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MANCHESTER, Am'. S. tenon oust C4,IIIIIESPONIIENT.) There ere no disturbances in this town nor in its neigh bourhood; neither is there alarm felt fur any serious interruption of general tranquillity. Some little excite ment might be created by the determination to hold a public meeting, which is now fully resolved on, at least by those gentlemen who signed the requisition to the Church wardens, for a meeting on the subject of the Corn Laws and the national expenditure: but as the Meeting will be attended principally by persons holding nearly similar opinions, there will be the less likelihood of any angry dis cussion or disorder; and it will probably end, after a strong expression of political opinions, in a set of Resolu tions, and perhaps a petition to the Crown, praying time repeal of the Corn Laws and a reduction of the national expenditure. I believe, if the requisitionists confined thetn seises to the first proposition, that a great majority of all parties in Manchester would support it,but there are a great number of the most respectable characters in Manchester opposed to any interference with the national expenditure. This meeting will probably he the signal for others of the same description in the surrounding manufacturing districts, where no doubt holder measures will be proposed. It is even doubtful whether a certain party in Manchester will not supersede the resolutions of time requsitionists by a petition for Parliamentary Reform. It was this' opprehension which led to the general opinion that the meeting would not he persevered in, amid I have reason to think it was not determined on until yesterday, after a kind of understanding between some parties that the question of Reform woukl not be pressed. Whether that understanding is general, or will be violated, is more than i can tell. This is the great market day here, but the purchases bay* ass boon so eyelike as might be expected. Prices, however, continue without any depression, but with the same firmness, and indications of a rise which prevailed during the last week ; and I am assured by a re spectable gentleman that there are a greater number of buyers in town than has been during the season ; a great number are from extensive houses in London, and I know of five German merchants who have been waiting at a hotel in town during the last week for the purpose of taking the most favourable opportunity of efFecting purchases. The accounts respecting the state of the harvest in this county are favourable. I subjoin a letter which I hare re ceived this day from Lancaster : " The quanmy of grain grown in the northern district of this county. although more than in the manufacturing, is not very con. sidersble; yet it is cattle of great gratification to observe that for the mat part the wheat is cut, and by far the greater proportion of it carried ; and it is not a little singular that the same remarks which apply to this grain throughout the cosoury, are equally an Sieable here; the crop is not very heavy, but it is particularly good, and well got in. The oats and barleys arc certainly some of them very much so ; these are also In a very forward slats, the former grain will he the latest. Beans and peas may be said to bt gone. Turnips may yet come. but there is certainly every pro habilii list the prtaltaction will be very scanty Potatoes, foe which this county is eel:brated, are looking well; the haulm is very promising, and prognosticates a good crop of this useful and most valuable root. " The Assists commence here to-morrow; the city will be thronged, which is caused not only by the very heavy calendar that there ts, but from the great excitement occasioned by the abduction me of Mr. Wakefield. 'Many rumours are afloat respecting it; some think it will go off by some point of law, tubers that the indict ment cannot he susmined. while on the oilier hand there are those who maintain that a conviction must take place ; and these may be kamouni that in themselves appear to be idle. No day is yet fixed for the cause coming on. It is said that the M•Keans have static a hill confession of the murder of Liixsbeth Itaics at Iliarton-upon- Irw , -11 ; but i have not been able to ascertain time tact." " Lancaster, 7th August, 1828." THE HARVEST. An intelligent writer at the Shalt, states that the harvest there commenced last week, and that the °blest inhabitants in the place never before saw oats cut in the month of July in the immediate vicinity of the Shotta Church. Throughout the parish the oats are stunted in growth, but there are respectable fields on every farm, and a field of or 13 acres, belonging to Mr. iVeir, is considered the best between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The potato crops in that district have improved considerably by the late rains. Bayern N.—The harvtst is speedily drawing to a con clusion In our neighbourhood, and some of the farmers have made trial of an experiment to raise a second crop. Oats were sown in the latter end of last week ; and should the season continue at all favourable, they are expected to Lein reaping condition by the latter end of October. STATE OF TRADE. In former periods of distress, such as 1817 and 1819, the inhabitants of most of the country towns were enabled to support themselves by their own resources, or by the assist ance of their friends, till business revived. Such, however, has been the length and severity of the present calamity, that the people in the country villages are, in general, as ill off as those in large towns. Galston, New Millis, Darya, fur instance, are one mass of misery. In Galston, out of between .500 and 600 looms, only about 100 are at wort:. Thirty pounds sent to Galston ' and forty to New Millis and Duvet, from :he Edinburgh Committee, would have gone but a short way among such a number of suf ferers hail they not been aided by private charity. The people of these places are warm in their expressions of gra titude to the Marquis of Hastings and the Duke of Port land. They have both come forward with a liberality equal to the emergency. Oatmeal and other articles have been liberally distributed from Loudon Castle ; and the Duke of Portland has expended about 6001. in labour and money from the commencement of the distress.—Caledunion Mercury. Fosi.trt.—There is a great demand for reapers here at present, and several farmers cannot procure so many as they require. Many are paying them 10s. to 14s. per seek, and victuals.—/hid. PROPOSED PUBLIC MEETING AT MANCIIESTER.-A meeting of the requisitionists was convened by circular, and was held yesterday (Monday) at the Spread Eagle Inn ; when it was unanimously resolved, that a public Meeting, for the purposes mentioned in the requisition to the Church warthms, should be convened, as early as possible, by the tientlemen who signed the document, or such of them as might be thought requisite; and a Committee was ap pointed to make the necessary arrangements for that pur pose.—Manchester Mercury. During the late drought, the take of salmon in this neighbourhood was so very trifling, that many of the sta tions which were considered the most ♦elpable on the Tay v.cre abandoned by the owners, and the fichennen removed rat ther down the river. Since the late rains, however, the ulmon have been coming up more freely, and on Sunday yr ek they were observed from the bridge passing along in at ebb tide. Last week, at one of the stations near Elcho, of which Mr. Proutlfont is tacksman, 159 full-sized salinoo were taken at three successive hauls.—Perth Clthrier. RI LIEF IN CASES Or SHlrviltECll.—The Port of New- I cAitle Association for the Preservation of Life from Ship- urea, held a general meeting of the subscribers, at the Ifinity House, on Tuesday last, William Clark, Esq. in the chair; when a report was read, stating the progress that 114; been made, with the assistance of the Parent (The 16yal National) Institution, in ',lacing the extent of coast coining within the operation of the Port of Newcastle As sociation, in a state to render very efficient assistance to teasels in distress. This association, although in an infant 'tate, has done much towards furnishing the coast between Holy island and the Tyne, with life boats and Captain Manby's apparatus—there being hardly any place of im ntinent danger to vessels, between these two points, but what is provided with one or other of these means of pre serving life. Rewards have been given to fifteen indivi duals who have been instrumental in saving the lives of seventeeen seamen and two passengers from vessels wrecked on this coast. The report, in alluding to the state of the funds of the association, gratefully acknowltdged the libe ral support received from the nobility, clergy, and gentry a the neighbourhood, but lamented the great want of an nual subscriptions, for which the association could alone look to the public at large. The Hope Insurance Associa tion of Newcastle has subscribed five guineas for the cur rent year, to the Association ; and the Marine Insurance Associati on of Myth, and the Friendly Insurance Associa -6°o of Seaton Sluice, ten guineas each, for the current year. HIBERNIAN MINING COMPANY. At one o'clock yesterday the Half Yearly Mretiog of the Hi bernian Mining Company Tits held at the City of London Tavern. 11.1.1 AM Brut.. El., in the ('hair. . . The CHar /I MAN %did that the Meeting was held in accordance with the Act of Parliament, and he apprehend. ! that li•tle else VIM to be done than to read to the Pmprietor. the Royal of the Dir; e ters, and the accounts of the receipt: and expenditure trifice the last half yearly meeting. The Report was then read, which described the afrairs of the Company as being sufficiently prosperous, art! stated that the em bankment at Ross Island WAri nearly completed. and that they were now proceeding to cast out the water. They were also proceeding rapidly at Castlemayne. _ . I n reply in a que stion from a Proprietor, The I'llAln as AN said that since the last calla IL per chars, 484 shares had been surrendered, upon which shares 11/. per share had been previously paid. One gentleman, however, who had surren dered 160 *harm had applied yesterday to have them back again; but this the Directors were not disposed to agree to, unless a positive order from the Proprietors was given to that effect. A PROPRIETOR asked the Chairman if the Company was going on well? The CHAIRMAN replica, that theirs WU like all other mining apectilationo, and of caortte was liable to failure. A PROPRIETOR asked how they mood as to the cash account? to which the Chairman replied, that there was quite enough to carry on the Company. In reply to questions from the Proprietors, The CM Al II 31 AN said that -originally there were 10,000 shares, 227 of which had never been appropriated, and 50 were disputed, or at lent no , paid for ; and for then 50 shares an action had been conimenced against the person to whom they had been appropri ated. He was a Peer of the realm, and a rich man, so that he must of course pay tho calla which hail been made. Upon the first call of 21. per share. there were 97 allarem not paid upon. Upon the second wall three were 1.11911 shares in a similar predicament ; and on the third call 4,144 abates had been paid for. But in addition to those which had not been paid for on the former c die 4111 surren dered altoge th er. and 9,66 3 had not paid the third Call of I/. per share. The totalaum which should Inn IMO, andiated notaneen Paid was of Which he calculated that 11.0,101. wan good, only that it was at the moment inconvenient to the holden of the shares to pay the call made upon them. filr. Hl.Alxr, said, that tinder all the circtimatances of the case, lie thought the Company was tint warranted in proceeding. He thought the Report gave s very unfavourable aspect of affairs. Indeed, It appeared to hint to he preposterous that 'nines in Ireland club, be properly managed by Directors sicino in King's.Arms yard. Oilier mining companies managed fowlers better, for the Directors took it in turn alternately to visit the ?Lines, to see and to &net as to the proceedings. He was of opinion that die Company e nil I not answer the purpose for which it was esiablislind. In 11'ieklow there v....re 8.000 persons engaged in the mines, and those mines were all productive; but he was sorry to nay that he believed this Company would not be so successful. He wan of opinion, at all events, that a larger call than that of 71. per share must be made : before any thing could be realized. A PaerettiEtiaa asked if the Directors had visited the mines. The CHAIRMAN said that Captain Beaufort had visited them, and he Was one of the Directora; and lie had reported favourably of then', with the exception of that of Bonmahon, which had been given up. Mr. BARTLEY it quite unnecessary for the Directors to interfere. He would not give fit. for the shares if the Directors were to go down ; for they knew nothing about it. With respect to the Directors of the Company to which M. Blaine hail alluded. they bad talked largel...of their prosperity and of their profits, and yet, strange to say, they had never nettle any dividend. The Di. sectors of the llibernian Mining Company had not promised profits, because, until the embankments were completed, and the engines erected, they could rot form an opinion as to their eventual sue. cess. Their expectations of raising copper at Ross Island were very sanguine. Copper had been rained there in former time., when the aid of machinery was not to be obtained, and surely. with that aid, it was not presuming too mu li to expect to succeed in the undertaking. The agents in Kerry were all men of experience. carefully selected in l °rowan, and these were the persons to be relied upon, and not the Directors, who wereof course unacquainted with mining. A {PROPRIETOR said that in mining speculations, two great essentials were required—money and perseverance; and it would bean act of the greatert weakness to abandon the undertaking in ita prevent stage. The expeetatiena from the Ross Island mine were favourable, but or course It would be impossible to state what 'nigh• he the result. 11'. BLAINE said that as Mr. Bartley was acquainted with mining matters, be, instead of Captain Beaufort, ought to have gone to Ireland. A PROPRIETOR said that, at present. a knowledge of engi neering was far more useful than a knowledge of mining, at Rosa Island, and therefore Captain Beautiart was a more proper person to go than Mr. Bartley. He had also to observe, that there was hardly a large mine in Cornwall which had not a board of manage. ment in London. Mr. Ilaaiss: said that it was impossible to enter into the ar. mints, fie want of time; but that he felt reluctant to pay his fourth call, when other persons hail asotasaidasair third. . "Phe Ceraritafax said theta could be no relucones in the caso. treatise he Waal do so, having alloited the day of option to pass without airrentleting. Mr. BLAINE said that, its that case, the Directors ought to go to law, to make the defaulters pay up. The (lima MAN said that while there was a prospect of getting it without going to law. they did not wish to go to extremities. There had been an arrear of 6,0101/., but 2.00/. of that arrcar had been since paid. The Company had 12,1100/. in hand, be sidrs which he expected would be paid up, upon the shares which hail not hitherto been paid for. 31r. 0 EGOM Y (the Solicitor to the Company) said that he had exercised his discretion in not bringing actions for moneys which he believed would be gradually paid tip, before any process of law could be carried into effect against the defaulters. A PaoPnicr on, who declared himself to be one of the de faulters. said that lie was ready to lay down his money, if there was really any reasonable prospect of realizing a profit, and not for the purpose or equalizing a less. Ills objection was, that there was an original defect its the Company in not taking a sufficiently large deposit. As matters stood, seeing so many shares deficient on one call and on another, he really despaired of any thing being done. Mr. PALMER clod that he had recently ao: a specimen of the ore from Ross Island, in conseatienceof which lie had increased his shares to the number of 100. The Directors were always willing to give every information to the Proprietors ; and had, in fact, done so at the last General 31;eting. The letter from Captain Beaufort was here read, which gave a flattering prospect of the affairs of the Company, and stated that the receipts of the Valentia Slate Quarry were now beyond its ex. , penditure. Mr. Maitre said, that 2.9001. had been expended upon Bon. mahon, and only fiuo/. worth of ore had been raised ; Ito that now that the mine was abandoned a loss of 2.4001. had been sustained. He was therefore justified in tae opinion he bad expressed. Mr. BARTLEY said that if a mine turned out badly the Direc tors were not to blame ; the fact of having raised AO/. worth of ore was their best justification that the iadications of a mine were not fallacious. Mr. itt.Atxt moved that another month be allowed to those who had not paid up their last call, to consider whether or not they • would surrender their shares. A Pam. ttivron said, that after the notice which had been issued, it would be a dangerous precedent to adopt. The Resolution was then put from the Chair and negktived. The Report and Statement of Accounts were then ordered to be received, to be printed, and circulated amongst the Proprietors. A PROPR I TOR V moved, that a list of the Proprietors be printed and sent round to the Proprietors, with Stars attached to the names, to denote the number of votes to which each Proprietor was entitled. This' Resolution was agreed to ; a ft er which a vote of thanks to the Ch airman and Directors was unanimously pissed, aid the Meeting dissolved. • FIRST PAROCHIAL MEETING OF CATHOLICS. [Prom the Dablb! Morning Regisieriof Monday.] 1 We have the pleasure of publishing this day the resolutions passed at the first parochial meeting of Catholics that has been held in Ireland. They are sensible, independent, firm, and fit for the times. The proceedings were most interesting, and have already given an impulse to the public feeling in that quarter of the coun try, which is manifesting itself in separate meetings of the Catlin. lies of the different parishes. 'Phis promises well. It was a de lightful and proud spectiela to witness the assemblage of honest men in the old Abbey of Cong—and it is an interesting fact, that no place was more suited to commence the work of the regenet a tion of Ireland, than this majestic monument of what Ireland once was. Cong Abbey was the solitary retirement of Roderic O'Con. nor, after he yielded up the throne of Ireland. He remained there for many years, and until his death. Hie remains are buried in the chapel of the monamtery. The seat occupied at the present meeting by the venerable Lord Abbot, who for a period of more than 42 years has presided over the people of Cong, was at the head of the grave of the monarch, and the table placed at the foot of the ancient altar covered his remains, Such associations could not fail of awakening peculiar feelings in a meeting of Irishmen.—Since the meeting at Cong there have been parochial meetings at Devlin, Louisburgh, and Lecanvey, at all of which independent resolu. ,ions were adopted. The resolutions were principally to this effect : To send unremittingly, and without delay, petitions to Parlia ment ; to sustain the clergy ; to support the forty-shilling free holders; and to promote education. Yesterday a Coact of Directors was held at the East India Ilouse, when the undermentioned ships were thus timed, viz. :—The Coldstream and Cumbrian for Bengal direct, to be afloat the 10th inst. and sail from Gravesend at the expiration of thirty days from that day. Pomr-Orrter PaosecirrioN.—We are informed, that in consequence of an information lately lodged against a respectable merchant in the North of Scotland, for Laving sent, by a common carrier, a number of letters put up in a parcel, the full penalties of M. for each letter were called for and recovered, the one-half falling to the informer. Parties cannot be too cautious as to sending lettem;otherwise than by post, the Act of Parliament imposing the penalties being Imperative, and not admitting of any modification. THE BRITISH PRESS. CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE MINING COM P.I N Y. A General Ilfeeting of the Shareholders (exeNsive of the Di. rectors, er the Advertisement stated who had signed the Deed of Set Lhootot, took piece at Ration's Coe-house, Citimitill, yestzr.. day, for the purpose of considering what steps It would be proper to adopt for the protection of their names in the above-projected A swiciation. Sono after one o'clock, about a dozen gentlemen assembled, and of -r some little delay as to who should take the chair, it was at length m o ved and seconded that Mr. Woolley Mould do so. The (him a MAN announced to the Meeting the object for which they had been called together. He understood that Mr. Clark was prepared to make snore observations relative to the allliirs of the Company, after which he should be happy to hear ally other gm dental] who might be disposed to address them. Mr.CI.AnK said be would begin the few °inert/Reiman he had to make by adterting to the meeting width took place on the Ith of this month, at the office of the Company. At that meeting all persons who ha -I not sigmd the deed of sec lement were refined ad 'Minion. He liimaellhad gone there, by virtue of an authority from a gentleman who had signed the deed anti who retitled in York shire, and requested to be allowed to eater the room ; but still the objection was taken, that not bejig Milner a qualified subscriber under the deed, lie could not be admitted, and he felt himself bound to aubmit to that declaim. However, in the cowrie of the day a motion was made that he should be admitted, on the ground that he had some statemtne to lay before the'Directors, which it was thought it would be important for them to know, and accordingly it was ruled that lie should enier the rood. He did so, and this gave him an oppmtunify of observing scone part of the aws pro. ceedings, but not of course that part which occurred early, and which no doubt the present meeting were desirous of being ac quainted with. This, however, he understood, had happened, that the full and explicit account which he gave of the whole of the mysterious transactions connected with this Company, at the meet ing of Scrip and Share Hohleis on the 'gth of July last, was amply and folly confirmed by such of the partible those transactions who were then present at the meeting of t jljr ors on Friday hurts That was a very imports t fa% for mile eldeis to how. 11C. , cootie, suhrtguent to the tiseeilast ass Welded (that was the" alerting of the 27th of July) there hail appeared a letter in the newspapers, signed by Me. Wilks, junior, denying the whole of that statement, which, to use his own language, consisted of " gross falsehoods, and deliberate and malicious inventions."-- It was very easy Mr a gentleman, when put upon his defence, to make assertions • but it would have been much tame satisfactory to the world if Air. Wilks. instead of confining himself to these general terms of denial, when accused of having done acts which no respectable man would have done under any other eircum. stances, he had stated why and wherefore was the statement un founded. But to proceed. lie understood that Mr. Teague ad mitted in the room, at the Meeting on the 4th inst., that the whole amount which he and those who sold the mines to Mr. Wilks were to receive from that gentleman for those mines was 700001., for which Mr. Wilks charged the Gonpany 121,000/. Mr. Teague fu-ther stated, that all the money which he had received on ac count was 19.7001., notwithstanding the important fact that Mr. IVilks hail received from the Comp my, on account of the our. chase, 44 00111. Now, he was informed that a question was pat to several of the Directors who werethen present, whether they had participited in any part of those ill-gotten gains ? and that six of those gentlemen, namoly, Mr. Peter Moore, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Newman. the Hon. Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Philip Peering, and Si. Wm. Kaye, all declared in the moist solemn manner, upon their, honour, that they knew nothing at all about the transactions. Ile was always disposed to believe gendercea when they made solemn asseverations of that kind, anti he about,' be very sorry to throw discredit on the statement so deliberately made by those gentlemen, but he confessed that his mind was not altogether free from suspicion, as regariedone or two of them, who, however, it was only justice to say, should at present he nameless, that they might not be invidiously distinguished from the rest ; and he would further say, that if, in the result of' the investigation, which mutt take place, he found his suspicions unfounded. he would make an honest declara tion of their innocence. (Ilear, hear.) 'Whatever, therefore, were his doubts as regarded those one or two gentlemen, he was bound to give them full credit for their denial, until the contrary should be found to be the tract. With respect to the rest of the individuals he had named, he molt firmly believed them to be innocent, be. cause it was in consonance with what he knew of their general cha racter; and he was sure such a solemn deseavoaal of any participa tion would lay them open in such a way to the censure of the world, and would fix on them a stigma so indelibly, tom they would not, ar men of honour, have veittured to make it, if they knew at the time that they were not innocent. lie could not help stating that s something passed at the meeting, which had reference to the feemre Meeting of the 27th of July, where Mr. Kershaw made some observations with regard to Lord Palmerston, and tome other of the Directors. At the la.st Meeting Lord Palmerston was present, and took the opportunity of correcting die statement of Mr. Kershaw. As he ( r.Clark ) was informed, his hordship,at ter speak ing in very good teems of what he knew of Mr. Kershaw, proceeded to say, in contradiction to whet that Oentletnan had stated at the Meeting in July last, that the first time he (L Al Polmeriton) ever met Mr. Wilks was at a Meeting of tfie Board of Directors of the Welsh Iron Company, and that Mr. Kershaw WAS thefivesent wia g i‘a u ag with ale. Wilkaa:'' theaefeeeolaid 41is LotatUrp, Kershaw could not besseefelei as to the churaeldi of Mr. Wilks, by having seen nun (Lord Palmerston) in oonipany with Me. Wilks antecedently. This was a very important fact, because Mr. Ker shaw, as he (Mr. Clark) recollected, said that he had been misled with regard to Mr. Wilks, by having sects him in the compaay of . Lord Palmerston and other highly respectable persons. He felt it but fair to make this statement ; and had Mr. Kershaw been now present, it would have afliirded him an opportunity of captaining himself' on the subject. Lord Palmerston then went on to say, " that Mr. Kershaw never communicated to him any suspicions he (Mr. Kershaw) might have entertained as to what was going on." It would be recollected that Mr. Kershaw stated, at the Meeting in July, that he had gone round to all the Directors, and spoke of the necessity of a Meeting being called, as he thought something was wrong. Mr. Swan begged pardon for interrupting the speaker, but he thought that it was asked distinctly that day of Mr. Kershaw, whe thet he did call on Lord Palmerston, and that his answer was " No." The Citainatase—l think you are right, Sir. Mr. CLARK—Then it was stated correctly in the Newspapers. Mr. SWAN—No, there was a mistake in the Newspapers. Mr. Roe—Yes, there was a mistake in the Newspapers. He begged also to remark that, with respect to the statement made as to Mr. Kershaw having repined confidence in Mr. Wilks, in corms quence of seeing him in company with Lord Palmerston, it seemed that Mr. Kershaw was understuod to ascribe his acquaintance with that Oentletn tn to that circumstance. Now, what he (Mr. Hoe) thought Mr. Kershaw meant to say was, not that his first con n.'xion with 3lr. 11'illes was not prior to having seen him with Lord Palmerston, bat that seeing hint with such a person as Lord Pal merston coaSrmed his good opinion of Mr. \1 ilks, and gave hint greater confidence in that person's integrity. Mr. SWAN-1 think that was the sense in which Mr. Kershaw 'Mel to be undo stood. Mr CLARK —MT impression is, that Mr. Kershaw stated his confidence in Mr. Willis and the Company to arise partly bona see ing him in company with such persons as Lord Palmerston. The manner in which Lord Palmerston has explained it sets the matter right, anti certainly does not fix blame on any one. Mr.„Ror only wished to absolve Mr. Kershaw from the imputa tion of stating what was not the act. As reference had been made to the former Meeting of Shareholders, he wished to make another statement respecting Mr. Kershaw. A question having been asked him (Mr. Hoe) upon the subject of' what Mr. Kershaw had said, as to the influence which Mr. Wilk* had over him, he (Mr. Hoe) said he underoond Mr. Kershaw to have said that he was personally under the influence of Sir. Wilt , a so much, not as to do the thing which was wrong, but that, 'teeing things go on wrong, not to be able to to what was right. lie had since seen Mr. Kershaw who had stated to him that he meant only to any, when speaking o f Mr. %%Tit Irs's influence; that he ( Mr. liVilks) had that influence gene rally upon all the Directors of the different Companies to which lie belonged, and that he (Mr. Kershaw) did not mean to say he was lima If under the influence of Mr. Wilks tR 4i ,what was wrong, but that he was inclined to acquiesce in wiseliaa was._ metaled, in consequence of the general infrefswa At sserl. The CHAIRMAW—One remark he nuiee was, that Mr. Will% came in on them one day, with his fist up, and saying that if they slid not allow hint to purchase the shares, the whole concern might go to the dog.. Mr. Hot: repeated that Mr. Kershaw did not mean to say that Mr. Wilks had any personal influence over him. A Gentleman, who was present at the former Meeting, here ob served, that these were not Mr. Kershaw's words; but that he spoke only of the influence which Mr. Wilks had over himself per sonally. Mr. ROE—Although lie did say so, he did not mean it in that light. As a proof that lie could only mean to speak of the general influence possessed by Mr. Wilks, he ( Mr. Roe) would mention one circumstance. There were two bills given to Mr. Wilks on one occasion five 5,000/. each, and those bills were signed by hoed Pal nurstim and several other Directors when Mr. Kershaw was pre sent; but, so far from Mr. Waits having any personal influence over him, he was one of the Directors who refused to put his name to the bills. Mr. CLARK—This matter beingso far explained, he would take the liberty of stating how it was Mr. Kershaw had explained his conduct to him. Mr. Kershaw had informed hint that a week or two after his resignation he waited upon Sir William Kaye, Mr.. Peering, sad Mr. Dunn, and requested them to call a meeting of the Shareholders and Scripholders, and lay before theta a full statement of the Company's affairs, assuring them that it was his belief there was something wrong in the concern ; but they dime. girded his recommendation. fleet ii would he observed that Mr. Kershaw did not in this instance even mention the name of Lord Palmerston. While on this subject lie would just mention a little anecdote, which, though not altogether regular on the present cicala sion, would help to exemplify Mr. Willta'a character a little fur. titer. Mr. Kershaw stated that 1110 shares wire set apart for each of the Directors, that he (Mr. Kershaw) psid 201. on each share ; soon after which he sold them to Mr. Wilks. inn. for html, a share, receivin; part of the money in ciudi, and his bills for the remainder, but which bill, when due were not paid. Ale. Willis then imme diately went into the market and sold these shares for 101. a share. (Hear, hear.) This was a tact mentioned privately to him (Mr. Clark); and it wax a very important one, as it showed that such was Mr NVilkes anxiety to raise money by all manner of means, that it induced him to give irt!. a share, and instantly to points) the market and take 10/. a share, and then to give his own acceptances payable at a future period, but width acceptances when due were he pos. not Paid. (Moth laughter, and erica of, " That is ' raising the wind' at all events.") But 111r.lks in that extraordinary letter of his denied positively the truth of the statement which be (Mr. Clark) made at their fortiu r nicetiti! This, however, was an anecdote which would come in confirmation of his general charac ter; and he (Mr. Clark) woithl venture to say, dist betUre he had done with that gentleman he would disclose such transactions of his with oilier Companirs 1:3 would eclipse the very statement now !adore .he 'corp. And Olen llr. ‘Vilks thout;itt proper to impute to him, notwithstanding the admissions of ' lir. Teague, anti the other circontstitices of confirmation of its truth, insanity for making this statement. (Laughter and hear. A voice—" It it be madness, it is niatin...ss that bath some method in it.") But that Vat not the only , hing 31r. li'dka had done : he had iummitted great error in judgment at the acme time. for lie had serv,il him (Mr. (:lark) with a notice of an action. Nov it could tun be a y f ry wine net to nerve a ntniliiian with tiptire of an ac,ion. (Lsnett:ee) Another important circumstance also came out at the meeting on Friday last. It would be recollected that on the day on which the deposits were appointed to be paid into the banker's hands upon the shares allotted, deposits upon 284) shares only Were paid. This was in April. Mr. Wilk* on the same day gave an order for the purchase of 80 shares, and on the following day he or dered 920 shares more, making together 1000, all of which were to be delivered on a future day. The party thus purchasing must necessarily have the full knowledge that those shaves could not be delivered to him. inasmuch as Only 2110 shares had been issued to the public; but it was einzular that when the day of payment for thew shares arrived, which had the effect of raising their value in the market. 5,009 and odd were issued to the public. In con sequence of that manoatere the day of payment arrived . , and who did the meeting suppose were the parties who drew the drafts for the payment of those 1000 shares ? The nature of the gentle toe, were—'lr. lierithaw. 31r. Peter Moor:, and Mr. Aaron. Now, what he would observe was, that admitting 3lr. Peter 3100/fe's de claration upon his honour Winn his oath, for he swore it), that he did not participate in any part of that transaction—that was to say, the 41.000/.—.the produce of the share's, and that he knew nothing niche matter, yet the shareholders could Dot pearibly infer that he kali, nothing about the twine of there abeees, when he was peas ohs eignetialtewirselts for their pastime. &al if thatialtf dishonourable transaction on the part of Mr. Wilk., he thouglit tr was fair to infer it to be equally dishonourable on the part of those who signed the checks in furtherance of that dishonourable transac tion. (Cries of " Certainly it was.") But it' they pleaded igno rance, then it only made the matter worse, because it was not usual for persons entrusted with the iminggement of such Alsip; to sign checks fora sum of 6,000 t. and upWards, in ignora..ce of the pur pose for which it was requited. Upon the face of it. therefore, there was as much culpability almost attaching to them as Pi Mr. Wilke; for they lent themselves to the payment of the money. and Were consequently almost as much parties to the crime as that in dividual. It was at all events calculated to place Mr. Peter Moore, until the master were more clearly explained, Knifing the number of those whose veracity was not to be depended upon, al- though made upon his honour. The CHAIRMAN —The checks, although made payable to Messrs. Alarjorinenks and Co., were written across by them, and paid into 31r. Wilks's own bankers. Mr. CLAN K understood that Mr. Peter Moore had taken great offence at his conduct at the Meeting on Friday last. When he ( Mr. Clark) was admitted into the room, after a few observations, lie proceeded to put questions first to one and then to another, but he found he l-.d been anticipated by gentlemen who were in the room behire him. He, however, said that it be had been there at the commencement, he woule have put thin question to every one of the Directors individually—whether upon his honour he had par , ticipated in the funds or not; but before lie had finished his sentence, Mr. Moore got up and said he did not approve of such a line or conduct, nor did he understand what right a person hail to make such observations. To this, he (Mr. Clark) replied—With submission to you, 1 think an honourable man never rem be of. fended by a fair question which is calculated to elicit truth, and I put it to you, Sir, as a Gentleman and a man of honour, whether you participated in this money? Mr. Moore, although much irritated, felt it necessary to declare upon his honour he never did ; but he continued to remark that he did not understand having such interrugatoriets put to him by any person. The feeling thus excited, Ito (31r. Clark) understood still existed against him ; but lie wished Mr. Moore to understand that it was not Mr. Peter Moore, nor Mr. Anybody, that he intende.l per sonally to offend upon any of these occasions; it was die actiatis of men that he looked at, and not at the persons. If it had been Lord Palmerston, or any one else, however great, he would have said to Lim what lie did to Mr. Moore, merely to give hint an opportunity to clear his own character, and to satisfy the minds of the public. Until the Inquiry now about to commence, and which lie was confident would be followed up, canto to an end, he should teumend his opinion tes regarded every person. But when the result of that inquiry should be known, then, let the odium fall where it might, he now declared upon his honour that it should fall with its full weight. (lieu.) There was another singular circumstance that had room out in some way or other, and which was, that at the meeting at the Albion Tavern on the 7th of April, where it was settled and determined how much Mr. Wilks should pay for the mines and charge to the Company, there was upon the minute book no other entry than this—That at such a meeting, Samuel Moltssailaritet is the Chide, it was so and so determined, +MSC mentiartiag ewe word as to who the persons were that composed the meeting{ This was a singular oireunimanee. • If the patties' meant to act fairly and It mourably, they would have put their names; but no--they had been all omitted, and it was fair to infer purposely so. The reason for doing so wits evident enough. It was a guard upon themselves. They thought that if ever the transaction disclosed itself, it might be difficult to find out who were the guilty parties. It appeared that Mr. Samuel Barnet was there. 1%4 gentleman was a Alember of Parliament (for Richmond), and he (Mr. Clark) only wished that he was tow present, to say whether he was at that meeting or not. As to the facts he had stated, they were more than sub st tntiated by the confessions of the parties. No one could doubt the facts; all they could doubt was, whether they had arrived at the whole of the facts. lie was of opinion with many others, that when this matter came to be sifted, it would assume new features, calculated greatly to enhance the delinquency of some parties. The object of the present meeting was to appoint a Committee of Share holders ender the deed, not S e cripholders under the settlement, to act on behalf of die whole beefy, so that no impediment might oc cur when application should be made to the Directors for an insight into the affairs of this projected Company. Be had reason to believe that the Directors had begun to feel that things must be brought to light, and that they were engaged in an active scrutiny of the af fairs. He was quite sure, if the Shareholders directed their steps in a firm and proper manner, that the honourable part of the Directors would co-operate with them. In order that Mr. Wilks, nor any other gentleman might have no grounds of complaint for the future, he would not enlarge upon the subject, nor found any opinion upon it, hor do any one thing that should call in question their proceedings. He was quite sure that the result of their in quiry would be to trace home to the parties the full amount of their delinqueacy : and then it would retrain for the Shareholders to say how they would deal with them. lie concluded by moving a Resolution, declarutory of the astonieliment with which they re garded the manner in which this Company had been concocted, but that they suspended their judgment upon the facts elicited for the present ; and that a Committee of Shareholders should be ap pointed. The CHAIRMAN said, before he put the resolution he wished to say a word or two. It was stated in the papers that Mr. Clark was refused admission et the late meeting. That certainly was the case. But after Mr. Teague and Mr. Swan had satisfied the coin. party that the authority produced by Mr. Clark was from a Share bolder, Lord Palmerston was a most strenuous advocate for Mr. Clark's admission ; and it was by his Lordship's and the Hon. Mr. Sullivaree exertions that Mr. Clark was at length allowed to Come into the room. As far as he (the Chairman) had an oppor tunity of observing the conduct of Lonl Pilnterston, he would say that his Lordship had on all occasions evinced the greatest desire to act with the most perfect fairness and that indeed the whole of his Lordship's conduct had been marked by the most honourable bearing. No men could have acted with greater propriety throughout. Mr. CLARK IRA it appeared that Mr. Teague, who was the owner of the_ greater proportion of the mines bought hy Mr. Wilke was also a Ofrector, and was the person who moved that 51,000/. of the Company's money should be pail to 111 r. Wilke, to enable that gentleman to pay for the mines which he ( Mr. Teague) had sold to him. He had another important fact to communicate. He had received a letter authorizing him to say that Capt. Liynn and Mr. Richards had been employed to value one of the mines on the part of Mr. Teague anti Mr. Vivyan and the original proprietors, when those gentlemen, in January 1825, estimated the mine at 30001. In April, 1825, the same mine was valued by the meeting at the Albion Tavern at 20,000/. to Mr. Wilke, who was atlowed to charge the Company 30,00 W. The letter, which was his autho. sit), he could at any time produce in any court of justice to prove the fact. It was a most extraordinary cutting and slashing with the public money. Men must have more titan common impudence to enter into such transactions. Mr. SWAN said that as Mr. Teague had stated that the mines were sold by him (Mr. Swan) to Mr. Wilks, he would explain what was the fact. Mr. Teague employed him to dispoeoof the mines, and he accordingly agreed in Alarch. 1825, to sell them to Mr. Wilke, jun. for 4,0110/. payable by instalments. The first was paid by 31r. Wilks to Mr. Teague ; but when the second became due Mr. Wilks refused to pay it, unless lie (Mr. Swan) gave up the agreement. This was refused, because Mr. Swan had an into. rest in one of the mince. Mr. Teague applied several times for the agreement, ant) at length obtained it,tapott the ground that lie could not get his money without it. The agreement was then handed to Mr. Wilks to be destroyed, as he and 3lr. Teague had agreed upon smother more favourable in its terms to the purchaser. By the terms of the second agreement 4.18101. was to lie paid by instalments of 3501. down, 6501. 26th July. 11125,1,1100/. 26th Oct., 1,0001 211th January, and remaining 1.5001. on 26th April, 11126. Only the two first instalments had been paid, so that. the mines were for. kited. The CHAIRMAN—But was not the 54,0001. sufficient to enable him to pay the instalments upon all the mines ? Mr. SWAN—Moat certainly. Mr. CLARK—The Company would have no mines and no secu rity, if it were not that the whole contract was vitiated by fraud. The resolu ions were taco put and agreed to, and the Meeting adjourned. On the 21tli ult. at midnight, the town of Ifaubetage was visited by a tremendous storm. The electric fluid struck with such force the lightni;ig conductor of the gun. owder magazine, that a ceutitiel, who was near it, w as knocked down, and remained senseless for nearly two hours. I 2 3 by .Ih.; Ed- DM, and .3 f...e. none keti, h. c. Ilb. ; Ceel. Pd. Pd. f the full f the rered. , og. ,latO ; rs. c. by Hum. urity ; uke of ion of lona . sir morn- Ir. P. e one out in n Up- ,n still ice. al st at the y MI. at the p Mu which e balls ling of at the r Spa. n, thr I.age of t state lee be blisbed Swin :his ag ed Mr. bet lie tbst out his unroof. ontent- COD t ra e from he au teinent to what po p his io such person nled 10 CONFLAGRATION AT CRONSTADT. (Copy.) Lloyd's, July 21i, IBM have the bona& to enclose you a !cher from the Chairs man of the Cluninittee for managing the agrAirt of I.loyd's, (tiro miginal was forwarded in Crowded t, to be delivered 'o Mr. Borrker) 4 conveying the thailka or the torntadt e, toe the important setvicea rendered by yotte,elr the °Dicers, and men, udder you r mists, during the late conflZoratinn at i.rons*ailt. • • I am, with respect, Sir; Your very humble Servant, (Signed) Jll,llOl DE NN ET. Secretary. To Joshma hydaey ;lotion, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's ship Gloucester, Sheerness. (Copy.) Lloyd's, July 14, 1826. Sir,--ft having been represented to the Committee for managing the drams of Lloyd's, by Mr. John Booker, their Maasgmg Agent at Cronsvolt, ihat you rendered most essential service during the late fire a• that port, by superintending the removal of tie shipping out of danger, en extract of his report has been made public, tor the information of the parties interested. I am requetted by the Committee, to beg that ymt will accept their thanks. for the valuable assistanee vou reordered on that ott+ edition. and in which it appears, by Mr. 'Booker's letter, you were mast ica/ously supported by the officers ant! crew of his Majesty's( ship Illontester, and the Meteor steam-vessel, under your omen: to •hese. unietal exer.inos is to be attributed the safety of so many merchant vessels of different nations, as were at Cronstadt at tint time of the conflagration. I am, Sir, your very humble servant, (Signed) Wm. H mPs o Yr, Chairman. To J. S. Horton, Esq. Captain. of Isis Majesty's ship Gioucestet, Cronstadt. NORWEG'AN CI LUNY At spirieriaiik; obitatesios, Dtoi4j‘ - 00' o4sor from A iiir,W:y;-osir . b tie lassos suitor Illayh ontward passage to Archangel limn - A barque under reefed topsails, stand out from the N. Cape, and steering a north-west course, wind strcug f t m N.;1". The circumstance of a vessel steering at that sea son of the year, such a course from the quarter it appeased to have sailed, attracted the particular attention of Capt. Davidson, and is perhaps accounted for by its being des tined from Ilammerfest to Spitzbergen, with the necessary supplies of provisions, stores, eec. for a party of 25 mess who were sent on a Pshing expedition, as appears by the following communication on the subject : " A carrepondent writes from Cirriationa—!t is not without feel ings of interest and of considerable anxiety that our Government look foroar.l to the result of an expedition that was last year sent. to Spitzbergen, by two enterprising young Englishmen, who are established ut Ilatuarterfest, close to the North Cape. They had already; in the sunnier of 1824, erected buildings in lee .ouod, lat. 77. 30. N. preparatory to their sending the people, and in April 1823, the expedition, consisting of 25 men, sailed from Haut merfest under the conduct of an Englishman, we believe a surgeon by profs ssion. A vea.el that accompanied them brought advice of their safe arrival; since then no information has been received Their object appears to he the sawhorse fishing, and we are in. formed the country abounds in herds of rein deer, foxes, &c." FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THC ACCIDENT AT LATER coot..—it appears that three children have been taken out of the ruins of the house adjoining, the roof of which was carried in by the walls of the warehouse. A min, his wife, and a child, have been also dug out of the ruins ; the wife and child had brought the husband's dinner, and they were dining together when they were hurried into eternity at the same instant. Two other men have ais:, been taken from among the heap. From the situation of the mass, no doubt but the upper tier of vaults are broken in, and probably the other tier may be injured. The loss w:11 be very heavy, and where it will fall is at present unknown. THE Two New OPElZAS.—Notwithsianding the new Opera of' " The Oracle, or, the Interrupted Sacrifice," was not produced at the Lyceum until Monday last, 'the whole of the music, newly arranged by Mr. Hawes, l'aS been published, even at this early period, by the spirited proprietors of the Royal Harmonic Institution, Argyll Rooms; thus affording to the musical world an opportunity of judging of the merits of the composition and arrange ment of the various airs, Rte. at ;Wit own homes, previous tb v,itcjiinktbe.Teatre. On thwetyle of the arrangement a winter. music, by Mr. Hawes. we have only to re mark that the tank has been executed in a manner which reflects the highest credit ore that gentleman's tasteful genius, and adds another laurel to his fame. The tom: four following piec;:s, " The summer is coming," " not to " Shadowy Dead," and " The Moon its 041 the Hill," introduced in the new operatic romance of the Death Fetch, and composed by Chas. Horn, have created that sensation in the fashionable circles, that the demand for them has been unprecedented in the annals of music. ' Fete RANT ERS.—We have received the following let ter from our Correspondent at Staithes, near Whitby, respecting a meeting of the Ranters there : Yesterday, rhe llith inst. the Ranters had a camp meeting here upon the Cliff, hick was attended by a steam-vessel from Sun derland. One hundred and twenty Ranters came in it as pas. sengers, and great numbers came from other parts of the neighbourhood—there were at least 1.000 people. In their usual method of ranting std singing they spent the day in the open air. The Sunderland people went on board their steam-vessel at tree o'clock in the evening. and set their engine to work on their return home. They had got on their passage back about ten miles, near Redcar, when the vessel sprung a leak; ard from the R anters having, 1 suppose, bad faith. she sunk PO deep in the waters that Vie wheels could not work. They Increased the fire—the water was all dried up in the boiler—it was presently red hot, and set the decks on fire. The confusion on board the vessel then became ex tremely great; they had no sails to put up, and had nothing but a very -mail boat. The women screamed, and they shouted, to g^t the people on shore to understand that they were in distress. Soma called on their fathers, some on their brothers, others on their husbands ; and some girls prayed to God, and held up their hands for help. The men waved with their hats, and held up women's shawls, till at last they got the people on shore to come off wile' six citifies: but in getting into the cnbles, the confusion was so great that several, both men and women, lenped over t!ie boats, some not far enough, and fell into the sea. They supposed they recovered them all, but could not tell. It was hardly possib:e to prevent the cobles from being sunk alongside. The sea w: very smooth, otherwise they must all have been drowned. \1•!:: r, the weight was out of the vessel she did not sink,. but they towest her away. The coble-men matle them pay well for taking them on shore. It was about ten o'clock at night when they reached land ; and they had more than thirty miles to waddle on foot '0 Sunderland, which it is probable will cure some of them of eantirg. One poor fellow till upon the red-hot boiler, in the eonfus on of getting into the coble, and burnt his hand very much. I hoe r written this in baste, from one of the people who has returned to Staithes. They paid two shillings each person, for coating aid going back in the vessel, before they went on board." St: rare. Stephens, a respectable master-builder. sassaalay atoptingiterrinated his existence, by strangu lation, at his house in ‘ilarwick-lane. For some time pest, particularly since the weather has set in an intensely hot. the unfortunate gentleman had been in a bad state of health, accompanied with great nervous irritation and low ness of spirits. At the early hour of six, his son, whit slept in the same room, got up for the purpose of going to superintend some workmen, but previous to leaving the house gave his father some medicines, who then appeared in a composed state. His daughter, in about an hour af terwards, came down stairs, and as she was passing the- • bed-100113 door, called in to inquire how he had passed the night, when the melancholy sight presented itself of h. r father hanging from the roof of the bed, cold andmoan;- mate. Medical assistance was procured, but all to no put pose, as the vital spark had fled. Wet xc; ROOO RY.—Betwcen the hours of one and o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Green wocwl's villa at Brow; i ton, where where the Duke of York is at present residing, was broken into, and a small quantity of plate was stolen. H Royal Highness was sleeping on the ground-floor, within a very few yards from where the chest containing the plate stood. It is supposul that the thieves heard some sligi;t noise in the Royal Duke,'s chamber, as they took the pre caution to turn the key, which happened to be on the out side of the door, and made a prisoner of the Royal Gust and to render confinement the more secure, they placed a heavy chair against the door. Information of this robbery was sent off' by express to Townsend, the chief officer of Bow-street, who having communicated the same to S:r Richard Birnie, proceeded, accompanied by that Magistrate and Mr. Stafford, to the scene of the robbery, where it was discovered that one of the windows at the back of the prw mises, which opened level with the ground, had been imr.x open, and one of the hinges broken off. On the path lead. ing to this window, the impressions of a person a toes at# very distinct. It is conjectured that the thieves most have been disturbed in their operation*, as a number of the implements used by burglars were found on the lawn, where it is supposed that they broke open the plate•ehe:t, and made off with its contents. ~..K,« _~ 1