tirbz Probinces.

A vacancy has been created in the representation of South Warwiek- shire, by the death of Sir John Mordannt. Three or four weeks ago, Sir John was out shooting with his friend Mr. Mills; whose gun accidentally went off, and the contents lodged in Sir John's leg, below the knee. At first, serious apprehensions were entertained; then, Sir John seemed to be getting better; but towards the close of last week, erysipelas super- vened; and he expired early on Sunday morning, at Walton Hall, his Warwickshire seat. Four gentlemen, all of high connexions and standing in the county, have been named as probable candidates for the vacant seat —Lord Brooke, the son of the Earl of Warwick, and Mr. Barnard, a near relation of Lord Willoughby De Broke, in the Conservative interest; Mr. Bolton King, formerly Member for the borough of Warwick, and Sir Francis Shuckburgh, on the Liberal side.

A vacancy is created in the representation of Woodstock, by the sum cession of Viscount Loftus to the Ely Peerage.

We are happy to state that Mr. Eaton, M. P., is now out of danger.— Bury Post.

The report that Mr. Ramsbottom, the Member for Windsor, has been in any danger, is contradicted— It appears, says says the Morning Post, "that although Mr. Ramsbottom has for several months been suffering from severe illness, there has been no symptom of immediate danger ; nor has any opinion been expressed by his mediml at- tendants to justify the apprehensions which the statement in question is calcu- lated to excite amongst his connexions and friends."

At the meeting of' the Waltham Agricultural Association, on Friday, the Duke of Rutland, who presided, entered into a statement to show that the prospects in respect to the supply of corn are not so bad as many have supposed, but on the contrary are " very satisfactory and conso- latory"—

"Yon must all remember, that the harvest of last year was one of the most productive we were ever blessed with; and you wi7.1 perceive, as the new corn this year did not come into the market until several weeks later than usual the har- vest of 1844 must have supplied the country for at least thirteen months. Last Monday, the remains of that crop were 1,200,000 quarters; to which must be added between six and seven hundred thousand 5narters of bonded corn. It wil also be seen, that the harvest of 1845, supposing the harvest of 1846 to take place about the usual time, will only have to supply the population for eleven months. Last year, there was almost enough corn produced to supply the want of the country without any aid from abroad, or at least very trifling help as com-

with former years. I have here a return of the imports from the 5th of

pa to the 5th of August 1845; and a similar return for the same period of last year—

Quarters of wheat imported from Canada In 1844 88,832

P1. from other places 847,324

936,156 From Canada in 1845 56,583 „ other places 198,974

255,557" Another return up to the 5th of September, or for eight months made the amount of Foreign corn imported 229,450; Colonial, about 60,000. The average prices this year have been from 45s. to 48s., but last year they averaged 53s. 3d.- so that, from calculation on his own farm, he found that he was more in pocket from

m low prices than high. The low price a corn, he was glad to say, arose from the

abundance of the crop: he should, therefore, never quarrel with prices when they arose from the abundance of corn of home growth. Protection societies have been formed (of which he felt it an honour to be a member) for the purpose of upholding protection to not less than the present amount. To the principle he was devotedly attached, and he should earnestly endeavour to support it. (Cheers.) The Dake added, that although the number of cattle imported had greatly increased the number last _year did not much exceed an average week's consumption at Smithfield: and, having made some calculations respecting the prices of meat, taken from the returns of the Grantham Union, he had come to the conclusion that the importation of foreign cattle had been productive of benefit; seeing that meat might otherwise have been beyond the reach of the poor man.

The examinations for the prize of 50/. given by Prince Albert to proficients in the modern languages at Eton College, commenced on the 22d September • and the result was announced by Dr. Hawtrey, the Head Master, on Tuesday last, as follows-

French—First prize (101.), Close ; second 'prize (51.), Peel, a son of Mr. Lawrence Peel.

German—Find prize (101.), Dugdale; second prize (Si.), Parker. Italian—First prize (101.), Close; second prize (51.), Boileau, ma. The following were also selected as having particularly distinguished themselves. In French—Foster, ma., Byng, Barton, and Boileau, ma. In German—Barton, Byng, Calton, and Wheatley. In Italian—Stratton, Barton, and Bradshaw, K. S. Close having been first prizeman In French and Italian, was also presented with the remain- ing Si. The number of candidates in French (Examiner, M. Auguste Enot) was 19 ; In German (Examiner, the Bev. Mr. Daube) 9; and in Italian (Examiner, Signor Pis- traccl) 7.

The Anti-Corn-law League have determined on holding a supplementary bazaar in Manchester, on the 15th October; ample materials having beenleft for a nucleus from the bazaar in London.—Globe.

It is gratifying to state that the working-classes in most of the various trades of Birmingham are in full work. Many of the manufacturers are so busy that they cannot take in more orders. We observe that many of the large manufacturers are enlarging their premises. Hands are wanted in every direction.—Birmingham Advertiser.

We understand that a company is in formation for the refining of sugar at Hull, and that the necessary steps have been taken for registering Advertiser.

Lieutenant Leigh, of the steam-sloop Stromboli, was tried by a Court-martial at Plymouth, last week, for ungentlemanly conduct in chastising John Ryan, a stoker. According to the charge, Mr. Leigh used very coarse language, struck the man, ordered a bucket of water to be thrown over him, directed the master-at- arms to cane him, and after all this ordered him to the mast-head twenty times. Witnesses proved that such had been Ryan's treatment. It was admitted that Ryan had moved a tub unwillingly when ordered to do it by the Lieutenant, and that he mattered while employed about it. For the defence, one of the sailors stated that he did not hear such strong language used by Lieutenant Leigh, and that Ryan was contemptuous in his bearing towards that officer. Commander Robert Fisher deposed, that during his three months' command of the Stromboli he had no complaint to make against Lieutenant Leigh; and First-Lieutenant Ainsley, of the same steamer, said, that during the six months Lieutenant Leigh bad been on board the Stromboli, he was always anxious to assist in the duties of the ship in the most zealous manner. The accused was found guilty; and sen tenced to be severely reprimanded, to be dismissed the Stromboli, to be put at the bottom of the list of Lieutenants in the Navy, and to remain there for two years. Mr. Leigh is nephew to the late Lord Byron.

At Hampton Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, the Magistrates ordered distress- warrants for a poor-rate made in 1839 to be issued against a number of persons residing in Hampton Court Palace, who deny that they are liable to the assess ment. The recusants consist of lords, ladies, knights and other commoners.

At Rochester Petty Sessions, last week, a little boy was convicted of the offence of knocking a number of walnuts off a tree, the property of Sir John Marshall: he was fined three times the value of the walnuts, ls. 6d., with 13s. 6d. costs ! His mother, a poor woman with a large family to support, was allowed a month to raise the money: if it be not paid then, the juvenile culprit will be sent to prison for fourteen days. Sir John Marshall sat upon the Magistrates' bench to watch the proper administration of justice.

A man has been killed in an eating-house at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by one Green, whom he was teasing. The deceased attempted to take a piece of meat off Green's plate; Green made a blow with the knife that he was using; it entered the eye of the other, penetrating several inches; and death ensued the next day.

The four men charged with the murder of Mr. Peacop, at Birkenhead, have been committed for trial by the Magistrates at Chester.

A lunatic, who had been imprudently set at liberty by his friends during a lucid interval, has killed a man, at Kidwelly, in Carmarthenshire. Clark, a working-man, was afflicted with rheumatism in his legs; and while he was bath- ing them in a medicinal spring, the madman rushed upon him, threw him on his back, partially dislocated his legs and arms, and was beating. him on the head with a large stone, when a passenger came up and rescued Clark. The poor man, however, died of his wounds three days after.

A very extensive robbery of plate has been committed at St. Peter's College, Cambridge. No trace of the thieves has been discovered.

At the Edmonton Petty Sessions, on Thursday, George Hewlett, recently a clerk on the Eastern Counties Railway, and John Marshall, a porter, were charged with neglecting their duty on the 7th September. It may be remembered, that on the evening of that day a horse-box and carriage were left on the up-line at Tottenham station, and a train from Cambridge ran into them; by which the engine was forced off the rails, and the lives of' the passengers were endangered. The defendants had been dismissed by the Railway Company for their miscon- duct. They were now convicted, and ordered to pay a fine of 40s. each.

Percival, a man who had been employed on the Midland Railway, but was re- cently dismissed, has been killed on the line near Leicester. The body was found on the rails, with the head a dozen yards distant. It is surmised that he com- mitted suicide.

A young woman was killed on the Kenyon Railway, near Leigh, on Monday, by getting out of a carriage on the wrong side. She was crossing the rails when a train came up: a working man attempted to pull her off the line; the engine struck both of them; and the woman, who was far advanced in pregnancy, died in an hour: the man escaped with some bruises.

A boiler exploded last week, at Messrs. Lay and Newcome's woollen-factory, near Dewsbury, and killed five young men who were in the engine-house. Various rumours were immediately afloat as to the cause of the disaster: some said that the engineer, one of the persons destroyed, had overweighted the safety-valve, in order to get a great power of steam; while others declared that the boiler was defective.

Several hundred yards of an embankment and temporary sea-wall at Mickle- ham Point, on the Whitehaven and Maryport Railway, which is now in coarse of formation, have been washed away by a spring-tide. Many persons deemed the attempt to carry the railway along the sea-shore impracticable; bat the engineer was of a different opinion. It is now said that the line will be formed further in-shore.

An extensive fire occurred last week at Messrs. Foster and Beales's saw-mills, at Plymouth. The origin of the disaster cannot be traced; and as this is the second fire that has occurred within twelve months, it is surmised that it was wilfully caused.

It is stated that there was a strong feeling in the town among a portion of the working-people against the mills, because they were worked by machinery. A meeting of the inhabitants is to be held to discuss the supposed incendiarism.

A Coroner's inquest was held last week at Waterbeach to inquire into the cause of a fire which occurred there. The Jury returned a verdict, " That some person or persons unknown did maliciously set fire to a cart-lodge, whereby a dwelling- house and other buildings were burned." The Coroner announced that it was his intention to hold inquests to examine into the cause of fires. [This newly- revived sort of inquest seems likely to prove an extensive and lucrative branch of business to Coroners.]