The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-21 00:00:00

THE REGISTRATIONS tii►, • BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. oThe e revi s i on of voters for t hiS b oroug h was resumed fth Friday, when the Court proceeded with the residue I, voters on the list of the Rectory district, off which G4..r.leines were struck to-day upon tho objection of Mr. I nwood, for th e C ocserva tives. t o .__. Walter B eec h am P err y, whose name was objected ra, the Paddi ng t on li s t by the Conservatives, ap te_ _di and d en i e d th e va lidity of the objection, inas- L k:" as due n o ti ce h a d no t b een posted upon the church it et ;;; Mr. Perry stated that he went to the church ad tu.nt to his residence, and looked in the place where he lte . " l "Y saw the jury lists and such documents hung, but ' puld find no ice as to what time the court lodged when he not was to meet the objection wlinst him it reni th at L. Yto the REVISING BARRISTER. MT. Perry said wen , was about three o'clock last Sunday wheh he e xPressly for the purpose of seeing if the notice oast Posted. E6' h e REVISING BARRISTER said, without due notice E h' r,egistry lists could not be efficiently revised, and he a , ° 4 lll d, therefore, adjourn the hearing of the objection I , er in the mean ti me th e objectors might serve Mr. ~P Y with personal notice. -,ne lists f or th e di s t r i c t o f St. Mary's was next taken, when the th„ Conservative agent succeeded in striking off to d 'rnes of 86 Liberal voters, "none of whom attended Chi i nstheir votes. Church district was the third list taken this t o 'd l a rld from it the Tory party succeeded in erasing, up e time of our going to press, the names of 18 Liberal ',Qrs. on LIVERPOOL. of voters Tuesday for the election of members of Parliament c h the borough, was opened. in the Sessions-house, t h a P e l - etreet, before T. S. Brandreth, Esq. The busi -04? was not proceeded with until Wednesday , wh en the Qs and objections in the out townships of Everton , ,dale West Derby, and Toxtetb - park , were taken., 1 1 , 7 . iretherton, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the o ° r lll party, and Mr. Bremner for the Tories. o e .l Wednesday the Reformers succeeded in striking .„,00 from the list for the out-townships. we-tr_esterday the claims and objections for the borough 4 4 0 Proceeded with, when the Reformers struck off 35, Ste t to an appeal, arising out of the following circum of appeared that in the service of the notices Peru jection to the overseers, the solicitor for the Tories Portion prOof of service. The proof given was, that a m a d e were delivered at the parish office, and an inquiry Auc, u 4 , 3 to the time of cluing the office on the 25th of 2o t ' ,;;,,hich was stated to be eight o'clock. On the is op :` ' 4I Y and the 31st of August, however, the o ffi ee a ii t t` n till twelve. The notices were taken to - the office th e 1 ., ° after eight, and herot being closed, they were le ft at 111 , t 44 :15e of one of verseers, agreeably to an int-l ey I ° l l which had been given by Mr. Litherland. The d e ;. r seer received them, and on the following morning l vered them to Mr. Litherland, who inquired what 47 they were sent in to the overseer, and was informe d 44 te before twelve o'clock. Mr. Litherland being 6 ecl, published them in the list of objections. . T he REVISING BARRISTER considered there was not v v s _e ent proof of service, as the overseer was not there 0 received them, nor the party who served them; he th e Ningly struck out all who did not attend to prove lr qualification, subject to an appeal. So me discussion ensued upon the point. Bretherton contended that there was sufficient rro o f of 4 ,0 as the notices had come into Court from the hands o e ue proper officer. It appears that such proof had er been required previously in similar cases, and, the ef orm *. t ers were not, consequently, prepared with their i .pesses. t i f il le borough objections will be proceeded with to-day; which the claims and objections of the freemen will ea rd•—Liverpool Mercury. tfr LINCOLN. A t e,' -Alamberlain, the barister, revised the city list of Pea 44t tentary voters on Tuesday. Mr. Hitehins ap ,a for the Liberal party, and Mr. Brown; solicitor, thue Con serva ti ve s. The following - Are furnished as tiv e, ‘,, i es tlts:—Liberal claims 34 , sustained 21 ; Conserva ttia, e i all us 9, sustained 9 ; Libera l ob j ections 23, sus -4.41e0421; Conservative objections 47, sustained 26. Mercury. I{ NORTH DURHAM. Mathews Esq., the barrister appointed to revise toti k l ir s of voters for the county of Durham and the bo olt,B therein, opened his court at the city of Durham eaday last. fr.e "on, the Secretary of the Nort h Durham Re- Li registr a ti o n Society,, appeared on behalf of the 4. , /,`‘.!. 3 and Free-traders; Mr. Tiplady, for the Hon. 40 1 4 4 -addell; and Mr. Stafford, for the Marquis of Lon t and Lord Seaham. e tio ; ta sections of the Tory party, although opposed to th e m ocher, are equally strenuous in their opposition to Tl i cl tes :if the free-traders. trou. following was the result of the revision for Durham districts ; "biections made by the Liberals 7O O bjections made by the Tories 39 Th Total lO9 e Liberals sustained fifty-three objections and failed sn i 4 " 11 . Two of the Liberal objections stand o ver for T 4 _adjudi ca ti on. i ll 8 ne 'Tories s us t a i ne d t w enty. two objections , and failed 11 4e! vente en. Majority in favour of the Liberals thirty- Able The result of the revision has not been so favour- Lo th e Liberal party for several years. 11) kY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. t (k t• 1 o DIVIDENDS. I\ ,-, t Is 6 . Moyle, linen draper , W hitecburch, Salop, qil 4 : - "ei at the ianchester District C ourt—Oct. 12. J. il. kinson, grocer, Manchester, at twelve, at the Manchester tZ i t ' , l Court—Oct. 12. B. Priestly, grocer, Manchester, at ' V * at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES. tw e ., t . 12. C. Airs, innkeeper, Newport, Isle of Wight, at ks . , ar 've, at the Court of Bankruptcy , L o n d on . — O ct. 13. G . tl" adsworth, apothecary, Broad - street , Golden square , at kdea, at the Court of Bankruptry.—Oct. 12. W. Kennett tile • Reynolds, tallow-cbandlers, Lamb-street, Spital at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 12. G. livery-stablekeeper, Stone-cutter-street, Farringdon at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 9. J. eie Ellis, warehouseman, L awr ence-lane, Cheapside, at itid e a, at th e C our t o f Bankruptcy.—Oct. 13. R. Knight ( 011 t• Knight , jun., stationers, Badge-row, at two , at t he th at ,. of Bankruptcy.z—Oct. 13. C. M'Kinnell, wine-mer- Fenchurch- street, at one, at the Court of Bank ori,geh3:•---11Oct. 16. E. Brailsford, ,music-seller, Old Steine , ;`°,, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 13 . iat p f l oeld, tea-dealer, Bristol, at twelve, at the Bristol r o „, Court.— Oct. 10. R. K. Frankish, builder, Scar -au, Yorkshire, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. f at 'l, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 1, 4 :t ; 438611 and Co., South Shields, brass founders—T. h "rid:" ln an and J. Ellerby, Wellington Chambers, London o„roth; Southwark, hop merchants—A. Brodie and F. Allen, gi t WeY, manufacturing chemists—T. Jones and W. Jones, !Ile4," er, millers—J. Backhouse and P. M'Donald, Man lopeer, fustian manufacturers—W. Lupton and Co., Sal 410ancashire, common brewers, so far as related to the l a r ,b,7 • Lupton—W. Aitkin and ' Co., Lancashire, cotton qtriZotureis—J. Hunt and H. Illadicom, Exmouth-street, I toknwell, woollen drapers—R. Hall' and J. Hall, Basingl ;lre t' Tower —F. N. Johnstone and F. Marshal , , i ,ower-street City wine merchants—W. Barber and t,"4l o ", ra er! Macclesfield', small ware manufacturers—R. t f" and J. Schofield, Warwick, hosiers—H. Harper and tra y) La ncashire, iron founders, so far as regards the said S. it,Nt a d. C. Atkinson—J. Clissold an d W. Thomas, Glou 1' a e ,7 ; ire malsters—J. Morton and R. H. Townsend, ‘4il o r r ':'ek, ' contractors—T. Hindle and W. Davis, Bradford, R. Smith and T. Heaton, Manchester, pawnbrokers • Barker and Co., Wakefield. manufacturers of 1 4 11 k,"" Yarns--J. H. Palmer and Co., as far as regards r ' r ' a on Dent—J. Hook and 11. Ible, Liverpool, brick- T ier T. Beames and A. Hatherell, Bristol, mercers— \;,,ofe,,'-'4man and Co., Lime-street, leather merchants—T. 4 :0 . " al l and Co., Fenchurch-street, wine merchants—G. 4.11: and H. Chapman, Liverpool, stationers—J. Lees and ttornley, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton spinners. aa„, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. tW 'ues white, furrier, Edinburgh, Sept 22 and Oct. 18, at A: . i e, at Stevenson's-rooms, Edinburgh. 11 °lnas Lorimer, acco untant, Glasgow, Sept. 24 and Oct. ', 4 t one, at the chambers of Mr. Buchan, Glasgow. iClexander Gall, draper, Fraserburgh, Sept. 24 and Oct. at the Soultoun Inn, Fraserburph. 11 41 exander Dewar, accountant, Dingwall , Sept. 25 and Oct. at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall. PRICE OF SUGAR. ti the average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro lice of the British possessions in America, computed from a til t)! tettm i s made in the week endin g Se p tember 15, 1846, is ` 5 . sd. per e7vt• RAILWAY RETURNS. WAT TRAFFIC.—The innowing are the Total Receipts of Rail 4ipt f op past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the Vr t ,eti ve returns are made, together with the receipts of the same ••••.:! .... L 1 the previous year : Last week. 4114 •12 1: 11 .8 23 co t- B.g NAME OF RAILWAY. IN A tat,t Arbroath and Forfar •• • •• • • •'• • ' Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • **** Dublin and Kingstown ** • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . •• • ••• • • • Durhi; and Sunderland ...... ..... • . Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Eastern Uni0n.............. • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• • • •• Glasgow and Greenock •• •• •• • •• •• Gravesend and Rochester •• •• •• •• •• Great Western. •• •• Hartlepool •• •• •• ''''' '• '• •• • • •• •• •• London and North Western, &c..... London and Blackwall•• •• •• •• • • • • •• London and Brighton. •• • ..... •• • • •• London and Croydon . •• •• •• •• •• •• •• London and South Western. •• •• •• •• Manehester, Bolton, and Bury •• •• • • Manchester and Birmingham•• • • •... Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Mid:and, Bristol, and Birmingham.. • Nen cestle and Darlington •• •• •• •• •• Newcs stle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and /forth Shields.• • • •• •• .North British .• • ...... ••• " "•• • • North Union and Bolton and Preston Corbeil, and Orleans •••• Paris and Rouen .•••••• •• •• •••• •• 2 ,Preston and Wyre• •• • .......... Rte. mond ••••• • • • * .. 1 , Sol th Eastern ••••••• • • • • • • . Sot th Devon.... .... • .. 3 2 'Tall Vale •• •• •• ••• • " " .......... ....... Ms ier . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • 773 948 1,235 596 5,115 9,864 465 2,465 1,234 552 20,878 1,096 44,397 1,366 10,793 8,667 7,944 21,387 2,259 2,197. 2,166 907 1,133 500 2,625 6,185 8,235 1,419 2,087 1,101 518 19,534 976 41.530 1,194 8,431 2,184 12,081 1,117 1,409 8,623 1,078 7,494 18,256 1,983 603 1,413 8,220 822 1,610 8,131 k and North Midland . • • • • • • • • 'Yolk and Newcastle . •• • • ••••• • • • • • 1,171 733 7,009 5,678 576 6,263 4,920 1v,,,e Earl Fortesuce is expected at Summerville, /sl e ; o tford, w h ence h e procee d s , a f ter a f ew d ays , to )).„eitstle, co un ty Li mer i c k, on a v i s it to the Earl of by. TaE_SETN, LONDON, MONDAY NEW ZE..-I,LAND. • NV AR IN AFRICA. The periodical intimations which the French receive of the incompleteness of their Algeriaa conquest appear likely to be givee this autumn in a more forcible tone than usual. At this season of the year Abd-el.Keder :ordinarily contrives to convince the world that be is nei ther dead nor disabled, and he now seems willing to show that his recent retirement from the scene which supplied the French with suck materials for gratula tion has been turned to as good purpose as if he bad been sweeping the plains of Algiers at the head of a hundred squadrons. From the inforMation which we have published during the last few days, it may be col lected that the Emperor of Morocco, so far from being in a position to assist his French allies in securing or sub jugating their slippery foe, is actually in danger of being supplanted in his authority by this indomitable chief ; and that there is a probability that the resources of the Moorish empire will be brought up in support of a ge neral rising throughout the very provinces which the last French returns reported as either desolate or paci fied. Abd-el•Kader has two mighty engines at his command by which he can raise the population of the country. The French are obnoxious as invaders and as infidels. They :are considered as much in vaders at this moment as they were on their first landing. Whatever fifteen years service may have done in forming a formidable army, or in gaining glory for the African Chasseurs, it has done nothing whatever towards reconciling the Arab race to the contact of the French. Nor is this in any degree surprising. It would be difficult to point out any moral or social benefit which the natives have derived from the strangers. We do not mean to assert, that in this particular they ever enjoyed such ample oppor tunities of doing good as were found and embraced by the Company's servants in Hindostan. The equitable and patriarchal rule which has been discovered to exist in full vigour throughout the Sahara, and up to the far thest known limits of the real Desert, honourably admi nistered as it appears to be, commended by its antiquity. and admirably calculated for the habits and manners of the people, is not likely to be easily superseded by the Code Napoleon. The Arabs are not plundered by their chiefs or impaled by their governors. Their extortions Seem confined to strangers and trespas sers, with some occasional practice against a weaker neighbour. It is very questionable whether much of the civil polity of the French, either in form or spirit, could be advantageously introduced amcngst the itinerant herdsmen of the Sahara, or the more settled population of the Tell. But if the French had not this opportunity of exhibiting themselves in the character of protectors or legislators—if they were not enabled to rescue the oppressed and helpless from tl:e rapacity and cruelty of tyrants, and to convey/the ru diments of law and justice to a people who had never experienced the blessings or heard the name of either — yet they might at least have set un example of supe rior civilisation in mitigating the horrors of war, and in rejecting the savage enormities of retaliation and revenge which are reckoned among the virtues "of bar barism. This they have not done. They have offered to the natives nothing in the shape of example or in struction which might compensate for the hatefulness of their presence. They will be remembered by nothing but their razzias. They have spared no efforts, and stopped at no sacrifices, to establish their supremacy in the country, but without any ulterior object of humanity or philanthropy which a native can comprehend. And therefore, they are but invaders still. The Arabs can tee nothing but pollution in their presence, or expect anything but indignity from their sway ; and at the first call of a native chief they rush as eagerly,to arms ,for the expulsion of the hated stranger as they did on the day when the first French legion set foOt on the shores of Africa. The other element of Abd-el-Kader's power, as it is perhaps the stronger and more widely operative of the two, so it is certainly one over which the French have less control, and for the influence of which they are less to blame. They cannot be said to have pro voked the religious jealousies of the people by any too didactic exposition of their own creed. They have not committed the ordinary mistakes of a too zealous proselytism. Their policy in this respect bas been a vast deal more like that of Napoleon in Egypt than that of ourselves in India. There is no fear of any Vellore in Algeria. If we are not deceived in our recollections of a statistical paper concerning the affairs of this Mediterranean province, issued by authority some time ago, mosques were enu merated amongst the public buildings which bad been raised at the expense of France. But the blaze kindled by Omar and Amru still burns with a fierceness over its native and congenial sands which was seldom 'found amongst the isolated and degene rate invaders of Hindostan. Neither Mussulmans nor Brahmins on the banks of the Ganges ever gave us so much trouble as the - sincere fanaticism of Morocco and Algiers is apparently preparing for the French. e tbd-el-Kader has but to point to the infidels, and the holy war is raised in a moment from Tangier to Rosa, and his exasperated squadrons rush upon the Christains with as much zest and zeal as ever Mahomet commanded or Kaled taught. So powerful is this feeling in the breasts of the Arebs and Moors that it appears not unlikely to overwhelm the sentiments of loyalty which attach the latter people to their Sovereign. A Mussniman and a warrior who promises to lead them against aie infidel and a toe obtains in their eyes re popu lar legitimacy, 4.64 a practical claim to homage, superior to that due to a. vaeilating or inactive Emperor. They wou ld rather be Abd-el-Ketier'e soldiers than the Ern- ' peror's objects ; and at this moment a powerful French division is concentrated on the borders of Morocco in the expectation that to their tasks will be added thet of ' interfering in the affaire of the empire, and combating the resistance of a population which is passing en masse to the ranks of their most formidable foe. Such is ap parently the programme for the ensuing season, and such the price winch France is paying for those advantages and prospects of her Mediterranean settlement which sic explained a week pago.—Times. BRITISH LAWS. OPENING Or TUE COURT OF COMMON Pj.EAS TO BARRISTERS.—, Hitherto no counsel had the privilege of pleading at the bar of the Common Pleas except ser geants-at-law ; but an Act passed Net session (9 and 10 Vice, c. 54), abolishes this exclusive privilege, and next term juniors will have right of "audience." This Apt is unusually concise. It runs thus :—" Whereas, it would tend to the more equal distribution and to the consequent dispatch of business in the superior Courts of common law at Westminster, and would at the same time be greatly for the benefit of the public, if the right of barristers-at-law to practise, plead, and to be heard extended equally to all the said Courts ; but by reason of the exclusive privilege of sergeants-at-law to practise, plead, and have audience in the Court of Common Pleas at 'Westminster during term time, such object (rennet he effected without the authority of an Act of Parliament ; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the adviee And consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this pre sent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act ail barristers-at-law, according to their respective rank and seniority, shall and may share and exercise equal rights and privileges, of practising, pleading, and audience in the said Court of Common Pleas at Westminster with the said sergeants-at-law; and it shall be lawful for the justices of the said court, or any three of them, of whom the Lord Chief Justice of' the said Court shall be one, to make rules and orders, and to do all other things neces sary fur giving effect to this enactment." COMMONS INceosunn.—By the Act of Parliament which came into force on the 26th ult., " to amend the Act to facilitate the inclosure and improvement of Com mons," power is given to the commissioners to vary or amend their provisional orders at any time before they certify in their general annual report that the proposed inclosure would be expedient to be made.. By the 4th section it is enacted, with respect to allotments for exer cise and recreation, "that where allotments for exercise and recreation, cr for the labouring poor, or for any other public purpose, shall have been made the condition of any provisional, or any supplemental provisional order, it shall be lawful for the commissioners, on the ap plication in writing of the valuer, at any time before such valuer shall have made his award, under seal, to allow an equal quantity of the land proposed to be in closed to be allotted for either `or both of the purposes aforesaid, or far any other public purpose in lieu of that Which may have been directed to have been al lotted by the original or any supplemental provisional order." There are 15 sections in this Act to amend the Act of last year. A brutal assault was committed on Tuesday by a paviour, named Simon, a man remarkable for his mus cular strength, on a woman named Brone, of whom he had become amorous, but who had resisted all his so licitations. In the absence of the woman's husband Simon entered her room, and on her still refasing to yield to his wishes, gave her a violent kick in the abdo men, although in an advanced state of pregnancy. She fell senseless to the ground, and in the course of the day gave birth to a dead child. Sonse neighbours rushed in, and notwithstanding the strength of Simon, succeeded in overpowering him, and handing him into the custody of the police. 7The medical men who attended the woman in her delivery have given their opinion that the child was killed by the kick given by the ruffianly assailant of the mother.—Galignani. COMMITTAL OF A GAME-KEEPER FOR SHOOTING A YOUNG WOMAN.—William Hay ter, the game-keeper of the Rev. Walter / Radcliffe , of War leigh,: Devon, has been committed for trial at the next Exeter Assizes, charged with wilfully and maliciously wounding Marina Racket Hickes, a girl of sixteen years of age, by twice shooting at her on the 4th of September last. The fol lowing,extract from the report of. the examination of the prisoner, which appears in the Plymouth Journal, will put the reader in possession of the facts of the case :—The complainant was the daughter of a person who rented land of the Rev. Walter Radcliffe, and he occupies a portion of garden ground which abuts upon a plantation. It appears that between this piece of ground, so cultivated, and the plantation, there is no fence of any d e scription, and on the 4th of Sept. the complainant thought it no harm to enter the plantation to gather blackberries. She had ascended some distance upon the incline, when the defendant made his appear ance, and called out to her in language of a very bad description, and ordered her to start from that place. The poor girl was somewhat surprised at such a saluta tion, and she endeavoured to make the best of her way off front the place, and in her attempts to get away, the defendant discharged one of the barrels of the gun at her, and though fortunately it slid not take effect, he was not content with that.. His intention was not to frighten her merely, for when she got further down the hill, he fired another barrel at her, and the consequence was that two of the shots entered her person—one entering her thigh and the other ,one of her fingers. Fortunately for the defendant, -the principal charge entered a tree, near where the complainant was standing at the time, and a very large number of shots were found ' in that tree. COMMENCEMENT OF THE JEWISH YEAR.—This day next, the 21$t inst., the year 5607 of the Jewish era begins. There has just been issu.ed in a printed form (pursuant to an order the House of Commons, dated 26th ult.), a doe ument containing further papers relative to the affairs of New Zealant!, and which were recently pre sented Parliament by command of her Majesty. The following are extracts therefrom,, presenting the most inte)-esting and important portions of the cor respondence : PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE CONSTITUTION. copy 01 , A. DISPATCH FAO& LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR GREY TO LORD STANLEY. Government House, Auckland, Jan. 27. My Lord,--There is one subject of much importance to this colony, to which I am anxious to request your Lordship's early attention ; this is the difficulty , I forsee that I shall experience in administering this govern went in such a manner ns to satisfy her Majesty's wishes, unless some chance is made in the constitution of the colony. If, in the present state of New Zealand, the framing and • enacting of laws was left solely to the Governor and his Executive Council, it is pos sible that the Guvernor, by having a steamer at his disposal, and frequently meking visits to every portion of New Zealand, might administer the Governmont in such a manner as to be sat!sf&ctory to her Majesty and consonant with the interests of the colony, This, how ever, would be a very imperfect arrangement, wholly dependent fur success upon the energy and health of the Governor.- I am, hoverer; now quite satisfied that I shall find great difficulty in carrying out the government of the whole island with my legislative council, constituted as it is at present. New Zealand is divided into several settlements, sepa rated by long intervals, having, in some respects, interests totally different from each other, and none of them ex ceeding the other so :Title') in w ealth and importance as to possess preponderating influence and recognised su periority. From the very limited nature of the society in these small settlemeete, I cannot hope to find in any one of them gentldmen of such extended information and ac • quaintance with the whole island, Itnd of such large views and forgetfulnets of local interests and local clamours, as to be able in all instances to legislate with a view to promote the interests of these islands as a whole, perhaps in some cases even to the apparent ee triment of their own peculiar settlement in which all their tbrtune is embarked. Nor can lat present indulge any hope of finding gentlemen in sufficiently affluent circumstances to abandon their hopes for the purpose o; repairing to another settlemeht to fulfil protracted duties in the legislative council. Nor can I, referring to the very imperfect means of communication which at present exist, ever hope to be able to keep the inhabi tants of the distant settlements so sufficiently informed upon the intended legislative measures of the Govern ment as to enable them to acquaint me with their views and feelings with regard to such measures previously to their being passed into a law. I beg further to stare, that I feel doubtful whether the creation of municipal bodies, with extended powers of passing bye-laws, Will remove these evils. I fear that this measure would rather increase them, and that the municipal bodies, feeling that just grounds of complaint existed regarding the imperfect mode in which the legislative body discharged its, duties, would endeavour to usurp an authority and power which did not belong to them, and neglecting their own duties, would busy themselves with those properly belonging to the Legisla ture. I also feel satisfied that they would soon contract large debts, the settlement of which would ultimately prove very embarrassing to the Government. Upon the whole, a simple mode o avoiding the diffi culties' which exist in this respect, would be to create a Lieutenant-Governorship in New Zealand. The Governor- ir.-Chisf and his Council would' then exercise supreme legislative jurisdiction in one portion of the island, whilst, in another portion, the Lieutenant- Governor, previously to assenting to any Bill passed by his Council, would in the usual manner transmit it to the Governor-in-Chief, in order that he might decide whether any amendment should be insisted on, as a necessary condition on which alone the Lieutenant- Governor should assent to the Bill. I think it would be indispensable to the general welfare of the colony, that uniformity of legislation upon subjects connected with the aborigines, administration of public lands, and other matters of general interest to the whole islands, should be secured by some provision of this nature. Undoubtedly some increased expenditure would, if this course were adopted, have to be incurred for the creation and maintenance of a separate Government establish= ment, but I think that by judiciously curtailing that now in existence, no very large additional expenditure would be necessary. and the executive, as well as the legisla tive duties of the Government, would be so much more efficiently performed, and the development of the re sources of the colony would be so much more rapid, that there is every reason to think that the whole colony would, under the proposed arrangemt nt, be able to de fray the whole of its expenditure at a much earlier period than it could otherwise do ; so that an ultimate saving would result to the British Treasury. Indeed I feel quite satisfied that New Zealand will soon yield a large revenue. (Signed) G. GREY. LETTERS FROM NATIVE CHIEFS ; THEIR DESIRE FOR Lieutenant-Governor Grey, in a dizpatch to Lord Stanley, dated Port Nicholson, February 17, 1846, writts as follows : I beg to tran , mit for your Lordship's information, the copy of a very remarkable letter, which has been addressed to me by fifteen of the most kfluential chiefs in this part of New2ealand ; indeed every chief of great im portance but one has signed it. These, chiefs express, in the most de liberate ar.d decided manner, their desire that the laws of the Queen should be firmly and permanently established among them, in order that they may be raised to a Inure enlightened state. I have quite satisfied myself that this letter is entirely their own pro duction, and that the idea of addressing it to me origi nated with themselves, and that it was written at a dis tant native village, where they were not in communica tion with Europeans, It, however, accorded so entirely with my own known and recorded views, that I enter tained in the first instance some suspicion that it might have been an artful piece of flattery, written with some uherior object. Subsequent events, however, convinced me that it was written in complete sincerity. Mr. Kemp did not reach the pah of Taupo until late on the evening of the 16th, when both my letter and message were received with a - satisfaction which left no doubt whatever of the sincerity of the fifteen chiefs who had written to me, and my letter was immediately forwarded by a messenger on horse back to the chief signing the letter, who lived nearest to . the pah of Taupo, at which my reply had first been re colved;' wh iist r uaha, a chief of great influence, to whom Mr. Kemp had delivered my letter, started at once, and travelled all night, in order that he might wait upon me this morning. It was impossible that any one ponld have expressed himself with greater propriety than Puaha did when he saw me, and I have every reason to believe that he will exert, the whole of his influence to ipreerve tranquillity and good order in tide port of New Zealand. I have, &c. (Signed) G. GREY. P.S.—ginee writing the above dispatch, I have re ceived two letters, copies of which are inclosed, from Te Rauparaha and three other of the principal chiefs in this part of New Zealand, from which your Lordship will see that they participate in the general feeling of satisfaction et the determinatio❑ of the Government to require from the natives as well as Europeans obedience to our laws. THE GOVERNOR. (Signed) G. GREY. (Translation.) Taupo (Porirua), Jan. 19. Friend, the Governor—We salute you. We are now living in considerable uncertainty; we are living in con siderable anxiety in reference to your intentions, as to what they really are ; this was not the case formerly while our friend and guide Mr. Hadfield was dwelling in the midst of us ; we used to hear what your (the Go vernment's) intentions really were ; then our minds were free from anxiety, and however frequently it may have been said to us by white persons, " Your land will be forced from you, you will be destroyed," or expres sions of like character have been used, Mr. Hadfield used at once to say, " Regard not these expressions," whereupon our irritable feelings became calmed. There fore, our request to you now is, that you may be pleased to provide for us some friendly adviser who shal 'be able to understand both our customs and those of the white people, that he may constantly explain t:, us the laws of the Queen ; we are anxious that the laws of the Queen should be firmly and permanently established among us; that by that means we may be raised to a more enlight ened state, for we have already ministers of God teach ing us the laws of God. We now end this communication, deliberately con sidered. (A true translation.) (Signed) H. TACY KEMP, Protector of Aborigines, South Division. (Signed) THE NGATITOA. TRIBE: TE RAUPARAIIA TE WATARAUKI NOHORUA. RAWIRI KINCI PUAHA HENRY MARTYN TE WIUI ROBERT HURDNUTU THOMPSON TE HAUPARAHA NOBLE TB TAIEPA PAEA. THE NCATIAWA: WILLIAM KING WITI . WATA I3;wAI 'I I E I,E l A lE u nroublemU . THE NGATIKAUKAWA: TE WATANUI ZACBARIAII TE EEINGA. SOLOMON TOREMI. _ Wellington, Feb. 16. I have received your letter of the' 19th of January lait, I am much pleased at 'the sentiments which that letter contains I feel satisfied that those who wrote such a letter must be men of sufficient intellect to understand the measures I intend to pursue, and that they will' readily assist me in conferring benefits upon their coun try, anti will be glad that they themselves can take a share in raising New Zealand to a higher state of civi lisation, and in preventing the recurrence of those atro cities which formerly so much disgraced these islands. - As you felt in doubt as to what my intentions were, you did well to apply to me to remove those doubts ; always follow the same course, and whenever you are in doubt, write to myself or Major Richmond. We will give you an immediate answer ; the Queen has directed me to do all in my power to insure your safety and happiness. Maoris and Europeans shall be equally protected, and live under equal laws} both of them are alike subjects of the Queen, and entitled to her favnur and care ; the Maoris shall be protected in all their properties and p gs . sessions, and no ono 0411 be allowed to take anything ' away from them orio injure them ; the Europeans shall be protected in their property and possessions, and no one shall beiallowed to take anything from them or to injure them, nor will I allow Mr,oris to injure one an other : an end must be put top deeds of violence and blood. You will always find me ready to aid you as far as lies in my power ; if, therefore, you are at any time in doubt. and difficulty, do not hesitate to write to me ' • you shall rec e i ve a ki nd and friendly answer. I think that it would be well for you to send some of your number to Wellington to see me ; I can then say many things which are too long for a letter, and after having met one another, we should be more intimately ac quainted. (Signed) G. GREY. aki, Fb. 17. My dear Friend, th e Governor—Sal Ot utations e to you. We have received your letter ; we have heard your words, like the light of day to us ; our hearts are glad at your words ; friend, now will I hold fast your words for good, and for living in quiet, both of natives and Europeans ; but your protecting word has come forth, for one and for the other ; your kind worth are a light to us. Now, for the first time, I can say there day light to the natives ; and now the errors of this place will not come forth _through me—l mean the errors of the natives ;if you cannot come here, Ai you write a letter to me; that is all. Written by tee, (Signed) TE RAUPARAIIA. To the Governor. (Translation.) Kaisvarawara, Port Nicholson, Feb, 21. The Governor, This is our deliberation. We have decided that the natives of the faith should hearken ful►y to the laws of •the Queen, which proceed from your mouth, from the Governor. Leave us below under the wings of the regu lations of the Queen and yourself. Leta good regulation be commenced, that the faith may grow among us ; that we may not profess faith in God while we are reverting to error, because there is no one to use the scourge; that our race, the native people, may grow; and that we may forsake our evil customs, great and little quarrels, such as taking away land, removing land marks, robbery, murder, and very many other of our customs among ourselves. Now this is our consideration; it is for your good customs to beat down our evil customs, with the help of God, that the work left for us may be the culti vation of provisions for the life of the body, and the faith of Christ for the life of the soul. It is for you and for the ministers of God to make these evil people grow (in good), that they may grow; then they will hearken to the truth, to the Queen, to the governor, and to the minister. It is for you to observe these considerations ; it ends Lcre. From the people of'your tribe, the Ngatiawa. (Signed) . WILLIAM KING WITI. LEVI TE .AIIIL THE TEACHER OF WAIKANAN. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY By the Cleveland, arrived from Port Adelaide, papers have been received, containing most important news from that colony. A. claim had been put in on the part of the Crown, to the right of royalty to the produce of the mines. This step is exceedingly unpopular in the colony, and strong remonstrances will be presented to the home Government against its enforcement. The fol lowing is his Excellency's message : "Government House, Adelaide, South Australia, " April, 1846. " One of the first subjects of importance to the future welfare of this province, to which my attention was directed, on my assuming the administration of its Government, was that of seignorage, or royalty, on metallic minerals discovered on the waste lands of the Crown. " The correspondence handed to me by my predeces sor in office showed that this source of wealth had at- tracted the attention 'of capitalists in England to no inconsiderable extent. A company in London had proposed to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonial Department to treat with the Government for a monopoly of all mines in South Australia belonging to the Crown upon the basis of a lease, with rights of mining, upon payment of a seignorage or royalty, up( n the produce of those mines. This proposal was rejected by Lord Stanley ; but the question of re servation of royalties, with a view to the ulterior benefit of the colony, was submitted for the consideration of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, as well as to oHe of the first geologists in England, and sub sequently to her Majesty's law advisers. "The result has been to elicit some important infor mation as to the system of royalties at present in force in the United Kingdom, as well as to a joint opinion of her Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor-General removing certain doubts suggested to the Colonial Land and Emi gration Commissioners, as to the power vested in her Majesty, under the Act of Parliament now in force for regulating the sale of Crown lands in the Australian colonies, to reserve royalties upon minerals upon the alienation or conveyance of Crown,lands. This opinion meets also anotl er question which has been mooted in the colony, upon the pro%isions of the 12th clause of the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 36, when by it has been con tended that it was imperative on the Governor to sell on demand lands that had been offered for sale at public auction and not sold. " I do not anticipate that there will be much difference of opinion amongst the colonists upon the question of the expediency of reserving a moderate royalty on me tallic minerale, when it is thelared under authority that the proceeds thereof, after deducting the cost of collec tion, will be applied to the same purposes as the gross prpceeds of the sales of the waste lands of the Crown, under the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 36. " Instead of large present receipts, founded, perhaps, on gambling speculation as -to the chances or probabili ties of future r..sults (which receipts will cease as soon as all the mineral land ha s be en se l ec t e d) th ere will be provided, in aid of a constant stream of emigration from the United Kingdom, a growing income apportioned to tho advancing stealth of the colony. Such is the view taken by the Commissioners and by her Majesty's ad visers, and in which I entirely concur. With regard to the proportion of metals and metallic minerals proper to be reserved to her AlPjesty, the practice in England and Ireland is almost too varied to be other than an approximate guide. In Cornwall the royalties range from 1- 10 to 1.25 of the produce ; in Devonshire, from 1-8 to 1-18 ; in Cardiganshire, from 1-7 to 1-12 ; in Derbyshire, from 1-8 to 1-12 ; in Cumberland, from. 1-8 to 1-12 ; in Yorkshire, from 1-6 to 1-12 ; in Ireland, from 18 to 1-15. A mean proportional between these various fractions would be about 1.11. Her Majesty's Government, however, consider that 1-15 would be a fair proportion to reserve in South Australia, from which I see no reason to dissent. " Wherefore, acting with the advice and consent of the Council of Government, I have framed a few short rnlea based upon this principl e , f or t h e f uture di s p osa l by this Government of the waste lands of the Crown in South Australia. " FREDERICK R. ROBE, " Lieutenant-Governor." " REGULATIONS. " His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of Govern ment, has been pleased to establish the following as the regulations under which all Crown lands will be here after disposed of by him under the provisions of the re cited Act _ " On waste lands of the Crown hereafter to be alien ated or conveyed, for any estate or interest, there will be reserved to her Majesty, her heirs, or successors, one fiftt enth of all metals, and ores containing metals lying upon, in, or under such lands, payable in kind, at the mouth of the pit, shaft, or quarry from which they may be raised ; this, together with reserved rights, will be in serted in the deeds of grant. " A right of free access to all mines by duly appointed servants of the Crown. " A right to select for free occupancy a portion of land not exceeding one quarter of an acre, near the mouth of every pit, shaft, or gallery, or quarry, from which metallic minerals may be drawn, for a residence or store for such person or persons as may be appointed to receive the Queen's dish or dues, but for no other purpose, with privileges of access, or building thereon, and of removing outbuildings so erected. " All questions reprding the commutation or com position of royalties will be considered and determined by the Governor in Executive Council ; and applications for that purpose must, UK refore, be addressed to his Excellency the Governor in Executive Council. "Lands will in general be sold as heretofore, but with the reservations already stated. "Lands known to contain metals and metallic ores may be obtained by lease, with the right of mining, for periods not exceeding twenty-one years, if so desired by capitalists. "On applications for leases of lands with mining rights being. approved by the Governor in Council, the leases will be proclaimed for sale at auction, in the same manner as lands intended for sale in fee simple. " All leiscsi so to be granted will contain clauses of forfeiture, and provisions — for re-entry for non-payment of royalties, or for underletting or assignment of the whole or any portion of the lands by the lessee, without license in that behalf first obtained from her Majesty, or the Governor in Council, acting on that behalf for her Majesty; also a proviso that it shall not he lawful for her Majesty, or any person acting on behalf of her Majesty, to sell the reversionary estate expectant upon the deter mination of the lease, without the consent, in writing, of the lessee, or other party to whom the lease may belong." IRISH SUPPLIES. — The importations of Irish-pro visions into the port of Liverpool during the week end ing the 11th inst., comprised the following list of ar ticles :-8,783 firkins, 248 half- fi rkias, 1,093 cas k s, baskets. &c., and 106 boxes of butter ; 109 tons weight, 1,640 bags, and 107 qnarters of wheat ; 1,482 sacks of flour; 163 quarters, 260 sacks, and 1,290 barrels of oats; 205 bags, and 313 other packages of oatmeal ; 217 bar rels of barley ; 100 sacks of malt ; 24 casks of ha ms ; 173 packages of bacon; 147 of lard; 61 of whi s ky ; 158 sacks of meal ; 2 tierces of beef ; 1 19 barrels o f p or k ; linens and ; 4 andc l otton; 186 bag s o f f ar i na sacks, 39 tierces, and 300 barrels of seed ; with a varie t y of other articles of le ss er interest and importance. The importations int o th e p o rt flour r pa c kages , 158 sac k o f s of m of Bristol in the same period comprised 2 . 222 packages of butter ; 614 barrels and 229 sacks of oats ; lB2 pack ages of bacon; 71 of lard ; 160 of flour; 41 barrels and 160 sacks of barley; and various other articles. The arrivals at the port of London during the week ending the 15th inst., from Ireland, have consisted of the fol lowing:-203 packages of porter ; 1,524 packages of bacon ; 1,602 boxes and baskets of eggs ; 142 casks of pork; 10,300 firkins and other packages of butter; 2,030 packages of lard; 149 of hams; 38 of Waste; 112 of malt; 376 of salmon; 119 of general provisions; 2 936 barrels, 28 bags, and 5,970 quarters of oats ; 53 lambs, and 117 'other pigs ; with a variety of productions, both of food gpngr4l merchandise ) too - 414wrops to be ftuther particuluiscd, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1846. IRELAND. EMPLOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE—COMMENCE MENT OF THE MEETINGS CONVENED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. DUBLIN, SEPT. 16.—The first of the baronial meet ings convened by the Lord-Lieutenant, under the La bour Rate Act, was held on Monday last, in the barony of Upper Ormond, in the north riding of Tipperary; and, all things, considered, the proceedings may be considered satisfactory. There was no attempt on the part of the magistrates or landholder, with an exception scarcely worth naming, to oppose or evade the Act, although it is now admitted that the law is not com pulsory as regards the passing of presentments for works at the sessions. There is something hopeful in the cir cumstance that, even in Tipperary, the Act has been put into operation with a disposition on the part of the entry to co-operate with the Government at so awful I emergency. As this was the first meeting held under the Act, and as the subject is one of such vast importance, we subjoin the report of the proceedings which appears in the Tipperary Vindicator : " Monday, pursuant to the proclamation of his Ex cellency the Earl of Besborough, an extraordinary pre sentment sessions for the barony of tipper Ormond was held at Toomevara, for the purpose of applying for the execution of public works under the recent Act of Par liament., to provide employment for the people now threatened with the worst horrors of famine, which it is ardently hoped the timely interventio❑ of the Executive will award off, aided by the co-operation of the magis trates, clergy, and cess-payers of the country. As this was the first meeting under the new Act, intense in terest was felt about its result. The national school house of the village in which the meeting was held was crowded to suffocation, whilst eager crowds of the pea santry gathered around the building, and betrayed by appearance the great desire by which they were actuated to become acquainted with the proceedings. It was delightful in the extreme to witness the alacrity with which the magistrates obeyed the proclaniation of his Excellency. The attendance on their part was numerous and influential—the patience which they manifested was exceedingly creditable—•the spirit by which they seemed to be actuated was most praiseworthy; and the unani• nsity—with one exception—which characterised them throughout the important day, was witnessed 'with the most pleasing sensations. The clergy, Catholic and Pro testant, mustered in great numbers, and vied with each other in unanimity and zeal for the bests interests of the, poor; whilst the cess-payers were also present in num bers. At half-past twelve o'clock, J. J. Willington, Esq., J.P., was called to the chair. "The other magistrates present were:—R. U. Bayly, Esq., Ballinaclough; George Garvey, Esq.; John Car den, Esq., Barnane; A. Walker, Esq., Nenagh; R. M. Carden, Esq.; Captain Butler and Major Jackson. Mr. Miller from the Board of Works attended. The cess payers present were:—Messrs. John Meagher, Michael Meagher, George Ryall, John Daggs, E. Parker, and Henry Smithwick. The Roman Catholic and Pro testant clergymen present were :—The Rev. John Meagher, P.P., Toomevara; Rev. Henry Keary, P.P., Killeen; Rev. Edward, Magrah, P.P., Silvermines; Rev. Nicholas Power, C.C., Nenagh; Rev. Mr. Scanlan, Ballygibbon ; and Rev. Mr. Molony, C.C., Toomevara ; Rev. Mr. Fry, sen., Pi.otestant rec tor ; Rev. Mr. Fry, jun. ; Rev. Mr. Jordan, P. R., Cloughjordan ; and the Rev. Mr. Stoney. Messrs. J. P. Kennedy, Ballyhane ; John Hunt, Hunt's Grove ; W. Kennedy, Glenahilty Castle ; Dr. Kennedy, Nenagh, Middleton, Elm Hill ; John Dwyer, Kilnefinch ; F. E. Young, Ballygibbon ; D. E. Young, Ballygibbou ; and Michael O'Brien, Lisbonnv. "The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings of the day by stating that they were assembled that day pursuant to the proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant, and under the provision of the 10th Vic., for• the purpose of grant ing public works to give employment to the labouring poor of the barony of Upper Ormond, and any gentle man present that had any application to make for a work, he (the chairman) would be happy to hear him. But before proceeding any further he should wish to know what was to be done with the works unfinished or not commenced, granted under the Ist Vic. " Mr. CRAWFORD, R.N., surveyor—The amount which remains on hand must go to the completion of them. " Captain BuThEa—Are there many of those works under the Ist Vic. remaining unfinished? " Mr. CRAWFORD—There are many. " Major JACKSON—Is there a balance on hand to finish them? " Mr. CRAWFORD—There Is, but it is not sufficient. " After some conversation, " Mr. BAYLY—I beg leave to propose that we apply to the Treasury for 750/. in addition to the 450/. granted under the Ist Vic., to complete these works already com menced under lst Vic. which were fiated at the present ment sessions, and approved of by the Board of Works, to give employment to the labouring poor of the barony of Upper Ormond. - " Mr. GARVEY—I second your proposition. "The CHAIRMAN having put Mr. Bayly's proposition from the chair, it was passed nem. con. "Mr. G. RYALL —Gentlemen, you must giie the peo. ple work besides the filling of dykes and the lowering of hills.—(Hear, hear.) " Captain BUTLER—To be sure we will. " CHAIRMAN—I want to know whether those roads appointed under Ist Vic. will be finished forthwith P. " Mr. CARDEN—According as they are necessary. " CHAIRMAN—I know that many relief committees or persons under their care, gave employment to persons who did not require it,lvhile others a ho wire actually starving would not or could not get any employment from them. That was a very uafair mode of dealing. " Major JACKSON—That shall not be the case now. The country must .get a fair return of lab )ur for its money. There must be a fair day' hire ter a fair day's work. " Mr. SairTuarca.—You must grant works on a very large scale to give the people employment who are suf fering extreme want at this moment, at least in my neigh. bourhood, " Mr. GARTEY—I beg to ask the county surveyor one question, which is, v. hat is to be done with those roads not finished, and with the others not commenced, all of which passed under the Ist Vic., at the Extraordin,ry Presentment Sessions, and were approved of by the Board of Works ? " Mr. CRAWFORD—When we get the amount applied for from the Treasury, we will complete all the works not finished. " Here the subject in reference to the unfinished works executed under lit Vic. terminated. " The Rev. Mr. MEAGHER proposed the making or the construction of the Gurtnagarry, or Mr. Lanigan's (of Templemore) new line of road. " The magistrates were afraid that the occupiers of land would claim compensation if the road were to run through their property. " The Rev. Mr. MEAGHER could assure them on the part of Mr. Lanigan that he would ask for no damages, that he would claim no compensation for the road run ning through his propertv—(Elear, hear)—and he was sure neither would Mr. Faucitt. " Mr. BAYLY—Then I propose that 4501. be granted for the execution of the road, provided that Mr. Lanigan and Mr. Faucitt will claim no compensation for damages. "Captain BUTLER—I propose as an amendment that the road do pass, and that the compensation for damages be left to their honour. " The amendment was carried, and the road passed. " Mr. MlDDLETON—Gentlemen, I beg leave to apply for the sum of 1,1361. 14s. 7d., to lower the bed of the river at Tiermoyle. " Mr. GARVEY—I think this is a work that deserves very serious consideration, and should be carried on und,r the Drainage Act. " Mr. MIDDLETON—In my proposition I do not seek for the drainage of lands at all; I seek for the employ ment of the poor; and I can have witnesses examined as to the usefulne-s of the work. " Mr. BAYLY—I should like to know what portion of the 1,1361. would fall on the barony? " Mr. MIDDLETON—I am not prepared to answer that question. Major JACKSON—Then we are not prepared to pass the work. " Mr. MIDDLETON—This work passes through or near to the estates of the Hon. Mrs. Otway Cave and Lord Orkney. " Captain BUTLER—These are the very persons who ought to do the work themselves. "Mr. MIDDLETON—I beg your pardon, they are not. "Mr. E. TAYLOR—I will say, on the part of the lion. Mrs. Otway Cave, that she will give 1001. towards the performance of the work.— (Hear, hear.) " Mr. GALWAY—And Lord Orkney will give the same sum. " Captain BUTLER—I would say to my Lord Orkney, to my Lord Bloomfield, and to the Hon. Mrs. Otway Cave, come and live amongst us here in Toomevara, and drain and cultivate your lands, and give the people em ployment.—(Hear, hear.) " Mr. GARVEY—Why, they can't live everywhere. " Captain BUTLER—But, they are Irish, and ought to live in Ireland.—(Loud applause from all parts of the house.) " Mr. BAYLY—The Hon. Mrs. Otway Cave is now living amongst her tenantry in Castle Otway. " Captain BUTLER—They should all live in Ireland and not in England.—(Cheers.) Mr. M. MEAGHER—We should return our heartfelt thanks, at all events, to the Hon. Mrs. Otway Cave, for her exemplary charity and generosity towards her people at all times.—(Cheers.) Captain BUTLER—And many noble Lords should have followed her example.—(" Hear," and applause.) " After some further conversation, the CHAIRMAN put Mr. Middleton's proposal, which was negatived by all the magistrates. " The Rev. Mr. STONEY—I rise to propose the making of the next work, which will give great employment to the poor—it will give an extensive sccpe for work ; it won't be limited to the repairing of old roads, or to these little paltry jobs of lowering hills.—(Laughter.) This work will extend for over a mile ; it will improve an extensive district of land, and reclaim about two hundred acres of bog.—(Flear, hear.) You come here with the liberal view of giving employment ,to the poor, according to the instructions of Govern and you ought, ment, to adopt some works that will be permanently useful, and that will diffuse universal employment amongst the poor of the barony.—( Hear, hear, and ap • plause.) Why, to-morrow or next day we won't want any of these o'd roads on which you are now expending money, because we will have the railways in full ope ration through the country.—(Hear, hear) What you ought to do is, to propose the making of canalq. " Captain BUTLER : The present canals don't pay. " Rev. P. STONEY—Pass same works that will be a permanent benefit to the country—that will last during your lives, during the lives of your child ren, ari d d ur i ng the lives of your children's children.— (Hear, hear, and loud langhter.) This application was granted. " The Rev. Mr. MEAGHER, P.P., proposed the making of a new line of road which opens at Annamede, goes on to the cross of 'ltalie, aud out at Gurtagarry. The Rev. I tientieraan said—lt is a road of great public utility, and opens a much-required communication to the farmers of the district, who are hemmed in cn an island at present without it. "Mr. CARDEN, of Barnane, rose and F aid—l oppose thiLroad on every scor e; first, as there is a road b e t ween Templemore and Nenagh, and secondly, as there is a new road of Mr. Lanigen's near the same place where you propose to make this. " Rev. Mr. MEAGHER—This new road - of Mr. Lani gan's has nothing to do with it whatever. " Mr. MICHAEL MEAGHER—And to meet Mr. Car den's objection, I say it is not a road leading to Ne nagh. • " Mr. CARDEN—. It is a read to Nenagh. You have forgotten, I suppose, the Templemore Railway. I do think to make three miles of a road to shorten a distance between Templcmore and Nenagh is perfectly absurd. " Mr. GARVEY—Why, that is not the proposition at all. "Mr. CARDEN—I have told you that I would oppose the maki!,g or this road on every score. Then, as to the dearth of employment in that district, I can tell you, on the contrary, I wanted men and could not find them, and I had to advertise for them. This morning I met a number of nun on the road. I told them if they went to my steward at Bantam) they would get plenty of task work,,at which they would eat n I4d. a day, which is re munerative wages. And what did they tell me? That they would not go three miles off to work. And in this district you propose the making of a new road. I think it Ls the greate,t absurdity I ever heard of.—(" Oh, oh.") " Rev. Mr. MEAGHER—You have said nothing about the cess-payers tu,d rate-payers ; when they pay heavy taxes, have they not a right to have a road ? Now, will you answer me that simple question ? " Mr. CARDEN (apparently puzzled)—The road has been several times before the grand jury. R-v. Mr. MEACTIER—Never. " Mr. CARDEN—I will show you that this road in the neighbourhood of Toomevara was brought before the grand jury. " Rev. Mr. MEAGHER—I repeat again ' (Loud cries of Hear, hear')—and I defy any gentleman on the grand jury to say so.—(Hear.) " Mr. G. EvALL—I have endetAured during the last fifteen years to get this road made, but it never came be fore the grand jury. I say there is not a road in the county of Tipperary more wanting. " Rev. Mr. MEAGRER—I think it is a most ungracious thing of you, Mr. Carden, to come forward to make the statement you have made. " Mr. CARDEN (with Vehemence)—l'll state my opi nions. " Mr. GARVEY—Hear, hear. " Mr. CARDEN—And I will permit no person for a moment to put me down in the slightest degree by talk ing to me about any ungraciousness. " Mr. RYALL—I can positively say this road is of con siderable importance to the people of Toomevara, and that if they had this road made ten years ago I would have a dwelling house on my property. "Captain BUTLER—We arc assembled here to-day to show neither favour nor affection, hatred or malice. I am sorry to hear my old friend, Mr. Carden, say that the making of this road is a perfect absurdity.' I know myself the farmers to be completely locked up without this road. I can tell Mr. Carden that I have seen a starving population on the wild-looking hills and moun tains there. It was only this day that I saw men, women, and children half naked.—(Hear, hear.) " Mr. CARDEN—YOU may see a great many men idle, and they may say they have no employment; but I can tell you they don't wish to work, neither will you find many of them to do so.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") " Rev. Mr. MEAGHER—If Igo out into the streets of Toomevara in the morning, I will get 400 labouring poor who cannot procure employment, and who are ready and willing to work if they only got it.—(Hear, hear.) " The making of the new line of road was then passed at 1,0001., there being but one dissentient, Mr. Carden. " The Rev. Mr. POWER then proposed the making of a new line of road from Barrack-street to Silver-street, in Nenagh, the probable cost of which will be 2001. Also to lower the hill of Cunnerhart, at 2501. ; and to repair the road leading to Faralough, the property of Mr. Ferrars, 401. " The applications were passed nem. con. " The magistrates, at five o'clock, announced that over 7,0001. had been awarded by them for the execution of public works in the barony of Upper Ormond during the day. and then rose." The Tipperary Vindicator thus remarks upon the proceedings, and it is evident that the gentry in the ba rony of Upper Ormond have still much to do in a dis trict presenting an ample field for profitable labour, be fore they shall have fully provided for the necessities of the population : "• TTile patience and the anxiety to work out the pro visions of the Act of Parliament, and to obey the pro clamation of the Lord Lieutenant, which all exhibited, were, in every respect, worthy of the sacred cause of charity, and of all who took part in the all important end deeply interesting proceedings of the day. The ba rony of Upper Ormond contains about thirty thousand acres of land. No small share of this land is mountain and bog, which could be reclaimed with comparative fa-. cility. We know how vast the advantage, and great the return, such an application of labour and capital would be, and how much constant employment it would afford. The works undertaken on Monday, or rather applied for under the Act, though not of the most beneficial nature, are not without their practical advantages. The sum of 7,0001. was passed for them. They will give employ ment ; they will secure peace ; they will strengthen the confidence of, and they will provide food for the poor, just now on the verge of starvation, with the last potato con sumed by the mysterious blight which has laid waste our fairest fields. They will stimulate the industry of all classes; they will tend to show the landlord, and the tenant, and the labourer, that they must put their shoulder to the wheel, and act as tar as possible in concert, where the salvation of all from utter and irretrievable ruin is the great question at issue. We regret to state that the barony of Ikerrin has not yet been proclaimed. We know that the state of the poor in that barony is really lamentable. On Monday a vast crowd of almost famishing men paraded the streets of Roscrea, with a rotten potato and a loaf of bread on the top of separate poles. Their demand was work and wages ; they de clared their determination not to die without a struggle for existence." IMPORTANT MEETING IN SKIBBEREEN. The Cork Reporter of Tuesday contains-the following : —" Yesterday (Monday) the Presentment Sessions called by the Lord-Lieutenant's proclamation under the late Act, was held in Skibbereen. The attendance of magistrates, landed proprietors, farmers, and labourers, was most numerous. " The proceedings passed off in a harmonious spirit, and seventy-two presentments, involving an outlay of 40,0001., were agreed to. A discussion ensued as to the feasibility of constructing a line of railway from Bandon to Bantry, by presentment, aided by a grant, if it could be obtained, as th,t, best mode of emplo3ing the popu lation in a work of national benefit, and of a remunera tive character, and the following resolution was passed:— That a committee be appointed to meet and take into consideration the survey of the line of railway now made between Bandon, Bantry, Skibbereen and Clonakilty, with a view of ascertaining its practicability of making a line of road by baronial presentments in conformity therewith, which may be available for the purpose of a railroad at a future period, and of reporting how far it would be reasonable to call on Government for assist ance."' BREAD RIO: IN LIMERICK. The Limerick Reporter of Tuesday contains the follow ing:—'° This morning, about eight o'clock, as a bread waggon belonging to Mr. John Norris Russell was pass ing in the neighbourhood of John-square, its progress was arrested by a party of persons, principally boys. Two young men having charge of the waggon resisted the aggression, but were ultimately overpowered, when the waggon was broken open, and rifled of something about a dozen loaves. The otrage was thus far checked by the timely interference of several sensible persons that were attracted to the scene. The mayor was also immediately on the spot, and strongly remonstrated with the people against such conduct; apprehension having been felt, and rumour afloat, that a rise out' was in con templation, Colonel Hansel and a party of the Bth Hus• sars shortly joined his worship. The bread waggon by this time was allowed to proceed unmolested, minus the few loaves ; and the Mayor on horseback, accompanied by Colonel Manse! and the Hussars, proceeded round the town, and down William-street, followed by a crowd, which greatly increased in its progress. The Mayor addressed the crowd at the corner of William street, impressing upon them the necessity of abstaining from any outbreak on person or property, and requesting their immediate dispersion, telling them that he had only just returned from Dublin, where he had been during the past week, in communication with the Government, and that matters were in pr-per training for the setting of sach public works on foot as would shortly insure them employment. The crowd immediately separated, and the city has since been quiet." THE INDIAN POOR RELIEF FUND. The following appears in the Dublin Evening Post : "During the early part of the present week a sum of nearly 8001. has been added to the account of the Man sion-house committee at the Bank of Ireland, 6001. of which have been received from Bombay, the generous agency of the Honourable Sir H. Raper, Messrs. Edward F. Danvers, and J. Stewart, the difference having been received from the Island of Ce)lon, in a remittance from the humane Major Parks and Sir J. Emmerson Tennent. The gross sum received by the trustees of the Indian Poor Relief Fund is 11,4501., the greater part of which has been contributed at Calcutta, and remitted through the medium of the Right Rev. Dr. Carew, Roman Catholic Bishop, Sir Lawrence Peel, and Mr. Henry Piddington. The parties who at present are in communication w ith the trustees in the other places are Messrs. Burney and Co., at. Madras ; the Chairman of the Relief Committee at Toronto ; and the Mayor of the city of Mobile, in the United States, whose sponta neous generosity is the more distinguished, because, in the absence of the tie of fellow-subjects, no other motive could exist with him and his friends at Mobile but that of universal benevolence. The citizens of Mobile have contributed 2001. " The trustees of the Indian Poor Relief Fund are men whose names convc-y their eulogy. They are : His Grace the Duke of Lein'ster ; his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Dublin ; his Grace Archbishop Murray; the Right Hon. the Lord Cloncurry ; the Right Rev. Dr. Blake, Bishop of Dromore ; the Right Rev. Dr. Whelan, Bishop of Bombay ; the Venerable the Arch deacon Torrens ; the Very Reverend Theobald Mathew; R. J. Graves, Esq., M.D. ; Sir Robert Kane, M.D. These distinguished personages are in weekly attend ance at the board since the month of April ; and the Duke of Leinster, with that munificence by which his whole life has been characterised, has given the use of his house in Dominick-street for the trustees to meet in and transact their pious duties. The Bank of Ireland, with a disposition corresponding with the humane intentions of those who create, and those who disburse the fund, have zuttuificently cashed ; free of discount, all the bills of exchange by means of which the moneys have been remitted ; and although most of these bibs were drawn at six months after sight, yet the directors of the Bank of li eland. with a tn-nevolenpo which commands re , Peet, have crdered the foil amount drawn for to be plticed at the en dit of the tru.teeg. with out any banking reduction whatsoever. The fund thui so humanely placed at the disposal of the trustees has been distributed amongst about 350 local relief com mittees, to whom 639,700 destitute poor look for the means of being saved from the horrors of famine." ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER. . _ The Co? k Reporter contains the important announce. merit made to the Mallow and Doneraile deputation, by the private secretary of the Lord-Lientenant, that Par liament is to be astembied in November, in wrier to remedy the d e f ec t s i n t h e L a b our R ate B i ll and to pro vide otter effectual measures for the relief of distress in Ireland. LETTER FROM MR. O'CONNELL. The Evening Post contains the following from Dir:y nane:— " Darrynane Abbey, Cahirciveen, Sept. 14. "My dear Conway,—l have only this morning got the Labour Bate Act, and thus am able to state its pro visions accurately. lam the more anxious to do so, as my former statement of its contents was necessarily taken from_ the report of speeches in Parliament. The Act provides that the Lord L'eutenant, uton being informed of the existence of distress in any ,* s trict, shall, by proclamation, direct and require an Ex traordivary Presentment Sessions' for such district. " This is mandatory upon the presentment sessions ; they are bound to meet on the day mentiuned in the pro clamation, and they will be guilty of a violation of the law if they do not meet upon that day. "2d. The presentment sessions having met, they are bound to make presentments for public works within their district. This clause, also, is mandatory. It would be a violation of the law if they were to refuse or neglect making such presentments. " 3d. The Lords of the Treasury are bound to advance all sums of money, without specified limit, to the amount necessary for the works included in such presentments. " 4tb. The Board of Works are bound to put into execution the works so presented for without delay. " Such is an abstract of the operative part of the sta tute, as far as relates to public works. There are also provisions for the repayment, by instalments, of the money to be advanced for those works. "The repayment is not to commence until the next year, 1847, so that the landlords are, by the Act, left all their resources for the present year, untouched by the payment of any rate. " No specific remedy is given by the statute if the pre sentment sessions disobey the law, and refuse or neglect to make presentm‘nts. " Let it be recollected that if they so refuse or neglect —the existing distress in the district will remain, not only unrelieved and unmitigated, but naturally increas ing in intensity and severity. This will be so strong a pressure upon the presentment sessions, that it is not likely that they will anywhere refuse to make present ments, and by such refusal leave the starving labourers without relief. But, supposing any presentment sessions so to refuse, they are subject to legal compulsion as well as to punishment. _ _ " For example, the Act being mandatory 'on the pre sentment sessions, if they refuse to do that duty they are liable to be proceeded agai n st, cr i m i na lly, by indictment, or by criminal informations, at the prosecution of the Attorney-General. Besides, on application to the Queen's Bench, a mandamus would issue to compel the presentment sessions to make presentment according to law. I take it, that the cost of the proceedings would be visited on the defaulting presentment sessions. " It is, therefore, to the last degree improbable that any sessions will refuse to make presentments. Let it be recollected that the one thing wanted at present is food; that the pressure for food is immediate; that the supplying of food cannot be postponed without the utmost inhumanity —nay, cannot be postponed with safety to any class. " Food the people want, and food it is the duty of everybody to provide fur them: - Els ell the Government as the landlords—in short, everybody, having any means whatsoever. " The Government plan suggests the mode of obtain ing food by earning wages—such wages to be paid for the execution of public works. " It is quite true that many faults may be found with the Government plan; but, then, it is rapid of execution, and rapidity of action is, under existing circumstances, of the most vital importance. No plan can be of any value to meet the present horrible emt rgency but a rapid plan. There is no time for delay or po.tporement. The penalty of delay would be death—in fact, deaths innumerable. From 10,000,0001. to 12,000,0001. sterling will, I fear, be necessary to keep the people alive; but, while many are writing or talking, the people are starving. " I am not at all insensible to the disadvantage of laying out money on works that are not, in themselves, productive of direct profit ; but the complication of in terests—the properties of minors—the properties vestfed in trustees for married women—the properties in the hands of the receivers of the Court of Chancery, - and of other creditors and annuitants—all these and mr.ny other complicated relations, would require much time and labour to arrange in order to secure any Government loans trade for profitable works, and it would conse.me-much time to investigate titles and ascertain the validity of secu rities. In the meantime, the cry is load and universal for food i food 1 Everything must be done to get the food for the people without. delay. Rapidity constitutes, I repeat, the essence of humanity and political sagacity. It seems abundantly clear that there must he an early —very early meeting o f th e P arl i ament. The practical defects' of the Labour Pate Bill must he amended, and other modes of rulici will require to be suggested and a °Hod out. But ;Li the mean time let us one and all struggle to procure wages and food for the people. Let us dO the beet we can with the existing law, instead of discoverin defects and proclaiming them to a starving people. Let us, it possible, inspire in that people a con fidence, in our ext-rtions, and let us convince them, that we will leave nu practical mean.. untried to preserve the country from famine and pestilence. " Believe me to be, very faithf u ll y yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL." DISGRACEFUL STATE of WANDS_ WORTH POLICE-COURT. About five years since an Order in Council created a Police-court at Wandsworth, and assigned as the circle of its jurisdiction the p,,rishes of Wandsworth, asp ham, Battersea, Tooting, Mert,e, WhiA)le.:cn, Barnes, and a portion of Streatham. The place selected to ad minister justice was the then sleeping apartment of the superintendent of the V division of police, togwher with a very small room for the private accommodation. of the magistrates. With respect to persons compelled to at tend the court, they were, and are still, oblik,red to put up with the sorry accommodation of a stable-yard, or the less wholesome jostling in a eircumscribtd and ill ventilated apartment, dignified by the title of a pi-lice court. The entrance to the court, too, is up a steep flight of stairs, that threaten each day to dissolve connexion with the building to which they are the only public approach; and the absence of cells ohliges the prisoners being at various times during the sitting of the court paraded between that place and the station-house, which is neatly a quarter of a mile distant; an the filly of such a course being persevered in cannot be better ex emplified than in the case which is appended. The reporter would not have been induced to make these remarks but for the miserable economy and imbecility of purpose exhibited by those who are constituted the agents of Government in these matters. For three years past the magistrates at this court have been deluded with the idea that a building commen surate with the dignity of a court of judicature would be erected. Surveys have been made over and over again, but still the conrt remains an eye-sore to the neighbourhood, and a disgrace to the executive depart ment of the Government. A case strongly illustrative of a necessity for a reform occurred on Friday. A man named William Wilson, who has already been convicted of burglary, - was charged with embezzling several sums of money be. longing to his employer, Edward Covenay, of Brie tannia-place, Wandsworth-road. The prisoner, 'a powerful young man, was remanded, and was being conveyed towards the station-house by Eastman, 182 V, the Clapham summoning officer, when the fellow suddenly turned round, struck the officer a tremendous blow on the breast, and started off with the the speed of a deer-hound towards Putney. The officer, although ,almost stunned by the blow, followed in pursuit, and after a sharp run of some hundred yards succeeded in coming up with the prisoner, who had been stopped near the Adelaide Inn. The prisoner, on being again taken into custody, made a most desperate resistance, striking the constable in the face and in various parts of his body, and also biting him severely. The constable, al though so severely handled, did not draw his staff. and, with the assistance of civilians, whom it was necessary to call upon to aid and assist in the Queen's name, the prisoner was taken back to the court, and from thence to the station-house. Had this court possessed the necessary conveniences that appertain to other courts, this mishap cuuld not have taken place. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l observed a paragraph in your paper of the 12th instant, and ref. rring to the Bell and Crown Hotel in a manner which is calculated to lead to an erroneous impression. Allow me to state, in correction, that in. stead of the coach-yard and stabling being converted into dwelling houses, their sites are now occupied by new rooms attached to the hotel, which were rendered indispensable for the proper accommodation of the public. I an), Sir, yours, obediently, -- VALENTINE RIMER, Proprietor of the Bell and ()town Hotel. . _ Sept. 17, 1846. - [The paragraph in question was copied from a Morn. ing Paper.—En. Sun.] LARGB PIKE. —On Thursday, two gentlemen trolling for fish at Twickenham, succeeded in capturing several large "jack," among which was one weighing 164 lbs. FATAL FALL.—An inquest was held on Friday be fore Mr. W. Payne, at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Ann Stead, aged 62 years, lately residing at No. 6, Great Tower•street, City. The deceased was a maiden lady, but had been very infirm for some years past, and during the absence of one of the domestics, on the 27th of July, she got upon ono of the chairs to dust the shelves over the sideboard, and in so doing missed her footing, and fell heavily to the ground, whereby she received a fracture of the left thigh bone. She was removed to the above hospital, and lingered until Thursday, when she died. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." f