging
to the occupants, their clothes, and a watch, were consumed.
The barn in which the fire commented stood at the extreme
nd of the yard. It contained a qaaatity of barley reedy for
deeming, and was lennuidiately in thew of the wind, then
blowing a hurricane inwards the north. The fire extended
thence to the house of the bailiff, and to the other farm-
building., eonsiding of two large barns, • fins range of new
stables, bullock sheds, piggeries, cart-lodges, cow lodges,
and machine house. Six new carts, drill, chaff cutting
machine, weighing machine, rollers, and other implements,
together with • quantity of harness, were consumed. The
worst pert of the &flair, however, has yet to be recited ;
eight fine horses (for one of which 4M. was refused a few
days hack), three bullocks, two calves, twelve cows and
heifers, twenty-seven pigs, and • large quantity of poultry
were consumed. The cries and moans of the poor animals,
which were beyond the reach of human aid, were frightful ;
and if the villain who was the cause of this frightful
destruction of troperly were on the spo', must have
exciti d • feeling of something like compeactica even in his
bosom. Tots at any rate is certain, that bad he been re
cognised he would beyond a doubt, in the excitement of the
moment, have met • fate similar to that of his poor victims,
at the hinds of the bystanders. The yard-dog succeeded in
saving himself by an almost supernatural effort, for he
made off with his k-on.l (a very heavy one) at his heels,
end was afterwards found at some distance. The valuable
stacks on the east side of the yard were fortunately (for the
greater part) saved ; but a large stack of clever, a stack of
hay, and • stack of were consumed. From the dwel-
ling-house of the bailiff the flame spread to a cottage ea
the opposite side of the road, and this was quick y dn.
steered. Its Mutate, an aged woman, named Carter, was
with difficulty saved. She was rescued by the intrepidity
of
Mr. Creefield, who carried her in her night-dress to a neigh-
b dn's house. The whole of this poor old lady's clothes,
and the whole of her furniture were destroyed. Her hoe
has been temp racily 'spoiled by her neighbours.
Mr. Elliot Smith's loss may be estimated at 2,0001., sad
there is no doubt that it is to be attributed to the vile head I
of an incendiary, whose meaning is rendered doubly insets-'
table from the fact that Mr. Elliot Smith heats • high ohs
ruler in the reighbourhood, b.iug regarded by all classes
as a liberal, kind, and in ulgent master. The feeling enter-
tained by the labouring classes on the question WS, well
exemplified at the fire in their conduct and exprenians
they worked most inde'algaibly. It is therefore to be pre-
sumed tin' the incendiary was instigated by a spirit of
wanton mischief, aid that Lone; and it is gratifying t know
that even it this were not the cause, he has fallen short
of his aim, as Mr. Smith's loss is fully covered by in-
saance in this Nor oich Union, for which be is agent for

the district.
Messengers Were despatched to Cambridge for the engines
as soon as possible, ai d the N nwich Uoion end It lil FJ-
ams suceeesively arrived ; but from the strength of the
wind they were of comparatively little use beyond preventing
the fismes from spreadimr to the stacks. There
werewee also
re
a
few gowosmen presto', snme of whom prscerded he fi
•• as the crow fins." Tome, as usual, renderid efficacious
service. A reward has been offered for the discovery of tne
incendiary.—Cambridge Chronicle.

DEATH FROM DES lI IT TION.
OFFICER —NEGLECT 'I
OF PARISH S.
Considerable sensation has been caused in South-
ampton in consequence of a poor wourso, in the last stage
of pregnasey, Laving been literally starved to death, in
consequence, it is alleged, of the inhumanity of the parish
' officers. The officers have all been di-reined, end the mat-
ter has been submitted to the government by the coroner. i
Southampton is not under the poor law
Deercommi.sion.
After much deliberation, the juey returned llowing
verdict: " %k e find that the deceased died rpm starvation
and exposure to the told, and the went el the comm n ne-
eessaries of life ; and that there bar been peat anti culpable
nsglect en the part of some of the officers connected with the
administratiLn of the poor-laws at Southampton, in not re-
ceiving the &ass. d into the workhouse, at'd providing
proper lodging end nouroshinent en the nights of Friray ants
Saturday of last week; but no sufficient evid nee doth ap
pear es the said jury as to who are the parties actually

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to believe they were mistaken. The present depression,
trust, is but temporary, and the natural and uscal mum
queues of very high piers.
To the Irish farmers who have consulted me, I have
always said," Do your utmost—your rents, upon an average,
are little more than one-half the rents paid ut England foe
land of the same quality—if rents come down in England,
I will take cam that yeur's shell be at least a third less, and
wish eQual industry and frugality, you will get on as well
as the English farmer. The English termer, you may de-
pend aeon it, will be taken care ui ; he cannot Ina moment
become a cotton spinner, or a machine maker; England
cannot affotd to ruin him, and you ate in the same
boat. As to Mr. Cobden, you need not fear him—he is the
paid advocate of the English manufacturers ; but his Jan-
page is not their-, any more than the coarse blustering v
the Old Bailey practitioner is the language of the client wt
motor him. The English insnufac t are your bite
friends; their prosperity is linked with yours; and they
know well that if the supplies of 'urn at home were greatly
to fall short, their position would he full of danger. There
is no where that a famine is a wore serious thing than in a
manufacturing district ; manufactories are more combus-
tible than land; and the manufacturers we well aware
that although it may be a very good thing to get some of
their corn trom abroad, yet to rely almost wholly on forsiga
corn would be more dangerous than to rely on the Irish
Potato. Eapttience has shown that deficient h sssss it are
in a great degree general, not local, as some have supposed,
and y e recent rs senates in Climatology have pointed -
the cause. If, therefore, but little corn was reised in th„.
United Kingdom, a scarcity in the csragrowing countries
would be a famine in England ; even without foreign we-
fdreitn war would be a great aggravation ; and as to
Ir
Cobden's prophesies of peace. false prophet as be was
France, with civil war under his very axe, the English
mnnufact would no more rely upon him than they
would trust to his " unaderned eloquence," as a income
against foreign war, should foreign nowers t e disposed to'
gage In it. I therefore feel confident, that should
gloomy. apprehensions entertained by many—gloonel
trust, without sufficient came, be realised, there will I
du' yon foreign corn, and ttat with the fud concurrence
the English manufacturers."
This is the 'assuage of encsuragement which I have
Minified, on every occasion, in bolding out to the
farmers who have hocoured me by asking my opinion.
I perfectly concur with the petitioners, that the
law requires amendment Over a very large area the
law is dimetly and palpably defeating its own object.
prevents the poor from being fed, because it makes it font
bible to crop the land and raise Teo I. It is also indirect
defeating its own object by creating a feeling of uncertain
as to the security of property, and thus t reducing a state
things not very unlike that to be round under the worst f
of Eastern despotism—like cause producing like effect.
From the first it was evident that a poer law alone
inapplicable as a remedy, where the agricultural lab a
" were worse ted,:worse clothed, and worse housed than
any other country ;" and when, as the cotomusionen suet
have added to connect cause and effec. they had soccer
in the lest century three times as rapidli as in England
To have assisted the able-bodies to emigrate was tl
vi,us collateral remedy, as stile bedied emigrants,
once in America, can easily find meats to take out
families ; and the sum Ireland if 11.0.1 patirg back,
dere d unfortunately in making roads where road•wort
not required, would have b: en amply sufficient for the
pose. That, in the cistressine circumstances in which
Land was placed, nothing was done by the legislature tc
mote unigtation, w 11, I sin putative, be regarded by
ages as the moat grievous error the h gislature Mole
committed. That no effort. however, was made to c
the waste lands, as fume have urged, sad arc still uri
am not surprised—a Ii tle, pi rhaiw, might have been e
in some localitiea, but to construct p .uper cetinies on
scale, on lauds which have resisted cultivation under
sure of population, de se to suffocatton, stimulated
tiou by war prices, weuld, I pprehend, have been
a‘ hopeless an undertsking asst
construct the flyiri
of Law,.
There are a few other points in the petition, i
importance, in which I find myself unable to cone
where the question is sinip"y whether one nat e
added to the long list of divingu,stied persons wl
already expressed their concurre nee in your lordship'
a question so utterly unimportant, it 'scold be u.,pai
det ,in your lordship longer.-1 have the honour'
lord. your lordship's obedient sue ant,
'rho state of the l)ublin corn market doe
all corre pond with the outcry raised by the
tionists. A few weeks since the pricy were ,
Law, but there were temporary cans- a in opera;
produce that result, which, it was easy er
understand, could nut be of long duration.
then there has been a very palpanlc advance,
that advance prices have sebum% el a degree
tiers which might well afford the farmers
The Press in its mercantile article of I
says:
This day's corn market fully sustain. d the pm
servations. The supple of home grown corn, as ,
late occasions, was mot.erate, and the prices, partici
wheat, looked di cidedly upwards '23-. ter issue)
wheat was freely given. The quota, ion fir the sr
be stat. dat from 19s. to 23..—an improvement,
seen, up ,n many previous markets during the •
quotations of which were from Dis. to 210
The Cork Reporter publishes the followit
of a letter from Father Mathew, receive
brother in that city, and dated l'hiladelpliia,
The el iron about my health is totally untoundel
in much better health than when I le ft Irelani
stinding the 'moire fatigue 1 have been obliged;
The hot air from the stoves does not agree with
to leave Philadelphia next Tuesday morning, for 1
and acr a day's delay in that city, shall proceed
Charlest-wn, south C crolino. eV ere I shall cep
atmosphere of the sunny south.
The mistake committed a few days since
the Dublin protectionist journals, by mixt'
name of that really national and high-i
bleinan, Lord Cloncurry, with the signal
Glengall Address, has drawn forth from I
a long letter of comments upon that dex'ut
referring to several passage it, which nett
historical associations in his mind, and
might give a conditional approbation, Lore
thus refers to a portion of the address whi

eta real gist :
The paragraph contains another propositi
any sense that ems to me applicable, 1 caner
says that Ireland's "industry demands support,
a,ricultural interests protection." This I dr
dustry and her agriculture suffer, indeed, a we
the want to be let alone. The tirst object o
apart f,om the attainment of wtil.h ie roam.
exist, is the production of food for the sustenance
tivator. Irish agriculture is not only capable
it has actually produced threefold the quantity
eery for the support of ken hole people ; sod
a f iurth of that peop—arly the entire
cultivators—is perishieg of want. is it thi
to restrict the importation of looil that hi
The absurdity of such • supposnion is m.
is the superfluity of laws int. meddling wi
and restraiuing the free use of the bled that
aura of that miserable anomaly. The re 7
land has celled into existence • flick of vig
her own peculiar wreants—and has speedily
with the deulation of the soil ; no portion of if
from one man to another unmutileited by
if left unguarded for a moment they acid,
perhaps for years, waste and unproductive ;
of their presence oaten so accumulate as
possibility of its culture. There arc 1.
burthen agriculture with • tax which, last
to within a fraction of two millioas ot pound
which has been employed by the English
subsietising an army of placemen at the cost
the people and providing fur their removal'
slow starvation. There are excise laws
free use of the land, that will not allow the
a head of tobacco or to malt a peck of b
heavy prohibitory duty upon the conversion
beer or spirits, or into the most advantageous
for his cattle. It is to be placed upon
other interests, by the abrogation of such
these, that is the real want of agriculture ;
eke would cony on her naturally restricted
protected manufacture uninjured by foreign
and would never fail to fiad a. profitable
superfluous produce. And neither, I belielve, so
liberated from the grasp of the lawyers
abject of agriculture be eluded, as it raw
the soil, and an abolition of the vertu
'the property in tenant's improvet
would reduce • system of farmie q thi
imposslble to snatch from tie lips of. the
share of the crops. All the exportable
would not continue to be exchanged with
of 'tamped paper, if the law would pet
the aughout the island of a large body o
cfite
ir
and small proprietors. Under such
sadden &direction; of the food of the 1
English secretary would not (as one di
reply to my propcsition to enforce the
powering
porttLert and tout
and the ex of grain, `that if such a
absentee owaers of Irish lands would i
couple of woks.
The death of the President of ti
at Galway is thus mentioned in the
last night :
We have beard with deep regret the
yesterday announcing the death et We
President of Queen's College, 06,A
et his residence, Oughtetard, of whir)
For some time }devious to the openii
Kirwan had been in a declining .ta.e
some weeks past he had been afflicted
disabled nim from taking any active •
betted with that institution.
It is very generally thought
Berwick, the Vice-President,
higher office thus left vacant ;
anti
vices he has already rendered to
actro.l as secretary to the preside!
existence, and since then pertorr
The presidency in Galway durirc
ind:kposition, scoria natunilly
cation, for which, it mrle be
and -abilities amply qualify
s,: ere frost„ hag set in,
ncrt'll-west.