The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1846.

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command, for the able ansistar.ce they rendered th their respective
donee; the pilot behaved with great credit, and he. proved himself ao
far . ethear ut pilot. lam now repairing damages with all possible
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Signed) "E. 11. B. Paxson, Lieut. Ckinimanding.
n Capt. C. Mecham, H. M. Frigate Gordon, Senior Odker, Parana."
" H.M. Steam-vessel Lizard, above Fort Lorenzo,
" River Parana, Fire p.m., April 21.
" Sir, —I have the honour to state, for the Information of the Com.
inander-in-Chief, that this morning, at the distance of six miles from
Iznenvo, I observed large batteries had been erected on a comminuting
point, and that the adjacent mast was lined with artillery and tthd
Feces. At half-past eleven a.m. the southern batteries opened a heavy
fire, and on approaching nearer, the other batteries and artillery com-
menced a quick and well-directed fire alio, which was returned by the
Laird by rockets and the forecastle gun, until the rocket 'tend was
shot away, and the gun could no longer be elevated aufeciently to bear
on the enemy ; at the same time the henry shot, crape and musketry
riddling the versed front stem to stern, I ordered the rams and men
to go below, but the step, I regret to thy, had not the desired elect,
two officers being killed in the gun-room. The Lizard received 7 shot
between wind and water, besides 9eamson,l4 grape, suet 41 musket halls
in the bull and bulwarks, and 7 cannon and grape in the funnel and
steam pipe. The bolus, main must, and rigging, fore and aft, are
shot through and through by cannon. I hoisted three ensigns before
we catered the fire, and rejoice to elate came out with two dying,
rely having one at the main shot away. The firing commenced at
half past 11 a.m. and continued with rapidity until 25 minutes Feu
one p.m., the wind and current strong against us, and great quantity
of water In the bold, delayed na much in passing. I beg to say the
officers and crew evinced great coolness, particularly J. Trillia, the
pilot, who conned the vessel with great jodament through the whole
of the action.—Killed: Mr. Barnes, clerk in charge; Mr. Webb,
ma'ter's assistant ,• W. Fos, A.R.; C. Willianua A.B.—Slightly
' wounded : Mr. Miller, othistant-surg.eon, and three men.-1 have, etc.
(Signer!) '•H. 31. TYLDEN,
` Lieutenant commanding the Lizard."

tin Court.
HER MAJESTY'S CRUISE.
• FALMOUTH, MONDAY, EIGHT P.M.—Prince Albert
landed this morning at eight A. 51., and proceeded in a royal
carriage to the mining district+, returning by way of Truro,
which town was handsomely decorated on the occasion, and
where the corporation presented an address craving the
removal of the coinage-hall, the property of the Duchy of
Cornwall, to allow of the widening of the street. The Prince
returned back to Fahnouth at two P. 31., and after taking re-
freshment on board the Victoria and Albert, the Queen and
Ladies Cox and Ker, and the Dowager Countess Littleton,
the royal children, Prince Albert and Lord Palmerston, Sir
James Clarke, and Messrs. Fox and Taylor, took a cruise in
the Fairy up Truro river, and thence went outside the port
to Swanpool, where a vein was purposely drawn, but no fish
were caught,sat which ill-luck her Majesty laughed heartily.
The Prince jumped on the beach out of the barge, and
the roal party remained twenty minutes there watching
the fishermen; the royal Fifty returned to the yacht by
seven o'clock. The Queen intends leaving to-morrow for
Fowey, or else to proceed direct for Cowes, at present un-
certain.

Mitt. FITZHERBERT.—The following letter appears
in the Globe. It is said to be taken from a printed circular,
sent about by the Captain Hill to whom the letter is
addressed, and who appears to have written to his Grace to
ask the question to which the letter is a reply :
" London, 15th August, 1846.
" F. H. the nuke of Wellington presents his compliments to
Captain Bill.—he has received bus letter (25th ult.), the Duke knew
nothing of Mr. Simpson or Mrs. Sims, but he Ls quite convinced that
the late Mrs. Fitzherbert never had it child in consequence of her con-
nexion, whatever its nature, with the Prince of Wales, afterwards
George IV.
"To Captain Hill, Tavistock-place, Tavistock.equare."

Front last night's Gazette.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 7. The Queen has pre-
sented the Reverend W. G. Nott, B A., to the vicarage
of Su:torten, in the county and diocese of Lincoln, void by
the death of the Rev. Charles Boothhy.

WAR-OFFICE, SEPTIWiLIt 8.
sth Drag. Gds.—Major W. 11. Archer, from 14th L. Drags., to be
major, vice King, who each.
3rd L. Drags.—A. A. M. Campbell to be cm., without pur., vice Sale,
whose appointment bas been cancelled.
14th L. Drags.—Major J. W. King, from sth Drag. Gde., to be major,
vice Archer, who exch.
Scots Feebler Gds.—Lieut. and Capt. Hon. G. A. F. Liddell to be
apt. and lieut-col., by pur., vice J. T. G. Taubman, who ret. ; Ens.
and Lieut G. W. Mercer to be be lieut. and rapt., by pur.; A. W. 11.
Mevrick to be ens. and lieut., by pur.
11th F.-.F. Sitwell to be ens., by par., vice Drew, who ret. ;
IL
Cole to be ens., without mar., vice Sitwell, app. to 85th F.
20th F.—Lieut. G. Thomson to be adjt.; serjt-Mujor J. M'Gee to
be quartermaster; Ens. W. 11. Dowling to be heat, without par.,
vice Tomson. app. adjt. ; R. E. W. Gordon to be ens.
22nd F.—Ens. G. P. E. Morrison to be lieut., by pur., vice Aplin,
who mt. ; J. 13. Gardiner to be ens., by par.; Serjt-Major W. Hughes
to be ens, without pur., vice llolbroos, cashiered by the ;entente of a
general court martial.
27th F.—Capt. Sir A. It. de C. Brooke, Bart., from h.-p. 17th L
Drags., to be rapt., vice Smith, prom. ; Lieut. J. Lewes to be caps., by
pur. ; Ens. F. C. Herring to be lieut., by pur. ; Ens. E. Barnes, from
67th F., to be ens.
28th F.—Lieut. A. Browne to he apt., by par., vice Stirling, who
ret ; Ens. J. V. Ellis to be lieut., by pur.; L. S2otton to be ens.,
by
30th par.
F.—C. W. ClubLl to be ens., by pur., vice D'Arcy, app. to
67th F.
40th F.—Clout L. A. Forbes, from Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be
lieut., vice Miller, who exch.
41st l'.—Capt. A. J. W. Northey, from 31st F., to be capt., vice
Farmer, who exch.
51st F.—Capt. T. M. Farmer, from 41st F., to be rapt, vice Northcy,
who each.
67th F.—Ens. W. D'Arcy, from 30th F., to be ens., vice Barnes, app.
to 27th F.
85th F.—Ens. F. Sitwell, from 12th F., to be ens., vice Thompson,
app. adjt.
67th F'.—Second Lieut. 11. S. Bawtree to be fleet lieut., by pur., vice
Cruiclohank. who ref. ; W. Murphy to be second lieut., by pur.
92nd F.—D. Erskine to be ens., by pur., vice (Allies, whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled.
97th F.—Ens. W. H. Beatty to be Bent., without pur. vice guidon,
app. adjt. • Lieut. W. G. Bindon to be Wit.; C. E. Stainforth to be
ens., vice Batty.
Rifle Erigade.—Quartermaster P. Macdonald to be adjt, with the
rank of second lieut.
3rd West India Regiment.—Capt J. Straker, from h.-p. York
Chaneurs, to be rapt., nee J. P. Berry, who each. ; Lieut. E. Poitier
to be cant., by pur., vice Straker, who mt. ; Ens. B. D. Wemyss to be
lieut., by pur.; 11. Crofton to be ens., by pair.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment.—Lieut P. W. Miller, from 40th F., to be
beat, vice Forbes, who exch.• Capt. J. E. Boggis, horn 2nd West
India Heat., to be paymaster, vice R. Jefferson, who ret. upon h,-p. ;
Lieut. and Adjt. H. 0. Remmett has been permitted to resign his com-
mission of adjt. only.
Hoorrat Srars.—W. D. 51archant to be avaiist-eurg. to the forms.
Bmver.—Capt. Sir A. B. de C. Brooke, of 2lth F., ,to be malor ;
Capt. J. Straker, 3rd West India Mgt., to be major ,• Lieut. and Brevet
Capt. A. C. Pears, Madras Artillery (an officer to the lion. East India
Company's deP6t at warley), to have the local and temporary rank of
rapt in the army, while on employed.

THE PROJECTED " WHITTINGTON o,lA:o—Last
evening a numerous and respectable meeting was held at
the Southampton Coffee-house, Chancery-lane, for the pur-
pose of adopting measures for the formation of a great central,
self-supporting, industrious association, combining the lite-
rary institute, club-house, and place of social recreative resort
for the operative portion of the middle classes resident in the
metropolis. Mr. W. Eykelbosch was called to the chair.
He said the meeting had been called, rather for the purpose
of hearing suggestions and an expression of opinion on the
subject of the Important object in contemplation, than of
adopting any steps for the definite organisation of the insti-
tution. The principles on which it was proposed that the
institution should be based were very fully and ably stated
in a series of powerful articles which had appeared recently
in the columns of Douglas Jerrokra lVeekly Newspaper.
A short summary of these had been printed for distribution.
In that document it was proposed that a great central
association should be established under the name of " TheWhit-
tington Club," combining the literary institute, club-house,
and place of social recreative resort, supplying a heart to the
the mighty self-educating system, from and to which may
circulate all that interests, informs, and advances the
struggling intellect of the multitude of toilworn but ener-
getic men of the middle class.—After an eloquent address
rrom the Chairman, a long and desultory conversation
ensued, and a great variety of suggestions relative to the
practical means to be adopted in the organization of the
institution were made. There was, however, but one
!pinion prevalent as to the importance of the undertaking.
Finally, a provisional committee of thirty-two persons was
appointed, with powers to act till the nest tneetin,v in taking
the necessary steps for the institution of the association. It
was also resolved that an early general meeting should

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be held. - -
• SOCIETY FOR THE ABOLITION OP ECCLESIASTICAL
Cornrs.—Last evening a public meeting was held at the
School-house Denmark-street, Pentonville, to hear from the
Rev. Edward Muscutt, M.A., an address on the subject of
Ecclesiastical Courts, and the means to be adopted for their
abolition. The rev. gentleman, it will be recollected, deli-
vered a lecture on the same subject some time back, which
was fully reported. We have only now, therefore, to add,
that the rev. gentleman's observations were attentively lis-
tened to, and his recommendation to strive for the abolition
of Ecclesiastical Courts was cordially welcomed by the
sleetin
SOUT
HWARK OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIA-
fIott.--Last evening the annual meeting took place at the
St. George's National School, Borough-read. The chair was
taken by Col. Sir W. Verner, Bart., M.P., supported byy the
Rents. Dr, Biber, H. S. Christmas, 8.D., V. Curling, M.A.
G. F. (Dasher, M.A. and others. The report read by the
Secretary stated that 'the cash in hand was spite sufficient to
defray all the existing liabilities. The chairman addressed
the meeting, and alluded in strong terms to the Romiab
power now beginniag to ap in this country. lie read a
Wier from his grace the Duke of Manchester expressive of
kb regret in not being able to attend the meeting. A Mr.
Clark, an operative, addressed the amenably, and moved the
knowing resolution :—" That this association be based for
get future on the principles of the national club under the
same of the ' Surrey Protestant Alliance,' forming a union
lithe operatives with the higher classes for the support and
mihanenee of the great pinciples of the Iteformattoo both

in Church and State ;" wb'eas taming been seconded by the
Ilev• H. S. Christmas, '''' ao Enaniznously tarried. Other re-
solutions were adopted In, furthering the cause of the shoe*
society ; and the pmeets Alp terminate&
REVISING BaRWAT-810._Mr. Arnold, appointed re-
pingbirriatir for ';he city, has intimated his intention of
thel eleut or, Tuesday the 15th inst. D. C. Moylan,
-i sPPsistis4 to revise the lists for Finsbury, will hold his
court, at the coo:rt of his honour the Vice-chancellor of Eng-
land, in L'elecao,c_ine, on Thursday the 17th inst.
THE PONIATOSVSKI GEMS.—Yesterday Mr. Price
1 submiued to public competition, at the Auction Rooms,
Chancery-lane Mr. J. Tyrrell's entire collection of proof
imprenions from the antique gems of the late Prince Stania•
laws Poniatowaki. They consisted of medallion represent-
atioas of the principal scenes and events throughout the
" Iliad," the " Odyssey," and the " ..Eneid," together with
some of the fabulous feats of the mythological ehancten of
ancient Greece and Rome. The first portion offered related
chiefly to the higher divinities, and the whole of the lota of
the first clan realised 72 guineas. From No. 112 Canova
borrowed the design of his ",Mars and Venus ;" es also his
" Hercules hurling Lychee into the sea" from No. 463.
CONDITION OF TIIE GENERAL POST LETTER-
Canniens.—ln consequence of the recent changes at the
Post-office, by which the merchants and traders of the me-
tropolis have considerably benefited, through the abolition
of the early delivery and of the fees to postmen arising there-
from, they have become great sufferers; no arrangement
having been made either in the way of a revised scale of
salary, or in compensating them for the logs of their fees. By
thateasgoothl Theenirarec now
s
I ptbaLfitll'iswricot possscale it
fworilthb:m tow,
on what is called a " Treasury morning," that is, the
mornings (three times a week) when the men have to
pay is the revenue they have had to collect, when they
find the utmiat difficulty in makinz up the sums due; and
indeed several within the last month have not been able to
do so, and were consequently suspended. For the last four
months the following have been the sums per week paid to
the General Post letter-carriers :--32 men are paid 235. per
week ; 178 have 20s. ; 40 arc allowed 18s. ; and the most
senior 20, 14s. per week. One of these men, of sixteen
years' standing, was taken up on the charge of stealing
a letter containing half-a-sovereign, as stated in our
police report on Friday last ; and it is to be feared that if
something is not done for these men in this respect by the
Lords of the Treasury without delay, that more ot the public
property may be sacrificed by these destitute and miserably
remunerated public servants.
JOURNEYMEN COACH BUILDERS.—The members of
the above trade are now making sn effort to reduce the
hours of labour, which they contend are greater in theirs
than in the majority of trades; and several influential firms
have already consented to the arrangement.
REGENT'S PARS.—Many of tie young trees in this
park having been wantonly stripped of their bark, the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests have offered a reward for
the discovery of the offenders.
PO,TAGE STAMPS.--The total cost of a million of
postage labels is 7W. Os. 7d.
COST OF THE CITY WELLINGTON STATCE.—The
sum subscribed tor the equestrian statue was 11,6191. 116.11 d.,
the expenses of committee meetings, collection, &c., did
not exceed 1,1201. 14s. 11d., and the money paid to Sir
Francis Chantrey and his executors was 10,4871. 175.; yet
the metal was given by government !
NELSON'S COLUMN.—Yesterday workmen resumed
the completion of this column. The works have been sus-
pended for the last month, in consequence of the difficulty
experienced in procuring the blocks of atone of the required
size and description.
HALF-WAY HOUSE AT KENSINGTON.—Yesterday
the demolition of the well-known tavern, called the Half-
way House, abutting on the main road to Kensington. com-
menced. The removal will do away with considerable ob-
struction to the thoroughfare, which at times was nearly
impassable from the number of carts and waggons that
assembled in its vicinity.
SUDDEN DEATH. —Mr. Bach, a healthy man,
about fifty yearn of age, manager of Messrs. Peg and Co.,
paper and rag merchants, yesterday fell suddenly dead while
engaged in his usual occupation. Surgical assistance was
immediately called in, but it wasof no avail.
A SHIP AGROUND ON THE TUNNEL.—On Sunday
morning the tide run out so low, that the Venezuela steam-
ship, bound to Havre, deeply helm with passengers and
goods, grounded over the Thames tunnel, where she remained
for two hours, till the tide flowed. Some alarm was felt fur
the safety of the tunnel, but the engineer and others con-
nected with it entettained no apprehensions whatever. Not
a brick was started, and no damage whatever was done to
the works, a proof of their stability and the pains taken in
the construction.
A MAN KILLED BY A litti..—Yesterday, a man
named George Effis was in a field at Roehampton removing
a bull, when the animal turned upon him, and before he
could escape, tossed him. Some persons went to his assist-
ance, and he was taken to St. George's Hospital, where-it
was found that the spinal cord was fractured. Ho died in a
few hours after his admission.
WOOLWICH.—THE ALLEGED ROBBERY OF NINE-
TEEN BRASS GUNS.—A considerable time since 19 brass
howitzers were missing from the stores in the Royal Arsenal,
and although a strict inquiry was made at the time, they
were not traced. Suspicion fell upon two privates,
named Freeman and Campion, of the Royal Sappers and
Miners, who were apprehended and underwent a rigid exa-
mination, but were discharged, nothing being discovered to
impeach their character. The Board of Ordnance then
offered a reward of 1001. for recovering of the property and
apprehension of the thieves. It has since been discovered
tug the guns were not stolen or lost ; but that they had been
cast into a portion of the Nel•ou monument, and that through
an error they were omitted to be entered in the official re-
turns. It is but justice to state that the innocent men have
been discharged, after 21 years' service, upon a liberal pen-
gloo, and are now employed in the Ordnance establishment.
DUTCH FRUlT.—Since the experimental trip, made
a short time since from Yarmouth to Rotterdam and back,
for the purpose of ascertaining the length of time tbejoarsey
I would occupy, and the propriety of establishing apemen*
communication between this country and Holland, by means
of the ports mentioned, *several parcels of fruit, of va-
rious kinds, have been imported from Holland, by way
of Yarmouth and Rotterdam, into this country. The
advantages now afforded by the line of railway esta-
blished between Yarmouth and London offering ample
facilities for its speedy transmission to the metropolitan
markets, and other parts of the country, to which it may be
consigned. The importation of fruit from Holland has also
been extended to other ports on the north-eastern coast of
England, doubtless caused by the same facilities being
afforded as those before alluded to. Not having any direct
official informsrion on the matter, we cannot state, with any
degree of certainty or correctness, to what extent these im-
portations have as yet taken place; but the fact of their hav-
ing occurred is undoubted, and the mention of them will be
of interest and importance, not only with respect to them in-
dividually, but also as a precursor of a permanent traffic
being meat probably opened, at no distant period, between
our north-eastern porta and the Dutch and German coasts,
to the mutual benefit of those states.

FIRES.—Late on Monday ni"ht a fire broke out on
the first-floor on the premisesof Mr. PoweU, 31, Church-
street, Limehouse. In a very few minutes it had communi-
cated to the top of the house. The engines of the parish,
and London Brigade soon arrived, and an abunda it supply
of water being obtained, the flames were extinguished. The
first, second, and ground floorswere most exteusively burned
and damaged by water. The premises numbered 32, in the
same street, and the adjoining house, tenanted by Mr. Francis
Burton, were also both severely injured by fire. Mr. Powell
was not insured.—Shortly before midnight on Monday, a fire
broke out in the premises of Mr. Maynard, a hoop bmder,
Haddon-place, King-street, Old Gravel-lane, \Yapping. The
fire commenced in one of the sheds, and speedily extended
from thence to the pigeon-houses, in which a number of
valuable birds were coutined, many of which perished. Mr.
Maynard was not insured.
INQUESTS DELI) YESTERDAY.—By Mr. W. Baker,
at the Cock and Magpie, Worship-street, on the body of
Mary Ann Abrahams, aged f ,rty, a married woman, resid-
ing at No. 4, Chiffon-street, Finsbury. The mind of the
deceased was much affected, and she was confined to her
bed-room. On Saturday, the Bth ult., with a knife she in-
flicted a severe wound on her throat. She was removed to
Bartholomew's Hospital on the same day. She remained
there for upwards of three weeks, and then returned
home, but she became much attenuated, and expired on
Monday last. Verdict "Temporary insanity."—Also, by Mr.
Baker, the adjourned on Mary Ann Stroud, whose
case appeared in the Lxpress yesterday. The gunmen
stated that he had made a post-mortem examination, and be
could not trace any appearance of poison. He attributed
death to natural causes. V-rdict in accordance with the
medical evidence.—By Mr. W. Carter, at the Canterbury
Arms, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, on the boiy of Mr. Abel
Smith, aged forty-eight. late proprietor of the Crowe and
Cushion tavern, Mount-street, Westminster-road. On Sa-
turday evening, deceased, whilst inebriated, fell with his
head against the fender, inflicting a large would over the left
temple. Surgical assistance was called in, but unavailingly,
and he died on Sunday afternoon. Verdict t4' "Accidental
death."—Also, by Mr. W. Carter, at the Mitre, Broadwall,
Black friars-road, on the body of the man who was mentioned
in Our paper yesterday, as having thrown himself from
Blackfriars-bridge. The body was not identified, and the
jury, in the absence of more positive evidence, returned a
verdict of " Found drowned "—Also, by Mr. Carter, at the
King John's Head, Bermondsey-square, on the body of T.
Harbut, said to have been in his hundredth year. The
grandson of the deceased stated that his grandfather was for-
merly a tanner, but of late years had been an inmate of
Bermondsey workhouse. He always went to church on a
Sunday, and afterwards witness or his brother took him a
walk previous to going home to dine with them. On last
Sunday he met him at his brother's. He was in excellent
health and spirits. They took a walk, and witness asked
him "how he held his head," and he replied, "Oh, quite
well." When they got home, deceased had a drop of beer
and a pipe, and while sitting at the door a very heavy storm
of thunder came on, and a gentleman said, " Look how
that poor man has been sck 47 the thundegrandfather,r, and is turn-
ing up his eyes." Upon rulooking to his he
found it was as the gentleman mid, and removed him into
the back yard, where he was very sick. He got better, and
laid down, and when witness returned in half an hour he
thought he was asleep, but he was quite dead. This evi-
dence was corroborated by other witnesses, and the jury
returned a verdict of " Natural death."
POISONING AT CLATEIUNG.--Sir : In your report
of this highly interesting and important inquest an error
occurs which I should feel obliged to yon to correct in a
future number of your periodical. Al a professional man I
should feel vexed that such a statement should go abroad, as
I am not in the habit of administering calomel or any other
active medicine without knowing that I had done so. In my

evidence before the coroner you state that " I administered
some Medicine but did not recollect what it was, but believed
it was calomel." This is incorrect. I distinctly stated that
I. did administer calomel in combination with jalap, &e. I
*would also beg of you to supply an omission in your report
with respect to this fact, viz., that I visited James Chesham
three times in the course of the day previously to his decease.
This I stated to the coroner ; and it is important, in con-
nexion with that part of the evidence of Sarah Pudding, who
stated that the accused Sarah Chesham told her, " She
thought the children had been taken away from her through
the neglect of Mr. Hawkes the surgeon." Your insertion
of the above will obIige.—STIMBIEN CLATOEN Hawnze,
Surgeon.
SL'OAR IN DISTILLERIES.—If the West and East
Indians know how to look after their own interests they will
not lose the present opportunity of urging government to
allow the free use of sugar in &fineries. The barley and
oat crops of the present year are very indifferent in all parts
of the three kingdoms; and yet tko demand for both those
kinds of grain, during the winter, for food, and for seed in
the spring, will be greater than was ever known before,
owing tv the failure of the potato crop. We are informed
by a geneernan who has re.ided some years at New Orleans,
that maize or Indian corn, which is generally looked to, to
supply the place of the potatoes, does not begin to arrive at
that mar: et in any quantity until November or December,
AO that there can be no large arrivals of it in this country until
about Christmas. In the meantime the poor of Ireland will
h eve to subsist chiefly upon oats ; and if the supply, which is
less than an average, is still further reduced by the use of
them is distilleries, seed oats will be very dear an
scarce in the spring of next year. This wi:l be a serious
evil, as a very greatly incr aced breadth of land ought to be
sown with oats, to make up for the loss of the potatoes,
which few people will have either the means or the courage
to plant, after the failures of this year and last. Under these
circumstances every economy uught to be practised in the
use of oats and barley ; and nowhere can it be practised
with less inconvenience to the public and to individuals
than in distilleries. Independent of all temporary circum-
stances, the sugar-growers have a right to ask, as a matter of
justice, that the use of sugar shall be permitted in distil-
leries whenever it is thought advantageous by the distillers
themselves; and this, coupled with the evident necessity for
economy in the use of those descriptions of grain on which
the poor must henceforth subsist, would enable them to
make out an irresistible case, at the present time, for the
removal of all restrictions.—Lirerpool Times.
OPPOSITION TO NATIONAL EDUCATION. The
number of petitions presented against the educational
clauses of the Factory Bill, amounted to 13,369. The num-
ber of signatures attached to them was 2,068.059. All these
parties are under a moral obligation to furnish those means
of instruction to the people which the government proposed
to do in en objectionable way to them. The Wesleyan Con-
ference, in their annual address, put the matter in its true
light : " We must not disguise nor overlook the fact, that
our recent proceedings have involved us in a most serious
responsibility. The ease stands thus: a large number of
the youth of our country are found to be greatly in need of
education. It is proposed to give them a certain amount of
education upon certain terms; but we, in common with
othet bodies, object to the terms proposed, and arc under-
stood thus to prevent them from receiving the education
offered. Unless, therefore, the education offered was itself
an evil as great or greater than absolute ignorance, or unless
the terms proposed were such as to neutralise the benefit of
education altogether, it is manifest that we must either
exert ourselves to the utmost of our power for the instruc-
tion of the people on a better system, or we must incur the
guilt of depriving them of instruction altogether; neither
giving it ourselves, nor allowing it to be given by others,"
The tact deserves repetition, that upwards of tee stallions
of the British people successfully resisted a plan to impart
the benefits of instruction to the lower orders, at the name
time aware of there being a lamentable destitution of them
existing in the realm. Were they right in doing so? It
may be replied in the affirmative, because the measure was
conceived in a spirit thatdid not respect their liberties. But
how will the case stand, supposing the two millions to make
only a feeble effort to supply themselves the instrumentality
confessedly needed? Win they not be verily guilty con-
cerning their brethren, and deserve, while provoking, the
curse of posterity ?—Elevation of the People, by the lies. T.

SOFFERFSGS FOR REFORM. The votes of the
House of Commons contain the petition of Mr. Le Maitre,
a gentleman who was imprisoned fur endeavoufring to pro-
mete reform in parliament. The petition states that the
petitioner is now seventy years of age, and one- of the last
survivors of those persona who, at the close of the last cen-
tury, were arrested during the suspension of the 11a6cas
Corpus Act, and confined for long periods on charges of
sedition. It seems that the petitioner becaane a member of
the corresponding society in 1794, he being then 18 years of
age. On the 27th September of that year, the papers of the
society having been previously seized, Mr. Le Maitre, with
other members, was arrested by a warrant of the Privy
Council for treasonable practices; his banks and papers were
seized, and he treated with brutal insolfince. Ho was sent
to the Coldbath-fields prison, of which he was the first
inmate, and kept in close confinement till May, 1795,
when he was released on bail. In January, 1796,
a true Lill for high treason was found against him,
but he was then only brought to trial to be acquitt of the
charge. There was, in fact, no evidence against him, on his
showing he was the victim of the false swearing of a man
named Upton, and of the too ready credulity of
the law-officers of the crown of that day, and of the
alarm of the ministers, fearing, as they said, for the public
safety. In 1798 the petitioner was again arrested and taken
before the privy council. Remembering how he had for-
merly been treated by the council, he refused to answer ques-
tions, and was comaaitted to Nowgate, where ho was detained
in close and solitary eonfinement more than a year. Suffer-
ing then in his health he was, on the representation of his
medical attendants, removed to Reading gaol, where he was
detained for a further period of nearly two years. We pass
over many minor vexations mentioned in the petition. We
say nothing of injured health and ruined prospects, confining
ourselves to the simple statement that this gentleman, during
the greater part of the first seven years of his early manhood
(a period of life which, to most men, is one of enjoyment and
pleasurable existence), was undergoing mental and bodily
suffering within the walls of a prison, though no offence was '
pros el against him. Mr. Le Maitre positively declares that
he was guiltless of any offence, and it is certain that he never
was brought to trial, except for the purpose of being ac-
quitted and discharged. Nor was his case ever inves.igated by
l'arliament, though ho had petitions to that effect more
than once presented. Lords Grey. Holland, and other
public men sympathised with M. Le Maitre, and endea-
voured, at various times, to proc are him some redress.
Under Mr. Canning's administration, through the influence
of Sir J. Mackintosh, ho was promised a consulship in South
America, but that adminiatration was dissolved by Mr.
Canning's death before the promise could be fulfilled. In
1832 he was appointed assistant protector of slaves in Deme-
rara, but misfortune pursued him after the Tory govern-
ment had ceased to persecute him, and he lost all his pro-
perty by the ship in which he embarked being wrecked off
Beacliy Head, saving his own life and the lives of his family
with difficulty. Some small pecuniary compensaton for has
losses and his sufferings he has received, but no adequnte
remuneration—nor has he subsequently been appointed to
any other office ; and now, at an advanced time of
life, poor and needy, when but for the unjust con-
duct of the state towards him, he might have at
least been well provided for, if not h .re risen to
affluence, he prays the House of Commons to take his
case into their serious consideration. Our recommenda-
tion of the prayer of his petition cannot immediately be of
any avail, but seat session, probably, the reformed House of
Commons may think it their duty to repair one of the great
wrongs which an unreformed parliament permitted to be
perpetrated on innocent people whom the government iscon-
stituted to protect. Whether it do somuch justiceor not to Mr.
Le Maitre, it is for us and the public at large most gratifying
to reflect that we live under the protection of a reformed
parliament, and that no such sufferings can now be inflicted
on any man for aspiring to promote the political improve.
ment of society, and no such cruel injustice can now be per-
petrated by the government and the law as that of which
Mr. Le Maitre and his associates were the victims.

METROPOLITAN SEWAGE MAN VRE.—Sir, —ln consi-
dering the evidence of the chemista who were examined by the
committee appointed to report on this subject, it must be
remembered that three very distinct modes of application
were submitted :-Ist. That of irrigating meadows with the
liquid refuse of a town t..vourably placed to admit of such
au arrangement, as Edinburgh and Mansfield. 2nd. That
of bringing sewer water into a more concentrated form,
respecting which Dr. Grenville stated, " London drainage
would be the most valuable, if we could obtain it in any-
thing like a concentrated form. Flanders and Holland
thrive in a most marvellous manner, owing entirely to that.
It is in fact the most important manure, containing all the
elements that land requires" (993,—referring to questions in
" Minutes"). The value of it is proved by the immense
population supported by the soil in China, where
it is universally carried a-field, and only sufficiently
diluted to facilitate its equal distribution over the land.
3rdly. There was submitted to the committee the necessary
evidence respecting the quantity of fertilising substance
which may be precipitated and formed into a perfectly dry
and easily transmitted manure. Sewer water contains two
very different substances—the one is merely suspended in
the water, and easily forms a natural deposit, on which the
addition of lime would have a beneficial effect (542), as
stated by Professor Miller. The other portion is held in
solution. It is the most valuable (522), and also the most
difficult to secure. Open sewers (1,247), or receptacles to
store it, would allow its escape ; and when applied to the
land, there is found to be little affinity to retain it. Si:
experiments were made at Edinburgh, where sewer
water, which. contained 244 grains in suspension, and
82 grains in solution (in a gallon of 70,000 grains),
was used to irrigate meadows extending two miles.
After it had been applied to use fourth meadow, the 82 gn.
in solution were still found in the sewer water. After
having been applied to six meadow., and paned finally
over sharp sandy land, there remained 72 gr. in solution,
which were therefore lost, and only 10 grs. were retained
(178,179,1255). Thus, by applying sewer water in its
natural state, 8-9ths of the portion held in solution is wasted.
By precipitating the portion held in solution, on the other
hand, a much larger quantity is proved to be obtained.
Professor Braude stated, " It might be precipitated to a cer-
tain extent by lime" (783); "you would obtain the precipitate
of the phosphates," fte. (785). Positive experiments made
with sewer water proved that 14,000 grs. naturally
deposited 16 grs., and, by adding lime, a similar quantity,
16 grs. were precipitated (943,944); 30 gra. in 14,000 is 21-7 in
1,000, which estimated only at 31. per ton, would be 61.85. 74.
as the prodnoe from 1,000 tons of sewer water. A precipi-
tate of 16 grs. obtained from 14,000, is 76 gni per gallon,
and according to this analysis there would be 76 grs. pre-
served, instead of losing 72, and preserving only 10 tus. by
using sewer water in its natural state, as already shown.
Supposing 1,000 tons of sewer water will produce an easily

trensmittedmanure worth 61. Si. 7d., we annually waste six
hundred thousand pounds worth of fertilising substance from
the metropolis alone ; a sum which ought to be sufficient not
only to insure the speedy removal of all refine, without our
requiring compulsory enactment, but also sufficient to im-
prove the drainage and the sanitary condition of the metro-
polis.—C. T.