biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-09

which they never read, and he never wrote." No
wonder Mr. CHAMBERS shrunk from a contest in
which, as author and publisher, he might have found
all his books, one after another, entend in the index
expuryaturins of the allied inquisitors of the free and
the residuary kirks.
The absurd termination of the Edinburgh contest
fur the office of provost shows the amount of the power
possessed by a maims of the clergy in Scotland, and
the meddling spirit by which they are animated. In-
dications of their wish to dictate and domineer in
temporal concerns had bean given before this. The
extensive purchase of shares in certain railways by
lay and clerical theologians to make votes for the /Jur-
pr,se of deciding. the question of Sunday travelling,
somewhat surprised the dwellers south of the Tweed.
But still more are they astonished at the sudden
truce between the established and free churches,
whose mutual and envenomed denunciations arc still
ringing in their ears, and their harmonious co-operation
to keep out of the magistracy a min whom they
suspect of not being very warmly devoted to either.
In this the rival churches have adopted the policy
ascribed by Bailie NICOL /AMIE to the Highlanders
of his day—" They may gi'e each other a stab wi a
dirk, or a slash wi a claymore, but they'll aye join in
the lang run against all who have purses in their
pockets, and breeks on their hinder ends." Our
Seoteh countrymen may rest assured, that so long as
they allow themselves to be priest-ridden in matters
relating to railway management, and parliamentary
and municipal elections, they will frequently find the
hierarchies of the free and established kirks inter-
mitting their angry brawls, to extract money from
the pockets of the reluctant laity, and put down every
one who ventures to call in question the right divine
of presbytery.
London, England, 1848-02-22

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCIAT.—LaNCASTER, FEB. 21.
The assizes for North Lancashire opened this morning, be-
fore Barons Rolfe and Alderson. The calendar contains
the names of 33 prisoners, several of whom stand committed
on charges of a serious character. The cause list is light.
Mr. Baron Rolfe sat in nisi prius, and Mr. Baron Alderson
in the Crown Court. The first case taken in the latter was
a charge, postponed from lest assizes, of
CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
—W. If. Shaw and J. Horner stood indicted for conspiring
to defraud the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company
of certain moneys. The defendants pleaded "Not Guilty."
—Mr. Bliss stated the case for the prosecution. The de-
fendants, Shaw and Horner, are brothers-in-law, and
lived at Haslingden when the present transaction
took place. Shaw was a cotton manufacturer in a small
way, and Horner a foreman in his! employ, at wages averag-
ing from 25e. to 30s. a week. Horner had previously been
a dealer in cotton waste. Shaw took a cotton mill at Has-
lingden, in December, 1815, for a year certain, with the
option of having it on a lease for such a term se might be
agreed upon at the, expiration of that period. In Decem-
ber, 1846, Shaw insured the mill and machinery in the
Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance for 1,0001. He after-
wards increased the policy to 1,300!., and then to 1,5001.,
and, in April, 1847, the mill was burnt down. Ten days
after, the defendant, Shaw, sent in a demand of 1,260!. as the
amount of damage sustained, and it was on this demand that
the cue would hinge. One item in the demand was
22.5/. on account of three engines stated to have
been bought by Shaw of Horner. Now he (Mr. Bliss)
should be able to prove, that the defendants bought these
engines together for 1071. There was also an item for eight
looms, said to have been bought of a Mr. Waddington ; but
it would be shown that these looms were not in the mill at
the time of the fire, and had in fact been burnt at Man-
chester, where Shaw received compensation for them. There
was likewise a claim of 1201. for cards bought of a Mr.
Whiteley, though it would be proved that the sum actually
owing was only 471. 95., and that Shaw prevailed on
Whiteley to make out a bill for 1201., saying it
would never be found out. There were three other
items of a similar character, which would be laid in
evidence before the jury. Shaw attributed the fire to the
heating, by friction, of a machine called the " devil's harp,"
or to some incendiary; but it would be shown that as the fire
did not take place till 5 o'clock the following morning, there
wig abundant time for the engine to get thoroughly cool.
London, England, 1848-02-22

ELECTION OF THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF

CANTERBURY.

To-night's Gazette contents the following notice
which, it will be remembered, confirms the announcemeut
first given in this paper, of the selection of the Bishop of
Chester to the vacant archiepiscopal see.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 22 the Queen has ordered a conga
&dire empowering the dean and chapter of the metropoli-
tieal church of CanterOury to elect an archbishop of that tee,
void by the death of Dr. Wm. Howley, late archbishop thereof;
Ms also been pleast-cl to recommend to the said D. an and
Chapter, the Right Reverend Faber in Ood Doctor John
Bird Sumner, now Bishop of Chester, to be by them elected
Archbishop of the said see of Canterbury.

OFFICE. OF ORDNANCE, FEU. 21.
' Como of Itoral Engiaeoro.—FrA Lieut. C. S. Miner, to be oar.
int*, riseWei,h, placed on thecoeconded Hot ; Sec. Lieut. E. N.
Iteynnte, lobe Sint lieut., lice Mader.

.BILARUPrCiiS.ANNCLLED.
TIIOXAB PARKER, Coventry, ribbon manufacturer,
Fcb. 12.
Cuantis RoADE SUTTON, Whittipsea, Cambridgeshire,
London, England, 1848-02-22

-
corn merepant, Feb. 18.
BANKRUPTS.
JOHN GODDARD, Outwell, Norfclk , carpenter.
WILLIAM Buu.sto e, Clerken well-close, gold wire drawer.
WILLIAM TANNER and JOHN WARD, Leadellhall-pIRCE,
Leadenhall.market, leather factors.
WILLIAM DAVIS, Farnborough, Kent, brewer.
WILLIAM BATTEN and ALEXANDER, MARSHALL, Ship
Tavern-rouge, Gracechurch-street, cheesemongers.
WILLIAM CHAMPION SrtinarraiLD,:Cornhill, under-
writer.
JOSIAH GOODWIN, Birmingham, newspaper proprietor.
atswitt, Bannon, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, linen

draper.
JAMES PETREL OLDPILLD, Liverpool, commission mer-
chant.
WILLIAM HANNAH, Liverpool, apothecary.
THOMAS SIMON JON FS, Wrexham, Denbighshire, grocer.
WILLIAM MOSLEM, Liverpool, clerk to an attorney.
THOMAS HOLLAND, Bury, Lancashire, provision dealer.
WILLIAM ATKINSON, Manchester, cotton manufacturer.
WILLIAM Tunrlsr, Methley, near Leeds, builder.
°SOROS Oonv, jun., Dudley-hill, Yorkshire, innkeeper.
WILLIAM DANIEL Ewms, Broadwindsor, Dorsetshire,
butter merchant.
TRISTRAM WALROND WHITTEN, Cullompton, Devon-
shire, lime burner.
Roesler Dt.7:7N, Devonport, draper.
WILLIAM SKEMP, Bideford, Devonshire, draper.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

-.-
JAMES hi acammtop., Glasgow, merchant.
WILLIAM DICE, Dryburah Mains, Berwick, banker.
ROBERT DICK and GEORGE DICE, Edinburgh. woollen

dra_pe rs.
THOMAS WRIGHT, Glaegow, fruit merchant.
WILLIAM BUNTER, GISSHOW, merchant.
BENJAMIN CILOSHIB and JOHN enonle, Edinburgh, ale

merchants.
JOHN HAMILTON, Paisley, merchant.
JAMES BRIDGE, Gla gow, coal merchant.
Id num td'Leon, Glasgow, merchant.
ALEXANDER JAMIESSON, Stirling, upholsterer.
WILLIAM CHALMERS, Edinburgh, commission agent.
JOHN MAC INDOII and ROBERT BELL, Glasgow, com-
mission merchants.
London, England, 1848-02-22

eubject dropped.
BANK CHARTER COMMITTEE.
On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE the Earl
of Ripon was added to this coalman e.
EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.
Earl GREY, with reference to what he had said on a
former occasion, explained that the emigration he referred
to would be confined strictly to those workhou.cs in
,which it woulskbe proved that children had been trained to
habits of useful industry. They Had been led to under,tand
that in severakof the unions there were a number of loung
female orphans trained to habits of useful domestic industry.
Great care would be taken in selecting them, and in pro-
viding for their well-being, both during the passage and
after landing, and he had sanguine hopes that this emigra-
tion might be of considerable benefit to New South Wales
and South Australia. He thought it desirable to state this,
in order to prevent any misapprehension which might occur
upon the subject.
The house adjourned at 7 o'clock.

ROUSE OF COMMONS.—MoN DAY, FEB. 21.
The SPLAXER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
London, England, 1848-02-22

mission, advocates the um of small drains. When questiosed
by the new commissioners se to the probable dagger of their
choking up, be said:—Under proper regulations, lasi
tied that no stoppage erhatevr would occur in any cm. It
' is true that large substances of various kinds—broken china,
cinders, oystershells, vegetable refuse, brushes, rags, and •
host of other matters—are constantly found in the sewers,
being thrown, either carelessly or mischievously, down the
yard.drain, Into the sink, or down the water-closet. It
would be rather surprising if it were otherwise, for not the
slightest precaution is used to guard against it. No im-
mediate inconvenience results, and there is plenty of room
and to spare, we miy be sure, when we hear from the City
surveyor of sewers, in his evidence before the Health of
Towns Commission, that even coffins and tombstones, a bed-
steadiand the beadle of the parish, lie in them, tote detected
only in general explorations. Under a proper regulated
system, how easily would these abuses be prevented.—The
builder.
FIRE.—At half-past one o'clock this morning a fire
broke out at Mr. Hoare's, the Red Lion public-house,
Red Lion court, Fleet-street. The sleeping inmates were
aroused by the cry of " Fire !" and en alarm being given,
a " jumpinrsheet" was brought from the police station, by
means of which, it was stated, six persons effected their
escape. Several engines were quickly in attendance ; but
the supply of water was very scanty, and no impression was
made on the fire until the premises is which it originated
had been destroyed.

INQUEST, YESTERDAY. ANOTHER SUICIDE IN
THE MILLBANE PRlSON.—Before Mr. Bedford, in the
Millbank Prison, on the body of Patrick hlorgaa, aged 23,
• prisoner under a sentence of 15 years' transportation for
robbery, with violence. Edward Batson, a warder, said he
had charge of the deceased, and observed him to be of cheer-
ful disposition. He left him in his cell on Saturday evenings
and the next morning found him hanging by the ropes of his
hammock to • peg on which his towels were hung. De-
ceased was quite dead. Two of the prisoners confined in
the note gallery as the deceased, said that he gave away
unknown to the warders, the hest part of his food, and would
cry like a child. They thought him out of his mind, but
never told the warders so. Tne jury having returned a ver-
dict of " Temporary insanity," Capt. Groves, the governor,
mid that since the last suicide in the prison the warden
had received strict orders to give instant notice of anything
strange they might remark in the conduct of a prisoner.
London, England, 1848-02-22

IRELAND.

DUBLIN. FIB. 19
Yesterday, in a recent communication from the poor
law commissioners of Ireland, one of the objects

which it was intended to promote by the operation of
the law was stated to be to communicate to us Irish-
men more confirmed habits of acting together for
social purposes, through local organisations. It has
had that effect to a very considerable extent. An in-
stance of this is mentioned in the Belfast journals,
where an association was formed soon after the
amended poor law came ieto operation for relieving
the town from the pressure of the maintenance of
stranger paupers transmitted to Belfast from Scot-
land and other places, all of whom of course, but for
the operation of this voluntary association, would be
thrown upon the rates of the Belfast union,
and must speedily reduce it to bankruptcy.
By means of the operation of this body there have
been removed from Belfast and transmitted to those
unions on which they have legal claims not less than
6,613 paupers, landed on the quays of Belfast, chiefly
from Scotland, and persons who, having visited Bel-
fast to seek employment, had been smitten with fever,
and thus become chargeable on the rates. I am
aware that similar associations for the like purposes
have long been in operation in Dublin also. The
funds are voluntary contributions, aided, to some
extent, by grants from the general relief committees
of each place.
London, England, 1848-02-22

tax on an inotne
outrage on Pistil'
urged with ref erer
spas perhaps less
that the tax wou
is not to
the new percents

DECIDEDLY the
than despatches of
notalcatton which
the year, sweeps
Lively unprohtabl,
from all the ports
liarly graceful in
amelioration has
legislative act of
as pointedly, Ix
away, has shown
the pursuits of
oessity of humps
a description of
fold dangers. I
authority of one
have ever repro.
greatest of its col
will live in somet
Metes of the East
should be consun
heart has ever y
and the arts wit
the European e,
perpetuate his
marble, he will
spontaneous gra.
natives of the bi
country will cool
Cons WA Lt.'s and
will be known at
mind and the

people.
The abrogatiot
the European eel
a decided influei
pith China, chic)
both under Br
free for a los
ation, a duty
levied on all
countries eastwaz
(or double) if the
bottoms. These
ad talurent duty,
price of the artic
lieve that the rt
than 6 or 7 per o
The mere abol
whole of the i
raised between
foreign colours
LordArtima.e
fold homage to
has not only an,
has also retormc
concern the arth
The followitu;
magnitude of tt
represent in pc
cotton, and the
year for which
presidencies:

Calcutta
Idaaras

Boo~hap .....

Later return,
of this branch ,
decisively illu
change.
The research
growth of cwt.,
satisfactory an
the very &lick,
BRIMIT in part
settled decisive
part of the pro
an adequate su
The question
longer any. ate
considerations
settled point th,
and the last, it
report, "as we
country and
expected."
Starting, th
proceeding nos
abed, the coll
the Onzerat
valleys of the
broad and am;
tenancy of Ag
and from the
including eve]
at least Leslie
a district bet
we say, a sun
out the whole
nous shrub, e
an article of
arise, are e
has not India
not at preso,
every motive
the most abu
It is not di
why the raw
from the tro
the eastern

British peopl
the product
canon of St.
assigned to
infinite whic
and repreese
of Good Hoi
couragenn nt
terprise. In
ful monopo
were utterl
rival partici]
possessions.
meree, even
an assertion
few defend(
cantile ser]
senior mercl
were a tard
of detail any
the very in
culiar orbit
jeopardy.
from the fie]
not yet be
of our don
London, England, 1848-08-25

by Young Ireland
forth in some moo
iitnine•

TIER MAJESTV:.
&MOON have ro
alteration in the
speeches of Tueede
whether or not the
to say that they
into an error al
entirely failed to I
so awkwardly at
rity. Sir Banish
making more hat
speeches, and as}
moment to be
office, nor con&
apprehension of tl
safely afford to b
perfect leisure to
phers of Birmingl
why he should n
those parts of the
tion. But Sir Ci
riment possessing
mast confess that
patience, we have
and we begin tot
her Majestys got
modify the law,
untoward sensati
beheld his redcoat
the windmills.
If Sir C. \%
all they intend
Tuesday night, t
of leamig the m
only unrelated, I
WOOO said a gre
culation upon p
ingly emphatic,
questioa of the
matters which h
jest. But they
questions which
to Sir C. Wool
prices and eirct
figment as the
or the Anthropo
sufficient to say
law of 1819, bt
distinguished cot
lessons which ari
In the first place
the new regime
treatment for an
the Bank—whi
calamity an expt
Suffolk, and ran
tion from Mr.
a demand from
some remote con
want to know ti
and, equitably
the deposits ?

;Idencis are to
holders? In th
is meant by a p
when there was

allay ? Upon tl
especial euriobitj
if we could hal
which a Bank n
oat of sheer di:
tion to pay twi
it bad ever hal
that the thoroui
relieved of a p
comfortable bul'

facts, however, 1
has been a ditfi

from the very b
that this perpet,
convertibility w
confusion of ph
new-fangled not
new name. An
the immense ad,
in ordinary time
nary times can
abolition.
To these leadi
a few seasonal
the Bank of En
la the use of all
exclusive privil
credit which cal
dred and fifty ye
surplus profit u
as would buy u
tared over any I
—where is the
is to be of non
of confidence
which Las twit
the traditions c
Sir ROBERT
this by saying
different thing
carried on by
is a palpable I
you have no c
exactly our ON
other. We
emphatically,
capital was e.
peer, who
"Sc
But then tt
of general real
the intervene
England are
oduced by
This was the
bow, denies
the panic of 1
We are not
bear of incro
species of ten
place by ind
true that late
men have be
from a phat
mind to a go
It is quite cle
vertibility at
there is no re

at last be req
omnibus. B
ant than ful
under all circ
lation. The
evils, it was
BONAPARTE,
their success'
we shall foil'
of conduct.
Sir It. PE'
show that th
approaching
the most exe
state of confl
greatly clout
are not the v
events, we
Of all the g
people of In
tration. Or
all the Ipyt
diver. But
tereet ? Sin
ARtemontha,
a series of fl
hems points

Tin font
the slave trm
the reeolmic
Protocol of
More than
spite of stem
(we believe
inquiries ha
honed ende
tiointions nit
Judgment.
of the proce
Infirmity of
The red
twelve in ni
ration that i
the cowmen
resolution e
!kre mere as
oomhind
London, England, 1848-08-25

GERMANY.

FRANKFORT,—The Vicar of the Empire has ad-
dressed the following letter to the president of the
Prussian Rhine province, the president of the Darm-
stadt Circle of the Rhine, and to the authorities at
Wiesbaden (Nassau) :
During my journey to the festival at Cologne, and my stay
in that city, I have received from the residents on the Rhine
such lively marks of confidence and affection that I feel an
irresistible and pleasing impulse to express my cordial grafi-
tude. I have recognised in my reception a proof not only
of attachment to myself, but of the depth and power of the
sentiment which animates the German people for the unity
and liberty of Germany. This disposition is to me a gua-
rantee that we shall attain, and for our benefit, the end we
aim at. I therefore entreat you to make known to the worthy
natives of your beautiful Rhineland, the tender and pleu-
ing memory which I retain of my journey. The appearance
and spirit of the civic guards—especially those of Coblens
and Cologne, which I had an opportunity of impeding more
closely—have convinced me that the present feeling is the
surest guarantee for the support of liberty, the laws, and
public order.
In the sitting of the national assembly on the 21st
inst., the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced the
following diplomatic appointments : M. Andrian, to
the court of St. James's; M. F. Von Raumer, to the
French Republic; M. Welcker, to the court of Stock-
holm; M. Compee, to the court of the Netherlands;
M. Rotenhan, to the King of the Belgians ; M.
Ramat, to the Helvetic Confederation. The last-
named is at Cologne, and has not
.yet definitively
accepted the appointment. The Minister of Foreign
London, England, 1848-08-25

FRANCE.

PARIS, TIIIIRSDAT, 11 A.M.
It is understood that on the opening of the debate
on the insurrection to-morrow, government intends to
propose that no adjournment shall be made until a
conclusive resolution shall be adopted by the house,
and that consequently the assembly shall sit through
the niAt if neceseary. In order to the completion of
the debate in one day government will also propose
that the assembly shall sit at twelve instead of two
to-morrow. It is also aid that a formal demand for
London, England, 1848-08-25

COMMERCIAL 4 MARKETS.

MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE.

Two o'C'ock.—The forthcoming financial statement
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is augured rather
favourably of on the Stock Exchange by anticipation,
and we have, consequently, an improvement in prices,
with more active dealings. Consols have advanced to,
and now are, 86Z toy for money, and fur time, 861
to '4. Reduced Threes, 861 to Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 87,1 to 1. Exchequer Bills, 30s. to 345.
prem. Bank Stock, 196 to 8.
Our foreign market is without animation, and
quotations almost unaltered. Russian are 99 to 101.
Danish, G 7 to 70. Belgian Four-and allalf per Cents.,
69 to 72. Dutch Two-and-a-110f per Ceuta., 44 to 5;
the Fours, 70 to 1. Mexican, 161 to 17. Brazilian,
70 to 2. Peruvian, 30 to 2. Spanish Fives,
11,1 to In ; the Threes, 221 to 1. Passive, 3to
Portuguese, 19 to 20.
The reiterated reports in the German papers of a
revolution in St. Petersburg, although not credited,
cause the arrival of the Hamburg mail, due
this morning, to be rather anxiously looked for, as it
will probably bring later dates from the Russian
capital. The steamer, not yet arrived, has probably
been retarded by the heavy gales at sea.
London, England, 1848-02-14

made
Lee to
najority
try the
number
ninistry
his qua-
eported,
r a spirit
tumult,
at and

to sup-
d by a
by M.
rho has
)roposed
d in the
;the pa-
)anquets
iced in a
escribed

L•itation
France

links of
ibited at
Ki with
speeches
hiltel, at
he pies-
profound
Oambre,"
dmtnt of
Chamber
ese to sit
it to rise.
it seats.
convey
ich fol-
t among
and sit-

Others
t. The
Deputies
ie around
;izot and
which it
went 185
of 43 for
put, the
; to vote.
president
f voting,
lis raised
pposition,
ver again
ident. A
elution to
You have
a of the
Lrd, not as
•esident of

kraals that
Iceforward
ies.

nt though
power of
?ersons as-
ral to offer
r who had
!tit of that
was insuffi-
ands filled
ees in the
within the
id not dare
without in-

n received.
tion of the
id complete
6 ithout any
iis was, of
pular joy.
cr of War
he General
ice. These
a well re-

ved further
Naples had
urating the
,onstitutiou.
L the utmost

or had taken
I is contra-
against the
Lment would

on the 4th
oval gavern-
re were M.
th of whore
ut who are
the govern-

arrived ; its
e below the

it the corm-
r to the 26th,

if the greatest
of the Porte,
orps diploma-

Some eases,
ie villages of
issurus was to

ME, FEB. 3..
rnal city this
Naples, and is
sties. People
hey stand on
g one day and
the next. St.
ul a month of
After all,
Ld but to sign
twenty miles
w longer ran.
ole province of
puha, down to
or gone over
s he had only
efore Palermo.
Id, to take its
ten sheer fright
2ontessor Coele,
o, and to call
ccession of all
which now
;in of the Yu,'l
London, England, 1848-02-14

LATEST it

EXPRESS I
Our Paris despite: et
arrived.
Our letters say that •
now pre-occupied with
the situation into
the chamber us out o
proceedings of last et
ber. Innumerable tun
are circulated every
would fill a colur-n
scarcely outlive the no
before us which esti.bl
certainty the real prog
agitates the French
sufficient distinctnessl
From what we hay
perceived that the mil
tions within the el air
mentation througl.ou
eleventh hour to yield
at the close of th•
which his organ o
Debuts, in two ies
yesterday, has interp
the government v ill
ber, at a convenient t
reform. This the IAI
and meaning of the
compelled to observt
the responsibilitier. of
the nature nor extent
cause the chamber
the cabinet ; but they
the chamber can be b
it is understood that
ward by the governor
Mcaewhilo ano.he
incidents of the dc bat
went have assailed t
imprescriptable pt bli
stitutional states. P
the moment the ref
boldly to oppose this
they pronounced to I
fore, determined a
and to hold on, •
heart of the capital,
pounced, but to ao
tionat precaution wl
vernment in the RA
attempt to suppress
that a committca

appointed to concert
mittee of the Selo
projected reform Mt'
With the further vi
of abovo a hunt:re
held in the Place dc
the following pal .li4
appeared in the jut
A meeting of m .re
to the different fr. di

morning, to &cid, ,
would be most exp di
last paragraph of t:.e
The meeting fi. it
situation in which tb
opposition. They in
it has been voted, oi
flagrant and audac.uu
end that the mini, et
exorbitant an act, it
principles of the moos
representatives on. o
by a measure of m
the most perniciou a
In such eirumsi
acquired a graver, a
the midst of those
pre-occupy Franc, t
instant the guardi a
the nation. The opi
order to watch an.
tionary policy, OF a
Of the whole coons ry
As to the right • t
the ministers see, Is
pleasure, and oof
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London, England, 1848-08-22

PROFINCIAL.

THE LATE FORGERY ON MESSRS. HENRY AND CO.
—lntelligecce has been brought by the American packet
Europa, which came into Liverpool on Sunday morning, that
the parties implicated in the late forgery on the Manchester
firm, in which Mr. Alexander Henry, M.P., is the principal
partner, and by which 3,0001. was obtained from the Bank
of England branch, are in custody at St. John's. Newfound-
land, and an arrangement had been made with the Man-
chester police force yesterday to send a police inspector over
to convey the prisoners to England for trial. It wax said
that about 1,8001. was found upon them, and if this is the
fact the authorities will have profit enough upon the tran-
saction to pay fur the expense of bringing the prisoners to
this country and their prosecution, because it may be recol-
lected, as stated in the Express at the time, 1,6001. of
the 3,0001. was recovered through the shrewdness of a clerk
at Messrs. Cualiffee and Brooks's bank.
BEDFORDerI IRE.
COIOIIBBTON BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—H. B.
Richardson, gent., to be ensign in the Bedfordshire Regi-
ment of Militia.
London, England, 1848-08-22

SCOTLAND.

COMMISSIONS ET THE LORD LIEUTENANT OP
lANARICH mi.—Cornet R. Finlay and Cornet It. Monteith
to be lieutenants; J. M'Lean, gent., and D. Baird, gent.,
to be cornets, in thif Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of
Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
STORM OPP PETERHEAD AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yee-
terdsy intelligence was received of a hurricane having visited
the neighbourhood of Peterhead, on Friday night end Ba.
toualsy mornicg. It is stated that upwards of 100 lives have
bees lest. About 400 herring-boats, each manned by crews
of Eve or six persons, were known to be off the coast in
the course of Friday evening. On night setting in a furious
gale arm, the wind blowing from the 8.9. W. At day-
break a distressing scene presented itielf: the beach was
strewn with the bodies of the fishermen and the wrecks of
their flshing-boats. At the time of the disastrous intelli-
gence being forwarded the exact number had not been
ascertained. Many of the boats have been swamped with
all hands. It is said that during the night the light on the
Red Quay had not been burning, and that several of the
ask were thereby loot while rimming in for shelter. It also
appears that at so important a port as Peterhead a life-boat
is not kept. It is asserted that if one had been established
some of the unfortunate sufferers might have been rescued.
The sloop Western Rover, from Montrose, was thrown on
the rocks by the violence of the gale, but the craw were
preserved.
London, England, 1848-08-22

NAVAL

Woo[mum, Ara. 21.—Spiteful, 14..1., left to-day for
Sheerness, to be fitted fathom—Niger, at. Fl., has had her engines
tried at bee mooting', but her machinery did not appear to work well,
and anothw trial ha to take place.
fiazzaNnaa, ADO. 19.—Virago, it. 11., arrived at the
Nore hat night, tem Portmitooth. She will dlaeharge her ammuni-
tion to-day, and take her old berth in our hartour, ea one of the
mem squadron here under our admiral's command, for services
when remitted. The sesaxn riggers have again returned to thtdr
yard duty here.
ADMIBALTT, Atm. 21.—Aprowneatera—fturgeona B.
Carpenter, to Trincomalee ; J. Ardegh, to be spot at slob quarters,
Gough Swill's. Mate : G. Gray, to Raleigh. Midshipmen • J. B.
Mitchell and A. D. Norte, to Spy; A. Morrell C. Armitap, H.
J
Bettie, rad E. J. Squire, to Southampton ; .B. Butler and P. J.
,to St. Vincent; P. H. Smith, to Raleigh. Navel Cadets :R.
A.A. Mtuhbe. to Southampton; A. Careen, to Howe; J. R. D. Cooper,
to &Sliest; H. C. Lloyd and K. Williams, to Southampton: E.
Tone and C. B. Davies, to Stromboli. Assistant Engineer (3rd aims) :
IL Bland* to Bademanthus. Gunner: T. Winwood, to Excellent.
London, England, 1848-08-22

you ;" that is, if he gives • high price, Mr. Reed will mike
it up to him, so that it shall only coat him a certain pnOe.
Du you mean to lay that Mr. Sign is favoured at the gala ?I
He w.—ln what manner? You will find that in four mks
out of fin Mr. Slot is the largest purchaser, and the mason
is this : if you look at the catalogue (for I have noticed it,
and have taken • good deal of trouble about it). you will and
that, when tke bark of a certain walk is put up for sale,
there are 760 trees mentioned, and when the timber is put
up for sale there see only 670 or 680 trees in the game walk.
—What do you infer from that? When they advertise the
bark of a metal* wall, they say " the bark of so many
trees .• and then they will let it stand for four or five
months heron they put up the timber in the same walk, and
then, wi.en that is put up, there are only 570; they have
ran away with the net, or it has been sold repandely.—You
infer that the remainder has been disposed of privately ?
Yes.—Without a public rale ? Yes.
London, England, 1848-08-22

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AUG. 21.
The most abortive commission ever held in Ireland
was that which has just closed. Commencing at a period
of great excitement—while an insurrection was immi-
nent, and society feared for its very existence—while
trade was stagnant, and all the relations of the
country threatened with diaruption—when, in fact,
the well-ordered had every incentive to firmness and
courage, and the turbulent every discouragement—a
commission has eat for eleven days and has terminated
in the trial of one man. There was no lack of evidence
—" he who ran might read"—all was open and
avowed." Yet it seems juries of the city of
Dublin would not believe in " intent " and
juotioe failed accordingly. Two juries disagreed in
the case of Mr. O'Doherty—fot it is well known in
Dublin that the last jury would not agree. Four of
them were recusant with additional evidence—only
two "held out" when the evidence was leas com-
plete. What is to be done in such a case? That is
a consideration which here puzzles many friends of
liberty, but who love order.
The bad weather has returned upon us again.
Yesterday we had heat with occasional showers, and
one of hail. Last night the wind went back to the
S.E., and it rained heavily and incessantly since mid-
night.
The utmost alarm pervades the public mind
lest the corn crop may be partially destroyed—the
potato crop is given up by all : it is considered im-
possible that any great quantity of the tubers can be
saved. The accounts from the provinces by the morn-
ing's mail are uniformly of an unfavourable character
—those from Limerick and Kerry especially so. They
speak of the potato with the utmost gloom, and the
corn crop especially. Wheat is said to be much da-
maged, and very light in the yield. The first symp-
tom of our prospects is pressed upon public attention
to-day—bread has risen a penny in the price of the
41b. loaf.
We hear no more of the insurrection from the
south; and indeed people cease to inquire about it.
We have unhappily too much real trouble to be con-
cerned with the ridiculous.
The Mr. Stephens, wounded at Ballingarry, and
now dead, is the "young engineer" who went with
Mr. O'Brien to summon the police at Mullinahone
to surrender.

POSTPONEMENT OF TER TRILL OP Ma. WILLIIIt..-011
the application of t►e Attorney-General, the trial of Mr.
Williams, the second proprietor of the Trams, against
whom bills bid been found for felony, was postponed until.
next commission.—The court then adjourned until the 21st
of October.
London, England, 1848-08-22

FRANCE.

PARIS, Mostar, It A.M.
M. Andrian, 'vice-president of the Assembly at
Frankfort, has passed through Paris, en route for
London, on a special mission from the Lieutenant-
General of the German empire to that court.
M. Frederick de Reaumur, the eminent historian,
has arrived in Paris, charged with a mission from the
Lieutenant-General of the German empire to General
Cavaignac, offering, as is understood, on the part of
the lieutenant-general, to join in the friendly negotia-
tions for the settlement of Northern Italy.
M. Sylvan, advocate at Florence, has just arrived
at Paris, on an extraordinary mission from the
government of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. M. Syl-
van, on leaving Paris, is to proceed to London.
M. Royer, one of the editors of the Lampivn, was
arrested yesterday. M. de Villemassant, another
editor, could not be found, and the director, M.
Magna, was arrested, but afterwards released.
London, England, 1848-08-22

The Manchester authorities, however, had missed their way
—there seemed to be a conspiracy amongst the magistrates
and not amongst the chartists—and it wee a conspiracy
against all the moral force men they could lay their hands
upon. He assured his friends that so soon as Wednesd►y's
examination before the magistr►tes was over, and they were
set at liberty—as set at liberty they assuredly would be—not
a moment's time would be bat in takinz steps f...r an action
against tteir pros,cutors for false imprisonment —Up to
yesterday evening all was quiet in Manchester, nor was any
disturbance apprehended.
COMXITTAL OP THE POLITICAL PAISONEHA AT LIVER-
Pout—Yesterday Murphy and O'Brien, who had been
remanded on charges of conspiracy, were brought up for
re-examination. Against O'Brien further corroborat ry
evidence was adduced, and he was committed for trial. The
evidence against Murphy was strengthened by a person who
lived opposite to him swearing that he saw him, through
his bed-c om window, examining a number of pikes. This
and the other evidence having been gone over Murphy was
also committed for trial.
London, England, 1848-11-07

ITALY.

The Lyons mail, which brings the Italian corres-
pondence, had not arrived at the time of forwarding
our despatches.
Letters from Cigliano, of the 31st tilt., say that two
deputies of the V.lteline, who have pawed through
here, say that all the military points are occupied,
and that the Austrians have already lost 1,400 men
made prisoners.
La Concordia announces that Chi►venna had fallen
into the power of the Austrians, but that the insur-
rection was spreading on other points.
A letter from our Naples correspondent, dated Oct.
28, says that the government evidently anticipated
some political movement. The Toledo was again
filled with patrols, and on the night of the 27th the
Theatre San Carlo was a perfect garrison.
London, England, 1848-11-07

BUCKINouAusIIutr.

THE CHANDOS TESTIMONIAL—niI testimonial
from ~he farmers of Burks, u our readers are swan was
purchased privately of Messrs. Christie and /damson:with
the view of reprementing it to the Duke of Buckingham.
The sutrcription now coven the amount of the purchase,and
the members of the committee are about to meet to d• Bide
on the best mode of proceeding relative to the presentation to
the Duke.
_______
London, England, 1848-11-07

for rash. Bank shares have fallen 60 franca, closing I
at 1360.
Reports are afloat to-day that Pr:tos is pre-
paring a manifesto to be addressed to the French
people, for the purpose cisll more effectually con-
ciliating their sapped.
tion he will emplatically disclaim all pretentious to
as imperial restoration, and will make a clew. and
explicit declaration of republicanism. It is further
said that he will c=Ciliate the liberal party by an
avowal of sentiments favouraiim to iuo :nuseitattan I
of Poland and the independence of Italy.
On the approaching monthly election of the Pre-
sident of the Assembly, it is said that an attempt will
be made to supersede M. Marraat, and that M thillon
Barret or M. Leon de Mslleville will be proposed.
The Committee of the Constitution has approved,
this morning, of a decree for prorog the Assem-
bly from the 15th inst. to the Bth mber. It is
not likely, however, that this proposition will be
carried.
Since writing the above, I am assured that M. Mar-
rest, being convinced that he will have no chance of
being re-elected President of the Assembly on the 19th,
will retire. His successor will either be M. ()Ilion
Barrot or M. Leon de Maleville, but probably the
latter.
We have no news from Italy in Paris to-day, the
mail not having yet arrived.
his, Nov. 4. Now Losa, ; Tkres par Ceuta., 41 S 3 ;
Ass par Ceuta, 15 40 ; 1 loot, —— ; Foam Berm
Aso, 1140, 774 , Do. 1141, 774 ; Do. Mess. —; Da Twoastd-a-
-11.11, —; N atm Mates, —; Imam lama, 644; Itsesary
Nds. Rack' lassras, 1530; Mebane as Landon, SO days,
II 424 cosh ; 90 days, 25 SI, ask.
Bowen`WATL—Parls sad Odom. 573 ; Paris sad dam, 387 30;
sad Havre. 172 10; Aslipala sad Ilsaselllss, 136 11 ; Paris sad
airsobsqua, 375 ; Costae Vilma. 220 ;cokes sad Soalogna, —;
30161•111. WI 73 ; Nada, INN 75.

We have received the Madrid mails of the 31st tilt.
Despatches had been received from Villalongs,
announcing the result of the general ocelacght on the
insurgents of the Maestrazgo. 112 have been killed,
7 tars Driwasers, 262 have preseated theme:via for
pardon, and 200 more under various cabecillas have
pawed the Ebro, towards Catalonia.
sum" Ocr. SI. Tara* "per Casten 18i pow ; after Balsa,
IS crab. Ms par Coats, 10i iamb ; sP.ar 8010, fi alb. Psalm,
Mime? altar 803114 3 rash. Coup,,., 3 Mar. Bank of St. Per-
&mad, 42 rags. lizabappa as Loudon, PO Pays, 40 63 paper.
London, England, 1848-11-07

LATEST FROM PARIS.

PARIS, MONDAY, 11 A.Y.
The Constitutionnel of this morning Gays, in refer-
ence to the meeting held at the Rue ue Poitiers, on
Saturday evening, a report of which I sent you yes-
terday :
After a very animated discussion the meeting revolved
that at the moment when the moderate party in France
appears disposed by sentiments, which may be variously ap-
preciated, but which are nneguivoodly expressed, to support
the candidateship of Prince Louis Napoleon, the meeting
could not present any other candidate to the French people
without producing a division among the moderate party in
the country, which could tend to no good remits. The etio-
lation to present E
no candidate arm therefore adopted by a
krisAnTottraemocratic banquet, at 30 sous a head,
took place last evening, at the Barriers Mont Per-
nuse, attended by about 80 guests. The title adopted
for the festival was, The federation of the peopled l
Europe.' The object appeared to be to attract to the
manifestation the foreigners now in Paris. In this,
howevee, it was a signal failure, few foreigners being
present.
These banquets have sadly disappointed the
hopes of their promoters. They were expected to
have shaken society to its very foundations, and Where
counted their guests by tens of thousands. Instead of
which the utmost they have been able to collect
in the most dense and excitable centres of popula-
tion are • few hundred, composed of a rabble,mingled
with a few enthusiasts and designing demagogues

from the middle classes.
The solemnity for the reclamation of the republic
is fixed for Sunday next in Paris, and for the succeed-
ing Sunday in the departments. The particulars of
the celebration have not yet been settled.
The Minister of the Interior, in accordance with
the article of the preamble of the constitution, which
declares that the republic ought to ensure the means
of existence to necemitous citizens, has appointed a
committee to consider the beet means of doing an.
PARIS, IdoxnsT, 6 30 e,m.
We are in the full tide of a financial crisis, pro-
duced by the present political 'Madan of France.
From day to day the fends have fallen with
frightful rapidity. Today at one moment the Threes
dregped to 41 46, and only recovered 10 centimes at
clown. The Fives fell to 65 60, and recovered only
25 centime, closing at 65 73 for account, and 65 40
London, England, 1848-11-07

PROVINCIAL.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION&—In continuants of
our notice under this head of Friday last, we have to report
the balance of parties at Oxroan to be as last year • but
complaint is made of the sppropriation of the City Mashers
residence to even municipal electioneering purposes, and
hopes are expressed that the existing council, be the candi-
dates of what party they mar, will interfere to prevent such
a circumstance being repeated for the future.—At BAN-
BURY the *oriel sameeded in putting their two former ow-
-1 awful candidates at the had of the poll. The Oxford
Chronicle says that men who float to Aloe in ale and punch,
and who arrive at doubtful honours, me not the men for
good government either de nation or a lowa. Not a single
voter was treated by the reformers, and although a few can-
vassers were active in exhorting their fellows to go up to the
mit was of little avail.—At BRVONPORT the
alt is spinet the liberal interest as comoared with
the previous election.—At SHEFFIELD the democratic in-
ductee is lameming, end the tory diminishing.—The clops
of the Nonwthe polls shows the result to be that the con-
servatives willl Rain three, the whir lose two, and the ultras
gain ODII.-111.111.lFIZLD IN last year.—At PORTS-
mecca, out of the flfteea vacancies ten have been supplied
by rumen not in the last council, and all of them liberals.
consequence of the alleged blundering
of an racial, the liberals gained only one out of four in the
oontests.—At WINCRIUITIR the parties are equal, as last
year; and at NIWPORT (Isle of Wight), a similar
reselk—Tourthe.—These elections show the return of 9
conservatives and 7 libevals.—Luwerria.—The amiss
othaumbered the liberals.—Puzaro• as last year.—At
BATA there was a gain of one to the liberal apps.-At
thomthorr the conservatives had a majority In the cautious,
and hoses a majority in the council.—The retiring coun-
cillors at Wasnorcrrou, where they offered themselves, WWI
reelected, and the candidates started by the " pobilsam,"
foe some special object, defeated, the 36 couseincesbeiggeour
posed of 12 cousematives and 24 liberals.—At Eitemenem
the conservative pin was 1 —The Duanam liberals testae
conservatives.--Sharp contests took place at WIGAN, when
7 retrenchment candidates were returned, and• hard run
London, England, 1848-11-07

/aff:tieother tires wet-s:;—At HALIFAX m• old woad

sleeted, with exceptions.—Basoroari shows a cop-
@creative gain an the elections of three votes.--That is a
dispute at Cdstrasoz, bat if the "Low Moor" lists of
voters arivejnood, as anticipited, there will to a liberal
snajoriti of 4.—At ABETON-CNDIR Lawn conservative
smin of on the mated'. Alleg,d intimidation on the part
of the tales, and personation on both sides --Bout N
shows a further victory as the part of the conservatives in
all the wards, with the exception of the east The Manchu.
ter Examiner sake, " What can be the object of the rate-
payers in this *play of popular Whig, Is unknown, unless
it be to mom the salty of household suffrage ? They show
themselves, at ell events, penny-wise and pound foolkh,
by selling their birthright for a mess of pottage. Ob-
taining a bradawl ticket, they ineur about three times
the anumat in additional rates. For of a nasty, he
that will bay would be a miserable tradesman not to
mlL—Torti.—Toryises h evidently on the decline in this
city, as mimed by the events of Wednesday lest. On Tuesday
ermine the Wks violated as smelliest entered into, and
brought forward a candidate for Castlte Ward (in his
absence) in conjunction with a whip. The " asholy alli.
ens." kowtow, was promptly repudiated by the latter, and
the easservative was triumphantly detested. The liberals
✓etaliated in Guildhall Ward, in co...plena of tie former
prowling, and brought forward and returned their can&

data. The only ether wards is which the,. were caftans
were Ws/augats and Monk Wards, in which bnhery to a
einsiderable extent is alleged to have prevailed, and the
tones in 001M11101109 achieved a triemph.—Annovan.—No
mated, and coasermently so 'utmost.
LA24IC.A@HILL
Niw MAYORS OF MANCEUDITaIt AND SALFORD.-
We lean that at a preliminary nesting of the new council of
Manchester, held yesterday, it was uneahnosselzisdreed to
put Mr. Alderman Potter in nomination for e of of
Mayor of Manchester for the mamba year. Mr. Potter is
the eldest son of the late Sir Thomas Potter, the first mayor
of Manchester, and who held the office two years. The for.
' mal election does not take plane hare till Thursday. It is
understood that Mr. W. Jenkineon, the present Mayor of Sal-
ford, is to be re-elected.
London, England, 1848-11-07

viiAnwicxemits

FREEHOLD LARDBOCILEY.—An Slimmed an-
nual meeting of the members of the Freeled Lind Society-
was held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, on Friday, Mr. W.
Scholefield, 11. P ,in the chair. The statement of accounts
was presented, from which it appeared that nearly 5,0001.
had been received, and 3.7001. expended in land—giving a
county qualification to 195 member. Each allotment cost
on the average 191. The statement was received with the
utmost satisfaction; and it may be remarked that no
greater proof of the rigid accuracy with which the accounts
bad been kept could be found than in the fact that although
at the lowest computation 20,000 half-pennies had been paid
into the secretary's hands, yet the statement showed that an
error evenof alraction of those small amounts had notoocurred.
The report of the committee detailed the operations of the
society since its establishment; from which it appeared that
1,491 shores had been subscribed for by 941 members ; that
six other branch societies had been farmed ; namely, at Co-
ventry, Worcester, Wolverhampton, Dudley Stafford, sad
Stourbridge, numbering in the aggregate 1,200 members,
holding upwards of 1,500 shares; and that the example of
the men of Birmingham is winnine a voice in the represen
tation of the country, was being foUowed by nearly every
town of any importance in the kingdom. Toe statement of
accounts and the report were rung unanimously.