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STATE OF THE AGRICULTURAL of East and West Maryborough, Queen's county, the large and intelligent farmers who attended at the publia.examina tion, after strenuously advocating the necessity of such an enactment, added, that the want of it " was the chief cause of the inferiority of the Irish to the English and Scotch sys tems of farming ; and that the great obstacle to improve ment in Ireland was the uncertainty whether the land lord or the tenant was to enjoy the fruits of the latter'S ca pital, intelligence, and industry, because, if the tenant made improvements, he was always in danger of being turned out on the first opportunity without any compensation what ever for his improvements, however extensive and perma nent they might be, in consequence of another bidding a higher rent than himself, unless he would consent to pay that or any other exorbitant increase of rent demanded of him." Irish leases in general contain scarcely any covenants or restrictions. The few usually inserted are clauses to pre vent sub-letting ; to limit turbary (the right of cutting turf or peat for fuel) ; and to reserve to the proprietor the rights of sporting, of royalty, mines, quarries, making roads, &c. Except on the estates of a few English pro prietors, who are endeavouring to introduce the practice, no covenants are ever inserted, as is the case in Great Britain, to prevent the sale of manure, or of that of hay or straw, unless in exchange for manure, to adopt a cer tain rotation of crops, and to restrict the tenant in various other matters which are considered essential to good farming. Some of the witnesses thought that such cove nants could not now be carried into effeet, from the want of sufficient capital and agricultural knowledge among the Irish tenantry ; but others thought that such an improved system of husbandry might be introduced without diffi culty, if brought about gradually, and the exertions of the farmers were only encouraged and assisted by their land lords. Independent of the fact that wherever proprietors encourage and assist their tenants in making improvements, a great and rapid change is almost invariably to be found over the whole estate. The agricultural evidence fur nishes another very strong and undeniable proof that the absence of improvement must chiefly be attributed to the incredible apathy and short-sighted policy of most Irish landlords—it is the eagerness with which the Irish Farmers sec's: to improve the breeds of their live stock, and the con sequent extraordinary rapidity with which they have been fully doubled in value by crossing the native breeds of cattle, sheep, and pigs, with the best descriptions they could import from England. This shows what the Irish farmer will do when, as with live stock, he is sure of reaping the fruit of his exertions and outlay of money. A singular description of the tenure of land, that of tenancy in common, which was formerly very general in Ireland, lies been so universally abandoned, or is given up as the old leases of that kind expire, that the practice is now almost entirely confined to mountainous or wild un cultivated districts, which are chiefly used for rough pas tures. The principal motive of the proprietor in adopting this tenure seems to have been to secure his rent by ex tending the liability of payment to as many persons as pos sible, and the motive cf the tenants to save the expense of inward fencing, and of separate buildings, &c., by keeping the whole of the land in one large pasture. As may be easily imagined, the system leads, especially in such a coun try as Ireland, to constant quarrels, fighting, and appeals to the law, among the tenants who hold the land in common, the quiet industrious man being made the slave or victim of the indolent and turbulent with whom he has the misfor tune of being associated in their common tenancy. So ob vious, even to the apathetic habits of Irish proprietors, were the injurious eircets of this practi,!e, that, as already stated, it is Low fnst disappearing. CLASSES IN IRELAND. (Compiled and abridged from Appendix (F) to the repoits of the Commissioners of Irish Poor Inquiry.) MIDDLEMEN. The persons called " Middlemen" are those who hire land and let it (usually in smaller quantities) at an ad vanced rent to the occupiers, or to others, who again under let it at a still higher rent. In this way there may be, and often are, two or three middlemen, and sometimes even more, all deriving a profit from the land, between the head landlord or proprietor and the actual occupier. The evi dence teems with details of the injurious effects of middle men ; the following will be sufficient to show their paralyz ing tendency When there is a middleman, it is next to impossible for the proprietor, whatever may be his desire and his means, to improve either the condition of the occupier or the state of his property. The proprietor cannot reduce the occu pier's rent, or furnish him the whole or a part of the means for erecting new farm buildings, making new roads, draining, or any other improvement, because the middleman might immediately step in and take all the advantage to himself, by raising the occupier's rent in p ro portion. In fact, his hands are completely tied, and his best intentions entirely frustrated, until the expiration of the middleman's lease. " A very marked difference is already perceptible in the tenantry in favour of those who hold directly from the head landlords, who have recently begun to direct much attention to their improvement, and have, in several instances, intro duced agricultural agents for their instruction in agriculture." EXTORTIONS OF THE PROPRIETORS' AGENTS OR LAND STEWARDS. The agent's fee or commisssion of 5 per cent. on the amount of the rent is almost invariably paid by the tenant, in addition to his rent ; but as this is usually an understood charge, it can hardly be called an extortion. But, besides this, many, and probably most, tenants are expected to per form gratuitous services for the agent, such as carting his turf, hay, and corn, assisting him in busy seasons, &c. On some estates the tenantry have also to pay a certain part of the driver's (the distraining bailiff's) fee, whether he dis train on them or not ; and on others they are subjected to heavy charges under this head upon the slightest pretext. Among other extortions are the payment of a fee to the agent, and sometimes of a present to the landlord or to some member of his family, upon obtaining a lease, and mo,4t, exorbitant charges by the agent for drawing uts leases, which last kind of exaction goes altogether into the agent's pocket if he is a lawyer, and if not, is divided between him and the landlord's attorney. There is another practice which often occasions many disputes and disagreeables between the agents and tenantry, and is sometimes attended with great hardship and oppres son to the latter. It is the loese and irregular manner in which acknowleignients are given for money paid on ac count of rent. Sometimes this is only done by an entry in the agent's or landlord's book. In other cases a receipt or memorandum is given for the amount paid, but only say ing. " on account of rent due," and withcut specifying for what quarter or year. By thus keeping an open and run ning account and never coining to any definite settlement, all arrears, even for 20 years back, arc kept hanging over the heads of the tenants, and the Statute of Limitations is traded, while from the length of time the account becomes so confused and - subject to errors that the tenant is usually ignorant of the amount of the debt, and completely at the osercy of the agent. Many cases of great hardship under such circumstances were mentioned by the witnesses in the barony of Omagh, county of Tyrone. It was stated that a fermer agent (20 years ago) of a Nobleman, who is a very extensive landowner in that district, would never come to a set r!ement with the tenants, but only gave them receipts " on ac count." .Two other agents who succeeded hint made no attempts to recover the arrears which lied accrued under his agency, so that the te:iants considered those arrears rs forgiven them. A fourth agent, however, who was ap pointed only a year and a halt ago, has revived these old and obsolete claims, and lie has not only issues! hundreds (:f law processes against the tenants for th, full amount of all these old arrears, sonic of wli he admits date from 20 years before, hut he also cliares thr:n a guinea for and if they cannot pay olf the whole of the demand at once, lie repeats the charge of costs upon the subsequent ) ainients ienewing the process. Cases were mantioned ie %%Adel) this charge of costs was extorted twice within three months from the some persons. LE:-.SES, C617E:1...NT5, &c. A large proportion of the land is stated to be let on lease ; but the disposition to renew leases seems to be (..vi.rywhere diminishing, and ra:idlY giving way to tenancy et will, and when they are renewed,. the term now granted is al:nost invariably shortened from two or three lives, or 31 to 60 years, as was fol-inerly usual, to one life, or 1 years. The chief causes of this change are said to be-1. The desire of the landowners to increase their own influence and control, and to diminish those of the Catholic clergy over their tenants, not only in po litical and religious matters, but in preventing the subdivision of lane', checking the increase of the po pulation, improving the rural economy and general ha bits of their tenantry, and in other respects connected with the management and improvement of their estates. 2,1. The decrease of the term required to constitute a free hold, 21 years being sufficient to confer a vote of that de scription under the Reform I;i11, instead of the old term of 61 years. 3d. The expectation on the part of the land lords, that the gradual introduction of modern agricultural improvements will increase the value of land in Ireland, and that, if not tied down by leases, this will enable them to raise their rents. Many and contradictory were the opi nions given as to the effect of this general diminution in the length of leases and in granting leases at all ; but as, with few exceptions, the want of skill and capital, and the subdivision of land, prevented improvements under the old long leases as much as those and other causes do now under the snorter aiodern ones at tenancy at will, no com parison can be made in that respect. It seems pretty clear, however, that should this change of system continue to •be accompanied with the usual practice on the part of the proprietor of not only refusing either to assist the tenant in making permanent improvements or to com pensate him at the expiration of his term for his labour and outlay of capital in thus improving his farm, but of also raising his rent up to the utmost in creased value which the land has acquired in conse quence of those very improvements, although performed at the sole expense of the tenant, there must be an end to all expectation of improvement, except on the estates of those comparatively few proprietors who pursue a more liberal and enlightened system. There appears to be a small number of landlords, chiefly extensive English and absentee proprietors, who have zealous and experienced resident agents, and who encourage improvements of every description by assisting or compensating their tenantry in draining, making roads and fences, erecting or repairing buildings, manuring with lime, &c., as well as by employing Scotch or English bailiffs to teach their tenants a better system of agriculture, and by keeping upon their estates some of the best specimens of the English breeds of stock, to improve the native ones of the district. But, unfortunately for Ireland, such landlords yet form but a very small proportion of the lords of her soil, and the natural consequence is, as the evidence clearly shows, that, finding no encouragement to make improvements, the tenant, even when he has ample means, either gives up the idea, or, if he make any improvements, he takes good care to scourge and impoverish the land by heavy cropping for some years before the expiration of his term, for the double purpose of drawing out of it again as much of his money as he can, and of reducing its value to the lowest rate pos sible, well knowing that at, the termination of his lease be must either quit without any compensation for his im provements, or consent to pay the highest rent which any stranger will offer, without the least regard to the circum stance that this increased value is solely and entirely owing to his exertions, intelligence, and expenditure of capital. This is even done is the case of waste land, which, being reclaimed by the tenant at a great expense of money or la bour, or both, is often raised from a totally worthless state, perhaps not 6d. an acre, to that of the rest of the farm, pro bably 30s. or ="1. ; which latter rent the tenant has to pay tile moment his lease expires, or that his landlord has an opportunity of charging it. Thus, in fact, the more the tenant labours and sinks his capital in improvements, the more his rent is raised and his burden increases ! As a means of remedying this serious evil, the ques tion was started at the public examination of witnesses, whether it was thought that an enactment would be generally beneficial which, somewhat like the custom prevalent' in most parts of England and Scotland, should entitle the tenant, at the expiration of his term, to be paid for permanent improvements, crops, tillage, manure, ace., and should also subject him to pay damages for wilful neglect and injury. A few landlords and agents strongly objected to the proposition, as a tyrannical in vasion of the rights of property ; while the rest, and the whole of the farmers and of the disinterested wit warmly approved of the scheme. At the same time the majority even of those who advocated the plan admitted that there would be great difficulty in carrying it into effect at present, in consequence of the general want of means, both in the landlord to pay the tenant for the improvements, an't in the tenant to pay the landlord for the damages, to whieli either might become liable under such enactment ; and that, for this reason, as well as from the novelty of the practice, and the great change it would produce, the system should be gradually introduced, so as to allow sufficient time for prepar a tion and for thoroughly understanding its prin eiplr-s a nd appreciating its beneficial effects. The evidence is full of remarkable instances where improvements of every kind which large farmers had sufficient capital to undertake, cr small ones could hare effected by mere labour, had been prevented or stopped short by the want of such a law or custom, and by the short-sighted and avaricious unwilling ness of the landlord to secure in any other way to the tenant ha fruits of his labour and outlay of capital. In the barcnies THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1837 Duffield, T. D. Pollen, Sir J. W. Rickfortl, W. Praed, W. M. •HcOgson. F. Towerecourt, Lonl Bruges, Alford, Viscouut Polhill, F. —Steuart, R. Palmer, 11. —Barrington, Viscount —Holmes, W. —Hodgson, R. Hogg, J. W. —Fox, G. Lane •Feilden, W. Spry, Sir s. r. .Bolling, Brownrtgg, J. C. Wood, Colonel T. Morgan, C. M. R. Whitmore, T. C. Breadwoo..l, H. -Courtenay, .Dalrymple, Sir A. ➢liiles, P. J. Chantios, 'Marquis of Young, Sir W. L. Harcourt, G. V. Fremantle, Sir T. Jermyn, Lord Yorke, E. T. klaton, Richard J. Goulburn, H. Law, Hon. W. E. -Bradshaw, James Nioholl, J. TURKEY. CGN:;TANTINOPIE, JULY 10.—The accounts we get roar Kurdistan are generally so vague, that it may be in teresting to read a translation of the contents of the last official despatch of Hafez Pacha, tie Turkish Commander in-chief. 'the Paella having been: ordered to go against the yezidees of Mount Siudzar, who had been in the habit of plundering the iteighbourhood and attacking travellers, Li' ascended the mountain at the bead of a body of imperial g•.rards, troops of the line, and some irregulars. The whole! range was conquered, and such of the yezidees (worshippers of the evil spirit, or the devil) as would not surrender and renounce their impious faith, but took refuge in caverns, were put to the sword. One of their chefs, named Met too, finding he could not escape, iicrnanded quarter, lint he and the others were destroyed. Of the others who asked for quarter, 6,000, with their families, were marched to Diarbekir, where they have been colonised. About 1,500 more were made prisoners in battle. They were made slaves, and the property that was found was distributed among the victorious soldiery. Some of the rebels fled to a Kur dish castle, called Tellakir, and were summoned to enter the imperial gate of mercy. They, however, refused to sur render, and Hafez Paella went against them with the cavalry, under the command of the General of Brigade, Meeria Paella, Colonel Arslan Bey, and the Binbashee Ali Aga, accompanied also by some infantry and irregular troops. They marched from \Terra, and presented themselves be fore the castle of Tellakir, fiunous for the way in which its inhabitants have for years past been accustomed to slaughter people and plunder property. They sent to Hafez Paella to ask for mercy, and it was granted to them on their en tering into an engagement to acknowledge the supremacy of the Porte, to pay tithes and taxes, and to abstain from molesting travellers, Having put them in order, the caste! of Tallakir was placed under the charge of a man of confi dence ; after which Hafez Pacha came back to Nissibin, and took measures for having the imperial barracks now building there completed, strongly and commodiously. He placed Arslan Bey in command there with his cavalry, and he himself set out for Kharberoot. Other rebels of Mount Aghtchee, Veshmar, and thereabouts, between Aladja Khan and Malatia, were also punished and put in order. The same despatch mentions that 500 picked men of Tellakir were enrolled into the Sultan's troops, and dis. tributed among various regiments. The Sultan was so pleased at this intelligence that the Tartars who brought it were handsomely rewarded, and got clothed in robes of honour. Of course I cannot get at the Kurdish account of this transaction, so that we can form no idea of what it may have cost Hafez Pacha to sc cure these successes. We are so far not much better off in point of intelligence respecting the movements in Circassia. About the 20th ult. there was fighting cf some consequence at Tchaptehik, and the Circassian: acknowledge they were unable to with stand the Russians, who advanced into the interior several leagues, and built a small fort, to serve as an advanced post, but they say that, about the same time, their enemy was po sitively repulsed in the Koubaa, with great loss. We shall, at best, get imperfect accounts of these battles ; what little we do learn, however, is sufficient to prove over and over again, that Russia is not dealing with a revolted province, but carrying on, at tremendous sacrifices, a war of wanton aggression. How absurd, under such circumstances, to talk about quarantine and custom house regulations ! lam sure Russia herself does not believe it. The following is a translation of an article from the Turkish Takrim respecting the future exportation of corn : " It is well known that agriculture is at all times the grand source of support, the especial cause of natural prosperity, and of comfort to the inhabitants, as well as the foundation of the means of existence of the labouring classes. It is as certain, as it is evident, that by the exten sion of cultivation many nobodies become respectable families, and families become possessors of wealth and opu lence. The indolence and supineness apparent in the in habitants of this empire proceed from various causes, and, among the rest, from the prohibition to the exportation of the excess of grain, after the public stores have been sup plied at a fixed price. This being now understood, the sul tan, who ever devotes himself unsparingly to fosterin g his subjects, so as to secure to the inhabitants in general, and the poor in particular, every sort of content and comfort, extension of commerce, and abundant means of support, has commanded that henceforth, after a sufficient quantity of grain has been purchased and received for the rations of the army, the supply of the capital, or other similar wants, at a convenient market price (each place furnishing according to the ex t en t o f i ts pro d uct i on ), w h a t ever excess remains may be freely sold, bought, and exported, without interference or opposition from any one. In order that this indulgence be known throughout his dominions, the Sultan has directed that firrnans to this effect be distributed in every direction." A British merchant of this place, who had commenced trading with Circessia in Circassian bottoms (English not being allowed to approach that coast by the monarch of the Black Sea), some time back applied to Lord Palmerston to know whether his interests would be protected in case his property was seized by the Russians. He has now received an answer from his Lordship, telling him, that in trading at all in that direction, he does so at his own risk. Now, in my humble opinion, it was quite a work of supererogation in the merchant to put such a question to the Foreign Secre tary. lam aware that, in general cases, the flag protects the property, but how can the Circassian flag protect it when our rulers have not the noble daring to acknowledge it ? Thus, then, the eastern shore of the Black Sea is closed, against us by the fiat of the Russians. The Exchange on London is 11:3 1121. 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Wemyis, Captain Hallyburton, Ld D. G. Bentinck, Lord W. Dennibtoun, J. Wallace, R Steuart, IL 11.Leod, R. .Ferguson, Robert Forgussou, R. C. Murray, J A. Chalmers, P. -Dundas, F. Hastie, A. ,Kinnaird, .Elliott, Captain Ellice, Dalawny, Lord -Howard, E. Ci. Q. Loch, Jamas 111‘Taggart, J. IRELAND. Liberals. Acheson, Viscount .Curry, W. O'Connell, J. •Gibson, Belfast, Lord Vigor*, N. :Yates, J.'A. •Maule, W. H. Woulfe, Sergeant Young, John Macnamara, W. O'Brien, Cornelius Mall, N. r—Beamish, O'Callaghan, 1). I—Somerville, Sir W. I Evans, G. Brabazon, Lord O'Connell, D. —Hutton, •Reddington, •Northland, Viscount .O'Callaghan, Hon. C. Bridgman, Hewitt Martin, Thomas Bodkin, John James Lynch, A. H. Blake, O'Connell, M. J. O'Ferrall, More -Archbold, Butler, Hon. P. .Bryan, George Hume, Joseph Fitzsinion, N. Westenra, J. C. -Maliony, Clements, Lord White, Samuel Fitzgibbon, Hon. R. O'Brien, W. S. Roche, W. Roche, D. •Chester, K. Bellew, R. M. Joplison, C. D. 0. Brabazon, sir W. J. Browne, R. D. O'Connell, Morgan Grattan, Henry Lucas, E. Wcetenra, H. R. Talbot, J. H. O'Connor Don French, F. —.Somers, J. P. Power, James Stuart, W. Villiers Wyse, Thomas Barron, W. 11. Walker, C. A. Howard, 11. Grattan, J. .Iloward, W. Tacker, R. T. Price, Rickard Eastnor. Viscount Pemberton, Thomas —Sugden, Sir F.dward Noel, Sir Gerard —lifoneypenny,Cayt. Grimstone, E. H. Halse, James Wyndham, W. H. Trench, Sir F. Burrell, Sir C. M. —Jenkins, Hill, Sir Rowland Gore, W. 0. Darlington, Earl of Clive, E. H. Miles, W. —Arland, 'l'. D. Ingham, Robert Dottin, A. R. I —Baring, —lngestrie, Lord Farrand, Robert Chaplin, T. —Granby, Marquis ➢darsland. T. Davenport, J. —Copeland, W. —Barnes, Sir E. —Hamilton, Sir J. Vere, Sir C. B. Henr.iker, Lord Rushbrooke, Colonel —Logan, Thompson, W. Alsager, Richard —Kenn)le, Henry . —Porceval,..Captiun —Darby, tioorge Peel, Sir E. •A'Court, Capt. E Dowdeswell, W. tiering, Hon. F. Vivian, J. E. —Lascelles, W. S. Blackstone, W. S. Caleraft, J. H. Blackburne, J. 1. Wilmot, Sir E. Dugdale, W. S. ll.7rdaunt, Sir J. —Shirley, E. J• —Douglass, Sir C. —Blakemore, Forester, Hon. G. Gaskell, J. M. Lowther, Viseoun' Lowth, r, Colonel —Villiers, Lord —dope, U. W. Chapman, A. Attwood„ M. —Baker, E. —Burdett, Sir F. Herbert, Sidney East, J. Buller —Peyton, Henry —St. Paul, Horace —Barneby, John Lygon, Hon. Gen. Bailey, Juseph Bethel!, R. —Bioadley. Duncumbe, W. Lowther, J.H. Conservatives. t3ordon, Hou. W. Campbell, Sir H. P. Rae, air William Sinclair, Sir G. Johnstone, Hope Grant, Colonel F. W. —Ramsay, Lord Chisholm, A. W —Colquhoun, Arbuthnot, Hon. H. I—Lockhart, N. M. Hope, Hou. J. —Mackenzie, - -Stormont, Lord Houstoun, G. Mackenzie, Thomas Pringle, A. Forbes, W. --Blair, C. Conservativec O'Neil, J. _lrvine, Johu Verner, W. Jackson, J. D. Kirk, P. Maxwell, H. Litton, Edward Shaw. F. Lefroy. A. Cole, Hon. A. Cole, Lord Archdall, General Blennertassett, A. Meynell, H. Ferguson, Sir R. A Batesen, Sir R. Jones, T. —Ellis, ..... 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Antrim, Co, 1 Armagh, Co Armagh Athlone Bandon Belfast Carlow, Co Carlow Carrickfergus Cashel Cavan, Co. Clare, Co. Cloninel Coleraine Cork, Co. Cork Donegal, Co Downshire Downpatrick..... ......... Drogheda .. . Dublir, Co Dublin, City Dublin University Dundalk Dungannon Dungarvon Ennis Enniskillen Fermanagh, Co. .... Galway, Co ll Galway Korry, Co. Kildare, Co. I Kilkenny, Ce. Kilkenny King's County Kinsale Leitrim, Co. Limerick. Co. Limerick Lisburn Londonderry , Londonderry, Co. I,olloord, Co. Louth, Co Mallow Mayo, Co. , Meath. Co. Monaghan, Co Newry New Ross Portarlington Queen's County RthiCOMllloll, CO, . Sligo, Co. Sligo 77pperary, Co Tralce . Tyrone, Co. Waterford, Co Waterford Weatmeat 1 , , Co. ♦Wexford, Co. Wexford Wicklow Youghall ,ai•l Liberals. —Ponsonby, C. —Phillips, G. Carter, J. B. Baring, F. T. Fleetwood, H. Wilkins, W. Talfourd, T. N. .Falmer, C. F. Dundas, J. C. Spins, Alexander Fenton, John Bernal, H. -Hobbouse, W. H. Heathcote, Sir G. —Muskett, Brotherton, J. 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The follow ing communication from the Pilot explains the circum stances under which Blennerhasset, the Tory, succeeded, with abundant materials to defeat him. The conduct of the agent of the Liberal absentees has been most injurious in its operation. "It is quite true that the Marquis of Lansdowne brought up and polled the electors of the Mar quis's estate for the Liberal candidates ! but his father-in law, the Rev. Mr. Godfrey canvassed against him, and the most active Conservatives in the whole county are his brothers. What think you of the voters on the estate of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, having almost to a man polled for the Tory? The truth is, that his agent and near relative, Mr. Colles, was perhaps the most active can vasser fog the Tory. And thus Spring Rice's estate has been made ancillory to a Tory triumph !! ! But all would have been vain but for the personal unpopularity of Mr. Mul lins. It was asserted and believed, that instead of giving any protection to the voters who were, after the last election, per secuted for voting for him, he actually insulted and derided them. However, even his personal unpopularity might have been got over but for his neglect and mismanagement. The first polling day he had a quarrel with his law agent. He, soon after the polling began, actually insulted and pla carded his Committee —neglected the voters the moment they polled—had no order, no method—every thing was to be done for him, when, alas !it was too late. In the annals of elections there never was anything like it. But let the Tories enjoy a triumph they did not deserve. There is one comfort—the county cannot again be encumbered by an un• favourable candidate." The final close of the poll stood thus — O'Connell - 546 Hickson . 498 114 Blennerhasset The HIGH SHERIFF, with the usual formalities, pro, claimed Morgan John O'Connell and Arthur Blennerhasset duly elected Knights of the Shire for Kerry. Mr. O'Connell, it will be seen, headed the poll from the beginning. That we had occasion for stating our belief that the loss to the Reformers of the borough of Tralee was only tempo rary. is confirmed by the following extracts : (From the Correspondence of the Pilot.)—" Mr. Mau rice O'Connell was quite certain of his return for the third time. On the first occasion he was returned by a majority of eight. On the second by a majority of only four. On this present election he had a clear majority of thirty-one. On each election Mr. George Blake Hickson, who has lately been made Q. C., was the assessor. The voters of the borough had passed the ordeal twice before him—twice —and voted in a majority for Mr. O'Connell. Could there be a doubt that they would be allowed to vote the third time ? Nobody, at least amongst the popular party, was mad enough to suppose that the man who had allowed the validity of their franchise twice, would disfranchise them on the third occasion. Yet, so it is. Mr. Hickson disfran chised about one hundred voters who tendered their votes for Mr. Maurice O'Connell, and thus easily obtained a m ijority for Mr. Bateman—the entire constituency not much exceeding 250 electors." " The disfranchisement of the borough has created the utmost excitement. The assessor dressed in the jacket of a private marine—in which capacity it is understood Mr. Hickson once served — was burned in effigy amidst the groans and execrations of the people. " But what is of more importance, a subscription, already exceeding 1,100/., has been entered on to support the peti tion, and if any future event be certain, the success of the petition must be undoubted, This is, indeed, the opinion given by the loading men of the bar of all parties, whose opinions have been regularly obtained." KILDAaE.—This contest has happily terminated, and with a majority on the side of the Liberals which has effec tively dealt the death-blow to any hopes the Conservatives might have entertained towards the representation of the county. The Freeman's Journal, in doing justice to the determination and good sense of the electors, says they were " guided, to a great extent, by that most incorruptible and patriotic body of men who have ever stood in the breach to the designs of bad men—the Roman Catholic clergy." QUEEN'S COUNTY.—The contest is a sharp one. Suc cess, however, will crown the efforts of the Liberals. The Pilot observes, " Sir Charles Coote lies at our mercy. On petition he can be certainly unseated, on the very serious ground of the abduction of voters. CITY REGISTRY, S AT URDAY.—LiberaIs, 8 ; Conserva tives, 6. 'We announce the numbers with shame, though the majority is for us. It is deplorable that while there are upwards of one thousand good notices yet to be dis posed of, there should not be more than eight registered in a day. The success that might have attended the Tories at the late election, if they had gained a point which the assessor had nearly acceded to them, should teach the Liberals the necessity of putting the franchise of the city in a state to bid defiance not only to a fair contest, but fraud and chicanery.—Pilot. We are happy to learn that the electors of Athlone have come to the resolution of giving Mr. O'Connell a public dinner. A retainer has been forwarded to Messrs. Thessiger an Harrison, to support the petition from Limerick against the return of Col. Fitzgibbon and Mr. Smith O'Brien. The Kilkenny Journal has the following from a corres pondent ;—" During the late contest for Waterford, the Hanoverians scattered a good quantity of the Carlton Club bribery fund. In several instances so much as 50/. were given for a single vote. In many cases poor fellows who were tendered large sums for their votes, refused to sell their souls to the sable ally of King Ernest, although hard run for the price of a loaf. One poor, but virtuous Spar tan woman came to our Committee almost frantic at having just learned that her husband bad swallowed the bait of the Hanoverians, and begged some of us to assist her in finding him out, for he was hiding from her until he should have voted. She succeeded in discovering him—at once took the money from him—returned it to the Tories —and went with her husband to the booth, where he voted for Wyse and Barron. He is a carpenter named Harry, and neither he nor his wife possessed five shillings. He was afterwards chaired by the people. Do not the electors of Waterford deserve credit for having done their duty in spite of such temptations ?" A Morning Contempory says, that the defeated Tories threaten to petition against the return of Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Hutton, and are levying subscriptions ostensibly to defray the expenses of their petition. Of course they know a petition is utterly hopeless ; but it is very true that the money so raised will be extremely useful in paying Mr. Harrison, the Parliamentary Counsel, the fees (something like 5001.) still due to him as counsel for Messrs. Hamilton and West in their last petition. The smallest donation will be " thankfully received." STATE OF THE COLINTRY...-- NO sooner does the pro gress of electioneering matters allow the possibility of find ing room for the fabrications in which the Ultra Tory party trade, than the Mail is found at its dirty work again, making up and carefully collecting from the " state of the country papers," and cramming in to its own columns all sorts of horrors."On Monday last its readers were gratified by an account of an attack on a clergyman—a Protestant of course ; then follow most terrific details of a rising of the pea santry at Kildoney, for the purpose of murdering Mr. Hector, a Scotch fisherman. The statements alluded to may not be wholly devoid of truth, but we have detected the utter groundlessness of similar reports so frequently that we have now necessarily become chary in giving our credence to any account coming from so suspicious a quarter. On the present occasion we will give and leave the Mail's own paragraph as we find i t:— " ATTACK ON A PAOTESTANT CLERGYMAN.—We re gret to say that last evening, while the Rev. Mr. Gregg was preaching in the Church at Swift's-alley, a large stone was flung with great violence at the preacher's head, which it fortunately missed ; but such was the precision with which the missile was hurled that it fell in the pulpit, having passed within an inch or two of his head. This scandalous and atrocious aggression, unprovoked except by the faithfulness with which this excellent divine preaches th eGospel of Truth to his auditory, and bears his testi mony against the errors of the Roman Catholic creed, de mands vigilant inquiry at the hands of the police, and con dign punishment on the perpetrator, if discovered. If Go vernment will not protect the Ministers of the church in the exercise of their duties, though it may not be time to close our churches, it will at least be time that the Protestants should seek elsewhere for protection." At the recent election for Waterford, our respected fellow-citizen, Captain Dyer, was sent by mistake to the qualification booth, to take the oath of allegiance, for which there was not the least necessity, as he is an inflexi ble Protestant. When the magistrate came to that part of the oath which imposes the obligation of not doing any thing " to disturb' or weaken the Protestant religion as by law established in these realms," the honest sailor that's all astounded the magistrate by unceremoniously exclaiming in the fulness of his heart,—" Aye, by right ; but every man should pay his own Pilot, tho', for all that." Those that were by, could not help laughing outright, at the honest bluntness of the practical illustra tion of the wilfully murderous system. Volumes could not say more. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 14.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been very good, and upwards of 6,000 bags have been sold, with a firm and rather dearer market. The particulars are-200 Pernams, Bid. to 9d. ; 100 Babies, 7d. to Bid. ; 200 Maranhatns, 71-id. to 9-id. ; 400 Egyptians, 7i-d. to 9id. ; i3OO laguiras, 6id. to 74d. ; 1,800 Surats, 30. to 4: 1 2 -d.41 and the rest, American, chiefly at .51d. to 74d. per lb. 200 bags American, and 300 Surat are taken for export, and 400 Surat on specula ‘ EASTERN C Yesterday a numerous Meeting of the Proprietors of the above immense undertaking was held at the London Ta vern. At one o'clock, the Chairman, H. Bosanquet, Esq., accompanied by most of the Directors, entered, and di rected that the following Report be read : " The year which has nearly elapsed since the last General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company has been one of . general pecuniary embarrassment, and consequently of severe trial for all new railway undertakings. The Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway have refrained from aggravating, • by any act of theirs, the pressure of this crisis upon their own proprietary—preferring rather to wait the course of events and the return► of better times than to press forward the exe cution of the undertaking to the inconvenience of those who have embarked in it. The Railway, therefore, though not so far advanced as it would have been had the Directors made those periodical calls on the proprietary which the Company's Act authorizes, but which the difficulties of the times seemed to render inexpedient, has made as much progress as was practi cable with the limited means placed by you at their disposal. " The balance of cash in hand at the last General Meeting was 25,283/. 3s. 7d. By the call of 11. per share made at that period, and some items of interest and rents, an additional sum of 51,336/., ss. Bd. has been obtained, making the total amount of capital which the Directors have had at their com mand during, the past year, 76,6691. 9s. 3d. " In the purchase of land and various compensations in respect thereof, and in defraying the expenses of the works in pro (Tress, and other necessary charges as specified in the balance sheet annexed, the Board have expended 65,725/. 153. 7d. " In their administration of the Company's finances the Board judge it prudent to appropriate the whole of their first available means to the execution of that portion of the line, which will yield when executed the largest amount of revenue ; and to this principle they will with your approbation steadily adhere. The London and Chelmsford division is that which will undoubtedly pay best; and the works now in progress are those most necessary to be first executed, with a view to the completion of that division—namely, the bridges, viaducts and culverts by which the Railway is to be carried over the Stratford Marshes, and the tide-waters by which they are intersected. " The Unstable character of the soil on which these struc tures were to be erected, gave rise to some apprehensions ; but the Directors are happy to say that these entirely vanished in the progress of the works. Good foundations have been every a here obtained, though at some places not without a heavy expenditure of labour and materials. Should the remainder of the present working season prove as favour able as that portion of it which is past, the whole of the works now uEder contract will be completed before the close of the month of November. 66 Some parts of the land required for the London and Chelmsford division are protected by clauses of the Com pany's Act wli:ch provide that they shall not be entered upon without the consent of the owners, first had and obtained ; but the Board have the pleasure of informing you that they have arranged with the whole of these parties the terms on which they will give suck consent. Other parts of this division there are, the Proprietors of which have no such protecting clauses, but who allege that by private agreements entered into pending the Bill they are en titled to exclude the Company, until certain enormous penal sums are paid them by way of compensation. The Board al lude to the cases of Lord Petre and Mr, Labouchere. They have full; investigated the circumstances of these cases, and have takers the advice of Counsel eminent in the law upon them, and they are well satisfied that, neither in honour nor in justice, are the alleged agreements binding on the Company. Instructions have accordingly been given to the Company's solicitors to take immediate steps to remove any impediment which the opposition of these parties may possibly throw in the way of the Company's operations. " The objection which two months ago seemed still to exist to the making of peremptory calls on the shareholders led to the suggestion to the Board of a plan founded on the 169th section of the Act, which authorises the shareholders to pay in advance the amount of their shares or any part thereof, and the Directors to allow interest on such advances at the rate of 41. per cent. The nature of this plan and the considerations which led the Directors to think favourably of it were fully set forth in a series of resolutions passed by the Board on the 27th of June and 4th of July last, a copy of which was trans mitted to every registered shareholder. From the com munications which the Directors have since received on the subject et' this plan they find that, although approved of by many of the Shareholders it is objected to by so consi derable a number that it would be inexpedient to recommend it to this meeting for adoption. " The Directors have now, therefore, resolved to make an immediate call of another 1/. per share, which they trust will be responded to with cordiality and promptitude. Subsequently to the last general meeting a vacancy in the direc:ion having arisen through Mr. Clapham's becoming a party to a contract with the Company, and a representation having been thereupon made to the Board by a numerous body of the Liverpool shareholders, that they wished an addition to be made to the number of Directors from that place, the Board have willingly availed themselves of the opportunity thus afforded of electing Edward Cropper, Esq. " The Board, in compliance with the provisions of the Act, annex a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditnrc of the Company up to the 4th July last." (Signed on behalf of the Directors.) In answer to a question put by a Proprietor: • The CHAIRMAN said their undertaking would not be affected by any Bill now to be brought in to regulate Rail roads—the Clause introduced by the Duke of Wellington made them liable to the provisions of any Bill which might have been introduced within a year after their Act passed. No such Bill had been introduced—the year had expired , and the Proprietary were entitled to the whole benefit of tine great stream of traffic which the Railroad would be sure to command. The Engineer (Mr. BeAmiwAtre) stated that the whole line from London to Chelmsford would certainly be com pleted in two years, and at an expense of about 570,000 h It certainly would not exceed that sum, as that estimate included a considerable allowance for contingencies. The Report and these observations were received w ith applause ; and, on the motion of Mr. Fish, the Report was unanimously received and adopted. ' A vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors Wei unanimously carried, as was one to the Secretary, Engineer , and other Officers of the Company, when the meeting broke up, apparently highly pleased with their prospects. SWITZERLAND. The Helvetic of the 11th instant contains the following article : " Whilst our foreign cotemporaries confidently assert that Prince Louis Napoleon Buonaparte is living retired in a country seat near London, we positively announce his arrival at Arenburg, at one o'clock on the morning of the sth instant." The war of notes between Mr. Morier the British Minis . ter, and the Government of Zurich, respecting the sue' cession of M. Mather, was still carried on with g reat activity. Mr. Morier had answered, on the 25th of it'll' the note forwarded to him by the Directory of the Can' ton, under date the 22d. Mr. Morier contends that g• Mather, (although naturalized a citizen of Zurich unde r the name of Van Mater) was an English subject, a" as such placed within the jurisdiction of the British Crown : and that Zurich, in sequestering M. Mather's fortune had encroached on the sovereignty o f Great Britain. Mr. Morier then enters into a solemn PI: test against the measures the canton may thnr proper to adopt, and d ec l ares th a t th e testamentary bell . will be entitled to compensation for the prejudice thereby occasioned to him. He concludes by expressing a 11 0 1 )° , that the Government of Zu r i c h will, 1, immediately CO I " the sequestration, laid on the property of M. Willi e° Mather, to be done away with ; 2, deliver over to the JO" ful heir the papers of the deceased ; 3, relinquish all p re e : tensions to tax the property of a British subject not eOl f nable to its laws ; and, 4, formally retract the intention ° 0 having, by such pretensions, meant to insult or co nte° l the sovereign jurisdiction of Great Britain. The Government of Zurich, in its reply, dated Ist ;lil t " again repeats that the adjustment of the difference 10 d ; sively belongs to the Courts of Justice, and that the rig' ) of taxation is in full force, as far as English subjects 0 1 concerned, since no treaty for its abolition has been e ntere into between Great Britain and the Confederation. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 13.—. The Inconstant arri ve° , three days ago from the c oas t o f S pa i n, h av i ng spru ng be bowsprit, owing to her race w i t h t h e Pi que; t h e latt er ' being 200 tons larger th an th e I nconstant, t h oug ht to ou" carry in press of ca nvas , as i t was bl ow i ng h ar d. The lir constant, however, carr i e d on prec i se l y the same, thatl4t double-reefed topsails, and the result was that the r'q e sprung or carri e d away ma i n an d f ore-topmasts , w hilst 't on Inconstant only sprung her bowsprit, which was fowl° , 0 examination to be a faulty spar, there being seven where it brok e . Sh e b eat t h e Pi que seven m il es in a `i i t ' o r run ; and a large French frigate, which came to ha" t o r with her, was nine miles-a-stern in five hours, which ll°, "01 tified Monsi eur l e C ap i ta i ne , t h a t h e h au l e d his win' The made off, without waiting to exchange compliments. o t officers say that in Spain the Inconstant was t ur° o o ,l idolized. They ca ll e d h er no t a ship, but a witer e oc , they have every reason to believe that in a strong u r ° r ij. and out in a fair sea, she is the fastest vessel in the w r , SCOTCH ELECTIONS.—Some of the more inll:ica tant consequences of the Scotch elections may be cl ia ot of as follows :—fiist, a firmer determination on the Reformers than has been witnessed since 1832, not "tbsf to maintain their ground, but to regain the advantages idea' have lost ; secondly, the return of men thorouglO u n jel" tified with, and in almost every instance express l Y lo oo 6 stood or pledged to support, the policy of the M.' 00 0 0 a dministration ; thirdly, the extensive but baneful Il i :rod of the Clergy of the Established Church a nd 0 ' land lor ds.—Scots Ti»ies. Theses Printzlau, the late cashier to the Copenhagen - co t ° f tre, has been convicted of defrauding the cs tabrish rP o j 11 0 70,000 dollars. The sentence is, loss of honour 14 , 1 De right hand, and hard labour in a fortress till th e o ' ° restored or the criminal die, RAILWAY