The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE-It was not without curiosity we waited to see how Lord Ellenborough would complete his cycle of contradictions it word and action ; and it is not without amusement we read the last exertion of his lungs military. Those who remember Lord Ellen borough's speech at the London Tavern, before leav ing England, and the extraordinary warmth of the expressions it contained of sympathy with the people 6: India—those who remember (and who can forget?) hie first proclamations of policy when arrived at hi seat of empire —may sigh or smile, according to their respective temperaments, at the thorough and t .tel contrast of this last flourish of drums and trum- Fes. According to Lord Ellenborough's prologue, nis whole soul was turned to the arts of peace, and his whole energies were to be devoted to pacific im peovements ; according to his epilogue, his whole soul i. devoted to camps and cantonments, and his whole r e er - ret in leaving India, is that of being separated from the army. A French Jacobin exclaimed "Mon am , ; est sans-culotte !" Lord Ellenborough's soul is Sepoy. The hundred millions have vanished from the view of the Brummagem Napoleon ; and all that is not military is, in his estimate, merely Pekin. By the way, talking of Pekin, is is a new light to ti:e British public, that it has to thank Lord Ellen leerough for the conduct of the Chinese war, and the 1 - :ice of Nankin. We are bold to say, this was un .own before. It was unknown that the Chinese war wes not that of the British arms and councils, but of the Ex-Governor-General of India. If this had sterner transpired, it might have spared Britain a monster ingratitude. It was erroneously imagined tilt Lord Ellenborough's achievements were Sinde and Gwalior—the former fertile of additional bur- Wens, and provoked mutinies of his dear Sepoys—the latter, where- crudeness of conception was betrayed h abortiveness of result. These are Lord Ellenbo rough's trophies : let him not clutch at those won for us by the commenced operations of the late Govern ment, and their successful close under the present. If it be pleaded that the total revolution in the tone of this eccentric ex-functionary, who swaggered in all civil, and swaggers out, as we have seen, all military —is fairly chargeable only on his improved insight into the attributes of our power; we can only say, that a sense of imperfect initiation should have made him more modest at first ; that a sense of former miscon ception should have rendered him now more cautious. Thit, if he was wrong before, he has now mistaken for right merely the reverse of that wrong. If he was wrong in his ostentatious announcement that swords were to be turned into pruning -hooks, he is not les.; wrong in his equally ostentatious announcement that our main stay is the sword. A wise man would have blurted out neither the one nor the other un called-for sentiment. If he must needs make the bases of our power matter of speech, which belong better to action—if he must needs favour our attentive enemies with his fleeting and personal impressions of what we nthght, would, should, or should not have done—and what we may, can, or shall do—he should, at least, have sought to embrace his whole subject better. If the ruler of India was to put forth review articles on our Indian policy, he should have tried to write them like those ascribed to Mr. Macaulay. If he was resolved to furnish food for Eastern fancy to chew the cud upon, about the prestige of our power, and so forth—his Lordship should have given himself the trouble to present a lea crude and more complete idea of that great teeral ascendancy. lie began by believing that the prestige " of Ellenborough and his fortunes was to bear everything before it ; he ends with the mere physical-force charter of Sepoy swords. And he is the Governor, under whom these very Sepoys have Leen made naturally mutinous by demands of uncon t reeted-for service beyond that very Indus whose boun d ley he had himself designated as our ne plus ultra. Yes, we can well believe Lord Ellenborough now sees reason to hold other views of the posture of eivi- Eed power, girt by semi-barbarians. Notwithstand ng this exclusively martial flourish of his—which iThws naturally from the smart which he feels from the civilian rod which has beaten him out of India— e will hope to see him come hack among us a sad der and wiser man. Like Napoleon, after taking feeewell of his Old Guard, he seeks refuge in Eng l.:l. The Brummagem Napoleon, however, is a ehele safer company than the actual one. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle of this d sy, in a long article replying to the observations of e Times and Morning Post upon Lord Wharn speech, asserts that " the Standard shrinks fren either publishing or praising the speech." Oer answer to the first part of this charge is, that e e published the speech at length on Saturday lest ; and to the second part we reply, that in (!e•hnding the principle clearly enounced in Lord ‘Vflarncliffe's address, we imagine we did more to serve the speaker's purpose than we edd have done by applying the commonplaces ef eulogy to what was plainly intended as a simple o yelorned statement of the view of the noble speaker a:1 his colleagues. We published the speech, we re p ,t it, on Saturday. The - Ilorning Chronicle did not publish it until Tuesday ; nor the Times until yester dy. To which of us can the charge of shrinking be In iet properly applied ? We gave the speech as soon as we got it, and defended it as soon as it was at tc eked. 'What more could we do? But why should see elarink from repeating our avowal of acquiescence i principles which we have avowed since tee very first establishment of this journal, and which Co: writer of these lines has always maintained ? We L :ve ever held that it is the duty of the State to peovide the means of education for all who are not ado to provide these means for themselves. For ti e Church we claim this right, in common with all other denominations of Christians ; and claim ) that whatever provision may he made for I )issenters shall not be made in a manner insulting, or otherwise derogatory, to the just social claims_ of the Church, or in a manner to in j ire the interests of that pure religion of which she is the guardian. Subject to these qualifications, which ' surely are not unreasonable, the most ample provi sions that can be made for the education of the people w 11 be the best for the Church and for the country. We remember that when Lord Brougham first com trenced his noble task of promoting the education of t I - le poor, many good but mistaken men expressed alarm t the danger that, as the proposition came from a dis t:nguished leader in the latitudinarian Whig party, its effect must correspond with its suspected purpose hi undermining the religious principles of the humbler c' asses. Lord Brougham has otherwise honourably indicated himself from these unjust suspicions; and the result of his labours has been gloriously opposite to Viat which was feared from them. In proportion se: education has extended, the religious feeling of I:.e population has advanced ; and not only have the mass become better Christians, they have become more attached Churchmen. It is quite true that in the rural districts the people have always pre "rverl their religious feeling, without the aid of read ing and writing, so long as they adhered to the do toestic hearth, and were provided with the teaching of a faithful parish minister ; and it was this happy y - ew of rustic life which startled many at the pros pect of a change. But, in the rural districts, re ligious knowledge was, like much ether useful thlewledge, traditional- derived from the oral com munication of beloved parents, and a respected ministry. They know little of history who suppose reading and writing the only means of instruction. The analogy of the general rustic life of England is, 1:o wever, wholly misapplied to the state of social I fie that has grown up in the last fifty years in cur manufacturing districts, and been permitted to grow up in too many of our great towns, and in some of our unprovided and neglected country perishes. Men exposed to the corruptions and dis tractions and the gaol fever of the soul, that is sure to be generated where multitudes are crowded to gether without any moral preservative, must become more and more depraved—ultimately depraved to the point of loathing instruction, unless it come in some very attractive form. It is only by the agency of letters that you can effectually and peemanently operate upon the minds of such persons, even to the point of bringing them to listen to their religious teachers; and, therefore, a knowledge of reading and writing is a necessary for a great por tion of our people, if they are to be preserved from a state of utter corruption fatally infectious to the whole community. With such a danger threatening neither the Church nor Church men would withhold the remedy on slight consi derations. They would leave it to the sectarian oppo nents of Sir J. Graham's Bill of last year, to oppose the saving blessing upon selfish grounds—trusting to him who inspired the wisdom of Solomon, to give back the children, whom the dishonest claimants would willing permit to perish, to the real parent, who proved parental love by even the most painful sacrifice. This, we are confident, is the almost uni versal feeling of Churchmen—we know that it has always been ours. Let all the people be educated by the Church by all means, if they will accept educa tion from the Church; but in any case let all the people be educated. TUB COTTON CROP.—THE DROUTH.—We regret much, says the Caddo Gazette of the 14th inst., to hear (rum almost every quarter, of the great damage which is being done to the crops by the extraordinary drouth. ()n many plantations, as we understand, where it has been usual to make as much as could be gathered, there hill not be made the present year more than 4001bs. of cotton to the acre. Picking has been commenced for some time, and a fair day's work is made, but it is feared that there will be but little left to open after the first picking. The weed is often found drying up from the root to the top.—Savannah Georgian. The Animals' Friend Society, of 18, Strand, yes_ turd the driver of the cab 853, badge 640, to be 4api,Mr, Cottingham, for furiously driving and pit - wirpifingpuilitorse, the case having been proved ~-' by Efolicil•cenneWW: gginge THE LATE AFFRAY in OTAHEITE. We have been favoured with two private letters from Otaheite to the 25th of April last, detailing the particulars of the affray between the French and the natives, of which only partial accounts hav,. hitherto appeared. The following are extracts from the lett rs, which are addressed to a gentleman holding an official situa tion in this country :-- Otaheite, April 24. I wrote you on the 25th ult. by the Favourite, English whaler. The Eagle leaves to-morrow for the United States, and I avail myself of the opportunity of furnishing you with a report of the doings at Ota heite. In my last I related some of the causes which led the natives of these islands to stand up for their country and liberties. Denounced and outlawed by the invaders, driven to a last dire extremity, they assembled to the number of about 1,000, preferring death from the guns of their enemies to dragging out a weary existence as miserable slaves. The French pursued them; and the result has been a bloody battle, of which I shall proceed to give you some par ticulars; and as it took place at a place called Ma haena, let it be chronicled in history as " The Battle of Mahaena. " The French war steamer Phaeton, and the frigate Uranie, sixty-four guns, came to anchor in the har bour of Papetii, the former having the greater part of the wounded on board, la-t night, and the latter this day, bringing intelligence of a desperate engagement between 800 marines, soldiers, and artillery, of the French forces in the Pacific, and about 1,000 Otahei tans. Both parties suffered severely, but the Otahei tans remain masters of the field of battle. The Otahei tans had shown considerable judgment in the selec tion of their encampment ; where nature had failed to supply a defence, large embankments of sand and earth were raised, with deep trenches on either side. In their rear was a thick and ahnost impenetrable bush, in case of their being compelled to retreat. On their fortification were mounted six guns, and altogether it was well calculated to stand a regular siege. The lines of defence extended about 300 yards ; a solid embank ment of earth and sand, supported inside with large logs of wood, cut into lengths of about six feet, the earth being on a level with the tops of the logs on the outside, and about ten feet thick. About five o'clock on the morning of the 18th the French commenced landing, protected by the guns of the steamer and frigate ; and as there was some diffi culty in this, it was past ten before they were in mo tion for the attack, with a number of field-pieces, and led on by Governor Bruat in person. An individual of the name of Henry, a son of a missionary here, and who is indebted ta the natives of the island entirely for his subsistence, pointed out to the French is path by which they could reach a hill which commanded part of the encampment ; and although a strong party with muskets could do little damage by being in pos session of this spot, yet when a few field-pieces were stationed there the havoc was great. When the main body of the French saw that this spot had been gained, and which the Otaheitans neglected to defend, the attack commenced. The struggle that ensued was dreadful, the Otaheitans fighting man to man with their spears against the bayonets of the French sol diers (for not above one-half of the Otaheitans had fire-arms). Their desperation and their mortal hatred of the French told volumes. When the least oppor tunity offered the thundering broadsides of the Uranie, and long guns of the steamer, never ceased to assist in the fierce conflict. Grapa shot and shells were abundant as hail in December, still the contest was maintained ; the trenches were strewed with the dead. Wounded on the part of the Otaheitans there were none; for, infuriated to a degree, they fought as if a spirit possessed them. One man, without so much as a stick in his hand, after being mortally wounded with a bullet, picked up a stone, and aimed it at Governor firuat, who barely avoided it. He reeled and fell a lifeless corpse. The guns on the hill had continued to tell fearfully on the ranks of the brave Otaheitans, and a retreat of a few yards into the woods in their rear was advisable. Thither they marched, and the French, glad, no .doubt, to purchase a respite on any terms, judged it by no means prudent to pursue where the contest would have been so unequal for them ; Ind here ends the second battle between Otaheite and France. The French have suffered severely—at the very lowest, I should say, 100 men ; while on the other side it is almost impossible to ascertain their oss ; but as they only acted on the defensive through mt, it may reasonably be presumed that the loss on esth sides is about eqe al. By their accounts, on their trrival here, the loss was stated to be 13 men—the irst lieutenant and one junior ditto of the steamer, end about 40 wounded ; the following day, 27 killed Ind wounded ; and now the Governor himself admits that they have lost 48, and upwards of 70 wounded. I fear every day will add to this number, for the boats ,f the frigates and steamers seem to be occupied only in transferring bodies from the vessels to their long -esting-place. This loss is exclusive of those killed whilst landing, which may have been about 50 ; they 'tad to land upon a reef, where a tremendous sea was freaking. Offers of peace have been proposed by Governor „runt to the Otaheitans. The answer sent back was characteristic of the Otaheitans—" Before any pro positions would be considered, the French Governor , nust restore the lives of their murdered countrymen." Che Otaheitan custom after battle was always to hury the bodies not only of their friends but also of heir enemies, and nothing could he more insulting ban the way the French abused the bodies of the dain. They piled up the dead bodies in heaps as a trophy of their victory. I blush to tell it, hut truth requires it. The reason the French Governor assigns Or this murderous affair, according to the statement of is secretary, was to avenge the blood of their country nen who fell in their first battle, and for the honour of France. These were his very words. The avenging the blood of their countrymen is ridiculous ; in tact, a more unjustifiable case of murder never was eerpetrated. Post- Pomare, the Queen of Otaheite, •-emains on board the Basilisk English man-of-war. [n her letter to Admiral Thomas she says, " I and , ny people have sworn before God, that no power but England shall govern Otaheite while we live." The sandwich Islands have been erected into an indepen lent state ; and why should not Otaheite ? Three Commissioners—one from England, one from France, ind another from the United States—men of probity mud wisdom, could be found to assist Otaheitans for ~wo or three years, and after that they might be able -o manage their arrangements with foreign powers themselves. As regards their internal affairs, laws, and regulations, they were as well managed as in any .:ountry in the world before France interfered with hem. There seas a report current some few days ago that it was the intention of the French to take Queen Po mare out of the English vessel, and, believe me, this report may be true as to Governor Bruat's intention, tbr nothing now would surprise us. Upon the natives hearing this report respecting the Queen, this place was deserted to a man, not even the lowest and wretched creatures kept in the pay of the French would hear of this outrageous proceeding, and in consequence, I suppose, it has been given up. April 25. I wrote you a few days ago, expecting that the Eagle would have sailed ere now ; something, how ever has detained her, and I avail myself of this op portunity of giving you further particulars of the late unfortunate collision between the French and the natives. Instead of the Otaheitans being com pelled to retreat, it turns out to have been merely a manceuvre on the part of the natives to draw their enemies farther into their power; and with regard to the natives having suffered such severe loss, it turns out that they have not lost above 80 men, while the loss on the part of the French is allowed to be at the very least 120. In fact, from the nature of the ground, the strong defences of the en campment, and their determined opposition, it could not have turned out otherwise. When the Otaheitans retired they expected the enemy to pursue, instead of which they threw a little sand over the bodies of their unfortunate companions, piled up the bodies of their enemies, and in great haste made the best of their way to their ships. Many who were mortally wounded they took with them, but 'before they had reached the vessel these were no more. They filled one large double canoe and one of their boats with the bodies, and sank them out at sea. Somehow this had not been well managed, for ever since, the coast, for upwards of twenty miles, had been strewn with bodies, upwards of sixty having been counted by an Englishman who resides in that part of the island. The frigate Uranie was in such a hurry to get away, that they cut the chain of one of their best anchors, leaving a buoy at it: This buoy rope the natives have since cut, and in consequence the anchor is lost. Governor Bruat has entirely failed in his endeavours to conciliate the natives—they will not listen to his proposals. I think he at last sees the propriety of pursuing a different policy towards the Otaheitans, but it is too late. His murderous thirst may be satiated. The honour and glory of France may, in his estimation, have received an addition, but he has stirred up a deadly feeling of hatred which never will be effaced.—Times. We hear that the military road to New Brnnswick and Nova Scotia is expected to be opened in the course of the present season ; that a site which has been ex plored is nearly level, and that the distance to Halifax will be diminished nearly a hundred miles, so that with proper management a communication by post may be effected in sixty hours. This is truly an imperial work, which, particularly when the fort and grand falls is erected, with other military works in contemplation, will greatly add to the security and advantage of all the Bri tish North American provinces.— Quebec Gazette. SHOREHAM. — The first section of the breakwater was launched on Saturday, but owing to the quay giving way, the breakwater did not go far enough into the river to float, aed must now remain in its present posi tion until next spring tides. Two more sections are nearly ready to be launched, --Brighton Qazette. THE DEATH OF JOE SMITH, THE MORMONITE LEADER. (From the Naiwoo Neighbor.) Possibly the following events occupied near three minutes, but I think only about two, and have penned them for the gratification of many friends. CARTHAGE, JUNE 27, 1844.—A shower of musket balls were thrown up the stairway against the door of the prison in the second story, followed by many rapid footsteps. While Generals Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Mr. Taylor, and myself, who were in the front cham ber, closed the door of our room against the entry at the head of the stairs, and placed ourselves against it, there being no lock on the door and no ketch that was useable. The door is a common panel, and as soon as we heard the feet at the stairs head, a ball was sent through the door, which passed between us, and showed that our enemies were desperadoes, and we must change our position. General Joseph Smith, Mr. Taylor, and myself, sprang back to the front part of the room, and General Hyrum Smith retreated two-thirds across the chamber directly in front of and facing the door. A ball was sent through the door which hit Hyrutn on the side of his nose, when he fell backwards extended at length without moving his feet. From the holes in his vest (the day was warm, and no one had their coats on but myself) pantaloons, drawers, and shirt, it appears evident that a ball must have been thrown from without, through the window, which entered his back on the right side, and passing through, lodged against his watch, which was in his right vest pocket, completely pulverising the crystal and face, tearing off the hands, and mash ing the whole body of the watch, at the same instant the ball from the door entered his nose. As he struck the floor he exclaimed emphatically, " I'm a dead man." Joseph looked towards him, and responded, " 0 dear ! Brother Hyrum!" and opening the door two or three inches with his left hand, dis charged one barrel of a six shooter (pistol) at random in the entry, from whence a ball grazed Hyrum's breast, and entering his throat, passed into his head, while other muskets were aimed at him, and some balls hit him. Joseph continued snapping his re solver, round the casing of the door into the space as before, three barrels of which missed fire, while Mr. Taylor with a walking stick stood by his side and knocked down the bayonets and muskets, which were con stantly dischargirig through the door-way, while I stood by him ready to lend any assistance with another stick, but could not come within striking distance, without going directly before the muzzle of the guns. When the revolver failed, we had no more fire-arms, and expecting an immediate rush of the mob, and the doorway full of muskets—half way in the room, and no hope but instant death from within —Mr. Taylor rushed into the window, which is some fifteen or twenty feet from the ground. When his body was nearly on a balance, a ball from the door within entered his leg, and a ball from without struck his watch, a patent lever, in his vest pocket, near the left breast, and smashed it in " pie," leaving the hands standing at five o'clock, 16 minutes, and 26 seconds—the force of which ball threw him back on the floor, and he rolled under the bed which stood by his side, where he lay motionless, the mob from the door continuing to fire upon him, cutting away a piece of flesh from his left hip as large as a man's hand, and were hindered only by my knocking down their muzzles with a stick ; while they continued to reach their guns into the room, probably left handed, and aimed their discharge so far around as almost to reach us in the corner of the room to where we re treated and dodged, and then I re-commenced the attack with my stick again. Joseph attempted as the last resort, to leap the same window from whence Mr. Taylor fell, when two balls pierced from the door, and one entered his right breast from without, and he tell outward, exclaiming, " 0 Lord my God !" As his feet went out of the window my head went in, the balls whistling all around. He fell on his left side a dead man. At this instant the cry was raised, " He's leaped the window," and the mob on the stairs and in the entry ran out. I with drew from the window, thinking it of no use to leap out on a hundred bayonets, then around Gen. Smith's body. Not satisfied with this I again reached my head out of the window and watched some seconds to see if there were any signs of life, regardless of my own, determined to see the end of him I loved ; being fully satisfied that he was dead, with a hundred men near the body, and more coining round the corner of the gaol, and expecting a return to our room, I rushed towards the prison door at the head of the stairs, and through the entry from whence the firing had proceeded, to learn if the doors into the prison were open. When near the entry, Mr. Taylor called out, "Take me." I pressed my way till I found all the doors unbarred ; returning instantly, caught Mr. Taylor under my arm, and rushed by the stairs into the dungeon, or inner prison, stretched him on the floor and covered him with a bed in such a manner as not likely to beperceived, expecting an immediate return of the mob. I said to Mr. Tay lor, this is a hard case to lay you on the floor, but if your wounds are not fatal I want you to live to tell the story. I expected to be shot the next moment, and stood before the door awaiting the onset. WILLARD RICHARDS. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER. (From the Farmer's Magazine.) It is certainly a most pleasing task for us to have to report, this month, most favourably of the weather for harvest work. Notwithstanding some few showers have fallen in most parts of England, the atmosphere has proved, taken as a whole, as fine as could have been desired. This fortunate circumstance has, as our readers must be aware, produced benefits of no ordinary nature to the British husbandman, whose time, during the month, has been actively occupied in the field. Such was the rapidity with which cutting and carrying were carried on in its early part, that a general conclusion of those highly important opera tions, so far as regards wheat, barley, and oats, was arrived at by or very shortly after the 15th, while by the 20th the beans and peas had been all secured. In those districts north of the Humber, though a few patches of oats and Leans are still out, the crops may now be considered as safely stacked. A difference of opinion, as is almost invariably the case at this season, appears to have sprung up as to the quality of the present year's produce ; but this, in our opinion, is a question speedily set at rest. It is quite evident that, at the commencement of cutting, a time marked with considerable humidity in the southern counties, large quantities of wheat and barley were carried too hurriedly ; hence reached the stack-yard in a condition alike unsatisfactory to the growers as well as to the dealers. This, however, was an exception to the general rule ; for general we may consider it when the resplendent weather which followed is taken into consideration. As might be expected, the farmer's care is that of wisely disposing, at the earliest possible period, of his damp wheats, apprehensive as he may be of their not improving in stack ; hence the primary cause of so many out-of-condition parcels having been brought forward in the different markets. Taking, therefore, this year's produce of the grain crops from one end of the country to the other, we maintain, and we think, upon the very best authority, that it has never been exceeded, though it might have been equalled in quality, in any previous year. Thus much as relates to quality, and we shall now briefly revert to produce. It is admitted on all hands, though, of course, partial deficiencies are to be met with, that the yield of wheat this year for England is a very large one—consider ably above an average of years. At to barley, there is certainly a deficiency in it, and, to supply the fall ing off, a steady importation of foreign will, we think, be required. Oats, again, are not to say abundant, yet the produce is very nearly an average one. A slight falling off is also observed in beans and peas. In con sequence of the want of moisture in the early part of the season, the straw of all descriptions of Frain is unusually short. That circumstance has continued to operate most prejudicially to the interests of the grazing community, whose supplies of pasture herbage have been smaller than have been known for a series of years past ; consequently very great exertions are now being made, by sowing winter tares and vetches to provide food for the stock. For the time of year—arising chiefly from the comparative sluggishness in the demand for wheat here, and the low price at which that article has been disposed of—the imports of foreign wheat have not proved large, though they have quite equalled our necessities. Of Canadian flour, however, from the premium offered for its importation by the new Flour Bill, the receipts have been large beyond all precedent, and no doubt will continue so while the present legis lative enactment continues in force. Our advices from Quebec and Montreal inform us that not less than 370,000 barrels of flour have been exported this season against about 180,000 at the same time last year. A new species of disease has now appeared amongst cattle in various parts of the country, and which has, we find, produced most serious, most extensive losses. The beasts seem to be suddenly seized with a violent cold ; and unless immediate remedies are adopted, they are lost in a short time. The shortness of keep has produced some un usually large stock fairs in different quarters, which has caused the trade to be unusually dull, at miser ably low prices. Although the turnip crop is not expected to be a productive one, a very great improvement is noticed in it, yet moisture is still much required to increase the bulb. As the working of the new tariff is a matter in which our readers are so immediately interested, we shall here devote some space to its consideration. On its first passing into law, the greatest anxiety was manifested by our graziers and others as to its proba ble effect upon the value of stock in this country, from large importations. Speculators of all classes were speedily abroad in the principal markets to purchase cattle for our markets, and riot a few of them were , enabled to obtain what may be considered fair profits. The deficiency of good beasts abroad, and the advanced rates demanded for them, caused the importers, in the latter end of last year, to act with caution in their op2rations, more especially as the quotations here were ruling lower than at the corresponding periods of some past.seasons. These, then, are the principal rea sons why the arrivals of foreign beasts have not equalled in numbers those which were once expected. During the present year, the arrivals of stock have been tolerably extensive. Our advices from Scotland state that harvest work has progressed rapidly, under the most favourable auspices, and that the principal portion of the crop is already secured in excellent condition. The various markets have been only moderately supplied with grain ; yet the demand has ruled inac tive at about stationary prices. In Ireland, cutting and carrying have been brought to a pretty general conclusion. The produce of the crops is fairly represented. Fine wheat has sold freely, at full prices. In other kinds of corn a fair business has been doing. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, named John Hitchcock, was brought before the Lord 1114yor, charged with having stolen a great number of pairs of boots in the house of Mr. Smith, of Barge-yard. The prisoner, who was in the employment of a tradesman in the same building, was in the habit of going into the prosecutor's warehouse, and having in curred the suspicion of one of the shopmen, was seized and searched, and a pair of boots, which were identified as the prosecutor's, was found in a basket which he was carrying. The policeman into whose custody he was given found upon him several dupli cates for boots pledged at a great variety of places, and those boots were ascertained to be the property of Mr. Smith.—The prisoner was committed for trial. Two girls, named Ellen Hart and Emma West, who bad very much the appearance of country-bred girls, were charged with having plundered a shop in Greenwich of about thirty yards of doe-skin cloth, value 4/. Mr. Lowe, jun., who is connected with the shop which was plundered, stated that the piece of cloth was exposed at the door, and had been suddenly missed from the place. The firm had been very often robbed by shoplifters. One of the servants of the concern stated, that in consequence of information which he received, he went to the railroad, and saw the two prisoners go into one of the carriages. The train was just about to start at the time, and witness got into another of the carriages, determined to follow and cause the pri soners to be apprehended. Upon the arrival of the train at the London terminus he saw the two pri soners get out and take a cab, into which they both went, and as soon as the cab reached Gracechurch street he directed a policeman to take them into cus tody. At the bottom of the cab the piece of cloth was found. It was identified. The prisoners both declared that a woman had given the piece of cloth to them at Greenwich to take for her to Aldgate-pump, where she promised to meet them. The policemen present, upon being asked whether they knew the prisoners, replied that they had never seen either of them before. The prisoners declared that they had never before been in such a place, and that they did not know what it was to be before a magistrate. They were committed for trial, and upon being introduced to the lodge at Newgate, were immediately recognised as persons who had been tried at the Central Criminal Court for shoplifting, at which act it was stated they were particularly clever. CLERKEIV WELL. BROKERAGE ixTORTIO/4.—Mr. James. Pollen, a broker, residing at 62, Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, was summoned to answer the complaint of Thomas Davis, residing at 34, Liquorpond-street, Gray's Inn lane. The complainant deposed that he was a milkman. He had been distrained upon by Mr. Pullen for rent due to his landlord, Mr. Gunston, living in the same street. The complainant then handed in the defend.. ant's bill of costs, which included the following items : —" Stamp and oath, 3s. Bd. ; Bs." Mr. GREENWOOD—Why, the Act of Parliament allows but 2s. 6d. for the stamp- Defendant —That may be so. Mr. GREENWOOD—Then how do you make out 3s. 81. ? Defendant-2s. 6d. for the stamp, 2d. for the paper, and is. for the oath. Mr. GREENWOOD—The Act makes no allowance for paper; however, it may be customary; but hew about the oath ? Defendant—A shilling for the con stable before whom the appraisers were sworn. Mr. GREENWOOD—The charge is illegal. The constable has no right to receive a farthing for such a purpose. Defendant—But I always make this charge. Mr. GREENWOOD—I dare say you do ; but that does not make the charge the more legal. Let that item be struck off. Complainant—On the day of condemnation (five days after the seizure was made, and before the sale) I offered Mr. Pullen the amount of his bill, as well as the appraised value of the goods, but he refused to receive it, but took them home, and told me to call with the amount on the following day, and I should have my goods back. I did call on that day with the amount, but he refused to receive it, telling me the goods had been sold. Mr. GREENWOOD—Wm there a sale ? Complainant —None whatever. Defendant—But I assert there was; and the two appraisers are in court ready to swear they were there. Mr. GREENWOOD —And who bought the goods ? Defendant—The landlord, Mr. Gunston. Mr. G REE NWOOD—The landlord. Was there any body but the landlord and the two appraisers at this " sale ?" Defendant—No; but that makes no dif- ference. Complainant—But the landlord was not there. Mr. GREENWOOD—Is that a fact? Defendant— He was not there, but he was only a few doors away. Mr. GREENWOOD —Then how can you have the effrontery to say he bought the goods ? Defendant —They were bought for him. Nothing is more cus tomary. Mr. GREENWOOD — There has been no sale, let that item be struck off. What did the goods cost you ? Complainant—They stood me in 251. a very short time ago, but they were valued at only 81. Mr. GREENWOOD said this case was a fair specimen of the system of brokerage practised in Clerkenwell. Nothing could be more iniquitous or illegal. No sale, but the goods of a poor family were swept away and disposed of in some underhand manner for less than a third, frequently less than a fourth, of their value, whilst the full charges of brokerage were made, and sometimes much more than those allowed by Act of Parlia►nent. He would fine the defendant in three times the amount of the overcharge -11. 7s. and the costs. The money - was paid, and the overcharge refunded to the complainant, who thanked the magistrate hear tily, and left the court. FACILITIES FOR RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. From the geological and topographical details re garding the surface of the country, it will be easily understood that Ireland is most favourably circum stanced for the construction of railways. The great limestone plane which occupies an area in the inte rior of the country of not less than 10,000 square miles, presents facilities for rail way engineering scarcely to be equalled. In the north and south the mountain ranges afford some o bstacles, which, how ever, are not beyond the usual run of engineering difficulties, that are every day overcome in such un dertakings, and there is hence no physical reason why this country should not rapidly acquire an efficient system of railway intercourse. In nothing is the dif ference between Ireland and England more marked than in the extent of navigable rivers, of canals, of railroads possessed by two countries. Independent of common roads, of which I do not know any estimate, there are in England. Ireland. Canals (statute miles) .. • • ••• 2,478 372 Navigable Rivers ....... •• 1,820 380 Railroads 1,842 . .65 What renders this contrast the more remarkable is, that the great majority of these facilities of internal intercourse are spread over a surface not greater than that of Ireland. In fact, the inhabitants of almost every district of the sister kingdom have placed at their very doors the means of the most perfect access to markets for their produce and the materials of their manufactures. They are thus enabled to pro secute their various departments of industry under the most economical conditions. Time is money— labour is money—the canal, the river, or the rail road, which places its facilities at the disposal of the manufacturer or farmer in England, is an increase of money price for what he brings to market, whi c h enables him to undersell and ruin the Irish artisan.— Dr. Kane's Work. THE VICTORIA. PIRK..--PunLlc BATAS.---A com munication is said to have been made from the Directo rs of the East London Water - wor ks to her Majesty's Com missioners of Woods and Forests, in which the former very liberally offer to supply two or more fountains in the Victoria Park with an abundant quantity of water gratuitously, provided it is subsequently permitted t o flow into public baths to be erected in the vicinity for the use and accommodation of the poor. Several benevolent gentlemen, at the head of whom is W. Cotton, Esq., th e Governor of the Bank, are at present projecting a plan for the erection of baths at the east end of the metro polis, where the poorer classes of society may be enabled to obtain luxuries so conducive to health, and of which they are at yresent totally deprived, at a charge com mensurate with their means. DUTCH PAPERS. THE CONVERSION. THE HAGUE, SKIT. 30.—The official journal pub lishes to-day a Royal Resolution, dated the 28th of September, regulating the drawing by lottery of the second series of bonds of the national debt bearing interest at 5 per cent., which are to be repaired or converted into inscriptions in the great book of the national debt at 4 per cent. The amount of the in scriptions of two series to be designated by lot for re payment or conversion, is fixed at a capital of 25 mil lions of florins, but it may be increased to 27 millions, if it appears at the time of drawing that this increase will prevent the division of the same inscription, or inscriptions, under the same letter. The drawing will take place on Saturday, the 2d of November, at seven in the evening. The holders of the bonds drawn, who do not desire to convert their stock into 4 per cent., are to declare their intention at the latest on the 28th of December. The holders of bonds at 5 per cent. may exchange their capital for inscriptions in the great book at 4 per cent., without previous declaration, after Monday, the 7th October, 1844, till this commission is re voked; but, at all events, not after Saturday, 26th October, at two in the afternoon, in the form pre scribed by the 9th article of the Royal Resolution of Bth August, 1844. The price of the stock bearing interest at 4 per cent., which will be issued on the Ist of October, 1844, in exchange for the capital converted by virtue of the preceding article, and the interest on which wil commence from that date, is fixed at 96i per cent., consequently the holders of every 100 florins converted will receive three florins in fifty in money, without any other indemnity for the difference of in terest. ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 26.—A private letter from Batavia says, " 300 hogshead of wine, brought by the French ship the Grand Duquesne, from Bordeaux direct, were by the order of the Governor-General seized by the police, and emptied into the sea. These were not only adulterated, but mixed with deleterious ingredients." We hope that this will be favourable in future to the sale of wine from Holland direct, and will contribute, when the unfortunate commercial treaty with France expires, to prevent its being re newed, as it makes the importation of all French articles in French ships from the mother country direct absolutely impossible, and in particular has caused the demand for wines from Holland wholly to cease. BERLIN, SEPT. 25.—1 t is said that the King will make but a short stay here, intending to go to Stock holm, to be present at the coronation of King Oscar, and that he will be attended by Baron Alexander Von Humboldt.—Dutch Papers, Oct. 1. BURSTING OF A STEAM-BOILER SALFORD, WEDNESDAY. —An explosion of an alarming nature took place this morning at Islington mill, in this township, which resulted in blowing up a portion of the building, killing one man, andscalding two or three others. The mill in question in the pro perty of Mr. Bateman, Kuypersley-hall, Staffordshire, but is occupied b e y Mr. W. Norris, cotton-spinner and manufacturer. _Che engine had just been set in motion, and had not made above a score of revolutions, before a tremendous explosion took place, . which shook the mill and all the buildings round about. The rooms over the boiler-house were rent open, the bricks and mortar flying about in all directions, and one of the steam-boilers was seen to rise quickly from its bed and make a complete summerset into the field adjoining the premises, carrying down the wall of the boiler-house in its progress. The people in the mill were completely astounded. Bricks, mortar, .and broken pieces of beams were flying about in all directions. One large piece of timber was blown upon the top of the factory, which is seven stories high; the distance being upwards of 40 yards from the seat of the explosion, whilst slates and bricks were blown into streets a distance of 200 yards. Of course there was an immediate cessation from work, and a search made far the parties who were sup posed to have suffered from the explosion. The watch man, Atkins, was found amidst some rubbish, with his left leg broken, and his face frightfully disfigured. He was alive, but insensible, and was being taken to the Manchester Infirmary, but died on his way there. Michael Tyman, the fireman, and a man named Tipping, who were also near the spot at the time, were found slightly injured. _ _ Upon examining the boiler, it was found to be per. fectly sound ; but at the upper end there was a rent in the flue, the result, doubtless, of insufficiency o water in the boiler at the time of the explosion. MYSTERIOUS CASE. An adjourned inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Baker, the deputy-coroner, under circumstances of a peculiarly suspicious nature. The deceased, Samuel Cornish, a man about fifty-six years of age, who acted as a steward on board the Dee mail-packet steam-vessel, was in the habit for some time past, on the arrival of the vend in the port of London, of residing with a woman named Southerland, at present living at 44, John-street, St. George's-in-the-East. The Dee arrived in London about the middle of last month, and Mrs. Southerland, as was her custom, went on board and attended deceased, who, after eating some apple pudding, became very ill. The symptoms, which ap peared to be those of dysentery, continued, notwith standing the efforts of two surgeons, and he died on the night of the 17th ult., and was .buried on the following Friday in the Beaumont Cemetery, Stepney. Insonse quence of information forwarded to the Coroner, the body was disinterred on Tuesday, and Dr. Letheby, of the London Hospital, was requested to examine it, and analyse the contents of the intestines and stomach. The jury merely viewed the body on Tuesday, and the further inquiry was:adjourned until yesterday, when Dr. Letheby entned into a long and interesting detail of the various tests which he had applied. In the stomach he discovered the presence of opium and saffron ; and the large intestinal canal, as well as the smaller o nes, proved beyond doubt th a t arsen i c h a d b een taken into the sys tem. There was no arsenic in the intestinal canal, which had been cleared out of every particle of faeces, but no doubt existed that it had been taken. In answer to the CORONER, Dr. Letheby said that, under ordinary circumstances, arsenic was never fou nd in the h uman body in such a degree as to b e dis covera ble by any of the known and usual tests. Mr. Christopher Tatham, surgeon, of Poplar, was called in to the decased, on board the Dee, on Tuesday, the 17th ult., and he treated him for dysentery, though at the time he was of opinion that the patient could not uye more than 24 hours. lie administered a prepa rationsrvi of opium, and saw no other symptoms than those which might be the result of the disease for which de ceased was treated.. He died the same night. Witne ss a ttended deceased a second time the same day, and saw a Mrs. Southerland, whom he understood to be his niece. She told witness the deceased had made a will in her favour, and put a paper purporting to be such into his hand in the presence of his patient. Witness told her she had better send for a lawyer. She sent a young man named Bromage, who was with her in the cabin, for a solicitor. In the interim, witness asked deceased if he wished to make a will, and in whose favour. He an swered, " I have made my will, and I wish to leave all my property to my niece." Witness said, " Wh o i s your niece ?" To which deceased, putting his hand on Mrs. Southerland's shoulder, said, " Here she is." He then embraced and kissed her. In about a quarter of an hour Bromage returned with Mr. Walsh, solicitor, Bit tern-place, Blackwall, when a w ill was f ormally executed, to which he (Mr. Tatham) was one o f t h e attest i ng wit nesses. On leaving the Dee witness left Bromage, who, he understood resided in H o lb orn , b e hi n d with Mrs.' Southerland, and never again saw deceased. Ur. C. /OSP, surgeon, of Baines's-place, Mile-end-ro a d, attended the deceased two ye ars ago . H e came to him ' again on the 14th ult., accompanied by a Mrs. Souther land. He said he had been ill from eating a dumpling and felt at the time as if he should burst. Mrs. Souther land appeared nervous at the time. She came again in two days after, and said deceased was delirious and had thrown up the medicine which had been prescribed for him. Oa the following Monday a person named Small; don, who witness had no doubt was connected with Mrs. Southerland, came to say that Cornish was dead, and that suspicions were entertained of his having been poisoned.i ;After that Mrs. Southerland called on wit ness, accompanied by a person named Pile, traveller to a linendraper in the Blackfriars-road, and asked the cause of deceased's death ; but, knowing that an inquest was to be held, witness declined saying anything until called before the Coroner. Susanna Ellis, 4, Jenkins' -court, Ropemaker's-fields, Limehouse, said, that deceased came to lodge at her house last April two years, and told her that Mrs. Southerland with whom he lodged, and who called herself his niece, though she was no relative, had that morning mixed laudanum with a cup of coffee s which she gave him, but the smell was so strong he would not take it. He re peatedly made this statement while lodging with witness, but still he used to go to and from Mrs. Southerland's, who kept a beer-shop at 94, Fore-street, Limehouse, to whom he said he had lent 501. to open it. He afterwards went again to lodge with Mrs. Southerland, and witness observed that whenever he went to visit her, though a sober man, he used to look heavy and stupid. John Ellis, husband to the last witness, corroborated her testimony. Deceased told him he would not be a live man if he stayed much longer with the Southerlands, and added that they had been drugging him several times ; upon which witness remonstrated on his going there. Often saw the deceased arm-in-arm with Mrs. Southerland. Ann BlaCicinore, 14, Tarling-street, had known the deceased 22 years. In April or May, two years ago, he complained that Mrs. Southerland had administereddrugs to him. He appeared to be in a state of delirium from a pain in the head. She took him to Mr. Kay, a sur geon in the Commercial-road, where he again said Mrs. Southerland drugged him, for the purpose of possessing herself of his money and papers, adding that he had lent her 501. to sot up a beer-shop. Mr. Kay said he had better leave such people. Witness saw the deceased on the sth ult., and complimented him on his ap pearance, :saying " You got no drugs now." He replied, " No, I think Mrs. Southerland will not repeat the practice, and has entirely forgot it." He at the same time added, that if anything should happen to him, they might coiclude he had been done unfairly by. He was a temperate man, laboured under no delusion, and was to have dined with witness and her husband on the Sunday after his death. She heard him often say Mrs. Southerland was no relative of his. Wit ness heard of his death on the 21st ult., when she called on Mrs. Southerland, and asked her if she was aware of what the deceased had said about having been drugged, to which Mrs. Southerland replied, " Oh, the world will say anything," and added, " there is a person up stairs who was present at his death." At this stage of thr proceedings the further inquisi tion was adjourned u i it Monday next. Sergeant Shaw, o ft se K division, who was appointed to watch the case, then took Mrs. Southerland, who was in an adjoining room during the inquiry, into custody, charged on suspicion of having caused the death of de ceased by administering arsenic. She is a comely woman, about 40 years of age, and is understood to have admi nistered for the money and effects of the deceased almost immediately after his death. The money is said to amount to upwards of 2001. The case excited the deepest interest, and the evidence of Dr. Letheby, proving the presence of a mineral poison, was heard with breathless attention. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. NEW ZEALAND.—(CONCLUDED.) " The error in policy which your Committee have pointed out as having in our opinion been fallen into by the officers who have held the government of New Zealand, in not asserting the right of the Crown to all the unoccupied soil of these islands, is very closely connected with another, to which we also feel it necessary to advert. It appears to us that there has been a want of vigour and decision in the general tone of the proceedings adopted towards the natives; measures have not been taken, as we think they ought, for making the original inhabitants under stand that they are now to be considered as British subjects, and must therefore abstain from all conduct inconsistent with that character. The local authori ties may have been guided by a desire to treat the natives of the soil with the most scrupulous justice, and with the greatest consideration ; but we are not the less persuaded that, not only in what has been done with regard to the ownership of land, but also in showing too much respect for native customs, they have been led to pursue a line of policy which in its consequences must be injurious to the true interests of those, out of consideration to whom it has been adopted. We agree in the opinion expressed by one of the witnesses we have examined (Mr. Earp), that the rude inhabitants of N . ew Zealand ought to be treated in many respects like children, and that in dealing with them, firmness is no less necessary than kindness. In the first instance there was on the part of the natives a disposition to defer with almost super stitious reverence to the authority of the Govern ment ; and had this authority been firmly and judi ciously exercised to suppress intestine war, and all savage and barbarous customs, and to enforce between different tribes and between individuals the great principles of justice and respect for property, no serious resistance would probably ever have been at tempted. But from an over-sensitive fear of in fringing upon native rights, the authority which, had it been decidedly assumed, would, there is every reason to believe, have been willingly submitted to, has been lost, and the consequence his been, that murder and cannibalism have been allowed to be com mitted unpunished, and that very serious hostilities have broken out between different tribes, while the right of the British Government to interfere has been repudiated by the more powerful party, and the want of the promised protection loudly complained of by the weakest. Your Committee are persuaded that an en lightened humanity and a regard for the real welfare of the native tribes require that British power and authority should be resolutely exerted to put a stop to such a state of things, to maintain internal peace, and to prevent native customs and usages from being acted upon in a manner inconsistent with good order and morality, and with the progress of civilisation. We would beg to refer to the report of Captain Grey, the Governor of South Australia, on the best means of promoting the civilisation of the aboriginal inhabi tants of Australia, which was transmitted by Lord J. Russell to Captain Hobson, for his guidance, as con taining an able exposition of the policy which ought to be pursued upon this important and difficult subject. " It is necessary to observe that the policy we recommend requires for its safe adoption, in the pre sent state of affairs, that the Governor of New Zea land should have at his disposal more power than he now possesses of enforcing obedience to his authority. We see no reason to apprehend a successful attempt by the natives to overturn by force the po wer o f th e Government ; we concur with Major Bunbury, in thinking that the jealousy and rivalry of different tribes amongst themselves would prevent their acting with any effect against the European population,' and we have no doubt that civilisation and intelligence, in the event of a struggle, would maintain their ac customed superiority; still we consider that it is of the utmost importance, in order to avert the calami ties which must ensue from even an attempt at resist ance to the authority of the Governor, that he should be armed with so obviously superior a power as to prevent any such attempt from being made. Addi tional means of enforcing obedience to lawful autho rity are required, not merely against the natives, but against the lower class of emigrants, an account of whose insubordinate proceedings at Nelson, which from the want of force could not be properly put down, will be found in the Appendix. " Adverting to the scattered situation of the settle. ments which have been formed, and to the importance of their all being not only promptly protected when ever an emergency may arise, but also frequently visited by the Governor in person, we conceive that by far the most useful addition which could be made to the force at his disposal would be that which would be afforded by placing an armed steamer of moder a t e size under his orders. In addition to this, we think that a militia composed of the settlers should be organised, from which we would by no means ex clude such of the natives as should so far have adopted the habits of civilised life as to be fit to bear arms in the same ranks with Europeans ; we need also hardly observe that such a force should always be kept under the complete control of the Governor, and that he should always have such a proportion of regular troops under his command as not to be en tirely dependent upon the militia for support. We are further disposed to believe that advantage might result from endeavouring to create a permanent native force under European officers, but in which their own chiefs might also, perhaps, hold commands ; such a force would probably afford, not only a cheap addition to the military power of the Governor, but also a valuable instrument for gradually training the natives to habits of order and subordination. " Your Committee cannot offer these recommenda tions, tending to what may be thought a more severe enforcement of authority over the natives, without, at the same time, expressi ng th e i r s t rong sense of the dutyincumbent upon the Government of adopting the most effective measures for their welfare and im provement. With this view, we conceive that every effort should be made to amalgamate the two races; more particularly, the utmost attention should be paid to the education and training of the rising generation of the aborigines ; and whenever their improvement in intelligence will admit of it, the natives should be placed in every respect on a footing of perfect equality with their white fellow-subjects, .and as soon as possible, they should be employed in the civil service of the Government in any situations in which they can make themselves useful. We also attach much importance to the adoption of a good system of making reserves of land for their benefit. These re serves ought, in our opinion, to be of moderate size, and interspersed with the lands destined for the occu pation of settlers ; the natives should be encouraged, themselves, to occupy and to cultivate the land thus reserved for their benefit, and only those parts of it for which they might have no immediate occasion should be allowed to be let on lease to Europeans, the leases being restricted to a moderate term of years, and the rents so obtained being considered as ap plicable only for their advantage. By this arrange ment the natives established upon such reserves being scattered, a few together, amongst the European population, would be more likely than under any other plan which has been suggested, gradually to adopt the customs and way of life of their civilised neighbours ; whereas, if the land reserved for them were in large blocks, and they were collected together in considerable numbers, the probability is, thatthey would cling far more pertinaciously to the habits of savage life, and if so, this interesting people would too surely melt away before the advancing tide of European settlement. "It is an evil of which the experience of other colonies affords frequent examples, that the progress of settlement is impeded by land coming into the possession of persons who endeavour to derive a profit, not from its improvement, but by suffering it to lie waste until it acquires value from the labour and capital expended in the surrounding district ; it, therefore, appears to us, that means should be taken to guard against this abuse in New Zealand. This will, we trust, be to a great extent e ff ec t e d b y t h e regulations which will prevent pr o p er ty i n l an d f rom being acquired otherwise than by purchase; but, as a further security, we would recommend that some part of the colonial revenue should be raised by means of a tax upon l an d. O n th e N or th A mer ican continent, when a tax has b e e n i m p o sed upon l an d with the view of checking its being held by persons not really intending to make use of it, we believe the tax has generally been laid upon wild land only. Looking, however, to the difficulty of accurately de termining the degree of improvement which should exempt land from a tax applying only to that which is designated as wild, and to the facility thus afforded for evading the burden, it appears to us more ad visable that such a tax should be imposed on all land, whether wild or otherwise. -If the tax were low (we think it ought not to exceed 2d. an acre) it would be unfelt as a practical burden on land really turned to profitable account, while even this small payment recurring annually, would powerfully tend to discourage the retention of land by parties deriving no immediate advantage from it. " Such a tax ought not of course to apply to land now occupied by the natives, or to that held as re- serves for their benefit. The land gran t e d to the New Zealand Company ou g ht a l so t o be regarded in a different light from that held by private individuale;, they have obtained th a t l an d i n th e c h ar acter or, agents- for the publi c i n carry i ng on th e w ork or colonisation ; so long, therefore, as they adequately discharge the d u ti es belonging to that character, they ought not to be subjected to the tax in respect of lend they hold for this purpose ; at the same time, car e should he take n th a t no pr i v il ege capa bl e o f being abused should be given to them. We would, there' fore, suggest, that the lands remaining unsold in th e hands of the Company, should be free from the tax, e°, long as the extent of l an d so h e ld s h ou ld no t exceed that which would rem a i n t o th em suppos i n g th at from the commence men t o f th e i r opera ti ons th e y had one year with another s o ld 1-25th par t o f the 1511' assigned to them by the Crown. Should their sales upon the whole fall short of this, they might fairly be required to pay the tax upon the difference. might also be proper to insist, as a condition for their enjoying the proposed exemption, that a fix ed proportion of the proceeds of their land sales s hould be applied to the promotion of emigration. " Your Committee have now stated very fully the ir views upon those parts Gf the subject referred to the° which have the most important bearing upon td practical measures which o ug ht now t o b e a dopte and having in their resolutions adverted to some those measures which do not seem to require any particular explanation, had originally intended T 1 have offered some remark s u p on th e com pl a i n t s whit the servants of the Crown in the colony, upon th On e lide, and those employed by the New Zealan d Company on the other, have mutually made again st each other; but upon further deliberation, it has 0 1 3 , peared to us that the unhappy diffe rences w hi c h hay' prevailed are most likely to be allayed by our for' bearing to pronounce an opinion which must of ne i cessity involve an expression of bl ame on some , gn o ° , all, of those who have taken p ar t i n th ese p r oceeo ings ; we therefore have thought it most expedieot t i : abstain altogether from entering further into VI part of the subject; even as to the unhappy affair n t Wairau, by which so many valuable lives were lom we will add nothing to the resolution which we h 3c i . e unanimously adopted, and we will only express vi e earnest hope that all classes of settlers, and 0 1 °t especially those persons to whom important duties 30 , the newly-established colony have bee n entruste d ' either by her Majesty's Government or by th e Coo' pany, will feel that the interest and welfare of all re: l quires that harmony should be re-established, a° that this can only be accomplished by mutual for' bearance and moderation." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WREXHAM RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, thrice Nun' (8 Subs.) 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Marlow) Mr. Price's Valentina, 5 yrs, Bst 81b Won in a canter. The Bryn-y-Pys Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 fidd ej ' Once round and a distance. (3 Subs.) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Milton, Bst 41b (Marlow) 9 Lord Westminster's Thais, Bst 21b.. 2tol on Mlton. W ea. Handicap of 10 sovs. each 5 ft, on if decl sy ared, wi h t added. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs., one of '' ll3°r declared.) 1 Mr. Speed's Everton, 4yrs, 7st 71b (Copeland) 0 2 1 j r Mr. Price's Valentina, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 1 Mr. Thonapson's lludibras, 6 yrs, Bst 2 ar 1 , 0 The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, ile winner to be sold for 1001., &c. Heat s , one 0 (7 Subs.) 1 Mr. Minor's Sinbad, 4 yrs, 9st (Darling, jun.) 0 1 Mr. Owen's Joe Raphael, 3 yrs, Bst .. 1 0 Mr. Mostyn's Albanley, 3 yrs, Bst 0 ° Mr. King's Yarrow, 3 yrs, Bst 0 2 0 Mr. Price's Missey, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b 2 Mr. Bennett's Viscount, 4 yrs, 9st NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING' THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for two yrs old, 6st 1 01b e , ' three, Bst 81b ; four and upwards, 9st. Rutland Sta b .) Course. The winner to be sold for 70/., &c. (3 S°'''o Lord Albemarle's Alexandrine, 2 yrs (Sharp) 0 llr. Deakins's Caractacus, 2 yrs ..................... 6 to 4 agst Caractacus, and 2 to 1 agst Alexandr i :" 5 Several bets were laid against The Great Mogul and 6 to 4, the ring, for want of a telegraph (an icorf o i o went to be found on almost every course in the king" po but Newmarket), being in ignorance, to the last, that jockey had weighed for him. bo t The filly had all the best of the race to the cords, 00 ran unkindly, swerv e d f rom an i n j u di c i ous use of t'e whip about 20 yard s f rom h ome , an d was caug h t on l e post, the judge giving it a dead h ea t. L or d A1bc01,1,5 and Mr. Deakins afterwards agreed to divide the " (5 sovs., subject to deductions), and Alexand r i ne 14 11 ' over. P ; The Town Plate of 501. ; for 3 yrs old co lt s , Bst and fillies, Bst 31b. D.I. 1 Duke of Richmond's Pastoral . (Nat ) 2 , . _ _ Lord Exeter's Merope Lord Albemarle's Candidate ........................ • ..... 5 to 2 on Pastoral, who made his o w n runlunb' all won at least by twenty lengths. 2 Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for old. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) , 1 Duke of Richmond's Laird o' C oc k pen, (Abdale) 9 Col. Peel's fby Slane, out of Seakale, 7st 111 b..— """" 3 Lord Exeter's Petrowna, 7st 21b ........ : ................. i • a le 6to 4 agst Laird o' Cockpen ; 2 to 1 agst S ea- the filly ; and 3to 1 ags t P etrowna. The running, f o r ,85 first 200 yards, was made by the Seakale filly ; she " d i r , then headed by Petrowa, who went front to the I ,r, where the f avour i te and the Seakale filly headed o cl the former leading half-way up; the filly challenged , c 3 j;, 1, good race ensue d , t h e h orses w i nn i ng on l y by a 11 Petrowna was a bad third. e ld The Rutland Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft ; for 2 Yr!, ) ,e colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. The winner °twill, July or Chesterfield Stakes, 71b extra ; and other ig, ners 31b extra. From the turn of the Lanus (11 Subs.) 1 Duke of Bedford's Prologue (E. Edwards) .j Lord Albemarle's Tisiyhone .............................. 5 Duke of Richmond's rby Glaucus, out of Estelle.... v The following also started—Mr. Isaac D a y's `; Liverpool, out of Busk ; Mr. G. Ongley' s Symale f ~4 "1 Lord W. Powlett's f by Jerry, out of Zeal ; and - Sandwich's f by Jerry, out of Legend. 5 to 2 agst Zeal filly, 4 to 1 agst Prologue, 5 to 1 t/ cje Symmetry, and 6to 1 agst Busk filly. Prologue 131 0 e all the running, followed to the Duke's Stand favourite, and for the remainder of the distance by ,y phone, winning, without being headed or called upon'. o t• half a length. The Estelle filly met with a disepP° l o e ment at starting, and lost some ground, but caught f o r Zeal colt about a distance from home, and beat him ,e the third place by a neck. Symmetry was fifth, op t Busk filly sixth, and the Legend filly, whi c h r an in until half-way between the Duke's Stand and the C l4 ' - last. 0 1,1, The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; for three yr' e j, 9st 21b ; four, lOst 71b ; five, list ; six and Al , Ilst 41b. B.C. Duke of Richmond's Pastoral, 3 yrs (Nat) Mr. Dixon's Oliver Cromwell, 3 yrs 5 Lord Albemarle's Robinia, 3 yrs ....................... • 4 Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs ............................. • t el 7 to 4 on Pastoral, and 5 to 2 agst Wee Pet. Pas t° , r ee made strong running all the way, an d won by tiool lengths ; Wee Pet and Robinia were beaten a mile' home, and walked in. Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst (Bell), Mr. E. Walker's black cab horse (h b), 6 yrs, 7st, bY lengths, T. M. M., 150, h ft.-3 to lon the winner. gr, Mr. Ford's Piccolina, Bst 31b (F. Butler), beat 3 11. : 0 , 1 , Theobald's Desperation, Bst 71b.-7 to 1 on Piccoll who won easy by half a length. It is reported to the clergy of Killala, that t he deanery of that ancient see is to be conf e rred by ~h• Lord Lieutenant upon the Rev. Mr. Trench, of Clout' ordan.—Pilot. —aq BIRTHS. Sr b "thr tdy of °'' On the 20th ult., on Southernhay, Exeter, the lady IL Beeh e ley, 2 Es2d of a son. On ultt, in North-street, Portsea, the lady o f Houghton, Esq., of Demerara, of a daughter di fe On the 24th ult., at St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, r„ lre .;oli• of A. S. Finlay, Esq., of Castle Toward, Argyllshire, or, On the 25th ult , at Bingfield, the wife of William And dale, Etsqh., of a son. I je On e 30th ult., at Ringwo o d H ouse , near Shalfiee t ' of Wight, the lady of J. Fowler, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Stamford-hill, Mrs. James l6 JamesW lll43ll' of a son. At St. George's, Bloomsb ury MAßßlE , Mr. D. CO Frede r i c k James , of Lancaster-place, Strand, t o A nn Eli za b e th G os ' 9 ` Ri O Fulham 1( 1 tithe 30th ult., at . St. Michael's, Cornhill, Arco —ro' 111( - ....touat, wine -merchant, of Creed-lane, Ludgate-hill, to t . line, daughter of the late H. Kincaid, of Cranbrook, ICe° tUa On the tat inst., at the Abb e y Ch urc h, St. Alban's , , er of ' Rev. Serocold Wade, to Elizabeth Mary, elder daug h ' John Samuel Story, Esq., of St. Alban's. On the Ist inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square , - „ o p second son of William Samman, Esq., of Middleton -50 1v Oxon, to Sarah, third daughter of the late S. Falloner , J" of Hammersmith. On the Ist inst., at St. Helier's, Jersey, Edward DlA',7 o ol' White, Esq., to Maria Harriet, youngest daughter of u missary General Drake. 4 ;0 0 6 On the Ist inst., John Woodcock, Esq., of Wigan, daughter of the late John Knowles, Esq., of Liverpool.„/ DED. of O a i n r ? b e e 2 H d o i n n . s a a r t l o E t p t e s o ß m o , I w w e s h r 3 e , on, she a l h d a e d s gone of air, the Hon. Charlotte Bowes Lyon, eldest daug totre r c b o s i n t re , late, and sister of the present, Lord Glamis, aged 18 . On the 23d ult., Lady Ellen, wife of J. W. Fanel Shirborne Lodge, Oxfordshire. al3 jas On the 25th ult., at Lethen House, Nairnshire , wife of John Clerk Brodie, Esq., Edinburgh. surr/., On the 28th ult., Mr. Joshua Thurli n g of Streatham , cia o; / On the 29th ult., Elizabeth, th e wife of Mr. J 0143 wine -merchant, of WellingKnigton, Salop. On the 29th ult., in htrider-street, Maidstone' Peale, Esq. On the 30th ult. at Cambridge-street, Connaught-0(1 110 Mrs. Hey, relict of ' W. Hey, Esq , aged 87. °I e On the 30th ult., Daniel H ug hes, second s .. Bei. Dr. Hugh es , R ec t or o f Ll an f y l in. M on tgomerYs l 4, lre o lo 3 On the Ist inst., Sarah, the relict of the Rev. Waters, D.D., aged 77. 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