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- - Now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 21s. bound, MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK, TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all tile Libraries, in 3 vols., L 0 S T A N D W 0 N; OR, THE LOVE TEST. By the Author of " The Maid's Husband." " This novel will be read and admired by a large class ; the lovers of animated fiction will dwell upon its pages with delight. The pro found, sineere, and almost idolatrous passion of Hartley is beautifully described ; and as the author possesses great command of language, her graphic pen depicts those refinements and delicate points in the human mind with great effect. Sir Frederick Cleveland, the great landowner in Devon, is a well-drawn character." —Dispatch. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW STORY BY ALBERT SMITH. • With the Magazines, on the 31st inst., price One Shilling, (to be completed in Twelve Numbers), with Two Illustrations by Leech, Part I. of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER TAD POLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, A.'ND A WIFE, AT HOME ByND ABROAD. A ALBERT SMITH, Esq. Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbnry," " The Scattergood Family," " The Marchioness of Brinvilliers," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH, AND A PORTRAIT OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (AUTHOR OF " THE IMPROVISATORE,") FROM AN ORIGINAL PICTURE. The September Number, price Half-a• Crown, or. BENTLEY'S 11ISCELCANY, will contain— BRIAN O'LLYN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. ByW. H. MAXWELL, Esq., _ . Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &C. Italian Scenes. A Peep at Society, by Alfred Crowquill. The Albigenses and the Troubadours, by Dr. W. C. Taylor. Last Night, by G. Linrimus Banks. Travels and Travellers in Italy, by Mrs. Austin. Di ath of the Bride. An Indian Tragedy, by Agnes Lascelles. Military Punishments of the Romans, by Everard Clive. Adventures in New Zealand in 1845. Mr. Ledbury Re-visits Paris, and is Ignomlnously Expelled from his Lodgings, by Albert Smith. With an Illustration by Leech. Shots from an Old Six-pounder, by Tortilre. The First Grey-hair. The Flaneur in Paris, from the Note-book of a Traveller, by the author of " Second Love." Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Memoir of Hans C. Andersen, with a Portrait. DONCASTER—ITS SPORTS AND SATURNALIA. By the Author of "Gaming, Gaming-houses, and Gamesters." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LA3IOI 4 TD, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Trrasair and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE rOYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the pepular Farce, entitled SISTER AND I. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic. Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars. Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Wlll be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas ; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phoebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PAKIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen nalre, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, :miss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING I Will be performed Shakespere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; 31r. Ford, Mr. J. Vining; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling; Anne Page, Miss Georgiana Smithson. To be followed by an entirely new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr. "former ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, The Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss Marshall will perform. STRAND THEATRE. A party of Gentlemen, admirers of Dramatic Art, and advocates of fair play, feel ng disgusted and indignant at the un-English and unmanly treatment of Mr. GREGORY, at the Haymarket Theatre, have taken this—the only House in the Metropolis at present avail able—and through their acting Manager, Mr. DAVIDSON, have invited Mr. Gregory (who has consented to appear) to perform for a Um:tad number of nights, with the assurance that he shall have what every Actor is entitled to—a clear stage and a fair hearing. The public is th refore respectfully informed that this Theatre is in course of preparation for the representation of some of Shakspere's Plays, and will (every exertion being used to produce them in an ealcient manner) be opened on MONDAY NNXT, with the Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello Mr. Gregory. The new historical Tragedy, entitled THE MAID OF WARSAW, will be produced without delay. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priaeess Royal. Immense novelty and entire change. Fresh addition to the Company, and first Week of the highly interesting Spectacle of " The Merchant Steed." THIS EVENING will be performed the popular Drama, called THE MERCHANT STEED ; or, The Flight of Damon. Calanthe, Mrs. Morton Brooks; Damon, Mr. J. Harwood ; assisted by the whole of the Company. Double Stud, rare Quadrupeds, &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Professors. The whole concluding with the pleasing Drama, eatitled THE NAM/LESS. Box-onice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Unrivalled talent for Six Nights only. The distinguished Artistes, Miss Cushman, and her sister, Miss Susan Cushman, will sustain some of their favourite characters daring this Week, being their last performances previous to their departure for the United States. Engagement of Mr. Macarthy, the popular Irish Comedian, for Six Nights. THIS EVENING - _ Will be performed the admired Opera of GUY MANNERING ; or, The Gipsey's Prophecy. Meg Merrilles, Miss Cushman ; Lucy Bertram, Miss Parry ; Julia Mannering, Miss Betts ; Flora, Miss T e rry; Henry Bertram, Mr. C. White ; Colonel Mannering, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Dominie Sampson, Mr. W. Smith. After which, the popular Farce of THE IRISII VALET. Larry Hoolagan, Mr. Mac arthy. To conclude with the favourite Drama of THE ROVER'S SECRET. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Johnson, Fre dericka, Lewis, Heslop ; Mrs. Lewis, Miss Terry, &c. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ZVEIRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC 'ION Of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been topstracted, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior lelemachne - elating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the ilt complete and effective scale. pfeceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend trout a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in Height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Lim, and bear him to his ehrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamentelikith festoons Ot lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, SS; Highest. 69 ; Noon, 72. BAROMETER, 30 08.—WIND F., fine. Hla/1 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 20 minutes after 5. I Evening .. :is minutes after 5. •b ...., tt: ;. 0 ,,, ..„.„, , ,>-.;:"::: dip !, -I\ v 4 3, i .-- , -'e' .t.r,l• ~ s--4,7,:' '',.)...- • 1•,, :,. * , . :-.5,-. .. ~ ...., , •• _..„- .....,• ~ r,„ ~..• 2"na‘ LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1846. The proceedings before the Court-martial assem bled at Portsmouth, for the trial of the Hon. Captain GoRDeN, will be perused with the deepest interest by every one interested in the British navy. The charge was a serious one, imputing to the prisoner a disobedience of the orders of his commanding officer in sailing from Valparaiso, in Chili, for England, with her MAJESTY'S ship America, of which he was then in com mand. The Court found the charge fully proved, but added their opinion, that the prisoner was not actu ated by his private pecuniary advantages, thus practi cally acquitting him of any improper motive, and pro nounced a sentence the most lenient possible, viz., that the prisoner should be severely reprimanded. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that the sentence of a naval court-martial is perfect the mo ment it is pronounced, and may be forthwith car ried into execution, and that, unlike that of the similar military tribunal, it is not submitted to any person or persons whatever for approval or revision. We are, therefore, already acquainted with the final result of the trial, although it only took place on Wednesday. Although the letter of the law was against the Gallant Officer, the decision of the Court was tantamount to a full and honourable ac quittal. A certain degree of discretion must be vested in an officer commanding any of her MA. 3ZEITY'S vessels when absent from his superior officer. It would be utterly impossible for any man, or body of men, to foresee all the circumstances that might possibly arise at a future period, when ,p literal 1 obedience of the orders given might prove in the highest degree injurious to the British interests, which it should be the first and paramount duty of a British officer to maintain and support. Had Lord NELSON at all times acted in obedience to orders, some of his most brilliant exploits would never have been performed, and the nation might have remained in ignorance of the brilliant qualities of the hero in her service. His axiom was that an officer should dare all in order to benefit his country; that he should encounter not only the bullets and missiles of his an tagonists, but that he should also risk the displeasure of his superiors; nay, the possibility of meeting death as a criminal by the hands of his English brethren, in furtherance of that great object. We have never heard the memory of that illustrious officer stigma tised for these opinions ; on the contrary, every one has admired the devotion, the deep resolution that prompted such a determination. We admit that the first duty of an officer is obedience to his superiors ; that he must act on the orders delivered to him, without questioning or hesitating; nay, although he himself may be satisfied of their im policy, to the best of his power he must carry them into execution. But if a new state of circumstances should arise during the absence of the person by whom the orders were given, which he might fairly presume would have induced the command ing officer to countermand the orders he had given, and if he acts, to the best of his judg ment, on the advice of such prudent and com petent persons as he may be enabled to consult, if he is uninfluenced by improper or sinister motives in the course he finally resolves on—we say, that so far from being brought to a trial, exposed to the annoyance and expense of pre paring a defence, and to the mental uneasiness and trouble which must be felt by a highminded and chivalrous officer placed in such a situation, and, finally, severely or at all reprimanded, he ought to receive the approbation and thanks of those to whose hands the administration of the naval affairs of the country is entrusted. We have stated that the sentence of the Court-martial was the most lenient that could be pronounced on conviction, but let it not be sup posed that it is by any means a trivial one to an officer who has devoted his life to the service of his country, who has for many years borne an un blemished reputation, and sustained the honour of the service to which he belongs, it must occasion the most bitter regret, the most painful emotions, to think that any act of his, although admitted to be honest and well-meaning, should have exposed him to the censure of a tribunal composed of his brother officers. The sentence, which might appear insignificant to an ordinary person might be of the weightiest import to such a man ; and it is because we feel deeply that Captain GORDON was justified in the course he adopted, that he exercised a wise and proper discretion, which was accorded to him, not only by the imperative neces sity that must ever exist therefore, but also by the very orders of his commanding officer—feeling assured that the Gallant Admiral himself would ap prove of the conduct of his subordinate in every particular, and believing that such a court martial was premature until a complaint was preferred by the person whose orders were alleged to be violated, and that, as a precedent, it may be productive of the most injurious con sequences, deterring other officers from acting on their honest convictions—we have thought it our duty to vindicate the character of a British officer, the descendant of our ancient nobility, the worthy bearer of a time-honoured name. We may not agree with Captain GORDON in the political principles he has no doubt conscientiously entertained ; but GOD forbid that we should be influ enced by any such motive in witholding the expres sion of our feeling as to the manner in which he has been treated. Our want of space forbids us from ' examining the entire evidence, but any person calmly reading the orders of Sir GEORGE SEYMOUR, must be satisfied that the discretion was given to Captain GORDON. He is told to afford every assistance to the merchants in embarking treasure, either in the America or in one of the sloops under his orders ; that he is to be guided by his own discretion, founded on the informa tion he shall have received relative to Mexico, whether and when he shall proceed there ; he finds a freight much larger than was anticipated by the Admiral ; he receives a document, signed by the British merchants, urging on him, in the strongest manner, the injurious, the ruinous consequences which might ensue should he tranship the specie from the America, and not proceed with it to England; he is fortified in his decision by the advice of the British Consul and of the officer next in command to himself ; and, having arrived at the only correct conclusion under the circumstances, he sacrifices his wn pecuniary interests, to a certain extent (for he was the officer whose duty it would have been in a few months, according to the routine of the service, to have taken a freight home to England), L to what he considered to be his duty, and for the benefit of the interests committed to his charge, and having so acted, it is hard, indeed, that he should be subjected therefore to what we conceive to be most undeserved censure. The manner in which he acted respecting the moneys to which he became entitled is also most creditable to Captain GORDON. Before he left Mexico he distributed over 1,0001. amongst his ship's crew, and expended the remainder in the deco ration of the vessel placed under his command ; and, immediately on his arrival in England, he took mea sures for reserving the amount to which he became entitled for the conveyance of this specie to England, in order that the same might be transferred to the agent of Captain ONSLOW, or any other officer who might have suffered pecuniary loss by any supposed error in judgment on his part. Such conduct speaks fur itself, and renders it impossible to be supposed that the honourable and highminded officer could have been influenced by base or mercenary motives. Knowing the just and generous sentiments now entertained by the Legislature towards Ireland, and observing the salutary measures in her regard which have already received the patronage of the Ministry and the acquiescence of the Imperial Parliament, we turn with remarkable interest to the proceedings of that great Association in which the opinions of the Irish people are embodied. After all that has been accom plished, and considering all that is intended to be realised respect to the prosperity and happiness of that popu lation, the views of that population as to the deeds and the promises of the new Administration cannot hut be matter of intense curiosity to every individual at all interested in the welfare of this magnificent empire. The expressions, Whether of satisfaction or of discon tent, uttered by that community form the true gauge of the prospects of Ireland ; and those expres sions can most readily be collected and collated by referring to the sentiments expressed in the periodical meetings at Conciliation Ltall. That the disaffection of the Irish people has long :found vent and still con tinues to find vent through the orators of the Repeal Association, is a fact requirin,g no logical exposition— it is one of the truths already • recorded in the history of Great Britain. It is for tl reason, therefore, that we turn with the utmost inqu itiveness to the comments upon Lord JOHN RUESELL a ni d his colleagues, uttered in the Corn Exchange, Dalai:in. On Monday last the w eekly meeting of the Repeal Association was char is eterised by many grati fying declarations from the :lips of Mr. O'CONNELL, and by the most satisfactory- moderation amongst the individuals there assembled_ together. Everything evinced the cordiality with which the repealers wel come the propositions, and • the pleasure with which they witness the enactinens, , recently made by Go vernment. Everything ass ui 'es us that there is at present a most propitious c )p: portunity for assuaging all the miseries of Ireland, i 7o: obliterating the odious memory of our injustice to? rards her, and for fulfill ing the project which vat so beautifully and chivalrously advocated b 3 • the late Premier on his -memorable withar awal from office—the elevation of Ireland to a p es feet equality with Eng land both socially and pc Ali tically. The quashing of the Coercion Bill, the :suppression of the Arms Bill, the restoration of th repeal magistrates, the avowed sent invents of Par lie .went, and the policy • of the Russell Administr a ti c as —all assure us th a t the disposition of our Legislate ea is well' calculated for the seizure of this opportunity. , Nor is the population of Ireland blind to this met sian,orphosis in their rulers. During his address to the meeting, on Monday last, Mr. O'CONNELL avowed his satisfaction with the course already adopted b 3 - the Ministry, and in doing so he particularised two of the latest efforts made by Government in behalf of his fellow-coun trymen—namely, the modification of the law of ejectment and the improvement of the old system in distraining for rent. For both these endeavours to ameliorate the condition of the peasantry the llon. and Learned Gentleman expressed himself grateful, and he emphatically designated the former as "the first instalment of justice to Ireland !"—that justice, for the acquisition of which DANIEL O'CONNELL has been striving so long, so nobly, and so perseveringly The temperament of the Liberator is any thing but of an accommodating character ; he has always evinced a most excessive repugnance to concession ; his patriotism is essen tially an obstinate patriotism. The history of the Repeal Association is alone an emphatic testimony of this fact—O'CoNWELL having persisted in advocating the re-formation of an Irish Parliament, notwith standing the most incessant derision, and in spite even of State prosecutions. From this very pertinacity, therefore, in the disposition of the Liberator, his ac ceptance of " the first instalment of justice to Ire land" is a circumstance of peculiar significance. It is, we take it, an augury of better days for his native country. It is an important •encouragement to the members of the present Administration. Our readers are, we presume, familiar with our views of Mr. O'CoNNELL's agitation for repeal ; we need scarcely repeat that, to our thinking, it is a struggle after an impossibility, a pursuit of a mirage, —that it is, in short, altogether chimerical. We are thoroughly impressed with this conviction, and yet we are likewise thoroughly impressed with the con viction that this agitation for repeal, when conducted on the principles of moral force, may be productive, and has been productive, of eminent good to the people of Ireland. As a powerful means of obtaining political and social justice to the community, the Repeal Association may prove, and has proved, sin gularly useful. Having repudiated the doc trines of revolutionary fanaticism, it must show itself peculiarly serviceable. Conducted in that manner, we cannot but regard repeal as a beneficent delusion. We admire the explicit language in which Mr. O'CONNELL has confessed his abhorrence of physical force. He cannot be a loser by the expul sion of the Young Irelanders from the Associa tion. At the last meeting in Conciliation Hall a remarkable testimony was given that, in spurning the assistance of. these spurious patriots, the Liberator is exciting the admiration and eliciting the acquies cence of the more sensible among his countrymen. On that occasion no less then one hundred and thirty Roman Catholic clergymen were present, osten sibly for the purpose of sanctioning the course recently pursued by the Association. Mr. O'CormEm.'s scornful allusion to the physical force advocates— " Faugh ! Vindication by the sword talked of by men who would be afraid to look at a poker r —must have been peculiarly grateful to his hearers. The very quietude of the Repeal Association just now is infi nitely more impressive than its recent bluster. The German papers announce the arrival of the QUEEN-DOWAGER of England at Frankfort, on the 22d. M. FLOTTWELL, who has resigned the office of Minister of Finance in Prussia, has been appointed President-in-Chief of the province of Westphalia, and M. DUESBERG, a Privy Councillor, and the head of the Department of Justice at Berlin, has been ap pointed the new Minister of Finance. Madrid papers of the 20th have arrived. The Gazette contains a decree commanding the Political Chief of the Belearic Isles to cashier the members of the municipality of Palmas, who, "under an apparent respect for the constitution, had neg lected their duty and exceeded their authority, by having refused to authorise the payment of the taxes, for the second half of the present year." According to the Espanol the French Ambassador has formally communicated to the Spanish Govern ment that the French Cabinet has abandoned the choice of Count TRAPANI as candidate for the hand of the QUEEN of SPAIN, and would support the claims of the Duke of CADIZ (Don FRANCISCO n'Assis). The Heraldo asserts that the British Government will support no candidate but Prince LEOPOLD of Saxe Coburg. These papers contain news from Lisbon of the 14th confirming the intelligence already received of the discovery and suppression, by the Count DAS ANTAS, of a. Cabralist conspiracy to excite a revolt among the troops of the garrison of Lisbon, and of the arrival of the British Squadron of Evolu tion in the waters of the Tagus. The arrival of the British fleet, it is said, greatly excited the choler of the worthy GONZALES BRAVO, nominally the repre sentative of the Queen of SPAIN, at the Court of her most faithful Majesty, but in reality the secret agent of COSTA CABRAL, the Conde DI THOMAR. MADRID BOLSA,. AUG. 20.—The Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Stock-Exchange on the 20th inst. at_344 cash'; the Five per Cents., 22i cash; the Four per Cents., 214 cash; Passives, 6i- ; and the Coupons, 201 cash. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. They are almost exclusively occupied with com ments on the various contested returns now in the course of trial by the Chamber of Deputies. The Epoque gives the following resume of the principal provisions of the commercial treaty recently concluded between Holland and Belgium : " The concessions which have been respectively made by Belgium and Holland differ in their character; those of the former are principally maritime and commercial, whilst those of the latter are manufacturing. Holland, however, whilst stipulating for advantages for her flag, for her colonial produce, and for hor fisheries, has not been forgetful of certain articles of her manufactures and her soil. Her carpets, coarse woollen goods, cattle, and corn, have obtained exceptional con ditions. Belgium, on the other hand, while she has secured a privileged market for the varied produce of her manufactories, has not lost sight of the interests of her mercantile marine, and her shipping may export from Java 8,000 tons of rnerchandiFe, on nearly the same conditions as Dutch subjects. This concession would have been, the more profitable to her could sho have recovered in the Dutch Indies the national position which she enjoyed at the time of her union with the low coun tries; but at least she will procure back-freights for such of her vessels as visit the Chinese seas—a new field just opened to the commerce of Europe. The produce of Belgium comprised in the treaty is iron of all descrip tions, mercury, cutlery, furniture, cotton, worsted, and linen tissues, glass, and coal—in a word, nearly all the articles produced at Charleroi, Liege, Brussels, Ghent, Verviers, and Mons. For some of them Belgium obtains the terms granted to the most favoured nations, and for the greater part special advantages. The relative libe rality of the customs-laws of Ifollland appears to lessen the value of these exceptions ; but the short distance between the countries will enable Belgian commerce to derive great advantages from them, and they guarantee her during the continuance of the convention against certain protectionist tendencies which were contained in the Dutch tariff of 1843. The commercial and maritime concessions made to Holland are of several kinds. The Dutch flag is assimilated to that of Belgium in the most extended sense; various changes are made in the Belgian law of differential navigation dues in favour of the colonies and entrepOts of Holland; the produce of the Dutch fisheries is favoured in Belgium ; some of it, such as fresh fish and cod, to the limit of a certain quantity, and others without any limitation. It will be seen that this treaty embraces a very great number of objects, and is of a nature to create a close commercial intimacy between the two countries. In Belgium the treaty has been favourably received, except by the fishermen of Ostend, by the rearers of cattle, and by the manufac turers of coarse woollen goods." The Count DE PARIS, the eldest son of the late Duke of ORLEANS, and the grandson and heir of his Majesty the KING of the FRENCH, entered his ninth year on Monday last. His Royal Highness, who will, according to the laws of France, attain his majority in 1856, is described as enjoying excellent health, although he is of a delicate constitution. He is tall for his age, and his features strongly resemble those of his father. He has made much progress in his studies, and he expresses himself with facility ill the German, Italian, and French languages." The Chamber of Peers met and proceeded to the trial of lIENRY. The report of the proceedings will be found in another column. The Chamber of Deputies was still occupied with the verification of the powers of its members. Accounts have been received from Algiers of the 20th. ABD-EL-KADER was represented as being at Kasbah Kroum, near the mole of Fez to Ouchda. He has been joined by some of the Arabs dispersed among the Beni-Snazzem, and is still endeavouring to gain over the emigrant tribes to his cause. The sums lodged in the Paris savings'-banks on Sunday, the 23d, and Monday, the 24th of August, amounted to 171,569 f., whilst the sums withdrawn, during the same period, amounted to 636,513 f. Thy Three per Cults. closed on the Paris Bourse on THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2B, 184 6 Tuesday at 83f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f 70e. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75c.; Rouen, 9601. ; Havre, 700 f. ; Great Northern, 7101.; Avignon, 911 f. 25c. ; Vierzor, 6251. ; Bordeaux, 566 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 3801; Troyes and Mon tereau, 3621. 50c. ; Basle, 220 f. ; Fampoux, 505 f; Dieppe, S9Ol. ; Paris and Strasburg, 496 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 505 f. Paris and Lyons, 525 f. ; Lyone and Avignon, 4901. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 482 f. 50c. ; Belgian Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 56 ; Spanish Passives, 5%. The following are the quotations for new lines MARSKILLES, Ago. 21.—Marseilles and Avignon, £O7l. 50c. ; Northern, 700 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 5201. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AuorsT 26. Demerara, 2% —Dutch Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, 7—Great Western Bengal, % —ltalian and Austrian, 114 —Namur and Liege, 2%—Orleans and Border.= 8 4—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 534 Rouen and Havre, 27 )4 —Sambre and Meuse, 4U . MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 7,000 bales, including 1,500 for export. The market was firm, and for American very full prices were obtained. Other sorts were without change. Cotton was not so freely offered. American realised 4d. to sid. per lb. Shares were rather dull again. It has been of late a matter of too frequent remark, that the committees of management of new railways, either abandoned or lost by the decision of Parliament, are slow to come forward with a statement of accounts, and to wind up affairs. This charge cannot be laid to the managers of the Irish Great Western Railway (the Dublin and Galway), to the Bideford and Tavistoek, and a few others. But still there are very many other committees who required working up, and a sug gestion having been made that a little publicity in this respect would not be amiss, as occasion serves, it may be politic to give the names of a few of the most promi nent of the parties who hold back accounts and retain moneys belonging to scripholders. What are the War wick, Worcester, and Rugby people doing, for in stance ? By the returns furnished to the Board of Trade the quantity of tea entered for home consumption, up to the sth December, is stated at 40,956,4481b5, against 38,291,0731b5. in 1844, and 3 7,009,4381b5. in 1843, show ing an increase of more than two and a half millions, attributable principally to the general employment of labour. If, consistently with other financial arrange. ments it were possible to carry out the suggestion of a reduction or duty to Is. or even ls. 6d., it is probable no period would be more propitious. On the importance of a step, the policy of which is so generally admitted, it is not now necessary to dwell. Our relations with China, both commercial and poli tical, continue uninterrupted. The only one of the new ports that at present promises to rival Canton in the extent of trade is Shanghae, where the silk trade is already mainly conducted, and where, probably, before many years elapse, no insignificant pro portion of the tea trade will follow. The policy of the re-surrender of Chusan has been gravely questioned, but, involving as it does the good faith of our Government, there can be no doubt of the issue. Our efforts might be more reason ably directed to obtain the consent of the Chinese au thorities to declare it a free port. The stock in London at the present time may be estimated at 34,000,0001b5., and the deliveries from Lon don this year have been 22,780,0001b5., including the home consumption of " the great metropolis," the quantity sent coastwise, and the exports to foreign ports. The settlement of the Consol account has given a de cidedly favourable turn to the Stock Market, and prices are up 4 to 4 per cent., the quotations for Money being 954 j-, and for October 14, 96 to 4. There have been some large amounts carried over, and this indicates con • fidence. Exchequer-bills have been worth 10s. to 13s. premium, and East India Bonds under 1,0001. 19s. to 245. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 974 to 98*, and the Three per Cents. 96 to 1. In the Foreign market there has been very little pass ing. Portuguese Four per Cents have been marked 421, being steady ; Spanish Three per Cents have realised 361 ; and the Passive st. Mexican Bonds have been worth 24, and Brazilian Five per Cents 89:1. Dutch Four per Cents have been quoted 934 4. For Railway Shares the market is very dull, and where sales are pressed, which, however, has not been in a dozen cases altogether perhaps, the quotations have been rather in . favour of the buyer. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96% 96% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities . • • • 95 % % 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 98% 972 8 983 08% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 5-16 10 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10% 10% India Bonds, 1,0001. .. - Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. 24 19 19 South Sea Stock .. • - Ditto. Old Annuities .. • • • • 95 % 95% Consols for Oct. 14 ..96% 96% Exchequer Bills, I%d. • I%d. 1,0001... - 10 13 - - pm. 17 5001. - 10 13 - - pm. 13 Ditto, Small - 10 13 - - pm. 13 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 89% 88% Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent .. - Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent ...... - Ditto, for the Account .. 24 ' 24% Portuguese Four per Cent 42% 42% Ditto, for the Account - ' 42% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent' - Ditto, for the Account • • - 26 Ditto, Passive Bqnds 5% 514 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 36 1 % 3614 Ditto, for the Account .. 36% 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 93% 931 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates ~ 94 94 PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES, PAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. 15 - .......... 834 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% I% 7 8 ........ 2 Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .. 127 128........128 Ditto, New (issed at 7% dis.).. 17% 3 1 9% •• ........ 31% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 534 % . Bristol and Exeter • • • - .. 75 .. - ........ . - Ditto, New .. • • • • • . 5 lO% 10% Buckinghamshire .. • • • • • • 425. %% dis... % dis. Caledonian 15% Ditto. Half Shares .• • • • . 2% 1%.......... 1% Cambridge and Oxford .. .. • • 1% Cornwall • • • - • • 5 % 1........ 1 Direct Northern .. • • • • • • 2% l% % 1 34 Eastern Counties . • 141. 165... 22% „„ „ 22% Ditto New .. .. 10/. 16s 7% p•••• .• • • 7% 1) Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. - .......... - Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %%p•• • • • • % Ditto, York Extension .. .. 101 '2% East Lancashire • • • • • • 14 .. • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 „ • .. - Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% 17% - 17% Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. % dis dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% ....... 14 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 Great North of England . ..100 - Ditto, New .. •. • • • • 15 ... 50 _ Great Western .. • . • • •• 85 ....146% .... 146% Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 50 83 • 83 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. •• 10 .... 22% 22% Hull and Selby .. • • .• •• 50 . - Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 25 .... 50% .......... 50% Ipswich and Bury St.Edmunds .. 9 Ditto, ditto, and Norwich .. 2%.... 2%'.... .. 2 Leeds and Bradford • • • • •. 26 .... - .......... 68 Liverp., Manch., & Newc. ;Junct. 2 34 .... 1% ....... 1% London a d Brighton .. .• 50 . 63% .......... 63% London and Croydon • • ..13/. lbs. 9d .. 23%..,....... 23% London an 1 North-Western . • • 100 .. -205 % 206% 206% Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 24 .......... 24 Ditto ditto New Shares • • - .... 16 15% p 15% p London and South-Western • • 411. 6s. 10d... 74 .......... 74 Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 56 .......... 56 Ditto, New .. • • • • 17% - ......... 26% London and York .. • • • • • • 2% •• • • 2% .......... Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 2% •• .. I% .......... 1% Manchester and Leeds . • • . • • 82 - ......., „ Ditto, half Shares .. • • • • 38 .... 53 Ditto, Quarters • • • • • • 2 .... .......... Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • • . 3 11 10% ...... 10% Ditto Extension 2 X,% 1)• ••• • • 2 !I P Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 5 .. • • 13% ...... • • 13% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 .. • . - . ..... 9 Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... %14 • • .... 1 Midland 100 ... 139%.......... 139% Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 43 42% ...... 42h Ditto, New . 1 .... 10% 11% •• • • 111 / 4 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .• .. 273 4 .... • ... 28 Norfolk 20 - ..... 20% North British 25 .... 38 tA % .... • ... Ditto, Half Shares .. • . • • 11 • • - • • ........ 16% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 434 4.. 4 North Staffordshire 425. .... p........ 3 is 1) Oxford,Woreest. & Wolverhmptn. 12% ..... 8 Richmond .. 10 .... - . l9 Scottish Central . 121 .... 19 1 4 ...... • • .. 19 1 4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 2% • . • • 2% Shropshire Union .. 425..... 12 die •• dis. South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. • . 42 ..... ..• 4 % Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% 3 % 3% South Wales .. 5 .... 4.... Vale of Neath .. 2 .... 1% 1 West hiding Union .. .. 425. .. 2% 3 p...... 3 p York and Carlisle .. .. • . • • 2 •• • • 35 •• •• •• •• 54 York and North Midland .. 50 - - Ditto, Extension • • 20 .... 39 38% ...... 38% Do. E. and W. Riding Extele.. 1 - 12% ...... 12% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bord., Toul., & Cette kMackenzie) 2 .. • • 1% • • ........ 1% Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 1 Dutch Rhenish .. .. 6 •• • • 65 % • • ...... 54 East Indian .. . ss. •• • • 3 .-1 •••• • • • • Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• • • - ••••• • • • • - 13 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 •• • • 8 % ••••• • • • • • 8% I'aris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 •• • 5 % •"•• • • • • 5% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. .. 20 . • 2815 ••••• • • • • • 283: MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered •• • • 3 % "" " •• 31 /4 ERRATUM.—In yesterday's List, read Lancaster and Carlisle 65 3 ;;, , instead of 65 65 1 ,4 . BANK OF ENGLAND. The following notice has jurt been issued by the Bank of England:— "Bank of England, Aug. 2i, 1846. " The minimum rate of interest on bills discounted by the Bank of England, not having more than 95 days to run, will for the future be 3 per cent." The re-sale of Ford Abbey estate next Thursday will insure Mr. George Robins a famous audience at the Auction Mart. The former defaulter will come under the lash of eur friend of the hammer; but it is generally believed the monastery was - very badly sold, and that at least ten thou sand guineas will be the increased result at the second sale. If the Catholic body, who are represented as being upon the qui vire to possess it, are in right earnest it should realise at least 80,000 guineas, and then be a bargain; as it is, the sale is by the trustees. directed to be peremptory. A singular fraud, committed upon Messrs. Coutts and Co., was the subje(;tof conversation in the City on Wednesday. It appears that a _person having a cheque for - 51., increased the amount to 5,0004 by an obvious alteration, and succeeded in getting Bank -notes. This operation having b een accom plished, he lost no ti me i n going to the Bank of En g land, and changing apart, at least of his newly ac q uired notes for gold. As yet, we b'slieve, there is no trace o f the cul p rit. Gravesend regatta came off on Wedt • ;day. A saili - g match amongst hatch-boats was won by the Eliza, of 18 tons (G. Martin), the second being the Essex, of 16 tons (T. Tuffnell); the prizes were 151. for the first boat, 61. for the second, and so on in proportion. A sailing match with peter-boats was won by the Mystery by two minutes, the Henry second by three minutes. Rowing-match for a new boat and sundry other prizes ; distance —start with the tide ' and extending from Waite's Hotel to Rosherville, and finish. ing between the Town and Terrace Piers—was won, after three heats by C harles Brown (pink), W. Waters (dark blue) being second. When off Rosherville red was swamped, .IMI WI/ immedi4l'AlY taken into his cutter. COURT CIRCULAR. The• Queen held a Privy Council yesterday at Osborne House. It was attended by his Hoye] Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign,•and Colonial D:Tartzneuts, the Chancellor• of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Firit Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Chief Stosetary or Ireland, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. At the Council the Queen's Speech, on closing the Session of Parliament, was arranged and agreed upon. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Cabinet Ministers and the Lord Chamberlain travelled from town to attend the Council by a special train on the South-Western Railway, landed at East Cowes, and arrived at Osborne House at half-past twelve o'clock. Th• Master of the Horse arrived to attend the:Council from Arundel, Sussex. A dejeuner was served at Osborne House to the noble men and gentlemen attending the Council. _ _ _ Lord John Russell and the other Ministers took their departure in the afternoon on their return to town. The Queen and Prince Albert rode cut in a pony phaeton on Wednesday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, rode in the plantations on Wednesday afternoon, and her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. The Royal dinner party in the evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady A. Paget, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, and Sir George Couper. The band of the 74th Highlanders was in atten:lance during the dinner, and also performed a number of favourite pieces in the course of the evening. Yesterday morning her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went in a pony carriage to the beach. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice also went to the beach in the forenoon. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena took their usual airings yesterday. The tradesmen of his Royal Highness Prince Albert had their annual dinner, on Wednesday, at Willis's, Thatched House, in honour of his Royal Highness's birthday, Mr. Graves in the chair. Two fine bucks were presented by his Royal Highness. The Milbank Prison Commission had a meeting yes- terday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Marchioness of Hastings, and Captain Hastings Henry, RN., left Farrance's Hotel yesterday, for their seat, Efford House, Lyrnington. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAILS. THE HAGUE, AUG. 26.—The Stoats Courant of this day publishes, in the Dutch and French languages, the treaty of commerce and navigation between the Nether lands and Belgium, concluded on the 29th of July, 1846. It fills eighteen columns of the official paper. THE HAGUE, AUG. 25.—Accounts from Malta, of the 13th of August, announce that the squadron under the command of his Royal Highness Prince Henry, arrived in that harbour on the 10th inst. ZIERIKZEE, AUG. 21.—Yesterday evening about nine o'clock, Franz Antoon Berwald, commanding the fish ing boat, the Jonge Frederick of Zierikzee arrived here with six of the crew of the Helen, Capt. F. Orfeur, an English schooner from Liverpool, bound to Dordrecht, which was stranded and went to pieces yesterday morn ing in the Banjarcl. The wind was so high, that though many boats attempted to approach the wreck, this was the only one that succeeded in rescuing, after great efforts, these men from the most imminent danger. Ti eir gratitude and joy were unbounded, and fully participated by their brave companions. BATAVIA., JUNE 26. The epidemic disorder in Ka doria has again broken out with increased violence. Up to 29th May, 588 persons had fallen victims to it, and 1,160 were still ill. BRUSSELS, AUG. 24.—The trial of Messrs. Ridder and Borquet will probably be concluded on Wednesday evening. The list of witnesses for the defence was ex hausted to-day, and the Attorney-General commenced his address. The witnesses examined to-day, who re ceived orders from De Ridder, gave evidence of his soli citude for the interest of the Government, as well as to the pains he took to contract for thelowest prices possible. M. de Dordolot stated, that in consequence of the re duction which De Ridder caused him to make in the prices, the Government gained a sum of 800,000 francs. The King and Queen, the Duke de Brabant, and the Count de Flandre went yesterday, at ten o'clock, to Ant werp They went to the exhibition of paintings, where the King desired to see several artists, with whom their Majesties conversed with great affability. In the room allotted to the engravings his Majesty stopped a consi derable time before ten splendid engravings on wood by Mr. Henry Brown, professor in the academy. The King desired to see him, and their Majesties complimented him in the most flattering terms. Their Majesties re turned to Brussels the same evening. It appears from the further accounts respecting the murder of M. London, that there are several errors in the statement, and especially that there was no violent struggle between him and the murderer, as represented. Nothing is yet known respecting the murderer, though the mo:4, diligent inquiries are being made. MRS. TROLLOPE AND THE COLD-WATER CURE.—In the new work, entitled "Travels and Travellers." just laid before the public, from the pen of the cleverest and most spirited of modern female writers—Mrs. Trollope—there will be found some revelations of perhaps the greatest of modern mysteries—those of Graffenberg. The pamphlet of Sir Ed ward Bulwer Lytton has already attracted public attention, in no ordinary degree, to the physiology of the cold water cure ; and should it prove that so acute and talented an ob server as Mrs. Trollope has been led, from experience, to form similar notions upon the matter, there can be little doubt that the medicine-men among our tribes have amply suf ficient cause to set their house in order. THE BERWICK BANK BCABBERY.—RECOVERY OF THE STOLEN PROPIRTY.—The magistrates of Berwick-upon- Tweed, aided by the superintendent of police from New castle, continued their inquiry on Monday into the circum stances attendant upon the robbery of the North of England Joint-Stock Bank in the former town. The house and premises had previously been searched by the Berwick police, with no other discovery than four parcels of silver in the yard. It was evident, however, from various circum stances, that the robbery had been effected by a party or parties well acquainted with the bank. On Monday, ac cordingly, the authorities procured the assistance of a black smith and joiner, in order thoroughly to gut the house. This fortunately was not necessary, as 3001. in gold, and the re maining portion of the silver were found in the kitchen, secreted under the stairs. Meanwhile other parties were examining the bed-rooms, and in that occupied by Mrs. Thompson, the wife of the manager of the bank, the whole of the notes were recovered. There were 1,0001. Bank of England notes, 8301. in notes of Scotch banks of various de nominations above 1/. ; and 6131. in ditto of 11. each ' • and all these were discovered sewed up in the bolsters and bedding of Mrs. Thompson's bed. Every farthing therefore, amount ing to very nearly 3,0031., has thus been recovered in a surprisingly short period. Mrs. Thompsoni on being ap prised of the discovery, was taken ill, she was however taken into custody, though allowed to remain in the house under the care of one of the matrons of the Berwick gaol. It is not considered probable that the proceedings will be carried fur ther, though on this point the intentions of the bank directors remain a secret. SLAVE TRADE.—By a Parliamentary document (pro cured by Mr. Hume), it appears that there were in the year 1845 (the return being made up for the Ist of July, as an average for the force employed for the whole of the year) 56 ships, of 886 guns, and 9,289 men, employed in the sup- pression of the slave trade; of which 27 of the vessels, with 282 guns and 3,334 men, were employed on the west coast of Africa station. Although the ships were furnished with slave-trade instructions, they were only employed in cruising against slave vessels as the other duties of the station on which they were respectively employed would permit. By the second branch of the document it seems that the charge for the ships of war employed in the suppression of the slave trade in the course of last year was 706,4541., and the deaths of officers and men numbered 259, and others invalided to 271; making a total of deaths and invalids in one year 530. The mortality in vessels on the west coast of Africa was 166, and the invalids 104 ; and the vessels not exclusively employed on the west coast of Africa, respectively 93 and 167. Thus it will be seen that the expense of vessels to suppress the slave trade in one year was 706,4544 and the deaths and invalided officers and men 530. INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT GLOUCESTER.-A dis covery of a curious and interesting nature has just been made at the Gas Works near the Quay, in this city, where the workmen, in sinking the ground for the erection of a new gasometer, have arri7ed at what was evidently an old quay wall, consisting of large stones, three or four feet aqua-e, and rather more than afoot thick, laid upon piles. This old quay wall runs parallel with the present quay, but not less than 120 feet distant from it, showing that the course of the Severn has receded very much, and that the houses, warehouses, part of the gaol, &c., now standing along side the Quay, are situated on what was anciently the bed of the river. This change was probably the work of very many years, and caused by the current gradually washing away the alluvial soil on the opposite shore. The discovery is highly curious in another point of view. This old quay wall is no less than eighteen feet below the surface of the ground, and leads to the natural inference that the level of the city of Gloucester at the date of the erection of that wall, which was probably in the time of the Romans, was eighteen feet below the present level of that city. The spot has been visited by several of the archaeolo gists now in Gloucester, and by other gentlemen, and they all, we believe, concur in the opinion that this excavation has brought to light some of the work of the Roman occu pants of the old Caer-Glow.—Gloucester Journal. MYSTERIOUS AND HORRIBLE AFFAIR.—It was only on Saturday last that the Coroner of Rochester made a re presentation to the Magistrates of that city of the frequent exposure of the dead bodies of infants within his jurisdiction, but the case we have now to describe far exceeds in atrocity all the , acts of which he then complained. On Monday morning, between two and three o'clock, Mr. Richardson, a coke and lime burner, living at Chalk-pit-hill, Chatham, was awoke by the barking of his dogs, and on looking out of his bed-room window, saw on his premises the, figure of a woman, apparently with only a petticoat and shawl thrown over her, but thinking it might be an old tramping woman who occasionally slept about his place, he thought little of the circumstance. The dogs still barking, he looked again, when he saw the same woman approach the mouth of the coke oven, and suddenly throw something into it, when a bright flame burst forth from the same, and appeared to scorch her, as she quickly drew back, as if to avoid being burnt. The heat of the furnace at the time must have been intense, as it had been burning 18 hours. Having accom plished her purpose, she hastily quitted the yard. He re lated what he had observed to his wife, who remarked that most likely it was something the party had stolen and wanted to get rid of, and under this impression he retired to rest. In the morning, when he went' to the oven, he was horror struck at beholding what appeared to him to be the remains of a child lying in the burning mass. The bones in shape were distinctly to be seen, but on disturbing them crumbled into ashes. They were carefully extracted from the furnace, and conveyed to Mr. Steddy, surgeon, of Chatham, but of the original it does not appear that anything can be pro duced on which an inquest might be held. The case is in volved in the greatest mystery, and has produced, as may be imagined, an extraordinary degree of horror and excite ment in the neighbourhood. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSA LT.'S —YESTERDAY. The St. Leger betting again showed a falling market, and more especially so with regard to Sir Tattoo Sykes, who caught it right and left, and in the end receded to 8 to 1, offered currently. A good deal of money was also laid agst Brocardo, at 7 to 1, and similar odds in two or three instances agst The Traverser; the latter, however, leaving off very steady, and indisputably fir: favourite. lago and Poynton were in favour, at improved prices, and about 2001. was laid out upon Erin-go-bragh, at 30 to 1, a fall of five points; but with the exception of Free Lance, who was not mentioned until near the close, the other favourites were on the decline. Last prices : LEAMINGTON STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Drinkald's Mongrel—taken Roderick is disqualified by the death of the Hon. F. On gley. ST. LEGE R. 13 to 2 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken 7 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 12 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago 15 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—taken. 16 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 18 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 30 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go-bragh—taken 34 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First 50 to 1 agst Col. Synge's Mount Callan 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Nunn's Joanna colt—taken 1000 even between Dolo and Pyrrhus the First 1000 even betwen Sir Tattoo Sykes and Brocardo 200 to 100 on Traverser agst Fancy Boy. STOURBRIDGE RACES.—TUZSDAY. The Ladies' Purse of 30/., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 so` s. each. Heats, two miles. Mr. Raworth's Engineer, 3 vrs, ist 41b...(Bradley) 1 2 1 Mr. Jones's Sailor, aged, 9st 31b . Mr. Price's Glideaway, 5 yrs, Sat 131 b Even on Engineer. Won by three lengths. The Gold Cup Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, the second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, ist 121 b (Flintoff) 1 Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs, Est 121 b 6t04 on uttress. Won by half a length. The Himley Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Baker's Red Skin, 5 yrs, Bst Sir C. Cockerell's Amazon, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Mr. Robins's Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, 6st 41b... dis. Won by a neck. HEREFORD RA CE S.—WEDNESDAT. The Hereford Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 50 added. Twice round. Sir J. Gerard's Morocco, 3 yrs 1 Mr. J. Day na Regalia, 3 yrs Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs Not placed—Mr. Griffith's Fox-Whelp, 4 yrs—Sir V. Cornevall's Master Downes, 4 yrs—Mr. C. Lilay's nd Cha rity (11 b) 6 yrs—Mr. Featberstonehaugh's Zela, 5 yrs, and Mr. Wall's Minus, 5 yrs. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, half ft, with 25 added, twice round and a dis., were won in 4 heats by Mr. Wall's Zela, beating Mr. Powell's Cracksman, Mr. Daven tort's Thurgerton, Mr, Herbert's Shipmate, and Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Blind Hookey. THE MINERAL RICHES OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.—At the present moment, when either the cutting of a canal through the American isthmus, or the making of a railway, or both, are nigh to be accomplished, a report on the mineral riches of that locality has been widely circulated in the French periodicals, which, as the name of Baron Thdnard has been introduced therein, deserves some atten tion. It is said that a distinguished French engineer, on surveying the isthmus for professional purposes, has dis covered gold in the sand of the sea-shore, the amount of which he calculates at five milliards of francs. The construc tion of a canal or railway would be paid a hundred-fold by the gaining of this precious metal, &c.—The Builder. FRACAS IN CASHEL.—We have heard on good autho rity that a disturbance, which it was first apprehended would be of a serious character, took place in Cashel on Thursday evening. As we are not, however, yet in possession of the circumstances from which it originated, we can only state what our informant assures us occurred. It appears that Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., had been in Cashel on Thursday, and after having passed the day with Mr. Doheny, was en tertained in the evening by his friends and admirers to a dinner at the hotel. In the course of the evening two par ties assembled in the town, one carrying a stuffed effigy of Mr. Doheny Which they were threatening to burn,.and a collision having taken place, the police were called out un der the command of a magistrate and sub-inspector, and or der was soon restored.— Cork Reporter. THE WEYMOUTH lIARBOITR OF REFUGE.—We are now on the eve of great events with regard to this port and watering place. The sum of 30,0001. was voted last week in the House of Commons to carry on the construction of a breakwater at Portland. All things are now ready, and be fore another week we expect to be able to announce that this great national project is begun. We are to have a large supply of convict labour, and as Portland Roads is so safe a place for shipping, we expect the hulks will be brought down from Portsmouth or Chatham to be anchored there for their reception.—Sherborne Journal. THE RECORDERSHIP OF BRISTOL. We understand that Mr. Berkeley has written to Mr. Cockburn (who is a candidate for the Recordership of Bristol), promising to use his influence on behalf of that gentleman with Government. Mr. Crowder is also spoken of; and we have heard that Mr. Joseph Grace Smith is likewise an aspirant for the post. It is said that Mr. Romilly may have it if he pleases ; it is, we may say, in the gift of Sir George Grey, to whom Mr. Romilly is related. His father, Sir Samuel Romilly, was once Recorder of Bristol. It is a berth not to be slighted— about 600/. a year—for some fourteen days' attendance out of the three hundred and sixty-five.—Bristol —[The appointment is vacant by the death of Sir C. Wetherell.] HARVEST.—We are now in the middle of harvest ; and on Friday and Saturday last—two splendid days— a great deal of stuff was cut down. Shearers are getting unusually high wages—viz., from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per day—and the demand for them is greater than the supply. Trade otherwise is so good that our opera tives are unwilling to leave their usual avocations for the hard work of reaping. For some time past the weather has been wet and unsettled, and a considerable amount of injury was done to all growing crops. We are sorry to say that in this neighbourhood wheat is a light crop, decidedly inferior to previous years. At the sales on foot, it went off at a figure far from remune rating. On a farm fear Girvan, some acres were sold at from 4/. to 6/. per acre—scarcely enough to pay seed and labour. Indeed, generally, our farmers will be out of pocket with this crop. Beans are also a poor crop—in some in stances almost a total failure. Oats generally look promising, and are expected to turn out well at the mill; but the crop will not supply much fodder, as the straw is generally short. The continued rains have rather injured the crop, fresh shoots from the root coming up green as leeks among the nearly ripened stuff. The hay crop is not yet all secured. Quantities of it have been lost by the floods and rotted by the rains. Indeed, much of the meadow hay is black and weather-bleached, and inferior to previous years. With the shortness of the crop of ryegrass hay, caused by the May droughts, a poor aftermath, and the shortness of straw in the oat crop, fodder will be dear this year. Hay already sells in ricks at from sd. to 7d. per stone, and cannot be got anything worth under 50s. per 100 stones ; last year it was only 40s. Turnips had also a back-going look in many places ; but we hope a tide of dry fostering weather has now set in, and that they will recover rapidly. Barley is short in straw and light this season also ; and, on the whole, taking into account the dead loss from potatoes, this will be a losing year for our grain farmers.—Ayr Observer. SUICIDE OF SIR J.il - SHAM.—On Tuesday afternoon, about half-past six o'clock, the man-servant of Sir J. Isham, Bart., who has resided for upwards of two years at No. 16, Pittville-villas, was alarmed by his master not making his appearance to dinner at the usual hour, and also by the ap pearance of blood soaking through the ceiling of the draw ing -room. He hastened to Mr. Newenham, chemist, and told him he feared his master had destroyed himself. Mr. Newenham immediately accompanied him to the house, and found the bed-room of the unfortunate gentleman fastened in the inside. A smith was immediately sent for, but a po lice-sergeant, who was present, finding the door was not locked but bolted, forced it open. On entering the room a dreadful spectacle was discovered, the body of Sir Justinian was found lying on the right side in the bed, grasping a double-barrelled pistol in the right hand, one barren of which was discharged, and a small single-barrelled pocket pistol in the left; another pistol was lying by tie bedside on a table, on which were some loess percussion caps. The whole of the pistols, with the exception of the one dis charged, were loaded with ball. It appeared the fatal ball had penetrated the roof of the mouth and into the brain, which must have causal instant death, and from the report being smothered, no alarm was given at the time. The un fortunate Baronet was in his night dress, with his collar opened. He was a fine athletic man, apparently about 40 years of age, of rather eccentric habits. He was the eldest son of the late Sir Justinian 'sham, of Lamport Hall, North amptonshire, and was unmarried. His mother, Lady 'akar ' , Still Survives.— CheltenZnen Examiner. THE BRIDE'S Bnoocx.—.An avcit ward discovery was made last Sunday, at Barcombe church, by the parish clerk, Mr. James Funnell. The clergyman was performing the marriage ceremony for a young couple named Fanny Page, and Thomas King, when the clerk contemplat‘ng the bride's attire was struck with the appearance of a brooch in her cos tume which irresistibly reminded him of one worn on a similar occasion by his wife, who died about a year ago. Still he gazed as the service proceeded, and every moment became'. more assured that the brooch was actually one which he had missed from his late wife's wedding dress about the 13th of last January. The happy pair were in a short time united, and had left the church door, accompanied by a merry party of their friends, and the morning service had been brought to a close, when Funnell, whose suspicions by this time amounted to certainty, spoke to Weston, of the constabulary, on the subject of recovering his lost property. That officer, reckless of disturbing the soft dreams of the blushing bride, instantly made the awkward inquiry, " Where did her brooch come from ?" King at once a vow ed it was a love-token from him to his sweetheart during their days of courtship, but was not equally communicative as to the party from whom he had himself received it. They then proceeded to the residence of Mrs. Sophia Skinner, King's sister, and she admitted having given it to.her, brother but alleged that she had bo ug ht i t ten years ago, at Brighton. ' Mr. Funnell, however, persisted in his claim, and Western accordingly took Sophia Skinner into custody, to the utter consternation of the weddi ng party. O n the following day the prisoner was brought before Mr. J. W. Woolgar, at Levees, when the prosecutor positively identified the brooch, by a notch, and also stated that the prisoner had been em ployed in his house from the 2Gth of December to the 30th of January, when she left, and that a few days afterwards, on looking over the house, the brooch and several other articles were missed. The prisoner alleged that she bought the broach at Brighton ten years ago, when she lived with Mr. Attree ; she was held to bail iu two surities of 101. each to appear and take her trial at the sessions.—Sussex Express. REASONS FOR PULLING DOWN W ESTMINSTER • BRIDGE.—The following is the report which has been lately published by the committee appointed to inquire into the state of Westminster-bridge: —The foundation is. giving way, and the bridge sinks every year—there is never snore than one arch passable at a time—it is blocked up every other month —it is decidedly dangerous—it is anything but ornamental —it is no longer useful— if it is not pulled down, it will either fall in, or else be carried away—it will cost a le:s sum to build a new bridge than to keep the present one in repair. We must say we never recollect reading a report more con vincing than the above.—Punch. The environs of Gironville, in the Meuse, have bscn lately greatly infested with wolves, which have frequently made their appearance in the streets of the village. A short time ago, a person going from Fremerevilla to Saint Martin, was attacked on the road by one of these animals, but having a stout stick in his hand, he attempted to beat it off. The combat lasted several minutes, when at last the man struck the beast so severe a blow on the head, that the latter turned tail and went off, howling with pain. Fortunate it was that it did so, for the man was nearly exhausted by Isis exertions, and his staff was broken by the force of the last blow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 27. The Loin) CHANCELLOn took his seat - on the Wool sack to-day at half-past Three o'clock. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII p re sented a retit ie , ri from certain attorneys praying that a ttorney's might u e appointed jildge;, under the Small Debts Bill. d Tile LORI) CHANCELLOR, while he had adrnittr the qualification of attorneys, thought it would not be right to allow attorneys to be judges in the courts. Messengers brought up several Bills from Mouses. the other PAWNBROKERS' BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON presented several peti" tiuns in fiwour of this Bill. • DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, this Bill was read a third time, subject to amendments pro posed by Lord Monteagle, and agreed to. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the third reading of this Bill. He said this Bill had originated out of tlle, recommendation of three railway Committees, two ot, the House of Commons and one of their Lordships House. It did not pretend to be a final and complete mea sure., The period of 1 the session when it had been taken r prevented the Government from gi v in g it the tuature ,/t titration it deserved. He was anxious that it s hould )7 be taken up, and a final substantial measure laid down ' the principles of which should be explicit, and held sacred against encroachment ever after. He was anxious t" 5 the mind of Parliament should be known, that lt not their intention to do by delegates a duty w hi e c o properly belonged to themselves. There was n o A r be oosition to this measure in the other House , Bo " hoped that it would meet with a similar reception from _ _ _ their Lordships. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH regretted that till! measure should have been brought under their Lord shiP r s l consideration in the absence of his Noble Friend , Dalhousie, who, as all must admit, was the best quainted with these matters, inasmuch as he was 193 % 0 President of the Board of Trade, and the great portio. of his time was exclusively given to railway' m ut° at —(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He himself had g' la, objections to public boards, from a board of Poor-isri Commissioners—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—to a 1 110 for the administration of the affairs of the e mpire. bG believed that a more perfect measure than this !tuf o ' have been devised. The commissioners to be aPPu in ,:v should be gentlemen whose time should be excloi"*,.. given to the carrying out of this measure ; but it ha'er peared by the Bill that they must be members of ut.bis Government boards. On these grounds, therefore, ",0 measure had not his assent. It did not provide that i t , a commissioners should be individually responsible, s'i was therefore highly objectionable. The Earl of CLARENDON—Yon don't meg° to divide against it? The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—Oh, no; b ut 111. gret that it has been brought forward. The Bill was the read a third time and passed. PAWNBROKERS' BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. STANDING ORDERS. - , , ot oe On the motion of the Earl of SFIAFTESBUI4' e. alterations were made in the standing orders of the 0150 g Lord MON TEAGLE sincerely hoped that the stano,oo orders of both Houses would undergo a complete e rlief the next session, and thus thousands of pounds,whio h th e caused to be unnecessarily expended,would be save d to people of this country. t Messengers from the House of Commons bro li g h up several Bills, which were read a first time. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. T 0 1 ' The Earl of RODEN trusted that before their ,3° oo ships adjourned he might be allowed to address theatoti. a subject which was of the grea t es t importance t a o f sands in Great Britain. The Noble Lord at the hin t ed' her Majesty's Government had, a few days ag o ' th e duced in the other House a measure for so l purpose of relieving the people of Ireland from t he For effects of the late failure in the potato croP b go y that measure the Governmentwere entitled to Inu e a Of titude. The present Lord Lieutenant of Ire lari 5 0 0 also a gentleman of the most humane dispositiol3;gt to there could be no doubt that he would do his a tre t be ea" relieve the distresses of the Irish people duringi bo selft suing winter. He (Lord Roden) ha d , t hroug h within the last few days, travelled vista , the greater part of the province 0' was e r ° , s and he was grieved to say that there pre 0 1 %; one field of potatoes (which, their Lordships, vl ;hich was the staple food of the people of Irelandk: was 9 "; not tainted and blighted, and that blig' ale sl ;„' companied with a blight in the oat croc" „ pOttn He said their Lordships would be aware that t 'i ti tioll e " formed the greater part of the food of the pop the cola' that country, and, therefore, if that root failed , ti,t, o bf mity must be deep. But, after the means ten 08 tin o t, l ye the Government already, he had hoped quantities of food on the west s hores t te c island, he meant the fisheries. 'nigh! get cess into the interior by inland communication, railroads, which would greatly supplies of food. Ho was sure t his would be the eff a! fo r railways, and he recommended t he lending of monqd cheapen the nec_eg that purpose. His Lordship referre d to the DZ line, and the branch from Galway to Athlone, 1,0 was rejected during the present session, as likely to his Lordship's object. hie Lord COURTOWN then addressed their Lor - ' but in a tone of voice quite inaudible in the g allert ie d Lord MON ['EAGLE said he felt extremely I : 7 ` ; 'liets to his Noble Friends. Their Lordships would eci: e rli that all the statements which he had fei t a f made were fully borne out. There had ' ee t o very ill effect produced by the P3 O g e high wages in the Government works. t beif would wish to draw attention to a paper °Li fore! Lordships' table with respect to the co nstabale 1 1 00 0 1 ; they would see that they had remitted 180,0001.,..0,00! button, by the way of bonus, to the people a and if they examined that they would se e x vea,j they deprived the peaceable counties of that I,OP diture which was sent, he would almost sag, os of bonus to the disturbed districts. ado The Duke of GR &FTON offered a few ob seria which were inaudible in the ll ga ery. , t sll e e The Earl of CLARENDON said he could "„/. tfl," ogee - o f CP . the debate to conclude without offering 5 He could not but express a desire that the 6 0 0: Noble Lord opposite should be adopted. Th ee „ o 6rat read by that Noble Lord (Roden) had been c- u ntri' by all the intelligence received from the sister co Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Augu st - 27. Ofej The SPEAKER took the Chair at flalf-P— -.., o'clock. aa.l o _,; for THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIA.— you ° of Mr. FORSTER moved for a message to l a ilchlig a copy of the report on the Progress of the 0 tie' the Houses of Parliament. vif The motion was agreed to, end a mess a g e cordingly sent to the Lords. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR; ~x 0 0 Mr. WARBURTON obtained leave to bring to amend the law of debtor and le CORN-LAWS. Mr. B. ESCOTT gave notice that h e would. Von O. morrow for a return of the amount of duties. r o ftli: wheat, barley, peas, and beans, since the pasfiini to IP Corn-taw Act, which account was to be made il date of the return. 1,0 'TS BILL, OP* j SMALL DER_ IklV° On the motion of the ATTORNEy .O- the Lords' amendments to this Bill w ere re agreed to., PAWNBROKERS' BILL. ed t f? , The Lords' amendments to this Bill were ag'; o te, The House then adjourned, at h a lf-past F° ll. till half-past Two o'clock to-morrow. g PARLIAMENTARY BUSI.N„' 0 ,0 0) " (From thP, Votes and Proceedings of the House of 13(1 1 • 4 ' WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26. w iVg Alfi,sserigers from the Lords brought up the folic t he' to 'which their Lordships have agreed : Public Works (Ireland—No. 4) Bill—Publ ic land—No. 5) Bill—Constabulary (Irelandujectlytil's' (Ireland) Bill—New Zealand Government Bit' r iati° ll ,itb°,,, &c. (Ireland) Bill--Consolidated Fund (APP r°l l3ill, . —Amendments to Waste Lands (Australia)__stet?.l; C'O to amendment—Rateable Property (Ireland) Buis vatic," vigation Bill—Drainage of Lands Bill—Cust9 r , l _ 0 0' 2) Bill—Poor Employment (Ireland) Bill, with —Private Bills Bill, with an amendment. LONDONDERRY KhiaLIfi:yEe vs•IS' The ordinary N ar l RyAI meetingLt V 1 A AND 0 7. • f t 11 - .-- i s h , l , ; 9 5 I i s , it , „: 0 0,0+4, was held yesterday, at one o'clock, 5 Chure' . '-re' t O r ' Guildhall; J. J. Frith, Esq., in the chair'. The 11 ; y , - ti Tyrrell,present ' e reAlr.SirJ. Warren,lt Campbell, mrclay,, 3ealrird. irrlvaber Very few shareholders were present. D ee° „..., ii3gA 6 te t The advertisement convening the m eeting D .° reW,,rr read, the seal of the Comanwas affixed to al,l j g 9' of proprietors; and the minutes of the precce:i f 1" ings having been read and confirmed, 0 o 0 ; Mr. HEMMING (the* Secretary) read the I'4 ° o to, a ve directors, which stated that they had had re tie e to , P r il pect that it would have been in their povrerjoaa'io,c fixed the day for opening the line between I se rl y e o P. e rf and Strabane, and that this event would have to ' P o o f within a week or ten days of the present th o _,,, e ' u let.i ° oil arrangement was made, not only for the eollratucool the works, but for the commencement of the , c tile the Ist of September ; and the contr f g i with Rase have accomplished his wor:o9ocSog due payment of the calls had placed the: r o l e f l° ,itl l funds at the disposal of the directors. •-` ro te l'o 3 o are still proceeding to an extent coratueno t bst r i the means provided. The directors regrett;tsle p '' r ei c e t ri r very considerable amount of arrears had, for - r eXP e ooll frustrated their exertions, and deceived th el le Fo no tions. But for this, the important and profi le tie r be of the line, from Derry to Strabane, weal * outer been open to the public; and the Core Po re u otow el fast approaching that high position among " tor 9 14 0 ° cial enterprises of Ireland, whicti the dire ri c cv hi ca ll, it was ultimately destined to attain. The leeie rears of ° t ilt; shown, by not enforcing the payment of are resce had been, thus far, attended with a herie r to,y b,,,a payments to a considerable amount had reu!_tircs fou nd made by shareholders, who, if more severednieb7ve f01;55 been adopted at an earlier period, woelprits• f ri t o l i o great difficulty in meetinc , their engsgere for the shareholders who had paid their o 3lls l.,ti n l -elie io e might with good reason have felt that further:n.los,l4 to the defaulters was an act of injustice to th T i it, v u e decide whether this leniency should now hav o e:,. o beh e , o , whether that discretion, iabich there is reas ene ' ra t io , : r , had hitherto been conducive to the g be e." 0 , tue to lba c rests of the country, should cont.n u pon cised. The directors impressed holders the urgency for their co-opert!,, plete the line to 'Strabane, which,nt year finished finished before the end of the pri..se w . the w cOl, O 6tiOn till unlitopt' 6r• N. tai rel cal ill Pei 'Op di t 141