The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

r .MPE R I .AMEN T was made known to those parties that the Government would not undertake that duty, immediate orders were sent out to a great extent upon private account, which were at that moment in the course of execution. But he must remind their Lordships that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to undertake the duty of bringing supplies into the country. Whatever was felt of deficiency, would be, no doubt, met by the usual action of trade, or to bring supplies into the coun try. These would depend upon the importers, and he would give this emphatic warning to those on whom these sup plies depended, that the Government wouldin no case at all, except in some extreme exigency, interfere to effect the importation. He would only say thus much, that her Majesty's Government would feel it their duty, in the event of any extreme distress arising, and he prayed to God that it might not arise, but in the case of any such extreme distress arising in any part of the country, the place where that distress arose would be relieved by the provision of work, by which the labourers might earn out-door wages for those who were most distressed, until some sufficient relief was obtained, and the necessity for relief should cease by the generally improved state of the country and the better circumstances of the labourers and their families. In the event, how ever, of any extensive distress occurring a power was entrusted to the Lord-Lieutenant which he should be sorry to see entrusted to any one, however high hie character or his office, except on extraordinary occa sions. This power was the ability in cases of exten sive distress, of calling what he would call baronial sessions, and at these sessions the means of compelling the district where the distress: might occur to enter upon such public works as would relieve the distress for the time. The Noble Marquis then detailed the other privisions of the Bill, with respect to giving employment for the people in baronies, half baronies, and parishes. Her Majesty's Government in addition to this measure bad brought forward another to encourage public works in Ireland, partly by way of grant, and partly by loan. These were the outlines of the measures he had attempted to describe to their Lordships. He had no doubt that there would be a pres sure for a time, in spite of all the efforts of Government and in spite of all the activity of commerce, but eventually the consequences would be beneficial to the nation, and some ultimate good would be derived from it. Lord MONTEAGLE would be glad if he saw his way clearly, even after passing through great suffering and privation, to the happy results which his Noble Friend had pointed out. He considered that a Government dispensing food to the people, a calamity in itself great, could only be justified by the existence of a calamity still greater. The circumstances which had prompted Sir Robert Peel—with great boldness and with greater wisdom—to purchase food for the people of Ire land no longer existed, and, therefore, he did not see that any necessity existed for the present Government continuing the same principles. He said he would pro ! ceed to call the attention of the House to the second part of the Bill, which was the question of labour. He was sorry to discuss this question, which affected so inti mately the interests of Ireland, when so many of their Lordships were absent, especially so many Irish peers. He must say, that it was his opinion that the Govern ment would be disappointed of the effects which they anticipated from this part of the Bill. He said the diffi culties with which they had to combat were greater this year than those which had met the late Government. That calamity was seen only in the month of November. and prompt means were taken to provide against it; but here, in the month of August, four months earlier, a calamity was foreseen much more extensive and painful. It would be unjust to the other Government, if it was for a a moment attempted to underrate the importance of this measure. A letter read to day from a magistrate, bearing date, Aug. 3, describes the crops as being in the worst of states. From this they might judge of the magnitude of the coming evil. The pressure of this falls, from the circumstances of the Irish peasantry. in a way without example. In a case like the present they would not be continuing the union they were so anxious to preserve, if they were indifferent to the pre sent distress. Should it be said that they should come forward and meet distress in the Scilly Islands and elsewhere, and not feel for the sufferings of the people of Ireland? He relied upon the law to ensure the ob taining of the benefits they contemplated. He confided, too, greatly in the influence of the Board of Works, and the selection of some of the officers was the most judi cious that could be made. Without the aid of private subscriptions, the grant to the Board of Works would be vain. He spoke the sentiments of a large and in fluential portion of the gentry when he said that they did not require gratuitous assistance, and that they considered any assistance which was not supported by private subscription would be a very dangerous ex periment. But they were endeavouring to render theird present measure palatable by founding it on the old poor-law valuation. Why, it was admitted on all hands that that valuation was most notoriously unjust, and had been made in many instances for certain purposes which were completely outside the contemplation of the Acts of Parliament. He considered, therefore, that it was a most unhappy choice; but he considered that there was a more fatal objection to it, and that was that it would diminish the out-door relief administered in Ireland. He put it to their Lordships, would it not be very hard to make the expenditure of a gentleman upon his estate the measure for his taxation, and to make the neglect of others the standard of their more alleviated taxation. This was the principle which the present Bill would introduce into the operations of the system of relief. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 25. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat upon the W oolsack at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Ili Us, and prayed their Lordships' concurrence. THE LATE GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. Eaerl of RIPON begged to occupy their Lord ships' attention for a few minutes while he alluded to a subject aviaich had lately been referred to in their Lord ships'reeesse. H e greatly regretted that he had not been in the H °lase when it was under consideration, or it would not I save been necessary for him now to allude to it, but feel; Lag that it personally concerned himself, he felt it to he his duty to request their Lordships' attention while hee, briefly explained the circumstances of the n'astter, so far as he himself was concerned. lie had come to town to-day for the purpose of entering in to a full explanation of the whole of the circurn 'stances connected with this subject ; but the situation :in which the matter now stood, and referring to -what was said by his Noble and 'Learned Friend (Lord Lyndhurst) the other night, in vindication of _himself and him (Lord Ripon), he did not know that it was necessary fur him to trouble their Lordships by pursuing that course, and ha - would willingly abstain from saying anything to Vaeir Lordships if he could reconcile it to a sense of - what he owed personally to their Lordships. But this he was confident of, that he did then upon his hoessur as a gentleman, and if that was the last word that he should utter on this side of the grave, he did. absolutely deny, in the most unequivocal manner, that there either is or was the sligh!eest foundation for the imputation that was cast upon him,—(Hear, hear.) It was not an imputa tion that affected him merely in his political capacity, but it was one which mixed up a more grave and seri ous accusation, namely, that of trafficing in a matter of ecclesiastical patronage—(Hear, hear) and of endeavouring, by a most scandalous interchange of advantages, to obtain for a friend of his a living of which he was desirous of possessing himself. That the dis position of ecclesiastical patronage was a matter of awful responsibility—(Hear, hear)—and did not concern the mere temporal advantages of those whom the minister of a palish presided over, but related to their etern'AJ interests, no one could doubt ; and to suppose that, uny man of any feeling who had a sense of what wren right w ou ld b e gu il ty o f suc h dishonourable and scane,alous traffic, he thought was impossible, and par t;.ctif arly in his case, in which his conduct was as provably clear as the sun was visible at noonday.—(Hear.) With what feelings—if this charge were true—with what feel ings, he would ask, could he enter the walls of that parish church, in which parish was his residence, the -whole of which belonged to him, except that portion which was the clergyman's glebe ? What would be his feelings except those of shame and degradation when he entered the walls of that church? a sense of shame more easily to be conceived than described, if he was guilty of such dishonourable and scandalous conduct. He rested his vindication, then, upon this statement ; he stood upon his own character—(Loud cheers) — which for upwards of thirty years had been open to their Lordships and the country, and if that was not adequate to defend him against this attack, no explanation or argu extent could do so.--(Hear.) But one most extraordinary circumstance, in his opinion, attending this accusation was that no notice was ever given to him of the intention to bring any such charge. He knew, indeed, by acci dent, that a question was to be put upon a certain matter, but as there was no truth in the allegation that had been made, he did not apprehend that it would be necessary for him to say anything in reply. The accusation was preferred before he had time to attend to it himself or to instruct any friend to refute it for him. He was as much astonished when he heard the accusation, as if he had been accused of having committed murder. He said that such a proceeding was neither usual nor courteous, and, above all, it was not just ; and it was the last time which should have been chosen to make such a grave accusation in such a manner, and in such a hurry without giving the individual accused any opportunity of at once vindicating his character. This scandal pro- ceeded feorn some unknown and unnamed person. He was saiei to be eminent in his profession. What profession? Was i the law—the church? Did he honour the army with his name? What was he? Who was he? He knew not, and he cared not. He did not know what he was, but he could not help knowing what was more to the purpose. He had stated in the newspapers, and had volunteered to make a written statement, on which this charge was founded. What did he infer from that? That the in dividual had no intention to advert to the topic at all if it had not been for the written paper. Where was that paper? Was he not entitled to ask for that upon which had been founded an indictment on which he had been arraigned and found guilty in the opinion of even one individual? He said, again, that he had a right to ask where was the paper ? Did it exist ? In whose hands was it ? Was it in the hands of the indi vidual called upon to use it ? He doubted it very much. If it was not, on what grounds could it be regarded as a proof, or as the ground of a charge (against him, when he was not permitted to know what the contents of that paper were. It was an unheard of system, and also it was an unjust one. In order to show the degree of credit to which this nameless informer was entitled, it was stated that he 'was a person who was closely connected with the living of Nocton. Now, what did be know about it ? What could he know about it, or any circumstance connected with it, which induced him to apply to another person ? It evaA a remarkable thing, that there had been in that livitig during the last eighty years only two incumbents. The last incumbent resided there thirty-one years, and the) other forty-eight years. He (Lord Ripon) had as certained with regard to the individual who had lived there at the former period that he could not hare com plained, because he (Lord Ripon) had recently seen his son, and with respect to that person it was impos sible that any information could have been obtained or possessed by any person from him, which could have been made the foundation of the charge. He did not believe that any person who bore the name of Hobart—which was the name of the last incumbent— would ever be guilty of giving such information as 'would injure his reputation—would be guilty of giving such information as would hold him up to public reprobation. He did not believe that any one of the inhabitants of the parish with which his family had been so long connected would do so. They respected himself ; they loved his family ; he did not therefore believe that any one of these individuals had furnished this information.—(Hear.) He felt it unnecessary to enter into any detail as to those charges ; but, conscious as he was of his own innocence, conscious as he was of the injustice of the aspersions which had been attempted to be cast upon him, conscious of the total want of the truth of those aspersions from the beginning to the end, he repudiated them. His character had been attacked, a great injury had been inflicted on him, but he still told their Lordships that he would rather be the victim of that person's accusations he would rather carry with him to the grave the sense and feeli ng of the injury, than be the anonymous author of that calumny. Messengers from the other House then brought up several Bills. POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILE. lord LANSDOWNE, on the order of the day being read for going into Committee on this Bill, said he would then enter into the provisions of it. He referred their Lordships to the volume of correspondence on. their Lordships' table, out of which this Bill had originated. He said they would see in that volume all the various circumstances of the distress which existed in different districts in Ireland, from a disease in, and the failure of, the potato crop. The late Government, seeing that, had— and most properly in his opinion—originated men sures for the relief of the people afflicted under these circumstances. But notwithstanding this efforts which had been made by the late Government, new prospects had opened up of such distress that her Majesty's Ministers did not think they could allow Par liament to separate without providing for the emer geracy. The late Government were justified in the steps they had taken under the circumstances that then existed. In the second place, the circumstance that occurred was quite novel. Besides, it could be scarcely supposed that the ordinary means to meet the want of food could be immediately and effectively resorted to. The measures that had been taken had the effect of preventing that upward tendency in the price of the staple food of the country which occurred under such circumstances as the present. He would therefore call their Lordships' attention to the fact, that during the last month they had been sitting they had heard renewed accounts of the distress in Ireland, and, were induced to recommend for the adoption of the Houses of Parliament such remedial measures as the na ture of this calamity might require. In doing that, her Majesty's Government, as well as the late Govern ment, felt the weight of the responsibility that was thrown upon them. They considered that it would be culpable in them, the Government if they proposed any measure which could in any way interfere materially with the supply obtained through the ordinary channels afforded by commercial enterprise. This he need hardly state to their Lordships, who were very conversant with such subjects, was one of the most delicate operations in which any Government or any Parliament could engage, because the inevitable consequence of interfering with the artificial supply of food would be to dry up the channels through which food was ordinarily supplied, as well as any attempt to inter fere with the ordinary principles which regulated the demand for labour, by making the demand artificial in one quarter was liable to the possibility of diminishing that demand in another, and more extensive quarter— the demand which originated for labour from the cultivators and proprietors of the soil. They had, there fore, been endeavouring to avoid both these consequences in the measures that were now placed on the table. With respect to the supply of food, he was enabled distinctly to state that there was no inten tion, under any circumstances, to introduce food into the country under its agency, because - there was a perfect and just reliance, from all the knowledge which they had obtained on this subject, and from the successes which had already attended private speculators, after information acquired as to the extent and production of that particular quality of food upon which private specu lation had been brought to bear—he said there was a confident reliance that as the demand grew so would the supply, and that the supply of meal which had already reached Ireland would be followed up by other supplies, which, it was hoped, if they did not alto gether remove the danger of scarcity, that the supply would at least to a great degree diminish that scarcity. Upon the'.; e•-' , ject, therefore, he had the nega tive to .hat Government would not become the importers of corn or meal, and he had reason to know that the late speculations were suspended for a time within the last six weeks, under the apprehension that the Government might possibly again have recourse to that s eecies of commerce, ttod become impellers QI Min; flit " gay evil asst ii The Earl of WICKLOW could not allow a subject of so much importance to pass by without saying a word or two upon it. He thought Government had shown much good sense in the plan they had proposed, and he promised their Lordships to use his best endeavours to secure its success. He regretted exceedingly that so heavy and sudden a calamity had fallen upon the sister kingdom, but he was sure of this, that the steps Go vernment were taking would insure a sufficient supply of food and employment for the people. He disapproved of the plan for placing the constabulary force under the control of the Government, because the 50,0001. which it would remove from the burdens on land would in no way benefit the people, while the relief itself was so small as to be hardly perceptable to the landlords of Ire land.—(Hear.) There were several points to which he had wished to refer, but at that late hour he should re frain from doing so, contenting himself with sincerely thanking Hon. Gentlemen for the anxiety they had ma nifested to do all in their power to remove or alleviate the prevalent disease and distress of Ireland.—(Hear.) The Duke of GRAFTON attributed much of the dis derably reduced estimate. The cost of construction also will be reduced, by arrangements which have been entered into between this Company and the Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Rail way Company, for making a portion of the line in Wen.leydale jointly with that company. If there fore these arrangements are carried'out, the amount of each share will consequently be reduced in the amended Bill. The directors therefore request a general autho rity from this meeting to go to Parliament next session, for power to make all necessary modifications of the line; and to treat with other companies if deemed expe dient, subject of course to the approval of a future general meeting. " The Act requires that the directors to whose future management the affairs of the Company shall be com mitted, be elected at this meeting. The board beg to suggest to the proprietors that the number be continued at eighteen, and those eighteen named in the Bill being eligible, be recommended to the meeting for re-election ; and it is proposed that the services of the directors be continued without remuneration until the next general meeting of the shareholders. " Two auditors must be at the same time appointed by this meeting, and the directors recommend Richard Dutton, Esq., of Denmark Hill, Surrey, and James Gandy, Esq., of Heaves Lodge, Westmoreland, as fit persons for that office, and the remuneration which they suggest is 20/. to each annually. " The directors have secured the services of Charles Locock Webb, Esq., as secretary, and they unanimously recommend that a salary of 5001. per annum be autho rised by the meeting to be paid to that officer. " The directors do not intend to make any call on the proprietors previous to the next general meeting, and they give notice that interest, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, will be paid on all calls. " Resolutions will now be submitted to the meeting, embodying the various matters herein treated upon, in cluding one stating that the next general meeting will he held in February, 1847, the day to be fixed hereafter by the board." The CHAIRMAN moved that the report now read be received and adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the sharehtders. In doing so he commented briefly upon the various points mooted in the report. The Northern Counties Union was a junction of two railways that went to Parliament last session for two separate Bills, but had since amalgamated, upon the suggestion of the Committees to whom the Bills had ' been referred. The Bill for the amalgamated lines had passed on the 27th July last, and that meeting was called for the purpose of carrying the Act into opera tion for approving of it, electing officers, and vesting them with powers of management. The directors came from different companies, and pre viously had divided interests, but now they were united and determined to prosecute the line under their care with all the diligence and perseverance they could com mand, that was, of course, if that meeting elected them that day. If they were elected, it would be one of their tasks to work cut the capabilities of the line at the least possible cost. lie thought the expenses could be reduced, and the directory, if elected, thinking so, would, next Parliament, go for an amended Bill, to enable them carry out their improved and more economical views. As to the engineering difficulties, he thought they had been exaggerated, but that would be a subject for consideration when they ap plied for their amended Bill. With the contemplated reductions the amount of shares would be considerably reduced, and if it was the wish of the meeting that the directors should receive a general authority to do what was right and necessary, he for one, and on the behalf of the board, could assure the proprietors that no exer tions should be wanting to promote their interest and carry on the business of the Company in the wisest manner and on the most economical principles. By the opposition they had encountered, he could only say that he thought he had good reason for thinking that part of the large sum of money expended in op posing their measure must have come out of the funds Of some established company. Ile had some persons in his eye, but it would not be prudent for him to indulge in any personalities. He made a few other brief remarks referring to the election of officers, and then moved that the report be received and adopted. Mr. DUTTON seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously. Other resolutions, in accordance with the recommen dation contained in the report, were then put to the meeting and adopted nem. con. The directors named in the Act were then elected, and their remuneration fixed at 1,0001. for the ensuing year, at the request of the great body of the proprietors. Thanks to the Chairman and directors were then carried, and the meeting separated. SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY - AUCTION. At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale of Railway Shares yesterday the business proceeded with spirit. The fol- lowing are a few of the principal sales:— East Indian 0 17 6 Direct Northern 1 12 6 Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shropshire Union and Canal South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 4 0 London and Blackwall, New North British, Carlisle Extension .. Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, &c. Welsh Midland Reading, Guilford, and Reigate Great Western of Bengal 0 5 6 London and York 2 0 6 Cornwall and Devon Central Cambridge and Oxford 0 10 6 Shrewsby., Wolverh., and South Stafford. 2 7 0 North Kent Caledonian, New Grand Union 0 14 0 Churnet and Blythe 1 16 0 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush North British, Halves ..... 16 15 0 London and Croydon Paris and Lyons Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 0 0 Buckinghamshire Paris and Strasbourg Constituted TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 22, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ernst Cesar Hartung, as Consul at Sierra Leone for the Free Hanseatic Republic of Bremen. WAR-OFFICE, AuG. 25. Ist Regiment of Foot—J. C. Pugh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shadwell, appointed to the 21st Foot, Aug. 25. 21st Foot—Lieut. W. Domvile to be Captain, by purchase, vice Adamson, who retires; Second Lieut. 11. P. T. Wood ington to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Domvile; Ensign J. Fitz Thomas Shadwell, from the Ist Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodington, Aug. 25. 23d Foot—Sir H. U. R. Chamberlain, Bart., to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lord Greenock, ap pointed Adjutant; Second Lieutenant A. F. Lord Greenock to be Adjutant; Colour Sergeant R. Fortune to be Quarter master, Aug. 25. 36th Foot—Lieut. R. B. Jennings, from half-pay 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice White, appointed to the 82d Foot; Ensign G. L. R. Berkeley, to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Jennings, who retires; T. Rice, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Berkeley, Aug. 25. 37th Foot—F. Stead, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Persse, whose appointment has been cancelled, Aug. 25. 49th Foot—Lieutenant C. S. Glazbrook to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pearson, who retires; Ensign C. G. Richard son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glazbrook; R. G. A. De Montmorency, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Richardson ; Lieutenant J. W. Armstrong to be Adjutant, vice Glazbrook, promoted, Aug. 25. 6&1 Foot—Lieutenant C. E. Fairtlough to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Oliver, deceased, Aug. 25. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign M. Walms ley, vice Ford, deceased, Sept. 25, 184.5; Ensign J. Spier, vice Mahon, deceased, May 1, 1846. To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign 11. White, vice Walmsley, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, Aug. 25. To be Ensigns, without purchase--IL E. Quin, Gent., vice Spier, Aug. 24 ; S. Fairtlough, Gent., vice White, Aug. 25. 71st Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Taylor to be Quartermaster, Aug. 25. 79th Foot—Capt. J. Ferguso n t o b e Ma j or, by purchase, vice Lawrie, who retires; Lieut. A. Hunt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ferguson ; Ensign K. R. Maitland to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Hunt; E. G. Place, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maitland, Aug. 25. 85th Foot—Ensign G. Thomson to be Adjutant, vice Knox, promoted, Aug. 25. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant J. R. O'Reilly to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sandes, killed in action Ensign W. Harvey, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Reilly, April 19; Sergeant-Major J. Harvey to be Ensign, vice W. Harvey, Aug. 25. UNATEACHED.—Brevet-Major T. C. Smith, from the 97th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Ang. 25. ComussAnzAT.—Assistant Commissary General T. Stick ney, to be Deputy Commissary-General, Aug. 11. MSMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign King, of the 6th Foot, are Henry John, and his surname Newton King. WAR-OFFICE, AuG. 25. Further List of Private Soldiers of the Queen's Army, killed in the recent Battles on the Sutlej, or who have subse quently died of wounds received in those Actions. 53d Foot—John Badcock, Robert Beighton, Patrick Flynn, William Gainer, William Hanson, John Kaithcart, John Lan fear, Thomas Lewis, Philip Nugent, Richard Stevens, John Turner, John Tannicliffe, and G. 11. Wilson. ADMIRALTY, AuG. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—To be Second Lieutenants— Philip Harris, Gent., William James Dunn, Gent., John Horndon Parry, Gent., Richard Kennett, Willson, Gent., Edmund Henry Cox, Gent., Edmund Brighouse Snow, Gent., Gentleman Cadet James Taylor. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. The Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—J. Burgess, Gent., to,be Lieutenant ; G. F. Richardson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, July 1 Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. The Queen's Own Regiment of Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry—H. Farquharson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cox, resigned; Cornet W. Ffooks to be Lieutenant, vice Pretor, resigned, Aug. 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Yeon?ariy Cavalry--E. J. Ridgway, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wilkinson, deceased. Aug. 22. ,ress of Ireland to the bad cultivation of the - land, and was rejoiced to see Government evince a disposition to get rid of the evil. _ _ - After a few words from the Marquis of LANS• DONNE, in explanation, a The Bill passed through Committee, and was reported without amendments. It was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. STEAM NAVIGATION BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, this Bill was read a third time and passed. SMALL DEBTS BILL. The NOBLE EARL then presented a petition from the Society of Attorneys-at-Law, praying that they might he considered eligible to be elected as judges under the Small Debts Bill. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. This Bill went. through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow ; as were also the PublEe Works (Nos. 4 and 5) (Ireland) Bill. The Constabulary (Ireland) Bill. The Leases (Ireland) Bill. The Private Bills Bill, and The New Zealand Government Bill. TUE EJECTMENTS (IRELAND), AND THE DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILLS. These Bills were read a third time and passed. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday, when its provisions would be explained by the Earl of Clarendon. THE PAWNBROKERS, AND THE DISTRICT LUNATICS ASYLUM BILLS. These Bills were read a first time, and were ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Their Lordships adjourned at Eight o'clock. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY (LATE YORKSHIRE AND GLAS- GOW UNION AND YORK AND CARLISLE). The first general meeting of the proprietors of the above Company, after its:incorporation, was held yester day at the London Tavern, at one o'clock. The chair was taken by Major Beresford. Previous to his arrival, to save time, the Secretary (Mr. Webb) read the ad vertisement convening the meeting, and went through the usual formalities in opening the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said, the meeting was called in pur suanee of the advertisement read to them, calling the first general meeting of th e Northern Counties Union Railway, by which name he should for the future de nominate the recently amalgamated companies. The report, which the Secretary would read to them, had been unanimously adopted by the directors at their meeting yesterday. The SECRETARY then read the following report:— " The directors appointed by the Act of incorporation, at this the first general meeting, held as required by law, within one month from the date of receiving the royal assent, beg to lay before the proprietors a state ment of the funds of the amalgamated Companies, made up as accurately as possible, considering that the separate accounts of distinct companies had to be taken into consideration, which separate accounts will be ren dered in detail to the shareholders of each company, as originally registered, so soon as they can be accurately prepared. Those of the York and Carlisle are already published. The statement is as follows: Dr. To payments to be made by the York shire and Glasgow Union Company, on 29,095 shares, at 11. sa. per share £36,368 15 0 To payments to be made by the York and Carlisle Company, on 27,861 shares, at 11. ss. per share 34,826 5 0 xT,75 ---- ; --- ( .. ) Cr. By investment in 3+ per cent. Stock .£36,368 15 0 By funds in bankers' hands (Messrs Wakefield, Crewdson, & Co., Kendal) 34,826 5 0 £71,195 0 0 " The directors after a careful consideration of the undertaking, are fully convinced of the importance of the communications the line will establish, and the re sources of the extensive districts through which it passes, but have come to the resolution, that it would not be expedient to commence at present, a heavy outlay on the whole line simultaneously ; but that it would be more prudent to re-survey the expensive portions of it, and to apply to Parliament next session for an amended Bin, by which the line may be constnoted at a consi.l THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1846. at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Llewellin, Noble -street, City ; Sutton, Birmingham. John Boland, hardwareman, Manchester, Sept. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Blanchester; Smith and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Motteram and Co., Birmingham; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Richard Yates :and Thomas Hartley Williams, merchants, Sept. 8 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, London. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Harrison and Shiels, London—final div. of 3d. in the pound, apply to Mr. Benn, Paradise-row, Stoke Newington. J. Arkell, miller, Stow on the Wold—first div. of 2s. in the pound, Oct. 7, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the oflice of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. J. Harford, ironmaster, Bristol —second div. of 13s. 4d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Biggs, undertaker, lionddsditch, Se - pt. 22, at eleven— J. Bryant, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, Sept. 24, at twelve— R. Brailsford, common brewer, Enfield, Sept. 29, at twelve— I. C. Staines, tailor, Oundle, Sept. 15, at twelve—J. B. Crampern, coal merchant, Wharf-road, City-basin, City road, Sept. 15, at twelve. In the Country. C. Ball, linendraper, Lane-end, Staffordshire, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court —M. Cooke, joiner, Manchester, Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Nield, woollen manufacturer, Manchester, Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Seaton, farmer, Winkhouse, Yorkshire, Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds ;District Court—J. Evans, cattle dealer. Haywood lodge, Herefordshire, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court,—J. Edwards, ironfounder, Birmingham, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court--T. Wenman, merchant, Birmingham, Sept. 17, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court.—E. and T. Tomkie;., fellmongers, Shrews bury, Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Hare, linendraper, New-street, Dorset-square, Sept. 18 —IL A. F. Kingscote, merchant, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street, Sept. 18—W. Morphew, linendraper, Sevenoaks, Sept. Brailsford, common brewer, Enfield, Sept. 29—T. Oakley, farmer, Kingsbury-farm, St. Albans, Sept. 24—J. Dutt, carpenter, Upper-street, Islington, Sept. 23—A. S. Syer, dealer, Sudbury, Sept. 25—C. H. Stonehouse, ship broker, Newport, Sept. 18—J. M. Sta r k, b oo k seller, Gains borough, Sept. 16—G. Wharf, potato dealer, Boston, Sept. 22—8. Priestley, grocer, Manchester, Sept. 16—G. E. Schults, stockbroker, Liverpool, Sept. 15—W. Nash, grocer, Older bury, Shropshire, Sept. 15—M. Chapman, painter, Devon port, Sept. 15—M. Armistead, milliner, Crawford-street, Alarylebone, Sept. 15—G. and J. Barton, copper-roller ma nufacturers, Manchester, Sept. 15—J. Wilkinson, grocer, Manchester, Sept. 15. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Morgan and J. Swift, linendrapers, Sheffield—J. Taylor aad W. llewitt, common brewers, Great Drill:1cl, Yorkshire —II. A. Johnson and W. D. Ditchett, surgeons, Loath, Lin colnshire—J. Broadbent and J. Lees, cotton spinners, Old ham, Lancashire—W. Day and J. Stanger, appraisers, Maid stone—T. L. Walker, J. Siddons, and J. M. Wathew, coal masters, Nuneaton, Warwickshi re ( so f ar as regards J. Siddon)—R. S. Thomas and T. Gillmore, tailors, Man chester—J. and W. Marsh, cabinet makers, York—J. Turnock and G. Brook, mercers, Hanley, Staff or d s hi re —W. C. and S. Kettlewell, chemists, Leeds—T. and G. Cadbury, cheesemongers, New Bond. street—W. 11. Higman and R. Rees, ironmongers, Crown-street, Finsbury —S. and T. Taylor, cotton spinners, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—T. C. Hounsell, S. B. Gundry, J. Templer, J. G. Budden, J. Hill, and IV. Sparks, bobbin-net lace manufacturers, Chard, Somersetshire—C. Mott and S. Abel, surgeons, Albany-street, Regent's-park —J. and J. Lowden, butchers, Norwich —S. Figgis and B. Eyre, Crown-court, Philoot-lane, City—S. D. and J. H. Firth, cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire—T. Blakeley, D. Milnes, J. Hudson, T. Spedding, J. Ne;s some, Jun., B. Rotherv ' J. Greaves, jun., D. Ramsden, J. Ward, jun„ J. Bailey, LI. Wharton, B. Scargill, J. Richardson, S. Mitchell, J. Lister, B. Bailey, G. Ward, G. Ward, jun., R. Ward, and J. Greaves, wool carders, Batley Carr, Yorkshire (so far as regards T. Blakley)—J. Hartley and T. Barrett, jun., cotton spinners, Prestolee, Lancashire--R. Clarke, sen., T. Clarke, a n d R. Clarke, jun., ship builders, Liverpool—W. Wrefurd and R. H. Pugh, hosiers, Aldermanbury. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Hay, grocer, Kilsyth, Aug. 31 and Sept. 22, at one at the house of Mr. Bankier, Kilsyth. Andrew Brown, commission agent, Edinburgh, Aug. 28 and Sept. 25, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Macmillan, Edinburgh. Mary Gilmour and Company, cabinet makers, Edinburgh, Aug. 21 and Sept. 22, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Deuchar, Edinburgh. Robert Glass (formerly designed Robert Glass, jun.), mer chant, Greenock, Sept. 2 and Sept. 22, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Greenock. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of August 25 SUGAIL—To-day all descriptions of West India Musco vado Sugar were sparingly dealt in, although merchants submitted to a reduction of 6,1 per cwt, and the private pur chases did not exceed 240 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were only in limited de mand, and prices have assumed a downward tendency, brown grocery lumps selling at 635, and standard lumps at 63s 6d to 64s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is little wanted, but fine quality is not to be obtained under 33s 9d per cwt. MAuarnus.—This afternoon the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 4,873 bags. The chief part sold in conse quence of merchants reducing their prices is per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was well sup plied With Bengal Sugar, the quantity offered at public sale amounting to 6,071 bags; nearly the whole sold, white and grainy yellow fetched full market rates, but other sorts went 6d per cwt cheaper. FOREIGN.—To-day at public sale 555 chests of White and 1,220 chests of Yellow Havannah imported by a foreign ship were offered; the white Was mostly taken in at the full worth ; the yellow all found buyers at steady prices. BloLAssEs.—The stock is on the increase of West India, but there is scarcely any demand, and prices are little bet ter than nominal at 193 to 24s fur low to fine quality. Ben gal Treacle is heavy of disposal, and the tendency of prices is downwards. COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was in dull de mand, and at public sale 625 baleslB half-bales imported from Calcutta were all taken in at easy rates. With Ceylon the market was better supplied, and 2,452 bags 57 casks were offered at auction ; the Plantation was nearly all sold in con sequence of merchants submitting to rather lower rates. TuA.—There has been little business transacted in any kind of Black, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms. The value of Pouchong is 3d to Gd, and good to fine 7d to od. For green the marAtt, has a dull appearance, and prices are going down. RICE.—To-day all kinds of East India Rice were much sought after privately, but further advanced rates being re quired checked business, and at auction 1,500 bags of Bengal were taken in at high rates. Spiess.—Pimento has been purchased with increaseed freedom, and buyers have been compelled to pay stitnr rates. Black Pepper is not to be obtained upon lower terms. White has met with little attention, low as prices are, and at auction 185 bags only in part sold at 4d for good middling quality, and at 3% to 3% for low. For Cassia Lignea previous rates. Nutmegs have met with little attention privately, and at auction 20 casks of limed from Madeira was bought in at 3s 6d for bold. For Cloves the demand has improved, and the parcels sold privately were at former rates. In Mace several purchases have been made, and buyers have been compelled to give 2s 8d to 3s 3d for common and middling, and as 4d to 3s 9d for good to line. Cinnamon has not im proved in value. Ginger has only been in limited demand, and prices are on the decline. Ors.—The duty for the kingdom is estimated as high as 180,00 C/. The market has a very dull appearance for all de scriptions, and prices are on the decline. Picking has alrealy commenced, and which is earlier than for many years. The yield of Hops will be much greater than it was last season, and the quality superior. Srums.--For Leeward Island the market has a dull ap pearance, and only limited parcels have been disposed of, but holders are enabled to obtain 2s 5d to 2s Gd for proof strength. Calcutta has met with little attention, but is 110 to 2s are the rates insisted upon for proof with certificate. For Ja maica there are few purchasers, and in some cases rather lower rates are taken. In Demerara there has been little passing. Brandy has been in excellent request, and prices are still on the advonee. Geneva is wanted fur export, and the parcels sold were at 2s id to 2s 2d for common. Oars.—For Olive Oils there has been an extensive de mand, and a further improvement in prices has taken place. There has been a brisk demand for Linseed Oil for home consumption, and prices rulefirm. For forward delivery reveral contracts have been entered into at 24s to 24s 3d. In Rape Seed Oil many purchases h ave been made, and prices rule firm. Palm is wanted, and several parcels have been sold; prices are tirm. Sales to a fair extent have been made in Cocoa Nut Oil, and 32s to 343 paid. The value of American Lard Oil is 351 to 40/ per tun; but few sales have been made. In Seal a good business has been transacted by private con tract, and full rates are paid. Cod is held for 27/ to 281, but the amount of business done has been unimportant. In Southern several purchases have been made, and prices are firm at 251 to 25/ 103 for fine quality, 24/ to 231 lOs for good, and at 231 to 231 15s for low and middling. Sperm has been only in moderate demand, but no further decline has taken place. TALsow.—Russian has been purchased with increased freedom on the spot, and prices have advanced 3d to 6d per cwt. For forward delivery the demand has been good, and the prices are rising. Town Tallow has met with a free sale at 40s 6d to 41s net cash. Australian has been sought after, but the quantity remaining unsold is small. CENTRAL CRINIINA.L COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Alderman Huairas). Jeremiah Roscoe, 25, and Mary Roscoe, 53, his mother, were indicted for stealing some carpet, the property of Messrs: Rollison and Co. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted,:and Mr. Doane appeared for the defence. These prisoners were tried last week in the New Court, upon four indictments for robbing the same prosecutor of property to a large amount; but, although there was very little moral doubt of their guilt, and that the father of the prisoner Jeremiah, who has absconded, was also concerned in carrying on an enormous system of plunder upon the prose cutors, the legal evidence was inr.ufficient to convict them, and they were consequently acquitted. The prisoners were also fortunate upon this indictment, the jury again returning a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner Jeremiah was then arraigned upon another indictment, for stealing a mahogany table, the property of the same prosecutor. Under this indictment the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. ,% Mr. Cr-Aria:sox said there was another indictment against the mother for stealing a quantity of bed-ticking, but as he did not think the legal evidence was sufficient to justify a conviction he should not proceed with it, and a verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly returned. The RtfconuEn, in passing sentence, observed that although the prisoner, Jeremiah Roscoe, was the only one against whom a conviction had been returned, yet there was no doubt that he and his father and mother had all been engaged in a most extensive system of plunder, and that they had actually been trading upon the property stolen from their employers. Under these circumstances he felt that he was bound to inflict the full punishment fixed by the law for the offence of larceny, which was, that he be transported for seven years. Mr. CLARKSON said the prosecutor had been robbed of property amounting altogether in value to between twelve and fifteen hundred pounds, and he applied to the Court to order such portion of it as bad been discovered to be handed over to them. The RECORDER made the necessary order. Archibald Barbour, - spirit merchant, Johnstone, Aug. 31, and Sept. 21, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Campbell, Paisley. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From t'e Official List, ruaLisiiED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25. JOINT-STOCH BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -- - --- X 5. d. X s. d. Australasia ••••• • • • • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 20 1 % Britsh.North American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 43 1 ,E Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24% Colonial .• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 Londn and Westrninstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0' 0 28% London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 47 Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 19 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 21 Nat. Provncial 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 London.... • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11 N INSURANCE COMPANIES. ) Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X s. d. ----.. Albion •••••••• . • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 IR Ditto Marine... -• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 531 Atlas . British Commercial .• 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 % Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6N County ••••••• • . • - •• 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - !Cagle • • .7. European Life ...... 51 % per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 135 Guardian --- - - -5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48 Imperial Fire •• - • ... 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 Imperial Life ••.• • • • • 125. 100 0010 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine.... 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire •••• • • • • 103. 25 0012 10 0 14% London Ship •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 Marine.. ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Ircd. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life ......... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 9% l'alladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. Os. t'hcenix 3/. p. ct. & bs. _ '2os 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. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange .... • . 51. per cent. Stock. - 198 Sun Fire ......... . 6/. 10s. - - 210 Ditto Lif e..... - - 49 Universal Life CANALS. .1 Names of Dividend Price. Names of ~, Dividend Companies. A per f Companies. stl per Price. a Annum.i X 1 f . , ,, Annum. X - Ashtn & Oldh 97'51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 8/. 160 Ashby-d-la-Zlll3 4/. 70 ISlntgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley.... ,160, 121. 180 Ma cc l es fi e ld . 100 - 38 Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• • • • 100 17/. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. - Cromford ... • 100 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 j Dudley lOO 4/. - R egent ' s ••• • 33 1/. 55. 25 Derby .. •• • • 100 61. 73 Rochdale.... 85 41. 77 1 7 ' Ellsrure&Chs 133 41. 55 S hropsh i re • • 125 Si. - Erewash .• • 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 1001 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 GrandJunetn 100 '7/. 87 Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 295 t.rand Union 100' 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 315 I I iistr & Brkly 100 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - ara.nthzun Iluddersfleld. 57 - - Wye Rath Itiennt & Avi 39 1 I s . ed . 9% Trnt &MI 50 301. - MI Lancaster .• • 47i 11. 10s. - sey, 1 4 s Leeds& Livrp 100' 341. 520 Thams &M e d 19 - - Leicester Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 52 B 78 21. 43 rirming. j Lough borogk 142 70/. 850 Wilts & Brks, 67 11. I I l' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. 11. I I Two young men, named William Hart, and Benjamin Metcalf, were charged with having attempted to obtain 20 the sum of 221. upon a forged letter. The case was a curious one. The presiding magistrate was Alderman Wilson. Mr. James Booty, of the firm of Stringer and Booty, oil-merchants, of Leadenhall-street, said—On Saturday morning last, we received a letter from Messrs. Segar 31,,i and Chadwick, York, dated the 21st of A ugus t, as a matter of business. We also received from Mr. James 0. . 5 , 4 Chadwick, ORO of the partners in the firm, another letter 3 by the same post, asking us to pay Mr. Brown 22/. on h account of James Chadwick. On my arrival in town, I 0. found the latte r l e tt er on my d es k , an d suspected that it was a forgery. At about half-past four o'clock, the prisoner Hart, came into the counting-house, and gave to me a letter referring to the 221., and I asked him ' whom he ca me f rom , t o w hi c h h e rep li e d , f rom Mr. ) Brown, for the amount in the letter. I told him to wait a little, and I would return and give him a cheque. I left him in the counting-house, returned with a policeman, and asked him from whom he had got the letter ; and he said from a young man at the corner of tee. St. Mary Axe. I gave hi m i n t o cus t o d y, an d h ave s i nce ascertained from York that the letter was a forgery. I then went to the'address upon the letter, and learned from the landlady that the prisoner, Metcalf, who had ) formerly lodged with and robbed her, arid been pro secuted by her to conviction, had introduced Mr. Brown to her, with a request that she would receive any letters addressed to him there. Upon returning to the count ing-house on Monday morning I found that Metcalf had, in the meantime, called to look after Hart, and been detained by my partner ; and I directly charged Metcalf as an accomplice. I referred to these letters, and Metcalf said, "If you are going to take me away I will tell the truth." He then told me that he had been connected with the Mr. Brown, to whom one of the let ters had been addressed, and who went by the name of Whisker, or Whistler. Mr. ringer, the other partner iu the house of Stringer and Booty, added to the statement of the last witness the following :—About ten o'clock on Monday morning the prisoner Metcalf came into the counting house, and asked if we bad not received a letter respect ing some money in the name of Brown. I said we had, asked him to walk in, and sent for a policeman. Met calf then said he was desirous of giving full information as he knew the parties. He said the party who had concocted the letters was named Whisker ; that his mother resided at York, and was respectable ; and that these letters had been sent to a publican at York, with directions to 'put them into the post-office there. City-policeman 555, stated, that he took Hart into custody in the counting-house of Messrs. Stringer and Booty, on Saturday. Hart said he gut the letter he presented from a man in the street, at the corner of St. Mary-axe, but who that man was, or where he lived, was not known to him. Witness took Hart to the place, but could find no one there answering the description. City-policeman 531 who took the other prisoner into custody, stated that Metcalf said that he had been in prison with a man named Whisker, or Brown, that they had been both discharged on Tuesday last, and had been lodging together in Aldersgate-buildings since they came out, and that Whisker had borrowed his coat of him, and had it on. Alderman WILSON asked the prisoners, who fre quently during the examination declared separately, that, however circumstances might appear against them, they were wholly inrocent of any thought of fraud or deception, and were wholly unacquainted with each other, what explanation they could give of the case? Hart said, " I met this man Brown on Friday night in the street. He was a total stranger to me, and we had some drink' together. He asked me to lend him a shilling, and he said he should pay me on Saturday, when he expected an order from the country for money. I met him again on Saturday, and he borrowed another shilling of me, and said he had received the order for the money, but ho did not like to go for it himself, as he was not on terms with those gentlemen, and I con sented to take the letter and went in with it, after being told by him to write a receipt on the back of it. I know nothing at all of this man. Metcalf-4 confess I have been in Westminster Bride well for having made away with some of my landlady's goods. I have, I solemnly declare, done nothing. since that I ought to be afraid or ashamed of. I met Brown, who went by the name of Whisker in Westminster Bridewell, and he told me that his mother lived in York, and had 2001. a year there, and that ha had respectable connexions there. We agreed to take lodgings toge ther, and he wrote four letters on Wednesday, and on Thursday he enclosed them in a letter to go to York. He said that on Saturday lie should receive 15/. from Messrs. Stringer and Booty, of Leadenhall street, and a 149 PAM pa9ney frau Alton and CrilS, azid things would DOCKS. Dividend 1 Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. — ---.. £ e. d. X a. d. Commercial . . East and West India East Country Landon • • St. Katharine .... ••• • j 5 per cent. Stock. 101 Southampton ••.• • • • • 141. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27}i WATER -WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price, Annum. Share. X 8. (1 . East London.... .. - B/. 100 0 0 - 204 Grand Junction .... • • 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90 Kent .... ... - 70 Vauxhall •.. - 57 West Middlesex .. .. • • 51. ss. pr cnt. 63 12 9 - 130 =ST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Name of Company, Dividend Amount per of raid. Price Annum, Share. --- - ---------- ------ d xs.d. X a. - flank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 224 _ 100 0 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 165 Commercial Bank •••• 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14 National 8ang...., 6/. per cent. ---• 50 0 0 92% Union Bank of Scotland 7% 1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 85 Western Bank., ... •• • 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 North of Scotland Bank 61, per cent. - _ 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 / 3 1 10 0 0 13 /i Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per 10 0 0 11 Eastern Bank-. .. •• • Si. per cent. - 2 10 0 VA Caledonian Bank ... • • 7%1. pr cent. - Edinb.St Glasgow Bank 6/. % City of Glasgo w B ank . 5/. per cent, - 50 0 7 per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 86 Scottish Union Ins. C o. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. 9d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd - Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% North British Incur.- 5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 34 Edin.Bctliasg. R a i lway I/.los. per c . 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ... • Edin., Leith, & Grantn 7s. 6d. p. s. 20 0 0 ....0 0 012 10 0 All paid. 181 A - Glaszw Se Ayrshir Rail. . per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 75 Olsgw&Garnitirk Rail. 41. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 40% Glasgw&Greenck Rail. 21, percent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16 % 171 9 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. Cl. per ce n t. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssitrnce.l 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9 - The Milbank Prison Commission bad a meeting yes terday, at Gwydyr Rouse, Whitehall. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of New South Wales, Cey lon, the Mauritius, and Gibraltar. be comfortable, but he said he must go by the name of Brown, and the letters must be left at South street, at the house of my former landlady, to whom I had taken him the day before, and who acted kindly, although I had treated her badly. On Saturday morning he went to South-street, to receive the letters he expected. I afterwards went home to Aldersgate-buildings, and about 5 or 6 o'clock he came there, and said we must leave these lod g i ngs . I re f used to leave them, and said I had done nothing to make any one wish to injure me. He then borrowed two shillings of the landlady, and afterwards he borrowed my coat, in order to pledge his own, to pay the landlady, and he begged me to wait at home for him half an hour, and I waited an hour and a half, but he never came back: I supposed that he had rai:ed the money he spoke of and was spending it, and accordingly I went to inquire after him to get my coat back, and I was stopped by this gentleman. Alderman WILSON asked Metcalf how it happened that he could think, after the punishment of Bridewell, of joining one whom ho had met in the same place ? Metcalf said he never had any idea of doing anything wrong again, but he thought Whisker, who seemed to have friends in good circumstances, not like himself, and he (Metcalf) calculated upon assistance from that person until he should get into some refuge. Alderman Wxeson . asked Hart what business he had been engaged in ? Hart said that he had been a pork-butcher in Kent street, in the Borough, and iu another very populous neighbourhood. Alderman WiLson —What ! and after having carried on business in such neighbourhoods you think you might go to receive money honestly from a man you met in the street ? Hart declared that such was the case ; he had no suspicion of the bad intention of the man whom he went to oblige. Mrs. Soden, of South-street Pentonville, stated that Metcalf lodged with her about three months ago, and on Wednesday last he came to her house with another man. Metcalf asked her to forgive him, and said the other man was a friend of his relations ; and intro duced him as Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown said he would un dertake to pay witness, as he understood Metcalf owed her money, and she said it would be very acceptable. On Saturday morning a letter came, which was addressed to Mr. Brown, and he came about nine o'clock and asked for it, and he seemed surprised that there were not two. He.took away the letter, and said he should call again to see whether the other be ex pected might arrive, but he never returned. Mr. Brown opened the letter and read it to her. Here the witness identified the letter which had been handed by Hart to Messrs. Stringer and Booty. Metcalf—l did go on Friday, by direction of Whisker, to ask Mrs. Soden to take in some letters for him in the name of Brown. The prisoners were remanded till Tuesday. BOW-STREET. A bricklayer's labourer, named George Knight, was placed at the bar charged with committing a burglary in the house of Mr. T. Green, M.P., of 19, Duke-street, Westminster. The circumstances, as detailed in evidence, disclosed an adventure, on the part of the prisoner, of the most impudent character. A housemaid, named Sarah Herd man, having occasion to go to her bed-room at about eight o'clock in the evening, discovered the prisoner lying on her bed, apparently asleep. She ran down to acquaint the butler of the fact, but on their joint return they found that he had taken his departure from a window leading to a balcony, hieing, also, an adjoining bed-room. Nicholls, the butler, suspecting the route he had taken, made his way on to the roof through the latter room, where he found the prisoner in the custody of police-constable A 39, who, having had his attention directed by a neighbour to the movements of the man upon the roofs of the houses, ascended and took him into custody, although not without considerable resistance on the part of the prisoner, while on the top of the house. In the possession of the prisoner were found a shawl and dress, some boots, &c., the property of inmates of Mr. Green's house, by whom they were identified in court. The prisoner had been seen by a female servant in another house making his way to the roof by a ladder, but was not suspected. Mr. Ilestrer committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial. It was intimated to the Court, in the latter part of the day, that a similar burglary had been committed in the same division, and that the prisoner was suspected concerning it. Upon this representation Mr. Henry ordered him to be brought up again on Wednesday week. It was also stated that the prisoner, while in custody in the nigt-cell, had actually robbed another delinquent, who had been placed with him, of 4s. 6d. MARYLEBONE. RIOT AND OUTRAGE BY IRISH LABOURERS.—Yes terday, long before the period for the opening of the court, an immense number of persons assembled in the passage leading thereto to hear the examination of the Irish labourers implicated in the outrage at Camden Town, the leading particulars of which have appeared in our paper. The case was called on early, but as the solicitor for the prosecution was not quite ready, it was ordered to stand over till one o'clock. At the appointed hour the prisoners, 20 in number, were brought in, and placed at and around the bar; they gave their names Joseph Glory, John Crimming, John Duggan, John Donohue, John Tracey, Jeremiah Kelahar, John Brohn Patrick O'D onne ll, J erem i a h D ono h ue, Thomas Ma loney, Patrick Ginnew, Timothy Kelahar, Thomas O'Donnell, John Sheehan, James Kennedy, Thomas Kinloue, John Cooper, Eugene Madden, Tobias Hackett, and John Lyons. Mr. Humphreys said he appeared in compliance with the directions of the London and North-Western Rail way Company; and Mr. Robinson on bahalf of five of the accused parties. Mr. Humphreys briefly addre . ssed the Bench, setting forth that the railway company, for whom he had the honour: to attend, had works to a great extent now going on at the Camden station, and that the prisoners, with a vast number of other labourers, were employed thereon they were in the employ of the contractors for the works alluded to, and that, owing to a contention between two parties, the Irish and English, a riot and assault of a most desperate kind had occurred. Some of the Englishmen, one or two of whom were in an hospital, were so much injured as to be unable to give evidence at present. The Company, from all the facts which had come to their knowledge regarding the riot, had felt themselves bound to take up the matter, and he (Mr. Humphreys) was of opinion that he should be able, by the production of numerous witnesses, to prove the guilt of the prisoners ; in the event of his doing so to a certain extent, he should have to pray for a remand until a future day, when the injured p .rsons to whom he had alluded would, he hoped, be sufficiently recovered to make their own statements. Several surgeons' certificates were handed to Mr. Rawlinson, and it appeared that some of the injured parties (absent) were in a very precarious condition from sundry cuts and blows which they had received on the head and body. Many of the witnesses in attendance bore evidence of the sanguinary treatment which they had received, some of them having their eyes shockingly swollen and dis coloured, and others with their arms in slings. One of them was scarcely able to stand, in consequence of the kicks inflicted upon his head and the lower part of his person. The first witness called was Carter, railway constable, 175, who said—Yesterday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock, I saw a great many of the Irish labourers coming towards Roundhouse gate, Camden Town, at which I was stationed, when Duggan, who was one of them, crossed the ground, and spoke to others at the gate. I told him I had orders not to admit any one through the ground except those who were at work inside, when he went back a little way, and afterwards again attempted to come, at the same time beckoning to one of his companions to do so too. I caught hold of him and pushed him away, upon which he said that if I didn't let him alone he would knock my head in. I then tried to put up the bar of the gate, but was prevented from doing so by three of the prisoners and some others, who pulled me forward with great force into the road, when the prisoner Glory, and several more, struck me in a very violent manner. I seized hold of him (Glory), and immediately I was knocked down and kicked on the head and body by him and about a dozen more. (Wit ness's face was much cut and bruised.) I cried aloud for assistance, and on some of the English labourers at work inside of.the gate coming to see what was the matter, they were felled to the ground by blows inflicted upon them with shovels, bricks, &c. I again laid hold of Glory, and while in the act of taking him away, Cum ming and four others came up with brickbats and threatened to knock my brains out if I didn't let him go, and feeling convinced from their manner that they would have no hesitation in putting their threat into execution, I suffered him to escape. This morning Madden came to the ground to take away some hods, and he was then recognised as being the man who had broken four of the ribs of one of the navigators (now in the hospital) at the time of the affray. Thomas Moore deposed to having seen the violence committed upon the first witness, whose cries of " mur der" attracted him to the spot. He (Moore) was knocked down by a blow on the face, given by John Donohue, and he lay upon the ground nearly smothered in blood, when he heard Duggan and Jeremiah Donohue say, "Kill the ; let's slip it into him—let's murder him." He at length got up, and while making off he was seriously hurt in the ribs and legs by bricks which were hurled at him by several of the party. He at length with great difficulty contrived to effect his escape from the scene of the outrage. Mary Randall, wife of one of the English labourers, said that her husband was a workman at the Camden station, where she heard an alarm of "murder!" She went there, fearing that something might have happened to him, and she then saw a man lying upon the ground, while five other men —Timothy Kinlahan being one of them —were kicking him most brutally, crying, "Kill the -- Protestant!" Charles Kean (the man who was assaulted in the way described by the last witness) stood up. He was shock ingly bruised upon the face, and his eyes were much swollen. He had merely gone to see what was the cause of the disturbance, when he was attacked in so savage a way. On the English labourers leaving the court they were assailed by friends of the other party w ith loud exe cra& tions, and one of them narrowly escaped receiving! violent blow. The police were obliged to draw tbo r truncheons, and eventually two of the ringleade rs well ; secured and chargul before the magistrate, w ho ordered one to find bail, and .aned the other 10s. In order to prevent confusio n , an d an y ttempt at rescue , the GO: as being driven up t o th e en t rance in r aradise-street, w backed up agai ns t th e p r i va t e entrance in High-street, ulaced when the 'clock, instead ei vernment van, upon its a r r ival a t : five o accused were without molestati on & therein and conveyed to prison. The inquiry occupied nearly three hours. STILL HUNTING. 4 . di tot There is a small island in Loueh Conn, net, Aa r - ; , s , the from Rinagry, where illicit distillation hag P_sen i n the habit of being carried on for many years, osm'.g. frost difficulty of access, though only a few hundred yarn: 4 , 8 the shore. On the evening of Saturday last, abe ll ` o'clock, Lieut. Thompson and his par station. ecl i nc t ti Pontoon, resolved on making an attempt on this is s ot and to effect this two of the party, having taken b ° e fft : et e t clothes, swam to the island, with their bayonets tw h their teeth. O n reac hi ng th e i s land two ,n:le,,°;„ the throwing persons on it) a tt em pt e d t o p reven t their lanu7 t he throwing stones, but were stopped by the men t re d, main land threatening to firo on them if they Pern t The young er o f th e t wo men t h en go t into a uo - ' t he order to escape, and rowed himself a little fro% i shore ; on his re f us i ng t o surren d er the police fir ms ' - a l tle t T sank the boat, and i mme di a t e ly th e policemen on ie island swam out and saved the man that Was i° o re boat, who had clung to an oar when it sank. Tivii'll3.4 of the revenue party then swam to the island' soon after a boat with eight men czAme up and atte rn Y t he to land and rescue th e t wo prisoneo. b ut dreading re , point of four bayonets, and bein g fired on bl th° t Wee mainder of the police on the main land, they 00 06 40 off. At this time a great number of the cou ntry PN2 had collected, an d a pp eare d ver y m uch disp o sed . 04 attack the officers and the four men who were with, h e l i s o but these having their own fire-arms readY, an fore those of the four men o n the island piled - of them, kept the people at bay till two otherSti 30 , the policemen had come with a boat, for wkie ll „,,bib were dispatched two hours before, during L ig et time the o ffi cer a n d hi s party were in much e t of being attacked, and had to remain i n their ;et° clothes, being obliged to go a considerable tßstanee., A st i ll the water to be h ear d by th ose i n t h e i s l a nd. full work an d a very l arge quant i ty o f ma lt wer e t ,„ f°ilo 40 0 _, on the island. The two prisoners were brought 1 14 the magistrates in this town on Monday, and u v rt fasi each, or three months' imprisonment. last the revenue party fro m C rossmo lina, under th e ° ea mand of Lieutenant M'Dougal, and the party stßti o!h lff in this town, under th e comman d o f Lieutenant united, and, accompanied by Mr. Henry P• V ir i! i f i t s hei sub• inspector, pr ocee d e d t o C oo l carn ey, Wh er e It, a seized, we underst a nd, u p war d s o f 200 stone of Insole still, head, and worm, and a large quantity of P ° and potteen.—Tyrawley Herald. RAILWAY SHARE MABLX-Lr ~ and LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 25. STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanee B '4 , ffenr Cheshire Junction, 1% p.—Birmingham and Dudley, I P' — ",, t o, 110 ham and Oxford, 3% p.—Boston, Stamford, and BirMingt i 7,tl47 . , dis —fluckinglminshire, % dis.—East Lancashire, 8% P• —• ,7; colnshire, % dis.—Eclinbutgh and Glasgow, Half Slier!' nu arte,,,i" Ditto, Quarter 'Shares, 17 —Great Grimsby and SheiBSITZ,' ton, 7 :: 64. dis.—Huddersfiehl and Manchester, 2% p.—Ditto, rd"' o l, prow -1 p.—Liverpool and Bury, 8 p.—Ditto, New, 34a. p.—Livers 6 _pitt p ,' kirk, and Preston, 9s. p.—Londoa and North Western, • - . .. e t0 (CP Quarters, New, 16 p.—Manchester and Birmingham, 4 2 3 , : ter , DPI B '/x p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2% p.— lock, and Midland, 21s. 6d. p.—Midland Stock, 111 14 3 0 1 4 c-11-I) Shares, 12s= P. —North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North Waleo es 5% p.—North Western, 6s. p.—Preston and Wyre, Half 5 h , 34 11 7 s. P.—Sheftleld and Manchester, No. 3 (late liarneleY ) Y l iolvg .' Quarter, Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Scrip, % dis.—ShrewsburY , tom hampton, and Birmin g h am , 6s. 3d.--Shrewsbury, Wo lverll ‘ 3mP ~aY 0 1 ;, and South Staffordshire, 6 4 . 6d. di a .—Shropshire Union S•A Canal, % dis.—South-Eastem, 43%—Ditto No. I (at 10 ";ii , 30 , p.—Ditto, Half Shares, 16 s . p .—S out h St a ff or d s hire Jee ct i go , 9d. p.—Trent Valley Midland, &c., % p.—West Riding le, ilia , ' p.—Welsh Midland, 345. dis.—Belfast and Ballymena , ' 22 Paris and Lyons Constituted, 13s. 6d. p. MANCHESTER, AIIGIST 25. k , A nd 9 r is STOCK ExCuartax.—The sales are—Boston, NOW"' field, 13-16 dis.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingbenk,,..t 1411 Caledonian, 4% dis. Churnet and Blythe, 3-10 shire, p.—East and West Yorkshire, dia.—FlectiveVvesterms ton, and West Riding, 14s. 6d. dis.—Great Eastern en d outiciO rr ; 1% dis.—Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2% p.— d % p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 175.—Leods Lod° New, 3 dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 7-1 6 P• d itto (C ) i Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (B), I,„ter 8 p--Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2% p.—manchviii Soutiampton, 19s. dis.—North Eastern, 265. 3d. SW! (A), 221—Ditto (B), 152 —North Western, Qu arters, —olo l ' 4 r i c: • pro. 13 head, &c., 1 dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, iv. la nd Ditto, ditto, No. 2, % p.—Ditto, No. 3, % p.—Shrewsb u Y • 1,4 mingham, % p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Cansl South o asne , `' 15 0 ' South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, I%Diclittsrgt—en..lolo-1 % p.—Trent Valley, Midland, &c., par—West Lancashire s' 6d. dis.-Whiteljaven and Fsrneu, 214 dis. ii t id. LEEDS, AUGUST 25. STOCK EXCGANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashi b . iic 9 i n c e ld, -- 74 P d . , dersfleld and Manchester, I % ix-Huddersfield an s d bury, 31 '• S c , .lv -Leeds and Bradford, 424 p.-Leeds and qr, p.-Ditto, Branches, 114 p.-Leeds and TliirskD, 3 dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Extensions , Vorth British, 13 %2 Darlington Junction Extensions, 104 P• - BraOch, 2% 5. P. - .. diS. -- -Ditto, Half Shares, 5% p.-Ditto, Carligle an e, .YorlOhire, 1% ___. theroe Junction, 16s. 6d. dis.-East and - a l n e, North y or k s hire, It Grand Union, 13s. 6d. dis.-Lancashirc s a i 4 dis.-LeiCester and 13 5 " , ,, dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland , •- • 31. f N. -cw"cias"°tlealBi ford, 9s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk' London and York, Bs. dis. 8.- North Sta , 155. 0,.....5164. Western, 4s. p.-Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, a i n o d ris P h r ir e e stort 3s , 3 1 1 , ..__ 9 ' 5 0 • 0 P;o 0f, ! nion field, Rotherham, and Goole, 20s. dis.-Shropshire U 16 , dis.-West Riding Union,: 41. 18s. 6d.-York an d Carlisle, 395. .„..ten' SHEFFIELD, 25. STocK Excsrearox.-The sales are A.UGUST -Grimsby and Sheffield D' - d slob, 15s. dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, sg. dis.-Ditto, Railway of Dock, 1% dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3% p.-Leeds, WakeficL, o p. Midland, Iss. dis.-Liverpool; Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% P.": 04 chester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 208.6 d. dis.-Manchesitier Lincoln Union and Canal, 16s. dis.-North Western, ss. 6d. P. velo field and Lincolnshire Extension, 15s. dis.-Sheffield, Buxton , a rta Potteries, anti Crewe, 1z dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, Wakefield' Goole, 11 dis-South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 125. dis. HULL, AUGUST 25. f Slia ret4 STOCK Excnexoc.-The sales aro-Hull and Selby, 1131 82 5 . ' crif' 50 -North British, Half Shares, 14% cash-Ditto,, Carlisle, _,,,,hire: -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 395.6d.-East Lineu.'!".. 03( 1 0 11s. 6d.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, Tamworth, 355.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1U ! L a d DO - Western, ss. 9d. p.-Shropshire Union, its. dis.-Leicester a ford, 12s. 9d.-South Midland, 16s. 9d. scrip. Bs.-Leicestelort NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Aunt= 25.. .. s . CO' STOCK EXCGANGE.-The sales are-Caledoi:ian Extensions,. I.'o and -Eastern Counties, York Extension, 365. cllnt'os, North Yorkshire, I Is. 6d. dis.- Manchesterand Le eds 21A (11° ' 2% -Newcastle acd Berwick, 12% p.-York and Carlisle, , 1c VI YORK, AUGUST 25. ~., lor , ic ...." STOCK EXCHANGE .-- The sales are -Eastern COUrtit e lo,), I ,'-... tension, 2/. 3s. 6 d--Grand Union (Nottingham and ` l,- , 1 , 21 ''es, Leicester and Bedford, 12s. 6d.-Neweastle and Berst`!••, ^SO', Newcastle and Darlington, New, 114 -N o rth British, it . ', r 85 „„' ct West Riding Uni oa, 17-Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 4/. is. scr i p- N or th Western', i in . P" Si. Is. -York and Carlisle, j ss.___ I o North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 1278. B elglu Mr. Brunel, the eminent engineer, is now in nje rlo ST. OLAVE'S PARlSH.—Yesterday morning a 11 " Soot!ilea ~., wa s meeting of the parishioners of St. Olave's, !: ?, held in the vestry-room, the chair being taken by to Knight, the senior churchwarden, the chief objec t , nearly Railway into conside ra ti on the proceedin gs o f the South- Railway Comp any , i n their endeavour to purchas e i n , the one-half side of Tool ey - s t reet, w i t h ot h er propertf„ointel parish. Afte r a long discussion a committee was aV o f the to act as a deputation, to impress upon the direc t° i e tereSt S company the importance of attending to the trading e con tent" of this portion of the borough, in the event of important, bust plated alterations taking place. The most imporL,n e t, too. russ of the meeting was, however, a discussion "'Tha r re' place respecting the minutes of the last nlee tin g3;, it ~ ,q0 Bard to the sewage and drainage of the parish, tvr i n the me stated by several of the spe a k ers , was th e wor s tropolis. Through the most crow d e d districts open cease° and ditches ran, inflicting every evil of disease among the ragedr habitants. It was in this district that cholera eb le qool and had any sudden epidemic b ro k en ou t in the la t e w the weather, from the deaths which had occurred dur i ng 30. season, the effects must have been most appalling' , Corner, the vestry-clerk, stated that the Commissiot 3 7 in Sewers had been applied to, for the purpose of coverine jo the sewers, but that the application had been unavailingf, consequence of their waiting the issue of th e new Gove r a ment Bill upon the subject. That, however, introduce d b e Lord Morpeth for the prevention of contagion bad not slightest reference to the evils complained of. A resoluti.o. on this subject having been carried, the meeting adjourn e ° oo LOST AND WON ; OR, THE LOVE TEST. 01 1„i l e AUTHOR OF " THE MAID'S HUSBAND!' This is a o hearts lost and hearts won—of the effects of aristocratic chalance in the most important concerns of life—ef the -ce o rible vengeance of superseded affection—of the conseqc . . e „ u to of neglecting the systematic education of children h, r e t `r ete il move in the highest sphere of society. It is a well con s upe o. and consistently told tale; the dramatis porsonx and principles universally comprehensible, and the iSerrors oC catastrophe are the natural consequences of the, es. Thee people who have never studi e d man ki n d or themselY ntici author has so contrived the story that no event f the . pated—no casualty foreseen. There is enough of eac ve o pro characters to create a special intere s t i n th e ir respec% their " ceedings, and there is a suffi c i ency o f di st i n ction c o ot. several dispositions to impart var i ety to t h e work. Journal otlG.„, °. [ADVERTISEMENT.]---T HE EARL OF A LP- 9 11 " 0 10.-- AND HOLLOWAY'S Puns.—An astounding cure by this ni - o f 1 4° medicine, after every other means had failed. see extrac,s4s lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina Leghorn, Feb. 2 1 , h l s 'co e fes e s ff o e r ct H ed oll a ow c a n y re ,--- o S f ir s „ p " il T is o be ord g er to ln ac m ci which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and an ":ters rt Continent, had not been able to effeet—n not even the derfn uyain lyou Carlsbad or Marienbaci.—(Signed) Aldbo ey o , gh." These won 11P. Pills will cure any disease of the live r rstomach,u sold 0 15 . ° 944, liver and slo; t ue lishme loway's Ointment) at Professor Hll " 's 66. wo Strand, and of all medicine venders Holloway 's the civins.‘. BRTHS. TT On the 25th u lt., at Tang i ers, the wife of John .--• mond Hay, Esq., of a son. l eaf of On the 16th inst., a t O r d nance House, G ospor t, the Captain Biscbe, Royal Engineers, of a son. On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, Pattingham , nee r " son verhampton, the wife of th e R ev . W. G. Greenstreet, % r ow" On the 21st in s t., a t Gl en f en l an , G are l o ch, De, i n i p t " of eb shire, the lady of Colon e l P. Ed mons t one Craigie, "„ g daughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. R. E. D av ies, of the 3filla . "-- a son. I s lington, th e e On the 24th inst., at Cano n b ur y Villas, of Mr. James G. Winn, of a daughter. A great number of other witnesses were examined, and from the statements made by them it appeared that the outrage upon the Englishmen was shocking in the extreme. Many of them were at one time lying blooding upon the ground, having been struck with pick axes, spades, sticks, Sc.,c, and it was wonderful that no one was killed on the spot. The witnesses were severally cross examined by Mr. Robinson. All of the prisoners were positively identi fied as having acted prominently in the outrege, with the exception of Ginnew and Maloney ; the latter two were discharged, And the rest shad re4l244dCdyUl 1131MCIA7 MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Ab er d o ur, James Lysaght, Estl'h- Carrigmore, Cork, to Adelaide JannettaDouglas, fifth datig ter of the late Major-General;Beatson, of Ileliss4 DIED. On the 24th inst., at his residence, in Snaith, Yorkshir e `' William Shearburn, Esq., in the 56th year of his age "{ado] I'l l ' On the 13th inst., at Dresden, john Willi am only chil of the Rv. John Sading. On the d ;lBth inst e ., at Weyb p ridge, Mrs. Margaret L i ou t, b __ On the 19th inst., at Ormesby, near Great arm Richard Glasspoole, Esq., late Captain E.I.C.S- On the the 20th inst., at l s li ng t on -green, London , the Rev. Stodhart, aged 65. On the 21st inst., the Rev. John Nottidge, East t 2 iged 82. labl the Rev . ' - On the 22d in ; at Notting - hill-square , Douglas Lateward, aged 26. • Stalls' 01 1 the 22d inst, at Field House, New-cross, JOSIAS (lc Feld,' Esq , one f • •the for the e(M t Y o the justices of peace Kent, aged 57 _...—...-• M.A., Rector ot. 119, London: Printed and Published by italltDO YUN,: •;00patli Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No.ll2,.Str" d ' in e , • Ai.if ;11S the 3 " - Cfr t4O CCIVIItr of MIPO IOI 7. 0241017' 1114% BANKRUPTS. William Pounell, grocer, High-street, Poplar, to surrender Sept. 3, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Grainger, Bucklershury. Henry Woolcott, fringe manufacturer, Museum-street, Bloomsbury, Sept. 5, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 2, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee,' Birchin-lane; Willoughby and Jacquet, Clifford's Inn. William Sutcliffe, warehouseman, Lawrence-lane, 'City, Sept. 3, at half-past one, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Ilardwick and Davidson, Basinghall-street. Joseph Harvey, lamp-manufacturer, King William-street, London, Sept. 5, at one, and Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Norton and Son, New-street, Bishopsgate. John Humfrey, coal dealer, llockley, Warwickshire, Sept. 5 and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rawlins, Bir mingham. John 13rindley, lacenian, cortentry, Sept. 5, and Oct, 13, 1 s *A -