The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-29 00:00:00

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PEOPLE. Den tni, JAN. 27.—A meeting, composed of the magis trates, gentry, clergy (of all denominations), and landholders of the county ' of Meath, was held at Nobber on Thursday last : Mr. Robert Fowler, Vice-Lieutement of the county, acti ng as Ch a i rman. The following resolutions and d:_memo rials to th e L ord-Lieutenant were unanimously ado itrlt leas moved by the H on . E. P RESTON, D . L . , seconded p by sl'or•ilsk Civ:etaumEn, justice of the peace, and passed unani of 4 .1 .• Resolved,—That in consequence of the distressed state the labouring population in this district the most active exertions of the magistrates, landlords, and landholders, are repired for their relief." b u osed by Mr. T. BARNES, justice of the peace, sec c onde,: t 3- Mr ' J. N. WAL justice of the peace, and ee c ele a animouslv : LEE' j ti ,:` 2. That it is the duty of all persons, wile, "u may be, to forward by every means 'en their power such Pabli 'over their sta -14014 works as will afford extensive and remunerative em the eut ; and also by careful att en tion to, and inquiry after, in; wants of their imm ediate e eeeigbbourhood, to afford all the 1, 1111 ,,, ation and assistance (hey can command." cone,„ i rT s ed try Mr. H. MamEorrir, justice of the peace, !e d . an ""Y Mr. M. BRINKLEY, justice of the peace, and came ananousl • NUN, 1 441- it i s essentially necessary that a working com cg, - ug a ppointed for each p ar i s h represen t e d at t h is meet- N it l l ' ad that the c are f u l attent i on of each committee be , i 4 to the followin rules : QIN!' T hey shall make themselves well acquainted with the Instances of each family in their parish, and report thereon. lisee,,a.t?,,obtain 1 , 42 . They shall endeavour by recommendation, or other employment for any persons in want thereof. fee th - they shall keep a supply of meal, or other provisions,_ lie es e . , l ", e of the labourers, to be sold at the lowest maeket p _ 4,, ruPosed by Mr. S. GartftErr, seconded by Colonel Cfttrisz, 4g 4 eltr ie jell unanimously : that the this meeting is strongly of opinion,. eitierave lower order of farmers should be exempted, in co n n tatatiel°ll of the severe loss they have sustained, froma b T I tY piil3l.on account of the moiety of expense incurredthe labouring Prayt t , , and that a memorial to Government be adopted, aelopg t hem to take the subject into consideration, a st % I • elu e sncli measures uon the subject as shall appear mo p ro lve tithe Public welfare." E Dt ' se Y Mr. C. W. Ileumieroar, seconded by the Rev. • v it. , , I 'S. T h s iN and carried unanimously : tee eh at as the subject of drainage at present occupies !h it 4 attention, and as the preliminary expenses of proceed tele t i t the Drainage Act are so great as to prevent many I t it re ; ;lig advantage of the provisions therein contained, teB lee et ° ' . ved that a memorial be presented Government, Ni l th i ng them, to inquire into this subject, t and by legisla- O f liuld e N'n afford an increased facility to the improvement I,tb in Ireland.,, Tli tbat e P"e d, by Mr. C. W. HAemerox, seconded by Mr. J. e 4 6, -1 ,-, Justice of the peace, and carried unanimouly :-- the t e at this meeting request the engineer appointed by Nee l 1 . 44 1 of Ilrorks to confer with the county surveyor upon e V atit a ! eB of road may appear to be of most public . ad "eld " and reportasonthe same to the special sessions, to be ,„ be e , Zeiit ees ; _on Monday next; and that the several local com et 3, sun this day, be requested to convey to the ie e leesturireYor such information as they can procure as to ne t eligible improvements, and also to report their opi pr 0 the special sessions." teteet s ed by Mr, WILLIAM SMITH, justice of the peace, - 1 Barry b Y * Mr. RIcUARD CRALONER, justice of the peace, II , 7 . Tiled Un animously : °n • E, Preston I ltr. R. Fowler do leave the chair, and that the b pl ops be called thereto." .tteet'..lsteb3z.;fAlthre. it'peaCceHAL°:— NER' seconded by Mr. J. Ds plitet* That t f ee marked thanks of this . meeting be given to or his proper conduct in the chair, and his diattneePtiat a_t_tention to the representations made to him of the :'-'w existing in this country. E• ;PRESTON, Deputy-Lieutenant, Chairman." , e Ott T ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. etely . e b „ on, pandas„ 3 evening last Mr. Hugh Hanbury, of Rath te7in, e 4e, County of Meath, was tired at by an unknown le - 'and • jaunty concealed behind a hedge on the public t weed of withi n 40 perches of Mr. Hanbury s residence. b A eh lat° o i v ery e l f °°l •„ has been offered by the Government for t e eery 'Y coi n . we perpetrator of the outrage. It is a melon n. (1. elde n cthat this lawless act was committed on the Ner ay that la e De ere ea• th .ee gentry of the county had assembled tqane nt e udable purpose of devising measures f r the sill% haaarnelioration of the labouring classes. A for , 4 , ll erisi, Th al so heen issued, offering a like reward for the c' • `ieete f b -..0r the murderers of Mr. James Lynch, who was '-"' I'll's county of Limerick on the 12th inst. F S EE 'c'' TRADE—ST. PAUL'S, well .. g e neral SHADWELL. let theas , uleeting of the inhabitants of St. Paul's, Sh.ad pueeld last night in the vestry room of the parish, th etl e O f pet r i p t (i io s e,of taking into considerati . on " th . e desirable lhe F°llea t ilog the Legislature for an immediate repeal of theNney 0 4 :.%1e ill order to avert, if po?sible, the threatene Chu elatieee` hum an food." The meeting was convened a b n y d elgttophelet'ardens, Messrs. Robert Charles Taylor . li f ei gnea r Ari llll, in conformity with a requisition respect ee I t lee L . 011eteh °ale/sole late guardian of Stepney Union,te 14 ;1 4ee li of wad en, was moved to the chair. He opened . h kaete the Meeting by reading the requisition, and in reree• 41, L N , mll g ,'ett . 4- ', who moved the first resolution to the fo . llo t w b - a Illit t r ee l ee' e s- t ,2 1 1. at . this meeting . considers; hat it is oli tzt el a strait in dividual, at this critical . moment of the tars „free te e ra l to use every means in his power in order to offr,tror q e elnl.„, e, especially that in corn, as the various re eeetZlhe „:411/erent parts of the country show a great falling 4,0A1141 reedwera, quantity of human food ; and that the b o ly . tlit n i e t a th e ,Y which can avert the evils arising . t er r e_ )i'l of e o ; ( 9noval of all duties which prevent a free imp° t r r. s. ;Igle produce." te tt uti,,GEleT seconded the resolution, which was 4 14 I•• Sier.linlously. toi e ll ext re n ;i . then rose, and in an effective speech moved eetcl,c re,e4illtion—" That a petition, embodying the foret eteei‘tlat thrill, be presented to both Houses of Parhamn , k Q d, or, ,ehurchwardens and other parish officers beere eektre I', knehalf of the meeting, to sign the same." elna, • ett,? ° , l4 .:, a minister of the Gospel, seconded the re itt.e,epeei; a was carried nem. con. teb, i !ttn g r'er; in their addresses, urged the importance of it ii4ilig that ur the extension of the elective franchise, con tort:4i be e . i t has the birth -right of every man, and that if o'lee ee -n In epossession of the people as a body, the t h il ue c ie Zlelel never have passed the Legislature. let,,te,,h warde n t te °ll of Mr. Aweef seconded by Mr. WinE, rag septo.ltZlits were voted' to the chairman, and the 11 1 11 % W % t sele, EST "wile ,to e , lon " interest to tet,nulllinated candidate a•--Yesterday Mr. Archer Gurney, att le' lie I, b , , e nded in Wakefield to expound. his for the West Riding, on the e o l l'e txt Pll uc. The audiencewas, like his pretensions, to ee it , ; a rate/le/4 111440, taknd __ wpecrthear r s a l e terconsisting of ,four protec e9seeeieee. mush by his motio'in ,h , e unless it gentleman were did not,a hint thate - , s ee ek . fs e will not be required by the Riding. to ereeit',Ctueum—On Wednesday the Right Hon. j 4d i llt er'ile Pollock, Knight, Lord Chief Baron of the l e kesi ape'xchequer, and the Hon. Mr. Baron Platt, the itl Y t er beolinted to proceed on this circuit, finally fixed the F° the eir ° ,. (l - In g the assizes in and for the several counties bi i pery , 'nit, viz., for Buckinghamshire, Saturday, 28th oft4(1; ev t I teading • Oxfordshire, Tuesday, sth March, at of eve rercesterehi're Friday, 13th March, at Worcester; f h °4° e te k i i e ttest er, the same day, at the Guildhall of the city met4e44o,.,4l,Staffordshire, Tuesday, 17th March, at Staf 1411(eYdelersture, Wednesday, 25th March, at Shrewsbury; Nee`qhit, re, Monday 30th March, at Hereford; Mon teellskeVVednesday, Ist of April Momouth ; Gleu- IN e''''' th ' ‘ - ' at urday, 4th April, at Gloucester;; City of Glou- The l 'ae %I " not 4 - tit ' 411:14 day, at the Guildhall of the city. 1, , ,- h l!lie s eom yet finally fixed are the Western, Midland, t te t4 - ee. e . r , ea Wales. -Il le lic i la " -To NATIVE INDUSTRY. —MT. Busfeild ../, -st, as b e _ „tle td :Y, et ` - ' ll announced to address the . friends of i.ativ n e• 1 ."°4 e."'3' eventhe Philosophical Hall, in Huddersfield, o ie te' tl e , el leeo th !lp but we have since learnt that after the an. ‘CeT ia gea 1 7,,g0ne forth it discovered s il nll. that the hall a , ulll Saturday, so on . 11'1 ;7 4 last 4earance the occasion. He was to be at at. Il e . eigh t . was the West Riding electors wilsie.s44 themAthe Music Hall. Mr. Ferrand subse- I th il it tt %eilitilten.dLeLto deliver d e ss a t t a Huddersfield. . amount of ti qt 44k iti 'l It. p ee r7 3 . -- -That a vast . in regard to tu n th e tons or the course he is pursuing merit is e t . alt e e Pee/4°rll-laws must be admitte . ~ighl rati oil . loee sight of those from whom a p P ro osition .90 1' 'tta 'n those 1 first came—the Liberals. They But then, let I f le, th e __ laws 4het a g ,s of thetreeat movement. Every one who advocates ictinß , ei,,,, th e protection" tit,' t ' i l l d e lloai sn , :pewit laws , is entitled t!.iphlicthanks. advocates will calmly the propriety of r i C ‘: e ok t i o Y a ,in s readilyjill,nay it perceiv will be well for them so to "look et, hi i ts„ cs , ro th e llr( V il e eve nt. " or Iteswees.—We are informed ile "i lfP "le a I:1 • , i nf a or of Parliament, our neigh „e• re • „Nge.a efeingston, Esq., of the Chauntry, will solicit th 4 e i s qlahi e te "7 burgesses ; .' vrith what prospect of success 4 at k r a l''roi 4 "ge, not knowing whether that gentle tett, • letii ectionist or et of Si r •engst en _ an Aolitionist. We only know 444 . , y ; tin t. s .c ,_ e Vy as one oft he most strenuous oppo the trutle, fur that n, when he was last . a . candidate for the has voted t es ast t T er i Me we believe Mr. Lfilingston . 1,, Deeth l ear h e ti s. for the county and borough. During i'h.g e a r e Mi • t sin the strongest term!, ~.. ae et. at 1.., e e % nes er . held in "avi n "nee e. Ju l e grant, at public meetings -4' g to L .,-.4 if erstood that our present Member, Mr. ' t *Pll. 4 ,. v t ,,• iValv ,o, in So - ''n they Ministry the high church party ....k, -..t.... tis C g AR - neixiistry upon that question.—lpswich It o •=i4t e veni 441, 0 t theY,4ll•o4, 4 1 ,g Air. 4 94 , I NST A DISPENSARY lIIIGEON. tit:,3 e4 th of I. l7 ern, p . / taley, M.P., held an inquiry at the ee ee.4 ... , etat )welds Clack n ees-street, Lisson-grove, te?uching bPded b,:V. at lack, aged 44 years. The friends of e t Pen; 4 l ; Ti inro 32, P rinces-street. She had been at ()fret made eNew. eo 2 house -surgeon at the General estern ef I vah ll e t iZeon t by ileac, against whom there was a charge College 41, `s d a „_, Ile nr , , 3 ,', MYers, Esq., Member of the .le Se e Noter. '', 'lack, plumber, deposed that deceased hi', ll ,ed ii e e n ee ad been She died at 11 o'clock on' Monday morn le- eel pi e -.tier f or - Poorly for the last week. Witness ob twne 1. 1 7, L 4 .3 to see the e OisPensary and Mr. Timms called at it :1,• l'he,,,l r le, atie: e .eaeed on Friday last. He prescribed th e " b e - nxtur e si ll he would come again in a day or le et f gun t o f , was sent for, and after deceased had taken h, l lein s n _nr o'ci e 4r worse for, and continued so until Sunday 14'a4 left th en sen W t nen she showed symptoms of death. Mr. tl e • W t . i n char for, but he did not come, alleging that tsill 414 itaiel, ..ge of the Dispensarn and he dared not at lt nevy st . e ot 1:14e1.t called in Mr. Myers, who said the k ip % f ith.Mr. 'rim's'," It was dying. Mr. Wakley wished "lotgNIZ C h e at the had anything to say in expla tilt In ih t e. th e b is • r.mms said there were tiro 4 1)4 ; - Wa y atith Pe P s afY, but the other gentleman was b i le te kn eery _ e tone, and it was one of their rules that 1.,!(1 man th e ac 7 not to be left without some one to at btat s' n egem en c t, ; n ta. Mr. VVakley considered this very Orti ed .*ila 11 ,.. for !lotting could be more urgent than t s t e ts te et. air, T irni ; u?'in i . IHe thought no one could have te Nee r I lle I 1 Dl , e iad attended under such chew - 11- ' 4 , 11 44 . e, el ittp , „ Y Al 3 ers, surgeon, of Milton -street, Dor e!ii e, and s , ~,_ ',flat when called to deceased she was in . l e, Veel y ,"‘",'g fast. Witness considered the child had lee e net ev• neglected II te leit i I thout eff e t. e applied leeches, and opened a ittitit it N, liii .eroio,... , for she never rallied, and died on the ‘ lrtt Me(l, 4B e , rn e lleh 6 to be e Coroner, in summing up, observed th e l a -:' eaPecian whenulna he heard_ _ that the deceased lb l ev ee t ens of nu he was botinq , to sa Y . , under all 4 tilt 4 `Min all I the case, that Mr. limms was quite e it th, h.l eg responsibility. The present manage tii te 'lli "Pensary le 4 ee ee !red sal , - as, he considered, most defective, i , Of t h e , ,eldrnent. Verdict—" Natural death from th, .as ot uranw , C o "D. Iri ci Vipw isa o h ti ~ B.—We recommend an addition to ch..--( tiot n g Views" exhibited at the P 1 ,44 a th e ma o yteelmic. eer e? 'no. th nagers R'f ,that institution contrive to in eele4h. eir tablex a view of the existing corn. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Blackburn, Darwen, - and 801 - - ton, New, )4 dis.—Caledonian, 4% p.—Derby and Crewe. % p, Direct Northern, % dis.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, Bte., 265. 6d. p. —Grand Union, 14 P.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, 1 P. —Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bideford, 3% p.—Leeds and Thirs;, 3 p.—Leicester and Bedford, ;4 p.— Liverpool and Bury, New &taros 3 p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1y ^ mul ( jn and 111dfi- chester (Rein.), 1 dis.—London and oulsor, % and York, % p.—North Stafffor' - 1 p.—South Eastern and p. West Lancashire Coast, % vtn and i i rnbss ' TA , v. na\wr. le. h w a Lls•-l t 6 Western, STOCK F- LEEDS, JAN. 28. tensio , .....ettAtreis.—The sales are—Manchester and Leeds Ex. 10 p.—Newcastle and Darlingto n J unc ti on E X t ens i o n s • .—Sheffie d and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, f,—(refit Glinteby and She ffi eld, 8% cash—Ditto, Extensions, Bs. 6d. p.— litteldersfield and Sheffield, 21—Leeds and Dewsbury, 16 —Leeds and Thirsk, 10)4.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3—Wake field, Pontefract, and Goole, New, 7;5 p.—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 3% c.—London and York, 4;4—Direct Northern, 2% — Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4%—West Riding Union, 6% Ambergate, Nottingham l and Boston, 2s. 6d. p.—Clitheroe Junction, 2 %—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 10s. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, par—Leicester and Bedford, ss. p.—Manchester, Bux ton, and Midland, 255. p.—Manchester and Birmingham Continua tion and Welsh Junction, 7s. 6d. dis.--Northumberland and Lanca shire Junction, 15s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North West ern, 2%—South Midland, 2p. HULL, JAN. 28. STOCK MECHAM:IE.—The sales are—North British, Carlisle, 21. 185 9d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 21. 145.--Axholme, 2% Buckinghamshire, 55. p.—Derby and Gainsborough, 208.—Grand Union, 325. 6d.—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 6s. 6d.—Leicestei and Bedford, 295. 6d. --London and York, 4% ton and Drifileld Junction, 428, - -Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 31. 7s.—North: Staffo:ashire, 51. 2s.—South Midland,'" 37. 17s— Shrewsbury and Btlminghain, 3%—Wakefield and Bradford, 2. BRISTOL, JAN. 28. STOCK roccussios.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 11% — Cai;•donian, 14 1 A —Ditto, New, 3%—Midland, New, 29 1 A —Port bury Pier and Railway Company, 2U . had not stated one-half of the evil which must yet come before the public.---(Hear, hear.) Mr; Kuntz, said he, was ashamed to lie Conflicted with the committee: to the e gu e n o tZ nln c , l .7; he; 4. ea :l n e t the(ltr (Mr. ' t m. in a g ri p ts aci o es u , g t h h t e , engineers, and such like.] But surely such men were most detrimental when he knew whet he had Stated to d ie pm by tiled in whtirt the kfittglittee edtiid 80nil e. tairitz—i mil at home unwell.) According to Mr, ..4qtes Statement ? the committee was pnclo the Ontrol ,of llitrt Parons, who had Wen the eaiiis of but one-half of the shares b e ing allotted) and much money had thereby been lost to the Company. But Mr. Muntz ought when he saw that to have called a meeting of the shareholders. Yet+ ineteall of hat what does the cemiiiittee and the ion. Gentleman X 10? They go and negotiate an amalgamation with another company, and call upon shareholders to come up and sign the deed under this new agreement, of which the shafeholddrs know nothing, and have no means of knowing what they are rendering themselves liable to when they sign the deeds. It was the most extraordinary thing that had ocinirred in the railway world the committee surely did not expect to find site!' another company of shareholders ; upon whose stupidity they could hope to Work as they had hitt/tided ftl do on theirs. As for Mr. Parsons' statement, he did not know whether it was correct or not; he had no means of judging, and Mr. Muntz had given them but little help. Mr. Muntz had said nothing of the arrangements entered into, whether it would be advantageous or not ; he had not mentioned it. PAYNE, of Birmingham, said that the number of shares allotted was 400,000. He had himself moved in the committee that 600,000 should be allotted, and the reason that it had not been 900,000 shares was that Mr. Parsons objected to it, for he had in view amalgamation with Mr. Bethell's, company, which Company had allotted only 600,000 shares, so that by this number being allotted on their part also, both Companies would be on a par. The 600,000 shares had not been al lotted, because Mr. Parsons had kept back 1,000 of them, and several other persons had reserved allotments for themselves. Mr. PARSONS begged to say, that when he went down to Birmingham with the prospectus, he had not concealed that there were competing lines. He called on Mr. Spooner, and told him of the other two lines, and if he did not tell Mr. Bluntz of them he had no intention to keep him igno rant of the fact ; but whether he had told hi.n of them or no, he must have heard of them. [Mr. Muntz—No.] When he asked Mr. Muntz to become a director he had said he could not give much time to it, but when he came up to London he would give as much attention to the business of the Company as he could. And he (Mr. Parsons) put it to Mr. Muntz whether he did not receive a letter from him asking him to become chairman of the committee. When the shares were about to be submitted to the public, there was a re solution passed in the committee, but not recorded on the mi nutes of the committee, reserving the right to every member of the Provisional Committee of purchasing 150 shares, and to every member of the Managing Committee the right of purchasing 500 shares. Besides these, 17,000 shares had been reserved for another purpose, so that these taken into account, make it evident how the allotment was made for but 400,000 shares. Mr. Parsons then particularised the persons appointed by the committee to fill official situations, and denied having ever had anything to do with their appointment, or with filling any of the offices connected with the Company. As for the arrangement with Mr. Bethell, he (Mr. Parsons) had, himself, been the first to move in it. He called on Mr. Bethell, and having stated his ob ject, Mr. Bethell requested him to put'his statement into writing. He proposed to Mr. Bethell that 600,000 shares of the amalgamated Company should be allotted to the shareholders of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Company, and that they should exchange their scrip for that from Mr. Bethell. That gentleman was limited as to time for reply, and did not reply within that time. That he (Mr. Parsons) advised the Committee to allot the rest of the shares, and proceed without waiting longer, as Mr. Bethell seemed to be only amusing them, but they did not allot them. Al though hundreds of shares were applied, under good and bond fide names, no shares were given to some, and others had got twenty and fifty; and now they turned round on him (Mr. Parsons), and would make him the scape-grace for their own faults. Mr. SPOONER M.,P., admitted that there had been such a resolution moved as Mr. Parsons had alluded to, at least he believed so, for he had not been present. A circular, too, he believed was sent round, inti mating the substance of that resolution. He had himself received one, but had personally intimated at the Committee room that he would not purchase more shares than he had already taken. When Mr. Parsons called upon them to allot the rest of the shares, they were at that time at a dis. count in the market. Mr. Parsons advised them to allot more shares at such a time, and did he dare now to turn round and blame them for not doing so ? Nor were they now placed in a worse predicament by the amalgama tion with Mr. Bethel], for if their Bill were thrown out by Parliament, they themselves were unaffected by it, the amalgamation of course became a nullity, and they returned to their former position. He said he would have been happy to have called a meeting of the shareholders to consider their affairs. He had often talked of it, and urged even a dissolution upon his Honourable Friend Mr. Muntz and Major Morse Cooper, but they said, no. They said they cared less for the loss theymight sustain; they had allied themselves to the scheme ; they . were not altogether without good prospects, as a matter.of duty, therefore, to the rest of the shareholders, and in hope of ultimate success, coute qui coute, they would stand by it. Colonel JolorirroxE said that a meeting now to consider the affairs of the Company, after a circular had been sent round asking them to sign the deeds of amalgamation, was like putting the cart before the horse. . _ Mr. HEELS, the present solicitor of the company, was called upon to state the terms of the amalgamation. He said they were these—that there should he fifteen directors in all, that there should be three chosen from the South ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Company; six from the Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester and Southampton Company; and six, half and half. The shareholders in the new company were to be as many as were in the South ampton, Manchester and Oxford Company. And that upon going to Parliament, should they be unsuccessful, then that the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Company should amalgamate with the other Company. A PROPRIETOR asked whether the Committee knew what was the capital of the other Company ?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SPOONER—NO.—(Oh, Oh.) He begged to say that a capital equal to their own was to be subscribed by that Company. After much debate and wrangling, Mr. Heele was called on to say what would be the effect if the original share holders refused to sign the deeds of amalgamation—how their shares would be affected? After consulting some time with Mr. Muntz and Mr. Spooner, he said he was unable then to give an opinion, but he thought it would be better for them to sign the deeds, and he would therefore advise them to comply.—(Laughter.) Much more discussion followed between individual share holders in the body of the meeting as to calling a meeting of the shareholders; whether Mr. Muntz ought not to do it after seeing the animus of that meeting. But Mr. Muntz refused to interfere, and advised them to send in a requisi tion to the committee. The result was, that the meeting separated informally, and we left several signing a requisition got up on the occa sion, praying the committee to call a meeting forthwith of the shareholders to take the affairs of the Company into consideration. THE SUN LON _DON, TIiURS DA ir EVEN IN G, JANVAItA r 29, tts , the petty squabbles be. The second is oseupied ero y ‘ tween Napoleon and Sir Hudson Lowe, so dero gatory to the character of both, and with historical recut niscences of the more remarkable events of General Bonaparte's early political and military career, in which the reader cannot fail to take a deep interest. Count Month°ion; unlike M. Thiers, raises no prejudices against his views, for we recognise in him at once the bean.; andifeelings of a gentleman. While he:praises his ecunyy and tn . a hero whom he attended to the hour of his death, he does - justicZ to his opponents, and gives praise to whom praise is due. DASHES AT LIFE WITH A FREE PENCIL. By N. P. Willis, author of " Peneillingv by the Way," 6-c. Gray, the poet, whose dream of literary delight was "to lie upon a sofa all day, and read eternal new novels," rould have been a happy man, from the moment he took up these three volumes, until, with a sigh, he came to those fatal words " the end." It is the fashion to cry down Willis—to accuse him of literary foppery—to in sinuate that he has " merely a knack of writing;" but, whatever his faults, who can deny that he gains his end —that, however critics may decry him, he is a very popular writer. The contents of these volumes are very varied. We have stories of European life, clever and not at all probable ; stories of American life, full of in eident and character; notes from a journal in New York, and other parts of the Union ; and a few " Scripture Sketches" (toofew, indeed), which show that Mr. Wilhs has a heart, as well as a head to invent and a hand to write. HIS prose is brilliant--dashing—always clever. We doubt whether he could write a regular "three-liner" work of fiction. In the sijOrt and rapid story, he has few superiors. No writer has a greater disdain for mere detail, in a novelette. nu rushes forit.;:d, letting a sen tence tell what another Matt *ould COspand into a chapter. He is sarcastic; but there is iM tem% in the sting. He attacks classes, but not individuaii. it is C° his credit—allof this volume having previously appesred, piecemeal, in American magazines —that he has never shrunk from severe animadversion upon the manners and customs of hits countrymen. It is creditable to them, that they have taken his censure as kindly meant, and that he is one of the moat popular writers in America. We have praised the few specimens of poetry. GUERNSEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Through the medium of your journal, I hope to offer a more faithful view than the local papers afford of the events which fcr the last few years have filled the minds of Guernseymen, the columns of their Star, and the pockets of its proprietor. When Major-General Napier first arrived in the island be was to govern, the inhabitants of Guernsey deemed theirconsequence increased by the appointment of so distinguished an officer, and, misinterpreting his courtesy for weakness, each nobody sought to be his particulur friend, and sole adviser. But they soon found that he was not to be made a tool of, as former governors had been; his nature could not bend itself to party squabbles or petty intrigues, nor would his keen sense of right and wrong allow him, like some of his pre decessors to wink at iniquity or permit crime to escape "un whipped of justice." Like more than one royal martyr, he has suffered not for his own, but for the mis deeds of others. _ _ One of his first "misdemeanours" in the eyes of the islanders was his detection of the injustice manifested in the sentences awarded by the Royal Court.* For in stance, some soldiers for petty offences, and an English lad for breaking a few lamps, were adjudged to punish ments much more severe than was inflicted on a member of their own bar, a Guernseyman, for a deliberate and almost successful a tt em pt a t murdering an Englishman. One of thelsoldiers, who went into prison a healthy man, died within a few weeks of his release. It would be endless to detail all the acts of which the governor has had to complain, or to complain of the falsification of every circumstance which has characterised the whole of the island press; suffice it to say, Major-General Napier has been the mark for gross and incessant insult. Never was a lion so brayed at. With much possession of loyalty the chief delight of Guernseymen is to insult the representative of royalty, and to question the authority of the British Government. The abuses which they call their laws, and to which they cling with great pertinacity, are called as the fancy of each jurat may suggest, from a viide field of obsolete Norman customs; and, as justice is, they are aware, typi fied by a female, they substitute an old woman with spectacles for the blindfolded goddess. Guernseymen are proverbially under female control from their cradles to their graves, and the mothers, aunts, cousins, generally furnish the jurat with their opinion and advice before he takes his place in awful state upon the bench; and be of course is too obedient to Mrs. Caudle to allow any evidence to outweigh the dictates of the domestic tribunal. We see frequent details of " military outrages " in our malignant Star, profitable no doubt to the editor—never theless, a cowardly outrage of which a Guernseyman was the hero, received not one syllable of notice, although it is the constant custom to report the proceedings in criminal trials most minutely. It is to be presumed, therefore, that a Guernseyman can do no wrong, or that no Guernseyman's wrong-doings can find a place in the leading newspaper. The facts, nevertheless, are as follows :—an English lady, accompanied by her little daughter, driving her self in a pony photon, was met on the high road by a Guernseyman, who wantonly and maliciously fired a musket over the pony's head. After the first natural impulse of alarm had subsided, the English lady, being a person of more than common courage, followed the Gurnseyman, in order to identify him ; finding himself thus courageously pursued, he threatened to fire at her, instead of over the horse's head. Fortunately the fellow was identified. The lady was, nevertheless besought by her Guernsey connexions not to prosecute; but the matter was too notorious to be hushed up. The criminal was tried, and on overwhelming evidence, convicted, when lo ! the chivalrous sentence of the Guernsey court was two week's imprisonment, which to the delinquent was a mere farce. Now, had this outrage been committed by a man in a red coat, by birth Eng lish, Irish, or Scotch, Guernsey would have rang with the atrocity, and myriads of " Stars" would have wan dered out of their orbits to enlighten other worlds. How the proprietor is rewarded for his silence remains a mystery, lvhich I leave to the wisdom of the jurats to solve. _ ___ • 6c ,ire you now persuaded That Talbott is shadow of himself ? Where are his substance, .2news, arms, and strength." Having probed the unsound parts our constitution, let me now prescribe what seems the only amy most ob vious remedy :—A royal commission of English w yers to revise, and alter the present abuses, under the wholesome administration of English law, by men edu• cated in the profession, reason and justice may be sought for and found, where at present ignorance and prejudice usurp their place. In conclusion, let me assure you that I am not on termspf more than mere acquaintance with General Napier, consequently it is not from any personal feeling that I take up the cause of one who has wielded both pen and sword so nobly in his country's service, but at present it would be as little suited to is dignity to use the one as the other in his own defence. " No levell'd malice Infests one comma in the course I hold." Yours, OBSERVER. Guernsey, January 24, 1846. * This Court consists of a Bailiff and twelve Jurats. A Jurat is selected, not on account of his being qualified by legal knowlege or a legal education, but because a jury of matrons (behind the curtain) has given a verdict in his favo .Ir. t Editor of the Star. RUNNING MATCH.—There was a tolerable sprinkling of company on Tuesday afternoon at Acton Bottom, to wit ness the 1,000 yards race between Mathews, of Birmingham, and Frost, of Holloway, for 101. aside. Mathews, on the signal being given, jumped off with the lead, kept it, and won by about fifteen yards, doing the distance in two minutes and 27 seconds. CAUTION.—RISCA CATASTROPHE We have been informed that several idle fellows are already travelling in parts of this county and Glamorganshire , stat in g that th e y are persons who had escaped from the colliery, wh ere explosion had taken place, merely with their lives,e but being sorely hurt. Now, whoever is attempting, or will attempt, such an imposition on the humane, may be safely considered as impostors, for, it is officially communicated to us, that as long as any persons are sufferers from this cala mity, and conduct themselves well, so long will the pro prietors provide for their wants.—Monmouthshire Merlin. THE BEY OF TUNIS AND SLANERY.—This (Decem ber 4) being the Ed Elkabeer, the great feast of the Ma - homedans, all is again full of life. The Bey received, a s usual, all the consuls and officers, military, civil, and eccleA astical. A friend of mine, who was at the Bey's palace this S°f officers w h which am e en t to ha , t on th d e d g e o c l o d ra a t n io d n di s o a f tno t n h d e morning, informed orn m the epaulettes, composed, were estimated, the former at 3 cwt. and the latter at one bushel! No trifle for so small a state. Indeed, F r e n ch officer of some standing remar k e d that . the appear ance a of the Bey's court this morning surpassed in magnifi cence those of the great European courts. The British Con sul here is attempting to put down slavery. The Bey has no inclination (nor would he be justified if he had) to force his subjects to set at liberty the slaves now in their possession, provided they treat them well ; but he has no scruple to give freedom to those poor slaves who have been cruelly handled by their masters. Thirteen unfortunate creatures have this day received their certificate of freedom at the hands of Sir Thomas. It is impossible to describe the joy they manifested when the paper was handed to them. Some threw them selves on the ground and actually kissed it. How sweet in deed is liberty How many blessings did these hitherto un happy beings call down upon the head of him who had been instrumental in procuring it for them ! No one can have an idea but those who are on the spot how dear the names " English" and " England" have become to them. A friend of mine related to me a few days ago that, having asked an emancipated black how he liked his liberty, " I know no one but Mahomed and the English Consul," was his reply., By this he meant to say that Mahomed procured his happiness in the next world, and the English Consul in this.—Malta Mail. LAUNCH OF A STEAM-SHlP.—Yesterday a new steam ship, called the Moozauffa, which has been built fsr the ser vice of the East India Company, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Fletcher, at Limehouse. The new :vessel is 256 feet in length, and of 1,440 tons burden. She is to be propelled by two engines of 400 horse power each, manufactured by Messrs. Seaward and Co. The Chairman and Directors of the East India Company were present, with their ladies, to witness the launch, which took place a few minutes before two o'clock. The ceremony of naming the vessel was performed by Miss Willock, the daughter of Sir Henry Willock, the Chairman of the East India Compan). FREE TRADE TRIUMPHANT.—The requisition to W. Busfeild, Esq., M.M., and Colonel Thompson, to becompe . can• didates for the borough of Bradford on free-trade principles, has obtained 821 signatures. The electors known b) be fa vourable to free-trade have not yet been all canvassed, but I there is now no fear that, if the election occurs onithe pre ' sent register, those gentlemen w ill he returned with a triwill - umphant majority, if their opp onents do not permit them to I walk the course. The elect ors of Bradfor d are doing their I duty nobly and in the eve nt of a contest, findthat for si their I present [node of action w ill save them an immense deal of labour and expense. The requisition is op en gna• turec—katere Mercury. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield Exten sion, 21. Ms. 6d.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21i—Ditto, Railway and Dock Extension, 4%—Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 1/. 17s.—South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 3—West Riding Union, 6%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Hartlepool Dock Railway, 201 —North Brinish, Halves (Carlisle), PA p.—York and Selby ,Scrip (East and West Riding), 10% p. YORK, JAN. 28. STocK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Newcastle and Darlington Ex tension, 10% —York and North Midland Extention, 38—Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 1 0!8—Newcastle and Berwick, 21—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2/. 19s.—London and York, VA Grand Union, 1/. 1 35.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 21. 19s.— Leicester and Bedford, U. 135.—Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, 2M —Liverpool, Manches ter, and Newcastle Junction, 3%—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3k . EDINBURGH, JAN. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen. 5/. 155.--Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11. IN.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 25.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161.-Ayr and Dumfries, 21. 78. 6d. -Ayr and Galloway, 2/.-Banffshire, 1/. IN.-British and Irish Union, 3/. I Is.-Caledonian, 141. 55.-Caledonian Extension, 3/. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3L-Caledonian and North ern Direct, ?/ 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 201.-Direct Northern, 21. ss. 6d.-Durillk and Arbroath, 401.-Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and Perth, al. 10s.-East of Fife, 21.-East Lothian Central, 21. 28. 6d. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 18s.-Edinbugh and Glasgow, 771.- Ditto, Half Shares, 161. 10s. - Ditto, Quarters, 181. 108.-Ditto, ditto, New, 131. 108.-Edinbargh, Glasgow and Dumbarton, 18s. 6d. - Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, it. 108.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Direct, 11. 1514-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201. -Ditto, Preference, 21/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, H. 16s. - Ditto, Newport, 1/. 55.-Ditto, Loehgelly, 11. 1 1 s.-Edinburgh and Peebles, IL 195.-Edinburgh and Perth, 41.-Forth and Clyde Junc tion, 21. 48.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 261. -Ditto, Quarter ,hares, 18/. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. 65. - -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 21. 35.-Glasgow and Hata kirk, 421.-Glasgow and Greenock, 151.-Ditto, New Stock, 101.- Ditto, Preference, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 31.5x.-Inverness and Elgin, IL 108.-London and York, 41. 10s. -North British, 25/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 71.105. -Perth and Inverness, 1/. 155.-Scottish Central, 151. 10s.-Scottish Midland, 61. IN.-Scottish North Western, 11. 178.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 21. 10s. 6d. GLASGOW, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 35s.—Airdrie and Bathgate, 585.---Ayr and Galloway, 40s.—British and Irish Union, 68s.—Caledonian, New, 74—Ditto, Extension, 608. —Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 36s.—Caledonian and Dumbar tonshire Junction, 525. 6d.—Direct Northern, 45s.—Dundee and Ar broath, New, 21—East of Fife, 40s.—East Indian Railway, 265. 6d. —Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 18s.—Glasgow General Terminus, 12%—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 45s.—Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ardrossan, 64s.—Great North and South Wales, Bs. —Lanark and Lothians, 50s.—Lesmahagow, 595. 6d.—Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 41s.—South Midland, 4%—Strath earn Junction, 515.--Wishaw and Coltiess, 518. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and P?oceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28. The fallowing Petitions for Railway Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Aylesbury and Thame Junction Railway. London and Yak Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway. Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier. Staines and Henley Railway. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Norwich Extension). Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham and Sunder land Railway and Wearmouth Doek Purehase and Branches). Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (Extension to Caledonian Railway). Berks and Hants Railway (Hungerford Extension, &c). Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway. Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway. Norfolk Railway Extension (Stowmarket, Wymondham, and Attie , borough Branch). Norfolk Railway Extension (Dereham, Wells, and Blakeneyßranch), Mold Junction Railway. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Wakefield Extension). Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester Railway (Deviations and Branches). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28. Aylesbury and Theme Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Thurdsay, Feb. 5. Mold Junction Railway—ComMittee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Bristol and South Wales Railway—Committee on Petition, Thurs day, Feb. 5. London & York Railway—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Norwich Extension) Railway— Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb, 5. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Wakefield Extension) Railway —Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Lanenster and Carlisle (Extension to Caledonian Railway), and Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways Amalgamation Railway— Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Deviations and Branches Rail way)—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway—Com mittee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Newcastle and Darlington (Durham and Sunderland Railways, and Wearmouth Dock 'Purchase and Branches) Railway—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dumbartonshire Railway—Com mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. Statues and Henley Railway—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb 5. Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier—Committee en Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Berks and Hants (Hungerford Extension) Railway—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Norfolk Extension (Dereham, Wells, and Blakeney Branch) Rail way—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. Norfolk Extension (Stowmarket, Wymondham, and Attleborough Branch) Railway—Committee on Petition, Thursday, Feb. 5. ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF STREET CLEANSING, Bcc.—Yesterday a deputation of gentlemen con nected with the above Association waited upon the Commis sioners of Sewers, at Guildhall, for the purpose of presenting a memorial, signed by nearly 700 persons, consisting of bankers, merchants, and other influential persons of the City, praying the Commissioners for their sanction and assist ance to enable the Association to continue their present opera tions. The memorial was very lengthy ; concluded by the following munificent offer, made by Charles Cochrane, Esq., the president of the Association, that he would cause to be transferred the sum of 6,000/., Three per cent. Consols into any bank in the name of the Commissioners of Sewers, if they would employ 520 men to cleanse the City, as now performed by the Association, and if, at the end of 12 months, in a pub lic meeting convened for the purpose, the inhabitants should decide that the outlay was not attended with a corresponding degree of good, that the 6,0001. referred to should go to pay the additional outlay. The Commissioners received the depu tation in a very courteous manner, and their statements listened to attentively; they were promised that the matter should undergo a thorough examination. The plan no doubt will ultimately be carried into effect. The cost of the experi ment has been 987/. to the Associatio n , 430/. o f w hi c h h as been received by public subscription. MR. SERGEANT MURPH Y . - Th e f o ll ow i ng l e tt er from Mr. Sergeant Murphy, in connexion with the fact that a new . writ was moved for this city in the House on Thurs- We can only repeat now, wha day night, informs us that he is no longer have representa tive.before, that Cork never had, for' practical purposes, u. a rp v o e is,9 s :, aid a often more efficient and useful Member. We wish hill! ) honour able career at the bar every success, and we in i stve l 'w but his great talents will ultimately raise him into eminence ou in his profession :—" My dear beg to inform you that I have this day been appointed steward of the manor of Northstead, in the county of York —my seat for C or k i s th e refore vacant. I presume the writ will be moved for to marrow.—With the most friendly regards to all my fellow citizens, I beg to also subscribe myself, yours most faithfully, F. S. MURPHY. London, Jan. 21, 1846. Andrew F. Roche, Esq., Mayor of Cork."—Cork Southern Reporter. THE LATE COLLISION ON THE RIVER.*— The colli sion which took -place in December last, between the Erne ' rald, Diamond Company's packet, and the John Bull, Steam Navigation Company's packet, will, it is said, lead to a legal collision between the two companies, the last-mentioned having rejected the compromise offered by the first, to have the damage to the Emerald repaired, each company paying half the cost of it, the Steam Navigation Company alto gether denying that their vessel was in the wrong. THE LATE RIGHT HON. W. DUNDAS.—The will of this Right. Hon. Gentleman, as far as regards his leasehold and personal estate in England or elsewhere, except in Scot lane, has just been proved in London—the personal effects within the province of Canterbury being sworn under 30,000/. He appointed his nephews, R. A. Christopher, Esq., M.P. for North Lineolnshire, and Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Dun das, to be his executors; to each he has left a legacy of 500/. for the trouble they may have. The rest of his property, including his messuages in Lower Grosvenor-street, Saint George, Hanover-square, and at St. Leonards-on-the Sea, money and securities, he bequeathes to his executors, in trust for his wife—a sum of 5,000/. being set apart in the funds for his nephew, William Pitt Dundas, Esq., Deputy Register of Scotland, his excutors, administrators, and as signs, subject to the life interest of testator's wife, in the di vidends, but his said nephew to possess the vested interest in the principal, immediately on the decease of the testator. The residue of his personal estate, included in this testa mentary disposition, he leaves to his wife, fer her own abso lute use and disposal.—Post. THE HIGH FLOODS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF Wrsnaort.—The late and long-continued heavy rains have caused the Thames to overflow its banks, inundating all the low lands for miles above and below Windsor-bridge, to the depth of several feet. Nearly the whole of the Home Park, in the north and east sides of the Castle, is completely under water. The flood between Windsor and Datchet, and also between Windsor and Clewer, is upwards of four feet deep on the high roads leading to those villages. The far-famed Runnymede, between Windsor and Egham, is one sheet of water. A complete stop has been put to the water traffic between London and Oxford. On the Buckinghamshire side of the Thames, serious injury has been sustained in conse quence of several stacks of hay and wheat ricks having been washed away by the force of the current. The cellars of the whole of the houses in the town of Eton, as well as many at the College, are filled with water. The Thames rose several inches in the course of yesterday. NAIL-FORGERS' STRlKE.—Upwards of four hundred nail-forgers in Hales are again on the strike. It will perhaps be remembered that some weeks back a similar strike took place, when the masters, after mature consideration, agreed to give the full price, without discount. Accordingly the men commenced working, and continued doing so up to the last two or three weeks, when the principal master began to re duce the make per thousand, on some sorts equal to a discount of from ten to twee ty per cent. In consequence the nail forgers' association have caused the workmen to strike, and are now supporting them at a cost of about 801. per week.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. Two or ‘• THE PEOPLE."-Sir Robert Peel tells the burghers of Tamworth that he is one of themselves, the son of . a cotton-spinner ; an d th a t hi s w if e was th e d aug ht er o f a private . soldier. Lady Pe e l i s th e y ounges t d au ght er of Ge neral 61r John Floyd, who rose from the ranks. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an open barouche and four yesterday. The Equerries in Wait ing, Colonel Buckley and Colonel Bouverie, were in at tendance on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses! the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken an airing in a carriage yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, left Frogmore House, at nine o'clock yesterday morning, and arrived at her residence Clarence House, St. James's, at eleven o'clock. The Royal Duchess afterwards went to Buckingham Palace and partook of luncheon with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Soon after three o'clock, her Royal Highness, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, left Palace in a carriage and four, on her return to Fr more House. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the per formance of the French plays with their presence yes terday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Mar chioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Kerr, Major-General Sir Frederic Stovin, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie. Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, transacted business, at the Foreign-office. Prince Castelcicala, the 'Neapolitan Minister, was present in the House of Commons on Tuesday last. Sir Charles Napier had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor had an interview with Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Chichester, Ely, Llandaff, Norwich, Oxford, and Rochester ; the Earl of Besborough, and the Right lion. John Nicholl.. Lord Hill and Mr. Gibson Craig had interviews yes terday with the Earl of Dalhousie at the Board of Trade. The Duke of Buccleuch, Lord President of the Coun cil, gave a grand dinner yesterday at Montague House, Whitehall-gardens, to all the Members of the Cabinet and the Great Officers of State of the Queen's Household, and also the Clerks of the Queen's Most Honourable Privy Council. At the meeting the roll of Sheriffs for the present year was settled, previous to its being pricked by her Majesty in CounciL WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER- TAINMENTS AT CROS BY GALL. Mr. Wilson is at present delighting the citizens with his pleasing entertainments on the Songs of Scotland. Monday being the anniversar y ilson took t h e,,natal day of Scot land opp?rtunity of giv ing his popular entertain ment of A Nicht wi' B urns. " of 's poet, Burns, W The room was crowded to excess, and m any persons, anxious to get within hearing, were compelled t o with draw, and wait another opportunity of hearing Scotia's Minstrel. It would be superfluous, at thi s ti me of day, to analyse Mr. Wilson's merits, when every b ody is so well acquainted with them . It were needl ess to record that he gave his songs wi th ell the ch aracteristic ex pression and just a ppre ciation of the p oet ' s meaning, which are so prominent in his performances, for every body knows that such must be the case. We might say, however, that he never held an audience inure completely in his thrall than he did the one that was encased within the walls of Crosby Hall on Monday evening,. alternately moistened eye. causing her Majesty's lieges to run the risk of cracking their sides with laughter, and anon causing the tear drop to start from many aln " Scots wha hae" we saw the Scottish army at Bannockburn plainly before our eyes, and the hero of Scotl an d ad dressing them,—we felt our blood tingling, and our hands straining to " strongly draw the sword of free dom. This, of course, was encored with thunders of enthusiasm. Then, again, how equisite W as Wil son ' s reading of the delicious little poem "To a mouse !" I t is a gem of the first water, and was bea utifully set. If a pin had dared to drop at the time it would have caused a sensation. Wilson is as effective in his readi ngs, as he is in his singing. We could not help feeli ng how far superior are Wilson's evenings to those of his i m i ta t or s, in the subject matter, as well as the .manner of giving them. The path he struck out for himself, and which he has so honourably trodden for five years, he still holds sovereign sway over. A NEW IMPORT FROM AMERICA.-8010120 barrels of fresh pork have arrived at this port; it is preserved fresh and wholesome by filling up each barrel with melted lard.— Liverpootnner, SouritAlVlPfioN, MANCHESTER, AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY A public meeting of the sharehelders in this Company was held on Tuesday, at the Itall Of Commerce, Threadneedle - street, whieli Was ehaVened by the solicitor, Mr. Par-, eelis ) id eorhpliance with the wishes of a 1„,.0 number of the shareholders, to take com ni e sstlpis h 0 agsa e • ments entered into by the Man hi doalmittee with the Oxford, SouthanipteN tioipekt, and Portsmoutln and the Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester; and Southampton Companies respectively, as well as the general state of the affairs of the Company, and to consider the steps necessary to be taken with reference to the same. After a delay of about half an hour, Mr. PARSONS said, that Mr. Wilkinson, Who was to have presided, was about fifty yards distant, and had been sent for, but as he had not appeared he would call on Mr. Manta to take the chair. Mr. Mtsvrz, M.P., said he must decline presiding, be cause he did not recognise the right of those who had called the meeting to take that course. The shareholder's! Were ready to render any explanation that might be required, but it should be to a meeting Convened by persons entitled to do so. Ile was unfortunately the chairman of the Company, but it was with the expreas condition that he Was not to take any part in the proceedings. Some other gentlemen having been called on, and having refused to preside, the chair was at length taken by Mr. Graham. The CHAIRMAN said he would call on Mr. Parsons to state the circumstances under which the meeting was called. Mr. PARSONS, having read the notice convening the meet ing, said, that it became a duty imposed on him, or, rather, which he had taken on himself, to state the tireumstances that led ,to this meeting being called. It was well known to them that it was he who had originated that line (the Southampton ) Manchester, and Oxford Junction), and that to distinguish it from another line it was called Parsons' line. As the projector, he conceived he would not be doing his duty to himself if he did not respond to the call of those who had relied on him in that matter, and who had been induced by his representations to take shares in the Company, and whose desire it was that that meeting should take place.—(Hear.) He also held between 400 and 500 shares. Before proceeding further he must observe, that the line, as projected by him, had its commencement at the South-Western Railway, and ter minated in two points at the Great Western. It did not depend upon any other lines than those which were es tablished, and it was intended by that arrangement to obtain and consolidate all the other advantages arising from the north to Southampton. Now that was the line he had projected, and it was a rational scheme, but at the time that he was relieved from professional care of the project, an advertisement appeared which contained a statement on the part of the Provisional Committee which to him wasquite suicidal. The line projected was in itself a good scheme It proposed to have branches to Swindon. But what was his surprise to see that by an agreement between both Companies, the main trunk and branches were given up, the only branch reserved being that to Swindon. It did not propose to have an amalgamation of the two Companies. There was no reciprocity of advantages at all, and the entire benefit resulted to Mr. Bethell, even if the Act were obtained. But it was absurd to suppose that an Act could be obtained for such a line. Therefore their Company would have no interest in Mr. Bethell's Company. On the contrary they, if it were carried out, would be left to fight single-handed against the Great Western and the Southampton Railway, and the Committee took upon themselves to alter that line, so that it was perfectly absurd to bring it forward as a distinct branch, because the line then laid down was within two miles of the Great Western, near Hungerford. They would, therefore, for that distance, be a competing line with the Great Western. It must, therefore, be obvious to them that to go to Parliament for a line running two miles parallel with the Great Western would be absurd. Supposing the line was made from Swindon to Hungerford, it would then fall into Mr. Bethell's line—wonid it not be ridi. eulous to think of bringing such a scheme before the House? lie had been called on by parties for an explanation of what all that meant, but he could only repeat what he had read in the newspapers. However, being acquainted with the localities, lie saw that the proposed scheme was an absurdity. Besides there was no mutuality of benefits between the two companies. From the numerous inquiries that were made of him by several great shareholders, he was urged to make some re monstrance with the parties before the line was persisted in. Previous to doing so, however, he was determined to take the advice of counsel, and laid a case as to whether a Company, having abandoned the original line, could retain the deposits. The answer of Mr. Kindersley and Mr. Hetherington was, that they could be compelled to return the deposits, in con sequence of the line being altogether changed. Shortly after that, an advertisement appeared in the paper, to the effect that an arrangement had been made with Mr. Bethell and the Managing Committee, and it was declared that there was an amalgamation of the companies. There was some mystery which could not be discovered in the face of the advertisement. It was evident that Mr. Bethell's line pro - posed to go to Manchester and Andover. If that were a bond fide agreement, it was impossible the Company could preserve their line to Swindon; therefore the whole project was abandoned, and the Directors had no right to retain the money. The line, which was to have terminated in two points at the Great Western, would have secured the assist ance of that Company, but they had now incurred the re sentment of two powerful companies, and there would be great danger in going to Parliament. Here they were called on to sanction a line which deprived them of the communication with Portsmouth and Gosport, which would have procured for them the patronage of Go vernment, from the facilities it would afford of conveying troops there. How could any men of business sanction such an arrangement. But this had been done without even con suiting the wishes of the shareholders on the question. He could not place much confidence in men who had betrayed so much infirmity. In the first instance only half the shares were allotted, so that instead of raising 900,000/., which they could have easily done, they only raised 400,000/a and with so small a capital it was impossible they could go before Parliament. Moreover, there were applications for nine or ten times more shares than could be alloted by the committee. Now, under the circumstances, how was it, he would ask, that they had been induced to give up that line? Why, the project was so ab surd that it could not be submitted to Parliament, and it had been intimated to him that they could not show a traffic on the line. And it was proposed now to hand over their money, nolens volens, to carry out those views on which the Directors were determined to act, without even consulting the shareholders, and they persisted in going before Parlia ment with a line quite different from that for which they had paid their money. The shareholders were now called on by the advertisement to sign the deed, or forfeit their deposits. It had been said that the lines with which they bad amalgamated had only sufficient to pay their own expenses, and therefore they would incur the responsibilities of two lines. Instead, therefore, of bettering their condition they were getting worse and worse. He conceived now that the shareholders had a right to demand some explanation from the Directors, who ought to state the position in which they were placed and give them up their deposits, which they refused to do.—(No, no.) A LADY (a shareholder) said that she had called at the office in Throgmorton-street, and stated that she would much rather get back her deposits than sign the deed, but this was refused. The CHarnalast said this was a corroboration of what he had stated. A SHAREHOLDER asked why Mr. Parsons had not called a meeting at the time when the first advertisement appeared? Mr. PARSONS said he was consulting counsel on the affairs of the Company, and of course it occupied him some time in drawing up a case ; besides that, he had the engage ments of his business on hand. Mr. Musrrz, M.P., rose in the body of the meeting, and said, after what had fallen from Mr. Parsons, he felt called on to animadvert on some of the statements which had fallen from that gentleman. For himself, he said, he had never been a speculator in railways, and was not one, except to the extent to which he had been involved by his connexion with that Company, and he begged to seate how that con nexion came to be formed. When Mr. Parsons had brought out his line, he wrote to him (Mr. Muntz), speaking of the. good prospects of the scheme, and its advantages, and asking him to take shares in it. In reply, he wished to see what names Mr. Parsons had got on the committee ; Mr. Parsons went down to Birmingham and called on him with the information, representing the scheme so fairly that he consented to take shares, but observing at the time that there must be a greater number of working men on the committee, for he could not promise to work himself. Some time after Mr. Parsons wrote to him to say that the prospec tus from one cause or another had not then been published, and asked him to allow himself to be put down as chairman. Subsequent to that he had become unwell, so as to be unable to be present at any meetings of the committee, at first when he was able to attend, he found, he was sorry to say, all the acting persons who had been appointed by Mr. Parsons, with one or two exceptions, the most unfit persons for their duty, the most fraudulent set of people he had ever met with. He had no interest apart from the interest com mon to the shareholders ; he considered he had lost from four or five hundred pounds by the scheme into which he had been led by dishonesty —for he had to state to them the way in which he had been lugged into it. He said to Mr. Parsons, when he was down at Birmingham, " Is there any railway in competition with your line ?" Oh, no, decidedly not," was Mr. Parsons reply; but the first thing he had met with after that was a notice of Mr. Remington's line. He would, however, _notice some of the points of Mr. Parsons' statement. He (Mr. Parsons) said they were poor, and perhaps they were poor, but how did their poverty arise? Why, one-half the shares only had been sold by Mr. Parson's own recommendation.—(Hear, hear.) Ought he not o to ug h h a t ve he st , a a t f e te d r t t h h e a n t, th th at eo h m e e ha a d nd ad m vi a s k ed e t a h s a t t a na te eas me u n r t e a ? A boa nd a poverty which, if it has existence, derived that existence from himself? Mr. Parsons had blamed them for giving up the original line, but they had done so because Mr. Bethell's Company, with which they were on terms, had their line already, and they had retained as much as the money they had on hand warranted them to do. Why, it was asked, had they given up the arrangements negotiated with Mr. Bethel? Mr. Parsons should have known that; if he did not, he (Mr. Muntz) could tell him affairs had turned up with that Company which were beyond his (Mr. Muntz's) control, and the control of the committee, which warranted their breaking off as they did. If thegentle man would wish to know further he might go and inquire of Mr. Bethell what these affairs were. They had given up part of the line because there was a parallel and a better line. As for the waste of money with which they had been charged, Mr. Parsons might call together a meeting of all the shareholders, and the committee would render up a faithful account of all their transactions. For himself he wished nothing more earnestly, unless it be one thing, and that was that he had never had anything to do with the Company, for he had been lugged into it against his will and most deceitfully. Mr. Parsons' connexion with the committee had been dissolved for reasons which he could himself have averted. When he (Mr. Muntz) came up he found Mr. Parsons ex ercising control over the committee and all its business. They were obliged to get rid of him on account of his con duct, for it was such as they could not put up with. He was sorry at parting with the gentlemen of the committee on such a ground, but it was a painful necessity. Mr. Par sons had to thank himself for the position in which he found himself and for the position which the committee were now occupying. For his part, as he had said already, lie would be most willing to give a statement to the shareholders, when convened for that purpose, of all that they had done. Mr. Wllauarsom, a large shareholder, rose and said he had never heard a statement made by any chair man of a railway company, though he had at tendedmanyrli urta b oohdtd y oeeebmndl t euh h atd m a e ownsede e c n: ebtaaretiseacnhneesebngedntdlrn Honourable statement aeGehenbmddede o l nteen:Anth Gentleman litboee connect umommrdt Gentleman n i dhe l r w eenh k a bwfa y eododr s , u had be been n made hoodwinked? Birmingham rda ask inT u k l i c ihhn h a eaeg d ngh j yhea us an a mod s_ t f tbtwt sat loheeaeomstns d heoal o ennn w i egnhm n glei . aterkhn nedea r l l ' aiytenl l h y im Mr se . lf M w u i n th tz ih a e s committee, remarking however on what the Chairman of the meeting said were misquotations.) He then th en sa id that his ground of complaint was against gentlemen who al lowed themselves to be put upon committees of railways, in order to gain subscriptions by the authority of their name in the newspapers. On that occasion, when difficulties I were alleged, the Honourable Gentleman, he considered LITERAITIZE HIS.TaRY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPO LEON AT T. HELENA: By General Count Montholon, 2 Vols. EclY !f4cR Pftd better opportunities than Count Mont jhaoclongiirdor ati g v ivj n o t g tte ct:r v re r c h :n in cl o i s n i te i r s ztiLd4a m ils an of w t h h o e figures in history. fle wiia tloitliet of the republic, to the rank of Brigadier General at the etly ftge of twenty-one, was a Minister Plenipotentiary at a Court in Germany in 1012 and 1813, he was an attendant on Napoleon at both his abdicatiotis i among the first to Wait upon him at. the Palace of Elyt4s Bourbon, on the 21st of June, 1815, three days after the battle of Waterloo, went with him to blalniaison, accompanied him in his route to Rochefort, sailed with hits in the Bellerophon to the shores of England, and, to use his owa words, "shared the Captivity of the greatest man of modern times, and relieved the agony of his martyrdom, by atten tions which Napoleon denominated filial." In 1816, Montholon Was erased from the armyilist, banished from the House of Peers, like Soult and others of the same clasS, tintl lited in retirement and obscurity, till in an evil hour he he6ame nil accomplice in the foolish and mad attempt of Louis rfapoledn tel raise a commotion in France, and became a second tithe it peisoner, though against his will, in the Castle of Ham. Much has been written about the captivity of Bonaparte, and by parties too who had full access to documents and all the most interesting details of his remarkable career have been laid before the world, but the present work shows that the mine is by no means exhausted, and that facts will yet come out, which will remove many of the mysteris which veiled parts of his character. Mentholon, with occasional exceptions, relates events with judicious impartiality; he does full justice to Cap tain Maitland, and the other officers and crew of the Bellerophon; and if he expresses indignation at the con • duct of Sir Hudson Lowe, he only follows the example of most of his countrymen, and of a very large proportion too of the people of the United Kingdom. The intro ductory part is full of melancholy interest, and we re gret to say, exhibits Carnot, Caulincourt, and Davoust— for we put Fouch‘ out of the question—by no means in a favourable light. We find no fault with them for joining the provisional Government, and endeavouring to make the best terms they could with Wellington and Blucher, but their county) men and posterity will justly condemn them for their rude treatment of a man who had raised them to the highest ranks, and whom, but a few days before they worshipped as the idol of their de votion. In the documents they signed as the provisional Government, they at first styled their late master the "Emperor," and " his Majesty," but they soon changed their tone, and simply designated him Napoleon. And what an outfit for the voyage of " Napoleon the Great" did these men order some days previous to his departure from Malmaison ! The Duke of Otranto (Fouche) sent a verbal notice to General Bertrand that the " heads of the Household Department were authorised, by virtue of a decision of the Governmeut—that is of Caulineourt, Savary, Carnot, &c., to deliver to him the following arti cles. Here follows the list of articles, among which are a service of plate, consisting of twelve covers, six dozen table napkins, twelve pairs of sheets, six dozen towels, three saddles and bridles, some maps, and 100,000 f. (4,0001.) for the general expense of baggage. "Such," says Montholon, " was the outfit for his exile, which was allotted to the Emperor Napoleon by a man whom he had created a Duke, and to whom he had given an income of 200,000 f. (8,0001.) a year." But-these former devoted servants of the Emperor were not singular—the same spirit was displayed by multitudes of generals and high dignitaries of the empire, who, when in the anti-chamber of the hall occupied by the provisional committee, they heard from General Beker that Bona parte had not left Malmaison, exclaimed in one general cry, " Let him be off ! let him go ! we can undertake nothing either for his personal advantage or for the good of Paris." Never, in fact, was a man so con demned and deserted, and even robbed. If he had re mained much longer at Malmaison he would have been left pennyless, for even men of the first rank scrupled not to plunder him. We give the following extract in proof : " A case, containing some valuable snuff-boxes, adorned with portraits set with diamonds, which had just been sent by the High-Chamberlain, was placed by General Bertrand on the chimney-piece of his chamber. During a few mo ments, in which he approached the window with the mes senger of M. de Montesquieu, only a single person en tered the room—but when General Bertrand recollected the case, and went to look for it, it had disappeared. This, however, is nothing in comparison with what happened to the Emperor himself. One of his Ministers had brought him some millions of negotiable paper, canal shares, and other securities ; the Emperor having counted them, placed them, in their cover, under one of the cushions of his sofa. The Minister was followed by a man whom the Emperor had been accustomed to receive in his cabinet ever since the campaign in Italy; his rank, and the high functions which he discharged, placed him beyond the reach of accusation. No other person entered the cabinet between that and the time in which the Emp eror proceeded to take up his papers, in order to place them in safety in his bureau. He immediately perceived that they had been touched, and were incomplete. Fifteen hundred thousand francs had been abstracted. Who had taken them ? The mystery was as great as in the case of the diamonds." The condition of Napoleon at Malmaison must have been in the highest degree melancholy and :wretched. With a few exceptions, he knew not whom to trust ; he was harassed with constant messages urging his departure, and when he wished still to linger in that spot they tried to frighten him away by causing an alarm of the ap proach of the Russians, and by burning and completely destroying the bridge of Chatou, close to Malmaison. He was at last with great reluctance, compelled to leave, and proceed with all possible dispatch to Rochefort. The account given by Montholon of the journey is full of in terest, as well as the whole proceedings at Rochefort and the Isle of Aix, and at his embarkation on board the Bellerophon, Montholon admits that Captain Maitland made no promises, and gave no pledges of any kind as to the disposal of his person, and states that when the Em peror, on reaching the deck, announced that he threw himself on the protection of the laws of England, Captain Maitland only answered by a low bow, and a few minutes afterwards presented his officers to the Emperor. It is to be regretted that details so full of interest are occa sionally disfigured by anecdotes and assertions utterly improbable. We give two instances. While the Belle rophon was at anchor off Torbay, the greatest anxiety was manifested by the captives to learn the decision of the Privy Council as to the disposal of the Emperor. At last the Duke of Rovigo received an account from London which dissipated any illusion under which the Emperor had hitherto laboured. Count Montholon then adds:— " The Privy Council had just held a deliberation on the question, whether the terms of the proceedings of the Con gress of Vienna prevented England from delivering up the Emperor to the vengeance of Louis XVIII. ; and the dis patches of the Duke of Wellington urged them to adopt bloody and terrible determinations. The energetic opposi tion of the Duke of Sussex alone, saved England from the infamoy of cmmitting an execrable crime." The second instance is evidently as little entitled to credit, and we believe is written only for effect in France. In England the description of the scene, especially the last part of it, will only excite ridicule : " The instructions of Lord Bathurst, Minister of the Colo lonies, gave directions to subject the baggage to the most minute examination, and required the surrender to the Ad miral of all money or articles of value in gold or diamonds; our arms were to be demanded as from prisoners of war. " This last point gave rise to one of those silent but su blime scenes, to which my pen is wholly unable to do jus tice, but the impressiveness of which every one will under stand by reading the simple but faithful narrative of what tool/place. " The Admirals had been received by the Emperor in the state-cabin. Bertrand and myself stood behind, with our backs to the stern windows. " General Gourgaud remained by the starboard guns, pre pared for any event. The Emperor, a few feet in front of us, appeared to expect that he had only to receive their adieus, when Lord Keith, at length resigning himself to the execution of an order which was at variance with the whole of his long and brilliant military career, approached the Em peror, and said in a voice subdued by lively emotion—' Eng land demands your sword.' " The Emperor by a convulsive movement placed his hand upon that sword, which an Englishman dared to demand— the terrible expression of the eye was his only reply ; never had it been more powerful or more penetrating. The old Admiral was astounded, his tall figure shrunk, his head, white with years, fell upon his breast like that of a criminal sinking beneath the sentence of his judge. "The Emperor retained his sword. " The two Admirals saluted the Emperor with a respect accompanied by deep emotion, and withdrew, without utter ing a word to disturb the solemn impression which the scene had made upon all beholders, English as well as French." These, however, are but rare exceptions, for the author, in general, relates facts with much impartiality, and gives a deep interest even to those which have long been before the public. The last adieu to France is admi rable, and far surpasses that of Mary Queen of Scots, so striking in history : " On the 9th of August, the Admiral gave orders for get ting under sail, and a few moments afterwards the whole squadron was under weigh, tacking in order to get out of the British Channel, " Several times did the shores of France appear before our eyes as a vague and formless shadow appears in a dream, when the mind and thoughts are touched by a feverish im pression; but just as our hope of recognising or of seeing distinctly some points of the coast was about to be realised, the cursed signal to tack was to us as the awa kin g which de stroys the illusion of a pleasant dream. " Once, however, while the Emperor was taking his accus tomed walk on the deck, the coast of Brittany threw off the clouds which concealed it, and presented itself to our eyes, as if to receive our last adieux. France 1 France ! was the spontaneous cry which resounded from one end of the deck to the other. " The Emperor stood still, looked at the coast, and, taking off his hat, said, with emotion— " Farewell I Land of the brave, I salute thee ! Farewell ! France--Farewell !" " The emotion was electric ; even the English involuntarily uncovered themselves with religious respect." The passing the Line too is graphic On the 23d of September, 1815, we crossed the line, by , one of those singular hazards which sometimes occur, at lati tude 0 min., longitude 0 min., declination 0 min.; that is to say, the vessel, conducted by a west wind, which had blown for several days, came under the line exactly at mid-day, at the first meridian, and on the day of the equinox. " The passage of the line occasions a great merry-making, and a kind of saturnalia among the sailors; all is confusion overturning of the natural order of things on board. " The boatswain represents Neptune; he is sovereign for a few hours, and no one is exempted by his rank from receiv ing baptism—a kind of grotesque homage to be rendered to the monarch of the seas by any one who has not before passed the line." "Neptune exhibited towards us a very gracious respect ; lie exempted us from the ceremonies of shaving and baptism ; and when each of us, conducted by our godfathers for the time being, was presented to him, he told us that we had too often received the fire of baptism and of glory, to require another baptism before becoming his friends; and when the ceremony was concluded, he asked to be allowed the honour of making acquaintance with the demi-god, called General Bonaparte; the Emperor graciously consented to the presen tation, and gave, through the Grand Marshal, 500 napoleons to Neptune, in order that he and all his court might drink to his health; this was a signal for deafening hurras and cries of ' Long Jive the Emperor Napoleon !' " ChM ctetoils are chiefly contsined in the first yolume. CAPTAIN ROUS and the ELECTORS OF WIi:rMINSTER. The following letter has been Stidressed by Captain Rous to his constituents : "TO TIIE ELECTORS OF DTIS CITY OF WESTMINSLER. "Gentlemen,—A report having been circulated that, in the event of an election, it. is not my intention to solicit your suffrages, I beg leave most respectfully to inform you that there is no foundation for such a rumour. "Since my election in 1841, I have been anxious to de serve, and,l trust I have not forfeited, the general confidence you then reposed in me. "In tlzt considerations of questions affecting your local in terests, I have been (as I feel at the close of a contest a re presentative ought to be) cheerfully accessible to all classes o f m y cons tit u ents, witheut distinction of party. "To the general foreign and domestic policy of Sir Robert Peel I have given that support which was due to the prin ciples under which I was first introduced to your notice, re serving to myself, however, that freedom of thought and action which a large and intelligent. constituency, interested more in the success of good measures than in the existence of a Minister, have a right to expect in their representative.. " Upon one or two occasions, impelled by my , conviction of the advantages to be derived from an unrestricted trade with our colonies, and of the necessity of meeting the de mand fur food of an annually increasing population, by withdrawing the restriztions upon its supply, my course has been in advance of that adopted by Sir Robert Peel, but I was at the time actuated by the beliefthat I was taking those broad views best suited to the large interests I repre sented, and I have now the satisfaction of finding them adopted by the statesman with whom I differed only in these particulars. " 1 need hardly add, as I have stated in my place in the Home of Commons, that the large and comprehensive mea sure of Sir Robert. Peel will have my cordial support, and I shall give it in the reliance that when the time shall arrive for my again .zolieiting your confidence, the open course which I have pursued will meet your kind sanction and ap proval.-1 have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your faith ful servant, " HENRY JOHN ROUS, CAptaiu R.N. " 23, Grafton-street, Jan. 28, 1846." 5,4!1.VAL INTELLIGENCE. _ POTTSMoI/70, Al*NDAy.—The Prince Albert, a splendid American line.of-packei, ship of 1,000 tons, Captain Sebor, will sail this evening (wind continuing favourable) for New York. Captain Sebor and the passengers have embarked. The Scourge steam bomb-Tesse;, Commander Caffiu, has come down so low in the water sinu she has shipped her fuel and ammunition, that it has been found necessary to put on another streak of copper, which has bean done. The Netley tender is ordered to Plymouth with super numeraries for the vessels fitting out there. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretty man, has been examined by the engineer department, and will proceed to-day to Devonport with supernumeraries. The Mercury tender, Master-Commander Scarlett, sailed to-day for Plymouth with supernumeraries. The Rattler steam-sloop, Commander Smith, came into harbour again yesterday, after trying her new screw (Wood croft's) at Spithead. Further shell practice was continued from the Excellent this morning at the steam funnel, which now presents a very torn and shattered appearance, as does the bed on which it is fixed. It is considered that neither shell nor shot will, under ordinary circumstances, do any very great damage to a steamer's funnel, as shot go direct through the iron, and shells do not explode on striking it, passing through it as shot, and merely creating a larger perfo ration. ANTI-MILITIA MEETING. NEWCASTLE, TUESDAY, JAN. 27.—This evening a public meeting was held in the Lecture-room, for the purpose of adopting measures to induce the Government to abandon its intention of enrolling the militia. The attendance was yery large. ,con,;than Priestman, Esq., presided ; and after a number of speeches by local Dissenting ministers and others, the subjoined memor;,a l was agreed to without the slightest op position To the Right Hon. Sir A. Peel, First Lord of the Trea sury, &c., and the other htWourable members of her Ma jesty's Government—the Memorial of a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Newcastle-upon- Tyne humbly showeth, " That your memorialists have learned with the most sincere regret that it is the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to embody the militia. " Your memorialists seriously apprehend that such plea sure would operate injuriously in various respects. " That by exciting the jealousy and suspicion of foreign powers, diffusing military tastes and habits amongst the people, and rendering it more easy to engage in war, it would tend to produce the evil which it is desired to prevent. " That it would exert an unfavourable influence on public morals by withdrawing a large number of young men from the guidance and oversight of their parents and con nexions, and that it would tend materially to retard the general prosperity by diminishing the powers of productive industry. " That by a consequent increase of taxation, it would bear hardly on the whole community, and it would inflict peculiar hardships on those classes which, having no direct voice in the representation, have the stronger claim to the considera tion of those in powor. " That by the introduction of compulsory military service, it would afford a dangerous precedent for a positive en croachment on civil liberty, and that, in the case of those who conscientiously disapprove of war, it would present a violation of the rights of conscience unworthy of our age aid country. " In conclusion, your memorialists would respectfully sub mit these views to your serious consideration, and earnestly request that a measure, replete with so maw evils, may not be carried into effect." THE ARMY. MOVEMENTS or THE TROOPS.—Late in the past week the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot received orders to march forthwith from Portsmouth. The destination of the corps being Weedon barracks, six companies, commanded by Lord William Pau:et, arrived at the Nine ms station on Tues day, having travelled by the South-Western Railway, and immediately proceeded to W.edon, rid the London and Bir mingham line. The remaining four companies, under the guidance of Major Huey, reached town yesterday afternoon, and proceeded by the same route to the place of their desti nation. A body of troops can thus accomplish in a few hours a distance by railway which otherwise would have in volved nearly ten days' march. The 68th were relieved at Portsmouth by the 74th Highland Regiment, which left Gosport, being replaced in that district by the 3d (East Kent) Buffs, from Winchester. The 69th leave Weedon, now occupied by the 68th, and proceed to Leeds, replacing the 59th, which proceed to Ireland. The 2d Queen's Royals have arrived at Chichester from Chatham. _ _ _ '1 he military movements have latterly been somewhat brisk. Stu Enwsup PAGET.-It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we announce the declining health of General Sir Edward Paget, Governor of Chelsea Hospital, and Colonel of the 28th Regiment of Foot, now in India. He lately pro ceeded, in company with Lady Paget, to the Isle of Wight, where he is still staying. The latest accounts received yes terday left but very slight hopes_his recovery. The Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital, Sir W. H. Clinton, has also been dangerously ill, but is now much better. SONG OF THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. (As SUNG Or JANUARY 23D, WITH GREAT AGONY AND LAMENTATION.) (From Punch.) He has spoke out 'gains; protection, he has broken every vow, lie has spoke out 'gainst proizetion, and it's all up with us now. He cares not for his Hansard—ht's flung overboard the Peers, He has told us he don't care a fig for us or for our fears. Oh! was it well to leave us, to humbug and tLeceive us? Such conduct is most grievous —lost, lost Robert Peel I Had it been but Lord John Russell, to bear it we'd have tried— They'd have been in a minority, upon the other side. But with false reports they've won thee—it's enough to drive one wild, Those vile 'tater Commissioners, the Home-office beguiled. Your speech may have been clever, but we'll not excuse thee—never ! So it's no use to endeavour—lost, lost Robert Peel! I shall never trust another—and he'll carry.it too, they say If the British Lion don't roar out—l grieve to think he may. Confound those Dukes for saying what the world will never , Thatni fo ir r a ff intage tP cul . ryet:pow der, beans, and atarcb, poor folks might We're all asking, " Did you ever? "—and all anmering,"No, we never : Farewell! Thus, thus, we sever !—lost, lost Robert reel ROYAL JENNERIAN INSTITUTION.—The annual meet.; ing was held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, where the chair was taken by George Trimmer, Esq. The audi-. tors' report stated the amount of subscriptions during the past year as 3731. 75.. whilst there was a present balance of 15/. 25. Sd., with debts, however, due of about 2201. The re port of the council stated that, in the present year, 6,066 persons had been vaccinated at the two stations.whilst lymph had been distributed thr the vaccination of upwards of 30,000 others. Amongst other satisfactory letters, one was read from Aden, stating the efficacy of the lymph supplied from the society, both amongst the troops and Arabs, after the ordinary sources of supply had failed. The society also took credit. for having perpetuated a supply of pure lymph since its establishment in 1806. BUILDING OF THE NEW nousEs OF PARLIAMENT.— ' The Select Committee that was appointed by the House of Lords, on Tuesday evening, on the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde, " to inquire into the progress of the Houses of Parliament, and to report to the House, " consists of the fol lowing Peers :—The Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Lansdowne ' the Marquis of Normanby, the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl Ellenborongh, Lord Aberdeen, Bishop of Salisbury, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Pon sonby, Lord Redesdale, Lord Somerhill (Marquis of Clanri cards), Lord Brougham, Lord Ashburton, Lord Sudeley, Lord Monteagle, and Lord Campbell. No day is yet fixed for the first meeting of this Committee, but that will very probably be determined this evening, during the sitting of the House. --- ---- THE — LATE POACHING AFFRAY AT HILLSDON---OR Monday last Thomas Stokes and John Adams, both of Bar ton Hartshorn, were charged at Buckingham, before E. Dewes, Esq., and the Rev. William Andrews, with having on the night of the 17th instant, at Hilledon, been found armed with a gnu and a bludgeon, in search of g a me an j a m with having beat and assaulted George Bri d g er the : k L e f n P e l l s, l of Hillsdon ; that per s h . eard lt appeared that Cadd, the Duke of Buckingham's gamekeepers that on the night in question, they thought, in a ahinney near r. was 1 i a k t e l ya the place poachers 0 a ca c h l l e e! the direction of the firing, Bridger sent some of his Prestonand t lie the Corner,(Briwd (Bridger) a nd sp d et r thought i men C oo u a ng d ohdfi i waited tt be poaching party struck eleven o ' clock three men approached would come. t about d A I were. regular fight en- Tp the e dtghl keepers hollowed out for their COM' sued,t o few Ix w'' A d the poachers then minions, an ran away, followed by the k e epers, who were unable to overtake them. They were subsequently apprehended. The prisoners were each com mitted to Aylesbury gaol, for trial at the assizes. o_ .. wh e r e which SUCCESS TO THE LEAGUE IN AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.—Mr. Falvey, one of the lecturers of the League, is making a tour of Sussex. On Monday night he addressed a large meeting at the Lamb Inn, Eastburne, in tour N repeal of the corn and provision laws. Havi Mr. Terrendest, a solicitor, and Secretary to 'I ---:----a \ District of the Sussex Society for Protectio " - - Rel , 4 '' ' ° came forward in reply, and was followe r.. - . 4.. 1 . _. ;. Boys and Mr. Joseph Filder, two of then hdtiliine.ati ' ..,_::-;• '..- - 1 Iniers. Mr. Falvey rejoined ; and the resu t 6 the ,ektan'g , - was the adoption of a petition to the Howl tiffnlTYM i lr - :',.1 praying for a repeal of the corn and provision **) .1 , ..:. .. `f , .-- --t- / II ad Vil SACIA7