The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-07 00:00:00

+111.,., ' .. ''''''''...rsr An0.......5...• Null: IaGAZINES —(CONTINETED). wz, P e t l''S HOMEand COLOIVIAL 1113R.4RE , . 7 LI 6 : ports and Natural History of the 11 ighlinds.- 4 3, 111, 7 A - -4. a, ' d l' wearily wandering through the dull and ,n!,,a,sY waste of words which, at the present day, rl,:',r ime everywhere, walled up into the- f_o_rrm. St.ot o b"; i t is quite refreshing to get among M irs I skis rivers, valleys, and mountains, which con,- - 1 ,; . lain .a 8 . rres from his pen as if seen after a shower of th:,b3" t he. early light of a summer's d . a . y. Many_ of local dies described by him are familiar to us, and t t i h o e ns be l t praise We Clll give him is, that his descrip Rhone do Justic,,l to the grand realities. Loch Ness, We i 1.... - ' lll c's are known to us, and . over whose deeps folio sailed, sailed, is truly and beautifully described__ass tivv,ett wir;de we quite enter into the author's di to thi s ei lg . brought back from the land of dreams i. e 4111 1 earth, by the most unpoetical fact in it, ta t ilbar.st'eat.nboat laden with C( ckneys . :—" I well re rl, - 1. 1 : being one bright summer's day on the shore 14 th"" ' 4 ‘. Tess, and enjoying the surpassing loveli'ness inir _e seei ie. The perfectly calm loch was likea 111) 0 ,, ra :' , r( !fleeting the steep red crags of the opposite down te i: a rid the weeping birch trees feathering Itirf ac ,::Y itdge of the water, and hanging over its V4 4B ,„'' 48 ie . to gaze at their own fair forms in its aie the doPths, were as distinctly seen in the lake as 119 dim °e ; while here and there a trout rising at mood I I,„Pled the smooth water, and in my idle moo d di k - ` e lied thue circles as they gradually widened and i f 4 ? ) r Pe ri ar e d , The white gulls floated noiselessly by, as d of ssi ai :, to 'disturb the stillness of the scene, instead ad baut'g Their common enemy with loud cries. . joyi n een go some time stretched on the ground en f aikA the 9 rriet beauty of the picture, till I had at last . aes s , 41 ,_t° 4 calf-sleeping, half- waking kind of dreamt :4%4l w aft. lE was suddenly aroused by a Glasgow botidaer Past.ing within a hundred yards of me, full of on th l ,r ° ,Ple; with fiddles and parasols conspicu k us tsgavg:leirs while a stream of black soot si° e 4 °Pet t m i t 4 f iivours over me, and filled my mouth as e d it - tait at , b to vent my ill-temper in an anathema so Elis2 a i 4, c ountry-dance tunes and cockneys."_ ' Q t food of, lqr. St. John to be rather a recluse, and 'Just' -°' : laving his meditations interrupted as he ... rei *whleat 1 0 , "et!, we cannot otherwise account for his ich .e 4nd admiration of the sand hills of Forres, i n a re eert ainly not likely to be infested by tour tot know,search ,)f the sublime and beautiful. We d o Ba lly f a n,y one in whose company we would sooner . th e ~ forth an , spend a day with Nature, even amidst ttlivssaact. hi Ils," for he evidently feels " sweet Na to rea,,e,,ve,r3r sense," and his eyes and heart are open Pas 3 „ h " . "ea uties and useful lessons, which most men aware of by. "Few people," he says, " are th e tit ' u umberless subjects of interest and ob 41 ° co: t ° he found in the habits and structure of oureyes'nunes*: birds and animals, which pass before e al l h e , eve ' . . .Y• day of our lives. How perfectly are and fee:. sa'l'ted to their respective modes of living IlatiiraCattig• In every garden and shrubbery the ..._ 4ll 4o s i t ifin:ls amusement in watching its living •' °10 111: a',,P°c'k at the chaffinch, bow it adapts the /11 '4 . '"'"•qa the shape of its nest to the spot in fe, lt is p 1 i e 811113 Aced, covering the outsie with materials ' .. tii i, eeirt S he ci i. a ro : l :' s o t:. lour as the bark of theiree in which i all the other small birds again; they with materials of the same colour as '''W's west4s The prevailing colour of the hedge-spar gatt'lLie • i s Weeen, and "'her eggs are of a greenish ii__.dl4zi, birds the same way all our - common and Imre ' 4 44 7 1 1 t ih r ' s a 'daPt both the outside and lininof their i7a.,t of t-b-eeire,olour of the surrounding substances_ and '-44all er th " 11 eggs respectively. In the same 'whi c h tb -°3' all hay bills adapted to the food on sis ___. ey. 1 , , e . "wt., ste' tie. The grain -feeding birds s h o itv . ing rOus birds ar e .44.3•• . . 4 , 111 IA lon ger ' es, while those of the in e tive f4ectlY adapt,, i and more slender, and as per t the ins ects 4r searching in crannies and corners s re Fortner are 7 41 e ggs that may be hidden there as _aittB on ~ hi Z t e b utt v.,l•Xr. St. J,th'o'ng and shelling the er s e eed na s rr a i n ed 1 3 7,,stibl y aioun. by eY feed, St n ." We cdlribsrei a n th i l ti e ll4s ,447._reialinost as exciting descriptions w given di it as he must Pursuit of n r deer, and oiZsberell Alfieri seeing the deer w r i a thin g a pace or two enure shot 8 ; 1(4 f w e only awoke to our usual feeling .11117eli fancied we saw the monarch of our forests_ 4re aelv• baYl attacked on all sides by enemies, and st. 4 TR to a y' ;. 5 to the last. We feel sure that Mr. iktliitigl°l.ll,:e a draughtsman ; few men can describe te I , p el ,as (Dies without also being able to illustrate twent ' a l: We Would recommend the next time A - lb I,: Wil,h some of his sporting reminiscences, these - `eteh a , - '" thorn even more attractive than co h.'''',,, r t'ne following pen-and-ink one, however, k'W. bar be improved. "After waiting an anxious in 4 . 4 14 ,f`,,cir more, we saw the deer suddenly t bill - 4,'tei standing at gage for a moment, trot ;ci a 4 1 1' 'Alt not exactly in our direction. 4; 4 3: ( Z i t,. and then halted again, and look e ed eay f, vie w , into the glen.. The shepherd was now in a l ki„!•and the deer having looked at him fixedly a - , Ita lb • I.llt, seemed to recognise an old and harmless ever o - ,7nee ; and then turning, trotted deliberately, n3'' tl rea t pace, straight towards us. We heard p - , c4e 41 % 1 P he took as he trotted up the hard hill side ; " I ‘e - I - u.k, th enshe crossed a sloping piece of loose th lt° oes; 2,.....,Aeh rattled as his hard hoofs struck the i i ,1 44 ,4i1 1 - . 11 " at one time be had to pick his way . tiT:he-rate'ivvelt „splashy piece . of marsh, which he did 111484/44V slowly, iim e aor ate b elow we could not occasiona . lly . lookin round at °elow him. At this time 41 ' t o w ."e our heads for fear of being seen, but le, i ir,tt, w ili b t . il.l the deer had passed the . rocks, t' lard. te ho ur le n we were concealed, that we might let tarThects at , a distance of about thirty or forty s deer s op, vtas now go for - close to us, not more than ten at of ,butt v)e did not w‘int to let the dogs g t ,\Nl l f i4s .ll h-euhrnaditig__ him back ‘ again into the valley from ' CI, Y°llrabie f° me, where the ground was not nearly tr t4t °l' as. . ‘ „,.r the dogs as the slope on the other l kh .ei q o ,) e heard him tramp past us as he li e , 4 41 whi''vii.Y along on the other side of the rocks vi c ,' l 4(l e i e ?' we were concealed. The next moment Of .W abp ilt 4 t r k e.(l the rocky ground, and was in full kir ' °4 lie,l lll Y yards from us, on a wide expanse aft' ! gtti n """I.n' ground. The dogs saw him too, %tr,igted g t'a our feet, we slipped them. With one t abe',alotigtriee behind him, away went the sta a ti lt ,' tho d o : top of the slope, as if anxious to keep 0 - : 4 Ili a r- , ; but finding himself hard pressed, he alid" 4 ° , t1i,,,. e ad down the hill, and the race began. 'tad 'en th,,W , ent, the dogs close on the stag. Now h ti le 1114411"./ stalesried to spring on him, but his strengt a l riff ' e a • un either 1 3 0 14 . or _,ys enabled li . to shake tli a ,, dist an, _ etude them ; indeed, after running for i n ,_tt to 1 0 , "e he seemed rather to gain on the dogs of por l t . 'llit 11 't he Finding this, they seemed more Rall rYing to tire him out than to seize hitt), as if t ( 'Ped al 1., til -4 drive ° .°R, keeping somewhat above him, al or ,: tO 1,1 hltn into the burn, where he would feit ' hilt ' t ? r • The stag tried again to ascend the the' a rid he tur ne d not manage it ; his wind began to \ ,, s. do,. ~ straight down, gaining a little on 111:1 , , ,e 4 7 gaill kiro s3 i ..,_ 1 / 4 , some rather wet ground they i l l i l ed don to him, and he only escaped being ele, l tc ' gliak, Y his great sts,pngth, which enabled til t .: that h is ' 3 o t,f. the hounds more than once. It was b aa e 'wer e (3 , „: ,"Ject was now to gain the burn. All thteit,low 6iteTently beginning to fail, as the chase illtrSbdt the b u s r ° , l ll ' e I time- Malcolm and I had now a 'S°; having made for it in a ,I,Nvii woad haveas so.on deerhe dogs were slipped, As his ti th it, and hounds all passed us o ° s__f arn , Jto tr -" soon-R'l 1 1 ' "14 d ogs panting, and the deer with a , allging out ar,d blowing like a porpoise. teßanae • 1. 1 t, a to o ay . ind ea d, rict ,_. h, i ,. , • the dogs v; ere glad to get the 'hey a f i tc ng down in the water, opposite his th e -'ream , Triat e l y bayed at him and rolled in th e ' l er i nitli c e ° ,3 , cool themselves. We came up, and ° sca,. ° Rs, tra tri lat etY broke his bay, and rushing over 'Are a ,,' a s hari, IP, le d them under foot, and, striking Pre s ,' agai,c . 1-4017:v with his antler, took down the d above Iltly sa „ . _ ''N e looked round for Donald, an th e w him crouched on a rock immediately ow strearo ~,kaio Its. The ', arid about two hundred yards et„lre ti m es : do arid recovered quickly, and were on b ‘4 l lle a lb ' the stag. He stopped two or a d , e do a few moments, turning fiercely sawgerrn' ''''' s ) ra 14 tiled sty, ' at last came to bay in Iraq, th wa,ie, 'under the very rock were ` l th i ; dear stesZe:lne_ti. the next moment . we - ita heard worry re co n , th,, r ad lan in the water, and imme lod , ePort of Donald's gun. Before or t wo °R If ee 'ver the '4)11 hi il l ro , .both hounds were on him, b u ,Pool, w o Q t o ri, _ e at like bull•dogs, and, alter one o b ac ri (1 1 „ 4 ,1i ‘‘ 7 4 ) the poor animal's head sank i t b all s hot }11,,1r'?1,1 1 1 ."oll red with the blood which br u ; wh ich 'l,' • ' 1 Ar6t :,r,oouth and nostrils. Donald l k - ,e, p u i r t a r t cu t '', °l l"id the heart with his singe a, %l i un i t , tne large blood -vessels. ' Puir , ov,. was 11 ' , a tid, i n ., €. ? il , just a sorry to see him,' said 4°l e to . V.also 1% : ,Ltlat the excitement of the chase A sew ri ng tt , uld have given much to have been acrd e 'melit that d° gallant animal to life again." llNOin,,ealiot b e r' e s honour to the master and man, K 4 Otli er ` i i fe atur P. remarking, as a great beauty and itimat' i s tier _ in the sporting proceedings of our oi , t o 10 ,`,'Y to the poor animals, whom it is le is the 4,l_,,but whom we have often revolted lo tl? sporti"_llY tortured by men calling them or 4,,ve arl ___ nistory t o b"e riattirafet,"; We feel perfect confidence part of it, and are glad liv e ‘ue bi r d s, Zeount of the manners and custom s pl ea : 0 111a giv _ea . sts and fishes of the present day. 44. , lir e , bu, w e extracts from the book with 4, ,i!ristire thorn Idvise all to read it for themselves, 441 11 ° W "d SPort t " the their trouble. Though st. rent subj et f 3: of the Highlands" seems rather a t ect (311 n 18 et,- Sassenaeh to expatiate on, Mr. al so genus from those hosts for it, and of quite a diffe of u cro wd to 4.,_,13,u nosts of " vain carpet knights" Auaost. .4u north to murder grouse on the 12th P1 . 4%1 w ~,._ -1-1.061ys .3.---(--;--__;___. r, e a . 1,1 0: 1, T r ,„, , , rilp-N.i, ..._ hlit t o 1,, , , 2,:_,7 , I , ' ( a . 4 - n ' : • f• •I n 1-1,-,5 1, ~.,ceoi . .1% , t , ‘ , V, I bei ,r, • ' 10 ._ ;4eoe e nas been . (u, a Ira .:, %, • r ~, SZ '. but th e Poetr , F(petedly evidenced on the illit ted to th 3of which has never before been e more serious ordeal of the closet—. THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY, MORNING, NOVEMBER, 7, i 846. we mean " The Avenger." It is being published now for the first time, and it is suitable that it should appear in this Magazine, seeing that its author, well knoivn as the author of " The Provost of Bruges," and the latest of whose dramatiC productions, " Look before you Leap," is now being successfully per formed at the Haymarket Theatre, has been some time numbered among the many excellent contri butors to this periodical. It would be almost supe rerogatory to comment upon the various beauties of " The Avenger," they are so generally acknowledged. And supposing them to have been less familiar, we should have abstained from passing any opinion upon the tragedy at this moment, as only the first act is here introduced to our attention. The nervous terseness of the language, and the effective glibness of the dialogue, should however be remarked, as they are among the principal fine qualities of the writer's style of com position. " Nell Gwynne" is pursued with the same blemishes as hitherto; it is one of those numerous ieces constructed out of the mere tinsel and spangles of romance. " Blanche Neville" deserves less notice than the foregoing. Quite a multitude of scraps, odds-and-ends of prose and metre, compose the remainder of the Magazine. There is a " Con cise Description of Hong Kong"—a Very concise one, by the way—occupying merely two pages and a quarter; there is an article on "'[he Incorporation of the Scholastic Profession ;" and beyond these a swarm of facetious fragments, sentimental stanzas, sonnets, proverbs and opinions, de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis. " A Lecture on Authorship" would permit of a very considerable extension, and no very incon siderable improvement, before it would absolutely deserve the magnificent eulogium of the editor. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. Many very charming contributions are in this number—paramount amongst which is the one upon " L'Entente Cordiale." From the lengthy paper entitled " The Whigs and the Church," the views of the Young England party upon the present Govern ment, particularly in their relation to the Established Church, may be gleaned. Lord John Manners con tinues his historical ballads; the present, being the fifth of the series, is upon the demise of Prince Henry Plantagenet. " A Flower from Jean Paul's Autumn Garden," is a fantastic chapter which makes us feel inexpressibly grateful that Richter was ever in existence. In the review of the "Revelations of Austria" we find this pithy and most suggestive sentence :—" After fhe revolution of July, suspici was aroused against the Duke of Richstadt, the grand son of Kaiser, Francis the First, and that grandson died immediately." Never did career dawn amid such supernal pilomises as that, of Napoleon the Second ; never did career close more prematurely or desolately. Born King of Rome, he perished a pri soner of his phlegmatic grandfather, and perished mysteriously. It may be interesting to many to know that according to an organical statute of the t'amily of Habsburg, all the Archdukes are obliged to learn a trade ;" and, in consequence of this eccentric custom, it would appear that the late Kaiser, Francis the First, was a sealing-wax maker, while the present Kaiser, Ferdinand the First, is a turner. We transcribe the following because of its singularity. The perfidy and heartlessness of the Emperor Francis is amongst the most execrable circumstances of tho late war. While he "served their turn" like a sceptered lacquey, the English looked with scorn upon a man who crushed his son-in-law merely to consolidate his own despotism, or bartered his daughter for purposes of state policy:— " "The friendship of German Princes had always been found more dangerous and disastrous to France and its sovereigns, than their enmity. "' Atter a thousand combats lost, the vanquished and humbled Kaiser changed his policy. " ' From the moat implacable enemy, which he was, he all at once became, in appearance, the stanchest friend, the nearest relative of Napoleon. • " As it has been said, amongst the baggage taken by assault from the capital of Vienna, Napoleon found the Archduchess Maria Louisa,' daughter of the Kaiser; he repudiated Josephine, his guardian angel, and mar ried the Archduchess, the devoted political instrument of Austria, and the cause of his degradation, and of the humiliation of France. " ' It would be wholly to misunderstand the nature of man, to suppose that a vanquished enemy could so readily become the sincere friend of his conqueror. " It was self-deception to imagine that the Habs burgs were not seeking the means of revenging their humiliation, or that they sincerely gave up their alliance with E;igland. " In Paris there was a great rejoicing over this mar riage, which was looked upon as the ultimate and con solidating result of the victories obtained, and as estab lishing French supremacy on an unshakeable basis. There was rejoicing also in Vienna over this 'mesalliance,' which was looked upon as a necessary sacrifice, as a po litical embryo, which was only engendered with the view of undermining the power of France, of bringing about her fall, and of raising Austria, and with her despotism, " Germans were heard, immediately after this mar riage, to predict the downfal of Napoleon, and the ruin of France, so fully were they convinced that this marriage was only a snare on the part of their Kaiser. Those who were immediately about the person of the Emperor Napoleon, and took part in public affairs between 1810 and 1815, must agree that without this marriage, and without the inspirations, and encouraging influences, direct and indirect of the Germans, the chivalrous ad. venture of the Russian campaign of 1812 would never have been undertaken. Buonaparte, as a simple French citizen, representative and chief of the generous French nation, was the first captain in the world, the first French citizen, and in some measure the defender of all the op pressed. In his enterprises he consulted only his Own intelligence and the welfare of France—his country ; he distrusted all the princes crowned by the grace of God; and was ever on his guard. " As son-in-law to the Kaiser, ennobled, metamor phosed, and received within the pale of German aristo cracy, he consulted aristocratic appearances, consulted his own interests, personal and dynastic ; consented to restrain France within its former boundaries under Louis the Sixteenth, provided he was left upon his Imperial throne. He became the mere paladin of his wile, and sank into the position of the last of legitimate princes. To obtain their simulated confidence, he was obliged to accord his own sincere confidence ; to render himself worthy of being their chief, or even their equal, he was obliged to become the champion of sovereigns, to sur round himself with clergy, and be the faithful companion and zealous defender of all despots. " After this marriage he appeared no more the van quisher of Jena, of Austerlitz ' and of Wagram.' " It is afterwards asserted by the writer that Maria Louisa sent an act of divorce to Napoleon, when that great man was reigning in Elba. We doubt it. The ardent affection with which the Emperor al sof ways spoke of the Arch - Du chess of Parma to the companions of his exile at St . Helena is a tolerable evidence that she had never insulted herrrhel imperial Ills husband in the manner intima ted. " Ireland "contain a singular quantity of information upon the most important of all political topics. THE KNIGHT OF GWYIVNE. No. XL By Charles Lever. Our frequently repeated c ommendationsuponth this serial story are only corroborated with the publica tion of each additional number. The complacency of the Darcys under their reverse of fortune is most hap pily conceived, and the absurdity of theindividuals with whom they are consequently compelled to asso ciate decreases the melancholy tone of the narration by a very happy contrivance. We subjoin a most humourous description of a little priggish wine-mer chant, calling himself by the name of his firm, "Dodd and Dempsey." The anecdote is told by his grand son, and is descriptive of this said D. and D. en deavouring to att rac t th e o b serva ti on o f th e Lord- Lieutenant, by attending a review on horseback. And such a horse !—" he held his head so high at one end, and his tail at the othe r ," says M r . L ever, " that h e 'd have frightened the stout es t f ox -h unter to l oo k a t him." Beyond this, "he went with his knees in his mouth when he trotted, and ga ve a s k e l p o f hi s hi n d legs at every stride, that it wasn't safe to be within four yards of him." Here is, the result:— " Well, eleven o'clock came, and the whole of Abbey street was on foot to see my grandfather ; there wasn't a window hadn't five or six faces in it, and every black guard in the town was there to see him go off, just as if it was a show. " Bad luck to them,' says my grandfather; • I - wish they had brought the horse round to the stable-yard, and let me get up in peace.' " And he was right there; for the stirrup, when my grandfather stood beside the horse, was exactly even with his chin; but somehow, with the help of the two clerks and the book keeper, and the office stool, he got up on his back with as merry a cheer as ever rung out shouted for the to welcome him, while a dirty blackguard, with two old pocket-handkerchiefs foorioag ptoair of breeches, au get appetite out, Old Dempsey's going oysters!' " Considering every thing, 176 behaved very well; he didn't plunge, and he didn't kick, and my grandfather said,. Providence was kind enough not to let hint rear!' but somehow, he wouldn't go straight, but sideways; and kept lashing his long tail on my grandfather's legs, and sometimes round his body, in a way that terrified him greatly, till he became used to it. " • Well, if riding be a pleasure,' says my grandfather, people must be made different from me.' " For, saving your favour, ma'am, he was as raw as a griskin. and there wasn't a bit of him the size of a half crown he could sit on without a cry out; and no other pace would the beast go but this little jig, jig, from side to side, while he was tossing his head and flinging his mane about, just as if to say, Couldn't I pitch you sky high, if I liked ? Couldn't I make a Congreve-rocket of you, Dodd and Dempsey?' " When he got on the 'Fifteen Acres,' it was only the position ho found himself in that destroyed the grandeur of the sc ene ; f .r there was fifty thousand people assem bled at lea s t, an d t h ere was a line of infantry of two miles long, and the artillery was drawn up at one end, and the cavalry stood beyond them, stretching away to wards Knockmaroon. . " My grandfather was now getting accustomed to his sufferings, and he felt that, if 176 did no more, with GorPf, help, I:e coold hear it for one day, and so he rode on qui-tb oufswe h, crowd, mt ra , ::tir,g, of e‘ilirse, a i'air shaco of ob , 4rv , iti.o., tor hr I!: Ihe out sometimes a liztio behind or before it. Well, at last there came a cloud of dust, rising.at .the far end of the. field, and it gott - thiclair and thicker, and then it broke, and there were white plumes dancing, and gold glitter ing, and horzes all shaking their gorgeous trappings , for it was the Staff was galloping up, and then there burst out a great cheer, so loud that nothing seemed possible to be louder, until bang—bang—bang, eignteen large guns went thundering together, and the whole line of infantry let off a clattering volley, till you'd think the earth was crashing open. `" Devil's luck to ye all—couldn't you be quiet a little longer?' says D. and D., fur ho was trying to get an easy posture to sit in, but just at this moment 176 pricked up his cars, made three bounds in the air, as if something lifted him up, shook his head like a fish, and away he went : wasn't it wonderful that my grandfather kept his seat ? He remembers, he says, that at each bound he was a yard over his back, but as he was a heavy min, and kept his legs open, he had the luck to come down in the some place, and a sore place it must have been ; for he let a screech out of him each time that would have pierced the heart of a stone. He knew very little more what happened, except that he was gal loping away somewhere, until at last he found himself in a crowd of peopledialf dead with fatigue and fright, and the horse thick with foam. Where am I ?' says my grandfather. ." You're in Lucan, sir,' says a man. "'And where's the review?' says my grandfather. ." Five miles behind you, sir.' " Blessed Heaven!' says be ; and where's the Duke?' " God knows,' said the. man, giving a wink to the crowd, for they thought he was mad. " Won't you get off and take some refresemant ?' says the man, for he was the owner of a little public. " Get off I' says my grandfather; it's easy talking! I found it hard enough to get on—bring me a pint of porter where I am;' and so he drained off the liquor, and he wiped his face, and he turned the beast's head once more towards town. " When my grandfather reached the Park again ho wt's, as you may well believe, a tired and a weary man ; ant, indeed, for that matter, the beast didn't seem much fresher than himself, for he lashed his sides more rarely, and he condescended to go straight, and he didn't carry his head higher than his rider's. At last they wound their way up through the fir copse at the erd of the field, and caught sight of tjie review, and, to be sure, if poor D. and D. left the ground before under a grand salute of artillery and small arms; another of the same kind welcomed him back again. It was an honour he'd have been right glad to have dispensed with, for when 176 heard it, he looked about him to see which way he'd take, gave a loud neigh, and with a shake, that my grandfather said he'd never forget, he plunged forward and went straight at the thick of the crowd: it must have been a cruel sight to have seen the people running.for their lives. The soldiers that kept the lines laughed heartily at the mob, but they hadn't the joke long to themselves, for my grandfather went slap at them into the middle of the field; and he did that day what I }liar has been very seldom done by cavalry, he broke a square of the 79th Highlanders, and scattered them over the field. In truth, the beast must have been the devil himself, for wherever he saw most people, it vices there he always went. There were, at this time, three heavy dragoons and four of the horse police, with drawn swords, in pursuit of my grandfather; and, if he was the enemy of the human race, the cries of the multitude could not have been, louder, as one universal shout arose, of Cut him down! Cleave him in two!' And do you know, he said afterwards, he'd have taken it as a mercy of Providence if they had. Well, my dear, when he had broken through the High landers, scattered the mob, dispersed the band, and left a hole in the big drum you could have put your head through, 176 made for the Staff, who, I may remark, were all this time enjoying the confusion immensely, .when; however, they saw my grandfather heading towards them, there was a general cry of " Here he eomes!here he comes! take care, your Grace!' and there arose among the group around the Duke, a scene of plunging, kicking, and rearing, in the midst of which, in dashed my grandfather. Down went an aid-.cle-camp at one side, 178 plunged, and off went the town major at the other, while a stroke of a sabre, kindly intended for my grandfather's skull, came down on the horse's back and made him give plunge the third, which shot his rider out of the saddle, and sent him flying through the air like a shell, till he alighted under the leaders of a carriage, where the Duchess and the Ladies of Honour were seated. 'Twenty people jumped from their horses now to finish him ; if they were hunting a rat, they couldn't have been more venomous. " Stop ! stop !' said the Duke, ' he's a capital fellow, don't hurt him : who are you, my brave little man ? you ride like Chifney for the Derby.' " God knows who I am ?' says my grandfather, creeping out, and wiping his face. I was Dodd and Dempsey when I left home this morning ; but I am be witched, devil a lie in it.' "'Dempsey, my Lord Duke,' said M'Claverty, com ing up at the moment ; don't you know him ?' and he whispered a few words in his Grace's ear. " 'oh. yes, to be sure,' said the Viceroy. They tell me you have a capital pack of hounds, Dempsey ; what do you hunt ?' _ _ " Horse, foot, and dragoons, my Lord,' said my grandfather ; and, to be sure, there was a jolly roar of laughter after the words, for poor D. and D. was just telling his mind without medhing anything more. " Well, then,' said the Duke, 'if you've always as good sport as to-day, you've capital fun of it.' " Oh ! delightful, indeed !' said my grandfather ; never enjoyed myself more in my life.' " Where's his horse ?' said his Grace. " He jumped down into the sand-quarry and broke his neck, my Lord Duke. " `The heavens be praised !' said my grandfather, if it's true ; I am as glad as if I got fifty pounds.' " The embellishments by Phiz are rich in drollery. IRELAND. THE DISTRESS. —VOLUNTARY RELIEF. DUBLIN, Nov. 4,—There are further gratifying evi dences of improvement in the accounts received from the country this day, and there are far fewer statements of destitution among the peasantry. The constabulary returns received at the office in Dublin Castle, this morning, do not report a single food outrage. The system of voluntary relief i. extending. The public works are now pretty generally in operation ; and alto gether the reports are much more favourable. But, nevertheless, there is still a vast amount of destitution, and of terrible suffering in almost all parts of the country. There are, in every locality, hundreds who are unable to work, and for whom the poor-houses cannot afford accommodation. It is only by such measures as those adopted in Clonmel that those unfortunate beings can obtain the means of existence. The subjoined is a re markable illustration of voluntary relief : " Clonmel, November 2. "A very important meeting took place here to-day. It originated with the Society of Friends (male and female), whose character for humanity and benevolence is so well known and appreciated. On this painfully interesting occasion the great principle of charity was well sustained, all sects and classes having cheerfully promised to co-operate with the good men who set on foot a subscription for the purpose of establishing in Clonmel a soup depot, where a substantial and nutritious article might be obtained by all in need of it at a merely nominal price. " According to the present arrangement it is expected that the committee a ill be able to give out daily 400 gallons, at about one penny per quart, and that the de creasing fund will be aided by occasional contributions. The meeting to which I have just alluded in brief terms was held in the Savings' Bank, and at which the mayor presided. Considerable discussion took place ; but, with the exception of differences as to minute details, not a dissentient voice was heard ; all—all seemed in fluenced by one common impulse—namely, the desire to rally round the poor at this season of awful privation. Upwards of 1002 were subscribed on the spot, with a promise of further aid when required. By Saturday, I expect, the soup will be in process of distribution ; and I have the assurance of a leading member of the committee that the materials will be of the very best description. c. " rbelieve I may congratdate Clonmel on its being the first town in the south to begin the good work. May it go on and prosper ; and to our afiLuent neighbours I would say--' Uo, thou, and do likewise.' " The benevolent rector of Clonmel, the Rev. Mr. Palliser, was the second chairman on this occasion." • The following accounts are supplied by the provincial journals : COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—PUBLIC WORKS. NENAGH, Nov. 4.—The expenditure on public works in the baronies in this division of our county, namely, Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and Owney and Arra, under the county surveyor, A. 11. Crawford, D.q., and Lieutenant Miller, Royal Engineers, amounts in the present week to between 1,0001. and 1,200/. The Rev. James Bermingham, P. P. of Borrisokane, thus writes to the Tipperary Vindicator:—" The Board of Works have exhibited unusual activity in this district for the last ten or twelve days. The consequence is, that our apprehensions of food riots are diminishing, and the spirit of sullen discontent is beginning to subside. This state of things must be attributed, in a great mea sure, to that excellent officer Mr. llolrveq, whose untir ing exertions to advance the public works and employ the poor are beyond all praise." OPPOSITION TO THE TRANSIT OF CORN —On SatUr day last, about mid-day, a large body of men. women, and children assembled on the road near Birdhill, to prevent about fifty car loads of corn from being brought into Limerick. Seven loads of the corn belonged to Caleb Going, Esq., who, not wishing to see the unfor tunate peasantry shot down, ordered his drivers to re turn with it to Traverston. Mr. Tabuteau had been on the spot at the time, with a party of military from Castle Connell, and read the Riot Act, b u t see i ng t h at t h e owners of the corn did not wish to proceed to Limerick, but preferred returning home with it, no injury to life or property occurred.—Nenagh Guardian. MEETING OF THE FARMING CLASSEB.-4Ve under stand that the farmers of ArdFroney and Borrisokane parishes intend to hold a meeting on Thursday next, to memorialise his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant to grant asum quantity ot' money 4 land byway of loan to f armers i n proport i on to the they hold, to enable them to till their farms, and procure seed for the ensuing crops, many of them being totally unable to do so, an d t h ere b y be compelled to abandon all tillage for the next season.— Nenagh Guardian. COUNTY OF MAYO. CASTLEBAR, Nov. 3.—We have heard that a vast number of the poor labo9rers throughout the county have been set to work within the last week on the public roads ; but we are sorry to say th a t a greater number still remain unemployed. It is really pitiable to see the old and the young endeavouring t o com b a t the raging element in trying to earn a day's wages. Might not a certain portion of the work be carried on under some temporary coverir,g ? For instance, the breaking of stones, and the preparing of other material for the roads. DEATH FROM STARVATION !—We have had occasion to record the deaths of some victims to hunger ; one other we have to add, which occurred at Blllycastle on Thursday. The sufferer was a poor woman named Bridget Tomish. At the inquest—after the examination of Dr. Neilson, who deposed that there was about two spoonfuls of flour and a small quantity of meal in the deceased's stomach—the jury returned the following verdict : " That the death of Bridget Tomish was hastened by the want of sufficient food for a length of time."—Mayo Constitution. in the drawing-room, and hearing the struggle ran to the assistance of the servant. Mr. Bunbury. his son, two nephews, William Sanders, Esq., of Sanders-park, at esteemed magistrate, and Mr. Magrath, of Charleville, were in the dining room, and hearing the noise and the screams of Mrs. Bunbury and children, rushed into the hall. A fellow who was opposite the hall duor presented his gun at Mr. Sanders, and snapped it at hi m . I t was a flint gun, and missed re. lie then ran off, followed by Mr. Sanders, who, regardldss of his own danger, pursued the ruffian several yards, until one or two fellows, who were concealed among the shrubs, fired at Mr. Sanders, who providentially was not killed, and regained the house in safety, when the fellows went off baffled in their attack. Soon after Mr. Sanders and Mr. Magrath went off to Charleville for the police, who soon came to the protection of the house, but could not find the ruffians. In the morning a new cloth cap was discovered near the house. " This attack has caused much surprise and indigna tion in the country, and certainly could not be made on the house of a gentleman more respected than Mr. Bun bury for his untiring and humane efforts to relieve the victims of the prevalent distress. Mr. Bunbury is chair man, and Mr. Sanders is secretary, to a poor relief so• ciety, and both had been using the most disinterested and prudent exertions for some time to procure food and employment for the poor. Indeed it was on business connected with the relief society that Mr. Sanders and Mr. Magrath had on this day come to Mr. Banbury's house, and had remained at dinner. The wetness of the night, under Providence, prevented the loss of life, as the fire arms of the ruffians were wet, and missed fire." TRAGIC AND MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. On Sunday morning, Mr. John O'Grady, of Martins town, near Itilfinane, took away the life of his wife, daughter of Mr. Henry Quinlan, of Ballyneal, near the town of Tipperary, to whom he had been married about six months, and more awful still he subsequently slaugh tered the servant-maid. The circumstances are briefly these:—The servant was attracted by some noise to the bedroom of her master and mistress, when to her horror she discovered the latter weltering in her gore from a fatal stab in the neck. She screamed and ran down stairs, when she was pursued by Mr. O'Grady into the stable, where, seizing a pitchfork, he stabb e d h er i n several parts of the body until he killed her. He then left the house, and was not seen till yesterday (Monday), when he was taken into custody by the constabulary. It is stated by some that he surrendered himself, and by others that be concealed himself in an outhouse. There were forty police on the spot to prevent a breach of the peace, owing to the expectation of a faction from Tippe rary, in reference to the property. As a proof of the determined deliberation with which the deed was com mitted, it appears that he previously locked the outside of the bedroom of his sister, doubtless to prevent her giving any assistance or raising an alarm. This horrible tragedy appears to ba shrouded in a great deal of mystery, and what adds to it is, that a short time since the whole family were nearly poisoned by taking arsenic in bread instead of soda. We say it appears mysterious, for Mr. O'Grady was comfortable, and had no manner of embarrassment, and was very much attached to his wife, living on most affectionate terms with her. He was of a very quiet disposition, while she was one of the gentlest of her sex—young, beautiful, and accomplished, and of most enga.:ing manners. He lately built a fine new house, and pur chased an elegant car for her, and everything teemed calculated to render them happy. Yet there was one source of unhappiness, and the only one to which the dreadful occurrence can be traced. It is of a family na• ture. Before his marriage, himself and his three brothers had lived together most happily, and attached to each other. When the marriage settlements were being negotiated, some members of his wife's family, it is said, insisted upon a breaking up of the old arrange ment, and that the brothers should no longer live in the mite house with him. He would not consent to this, as he said, for the finest woman that ever stepped, and the marriage was delayed for some time, principally, we believe, on this very account. Finding, however, that he was firm to his purpose, Miss Quinlan's friends con ceded the point, and the marriage took place after Easter last. Since that period, however, interference was used by some of the lady's family, hich resulted in his brothers leaving the house; and we have reason to know that this preyed deeply on his mind, and it is most probable ended in the temporary insanity under whose influence he committed the dreadful acts we have related. An inquest was held yesterday, but the jury not agreeing, the result has not yet reached us.—Limerick Reporter of Tuesday. THE TRIESTE ROUTE. We have been requested to give insertion to the fol lowing letter: " Trieste, October 23, 1846. " Gentlemen,—We,• the undersigned, passengers by the Austrian Lloyd's steamer ' Imperatore,' on her first voyage direct from Alexandria to Trieste, beg to express our entire and unqualified satisfaction with the arrange ments of your company. " We have found Captain Pallina and the other officers most polite and attentive, the table abundant and good, the berths comfortable, and the performance of the vessel during the voyage (of six days and two hours, in.:luding a stay of eight hours at Corfu) excellent. Every effort has obviously been made to insure the comfort and even enjoyment of the passengers. " We have to add that the facilities offered us by Lieut. Waghorn for sending home heavy baggage complete all that was wanting to make this route as convenient as it is agreeable. " E Bardon, purser, Ceylon Civil Service; E. Rey hold, minister Church of England; L. Schiff, merchant; C. Verdimachi , James S. Willis, Margaret Ilabulin, J. R. Barnes, major 95th Reg.; William Glen, merchant; Hatcher Hares, lieutenant 62d Regiment, R. 1.; G. F. Halst, A. M. Knight, lieutenant 16th Lancers; Edward Lyon, L. Moore, captain, retired list. " To the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Trieste." RAMSGATE.--The herring season seems at present to be very profitable —at least if one may judge from th• enormous number of these fish daily brought into the harbour. They are:now selling at the rate of 40 for is. One boat alone, on Friday last, brought in six lasts (60,000). —Kentish Obse; ver. THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday in the Great Hall of the Freemasons Tavern, and was attended by a numerous and highly respectable audience. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., who took the chair, was warmly received on making his appearance. The proceedings of the evening were commenced by the performance of an anthem, followed by an imposing prayer from the Rev. James Sewell. In the brief address which the Noble Chairman delivered to the meeting, he congratu lated the Association in glowing language upon the pro gress it had made in increasing its members. and in ac quiring strength from the extension of its influence. His Lordship concluded by expressing an earnest hope that in the coarse of a short time it would exercise as exten sive and as beneficial a control over the movements of the 3 °nag men of London, as did the excellent society from which it had sprung—the Metropolitan Drapers' Early Closing Association. Mr. Tarlton, the secretary, then read the report, from which it appeared that' the financial affairs of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion stood as follow :—Amount of expenditure, 3711. 14s. 10d. ; amount of subscriptions and receipts, 2841. 2s. 0 d. ; balance due to the Treasunr, 87/. 12s. 10d. The meeting was afterwards addressed by several clergy men, bywhom a variety of resolutions in accordance with the objects of the Association were submitted. IMPORTATION OF PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The General Veazie arrived at Liverpool from New Orleans on Tuesday, with 2,284 barrels of flour, 2,324 sacks of wheat, and 1,000 kegs of lard. LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—On Thursday a notice was issued by the Committee for arranging the procession on Lord Mayor's day, that the several streets and tho roughfares between London-bridge and Guildhall, viz , King-street, Arthur-street, Cannon-street, King Wil liam-street, Poultry, Cheapside, and London-bridge will be closed at ten o'clock in the morning of November 9. Also the streets from Blackfriars- bridge and Temple bar to Guildhall will be closed from two o'clock in the afternoon, and that no:cart or carriage of any descrip tion whatever will be permitted to remain in any such streets without producing a ticket to Guildhall. The state and dress liveries of Sir George Carroll, the Lord Mayor elect, hare been this year executed by Messrs. Simpson of Finch-lane. The design is gorgeous, but tasteful and elegant in design and execution, features seldom seen in matters of this kind. The ground is a vivid purple, relieved by a bright edging, with a neat and fanciful scroll in gold. SUICIDE OF A SURGEON AT OXFORD.—A me lancholy event has occurred at Oxford. T. R. Fisher, Esq., an eminent surgeon, of that city, dying by his own hands in the prime of life, and while successfully prose cuting his profession. It appears that in July last, Mr. Fisher was in a depressed state, and suffering under sin gular delusions. and, at the request of Dr. Jackson, went to the Isle of Wight, and subsequently to Lincolnshire, for the benefit of his health. On his return he appeared much better, and partially resumed his professional duties. On Tuesdsy afternoon his servant went to his room, the door of which he found locked, and heard his master groaning. The room wss shortly fenced open, and Mr. Fisher was found quite dead, a bottle that had contained prussic acid was found empty on the table. The jury returned a verdict of insanity. Dr. Jackson stated that there was no cause for his depression from his bodily health or circumstances, but he could account for it only from his having been overworked in the previous term. CORN RENTS.—EDMONTON.—On Thursday, a meet ing of the proprietors of land in the parish of Edmonton, was held at the Angel Inn, for the purpose of estimating the value of tithes, as dependent upon corn averages, since the year 1800. In that year all the lands of the parish were enclosed, subject to an arbitration that was to take place every twenty-one years, and by which there should be an estimate calculated of the annual profits of the corn rents of the land. It appeared that there are 2,000 different allotments, and that in 1804 the price of corn per bushel was 6s. 9d., which, in 1825, increased to 10s. 3d. when the last award was made. The object of the meeting was to reduce the liability of the land to the original amount, the late reduced tariff being the test of the discussion, which, after being prolonged to a very late hour, the meeting adjourned to ascertain the opinion of the absentee proprietors on the subject. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—On Thursday a notice was posted at the General Post-office, that the Peninsular steam-packet, with the mails to-morrow, will not touch at Corrunna, either on the outward or homeward voyage, nor in December, January, or February next TOE GUNPOWDER Thursday belvir the ennirersary of the glmpowile:. plot, ei'ViCe aS performed in most of the churches in the City. In many of the parishes money has been left for the express pur pose of defraying the expenses of the said service. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. A general meeting of the proprietors in this company was hulc.; yesterday at the offices of the company, City road Basin, to consider the advisability of forming a railway on the banks of the canal, from Paddington to Limehouse. J. E. D. BETHUNE, Esq., was called to the chair, who read the report to the meeting, the substance of which was that the proposed line, which is to run on the northern side of the canal, would be 8 miles 7 furlongs and 3 chains, with a further branch of 1 mile and 6 furlongs, the whole e s ti mated cost for the main line being 640,000/., and that for the branch to Limehouse 45,000 L, making the total cost of the li —no 685,000/. After reading the report, The CRAIR3IAN stated that, in consequence of the Par liamentary Commissioners for central termini having re ported unfavourably to the formation of a central ter minus, it struck the deputy-chairman and himself that in that report there was an intimation to the Regent's Canal Company to secure to them selves the right of cart-) ing all the goods from the outskirts of the metropolis to the Thames. They had accordingly consulted Mr. Radford, their own engineer, and the result was, the employment of Mr. Itendell as the engineer for constructing a line of rail way along the banks of their canal. A meeting was called on the 20th of September, invitations to which had been sent to the shareholders, at which the repre sentatives of 4,000 shares were present, and a report recommending the immediate application to Parliament for powers to make the railway was submitted to them. On Thursday he had had an interview with the head of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forest, not for the sake of inducing his Lordship to become a party to their plan, but to exprass a desire that his Lordship should not commit himself to any other party. To this Lord Morpeth very readily acceded ; and he hoped that the Government would support this project, by which all the advantages, without any of the disadvantages, of a central terminus would be effected. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. GREEN seconded the resolution. Mr. ROBINSON inquired on what principle the pro perty of the railway was to be apportioned? as he con ceived that many of the present proprietors of the canal would be unwilling to take shares in the railway. The CHAIRMAN replied, that it was proposed, in the first place, to mortgage the whole property of the canal for 500,0004 and to raise the remainder by the issue of new shares, which were, in the first place, to be allotted to the whole of the shareholders, and in the event of any being declined, to allot the shares of the decliners to those parties who had already taken the new sharesl; then, in the further event of any shares remaining on hand, they were to be thrown into the general share market. But he should remark that the act of this meeting would be a corporate act. To further inquiries of Mr. ROBINSON, as to the power of compelling unwilling shareholders, The CHAIRMAN replied that there was already a power under the Act of the Company to raise 277,000/. further capital, and, in fact, to make a railway already, for the Act gave them authority to pass over their route by any other means than a canal; to erect steam-engines, to form inclined planes, or to constitute any other facilities that the company might deem advisable. He should observe that arrangements had been made to prevent the preliminary expenses from coming to more than 255. a share. In reply to other inquiries, the CHAIRMAN stated that preliminary operations had been already commenced, and had been in progress since July. It was intended to retain the present waterway complete in all its parts, all the wharfs, all the basins, and usher property, with the slight exception of a little alteration needed. by the line. The railway and canal were to be conducted by the same directory, and were indeed, to all intents and purposes, an identical pro perty, and in the event of the proprietors being unable to raiae the 685,0001., the Act of Parliament would become a dead letter, but that he did not apprehend. He further observed, that the whole of the preliminary expenses would, after this meeting, be payable out of the corporate funds. The report was then adopted, with only two dissen tients. Resolutions founded on it were passed, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held yesterday afternoon, at the offices .of the company, in West Strand, for the purpose of consi dering the propriety of leasing the line to the Great Western Company. Mr. Louis Vigurs, the deputy-chairman of the com pany, presided. The report stated that it was proposed to lease the line for five years, at 5 per cent. on the paid-up capital, and for five years more, at r, per cent. and half the surplus profits, with the option of amalgamating with the Great Western Company after that period. The heads of the agreement having been read, Mr. ROACH took exception to several of the clauses, and complained of their not being so simply worded as to be intelligible. In the first place, he thought the ad vantages of the arrangement preponderated in favour of the Great Western Company, who, for every 200 shares, would be entitled to 100 votes, while the shareholders of the Smith \Vales would only have 38 for the same number. It would have been more satisfactory to the shareholders generally had the Great Western Com pany liberally proposed to lease the line at 7 or 8 per cent. rather than offer them a complicated and wordy agreement, which required the mind of a lawyer to coin prehend.—(Hear, hear.) He decidedly objected to the basis upon which the amalgamation was to take place at the expiration of ten years, because their line would only have been in working existence that period, while the Great Western would have been in operation some 18 or 20 years.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he could remove the latter ob jection, by simply stating that the directors, after the agreement had been confirmed, would submit a resolu tion to the meeting, authorising them to negotiate for expunging the clause respecting the amalgamation, and amending the assignment, by making it a lease in per petuity. Mr. SMITH had no doubt but that the line w‘ - ,uld pay ten per cent., for, independently of the local trade, there would be traffic enough coming from the south of Ireland to make up 6of the 9 per cent. He thought, therefore, that the Great Western Company ought to have dealt more liberally with them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. T. WILKINSON thought it would be more for their interests to accept a lower rate of interest, with an early participation in the division of prospective profits.—(Hear, hear.) As the arrangement stood now it would probably be eight years, calculating the works to occupy three, before they would participate in the surplus profits, and in the meanwhile they would have to be content with a common rate of interest.—(Hear.) The CrtAxamAN said they had duly considered all these matters, and, in the present state of the money. market, and the prospect of railway profits being shortly redueed, they were of opinion that the arrangement they had come to was the best for the interest of the shareholders. They had had to deal with two classes, the speculative and those who embarked their money in railways for the purpose of permanent investment. The amendment he had mentioned, of a lease in perpetuity, would insure their shares being taken up by the latter class. A resolution, confirming and approving of the agree ment, was then put from the chair, and carried una nimously. The CITAIR3IAN then proposed a second resolution, empowering the directors to take the necessary steps to amend the clause relating to the amalgamation, or sub stituting one making the lease a lease in perpetuity in its stead. A PROPRIETOR wished the arrangement to be amended in another respect, namely, that the surplus profits should be divided immediately on the opening of the line, The CHAIRMAN said the Great Western Company Ind been asked to make that alteration, but they dt.clintd doing so. In answer to another question, The CHAIRMAN said the subject of allowing interest on calls was now under consideration of the directors. The works wouli be all completed within the estimate, and portions of the line opened in about two years. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Thanks were afterwards voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the Great Western Railway Company was held, at one o'clock yesterday, at the Paddington station, for the purpose of considering the propriety of taking a lease of the South Wales line, and of afterwards amalgamating the two companies if it should be deemed expedient. Mr. C. RUSSELL the chairman of the Company, took the chair. He said that the present meeting was called to affirm the arrangement that had been proposed to be made between the Great Western Railway and the South Wales Railway Company. When the report of the meeting at Bristol, in August last, was laid before the proprietors,rhe took the opportunity of stating the prin ciples which the directors had determined to take for their guidance with regard to the proposed arrangement. He stated, first, that the construction of the South Wales Railway, and the charge and responsibility of it should rest upon its promoters ;. secondly, that the line should be placed in the hands of the South Wales Com pany till after a certain period had elapsed ; thirdly, that in order to facilitate the completion of the line a cartain and fixed value should be given to the shares of the company; and lastly, that these conditionsea r b e e sp so on a s r i r b a i n li g t y ed o a n s t n h o e not G to re it a n t p l o v s impose s a t large and Railwayand s should be a bl Company.e these e long ee pr a e n p d e e c i t o i m e c a hteadt during discussiont the e a d t t h a k r e c e n place month one h w e hich ha t d hey h now a had continued enunciated ti principleshi n n at v t e a nrti. theye a li r b i e e l 3 h kept d, hsd w into. been carried av chargeri eri'edenund oft i n c o tt m hh ee p y l eti w n heads g ou t lo h df e a l fi i g ri nr e ede i a m ' as to be left in the hands of the. South Wales Company, and the South-Western Company were to have no concern with it till the main branches were completed from one end to the other. The benefits to result were to be secured to the company till the amalgamation with the Great Western Company took place. The Chairman then stated the conditions on which the line was to be leased, which will be found in our report of the proceedings of the South Wales Company, in another part of this evening's paper. These terms the directors hoped were sufficient to enable the South Wales Com pany to raise all the money they should require The Great Western Company did not purpri., th e arrangement as one front whin any large n to a( .rue. Their object was to secure complo on of the line, and the profits they looked to were from their own line, in connexion with the South Wales Compan It was always the policy o f t h e G reat Western Companyy to afford all the assistance in their power to the tribu tar), schemes in connexion with their cmn, but never to drive hard baegaitis, and the B r i s t o l _and Exeter line and the Cheltenham Railway would be ar o t . t the accuracy of this statement, , and it was on a similar f o e, ling the pre sent agreement was sought to be carried as. t. It was with that view the directors submitted the repoCt which the secretary would now read to them. The SECRETARY then read the report, which aei forth the conditions of the proposed arrangement between the two companies. The report, on the motion of the CHAIRMAIT, §econded by Mr. HEYWOOD, was unanimously adopted. The SECRETARY havirg read tie heads of the agree ment, The CHAIRMAN then moved a Tesolution empowering the directors of the Company"to carry them brio effect. A PROPRIETOR seconded' the resolution, and would take the opportunity of asliing who were to fix the fares of the South Wales Company 'When the lease was made, the power of fixing the fates would. follow as a matter of course ; bat till that period he wished to knOw who were to fix them? : • • The CHAIRMAN took it for granted that the Sikh Wales comrany would do so. The line was to coutinse in their hands till then, and of course they would'regu= late the fares for their ownbenefit. The Great Western Company were only to work the hue till the lease com menced. After some discussion, The CHAIRMAN said that the heads of agreement would be submitted to competent legal advice, and everything doubtful, or likely to give rise to dispute, obviated.- The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then said that since the agreement had been entered into some of the directors of the South Wales Company had expressed an opinion that it would be desirable, instead of amalgamating at the time specified, to propose the Great Western Company should continue to guarantee 5 per cent. with half of the surplus proSts in perpetuity. The directors of the Great Western Company wished, therefore, to have a power to treat with the South Wales directors, should that modification be insisted upon. After some discussion a resolution to that effect was unanimously carried. A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting separated. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Nov. 4, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Granville George Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, Knt , and Captain Henry Rowland Brandreth, Royal Engincers, to be three of the Commissioners of Railways. WHITEHALL, Nov. 4. Notice is hereby given, that the Right Honourable Edward Strutt, the Right Honourable George Earl Granville, the Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan, Knigh', and Captain Henry Rowland Brandreth, R.E. appointed by her Majesty Commissioners of Railways, under the provisions of the Act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 105, will begin to act in execution of the said Act, on Monday, the 9th of November, 1846; also, that the office of the said Commissioners is at No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 5. _ The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Simms, Esq., to be Assistant-Judge of the Supreme Court of Judica ture in the island of Newfoundland ; and Edward Mortimer Archibald, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney- General for that island. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Douglas Stewart, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General for the island of St. Vincent. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Richard Hayward, Esq., to be Colonial Surveyor and Engineer for Sierra Leone. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 6. 7th Dragoon Guards—Nugent Chichester Nagle, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Johnston, who retires, Nov. 6. 2d Dragoons —Brevet Colonel Henry Salwey, rom half pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice John Frederick Sales Clarke, who exchanges ; Major St. Vincent W. Ricketts to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Salwey, who retires ; Captain Henry Darby Griffith to be Major, by purchase, vice Ricketts ; Lieutenant Henry Thomas Coward Smyth Pigott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Griffith Cornet William Wallace Hozier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott; Ensign William Cunninghame Bontine, from 15th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hozier, Nov. 6. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet William Bl'Mahon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hodson, who retires; Herbert Edward, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice M‘Mahon, Nov. 6. 15th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Charles William Clayton East to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hatchett, who re tires; Samuel James Blencowe, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase,-vice East, Nov. 6. 37th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James William Flemhig, from the 70th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Nov. 6. 44th Foot—Ensign George Lethbridge Ottley, to be Lieu+ tenant by purchase, vice Noake, who retires ; William Fletcher, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ottley ; Lieutenant John Allen Lloyd Philipps to be Adjutant, vice Noake, who resigns, Nov. 6. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander John Macpherson, from half pay 6ih Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Yonge, promoted ; Ensign John Edward Lyons to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macpherson, who retires; Charles Somerville M'Alester, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyons, Nov. 6. • 66th Foot—Brevet Colonel Fielding Browne, from half- , pay Rifle Brigade, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel William Longworth Dames, who exchanges; Cap tain Sir William Gordon, Bart., to be Major, by purchase, vice Browne, who retires ; Lieutenant James Hunter Blair Birch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir W. Gordon; Ensign Robert Conner, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Birch, Nov. 6. _ _ 70th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John William Johnston, M.D., from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Fleming, appointed to the 37th Foot, Nov. 6. 88th Foot—Lieutenant Edward John Vesey Brown to be Captain, by purchase, vice Townshend, who retires; Ensign Charles O'Donel to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown ; John Salmon Bayley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Donel, Nov. 6. 97th Foot—Lieutenant William Murray to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kinderley, who retires; Ensign Henry George Woods to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray; William Frederick Norman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woods, Nov. 6. _ _ _ _ Ist West India Regiment—William Sedgwick Saunders, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Johnston, appointed to the 70th Foot, Nov. 6. 2d West India Regiment—Edward John Stephens Knap man, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Strachan, whose appointment bas been cancelled, Nov. 6. BREYET.—Captain William Holland Leckv Daniel Cuddy, of the 55th Foot, to be Major in the Army, goy. 6. UNArracHan.—Brevet Major George Thomas Parke, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Major, without purchase, Nov. 6. MEMORANDO3I.—The date of the commission of Lieutenant Bolton, as Adjutant and Lieutenant in the 31st Foot, is 22d December, 1845, not 19th December, 1845, as erroneously stated. Commission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the City of London. Regiment of Royal London Militia--Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter, to be Captain, vice Captain Henry Butterworth, resigned, Nov. 5. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 4. With reference to the announcement which appeared in the London Gazette of the 3d instant, the name of Captain Fre derick Jennings Thomas has been added to the list of Cap tains of the Royal Navy who have accepted the rank of Re tired Rear-Admiral of her Majesty's Fleet. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 5._ With reference to the dispatches from Rear-Admiral In glefield, C. 13., dated the 9th and 17th of June, 1846, which appeared iu the Gazettes cf the Bth and 22d of September last, the Board have directed that Commander Francis William Austen shall be promoted to the rank of Captain, when he shall have served the required period at sea to qua lify him for that rank. The Board have also directed that David Kamm, gunner, shall be advanced to the Second Class of Warrant Officers. WHITEHALL, Nov. 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Lane Swat man, of Lynn, in thecounty of Norfolk, • Gent., to be a Mas ter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. Sir Tatton Sykes, formerly called Tibthorpe, the winner of the St. Leger for 1846, forms the princi pal illustration to the November number of the Sport ing Magazine. " I'm looking at you" (after Han cock) is the companion plate, and is an engraving of some merit. To the sporting world we commend the paper upon " The Resources of a Country Gen tleman." The Resources, as here enumerated, would somewhat astonish the country gentleman of a hun dred and fifty years ago. Scribble's continuation of the "Adventures of a Hunter," is a great improvement upon the preceding chapters. Most complete and accurate is the " Turf Register," with which the number terminates. THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. - - - ----- • A very characteristic portrait of Lord Portman, from a photographic likeness by Beard, with a memoir of that nobleman, tend considerably to enhance the value of this month's number. Among the many useful articles contributed to its pages we would especially particularise one on the " Theory and Practical Use of Lime." The reports of the different agricultural assemblies are singularly accurate and extended. The memoranda for the season deserve a like commendation., SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. This remarkably cheap and remarkably intelligent periodical has now been in existence upwards of a year without any diminution in its original excellence. The wood-cuts, with which its pages are decorated, are some of them peculiar for their delicacy and elegance, as for example the one illustrative of Scott's ballad, " The Death of Keeldar," and another called " The Landlady's Daughter." The merit of the letter- press is varied. TURLOGH O'BRIEN. Nos. VII. and Viii. We are pleased to observe that a remarkable im provementh in the man ner . The mor e in teresting penrfcepthtiibaleficbtionn t andthemat i teresting among the characters introduced are still encompassed with difficulties, and by th a t means the interest survives the lapse of many chapters. Sir Hugh Willoughby's life still continues in jeopardy, and the intercession of his daughter to King James proves ineffectual. The author has not estimated the character of the good, weak, gentle, generous, brave, and unfortunate monarch with histo rical justice. He represents him as callous to all the impulses of humanity—which he was not; and wholly without susceptibility—which he was not, likewise. One of Phiz's most inimitable etchings is the one re presenting the parting between Neville and Phebe. It is most graceful. THE PLOUGH. Much enterprise is visible in this publication, and we doubt not that the agriculturists find it an ex cellent;eedingasc, c a e n s s d ar y a n to i n ee their nt i e v x e p e t r o i e t n h c e e t i r n i a t l h o e f i r n o e l w d pro ceedings, os sys tems. m e s p . opu N la e t v i e o r n thoughtw of as th ag es r e ic i u sl l a t n u d re s,neva w s s o s m it u s ch ad o v f a b n y . tage more generally desired. One of the most valu able organs of this noble body is the periodical now under notice. From a collection of fragments, headed " Potatoiana," we take the following :- 6- PREVENTION OF DISEASE IN POTATOES.—Two agri cultural labourers, living near Petworth, and occupying what is called' iri Sussex a double cottage, each with a small garden attached to his dwelling, both planted their gardens last season with potatoes. The plaiting took place by both on the same day, with seed taken promis cuously from the same parcel. One man took no pre caution to guard against the disease, and the potatoes entirely failed; the other, previous to planting, placed a layer of sawdust in the drill, on which the seed was placed; this has produced him as fine a crop of potatoes es need be, with scarcely a single defect. Sea sand made use of in the same manner is said to be equally beneficial." The magazine is embellished with an engraving of the Ipswich Plough. This work is deserving of every recommendation, and of every support. GILBERTS MODERN ATLAS OF THE WORLD. Part V. A cheaper atlas has never been published —a better one of the size could scarcely be produced. The plates of Switzerland and Germany are clearly drawn and neatly coloured. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Dr. Meadows White has b een presented by the President and Fellows of Mag dalene Colleue, Oxford, to the rectory of Sly mbridge, Gloucestershire. A MAN CONVICTED BY MISTAKE.—At the recent c,, thenshir,.. Q,Arter Sessions, a. min ~f the natnE' Phillips was convicted by mis Lake, the jury. w ith exception, being al mos t entirely igneraiit t he Euglish language. The foreman was under4ood to say Guilty, when the jury (all Welsh) meant—Not Guilty. COUNTY OF WEXFORD. ENNISCOUTHY, Nov. 3.—The Labour Act is now here in full operation, so far as regards the town and its im mediate neighbourhood. There are, at this moment, nearly two hundred labourers at work by task, at four pence a square yard, sinking sewers through the different streets in the town. The task work will remunerate the labourers, and give them an average of eighteenpence a day.— Waterford Chronicle. COUNTY OF KERRY. The Kerry Examiner publishes the fullowing:— " Killarney, Nov. 1, 1846. " Sir,—The accompanying additional instructions, re lative to the formation of relief committees, having been transmitted to me by order of his Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant, I beg to place a copy in your hands, in case you should be disposed to admit it into the columns of the Examiner on Tuesday next, for the information of the several relief committees in the county.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, _ " KENAIARE. " The Editor of the Kerry Examiner." " ' Additional Instructions relative to the Formation of Relief Committees. _ ... " 1. The archbishops and bishops of the Established Church and the Roman Catholic Church, to be mem bers of the relief committees in the districts where they reside. " '2. As in many cases the principal officiating clergy man may be prevented by other duties from attending at the relief committees, he is at liberty to name one of his assistants for each parish committed to his charge, to act in his place; and in towns, one for each district into which the parish may have been hitherto divided. " 3. The Commissioners of Public Works to, be mem bers of all committees."' COUNTY OF DOWN—DESTITUTION OF THE POOR OF NEWRY. On Sunday last, at the eleven o'clock service in the Catholic cathedral of Newry, the Rev. Dr. Butler, who i sff suinecreifg poor, s l santin asdtamteindistthearitntgeucr persons and aid to the b whose le to pay the expenses o f their interment. At twel ve o ' c l oc k mass, Dr: Butler re marked that some ben evo l en t me mber of the congrega l)acinqguadienatd from contagious fever, - ances were utterly una tion, on hearing hi s s t a t emen t, had supplied him with rel a ti ve s were and the means of burying the deceased. The reverend gen tleman also stated that a clergyman, a few days since, attended to administer the rights of the church to the o father and m o th er o f a f am il y su ff e ring under fever, and that four affli c t e d c hild ren l ay w ith them on the on e wretched bed. Th e f or l orn f am ily had no means what ever fthe f pr o e c oe u nv r fee i r-t nsgssioarniesnyk of fn nourishment. children,dying p n one by I o priest Tneh,n hh e ihadßight ig t i o carryhis i a t r e m v . Dr. s ,toa Blaken outer has room, given in direction ordert h that a t a h e c m h i a g r h it t hear serm the on respective for the ben e fit o f the poor Butler.—Newry generally, i be pre y ached . on Sunday next by Rev . pr. B the R r.—Newry Exam i ner L'ISTUABANCES IN THE Sons,vhile on abim. andjust informed that - o E f R S. . — Gr r u • a carrier CL oN st i E n L L t h , e N s o e y ry E i s e t e n at his way from Clonmel to his masters' A few nig ht s e° back ll b rey e t. n r esi dence, Saturday are b e e ve m ning i ; s a n ft m er ew d h ar a k t . fre ß v o e b n b t er i i n es, t l bi a s m di s st o r r i the house of Mrs. Cooney, of Clerihan, was en tered some fellows in search, as alleged, of provisions, espe y cially butter. They broke the trunk of this good w • man's son—a very amiable young Catholic clergyman— but, as he had previously distributed all the money in his possession to the poor, the thieves were evening,disap orn-haggard of a Mr. Michael Tobin pointed. dis O co n ve S r a e t d u i r n d a t y h e of Clerihan, near Clonmel. Three sacks of wheat were consumed, though the neighbours used all possible ex ertions to extinguish the element. The cause of the burning is yet unknown. Mr. Tobin has, however, served notice on the high constable of the barony, pre paratory to his seeking compensation for the injury done him at the next 'assizes. THE ATTACK ON MRS. FINCH.—The Tipperary Vin dicator says—" We are happy to say that Mrs. Finch is perfectly aware that no intention existed to do her bodily injury, and that she has perfectly recovered the tempo rary shock the attack was calculated to afford. There is not in the country a more benevolent or excellent lady, and all parties deplore that she should be math the ob ject of any attack whatever. Her steward, who is most faithful, has been a long time obnoxiou s t o a few vaga bonds in that neighbou rhood." ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF MR. B. COOKE.--The Lord-Lieutenant has cffered a reward of 1001. for the apprehension of the persons who fired at Mr. B. Cooke, near Thurles, on the 29th ult. ATTACK ON THE RED. W. BUNBURY.—The Evening Mad confaini the following: — " On Sunday evening, be tween seven and eight o'clock, an armed party attacked the house of the Rev. W. 13unbury, within half a mile of the -town of Charleville. A knock was heard at the hall door, and when the servant asked' who was there ?' a man re plied, ' He came with a message from Mr. Bunbury's nephew, who resides in the neighbourhood.' The servant, suspecting nothing, opened the door , when the fellow presented a gun at him ; he caught at the gun, end struggled with the ruffian, who not being able to shake him off, drew a pi,t o l, from his b:rst, and snapped a: !Jell, hut mice;(l fire. In the inelk:llki,ao, a second ruffian eakne to the assistance of his comrade, and kept the hall ddor open, notw ith s tanding the efforts of the servant to 3 43 it, and of one of Mr. Bunbury's sons, who had been BANKRUPTS. Edward Axford, milliner, St. John's-wood-terrace, Nov. 13, at twelve, and Dec. 19, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Baylis and Drewe, Basinghall-street. John Morris, Crown-street, Finsbury, and Old-street, St. Luke's, leather-seller, Nov.lB and Dec, 1.5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. William Henry Smith, linendraper, Edgware-road, Nov. 12 at halt-past eleven, and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Dick son and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Robert Weir, bookseller, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, Nov. 19 and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Wimburn and Co., Chancery-lane. Williim Louis Collins, brewer, Wood-street, Westminster, Nov. 26, at half-past one, and. Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chamber a. Jonathan George Moon, merchant;_London, Nov. 14, at half-past one, and December 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Simp son and Cobb, Moorgate-street. James Rule, veterinary surgeon, Saffron Walden, Essex, Nov. 20, at two, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank rcy. .l a e p w t B E r o d m w l a e y rds a , n d offi l a d l tid a g ss e i , gn s e o e, uth F . re sq d n er are, ick d ; Master and Freeland, Saffron Walden, Essex. d Nov. 16, at John Xing, soap maker, • B el a ev n e k n r , rip a t n c d v. Dec T . unl l4 ti , a a n t d Jewry. eleven, at t tc,Nßhlaoec:v'i kCourtjibei7p,,:tre.3ayo.:f. Coleman-913C°uSiuludrrtri n eyo gt ; Harrisons, Jewry chambers; ; . 49verton and Co., Old Hart-street, Bloomsbury.. r rif te s choolmistress, Tavistock-villas, Tavisfock. Berl, twelve,E l o w ffi ar ca d inal E p a d e e c , assignee,l a 7 t , 2at t i o oe n i r i oa , nz ri_ square, 3iaryS—t9. 14ne'ras, Nov. 17 and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson; official assignee, Basinghall streoehtn; Buchanan, nan re , t ß ai as le i r of ngha.ll-street. John ale and _porter, Birkenhead, Nov., 17, and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court; Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Frampton, Gray's Inn; Hillier, Birkenhead. James Stout, shoemaker, Liverpool, Nov. 19, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry; Evans and Co., Li ver_p9ol._ John Brown and Thomas Brown, brick makers, Newport, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Hull; Shaw and Co., Ely-place, Holborn; Thorney, Hull. Joseph Pidwell, ironmonger, Market Strand, Falmouth, Nov. 19, at one, and Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter; Keddell and Co., Lime-street, L'rndon. George Flint, paper manufacturer, Tamworth, Nov. 18 and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Partridge and Taylor, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. B. Winterbottun ;)anker, Manchester—third div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the 'office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. ----- W. Walker, fustian manufacturer, Manchester—second div. of 14d. hi the pound, on any Tucsday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. Joshua Garsed, *en., and J. Gareed, jun., flax manufac turers, Lee.ls—first div. of 6s. 6 , 1. in the pound,-on any Mos day,'lt the office of Mr. Leeds. k.l3(.ne, grocer, Durham-first div. of is. Bd. in .the:Pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne. W. G. Taylor and E. Gay, hosiers, Liverpool—. iV. 1