The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-12 00:00:00

INDIA. SINDE. f rom the last fortnight we have had very few letters are ' a Slade ; the events there presently in progress tr ' we presume, of no great :public importance. The ea at liurrachee are now entirely exempt from e a e ra ; i:s last and most distinguished victim was ta _Ptain John Napier, the nephew and military secre qto his Excellency the Governor. His loss appears li t° _ h .ave been deeply and generally regretted. Sir C. has been exerting himself to disc, , ver the causes t or ther late mortality, and if possible to have them re r,red• The almost total exemption of the officers en - d ' a h tbe pestilence—the terrible suffering of the men, "alf depopulation of the native town, tend to throw considerable light upon the subject. There is no doubt i'ualever that the inconceivable filth of the town of ta7arreohee, and the poverty and squalor of its itahabi is, were calculated to make it a den of pestilential l l ea se ; and ac cor di ng ly th e ditches have been directed efilled up, the ruined fortifications to be knocked e. and openings to be made in the worst portions of s e " "Thfo• The remedy will only he complete when the pre _ 'lt buildings are destroyed and new ones on a better plan 1440dsite constructed. Cultivation has of late years grie :l3' fallen off i n Sl a d e . Numberless warnings had 6' l given of the dang e r of an epidemic arising from the then ness or scarcity of provisions where the resources of 2 5 m eolintry became taxed to supply the wants of some 1117 ° human beings, half soldiers, half followers, and 4 ' l ' families, added to the usual population. The o r ' re ,hing inquiries now being made, and measures being, I ra 4 uout to be, adopted for ascertaining, and if possible ap pro ving, the quality of the food supplied to our people, of t bee n i n di cate t h e susp i c i on t h at h ere t o f ore it ha s of en such as w as s ati s f a ctory. The accommodations + n t ele troops h ave hi t h er t o no t b e en such as health and % It/ require in a hot country. A standing camp e KIY becomes a standi averse to admit the fact, that g et _ 47rnents for an army so enormous as that which hitherto been maintained upon the Indus were re • pli ed; lest the wisdom of the policy which took us Ti ' e r s e t t or :the p o p u l a rity of our Government, might be b tinned. The omission in the one place is punished ea nia Gbilzi e insurrection, in the other by cholera—the ss of British subjects occasioned by the two being pretty ap p t ett l Y r :qual to each other. The month of June, 1846, Ghee a I t ° have occasioned as much loss of life at he have ua lluary, 1641, did at Khooid Caubul and Tezeen. h oe little doubt but that the Governor, who cannot frai t , wa n.t of decision or energy imputed to him as a its will will do:his best to bring such arrangements about api„." avert future attacks—but he must in this case pease with half his army, and give up a year's reye sk provide them with proper quarters. Rain, which (1 0 , e Y falls in any considerable quantity, had poured d a " m in torrents for days together, so as greatly to en anuger the barracks in which some of the troops were t7 o a e ' t ered . , and injure . other buildings. The fall had been titehral: it was peculiarly heavy at Hyderabad and Kur ci so on the sea-shore. We have no pre e returns of the amount of casualties from cholera at ilYderabad, or from fever at Sukkur ' • they have at both Ii 11 1,! 3 bee n f orm id a bl e i n num b er . At the latter place th' e r,,L's 17th had been the chief sufferers: they were on torsi way to Kurrachee, in the view, it was said, of re -0:11: to India and proceeding thence to the Cape of , it: 1 ' 1 ' 10 1)e. At Hyderabad cholera appeared in the 10 0 ,shortly after its disappearance at Kurrachee, and de aths are said to have occurred the first day It ilie ll o. be gall to commit fearful ravages in the gaol, when eo„smovernor humanely ordered that all the prisoners tri,7lOitted for minor offences should be liberated. The L ips at our latest dates seem to have scarcely suffered. tli e e4t e,oant Campbell, of the 17th Native Infantry, was 44 4 , 41 Y Officer cut off. Meer Sobdar, another of • the ers, has been released by death from his captivity. JULLUNDUR DOAB. b een e Briti s h prov i nces i n t h e P un j au b appear to have a tid v isited by d e luges of rain ; the country was new Leo the Climate unknown to us, and we seem to have b o . b ut indifferently provided for many of the contin tt4les °f an unusually' wet, rainy season. A large ma filiecille had been established at Phulloor, and was being c„i t ,,, With milit ar y s t ores . One thousand rounds of with m ili tary had been provided. for each gun, and five [hart of musliet ammunition for each soldier. The to were enlisting slowly and reluctantly iu our regi koh7ebt.s ; they are described as very fine and powerful kti t i . , -Il deed. The people of the Noorpoor frontier were be musterin g in strength, with a view of assailing hot: 'Lle ivonder is that such ru mours, whether true or "aye not hitherto been rife. Th THE PUNJAUB. e name may now be restricted to that portion %ti t - 4 e country of the Five Rivers remaining in the apt s of p Singh. The Lahore Government does eo n s to be making much progress in strength The Viziolide.tion, or in the affections of the people.. ,the , er seems an incorrigible reprobate, with many of Aitimi l or st vices of ,the debauchee, despot, and upstart, foi,`,"Y combined. He is said to have expressed a wish im",",e retirement of our troops as soon as convenient; . ta i ii,L,EleY are nut likely to remain beyond the time °rip. e r e. Prescribed. How soon they may require to return h ikt a t ins to be seen. But few of the disbanded soldiers th e "en paid up the arrears which were due to them : bo,Y..lvere grumbling and threatening fearfully, and were likely to starve with Out a struggle. The Mooltan i j u t _.!ef had b ecome bolder in the spirit of d i so b e di ence, I,_nrseerreLmed disp ose d to throw o ff t h e mas k an d assume (eau.: taouthuoirity over the province he ruled in subor- Mso to threat: Maharaja. Ghoolab Singh was said ta ft t tn ire t ly . in 011ruhntowbecome troublesome; but he seems so er, and so closely bound to us; that , e .. 11 1s quarter at all events no danger need be appre otucl a. There were rumours of the descent of the Aff- Z a " Under Akbar Kh an on P es hawur ; but these appear h a arise continually when any season of turbulence is at Th e Sirdar seems to keep the whole of these corm 's ; 11 awe, and when any unusual alarm occurs , or is lit e ~,, E lued t o be created, the cry of " Akbar is coming," is oft& It was the same thing in Europe with the name nnaparte some thirty years ago. A man had been 14 1eted of murdering no fewer than five females at 14 o re for the sake of robbing them of their jewels : % I f a s subjected to the severest torture, then roasted on * 4 ( 1 1 fire, and finally blown up with gunpowder as life et.;enoming extinct. Some severe accidents had °e- V" On the rivers, which had become suddenly swollen i t i; e normous falls of rain. Dr. Cox narrowly escaped le,. in s life on cross i ng th e B e as : six men, who had k e g t n the boat along with him, were drowned. A bo kt Y of 40 n a ti ves , who had gone to sleep in a ferry . were all swept away and lost, from the sudden g of th e stream. Th e THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS. tl misgovernment which has long existed, and ,„ .. "7 Wich from t to has threatened te Th l% e 'a do Which from time to time has threatened the ominions, con imetinue as time they have been for year h s. (tv e b rl 2 blie treasury is exhausted, trade languishes, and ilti r ' t , fl ing suffers. General Fraser, the British resi -4 t 1 all able and an excellent man, but the local malady "Id the reach of any remedy he can administer. LOSS OF THE SHIP ACTIVE. Neb" ship Active, Renaut commander , was wrecked off h, rh,a ;Nit, near Samaldavie, on the night of the 16 th kit,; one native and four European seamen were miss % ~;;I ' l p ` i supposed to have perished. Captain Renaut , litfe it "e,and family, and the remainder of the crew were 'te st i TIC( Well— the ship was a total wreck, and not a 41QcPre of either stores or cargo had been saved. — as ilt/us July 25. A/ 11 M A PROMOTION FROM THE RANKS. tom , HON. TFIE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA. Simla, July 3, 1846. Aablii" ash Governor-General has much satisfaction in tli tir , s ulng, for the information of the army, the annexed vatch f rom t h e H on . t h e C o urt of Directors of the er nment of India, No. 11, dated April 22, 18 46 : i v Bt * " In compliance with the recommendations of our ~o s ver nor-General and Governors in Council, and our tr illlll , antlers in-Chief, we have, on numerous occasions, a nted commissions, on the veteran establishment , to h ti t 'ant officers of the superior class at the three presi fo,,h" icing who were considered worthy of this distinction, icing and meritorious services." 2 ( 1 „ ti, • Being of opinion, that the adva nta g es of promo to commissions s hould be extended to European 4 tractt and non commissioned officers of our service Ah „ °,distnguish themselves i n action with the enemy, nav e re solved to authorise you to confer the commis °f ensign upon such warra n t and non-commissioned so 'distinguished, as shall be specially recom te-tlued f or it by their commanding officers, and as shall P 6 „ e°ll sidered by the Commander-in-Chief and the 1 1 0 ;: e lanient of India to be eminently deser v i n g of this for .ar d• Each promotion to be specially reported to us 3( 1 11 r approval." iis o „*..," Warrant and non - commissioned o ffi c ers are tti r rlified by age from admission into our regular ve t ' e e ; and the appointment to commissions in the ti 4 r an establishment of such as have been recently dis ktrighed in action would be inappropriate to their po th:tilt_in the service. For these reasons it is necessary e I t " Commissions to be granted under this authority l e , l ll l l be unattached commissions of infantry. Our Go lollleats must avail themselves of the services of these stioissioned officers in local or irregular corps, or in t tt j Other employment as may be consistent with their 4valid qualifications." " The future promotion of the officers to whom litef„ , e °rnmisslons may be granted will be governed en the circumstances of each particular case, to be -411 Y brought to our notice from time to time, for tt e l onside rat i on an d or d ers ." tti " To every warrant and non-commissioned officer 1 11 04 40 ra shall be conferred the distinction of a commis grketml virtue of our present orders, there shall be 4 114 1 e cl , in aid of an outfit as a commissioned officer, the of I 000 " Gth. 1. • ht t• The advantages now authorised are to be ed retrospectively for services in the canal alga on „ ult he names of the brave men who were brought to I) b , -- ,r•lce of the Governor-General by his Excellency the w ander-in-Chief were— tade Se rgeant-Major Stephen Douglas, of the first bri tl, fiorse Artillery, late Provost-Marshal of the at xi ° l' the Sutlej, and now riding-master, Ist brigade 2. °hie Artillery. tik,,„ se rgeant-Tilajor Patrick Mara, of the 4th bat- Iker e of Artillery, was offered civil employ, but a. ITed remaining with his corps as Sergeant-Major. Itliiiiirergeant-Maor John Moore, of the Ist European ktat l , promoted to conductor, and appointed adju . the Banda Police B .ttalion. , 6er geant-Major Samuel Spurgeon, of the 16th 4.lnadiers `‘ntry. r geallt-Major J. Brasyer, of the 26th Light In tat /41,rgeant-MajOr J o hn Storrs, of the 43th Regiment 1 41 Infantry ; the last four promoted to conductor, "'TN Pt the disposal of the civil authorities on the • north-west frontier, under whom they continue to be employed. 3.—The commissions of these officers, as ensigns, will be dated from the 10th of February last, the day of the victory of Sobraon. 4.—The Governor-General cordially congratulates Ensign Stephen Douglas, Ensign Patrick Mara, Ensig❑ John Moore, Ensign Samuel Spurgeon, Ensign J. Brasyer, Ensign John Storrs, and' the army at large on the public recognition of the principle, that the re ward of promotion to the rank of a commissioned officer, for distinguished service in action before the enemy, is henceforward open to every non-commissioned officer of the Company's service. The Governor-General will be most happy, in concurrence with the Commander in-Chief, to give the fullest effect to the liberal intentions of the Hon.' the Court of Directors. THE BUNDLEKUND LEGION. Simla, July 4, 1846. I. The Governor-General, anxious to mark his sense of the faithful and gallant services of the British Indicts army during the late campaign, has much satis faction in restoring to the Army List the number of the late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, which regiment was disbanded, under the authority of the Governor- General, for mutinous disobedience of orders, in refusing to march to Sinde in January, 1844. The consequence of this misconduct was the dismissal from the service of the whole of the native officers, and non-commissioned officers and Sepoys, as unworthy of being retained in the Company's service. 2. On that occasion the Bundlekund Legion, under its commanding officer, Captain Beatson, volunteered at once to proceed to Sinde. 3. Its services were accepted. The Legion has now completed the term of two years' service in Sinde, dur ing the whole of which period its conduct has been most exemplary and soldierlike. 4. The Governor-General, desirous of proving the estimation in which loyalty to the Company's service is at all times held by the Government of India, is pleased to order, that the native officers, non-commissioned offi cers, and Sepoys, from the infantry of the Legion, be allowed to volunteer in numbers sufficient to form a regi ment of infantry of the established strength, which shall henceforth be inserted in the Army List as the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry. 5. The Bundlekund Legion will retain the pay and privileges granted to the Legion on the occasion of vo lunteering to proceed to Sinde. 6. Ilis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will be pleased to give the necessary orders for the European officers, who were present with the 34th Regiment at the time of its disbandment, as well as any others who have been employed on civil or staff duty at any period subse quent to the 31st of December, 1843, to rejoin their regi ment at Loodiana,. the station at which it is to be re formed. J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel, Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department, with the Governor-General. BY THE RIGHT HON. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA. Head-quarters, Simla, July 9, 1846. In pursuance of the forgoing order, his Excellency the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to direct the following arrangements for carrying into effect the instructions of the Right Hon. the Governor General of India for restoring to the - Array List the number of the late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry:— The general order of the 4th inst. by the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India is to be read to the in fantry portion of the Bundlekund Legion at Loodiana on the receipt of this order ; and after paragraphs 4 and 5 shall have been carefully and fully t xpl?tined to the native commissioned, non-commissioned officers, drum mers, and Sepoys, the commandant will call for volun teers for forming a regiment of native infantry of the following established strength, which will henceforth be inserted in the Army List as the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, viz. :-10 Subadars, 60 Jemadars, 10 Havildars, 60 Naiks, 20 Drummers, and 1,000 Sepoys. The commandant will report direct to Army head quarters, and with the least possible delay, the number of men that volunteer from the 1 st battalion, in order that if any deficiencies exist they may be supplied from the 2d battalion at Jhansi. _ . _ The volunteers are to be paid up to the Ist i.st., and the officers of the late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, as follows :-:—Major S. G. Wheeler; Captains S. A. Lyons and P. J. Chiene ; Lieutenants C. P. M. Mundy, P. 11. K. Dewaal, C. C. Drury, F. H. Smith, B. T. Reid ; Ensigns A. S. Allen, B. H. Baugh, A. C. Bun bury, J. 1). Ogston, and F. H. Hanmer, will forthwith proceed to join the new corps at Loodiana, where for the present it is to be stationed. The volunteers will take with them their clothing and arms; and the camp equipage and public stares of the Ist battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise to be transferred to the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry. Descriptive rolls of the volunteers to be furnished in duplicate ; one copy to the Adjutant General of the Army, the other to the officer who will hereafter be ap pointed to command the 34th Regiment of Native In fantry, to whom, also, character rolls carefully prepared are to be transmitted. Assistant-Surgeon M. W. Kirk, M.D., is posted to the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, and the sergeant major and quartermaster-sergeant of the Ist Infantry Battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise trans ferred to the 34th Regiment in their present grades. The facings of the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry are to be scarlet. By order of his Excellency the Right Hon. the Com mander-in-Chief. P. GRANT, Lieut.-Colonel, Adjutant-General of the Army. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES 07 INDIA. (Reported since the departure of the Mail of the 18th of July.) Her Majesty's Troops—Captain J. M. Napier, 62d Regiment, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Sinde, at ICurrachee, of cholera, on the 7th of July. Brevet Cap tain Browne, 31st Regiment, at Chinsurah, on the 14th of July. Boaibay—Lieutenant J. D. Campbell, 17th Regiment, at Hyderabad, Sinde, on the 11th of July, of cholera. Madras—Captain J. Wilkinson, 44th Regiment at Trichinopoly, on the 15th of July. Ensign F. B. Griffin, 4th Regiment, at Vellore, on the 15th of July. Lieu tenant W. Doyle, Ordnance Department, at Penang, on the 12th of June. Captain J. Fortescue, Ist Regiment, on the Ist of April. Lieutenant E. Davie, 45th Regi ment, at Calcutta, on the 28th of June. Bengal—Lieutenant W. Darell, 54th Regiment, at Feroz-pore, on the Ist of July. Garrison-Surgeon James Innes, M.D., at Benares, on the 4th of J u l y . Major George Roebuck , 71 st Regiment, at Minporee, on the 9th of July. Lieutenant G. 11. Swete, 56th Regi ment, at Missorie, on the 15th of July. Ensign White, 16th Regiment, at Umballah, on the 3d of July. THE SUN, ; LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1846. THE GREAT BRITAIN. We have been requested to give insertion to the fol lowing letter from the Right Hon. Mr. Goulburn to Cap tain Hosken, commander of the Great Britain steam ship:— "North Acton, Aug. 28, 1846. " Sir,—l have received at this place your letter of the 20th of August. "I can have no hesitation in assuring you, that nothing was farther from my intention than to make any state• ment in the House of Commons which could by possi bility be construed as derogatory to the credit due to you for naval enterprise or skill. " I have not here any means of referring to what fell from me in the debate with reference to the contract en tered into by Messrs. Cunard. Of this I am certain, that the return from which I quoted the voyages of the Great Western went no further back than the year 1843; and so far as I recollect, it was with reference to the period which has since elapsed that my observations as to the voyages of that ship were made.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " HENRY GOULBURN. " To Captain Hosken." EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—CHATHAM, SEPT. 10.— Early this morning the premises of Mr. John Isaacs, in the High-street, were broken open, and a valuable por tion of his stock stolen, with which the thieves got off undiscovered. Entrance was gained, it appears, through an adjacent timber yard. The booty consisted of between seventy and eighty watches, plate, and jewellery. The thieves, with great judgment, selected the plate from among the plated and German silver articles. The exact amount of the loss cannot at present be ascertained, but it is estimated at between 1,0001. and 2,00(1. On Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, while the men were at work in the coal-mine of Sainte Suzanne, near Charleroi (Belgium), the fire-damp exploded and brought down an immense mass of the vault, killing eight and burning two very . severely. Seven dead bodies were dug out by five in the afternoon, and the eighth had not bee, found. Several of the sufferers have left wives and families. EDMONTON FAIR.—On Thursday extensive prepara tions were being made in a field adjoining Angel-lane, Edmonton, to renew this fair, which, previous to last year, had been twenty-three years extinct. It is to be commenced on Monday next, and will be continued for four days. Messrs. Nelson Lee, Richardson, and some other adventurers, will have theatrical booths, and the Messrs. Wombwell will occupy a large area of ground with their menagerie. Pony racing and other amuse ments will take place, and an order has been issued by the person who has engaged the field, which occupies several acres, that no gambling will be allowed. A MINIATURE NEWSPAPER.—In Alyth, a village in the north of Scotland, there is a regular weekly news paper published, price one halfpenny, and about half the size of an ordinary street ballad. A file of this minia ture journal is in our hands. It is entitled the Alyth Recorder, and as it takes a brief notice of what occurs in the district, is chiefly intended " to be transmitted by letter to friends at a distance." It records the fairs, public meetings, accidents, weather, births, marriages, and deaths, taking place in Alyth ; together with occa sional anecdotes, scraps of verse, and riddles.—Glasgow Citizen. A VENERABLE REAPER.—There is at present re siding in Burton-in-Lonsdale a venerable old dame, over whose head ninety-eight winters have passed. She is in the perfect enjoyment of her health and faculties, and makes a point of going every morning, with two or three asses, to the coal-pits at Ingleton for coals. On her return, she has been in the habit, during the present harvest, of walking a mile to assist her son in shearing, and has cut as much as four hattocks at a time, without being fatigued. She has brought up a very large family of her own, one of the members of which is Richard Edmondson, the Kirkby Lonsdale carrier. --Lancaster Goardian. AFFAIRS OF EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 30. —His Higness Mehemet Ali, who left Constantinople on the 17th instant, arrived at Alexandria on the morning of the 24th, after calling at Cavalla and Candia on his way. The same Turkish steamer, the Esseri Djedid, which took his Highness to Constantinople, brought him back to Alexandria, accompanied by the Egyptian steamer Siout, which ccnveyed the Viceroy's suite. His Highness was saluted by all the forts in and about Alexandria, and all the shipping in the harbour, with manned yards, and dressed, at three different times —on the steamers making their appearance round the lighthouse-point, on their coining to anchor in the har bour, and on the Viceroy's setting foot on shore. Three thousand troops, in their best attire, with clean stockings and blue jackets, were drawn up in front of the palace to receive the Viceroy witn military honours on landing. His Highness wore on his breast a most brilliant vizieral decoration, and a miniature portrait of Abdul IVledgid, given to him by the Sultan himself; and all the mem bers of the Viceroy's suite, including his two Greek merchant friends, were decorated with the Nishan Ifta char, a Turkish order. For three nights after the Viceroy's arrival the whole town of Alexandria, all the shipping in the harbour, and the Palace at Ras-el-Teen were illuminated. The Frank quarter, and particularly the houses and gardens of the Pacha's Greek favourites, were very splendid with trans parencies and Turkish and Arabic inscriptions, amongst which the most conspicuous were the following : " Mehemet Ali, thou art the protector and hope of Egypt ; thou art the soul and light of commerce." " In war thou art a lion, thy namo is everlasting." " 0, Mehemet Ali, do live a thousand years."- " He went with glory and respect, and returned with power and good fortune." " May the Government of Mehemet Ali and his pos terity remain for ever." Mehemet Ali drove about the town in a most gorgeous new carriage and six horses, which he has recently got out from France, and which cost him 3,0001. sterling. His Highness seemed very well pleased with this demon stration of goodwill and respect on the part of the resi dents of Alexandria, especially as he went about with' a Turkish Pacha, who accompanied him to Alexandria from Constantinople, and his Highness no doubt expects that, on his return to the capital, he will relate with what affection he is treated in Egypt. The Viceroy stopped for a short while at the houses of his Greek merchant friends, where he partook of ices and coffee, and he was vociferously cheered by the Frank population. During the whole of the three nights, both the Arab and Frank populations of Alexandria were walking about the town enjoying the brilliant scene, which was height ened by calm and pleasant weather. Mehemet Ali seems highly gratified with thd splendid reception given him by the Sultan at Constantinople. His Highness has come back in the Turkish dress, which is neither European nor Asiatic, and is far less becoming than the genuine Nizam dress. Whoever has travelled in the East, and has seen the old Pacha in his Nizam dress, and still more, in the full robes and ample turban of the Matneluke style, will be grieved to think that the pre sent ideas of Turkish court etiquette should compel his Highness to wear close-fitting European trousers with straps, and a stock! But the Pacha will, no doubt, put this ungainly costume on one side, and return to the one he has been so long accustomed to. The Viceroy's navy at present wear the Turkish uniform, consisting of tight trousers and jacket; it is to be hoped that this non descript dress will not be introduced in the army, as the present full robes are far more befitting the Arabs. It is known that the Viceroy has expended, during his stay at Constantinople, at least 50,000 purses (50,000/. sterling, or 1,250,000 dollars) ; and it has been remarked that his Highness would have done sonic good indeed had he given a dollar to each of the 1,250,000 of- poor miserable fellatio who inhabit Egypt, instead of throwing away 'his money most lavishly at Constantinople, upon people who only, show an outward feeling of friendship towards him, but in their hearts are his bitter enemies. • However, his Highness has always shown himself a very clever and intelligent man ; and the largesses of the Viceroy at Constantinople were certainly not made for the sole object of display, but for some other purpose unknown ; perhaps, to obtain the pashalic of Syria or Candip.. The month of Ramszan, during which all good Mus -1 sulmans fast between sunrise and sunset, begun on the 22d inst. Mehemet Ali, being no rigid Mussulman, never observes this rule, and makes no distinction be tween Eamazan and any other month of the year. Mehemet Ali went up to Cairo on the 27th inst., where he will meet his son Ibrahim Pacha for the first time after the return of the latter from England. On the arrival of Ibrahim Pacha at Cairo, a fortnight ago, Abbas Pacha, who had ad interim held the reigns of Government, at once put himself under the orders of the heir apparent, and now that Mehemet Ali has returned to Egypt, his Highness has become the head again, and things will go on as usual. The Nile having now risen to its proper height, the works Of the barrage are partly suspended, and most of the soldiers have been marched down to Alexandria, in order to work at the stupendous fortifications that are being erected by the French round the town. The Hon. East India Company's steamer Akbar ar rived at Suez on the 26th inst., having on board Sir George Arthur, late Governor of Bombay, and family. Sir George Arthur will proceed to England by the steamer Oriental, which will sail from Alexandria on the Bth or 9th of September. By the Ahbar we have received intelligence from Bombay up to the sth of August. The - news is not of importance. The cholera had fortunately subsided. The mail brought from Bombay by the Akbar, con siAing of nineteen iron and six wooden boxes, proceeds this day to Malta, in charge of a special messenger, by the French steamer. SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES. By the packet-ship Mayda, arrived yesterday, advices and papers have been received from Hobart Tow❑ up to the Bth of April. By this arrival we are in possess►on of the speecli of his Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, on the opening of the Chamber on the 24th of March. It is as follows: " Gentlemen—lt was not my intention to have called you together until I should have been enabled to lay the estimates of 1846 before you, had it not been desirable to pass certain Acts of a local character which I thought right not to be delayed any longer. "Among the Bills which I shall lay before you will be one for constituting a court of justice at Norfolk Island, for the trial of prisoners, which is made necessary in consequence of the former Act being disallowed. I wish to take advantage of the opportunity of the Comptroller- General being about to visit Norfolk Island, in a Govern ment vessel, to send a court there also by the same opportunity. "You are aware that, in consequence of the Legisla tive Council being reduced in number, on the Ist of No vember last, below what was necessary to constitute a legal meeting, the estimates then before the Council did not pass. "On the 16th of January in this year I received a dispatch from the Secretary of State, dated the Bth of August, preceding, intimating to me the views of her Majesty's Government on the financial state of the colony. And on the 10th of January I received a dis patch from the Secretary of State, dated 4th September following, transmitting to me an Act to exempt Van I)iemen's Land from the provisions of an ' Act for regu lating the sale of IVa,te Lands belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies,' and instructing me at the same time that his Lordship would take an early oppor tunity of explaining to me at length the motive in which the Act originated, and the manner in which advantage is to be taken of its provisions ; and in the mean time directing me to suspend bringing it into operation until I received further instructions from home. " From the information thus conveyed to me by the Secretary of State, it appeared to me that a great altera tion in, as well as assistance, might be expected to the financial state of the colony ; and therefore that, until I received further instructions, it would be advisable for me to delay the estimates of 1846. " I therefore, with the advice of my executive council, continued acting on the estimates of 1845, and intend continuing to do so some time longer, in the belief that no very long time will pass over without full instruc tions on the finances of the colony. But as I have been obliged to continue the expenditure of 1845, and thus have been unable, with some few exceptions, to put in force the reductions contemplated in the estimates of 1846 ; and as, in addition to this, there have arisen some unexpected and unforeseen demands upon the colonial treasury, particularly the discharge of a debt due to the commissioners for immigration in 1842, which has taken and will continue to take the whole of the surplus of the land fund, .after paying the legal claims upon it, I met the immediate pressure on our funds by deviating from the usual practice of paying the salaries of the Government offices monthly, and postponed the payment of all salaries above 2001. per annum to the end of the quarter. " It is necessary for me, therefore, to ask your ap proval and assistance in some temporary measures to meet these payments until I received the instructions to which I have alluded. " I have considered, therefore, with the advice and recommendation of my executive council, that the best way of affording this assistance will be by issuing negotiable securities of the nature of debentures or Exchequer-bills, not exceeding a given sum, bearing in terest, and chargeable on the revenue, and to be pre sented to the treasurer, or in payment to the Customs for duties, at the period to which the state of their ex• piration is affixed. " The amount due for the salaries alluded to by me is 8,8601., which, with 7,0001. due to the ComMercial Bank at the end of 1845, amounting to 15,8501., is the sum re quired, and as it is intended to issue only what is abso lutely necessary, I do not request a larger sum, though perhaps it might be deemed advisable to fix the utmost limit as not exceeding 20,0001. " The Colonial Secretary will therefore ask your con sent to a resolution to this effect, which, if you assent to, will be followed by a Bill to carry such resolution out. " It is gratifying to me to be able to congratulate you upon the improved state of the colony in its internal and external trade, and on the marked and progressive advance it is making its every branch of enterprise and industry. "The Customs, from which our chief revenue is de rived, show an improvement. In comparing January, 1845, with January of this year, I find an increase of above 600/. In comparing February, 1845, with the corresponding month of last year, I find an increase of above 8001.; and though I am not yet able to make the same comparison with the present March with the March of last year, yet I find the same progressive improve ment; and if this continues, the annual receipts of this year will realise the calculation made in the estimates which I lately laid on the table of the council in the preceding session. " The Act of the Bth Victoria, No. 17, which exempted foreign whalers from port charges, has also had great effect in inducing them to visit our port for the purpose of refitting and repairs. " I shall not enter further into the financial affairs of the colony, as the fittest time to do so will be when I lay the estimates on the table; but, if in the meantime you wish for information, the Colonial Secretary will be at all times ready to afford it to you." COURT CIRCULAR, The giteen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Os borne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice went yesterday forenoon to the beach, and took their usnal exerci:le. Mr. Aglionby, M.P., and a deputation on the subject of emigration, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing-street. Mr. Laing, from Berbice, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. The Right [lon. George Dawson, Deputy Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. _ _ The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday from Grove Park, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Fickling arrived at Far. ranee's Hotel yesterday from Brighton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY ' FIVE O'CLOCK. ST. LEGER.-3 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (taken), 5 to 1 agst Brocardo (taken), 8 to 1 agst Fancy Boy (taken), 9 to 1 agst Traverser (taken), 10 to 1 agst Grimston (taken), 11 to 1 agst lago, 18 to 1 agst Cranebrook, 20 to 1 agst Sting (offered), 20 to 1 agst Poynton (take 22 to 1), 4 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's two (taken). CHAMPAGNE STAKES.-7 to 4 agst Slander, even on Slander agst Van Tromp. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.-6 to 1 agst Ennui, 7to 1 agst Quadruped, 7 to 1 agst June, 8 to 1 agst Dlorpeth, and 10 to 1 agst Fair Rosamond. Cur.-7 to 1 agst The Hero for Queen's Plate and Cup (t). WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNISDAY. The Portland Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 30 added. Two miles. Mr. W. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, 9st 31b, walked over. The Borough Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. The winner to be sold for 1001. Heats, one mile and a dis. Mr. Sadier's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, 9st .... .. (King) 1 1 Mr. Whieldom's Sparsholt, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Captain Paiton's Flirt, 5 yrs, 9st ... 3 3 The Hunters' Stakes of 2 sovs. each, w ith 20 added, the winner to be sold for 70/., one mile and a dis., were won in two heats, by Mr. Benjafield's Little Chan c e, 5 y rs , lO s t 51b, beating Mr. St. Lee's Eliza, aged, I Ist, and three others, easily. The Weymouth Stakes (Handicap) were won, in two heats, by Mr. Goldsworthy's My Mary, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Cowley), beating Mr. King's Jack, 4 yrs, Bst 91b, and Mr. Benjafield's Little Chance, 5 yrs, Bst 71b. LEICESTER RACES.—THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round. Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b. Mr. Cooper's Roebuck, 4 yrs, 9st llb 2 Mr. Wildman's The Heiress, 5 yrs, 9st 91b Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 40 added. Heats, twic3 round and a dis. Mr. Ongley's Fama, aged, 9st 4 1 1 Mr. Collins' Engineer, 3 yrs, Est 11Ib 1 2 dr Mr. Hawkes's Redleg, 3 yrs. Est 91b ...... 2 dr Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 6 yrs, 9st 31b ........ 3 dr The Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Twice round and a dis. Mr. Bankes's The Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, 6st 91b Mr. Ongley's Mystery, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Raworth's Idolator, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 3 Mr. Pratt's Venus, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ... 4 Handicap of 10 sovs. each. Mr. Raworth's Idolater, Bst 51b walked over. The Beaten Handicap of 3 sow. each, and 25 added, was won by Mr. Rogers' Forest Flower, beating Idolator, Mys tery, Heiress, and Galia. YARMOUTH RACES—THURSDAY. The Vauxhall Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added. One mile and a-half. (5 Subs. ) Mr. Pemberton's Tagnet, 3 yrs, 7st (Pettit) 1 Lord Stradbrcoke's Boarding-school Miss, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 Mr. James Royall's Sir Fretful, aged, Bst 121 b............. 3 Mr. John Drake's Bold Archer, and Mr. Howlett's Liba tion, bolted.—Won by a head. The Norfolk and Sufll,lk Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to save his stake. Two miles. (20 Subs. ), 11 of whom declared. Mr. Drake's Bold Archer, 3 yrs, Est 71b Mr. Theobald's Chemise, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Gurney's Cantley, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. Leslie's Britannia, 4 yrs, ist 71b Won-by two lengths. The Borough. Members' Plate of 501. The winner to be sold for 200/. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Pettit) 2 1 1 Lord Suffield's Alvanley, 5 yrs, Bst 12Ib .., 1 2 2 Mr. Abel's Edmund of Langley, aged 9st llb Mr. Royall's Sir Fretful, aged, 9st 4 dr Won by two lengths. Match, 50 soya. Once round and a distance—Mr. Davey's Governor, 12st, beat Mr. Beaumont's Little John, l2st. CURRAGII SEPTEMBER MEETING. This meeting opened on Tuesday, under new and favour able auspices, such ready access to the field of sport being af forded by means of the Great Southern and Western Rail way. Two special trains, at 11 a.m. and 111 E a.m., were dispatched, and well freighted they were with the lovers of the turf. The weather was everything that could be desired, bright and clear, showing off to the utmost advantage the noble plane, which has been almost from time immemo rial associated with the most brilliant sporting events of the Irish turf. The stand-house exhibited a brilliant display of beauty and fashion, and the course was more than usually crowded with anxious groups of citizens, and the inhabitants of the county for twenty miles around. Amongst those present were the stewards (the Marquis of Waterford, C. St. George, Esq ,and John Maher, Esq.), the Earl of Howth, the Earl of Miltown, Lord Rusborough, Hon. Captain Foley, George Watts, Esq., Robert Browne, Esq. (ranger), E. Irwin, Esq., J. Preston, Esq., and a number of officers from;the gar risons of Dublin, Newark, Naas, Ike, The racas did not commence until some time after the special trains had arrived ; the stranger visitors, many of whom bad never been on the " short grass" before, had ample time to see the extent of the plane, and the direction of the various race-courses. The first race was for Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Anglesey Post. 2 soya. each for entrance. Mr. Nolan's ch m Miss Nuttin, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Murphy) 1 Mr. Irwin's br h Warp, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b Lord Waterford's ch g Henry, aged, Bst 31b 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Lord Waterford's Vaudeville, Sir. Armstrong's Star of Eris, Mr. Knaresboro's Hark-over. Won easily. The Anglesey Stakes of 10 sovs., pp, for two yrs old; colts Bst 41b; fillies, Bst. Anglesey Post. The club to add 50 soya. ; second horse to save his stake. The winner of the race to give three dozen of champagne to the club on the slay of the race. Mr. Colgan's The Horn of Chase, by Harkaway—Victoria 1 Mr. Preston's The Irish King, by Conjuror—Emily 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Colonel Westenra's Watch Dog, by Ratcatcher, out of Isora—Mr. M‘Donnell's b f by Freney, out of Amina—Mr. Whaley's Cal cavella (late Sauterne)—Mr. Bynde's b c by Philip—Mr. Maher's Souter Johnny —Mr. Armstrong's Vesta—Mr. Irwin's Rideaway, by Harkaway. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LATOUCHE. Just as this race had terminated, a most awful and melancholy catastrophe took place. Mr. Robert La touche, second son of of the late Robert Latouche, of Harristown, county Kildare, Esq., who was standing upon the upper leaded roof of the stand-house, suddenly dropped down beside his friends, with whom he was conversing in the full enjoyment of good spirits a few moments before. From the instant he fell he betrayed but little signs of life, and although medical aid was in stantly at hand, and every possible means resorted to for his restoration, he expired with a slight motion of his eyes and mouth. The immediate cause of his death was supposed to be disease of the heart. A sudden and solemn gloom pervaded all parties when the melancholy event became known, and the majority crowded to the temporary station at Dublin, impressed with the so lemn and sudden visitation which fell upon this highly estimable member of so practically benevolent, useful, and beloved a family. The lamented gentleman was about thirty-two or thirty-three years of age, and was unmarried. There were some matches to be run off, but they were, with great propriety, postponed. ASCENT OF MR. HAMPTON'S BALLOON. This evening, at four o'clock, Mr Hampton made an ascent in his splendid balloon, the Erirs-go-Bragh, from the Rotunda Gardens. The evening was very fine, and the intrepid aeronaut effected a successful ascent in first rate style. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant was accompanied by Lady Georgiana Bourke and her two infant children,- the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, and the Hon. Mr. Daly, A.D.C. The attendance was numerous and fashionable, by whom his Excellency was received with every mark of respect. The balloon took a south-easterly direction, and, after ' a sojourn in the realms of air for about twenty-five minutes, Mr. Hampton safely descended on the strand between Irishtown and Sandy mount. THAMES AMATEUR REGATTA.—We have been re quested to state that the Sphynx Cutter Club have pro tested and intend to appeal against the decision of the committee who awarded the four -oared prize to the Ariel Club on Monday last, upon the ground that the Ariel crew were disqualified from rowing in the grand heat, not having rowed their trial heat, and th a t there fore the second boat was entitled to the prize. A French soldier, named Delpech, serving in the army of Africa, who was made prisoner by the Arabs, on September 23, 1845, lately escaped from the tribe with whom he had been left, and reached Lalla-Ma ghrina on Aug. 2. He gives an account of the massacre of the French prisoners at the deira of Abd-el-Kader, which perfectly agrees with the statement formerly pub lished by Rolland, the . trumpeter, who esc a p e d some months back.—Galignan i . VOLUNTARY SOLITARY CONFINEM ENT .- Aft er th e Royal Sailor, on her passage from Norfolk to Antigua, had been four days at sea, her cook was suddenly missed, and it was supposed that he had fallen overboard. On the arrival of the vessel at Antigu a , t o t h e astonishment of the crew, on unloading her cargo, they found the cook comfortably stowed away amongst bags of corn and peas, wh, , re he had formed himself a berth about the size of a punc heon, which he plentifully supplied with bread, having also constructed a tube, through which he drew t t t h i e me causepre assign e d f or t hi s sin to his guir co previous water from an adjoining puncheon. Th us h e li ve d 30 days. disappear ance the bread made by the cook for the use of th e ca bi n was condemned as bad and uneatable by th e ca pt a i n , who, in instructing the mate to 'discontinue the u se of T n h d e uc fto:l—lowAinsgho is r flour, remarked, in allusion to the waste occasioned, that "it might as well be thrown overboard." This observa tion was understood by th . e cook, as h e hi mse lf states, to allude to himself, which, in consideratio n o f hi s i mper f ect knowledge of the language, might not unreasonably be inferred; and his secretion, he alleged, was a measure of self-preservation. He descended the scuttle leading from the cabin to the room beneath, thence through a small opening in the bulk, and had gradually wormed a pas sage to his retired quarters. Many of the slaves escape from the French Wrest Indian islands to the nearest tree island under theßritish crown. They effect the passage in open boats. COURTS OF CONSERVANCY. THE NAVIGATION OF THE THAMES. Yesterday an. adjourned Court of Conservancy was held by the Lord Mayor at Stratford, for the purpose of receiving a special presentment of certain encroachments and obstructions erected in Hole Harm, a navigable creek of the Thames, which separates Canvey Island from the main land on the Essex coast. At the last sessions of the Court the jaw had made a similar presentment, omitting, howevie, to state the names of the parties who had placed the obstructions in the creek. The Court, under these circumstances, re fused to receive the presentment, and directed the City solicitor to prepare a presentment and summon witnesses to show who had erected the imisdnees complained of, and yesterday the jury assembled at three o'clock, having previously again viewed the creek. The Lord Mayor attended to preside, assisted by the Town Clerk, who, in the absence of the Recorder, charged the jury, who having examined the witnesses named on the back of the bill, returned to the Court, finding that the obstructions in question had been placed by, or under the direction of, William Hilton, Esq., the treasurer of the Commis sioners of the Canvey Island, and it is understood that the Commissioners intend to justify the placing of the breakwaters in the creek, under the authority of the Act of Parliament. The Lord Mayor then proceeded to Greenwich, where the Court of Conservancy for the county of Kent was held. The jury, after retiring for about an hour, re turned into Court, finding true bills against theTatent Fuel Company and the proprietors of two charcoal works on the Thames, for a nuisance in discharging deleterious refuse of the works into the Thames. - They likewise made presentments against the owners of the tanyard in Deptford Creek, for choking up the channel with refuse tan ; and also against the proprietor of Deptford Pier. The Town Clerk thanked the jury for their attendance, and was about to discharge them, when the Lord Mayor desired to know whether they had any observation to make about the Garden Stairs Pier ? They stateci that they had no presentment, and after having inspected the pier they returned, and said that the jury could not agree in a verdict, whereupon the jury were discharged, and the Court adjourned at a late hour. JOSEPH AD Y. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-With reference to your remarks on the subject of the noted Mr. Joseph Ady, I confess that I was, some • what foolishly, deluded into the sacrifice of the sum of one pound, under the promise of information greatly to my advantage ; such information, however, proved to be a mere warning as to my liability to be outlawed as a subscriber to one or two of the railway schemes pro jected last year. Should Mr. Ady be sufficiently fortunate as to obtain a like amount from even a very small portion of the sub scribers to such schemes, his system will prove highly lucrative, if not altogether honourable. Your insertion of these few remarks may tend to put the unenlightened on their guard, and will oblige, Sir, your very humble servant, Sept. 10, 1846. Z. MILITARY and NAVAL FLOGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since an inquest was held on the body of the 7th Hussar who was flogged at Hounslow, many cases of similar barbarity have " been brought to light," and it is but fair to presume that they are perfectly true, for if they were not so surely some " advocate of the lash" would ere this have come forward to contradict them. I read of one man whose " back mortified ;" of another having had 115 lashes, who was attacked with " lock jaw ;" of two others, each of whom received 150 lashes, whose sufferings terminated in " sloughing and fever,"—in all these instances death was the result of military flogging. It was, no doubt, with reference to the above•named cases, that Mr. Wakley, in his speech at Exeter Hall, stated " he was sorry to be compelled to express the opinion that it had been inflicted with a knowledge that it had proved fatal to human life." Whether the Hon. Gentleman was or was not correct in his supposition, it is impossible to say—whether the Commander-in-Chief was or was not acquainted with the cases alluded to, when he " approved and confirmed" the sentence for the " cruel" flogging of White, it is not for me to decide. This, however, appears to have been certain, that the reduction of the punishment from two hundred lashes down to fifty lashes vi as not made until a storm of public indignation had fallen upon the heads of all the "military authorities" who were concerned in that " deed of blood." I fully believe it to be the wish of the Duke of Wel- lington, that, in future, no British soldier shall be flogged to death ; for he not only said, when speaking of the Hounslow affair, " this shall not happen again" —but he has also provided in the " law of fifty lashes," that even that reduced punishment shall not take place, should the weather be either too hot or too cold, and that the state of health of the party sentenced shall be ascertained. Now, I would ask any one possessed of the com mon feelings of humanity, is it just that for "no in famous offence," a fellow-creature should be tortured in so horrible and dangerous a manner, that the " probable preservation of his life shall partly depend on the heat' or the cold' of the weather at the time his punish ment is inflicted ?" I think after the opinions which have been expressed by Mr. Wakley and other eminent medical men, with regard to flogging, that it would be exceedingly difficult to find tho man w.ho would, upon his own responsibility, decide at what degree of tempe rature fifty lashes might be inflicted with safety to human life. But I turn from the contemplation of such cruelties as these to the cheering fact, that the public press have nobly laid aside all party feelings and political differ. ences, in endeavouring to obtain the total abolition of a law, which, being in " direct opposition to every precept of Christianity, is necessarily demoralising in its effects, and utterly at variance with the mild and merciful spirit of the age in which we live." To you, Sir, who have been foremost in exposing the iniquities of military and naval flogging, I take the liberty of sending these few observations, and if you consider them worthy of insertion in the columns of The Sun, you will much oblige, yours, &c, ___ - I. W. BOYES. 14, Angel -court, Throgmorton-street, Sept. 9, 1846. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l shall feel obliged by your allowing this letter to be inserted in the next number of your valued journal, which has reference to a paragraph that appeared in the one for last evening, the 9th instant, giving an account of the possibility of collision on the Midland Railway, by the train leaving Nottingham for Derby at 5 P.M., and the one from Derby to London at 5 5 P.M., the express. Your correspondent in the midland district seems to be labouring under some delusion which I cannot describe ; but by reference to the following ex tract from his account you will see the error he has fallen into, and the sooner it is corrected the better. As it is, it will only mislead the public, and make it appear that the company do not attend to the necessary pre cautions which are requisite. He states that, " the de parture line from Derby till the 5 5 P.M. train arrives at the turn to the Junction at Red Hill, is the same line as the 5 P.M. train from Nottingham to Derby passes upon after reaching the turn nearest Derby to the Junction." Thus, distinctly informing the public that the trains to Derby pass on the same line as those from Derby, which is an erroneous idea. I should have thought that the Midland line had been made long enough for him to see that there were two lines of rails. Hoping that these few lines may be of service to him and all others who are constantly in the habit of reporting, I beg leave to subscribe myself, JUSTICE. Newark, Sept. 10, 1846. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A Correspondent, under the signature of " A Constant Reader," suggests that each guard's carriage should be furnished with a small, but strong steam boiler, to which should be attached a powerful whistle, for the purpose of conveying signals to the engine driver. I think that compressed air would be a more convenient agent than steam, as it would not require any fire, and would likewise be more economical, and the receiver could be easily refilled with air by means of a small pump attached to it.—l am, Sir, &c. LOCOMOTIVE. London, Sept. 9, 1846. DEATH OF A GREENWICH PENSIONER.—Died, last week, of extreme old age, a noted dependent on Green wich Hospital, named " Old Hardy." Some ten years ago, a large water-dog, of the Russian breed, escaped from a vessel when off Greenwich, and wandered about that town for several days, without any one paying any particular attention to him. During that period, a child, while at play on the esplanade of the Royal Col lege, fell into the River, and would have met with a watery grave but for the timely assistance of the stray animal. He had been watching there for his lost ship, and, on observing the accident, he plunged over the pier, seized the child, and swam with it a considerable distance to the landing place. Such an heroic action at tracted the sympathy of the gallant old tars, and the noble animal now shared the rations of many a mess. Nor was this liberality confined to the pensioners, but was shared in by the Governor, Sir T. Hardy, from whose patronage and kindness to him he received the soubriquet of " Old Hardy." The dog now found his way into the hospital, and took up his quarters in the main guardhouse. He never attached himself par ticularly to any indivifial, but was constantly to be found among the men on duty for the day, to whom he became a valuable assistant, and in whose mess he was a welcome mate. It is a regulation of the hospital to ex clude all dogs unless led by their owners, and Old Hardy soon took upon himself this office—a duty which he carried out to the letter, as well as to the discomfit of many an unfortunate cur that dared to intrude. Among the visitors he had many patrons, and a halfpenny or a penny bestowed upon hi m was im mediately carried to the tripe shop in the market, where he would deposit the money on the counter, and wait for the full value of it. He knew the difference betwixt the two coins, and a farthing he would re fuse with scorn. Latterly he would not go to the market alone, but when he received any gift he would go to the guardhouse, show his money, and appear rest less until some one offered to accompany him. It is supposed that he had been frequently waylaid and robbed, his old ago preventing him from avoiding or re senting such an outrage, and that he adopted that mode for security. The late warm summer was a severe trial to " Old Hardy." During the hottest period of th e d a y he was (41 ten to be seen wandering along th e b eac h, im mersed to his chin in the water, and occasionally in dulging in a swim after a piece of woo d some urch i n would throw in for his amusement. " Old Hardy" was a noble appendage to a seamen's Institution ; as a finer speci men of the curly-haired water-dog was rar e ly to b e seen . The old pensioners buried him in the shrubbery betwixt the outer and inner West gates. IRELAND. LABOUR RATE ACT—MEASURES OF RELIEF. DUBLIN, SEPT. 9.—Further evidence has been given by the Irish Government of a determination to carry out the " Act to facilitate the employment of the labouring poor" with promptitude and energy befitting the crisis, which has rendered such a measure quite imperative, as a means at once of employing and feeding the people. In the Morning Chronicle of Monday last there was a notification of twenty•four proclamations, issued by the Lord Lieutenant, for holding baronial meetings in eight different counties. The Dublin Gazette of last night contains no less than 34 additional proclamations, for holding Extraordinary Presentment Sessions in us many baronies or half-baronies in the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Donegal, King's County, Longford, Meath, and Limerick. Thus, the Government has given the initiative with all possible expedition, and it remains for the gentlemen possessing property in those several districts to second the execu tive in its efforts to meet the terrible emergency by cor responding measures for employing the people. In this case promptitude of action is, above all things, necessary, as well on grounds of humanity as with a view to pre serve the peace of the country. Tho new proclamations have reference to the following districts in which meet ings are to be held on the days named respectively:— CLARE. Barony of Moyarta, at Kilrush, Sept. 18. Barony of Ibrickane, at Miltown Malbay, Sept. 19. Barony of Corcomroe, at Ennistymon, Sept. 21. CORK. Half-barony East Carbery, East division, at Clonakilty, Sept. 21. Half-barony East Carbery,West division, at Roscarberry, Sept. 22. Barony of Ibane and Barryroe, at Tirnoleague, Sept. 23. KERRY. Barony of Iveragh, Cahirciveen, Sept. 18. Barony of Duukerron, at Kenmare, Sept. 21. Barony of Iraghticonner, at Listowel, Sept. 23. _ TIPPERARY. Half-barony of Upper Kilnamanagh, at Borrisoleigh Sept. 18. Barony of Mbldlethird, at Cashel, Sept. 19. Barony of Iffa and Offa East, at Cahir, Sept. 22. WATERFORD. Barony of Cashmore and Cashbride, at Lismore, Sept. 18. Barony of Decies Without, Drum, at Clashmore, Sept. 19. GALWAY. Barony of Clare, at Tuam, Sept. 18. Barony of Ross, at Fairhill, Sept. 21. Barony of Ballinahinch, at Clifden, Sept. 23. LEITRIM. Barony of Carrigallen, at Ballinamore, Sept. 18. Barony of Leitrim, at Carrick-on•Shannon, Sept. 21. MAYO. Barony of Claremorris, at Claremorris, Sept. 19. Barony of Carra, at Castlebar, Sept. 21. Barony of Burrishoole, at Newport, Sept. 22. Barony of Murrisk, at Westport, Sept. 23. ROSCOMMON. Barony of Ballintobber, North, at Kilmore, Sept. 21. Barony of Ballyrnore, Oran, Sept. 22. SLIGO. Barony of Carberry, at Sligo, Sept. 21. Barony of Coolavin, at Gurteen, Sept. 23. DONEGAL. Barony of Kilmecrenan, at Letterkenny, Sept. 21. KING'S COUNTY. Barony of Lower Philipstown, at Philipstown, Sept. 18, LONGFORD. Barony of Longford, at Newtownmorbes, Sept. 18. Barony of Moydon, at Killashee, Sept. 21. MEATH. Barony of Upper Kell, at Kels, Sept. 18. LIMERICK. Barony of Glengquin, at Newcastle, Sept. 18. Barony of Liberties at Kilmallock, at Kilmallock, Sept. 21. I have learned that eighteen additional applications have been made from as many baronies, or half baronies, so that a fresh batch of proclamations may be expected in the next number of the Gazette. Tho Earl of Glengall, vice-lieutenant of the county Tipperary, has received the following communication from Government, respecting Extraordinary Present ment Sessions in the baronies of Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and Owney and Arra : " Dublin Castle, Sept. 3, 1846. "My Lord—l have the honour to inform your Lord ship that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, in pur suance of the provisions of the Poor Employment Act, 10th Vic., cap. 107, of which a copy will be forwarded for your Lordship's information, has directed that Extra ordinary Presentment Sessions for the purposes of that Act shall be held at twelve o'clock at noon, on the days, and at the places, and for the several baronies following, viz.:— Barony. Place. Day. Upper Ormond, at Toomavara, on Monday, 14th Sept. Lower Ormond, at Nenagh, on Wednesday, 16 t h do. Owney and Arra, at Newport, on Friday, 18th do. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, "H. LABOUCIIERE. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Glengall, "Vice-Lieutenant, county of Tipperary." COUNTY OF MAYO.-MEETINGS OF THE GENTRY. The Moro Constitution contains a long report of a meeting held in Castlebar, on Thursday last, pdrsuant to a requisition to the High Sheriff, to consider the " awful calamity which had befallen in the total failure of the potato crop, and to adopt measures for the pre vention of starvation, & c ., Patrick C. Lynch, Esq., high sheriff, in the chair. e observed on the bench Colonel Gore, A. C. Lynch, J.P., Thomas Ormsby, J.P„ Courtney Kenny, J.P., William Kearney, J.P., Valentine O'C. Blake, J.P., Rev. W. B. Stoney, F. C. M‘Donnell, J.P., John Flynn, Fitzgerald Higgins, J.P., Edward M'Donell, Edward Deane, J.P., Rev. Messrs. Henry, Egan, O'Dowd, Corley, Browne, M'Greal, Hardman, and several other clergymen, gentlemen, and merchants. Colonel GORE came forward and said--e Gentlemen, I was not aware of the intention to hold the present meet ing till last night, and am now merely on my route to Newport to visit my tenantry ; but as I am anxious to give every support to relieve the distress in this county, I came forward here, though unprepared I say, to relieve all classes, for distress knocks at the rich man's castle as well as the poor man's cabin. I must state that I, as well as others, never signed the requisition calling this meeting, because we never heard of it ; and a county meeting forwarding resolutions declaring the distress of its inhabitants, and the need of measures to counteract the distress, should receive full and mature deliberation. I say this, laying aside all political difference in our en deavour to escape this fearful, yawning abyss which threatens our destruction—it should come from every man of influence in„ each of the nine baronies of our county, which would indicate to Government what our state is, and we must look forward also to what our state will be. I would, therefore, ask, what would the meet ing think of an adjournment ? If we could see such men as the Marquis of Sligo, who is most anxious for the good of the people, and who has done much to effect that good at our meeting ; if I could see Sir R. O'Donel, who has much to communicate on this absorb ing subject. I know they are only returned from Dub lin, when they were on this mission. We have also to look for salvation to an important measure—l mean the Drainage Bill—of which we at present know very little, but with which we should be well acquainted. This measure, from all I have heard, proposes to give us two and-a-half millions of money, to be repaid in 22 years, at six-and-a-half per cent., so that this I call an important measure, for it comes to this—if we don't make the lands more fertile, we cannot feed the people. You must either improve the present system and amount of cniti vation, or break up lands lying dormant since the flood, or encourage emigration to a large extent. This present system of taxation is a bad one ; the poor man is made to tax himself before he can relieve himself ; whereas, if you take advantage of the Drainage Act, you cause him to improve his own holding, and thus better himself. This must be done, for if we say that one acre of potatoes is equal to three acres of oats, you must grow the increased quantity of corn, to make up for the poor man's deficiency. Then by getting each man to improve his land, and break up hitherto unculti vated portibns, you will be able next year to have it fit to yield a crop which is absolutely necessary. Therefore, I say, it is much better to improve the land, the neglect of which ought to make us blush for shame, than expend money in cutting hills and filling hollows. By this means all will be benefited—the land lord and the tenant. I therefore ask a system of agri cultural encouragement, and if the landlord be not able to support the people, it will be the duty of a paternal Government to aid in the system of emigration, and I as an individual will go as far as any one in allowing the poor to escape to a better land.—(Cheers.) I therefore now say, all must come forward or it will not do ; for if all assist to ameliorate the visitation of Providence, we will get over the difficulties.—(Cheers.) Utter ruin and destruction awaits despair, therefore I never despair. The advantages of success will be reaped by both sides —the poor and the rich ; and I, f o r o ne , am determined not to sleep on the subject. I therefore say that we ought to adjourn this meeting, that at our next meeting we may have the weight, influence, and voice of the county speaking trumpet-tongued our necessities and our wants, and they combined must and will have effect with the Government.—(Col. Gore here sat down amidst tre mendous cheering.) The Rev. Mr. EGAN rose to oppose the adjournment of the meeting. He said—l oppose the adjournment of this meeting to gratify the landlords. I will consent to it if the landlords go home with the promise of giving employment to the poor. Let me but go home with directions to employ the poor in the Coolcarney moun tains, who are actually starving. No, the landlords will not meet to do any good for the poor, but to help each other. Colonel Gore talks of the Drainage Act, and his not being able to see the Act—in Dublin I saw it pub lished in the Telegraph and Constitution newspapers ; but the landlords by this Act will be saddled with one half, as the poor man rated under V. is exempt, and the landlords want to meet to have this law changed. We cannot expect anything from them, when agents in the neighbourhood of Castlebar have told the poor people when asking for food and employment. " To go to hell, but that they should get the rents. This is all we have to expect from the majority of landlords, and the curses, the agents. We want food and employment, and to ask for such we came here to-day. Colonel GORE thought that the public works would at once be recommenced, as the object in stopping them was to allow time to make up the accounts, confused by mis management, to the Ist September. After some discussion, resolutions were passed de scribing the extreme distress in the county, and calling for a portion of the 50,0001. granted by Parliament. The meeting, in accordance with the suggestion of Col. Gore, then adjourned until the 17th instant. COUNTY OF MEATH.—At a general meeting of the relief committee of the baronies of Upper and Lower Hells and Fore, in the court-house at Kells, on Saturday the sth of September, 1846, " to draw up a statement to be laid before the Lord-Lieutenant as to the nature of the employment which ought to be provided for the poor during the ensuing season," the Most Noble the Mar quis of Headfort in the chair, a report to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant having been adopted, " recom mending as the principle of future relief the adoption of this maxim : —That the labour for which the land is compelled to 'pay should be applied in developing the productive powers of the land:" And the following suggestions having been read by the Archdeacon of Meath:— It was moved by JOHN FARRELL ; Esq., and seconded by JOHN TISDALL, Esq., Resolved—That the suggestions now read be printed and circulated as soon as possible through the baronies of Upper and Lower Kells and Fore. Moved by GEORGE BAMFORD, Esq., and seconded by the Rev. Mr. KERNAN, Resolved—That a general meeting of the three ba ronies aforesaid, be celled for Monday, - the 21st instant, to take the said suggestions into consideration. Suggestions for promoting measures of relief on th e principle " that the labo ur for which the land is com pelled to pay, should be applied in developing the pro ductive powers of the land." It being generally agreed that a rate sufficient to pro vide for the employment of labour should be levied in eaeh district, and that this rate should be paid by land lord and occupier, according to the poor-law valuation: It is suggested that instead of this money being taken from the farmers and wasted in useless and unproduc tive works, each person liable to pay this rate should have the option of expending it upon his own land in ad ditional labour upon works tending as far as possible to promote increased production of food. • That the most suitable and profligate works in each locality would be best ascertained by inviting proposals from the rate-payers, each for his own land. Various other suggestions follow. The following is the report to the Lord-Lieutenant:— "TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN WILLIAM EARL OF RES BOROUGH, LORD LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND GENERAL GOTERNOR OF IRELAND. " We, the Central Relief Committee of the baronies of Upper and Lower Kells and Fore, having already, our several local committees, reported to your Excel lency our operations arising from the failure of last, year's potato crop, are now desirous of submitting our unanimous opinion respecting the nature of the mea sures required to meet a yet more extensive calamity. " We have, in the first place, to express our convic tion that the case which we are now called on to meet differs, not only in degree, but also in the nature of the evil, from that which we had to contemplate last season. " Last year, when it appeared that a considerable portion of the food of the people had perished, we con fidently anticipated that at the return of harvest the people would be restored to the enjoyment of their usual supply. We had, therefore, to provide for a present, but temporary, deficiency ; and our exertions for the relief of the people were adapted to such an emergency. " We did not then at all contemplate a remedy by pro ducing out of the ground a substitute for that which h a d perished; the temporary necessity would have passed away before such a remedy could have come into opera tion. " All that was possible in the present distress was to accomplish a fair and economical distribution of the food which remained, supplying the actual deficiency by the purchase of foreign corn. " To effect this, it was only required that the labour, ing population, who had lost their food, should be fur nished with more than ordinary resources in wages. The readiest and the most available means of affording suck wages was found in the maki ng an d l evell i ng of roads, othr works of the like description; and such works were therefore, generally adopted. " These works, we conceive, to have been suited to the emergency, and highly useful for their temporary purpose. - "But we feel called on to express our conviction that the present deficiency is not temporary, but permanent. None of us now entertain the expectation that next year's potato crop will put an end to our difficulties by supplying food for the people. " We have no longer a temporary deficiency to meet, and we cannot rely on those expedients which were hastily adopted to meet a pressing, and, as it was hoped, a passing emergency. We are satisfied that a continued reliance on those expedients, so far from affording per manent relief, must inevitably aggravate the evils with which we are now threatened, and prove highly in jurious to the true interests of all classes. "For the question is not now of the distribution, but of the production of food. We have not now to relieve a temporary distress, but to make provision for the food of a people. " We cannot hope for the permanent supply of the deficiency of our home produce from the introduction of foreign corn, to be paid for by a tax on the land, which has ceased to be productive. " We cannot now look on any remedy as adequate or safe which does not aim at producing out of the ground a supply of food equal in quantity, and, if possible, superior in quality, to that which the ground has here tofore produced. " We are of opinion that such a remedy is to be found only in the employment of additional capital and labour on the land. It is to the united exertions of the landowner, the farmer, and the labourer that we must look for a substitute for the food which has perished. " To stimulate their energies, and to direct the appli cation of the capital, the skill, and the labour of these several classes to the increased cultivation of the land, afford the only means of escaping from the evils with which we are threatened. " Any measures which tend to divert to other objects the capital and labour which ought to be so employed, must, to a corresponding extent, withdraw it from that channel in which alone it can be really useful. " To anticipate the available resources of the country, and to compel or induce the outlay of them on public works not productive of food, or of any commodity which could be exchanged for food, must fearfully aggravate the dangers of our position. " Such, we are persuaded, must be the ultimate re sult, if the relief of distress in the ensuing year is to be effected by the continuance of the system of public works. " Under that system two classes, who have heavily suffered in their incomes—the landowner and the occu pier —are taxed for the relief of the national distress, which results from their peculiar misfortune. Their al ready lessened funds are taken away from them at a time when the increased application of capital to the ground is most essential to the national safety, and those funds are employed in withdrawing the strength of the labourer from the production of food, to expend it in a forced and unnatural extent upon works which, when completed, would leave him in a state of starvation as before. " But this system of relief tends further to discourage and paralyse the exertions of landowner and farmer still more than it disables them. If the man who is willing to employ additional labour on his own land, is also to be taxed for the support of those labourers whom his neighbour will not employ, he will be over-burdened, and will be driven to relieve himself. This cannot do but by restricting his voluntary expenditure, and throwing his labourers, as well as his neighbours, upon the com mon fund, as the only means of equalising their burdens. Many who have employed additional labour already feel that they will be constrained to adopt this course in self-defence, if last year's system of relief be per sisted in. " On these grounds, while we are prepared cheerfully to undertake whatever burdens are necessary for the re lief of present distress, and to make every exertion which may be required to provide for the future support of the people ; and while we are willing and resolved, at all hazards, to provide, by public works, the promptest te. lief for immediate and urgent necessity, we feel it our duty to deprecate the continuance of a system *which tends to discourage the exertions of landlord and farmer, and to misapply the labour of the people. And we earnestly recommend as the principle of future relief, the adoption of the maxim---' That the labour for which the land is compelled to pay, should be applied in developing the productive powers of the land.' "Private justice and public policy alike call for its adoption, for the preservation of the people, under the heavy calamity which it has pleased God to bring upon us. " Believing that in free discussion will be found the best means of supplying a principle so essential to the national welfare, we shall direct the attention of our baronies to the subject, and we respectfully recommend it to your Excellency's consideration." DEPARTURE OF MR. O'CONNELL. The Tipperary Vindicator of this day containri the following : " Mr. O'Connell leaves Dublin to-day (Weanesday) for Darrynane Abbey, where he intends to sojourn for some weeks, to imbibe fresh vigour from his native mountain air, and to prepare for another cam paign for the benefit of Ireland. He will sleep in Monastereven to-night, and on to-morrow he will pass through Roscrea and Nenagh, on his way to Limerick, where he will dine and sleep to-morrow night. He is to be accompanied as far as Nenagh by the Head Pacificator. He is expected to arrive in Ne nagh between three and four o'clock to-morrow, and already we are rejoiced for the honour of our noble county to say that preparations are making to give him a ceade mine faillha, to show him that he lives and reigns the sole idol of a brave and determined people's political affections. On Monday the town council of Nenagh met, and unanimously voted an address to him, which is to be presented on Thursday. A vote of confi dence in his integrity, wisdom, and matchless seal as the great guide and leader of the Irish people, was also voted to him by that body." THE WELLINGTON STATUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—The public attention was, some time ago, called to the preparations making in reference to the statue of his Grace the D u ke o f W e lli ng t on , the proposed situation for which, it is to be feared, will not prove very credit able to the good taste of the nation, and a strong : i opinion to that effect has been expressed both nParliam eu t t and by the public. The committee, however,. see me d to b e determined not to be thwarted, and it is now un d erstood that the statue, in proprid persong, is to be placed on the arch, and that certainly at no small expe nse , b ut under an assurance by the committee, that if then not gene rally approved of, it will be removed to a more desirable. situation. The season adopted for thus ascertaining the geneval opinion of the public is not very favourable, but what ever it may be, I much question the probability of 2 the removal of the statue; if once placed, to any other •situa don, however recommended. The only hope of escape from the national dis grace, now contemplated, seems to rest on the not improbable failure of the arch to sustain the weight of the s Alperin cumbent mass intended to be placed upon it A consummation devoutly to be wished. ' " I am, Sir, your most obedient servan% ONE OF THE Na ILIC. 14 1 1 0 19 D, Sept. 10, 1646.