The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-29 00:00:00

SOUTH WALES RAIL'WAY. The eleventh half-yearly ordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday, pursuant. to advertisement, at the Great Western Railway Station, Paddington. C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., the chairman of the company, took the chair shortly after one o'clock. The usual routine business having been gone through The S'ECRETARY read the following report of the directors:— " The directors have to report that they have con tinued steadily to carry on the works on the . portion of the line between Swansea and Grange Court, and that on the 18th of June they were enabled to open for traffic 75 miles of railway, between Chepstow and Sr. armee, " Neither goods nor minerals have hitherto been con veyed along the line, nor have any payments on account of mails been received; the weekly receipts have been in fact mainly supplied by local passengers, the existence of an inconvenient gap between Chepstow and Gloucester, operating as a check to the development of the through traffic of the line. Under these circumstances, the di rectors consider the weekly returns satisfactory; they will use every effort to secure as speedy a completion of the works to Grange. Court as is practicable, in order to bring into full operation the traffic of a continuous line hetween London and Swansea. " The negotiations with the Great Western Company, for the purpose of modifying the existing agreement for a lease of your line to that company, have not led to any result, the terms asked by the South Wales Com pany having been deemed too high by the Great Wes tern directors, and the terms offered by the Great Western directors having been considered too low by the South Wales directors. It is, however, satisfactory to be able to state that there was no material diversity of opinion as far as regards the principle on which such a modification ought to proceed, the negotiation having been broken off in consequence of a difference of opinion with reference to the amount of fixed rent to be ulti mately paid by the Great Western Company. " Two Bills were bought into Parliament with rife renee to your company in the session just expired, the first, which had for its object simply an extension of One for the exercise of the compulsory powers of .the company, and the completion of the workii west of Swansea, passed into an Act without opposition. Of the other .Bill, the object was twofold; first; to enable you to re-issue forfeited shares either as preference shares or otherwise; secondly, to sanction certain improvements and deviations on your line, and on the Forest of Dean Railway, and the mede of raising the tolls thereon. In 'the early part of the session it was deemed desirable to divide this last named Bill into two Bills, and accordingly , a Bill for the sole object of enabling you to re-issue forfeited shares has been passed. The othe-, which was for the improvement of your line, has unfortunately . been lose, owing to the refusal of the Great Western Company to consent to those portions cf it which re quired that consent. The Bill thus lost, was one provid ing for objects important equally to your own interests, to the freighters on the Forest of Dean Railway, and to those of the. Great Western Company. It would. have effected material improvement in the value of your pro perty, and i; is to be lamented that the contemplated ad vantages have been lost to - botte companies; at the same time it will be-satisfactory to you to know that the ob jects of the Rill, although desirahl-, were not essential, and the directors trust that the loss of this Bill will not retard the completion of your line. The Grc at Western board, declieed to assign reasons for their refusal to colleen t. 'no ClrectorsFave carefully considered the necessity of submittieg to this meeting any scheme for the raising of money under the provisions t f the Act lately passed, and they ore of opinion, that with the bi--lanee in hand, the, receipts from the arrears of calls, and the issue of debentures to moderate extent, they will he enabled-to couipleseT the line to Grange Court without exercising :the powers tlist Act, which will then remain in Xxsa ansi:efEct, to be envies eel io carrying out 4o,en 4ire et,g4geMents, : to the Greet Western Company, at any titre-wbit h pay Ce decided upor r i." , —The , report- of Messrs. Thurburn and.Beker, the t,'uf.iitibrs of the company, we have already given, and it is, therefore, unnecessary for us to repeat it. Toe Cli tami iv, in 'directing the secretary to read the engineet's report, regretted that, in consequence Of the late hour at which it was received last night, the directors bed not been able to have it printed fnr the use c.": 1 the . proprietors. The secretary would, :hoviever; re:llP - , and as 5007 a as poisi'ole it would be printed and ciraulated among the proprietors. • The following is TUE ENGINEER'S REPORT. • " 18, Dalre•street, Westminster, Au_ , . 27; 1850. '• " Gentlemen,—A reference to the fact of the opening of the railway between Chepstow and Swansea, as promised at the last half-yearly meeting, and the eatis- Ta;:torr . manner in which that part of the-line has been ' , subsequently worked, may, I trust, supply the place of -inlydetaiied'report of the proceedings al regards those *oriel up to, - toe period of the completion of the per t& malt way. • Since the , lBtle Jane, when the railway wweopened _•for_ Public traffic, the final cornplelion of the ballasting, ttimining and soiling of 'the slopes, the closing of :the' fencing, and generally the tintsliing up of the minor Vorks on the several contracts havo h , en proceeded -with. There is still some work to be clone in the re nieva,l- of tnavrial from the slip in the LlAnsaralet cut. ting between Neath and Swansea, but, with tliis exrep tusn; I trust that everything will be completely finished in two nalmths, and I am proceeding with the sittlement of the accounts with the st.veral contra^t ‘. The goods - sheds, . cranes siding , , and other ar rangements for the merchandise traffic have been pro 'ceeded with, and will be ready for commencing this trade in the ensuing month. " The fire small additional st,:tions recently ordered are - in hand, and will alto be ready for use next month. Preparations are also making for proceeding with the - gpodstranch-at Swansea which will afford a direct ac rcess, and the means of shipping minerals at the port. 'Between Chepstow and Gloucester the works are in a forward state, and if no unexpected obstacle arise, :they may -be completed at the period mentioned in former reports,. namely, the spring of 1851. Of these leorks the Bridge at Chepstow is the most lin portan4-. Six 'of' •the twelve cast-iron piers or -cylinders required have been- sunk _to the full :depth,' and 'bedded in the rock, two others are within about aloot or eighteen inches of theeame Lei of rock, and preparations are now making for sinking the ether • four.- There•is no doubt this portion of the work wit! be , ceirapleted'irt time to receive the superstructure, the eon struction of which is now proceeding rapidly at Chep stow, and in the other establishments of the contractor. ,The:main truss -and other parts of one road way are nearly completed, and preparations are making for putting then together and testing atl the parts in the -company's yard - adioizing the site of the bridge, and - I • should hope that in six or eight weeks this operation will be commenced. " Eastwards of Chepstow the principal works ate grnerally far advanced towards completion. At one part 'of the line, near Sydney, we had delayed commencing the works; or even obtaif:ing the- laud, in expectation of 'talking lonal deviations; no further delay must now take p'a.:e'at this point, as the execution of the works them . selves may ocompy sic months, particularly if the winter 0201;2 be unfavourable. At the point of junction with the Bullo Pill R til way the works had also been post poned; we are now proceeding with them. With these exceptioni everything is in a forward and very 4atisfac tory state, for the entire distance of about twenty miles; froin Chepstow to Grange Courr, nearly ten miles are completed, and upwards cf five miles are ready for the permanent way, which we ate about to commence. " I.3ctween drlnge Court nEd Glou :ester the Gloucester and Dean Fore,t Railway Company are proceeding rapidly wiJa the worli, and will, no doubt, hare com pleted their line, so that no delay will be caused in com pleting the communication with the Great Western It diway ca3t. of Gloucester.-1. am, gentl,men, your obedient servant, (Signed) "J. K. BRUNEL. " To the Directors of the South Wales Railway Company." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adop fon of the report of the directors, observed that it would not be necessary for him to make many re ma.ks. It was the opinion of their auditors that all Govcrament interference in the audit of railway ac counts ought to be deprecated, and in that opinion be most cordially concurred, feelieg that all audits by a Government officer were the worst that could be conceived.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that in the course of the next session some measure would be introduced into the House of Commons on the subject. (Hear.) With respect to the traffic on the line, he was happy to say that it was double what it was /a 3t year.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure also that when the goods traffic was established the company would not only be placed in a sound but a most satisfactory and profitable condition --(Hear, hear.) As to the negotiations between this company and the Great Western, that was a question for most serious con sideration.—(Hear, hear.) If he had looked to his own interest, and no one else's, be should not care about negotiation, but as one of the trustees for this company he felt bound to consent to some negotiation. The terms of that negotiation, he was sorry to say, bad been greatly misrepresented. It bad been sap posed that the line beyond Swansea was to be aban.. doned. Such was not the case. The South Wales Company would carry the line as far as its pro prietors would allow it.—(Hear, hear.) Another error was that the sum to be realised by the first year's working was 45,0001., while the fact was that it was stated at 25,0001. It was thought there was no consideration for the compromise that was proposed, while the fact was that the Great Western Company have to pay to the South Wales Company 200,000 d. a year; and he believed that the compro rni?e was one that would have been moat propt able to the Great Western Company, and the proposition of the South Wales Company, therefore, did not deserve the appellation of an unreasonable and preposterous one.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that they might now consider negotiations with the Great Western Company as definitively closed. H e imputed no blame to any of the directors of the Great Western Company, but it was natural, when looking - to the interest of their own proprietors, that they should look through a different coloured glass to what the directors of the present company did. The Chairman, after alluding to the course pursued by the Great Western Company in opposing the Bill which had been said the effect of this would he to create great expense to the South , Wsls Comp-. , .ny, and why they sheoNl have op posed the measure he could - not for the life or soul of him t2ll.—(Hear, hear.) It appeilted to him, "I they had been thwart e d i n carry i ng out t h e i r line 1 by the Great Western Company, they should do it without their assistance.—(Hear, hear.) The report would show the proprietors what the directors in tended to do. They proposed to proceed with the line to Gloucester, and from Swansea to Fishguerd— (Hear, hear)—with the utmost possible rapidity, and that might be easily done by issuing debentures ; and when they had finished their line they would tben be in a condition to call upon the Great Western Com pany to perform theirs.—(Hear.) The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption and reception of the report. The motion having been seconded, Mr. Wieusais, M.P. fur Lambeth, thought if the directors of the company had acted with energy this company would not have been in the state it now was ; and he believed it was only in consequence of the great perseverance of their chairman that they were in the condition they were at preeent.--(Hear, hear.) He recommended to the proprietors that the directors should set about at once completing the line to Fisbguard, which he bad no doubt would be highly profitable to the company, and might be carried out within the engineer's estimate.--(Hear.) The Rev. Mr. SPENCER, of Bath, thought that the speech of the chairman of the Great Western Com pany was an insult to the South Wales Company, and considered the conduct of the chairman of the Great Western Company and of the directors most ungentlemanly. The CHAIRMAN called the rev. gentleman to order, and begged Lf him to retract the expre.7sioa ungen tlemanly. Mr. SFENcrx declined doing so, and, at the demire of the chairman, sat down. After some further considerable and rather angry discussion the report was adopted.. Thanks were then voted to the Che.rMan, -who having responded, the meeting broke up. ITALY. The Genoa Gazette of the 221 inst. quotes- a letter from Mime of the 17th, stating that the Austrian Mi nister had strenuously exerted himself, at the last Consistory, to prevail , on the Papal Government to adopt a policy in harmony with the spirit of the motu proprio of the 12 b September. Ile contended that if tne inhabitants of the Sabina, "Umbria, and •Cam pana Maritima were not • yet ripe for a constitution, the Romans were far more advanced, and insisted on semi-liberal concessions being made to the latter. The two cardinals, Tcsti and Macchi, supported the proposition of the Austrian Envoy, but wi'hout success. The five organic laws, of which Austria demanded the promulgation, referred 1. To the Financial Consults. 2. The State Consults. 3. The Orgarization of the Sitinicipalities. 4. The Council of Ministers. s., ) The Council of State. "We had hoped," says 014 correspondent cf the Genoa Gazette, " that they' would be promulgated on the day'of the Assumption, but, if we consider the severity displayed by the Holy Father at the last Consistory, it will be seen that little is to be 4, expected. BANK OF FRANCE. The folloa ing, is a return of the situation of the Beni.: of France on Aug. 22: ASSETS. f. 33.5,007 421 60 . . 117,093,064 0 142,38(1 13 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due. Bilis falling due in Paris...of which 15,460,169 f. 63c. were receive.' from the branch. banks 40,77)1,471 53 Bills in the. branch banks .. 74,662,445 0 Advances on coins audingots... ... 7.177,400 0 Dir.to by the branch banks 1,031,814 0 Ditto on French public securities . 1,6,584,631 10 D:3lb by branch 2.435,497 0 Ditto to ,the State on Bons,da Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 Onions ... 50,000,000 0 lientes of' the reserve fund 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds 42,394,488 1.3 investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks Bills protested at Paris ...• Ditto at the branches ... , Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ... 12,952,953 89 4,004,000 0 3,473,919 0 200,000. 0 230,000 0 114,078 95 1,161,410 0 78,034 .15 145594 0 224,796 6 1.778,919,543 .54 resumption .of business shortly. The throw ing mills continue fully employed, although in thrown silk not much business is doing—the high rates now asked precluding operations to a consider able extent. Still great confidence is expressed as to the coming demand. In the raw silk market we have Simply to note that prices remain extremely firm at the latest 'biting rates, and the deliveries for consum , tion are considered good for the season. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.--There has scarcely been so much doing in our market to-day as was last week, owing to the unfavourableness of the weather. Plaids have the best demand, and are eagerly sought up. The wool market is very flat, cl.?alers having great stocks on hand, and it being the London sales at present. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.--In our piece-hall to-day the chief inquiry was for lastings of low quality, the demand for which seems to increase in proportion to the difficulty of procuring them. There was, also; a good demand for some sorts of fancy goods. The spinners are fully employed, and the quotations for yarns are firmly maintained. The , wool market is steady, though not brisk, and prices are without alteration. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The markets both on Saturday and to-day have been very good, and all cloths suit able for the winter trade have met with a ready sale. Stocks in the cloth halls continue much below the average, and prices are very firm. Tnere is a good amount doing in the warehouses, both by drapers and wholesale buyers; and the shipping houses continue brink. LIABILITIES. Capital . . 1.67,900,000 .0 Ditto of the Branch Banks 23,3.50,000 0 Reserve fund 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,7.30 14 th• serve- in3mobiliere 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 425,329,800 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 72,365,500 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 7,404,831 79 &ccount•current with Treasury creditor 68,545,060 77 Various accounts current 64,256,667 .96 Ditto in branches 23,814,839 0 Bills payable at sight, 4.700,500 0 Ditto at branches 1,169.,647 0 Dividends payable 680 : 529 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 9 215 0 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 464,868 91 Ditto branch banks ... ... 697,958 0 Expenses anticipated 258,735 60 Be-discounts of the last six MOD Ltl3 ... 114,831. 83 Ditto in branch banks •.. ... 244,973 0 Miscellaneous ... 639.8.15 29 f. 773,919,543 54 Certified by tho GoTcrnor of the Bank of France, D'A 'MOUT. The preceding account shows that the cash in hand hts increased since last week by 4,000,000 r. The com mercial bills"discounted have increased by •500,0001. The protested bills have diminished by 230,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have decreased' by 1,500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 5,000,0001. The sundry credits have diminished by 3,000,000 f. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The advices from the United States, received by the Canada, instead of promoting, have in some degree reversed that ten dency to recover from the depression of the earlier part of last week, which, after Tuesday, was observ able both here and in Liverpool. It appears that in the week ended August 12th, a decline of cent. per lb..in the price of cotton, occurred at New York, partly in cOnsfquence of a slight recession in Liver pool, reported by the Cambria, and partly of more encouraging statements, from various quarters, as to the prospects of the growing crop ; and that that de- cline w.is but barely checked by the Pacific's more stimulating accounts, received on the 12th inatant from this Country. The expectation generally enter tained on this side, that the Pacific's advices would have given an upward turn to prices on the other side, has therefore been disappointed ; and this disappoint ment has exercised a very unfav , ,nrable irfluence upon every department of our mark. t to-day. At the same me, we have had continual rain fret; morning unti night, indreasing the anxiety previously occasioned, by broken weather as to the - condition o f our corn harvest. Altogether, circumstances hive been such as to excite afresh the wariness of all cl.,ssca c f buyers, and cause them again entirely to suspend any intended operations. Sa few and limited are the ---e . 5—......... transactions, as to render it i mposs ibl e to spea k ___ __ EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF with any precision as to the st a t e o f prices. Un doubtedly-, however, there is a gen e r a l wea k ness i n SOMNAMBULISM. in A little girl, about ten y ea r s o f age , li v i ng w i t h h er yarns and goods ; and there are instaecevof pie ffsred I • Concessions many descriptions of both, w ish th e parents at the extreme end of one o f th e streets view of inducing purchases ; yet ther e i s b u t little leading into Colyton, who h as been f or some time Past attending a school to learn the way to make the alteration in the ostensible rates of the day. As re tar-famed Honiton or pillow lace—the school being gards yarns, the principal giving way is in pin -cops " at least 'a quarter of a mile from her parents' house— warps, and .cop- twist, as might be expected from was seen by Mr. Stocker, the tinman, walking very their relative dearness. There has been little leisurely down the town between the hours of four pressing to sell bundles to the continental and five in the morning of Friday last, in a corn houses; and the spinners of fine counts are firm and independent. We may add that, per- plots state of nudity, with the exception of her che mise. Wondering at such an unusual incident he plexed as all parties are with the question of cotton, watched her very attentively until she passed bi s d oo r ; there is certainly a wide expression o f a n i na bili ty to see how; such a supply can be secur e d a s sh a ll mate- her eyes were wide open, and apparently in a fixed position. She bad not gone 50 yards farther when rially lower its value ; and the strong doubts enter- she was seen by a young man named Thomas Brice, tained on this subject contribute in no small degree who, at once surprised and somewhat alarmed, asked to the support of prices in yarns and goods • as to the former, they have an additional sour ce o f drmness in her where she was going, and if anything were the the lightness of stocks, the pos sess i on o f a cons id er- matter. Of these questions sbe took not the slightest able extent of unfinished ord e r s , andthe probability notice, but turned and went up a court, at the end of w of the continuance of a good d eman d. The foreign her school is situated; he then, in a loud voice,, called after her, and asked her if she buyers, howe ve r, are f ee li ng very sensibly the —' effect of so m an y b ac k war d movements h ere i n check- was not Mr. s daughter, and with pee ing the rising confidence of their customers, the re- cisel y the same result as before. Her father, storation of whi c h i s ren d ered more and more difficult by each su ccee di ng disappointment. Ott looking who is a journeyman tailor, was at work at the time in his master's workshop over the passage leading over Messrs. Gee'and Co.'s tables of export from the port into the court, and hearing his name thus singu of Hull (with whi c h we are regularly furnished by an eminent export hous e ), we fi nd that, within the last two tarty called upon be looked out of the window, and months, there has been a l arge relative diminution of sure enough there was his daughter as before de scribed , he then, in a state of great fright immediately supply to the continental manufacturers ; for while ran down stairs and into th e cour t, c a lli ng on h er t o year, we se n t in the first six months of the pr esent no pnrpose, when, on over t a ki ng he r , b e was aston them more twist by 5,688 bales, than in thil• s ame ished to find she was sound asleep, and it was not time last year, there has actually been less shipped until he had shaken her two or three times that she by 923 bales now at the end of eight months, than in awoke. She said she w;ls quite unconscious how she came there, and was not at all aware of having left arener up the corresponding period of' 1849. The inference leer home. Her father then got something to wrap one l or two circumstances would seem to be, either that too much was forwarded in, and carried her home in his arms. There singu ar case deserving of being mentioned. Many in the earlier months, or that increased supplies will connected with this yards of the road over which she walked have recently soon be required. The merchants, however, are not but, for the undergone a thorough repair, and though the cracked heard to affirm the former conclusion, most part, to admit the latter. RocanaLE, 11103DAY.-04 account of the wakes flint . stones are to . a certain extent worn down, CB week, but a limited number of pieces have been . in several places it is yet in exceedingly 8 1 offer ed for sale, which have met with ready pur- she is, however, totally ignorantan rough of everything chasers at last week's prices. There is no new feature state; took that place up to the time of her being awoke in the wool market to report ; the demand is steady from her sleep, thus proving (in this instance at least) and prices firm, that the sense of touch during somnambulism is alto- MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We are happy to re- It not destro 'ed pother suspended, 3 . Again, near the port continued activity displayed by our umiak entrance of the court were a team of horses and a turers ta• the borne market, and the sake of Goods wageoe, al; ef which she care `ally avoided, as much iby s , nee huuses have b, en extc.ll:;€_, al -.. .' . i f [ lad been midday an.-I llie were :• .f sir proved prices. The manufacturers engaged lei the s) "-- it - ' , " P e ' '' et possession of ail her senses. The ,affair_ has Lensed/ exporrtrade are doing very little, 'but it is believed . I quite a sensation among the good folks of Colyion, there are good grounds fbr anticipating " Sherborne Journal. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. WITIIAM.) John Henry, 20, William Walker, 16, and Frederick ight, 20, were indicted yesterday for having stolen a watch of the value of IPI. from the person of Tho mas Leak?. Mr. Payne defended Wright. On the 15th inst., Police -constable Reeve, A 424, was on duty, in plain clothes, in St. James's Palk,'` on the look out" in the crowd thst had assembled to see her Majesty go to prorogue Parliament, and he paid great attention to the movaments of the prisoners, knowing Henry to belong to the swell mob, and having seen tbem try the pockets of several individuals. He fol lowed them up to Buckingham Palace, where several at tempts upon pockets wt re made by them, bet unsuccess fully, and after briefly consulting together they retraced their steps towards the Horse Gtv..rds. They passed through into Whitehall by the Canteen and took their station in front of the Banquet-house, where the officer, knowing the skill of Henry as a pickpocket, placed him self in a position to command a full view of their opera tions. Henry tried the pockets of several irrsons standing in the crowd, and at length he fixed upon the prosecutor, whose watch he carefully lifted out of his waistcoat pocket. Finding that it was strongly fastened to a chain, and that he could not at that moment dis connect it, he very dexterously replaced it in the prosecutor's pocket to await a more favourable oppor tunity when the crush was greater. Presently there as some crowding at that spot, and he then again slipped the watch from the pocket, but as the crush lasted but for a moment, he had not time to unscrew the swivel, and then fir the vcond time he returned the Watch to the prosecutor's waistcoat pocket. As the Royal cortege emerged from the Horse Guards there was a great rush; and evading himself of that oppottunity, Henry, for the third time, drew the watch from the packet, and was in the act of breaking it from the chain, when the officer reecho-I over his should er , and laid hold of hiS ballet with the watch in it. The prose cutor then became aware of the liberty which was being taken with his property, and he called " p ,Fce" lustily. The officer said it was ail right, that he was an officer, but the prosecutor, suspecting from his not being in uni form that he was one of the gang, declined to resign the watch into his hands, Two officers in uniform arrived the next moment, an that satisfied him, the watch was given up, and the prisoners secured. The prisoner Henry cross-examined the witnesses with some tact, and in his defence he said that the watch was accidentally pulled from the pocket by one of his coat buttons getting caught by the chain, and singularly enough it dropped into his hand. He was about to re turn it when the officer interposed. Walker, in his defence, denied all knowledge of the other prisoners. . _ Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for Wright, who he said was (as he certainly looked) " half foolish," the re sult of an attack of small-pox. The L:arned Counsel then called witnesse', whose evidence showed am Wright was very respectably connected, and that he was of a very excellent character. He dined with his family very shortly before the robbery took place, and it was suggested that he had accidentally fallen into con versation with the other prisoners. The jury convicted Henry and Walter, and acquitted Wright. Lockyer ' one of the officers cf the Westminster Prison, proved six tormer convictions sgainst Henry, wbpm he described as one of the cleverest pickpockets of the day. The last sent-nee imposed upon him was one year's hard labour, and that was by this court. - Mr. 14 ITHAN Fad it was tim-1 the country was rid of such a character as Henry, whom he sentenced to be transportel for ten yet , rs ; aril Walker was sentenced to six months' bard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. iIIARLBOROUGH,STREET. Alfred Bicolia, steward's Loy at the East India United Service Club, No. 14, St. James '. -square, was charged with, having embezzled 11. 101, under the felloeing cir cum,tences : Thomes Withers, hall-porter, raid that on the 221 of the present month he received from Captain Sr, Clair. one of the members sf .he club, a letter to post, and 2s, to pay the postsige with. Witness gave the letter to the prisoner, and also tho money. • The prisoner returned and gave him 2.1., which he said was the change he re ceived a!tr raying the postage. From the short time the prisoner was an tut this errand witness had his sus pieioes, and he qaeetiened him as to the office where he posted - the letter. The prisoner said he posted the letter at Chafing-cross. This was afterwards found to be false. The letter was afterwards found in the prisoner's pas session. Mr. Danbury Taylor, the Secretary, said, in- cense evimee of a communication made to him, he asked the prisoner where he had posted the letter. The prisoner replied, at Charing -cross. Witness, on learning that the prisoner had only been gone five minutes, and being certain that he could not have posted the letter so quickly, asked him for his keys. The prisoner then said he would confess he had not posted the letter, and he pulled it out of - his pocket. The prisoner said he paid a part of the money he received for the postage to discharge a trifling debt he owed. The magistrate was informed that goad reason existed for believing that this was not the first off,nce of the same kind, and it was on that account the present charge had been pressed. The prisoner made no defence, and was committed. MARYLEBONE. . Mrs. Teller, the wire if Mr. Adam Teller, formerly a anaith,' engineer, and iron -founder, in Paddington, who was abandoned by her husband two years ago, and who has since encountered great privations, again waited upon Mr. Long, who desired Mr. Phillips, the clerk, to hand over to her the donations, amounting to V. 55., forsiarded by various teoevolent persons who had read an account of her very distressing case. Mrs. Teller, who is in an ill state of health, and who was much agitated, expreased her thanks to the worthy magistrate for his kindness and courtesy. Mr. Lerzo said no thanks were due to him, but to the very kind persons who had forwarded the money. He was merely the almoner of their gifts. Andrew Devanagh, an Irish labourer, was charged before Mr. Long, with defrauding the London and North- Western Railmay Company of the sum of ss. 3d. by riding a greater distance than for which he had paid. Mr. Thomas Barker, superintendent of the London and North-Western Railway Company, stated that he was instructed to bring this case before the court, not for the purpose alone of punishing the defendant, but to mention another circumstance that had occurred, and nearly attended with fatal con sequences. The defendant and another man named Canines, it appeared, walked from Birmingham to Weedon, a distance of forty miles. At the latter place they took two third-class tickets to Gayton for which they paid 7d. each. Instead of getting out of the train at Gayton, they came on to London, and on arriving at, t veiling at the rate of 3 5 miles an hour. On the train he excessP r i o m f r f o a s r e e - , hill j o Lo t u p n e d n e o l , o e t do l t ! etehsre, arriving at the Camden station, Devanagh stated to the in order to evade the guard that Callines had jumped from the train. Mea traie, which was tr • sengers were immediately dispatuhed, met to their great surprise, they found him in the policeman's box at the north end of the tunnel, with his left arm broken, and suffering dreadfully from other injuries. Upon his arri val at the Euston sta, ion he (Ur. Barker) pot hnn in a ceb and had him conveyel to the University Hospital, where he at present remains in a very dangerous state. lie (Mr. Barker) did not wish to press the charge, but thought that the publicity giv, n to the ease would act as a caution to others for the future. The def.ndant was admonished by Mr. Lowe and discbareed. Daniel Dos sett was charged with committing a tres pass upon the Great Western Reilway. The charge having been proved by Superintendent Collard, the pri soner was . committed fur 14 days. SOUTHWARK. George Smith, a young roan, lete shopman in the em ployment cf Mr. Emanuel, pawnbroker end silversmith of Southempton, was brought before Mr. Henry, charged with being concerned in burglariously entering his em ployer's premises, and stealing property, consisting of gold and silver watches, gold neck chains, gold ringr, diamond studs, about fifty gold pins, together with a quantity of cold and silver coins, to the amount cf 500/. It' appeared that Mr. Emanuel's house was broken into at an early hour of 'the morning of Thursday, the 11th ult.; and plunderrd of the property above enume rated. , Information of the robbery was immediately communicated to the police at Southampton, and from their inquiries on the spot, it was suspectsd that it was effected by five London thieves, that number of strangers having been observed lurking about Vie neighbourhood. Information was also dispatched to Scotlend-yard, and Inspector Field and Inspector Whicher of the Detective force were employed to discover the offenders, and if possible to trace out how the property was disposed of. They ascertained that George Smith, the pri soner, had quitted Mr. Emanuel's service about a month previotisly to the robbery, and had left Southamp ton fur town. Acting upon this information,the inspector and sergeant by dint of nquiry place of abode, and discovered the prisoner's exhibited nothing to indicate that ho was coy l cernt le having been exhibited by such an extensive robbery, none of the arm es stolen found that he was at an obscure lodging, and that d he found that the prisoner people with whom he lodge . d. him, or been seen by The . officers, however, c a e d rt e a p i o n sit da o y f .. a public-house, called the Moulders' Arms,.in R dcross was in treaty with . a brewer_ ,, _ for ed up t o h n em a street, Southwark, and that ho had agreed to pay down business o . oovconvinced 101,0 This to discoveryen dishonestly into the posses sionthat Smith must have come when he left his late of such a sum of money , a s employees service he was of his They, Sum arising from the payment known to have but a small upon the o th n e ce into and chain were found, exam ining his pockets a gold watch but which, upon being which he claimed as his own , • •fi - at once identi ed y Ino as therefore, took the prisoner custody, and on shown to Mr. Ealtinuel, was forming a portio n found that of t h e prop .. ert w y as of which he was plundered. Subsequently ter up an apartment at the Newington-causeway, and Colonial Coffee-house, . , . there a.), invittLed upon examination being . the prisoner had taken sovereigns- were found to Jewellery, consisting f pawn brokers' duplicates relating tacks, amounting to 2001. watches, rings, and other in his trunk, besides named Joseph, the It was also discovered that h a e r gold rings and pins to a man_ d 'so disposed of several Waterloo-road, and that he had a had sold upwards of ditty n of' the property has Since then a considerable panto Vfied by him a; his been seen by Mr. Emanuel, and • of stolen was a c p. e ., y own. Amongst the property watches to another tradesman at Newingtm- buns. f doubloons, imperials, gold and silver coins, consisitr:g ; 9 , se nected have been dueats, doUars, &c, I, e y s e been treeed• not " melee! Ll'iwo, 33 none csF tnene b y . /„ r; „no,. Field withstanding the eetisity dne ,l33. ~ and the re cover y of the greater portion of h property. and Sergeant Whicher is the detecti o oli . n t lo e el st u o t lo i e er tr.ion Mr. HENRY said that as the robbery was effected at Southampton, the circumstances attending it would have to undergo investigation there, and for that purpose he should direct the prisoner to be at once taken there. The prisoner was accordingly conveyed by the train to Southampton. LYNCHING IN AMERICA. Very remarkable records of crimes -are sometimes received from the'. nether regions" of the Far West; but the subjoined narratives, extracted from the Anteriltm Flag of the 17th ult., published in the dis trict of Rio Grande, possess features of unusual atrocity : "On the 11th inst. our citizens were astounded with the melancholy intelligence that Justice Beacon, in consequence of the death of the coroner, had been called to hold an inquest over the body of Captain John Brennan, who had been murdered in cold blood by the notorious Bill Hardy, both recently from Gal ves:on. It appears that the above two, with 'a number of others, were at the Landango-house, where they remained till between one and two o'clock in the morning, when Captain Brennan left fur his place of lodging. He had not proceeded far when he was overtaken by Hardy, who drew bis knife and thrust it to the hilt in Brennan's left breast. Seeing Hardy's movements, he threw up his hands and exclaimed, Bill, don't cut me!' It was too late— the fatal stab came too quick and too certain for him to avoid it. He ran soma thirty or forty yards, fell, and soon expired. After committing the outrage Hardy walked back into the house, with his knife in his hand, reeking with blood, exclaiming, I'M a tart, end that's the way I'll serve any man' who will follow me.' Some of those who heard him, supposing be had got into difficulty with a Mexi- can, advised him to leave, which he did. As soon as it . was ascertained that he had killed Captain Brennan, men were lent to the several ferries to prevent his escape into Mexico, and others started in pursuit. He was arrested next .morn ing about daylight near one of the ferries, ironed, and taken to gaol. The cause assigned fur this brutal outrage is the refusal of Brennan to let Hardy have money while at Brazos, which i., in all probability, 'the true cause, as Hardy was heard to say, on the way up to that place, that he had marked his man. The people resulved t mete out justice to, the murderer, and they according a‘sembled and demanded the, culprit from the - dept . , -sheriff, who was obliged to deliver up the man into their hands. On the spot far this tragip ac he, he remarked that he knew fie had to die, and intended to die like a man, but would rather be shot than hung. The crowd assembled to witness the solemn tragedy was quite large, but orderly nod quiet, with a few exceptions. No one volunteering to Fit:;ot the guilty wretch, it was decided, that he must hang. thiring all this time, and even while the atiatigements, were making fur Jamming him into eternity,. where he would meet a more dread tribunal than any on earth, he evinced the most perfect indifference as to his fate, not suffering a muscle of his face or limbs to betray the least emotion, and even took the-rope that was to hang him and tied the hangman's knot, to show how it was done, without the slghtest perceptible tre mor of the nerves. Those managing the matter, fear ing the knot was not well tied, untied it for the purpose of retying, in which they failed; when he remarked toe gentleman standicg roar him that he would tie it again. This kind office the individual addressed promised to perform fur him. The doomed man then got into a cart, mounted on a plank which rested on the wheel , , without any resistance or assistance, and, - while the rope, which was suspended from a beans used for hoisting beeves, was being adjusted around his neck, asked to have his hands tied behind him. There he stood high above the crowd, his hands tied, the noose closed about his neck, and death staring him in the face, calm, cool, nal collected. The cart moved from under him, and in this condition he was hurried into eternity. He died after a slight strug— gle, and thus terminated the earthly career of Bill Hardy. He met death with the same reckless indif ference that , he had meted it out to others. " On last Tuesday morning our city was made the scene of another bloody tragedy, when our citizens again took the law into their own hands, and meted out justice to a brutal wretch who had set at defiance the law of God and man. From what we can learn of the occurrence, the particulars are as follows : A Mexican went into the house of M'Kee, where a monte-bank is kept, and asked another young Mexican fur a bit. The individual who was dealing monte at the time remarked that be would give it to him, which he did. In the meantime he had drawn his pistol, which, on receiving the money, he fired at the Mexican first addressed. The pistol was loaded with buckshot, two of which struck the young ' man fired at. in the breast, near the throat, and a third wounded another Mexican in the arm. As soon as he had committed the foul deed he ran to the river, and attempted to effect his escape into Mexico by swimming. Several shots were fired while he was in the water, but none hit him. He was pursued by several persons in a skiff, caught, and brought back. He was then taken to see the man whom he had shot, who was suffering greatly, thence to the place where Hardy was executed, and there hung. It did not exceed 20 minutes from the time he discharged his pistol till he was dangling at the rope's end. No cause has been assigned for the cold-blooded act. The young man who was shot in the breast died shortly after his murd-rer was hung. "The house of Mr. G. L. Stillwell, nine miles the other side of the Rio Colorado, containing his family and four Mexicans, was attacked on the 10... h inst., by 11 Indians, who surrounded the premises and kept up a cons!ant fire for about half an hour, without doing any other injury than killing two horses that were tied at the door. One of the party ten came foyward at what he no doubt considered a safe dis tance, as if to challenge, when Mr. Stillwell shot him dead. The party then left, taking away three horses, and made towards Brownsville. It is supposed that this party were among those who attacked Mr. Hol brook and a Moxioan, a pall of Mr. Stillwell's party." THAMES. Mr. John Fiancis Fawcett, master of the Anna Jane, was finally examined, charged with carrying and convey ing a quantity of foreign manufactured silk, over and above the value of 201., whereby, under the 521 section of the Bth and 9th Vic., c. 87, the goods wore liab!e to seizure, and the defendant to . a forfeiture of three times their value. On Saturday last, Mr. Hammond, landing surveyor cf Customs, saw a porter taking out a chest which defend. ant admitted to be his, and said it only contained his clothcs,• at a wrong gate. After s.une parly the chest was examined, and 416 yards of China silk were dis covered, the grewer portion being in concealment at the bottom of the chest, upon which the goods were seized and information laid. Mr. L9wiP, who appeared for tit! defence, cross-ex.:- mined all the witnesses at great length, and took several objections to the informations, which however were over ruled by Mr. Ingham. Mr. Connell, the Queen's a?praiser, proved that the silks were worth 401., and liable to a duty of 61. Os. The defendant had, therefore, rendered himtelf liable to a penalty of 120/., with power of reduction on the part of the magistrate t) one-fourth. Mr. YNGHAM said that, independent a the defendant's own words, who admitted that he intended to evade the duty, the plan ef concealment proved the intent to smug• gle, and he should impose a penalty of 601. Mr. Lewis—Reduce it to a fuurth, Sir. Mr. IwoHAm —I- fear I have even now dealt too leniently. The tine was immediately paid. Jam^s Evans, James Taylor, John Spencer, John Ifew,on, Richard Mummery; Rohe, t May, Richard ii'illiam Hallybonc, and liam Hud.on, the, crew of the Caledonia steamer, belonging to the General Seam Navigation Catnpany, and - trading between London and Hamburgh, were brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with smuggling eighty pounds of foreign manufactured tobacco. Mr. B,.verley, clerk to the solicitors of the 'Customs, appeared on the part of the Crown;' Nlr. Joseph Smith for t , e prisoner:, who were all arraigned together; and, after some discussion, it appeared that ten informations had been filed. The cases were heard separately. All the defendants plaadel not guilty. It appeared from th.e evidence of Mr. David Samuel Harding, an inspector of Customs, that upon the arrival cf the Caledonia at Horselydown from Hansburgh, on Tuesday, be rummaged the vessel, and on removing one of the lockers in the forecastle, on the larboard bow, he found a place of concealment in the lining of the vessel. It was painted over, and the officer had to remove a board before he could discover the eon erahment, and ha then had to draw up the tobacco, to which pieces of string were attached, . and glued to the back of the board. It was the most skilful can cealmeet of smuggled goods ever know. The officer recriested the captain and mate to musler the craw, which was done, and the question was put to each of them, who "concealed the tobacco." They all denied any knowledge of it. They were a,ked what it belonged to, and they said they did not know. Mr. !larding gave them several hours to consider of the matter, and to give up the name of the party td whom the tobacoa IN - longed, but not one would i apeaett his shipm ate, and, in consequence of instructions from the Board of Cuttems, the whole crew were arrested, every man on board being liable. James Evans, who was the first called upon pleaded not guilty, and Mr. Hording gave, evidence at length to the above effect, and added that the Caledonia, was not driven into this port by stress of weather or. unavoid able clusee, and that the tobacco was liable to a duty of 9 53. per lb. The forecastle wa3 the men's place of living, and the tobame could not be concealed without their knowledge. lir. Smith male a long address in favour of the men, and condemned thqconduct of the Board of Customs in selecting the crew for prosecution only, told not pro ceeding against the captain and mate, who were more likely to smuggle than the foremast hands. He also said that a more disgraceful prosecution he never heard or. Mr. lisicsAm could not go along with Mr. Smith in what he said, and did not think it prulable the captain and mate concaled the tobacco or had anything tc do with the transaction. lie had no doubt whatever the defendant or ono of his s!..ipmates put the tobacco in the place where it was found, and that all bad a guilty knowledge of it. lie fined the defendant 100/, and so default of payment, sentenced him to be imprisoned for six cal, radar nrinths. The other defendants were then separately charged, and the elicit ace was repeated in each cas^, which pro longed the sitting of the magistrate until a late hour. All the defendants protested their innocence. They were all convietel (with the exception of lludeon), and in default of pay log 1001. sentenced to six monthp, imprisonment in Kingston Rouse of Correction. It appired that Hudson was not on board when the seizure W3S made, and the magistrate decided that he was not, liable. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Comensuder Charles Brown, lately retired from the office of master, attendant at Portsmouth;Dockyard, is at present engaged et that port with ti .e committee in completing the revision of the rigging warrants. Albion, 90, Captain J. Hope Johnstone, has cona merced entering her additional half or advanced com plement. Ninety blue jackets are yet required for her. Aketo steam-sloop, at Woolwich, notwithstanding that she was condemned by a committee of master ship wrigh:s at Woolwich, has been ordered to be repaired. More good money is thus to be thrown away upon an other of the bad legacies to the navy. Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain H. W. Gifford, at Portsmouth, is manned within a dozen. She will be ready to go out of harbour on the 3d September. Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, Captain K P. lialst , d, does not progress in her manning, nor never will until her complement is increased to the fair proportion of men for the work. She is now short of her working com plement 100 men. Flamer s taeae Portsmouth m-ve s et, on h Commander te t o St.f September,Leger, will be ready to leyfor Davenport and the coast of Africa. She has had her complement further increased to seventy officers and men, of which she is half-a-dozm short. Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, has hauled off from her hulk at Portsmouth, and had her compasses swung yes terday. She is fully manned within half-a-dozen, and will be at Spithead and ready to proceed to the East Indies by the 2d September. Retribution, 22, steam-frigate., Captain Warden, is fully manned with some thirty blue jackets. She will be out of the hands of the dockyard by the 7Lh Sept., and by that time will have completed her crew. Like the Dsuutless, she bids fair t have a happy and united ship's comp Sea 8, G)mmander Sotheby, arrived et Madeira, July 17, from Doropporr, and sailed on the 19:h for the coast of Africa. Tartarus btem-vessol, Lieutenaqt-Coromander Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., with the cffi,!ers and crew of the Porcupine, are expected to la? paid elf on Tuezday next at WotAwieb. Trafalgar, 120, Captain the lion. M. Stop fora, is now manned at Sheerness, with her advanced complement, within a score of blue jackets. Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir 11. M. Blackwood, Bart., has not ye:: completed her advanced comps men'. Men scam rather shy of the ship, and she seems to have been rather unfortunate in ent ring itinerants. She has va sanciee. for a score of blue jackets. - - The American 50-gun frigate St. Lawrence, that an chored on Tuesday at Cowes, passed through Spithead in the afternoon, saluting the flag of the Commander-in enicf, Admiral the Hon. Sir Madera Capel. The Vie t )fl returned the salute with the same number of guns. PORTSMOUTH', WEDNESDAY.-The Apollo troop-ship, Comai&nder Rawstorne, has had her copper stripped off, and is lying caulked down ready for newly coppering. She is to be supplied with iron bedsteads. The Fairy royal yacht, Master-Commander Welch, was hauled on the graving slip yesterday to have the fan of her propeller overhauled, a rope having fouled it. The screw was found to have sustained no injury, and she was taken of to-day. The Britannia, 120, has been taken to her moorings to-dny, where she will complete her rigging. She will be comtnissimitA on Saturday by Captain Yates, of the Illuhtrious. _ The newly-launched steam sloop Furious was hauled alongside the jetty to-day, preparatory to being taken into the basin and rigged. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY —The steamer Sprightly arrived on Monday from Portsmouth with the Magi cionne. ' The Sprightly sails to-day with seamen and riggers for Cha t ham. The Magicienne having been ordered as an advance steam-vessel, was placed at her moorings yesterday. The S , nspareil steam-block ship, building in No. 5 slip, will be launched on the 24th of September. She will be fitted with her machinery in the Union Docks. Two iron steam•vessels, the Principe Caragiorgievich, Captain Bane, and the Principe Stirbeg, Captain Cerno gorcevich, built at Newcastle for a company at Trieste, and for the navigation of the river Danube, put in here yesterthy for a supply of coal, on their passage from Newcastle to Galatz. Wind—North; light breeze, APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, AUG. 28.—Midshipman Albcrt Dent, to the Albion, 90, at Devonport. Gunner George Cooke, to the Daantless steam frigate, at Portsmouth. Boatswain George Lath, to the Fox, 42, at Ports mouth. The Tartarus stoam•vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., is to be taken into the basin immediately, and will be paid off there. MONEY MARKLT.—The premium on gold at Paris 'is 81 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of x t h a a n n d g a e r d a tgpo Paris i o v n e san Londonex c32l:llsl/37;oe.riolf°1132:1;in'g3P'6r2; 5 0a . u 3 n1 2 d 7 k , h i ef t oer follows that golf is 0.14 per c tt. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434/ per mark, which, at the Engli:di Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13,91; and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.9 e, it follows that gold is 0.17 per cent. dearer in flam burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 da)s' sight is 1101 per cent., and thc par of exchange between England and' America being 109 23.40 'per cent., it follows that the exc h ange is nominally 0.67 per cc- t. in favour of Eng -1 after .making ailowanc diffurence of intered; rnd phlkrg:K., i.t tra nsport, the present-rata Paves a small profit on the i mportation of - gold fium the United States, IRELAND. DUBLIN, Ave. 28.—A scene was enacted yesterday at the meeting of the Dublin Corporation which ex ceeded in violence and ex,itencent even the extraordinary exhibitions male by that body a few months ago. It appears that one of those who then took a leading part in the e!ection. of a pseudo lord mayor in opposition to Mr. Reynolds wai Alderman Rooney, who 11.:s since that time occupied a very unenviable position in paint of popularity. At some recent ward meetings the Lord Mayor (\lr. Reynolds) took occasion t) commel'A in severe terms en the conduct of Alderman Rodney, on the occasion referred to; and, so far as the public could judge, the worthy Alderman intended by his conduct yesterday to show how much he resented the language directed against him by the Lord Mayor. In the course of the proceedings he accordingly address.d the chair offensively, and refused to retract hii expression until he was entreated to do so by a junior member in the name of the Council. During the confusion which took place the adjournment of the meeting was moved and the fol lowing scene then ensued:-- LORD MAYOR—I give him notice now, that when I preside next over a mewing of this b.Dey I shall take good care to assert my authority by all the power that my position can exercise, and by throwing myself on the support of the Council; and if Alderman Rooney, or any other member of the Council, on my declaring him to be (in reason) out of order, shall refuse to submit to the chair, I shall be compiled to have recourse to a pro ceeding which I should much rather avoid. I never in the course of my life received from any member of this Council, a more gratuitous, and, in my juilammt, un provoked insult, than I received to-day. I tha,t.k the majority of the Council for not countenancing it, and I trust that for the future order will be preserved here, and that the Lord Mayor wi'l not be insulted in this chair with impunity. The Council is now dissolved. Alderman - ROONEY—I have only to say, Sir, this— LORD MAyou--You are to address me as Lord Mayor. Alderman ROONEY—I say that you have called me a scoundrel, Sir; and I tell you that that assertion is false. LORD MAYOR You shall not Address me T.,)rd Mayor in that way. Aldermao ROONEY—The meeting was over. LORD AAYOR—I6 i 3 Dot over. Aldermaq ROONEY —I wish to be heard in explana nation. and I say this, that the language which you have used in reference to mo is most uufounded, awl wil fully so. LORD MAYOR—Send out for the police. Alderman ROONEY—Oh the bodyguard, the body guard! Mr. NUGENT—I entreat of Alderman Rooney not to be making a bear-garden of this place. LORD MAYOR (to Alderman Rooney)—l arrest you now as chief a?agistratl of the city. Alderman RooNEY—The house was broken up when ycu attacked me. - LORD MAYOR—I arrest you in the Queen's name, and I will bring you to the police office. Alderman RoONEY—Oh! do now, only bring me there. I won't stir. Do, and re:i ill don't make you pay for i!. Mr. LAMBERT said that some allowance ought to b' made far Alderman Rooney losing his temper, when the Lord Mayor had applied to him such Linguage as he (Mr. Lambert) had read. The LORD MAxol aid that he would nut allow any thing that oceurtel in ( ther places to be mixed up with thoproceedings of the Council.. Alderman ItooNEY—Oh! if I had been at the meeting, I promise you, 3ou would not have used such language. I tell you that. Altterma:i Rooney here went towards the door. LORD MAYOR —I am vary happy that you WO going. Is cot all this very creditable to the Council? Alderman It O:NEY—C4II Off your bodyguard, and don't abuse me in my absence, coward that you are! LORD MAYOR—I hope it will go forth to the public that he returned to assault me. Mr. BARLOW—If he meant to do so, he would take some other way than by walking out. The C mteil then br(lr up evidently highly excited by the scene which they had just witnesse3. Much dissatisfaction prevails among the respectable inhahitants of Belfast at the conduct of the town citincil of that borough in arrogating to thereselv,s.all the ho nour of entertaining the lArd-Lieutenant at his ap proaching visit; the invitation sent to his Exl.llency being in the name of the council alone, end without any opportunity Leing afforded to the other citizens to join in - the compliment, while in reality the citizens at large would have to pay the expenses out of the borough funds. Meetings have been held, and a committee of most re spectable mercantile gentlemen and others has been ap pointed to prepare an a:ldress. for presentation to his Excellency, and it has been resolved that any invitations to their banquet which the council might issue should not be accepted. Ths L-ir:i•Lieutenant lhas intirna'ed his intention of accepting the invitation of General Bain brigee to remain at his home during his vi-it to Bel fast. llis Excellency proposes paying a visit to his relative the Earl of Candon, and is expected to arrive at Caledon•bill on Saturday next. The complaint of a want of sufficient labourers to save the harvest is now becoming very general throughout Ireland. Labourers cannot be procured in some districts of the country for any wages. The Right Rev. D. MbGettigan has been appointed by her Majesty one of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland, in the room of the late Most Rev. Dr. Crolly. PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN PLYMOUTH, Auer. 26.—The haV-yearly meeting of this company was held at Plymouth this day; Colonel Harris in the chair. There was a good attendance of shareholders and directors present. The directors report steted " that although several portions of the company's property have net been brought into productive operation, or only imperfectly so, the gross income from tolls and dues for the half year which ended on the 13th of Juno bad exceeded, by 2001., the amount received during the preceding half-year." It then proceeded to say "that this increase racy be re lied on as st qsdily progressive, and the important privi leges recently obtained from the Cotemisstoners of Cue toms may be regarded as among the principal soure, s of such augmentation. The pier had been constituted a sufferance wharf, and is available for the landing and shipment ( f a great Vl:rioty of goods which were pre viously inadmissible; and the building erected at the pier for the accommodation of the officers of the Cus toms being now completed, Mill-Bay will become one of the principal boarding stations in the port, which cannot bat lead to a considerable increase of its trade. The traffic by stesmors to the pier con tinued undiminished, and the directors had com menced the erection of a commodious hotel, which will add greatly to the public accommodation, and be for the pecuniary advantage of the company. The report of the engineer explained the progress made ' during the past half-year in the works of the inner basin. Sufficient advance had been made in filling up the north eastern angle of the bay, to warrant the expectation that the greater part will be acc emplished within the present year. When this is complete', an area, comprising in the whole nearly three acres of ground, will be available for building purposes." Tho statement of revenue account showed on the debit side an expenditure for establishment charges of 611. 151. BJ.; stationary and printing, 8;. 61.; harbour mester's dspsrtment, 92/. 9s. 10c1. ; annuities and in ?crests, 513/. 153. 51.; propertion of rent charge to the Duchy of Cornwall, 6/. 14;. 3d.; and to balance carried over to next half-year, 218/. 11.1. 101; making a total of 893/. 15s. 61. On the credit side the receipts by rents of house property, &e., were 951. 133. 3d. ; and by harbour anti pier dues, 79SL 2s 31, Mr. T. STEVENS called attention to the fact that a ship had been compelled to lie outside the harbour for four days; because there was not a depth of water of 11 feet 4 inches to allow of her passage within the pier; and, after some conversation upon this matter, Tho Director; said that this was the first time that they had heard of it, and that they would take care to have the stones removed which had Prevented that ingre s. It was further 6tated, in reply to questiln th At :an hotel, at an expense of 1,2001., was in c)urse of erection near the pier. Mr. SEAMAN called attention to the fact that on an expenditure of 2,6314 15s. for works they were paying 5001. a year to Mr. Brunel. He then said that that gen tleman had by the nature of his works, arid his indiar ence as to whether his expenditure gave any return, brought distress and ruin upon hundreds of families, and he therefore moved that he be. dibmissed the com pany's service. Mr. WHITgFORD explaicel thit the small amount of expenditure would not be a measure of the amount of work which Mr. Brunt! had caused to be Coale , and stated that as the engagement with the engineer would terminate at Michaelmas, it would not be renewed with out proper consideration. Mr. SElmax said that under those circumstances he would withdraw his motion. A motion was then put from the chair, that the ac counts be received and adapted, and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. SOCIETY FOR PROMO TING THE IMPROVE MENT of the FIACKNEY CARRIAGE TRADE. On Tuesday the members of this association celebrated their first annual meeting by an excursion to Erich. and a dinner in the grounds attaehed to the Pier Hotel, to which about 130 sat down, under the presidency of Dr. Blundell. Mr. W. S. Long, in proposing the toast of the evening, stated that the taxes imposed on the hack ney carriage trade exceeded twenty times the amount paid by any other business. In the reign of Wm. 111., when this kind of impost was first resorted to for the purpose of revenue, the tax on a sedan chair was fixed at ss. a year; it was subsequently increased to 10 1., but now the proprietor of any sort of hackney carriage was compelled to pay that sum every week. Though they were so highly texed the Legislature seemed determined to increase the degradation which existed amongst them, by pasciog enactment after enactment of so stringent a character that it was imeossible to comply wish them, and then the drivers were sent to gaol, as if that was the place to teach them their moral or social duties. Mr. E. Hider, the acting manager of the society, sad that the association had been scarcely a year in existence. It was originated and almost entirely supported by persons engaged in the trade, and its objects were, by c ~ m bining together, to resist the wrongs and exactions to which as a class they were subjected, and to interest the ieflacntial clasEes in their favour. They also intended to rstaLlish a benefit and benevolent so. ciety in connexion with the association. lle denied that the character of the cab-drivers of the metropolis was se bad as was usually supposed. Of course there were many dishonest iedividuele in that as in other employ ment?, but On au examination of the facts it would be found that, taking 6,000_ individuals (the member thus l engaged in London) from any psher class, as large a Y p 4 r w ( p or lion were c onvicted of infractions of the crimiot 1 . not:. that am o i n t g was impossible law, or for they were so hedged up by legislative ease., icturb-drivers. lie said the crirst tt t ft . e.: n i 1 for infringing the neaoi .. thepworibllnedetehoey, soceouvleirwahveteto,ere by to „ibii , e r. *alit with complaint.: against, them ,_ fait and the pollee that a cub-driver never 0, 0 t`,, iitv with ng . , and it was often a wiser course to plea° guilty a offence, even althcugh innocent, and those:o7;g with a s ' . fine , than tl take up the time Of °I I Ile drfeace, which was gencrallv unsuccroai' jos detailed several other icstarus in w-hich the lavitss,o, mPonpt 'littnatn,d4,hootp.kenraeytescaurnrria,agirelys, tooodtheordger unite i Q r the purpose or obtaining, an alteration. liverish:oi to ----------"" n 1 IN RECEPTION OF GA1L113A1,..,- 14 MST YORE... , Al i d o e u n d t e , v a e r — d d e':: c ll g r. °l.it Valentine a'a Il l i held Mott, tilinf.e, n a ci o ' t 3 i Y l Tl : ags to lPt'r cs ::l At a „,,,,...• t h ) er i o e hcrs.of the. commis ion f.,r the eelsptio3 0 L . cb 08 Gariba f ldi, read the report, and t tter by w.'..rojecl ~paiidiiicelalrui. FilePanti as secretary, Garita'di " 1 Thaiim. It wet; resolved:— f asseil l liberty declined the hoouri 1110 sho t h u e l d fa b n e ds o r ff ai , s r e) d fcr to the t h glebeerecberpatlioononaitol one of Gefieroi companion 2ln of Garibaldi in his voyage and hts I,: er th , i• former, and the rued of the first cor n of 50 . ie, 13,0 ..a tn .r . uominAt4d. The latter composed of Wu o ' no ef 1 lii i, Mud Mignasco. who will revise tbo . 01 0 0 the first • Ilera.V, f)r ew article. tr, to t li t '3. The me Aicg rendered a vote of than.z..,, ye/. will make use of them as is ON press of N the sympathy which it had sbo. General Garibaldi litertp York, and priDcipally to thew.ivo'twooto. ary - P2,2,L.--ie of Italio y. I t° ta 1 . I a' T he- En'--- FROM GENERAL GARII3ODi eft di, re' s t , committee:- ioililetter from General Garibal. _. to 0 hi, public r , • • bi c ity , WO Wrillo CC' i Von in t a patio A • G.' n'lemen 00 • you tat tainty" gassings, Auglst 7 ' 18 0 5 e ' l a ,—I regret going obliged to.ao .orto my cons rued ill-health will forbid IsY A L D ot 6, Allen your proposed demonstration of SatdatTe'llooer .s. slytweess of my convalescence, 0 0 ~, 0 0 PI it cut ofm o the time when I Lilly recover, vi L l i d ji 0 1 01 8 Y Pvwer to fix any day wheti I!a ' j Teri to meet • 'nut , in con) fiatt,rin . to , I more hate earnestly, if p ssible, tbsn you, invitation. I ho 7( u sill allow toe ~ db pliacee with your Oil i t i o tl o pes t. stratiGn m * often expressed, that tbe POP ° 0 , 6. No such o f t h e 8 .re public exhibition is necessary ot os _ people, a 3 nd patLy of my countrymen, of th e ol hfonO le" which I have of all true Republicans, ill the w biob 0 4' yield much gratt• have floredve suffered, or in the cause out or beforseedtodeor rOie , severed of from ...,`Thoug land, h a public roanifestittion of Ibis ~,y 1 164 "" OW ._. terference my Or mrlny children, and rnottroleloreigo in:, fieaion t, me, an exile frog ~,Ye otr country's freedom by means of 1 , 00 0 1 ' • , yot believe me that I would raw bo ogie to Oder' and be permitted quietly and huniblY ipoje 0 citizel f tip, t this great republic of freemen, to 58 _ 0 to es! , , my eo li toelengage in business which may v m a, e , sutel, nothing enable si,,ortito!'o,7 livelihood and await a more favourable °P,, I a nd t for the v of my Wintry N o foreig u 1 . redemption f aressors. 'thing tea oy f r f: 0 " DIL:Nt to the cause to which I have devo ~ t his g, of go highly as the apprAtstion o' obe y 0 0 I I :: c(tee; sa,ntdi.flleadmocaotnlviunocue d I , i s IT( L a e} a ij i o t Y b f t e r i ; is erve s ci et i t o es cause of noble an f:eed,)as, in which they tbeni6e3f -xin3ple to the world. GAsis*l'Di. ~..., amass± --------1, i i . fr . It o. THE COUNTRY 10Ark‘ii of , 5 „ op LE • Eus , AUG. 27.—We had a large .bo- ;00' re' ( I gy from vessels below. The yield of th e ! 'Oa' v ett is so manifest that holders are extrenibliorePto 47i _ finest parcels of old fetched fully agedrkii,o, 45340% finterior description is wantee, (1, P 5 1. „ 5 " p er 4)300 firm, :endeirs:kfourp.raedatraofinad,o. white 478 i° vs pert ii rley as before- O t d b Dings 014 0 'r ° 10 (.1 short NEWCASTLE suppI CORN-MARKET, AUG'ail d ci - ;10 . '' a 27''''altiqell met a reldy rain the whole day our market ruled fir m •',•'011 0 ' of ve,hcat from all quarto', iv 00 105 r, prices of Saturday ' :for 1 desoriptio3°;' if sale go pri%e" s. 0 0 0 „Aa° ye' N , EWCASTLE CATTLE-31ARKET, AVG' 27;olitY0 bille'lit° s o: Cr a '3: i ':: C o o r mprit el 380 bead of 15 1 st 4 Ti lde b et ‘if imperial,t h the meal decrease on last weck of about 150 bad•,,he 0 01 0 5 11 (le iliteiarcrype jaatcnff improvedi. lambs3B l oth e rkpsi alsonti o d n ess s e a:lol l I 3i n ei iderte:atcl; 1, to 60 i t ,.. 5,855:01;d:it 0 ovviAtt:ffh e ro:1.0,30 O ffi ei 0 ; xr • stetsll4, Diatton 4 ' -il to 5" . lb; lnib, 5 ,1 10 v 4 There7.o) 4 EDINBURGH MtALP'..ariliti ET . , .409. 2.7;:seigi:',;g4ti'e:, t i r ; 2 sacks m ovtou a ndr r i le c h e t to-day 1 . 1 . sacks l to jaittriesatjoe:b, jai f 9 l s / 5 1 a v 5,, , , 1:2. e t t,e?, : 7atl/ Ps cold us •---- a ,wahvicehrasgoempartie2e,eof the o: sc . h e i l s a f o 2 tib a s, r a l o e u d Y o '4 . I' i t /;;•' ' : 9 sold th Old d ea h t ditto, 7s tad Oat strawdi: to :fiat), Sj O ge e; Us: —1 at 255; 2at 24s lat 2.;St gel', el eisi , EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW bi l l : f 16 l e i% I I O tod i tolls os 0 ii lit a a , fecLil ltd to Is 2d per stoe I 12 ;16.,....The,re pli 1 0 .,, ; bags oa•niEleTallf MEAL MARKET, jt"lG'at tbi. dalgdPer I" and to of barleyniq,,, „ c od up ~a alesready. Oatmeal ;Cdbpaerlreykell*- °• 75 6° ' to 16 '6 9 , Toil Is (neW),3iSIAT P , r, a, barley mealSeeoll', 9 t o per bag dearer. Oatmeal, p er sack, of 280 lbs. Firstf ~q 3 3 ...-3 , pd imperial 3t 6 .',", 17 5 ° ,l '''' ail Barleymeal .. ditto ... ... os 0- , „.. 0 O. .....s - p , per easemeal -• ....., pd , oid .00 pd Flour ... *** ••• ••• ......0 0 3 ........"; Oti Pot barley "' -• ••• .Od - ... _ ......3 art e le ( y 3AL—:—.lll e R l e a g v b e l re? H , l'all3"' fiettOli '''' 15 5 0 J field ... . , p a s ell's... '''' 1 41 gel Cressw 11 Main •••••• I's Cd . 4 , 0 . ....... „ F " eMai .. lls 6d ,Stevis, v ‘ b.. .... .. , 0 Holywell . ... rove:, .. " 15 a North P 133 6dlScarbe gag ...... , s 5 ..... 1 4 6,1 West Wylam ercy Hartley • la ed Ileugh gall ......... Can • field Moor .. Penfield Moor Bu • t • . .. d South I(erl°tepeol•"'' 1 4° 61 Bewicke and Co. mg s N eiv Teasni IlA3lßs66—'dErri,:;tvilbh---'0.1„t111.0....1..,.....4..ir.....,..... ......... 111 1 ,, ; 9 ' 60 0( 1 61 Wall's End, tir Tbcrrlie .. ...•''' 11°6.1 c. g lloe ••• ~1. . 13s od Wes t "" e b , ......... ; Oil Harton ...... . c. Heaton - • ~,.- J .,53 d i • .. ..... 13s 6d.Adelst , T e es•••• „„ . 1 5 , P Hilda l3s 3cl Maclean 0 „ I , ~...• 1 61 Lawson .... ..• .• F ts 6a 13s 3 ' ,cau , Original vvy Gibson a rt'ey' 0 1 •••'' . • ••'" 133 3d Cowpen .• wate Oa 0 L E" a d7ha rn eiank b re t Mn o re n aliiirn r e' rimrose 143 sci Cardiff . • !,'.; 0 3 Belmont 145 6d.oartleY•.. c o p) , j 36 Bradd ll Y 155 31 Wbitwort .„oryei, , fletton Ja ° j..! ' .....-- -----P° 'u" _ ., ,, c , 1 ., I t 'it j‘Y ii, prices s O si A C I tic e cl no ell BRISTOL, Av• ,‘2B.bange to clo oB ' i ota this mxacardkit:eNtntv.aignA.v—arsidrYnaetlelbnadblve littie c os ~hi e i re rre sto- 4 0 11 done at 59 ex div.—Ditto, 171. Share -4, i O, beea,, i , havea r l e EI 4 WAY Li i.31P001.. Au' riot b ° 0 fell STOCK EXCHANOE.—The share pu re viere.gdie,.' per tirlaY, and prices lower. The transacti., 7 ,10 ~,,, Vi per irktnhead, Lancashire, and C h e s h i r e , ivor lo lll W r ot* (late C. and B.), 1,11 „.„,Lancasbire ant , i ii ied‘ , at isr a il. lidated, 40 1 4 LanCAster and Carlislevo, seiv ,, , 0 London and North-Western, 111 L i ,--- ; ,tfa i nd• /131s1 d 1 5. i 15.16 p.—Ditto, Fifths 1% p.-Nr-,ltegistere 00 —South-Eastern and Dover (No 4P 0 . s pri',,: , M ANCII ESTER, AV G ' d a y v/ 13 ,„ OP fre' ta.rooedebx6usrEixcrrAxax.—Tca market 111's .are,flitto, ?;e‘ 01 ( Quarters. Lt i e i : Da . Lancashire , 1.10 1',...13/ es It OP ,e r per r e n s ed s e n d yt o . in g . The transaction ~ :1,i,, Y for a, tire, orlk2stir_elFonifdthons,virldso.rsitiapt D is ia ri c•:, a,los t i f tt Ditto, P o - lf , e ( r N en o c . Manchester, e 4 ,7/ 5 S i .. b :7 3 . te-h- ail t et° , A tig A - ~ f ro; oil follow: —Eastern EXCHANGE. —The Atraunas.aa!ri•iileasntir!cl34lesl::°sl3d :,---PEr Preference e(guarantee d.,...... , Counties, -r ego' of • • 5 per cent. in perpetuity), *Mg. _ __, 4 60, 1 o f - ----------<,,,t e Prili,llot:i; of, theset. ~ o Ho lloway ' s iv incomparable ft TISEAIE IN T , 1 —The cu — 1 ! ste d ' e--1 ° P e ' , f a c as s e rt t h th t a . t in O i society anti medical men, both boure lattericibreren pr t n h t e m seeinavteeradeni severest nPecaissl acheleissoaorfe ct:orrloiiilli :j ay s:o; t or ed s g , : ci ore e e p ost u lc er' , o eo t t h e ever e rio w s w , e ri c which n truly A nd the at fag' oil s i! ii 1 . amens, when n_ • ery be m . ipe s hell o) o f he.ooreenitiliered 'incurable, .••••‘' re i , 0 _ ill , 1 e , ,, a 0 lowa T 's pill s ar e tbe v ' mor e •e r" l ei bad glandular of Medicine and w at Professor 11 % ,1000 ...." ..fr.5tr eg o f r affections, eTeitiheienrietses ...Y;:;i'iorsrieviababe:leyieralgi_est,l"lol:ll;rl,°'bitjiy::;:ile:%picfeeto:l;4::i scurvy, ringworm, scrofula, or'kiu,'s evi . vsta b 1 ii i A 511 t, I 'l 6 Strand, diiinEg London.BE A.ut.Fr 'ioe. t b in feted ru g eti d a relr' Ili; bath- lk Jus een co p , Y _RAGGED '-'." j.„.rewpo•oreri,tectitt the r 3 b' le 1 i1i . ,0 41 ), ; , w a , fur the education et - • c stY .0 ..° :01 , ` 0 00 . % . tcl i nity. The erection is in the lorr...ehed 1) 0 0 1 4 g, 0 , ' , ',, , t l _ l , e a noble facade and portico, apperiu:cling fant P e o el l y . pp, v v . . 8 , 1 'Pa. The entire building•.:" co ver 0I Sr• t s i ° ( l l/ 0 1 vollishops, masters' re.tidences, c'el„itictoree eo3reeltr' feet. It has been erected by the 1-0— s e * IOW - boy, the eminent distiller of Larnbetbe'e of ° I ' 'a , . .. schools will be opened for the r e P early in the ensuing month. I) _____—_-- r Job ° BIBTIg- _ wife °' 0 ,a O w n ro t t il d e , E 2 6 :i ci t . h inst., at OUrppeAr Csfallst.°°' the " e t of f°3er i do ari> , t he II of On the 26th ' Mile Miles, jun., Esq., late of IlighburY• it. ~,,10.- seta sirO A Jil t the Bedford 'P litee' le of Major Usborne, ESC'.AII $ , " O Ct2o.da,r-hPh2jorerksoti.d,GO.arFtanuithiapPnei:, on°"the g tii ' poll's, 17/ " • I p ia so o' r e. o.4.fifianimtheelltt slebe On the 26th-inst., at the Germaa ---1,4.0011, 0 01-' 4 , t o Strand, the Rev. Dr. Grossmaa, o l 0 of 1 11 11 Pof fr o Luise, eldest daughter of Ur. E. BOt ° 0 ! the ..r, sell m til e o e t, At St. George's, Hanover-squarec.,c;let.,s.• 10, ,e . :, " Hon. Fitz Gerald Algernon Cbaries P.A bell, kdv , late and brother of the present t°3lll)pbelif younger daughter of Sir George CO I' t'Sshire, N.B. d A. waif° . I 4 r rg grasi). si r .., o sec. c o) On the 23th inst., in Argyll -Place,. scrviee, vict3 ~, bell, late of the Bengal IllilitaA soma' 4ileo;r 0.1 the Ath inst., at Weymouth, a ir slri ° I ' o' 3 Thomas, Bart. m t ill A ° f Abe of On the 17th inst .at FreYsca•--;',04d0 ° 'ififtl JvvuilialialFnriaoneetsrillad.y D'Arley, ageas6uff'oll4 t ory , ° cor: On the 2 ith inst., at Sudbury, - r illt Di(' A the John Sikes, Et q. 1i sorrel', o f $O , On the zsth inst., at Stochwe ,Traors, ote 1; aged 80, the wife a mr. J. w•Gr• doe R. O S n to t d h l e ia 2 rt wall, and Stcckwell. yh or in i s i t i . i , rig S t l l i On the 26th inst., at Brunssoo, i eiliii,,ol John Massey, Esq., aged 71. tgirSeetnod,h4 e_( l : 6 ' nicl:c: $ eelett,,t': .r' r .,.,..g., •T• 17 . 1) . 1. - --- ' ~--01/"T II f; On the 24th lost, at Harlow, :: • - ,„0 ; riP, ti _ --' - --- ----- ...- b ' frillitYoo' ;01 London: Printed and Published „,/,. s ig. .„00 C' No 112. fltrand, Printer, atif-Eocolp in id the Precinct _(l_f_ h i 3 9 ' 050. Aliddleses, Thursday, Mitiuo ' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1850. Ir