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GENTLEMEN, —The increase of my numbers on the poll is a source of great satisfaction to me, for which lam very grateful. i entreat you to persevere until the final close Yours faithfully, THOMAS WOOD. By the late arrivals from South Australia a we receive intelligence of the prevalent feeling of discontent among the colonists at the recent change in the regulations for the sale of waste lands, and assumption by the local government of claims upon all ores and other valuable minerals that may lie below the surface of the allotted properties. A numerously attended meeting was held at Adelaide, on the 26th of March, to con sider the subject, at which W. Giles, Esq., J.P., pre sided. Resolutions were passed at that meeting con demning the proceedings of the local government as " illegal, unjust, and impolitic," and declaring, " That the repeated attempts of the Colonial-office to set at nought, in this colony, the stipulations and solemn engagements guaranteed to the colonists by acts of the Imperial Parliament, are subversive of that confidence and respect which the settlers ever have entertained. and are desirous of continuing to entertain towards the parent state." Committee Rooms, Swan with two Necks, 2d October, 1846. STATE OF TIIE POLL, FOURTH DAY. Wood • . ...... Carroll .......... • • ...... 709 Hooper ........... ..... 216 No. 16,861. LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING STY Ny OCTOBER a, 1846. PRICE SD. TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, —It affords me much pleasure to be al le again to acknowledge the spontaneous kindness of my friends in attending at Guildhall and voting for me as one of the two Aldermen to be returned to the Court of Aldermen for their selection of the Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a LECTURE on the ELECTRG•MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAIL WAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all is action. HILLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS COPE. The OXY-lIYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. A beautiful Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Selection of MADRIGALS of the Sixteenth Century will be performed by a Sax-llorn Band, under the Direction of Dr. Wallis daily, and in the Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. THE INFAN TA'S MARRIAGE. OFFICIAL INTERVIEW. The following is from the Madrid Heraldo of Septem ber, 25: "This was the day fixed for the audience to Count Bresson, for his receiving from the Queens Isabella and Christina their formal consent to the marriage of her Royal Highness the Infanta with the Duke de Mont pensier. Three of the court carriages, attended by a numerous suite of servants in their full-dress liveries, and escorted by a detachment of cavalry, went to the Count's hotel to bring him to the Palace. In the square in front of the Palace trophies were raised, and on his arriving at the foot of the staircase he was received by all the major-domos on duty in their full costume. Their Majesties, surrounded by Grandees, Ministers, Ladies of Honour, - and Chamberlains, were standing on the plat form in front of the throne. On bring introduced, Count Bresson delivered the following address to Queen Christina:— " ' Madam,—A double joy awaits your heait as a mother—a delightful satisfaction your heart as a Queen. Your Majesty is about in one day to insure the happi ness of your august daughters, and contribute to con firm by their marriages, order, liberty, and union in this noble country, whose destinies you so wisely and courageously directed during many years. This reward was due to your Majesty after so many trials, and the King my august Sovereign, in offering to you his con gratulations, put up vows to Heaven that in the future your Majesty may be completely remunerated. The King entreats you to confirm solemnly, on this day, the consent you have already given to her Royal Highness the Infanta.' THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—No report of an official cha racter has been received here to-day from the parties in charge of this unfortunate vessel. Yesterday evening the steam tug-boat No. 1 was dispatched to Dundrum Bay, with a considerable stock of cables, cordage, and other means and appliances requisite for the attempts which will be made, on Saturday and Sunday, to get the ship off. It is useless to conceal the fact, that an im pression is pretty generally entertained, that the position of the vessel is much more alarming than the extremely barren reports which have emanated' from those con cerned would lead the public to infer. Public anxiety respecting the cause of the disaster re mains unabated, and Captain Hosken's report to the directors of the company to which the Great Britain belongs, is still being looked for, in order to settle the disputed question, whether the light on the Calf of Man was or was not seen. IRELAND. . _ Permit me again to solicit an early attendance at the poll on my behalf, and to remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, GEO. CARROLL. DUBLIN, SEPT. 30.—The progress of discontent has ended in bloodshed, and serious riots have taken place at Dungarvan, in the course of which the military tired on the people. The following particulars are extract! d from a letter received to-day by the correspondent of a London morning journal : Cavendish-square, 2d October, 1846. - - - STATE OF THE POLL—FOURTH DAY, Carroll •• • • • • • • • • •• •• •• 709 •••• • • • • 1,116 Hooper •• " Dungarvan, Tuesday Evening. " Serious riot; I grieve to say, have taken place in this town. Yesterday vast numbers of people, to the amount of eleven or twelve thousand, marched in here from the surrounding country, and proceeded to attack bakers' shops, from which they took quantities of bread. The mob were about to attack the stores of merchants and others, but, fortunately, a troop of Dragoons, which had been ordered in consequence of the apprehension of riots, arrived from Kilmacthomas, and, with the co operation of the military force already here, pr vented further depredations. In the afternoon, how ever, in the dusk of the evening, some of the popu lace commenced throwing stones, and the Dragoons had to charge them repeatedly. The people, however, still continued throwing stones, and the state of affairs began to look very serious. The Dragoons were then ordered to fire, and it is stated about twenty shots were discharged. Two men were seriously wounded. They are still living; but several others, it is feared, were wounded more or less severely amongst the crowd, who fled subsequently to the firing. The town has been since perfectly free from all disturb ance; but dreadful excitement and alarm prevail amongst all classes here. It was owing to the commendable for bearance of the military that much more disastrous re sults did not ensue. Finally it was resolved, " That urgent petitions be presented to the House of Lords and Commons, ex pressing the grievances of the colonists in reference to the regulations in question, and, pending the trans mission of which, application was to be made to the Lieutenant-Governor to postpone the carrying into prac tice of his late regulations. The following are the principal clauses of the petition then agreed upon:— " That your petitioners emigrated to South Australia with their families, and assisted in the formation and settlement of the colony upon the faith of various Acts of the Imperial Parliament (4 and 5 Wm. IV. cap. 92, I and 2 Vic. cap. 60), by which were regulated the dis posal of the waste lands of the province, and the appli cation of the proceeds arising from the sale thereo£ "That your petitioners have explored and made available for the existence of a civilised community an extensive and fertile country, previously an unproduc tive wilderness, and relying upon the guarantees offered to them by the Acts of the Legislature referred to have embarked a large amount of money capital within the province in various agricultural, pastoral, commercial, and mining pursuits. " That under the original (4 and 5 Wm. IV. cap. 95) as well as under the existing Act (5 and 6 Vic. cap. 36) of the Imperial Parliament, for regulating the sale of the public lands in the Australian colonies, 377,000 acres of these lands have been sold, and upwards of 360,600/. sterling have been vested in their purchase by your pe titioners and others. GUILDHALL, SEPT. 19, 1846. TEIE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will meet at Guildhall on WEDNESDAY, the 14t'u day of October next, at One o'clock precisely, to RECEIVE TEN DERS for LETTING on LEASE for TWENTY-ONE YEARS, from Michaelmas, 1846, a House, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street buildings ; and also a House, No. 36, on the south west side of Hoendsditch. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. BLACK LION HOTEL, BRIDLINGTON. GEO. NICHOLSON takes this opportunity of returning his best thanks to gentlemen who have so kindly favoured him with their patronage since he entered upon the above Hotel, and begs to assure them that the same attention to their comfort which has been so highly appreciated, shall be the anxious wish and determined object of the proprietor to give. G. N. begs further to state that the Erie of railway from Hull to Bridlington opens on the 7th of October for public business, and that his Omnibuses and Cabs will attend every train, for the conveyance of passengers to or from any part of the town. Coaches and Omnibuses will run from his house and the station every morning to Hunmanby, Filey, and Scarborough daily, and re turn in the evening in time to save the trains. GREAT SOUTHE RAILWAY (IRELAND: ,RN AND WESTERN ).—OPEN TO CARLOW. OF TRAINS. ,er 1, the Departure of the Trains ALTERATIO. On and after THURSDAY, °C./6bl Ivill be as follows PARK PLACE, near WICKHAM, HANTS, about four miles from the Farelram and Botley Station, on the Southampton Railroad. This most desirable RESIDENCE is to be LET UN - FURNISHED, for a term of years, with immediate possession. Ten Acres of Pas ture Land will be let with the House, and more may be had if re quired. The House and Buildings have just been put into the corn pletest state of repair. The Rent, Rates, and Taxes, are very moderate. FROM VITELIN. MORNING. Eight o'Clock. Eleven o'Clock (Mall). FROM CARLOW. MORNING. Eight o'Clock. _ _ ♦FPERNOON. Four Half-past Eight o'Clock (Mall). Ten Minutes after Twelve o'Clock (Mail). Five o'Clock. Forty Minutes after Twelve o'Clock at Night (Mail). 'irst and Second• Class Passengers ler, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. pt. 26, 1846. Application for additional particulars and to negotiate for a Lease is to be made to Messrs. Sewells, Norris, and Estcourt, solicitors, Newport, Isle of Wight; from whom also permission to view the place is to be obtained. The Mail Trains will carry I only. By on No. 3, College-green, Dublin, Se; E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EXTENSION STOCK No. 2. Notice is hereby given that the Half-Yearly Interest on this Stock becomes payable on and after the sth October next. The Holders of Certificates upon which the full amount of V. las. 4d. per Share has been paid, are requested to transmit them to this Office on and after the above date for examination previous to the interest being paid. Notice is also given that the present Certificates will, in the option of the holders, be exchanged for other transferable Certificates, or the Stock will be registered. The interest will be remitted half-yearly on the Registered Stock. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secr e ta r y, Bishopsgate Station, 235 Sept., 1846. PROTECTION.-MARKWICK'S PATENT CHEST PROTECTOR, so highly approved of by the Faculty, is the BEST and MOST EFFECTUAL ever invented. It is light and elegant, and will be found extremely useful to persons on leaving Heated Rooms, Places of Worship, Theatres, &c. Orders attended to by Mr. HODD, at the Patent Epithem Depot, 69, King William-street, City. " The shipping of grain from this port to Liverpool had been suspended, owing to reports that the fishing boats prevent any vessels from exporting food; but one of the merchants is now about to dispatch a vessel with wheat. "So far as I can learn, those riots are attributable to discontent amongst the peasantry as to the amount of wages on the public works—no definite sum having been fixed as yvt. In the first instance, eightpence a day was offered; but the people_rerused - that rate as I:llteriy in sufficient. Tenpence was then offered, but also refused. In the course of yesterday a written paper was handed from the people to the magistrates, requiring that their wages should be one shilling per day, and that they should be supplied with Indian meal at a corresponding price by the stone, to enable them to give sustenance to their families. My own impression is, that if those terms are complied with we shall have no further dis turbances." " That by the original Act the colonisation commis sioners were authorised to declare all the lands of the province, except such as might be reserved for roads and footpaths, to be public lands, open to purchase by Bri tish subjects; and such de claration having been duly -made ; regulative for the-sap) a land were issued by them, expressly announcing that nothing aboVe Or below the surface of the land was reserved.' MR. BEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRA PIIIC PORTRAITS are TAKEN DAILY, at 85, King William-street. City, 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, RegentLstreet. " A great improvement has been effected by the patentee."— The Times. " The resulting tableau will bear comparison with the best minia ture."—Morning Chronicle. PUBLICATIONS. MEADOWS' SPANISH GRAMMAR. Just published, bound in roan, 18mo. price Is, 6d. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION RAILWAY. N. tics is hereby given, that in accordance with a Resolu tion Passed at a Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company held to - day, at Gibb's Royal Hotel, Prince's-street, Edinburgh, the sum of 1. 15 s. per share will be RETURNED t o th e h o ld e r s o f S cr ip on and after the 15th day of October next ; and the holders of Scrip are requested to deliver or transmit their Scrip Certificates to the Secretary, at 191, Prince's -street, Edinburgh, four days prior to the day of payment, each of such Certificates to t e indorsed with the names and addresses of the holders of such Scrip. Rank cheques will be delivered, or, if requested, transmitted by post, to the holders of the Scrip Certificates four days after their receipt. By order of the Board; 122, Princ e ' s - s t reet, Edinburgh, Sept 111 ARR, Secretary. 23, 1846. LEICESTER, TAIVIWORTH, COVENTRY, BIRMINGHAM, AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Directors have already announced to the Shareholders that arrangements were pending with the London and Birmingham Railway Company (now the London and North-Western), having for their object the transfer of the line to that Company, and the return to the Shareholders in this undertaking ofthe whole of their deposits. The Directors recommend the proposed arrangements to the Share holders, as being much to their advantage, and most calculated to ensure the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best guarantee of its being efficiently worked for the public convenience. Those of the s hareholders who are desirous of receiving back, in conformity with these arrangements, the full deposit of 21. 2s. on each share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry Cassin, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's offices, at No. 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, at any time between the hours of Ten and Three, frem.Monday, t }, e 21st instant, to Monday, the Sth of October. On the scrip, or hankers' receipts, or secretary's receipts for scrip, being delivered up the holders thereof will receive ba^k the full de posit of 21. 2s. upon each share. Those parties who (as holders of shares In the original Coventry and Leicester and f'sventry, Nun eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Companies) have en•y paid a de posit thereon of 11. is., may in like manner receive b tick 11. 15. on each such share. Sept. 17, 1146. (Slimed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman, MERCHANTS' AND TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE, No. 5, Chatham-pLace, Blackfriars, London. ASSURANCES on Lives, Annuities, and Endowments are granted *l4 terms lower tkan most other established offices. Pr ospectuses and every information may be obtained at the office. THOMAS IIIUSGHAVE, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .£.500,000. Empowered by Act of rarliameht. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages With respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his ix terests to meat other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to S 5 per cant. en the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES, t 1 w Premium. i . 4 Bon us .7;1.7 Bonus hi Ia i Assured: P a added. Cash. C o g may 0 ; Borrow. 2.. 4 ' --I -- -- a r 1837 £217 15 1!£10• 0 11,XIO • 4'X445 0 C £ 41— 1838 192 3 0, 87 1 41 13 10 2J 395 11 1 A As. 41. 1 1 10011 3 4 i 1837 , 1838 1839 1840, 18411 £217 15 1:Z100 0 111 192 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 10 74 1 111 7 6. 54 0 10' 111 9 6' 49 10 ,£l6 • 4 1 X445 0 0 13 10 395 11 1 11 3 11 346 2 3 718 11: 296 13 4 710 41 247 4 The division of profits is minim', and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary. tIE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON. Fine FOREIGN CIGARS, of all makers, 175., ISs. 6d, 205., and 21s. per lb. ; Government Manillas, 17s. 6d. per lb. ; also Brit ish made, from the best tobacco imported ; cheroots, 65.; cigars-- Cuba, 7s. ; Havannah, 7s. 6d. and Ss. 6d.; Cabanas, Ss, 6d. ; Silvas, 85. 6d. ; Principes, Os. 6d. ; the union cigar, equal to any foreign, 12s. 6d. per lb. At Messrs. TOSSWILL and Co.'s, Commission Merchants: im porters, and manufacturers, 6, Pudding-lane, Eastcheap, adjoining to Gracechurch-street. THE MOST FASHIONABLE LADIES' WATCH, is the elegant FLAT GOLD WITCH, with Gold dial, at 71. 7s. ; the size and thickness is about that of a crown piece ; they have the horizontal escapement, and are jewelled in four holes, with maintaining power to continue going whilst being wound, and are particularly recommended for durability and accu racy of performance, which is warranted. A B. SAVORY and SONS, Watch and Clockmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England. PERFECTION in LAMP OIL.—A PATENT. CLARK'S PATENT SPERM OIL, only ss. per imperial gallon, is bright as crystal in the coldest weather, and lasts longer than real Sperm. It burns in all descriptions of Argand Lamps. The Kreat expense of Sperm Oil, and the trouble of common oils, can now be dispensed wiih at pleazure. It is admirably suited for Solar Lamps, as they will not want cleaning for years, and being so pure, four gallons go as far as five gallons of any common oils ; so, in reality, Clark's Patent Sperm Oil is cheapest. Families laying in their stock of Spermaceti or Fax Candles, Soaps, &c. &c., will positively save 30 per cent. ii their outlay. This is no fiction, and this system of equitable charges the public will support. Samples sent in London, and list of prices, with description of the patent article, sent on application to all parts of the world. Clark aid Company, the immense Lamp, Oil, and Candle Depot, 447, West Strand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. LADIES TRAVELLING, Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, a most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and Irritability, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan, and Disc ol ourations, are pleasi ng l y eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately so f t and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great _Britain, and th ose of the Contine n t o f Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar aid the Salons of St. Petersbuxgh and Mtictow.—price 4s. 6d. and as. 6d. per bottle. •* Beware of spurious " Kalydors" contain in g mi neral astrin gents utterly ruinous t o th e comp l ex ion, and which' by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the Words " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) o n th e G overnmen t Stamp affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Por• timers. other' Xalvders" are fraudulent counterfeits. T" UNIVER SAL GAS BURNER. 30 to SO per Cent. Saved To be had at th e Patentees. GO, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-MSS. The Patentees beg t o call public attention to the following facts, The advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to SO per cent„ the com bustion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have made to the Introduction egos in dwelling-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, gcc. ; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER." As the cost of laying en gas is muck lower than is corn nionly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing every other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 1546, SirJOIIN Rzfonr, President, in the Chair. " A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was heated, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and Impinging with force en the flame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen e the air, mingling with the csrburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, The flame was quit. white down thetop of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying tho power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a betterll ght, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CEETICATB. P OLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL Li—"IiSCHOO. testing Clark, Me Niell, and Co,'s Universe Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless turners, it gave a more pare and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 to 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ItOST. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CEETIFICA TS. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Me Niell, and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against argand burners', Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, No. 4, 40 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rior to any ether burner." T. W. REATES, Consulting Chemist, The UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used n i g htl y at t h e Poly techn Institution, and may b e h a d and seen from 11 till 4, at the Plitelltses.6o, St, Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters. NEW 'GRAMMAR OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, comprehending in a most simple, easy, and concise manlier, everything necessary to its complete acquirement. By. Ir. C. MEADOWS, M.A. London : William Tegg and Co., 73, Cheapside. BUCHANAN'S TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. Just published, 18mo. bound in cloth, price 7s. ATECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY, ex plaining the terms of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, Pro fessions, and Trades. By W. BUCHANAN. London : William Tegg and Co., 73, Cheapside. LE MPRIERE'S DICTIONARY. New Edition, just published, 18mo, bound in cloth, price 7e. or roan, 75. 6d. BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA ; or, a Classical Dictionary, containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors, by J. LEMPRIERE, D.D. London William Tegg and Co., 73, Cheapside. Just published, price Is. 6d., r TIE FOREMOST FLIGHT. A New Hunting Song, By HAURY Author of " Stable Talk and Table Talk." Arranged for the Pianoforte. Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly. FOREIGN LANGUAGES. The Dutch, French, German, and Italian Languages taught at 6, Surrey-street, Strand, by I. F. LUTEYN. REPEAL OF THE MALT-TAX. The Essay on the Repeal of the Malt-tax, for which a Prize of 201. was awarded by the " Total Repeal of the Malt-tax Associa• tion," will be sent free, by return of post, to any person enclosing six penny postage-stamps, addressed to the Secretary, the object being publicity, not profit. All letters must be post-paid. T. Til[ollP, Secretary. Committee Room, 39, New Bridge-street, Blackktriars, London. • LIBRARY EDITION. Now ready, in 3 vols., small 8, 0 ., c l o th, pr i ce 7s. GI, T HE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO. A Romance. By ALEXANDER DUMAS. " ' The Count of Monte Christo ' is amongst the best of Dumas' works. In abundance and variety of incident it Is marvellous. It unites the wild fancy of the fairy or the Arabian tale with the ar tistic individuality of the modern romance. The verisimilitude of the elaboration is as masterly as the fertility of invention is surprising, and the descriptions of persons, of accessories, and scenery, are as vivid as pictures."—Spectator. 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Macready, Douglas Jerrold, &c. London : People's Journal Office, 0, Fleet-street. Sold by all Book sellers and Newsmen. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Ocr. 2.—Wind S.S.E., light breeze, and hazy. RAMSGATE, OCT. L—Wind N.E. to S.E.—Sld. Etheldred, Bradford, Falkland Islands ; Johanna, Maranham. DEAL, Ocr. I.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Jay, Byers, Miramichi, and sld. for Sunderland ; Louise Fre derikke, Knigge, Laguna, and sid. for Bremen; British Tar, Storey, Rimouski. Arrd. from the. River, Westminster, Hovey, for New York. Sld. Eleanor, Turney, Barbadoes. OFF HASTINGS, SErr. 30.—Emma, New York, for Co penhagen. OFF HOLYHEAD, OCT. I.—Stranger, Demerara. LIVERPOOL, OCT. L —Wind S.W. to N. W.—Arrd. Lena, Nagle, Singapore; Janet, Paul, Valparaiso; Asia, Maran ham; Storm King, Robinson, Laguna; Robert Watt, John stone, Quebec. Sld. Sept. 30, Manilla, Harrison, Calcutta; Adrastus, Ord, Bomb a y. O c t. 1, Kirkby, Nickles, Sierra Leone ; Ortelius, Baugnert, Port-au-Prince ; Flora, De Pulron t Havannah ; Reliance, Hill, La Guayra ; Caesar, Jansen, Cuidad Bolivar; Victoria, Le Gresley, Vera Cruz ; Lady Huntley, Reddock, New Orleans; Neptune, Reehen berg, Charleston; Rappahannock, Drummond, New York; Baglow, Foody, St. John's, New Brunswick; Corsair, Cum ming, Newfoundland ; M. A. Fleming, Newfoundland. LYTHAM, OCT. I.—Wind S., fresh.—Arrd. Mary Ann Snelling, Bay Chaleur. CLYDE, SEPT. 30.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Ann Harley, Scott, New York; Rebecca, Pictou ; Blonde, Quebec. Duman, SEPT. 30.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Friendship, Rea, Halifax. Put back, Enterprise, Lyons, for St. John's, New Brunswick' leaky. DUBLIN BAY..—Arrd. Allen Brown, Maw, St. John's, New Brur a wick. WEXFORD, SEPT. 29.—Arrd. Hibernia, Hayes, Miramichi. KiNoszoww.—Arrd. Tom Coulton, Quebec, for Drogheda. Conic, SEPT. 2 8.—Arrd. Chap mans, Miller, Quebec ; Active, Hut c hi nson, Rio Grande. BELFAST, SEPT. 29 .—Arrd. Independence, Quebec. GAMFBLETOWN, SEPT 22.—Arrd. Ariel, Ingli s h, Pi c t om Exsiourir, SEPT. 30.—A boat painted black outside, blue inside, clench-built, copper-fastenened, part of stern and stern-post carried away, with a long painter attached, appa rently a steamer's jolly-boat, was picked up 13 miles S.S.W. of Bury Head, by the Jane, Marshalsay, arrived here. LIMERICK, SEPT. 30.— The Etherly, Brinkley, bound to the Clyde, has put back, leaky, having got on a rock in the river, and will discharge. P LYMO UTH, OCT. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. H.1.8.M.5. Con stitution, Rio Janeiro. IN THE CHANNEL. —'Virginias, Q ue b ec. BRIDGWATER, O cr. 1.-Arrd. Ottawer, Thrift, St. J o h n ' s , New Brunswick. BRISTOL, OCT Amazon (of Waterford) , Minerva, Clark, Quebec. O c t. L . • Stabb Patagonia.Sld. igoninia. a, Bla nc h ard, St. I.—WindJohn Quebec. SHIELDS, SEPT. 30.—Arrd s, New Brunswi c k . Off port, .' W. S.—Sld. Si r H enry Pot- tinger, Crowel l , 1, Lord Lambton, New York ; Florinda, Hodgson, Ceylon. GLASGOW, Ocr. I.—The James , July, Paton, arrived i n th e Clyde, from Patagonia; sailed and thence 4 th report s that the coast had been taken possession of by the Spani ar d s as far as Watchman's Cape, that they bad cannon mounted at all the landing place s, taken off, nor any person to land. It appears that the Government is about to employ the three stearn• frigates of 450 horse-power each, lately tuilt for the Transatlantic service, by using them for car rying the mails between Havre and New York. The Grernment does not intend to undertake permanently this line, but merely to try their powers as merchant ships, and at the same time ascertain the expense of the transit.— Galighani. BRONIPTOI4 - NEW HOSPlTAL.—Thursday evening the usual meting of the committee of management took place at the board room in the new building at Bromp ton. It appears that everything is progressing in the most satisfactory manner ; the furnishing of the various spacious wards is being pushed forward, and the system of ventilation adopted from the designs of Dr. Arnott, although elaborate and intricate, will unquestionably be most effective. "Queen Christina replied:— " The approaching marriages of my beloved daugh ters cause me the joy of seeing fulfilled on one and the same day all my hopes, all my desires. By these unions I see insured the happiness of these pledges of my maternal love, as well as a futurity of peace and concord for this magnanimous nation, which I call with pride my country. I give at the same time to your Sovereign the most striking proof of my affec tion by consenting, with all the effusion of my heart, to the marriage of my beloved daughter, the Infanta, with the Duke de Montpensier. She will thus enter an august family, who by their practice form an example of every private and public virtue.' "Count Bresson then addressed Queen Isabella in the following terms: I "‘ Madam,—Your Majesty has not been contented with insuring your own happiness and that of Spain by giving your hand to a Prince most worthy of his high destiny, but you have also thought of the happiness of a beloved sister, and deigned to consent to her union with the youngest son of a King who was already bound to your Majesty by so many ties, and to Spain by sympathy and his admiration for a people standing so high in his tory. To-day the Cortes of the kingdom, so enlightened and so patriotic, have by their deliberations and ad dresses partaken in the wishes and intentions of your Majesty, and I come in the name of the King, my august Sovereign, to request that you will first accept his congratulations and best wishes, and next, that you will solemnly confirm the consent already granted by you for the marriage of her Royal Highness the Infanta Dona Luisa Fernanda with his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier.' "Her Majesty Queen Isabella replied:— " Called by Divine Providence to fill the throne of Spain, the happiness of this great nation has ever been the object of all my endeavours. My heart flatters me with the hope that I have secured it by the union I am about to contract. The Prince, who is about to call himself my consort is worthy of the title from his high qualities. I am also indebted to Divine Providence for a companion of my childhood, who has been inseparable from me from my infancy—a sister whom I love tenderly, and whose happiness I wished to ensure as my own. May God grant mei the consolation of knowing that my object has been attained by giving her hand to the youngest son of your King—to a Prince whose eminent merits already recal the rare virtues of his august father. Encouraged by the votes of the Cortes of the kingdom, whose loyal and sincere congratulations I have just re ceived, I declare to you, sir, that I repeat and solemnly confirm my royal consent to the celebration of the mar riage of my well-beloved sister the Infata of Spain, Dona Luisa: Fernanda of Bourbon, to Prince Antoine Marie Philippe Louis of Orleans, Duke de Montpensier. request, sir, that you will make this known to yOur-SoQ vereign,:my well-beloved uncle, whose congratulations I accept with the most lively gratitude. And may the Almighty, who so visibly guides and protects him, grant that these two marriages may be pledges for the happi ness of our two families, and for the peace and prosperity of the two nations.' " Queen Christina afterwards sent the Marchioness deiSanta Cruz, the Camerera Mayor, to bring the Infanta, whom the Count thus addressed:— " Madam,—Heaven presided over your birth; and your Royal Highness has had every gift, every grace bestowed upon you. Happy the Prince on whom the choice of your Royal Highness has fallen, and who is called upon to unite his fate to yours. In saying to your Royal Highness that already the heart of your future husband is filled alone with this happiness, I only inter pret the sentiments which he himself will shortly ex press to you in person, if your Royal Highness shall deign to confirm solemnly on this day the consent you have already granted.' " Her Royal Highness, after having obtained the con sent of her august mother and sister, answered " Intimately convinced that the counsels:of my tender mother, and the advice of my well-beloved sister, can have no other view'than the double object of my happi ness and the interests of my country, I confirm, with joy, sir, the consent I have already given, and solemnly accept the offer made to me of the hand of a Prince whose qualities are so eminent. It is with happiness that, on this occasion, I yield to the desires of my family.' " Before he withdrew, Count Bresson delivered to her Royal Highness the portrait of her affianced bride groom, which she accepted with evident satisfaction. On his return to the embassy he was received with great respect by the immense crowd assembled on the occasion. Count Bresson distributed ten thousand francs among the poor of Madrid and the servants of the royal stables." THE MONTPENSIER MARRIAGES. (From the Times.) The Montpensier marriages are pressed on with all that delicacy and dispatch which characterised the first stages of the affair. The word is "to strike while the iron is hot." No party concerned, from the great European spectator down to the helpless daughters of Christina, is to be allowed the opportunity of a second reflection. The time, the methods, and the ethical pro prieties of the story, are comprehended within the narrow limits and rigorous conditions of an almost dramatic unity. /or two months the Jason of Paris and Medea of Madrid were settling, or rather maturing, their plans; for, unless we are to suppose that there were secret ar ticles in the treaty, which time may or may not reveal, there was not much remaining for settlement. This was the longest part of the business. But in politics secresy and celerity are interchangeable terms. It is admitted that for those two months England was put wholly out of the question. The eyes of the British Lion were blindfolded, and his ears stopped by treach erous protestations, while the conspirators snatched away the Golden Fleece. What had England to do with the family affairs of Louis Philippe? It was true that at a personal interview with a neighbouring Sovereign, joyfully hailed by both nations as the much-desired pledge of that good understanding to which their Go vernments were mutually engaged, the King had agreed to a very different arrangement. It was true that England had protested, through her Minister, against that other arrangement so lately revealed, so soon to be consummated. It was true that there existed an ancient treaty, which, at least, established a right of in terference ; and that England had twice interfered in this century, at a great cost of treasure and blood, to replace, first, Ferdinand, then Isabella, on the throne. It was true that France had contributed to us at least a formal co-operation at the latter contest. But what of all this ? When the question was the marriage of those royal sisters, to whom and to whose family and nation England had been so authorised, so acknow ledged, se constant, and so generous a friend, what had England any longer to do with it ? It became then a quiet domestic affair. The labourer that had sown, and reaped, and carried the harvest, was now dismissed ; the King and his trusty cousin: were the only persons interested in the fruits of the political husbandry. Thus was England thrust aside in the first stage of the affair. Then came that night. If we have the least desire that our words should reach the ears of one unprivileged Spaniard, we must beware how we descend into the par ticulars of that scene. The least minuteness of descrip don or closeness of allusion may deprive Madrid of a journal, and an editor of all further powers of political utility. In so delicate a passage we are content that the Journal des _Mats shall be our spokesman. " Her Majesty," says that most euphemistic of historians, "before she withdrew to her private apartments, received at an advanced hour of the night some persons of her household. It was some hours after quitting her Ministers that the Queen, who received only M. Donoso Cortes, and afterwards waited on her mother, recalled her Ministers, to announce to them her resolution. Several of them were still in the Palace at the office of the First Secretary of State. The others had withdrawn. All immediately assembled in her Majesty's presence. They quitted her after having received her orders." The Debate proceeds to boast, with singular simplicity, that it here tells us less than the truth, and might tell us more with advan tage to its cause. The boast is superfluous. The narra tive proclaims its imperfections. The midnight chrono logy of the Debat e r em i n d s one o f th ose i n t erest i ng difficulties which beset the first book of Livy, wherein several generations of antediluvian longevity are huddled into the limits of one ordinary reign. The action begins at an advanced hour of the night. Subsequent to that are important events, consultations, decisions, assemblages, felicitous rencontres, and great constitutional acts. " Some hours" are confessed to in one scene of the performance, and that of a more private character. Are there no clocks in Madrid? Does Isabella, like the King of Egypt, turn night into day, to double her life and to cheat the oracle? Who has pPedieted that her reign will be short? When the Journal des Debats condescends to fill up its sketch, perhaps it will tell us the usual length of a summer night at Madrid, and also whether M. Breeson was at the Palace. That gentleman, whom the Debate has en tirely forgotten, is the Hamlet of the play. What follows is in character with these auspicious beginnings. England has protested firmly and tem perately with France, and the only answer is the depar ture of Montpensier. Had we dictated to Louis Philippe his chef de cuisine, we could not have been treated with a more contemptuous silence. He answers indeed; but through his own organs; by his hired servants. On a " domestic" question he vouchsafes what is virtually a domestic reply. He communicates with England through his valet and his steward, the Debuts and the Presse. Such civility is superfluous. Of course we know with what amiable solicitude the affair is regarded in the bosom of that numerous and affectionate family. What are ancient treaties and recent understandings, the.ee collections of a century or of a twelvemonth, to the de voted Paterfamilias expecting a Spanish Infanta for his daughter-in-law? For the time lay aside all national responsibilites. Shut out all Europe. Turn a deaf ear to remonstrant neighbours. Forget that you are a King, that you are the King, not of France, but of the French. It is a domestic question. Settle it in the sacred pri. vacy of the hearth. But is it a domestic question? Does either Spain, or England, or France, or even Louis Philippe himself, re gard it as such? Or is it such on the simplest view of its historical circumstances and antecedents? As for Louis Philippe himself, do we not know that every member of the house of Orleans, from the founder of the race, is born with his right eye on the patrimony of St. Louis, and his loft eye looking towards Spain? Good people tell us, " He wants a dotation for his son; that is all.' But how much is involved in that modest desire? The Spanish people are, in fact, as reluctant as the French to accommodate themselves to the conveniences of the royal, or rather the paternal, exchequer. Why should the independence of Spain be jeopardised for that which the parsimony of France declines? The unani mous public opinion of the three countrieS sees the fear ful possibilities of the measure. It sees nothing private in the arrangement. f. eitatio_t partake in that soft nuptial - dream which - .4 excludes sn'tidany ditties, and perhaps kindles so many aspirations. The wisdom of all three countries, as represented by the unfettered portion of the press, sees a real danger in the event. A real danger there is. They who sneer at treaties, who deride a balance of power, and laugh at the vagaries of matrimonial ambition, may perhaps be roused by the reflection that what has occurred twice in the present generation may possibly occur again. What is the state of affairs Louis Philippe is founding at Madrid? In a few years a French Prince, the head of a French party, most odious to the nation, will, it is said, most probably be the husband of the Queen. With Spain such as it is, how can there fail to be a collision between the throne and the people? Will France stand back, on one side? Will England, on the other? How can this be a purely domestic question? How can a " dotation" thus acquired be a harmless affair? THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. The Revising Barrister, Mr. Arnold, proceeded on Wednesday with the revision of the list for the parish of St. Botolph without, Bishopsgate. No case of ths slightest interest came before the Court. The following is a statement of the result of the day's proceedings : Failed or Sustained. Withdrawn. Conservative objections 154 ... 72 Liberal Doüble Conservative claims Liberal claims 0 ... 1 • • Mr. ARNOLD yesterday took the lists for the parishes of St. John the Evangelist, Allhallows, Bread-street; Holy Trinity the less, St. James, Garlick Hythe; St. Martin, Vintry; St. Michael, Paternoster Royal; St. Margaret Moses, St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary Moon thaw, St. Mary Somerset, St. Michael, Queenhithe; St. Mildred, Bread-street; St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, St. Nicholas Olave. and St. Peter, Paul's-wharf. In the list of the parish of St. James, Garlick Hythe, Samuel Godfrey Crook, who was registered for apart ments at 15, Garlick-hill, was objected to by the Con servatives. Thomas Dawson deposed that the claimant was a clerk in the employment of Messrs. Conway. Phelps, and Hay ward, wholesal• grocers. He occupied a bedroom on the second floor of the house, 15, Garlick-hill. The rent was paid by Messrs. Conway and Co. Witness and two other clerks, as well as Crook, slept on the premises. The room occupied by the claimant was worth 101. a year. The clerks were required by their engagements to sleep on the premises, but they were not compelled to do so, nor was it necessary for the purposes of business that they should do so. By Mr. Brown—Witness had also been placed on the list. He and Crook occupied separate bed rooms. Witness had furniture in his room—a chest of drawers, boxes, and paintings. By his engagement he was required to sleep on the premises, and he was pro vided with victuals by his employers. Neither Crook nor himself had any right or control over the premises as occupiers. They were liable to be discharged at a month's notice. Mr. Brown observed, that this was a case in which four young men had been placed on the list by the Anti- Corn-law League for the premises of their employers. Mr. ARNOLD stopped the case, and expunged the name. The names of Thomas Dawson, Charles Thomas Bainbridge, and John Pedlar Warren, who claimed for the same premises under precisely similar circumstances, were also struck off the list. The following is the result of the day's revision:— Failed or Sustained. Withdrawn. Conservative objections Liberal Double Liberal claims EAST SURREY. The Revising Barrister for the eastern division of the county of Surrey (Mr. S. C. Fish) held his court on Wednesday, at the French Horn and Half-moon Inn, at Wandsworth, when the lists for the following parishes were disposed of:—Barnes, Merton, Mortlake, Putney, Tooting, Wimbledon, and Wandsworth. Mr. T. Jeans attended on the part of the New East Surrey Reform Registration Society, Mr. Meymott for the Conservatives, and Mr. Russell for the Free-traders. Among the objections, ono was made to the vote of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce on the ground of insuf ficient description. The error was amended, and the vote retained. The vote of Lord W. Fitzroy was objected to on the same. grounds. The required amendment having been made, Lord W. Fitzroy applied for his expenses. The REVISING BARRISTER, acting on the rule he had laid down in several previous cases, refused to grant them ; where an error was rectified and an amendment made, he did not consider the objection either frivolous or vexatious. One objection made by the Conservatives failed from the impossibility of deciphering the signature of the ob jector appended to the notice ; the Barrister, the clerk, the solicitors, all tried upon it their not unpractised skill in such matters, but the hieroglyphic defied alike dissec tion and conjecture ; it was therefore considered by the Court as a mark or scratch and not a name, and the ob jection overruled. The list for the parish of Battersea will be taken to • morrow. The Revising Barrister of the eastern division of Surrey sat yesterday at the French Horn and Half moon Inn, Wandsworth. The list taken was that for the parish of Battersea. The objections were nearly all matters of form, and made for the sake of correction. The result of the day's proceedings was not very mate rial. Of 33 objections made by the Liberals 7 were sustained ; the Conservatives objected to 31, and sus tained 4. The Court rose at an early hoar. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, SEM. 29.—The expected arrivals of the Indian mail, which was to leave Bombay on Aug. 27, and of the Britannia steamer, which would sail from Bos ton on the 16th instant, have tended to limit demand in our market ; both sellers and buyers being anxious to learn further intelligence of the condition and prospects of the cotton arop, and of the state of commer. cial affairs in India—where a considerable improvement is confidently expected. The amount of business done was consequently limited ; but prices, both of goods and yarns, are very firm ; and in some cases higher rates than those current last week are demanded by spinners and manufacturers. ROCHDALE, SEPT. 28.—We have had a fair business to-day, at prices much the same as those of the preced ing week. In the wool market there is very little change, except, perhaps, that it is more difficult to buy foreign wool at last week's prices. HUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 29 . —Our market to-day is without animation; indeed, it may be said to be flatter than last week. Some of the fancy cloth manufac• turers have received orders, but not to the extent they had reason to anticipate. Wools are much the same in price, but sales cannot be made, although they are up in the London markets. In the warehouses there is not much doing. LEEDS, SEPT. 29.—We have no better account to give of our this day's market than of preceding ones. The demand continues slack, and profits are very small on all the business actually done. FATAL ACCIDENT AT ETON COLLEGE.-011 Wednes day afternoon a plumber, named Sargent, who resided at Upton-cum- Chalvey, was engaged in repairing the leads on the roof of one of the master's houses in Keater lane, Eton College. The height was nearly sixty feet, and as the ladder used was not long enough, a temporary platform was erected at the top of it, where a second ladder twenty feet long was placed, but not secured by lashings, the unfortunate man was at the summit of this when his weight overbalanced the ladder, and he was precipitated to the ground, and, falling upon his head, death was instantaneous. The deceased has left a widow and six children to lament his loss. QUICKSILVER.-A vessel arrived at one of the wharfs near London-bridge, from Seville, had an entire cargo, comprising the large quantity of 3,000 flasks of qnicksilver, consigned to the celebrated firm of Roths child and Son. Captain Claxton, one of the directors of the company to which the Great Britain belongs, has published the following letter, addressed to the secretary of the cons ' pany. In another letter the captain says—" To the poor as well as to the rich in the neighbourhood the grateful thanks of the directors are due, for nothing can have exceeded the desire to alleviate the misfortunes of all concerned that has been manifested by every one in the locality." Great Britain, Dundrum Sands, Sept. 28. Dear Sir,—On my arriving on board this morning, after looking at the position of the ship, and Captain Hosken's dispositions for getting her afloat at the proper time, I sought and, as I expected, received from him a candid and clear detail of the circumstances which pre ceded the unfortunate occurrence. For the information of my colleagnes, and the rest of the shareholders of the company, I hasten to convey to you the result of that inquiry, which I have no hesitation in saying has satis fied me that the confidence which we have for so many years placed in that most excellent man ought not in the slightest degree to be shaken by an event so deeply affecting his character as an officer and a seaman. The ,first ; officer has charge of the ship's log, and from him I obtain'oirtho tollowiog -ortraet " At 12h. 50m. p.m. discharged pilot. At lh., abreast of the Bell Buoy, speed 11 knots, wind southerly ; set maintopsail and topgallantsail and foresail (foretopsail had been previously set); course N.W. by N. At 4h., fresh breezes and thick hazy weather. sh. 30m. saw the land on starboard bow indistinctly through the rain. 7h. 3em., in mizen spencer. Bh., fresh breezes and very thick, with constant rain ; trimmed sails to haul up N. by E. ; in topgallantsails. Bh. 15m., observed Calf of Man Light bearing N.N.W. half W., altered course to N. by W. Bh. 30m., in first and second reef of foretop sail and single-reefed the maintopsail. At 9h., squared the yards. 9h. 30m. in foresail, while taking it in saw land on starboard bow; stopped engines, put helm hard a-port, reversed engines full speed ; ship came up to N.N.E., afterwards to N.E. and stopped ; clewed sails up." (Then follow details of proceedings as to after oc currences, when she was thumping and in the breakers.) The following note appears to have been added to the log, probably when the excitement was over ;—" At 7h. the captain remarked to me that the ship ought to be well up to the Calf of Man lights, as the log showed she had run her distance. He asked if the log glass was correct, which was a new one, and found correct. At Bh. the sails were trimmed for hauling the ship up N. by E., after doing which observed the light, and kept ship off again to N.W. half N.; squared yards. The captain said the ship had run her distance, but supposed the light was the Calf light, and that one of them was obscured by the thick weather." On examining Captain Hosken's chart, on which are his cross bearings of the supposed points of the Isle of Man, of which so short and indistinct a glimpse was caught, I find it is addressed to the Mayor and Town Council of Liverpool, published by John and Alexander Walker, agents to the Admiralty, 72, Castle-street, Liverpool, and 9, Castle-street, London, 1846. It was bought by Captain Hoskea, when going out on his previous voyage in June, as the latest and most correct chart, but in it is no mention whatever of a revolving or intermitting light, or any other light whatever on S t. John's point. There, however , the light is; and i t is now my business to show that had the light been, as it ought to have been—having been in use for three years (if I am correctly informed)—in the chart, or had there been no light at all on that point, the accident would not have happened. On taking his departure from the Bell Buoy Captain Hosken steered precisely the same course as the Windsor, constant steamer to Belfast, was steered by her captain on Saturday last, N.W. by N., and that is the correct course for the Calf of Man. St. John's point also bears N.W. by N. from the Bell Buoy. Captain Hosken calculated his speed to be 11 knots; it really was more, and his ship no doubt was ahead of his calculation four or five miles. A glimpse was caught of the Isle of Man, but the lights on the Calf were never seen, which I account for by the fact that it was very thick, and between sunset and dark, when she passed probably four or five miles to the south. Had it been quite dark she would probably have seen them, and had she seen them the accident could not have happened, as he would have steered away his North Channel course after rounding them. At seven, it ap pears by the first officer's note to his log, the captain re marked she must be well up with the Calf lights. There is no doubt he had even then passed them, but he had a fine open channel of more than thirty miles between them and the Irish coast. He informed me that he then said as he could not see them he should alter his course, at eight, shorten sail, and go easy for the North Channel, which intention he had begun to put in practice ; and this was the right practice, and if pursued, all would have been well, as he would soon have made the next proper light in his course of north by east—the South Rock, to the North of Strangford Lough entrance (albeit as he candidly admits, a half-dozen miles nearer than he expected), when this St. John's light, of which he had never heard, and which is not named in his chart, is all at once seen, and that, too, within the exact bearing of the Calf of Man lights, supposing he had not passed them. The course was again altered ; the St. John's light was treated as the Calf of Man lights would have been had they been seen—i. e., given such a berth as insuredclearing the Hen and Chickens, and then rounded, and then, instead of being in a deep water channel, the ship takes the ground about a league to the west of this, at best, deceiving light, and, in his case, decided decoy duck. In hastening to get this letter off, knowing the anxiety of my colleagues, I write under some excitement, and under most unpleasant circumstances; due allowances should, therefore, be made. lam quite aware of all that may be said by nautical men. 1 know, from my own thoughts, before I saw the chart in Captain Hosken's possession, how many strong questions may be put as to distance and speed—as to one set of lights revolving every two minutes, St. John's light every minute only. To all of them I answer, it is easy to say the door should have been locked after the horse has been stolen. It was hard to make out lights at all ; a nd, as t o coun ting differences of time under some circumstances, it is im possible, or next to it. The facts are simple:—The captain's judgment was right up to the time of his seeing this not laid down light, and puzzled, as he states him self to have been, to account for not being further a head when he took it for the Calf, he acted by that light, as I verily believe, most men would have acted under simi lar circumstances. I have only to add my meed of praise for all that has been done by Captain Hosken since the occurrence—my admiration of his manly bearing uuder circumstances that might well have crushed a weaker mind, and of the discipline and good conduct of the officers and men under his command, who are working gallantly, I may say, under circumstances of great trial and difficulty, if not of danger. The compasses were perfectly correct, and the ship herself so strong as to defy hitherto shooks from rollers and seas at high water, which, in my humble opinion, would by the end of last week have broken up the strongest wooden ship that ever was built. The ship lies in the worst position for coming oft ; still, if we are favoured with tolerable weather, I see at present no reason to doubt her being afloat by the end of the week.—Yours truly, CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON. W. M. Bennett, Esq., Secretary. FATAL ACCIDENT. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A melancholy accident, by which a young gentleman, of the most amiable disposition and the highest promise, was brought to an untimely end, and a much respected family have been plunged into the deepest affliction, occurred on Friday, the 25th ult., in the neighbourhood of Coachford, in the county of Cork. About four o'clock in the evening of that day, Mr. William Hallaran, the eldest son of the Rev. William Hallaran, rector of Magurney, in the county of Cork, accompanied by his younger brother, Master Thomas Halloran, and his cousin, Mr. John Martin, of Upper Mount-street, Dublin, went out in pursuit of some plover that had been seen in an adjoining field. About 5 o'clock Mr. Martin was drawing the charge from his gun, Mr. Hallaran standing close to him, with the butt of his gun resting on the ground, and the muzzle turned upwards ; when a dog by which they were accompanied unfortu nately jumped on him, and it is supposed touched the spring of his gun, which instantly exploded, and the un fortunate young gentleman received the entire charge in his lungs. He ran a few yards and then fell upon his face. He was immediately conveyed to a neigh bouring cottage, and his father, who was speedily informed of the lamentable event, was with him in a few minutes. He retained full possession of his senses for more than two hours, and during that period exhibited the most perfect resignation to his fate —the most implicit trust and confidence in the atone ment by our blessed Saviour. He suffered very little (and to use the words of a spectator, his last moments were like those of an infant going to sleep). Such patience and fortitude must go far to sustain his parents under the weighty affliction by which they have been visited. Mr. Hallaran was a remarkably fine young man, in the nineteenth year of his age. He was to have left his home in a few days, for the purpose of attending the examination in the University of Dublin, of which he was a student. Few could have been in possession of greater health or strength than he was, or afford a greater promise of a prolonged existence than he did a few short hours before he was thus cut off in the pride and bloom of youth. It affords a melancholy ex ample of the instability of this life. MEASURES OF RELIEF. Amidst a host of letters which appear day after day in the public prints upon the all-engrossing topic of the Labour-rate Act, as applicable to the present crisis, the following extract from a communication, bearing the signature of " A Member of the Legislature," and pub lished in the Mail of this evening, is, perhaps, worthy of notice, as the writer starts some suggestions which have at least the advantage of originality to distinguish them from the general run of essays upon the same subject : " Tax Ireland on the principle of the Ist of Victoria, viz., by granting her as a gift one-half the sum required, and charge Ireland with the other half. Expend these moneys by improving the country and the land. Let it be done by the parishes or towulands which pay the tax, receiving the benefit of it, according very much to Mr. Monsell's system. Aid railways which can give security, and thus relieve the districts through which they will pass. Cut down no more paltry hills; demoralise the labourers no further ; improve the land at present in tillage be fore you undertake the drainage of vast bogs and the reclamation of mountains, which will consume years be fore they give a return ; drain what you have in hand ; liberate estates from entails ; pass an Act to determine titles to estates, and no longer allow lawyers and attor neys to fatten, while, by quirks and chicane, they pre vent the transfer of property, and the advances of money on good security. The repeal of the usury laws should be considered; that Act has created hordes of great and small blood.suckers, who are consuming the vitals of the land. Tax all persons, having charges on the land, on the same principle as the income-tax. " Prevent, by a simple Act, the subdivision of land, which is the foundation of the misery of Ireland. I re gret to say, I am c3nvinced that, until the priests are paid, you cannot effect this object. Their power and their interest is hourly exercised to subdivide the land for their own emolument. To what a condition has this system brought the country! However unpalatable, this is a truism. Stop perjury, as Lord Westmeath says, in the courts, by appointing officers to take down evidence, and prosecute when necessary. " I should wish to see agricultural schools established, by grand jury taxation, in every barony. I firmly be lieve they would be essentially reproductive, by instruct ing the farmers. Enable landowners, by loans, to do more than merely drain—enable them to erect sound dwellings and offices for the tenantry, which the late Drainage Act does not comprehend, and thus improve the habits of the people. Establish at once depots of Indian corn all over the country as soon as possible—no time is to be lost. " So much for the present moment •,_for the future I respectfully recommend emigration. The potato, as a food, I consider is lost ; it will take five years before a substitute can be found, and generally used. We have, therefore, to provide, to a great extent, food for the people for five years. It would be truly advantageous to expend a considerable portion of the taxation you are about to impose, and must inflict, on a comprehensive system of emigration ; thus you relieve the land of its superabundant population, and probably place the pea santry who emigrate in a far superior position than they could ever expect at home. The expense of feeding them for five years would be greater than finding them the means of emigrating ; — a family can be located in a colony for 45/. ; you coud not feed the same family for that sum, under existing circumstancas." A baronial sessions was held in Bin. on Monday last, at which the Earl of Rosse presided, and delivered an extremely sensible speech upon the working of the Labour-rate Act, expressing his determination to see it carried out both in the letter and spirit of its provisions. His Lordship also took occasion to dissent from the statements put forward by the gentry of Cork with re spect to the embarrassed position of the landed pro priet('rs. The Noble Earl's words are " There have been one or two meetings held in Cork lately, at which there had been said, in my opinion, I respectfully say, a great deal foolishly. I don't think that the present position of the landed proprietors of Ireland has one iota to do with the practiced operation of this Act. I can say, with respect to this barony and county, that 20 or 30 years ago there was a larger amount of encumbered property in it than there is at present, and which has passed into other hands since then. . . . : . . . . . . I am sure that this barony is as well able to bear taxa tion as any other county or barony in Ireland. But we should see the tendency to which this Act leads—we should all exert ourselves to have some return of useful public and productive work for this money which we will thus expend. In certain districts in England the Labour-rate Act was practically in force for a consider able time. The old English Poor Law, as it existed 15 years ago in several localities in that country, but par ticularly in Sussex, was made so as to be a Labour rate Act, similar to this: Act, but different from it in this respect, that this Act is temporary in its na ture, whereas the other could be kept in force for any number of years.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) And what was the fact T There was no pariah in England where it was in operation but was greatly impoverished by it ; each year became worse and worse through its means ; and in various places many persons were found to be in a state of bankruptcy by its operations.—(Hear, hear.) Now,lsay that the result of the operation of the Labour- i rate Act in England bears sufficient testimony to the course that we ought to pursue in reference to employ ing the funds raised for the employment of the people on works of public utility, and, if that be not done, I verily believe that many parishes in Ireland must very soon be inevitably brought to the same condition as that parish in England which I have given you as an illustration." Of the reckless—but perhaps generous—manner in which money is voted away without regard to the future, the Mayo Constitution furnishes the following illustra tion, and this is by no means a solitary case : " Let us now sum up the confiscations that have taken place in this country, and we venture to say that any thing so monstrous—so uncalled for—has not been per petrated in any other part of the kingdom : Ordnance Valuation. Sums presented. Carrea 439,156 , £75,350 Burrishoole... 22,597 Murrisk Clanmorris Erris Tyrawly 59,386 Gallen 34,158 Costello Kilmain £293,282 £403,466 "It will thus bo seen that the enormous sum of 403,466/. has been presented on this poor and wretched county." STATE OF TRADE IN BELFAST. The Northern Whig has the following u nsatisfactory report— " For some time the state of trade has been such, that the mill-owners of Belfast have felt that they would most probably be under the necessity of working short time ; and we are sorry we have now to state that a re solution to that effect has been come to. It was pro posed to reduce the time one- half ; but, from an anxiety for the workers, it was finally determined to work two thirds of the usual time ; this change to commence in the beginning of November. It is with pain, for the sake of the large body of workers concerned, that we make this announcement ; but we believe the step taken to be one of necessary caution. It is understood that the Drogheda mill-owners, also, are, or will soon be, on short time." OPENING OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.—Thursday being the first day of October, several of the medical schools of the metropolis commenced the business of the session. Introductory lectures were delivered in the course of the day at Guy's Hospital, by Dr. Golding Bird; at St. George's, by Sir Benjamin Brodie; at St. Thomas's, by Dr. Barker; at University Collige, by Dr. Murphy; and at the Theatre of Anatomy and Medi cines Grosvenor-place, by Dr. Theophilus Thompson. " That accordingly, in. all land grants issued by the colonisation commissioners under the authority of that Act, the lands, with all the timber, minerals,' &c., were conveyed in fee simple to the purchasers. " That by the existing Act (5 and 6 Vic., c. 36) re gulating the sale of public lands, no alteration was made or contemplated to be made in the full and perfect right to the lands to be sold under its authority. " That, by the regulations of the local Government, issued under the authority of the existing Act, it was declared that the grants of land sold would convey to the purchaser all that was above and all that was be neath the surface,' and that, save in particular cases, where reservations of and of access to water have been made, as provided by the clause just quoted, the deeds of grant of the whole land of the province hitherto sold under the authority of the existing Act have conveyed to the purchasers, according to the true intent and meaning of the Act, all that was above and all that was beneath the surface.' " That a Bill was submitted toyour Honourable House during the last session of Parliament, with the intent to authorise, amongst other provisions, the reservations of minerals from future grants of the waste lands of this province, and the imposition of certain royalties thereon. " That this measure did not receive the sanction of your Honourable House. " That on the Bth day of August last, at the close of the then session of Parliament, another Bill was intro duced to your Lordships, for the express purpose of giving authority to reserve and lease the min era l s , an d to impose royalties thereon ; and that the introduction of such a bill at that period was stated to your Honour able House, as your petitioners have been credibly in formed, to be for the purpose of affording your peti tioners, and other colonists interested, time for the con sideration thereof. " That notwithstanding the provisions of the existing Act, the refusal of the Imperial Legislature to authorise the reservation and leisings of minerals, and the im position of royalties, and during the period allowed to your petitioners for considering these measures, the fol lowing regulations by the local Government were offi cially promulgated on the sth day of this present month of March." The petitioners then proceed to quote in full the re gulations in question, which have already appeared in our columns. The tenor of these regulations, our readers will remember, was to reserve to the Crown certain proportions of all minerals, &c., "lying upon, in, or under all waste lands hereafter, to be alienated or conveyed" to private purchasers. " That your petitioners most humbly and respect fully submit to your honourable House that these regu lations are wholly unauthorised by law, and that reser vations of minerals or imposition of royalties within this province are illegal. " Your petitioners respectfully but firmly maintain that the Crown possesses over the public lands of the province no rights but such as are comprised in the Act of the Imperial Legislature, regulatieg their disposal, and the application of the proceeds arising from the sale thereof. " That not only is the right to impose royalties assumed by the local Government, but the right to let upon lease for a term of years all minerals under the public lands of the colony is equally assumed. " That your petitioners most humbly submit to your Honourable House the injustice, impolicy, and the illega lity of those assumptions by the local government. " That all the public lands of the colony having hi therto been sold in fee-simple, without reservation of minerals, andlfree from the charge of royalties, the altera tions contemplated will create an unfair distinction in the tenure of lands to be subsequently sold, and will more over destroy one of the most important principles which has hitherto guided the land sales of the province, namely, that of leaving the freehold of the land pur chased altogether unfettered by restrictions or reserva tions. " That by adopting this illegal intention the sales of all mineral lands and the emigration provided law, to support which the proceeds of such sales are to be de voted, may be totally stopped, irrespective of the demand of the colonists for labour, and the control established by Parliament over the appropriation of all moneys received for the waste lands of the province. " That the reservation of minerals is an uncalled for and impolitic interference with that enterprise which has marked the character of the colonists of South Aus tralia, and fatal to the continued and increasing pros perity of the province, which your petitioners were otherwise entitled to regard as certain, and which, if untrammelled, promised to render South Australia, at no distant period, one of the most important colonial pos sessions of Great Britain. " And your petitioners, although bearing the entire expenses of their own government, being deprived of the privileges of British subjects, inasmuch as a representative assembly is still withheld from them ; but, nevertheless, appealing with confidence to their past peaceable and orderly conduct, in proof of their loyalty to the Crown, and of their deep attachment to the laws and constitution of their country, make their present most earnest petition to your Honourable House, in the confident hope that your Honourable House will continue to refuse your sanction to any alteration in the mode, as regulated by law, of disposing of the waste lands of the province, to the reservation of minerals, to the imposition of royalties, and to all proposals for altering or impair ing the tenure of the waste lands of South Australia. " And inasmuch as measures deeply affecting and inimical to the interests of your petitioners, in the par ticulars before mentioned may have been adopted before an appeal from so distant a province may reach your Honourable House, your petitioner further most earnestly and humbly pray your Honourable House, in that event, to take such steps as may in your wisdom appear requi site and necessary to protect your petitioners from the effects of the impolitic and obnoxious measures attempted to be forced upon them. "And your petitioners will ever pray." FITE PERSONS DROWNED. A correspondent of the Limerick Chronicle, writing from Kilkee, on the coas of Clare, says :—" Two melancholy accidents have oc curred here, which elicited very general sympathy. A respectable young woman, Bridget Hanrahan, front Croom, whilst preparing to stand under a cascade, or natural shower-bath, which falls at low water amongst the rocks, was taken out to sea , on Tuesda y , by an im pending wave, and drowned. All efforts to save the un fortunate girl were unavailing. The body was brought in yesterday by an intrepid fisherman, John Daveen, who, with three others, Edward Hickie, Pat Russell, and Pat Robinson , h ave since met a watery grave by venturing out to sea, to set their nets, early this morn ing. Over twenty nets, belonging to other fishermen, were carried away or rendered usel ess by the unex pected gale and gre at swell of the sea on Tuesday and f e o e r n a a and his moment partners only, n regaining considered ththemeir nets entire, but a greater loss awaited their poor families, c onsisting of twenty-six individuals, who are now re rYiunaptea: duced to the greatest distress by the loss of all four out side the Duggenah Reef. A subscription has been opened here for the four widows and children." DERBY GREAT CHEESE FAIR —This three days cheese fair terminated on Wednesday. Business was brisk, and the prices obtained were good. There was a large amount of cheeses pitched for sale. New cheese sold at 455. to 50s. per cwt. ; old cheese varied in price from 48s to 555. per cwt., and some choice old cheeses were bought up by London dealers at 565. to 60s. per cwt. ABOLITION OF FLOGGING.—READING, THURSDAX. —An influential and crowded meeting of the inhabitants of Reading and the vicinity was held last evening, at the New-hall. London-street, for the purpose of adopting measures to promote the entire abolition of punishment in the army and navy, and to sustain the recently formed " Flogging Abolition Society" in their efforts to achieve that object. The Rev. John Statham was called to the chair at seven o'clock, and resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were unanimously adopted. COURT OP EXCHEQUER, GUILDHALL.—The new City Court of Exchequer is nearly completed, and will be opened for the transaction of business at the ensuing sittings, Michaelmas term. The marriage of Lady Mary Grey, sister of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, with Mr. Milbank. nephew of the Duke of Cleveland, is to be solemnised OD Monday next.