The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-27 00:00:00

Vlttion. SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. WAR WITH RUSSIA. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five minutes to five o'clock. There was a large attendance of peers and of strangers. PETITIONS. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Sir Culling Eardley, complaining of the expulsion of Dissenters from the University of Oxford. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Bradford (College Chapel), in favour of closing pub lic-houses on the Sabbath. WAR WITH RUSSIA, HER MAJESTY'S MESSAGE. was a sig na l The Earl of ABERDEEN, whose rising for profound silence, presente4 a Message from her Ma jesty, which he moved should be read by the Lord Chancellor. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read, in a loud and distinct voice, tho addre , ;s, which was as follows : VICTORIA REGINA. er to acqu a i n t th e H ouse Her Majesty thinks it prop of Lords, that the negotiations which her Majesty, in concert with her allies, has for some time past been en gaged with his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, have terminated, and that her Majesty feels bound to afford active assistance to her ally the Sultan against unprovoked aggression. Her Majesty has given direc• tions for laying before the House of Lords copies of such papers, in addition to those already communicated to Parliament, as will afford the fullest information with regard to the subject of these negotiations. It is a con solation to her Majesty to reflect that no endeavours have been wanting on her part to preserve to her sub jects the blessings of peace. Her Majesty's just exp cc_ tations have been disappointed, and her Majesty relies with ccnfidence on the zeal and devotion of the House of Lords, and on the exertions of her brave and loyal subjects, to support her in her determination in employ ing the power and resources of the nation for protecting the dominions of the Sultan against the encroachments of Russia. The Earl of CLA.RENDON—My lord, I beg to give otice that, on Friday next, I shall move that her Ma y's most gracious Message be taken into considera- The Earl of DERBY hoped the noble earl would state on that day the precise object we had in view in entering upon the war. He trusted it was not true that we were going to enter into any convention with France or Turkey, fur the establishment on our behalf of such a rotectorate over Turkish subjects as had been objected on the part of Russia. He was certain that her Majesty would not rely in vain upon the support of all classes of her subjects in maintaining the honour of this country in this necessary war, and in taking such vigorous measures as might be required for bringing that war to a speedy and honourable termination. Earl GREY expressed a hope that the address would be so framed as to meet the ready assent of all their lordships. The subject then dropped. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The King , ton-upon-Hull Dock Bill, and the Liver ool Sanitary and other Local Acts Bill, were read a third time and passed. The following bills were considered and agreed to:— Hereford Improvement Bill, Bury Port Bill, Rams bottom Gas Bill, and the Southport Waterworks Bill. On the motion that the South Sea Company Bill he considered, Mr. S. FOLLETT took exception to the bill. Mr. Green, Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Cardwell sup ported the bill, which was agreed to after some further WAR WITH RUSSIA. HER MAJESTY'S MESSAGE. Lord J. RUSSELL, amidst breathless silence, and in a full house, brought down a Message from the Crown. The SPEAKER read the message to the house, which as nearly as we could collect, was as follows : Her Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the House of Commons that the negotiations in which her Ma jesty, in concert with her allies, has for some time past been engaged with his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias have terminated. Her Majesty feels bound to afford active assistance to her ally the Sultan of Turkey against the unprovoked aggressions of the Empe ror of Russia. Her Majesty has given directions for laying before the House of Commons such papers, in addition to those already communicated to Parliament, which will afford the fullest explanations with regard to the subject of these negotiations. It is a consolation for her Majesty to reflect that no desire has been wantin4on her part tl preserve to her subjeAs the blessings of peace, but her Majesty's just expectations in that respect have been disappointed. Her Majesty relies with confidence on the zeal and devotion of her faithful Commons, and to the exertions of her brave and loyal subjects to use the powers and resources of the nation in protecting the dominions of the Sultan from this unjust aggression. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that her Majesty's must gracious address should be taken into consideration on Friday next. The motion was agreed to. INCOME TAX. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that on tho third reading of the Income Tax Bill he should call the atten tion of the house to the manner in which the Govern ment proposed to raise the means for carrying on the War. In reply to Mr. WALPOLE, Lord J. RUSSEI3I2 salt that, as regarded the Irish and Scotch poor, he expected his noble friend (Lord r wo almerston) would be in the h ouse i n a f ew m i nu t es , an d thereu ld answer any questions for hi mse lf. H e cons id ere d _ S ettlement no reason to postpone the secon d rea di ng o f the and Removal Bill, th oug h th e Govern earstire meet were t not at p resen t di s p ose d t o s t a t e w h at spec ifi c they intended to introduce respecting the Irish an ii n Scotch poor in England. LoZply to Si r F. TEIESIGER. J. RUSSELL said he would c ons id er between now and Eater theFrirtday wheth er h e s h ou ld postpone t i ll after f SET , II I: t ! , 4sr consideration of the Oaths Bill. ENT AND REMOVAL BILL. On the order of the day ' for the second reading of the above bill, Mr. PACKE 1 ., 0 , 1 , that the second reading be de ferred till after E aue :d being viz. till the 28th of April. On the question which put there were loud cries of 1 ic divide," in the midst 4e Mr. WALPOLE I scot ?: contended that the claims of the Irish and as those of the Engii,h poor were fully as irre sistible)oror, and he considered :the house ought to know what resp e e gl t i i lations the Govern anent intended to propose the Irish and Scotch poor before the bill were p L a n a g d justiaeti and he thought proceeding the Government would not be r? as regarded further with this bill till the whole rnnaaa i n English poor, was the Irish and Scotch, as well as the fully before the house. Mr. BAINES said he thought Mr. Walp o l e had dealt very f a i r ly by the bill. Would the h ouseallow er \a Lim to state w h a t was the principle of this bill? By the law, as it at present stood, a person wanentitl e d to relief, subject to removal if that was not hi s nwa parish. He must say he could see no reason for postp on i ng the present measure ; settlement was a matter confined entirely to England and Wales, and had no reference to Ireland or Scotland, and he thought, as he stated on a previous occasion, that part of the question ought to be kept quite distinct from the subject as regarded Ireland : and Scotland. He was quite ready to admit that the subject of settlement as regarded Ireland and Scotland deserved a speedy solution ; but hq maintained that the materials for that solution were not yet ready ; but the materials for its solution, as regarded England and Wales, were ripe for decision, and required at once to be ! settled. i Mr. R. PALMED concurred entirely in the view taken of the question by his lion. friend (Mr. Walpole), and he believed the votes of a great number of mem bers on both sides of the house depended on th!‘post ponetnent of this measure ; or, at least, the house should be put in possession of the general outlines of the measure Intended by the Government as regarded Ireland a-ad Scotland. Mr. I .a, HERBERT expressed his approLation of the courFm suggested by the hon. member for Milhurst (Mr. WP:lpole) for postponing this bill. He contended that in a vast number of cases grievous hardships were inflicted on Irish paupers by removing them arbitrarily from this country, after they had spent the best years of their life in it, honestly earning their bread by the sweat of their brow. He had been assured by more than one good authority that Scotch farmers acknowledged they would find it almost impossible to either cultivate their farms, or get in their harvests, without the aid of Irish labourers. But yet those Scotch farmers took excellent care to prevent those Irish labourers obtaining a settle ment there, for as soon as the time drew near, which would entitle them to a settlement, they discharged th em . (A laugh.) Sir J. PAKINGTON expressed his belief that gentle men who were friendly to the measure would vote against it if they were not informed what course the Government intended to take on the Irish subject. Lord PALMERSTON could not see the logical con clusion that because they had not sufficient materials before them for legislating with respect to the Irish part of the question, they ought not to legislate for England He contended that the Irish and Scotch paupers ought to be dealt with equal justice as regarded the English paupers. In every work requiring great phyical strength and endurance, in the metropolis and all other large English towns, the Irishmen were sure to take the largest share, and in case of poverty or sickness overtak ing him, was it right that he or his family should be treated on a footing inferior to that of the English la bourer or his family ? He thought the apprehensicns of an undue influx of Irish labourers were founded on most erroneous expectations. He would entreat the house not to postpone now the second reading of this bill, and in the subsequent stages of the bill they might very appropriately consider some safe measure as re garded the Irish and Scotch labourers. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. TROLLOPE said it was perfectly clear to him that they should consider the whole of this subject together as affected the labourers not of England and Wales only, but also of Ireland and Scotland. (Hear.) The Marquis of GRANBY next rose, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.; NO RTFININIPTONSHIRE STAKES. 4to 1 ag , gt Defiance (taken). 8 to 1 agst Swiftsure (taken). 10 to 1 agst Lamprocles (taken), 10 to 1 agst Bracken (taken). 10 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (offered). 10 to 1 agst Red Lion (taken). 13 to 1 agst Veteran (taken). 15 to 1 agst Pancake (taken). 16 t.) 1 agst Chief Justice (taken). 20 to 1 agst Hungerford (taken). 20 to 1 agst John Bull (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ptolemy (taken). St. Faith, Diomedia, and Nutpecker are scratched. METROPOLITAN STAKES. 6to 1 agst Jonathan Martin (taken), 14 to 1 agst Royalist (taken). 20 to 1 agst Lamprocles (taken), 20 to 1 agst Lindrick (taken). CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Newininster (taken). 100 to 6 agst Brown Brandy (taken). 33 to 1 agst Swiftsure (taken). 50 to 1 agst Horatio (taken). DERBY. 7to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 9 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 14 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 25 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 30 to 1 agst Andover (taken). 33 to 1 agst Bessus (taken). Oscar is struck out of his engagements at Birmingham and Cheltenham. BIRMINGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) --CI (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) KNOWLE STEEPLECHASE. Ace of Trumps Countess Four ran. GRAND MILITARY HANDICAP. Torrent Beckbury Lass Four ran. BIRMINGHAM AND WARWICK STEEPLE- CHASE. California Gelding Frondebeauf Ten ran. FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. No race. THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL. Mr. Cullen, solicitor, of Dublin, has received the fol lowing letter from his son, Dr. Cullen, the discoverer of the route across the Isthmus : " H.M.S. Espiegle, anchored in Caledonia Bay, Coast of Darien, Feb. 7, 1854. " Dear Father,—l am just going in the pinnace on shore to explore, and have not time to write more than two or three lines, as I have only now heard that the French war steamer Chim4re, which came with us from Jamaica, is just starting for provisions and despatches, &c., to Carthagena (to return here again in three or four days), and I take the opportunity of sending this by her. " The Cyane, American corvette, is here ; also the Scorpion, English surveying-vessel. " We have been half-way over to the Savanna, and returned for more men and provisions ; Mr. Gisborne went back again this morning, and I go just now, " The canal is quite practicable. There have been French, English, and American exploring parties nearly across. Lieutenant Strain has got over with the Ame rican engineers to the Pacific--all safe, 25 of them. "We have made a treaty with the Indians. The few huts we passed we found abandoned ; but on my ex plaining to the coast people that they had nothing to fear from us, and we came as friends, they are now going back to their huts. Captain Prevost, of the Virago, war steamer, came across here before we arrived without any orders from. the Admiralty, and without any notification to, or un derst-mding with, the Indians, He came with nine sailors, and foolishly leaving four of them at the foot of a hill, the Indians coming up killed then ; on his return he found their bodies, and retreated with the five others, reaching his ship on the Pacific from the Atlantic in days, a dreadfully forced march through a heavy forest and across many rivers. This melancholy disaster caused us to return when nearly to the Savanna, with the object of sending messengers to all the Indians in the interior to represent clearly that we 4 - lid not come here to fight, but for peaceful purposes, as the Indians being so un ,eivilised may imagine 'we came to make war on them, and might fall on 11.3 and cut us to pieces, which they might have done over and over again whilst we were in the forest if they were so inclined. " I regret that I have not ready a clear copy of my diary to send you, but will send it for publication by the Devastation war-steamer, which is daily expected here from Jamaica with despatches, and will go back there immediately. " There is now no doubt of the success of the project, and I hope everything will go on favourably, &c.— Your affectionate son, " EDWARD CULLEN." DUNGARVAN ELECTION COMMITTEE. The committee sat on Saturday from 11 to 4. Mrs. Mary Power, landlady of the Black Eagle, was examined by Mr. E. James, Q.C., about a supper which was given to about 50 at her house the night before the polling-day, for which she charged 201. She had an account with Mr. Macguire for his journal, the Cork Examiner, to which she was a subscriber ; and, in settling that account, 51. was deducted for the paper, and the other 151. handed her. Miss Eiiza Curren said she managed a public•house and coal shop kept by her mother in Abbeyside, Dun garvan. Mr. James subjected this witness to a long examination about an account for 151. or 161. worth of spirits, porter, &c. due to her by one Andrew Drohan. She could not say whether she sent Drohan's bill to the man himself or to Mr. Macguire ; but the money was handed her one day by her mother, who said she had got it from some of Mr. Macguire's people. The evidence of James Byrne was refused, as, con trary to the order, he had been in the room during part of the proceedings. Further evidence as to corrupt treating at the election in 1852 will be adduced this day at noon. POST-BOXES IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON AND WHITE CROSS- STREET PRISON. -It will be remembered, as stated in the Time?, that some time back the authorities of the Post-office removed the post-boxes at the Queen's Prison and Whitecross-street Prison, where they had been placed for a number of years. The prisoners complained of their removal, and the keepers of the prisons repre sented the matter to the Post-office. It was however, determined that the boxes should be discontinued Since their removal a good deal of inconvenience had been experienced, and, after much consideration, it has been resolved that the prisoners shall have the privilege restored, and the boxes are to be forthwith placed as heretofore. It is expected that their restoration will take place at the beginning of the ensuing month.— Times. ARRIVALS OF BULLION.—The arrivals of bullion dur ing the week, including the gold by the Sydney, hav e amounted to about 46 0,000/ , of which about 60,0001. was silver. The exports are ' estimated at about the same sum, almcst entirely hi gold to the Continent. Yesterday was the birthday of the Duke of Cam bridge. His Royal Highness paid visits to the Duchess of Kent and the other members of the royal family. THE SUN, LONDO N , MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1854, COMMITTIE ON COMPLAINT OF BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. not then so calm as you are now. I know a Mr. Ed ward Walsh, an attorney, and I met him while I have been here in the lobby. I met Mr. Edward Lynch in Athlone, and all I know of him is that he lives there. His father-in-law keeps the house that you attacked with a mob. I was told there that there was a traffick ing in Government patronage to secure your return. It was continually mentioned that patronage was used to secure your return. I cannot mention any one living man who told me that, as I did not know any persons in Athlone. I heard it stated there, but Ido not know it of my own knowledge. Mr. Butt here interposed, and the room was ordered to be cleared. On re-admission, NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER MURRAY. The committee met on Thursday soon after 12 o'clock. The interest evinced as to the proceedings of this in quiry appears to be greatly on the increase, for through. out the day the room was completely crowded. The first witness called was Mr. Dillon Croker—He said, I have been for many years connected with the county of Cork. I was a ma gistrate of the county of Kerry. My son was a magi strate of the county of Cork. I was anxious, in 1851, to get an appointment as resident magistrate for my son. I applied to Lord Clarendon, who required testimonials. I wrote to my son in London to obtain testimonials. He was in London, and a person who knew he was seeking this appointment met him in the street. He was a brother to my agent. He told me he could put me in the way of getting a situation for my son if I could lodge a sum of 5001. in the bank by Saturday. I de clined. I was averse to the transaction, and was also unable to raise the money within the time. Mr. Thos. Lane was the name of the person. He said the party who could do the thing was a person in the city. He said that the money was not to be drawn from the bank until my son's name appeared in the Gazette. I have represented the conversation accurately. This occurred in June or July. lam ready to verify this statement on oath. Mr. T. Lane was then examined—l have not the slightest recollection of the conversation just declared to have taken place by Mr. Croker. I most unequivocally deny the statement of Mr. Croker. I never had a con versation at all with Mr. Croker about a Government appointment, at any place, or at any time. I am pre pared to swear to the evidence I have just given. To Mr. Keogh—l am secretary to a mining company. I am brother to Mr. Lane, Q.C., who practices on the Munster circuit. By Mr. Butt—l cannot state that I never had any conversation with Mr. Croker as to the sale of a stipen diary magistracy, but I can positively say that I never asked a sum of money. To the best of my recollection, we never discussed the question about the purchase of an appointment. Such a conversation might have taken place, but as it is four years ago, it is very hard to re member a particular conversation. I will swear posi tively that I did not originate it, but I might possibly have followed it up. Mr. G. H. Moore, M.P., was then called to the wit ness chair. He stated that he had read Dr. Gray's evi dence, and had seen a report of a speech inserted in the Tablet attributed to him (Mr. Moore). The Chairman said it had been reported to this com mittee that he (Mr. Moore) could give some information on the subject of their inquiry. Mr. Moore said before stating anything, he wished to call the attention of the committee to a passage in the speech of Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons on the abandonment of the appropriation clause by the Whig Government. It was as follows :—" What a pic ture the noble lord draws of his Irish allies when he says that the moment the personnel of the Government was changed their clamour on the subject abated." Lord John Russell: "No, it was three years after wards." Sir R. Peel : "Well, it took the noble lord three years to make them cool. I appeal to any man whether it would have been decent for them to lose their heat at an earlier period. They were gradually exposed to the mild influence of office ; it is no imputation upon them whatever to say that under a Whi, , Government they got their fair share of official patronage ; and about two or three years afterwards their hostility to the Established Church abated, and they plainly told the noble lord they could give him no cordial support in an attempt to divest it of its revenues." In reference to these circumstances, as mentioned by Sir R. Peel, and in relation to the state of politics existin g in Ireland at th e ti me th ese circum stances oceurred,l said at Ballina, on the 25th of Nov., 1851, " In consideration of this cry, you sent to Parlia ment the very refuse of your citizens—in consideration I of this catcall you entrusted with the defence of your country and your faith men to whom you would have en trusted nothing else, and whom you knew went to Par liament for no purpose but to sell you, And what was the result ? Why, that you were sold, and sold at a price so base that the very misery of the traffic became more contemptible than its iniquity. I dare say many who hear me know the price at which Post-office and Custom-house appointments used to go. I do, at all events ; for I have been offered the money, and told that that was the or dinary market prices." The Chairman inquired if he could state any case in reference to those observations ? Mr. Moore—Yes, and the circumstances were these. A young man came to me one day, and asked me to get him a particular appointment in the Post Office that was at that time vacant. Seeing me hesitate, he said, "I am ready to do the usual thing." I immediately replied— " What do you mean by the usual thing ? " upon which he seemed surprised that I did not know what he meant, and said he was ready to give the first year's salary for it. As I did not accept his offer, he hoped, he said, that I was not offended, and I said " Certainly not, as I never took offence when none was intended ; but that after what he had said I could not think of recommend ing him for the appointment, even if I had the power of obtaining it." I have heard that there was a regular tariff for situations that had been mentioned by people to me, who said it was the usual thing, and were sur prised that I had not heard of it, as certain men were in the habit of selling appointments—and that there was a price paid as an equivalent for such transactions. I heard the statement generally made, and I have con versed in public with men of all parties, and I will ven ture to say that no man expressed his disbelief that amongst a certain portion of the Irish members that this practice has prevailed. The Chairman—When was this offer made ? Mr. Moore—l cannot very accurately tell ; but I fancy that it occurred a short time after the discussion of Mr. Roebuck's amendment to Lord Palmerston's mo tion (as was understood) on the affairs of Greece. The only appointment I ever received was one at Ballina, and by a strange coincidence it was soon after the only important vote I ever gave in favour of the government, against Mr. Roebuck's motion. The Chairman—Can you give the committee any clue that they may trace or get specific information that such practices prevailed ? Mr. Moore— I can give no further information upon that point. I may, however, state that when I was first returned to parliame n t I had hundreds of applications to me for situations. I told all of those who applied that it was of no use, and that I could not get them, as I was a vehement opponent of the Government. They said that my predecessors were equally vehement Repealers, and that they had got situations, and they further said they were sure I should get them if I applied. I accordingly wrote letters, stating that persons were applicants, but to only one did I obtain an answer. I had but one appointment sent for my dis posal, and that was for a situation at Ballina. To Mr. Bright—l had voted with the Government on the Greek question,.and it was after that vote that the appointment was put in my hands. To Lord Barrington—l sent the appointment to Bal lina, telling them to select the fittest person, and I knew nothing of the person who was appointed, or have I ever seen him. Mr. Macartney, M.P., was called, and in reference to what was said by Mr. Butt on his appointment on the committee that he could speak to a dozen cases of correlation, said that was not to be taken literally, it meaning five or six, and when Mr. Butt said a dozen cases, it was only an Irish way of enlarging on all sub jects. (A laugh.) Mr. Bright, M.P., was called. The Chairman —Dr. Gray has stated in his evidence that the hon. member for Manchester could give us some information on the subject of our inquiry. Are you able to do so ? Mr. Bright—l can give the substance of a conversa tion in which a person stated a direct fact to me when I was in Ireland about two and a half years ago, and as he gave it as a matter that he knew on his own knowledge, he had a right to presume that the facts were correctly stated. I think it is a matter that it would be material for the committee to 'pursue to its conclusion. I was in Sligo in September, 1852, along with a friend of mine, an Irish gentleman, and in travelling we went up a short river to the sea at Sligo, and for that purpose we made us of a boat that is kept at the extreme end of the town by a shoemaker. The owner of the boat, and a man who worked for him in the capacity of boatman, pulled us up the river, and whilst going along, amongst other conversation, a good deal was said about Sligo elec tion proceedings, and the representatives of Sligo, when both the boatman and his man spoke of the sale of places being notorious there. They gave as an instance that about 40 persons were going to the same place where we were going on one occasion, and that 39 got drunk, and that one of them who was a member of Par liament, fell into the river. A man got him out, and the member of Parliament, as a testimony of his grati tude to the man for saving his life, promised him the first place that should become vacant in the coast-guard. It was accordingly offered to him through Mr. Andrew Walker, of Sligo, but it was also stated to him the ne cessity of his giving 301. or 401. for the place. They said that the man had not been able to raise the money, or had any of his friends, and the place was given to some one else, and it was presumed that that man or his friends had raised the money. I made a memoran dum of the circumstances at the time, and though the sentences are somewhat abrupt it was this :—" Septem ber 29, 1852—b oa t man, a shoemaker—story of Pat Somers ; sold his patronage—offered boatmen a place in coast-guard for 301. or 401. ; another got it through Andrew Walker, who did the business for him there— sales notorious—got more places for men in Sligo than any man ever did before." On my return to Dublin on that occasion, I mentioned that fact to Mr. Lucas, who was coming in the boat from Kingstown to Holyhead, who had no doubt mentioned it to Dr. Gray. Mr. W. Dame--I am a solicitor, living in Dublin. I can give the committee no information of my own per sonal knowledge. I have been informed by a gentle man in Dublin that a member of Parliament had re ceived money and bills for the purpose of selling an ap pointment for a person under Government. A gentle man who was at my house in Dublin told me that a situation was promised by a member of Parliament for the sum of 1,0001., but as it was not forthcoming the bills were destroyed. A new negotiation was after wards opened, and a gentleman got an appointment in the Excise, and was filling the office at the present time. As soon as he obtained the appointment the gentleman passed a bond to a bank as a responsibility for bills to the extent of 1,0001. To Mr. Butt—My informant was personally discon nected with the matter, and I should be sorry to own any man as my friend who would be mixed up with such transactions. I think I have a letter in my possession that would go far to establish the case against the mem ber of Parliament. A Mr. Lynch, living in Athlone, received a letter from a person who has the correspon dence about the transaction in his possession. To Mr, Keogh—We home met before, but you were A glance at the map of the south-eastern portion of Australia is sufficient to show the great importance of ascertaining the course and character of the rivers that water the inland plains. The colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia line the seaboard. Behind them, or rather behind those parts of these colo nies that we can speak of as really occupied by civilised man, stretches a vast area of table-land, watered by numberless streams. These streams, some of which are in the summer nothing more than dried-up brooks, while others are deep and broad rivers, have in general a south westerly direction, and, the lesser feeding the greater, they all at length pour the volume of their united waters into the channel of the Murray. This river, which finds an exit into the sea through the Lake Alexandrina, in South Australia, is thus the highway of the water communication of our Australian colonies, and it may be considered a very important incident in their his tory that in the autumn of last year Sir Henry Young, the governor of South Australia, himself ascended in the Lady Augusta steamer to a point 1,500 miles from the mouth of the river. An account of his expedition, contained in two letters addressed to the Colonial Secretary, has re cently been laid on the table of the House of Commons ; and the narrative of his investigation suggests abundant matter for speculation on the future destinies of Aus tralia. The basin of the Murray and its tributaries gives to Australia what the valley of the Upper Mississippi gives to America—•a field where the energies of the young country may be profitably absorbed for centuries. The portions of a colonial district that skirt the sea assume inevitably within a certain space of time something of the character of an old country. The land is all occupied, every advantageous situation is guarded by the jealousy of vested interests, all the resources of the country are appropriated to public or private uses, and it becomes as difficult, or nearly so, for rude energy to fi n d a ven t as it is in England itself. But if an unoccupied territory, rich in varied natural wealth, lies behind, and yet is con nected with the settled district by a network of great streams and rivers, the growth of the whole colony can not approach its limit under a period of time too great to estimate. And in Australia the Murray and its depend ent streams not only water a territory capable of sustain ing to an indefinite amount. the surplus population of each of the Australian provinces, but supply a natural band by which the different provinces are linked toge ther. The remote sources of the Darling and Murrim bidgee may be traced to the great mountain chain of New South Wa,les, the Upper Murray flows through Victoria, and the Murray enters the sea in South Aus tralia. Nature seems thus to point to the formation of a great and expansive whole, andto give a warning and to provide a safeguard against the establishment of petty and disjointed societies. Mr. Dame was recalled—ln answer to questions from Mr. Keogh he said—l received a letter from Mr. John Malone. Ido not know him or his character, and if he has the documents, and is mixed up with these corrupt transactions, I do not wish to know him. Ido not know his general character from rumour, as that would be a very unsafe ground.to form an opinion upon. If I were, for instance, to judge of your character from general rumour, I might be doing you very great in justice. (A. laugh.) Malone wrote to Lynch, and that letter was forwarded to another person, but who that person is I will not tell, as I promised him that I would not, and as the mention of his name would do him great injury in his business. If you will have it, I will tell you what I did hear. I heard it spoken of you that you were so reckless that you in duced a gentleman to accept bills for you on the eve of your late contests for 1,0001. that you allowed those bills to be protested, and that you afterwards obtained for his son an appointment in the Excise. The name of the gentleman was Smith. The bills were protested ; and the books of the National Bank, if they were pro duced here, would show that fact. It was said that you had reduced the man to ruin, and had driven him out of the country to a foreign land. It was said that this gentleman was engaged in canvassing for you. The conversation arose in this way ; that it was strange that persons could be got to vote against Mr. Norton, and could be found to vote for you. You want to convey to the public that I desired to injure you, but it is not so, for I only pitied you. I cannot give the names of per sons who stated the conversations that I have spoken of. I cannot charge my memory with the names of the per sons who were present. Mr. Edward Johnstone was with me in Athlone ; but I do not know whether he was present at the conversation. Mr. Edward Lynch was with me at the hotel at the time you smashed the door. I state as distinctly as if on my oath that you headed the' ►nob of 2,000, and that the landlady said it was you smashed the door. On that occasion I remember, in the presence of Mr. Henderson, putting my hand on your shoulder, telling you that it was a serious thing for a Solicitor-General to head a mob, and I told the police at the time to take cognisance of it. I have made allusion to this subject, but I have never said to any member that I was in possession of a document that would establish the charge against you. My im pression is I never stated this subject to a member of Parliament. I did say this, while I vvss just now in the lobby, seeing two or three members of Parliament stand ing about, that I thought it was very wrong for Mr. Keogh to subject me to such a harrassing examination, for if he compelled me to answer such questions, some thing would come out that would not serve you. The witness having intimated that he thought he might have the letter in his possession in his portman teau (he having come to London on some private busi ness) he was requested to go to his hotel and search for it. The Lady Augusta had on board about forty-five per sons, and the number was composed of men sufficiently different in birth, education, and local associations, to make the survey impartial, accurate, and serviceable. And as they all agreed in hearing testimony to the capa bilities of the Murray, their opinions may perhaps he considered conclusive. There are three members of the Legislative Council of South Australia, two reporters of Adelaide newspapers, several persons acquainted with the river navigation of the United States and California, and others who had acquired experience in the rivers of Europe. The main result of their investigations is that the Murray Proper may be considered navigable from the Gool4a, where it enters the sea, to Albury—that is, for a space of 1,900 miles ; while the Murrimbidgee, froln its junction with the Murray, has a navigable course of 700 miles to Gonda.gai, Albury is within 400 miles of Sydney, and the Loddon, a stream of some importance flowing into the Murray, will conduct the gold-digger within thirty miles of Bendigo. Thus the Murray offers a means of transport for the whole district to the con fines of New South Wales, and also a ready access to gold•fie.ds--one that will hereafter be probably much preferred to the dangerous navigation of Bass's Straits and Port Philip Heads, and the tedious land journey from Melbourne. After the lapse of an hour he returned, producing a letter. It was to the following effect : . "Athlone, March 7, 1854. "My dear Friend,—l am still very ill. My best thanks to you for your letter. I a onfined to my bed. I wish you would find out whether ambert Smith has takon out administration or probate, on the colonel. lam too ill to look up the documents I wished you to see.—Yours, " T. INIALoNn." The Chairman said the witness must attend the com mittee at their next meeting. The committee then adjourned until next day. Sir Henry Young estimates that on the banks of the Murray and its tributaries there cannot, even at the present time, be less than one million and a half of sheep, while the heads of cattle and horses are also numerous. But the runs are in all cases inadequately stocked, and .a vast portion of the whole district, espe cially on the Darling, is not yet stocked at all. The timber and soil along the banks of the Murray are pro nounced to be of two distinct kinds. The land is either alluvial, requiring embankments to bring it into perfect cultivation, but affording pasture of the finest descrip tion, or it is a mixture of sand and red loam. On the alluvial soils are to be found gum timber and the varie ties known as box and peppermint, while the red loam is covered with pines. The gum timber is said to be fit for the heavier parts of ship-building, and for dwelling and store houses. " Saw-mills may. therefore," as Sir H. Young remarks, "be soon expected to convert this - timber into boats and rafts adapted to the river naviga tion, and into vessels, to be decked and sparred at the river terminus, for disposal in the neighbouring colonies ; while the timber of rafts broken up at the Goolwa would meet with a ready sale." Unfortunately, the passage through the sea-mouth of the Murray is beset with so many dangers as to be prac tically impossible. Sir Henry Young and the local Le gislature are using every exertion to remedy this im portant defect. There is excellent anchorage for the river boats at the Goolwa, between the north shore of the Murray and Hindmarsh Island, in a capacious and perfectly land-locked basin, with a depth of 16 feet water. A jetty has been constructed, and this jetty is connected with another jetty at Port Elliot, in Encounter Bay, by an iron tram of seven miles, now completed, or on the point of completion, over a dead level country. Port Elliot itself offers a remarkably safe anchorage, being sheltered from every wind except the soAh-east, from which direction there is little cause to apprehend the inconvenience of a heavy sea, as the great length of beach, extending to a distance of eight miles, must ope rate as a check. It cannot be denied that the want of a direct communication with the sea is a very serious drawback to the navigation of the Murray, but as art has connected the Goolwa and Port Elliot, and as Port Elliot has advantaged superior to almost any harbour on the southern coast of Australia, the tide of commerce will probably be in no degree prevented from finding this inlet into the interior. The proceedings commenced in this committee on Friday, by the re-examination of Mr. Win. Auchinleck Dane, who repeated the statement he made on Thursday about Colonel Smith having accepted a thousand pounds worth of bills for Mr. Keogh, in consideration of that gentleman's promise to procure him a stipendiary ma gistracy ; of Mr. Keogh's having neglected to provide for the bills, and Colonel Smith being ruined in conse quence, and obliged to leave the country ; and of Mr. Keogh's having afterwards procured an appointment in the Excise for the Colonel's son. Mr. Lambert Smith said that he had an appointment in the Customs at Bristol, which he obtained through his father's interest with Sir J. Young, in Dec. 1845. His salary was originally 1501. it was now 2001. but he was otherwise in independent circumstances, His father, Col. Smith, resided at Athlone from 1831 to 1848 ; he was Adjutant-General there and an elector of the borough. He was the personal friend of Mr. Keogh during many years. It was originally understood at the contest for Athlone in 1847, that Mr. Keogh was to be borne harm less by Mr. Attwood, but he was not by any means borne harmless. 'During the contest it became neces sary to find-money to carry on the proceedings, and, to oblige Mr. Keogh, witnesses's father, Colonel Smith, accepted a bill drawn upon him by that gentleman for 2001., and another for 2501. The amount of the Colo nel's engagements for Mr. Keogh was 4501., and not 1,0001, ; and these engagements were entered into partly for friendship's sake and partly for the sake of the cause of Sir R. Peel, which Mr. Keogh represented. They were certainly not undertaken in consideration of any promise of a stipendiary magistracy. The appointment Colonel Smith held at the time that promise was alleged to have been made was of the value of 8001. a-year, so that he wanted no stipendiary magistracy, nor was there any promise of patronage for any member of Colonel Smith's family. The bills were not taken up when they fell due, but they were afterwards provided for, witness's father paying a portion and Mr. Keogh the rest. In point of fact, Mr. Keogh was still slightly in the debt of the representatives of Colonel Smith, who was dead. Colonel Smith's going to America was not in any way connected with any non-performance of ob ligation on Mr. Keogh's part. It arose solely from his retirement from the army. When an officer gets over a certain age, he is not allowed to sell out, except on condition that he settle in one of the colonies. In that case he gets two-thirds of the value of his commission at home, and the other third on settling. So witness's father was paid g,OOO/. in England, and was obliged to go to Nova Scotia to receive the other 1,5001. Witness had a brother in the army. He commanded the New Zealand pensioners. He held no other appointment under the Government. In order to promote the settlement on the banks of the Murray of persons whose industry would be directed towards facilitating the passage of the produce to the coast and of the supplies which the stockowners need in return, and in expectation of large numbers of immi grants being attracted to the route of the Murray when its advantages are more fully known, the Governor and the local •Legislature have decided on proclaiming the lands on both sides of South Australia, to the extent of two miles, to be the " Hundred of the Murray." The effect of this will be that no squatting leases will be issued within the hundred. Surveys of allotments of land in blocks of 10, 80, and 640 acres are to be made, so as to suit the wants and purses of different purchasers ; and the purchasers of these allotments will have a pro portionate amount of commonaze of pasture assigned them within the hundred of the Murray. The runs of the lessees of waste lands will thus undergo an insigni ficant diminution.; but this will be amply compensated for by the greater facility of procuring labour, the for mation of villages, and the ease of communication. The flat land immediately adjacent to the banks of the Mur ray is evidently destined to be at some future period of very great value; and it needs wise precautionary mwasures at the outset to guard against a great public resource being frittered and jobbed away by speculators. Whether the plan of thus reserving the land in the vici nity of the Murray is to be considered a permanent, or, as is perhaps more probable, only a temporary measure, it shows that the local authorities are in some measure alive to the exigencies of their position. And it is but due to Sir Henry Young to re►nark, that the zeal and judgment he has shown in exploring the Murray, and the appreciation he has displayed of the real interests of the province committed to his care, reflect the highest credit on himself personally. At the conclusion of the evidence of Mr. Smith the room was cleared. On our readmission. Mr. Keogh, addressing the chairman, said he wished to inform hiEn that it was not his intention any longer to sit upon the committee. He should remain in the room for the present, to enable the committee to form a quorum ; but he should take no part in the proceedings. Ever since the present line of evidence commenced it had been his idea that he ought to take the course he was then taking, and he should apply to the house to discharge him from further service on the committee, and to appoint some other member in his place. Mr. Dane was then recalled to the witness-box. He said it was known to some of his friends that he had an eye to contesting the representation of Athlone, and one of them—a gentleman whose name he would not com municate—had given him a memorandum of a great many things alleged against Mr. Keogh, the gentleman in possession of the seat, in order that he (witness) might make any use of it he pleased, should an occasion arise. The witness then stated to the committee the substance of the memorandum. It contained the par ticulars of a number of small situations and appoint ments procured by Mr. Keogh for the relatives of Ath lone electors. It also referred to a number of judgments obtained by the National Bank against Colonel Smith and Mr. Keogh on their joint and separate bonds, and contained also some inferences which the writer, as an individual, drew from what he knew of the matters. It did not contain any allegation of corruption or place selling on Mr. Keogh's part. The witness was desired to write to Ireland to ask his friend's permission to communicate his name to the committee. The proceedings stand adjourned to Tuesday, at 12 o'clock. [ADVERTISEMENT. ]--TELESCOPES. —Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, for valuable and extraordinary im provements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes to know the distances of objects viewed through them— of great importance to the army and navy. Messrs. S. and B. Solemons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel.—These telescopes pos sess such extraordinary powers that some, 3, 1 , inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same tele scope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. 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He had the best medical advice from both army and navy surgeons, but the disease yielded not to their treatment, and various other remedies were tried with a like result. At last he began to use Holloway's pills, and this fine medicine has so strengthened the tone of his stomach and invigorated his constitution, that he is most perfectly cured, andien joys the Lest of health.—Sold by all druggists, anif at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, COURT CIRCULAR. Charles Frost, Esq., F.S.A. President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Hull, accompanied by the Mayor of Hull, one of the Vice-Presidents, and Mr. W. Hutt, M.P., had the honour of an interview with Prince Albert on Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited the Queen on Saturday. Prince Albert rode on horseback, attended by Vis count Torrington, and visited the Crystal Palace at • Sydenham. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park. The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at Buck ingham-palace. The company included the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B. -Phipps, Sir George Couper, Major the Hon. J. Mac donald, and Baron Knesbeck. The band of the 2nd Life Guards was in attendance in the Palace, and played during dinner the following music : March E. Cust. Overture, "Son and Stranger" Waltz—Bertha, "Le Prophet" Grand Selection—"Le Chalet" Quadrille—" Hortensia," (Stradella) Polka—" Amor" Kuhner•. Galop—" Miner" Bergman. March—" Gold Hunter" Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The following had the honour of being present—the Hano verian Minister and Mdlle. Kielmansegge, the Saxon Minister, Earl and Countess Granville, the Marchioness of Abercorn and the Ladies Harriet, Beatrix, and Louisa Hamilton, Lord James Murray, the Earl and Countess of Elgin, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, Lady Arabella and the Hon. William West, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough and two Ladies Ponsonby, the Earl of Durham, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Lord Burghersh, Viscount Valletort, Lord William Paulet, Lord and Lady Rokeby and two Misses Montagu, Lord Dufferin, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley and Miss Stanley, Lord Raglan, Miss and Miss K. Somerset, the Hon. R. H. Fitzroy Somerset, Sir James and Lady Graham and two Misses Graham, Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour and Miss Seymour, Lieut.-Colonel Tyrwhitt, and Cap tain Clifton. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley read the prayers, and the Rev. H. Howarth preached the sermon.— The ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the domestic household also attended the service. LAW INTELLIGENCE.— March 25. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. BETTING-OFF/OM - IN THE MATTER OF HENRY AUGUSTUS NEWCOMBE. This insolvent, described as a bill broker, and occa sionally a "betting agent," applied to be discharged from prison. Mr. Sargood supported. There was no opposition. Mr. Commissioner Phillips asked the insolvent whe ther betting offices were all done up ? Insolvent--I believe so, Sir. Mr. Commissioner Phillips—So much the better for you and the public too. The insolvent owed 8301. and upwards, of which 3401. were without consideration. _ Mr. Commissioner Phillips told him he was in great luck in not being opposed. Mr. Sargood—He is. Mr. Commissioner Phillips informed him that had any of his creditors oppose], the debts without consideration would have been a bar to his discharge. As the credi tors had not thought proper to oppose, he should not oppose him. The insolvent acknowledged the absence of his cre ditors. His Honour added that he was certainly in great luck, for he could assure him that if he had been opposed, it would have been his duty to have remanded him for some time. The insolvent Wag then ordered to be discharged. [We are requested by Mr. Thomas Newcome, late of the Imperial Club, in Wellington-street, to state that he is not the party whose case is given above. Though their Christian names are quite distinct, he has been by many mistaken for the insolvent.] ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NORWICH, MARCH 24. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) THE FATAL CATASTROPHE IN THE LATE SNOW STORM ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY-TRIAL OF MESSRS. ASHCROFT AND LATHAM. Mr. Peter Ashcrpft, the superintendent of the perma nent way, or resident engineer of the Eastern Counties Railway, and John Latham, one of the inspectors, were charged with the manslaughter of Thomas Ellison, who, with the Rev. Joseph Bell and four others, were killed by a collision on the above line during the heavy fall of snow in January last. Mr. Serjeant Kyles submitted that there was no case to go to the jury. Chief Baron—l do not understand how there has been, what certainly appears to me, as nearly as may be, a mockery of justice. Ido not know who is responsible for it, and I should very much like to know. I certainly , think that somebody is deeply responsible for this pre tence of prosecuting for the death of these_rnen, and not fixing the blame where it appears to me to attach. It is quite clear that Howard travelled on the wrong line, and at a treater speed than four miles an hour, and with out having a man with a signal before him, and without having left an order in writing at the station. It is Howard that is responsible for these deaths, though it might have been a question for the jury to say to what extent other persons might have been responsible with him. Mr. Cooper, for the prosecution, said that he did not know who had instituted the prosecution ; but those by whom he had been instructed did not wish, after the re marks his lordship had made, to proceed with the case, if the jury were of opinion that it hat not been estab lished by the evidence adduced. Chief Baron—l cannot help thinking that there has been some very improper misconduct in this affair. A pretended sacrifice to justice has been made, for the pro tection of the public from the danger arising from the want of due care and caution on the part of railway officers, and this offering has been made by putting for ward persons who are the wrong people to try. I don't know what opinion the jury may entertain of the case. ) The jury turned round for a momedt or so, and re turned a verdict of Not Guilty against both of the de fendants. A similar verdict was taken in the other cases. The results elicited considerable applause in the court, which was with difficulty suppressed. LIRBAROUS MURDER AND ROBBERY—SENTENCE OP DEATH. William. Thompson, aged 21, was indicted for the wilful murder of Lorenz Beha, an Italian, a travelling jeweller, and stealing from his person two 51. notes, and divers other monies, of the value of 151. The murder was one of a most atrocious character. The deceased resided in Norwich, where he kept a watchmakers' and jewellers' shop. He was in the habit of travelling the country with a box of watches, trinkets, &c., &c. On Monday, the 14th of November, he left Norwich, on one of his monthly journeys. The last time he was seen alive was on Friday, the 18th of No vember, about half-past twelve, when he called upon a person at Wellingham. A little after three that same afternoon, a person passing along the road from Welling ham to Tittleshall, observed a pool of blood. He fol lowed the track to a place in the fence by the side of the road, where something appeared to have been dragged through. He went over the fence, and on the other side found the dead body of Beha. Near the body he found an p.xe, which had blood upon it and a very small portion of hair. The body was examined, and a deep wound was noticed on the back of the head, as if inflicteiii by an axe, and which was sufficient to account for death. On the body being turned over, three similar wounds were seen in the face, any of which would prove fatal. The pockets of the deceased had been turned out and were empty. His box of jewellery was lying by his side, but it had not been broken open. It would appear that the murder had been committed between half-past twelve and half past three on the Friday afternoon. Inquiries were then instituted, and it was ascertained that the prisoner, who is a labouring man, living with his father at Tittles hall, was seen near the spot between twelve and one, and that he had an axe under his arm. He was again seen about half-past one coming from the road where the murder was committed ; he appeared hot, as if he had been walking fast, and he had no axe under his arm. Later in the day he paid two sums of money, and he was noticed to be dressed different to what he was in the morning. That same night he was apprehended, and by his bedside were found a pair of trowsers, which were spotted with blood from the k nee t o th e bottom of the legs. The slop (smock frock) he wore was stained with blood, as also the trowsers' pocket. On the following morning a watch was found in an old oven in the cottage where the prisoner lived, and the deceased's purse under the roof of an outhouse. In the purse were found two watches, two 51. notes, and about Si. in gold and silver. It was learned that the deceased bad recently given change for two 51. notes, which were proved to be those in the purse. Much circumstantial and con firmatory evidence was adduced as to the prisoner's excited demeanour at the period of the murder, and the axe found near the body was said to resemble one which belonged to his father, and a few days after he had been committed to Norwich Castle he sent for Mr. Peirson, the governor, and made a long rambling statement, to the effect, that as he was walking along he saw a large pool of blood by the side of the road, and observed the track of it to the fence, where something had been (ragged through. He looked over into the ditch, and saw a man standing over the body. He was the same man he had seen in a plantation just before. His hands were wet and covered with blood. He said he would go and tell somebody, and the man caught hold of his trousers and daubed his legs, and swore he would chop him down if he said anything about it. He told him he would not. The man then took out the deceased's purse and gave it to him, and told him to go. The man was blind with one eye, and wore a Tom and Jerry hat, and said his name was Walter Edding. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His lordship then put on the black cap, and in the usual terms left the convict for execution. THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, March 25.—The arrest and committal of the delegates is the all-absorbing topic of conversation here. The town, however, is remarkably quiet, the excitement which existed among the unemployed up to Thursday evening having now wholly subsided. Immediately after the result of the magisterial inquiry was known, a number of tradesmen and others met together, and it was unanimously resolved that a " Delegates' Defence Fund" be forthwith organised. A. treasurer was ap pointed, and considerable sums have been collected, pub lic sympathy being aroused on behalf of the committed delegates. A special levy of 2d. is to be made at Black burn in aid of the object in view, and this example is being followed by other towns in the district. The importation of hands is still going forward on an extensive scale, about 400 having been brought in dur ing the week. It is stated, however, that little more than half of these are likely to be available as workers. 25 hands, imported by the associated masters, have re ctlntly been sent back again, in consequence of their b e i ng ;:lissatisfied with the prices offered them. In a circular issued by the committee of the AlAsters' Defence Association, it is g2.1r1 . ;—" The number of operatives re turning to work is daily obi the increase, notwithstanding the efforts which are put forth f prevent it. The ar rangements which, in previous announcements, the com mittee have stated a s b e i ng i n p rogr ess foxthe removal of operatives from other localities have been attended with perfect success ; and, in addition to the hands who have already arrived, large numbers are now ready to be removed as soon as the necessary preliminaries for their reception can be completed." This afternoon a meeting of the unemployed was held in a field on the Lancaster-road, about a mile and a half from the town. Four of the committed delegates, viz., Messrs. Cowell, Grimshaw, Waddington, and Lang presented themselves before the assembly and were warmly cheered. It was, however, deemed prudent that they should not address the meeting. The speakers a were Messrs. Rhodes, of Stockport ; Br own, Blackburn ; Beever, of Brooksbottom ; Smith, of Oldham ; and Lawless, of Warrington. The chief topic descanted upon was the apprehension of the delega h. e n s. One of the speakers remarked, tha t the approaching trial at Lives pool would show whether there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. If the men who had been committed this week wereguhiultnydroefdcfooln spiracy, then were the manufacturerstur was manufacturers found in theds a more guilty—an illustration of which intimidation alleged to have been practised by in the asso ciation towards Mr. John Swainson, requiring him either to forfeit 5,000/. or lock out his hands again, after lie had arranged with them upon satisfactory terms. According to cusLoin, the proceedings closed with v , round of cheering. To-monkm there is Ili be a ten-per-cent, eamP meeting in the neighbourhood of Fiallingdea. , _ RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOU'I:7-EASTERN , We published in our ii.npression of Saturday the fact e shareholders at the that the recent vote of ti:` half yearly meeting had resultea in the removal of Mr. Macgregor from the office of doirman of the company, and that he had resigned his duties as managing director. The very skilful policy which has char'acteris'ed 111(r. Macgregor's conduct in the various Parliannentaiy co al-, tests, in which the best interests have been so ser jou: sly and frequently jeopardised, is admitted by all who 112 ore paid attention to the progress of our railway syk ten], and the ability he has displayed in his managemei tt of the financial affairs of the undertaking and the tr affic of the line is equally unquestionable. Few other rail way companies have had to contend against such infix sen tial oppositions as have assailod the South-Eastern p ro prietors ; and we believe we are correct in saying, 1 ;1 tat there is scarcely any railway mai in the kingdom Iho could have so energetically met ,and so successful Ily overcome them as did Mr. Macgregor. But for yea re past Mr. Macgregor has been (Amon ous to a sectit on of the shareholders, who felt themselves aggrieved at what they deemed his dictatorial treatrin'nt, not on ly of their own friends at the board, but, as Choy declare d, of every member of the direction. ' The opposition of many of this section has been of the most porsonal a nd persevering character, and although it has, on ma ny occasions, been singularly unsuccessful in its re ~.37n1 ts, yet the new directors who were voted in at the xte half-yearly meeting, may be fairly said to owe, in a . gri measure, their seats to the long-continued and yi . tup e rative opposition waged against Mr. Macgregor by' th '0 section of shareholders alluded to, and amongst win )m, • we believe, we could find several railway hangers- •on whose railway antecedents are not associated with a ve. ry large amount of disinterestedness. At the same we beg to observe that we do not, in the remotest de- • gree, impute any connection between the new directors and the section of shareholders to whom we have al luded. We are pleased to notice that Mr. Macgregor, in re tiring from the office of managing director, " assures the shareholders of his unabated desire to promote the best interests of the company."—Morning Herald. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. We have been requested to publish the following cor. respondence : " London and South-Western Railway, Secretary's Office, York-road, 3/larch 24, 1854. " Sir,—Your letter of the 11th inst. wai,3 laid before the court of directors at their meeting yesterday. " In reply to the various questions put by you I am de sired to give the following explanation : " On the arrival of the excursionists in the docks, it was represented to some of the directors of the company, who were present on the occasion, that it would be a groat con venience and accommodation to the party, but particularly to those who were members of the House of Commons, if they could return to London at an earlier hour than the one originally advertised. "It being understood that this was the general wish of the whole party, with the-exception of a few, who preferred remaining later, and whose tickets were marked at their request permitting them to return by any train during the evening, the earlier return of the train was arranged ac cordingly. " I am desired to express, on the part of the directors, their great regret that through any cause this alter3tion in the arrangement should not have been made known you, or the other parties to whom you refer, and that you si`iould have experienced any inconvenience in consequence. "I am to acid that no danger could arise to the excursion train in consequence of the change of the hour, the usual notice of the special train having been sent to all interme diate stations of the altered hour of starting it. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " L. CAOMBIE, Secretary. " J. S. Pakington, Esq., 10, Eatou-terrace." " 10, Eaton-terrace, March 25, 1854. " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, written on behalf of the directors of the London and South-Western Railway Company, in an swer to mine of the 11th inst., mid to express my sense of the courteous terms in which their explanation is con veyed. "I have the honour to remain, Sir, " Very faithfully yours, " J. SLANEY ?ARINGTON. " L. Crombie, Esq.," &c. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE CUSTOM HOUSE, MARcu 25. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Carl Richard, from Wolgae , Wilhelmine, Stettin ; Jane and Mary, do. ; Ferdinand, Flelsingborg ; Antoinette, Hamburgh ; Maria, Bremen ; Haabet, Dram ; Hermanos, Christiania ; Echo, Dram ; Clio, Christiania ; Minerva, Nykjobing ; Betsy, Terra Nova ; Atalante, Aarhuus ; Trine, do. ; Hildegard Schwarterjer, Stralsund ; Hedwig, Bogense ; Wilhelmin,a, Hamburgh ; Hertlia, Sudwesthorn ; Aberdonian, Arch angel ; Proven, Aalborg ; Experance, Loken ; Tre Brodor, Stromstad. ; Otilia, Krageroe ; Soerideren, Gothenburg. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Furkloveret, for Copenhagen ; Andes Minde, do. ; Anne Margaretba, do. ; Spencer, Antwerp ; Engelina, Hamburgh ; Launceston ; Ivanhoe, Bombay; Secret, Malta ; Mathid& Catherine, Gothenburgh ; Ida Charlotta, Stockholm ; Rangoon, Madras ; City of the Sultan, Constantinople. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Chanticleer, for Newfoundland ; Cole, St. Malo ; Hilding, Marstrand and Gothenburg ; Union, Altona ; Cornelia, Holland and Amsterdam ; Supply, Leghorn ; Osprey, Messina and Palermo. LIVERPOOL, March 25.—The Dreadnought (steam-tvg) has arrived from Wexford with wrecked goods ex Ria gara, from Liverpool to New York, wrecked on Blacit, water. COU.ZITEY MARKETS. HADDING TON—MAncH 24. The supplies of all kinds of grain was smaller than in last market. Sales dull. Wheat, top is down. Outs on the top is 6d down. Barley ao the top price 4s 6d down. Beans on the top 2s down. The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : WHEAT. BAL4' , E 7 • First Bls Od 43s , 6,1 Second 7ls 9d 40s 9, 4 Third s3s Oct 36s 6a . Total quantity of wheat in market, PP 9P barley „ oats PP PI beans 29 OATS. BEAM. 39s Oct 50s Od 32s 5d 44R 6d 28s Od 39s 6d 128 qrs., 114 sold 081 qrs., 323 sold 403 qrs., 348 sold 12.1 qrs., 121 sold Average of wheat .C 3 11 h' 0-12ths Ditto of Barley -12ths Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans . ...... .......... -12ths DALKE ITH GRAIN MARKET-31Ancll 24. Wheat on the top same as last market, current price 4s clown, and the lowest lOs down. Oats on the top is 4d down, current price 2s down, and the lowest is 8d down. Barley on the top 6d down, current price is up, and the lowest is Od up. Peas and beans on the top 2s down, cur rent price 6d down, and the lowest 3d up. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 173 Wheat 80s Od 688 Oats . 35s 4d 3os Oct .... ..... 245's 4,1 223 Barley 43s 6d 3Bs 6d 56 Peas & beaus sk/s Od 4Bs 9d. Average of wheat, 3/. 8s 96d. • ABERDEEN—MxRcH 24. The prices of groin are—Old oats, 28s Od to 28s 6d; 401bs per bushel; new oats, OOs Od to OOs Od, 401bs per bushel ; bere, 35s 6d to 36s 6d, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 35s Od to 353 6d, 53lbs per bushel ; wheat, red, 60s Od. to 62s Od, 621bs per bushel; wheat, white, 70s Od to 72s Od, 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 23s Od to 24s Od per b 4 )11; flour, 58s Od to 59s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 6d to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 6d to, 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d to '7d; pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 7,1 ; sainion, per lb, 2s Od to Oa Cod; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d to Os. Od ; potatoes, per peck, 12d to Os Od ; butter, per lb, 10d to lid ; eggs, per doz, Os 6d to Os 8d ; hens, per pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, 2s Ocl to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2$ 6d to 3s 01 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; turkeys, each, 3s 61 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od. ; butter for exuortatton (present cure), per cwt, 82s to 84s Od ; ditto (summer cured), OOs to 00s Od. ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 6d to Od ; 41b loaf, 8d ; 21b loaf, 4d ; pork, fine small, Os Od. to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os Od ; lamb, per qr., 103 Od to Od ; cheese, per impen'al stone, 5s 6d to 7s. DIIBLIN—MenCH 24. In every article to-day business was confined to present wants. Holders were not disposed to meet the vieme of buyers, and quotations scarcely more than nominal- In dian corn only saleable in retail, though offered at a reduc tion of 3s to 4s. White wheat, 40s Od to 43s Od; red ditto , 39s to 41s Od barley, 16s Od to 188 Od ; oats, 13s Od to 16s O ; rapeseed, OOs Od to 00s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 15s 6d to 17s Od ; bait ers' flour, 23s Od to 278 Od per cwt; wawa cor n, 43s Od t o 45 0 0,1 per 4SOlbs. B/R OF A soN• On the 26th inst., at camd.em - place, Peckham, Mrs. Albert Massey. On the 22d inst., at Dunstable, the wife of Charles S. Banning, Esq., solicitor. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at Leamington, the wife of the Rev. William B. Phi'pot. On the 2 3 d inst., at Brussels, Ai rs. D ouglas Pitt Gamble. MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at St. Matthew's Church, Islington, Charles David Butt, son of Mr. Butt, of Sherborne-street, Islington, to Mary Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr. Roberts, of Cross-street, Islington. On the 25th inst., at St. Michael's, Burleigh-street, Strand, Edwin, eldest son of George Minter, of Frith street, Soho-square, to Sarah Margaret, only daughter of William Knight, of 357, Strand. DIED. On the 22d inst., at Aberystwith, Cardiganshire, aged 86, William Cobb Gilbertson, of Cefugwyn, in the same county. On the 23d inst., at Kensington, aged 81, Catherine Peche, relict of the late Rev. John Peche. On the 24th inst., at Torquay, Pulteney Mein, Esq. eldest sou of the l a t e P u lt ene y M e i n , Esq., formerly of H.M. 74th Regiment. On the 24th inst., at Broomfields, St. Paul, Deptford, Rent, aged 85, John David Rolt, Esq., late of the Navr office, a chief clerk and accountant for stores. LONDON: Printed and Puljlished by MIJEDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 2, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coluiti of Mititliewx„ Monday. Wirth ?a, 1554. LIFE friars, others, Voyag ance o T Eve: Assam t're! One to polls Annuif endow Poll No Mon Acti agrical APPI rasped IP' Rate! per ton No. 1, . 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