The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

1P... ...11,4 eau' to human nat are, they had been pleased and at tache ato him. If thrny were to try kindly treatment — gene) eau treatment— rewards for good conduct, the most. agreeable resul is would be produced. On the othrar hand, if men we re treated as brutes, or something worse—if no confide, ice were reposed in them—if they w ere treated as ind'eviduals not possessed of those qua lities or sentiments which actuated human beings—such treatment invariably begot moroseness and a savage disposition ; and such was precisely the feeling which was to be expee' red. They could, in fact, feel nothing but contempt towards the perpetrators of such cruel practices, wh'Ach were against all justice. That which the meeting wished to promote was that a new system I should be a dopted in the army, and that instead of the present cr aelty of government, they ought to have an other of a different nature ; and that instead of giving to the officers the power of punishing their men, they should give them the power of pleasing them, and rendroing them good and effie!ient servants to the nation. The English public weve 'fully aware of the arduous duties of a soldier, to vil'ittt dangers he was exposed. They knew that his life was but a short one, and that de ring that life he wa4 'but ill paid for the services to his wintry. Such a m arAing as the present one, actuated only by a desire to, ?ender a service to those whom they believed to be sula,,ected to an unjust punishment, must speak in a voier, of thunder to the nation. He had al ready explair ie d the moral effects of the punishment, and its phr ',teal results were notorious. It ought not, therefore, to exist, even in its present mitigated form. It had dr (hulled from 1,000 and 1,500 to 50 lashes, and even th' At endangered the life. The 150 lashes inflicted upon t ,fiat unfortunate man, whose death had been the cause, of their meeting there, was the application of upwiards of 1,200 knots of the thong upon his skin. t them look at the application of a thong with only o' se knot upon a horse, and they could not be such de r LIOIIS as to continue the punishment.—(Cheers.) The date of the warrant under which he suffered was the 26th of April, and he was not punished until the sth of June. He would not have adverted to the circumstance, but for the unjust attacks which had bee n made against him (Mr. Wakley).—(Cheers.) He th oug ht that, after these attacks, he was justified in de' e n g so.—(Cheers.) The tribunal under which these ur,fertunate men were tried, was self-constituted, and the 'Acquittals were there fore not one in thirty. It was n et, however, his object to attack individuals, but a syst em which he believed to be injurious to the army an& navy, and was a disgrace to a Christian country. — (e'neers.) It was against the system-that they should d'aect all their hostility, and in doing so, they attacked., and furiously too, the indivi duals by whom it wa,„ upheld. They, who upheld it knew the horror an''A the danger of the system, and when the voice of the people was raised against the system, whe re w as the Government who, whatever might be the fe di ng in other quarters, would dare to oppose the nati anal will? Every man in England, how ever poor, we s ready to contribute his mite to the relief' of the selfY eer, because he felt that they were his brothers— -(Cheers)--and, leaving out of the question national pride and national glory, the poor man felt that Je nation was insulted by the continuance of the prac' ,ice. A letter was that day published in the Times, sig* 'led V, stating that the writer had been thirty-six Y' tars in the army, and was then in command of a regi taent, and could confidently speak from experience that 'the discipline of the army_ could be maintained with -out such a brutal punishment. He had seen men flayed alive.—(Great sensation.) He had seen a man receive seven hundred lashes at once ; the last two 'hundred were given while the man was in a st•ate of insensibility, and apparently dead, and for ceght he could know, dead in reality.—(Hisses.) lle hoped that there would be very little more war.— <Cheers.) He had not the least objection to plenty of soldiers and sailors in times of peace. War was a system «of national flogging, and as he did not like to see the :backs of soldiers mutilated, he hoped there would be no occasion for mutilating them in times of war. — (Cheers.) He knew there were many regiments in which a case of flogging had not occurred for the last twenty years.—(Cheers.) Yet, curious enough, the re turns of those regiments had been refused in that very curious House, the House of Commons. He supposed that they wished to withhold from the officers and the men that credit which was justly due to them—(Cheers) —and the parties who refused those returns might perhaps think that it would operate prejudicially to the character of those regiments where the practice of flogging was kept up.—(Cheers.) (A voice—" Move for a return.") He should like to know why such prin ciples should not be acted upon in all the regiments. He did not think these regiments were commanded by what is called " stern officers," but by officers who con sidered and treated the men as human beings.—(Cheers.) With these remarks he would conclude all he had to say upon the subject, entreating those present to hear all parties, and if there should be any difference of opinion, then let them not give rise to angry feelings. If they could not sustain their case by argument it was not sustainable at all. If the meeting considered that they adopted the right course by their present pro ceedings he hoped that this would prove a good be ginning, and that they would go on and continue the work till they were completely triumphant.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member then read a letter from T. Collett, Esq., M.P. for Athlone, as follows : " Dear Sir—Will you be kind enough to hand the en closed draft for five guineas to John Mathewson, as a testimonial of my approbation of the honest and inde lendent manner in w hi c h h e gave hi s ev id ence upon t h e ate inquest at Hounslow. —Yours, faithfully, " JOHN COLLETT." The Hon. Chairman then went on to say that he had heard Mathewson upon a former occasion, and from the manner in which he gave his evidence, he felt that he could not but believe his testimony.—(Cheers.) He had never acted, and he never would act, upon the principle that a man, because he was rich, was to be believed upon his oath, and that a man, because he was poor, was not to be believed. It should not be forgotten that a private, of the name of Cook, had been singled out from among the regiment, and in the face of his comrades was told that he was all but guilty of perjury, when he gave his evidence upon thd late inquest at Hounslow. He really thought that those two unfortunate men, Mathewson and Cooke, should be released from their services. —(Loud cheers.) He did not like to advert to any circumstance which had trans. / pired upon that occasion, but there was an anecdote of poor Mathewson which he would relate. There was some testimony between Mathewson and the command= ing officer, and the latter had witnesses to support what he stated, and Mathewson had none. Mathewson stated with the utmost naiveté, " It is very true, there wa4 this interview, but I will take care when I hare a pri; rate interview with the commander I will have a wit-1 flees too."—(Laughter and cheers.) The Chairman theri read a leter from Luke Hansard, inclosing a cheque fort 201. in favour of the objects of the society.—(Cheers.) l A series of resolutions, as follows, were then read by the Chairman : " That the practice i f scourging and lacerating tht) bodies of soldiers and sailors, with the cat-o'-nine-tailsi is at once cruel and disgusting, and a disgrace to thq British nation."— (Cheers.) , "That the constitutional danger of maintaining standing army in time of peace is exactly proportions to the extent to which the soldier loses the character an feelings of a citizen."—(Cheers.) " That in the deliberately formed opinion of thi# meeting the will of the British nation h as d ec r ee d th a t the practice of flogging in the British army and navi shall, at once and for ever, be abolished."—(Cheers.) I "That it is now universally known and admitted that a sentence of flogging may prove to be a sentence of death, and that thus a capital punishment has been, and might again be, inflicted for a trifling, insignificant, an even a ' halloa' offence."—(Cheers.) " That as substitutes for floggings, degradation and savage punishments, this meeting earnestly an fervently recommends the adoption, by the Governmen and the commander-in-chief, of short periods of enlis went, and rewards and promotions for good conduct, i the firm belief that the adoption of a benignant and generous behaviour towards soldiers and sailors, woul# beget in them a spirit of honourable bearing, and hig moral sentiments ; and that to allege that the means or bestowing rewards in the army and navy for good conr duct would not be cheerfully granted by the peop!e of this country, is a gross libel on the generosity and judg ment of the British nation."—(Cheers.) F. LENTHALL, Esq., would not be guilty of the gross impertinence, after the able speech they had heard frog their chairman, of detaining them at any length. M considered that the time was come when this barbarouls and disgusting treatment sheuld cease. The press ne mode of punishment he did not consider . as calcul a t e d tis operate in a beneficial manner; it was calculated tp create a feeling of moroseness and revenge.—(4 Voice—" Move, and cut it short.") He would ado* the hint which had been thrown out, an d wou ld ther ' fore move the resolutions which had just now been rea Mr. G. THOMPSON, in seconding the resolutions, se: that it was not his intention to have addressed t meeting upon the present occasion; he should, therefor , content himself with simply seconding the resolution. Ile did not adopt that coarse out of any disrespect to the purposes of the present meeting, but there were those present whom they might never have an opportunity Of hearing again, and it would be an act of injustice in him • to detain the meeting from that pleasure.—(Cheers.) . In - answer to a question put to the Chairman, hp stated, that in law White received but one punishment for the offence. Dr. Catteisez wished to ask a question of the Chair man, and could tot help, at the same time, alluding to his manly conduct in another capacity. The question, which he wished to be di st i nct l y understood, toed, was • h reference to the statement m a d e by t h e Hon. Chairman with He wished to know whether-the warra n t f or t h e trial of. White had been signed a considerable time- before the offence was committed ? He also wished to know why ' the Hon. Chairman, in his capacity of coroner, had not, as was usual with him, issued his warrant for the appre hension of those persons who had inflicted the lashes which the jury had stated had caused the death of private White ? --- Mr. WA KLET said, that with reference to the warrant, be had stated that it was dated on the 26th April, and the crime was committed in June. Such was th e s t a t e - of the law, with respect to the second question, h e would state, that if a verdict of wilful murder had been 'returned by the jury, he would unhesitatingly have = issued his warrant for the apprehension of the parties concerned.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. BRIDGEMAN, M.P., said that he once commanded a body of grenadiers, and up' n one occasion he called : his men together, and said that he had the power to flog, but he was determined net to use it ; he had net done so •`, upon any occasion, and he wished to know why, in the ' fare of these facts, flging in the army could not be • abolished ? He hoped that the degrading system of flogging would soon be removed, and that every elector should press upon their candidates the necessity of their ' voting for its abolition.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. JOHNSON NEIL, now of the bar, but late of the navy, next addressed the meeting, and said he was glad - to see a stand, a determined stand, being against a 4 eptenz which be had all Igo 0 cleoao4..ii (Hear, hear.) He had witnessed the bad effects of corporal punishment in the navy, and he Was rejoiced to find that its cruelties and absurdities were being exposed to the public. The lash could only be defended upon the ground that it degraded the victim, for it could not be defended on the ground of its inflicting severe physical pain, because that argument was brutal, not to say disgraceful, to human nature. Well, then, did the lash degrade its victim in the eyes of his comrades ? No, it did not ;it only excited the sym pathies of all who witnessed the punishment, and this was manifest from the instance of it they had seen in the case of Mathewson.—(Hear, hear.) Was he de graded . eded 7 Would the 7th hussars say he was degraded on hearing the tribute of respect which had been paid to him by a humane and Liberal Member of the British Senate ?—(Hear, hear.) He would pledge himself for the statement that men could be disciplined just as well, nay better, without than with the power of inflicting cor poral punishment.—(Hear, hear.) Why, look at Napoleon ?—(Cheers.) How was it that he endeared his men to himself ? Was it by the lash ? No ; it was by kindly acts, of no great mag nitude in themselves ; and why should not the same system prove as effective in England as in France?—(Hear, hear.) Moral influence was the pro per means by which to secure discipline, and when that influence was resorted to the army and navy would be come greater ornaments to the nation than even they were at present.—(Hear, hear.) The truth was, the regulations of both the army and navy ought to be re organised, and the power of the Admiralty, as well as of the Commander-in-Chief, rendered more in confor mity with the spirit of the times, and pieced more within+ the censure, control, or supervision of the public —(near, hear.) Why, look how Sir Sidney Smith, Lord Codrington, and Lord Nelson—names which the British nation would never forget—had commanded their men without resorting to corporal punishment, and why was it this policy should not succeed as a general rule?—(Hear, hear.) For his own part, he would have the whole regulations of the army and navy reformed— the pay of the men increased—the pre sent mode of enlistment abolished—the men allowed to retire after a certain number of years' service, and to vote for members of the Legislature; and, above all, the pri vilege of having their grievances tried and adjudicated upon by a jury of officers and men in the same way that civilians are tried..—(Cheers.) The Rev; J. NactioLsosr, who headed a deputation, was glad to have an opportunity of addressing the meeting, although at the time it wt s oren d he was miles away ; and, he might say, without any intention of indulging in the metaphor, he had come there at a railroad pace to denounce a system which was opposed to Christianity, and to the word of that great and good Being whose attri bute was mercy. He reminded the meeting, that on the very day the Prime Minister was stating to the House of Commcns the change he proposed to make in the system, the inhabitants of Hounslow were assembled in public meeting, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature to abolish the lash ; and when they heard what the plan was, they met again and formed a local Committee, to remain in existence till the voice of the people prevailed, and the system was altogether wiped away from the British statute-book.—(Hear.) He was there in the double capacity of being an advocate for the abolition of a detestable system, and the head of a deputation from the inhabitants of Hounslow, sent there publicly to thank their noble, honourable, and respected Chairman, in their name, for his independent and unflinching conduct while sitting on a recent inquest as Coroner for Middlesex. Now, with regard to the question of flogging, what was it that gave rise to it? Officers in the army attributed it to drunkenness, but what caused that drunkenness but canteen system. which they themselves had established.—(Hear, hear.) Let them do away with that system, and adopt a moral and instructive plan, and there would.be less of drunken ness, and no necessity at all for resorting to the brutal ising-, detestable, and inhuman cat-o'-nine-tails. Mr. LUKE HANSARD rejoiced to find that they were going to establish an institution for procuring the aboli tion of the practice of corporal punishment in the army and navy, end he assured the meeting that he perfectly concurred in the spirit of the resolutions which had been read to them, namely, that the common soldier should be treated as a fellow-being and a citizen rather than a brute devoid of all human sensations and feelings. Mr. EDWARDS, a naval officer, said it was not his in tention to trouble the meeting with a long speech, because they had met together more for the purpose of doing busi ness than talking. He accor di ng ly p ro d uce d a cat o'-nine-tails commonly used in the navy, which, as might be expected, caused a considerable sensation; and read a return of the number of persons flogged in the army and navy during the last few years, which tended but little to subdue the sensation which had previously been excited. Mr. CURTEIS, M.P., said he had come to town solely for the purpose of attending that meeting—not so much to speak as to watch the progress of public opinion upon this subject.—(Hear, hear.) He had always been opposed to the system of flogging, and he was glad to find that the public voice had been raised against it in such a manner as to bid fair shortly to produce the downfall of this abominable system.—(Efear, hear. He was glad to hear that the Duke of Wellington had ex pressed a hope that he might live to see flogging abo lished, because the Duke being upwards of seventy years of age, it was hardly possible that he could survive many years longer, and they had good reason to expect that the downfall of the system was near at hand.—(Hear, hear.) He did not quarrel with the officers who administered the law, but with the system itself; and though he was a radical economist, he was quite prepared to vote for any additional ex pense which might attend upon the substitution of a moral for the present disgraceful system.—(Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to the Hon. Gentleman who occu pied the chair, he thought the country owed a deep debt of gratitude for his manly and independent conduct while presiding over the late inquest. While he was upon this point, be thought their thanks were also due to the jury, and he must say it was unworthy in any Peer to attack the verdict of that jury solemnly come to upon oath.—(Cheers.) Mr. VINCENT regretted that the merits of the military system had been introduced upon that occasion, because he had met there solely for the purpose of protesting against a horrible system, and forming a society to procure its abolition.—(Hear, hear.) He deeply sympathised with that object, and, although as a member of the Peace Society, be was opposed to arms altogether, yet if the nation would have soldiers, in the name of common humanity, let them be treated as men and not as beasts.—(Cheers.) The system was sup ported on the ground of its moral influence. Why, good God, what nonsense that was, when was a man ever flogged into morals or morals into him?—(Cheers.) No, so sanguinary a system could not be justified by any plea, and he, therefore, blushed to see the names of Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Ward, and Mr. B. Hawes, who had aided many a good cause, amongst the members who voted against a motion which was calculated to throw some light upon this subject.—(Hear, hear.) If the system was to be defended, let it be left to officers in the army and the Duke of Wellington, and not the friends of moral and intellectual improvement.—(Hear, hear.) Nor was it a question of how many lashes should be given, because one lash produced just as much of moral degradation as five hundred.—(Cheers.) It was a question of whether the child of God should be tied up like a dog and lacerated more savagely than they would flog a horse.—(Cheers.) No, the nation would not suffer it, and ho felt confident that a moral combination amongst the people would bear down this, as it had often before,borne down other evils. Mr. CLEAVE, the newsvendor, and late naval officer, strongly urged upon the meeting the necessity of looking up and pressing their representatives in Parliament upon this subject, and getting a pledge from them to vote against flogging.—(Bear, hear.) The iron Duke had to be consulted upon this matter, and let them re member that the people had gained many a bloodless victory over that nobleman by the means he had men tioned, and they could do it again, by forming a moral combination against this terrible flogging system. The resolutions were then put, and carried unani mously. . Mr. WRIGHT, of America, then moved— • "That a society be now formed, to be called The Flogging Abolition Society,' and that a committee, con sisting of the following gentlemen, with power to add to their number, be appointed to carry its objects into effect : J. Brotherton, Esq., M.P. John Hastings, Esq., M.D. J. W. Boyes, Esq. John Meredith, Esq. The Rev. J. T. Cuffe, ILA. W. B. S. Taylor, A. AL T. S. Duncombe,Esq., M.P. George Thompson, Esq. John Drakard, Esq. Wm. Williams, Esq., M.P. Wm. Ewart, Esq., it.P. " That Mr. Henry May, and Mr. Thomas Plume, be the secretaries ; that a subscription be now entered into to promote the objects of the society ; and that donations and subscriptions will be received by the members of the committee, the secretaries, and the fox lowing bankers :—Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., 217, Strand : and Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., Lombard street." The resolution was seconded by Mr. G. THONPSON, and carried unanimously. _ _ The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. THOMAS Monars, author of " Recollections of Military Service, in Germany, Holland, and France, in 1813, 1814, and 1815 ;" and several other gentlemen connected with the army and navy. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, both for his conduct as coroner, as well as in the chair, and the meeting broke up at half-past ten o'clock. . The Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, with which the Labourers' Friend Society is now united, has just received the munificent legacy of one thousand pounds, bequeathed to it in the will of the late James Tomlin, Esq., of West Mailing, Kent. Mr. Newman is about to pay a long visit to Rome, with the view of completing his preparation for the priest hood. LADY MORGAN'S " WILD Inuit GIRL."—A new edi tion of this celebrated romance, has just been published, com plete fo , . 65., with a new preface and notes, forming a volume of" Colburn's Standard Novels." "We are not among those" (says the Examiner), "if any were, who had forgotten 'The Wild Irish Girl,' but we are not the less gratified at her pre sent re-appearance. The Wild Irish Girl' was the first product of a genius regulated by discretion of the soundest kind, and aiming at some of the noblest objects of intellectual ambition, the advancement of the cause of freedom, and the general elevation of the human species. We have here the first of a long and brilliant series of services rendered to Ire land, through the attractive instrumentality of romance. In the spirited and sparkling preface to this re-publication, we have ample proof that the philosophy of the author has not enervated her patriotism. We recognise the same true hearted and courageous Irish woman, composing her enthu siastic story in the - Lieutenancy of the Duke of Bedford, and re-editing it opportunely, after many days of various fortune, on the auspicious advent to power of another Whig Viceroy." Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co lonial-office for the Governors of Hong -Kong and Ceylon. Captain Elliot had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Clarendon at the Board of Trade. E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ETENING, AUGUST 20, 1846. IRELAND. THE REPEAL MAGISTRATES. DUBLIN, AUGUST 17.—The Freeman's Journal of this day publishes the correspondence between Lord Chancellor Brady and Mr. O'Connell, prior to the reappointment of the latter gentleman to the commission of the peace, from which he was dismissed in the year of repeal, 1843. No . . hing can be more complimentary than the terms of Mr. O'Connelrs reply, and a contrast is drawn between the ex and present Chancellors, which is, of course, all and away in favour of the Whig functionary. Here are the official letters of grace : Secretary's Office, Four Courts, Dublin, Aug. 15. " Sir,-1 am directed by the Lord Chancellor to acquaint you that the attention of the Lord-Lieutenant having been given to the circumstance of the removal of a number of magistrates, at various times, from the commission of the peace, on account of their conduct in relation to political meetings and demonstrations, his Excellency has been pleased to convey to him the opinion that these cases might be severally reconsidered, with a view of deciding upon the propriety of restoring to the commission such of those gentlemen as be might think properly qualified for the office. And the Lord Chancellor has felt it to be his duty to act upon this opinion. " In referring to lists of magistrates who have been so removed, it appears, that pursuant to an order, bearing date the 25th day of May, 1813, your name was removed from the commission of the peace for the county of Kerry. " Mr. Sugden's letter of the 23d of Slay, 1813, addressed to you, and that to Lord Ffrench, of the same date, a copy of which was inclosed in Mr. Sugden's letter, exhibit the grounds of this order. " On the best consideration he has given to the subject, and to the circumstances under which your removal took place, the Lord Chancellor is of opinion that these letters contain nothing which ought to preclude your being restored to the commission of the peace. " He desires me in consequence to say, that if it should be your wish to resume the otlic.3 of a magistrate, he is prepared to give the necessary directions for your being replaced in the commission. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your very humble and obedient servant, " FRANCIS WILLIAM BRADY, Secretary. " To Mr. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., &c." (CoP.Y.) . _ _ " 30, M s errion-'square, Dublin, Aug. 15. " Sir,—l have the honour to receive your letter of this date, written to me by the direction of the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, and containing an offer by his Lordship to reinstate me in the commission of the peace for the county of Kerry. " I accept that offer with respectful gratitude. " Residing as I do for a great part of the year in Dublin, I accept the commission of the peace for Kerry, principally because my doing so gives me the opportunity of expressing my respectful gratitude to that eminent Judge, the Lord Chancellor, for terminating the injustice done me by his predecessor in office, Sir E. Sugden. " I have also another and most powerful reason for ac cepting the commission : it is because I feel that the Lord Chancellor has in this, his conduct to me, vindicated the constitutional principle, that no man should be made to suffer any penalty or punishment for seeking for the repeal of an Act of Parliament by peaceable and legal means, and none other. " The Lord Chancellor has, therefore, not only done jus tice to an individual, but has overthrown a bad precedent, and vindicated the constitutional right of every British sub ject to seek for an alteration in the laws by the exclusive use of legal and peaceable means. " I have had the happiness of being acquainted with the professional and judicial career of his Lordship, and I beg leave respectfully to express my conviction that, as on this so on every other occasion, he will do equal and impartial justice to all, and vindicate, in his exalted station, the con stitutional rights and privileges of his fellow-subjects of every class and denomination. "I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your faithful and obedient servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL, " To Mr. Francis William Brady, Secretary to the Lord Chancellor." THE POTATO PESTILENCE. _ There is no variation whatever in the last accounts from the provinces. If possible, affairs are looking still more gloomy. The Tralee Chronicle, speaking of the rapid spread of this pestilence in Kerry, observes : " In every part of the county, east, west, north, and south, the plague is abroad, with, to use the words of a respectable Roman Catholic clergyman—' an Egyptian intensity.' Un happily, too, it is in those districts where the people are poorest, and where fever in former seasons of distress has been most rife, that the pestilence has more peculiarly deve loped itself. And yet it is with such a prospect as this state of things must awaken up in the mind of every man with a heart or a head, that Government has declared its resolution of withholding those supplies of food which—be his political views what they may—entitled Sir Robert Peel, in the words of one of the most active and benevolent caterers of the Kil larney Relief Fund—David William Murphy—to the eternal gratitude of the Irish people; it is at such a moment as this, that the Board of Works have reduced the wages of the labourers—that class, above all others, on whom will descend, with a desolating effect, the fearful visitation stalking through the land ; it is at such a time as this, we say, that the Board of Works have reduced the wages of the labourers to Bd. a day, and that upon works commenced but a few weeks since at 10d.; as though they would insult the miseries o f thi s wretched class, or break down the patient spirit, which, let partisans say what they will, hovers, like a glory, over the hovel of our poorest peasant. And what is the reply from the powers that be? In the absence of Lord Besborough, the Lords Justices tell us that, forsooth, they do not see any ground for interference.'" The same paper gives a lamentable sketch of the state of the barony of Iveragh. It is furnished on the authority of the Rev. J. B. Tyrwhitt, a benevolent and highly intel ligent Englishman, and a clergyman of the Established Church : " His accounts of the prospects of the people of this very poor barony, and all along from the River Kenmare, Sneem, Darrynane, to Cahirciveen, and thence towards Killorglin, is harrowing and startling. The whole potato crop is lite rally destroyed, while over a very wide surface, the oat crop presents an unnatural lilac tinge to the eye, at the same time, in too many instances, the head is found flaccid to the touch, and possessing no substance. The barley crop, too, in many places, exhibits the effect of a powerful blight. In some places, also, where turnips have been grown, they present—a, ' indeed, has been the case i n other parts of the county—a healthy exterior in top and skin, but on being opened are found deeply impregnated with a taint similar to that which has smitten the potato to such an extent that one cannot stand in the blackened fields with out being overpowered by the offensive effluvia. " In Cehirciveen, the centro of this scene of desolation, while the people are crying aloud for food, and are ready to pay for it, the store for Indian corn, under the direction of the Coast Guard officer, closes this day; and so urgent was the Commissary that here, as elsewhere, the door of execu tive relief should be simultaneously shut upon the people, that the meal which, for effectual aid, should be sold out in small quantities to the indigent labourer, was vended in sacks to the solvent farmers. " Contemporaneously with the Government order for clos ing the sale of Indian meal has been another from the Board of Works to their officer, to suspend the works under his management. " The poorer classes, therefore, who are as peaceable as in any part of Ireland, are already venting their complaints, and—we say it in a spirit of regard for the interests of all parties and classes, and imbued with hostility to none—that there is danger, if prompt steps be not taken to introduce food into the barony of Iveragh; the necessity will soon be a more general one, but we now speak of Iveragh in particu lar—and, together with that food, extensive employment-- there is danger, we say, that the peace of the district will be damaged. " The Right Hon. the Knight of Kerry, cognisant of this state of things, has, we have reason to know, written to the Marquis of Lansdowne, and if our memory serves us right, Mr. Tyrwhitt has addressed Lord John Russell on the subject. "Among the remedial measures in the way of employ ment that naturally suggest themselves to our mind are—the drainage of bogs, and the reclamation of waste lands; esta blishing a packet-station at Valencia, the result of which would be the formation of a line of railway, giving employ.. ment to thousands; the immediate systematised working of the deep sea fisheries." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The members of this body assembled to-day in the Con ciliation-hall. The attendance was particularly thin in all parts of the building. At one o'clock Mr. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. N. Maher, Mr. T. Steele, Captain Broderick, and Messrs. O'Hea, Dunne, and a few other members of the committee, entered the Hall, and were cheered as usual. Upon the motion of Mr. O'CoNNELL, the chair was taken by Mr. J. H. Dunne. The CHAIRMAN, in thanking the meeting and committee for placing him in so high a position, said he fully identified himself with the principles of Mr. O'Connell, and wholly disagreed with the physical force doctrines of the " Young Ireland party."—( Loud cries of "H ear , h ear ," and cheering.) It was not his (Mr. Dunne's) intention to make a speech ; but still he could not sit down without congratulating the dismissed magistrates upon their restoration to office. The SECRETARY having read the minutes, which were confirmed, Mr. O'CONNELL proposed a vote of thanks to the Limerick repealers, which he said he omitted to do at the last meeting —(Hear)—and then proceeded to comment on mistakes which he observed in the Freeman of that morning ; he alluded to the letter of the Lord Chancellor, and his (Mr. O'Connell's) letter in reply, on the subject of the dis missal of the repeal magistrates.—(Hear, hear.) The Free man stated that he was the first person addressed by the Chancellor. Now, that was not, and ought not, to be the case.—( Hear, hear.) Lord Ffrench was the first to receive an intimation of his re-appointment; and he (Mr. O'Con nell) was not a bit less grateful to the Lord Chancellor for his re-appointment, because it was a proof that Repeaters were again admitted to be as loyal subjects of the Queen as any in England or Ireland. By the act of the Chancellor, they were told, that looking for a repeal of the union was no crime or slur upon their characters. He (Mr. O'Connell) believed that the High Sheriff of Galway would not be glad w ard s t o hear Mr. Bodkin,it f r whohe had wae acteddihemea hear.) . s: most dT; haenrda unhandsomelyoahseranot htgentle menoe matter r he ri eorpneeaqgnruaeeardld(i ladigirl.l2.o:::: oHrtumhenaasetri)Bi through the country wouldshbaealedquaatlolynceannintot3ic-ead,, and r ill, ha ( en H edr ia ) Bill.—(gear.) signedThere a tu)sye h2 w eo , a ho s aodes a t p h e a ti t ti w on as persons in the course of the week, to be sent to London for presentation to Parliament; but he was now going to move that it should not bo presented, and he would give his rea sons afor lettermovingf rom that London r eso u that t ion morning, ii f e ro a r m , h g e o a a ordn. ) Th gratitude That autho rity,t stating that the Bill was withdrawn and would not b e pressed by the Government.—(Loud cheers.) brave addi tional rav ir e . andc°o'nCfip°dasetNnr patriotic i t : n M o rose gentlemanr. Thomastoove S hadcordialte e, b e — en sent down t o th e county Cavan to prevent the apprehended collision between the Protestants and Catholics, glad to say that Mr. Steele had and he (Mr. O'Connell), was been equally well received by both parties, and that which was feared to be a scene of bloodshed and riot, terminated in nothing more than a peace ful meeting.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN put the motion, which passed. Mr. STEELE returned thanks, and proposed nine enthusi astic cheers for Lord Farnham, and the noble and truly hu mane leaders of the Orangemen in Ulster. The meeting cheered the sentiment expressed. Mr. STEELE next read a letter addressed to Mr. O'Connell by the repealers of Edinburgh. The following resolution accompanied the letter : "The Nation having thrown out a hint that the members of the Repeal reading-rooms might subscribe for that paper in spite of the Association, resolved, that the Nutipn, having adopted a policy directly opposed to that of the Association, we indignantly repudiate any participation in its sentiments, and will in future exclude it from our reading-rooms." Mr. RAY next read a communication from the parish of Ahascragh, in the county of Galway, inclosing 71., the re newed subscription of Lord Ffrench and his sons, &c. The letter concludes as follows : " I cannot omit to implore the attention of the Association to the_molanctioly state 9f the potato crop, and t 9 feProgui to that body to which the people look for sympathy under this almost present famine, that that crop is a total failure . . In these united parishes all the potatoes are infected ; most of them rotten, and the disease making rapid progress in its destruction of the sickly remnant. Under these circum stances, if the people do not find continued employment, their healths will be injured, and contagion must be the immediate consequence. The Government will be responsible for the most deplorable loss of life and property that must ensue if immediate means of relief be not at once adopted." " I have the honour to be, yours very faithfully, " RICHARD M•LOUGIILAN. • " Parish Priest of Ahascragh and Caltra. " To Mr. Thomas M. Ray." MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said it was his duty to read a letter from Mr. Smith O'Brien, and that duty was rendered some what painful by reason of some of the sentiments to which the writer gave expressioh. The letter was addressed to Mr. Ray : "Dublin, Aug. 11, 1846. "My Dear Mr. Ray—When, upon this day fortnight, I retired from Conciliation Hall with a view to put an end to a scene which was not less distressing to those who witnessed it than injurious to the cause of Ireland, and disparaging to the character of Irishmen, I indulged a confident hope that Mr. O'Connell would be enabled, upon his return, to adopt such measures as would restore harmony in the Repeal As-- sociation, and reunite the efforts of repeaters in every part of the kingdom. "The hope has been disappointed. "Although unwilling to say anything that can tend to widen the breach which has taken place in our ranks, I feel that entire silence upon my part might be construed as ac quiesence in the late proceedings of the Repeal Association. " Under these circumstances, I am compelled to record my dissent from the resolution, by which the members and asso ciates of the Repeal Association have been deprived of their right to receive the Nation newspaper, in consideration of their contributions to the repeal rent. " It is scarcely necessary for me to disclaim any connexion with that journal; but lest there should be any misconcep• tion upon the subject, I think it right to state that I have never seen, previous to its publication, any article written for that newspaper; and that since the death of my la men t e d friend, Mr. Davis, I have enjoyed very little personal inter course or communion with any of the gentlemen wh o write in its columns. In the Nation, as well as in other repeal journals, opinions are occasionally put forward with which I do not agree—expressions are used which I regret and condemn ; but, while I thus refuse to identify myself with all its sentiments, I professand avow admiration of the ability with which it has been hitherto conducted. I admire it for the extraordinary vigour of its style—for the dazzling splen dour of its prose, and for the glowing beauty of its verse—for the absence of that scurrility by which -modern journalism is disgraced; but, above all, for its burning enthusiasm in the cause of Ireland. I sincerely believe that the aim of its writers has been to raise Ireland to her proper station amongst the nations of the earth, by the attainment of na tional institutions, and by the moral elevation of her people— to make her renowned in literature and science, in arts and in arms--to protect and uplift the poor without injuring the rich—to inspire patriotic sentiment without demanding blind servility of opinion—to combine respect for religion with en lightened toleration of adverse creeds—to unite the people of this land in one great and glorious confederation, and upon the basis of such a confederation to plant the standard of Irish freedom, supported on the one hand by loyalty to the Queen of this einnire, and on the other, by the wisdom, virtue, and courage of an Irish Parliament. "Believing that the Nation has rendered incalculable ser vice to the cause of repeal, I cannot but deeply regret its severance from the Repeal Association. If this proscription should have had the effect of destroying the journal, Ire land's cause will have lost one of its most efficient advocates. If, on the contrary, it should be sustained by the public in honourable independence, the Repeal Association will have voluntarily thrown away no inconsiderable portion of moral influence, by losing its indirect control over a powerful organ of public opinion. "I regret much that it has been thought necessary to sub ject to unfriendly and ungenerous criticism every expression which has appeared in the columns of this newspaper. If every article written in the repeal journals of Ireland—if every speech made by the advocates of repeal, in times of great political excitement, were in like manner to be sub jected to sinister interpretation, who amongst us could escape censure? At the period when a popular outbreak was really to be apprehended, it might have been proper to have adopted coercive measures to restrain the use of menacing language : but assuredly at no period during the last three years has there been less pretext than at present for interfering with the independence of the repeal press, either with a view to protect the Repeal Association from legal snares, or to preven t the Irish people from striving to attain a repeal of the union by means of physical force. "For my own part, although I have felt it to be my duty to defend men who have been unjustly assailed, and, in doing so, have cheerfully sacrificed that popularity and r leadership' which it is supposed that I covet so much, firmly repudiate the imputation that I am desirous to en courage the people of Ireland to struggle for their legislative freedom by an appeal to arms; but, on the other hand, Twill not consent to pamper the pride of England, or to encourage her oppression of my country, by telling her that the Irish people have for ever forsworn the use of the sword as the final vindicator of their national liberties. " A multitude of painful reflections suggest themselves to my mind in connexion with the recent proceedings of the Repeal Association ; but, as the expression of them would exasperate rather tha❑ allay dissension, I shall add no more than that I disclaim all participation in a course of policy which seems to me calculated to defeat the consummation of our national hopes at the very moment when we were upon the eve of a final and glorious victory. " I cannot conclude this letter, however, without renewing to you, individually, the assurance of my unfeigned esteem ; and I also gladly avail myselfof this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging the uniform respect and kindness with which I have been treated, not only by Mr. O'Connell and his family, but also by every member of the Association with whom I have been brought into personal communication since my accession to the repeal confederacy. " I remain, my dear Mr. Ray, yours, very sincerely, "T. M. Ray, Esq." "W. S. O'BRIEN. Mr. O'CONNELL said he was sincerely sorry to perceive that in the letter just read there was not the least approach or more than an implied wish, on Mr. O'Brien's part to join again in tha labours of the Association.—(Hear, hear.) That day week he (Mr. O'Connell) held out an invitation to Mr. O'Brien to rjoin them, and they had no reply but that letter, which could not be construed into an acceptance. There was a great deal of matter, he regretted, in it, which if he was disposed to treat with severity would require a great deal of observation from him; for instance, there was a feeling expressed to place a single newspaper before the public as the great advocate of the repeal cause.—(Hear.) Now, he would not consent to bandy arguments between that body and the Nation, nor would he enter into a discus sion with them at all, for he had something else to do. —(Hear, hear.) He had to look for repeal upon the prin ciples of the association, and in doing so, place all men upon a safe footing in his capacity of Repealer and Irishman.— (Cheers.) It was his duty to demonstrate, that there should not be the smallest peril attached to their exertions; yet he did not mean to undervalue Mr. O'Brien's exertions; on the contrary, ke felt the full value of them, and would be proud to see him again in their ranks; he would make a " bridge of gold for him to recross." In fact, he would make any sacrifice to have him again, but a sacrifice of principle, and principle for no considera tion should be abandoned.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") (The Learned Gentleman then read a letter from Cork, en closing some money, and referring to the late rupture.) He (Mr. O'Connell) could not agree in this expression, for he could not agree to the doctrines Mr. O'Brien urged, and, until he changed them for others, it was impossible for him to coalesce with that gentleman. For he believed, that if 'they adopted his principles, they would be all liable to a charge of high treason. That was his candid opinion as a lawyer.—(Loud cheers.) The principles promulgated by Mr. O'Brien and the Young Ireland party were to act on peaceable measures if they could ; but, if they did not succeed with them, to resort to physical force. Now, as a lawyer, it was his conviction that it was high treason to hold such principles as a body of men ; and therefore it was, that peaceable measures alone were the fundamental prin ciples of that Association.—( Hear, hear.) The Lord Chan cellor admitted by his late Act that Repealers had a right to agitate peaceably and legally for a change of the law; but would he have done so if they resorted to force ? On the contrary, the moment they did so, their conduct would have been illegal. The difference between the two principles were imprisonment and death, and liberty and freedom, and if he (Mr. O'Connell) was to run such a risk as the Young Ireland party proposed, he would be running the risk of the lives of all the members of that body, and also his own life; and for that reason he would not coalesce with Mr. O'Brien, or any man advocating his doctrines.—(Hear, and cheers.) The Tories sent him (Mr. O'Connell) to gaol for keeping the peace—but they could not keep him there; because they had no evidence of physical force doctrines to bring against him ; but evidence could then be produced from the Nation, if there was any connexion which they could be made liable to. That was one of his reasons for disconnecting himself with Mr. O'Brien and his party; and another was, for what the Nation said as to the Association's connexion with France. It said that they were promised assistance from France through M. Ledru Rollin and from other sources; but there was no foundation for such a statement, and he would hold no connexion with a paper capable of asserting so gross a falsehood.—(Cheers.) His principles were peaceable, and lie would not accept repeal if obtained by revolution or force, because the moment force was found to be a successful weapon by one party, another was always pre pared to start up and use it; so that if they even got re peal by the principles the Nation urged, another nation might start up to take it from them.—(Cheers.) He would not, therefore, have repeal on any but moral force letter said) "his sincerity and wisdom were again trium phantly attested." Alderman DELAurrrY, Waterford, handed in 40/. Captain SEAVER proposed the admission of Mr. George Guy, jun., who, he stated was a most r€spectable merchant in :Newry.—Motion carried. _ _ At this stage of the proceedings a respectably dressed man, whose name we understood to be John Martin, rose to address the meeting ; but was instantly interrupted by Mr. O'Connell, who said he could not listen to him as he was not a member of the Association, and, moreover, he had ad dressed to them a most impertinent letter. Mr. MARTIN persisted in being heard. Mr. O'CONNELL would not allow it.—(A Voice—" Pay your 1/., Mr. Martin.) No, not 1,000/. could obtain his ad mis‘ion.—(Cheers. ) This closed the proceedings of the day. Mr. O'CONNELL announced the repeal rent for the week to he 2291. Is. 3d. Mr. Foam:Ty, of Cobra Castle, was then called to the chair, and the meeting separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMOAS, August 19. THE ROYAL NAVY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) grounds, for then it would be permanent; but if otherwise, the end of their victory would be a military despotism, or a system. of anarchy. Revolutionary warfare had a hor rible effect on society. It had the effect of separating husbands from their wives, mothers from their daughters, and brothers from their sisters, and was always mixed up with the confiscation of property—(Cries of Hear, hear ") —which generally was a transfer of the property of the good and the virtuous to the depraved and abandoned.— (Cheers.) They got emancipation by moral force, and they were not the worse for it.—(Loud cheers.) The Association had a difficult raid to play, for they were attacked on all sides—(Hear, hear)—for the young men attached to it also wrote for other papers, which accounted for the support the Nation got in some quarters. It was a pity to see young young men of talent endeavouring to injure the cause of Ireland. —(Hear, hear.) They said they were Repealers, and agreed with the Association to a certain extent; if they did, why did they not work with it to a certain extent? But instead of doing so, they were throwing every obstacle in the way of repeal, and doing everthing calculated to prevent its being carried out. Was he to be told that moral means would nor do? Had th no t already succeeded by it ? implored uo Mr. Smith O'B r i en to throw a W do a p s t n e o d t caredopmhyasnicciaplatfioornce? He by it ? Talk of violence and they would shut out every mo d era te man. What chance would they have o f th e P ro t es tant gentry in Ulster , or of the Roman Catholi c gen t ry o f t h e other provinces , if they cheers. Let that p a t r i ot i c gent l e man recollect that on the state t r i a l s t h e chief docum ent used against the repeal travers ers was t h e Aration newspaper, sword. which published th a t r idi culous poem , entitled—" Who (Hear, w r, ay hear.hi Hored. fears to talk of '98?" He (Mr. O'Connell) did not fear to talk of '9B, but he talked of it to condemn it.—Loud cries of "Hear, hear," and Cheers.) That rebellion had produced anarchy and blood, and but for it the Union would not have been carried--(Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then went on to say, that the measures of relief proposed by th e present Parliament would not be successful, but had been of use. The argu ment against the repeal would have vanished the moment that the failure was demonstrated. He had given the trial —he could not do more.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Taey would have the repeal, and that repeal would alone be achieved by moral force ; an d though the Association parted sorrowfully with those who differed from them, it had confidence in the people, and, above all, in the mercy and protection of a generous God.—(Loud cheers.) Captain 13nonEn1am read a letter from Carrickmacross, enclo , ing half notes for 81.; and also an address from the Repellers of that town, reiterating their sentiments of con fidence is Mr. O'Qonnell M the present crisis, when c 8.5 the Captain PECHELL hoped that the Gallant Officer would not be daunted in his course by the observations which had been made by the Hon. Member for Montrose, and that in the next session he would be able to con vince that Hon. Member of the necessity of such reforms as he had pointed out, Captain CARNEGIE spoke in favour of the motion. Captai❑ LAYARD said that great reforms were ne cessary in the army, and contended that no skill or assi duity could possibly obtain promotion in the army, and would advise any gentleman upon no account to scnd his son to the service, unless ha had great interest or a large fortune, and he felt convinced that some change would be made before long. He was sorry to hear from the Government that no measures were intended to be brought forward to remove this great and crying evil. He thought the public would not long endure that their regiments should be entrusted to the command of young and inexperienced officers, while the older officers were passed over and neglected. He maintained also that those officers who had done their duty so nobly for the country should not be allowed to finish their honour able career unrewarded, and hoped that the period was not far off when distance of time would not be considered a bar to honour and promotion. Colonel VERNER thought, as an old soldier, that the Gallant Member who had brought this motion forward deserved the best thanks of the army and of the country for so doing. The subject of rewarding the officers of the Peninsula had been before the public some years since, but, as yet, that mea sure of justice had never b en awarded to thoso gallant officers.- He hoped that, even at this late period thesa officers would have soma distinction awarded to them while on earth, and which their families might cherish when those who had earned and deserved them were gone to their rest. _ . Colonel REID wi.S sorry to hear that the Govern ment were ❑ot prepared to concede to the motion of the Gallant Member for Westminster. _ _ Mr. FOX NIAULE said that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had not pledged himself in any way in reference to the motion of the Hon. Member. He (Mr. F. Maule) deprecated such a discussion in a House like the present. His Hon. Friend had desig nated the system of purchase as a bad one, and though in some respects he might agree with him, still he could not concur in such a sweeping condemnation. The distribution of the patronage at the Horse Guards had been frequently called in question in that House, but he believed that it was administered in as unexceptionable a manner as the system world admit of. It was very natural to suppose that there would be much individual dissatisfaction, as the number of applications frequently exceeded the number of vacancies that would be at the disposal of Government for twenty years. The question of going into Committee had been so fully answered by his Noble Friend at the head of the Government, that he would not enter further into the question. With reference to the question of decorations and medals, he thought that that subject should be left to the Government of the day, and it was now too late, he thought, to bring the latter part of the motion forward. Sir DE LACY EVANS replied. He was of opinion that the speech of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would not be satisfactory to the House or the country. his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary-at- War had endeavoured to modify the speech of the Noble Lord, by saying that he had not pledged himself in any way to the motion, but this would not in his (Sir De L. Evans's)opinion satisfy either the army or the public, and he would say, in conclusion, that if the Noble:Lord did not take the subject into his consideration during the recess, and bring forward a measure to place the army, with re gard to promotion, on the same footing as the navy, he would bring the motion on again early next session. The motion was then by leave withdrawn. RAILWAY BOARD. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the appointment of a railway department. The Bill was founded upon the resolutions which had been re cently come to by both Houses of Parliament. Its object was to constitute a board for the regulation of all mat ters relating to railways ; and as the common consent of both Houses was necessary to appoint it, the present Bill was introduced for that purpose. He would now briefly state its provisions. It was first pro posed that a board should be appointed, consisting of five individuals—a president, who should be more or less connected with the Government; two paid members not connected with the Government; and two unpaid members connected with the Government. The reason why two of the commissioners were proposed to be connected with the Government was, that there should be a Member in either House ready at all times to answer questions that might be put relative to rail ways. It was then proposed to enable them to have transferred to their control the whole of the business, officers, clerks, &c., at present in connexion with the railway department of the Board of Trade. It was also intended to impose upon them the duty of seeing that all railways at present existing should strictly comply with the provisions of their re spective Bills. There was a clause also to enable the Board to carry on any inquiry which might be referred to them by either House of Parliament, and to suggest to the House what course might be most expedient to adopt in reference to railway business in general. There was one subject which, thought not part of this Bill, he thought it would be desirable to revise during the recess—he meant the standing orders of that House relating to railways. One thing in particular he thought should be considered—whether a longer time should not be allowed to elapse between the first proposal to construct a railway and the bringing the Bill before tile con sideration of Parliament, so as to afford time to make such inquiries as might be deemed necessary during the interval. He had now briefly ex plained the nature of the Bill, and he was sure there would be no objection to a measure which all must see to be imperatively necessary in the present state of the railway business of the country. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. MORRISON thought there ought to be some thing more than the mere transference of the present powers of the Board of Trade to the Commissioners, to do any amount of good. He wished to know if the proposed Board would have the power to send for papers and records, because, without this, little good could be done? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that subject had not been considered by the Govern ment, but it would be, and an answer would be given in the next stage of the Bill. Mr. GREENE briefly supported the course proposed. Mr. P. BORTIIWICK thought the Bill proposed was a step in the right direction, only he considered the powers should be much more extended than they were proposed to be. After a few observations from Mr. MORRIS, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to what some Hon. Members had said, intimated that the Government only proposed now that which the whole House might consent to, and with regard to more extensive powers, the whole subject would be fully dis cussed and considered in next session of Parliament. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, The Bill was then brought in, and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. HOUSE OF KEYS, ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BO WRING moved for the correspondence, or extracts of correspondence, respecting the appointment of Colonel James Campbell to the House of Keys, in the Isle of Man, with copies of the warrant levying a fine for his refusing to serve, and his protest thereupon. Agreed to. _ _ The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Four o'clock. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held yesterday, at the London-bridge Terminus; Mr. A. Wilkinson in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, from which we extract the following : "In the present session of Parliament branches from the main line have been obtained to Wandsworth, East Grin stead, Steyning, Littlehampton, Newhaven, Hailsham, and Eastbourne, and also an important communication with the Thames at Deptford. A successful opposition has likewise been made to the schemes of the South-Eastern Company, for engrossing the whole county of Kent, and thus depriving this Company of their due share of that traffic which has hitherto passed over a portion of your line, and to receive which it was partly constructed. It is believed that your power of affording accommodation to that traffic, to that ex tent, and, consequently, your claim to it, is superior to any which has been advanced by the South-Eastern Company. " It will be proposed to you to sanction an application to a P g a r r e li e a m m e e n n t t, w i h n ich th h e a r s ,ex be t thet into w c i t o h n fi t ation directors cf an f the Direct London and Portsmouth Company, for a complete amalgamation of the two companies. A glance at the map will suffice to point out the importance of this agreement. en ses e s n i t o e n red fo i r n By such amalgamation, and the other arrangements which you have lately completed, you will have at your disposal very extensive means of affording, to a large district, the most satisfactory public accommodation. You will have lines extending from London-bridge, on the one hand, to thigh ton, Lewes, Hastings, and Newhaven ; on the other, to Epsom, Dorking, Petersfield, and Portsmouth; with coast lines from Portsmouth to Hastings. " The proprietors cannot fail to appreciate the advantage" ous position which will thus be secured for this Company. It should never be forgotten, however, that your only title to it is an unceasing pursuit of the public welfare, as coincident with your own. With this view, and having thus far se cure* system of internal communication for the south of England, your directors feel that it would be incomplete without an effective method of foreign extension. The only obstacle to the more general adoption c f the route yid Dieppe, the shortest between London and Paris, is the length of the sea passage, and your directors have deemed it their duty to do all in their power towards the removal of that obstacle, by the cons:ruction of excellent boats, whi:h will portico the passage with certainty in a single tide. As the powers of your Acts of Parliament a 9 nvt eztoua to the accinapli4h ment of this object, it has been found necessary to raise a separate fund for this purpose by a separate ccmpany— whose directors, however, will' be the directors of this Com pany, and the dividend upon the capital of which will be assimilated to the dividend upon the capital of this Com pany. The shares will be distributed pro rata amongst the proprietors. " Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, reports that the working of the atmospheric system on the line between Croydon and London progresses satisfactorily, and attains, daily, a greater degree of regularity ; and the directors beg to refer for details to his report, which will be read to the meeting. " It will be necessary to raise additional capital within the present year, for the pnrposes and under the powers declared in the Acts of the present session ; and with this view it is proposed to take a vote for the raising, by the creation of shares, the -sum of 531,0001. " It is proposed to take powers at this meeting to borrow 738,6661., under the authority of the Amalgamation Act; 'and to consolidate the shares of the two companies into a common stock, as sanctioned by the Act of Amalgamation. " The directors have only to add, in conclusion, that their rule of action in the administration of your affairs will con • tinue to be, to afford the greatest possible amount of accom modation to the public at the lowest rates at which such accommodation can be fairly furnished." A prospectus of a Brighton and Continental Steam-packet Company, alluded to in the directors' report, was distributed among the proprietors. A resolution for amalgamating the Direct Portsmouth Railway was agreed to, the Portsmouth subscribing one third of the capital. Mr. Levy brought before the attention of the meeting the indefatigable services of Mr. Young, the secretary of the Croydon Company, and suggested that a handsome sum should be awarded to him for the talent and great industry with which he had ever promoted the interests of the Croydon . proprietors. The Chairman and several of the proprietors bore testimony to the unceasing attention and activity of Mr. Young in the Performance of the duties of his office, and the claim of that gentleman on the consideration of the Company was left to the directors to be dealt with by them as they thought proper. The remuneration - to the directors having been fixed at 100/. per annum each, and auditors appointed, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman ,and the meeting broke up RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. MA.NCHESTMIL AND SOUTHAMPTON. (Continued from our Afternoon Editioa of yesterday.) Mr. Hoskins, one of the Tithe Commissioners, and for merly connected with the timber trade of the district, gave evidence in favour of the line, as also did Major White, Town Major of the garrison of Portsmouth; Mr. Moreley, traffic manager of the Eastern Counties; Mr. Charles Brines, manager of the Clay-cross Collieries; and Mr. Kent, manager of Mr. Endall's hardware works, at Birmingham. Mr. Bidder, tfie engineer to the line, was next examined— E.Aithate per mile; 18,000/. ; total cost, 1,600,000/. The wit ness repeated in detail the evidence given by him before the Committee of the House of Commons, which appeared at length at the time; in fact, the whole of the evidence adduced was, with scarcely an exception, a repetition of that adduced in the Commons. The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Talbot, and the Committee adjourned until to-morrow, LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE S AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tle Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. '-STOCX DAMES. LONDON 301 W Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia •• •• •• •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 20 2 Brits!' North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 43 Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24% ^olontal .. ..... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 271 i London Joint-Stock .• . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Metropolitan . . 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. U. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 48 3, Ditto, New... •• •• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 19 National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 21 Nat. Provneial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 35 Ditto, New.— •• •• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25% Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11.. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. s. d. s. d. Albion ....... •••• • • • 3/. lOs 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine.• • •-• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 s Atlas . . • British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Llfe 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% County .• .. Crown .......... •• • • 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - E:agle •• Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% European Life ...• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe Guardian ...... • ....• 5/: per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48 Imperial Fire ...... 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 Imperial Lifo .. •. • ... • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life l/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 52 Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 6 London Fire •• • • .... I Os. 25 0 0 12 10 0 144 London Ship .. ••.• • • I Os. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% Marine.. •. • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 41. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Loam Fund.. St. per cent. 20 0 0 2. 10 • 0 - National Life Palladium Life ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. Os. Phoenix • • - 205 Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s Provident Life• •••• • .. 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life.. ••••• • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 43i Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. 198 Sun Fire.. • ..• • • ... Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. 49 Universal Life • • lOl4/. pr cnt 100 0 615 0 22 • CANALS. Names of p: Dividend ' Names of ai Dividend Price. Companies. per Companies. A co Annum. Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. p e 70 Nfonmouthsb 100 8/. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. 70 Afritgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 38 Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• • • . 100 171. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford.... 100 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's •• • • 33 11. 55. 25 Derby Ellsmre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropshire • . 125 81. Erewash Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunetn 100 71. 953 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 295 Grand Union 100 N. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 315 Glstr&Brkly 3 00 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham . • 150 12/. 100 Severn and} 26 1/. Bs. 32 Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail. Kennt & Avu 39 Is. 6cl. 9 1 ,6 Trnt & Mr-1 Lancaster 471 11. 10s. - sey, sh. ;so/. - Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 Thains &Med 19 - Leicester ..• • 140 10/. 105 Worcstr & 78 21 Leicstr &Nth 83' 4/. 60 Birming. 44 Loughborogh 142 701. 850 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 DOOMS. i Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. Paid. X s. d. £ 3. d. Commercial .• - 80 East and West India .•• 6/. pr cent. • Stock. - 141 East Country • 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21 L Dndon . ... - 114 St. Katharine ...• • - 101% Southampton ••-• • • • 141. per cent. ,50 0 0, 50 0 0 27% WATER-WORMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. i per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. I East London.. •••• • • - • 8/. 100 0 0 - 204 Grand Junction ••• • - 37. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90 Kent ................ 21. 10s. 100 0 0 - 70 Vauxhall - 57 West 111,1 , 11esex • • .... 5/. ss. pr ent. 53 12 9 - 130 LIST or SCOTTIES conaParrxEs' PRECES, ..._ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per Of - Paid. I Price Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 171 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 158 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 224 Commercial Bank - 100 .0 0 165 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14% Union Bank of Scotland 7% 1. pr, cent. -- 50 0. 0 92% Western Bank.. . 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 85 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 71„ Clydesdale Bank.. • - 10 0 0 13 3 4 Eastern Bank • - 10 0 0 11 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 4% Edinb.Bs Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 7 16 City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. Ss Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 243. 9d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Incur. Co. of Scetind• . 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% North British Insur 5 14 1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire Insur lO/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 EdiuSurgh Life Incur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 1 0 0 18 Edin. &Glasg. Railway 11.103. perc. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74% Ditto, 5 4 Shares- ••7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 U Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 :JO 0 0 17 1 m Glanw & A yrshi r Bail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 75 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16 1 4 Gisgw &Garnidrk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 40% Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssarnce.l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 g NAL COURT. CENTRAL CRIM OLD COURT. Benjamin Alexander Ford, 27, a well-dressed young man, was arraigned upon seven indictments, charging him with feloniously uttering forged cheques for the payment of -dif ferent sums of money, with intent to defraud. The prisoner, who cried bitterly while he was at the bar, pleaded guilty to the whole of the charges, and, upon the application of Mr. Ballantine, judgment was postponed. Crawford Lee Bartlett, 32, was indicted for stealing a large quantity of valuable books and engravings, the property of George Ackerman, and others, his employers. The prisoner appeared in a most agonised state of mind. He wept mot piteously, and before Mr. Straight, the Clerk of the Arraigns, had finished reading the indictments, he fell upon the floor of the dock, and it required the exertions of two of the turnkeys to restore him. He at length sobbed out the words, " I am guilty of all, and implore for mercy." Mr. HUGHES, who was instructed for the prosecution, said that the prisoner had been nine years in the service of the firm, and he had always conducted himself well until the pre sent occasion. He was, upon this ground, instructed to re commend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court. Mr. CLARKSON said he appeared for the prisoner, who, ever since this unfortunate transaction, had been almost in a state of delpair. He was aware that this formed no ground of excuse, but be begged the Court to take into consideration the recommendation of the prosecutor. Ile believed it had been ascertained that the prisoner was about to get married, and that he bad taken the property in question in order to provide an establishment, and nu charge or complaint had ever before been made against him. The CommON SERGEANT, addressing the prisoner, said that taking into consi:leration the recommendation of the prose cutor and the misery he himself appeared to have suffered the Rate= would be much less thou it otherwise would hate been, and he then sentenced him to be kept to hard labour fo three months in the Home o Correction. The prisoner was then led from the bar exclaiming , what disgthce! oh, what disgrace !" Mr. Hughes applied for the reetitution of the property that was the subject of the five prosecutions agains t the prisoner. The Comßtox SERGEANT said he v,,,s not awAre that there were five indictments, or ho probably siWuld not have felt himself justified in passing so lenient a senteiNe. The pro perty must, of course, he delivered to the prosect3or. ~ Ob, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, AUG. 18.—The market continues in the same state as during the two last weeks. For some descriop: tions of goods adapted to the home trade, and for g printing cloths, there is a fair demand; at low prices. For !! other descriptions of cloth, and for yarns generally, there 1 1. .. little inquiry, and, in some cases, prices are a rather in favour of the buyers. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AUGUST 1 for7c We have had some little improvement in the deraandket flannels to-day, but no change in prices. The wool Mar is much the same as that of the previous week. t,f.rd a HUDDERSFIELD, ,TtrEsnAT, Auc. 18.—We have -- limited business to day in our Cloth Hall, very having visited us. Among our merchants there has be en II fair amount of orders received. few ba , • n LEEDS, TUESDAY, AUG. 18.—We have no aiteratio d report about our this day's market; stocks keep low 4 ' n d prices steady, and our manufacturers pretty well etriP l° l a ft. to order. Sanguine hopes are entertilined of a good with trade to America, in coriequence of the new tariff ;• bu t w t he respect to woollen cloths we see no more chance effortsnnde new stem than under the old, so Ling as no greete r qc - are made to meet the competition of the continento,tit u ecl facturers, whose productions are better liked in the States.—Manchester Guardian. NAVAL AND MILITARY INT LIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 18.—The Athol troop -ill i P' linster-Coninaanding E. J. P. Pam, is iTrfeetly read/ for immediate service. lm North Yarmouth The Mercury tender returnea this morning. The Columbine, 12, Commander Booth, baying bad her defects made good, will go out to Spithead to-morrow; Lieutenant Lyon (1846) goes in her as junior lieuteog P a ; and notwithstanding the fact that there are more tiler 2,500 lieutenants on the list, still this ship cannot ga h com The lmentthree. North Star, ) 26, Captain Sir 3. E. Home, is hoo ri ! expected, having left Simon's Bay on the 30 th of ' and was at St. Helena on the 24th of June. APPOINTMENTS. Commander—C. J. Postle, to the Coast Guard. 0, Hates—Robert Sheddon, to the St. Vincent ; "' Douglas to the Victoria and Albert. Midshipman—W. E. Chorlton, to the Scourge. Master's Assistants—Thomas B. Julian, and Rio t/. Mumford, to the Acteon, for disposal. Mate—C. 0. B. Hall, from the Excellent, to the Co. lumbine. Master's Assistants—Richard Friend, from the 01 4. 1: diator, to the Columbine; W. G. Aldrick, from the , lumbine, to the Gladiator. vat Commander—lL G. Morris, to study at the J.°, Maval College. PROMOTIONS. Mr. Francis Cole, Acting Paymaster and Pur 3 e, r „ fr the Osprey, to be Paymaster and Purser ; Mr. Ana t ' o , Murray, Assistant-Surgeon of the Sp;der, to be Sure PLYMOUTH, AUG. 17.—Her Majesidv's steare-el Ardent, which came in with marines frtim Milford Friday, sailed this morning for Malta. ~, b a st. The Trinity yacht, which arrived on the I. 4 '' - remains at her moorings in Catwater. w ith Her Majesty's steamer-Comet sailed last evertin,,,g 10 1 dispatches for the squadron of evolution under Sir H. Parker. .Cse" WOOLWICH, AUG. 17.—ROYAL Cater's Company, 2d battalion, relieved Captain P'A",,,tl Company on e Monday morning from field battery d at Woolwich, and the latter company procee'n^e on Wednesday mornirg for Euston-square and t" e i .,o kby rai ay en route to Dublin, to relieve CaP: ri o Taylor's . Compiny at Athlone. Captain D arr ' jO6 , Co - r ' pang returned to head-quarters on Monday everj- Capta'n Cuppago's Company, 9th battalion , were 4 l, spected on Monday morning at the Ordnance flosltar having been placed under orders to em bark for Gib es " to relieve Captain Shone's Company, sth battalion. ,he ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.--The whole of t he men of this corps, recently employed at W rilids be Castle, have returned to Woolwich, and describe ,t., work they were engaged in as the most difficult 0.6 had to contend with, as all their progress vvag nis ta° boring through the hard rock, which it would :4 been dangerous to effect by blasting. Some idea :4 t i : be formed of the scientific abilities of the corps, "° 0 0 Is stated that the parties engaged in bori n g opera os commenced tunnels on the opposite side o f the N e by which the Castle is built, working nigh t and daytessc relieving each other, and so correct was their Pl:° s° g r t yie that on reaching the centre there did not ev. iot o inches of difference where the two tunuels merged one. .--, RAILWAY SR hRE rel-A s afru,ingli. . —Chu r, l" Stock Excfresros.—The sales are—.-- - „ zi ,,,t 1 leY, % dis : ial c. if• IieIANC RESTER, AuaysT 1 9i am , Lichfield, 8 .. 11 .1 Manchester, 1% p.—Buckingham and -.-- c o, ' Extension, •A , and, Blythe, 3-16 dis. —Eastern Counties, l' an ° d Dock ExtensiOla, .7...! Grand Union, 11-16 dis.—Great Grimsby and c ana l, 2 P7 . ... A dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester itailwaY3l4 dis,—Leicester ff..: Leeds and Thirsk, 3 7-16 dis.—Ditto , iew' Trent Valley JOG.. Bedford, % dis.—Leicester, Birmingham , and_s_._ C. ,__Livel_ tion, li dis.—Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 1 13 10 c..f .cD efta r, pool. Onnskirk, and Preston, 3 . 14 C. p.—London and itanl l,l .`" nail ..., (Italftick), 1% dis.—London, Manchester, and Birrning r,-,, tors (C), Bp. ex all—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock , 1 -,,, it ' 0 .4. Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2% c. p.-11anchester, Mic.'„ .1 6 and Grimsby, 21s. dis.—North British, 39—North Eastern , 1 •"„0.• dis.—North Staffordshire, 3N c. p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, Sac., ,',. t y , 61. dis.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), % p.—Sheffield and ~,,, colnshire Junction, 58. dis.—Sheilleld and Manchester, Qua 11e .,..„ / 101 tio. 2, IA p.—Shropshire Union, % dis.— South-Eastern and P" out __ Tialves, NO. 4, Y C. p.—South Staffordshire Jnnction, 1 4 P. e s I ,Bll' Wales, 1 1-16 dis.—Trent Valley, Midlands, &c., 3-16 p. — W res ' aill I cashire Coast, 13-16 dis.—West Riding Union, 3 p.-IVhitchs9eil 19 Furness, 3 1-16 dis.; LEEDS, AUGUST 19. ___Dftt° 4 9 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.—East Lancashire, 8% p.—Great_ i" Ea r Sheffield, I Is. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2p. „ ra dfof ,, tension, ss. p. —Huddcrsfieleand Sheffield, 7 p. —Leeds and 1 , 13 i p . 42% p.—Lccds and Dewsbury, 3% p.—Ditto, Branches, w '3/. Ditto, Extensions, par—Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.—Ditte, Ne./,„ctio,ll' 6d. dis.—Midland New, 13 p.—Newcastle and Darlingto2 cop Extensions, 10% p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 2fs, t i berS 3 u York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 12g —2- 4,0, Nottingham, and Boston, 13s. 6d. scrip dis.—DireCt dis.—Great Eastern and Western, 1% dis.—Lancashire, and North-Eastern, 1% dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and 3did la ' d 6d. dis.—Leicester and Birmingham, 19s. dis.—Leicester trA ford, I is. dis.--Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, 80., Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% p.—Malton and 6 d, JO, Junction, 9s. scrip p.—Midland and Thirsk Junction, 170 ' 6d. P' o. North Staffordshire, 31. I Is. scrip p.—North Western , , Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 20s. dis.—Shropshire 1•11-.-sife5 dis.—South Midland, 15s. p.—Welsh Midlands, 3 30 . "dd' diS• !tiding Union, '5/. Is.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, ' fI 1••••'' ULL, AUGUST 19. 'O 4 • STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern CountieS , OSO • tension, 21.75.—Hu1l and Selby, Half Shares, 39- 39—Ditto, Half Shares, 144 —Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 835 ',, 3 , en, all bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 388.—Blackburn, Bolton, 7%—Ditto, New, % dis.—East Lincolnshire, 7 9 ft b, P; f itt Valley, 9s.—Great Northern, 2 1 A —Leicester and Taluw.„ ° " t ori, Malton - and Drifileld Junction, 7s. 6d. p.—Manchester, l' u ioire;:, Matlock, 23s.—North Western, 6s, fid. .—North • Staffor d ;"s/t:; p.—Northern Counties Union, 10s. 6d.—West Riding l•rw°,, - 'ol°'' ' Grand Union, %—Leicester and Bedford, I Is. 6d.—So l2 '" 15s. p." North d o, Price, And NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AttonsT 1S• A na tenO rli SToca ExcuANGE.,—The sales are--Caledonian Ez- 1110 4 01 , dis.— Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.—L oc d rre . ' /0 0 North Yorkshire, II s. 3d. dis.—Liverpool, Orinskirk, 31 ' .1 ,01L 4 0,1 3% p.—Newcastle aed Carlisle, 105--Newcastle and pst Extensions, log p.—West Riding 3% p.—York and ROY , West Riding, 12% p. YORK, AUGUST 19. fIC 0 wri rle STOCK Exemarsaz.-The sales are -Eastern Countl?',',.--11 atia tension, 24 -Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), " Lo ncl°,", and Bury. 9 lA-Ditto (Cambridge and Ely), 1/. 143. 6d.,,,,; a d, York, 21 . 35.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, arid lkir', a rlinb r . s f , scrip-Newcastle and Berwick, 28% -Newcastle and New, 11% -North British, 40-Ditto, Half Shares, 14% -- 0 1p..- 1.4 ,: lisle Extension, 4/. 65.-North Staffordshire, 5% Western, 11. 75.--West Riding 'Union, 57. 35.-York an" -York and North Srid Extem . i/nd (East anel West Riding A ber MDT BURGH, AUGUST is. STOCK ExcHANGE.-The es sale-Aberdeen,ar 81. 175. .s • deep, lia,ntt, and r..10n, 1/.-Airdrie and Bathgatc, 3.. 10 gyb )math and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 105. and Portrush, 155.-Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 95.-Banfrs.hire, Belfast and County Down, 12s. 6d.-British and Irish 1/0 1 °.,-0 9 ; 2s. 6d.-Caledonian , 161.-Ditto, New, 1/ . Bs.-Caledonian 14 ; 5 0 , 4 sion, 1/. 135.-Caledonian and Dumbarto n , 1/. 25.-Caledovillit s'' Northern Direct,. 2/. 25.-Clydesdale Junction, 231.- Corn_, o r ol, Devon Central, 11. Ils.-D ees id e Railway, 2/. 10s.-Direct - 74° D rc n i 11, 14s. 6d.-Dublin a n d Enniskillen, 31. 155.-Dundee and Ar......Ve 37/.-Ditto, New, 211. 55.-Dundee and Ferth, 241. 25. 6d ci - ic oP! Indian Railway, 145.-East of Fife, I/. 35.-Edinburgn,fil Sll O O 7, gate, 2/. 18$.---Edinburgh and Glasgow, Dit l B l. 1 „11. 181. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 181. 105.-Ditto, ditt , ience, _Ditto, Frew ..01 -Edinburgh, tenth and ,lra iton. 17/. 15S. - ewpo rt, [N.-Edinburgh and Northern, 10/. 68.- j rn wtion, i g i usr burgh and Perth, 2/. 15s. -Forth and' Clyde Glasgow and Ayrshire, 751.-Ditto, New Stac k w . 7s. 6c 1 •,,, r oe! ter Shares, 18/. 10s.-Glasgow and Belfast Union , and vu... e ro goo, Dumfries, and Carlisle, I/. 17s. a OW Junction, it. 125.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401. 105. --- "'"'' - ',9la , , ac": Terminus, 8/. 10s-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10 S•_ tor , Stock, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-GlasgoW, and Ardrossan, 11. 12s.- Glasgow, Strathaven, and Le' i il. M arl: 2/. 195.-Grantors Junction, 10s.-Great County DoWlb I.'ol l, Great North of Scotland, 10s.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. V'1,01. - 30. and Lothians, 21. 55.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballym e na, 9 s; -- ;, 1 1 . 00. Bristol, and South Wales, 1/. 3.5. 6d.-Loudon an d V' neS• -Ditto, Half Shares, 11. 155.-Midland and E as t ern Co o l--1 ) ,;10,. -Newcastle and Berwick, 291.-North B r i t i shn , 39i. 23. 6 Fi' 61. /halves, 1.-Ditto, Extension to Ca r li s l e, 4/. ss._pittoe,rai, 71. 10s. - North Staffordshire, 51. 9s. 6d.-N orth Wa l e s g ill 50 1t . 1 0 1 4 I f. s i t o , -ScottishNs w, 9 G /. r l a O n s d . S Junction,eot t' sh 155.-Ditto, New, 10/.-Perth and Inverness, 11. Ils. Junction,Central, ( I .3e 2s n . t - ra S i co 3n t ls-13 r 3 cL ia'6 16' 71.-Seottish Southern, 11. 17 5.-Shrewsbury and lure° , 2/. 4 0 , Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 51. 55.-South ryl. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. Ss. 3d.-Stirling and 301 1 1 an -Strathern Junction, 2/.-Wishaw and Coltness, 47L hO' 49* GLASGOW, AUGUST 18. t i a lol 3, 10 1 STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sales are-British and Iris h 9 d.-Caledonian, 154-Caledonian Extension, 333. 6c l -• 33 0 4 and Dumbartonshire Extension, 225. 6d.-Direct liortlii'bargnwst East of Fife, 215.-East Indi an Rallwar, 14s. 3d. - -E dn „nd 0 .0 0 Perth, 565.-Glasgow General Terminus, 8% -Glasgovc . ...6l o ', AC, Union, 475. 9d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 345. 6 ",, , ova $ O O, and Garnkirk, Quarter Shares, 9%-Glasgow , Kilmarn% De ster g ot' drossan, 30s. 6d.--Great North 01 Scotland, 115.--31 9N, Southampton. 31s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 20-Ditto, N.o"W:„ d ,___s_6>, tisb Central and Caledonian Junction, 318.- South WWI"' BIRTIIB. ( lay, A , O. LA. On the Ist inst., at Ramse isle of Man, the . 7 0. , r 4, Lain H. W. Hadfield, late of the Madras army, oc a : es , ) 0 ' * On the 15th inst., at Cedars, Leytonstone, )Ds' off Tebbutt, of a daughter. th e On the 16th inst., at Cheveley-park, Newmaxicet, of John Fairlie, Esq., of a son, still-born. MARRIED. Lor On the 13th inst., at Strasburg, L. Gruner, Esq., A:l ero barg . to Sophia, daughter of the late Rev. J. J.Wurtz, e -- f• On the 18th inst., at the parish church, Maryleber°' Slot Creasy, Esq., of Mitre-court-chambers, Temple , 710 1° Maria, second daughter of George Cottam, Es 4► '° House, St. John's-wood. . 130 0'' ' " On the 30th of April, on his DIED passage home from —1) Captain James Sims Unwin, of the Bombay Artilleri n ' ti nge° On the 2d inst., at Bromley, Kent, Mary An o, ljjetit °° ' daughter of the late Rev. Peter Collett, Rector ok. a Sussex. ~, ec° l/ s On the 12th inst , at Sutton, Surrey, James Eco.,—, 5 son of the late Charles Richards, cl• ...c.ircra rett On the 12th inst., at Barham-wood,Es Hats, ~ 4' 9 ~,A daughter of the late Sir John Halkett, Bart. ...,,fGeortr- Oa the 16th inst., at Chatham Lieutenant-Gener.' Waal, aged 83. ........................:0 00 5 11°' 0* ..0 ion:. Printed and Published by VIIRDO YOITSO, 0 ,, roc ifdit tralid, 1 tinter, at The Sun Office, 1'70.112, strand. Li ..., th /Or' of the Savoy, na the County of Middlesex, =Ow, 20, 1646. ,~,,~ 7 7 1