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INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTING OFFICERS EMPLOYED ON PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. _ _ . Office of Public Works, Sept. 24, 1846. Sir,—The Commissioners of Public Works have ap pointed you to act as Inspecting Officer of all arrange ments connected with the relief of the destitute in the The town of will be your head-quarters, and the place to which all official letters will be ad dressed, unless another post-town shall be named by you. When travelling from place to place, you will regularly inform the secretary of the post town to which your letter should be addressed. It will be your duty to attend all meetings of the Ex traordir ary Presentment Sessions under the 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 107, and to assist with your advice in re gard to works which shall be u ndertaken within any barony for the relief of the destitute. It is not intended that the works should be confined to roads, as any work which can fairly be considered of a public nature may be undertaken ; but such as would tend to the permanent improvement of the surrounding district, and which may be expected to be productive, should he preferred. As it may frequently happen that, by the execution of such works, proprietors of some of the adjoining lands will be more directly benefited than others, it would ap pear to be but reasonable, under such circumstances., that the proprietors, the leaseholders, or the occupants, as the case may be, of such lands, should contribute towards the work in proportion to the benefit they derive from it, over and above the amount of the baronial assess. ment for the work as one of relief ; and it will be right, in such cases, that you communicate your opinion to the Presentment Sessions, if called on to do so. In recom mending any new work to be undertaken, the Commis sioners depend, in a great degree, on your judgment and prudence. You will perceive, by the printed in s t ruc ti ons f rom the Lord-Lieutenant, that you are constituted an official member of every Relief Committee in the county. An important part of your duty in attending those Com mittees will be the scrutinising the names of persons re commended as destitute. Hitherto the lists supplied by the Relief Committees occas'onally contained the names of persons who should have been rejected ; it will be your duty, by every means in your power, to check the lists and strike out such names as, from the information you may collect, should be rejected, at least for the present ; this will be a difficult and disagreeable office, and in cases of doubt, it will be desirable that you should consult the magis trates assembled at Extraordinary Presentment Ses sions ; but unless the names in the list be scrutinised, no system or regularity can be preserved. When labourers are required for any work, you will ascertain the number from the county surveyor, civil engineer, or surveyor in charge of the barony or dis trict, and you will give tickets to those who are to be employed on each work, which will be presented to the person in charge of it. I am directed to inform you, it is the wish of the Commissioners that you should make frequent inspec tion of the several works which may from time to time be in operation throughout the district, and report to them your opinion relative to each. The works intended to be executed in the have been placed under the general superintendance of and assistants have been named under the direction of each of those gentlemen. You will communicate personally or by letter, as occa sion may require, with those gentlemen, and it is the Board's particular desire, that a cordial feeling and un derstanding should exist between you and the engineers, whose duty it will be to execute the works. An important part of your duty will be to assist them with your advice on such points as may require it, and in every way to facilitate their operations. It is not intended that it should control the detail of the work; but, should it occur to you in your visits, that an alteration, either in the works themselves, or in the system of conducting them, should be made, you will di rect the attention of the engineer to the subject, sad state fully what appears to you to be desirable. It is expected that a fair day's work will be given for a fair day's pay; and as a check upon idleness, where it exists, it should be advisable that the engineer should return only one-fourth or one-half day for such persons, in proportion to the work performed, and this applicable to all works in which day labourers are employekl. Every exertion must be used by the engineer and surveyor to introduce the system of task-work, to be un dertaken by separate gangs of men, who will select their own ganger, but who must be able to write and keep accounts, and who will be responsible for the tools en trusted to him. Young men should be employed at excavations and wheeling, and old men in breaking stones, or in making fences, and, if handy, in building the dry walls for small gullets required for draining. You will be very particular in your inspections, to as certain whether the labourers have been regularly paid, and if you receive any complaints of irregularities, im mediate inquiry should be made, calling on the pay clerk to explain the cause of such irregularity, and if you are not satisfied with his statement, you should re fer the matter to the paymaster of the district whose office is established at and whose special duty is to look after the particular branch, checking the pay list, and seeing the amounts are re gularly transmitted to the pay clerk. The rule laid down by the Board is, that payments sbould be made once in every week, and at no longer in tervals. The Board requests that you will dispatch by post, so as to be in Dublin every Monday morning, a report of your proceeding s d ur i ng t h e past wee k , i n w hi c h y ou will state the day of the week and month on which you visited any Relief Committee, or particular work, with any observations you may think it necessary to offer, so as to afford the fullest information as to the state of the works, and the progress that has been made. _ _ JOS. C. WALKER, Sec. THE ENGINEERS EMPL )YED ON PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. Office of Public Works, Sept. 24, 1846. Sir,—The Commissioners of Publie Works have ap pointed you to lay out and take the general super. intendence of all the works in the district, which may be finally approved under the Act of the 9th and 10th Vic., chap. 107, a copy of which is here with sent. As it is important that public works should be laid out and approved by the Extraordinary Presentment Ses sions, and receive the sanction of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, previously to their being actu ally required to afford employment to the destitute, you will acquaint the magistrates, &c., at sessions, that you have received orders to afford them every assistance in your power ; and although you may not yet have had time to lay out or estimate for any works, that you will use every exertion to effect the object, both in regard to repairs or improvements on existing lines of road, or the construction of new roads, or such other public works as the members of the Extraordinary Presentment Sessions may approve. It is not intended that the works should be confined to roads, as any work which can fairly be considered of a public nature may be undertaken, but such as would tend to the permanent improvement of the surrounding dis trict, and which may be expected to be reproductive, should be preferred. As it may frequently happen that, by the execution of such works, proprietors of some of the adjoining lands will be more directly benefited than others, it would ap pear but reasonable, under such circumstances, that the proprietors, the leaseholders, or the occupants, as the case may be, of such lands, should contribute towards the work, in proportion to the benefit they derive from it, over and above the amount of the baronial assessment for the work as cn3 of relief; and it will be right, in such owes, that you (so nmunicate your opinion to the Present ment Sessions, if called on to do so. In commencing any work, care should be taken to divide it into small lots, each of which is to be let by task, or by measurement, to a gang of men, to be com posed, as the case may be, of from ten to twelve, to be headed by a working ganger, who is to receive one shil ling in the pound in addition to his portion of the earn ing of the gang during the month, but payment in the way of subsistence, must be made at the end of each week. As the works are undertaken for the employ ment of the destitute poor, every exertion must be made to exclude all persons who have any other means of sup port than the employment offered on the public works. To assist in this department, the inspecting officer in charge of the district will give tickets to th destitute persons, and you will employ as many as may be required to execute the work without crowding each other. It will be desirable to employ the young men at exca vations and barrow work, and the old men and boys at breaking stones. Old men may also be employed in making fences, and, when handy, in building dry walls for drains or fences. It will be your duty to ascertain that the several as sistants placed under your dii ection execute the duties entrusted to them, with zeal and success. The Com missioners hold you responsible for all, and authorise you to suspend from duty any of the assistants who dis obey orders, who may be inattentive to their duty, or who may commit any irregularity or act of insubordi nation, until the determination of the Board respecting them has been received by you, or by the inspecting officer in charge of the district. You will communicate personally or by letter, as oc easion may require, with these gentlemen, and it is the Board's particular desire, that a cordial feeling and understanding should exist between you and the engi neers, whose duty it will be to execute the works. An important part of your duty will be to assist them with your advice on such points as may require it, and in every way to facilitate their operations. In regard to overseers (stewards) it is of importance that none should be empl o y e d i n th e neighbourhood of their own dwellings, or even in the surrounding district, and you are not to do so unless by special permission of this Board. It will be better to increase the salary of a good overseer, than retain him within the reach of local influence. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JOS. C. WALKER, Secretary. TRADE AT DUNDEE.—FIax prices are well sup ported, and there is little offering for sale. The demand for tow and eodilla continues, and very full prices are granted for the parcels that offer ; but there i s not much for sale. It is estimated that the d e fi c i enc y i n th e im portation of flaw at this date will be about 10,000 tons, as compared with last year : and as less flax than usual has been heckling for many months past, the supply of tow will be much affected, and the scarcity of that ar ticle likely to be more felt. Jute keeps scarce and dear; the supply being also short for the increased consumptio n . For yarns and linens higher prices are asked. By the last advices from Archangel there was no flax left for sale. At St. Petersburgh the dealers demanded 140, 125, and 115 Ito. for 12, 9, end 6 head ; and at Riga the prices kept advanc in g , 400 tons taken since last post.— Dundee Advertiser. The works on the Chester and Shrewsbury line have been completed as far as Ruabon. The dtrectors have impounced its opening to that town for th i s month. DISTRESS I.N IRELAND. 'NATION AND GIIIDANCE OF F DISTRESS IN IRELAND , CONSEQUENT ON THE FAILUi INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FOL I.E OF THE POTATO CR OP COMMITTEES FOR RELIEF IN 1846 : 1. The Relief Act recently passed , 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 107, directs that when the public ;'vorks, for whi c h i t provides, become requisite in any haroCIY, extraordinary present sessions are to be assembled. 2. The lieutenant of the county will be requested to divide every such barony into convenient districts, for the action to relief Committees ; each district to consist of at least two parishes, and the exact limits to be ac curately defined. 3. For the districts so formed, the lieutenant will then be pleased to constitute relief Committees : or to re assemble any Committees which may have administered relief funds within these districts, during the period ended on the 15th of August : and to forward to the Commissary-General a return of the districts and of the chairman and secretary (both of whom he will appoint) of each Committee. 4. When Committees which have bad relief funds are to be re-assembled, some modification of the rule, as to the extent of districts, may be necessary for removing local objections ; but, under all circumstances, it will be indispensable that the relief districts shall be within the boundary of the barony, half-barony, or lesser di vision, for which relief works are required. 5. The Relief Committees (whether newly consti tuted or re-assembled) are to consist only of the follow ing functionaries and public officers:— The lieutenant or vice-lieutenant of the county. Magistrates deputed by each bench of petty sessions in the barony, half-barony, or lesser division, for which presentment sessions shall be convened, not exceeding two from each bench. The resident magistrate in the barony division for which the presentment sessions shall be held. The principal clergyman of each church (Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Presbyteriaa), officiating in each parish in the district. The Chairman of the Poor-law union, comprising the whole or greater part of the barony division for which the presentment sessions shall be held. The principal constabulary officer in such barony division. The principal coast-guard officer where available. Officers acting under the Commissary-General, and principal officer in the barony acting under the Board of Works, to be ex-officio members. 6. As, during the past season, central Committees were formed in certain districts, there will be no objec tion to the continuance of this plan, if their operation should appear to the lieutenants of counties more desi rable, keeping the arrangements within the barony boundaries, which is indispensable. 7. Each Committee should hold periodical meetings at the place most convenient for the members and the object. Minutes of each day's proceedings are to be kept in a book supplied by the Commissary-General for that purpose, as also for corresponuence and ac counts. 8. Three members of a Committee to form a quornm. 9. The balance remaining of each relief fund of the period closed on the 15th of August to be at the disposal ' of the new or re-assembled Committee of the district for which the fund shall have been created. The treasurer to be reappointed. 10. All other Committees on forming relief funds, to appoint treasurers. 11. Correspondence between the Committees and her Majesty's Government to be carried on through the Commissary-General ; and it is earnestly requested, with a view of facilitating public business, that individual members of the Committees will communicate their sug gestions or objects of inquiry, at meetings of the Com mittees, to he conveyed to the Commissary-General if considered necessary, so that the correspondence may be carried on only by the chairman or secretary of each Committee. 12. Applications with respect to public works, and correspondence on matters incident to them, should be addressed to the Board of Works. 13. The attention of each Committee should be pri marily given to the provisions of the Relief Act, recently passed (9 and 10 Vic , cap. 107), as it prescribes the mode in which relief is to be afforded by employment on public works. 14. The Commissary-General will supply each Com mittee with copies of the following Acts and papers Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 107, for Relief Works. Also, Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 104, granting Fifty Thousand Pounds in aid of Public Works of utility for Poor Dis tricts. _ _ Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 101, to authorise the advance of One Million Pounds for the Improvement of Land by Works of Drainage in Ireland. The Drainage Acts, 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 89-8 and 9 Vic., cap. 56—and 9 vie., cap. 4 ; and where necessary the Fishery Piers Act, 9 Vic., cap. 3. Treasury Minute of the 31st of August, 1846. Papers on the Drainage of Land. Papers on the use of Indian Corn and Meal. 15. A most important duty of the members of the Relief Committees will be, to promote by their influence and example, improvements in husbandry, the drainage of land, and reclaiming of wastes. 16. The employment provided by law must be of a public nature ; and the owners and occupiers of land in Ireland are, by the Act 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 107, charged with the expense of such works as are indis pensably necessary for the subsistence of the destitute poor. 17. The Government has also afforded many facilities towards the general agricultural improvement of Ireland by drainage, not only of the uncultivated, but also of the large proportion of imperfectly cultivated land ; and abundant means have been placed for this purpose at the disposal of the landowners, more favourable than here tofore, both as to the rate of interest and the period of repayment. IS. When public works of relief are to be executed, the several Relief Committees in the barony are to supply to the officers of the Board of Works appointed to con duct them, lists of persons requiring relief by employ ment, made up from registries of applicants for relief, in the following order, and not containing a greater number of persons than the officers of works shall propose to employ from each relief division of the barony, having regard to the extent of the labouring population requir ing relief in such division : sanction of the Government officers. Its opening took' place yesterday (Monday). IMMENSE CONTRACT FOR Inox.--There is an accre dited rumour here, says the Hereford Times, that Sir John Guest, Bart., Dowlais Ironworks, has just com pleted a contract to supply two hundred thousand tons of iron rails, at 101. per ton—the total value of which will be two millions sterling. The same iron, three or four years ago, would have been sold at from five to six pounds per ton! It is to be hoped that the operators throughout these immense works will participate, by a liberal advance of wages, in the vast profit to arise. LYNN AND DEREHA3I.—The works on this line, be tween Narborough and Swaffham, are progressing very rapidly, under the superintendence of Mr. Hall, the resi dent engineer. The contractors for the line, Messrs. Frost, Fry, and Matthewson, have upwards of 600 men employed. LYNN ♦ND ELY.—The first experimental trip on the Lynn and Ely Railway was performed on Friday from Ely to Downham. The train conveyed a number of the directors and their friends. It is expected that the line will be opened for traffic in a few weeks. The South-Western have agreed with Mr. Brassy, the contractor, for the execution of the Fareham branch. The works will be commenced forthwith. During the last few days a survey has been made of the property at Landport, preparatory to the usual notices being give❑ of the company's intention to apply to Parliament for an Act to extend their line to the Lion Gate Road. A second line of rails froth Chichester to Worthing is rapidly approaching completion. EXTENSION OF THE NORFOLK STATION AT NORWICH.— The increasing traffic, which is almost every day develop ing itself on the Norfolk line, has rendered a considerable extension of the terminus at Norwich absolutely neces sary. The hamlet of Thorpe, with its beautiful meadows adjacent to the river Wensom, has been within the last few months completely changed into a bustling village. Twelve months ago the only hum of occupation heard to proceed from its quiet street was the monotonous splash of the mill-wheel as it performed its daily labour; but now for 50 acres, almost as far as the eye can reach, the green sward has been cut away, houses and factories have been erected, and a little city has sprung up, as it were, by magic. The entire traffic of the capital of Eastern Anglia, as far as its carrying trade goes, ap pears to be concentrated at this place. The quantity of agricultural produce transmitted from the various corn•growing districts throughout the county to the metropolitan markets is also steadily increasing. During the last few months 24,432 beasts, 21,500 sheep, 6,272 pigs, and 8,796 tons, or 89,096 quarters, of grain have been conveyed to the metropolis. The passenger traffic has likewise considerably increased, upwards of thirty trains either arrive or depart from the Thorpe station every day. During the last month express trains have been running to London and back, a distance of 252 miles, in eight hours and sixteen mi nutes. The London morning journals now arrive in Norwich by twelve o'clock, and at Yarmouth in about an hour afterwards. RAILWAY SLEEPERS. —A diversity of practice appear ing to have existed on the part of the revenue officers in the admeasurement of timbers of irregular dimen sions, intended as sleepers for railroad purposes, the Commissioners of the Customs department have directed the principals of the revenue at the port of London, and at the several outports of the Unitsd Kingdom, to be informed, for the future government of the officers under their supervision in the matter, that when the description of wood goods in question do not exceed two cubic feet in content, the same are to be taken account of as directed by the seventh section of the official instructions for the guide of the Customs' timber measurers, viz., to take the length, height, and width of the pile, to the full extent in feet and inches, compute the content to an entire foot, and reject the frac tional part ; that when they exceed two feet, and do not exceed five feet in content, they are to be treated in conformity with the 17th and 23d sections of the said instructions, viz.—to take the length to the quarter of a foot, and the breadth and thickness, at the middle of the piece, to a quarter of an inch, including, in each separate content, every fractional part amounting to the tenth of a cubic foot; and that when exceeding five feet in content, and not exceedinc , ten feet in length, and being ei g ht i nc h es square, and roundwood, nine inches in diameter and upwards, the same are to be dealt with agreeably to the Board's general order, issued in April last, viz., that with respect to the recent im portation of wood of irregular form, being eight inches square and upwards, the admeasurement of which had not previously been provided for by any existing) order, the following regulations be adopted, viz. :—that timber and wood, eight inches square and up wards, and not exceeding ten feet in length; and round wood nine inches in diameter and upwards, not exceeding ten feet in length, be measured in the following manner— viz.: the length of each piece to half a foot, and the breadth and thickness of square, and the diameter of round timber to a quarter of an inch, the content being computed to half a foot, with directions to the officers strictly to govern themselves according to this rule. As this description of wood is now being imported to a very great extent, especially from Canada and other of the British provinces of North America, for the particular purposes to which it is applied, and which is likely, in consequence of the large amount of railway operations in progress and in embryo throughout the kingdom, to continue to be the case, the mode in which the official account for the duties is in future to be taken will be in teresting and of importance. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. CLOSE OF THE SIXTH DAY'S POLL. I. Persons destitute of means of support, who have the largest families wholly depending on them. 2. Persons with smaller families wholly depending on them. 3. All other persons requiring employment on public works, for whose support it is actually necessary. 19. A book for the registry of applicants for employ. ment will be supplied to each Committee. As the ap plications are received, inquiry should be made to ascer tain the real condition of every applicant, and none should be registered but such as shall appear to be in actual necessity of relief, having no other resource er means of acquiring subsistence, than employment on public works. 20. When lists of applicants are supplied to the officers of the Board of Works, they will issue work tickets to the persons who are to be employed; and when the lists shall nct contain all the applicants registered, this should be stated at foot, giving there the number still requiring employment. The lists to be revised from time to time, at the discretion of th e C omm i ttees. 21. The telief Committees are not to interfere with the execution of the works, or with the officers or stewards; but it will be at all times open to them to draw the attention of the Board of Works to any occur rences in relation to the works which in the opinion of the Committee are deserving of consideration. The interest taken in this election by the Livery of London seems to increase as it approaches the con clusion of the poll. The Livery have done their work manfully, and have placed Alderman Wood in a posi tion from which no one can entertain any doubt of his success. Bills and placards around the Guilhall are as thick, to use a common phrase, as blackberries. We cannot refrain from selecting the following from amongst them:— " Livery of London—Who is it that now stands for ward to oppose you and Alderman Wood? No less a man than Mr. Anderton. Now read his own opinion of Alderman Wood in 1844:—' I have for some years watched the worthy Alderman as a private individual, as a magistrate, and as a professional man, and I will defy any one to put a finger upon any one act dishonourable to him, either as a magistrate, a solicitor, or a private individual. In all the relations of life there is note single act which his enemies have ever pointed against him. No man has performed the several duties of the Corporation with more credit or honour.' Come up then to the hustings and poll for Alderman Wood." At three o'clock the poll closed, and at half-past three the following was announced to be the state of the poll: Mr. Alderman Wood 1,412 Sir George Carroll Mr. Alderman Hooper 2BB Mr. Alderman Moon Mr. Alderman Farncomb .. 1 The announcement was received with great cheering. Mr.BENNOCH then came forward to address the Livery, and, after passing a high eulogium on Alderman Wood, concluded by stating that had he adopted the course that many would have done, and, in fact, that many had done, instead of being stigmatised, he would have been praised.--(Cheers ) Mr. • WILKINSON then came forward to address the Livery, and in a most humourous speech, in which the Court of Aldermen was not spared, and the Li ve ry in structed how to perform their duty, he call e d u p on ever y man present to perform his duty, and secure the election of Alderinan Wood. Mr. Alderman Wool) then came forward to address the Livery, and was received wi▪ th the most enthusiastic cheers. He again, in the most positive terms, denied the charges that had been made against him, entered most fully into the statements that had been made by Mr. Anderton, and concluded by calling upon the Livery to support him and their own independence. After some observations from Mr. Holt, the Co ur t adjourned to this morning at ni▪ ne o'clock. 22. It is not to be desired that Relief Committees should carry on works of relief of the description for which provision is made in the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107. All such works should be submitted for the 'considera tion of the baronial sessions, and if sanctioned, they must be executed only by the Board of Works. 23. When Committees are compelled by circumstances to provide employment from funds at their own disposal, it should be limited to small works of local utility; and they should not give a higher rate of wages, nor exact a smaller quantum of labour, in any work so carried on by them, than is given or required upon works carried on under the superintendence of the Board of Works. Such works should be carried on by Committees only to the extent to which private employment is proved not to be available. The persons so employed should be paid for their labour in proportion to the work actually done, and not by any composition in lieu of wages. 24. The means of providing food for the labouring population, in lieu of the potato crops lost, are fully explained in the Treasury Minute of the 31st August. The importation of foreign grain is most properly left exclusively to private enterprise ; and, to a certain extent, the distribution, as well as the introduction, is left to the same agency. 25. Donations in aid of subscriptions will be made by his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, which may amount to one-half of the amount subscribed, and placed at the disposal of the Committees ; the amount varying accord ing to the circumstances and the degree of distress to be relieved. 26. On applying for a donation, it will be necessary to transmit to the Commissary-General a list of the subscriptions actually collected ; but the contributions from charity funds of any kind should not be included, or in any way mixed up with the personal subscriptions. 27. A certificate to the following effect should be affixed to each list of subscriptions, signed by the se cretary of the Committee and chairman for the time being : We certify that 'all the subscriptions set forth in this list have been collected and paid to the treasurer of the Relief Committee, and that there is nut included in it any sum contributed from funds applicable to charitable purposes. It is not necessary that the treasurer's receipts should be transmitted to the Commissary-General ; they will be called for by the commissariat officer, who will be di rected to issue the donation. 28. The relief fund formed of the balance remaining from the past period, subscriptions for the present period, any other contributions obtained, and the Lord-Lieu tenant's donation, will he applicable only to the following purposes :- 1. Providing supplies of Indian corn, or Indian corn meal, or other food, for sale. 2. Affording, relief by employment, if necessary. 3. Defraying the contingent expenses of the Com mittee, including remuneration for the services of the secretary or clerk. 29. The books, correspondence, papers, and accounts of the Relief Committees, should at all times be open to the inspection of Government officers, who will be ap pointed to visit each barony, and who should be fur nished with copies of any documents or accounts they may require. Detailed accounts of receipts and expen diture in the form of an account current, should be kept ; and certified copies of them will be required after the 15th of August, 1847. _ . W. STANLEY, Secretary. Commissariat Relief Office, Dublin Castle, September 24, 1846. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1846. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, named William Payne, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having made desperate assaults upon the police. He had been fre qaently, upon previous occasions, summarily convicted at the Mansion House, and at some of the Metropolitan Police-offices, upon accusations of a similar kind. John M'Dougal city policeman, 659, stated, that at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, he saw, while on duty in Bishopsgate, the prisoner strike a young gentleman in the mouth, and knock him down. Witness inter ferred, and tried to prevail upon the prisoner to go on, but the prisoner began to knock down the bystanders right and left, and struck the witness, and kicked him m ost violently, and in the most dangerous manner. Several policemen then came up, and the prisoner severely assaulted them, and tried to do them the most serious injuries with his feet and his fists. The prisoner had a mob of vagabonds cheering him on and assisting him. Mr. O'Donoghue, a watchmaker, witnessed the violent conduct of the prisoner, and observed, when the police man took him to the station-house, that he was served right. No sooner had he said the words than a fury of a woman struck him with her fist on the face. That was a signal for a severe attack upon him. A crowd of fellows pressed upon him; kicked him, and knocked him over head and heels. The behaviour of M'Dougal, the policeman, was deserving of the highest commendation, for even when desperately struck and kicked, he showed no disposition to retaliate, but merely secured the pri soner with a firm and resolute hand. The crowd fol lowed the witness as far as Sun-street, and kicked and wounded him upon the head and body. The prisoner made several attempts to use his teeth, as well as his hands and feet. The LORD MAYOR said the complainant had evidently met with the greatest kindness, and that as summary convictions had no effect upon the prisoner, the City so licitor should prosecute him at the Old Bailey. Committed to Newgate for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DRIVEN FROItI PILLAR TO POST.—Lacy, one of the officers of St. George's parish, brought Harriet Arundel, a widow who had evidently seen better days, before Mr. Hardwick, for the purpose of stating her melanc holy case. The woman had resided in the lifetime of her husband in the parish of St. George's for several years. Her husband died, leaving her with five young children, in such reduced circumstances, that she was obliged to apply to the parish for assistance. As her settlement was with the parish of Marylebone, her husband having been apprenticed in that parish, the officers of St. George's caused her to be regularly passed to Maryle bone. No objection was made by the officers of Maryle bone to the settlement, and her case being taken into consideration, an allowance of ss. per week was given her towards the support of herself and family. As soon as the New Settlement Act came into operation, in which it is provided that a residence of five years shall confer a settlement, the authorities of Marylebone stopped the weekly allowance. The widow fell into ar rears with her landlord in consequence of this proceed ing, and finding her children in a state of starvation, she applied to the officers of the parish of St. George's for relief. She was told that the parish of St. George was exonerated from the burden of her support, as she had been regularly passed to Marylebone. She went to Marylebone parish, when she was told that she must apply to St. George's. The woman, acting on advice, went to Mr. Rawlinson, the magistrate of Marylebone Police court, and was then told to make an application to the Marylebone board the following board-day. She went, but was told to go away, as no attention would be paid to her case. Lacy said he had investigated the poor woman's case, and had found that she was a very de serving object. He knew that her family, all very young, were in a state of starvation—indeed he did not know what would have occurred had he not relieved the poor woman with a trifle out of his own pocket, and had not the magistrate (Mr. Hardwick) kindly ordered her last week a trifle from the poor-box. Mr. HARDWICK looked to the new Act, and said he did not find any power in it for a magistrate to interfere in such a case. He was of opinion, that the officers of Marylebone took an erroneous view of the new Act. It appeared to him that the woman was still legally en titled to relief from Marylebone, and he should advise the woman to go into that parish and make a regular claim for relief. Lacy said, if Marylebone disputed the settlement, and would pass the woman back to St. George's, he was sure the authorities of St. George's would be willing to try the question. In the meantime, however, the poor creature and her children could not be allowed to starve. The woman then left the Court, after receiving five shillings from the poor-box, with the intention of getting a lodging in Marylebone, and making another applica tion for relief. WORSHIP-STREET. CHARGE OF STABBING.—Ann Sinnot alias Nance Ruffey, was charged with having stabbed a man named Daniel Crawley. Sergeant King said, that between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday night there was a disturbance in Flower and Dean-street, Spitalfields, which he quelled, and he then saw Crawley go into a sort of eating-house of the lowest kind, kept by the prisoner. Presently he came out holding his hand to his breast, from which he was bleeding profusely, and ran towards witness, ex claiming, " I'm stabbed! I'm stabbed to the heart! Oh, stop the blood and save me!" He said that Nance Ruffey had done it, and after having been seen by a surgeon was conveyed to the London Hospital, where it was found that a wound, an inch and a half deep, had penetrated the chest. The prisoner, on being taken to the station-house, said her landlady was quarrelling with her, and had sent Crawley to break her door open, and that when he came in he threw the meat in her face, and that she must protect herself. A certificate from Mr. Wordsworth, house surgeon at the London Hospital, was produced, stating that Craw ley had a punctured wound in the chest, and was in a dangerous state. She was remanded for a week. SOUTHWARK. ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.—EIiza Jarvis, the wife of a wine merchant, late of Bush-lane, City, was brought be fore Mr. Seeker, charged with having made a very de termined attempt on her life the preceding morning, at a coffee-shop in the Waterloo-road. A young woman named Bade, servant at the coffee shop, stated that on Saturday night the defendant came to her employer's house, and, after having taken some coffee, engaged a bed for the night. The following morning she requested that her breakfast might be brought up stairs to her bedroom, and she ordered a slice of bacon, desiring that a knife and fork might be provided. Her wishes were complied with, and a consi derable time having elapsed, and she not coming down stairs, the landlord went up and knocked at the bed room door, informing her that it was getting late in the day. The defendant answered in a feeble tone of voice, requesting that he would send the servant girl up to her, and the latter, upon entering the room, discovered the defendant lying on the bed, holding her right arm, from which the blood was flowing into a basin on a chair by the bed side. The knife which was sent up with the bacon was lying close by, and from the marks of blood upon it, there was no doubt it was used by the unfortu nate woman to inflict a wound across her arm; but to the blade being extremely blunt and jagged was to be principally attributed the circumstance of her not having effected her object; as it was, however, a deep incision waslinflicted across the inside of her arm at the elbow. A medical man was immediately called in, and he pro nounced that, although a good deal of injury was done, still that it would not be attended with any danger.: Acting-inspector Simmons, L division, stated that in quiries had been made r es p ec ti ng the defendant, and that it was ascertained she was the wife of a merchant in Bush-lane, in the City, who had some time since failed for 44,0001. He had absconded from his creditors, and a reward of 3001. was offered for his apprehension. Since the flight of her husband, the defendant had been lodging at a house in White , street, Southwark, and was supporting herself on a small weekly pittance which she was allowed by parties whom she did not know, but whom she had occasion to believe were friends in the country. Her landlady came forward and said, that for some days she had been in a very desponding condition of mind with regard to two of her children, who had been taken away from her, and placed at a boarding-school. Their board and education were paid for by unknown parties, and she was possessed of the idea that her chil dren would be taken away from her entirely. This latter circumstance preyed heavily on her mind. Mr. SECKER put some questions to the unfortunate woman, with a view that she should explain the cause of her having attempted suicide, but she merely said that her misfortunes were great, and that she could not bear up against them. She, however, now regretted what she had done in her excited state, and would not attempi the like again. Mr. SMILER said, that in the defendant's condition of mind, he could not take her own word, and that it was necessary she should find two sureties of 101. each to be bail for her. The defendant not being prepared with the required sureties was committed. THAMES. PRIVATE BuntaL-onounDs.—Mr. Rayner, chairman of the board of guardians of St. George-in-the-East, accompanied by Mr. George Findlay and Mr. Staples, also guardians, waited on Mr. Ballantine, for the pur pose of calling his attention to the overcrowded state of a burial-ground in Cannon-street-road,. in the rear of Trinity Episcopal Chapel, with which edifice, however, the cemetery has no connexion. Mr. Findlay said he was constable of the parish, and he was requested, in his official capacity, to bring the disgraceful practices carried on in the burial ground before the notice of the magistrate. The burial-ground, which was of small extent, was overcrowded with human re „plains. For some time past a most disgusting and re prehensible - practice had been adopted. The coffins and bodies had been taken out of the graves, which ought not to have been disturbed, and after the coffins were broken up, large holes were prepared, into which human remains were thrown in a heap. Pieces of coffins were often seen about the ground, with pieces of decomposed fl.-sh and hair adhering to them. The parishioners were most anxious to prevent any more interments in the burial-ground, and to abate the nuisance, and he was in structed to apply for a summons. Mr. BALLANTINE said he was not aware that he could interfere at all in this matter. He believed the only thing that could be done was to indict the nuisance; and if the parties did so, they would have to pay the ex penses themselves, for the auditors would not allow them to be defrayed from the poor-rate. Mr. Staples said his residence unfortunately over looked the burial-ground, which w as c h o k ed up with bodies, and it was impossible to prepare a grave without removing other coffins and their contents. A nauseous effluvium arose from the gr oun d , w hi ch he considered to be highly detrimental to the health of the inhabitants. Mr. Findlay said he had seen flowers and fresh turfs placed over newly filled-up graves to make it appear A they.were.of long standing, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTUR.—Since the arrival of the Britannia steamer, and the check which the accounts by her have given to the cotton speculation, our market has been quiet, but without any chant icprices. BRADFORD.—WOOL.—This branch of the trade is still inactive. The spinners evince no disposition to buy, except on the narrowest scale possible. In prices we do not hear of any change. Yarns.—The business doing to-day is an average of several weeks past ; but still the prices are anything but profitable to the spin ners, who complain of the great disproportion between the price of wool and the current rate for yarns! Pieces.—There is hardly so much business doing as in the beginning of the month just ended ; yet there is no great complaining. Chequed Orleans and Coburgs are flatter ; Orleans and plain Paramattas more inquired for, and steady in prices. HUDDERSFIELD. —OUT market on Tuesday was with out animation ; indeed, it may be said to be flatter than last week. Some fancy cloth manufacturers have re ceived orders, but not to the extent they had reason to anticipate. Wools are much the same in price, but sales cannot be made, although they are up in the London markets. In the warehouses there is not much doing. LEEDS.—We have no better account to give of Tues day's market than of preceding ones. The demand continues slack, and profits are very small on all the business actually done. LEICESTER.—A steady business continues doing in the warehouses • the dem an d f or wrought hose is espe cially good. Vorsted yarns and wools are without alte ration. Owing to the rise in cotton wools, notice of an advance of one shilling per bundle on cotton yarn has been given by some of the spinners, to take place from the Ist of the month. NOTTINGHAM. LACE:— The market continues in nearly the same state as last week, both in demand and price. Plain nets are tolerably active : quillings of some kinds have been inquired about more than for some weeks past ; lever fancies, good patterns, and suit able widths, have been selling to a moderate extent. The best platts are fair sale. Yarns are rather more freely supplied ; prices remained much as they were. Advances in the selling value of lace goods can scarcely be anticipated this side of Christmas ; though, from the present favourable state of stocks, we do not antici pate any reduction in the interval, and with the new year our goods are not unlikely further to improve in price. Hosiery Trade. —We are very much gratified to learn, that by the arrival of the steam-packet Britannia, very large orders have arrived in this town for almost every description of hosiery goods. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We have received intelli gence from our c orrespondent at Dundrum Bay, that, on Saturday morning, the first effort was made to get the Great Britain afl oat, but it was ent i re l y unsuccess ful. Two steam-tu gs were made fast to her, b ut they could not move her. It is to bo hoped that succeeding efforts, with . higher tides, will be more successful.— Liverpool Alb i on, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND COUNTY OF KENT.—MEETING AT SEVENOAKS. SEVENOAKS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Sevenoaks and the neigh bourhood was held this afternoon, to take into considera tion the recent policy of the South-Eastern Company, in the matter of the increase of the fares on their line, and also for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to secure the most direct and cheapest line of rail way communication with the metropolis. Amongst the leading persons present were the Marquis of Camden, Lord Holmesdale, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Mr. Mildmay, Mr. Lambard, Mr. Petley, Mr. Hussey, Mr. Adams, Captain Nepean, Captain Gordon, Captain Ran dolph, Mr. J. P. Atkins, the Rev. J. Austen, Rev. T. Wilgress, Mr. W. Holcroft, Mr. T. Camel], Rev. Mr. Bloxam, Mr. Tonge, Mr. John Ellis, Mr. H. Hughes, Mr. Briggs, Mr. Peat, Dr. Gellatly, Dr. Harris, Mr. Golding, Mr. Nonaile, the Rev. T. S. Curtis, Rev. Mr. Onslow, Rev. Mr. Repton, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Colman, Rev. Mr. Burton, Mr. Mager, &c. It was stated that Earl Amherst, who was in Wales, and Earl Stanhope, in Scotland, both concurred in the objects of the meeting. The Marquis of CAMDEN having taken the chair and opened the business of the meeting, Mr. HOLCROFT said, that in consequence of sugges tions he had received from Lord Amherst and others, he had forwarded a notice of the intended meeting to the solicitors of the South-Eastern, and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies, in order that they might attend it. He believed that some gentlemen con nected with the latter company had arrived, but he un derstood that no one appeared for the South-Eastern Company, neither had any answer whatever been received from them, or any notice taken of his communication. From what had transpired at the meeting held at Can terbury, on Monday last, it was understood that the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company had al ready directed surveys of a line to be made. The meeting having expressed a wish to have some information with regard to the plans proposed by that company, an invitation to attend was sent to the deputa tion from the company, and Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, the deputy chairman, Mr. Burchell, one of the solicitors, and Mr. Sherrard, the engineer, immediately attended. The Noble Chairman having called the attention of the depu tion to the objects of the meeting, Mr. WILKINSON said that the engineer being present with him, that gentleman could give the fullest informa tion as to the engineering details of the line now pro posed. The circumstances under which the Mid Kent Atmospheric project had been defeated in the last ses sion had induced the projectors to improve the line of last year. He had not attended for the purpose of giving any pledges of what the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company intended to do. What he had to com municate must necessarily be more historical than pro phetical, as he had received the invitation to attend this meeting only late last evening, on his return to town, so that he had not had any opportunity of communicating with his colleagues, and consequently was not in a posi tion to speak upon the authority of the board. He could, however, state that instructions had been given to survey the best lines that could be had between Lon don and Tunbridge, and branching off through Maidstone to Canterbury. He then adverted to the breach of faith committed by the South-Eastern Company, and contended that their previous reduction of fares had influenced the minds of the Committee of the House of Commons in their favour, and against the competing line of the Atmo spheric Company, whose Bill was rejected, though it offered a maximum rate of fares still lower. He then entered into an exposition of his well-known views with regard to the policy of charging low fares to the public, asserting that low fares and ample accommodation were most advantageous to all parties concerned.—(Hear.) After deprecating the raising of fares for the purpose of obtaining a mere temporary profit without regard to the permanent interest of shareholders, he referred to the proposals made last year by the Atmospheric Company in this respect, and reminded the meeting that if these proposals had been unanimously supported by the land owners of the county in a more decided manner, there would not have been any necessity for their meeting together as on the present occasion. —(Hear.) His col leagues at the board of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway bad determined to prosecute a scheme which would be an improvement upon that of last ses sion, and it only remained for the landowners of the county of Kent to decide upon giving their support to it in such a way as would secure for it a favourable recep tion before Parliament in the next session. Mr. SHERRARD, the engineer, produced his plans, and entered into a number of details and explanations upon matters of a local nature. The CHAIRMAN asked if they would have the same tunnels as last year? Mr. SUERRARD said they would, but they would have better gradients. The CHAIRMAN—Iiave you not abandoned the atmo spheric principle? Mr. SHERRARD — Yes; or rather they had abandoned the atmospheric gradients. The line would bo laid out as most favourable for locomotive traction. The gra dients were decidedly better than those of last year, and the line would be shorter. With respect to Maidstone, that town would practically be placed on the main lino as far as the convenience of the public was concerned. Every train up and down would stop at the Maidstone station. Other questions having been put and replied to by Mr. Sherrard, The ChAIRMAN asked Mr. Carnell, the agent for the South-Eastern Company, if he had any communication to make to the meeting? Mr. CARNELL said he had not received any instructions, and bad no authority to make any statement; but as he knew what were the bona fide intentions of the South- Eastern Company, he could assure the meeting that the company would prosecute a line next session, similar in all its features to the one of last year; that is, it would come to Tunbridge through the Basted Valley. He had uo authority to make this statement, still he knew this to be the present intentions of the company. The de cision of the present meeting might, however, determine them otherwise. He thought that Mr. Wilkinson's rea soning as to the policy of low fares could not be borne out by experience, and although he regretted what had occurred with respect to the fares being raised by the South-Eastern Company, he considered that as the at mospheric principle had been abandoned— Mr. WILKINSON—The atmospheric principle has not been abandoned. Mr. CARNELL had Mr. Sherrard's authority for this statement. Mr. SEERRARD—Oh no! I say that the gradients, which were only suitable for the atmospheric, have been abandoned, and better gradients substituted. The line of last year was hastily laid out, but as I have now more time to devote to it this year, I have been enabled to abandon some of the worst gradients, and have very much improved them. Of course the easier the gradients are the better, whether it be for the atmospheric or the locomotive system,—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LATTA, of Bromley, stated that as he had been requested to represent the views of upwards of two thou sand inhabitants of this county, he had attended the meeting in the hope that some parties would- have been present from the South-Eastern Company. The requi sitionists, who had desired him to represent their griev ances, wished to know, in the first place, what had oc curred to change their policy since the 27th of Decem ber, 1845.—(Hear, hear.) They wished to know also whether it was true that the South-Eastern Company in tended to branch off from their North Kent line through the Shoreham valley, straight by Maidstone and Ash ford to Folkestone? In the absence of any authorised information as to the bond fide intentions of the com pany, the requisitionists had deputed him to tender their support to any company who would undertake to make a direct line from London to Dover—viz., through Bromley to Sevenoaks and Tunbridge, and through Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Faversham, and Canterbury to Dover, and he was only too happy to find that their wishes were likely to be realised by the scheme now proposed by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. The Right Hon. J. C. HERMES said, that having heard the explanation given by Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Sherrard, it now became necessary to propose some re solution. For his own part he thought that Mr. Wil kinson's statement was extremely satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) He had considered the question in all its bearings as affecting the general requirements of the country, and especially their immediate and local wants, which, as far as they were concerned, were the most im portant after all. The Right Honourable Gentleman concluded by proposing the following resolutions:— " That a line of railway from London, or from the Croydon Railway through Bromley and Sevenoaks, to Tunbridge, will be in every respect the most advantageous for the interests of the public in general, and of the county in particular. That the line proposed to be executed by the London and Brighton and South Coast Railway appears to us to be better calculated to secure these advantages, and to serve the interests and convenience of Sevenoaks and its neighbourhood, than any other plan that has been hitherto proposed." Mr. W. LAXBARD, of Beechmont, seconded the reso lution. The Noble CHAIRMAN, before putting the resolution, expressed his regret that he should be the only one pre sent who entertained opinions in any way at variance with those of the meeting. He was always anxious, if possible, to think with his neighbours, but in this matter he must differ from them ; for he thought they had not considered sufficiently the extreme improbability that Parliament would sanction any other lines next session than those proposed toy the South-Eastern Company. The Noble Marquis then put the resolution to the meet ing, which was carried by acclamation. On the motion of Mr. HEnniEs, seconded by Mr. WHAINsoN, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman. OPENING OF NEW LINES. The Seamer and Filey Branch cf the Scarborough Railway was inspected by General Pasley on Thursday last, and its opening was officially announced to take place yesterday (Monday). The delay in the opening of the branch line of the London and North Western Branch to Bedford, from the junction at Bletchley, has arisen from some subsi dence in a portion of the works. It is now finished, and the opening is finally fixed for the 14th inst. The Eastern Counties Branch to North Woolwich is to be completed for public traffic before Christmas next. The company are having powerful steam bridges, or ferries, built for the transit of passengers across the Thames. The line runs along the waterside of the Es sex marshes, and branches into the Thames Junction and the Eastern Counties Colchester main line at the Stratford station. Mr. Samuels is the acting engineer. The Stamford and Peterborough was publicly opened on Friday last ; Captain Coddington, the Assistant In spector of Railways, having examined the works on the previous day, in company with Mr. C. P. Roney the secretary to the Eastern Counties, to which company it has been leased. It is twelves miles long. The Hull and Beverley line has also received the Mr. BALLANTINE regretted he could: not assist the gentlemen who had waited upon him, but he had no doubt their object would be attained by the publication of what had transpired in the Court that day. GROSS PERJURY.—Mary Swift, an elderly woman, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, on a charge of having used threatening language, and assaulted Mary Ann Evans, a girl about fourteen years of age. It appeared from the statement of the girl, that she was in the service of a gentleman named Still, residing at No. 77, Lucas-street, Commercial-road, and that on Tuesday last she gave evidence against a man named Nott, who was charged with having stolen a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of her master. Nutt was convicted, and sentenced to three months' imprison ment. As she was leaving the Clerkenwell Sessions House, where the trial took place, the prisoner, who had appeared as a witness for Nott, and spoke of his good character, commenced abusing her, and said if the pri soner was a husband of her's, she would have her liver out. On Wednesday night she met the defendant again, and she beset her, and used very bad language. A policeman, named Rowbery, confirmed the state ment of the complainant as to the abusive language used on Tuesday morning on the termination of the trial. The defendant said she knew that Nott was an innocent man, and that the girl Evans had sworn falsely against him, and that she certainly did make use of some harsh terms on Tuesday morning, but she could prove she was a mile from the spot where the complainant swore she had met her on Wednesday evening. Inspector Valentine, of the K division, made a long statement, from which it appeared that Nott, who was an industrious and respectable man, was quite innocent of the robbery of which he stood convicted,.and that he had been a victim to the malice of the girl Evans. On Saturday the complainant Evans sent to the station house for a police•constable, and said that, whilst she was walking about her master's parlour with a child in her arms, the woman, who had threatened and beaten her on Tuesday and Wednesday last, came out of the bedroom from under the bed about two o'clock in the P afternoon, armed with a k n if e , an d, a f ter swear i ng s h e would stab her, gave her a blow on the face and knocked her down, and decamped by the front door. The police man made inquiries, but could obtain no trace of the woman Swift, and was satisfied from the inquiries he made that she was at home at the time the girl said she was in her master's house. The defendant was, how ever, apprehended on the warrant previously issued, and on being taken to the station-house was confronted with the girl, who persisted in her statement. While this was going on, a lodger residing in Mr. Still's house found a bundle containing wearing apparel, which Evans declared had been stolen by Nott, and secreted in the chimney of her room, and the girl had that morning signed a declaration that she put them up the chimney herself ; also that the story about the defendant Swift leaving the bedroom with a knife was unfounded and trumped up from motives of revenge, and that Nott was innocent of the robbery she had sworn against him. Mr. BALLANTINE discharged the defendant, and di rected the inspector to make a representation of the case to the Commissioners of Police, who would communi cate with the Home Secretary on the subject of Nott's conviction and innocence. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—John Harmer was charged with having assaulted Mr. Frederiok White, a druggist, of No. 45, Gloucester-terrace, Commercial-road East, and robbed him of his watch. The prosecutor was coming home, between one and two o'clock in the morning, and was within ten yards of his own home, when the prisoner and another man ran against him in a violent manner behind, and threw him down. The two thieves immediately fell upon him, and in an instant his watch was taken from his waistcoat, the guard, a black ribbon, was drawn over his head, and the two thieves decamped in opposite directions. Mr. White pursued the prisoner, who was stopped. The prisoner was stated to be an old thief, and he had been frequently in custody. He was committed. FATHER MATHEW DESCENDED FROM A WELSH KING. Father Mathew is descended from a very ancient Welsh family. The records of the principality carry the pedigree back to Gwaythvocd, king of Cardigan, in di rect descent from whom was Sir David Mathew, the great standard-bearer of Edward IV., whose monument is in Llandaff Cathedral, as also those of his grandsons, Sir William and Sir Christopher Mathew, of about the date of 1530. Edmund Mathew, Esq., the grandson of Sir William Mathew, and heir to the ancient estates of the family at Llandaff and Aradyr, was high she riff of the county of Glamorgan in 1592. Two of his sons, George and Edmund, went to Ireland about the year 1610. Here, in 1620, George mar ried Lady Thurles, widow of Lord Thurles, and mother of the first and great Duke of Ormonde. Thus closely allied by blood and friendship with the Ormond family, and possessed of the vast estates of Thomastown, Thurles, and Annfield, in Tipperary, and in the counties of Clare, Galway, Cork, and Limerick, the family con. tinued down to the present time. Francis Mathew, son of Thomas Mathew, of Annfield, was a gentleman of the highest consideration in Ireland, and became succes sively Baron, Viscount, and Earl of Llandaff. At his death, in 1806, the estates amounted to upwards of 40,0001. a year. His successor, the last Earl of Llan daff, greatly encumbered them, and on his death in 1833, intestate aad without issue, the property was entered upon by his sister, Lady Elizabeth Mathew. This old lady, who before her death was said to be not unfit for a lunatic asylum, died in 1842, and in direct violation of, and opposition to the will and desire of George Mathew, as above named, from whom her grandfather, Thomas Mathew, of Annfield, had derived the estates, bequeathed the whole, entirely from her name and family, to a French nobleman, Viscount de Chabot, highly connected in Ire land, but in no way allied in blood to the Mathews. Thus were the estates of the Mathew family, after the lapse of centuries, conveyed away from them. What is singular enough, the old lady, who, we believe, had adopted and brought up Father. Mathew, made him an executor of this very will which deprived his family of its property. He naturally declined to act. The will, it is said, can be disputed, but we are not aware of any steps having been taken by the Mathew family as yet. The castle and domain of Thomas town is regarded as one of the most beautiful places in Ireland, and is situ ated in what is termed the golden valley, about four miles from Cashel, in the county of Tipperary. Thus, by one of those mysterious ordinances of Providence, which occur in all ages, as if to point out the finger of God in particular events, needing nothing but its own energy to produce th em — Father Math e w is deprived of the fortune which could greatly assist in affecting his work • yet he is ca ll e d f ort h , an d d oes i t .— Monmouth shire ;Arlin RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, OCTO!IER 5. Nottingham Junction, Boston, ST " 1E c E . i c R d . t i I. dis—Birkenhead, e h e sales e Lancashire, ' a r andber g Cheshirea te , 5-16 p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 3% p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 1% dis.—Churnet and Blythe, 3 A c. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 5-16 p. — East Lancashire (late Black burn p.—Fleetwood, Preston, & c ., 13 s.—Great , 5 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 1 di s.—Huddersfield, Grimsby s a b n y d an P d res s to he n tn ), Halifax, and Bradford, 1% p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Rail way and Canal, 1-16 die. —Leicester.and Bedford, % di s .—Li verpool and Bury, New, 1 p.—Liverpool, ormsicirk, and Preston, 2% p.-- London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7% P.—Ditto, ditto (B), 7% p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % p. —Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1 3-16 p.—North Staffordshire 2 1-16 p.—Oldham Districts, dis.—Oldh am, B i rkenhead, &c., 18s. ' dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 dis.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, &c., % dis.— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 13s. 9d. dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, 3-16 p.—Trent Valley, Midlands, &c., 3-16 p.—West Ridi ng U n i on, 1 5-16 p.—WhitehaVen and Furness, 3 15-16 dis. LEEDS, OCTOBEE 5. STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, Gal p. c. n. —Ditto, New, 2% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4 al c. dis.— Huddersfield and Manchester, ss. dia.—Leeds and Bradford, 44 M p.— Leeds and Dewsbury, 13s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, c. dis.— Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 235. Gd. p.—North British, Car lisle Branch, 38s. p.—York and Newcastle, New, 9 1 -,(, p.—York and North Midland (East and West Sliding), 10IA p. — Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 12s. Gd. dis.—Grand Union, 14s. 6d. dis. s.— Glasgow and Dumfries, 20s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Iss. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2/. 14s. p.—Manches ter, Buxton; Matlock, and Midland. 13s. 6d. p.—Midland and Thirsk Junction, 225. dis.—North Staffordshire, 214 P.—Sheffield, Rother ham, and Goole, is. dis.—Shropshire Union, 1 1s. dis.—West Riding Union, 3/. Bs. SHEFFIELD. OCTOBER 5. STocir ExciArtar.—The sales are —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 5 dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 345. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, dis.—Ditto, Docks, 3 dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. dis. — Sheffield and Lincoln, 19s. dis. HULL. OCTOBER 5. STocK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Boston, Stamford, and Bir mingham, 12s. 6d.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 31 s. — Leicester and Bed ford, 10s. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 p.—Lynn and Ely, 16S—Midland, 40/. Shares, 34 —North British, Carlisle Branch, 643.—. North Staffordshire, 2/. 6s. p.—West Riding Union, 3/. Ils. YORK, OCTOBER 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are - Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), %—Leicester and Bedford, 10s. 3d. scrip —London and York, 11. 185.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 16s. —Newcastle and Berwick, 26—North British, Bah' Shares, 14% Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 31. Is, Q.—Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., 2%—West Riding Union, 31. 135.—York and Newcastle, 10 1 A —York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension, 11%. ---- --- NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR. OF " OLIVER CROMWELL."—A literary phenomenon of rare occur rence in these days, has just made its appearanc a work of fiction for which we cannot find a more appro priate designation than that of a classical novel. " The Roman Traitor"—such is its title---bids fair to be not less attractive to the scholar than to lady readers. The author (Mr. Herbert, the writer of the popular romance of " Oliver Cromwell") has brought to his task a power ful mind, a fertile imagination, erudition, great command of langt.age, and much industry ; and with these qualifi cations he has succeeded in producing a picture of those palmy days of the Roman Commonwealth w hen ambi tion had begun t o prompt dqring desi g ns'jor its over throw, but before the public mind had become generally depraved by the luxurious indulgences introduced by the imperial Caesars. The hero of the work is the arch-trai tor Catiline, whose catastrophe is represented with such scrupulous a tt ent i on to habits, manners, localities, and historical circumstances, that the reader almost feels himself an inhabitant of the eternal city, as it appeared two thousand years ago. THE JEWS IN JAMAICA.—Our Jewish fellow countrymen are placed on a more equitable footing in Jamaica than in any other part of the British domi nions. By an Act of the Legislature, passed during the government of the late Lord Metcalfe, they are ad mitted to the full rights of citizenship in every respect. The con.pquence is, that no section of the community is more distinguished for its efforts to promote education and charities. There is a Jewish and General Literary and Scientific Institution at Kingston, which appears to display more activity and general talent than any simil ar society on the island Mr. Mr. Joseph Aaron, a young gen tleman of abilities and acquirements, lately delivered the second of a course of lectures on the " Poetry and Fine Arts of the ancient Greeks," and Mr. Vcndryes has announced a lecture on " Capital Punishments." The Despatch, of 13th August, mentions that at a ladies' bazaar 700/. had been produced towards the support of two Jewish schools. From the same paper we learn that at a meeting of the vestry of the Spanish and Por tugnese synagogue, the Rev. A. Mendes was elected assistant minister and English preacher to that congre gation. ..4 1 C 1 WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELN, M.D. M.R.C.S. MI 6 One Shilling each, by post One ant Sixpence ®NSINGLE and MARRIED LIF E (An Original Medical History.) CONTENTS: Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restrient--Oid direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of l'aternitY_ Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitolt" 5 ,7; Infertile Unions — lncongruous Alliances—Late Marriages — Matches—Curiosities of Twent.Y-thres Years' Medical Exper iens "' &c. &c. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS. (An Essay for 1846.) " Of human ills and fralltice I discourse, Those taught by nature, aiz! by art acquir'd. Of griefs conceal'd, and disa p ointments keen, Which young and gentle, the ma.`ared and sage , The lonely and the mated—all susti:in• In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n, How health, how hope, how happiness es.* WIIAT to EAT, DRINK, and ATOID With Diet Tables for all Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil eellegs , good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an °ll' servance of the instructions herein coninined the feeble, the llt; veusly delica e, even to the most shattered constitution, may acati r, the greatest amount of physical happiness, 41)d reach in health 1) full period of life allotted to man. " Ilow we should live—what eat, what drink. what shun, Te reach in health full threescore years andten-." These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects 01, very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of b rune t surable and general utility, fer they tell of matters everyliying col; ture able to understand ought to know, but which inforrnatio l these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated this" questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount. In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden trutr. : t nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is P 0 contended that every reader shall become his or her own pariciws any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that should knew the simple princ:ples of our own organization, the laL whereby our existence and the issue thereof In their several beeln states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our ind ivia n capacities in the family 0" circle, and the terms on which the hea lth happiness of the present and ratline race of mankind have to rely- By such knowledge, and whiel is herein faithfully imparts. . 4 , health will be found to be in our own keeping, and halllacd within the attainment of all; by the availment hereof in fulfil .; our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages ea our effsp 7 , tcoonlbsillsotewnla w n i d th fin d a e l g l e y n b e y ra t t b e e h c e ul al t t i h v , a t t h ie; , l of our faculties, which 15 ..0! wind as well as the body be exalted to the summit of perfection, Ns best becomes the klif." of God's creations. The author's justification for this seemin,' eulogy ales owls ; i - re d lugs, and the avowal of their integrity of purOose, must b• m eal to by their perusal—his accredited qualifications' guarantee that topics broached involve his legitimate study and 011nuit• To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row"; C analho, Fleet-street; st Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Main, 39, Corahill direct from the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regeni-street (leading Great Marlborough-street), who may be advised wit rsoallYe l " . matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings from h'even till wrGOV . 1 POPULAR TREATISE oft the HEALTH, LIFE. and + - of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. tin lisA l.l NINETEETH EDITION, price 25. 6d. ; Free by Pest a Envelope) 3s. id., THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical W —, ° 0 1 ,.! on the loss of the reproductive po w ers, w ith me ans •4 res tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strict urn' 1y condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. lity R. A nd PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. .4 ten° Published by the Authors, and may be had at their re.A- Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster -row; Gordon, 146, Leaden,',k street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Ce., 63, 0 0 street, and 37, Roy al Exchange ; and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who,. prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear sf nt. lain disqualifications, and will be found an available introiectis o the P means ef perfect and secret restoration to manhood. , 0 0$ art 11. treats perspicuously upon those forma of cllseasOs, in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, . 111 °_: - 0 0 how numbers who neglect to ob ta in competent medical aid, ." upon themselves years of misery and suffering. 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Perry are in daily attendance at their residcrod 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two , five till eight; and en Sundays from eleven till twelve. ON TIIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRATINGS. ;k4 Just published, Twentieth Thousa.nd, in a sealed envelope,t4 2s. firl., or pest paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage 511 ' . direct from the Author's residence. SELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Tre,. fit ti t f en the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Tenth and IDu Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates en the Ana rsof a s* Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive 04_0 explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, aid Sh7 t iot the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, an d excesses. With Practical Observations en the Treatment of .0.!.01 Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other disci ' s the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON ., 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; __„ r of Matriculated Member of the Uaiversity of Edinburgh, 11 °'',, Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Liceatim - Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CnArraa I. On' the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Mu dr and Obligations, and en Infelicitous and Unproductive Un i t s tii. CHAPTER 2. On th e Anatomy and Physiology if the Oen e ' s ost Organs, their fencti ons , structures, and secretions, proving that. Mental and Physical P ower are dependant upon their health y ctiO tlif —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects ° n Animal Economy; the concealed cause if Debility if the "." - f if the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness, ;Os Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders 0, ,,,e5S and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Wear OP Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CuArrsis 6 and t hci n, the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, ' Gonn° Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra., REVIEWS ON THA WORK. 4, "The author of thi s s i ngu l ar an d ta l ente d wor k i s a etincia fled medical man, w h o h as evidently had considerable elPLiiieS the trr xtment of the various disorders Arising From the 1a} 143 trainee of early Indis cre ti on . 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Sold by all dru gg ists, and '- Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. , 81147114. On the 30th ult., at Billinge Scarr, near Blackburn, Lan. cashire, the lady of. Henry Brock Hollinshead, Esq., of a 5 011 ;, On the Ist inst., at Croydon, Su rrey , th e l a d y o f H enr i " Cleaver, Esq., surgeon, of a son. On the Ist inst., the wife of Raymond D'Arcy NevrtO l Esq., of Warwick-square, o f a son. el On the 2d inst., at Ald gate High-street, Mrs. SA O Moses, of a son. On the 2d init., at Wadhurst, Mrs. B. Harding, of a sop. l On the 2d inst., th e l a d y of Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., Busse', square, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., the wife of Mr. William Webbe, archittf of Winchester C o tt age, Albert-street, Camden-town, 01 daughter. On the 3d inst., at Lansdown-road-villas, Notting -hilly tbe wife of Captain Vetch, R.E., of a daughter. MARRIED. 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On the 2d inst., a t B r i xton 78 . , ti Mrs. Mary Gorst, aged ;.„e On the 2d ins at the Queen's-mews, Pimlico, Mr. vs ' „rg rt Sadler, aged 30. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of Strand, Printer, at Tito ,S ()thee, No. 112, Strand, in the ' 6 3 of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, on T ueid67 , 0 5 tuber 6, 1646.