The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Tr'sr 1:),;—,_.„ Ap. 1 .1. e ti,•ol mr,n .(3use 1:1 Lilt; 13 Their Royal Highuesses the 41 . red, the Royal bewattelkitin g Prince of Wales, Prince Royal, null the Princess Alice, look and equestrian exerciso yesterday on the sea „ arl Grey remains at Osborne House, on a visit to the • it o lL deputation, including Mr. Samuel Guraey,. 7 1 11 Forster, and Mr. Dunn, had an ;,art mew 1 .11 4 1) 0 4. " 2 J 'Phn Russell yesterday, at his official residence whing-stre Th e t • the arl of Auckland and Lord John Hay i visited I,:‘ -; ° ll ege of Civil Engineers, at Putney, yesterday, to r at the progress of the experiments for testing t 4 1 ,1? ° F the different kinds of coal of Great Britain, as rpocable to steam purposes, now being carried on at that i • r a h astftution, by order of the Lords of the A_denie -417 ender the direction of Sir Henry Dc Is, h Or. L 0 . Si. r. y n rlayfair. s n eorge Grey returned to town eoner h. d . . at the aan interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. Mr. IL e Rome z,_ o_ce. with4e,.master-General of the Ordnance bad an interview q pn 4,ord John Russell yesterday. The Postmaster- Cal had also an interview with his Lordship. e%2ll3atches from the Governors of the West e India vv ere received yester d ay at t h e C o l o nial office Lotdj E L arl of Lucan h a d an i nterv i ew yestei day with T ti nun Russell. P enes eitnclesiastica Commissioners for England a k ee a Meeting yesterday at their office, in Whitehall- I, 111 L 33.1 J of Clarendon has arrived at Bowood Park, t ie n visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne. ktrabihdicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho ; t e ts-" Rer I tPeal e Pr ivY Council sat yesterday, and resumed the Majesty and Proctor v. the Solicitor o heard, an of Lancaster." The Solicitor-General was a 11. t h e Court then rose. 1%- T lle 'jal AND HAMBURGH MAIL. Ilkliy.: 4 , 4 QUE, DEC. 3.—The Directors of the Dutch qatel,-' C om pany have just published the monthly TN th ea ts for November, of the number of passengers l' "" e r ecei t ' h' month :- 4 14 , 1 p s in Let 36.316 P sgers .... 7i,:(ing‘.oartate.me;i ************************* 539,616 Fl 39,412 ''reeedi n T passengers and goods The g receipts Fl 546,449 duri ng a araber th of passengers by the Rhenish Railway - -ae0, 30 : r aoath of November was 224,666 ; passengers' Alis,„'°sBfl.; received for goods. 10,20311 on. th ee ssto .j4li t a ii 43 l, DEC I.—We learn respecting the c i , eli ll e ir --erailwa; from Amsterdam to Alkmaar and qte r i o e t r, Ist, That the reports of the Ministers of the 444 d r i i ' inaa ee, and of War, are favourable, and been teslo,,ffieulties made by the war department had € t resp ''• It h d that an amicable arrangemen echo Was ho War Department, Is r Ileee s ,,g the sum considered by the 'Ned by for the fortifications, would shortly be ef t. 9 th hr-qp,hiell--e mediation of the other two departments.. j the Wh o t he undertaking, which is heartily desired Z! l ° th at u t_e Province, will .be co h m av m e enc b d. We learn e een made for 00ehes e_soeravertailliseprpaillicwaatylonhys lat Pal from the neighbouring and tiltAllt tr —wris of North Holland. t 4 11 - "" r e D 2 On Saturday last his Majesty soza--txatt,tlienc.e E o n f . leave — to . Baron Bois le Comte, Vltol nLerttordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of ti s le tti .,;,' the French to the Court of the Netherlands. h'' la,L•nat the Ki has presented to his Excelleney -r stia' .6l3 's of he Grand Cross of the Oaken. M. D. het t ler Who e d 11,, succeeds Baron Bois le Comte, is ex- Vte If„ te . t o - Morrow. I) . ,: a t tlu;',.`avia journals, received by the overland mail, o„;iteeo-,olloveing news:—Conformably to the trea h ty e 1 ) - '' no t L'e Dutch Government and that of Koctie, t , ,the title _ tle sou of the late Sultan succeeds his father .. ! 4 , 4 ag the . lloharnad Adil Halipatoel Moeminin. 1 , t Will ,_ Minority of the new Sultan, the Govern 070f thr°s directed by a Council of Regency, consist .: e tt 'd b three Persons, the choice of whom has been ap 0 1, ,I. ° I. the Governor-General of our Indian posses- Oo 14 th e 1 , ee tto o e 411 of August, 1846, a dreadful fire re iltile di et 4a es, one of the finest and most populous Dessas h tt: t ice • tia t of Rengel, in the residency of Rem burg. i th 'ltrobi l a the residency of Cherbon has been very u re n .. - 44 lis eth is Year, in consequence of the ravages co k etely,,,,,taseets. The situation of the farmers has been h t e :lt 14reted by reason of this failure. The Govern k,4ivea (\ ta ken various measures in their favour, and l A.-m tleta, "rders for the cultivation of other agriculture orlt a tre th )s.. l e 1v,... -43 t, DEC. S.—From the . table of the receipts "' eos:. Y " 8 and means of the first nine months of this W I N it :,,eBPonding with that of the three preceding taxes ttaBo3,7ocPeara that there is an increase on some of hi b fal 63,63 a., and a decrease on other taxes_ i tit - liio nt c_.• so that the total receipts for the first jsri o ,u,s of this year exceeds that of t e correspond kld ' t 44 In 1843 by 140,056 90fl. b„ fo r 4 ,, C)7 E, DEC. I.—Great preparations are being rifts. sex " Lie celebration of his Majesty's birth-day on kli ti , t . ?te ed :t last account thirteen herring boats have tif4l. 117.,""allreningen, with 11,043,000 herrings. The , 41 der: L Y , a rises. Some of the owners have realised 0 . 3 h a " 'alms, and the fishing, which at the be in 4ttle Roellat fat.ourable, has turned out very excell g ent. eo ire t, which consisted of fifty-three vessels, twenty he om e tli absent. korllettn"?lal co mmunication lately made to our Go- C l , l ll of fresh that of Belgium, respecting the ipporta ,,,,. fish into Belgium, completely disproves .an Itter; l . 4 12efpre alleged against th t e t . r e eez in man y i f te1i0..43-zar was expressed . thuam.ta tancee, would be Winder favoura b le , circumstances . 41117e4 " ."4"11 °Pe h the facts show how ground t. OPir ed ar, v„,, , ~, ‘ ll ' ll4 fe • ' however the maximum of importation ' 14 41. 41:110 Uuting for the month of September to De -) inclusive, - of this year, were— Vi Dutch pounds. Ghent 4 Antw erp . 116,000 16,500 Ostend ................................. 16,500 NDue. West Wesel .................... , 16,000 etu the months of September and October, i. e., f of the period granted, there were only im d-.. Via Antwerp .. 39 039 Ghent ............................... nil. Ostend ............................................ nil. N i_ West Arezel ............................ 5,484 f ed ~!.°l 7ll y 4 fifteenth-part of what our Government 1,0 feyr‘ferUnder more favourable circumstances. by td di...."1_. consider the results communicated by, ,tilta`r'bra of the fisheries in their address bt. ;:ti!ke %,...?.the Ministers of Finance, the Interior, and t.thit'tluri..l,es, We must acknowledge with gratitude that *e ti Ver care has been taken to secure the interest 4 0 ,4 p e t . l e in general, and of the national fisheries. . ki,nlary_ '-isa FRONTIERS, Nov. 20.—0 n the 10th of 147.tdo tt : ai,ettt year, the Custom -houses between the tele() ) 4 4' P , oland and the Russian empire will be abo k wai eh tne commerce between them be entirely tree, tti l th e 1 4 t 2atz tehr. Moat brilliant prospects are opened to the ki, k g s io te 'Pre of Poland for the disposal of their goods th t l,4 b y r Lar of Russia.. The kingdom of Poland, este leto4o„;44e Emperor Alexander, and sanctioned by 1 , z,,,' LltsQ,orysn Powers in the Congress of Vienna, having - 404 8, 1 , 1 4t i !t ot i on in 1831 by a; ukase of the Emperor 1 6 0 Nod :"i be abolished at the Russian new year, and 11 1)4 044 41 i to a government of Russia, for which all tel t Pt./ I , i trY measures are‘already in progress. t th i t a ttee t "°v• 29—M. Von Kamptz has been com to th Etto th° Proceed immediately to Vienna, there to 11 ° iho o e atntraercial relations of Silesia in reference It% Itt,t i‘ tPoration of Cracow. t, h h 'en ' DE. 2.—Lord Palmerston's protest, which 1 144 4 t -4 1 h e o n r t ,„ t h ° our Cabinet and those . of Vienna and k il t ) tA te b e r, against the incorporation of Cracow, 1 ,7 1 ti0 - , lettr o - ` a wn, upon the whole, in very mild terms, - mtrl lL aoar t o ,la a pprehension of any breach. It ro 'll it o ,:e seen how France will act in this affair, ust k b., ••••••••••••. protest alone. " ) ItTiv ------------- = -- I„,,stErriv„—G INTELLIGE NCE A . -'4,l' '''' T AT MANCHESTER.—TuzsDAy. ti"ote *---„ to 1 agst otilt a i .? ; 20 to rt l a Van Tromp to (off_? : ; 15 to ,_ g: s t t P s l i a s i t ie er t2s ) 25 to 1 atilt tor I aft ,? ) 1 4 2 8 to I (..:.) Cobweb colt ( . 4 .) 4 ,i t4gst j o h tin Prt Skt P r Eh Cu 7 -rrastrn t (t., 14 ; 35 to 1 a t gst Lunedale (ofi.); ,' 44k l -rina th e°llP ( - 1 t° „ l a g gs ( t . lin o-bragb o); 50 to l t .1 . 0 r.---e WinnikLl),.`'ffers to take 50 to I toy 00/. abou e ki-RKE'rr--cl77ll.arnepf the horse did not tr„inu . --"'lPION COURSING MEETING. Ili tBn• bieNszsnAy. th‘thlsacil,Pg Field. 11e.,,t,4 b eat beat P!iWrstE for the All-aged Stakes. 1.1c: I sli --. Silesi )„..IgaroMaw-worm beat Spinster. ?;:).li.ka 11--miles beat Cloak. • beat Nsel ief Y-get-it beat Fortune Teller—Probity ch aa • bre t /'a rrner..... i is_ First • Lucy Bertram beat Jericho. 4 4q 1 'sat elementties for the Puppy Stakes. k e slta y L Buonanarte beat Whiskey. r. b 8437,,be„at Farmer's Boy Twilight beat Vesta. ....kbtie w "",e B r ing Stakes for — Puppies. )4l; yostarert,'s Brutus beat Mr. Vipan's Victory. k: k,. qlski I s -. oily beat AIL Anstruther's Coiner. INp„,kr, 3 Idas beat Mr. Arabin's Agricola. , Vh)ailPags.°ll's Stockton beat Capt. Wyndham s `Villa. Ni alt _tk a ~..., Silesia beat Mr Fyson's Fireaway. , kkt:.t. "Yuelham's Wildfire beat Mr. Squire s Orange 41 •10 , ,°illet t i . h,": 4 1 ,11. 8 Glpgy Girl beat Mr. B. Smith's Knight k ° abed , es Dolly beat Mr. Anstruther's Crisis. ktip Ilh. S mith s The Rutland Stakes. k,=,. h aft e+ Sara Slick beat Mr. Arabin's All's Luck. t,. • l 'sstjp Ws Treasure beat Mr. Dobede's Diana. ~111:4Str',! Vancy beat Mr Nash's Crocus. NI fis uroke's Mac beatM Squire's Oily Gammon. eot4 .e r St da_,_ r.. t y d . ...r 6.coursing ever witnessed on Exiling Field; A 1 1 11? ......._._ tl the decisons most satisfactory. 111.,4,411 ....____________..._.______.---._. to, L' l t'et ttrr,ltir, AND 11 AsuccsToKE.—Mr. Lock, the It 1,1%14 ii".te company, examined this line yesterday, l'E; 4 gt R I O to make a report to the directors whether de q 4te to open. itelksye::ll,.:ll Advocate opened an appeal from the g ' l lli. h ' c 't ti l - ' ~4 ° l s k, " Her Majesty's Proctor v. the Soli- NVet e 1-)llehy of Lancaster." The case was ad- I ce , ie l lo ck ek 81 Mar A which has arrived in one of kPs Lltabl' Y nn, 4 ' Ishroents, from Cape Town, Cape of Good )i . t h of as b roil sped lota Et, curio tight several packages containing _ li. 1... us and t 'II trative of natur..l ho% ',te..con . rare na , ure 1 us of Prussia. ,1' 1 .) lip t , : i signed to his Majesty the King . si ft ; r. 1)1.111ells Were forwarded from m, , zimblque ArgiNy, ,Ts, a Prussian naturalist favoured by Lis ti r ol, e . 4 , fo r , fl i 3 en ,„ gaged exploring the east coast of ,;(4).%_uest,-„elentinc purposes at the express request and 144 I,.!'ta' fowilkarkoval of the Ring, to the Prussian Consul at 4 etb,,', u , 31 Whom they have been forwarded to the timei lo %.,', 4 . / t ".43' here, en route to their destination at p o 4 y _ls understood that they will shortly be fol itt4 ot further number of packages, containmg 'l4 id ,' a similar character, which have been col -e 64ttle individual on the coast mentioned. LITERATURE. 7 r PrT. J R J,A D. Br ' Pcrey B. St. John, ./11.:t.',0r The apper's Bride," " Eagle's Nest." 6 , •c This is the third of the Indian Tales by Mr. St. John, who announces that the series will be corn. pleted in three more. In the "'White Stone Canoe," Mr. St. John maintains the high character he has already acquired as a delineator of Indian character, and a describer of Indian scenery. The scene of the story is laid in the country of the Comanche In dians, on the confines t. , f Mexico, and the following is the legend (related by Isaonie, a Comanche chief;) from which the title of the work is taken : " Many years -Ago a young daughter of our tribe died on the day of her wedding. The heart of her young warrior was black as night, and he resolved to join her. The old peo, le told of a path which led to the land of soup, and t.,e warrior said that, he would follow it. His jourrn y Iva,' long anti great. Over hill and valley, through fr•st hncl snow he went, until he came to eter nal spring, and then 1w found himself on the banks of a broad lake. He found a canoe of shining white stone tied to the shore, with shining paddles. He was brave, and he entered. Ihe warrior crossed the lake, and there he found her he hr sought. She was white as milk, and fair as the swans on lake Za-za-pi." The tale is most dramatically told—the incidents are startling, yet probable, and follow one another in such rapidity, that the attention never flags, while the characters are admirably drawn and accurately discri minated. Indeed, so dramatic is the tale, and so ar tistically is it " built," to use a stage phrase, that we feel convinced that Mr. Percy St. John would attain high fame as a dramatist if he chose to devote his attention to that department of literature. His de scriptions of scenery are deliciously fresh and exhi larating. The words conjure up, and paint, as it were, the scene before the eyes of the reader. Take the following as a specimen : " About twenty miles from the Comanche camp is situated a translucent spring of remarkable beauty. Taking its rise in the cleft of a rock, it falls clear and pellucid into a hollow, formed doubtless by the ceaseless tall of the water, where it made a pool, bottomed by the golden sand which could be counted grain by grain through the pure and liquid element. Round about, shading and cooling the fountain, were trees of varied form and hue. Here the live oak, stunted, gnarled, and ever green, the crowning laurel, the proud and erect cedar, the Indian yew. "' The fruitful Olive, and the Plaintain round The Cai ver Holme, the Maple seldom inward sound.' From the fountain, along each sole of the rill which thence bubbled o'er and ran towards the plain below, lay ~oft green meadows, where the deer loved to dwell, crop ping the luxuriant grass, and sheltered from the noon tide heat by little clumps of musquit and other bushes, 'neath which these antelopes of the American wildernes, crept, confiding and wearied. Deep imbedded in the soft turf, the hunter would find their empty forms Nam ing him that game was near at hand, while the pelican, the stork and the croaking crane kept tuneful chorus near owl) , spot where rank vegetation dt noted the pre sence of marsh or streamlet. 4 " Now Morn her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing—sewed the earth with orient pearl,' and some halt doz.qi turkey buzzards sailing high aloft and whirling round in long - continued circles, proclaimed that near the fountain was some prey which they hoped to full upon, but wt-re restrained from attacking by the presence of human beings. The wild turkey and the squirrel were simultaneously in motion. The one flying from his roosting tree in search of morning food, the other commencing his gambols on the top of a half-dead sycamore, re but scanty- foliage hid him from sight ; the screeching night-owl, scared by the break of dawn, flew hooting to his solitude, teaching as has been quaintly said, that no life is so safe as the obscure ; that retire• rnent, if it hall less c,rurort, yet has less danger and vexation than that which brings us much in ci.ntact with the multitude ; sayings which tend only to demonstrate that, for the selfish purpose of saving ourselves trouble, we should avoid the service of our fellow men. Fools may be trappists if they please, but every honest and honourable man will commune with his kind, and serve hem even to his ow•n detriment." SIR FRIZZLE PUMPKIN-NIGHTS AT MESS, AND OTHER TALES. Some years have elapsed since we laughed at and with Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, when he made his first ap pearance before the literary world, as one of the Black wood regiment, commanded by Christopher North. Here we have him in the separate command of a de tachment of Blackwood's, and right glad are we to see our old friend again, and laugh with and at him once more. Of the many reprints of papers from B lackwcod, which have appeared of late, this is by no means the least amusing. The book is well printed, of a convenient size for the sitters by fires on winter evenings to hold in their hands to read, and to all such who are fond of whim, wit, and pleasantry, and who enjoy a hearty laugh, we recommend Sir Frizzle Pumpkin. THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC RE GISTER AND ALMALVACK FOR 1847. By J. W. G. Gutch, M.R.C.S.L., Foreign Service Queen's Messenger. In addition to the usual contents of an almanack, this very neatly printed little work gives us no less than 182 pages of scientific information, arranged under the heads of the various sciences. It is beauti fully got up, with gilt edges in roan tuck, and is of more permanent value than the generality of annual pocket-books. ELGIN BURGHS.-We have this week had • • from our representative, Sir A n d rew L e i t h a visit ll understand that he called on m an y of thee a l ) e r et a o n rsd, we assurances whom he was most cordially received, and given of continued support, there being really n o wish at present to disturb him in his seat, and in this feeling we find many of the Conservative as well as the Liberal party , participate. —Elgin Courant. NEWPORT. —The death of the venerable Baronet, Sir Charles Morgan, of Trecegar, who expired on Sa turday last, after a few days' illness, has cast an univer sal gloom over the southern part of the principality, where he was not only respected, and looked up to as the representative of a long line of Welsh princes and chieftains, but as the friend, protector, or benefactor of all these who came within the sphere of his influence. He expired at Tredegar, surrounded by all the members of his family, and we believe there can scarcely be found in the recorts of this and the last century, a similar in stance of a private individual who, while living, was honoured like a prince, and beloved by all ranks, and who, to the age of eighty-seven years was permitted the enjoyment of all his mental and hodily powers. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT...—AiI Old soldier, who had recently received his discharge, was killed o the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on Wednesday e vening. He was a pas s e n g er in one of the f ourth - class carriages by the train which leaves Edinburgh at five o'clock, and it appears that when the train had ap proached within five or six miles of Linlithgow, he at t< mpted to enter into the adjoining vehicle, but having missed his footing, he fell on the rails, and all the re maining carriages pas-ed over h im. The train, whi ch ' at the time was proceeding at full spew, it seems was not stopped to take up the body, it being known that a luggage train was not far in the rear. On the arrival of the latter at the spot, the corpse was found dreadfully mangled.—Scotsman. A CONTRACTOR'S EN TERPRISE.—Mr. J. Gordon, contractor fur the extensive drainage at Poyntzfield, near Invergordon, has purchased a very superior set of'' vehicles, with horses, for more efficiently performing the task. Four draught horses were selected by Mr. Davie, of the Royal Hotel, Elgin, and have since been fitted with very su p er i or h arness by M r. M‘Bean, saddler. In deed, the whole turn out is highl • creditable to the en terprise and perseverance of Mr. Gordon, who employs upwards of 100 wor k men i n Ross: shire The horses carts left Elgin y ester d ay f or P oyn tzfield, and were very much admired for their uniform appearance.—lnverness Journal. A STEAM BOAT PACKED IN BOXES.--We under stand that Mesas. Mill e r, Ravenhill, and Co., have just c , inpleted, in a novel m anner , a b eautiful little steamer fur the Austrian Government, intended to be employed in the canals of Venice, and occasionally, in fine weather, on the Adriatie, contiguous to that romant i c city. She is of iron, 70 feet long, 12 feet b eam, h as a rudder at each end, and her internal arrangements were made with an eye to the accommodation of persons of distinc tion. This vessel was put up in frame, in the usual way ; the plates were all prepared and adjusted, the cabins were completed, &c., and then the whole was taken to pieces, packed in boxes, and put on board a ship bound for Venice, but now in the East Indi a D ocks. The Queen Dowager has contributed the liberal donation of 201 towards the fund for the building o f a National School at Pool Keynes, Wilts. Her M a j esty has also given 10 /. in aid of the erection of a sch oo l f or the education of the children of the poorer classes at Leieton, Suffolk. A SCOTCH COUNTRY INN ON SUNDAY.—Even in this age of rapid locomotion, there must be few of my readers who have not been, at least once in their lives, the habitant of a Scotch country inn on a Sabbath evening. It is necessary, however, that they sh ou ld have been in the same situation on some other evening of the week, that they may properly appreciate that sober quiet, that softened stillness , that mare than . partial cessation from labour, and din, and discerd, of things animate and inanimate, that pervades the precincts of a country inn on the evening in question. The lighting of a bed room candle, or the ringing for a pair of slippers, at such a time, seems to be done under protest. The chambermaid who, the evening before, looked so made up of " becks, and nods, and wreathed smiles," that you wondered whether she smiled through her sleep, or even if she ever shut her e y es a t a ll, they glanced so brilliant and eh, erful, and happy, now looks demure and grave, while every dimple seem to say, " Nae daffin the night, ye ken it's Sunday." Go down stairs, and you find the ostler seated at th e kitchen fire, listless, inactive, with a face ten times more demure than the maid's, his finger and thumb inserted in a well worn edition of the " Scots Worthiee," or the " Confession of Faith." Passing the bar, you observe the landl a d y seate d s i m il ar l y occup i e d ; her snow white eap and cellar, and sober silk gown, pro claiming that maid and matron are at peace. Scolding is banished for a day. Mine host is stretched, pipe in hand, now eyeing his portly helpmate, anon watching the clouds that curl in regular succession from his almost motionless lips. The clock at th e top o f the staircase is the only object within or without that seems to court your observat on ; its constant, well-marked march, sounding amid the stillness louder than you ever heard it before, till you attach an importance to it that amply makes up for your neglect of it in times past, because you have nothing else to listen to,— Tait's Magazine. WORCESTER, WARWICK, AND RUGBY RAILWAY COMPANY. rzt...isie t ,, „ .j.5,1„,51 ftoal Wstireess a d t a last, twelvesov , a e s l 01 d ck ; y u e s . t G e r . t: l a l y r t a t ;d t E the s ( L i. An C.P., offee-house, ff t ,he e - o u u a s i r. On t •,king the chair, Mr. WARD said that he assumed his old position, as this was an adjourned meeting; he believed it was not necessary to have a vote for that purpose. In doing so he should merely observe, that having been given to understand that all sorts of actions might be brought . against him, do what he might, he had placed himself in the hands of his legal advisers, and under their advice he should refrain from everything but his simple duty as president of the meeting. He world only say that it was intended to altogether withdraw the 4,240 shares to which he had alluded. A SHAREHOLDER inquired where the scrip was now ? The CHAIRMAN replied that it was in safe keeping, but he should give no further information. At the last meeting he had stated that all the papers and documents of the company were opt.n to a fair inspection of the shareholders. Mr. SPACKMAN, after giving the opinion of Sir F. Kelly and two other counsel, that it was illegal to use any scrip in voting which was not actually in possession of the holders, read a correspondence which had taken place between himself and one of the other scrutineers and the secretary and chairman of the company, the object of which was to obtain the numbers and holders of the scrip for the 4,240 shares alluded to. The result was, that under legal advice the directors refused to give the information required. The CHAIRMAN said, that whatever the responsibility might be rested with him and the other directors, and not with Mr. Hughes, the secretary. Mr. SPACKMAN resumed with saying, that if the votes now in the room were sufficient to authorise the disso lution and bankruptcy of the company, well, but if net, then he would advise the shareholders to object to suffer the 4,240 votes to be withdrawn. Whatever they did, let them do it legally. Mr. CLARKE, the third scrutineer, stated, as the reason for refusing to act with the other scrutineers, his belief that in demanding the numbers and names of the holders of the scrip they were exceeding their official power. Ile had written to Mr. Spackman, intimating this opinion, and suggesting that a committee of shareholders should be appointed to investigate the circumstances, and examine the scrip as it was presented for voting. He could see but one way of escaping from the difficulty and avoiding litigation : that was, for every shareholder who had voted on the suspected scrip to come forward and say whether his scrip was good or bad. If this were done he believed that all difficulty would be obviated, and every one would be saved from being committed to an illegal action. It appeared now impossible to get out of this difficulty without such a course as he pointed out. If they refused, then he should maintain that every person who voted on the scrip presented by him should be held responsible for the 30s. a share which had been originally paid. A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether there was any power in the Act of Parliament to enable the directors to withdraw the shares in question ? The CHAIRMAN replied that there was no such power, and that occasioned the difficulty. An angry discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr CLARKE declared that he differed from Mr. Spack man and several other shareholders in their belief of the efficacy of bankruptcy. In his opinion the best plan was to pursue the directors at law and in equity. He had calculated the expenses in the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Company at 7s. a share, and if the plan he re commended were adopted, he believed that the whole of the balance could be obtained. The meeting decided upon proceeding to a scrutiny of the additional votes present. The CHAIRMAN said that he should never do anything behind their backs which he would not do in their pre sence ; and he had now therefore to remind them that 'it the last meeting he had stated that there was one debt against the company not entered in the balance sheet, against which he was endeavouring to defend the shareholders. Since then, seeing the spirit of the meet ing against the shareholders, and, acting under the highest advice, he had paid that debt, and he had now to intimate that, in the event of a resolution of dissolv ing in bankruptcy being come to, in virtue of the power which, as chairman, he held, he should give cheques be fore to-morrow morning for the settlement of every account now outstanding against the company, so that if they did go into the Court of Bankruptcy they would go without a single creditor to oppose them. Mr. ADAMSON—Then I tell you, sir, that you will have every sixpence to refund. While the meeting was in a very excited state the scrutineers resumed their duty, and on their return re ported that there were 8,975 votes recorded, 4,240 of which were put in by the directors, and the validity of which the scrutineers could not ascertain, and they therefore demanded the vouchers which should confirm their authenticity. The CHAIRMAN stated that such a report was not in accordance with the statute, and that con sequently he could not receive it. He should there fore call upon the scrutineers to amend their report, and would give them a reasonable time for doing so. In the event, therefore, of the amended report not being made within one hour he should declare the meeting dissolved, and leave the responsibility of the consequences to those who caused them. Mr. SPACKMAN said they would not keep the Chair man one hour or five minutes, for the scrutineers would make no other report, and he believed they were quite within the terms of Lord Dalbousie's Act. The CHAIRMAN said that since the last meeting he had taken the very highest legal advice, but ho found that he had no power to interfere, and that in fact there were no means whatever of now withdrawing the 4,240 votes put in by the directors. He should, therefore, call upon the scrutineers to amend their report. Mr. SPACKMAN having declared that it was not the intention of the scrutineers to alter the report, i t The CHAIRMAN then sa id t h at h e wou ld g i ve a qua rter of an hour f or t h e purpose, when, if he received no answer et without that awt awas before ma him, he should declare the taeet g other coming de to this,to conclusion.a a n e any d Air Spackman vck a Nn ab dissolved WWI and his friends, after a little consultation, left the room. At the appointed time th e Chairman declared the sleet ing dissolved. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1844. SLIGO AND SHANNON RAILWAY COMPANY. An extraordinary general meeting of the Sligo and Shannon Railway Company was heldyesterday af tent soon, ,:t the offices of the company, Winchester-buildings, Old Broad-street, for the purpose of assenting to the terms of amalgamation, by way of purchase, with the Sligo Ship Canal Company. Mr. Hughes in the chair, The SECRETARY read the report, which stated the t the shareholders of the Sligo Ship Canal Company had unani mously agreed to transfer their undertaking to this I 30M pany, under the powers granted in their Act for that purpse, and the directors of this company felt persuaded that it would be most ad van tageous that they should possess the entire con• trol of the Sligo Ship Canal. Both undertakings would be under one management, and the direct ors earnestly recommended the shareholders to confirm the arrangement for the purpose of completing the trs tns action. The shareholders had to authorise the direc tors to issue 800 shares in addition to the company's pre ient number, which, when done, would make the compel ty's capital 120,0001., in 4,800 shares of 25/. each, with power to borrow the sum of 33,200/. to complete both the railway and canal. The directors would possess, wl sen the companies were amalgamated, the power of adjusting tolls, remitting them on vessels conveying goods to or from the railway, and charging by their Act on yeas eels conveying goods to any other destination. The ca seal would thus become a most important branch of 'the company's scheme, connecting Sligo with the o'er Shannon, and making it the port of the who's of the towns bordering on that river, from Athlone to the company's station on the shore of Lough Allen. The company was the only one that obtained their . Act out of the many schemes projected for the %est of ):r e . land, and a glance at the map would show how advan tageously this line was situated for extension in vari directions connecting all the railroads to the north of -re land with the lines reaching to the capital on the se 'rah of Ireland. The railroad and canal completed the communication between the Shannon and the :sea The directors were assured by their engineers that the g r h e t g i t n li t r o ed ope b r e a i t n io g il t i s n o a t w e lvemonth, an directors' endeave urs comp d lete th d e an c d ap b i r t o a u l out the undertaking would aid be supported by the to carry w orks could be The proprietors of the lands were be ing of the proprietors. negotiated li m ited in amount , th e y hoped the hoped that their views on. the The board, in conclusion, the canal would be confiv; tred, subject of the purchas e of take the cowrniptha:tyand would, in the majority of ca sea, 's shares i in payment for their 1 and. I to the deed of conveys trice attech the company's sea thereof, read, was unanimcr usly The report having been and that they should be authorised to purchase it, and adopted. Mr. BRI G H T moved a resolution, e mpowering t se of for t he purc di rectors to conclude the agreement the canal. tilt: ously adopted. the meeting, was unan itu Mr. VI CICARS cor di a ll y seconded the propol ition, which, up on b e i ng put to A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, am I the meeting separated. SLIGO SHIP CANAL COIVIPIA NY. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, an extraordinary g eneral meeting of the proprietors in the Sligo Ship Canal Company was held at the company's Aces, Winchester (louse, for the purpose of consii lering the expediency of transferring the Sligo Ship Canal undertaking, under the powers con tained in the company's Act of incorporation, ti ) the Sligo and Shannon Railway Company. The prt Teed ings were purely of a formal character, the sale i )f the undertaking to the Sligo and Shannon Railway Com pany being unanimously determined upon. .DREADFUL DEATH ET SUFFOCATION IN Ag) ;WEE. —On Tuesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the t ievon shire Arms, Devonshire-street, Globe Town, Milt f-end road, on the body of Samuel Hodder, aged forty, fore man in the service of Mr. John Thomas, builder. The deceased on Monday afternoon was employed in exca vating a sewer in Devonshire -street, from the mai. ri The ground was of a sandy nature, and in consotl uence of its having occasionally given way he was cr.ut doned by his employers to put up tressels, which he re fused to do, observing that there was no danger. Decea si 2d was at a depth of about nine feet when the ground g: i ve way and buried him, in which position he romaine e t for a quarter of an hour, his son, who saw the fall o I earth, with several others, assisting in his exhumati Fn. On being extricated he was taken to the Devonshit le Arms, and was attended by Mr. Leake, who found life • textinct. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN MAILS. The Royal Mail Packet Company's steamer Tay, E. T. Sturdee commander, arrived at Southampton yesterday evening at nine o'clock, bringing mails of the following dates :—From Tampico, Oct. 24th ; Vera Cruz, N ov . I s t ; H avanna h , 11th ; Nassau, 13th; and Bermuda, 21st. Also, fr.-1 Lionduras, Oct. 20th ; Demerara, Nov. 4th ; Tor3go, sth ; Trinidad, sth; La Guayra, 7th; Grenada, 10th; St. Vincent, 10th ; St. Lucia, 10th ; Martinique, 11th ; Domi nique, 11th ; Guadaloupe, 11th ; Antigua, 12th ; Montserrat, 12th ; Nevis, 12th; St. Mitt's, 12th ; Tortola, 13th ; St. Thomas, 14th ; St. Jago de Cuba, sth ; Jamaica, Bth ; Jacmel, 10th; and Puerto Rico, 12th. She brings on freight 600,000 dollars for mer chant's account, gold dust and gold, value about 33,000/. ; 7561 b of silver, 7 packages of platina, 53 bales of tobacco, 57 cases of cigars, 15 cases of pine apples, and a variety of other produce. The Tay has had to contend with a succession of gales since leaving Bermuda, chiefly from the N. and E. This, with a detention of 24 hours at the said port, by order of Admiral Austen, accounts for the lateness of her arrival. This ship was out during the whole of the hurri cane, which visited the Havannah with such devas tating effects on the 10th and 11th of October, having sailed from that place for Vera Cruz at 5 P.M. on the 10th. It was blowing very strong from N.N.E. at the time of her departure, the wind continued increasing, and from 11 P.M. on the 10th to 4 P.M. on the 11th, it blew with the most intense fury. At the latter hour the wind shifted suddenly to W. by N., and in a few minutes after to S. W., then round to E., and settled at W.N.W., blowing the hardest at N. During nearly the whole of Sunday, the 11th of October, the weather was tremendous, the drift flying over the ship in a complete sheet, and the sea assum ing a most extraordinary appearance, the waves rising in pyramidical forms and breaking at the summits, resembling breakers on a high shore. The ship during the whole of this fearful time behaved admirably, and but for her well-known qua lities as a sea boat, together with the excellence of her machinery, she must have experienced far greater damage than the comparatively slight injuries she has sustained, namely, the loss of one of her quarter-boats, and the sponsons being carried away. From the position she was in during the night of the hurricane, had she been a sailing ship instead of a steamer her total destruction must have been in evitable. Her Majesty's steam-ship Vesuvius arrived at Port Royal on the 7th ult., from Halifax, where she had been to recruit the health of her crew. Her Majesty's schooner Pickle had returned from Cuba, after having been driven on shore in the late hurricane, with loss of mainmast ; when refitted she is to pro ceed to Hayti, with Mr. Bathurst, her Majesty's Consul. Her Majesty's ship Hermes, and her Ma jesty's ship Vindictive, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Austin, was at Bermuda. The Persian vas also here repairing damage. From Trinidad we learn, that the weather during the month of November has continued favourable for the planters. An abundance of rain has fallen, with favourable intermissions of fine sunny days. A little dry weather would now be desirable for en tering upon the usual business of the season. Some estates have already commenced crop, and as soon as the weather is more settled, we may expect to see it very general throughout the island. Everything at present connected with the crop wears an appearance of promise. The Agricultural Society, we are happy to observe, are proceeding satisfactorily. The council of the society have resolved on publishing a journal, to be devoted to the discussion of all matters having refe rence to the improvement of the practice and science of agriculture in this colony. We regret that we cannot report favourably of the state of trade. Every department of business here is unusually dull. The planters are also de pressed in consequence of the recent measure of Go vernment. The Legislative Council was specially titled to gether on the 17th ult. to receive the message of his Excellency, communicating the disallowance of in tercolonial immigration and the Coolie regulations. The Jamaica newspapers make no mention of the weather or crops, but, as has lately been the case, contain long articles on the new sugar duties. The intelligence received by the last packet from Halifax reporting the seizure of 2,000,000 dollars by Santa Anna is confirmed. The alleged ground for the seizure is, that he was afraid the money might fall into the hands of the enemy. HER MAJESTY'S SHlrs.—The Endymion, Captain Lambert, and Alarm, Capt. Franklin, were lying at the Sacrificios. The Electra, Capt. Maitland, sailed for Tampico, from Sacrificios, on the 29th October; and the baring, Capt. Matson, for the same place on the morning of the Ist November. The Vindictive, Capt. Seymour, with Admiral Sir F. Austin's flag, was at Bermuda. The Persian had been hove down to have her bottom examined, and was refitting when the Tay left. The whole of the British-men-of-war were in a healthy state. The French squadron consisted of—Mercure, 18 ; Perouse, 18 ; and Pejlade, 18. The Spanish ships were—The Isabella 11., 22 ; and Juannitta, schooner. The Company's steamer Dee, Captain Allen, ar rived at Barbadoes on the 6th of November, and sailed for Grenada on the Bth, arrived there on the 9th, and sailed for Trinidad the same night. The Eagle was at Barbadoes on the 7th o f N ovem b er , and the Teviot on the 9th, leavin g th ere on the same day for Jacmel, Jamaica, &c. Th e F orth was lying a t anc h or a t Jamaica on th e 9 t h . The Re i n d eer arr i ve d at St. Thomas's on the 13th from Grenada, &c. The Trent brought the Jamaica and Northern Island mails to Bermuda, to meet the Tay from England, on the 20th, at noon, and was left there when the Tay sailed. The Clyde arrived at Havannah on the 7th of November, and sailed on the 9th for Vera Cruz and Tampico. Tlie intelligence brought by the Tay from Mexico is of no great importance. She had very little com munication on shore. No restriction was put upon her entering any of the ports. The blockadi n g squadron was still lying off Anton Lizardo, and no movement had been made in any shape whatever since the last edvices. At V era C ruz the Mexicans were still exerting themselves, and adopting every means in their power to defend their favourite Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa. The American brig of war, Porpoise, arrived at Tampico on the 21st of October, and was lying there when the Tay left. The American squadron at the anchorage of Anton Lizardo were—Cumberland 52 ; Potomac, 52; John Adams, 20; schooners and s t eamers . The S a i nt M ar y's, 20, Mississippi, s t eamer , b es ides several small Falmouth, 20, and S omers, b r i g, were lik e wise cruis ing off the port. It was reported that the scurvy had made its ap pearance in the American fleet, and that the crews were suffering severely. In short, one ship had been sent to the United States with invalids. A movement, on the part of the Mexicans, had been made at Tampico. The whole of the forces were preparing to leave when the Tay left, in order to rally round Santa Anna, who was at San Luis, concentrating his army. Every person capable of bearing arms had voluntarily entered the service, and it was supposed that the force under Santa Anna amounted to upwards of 20,00 0 men. T he i r desti nation was Monterey, to meet General Taylor. No further intelligence had been received from the seat of war in the interior. It was intended on the part of the Mexicans to evacuate Tampico. The can non was being transported to Monterey, but the ammunition, copper, shot, &c., was thrown into the river, to prevent its falling into the hands of the Americans. A private correspondent at Mexico writes to the following effect:— " There has been a general alarm in the interior, particularly in the city of Mexico, during the last month, arising out of the arming of the lower classes of the people as a civic guard. Foreigners especially had reason to be apprehensive lest an attack on property might lead to personal violence ; but on the departure of the cou rier all was quiet, and confidence in a great measure restored. " General Santa Anna had collected a considerable force at San Luis Potosi, and the prevailing opinion was that General Taylor had not the means of advancing from Monterey, where they had experienced a heavy loss, although they obtained possessi on o f the townby capitulation. A little more firmness and energy on the part of the general officer commandin g must have obliged the Americans to retire. the encouragingthe coast Vera Cruz was still blockaded, but th e Americans had foiled t i h n e their etr ail eoto attempts greatlyttemptsalongand this Mexicans to resista nce. Nearl y the whole of th e ma l e i n habitants of the city and its vi cinity were armi n g, undergoing daily drilling, and would, in a ll probability. u se the most desper ate means to repel any attempts that wo uld be made. As t o ne g ot iation, no one thought of it, nor is it likely. that it would be beenha d had be, even if the Ameri cans 'penetrated into the heart of the country. Any government attempting it would be o vert h rown i n a month. " Commodore Stockton, on the western coast, had divided the Californias into three different states as a part of the America n Union." , From another source we learn that— " General Santa Anna, with 20,000 men, mostly well armed, was at St. Luis Potosi, on his way to Monterey, to endeavour to retake that town from the American General Taylor. " The chiefs of the federal party who had recalled General Santa Anna from exile had been removed from power by him after he reached St. Luis. "Forced contributions had been made from all classes and nations residing within the Mexican Government to carry on the war, and as the people in general as well as the army had become most enthusiastic in the war, it was thought that if General Santa Anna would pass rapidly on, he would do something that would redound to the national character by the recapture of Monterey. " Two American steamships, the Mississippi and another, intending to make an attack on Alvarado grounded in the centre of the river before they arrived opposite the town. During the time they were aground the Mexican volunteers so annoyed them by their fire that, when got afloat again, they were glad to make a hasty retreat. _ "Almonte, the present Minister of War, would, it was believed, be elected President, should he conform to the wishes of Santa Anna. Santa Anna would, in all proba bility, be Almonte's successor. " General Canaleso returned from Paris to Mexico, by the Royal Mail steamer Clyde, and it was believed that Santa Anna would appoint him his second in command. "It is not likely that the war will be of long conti nuance, as the vast expense of the American army is much beyond what can be long borne by the United States Government, and the Mexicans, or at least the more respectable portion, desire peace, if it can be ob tained on honourable terms." WEST INDIES. The private accounts from the West Indies repre sent the crops to be in a flourishing state, and the weather particularly favourable, although a more than usual quantity of rain had fallen. It was very hot in Jamaica, and some little sickness prevailed. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From De Cordocas' Mercantile Intelligencer.) Flour—The demand being rather active, and the sup ply light, several parcels have changed hands at im proved rates. The market is now in a good position, and prices have reached 345. per barrel, at which rates holders are generally firm. The sales have been-600 barrels Philadelphia at 325. ; 100 ditto ditto at 335, ; 550 ditto ditto at 345. ; 500 barrels Georgetown at 345. ; 300 ditto, and 200 half ditto ditto at 345. ; 600 barrels Philadelphia at 335. The above sales are reported in the order in which they were effected. Corn Meal—This article also is in good demand. 100 barrel, have been taken at 365., and 500 ditto at 255., per barrel. Rice is very inactive. The heavy stock prevents operations to any extent. 100 bags best East India have been sold at 17s. per 100 lbs. _ _ . Bread—The 300 barrels Pilot, reported as having arrived is our last, have been placed in lots at 17s. per barrel. Crackers, of the same arrivals, are taken at 20s. EXPORTS. Sugar has brought from 225. to 30s. per I,ooolbs. Rutn—The very small quantity at market has caused an advance in the price of this article. It may now be quoted at 4s. Id. to 4s. 3d. per gallon, at which rates it is taken as fast as it is supplied. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Planters' Bank-90 days, par; 60 days, per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem.; sight, 1/ per cent. prem. Jamaica Bank-90 days, par; 60 days, / per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent prem. Colonial Bank-60 days, per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. The following is a list of the Tay's passengers:— Mr. Escomdon and family, Mr. Lestapis, Danish Consul, and servant, and Mr. Mitchell, R.N., from Vera Cruz ; Mr. Soden and Mr. Grebow, from Havannah; Mr. F. Marriott and Mr. Calvet, from Chagres; Mr. Glenara, from Santa Martha; Mr. Castella, from St. Jago de Cuba; Lieutenant Jarvis, 38th Regiment, and Mrs. Jarvis, Captain Cowan, and Captain Howell, 2d West India Regiment, from Jamaica; Mr. Cameron, Mr. Harthill, and Mr. Schroeder, from Demerara; Mr. Armour, from Trinidad; Mr. Shiel and family, from Montserrat; Mr. Koscinski, died on board, from Gua daloupe; Mr. Hay, from Nevis; Mr. Broomfield, from St. Thomas's; Mr. Macarthy, Captain and Mrs. Wulff, Rt.)) al Engineers, and Master Beaseley and servant, from Nassau; the Rev. Mr. Cambpell, chaplain, from her Majesty's dockyard, Bermuda; five inv a lid e d seam en _ _ (tour from her Majesty's ship Endymion, one from Imaum); eighteen distressed British subjects, from llavannah; Mr. Murray, c hief e ng i neer , and Mr. Stevens, second ditto, from the royal mail steam•packet, Reindeer. The mails of the Tay were in charge of Lieutenant Brand, Admiralty agent, and were dispatched to town by the one o'clock train this morning. STATE OF IRELAND. We really cannot gratify the most sanguine part of the public with the faintest intimation of an improve ment in the prospects of Ireland. That country still shows what Falstaff calls a sort of alacrity at sinking. The most consolatory reflection that one can possibly entertain is, that in this instance one is pretty sure to know the worst. No class in that island ever hides its grief. A whole cluster of western isles might be depo. pulatcd without the British public being aware of the casualty. In Ireland, on the contrary, we are sure to have ample, not to say redundant, notice of the danger. Could all classes only agree in their story, we might be thankful fur the warning. Unhappily, however, every class is proclaiming its own grievances, and endeavour ing to save itself in a general calamity. Such a cala mity there is, and common sense, as well as common feeling, suggests that all should divide the burden, and everybody make up his mind to be somewhat the worse for it. England is doing its part nobly, and is likely to suffer, nay, it already suffers, in consequence. Would that the exertions and sacrifices of the State met with a like return. For the in struction of Ireland herself, and of all the nations of the earth, it may be as well just to men tion what the Imperial Government is doing. At a few weeks' notice, it is employing and feeding, according to the last published account, 273,000 men, with the daily addition of thousands to the list. The payment of a quarter of a million a month from the Treasury is found insufficient. That, of course, is not to be wondered at. The most moderate computation of 273,000, whether lounging about at ls. a day, or doing task-work to bring in something more, together with the expense of sur veying, measuring, overlooking, paying, implements, carts, wheelbarrows, &c., runs up to a sum we are afraid to mention. All this is done from the ordinary resources of the Treasury, and the ordinary Government staff. The public works, the relief labourers—all the persons, places, and things relating to the operation, are to be selected at once. It is no exaggeration to say, that a more gigantic task was never undertaken. Cmsar thought himself a very fine fellow because in three or four weeks he inside a dyke and a wall sixteen feet high and nineteen miles long to keep the Hel vetians from molesting the province; and Napo leon had probably some misgivings that he was trenching upon the superhuman when he attempted to march half a million men across Europe and establish them in the midst of a Muscovite winter. But for a work of peace to be done with the exactest regard not merely to justice but to equity, and even more delicate considerations, we think the task thrown upon the Go vernment in Ireland may safely challenge comparison with any human achievement. Here was an act of charity, a social reform, a thousand local improvements atad engineering undertakings to be done out of hand, while the people declared themselves dying for hunger. That a work like this should really be well done, it is absolutely insane to expect, and impudent to demand. It would be just as unreasonable as to dream that Na poleon's half million, on the above occasion, should march from Paris to Moscow, and back again, with no more inconvenience to their persons and their wardrobes than if they were performing a few dusty evolutions in the plain of St, Denis or the Champ de Mars. What our Government has had to do in a hurry is a work that would exceed the most deliberate fore thought and the best prepared means. It is a work of salvage. Human millions are to be saved any how. It must be done roughly. But who are we really to thank for all this? They who have set their faces like a flint for these many years against a good poor-law—they who have constantly and expressly declared that it was better the people should certainly perish, than that there should be the least risk of the rent being so al lowed up in rates—they who have always maintained that the right of mendicancy was a sufficient poor-law for Ireland—they who have seen with complacency myriads of poor destitute creatures, aged, widowed, orphaned, fed by precarious collections made up of handfuls of meal and single potatoes from the doors of those who were almost as poor as themselves—they who even now, with a millstone of debt being actually tied to their necks, with a population arming itself almost en masse, and manipulated in bands by the only, though desperate, remedy attempted, still, true to their instinct, struggle and protest against a good poor-law. Yet we arc told that there is a want of sympathy on this side of the Channel, as well as a want of intel ligence, a want of discrimination, and so forth. The true want is the wretched deficiency of local agents, local in stitutions, local aid of every kind to the Government. The reality of sympathy, we should think, is sufficientli shown by the readiness with which the British public acquiesces in a drain upon the Treasury which, besides that it will for some years offer a serious impedi,neni to any of those fiscal reductions which the commerce of England requires, and the industry of England deserv , i . s, operates at this moment most seriously , not to say air astrously, on the money-market of England. Every tradesman who finds that he is obliged to limit his operations, to reduce his orders , to dismiss his workmen, to turn his investments into cash, because he cannot get assistance on the usual terms, has partly to thank that long train of Irish misgo vernment, which has ended in throwing three or four millions at once on the Imperial Treasury. So much for the proof of our sympathy—a proof of a very substantial character. As for the want of perfect success in the application of our relief, it is enough to say, as we have said, that it is above the power of man. It is impossible to find a commissariat fur 8,000,00 0 at a moments notice.—T ines. TUE ESQUIDIAUX.—The young stranger, yclept Kookie Ekie, brought here (Kirkaldy) some weeks ago by one of the whale ships of this port, h as , s i nce hi s sojournin this town, not only become an object of attraction to the commuity, but has been taken unde r the special patronage of the gentry, who have best o w e d o n him every kindness and attention. They have metamorphosed his condition of life, from that of a ruda denizen of nature's wilderness, to a smart looking sprig of gentility, by having dressed him in a new suit of fashionable clothes. His savage dress of seal skin he only resumes when invited to visit any of the baronial seats in the neighbourhood, such as Raith, Dysart, Whinge, Wemyss Castle, &c., where he has shown with what dexterity he can use the bow and the spear, and, when convenient, manage his canoe, which imple ments he always takes with him on such occasions. He seems a lad about 14 or 15 years of age, stout made, broad features, dark sharp eyes, jet black glossy hair, with a little tinge of sallow in his comple . xion, and seems quite at home. As he is apt to learn, it is to be hoped that the experienced teacher under whose tuition he is placed will use every endeavour to pour instruc tion into his untutored mind. We also are informed that Captain Kinnear, with whom be is domiciled, pledged himself to his parents to take him home on his return to the country neat spring.—,Fje Herald. OFFICERS AND CLERKS COM- MITTEE— GUILDHALL. THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. FELLOWES, DEC. S. The Committee of the Corporation Officers and Clerks met at one o'clock to investigate certain charges of im properly retaining money, which had been made against Mr. Fellowes, the collector of the dues upon wines im ported into the City. The case has excited great in terest in the City, and a very full meeting of the Com mittee was the result. There were nearly thirty mem bers present, and the Town Clerk and City Solicitor were present. Mr. Edwin James was retained by Mr. Fellowes, as his counsel, and appeared with Mr. Annesley as his solicitor. Mr. JAMES stated that he had the honour to appear before the Committee, as counsel for ar: officer of the Cor poration, against whom very serious accusations had been made; charges which, if true, would not only justify the dismissal of his client, but affect his character, and well. being in society for ever afterwards. He wished to be informed, before he undertook the defence, of the precise nature of the charge, a right which he asserted on the part of his client, and which was the privilege in this country of every person put upon his trial. Some state ments had been made by Mr. Selson and Mr. Last, members of the Court of Common Council, which he trusted he could show were founded altogether in error, and which he could most triumphantly refute. The CHAIRMAN begged to inform Mr. James that these statements were not the charges before the com mittee, but the vouchers and entries at the Custom house, which showed that larger sums had been received by the collector than were paid into the city, and that they wished his client to refL.te them. _ Mr. JAMES was obliged by the information, and pro posed at once to show that Mr. Selson was altogether in error when he stated publicly that Mr. Fellowes was chargeable with twelve times the amount of the duty received on the guager's return, and proposed to cross examine Mr. Selson to that effect. Mr. Selson, as a member of the Court, disputed the right of any counsel to cross-examine him. Mr. JAMES—If Mr. Selson is here to repeat any state ment in the shape of a charge against my client, whether he be a member of the Court or not, I claim the right to show from his owil, evidence that his assumptions are erroneous, being founded upon data which are wholly incorrect. Considerable discussion ensued, and the room was cleared for some time, and on our admission the Chair man decided that Mr. Selson and Mr. Lart should make no charges at all, but that they were confined to the tabular statement lying before them, and a copy of which was handed to Mr. James. Mr. Scott, of the Chamberlain's-office was examined by Mr. James at considerable length, to show that the test of multiplying the deputy gauger's return by 12 could not be fairly applied in any month to the amount collected for the surplus due. Various witnesses were then called from the Custom house to show errors in the accounts returned to the Committee, and that, in many instances, the wines not having been landed, the dues were returned to the con signers. The evidence occupied the Committee until nearly five o'clock, when the proceedings were adjourned Briday. Mr. JAMES stated that he should be prepared with more evidence upon Friday, and he reserved his address until the whole of the case should be before the Com mittee. MINING AND RAILWAY INTEL GENCE. ST. JOHN DEL lin.:-AZidend of 10s. per share (5,5001.) has been declared here, payable on the sth of January next. DEVONSHIRE GREAT CONSOLS.—A correspondent writes us of a great improvement in the mines of this company. The lode in Ilitchin's shaft at Wheal Josiah being worth 801. per fathom. In Richard's shalt, 301. per fathom. At Wheal Fanny there is a load worth about 601. per fathom in the 25 east, and 501. per fathom west. In the 15 west of west engine shaft, 401. per fathom, and 501. per fathom in a winze from the 15 west of east engine shaft. At Maria the lode in the 50 east is worth 20/. per fathom, and the same west, a wins° sink ing below the 40, 30/. per annum. 'ELIE CALLINGToti MINES.—A dividend of I,oooi, or 11. per share, was declared here on Thursday last, pay able on the 16th. Operations have been commenced preparatory to the erection of the great central station at Carlisle. The contracts for the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car Railway have been let, and the works will shortly bt commenced along the whole line. The East Lothian Central Railway project has been re►ived, and is supported by almost the whole strength of the county of Haddington. The line proposed is from the North British Thilway at Linton to Haddington. The reports of the progress on the Great southern and Western works are favourable, and the great tunnel under the barracks at Cork, which will be nearly a mite in length, will shortly be commenced. The London and North-Western Company intend to entirely reconstruct their Liverpool station, in conse quence of the immense traffic carried on, and the inade quacy of the present accommodation. The station is to be enlarged to a great extent, and the expense is esti mated at 300,0001.-1;a/bray Herald. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. The sharp frost experienced during the week has been favourable for thrashing; and the sowing of Wheat hav ing previously been nearly brought to a close, we may expect increased supplies of grain from the growers. We have now arrived at a period of the year when, under ordinary circumstances, the trade usually becomes dull; farmers having to provide for their Christmas rents, &c., generally supply the markets liberally in De cember, and merchants and millers are, perhaps, less inclined to add to their stocks about this period than any other time during the whole year. Under these circum stances it is not improbable that a temporary reaction to a moderate extent may occur in prices; but we must confess that we do not much expect anything like a re duction of consequence either in prices of wheat or spring corn. Our principle reason for coming to the conclusion that quotations of wheat are not likely to give way, is the fact that the deliveries from the growers have been on so liberal a scale since harvest as to give rise to a well founded doubt whether farmers will be very anxious to part freely with what they may still have on hand, except at high terms. We showed not long ago, by giving a comparative table of the quanties sold at the towns which furnish the returns for compiling the averages, that the deliveries in Sep tember, October, and November, in 1846, had greatly exceeded those of the corresponding three months in 1ö45. This alone would be sufficient to lead to the be lief that farmers at present hold less than at this time last year ; but when it is remembered that in the au tumn of 1845 an enormous quantity of the very produc tive crop of the preceding year was left on hand, whilst this season—though the harvest was nearly a month earlier than usual—the old stocks of home grown Wheat were so reduced as to render it necessary to commence upon the new almost immediately, the supposition that the quantity in farmer's hands is decidedly small is greatly strengthened. This view of the matter may be regarded as somewhat vague, and we regret that, in the absence of statistical information, we cannot put it in a more definite form ; but wherever returns of the quan ties delivered are kept, they tend to prove that our in ference is correct. In confirmation of which we crave reference to the following statement, giving the— RETURN CF 'WHEAT DELIVERED IN WISBECH MARKET. Qrs. From 27th Aug. to the 19th Nov. 1844 72,2361 From 26th Aug. to the 18th Nov. 1845 49,9821 From 25th Aug. to the 17th Nov. 1846 97,822 Excess over 1844, 25,5851 qra. Ditto over 1845,. 47,832-a qrs. Tile somewhat discouraging advices from Mark lane of Monday last have had les:, eff‘et on the trade at the leading provincial markets than is usually the case. At Liverpool, on Tuesday, business was even lively, owing to a continued demand fur the coarser sorts of wheat, meal, &c., for shipment to Ireland. Wheat of all de scriptions was quoted 2d. per 70Ibp. dearer than on that day week, and for Indian corn enormou , ly high prices were paid. Later in the wock the inquiry tor the former article rather increased, and a furth. r enhancement of 2d. per bushel was established, whilst for Indian corn 60s. and upwards was paid. The exports from Liver pool to Ireland, and the very great falling off in the sup plies from the sister isle to that port, have caused a rapid reduction in the stocks there, notwith standing the large imports of bread stuffs from America. At the markets in the interior, which do not feel the immediate eff.ict of the Irish demand, the trade has been less animated ; but, with the exc. ption of a d dine of ls. per qr. at some of the towns in the agri cultural districts, a here the supplies have for the mo ment slightly exceeded the quantity required for present use, no reduction has occurred in quotations. By our advices from Scotland, we learn that a consi derable quantity of snow had fallen, and that the frost had been severe. Outdoor work had theref ore w h o ll y ceased, and farmers having been b us il y emp l oyed thrashing, to obtain fodder for their cattle, good sup plies of corn bad been brought forward. At Edinburgh, on Wednemday, business in wheat was rather dull, but prices were not quoted lower, and oats were, if any thing, the turn dearer. The accounts from Glasgow of the same date are of a more animated character, the first named article being quoted fully as high as on that day se'nnight, and barley and oats each sd. to Is. per boll dearer. ment to Ireland, and several cargoes have been take n during the week for that destination at very full rates. In bonded wheat the operations have not been particu larly extensive, the high pretensions of holders having checked business. The terms asked have be en w i t hi n Is. to 2s. per quarter of those at which similar qualities have been offered free, the smallness of the stock under lock, and the belief that no great addition can now be made to the same by fresh importations till next spring, having im. parted great confidence to holders. Several purchasers from France have attended Mark-lane, but they appeared to consider the rates demanded too high, and few bar gains have, consequently, been closed. The concession made on Monday by the millers has been followed by a somewhat more active business in flour; still the operations have not been important, the bakers having shown a determination not to buy more than required for immediate use. Country-manufac tured flour has moved off steadily, at previous prices, and for American barrels quite as much money has been obtained. The arrivals of English barley have been larger than during any previous week since harvest ; and we have, besides, received liberal supplies from abroad. This grain has through ou t th e wee k b een difficult of disposal, vithout, however, any further reduction taking place in its value. The conviction that our own barley crop has yielded it , differently is quite as general as it was at the time of harvest; still the ma lt sters are very re l uc t an t t o pay the existing high pricos, and so cautiously have all parties acted of late, that there has been no accumula tion of stocks in the hands of either maltsters, brewers, or dealers. folerrse. going remarks are equally applicable to malt as to barley, the operations in which have, during the week, been on a strictly retail scale, and quotations have remained nominally unaltered. At length we have to report a somewhat increased supply of oats coastwise, 3,360 qrs. of English and 8499 qrs. of Scotch, having come to hand within these eight days; meanwhile we are without receipts from Ireland, and though 30,604 qrs. have arrived from the north of Europe, considering the previously bare state of the market, the total supply cannot be regarded as very large. That the high value of oath has caused a de creased consumption is plainly proved by the extreme langour which has characterised the trade in this article for some time past. The stocks in the hands of the dealers have_ nevertheless, been gradually reduced, and are now less than is usually the case at the correspond ing period of the year. Under these circumstances it is reasonable to suppose that they will ere long have to buy somewhat more freely ; and as we are not likely to re receive any further receipts of foreign of moment, high as prices are, they must inevitably advance still further, unless the receipts from Ireland should hereafter prove much more liberal than; anticipated. The factors are fully aware of this, and have, therefore, shown no disposition to press sales. Slow, therefore, as has been the de mand, the tendency of prices has been rather upwards. The cold weather has hitherto failed to increase the demand for beans, and the trifling business done during the week has been at about last Monday's currency. Peas have been held with rather more firmness ; but previous prices have not been exceeded either for white boilers, grey, or maple. Indian corn has been in brisk request for Ireland, and no difficulty has been experienced in placing floating cargoes at high terms. This article has become a great favourite with the poorer classes in Ireland, and the recent aEvance has brought the price on a level with that at which fair qualities of wheat may be bought. REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. The Britannia mail-steamer arrived early in the week, bringing New York advices of the 15th, and accounts of corresponding dates from other parts of America. Great exertions were being made to get supplies of flour and grain from the interior to the ports of shipment, and there can be no doubt that rather considerable supplies of bread stuffs will be forwarded from the United States previous to the frost putting a stop to the inland naviga tion, and thereby cutting off further arrivals from the west.lt may be questioned, however, whether even when got down to the coast, the means of transit across the At lantic may not be wantit.g, vessels having become very scarce, and freights unus ally high. At New York 4s. 3d. per brl. for flour to London had been actually paid, being a rise mf ne irly one hundred per cent. on the rates current in the early part of the season. The latest reports from Europe being considered komewhat less favourable than previous advices, a slight re,ction had occurred in prices co flour, 6d. per brl. having become -In extreme rate for Western Censl, and many holders having concented to accept Gi cents p , r brl. le.:s for very good brands. The exports from the Ist to the 10th of November hail consisted of 24,893 brls. fl ur, 91.150 bushels c f wheat, 91,204 bushels of Indian corn. From Montreal we have letters dated the 9th ult. Flour had been in good request during the preceding week; 31s. 6d. to 325. had been paid fur fine, and 33s 6d, to 345. per brl. for superfine. The arrivals from the interior had fallen much short of expectation; and the stocks on the spot being light, no decline in prices was looked for. Wheat had been sought of er, and as fast as it had come to hand it had turd ready takers at ss. 'lid. to ss. 93. per 601bs. for Upper Carla, Ilan. From the north a Euro, e the advices are very un interesting at present. A letter fr'.m Der zic, o f th e 28th of November, informed us that only ab ,nt 40 lasts of wheat bad changed hands there during thi week, and this purchase had been tor shipment to Belgium. The price obtained had been equal to 50s. per quarter free on board, the quality being inferior, and the weight not more than 601bs, per bushel. The weather was then mild, and the water in the Vistula had rather risen—a circumstance which had given rise to hopes that the barges, detained by the shallowness of the river, above, might still get down before the close of the navigation. The accounts from Stettin, Rostock, &c.. are of pre cisely the same character as previously. Little or no thing appears to have been done in wheat at these places for shipment, the supplies having only just kept pace with the local demand. The weight of the wheat of this year's growth is described as very inferior to the pro duce of 1845, rarely exceeding 601bs. per bushel. At Stettin, on the 30th ult., new Uckermark and Pomera nian wheat, weighing 581bs. to 591bs. per bushel, was worth 50s. to 51s. per qr. free on board. From Hamburgh 'our advices reach up to Tuesday last ; the Elbe was then still open, but the frost had been, and was severe ; which rendered it doubtful whether the river would long continue navigable. The business in wheat since the previous post day had been principally for the use of the city, the prices paid varied from 535. to 565. per qr., according to quality. Barley had become dull of sale and prime Seale had been offered at equal to 38s. to 40s. per qr. From the Mediterranean we learn that the demand for wheat had continued active at the leading ports, and that previous prices had been well maintained. The accounts from the Black Sea are also firm. By advices from Odessa, of the 13th of November, we learn that the universal want of shipping had been as much felt there as at other places, and that the difficulty which had been experienced in obtaining vessels had interfered greatly with business. Holders of wheat had, never theless, remained exceedingly firm, and for superior soft Polish equal to 355. to 40s. per qr., free on board, had been asked. The purchases made had been principally for shipment to Mediterranean ports, comparatively little having been bought on British account. Stocks were large, amounting to about one and a half chets. ; of which, however, one-half was the property of merchants who had purchased on Mediterranean account—Mark lane Express. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON', DEC. 9.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., mo derate breeze and thick weather. PEAL, DEC. 8.--Wind E.N E., fresh. Arrd. Corsair, A. Kitt, Lima. SM. Royal Alice, Hopper, Bombay; Quebec Williams New York. Dom Dr.c. B.—Wind E., strong. Arrd. Arrow, of Hartlepool, Liverpoo!, for London, brought in very ledkv. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind 81d. Queen, Huiten, China. OFF THE WIGHT, DEC. s.—Sophia, Beckenham, Rio Janeiro. DARTMOUTH, DRc. B.—Wind E. Arrd. Recovery, Gra ham, Miramicbi for Weymouth, leaky. P LY MOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind N. Arrd. St. George, Her nanian, Sydney, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind N.E., fresh. BRISTOL, DEC. B.—Wind E.N.E. Arrd. Faside, Murdoch, Quebec. JAW:SPOOL, DEC. B.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E., light. Arrd. 31iiestie, Africa; Margaret Skelly, (supposed) Calcutta. Sid. The Duke, Carson,Calcutta; AnthaFsadres, Bannerman, New Orleans; Alan Kerr, Gray, Mobilo ; Aberdeen, 'Grath, Savannah ; Lisbon, Fisher, St. John's, New lintuswick. WATEuFoRD, DEC. 6.—Wind N. to N.N.F. —Sid. Dun boroC,y, Balwin,Savannah. CORE, DEC. 6.—Wind N.N.A CanottnAviat, Dxc. from Cork Ba,badoes. Sabina, Rolmrtstql, OFPTNHOARmTROFNO, D. 8. RF.LEcARD..2-I\lr'irld. Tay.,2ndliam steamer, The4iorers: s Qu t e u b rd ec soti pT ie, Vera Cruz. left Ist ult. ; Havannah, 11th ; St. Thomas, 14th ; Bermuda. 21st; on freight 600,000 dollars and bars of silver, 140,000 dollars in gold-dust and gold, two' packages of pearls, 7651b5. of Pins silver, and 66tbs. of old silver. CLYDE.—SId. Cape Breton, Murray, Barhadoes ; State, Nicol, Penang ; Royalist, Beveridge, New York. KING srowN.—Arrd. Monroe, Fox, Havann ah. for the Clyde. DEOIOAE EAST, DEC. 4.—Mary, Taylor, Newport, for St. Domingo, leaky. O FF CAPE CLEAR, DEC. 2.—Athol, Coyle, Quebec, from Grangemouth; John Bolton, ditto, for Liverpool. GALWAY,4.—Arrd. Marta, Winter, Quebec. 6th, F. Melledge, M.Donough, ditto. LEITR ROADS, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Francis Ann, Batavia. HULL, DEC. B.—Wind northerly . , light.—S!d. St. George, Stephenson, Cape of Good Hope. HARWICH, DEC. B.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Richard and Sarah, Scott, Woodbridge, for Newcastle, with damage, hav ing been in contact with a light brig. FAVERSHAM, DEC. 7.—The Brothers, Samuel, of London, was in contact on the sth inst., in the Creek, with the Sally, Adams, of Newcastle, and sank. She has since been raised; cons iderably damaged. ABERDEEN, DEC. s.—The Antelope, Donald, from Sunder land, which struck on the North Pier 22d ult., and sank, has been raised and hauled up. MARGATE, DEC. B.—The St. Jean, Butez, from London, which got on the main and bilged yesterday, is a complete wreck. Fixmotrrrt, DEC. B.—The St. George, Hernaman, from Sydney, New South Wales, arrived here to-day, with part of cargo thrown overboard, quarter gallery carried away, and item timber transom started. From Ireland, we learn that the inquiry for all descrip tions of provisions had continued very active, and that the fall which took place in the value of Indian corn in November had again been recovered. The supplies of grain from the farmers had, we are informed, .scarcely kept pace with the local demand ; hence very little was the price of oatmeal is higher in some part s of being shipped to England ; indeed, when we state Irelandthat than that of wheaten flour here, we do not see how we can expect arrives from thence. The greater part of the 15,192 qrs. of wheat received coastwise arrived in the early part of the week ; and nearly the whole having gone direct into the hands of the millers, the quantity exhibited at Mark-lane has been comparatively trifling. The receipts from the east coast have, however, sufficed for the immediate THE PRIVILEGE OF ARUNDEL.—It appears to have wants of the town millers, who have, consequently, escaped the notice of the historiographers of her Ma had little occasion to purchase in the market ; and jesty's sojourn at Arundel Castle, that there is a privi unimportant as has been the supply brought forward lege connected with that ancient stronghold well worthy by land carriage samples from the home counties, of being commemorated as a curiosity. The Duke of it has proved fully equal to the demand. On the Norfolk is also Earl of Arundel ; but he is so not by other hand, factors have manifested no anxiety to creation, patent, or descent : but simply because he is press business ; and the few sales effected on Wednes- the possessor of the Keep whose antiquity may be traced day and Friday were closed at terms quite as high as back beyond the days of Alfred. This is, in some those current in the beginning of the week. The Eng- words, the privilege of Arundel, which gives to its pos lish Wheat having mostly come to hand in good con- sessor the title of an Earl, and the peerage 'of the realm, dition, there has no t b een m uch necessity to employ old without creation. Could the Duke, by any possibility, foreign for mixing • an d w e can, consequently, repo r t , b e d epr i ved of the venerable fortress (as by forfeiture, no improvement, either in the demand for or value of for iustanee), the individual on whom the Crown might the finer kinds of the latter. Secondary qualities of bestow it would, by virtue of the gift, become Earl of free foreign Pave been in rather lively request for ship- Arundel.--Hampshire Advertiser.