The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

~~ nn+ - GRATIS. DARING BURGLAR,/ at YARDLEY. (From the Birmingham Advertiser.) A burglary was committed early on Saturday morning last, at the house of Mr. W. Y. Madeley, tanner, Yardley. Mr. Madeley's house stands alone, fronted by a flower garden, which comes up to a lane that leads from Hall Green Chapel to Yardley Church ; the back of the house is skirted by a meadow. The nearest residence is situated about 100 yards distance, and is occupied by Mr. Homer, Mrs. Madeley's father, and at nearly the same distance are the houses, each of which stands alone, of Mr. Badham, Mr. Mansfield, and Mr. Palmer. On Friday night the inmates of the house consisted of Mr. Madeley,.Mrs. Madeley, Wm. Madeley ,a nephew, aged about nine years, and the servant girl. The family retired to rest about ten o'clock. We must here state, that over a side door at the end of the house a verandah was erected, on to the top of which - egress could be made from the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Madeley, the window of which opens in the centre, and is what is termed a French window. About half-past one Mr. Madeley was awoke by the rattling of the window, and on looking towards it he saw a shadow on the white win dow curtains or blind; and, for a moment, being scarcely awake, he fancied it was the girl cleaning the window. On getting out of bed, and drawing the curtain aside, he saw two men (two others stood concealed), the verandah being wider than the window ; and upon the instant a violent at tack was made upon the glass and frame with some heavy instruments. Mr. Madeley ran to a chest of drawers, in which was his sword, a formidable one, but as quick as light ning one of the villains forced his way through the broken framework, upon which Mr. Madeley turned upon him, and struck him three or four times, and whilst struggling with him, two or three blows were aimed at his (Mr. Madeley's) head from without, by one of the party, with a life-preserver ; Mr. Madeley parried these blows, but was at length struck with some sharp instrument, which inflicted a severe wound, and had the effect of felling him to the floor in a state of insensibility. Mr. Madeley also received another blow on the forehead. On recovering from the stun n i ng e ff ec t o f the blows, which be soon did, Mr. Madeley saw four men in the room, each of whom produced his own light in an in stant, and the room appeared as light as day. Amidst the confusion, Mr. Madeley had run from the room to that o the servant, which was at the front of the house. One of the men, who was *invariably called captain by the others, then said, " Mr. Mayberry, we don't wish to hurt you in any way, if you'll only be quiet. All we want is your money; we're starving for bread." They all wore black masks, made of glazed calico, which covered their hair and faces, leaving nothing visible but their eyes. Mr. Madeley was then ordered into the bed, and his keys demanded, which, finding resistance utterly useless, he produced. They then took. from the chest of drawers-a, brown silk purse contain ing in gold 131. 10s. and some silver, which the captain im mediately divided amongst them ; and having done so in a very cool manner, he suddenly turned to them and exclaimed, "D-- your leave the room, and keep the' women quiet!" Two of them then left the room. When Mrs. Madeley ran to the servant's room, she threw up the sash, and, with the girl, began to call loudly for as sistance, and instantly a large stone, at least half a pound weight, was thrown with great violence into the room by a man in the garden, who was distinctly seen on the grass plat. Several stones were subsequently thrown. The two men were now trying to gain admittance, but Mrs. M. and the girl, though dreadfully frightened, held the handle so firmly that the miscreant had to use a crowbar, and the door soon gave way ; some lighted paper was pushed through the door to intimidate the females, and at one time part of Mrs. Madeley's night-dress was on fire. Having gained admit tance, the ruffians then ordered them to get into bed, telling them to be quiet, and no harm should come to them. In the meantime the captain and the other men had emptied several of the drawers, and had found another purse, but not being satisfied, he said—" Mr. Mayberry, you have more money than this." Mr. M. assured him he had not. " We are informed," continued the captain, "that you are in the habit of receiving large sums of money, and you must give it up." Mr. M. again assured him that it was every farthing he had got, but he said Mrs. M. might have a little. The captain sent the man to Mrs. M., who, in her fright, scarcely knowing what she said, denied having any, and the villain, on his return, flourished a large heavy instrument, known to the police as the " Northern star," over his head as he lay on the bed, exclaiming with a horrible imprecation "If you don't give it up, I'll be the death of you." Mr. Madeley said, if they would suffer him to go to his wife, she would give him the keys, as no doubt she was much fright ened, and he again assured them he had no more. Mr. M.'s gold watch, worth 25/., they had previously taken froni the bed's head, one of equal value, belonging to Mrs. M., fortunately escaped their rapacity. Mr. M. was suffered to go with the man, and Mrs. M. gave him the keys, and they returned to the captain, who said, "Now, Mr. May berry, you'll open the drawers quicker than I can," at the same time observing that it would be a pity to injure such a piece of furniture, alluding to a beautiful wardrobe, from a drawer of which they took two purses of Mrs. M.'s, containing 2/. or 31. in gold and silver ; a sum of money they also took from Mrs. M.'s pocket, making in all about 301., and from the jewellerv-boxes a gold neck-chain, which on being pulled out one of the rascals caught hold of it, ob serving " this will do for me ;" amongst the articles taken were a coral-necklace, a cornelian ditto, a miniature likeness, set in a frame of massive gold, of a great uncle of Mrs. M.'s, and several rings, amongst which was an old-fashioned one. On looking them over, the captain said, " Mr. Mayberry, this appears to be an old family ring, I'll give it you again," and he presented it with much politeness. Twice in the course of the time of their stay, which was from twenty minutes to half an hour, had the captain, at Mr. M.'s request, supplied him with water from the table, with considerable easiness of manner. From the plate-basket, which was in Mr. M.'s room, they took a silver cup, gravy and table spoons, and they had also forced . a drawer in ano ther bed-room, - but towards the last they appeared to be hurried and alarmed, and left several places unexamined. On quitting Mr. Madeley, the captain shook him by the hand and bade him good merning ; and, on a signal given, the others came, and they left the house the same way they entered it. Mr. M., immediately on their departure, has tened to his wife, who had suffered dreadfully from terror throughout the - fearfal scene. He there saw the men hurry down the garden walk, and on gaining the road they all set off in the direction of the canal as hard as they could scamper. Two or three of the masks were found on the canal bank the next morning. The poor little boy, who was in the servant's bed, was terribly frightened, and said to them with much childish simplicity, "You won't kill us, will you?" Upon which one of them said, taking him by the hand, "No, we won't hurt you, if you'll be quiet ?" On parting with the females, the ceremony of shaking hands was there also observed; and one ruffian said, "We shall come and see you again." But, judging from Mr. Madeley's preparations, their reception, should they carry their threat out, will be rather of a warmer nature than their last. Previously to leaving Mrs. M., a promise was extorted from her, that no alarm should be given under half an hour, a promise that Mr. Madeley, although much hurt, reluctantly observed. It was found that a small ladder, taken from a cottage a little way off, belonging to a person named Jones, had been the means by which they had climbed the verandah, giving the idea that some one who knew the neighbourhood was implicated in the deed—a deed so daringly planned, and so successfully accomplished, as to throw the neighbourhood for miles round into a state of the utmost alarm. Most sincerely do we hope the perpetrators will be speedily brought to justice. JERSEY POTATOES.—A vessel from Jersey, named the Lord Nelson, arrived in the river on Wednesday, with a cargo consisting entirely of potatoes, the produce of that island, amounting to seventy tons of that very serviceable and esteemed article of food. Their supply from any quar ter to a great extent assumes a degree of importance at the present time, when so much fear is expressed of the failure of the British and also of several of the continental crops of the article, which would not otherwise be the case. With respect to this subject, we may mention that it is asserted that the crop of potatoes in the sister country is remark ably fine this year, which, if it prove to be the case, is an important consideration, although, as this vegetable is a staple article of food there, particularly with the poorer classes of the population, who notoriously comprise a large majority of the whole, it is a matter of doubt whether they can conveniently spare any considerable portion of . them for the use- of the inhabitants of this portion of the United Kingdom. HIGHWAY RATES.—Since the toll was taken off the Marsh-gate in Lambeth, and the Surrey Theatre gate, the repairs of the roads have fallen on the parish. The highway rates have been It creased to an enormous extent, and the poorer inhabitants, who keep neither horses or car riages, complain bitterly of the obligation they are under to pay for roads for the benefit of the rich. When petitions were presented to take off these tolls, it was well known that the result would be injurious to the class of persons who now complain, and who had nothing to do with petitioning. DESCENT or THE BALLOON—On Tuesday night, the Coronation balloon, with Mr. H. Green an d .his com panion, after leaving Crernorne-gardens, proceeded in a south-westerly direction, crossing Putney-bridge and Bushy Park. After passing over Long Ditton, Mr. 11. Green took measures for his descent; and, about a quarter past nine o'clock, made a safe landing in a pea-field, about forty acres in extent, belonging to Mr. Castledine, of Clay-gate. He was there nearly two hours without receiving any assistance, 'though hee xhibited several strong lights. e understand that a company is in formation for the refining of sugar in this port, and that the necessary steps have been taken for registering Advertiser. CAUTION TO CLERICAL SPECULATORS.—AS not a few names of clergymen appear as directors in the lists of railway companies, it may not be unimportant to inform them that such a position incurs great risk and responsibility. By Ist and 2d Vic., c. 106, sec. 29, " No spiritual person holding any cathedral preferment, benefice, curacy, or lectureship, shall engage in trade, or buy and sell again for profit." A clergyman illegally trading may be suspended for the first and second offence, and deprived for the third. But no con tracts shall be deemed void by reason only of the saute hav ing been entered into by a "spiritual person," in -Banker's g. Magazine. tra ding or deal- TIIK WIGAN ELECTION.—Mr. Thicknesse has ac cepted the invitation to stand as the Liberal candidate for this borough, caused by the death of the late P. x' t o Esq. As far as the canvassing can be deemed any criterion of e e t r ie t o et on e t v be e sr r ti y ntgh r e et a to s e o bi l ea r s t rn o ot be he doubt; nor Mr. Thicknesse hasuwinieitrtrlinii family in that borough. The goa w utf et ; fied, but that it willbebelefta b t u h t e th e e le S et p i e o a n ke w r i 's n w ta ri k t e w p il l l a b ee e t w o or three da y s afterwards.—Leeds Mercur y . kno well known nafinuyenner ; t a h onfs O t h c t e o e i n a.) d r i ssue d on the 7 day of election is not yet fixed, w e regret- to learn that Mr. Eaton, M.P., is seriously indisposed at his seat in Cambridgeshire, and fears are entertained if he can recover from his severe attack of illness. CONVICTS.—On Friday a coroner's inquest was beldbefore C. J. Carttar, Esq., and a highly respectable jury, assembled at the Salutation, facing her Majesty's Royal Ar senal, Woolwich, to inquire into the death of Joseph Smith, a con_ vict, aged 63, convicted at York assizes on the 29th September, 1844, of cutting and wounding, with intent, &C., and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. Mr. Hendry, assessor of income-tax, and a parochial constable, offered himself as a juryman, but was refused. He then requested to know whether convicts did not die in the parish of Plumstead, and not at Woolwich !—if so, he had - a right to have the summoning of the jury. The worthy coroner said this was not a fit time to settle that point ; it should be suggested after the inquest had been terminated. Mr. Hendry bowed assent, and the inquest proceeded, and the jury adjourned down to the Royal Arsenal to view the body, when Surgeon Blyth deposed that deceased was a convict, and received as such into her Majesty's Royal Arsenal on the 15th of August last ; lie was thus in a bad state of health. A few days ago the cancer broke out and became very bad; this, with his advanced age, gradually got worse, till deceased died on the 9.2 d, on board the Justicia hospital ship. Every comfort was administered to restore his health, but to no purpose, as the decay of nature had too far advanced. The unfor tunate convicts are remarkably healthy at the present time. The jury returned a verdict of--!' Died from natural Ca!LICS.". , .•-', .., , k... . ~,. ..., ...—..,_ ~. ",. A. 1 ~... .. . .44 ~ _. P.-. 1 II: . „.. 4. , ,; ei•e. . .....x .. ~..k i , z..,.:1 ... ~,, ..„. 7 4. .1? , :..,...- ? .. F" ~ ,'. '' ;. `, ..'" :'s "it : .:0 lt''r, ' 4 l' . 4:: - --7-7,-- -- 7 --- ,. ~.. zr,.... ..,. 4 ~- ; -,.- :: ~: ,t. 4 4,_ , .. . ;yr 7., • s , 44 ir _.O v i_ 4 N . i ii, , • L ar lt .k i , , t: .Y.k.. ....;::: t: (a - 'f.., 1 / 4 ..............: ' lir 'k', ' - ' - '.'t . :4"; - : . ' ,-i ' ' •,:.; - ',;',...„:, i N .' r ~..,-: ~„. A ~,-... „ ..- , 7""011111, 1 / 4 - -- --- -, , • ',7,,-,y; ....:,, k • • li , a . ____,'" -,,,,,,' • ~,..," ~,1 % , ,, , ,, t, - .L I_. ' a . , No. 16,575 . ii - , 1 ,--- 4 pas the Princess , andjoins their hands. Here is introduced Worcester, Shrewsbury, o de truis . by M. Petipa, Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre, and Crewe Union ... .. 111... — I,a,hiaaaernitoiselle Adele, which is a perfect wonder of choro- Worcester and . S. Wales 4_2 ._.. 5. ...... tup or c ted ,_ In one portion of this pas . Adele Dumilatre, York and Carlisle 2d/4 ...... , ..... FOREIGN RAI LWA 1 :-.. over th ''' It etlPa, makes a series of dem-mites clean over we re e head of Mademoiselle Adele. The audience Boulogne and Amiens 8 ..... 13 12 3 4 . tonis, , i en thusiastic in their applause at this as- Bordeauz,Toulou.r, and .. . p, 4 I ,t tg . tour de force. The fete proceeds, and the Cettc (Mackenzies).. 9 _ .. •••• _.. ~..... 1,,,,_'v gualandes, by Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre and Do. (Espelee's)... •.• ._ . 2 • _ 2 3VA This . -four ladies of the corps de ballet is introduced. Central of Spain ••• • ••• . 3( tiesioT;iartaainptahriogx, :s.linie ofP d uce 2 1 / 2 Plet r l) " i 8 most graceful, and displays some exquisitely Demerara . _ onn,, ,Nue grouping. Night approaches, Hebe sinks on a Dutch Rhenish tkime bd . ow : Ai,2104.. •••••••• throws himself at her feet in East Indian ... ..... .... ss. t h•Pli , the sun has set, and Hebe is again marble, Massa- Great North. of France ffitte's) rage,. rushes up to the statue, and, at La do. 4 ers it in pieces, The back of the scene opens, Do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... at t ,4 el:gel of Good is seen wafting the spirit of the de- Do. (Le Boeuf) kid t zit he to the skies. The music is very characteristic, Louvain and Jeniepp.e... 2 4 _ tle mo , i kenery and spectacle gorgeous in the extreme. It is Luxembourg... 1 'am tt '.' Tagnificent ballet that Mr. Bunn has y e t produced, and Great Western Bengal... 55....... _ _ 6 5:4 h onoin ot tmy hav e a long run during the present season, but Namur and Liege •••••• ".... tellt :aecl.,enni anent favourite, for it is not merely a magni- Orleans and Vierzon ...... __ _ bun lilatre 'ac. e, but a beautiful poem. Mademoiselle Adele Orleans and Bordeaux... tt 4 I:a 3 cou rse ~, 211 ho had been called before the curtain during the Paris & Lyons, Laftl e's . 2 elusi on the Performance, wag again called for at the con- Paris and' Lyons (Gan km . ''aliartl received with enthusiastic plaudits ;as were neron's)... .. 2 •••••• •• ,itdil e , f p: t and Petipa, and Mademoiselles Louise and Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2%..... ... I he be 1t ,; 31 , 4 : 110 m she had received most efficient support Paris and Strasbourg crammed to suffocation. (Gannoron's) 2 ...... 7 . ..__ __. _ ._. 1110v,._ T he sal e AN--------------D COMMERCIAL NEW WS Th (Prom The Sun of Last Night.) of Cotton at Liverpool °rt . Saturday were 6,000 141 P! 11 to the trade. Shares were steady at advanced . rates. - co Illtaerei I th e eal e , , • a" co mmunication from New York, received by Citv, 1 ) ,,„,"na to-day by most influential merchant o . f th e . Ames, - , r i s ve3 '-" 04r - a ff affairs with Mexico still remains in hlo t ! 1'" 41 4, , h with diminished probabilities of any col: Vk ' is q Z ited S tates Stocks have not rallied to their pre writioktrclionc" But in a postscript it is added — " . Since InileelitiTe,Phreen,dilig find the quotations of this mornin b 's N e- e n lv e l !'t. 0 1::: Ic 4 1 . 14 ke e t ar e d i of e Brokers ee_ indicative tire of a general de- f 'This is under date o to IV ,' filisflity4t%l4th Snenti.gmber." te " a nd tiat--„ennblraP c e ial accounts which have just come t ante' i ,,,,,l A uere 13 every probability of the Viscou.n the Zoll ve;th -e 'i l ig in his mission of forming a treaty . with °Dpositioe ett-•„.'f t his point is gained, it must be in direc e t zilTirtif.l•itio,ll,Te best interests of England, and the mor e ,tie_ii.,?: occas.i.o.iiits b it e h, because, in the first instance, the Illrae ''al terinsill°Y was deputed to our Court with the offer of_b h Pretlous for the f ormation* f a new commercial treaty. Upon of th i s elanbtination Would b e n t o o ti t c h ed e b ni y a u n s uf h e o e w tu ad ri ;a g n i t n a t g e e re ou s s t be eai e° ' -- rY, but '' sv - th e ecies of wilfulness which cannot be to tif aceoaated for tl a ie sP olicy of Sir H. Peel appears to Pur pose now everYthin t ers A Of k eei)in g into the bands of foreigners . for the . g up the monopoly of the . West India pla . n.• l ' i gar l ; ve d rY slight reduction in the duties upon Brazilian il l p se be ° ll lll 4 - leliaaNlie emented . th d e mercantile intercourse which n between the two nations. T h ,• 4 ta c ana ,_ Y e bean came , nt etio , t Yr have not o n news of interest to-day. parts' o f ~ " to form communications between various Illesti en "le colony was still very much e x tolled, ;encl .... no s tk( "e of a b ful l tilea;ure of support would be given to it. Th F r t he colon • sup - d mi na °4l 134 3 W as ver y g o° • • rtant and a ter -lea , enos .Ayres the advices are impo . it ' !illett i ( l ) ' . the Monte Videan blockade having been n effected, aaa t ear soon of open war between England, Ffance, cle nta Ilen°3 A Yre , 3, or of the acquiescence of Rosas in our , A 4 ,1" . „ Zititifal:b. slecutioraivtyiesn.aarket has prevailed this morning for the Consols for Money have receded to 97 3 , th ' e a r t t eeo nnt to between? 3i The " stalking horse" of the Bea 7 ~ e 4 r ,,,, ,ar. thi; country and the United States is I lt i l r er aTiduteel)•, j a consequence of . the collision between the 1 , 4 ee per ;.,.., xico. It is a long tt hi s im e since the value of the 'eald 1) 'dents. Was so low as at the presen . t, but it pre p t n e reMarked that not a great deal of business 4 n 7 crera-setted• swatExchuer-bills are firm, at 465. s. ~her t ee i isuank Stoc - k 212 for Account. It•"Aet; 4 u at one quotation in Spanish Stock to-day, 27 for 9 5% - ",5., The Belgi Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are L l ?o, g t t he Dutch Two a - n and-a-Half per Cents. have fallen A7, 4 q l : t o t . ed ` a e t 5 , 91 44) and the Four per Cents. for the Account 093/ - 49, The Portuguese Four per qmts. are This •-- /4; banish at 90 ; and the Mexican at 32% IA : !Ild herbs the settlement day in the Railway Share Market, '`'tibera.e.gr_,eater art o f the attention of the brokers, the ae nj and othersP, at: directed to this iportant matter. of rh o t , tra ha v e transactions have been in the n sh . ares and scrip Z at ter,llnes, and, as far as can be ascertaine d . at present, ``d Iv Progressed well. The corrected list is annexed, 4t/tlitti3,seeleill.ae various fl uctuations may, on perusal, be iltic t oNZ CLOSING lott'eSeno! nittrisH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 2/ PRICE S 1444 -.C4llU)l3Atinuities 9 8% 98 97-74 1 444 T , St() tli i 4 266 ~.,i- t .or i d„ , . .......... ......... ._. 64 1.14u4(,) tiader 1 0001 ."... ...... 60 to e , •• . ...... er113, 3 k for Account 212 213 tkch, for Account . ... 98 1 / i 977 4 1)1ktr s 599 :): 11.;• •• 1. : 1:" ...... 1. . 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Its claims to con sideration were now better acknowledged than before. Even in little things this change was perceptible. He remembered when the Times newspaper had no words too bad for the Irish people, or for the abuse of their clergy. It held a dif ferent language now. They had sent over a commissioner here to inquire into what they might have found out by re ferring to the report on Lord Devon's land commission. They wanted to know whether or not the population of Ireland was in a destitute condition, and what might have been the cause of it. This commissioner extraordinary, however, of the Times was a comical sort of a fellow. The way in which some newspaper writers who were so sent proceeded was this:— They wrote their communications before they set out, and then sent them as they went along, according as it suited their convenience.—(Laughter.) This gentleman had begun by writing some long letters on political economy to prove some facts as self-evident and as well admitted as that two and three made five, or five and seven made twelve.—(Laughter.) But did they know what the commissioner had made out ? —(Hear.) He had discovered that the women of Ireland were ugly.—(" Oh, oh," and groans.) He believed the commissioner was never in Tipperary.—(Laughter.) Had he been there that night, he might have found in that gallery reasons to change his opinions in that respect.— (Cheering and laughter.) The commissioner had also al luded to some improvements making on the farms of Lord George Hill, which he had ascribed to the fact of the people being taught in the course of those recent improvements how to manage thespade, as if they had never known its use before. —(Laughter.) Some Irish wag had made the commissioner swallow that lie, spade and all.—(Laughter.) So much for the commissioner• But he would tell the lathes of Tipperary one thing to comfort them, and that was, that the commis sioner was an excessively ugly fellow himself.—(Laughter.) They could afford now to laugh a little, as the cause they had at heart was progressing so satisfactorily. The progress of repeal could not be changed now by the folly of one set of men, or the crimes of another.—(Cheers.) It was accumu lating and strengthening; and, however the current might be attempted to be dammed up, it would rise calmly and steadily, and finally overflowing its mounds, it would pour forth, spreading fertility and peace, and giving liberty and prosperity to old Ireland—{(Loud cheers.) Mr. O'CofixELL rose again atter a short pause, and pro posed the health of the Chairman, which was warmly re ceived. _ _ _ Mr. N. MAILER returned thanks, and concluded by pro posing the healths of the State Prisoners. Dr. GRAY briefly acknowledged the toast. After some other toasts, it being then about 12 o'clock, Mr. O'Connell left the assemblage, which soon after followed his example and separated. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1845. ERICAN NEWS. HOSTILITIES on the RIVER PLATE. SEIZURE OF THE BUENOS AYREAN SQUADRON. The Caledonian steamer, Captain Lott, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday at noon, bearing the usual mails and about fifty passengers. She left Boston on the 16th instant, and Halifax on the 18th, and has, therefore, made the whole voyage in Ili days, deducting her stay at Halifax. The intelligence she brings is ilsportant. The United States ship St. Louis, from Rio Janeiro, had arrived in Hampton Roads with advices from Buenos Ayres to the 26th of July. That vessel left the Plata on the 12th of August, and it appears that the day before her departure advices had reached Rio of the attempted intervention on the part of England and France, in the affairs of the River hate. It was said that on the rejection of General Roses, of the ultimatum sent in, the English and French Ministers would retire to Monte Video. In the meantime the naval forces of the " allied" Powers had taken possession of the Buenos Ayrean squadron off Monte Video, and General Oribe, commanding the besieging army of General Roses, had received notice to retire from the Banda Oriental. Great excitement prevailed in Buenos Ayres, and it was supposed England and France would be brought into open collision with the Argentine Republic. During the negotiations at Buenos Ayres, the American Charge, Mr. Brent, had offered his mediation. The offer was accepted by General Roses, but declined by the English and French Ministers, on the ground that the Charge was not instructed or authorised by his Government. The frigate Brandywine, Commander Parker, would remain at Rio a few days in consequence of the illness of Mr. Everett, our Minister to China, who had not de cided whether to proceed in the Columbus, or return to the United States in the Brandywine. The disease with which Mr. Everett was afflicted, though of a painful and distressing character, was not considered dangerous. The disturbances excited by the Anti-Renters in New York had considerably subsided, the State authorities had taken vigorous steps against the offenders captured and lodged in prison, about one hundred and fifty of the most active, and against nearly all of whom true bills had been found. The Court-house of Hudson, state of New York, where the trial of the Anti-Renters was pro. ceeding, was the scene of an unseemly outrage between the Attorney-General of the State, John Van Buren, Esq., sou of the late president, and Mr. A. Jordan, who indulged in a pugilistic contest in open Court, which was carried on with great spirit amid great confusion, the judge calling loudly for order; after some time the sheriffs succeeded in separating the combatants, who were then placed at the bar (one of them, observe, being the Attorney-General of the State), and committed to prison for twenty-four hours for contempt of Court. There is no account of any hostilities having taken place at " the seat of war," as Texas is termed in the United States papers ; the rumours of large Mexican armies marching towards that country appear to be pure fiction, whilst the emptiness of the Mexican trea sury, and the impossibility of getting a loan are realities, not to be overcome in an occasion where the feelings of the people are little in unison with the wishes of thei r rulers. The American forces in Texas have been suf fered to concentrate and establish their position, undis turbed by any attack at Corpus Christi, described as one of the healthiest and most beautiful spots in the world. General Herrera has been elected President of Mexico, and a new Cabinet formed. The loan of fifteen millions of dollars, which the Congress had voted, seamed not likely to be realised, so low was the rate of interest. Yucatan had refused to join in any demonstration against the United States ; and it is now added that the people of Tabasco had declared themselves indepen dent, and taken as their motto, " Liberty to Texas." The advices from Montreal, which reach to the 12th inst., are unimportant. The Provincial Parliament ha i been further prorogued to the 14th of October. The session, it was thought, would not commence before Christmas. Exchange was—Bank, 60 days on London, 114 to 11,1 per cent. premium; private, 90 ditto, 10 to 104 per cent. premium; bank, 3 days on New York, 14 to 2 per cent. premium; private, ditto, 14 to 13 per cent. premium. Freights were—To London, flour, 4s. 9d.; ashes, 30s. To Liverpool, flour, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.; ashes, 275. 6d. To Clyde, flour, 4s. 3d.; ashes, 275. 6d. The Great Western arrived out on the 9th inst. WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS RAILWAY. The first general meeting of the Proprietors of this Com pany was held yesterday, at two o'clock ' at No. 3, Guildhall buildings, the Earl of Lonsdale in the chair. _ _ The - usual formalities having been gone through, the Secretary read the report, which set forth that the line, after being favourably reported on by the Board of Trade, was, by negotiation and arrangement with opposing parties, carried through Parliament as an unopposed measure, the whole expense incurred up to the granting of the Act being only 5,7901. lls. 9d. It was further stated that, with the consent of the Proprietors, the Directors intended to extend the line by Ulverston to Lancaster, so as to complete the comrnnnication from Whitehaven to the latter place. A , survey had been made by Mr. Stephenson for this extension, the capital for which would be 750,0001. This included the whole distance of the extension from Furness to Lancaster, twenty•five miles. The new shares would be offered to existing stock holders in certain proportions, and would be issued as soon as the necessary preliminary steps were completed. It was also stated that a call of 3/. would take place October 20th. According to the balance-sheet appended to the report the amount of capital in hand is 17,5001., arising from a deposit of 11. per share on 17,500 shares • deducting the 5,7901.95. 11d. for expenses, there was in hand 17,5001. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be received and adopted, which being seconded, was agreed to nem. con. Mr. FISHER moved the confirmation in office of the pre sent Board of Directors. Mr. LEVI seconded the motion. The resolution, on being put, was unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said this closed the official business of the meeting ; and, for the information of the Proprietors, he might say that the line was being staked out, and every step taken, consistent with due economy, to carryout the object of the Company. A PROPRIETOR said that a report had gone abroad of a proposed amalgamation of 'the line with some other railway company. He wished to know if there was any truth in it? The CHAIRMAN replied, . that the only measure at present in corkteraplatiim wits tl4 ex.tension: of theedine,tia state** ;the reportAtomikurnesst4Ultersten and hti.lcastgr. .TltUe had been some negotiations opened, but they had broke off without anything definite being done. A resolution fur setting apart 6001. for the compensation of the Directors was next agreed to, when the meeting broke up. ON GEORGE ROBINS, ESQ. Lines written 20 years ago by John Taylor, Esq., who was the acting proprietor of this journal 25 years since. He was accounted very talented, wrote many popular tales, was himself very proud of his " Monsieur Tonson". He has now been gathered to the tomb of his ancestry more than 20 years. Langford and Skinner, in their day, 'Midst Auctioneers bore sov'reign sway, And just were deem'd their dealings; Of public merit they had store, And none who knew them sought for more, Nor ask'd their private feelings. But Robins stands on higher ground, With equal probity, 'tis found He all their skill inherits ; He's always quick to knock down Vice, And for the Virtues gain due price, According to their merits. . George, in thy catalogue of mind, We much of solid worth can find, Benevolence the chief— Witness poor Emery's mournful band, Rais'd by thy prompt and active hand, From fell despairing grief. When Death, Fate's awful auctioneer, With his dread hammer shall appear, George, fear not thou a jot ; Thy conduct bids so well below, That when he strikes the mortal blow, Thoul't gain a happy lot. T.. May 29, 1820. The Dutch papers of the 23d state that there was an extraordinary supply of provisions of different kinds at the Nimeguen market on the 22d, which speedily caused a redaction in the price of corn and potatoes. The extreme fears of scarcity during the approaching winter are allayed, and it is expected that the prices cf bread and potatoes will fall. In the Belgian Chamber it was stated by the Minister of the Interior that neither the corn nor the potato harvest had turned out so badly as had been anticipated. WITLEY COURT.—On Wednesday last her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the D uc h ess Id a of Saxe Weimar, the Princesses Anna and Amelia, of Saxe Weimar, and a numerous suite, among whom were Earl Howe and Sir David Davies, visited the Porcelain manufac tory of Messrs. Chamberlain, Worcester. The steam ship Great Britain sailed from Liver pool for New York on Saturday afternoon, where many persons-assembled along the pier heads` and the opposite side of the river, to have a view of her as she gassed along. She had abdut 120 passengers, a heavy mail, and a large cargo of goods. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Sunday morning, at six o'clock, a sailor, named Henry Miller, belong ing to a Rochester fishing smack, fell from the rigging on to the bulwarks, as the craft was paSsing through the Erith Reach. He was rendered motionless, but • not insensible, by the fall, and refused to be taken on board the Dreadnought hospital ship when they arrived alongside it. The smack ar rived at Hungerford Market Pier at eleven A.M., when the man was growing worse. He was removed to Charing-cross Hospital, and it was then discovered that he had received , most dangerous injuries of the spine. DUTCH MAIL. NEMINGUEN, SEPT. 23.—The extraordinary supply of pro visions of different kinds at yesterday's market excited great attention, and most speedily caused a reduction in the price of corn and potatoes. The extreme fears for the approaching winter are allayed, and we expect that the price of bread and potatoes must fall. The supply was so very great, that be sides the ordinary large market-places, two very long streets were so crowded with loaded carts, that passengers could scarcely pass. MIDDELBURG, SEPT. 22.—A deputation, consisting of the burgomaster and other official per Sons of Ruremonde and Eindhoven, arrived here on Saturday; their mission seems to relate to the railway from Zealand through North Brabant and the Duchy of Limberg. We can positively state that they had a long conference with the person to whom the con struction of this railway is confided. DELFT, SEPT. 23.--Yesterday we had disorders here like those at the neighbouring towns of the Hague. Every pre caution is taken by the magistrates to prevent any further disorders. HAARLEM, SEPT. 24.—The magistrates yesterday issued a proclamation, in consequence of the disorders and excesses which took place on the 22d. Every precaution has been taken, and the public tranquillity has not been further inter rupted. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 25.—We learn that his Majesty the King has been pleased already to pay the sum which he annually pays for the" relief of the poor during the winter, declaring his intention to increase the sum in the sequel if it should be necessary, or by other means to relieve the distress of the poor. We hear that the King and:the Prince of Orange have given orders not to purchase any stock of potatoes for their household this year. We are now able to assure Earl Spencer's friends that he is doing well. Mr. Keate, who was sent for to attend his Lordship, has returned to London, having left his patient out of danger. PRESENTATION OF PLATR—On Saturday night, after the performances had concluded at the Adelphi, a very gratifying demonstration took place on the stage, in the pre sentation of a splendid piece of plate to Mr. Webster, the lessee of that establishment, the voluntary offering of the artists, au thors, and employees of the theatre, to a gentleman whose suc cessful exertions to promote the interests of the drama have been proclactive of benefit, not to himself alone, but to a vast number of persons dependent upon the prosperity of theatrical affairs for their sole support. The particular circumstance which called for this tribute was, the completion of the first season under Mr. Webster's lesseeship of the Adelphi Thea tre. The piece of plate, which is / beautifully executed fac simile of the celebrated Warwick Vase, from the atelier of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, weighing 136 ounces, bears the following inscription, expressive of the intentions and senti ments of the donors :—" This vase was presented to Benjamin Webster, Esq., Lessee of the Theatre Royal Adelphi, by the members, as a token of their regard for his unwearied exer tions and perseverance, and to commemorate the unprece dented prolongation of the season, which commenced upon the 28th day of September, 1844, and ended on the 27th day of September, 1845." adame Celeste, the directress of the Adelphi Theatre, with the members of the company, and the subscribers to the testimonial, being assembled on the stage, Mr. Paul Bedford, the townsman and early friend of Mr. Webster, presented the vase to him, accompanied by an ap propriate speech, which was suitably acknowledged by Mr. Webster. The concluding part of the ceremony consisted in partaking of a cold collation, and uncorking a goodly arrayof champagne bottles, and quaffing their contents to the health of " The Lessee," "The fair Manageress," and "Prosperity to the Adelphi Theatre," and which was not the least animated and pleasurable part of the proceedings. Tun WEST RIDING REVISION.—The gain of the Liberals in the polling districts of the West Riding, revised up to Wednesday last, is 782. At Wakefield the revising bar risters decided that, though there is nothing illegal or impro per in persons buying properties in order to acquire - -otes thereby, yet where there is evident concert on the part of the buy it to sell property for this purpose with the buyers, who seller for the sake of obtaining votes, it is a violation of the Act of Anne, called the Splitting Act; and in consequence 33 votes were lost to the Liberal interest in the Wakefield district.— Leeds Mercury. . A memorial, signed by 400 of the inhabitants of Marlborough, has been presented to the Marquis of Ailesbury, praying his Lordship to support the Manchester and South ampton line of railway.—Devizes Gazette. THE GAUGING OF MALT.—At a meeting of maisters and brewers attending Warminster market, held on Saturday last, a memorial to the Board of Excise was voted, representing that the present mode of obtaining what " shall be deemed conclusive evidence" that grain in a couch frame " has been trodden or forced together," is uncertain, and has been practically shown to be liable to inflict wrong on inno cent parties. They suggest that "a gauge taken on the cis tern would answer every object sought by the Government," and they ask that none but disinterested evidence should be received in support of an accusation. PURCHASE OF THE REGENT'S CANAL.—The Re gent's Canal has been purchased by anew railway company. The purchase money is 1,000,000/., of which sum 500,000/. is to be paid down, and the remaining 500,000/. is to be paid in three instalments, extending over a period of three years. The purchase was legally ratified on Thursday. The result will be most advantageous to the present shareholders in the canal,, for they will now receive 461. for each share, although, a short time since, the shares could have been procured as low as 13/. The Regent's Canal begins at Paddington and terminates at Blackwall, and we shall consequently have., a, railway running through the heart of London, and connect ing the Great Western, the London and Birmingham, and Eastern Counties Railways.—Railway World. ELECTION MOVEMENT.—It appears that the people of Windsor, with more haste than delicacy, considering the circumstances, are already thinking of the possibility of a vacancy in the representation of their borough. We are told that l‘fr. Walter, of Bear Wood ; Mr. Filcher, the unsuccess ful candidate for Southwark ; Capt. Bulkeley, of the Ist Life Guards ; and Sir John de Beauroir, are spoken of as likely to come forward if an election should take place. THE SCREW PROPELLER.—The Senator, an iron schooner-rigged vessel, 160 tons register, but capable of carrying a cargo of 220 tons, built by Messrs. Pim, of Hull, and fitted with the screw propeller, worked by an engine of twenty-eight horse power, has been plying for several months, and •throughout the greater part of last winter, between Dublin and London, and has made eleven voyages, in each case five miles an hour, or within a week. Her average speed, with and against the wind, is five miles an hour, or five days to London, and her consumption of coal is about the fifth of that of the paddle steamers. She has been so successful in her trading that her proprietors have just made a dividend of 12i per cent. per annum, keeping a re serve fund of about as much more.—Leeds Mercury. CHURCH-RATES AT DONCASTER.-.-011 Wednesday, Thursday, and yesterday, there was a smart contest at the poll at DQncaster for and against a church-rate. The oppo nents of the Church were left in a minority of about 500, and the rate, consequently, was carried. PRIVY COUNCIL.--It is expected that a Privy Council will be held by her Majesty at Windsor Castle in the course of a few days, but at present no summonses have been issued. COMBAT or Barzoorrs.-An extraordinary aerial and pyrotechnic display is announced for this evening at Vauxhall Gardens, in the shape of a combat in the air between monster fire-balloons, which will discharge in their aerial contest tableaux pyrotechniques of a most extraor dinary description. Cuaious LEGACY.-An invalid died lately in the hospital at Lille, at the age of forty. The breath was scarcely out of his body when his relations went in search of the officer of health belonging to the hospital, and informed him that the defunct, about two years previous to his death, swallowed un ecu de six francs (six franc piece), which was claimed by his heirs. They opened the body of the old sol dier, and found the piece fixed in the intestines. The parents of the dead received the coin as the most valuable portion of the personal property of their son. SALE or ANCIENT Conis.-On Friday a sale" of rare and ancient colas and medals, from the,Or owv the pregent °ttme "which'hafi lastid tar days,:vOts concluded, at the auction-rooms-of Messrs. •. Sotheby and Co., Wellington-street, Strand, many of them being pur chased for the British Museum. The property consisted of British, Saxon, and English coins, the British being so an cient that there is no record of the mint at which they were manufactured, or at what early period they were the current circulating medium. Several of them were from collections of Baron Bolland, the Duke of Devonshire, and Mr. Thomas, whose coins and medals we sold last year for above 20,0001. There were 445 lots, the prices of some of which were as follow :-A portcullis groat of Henry VII., 191. 19s. (this fetched at the Thomas collection 141. 10s.) : an Oxford three pounds piece of Charles 1., 161. 55.; a gold hardy of Edward the Black Prince, 8/. 17s. 6d.; a Queen Anne halfpenny, 2/. ls. ; a ditto farthing, 15s. ; a halfpenny of William and Mary, 2/. ss. ; a penny of Eustace, son of Stephen, obverse lion to the right, 4/. 45.; a penny of William 1., a canopy type, 1/. lls. ; a ditto of ditto, 21. 25.; an Irish farthing of eorge IV., 11.; a groat of Edward 111., (Calais), 1/. 10s. ; ditto of Richard 11. (London), 21. 2s. • a tourney groat of Henry VIII., 21. 65.; a mi lled shilling of Henry VIII., festoon base . ob. full-faced portrait of the King, reverse crowned, between H. R., 2/. ; a milled sixpence of Queen Elizabeth (1562), unembroidered dress, 11.11 s.; a milled crown of Oliver Cromwell, 4/. ; a half-crown of the Commonwealth, 3/. ; Charles I. Blacksmith's half crown, 31. ss. ; a coin of Alfred, rev. monogram of London, 2/. 18s. ; another of Eadred, with head Valter Moneta, 6/. 2s. 6d. ; a gold coin of Oliver Cromwell, 41, 103.; a crown piece of George IV., 6/. 2s. 6d. ; a crown-piece of Charles 1., 5/. 7s. 6d. ; a twenty-shilling piece of Charles 1., by Briot, 4/. 6s. ; a five-guinea piece of George 111. (1777), 17/. 155.,• a five-pound piece of George IV. (1820), by Pistrucci, rev. St. i George and the Dragon, 1 61 .; a two - guinea piece of Geo. 111. (1768), 7L 15s. ; a five-pound piece of Victoria, rev. her Majesty guiding the steps of the British Lion, 71. 10s.; a British gold piece, weight ldwt. 6 grs., of small module, ob. a female head, round which are ornaments shaped like Sly rev. a figure in a car, with one horse riding over a prostrate human figure, 31. Is. ; another a rude representatien of a diadem head, rev: a horse, flowers, &c., in the field, weight 4dwts. 16grs., 1/. lls. ; another, silver, ob. rude head, rev. equestrian figure, the rider's body resembling a skeleton, weight Bdwts. 13grs., 21. 17s. The whole went for about 740/. THE EXPERIMENTAL FLEET. -- Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., struck his flag on board the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, on Monday, at Devonport, and left immediately in the battler steam-sloop, Comthander Smith, for Portsmouth. Rear-Adniiral Sir Samuel Pym's flag was hoisted on board the St. Vincent the same day. Sir Samuel. visited Admiral Parker in the forenoon. The flag of the Port-Admiral, Sir John West, was struck on board the Queen, 110, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, and has been hoisted on board the Caledonia, 120, Captain M. H. Dixon, Sir S. Pyni's haying been struck on board that ship. The ships of the fleet have a great many defects to be made good, which will occupy about four days. Four top-masts and top-gallant masts sprung on board the Surveyor's "crack ship," the Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, hive been sent to the dock yard. Several spars have been toyed ashore. The marriage of Robert Duhdas, Esq., of Arniston, Midlothian, and Miss Emily Knox, Only daughter of the Hon. Cel. and Mrs. James Knox,' and niece to the Earl of Ranfnrly, was solemnised on Thursday, the 25th inst., at the narish church of Tonbridge Wells. LOST NEWSPAPERS.-The number of applications complaining of the miscarriage and Ides of newspapers during the the past year (in England) was 1,792, exclusive of personal ap plications, and of applications relating to newspapers sent by cross. country posts, which the hooks of the office do not distinguish. The number of newspapers found in the office with their covers burst during the year was 55,016. The number returned to the Dead.letter Office in the year was 178,889 ; and the number of newspapers placed In covers, aid forwarded with notice, in the year, was 9,912. [With these statements before them, our readers will not be surprised that occasionally their papers have not coma regularly to haad.)-Weichman, TIPPERARY REPEAL MEETING. TITURLES, SErr. 25.—This being the locality in which it was resolved by the Repeaters of the county of Tipperary to hold their long-contemplated monster meeting, all the neces sary preparations have been accordingly made by the com mittee of management appointed to conduct the preliminary arrangements ; and this, the important day fixed upon for that assemblage, as well as the dinner to be subsequently given to Mr. O'Connell, his fellow political martyrs, and other popular public men of the same party, has at length arrived. All is bustle and excitement, not only here but in most of the neighbouring towns, as well as some even of the neighbouring counties ; every district, even very distant ones, having determined to send large bodies of men of different trades and occupations, accompanied by their bands and banners, to meet Mr. O'Connell at Holycross, three or four miles from this town, about !noon to-day, there to form into regular procession, and to proceed thence through Thurles to the place of meeting. The field or fields where the plat form has been built are situated about two miles to the south of the town in a place called Knockroe, and certainly the site has been chosen with considerable felicity. The spot is distant two or three large grass fields from the high road, and slopes gently from the summit downwards all round for a considerable extent. From an early hour this morning the inhabitants of this town were all active, marshalling their respective trades, vehicles, bands, and banners, preparatory to their starting for the place oirendezvous ; and, indeed, for a great part of the day the streets presented an unusual bustle in consequence of the pouring in of people from all the surrounding districts, and the occasional and not unfrequent arrival of some new body and band, hastening to join the procession. All the shops in the town are closed and shuttered ; and the streets and roads in every direction, but particularly towards Knock - oe, are crowded with idlers, waiting for the arrival of the procession. It is arranged that the same shall pass through the principal parts of the town, and then wind along back again by another way which conducts to the road leading to the place of meeting. Bodies of horsemen and footmen, and car-borne men, and bands and banners, and trades, and vehicles of all kinds, continued tto pour in through the streets in abundance, all waiting for, or going to swell, the great proces sion on its way to the place of meeting. With the exception of the natural tendency to shout ing, and the performances of the various bands, the de meanour of the vast crowds assembled on this occasion has been marked by good order and decorum. If all the accounts we have heard of the preparations for the present gathering be true, it cannot be inferior in numbers to any of the mon ster meetings of 1843. A large body of police were drawn up in the market-place for the greater part of the day. A little after two the approach of the commencement of the pro cession was announced by the renewed shouting, and soon the variously formed column began to arrive—not, certainly, with all the regularity which it was contemplated. First came the bands, and the various trades with their banners (all the parties mounted on every possible _ procurable de scription of vehicle) of the towns of Roscrea, Templemore, Holycross, Tipperary, Thurles, Cashel, &c., &c., followed by a large body of equestrians from a place contiguous to this town, called Loughmore ; next followed a long straggling procession of cars and vehicles of all kinds, filled with the trades of various localities. Soon after came Mr. O'Connell, on the outside of his travelling carriage. His arrival was the signal for loud cheering from the crowds which lined the route of the procession. He was followed by the corporation of Kilkenny, its trades, and its band. Next came a very large body of horsemen to the number of several thousands, and then another line of cars and other machines. The pro cession had not all passed through up to post hour (half-past eight). About one o'clock to-day a detachment of infantry arrived in the town from Templemore. The proceedings of the meeting, which did not commence until about four o'clock, consisted chiefly of the presentation of an address to Mr. O'Connell, his speech in reply thereto, and a couple of other speeches, introducing one or two re solutions of the ordinary routine character, for the adoption of a petition for the repeal of the union. Nicolas Maher, Esq.. M.P., of Turtulla, was called to the chair. A sum, amounting to about 300/. repeal rent, was handed to Mr. O'Connell, by persons representing various districts in the county, as an earnest of their determination to persevere in the renewed agitation for repeal. All the parties, with their trades, banners, and bands, coming from different localities, assembled at Holycross, a small town about three miles from this, in the morning, to meet Mr. O'Connell, and conduct him thence in procession, through Thurles to the place of meeting. ' -. ' ..sue THE ARMY. The Right Hon. Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H., has returned to Woolwich, from leave of absence, and resumed the command of the garrison, which, during his absence, was held by Major-General Webber Smith. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkinson Lister Kaye, of the Royal Artillery, on half-pay, died suddenly on the 23d instant, at Leamington, in the 72d year of his age. His commissions were dated, second-lieutenant, 11th June, 1815 lieutenant, May, 1822 ; captain, July 1836. He was placed on half-pay on the 4th May, 1843. Major John Westlake has left the Wicklow Hotel, Dublin, for his seat, Ashbrooke House, county Wicklow. John Moore Napier, Esq., has left Dublin Castle, for Cashel, Tipperary, on leave. The garrison of Dublin, consisting of a troop of Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Artillery battalion, with their field bat teries; 2d Dragoon Guards; Scots Greys (Royal North British Dragoons) ; 11th, Prince Albert's Own Hussars (Captain Douglas) ;41st (Welsh), 44th, 64th, and 67th Regi ments, and Depot Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, assembled in drill order on Tuesday, the 23d inst., in the Fifteen Acres, Phoenix Park, in presence of Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney and his staff (who appeared in blue undress), for afield day. The troops performed a variety of manoeuvres; each man was provided with ten rounds of blank cartridge. Light companies, 15. The splendid charge of the Scots Greys was much admired. The weather was very fine, and a good number of spectators were present. The troops retumedtO their barracks at four o'clock. The army in Ireland consists of the following troops : Royal Horse Brigade, two troops; Royal Artillery Batta lion, detachments of 2d Dragoon Guards, 3d Dragoon Guards, Ist Royal Dragoons, 2d Royal North British Dragoons, Bth Royal Irish Hussars, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, and 13th Light Dragoons; 7th Regiment of Cavalry • sth Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th Royal, 16th, 24th, 26tC(Ca , meronians), 30th, 32d, 34th, 41st, 44th, 49th (six compa nies), 54th, 64th, 70th, 73d (service companies), 75th, 83d Regiments.—total, 16 regiments of infantry, besides six companies of the 49th Regiment, head-quarters not yet arrived from Devonport. Depots-Ist Battalion Ist Royal, 15th, 19th, 33d, 35th, 38th, 46th, 48th, 54th, and 72d Highlanders, 73d, 77th, 79th Highlanders, 82d, .85th Light Infantry, 88th Connaught Rangers, 93d Highlanders, 95th Depot and Rifle Brigade Depot, Ist Battalion. Total -19 Depots of Infantry, nine companies of Royal Marines, and officers of the Royal Engineers, thrilling an effective force of 22,600 rank and tile, of all arms. CAVALRY. Ist Royal Dragoons, Dundalk—A troop arrived at Ennis killen, from Dublin, on the 23d instant, and occupied the barracks. Captain Basttelotte's troops is stationed at Belfast. A troop is stationed at Monaghan, and two troops at Bel turbet. 2d Royal North British Dragoons, Portobello Barracks, Dublin—Captain Campbell's troop, under the command of Major Ricketts, with Lieutenant Scobell, arrived in Dublin from Belfast, on the 24th instant, and joined head•quarters, being relieved by a troop of the Ist Royal Dragoons. This corps have discontinued wearing the white feather in their fur cap. INFANTRY. sth Fusiliers, Enniskillen—Brevet Major MacGregai's company is stationed at Ballyshannon, having relieved a company of the 38th depot. The barrack accommodation is ordered to be increased, so as to be capable of holding three companies and head-quarters of a depot of infantry. 7th Fusiliers—The draft of 1 lieutenant, 1 sergeant, and 40 rank and file, marched from Charles Fort to Cork, 2Zd instant, and embarked on the same evening on board of a steamer, for Spike Island, Cove of Cork, there to await fur ther conveyance to the West Indies. 'The head-quarters and two companies under Major Yea, marched from Charles Fort. for Naas ' on the 23d of September, where it will arrive by the 6th of October. 19th (York North Riding).—Depot, Carlow. A recruiting party is ordered to march from Carlow for Dublin, there to embark, per steam-vessel, for Liverpool, en route to Leicester, to be stationed. 54th Regiment (West Norfolk).—Three of the service com panies marched from Fermoy for Cork, 23d inst. ; and head quarters and three companies, under Col. Fane, marched from Fermoy, for Cork, Sept. 24, to embark for Gibraltar on board of the Blenheim and. General Palmer transports. A recruit• ing party has marcked from Fermoy to Cork, there to embark per steam-vessel for Dublin, en route to Ballyjames Duff, to be stationed. 70th (Surrey) Regiment, Newry. Head-quarters and two companies, with the band and colours, staff, &c., under 'the command of Lieut.-Colonel White, will march from Newry for Dublin, Sept. 29, relieving, en route, Captain Chute's company at Drogheda on Oct. 1, and the company at Dundalk, the former on the Ist October, and the latter 29th September, by two companies of the same corps, when these two companies so relieved will march into Dublin with the head-quarters, and will arrive on October 3, to oc cupy barracks in Great Ship-street ; two companies will march from Newry for Dublin on the 30th September, and. will arrive on the 4th October to join head-quarters. The invalids and sick men, in charge of a sergeant, will pro ceed from Newry to Dundalk by car, and from thence to Drogheda by same conveyance, and from Drogheda to Dub lin by railway, to join the head- quarters. Mitjor Reid. is com manding the two companies stationed at IN aas, and Lieut. Oswald Pining is commanding the detachment stationed at head-quarters. Brevet-Major Paschal is stationed at Naas. The 70th Regiment will be relieved on the 29th and 30th of Septeuibep4y itevt, of the 85th Light Infantry, from Londoaderrx. 73a Regiment, Service Companies, Cork—A replanting_ party has embarked at Cork, per steamer, for Dublin, en route to Downpatrick, there to be stationed. 75th Regiment, Birr—Captain George's company is sta tioned at Shannon-bridge, where it arrived. on Sept. 20, having reiieved a company of the 6th Royal Regiment. 79th Cameronian Highlanders, Depot Belturbet—A re cruiting party is ordered to march from Belturbet, for Dublin, there to embark ,per steam-vessel to Glasgow, en route to Thurso, there to be stationed. Captains Napier and Gaisford are ordered to hold themselves in readiness to prepare to em bark for Gibraltar to join their 'service companies, in additioa to the draft of one lieutenant, one sergeant, and 50 rank an file under orders. ORDNANCE CORPS. Riffle Brigade Depot, Ist Battalion, Pigeon House Port, Dublin—Captain Reynard,stationed in command of a detach ment at Beggars' Bush Barracks, is ordered to hold himself in readiness to prepare for embarkation with the draft of 1 serjeant and 30 rank and file and 3 boys , under orders to j oin their service companies at Corfu. Major Walpole is coth manding the depot companies. ROYAL Aarruaa:ny, Wool:wren, SErr. 21—Captain R. L. Gantin's company (9th battalion of the 6th company) of Royal Artillery, will embark to - morrow (Friday) , on -board one of the W oolwich steam-packets, and proceed via the Southampton Railway to Portsmouth, where they will em bark on board the Athol troop-ship, Master Commander J. Parson, for Devonport, to relieve lingade-Major Burke Cup page's company (9th battalion, 7th company). The officers who accompany this detachment are the Second Captain R. F. Crawford, and First Lieutenant A. Pelet and A. F. F. Len nox. The Athol is expected to return direct to Woolwich, with Major ,Cuppage's company, and then to embark the two companies next in rotation for foreign service, viz., Captain Glasgow and Major Arbuckle's companies, who will proceed to Jamaica to relieve the companies of Captain Tom Ryns and Major Rowland, now stationed in that island. Corps of Pensioners—Active preparations are now being made for bringing this reserved body of veterans into a state to render them fit for active service in case of any emergency. This morning a large quantity of clothing, consisting of five large bales, three vats, and one case, were brought from the stores in the Royal Arsenal, to be made into clothes for the men. There are to be two companies, each consisting of 1 seijeant-major, 3 serjeants, and 150 rank and file. They are expected. to be shortly called out for drill and exercise. The arms will soon arrive, and will be deposited at the office of Captain J. Forbes, the superintending officer of the district, and will be issued to the pensioners on the days they are re quired to attend drill. Tn PATENT READING EASEL.—We ir.Ve s be a r highly delighted by an inspection of this most in getntd,4 useful invention, which is patronised by her PU . ( 6 _3: flan ~ o to Prince Albert, and which has been suppli , e , d, ng " , .." Buckingham Palace. It consists conic desk attached ( ‘ ', ance, be elevated or to a prop, which can, by a simple oot the book at any height or depressed at will, so as to i s ,r l) of r the reader. It can be fixed focus agreeable to the to or detached at will f s gi any chair or sofa without injuring naa arms or even marking it , so that t h e reader, whose hands are at perfect liberty, can sit back recline while reading, t h us a voiding that unhea lth y stooping position which every one is coinpeiled to assume while poring over a book on a table—a position which constantly gives rise to severe head • aches, and not unfrequentlV to severe pulmonary complaints. When packed up the wh - ole apparatus does not till half a cubic foot space, and its weight is about three pounds. It is an invention at once useful and ornamental, and it requires duly to be known to be extensively patronised. Ere long the Patent reading easel will be considered as par the regular furniture of every library and drawing-room. RESULTS OF BRISK TRADE.—At the Rochdale petty sessions, held on Monday and Wednesday, there was not a single prisoner either from the out - townships or the borough, and very few cases P - .br the decision of the magistrates.— ' Leeds filmes. ,Alt. keel for some v morning airjr/,,, of Wale, ss Alice, were toe 'winds adjoining "' r has prevent tbe _ . Is afternoon. _ a - 2 as tle to-day, vP took their depsit° e in WlitehAll• €bis ;ter, transact ed 1411: o f Canada, and use can Provinces, were e. Dispatches Go, Difice from the [GENC . o rs 10 CeSareWitC h Wee I, The Ba r l b „hicb l , - tool nrds at the lo t ig Miss, to back i s-el" . 0 10 NES quoted 1$ AKES• Idas• Mary nv Wren t--taken ams school ~rding- Pollock __take )t-awa," l , Lam --La es m gitude tast ,—takeu i RDA 0 V. flO S 8 Ralid° 111 110. TwO .., t ) ake• , ar tolle ,r'rS (' .......... .• • ............ , ...... ...... c itied; ............... a oid , b r ee Yr of t 21b ; t 0reeqw .......... .... ................. ....... 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Mr. Harmer for the Civic Chair, and the untiring determination of Alderman Thomas Wood to present himself annually as a candidate for the office of chief magistrate of the first city in the world, which his brethren of the Livery had always accorded to him by a show of hands, but whose wishes the Court of Aldermen, in the plenitude of their judgment, had not thought it right to ac cede to, have in no small degree increased that interest, and strengthened the determination of the Livery to persevere in returning to the Court of Alderman a gentleman whom they were convinced was in every respect well qualified to till the office, and who had only been prevented from doing so by the unjust scruples entertained by the Court of Alder men. The intention of Alderman Thomas Wood again to ask the suffrages of the Livery having been an nounced, all was excitement and bustle at the Guildhall to-day. At an early hour the neighbourhood of King-street and the Guildhall presented a good show of pla cards calling upon the Livery to elect Alderman Thomas Wood and Alderman Johnson. to the civic chair, but those of the former preponderated considerably. Shortly before 12 o'clock the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and sheriffs assembled in the Council Chamber, and from thence proceeded in state to the chureh of St. Lawrence Jewry, where a most excellent sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's chaplain, the Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A., of Christ Church, from the 23d chapter of the 2d book of Samuel, and the 3d verse, " He that ruleth over men must be just." Shortly after one o'clock the Lord Mayor and Aldermen returned to the Hall, which was at the time densely crowded. Mr. Alderman Wood was most enthusiastically cheered. Among the Aldermen on the platform we noticed Johnsen, Sidney, Farncomb, Sir James Duke, and others. The usual preliminary business having been gone through, The COMMON SERGEANT, in the absence of the Recorder, then came forward, and said, that in consequence of the un fortunate absence of the Recorder, occasioned by an over whelming calamity, it was his duty to tell the Livery that they were convened for the exercise of the valuable privilege --(Cries of " Bravo")—of electing a chief magistrate for the year ensuing. The Livery had the power of nominating two persons to be returned to the Court of Alderman who had served the office of sheriff ; the name of those Aldermen who had not passed the chair would all be put up for their choice, and they could choose any two of them, provided they had filled the office of sherifl. That the election of the Livery would fall upon the most eligible person, he had no doubt, from the former choice they had made, and in order that their election should be free and unbiassed, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, in company with the Sheriffs, would retire from the Hall. _ A LIVERYMAN—WiII the Court of Aldermen elect the person who is the choice of the Livery?—that is all we re quire.— (Great cheering.) Mr. Alderman WOOD then came forward amid cheering from all parts of the Hall, and when silence was somewhat restored, he spoke evidently under considerable agitation. He said,—Gentlemen, I am aware that it is not customary for an Alderman, before the chair, to address you at so early a stage of the meeting as this. Jut I have done so before, and I mean to follow the same course to-day. I shall, however, only addrest a few words to you on this occasion. —(Cheers.) lam in . the rotation under circumstances very different from former years, and however my claims might have suffered or my motives been maligned—however much I might have been made the dupe of others in all these relations, I think I have a warrantry to say, by the respectable assemblage I see present to support me, that your confidence is not diminished, and that you will exhibit your sense of fair play and justice by returning me to the office I so highly covet.—(Cries of "We will," and cheering.) I would not have addressed you at all but for certain slanderous reports that have been circulated in the course of the morning that I ani - so embarrassed by , writs that no trust of any respectability can be reposed in me.—(Shame and cheers.) No grosser falsehood could be published. There is no such thing as a writ out against me—(Cheers)—there never has been one, and if those persons who have the dis position to slander would have the courage to come forward and avow these reports here, I should know how to deal with them. I stand here, as I have done before, claiming your support as a city servant faithful in the discharge of my duties, and firm in the execution of them. I stand hree as anxious) to extend the rights of my fellow-citizens as I am to preserve my own.—(Great cheering.) The COMMON SERGEANT then again came to the front of the platform, and the names of the Aldermen who had not passed the chair were proposed seriatim to the Livery. The greatest acclamation followed the announcement. of Mr. Alderman Wood's name, nor was the cheering much lessened when sir. Alderman John Johnson was mentioned. Scarcely any hands were held up for the remaining Alder men, Sir George Carroll, Sir James Duke, or Messrs. Hooper, Farncomb, Hunter, Musgrove, Sidney, and Moon. The COMMON SERGEANT announced that the choice of the Livery had fallen on Messrs. Aldermen Wood and Johnson. The Lord Mayor, with the civic body, then retired. After an absence of about half an hour, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs returned to the Hall, when The COMMON SERGEANT announced that the choice of the Court of Aldermen had fallen upon Alderman Johnson.— (Cheers and hisses.) _ _ _ The LORD MAYOR Elect then came forward amid a storm of cheers and hisses. He was understood to say that he thanked them sincerely for the honour they had done him, and that it would be his duty to advance those objects which would tend to the good of their city. He trusted to meet them at the end of the year, and to receive congratulations as sincere as those which greeted him that day. He again cordially thanked them for the honour they had done him. Mr. Alderman Woon, who was received with tumultuous cheering, said—Gentlemen of the Livery, although defeated for the time, and deprived of my just rights and expectations, be assured of this, that I feel the utmost gratitude to you for your honest and earnest efforts to secure my election. I have never witnessed a more respectable hall, or a more intelligent or distinguished Livery in the course of my life, and consider ing the support that you have given me, it is not the least of my disappoiatments thas expectirtions. have, not-t been realised.—(Cheers.) is i not • / foi me 'fa divine. the reason which operated for my rejection—it is only for me to deal with the facts as I find them. I came among you as a magistrate, and, having fulfilled the duties of a magistrate correctly, I was returned for the honourable office of sheriff. I did not come among you as a rich man, making a boast of my riches as a more substantial qualification for the performance of the duties of that office. You have seen me performing the various duties of the Livery, and I can appeal with confidence to themannerin which those duties have been discharged las a man making no pretensions to extraordinary wealth I was surprised to find that that was one of tha causes of my rejection. I am not, forsooth, rich enough to sustain the office with dignity.—(Cheers, cries of " Shame," and hisses.) If you look to this test you will find that you exclude men of honour, men of probity, and men every way fitted for the high office. But, apart from this consideration, it is alleged against me that I was unfortunate enough some five years ago to enter into a speculation which turned out bad. is there no speculation now?—(Tremendous cheering.) Why speculation is the order of the day.—(Cheers.) Who can take up an ordinary newspaper, without seeing the names of the magistracy of the City attached to schemes which every one knows cannot be realised, and which are only for the purpose of selling Scrip, those respectable names acting as a decoy.— (Load cheers and hisses.) If this is to be the rule which is to deprive men of this high office, lam quite content. I have received my punishment, and I shall watch with attention, and give my sympathy to those who shall be similarly dealt with.—(Cheers.) The worthy Alderman again thanked the Livery, and assured them that, through good and bad report, he should still claim their sup port and sympathy.—(Cheers.) Mr. Deputy ALLEN proposed, and Mr. HOPPER seconded, a vote of thanks to the late sheriffs, which, having been car ried, Mr. Alderman Hunter and Mr. Alderman Sidney returned thanks. The Hall was then dissolved. We understand that a company is in formation for the refining of sugar in this port, and that the necessary steps have been taken for registering it. —Hull Advertiser. Cuarous EXCEPTION.—The resident medical officer ' of one of our London hospitals receives a salary of 1201. per annum, with board and lodging, but has to find his own tea and sugar.—Medical Times. " GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR."—At a meeting of attorneys and solicitors, which took place a few days ago in Dublin, a resolution to the following effect was unanimously agreed to :—" That some members of the bar were in the habit of taking instructions, attending the local courts, police offices, and prisoners in the gaols, without the intervention of an attorney, contrary to the usage of the bar, and to the infringement of the rights of attorneys, and that henceforth those present at the meeting would not act professionally with any member of the bar who should continue to conduct himself in such a manner." It was mentioned at the meeting in the course of the proceedings, that members of the bar had been known to take even a shilling from a person in the dock. ----- WINDOW CLEANING.—A dreadful accident hap pened on Saturday evening, at the house of the lion. Mrs. Newenham Collingwood, 30, York-place, Portman-square, to Richard Alphich, a bailiff at that lady's co un t r y seat, w h o lad come to London for a few days. It appears that, in the absence of Mrs. Collingwood, Alphich was assisting s ome o f the other servants sa cleaning the upper windows of the house, and while standing on the sill his foot slipped, and he fell into the area beneath, a height of nearly thirty feet. Assistance was rendered as soon as possible, and upon his removal to the hospital, it was discovered that he was suf fering from a very severe fracture of the hip, besides other injuries on different parts of the body. Every means that surgical skill could suggestwas adopted, but he lies in a very precarious state. 2% 31 A2 ) 3X, 1.7 A 1 4% 1 514 I THE DINNER. This event came off in a capacious pavilion. It was deco rated in the interior with evergreens and flowers. It was supported by sixteen pillars inside, which were also hung with evergreens. The building, which is about seventy yards long by thirty wide, had a raised dais for the cross table at the head of the room, at which the chairman and guests sat,, and at the opposite end was a commodious gallery for ladies. Covers were laid for between 800 and 900 persons, but there could not have been less than) 1,200 or 1,300 persons present at the dinner in the course of the night, exclusive of the ladies in the galleries, which, together with all parts of the extensive edifice, were completely filled. About half-past seven o'clock Mr. O'Connell, attired in the uniform of the 'B2 Club, entered the building, and was re ceived with loud cheering. The chair was taken by Nicholas Maher, .Esq., M.P. Amongst the company and guests present were the Mayors of Clonmel, Waterford, Kilkenny, and Limerick, all dressed in their robes of office; Caleb Powell, Esq., M.P. ; James Kelly, Esq , M.P. ; M. J. O'Connell, Esq., M.P. ; Dr. Gray, &c. After dinner the CHAIRMAN gave as . toasts " The Queen," " The Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family re sident in England." The CHAIRMAN said the next toast on his list was " The People."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave, after one or two complimentary and introductory remarks, ie toast of the night—namely, " The Health of Mr. O'Connell and the Repeal of the Union." —( Loud cheering for several minutes.) Mr. O'CONNELL said, as soon as the cheering had subsided it had been truly observed that this was a glorious day for Tipperary.—(Hear.) What a magnificent spectacle had the meeting of that day presented. So many human beings con gregated with the tranquillity of infantine moments, but with the firm resolve of manhood—so many of the buoyant youth, the stalwart prime, and the hale old age ! So many, too, of that portion of the creation without whom life would be worse than a blank.—(Cheers.) He had entered into an engagement for Tipperary which it had not disappointed.—(Hear.) Oh ! the sight of that day was a sight worth looking at.—(Cheers.) It was a noble scene—it was a noble purpose.—(Cheers.) And he pledged himself for Tipperary that it would not be one day alone it would act, but that it would, determinately pursue this peaceably tranquil course of obtaining their liberties by moral force alone—of achieving their freedom in a manner that would do honour to human nature.—(Cheers.) But if their object was transcendently great and useful, it still became them to look to their present position—to con trast that condition with what it had been, and by drawing lessons from the past, see how far, by prudent management, they might advance that position in future. They ought to see, as they went on, whether they could not make their position even better than it was at present. Four years ago what had the repeal cause been ?—'(Hear, and cheers.) It had been in its infancy. A few scores of Repeaters met in Dublin ; that was all, and they were laughed at.—(llbar, and cheers.) Were they laughed at now ?—(Cheers.) The Whigs thought they were tainted if the Repeaters " came betwixt the wind and their nobility.' —(Laughter.) Even in the House of Commons he had been scoffed at for dreaming of such a thing.—(Hear.) But then, that day, he had 300,000 or 400,000 men declaring they should have repeal and nothing else.—(Loud cheers.) What the people wanted was the application to them of that principle without which no man's private business could go on well or prosperously. They wanted to be allowed to manage their own affairs. That which was applicable to the purposes of private life in this respect was equally so in a national point of view. It was impossible for any foreign power to manage successfully the domestic government of a nation with which it was not well acquainted, or with which it had no sympathies. Now, that was what the English neaion proposed, to do with regard, to themOnst they weuld as SclpSOlisiOterif . io Englantrk He - 01 r. Pitinted slut as Islanshy which mbn might redsess'llieir vances, through the means of powerful but peaceful agitation, and that plan they would pursue. The wise perseverance in that plan had already burst the bonds by which they had formerly been surrounded, and had compelled the English nation to listen to their demands. The English minister was now only waiting to pass such measures as might be pleasing to thelrish people. It now became necessary to appease the people, instead of endeavouring to govern the country by soldiers, as was the old plan. They had tried that plan, and it had failed. The people of Ireland never intended to fight with England, but they would conquer her without fighting.—(Loud cheering) Well, seeing that they had failed in putting down repeal by force, they then tried the law.—(Hear, laughter, and cheers.) Every art of legal ingenuity was put forth against the Repeaters. But while in the Court it always ever so happened that the Re peaters were in the wrong and the Attorney-General right. It was still "head, I win ; harp, you lose."—(Laughter.) How ever, it subsequently turned out that justice was stronger than the law. They had exhausted force and the law in endeavouring to put down repeal ; what would be tried next? Bribery and corruption.—(Cheers.) Their plan now was to purchase the Roman Catholic clergy.—(Cries of "Oh," and groaning.) He would ask though , had the English Minister purchased a single clergyman by the grant to May nooth?—(Cheers and cries of " No.") Had one Catholic curate deserted his country on that account ?—(Loud cries of " No.") No ! nor could they purchase the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland, if they transferred to Maynooth all the property of Trinity College, Dublin.—(Cheers.) He would say nothing then of the Charitable Bequests Bill ; and as to the education scheme and the Colleges Bill, he would leave that to the condemnation which the Roman Catholic Bishops had passed on it. The people of Ireland had already beaten down force and fraud. ; and corrup tion would equally fail in subduing them.—(Loud cheers.) When the present Ministry came in, it was said that concessian to Ireland had reached its limits. But now, even with a majority Of 100 at their back, that Ministry must adopt a different principle, because th 7 find the people of Ireland cannot be crushed.—(Cheers.) The Minister was now prepared to do something for Ireland. Now, he would ask, what was it which made this great difference between 1841 and 1845? He would tell them. It was a great secret which should go no further.—( Laughter.) A little bird had whispered it to him. What was it? Conciliation Hall.— (Loud cheering.) The Quarterly Review, however, had one great plan in store for settling the question about Ireland. That was, by pensioning the Roman Catholic clergy of Ire land.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He would like to know where they were to get the money for that project ?—(Hear.) It would take one million at least to make anything like a de cent provision of this sort. But lie scouted at such an idea. The Roman Catholic clergy were too honest, too conscien tious to 'sell their people thus.—(Loud cheers.) The people of Ireland had attained their present position in tranquil times—when England was at peace with the world, when her operatives were contented because employed, and her mercantile and agricultural inte rests in the most flourishing condition. Under such circumstances he would call upon them to pursue steadily and peaceably the course which they were following, and he would venture to prophecy that they would eventually succeed. But, stood the case alone so? What security was there that this prosperity of England was to be continuous? She was at peace now with France and America, but - who could answer for a continuance of that peace. —(Hear.) Who could answer for it that England might not have her seasons again, as she had before, of agricultural, commercial distress? Let that time come. and Ireland would have her own, and England would hagladl.o make that allianeewhich the people of Ireland were now anxious to make with her—an alliance upon the principle of a separate system of legislation under the same Monareli—(Cheers)—and with their own Parliament to make laws for them.—(Cheers.) For the fulfilment of this object they had only to pursue the course they were now parattipg• Let them wait for the time that Englani `„" -~- ~-.~ i itt.i-if v° ~--. / '