The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, intrV Writtion 10 d to is 8d ; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each. Ostend Fresh Butter, 10s to Ils 6d ; and E ng li s h ditt o , Il s to 12 s 6d per dozen lbs. Irish Eggs, 4s 9d to 5s 3d; Ostend ditto, 5s to 53 6 d ; Calais ditto, 5s 3d to 5s 10d ; Honfleur ditto, Gs 3d to Os 9d; and English ditto, 7s 6d to 8s per 100. EWP Beef, fro m 2 s 8d to 3s N 6d O ; Mutton, RT. 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 41 to 5s ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per bibs. WHITECHAUML. to 58 ; Veal, Beef; from 2s 8d to is 6d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, Per 81ba. 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 353 6d to 43 6d nuniGsGTE. Turb o t s, 2s 95 to 7s ; m Brills 10d too 2s 6d ; Cod Fish, 2.3 to 33 6d' Whitings, 3d to 5d ; , Lobsters, 9d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6 d to 2s 6d ; and Mackerel, 6d to 8d each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d t i er pair; Eels, 81 to 1s• Salmon, 7d to 9d; ;ditto Trout, to 6d p er lb ; Grey Mullets,4d to Is ; Red ditto, 4d to led ; an d haddock s , 3d to 6d each; dried ditto, 2s to 4s per dozen; Flounders, is to 2s per dozen ; Shrimps, 8d to 10d per quart : and Dried Ling, 4d per lb ; White Bait, is per quart. HUNGE7iLF ORD. Our market was fairly supplied with most articles to-day, I lich moved off steadily, at but little alteration in prices. BREAD. q A Th e prices o f Wh eaten B rea d i n t h e me t ro p o li s are from sAI to 8 d; of Housekold ditto, 6d to 74d per 41bs loaf. HIDE MARKET. ~Market Hides, 56Ibs to 641bs, lid to 2d ; 641bs to 721b4 glato 7,21bs to 801bs, 24d to 2id ; 801bs to 881bs, 3d to e-; 88114 46 961bs, 3id to 34d; 961bs to 1041bs, 34d to 3id ; I,'l lb Skit* "18 6d to 2s 6d ; Calf Skins, 4s 6d to ss; Horn -Dudes, 8s 6d; Shearlings, 10d to is 4d. Ste r HAT MARICETS. I iFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 15s ; new ditto, 2/ 6 8 to 31 6s ; Old Clover, 41 to 5/; New ditto, 3/ ' s ue to 4/ los; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. A mo gerate soPPly and a dull trade. ul rolinuain.—Old Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 18s; New O tto, 2/ lOs to 3/ lOs; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 16s; New ditto, 3/ 9; to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade ' i t ; at barely stationary prices. di t "rracnApar..—Old Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 15: ; New 31 to, 21 68 to 3/ 8s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 18s; New ditto, . I° ' to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8s per load. Supply ° °o d, and trade dull.. kt ' COAL LARK —YESTERDAY. n "'West Hartley... 14s 6, : aswell l7s 3d 178 Od nllcicile' s W. Hartley.. 15s 0. : etton rres Hartley ti alie on'sWestHartley 15s 3d Lambton Il as i ti ng's Hartley lss 3d. Morrison lss 9d x" ° ''Ywell Main l4s 6d Russell's Hettoa iie:* Tanfield l3s Od,Shotten fi,riginal Tanfield lls 6d: Whitwell . id's Ttedheugh toilleld Moor ......... 14s Gd.Kelloc l6s Od ' , A kin .. 148 OdlSouth Hartlepool k . Wall's End, &c. Thornley Incite and Co. .„...,,, t , B 14s 6d Benson titatn n 15s 9d Denison lss 6d ....0 t „,,._ rr . klh' 1,/„.. -4 ,ilvforth l5B 6d South Durham lbs 6d p e lukurnberiand . . .... 158 3d Tees k• "1 bensham lss Od West Hetton l5B 6d !ehardson '4'ddell' 15s 6d Howard's W. IL Neth lss 3d Wh„_ s ..... ... ...... ... ncuelite n e , e4 Mai n .... . .... .„ 16s 3d Morgan's Stone Coal 2ss 6d ti...,4raont .... ... • • ..... 16s 8d Sidne y' s Hartley I 'dYll's Hetio7 . 16s 6dl Ships at market 17C 'ERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) The OF COMMONS. time SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. tie;" Earl of Glengall's Estate Bill was read a third 6 'tad passed. v i A •-.4NTHE HORSHAM ELECTION. STEY rose to ask the Attorney-General a W - "on as to a communication received from Messrs. 4 ugh and Mitchell, attorneys for the plaintiff in New :arch V. Jervis, Knight, on the subject of the bribery efltireating charged to have taken place at the election Th e ' w- lr• Jervis in 1847 for the borough of Horsham. Honourable and Learned Gentleman read )-'ahuscript statement setting forth that several parties Manuscript bribed to vote for the son of the Attorney tteral by having been appointed to Government ations. 1 1 ,1;, 1 ,, 114 ' ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who appeared to ur under much excitement, said he had not paid hie - Y. l. Waugh and Mitchell a farthing for not proceed twith the action, as from their character many persons set k suppose.—(Laughter.) The petition against his t w,Y 4 Withdrawn during his absence at Shrewsbury, " fi rst he heard of it was from the Times, which PUrchased at Wolverton. The allegation against his tit Was that he was under age, and had no qualifica "ln a letter which he addressed to Messrs. te e n Coi his son's solicitor, he :stated that his mother A t T" prove his (Laughter) and that he that li a tneY-Generitl) was anxious to state on oath . th t h (I / tothing whatever to do with the alleged bribery— N i , ell )-:and in another epistle, which he wrote at the d i me time to Mr. James, a barrister, who had interested tlen i 1 44 in the charges made against his son, he expressly to-lared that he would be no party to any pecuniary Prottuse. Mr. Joseph Parkes, who acted for his son t c (4 's that gentleman was appointed to an office in the b; 411 of Chancery, was similarly directed. His son itl s gentleman by birth and education, and therefore b,,:ita well the petition was withdrawn, as, if it had been reeeded with, it could only be done by perjury and to beibu,S - (Hear, hear.) He was charged with having h 'm a Persian named Burfoot. Now, he declared upon it 4 i' l r , that ii he never heard his name until he read declared declaration. Messrs. Waugh and Mitchell th e y l a i d th a-, they had examined this person. Why questio a sub poena on his bed, and never asked him a lioldh n * -- ( 4 l' ear, h ea r.) Another person mentioned, tru e h e _ Yd ' never was a voter.—(Hear, hear.) It was In had backed his application for a situation cr the dockyards, which had been sometime before lieu_caised him by the superintendent, when the e ic 5 ,, (14 stated to have been appointed postmaster the w t ti:z:frit:T, h e a d declined to accept the office when it him. In his conscience he.believed that Ofcourse which had been pursued was with the view 14, 8 , t °PPing Lord Edward Howard's petition.—(Hear, ill Messrs. Waugh and Mitchell had shown them theta Yell a l lworthy the notice of gentlemen, and he despised (Loud cheers.) G Q AN STEY•considered that the Hon. and Learned ril_tleraan had sa ti s f actor il y repu di ate d t h e c h arges la against him.—(Hear, hear.) tri, r ; HUME deprecated the practice of Hon. Members the ging for war d matters, into the accuracy o f w hi c h e f Y had not inquir e d. —(L oud cheers .) Th e c h a racter 4 the House was involved in the adoption of this tir le•--(Hear, hear.) AII. THE WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP. h ew • FIUME called attenti on to t h e statement i n th e s Papers of this morning, re s p ect i ng t h e l oss o f t h e lostgraut ship; the Ocean, by fire, an d t h e consequent 11, 1 ,°f More than 300 lives, shortly after leaving the ails se ,,Y• It appeared, by the statement, that the Orion `'arnbrian passed the unfortunate ship without rem spete any assistance. Whilst British ships were on the seif: 't Was not well that they should be indebted for hate, - "' Prince Joinville and the Duc d'Aumale, who i t rvu h Pie ( j 9 CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re the in absence of the President of the Board of tir_ tie that th e f u ll es t i nqu iry would be made into the k r -s ti t t,,nces. The vessel was not a Government one. akv e d FUME said that a person, named Jerome, had T sev enteen lives, and trusted he would be adequately tirdad.:-Qij ear.) • HU RRICANE ON THE EAST COAST OF kr. li r , -SCOTLAND. gallu RE said, whilst on this subject, he wished to e attenti on to t h e h urr i cane on t h e eas t ern co ast of 4 eotl a Nis ed zi f d , and trusted that subscriptions would be Nrs et . o r the reli e f o f th e w idow s a n d children of the the t ,,: t Whia had_ been killed.—( Hear, bear.) He trusted l orti t ,Zr was not unworthy the attention of the Go --"-{Hear.) Col o „ .„-• THE. RIVER BARROW. luer4wi'"UNNE asked the Chancellor of the Exche• 44" Y a Preliminary survey of the river Barrow, in aine e b' which was to havee been undertaken two years a lt hou 2 " h til .,__ e Board of Works, had not been completed, t l ivi duaT 4 1 . were paid for . such survey by certain M et', wh "" the Commissioners of Drainage; and, fur -447 to: to t t e r any order had been issued from the Tres , -the CliP suspend this survey. mated th, t ,','I S ICELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inti 'B would institute an inquiry into the matter. kr. t o "AL WAYS AND p M theENS. 1 / 4 4 0 brought u A report, which was The tePort as bro u ght up. ° Th WEST IDIA COL T ON be IE re S a . d a ou R oad 115 bit% Il Y• WITH ROME BILL. third time ohiA.TIC RELATIONS The r 0 „ ,_ sport was brought up. .. naotid y To he read a third time POST -HORSE LICENSES, This Bill was read a second time. &c., BILL. The SUPPLY. CRANCELLOR of the dis- EXCHEQUER inti rotedu.,_ that hi 'should move . a Committee of Supply on pos ed of, after the Spirit Licenses Bill had been POSTAGE ON . NEWSPAPERS (CHANNEL This Bill ISLANDS) BILL. commitcommittee), " w as re,id a SECJLI time, and ordered to be '"ST INS Thi si Bill TER IMPROVEMENTS BILL. was read a third time, and passed. This AiILALPEed-TtIthA.DE (MUSCAT) BILL. TAXING latii,v, --Ellll- . COUR OF CHANCERY ugh Com mittee. . This Bill passed thretigh (llttla AND). Committee. This Bill was read ae , L°C.lt .1-TP HOLS BILL. DRAINAGE acEMptATES BILL. This Bill was also read ROYAL a MILIT ARY s econd time. AS Y This Bill a l so passed through ASYLUM BILL. BATTERS EA P C o mmittee. R This Bill p asse d through Co x, &c. BILL. re min'ttee CONSOLIA-T, This Bill was ad a D rst fi ED FU ND . BILL tinae. The House adjourned shortly aft er T wo o'clock. Sy Indus,JoUTILUIPTON, AUG. 25.--The Oriental steam-ship Indus, Captain Soy, arrived here at nine A.m. this day, and , the East India and China mails, which were forwarded to London by the train. The Indus brings ninety. one pas aeugers, 141 packages of lack gold and rupees and dollars, 7 Packages of elephants' tusks, 20 cases of silk, and 150 various Package& Sne experienced very fine weather during her ve_yag& The cholera was raging in Egypt when the Indus It. The aupiter, Captain Meehan, will take out the next Spanish and Portuguese mails on Monday next. The Sultan, Captain Brooks, will leave on Sunday, for Gibraltar, Malta, Constantinople, &c., with a full cargo. The same Company's steam-ship Tagus will leave the port on Tuesday next, for Wawa, Loghorn, and Civita-Vecchia. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• YORK AUGUST MEETlNG.—Txuasaav (CGNCLUDED). Owing to the boisterous weather, and the hurry attending the dispatch of our parcel by the express train, which leaves York only a few minutes after the Great Ebor Handicap was decided, we inadvertently placed Sylvan and Eilerdale, and put Amosino among the starters (in part of our impression of Thursday); we, therefore, to prevent mistakes in the dis tribution of prizes, &c., repeat our return of the race, cor rected, premising that there was no second or third, and only fourteen starters. The Great Ebor Handicap of 200 sovs. added to a Sweep stakes of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared; the second to receive 501. out of the stakes. Two miles. (108 Subs., 73 of whom declared.) Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux, 4 yrs, Bst 21b, includ. 61b ex. (Nat) 1 Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 0 Mr. B. Green's Sylvan, 3 yrs, sst I 1 lb ... 0 The following also started, were not placed : Mr. Bell's Winesour, aged, Bst 81b Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena, aged, 7st 111 b ... 0 Sir C. Monck's Gaiety, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 0 Mr. Shelley's Philosopher, 4 yrs, 7st 0 Mr. T. Walter's Little Casino, 5 yrs, 7st Mr. Drinkald's Pillage, 4 yrs, Est 81b. ... 0 Mr. J. Murphy's Dough, 3 yrs, 6stBlb (includ. 61b extra) 0 Mr. Jaques's fir Martin, 4 yrs, sst 131 b ... 0 Mr. Shelley's Remembrance, 3 yrs, sst 111 b 0 Mr. B. Green's Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 101 b 0 Mr. Stephenson's Cannibal, 3 yrs, sst 71b 0 Betting at starting-4 to I agst Meaux (taken), 4to 1 agst Dough. 5 to 1 agst Remembrance, 6 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 7 to 1 agst Mr. Green's two, and 10 to 1 agst Pillage. Amo sino was weighed for and mounted, .but ran away with the lad immediately after leaving the enclosure, fell into a ditch full of water, got rid of her jockey, and was not caught in time to start. The boy escaped with a ducking. There were two failures at the post, and in the actual start Remem brance and Winesour were disappointed at the moment the horses quitted the post, and lost several lengths. Pillage took the lead, followed by Cannibal, Sylvan, and Gaiety, and made running at a good pace to the Middlethorpe turn, where it was taken up by Sylvan, who carried it on to the distance ; he was here joined by Ellerdale and Meaux, and one of the finest races ever witnessed ensued, Meaux winning on the post by a head, and his opponents making it a dead heat for the second money. Dough was a bad fourth. Run in 3 min. 33 secs. The rain fell in torrents during this race. The Old Three Years Old Produce Stakes of 100 soya• each, h ft; for colts, Bst Sibs fillies, Bst 21b. Two miles. (12 Subs.) Lord Clifden's Loadstone, Bst 51b ... walked over Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; for mares, three yrs old, old, 7st 21b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st Ilb ; six and aged, 9st 51b. Three miles. Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged ... ...(Templeman) 1 Mr. Pedley's Tuscan, 3 yrs ... 2 5 to 2 on Inheritress, who made all the running, and won easily by a length. Run in 7 min. 32 secs. The County Cup of 150 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each; the second to receive 301. Two miles. (5 Sabs.) Mr. Meiklam's Rowena, aged, 7st 71b ... (Cartwright) 1 Mr. S. L. Fox's Le Comte, 3 yrs, 7st slb ... 2 Mr. Murphy's Dough, 3 yrs, 6st Illb 0 Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst 51b 5t02 on Miss Sarah. Rowena made all the running, Miss Sarah and Dough waiting behind Le Comte until they came to the distance, where, on the latter giving way, they joined Rowena, and the three went on in company, Rowena having a slight lead until within ten or a dozen lengths of home. Dough and Miss Sarah here went up together, but the horse swerving from the whip, hung upon Miss Sarah, and drove her against Rowena. The race ended in favour of Dough by half a length; Miss Sarah beating Rowena by nearly a length, Nat, on returning to weigh, objected to Dough, and Cartwright objected to them both. The case was immediately brought before the Stewards, who, after hearing evidence, awarded the race to Rowena, not a little to the astonishment of the betting men, with whom it was any odds on Miss Sarah. The race was run in 3 min. 46 secs. The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 sous. each, and 60 added. One mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Crawfurd's The Cur, 6 yrs, Bst 6lb Sir C. Monck's Vanish, 5 yrs, 7st 71b Lord Caledon's Wanota, 4 yrs, Bst ••• Mr. Drinksld's Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs, 7st Mr. Meiklam's Poynton, 5 yrs, Bst 51b Betting-6 to 4 agst The Cur, sto 2 agst Wanota, and 4 to 1 each agst Vanish and Marquis of Conyngham. Won easily by a length, Wanota abad third. Run in 1 min.s4 secs. The course was much better attended than on Wednesday, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather. BETTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 4 on Springy Jack. THE YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. (Rogers) 1 .. 4 8 to 1 agst Executor 8 to 1 agst Cawrouch 18 to 1 agst Maid of Mother well ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Springy Jack 7to 2 agst Justice to Ire land FRIDAY'S 6 to 1 agst Canezou (t) 6 to 1 agst Surplice (t) 6 to 1 agst Flatcatcher RACES. The Convivial Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 15 ft; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b, &c. T.Y.C. (13 Subs.) Mr. Hall's Ada Mary (allowed 31b) ... (G. Abdale) 1 Mr. Lane Fox's Post Tempore (31b) ... 2 Mr. Stephenson's Robert de Brus (31b) ... 3 Mr. Wentworth's Licentio (31b) 0 Even on Robert de Brus, and 2to 1 agst Licentio. Ada Mary made the greater part of the running, and won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 11 sec. The Consolation Scramble of 501, added to a Handicap of 5 5 sous. each. (14 Subs.) Five furlongs. Lord Clifden's Czarina, 2 yrs, bat 131 b ... (Pearl) 1 Mr. Heseltina's Quiver, '2 yrs, sst 71b .. 2 Mr. Pedley's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ... 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Woffenden's Raisthorpe, 4 yrs, ist 131 b 0 Mr. R. Harrison na br fby Lanercost—Miss York, 3 yrs 0 Mr. Minor's Shropshire Witch, 3 yrs, ist llb 0 Mr. Bowes's Man in the Moon, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ... 0 Mr. S. Hawke's Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, Oat 91b 0 Mr. J. Day's fby Cardinal Puff—Croton Oil's d, 3 yrs ... 0 Mr. S. L. Fox's Sir Robert Sloper, 3 yrs, Ost 41b ... Mr. Harrison's Bennincol, 3 yrs, Oat 21b ... 0 Lord Zetland's Polonaise, 2 yrs, 6st Betting-5 to 2 agst Czarina, sto 1 agst Man in the Mooa, sto 1 agst Quiver, and 6 to 1 agst Lady Mary. Quiver, Czarina, Man in the Moon, and Lady Mary, laid in front the whole of the distance, Czarina winning cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 11 secs. The Great Yorkshire Stakes of 10 sovs, each, with 100 added, for three-year-old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b, the second to receive 1001., and the third 501. One mile and three quarters. (170 Subs.) Mr. Wrather's Miss Lydia' filly Mr. Bowes's Springy Jade Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina (T.mpleman) 1 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Bowes's Wisma, Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May, Mr. J. Gill's Fleur-de-Seine, Mr. B. Green's Beverlac, Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy, Mr. J. Scott's Stinger, Mr. Gray's Reality. Won by a length. Betting-5 to 2on Springy Jack, and 6to 1 agst Queen of the May ; the winner not mentioned. Won very cleverly by a length, Springy Jack getting second place by a head only; Queen of the May was fourth, and Reality fifth. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. ; for three-year-old colts, Est 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. One mile and a quarter. (11 Subs.) Mr. Pedley's Besborough Mr. S. L. Fox's Le Comte ... Won by a neck. The Filly Sapling Stakes of 30 soya each, h ft. ; for two year olds, Bst 41b each. One mile. (12 Subs.) Lord Zetland's Ellen Middleton ... (Marlon) 1 Mr. B. Green's Cigarette .. 2 Mr. L. Fox's Slashing Alice... ... •-• ••• 3 Betting-6 to 4on Ellen Middleton, and 3 to 1 agst Alice. Won in a canter. The Gimcrack Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added ; for two-year-old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b ; the second to receive 25/., and the third to save his stake. One mile. (36 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Glance ... Mr. Bell's Velox ... 1 ~. (Nat) 1 Mr. Shepherd's Alp .. 3 Mr. Pedley's Fellow Commoner .. 4 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Harrison's Master Bustle—Mr. B. Green's Abbot of Meaux —Mr. Yea's Pyrland—Lord Zetland's Castanette, and Mr. Bowes's fby Touchstone, out of Mickleton Maid. Betting-:6 to 4 agst Glauca, sto 2 agst Castanette, and 4 to 1 agst Abbot of Meaux. Won by a length, Fellow Com moner a bad third. The Members' Plate of 50/. One mile and a half. Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn, 3 yrs, Bst Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 3 yrs, 6st 91b Mr. Holliday's General Sale, 5 yrs, 7st Glb Mr. R. Bell's Cinderella, 5 yr 3, 7st 61b fir. J. Scott's Sorceress, 3 irs 6st 61b Mr. Scriven's Miss Faun, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Ryder) 1 Won In a canter. - --- LATEST BETTING AT YORK. THE YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER), 8 to 1 agst Cawrouch I 12 to 1 agst Maid of Mother -10 to 1 agst Meaux I well 10 to 1 agst Lady Wildair Il2to 1 agst Miss Whip filly 10 to 1 agst Vampyre I 12 to 1 agst Alliance 10 to 1 agst Executor 116 to 1 agst Miss Sarah. 12 to 1 agst Yardley ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Justice to Ireland 6to 1 agst Surplice —5 to 2 taken 6 to 1 agst Flatcatcher sto 2 agst Canezou-3 to 1 t 7to 1 agst Springy Jack. BUNGAY BALES.—FRIDAY. The Gentlemen's Purse of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, once round (7 Subs), was won, in two well contested heats, by Mr. Bell' Genuine, 3 yrs, 7st, (owner), beating Mr. Beville's Kimblesworth, 4 yrs, 9st 21b, Captain Margetson's Little Red Riding Hood, 3 yrs, Bst, and four others. The Hunters' Stakes of 1 sou. each and 10 added, list 7lbs each, once round. were won in two heats by Mr. G. Beaumont's Little Tommy (owner) beating Mr. R. Oswald's Novice and Mr. Pendgrift's Maria. The Hurdle Race was won by Mr. Crowe's Positive Young Man, lOst 71b; and the Pony Race by Mr. Robard's Tit-bit. HEREFORD RACES.—Ffasr Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, once round. (6 Subs.) Mr. E. Griffith's Hagley, Bst 61b ... walked over The Herefordshire Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 50 added. Two miles and a dis. (15 Subs., 6 of whom declared.) Mr. E. Griffiths' Hagley, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ... (Brookes) 1 Mr. Edwards's New Forest Dear, aged, Bst 71b ••• 2 The following also started :—Premier, ist 101b—Tit-bit, 7st 91b—and Fernhill, 7st. • Won cleverly by half a length. The Hunters' Stakes ( Handicap) of 10 sove. each, h ft, with 30 added. Heats, twice round. (17 Subs.) Mr. Learmouth's Cavendish, aged, list 2lb (Scott) 1 0 1 Mr. Stephenson's Rothersthorpe, 4 yrs, lOst ... 0 1 2 Mr. Parr's Morsel, 4 yrs, lOst 61b 0 0 3 Mr. E. S. Davenport's Vindictive, 5 yrs, lOst 12Ib 2 0 dr Mr. I. Day's Counterfeit, aged, lOst 81b 0 2 dr SECOND DAY. The City and County Gold Cup of 60 soya., added to a Sweep stakes of 20 sous. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared. About three miles. (12 Subs., 4 of whom declared.) Lord Strathmore's Tit-bit, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ...(Whitehouse) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Fernhill, 3 yrs, 6st 1 llb .. 2 Mr. Hankin's Teresa, aged, Bst 41b Mr. E. Griffiths's Hagley, 3 yrs, 6st 41b 4 Mr. I. Day's Milliner, 5 yrs, Bst, and Mr. Carter's Lin nreus, 4 yrs, 7st 71b, also started. Won by half a length. The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 25 added. Heats, once round and a distance. (8 Subs.) Mr. Turner's Foxwhelp, 6 yrs, lOs 61b (Turner) 0 1, 1 Mr. Scott's Cavendish, aged, lOst Sib 1 0 3 Mr. I. Day's Mignon, 4 yrs, 9st 61b 0 0 2 Mr. Robbins's Shrewsbury, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b... ... 2 3 dr Mr. Kitton's Morsel, 4 yrs, 9st 61b 0 2 dr Mr. Vever's Freeman, aged, lOst 81b 0 0 dr Mr. Allcott's Premier, 4 vrs, lOst 131 b ... 3 dr Mr. Davenport's Vivandiere, 5 yrs, lOat llb ... odr Won by a neck. The Free Handicap of 5 Boys. each, and 35 addctd, once round (6 Sas), was won in two heats, by Mr. John's New Forest Deer, aged; list (Mr. Elwes), beating Mr. I, Day's Premier, 4yrs, 9st 71b, Mr. Allcott's Fo/rWhelp, 0 - yrs, lOst 71b, and Mr. Ilankin's Teresa, aged lOst 71b. Won easy. COMMITTEE. ELECTION C -1 (THIS D. &:Y•) HORSHAAL The Committee were again occapied the whole day in receiving rebutting evidence on behalf of Mr. Fitz gerald, the sitting Member. CRIMINAL COURT.-CEIIIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Alderman Gums.) His Lordship took his seat upon the bench at ten o'clock. Robert C 7 owe, aged 24, and described as a tailor, was placed in the dock upon an indictment charging him with having unlawfully, in the presence and hearing of divers subjects of our Lady the Queen, uttered and pronounced, of and concerning the present state of Ireland and the Govern ment of this realm, divers wicked, scandalous, and seditious words, tending to inflame the minds and alienate from our said Lady the Queen the affections of her subjects, and to incite them to tumult and insurrection against the said Go vernment. The Attorney-General, Mr. Welsby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clarke appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Parry. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL in his opening, said as many of the jury were present during the trials, yesterday, it would be unnecessary for him to trouble them with any lengthened statement upon the law as appli6able to the charge against the prisoner. Upon this occasion the se ditious language would be proved, not by a short-hand writer, but by a policeman who attended to watch the proceedings, and who wrote down the words immediately after lee left the meeting. The trade of the prisoner was that of a journeyman tailor, living in Orchard-street, Camden-town, and he was a member of a confederate association which was established for the purpose of co-operating with the confederate clubs in Ireland. There could be no doubt about his connexion with that society, as a card of membership was found in his pos session. It was headed by the motto " every man to have his own country," and stated that " Robert Crowe, on the 26th April, 1848, was duly admitted a member of the associa tion," and was signed "Thos. Halket, Sec." An address was also found upon his premises, which was signed by himself, and which would show what description of person he was. In one portion of it he said he had no mercy for the aristocracy, who were nothing:but the de scendants of a set of robbers and thieves who some centuries ago overran this country. The meeting at which the pri soner was charged with uttering seditious words was held at the Chartist Assembly Rooms, in Dean-street, Soho, and there were about 200 persons present.. The policeman, whom he should call before them, heard some one read the following expression from a newspaper—" To hell with the Queen," and it was received with general approbation by the people present. The words which were used by the prisoner, and which were afterwards written down by the policeman, were as follow :—" The late insurrection in Paris has shown how easily a crown may be crumbled. Now is the time to be brave, and the game is yours. I do not care for thoseA persons present who wear other people's clothes. I don't care if what I say is criminal. I, for my own part, will do all in my power next week to put a stop to trade, and to urge the Irish in London to rebellion." The Attorney-General commented upon the effect and tendency of those words upon the ex citable meeting which the prisoner was addressing, and con cluded by briefly referring to the law on the subject. Reuben Brothers, police-constable, proved attending the meeting on the 31st July last, at 83, Dean-street, Soho. He attended in plain clothes. There were between 150 and 200 persons present, who appeared to consist chiefly of working men and the lower order of Irish. The meeting took place about eight o'clock in the evening. Heard some one read something from a newspaper; the expression was " to hell with the Queen," which was received with loud cheers, and immediately after that saw the prisoner, whe was on a raised platform or table. He addressed the meeting. 'Witness paid attention to him, but did not take a note of what he said because he would have been observed doing so in the room. About three hours afterwards he reduced what he recollected being uttered by the prisoner to writing, and it was to the effect that the late insurrection in Paris had shown how easy a Crown might be crumbled ; that the time had now come for action, and the game was theirs ; and that he would do all in his power during the ensuing week to put a stop to trade, and urge the Irish in London to re bellion. Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—He had been present at the meeting about twenty minutes before the prisoner spoke. He did not do as Government reporters had always done an nounce he was there for the purpose of reporting the speeches. The meetingwas inconveniently crowded, but there was room for other persons. The prisoner might have spoken for half an hour, but he would not swear positively as to that. Did not hear the whole of the speech, and only selected those portions which he considered were the strongest. Had only been in the police force about six months from the present time. Previously to entering the police he was a druggist's assistant, and received in that capacity 20d a year and his living. His pay in the police was 16s. Bd. a week. His father was an undertaker and a 'Yeoman of the Guard, and he lived with him about a twelvemonth before entering the police and assisted him in his business, being then out of a situation. He was originally apprenticed to a jeweller. Had never followed any other occupation than that of a druggist, an undertaker, and a jeweller. 'He made an application for a situation in the police a fortnight before he was appointed. Sergeant Gray said he arrested the prisoner in Archer-street, Camden-town, when he told him he took him into custody on a charge of speaking sedition at a meeting on the previous Monday. The prisoner said he expected it. In the front parlour he found a card which he produced. It was a card of membership in the Confederate Association. He saw the ; prisoner pass a paper to a female, whom he believed to be his sister, and he (witness) made her give it up; and that was the paper he now produced. W. Davis proved that the prisoner occupied the house in which the paper and card in question were found. The card was produced, numbered 7,154, and contained the prin ciples on which the Confederation was based, the fundamen tal one being the unalienable right of the Irish people to have a domestic legislature. On the paper or address being offered in evidence, Mr. PERRY objected, on the ground that it did not apply to the charge against the prisoner, as it contained no allu sion to the speech in question, and might have been written subsequently to its delivery. His LORDSHIP, however, over-ruled the objection. and the Clerk of the Arraigns read the document, which extended over several pages of folio paper, the composition being of a very loose and declamatory description. Sergeant Beresford, of the C division, proved that the wit ness Brothers brought him the report of the prisoner's speech the morning after the meeting. This being the case for the prosecution, Mr. PARRY said he had to submit to his Lordship that the case on the part of the Crown had not been made out ; and be did not do so on vague general principles, but upon the authority of a case decided by Lord Ellenborough. In the present indictment the whole words alleged to have been uttered by the prisoner were set down as having been spoken continuously and consecutively, but the evidence showed that the report which had been made by the policeman was composed of disjointed sentences. Now he had a book, which was edited by the Attorney-General and his colleague, Mr. Welsby, and which said, that if parts of a publication were selected the indictment should run thus " in certain parts of the said speech certain false and seditious words had been uttered," and "in certain other parts of the said speech, ace.," so that if the words in the indictment were not uttered continuously, they ought to be so set forth. It was evident that the prisoner said a great deal between those sentences which were attributed to him. In support of his argument the Learned Barrister quoted the case of ought to direct the Tabbard v. Tipper, which was tried before Lord Ellenborough, and submitted that his Lordship jury to find a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Baron Pr. Arr over-ruled the objection for the present, and directed Mr. Parry to proceed with his defence, but at the same time promised to take the 'natter into his consider ation, and give his decision on Monday. Mr. PARRY then rose to address the jury on the part of the prisoner. He trusted they would not deal harshly with the young man in the dock, as, like most Iri s h men, h e was a person of warm imagination and warm feelings, and if he had uttered the words imputed to him, he had done so under great excitement, occasioned by the extraordinary events which were passing around him. No doubt, in writing the address which had been put in evidence, the prisoner thought he was doing something very grand and patriotic, that would immortalize him. Perhaps he would hare published that wild rhapsody, but no publisher would ever dream of doing so, except indeed the Attorney-General.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Parry) did not believe that a Republicen feeling existed in any niche or corner of this country, nor could he believe that even the lowest order of Irish, such as were re presented to have attended the meeting in question, would have applauded the expression—" To hell with the Queen." It was nothing but a cunningly devised statement which had been concocted by a policeman who attended meet ing after meeiing, until he at last got something important to report to his inspector. He contended that the best tes timony had not been given on the part of the Crown to substantiate the heinous crime of sedition, because instead of having a policeman in plain clothes, they ought to have had the evidence of a short-hand writer or a reporter, who were men of education, and from their position in life, were beyond the slightest suspicion. The jury should remember that the question before them was, not the vindi cation of the majesty of the law—because it had been amply vindicated, and could be for the future, by the impartial ad ministration of justice, if the occasion should arise—but the question was whether the evidence was of such a character as to warrant the jury in depending upon it. The brothers received only 16s. Bd. a week, which was not a large sum for a young man 23 years of age, and was sent, the first week after entering the police, to report speeches at Chartist meetings. He asked the jury to pause before they gave credit to his evidence. The Learned Counsel having referred to other passages in the report, alluded to the celebrated case of Algernon Sidney, to show the danger of judging from dis jointed sentences. He was accused of saying " there is no God," but the first part of the sentence which was quoted from the Bible had been omitted by the reporter, and • it ought to have run thus—" The fool bath said in his heart that there is no God." The omission had, therefore, entirely altered the context. Vas it, thesi s said Mr. Parry, a wonder that the prisoner and other Irishrs men should be dissatisfied with th e manner i n w hi c h t hei r country was ruled, when popular agitators, for years, had promulgated what were called the wrongs of Ireland. If they were to read"the speeches of every statesman, from the e t y re w at o e u d l , d find and th t a h t at tl e i exyiscon sidered of George the Third until the present ti m e, in c l u di n g the present Ireland Prime h Minister, b eeni they institutions were not,adapted to that country. Having made those observations, he would conclude by quoting the observa tion of Mr. Brougham on the trial of Queen Caroline, that he was not called upon to answer a case which had not been snfficiently made out. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL replied to the speech of the Learned Counsel. Mr. Baron PLATT having carefully summed up the whole evidence, The jury then retired, and had not returned their verdict when our reporter left. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) NAVAL GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—We have much pleasure in announcing that Lord Auckland has bestowed the Good Service Pension, vacant by the death of Cap tain Marryatt, C. 8., upon Captain Donat H. O'Brien (1821). It will be remembered that this is the officer who in a manner perfectly astounding effected his escape from a French prison, after two previously unsuccessful attempts. The narrative of this surprising undertaking has been published in two volumes. The officer subse quently served with distinction in the Adriatic. He was a Lieutenant of the Amphion, in the action off Lissa and Senior Lieutenant of Bachante, under the same gal lant commander (the late Sir William Hoste, Bart.), par ticipating and commanding i❑ many dashing exploits. CHATHAM GARRISON.—Ague has been Very prevalent in this garrison, and a considerable number of officers 4,9 Week I Last 1.1 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. ~.. Week. : e r• - • o bc, -.......-... # A Aug. 19 Aberdeen ..••••••••• • • • • • • • • ' ••• • • 584 - 20 Amiens and Boulogne .••••••• • •• • • • • 1,542 764 19 Belfast and Rallymena •••••••• • • • • • • 421 20 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 951 608 19 Caledonian-. - .....• • •••••• • • • • • • 5,431 - 19 Chester and Holyhead. ••••••• • • • • • • • 2,212 - 19 Cockermouth and Workington.- •• • • 153 - 17 Dublin and Drogheda. ••••••• • • • • • • • 737 1,002 22 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • ' 930 1,180 19 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • • • 1,204 1,088 20 East Anglian.... •• •. ****** •• •• •• '• '• 567 - 19 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • •• • • 4,423 4,508 19 Edinburgh and Northern •••••• •• • • • • 2,205 L. 20 Eastern Counties and North Eastern• • 15,020 14,909 19 East Lancashire •. • • ........ •• • • 19 Eastern Union- -••••••••• • • • • • • ' - 1,397 1,107 19 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 3,228 3,413 19 Glasgow and Greenock.. •••••• • • • • • 1 , 69 4 4,289 19 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 2,784 1 , 878 20 Great Western, &c.. •.. ..... .. •.• • • • 21,297 21,266 19 Kendal and Windermere ••..••• • • • • • 239 _ 19 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••••• • • • • 12,698 11 , 832 18 Lancaster and Car1i51e........' • 2 , 5 7 2 1,643 - Leeds and Think 19 Londonderry and eamiskillen • • 139 188 20 London and North Western, &c. ..... 46,405 49 , 07 3 20 London and Blackwall.• •••••• • • • • • • 1,220 1,302 19 London and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 10,183 10,738 20 Loudon and South Western .•••• • • • • 11,058 10,180 •19 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3,104 2,878 20 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 675 621 19 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • .24,621 23,264 20 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • 806 126 - Newmarket... ••••- .. • • •• •• • - -- - Newcastle and Carlisle - 2,676 19 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 3,152 3,068 19 Paris and Rouen .••••••••• • •• • • • • • • 5,646 9,118 19 Rouen and Havre . .. 19 Scottish Central .... • ............... 1,259 - 20 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... ••• • • • 851 595 19 South Eastern and Branches •••• • • .• 10,207 11,543 18 South Devon •• - ......• 1,677 1,554 19 Taff Vale •••• - .. 20 Ulster . - Waterford and Limerick.- -- .. - - 20 Whitehaven Junction ......... - Wishaw and Coltness .• . - - 19 York and Newcastle ..• • ........... 14,073 13,508 19 York and North Midland .- .• ...... 10,347 10.073 LOIS AILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Nine-elms station, Vauxhall. The attend ance of shareholders was so numerous that an adjourn ment from the board-room to the large goods•shed became necessary. Mr. Chaplin, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, presided. Mr. TAUNTON, assistant-secretary, read the directors' re port, which was as follows : " The directors first request the attention of the proprietors to the half-yearly account of receipts and expenditure— s. d. The gross income for the half-year ended 30th of June last amounts to .. ... 218,587 3 6% The working expenses during the same period amounted to ... 118,729 9 71/2 99,857 13 11 From which balance there must be de ducted interest on borrowed capital applied to finish lines, 14,570/. 17e. 9d., and 8,000/. carried over to the credit of the new capital, 1845, in respect of the company's subscription thereout towards the Southampton and Dor chester Railway ... 22,570 17 9 Sh d ow en i d ng of a balan . c . e . applicable . t .. 0 divi 477,286 16 2 " Out of this balance the directors recommend the payment of a dividend, at the rate of six per cent, p er annum on the Company's Consolidated Stock, subject to income-tax. There will then remain a sum of 1,2351. Os. 2d. to be carried to the credit of the current half-year.- " The Metropolitan Extension line and Waterloo station were opened on the 11th ult. Every exertion had been used in order that these works should be completed at an earlier day, and arrangements had been made in anticipation of the traffic commencing on the 30th of June last; but an unex pected delay was occasioned by the Commissioners of Rail ways withholding their certificate, and although the public opening was thereby only postponed a few days, it was a matter of great concern to the directors, on account of its effect upon the interests of a section of the proprietors. Efforts were in vain made to induce the Commissioners to take a more favourable view of the subject, and nothing, therefore, remained but to submit the bridge, of which the possible insufficiency was suggested, to stronger tests, and to finish more perfectly those parts of the works, the state of which, although substantially complete, had not been deemed satisfactory. The experiments which followed fully vindi cated the judgment of your engineer, and removed all doubt from the minds of the Commissioners as to the perfect sta bility of the works, whilst a few days' further labour was also sufficient to remove those objections which rested on the real or apparent incompleteness of the line, and the whole being duly certified, was opened for public use after ten days' delay. " The coast line between Farebam and the Chichester and Portsmouth Railway at Cosham is ready for use, and an in crease of east and west going traffic must follow the comple tion of the coast communication. " The Hampton Court branch is in a state of forwa rdness, and the traffic will shortly commence. " The extensions to Farnham, Godalming, and Andover are in satisfactory progress, and will, before next summer, be adding to your revenue. • An Act for authorising the amalgamation of the South ampton and Dorchester Company with this proprietary has received the royal assent. It authorises the creation of shares to the extent of 31,150/. in this company to replace shares to that extent given in exchange to some of the Southampton and Dorchester proprietors, and arrangements having, with your sanction, been already, agreed upon and in part effected, with reference to all the shares in that com pany not originally subscribed for out of the South-Western capital, nothing beyond matters of form now remain to per. fect the union of the two companies. By one of the pro visions of this . Act Mr. John Mills, heretofore a director of the Southampton and Dorchester line, has become a director of this company. " The directors congratulate the proprietors that the long pending contests with respect to the Salisbury and Exeter Extension lines have been at length brought to a close. The prudence of continuing in the present session, rather than postponing to a future one, the application for these Bills has been amply proved; inasmuch as the further contest in the House of Lords was limited to five days only, and the Acts have therefore been obtained at a comparatively , s li g h t in crease of expense. The proprietors are reminded that no call beyond the deposit on the capital subscribed for these lines can be made before July, 1849; no active measure will, there. fore, be taken for the , present respecting them. d The application for Parliamentary po w ers in respect of the Taw Vale and Exeter and Credito n Rai lways was not a ttended with success. It was unavoidably heard in Com mittee before the Salisbury and Exeter lines had been sanc tioned, and therefore under circumstan ces of d isadvantage. This company's relations in that district will c ontinue to re theattentive to tten ( t l i o v n e bt, considerationtnfttwith board , th of e th ee e ntin ne confidence of and there is causelittle their proprietary,. the .directors will y et be a ble to obtain results beneficial to the company and satisfactory to their allies and to the public. "Powers have been acquired for making the several minor extensions and improvements mentioned in the last reports, subject to unimportant modifications. After much opposition from existing steam-packet interests, the company have also been authorised, for 14 years, to purchase and work steam packets between those ports on the southern coast with which the South- Western Railway is connected, and France and the Channel Islands. " In the Windsor district the directors feel that the events of the past half-year are very satisfactory. Under their original powers the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Company have, with great rapidity, c ompleted their line be tween Richmond and Datchet, and they are making prog ress on the loop line by Brentford. The former line has bees placed in the hands of this company, and was opened for public traffic on the 22d inst. By original subscription and subsequent purchases this company have become owners of the principal part of the Windsor capital; and as the exist ing agreement does not provide for the terms on which this company shall lease and work a part only of the Windsor Company's lines, and it is expedient, during a temporary ar rangement, to avoid the keeping of the separate accounts of earnings and expenses incident to the ascertaining of a p ro fit rent, the directors of the two companies have agreed(subject to the approval of the shareholders) that the completed portion of the Windsor line should be worked by this company, for the present, at a fixed rent of 51. per cent. per annum upon the paid-up capital. This rent may probably be considered high, while the lines are only open in part; but the extent of this company's interest in the Windsor capital, and the convenience which will,result from avoiding the expense and trouble incident to fixing a profit rent, induce the direbtors to recommend the arrangement. " With respect to the proceedings of the Windsor Com pany •results, in Parliament during the last session, the al though differing from those which the company sought, are not unsatisfactory. The company were compelled by the Commissioners of Woods, in the session of 1847, to adopt a station, certainly not so convenient for the town of Windsor as would otherwise have been selected ; but it was then un derstood that the Commissioners would allow no other to them, or to their competitors. The Windsor Company, there fore, took measures for opposing the Great Western Com pany's proposal to make a Windsor branch ending nearer to the town than the station prescribed last year; but her Ma jesty having graciously consented to an extension of the Windsor, Staines, and . South-Western line from Dachet across the Home Park into the town of Windsor, every object of the Windsor Company has thus been attained. The exten sion from Dachet to Windsor will be immediately proceeded with, and will, of course, be included in the lease to this company. "The total amount of capital authorised to be be raised on the terms sanctioned by the special meeting of November last, by Acts since passed, is as follows : X. Salisbury and Yeovil Extension Act 875,000 Exeter, - Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Act 900,000 (If to purchase that line, 500,000/. additional.) London and South-Western Company's Amendment Act, 1848, including 100,000/. for the purchase of steam-packets 2,015,000 or 120,000 shares at 161. 13s. 4d. each. " The total amount actually subscribed for is 1,704,333/. Os. Bd., or 102,260 such shares. " The directors propose that the scrip representing the latter amount should be called in, the shares registered, and the interest paid to the registered holders ; and believing that the consolidation of these thirds into shares of 501. each would be beneficial to the proprietors individually, and to the company, the directors recommend that the opportu nity afforded, on the registration of the scripholders, should be made available for effecting this operation. A similar proceeding, with reference to the Thirds of 1847, and the 401. shares of 1845 would be attended with like advantage; and the directors recommend its adoption, and also the con version of the fully paid-up 50/. and 40/. shares of 1846 (consolidated tenths) into transferable stock, at such re spective periods as the board may hereafter fix, having regard to the convenient working out of these various changes in the Treasurer's office. "In conformity with thelwishes expressed at the last half yearly meeting, the directors have caused copies of the ac counts appended to this report to be circulated among the shareholders, and powers have been obtained from Parlia ment for the appointment of auditors. The selection of two shareholders to fill this office rests with the proprietors. " The directors are sensible that the returns to the credit of revenue, exhibiting an increase of only 26,1551. upon the cor responding half-year of 1847, will disappoint the expecta tions of the proprietors; but apart from the unparalleled de pression in commerce, and the prevalence of distress through out the country, it must be recollected that of the 100 miles now worked by this company, about one-half have been so recently opened as to have afforded no sufficient time for the fair development of their resources ; whilst the expenses of working these new lines are as heavy as they will be with a greatly increased traffic. " The directors have only to add an expression of their confidence, that, with the returning prosperity of the country, and a more settled state of the continent, the receipts of your undertaking will equal the expectations which have been in better times entertained; and, upon the short practical ex perience they have yet enjoyed, they see no cause to doubt that the large expenditure in improving the London ter minus has been providently made, and will result in a great development of traffic. At the same time the directors have felt called upon, by the diminished rate of earnings, to insti tute still more strict examinations into the working of every part of the line; and the proprietors may rely, that whilst treeiy admitting the public right to liberal accommodation, the directors will never forget that the first object of their appointment, and of the company in its constitution, is to reap a fair remuneration for your investments. The direc tors trust that by watchful attention to these principles, they will always be enabled to meet the just expectations both of the proprietors and the public." An abstract of the half-year's accounts has already ap peared in our columns. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be received and adopted, said, that the causes which had contributed to the present depressed condition of railway property were beyond the control of any boards of directors. If they found that railways in the north of England, traversing the seats of manufactures and commerce, were seriously affected in their receipts, how much more might it be expected that their line, the success of which mainly depended apon the prosperity of the more populous portions of the kingdom, should suffer in the general depression? Not only had their summer traffic been seriously affected from these causes, but the merchants upon whom they had been dependent for foreign ship ments had been unable to carry on their usual trade, and thus the progressive growth and development of the re sources of the line had been entirely checked. The Company had also 90 miles of new lines which had been barely opened within the last twelve months, and the traffic upon these new lines had not had time to develope itself. The revolu tionary disturbances in France had likewise cut off a great deal of passenger traffic which would otherwise have arrived by their steamers. The primary origin of the present com mercial depression might be stated to be the scarcity of food; thence followed general financial pressure and derangement, and this was succeeded by revolutionary movements throughout Europe. Lastly, he might mention a continuance of unfavourable weather, which had most seriously interfered with their traffic, and with the recreation upon which their district so much depended.—(Hear.) He admitted that the making of new lines of railway had perhaps gone on a little too fast. In this country, in 1843, there were 1,952 miles of new railway in operation. In the year 1848 the number of miles of railway was 5,016, including what would be com pleted during the present year—an increase much greater that any proportionate increase of traffic that could be reasonably expected. The directors could not, however, have restrained the extension of new lines. Parliament, a year or two ago, regarded favourably the doctrine of competition, the shareholders naturally desired to increase the number of new shares upon which they anticipated receiving high premiums, and then the fear of losing districts into which competitors were hastening, com bined with all these causes to make railway companies go faster on with their extensions than the traffic could accumulate which was to make them remunerative. Seven years ago a combination of circumstances caused a like depression in railway undertakings, but they had enjoyed a very high degree of prosperity since that period, and they might reasonably expect that brighter days would shortly occur. In the year 1841 they had 281,460 passengers over 78 miles of their main line, no branches having then been opened. In 1848, now that they had extended their opera tions over 191 miles, the number of passengers was 1,058,734. So that while in 1841 they carried 3,608 passengers for each mile, in 1848 they conveyed s , s4 2.—(Applause.) These results afforded ground to the proprietors for believing that their undertaking was thoroughly sound, and that their traffic would go on steadily increasing and developing itself. —(lean) Having explained that the delay in op en i n g the Waterloo extension was not attributable to the directors or to their engineer, the Chairman congratulated the share holders on the increased facilities now afforded to the public by so central a station, with the results of which, as far as the interests of the company were concerned, the directors had every reason to be satisfied. He also expressed the satisfaction felt by the directors in having succeeded in c arrying on their line to Windsor. The directors an ticipated a considerable increase of traffic as soon as their l es sis line through Brentford could be opened, seeing that the population of that neighbourhood was very great, and that 1-36th of the exciseable duties of the whole kingdom (say 380,000/.) was paid in the district of Brentford. He explained and defended the policy of the di rectors in their Parliamentary contests for their western ex tensions, and also in their steam-boat projects. The com pany had Southampton upon which to depend for all time, with its packets, docks, and mails, and if they considered the steamers which left that port for the East and West Indies, Constantinople, Bremen, and the United States, they would feel the great desideratum of having a large supply of con tinuous traffic brought to Southampton, of increasing it by establishing tributary streams, and by offering every facility in favour of the concentration of the mail packets at South ampton. The directors had sought for the power of estab lishing steam-boats, because of the:economy with which they could be worked and repaired in conjunction with their rail way, and also because the railway and steamboats were parts of the great and comprehensive undertaking by which they were to arrive at a combined and satisfactory result. Their line now presented unequalled means for pub lic amusement and recreation. Among the retreats they had to offer were Richmond and Hampton Court. The latter place had had this year, not withstanding the unfavourable weather, 209,404 visitors and they might expect a great increase of traffic when their Hampton Court branch was completed. Then they had Chiswick and Kew, where 38,000 persons visited the grounds, and 64,000 the Botanic Gardens. The number of visitors to Windsor Castle were 27,142, to say nothing of Virginia Water and the Isle of Wight. The directors might have beers going on too fast, but if they now only held their hands a little, and were enabled to call upon the proprietors as little as possible, by borrowing money and economisii:g their expenditure as much as possible, he was convinced their affairs were in a very satisfactory condition, and they could afford to wait for better times before they attempted to complete the remainder of their projects.—(Hear, hear.) The Andover and Southampton line, and the London-bridge Extension, could afford to wait for further consideration. Their total share capital was 6,209,9351. The experiment of reducing the fares had not been so successful as was antici pated by some persons, and some increase in the fares would be necessary to make their undertaking properly remunera tive to the proprietors. The Chairman concluded by moving that the report be read, adopted, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. In reply to questions from a SHAREHOLDER, The CHAIRMAN said the directors had no intention of going to Parliament for any more extensions. They were pro gressing as fast as they could to the closing of their capital accounts, but he did not see how it was practicable to accom plish this immediately. Mr. BAKER moved, as an amendment, "That a committee of shareholders be appointed to confer with the directors on the present state and prospects, and the future liabilities of the company; and that such committee be required to report thereon to a general meeting of the pro prietors." ISIr Baker proceeded at extreme length to complain of the administration of the company's affairs, and was followed by Messrs. Hoyes and Puncher. They were replied to at great length by the CRais.xsar, and as his explanations appeared to be entirely satisfactory to the great body of the meeting, and as the amendment wag eventually withdrawn in deference to the general opinion of the shareholders, it will be unnecessary to advert in detail to points raised in the discussion. Mr. LOCKg, the company's engineer, suggested that the two auditors who were to be elected that day might examine the company's accounts, as the dissentient shareholders complained of the impossibility of understanding them, and report whether they could be kept in any better mode. The auditors might also investigate the expenditure, so far as it came under their notice, and if they would suggest any measures of additional economy in his department of expen diture he would gladly avail himself of their assistance.— (Hear, hear.) The fact was, however, that the locomotive expenses of the South-Western line were less than on most other railways. The experiment of reducing the fares had been tried, and what had been the result? A SHAREHOLDER—A 6 per cent. instead of an S per cent dividend.—(Applause.) Mr. Loom agreed that the reduction of fares had been one of the causes that had produced this result. The first class fare to Southampton used to be U. ; it was now only fourteen shillings. He would recommend that the fare be raised to the maximum rate now permitted by Parlia ment (16s. Bd.), for it was clear that to keep up the dividend to which the proprietors were fairly entitled they must keep up the fares.—(Hear, hear.) He would also recommend that the practice of sending third-class carriages by the fast trains should be abandoned, and that third-class car riages should always form a train by themselves, and not to be attached to first and second-class trains.—(Applause.) He defended the making of the extension lines westward, but for which they might have seen a broad gauge line to Southampton. The motion for the reception and adoption of the report was then carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved— " That a dividend at the rate of Cl. per cent. per annum sub ect to income-tax, be declared on the consolidated stock of the company, and that t he said dividend be paid on and after the Ist of la The resolution was agreed to unanimously. Resolutions were also passed, without dissent, authorising the directors to perfect the amalgamation of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and approving of the agreement for working the Richmond and Datehet portion of the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway for one year at a rent of 51. per cent. per annum, on the paid-up capital of the latter company. Powers were also given to the directors to make arrangements for the exocution of the proposed Datchet and Windsor Extension Railway, and for the sale or lease thereof. In compliance with the general wish of the meeting, it was understood that the directors should forthwith raise the fares. and take off the third class carriages from the first and second class trains. A long discussion took place respecting the appointment of auditors, which was at length terminated by the election of Mr. Close, of Nottingham, and Mr. Alexander Hoyes, of Southampton. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors, the meeting adjourned at half-past six o'clock. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 25. Prince Albert's birth-day is to be celebrated at Osborne on Saturday. All the elite of the neighbour hood are invited to a dejeuner a la fourchette at three o'clock, on the grounds at Osborne. Marquees are erected for a large company. Her Majesty Queen Adelaide has taken Norfolk House and Adelaide Villa, West Cowes, for two months, and will arrive here on the 30th inst. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 4.—We have had a very dull week in sugar, and the transactions since our last report scarcely reach 150 hhds., at easier rates. Rum is in better demand.—Bristol Mercury. EAST INDIA.—The home accounts of the East India Company have been printed by command of the House of Commons. It appears that the receipts, from the Ist of May, 1837, to the 30th of April, 1848, amounted to 4,796,9711., and the disbursements to 4,069,2151.: leaving a balance in favour, on the 30th of April, of 727,7551. The estimated receipts for the year ending the 30th of April, 1849, amount to 4,725,2561., and the disbursements to 4,378,1391.; leaving a balance in favour of 347,1171. The aggregate revenues of the Indian empire appear to have amounted in the years 1846-47, to 18,400,485 Company's rupees, and the charges to 18,965,615 rupees; leaving a deficiency of 565,130 Company's rupees. In 1845-46, the revenues were 17,812,419 rupees, and the charges 19,307,795 rupees; leaving a deficiency of 1,495,376 rupees. The gross total amount of the public debts of India was, on the 30th of April, 1846, 38,992,734/. (41,59,22,492 rupees), and the interest thereon, 1,839,729/. (or 1,96,24,453 rupees). ROYAL ORTHOP.E.DIC HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the half-yearly general court of the governors of this institution, established in 1840, was held at the hospital, 6, Bloomsbury square, ➢lr. Quarles Harris in the chair. The following are the statistics of the hospital for the half-year ending the 24th inst.:—ln-patients admitted, 79 ; out-patients, 662 ; total, 741. The number of patients admitted since the formation of the institution is 7,423. Three new beds have been opened, making altogether 36, and there are upwards of 240 persons waiting to be admitted, the funds being inade quate to furnish further accommodation. The Rev. George Kemp, M.A., chaplain, has accepted the office of honorary secretary. THE ORLEANS FAMILY.—Tha Countess of Neuilly having applied to the Lords of the Treasury for permission to import from Antwerp, free of duty, some sacred vest ments which she wished to present to her Roman Catholic priest, and intended to be used by him solely for devotional purposes, the revenue authorities have been informed by Sir Charles Trevelyan, ene of the secretaries to the Treasury, that he has 'been commanded by their Lordships to desire them to permit the admission of the vestments duty free, as requested, provided they do not exceed in quantity the num ber which Roman Catholic clergymen are usually permitted to import without payment of duty in their baggage on their first arrival in this country. CHESTER AND HOLYELEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended Aug. 19, 2,212/. 13s. 7d.; Post-office, for conveyance of mails, and toll from Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, not included. At ilamburgh the want of employment for money is more than ever perceptible, the rate of discount being now quoted at 1 3 4 per cent. Unfavourable anticipations regarding our harvest still cause a tendency to depression in the ex change on London. NOTIFICATION TO FARMERS.—POTATO ROT.—We are exceedingly anxious to fix immediate attention on the following, communicated to us from a source of the highest authority on agricultural affairs. We have heard from many quarters of the efficiency of this prescription in checking the potato blight ; and it is so cheap and harmless, that it would, at least, be well worth a trial :—Pulling up the stalks without disturb ing the tubers, and then treading down the bed gently, to close the surface, has been found the most effectual means of saving the potatoes. This should be done the moment the plant is observed to be infected, in order to cut off the com munication with the tuber.—Dublin Evening Post. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Very serious apprehensions are entertained that the exceedingly unpropi tious state of the weather must have an injurious effect upon the crops. Sunday was one of the finest days we have had this year, and we indulged the hope that splendid weather had set in, but early on Monday morning the rain began to pour down is torrents, and a deluge of rain continued till mid-day, when a violent storm of wind arose, scattering the shocks in all directions, and doing, we fear, incalculable damage. Yes terday the weather was b e tt er , but still far from favourable. There were continual showers and thunder, and alto gether it was a cold, wet, uncomfortable day. Still a very considerable breadth of wheat has been well got up, and if fine weather should even new set in, the remaining portion of the crops will have sustained but little material or perma nent injury, although we regret extremely to learn that the disease is working great ravages with the potatoes.—Cam bridge Advertiser. ANNUITY Tes,—We understand that Mr. J. G. S. Lefevre, one of the secretaries of the Board of Trade, has been appointed by the Government to institute an inquiry into the nature and operation of the annuity tax in this city, for the information of the Government and the Legislature.—Edinburgh Advertiser. TEEN CANADIAN GOVERNIIIENT.--The Act of Par liament to repeal the law relating to the use of the English language in instruments regarding the Legis lative Council and Legislative Assembly came into force on the 14th instant, when it received the Royal assent. For a number of years applications had been made to repeal the statute, and it was only recently that Lord Grey, as Colonial Secretary, yielded to the wishos of the applicants. By this Act (11th and 12th of Victoria, cap. so much of the statute as required the use of the English language in the documents men tioned is repealed. Two LIVES LOST IN THE RIVER MEDWAY.-011 Tuesday afternoon the bodies of two men were picked up, having been washed on shore near to Gillingham Reach. They were conveyed to the Boatswain and Call public-house at Upnor, to await :an inquest, when they were identified as father and son, of the name of Hunt, residents of Chatham, and by trade shoemakers. It ap pears they went down the river in a boat on Monday afternoon last to witness one of those disgusting scenes, a prise-fight, for 51. aside, between two labouring men of the dockyard at Chatham, Grady and Crawley. The place determined on for the fight was in the Marsh, near to Salt-pan Reach. The weather was extremely rough, and the wind blew a gale, causing a considerable sea. On the passage, Hunt and his son were passed by several boats conveying spectators to the fight. They were rowing, and it is supposed that the sea caused the boat to fill and sink. Another boat, belonging to Burford, a vvaterman conveying passengers to the Marsh, in con sequence of the heavy sea, was also upset, immersing the whole party in the water, and the boat turned keel upper most. Fortunately, all were rescued. Hunt was a middle-aged man, and his son appears about twenty years of age. hunt has left a widow and a large family. Au inquest was held yesterday on the bodies, when a verdict of " Accidental death," was returned. The iron bridges for the railways at Newcross and Deptford, by raising the road to a height unpleasant to the passengers, and almost unsurmountable by cattle, is a constant source of complaint among omnibus drivers and others. In some instances six horses have been re quired to drag a coal waggon over the Newcross-road bridge, which is partly constructed, with an immense weight of iron. To remedy this inconvenience the Rail way Company have horses always ready to help the carts and waggons which, but for that assistance, could never get through the rough road, gravel, &c., laid down to form the upper stratum of the roadway. THE " BUMBLE" or REAL LITE.—At the Amble side (Westmoreland) petty sessions, a few days ago, the parish constable appeared before the magistrates as complainant against himself. He accused himself of having been drunk at the fair. The magistrates fined 55., which ho paid. EVF,'NING, AUGUST 26, 1818. have suffered. The extensive marshes between Chat• barn and Sheerness, coupled with the great quantity of rain which has fallen this season, may account for the virulence of the disease. SETTLEMENT OF THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSlA.—Lieutenant Adam G. Glasscott, R.N., has received permission from the Admiralty to accompany Lieutenant-Colonel Williams to the East, to settle the boundaries between Turkey and Persia. STEAMERS TO MALTA.—An order has been received at Malta, from the Admiralty, that the Mediterranean packets are not to be delayed at Malta beyond six hours after the arrival of the contract mail steamers, except in cases when the arrivals are after sunset. SURVEY OF STEAMERS.—It has been positively and peremptorily ordered by the Admiralty, that in the sur vey of steamers for repairs, or for ascertaining defects, a joint report of the Surveyor of the Navy, and of the Comptroller of Steam Machinery Departments, shall be made—the one fully co-operating with the other. THE " SCOURGE."—We understand that the Earl of Dundonald has condemned the Scourge steam sloop as a very inefficient vessel; his Lordship has caused her mortar to be landed, and fitted a pivot gun instead. NAVAL ORDNANCE.—Some weeks since the Board of Ordnance were ordered by the Admiralty not to cast any more 56 or 42-pounders, for the service of the Royal Navy. Their Lordships deem that they have quite suffi cient for arming the steam guard-ships Ajax, Edinburgh, and Hogue. The Blenheim is already armed with guns of the above calibre. _ SCREW SIIIPS.—There is no truth in the report that the Princess Charlotte, 104, is to be converted into a screw steam guard ship; the Edinburgh, 72, is to be fitted as a steam guard ship, on'the plan suggested by Lord John Hay, by which it is said the expense of con version will not exceed 1,000/. Lieutenant Addison, of the 70th Regiment, has been appointed Aide de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Lord Hardinge, G.C.B. TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The Minerva freight ship has been taken up for the conveyance of detachments of the Provisional Battalion from Chatham to Bombay and Cannanore, and the ship Prince of Wales for the con veyance of detachments to Bengal. PRESERVED MEATS FOR TILE NAVY.--PreViOUSly to the departure of the Channel Squadron from Ports mouth, the AdMiralty ordered that preserved meats should be issued to the crew of the St. Vincent, flag ship, one day in each week, in lien of salt beef, and their Lordships ordered a report to be made after trial of the quality of the meat, and if approved of as an article of provision. We have not yet heard of the result. RAILWAY RETURNS RAftwAir TaAvvic.—The following are the Total Receipts of Belle ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 25. NEW WRIT FOR LEICESTER. Mr. HUME, in moving that Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of two burgesses to sit in this pre sent. Parliament for the borough of Leicester, in the rooni of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner, Esqrs., whose election has been determined to be void, complained of the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill having been thrown out in the other House after so I much time had been spent upon the subject in the House . of Commons. Th e groun d s u p on w hi c h it hadbeen e jected—that it would c r ea t e a new t r ibunal for trying these cases—was altogeth er f a ll ac ious. With respect to Leicester, it w as no t worse th an the other boroughs,tho t it ug and as there was now no chance of inquiry, he right that the writ should be no longer s us pended. r specialMr.PiAmiCaliiryE asw to wasnot to be some be lieved it to bo as bad, if not worse, than any other bo rough. He had intended to move for copies of any correspondence which t this particular rborough, for he e wasook place, during the months of June and July l as t, between certain parties at Kibworth, in the c ounty of Leicester and th e Postmaster-Genera l, relative to the appointm ent of a foot messenger for carrying letters between Rib worth and Market Harborough ;" but, in consequence of the explanation which the Noble Lord gave to his Hon. Friend and Colleague a few evenings ago, he would not press that motion ; at the same time he must ob serve, that ho completely concurred with the Noble Lord that the Government were fully right and ought to dispense their patronage amongst their friends rather than amongst those who differed from them ; but, if the di visions in this session were looked to, it would be found that he (Mr. Packe) and his Friends around him had been oftener supporters of the Government than the late Hon. Member for Leicester.—(A laugh.) The Hon. Member then read a letter from an individual who stated that hundreds of the electors of Leicester were ready to vote for him who paid them best, and concluded by reiterating his regret that no inquiry was to take lave Mr. FREWEN said, that Leicester was notoriously corrupt, and had been so for a long period of time. In fact, the electors were so accustomed to be paid for their votes in hard cash that they could not get out of the habit.—(A laugh.) As the Bill had been withdrawn he really thought it was incumbent on the. Government to cause some inquiry to be made into this case. • The motion was then agreed to. Mr. CHRISTY gave notice that early next session he would move for an address to her Majesty, that no grant of Vancouver's Island, or any privilege should be made to the Hudson's Bay Company until a report had been made to the House of the conduct of tiult company. SATURDAY THE CHARTIST PRISONERS. Mr. WAELEY, after presenting a petition from a man whose name we did not hear, complaining of the treatment to which the Chartist prisoners lately con victed as misdemeanants at the Old Bailey were subjected to at the House of Correction, said he had presented upon a former occasion a petition of the same kind. The pe titioners stated their belief that the Secretary for the Home Department had issued special orders for the coercive treatment of the prisoners in the House of Cor rection, and they thought it quite useless to petition the Home-office on the subject, and consequently now ap pealed to that House. kle (Mr.Wakley)believed that the satement was altogether unfounded, and in his opinion no thing could be more unreasonable or unjust than to enter- • tain such a belief with regard to the conduct of the Right .` Hon. Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever his poli tics might be, yet with reference to these offenders he (Mr. Wakley) believed that the Right Hon. Gentleman' was utterly incapable of doi❑g that which he was said • to have done; and, seeing the Hon. Member for Maid stone in his place, who was one of the visiting magis trates of the prison, he begged leave to inquire whether there was any truth in the allegations of the petition that special instructions had been issued from the Home- office for the treatment of these prisoners with undue or unreasonable severity; whether instructions had been issued from the Home-office for treating them as felons; whether, in fact, the statements in the petition were ge nerally correct; and also to state what was the actual condition of the prisoners, and whether at the present moment they were making any complaints to the visit ing justices as to the treatment they received? Sir G. GREY said, before he answered the question of the Hon. Gentleman, he might be allowed to advert to that part of the petition which had reference to himself. He should, however, state that although the petition was written in the plural number, it was signed by one indi vidual only, as the chairman of a meeting, without any reference to a meeting in that petition. Mr. WAKLEY said it was agreed to at a public meeting. Sir d. GREY—With respect, however, to himself, as having sent special instructions for the treatment of these prisoners, he begged to give his most unqualified con tradiction to that statement.—(Hear.) lie had no power to give any such special instructions, and the magistrates would not be performing their duty if they observed them. The prisoners were classed by the magistrates, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, under Act of Parliament, and he had no authority to alter those regulations. As to another statement in the peti tion, that it was useless to address the Home-office, be could state that that was not the fact, for two of the prisoners had addressed him, and he had referred it to the justices, with an intimation that every statement that was made by the prisoners should have every rea sonable consideration. Mr. G. DODD could fully corroborate the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that he had not interfered in any way with the regulations of the House of Correction. The memorials sent to the lionle-office by two of the Chartist prisoners were referred to the visiting magistrates by the Right lion. Baronet, who had stated to him that he hoped no unnecessary restrictions would be imposed. The sen tences on the prisoners implied that they were to be sub jected to certain rules framed for all houses of correction when Lord Normanby was in office, and had not since been departed from. The questions put by the lion. Member for Finsbury showed that considerable misre presentation had gone abroad with respect to the five Chartist prisoners now undergoing sentence of imprison ment. As a visiting magistrate he had seen these per sons each week, and they all expressed themselves grate ful to the magistrates, and more particularly to the Governor, Lieutenant Tracy, for the lenient manner in which the regulations had been carried out. It was said that the prisoners' hair had been cut close immediately on their entering the prison. This was not the ease. Ernest Jones's hair was cut about a week after his en trance at his own request, and by the advice of the sur geon, owing to the weakness of his eyes. The others were cropped about the same time, except Vernon's, whose hair was not cut for a fortnight, end then not after the Dover crop, but trimmed in the same manner as any gentleman i❑ the House would have had his done.—(A laugh.) The prisoners all stated they had no complaint to make with respect to their food. The dietary of the House was a loaf of white bread weighing nearly a pound and a half with a pint of cocoa for breakfast, and a similar loaf and a pint of gruel at supper. Four days in the week they had for dinner six ounces of meat and eight ounces of potatoes, making on these days thirty-three ounces of solid food; on the other three days, a pint and a half of good soup in lieu of meat. Fussell and Sharpe both said, that if every working man lived nearly as well there would :not be discontent in the country. They were permitted to have books sent them (subject to the approval of the chaplain), and when he called that morn ing Vernon was treading a scientific book, and Jones working a mathematical problem.--(A laugh-) In tact, every indulgence had jbeen given. Vernon stated to the governor that he was accustomed to take baths, and the governor immediately ordered he should have them two or three times a week. The sentence upon the prisoners made it requisite they should be put in prison dress, and everything furnished to them was new. The dress they wore was that of misdemeanants, blue, different from that of felons, which was of grey cloth with a number on the shoulder. He hoped he had given such explanation respecting their treatment as would satisfy the House; and if the Hon. Member for Finsbury wished for more information he should be happy to give it.—(Hear.) THE CONVICT MITCHEL. Mr. ROBINSON wished to put to the Government some questions with respect to the treatment of the con vict Mitchel. Ho was induced to do so because it had been communicated to him that Mitchel was not treated as a convict, but, to use the expression of his informant, who was a resident in Bermuda, rather as a state pri soner. He was also informed through other sources that the convict was allowed the use of two rooms, with a servant to wait upon him, that he was not subjected to any kind of labour, that he wore no distinctive dress, and that his position was better than that of many officers in her Majesty's service in that island. Before, however, ho put the question he would say, he had no wish to press harshly upon that unhappy individual, far from it ; but his object was to ascertain, what was so important to the public, whether the law of this country was fairly, justly, and impartially adminis tered.—(Hear, hear.) The first question he would put was to the Gallant Admiral opposite, with reference to the treatment of Mitchel on board the Scourge. It was stated that he messed with the officers on going to Ber muda, but he (Mr. Robinson) was unwilling to believe it. Ile could not think it possible, but it was publicly stated, and believed at Bermuda, and it was important it should be contradicted, for the honour of the naval service and the character of the Gallant Admiral. The question he wished to put to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary was, whether any orders had been given with respect to the treatment of Mitchel at Ber muds., and whether any communication hud been made to the Secretary of State by the authorities at Bermuda as to the manner in which that individual had been treated? Sir G. GREY believed he could answer both the ques tions of the Hun. Gentleman, as far as any information was in the possession of the Government. With respect to the first, he could say that no such information had reached the Government, and he was certain from infor mation he did possess, and from the nature of the in struction* addressed to the captain of the ship in which Mitchel was removed, that it was not correct. The Hon. Gentleman would remark that Mitchel was not sent t r i: Bermuda in an ordinary convict ship, but in a war. Special instructions were given to the rneaa f n _ t a -a l! from the Admiralty, directing him to take ever c YPrl time, tion for the security of the prisoner, at the while the vessel was at sea, as the prisoner '“health, to by the surgeon of the gaol to be in delicate a sentry at select a cabin for his confinement, placingcq H Q must, the door, where his meals were to be ta ni k ent to which therefore, utterly disbelieve the statement A letter was the Honourable Gentleman referred. same n stated his attention to the Governor of Bermuda, after calling report of the surgeon at State to the also written by the Secretary of, ease of the prisoner, and to the_ be Spike Island be was unfit. prisoner, and the kind of labour for which f t. The Govern ment had received no as to theh po u r : in :h ag corroborative of the Hon. Gentleman's statement s toi: te n4 the treatment of Alit dis etch dated the 4th of July, contained la a P. sess was that the d . l ' The only information they did pos said, tendent Governor - as ki s opinion that Mitchel was auffer tendent stated it ic affection of the lungs, and that he i c n he w l h a i t ch ße t r h m e uda. ing from a hospital -ship. Since that information was received he ' had caused him to be received on board the Tenedos ihad been removed from the Tenedos to another convict hulk; but he (Sir George Grey) presumed that the state of the convicts health had been such as to prevent his being put to any kind of hard l a b our, as convicts usually wre. Sir D. NORREYS said th a t i n consequence of the statement made by th e N o bl e Lord (Lord J. Russell) that the Government p ropose d taking upon itself the re sponsibility of relieving the distress in Ireland, should occasion require it, he should best discharge his duty by withdrawing his motion, which stood on the paper for that night. ___ MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. The House was informed that their Lordships had agreed to the following Bills:—Stock in Trace Ex emption—Out Ponsioners—Parochial Debt and Audit— Fisheries (Ireland), without amendment—and to amend ments mace to Payment of Debts out of Real Estate, without amendment—Edinburgh and Glasgow and Edin burgh and Bathgate Railway Companies Amendment— Boroughs Incorporation—Farmers' Estate Society (Ire land), with amendments. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Mr. HUME gave notice, that as soon as Parliament met next session he should move a resolution to droll! effect that, whenever bribery was proved to have been•) f , committed at an election for Members of Parliament,' the House would order that both the persons giving, and the persons receiving the bribes, be prosecuted by her Majesty's Attorney-General. MAURITIUS. In answer to a question by Lord G. BENTINCK, Mr. lIAWES stated that he had found that the Go- vornor of the Mauritius was authorised .to appoint Mr. Tier to the office of Auditor-General in June, 1846. The salary of Mr. Kompsey, the lute Auditor-General, -was .. ~',> .S ~,~ s% , •~J ~ ~ I