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TO THE INDEPENDENT LIVERY AND ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, TILE lamented death of my much respected friend , ~,„. Mr. Pattison, haying caused a vacancy in the repr es e ntation 'L uns City, I have received a requisition, conveyed to me in most rrtlfying terms, from a large and inilnenti ,I body of electors, to of tiVself as a candidate to till that vacancy. _Although for many years I have been honoured by the confidence of the electors of Boston, I have not hesitated, in the situation and tinder the circumstances in which I am placed, to accede to the re quistii.tion and become a candidate for your suffrages. M 9 9 conduct in Parliament for twelve eventful years has been be- Ore y on. .„ 1 ,, have been the constant advocate of civil and religious libe rt y ; , ' I have supported all measures for removing restriction on corn , and for promoting the industry of the country giving, ,aer.tme time, a cordial support to the Government of , Lord J. Russell ~,..11al 9 past conduct, therefore, will be the best security to you that I m,'" continue the same course of public duty if hono ured b y y our li mes when and it will be my study to hold myself access ible at all . es when th e b us i ne ss of this great commercial community may, require either nay advice or a=sistance. an t u , the honourable position in which I am placed it has bee n m y best desire to uphold the dignity of my office, and to promote the r sti nterests of my f e llow-citizens ; and, in aspiring to the high ho hour, Iv o fbecoming one of the representatives of this grea t cit y , with :c ll I have been connected for upwards of thirty years, I beg to "Zrle Yon that, should you be pleased to place me in that distin ed station, it will be a powerful additional motive to devo te my tkf lf l y t he service, and to endeavour, by my public conduct, to t.„ confidence you place in me as representing your important (iterests in the Commons House of Parliament. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful, humble servant, JAMES DUKE. their heads and guns over the breastwork of their r parallels, The programme informed you that certain positions were to be cannonaded, and en turning your eyes there you found it not occupied with soldiers and bristling bayonets, but covered with a dense crowd of people in the homely garb of peaceful citizens. As they seemed to he perfectly at their ease, any uneasiness at their danger speedily gave way, and for the rest, though the expenditure of gunpowder was frightful, though the mines sprung were awful, and though there could be no mistake about the Mourir pour la patrie spirit of the men engaged, it was very comforting to find that the bloodshed was not greater than at the great battles of some of the South American Republics, and that as the same staff of General Officers passed freely to the one side or the other,' there could not be a very hostile feeling be tv, een the besiegers and the besieged. The Elite of the company present were accommodated with cards of ad mission to the Belvedere Battery and the Casemate No. Tvrclve should oom of LONDON, MONDAY E E - - II N 7 JULY 23, 1849. N. 17,730. j [PRICE on. ?r con- ) f ber mer at •dy be- NELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee•roora, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will ilnd the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untL One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. E. S. Meyer and T. G. Brownsmitb, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, hinge manufacturers, 4s. 2d., on Wed nesday, July 25, and two following Wednesdays, be tween the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. S. Bayly, Folkstone, Kent, cheesemonger, 3s. 2d., on Wednesday, July 25, and two following Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall- street. B. Barrotte, North Walsham, Norfolk, innkeeper, 2s. 2d., on Wednesday, July 25, and two following Wed nesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chamber=, Basinghall street. _ _ HUNGARY. totally unrcmunerative. When the Dee (intercolonial I boat) left with the mails for the Thames, the House of Assembly had not met. A very stormy session was an ticipated, particularly relative to the Retrenchment Bill, which will not in all probability be carried, and on which there is no doubt the House will be dissolved. The island was perfectly quiet and healthy. G UADALOUPE.-A serious disturbance took place about the 26th Juno at this island, between the natives and authorities, relative to some municipal changes, which was, however, quickly suppressed, but not without the loss of some dozen lives. 1,6 ,ur- A public meeting, on behalf of the Hungarian refugees now in England, was held on Saturday evening, at Glanvill's Hotel, North- street, Westminster; Mr.Mallock in the chair. overn- nn the ;tioned armed 1, whence upon the whole the best view could be obtained of the operations. Amongst them were—Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke of Leeds, the Earl of Cardigan, Viscount Canning, Viscount Newport, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord J. Mur ray, Admiral Elliott, Admiral Dundas and Lady Emily Dundas, Lord G. Fitzgerald, Mr. Hubert do Burgh, Colonel Lockyer Freestun, M.P., the Hon. W. Scarlett, the Earl of Darnley, the Hon. M. and Mr. D. Astley, Major-General Pasley, Mr. Grenfell, M.P., Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Ross, M.P., Sir W. Fraser, the Hon. F. Charteris, M.P., and the Hon. C. Hardinge. Lord F. Fitzelarence, the Hon. Captain Berkeley, M.P., the Hon. W. Fitzroy, M.P., and others accompanied the staff in the inspection of the operations. Above any other place in the kingdom, Chatham is admirably adapted for the purposes of such an exhibition as took place on Saturday. It contains a large garrison, being the great depot of our military establishment, and the head- quarters of troops on their way to or their return from the different parts of our colonial empire. Here, therefore, there is a greater number of regiments represented, and a more complete typo of the various elements which go to make up the British army, than in any other of our military stations at home. The engineer and artillery depart ments of the service also have here their strongholds. The dockyards employ 2,000 artisans. The naval force stationed at Sheerness is rendered easily available for ' such an occasion, and altogether, without saying any thing as to the results of a real siege, for the purpose of a sham siege the situation of Chatham has pre-eminent advantages. _ _ ad not it, and ,o pre• ligious Both at St. Vincent, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, there was a vast deal of sickness prevalent. The Tobago papers contain nothing of interest. At Grenada the Assembly had imposed a tax of ten per cent. on all incomes paid out of the treasury. The quarantine was reduced from 20 to 10 days. At Trini dad a retiring pension of 833/. 6s. Bd. had been voted to Judge Scotland, but Mr. Scott gave notice of a Bill to deprive, for the future, all officers of such pensions. From the Demerara Colonist we extract the follow ing:—" June 18. The slave brig Unity), taken by her Majesty's ship Hydra, off the coast of Brazil, has just been sold here for 1,418 dolls. The weather during the last fortnight has been most unfavourable for sugar making, and the loss and injury to planters cause seri ous alarm. Trade continues in the same depressed state. The people are peaceable, and crime and outrage have much diminished." BAUBADOES, JUNE 25.—June 13—Sailed the Laurino, Hawkins, for Liverpool, the Indian Queen for ditto, and the Helen, M‘Gregor, for ditto. Quantity of sugar shipped to the 21 st-24,666 hhds., 1,390 tierces, and 4,801 barrels. Molasses -5,518 puncheons, 414 hhds., and 153 barrels. There is no news of interest from this island, but the retrenchment agitation is as great as ever. Fears are entertained that the diseases now ra vaging the islands of St. Vincent and Martinique will I attack Barbadoes. Ltee of FINDL AY'S (ALEXANDER. F.R.G.S) JUNIOR ATLAS. With a Copious Index and 17 Maps, price, bound, ss. AJUNIOR ATLAS of MODERN GEO GRAPHY: Containing Seventeen Maps, finely Coloured, with a Copious Index, adapted for tke Use of Schools and Families. By A. FINDLAY, Esq., F.R.G.S., Author of " A Modern Atlas," Sc. 3. London : William Tegg and Co., I'ancras-lane, Cheapside. Ibtrision House, July 19, 1849 CONTRACT for COPPER NAILS, RIYETS, TACKS, BRADS, WASHERS, and ROVES. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, The Somerset-place, July 20, 1849. of „ ommissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral uo re United Kingdom ot Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give th `lee that on TIJESDAY the 21st of August next , at One o ' cl oc k, e Y Will be ready to treat ' with such persons as may be willing to Contract for Twelve Months certain, and after wards until the expi ver"ll9f Three Months' Warning, for supplying her Majesty's se eo,.,,kYards with NAILS, RIVETS, TACKS, BRADS, WASHERS, and Patton', ROVES. tio ns - -s may be seen, and a Schedule, Form of Tender, and condi _ of the Contract obtained at the said Office. n Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty , n„ -! any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly g m ised in writing. r alt ,:erY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi cop-, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Dluld r ,, Nai la," ant must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accom be "9 a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to dne conic p.. an „d with the person tendering in the sum of 1,0001. for the —.ormnce of the Contract. 7,I,TATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE A- ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, COBNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Puma- ,Sum the ;,c; Annual Policy Bonus in ddition Bonus nent Re- Assured Age. LA, Pre- taken a ddition Sum in duction ofmay bor mium. out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premium. Policy. - --- -- --- ze s. d. £ s. d £ s. d.I £ s. d. {1 1837 276 14 3 1 128 14 3 2 1 7 2 , 593 6 8 1835 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8 : 543 17 9 £ 1839 226 6 0102 15 1 16 2 9494 8 10 60 1000 Xa. d. 1840 178 0 01 82 14 .21214 11 1445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 078 3" 412 3 0,395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 , 5 15 10 10 2 4'346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 1844 62 6 8 27,13 4 4 4 0 247 4 5 4 , -- RER Majesty's Postmaster• General will be pre nxtt, Pared, on or before the 10th August next, to receive TEN ,I,I Writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing to /„`" IIIEIVOOD for the use of the General Post-office. i ln i;_ornlation as regards the description and quantity of Firewood WLL r ed can be obtained on application to Mr. Fortune, Clerk of the at the General Post-oftice, St. Martin's-le - Grand. ,gti, renders to be addressed to her Majesty's Postmaster - G eneral, Bent in not later than Twelve o'clock Noon, on the 10th August ne xt, endorsed "Tenders for the supply of Firewood." Juliyly, I C B 'o 4 m 9. mand of the Postmaster - Genera l . Ge neral Post-office, r LET, FURNISHED, for Three or Four Months, or longer, if required, in a highly respectable neigh bourhood, within a short distance of a P ac k of Foxhounds, one hour's ride from London by Railway, and half-a -mile from a Station, A very delightful detached VILLA RESIDENCE, standing within about twelve acres of beautifully laid out enriched grounds, with Cascades upon two trout streams. The House is replete with every comfort, and fit for the residence of a family of the first respectabi lity, containing nine bed-rooms, dressing-rooms, drawing, dining, and breakfast-rooms, study, and servants' oodles, stabling for four horses, loose box, and good coach-house. For particulars, apply to E. T. Archer, decorator and upholder, No. 451, Oxford-street. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. The NORTH-EASTERN DIVISION. t ee public Is requested to take notice that the Railway between O PENED arid Manchester, via Huddersfield and Staleybridge, will be ""'ED for Traffic on WEDNESDAY, the Ist of August, forming the ?,!. direct communication between these districts and Li verp ool, &c, t i m e - bills , giving every information , may be o btained at all Sta -114 01 1 the London and North - Western Railway on and after Wed nesday, aY, the 25th July instant. Manager's Office, July, 1849, By order, MIRK 111:1511. and QUEEN, VIS I T to IRELAND SCOTLAN. SUM MER EXCURSIONS D BY RAILWAY, Offering a choice of nine, fifteen, or twenty-two days, 425. From London to Edinburgh ' and Back • ' ~, 34Liavnerephoeosltearnadn1,1 ~ Dublin and tack 42e. July 2_3 and 3 0 • • 'Betack: • . • . 21s. Chester or S hrewsbury and Back 23s Tlek ~ Rangor and Back : : 2 20 15 5 . . Marcus,ets, bills, and every information may be obtained of Mr. 11. II : gate-s manazer and conductor, Crosby Hall-chambers, Bishops tret, T onion ......._______ 4 • C...... IIEAP or tw to lIIRMINGIUM and BACK, for 125., allowing nine, fifteen, o EXCURSION from LONDON 110,A4Atctz, days, from the Railway Station, Euston-square, Ticket s TERNOON, July 23 and 30. r „.,_ and every information may be obtained of H. R. Marcus, manager and conductor, Crosby Hall-chambers, Bishopsgate-street Bou-LOGNE from LONDON DIRECT.—The of .110/32Y,I,,ERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Stearn-ships CITY tp43"E. Captain Tune, or EMERALD, will leave LON -4100; , GE WHARF every Thursday, according to tide. i2s.—Fore Cabin, ils.—Children under Ten Years, Half-price. Thursday, July.. 26, at 3, Morning. Thursday , August 2, at 10, Morning. Per Particulars g a t : : a August 9, at 2, Morning. Thursday, August 16, at 10, Morning. street Ea s t. T c: E s. a A s t;haunra ellaPlitra ithiiverst.atitifildmcem i P it a e n g y e ' n s :e l : r u g s j 4 a , InArthWurh-isst'reee S UOYAL ikeAD E my o f ART TRAFALGA R - SQUARE. elliontlee is hereby given, LtIAtaStTthWeEEXEICHIBITION in. atant, EAPY will finally C LOSE on SATURDAY next, the 4 'SU 1 a t Seven o'cloek p r ecisely. of the ROYAL Adroission kfrorn Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. Utc Ist, or TunasnAlr lzhibitors are requested to send for their Works on WED. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, ILA., Sec. s , the 2d of August. • rimGA LLERY of the SOCIETY of t• .x.•-•cjitt.A.PrAINTERs ill WATER COLOURS will CLOSE on Si - The Fen -e 41 7, 5, p i Y ; li au ftli z in ast nu ea a e l h Er ay ib , it f i r o oin nisNNinOeWtilOl Dusk.PEN,at their Gal 4.4mittaiice, *ls —Catalogue, Gd. GEORGE FRIPP, Secretary. It a ,,, A m N r V s A s ß si. D p 'S true original PAINTING b o y f e th m e . t°4P- I and RIVERS, ' exhibitedand the F testyka the Queen, Prince Albert, UALL, Inl Windsor Castle NOW OPEN, at the EGY TIAIS tine 1 ICCADILLY nin , at half-past Two ; Eve .' at half -Past Seven. every 3 Or i That there A.dmissi on — Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. lvas any other original painting of these rivers is an "u nt imposture." —Louisville (American) Democrat. ,0. YaroPath .1142 CURE OF CHOLERA AND ALL big ta 4_, EASES fully explained in Captain Claridge's new werk 3f, entitled EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR, in i Price I s. "el,' 1 %11,,,l ledical-man, and others interested in the public health, W,,, read this most valuable book, now the importance of the k o e n _r Cure is so generally a d m i t t ed and practised by the pro . James Madden, Leadenhall-street. WORD to the WORLD. Enormous Globe, on which I dwell, And some few others, too, I've lately thought 'twould be as well To say a word to you. The reason for my doing thus, I'll candidly confess; I hare a something to discuss Concerning ➢I. and S. Moses and Son, I often say, got ~ ; A world-wide fame have li " , tall me in a read way, y _ AZ h te et li h T hou venerable ball, m er e th al e s y o, h l av in e s o is r t, not ? where Moses , equals may exist, If they ex i st at all ? 1 I need not wait for your rePIY • k now what it wou ld be— " The name of M oses, ranked so high, • Is spread o'er land and sea. • •••X0 equals to these men I know, ' I•To Rag is so unfurled I speak the truth in saying so, As sure as I ' m a world. " Since first mankind adopted dress, To eq There ne ver was atti re ual that of M. xcand For 'whom you toh the lyre. " Andmay their d ress be famed afar, not a nose be curled At articles Which really are The choicest in the world." LIST OF PRICES. Men' swing; and ifatetri KADE. _ /0 s 6 Thtieounuijilewt le,: t o r n a rn ts e . r . W . . r . a . p . p . e r . s:: : e 1 r 5. 7 p . er of of ailietot, and every (1 c 1 2 6 Cloth Ov ht t and ° 1 0 Komely trimmed • 8 0 g exture, . .h . a . n o. - • 1 Dean o. in with Wk.. •• . ..... .. • i is 0 e • 00. 811Perior ti art, •.•• •• ' 9 Jean and Holland Pi s-u i '— • • .. ° 2 I'w,nlceTVda.o.ria do..uu e' ,. :: :: :: :•. :: •.: :: :: -- g 44 6 Dress Coat .••• • • • •• •• • ....... • ***** '• " 0 17 0 Dr ess Coat .: ::•• • • •• " •• • ' • • ' • • • • • • • " .. 1 0 0 S Pring and S utura • ei • T • ;,; • '• • • ' • •• •• • ***** 0 4 ° boeskin and Buckskin clou'ers •• •. • •••• 00 7 6 Spring and Summer Vesta I •• •• • •• • •••1 6 satin 11 every variety.. 0 4 6 Flack and Figured _Black do., superior quality . ".•• ° 9 6 white Marcella Vests * ••• • • •• • • •• •• -- 0 4 6 lien's Black Vests Vests ****** •• • • •• ••• •••• :: • • lil, Sizing and Summer Ves•t•s:::: .. 0 0 10 Il e s Hussar and Tunic Suits— •." **** 15 0 keies Fishing Coats in g varlet; •.. _ ***** 0 4 0 I , Aunt To t ILEAStritE. aletots made from a. varlet of material, fitted for Summer wear....•• .!. •*** .• ••• -• ! 1 0 bo• very elegantly trlrciinect :. ........ —•• •' . ° Superior Ciotti of a light texture.. ••_1 15 0 DittoLitto li light texture....., silk... • •• •: • • .. 2 2 0 ditto'DreesCoatu....' .... •• • • •• •• 1 12 0 ... •• •• •• •• •• do. Iteet do ... ....... •• •.• •• .. 2 15 0 Superfine Frock de •:. • • •• .. ... Vance ~- : • • - ..... „ ...• .. 1 15 3 0 0 ane7 c ' e ali);• ire 1 1;ere • •••"•••• " " " • • • • g 1 6 • 16 0 Beet d 0....... •„ , ....;', , ..... •"••• • • • • • 6 0 BBestlack dClothVests •. • • ••• • •• •• • • • • ••• • • 1 gplen lid Aatiu Y est..-:: • • • • • " • • • • • • • " " •• 0 13 6 Best d 0..., • • • • ..... •••••• • • •• • ••...• *. 0 14 6 0 18 6 Hussar and Tunic suits .. : :: •• • • • • " • • • • • • .. Superfine do. ...... „ „ ~ : ::: Men's White Marcell% 'Vests.: .. ,:• •.• ••• • .. 1 1 5 g Fishing Coats in endless variety 'from. O •.id.dlo 1 1 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety— •••••••••• • • • • • • • • from 0 16 oto 6 0 0 Iteurning to any extent at Five llinutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 10s. for e new book, entitled the " Great Fact," with full directions Belf-Measuretnent, can be had oa application, or forwarded, post t r oe, to any part of the kingdom. Notthe Shawl and Parasol Department are "Lew replete with ve ry novelty of ' the season. Obsry, k lae4ur., ,_ ll ., nY article purchased, either ready made, or made to ~, ~1 t approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. 11e••3i.14.,_°_kS°and SON, Tailors, l'fixdlendrapors, Clothiers, Hatters, I6s, Te4l.rers, of aad Shoemakers, and General Outztte.rs. 154, l' on ilot•, l 2 l ß4 157 Mln ories, and 82, 44, 85, and 86 Aldgaot. City,v 4stablisiiilenetoMmunicating vrith each other, and forming gai n. kZjinitteiniqlon.—.E. I/08es and Sou regret having to guard the public Position ; but having heard that the untradesman. -milk 44 8 b e '" of being connected with them, or " It is the same co r r e il , , i hey 211re,t to in many instances, and for obvious housel 1p , r ~,.._ of sorted they have xo connexion with anyother 36, Far gate '`i.,?_r kindon;except their Branch Establishments, %' ‘;,ileffield ; and 19, Thornton's-bulldings, Bradford, Yorkshire; at or s u cale whe require cheap and buildings, clothing, &?.., 41101'14 calli Far the „_ snit to the &fineries and Aldgato, City, London ; or either o v:_r:fich Establishments, as above. to sia;.l%l; otl.ees—This Establishment is Coied from sunset Friday, --` 34 *4114 Y, Vou balnese Is resumed till twelve o'clock. t terra but in ;urrec- e con overn- lan, in (Hear, Hun 3tween Non" id the m pre ?ratio) ates of ({iciest n said, and he Ns was led by e bad ttional policy. , t the this France their ly oni ons in h the rhapst which L i e u to le be- DINS 10 rilllell6 des• ban iia or ipso ro the their red in coning ,enant , be ex ,f Au by 06 n Bel" is One have ding's• ever ite in ibbish m e of a fact , forti- 1.• liter. EL D• urne 'lees' Aonel rd 1• ghter 4 0 11, v i t ae, ;lizs' Tour' EA" WO tit 11 or ty of ;times, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be for pst free. Pr, or au ward 7ospec Lly of W. B. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. SEA' FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ; United with the PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847. Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848. Amalgamated pursuant to Re. eintions dated February 5, 1849. Offices : 31, CORNHILL, LONDON. with Powers of Extension reserved to the CAPITAL / Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the XlOO,OOO Deed of Settlement), In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security of a Largo actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. MARlNE.—Limited risks in and upon vessels of the first class at Lloyds. FlRE.—Thednced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute. LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment of any risk. The operation of this department also extending to RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre- miums ; and GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of trust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct therefrom. Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be obtained from the Head Office as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. T,ondon, June 9, 1E49. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES A.LND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Incorporated Pursuant to Act o' Parliament. LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also Annuit'es, Immediate and deferred. The payment of fixed sums to the Assur,el at any specified age, or to their Representatives in case of death before that age. Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years. Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and Loans granted, repayable by instalments. ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the whole of the sum paid for the same at a given period. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of les. for every 1001. Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual Commission allowed on the introduction of business. Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society, and all information, may be obtained at tho office, or of the Agents in the Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. A A E. 11 AI One half the world are desolately single, and the other apposing them married, questionahly contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea if caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret em romprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, end broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form au item in the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er aeglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune: Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. ,C ULVEEWELL'S little ItEMOHIS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). 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Whitmore, jun., Fulham, Middlesex, brewer, Aug. 13, at one—T. H. May, Little Britain, Aug. 13, at twelve. In the Country. Sim, e A lc u v g e u n ßs , tr at t t6h t , w h t O C , n, o e u ,c r t au , tm ß t b : ec i r s lc t ao Court, — ud J t w . J. B. Sangar, B r i s t o l, ca bi ne t, ma k er , A u gust 21, at at nc a t n ..uT d rye r D nse: N °S'l e i 1 : 1 : c n a j s m' t I S e a - inm ulo a —J. Southern, Liverpool, builder, August 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. W. Jeffryes and J. Meek, Liverpool, merchants, August 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—l. P. Cartwright, Nantwich, we ve, at the Court, Liverpool. chemist, August 1 7, at t - Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. A. A. Lackerstcen, Moorgate-street, City, merchant, 100., on Monday, July 23, and two subsequent Mon days, between the hears of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. T. J. Breeds, Fenning's-whstrf, Surrey, merchant and ship-agent, 6d., on Monday July 23, and two subse quent Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin - l ane, C i ty. T. J. Breeds and C. Burfield, sen., Fenning's-wharf, Surrey, and Hrtstings, Sussex, merchants and ship agents, 2id., on Monday, July 23, and two subsequent Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Carman, Birchin-lane, City. F. 11. Bourquin, Northampton Clerkenwell, watch manufacturer, 1 d., Monday, July 23, and two subsequent Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. 13. Aspein, Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, messenger, Bs., on Wednesday, July 25, and two following Wednesdays, between the hours of tin and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. 1). Ross, Ratcliff-cross- wharf, and Glasgow, wine and spirit-merchant, ill., on Wednesday, July 25, and two following Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. J. m Gable, Whitecross-street, St. Luke, licensed vic tualler, 2 s., on Wednesday, July 25, and two following Wednesdays, between and • at the the hours of ten two, office of II r r. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Baslnghall street. W. Cooper, C. Wilson, and G. 13lack, Aldermanbury, straw hat manufacturers and furriers, 10s.. on Wednes dv, July 25, and two fillowing Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. A. Hewlett, Southampton, carpenter and builder, 35., on Saturday, July 31, and three subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. W. 11. Summers, Sackville street, bill-broker, ls. Bd., on Saturday, July 21, and three subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. H. Hutchens, Portsea, timber merchant, 2s. 6d., on Saturday, July 21, and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. Newark and E. Lax, Berry-Edge, Durham, grocers, Is. 6d., on Saturday, July 21, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. G. Barras, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wine and spirit merchant, 35.,1 on Saturday, July 21, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. M. Cooke Denton, Lancashire, hat manufacturer, 3s. 9d., on Tuesday, July 31, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours ofeleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Edwards, Allington, Dorsetshire, sack-twine and shoe thread manufacturer, 75., on any Tuesday or Friday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. - J. Lucas, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, general shopkeeper, 25., together with the first dividend of 75., upon new proofs, on any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and one at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. S. Fisher, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, 3s. 10d., on July 21, Aug. 4, Oct. 13, or any subse quent alternate Saturday to December 22, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. H. Moseley, Derby, carver, jeweller, and silversmith, 45., on July 21, Aug. 4, Oct. 18, or any subsequent al ternate Saturday, to Dec. 22, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Not tingham. J. B. Murphy, Derby, carver, gilder, jeweller, and silversmith, los., on July 21, Aug. 4, Oct. 13, or any subsequent alternate Saturday, to Dec. 22, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. J. Scruby, Roxton, Bedfordshire, farmer and butcher, 23., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers. J. Gable and G. Goble, Kentish-buildings, South wark, hop factors, ls. Id., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall- chambers. T. Manson, Royal Exchange, underwriter, Bd., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers. H. Williams, Park-place, Kennington-cross, iron monger and smith, Is. 3d., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-ehambsrs. W. Lancaster, lisgent-street, jeweller, 25., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall•chambers. J. Bisshopp, Bury, Sussex, gardener, lid., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall chambers. A. Haig, Smith-street, Jubilee-place, Stepney, en gineer, 6s. 61, on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall chambers. W .P. Lauder, Sloane-street, Chelsea, surgeon, 3d., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers. C. Bourjot and W. Espevent, Coleman-street-build ings, merchants, 2s. 3d., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Uuilhall-chambers. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall•etreet. E. Woodgate, Greenwich, electro-plate manufacturer,, Aug. 10, at eleven—G. Savage, Eastdean, Sussex, grocer, Aug. 11, at eleven—W. Couchman, Farringdon-street, draper, Aug. 10, at twelve—W. Ridge, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, corn dealer, Aug. 11, at twelve—V. Jenkinson and J. S. Rollison, Argyll street, King's-cross, cow keepers, Aug.l3, at one.. In the Country. C. Rippon, Durham, lime burner, August 16, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastel-upon-Tyne—S. Miller, Eamont bridge, Cumberland, banker, August 9, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Thomas, Aber. dare, Glamorganshire, grocer, August 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Dodd, Manchester, fustian manu facturer, August 10, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —W. Maddox, Liverpool, tailor and draper, August 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Holden, Liver pool, money seriviner ' August 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—A. Heron, Birkenhead, stonemason and builder, August 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—A. Peacock, Liverpool, corn merchant, August 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—l. P. Cartwright, Nantwich, Cheshire, chemist and druggist, August 14, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—A. B. East, Bir mingham, scrivener, August 11, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, August 10. J. Buckland, Grosvenor-street, lumen —G. W. M'Arthur Reynolds, Wellington-street North, Strand, publisher—G. M‘Donell, Trinity-square, wine and spirit broker-•-W. Smith, jun., Stockton, Durham, earthen ware manufacturer—J. Crossfield, Warton, Lancashire, linen merchant—J. Snook, Ledbury-road, Westbourne grove, Paddington, builder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. Harris and P. Pierce, Birmingham, wholesale chemists and druggists—F. Edwards and R. Nevins, Strand, house decorators, painters and glaziers—G. ron te g s . . . i Regent-street, s i t o r n e d e Gibbons and C. E. Brown, Old Cavendish-street, auc tioneers, surv e y ors , an d h ouse agents —li. C. M ars h a ll and J. andn :L. 1- n Ca g , ' p s•r a o n w s 1. 8 Bedford row, dfor w aHerzig, New • gate a street, Berlin wool and silk warehousemen (so 'ar as regards S. Menclelson)—J. Roberts and T. H. Tinker, New Mill, Huddersfield, woollen cloth manu facturers—T. Herbert an d J. J ones , Ch ester, mail coach contractors, coach, car, and omnibus proprietors, and carriers—G. Thompson and W. J. Foulkes, Birkenhead, Cheshire, chemists and druggists—W. Green and J. Spenee, Liverpool, cigar manufacturers and tobacconists —A. Cotton and W. Cotton, Linthwaite, Yorkshire, far mers, and Du!ilin, woollen cloth manufacturers and mer chants—A. Almond and E. Duxbury, Entwisle, and Billington, Lancashire, contractors—J. Lilley and H. Wilson, Leeds, brassfounders--W. Tyler and C. Reed, 80lt -court, Fleet-street, printers—)3. D. Wood, W. Self, and Ann Self, Wolverhampton, tobacconists—R. Kilvert and G. Hellaby, Manchester, manufacturers of glass paper and emery cloth, and manufacturers of emery— W. G. Taylor and T. Cock, Stainton and Burton, West moreland, flax spinners and manufacturers of cotton wadding—W. 11. Ablett and T. C. Measam, Manifold place, Lambeth, soap manufacturers—C. Butler and S. Woodard, London and Oporto, merchants and insurance brokers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Forster, Brandon, Suffolk, blacksmith. William Frederick Hooper Francis, Topsham, Devon shire, carpenter. Nathan Matthews, Birmingham, butcher. Aaron Payton, jun., Birmingham, licensed victualler. Jabes Lacey, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, chair turner. William WilliamQ, Swansea, licensed victualler. John Williams, Swansea. John Farrer, Chester, clerk at railway station. Patrick Burns, Toxteth-park, Liverpool, painter. Isabella W atkinson, Liverpool, Richard Dodge, Liverpool, licensed victualler. Richard Downs, Newcastle-under-Lyne, plumber. Robert Collett, Northleacb, Glowxstershire, boot and shoe maker. Thomas Hasland, Sheffield, table-Made forger. Robert Rawling, Last Dereham, Norfolk, kiddier. Thomas Munn, .jun., Brighton, plumber. John Thomas, Llanbehlig, Carnarvonshire, blacksmith. Wm. Richardson Buckley, Trannaere, Cheshire, corn, broker. Mark Davis, Norwich, jeweller. Thomas Thomas, Llanrbidiati, Glamorghanshire, auc. tioneer. Robert Malister, Norwich, cabinet maker. James Pratt, North Waisham, Norfolk, gig maker. Francis Swift, Stamford, Lincolnshire, chemist. Thomas East, L 3 me-Regis, Dorsetshirc, servant. James Silvers, Dadlt;y, Worcestershire, boot and sloe maker. Joseph Cook, Dudley, Worcester Aire, clothier. scoTell SEQUESTRATIONS, A. Cairn; Edinbnrgh, wine morchant, to meet within Dowelk's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 25 and Aug. 15, at clever. J. Dunlop, Rawyardi, near Airdrie, carter, to meet Within tho Royal fhtel, Airdrie, July 25 and Aug. 15. at two. J. Colnrie, Paisley, logwood chipper, to meet within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paiiky, July 27 and Aug. 17, at one. P. Brown, Edinburgh, grocer, to meet within Steven son's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 24 and Aug. 14, at one. J. Glen, Dalgnrven, Ayrshire., timber merchant, to rthet within the King's Arms Inn, Irvine, July 26 and Aug. 18, at twelve. A. Waddell, Burnhead Whitburn, to meet within Ed die' Inn, Whitbu rn , July 26 and: Aug. 16, at one. J. Millar, Pennyeuielt, wood inerehant, to meet with in Dowtil's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 25 and Aug. 21, at two. NORTH KENT RAILWAY. ---- On Friday, Captain Wynne, the Government inspe c t or went over th i s li ne , an d will pay it a second visit of inspection prior to its opening, which is expected to take place d ur i ng th e wee k. O n Sa turday, also, the directors took what is termed a , con tractors' trip, to satisfy thenaseives a s t o no stability of tho works. The CHAIRMAN said, the subject which had brought them together was one of vast 'importance. A number of brave and noble men had sought refuge in this country, being, as it were, driven from their native home. As far as he could understand their history, thero were three hundred individuals in all, Hungarians, who had been draughted from their own country to the Austrian army in Italy, where they had.,fought under Radetzky, bat understanding that every blow they struck against Italian liberty would be fettering the liberties of their own country, they took an opportunity, in plain language, of deserting from the army of Austria and entering the army of the Danes, commanded by the unfortunate Charles Albert, an individual who no doubt meant well, but from want of natural ability was unable to overcome the strength and power of his adversary.—(Hear, hear.) These individuals were not included in the armistice or the treaty of peace between Austria, Germany, and the Danish powers, and they saw at once, if they were delivered up to Austria, their death-warrants were signed; the consequence was, that about a hundred of them made their escape to Switzerland, a number to Croatia, and fifty-five made their escape to France. When the latter arrived upon the soil of the Republic they thought themselves safe; but, alas ! they were miserably disappointed, for they discovered they had not the sympathy of the French Government with them, although they had the sympathy of the French nation; nor had they the sympathy of that man, that exile, that wandering vagabond, who, in a moment of frenzied extitement, the French people put at the head of their country. The President of the Re• public connived with his Government in putting the police in motion, and ordering these individuals to move from town to town and from place to place, and dogging them through every part of France, till at last they were compelled to seek refuge on the soil of that country which, with all its faults, is the home of the brave, the high-minded, and the great, and is ever ready to receive the exile wanderer Iv ith open arms of whatever cast he may be, and no matter whatever political feelings he may entertain.—(Cheers.) These individuais had landed upon our shores without a penny in their pockets, driven from the soil of France, the boasted country of liberty and freedom, for preferring the rights of their native country to the pay of the despot ; and they had, there fore, met for the purpose of expressing their sympathy, in favour of these unfortunate sufferers.--(Hear, hear.) He hoped and believed that this meeting would be the forerunner of many others of a larger and more im portant character ; indeed many individuals, whose names have great influence, such as Lord Nugent, and no less than twenty-two Members of Parliament had taken up the subject, under a feeling of sympathy, for the purpose of raising means to relieve these in dividuals, and ultimately sending them back to their native country to aid in the struggle now going on for independence.—(Cheers.) Many people do not under stand the nature of the contest, and perhaps the meeting would excuse him if he dwelt upon it for a few minutes, in order that they might have a clear idea of the nature of the present struggle, its ultimate tendency, and the effects which will be produced in Europe if barbarism proved successful against civilization; or, on the other hand, if civil liberty was successful in overcoming barba rism. --(Hear, hear.) Hungary, ho found, for the last three hundred years, had been an independent country. In the year 15C03 or thereabouts, the Hungarian crown of St.; Stephen, as it was called, was bestowed upon a branch of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine, under the conditions that the Hungarians should have their laivs as they had existed of old secured to them, and that every successor to the Kingdom of Hungary and house o. Hapsburg . should be crowned with the crown of St. Stephen, in the city of Presburg; and that if any change took place in the descent it should only be done with the consent of the nation, that was the con sent of the Diet, the representative of the Hungarian nation assembled in Presburg.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances Hungary, not being a province but a kingdom, was bestowed upon the present house of Austria; that was beyond all doubt, and yet in the space of two hundred years the Hungarians have had no less than eleven struggles in defence of the rights which were granted to them in 1560, and they were successful in each instance.—(Hear, hear.) The house of Aus tria had always wished to reduce the kingdom of Hun gary to a mere province, but it should be recollected that while Austria contains only three millions of inha bitants, the kingdom of Hungary contains no less than fourteen millions; and, he believed, when the Crown of Hungary was bestowed upon the house of Hapsburg. the proportion of the inhabitants was nearly the same, that was to say, the population of Hungary was four to one, when compared to that of Austria.—(Hear, hear.) Under those circumstances well might the Hungarians be successful in their struggles for independence, and the rights granted to them in 1560. From 1795 to 1815 Hungary continued faithful in successfully struggling in favour of the • house of Hapsburg, that was to . say, during that time, although the designs of Napoleon were more directed against Austria than Hungary, Hungary still entered the field against Napoleon; and yet, notwithstanding that they sent petition after petition to the Administrative Council at Vienna, the Hungarians had never received those im munities which their patriotism had merited.—(Shame.) On the contrary, further encroachments were made upon their rights in 1815, when the Holy Alliance was entered into between Prussia, Austria, and Russia, who joined together under the pretence of defending religion; and under that pretence they endeavoured to subjugate all those connected with them, and to establish despotism where freedom had previously reigned. From 1815 to 1825 encroachments went on, and attempts were made upon the freedom of Hungary. Resolution after resolu tion was sent to the Administrative Council at Vienna complaining of those attempts; but those resolutions and those petitions were rejected, and the encroachments continued. Unjust fiscal regulations were imposed upon the commerce of Hungary; and while attempts were made to set race against race, and class against class, upon the principle of divide et inzperc, no less than nine distinct races had occupied the kingdom of Hungary. At the present moment there were the Wallachians, the Germans, the Sclavonians, the Buckowinans, and the Croats, and by endeavouring to sow discord amongst these races, the house of Austria attempted to make further encroachments upon the liberties of the Hun garian people. In 1842 Joseph Kossuth, the president of the Hungarian Republic, took up the subject, and ex posed the machinations of Austria, and the consequence was, that for four years he was immured in an Austrian dungeon.—(Shame.) The meeting would see from these facts that the Hungarian people were struggling for freedom in the same manner that the inhabitants of this country did in the reign of Charles the First. Even now, if encroachments are made upon our liberties, we endeavour by moral means to preserve them, and the Hungarians were doing nothing more.—(Hear, hear.) In the year 1848, after all their petitions and resolutions had been rejected by the Austrian Go vernment, the flame of liberty was suddenly lighted up in France, it rolled onwards, and its effects were soon felt in Hungary, where the people rose; the consequence was, that after revolutions and insurrections had taken place in France, in Hungary, in Italy, and in Germany, the flame extended to Vienna and the whole of the Aus trian dominions, where it was only extinguished by the Emperor Ferdinand, who felt himself in a state of danger and was supposed to be an incapable, resigned in favour of a boy Emperor. What was the conse quence? Why this boy has laid claim to the kingdom of llungary; but - the Hungarian people deny that Fer dinand had a right to depose himself without the con sent of the Hungarian Diet. This young man, who was only eighteen years of age, had no right to the kingdom of Elungary, unless the Diet had consented to the deposition of Ferdinand, and unless he took the oath at Presburg to defend the liber ties of the Hungarian people. Ho had not done so, and the Hungarians had risen in defence of their rights, contending against the whole power of Austria, who had been baffled by their prowess; and now, in a state of distress, Austria had called in the aid of Russia for the purpose of crushing that spirit which they see, if they do not crush, will crush them.—(Hear, hear.) That was the present state of things in Hungary; the Hun garians were nobly contending for their rights, and they wore doing eo is a manner which ought to call forth the sympathies of all who had hearts beating in their bosoms, or who loved liberty and freedom, the dearest right of humanity. The sufferings of a portion of this noble nation had brought them together, and he trusted what he had stated himself and what would be stated by the speakers who would follow him would so stimulate the liberality of his hearers as to prove beyond question that they sympathise with those who had acted so nobly in contending for their rights, and who, in contending fur their own rights, were contending for the rights of humanity. Mr. WRIGUT having been called upon to move the first resolution said, England had long obtained the re putation of being the refuge of the unfortunate, and it had happened so in the present instance; it mattered very little what cast, what religion, or politics they be longed to, the unfortanate always found a refuge in England. Within the lust few years they had had despots and liberals seeking refuge alike upon our shores, and he hoped it would ever remain so. He was but little con • versant with the Hungarian question, but it W 43 su cie.nt for him to know that the whole of the Hungarian people had risen against Austria to satisfy him that their cause was right. The bare fact, that Austria was unable to subdue Hungary without the assistance of another nation proved, beyond all doubt, that the majority of the people were opposed to the rule and encroachments of Austria. It was an important matter for us to consider whether a nation which could not defend itself without the assist ance of a larger power, sho u ld be' respected as a nation at all, and vthethcr the Government protested against the interference of Russia or not, he was quite sure the English nation would protest against it. He did not say that England ought to go to war with Russia. She was not in a position to do that, as the aristocracy of the country bad taken good care to spend all our money in wars to put down freedom; and when we came to ask for money to uphold freedom we found that there was none in the Exchequer.—(Hear, hear.) He was quite sure, however, that the country would heartily sympathise , with. the struggle of the Hungarians, who had conducted the war iu a manner that would reflect credit upon the most civilized nation on the face of the earth—they had carefully refrained from taking reprisals until within the last few days, when the barbarities of Austria had compelled them to follow the example of Washing.. ton in dealing with their prisoners.—(Hear, hear.) The object of Russia was evidently to destroy national freedom in Europe, to subdue Hungary as they had an • nihilated Poland ; and if her tyrannical despotism suc ceeded, the progress of civilization would be stopped, and barbarism would be extended.—(Cheers.) He con cluded by moving the resolution, to the effect that the meeting warmly sympathised with the struggle of the Hungarian people. Mr. TH-OMAS IPENTEER said he was not aware until a few minutes previously that a meeting of this kind was about to be held, but he was very happy in having an opportunity offered him of expressing, however feebly, his entire sympathy with the object which they had in view. —(Hear.) He had heard with great atten tion the observations of the speaker who had preceded him, and it struck him forcibly that if they limited the •of a the struggle s of t h e its strugglefa against rmsand a question before th em s i mply to the Hungarian strugg l e, without any regard to it s attendant consequences, they vile t and ruthless despotism, which, up to the present tim e ; would take a very narr ow an d conf i ned v i ew of the matter. They should look at it i n a b roa d er an d more philosophical sense, but as an ot powerful protection me gallanthom e steads, nati on for • had kept the greater portion of Europe in subjection.—(Cheers.) They had all witnessed the efforts for freedom on the continent, but, unfortunately, from a variety of causes, they had disappointed the sanguine expectations of the lovers of liberty in this and other countries—they saw the gallant beginning which was made in France, .and the glorious results which arose from that beginning, but, unfortunately, they now witnessed the melancholy spectacle of a people, who themselves fought bravely in defence of democratic insti tutions, carried away by the influence of a great name, and induced to grant to the unworthy successor of that great name the highest honours of the kingdom.— (Cheers.) And we then see that man, instead of justi tying the hopes which were entertained of him as the accredited head of the French Government, forgetting everything that was due to liberty, philosophy, common sense, and reason, and attempting to suppress the struggle for political and religious liberty at Rome.— (Cheers.) They had seen, whenever the progress of freedom had been stopped, that the friends of despotism had rejoiced, and they found in this country, when the gallant struggle of a gallant people for their best and dearest rights sustained any reverses, it was treated as a matter of exultation both in the House of Lords and in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) But they found also what was still worse—they found the press of a people who almost universally sympathised with the gallant struggle of this gallant nation, they found the great bulk of the metropolitan press' making use of every trick, and rascally misappropriating the talent at their command, for the purpose of throw ing odium upon this noble struggle, and of falsifying the feelings of the British people, as if they exulted in the defeat of the Hungarians and the fall of the noble Kossuth.—(Cheers.) It was attempted the other day by the scoundrelly Times to draw a parallel, and to prove that there was a strong analogy between the case of Scotland submitting to England and that of Hungary submitting to Austria.—(Hear, hear.) Only fancy how much they must have been in want of any thing in the shape of an argument to attempt to draw a parallel between a few hundred thousands of our own island submitting to the' government of England and a nation of fourteen millions submitting to the yoke of despotism.—(Cheers.) The Morning Chronicle took up a similar argument, but dealt with it in another shape, and these opinions and views were issued as belonging to the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) There were, however, other portions of the press which reflected more truly the national mind, but the greater portion—which, feeling bound to give full ex pression to his feelings on this subject, he would call the scoundrelly press—falsified the feelings of the people, and endeavoured to throw odium upon them. He believed himself that if the gallant Hungarians sank ander the ruthless hordes of Cossacks, that these barba rians would ultimately overrun Europe, Napoleon had said, that posterity would yet venerate his name for the efforts he had made to curb the power of the Autocrat, whose hordes, if they once penetrated into the fertile southern climes, would sooner perish than return to their snow-clad and inhospitable country.—(Hear.) He hoped that that would be not only the first of a series of meetings in this great capital, which was the centre of civilisation, but that it would bo followed by similar meetings in every town in the United Kingdoea for he believed, if the matter was once fully set on foot, that there was scarcely a homestead in the country which would not contribute something, if necessary, towards the maintenance of the Hungarian refugees while they were compelled to remain in England.— (Cheers.) He sympathised most strongly and sincerely with the Hungarians, and his whole adherence should be given to their cause. Mr. M'Enteer concluded by seconding the resolution. The Cuentsaite—lt appears to me almost a work of supererogation to put the resolution to the meeting after the manner in which it has beep moved and seconded, and received by the meet ing. The struggle, it has been justly said, is not merely the struggle of a nation—it is a vast and great struggle of humanity against barbarism—(Cheers) —and, as it has also been justly said, if the barbarians are successful, we may expect a struggle not merely on the continent, but a struggle here.—(Cheers.) We look upon it as the struggle of liberty against darkness and despotism, and it is for us to see if the expression of our sympathies may not tend to bring it to a successful ter mination. Looking at the geographical descrip tion of Hungary, and knowing that the brave Hungarians have responded to the call of that great man, Kossuth, and have driven their cattle to the hills, thus leaving the country desolate, I am of opinion that, even should they be overcome, the barba rians, when they find themselves destitute of animal food and other provisions, will die in thousands of pes tilence and famine.—(Cheers.) Let us hope that this meeting, which is the first movement of the kind, will be followed by thousands of others, that the whole na tion will respond to the cause of the Hungarians, for Britain, with all its faults, is looked upon as the moral beacon of the universe. —(Cheers.) It is here that the Hungarians look, and let us assure them that as long as we enjoy freedom humanity need not despair.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. lIIIGGET, seconded by Mr. DIPPIE, it was agreed that subscriptions should be then gathered for the purpose of assisting the liungarian refugees in England. Subscriptions were then collected in the room, and it was astonishing to see with what readiness and liberality half-sovereigns, half-crowns, and shillings, were handed in, the meeting being a very small one, and the majority present being working men. It was directed that the sum total, which appears in another column, should be sent to The Sun-office. A committee was then appointed to collect further subscriptions, and it was agreed that they should take into consideration the propriety of holding a larger meeting at the Temperance Hall, in the Broadway, at which the working men of Westminster might have an opportunity of expressing their sympathy on behalf of the Hungarians. On the motion of Mr. EvAxs, seconded by Mr. linooET, it was agreed to unanimously that a vote of thanks should be tendered to The Sun and Daily Noss, and to the other newspapers which advocated the cause of the Hungarians. Alter a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his able conduct in the chair, which he briefly acknowledged, the meeting separated. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 22.—The Royal Mail steam ship Thames, Captain G. Abbott, arrived last evening, at seven o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant J. Strover, Admiralty agent. Oa her homeward voyage the Thames experienced remarkably fine weather throughout, early part calm and light winds, latterly moderate breezes from the northward. The latest dates brought by the Thames are—Vera Cruz, June 16; Tampico, June 14; Havannah, June 26; Jamaica, June 22; St. Jago da Cuba, June 20; Deme rara, June 19; Trinidad, June 21; Barbadoes, June 27; Grenada, Juno 22; St. Kitt's, June 29; St. Thomas, July 1; Bermuda, July 6; Nassau, June 29; Tortola, June 30; Antigua, June 29; St. Vincent, June 23; St. Lucia, June-28; Montserrat, June 29. The Thames brings on freight-406,662 dollars, of which 19,990 are for the dividends; 6711. 13s. 4d. British coin, 281 serons of cochineal, 51 cases of cigars, 4 turtles, and 52 packages of sundries. Stations of her Majesty's Ships—H. M. ship Welles ley, Captain G. Goldsmith, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B , at Halifax; steamer Vixen, Commander R. Jenner, Halifax; ship Trincomalee, R, L. Warren, Newfoundland; ship 'mull (receiving ship), Commodore ry. Bennett, and sloop Sappho, Port Royal, Jamaica, Jane 22 ; schooner Ber muda, Lieutenant-Commander A. D. Joly, left ditto on the 14th, on a cruise; sloop Hellena, Commander M. de Courcey, on the Mosquito shore; brigantine Viper, Lieutenant-Commander 11. Bernard, and schooner Scor pion, Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence, Barbadoes, June 27. Stations of the Company's Steam-ships—The Groat Western, in the Gulf, expected to return to England from Bermuda, Gth July; the Thames, just arrived at Southampton; the Teviot, Spanish Main, next steamer home from St. Thomas; the Avon, on Demerara and Northern Islands route; the Dee, Havannah, 26th ult., returning to Jamaica, from whence to Spanish Alain; the Clyde, 7th inst., left Bermuda for New Yo rk ; the Reindeer, St. Thomas. Ships Spoken With on Return voyage—The Falcon brig, in let. 36.50 N., lon. 54 30 W., homeward. Juue 27. A barque, name not known, a wreck, was seen en the Cobblers, Barbadoes; weather thiek and s rabiin yred• From Jamaica w e learn that the sugar crop lo exceedingly fine, particularly -on the north: side of the island. In the interior parishes they had at parts some. what suffered from long droughts, but lately very salu tary rains 'had fallen. Tho news from Englaud, an. co RAPIng the slight rise in sugar , had operated in favour of advanced rates, and given an impetus to busirie'ac . With respect to coffee, the planters have &dined even picking the berry, urging that present market prices are DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE AT IRELAND Is,LAND.— An inquest was held on Tuesday last, on board of the Medway convict ship, by Charles C. Keane, Esq., coro ner, on view of the bodies of Thomas Kerrigan and John Tobin, who had been shot. The following is the substance of what was elicited before the jury.,-- "The four or five hundred convicts on board the Med way were assembled that morning on the Spar deck (the forwart part of the ship), to witness the punishment of one of their number, James Cronin, for mutinous con duct. The overseer, F. B. Black, Esq., and his officers, with the convict guards, fully armed, and their pistols being loaded with ball cartridge (the usual practice, we believe), were drawn up on the quarter-deck to the num ber of twenty. The medical officer was also present. The quarter-deck is divided from the spar-deck by a railing about five feet high. " Te man to be flogged had a brother on board the ship, older than himself, who had permission from the overseer to absent himself from witnessing the punish ment ; but this kindly offer on the part of Mr. Black was refused, and he appeared with the other prisoners. " When the proper officers were in the act of securing the man to the gratings or ladder, his brother rushed forward, and leaping on the berries, and waving his hat, called to him by name. He (the elder Cronin) then addressed some words in Irish to the convicts, which was answered by a wild cheer, and a rush of some 250 to the barriers, upon which they clustered like bees preparatory to a descent upon the quarter deck. The men were desperately excited. The overseer waved his hand, and called to the men to " fall back ;" which order was quite disregard e d. M r . Bl ac k , p l a i ny perceiving what must be the object of the prisoners viz, the rescue of Cronin, and the probable butchery of himself and his small party, gave order to the guards to fire, which was immediately followed by a volley from the front rank. This did not have any immediate effect—the desperate men entertaining the idea that only blank cartridges were fired. The rear rank of the guard, which had been kept in reserve, then moved to the front, and, under orders of Mr. Black, fired. Two of the mutinous convicts fell dead, and twelve wero wounded. This instantly quelled the mutiny, the men hurriedly retreating to biding places about the forward part of the ship. " The punishment was then administered to the younger Cronin. " After a lengthy investigation, the jury unanimously returned a verdict of Justifiable Homicide.' " One of the wounded men died on Tuesday afternoon. An inquest on his body was held yesterday. The verdict has not yet transpired. " The ringleader, Cronin, was wounded in two places. Two others are maimed for life—one having had his leg amputated at the knee, and the other having received a ball to the spine." The royal mail steamer Clyde arrived on Tuesday from Nassau. THE SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM. Oa Saturday the siege operations, which had been postponed in consequence of the illness of2olonel Weare, took place at Chatham, on a scale which fully justified the great interest evinced by the public and the military profession on the subject. On the day first fixed for the purpose his Royal Highness Prince Albert had an nounced his intention to be present, but the delay which had ta4icu place rendered this impracticable, and the display was therefore deprived of the eclat which would have arisen from the visit of his Royal Highness. The Duke of Wellington also was absent, and ull the interest which must have been excited by his Grace's personal inspection of the operations was lost. Bet notwith standing these drawbacks the proceedings of the day were of the most striking character, and it is rarely, if ever, that in this peace-loving country—this nation of shopkeepers—so splendid a military spectacle has taken place. Nor were the operations unwatched by men whose experience of the stern realities of war well qualified them to pronounce upon the discipline of the troops employed and the knowledge of warfare displayed. A brilliant staff of general and field officers were pre sent, including the names of the Marquis of Anglesea, Viscount Harding°, Sir John Burgoyne, Major-General Fox, and Sir Frederick Smith. They visited every point of the lines where the operations were in progress, and appeared highly satisfied with everything they saw. Su far, therefore, whatever was done was exhibited before but to stand under it, and many of whom had been com petent judges—men accustomed not only to see fire, pre sent at sieges where the cartridges used wore not "blank." But besides this body of connoisseurs, there was present at Chatham on Saturday a countless host of people eager to participate in that form of excitement which classic writers have illustrated by the desire to see a great battle from a safe point of view. Let others ex plain how it happens that military spectacles are of such rare occurrence in England; one thing at least is elmr, that when they do take place on an adequate scale they prove eminently attractive. As a nation we are not perpetually dreaming "of cutting foreign throats, of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,"—the thoughts which Queen Mab awakens in the brain of the sleeping soldier. Yet the parade. t'round of a military station has always its group of gaping spectators, and a review, however small the number of troops employed, will collect thousands of visitors. The same spirit invades our theatres and public gardens, and it will be long before mimic sea fights cease to be popular at the Surrey, mimic cavalry charges at Astley's, and mimic battles at Vauxhall. The siege operations at Chatham, therefore, were looked for ward to with intense interest by the public at large, as likely to furnish touch more than the usual quantity w titj a - r o , f , the .' pride, pomp, and cir cumstance of glorious As a mere display it wo uld be worth seeing ; as tellia a connected story in these operations of "big war, which Othello says " make ambition virtue," it would be still more interesting. To the civilian there is no part of history so perplexing as the detailed narrative of siege operations. The technicalities of fortification are unknown to him, and among ravelins, curtains, es carps, coun'er-scarps, entonnoirs parrallels, and saps, he loses himself so completely that Uncle Toby himself, backed by Corporal Trim, could never put him right. No doubt, therefore, the desire to see what a siege really was like acted as one of the most powerful means in drawing together the immense number of persons who, on Saturday, witnessed the opera tions at Chatham. Amongst them were many military men who appeared to take a lively in terest in the details of the day's proceedings. The whole were scattered over the lines, occupying, as far as they might be permitted to do, all the prominent positions whence a commending view might be obtained, and pre senting a singular appearance of confidence amidst a scene the sights and sounds of which were anything but reassuring on the point of personal safety. Thus dif fused over a wide space the effect of numbers congre gated on one particular spot was not produced, and no fair opportunity was presented for judging accurately how many people the occasion had drawn together. But they could not have amounted to less than from 60,000 to 70,000. Rochester and Chatham are considered:le towns, and their population of course turned out to wit ness the spectacle. The inhabitants of the s urrounding country were also present, and the resources of the tothe rail way and the river steamers proved quite unequal_ II transit of the extraordinary numbers London. As might have been exrpie.etc;d7uiinicaroswunchircoirm cuinstunces. th.., price of beds swlLllYahnireamroo6uentio an f enpartellelcd height. racing, acrd and general excitement and }cad it not crow di ng , crushing, _e rq,,_ , l, ,y; worthy of the great 1) been for the early hour atwhtihc,,h demand aen)pdefroartiotrnasnsnitmuto th . syho k uovv t h e Those , com menced, it is hard to say how Chatham coull have , been ma. position of t he fortifications there will readily understand the Acilities which they present, not only for carrying on s i eg e opera.tions, but, a hat is far more important to t!!0 sight-seeing public, for viewing them well. In tiiis respect the most and the least privileged persons were nearly upon a level, and no room was left for those pa thetic regrets in which the foreign correspondents of our newspapers so often deal, that when a great battle was fought or a fortress taken, no proper view could be obtaiued of the ,action or the siege. - True, the whistling of bullets sadly disturbs that calmness of mind so essen lial in tho midst of military evolutibns ; but the very booming of cannon and the rattle of musketry are for midable to the civic mind, and there was, therefore, something quite heroical in the steady courage with Iwhich masses of the spectators held their ground, though placed between the fire of opposing colamns, and shot at by troops ensconced behind ramparts, or showieg only To understand the operations of Saturday, it must be supposed that an army having orginally captured the outer line of works, and carried on an attack upon the citadel (which is represented by the works extending from Prince Frederick's to the Terrace bastion), has been suddenly obliged to raise the siege for the pur pose of giving battle to a force which had approached to the relief of the place ; and that the besiegers having been victorious in this engagement, desired to renew the siege of the citadel. It is assumed also, that during the absence of the besiegers the garrison have mined some of the batteries of the attack, have prepared countermines under the trenches, and are de termined to resist any attempt to escalade the outer line. The object being to condense into a few hours the ope rations of a long siege, a pull upon the imagination like that just suggested is quite as necessary as in the repre sentation of Sbakspere's Henry V., of any other his torical play. In point of fact, the whole affair was neither more nor less than an out-of-door two.act dra matic representation, the interest of the plot being well sustained up to the denouement: first, by the repulse with which the earlier operations end, and afterwards by the increasing magnitude of the mines exploded, the breaches effected, and the other military resources de veloped. But to proceed with a more particular account of this great warlike spectacle—the first part consisted of an unsuccessful attempt to carry the right of Chatham Lines by escalade. The Lines in that direction were defended by a company of the Royal Artillery on the extreme right, the Provisional Battalion and Enrolled Pensioners in the centre, and a company of the Royal Sappers and Miners on the left, the whole lining the parapets from the Gun-wharf to the Spur. The flanks and salients were armed with ordnance, and manned by two companies of the Royal Artillery. So much for the force of the .beseiged. The assaulting columns, on the other hand, consisted of the 17th Regiment on the left, the Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marines in the centre, and the Royal Sappers and Miners on the right. On the signal being given the three columns rushed for ward simultaneously and with admirable precision. Skir mishers were thrown out, and the cover which the ground afforded used as far as practicable. The Sappers ad vancing along the side of the hill and sheltering them selves trom the fire of the fortress, descended into the ditch, but were there pulled up by a hedge which they were unable to get through, and so iu bunting fashion were obliged to put about. The Marines were equally unfortunate, the left wing being beaten by a high wall, and the right, after descending into the ditch, and scaling the opposite escarp so as to get a footing, being obliged by the vigorous resistance of the besieged to retire. The 17th Regiment also descended into the ditch, but there found that their scaling ladders were too short, and the opposition too strong for any chance of success, and so the 17th also withdrew. Within and without the lines nothing could be more praiseworthy than the manner in which the men went through their evolutions. They all went about their work as seriously as if the harmlessness of the contents of their cartouch boxes was still a secret unknown to them, and they ran the greatest possible danger of being knocked over the next moment. It was quite comforting to see how care fully they sheltered their bodies within the ramparts, never showing till the instant they were about to fire, and then withdrawing again. Without the attacking columns exhibited the utmost daring; and it remains an even question between the divisions which dis tinguished themselves most on the occasion. An im pervious hedge, a high wall, and short sealing lad ders were the real causes of the retreat, and not the slightest taint rests upon the honour of the corps engaged. In fact, they seemed to court destruction, and how they escaped the deadly aims taken at them by the besieged was what no one present could perfectly under stand. The details of this first operation were in all respects admirably performed, and excited general ap probation. The scenic cflect of it was beautiful from the height at which the lines attacked stand, and the evolutions of the troops in availing themselves of the shelter which the ground afforded. It was also in teresting to see the harmonious action of the different arms of the military service, the rapidity and regularity with which the whole work was conducted, and the hearty, zealous manner in which every man performed Isis duty. The second portion of the day's proceedings was a far more elaborate one than the first, and consisted of a successful assault and escalade of the left of Chatham Lines, and in further operations leading to the reduction of the place. The garrison was formed of a squadron of cavalry, two companies of the Royal Artillery, one company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, four companies of the Enrolled Pensioners, and the Provisional Battalion. The columns of attack were the same as in the escalade of the right of the lines, with the additions of two companies of the Royal Artillery and a small force posted in the island and the north side of St. Mary's Creek. A portion of the sailors and marines of the fleet also were employed in manning four gun-boats, and in capturing Gillingham Tower and battery. The operations commenced with the formation of a pontoon bridge over St. Mary's Creek for the passage of troops from the island to the main, combined with a successful assault and escalade of the left of Chatham Lines, and the occupation of the first parallel and its batteries, these operations being supported by the fire of artillery from the high ground near Burnt Oak Cottage, and by the fire from gunboats in the Medway and St. Mary's Creek. Of the entire proceedings this was perhaps the most striking. The great var iety of military and naval operations combined i n it, the this time assembled on t m h e e n g se rou n n u d m , b a e n r d s ot the e sp a e d e m ta ir t a or b s by lop precision which charac terized every mov ement of the troops, all contributed to . the effect produced. Within the lines the besieged had been drawn up in expectation for some time before the attack commenced. Nothing was to be seen of the enemy unless the eye searched closely the distant landscape, when heads of each column might be distinguished cautiously peeping out, while the main body was covered by the nature of the land. At length, however, the signal was given. Gillingham Tower took up the firing; the different divisions de bouched upon the open ground iu front of the works, and having taken up positions in eohellcu therein, the skirmishers were quickly thrown out, and the whole again moved forward. The garrison make a sortie, but are beaten back, and passing through the gateway of an interior stockade are unable, from the rapidity of the pursuit, to lift the drawbridge. In the meantime the firing becomes general from the attacking skirmishers, and a sortie is made by a squadron of cavalry from the Brompton barrier. The 17th forms square and repulses the charge. The stockade a t St. M a ry's is breach e d s thus with gunpowder, and the fl an k of th e besieged being turned they retire behind the parapets o f the Para ll els. and the At the same moment the lines are escaladed.ts across the at tacking columns pouring in great num and terreplein of ditch, take up position on the banquettegradually wake their way to the works. Thence theyy h e e rbesieged retire behind the tho first parallel, while id t oocupy the fire barn. For the pos paraPt of the second and struggle takes place. The troops session of this last point a pontoon-bridge, 1g under the island now cross the p ice, and on sea-wall proceed to the right a tt ac k . Along co ver of the hesthe attack i ng colum ns fi n d their way z i gz ag a pproaches 1 '1 * o the second pars e , while the unf or t unate besieged not o nly find the enemy gaining ground, but see their can cannon turned against them. The besiegers re occupy the more advanced breaches both of the left at tack against the r ave li n and of the right attack c the redoubt and th e D u k e of Cumberland's front. The redoubt is breached by mines, and a lodgment formed on the breach. Th e right double sap, the ser pentine sap, and the left double Sap are blown up. The left of the lodgment at the foot of the counterguard of the left attack is also blown up, and a part of the advanced trenches of the besiegers on the right attack; the whole of the entonnoirs formed by these mines being successfully crowned by the sapp rs of the besiegers. The sieging operations concluded with the blowing up of the counterguard, and the breaching of the right face of the ravelin, as well as of the ceunterscarp and escarp of its left face by mines , the crowning of the entonnoirs, and the oe• cupation of the lodgments, the breaching o f the tor race bastion by mines, an d t h e s t orm ing at that work, as weil as the escalsdo of the Duke, of Cumberland's bastion. During the whole period of the second and successful attack, an almost continuous and rapid dis charge of fire-arms was kept up by the troops, while the guns in the different batteries kept booming away in grand style. Now and then there was an awful pause, not that the work of destruction might cease, but that it might gather strength. In these pauses some immense mine was sure to explode with a dull heavy sound, tossing a huge volume of mingled smoke and earth into the air, and shaking the solid ground to a considerable distance.