The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-16 00:00:00

TilF, SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1848. *MARKET NEWS —(THIS DAY.) as WrGALTa awn Za 111 a. -IT a . These markets were t derably steady, to-d-ty, at lull prices;—..Beef, from 2s 4.1 to 34 61 ; Mutton, 3s !to 4s 4d; Veal, 33 44 to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 81 to 4$ 8j per Bibs by the camas?. IItI4II,ILETS. SourrrALL, Nov. 15.—Tue supply of fat stock on in to- lay's m:trket was seasonably extenAve. Genr rally speaking, the d.7:inand ruled steady, at prices fully equ,l to thos.e paid last week. Bee', from 3s 4:1 to 4s 2;1 ; Mutton, 3:: 8d to 43 103 ; Veal, 33 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 101 to 43 41 per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROYU'ORD, Nov. 15.—P, ime Boasts and Sheep COM taanded a steady sal,, at fully la,t :week's quotations. Otherw►se the demand wit 4 in a slui.Nhh state. Beef, from 3s 41 to 43 21; Mutton, 3s 8,1 to ss ; Vcal, 3s 6.1 to 33 10 ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8 I per 81bs; Suckling Calves, 183 to 233; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21a each. LEWES, Nov. 14.—We had a steady trade, to-day, on the following terms:—Beef, from 33 4 , 1 to 4s 2d; Mut ton, 4s to 53; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per B,bs. RAT r/ZARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 8/ 14s; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 184 ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 103 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady dein:Md. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 81 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 4s to 1 / 1 03 per load. Trade firm, at the above quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 153; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 los per loud. Supply good, and trade rather dull. COAL MARKE' Bata's West Hartley 15s 6d Baddle's W. Hartley 16 3 Po. DsVison'sWest Hartley i 16s Od tact Adairs Main 148 o,' Hasting's Hartley lss Gol New Tantield 153 001 Ord's Redheugh Bayensworth'sW.Hart 15s Od Townley l4s 3u Wall's End, &c Acorn Close Bewicke and Co. Brown's Xlrn Park Clennell lss Od Clarke and Co. Heaton Harton Hotspur lss 9d Hedworth ..... Killingworth l6B Od Peareth Eden Main .. ... l7s 6., Lambton Primrose -YESTEAfAY. Braddyll's Hetton lB5 6d Haswell l9s 3d Hetton Lambton Russell's Hetton 158 6u Stewart's Whitwell Hartlepool Hudson's Hartlepool— l6s 6a North Hartlepool ... 17s Od Ludwith Steam-boat 155 Od South Hartlepool I'hornley Trimdon ... 17s 6d Benson fees ..... 18s 6d West Hettoi l6s 6d Whitworth lss 6d atrwentwattrllartley 15s 9d ; - Ittrtley loward's W. 11. Neth l6s Od Nixon's Merthyr . 228 Od Sidne3 's Hartley Ships at market, 331. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Nov. 16, 1848, made up from thelleturns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Exgland and Wak s per Imperial Quarter. BARLEY. OATS. BEANS. . PRICE .. 1 62s ` I 'Od 33s 7d I 20s 10d 130 s RTE. I Isd 378 2d 40s PEAS 2d DU CIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 'lnar. I EARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. BEANS. I PEAS. Gs Od 2s Sd 2s 6d 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) At the sitting of the Court tkis morning Lord Den man announced the following decisions:— Hurls v. Esdale—Rule granted. Ferguson v. Cooper —Rule for new trial granted. Fitzgerald v. Ford—Rule refused. Doe on the demise of Charter v. Barnard— Rule granted.—South v. Calvert—No rule. Warner v. Buck —No rule. Childs v. Coles—Rule dismissed. THE QUEEN V. COBBETT. Lord DENMAN, addressing Mrs Cobbett, said the Court had looked into the affidavits on this case, and they found it was similar to the one the Court had decided in a former term. The habeas corpus must therefore be refused. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) • IN RE THE CHURCHWARDENS OF KNAPTON. Mr. COWLING applied to the Court for a rule nisi Calling upon the archdeacon of the East Riding of the county of York to show cause why he refused to admit Mi. Edward Robinson and Mr. Francis Ilobson to the office of churchwardens of the parish of Knapton. The gentlemen alluded to were elected by the ratepayers at Easter last, but, upon their applying to the archdeacon, be refused to admit them, on the grour,d that they had not presented themselves i❑ a legal manner, in failing to enter a caveat of their return. Subsequently they made it second application, accompanied by an attorney, but again they were refused, the archdeacon stating that in the absence of others properly presenting thimselves he had admitted the two former churchwardens. Now these gentlemen had refused to give the parishioners an account of their proceedings, and hence arose the elec tion of two new churchwardens, bat the archdeacon being favourable to the obnoxious holders of the office, was anxious to keep out their rightful successors. Mr. Justice PATTESON, under the circumstances, granted a rule absolute fur a mandamus in the first instance. . EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) rOULKES V. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY. Mr. MARTIN applied for a rule to show cause why an award made in this cave should not be set aside. It ap peared that Foulkes had a lease for aeventy• five years of a piece of land, in the neighbourhood of Weymouth, which he held from the Corporation, and that he purchased, with the consent of the Lords of the Treasury, the re version of the fee simple for 1751. In 1845 the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth IZ,ilway gave notice under the Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act that they would re quire a part of the land. The plaintiff claimtd the sum of 7,000/. as compensation, but the company refused to give that amount, and offered the nominal sum of 51, for the purpose of having a valuation of the property made. Accordingly a person of the name t f Powell was appoint, d arbitrator, before whom a number of London and other surveyors were examined, and the lowest sum mentioned by any of them as compensation for the loss of the property WAS 7,1001. No witnesses were examined on the part of the com pany, but their counsel alleged that the plaintiff had ob tained the lease and reversion, who, he contended, formed a mere colourable title, in order to get compen sation, and called upon the arbitrator to give a small Bum. The arbitrator awarded that Foulkes should .receive in respect of the property 1,73.51., and settlt d the costs of the arbitration at 68/. 10s. The Learned Counsel grounded his motion upon three points; first, that the arbitrator was not properly appointed, as his appointment was not signed by two of the Railway Commissioners, as required by the recent Act; secondly, that he should have given the real value of the property; and thirdly, that he ought to have specified the amount Of costs to be paid on each side, which ho had not done. • The COURT granted a rule. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURcHELL.) HOLMES V. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The plaintiff in this action v<as a guard in the South- Western Railway Company, and sought to recover the of 61. 10s., balance of wages deducted by the corn- Pany on the ground that he had misconducted himself by acting contrary to the rules of the company. The plaintiff's salary as a second-class guard on the Southampton line had been 255. per wet k, but on the 22d of Jauuary last a deduction by way of fine was bsade at the rate of ss. per week, aid he was paid 11, per week up to September (when he resigned), with the exception of three or four occasions when the full amount was paid. evidence of a very tedious nature was gone into to tove the different payments, and the Learned be left suggested, that the matter should left to a referee or referees, but the counsel for the company declined, saying, that he had no doubt he should be able to convince the jury that the company had acte d properly. The rules and insttuctions of the company was put in, and by which both guards were to have the hand engine and tail lamps lighted at sunset, ur in foggy weather, and by the 23d rule every person ne glecting any of the rules would be liable to fine or dis missal, whether an accident occurred or not, and by the sth and 6th rules each guard was bound to have signal lamps and flags, as therein described. A witness said both guards ought to have their hand lamps, and the head guard to see the side and tail lamps. At Bishopstuko the town divided one ft r Southampton, and one for Gosport, and the second :guard went with the latter, and took the duties of head guard. On the day in question, plaintiff was guard of the express train which left Lon don at half-past fire in the evening. The lamps not being correct, plaintiff signalled the train to stop at Woking, a station at which they ought not to have stopped. Fur the defendants, it was contended that there was o case for the jury, for there had been a breach of duty not only by not having his proper lamps, but by stop- Ping the train at Woking ; and, secondly, that plaintiff had assented to the decision by receiving the money. The UNDER-SHERIFF considered that there ought to be a scale of fines, and it was a question for the jury whether the fine was arbitrary and to the extent of a de duction in wages ; and, secondly, whether the plaintiff assented. The case then proceeded, and is likely to last much longer. W ORSHIP-STREET. —(THIS DAY.) Martin Williams and William Pau. Williams, father and 800, were charged as follows : Mr. Ja mes B rown, farrier, &c., of Swan-yard, Shore ditch, deposed that, on Sunday morning last, at about eight o'clock, he found the windows of the sitting-room, "jell is elevated from the ground several feet, par tially open. He also discovered that several articles had been abstracted from that room during the night. In the course of the following day the elder prisoner came to witness and said, " All is right, don't fear, my son took your things, and you will have them in the even ing.' They were not, however, brought, and prosecutor Called in the police. The elder prisoner had been prose cutor's landlord, and lived next door to him. P olice -constable 76 H stated that on entering the elder prisoner's premises he denied all knowledge of the stolen propert y. W.tness on entering a bed-room and pulling p the bed, discovered the stolen articles, so placed as to P a smoot h surface above. The elder prisoner said he k new noth i ng a b out i t. The younger prisoner s aid he saw two persons at prosecutor's door, at about ?Int) o'clock in the morning, and heard one of them say u the other, " Bill, or Jem, is it all right?" but as soon Tewittiess came up they each scampered off, throwing ''" rsbundle into the street; hence his possession of them. ir,f .o lice-sergeant 17 H. said the elder prisoner, who was ""9uor at the time, told bite that his son had robbed hire. S. Y erel persona gave the elder prisoner an excellent —.cuter. Mr. 'lemma. said he should make a distinction be tween the two prisoners. He would at once c onmit to Newgate for trial the youn r , ;er prisoner, but woul I tak.- bail for the appearance at the s scions of the elder pri soner.—Comm itted. MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL. REFORM ASSOCIATION. (BY EXPRESS.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNLNG. Last evening a meeting of the above association was held in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street ; it was rather nume rously attended by working men, among whom were sprinkled not a few persons filling the higher walks of life. The association has for its object three important points—the reduction of the national expenditure, the economising the collection of the taxes, and the substituting direct for indirect taxation, and the purpose of the present meeting was to expound generally the views of the aisocia• tion, to indicate the extravagant expenditure of the Govern ment, and to ask the co-operation of the public in their movement. On the platform were Charles Robertson, Esq.; John Finch, Esq., Brodribb, Esq. ; John Smith, Esq., of the Liverpool Mercury; Richard Shiels, Esq.; Frank Boult Esq.; A. S. Stewart, Esq. ; and Alexander Somerville, Esq., locally known as " One who has whistled at the Plough." CHARLES ROBERTSON, Esq., in the absence of the Presi sident of the Association, Robertson Gladstone, Esq., was called to the chair. After briefly complimenting the absent chairman, and excusing himself for filling that important place, Mr. Robertson went on to say, that it would be the aim of the speakers to deal with facts, such as could not fail to obtain attention, elucidatory of the enormity of the present mode of taxing the people, and the object of those taxes— the supporting idle and unproductive members of society a system which imposed heavy burdens on those least able to bear them, and light ones on men whose position enabled them to contribute largely to the public expenditure —a system which, being essentially wrong, could not be made right, though backed by law and custom—such a system, taxing the poor to give to the rich, should meet with the reprobation of the country. He as serted that the men placed in power to administer the sacred trust of the national treasure had aided in squandering it by aggrandising themselves and their their connexions. These gentlemen were then on their trial, perhaps for the first time. Mr. Robertson sat down amid universal applause, and - FRANK BOULT, Esq., rose to address the meeting. He al most immediately adduced a host of facts and figures bearing out the principles of extravagant and unjust taxa tion ; he approved of direct in preference to indirect taxation, notwithstanding the opinion of the editer of the Times on this subject. Of the blessing of indirect taxation a good in stance was afforded by the Customs, which, for the year 1848, were given at 21,000,0001. odd. The: lowest foreign coffee, quoted at 245. per cwt., the value of which was lid. per lb. paid 6d. per lb. duty; this was for the poor man's use ; but the highest qua lity of colonial coffee, quoted at 120 s. per cwt., only paid a duty of 4d. per lb. This is one of the monopolies which es caped Sir Robert Peel. The same unjust difference between the amount of taxes paid by the poor man and the rich was instanced in the case of foreign spirits; gin, at a shilling a gallon, and cognac brandy being instanced. The duty on tea was 2s. 2d. per lb. Bohea, the original value of which was 2d.,. was taxed at the rate of 875 per cent., but gunpowder, the first cost of which was 4s. per lb., paid a duty of only 55 per cent. The article of tobacco paid no less than 1,250 per cent. duty. The country was deprived of the benefit of an enormous trade in wines in consequence of this iniquitous system of taxation, which deprived the poor man also of one of the most agreeable drinks that can be taken, the light wine of France. A Cologne merchant had told him that he (the merchant) had wine at one penny a gallon and at ten shil lings, but when sent to England both were taxed alike. Timber came next in the category, and was stated to be partly taxed and partly free, such as is imported for cabinet uses, as the making of furniture coming under the latter bead, but when required for pur poses of shipbuilding, &c., restricted. Mr. Boult from the Customs glided to the Excise, which, he said, was computed at, for the last year, 13,000,0(01.—he wished to ask if any just reasen could be given why Ireland should be exempt from the duty on bricks, soap, malt, and post horses, and to inquire if it were the will of our Legislature that the lower classes of this country should be driven into mud cabins, and to forego the use of soap, paper, sugar, tea, and coffee. Having drawn a melancholy picture of the poor man's house under these restrictions, he introduced the following lines of Cowper : " The Excise is fattened with the rich result of all this riot, And ten thousand cooks, for ever dribbling forth their base contents, Touched by the Midas finger of the State, Breed gold for Ministers to sport away. Drink and be mad then ! 'Tis your country bids! Gloriously drunk, obey the important call, Her cause demands the assistance of your throats, Ye all can swallow, and she asks nu more." He then went on to show that the duty on common bricks, selling at 12s. to 14s. per 1,000, was 6s. I%d. or 60 per cent. A million a year was thus produced, chiefly from this description of brick, the more expensive fire brick being comparatively lightly taxed. In the article of malt, too. the labouring classes were taxed to the tune of four millions and a half, this grain being chiefly consumed by them. The injustice of fine and coarse descriptions of paper heing subject to one impost was spoken of, as well as the fact of soap paying DAd. per lb. duty. The department of Stamps in turn passed in review; this department produces 7,000,0001. Mr. Boult happily illustrated the enormity of the advertisement duty, by con trasting the two descriptions of appeal to the public—an advertisement of a column in length, and one of three lines— the former fraught with the eloquence of Mr. G Robins, and the latter setting forth the want of a servant out of place, yet both these very different interests contributed the same portion to the Treasury, one shilling and sixpence. The different kinds of bills were enumerated also, with a view to showing that the small sums here also paid a much heavier proportion than those of large amount—a 2/. bill being one shillings, while one for 3,0001. was only 255. Bonds in like manner—for one of 100/. 21. must be paid, but if for the heavy sum of 20,000/. only 255. for each thousand was re quired. In like manner, the probate duty, though fairly enough adjusted when moderate sums were bequeathed, was singularly easy in the case of millionaires, ceasing to operate after the first 100,000/. Mr. Boult then came to the assessed taxes, which he stated amounted to 10,000,000/. He again referred to the invidious exemption here in the case of Ireland, and • also as regards our own farmers, and reverted to the Act of 1815, which he described as acting prejudicially to the farmers, as well as to the inhabitants of towns, who instead of the landlords, had to make up the deficiency in seasons of agricultural distress. The window-tax came in for the next share of scrutiny, and it proved to be based on the same principle as the fore going, every window up to a certain number after seven paying a tax of Bs.; but when the number came to 45, the tax suddenly fell to ls. 6d. Thence the speaker went to the land-tax, which remains to this day pre cisely as when settled in 1692, at 4s. in the pound. This tax ought to yield 20,000,0001., instead of the miserable sum of 1,100,0001. He observed, in reference to this, that Sir Robert Peel, when charged with the inequality of the income-tax, had answered that Pitt had not dared to pro pose an equal income-tax, and neither would he. But what was this but a confession that the aristocracy were the dictators in each case? A. S. STEWART, Esq., followed the last speaker. Ile chiefly confined his remarks to the expenditure entailed on the country by the war establishment. He took the entire population at twenty-eight millions, and di viding the responsibility devolving on each, as regards the national debt of 8,000,0001., he found that every man, woman, and child in England, Ireland, and Scotland was in debt 29/. From the national debt Mr. Stewart went to our present liabilities for war. The army estimate for the present year was said to be 20,000,0001., which, taking every. individual at the rate of 14s.3d.per head, to which add 20s. per head for debt, and there would be a total of U. 14s. 3d. due from each individual, which, in fact, was under the actual amount, inasmuch as this calculation includes infants, women, paupers, and the like, who pay no taxes. The standing army, rank and file, amounts to 123,992, of which 5,734 are officers, gentlemen who cannot stoop to business, yet do condescend to dabble in the commission market, for their own advantage. He would ask whether this large force was required, and would reply that it had been proved that our police was sufficient to contend with civil tumults. And as to the argument that this force was re quired in case of war, he rejected it as absurd in princi ple. He reprobated the system of colonizatisn which required 250,0001. to be expended, because we refuse to allow them to govern themselves. He contrasted the amount of exports with the cost of government, ;which showed,: in the case of the North American colonies, that for'every 20s. received for exports, 9s. was paid forexpense. The exports for 1844 being 9,000,0001., and the cost of government 4,000,0001, whilst for the same year we re ceived 8,000,0001. for experts to the United States, in which only 15,0001. was expended, which, in fact, would be still lower were it not for the fact of our paying more to our Ambassador at Washington than the Americans paid to their President. The speaker went on, with consider able force, to point out the items of expenditure con nected with the army, and the enormities of fashionable regiments, which were most extravagantly over-officered. The following are a few of the statistics adduced : the list of generals contains three kings, two princes, one royal duke, and one common duke, three marquises, six earls, four viscounts, nine lords, twenty-one right honourables, and nineteen honourables, making a total of sixty-nine. There are 131 lieutenant-generals, and 84 major -generals; to tal ofgenerals, 284, which gives to each regimentjtwo generals. The numbers of subordinate officers was shown to be on a scale of equal magnitude—a remark which also applies to the half-pay list, on which are 206 colonels, receiving each 11.75. 6d. per diem for doing nothing. If we were asked why such things were allowed to exist, we would say it was owing to the monstrous law of pri mogeuiure, which, in the words of Adam Smith, makes one child wealthy and all the others beg gars; but this law was considered necessary to perpetuate the honour of our ancient and glorious nobility. Referring to the constitution of the House of Commons, which is supposed to represent the people, he proved how ,such a state of things was compatiable with its functions, inasmuch as this deliberative Assembly is composed of 656 Members, out of which 250 were officers of militia, six marquises, seven earls, 63 lords, 133 brothers or sons of peers, 56 baronets, 85 married to the sisters or daughters of peers. Mr. Stewart concluded by urging the importance of unanimity amongst the middle and labouring classes to the success of the cause. After which, Mr. JOHN SMITH addressed the meeting. He spoke of the absurdity of the situation of obsolete offices in connexion with the Court of her Majesty, such as the Master of tho Hawks, who receives 1,200/. though he has no hawks to tend. The Gold and Silver Sticks came in for a share of his sarcastic observations. He did not doubt but that were there a gold fiddle-stick some ready member of the aristocracy would be found to flourish it. Amongst other grievances, he complained of the enormous expense of purchasing Acts of Parliament, which he would call by no other name than public plunder; in confirmation adduced an instance. The small town of Southport requiring a short Act for the management of their own affairs applied to Parliament, and had to pay 1,5001. He reprobated the system of indirect taxation, which he characterised as being invented to supply the aristocracy with patronage. Mr. JOHN - Fixes' concluded the business of the meet ing by announcing that the present was the initiatory of a series to be held on the evening of each third Wednesday in the month. He advised agitation as the only means of success, which had been shown by the Anti-Corn Law League, and concluded by re questing as many as could do so to become subscribers to the association, the expenses of which, it was pre sumed, would not be more than 1,000/. per annum. He was glad to say that at present the funds were in a prosperous condition, there being a balance in their treasurer's hands. I YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BER WICK RAILWAY. In accordance with the wish expressed by a con siderable number of the shareholders in this railway, the directors have prepared the following statement, showing the present position of the company, and the estimate which, after careful consideration, they have formed of its present and future liabilities and pros pects. The total amount expended in the works undertaken by the company, to the Ist of November inst., i 5....... £5,375,483 The estimated amount of the gross sum which will be required for the comple tion of the works now in progress, and of the new works proposed to be exe cuted, viz.: the Washington, Kelso, Aln wick, and Warkworth branches, the Tyne and Tweed bridges, the Auckland Valley line, and the Tyne Docks, and including, also,:the comple tion of the Pontop and South Shields purchase, and the Sunderland Dock subscription, is 1,869,228 Making the gross amount of the capital to be ultimately raised Or, in order to have a sufficient margin for cuntingencies, say ... £7,300,000 It will be satisfactory to the shareholders to be in formed, that this amount of capital can be realised by calling up what remains unpaid on the extension shares No. 1 and No. 2, and by exercising the powers of borrowing to the extent of 1,550,000/., including the existing mortgage debt which at present amounts to no more than 722,0731. When all the works shall have been completed the aggregate length of the several lines of railway in the possession of the company will be 330 miles, and the directors calculate that the gross income they may fairly expect to derive from the whole will be not less than 1,040,0001. per annum, which is after the rate of 20,0001. per week. This income will be subject to the following annual charges, viz. : For working expenses £300,000 For interest on borrowed , capital, taken at 1,550,0001. at 4* per cent For rent payable to the Great North of England Railway Company, including interest on their debentures ... For rent payable to the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, including in- terest on their debentures 69,750 151,400 89,880 Total . . £ 561,030 Showing a clear annual profit of 478,9701., which, after yielding a dividend of 71. per cent. per annum upon the share capital of 5,750,0001., will leave a surplus income of 76,4701. In estimating the prospective gross income of the company at 1,040,0001. per annum, the directors rely upon the following considerations. The revenue now produced by the traffic upon the 270 miles of line at present in operation, is after the rate of about 720,0001. per annum, or 13,8461. per week. This, it must be remembered, is the produce of a year of severe commercial depression, during which the de crease of passenger traffic upon railways has been un precedented. But there can be no doubt that the revival of commerce will restore that steady progres sive improvement of railway traffic in all depart ments which has been previously experienced. In the article of coal alone, the published re- turns show that the quantity exported from the ports of Durham and Northumberland during the last four years has increased after the rate of 45 per cent. in that short period. The Auckland Valley line, which the directors pro pose to construct immediately, will open out a rich coal field, and the directors confidently expect will prove in the highest degree productive. The forma tion of the Tyne Docks, and the completion of the Sunderland Docks, will afford vast facilities to the ex portation of coal, and cannot fail to assist most mate rially in the development of that traffic which is now suffering considerably from the want of dock accommodation. The improvement of the general traffic of the line by the opening of the bridges across the Tyne and Tweed has not yet had time to exhibit itself to any extent, but that it will produce a very large accession of revenue there cannot he the slightest doubt. Upon all these grounds, the directors feel great confidence in antici pating that, by the time the additional sixty miles of line shall have come into operation, the gross annual income will reach the amount at which they have estimated it. It is not the intention of the directors at present to commence any of the works for which Parliamen • tary powers have been obtained, besides those already referred to. The proprietors are aware that out of the money raised by the calls already made upon the guaranteed stock created for completing the purchase of the Great North of England Railway, a large sum has been passed, by way of loan, to the general construe- tion account. This it is the intention of the directors to replace; but they do not propose to make any further calls upon the guaranteed stock for some time to come. They have little doubt that when the period arrives for completing the purchase the holders of Great North of England Stock will be content to accept the debentures of this company, at a moderate rate of interest. Presuming such debentures to be taken, the calls already made upon the guaranteed stock of this company will then come into dividend, and, calculating that such dividend will be after the rate of 71. per cent., the amount of extra dividend and interest, thenceforth to be paid, beyond what is already charged, will be about 40,0001. par annum, and this will be amply met by the estimated surplus income. The directors are happy to state that their engage ments with subsidiary undertakings are of trifling amount. This company has a collateral interest in the Sunderland Dock Company, to which the share holders authorised the directors to subscribe. Par- liamentary sanction has not yet been obtained for this subscription, in consequence of the requisite power having, from accidental circumstances, been omitted to be sought for last session, but in the ensuing session this will be remedied. Another undertaking to which the directors propose that the company shall contribute, is the Aberdeen Railway, and they have agreed to recommend to the shareholders to subscribe for 50,000/. of the preferential stock issued by that company. The directors think it highly expedient that this company should possess an interest in the lines on the eastern coast of Scotland, when they find competing companies using great exertions to secure the whole of the traffic north of Edinburgh. Many of the proprietors are aware that the direc tors have entered into a provisional agreement for leasing the Newcastle and Carlisle, and Maryport and Carlisle Railways, and a considerable number have intimated their disapprobation of the measure. The directors trust it is unnecessary for them to state that they would not embark in any new undertaking unless they were persuaded that it would prove ad vantageous to the company. They do not, however, intend to /Tress the acceptance of these leases upon the proprietors in opposition to their wishes, being quite prepared to take upon themselves the responsi bility they have incurred on behalf of the company. In conclusion, the directors beg to assure the pro prietors that nothing can be more satisfactory to the board than the present position of the company, whether in reference to its traffic or to the expense of working it, and they have no hesitation in express ing their unshaken confidence in the soundness and stability of the undertaking with the management of which they are intrusted. This confidence is founde d upon their experience of the steadily increasing traffic which every year has brought upon the lines notwith standing the check occasioned by the recent extraor dinary commercial depression, and upon their convic tion that, as a railway undertaking, the property is wholly unassailable—that no traffic can be abstracted from it by competing lines—and that an unfailing source of continually improving revenue is secured to it in the inexhaustible mineral wealth of the counties of Durham and Northumberland. By Order, JOHN CLOSE, Secretary. York, Nov. 14, 1848. GRAY'S INN, Nov. 1 5.—William Tyndall Barnard, Esq., was this day called to the degree of Barrister-at- Law by the Honourable Society of Gray's Iwi. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 15.—Tbe following is an outline of yesterday's proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench:— The CHIEF JUSTICE, when the full Court sat, stated, in reference to the question whether the Attorn-y- General had the final reply, that in looking into the case of the Queen v. O'Connell, the Court did not find it there decided that the Attorney-General had not the right to the reply, and the practice in this country hay ing been to give him this right, the Court would conform to that practice. Mr. HOLMES was then heard on behalf of the prison, r. and adverted to the objections which had been opened by Sir C. O'Loghlen. lie principally relied on the ob jection that the challenge to William Duff, as a juror, had been disallowed, although he was a burgess, and as ' such intcrested in the conviction, as the charter of the old corporation, to whose privileges the present body succeedk d, vested in the corporation the goods and chattels of persons who were convicted of felony. 1 he ATTORNEY - GENERAL was heard in reply, and at considerable detail proceeded to answer the objections to the validity of the proceedings. The CHIEF JUSTICE intimated that the case should stand over for the consideration of the Court. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN Mr. D. LYNCH applied, on the part of the Crown, for a writ of habeas corpus to issue to bring up the body of William Smith O'Brien, in order that he might assign errors. He had been found guilty at the special com mission held at Ch nmel, on the charge of high treason, and he (Mr. Lynch) applied to have Friday next fixed as the day on which the prisoner should be brought up to hand in the assignment of errors. The CHIEF JUSTICE —Be it so. THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER, IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN. Mr. LYNCH obtained a like order in this case; as also in the cases of Thomas O'Donoghoe and Terence Bellew M'Manus, who had also been found guilty of high treason at the special commission. Mr. WHITESIDE, Q.C., said that perhaps that was the proper time to make an application that the place of custody of all the prisoners concerning whom writs of habeas corpus had been granted should be changed to the Richmond Penitentiary. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it would be necessary for Mr. Whiteside to make the application again on Friday next. The Court then adjourned to this morning. THE NAPIER BANQUET.—His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge and the Right Honourable the Commander of the Forces have announced their in tention of attending the dinner in honour of the hero of Sinde. THE LATE OUTBREAL—The following address, signed by the Marquis of Waterford and the leading persons of influence in the vicinity of Portlaw, has been presented to the Rev. Mr. Medlycott:— • " Portlaw, Nov. 9th, 1848. "Sir,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of Portlaw and its vicinity, being deeply conscious of the very im portant services rendered by you to the country during the late disturbances, beg to present you with this ad dress, in testimony of our appreciation of them. " We cannot too strongly express our admiration of the promptness and intrepidity you displayed on the 12th of September last, in joining the police of this town, and in your official capacity conducting the defence of the barracks against the very large body of armed insurgents who attacked it on that day. "We consider that, under Providence, you were mainly instrumental in giving a decided check to re bellio❑ in this neighbourhood, and think it particularly deserving of notice that you are the only magistrate in the country who has been in actual collision with the insurgents. " Your valuable and untiring exertions in the perform ance of your duties as a magistrate for the last twenty years have gained for you the respect and esteem of all parties; and we recognise in your conduct, during the late critical period, a continuation of those services for which you have always been distinguished. We further desire to express our entire satisfaction with the humane manner in which you have carried out those duties, ren dering justice in mercy. " With sincere and heartfelt wishes for your future happiness and !prosperity, we are, your obedient ser vants, (Signed) WATERFORD, &c. HIGH SHERIFFS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. Names of the gentlemen returned by the judges of assize to serve the office of high sheriff for the ensuing year:— ANTRIM.—James Stewart Moore, Esq., of Ballydi vitty, Dervock; Alexander Shafto Adair, Esq., Bally mena; Alexander Montgomery, Esq., of Potteyr's Hall, Antrim. ARMAGH.—The Viscount Mandeville, Castle,Tander agee; Richard Blackiston, Houston, Esq., of Orange field, Belfast ; Marcus Sinnot, Esq., of Ballymoyer, Newtownhamilton. CARLOW.—Thomas H. Watson, Esq., of Sumclone, Carlow; William F. Burton, Esq., of Burton Hall, Carlow; Thomas Kavanagh, Esq., of Borris House, Burris. CARRICKFERGUS TOWN.—Peter - Kirk, Esq., of Thorn field, Carrickfergus; Stephen Richard Birr, Esq., Car rickfergus; Henry Theophilus Higginson, Esq., Lis burn. CAVAN.—Henry Theophilus Clements, Esq., of Ash field, Cootehill; Sir William Hort, Bart., of Portland, Kilcoek; Henry Theophilus Kilbee, Esq., of Drumkeen, Cagan. CLARE.—Sir Edward Fitzgerald, Bart., of Carrigo. ratn, Newmarket on•Forgus; Colonel Charles Synge, of Mount Callan, Ennis; Major William H. Ball, of For t lergus, EnLis. Coax.—The Viscount Kilworth, of Moor Park, I{il• worth; Sir Gorge Conway Colahurst, Bart., of Ardrum, Inniscurra •, Richard Wallis Goo:d Adams, E.g., of Jarucabrooke, Cloyne. CORK ClTY.—Thomas Ronanye Sarsfield, Esq., Cork; William Wrixon Leycester, Esq., Cork; Major North Ludlow Beamish, of Beaumont, Cork. DONEGAL.—James Hamilton, Esq., of St. Erna ns , Donegal; John Fer guson , E sq . , o f Castle Horward, Londonderry; Richard Maxw ell, Esq., of Birdstown, Londonderry. Neon, Esq., of Ballydergan House, Downpatrick; Archibald Rowan Hamilton, Esq., of Bally leagh, Donaghadee• ' Alexander Stewart, Esq., of Laurence-town House, Gilford. DnoottEDA. TowN.—Francis Lealand, Esq., of Drog heda; Patrick Ternan, Esq., of Drogheda; John Chad wick, Esq., of Stameen, Drogheda. DUBLIN. —John Ennis Esq., of Merrion-square East; Robert Quinn Alexander, Esq., of Garristown, Swords; John Brennan, Esq., of Kingston Lodge, Golden Ball. DUBLIN ClTY.—William Digges La Touche, Esq., 34, Stephen's-green South; John M•Donnell, Esq., Merrion-square East; Robert Kinahan, Esq., Carlisle buildings. FERMANAGH.—John Caldwell Bloomfield, Esq., of Castle Caldwell, Enniskillen; Thomas Armstrong Esq., of Lisgool, Enniskillen; Paul Dane, Esq., of Killyhev lin, Enniskillen. GALWAY.—John Martin, E sq ., Gort ; William Gregory, E q s - of Tullis Castle, CoolP ark, Gort; the Hon. Anthony Nugent, of Pallas,.' of Loug hrea GALWAY Towsz. — Michael Morris, Esq., of Lenaboy, Galway; William Andrew Blake Esq of Ferbo, Gal way; Henry Comerford, E sq. KERRY.—Peter Fitzgerald- 'Galway.olnightstown,Va lentia ; Maurice Ja mes ' Es q., O'Connell, Esq., of Lakeview, Killarney; Valenti ne B rown, Esq., of li -.' enmare House, Killarney. KILDARE.—Edward Beaurnan Esq., of Furnace, Naas; George L. Mansfield Esq.,' of Morristown Latin, Naas; William Palmer Es KILRENNY.—james S. L T, of Itatieen, Clonrad. • ne, Esq., of Shipt on , C a ll an ; William Lloyd Flood Esq., of Farml e y C ast l e , C a ll an ; to her. John De Montmorency, E sq., of Castle Morris, Kn oc k- KILKENNY CITY.—John New port Greene, Esq., of Lakeview, Kilkenny ; Richard Birchfield. Kilkenny; J o h vw Smithwick, E sq ., o f Cottage, Kilkenny. ade, Esq., of St. Conice's KING'S COUNTY.—Thomas EEO rn an Mulock, Esq., of Bellair, Ballycomber; Edward Bor, Esq,, of Ballindi;lan, Edenderry ; John O'Brien, Esq., of ;tali' an Lodge, I ul lainore. LEITRIM.—William La Touche, Esq., of Harristown, Kilcullen; William Whyte, Esq., of Newtown, Droma hair; William Johnston, Esq., of Kinlough House, Bun doran. LIMERICK.—Sa mueI Dixon, jun., Esq., of Kilkeedy. Limerick; Bolton Waller, jun., Esq., of Castletown, Limerick; Eyre Lloyd, Esq., of Prospect, Castleconnell, LIMERICK ClTY.—David Leahy Arthur, Esq., of Shanakiel House, Cork; William Spaight, Esq., Lime rick; the Hon. Standish Prendergast Vereker, of Rom borough, Limerick. LONDONDERRY CITY AND COUNTY.—James John Clarke, Esq., of Lurgantogher, Maghera; Robert Peel Dawson, Esq., of Castledawson, Castledawson ; Conolly Lecky, Esq., Londonderry. LONGFORD.—John Cooke,Esq., of Aughintemple, New Ross; John Shuldham, Esq., of Moigh, Ballymahon; Francis Fetherston IL, Esq., of Avonmore Cottage, Arklow. LOUTH.—George Macartney, Esq., of Lissanoro Castle, Antrim; Sir John Stevenson Robinson, B art . , Ballymena; Major George Buxton, of Rahanna, Ardee. MAYO.—Anthony Ormsby, Esq., of Ballinamona; Robert Rutledge, Esq., of Bloomfield, Hollymount; Charles Mahon, Esq., of Mount Pleasant, B a lly g l ass. MEATH.—Richard Ch aloner, Esq., of King s f ort ; William Martley I3lackburne, Esq., of Tankardstown Hall, Slane; Michael Thunder, Esq., of Lagore, Duns haughlin. MONAGHAN.—Thornas Forster, Esq., of Coolderry, o f Carrickruacross • Colonel Henry Edward Pattie, of Car rickmscross ; Willi a m Verner, Esq., of Churchill, Loughall. QUEEN'S COUNTY.—Richard Warburton. E sq., of Garryhinch, Portarlingt on ; Gerald Fitzgerald, E sq., of Moyne, Durrow; Edward Wilmot Chetvrood, E Fq., of Woodbrook, Portarlington. RoscommoN.—Arthur O'Connor , Esq., of Elphi n House, Eiphin; William Phibbs, Esq., of Seafield, Sligo; John Irwin, Esq., of Leabeg, Ballimore. SLlGO.—Charles William Cooper, Esq., of Cooper Riverstovvn; Bernard Owen Cogan, Esq , of Lis carney House, Collooney; John Folliott, Esq., of Holly brooke, Boyle. TIPPERARY.—Sir John Craven Carden, Bart., of the Priory, Tetnplemore; Lieut.-Colonel Wray Palliser, of Derryliesken House, Fethard ; George Ryan, Esq., of Inch House, Thurles. TYRONE.—Robert William Lowry, Esq., of Pomeroy house, Dungannon; Henry D'Arcy, Esq., of Neearn Castle, Lowthers.town; Thomas Richardson Browne, Esq., of Aughinstown, Clogher. WATERFORD.—James Barry, Esq., of M'Coll op C astle. Fermoy; the Hon. S. Carew, of Woodstock, Waterford; Edward O'Dell, Esq., .of Carriglea, Dungarvan. WATERFORD ClTY.—George Meara, Esq., of M ay _ park, Waterford; Thomas Wyse, Esq., of m anor of St. John's, Waterford; Robert Carow, Esq., of Ballinamona, Waterford. WESTMEATIL—CoIoneI Caulfield, of Bloomfield, Mul lingar; Sir John Nugent, Bart., of Bailinlough, Castle towndelvin; Sir Fruncis Hopkins, Bart., of Rochfort, WEiFOßD.—Edward Westby Nunn, Esq., of St. Margaret's Wexford ; Ch ar l es A rt h ur Walker, ,of the Lodge, Wexford; James Power, &q., of Eder mine, Enniscorthy. WICKLOW.—RoFert A. Gun Cunningham, Esq., of Mount Kennedy, Newtown Mount Kennedy; Petkq. La Touche, Esq., of Bellview, Delgany; the Hon. Charles Stanly Mona, of Merrion-square, EXHIBITION OF PUPILS' DRAW INGS AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. The exhibition of the copies from the old masters, made by the students and probationers of the British In stitution, was opened yesterday, and will remain open to-day. The exhibition is a most interesting one, and the copies reflect infinite credit upon the students of the Institution. There was not one bad one amongst them, whilst some were so accurately true to the original, that we were no longer surprised at the doubts which are sometimes raised as to the authenticity of certain pictures. The copies from the Angel of Leonardo da Vinci were all excessively beautiful, and the copyists in general had been completely im bued with the spirit of grace which is the peculiar characteristic of this master ; the peculiarites of his colouring are also excellently imitated. Some of the copies from Ruysdael are fine specimens of landscape painting. Indeed all are so good that we would fain see these artists producing something original. As we said before, the exhibition is one of much interest, and reflects great, credit on all parties connected with the British Institution. IMPROVED FARMING.-HOPE FOR IRELAND. "Agricultural pursuits are the most natural occupa tion of Man. "— WILLIAM PENN. " All wealth lies in the field, the forest, and the mine; and there it will lie for ever, unless your industry draw it OUL"—ADAM The benevolent intention of a number of the Society of Friends to establish a model farm, or agricultural seminary, in Ireland, of which some particulars appeared in our last paper, induces us to commend the subject, and other matters connected with it, to the best attention of the public generally : from that attention the greatest good may arise. The population of the three kingdoms is increasing at the rate of a thousand mouths per day; and, not withstanding this important fact, we verily believe the land of the three kingdoms is not producing one-half the food which it is capable of yielding for the wants of man ; and yet thousands of men are standing idle whose extra labour on the land, under proper direction, would produce the extra food that is wanted. This suicidal state of things the proposed efforts of the Society of Friends are calculated to obviate. With proper management and steady industry England (we speak of Great Britain and Ireland under that term) might be an exporting country as to food; and in any condition approaching such a state of things, and with a proper system of internal currency, her wealth would be sufficient for the well clothing, well feeding, and well educating of fall her people; while her command of the luxuries of life, from every clime, would be equal to the utmost rational desire with respect to them. We happen to know an estate (a number of farms adjoining each other) which in about twenty years has undergone the following change the first place, being under no degree of skilful manage. ment, the rents were extremely low, and were paid by the poor and ignorant farmers with great difficulty (the rabbits seemed to have had the best share of the few good things produced), and, after paying fixed and incidental expenses connected with an unproductive part of the domain, the whole left the owner an annual revenue of only two hundred pounds, And sometimes less. Under a more modern system, in which rabbits were extermi nated, good drainage adopted, irrigation provided, little tramways laid down, for the quick and easy transit of manure from ene part of the estate to another, the cost of improvements being added, by a per centage, to the rental, and new valuations occurring on changes of tenants and other circum stances, the condition of the property now is, that its produce is more than double (nearly treble), the farmers are never a day behind with their rent, they give employment to more labourers, they all have money in the bank, or in good investments, and the owner receives a clear return of full five thousand pounds per annum ! And all this is from the same soil, but from superior direction : it is the triumph of mind over matter; and the improve ments are still going on, with everything to encourage them. We would name the estate but for giving trouble to those concerned. Now, here is hope for Ireland, and enough to give an impulse to better farming everywhere. The advice we gave on Tuesday, that a preference should be given to green crops and animal food over grain, an article which may bs had from the antipodes, if needful, should go along with the influence of the above statements ; and we ought no longer to be at once scandalised and impoverished by idle lands and idle hands being seen in the self same districts of our country. The author of that admirable work, " The National Distress : its Fi nancial Origin, and Remedy," well describes the folly of our present condition, by supposing the following language to be addressed to an unemployed labourer : —" There, you see, is land lying waste all around you; its culture would yield you abundance of food; your labour upon it is all that is necessary to extract that food : but you shall not labour upon it; you shall live by beggary or by theft, or starve to death, and the nation must pay the additional cost of im porting food, raised by foreign labour, from distant lands." We remember, in a wild part of the county Wicklow, seeing a young woman standing at a lane end, half a mile from her cabin, with a single egg in her hand for sale. 'What must have been the destitu tion of such a person, or of the family she belonged to, when something was wanted which the sale of one egg (a single halfpenny in value) would pur chase, they not being able to afford to eat the egg themselves! Such an absence of the means, or of the knowledge of the means, of rendering labour efficient enough for ensuring common comforts, is a proof of what is wanted; and to persons in such "need," the benevolent man of whom we spoke in the open ing of this article will be " Friends" indeed.—Liver pool Mercury. THE OCEAN MONARCH.—The Government have just presented a very beautiful pocket chronometer to the captain of the Brazilian frigate Affonso, who dis played so much daring and humanity in his successful exertions to save the passengers and crew of the Ocean Monarch. The chronometer is a perfect model of the marine chronometer No. 2, which obtained for the maker in the year 1831 the Government prize of 1701. Its size is that of an ordinary waistcoat pocket watch. The following inscription is engraved on the inner case :—" Presented by the British Government to Cap tain Joaquim Marquis Lisboa, of the steam-frigate Af fonso, of the Brazilian Imperial navy, in testimony of their admiration of the gallantry and humanity displayed by him in rescuing many British subjects from the burning wreck of the ship Ocean Monarch, Aug., 1848." A curious Custom-house case was discovered yes e terday, e ha ryadnma chant offeringe,n entered to ooe n fr d pedad m us st;i3doi valuinge m mf o u fr c oe h ri gmerrimentwatches, them e i 7 n t 3,Cl t . h u ase apparentlynt o C dm i a t . y th . ot ghu A oas etd m ,r af e o r t offi cers, conceiving them in their wisdom to be much un dervalued, took the watches to account, and paid the merchant importer the 770 L, with the ten per cent. legally exigible and additional in such case. To-day the watches were, in the usual way, put up to auction at the Commercial-rooms, Mincing-lane, when for the first time it was discovered that the watches were of brass, tinselled over with gold, and not worth 701. It remains to be seen whether the loss in this, as in other cases, will be charged to the Treasury, the profits when such there are, being always taken to account of the customs fund. CIIURCII OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY FOR AIDING MISSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD.—On Tuesday a public meeting of the members and sup porters of this religious association was held in Exeter Hall, for the purpose of bringing the society more prominently before the notice of the public, and generally advancing the objects which it has in view. The Honourable Arthur Kinnaird occupied the chair. The proceedings having been opened by prayer, the chairman explained that the direct object of the associa tion was the furtherance of missions, and that its in direct object was the spiritual good of young men placed in different parts of the metropolis. It was true their society was at present but a small one; still when he re membered that the Church Missionary Society, which had now its missions in every; part of the globe, rose from an equally circumscribed commencement, he must say that his heart took courage, and that he despaired not in a tew years seeing this society take such root as to have enrolled amongst its members young m en in all parts of the kingdom. He was glad to add that the number of members who had joined it in the course of last year, and the number of branch associa tions which had been formed, held out great grounds for encouragement —(llean) No resolutions ware sub mitted to the meeting, but the particular merits of the society were fully and eh quently stated by the Rev. Henry Hughes, M.A., Incumbent of All Souls, Gordon square ; the Rev. W. W. Charnpneys, DI.A. ; R ev. Hugh Allen, M.A., and other clergymen and gentle men' • and at the close of the proceedings a collection was en tered into in aid of the funds of the association. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 15.—The Greek Pr o f essor h as g i v en notice that the subject of his next course o f lee turns will be the Olympian and Nemean Odes of Pindar, The lectures will commence on Tuesday, th e 6t h day of February next, at one oelock, to be cont i nued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. TILE DANISII MINISTER.—IiiS Majesty the King of Denmark has placed one .. of his roy a l steamers, the Skirner, at the disposition of his Excell e n c y Count, Re ventlow, for the purpose of conveying his Excellency back to this country, where he m a y soon b e expected, with full instructions to conclud e the uegotitttiou of the Schleswig - Liaatein question. DREADFUL MURDER. ' The inhabitants of St. Leonard's were thrown into great consternation about noon on Sunday, by the report that the residence of Miss M. A. C. Moore had been burglarious] v entered, and the cook brutally murdered ; upon inquiry the report was found to he sub-tantially correct. The house is known as " Ca tharina Villa," and is the westward of several de , tached residences situate on the West-hill, the cliff at the back of the church running parallel with the road to the railway-station. The family consisted of Miss Moore, her brother, Dr. Moore, coachman, and footman, all of whom attended divine service at the Baptist chapel at Hastings, whither they had gone on the morning of the unhappy occurrence. The re maining members of the establishment are the house maid, who is at present at home in a delicate state of health, and the cook (Mary Ann Newman), the sub ject of the atrocious attack. She was about sixty years of age, and had been in her situation twenty five years. On the return of the family from chapel, the footman not being able to effect an entrance in any other way, got in at the window of the drawing room (where it is supposed the burglars entered) and discovered the room strewed with open trunks and jewel cases. On going through the passage the cook was found still breathing, and with three severe wounds at the back of the head, one of which had laid bare the brain. The alarm was given, the autho rities and police were quickly on the spot, but no trace could be obtained, as the road is covered with beach. It was discovered that several articles ofjewel lery, consisting of watches, brooches, necklaces, rings, &c. &c., were stolen. During the afternoon a noto rious character known as "Turf Hyland," who was concerned in the sacriligious entry of the church, was apprehended ; but his statement being satisfac tory, he was again liberated. At eleven r sf. a man named John Pearson, who formerly lived as coach man at the house, and who was frequently quarrelling with the cook, was taken up on suspicion. The un fortunate woman lingered in a state of insensibility till yesterday, Tuesday, at nine A.M., when she ex pired. At one o'clock, on Monday, the prisoner (John Pearson) was brought up for examination be fore the mayor (Alfred Burton, Esq.), F. Ticehurst, F. Smith, and G. Scrivens, Esqs. The inquiry was strictly private, and ended in a remand to Thursday. Superintendent Bolton arrived during the day, and is actively engaged in assisting the police in their in quiries and in unravelling the mystery which yet hangs over this diabolical occurrence.—Brighton Guardian. MURDER AT CARDIFF. On Sunday morning last the town of Cardiff, in Glamorganshire, South Wales, was thrown into a state of great excitement by - the death of a Welsh man, named Thomas Lewis, who was murdered in a most brutal manner by an Irishman, bearing the name of John Conners. A feeling of jealousy has existed for a long time past between the Welsh labourers upon the docks and the line of the South Wales Railway against the Irish, who have engaged to work at less rate of wages than the natives, and have consequently deprived many of employment and driven them to the union workhouse. On every oc casion that an opportunity is afforded this feeling breaks out with great violence, and demands the in terference of the civil authorities to quell it. It ap • pears that on Saturday evening, about twelve o'clock, Lewis, accompanied by two friends and his wife, was proceeding along Mary Ann-street towards his home, when, hearing a noise at the bottom of the street ; he ran to see what was the matter, followed by the the two men who were with him. On reaching Whitmore-lane, which passes the lower end of Mary Ann-street, he met with the man Conners, of whom he inquired what was the matter. Conners angrily answered, " What's that to you ? Go on ; " and Lewis replied, "Don't be so saucy; you had better make the best of your way home.' Upon which the Irishman said he should not go until he liked, as he could stand there as long as he pleased. Lewis then walked on with his party to the corner of David street, where he lived, and while standing talking to his friends, Conners threw a stone at him, which hit him upon the leg. He then ran up Stanley-street, followed by Lewis, and when about twenty yards from the bottom, Conners, overtaken, made several thrusts at Lewis with a knife. He then ran away, and Lewis staggered, but was caught by a sailor named Stewart, who took hold of him by the arm, and asked him if he was hurt. lie made no reply, but fell with his face to the ground. At this time his two friends came up, and conveyed him home. A medical gentleman, named Evans, was called in, but he pronounced life to have been extinct some time. On examining the body, four wounds were discovered upon it, one extending from the ear on the left side down to the chin, another upon the front part of the left shoulder, one upon the left breast, and one upon the right breast, which pene trated to the principal artery of the chest, and by causing the blood to flow into its cavities from the heart produced almost instantaneous death. Oa Monday morning, about twelve o'clock, the district coroner, Mr. It. L. Reece, opened an inquest upon the body at the Town-hall, which after sitting fur six hours was adjourned until Thursday evening to give time for the apprehen,ion of the murderer. Five witnesses were examined, but their evidence only went to substantiate the above facts. On Monday evening the excited and exasperated populace attacked the dwellings of the Irish, broke their windows, burst open their doors, and burnt some of their furniture, and had it not been for the interference of thepolice, a serious riot would have been the consequence. They also attacked the Catholic chapel, demolished the windows, and did considerable damage to the priest's house. WRECK OF TWO EMIGRANT SHIPS. NORTII FORELAND, TUESDAY NIGHT.-With con siderable regret we announce two deplorable ship wrecks of German emigrant vessels, with between 300 and 400 passengers on board, which took place in the course of last night and this morning, on the Long and Goodwin Sands. The unfortunate vessels were both from Bremen : one the American-built ship Burgundy, Mr. Hunt master, 500 tons burden, with 300 emigrants, for New Orleans ; the other the bark Atlantic, Mr. Foster, belonging to Bremen, bound for New York, also with passengers (the num ber not exactly known). The greater part of yester day the weather was exceedingly boisterous, the wind blowing N.N.W., the evening setting in with a hazy atmosphere. Nothing is known of the passage from Bremen, until the discovery of the vessel on the above-named sands. It appears that between ten and eleven last night the report of signal guns of distress was heard in the direction of the bong Sands, a shoal some miles in length, extending nearly north and south between the Kentish Knock and the sunk sands, and about thirty-five miles distant from this point, northward. Several smacks, as well as her Majesty's revenue cutter Desmond, bore down in the direction to ascertain the cause. On nearing the centre bank of the sands in question, a large vessel was discovered completely on the shoal, almost en gulfed in heavy breakers. She proved to be the Bur gundy, having, it was reported, been carried on by the rapidity of the currents about ten o'clock. It was impracticable to get her off, and her destruction seemed inevitable. The crews of the surrounding vessels, on ascertaining the great number of human beings on board, lost no time in arranging a plan for their rescue, which was providentially successful, for the whole of the poor creatures, numbering between 200 and 300, including the crew, were safely taken off the wreck. Their condition, as may readily be imagined, was truly deplorable, most of them, says our informant, being reduced to a state of complete destitution. Some were landed by her Majesty's revenue cutter at Harwich. and others at different places along the coast. A. large number have been taken by a French schooner, it is conjectured, to the French coast. The Long Sands have two light-ships, one at each extremity of them, sufficient to warn the mariner of danger ; pro bably, however, the hazy state of the atmosphere obscured the lights. The wreck of the Atlantic was discovered yester day morning on the Goodwin. She had got on the outside of the sands, and was fast settling down, when several Ramsgate and Deal luggers came to her succour. Although the weather was fine, a tremen dous sea raged on the sands, sweeping over the fated vessel every instant. Four lives had already been lost—the master, two passengers, and a boy, who, it is st a t e d, were swept overboard and not seen afterwards. With very great difficulty the Deal boatmen succeeded in saving the crew and some of the passengers, while the remainder of the latter were taken off by several Ramsgate vessels, and conveyed to that port and those adjacent. ACCIDENT TO VISCOUNT AIXORD.—We regret to have to inform our readers of an accident which has hap pened to the above-named nobleman, whilst out with the hounds in the neighbourhood of Castle Ashby, North amptonshire, the residence of Lord Alford's father-in 14w, the Marquis of Northampton. His Lordship was thrown from his horse and broke his collar-bone. We are glad to say the bone has been set, but, preferring to be attended by the family doctor in London, he at once left for his town residence, and, under the care of Mr. Bacot, his Lordship is rapidly recovering.—Lincoln Times. CHOLERA.—A case which has been represented to us as one of decided Asiatic cholera has just occurred at Coltishall. A child was attacked with the disease on Sunday, abd died after fourteen hours' suffering, and it was considered advisable to order the burial of the body on the following day. The mother also lies dangerously ill. Great attention is desirable at Coltishall to the re moval of nuisances.—Norfolk Chronicle. EDITORIAL TROUBLES.—The Victoria (Texas) Advocate, of July 27, apologizes for a lack of matter in its columns, by saying that the senior editor was shot and badly wounded, the junior editor had the chills and fever, and there had been no mails there for two weeks. —American paper•l WEST RIDING ELECTION. (From the Scotsman.) The approaching election for the West Riding;; does not promise to prove a great victory or advan tage to the Liberal party. It is likely, indeed, that a nominal Liberal will be returned, but more by the forbearance and half-friendliness of the Tories than by the support or even assent of the Liberals. Such a result, it is very obvious, is a misfortune not only for • the moment, but one whose effects are likely to endure and extend. The parties to blame in the matter are not, as would be most readily inferred, the intolerant and impracticable portion of the ultra-Liberals, but a section of the Whig aristocracy or aristocratic Whigs. It seems to us, with no disposition to favour what we may call the Leeds school of Voluntaries, that they have acted in the matter with unwonted moderation and judgment, along with the bulk of the Liberal party of the district, and that all the intolerance and presumption have on this occasion come from another quarter. When the Earl of Carlisle's death vacated the seat held by Lord Mor peth, a general feeling was held, and formally expressed, on the part of the mercantile or middle class portion of the constituency, to the effect that, as they were efficiently represented by Mr. Cobden, they would leave to the aristocratic or landed section of the Liberals the choice of the candidate for the other seat. Considering that it was by the exertions and expendi'ure of the middle-classes alone that the majority of 1,000 against Lords Morpeth and Milton in 1841 has not only been overcome, but a Liberal majority obtained, overwhelming when not disunited, this offer must be considered as most courteous and even generous. The conditions with which it was accompanied were also the least exacting that could reasonably have been expected or offered. They were, that the candidate should bold opinions in favour of free trade, of economy, and of " a gradual and safe extension of the suffrage," and against " any further endowment of religion by the State." Looking at the fact that a large proportion of the West Riding constituency notoriously hold what are called ultra- Liberal opinions, it seems impossible to d en y th e mo d era ti on o f t h ese conditions. Indeed, considering, that some of the West Riding leaders and organs, little more than a year ago, so lemnly declared they could not support even Lord Morpeth and Mr. Cobden, such a complete restora tion to political sanity is little less than miraculous, and should have been thankfully received and handsomely acknowledged. Some sort of declara tion was also thrown out, to the effect that the Re formers would accept, or„, even prefer, a " a member of the house of Wentworth"—a Fitzwilliam. This was another proof of the rational and generous spirit in which the middle-class Reformers ap proached th e quest i on ; f or the unhappy letter written by Lord Fitzwilliam last year, denouncing Mr. Cobd e n as can di date for the West Riding, and offering support to a Tory Protectionist, gave them, as regards that particular quarter, just cause of offence and distrust. It is greatly to the credit of their good spirit and good sense, that they should have agreed to forget that un lucky piece of spleen, and to remember only that " the house of Wentworth" rendered able, and faithful, and courageous service to the good cause in days when friends were few. For all this moderation and generosity, the other party in the arrangement made a most ungracious and unworthy return. First, they named as their candidate Mr. Charles Fitz. william, a lad of twenty-two ! This in itself was a serious mistake and offence. In days when, in addi tion to sound political opinions, so much of know ledge and talent is required in Members of Parlia ment for the conducting of practical or miner matters, it was very much too bad to thrust forward a young gentleman scarcely out of his legal infancy, and who had given no evidence of any qualification for public life, as a fitting representative for a constituency of 36,000, having much and complicated business to transact in the Legislature. Even this, however, the rr.iddle•class Reformers agreed to overlook ; and, at a meeting of delegates, it was resolved that Mr. C. Fitzwilliam was a fit and proper person, if he assented to the four conditions above stated. On re ceiving this resolution, Mr. C. Fitzwilliam first publicly announced himself as a candidate ; but, worse than strange to tell, in accepting the invitation of the meeting of delegates he made not the slightest mention of the conditions by which it was accompa nied. The dissatisfaction with this omission felt by those wishing to be his supporters, was immediately communicated to him ; aud, about a fortnight after wards, a second address was extorted from him.— and does not much mend his position. lie is sound on free trade ; but what he says on " eco nomy," and on " safe and gradual extension of the franchise," amounts to nothing ; and what he says on " farther endowments," is in substance a declaration that he would endow the Irish Catholic clergy from Irish funds. This is not the sort of Liberal candidate for the largest constituency in Britain. We do not blame Mr. C. Fitzwilliam for being a young man, or for having, or not having, certain political opinions ; but those who, under the circumstances we have described, brought him for ward as a candidate for such a constituency, have place :l him and them elves in a false position. It may be, indeed, that Lord Fitzwilliam, and others of his section, do not agree with the delegates on all the four points insisted on, but nevertheless, their plain duty was to bring forward a candidate who does. The proportion of the Liberal electors of the West Riding whose opinions go beyond the four conditions is, it miy fairly be assumed, greater than that whose opinions fall short of them. The compromise the majority offered was reasonable; the minority did not concede an inch, but brought forward a can didate wha seems one of the most extreme of their own sect—barely distinguishable indeed from a Tory. This was a grievous error and injustice, and is likely to have bitter fruits. The delegates have resolved, at a meeting held at Wakefield on Friday, not to support Mr. Fitzwilliam. It follows either that Mr. Fitzwilliam will be elected by grace of the Tories, or that a second Liberal candidate will be brought forward, and the Tory slip in between the two. It can scarcely be sufficiently regretted that the moderation and good spirit of the urban or mid dle class electors, as a body, and the repentance and amendment of their most fanatical section, should, in such a constituency, and at a time when moderation and good spirit little need discouragement, have been encountered, on the part of the Whig aristocracy, by conduct which cannot be described otherwise than as supercilious trifling and obstinacy. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MALTON RACES. —TUESDAY. The Members' Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, one mile and a half: (5 Subs.) Mr. Pedley's Lamb's-wool, 3 yrs, Bst ... 4 3 1 1 Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 5 yrs, 9st 21b 5 1 2 2 Mr. Pe art's Ennui, 5 yrs, 9st 71b... ... 1 4 3dr Mr. Peck's Sally Maggs, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ... 3 2 dr Mr. Allan's Jewess, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ... 2 5 dr The Two Yrs Old Stakes of 5 sot's. each, and 10 added, T.Y.C. (3 Subs.), were won by Mr. Ewbank's Swift, 7st 101 b (Longstaff), beating Mysticle and The Duchess. The Amateur Stakes were won by Psalmsinger, beat ing Ennui. ROYAL ARS LIN AL, IV OOLWICII, Nov. 15.—The trial of the large guns supplied to the Board of Ord ! nance, which has been carried on during the last 18' months for the purpose of ascertaining the best descrip tion of gun, and the best metal supplied by contractors,, bas just been concluded, and Colonel Dundas, C. 8., and Mr. Monk deserve great credit for the excellence or their models. The former 32 pounder gun, of 50 cwt., is now reduced on Colonel Dundas's principal of con struction to 25 cwt ., effecting a saving oflk tons on each gun of that calibre—the average price of the metal being from 101. to 121. per ton. There is also a saving of six pounds of powder on each charge, the former charges being 101 b., and the new pattern being found equally. efficient with a charge o' 41b. The guns cast at the Low Moor Foundry, in Yorkshire, have been found to stand the heaviest charges when fired, and will conse quenly receive the largest orders. The expense of the trials has been cons id era bl e, b ut the saving which will ultimately be effected, and the knowledge that no den ger is now to be apprehended from the bursting of guns when placed on board of ships or mounted for service in garrisons, must give confidence in working them. A trial has also been made of a wrought iron 9-pounder gun, submitted by Mr. Morgan, of Bristol, but it has been found inapplicable to the service, in consequence of the great recoil breaking the cap squares or coverings of the trunions. DEATH OF A DISTINGUISH= OFFICER.—We re gret to find that the venerable Lieutenant• Governor of Chelsea Hospital, has sustained a heavy bereavement by the demise of his son, Major Anson, of the 18th Benga 1 Native Infantry, who expired at the Lieutenant-Gover nor's residence, at the hospital, on Sunday last, after a short illness, which arose, it is stated, from a disease of the liver. The gallant officer accompanied a sick brother home from the East, and he had scarcely witnessed his restoration to health, when he was seized with a fatal illness. Mr. Anson was, of course, a member of the noble house of which the Earl of Lichfield is the head. lie served for many years in India, and particularly dis.. tinguiblied himself during the campaign in the Punjaub. He was at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and So braln, as Assistant-Adjutant-Genet al in General Gil-, bert's division. AN OBVIOUS INFERENCE.—An lowa stump orator, wishing to describe his opponent as a soulless man, said, " I have heard some persons hold the opinion, that just at the precise moment after one human being dies another is born, and the soul enters and animates the new-born babe. Now I have made particular and ex tensive inquiries concerning my opponent ihur, and I find that for some hours before he drew breath nobody died. Fellow citiz-ns, I leave you to draw the inference!" CONSECRATION OF THE MANCHESTER GENERAL CEBIETERY.—On Monday last that part of the above cemetery, which has not hitherto been used, was conse crated for the benefit of members of the Established Church, who may wish to use the same. The morni.sg being exceedingly fine, several hundreds o f the pe o pl e were present to witness the ceremony, which was p er . formed by the Lord Bishop of Manchester,