The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-16 00:00:00

GEIB C P ORTING INT 'W Et ENV , /fARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. koov, \'bi)A T NIGHT.—LATEST BETTING ON TILE CAM to ClintF: STAKES.—EveI on the field rginst seven. 12 t o agat Alarm —taken 12, 0 , agst Conspirac t 25 to 1 agst Best Bower I 1 tr,,,. Y— 25 to 1 agst Evenus 4 to 1 Ago 30 to 1 agst Garry Owen—t it ° a gst Si 8. to Joanna c 30 to 1 agst Vanish 4 t o 1 agn Stin g 30 to 1 agst Finvaragh 25 to 1 aeat Lady Wiid a i r 33 to 1 ags t Laundry maid to agst Red Robin—t 40 to 1 agst Terrier . agSt Refraction tI4 Y off i t l en for the call of 4,000 to 1,003 about Alarm on the 500, e race. IN ali t ° 1 C) laid several times against Alarm winning this " his Match with Oakley. DELBY. to 1 8 t the field. a got Glentilt t o 1 on — I 50 to 1 agst Projectile—t e o f b A RRIVALS. p 1 P. . 4 uf.land, Marquis of Exeter. pidq,Of Stradbroke Chesterfield, Albemarle, Oxford, "Xbr's,;) Strathmore, ' Euston, Spencer, Glasgow, Miltown, Col s r• ► of Albemarle and Chesterfield. 04 ▪ -1 t• Manners, G. Manners, W. Powlett, G. Bentinck , 1011, --4° ' &Merton, C. Fitzroy, F. Fitzroy, Duncannon, %Sas b 8. . k , I Soyany. ▪ * l lawley, J. B. Mill, M. Farquhar, and H. Mild q%etal a nd Mrs. Grosvenor, Colonels Peel, Hornby, and o t 'Nls tir t l)l ; 3 , H. Forester, 11. Pitt, G. Fitzroy, F. Villers, &Atasr ' ,• Mostyn. 11NeY, Lowther, Delete Ratcliffe, S. Stanley, .J. Bginsteville, Graham, Jaques, Cockerel!, Magennis, ' l rcisrVuseley Higgins Crornmelin, Gully, Drinkald, -LYttoa, m e - yr i s k, Neville, Lloyd, Copeland, Osbal tteldis2t,Pbell, Collett, Newton, Cox, Batson, Powell, °l3 ' 1) a3 7 11e, W. Payne, Puleston, &c. THURSDAY. 4a daT iea of 10 BOYS each, for two yrs old, colts Bst 71b, c , aov s., sst 51b. The winner to be sold fur 150 L'Ne " e naanded. (5 Subs.) qr Redss% (F. Butler) 1 a rso _, ip g ,u B,Bedouin - grel 8 Maid of Loretto Po r d, " 8 by Hetman Platoff, out of Macrcmma wtettiii 8 Restless 1,„ °4 lis g ,, ss to 2 agst Redwing, and 3 to 1 agst Bedouin. 'kite j 6 neck. Maid of Lorette a bad third. Run in t,l _seconds. 14' Alatch, 100, h ft., Bst 71b each. A.F. e l son's Tom T u ll oc h 1 „` 4) 4 aw „ l V° Humdrum ;,. °- tm Tulloch. Won by two lengths. Run in kr el 32 s o econds. it;?s se Handicap Plate of 100/., A. F. u ulcet, 4 yrs, Bst.. (Whitehouse) 1 h ar t's Cranebrook, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 2 t r.!J, followin g st ar t e d, but were not placed:— :ter, 4 aw ley's Alamode, 5 vrs, Bst—Mr. Mostyn's Win. 5 s Yrs, 7,t 121b—Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School lsib.' l-8 , 7st 101b—Sir G. Heathcote's Khondooz. 6 yrs, 1 : 4 1 ) 8 -24. Onslow's Ruff, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Mr. Cope -0 / ,7,t l r. 4 vrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Shelley's Campanile, 4 i '411 :6" -- , Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 6 yrs, , 7st 41b—Mr. s orolin , 4 yes, 7st- 1 r. W Wyatt 'sThe Mangler, jc..40..1;:ti-llr.eEddisn's Little John, 5 yrs. 6st 101b—Lord s . ,s est 9ito)otstool, 3 yrs, Est 91b—Mr. J. Drake's Glory. 3 -- Lord Strathmore's Satyr, 5 yrs, 6st 71b -0%3 Driffield, 3 yrs, 6st 31b— . Sir S. Spry's f, by Sir e °lit of Taglioni, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Mr. Leigh's Cor. OM, 4 5t 4 5 s , Yrs, sst 121b—Duke of Rutland's Sister to Flarn tk- , 4 , 1 b 58 t 121b—Mr. W. Etwall's Longsteck, 4 yrs, " s 'll'a s7 eV . ; S. Howlett's Libation, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Mr. s„ • - "olf, 3 vrs, sst 51b—Mr. Douglas's Sevens- the- Viets 4 ;' r s, sst Mr. Wall's Zela, 5 yrs, sst. tr, 1 0 to 1 agst The Mangler. 10 to 1 agst Crane tr`o, 10 4 ` 15 1 agst Boarding School Miss, 10 to 1 agst Ala t, ," 0 1 agst Footstool, 11 to 1 agst Dulcet, 14 to 1 agst 78t I+s-to 1 agst Winchester, 16 to 1 agst Zela, 20 to 1 1 45 i ,:, 1 1 0 0z, 20 to 1 agst Campanile. k p `ltte r ,,," ll e took the lead, followed by Longstock, Driffield, Itick b - mobroolt, Glossy, and Footstool, and, at a good pace t iL sl t ileris a gr L et ind, made the running to the bushes'-hill; it ch ee k.l,"° up by Cranebrook, Winchester second,. and fp - ,„ e oteri n :, r n?de, Footstool, and two or three others, laid up. one n' the cords Dulcet went up, took the running from gooe'„and won cleverly, by a length ; Winchester a 50, soM, and Footstool, Alamode, and Seven's-the- Ntlr. Dflear together,that no one could say which was b ut two minutes and twenty-seven seconds. I,`e ern a t e h-100 soya., h ft. Last half of Ab. M. Slq l -utdford's Taurina, 3 yrs, 9st Pgow's f bv 2 yrs, - ' 11 (1s: 41 Taud Retriever, ist na. Won by two lengths. Run in 54 tr, - - b (I N . 4 rateb vills,4 Alarin —5OO sovs Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. (Nat) 1 e 1 of et to I g, Istdford , s Y.by Mann Oakle who made all the running, and won cle is,esst Run in 1 minute 16 seconds I'e cif takes of 200 sous. each h ft. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) I o fo , rd's Free Gift, Bst 71b (Robinson) 1 Itu Ti' w sf by Sir Hercules, Bst 41b 2 Pis Lord Glasgow's filly. Worr by half a length. tilss4 , 4l inute 18 seconds. es i ()° h ft. First half of Ab.M. Sir J. Hawley's Aii l , e .„Thford's cob, 9st, received forfeit from Mr. Myt ',-lb k ith, L u oY, 6st 71b. h ft. Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Taurina, ist R e ,Pst a i," forfeit from Mr. Mytton's Auricula. as; e s of 10 soya. each ; two yrs old , Est rlb ; three, "else ; four Bst 11lb; live, and upwards, 9st. 'he air 11% ," r• to be sold for 3001., if demanded First half of o b ak e o •Sty 4 , (Kitchner) 1 of 13 8 Betbphage, 2 vrs . 1 , 41 ts et e dford's Taurina, 3 yrs .................... . ble f o, by Hetman Platoff, out of To l ga, .3 M 3 _ r. G. Ir.also started but were not pan l acn . 's„, --- stery 4 yrs—Mr. Minon's Carissima,, o R idiculous Mns, 4 yrs—Mr. W. IV3 att s The yr kt4 Zn ' T 's--Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright. 3 yrs—Mr. 8 Malvoisie, 3 yrs—Mr. Jacques's Dipthong, 2 to tti rley's Wi n t on ia, 2 yrs. olt, k g't , t 0 1 agst Tanrina, 4 to 1 agst Dipthong, and 6 1 t The running was made by the Toga 3 111 g f and 1 • to tl„ f or ward Arkwright following him, and Bethphage l e cv rop e , ,uut wide until within the ropes ;he then went , - 1 . -e rly I' 'leaded the Toga colt half way up, and won length, Taurina beating the Toga colt by a The nretb — 41 55 seconds. !lk ; 8 1; S .. t es of 100 soya. each, h ft, for two years old Irobts ak each. Last three quarters o f B. . (11 p a • la4l•°rd Yri e's f, by Venison, out of Cobweb (Nat) 1 , b e 'stYn's Archness 3 (2, o l . lpßeter's f, by Hetman Platoff, out of Galata nl3!eel's Vert-Vert A ~... t h 46 W 5 to 4 agst Archness, and 7 to 4 agst Cobweb f. IS t— ness, rt Vert, and the Galata illy ran abreast into bottom, where the Venison filly went up, had the race oerself, warning by three lengths. Run in 1 min. 27 sec. be Canaletti Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of blares covered in 1843 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; 31b I t itad 51b allowed. T.Y.C. (4 S u b s .) j - Pl'hillimore's Saddle, Bst 41b - Q-Bou ver i e ' s War Eagle, Bst 21b B e tting-4 to loa War Eagle. Won by a length. Run i i tlinute 22 seconds. 71f 5 -4a toh, 200, h ft. D.l.—Sir J. H aw l ey ' s B rav i ss i mo, 7st V e ceived 80 sovs. ft from Mr. Sh e ll e y' s M aynoot h , Bst 71b . c onsent' between The Baron and I n h er it ress i s o ff b y teOPW ouId RIIIDGESHIRE be taken. STAICES.—AIarm is now quoted at 4 to _ Hen ee,,,.! tsvurNsTut LITERARY INSTITIITIOr4.—Mr. "London" las (IQ% concluded a cot ne of lectur . oon Ivir,.. ll g at the above institution, h in s hich the subject statistical w and his ta,Lizeated with great talent. tla;;;;11 matter, together vyith n t u h_e ty T nec e essary chronological i to introduce without 471-1, required much Inge mer e ; the lecturer, however, continued to amuse the tit: plea sure -seeker, while he afforded ample informa- There is a singular o t i Jo the seeker after knowledge. ptittnality of style about Mr. Henderson, which which sur b its vivacity, ikl e . 4 bY its peculiarity, while it tie..2natrnets by its soundness. gratifies. anecdotes are ex. li e 7e y a . ~ a pposite, most effectively given, an T d h s e er a v n e d t i o en r e e e - Itsa-One heavier portions of the subject. loghly delighted, and expressed its gratification by bidiLtand repeated plaudits. The ictorialil a lu d s m tr ir a a ti t o in n n s ,-1.1% Shalders, were the theme of universal _ , .I.N x..,,,,, 'e5t.,3,,,....y5Pe01t SPORTSMEN.—We learn that 3d it •:, riollybush, shot a woodcock on Satur day ,Mthre._ The keeper of %i t . i r `,. , and another on Saturday last. %l a , illiarn Miller's estate of Glenlae—Mr M.Gaan— The . se early ar tival s oot one on Thursday the Bth. least promise to m s ' it they indicate nothing els e, atLer. f t.i sport for a sportsman.—Ayr 0 ser N ~n Wed. tiaad:ritPlDlTY OF THE LION 9,11EE 0 . f . t ) Hylton's per t'ttoiLevening, during the exhibition . ferocious male - Yen m- animals in Nottingham fair, ci am at exhibited in a den with another a of the same spe tei44blte his chain, and attacking the other animal kr, - ,p l tl by the foot, and a terrific fight commenced. habitof v isit' l 'Ylton, " The Lion Queen " who is in . rush e ,a the den of these untameable brut . es, immediately a bioq the them, separated the furio e u d s in an a i g m a a i l n s s b e y . curi,l v to, each, and eventually succeeded the c's th e eac h, Both the animals received injuries in /T e d t..... Nottinghamshire Guardian. a diminutive et a s l6, o Al t or A DWA.RF.—On Fr id ay the , named Johanna O'Connor, agedabout 50, from for the pur kglster isle, was brought into Nottingham Persons w h o ho t,tr._ of being e xhibited in the fair. Perso N 1,401 th eer With their company on that day w ere struck are t o: gbastlin ess of he r appearance, and took especialthe w o ., , 0 repeat the visit. On Saturday, at noon , Wei e Z e r the world" was taken ill, and died at two Innat e . °Q Sunday afternoon the remains of the unfor bjemPignlY, who but a few days previous had been the ti le e — °I ' 6 a ehallen e to the world," were conveyed to r.r. erneter 4. 4. tix unY,T.---. Nottingham Journal. 40 1 , g m ---ot CAVALRY.—We ti°Tl htt°viri :.Ittli BOLD V, that in consequence o h f . av r e e oestrusrleesaernntead •-' been made to the Commander i n-Chief that tns were likel It, . Y weretoocac t xl , nsehuld Chval e, ..,.. 4nvar--: times occasioned, and that accidents and from the nircum: tinces regulationof the. Praetic n ot ; 'Y, owing to military t fu ° t i t e h t i b s y G 1 h aply marching on their nearsid t e h o a t t . the in Grass very considerately ordered . This w'll shall u niformly march on their prope w r h sid ch e : h eel „.1 effectually prevent the inconvenien . ce ~. , f" number of vehicles constantly moving at olls. beat rites of speed on the roads about London, it 1 possible othervvise to obviate. • Wednesday tral4l:"vicles PATENT EPITHEMS.—On , • - vett: A l.° llown a specimen of Mr. Markwick s newly ln er thos e - ePttilenas, which as a neat cleanly substit . u s te e f er. tahli_nastY contrivances, blisters and poultic . es t (he Y worthy of the patronage of the medical world. o!_!Pitherti consists of a prepared sort of skin, aveery tb,?,°,.'y resembling gold-beater's skin, which i s wtr s e l 4 i. To this is attached, by means of some g l u ti nous Ili t i r ial, S. woollen fabric. This fabric, being satur ate d th,,'„!,,arin water, forms an excellent poultice,. having al l Iveiatnesa. heat, and moisture of a poultice, without its k eth , idea Th e of completely carries out Aber %ft 3' 8 of the perfection of a poultice, viz. a very z plaster. It is also used as a chest preserver. A 4 11 : 11 % piec C h e f the epithem applied dry to the ches t lis e /ve l:s all purpose of a prepared hare skin, while i liot this a ll over a hare skin---that moisture do e s ae ot ta r ke it ehher useless or uncomfortable. There is faut. Puryose to which these epithems might be use -11',; P P l iQtl, which we would suggest to the patentee. soft 3 ' would be admirable linings for shoes, making them ' easy, 1114 wilter-tight. cTHE SPN. LoN DON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, ;S 6. HAYMAIII-11 T An exoe'lently well-built and very cleverly written farce, entitled Spring Gdrdens, was produced here last evening, from the practised pen of Mr. Planche. The scene is laid at an ordinary, in Spring-gardens, some time towards the latter end of the seventer nth century. Scoreup, (Mr. Buckstone), the keeper of the ordinary, is a jealous-pated fool, with a pretty wife, Mrs. Scoreup (Miss Julia Bennett). His ordinary is frequented by various roué courtiers, who tolerate his execrable wine for the sake of flirting with his pretty wife. The jealousy of Scoreup is without the slightest foundation—albeit he endeavours as much as possible to keep his wife out of view, and with that view he sends her down to Brentford on a particular day, when divers of the Court gallants are expected at his house. Among these is Lord Courtington (Mr. H. Hon), who has certain designs upon the pretty Mrs. Scoreup, and who manages, by means of his servant Lightfoot (admirably acted by Mr. Clark), to waylay her, and to transfer her from the Brentford stage to his own apartments, where are divers fine articles of dress prepared for his fiancée, the Lady Clarissa (whom he has not seen), the niece of the Lord Keeper. The Lady Cla rissa (Mrs. L. S. Buckingham), has heard of the roué character of Lord Courtington, and knowing that Scoreup's ordinary is one of his haunts, determines to go there in disguise, in order to see him as he really is. The Lady Clarissa herself is in love with Sir Ar thur Lovel (Mr. Howe). She arrives at Scoreup's just after the departure of Mrs. Scoreup, and she bribes mine host to permit her to appear as one of his house hold, in order to see Courtington in his true colours. Courtington arrives, and his man informs him that Mrs. , Scoreup, after being, as he thought, safely lodged in his appartments, had disguised herself in the attire she found there, and made her escape. Immediately after wards Mrs. Scoreup enters, dressed as a Duchess; she is full of rage against Courtington, whom she finds there, for the trick he has played upon her, and Courtington endea vourslto arouse her jealousy against Scoreup. Most opportunely for his plans, the Lady . Clarissa, disguised as a domestic, enters, and says she is Scoreup's cousin sent for by him to keep his house, in the absence of his wife. She refuses to accede to Courtington's propo sitions, but still she wishes to be revenged upon, or rather to discover, the machinations of Scoreup ; and, therefore, consents to dine with Courtington, masked. Score up is ordered to bring up the dinner and wine, and, by desire of Mrs. Scoreup, he is ordered to bring up the wine with the yellow seal on the cork. Puzzled to know how Courtington could have discovered the se cret of his best bin, he yet obeys the order. He leaves the room ; Courtington being sent for, also quits the ordinary, having previously taken the precau tion of locking up Mrs. Scoreup in an anti-room. Sir Arthur Lovell enters ; recognises Lady Clarissa in her disguise ; they have an interview with Mrs. Scoreup, who appears at a window ; Courtington's sillainy is discovered, and the tables are turned upon him. In the meantime Scoreup has been endeavouring, by means of a bottle of wine, to pump Lightfoot, and from him he leaves that he (Lightfoot) saw Mrs. Scoreup emerge from a Brentford stage and throw her arms round the neck of a Major of Dragoons His jealousy is aroused, and he com mits all sorts of mistakes in serving the dinner—the dinner for four, for Sir Arthur Lovell tells Courtington that he too has an assignation with the fair damsel, whea Courtington has already seen them, and the dinner is served up to Courtington and Sir A. Lovell, and Cla rissa and Mrs. Scoreup, the two last being masked. Scoreup fancies once or twice that the Duchess is very familiar with him, and at length recognises the voice of his wife. He is ordered out of the room, but determines, nevertheless, to watch ; and, accordingly, his head emerges from a trap door, and he iswitness to the orgies; he hears his wife defend him against the libels and insinuations of Lord Courtington, he sees her resist the advances of the libertine, and he hears Courtington resign all pretensions to the Lady Clarissa, for the sake of Mrs. Scoreup. The plot is complete. Lady Clarissa discovers herself, and is resigned by Lord Courtington to Lovell. Scoreup finds that he has a trustworthy wife, and he cares not who looks at and admires her. The arch intriguer, Courtirgton, beats a retreat, under cover of a bon met, end Ms servant Lightfoot is ejected at the point of the spit by Scoreup. This little farce is full of bustle, intrigue, and wit. The dialogue is piquant enough to have carried off a much heavier plot ; the imbroglio is quite full enough of intrigues to have carried off a much heavier dialogue, while the incidents follow one another with such rapidity that the interest is perpetually kept alive ; and we recommend those who wish for an hour's plea sant amusement, to hie at once to the ordinary near Spring-gardens, where they will find excellent enter tainment every night between this and Christmas. THE PROBABLE SUPPLY OF FOREIGN GRAIN THIS YEAR. The total number of corn-laden ships now on their way from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to this country, is between sixty and seventy, and allowing that each of them brings 1,000 quarters of grain (which is above the truth); this gives 60,000 or 70,000 quarters of grain, of all descriptions, on its way from all ports within the straits of Gibraltar. About as much more is supposed to remain in those ports, making a total of 150,000 quarters of Indian corn, which may pos • sibly be obtained from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea together before winter. The American ports may, perhaps, supply us with as much from the remains of last year's crops. In the spring a good deal more may be expected from the crop of the present year, but it will be nearer six months than six weeks before it arrives. The accounts from Odessa, which are to Sept. 7, state that the scarcity of vessels which bad existed in that port during the whole of the summer continued, and that the freight of grain to England was 11s. sd. per quarter for wheat or Indian corn. They further state that the whole stock of Indian corn in that port was 7,000 quarters, of which the greater part was of inferior quality; and that it Was not likely to be much increased for some time, as this to make crop of the grain in Bessarabia was so poor as t make it d ou b t f u l w h et h er any more c o uld be spared for export a ti on . The quotations .,l7s.9d of aa d s second qualities . q b u e a s l t i tti9ess. too 20s. per quarte r o f Indian corn were 17s. fe o e a , r o a f ; and those of wheat 30s. 6d. to 31s. per quarter for Polish Odessa., the sth instant, state that the quantity ro of m Indian'rristy shipped to England during the preceding fortnight, amounted to 20,000 quarters, and that the total stock of grain i n th e p or t consisted of 32,857 quarters of Indian corn, and of 12,857 quarters of wheat. The price of Indian corn was from 225. ld. to 245. 9d. per quarter, according to quality. Letters from Ancona of the 2d instant state, that the crop of Indian corn in that neighbourhood had been nearly destroyed, first by the long drought, and after wards by heavy floods. The price was 21s. to 245. per quarter, and the freight 7s. to Bs. to England. Letters from Genoa, Leghorn, and Marseilles, of about the sem) date, say that good Indian corn could not be bought in these ports so as to be laid down in England for less than 365. a quarter, for cost and freight alone. At Venice the price of the best Indian corn was 245. 6d., at the last advices. Combining all these facts, it is evident that our sup plies of Indian corn from the Mediterranean and the Black &ea will this year be small, unless English im porters are willing to give prices which will make it a dearer grain than wheat. The great hope, under these circumstances, is in the arrivals from the United States; but even from that country we shall receive no large quantity of Indian corn until after Christmas. The largest importation of Indian corn ever known from the United States took place in 1811, when the quantity. reached 348,850 quarters, under the stimulus of a foreign demand for grain and flour, which raised the price of wheat to 645. per quarter in the United States, during the whole of that year. Since that time it has fallen off to 50,000. or 100,000 quarters, at which amount it has continued for twenty years. Even last year, when the demand for England was great, it did not exceed 200,000 quarters. It is possible that the importations this year may be five times as great as those of last, or a million quarters, but we can scarcely believe that they will reach more than that point. The fact is, that there are few things more difficult than to increase the quantity of g:ain grown in a country, in a short time. Little can be done with machinery, and in some stages of the operation just as little with horse labour. In the report of the judges of the Liverpool Agricultural Society, published only last week, it was stated that much grain was lust in this thickly-peopled county from shedding, owing to the want of labourers ; and if this be the case in Lancashire how much more must it be so in the back States of Amerisa ? The quantity of grain raised de pends much more on the quantity of hands than the number of acres in a country, and therefore it is that we do not expect that great increase of grain from the United States which some persons hope for, until the recent rise in prices has diverted more labour from the comparatively unprofitable cultivation of cotton and tobacco to that of Indian corn and wheat. This change is in progress, but it will be some time before it will en able the United States alone to supply the deficiencies of Europe.—Liverpool Times. INCENDIARY EXPLOSION AT :-:. ;i .-L.," . .,,.) '..: '1...., Dumas, Ocr. 13.—The Journal contains the following:— • "DEATH FROM STARVATION.—On Friday, a poor woman called the widow Conlan, residing at Clontoohee, near Dysart, in this county, proceeding to Ennis to purchase 6d. worth of Indian corn for herself and family, fell down at the distance of about 150 yards from her own house, and almost immediately expired, through exhaustion, arising from want of food. We fear that this is not a rare instance of effects arising from the existing distress. In different places, within the last few days, the people assembled in masses, and dug out for their own Ilse the potatoes belonging to some of the large farmers." Sir Burton Macnamara has addressed the following letter to Mr. Labouchere, the Chief Secretary:— " Tromroe, Oct. 2. " Sir,—lt is with extreme regret that I have to report to you, for his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant's infor mation, that a number of men came to my residence yes terday and stated they were in a state of starvation, and that they required food and employment, or that the consequences would be serious. I told them that the necessary forms were gone through to obtain them re lief; and that r anticipated in a few days their condition would be relieved ; I exhorted them as a friend not to resort to acts of outrage, and to bear in mind that if they got a week's provision by plunder it would tend to many weeks' starvation, and that no power on earth could justify their proceedings. I advised them to re turn home, which they did. " On inquiring, 1 find all these people belong to the village of Miltown, near which there are three magi strates residing, and that they tried to get the poor people of this parish to accompany them, which they very properly refused to do, notwithstanding their desti tution cannot be exceeded by any people in this county; and I trust that their patience and good conduct will be duly appreciated by his •Excellency, and that the pro mised relief may not be delayed. " I have the honour to be, Sir, yours truly, "B. MACNAMAR, Captain R.N., J.P., " County of Clare." MEASURES FOR EMPLOYMENT. The Cork Examiner, which arrived this afternoon, contains nothing remarkable on the subject of the dis tress. In regard to the measures for employment, that journal says : " We are glad to understand that the contracts for the college works will be immediately advertised. Instruc tions have been given, we understand on the best autho rity, for the commencement of the Glamire road and park works. The Wide-street board this day issued precepts for the taking down of the houses in Globe lane and White-street. All preliminaries will be settled in less than a fortnight, when an abundance of employment will be afforded." THE PRESENTMENT SESSIONS. The first extraordinary presentment sessions for the county of Dublin took place at Talla,ght yesterday. The sum of 10,0001. was voted for variou , s useful works, to be apportioned in electoral divisions, in accordance with the Lord-Lieutenant's circular. The Recorder (Mr. F. Shaw) stated that Mr. Ed ward Byrne, a farmer, of Whitestown, had banded in a proposal to him for the attentive considera tion of the meeting, viz., for the draining of land and the improvement of a water-course in his (Mr. Byrne's) own land. According to the regulations set forth in the letter of Mr. "Labouchere, a work of this description could be presented for, upon the pro prietors giving an undertaking thrit, the money so pre rented should ba charged exclusively on the lands. This Mr. Byrne was ready to do. This proposal was agreed to. RELIEF ASSOCIATION.—AP PEAL TO THE ENGLISH PUBL IC. _ _ . I find the follo;f4inSaunclers'sliews Letter of this day. I have heard some objections as to the peculiar construction of the committee, and generally as to the manner in which the association has been got up. " At an adjourned meeting of noblemen and gentle men, held at No. 16, Upper Sacicvil le-street, Dublin, on the 12th day of October, 1846, the :Earl of Roden in the chair. " Proposed by Lord Farnham ; meconded by George A. Hamilton, Esq., M.P.:— " Resolved—That at the present emergency it is de sirable to re-organise the Relief -Association of 1831, for the benefit of Ireland generally. That a committee be appointed with the view of carrying on the operations of the Association, to be designate rl the Managing Com mittee of the Relief Association for the Destitute Pea santry of Ireland; and that the following noblemen and gentlemen be appointed the trustees and committee, with power to add to their numbers : " Trustees—The Earl of Roden., - Lord Farnham, Lord George Hill, W. D. La Touche, Esq., and George A. Hamilton, Esq. " Committee—Lord Farnham, Af.ajor Adams, Richard Armit, Esq., Alexander Boyle, E sq., Henry Bewley, Esq., William Edington, Esq., James Ferrier, Esq., Rev. William Fausset, Rev. John Gregg, Robert R. Guiness, Esq., R. S.'Guiness, Esq. , George A. Hamil ton, Esq., Sir J. K. James, Bart., VT. D. La Touche, Esq , David La Touche, Esq., P. J. Marjoribanks, Esq., Rev. E. Nangle, Thomas Pa rnell, Esq., Rev. H. Verschoyle, Lieutenant-Colonel White, M.P., J. Wilson, Esq. " Secretaries—Lord George Hi% Rev. C. H. Minchin, and H. G. Porter, Esq. " Resolved—That the committeta be requested to make an appeal to the English public awl to tho community at large, and especially to absentee Irish proprietors, for the purpose of obtaining funds to 'enable the committee to carry forward the objects of tl se Association. " R 0 DEN, Chairman." SPIRIT PUBLIC JOURNALS FRO , L PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—Lard 1V estmeath's views of the rights and liabilities of landed proprietors, to which we have on two recent occasions given publicity, however natural, however common, however unstriking to Irish land owners, ar3, nevertheless, based on an utterly erroneous view of their duty, and if carried out into action without limit, would result in the most abject misery of the great majority of mankind. His Lordship came into the pos session of certain portions of the soil of Ireland, which his ancestors had possessed before him. He found divers tenants occupying parts of his estates under leases. When these leases fell in, he found more occupiers than had been bargained for. The soil was encumbered with humans, and their condition was such, that they were by no means profitable cattle. Had they been as pro fitable to him as so many sheep or pigs, he would have rejoiced at their being part of the live stock of his farms. He objects to them, not as bipeds, but as squatters. He could not, owing to the cost of litiga tion, put a stop to the squatting while the leases sub siited. If he could have done so, he would. Now that the leases are ended he wants the law to make up for lost time ; and cooly proposes that he shall be en abled by Act of Parliament to transport to some other country—no matter which—the uncomfortable surplus population ; that a new felony shall be created- for the benefit of his "order," the landed proprietors of Ireland; that the crime of having been born into Ireland, and having survived the perils of Irish infancy, shall be placed in the same category with forgery, burglary, and arson. If this is a specimen of what an Irish House of Lords would do in the way of domestic legislation, it had better be avowed generally at once. It might have some effect even in that focus of nonsensical extravagance, the Conciliation Hall. Nov, it may be as well for the Irish landowners to consider what would be the case of the population if Ireland, like Egypt, had only one land owner. Would they, then occupying the position in Ireland of tenants of the soil, deem it just that this monopolist of " the first gem of the sea" should prohibit their marrying and having families ? or that he should only permit a given portion of them to marry, era endeavour to place a limit on the number of chil dren which should be born? If rot, they must give up Lord Westmeath's proposal for the expatriation of his countrymen as equally against the inalienable rights of man. If the landowner—the solitary lord of the soil— whom we have supposed could have no right to prohibit or attempt to restrict the multiplication of his species, 50,000 landowners combined could have no such right, nor could any one of them have it. Again, this landed oligarch could only enjoy his insular estate by having it tenanted by others besides himself. Were he the sole inhabitant of his own territory, he would be as badly off as Robinson Crusoe before he found Man Friday. He must have tenants to enable him to enjoy his own property. Without tenants he would have no profits. If he introduced a tenant population, unless he made an express bargain with them, at their first introduction into his domains, that they and their posterity should at all times remain at his absolute disposal, and renewed that bargain with their descendants, they would bring with them, and retain, their rights as human be ings; and if he took the benefit of their labours, he must also take the liability of satisfying such of their physical wants as should enable them to fulfil the conditions of their existence. But if, instead of introducing a labour ing population, he became the owner of the soil already occupied by his fellow-creatures, and availed himself of their services to obtain some enjoyment from it, he must take their consequences with them, permitting them to propagate their kind and to people his domains. He could only have a conditional right to the land—a limited proprietorship. The Aborigines would possess their ordinary rights as human beings, and transmit them to their descendants. Their children would be born into the country with his express or tacit consent, and with the rights of fellow-countrymen with him. It would not be difficult to convince even an Irish land holder that Mehemet Ali has no right to screw his Ftllalis down to absolute starvation, or to drive them wholesa!e into the desert. They would admit that those Fellahs, as Egyptians, have a right to live in Egypt ; that if they perform their duty to the Pacba of cultivat ing his corn and cotton estate, they may require in re turn the means of subsistence and of subsisting in Egypt ; and that, however absolute may be the Govern ment under which they are placed, they are entitled to their share of the rights of man. Follow this out in Ireland, and there is no logical possibility of denying that those who are born in Ireland have by the mere accident of their birth a right to stay and subsist in Ire land. It may be a hard task, and one of slow fulfilment, to convince the majority of the proprietors of the Irish soil of the truth that the whole of God's earth is intended for the enjoyment of the whole of God's creatures ; that when a child is born into that world it is gifted by God's providence with a right to a subsistence during the whole of its life on and from that earth ; and that whatever may be the artificial division of that earth into continents, countries, or counties, no combination of men whatever can, without a violation of their duty to God and man, make such an appropriation of any portion of it as shall deprive a single fellow-creature of that right, or hinder him in the reasonable enjoyment of it ; but it is the truth, and it must be recognised and acted on. CHRONICLE.—The meeting of the working classes of Manchester, held in their Town• ball on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of memorialising Lord John Russell to open the ports, is a sign of the times which cannot fail of receiving the deliberate and respectful attention of an enlightened statesman. From the report, which appears elsewhere, of the brief, quiet, and per fectly business-like proceedings on this occasion, it will be seen that our manufacturing operatives have made great proficiency in that most useful description of all useful knowledge—knowledge of the facts and laws determining their own social condition. The compulsory and disagreeable lessons of the best of schools seem to have been mastered by our working-men, in Lancashire at least, with a very satisfactory completeness. Their own experience for many successive years—as interpreted to them, first, by the League, and more recently by Cabinet Ministers who vied with one another, through the greater part o fa protracted Parliamentary session, in expounding the economies of the working-man's life—has been largely effectual in imparting the wisdom more im mediately profitable for their political guidance. They know all about the doctrine of wages, and its relation to prices. They understand their concern in that political, or state, economy, which is neither more nor less than the aggregate of their own particular domestic econo mies. They have learned to respect the facts and figures of that political arithmetic which does but sum up and epitomise the more familiar domestic arithmetic of their own cupboards and firesides. They appreciate their interest in that cheapness of the primary necessaries of life, which enlarges the surplus of national income available for the comforts and luxuries that consti tute the subject-matter of manufacturing production and commercial interchange. The difference between cheapness and dearth of the nation's food they know to be so much added to, or taken from the nation's capi tal—which capital is the fund out of whose increase their wages are paid. They have acquired considerable skill in this very interesting species of computation. So much added to the price of the 41b. loaf they find, on casting up, to be so much of extra weekly taxa tion on a town and neighbourhood of such or such a population — the amount of which tax " is, of course, abstracted from the receipts of the general tradesman, and is thus operative to the destruction of the home market for manufactures." With this expert intelli gence of the law of wages and the nature of the wages fund, our working men are of course very watchful of dangers that threaten that fund with diminution—espes cially with gratuitous and preventable diminution by ar tificial causes. They look with jealous alarm on those shillings of the scale, which, as a now easy and familiar logic has taught them, stand for shillings abstracted from their pockets. They dread and deprecate the effect, especially during a season of severe national trial and difficulty, of even four shillings artificially added to the natural price of a quarter of wheat—such addition really and practicably meaning, to them, increased com petition for diminished wages. With prices rising to the point at which a fixed four-shilling barrier will abridge and retard the very supplies of whose necessity the Legislature has made that figure the ind.x, they are keenly alive to the danger and absurdity of a policy, the principles of which have been explicitly condemned by every statesman of weight and repute, and whose results are so dismally illustrated in their own well-remembered experience. It is just the old story beginning over again, and they know it all too thoroughly by heart not to beg fervently that it may be cut short. This is really a very striking feature of this working-class meeting. The alarm which prompts Manchester operatives to pray for open ports, is a reasoning and prospective alarm. Their meeting and memorial are no passionate utterance of irritated or desponding misery, but the quiet and sober minded expression of a logically justi fied fear. The whole proceeding is very much of a pre cautionary character. These are not " distressed manufacturers" clamouring for a "boon," but men enjoy ing a very tolerable amount of prosperity, who see natural causes at work that . must imperil and abridge their prosperity , a nd are anxious that a natural and in evitable evil should, at least, not be artificially aggra vated. The memorialists have nothing to say of "distress," except as a future event, which they see at no great distance, and for which they would be well prepared. It is only that they " apprehend great distress, and would ha ve thi s di s t ress minimised down to its natural l imits, by the instant ex tinction of evil. But tbiiahta n o e fdeliberate e o i f t a fi T sc n fiscal lyainjusticensdpesao speak sober er underwhichapprehension no other pressur e than must, snore or less, e after all the teaching they have had, this is enough to make them speak plainly and strongly. They have learned to read future events in present tendencies. They are great believers in cause and effect. They scent danger afar off, and are wise in time. We cannot en tertain the fear that the chosen of our statesmen will show themselves less sagacious in their interpretation of familiar facts, or less far-seeing in their prescience of a certain and not very remote future, or less prompt and earnest in warding off preventible aggravations of a com ing evil, than a miscellaneous assemblage of our working men. Lord John Russell must be as well able as these operative memorialists to draw the right conclusion from data of fact and principle which are common to both parties. We feel persuaded that, to a prayer so just and reasonable, and so thoroughly accordant with the maxims of a reflective and experienced statesmanship, there is but one answer possible. After all, our Manchester working men only ask, that the settled and fundamental policy of the empire may be consistently applied to meet the special wants of a crisis for which it has an obvious special fitness. ADVERTISER. — The subject of punishment in the navy, to which we referred yesterday in our correspond ence, is one which ought to receive a large share of public attention. The court-martial on board the Vic tory (off Portsmouth) reveals to the public a practise in our steam navy which ought immediately to be discon tinued, and which it is strange that men of ordinary in telligence and humanity should ever have permitted. The charge against Lieutenant Story was, " that he, on 1:11 - 1, day ( , f August. 1546, beime then the senior 1. 'ter .111.,, stekut,,hip Retribution . . . did . . . bluer Redpath, then the captain of the hold of the same ship, to be confined in the ' port bunker' of the said ship, in which bunker the said Edward Redpath was accordingly confined, and was found dead ; the said Lieutenant having ordered such punishment of confinement without reference to `Captain Stephen Lusbington, the captain of the said ship." We are not about again to arraign Lieutenant Story, or to question the justice of the finding of the court, by which he was honourably acquitted of all blame for his said conduct on the occasion before men tioned. Indeed, it was quite apparent, from the evidence on the court-martial, that Lieutenant Story bore an ex cellent character on board the Retribution for humanity, and that he was an enemy to the barbarous practice of flogging. It appeared also that the punishment which led to the death of Edward Redpath "had been pre viously resorted to on board the Retribution, with the knowledge of the captain, and not disapproved of by him, and that the same punishment bad been adopted in other steam-ships." The finding of the Judge-advocate adds, "without any bad consequences ;" but qutere. By this time our readers may wish to have some insight into this "port bunker," which was the scene and the cause of the death of Edward Redpath. For the benefit of those who are not very learned in naval lore, we beg to mention that the " port bunker" is the coal-hole of the steam vessel, into which it has become the practice in the steam-vessels of war to cast refractory seamen. The un fortunate man Edward Redpath, whose crime was drunk enness, was placed on the platform in this miserable place, and was seen just under the grating some hours after his imprisonment, but when the time approached for his release, he was found lying insensible on the coals. The truth is, the man was poisoned by the foul gas—the carbonic acid gas emitted by the coals. Every one knows, or ought to know, that an atmosphere which will scarcely feed the flame of a candle is one in which human life cannot be sustained. Now, one of the wit.. nesses stated that he took a candle to look for the de ceased man, and in answer to a question from Captain Stanley, he admitted that the light " was burning dimly;" and farther, that he felt the ill effects of the gas himself during the short time ho was employed in raising the deceased man out of it. The same witness; Thomas Rumble, a stoker, admitted that he felt the ill effects of the gas in the bunker before, those effects being "pains in the head, across the eyes." In accordance with these statements is the evidence which was given by the sur geon of the Retribution, who said, " I made a post-mortem examination, and found the appearances on the body such as are known to exist where the persons have died from respiration of carbonic acid gas. The lungs were gorged in blood dark in colour. What blood was about the heart and the large vessels was fluid and of a very dark colour." There is, therefore, not the shadow of a doubt that this poor man was killed by being cast into a mephitic atmosphere, from which he could not escape, and where he died, just as any one would die, in a sort of Grotto del Cano. We cannot withhold the expression of our indignation at the gross ignorance which presides over this department of the punitive code in the steam navy. Here are gentlemen of great sagacity in the cocked hats, entrusted with irresistible power over the lives of their men, and who have to find out, by the actual occurrence of death, that it is unsafe to order a man into the receptacle of a large quantity of coals, where the temperature is between 76 and 80. We regret to discover on board the steam navy so much ignorance, or so little attention to the ne cessary effect of modes of punishment ; and we hope the competent authority will interfere to prevent the further infliction of death by the certain process of " the port bunker." MEScRS. DELARUE'S ENVELOPES FOR NEWS PAPERS.—If any envelope be entitled to the denomina tion of safe, it is the newly-invented newspaper envelope manufactured by Messrs. Delarue and Co., which, com bining as it does the security of a tie, by means of a piece of tape fitted into the envelope, with that of the usual adhesive edge of the ordinary envelope, furnishes a double security. These envelopes, manufactured of plain paper, are sold at the rate of Is. per 100, and will, no doubt, soon come into general use. In addition to the plain paper envelopes, Messrs. Delarue and Co. have manufactured others of a patent material (paper lined with caoutchouc), which being waterproof, and not liable to tear, are admirably adapted for transmission to foreign countries. They seem as tough and as strong asleather. Mr COUSIN NICLIOLAS.—This is the new volume of "The Standard Novels," and comprises the powerful story with which the Rev. Mr. Barham first delighted the readers of Blackwood. The quaint humour and the deep pathos of the talc are still fresh in the recollection of those readers, who will be glad to find this favourite story presented to them in so convenient a form. We envy those who have-yet to read "Cousin Nicholas," and we hardly know whether or not to envy those who have yet to become fascinated by the absorbing story appended to it, under the title of " The Trance," which deprived us of more hours' sleeping than we care to acknowledge.— Court Journal. MExICAN BoNns.—ln the dispatch which has created so much noise within the last few days, is a clause ordering Mr. Murphy to publish it immediately. The bondholders, who are in the greatest state of uncertainty, knowing the existence of the dispatch, and seeing no official copy of it, are most anxious that Mr. Murphy should comply with this order of the provisional Government, or, at any rate, make some statement on the subject. The fact that Messrs. Schneider deny the receipt of any official information as to the mission of Senor Gomez Farias is not enough to counteract the effect of a document which is circulated in the City, and which announces the repudiation of the new bonds, and the removal of Mr. Murphy from office. BENEVOLENCE OF THE LATE PREMIER..—The fol- lowing instance (says the Suffolk Chronicle) of Sir Ro bert Peel's unobtrusive benevolence was mentioned by Mr. Wilderspin, in the course of his lecture at the Ips wich Mechanics' Institution, on Tuesday evening. We give it in the speaker's own words:—" Some of you have heard of llaydon, the painter, and, no doubt, you have heard that Sir Robert Peel, the late Prime Minister of England, sent that man 501. in his distress. It ought to be known, by my moving about the country in this manner—and I never thought of self, for I always had faith that my countrymen would not allow me to die ;in a union, and that the Almighty would not allow me to ask for the common necessaries of life—that I had spent all my money. I was at last reduced to the utmost extre mity. I wanted a crust of bread, yet I kept the secret within my own breast. I set out for an obscure village, where I thought I would end my days. A friend called upon me. And when I had not a single shilling in my house, when I had nothing to offer him, for I felt I shoulddegrade my cause by running into debt, when my poor dog was as thin as my children, 501. 'came from the Prime Minister of England, Sir Robert Peel. Thus you see there are two men whom he has benefited. One is now in the eternal world, and the other is the humble individual who stands before you." It is rumoured among the highest classes of society that the fair fugitive from Gloucestershire will shortly be received by her noble parents ; it is said that the blacksmith at Gretna was not on this occasion called upon to perform the ceremony, but that the gallant offi cer and his " ladye love " were united in a large town in the west of England at an early hour on the morning of the elopement. - We regret to announce the death of Mr. F. V. Lee, a barrister of the Oxford Circuit, in very considerable business. Mr. Lee was a man very popular among the attorneys of his circuit, and was a man of great aptitude and shrewdness, and what is called business-like talent. His death was very sudden. He had been out shooting on the Monday, and on his return home, and while dressing, fell down and expired. He has left a widow and a numerous family to mourn his early loss—for Mr. Lee had but attained his 41st or 42d year. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lady Charlotte Herbert, second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Powis, and Mr. H. Mont gomery, of Grey Abbey, county Antrim, is to be solem nized.on Tuesday next. The Earl and Countess of Powis, and Ladies Herbert, Viscount Clive, and other members of the family, have already arrived in town from Powis Castle, Welshpool. A sumptuous dejeuncr will be given by the parents of the fair betrothed to a numerous and distinguished circle in celebration of the nuptials. CURRENTS IN THE CHANNEL.—An inquest was held by adjournment from the Ecclesbourne Coast Guard Station, near Hastings, on Tuesday, on the body of a man, name unknown. It appeared in evidence, that on Saturday morning one of the Coast Guard, while on duty, saw the body washed on shore. It was dressed in a good black coat, a figured satin waistcoat, black trousers, and Wellington boots. In the pockets were found seven double francs, too single francs, seven double and one single copper sous, and a card-case, containing cards of Mr. Charles Ellis, and of Messrs. Ellis, 81, Borough street, Southwark. Lieutenant Coggs, of the Coast Guard, repaired to London, and was referred to Mr. Joseph Ellis, of Balham• hill, Clapham, from whom he learned that his brother, a Mr. Charles Ellis, had been living some years at Guernsey, and that about three weeks ago his hat had been found on the rocks in that island, and that. it was conjectured he had ['Allen into the sea and been drowned. Mr. Joseph Ellis attended the inquest on Tuesday, and stated his belief that the body was that of his brother, and the jury thereupon re turned a verdict of " Found drowned." The body must have traversed the distance between Guernsey and Ecclesbourne during the late heavy gales from the south west. THE COBDEN NATIONLL TRIBUTE.—Within the last week the committee of this fund have received 350/., principally contributed by the people of Manchester, Burslem, Bury, Dalkeith, Clitheroe, and Gomersol. At the weekly meeting, on Tuesday evening, at Manchester, the Chairman, Mr. George Wilson, stated that Mr. Henry Bury, of Edenfleld, has subscribed 100/. The total sum received amounts to 74,795 L The collection in London is making rapid progress, and the reports' transmitted by the collectors are of the most cheering character. At the next meeting of the committee, a return of the amounts collected in Lancashire, York shire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire, will be submitted. THE WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—ALLOCATION OF THE POOR-RATES.—It is stated that another attempt will be made to carry out the long talked-of improve ments in Westminster by an allocation of the poor-rates, and bills are extensively circulated in St. Margaret's and St. John's parishes, calling on the rate-payers not to consent to any such application of the parochial funds. Great complaints are everywhere made, too, that the Government did not take the plan upon themselves, with out leaving it to bo a matter for speculation. CHARLTON FAlR.—This pleasure fair, which is better known as "Horn fair," will commence on Monday next, and continue three days, at Charlton (near Black heath). Its charter is of ancient date, and it once ranked among the first-class suburban pleasure fairs. It has of late years gradually declined, and has now become a mere phantom of by-gone fairs. ROY -' 31 1 AIL STEAM-P_IICEET Eii e: _ proprietors of coa:pany via, held, sr one o'clock yes terday, at t. la :Alden Tavern. Notwithstanoing the in auspicious t tat e of the weather, a considerable 'number of proprietor 2 ttendcd. Thomas Baring, Esq., occupied the chair. The CHAt RI lAIY said, owing to the absence of the Chairman of ti to company, he had been requested to take the chair on that occasion. He did not know that it was neces sax y for him, at tho commencement of the meeting, to in ake any other observations beyond con gratulating the proprietors upon the regular operations of the company e, and upon its favourable prospects. He then called it] 'on the Secretary to read the report and financial states sent. The report F. et forth that, at the corresponding meet ing last year, the. directors announced that they had succeeded in rra aging with her Majesty's Government the preliminar ies of au amended contract for the com pany, plaeing its affairs upon a more satisractory basis, and they may n( sw add that the new agreement has since received the fo:rmal ratification of both parties. The company's ship s co , etinue to arrive and depart at the various p ,aces, bor a abroad and at home, with the greatest regularity and the manner i n w hi c h t h e ser vice is cot iducted appears to afford general satisfaction. Since the last fx eeting of the proprietors the contem plated arranger dents for conveying passengers and treasure across the Isthmus of Panama have been com pleted; and otl ter means are also in progress for faci litating to thf s utmost this important traffic. The additional Thu nber of persons travelling by the com pany's ships have rendered it necessary to extend the cabin accommodation, which has entailed considere.nle expense on the company, but this will no doubt be ft illy compensated by increasing the receipts. The amount r ,ow invested on the insurance account is 50,77:31. 4s. in Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, and the cla'an s hitherto against this fund have been very inconsideribl c. It will be observed that upon the total expenditure the working account now presented shows an aug,mer station over that of the first six months of last year, amounting to 3,8631. 3s. ld, which arises principally from an increase under the head of " provisite ns," occasioned by the greater number of passengers ; and it affords the directors much gratifica tion that rue y are enabled to exhibit an augmentation in the receip ts, amounting to 10,332/. 18s. 11d., showing therefore art increased surplus of 6,469/. 15s. 10d. over the corres cpc coding period of last year. Looking at this steady ilnp rovement in the company's finances, and having no re aeon to doubt its continuance for the subse quent six rat ,nths of the present year, the directors feel justified in proposing an addition of five shillings per share to t'ne dividend, making it for the half-year ended. 30th June- last, 11. 15s. per share, to be paid free of de duction on and after the 19th inst. The fin an 2ial statement submitted to the proprietors showed the disbursements for the half-year, from the Ist of Jut 'us try to the 30th of June last, to be 146,1231. 6s. 3d., a nct the receipts for the same period 195,0141. 16s. 4d., 1 , sa ving a surplus, 48,8911. 10s. Id., being a net increase ot" 0,469/. 15s. 10d. over the preceding half-year. The CH Ail mix moved the adoption of the report. Mr. RIl to , ,VAY seconded the motion. He said be was one of the, original proprietors of the company, and that he held 25 shares ; and, therefore, whatever he might say w ith respect to its affairs, or the proceedings of the di - me tors, was only dictated 'by one feeling— namely, the good of the undertaking in which they had embarked t heir capital. He did not hesitate to state that iii his opinion there were many grounds for bringing sou to grave accusations against the directors. During the - last few months their income had been ma terially in. !IN 3ased—perhaps the directors did not think it proper to mention this important fact to the pro prietors, I mit it was right they should know that a great increase .1a I taken place to their income during the last few m oaths. He wished therefore to have a reply to this qn as./ ion, whether or not in the course of one month, Ai igt tst. since the making up of the accounts to the 30th of June, the profits had been greater than during tie entire preceding half-year?—(Several directors, " No, no.") If he was not correct in this :05 usaption at any rate the increased profits f. err ned a very large item ; and the fact was of le , as he had said, of which the proprietary ought not tt be kept in ignorance, especially as it was of a nature , to encourage those who had supported the company u nt ler all the disadvantages under which it had formerly laboured. In the report presented at the last 'meth) g the shareholders were informed that the profits bac!. materially increased; and an Honourable Proprietor - who was present on that occasion—Me. Stuart—e: :pr essed an opinion to the effect that the dividend ( )uvht, on the showing of the accounts, to be at least se yell and a half per cent. Now those who had borne the 'or-unt of this great undertaking ought not to be left with , the small additional increase on their divi dends of the half-year mentioned in the report. 'They ought. to have some benefit from the capital they had invested, and not be left to the fkc tuations of the money market, for the com pany hind stood well amidst the difficulties which had attended all joint-stock companies during the last few yea rs. To show the increased value of their shares, he no ight state that some time ago he bought some sharas. at 121., on which 604 had been paid, and although they were purchased at so small a rate, they were of great value in the market at the present moment. A. very 'large fund had been reserved to meet anv casualties that might occur to the company's ships, but it appear ed to him that they had a sufficiently ample reserve fund to meet any exigency that might occur, without adding to that fund what ought legitimately to be applied to the dividend fund. The report stated that the new arrangements . the directors had made had given great satisfaction ; still he had heard complaints made by parties that they had been shifted during their joir.rney from one boat to another, and that their position in one ship was altered when they were removed to an- other. Unquestionably this was a course which entailed the greatest inconvenience upon their passengers, par ticularly upon ladies. There were also complaints that the wine was of an inferior quality. Though he had named this on a former occasion, and though it was treated as an immaterial matter, still he thought it was a muter of the utmost importance.—(Hear.) There should be no ground of complaint on this head, because the passengers paid a good price, and it was to the ad vantage of the company to induce them to patronise them as much as possible. However, they could not ob ject to the reception of the report ; he hoped, however, that something would 1:to done before long—before the next meeting. Perhaps before then the directors would voluntarily declare an increased dividend in the shape of a bonus. The CHAIRMAN explained that the increase of dividend for the half-year was ss. on every share of 60/., or 31. 10s. per share. He (Mr. Ridgway) 'was wrong in saying that there was only quarter increase. —(Mr. Ridgway intimated that he did not say so.) The Hon. Proprietor had been most censorius for many years, so much so that he was the last person from whom he should have expected a recommendation to increase the dividend, inasmuch as no one was so prolific of predictions of evil to the company, in fact speech appeared to have been given him to conceal his thoughts. It was true he had a perfect right to censure the directors, whose duty it was to listen to all h e or any other Hon. Proprietor might address to them, but he would allow him (the Chairman) to state that no one had depreciated the amount of dividend more zealously than the Hon. Pro prietor had done, when it was less than at present. The Chairman then read a statement of thereceipts in August last and in the August of last year. By that state ment it appeared that the Hon. Proprietor was in correct in his data with respect to the extraordinary increase which he stated had taken place since the making up of the accounts. The whole increase, it appeared from this statement, during the three months ending the 30th of September, outward and homeward, was 6,8901. The amount of capital received, he (the Chairman) considered by no means too great for the casualties which might arise. The next accusation which the lion. Proprietor brought against them was, that the statement in the re port, that their proceedings had given general satisfac tion, was incorrect. Nothing would have been more pre • sumptuous than to have stated that their proceedings had met with the approbation of the worthy proprietor —(Hear)—but they were correct in stating that they had met with " general satisfaction," which did not in clude the worthy proprietor. His next charge referred to the removing of passengers. Mr. RIDGWAY explained, that if a passenger took a berth at Bermuda, he was liable to be removed to ano ther at Grenada. The CHAIRMAN said it was impossible to regulate throughout a long voyage the irremovability of the pas sengers, because it was not easy to ascertain what berths had been pre-engaged in the different cohlnies at which the boats called. The wines had certainly been corn plained ef—(Hear, hear)—and the director.: had given their attention to the subject. They now employed two instead of one wine merchant, who affixed their prices to their wines, which was hung up in each ship, so that the passengers themselves could test the wines and disover - the best. He (the Chairman) urged the proprietors not to declare an amount of dividend beyond that which the circumstances of the company could yield.—(Hear, hear.) The directors were naturally anxious to increase the dividends, because they held a large stake in the company, but when they looked to the casualties—their great floating capital, and the shortness of the contract they had now to run—they considered the reserve fund not too ample, even although they had a 50,0001. insurance fund. Although their profits had increased, no very great additions had been made to their capital stock. The report and accounts were then received, and ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the share r* I iers. Mr. C. Minus highly complimented the directors on the great interest they had taken in the company. No direction of any company in the city of London held a greater stake in any one company than they did in that company. Instead of paying 6/. dividend, they di d not, in fact, pay more than 5/., as they w ere then paying off three years of arrears. It should not , therefore, go forth that they were accumulating a larg e capitalf with out enhancing the dividends. The n the insurance fund c amounted to 25,000/. a year. T he casualties their property was exposed w ere g reat. One companyhad lost one ship (the Grea t Britain, we_parrume), and by accounts received that morn in g they h dna nearly lost a c n o d ne d lu ir d e e e d by passing a vote of thanks to the chair . their remaining one (the Grea t Western).man He tors, expressive of the continued confidence of the shareholders in them, which was seconded by Mr. Poynder . Mr. ItinowAY would not object to the motion, but he seriously objected to the conduct of the Ho n . Ch a i rman, who had sought to prevent him from g i v i ng free expres sion to the opinion he entertained.—.(Cries of " Order, order.") He was perfectly in order, as he was speaking on a motion which had reference to the conduct of the chairman and the directors. lie wished it to be distinctly understood that he should not hesitate to express his sentiments on the affairs of the company. Ile S- IT N ...., e l- 4-• . 4 ------ zni: - ;' , -. i p., .... 5.4 ,—, ..' -------."—°—..". .... -- E.. Api , A „ 11 : _k I . . 97 - 4../ r ,' \.."e". . 7 " - 17 :1 - 1., ,-, 1 i f there were not sinple grounds fo ..- e,>•.11 ,, :c).ie, inci,. there wen?. Re hoped for the ".I`a if - ,'2:::, f t h e e 11 1 - i.olin would evince more courtesov to i .1- "..- •{" :' - - ----;,-, - -;_i 1: i', , i,. it ifi , i. duty to icinon6trate. Ile ( \-ir ,kt: 1 -- ... ..LV , in his position of life, was as respectable as an - )1' his (Mr. Baring's) father's house. - IiVcISKIN The CHAIRMAN_ acknowledged the right of Mr. Ridg way to express his censure and as perseveringly as he bad done. Ile was not aware of having offended the Hon. Proprietor in anything he had said. The motion was then carried, and the meeting se pa rated. DREADFUL EXPLOSION and LOSS OF LIFE AT WALKER IRON WORKS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ‘TUESDAY.--A dreadful ex plosion occurred last night at the extensive iron works of Messrs. Losh, Wilson, and Bed, situated on the river T3ne, at Walker. about three miles below New castle. Three poi sons a ere killed, one by the force of the explosion, and the other two by inhaling the impure air before the explosion took place, and several others have been seriously injured. The Walker iron works are the most extensive in this district, and give employ ment to upwards of a thousand men. They comprise the various processes of manufacttue from the iron stone, whence the ore is extracted, to the completion of the mechanism for which it is designed. Two blast fur naces and four refineries are in continual operation. The blast is produced by an air pump, worked by a steam engine of one hundred and twenty horse power, pump ing on an average 14,000 cubic feet of air per minute. The blast is conducted from the blowing cylinder in metal pipes to the various furnaces, the feeding pipe being about six feet in diameter, and connected with others of sm a ll er di mens i ons, from which branch pipes of still smaller bore .ex iw t a e rh n gi ci ceh t b o ei t n h g e fire s . receiver filled i s n p witha e d order ihnig h theltyo l regulate t h t e h s e e b p l a i s p t e s a , condensed air, operates in producing a uni formity of action in the blast pipe during the return stroke of the air-pump. There are two air-pumps on the premises, one on the east and the other on the west side of the boiler, and both communicating with it, but for some time the pump on the west side has not been worked, the other one, which has recently been erected, being larger, and capable of doing all the work required. The works cover fourteen or fifteen acres of ground, and the pipes, therefore, are of considerable length. The escape valve opens into a drain, communicating with the river, as does also the privy for the use of the workmen, the latter being in that part of the works west of the reservoir above described. The accident appears to have arisen from an accumulation of foul air in the reservoir, and the pipes to the westward of it. It appears that about six o'clock yesterday evening the men in the works were alarmed by hearing groans issuing from the privy, and one of the boys went down to see what was the matter, when he was heard to utter a loud scream, and fall down, almost immediately on reaching the bottom of the stairs. This alarming circumstance brought several of the workmen to the spot, and with much diffi culty the boy was dragged out, in a state of insensibility, from which he was with difficulty recovered. A lamp having been procured, it was ascertained that a man and a boy were in the privy, and no doubt the groaning that was heard proceeded from them. With great difficulty both were drawn out, and the usual restoratives applied, but without effect, as they were both dead. It was judged that the impure air had proceeded from the drain, into which it might have passed from the blast pipes after having been generated in the furnace. The pipes were accordingly examined. One branch pipe that had been plugged was found with the plug out, and the blast escaping from the orifice. The men tried to close this opening, but they were not able on account of the strength of the blast. Robert Rogers and Wil liam Short, two of the overseers, then caused the pump ing engine to be stopped, and they proceeded to the reservoir in order to close the orifice of the pipe leading from it to that portion of the works where the privy is situate d. They opened the man hole of the reservoir, and Rogers was in the act of looking in, when a tre mendous explosion took place, the force of which carried poor Rogers ii:to the air, the height of nearly fifty feet, and landed him on an eminence about twenty yards from the place. He was literally shattered to pieces. His arm was blown off, his head and face flattened, and dreadfully disfigured ; and when gathered up, his body presented a horrible mass of mutilated remains. Short nas blown some distance from the spot, and also much injured, but he fortunately escaped the direct action of the explosion The reservoir, which was of plate metal, three-six teenths of an inch in thickness, was blown to frag ments, • which were sent with tremendous violence in every direction, through the roofs of adjacent buildings, knocking down walls, and everything that obstruct• d their progress. One large piece of metal plate was driven at least three hundred yards from the place, and the windows in nearly every house in the vicinity of the explosion were broken. The inhabitants of the cottages adjoining the works, on hearing the noise, rushed out of their houses, and a group had as sembled near some palings, where they stood a few mo ments surveying the scene of the disaster at the distance of about 150 yards, when suddenly a massive metal plate descended within a few feet of them on to one of the posts of the paling with such violence that the wooden post actually pierced the plate, which came to rest about a foot from the ground, supported by'the fragments of broken palings, and with the post sticking through it. The men had no light near the reservoir, nor was there any fire seen at the time of the explosion, which seems to have issued from the orifice of the blast pipe as from the mouth of a cannon. The end of the blowing cy linder was carried over the heads of the workmen in the `rolling mill to the opposite side of the building, where it struck a man and broke his leg. Another fragment struck a youth, and injured him severely. The rest seem to have fortunately escaped. It is conjectured that the explosion arose from the cause above described —namely, the ignition of inflammable air in the pipes, which it is supposed arose from the furnace, but that has not yet been satisfactorily ascertained. An inquest on view of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers was opened this afternoon, and was adjourned till Thursday. ALARMING RISE.—We already knew the Duke of Wellington was dear to his country, but we never ex pected he would rise to such "a very large figure."— Punch. RAPID PASSAGE. -- The splendid iron clipper schooner Prince of Wales, which left London on Friday morning, at seven o'clock, reached Leith harbour at six o'clock on Sunday evening, thus performing the passage (a distance of nearly 500 miles) in the remarkably short space of 47 hours. The celebrated Greek General Kalergi, who so admirably conducted the movement at Athens on the 15th of September, 1843, arrived in town on the 10th instant. THE MODEL PRISON, CLERKENWELL.—This pri son, intended as a house of detention for untried persons, is to be ready for use by the commencement of the nest year. TIIE PROJECTOR or Socumsm.—Robert Owen has returned again to the United States, having crossed the Atlantic four times in less than six months. Though upwards of seventy-five years old, be is still as enthu siastic as ever in the pursuit of his plans of , reform.— New York Tribune. FISHING.—For some time past there have been large hauls of turbots, soles, flounders, and other fish, got betwixt the Ardrossan and Irvine bars, by means of trawling nets. A boat, in one afternoon, took three toss of these fish.—Ayr Observer. A POLICEMAN DANGEROUSLY STABBED BY HIS WlFE.—Wednesday, shortly before 2 o'clock, Benjamin Wood, City police constable 526, was sitting at dinner with his wife, at their lodgings, Talbot -court, Grace church-street, when some words arose between them, which ended in the wife throwing with great violence a sharply• pointed table-knife, which struck him in the neck, beneath the right ear. The blood gushed forth profusely from the wound, and the poor fellow rushed out to Mr. Smith's, surgeon, to whom he stated that he had been stabbed by his wife. Mr. Smith, finding that the wound was nearly an inch and a halt deep, and that the carotid artery had been in jured, instantly forwarded him to St. Thomas's Hos pital, where be now remains in an almost hopeless state, arising chiefly from the loss of blood, as well as from the dangerous nature of the wound, owing to the great difficulty of uniting the artery. Immediately after then occurrence the wife gave herself up at the station-house Garlick hill. Benjamin Wood is a mild inoffensive man, and is deemed a very excellent officer ; he has been at tached to the fo r ce almost ever since it was first estab lished, and was highly respected both by his superiors as well as his brother officers. A CHILD DROWNED IN A WAERING•TUD.—Wednes day forenoon, an inquest was held before Mr. Wm. Carter, at the Pitt's Head Tavern, Grange-road, Ber mondsey, on the body of Samuel Robert Hodgkins, aged eight months, whose friends reside at No. 10, Diamond street, Grange-road. It appeared from the evidence the. the parents of the deceased were destitute. The de ceased, who was in good health, was left on the morning of Monday on the bed, by its mother, wt.ile she went out of the room, and on her return soon afterwards she discovered the deceased lying head downwards i n washing-tub, containing some dirty water, c b we ein eadlsou pc, carelessly ahliuetd llieffet bwyasthebedsid apparently. 3itSthienert.aise"Ad : I i s . l e f ti e d o o e n i ; were of no avail. The supposition is that _ t absent. the e careless ness in, but all efforts to restorheeai dec e ased jury, after a few remar d a verdict of "Accidental ness of the mother, returne rolled off the bed while ks th i e n motherreferen reference death." MORE CONVICTS FOR VAN DLEMI N'S LA1D... 410 A ra bi a n, Government transport, has refitted at Dept ford Victualling-yard, and is ordered to drop down to her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, to receive 300 eon victs on board, who will be sent down from the Peniten tiary, for a passage to Van Diemen's Land. TENDERS FOR TUE NAVY -Since the Prince of Wales has been made a midshipman, the Admiralty has been besieged with nurses and anxious mothers, carry ing their little charges to be admitted into the navy. The impression amongst the fair sex evidently is, that a child cannot be entered too early on board a man-of-war; and the number of babies that have been tendered to the Lords of the AdMiralty as future Lord Nelsons has been quite awful. One wo man presented herself to the porter at the entrance with twins, and began her speech with " Please, my Lord, I have brought you two young sailors. I wish them, my Lord, to be brought up as Admirals, in the same ship ay the Prince of Wales. This one I should like to be area one, and this other one blue. You see, my Lord, I have put ribbons rou n d th e i r li tt l e arms , so It there shall be no mistake about it." She was going on, when the porter interrupted her, by assuring her that " they were overstocked with Admirals just at present, but ha believed they were in want of such an article at the tChelsea steam-boats " The poor woman took up her red and blue admirals, and went off immediately at full speed.—Punch. OUTRAGES IN TIPI?ERARY. The following appears in SaundErs's News Letter:— " NENA4II, OCT. 11.-I regret to have to acquaint you that there were two men shot: on Friday evening, a few miles from this town. One aye s supposed to be in reference to a bygone dispute. Th e assassin discharged a blunderbuss, loaded with slugs, Irol ien within two yards of his victim, having walked quietly into the kitchen for the purpose. The man, fortunate) y, heard the click of the lock and turned aside, which e,aved him from final death ; as it is, he received tw - o of the slugs in his lungs near the heart, many passin g through the muscles, and ten entered his shoulder. The. other ill-fated man was fired at about a year since, an d escaped with the loss of a finger ; but on this mess ion he was less fortu nate, for he lost his life. _ " There are the most serious a pprehensions of riot and disturbance ; mobs are coming ini o town from all quar ters, to demand work and bread. The unfortunate people are goaded on by some lawless. miscreants, who have nothing to lose. " The Roman Catholic clergy men were all occupied to day in exhorting their flocks, !from the altars, not to assemble and peril their lives by riotous behaviour. I bore most anxiously that their :ad vice will be followed." The Evening Packet contains a letter from Borriso kane, which states that the two imen fired at are named Gaynor and Cleary. Neither of them is dead, and Cleary is not seriously wounded. OUTRAGES IN CLARE. —On Saturday morning, about five o'clock, six men stopped a b orse and car bringing oats to market, near Shally-hall, and snapped a gun at the horse. The animal started at; the flash, and fell under the car, where he remained for !a long time, the people being afraid to give the owner assistance. At the hour of ten o'clock a p arty, similar in number, stopped a horse with a load of corn, on the road at Pow der-hole, near Ruan, and fired tivo shots at the horse, wounding him dreadfully. The owner entreated them not to injure the horse, and he - would return home with the oats, but the legislators refu:sed compliance with the request. The police stationed at: Ruan immediately went in pursuit, but were not able to 'come up with the party. The country is at this time in a lamentable condition. In every direction outrages are committed with impunity. The police are altogether inca oable of preserving the peace. We really dread that a gs.neral system of plunder will be resorted to.—Clare Jortrizal. THE ARMY.—The 83d Regiment have been replaced in Clare Castle and Ennis by the 59th! We understand that an entire depot has been applied for, and that it is daily expected.—Clare Journizl. THE SPANISH DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: beg to express my, sincere thanks for your ready insertion of my commnmcatton on the above sub ject, in the columns of your valuable journal. If any confirmation were needed of the fact therein stated, that the greater portion of the Active Bonds were now in the hands of foreigners, I might refer to the City ar ticle of the Morning Post of yes terday, in which a e are exultingly informed of the exertions which are being made on the Continent by the (self-constituted) com mittee of Spanish bondholders, and of the coalition it has formed with the Spanish (Active) bondholders in every capital in Europe. Th e majority of the British creditors would be better pleaaed if it were to attend a little more to their interests and somewhat less to those of their continental coadjutors ; but when they recollect that that committee principally represents the interests of a few wealthy Active bondholders, some of whom realised large sums by their successful efforts to produea the great and sudden fall in the value of Spanish stocks ten years ago, which was so ruinous to the British cre ditors, they will not be surprised that the parties in question should now restrict their efforts to the obtaining a further funding of the overdue Coupons of the Active Stock, in which only themselves and their continental concexions are, at the present time, much interested, keeping the just claims of the numerous holders of Passive Stock in the back-ground, and merely bolding out to them the prospect of a possible trifling addition to the value of their bonds, which a further payment of interest to themselves may occasion. I trust, however, that the exertions of the Passive bondholders, aided by the independent press of the me tropolis, may frustrate the scheme, and secure to the general body of the British creditors of Spain—the real sufferers by the Spanish loans—the benefit of any future arrangement of the debt. I am, Sir, your obliged servant, AN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE BONDHOLDER. City, Oct. 13, 1846. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Notice has been given that all the houses in Old Broad-street and Leadenhall street, between the Hall of Commerce and the Royal Exchange, are forthwith to be demolished, preparatory to the projected improvements. NARROW ESCAPE.—On 'Wednesday afternoon, as a sailing barge named the Sarah Ann, William Jackson, master, was proceeding down the river, and when oft the Parliament Houses, one of the crew named Jobn Keep fell overboard. The master instantly seized a hitcher, and succeeded in catching hold of Keep, and pulled him into the barge. It was found, however, that the point of the hitcher had entered his shoulder, inflicting a severe wound. He was conveyed ashore in the boat, and from thence to the hospital, suffering great pain. THE CASTLE MILLS, SHEFFIELD. Another of those diabolical attempts at the destruc tion of property by explosive substances, for which the town of Sheffield has obtained a somewhat unenviable notoriety, was made on Saturday evening last. The facts are these : The Castle Mills, situate on the banks of the Don, were erected, about seven or eight years ago, by Messrs. Marshall, Brothers , for a g rindin g wheel, at an expense of from 15,0001. to 20,0001. ; and had become a prin cipal resort for parties who choose to carry on their business unconnected with the " unions," into which the vast majority of the workmen of Sheffield have enrolled themselves. On Saturday evening last the works were stopped about twenty minutes before seven o'clock, soon after which time the premises were entirely cleared, an d a watchman took charge of the building for the night. No circumstances of a suspicious nature were observed, but about half past eleven ,o'clock a Cent terrific explosion shook the building to its very re. Mr. Marshall, jun., being near the spot, went to the premises, and on examination discovered that the cylinder belonging 1.0 one of the steam engines had been blown to atoms by gunpowder, and the shattered fragments were strewed in all directions, in addition to which the massive beam was broken into three pieces. The top of the steam chest was blown off, the piston considerably bent, and nearly every portion of the engine more or less in jured. Upon further examination it was found that the watchman, William Ibbotson, who ought to have been in the most central part of the building, was in a remote quarter, where no danger from an explosion of th e en gine could harm him. His conduct in other respects ex citing suspicion he was given into custody. On Monday morning he was taken before the ma nager, and after a short examination was remanded until Thursday next. The injury done to the engine and premises is estimated at not less than from 1, 0 0 01 . to 1,200/.