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SH SOCIETY of LONDON: - Instituted 25th March, 1622, ling the Education and iteligiaus Instruction of the Native :rich, through the medium of their own Language. VICE• PATRON. ight Hon. and Most Rev. his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERI3IIRY. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of GALLOWAY. VICE-PRESIDENTS. ills Grace the Duke of Manchester. Most Noble the Marquis of Cholmondeley. Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cork and Orrery. Right Hon. the Earl of Roden. Right Hon. the Earl of Gosford. Right Hon. the Earl of Gainsborough. Right Hon. the Earl of Effingham. Right Hon. the Earl of Cavan. Right Hon. Viscount Lifford. Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cashel and Waterford. Right Rey. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. Right lion. Lord Calthorpe. Right Eon. Lord Bexley. Earl Jermyn Viscount Adare, M.P. The Lord Ashley, M.P. Lord Arthur Hervey. Right lion. Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P. Right Hon. Sir O. H. Rose, Bart. Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P. Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart. ' The Hon. Granville D. Ryder, M.P. Sir Thomas Blometield, Bart. Sir Morgan G. Crofton, Bart. Sir J. Keunaway, Bart. Captain Vernon Harcourt, R N. John Cator, Esq. Evelyn J. Shirley, Psq., M.P. Henry Kemble, Esq., M.P. lion. William Cowper, M.P. TREASURER—Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N. SUB-TREASURER —Enosh Durant, Esq. BANKERS —Ntessrs. Drummond and Co., Charing-cross. Office of the Society, 32, Sackvillo-street, Piccadilly. In the present eventful state of Ireland, the Committee of the Irish Society of London would call the attention of the public to the beneficial results of the Society's labours 'in that country. and would earnestly appeal for increased support, to Cary out the objects which it has in view ; and while they by no means undervalue the efforts which are being made, whether by legislation or by private enterprise, to improve the temporal condition of Ireland, the Committee feel convinced, from much ex pe-ieuce, that all the remedies proposed must prove unavailing, un les, at the same time, measures are taken to elevate the moral character of the Irish peasantry by means of religious instruction. The Irish Society labours in the native districts, where upwards of 1,000,000 of the population speak the Irish language. There are now 800 teachers connected with it, who instruct the native Irish in reading the Word of God. Since the commencement 300;000 individuals; chiefly adults, have thus been taught to read the Scriptures, many of whom eithraced the Protestant faith. One hundred and eight Scripture readers are employed, who read the Irish Bibles in the cabins, or to groups of the peasantry at work in their fields, or by the road side. Seven Irish-sneaking clergymen are in connexion with the Society Who read the Liturgy, and preach the Gospel in the native language. Ten congregations of converts have been raised up, or are now ministered to through the instrumentality of the Society. Two of these are in the county of Galway, 'two in the county of Cork, and air In -Berry. Many Roman Catholics, not included in those distinct congrega tions, have been' brought, through the blessing of Almighty God upon the Society's labours, to renounce the errors of Rome, and are now incorporated with old Protestant congregations. Some groups of converts who have been instructed - by the Society are asking for Irish clergyman to be located amongst them. In various places crowds of Roman Catholics attend Protestant churches and school-houses, where an Irish-speaking clergyman has been announced to preach. One clergyman states : •' In the Cathedral of L---. , I ?reached on Wednesday evening. The church was filled, the Roman Catholics standing up to the reading-desk, and outside the doors. At D—, on Sunday night, thiwe, had we a place large enough, we might have had many hun dreds of Romanists ; as it was, we had a goodly number, and those who were obliged to stand outside the window occasionally requested , that I would speak up, so as they might hear." 'Another writes " I had a most interesting tour through the C— Irish districts. I preached 20 sermons, in Irish, to over 2,000 in all. I may count that 4 000 were converts, 500 Romanists, and 500 old Protestants. One pOor - man; Who was' not hearing me, heard so much about the sermon from others, that he said lie would come to hear the next sermon, if the priest would roast him in the fire for it.' Many a poor creature from the heart said, 0, when will you come again sir,? Alas 1 that we hav'nt an Irish ministry.'" Such are some of the results of the Society's proceedings ; but the committee would allude to one more, of considerable importance at the present time, and that is, that wherever the native Irish have been instructed by the Society, they have become loyal subjects of our Queen, and abstain from all connexion with the treasonable Practices and illegal associations which are so hostile to the peace and prosperity of the kingdoin. The Committee have made diligent inquiries upon this subj , :ct, and the replies to their inquiries have been highly satisfactory. The following are extracts from one letter out of upwards of twenty of the same character received by the Committee:— . . . _ " I affirm it as a fact that could not be contradicted, that out of the thousands in Ireland connected with the Irish Society, that none of them are connected with illegal associations, or with that dan gerous agitation now so formidable, and hostile to Ireland's best interests. Our teachers and pupils are almost entirely friendly to British connexion ; they have felt Rome's spiritual tyranny, and they believe, if the union with Great Britain were dissolved, that both spiritual and political ',tyranny would become intolerable." And there are not a few instances of members of Ribbon or other illegal associations haying been converted through the instrumen tality of the Society, and now employed in teaching their country men to read the Word of God. do indvidual who lately visited a congregation of converts in one of the wildest districts of the west, remarks : When I entered the cabin, the whole congregation rose, seeing a stranger with a Bible in his hand, and gave me a hearty wel come, crying out' Cead Mille Failthe," Cead Mille Failthe.' They were orderly in their conduct, and deeply attentive to the Word of • God. I was especially pleased with the demeanour of two indivi duals, and not a little gratified at afterwards hearing their story. One had been a celebrated and lawless pugilist, the other the leader of a Ribbon Lodge, both of them daring characters in the neigh bourhood ; but through the mercy of God they met with the teachers of the Irish Society, they were instructed in the Scriptures, and now, from their respectable appearance and general conduct, as well from the change which has taken place, they might be described In the language of Inspiration, ' Sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in their right mind.' One of them is the owner of the cabin where the congregation was assembled—the other, the Scripture Ileadetemployed in the district." To extend these benefits, under the blessing of God, amongst the Irish-speaking part of the population the present appeal is made. It is acknowledged by all parties,that somethingnmst be done for Ireland ; and without limiting the measures which may be devised by the benevolent, the Committee of the Irish Society of London • would respectfully suggest that religious instruction should have a prominent place amongst them. It has succeeded in the Protestant districts of the north of Ireland; which are as free from crime, disloyalty, and pauperism as any parts of /ngland, and where industry and order flourish to a remarkable • degree. It has succeeded, under the blessing of the Most High, in those native districts and localities where the inhabitants have been Instructed by the teachers of the Irish Society, in which crime, sedi tion, and animosity have giten place tope ice, to loyalty, and goodwill. • And why should it not succeed upon a greatly extended scale ? It • Is a measure whist' Vac Committee believe God will honour—that God will surely bless. There is a prom se which they would desire to remember, and in humble reliance upon which they carry on the work committed to their charge —" My word.... „shall not return unto me void; but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it . shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." That " word" when blesse t by God the Spirit, will teach even the most deluded of the Irish peasants to " submit to every ordinance of man for the Lord's ?rake." It will inculcate industrious habits—" if any would not work, neither should he eat." It will produce a respect for life and property, and thus give an opportunity for the introduction of capital, and the employment of • the people at home, enabling them to support themselves, instead of being a burden to others. It will be the tire remedy for treason and rebellion —" Fear God —honour the king and meddle not with them that are given to change." Above all, it will teach them ,the way of eternal salvation, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.—John iii. 16, 17. Acts iy. 12. The inhabitants of England, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and of the distant colonies, all hear, in their own tongue, the won derful works of God; and the Committee make this appeal to the Christian and benevolent public, that they may be enabled to send to the 3,000,000 of the native Irish, religious instruction in that lan guage which they can understand. Subscriptions and donations will be received by the bankers ; by the Treasurers and by the Secretaries at the Society s Off so, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly; by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadil '; by Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street; by Messrs. Seeley, lrleet street ; by Sir Claude . Scott, Bart., and Co., Cavendish-square ; by Messrs.. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., Lombard-street; and by Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street. The Irish Intelligence, published monthly at one penny—and the Annual-Report—may be had by application to the Secretaries. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, for Mutual Life Assurance, Annuities, &c. 48, Gracechurch-street, London. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—THOMA.B CASTLE, Esq. William Cash, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. John St. Barba, Esq. Edward Crowley, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. Jahn Faithful', Esq. William Tyler, Esq. R“bert M.' Holborn, Esq. Samuel Wilson, Esq., Alder . Robert Ingham, Esq. man. PHYSICIANS. d. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Members whose PREMIUMS become due on the st October next, are reminded that the same must be PAID within 30 days. Copies of the last report, together with the result of the quin quennial division, made up to the 20th of November last, may be had en application at the office. The following Instances illustrate the Reduction in Premiums and • equivalent Bonuses on Policies in Class 9, payable at death. -E.' ; « e ~4 Reduction Equal to a 1 3 Ei 1 e ~/. s 1 4 4 g `4 in Pre- Reduction = , 'J. al mium in on the .: -. 1 5 1 1 1 g Lo 3 ° 4 g 4 lieu of Original ie,;',4° 8 - c . -A4 Bonus. Premium of --- Years. Years. £. Z. s. d. £. s. d. .f. s. d. Per Cent. 12 { 63 2,000 773 7 0 149 16 88313 0 56 32 1,000 166 9 0 26 5 10 10 9 7 40 10 i 50 1,010 213 40451010 19 0 10 42 27 700 91 6 0 16 5 6 811 9 34% 8 1 58 500 104 90308911 19 10 39 1 ,4 32 2,000 222 2.0 55 18 4 17 8 4 32). GE 60 5,000 826 0 0'329 11 8 119 15 10 36 27 2,000 160 2 0 46 10 0 14 6 8 31 B E c 65 300 48 4024126 8 15 11 36 30 2,000 137 IS 0 50 3 4 15 0 0 30 4 i 62 1,000 119 5017142 20 13 2 29 28 600 26 12 0 11 18 4 2 14 10 23 3 I 54 1,000 65 10 05276 9 14 2 18% 21 3,000 111 0 0 60 7 6 10 5 0 17 2{ 57 100 23 202956 3 10 8 12 29 1,000 25 19 024 9 2 212 9 184 1 59 2,000 46 10 0 1 1211 11 87 4 2 5% 27 500 6 101 11 12 6 011 9 5 ____ October 12, 184 g. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC _ INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. AT Lecture on Sanitary Measures connected with the Progress of Cholera and other Epidemics, by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine o'clock. —Also on the Manufacture of Gutta Percha, by Dr. Bach bleffner, Mornings and alternate Evenings.—An entirely sew Phan tasmagoria, by Childe, every Evening at Eight o'clock, with ap- Pr•Priate Music—The Dissolving Views, with historical descriptions. The Chromatrepe, with New Effects.—The Microscope at One o'clock daily.—Diver and Diving-bell.—Working Models explained. • c ,_OPeit daily front Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including isatarday) frem Seven till Half-past Tea. Admission, Is.—Scheols, Malf-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. A R B I A G E. ft e4 l Ono half the wend are desolately single, and the other 4 PPeNieg them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a e of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea et caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un eemProsiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness Ind social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tjeelent. Honour end justice demand that health should form an item in the compact ; It alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er Ne glect weend more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CULVER WELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively re fined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered NY misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining 1 45 r 1 . They are not Intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but _ the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whore try are offered as an ta gon i s ti c t o th e em py r i ca l t ras h p u t f or th on Z l o ie above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or gether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other Luc , publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, 7 Post Is. 64.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and "ms. hi," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely t e naPhiets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the ere ephemoral scribblings of the kour, but the study of the 'author's life , wise owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob lervanee of the maxims ho would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always 2 . h " sunny side of the way." 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A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya., with 40 added. ,HARMONDSWORTH STEEPLECHASE.--The officers and gentlemen of Hounslow and its vicinity have in contmn- Tlation a Sterptchase peetinc,' at no di s t ant pet i d; Ths übs erip ti on for a C'ontls of 50suvs to the pri7icipA race is, we undervancl, an progie"..s, anU as this Finn - Jung, which will be, as at pre::•nt pre-posecr,. in lIFe nrighho ur _ hood of Harlington, it will ,loubflass bring to, - nettier. not only the best horse; known wth the Q,„„ n p a and packs in the diStrict, but attract Some clever c•-oss country cattle from other parts'. Mine host of the, '_Three Rigpes, at Harliegion, is, we hear, bUsily .at work, assisted by stu.dry "purtstran who admire this excitiug description of racing. TROTTING.—TINKER V. JONATRAVi.---The two-m 4 match for 501. aside, between Mr. I'ardy's grey Jona than and Mr. Simmons's b h Tinlcur, which has been twice postpined, is fixed finally tor ThurseleY next, at the hour of three, P.M. The horses will In tart from the Red Lion, Hounslow, at that hour. Tinker if the fa vourite at 6 to 4. [PRICE SD. THE SCOTTISH SABBATARIANS LOOKING TWO WAYS FOR SUNDAY. • (From the Liverpool Mercury). The stoppage in transitu of the Duchess of Suther land by the Scottish Central Railway Company ia. a heavy blow and sore discouragement to the Agnewites, who would make Sunday a dies non on railways. Our esteemed contemporary, the Scots, man, exhibits a very natural and laudable z?al to rescue the Land of Cakes from the imputation of being the Land of Cant, and loudly, as well as justly, protests against the English press confounding the Scottish nation with " a miserable minority" of bigots, " rendered somewhat pestilent by their secret organization." For our own humble part,. not having been guilty of any such mistake, we. have no anaende to make. But as we are solicitous, to the extent of our ability, to aid in dispelling the delusion wherever it may exist, we have much Pleasure in exteading the publicity of the following circular, now course of private distribution among " safe hands," and dragged by our Scottish contem porary into the light it shunned. [Here follows the circular inserted in The SUM of Saturday, signed by Campbell and Barbour]. How well do the writers of this appeal know their men ! What an instructive perception they have of the influences and motives to which Sabbatarians are amenable! " Eligible investment." Lose no time. Railway stock is very low, and the Scottish Sabbath is very precious. Let not the opportunity slip of laying up treasures on earth, and treasures in heaven. Stand by " the light of God's truth," and secure " a guaranteed dividend of seven per cent." Companies are combining to raise profits. Now or never let the saints combine to purchase shares, if they would at one and the same time advance their private fortunes and God's glory. Make an effort. Christianity is at stake, and the state of the share market " offers con siderable inducement 1" The sincerity of these men is a very large postulate. How is it possible for the single eye to confound magnitudes so immeasurably disproportionate as earth or heaven, or to equalize the importance of interests so utterly dissimilar as the saving of souls and the securing of dividends? One of this sect of formalists and materialists in reli gion, Mr. Campbell, of Tillichewan, a member of the town council of Glasgow, declared at that council board, that for a son or daughter to travel on a Sunday, to sooth a dying parent's pillow, was "an iniquity to be forcibly prevented here and fearfully" punished hereafter." Another of the saintly crew, Mr. Makgill Crichton, has made it a frequent public boast at Sabbatarian gatherings, that "he would deem it a heinous sin to travel on Sunday to be present in the dying moments of his dearest child 1" These sentiments have been adopted by many and disclaimed by none of the Agnewite cabal. Yet their hatred of a cardinal sin is of itself insufficient to prompt them to active efforts for its prevention their zeal in " the Sabbath cause" requires the addi tional stimulus of a " guaranteed dividend of seven per cent." This Sabbatarian agitation is of the earth most earthy. It is repulsive to every sentiment of genuine humanity. The honest enthusiasm even of the wildest fanaticism will excite some spark of sympa thetic emotion. Into the very benediction of the daggers on the eve of St. Bartholomew's slaughter the genius of a Meyerbeer infuses a feeling of - the sub - lime " But this poor farce has neither truth, nor art, To please the tancy'or to touch the heart. Dirk but not awful, dismal but yet mean, With anxious bustle moves the cumbrous scene, Presents no objects tender or profound, But spreads its cold unmeaning gloom around." CO URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert, her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohen lobe, the Princess Eliza, end Prince Victor of Hohen lobe, attended Divine service this morning, in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courteney officiated. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise this morning on the Slopes. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Messrs. Kerr and Cavendish, General Wemyss, and Colonel F. IL Seymour, left the Castle - for Claremont to pay a visit to the Count ;and Countess de Neuilly. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness returned to the Castle shortly before 'five o'clock. Their Serene Highnesses the Princess of Hohen lobe Langenburg and the Princess Eliza returned yesterday afternoon to the Castle, from a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at the Priory, Stan more. His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohen lohe also arrived yesterday evening on a visiv to the Queen. The Royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Princess of ,Hohenlohe Langenburg and the Princess Eliza, and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, Lady Anna i'laria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Rev. Lord Wriothes ley Russell, and the .Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. Labouchere. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attend ance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture, " Oberon " Selections from " Robert le Diable" Meyerbeer. Wals, ." Les Beautees de Vienne," composed by his Highness Prince Richard Metternich. Cavatina from " I Lombardi " .. Verdi. 1 The Jupiter Polka Her Majesty's Private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Leonora" Beethoven. selection, " Les Huguenots" Meyerbeer. Hungarian March ... Fantasie, Irelandaise .... .. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses returned to their residence at Kew in the evening. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with th e Ch ancellor of the Exch equer ' on Friday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Earl of Clarendon left town on Saturday for his seat, the Grove, Watford. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Sa turday for his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. Tau NEW MEMBER FOR LYNN.—Lord Alexander Lennox has declined the honour of becoming a candi date for the representation of the borough of Lynn. It would appear that the Protectionists and the Peelites— or the " Jocelynites," as the latter are called in those parts—determined to prolong the family feud, were divided in their choice of a candidate,-and an opposition in the Conservative camp was threatened if either section should persist in naming its man. Lord Alexander Lennox wisely refused to be a party to any division of interests, and accordingly both sides have again taken counsel together, and, as one body, finally agreed to ia. vice the son of Lord Stanley to become the successor of Lord George Bentinck. The Hon. W. Stanley ne, d not fear to tread in the steps of any man, be he who he may, as time will show; but we warn Conservatives, whether of Lynn or Londor, to be men, not children, in their ge neration. Is it fitting that in days like these, there should be the bickerings of women upon every small occasion, and that loyal men should be dwelling upon past griev ances and old antipathies, whilst the country yearns for all the aid that united wisdom, intelligence, and honesty can give her?—John Bull. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE ADMIRALTY HOUSE, PO RTSMOUTH.—AdmiraI of the Blue the Ron. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in- Chief at Portsmouth; and Lady Capel, gave a brilliant eltertainment to the following guests, at the Admiralty House, on Saturday evening: —The Right Hon. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth; the Hon. Lady Augusta and Miss Fitzela rence, Lord F. Hallyburton and Miss Erskine, Lord Georgo Lennox, Lady and Miss Lennox; Vice-Admiral Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8., and Miss Ommanney; Rear-Admiral H. Prescott, C. 8., Superintendent of the dockyard, Mrs. and Miss Prescott; Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, of the Powerful, 84; Captain and Mi ss Byng, Major and Mrs. Harvey, Captain James' Horne Purves, Captain and Mrs. Eden, of the Victory; Richard Haig, Esq., RN., Flag Secretary, and Mrs. Haig, &c. No. 17,502.] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING IDLAND It AIL WAY. IJI Newby Park, Oct. 24, 1848. Sir,—On behalf of the Directors of the Midland Railway Com pany, I am requested to acknowledge the receipt of an Address from a number of Shareholders resident in Liverpool and the neighbour hood which you have transmitted to them. The Directors would have been content merely to acknowledge the receipt of the Address, had it not contained an imputation upon them, which they cannot pas; over in silence. The Shareholders commence their address by ascribing the depression of their pro perty to " the want of public confidence in the integrity of the ma nagement." The Directors, therefore, desire that you will immedi ately furnish them with a list of the specific charges involved in this statement, in order that they may convene a Special Meeting of the Company, and have the opportunity of refuting the accusation thus brought against the integrity of a body of gentlemen who feel that they stand as high in the estimation of the public at large as the in dividuala who have appended their names to this calumnious docu ment, which comes with a peculiarly bad grace from a body of Share holders who, prior to the appointment of the present Directors, were only receiving a two-and-a-half per cent. dividend. Since that time the di►idends have been increased to six and seven per cent. In the meantime I may be allowed to offer to you, as one of the Shareholders who have signed the address, a few remarks upon the several suggestions contained in it. I. You call spon the Directors to close the capital account. No person is more fully aware titan yourself that the shareholders have had the power of passing a vote to that effect at any half-yearly meeting. But supposing the development of a new traffic, producing a revenue of 20,0001. or 30,000/. per annum, should require an out lay of 60,0001., how absurd it would be to say that such outlay oaght to be taken out of income. 2. You call upon the Directors to examine and pay all outstanding adcounts of the solicitors. These accounts are now undergoing a strict examination, and as soon as the solicitors are satisfied to accept the amount the Directors think due to them, their bills will be paid. But surely this is a matter which must be left to the discretion of the Directors ; had they given way to the pressure of the Pro prietors when they were urged to settle the demands of the contrac tors, they might have sacrificed a very large sum for the sake of an immediate settlement. They succeeded in making great reductions, and so much was saved to the Company. The claims of the con tractors amounted to 89,5771., and were finally liquidated for 17,7231. lie. 7d. :Your objection to any further Parliamentary ex penses being incurred, without the sanction of the Shareholders, is futi'e ; it is clear that no Parliamentary expenses of any importance can be incurred without such sanction. 3. You call for a reduction of the salaries of our engineers. We have only one engineer employed upon the lines, and, considering the abilities of that gentleman, the Directors do not think him •ver- Pald• 4. You recraire that stations Shall not he enlarged. Should traffic increase, how is it te be conducted without increased accommoda tion? If the Shareholders think the Directors incompetent te decide aeon matters of this kind, they hat much better remove them, and appoint others iti whom they have greater confidance. 3. The Directors are called upon to enter ints no further contracts. ft must have escaped your recollection that at the last half-yearly meeting I gave an assurance that the Directors did not intend to engage in nay further contracts. 6. Toe allude to traffic which yon do not consider remunerative to the Company. The Directsrs are_ entitled to Ask you to be more explicit, and to state specifically what traffic is meant. 7. You think the number of trains ought to be reduced. This is a question which must be left to the judgment of the Directors ; for nothing can be more difficult than to determine, from time to time, what trains ought to be run. I consider it would be an unwise and impolitic measure to take off the express train, which you suggest should be done. 8. The alteration you propose in the mode of appointing Directors would require a new Act of Parliament. 9. Yon ask the Directors to purchase all stores by public contract. I have no doubt you are aware that this is generally done, but it not unfrequently happens that the Directors can purchase articles in the market much below the contract price, and when they can do so they often avail themselves of the opportunity. I have now answered or commented upon every point of-the ad dress, except that which relates to the depreciation of the value of shares, with which the Directors feel that they have little or nothing to do. Their duty is to obtain all the traffic they can, and to pay the Shareholders good. dividends. The address you have sent is signed by seventy Shareholders, this is a small proportion of the en'ire number. which exceeds 8,000. You are a holder of capital stack in the company to the amount of 3501., and you describe yourself in the address as a broker. From your experience in that business, I have no doubt you are well wile to inform the public how the old railway stock of this company has become so much depreciated; In my position as Chairman of several railway companies, I have received numerous complaining letters, all, I ant bound to say, crouched in a courteous and respectful manner ; and I have answered them by assuring the parties of the soundness and stability of the concerns over which I preside. The acknowledgments I have re ceived in reply have been generally satisfactory; many of the parties stating that they were holders of stock in a variety of foreign and other new lines, and that they were compelled to sell the stock of )Id lines to pay for the new. When the supply exceeds the demand, and when a regular combination exists to depress railway property, I believe any course which Directors may pursue will be of little avail. Yet, after all, the amount of stock transferred in the com panies over which I preside has been less than usual, which shows that many of the quotations of sales are merely nominal. I have no fear of not seeing railway property again placed in a better position in the market, though not at the extravagant price it has heretofore arrived at, and then its proper and true value will be maintained in a manner that will be more satis factory to all parties. Consols have been at 47, they are now at 6431, and have been at 100. If you or your friends can, by any effort, advance them to 92 or 93, I have no doubt you will see a great advance in railway property. The Bank Stock has paid 10 per cent., and is now only paying seven, and the price has fallen con siderably ; but no one ever doubted the integrity of the management of the Bank. The surprise to me is, that in the excitements and commotion which havo prevailed, railway traffic. has been so well supported. Even the present amount of traffic justifies the anticipa tion that the rate of dividends will not undergo any ma'erial dimi nution ; and this remark applies to all the lines over which I have the honour to preside. I wish I could call the serious and grave attention of the chairman of the London Stock Exchange to a pub lication which is issued weekly, professing to be under the sanction of that body. lam aware that the statements which appear in that paper are stated not to be published under the authority of the Stock Exchange ; tut I cannot close my eyes to the effect that they pro duce on the mind of the public, whe naturally consider that they have that sanction. If these statements were correct and true, so person would have a right to complain —but when they are almost hi every instance incorrect, and their general ten dency is to depreciate railway property, it would be well that the Stock Exchange should disavow a publication which is calculated to do so much mischief. I must, in con clusion, request that you will call the Requisitionists together, and that there may he no delay in sending a list of the charges im pugning the integrity of the Directors, who are anxious to meet and repel the calumnious Imputations that have been made against them. Nothing but a sense of duty to the large body of Share holders whe have hitherto given their confidence induces the Di rectors t i retain their seat at the Board; and as soon as that con fidence is withdrawn they will most readily and gladly resign their trust into ether hands by whom the affairs of the Company may be more ably conducted, I perhaps might observe, before' I conclude my letter, without pledging myself to the statement, but merely giving it as my own individual opinion, that I believe another W. call upon the 501. Shares, with the arrears of calls now owing, will complete all the works in course of construction, and the remaining 25/, per Share will remain applicable to the liquidation of the debt. The liabilitleS of the Company are tinder the consideration of the Directors, in order to enable them to lay a statement before the Proprietors, which it is anticipated will be done within a very early period. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE HUDSON. To J. Houghton Brarteker, Esq., Liverpool. t RE AT WESTERN RAILWAY. T OPENING of LINE to BASINGSTOKE, ALTERATION for WINTER TRAINS, and DISCONTINUANCE of RETURN TICKETS.—Nov. 1, 1848. The Berks and Hants Railway, between Reading and Basingstoke, will be OPENED for the conveyance of Passengers, Goods, Parcels, Carriages, Horses, and Cattle, on and from WEDNESDAY next, the let of November. • On the same day several alterations will be made in the times of Great Western Trains, and some Trains will be discontinued during the Winter. For particulars of all these changes, and for the times of Trains to and from Basingstoke, reference must be had to new Train Bills, which will be ready for delivery on and after Monday the 30th inst. The Directors regret to notify, also, that they are compelled, in consequence of the existing severe pressure on railw a y property, and the increased assessments for parochial rates, to relinquish the sys tem of return, or day tickets, which will be entirely discontinued from and after the Ist of November, 1848 By order of the Directors, CIIARLPS A. hAUNDERS, Searetary, Paddington Station, October 26, IStii. THE GREAT PEACE CONGRESS.-A PUBLIC MEETING of the FRIENDS of I'EACE will be hold at Exeter Hall, on TUESDAY EVENING, October 31, 1848, to re ceive M. Visschers, Councillor to the Belgian Government; M. 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GUILDHALL, OCTOBEI 21, 1848. ft '41.1E COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WznxissbAr, the 15th day of November next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from Christmas next, a House, No.B, on the east side of New Broad-street ; a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-buildings ; a House, No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street-buildings ; and a House, No. 38, on the south side of Upper Thames-street. Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for nineteen years (less three days), from Christmas next, a House, No. 82, on the south side of Chiswell-street ; and also a House, No. 3, ea the east side of Windmill-street, near Finsbury-square. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the 011ko of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. PURCHASER'S Pray, Messrs. MOSES, don't decline An humble tribute, such as mine ; Nor scorn the vain attempt I make To follow in your poet's wake. For though I don't profess to be A poet of the first degree, I think I've got sufficient tact To tell the public how you act; And here a compliment is due, Namely, that all I say is true. You, Messrs. MOSES I would choose To occupy my humble muse ; Nor coald I think of doing less, On looking at your WINTER DRESS. The last new Overcoat I bought Is good in cloth, and firmly wrought ; And then the style which it discloses, Does credit to you Messrs. MOSES. And this applies to all the rest, The Coat, the Trowsers, and the Vest. I said the instant that I bought 'em, They're just the very thing for Autumn, And really, Messrs. MOSES, that's •My notion of your WINTER HATS. And though I'm not a man that flatters, I do pronounce you Rrst-rate Hatters. Your Hats are firm, though light—if not, I certainly don't know what's what. And if not stylish and elastic, My lines have nothing Hudibrastic. These, Messrs. MOSES, are my views, With reference to your BOOTS AND SHOES. They're good in style, and make, and leather, And, Sirs, I like them altogether I bought a pair just six mouths back, Which never yet have shown a crack. My lady says the same of hers. And praises up your WINTER FURS. She bids me say she never wore A better Mantle, Muff, or Boa. My lady often tells me. Sirs, MOSES and SON'B are famous Furs. Nor do our notions disagree With reference to your HOSIERY. The quality of such a stock Is such as nobody can mock. I wish I'd space to call attention More fully to the goods I mention. I'm much surprised at what is paid For these and all the goods in trade. Cheapness and quality I find At your Establishment combined., And while this principle discloses, I'll be POEM. A CUSTOMER TO MOSES. E. 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DUBLIN, FRIDAY. —Judges v Crampton and Torrens took their seats in the Commission Court this morning at the usual hour. Shortly after eleven o'clock the county grand jury handed down their finding on the bill sent before them against Charles Gavin Duffy. It was signed by the foreman " A true bill fur self and fellows." ARRAIGNMENT OF MR. DuFFIr- A few minutes b e f . re onv o'clock Mr. Duffy was brought into the dock and placed at the bar. He looked rather pale and thoughtful, and seemed to have suffered a good deal froth his protracted imprisonment. On look ing round the court toe recognised several friends and bowed cheerfully to them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that in this case against Mr. Charles Gavin Duffy, the prisoner, a bill was found atZtthe last commission by the grand jury, which he now moved should be quashed. On that occasion a bill was preferred under an Act of Parliament of the then session, charging Mr. Duffy with certain felonious compassings, and re lying upon several publications in a newspaper, of which he was the prop r i e t or . A n appl i cat i on was made at that commission on the part of the Crown, founded,on the affidavit, for the purpose of abandoning further proceed - - ing upon that bill, because subsequent to the finding of the bill a letter in the handwriting of Mr. Duffy, was found in the possession of Mr. Smith O'Brien, which was at the time characterised as being of a very treason able description; and it was thought advisable to have a new bill prepared introducing into it this letter. At the present commission a bill had been found against Mr. Duffy, by the county grand jury, for the same matters contained in the former bill, with the addition of this letter, and also a manuscript article, not included in the former bill. And he would now very shortly state the grounds upora which this charge had been made. At the last commission a gen tleman named Martin was tried for a similar offence be fore a city jury —a challenge was put in to an individual juror on the ground that he mss a householder and inha bitant of the city OrPublita, raa (the Attorney General) did not conceive that challenit- was well founded. It was founded on an old charter of the corporation of Dublin, giving to them the goods of persons convicted of felony, and, therefore, that every inhabitant and householder, who would be liable to the pay ment of borough rate, was, in point of fact, inte rested in the conviction of felons. He had demurred to that challenge, and the judges agreed with his argument and allowed the demurrer. However, very able and eminent Counsel for the prisoner had given a certificate that the judgment allowing the demurrer is one that in their opinion would be reversed by a writ of error. Acting upon that he (the Attorney-General) had felt it his duty to allow the writ of error in that parti cular case, which now stood for argument in the Court of Queen's Bench. Judge CRAMPTON—I dare say the objection that will be made is that you should enter a nolle prosequi.- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was held, in the case of " The King v. Stratton," that when it was not an indictment, but a criminal information filed by the Attorney. General himself, he might there enter a none prosequi, the whole being under his own jurisdiction, and without the interference of the grand jury. I n th e case of Mr. Mitchel the parties pleaded in ab a t ement , which was in effect a plea of lit pendens, and the Court of Queen's Bench decided that hs pendens was not a good plea in a criminal case; but that they would not oblige the party to plead to the new indictment until the former indictment was quashed. Now, one bill having been found at the present Commission, and the Crown hoping to be able to go to trial upon it, they thought it right that another bill should not be pending against Mr. Duffy, and therefore he humbly moved that the former bill be quashed. Sir COLMAN O'LOGULEN thought that the most regular course would be to enter a nolle prosequi, but if their Lordships thought the better course would be to quash the indictment, they had no objection. The previous bills were quashed accordingly. Mr. SHYLY_ said that two writs of habeas corpus were issued in this case, one directing the city sheriff to hand over the prisoner to the custody of the county sheriff, and the other to the county sheriff, directing him to re ceive the prisoner into his custody. Mr. BUTT—If their Lordships would pardon him for saying that Mr. Duffy was then brought to the bar of the Court in custody of the sheriff of the city, he would shortly state the objection he made to this proposed transference of custody. lie did not disguise from his Learned Friends for the Crown, that his real objection was to the trial of Mr. Duffy on this indictment in the custody of whomsoever he might be. This was a bill of indictment found by the grand jury of the county for an offence committed in the city. That could not be done at common law; it could only take place under the 6th George IV., chapter 51. Under the 3d section of that Act this bill had been found, but the 6th section of that Act provided that it shall and may be lawful for the justices, ten days before the holding of any session of over and terminer, by proper writs of habeas corpus, to cause any person who ma , be in custody of the sheriff to be removed into the cus tody of the sheriff of such next adjoining county, in order to their trial. This 6th section, providing for this exact case, desires the prisoner to be removed by an order made ten days before the sessions, and it was per fectly plain and :manifest:that such an order could not be made during the sitting of the court. On those grounds he prayed tne Court that if the writs of habeas corpus were improvidently issued they be now withdrawn and quashed. Judge CRAMPTON said that when he signed the writs ho was under the impression that he did so as a Judge of the Queen's Bench. Mr. BUTT said that in either case the same objection would apply. Mr. SMYLY said, if the Attorney-General had removed the same bills of indictment from the city to the county, the notice should have been given ten days previously; but where the bills were virtually new, and originated with the county grand jury, as in this case, he contended that notice was not necessary. After some discussion, Judge CRAMPTON entered into an examination of the several sections referred to by counsel, and expressed himself of opinion that the section under which the writ of habeas corpus must be issued ten days before the holding of the Commission, referred to cases where the indictment was sought to be trans ferred from the city to the county. Mr. BUTT contended that the 6th section applied to the present case, where an indictment was found by the grand jury for an offence committed in the city. There were two cases dealt with by the statute—one where an indictment found in the city was to be transferred to the county—the other where an indictment was originally found in the county for an offence committed in the city. The 6th section manifestly could not apply to the former case, because the prosecutor had no right to remove the indictment from the City to the county without an order of the Court. That order must be made when the Court was sitting; and, of course, it would then be utterly im possible to have the habeas corpus issued ten days prior to the opening of the Commission. Thus the operation of the 6th section was clearly limited to cases such as the present, and did not apply to cases where the indict ment was transferred from the city to the county. Mr. Justice TORRENS did not think the prisoner was aggrieved by having the bill of indictment found against him in the county. It was merely a transfer of the in dictment to answer the charge preferred against him in a new jurisdiction, without reference to new proceedings. If Counsel looked at the section of the Act that applied he would find that such was the case. Mr. BUTT—That would be true if the bill of indict ment was found for an offence committed irt the county. Mr. Justice T ORRENS—Th e bill of indictment being preferable in the county, the law must consider th e of fence as having been committed in the county. Mr. BUTT would undertake to show that such was not the case. The venue was not laid in th e county of Dublin, but in the city, in the parish of St. Th omas ; and it had been decided that when the venue was laid in the county it should be proved that the acts had been committed in the county . An application might h a v e been madef for a writ of habeas corpus tea days before, but where was the authorityoil‘What _ is your m o ti on ?to grant ? Mr. Justice CRAM rr Mr. BUTT—To quash the indictment on th e ground that there have been CO recogniatmces:as the Act re- quires. Mr. Justice CRAMPTON—That will rais e the same question. Mr. BUTT—We do not deny the right of transfer in the Crown ; but we say that Mr. Duffy should not be put upon his trial at this Commission. In truth this is an objection to tile arraignment. Sir Colman O'Lo g hl en who has considered the case more th.an.l have, will n ow proceed, with your Lordh hi p s permission. Sir COLMAN O'LoGnr.wc then proceeded to say that their objection to the indictment was threefold. Th e Court was aware that the indictment, which was for an offenco committed in the cowity o . t the city o f D u bli n, was found by the county grand jury as being o f t h e county adjoining. It was plain that unless the Crown was authorised to do this by statute they could not do so by common law. If there was authority at all for the proceeding it was given by the 6th of Geo. IV., ca p. 51 . and counsel submitted tha t tho indictment should be quashed on three grounds—first, that the Act did not apply to public but to private prosecutions; second, as suming that it did, that th e ten da y s' i!otice rendered necessary had not been given; and, thir dl y, that the provisions of the 13th section, which required that a re cognizance should be entered into had not been com- plied with. Mr. SMYLY said it was a mistake to say that the re cognimnee had not been entered into. Counsel then handed in the recognizance. Sir COLMAN O'LoGRLEN proceeded to say that he was not aware that the recognisances had been entered into. But the other objections remaine d . Supposing that the Act applied to public prosections, the ten days' notice that the case will be brought into an adjoining county had not bean given. The recognisances should have been returned to the next cou n ty , the party should have been removed into the custody of the sh er iff o f the county ten days before the sitting of the Court, and ten days' notice of the proceeding should have been given to the party or his witnesses. Ten days' notice should have been given to the person before whom the be returned at informations were given, that they might MADE T• Xl/1111133,E. Ant uran and Winter Coats, in all the newest style rom 6 0 Milled cloth Coat ................... ...... .. 2 2 0 Tweed Trousers . . [`weed Wrappers .................. ••• • • • .... ••• . • . 0 18 0 New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles....., 0 16 6 Doeskix Tr0u5er5................. . • Dress Coats .. Best quality Frock do. •• •••• • • • • ........ 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More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its influence, or can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling power of LOVE, which. unlike most things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond measure deplorable I Loving and beloved, he entails the most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. These desirous of investigating it will find the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled SELF-PRESERVATION, Mastrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of tho reproductive organs ; with practical observe time' the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting (rem solitary habits, excesses, or infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and mach neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the lii4hest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat ment of these diseases. REYIKW OF UM WORK. La'Mert en the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the mortal whe meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf into which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before us such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a Production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed; but wherever laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine." —United Kingdom Magazine. The werk may be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; or, free by pest, for ferty-two stamps, from the anther's residence, whe may be consulted ea these disorders personally, er by letter, daily, from Ten to Two, or from Five to Eight. 37. REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. On Sunday last a lad 12 years old, the son of Mr. Briton, Hope-street, found a frog in a ditch near Spon don, through the holy of which was a perfect penknife blade covered with rust,[which had apparently been there some time. The lad took the frog home, and it is now to be seen in a puncheon of water apparently little in commoded by its curious appendage. A respectable druggist of this town gives his opinion, that the blade has been in the frog at least 12 months.—Derby Courier. m') , •f' OCTOBER 30, 1848. proper time. .Counsel submitted that these were essen tial preliminaries, and that as they had not been com plied with, the bill of indictment had been found by a grand jury who had no jurisdiction. If the Court held that those preliminaries were not essential or could be dispensed with, the c ffect would be to set aside the pro visions of the law, which were intended as a 'safeguard against oppression. The statute enacted that if the bill of indictment was prefeired in the county next adjoining to that in which the offence was committed, those pre liminaries should be complied with; and as they had not been attended to in this case, counsel submitted that the indictment should be quashed. There was another point which he wished to mention to the Court. His Learned Friend, Mr. Butt, had been looking through the recog nisance which was entered into in this case, and it ap : peared it was only entered into on the 26th of October, the very day on which tho indictment was sent up to the grand jury. Now the Act required that the recognizance should be entered into before the indictment was sent up, in order to provide for the additional costs consequent unon the change of venue. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then prooeeded to reply. At the suggestion of the Court, he would not say any thing in reference to the recognizance, it being quite unnecessary to do so ; but with regard to what had been urged respecting the notice—namely, that ten days' notice should have been given to the prisoner and the witnesses, he submitted that the object of the section was to enable the prosecutor to take the necessary pro ceedings to enfbrce the attendance of witnesses. And their Lordships were aware that an innictment might be found without any informations at all, without any re cognizance, or without any— Mr. Justice CRAMPTON—The whole question, Mr. Attorney-General, resolves itself into this—what is the construction of the 6tb section of the statute ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proceeded - Co say that the previous bill which had been found against Mr. Duffy having been quashed, the case now stood as it there had been no bill found until the present Commis sion ; and that being the case, it appeared to him that under the 3d section he had a perfect right to present the bill to either grand jury, subject, however, to this condition—that if he presented it to •the county jury instead of the city, a recognizance should be entered into for the purpose stated in the statute. He might, therefore, assume, for the present that the bill had been rightly found; and he would contend that the bill having been previously found in a limited jurisdiction, it was competent to the Court to order a transfer of that bill from one jurisdiction to another, or to direct a transfer of the custody from one sheriff to another for the pur pose of trial. Certainly, it did not appear to him that it was necessary to have one Commission sitting in the city and another in the county at the same time; and he submitted that the fourth section applied to a case like the present, where he wanted to transfer the indictment from one jury to another. Mr. Justice TORRENS—Yes, but would not a witness feel aggrieved by having the jurisdiction changed with out due notice being given him? ATTORNEY-GENERAL-Ohl in that Case, my Lord, I will humbly ask to hare the Commission adjourned for a fortnight. _ _ Judge CRAMPTON—I do not know that you will not be as much .embarrassed even then. You are aware the notice must be given ten days ilefore the nest Commis sion of oyer and terminer. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.— All these Commissions, my Lord, are only adjournments. There is no new Com mission in Dublin. Judge TORRENS—Mr. Attorney, yon are i tot to un derstand the Court as having decided again you. I merely made the observation to guide the parties. ATTORNEY - GENERAL—Precisely, my Lord. I quite understand your Lordships. Judge. TORItENS—The Court is desirous of looking into the statutes. Judge CRAMPTON-But if any inconvenience would arise to either party, we would announce our decision at once. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the slightest inconve ❑ience would not arise. Judge ToRUENS—[ should think not ; for Mr. At ;orney, you will now have time to consider what course you shall take. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL — Just so, my Lord; and there is no doubt, from the strong impressions of the prisoner s counsel, that they would feel themselves au thorised to give a certificate for a writ of error in the case. Mr. Duffy was then removed, and counsel on both sides were desired by the Court to be in attendanco at eleven o'clock this (Saturday) morning.. SATURDAY EVENING. THE QUEEN V. CHARLES QAVIN DUFFY. Mr. Duffy was then placed at the bar. After some observations' from the ATTORNEY GENE RAL, relative to the point raised yesterday in favour of quashing the indictment, Mr. Justice TORRENS detailed the circumstances with regard to the sending up bills of indictment against Mr. nutry to the city and county grand jury; and having, alluded to the law applicable to the case, and the argu ments used by Mr. Duffy's counsel, his Lordship stated that himself and his Learned Brother were of opinion that the prosecutor had not complied with the provisions .t* the statute, and that, therefore, the prisoner could not be removed out of the custody of the city sheriff. Ten days' notice of the intention to change the venue from the city to the county should have been given; and that not having been done, the effect is that the prisoner could not be called upon to abide his trial now. Mr. Justice CRAMPTON next delivered his judgment, which was to the same effect, that the trial of Mr. Duffy could not be proceeded with till the next Commission, to be held in January. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. SATURDAY. A meeting which, for the unfavourable state of the weather, and the bad state of the ground, would have been, in all respects, one of the best ever known at'New market, concluded with a capital day's sport on Saturday list. . Although the card contained eleven races, the match between Woodcraft and the Concertina colt having been made au hour or two before the first race, they did not commence until ten minutes before 1 o'clock. this gave time for some betting on th e D er by, an even t which has been strangely neglected of late, and that the opportunity was not lost the following su:nm4ry of the transactions will prove-5,000 to 1,000 agat The Flying Dutehman-3,000 to 400 and 3,509 to 500 agst Tadmor —1,200 to 100 ngst Honeycomb-1,000 to 50 r..1 - st terley-1,000 to 50 agst Uriel-1,000 to 25 agst Old Dan Tucker-5,000 to 100 each, in one bet, agst Strongbow —l,OOO to 20 agst Caststeel colt-4,000 to 60 each agst Glenalvon, Garrick, and Bernadotte-750 to 50 agst Uriel and Strongbow-1,000 even on the field agst Fly - ing Dutchman, Tadmor, Honeycomb, Osterley, Uriel, and Strongbow—and 1,000 to 15 agst Escalade winning the Derby and Oaks. The racing commenced with a Match, 100. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Testator, Sat 71b (Bartholomew), beat Lord Glasgow's f by The Provost, dam by Actteon, Bst 51b, by three lengths. 2tol on Testator. Ran in 1 min. 18 secs. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Glasgow's f by Lanercost, out of Canada, Bs, 7lb (Nat), beat Lord Exeter's Scudar, Bst 11b, by half a length. 7t04 on the winner. Bun in 1 min. 20 secs. The Houghton Handicap of 15 Boys, each, and only 5 if declared, &c , to go to the owner of the second horse; for three yrs old and upwards, (24 Subs., 11 of whom declared. T.Y.C. Sir C. Monck's Vanish, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Simpson) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Mau of my Heart, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ... 2 The following were not placed:— Mr. Forth's Laundrymaiil, 5 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Bainbridge's Terrier, 5 yrs, Bst 41b Mr. Eddison's Little John, aged, 0 Lord Cliff:lea's Sagacity,.4 yrs, 7st 9lb 0 Lord Chesterfield's Distaftkna, 3 yrs, tat 51b (7st 71b) 0 Mr. Howlett's Cardinal's Niece, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ... Lord Exeter's Carissima, 6 yrs, 7st 41b •.. 0 Lord Exeter's Circassian M a id, 4 y rs , 7 s t 1113 ... 0 Duke of Rutland's Paladin, 3 yrs, Est 101 b 0 Mr. G. Hobson's Passion Flower, 3 yrs, 6st Sib ... 0 Major Pitt's Holloa, 3 yrs, Bst 71b 0 Mr. Mostyn's f by Lord Stafford, 6 yrs, Est 0 Betting-5 to 1 each agst Carissima and Passion Flower, 6 to 1 each agst Paladin, Holloa, and Little John, and 7 to 1 agst Man of my Heart. Littlo John took the lead, followed by Sagacity, Man of my Heart, Vanish, Distaffina, and Carissima; the pace very good, and nearly all lying up. At the dip Sagacity took up the running, which she carried on into the cords; Vanish and Man of my Heart then went up, and ran a close race home, the mare winning by a head, Carissima a good third. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Match 100. First hilf of Ab.M. •• .. 0 Mr. Payne's Woodcraft, Bst 71b (Nat), beat Mr. Mostyn's c by Colvrick, out of Concertina, 7st lib, by a head. 6t04 on Woodcraft. Run in 48 secs. Sweepstakes of 5 soya each; for two yrs old, 6st 71b; three, Bst 51b; four, Bst 101 b; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. First half of Ab. M. Winner to be sold for 251, &c. - Lord Orford's fby Sir Hercules, out of Peeress, 2 yrs 1 Lord Clilden's_Cotton Lord, 2 yrs ... ... ... 2 Lord Exeter's cby Voltaire, out of Mecca, 2 yrs ... 0 Mr. Hargreave's Rodney, 2 yrs Mr. G. Hobson's Carbuncle, 2 yrs ... . . ... 0 Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kissaway, 2 yrs Mr. Payne's Blackcock, 4 yrs Betting-5 to 4 agst Cotton Lord, and sto 1 agst Rodney. The M ecca co lt ma d e p l oy at a goo d pace, fol lowed by Cotton Lord, the Peeress filly, and Carbuncle; this lot comprised the front rank until half way up, the cords, where the Mecca colt gave way, and Blackcock joined them. A splendid race followed, the Peeress filly winning by a head, Cotton Lord second, and Blackcock, Carbuncle, and Kissaway almost abreast of her, so near together that it was impossible to place a third. Run in Im. 17 secs. The winner claimed. Match, jOO, h. ft.—Duke of Bedford's Saddle, Bst 71b (F. Butler), beat Lord Exeter's Ulystes, 7st 11113, by a length.-45 to 2 on Saddle. Svv%liilistakes of 5 sovs. each; 'for two Irs old, Est 71b; three, Bst 51b; four, Bst 101 b; five and upwards, Bst 12Ib The winner to be sold for 25 soi's., if demanded, &c . . - First half of Ab. M. Lord Albemarle's Kangaroo, 3 yrs ... Mr. Verity's Routh, 2 yrs ... ... Mr. Pedley's Perspicacity, 2 yrs ... Mr. J. Daley's Mastiff, 3 yrs ... ... Mr. S. Smith's Astra, 4 yrs ... ... Lord Clifden's Cashier, 2 yrs ... ... Mr. Edd:son's Little John, - aged ... Mr. Drinkald's Man of my Heart, 5 yrs Mr. Pedley's Lady Mary, 3 yrs ... ... ... „ Mr. G. Bulkley's Diana, 2 yrs Betting-2 to 1 agst Cashier, and sto 2 agat Perspi cacity and Lady Mary. Won by a length;-Mau of my Lleart well up; Cashier fourth. Run in 54 sec. Sweepstake; of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, 7st 91b; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 12lb; six and aged, 9st. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., if demanded, &e. Ab. M. Mr. Ford's Telegraph, 3 yrs ... ... ••• ... 1 Mr. Price's mby Sir Hercules—Taglioni, 6 yrs ... 2 Mr. Dyson's \Vhitstone, 3 yrs Even on Telegraph, 5 to 4 agst Whitstone, and 3 to 1 agst Taglioni mare. Won easily by four lengths; ten lengths between second and third. Run in 1 min. 52 s. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, and only 5 if de clared, &c. R.M. (7 Subs., 3of whom declared.) Duke of Belford's Retail, let 71b ... (Pearl) 1 Lord Exeter's Midis, 7st 9lb ... ... ... ... 2 Colonel Anson's Bonbon, B s t 71b ... ... ... 3 Lord Clitden's Ilidallan, 7 . st 13Ib ... ... ... 4 Betting.-2 to 1 agst Bonb on -2 t o 1 agat Midia—and sto 2 agst Hidallan. A fine race between the first three, and won by a neck, a head between second and third. Run in 2 min 1 sec. (G. Sharp) I ••• - 0 Match, 200, h ft, Bst 71b each. D.I. Mr. Grevillo's Puffy (Nat) boat Lord Chesterfield's Chicot (F. Butler) by five lengths. 5t04 on Puffy. Match, 50, h ft. D.M. Lord Chesterfield's Ferule, 7st 91b, received forfeit from Lord Caledon's The Dahcotah Chief, 7st 41b. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Mostyn's c•by Colwick, out of Concertina, re ceived 50 forfeit from Duke of Bedford's St. Rosolia, Bst 41b. Match, 100, h ft. Last half of Ab.M. Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council, 7st 111 b, re ceived forfeit from Lord Clifden's Loadstone, Bst ?lb. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1849. TIIESDAY.—Lord Exeter's Gardenia, Bst 71b, agst Lord Stanley's Strongbow, 7st 21b. A.F. 200, h ft. FRIDAY.—Lord Clifden's Loadstone, Sat !lb, agat Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council, 7st 111 b. 200, h f. D.M. THE QUEEN V. O'DOHERTY. Monday, at ten o'clock, was fixed for the trial of Mr. O'Doherty (oee of the proprietors of the Tribune), for the third time. THE CONVICTED CONFEDERATES. This morning, Michael Moran, John Joseph Moran, and James M.‘Cormack, the fi r st conv i c t e d o f h av i ng stabbed, and the two latter of having assaulted John Byrne, a policeman in this city, in July last, were called up for sentence. Mr. Justice CRAMPTON having dwelt at some length upon the circutmtances of the case, and the heinous ness of the offence, sentenced Michael Moran to be transported for fifteen years, and the others to be im prisoned for nine months each, with hard labour. SPECIAL COMMISSION. It is supposed that a Special Commission to try Duffy will be sought for by the Attorney-General. TILE STATE PRISONERS. We understand, says the Evcniny Post, that writs of error having been allowed by tho Attorney-General, in the cases of the State prisoners recently convicted at Clonmel, warrants respiting the capital punishment during pleasure will be transmitted to the high sheriff. We are enabled to state that the Lord-Lieutenant had, previous to his departure, intimated his pleasure to this effect, and had allowed an assurance to be conveyed to those most interested in learning the fate of Mr. O'Brien that the extreme penalty of the law would not be carried into effect. The official notification of a respite has only been delayed until the writs of error had been regularly allowed. THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CAMBERWELL. The following is a copy of the official report of the damage done at this fire (a brief report of which ap peared in The Sun of Saturday) : " A house belonging to Messrs. Fleming, the brewers; the upper part empty, and the lower part used as offices—burned down. Insurance unknown. " Mr. H. Dance (private).—Premises burned down and contents consumed. Uninsured. " Messrs. Fleming, ale and porter brewers.—Brew house burned out; plant, &c., consumed, and count ing-house destroyed. Insurance unknown at present. "Mr. T. Leff, No. 22, Camberwell-green, ham and beef dealer.—Back windows of dwelling-house burned out, open sheds destroyed, and furniture with rest of building severely damaged by water and removal. Insured in the Phenix Fire-office. " Mr. T. Green, butcher, No. 23, Camberwell. green.—Back front of premises severely scorched and furniture damaged by removal. Insured in the Phm nix Fire-office. " Mr. George Godfrey, tobacconist, No. 27, Cam berwell-green.—Considerable damage to furniture, &c., by hasty removal. Insured in the Royal Ex change. office. "Mr. William Lakin, licensed victualler, the Red Cap Tavern, corner of Camberwell-greeni—Part of the roof of club room destroyed, the contents and bar fittings seriously injured by fire and removal. Insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Fire-office. " The cause of fire unknown. The fire was extin guished by firemen, with the engines of the London establishment, West of England, County, and Parish." A DYERTIS EMENT.--CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, AND DISEASES OF THE HEAET.--• DF. Cronin may be eon stilted daily on the use of " Anaspasia " in the cure or relief of the abovo distressing maladies. A clinical re port of the successful treatment of some of the most for midable diseases of the st omach, heart, and lungs, is j ust published, and may be had gratuitously between half. past ten and one, at 14, Leicester place, Leicester-square. FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL.—The half -yearly meeting of this compa n y was held on Wednesday, i n Glasgow, Mr. John Campbell Douglas in the chair. The report of the governor and council having been read, recommen ding a dividend the same as last half -year, being at the rate of si x p er cent. p er annum, less income - tax, and showing a rent of 12,9511. 19s. Id., th e chair man stated that he was prepared to answer any question which might be put to him. A question was thereupon put as to the sta te of the tonnage which, it was observe d, had not bee n mentioned in the report. The chair man stated that th ere was an incr ease in the gross tonnage carried upon the united canals in the last half-year, over the corresponding period of 1817, of nearly 40,000 tons. Various other questions were put, and answered to the satisfaction of the meeting, which separated after unanimously adopting the report, and voting thanks to Mr. Douglas for his conduct in the chair.--/Forth British Daily Mail, FIRST SPRING. MONDAY.—Lord Clifden's Surplice, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's '.ophana, 6st. T.M.M. 500, h f t . TUESDAT.—Lord W. Powlea's Swivel, Bst 71b, agst Lord Clifden's Hidallan, Bst 31b. A.F. 200, h ft. FRIDAY.—Lord Clitden's Surplice, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's Big Jerry, 7st 31b. D.M. 300, 50 ft. _ SECOND OCTOBER. FRlDAY.—Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h ft, Bst 71b each; for two yrs old. T.Y.O.—Mr. Gordon's Bee hunter, Mr. Gregory's Damask, Sir R. Pigot's Feather stone, and Duke of Bedford's c by John o'Gauut, sat of Odelle. Mr. Shelley's Sparrow•-hawk, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Gor don's The Wren, Bst 71b. First half of Ab. M. 200, h ft. STEEPLZCHASING. WORCESTER. —Of the twenty-two acceptances for the Grand Annual, which will be run on Friday next, the 3d proximo, a field of fifteen or sixteen may be ex pected to start. Last year the number was sixteen ; but Chandler, who, in November, 1847, with Captain Little, 10.,t 101 b, was the winner, being this time pe nalized for his victories at Leamington (list 121 b), and at Liverpool (11st 121 b), with the topping or stopping weight of 12st 71b, is withdrawn. Proceed (winner at Wakefield, with .11st 41b up) now heads the list at 12st 21b, but is a doubtful goer. In the betting, Versa (9st 71b) holds first place at 8 to 1; Peter Simple (lost 71b), Linkboy (10st), and Thurgarton (10st 41b), next sharing public favour at 10 to 1 each. Royston Gower (9st) may be quoted at 12 to 1, and Repealer (lost 41b) at 14 to 1. Verax is undoubtedly well in, and Repealer is a dangerous horse to stand heavily against; yet there is an animal not mentioned in the market list, hight Justice to England, which we cannot help expecting to prove an antithesis to his two-thirds namesake, Justice to Ireland, on whom we would re commend a long shot to be stood. His weight, 9st 10Ib, is moderate, and if our Northamptonshire friends be good judges, is a staunch nag across country. For the Handicap Hurdle Race, of the twenty-ono horses weighted ten accept and eleven forfeit. The ac ceptances arc as follow:—Cavendisb, list lolb—Jack, list 7 1b—Pullaway, 1 Ist —Titbit, list—Teresa, lOst 121 b — Rothersthorpe, lOst 121b—Mosque, lOst 71b — Tallyho, lOst—Bravo, lOst—Yard-arm, 10st. The entries for the flit race (heats) will be made to-. Morrow (Tuesday). NEWPORT PAGMELL.—The horses entered for the principal race at this meeting are 24 in number, and have been handicapped:— The Curate, 12st 51b—Proceed,. list 10Ib—British Yeoman, 11st 81b—Rat-trap, list 71b—St. Leger, I lst 41b—The Hermit, list lib—Dubious, lOst 71b—Re pealer, lOst Mb—Justice to England, lOst 51b—Thur g•arton, lOst 41b—Red Lancer, lOst 41b—Alexander, lOst 81b—Dick Thornton, lOst lib—Crown Prince, lOst lib—Fortunetus, lOst—Verax, lOst—Dunleven, lOst— Pullaway, lost—Charity, 9st 131b—The Hermit (late Skylark), 9st Mb—Profligate, 9st 1 lib—Canterbury, 9st 101b—Mazeppa gelding, get 9 1b—Yelocity, Bst 101 b. The Free Handicap Hurdle Race, for which the ac-. ceptances are to be declared by November Bth, has 32 `entries, which are weighed as follows: Rat trap, list 12113—Meover, list 71b—Jack, list 41b—Red Lancer, list 2 1b—Rhondooz, list 21b— Tereza, I Ist—Premier, 4 yrs, Ilst—Taglioni mare, lOst 121b—Exhort, lOst 121b—Thurgarton, lOst 121b—Tom Jolly, 100 101b—R9therathorpe, boat 101b—The /kayo, • i 4tl a i~ 111