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London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

PROTECTION TO TRADE.-SMALL DEBTS' ACT.

ItG. IBBETT, AUCTIONEER AND AP-
• PRAISER, BROKER, BY APPOINTMENT, TO THE
CITY OF LONDON COURT OF REQUESTS.
OFFlCES—Johnson's Chambers, in the rear of 167, Fleet-street.
RESIDENCE-7, Bridgewater- square, Barbican.
Returns his sincere thanks to his friends and employers for tke
liberal patronage bestowed upon him for a long series of years, and
takes this opportunity of pointing out to them, and to the public ge-
nerally, the privileges and facilities now afforded to Merchants,
Traders, Shopkeepers, and the Owners of Ilouse Property, by the
recent Act of 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 95, ', Forthe more easy recovery
of small debts and demands in England," viz. :
Debts not exceeding 201., may be recovered in the County Courts
by a cheap, expeditious, and summary process. Sec. 58.
The Balance of any account may be sued for, wbere such balance
does not exceed 201. Sec. 58.
If the original debt exceeds 201., the Creditor may reduce his claim
to 20.1, and sue for it under this Act. Sec. 58.
Any Minor may sue for any sum of money, not exceeding 201.,
due to him for wages, or piece work, as If he were of full age.
Sec. 64.
Legacies under a Will, or Shares of an Intestate's Estate, may be
recovered as Debts. Sec. 65.
One Partner may sue another for the Balance of a tartnership
Account. See. 65.
Executers may sue and be sued. Sec. 66.
One of several persons jointly liable may be sued for an amount
due from the whole of them. Sec. 68.
The Plaintiff and his Wife may give Evidence, and the Defendant
and his Wife may he examined, on Oath. Sec. 83.
The Defendant's Goods and Chattels (excepting Wearing Apparel
and Tools to the value of Si.), and any Money or Bank Notes,
Cheques, Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bonds, Specialties,
or Securities for Money, may be taken in Execution. Sec. 96.
In Default of payment, and no sufficient, Distress Defendant may
be committed to Prison. Sec. 99.
Imprisonment not to operate as a Satisfaction of the Debt
Sec. 103,

It Defendant remove out of the district in which he was sued,
Execution to issue into any other District against his Goods or
Person. Sec. 104.
The claim of the landlord for Rent (so often used to deprive a
creditor of his rightful demand) Limited. Sec. 107.
In case any person claims the goods taken in execution under this
Act, such claim to be adjudicated on by the Judge of the County
Court. Sec. 118.

Actions of Replevin may be brought in these Courts without wri
Sec. 119.

Possession of Tenements, where the yearly rent does not exceed
501., may be promptly recovered under this Act. Sec. 122.
.4. If actions are brow; ht in the Superior Courts for claims which
might have been sued for under this Act, Plaintiff to recover no
costs. Sec. 139.

Merchants, Tradesmen, and others who have suffered debts, justly
due to them, to remain unpaid, through a dread of the delay and
expense attending the former legal process, are respectfully invited
to avail themselves of the provisions of this useful Act, and entrust
the collection of such debts to It. G. lIIBETT, by whom they will be
instantly attended to, and a prompt settlement made.
Sales by Auction speedily effected in town and country. Rents,
Rates, and Taxes collected, and legally recovered. Appraisensents
made for the Probate or Legacy Duty. Recovery of losses by Fire,
&c. Executors and Administrators ace iunts prepared for, and
passed at, the Legacy Duty Office.
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Distraint Warrants, Cheque Formula, Agreements, Inventories. and
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profession.
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POISONINGS AT TIBBENHAM, IN
NORFOLK.

Intense excitement has prevailed in the parish of Tib-
benham, in Norfolk, in consequence of the sudden deaths
of several persons, under suspicious circumstances.
Lately, Mr. Cann, a small farmer, fell suddenly ill and
died in a few hours. A farmer's wife, Mrs. Self, fell ill
at the King's Head public-house, and died soon after.
On Sunday last, Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Everett, both
farmers' wives and relatives, died within a few hours of
each other. Mrs. Pearson was taken suddenly ill be-
tween seven and eight o'clock in the morning while at
breakfast. Her relative, Mrs. Everett., was sent for to
attend upon her. The former died at twelve o'clock on
the same day, and the latter became ill as soon as she
went home, and died between three and four o'clock.
Mr. Pilgrim, one of the county coroners, who investi-
gated the Haprasburgh cases of poisoning, summoned a
jury at the Greyhound public-house, Tibbenhana, on
Tuesday last, to ascertain whether the sudden death of
the two women, last mentioned, was attributable to
natural causes. The following evidence was given :
Joseph Pearson deposed, that deceased was his wife,
and 57 years of age. He had been married upwards of
20 years. Witness and deceased sat down to breakfast
in the same room on Sunday morning. Their maid
servant and lad were in the room, sitting at another
table. Deceased took a piece of bread from a new loaf,
made on the previous Saturday. She then poured out a
cup of tea, and drank part of it. After drinking the tea,
she ate two or three mouthfuls of dry break, observing
that the bread had been made from some old flour that
had been in the house for some time. Witness remarked
a sudden change in her countenance. She said the new
bread did not suit her stomach, and that she felt
as if she could not draw her breath. Soon after
she went out and vomited up all she hed
taken. Then she came in again, and sat down
by the fire. Soon after she was removed to
bed. Mr. Howard, the surgeon, came, and attended
her. She gut worse, and died at 12 o'clock. Witness
had eaten of the victuals since the death of his wife. He
did not drink any tea at breakfast on Sunday morning.
He was in the habit of drinking beer at breakfast.
In consequence of some mice being upstairs, his wife had ,
got some poison and stopped some of the holes up in a
closet, to destroy the mice. Both his wife and his sister
were quite well in health on the Sunday morning before
breakfast time. The girl did not take any tea for
breakfast that morning. Any person could have got
into the closet where the poison was laid in the holes.
The closet was not locked up. Witness and the servants
had eaten from the same victuals since Sunday last with-
out any ill effects, but had not taken any of the tea since
Sunday. He had always lived on very good terms with
his wife.

Eliza Sage, 17 years of age, had lived as servant to
Mrs. Pearson since Michaelmas last. She did not take
any tea or breakfast on the Sunday morning. She had
not been very well in health. She put the water into
the kettle for breakfast, but did not pour the water into
the teapot. Witness went for Mrs. Everett, who came
and attended to Mrs. Pearson, and afterwards had some
tea and breakfast, and went away before noon. Mrs.
Pearson died about twelve o'clock. On the previous
Thursday morning witness saw her mistress put some
poison into the holes of the closet in her bed-room to
destroy the mice, which were very troublesome. In
accordance with the orders of her mistress, she swept
the closet where the poison was laid, and afterwards
threw the dust into the fire.

. .
Mr. Thomas Everett said that Mrs. Everett was his
wife, that she had been in a very good state of health up
to the previous Sunday morning, when she was sent for
to go to Mrs. Pearson's house. Without getting her
breakfast she went there immediately, and she returned
in about two hours. She said that Mrs. Pearson was
very ill indeed ; she then suddenly left the room. Wit-
ness followed her and heard her scream in the privy. He
went to her and found her violently vomiting, and she
continues ehout half an hour. She said, " I
am dying," and continued vomiting. witness t,ad her
carried upstairs, and sent for the surgeon, who came and
gave her some brandy and other medicines. She be-
came worse, and died on the same afternoon about four
o'clock. Witness was with her all the time. She was
too ill to say anything. A quantity of what she had
vomited up had been preserved—about two pints.
H. !Toward, a surgeon, of New Buckenham, deposed
that on the previous Sunday morning he was sent for to
attend Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Everett. He arrived at
Mrs. Everett's about twelve o'clock, and found her in a
state of collapse, her pulse quite imperceptible, and she
was evidently in a sinking state. He prescribed what he
thought requisite for her, and proceeded to see Mrs.
Pearson, whom he found quite insensible, and in a dying
state. In about five minutes after he arrived she died.
The Coroner considered an examination of the bodies
necessary, and adjourned the inquest.

A SKIBDEBEEN IN ENGLLND.—We (Liverpool
Journal) fear that there is at this moment suffering as
great and undeserved in this town as can be witnessed
even on the west coast of Ireland. Two or three cases
in one court have come to our own knowledge. That
court is Webster's court, Oriel-street. It was in this
pest-place that the Rev. Mr. Nightingale caught the
fever which deprived society of a most kind-hearted,
pious clergyman. Last week a whole family were down
in fever ; there was no nurse, no doctor. An infant
died, and the mother was only able to push the dead
body from off the straw on which she herself was dying.
No one came to remove the corpse until the daily call of
the Rev. Mr. Newsharn, of St. Anthony's. In the house,
No. 1, are now lying in fever thirteen persons—four on
one floor, five in another, some dying, some getting
better. There is no one in attendance on them, and no
medical man had seen them from Sunday to Thursday.
The parish allows the two families Bs. a week, and the
authorities will probably inquire why a medical man
has not seen them. In another court all the family were
down in fever, but a child, and that child was burnt to
death in consequence of its clothes catching fire when
going fora hot drink to the grate,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, MARCEL 24.—0 n Friday last her Majesty's
surveying ship Bonetta was inspected, and the highest
compliments were paid to her Commander, officers, and
men, for the state in which she was kept, and the ra-
pidity and correctness of her 113anceuvres.
Her Majesty's steamer Locust, which arrived here on
the 20th inst. from Tunis, loft port on Nlonday last for
Zante, and by permission carried a mail. She had on
board General Kalergi and suite.
Her Majesty's ship Spartan arrived in port on Sunday
last from Beyrout, and is now performing quarantine.
The Spartan, which left this port on the 28th ult., has
made a very good passage to the coast of Syria and back.
The Neapolitan steamer Ercolano, from Naples and
ports of Sicily, arrived here on the 23d inst., and left
port on the same evening on her return.
Her Majesty's brig Mutine, whose departure from
Gibraltar we announced last week, arrived here on
Tuesday last. On reaching her moorings, the usual
complimentary salutes were exchanged. By some acci-
dent the Mutine saluiej under the white flag, till a sig-
nal from the flag ship set het on the proper point of
etiquette.
The French Government steamer Leonidas, from the
Leant, arrived here on the 23d inst, and is performing
her quarantine.
The French Goya fment &tamer Lo Nil, from Bey-
rout and Alexandria, arrived here on Wednesday last,
and pursued her trip to Marseilles direct on the same
day.
The French Government steamer Cairo, from Mar-
seilles direct, is expected to-morrow. She will proceed
without loss of time ta Alexandria and Beyrout.
The French Government steamer Telimaque, from
Marseilles and ports of Italy, will be due to-morrow.
She will proceed to th Levant with the mails.
The French Goveraiaant steamer Mentor left port this
morning with mails, touching at ports of Italy and
The Peninsular and Orieittai Company "s ai.eatner
Achilles, from the Levant, arrived here on the 23d inst.
The Achilles proceeded, via Gibraltar, to England,
with tho mails and passengers brought by the Ariel,
shortly after her arrival.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ariel, with mails and passengers from India, arrived on
the night of the 23d inst., and is performing quarantine.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ri-
pon, with the London mails of the 20th inst., is expected
here by the middle of next week.
Her Majesty's steamer Spitfire, from tho lonian
Islands and Greece, is expected hourly with the mails.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL I.—Yesterday the Lords of the
Admiralty inspected the various fitting stores in the
dockyard, and about five o'clock left that establishment
for the Gun-wharf, over which department their Lord-
ships were conducted by Mr. Alex. Stewart, the store-
keeper. From the Gun-wharf the Board proceeded to
the George Hotel, to dress, and afterwards dined with
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in-
Chief, in the dockyard.
This morning their Lordships left their hotel at half-
past eight, and at about a quarter to nine embarked in
their barge at the Sallyport-stairs, under a salute from
the platform battery, and went on board the newly-pur-
chased steam-vessel tndine, Master-Commander Allen,
which vessel carried be Admiralty flag at her main, and
steamed off to the Sidon, Sir Charles Ogle accompany-
ing their Lordships, who were received on board by
Captain Henderson, C. 8., with manned yards and a
gaard of honour on the quarter-deck; a salute of nine-
teen guns was also fired from the main deck guns of the
steam-frigate, which, on their Lordships boarding, im-
mediately took their gag from the Undine and hoisted
it at her main. At fi'teen minutes past nine the frigate
weighed and proceeded to the westward, followed by the
Undine, with Sir Charles Ogle on board, and his flag
(white at the main) flying. The steamers were to make
the circuit of the Isle of Wight.
The Sidon and Undine rounded Bembridge Ledge on
their return to port, at four o'clock, and appear making
for the anchorage with all speed ; but from the distance
at which they appear at this time (a quarter to five), we
do not think it possible their Lordships can be landed in
time to avail themselves of the last train to London
(half-past five). At five o'clock their Lordships left the
Sidon and made for the harbour in the Undine, the
former vessel salutiag on their Lordships leaving her.
Two Admiralty express messengers are waiting at the
Sallyport with dispatches for the Board, which came
down this afternoon from London.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, flag of Admiral
Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., was docked this afternoon to
have her bottom examined. The new plan for fitting
the lower rigging of ships exhibited on board the St.
Vincent yesterday afternoon, to the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, and which their Lordships highly approved, is
the invention of Lieutenant Rigmaiden, R.N. (1812),
not Lord Kielmansegge, as erroneously stated yesterday.
The Drawn steam- frigate, Captain Ramsay, left this
morning for Tralee, Tarbert, and Kilrush, with seed
corn and meal.
The Fairy, Royal yacht, under the command of Com-
mander Crispin, went as far as :Southampton Water this
morning to try her screw, which led to the general sur-
mise that a trial was Ordered to take place between her
and the Undine. If this was so, the Fairy is the first
home by several hours, having left the Victoria pier at
the same time as the Undine and returned to port at
noon

The Victoria and Albert was undocked this afternoon.
The Cygnet. 6, Commander P. 11. Somerville, arrived
at Spithead last evening from the coast of Africa station,
where she has been employed during the past three
years, aiding in the suppression of the slave trade. She
left Sierra Leone on the 19th of February. She has
captured 1,760 slaves and nineteen vessels, fifteen of
which were condemned, and she has been healthy the
whole time she has been upon the coast. Dr. Alexander
Lane, of the Penelope, has come home invalided in the
CYgn n et- 0❑ 'Wednesday' week last, when just past St.
Michael's, a heavy
A , gale from west to south-west came on
and washed away 'her qusrter boat, struck the second
lieutenant with frightful fcrce and knocked him down
upon the top of his head, by which ho sustained very se-
vere in• • Juries. The Cygnet is leaky, having been ashore
at Curimba bar, and it was thought necessary to send a
vessel home to attend upon her in case of need; and the
E
spoir, 10, Commander Hand, consequently sailed with
the Cygnet from Sierra Leone, with orders to see the
latter safe to the Eddystone, and then put into Ply-
mouth; but the Cygnet gave her guardian the "go-by"
on the night of the 23d of February during the " Har-
mattan" winds. Commander Somerville, it will be re-
membered,
commissioned the Wanderer, 16, at this port,
about eighteen months since, for the African service, but
has been ill ever since he arrived on the coast, and ex-
changed with Commander Montresor, of the Cygnet, in
order to come to England to recruit. His illness has
been increased by having his ship so poorly equipped
with efficient officers. All the officers who went out in
the Cygnet have returned to England safely.
The squadron on the coast was distributed as follows
when the Cygnet left the station:—
The Devastation steam-sloop, having on board the
broad pendant of the Commodore commanding-in-chief,
Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., was lying off the Bananas,
in company with the Syren, 16, Commander Chaloner,
which had arrived a few days prior from the Mediterra-
nean, and was ordered to remain; the Bolin, 10, Com-
mander Simpson, recently from the Cape de Verd
Islands ; and the Wanderer, 16, clearing out after her
sickness, and to be under the command of Commander
Moatresor, late of the Cygnet.
The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, was
at Sierra Leone, having arrived on the 13th from Eng.
land. NIT.. Cunningham, Acting, Master of her, and Mr.
Pritchard, Midshipman, died on board on the pasc*ge
from Madeira. The Commodore would turn eser a,s,t
shift his pendant into this vessel from the Devastation
in a few days, when Commander Crouch would resume
the command of the latter.
The Actwon, 26, Captain ManseL second in command,
was at Cape Mount.
The Favourite, is, Commander Murray, was erusing.
The Flying Fisl,. 12, Commander Dyke; the hanger,
to, Commander Anderson ; and the Styx steam-sloop,
Commander Chads, were at the Bight of Benin.
The Alert, 6, Commander Ellis, was at Grand Bassa,
ordered home.
The Pantaloon,lo, Commander Donrslaa. was detached
from the station and gone to the West Indies.
The Star, 6, Commander Ilockin, was at the Gallinas,
ordered home.
The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Horton ; the Lame,
Gallwey ; the
18, Commanderthe
Rapid
Bp
irdi,s b alnoe, ;
Commander
ma n Bittern,der 16, Commander
Hope
Hound, 10, Commander Wood, and the Lily, 16, Co.ns
mander Newton, were at Benguela ; the Larno and
Lily (the latter on her way) ordered home.
The Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds, and Hecate,
steam-sloop, Commander West, were at Congo.
much so that it
vessel had the better of
it at the termination.
The Sealark, 10, Acting-Commander White ; the
The Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch, was at
Kabenda.
The Contest, 12, Commander M'Murdo, was at Cape
Mount. The Wanderer had a trial of sailing with this
ra race, vesselseeme
dandiiiffihceuldi t htoerdatoughecidewhich
Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Morrell ; the Grappler,
iron steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Lysaught ; and the
Cacique steam prize, Sec9nd-Master Raymond, were at
Ascension.
The Promethus steam-sloop, Commander Hay, was
at Sierra Leone.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Farquhar, had not
arrived on the coast from England.
The coast was sickly. The Favourite, Contest, Pro-
metheus, Ferret, and Star, of the northern division,
were all well at tie dite of our advices ; the Ferret,
Star, Wanderer, and Styx had been sickly.
Lieutenant S.nita, of the Devastation, promoted, has
come home in the -`s:spoir.
The slave trade was going on briskly, notwithstand-
ing the vigilance if the sruizers, and it was pretty
broadly hinted that the American cruizers favoured the
slavers. When the Cygnet left there was lying off Cape
Mount a large barme, with the stripes and stars flying,
commanded by 1 daring fellow named Canot. This
vessel was a most suspicious-looking craft, fitted with
three decks, capblo of carrying 2,000 slaves! The
Cygnet is the onl' vessel which has captured a slaver on
the Sierra Leone station for eighteen months, and she
was a rich prize, kith 580 persons on board.
By letters recceed from the Cygnet, we are enabled
to contradict a re ort, headed " Slave Trade.—norrible
Massacre," copi,h from an 'dal paper.

THE NAVIGATION-LAWS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Srn, —I have read in The Sun of Tuesday evening last,
a letter signed " C.," dated from Dundee, wherein the
writer shows an eager desire, a very laudable ono no
doubt, to have the public mind set at rest,(i. e., the more
ancient female portion of it), not in regard to "going ojj
the hooks," but to "hooking on." I confess, however,
that I am not under much apprehension that many of
that interesting portion of the public can suppose that
whales are captured by rod, kook and line, the error in
the reports being too palpable to ordinary minds. I
will, however, venture to be so indiscreet as to set in-
quiring minds at rest by stating that to the term of
" hooking on," as well as to many other very peculiar
phrases which have been set forth in the different papers
as mine, I have not the honour of the slightest claim.
" If " C." will take the trouble to procure the official
report of what really was said upon the occasion to
which he refers, I think it not at all improbable that he
will therein discover that the theme of his erudite lucu-
brations has never had existence.
Whatever facts and opinions I have felt myself in duty
called upon to give on whaling affairs have been the re-
sult of rather extensive and very close observation for
many years, not only in the United States, but in all our
southern colonies, and in the Pacific and Indian oceans,
China seas, &c. ; it being also a branch of industry with
which I am very extensively connected.
I am, Sir, 3 our most obedient servant,
4, New Bank-buildings, CiAMUE
S BROWty, April 1, 1847. NING.

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INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL.
The following letter, written by a Spanish officer of
rank, who has been in Portugal from the commence.
ment of the present insurrection, gives the only intelli-
gible reaso❑ we have yet seen for the ill-success of the
popular party:—

Lis March , 1847.
My dear —, You desire me b
toon, mentionl something
as to what is going on here. Alas! my dear —, it
would be no easy matter to convey an idea of the present
state of the country; at least, I must confess that al-
though it would not be difficult to discover the source of
the present confusion, I could not equally succeed in
showing why the contest has not been brought to a ter-
mination ere now.
As soon as the coup d'etat of the 6th October was
made public the whole of the country rose against the
doctrines put forward by the new Administration; half
the army joined in the insurrection, which had every ap-
pearance of a formidable and spontaneous movement,
and shortly after the popular forces came to threaten the
capital itself. And yet at the end of two months we saw
the Constitutionalists shut up in Oporto. True it, is that
they met with some military reverses; but still, having,
as they had, the resources of the country and the sup-
port of the population, they ought to have brought the
contest to a speedy termination. How is it, then, that the
strife has been protracted, contrary to all reasonable ex-
pectation? How is it that the popular movement, ir-
resistible as it appeared, has been so far checked as to
have been confined to certain localities ? It wou!d not
be easy to answer these questions ; at least those who
have wattille events, and have a thorough knowledge of
men and th gs here, cannot answer them satisfactorily.
But I cannot help thinking there has been sad mis-
, management on the part of the Liberals ; their means
were abundant, their force far superior to that of the
Government, whose influence at one time did not extend
beyond the walls of Lisbon. The spirit of resistance
shown by the population was truly remarkable, but their
leaders, I fear, have not had the required tact to make
use of these advantages.
If you ask their partisans here what their friends are
about, the answer is They are organising." But they
ought to show some activity, move about the countlY,
give signs of lira. " Wait till they are ready, they are
organising." Indeed, to hear them speak, one would
suppose they are preparing a mighty armament for the
conquest of the holy Land, and after all it is little more
than war in a bandbox. The fact is, strange as it may
seem, that they are ashamed of being called guerrillas,
and thus it is that as soon as the peasantry take up arms
the first thing their leaders do is to set to work and or-
ganise, and they do not consider that they are ready to
act until they have nice uniforms, shackos, cravats, &c. ;
that is to say, that they transform what might be very
good guerrillas into very indifferent soldiers.
They do not admit hero that the best uniform for a
man who considers himself called upon to take up a
musket to sustain his rights, is a rough zamarra,* and
that he ought to be allowed to make short work of i t.
No, he must be organised; and the lew guerillas they
have, influenced by the general system, are perfectly
useless. For my own part, it may be very naughty to
think so, but I would not give a penny for guerillas
when they don't stop couriers and intercept convoys;
when they don't add to their rancho a fowl from the
neighbouring yard and kiss the village lasses. In
the army, order, discipline, severity; but with guerillas
there must be a certain degree of utter,
otherwise you check their enterprising spirit and
make monks of them. We have a pretty illus-
tration of it in Portugal. Has a single convoy been
attacked ? Has the rear-guard of the army ever been
harrassed ? Not a bit of it, they are organising. For-
tunately for them, the Government are also organising
as hard as they can, and one is induced to believe that
things will go on in this way while the contending par-
ties have resources, which means that it will be a qucs-
tion d'aryent. The fact is, there I. Ito energy on either side,
and I think it would require herculean efforts to make 'em
come up to the scratch. Nevertheless, I must say that,
according to the information we have, the Oporto
gents are very tirm; and, considering the present state
of affair., air. Saldanha and his followers will sooner
or '..ter be obliged to cut their sticks and trot
oat of the country, which I don't suppose would do
much harm to its prosperity although it might injure
theirs. Of course, all this is supposing that there is not
to be Spanish intervention; which to me, at least, is not
yet very clear, whatever guarantees the Madrid Cabinet
may have given.
As to the tincture of Miguelism of which the Oporto
Junta has been accused, a great deal has been said, and
in my opinion a great deal of nonsense. The Junta
have said—" here is our programme; we accept the
services of all the Portuguese who will come forward to
defend it." Many Miguelites have joined, but there has
been no compact entered into.

* Sheep-skin jacket.

The following accident occurred on the evening of
the 2 Ist, at the Copenhagen theatre. The lustre, weigh-
ing about 3001b5., was drawn up after the second act of
Don Cesar de Bazan. to have something done to the
lights, when all of a sudden it descended with great ra-
pidity as far as the benches of the uncovered boxes and
strunk nine persons with such violence, that they were
all stunned. The utmost confusion at once prevailed,
and the performance ceased. An investigation was im-
immediately instituted, from which it appeared, that when
the moment for letting done the lustre arrived, only two
men out of the four employed for that purpose were pre-
sent, and that not liking to delay, they ventured to move
the machinery themselves. They found too late that the
weight was more than they could manage, and the con- '
sequence was that the lustre came down with a run, and
did the injury mentioned above, some of the persons hurt
are considered to be in a dangerous state.
EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.—Mr. Taylor, of Roby,
has suggested, and we believe communicated to our parochial
authorities, an excellent expedient in connexion with the
regulation of Irish immigration into this town. If the au-
thorities have the power of putting Mr. Taylor's plan into
operation, it would not only have important sanatory results,
but would gradually tend to check the lavish importation of
Irish paupers. The suggestion is, that all steamers or other
vessels bringing over this class of passengers should be com-
pelled to proceed up the river, direct to the lazarette, where
the whole of the passengers should be examined, and none
permitted to lane but those who were in good health. Such
a regulation would check the influx of fever patients into an
already too insalubrious town, and would at the same time
render proprietors and masters of vessels cautious how they
took on board a class of individuals who would subject them
to so much trouble and detention.— Livapool Albion.
The enthusiasm of the Viennese public for the
opera of The Camp of Silesia continues unabated. At
each representation the Imperial Theatre, notwithstand-
ing the great increase of prices is filled to excess, and
the receipts invariably amount to about 11,000 florins
(about 6000 The opera of Robert le Diable is about to
be reproduced, in which Mdlle. J. Lind will fill the parts
of Alice as well as that of the Princess. It is said that
M. Meyerbeer has undertaken to set to music for the
theatre, An-der-Weirr, a now opera, the words of which
are by M.l3aurenteld.