The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-24 00:00:00

THE EU)RF SS, THURSDAY EVENINC4, FEBRUARY 24, 1848.

6ourt.

The christening of the infant daughter of the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of fOereorn took place yesterday
ranretinz, in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The
Vponsors were Prince Alert, the Countess Cowper, and the
ineuntess Jocelyn. The infant woo named " Alberthn
Frances Anne." The in. and Rev. C. L. Coartenay offi-
ciated at the cerem.ny.
Tho Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg visited
the Ditehess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence.
house, St. James's.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, ac-
romr.nied by the Duko of Saxe Coburg and Count Arthur
Mensdortf. _

The royal dinner party at the Palace yesterday
evening included tho Duchess of Kent, the Duke and
Ducheu of Saxe Coburg, Count Arthur Mensdorff, Baron
de 11;ust, the Nlarg4is and Nlareldonea of CLL.nriearde, Lady
F. Howard, )t drone le Baronne de Waugenheim, Baroness
deSpeth, tho Earl of Aberdeen, the nightlion.W.Lascelles,
and Baron Friugh.

Lord Elphinstonc has succeeded the F.atl of Morley
as the Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Major the Hon.
It. Boyle has succeeded Col. B. Drummond as the Groom in
Waiting to her Majesty.
The Hon. F. Scott, M.P., bad an interview with
Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Mr. J. Duncuft, M.P., had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. S:rutt yesterday, at the office of the Com-
missioners of Railways i•: the Board of Trade:
Mr. Sollteron and Col. Buckley had an interview
yesterday wi:h Sir G. Grey.

DEATH OF LORD GRANVILLE SOMERSET, M.P.—
This nobleman died at half past ten o'clock last evening, at
his residence, 81, Harley-street, aged 46. His lordship had
beets suffering far some time from heart disease and general
depression of the nerves, owing, it is said, ti mental ex.
eitemen... He was scared son of the sixth Dude of
Beaufort, by Lady Charlotte Sophia Gower, fifth daughter
of the elfish Marquis of Stafford. Ile was horn on the 27th
of December, 1792, and married on the 27th of July, 1822,
to the Hou. Emily Smith, daughter of the late and sister of
the present Lord Carrington. By this lady he has had issue
fire childrm ; the eldest being a son, Granville Robert, burn
in 1824. Lard Granville graduated at Christ Church, Oxford,
and at that university, in 1813, obtained the second prise in
classics. In 1818, on the interest of his father, he was re-
turned for the county of Monmouth, • constituency which
he continued to represent up to the last general el-ction,
with the support of the late and present Duke of Beaufort.
On the last occasion, however, owing to his support of Sir
R. Peel', free-trade measures, he was opposed by his kins.
man, Captain Arthur Somerset, who was defeated after •
sharp and, we regret to add, bit', r contest, by 47 votes. Al-
most from the moment of his first entry into parliament,
Lord Granville was an active politician. In March, 1819, he
was appointed by the Berl of Liverpool, then premier, a
Load of the Treasury, and subsequently filled other offices,
always acting with the conservative party. Diming the
brief co mervatire administration of 1831-35 he filled the
office of Chief Commiodoner of Woods and Forests ; and on
the accession of Sir Robert Peel to power in 1811 he was
appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Loneuter—an office
which he filled up to the accession of the present govern-
ment to office. On Sir Robert Peel proposing the repeal of
the cern-laws to his cabinet is 1848, Lord Grauville dis-
sented from the right hon. baronet, but subsequently
adopted his views, and voted for the abolition bill. Arlin
from politics, the deceased nobleman was a moat ueful
man, end his business habits have been productive of much
benefit to the nation. He was chairman of the metro-
palitan lunacy commission and other bunts. For many
years he was chairman of the Monmouth quarter sessions.
We need scarcely add that a petition is at the present mo-
ment before the House of Commons against the late return
for Monmouthshire ; but death has now set that aside.
COLONEL HOBERT CANNON.—Friday's Gicet le
contains a notification that the Queen has been pleased to
grant to Robert Cannon. E-q., colonel in the service of the
Queen of Spain, and knight of the first and second class
of the national and military order of St. Ferdinand of
Spain, her license to accept and wear the insignia of a
knight of the number extraordinary of the royal and die-
tinguished order of Charles 111., which the Queen of Spain
huh been pleased to confer upon him.
EAST INDIA SERVICE.—Her Majesty has been
graciously pleased to approve of Major-General S. B. Auch-
mnty being placed upon the staff of the army serving in the
East Indies.
THE VACANT MASTERSHIP IN CHANCERY. The
resignation of Sir Giffin Wilson, as one of the Mu-
tes in Chancery, has added anotht r dr p to the shower
of patronage which has fallen recently upon the pre-
sent ministry. Two gentlemen have been mentioned as
likely to succeed to the 2,400/. a year—one a tory, the other
a whig. The qualitiestions of these gentlemen for the office
are about equal ; yet it is rumoured that the tory is at pre-
sent the favourite. Should this prove correct it will much
increase the perplexity which the friends of the cabinet have
lately felt in fathoming the principle upon which it has
lately distributed its patronage. Their now Archbishop of
Canterbury is a tory. The Premier is rat variance with his
supporters respecting the budget, yet he is, it is rumoured,
contemplating the selection of a gentleman, to fill a lucrative
and easy office, from the ranks of his opponents. Does the
ministry intend to strike its own colours, and go over to the
tory camp altogether?

REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.—On Tuesday
an investigation, commenced on Monday, was proceeded
with before F. H. Goldfinch, Esq., and W. H. Hoskins,
Esq., commissioners, appointed by the Commissioners of
Wood' and Forest., under the Improvement of Towns Act,
for the purpose of receiving evidence with reference to the
establishment of the New Smithfield, or Great Metropolitan '
Cattle-market and Abattoirs. The market is proposed to be
erected on a piece of ground, consisting of 57 acres, situate
between the Camden-road and Maiden-lane, the proposed
East and West India Dock Railway passing through it. The
first abattoir on a vacant piece of ground, at present in use as
a brickfield, between the New North-road, Shepperton-
street, Islington, and the Regent's-canal; the second at
Bethnal-green, by the aide of the Eastern Counti,s Railway,
and extending to the Regent's-canal; the third by the side
of the Surrey-canal, in the Old Kent-road ; the fourth at
flatteries, between the River Thames and the South-
Western Railway; the fifth between the Kensington-canal
and the London end Westminster Cemetery; and the
sixth at Weatbourne-green, on • piece of land between
the Regent's-canal and the Great Western Railway. The 1
evidence taken on Monday consisted principally of the esti-
mates of Mr. Galloway, the engineer to the company, from
which it appeared that the entire expense of purchasing the
land and the erection of the buildings in the different locali-
ties would not exceed 3745001., leaving a surplus out of the
capital of the company (400,0001.) of 28,5001. to meet all
contingencies, which would he amply sufficient. On Tuesday
several witnesses were examined in reference to the
eligt-
bility of the proposed sites and arrangement', and the meet-
ing adjourned.
.MEETING TO MAINTAIN THE NAVIGATION Ltwg.
—Last night a meeting of seamen, shipwrights, and other
marine artisans of the port of London, was held, pursuant to
public notice, at the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road
East for the purpose of adopting measures to induce the
legislature not to sanction any alteration in the navigation
laws. There were upwards of 3,000 persons present. M.
Wigram, Esq., East Indian shipowner, was called to the
chair, and was supported by many other extensive ship-
owners and builders.—Mr. D. Dunbar, the chairman of the
General Shipowners' Society. moved :
That It is the aonliction of this meeting that they have raised and
sustained the naval power of Great Britain ; providing the means of
maritime commerce, they have encouraged a never-fatting supply of
seamen for manning the royal navy, and of skilful and of industrious
artisans, whose eerricee have always been available for the =stns.
lion of equipments of Oaths of war for public service; and that, under
the system established by the laws of coonneree of the country at
large, the port of Great Britain in particular baa attained ita present
prowadneuce; and that the subversion of the system would endanger
the safety of tbe state, by placing in bawd the most important
element of national defothe; it would also entail a ruin on all trades
connected with shipping, and involve dirtrere and pauperism on the
vast population of the Tower Hamlets, whose subsistence depends
oa the employment In the 11160111 establishments created and main-
tained by British ships resorting to this port.
Mr. Tyndall neon lid the tr. dion, which was carried unani-
mously.—Mr. Thrhe moved the second resolution, to the
following effect: •
That, with these sentiments, the inhabitants of this district pa.

seine with anxiety the efforta in peopn for undermining the navl-
ption laws, and regard with the deepest alarm the intention on the
par: of the executive government, without any wlsb for such change
honing been expressed by the people, to introduce measures banns to
that principle, and consequently dangerous to the state, and fatal to
all dame connected with the shipping. Thu meeting therefore mile
oa all who value the public interest and their own, to unite In oppos-
ing all attempts to repeal the narigatica laws, or subvert the prin-
ciples on which they an founded.
The resolution was carried nem. con.—Mr. Spence then
moved that petitions be presented to both houses of parlia-
ment, praying that no alteration might be made in the law.,
and especially calling upon the legislature t) grant them a
select committee of inquiry, of which notice of motion had
been given by Lord ilardwicke.—This being approved of by
the meeting, and Mr. G. F. Young having addressed the
assemblage, the customary thanks a the chair were carried
with great applause ; and vociferous cheers having been
given for the navigation laws, the proceedings at a late hour
terminated.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.—The annual meeting took
place yesterday, in the lecture theatre of the university,
Upper Getter street. Mr. Warburton, M.P., presided. The
attendance was not num roue. The first business was to
ballot for officer* for the ensuing year, which mu merely
formal, there being no opposition to the re-election of the
late officers, as follows:—For President: Lord Brougham.
For Vice-Prelideut The Earl of Auckland, G.C. B. For
Treasurer: J. Taylor, Esq. F.A.S. Fur Councillors: J.
R. Blunt, Esq , the Earl 'Forteseue, J. Heywood, Esq
M.P., J. It. Mills, Esq., J. L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P., the Right
Hon. Sir E. Ryan. Fur Auditor J. Welty, Req., M.A.
—Mr. Atkinson, the secretary, then read the annual report
of the council. The total number of pupils during the
session 1846-47 had been 888, being an Increase of 76 on the
preceding year. These were diatrinuted as follows :—ln the
teculty of arts and laws, 24t ; faculty of medicine, 303 ; pu-
pils in thejunior school, 3.51. The total receipts had been
from feta of students 8,413!. 13s. ; from acnool pupils,
4,087/. 10a. ; from hospital pupils, 2,623 k 18t. ; total,
13,1301. is. The members entered for the current session
had beta as follows: in the faculty of medicine, 284: in the
faculty of arts and laws, 199; pupils in the junior school,
263. With a view to render the school tuition more eft.
Went the council lead made ar. addition to the masters, and
lied found it Ilf oessary in consequence to increase the charge
to pupils by A legacy of 2,0001., bequeathed by Mr.
Holloway art Hereford, had been invested in the tunas, and
the proceeds would be applied in defraying the school-
charges of deserving boys. The late Dr. Huline, of Man-
chester, had bequeathed the residue of his personal property
to the medical department of the univeriity and it was
expected this bequest would amount to 20,0031. indepen.
Wooly of a valuable library of books. Amongst the gifts of
the year was a collection of the works of the late celebrated
sculptor Flaxman, by Min Denman, hissurviving executrix,
in all about 150 pieces, for which acrammodetion
would he provided in the college. The proftssorslop of the
oriental languages, and the teachership of the German lan-
guage, were now vacant. The vacancy caused in the sur.
gical school, by the death of the late Mr. Liston, had been
tilled up by the appointment ef Mr. I. Symea. The council
had to deplore the loss of two of its valuable memiers, Mr.
Duckworth and Mr. Webb. The expenditur of the past
year (the particulars arc given below) had exceeded the re.
ceirta by 8081. as. iii. The additional buildings at the
hospital had been complete I, in aid of the expense thus in.
wand, a donation of 5001. had been received from Charles
Dixon, Esq , of ilelmslev, and a festival was about to be held
to nisei further funds. 'The additions to the general library
during the year had been 2,549 vols., making a total of 13,653
vols. The treasurer's account showed the fall. wing items:—
Cash in hand and at banker's, Sept. 30,1846, 2041.7 a 5 I.; fees
of students, school pupils, and hospital pupils 15,1301. ls.
legacy Irem C. Holloway, Eaq., of Hereford, 2,0001.;
amounting, with other receipts, to 18,7681. The expendi-
ture embi aced tile following items t—l'apnents to profes-
sors, 5.8151.; masters of junior school, 3,3531.; hospital
committee, 2,6281.; expenses of the college establishment,
3,0111. ; cash in hand, 3161. 19a. 3d.—Mr. Thornely, M.P.,
moved the adoption of the rep rt.—ln answer to a oueetien,
Mr. Atkinson stated that there was an insurance of le,ooo/.
on the building, covering the whole, and of 14.090/. oa the
furniture. The motion was then agreed to. Thanks were
toted to the members of the council, and to the chairman.
Allusion having been made by one or two genticuisit to the
thin attendance, the chairman said he did not think it was a
thing to he regretted, it was rather an evidence of the satis-
faction of the subscribers with the affairs of the institution,
which was also proved by the large bequests they were re-
ceiving.
SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—The twenty. seventh
anniversary festival of this most useful eta: rity took place
yesterday at the London Tavern. Rear-Admiral Dundas,
M.l'., was in the chair. The usual loyal toasts having been
done honour to, the Chairman proposed" Pssperity to the
Seamen's Hospital Society." During the last year the
society had received as patients in its hospital, the Dread-
nought, moored off Greenwich, 2,893 seainso of all nation,
admitted without certificates, and solely in the character of
distressed sailors. The benefits of this valuable iistitution
had been extended, since its first (urination in 1821,
to no fewer than 56,430 persons, 2,809 of whom
had been last employed in her Majesty's navy ; 1,797 in the
service of the lion. East India Company, and .51.774 in the
service of merchant vessels of different nations. Toe printed
repirt acknowledged donation. from the King of Swe Isn•nd
Norway, of 1001, ; from Ibrahim Pecha, of 73/. ; and from
the executors of Robert Lowrey, Eaq , Bridlington, of
2,1311.13,. 9d. ; and among the suioscririona of tke evening
were —liar Majesty, annual, 10.5/. ; the Queen Dowager,
annual, 10 ; Trinity Corporation, 27th donation, 300! ; East
India Company, 25th donation, 1051.; Admiral H.
Whitshed, 6th donation, 101. ; Captain Sir J. H. Pelle, 6th
donation, ; !tear-Admiral Dundee, additional, 10/. 10s.
G. H. Foster, Esq., fish donation, 201. ; John Cartels, Esq.,
11th d. nation, 101. tOs. ; John Pepys, Esq., 11th donation,
101.. W. C. Drysdale, E.g. 3rd donation, 101,
Bowles, M. P., responded to the toast "Prosperity to
the Societs" in a well-tamed addretw. The toast of "The
Army and Navy" was briefly responded to by Capt. Sir W.
Pell. A variety of other toasts were, celebrated ; and, note
withstanding the absence of Mr. Gengc and hie fellow -vocal-
ists, who had been engaged to 'acid, the evening passed
off pleasantly. Messrs. Bathe and Breach fulfilled the
duties of caterers with their wonted liberality.
'fire LOCK HOSPITAL.—The friends and supporters
of this excellent charity. celebrated the 102n.1 anniversary at
the London Tavern, iscount Morpeth in the chair. The
dinner and wines were of the usual excellence, and after the
cloth was r moved the cuatomary loyal and patriotic toasts
were proposed and responded to.—Lord Morpeth then rose,
' and in a speech of mere than ordinary . excellence, entered
upon the theme of the evening by drawing the attention of
the company to the melancholy fact, that the expenditure
of the last year had been upwards of 1,100/., whilst the
receipts did not much exceed 700!. Such a budget
he feared would be almost as unpopular as that
recently announced In another place. Several other
riddreases were made by the Bishop of Madras,
Lord Kinnaird, the lion. Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. B. B. Cab-
' bell, a .d the Rev. Mr. Gamier, chaplain to the hospital;
and a very handsome sum, amounting to some hundreds of
pounds, was collected on behalf of the charity. The inter-
vals of the toasts, which were delivered in excellent style by
Mr. Higgs, were agreeably filled up by the performance of
glees by the choristers of Winchester Cathedral.
SOCIETY FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW.—
Mr. Heaillarn, M.P., presided at a meeting of this society
last evening, at which Mr. Jas. Stewart submitted a report
arena a committee appointed to consider " whether any fur-
ther alterations can be made in the whole system of the
I jurisdiction, practice, and constitution of the masters and
the masters' offices, with a view to obtain a more apeiidy awl
cheap administration of justice in the Court of Chancery."
The report upon this subject, which extended over 15 printed
pages, concluded with the following resolutions
That a pertain number of receivers should be appointed be the Lard
Chancellor, among wh ins, according to the necasitun of the case,
should be apportioned the red estates under the management of the
Court of Chancery. That the business should be so apportioned u to
enure the services of experienced land agent". That there retailers
should render their accounts to one common head or department,
which should be authorised to Came regulations on this subject, mad
to allow disbureemente for the benefit of the lands wader its
care. That to this department should be also intrusted the sale
of estate. directed to be sold, by
.the court. That the whole fee-
system of the Court of Chancery requires revision and notation.
That a small per tentage should be levied on all payment. made by
the acconnt,nt-general of the moneys administered by tare, which
per center. abould form a primary fund, to be applicable to the pay-
ment of the juolicial establishment of the court; sad any deficiensy
therein should be rateable by foes payable by the suitors in coatentious
matters before the court. That a sufficient number of aceountante
Mould be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, to whom should be
assigned the duty of taking all accounts required to be taken in the
admirdstration of equity. That ouch accountants should hare the
same powers of easy communication with the master or tee judge, as
is now enjoyed by the chief clerk with the master an similar mansion.;
and thet with regard to all contested paints, the cocoa tacit should
occupy the same position on the present chief clerks of masters. That
a sufficient number of officiel assignees sbould be appointed by the
Lord Cbaaeellor, who should, on the motion of one or more of Site
parties to the suit, or at the discretion of the court, he attached to
the cause where their services were required.
—Mr. James Stewart having supported this report in a brief
speech, Mr. Miller took objection to it en the ground that
there were no facts stated on which to base such Important
recommendations. He deprecated these speculative and
th:oretical "amendments" of the long-established system
of the nation, and instanced the now defunct Court of R.:-
view as an example of the failure of such attempts at " im-
provement." Some comments having been made by other
speakerson various details of the report, Mr. Stewart. replied,
admitting the failure of the Court of Review, but urging
that the failure of the court was not to prelude attempts at
reform in other directions. The report was received.
THE INCOME TAX.—MEETING OF THE MANTLE-
BONE V special meeting of the vestrymen of the
parish of Marylebone was held last evening in the court-
home, to consider the propriety of calling a great public
meeting to petition parliament against the proposed increase
in the income tax. Mr. Stanford took the chair. and it
was arranged that the meeting should take place or. Monday
next, in the workhouse-yard of the parish, sod that applica-
tion should be made, in addition, for the use of the school-
room. A committee of five wee also appointed to manage
the details and arrange the proceedings of the meeting.
SOTER's PAROCHIAL MODEL KITCHEN.—The dis-
tress now existing amonget the artisans of Spitalfislds has
once more brought Mr. Soper into public nceice. With the
aid of the Rev. Joseph Brown, of St. Matthias', and other
benevolent individuals, Mr. Soyer has erected a soap
kitchen in one of the most densely populated parts of the dis-
trict, from whish excellent peas paned* and meat soup are
distributed to the destitute, in quantities amply sufficient for
a hearty meal, at the cost of only one penny. Many
hundreds are daily relieved at the kitchen, while the re-
mainder of the soup and bread is daily given away to many
poor families in the neighbourhood whose exigencies are
more pressing, and demand additional relief. Subscriptions
for the supp,,rt of the undertaking are of Course necessary,
and it is to he hoped that the claims of the industrious
weavers of Spitalflelds on the sympathies of their country-
lees viii not be overlooked.

I'IRE.—AT THE WHITE BE tR HOTEL, PICCA-
DUAT.—Lest evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a fire broke

out at the White Bear Hotel and old enaah.office, 219.
Piccadilly. The flames commenced, from some unexplained
cause, in one of the sleeping apartments aver the top, and
were not discovered until they hod gained 10 firm a hold as
not to be easily extingii:shed. The building being for the
most part composed of timber, it formed a poses rial auxi-
liary to the fire, and very speedily several of the upper
rooms were blazing away most fearfully. By the exertion of
the firemen, to them, however, the fire was confined. The
property was insured in the Union-office.
INQUESTS YESTERDAY.—MIL. " ROMEO " COATES.
—By Mr. Willey, touching the death of ti.e above gentle-
man, who expired on Monday last, from the effects of in-
kjuries received by being, as before mentioned in this paper,
nocked down by a cab as he was leava.g Drury-la. .e
Theatre on the previous Tuesday evening. The eeidenee
bore out the facts already stated, and the jury, attributing
grout eareleasnesa to the driver of the vehicle, re' urned a ver-
, ict of Manslanghter egtinst tome pers.:m nr.known. The
police were directed to use every means tri their Fewer to
discover and apprehend the pony in q.:estion.—LIPV-
TENANT Bowie, 11. N , rite ALLEGED ‘‘ ILL FOROEs.—By
Mr. Wm. Payne, the City coroner, at the Compeer, Oiltspur-
street, on the body of Peregriee Bowen, a ii, atineht in the
Royal Navy, aged 61, who committed selcide.—The de-
c.used was charged at the Mansion-bcu,e police-court, on
the 12th inst.' with having forged and tittered a will par
puling to he that of his brother, Wm. Muserwe Bowen,
also an officer in the Royal Navy, who died at. Team in
Chins, in 184'. The brother, iu September, 184 a, executed
a will in favour of Mr. Richards, a gent:emeti resid:ng at
Tenby, which was duly provtd when the news of the
t stater's death reached England. Shortie afterwards
the deceased pr.duced • :Aer will, purportiog
he executed in China, bequeathing all his bother'. pro-
pertv to biclself. '1 hla will was attested by John Bell
and John Wu d, who wen not in any woe described. The
deceased rsonatel the latter person, who -mane the neces-
sary affidavit at D'ctors' Commons. He appeared to ho a
caminun sailor, chewed •obacco, and had a good deal of hair
about his face. Mr. Richards, euspccting foul flay, em-
ployed Heddington. a detective officer, 'to Oisrenred the
thud. De ceestd was ther,fore token into custody et Liver-
pooh—Stephen Smith, a turnkey, stated that the deceased
had been an inmate of that prison since he wan remanded by
the Lord Mayor. Yesterday morning, upon returning men
chapel, witness heard that dece lied was wanted, and he went
to his cell, where he discovered him hanging by a rope
a hick he had made by twistinga piece of Lis shirt, which
he passed through a loop hole in the door, end fastened by
means of two spoons. He called for assistance, and one of
his brother officers came and cut him down. The
governor and the 'lector were sent fee, end the
letter tried to bleed him, but wit:..t Lifer,. A
letter was found on deceased, addressed to the gov.rner
of the prison, in which deceased thanked him r his kind-
ness, and requested that his old clothes might be given to
one of t'.c prisoners, named Brent, and his money
to his wife. He also expressed a desire that his
innocence might be c‘tabli‘hed and res prosecutor
puniih.d for lake imprisonment. Ane:her letter was
addressed to the deceased from the comma, der of his
vessel, in which he stated that he had trnese..,ted his re-
quest for leave of alrence to the Lords of the Aimiialtv, but
they bad stated they could not grant it, a-. 4 that he (the
cones miler) had been obliged to report h:m al-eat witnout
leave. Deceased h.d written an that letter " 'lbis is cruel—
i- fatal," and signed his name. He hsd been 40 years in
the service.—Verdiet, " Temporary insanity?'

TILE PARIS NEWS IN THE ENGLISH

PROVINCES.

The startling Paris news contained :n our piper of
yesterday appears t, ht.re created very c asiderable excite-
ment in tho variotts prav:nt:al towns. Our 31.t.sicittsran
corra•p,ndent writing last night, rays :
The extraordinary news from Paris cont.:dyad in the
second and thirst editions of the Daily _t,:wo anive.l in
Alanehester beLre the copies of the morr.:ni: papera by the
mail train ha coma to hand, and was tie c,use of very
:teneral excitement. The fact war that tie 7.le.staph Odiec
made use of the Daily News' second and t',:ird ett.i.ons, and
transmitted short substattive versions of t..e report, which
they were enabled to do without mush net of time;
and the ManeAeoley Courier very hon, uratly acknow-
ledging the source of their informaticn as tam the
Daily Nero, In third end fourth editions, almost All the
advantages were derived by the commenid community. of
this northern city from thtse editions of a LoLdoa morning
journal which would h:::e kern derived frtm the pub..cation
of them in Manchesar." . . . . . .

A LIVEUPOOI. coriespondent states that " the electric tele-
graph, at half-past two o'clock, cousinunicat.d ;he contents
of the second edition of the Doily News, cont.iinirg the
news from Paris, to the Exchange Newsroom. The txcite-
ment was more intense, than has been exp..zienced here for
many months."
Our BrtistlNOZA7l correspondent write,:—" At a few
minutes after twelve the public were stuzied wit., the im-
portant intelli;ence fr,m the French capiti-1, particulars of
which the Electric Telegraph Company transmitted to the
principal newsrooms, avieleir.e then author:ty to he the
sicouil edition of the Daily News, as a guarantee for the ac-
curacy of the information. The most extra: rdicary feeling
of excitement resulted; and the yr., if anytniag, asermentad
when, at half-mist one o'ciack. copies of the second edition of
the !laity News arrived. The nem shops wore instantly
hisieged; and in a very short time a copy mild not he pro-
cured, and wherever the paper Ives to be seen icons of per-
sons thronged to obtain a sight of it. roe heads of many
mercantile houses have warmly expressed their cAnowledg.
ments for the spirit of enterprise which has prumpted the
proprietors to furnish them true early with such important
intelligence. Such a thing was never hefere known here :
the details of great events in the capital of Fre.:cos received
in London, printed, and circn!ated in the centre of Englar.d,
within IS hours of their occurrence ! It is semoely possible
to glean an idea of the general feeling to which the mad
peliey of Louis Philippe has given rise ; it has excited
scarcely so much of alarm as sensati in, staz? many regard it
as an efficient screw-propeilir tor nuking our own govern-
ment yield on the obnoxious proposal contained in the
budget. It is now 6 o'clock, and tl.e Doily Neu.* is the
only one of all the morning papers that has afforded us any
details respecting the occurrences in Paris yesterday."
From SOUTHAMPTO:7 we learn, from a correspondent
there, that " copies of the second edition of the Doily News
containing the alarming iotelligenee of the commencement of
a revolution in France were received at too e'Liock. Messrs.
Rayner, the agents, imincriarely communicated the news
to the principal bankers and merchants of the town. No
other London morning paper woe received in Southampton
which contained the inform-ition. The most ir.tense curiosity
and excitement prevailed. Persona were seen going from a I
directions to Messer. Raynel'i, to read the news or purchase
a paper. In comonoticatieg such interesting and important
information exclusively the Drily Niles has achieved an-
other great triumph in Southampton.•'

METROPOLITAN SANITARY COMMISSION.
The following !3 the commissioners' recapitulation
of the couclutiont, from the evidence, .4 forth in their second
report, which was pr,rentad yesterday
We now beg le, r to Nand: the chief co tetations which appear to
us to be deducihn term the ince diardion - we have nude since we
submitted our rind repart maven too "it additional Mint-
minion as to the pr' gees oaf atokra Mit iris Europe, and all to the
means of its prevenuon, we dal that the as It has recently
appeared in Perda, in Treh.ifsol, and in Asada, is unchanged in its
eeneral character, that it is ut the present time, anointing to the
latest i domination, In a aim ::t• position to th•-t In *orb it was in P 331,
when ha progress was arrested by the frost, previously to its cleanse
upon Europe immtedlately alto the thaw Woic pt oce. That the more re-
cent experience in RUaliti L 4 hot to the general abandonment of the
theory of its propreidt,i, eon:mien; a ematnion in which, after a
foile::neidcretioa of the evidence prescakal t o us, we tally concur. That
the views which we adopted ht rotation to the ine.nediency of special
cholera homphuia, ester: on caws of perii.or neoessatiy, have been
tonfirmed by the wand-I
-7,n: .adoption of the mine cott:iisaomsiiilturaia.
That we have rec•lecd much information.. tending to establish the
conclusion, that chafe. a is not the sudden cheatoos which has hitherto
been suppomed • :Mot the commonly known form of the malady as, in
reality, its second stage; that its first stare is mandested by the
premonitory imenotorn of donerhoe; whin: is commonly unattended
to, but which, ft Met be the sty" obaervonce of proper regimen, and
by appropriate methane, may be arrested before parsing into the
more violent and f otai st.ige of the disease. That, in addition to our
former recommendations, we further recommend, that prep-ration
he made for sta.. appc.t -A to be one of toe most important mea-
sures of alleviation, vie ev•abllahrnent of local dispensaries, where
permits affected with the Grot adage of the &male, as manifeated by
the premonitory estop:can. may be immediately placed unove the
proper treatment for misname the further progress of the malady.
liming examined, as . laxly at the time and moan, at our ditporal
would permit, the late rotes military increase of mortality in the me-
tropolis, amocrtiag in eleven mocha to 6,145 death, above the Ugh,'
average, an excess of nun Lility Oaring those eleven tees,. greater
than the entire rortplity from 'he cholera in the metropolis during
the it weeks when It prevailed in the year 1533; we find—That of
this excess of 6,145 deaths, 1,-112 deaths were registered ea death-
from epidemic imam: ea, but that the deaths from epi-
demic typhus, and hood pneumonia, bronchitis, and the
whole Class of diseases of the lungs, commonly brought on
at all times by cold, damn, and, atmospheric Minority, have also
been very numerous; the number of deaths from typhus haring
been during tie eleven weeks 999, and the ;umber above the
average from dimwits of *l.s lungs apart from intim:tea) 2,511.
That eickness and mostaiity loom diarrhou and from typhus, of pre.
nodethe same type ea Piot which preceded the former visitation at
cholera, hare been exec ffive amongst the populaii m of the low, ill.
drained, illeleansed, and overcrowded neighhofmamds, that are
marked as the cholera :nets of th 2. That the chmatoriel changes
otemeed, as antecedents to this recent *mem of mortality in the me-
tropolis, have been an exam of humidity is the air, and rapid and
extreme changes of 'temperature; and that soda excessive humidify
has been the chief observed antecedent to former etiolation. of in-
, limn.. That the inmates of a model lodging-boogie, and the pit-
tonere in the chef yeses. in the methopoi-v, where the drainage,
cleansing, dirt an, I,ntentl,n, amt warmth, are better than
ordio.ary, have been distinguiehed by proportionate immunity from
typhus., influenza, and other ebidaniC disease, affording au exem-
plification of the freeikow tram 'ilea disease which would
probably follow the extension of 'similar sanitary arrangements.
That in the lower. the ill-drsined, arid the worst cleansed dis-
tricts, in the elm, sheets, eau rte, and alleys, chiefly' occupied by the
poorer population, typhus and other epidemic are now nteralent,
with an increasing frequency and intensity, constituting, in oar
opinion, the state of evil comemYsted by the Contagions Disease Pre-
, rendes act, which of:Monies the appointment of kcal boards or
, health, with powers fee cleansing and the adoption of other preventive
measures. That seeing tie advautages derived from the Malta a:ulex-
ertionaofsuchboards in 1.12, and the probable length of time which
mast elapse before new and combined works of drainage, cleansing,
and water rapply couid be executed, we recommend that boards
o f health should be immediately constituted, with a view to carry
out, more especially in the districts where the visitation, of epidemics
have, of u been most germ, such measuree as may be practicable,
as well for sheeting the progress of typhus and other prevalent mala-
dies, as for making prepare tion against the probable inseam of Asiatic
cholera.
Having observed the excessive mortality in the northern districts
and certain of the se: tube, se compared with the central portion of
the metropolis, we directed our attention to their sanitary condition,
and we find—that Urge :rants of suburban land, namely, the Poplar
marsh, the Isle of Dogs, the Essex marshee, and the Greenwich and
Plutristed marshes. are in an exceedingly bad condition, and that
mutt of the uplands in the other suburb consists of stiff undraino -1
clay land, excessively charged with moisture. That three marsh
=Chained land, are extensively Intersected with open, ill-kept,
stagnant ditches. That there being no systematic lend drainage, a.L:.
no proper presdppuc.x.i system for the drainage of laud
be need tor the into, e: new suburban dweiaags, vs Le a mff..
dwellings me calitoacti.: a grew: put of the drainage from the Cu',
urban houses la carried tato these open stagnant Went,. That to

one of den marshes the proportion of open ditch is l&
to 410 aeres, or one acre of ditch to 24 acres of land; stage
nating and giving off emanation from the decomposition of animal
as well ao vegetable refuse ; and that in the Surrey district donne
alone there are neatly ;0 miles of uncovered Mine. and open
watercourse% complained of sa being stagnant, as receiving house-
drainage, and sa giving of much offensive moisture. That marsh
disease. prevail at times among the agriculturel ipiopulatiam of the
Fans, Plumated, and other marine; and thou after the wind has
gavelled for some time from these ilisdraieed lands la the direction
of dwelling-houses, marsh dioceses are constantly notieedlLLl.o44 the
adjacent population. That there is no doubt that the mkt. and
humidity aging from the suburban ill-dmined laud ale carried
amidst the habitation of toe ao4oining ilia:ire% and exercise
at CI seasons a perrumen influence on the be dila of the Imputation,
That there are perm:l:Pale differences in the amount of epoange dim
ease in the agneultural suburban districts, according as th..y are wall
or 111 drained; and that where drainage works ore proper y carried
out the amount ol louniidey and mist is epode), diminished. That
the noes of moisture on. he marsh and i2-draintd land Is detel.
mental to the protective power and value of the land, :old to good
husbandry.. That the operation, for letterer :11g the land I drainage
arc obstructed by the exceedingly imperfect drainage arrangements;
only acme of those arrangements being, while all of them iniebt to
be, within the general drainage jurisdiction of the comi,isieners of
sewers. That powers ehould be Iron to the cenamiegenera of wooers
enabling them to cover in all open ditcher, to drain a node, and to
eututitnte for ditcher tubular drain% in cor.nesion with the general
dronage keels. Teat if such drains are properly le-4 down, and
connected with the green: drainage works, the quant.tg of otrignant
surface water will be ditr.inisho d to a very important extent; the
made will be lint drier, in conrequenee of the greater drinks o there
drainage, and the more rapid discharge of .surfge tenter ; the Lade
rat to the rota will be greatly relieved of surname saeleitre ; and
valuable coattails will be formed for the land doting e.:sh is eow
much obstructed by the gate and construction of the eitches
used for the drainage of roads. That In connexion with the eoneral
drainage works, under the direction of the Comm' Conine of Sewers,
halide" should he given to owners and occupier. foe the dra;nne of
the lands adjacent to the euburban district, by advances on loan,
mat) ahle by instalmeate, with the sdrantalte othe gentral emery.
and the is, othe renerinondene •of the officer. of the eiwatelnion
That where Lind continue, in a sta.e of main thjerioe. to In
health of the population compuberry powers of drainage should he
given, and exerriaed in relation Oct It. That ben-ever per'eet the
drainage of the interior of the urban districts may be, Ito b nelieial
effects on the tepulation must be greatly diminietiol tmleas the
drainage of the eub.e ban lend be put in proper Matron it. All
which we huchly worthy to your Ilajoety.—(Sigted) —K. (iallaol.Xoll
;LS.), L. CHAUSIea. (i.. 8.), T. 8. Ferro (LS I, It Cu vs ;Ls.;,
1.. loses (Le.)—eiwydyr Hone, Whitehall, Feb. 19,104 e.