The Express. — London, England, 1853-12-09 00:00:00

wildi SILMEHOLDERS" VIE ri X V r et-rilay a meeting wsi held it the London .haratioiden in upwar.lt of I eeistmenpld m.ning r ii .nl. •, CM the parioss of evosidens4 Om best mesas fo b, olopte.it üb:aia a b diuee-sheet of the above c: m. 4 , which. as the requisition alleged, the directors gi ers ny withheli. The meeting had been convened by )tire IL i s. and it was Da numerously attended that am all atrament became IteCf sfssy to a room 1 than cut In •%..h t er.gmal4 ussemb:ed. The CLIAir was liar& by Nr. (kat/ALIA, who, Limiter read the advertisement the meeting, proceeded, amid coasiderable lautlitrr im d some surprise, to read the lost list of cot& ra j.. nhith were interested in these proceedings. He that a the object of this meeting was to raise a dis moos, awl call public attention to the conduct of the vurtuas d i r ec tors, he should briefly recapitulate the i.e. a the case , and propose a resolution for t ss *pans of the meeting. Ile dared to sty that ih y b y, at seen his letter in the Daily Noes. (Ilva, tea.) Bat teen witkuut it they were aw ice of the Veal Jiamoisfaction that existed OR account of th e scanty renona. of information allarded by the various dir ec t ors . • Ile o f ea-rlf hal c died at all the offices in which he lad s saA, bat conkl get neither Inhume-abet!, c , st•haA, nor any other information whatever. Whey they recollected Ma *every! of hose companies had been upwards of three Tres enoteelet without ren.:ering any account to the .1,,4.,44..re, he thought it was full time that some step 'hull he taken to eimpil them to do so. (He ir, hear.) They were maimed from day to day with account' of new er a ,nieg machines, heaps of auriferous material that had arrived. .ant the glorious results of assays made by learned prifereero. hut anything like substantial information as to tbe prospect of a dividend, or as to whether any h in d s were invested in Car• its or Ec:hequer-biils, they were as far sof as .t the first announcement of the companies. But still there was a distinction in these companies; and Kon a ett • not so had as the rest. Still there was sm.- shoe in their peter/Ming. which to hint was wholly inex pheable. "here was a rule that no ennpany could be • • .1 oh the Stock Eschange until two-thirds of the espetsl had been subscriued for, bet he was afraid that that rale had Leen infringed upon in some of the cases which th y were then about to consider, as many of them had ' r obing L'as two-thirds of th it capital subscribed. He should premed to detail to the meeting the facts span which he fond• it his ease, and hoped those present would stand by him, and sot 'Um any attempt to be nude to disturb their preceediags. (Hear, hear.) He hau ao mote,. but that of obtaining Justice and fair play. All he wanted to obtain was halarics-sheets and debtor and crediv.r accounts —thiss which he thought,the,shsreholders tilde entitled to. Now, these carnpanies were founded upon two or three dideseut principles. Same of them h id started on !lie ca.t• busk principle, a condition /..f which was, that at the end of every two months an account should he furnished, and the siaallest shareholders should have the right to exa mine the purser's books. The second class was what was called the provisionally registered ; and the third class com• beast the costrbook with the provisional register,provided for no liability beyond the amount subscribed, and required no deed. Ms letter to the directors of these various companies in the /lady News had produced ao effect, although its believed that tl.at paper was generally read by the public, especially bytLat portion which was interested in mining affairs. (Hear, hear.) lie thought that mining sharchrilden were very mach indebted to the Daily SVCS and other pipers set.. 'elf had sought to protect their interest. and to expos* the deception which head bees practised Gan the beginning to the end of their undertakings. Ile could not but remark that whether in Calitornia or Australia, where capital was supposed to be always abundant, the natives were most manna to oblige their English friends, and them were some cases in which estates worth 1,0031. had been sold to toe latter fir 2.5,0001., the sellers and directors, as he suppased. going "snacks' in the produce. (Hear, hear.) Now, there was not one of these schemes that could hive moved without the agency of a respectable broker, and he was sorry to find that there were in the City of London so many respectable men who, for the sake of one shilling • slue c mmiseion, could be induced to lend themselves to such proceedings. (Hear, hear.) They must have also had respectable solicitors, but these latter had nothing t s do bet to draw up the deeds by which worthless pieces of land were conveyed either in Australian Califoruia. Then, there mast be trusts", and again he must express his surprise that the haaken of London had so readily accepted that office. To be SW* they had nothing to do but to take charge of whatever mosey was paid over by the directors, and the latter took care that that should be an exceedingly small reepessibility. (Laughter.) Th- effect of such pro ceedings had been to inflict serious Imes on every part of the Cuited Kiagdons. Ile had received shoals of bitten from Great Britain and Ireland, from parties who hart purchased shares, often at a high premium, but sever lees than par. It might be said that in making these remarks for was loweriag the value of his own pruperty, but be aid sot care ; all he wanted woe to know how they actually stood, and he pledged his honour to the meeting that his belief was that if they did not make some simian nearly the whole of the money they had invested would be 'quartered away. (Hear, hear.) This was all the effect en the silent system. (hear, hear.) He had received a letter from are gentleman stating his belief th it the direc tion were practising the silent system it cue its adoption Auld ultimately become compulsory. (it laugh.) He laud down this pneciple, that when • company did not pay it was the duty of the directors to break it up, and pay the impulses out of their own profits, as they had had all the early chances, sad several had dons ea. In any case salient. • share had been found sufficient to wind so the affairs. lie should like to know what the various directors had been dniag for their salaries. Even for the Salant• themselves they were entitled to a meeting tralify eta months, but nothing of the kind had taken place, the directors bad paid themselves, end nobody knew at what rate, whether at .101. or 5001. a year. (Hear, hear.) As a panel rule, directors worked for nothing until the Con on became flourishing, and as the; shams were at • dis use% be did sot see that they should be called upon to pay any salaries at all. (Hear, bear.) He would not have ea Bed them together on that day if his right to inspect the accounts had been admitted ; but in some offices he had been cavalierly refund, in others he had been put off with &story of splendid reports from the mines, and in a third he was received with arse vague promise of calling a mee.ing Thu there was a promos of what war called " rigging the market. (Dimatistution, and cries of " Hear, hear," and iaterrrotioa.) He womb' not he interrupted, although there might he same parties in the room who did not like the sub ject. The way the " rigging " was done was this. W hen • company did not take with the public, and only half the demos were paid up, on. of the directon would say, " Its a great shame such a concern should perish for want of funds, and therefore we will employ the money in hand to run up the abates loan enormous premium." (Hear, hear.) This had occurred several times is the geld mania of last year. and in several eases shares had bees so run up, but he we, afraid that the shareholders would never has any thing of the premiums, as the directors took all, sold out at the nick of time, and left the public to be the lasers. (Hear, hear) At some office they had refused informatics to the shareholders on the plea that they had not regis tered. How was that, seeing that they wen on the cost book principle ? He did not am what was the use of regis tering ; but the fact was, that with one sums or another, they had utiforody been refused any account. Now, he had called them there that day for the purpose of con elderiag the best means of getting the necessary information—that was to say, halance-sheets. Several plans were open to their choice, and he should be happy to heir sugestions from the meeting. Some people had sug gested the Winding. up Act, but he feared that that would be too expensive. He would now proceed to Slade ame ba to the 17 companies—(t. oh," and • laugh)—in which they were interested. There was ant the British Austell lien, with 150,0001. capital, and out of that 2.5,0001. had been paid for leases. They had heard a great deal of the prospects of this company. The second on his list was Col. Fremont's Golden Mountain of Mariposa. Of this they hear. of nothing but the disputes, sad the amount involved WI. enormous. This company had been first &Mined, and then eacladed from the Stock Enduing,. In the Bri tish Australian, 50,0001. wr.rth of the stock was allotted to Amtrak', and as that had not been taken up, 100,0001. worth must have been invested in England. Hers was a cap f ul of 100,000/. to be accounted fur. (Hear, hear.) He wished to know, with respect to this comneny, whether their money was in the bank, is consols, or in Exchequer bill. Theo, of the Martfatia Company he would observe that, it was a provisionally registered company, with 50,000 `hires —that it had been three years is existence, and—are notedy sass at all ? (Hear, hear.) It had bees ad to the Stock Enhanee, and had there suffered the dishonour of being kicked out. There were several gentle men very anxious to know the reason why. (Hear, hear.) 1 - 15 looking over the list of directors he found that some had taken trips abroad, that some were dead, and some had re tired. Why tot have the company wound up Some said that it amid not he wound up, because there were not enointh Of shareholders; but if there was no law that coald reach this ease, he mast say that to talk of justice in this country was • fame. There were miens rumour. about this f°^= as 7- Some mid that the mone y w all safe— it was all gone • hint one fact wars certain, and leer) N eat, was, the en sh w ars ' were dews to Ts. 61. (Hear, ( 7 00i f ,t ` e ir e Z ea 'n e b r ishe tl d se on Atistralian Consols, with It was said that they hail valuable "et.tyleh principle. property on the Hunter River, but the shares were not quoted on the Stock Ex change. He did not know what amount of capital had been been paid up, bat as the rerepany had hero la AI h•J on the stork-hook principle, the shareholden hadet e al to is %pert the aeserants once in three months. He must next call `heir 'Matta to • orry ere at concern, the " Gnat " Nugget % ein Compose. (Greet laughter) He must he allowed to dilate a little epos this compnny, as ho wee &great sufferer. He resettled to see the eminent firm of Dunbar and Co. T t i o ,e b : icette • ii w tua ah tion it, to g , t he beearese . the directors bad not placed information wlrich was re qurreJ. They would tee in the paper of that morning a letter complaining of a meeting held at which i t in Sydney. In t was resolved to return 50 per tent. to the ' b areboiderfe; but as the London shams had been issued at 25e. and some at Ms. premium, this would bee most unequal distribution. He had himself bees foolish enough to par. chew at 41 premium. (Loud laughter.) At the starting of this company it was said that 300,000 shares were applied fur, but is the end only 31.000 were sold, and Dunbar and Co. had, he was informed, charged 8,4e01. and odd for expenses. (Hear.) 11e was quiet after this, bat should be glad to know what had been done with the mon. y. hear.) The newspapers had very properly commented on the proceedings at the time, but the subject did not occupy as much of public attention as it ought to have done, as the truth was that people did not lake to let the public know that they hail been made such fouls of. He was quite ashamed of himself, and his only excuse was the mania that prevailed at the time. Next came the Australian Mutual, with 60,000 shares, established en the cost book principle, and not admitted on the Stock Exchange. The basis of Acmes for this company was its reported connexion with the British Australian. la the confident hope of that connexion the shares were sold at the same price, but the alleged marriage never took place, and the shares of the Mutual had tumbled in consequence. R.•ports bad been spread that lots of gold were coming over for the payment of ar. early dividend, but unfortunately it bed-never eons, to hand. Then there was the London and Californian Gold Gluarts.Crushing Comp any—(laughter)— with which Professor Ansted's name was connected. This fact bad given great confdence in the beginning; but in a morning journal of last Saturtay there had appeared a letter from the learned professor declaring that he had neighed, with the consent of the directors. Ile might have done so, but not with the consent of the public, who bed been deceived by the use of his name. He (the chairman) thought that a gentlemen of l'rof. Ansteal's high standing should have given public notice of his retirement the me went it occurred. This company was on the Sock Ea chine—a thing which lie could not understand, as the stieuleted amount of capital had not been paid up. The professor sail in his lever of resignation that lie t obeyed no company was sounder, hut that the capital was nut enough. NVhat a perfectly absurd letter as far as the ehareholalere were concerned, who, having ones got in, were only anxious to know how th. y could get out. He wiehed the learned proteetior would enlighten him upon that eaojeet, as, up to that moment, nothing had been " crushed " excepting the shareholders. (Laughter.) Next on his list was the Australian Cordilleru, with 60,000 shores, and also on the cost-book principle. They were doing something. They had bought a trifle from the Austra lian Agricultural Company, and, if information were afforded, perhaps there might not be so much conga of emsulaint. He would observe here that in many of these companies the same directors might be Mend. He next came to the New South Wales Gold Company, another case of 60,000 shares, and of the cost book principle. He believed that every farthing paid up by the public was gone. Another company, about which he had received letters from every part of the United King dom, was the Australian Freehold Company. (Loud laughter.) He was glad to see such hilarity in the meeting, hut the facia were very serious. There were 100,000 shares on the coat-book principle, and although they had net got any act of incorporation, it appeared the. 20,000/. bad been paid for a lease. Of that lease some people said it was valuable property; others said it was quite the contrery, and that the concern was a concocted one. This concern was two years in existence ; the shares were down to 7s. od., end t ey had no balance-sheet. Large profits were re viled, but still no dividend. The next was the Ave Maria Company, of 50,000 shares, had been two years in existence, and no balance-eine. Then there was the Lake Bathurst Company, 100,000 shares, so dividend ; and next the AN an G aid Company, 100.000 shares, no dividend. He had received several letters respecting these companies, inquiring where was the land. He had been furnished with a list of the promoters of ell these dif ferent companies, but was afraid of exposing him self to the law of libel. lie had, however, gained 500/. worth of experience in ascertaining the cha r octer of people. Then there was the Veragues, West Granada, which came out with 50,000 shares in 1802. They did not register until 18.53, and promised • meeting next March. 'the secretary had promised him every informs time. but he thought they should he told how many shares had been paid up, and how the mousy had been expended. Neat es his list came the Lewis-hill Range, New South Wales, Company, 80,000 shares and a company en 0114- manila, This company had be en twelve mnothe in exist ence, and the shares were down to 3.. fad. Near the bottom of his list he found L'Aigle D'Or, Virgioia, which had not been admitted on the Stock Exchange, there not having been a sufficient number of eh nos taken. Of this company all they keg+ was that it consisted of 70,0d0 shares at 21. mob, of which 17,000 shares ' or 34,0001., had been paid for an estate. The last on hie list was the Chartered Austra lian Land Company, 100,000 shares of 51. each, IL paid up. This was a Royal Charter Company, but still the shares were down to six Ail& gs. (Hear, bear.) This was the whole of the list, end he could not but observe that the same men were directors in several companies, and he believed that this accounted for the aneat system, as they all worked together. Having alluded to the names of some gentlemen who were so situated, the speaker proceeded to say that the losses in dicted by these companies were dreadful, and that they were notning but deceptive lotteries. Laws had been wide to put down hitting houses, and it was monstrous that there should be no law to meet the ease of directors who refused to furnish any accounts. He had only named 17 companies, hut he had been besieged with letters respecting 30 others. He himself held shares in eight, end had (needs bolding shares is eight more ; that must be his excuse fur the active part he wee taking. Some of the companies, it was said, would pay expenses, and others were struggling on from day to day. H. thought that their capital should set be frittered away, but that concerns so situated should be wound up, and the deposits returned. Where directors refused to take this course, the directors should be ousted, and fresh gentlemen appointed, who would, in compliance with the cost-book prince. pie, have the Recounts published. His first view had been to have • general committee, comported of two from each itomoany, but others were against that plan, and said—" Select one company with • good capital, and if they miesetded in getting a detailed statement from them, the others would follow es a matter of coarse." Ile should not detain them any longer than to move • resolution, ap pointing a committee for teat purpose. By taking the c am panics separately, they could, at • small expense, demand an investigation of the accounts. lie moved, therefore, " that • committee of shareholders of the British Austra lian Gold Company be formed for investigatiog the ac counts and bona fide prospects of that concern, and of re. porting thereon at an early day." (Cheers.) Mr. Wu. lieteneasom said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution, and felt bouad to do so, inasmuch as it was at his suggestion that the present course was adopted. For although they owed a great debt of grati tude to Mr. Guedalla for having brought forward the ease of these 17 companies, yet he felt that a general resolution of condemnation would have led to no practical results. He (Mr. Henderson) bad suggested that one company should be selected, and as he was a large shareholder in the Bri tish Australian, had offered to be one of the committee. Now, as he was addressing • meeting of gentlemen accus tomed to business, he was sure they would agree that it was the duty of the directors in any company to meet their shareholders and to furnish proper accouters. It was not for the directors to take upon themeless the whole responsi bility of a concern, but to act ommly with their share holders, of whom they were only the servants. He found that the British Australian had never furnished any account further than vague reports calculated to keep expectation alive. lie had written to the directors to have the affairs wound up, as he had received any dividend, nor was there, he believed, any prospect of getting back their money. lie had intended to call a public meeting of the shareholders, but in courtesy had previously informed them of his intention. la reply he had received • letter of eight Melfrom the chairman, Mr. W. Prinsep, telling him bright were their prospects and what good land they had got. Mr. Prinsep concluded by asking for a per- Donal interview, at which he promised to convince him (Mr. Henderson) of the bright prospects of the company. He waited on Mr. Prinsep, and fortunately it was broad day, in consequence of which he saw three of the directors. He asked them for information on a subject in which he himself was deeply interested, and, what was worse, in which • number of female relatives had invested their money—persons who could ill afford to lose their money. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Prinsep showed him • map, exhibiting • large amount of property, and adding that 80,000/. worth of gold had been obtained from it. He asked, " Where lathe mosey ?" But Mr. Prinsep answered, "That was before we got the property." (Loud laughter ) They then came to business. He asked, " Will you tell me what money has been spent ?"—" 35,0001., or something like that." The answer was, "something like that." He then asked, " What is the balance at your bankers ?" The answer was, " We should nut be justified in telling that. Shareholders want the privileges without the responsibility of directors." (Loud laughter.) He then asked for a bemuse sheet, and the answer was that they were not bound to give it. He (Mr. Henderson) thee said he would call a meeting, and ask them to appoiat • committee of inquiry, and the first demand would be for the banker's book and a balance-sheet. Mr. Prinsep then said, " Suppose we re- I fuse." He would first suppose that they agreed, and it would then be for a committee of shareholders to pro , nounce in what mode their money had been spent, and to decide whether the concern should M wound up. If they refused he would see them by shareholders of 50 shares in the County Court, and if driven to a court of equity he would call another meeting, and move a vote of want of confidence, against which no gentleman could consent to sit for a moment. (Hear, hear.) Since then be had seen Mr. ()mlting, and had agreed on the course now proposed. The British Austrelian was a good cass--200,0001. capital sad 100,0001. subscribed. He hoped the meeting would support the relation, and the next course would be to call • meeting of British Australian shareholders, and he thought that ultimately they should succeed in getting at the accounts. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Cueesocit supported the resolution, and complained bitterly of the denial of accounts. When a call was made the shareholders were obliged to " fork out," and be did not see why the directors should not furnish accounts. The great question was," Where was the money (Hear, hear.) He held shares in another of these compa nies—" The Colonial House Investment." (Loud laughter.) He had written to the directors as to their prospects, seeing that houses were fetching such an enormous price in Australia, and to this day bad not received an answer. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then agreed to unanimously, and a committee named, consisting of Messes. °sedans, Hender son, Lind, Charnock, and Froman. In conclusion, - - - - - • The CPIAIRNI CC announced tint he had a list of all the direct. .c. and would publish them is a pamphlet. (Hear, bear.) Thanks to the Chairman were moved by Col. Harvey, mad the proceedings terminated. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1853 COURT OF COMMO.V COUNCIL. ! The Common Council of the City of London met yesterday for the despatch of business.: FREEDOM OF TIM CITY. Mr. lit tat brought up the followiii.e report, and moved that the court agree with the committee, and that it be re ferred back for execution. To the Hight Hen s the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the Ci•y of London in common council assem bled :—We, whose nanice are hereunto subscribed of your fre. dons committee, to whom on the 24th day of November last was referred to consider the communication then made by ,Ir. Chamberlain, as to proceedings before him relative to the employment of eon-freemen, do certify that having taken into consideration the said eefereuce and coniniuni ettion, and also the statement of the. investigation before Mr. Chamberlain upon the case referred to in such corn municition, and havieg been attended by him, and having also consulted with Mr. Solicitor thereon, and having re ferred to the bill introduced by your hon. court into the House of Commons last year, for regulating elections in the city of London, and conferring rights and privileges upon persons occupying and rated to premises therein, and particularly to the preamble of such bill ; and also having considered all the WM01313=1;5 befere us, and the fact of I..tral proceedings having been instituted against freemen carrying on business in the City of London for employing non-treemen, we beg to recommend the imme du•e repeal of the second section of the act of Common Council made a•td passed on the 4th day ot July, 1712, which prohibits the employment of such non Ire .men; and that the law officers should be direr ted to prepare a bill to that effect. Yens commit.ee have also taken into consideration the pro visions of the act of Common Council made and passed on tie I•ith de, of April, 160 d, recited in the bill of led year, which prohibits nun-freemen from carrying on trade in the City of London; and also other provisions of the act of July 4, 1712, relating thereto, as well as the act of C• mmon Council of the 22nd of November, 1750, for ansendiore the said acts. And we, your committee, beg further to submit our opinion that it is expedient that these acts of Common Council should be altogether repealed, the same being insp. pliceble to the present times and eircutustanem, irjurious to the occupiers within the City, and in restraint of trade " Mr. DL axe supported the recommendation of the com mittee, and related the fallowing circumstance: Ali , ut • levels eminth ego a man of the name of Joseph Meets, in the employment of a master butcher in the neighbourhood of Whitechspel was complained of by another piety as being a non-freeman employed by a freeman, and the master, a Mr. Woodley, was threatened with proceedings in the Mayor's Court if he continued that person in his em ployment. Mr. Woodley,lllolbus to avoid *prosecution of this. nature, came to the Chamberlain's of and took up kis workman's freedom. Ile was told in the Chambi r lain's sates that that would not save him from tee eun,e quences of the penalty he had already incurred, and he ac cordingly went to an attorney of the Mayor's Court, and with the consent of the informer paid a sum of three guineas to stop further proceedings. With the con sent of the workman. the master retained a por tion of his wages to repay himself. A short time afterwards, the man demanded an increas.. of wages, and received it. In July an altercation took place in the family of Mr. Woodley, which resulted in the dismissal of thu man deers, who left his place in August, and who two days afterwards g eve his late master notice ot action for retaining another nun-freemen in his employ ment. Mr. Woodley then tome down to the Chamberlain's office and te:•k up the second person's freedom, agreeing, as in the last case, to retain a portion of hit wages to repay himself. A short time afterwards a third information was laid against Mr. Woodley, who was again obliged to take up another man's freedom. Within a few weeks of the pre sent time the man Meers, having been thrown out of work, came and threatened Mr. Woodley for refusing to employ him, he (Mr. Woodley) at the time having non freemen iu his employment. Upon this Mr. Woodley came to the Chamberlain to represent the hardship of the case, when that officer, in the exercios of his authority, went so far as to refuse the emo:oyment of his name is the action upon the ground that it was not brought with the bona fide view of enforcing the act of the Common Council, but for the purpose of gratifying malice and ex torting money. It could hardly have been supposed that there was still in the statute book an obsolete law which had been suddenly revived for the oppression of the citizens. (Hear, hear.) Deputy Hutt referred to the allotment of the revenues arising from freedoms taken up as funus for the support ot the orphan school, and thought it was too much to ex pect the corporation to giro them up. Deputy HALL thought the committee had taken the court by surprise, and opposed the report. Mr. 'Voce° was of Deputy llolt's opinion. Deputy LIRDFORD thought it would be a disgrace to the corporation if the report were adapted. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR referred to evidence which had been given before the It eyed Commission, and said ho would not fear the result of that inquiry had there not been gross falsehood stated before it in evidence. Upon this Mr. Elliot demanded if Mr. Taylor referred to him, and although told by thatgentleman that he was not in his thoughts at the time, persisted in demanding an explanation. The Lonu MAYOK having stated that be considered Mr. Taylor's expl►nation eatisfactary, the discussion went on, and in the end the court accepting an amendment by Deputy Holt, adopted the first paragraph of thb report, re jecting the rest. 3IEETIAG OF MIDDLESEX SIAGISTRATES. Yesterday a court of the magistracy of Middlesex was held at Cierkenwell, to dispose of business connected with the county. Mr. POW PALL presided, sod there was a full attendance of magistrates. TYE CITY AND THE COUNTY. Mr. WOODWARD called the attention of the chairman to the evidence of Captain Williams, the inspector of prisons, before the royal commission on the corporation of London, in which Captain Williams said—" It tends to the credit of the corporation that they have supplied considerable sums of money from the Orphans' Fund, which is created out of the coal duties, to the promotion of objects of public importance in Middlesex. Ten years ago they voluntarily voted 11,0001. from that fund for the erection of the Mid dlesex Sessions House, and 5,500/. for the Guildhall at Westminster." Now, he was one of the members of the court conversant with the accounts, and he read this state ment with astonishment, because there was no entry of any such aid having been rsceived from the City, and he there fore wished to ask whether there was any statement of such money being received in the public accounts of that court. The CE•Ist••• said there was • very great mistake In the statement refined to. Instead of ten years, the matter occurred eighty years ago, and the payments were made under an act of parliament, 18 Geo. 111., c. 67. By that act the magistrates were required to pull down Hicks' Hall, which was given to the county as a Sessions House by Sir Baptist Hicks, in the reign of James 1., aed was situate in the centre of St. John-street, Smithfield, and the City Cor poration was directed to psy to the county the sum of 11,0001. out of the Orphan Fund towards the erection of another SesaionsHouse, in consideration of which the county gave up the site of Hicks'-hall to the public. In the same year, by chap. 2, the Orphan Fund was shown to he more than suSdent for the purposes provided for under the original act, and the City was directed to pay out of it the sum of 5,5001. to the trustees for the Guildhall at West minster. That sum was paid at the time, but since then no money whatever had been received from the City for county _turprses. Mr. WOODWARD was very glad that this explanation had been given. WAOIB OP PILLBOX M1M1... Mr. GRAHAM, in pension* of notice given, moved— " That is consequent* of the increased price of all articles of consumption since the year 1860, when the wages of the Officers of the prisons were regulated, an addition of 2s. per week be made for sis smooths, commencing on the 29th September last, to the wages of the male and female offi cers who have been engaged at the reduced scale of 20s. and 16s. nspectively." Mr. B. ARMSTRONG seconded the motion. Mr. ILINIIIIAD looked upzn the principle they would thus lay down as one of a most unfortunate character, for if they were to be called upon, on every rise in the price of provisions, to raise the wages of the officers under their charge, he could not, he repeated, but consider it as a most unfottunate principle. If the committee had reported that the present wages of the officers were inadequate, he should bad tteen quite ready to have given the question considera tion ; but if they were on every occasion, when provisions happened to be high, to be asked for high wages and in creased pay, they would be holding out an inducement to officers to make no provision whatever for a rainy day, and they would thick that they had nothing to do but to come to this court and make their complaint, and it would pro vide for them. Upon those grounds he should oppose the motion. Mr. Tuomrsog had been in the minority when the ques tion was brought forward in the committee, but from sub effluent inquiries he had made at MiShank Prison as to the salaries of officers there, be was induced to change his opinion, and should now vote in favour of the proposition. Several gentlemen having spoken, The CHAIRMAN put the question, which was carried by • majority of 23 to 11. LOSSES AT SEA.—A destructive casualty, it is feared, bu occurred by the running ashore of the Sir Edward Hamilton, belonging to Mr. T. Ward, of Hull. It seems that this vessel was on a rcturn voyage from Petersburg to Hull, with a large and valuable cargo of Russian produce. About sit o'clock on Thursday evening last, during a dense lbg, she went ashore on the rocks near Fla rough lighthouse. Immediately after striking she lost her rudder, and 63 violent was the force with which she had grounded that she speedily filled with water. Her position was very critical, and the crew began at once to dismantle her. Intelligence of the cisualty was at once forwarded to Hull, and the owners despatched a steam tug to render whatever assistance ws practicable. On Friday, such was the position of the ship that the deck-load was hove over- board, and every one of her three mute cut away. Some of the small stores and a trifling part of the cargo were landed, Daring the week further attempts have been made to secure the cargo, but we believe the probabilities Of saving the ship are small.—Eastern Coungies Herald. A GUARD KlLLED.—During the intense fog which prevailed on Tuesday, an accident took place on the (Scotch) South Western ho a mineral train having mime in gootact with a luggage train. There was little or no damage done, hut we regret to learn that one of the guards was killed. No one having seen the occurrence take place, it is conjectured that he must have been squeezed between the buffers of PM of the waggons.—North British Mad. BUENOS AYRES DEBT. --. Yesterday a meeting of the holders of Buenos Ayres Bonds was convened by the committee of Spanish American bondholders, at the Loudon Tavern; Mr. J. D. retwi.es in the chair. The Citalitswr, after explaining that he appeared in that position in consequence of the absence of the chairman of the committee (Sir J. L. tioldansiel), from indisposition, proceeded to say that it was upwards of a twelvemonth since i any meeting of the bondholders had been held, the reason of this being that the political condition of Buenos Ayres had until recently been such as to render it impossible to do anything to advance the adjustment of its foreign debt. Attempts had, indeed, been made by Messrs. Baring, who had never lost sight of the interest of the bondholders ; two gentlemen of the name of White, who were brothers, had been sent out to represent the interest of the bondholders, but the state of the country was such that it would have been • I waste of time and mosey for them to remain there, and some months since they returned to England. A better state of things, however, had since arisen. The unhappy contests of the country were, there was reason to hope, at an end. lie held in his hand the message of the present president of the republic to the legislature of Buenos Ayres, nelivered on the 30th of September last, expressing a hope that internal dissensions and troubles had been, brought to a close. In the same message the pre sident adverted particularly to the foreign debt of the republic. The following was a transl.tion of that part of the message which related to this subject The public debt is considerable ; but it is not of so alarming a nature fora country whisk has such undeveloped resources as ours. The government is, therefore, of opinion that it Is necessary to attempt its udjustinent. The admi nistration of Rosas had indefinitely postponed the payment of (Lomita on the treasury, the amount of which is not yet ascertained, notwithotandiug which it may be nearly assumed that the debt, anterior to the 3rd of February, amounts to fur:y.lll,e millions of dollars, including in this sum the produce of the estates confiscated by Roses, the emouut of which he abstracted from the rash department of deposits. The exigible debt contracted after the 3rd of Februery exceeds three millions of dollars, without includ ing a credit acknowledged in favour of Don Tomas Sluyd Alsey, which amounts to 90,000 hard dollars, pay able by an annuity of 1,000 hard dollars. The loan of five millions that the provisional govern ment of the 11th act September asked from the Mint is still unpaid, and likewise the interest thereon. The go werainent informs you with pleasure that the issue of ten millions by the law of the 17th May last is very nearly covered by the ' letras do receptoria ' remitted by the government to the Mint. The government also informs you, with the same pleasure, that at the close of the ordi nary sessions it fulfilled the duty it had imposed on its e lf t o give an account of the applicetiou of the fends voted by you for war expenses. The government, in the very midst of the serious difficulties which existed, has continued to pay the assignment of five thousand hard dollars on account of the London loan. The government believes that it would be very easy to make a very advantageous arrangement with the bondholders, the result of which would be to raise our foreign credit, and gradually to.evinsuish a debt which has immensely increased only through the mismanagement of the administration of Don Juan Manuel de Bow. _ . With the Caine exactitude the interest of the public debt has been paid, and the interest of the 4,385,600 dollars of treasury bills, with the diminution granted by government in November last." lie (the chairm n) believed that, in the midst of is trouble., the republic had made great progress in the re duction of the domestic debt. The committee thought that tile time had now come when, with some probability of usefulness, a special commissioner might be sent to Buenos Ayres to represent the interest of the bocelholders; and they had accordingly entered into an engagement : with a gentleman who was well known in the City, and highly qualified to undertake the mission, to go out with no other object than that of demanding the immediate settlement of all arrears on some satisfactory basis, and the resumption of the payment of the principal of the debt at the rate at which it was contracted. That Buenos Ayres, when in a state of tranquillity, had tho means of doing this, no one who was at all acquainted with the country could for it moment doubt. Its revenue, even in hail times, was not less than five million hard dollars, which was more than the ue of Chid at the time when it made an arrangement for the liquidation of its debt. It was the wish of the committee that no time should be lost in pressing the claims of the bondholders on the govern ment. The gentleman to whom he had referred would leave by the packet to-morrow morning, for the purpose of going to Buenos Ayres on his mission ; and the object of convening that meeting was to strengthen his hands in the performance of his duty. Three resolutions were then pro posed from the chair, and severally agreed to. By the first the meeting expressed its approval of the sending out of • 'pedal commissioner to represent the bondholders; by the second it expressed an earnest hope that, considering the vast delay which had taken place in si.tisfying the claims of the bondholders, the government of the republic would be prepared, on the arrival of the special commissioner, to adjust the same without further delay; and by the last the meeting pledged itself to reimburse the committee, out of the first proceeds of the adjustment of the debt, the expense incurred on the mission. This terminated the proceedings THE SUNDAY STEAM-BOATS ON THE CLYDE. The case of the Emperor steamer, which has been sot (ten mentioned in the public papers on account of the annoyance which It has ciused to the Sabbatarians of Glas gow by its Sunday pleasure trips, came on Tuesday last before the second division of the Court of Session, Edin bur.rh. The complainer, Sir James Colquhoun, prayed the court to prohibit the respondents, Mr. Andrew Paton and othi rs, the proprietors of the steamer, or other parties employed by them, from landing and embarking passengers upon any part of the property of the complainer on Sun days ; and, in particular, from lan ling passengers at the piers of Garelochhead, Arrachar, Row, or Rowmore, in vessels leaving and returning to Glasgow on Sundays, or from pasting along said piers, or trespassing on the pro perty of the complainer; also to interdict the respondents or others from forcing open the gates of the piers, or destroying the fences which may be erected by tne com plainer, or from using force against the complainer's set yenta engaged in the protection of the piers or the pounds adjacent. Mr. Patton contended that the piers were the private property of Sir James Celquhoun. About the middle of July last, the respondents formed themselves into a com pany, and acquired possession of the Emperor, for the pur pose of mating pleasure tripe co Sundays from Glasgow to the Gareloch and other parts of the Clyde. On Sunday, the 24th July, the steamer was brought up to the pier at Garelochhead. The gates were thee locked as usual, and the passengen in the steamboat were informed that no land ing waa permitted there on Sundays. To this, however, no attention was paid, and the passengers, with the sanction of the respondents, who had brought their vessel there for the express purpose of forcing • landing, got out on the quay, pushed open the gate near the platform, and forced their way over the outward gate. This was repeated on several successive Sundays. Oa the 21st August, the Emperor brought up again at Oarelochhead pier, which was then protected by three policemen, whou object was peaceably to stop the landing of the passengers. On the steamer coming up, the rupondents and the pas sengen wen informed that their landing would not be per This, however, was disregarded, and some of the passengers forced their way on the pier and others threw out the ropes by which to moor the vessel to the pier. The parties guarding the pier refused to tie them, and threw the ropes back again. This was followed by an attack on those engaged in protecting the pier, accompanied by missiles, by which several of them sustained injury. By force of num bers, the passengers effected a landiag, and immediately commenced to destroy a barricade which had been greeted, breaking the gangway and throwing the materials into the sea. Oa the following Sunday, the complaiaer having in terposed certain mechanical obstructions to a landing, the steamer proceeded to the old stone pier at Rowmore, where a landing was effected. With the view to prevent future landing at Rowmore, the complainer pat up a barri cade, but notwithstanding these precautions, a landing was effected at Rowmore on Sunday the 4th September; a portion of the louts were destroyed by the steamer on its return, 'seine impelled purposely upon them. On Sabbath, the 11th September, the steamer plied, for the lint time, to the pier at Row, a pier also belonging to the complainer. Here they wrenched out from the gate with • crowbar four of the bars, =eking thus an opening through which persons from the steamer passed on shore. The steamer proceeded to Garelochhead, where, in viola tion of the rights of the complainer, she landed her pars sengen at the wooden pier. Although no use then was made of Rowmore pier in landing, parties from the steamer proceeded to it and completely demolished the barricade there, and set adrift • small boat which was fastened to the pier. The complainer further averred that the landing of the steamer was a souree of great annoyance to the parties residing on the banks of the Gareloch, moat of whom had (cued mansions on its banks in order to the enjoyment of peace and quiet on the Sundays. It had thus a direct ten dency to depreciate the value of the complainer's estate. The whole question thus took this simple form—was or was it not a case of private property l But the conduct of the defenders was alto an infraction of the statutes passed for preserving the sacredness of the Sabbath, particularly the acts of 1575 and 1450 ; and on these grounds he (Mr. Patton) prayed the court to issue the interdict prayed for. Mr. Young, for the defendants, denied that the Gare lochhesd pier was erected on private ground. If it was erected on the public seashore, or on the public road, which ran close to the sea, he apprehended that the party erecting it was not entitled to exclude the public from it when he thought proper. If there was no private property there between the sea and the public road—and that was the re spondents' case—they held that a private individual was not entitled, by throwing a private pier out from the public road, so to prevent the public landing at that place. lie might give them greater facilities for landing and em barking, but he was not entitled to exclude them, and ac cordingly they were prepard to establish that if the public were to be excluded from that pier its existence would be illegal, in so far as it would prevent steamers coming so near the shore, as from time immemorial they had been , enabled to do, in landing and embarking their passengen. It Sir James Colguhoun was entitled to exclude the public on Sundays be might do so on any day he chose. If, for instance, he were an episcopalian he might shut it on all the saints' days for which he had a peculiar reverence. He (Mr. Young) presumed it was to prevent the absurdity of going so far that he had introduced the Sabbath profanation question ; and, without entering on that, he (Mr Young) would merely say that he did not see a sha low of title that the complainer had to ask an inter ! dirt on benotthatr ground i Tadvocates having been beard, their lordships ' took the case ad admandion,—,Scotaisan. GREAT MORTALITY ON SHIPBOARD. (From the New lark Tribune of Nov. 'Se.) The packet ship Constellation, Captain Allen, thirty. four days from Liverpool, arrived at Quarantine mor ;in. , ls . The Constel'ation left Liverp oo l with 7;,.. - Y • passengers, of whom 10.1 died upon the voyage. There were 20 sick on arrival, who were taken to the hospital. The following is a list of the deaths : Mary Armstrong, 34, died Oct. 31; Edward Andrews, 21, Nov. 2; James Ahorn, 32, Nov. 10; John Armstrong, infant, Nov. 2 ; Mary Armatroag, 4, Nov. 10 ; Dennis Broshinan, 6, Oct. 25 ; Mary Broshinan, infant, Oct. 27; Judy Broehinan, 35, Oct. 30; Henry Bannington, 10, Nov. 2; Sally Bras sell, 16, Nov. 3; Patrick Butler, 15, Nov. 4 ; Mary Burke, 22, Nov. 6 ; Benjami n Barrow, 2, Nov. 8 ; Bridget Behan, 30, Nov. 10 ; Caroline Bar rington, 12, Nov. 14 ; Timothy Clifford, 50, Oct. 25 ; Thomas Clifford, 11, Oct. 26; Cath. M'Callin, 22, Nov. 4; Mary Cahill, 36, Nov. 2i; Richard Cannor, 3, Nov. 5 ; Terence O'Caunor, 8, Nov. 5 ; Simon Calvill, 4, Nov 7 ; Daniel Calvin, 9, Nov ; Jas. Cannot, infant, Nur. 8 ; Thos. Carr, 22, Nov. 12 ; Emma Calladine, 3, Nov. 12 : Johan Cronin, 20, Nov. 15; James Castles, i n f an t, N ov. 18 ; Bridget Don o v an , 23, Oct. 31 ; Mary Doherty, 24, Nov. 2 ; Mary Daniels, 2, Nov. 2 ; Mary Daggett, 7, Nov. 4; Bridget Day, 19, Nov, 6; Mary Dermody, 50, Nov. 8; Eliza Davis, infant, Nov. 8; Mrs. Middleton, 26, Nov. 7; Miry Mahoney, 30, Nov. 9; John Murphy, 7, Nov. 10; Wm. Nowlan, 18, Nov. 10; Margaret Orr, 22, Nov. 2; James Quad', 9, Oct. 23; Joseph Quinn, 4, Nov. 10; M. M'Quillan, 35, Nov. 11; Charl e s Rodgers, 21, Nov. 2 : Boa Riordon34, Nov. 2; John Shaughnessy, 21, Oct. 24; Daniel Sullivan, 46, Oct. 26; George Stroud, 20, Nov. 7; Adana Scott, 35, Nov. 7; Mary Stephenson, infant. Nov. 9; Ellen Shea, 38, Nov. 11 ; James Slavan, 20, Nov. 13; Elia O'Shea, infant. Nov. 14 ; Mary Scales, 24, Nov. 15: Margaret Sweeny, 7, Nov. 16; .Bridget Tracy, 27, Oct. 23; William Upchurch, 19, Nov. 8; Ann Upchurch, 21. Nov. 8; John sVhite, 7, Nov. 3; Mary White, infant, Nov. 8; William Welsh, 24, Nov. 9; Mary Collins, infant, Nov. 20: Mary King, infant, Nov. 18; George Kemn, 20, Nov. 20; Michael O'Neil, 24, Nov. 20; Martha Daggett, 30, Nov. 16; Pat Ennis. 4, Nov. 5 ; M ar y Ennis, infant, Nov. 7; Betsy Ennis, 11, Nov. 13 ; Emma Flood, 20, Nov. 10; Elijah Freeman, 23, Nov. 10 ; John Flood, infant, Nov. 11 ; Kate Griffin,4o, Nov.l ; J. M'Gillicuddy, inknt,Nov.2; M. McGillicuddy, 26, Nov. 5 ; Mtry Wally, 7, Nov. 5 ; Mary Griffin, 2;s, Nov. 8 ; Win. Garrett, infant, Nov. 5 ; Mary Grady, 10, Nov. 13 ; Marg a ret Hay, 21. Oct. 28 ; Margaret Hutton, 33, Nov. 4 • Mary Higgins, 18, Nov. 9 ; James Hayes, 28; Nov. 9 ; Siargaret Ilannafin, 22, N o v. 10 ; Edmund Hayes, 22, N ov . 12 ; Eliza Hyland, 45, Nov. 16 ; Margaret Mclntire ' 12, Oct. 31 ; Harriet Joh ns t on , infant, Nov. 4; John Kerr, infant, Nov. 1; Elizabeth Kerr, 3, Nov. 1 ; Mary Kennefich, 29, Nov. 9; Ann Ly man, 20, Nov. 1 ; Sarah Loch, 44, Nov. 7 ; Elizabeth Loch, 14, Nov. 11 ; John Murphy, 25, Oct. '25 ; Mary Mariarty, 25, Oct. 26 ; Margaret Murpny, 22, Oct. 30 ; John Murry, 60, Oct. 31 ; Mary Moylan, 26, Nov. 2 ; Mary Murphy, 50, Nov. 6. SICK TAKES TO HOSPITAL -Alice Daniels, aged 42 ; Mary Rawl, 28 ; John Reuel, 3 ; Charles Wilson, sailor ; Thomas Finnigan, 25 ; Sarah Luck, 13 ; Lucy Richards, 17 ; Mary Brady, 56; John Daly, 15 ; Thomas Suttliff, 16 ; Christian Leonard, 26; Henry F. Green, sailor ; unknown woman, died coming ashore ; Sarah Cassidy, 48 ; Eliza Griffin, 23 ; Eden Kerley, 16 ; Mary Madden, 80; Mick Fsvbay, 10 ; J Safe Fayhay, 5. The death of Mrs. Martha Daggett and her daughter on the Constellation left four children in a helpless situation. They have been taken ashore to the hospital by the crew of the medical otlizers' bast, and will bo kindly cared for until their father, who resides in Herkimer county, in this suite, can be apprised of their arrival. _ _ The piCket-ship llikernia,jl;tain Maloney, arrived yes terday morning from Liverpool, with 3SO passengers. The Hibernia lost 33 of her passengen on the voyage, among whom are:—John Farman, aged 36; Frances Clark, 28; Mary Burns, 26; Sarah Wright, 50; James Keenan, 12; Mary Keenan, 9; Marlyn Glynn, 20; Mary Noonan, 23; Ann Kearney, 22; Margaret M'Keon, 3; Eliza M'Keon, infant; Ann Laughlin, 12; Mary Mack, 40; Biddy Mol rooney, 19; Eliza Hanford, infant ; Mary Murray, 2; Catherine Dunworth, 6; Eliza Dunworth, 2; Joe Fleming, 6; John Kelly, 6 ; Ellen Kelly, 30; Thomas Kelly, infant; B. M'Keon, 22; Mary Delany, 48; Mary (Minn, 7; Eliza Bradford, 35 ; Hannah Bradford, 23; Mary M•Man non, 40. THE LARGEST CLIPPER IN THE WORLD. - - AI , - - Under this name the New York herald describes the new clipper ship the " Great Republic." She is 323 feet long, has 33 feet extreme breadth of beam, 39 feet depth of hold, including 7 feet between the spar and upper deck, and 8 feet between the two decks below, and registers 4,5-55 69.93ths tons. She has four complete decks, but no bulwarks, for the outline of the spar deck is protected by a rail upon turned oak stanchions. Her lines are slightly concave forward and aft, and her ends are very long and very sharp, particularly the bow, which preserves its an• gular form to the rail. The whole fore body of the vessel is raised about two feet from a straight line at the forefoot ; but this rise is gradual for 60 feet, and forms an arch where the stern and keel are united. In other words, the gripe of her forefoot, instead of being angular, is the complete arc of a circle. For a head she has the representation of an eagle, as if emerg ing from below the bowsprit; and her stern, which is semi elliptical in form, is spanned by an eagle, with the Ame rican shield in his talons. The ship has a waist of nine narrow strakes, defined between mouldings; is sheathed with yellow metal up to 25 feet, and is painted black above it. The rails and other work on deck are nearly white, and the gangway boards are of mahogany, mounted with brass. She hu five houses on the spar deck amidships. The first forward is a workshop for the crew, and answers for a shelter in stormy weather, as she has no bulwarks. Its after part contains • sick-bay or hospital. The second house contains the galley, a blacksmith's shop, and an en gine room, for she has a steam engine of fifteen horse power, designed to do all the heavy work, such as taking in and discharging cargo, hoisting topsails, setting up rigging, working the lire engine, pumping ship, &e. It is also Stud to work • propeller in one of her tong-boats ; and is so arranged that it can Moist itself out and in when it is required for use in the boat. Fitted as this boat is, it is calculated to tow the ship in a calm, at the rate of three knots an hour. The hou-es on the quarter-deck consist of a mess-room for the officers, protect the entrances to the deck below, and contain signal lockers, &c. Such is her vast size that all these houses appear to occupy very little apace. Indeed she has more room on her spar deck for working ship, than a line of battle ship. Her crew have spacious quarters in the upper between decks forward, and the entrances to them are protecad by companions. Aft, on the same deck, she ham sailroonts, accommodations for her petty officer', berths for thirty boys, workshops and store-rooms. The forward cabin or dinins, saloon is tastefully wainscotted, painted pure white, relieved with gilding and other ornamental work, and its state-rooms are large, and well designed for comfort. Abaft the saloon is a vestibule, which contains the captain's cabin on the starboard side, and the chief mate's opposite. The after cabin, though not large, is most elegantly finished. It has sofa recesses on each side, mirrors, ottomans, ellip tical panels with pictures on them, and a variety of other work, all finished in the best style. The pantry is large and well arranged ; and she has a choice library for the use of her crew. The space between her forecastle and storeroom aft, contaiu her spare spars, cordage, blocks, &c., and still 1 room for 400 or 600 tons of light cargo. The ship herself is a wonder of strength. Iler frame is of the best seasoned white oak, and is waged or dowelled together, and bolted through the coaging. Her frame, before ceiling, was diagonally cross-braced with iron, the braces 4 inches wide, 1 inch thick, and extending from the floor-beads to the top timbers. These were let into the frames and ceiling, were bolted through every timber, and rivetted together at every intersection between the frames. There are 90 of these on each side. She is built of 2,056 tons of white oak, 1,500,000 feet of yellow pine, has 1,650 knees, 230 beams, 3361 tons iron, and 56 tons of copper. She is thoroughly ventilated, has four hold pumps, a fire engine for wetting sails, or, in case of accident, for extinguishing fire. She is very snugly and very strongly sparred, and, like a ship of war, has nothing above the royals. She has four masts, named the fore, main, mizen, and spanker meats. The last is fore and aft rigged ; the others are square rig ged. Her sails are made of cotton duck, and she will spread about 16,000 yards in a single suite. This vessel was designed, modelled, anti built by her owner, Donald M'Key, and it is confidently believed that she will prove the swiftest ship in the world. Although she registers over 4,500 tons, she will sow at least 6,000 tons, and suck is the buoyancy of the floor that he will not draw more than 23 fret water when fully laden with a general cargo. THE SILVER brought by the West India packet Orinoco, last Sunday, was chiefly from Mexico. Its weight was 50 tons 8 cwt. It was the largest quantity, with one or two exceptions, teat was ever brought to this country in one ship. The coal : which the Orinoco took on board at St. Thomas, and which was consumed before the packet could reach Siuthampton, was American coal, and proved to be of inferior quality to the English product; at St. Thomas, however, it was impossible to get any other for the T m ii a E il t4e PR IL E e S ts TON STRIKE.—A meeting to exhibit " sympathy " for the men on strike in Lancashire, "and tor other purposes," was held in Birmingham on Wednesday night. It was a very sorry affair, there being not more than case hundred persons present, of whom very few were, strictly speaking, connected with the manufacturing trades of the town Mr. J. H. Langford presided, hut Mr. Cowell who was to have attended as a deputation was absent. Re solutions were passed deeply deploring the existence of the contest which has been going on between the employers and employed, and expressive at the opinion of the meeting that such differences could only be settled by the aid of a Labour Parliament. The conduct of the millownere was denounced as unjust and oppressive; it was further resolved that pecuniary assistance should be rendered to the unemployed, and expressions of sympathy were freely accorded. Little • money was subscribed ; and, in fact, it seems probable that very little indeed of substantial aid will result from this movement in this district. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE Snow.—Yeater day was the third day of the Smithfield Cattle Show, and never on any previous occasion were so many persons known to pass through the Bazaar. Towards evening every avenue became completely blocked up. The great desire appeared to be to see the monster ox contributed by Sir Harry Verney, but the pertinacious refusal of the animal to keep on its legs disappointed many. This day the show will finally close. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Dec. 8. A deputation of members of the executive com mittee of the Great Exhibition of 1853 waited yes terday by appointment on the Lord-Lieutenant, for the purpose of presenting an address. The Lord Mayor, Lord Talbot do Malahide, William I)argan, Alderman Roe (chairman of the committee), Sir Ro bert Kane, Sir C. P. Roney, and Sir Edward M'Don nell, formed part of the deputation. Alderman Roe read an address, acknowledging the substantial bene fits couterred on the late Exhibition by a patronage not simply official, but generous and sincere. " lar all the important aids (said the deputation) rendered to us by your Excellency and the Countess St. Ger , mans in the discharge of our arduous trust we now respectfully tender our unfeigned thanks, and we feel assured that your Excellency will share the gratifica tion we experience in reflecting that an enterprise of such magnitude and novelty, presenting 60 many points of hazard, collecting together such an invaluable amount of wealth and such unusual numbers of all classes of our fellow-citizens and strangers, should have terminated 113 auspiciously ; but more especi ally do we rejoice that the late Exhibition should have furnished so favourable an opportunity of de monstrating the intelligence and good conduct of the operative and humbler classes of our countrymen, to advance whose welfare it must be the desire of your Excellency and of this committee the late Exhibition may be found to contribute. Such considerations cannot fail to excite in us feelings of thankfulness to Almighty God, and we fervently pray that his blessing may cause this great undertaking to result in those benefits to Ireland which were contemplated by our benevolent fellow•member, with whom it ori ginated." His Excellency gave an equally feeling reply-, and invited the deputation to a luncheon. The writ for the Clonmel election has been re ceived, and the nomination will take place either on Tuesday or Wednesday next. It is probable that there will be no attempt at any opposition to Mr, John O'Connell. Mr. Bianconi, senior, who, as well as his son, is absent on the Continent, is very indig nant at the attempt made to set up the latter as a candidate, and in a letter dated Pisa, Nov. 22, he writes as follows to a friend in Clonmel : I would sooner see him dead than allow him to stand for C:onrael under present circumstances, and 1 hope the libe rals will be as they have always been, independent and una nimau•, and not to he dragooned by these young Ind .nilers. In the event of the Liberator's son being put mu nomination, and if there be any annoyance given to him and the inde pendent party by 'a contest, substribe liberally for rue to wards the legal expentis. Sergeant Field, of the 11th Hussars, appeared be fore the magistrates at College-street Police-ottice, yesterday, to answer the complaint of a Mr. Keary, a dentist, for an assault; the charge being that the sergeant had twitched oft' the complainant's hat in the theatre after he had refused to remove it him self, while the anthem of " God Save the Queen." was being performed. The policeman on duty in the theatre at the time refused to take the charge against the sergeant, and Colonel Brown, Police Commis sioner, attended yesterday for the purpose of stating that the man had done his duty on the occasion. A sergeant-major of the same regiment, who had ac companied the defendant, observed that they were bound by their oath not alone to protect the life of the Queen, but likewise to defewl her crown, her honour, and her dignity, from the assaults of ,all enemies. They conceived that remain ing on the seat and retaining the hat on during the performance of the National Anthem was an insult to her Majesty, and when a person refused to rectify the omission which might otherwise have been accidental, the offence became intentional, and they were bound to resent it at all hazards. Mr. Stronge, the magistrate, after hearing the case, said a slight assault had unquestionably been committed, as the fact was not even attempted to be controverted, but at the same time the amount of provocation was very great, and he was happy to say was hurtful not alone to the defendant, in the present case, but to the great majority of the audi ence. Mr. Strongo referred to the fact which had been stated by the sergeant-major, namely, that all persons wearing her Majesty's cloth were bound to preserve her from indignity, and in so doing ob served upon the very proper conduct of the defi:ndant under the circumstances, as well as the highly respectable demeanour and appearance of himself and brother officer, and stated in conclusion that he had no hesitation in dismissing the complaint. NAVAL. - - - ADMIRALTY, DEC. 8. —APPOINTMENTS.—ABeiaIMt Surgeon, C. Stevenson, confirmed to Rodney, 90, at Ports mouth. Clerk (1846), G. W. Anderson, to Neptune, 120, guard ship of ordinary, at Portsmouth. Clerk-in. Charge (184.5), J. Sweatman, to Radania nt hue, 4, paddle-wheel steam transport of '220-borer power, at Pembroke. Clerk's Assistant, W. S. Mould, to &nen leen, 70, guard ship of ordinary at Chatham ; and B. Stratford, to einune, 120, guard ship of ordinary. SPORTING. -.- TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. THE DERBY.-8o strong a current of opposition set in against Hesee Cuael that after 40 to 1 had oven booked to 125/. be was driven to 1,000 to 20, laid three times, and finally to 2,000 to 3.5. Most of the money was betted by one party and taken by one party. In the course of his re trogression 500 even was laid between him and Corin. 1,800 to 200 was taken about King Tom, 750 to 2.) twice about Boiardo, 40 to 1 to 225/. about Knight of St. George, and 1,000 to 25 Meteors, the current price against the last named, however, was only 1,000 to 30. Autocrat, Dervish, and Ruby were untouched. The Grim Nortoern Hanleap and The Cheater Cup were merely talked about. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. 20 to 1 aget Mr. Bigotll's Peter Simple (t) DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Baronfriahsil;ild's King Tom (t) 30 to 1 Lord Derby's Boiardo (t) 33 to 1 lir. J. Scott's Meteora (1000 to 25 laid once) 40 to 1 Mr. Mornia's Knight of St. George (t) 2000 to 3.5 -- Duke of Bedford's Hesse Cassel (t) 1000 to 15 Baron Rothschild's Middlesex (offd) 2000 to 20 Lord Mitten's Alembic (t) 1000 to 10 Duke of Richmond's .colt by Van Tromp—keel (t) Very few members were present. THE WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1853. The state of the weather at each of the following planes at nine o'clock yesterday orniag . m The stations are arranged in order of latitude. TUNBRIDOE—W. • Calm ; Overcast. GREENWICR—Cam ; Partially Cloudy. 0 STROOD—N. ; Gentle Breeze ; Foggy. BIRMINOIIAM—S.W.; Gentle Breeze; Foggy. The returns from the following places did not reach this office in time for publication yesterday; they, therefore, indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock. LIMERICK—N.; Calm; Overcast. MULLINOAII-8.; Gentle Breeze; Partially Cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N.W. ; Calm • Overcast. L B e Ii N tm cA IN s G TL A - 31— N. 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