The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1848.

COLONIAL.
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
OANADA.—Oar Quebec dates are to the let inst.
A pale moths also It-ht la the City-ball, Quebec, el the
SI& et ON skier. to dalliseste ea mesas of improving the
seedlies desema mad temfgesate. The most of a re-
be the of Reebok nails through
141.4=•11mol (at hest the mast winter) Ms
Wei matemlitsd by as sivertiosuma of dm Smiths,
Psolmilue. he Medan to warm dm mist balms Smit
Chaim sad Mestreal deity Om doss et the antisies.
The sessektee of 111, MOMPlei based of trees ea seseers'
dada lave retailed is Ismael tie esistitatimasegire=ssel
"PM et ad saleroom dodos ter the gramma sad
sassed table et speellis dudes. They reessamemd the the
tidy seemihntleme to be reseeded is fislag the rein of duty
obeli& be the rest mats of goverment sad the suppression
of mausilks. Tim are of *aim that the desire mimed
smas-if bobs Mier missies* cony set s reciprocal system
of ands, koo.trado *NM be met to lb. fullest mutat
the miseries of the province admit o 4 They mom-
mend bleb with a Wow to enaosrega dinet trade
from abroad, ono-third of the duties on all dutiable goods,
imported by the St. Lawrence, should be remitted.
NOVA SCOTIA.—The General Assembly has
bees farther prorogsol to the 23rd of Nov. The odiesal an.
Dosammest doss sot intimate tat it is then to meet for des-

habits of industry, and health sad respectable appearance.
Four youths were employed k boot sad skismktg. and
nine in opening heir, wool, icedoseiremit ibme.ke. ; they nr-
ceivethreemaskidailbiseladiegideache ; orepertially clothed
and lodged, and foraiNtei with Mean aeseeding to the
must of work done. Iffeligiouseerviese ere daily performed,
and they have the as of a well-asiested library. Soma
have been guided with plasm The institution lat per
seat 601. in debt. The eIIMISEMS. la fioneleilioll Make SR
earnest appeal for support. An industrial m I etal se forases
Y now forming.
BAKERS AND THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yeeteleddly
evening a meeting of master bakers was held at the Limbs
Coffeehease, Seouttill, he the purpose of taking hate ossel.
derail°a the beet mesas to bsted in order to replants
the price et bread I. the me aad to lemma erect&
Nonunder the title of " The ' Aids* Ageseiaties," to
carry that object into offset. Ur. Neville bung bum galled
to the chair, stated that several pre limiaary meetings kad
been held, and that it wee &sizable some steps &mid be
adopted, au only for their own prate. ties, bat fee the bene-
fit of the public, who, in buying what they considend • sheep
article, are supplied with food which Is of a deleterious
quality and highly injurious to health. He knew that a
large quantity of bread sold was not fit for human
consumption. In the course of last week, in the
neighbourhood of Shoreditch, the queen loaf had
risen in price, though the peke of flour had fallen.
The report of a previous meeting was read, from which it
appeared that it had been resolved to form • central board,
having
_delegates from districts in the metropolis to meet
every Monday is hark-lase. Three districts were hosed
in Westminster, St. Luke's. .ad the East of Lemien
end from the latter a emaantuketims was read, *ling the
determination of the bakers to cooperate with the AMPS of
the central beard.—Hr. Brooke, the secretary, observed time
it appeared Deeply SOO bakers of London—about one-third of
the whole number—in the coarse of the last year had ins
reduced to a Mate of insolvency. In the year 1814, wino
the Loyd Mayor regulated the price of flour, they wen
allowed 13e. 4d. on the sack. They would be satisfied with
half that remuneration. Varian resolutions having beat
adopted, subscriptions were entered into to carry out the
object in view, and the meeting separated.
VEOETARIAN Bocirrv.—Yesterday evening en en-
tertainment in furtheraace of the objects of this society, wes
given at the Whittington Club, Mr. Mourn in the &sir.
taalenan, in opening tne proceedings, steed that the
present was to be looked upon as a public meeting at which
the advocates of the vegetarian system were to submit their
principles to the judgment of their lellew-citiseas. Oa the
score of health he was himself • proof of the soundness of
the system, and as to its soononly its efficacy could not be
doubted for a moment. His belie wee that they would
never have a healthy°, intelligent people so loag ae the flesh
of animals wee token for food. (Dissent.) He had used
animal food formerly, bat had abstained from it he
many. years, and had bees improving in health every
day since he bad No abstained. He believed that such abed-
nence would produce health and secure that true names-
d.nce without which there could be no true virtue.—Mr. P.
Edwards said that this was no new question. Pythagoras,
who lived to be nearly a hundred years was a vegetarian,
as were also Zeno end Plutarch, and Popbyruv and Maud-
sus. In me dery times they had Shelley and Howard, the
philanthropist Swedenborg, and last, though not lean, the
great Sir 1. Newton. Those who ridiculed the system re-
pronlied vegetarians with living upon cabbage. But they
isnot that wheat and barley, fruits of all climates.
sago, rice, and at were available as elements in
theta diet. They had th's authority of Liebig for suing that
peas and other vegetables contained more ot the demoted
nutrition than animal food. Vegetables were more Mame.
lb* sad on the score of economy it was ascertained drift
MIN plot of ground which would provide salmi hod M
sae man would feed seventeen on vegetables. The pm*
Lemertine was a vegetarian, as was also one whom lbw bog
lately heard with sumach delight, he meant R.W.Besemea.
Ile (11r. Edwards) was • disciple of the system, and had ow
perienoed the moat beneficial effects from its adeleige.—
With respect to the entertainment, we must in strict *der
observe that it was not of a character to render the esgsessinn
diet extremely popular with the public. A little sew mil
'election of materials might have given sore relisheaduristy.
THE WEST RIDING ELECTION.—Sir,—As it seems
the Hen. C. W. Wentworth Fitewilliam is to be allowed to
walk over for this riding without opposition, people at •
distance will naturally conclude that the claims of the
honourable gentleman on the electors of this important dis-
trict must be paramount. Now, sir, what, let me ask, is the
nature of thou claims ? It is tolerably clear to me that, if
the honourable gentleman had had the misfortune to be
bon a commoner, and had come forward at two-and-twenty
to claim the high honour of representing in parliament this
the largest constituency in England, it would have been
thought the height of presumption, and he would have been
simply laughted at for his pains; but because he happens
to be a scion of the aristocracy, I suppose the poor
electors are to take it for granted that,bom to superior rank,
the hon. gentleman is equally born to superior intellect;
this, however, report says, is not the case, but even if it had
been so, a mere commoner would have thought it due to the
electors before making their votes to convince them that the
want of experience in their candidate would be more than
made up by his intelligence. The hon. gentleman, it would
seem, expects us to take this for granted, unless he grounds
his claims to our support on the fact of his relationship to
Furl Fitzwillima, and comes forward simply as the nominee
of that nobleman. Now, sir, these are grounds that we can
understand; but what grounds! Only last year, the
sable e,rl thought Mr. Beckett Denison • better represen-
tative of the liberal interest in parliament than Itiohard
Cobden ; this year he must think the Hon. C. W. Went-
worth Fitawilhant better even than Mr. Beckett Denison, or
of coarse he would not have allowed that gentlemen to
came forward as hie nominee. What, then, ought the liberal
electors to think of Earl Fitawilliam ? Their estimate of
the fitness of Mr. Cobden to represent them must be widely
different from the estimate of the noble earl, who places his
son first, Mr. Denison second, and Mr. Cobden lest, on his
list. And yet we, liberals, are going to accept, almost with-
out a murmur, the aominee of the noble earl. Truly, sir,
the aristocracy of this country are a highly privileged clam
They have been allowed for a century or two to grind down
the people under a weight of taxation, which they have
taken cars should press as lightly as possible on their own
shoulders, by throwing the bonbon of it on the middle and
working dames ; while, at the same time, they have
sentrived to put by far the largest portion of the produce of
this taxation into their own pockets and the pockets of their
dependents in the shape of Immures, pensions, and places,
military or civil, at home or in the colonies. And yet,
knowing all this, and suffering from it, no sooner
does one of these gentlemen show himself
a‘utcondescending for • while to ming)e wTtrnt
herd, than we are ready one and all to fall dews I
and worship his. It is by no mean surprising if findsl
sons, as soon es, or even before, they have attained their
majority, should think themselves fitted " to take the um-
' mand of the Channel Hest," to be made Archbishops of
Canterbury, or, if possessed of a more than ordinary share of
modesty, should wait until the mature age of twr-and-
twenty before coming forward to repreeent in parliament the
varied and important interests of the largest constituency la
England.—A Wear RIDING ELECTOR.
STREET Bitootats.—Some steps have been taken to
abate the nuisance of street begging in London. The City
Police Commissioner has ordered that all peewee found beg-
ging in the streets of the City be forthwith taken to the
relieving officer of the neared anion; and if, upon investiga-
tion, it shall
appear that the party is a known mendicant,
let him or her be taken before the magistrate ; or if, In the
absence of such evidence, the officer refuses to gin relief,
then forthwith summon the relieving officer. A return is to
be made to the chief office of the result of each case. The
Sunday Tinsel gays: " The public are little aware of the ex-
tent to which this begging system is being carried on. It is
actually exalted into • profession. Thus' perambulating
mendicants have regular rules laid down for them, and regu-
lar districts chalked out, to which they are compelled rigidly
to adhere. Certain streets in the metropolis assigned to
certain individuals, and certain villains in the country
allocated to others, show the systematic manner in which
their plass (unsparing on the public are carried into execu-
tion. We trait that the example now set by the commis-
sioner of police in the metropolis will be followed by the
authorities in the rani districts."
PREROGATIVE COURT.—The Athetkruns says :
hays spoken more than once of the difficulty which
CHOLERA.—Yelfienlity only OW case of cholera in arehmologiete and others interested in ancient lore find in
London was reported to the Board of Health. It occurred obtaining access to the literary and historical treasures con-
in Newington, and was fatal. From the provisos reports nand in the Prerogative-office, Doctors'. commons. On this
were received of five cases at Blyth, of which two • ere fatal. subject • correspondent now writes ' I wish to put you in
In Scotland the disease is still soave. The return is :—Edin- possession of • quotation from • note received from a gen.
burgh, 21-12 fatal ; Leith, 1; Dysart, 1. Total new cases, Unman whom I had requested to call at the Prerogative-
-29 ; 15 deaths. office to invest some old wills. ' If,' he says, the the rudeness
REFORMATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERII.—Qtteen of the clerk had not prevented me, I would have found more
Adelaide has given 601. to the fond of the Philanthropic than these ; bat in this office they get woos and worse.'
Society, for establishing • farm-school of Industry and disci- The writer of the foregoing, and all parties interested in the
gain! for youthful offenders. Among the donations lately promotion of historical knowledge will look with interest
received by the aunty in aid of their object are 2001. from for the return ordered by the House of Commons at the close
Mr. Vincent, and 1001. from an anonymous contributor, of the last session of " copies of the rules and regulations of
through Meters. Contra and Co. the officers of the Prerogative Court of Canterburt , for
Tat BRITIBII-AMFATCAN LAND COMPANY held, enabling searches to be made and inspection to be bad of
yesterday, a special court, for the purpose of hearing a com- wills, or of the registered copies of wills, proved in the said
simulation read from Mr. Galt, detailing the prospects and coudnerpwrigeto theayoerare 100;
xtracts oolf the
winks andberegulaetirse
rdes:aid:CgintEe year 1848, uGpaitot "treedletthaotf reept , sale of
orun furnished to, partite making sech
aroliesc or under wag
12,776 acres for 8,8631., against 9,64.5 acres for 6,3311. in copies or extracts (not being certified copies) may be col.
1847. The state of the money market had affected the cola land, examined, or compared with the originals or with
nets in the company's settlement; and what with reduced the registered copies; returns of the somber of searches
diacountr, diminished value of stock, and the failure of crops, made between the 24th day of June, 1847, and the 24th day of
the settlers were net in quite such eery circumstances aa June,lo4B,for wills proved in the said court prior to the year
might have been wished for. Mr. Galt. however, expected
166.50•
together with the number of °epics of or entrain Oren
to be able to bring the income of the company up to 5,0001. etch wills taken or mad* between the same dates and of
for the year 1848, and to extend the sale of lands from the amount of all fees received for the searches, copies, or
12,000 to 20,000 acres. An arrangement had beentemponrily extncti hat mentioned, or any of them.' We hope whoa
effected by which 10s. an acre was to be the maximum these returns shall be furnished, that the honourable barmen
who moved for thetn—Sir Harry Verney, who has already
price of the company's lands. but only a restricted quantity
was to be sold at that price. The settlement at Roc stone shown his anxiety to promote the cause of historical inquiry
by placing his valuable collection of family papers at the
was going on in a satisfactory manner, the settlers being
chiefly French Canadians. Few or no emigrants from the disposal of the Camden Society—will avail himself of the in-
mother country had reached the company's settlements. The formation he may obtain from them, and propose some sub-
railway from St. Lawrence to the Atlantic wee being pro- standee end decided measure to the holm for the remedy of
ended with, and thirty miles of it would be ready for work- this long-complained of literary grievance."
ing neat year.—Mr. Alex. gillespie, the governor of the LOSS or THE FOREIGN EMIGRANT SHIP BUR-
company, with reference to an intended call of 21. per share, OCEDT.—In addition to the particulars already given, a car-
stated that it would be required for the purpose of Men- respondent sap "The Bureundy struck at 11 o'clock at
pletiog this railway, end to clear off a balance of 9,0001. Unlit. The captain, perceiving the imminent danger his
standing against theta at their bankers. This call could not living freight was placed in, had her masts cut away, which
had the effect of steadying the vessel and keeping her up-
be put off much longer, but it woad not be made earlier
than it was needed.—Mr. R. Gillespie then entered into right. Several smell yeses soon made their appearance,
some details respecting the railway which were very Wig' and bore down to their assistance, and with the aid of their
factory to the court; and thanks were voted to him sad to hostas great number of the poor creatures were taken off the
the chairman, after which the meeting was dileolved. wreck; but stall a considerable number were left behind;
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR JUVENILE FE- the reminder must inevitably have perished but for the
LONG.—Yesterday a meeting of the committee and others noble and intrepid exertion of the captain of one of the
interested in the success of rice above establishment was held smacks, Mr. Lewis, of the Trials, of Harwich. His boat had
at the Brook-street Ranged School, Henry-passage, New- been stove in, and the party nearly drowned by her sinking.
road. The report stated that the course adopted had already They were got on board of the Trials, and Mr. Taylor, the
produced considerable moral effects—inducing cleanliness, commander of the Diamond, revenue cutter, whose vessel

patch of barest..
NEW BRUNSWICK.—The General Assembly
has been farther prorogued to the 2nd Tuesday of December,
withal any intimation that it is then to meet for despatch of
busies.. A iEseernment notice, dated the 28th of October,
annOUbCeli "That all holders of public offices are required
to keep regular oleos hours, by themselves or sufficient de-
puties, from 10 sic till 4 p.m. every day, except on Sundays
and holidays"
AUSTRALlA.—SirofisT.—Advices and journals
have been received rid Singapore, to August 17, from while'
we gather a few items of intelligence. The projected
growth and violin efralk sesame to gain supporters. Oa
July 12 a paha mesetag wok plus at Lyons' Rooms, foe
the purpose et isseies ea institution for developing this I
brash et elissia Indseery. The plea was 'misted by Mr. I
Beaserble, sad bad beta tried before a nonmittee. The m-
asa of the 4ties wee submitted to the mewing. TM
esamites to state that their ia games eatifig
them that are alrendy several sorts of the willawsg
plane is the esiormy--egra were easily procured. TM emu
Imon silkworm. Indigenous to New South Wales, fallase
silk of a superior quality, but had not been proved le be se
productive as that of Italy in newt of the gear
tity of silk. The farm selected for the preposoil
reties is is called Eastwood, situated in the &brit et
Was( Point, near the village of Ryde, and is pasouiseed
to be a highly favourable spot for the swam of the project.
A eons d 0001. was deemed sufficient (or the fist wee eye-
ratime, 4101. for the *cooed per, and half this cam at for
Terse. A committee was then named to nave
es wry on a silk experimental is/tattles. the
'Squeaks. het Plymouth, hail arrived at Sydney, after a '
wage c f 122 days. This vessel had en board 277 ami.
Capt Six births and seven deaths bad occurred during
sege, but the deaths included only one adalt. The
=ats, consisting of English, Irish, and Scotch, were
st Sydney in the meat robust health, and are said to
be the meat serviceable people that have arrived at the
oka. Mr. J. Fowles, a colonial artist, Is publish-
iag a series of views, which represent Sydney es
it Teeny is in 1845—its public edifices, its specious
gas lit streets, crowded by a thriving populatiea,l
and its sumptuous shops, which boldly claim a coups.
?lion with London itself. At the half-yearly meeting of the
proprietors of the New South Wales Bank, held on July 21,
,t was stab d that the balance of the profit and lon account
for the half year amounted to 7,6131. 9d. - a dividend of five
per cent was declared. It was stated at the meeting that
the formation of a London agency had been a source of
considerable profit to the busk. The affairs of the institu
ties were declared to be in a most prosperous condition, and
the value of its securities fully maintained. The electiors con-
tinued to form the theme of public:conversation and news.
paper discussion. The seats that had gone a begging were to be
costated by numerous eaudidates. Messrs. Charles Cowper
and Gilbert Smith stand for the representation of Cumber.
land, but have found an opponent in Mr. Nelson Lawson,
who is a native of the coleay, toss son of one of the oldest
settlers, and himself a settler of large possessions. His pros-
' prat of election is said not to be favourable. Some idea may
be gathered of the state of excitement caused by the elections
from the fact of Messrs. Wentworth and Bland, candb
dat,s for the city of Sydney, having hired the apartments of
the schools of arts in which to addles. too electors, but at
the meeting neither of these candidates was permitted to
address the meeting. The cause of Mr. Lamb was progress-
ing satisfactorily.
1 VICTORIA (PORT PRlLLlP).—Journals from this
provisos to the middle of August contain a few items of in •
tenet. On July 5, the Mabomed Shah arrived with
emigrants, 211 in all, including eleven births; only six
deaths hod taken Para. From Jan. 1, DM, to July 12,
no less than 33,875 hales of wool were exported from Mel-
bourne to London end Liverpool, by twenty-one vowels;
2,815 casks of tallow (each averaging 10 cwt.) were also ex-
ported during the aims period. The value of these two
ankle, of export exceeded 500,0001. During the wool onion
of NO, 26,820 bales, and tallow 1,054 casks, were exported
kw Melbourne, exceeding 430,0001. in value. These
=statements best show the rising value of this colony,
has more than doubled its exportations in ten years.
la Jane last the town council addressed her majesty relative
to the removal of Mr. C. J. La ?robe. But a few weeks
alter that demonstration it was asserted by the Herald that
Mr. La Trobe had been appointed the first lieutenant-
governor of Port Phillip. The Patriot gives a fiat denial to
fie statement made by the Herald. The radical party,
beaded by Mr. Faulkner, ha brought against Mr. La Trobe
as charge of " patronising a man notorious for receiving
Mhee
; •ay, bribes from all conditions of men—from half a
demosof eggs. or a pound of butter, a to cattle, horses,
' and grog wines, champion. brandy or gin, or cheques
no the lash." These charges: were directly levelled
at Major St. John, J. P., commissioner of crown
lands; but that functionary met the public de-
nouncement by a disclaimer, addressed to her msjesty's su-
perintendent, in which corruption "on the honour of
a gentleman" is solemnly denied. Mr. Faulkner hos
volunteered to prove his assertions, and there the matter
rests for the present. The election for Port Phillip came off
on the appointed day, and, as it was necessary that some one
should be elected, the choice fell upon Lord Grey, who was
elected member of the legislative council of New South
Wales. The result of the poll caused great excitement at
Melbourne; triumphal processions paraded through the
town. Mr. Robinson, M.L C., died of typhus fever, at Mel-
, I bourne, on the morning of August 13.
anti-

labound under the emu disadvantage as the other, directed
his empestes to repair, if possible, the Trials boat. He sic-
sad Kr. Lewis and his inn tang charge, Pushed
die breakers, and managed to bring it ender the
istorimar of the wreck. Seven taps he was fortunes to
laklet
..,.. lie eiberh tbfahg Manyeadb:th: ma nn waseen the span
71:=. were conveyed to Harwich, where they
were mime y treated by the inhabitants, Captain 0.
Dean prewilling then shahs" In an unoecupiel hoses of his
I ewe • Iledi frig. Ear" till Mow, at the request of the in-
babies% lad Iheekeregly reviled with food and the ne-
alereke upied. Several reatlemees volunteered to collect
I entsemegiliene lee their relict Tte remainder of the eat-
, snob, 110 fa number, and the chief mate and eleven lea-
nest, were safely leaded at Ramsgate. Respecting the other
need, the Atlantic, wrecked on the Goodwin-sends on the
UM night, else has entirely disappeared in the sands. Her
'en is° attributable to her unfortunate master mistaking the
Goodwin-light for that on the Hestia Knock-sands. The
bodies of those drowned have not been found."
ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST.—The Solicitor to the
Tummy ha received directions from Sir G. Orgy to prose-
cute three men charged with stealing nearly 2,000 ounces of
geld dust from the ship Lemuel, whilst le off the African
coast. Two of the prisoners, and all the gold dust ere to be
;awarded to London by the Viscountess Canning.
THE FIRE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Yeriter-
Jay, at 1 o'clock, Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner, instituted
an inquiry before • jury of mere-Mosta, at the Old England
coffee-house, Threadneedle.street, into the origin of the fire
which, on Friday last, occurred in the reeding-room at
Lloyd's. From the evidence it appeared that a stove at the
extreme end of Lloyd's reading-room had been fitted Intone
space of the window, and an iron belt or stay which held
what is termed the fin lamp of the stove to the main brick-
work passed so close to the wood-work of the windows as to
Sr. it. The jury found that the fire arose from want of due
precaution in fixing the stove, and recommended the com-
mittee of Lloyd's to institute an investigation as to the plan
adopted in setting thu moves throughout the building.
INQUESTS, YEATERDAY.—VOLUNTARY STARVATION.
—Before Mr.Wakley, M.P., at the Sugar Loaf, Great Queen-
street, on William Yates, an ivory and woad turner. aged 42.
Deceased, who had for sometime evinced great eccentricity. of
manner, had locked himself up in his room fors week, during
which period it was supposed nu he took no nourishment.
When he elimied the door he was found so exhumed that he
had to be carried back to his bed. The most po
ful stimulants were edministered, but he expired from
pure inanition. It was further proved that deceased
was surrounded by abundance, and that he starred
himself. Verdict—" Deceased died of exhaustion from
starvation, and that he starved himself in • fit of msdnem."—
DEATH ring MAL/aim—Before Mr. W. Baker, at the Ship
and Rising Sun, High-streetShadwell, on the rody of.lohn
Morris, aged fire years. The deceased was the son of very
poor persons, living at No. 4, Charles-plus, Love-lane, and
was a very delicate child from his birth. On Thursday after-
noon last, the deceased complained of pains in his chest and
head, and on the following morning being no better, his
mother procured an order for the attendance of the parish
surgeon. The deceased expired the same day. Mr. Rem,
the surgeon, stated his opinion that the demised died from
congestion of the brain and lungs, produced by the malaria
arising from defective drainage, there being no sewers near
their dwelling. The mother of the deceased further stated
that the whole neighbourhood was constantly affected with
an °empyreans effluvium arising from a drain running be-
neath the houses, which, harms no outlet, was choked up
with frond matter, and always overflowed. The lower part i
of these dwellings was always damp, and not infrequently
under water after heavy rains. The house was composed of
two rooms, each about 12 feet square, and nine perions slept
in one of the rooms. It was stated that Mr. Burn, the re-
airily appointed inspector of nuisances for the above distric*,
had died on Sunday last from fever, which he took whilst
attending to his sanitary duties. Verdict, " Natural death,"
and the Coroner said he would lay the case before the board
of guardiscs of Stepney min.

ABUSES IN THE MINT.
The Liverpool reformer, have issued another of
their publications, in which they say :—ln the section on
taxation the Financial Reform Association referred to the
fact that a sum of 7,004,4381. was appropriated to the pay-
ment of public servants in various departments under
government, without being voted by the House of Com-
mons, or even paid into the Exchequer. The proof of
that enormous sum of public money being so disposed ot was
derived from official returns, published by authority of Par-
liament. One of the items which make up that gross
amount was thus expressed :—" Mint-office, 2891.' If
this were correct, and if all the other items represent the
sums paid to public servants in the several departments
named, and no more, it would follow that 2891. is all that k
taken rom the Mint and not paid into the Exchequer: all I
that the public servants of the Mint take as salaries. This h
not comet, and its extreme discrepancy with fact throws a
doubt over the whole amount of 7,004,4381. There is a sum
of 70,0001. voted for the expenses of the Mint; besides
which, very considerable sums, net ascertained, are appro
prated without being accounted for.
It seems that neither the Master of the Mint, nor the go-
vernment of which he is a member, have sufficient power to
compel the public servants of that department to render an
account of their emoluments. The Master of the Mint, the
Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shell, giving evidence before a
committee of the House of Commons on the miscellaneous
estimates, 6th June, 1848, stated of the public servants in his
department—" They have refused to produce their cash-book,
and they have refused to state their amount of waste, which I
conceive to be en important ingredient in the consideration
of tbe Master of the Mint in entering into an agreement
as to the amount which he should pay them. I bend in my
hand a return made by Sir Jasper Atkinson" (one of the
gentlemen public servants who would not show the cash-
book) " of the profits of the company from the year 1837
to the year 1847. The profits from 1837 to 1841 were
242871. 7s. ltd. The profits from 1842 to 1847 were
105.1871. 12s. 11d. There are but five moneyers at present,
and those five gentlemen have, from 1842 to 1847, divided
among themselves the sum of one hundred and five thousand
one hundred and eighty-seven pounds, twelve shillings and
eleven pence."
This sum being spoken of as profits, the public might be
misled to think the company was a trading or manufacturing
firm, working on their own capital, at their own risk. But
it is not so. They are paid out of the taxes, and have profits
from a mysterious source called waste; but they refuse to
tell what the waste is. The chairmen of the committee, Mr.
Vernon Smith, asked the Muter of the Mint, " By whom
is this 105.1871. 12s. 11d. paid ?" To which Mr. Shell
replied, " That is paid by the public." And then, toe ques-
tion from Dr. Bowing, he proceeded to say, "The monere,s
have an estate, and they have also, in what they call their
corporate capacity, property. in the funds and other neuri-
tic'. They have refused to Inform us of the amount of their
landed estate, or to furnish us with the rental, or any ac-
count of any property which they hold in what they desig-
nate as their corporate capacity. They say that we have no
right to investigate that subject. They have stated to us
their profits upon the coinage, without, at the same time,
giving us any means of judging of the acenrsey. of their re-
turn, because they have refused to produce then cash-books.
They were asked what was the amount of the waste upon
' the coinage, and they refused to state it."
Sir George Clerk, a member of the committee, endea-
voured to elicit from the Muter of the Mint that, in the
event of there being no coinage for a lengthened period, the
moneyers might become very poor, and that, therefore, to
secure their respectability, it is to the interest of the public
to pay them as they anpaid. Bat, as Sir George Clerk is
himself a public pensioner to the amount of 1,2001. per
annum, after filling 'event well-paid offices, his suggestions
do not appear to the Financial Reform Association particu-
larly valuable on any subject of government economy.
The Muter of the Mint, himself the recipient of 2,0001.
per annum, says to question 5,669, " The Mauer of the Mint
has very few duties to perform " And the master melter
has stated that since the year 1837 his profits upon the
melting alone have been 38,9811. Ile. 4d. But the much
higher profits derived as a refiner he refuted to disclose,
though he promised to do so at a future time. Notwith-
standing the large incomes of the muter melter, the
moneyers, and the assayers, their various assistants, clerk!,
porters, and so forth, are paid out of the annual vote of
70.0001. from the national revenue.
The company of moneyers, who receive the metal from
the deputy of the Master of the Mint and from the minter,
and reader it into coin, has at times consisted of as many as
fourteen persons, though commonly of a lesser number. A
member enters as an apprentice, and rises by seniority. The
fewer the members, the greater is the amount of waste to
each when it is divided. The number of members being
regulated by the supply of apprentices, the supply of these
seems to be, in turn, regulated by the number of children
born in certain happy families of Atkinson and Franklin,.
In the department of the Mint, as in most other depart
meats of the public service, the duty performed is not pro-
portioned in quality to the excess of payment. Mr. Shell,
on being required by Sir George Clerk to say " if the cost ot
manufactunng coin in this country is higher than it is in
France, is the work not of a superior quality ?" replied, " I
have heard various opinions about the work executed at the
Mint. Mr. Hawkine, who is the head of the medals depart-
ment in the British Museum, informed me that our coins are
very imperfectly executed." To another question, Mr. Shell
replied, I have heard that the coinage could be executed
for much less than is now paid to the moneyers."
It appears, from evidence laid before the parliamentary
committee, that the cost of coinage in America, in France,
and in every country of Europe, is much less than in Eng-
land. Sir Jasper Atkinson, the provost of the company of
moneyen, however, finds an excuse for this excess of
expense in England in the fact that "in this country
every public duty, is more largely remunerated than
in other countries.' It is this fact, and the additional
one that many large payments are made for du-
ties never performed, and to privileged idlers never
expected to peform any duty, which has brought the Finan-
cial Reform Association into existence. It is this fact that
the taxes of Britain are wasted to a measure of extravagance
unparalleled in any other country which has made the mem-
bers of the Financial Reform Amocistion pledge themselves to
one another and to their country to go on, and
et
satisfied, until taxation is equalised, industry uplifted and
relieved, and public duties are paid according to their
merits."

IRELAND.

DCBLIN Nov 19.

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Limerick workhouse nearly realised on Friday the
state of those of Cork and another southern house.
The cause of the " rebellion " at Cork was that the
commissioners had issued an order for the removal of
, the muter, matron, and the comptroller or assistant
I master. The brink at Limerick was occasioned by