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UNITED KEN GD OM LIFE A SSURANCE COMPANY. 8, WATERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALT, LONDON. by Act of 1834. DlVlSlONEst ablished OF PROFITS AMONG Parliament TIIE in ASSURED.. This C ompany, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most Perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success Which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its annual income being upwards of 82,C00/. . In 1841 the Company added a lionus of 21. per cent. per annum on the stun insured to all policies of the participating class rota the time they were effected. • The bonus added to policies from March, e mber, 1840, i s as follows: 1834, to the 31st of De- Stun Assured. . Time Assured Sum added to Policy. £ 5 000..... • • • •• 6 years 10 months • • • • • • • •£683 Gs. Bd. 5000..... • .• • 6 years 50 00. ........ 600 Os. Od. —u• •••••• . • • 4 years .. _ 5000..........2 years ........ 200 Os. Od. T p re miums, nevertheless, are en the most moderate scale, and Only one-half need be paid fur the first five years, where the insu rance is for life. 3)P'ery information w ill b e affor d ed on application to the Resident . Edward Boyd, Esq. and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. Waterloo place, Pall-mall, London. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE. The business of this Society id now carried on at the new premi ses aS above. J. JONES, Secretary. oePtember 30, 1846. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 2C CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. : T his Institation embraces ymportant and substantial advantages it.' respect to Life As surances an d Deferred Annuities. The assured It all occasions, the power to borrow, with ou t expense or for , ire of th e Policy, two-thirds •f the premiums paid (see Table) ; .I.the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his I'- 4 A:eta to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years aro granted on the lowest possible rates. DITISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society Las enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying front 35 to 35 per cent. Ca the premiums paid on eack Policy effected on the Profit scale. • • k SURVEYING and LEVELLING i n a ll th e i r variety, PLOTTING, USE of the THEODOLITE, and other first-rate Instruments, practically Taught, with the application of Geometry, Trigonometry, Logarithms, &c., by the advertiser, wholis now ea an extensive survey. Proficiency guaranteed. Terms, Three Guineas. EXAMPLES, Apply to Mr. G. M. Todd, Engineering Surveyor, &c., Grafton place, Euston-square. TO WHOLESALE HOUSES. :.,, Ft 1 ANTED by a Commercial Traveller, who has '4 ti 11611 u/ tin i 5.. i Ass ure d W had 18 years experience with one of the oldest established it r i Premature. 2 ; added. Cash. i 'r N. may ' firms in London, a Commission, calling upon Upholsterers, Painters, !11 : ; lorraw, Carvers and Gilders, &c., taking his journeys twice a year to Scot , ... land, through the North and Midland Counties ; likewise to Norfolk --- -, and Suffolk. , 1837 £217 15 I'£loo 0 11'.£11 • 4 £445 • • Address to A. 8., Post- o ffi ce, Lombard-street. ._ 4 4 s ''' 18311, 192 2 0, 87 1 4' 13 10 2' 395 11 1 7 1008 3 4 ,13391 165 11 10 74 1 9: 11 2 1 346 2 3 I I I 184•1 116 7 6 84 010 BELL INN, DRIFFIELD. ..,.......______ 7lB 10 296 13 4 118411 111 0 8 49 10 0 71• 4, 247 4 6 p .LIZABETH 'WITTY, o f th e Bl ue B e ll Inn. E LIZABETH L BEL INN, DRIFLD. WITTY, of F IE the Blue Bell Inn, Market-place, Great Driffield, embraces the present oppor tunity of returning her sincere and hearty thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen, Farmers, Tradesmen, and the Public in general, for the gratifying support she has received from them ever since she and her late husband first entered upon the premises in the year 1816, and trusts by a continuance of her unre mitting attention to the internal comforts of her house, to merit their future favours. E. W. also respectfully begs leave to inform the public that with the opening, this day, of the Hull and Selby Branch Railway to Bridlington, she has started an Omnibus, called " The Angler," .to attend the arrival and departure of each train, for conveying passengers and parcels to or from any part of the town. E. W. will continue the posting department of her establish ment as heretofore. Drifileld, October 6, 1846. The division of profits is anneal December of tke present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROL'I, Secretary, [, and tits 'text will be made is LIVERPOOL AND PRESTON, MAN CHESTER AND SOUTHPORT, RAILWAY COMPANY. min :file amount of the liabilities of the Company ha v i ng b een ascer ed, the following proposition is submitted for the consideration of the shareholders : That a renewed application be made to Parliament, in the next la ssion, for the construction of a line of railway communication be tween - Manchester and Southport, via Wigan, affording accommoda lloo to Worsley, Astley, Tyldesley, Hindley, &c. All Holders of Scrip who are desirous to continue members of the Company, are requested to signify the same to the Secretary, in the annexed form, on or before the 14th of OCTOBER next. ' f olders of Scrip who are not desirous to continue members of the ;, e ,m l Party, may receive back the amount of 11. Bs. 6d. on each share, Ire balance of the deposit paid), on application and delivery of Scrip ;o_he Secretary ; and all Shareholders who shall not signify their in n y; to continue members of the drawing or before the 14th 7onEa next, will be considered as with. 14, 2r.the convenience of Shareholders, the Secretary will attend at Ann -street Manchester, where Forms for sen di ng i n S cr i p ' fl ay be obtained, and where application for receiving back the balance of deposits may be made. By order of the Committee, H. BYNG HALL, Secretary. B ak - buildings, Liverpool, Sept. 25, 1846. PERFECTION in LAMP OIL.— A PATENT . CLARK'S PATENT SPERM OIL, only Is. per imperial f . ,',' 11011 , Is bright as crystal in the coldest weather, and lasts longer treatthan real aperm. It burns in all descriptions of Argand Lamps. The "Pen% Of Sperm Oil, and the trouble of common oils, can now Lae dispensed vrllh sit pleasure It is admirably suited for Solar mps, as they will t . • four gallons go a, not want cleaning for a y n ea y rs, and being so pure, reality, Clark's P ' far as fire g allons common oils ; so, in their stock "ent Sperm Oil is cheapest. Families laying In Positively °f SPermaceti or Wax Candles, Soaps, &c. &c., will save 30 per cent. is their outlay. This is no fiction, and .., sYsteiu of equitable charges the public will support. Pate'Unples sent in London, and list of prices, with description of the Clark rticle, sent on application to all parts of the we rid. . 7 nany, the Immense Lamp, Oil, and Candle Depot, '`, , West S;trand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. LIGUT.—CAMPH INE , CAN DLES .— Patent mrtIepINEPIIINE in sealed half-gallon cans, 4s. 9d. per gallon ; (late patent Candles, 74d. per lb., at WILLIAM S. BU_RTON'S stre et — , _P h 1 30 •11 and Burton's), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman and p'„," os , e assortment of Camphine, Argand, and Solar Lamps, le,, pro ireer s Magnum and other Candlesticks, with all the latest largest and of the newest and most recherche patterns, is the ae ,„_ ,_n existence. All the seasonable novelties are now ready, and ft ,,7 l g from 20 to 30 per cent. under any house with whom quality b, ) ;!ltYle are considerations. The money returned for article A PProred of. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, ever se y nt (per P o st) free. FENDERS STOVES, AND FIRE-IRONS. The largest assortment of Stoves and Fenders, as wel as ~(211eral Ironmongery, in the world, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S. B right (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) extensive warehouses. -.right steel fenders, to 4 feet, from 30s. each ; ditto ditto, with or olu ornaments, from 665. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar, 10,1 . 6d. • iron fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 6d. ; 4 feet, 65.; ditto bronzed, and fitted with standards, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, I Is. ; wrought iron kitchen fenders, 3 feet, 4s. ed. • 4 feet, 6s. ; bright register stoves, with bronzed ornam e nts, and two sets of bars, from 955.; ditto ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from 91.; black dining-room register stoves, 2 feet, 188. ; 3 feet, 275. ; bed-room register stoves, 2 feet, 16s. ; 3 feet, 245. The new economical thermio stove, with fender and radiating hearth-plate, from 81. ; fire-irons for chambers, ls. 9d. per S et handsome ditto, with cut heads, Gs. Gd. ; newest pattern, with e legant bronzed heads, I ls. I variety of fire-irons, with or-molu and richly cut heads, at proportionate prices. Any article in the furnishing ironmongery 30 per cent. under any other house. The I"neY returned for every article not approved of. Detailed cata cques, with engravings, sent (per post) free. w WIL LIAII S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON an d B URTON ' S) stock and n eral furnishing ironmongery is lit era ll y the largest in the world, . Its no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its ~,710ety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and Inspect xford-strect (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells- Treet 1820. GAS. —From FORTY to SIXTY PER CENT. SAVED.—CONTRACTS TAKEN for LIGHTING Towns. Villages,. Mills, Factories, Lighthouses, Railway Stations, Sig- Dockyards, Churches, Colleges, Hospitals, Theatres. -7,"oac Institutions, Prisons, B arrac k s, A sylums, Schoo l s , U n i on - ; ,00r- houses, Public Gardens, &c., with pure and brilliant GAS, by i ANCIS' PATENT GAS-LIGHT APPARATUS, either by rental 0r .. E ., Purchase. Applications at the office and factory, 112, High 1101 borii, and Eagle-street, lied Lion-square, London. The premises are lighted up by Gas on the principle of this invention. Can be seen from Ten till Four daily, and where prospectuses and every i nformation can be obtained. T" UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Z 0 to MI per Cent. Saved To be had at the Patentees, GO, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cress. The Patentees beg to call publie attention to the following facts, The advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to IS per cent„ the com bastion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have Made to the introduction of gas ii. dwelling-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, Lee. ; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNITEESAL GAS lICILNER." A.s the cost of laying on gas is much lower than is corn tronly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for cl ub-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the *Mall burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum im measurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing " 01- 3" ether known light, are shown by the annexed authentic oPiraons of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. I:xtract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 25th May, 184 G, SirJOHNRXNNIE, President, in the Chair. tenA Lle Principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the tre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. , 11 4 air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was '" e al ad, and passed oat by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, ?W I mpinging with force en the lame of the gas curved it outwards ithe n the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with as ca rburetted hydrogen gas, produced a. very perfect combustion, lie Same was quite white dowa the top of the burner, was very steady, was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption 0f these burners with that of the concentrie ring burners, and trying Me Power of the two lights of the photometer, the new burner gave a better ght, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. PeurrEcmsre CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" I 1 testing Clark, MeNiell, and Co,'. Universe IGaa Burner with one of the best shawdowleas turners, It gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 0 25 per cent." . GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROST. LONGISOTTOM, Secretary, CEB.TIFICATE. " series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s r Merit Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished la economy arid the quality of the light. Tested against and (15 holes), it afforded a 4 n'gand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), l aving of at least 25 per cent., and against three Ash-tail bunkers, per other cent burner.". The colour and brilliancy of the c arne is supe rior to any T. W. KEITES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, M echanical Inspector. Z lOO ATNIYERSAL GAS BURNER is used lightly at the Poly p lustitation, and may be load and seen from 11 till 4, at the ...L ot entses,6o, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters. ________---- Visiting the Sea Coast, or loEthSerwTRAVELLING, Ise exposed to the scorching rays et the Sun, will find -ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing g irt and 'named!. irritab 1 y. preparation (Sr the Complexion, dispellin the cloud of len %nor and relaxation, allaying all heat and 'ttelY affording Eruptions, the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous urn, Freckles, Tam and Discoleurations, are pleasingly and clear. Its bY tile Kalyder, and the skin rendered delicately me eradicated tnrifying and refreshing properties have obtained its e elusive selec " br the Court and the Royal Family of Great Brit x a'n l Of the ofth eContinent ef Europe, together with the "elite " India, and the and those Aris tocracy and. " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of of ~_ -brawinz-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms L,.",' . Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Mescow.—Price 4 8. °a anal Ss. 6d. per bottle. Beware ef sparious "Kalydors " containing mineral astrin 'tents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel -art action, eiulanger health. The only genuine has the words ` ROWLAND'S ICILTDOR" on the wrapper, and I. ROWLA.I%.TD and. SON, 20, liatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the 11°11. C4minissieners) ea the Government Stamp affixed en each bottle. k h o ed by Ilse Proprietors, and b y respectable Chemists and Per other " italvdera" are fraudulent eennterfelle. Flt AM PtidNs p i " , L t. ------ -- s p i" A LT H The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to 'with confidence, and used with euccess in cases of temporary 'less, occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to all, that noestion can be raised of its importance to every house holder in the ki sick ngdom. From among numerous testmonials, the ollowing is respettfully submitted:— " TO :IR. TH OMAS ?ROUT, 29 , STRAND, LONDON. " Si r,— 5, Coop er - street, Manchester, March 12, 1842. I liave much satisf ac ti on in communicating to you the re- Snit ot my e xperience, after r e p eated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL (-*' II FIALTII, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of ' Il an)" Years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found tesalts at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system froni redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience; I ant therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means °llg v vauting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and .'si)ecially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most Nt aluable resource lu an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit I ( , ) ,MYself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making -A NIPPON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. tc ..• ~. i am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH." ,„ ,b unprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re -I.'"lntnetidations of the many thousands who have derived benefit hotn their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are but forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but fur Ililious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at -I.,Pdants, Bilious 'and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, nlißs, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, lartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c ( ~,:r w c. or three doses willi convince the afflicted of their salutary 4--aets. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy ,C" . 11 f the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; at " 2 1 Instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, Ntr irt, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, ~, be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions 13n1, Panying each box. °,14 b y T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 114 d. and 2s. 9d. W "' P r, also by the Ve n dors of Medicines generally throughout the - engdor n . - To C 41' for FRAMPTON'S P ILL OF HEALTH, and obser ve th e late __ an d Address of " ThOnlas Prout 229 S trand, London, " on the (401,, 'CRIUSUt litlU3l9 Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. I. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it cait be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and les. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel-road, London ' - also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn- Aill Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Milsero-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most Perflimers and Medicine Vendors is town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. PUBLICATIONS. MR. LEIGH AUNT'S NEW WORK. On the 14th will be published, in post Bvo., price 9s. boards, or 10s. Gd. elegantly bound hi cloth (uniform with " Imagination and Fancy,") WIT AND HUMOUR, Selected from the English Poets : with an Illustrative Essay and Critical Comments. By LEIGH HUNT. 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', „ ~.., '''i ' " // in a great national conclave they will be able to move on the edge of a repeal precipice without the least danger of toppling over, we are still constrained to doubt whe ther discussion of any kind is just now the most press ing duty of Irish landlords, and even if it were, whether the views and feelings at present prevailing amongst them would, by a collective expressien, lead to any useful re sult. In the first place, the idea of journeying to the capital to make speeches and pass resolutions, when famine is stalking abroad in.the provinces, savours far too much of the disposition to take refuge in talk from the pressure of an emergency which requires action. The place of an Irish proprietor just now is upon his estate. The poor, who are to be employed and fed—the ignorant, who are to be guided and saved from the ruin which violence might bring upon them—these are the parties (hard enough, it may be) to deal with, but with whom it is now the primary and inevitable duty of the Irish landlord to deal in the best way he can. He may shut his eyes to the stern and menacing realities of his own situation, or he may fly from their pressure, but he does either at his own peril. An Irish landlord who, upon any pretext whatever, shrinks from or neglects any effort in his power to alleviate that portion of the public calamity which showsitself at his own door, is preparing for himself a day of strict and fearful reckon ing. In the second place, we may be sure that those who leave the post of action and danger to harangue and recommend, will lay stress upon something which is to be done not by themselves, but by others. This tendency shows itself in Ireland to an extent which is disheartening. Everybody is loud and eloquent in enforcing what is to be done by somebody else. The landlords, the priests, the repealers, are called upon by turns, and all with one voice join in imposing impossible tasks upon the Government. The Government is to employ the people, and it is also to feed them. It is; to give them 'wages such as they never yet obtained from independent labour, and it is to prevent the natural in fluence of scarcity from being felt in the price of bread. In this strain speak the assembled magistrates of coun ties, and to the same purpose, but in the language of Bedlam speaks Mr. John O'Connell at the Repeal Asso ciation. The reckless and ignorant disregard thus shown of the impassable limits by which the powers of govern ments are bounded, and the tendency evinced to throw upon them a vag ue and immeasurable responsibility, forbid us to expect very useful or practical results from the proposed Dublin meeting. ADVERTISER.—The question of opening the ports to the untaxed importation of foreign corn , is hourly becoming more 'urgent. It is the subject of universal surprise, that Lord John Russell should not have resorted to this expedient some weeks ago. In the omission of an act so urgently called for he has been guilty of a grave dereliction of duty. We should like to know on what grounds the Noble Lord will attempt to justify his ne glect. He does not doubt his power to throw open every port in the kingdom to the reception of foreign corn, duty free. An Order in Council is all that would be re quired preparatory to the adoption of such a step. And not only would the measure be constitutional, but the Premier could urge innumerable precedents for re sorting to it. Had Sir Robert Peel been in office, there can be no doubt that he would, before now, have caused the ports to be thrown open. He had deter mined to have recourse to that expedient on the Ist of November last, although the then destitutien in Ireland bore no comparison to what it is now. It is true his intentions were defeated, owing to a majority of his colleagues taking a less alarm ing view of the distress at that time existing in Ireland. But, though defeated in the Cabinet, Sir Robert Peel attested the sincerity of his convictions and the integrity of his purpose, by breaking up his admi nistration, because the power of carrying out his wise and statesmanlike resolves was withheld from him. Who then can doubt that, in the present far more elan:G ing state of matters, the ex-Premier, had he still been at the head of affairs, would, without hesitation, have unlocked the ports of the United Kingdom to the ad mission of foreign corn? And shall Lord John Russell shrink from doing what Sir Robert Peel would have been forward to do? The Noble Lord has a high repu tation for moral courage. Nothing, we are told, daunts him. Only—say his friends—convince him that a par ticular course of action accords with the principles of justice, and no apprehension of consequences will deter him from adopting it. It would be paying a com pliment to the Noble Lord's integrity at the ex pense of his discernment, were we to suppose him insensible to the exigencies of the existing crisis. . We cannot divest our minds of the conviction, that he is fully alive to the perils which environ the social system in Ireland, in consequence of the dreadful condition of affairs in that country. And yet he has hitherto failed to take those decisive and energetic steps, in dealing with Irish evils, which the emergency requires. It is difficult to conceive what can be the cause of the Noble Premier's hesitation in re ference to the opening of the ports. Not only has he precedents before him, in all similar cases of a de fi ciency of food of home growth, but he knows that such a mea sure is loudly clamoured for both here and in Ireland. There is not, on the other hand, a man in the country who would arraign the necessity or propriety of such a step. Even Lord George Bentinck, emphatically the champion of protection to the farmer—even he would not object, in this emergency, to the opening of the ports. He and his party, while assailing the Ministerial corn-law measure of last session, admitted that had Sic Robert Peel then decided on throwing open the ports of Ireland, they would have given him, in that particular instance, their most cordial support. They made it, in deed, a matter of grave imputation on the statesmanship of the Right Hon. Baronet that he did not adopt that step. Of course, then, a sense of decency would restrain the protectionists from opposing any proposition made by Lord John Russell for opening the ports to untaxed foreign corn, when it is felt and confessed on all hands that the present state of Ireland is tenfold more alarming and perilous than it was in November last year. What, then, the public are curious to learn, can be the reason of the Premier's hesitating to adopt a measure so ur gently called for by the necessities of the case, and to which the slightest objection would not be offered from any quarter. At present the conduct of the Noble Lord is enshrouded in mystery. It is giving great pain to his best friends. It seems to indicate a deplorable want of humanity, and an entire absence of en lightened and statesmanlike views. Has it not occurred to the Premier that he is placing his sup porters in an awkard position, by not at once adopting the only obvious course by which four millions of people, can obtain the amount of food necessary to keep soul and body together? Has the idea not crossed his mind, that contrasts most unfavourable to himself will be in stituted between him and his predecessor in office I' What defence the Noble Lord can offer for his conduct, in allowing the peasantry of Ireland to perish for want, and to place the tranquillity of the country in the most imminent peril, when the adoption of the course we are recommending would avert such terrible evils, is one of those things not dreamt of in the philosophy of any one but himself. How he can repose on his pillow at night, with so fearful a load of moral and constitutional responsibility resting on his shoulders, is more than wo are able to divine. HERALD. —The guerilla nature of that contest of which Southern Africa is now the scene continues to excite much uneasiness, chiefly arising, however, from its own indeterminate and irregular character. The accounts which we have received for a considerable , period have consisted almost wholly of a series of ma rauding exploits, in which the enemy and the colonists are alternately the actors. Three or four hundred head of cattle are descried at a distance in possession of the Kafirs ; a score or two of men dash after them without orders, and often in utter defiance of all military discipline." Sometimes they are foiled, but more fre quently are successful in plundering the enemy of that which had been the sole object of the attack. The affair may be characterised by a brilliant charge, a gallant con test, a valuable booty, and a safe return ; but the next day, perchance, is marked by reprisals : and while such a warfare continues, the prospects of a final settlement become more remote than ever. In the same way, in telligence may be received that the Kafirs will attack a given post on a given day. Provision made be made for repulsing the enemy , and avenging the insult, but when all this is performed and completed, the war stands just where it was. In contests with uncivilised nations, who are utterly ignorant of our vast military resources, and wholly unconscious of the amount of that power which they have provoked, petty successes of this kind are vain and purposeless. It may be asserted, with some plausibility, that attempts must unceas ingly be made to recover frem the enemy that cattle which the latter has swept off' from the frontier ; but no one will venture to say that the property thus re covered is in any instance restored to its old owner, or that any effectual :compensation is now being made to him for the beggary and destitution to which he has been reduced by the robbery of his stook and the murder of his servants ; on the contrary, one of the reports con cludes with the statement that—" about 300 head of cattle had been here picked • up, which afforded a very seasonable supply of meat to the hungry troops." Of course, the famished soldiers who recovered them could not part with this reward of their labours, nor waste their valuable time in the attempt to search out the old owners, or to distribute the cattle equitably among the plundered colonists, while their own p h y sical necessities were unsatisfied. But such facts, manifest as they must nbeteoe the the ideam most that these excursionssteursoryobserve observer completely are omp d le e t n ely er t a se k o eh f unte o ; an the recovery and restoration of stolen property. It is r , evident that a ressur e for imme diate supplies, or the in dulgence of predatory tendencies on the part of the troo ps themselves, dictates these sk i rmishes—either of which supposition s arc In the highest degree discre ditable to those who actively influence the current of affairs. During the visit of the King of the French to the fortresses on Friday, his Majesty perceived a female with a wooden leg, and wearing the decoration of the Legion of Honour. The King, learning from General Gourgeud that this woman had obtained her decoration at the battle of Friedland, in which she figured as a non commissioned officer of,hussars, made her a present of 100 , francs. DEATH OF FREDERICK LANE, ESQ.—LYNI4, OCT. 5. —lt is our melancholy duty to record that Mr. Lane, who , was severely burnt at the l a t e fi re a t T avan n e s, in ..3witzerland; breathed his last at 5 o'clock in the morn u% of th , e 25th ult. His loss, and the very distressing eircutns tances attending it, will, we are assured, excite the deep sympathy and sorrow of a very numerous circle of friends. Mr. Lane was distinguished amongst the ro embers of his profession for the remarkable rapidity and, :sagacity of his judgment ; and amongst all his ac quaLntances for a most warm-hearted hospitality in so met-. and a most liberal hand to the poor and needy. Tiaere were 38 strangers staying at the hotel. Six of aeni perished in the flames. Most of the travello* 'F./ere Englishmen, and amongst the inmates were 13Iichael Stocks, Esq., solicitor, with his eldest daughter, and C. Gleadhall, Esq , all of Halifax, but happily they escaped - with their lives. In escaping from a window three stories nigh, Mr. Stocks unfortunately broke his leg.— Bury ,Post. / G~ l ~,_ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING IT N 7 OCTOBER 8, 1846. No. 16,865. B IRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MONEY. The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans of Money for periods of Five or Seven Years, under the authority of their Acts of Parliament, at the rate of Fite per Cent. per Annum. The Interest will be paid Half-yearly, on the Ist January and Ist July, ht London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. Sealed Tenders, stating the Amount and Tenn of Years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis sioneir, endorsed " Tender for Loans." By order, Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. RICHARD HIND, Secretary. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ' . o.s A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and en the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a LECTURE OR the ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, FARRELL'S ARCHISIEDIAN RAIL WAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. HALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS COPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. A beautiful Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Selection of MADRIGALS of the Sixteenth Century will be performed by a Sax-Horn Band, under Ika Direction of Dr. Wallis daily, and in the Evenings. Admission, Is.; schools, Half-price. SILVER FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES, carefully finished, with engine -turned cases, jewelled in four holes, going barrel to continue the action of the Watch while wind ing, are offered, price 3% guineas each. These elegant little Watches will be found to perform very correctly, and a printed un dertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will always receive any attention required. T. COY SAVORY and Co., Watehmakers. &c., 47, Coniliill, (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London.—N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased In exchange. BtiRGE SS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand or it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer thus their beat acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended P, to the most distinguished oreigs connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint.. went to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOIIN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. LIBRARY EDITION. Now ready, in 3 vols., small Bvo., cloth, price 7s. 6d., T HE COUNT OF MONTE CHRIST°. A Romance. By ALEXANDER DUMAS. " The Count of Monte Christ° ' is amongst the best of Duma s ' works. In abundance and variety of incident it is marvellous. It unites the wild fancy of the fairy or the Arabian tale with the ar tistic individuality of the modern romance. The verisimilitude of the elaboration is as masterly as the fertilit y of i nvention is surprising, and the descriptions of persons, of accessories, and scenery, ar e as Vivid as pictures."—Spectator. Belfast: Simms and 3,l'lntyre. London: W. S. Orr and Co. Richard Liverpool Griffin an : George d Coi. Phlip. Edinburgh : John M enz i es, Glasgow : Dublin : Cumming and Ferguson. OBSERVE.—This Establishment will be closed on MONDAY the 12th, and TUESDAY, the 13th instant, and re-open on WED NESDAY morning, October 14th, at seven o'clock. THE ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. In London, the yearly election of Mayor Is counted a very important affair ; Each man has his friends who support him right hearty, And each has his foes, just according to party. But party is out of the question with us ; We have don'th no av th e in a g w t i o si d i o (7ti i s t n h l twi r ie igh ca t n t d h i a d t at w es e t a l h in o s. We ulo To meddle with Carroll, or Hooper, or Wood. In fact, this selection of subject is made With a view just to hint at the Lord Mayor of Trade. 'Tis MOSES. in this sense, that's Mayor of the City ; Let's sing him a " Car-r-01-1," let's sing him a ditty. While Lord Mayors in general only appear As " Majesties" during the space of a year, The Lord Mayor of Trade, through the fame he has earn'd, Is year after year to his office retuned. When MOSES solicits the public support His canvassing battle is easily fought, For no competition can stand in the way, But MOSES is certain of gaining the day. Yes, MOSES, failed MOSES, elicits the votes On account of his trewsers, his waistcoats, and coats ; And ev'ry one shouts; " Lend your aid ! lend your aid!" That MOSES may still be the Lord Mayor of Trade. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. £ 1. d. Tweed Taglioni ....... ................from 0 '7 6 Chesterfield and Cedrington Taglionis ................ 0 18 6 Summer Coate in every description and. make, including the registered Coat 1 2 0 Blouses in every material • • —from 0 2 3 Splendid pattern Summer Vests .................... 0 2 3 Cashmere and Persian ditto, in eadless variety ...... 0 4 6 Black and Fancy Satin, ditto ••• • • • e 8 Fancy Trousers .................. •••• • • • • •......... 0 4 G Black, • • • • 0 9 6 Dress Coats ..... .............. .... •••••••••• • • • • .. 1 0 0 NADI TO 7[EAISIIIRE. Coats, of every material adapted for the season, in any variety of style and fashion, to order from 0 16 0 Quilting Vests, Is. Gd. each, or three for... ..... 0 19 0 Cashmere ditto, in every variety of pattern .. .. 0 8 6 Satin ditto, plain and. fancy ...... 0 14 6 Ditto, Cloth or Cashmere ditto .............. •• • • .... 0 8 Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto • 0 13 6 Spring Trousers, in every pattern. ........ •••• .. • ... 0 10 6 Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto •..• • • 0 19 0 Best Black Dress ditto 1 6 0 Ditto, best manufactured .... •• .. •• •• •• •. 2 15 0 Frock Coats •• •• •• •• •• •• ....•• ...• •• ••.• • • ••. from 1 15 0 Ditto, best manufactured ........ .• ••••• • • • • • 3 3 0 Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. Any article purchased or made to measure, if not approved of, will be immediately exchanged, or the money returned. Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hai. ers, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be bilged to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of " being connected with them," or it's the same concern, has been resorted to is many in stances, and for obvious reasons, they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London. And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent disappointment, call at or send to the Minories, and Aldgate, City, London. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, and Outfit A lters, Nos. 154, 155, 1 56, 157, Minories, aid 83, 84, 85, and 86, dgate, City, London. A ldgate NOTICZ.—The entr ance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday evening till sunset on Sat ur d ay evening, when it is resumed ta twelve o'clock RAILWAY ;LABOURERS IN MID.LO Ti T other Ne understand that the number of railway an la bourers employed at present in this county is gr e at er 3 6 than at any former period. On the Hawick branch of the North British (t wo addition al sectio t n h s e o r f e are which, 24 ea tending in length about fourteen m iles, have been com menced within the last f ew days), labourers at work ; on the Dalkeith branch of the same railway, 120 ; and on the Caledonian, 633. If to these be added 290 men employed on the Edinburgh Water Company's works at Bavelaw, it will make the gross number of labourers employed in Mid-Lothian 3,509. The different portions of railways at present in the course of formation in the county presents an aggre gate of about 56 miles. It is satisfactory to know that, beyond an occasional fight on pay nights, there has been no serious breach of the peace for some time in the district where the labourers are employed.—Edinburgh Advertiser. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--Yesterday a very respect ably-dressed female flung herself from the bridge near the Magazine, Hyde-park, into the Serpentine. Two men who were passing at the time raised a cry for as sistance, and the men at the Royal Humane Society house hastened in a boat to the spot. Not seeing the woman they dropped their grappling irons, and suc ceeded in hauling her into the boat apparently lifeless. They conveyed her to the Receiving-house, and after a considerable lapse of time she was restored, and pro nounced to be out of danger. A valuable prize has just been brought into Kings town harbour, Dublin, to reward the vigilance and activity of the Coast Guard. It is the Leon, of Flush ing, a smuggler, having on board a cargo of tobacco valued at 4,0001. She was taken off the Mountain Foot, county Down, where she made two attempts to land her cargo. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 5. Mr. O'Connell has issued his third letter, which was read at Conciliation Hall this day. " Darrynane Abbey, Cahirciveen, 2d October, 1846. "My dear Ray,—l once again attempt to excite public attention to the absolute necessity of forming in Dublin a central body, board, or association, from amongst the landed proprietors of Ireland, to take into considera tion the present state and future prospects of the people, in order to suggest and carry out means of meeting the horrible emergency in which the country is involved. "I am fully convinced that the individual applica tions to Government, or to Parliament, will never b 2 sufficiently efficacious. Such applications may produce a mitigation in particular localities ; but they can never produce anything like a universal remedy for the giant evils by which we are surrounded, or for the still more terrific calamities which must ensue from the total des truction of this year's potato crop, unless full local knowledge of every part of Ireland, and perfect acquain tance with the nature of Irish tenures of land, and with the disposition and character of the Irish people, be com bined in some one body entitled to the full respect of the Government, and to the entire confidence of the Irish nation. "To some, nay, to many, my plan still appears visionary and impracticable, but already I can assert that an impression has been made in an influential way ; and there are already persons canvassing the topic, with a view to work out some plan like mine ; there also are persons engaged in this matter who, twelve months ago, would laugh to scorn the idea of an Irish national com mittee of landed proprietors, nobility, and gentry, sitting in Dublin, to aid the people and the Government in the management of Irish distress. " For my part, I shall not conclude with this letter my urgency to have some such body as I allude to formed in Dublin. I will bring the subject again and again to the attention of the public ; the motto of my political life has been perseverance,' and I will persevere upon this sub ject until the matter is distinctly understood by all classes of Irishmen. " The absolute necessity of a concentration of the Irish landed proprietors appears to be quite obvious. Never was the country involved in such a frightful calamity as the present. Suppose that which is unhappily not quite clear—namely, that the Irish people escape from the total loss of this year's crop, and, with the aid of a pa ternal Government, are kept alive for the current year— what is to be done for the next year ? and what for the year after ? ._ _ "It is impossible to think that the calamity will end with the current year. Suppose the crop next year shall be untainted by blight—an event, alas I not probable— where are the means of procuring seed for the potatoes, or for cultivating any grain on a sufficiently extensive scale to feed the Irish people ? " All these questions raise problems to be solved ex clusively by a central body of Irish landholders meeting in Dublin, and conferring with all parts of Ireland, as well as with the Government of the day. " From such a body all irritating and party politics should be carefully excluded, and religious differences be never heard of—the safety of the people of Ireland to be their sole and exclusive object. " How fortunate it is that I am able to make such a proposal as this, in the present awful crisis—and to men who have hitherto considered political associations as tending to revolution and bloodshed. It is true that I disclaimed the tendency, but that disclaimer was not believed until the Young Irelanders, luckily, gave us the opportunity of demonstrating that nothing could induce the Repeal Association to seek for the alteration of any law by forcible means, or by any other but peaceable and moral means. We have given this guarantee in the most unequivocal manner, and the association must take the most perfect care not to allow our sincerity to be im peached or suspected. " Our chance of political salvation for Ireland depends upon the perfect faith with which we are understood to hold out the olive branch of peace and moral means alone to those who hitherto have been apprehensive of force and ♦iolence. " Blessed be Heaven, the folly of tho physical force party has placed us, without any intention on their part, in our present triumphant position. "It may be asked why, under those circumstances, I do not invite the landed proprietors to become members of the Repeal Association ? The answer is obvious. There are many amongst them, very many, who are as yet non-Repealers, but whose assistance is as necessary for the right management of the affairs in Ireland, in these tremendous times, as if they had been actual Re peelers... "Besides, there is the letter just published by Mr. O'Neill Daunt, addressed to the landlords of Ireland. It is a most admirable letter—a most powerful letter. The association ought to circulate it throughout the country. When will the under-growlers of the Young Irelanders produce such a document in favour of Repeal? No; they are more suitably employed in joining the Mail, the Packet, and the Standard, in attacking the Repeal Association. Be it so. " To return to Mr. Daunt's letter; no dispassionate landed proprietor can read it without conviction. it dis closes the causes of the destitution, which renders the people of Ireland unable to extricate themselves from the consequences of the failure of a single crop; it points out also the sources of prosperity derivable from the Irish people having the management of their own affairs. " Bul, alas! the evils of famine and pestilence are thickening upon us. I however, know the intentions of the Government are excellent, and their exertions are in general judicious. It is most desirable that the Lord Lieutenant should have increased powers. There never was a Chief Governor in this country better able to work out these powers judiciously and usefully. "In the meantime we should one and all, in our humble sphere, labour to procure food for the people and to preserve the peace of the country. But as food becomes dear, wages must be higher. Everything must be done to preserve the health and strength of the people, and this, in truth, is so all absorbing a subject as to banish all politics unconnected with the distress. " But the Repeal is not to be lost sight of. The e d fr i s e t c r t e s s af m t o h n e g u t u h i o e n Irih o a s h v e p c e a o u p s l e e d , the wh p h er l m e a a v n e e s n c t y he o m f always (in language now familiar to, Parliament) on the verge of starvation,' and renders it difficult to provide for a sudden and casual emergency, such as the present awful times exhibit. "It is, therefore, our duty never to forget the sole remedy for all our evils—the repeal of the union. "Faithfully yours, To M. Ray, Esq." "DANIEL O'CONNELL. " The amount of the week's rent was 126/. MEETING OF WESTMEATH MAGISTRATES. The meeting, convened on the requisition of the Mar quis of Westmeath, was held at Mullingar on Friday. There was a large and influential muster of the nobility and gentry, including Lords Westmeath, Kilmaine, and Castlemaine, Sir Richard Levinge, Sir Percy Nugent, Sir John Nugent, the Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese (Dr. Cantwell), &c. A long string of resolutions were put and carried, the following being the most nota ble of the series:— _ _ " Proposed by Lord CASTLEMAINE ; seconded by the Rev. Dr. CANTWELL- " Resolved,—That the expenditure upon unproductive and comparatively useless works, under the present Act, formidably increases the future difficulties of our position, and would eventually ruin the landowner by exhausting his capital, and by expending, with the profusion of pro digality, enormous sums, borrowed in the vain hope in dulged in by many that repayment may never be re quired, and that it would also not only materially inter fere with the farmer in crippling his useful undertakings, and in preventing the profitable expenditure of his means in the adequate cultivation of the soil ; but, furthermore, would likewise totally demoralise the habits of a patient, sober, and hard-working population. " Proposed by Lord KILMAINE : seconded by H. M. TUITE, Esq., M.P.— " Resolved—That whereas several plans for securing for profitable undertakings the expenditure of the Labour Fund, which in our several localities we have either levied, or are about to levy by presentment, have from time to time been laid before the Irish Government ; and whereas no adequate steps, on the part of the Adminis tration, have been, apparently, taken to meet the gene rally expressed wishes of this country, it has become, in our opinion, just and necessary that a meeting of the Irish gentry be forthwith held in Dublin, to remonstrate with Government upon its seeming inaction, and to lay before it, in feeling terms, the awful condition to which this country is now reduced, and the ruin which their measures, if unreasonably persisted in, will undoubtedly bring upon all classes of its inhabitants. " Proposed by Mr. T. J. FETHERSTON H. ; seconded by Mr. J. H. SHIEL " Resolved,—lnasmuch as a considerable portion of the property of Ireland is so situated that it is impos sible to obtain for it its adequate share of the burdens which, under the present emergency, must heavily press upon the ostensible proprietor, who stands responsible for the whole, we are of opinion that all who receive incomes derivable from land should bear their share of the burden equally with those persons who are, in fact, in such cases, but the agents to the creditors, and an nuitants on those properties. " Proposed by the Hon. CHARLES IlArmcocK ; se conded by Mr. R. 11. KELLY : " Resolved,—That absentees who have left to the resident landlords the duty of meeting the crying dis tress of the present period, be called upon by the Relief Committee of this county to supply, by pecuniary grants liberally afforded, the loss which is sustained by the want of their presence on their estates, and that the absentee proprietors be applied to furnish such grants." The Evening Mail estimates that the sum of 8,640,000/. will be required to meet the present emergency. The calculation is thus arrived at : " By the Government returns, the quantity of land under potatoes has been arrived at accurately, through the police—they calculate the value only at from 121. to 151. per acre, and it amounts to the enormous sum in value of thirteen millions and a half. They calculate that three millions and a half of this crop is available— consequently the loss to the agriculturist is ten millions. With this loss ascertained, they are called upon to tax themselves to the same amount There are about 320 baronies in Ireland generally—the Government officers calculate that it will require 3,000/. a month to employ the poor in each barony at 10d. a day-24 working days in the month—multiply this by nine, and the bill to be paid is 8,640,0001. It is now discovered that the grand panacea for our misfortunes, the universal drainage Act, this million of money which was to be lent us, is totally inoperative, for estates which are entailed can receive no advance!" quainting the magistrates and cesspayers of your county with its contents, as you may think expedient. Copies will, however, be immediately transmitted to the secre tary of the grand jury.--I have the honour, &c. IL LA BOUCII ERE. To the Lieutenant of the county of " Dublin Castle, Oct. 5, 1846. ' S I t l a m m t i d ii i s r e i ct x ed ce i b e ) 2 , l e t 3 1 71 e h T a , s o rhcalLieutenant e t t o in form , nsi - deration the various representations which have been made to him of the operation of the Poor Employment Act, and of the difficulty of finding, in the greater num ber of baronies, public works' upon which it would be expedient or beneficial to expend money to the extent requisite for affording employment to the people during the existence of the present distress; and with a view of obviating the bad effects of a great expenditure of money in the execution of works comparatively unproductive, he desires that the Commissioners of Public Works will direct the officers acting under them, in the respective counties, to consider and report upon such works of a reproductive character and permanent utility as may be presented in the manner hereinafter mentioned, at any sessions held under the above Act. And his Excellency will be prepared to sanction and approve of such of those works as may be recommended by the Board, and so pre sented, in the same manner as if they had been strictly public works,' and presented as such in the manner re quired by the Act. " 1. The Presentment Sessions will estimate the sum which it may be necessary to raise off the barony for the purpose of affording employment. " 2. They will also ascertain the proportion of such assessment, which, according to the last poor-law valua tion, may be chargeable upon each electoral division of an union, or portion of an electoral division (if the whole shall not be included) in the barony; and they will ob tain for this purpose, from the clerk of each poor-law union, a copy of such valuation. " 3. They will present for such useful and profitable works to be executed in each electoral division, to the amount of its proportion of the assessment ascertained as above. " 4. In the case of drainage, however, and subsoiling, so far as it shall be connected with drainage, an under taking shall be given in writing, and transmitted with the presentment, by the person or persons whose lands are proposed to be drained (being ' proprietor' in the terms of the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, chap. 89), stating that the money so to be expended shall be a charge exclu sively on the lands so to be improved, and be levied from the same, according to an award to be made by the Com missioners as under the last•mentioned Act and its amendments. " His Excellency wishes it to be further understood that, in case these regulations are not acted upon, and the portions of the assessment which would be leviable from each electoral division, are not presented to be ex pended on some work within such division, the pro ceedings at such sessions must be considered with strict reference to the provisions of the 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 107. "His Excellency considering also that many baronies have already hold sessions under that Act, to which baronies the opportunity of making applications in the manner now prescribed has not been afforded, it is his desire that all works already sanctioned in those baro• nies, or applied for, and which it may become requisite to sanction, in order to afford continued employment, shall be proceeded with until other sessions may be con veniently held in such baronies. " His Excellency. in taking upon himself the respon sibility, under the urgent circumstances of the case, of inviting the magistrates and cess-payers to provide em ployment from the people by the execution of useful and reproductive works, confidently trusts with their assistance and the blessing of the Almighty on their united exertions, that the calamity with which it has pleased Providence to afflict Ireland may yet in its result become conducive to the production of greater abund ance of human food from the soil, and to the future permanent improvement of the country.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " H. LABOUCHERE. "Chairman of the Board of Public Works." THE CORK MAGISTRATES. m i T n a h t e io m n a t g o is t r ra ea te ig s C resign their th o e r have announced ir k oommissiona,nnl t e h s e a ir te der imme- diate the people. ROBBERY OF A MAIL CAR. ROSCREA, OCT. s.—The mail car from this town to Clonmel, was stopped yesterday a few minutes after leaving the post-office here, by two men—one armed with a gun, the other with a pistol—who demanded the mail-bags and money, which the driver was taking to Mr. Bianconi, his employer, with which they decamped. The public ought not to venture sending whole notes post. This occurrence is only the beginning of what may be expected to ba practised throughout the country during the winter months, unless the mails be guarded. THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The attempts made to rescue the Great Britain from her unfortunate position have now entirely failed. Until the springs of the ensuing winter no new efforts can, with any probability of success, be made, and meanwhile she must sustain the storms of winter. The melancholy intelligence was received in Liver pool at an early hour this morning, by the arrival of the steam-tug Dreadnought, Captain Gillespie, from Dun drum Bay, whence she sailed at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. Our last account, it will be remembered, stated that on Monday the state of the weather, and the heavy seaway prevailing in the bay, had prevented the approach of the two steam-tugs hence, and of the powerful Belfast steamer Sea Nymph. We now learn that during the whole of the ensuing night and through out yesterday the weather underwent no improvement, and consequently all hopes were relinquished. The steamers, therefore, left the bay, the Sea Nymph steam ing to Newry, whence she arrived at noon to-day ; the Albert steam-tug to Warrenpoint to take in coal, pre paratory to starting for this port ; and the Dreadnought to Liverpool . Both of these fine vessels have lost their anchors and chains, and last night, off the Calf of Man, the Dreadnought encountered a gale of wind and a ter rific sea. The weather now continues severe and threatening. The sea in the bay is described as running "mountains high." The Great Britain must now th e refore, winter in Dundrum Bay, and such, according to the best infor mation we can obtain, is the intention of her commander. She now occupies a most favourable position for this pur pose, having, during the gale of yesterday, been carried so far up the beach, that in ordinary tides she will be out of danger from the sea. At low water she will be left, high and dry, and, happily, upon a hard sandy beach, where there is little chance of her being imbedded. Her bearing is now N.N.W. to S.S.E., and according to the information of a competent judge she does not ap pear strained. In the meantime every preparation will be made to render the position of the ship secure. The erection of a break-water for her protection is said to be con templated ; and measures will be taken to repair the leak which has proved so disastrous to the fortunes of tho ship. A few facts may be added. An attempt was made on Saturday night, it will be recollected, to get the Great Britain off by the the two steam-tugs. Ac cording to the statements received yesterday, little was accomplished beyond bringing the steamer's stern round into a more favourable position. The results were, however, of greater importance. The steamer afterwards swung to the sea, and, had the weather on Sunday been moderate, there is little doubt that she would have been got off. The weather, how ever, proved most unfavourable, and ultimately the in creasing danger caused by the leak rendered it necessary for the safety of the ship that the six anchors run out astern into the sea should be let go. This was done, and the ship consequently was forced higher upon the beach. The following letters will be read with interest:— TO MESSRS. GIBBS, BRIGHT, AND CO. Great Britain steam-ship, Oct. 5. Dear Sirs,—Mfletter of yesterday, add the weather of last night, if you have had the same, will have pre pared you for what I have now to acquaint you with. As the tide rose the sea increased, and about seven o'clock we found the ship making much water. Worked the pumps all night. The anchors again came home, and on the flowing tide this morning, finding the ship making at least two feet water per hour more than the pumps threw, I thought it best to get some sail, and force her as high as possible. Captain Claxton, R.N., who came on board last evening, coincided in opinion with me, and we did so, letting go all our cables and halsers. The ship is now so high that I think she will not take much more harm. Captain Claxton leaves as soon as he can leave; at present the surf is too high. I presume you will communicate our situation to the underwriters of Liverpool and Glasgow. I shall make the best of everything until I have further directions from my directors and the underwriters. Until then I shall, as I have done, keep the entire management in my own hands.—l remain, dear Sirs, yours , trey, JAMES, .110SKEN. TO THOMAS COURT, ESQ. Warrenpoint, Oct. 6. Sir,—l returned from Tyrella this morninn, and regret much to inform you that the Great Britain had ten feet of water in her hold yesterday morning's tide, and is now high up on the beach, with her stern about S.T. We had severe weather on Sunday, and part of yester day. I fear now there will be little chance of getting this fine vessel off the shore.—l em, Sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, LEONARD WATSON. AN UNWELCOME VlSlTOR.—Yesterday, as oxen were being driven along Now Tuthill 8r #., Ir lle i " es 4 . , minster, one of them mounted the first-floor . 24 in that place. Mrs. Lawrence , Whr , s tairs of No. re sides in that part of the house, hearing such an ' " un usual noise on the stairs, inquired who was there made by the bullock thrust' - ,hiswhen the answer w as Mrs. Lawrence was dre' - .ig head is at t he door. being in splints, her , .cifully a l a rmed ; her right arm v July m eans of escape appeared to re treat as quickly i possible under the bed. Her screams b roug ht assists - I, . ace, and, after some trouble , the bullock was safely f .. Jacked down stairs and Mrs. Lawrence re leased builoc,) e m her unpleasant situat i o n . Whether the rr .: ,e had been over-driven , did not a pp ear. A.ne Hon. Dudley Ward, brother and heir pre. Isur nptive to Lord Ward, has been electe d master of the I WAvestershire fox-hounds. PRIC2 SD. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—In a few days the double marriage of the Spanish sisters will probably be celebrated ; a Queen will have r ece i ve d an unwe l come consort, and a Princess been entrapped into a forbidden alliance. It is, perhaps, calculated that a step irretrievable will cease to be dis cussed, that what cannot be cured will be viewed in the usual light of such cases, and that a grand reversionary property will have been secured at the cheap expense of a little dishonour and a great deal of noise. The results, however, of these breaches of national faith are neither so superficial nor so ephemeral. Even if the present effects be confined to the " passing jealousy and humour" which the most temperate of our neighbours anticipate, it would be very unsafe to conclude that such a termination was final. Too many rules have been in fringed to leave the precedent so harmless and unim portant. If the current and uncontradicted rumours of the friendly conference at Eu contain any truth, the promise of a statesman at a most amicable and confiden tial interview has been unintelligibly evaded. Omitting this unauthenticated 'assertion, it is undeniable that the French Cabinet selected a discreditable season for pro secuting with abruptness and haste a measure of which they well knew the doubtful legality, and of their in tentions concerning which they had left false impres sions on a friendly Power deeply interested in the event, and possessed of a rightful claim to be consulted. At the Court of a common ally they enveloped their pro ceedings in the secrecy and mystery characteristic of an unlawful transaction ; to the last stage of the negotiation they suppressed the negotiation of an act demanding peculiar openness and honour ; they left the British Ambassador uninformed of a step .of which, by the first rules of diplomatic decency, he should have been cognisant ; they dictated prevarica tion and dishonesty to the Court at which Maras re sident, and resorted to the most notorious violence to secure the acceptance of their proposals. When at length they allowed their dealings to struggle into offi cial light, they met the temperate remonstrances of the English Minister first with equivocation and then with discourtesy. Our last dispatches from Madrid stated that the Spanish President had informed Mr. Bulwer that he could not enter into any discussion upon the subject of difference. The note .of our Ambassador at Paris, though as decisive as was consistent with existing relations, was left unanswered. The whole policy of Versailles was that of a Court perfectly conscious of its unjustifiable conduct ; well aware that it would be exposed to remonstrance and rebuke ; concealing its craft as long as possible ; waiting with some anxiety fcr the catastrophe and its consequences ; overjoyed to find them less serious than conscience had taught them to dread ; shrinking from a discuskon they felt it impossible to sustain ; desperately hurrying on the project to its completion ; and trusting to the lapse of time or the chances of the game for making matters smooth again afterwards. Secrecy and speed are proverbially necessary to violence or fraud, but are seldom imperatively demanded in peaceable and upright transactions. Deeds that love the dark are not often fitted for the light. If the Montpensier al liance were as reasonable a project as the French re present it —as grateful to Spain as becoming to France, and as desirable to Europe—how, or why should England oppose it ? What impediment could possibly arise either from proclaiming or postponing it ? 1 With what face or what arguments could England forbid the bans ? The most gratuitous malice has scarcely ventured to suggest that she was a rival competitor. It was clear that she could urge nothing for individual advantage. She could advocate nothing but the independence of Spain and the tranquillity of Europe, and the treaties that define the rights and the limits of her intervention gave also a guarantee that it could neither be officious or vexatious. What must be the character of that transaction which, by the avowal of its authors, could never have borne consideration or delay, which could only have been effected by stealth and completed by precipitancy, and which, it is con fessed, must have been dropped had an opportunity been left for the notice of that Power, which could only base its interference on the stipulations of solemn treaties or the requirements of European peace? France has gained an object; with what results it remains to be seen. The nation chiefly insulted has still to speak, and will, per haps, speak when her voice is least expected. If, at the moment when the Court of Madrid is congratulating the Court of Versailles upon the lull of the storm and the security of the haven, the Count de Montemolin should call the Carlist party to arms, professing, unlike the Bourbons, his readiness to forget and forgive; or if a sudden democratic tempest should drive the intruders over the Pyrenees or the Tagus, these would be events only conformable to the precedents of Peninsular his tory. It was not until the Austrian party were quietly quartered in Madrid and Toledo, and Charles had been peaceably proclaimed in the capital as King of Spain and the Indies, that the people of Philip gave a sign of spirit or sensibility. Yet in twelve mouths Philip was a King again, and the Spanish cause was gained at the moment it appeared to be lost. Still less occasion is there for congratulation or triumph in the policy practised to wards England. The success achieved by France could at any time be achieved by any nation willing to pay the same forfeit. She has calculated the offence she might give an allied Power without provoking extremi ties. She has put out of her reckoning the damage done to her credit—has set off against the risk of more substantial damage the greatness and value of the spoil, and decided on seizing it at all hazards and trusting to fate for the results. It is generally in the power of any individual, with a current character for honesty, to overreach another in any one negotiation, but the least scrupulous will sometimes estimate their reputation too highly to barter it at a single bargain. King Louis Philippe has extorted for the Duke de Montpensier a greater dotation than ever was voted by a Parliament. France had better have paid in coin than in character. Breaches of inter national confidence are acts quite as disgraceful, and pre cedents almost as dangerous, as breaches of international law. It is not every outrage of either that will provoke a war, but the least tends to injure the influence of that conventional code which secures the peace of the world In a time of peace, and in a friendly country, England has seen the spirit of solemn contracts slighted, and her temperate protests entirely disregarded. She may not, as was probably calculated, conceive the occasion as calling for the last appeal of nations, but the occurrence will not therefore be overlooked or forgotten. There are licenses of conduct in which both nations and individuals may indulge without being actually or immediately shot at, but the transgressor seldom' fails to pay a propor-• tionate price for his freedom and his folly. POST.—We are borne out by the fast,. In spite of all speculative criticisms, the Wellington statue is no failure. Very far from it. It reflects very great credit upon the artist by whom it was designed, and—in spite of sneerers—we go further, and say that it reflects credit on the committee to whom its erection is due. The likeness of the man is unquestionable. Those who knew him best at the time he purchased, by his skill and his valour, the great laurels that now he can boast of, are willing to bear witness that Mr. Wyatt has given us the features of the great Wellington of Torres Vedras, of Vittoria, of the Nivelle, of Toulouse, and of Water loo ! Yes ; in " historic brass" we have before us the likeness of that great warrior who never advanced but to victory, and who never retreated but, like the leader of the Ten Thousand of old, in his retreat to eclipse the glory of his advance I It is a very painful thing to think that silly jealousies, and trumpery party partialities, have deprived a triumph of so much of its honours. Wretched and miserable personal feelings were suffered to interfere with what ought to have been a national ovation, and it is with us a source of deep regret that these feelings were prompted and stimulated by a certain, portion of the London daily press. Lord Bacon says that certain things are exempt from satire. We should think that our contemporaries must have in deed been in lack of a subject when they selected that to which we advert. Our London statues are scarcely so unexceptionable as to allow us to talk grand, still less to throw stones. The deficiency in artistic merits of Lon don, as a city, nobody ever ventured to question ; but, despite it all, we dare pronounce the Wellington statue a good statue and its site well chosen. There is a cant in criticism as well as in politics. We hear, about " high art" as we heard about " high " politics. But as the latter got us into the ditch, we are not very trustful of the former. We earnestly entreat of our readers to eschew this cant. We are willing to abide by the un prejudiced, urbought, unsought opinions of those who have viewed this statue since its elevation. Every one that has seen it with unprejudiced eye seems to concur with us in the belief that it is the noblest memorial ever raised in honour of the greatest hero. CHRONICLE.—A general assemblage of Irish landed proprietors, at the present extraordinary juncture, is a measure for which plausible reasons may be assigned in abundance. The scheme, however, is scarcely more than plausible. The promise which it holds forth, of bringing to the relief of Ireland in this alarming emer gency the collective wisdom and knowledge of her edu cated and propertied classes, is in the highest degree unlikely to ba made good. The meeting, if it should have the luck to escape being turned to the purposes of repeal, will simply reiterate the truths and the fallacies which have already come to us from the resolutions of county meetings, without attempting to apply to the r i‘ evils which it may condemn any practical remedy. I • O'Connell's gr,ane in reference to this project is obvious enough. Li the presence of famine he does not forget repeal, rAnd with many professions of moderation and forbeat'ace, he strives most ingeniously to give will PrA)PorAd assemblage a repeal iarac er. itvr. it a meeting, if not of repealers, at least d precursors. Nay, ho is no longer contented with a mere meeting, which was the first thought. His last letter insists upon the "necessity of forming in Dublin a central body board, or association, from amongst the landed proprietors of Ireland," which, by the power of local knowledge and popular confidence, may control and direct the Government. The design has the merit of simplicity. It is simply to make an Irish Parliament off hand. This, however, is but the face which Mr. O'Connell chooses to put upon. a movement of which it is by no means clear that he will or can have the direc tion. We have no right to attribute such imbecility to the gentry of Ireland as would be implied in the suppo sition that they could not assemble to consult for the common safety, at a great national crisis, without be coming the puppets of Mr. O'Connell. But giving them full credit for the capacity to take an independent course, and assuming that if they should come together INCREASE OF VIE MILITARY FORCE. A large body of troops is concentrating at Athlone, which, from its central position, is well adapted for a depot from which draughts can be drawn in case of dis turbances on the border counties. Part of the Scot's Grays and Queen's Bays have already marched thither from this garrison, and, as will be seen by the following extract from a local paper, further reinforcements are daily expected:— " Information has reached us of an order issued, directing accommodation to be immediately provided for a large increase of troops, the Government having decided oil establishing a depot in this garrison for troops, from which, in case of emergency, they can be dispatched. Four troops of the 7th Hussars, with the head-quarters, will arrive on the 15th, which, together with an infantry regiment in addition to the 75th, will be stationed here. The 6th Inniskillen Dragoons at present stationed here, are confined to barracks. and ordered to be ready to mount' in a moment's notice, in consequence of information received of an intended rioting of the peasantry in some of the adjoining coun ties." STATE OF TIPPERARY. The subjoined letter, from a correspondent of the Evening Mail, contains some instructive information re specting the pleasures of landlordism in Tipperary : " BORRISOKANE, OCT. 3.—Without note or comment, I send you particulars of two demonstrations (whether physical or moral I must leave to the judgment of your readers), which came off in this neighbourhood yester day. A Mr. Lloyd, having made a distress for rent, had the cattle removed to the ground in the village of Lurrah ; the cattle were bailed and returned to the poundkeeper yesterday, being the auction-day, for the landlord to sell (the tenant having refused to sign an adjournment of sale, or make any terms with Mr. Lloyd). Long before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon, being the time appointed for the sale, large bodies of men, armed with sticks and spade-handles — several with pistols, from different districts, the greater number being strangers, residing more than ten miles from the scene of action—were in motion towards the village of Lurrah, and, according as they moved along, they swelled their ranks by pressing into their service labourers and workmen of every description ; and in many places on their route they made several respectable farmers and gentlemen's servants leave their work, and join in their procession, and among others, a very quiet and inoffensive Dissenting minister, who was in the act of cleaning some wheat for market, and resolutely re fused to quit his business, when they immediately con vinced him of the prudence of joining their ranks by a rigid application of an oak stick to his loins, ft% m the effects of which he could with diffi• culty keep marching step with his company. Mr. Lloyd made no appearance at the hour appointed, and the pound-keeper gave up the cattle to the owner, amidst the most enthusiastic cheering of the demonstrators. The assemblage, consisting of upwards of 1,000 men, filed off in companies, each district having a fifer playing some loyal air at the head of the party. The other de monstration occurred at Milford, the residence of Mr. Ralph S. Smith, and arose out of the following trans action r—Mr. Smith's grandfather made a lease of nine acres of land, part of his estate, adjoining the house of Milford, for three lives, at a nominal rent of a few shil lings, to a retainer of his family. This farm passed into the possession of a man of the name of Gaynor, who sublet seven acres to a person of the name of Meara, at a rack-rent of 141. a year. Meara becoming embarassed in his circumstances, and unable to pay the rent, pro posed to Mr. Smith, within the last month, to sell him his interest in these worn-out seven acres, to enable him to emigrate with his family to America ; and although the ground was so reduced by Meara as not to be worth one half the 141. a year (reserved to Gaynor, during the term of his lease, now being for the life of one old woman, aged 72),1Mr. Smith gave Meara 451. for his interest and good-will, and undertook the payment of the rent due to Gaynor. No sooner was the money paid than Mr. Smith received a Rockite notice, threatening his life, should he interfere with the land, and requiring him to give up the same to Gaynor. Next followed an at tempt, on last Sunday evening, to shoot his steward ; and Mr. Smith being determined to support his rights, was preparing to plough the land yesterday, and when about to do so was inforined, that over 300 men were on the land and its vicinity, the greater number of them armed, ready to oppose him to the death. Mr. Smith was then obliged to barricade his house and out-offices, and keep his workmen with their ploughs and horses within doors, and immediately sent an express to Col. Dwyer, who was the next magistrate to him, and an other to Mr. Magrath, the officer in command of the po lice in Borrisokane, informing them of the peril he was in, the multitude being within view of his windows, when he received a reply from the former that he had forwarded his communication to the police authorities in Borrisokane. Immediately after an answer arrived from Mr. Magrath, that he could not repair to the place of siege without a magistrate accompanying him. Mr. Smith was therefore obliged to keep his house barri caded during the day, having been several times invited out by the assailing party, to make the light shine through him. In the evening this party of demonstra tors retired to their respective districts, making no con cealment of their being fully armed and prepared to meet any opposition. Mr. Smith is to make application this day to the authorities for a sufficient force of mili tary and police, to protect him for one day while plough. ing the land. You will say, a very happy prospect for gentlemen who reside upon th e i r e states, and a great inducement for nonresidents to come back among us, to perform the duties and receive the rights belonging to Tipperary property!" THE OATH OF SUPREMACY. Sir Valentine Blake, one of the latest recipients of Chancellor Brady's letter of grace, has, follow ing reply, succeeded in st ar ti ng a fresh Irish " diffi culty : " Paris, place d e l a M a d e line, Sept. 24, 1846. in the " My Lord,—l had the ho nour to receive a letter by your Lordship's direction yesterday, wherein it is in timated to me that my name is reinstated in its proper place in the commission of the peace for the county of Galway, for which I beg to return you my most sin cere thanks. " The clerk of the hanaper has enclosed to me the form of oaths to be taken, and, inasmuch as it required that I should swear the see of Rome, or the potentate who occupies the papal throne, has no spiritual power within the realms of her Majesty, which we all know is untrue, I am sorry that I must refuse to take such an oath, and I am only surprised that other conscientious Protestants should do so ; but I hope shortly to see your Lordship on the woolsack of the Irish [louse of Lords, as the keeper of her Majesty's conscience in Ireland, bringing in a Bill to abolish the taking of such an oath. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most faithful and obedient humble servant, " VALENTINE BLARE. " The Lord Chancellor of Ireland." ANOTHER " DIFFICULTY." Almost the whole of the barony of Farney, in the county of Monaghan, is, it is well known, the property of two landlords—the Marquis of Bath and Mr. Shirley. According to the Evening Mail, " Their agents arranged to employ every man in the barony on the lands, without presenting. All was set tled apparently most satisfactorily, when the tenants on the Shirley estate refused to work on the estate, and de manded public works, because five per cent. was even tually to be charged them for the improvements made, though they admitted they would be benefited twenty five per cent. Such is Ireland ! The quarrel is to be determined and settled by Government inquiring into the matter." RAILWAY LOANS. It is announced this evening that Government have determined to divide all applications for loans for rail way purposes under three heads, including 1. Incorporated companies entitled to borrow, by the amount of their paid-up capital ; these are to be referred for loans to the Exchequer-bill Commissioners. 2. Incorporated companies not so entitled ; t o th ese loans are to be given under the Relief Act, if sums have been presented for them by the baronies —the loans to be secured on such presentments. 3. Companies not incorporated, but for which present ments have been made ; such cases are to be referred to the Railway board. It is not unlikely that considerable mischief will be in flicted upon existing railway property by those proceed ings. The slowness and incapacity of th e di rectors of some of the working companies , combined with the rash misci ie imbecility lf of the Government, afford good pro m i se of DUBLIN, OCT. 6.—Another serious affray has t a k en place—the result of the fearful distress which affli c t s th e peasantry. This, un happily has proved f a t a l to one man, and another is in great danger. The f o ll ow i ng is an account given in the evening papers;-- " LIMERICK, OCT. s.—Last night a private of the 88th regiment and a civilian, named Gleeson, were shot d ea d at Castleconnel, within six miles of this city, during a riotous attack on the constabulary barrack, when the windows were broken. A draft of the 88th, from Birr, en route, was billetted in the town. Colonel M a u nse ll, Assistant- Adjutant Genera l, left Limerick this morning, to ingaire into the circumstances of the untoward event. The official account of the above affair differs from the foregoing, by saying ' the soldier is not dead.' In ever y other particular it agrees w ith the b rief narrative of our correspondent."—Packet. "FATAL AFFRAY AT CASTLECONNELL.—WC (Post) deeply regret to announce that a seriou s and fat a l a ff ra y took place in Castleconnell , count y Limerick, on Sunday last, between a party of the 88th regi ment en route to Cork, to embark for the Mediterranean, and th e consta bulary, whose barrack the soldiers attacked. One coun tryman in the crowd was killed, and a soldier was mor tally wounded. These are the only authentic particulars vet received." IMPORTANT LETTER FROM THE LORD LIEUTENANT. (corr . or CIRCULAR T D O u bLIIiEnUTEN Cas t le,A 6 T t S h 0 0 F ct e o 0 b U er N , T 1 I 8 E 4 S. 6 ) . I have been directed by his Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant, to communicate to you a copy of a letter which has been addressed by me to the chairman of the Board of Works, and to request that you will, as soor as possible, take such measures for the purpos9 C P _ • .1. ac- 4-