The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-10 00:00:00

aowfasoideeiclud, b c --- ti al, --id it appeared from the y , ur -mar la „ ... . Tried, 45 wore sens ...es that of .68 person. II l iefel t shot; ad le ; 0 death, of ;which number 21 were ... two were tyrsetitences commuted, and seven remitten ' d I,7BPorted; ` even were imprisoned; 11 suffere .o co_rFo : lb PliniBhenleht Another return showed that 1 . e l: 4 o u , e Nattier of persons flogged was FO., the nu e m se b fzcts i varying from 50 to 6• He would wietB)!ak for the and would put it le t a o ve th t e h Couetry to take iwther such proceedings ought to be allowed disapprobation on Alae e • th e me without a single expression of ae ,. pert of the Government. If such violations . of liberty e-tie,r,s pertaitteri at a distance, there would be .lietttlewdifli as to o il in bringing them nearer hemp. His ()bee t o l l! c1 L. t?e people . in the lonian Islands the protection thi..ee they lied a right to expect, and if there . was an) - was „ ,ut objectionable in the terms of his motion he , 114_4 .eady to modify 'is wishes of the House.—(llear, hear). it in such a manner as to in..e, L ite . nRI ' 441..111Gr1T seconded the motion. tunity had ; 0 , 41 _ WES did not regret that an oPP°I absent and itn.vsih?rded a effering a defence for an „.ts were kn ow "end. who, when the whole of the f . -. A te , n, w ould riot be considered deservirfe h t° w hich he had 'Ten exposed. His Hon. Fri Friend hi ed th ia • ",, a I l i a _a e °elect of a ,ace. .. . and all who LI w s Lure and foreien to his dispositiet.l, 0, his lion. I,flci. l o rd him would admit that the feelings , stdeldehr always 1 to violence and cruelty, . een opposic d fa it violated th ose should De able to show that he he _ivpo.ley or_prineiples of c onstitutional liberty by the 4ouse.— (4: 81 ll be had won his repu'ation in thst as ,f.p.ak . al.' 'ar ) U 0 1 Hawes ) be sorry to . . aite e _,._ •e e ashould i" 'saltference of a proclamation of martial the rPer:eeedinge consequent thereon. He was aware of , to Ponsibility which rested on any man Rich p ow ,retest against the course ergs L powers but be must protee case now who resorted tiodet_tehad been taken with reference to the which i1aTi1,,,,, j_ Onsideration, and would rely on the . paperssione which c.sen altogether Suppressed in the discussions Is) 4114414a'. Sir ii. Ward arrived • sada 04 h In d the island le 4 t e olst of May, 1849. He fouhn finances in trettte4°.rlaiderable state of excitement, etrefellorder, and a lar ge a n d nompreh t fn e sive scheme ;4 leoorneila which had been prepared by his 14 onancial diffi lt - predecessor Vete; and his first act was to endeavour to remove th e cu les, and complete The r oonth of 4 „ gruestions for consideration were—was August the insurrecti t o h n o' b e ro r k ef e or o m u s t.. tittrl rection? was it dangerous? did it lasoirethtehree ss i t ? and die s! POWer of the Government to suPPre %s 1r fe . Ward commit any one single ed ? hatisileraor c h ,L. of that colony he ought to beas act l a ss to .hich kit° soq, a tember in referring to the dispatchesm. .lecf,,t the s od., to believe that a murder hal been eo u tu ra l g t e t . a ana But Wh y Idn.4t Undoubtedly there had been an o PTitch it the Hun. Gentleman refer to thtreeenteioxht had me tot Set in which Sir H. Ward said the insurrection it coin- Sat ioed t been suppressed in the district t sitt ed e ' ° teethe most horrible atrocitie l s a h w a n d e b h e o e u n s c e o s ra o i tee, u3' peasantry, who had burnt t % Wh o treftivelte proprietors, cut off the heads of two men ton u sed to kiln them, and driven back the cloanrolstaabhud sseite,This stetement showed the general 3 Hon. 4seta-,84t Which was spreading. The Righthat portion of thee'en altogether omitted referring to that portion de• NitttiptioPapers which gave an accurate and alarming o 4 of this state of things; it was stated in these the 4 t hat the insurrection broke out by an attack ot! the tl.llstabalry on the 27th and 28th of August, d Il ettu_ rin t °I a house in which some persons were s b , u i rn o t f . lleat'h the 28th and 31st of August, k elt s°,ther Proprietors were burnt, and mi t i h rd e e h rsof the the elastip7,rocious kind were committed, and although fo liieta°BeB, uctUally committed were confined to Tor tl'it''ten'PT3 were made to extend the system lad eoelphout the country. So general the :u a fr la dt r eis m r: tweetn,,.4!°ll and so imminent the dange w i r i a : a t h h e a G t o w v i e t r h i i i n . i lee t I::: island would have been a desert e tas t , sh own the slighest symptom Archbishop of vptilhill'clOent was corroborated by the . of hesitation. Plilthen 'utli(t• Sir a Ward was not respons d ible he f e o h r t e a lta of things. His Government had ' i 'lli; (4 n° act to • ustif - it. At the time the insurr r e , c .. - fok, no out the governor) was considering those_ear lete;llllkieh had be epromised to the lonians.—( H e .4iti NOW, What w h a. the admission of the leaders h of de. IstvePtrreetion? One of them admitted that d e that allt hadttheePhilishment he was about to receive, ' t iof ..t‘etilln active part in inciting the ekellt olDielence; and another said it was notPtohPuGlaanottvoehrnto uttetpv,igland which had destroyed him, bu e this l o o w eo n Sitl'ileti:e4en, The truth was that these men ,f had xeiter: -e k c i On the people, and raised adegree 1 r, e hear.) 4 t Wft'uleh they could no longer control.—(llea 30th of 4hp...tinder these circumstances that on the._ was re toor,Zi law was proclaimed. And who dos„ martiallfor that state of things but those who had ot these outraes?—(Hear, hear.) 1144:P11%1011i% Consider that Sir H. or Wad id Chadteeuospide that te:„B"ettta or that he hal exceeded his powers, ‘ 4 tl e -/ were not called for on the ocea,ion? Far from a b at e - would first refer to the opinion hines rlhaitchhaddeclar d that they concurr ' e 'f d t i h n e the mea t4B44 tt'llelekgaSiy. 11. W e ard had taken, and that he merited le %de re tor having pat down the insurrection. te ll ; 14 88 had likewise been i i inhabi t, of fed by 500 of the principal held . presented .a, to . bellesd. island, approving of the had given Th e t e te ttl dpi the Legislative AssemblywcouPrse he ba t e : 10 0. kß,,[i. Commissioner its support 1 alluded to the em- Were Tind to ) , 3 , 0 , for Montrose had t and its thanks. We e , e see, Lit us blockade of the . h . l: l l:ld as measure: m e whiche, fE. *t, Ott l i d:: But in his opinioi.i.evoerrryeeti.,h at(nce 4:oWise e 4 i e h lY tu put down tlie that denied the parties tried tioe oitillartiarnar'r. He deprived f the ordinary protec t lliet theetvil eou_.were deprive stated prat 1 p er: Sir li. Ward, ' in his dispatch, t e i knetioo 'ons tried between August 26 and t r trial of th 4 te i arid th 0 . amnesty in October, trials as many as e hat t i „ ,tt seit4t.__ ittm some of the had all ha ig d h a t Nei'illt, hZeisbNvere examined. I e ties, and that Sir for 5d Bt 'ted t h e en done tllee paar s were punished .1 was iersuecled.t H. t, , L . at all these 21 pereen‘h 4‘lld ' lO l h the civil courte, hsi e h ato s b• t/(1 they been tried by the to capital lie B "%Pi lt II lectod them to ha s e Member for Mon aBs gessoota Re t hought the Hon. .• \v: 4 ;iot° ,i, fairness-to have stated both b s u id t es si o r f T i e . t t re did The iesurrection was put down, t er ms Pre,j o u . _t r.elsx in his efforts to briroigroahhloeuAtitehme the intended. The 119 . 11 e ich which the la th e ta t e Lai referred to the in 1 4' 4 of thtlow First Minister wrote in 1839 to the G a o ,. - 11,:il to th e lunian Islands, and to the reforms ' I,44.Nl:earlier°. Now, every one of these t.ast had tew acd great practical operation during , the I et t o the Ro d e e leotrat praise was due in this reip 7 , c in i in the ko s et l l ltae et kSe,,aton) who preceded Sir H. I , N ar /tit tati e i s of these islands. The Hon. Member for a,,!eeeiZeu lamented that the lonian people them when 11 1 , 1 ; Tli tt , e 'm the measures e f reform promised N had not Now up to 1042!es,litkider the rule of Great Britain. ll t led to raent larger measures of reform had been expect. l.4ttoeid , , Pit than they had any right % laq L i nee Woo know in what state the placed 4144 theztiads would have been had they beent Britain. people or the NtitailltheraPkrotection of any power than G ee tkip:TY other power which would have as rich kiv et e?al l ie t lges, or have de t) them la der . e'lear ai open v r e e g a iven them le e fo r a, • e was quite sure th .o at th t e he isl l a t i n a . ta ti 1111,,, eeontrote did not in his visit t elli tali thi thee talk of electoral reforms ._ and et 44411100, 4e.swo;f.civil expenditure. It would, In ~. work out the r . e lse great e ' o3 to allow them to . w . up angry Ile tis B Als keg to them, without stirring transactions. hilill t " cOnneation with recent w.l.c , kc ela • e°tlld show the exaggerations . ast thein ilirtt. 1( 46, d • A tli loce ~e sin Oil this question . -0 much c 4e eit i 81141 c the allant officer wheorso°Z. k e sed• 11 th e • i gains` flogged 400 p „ t ee dig t e ,la and of having qi ;) li tlai r .0 Ne return made, and never contradicted, gee tt;4,4 toltitB oOly 70 . -- (flear.) It was a libel on em S . liktietmtiOtit. forage that he had called the inhabitants . s refer he '''ot-Lthei : 4 14115 had used these words, not with ref Ph.% -004-Ziee generally but only with reference t t o . t q ti tl i t t ,Zil it tin a 4e - a u . 0 hado been guilty ot the atrocious ou did . N e , 1: 4 the t )' of proo ;man reretted more than he ci t i l a k It it wit .. ainung martial law; but he main -1%,,, %a hewn teose bad men who had ' resorted to lartillitkiliiieare_ guilty of bloodshed (and not the Lord 0f, 4 oftiltroidtai no) who were to blame for martial b o °l cip l t«),4 tslrd•--(flear.) The condact h and mea en approved ,by 1 4, kby th'Aigh Corarnissioner.had l e inhabitants, 411 g";lottStO Senate, by the principal tc, l 3 : JUNO% 107 Assembly, but h e be I I s e f r e a d vi t . h vv e Learned s 14 1 13 of g t. s . d .1114%d had declared that the ( P i Ile/Attie, !lroclabeaing martial law, t e , . ed et krdii? gown the rebellion.—(Hear.) as the only L ep l et a% 'Nere,Was not surprised at the way in which ‘ Tee tryekeees' for the Colonies had met the case, e)ii_ r 1,1 , e ti 40% (14,.t0tt wo, way in . which he had defended 14 lae pot. nen inquiry was called for on the Ne e Ne• Qo rn lie could not comprehend . the use of )41 ` 741 9 x e lk e tl ec 0 43 e (4111, if .. one of its . chief duties was not 44 ; l lot ut the re c i e estton s of this nature. ho T fa h o e ts U w n h d i e e r h - Iv lito ee to he found had given them _ ortttlh es,"'Els',l:lllocl in the blue. inquiry,bootcich,easndotsirH in. tet of t „ t , called for. The dispatches th at l e It Yl. " t ,'' a kind that they .1 he was hlun 4. 11 4 x9 se i,, . 9 Part showed thatder might be read two t ' llk lil e f lit Z el t), Bl4 , Ill tt g , o 44l F, and another part contradicted bOOO 1,44:4e w ho , a stio.veed that h had grossly ex ofg,: It as to ! allatr. He wished e the First Lord tob e lite kil 'as r,oo,_Llrn to the first letter in the blue ersa tl ( 'l' a r , d Lvcd at the Colonial:office o 6 n th th o e f l ( o ) t c h . ttiOteeeelhtereio. wss not answered till th . e . l loa rtti che •Bl •3? e ' 3 ! 116 d ays, during which the Colo .. rho lve-81eCietitietiejetved from ' Sir 11. Ward five or si 41 4 t% ,t that xl 11g. alarming accounts of the island. * b at eat c h e 0. ootice was taken of that letter arid ,ottistileotlaidt2e, 3 itif t o ll r l Lb ? Gth of October.. It might Itiv t 41 1. N 1 too ruatiou `vent by Sir A. Ward tli, l t to the e` Si, rritagre qu an expresshieon had ti l , Reellrie C010,11:t.; l a rd aftervvards stated bat h e e oe se 5 0 0 ~..4, Secretary all the information as . to all') thition "ich he he.d f I iu T din suspending ' l ite,' ga the -- ehd proslaiMi . ne g t-a m tl artial la ' tea c h at 0 ht th e tit o in th_ S ts t _ ~ Uolnnial Secretary ought. '‘.-- to have be (11..ar, l o g k ti at e ve ° Sic R. Ward, cautioning him to 114 Nell' ha Warr N I l' th tt M R hihs anted the steps he had taken, hur tf,jb ) th t l was n e 7._ ll ot t 0 continue martial law an 0 tp th l ti t the diSp4'sary, i mid not say that spy , : 1 ,, rt 4k 2 eaupso b lue proved Sir Henry Ward %vase u heedl,lll;4l4l4tc)etlet eißht had n, adopted• He heard of the 411rti• pr ', 0,,,,,,°•auck la the morning, and, having keeettlitee'°sleite.l'llt Szalate, iu three hours Irani that tho''aie ki ,, ( i 4 thii tnarii3l law, vvithout having the titlith, tio kiarLimiouthre4k.—(llea'' 11.'a.) ":"gil)g. 4, 1 '. th b ra m e , of 417, he centinued it for six weeas, IllehitY ftelaketee,lB disnatches, written three days steikhy fb the f t ,,, t - h " of mania' la w , it appeared the t ilt '' 4l > - 'Neil they enntintiance of it had ceased. 4548110 Ittr aled.' h arti e l i Ftly :Ise,, k en at th_ th ttry. ma had.been prsocplariomeleadimweads o llt, b s trict . rtial law insurrectionwa 4 %let llt -- in which bad 1-Nlor, tbad fo r sutstricts were named; and it was tat 0o 14thill4lutTity;41,14cith,ose district* to which . the in kie, tt t Ore 14,0016 .L. --(Rear, and a laugh.)Now, 'tie . "3" '44 4 00 - ' 1 " way nut stated in the dispatches tld th e Ware e a u ep 400 persons were engaged iu it, illetcher V, Loy with knives. His Hon. .4. 'lentrose had not complained TELE SUN, that those persons who bad committed murder had been executed, but that martial law should have been pro claimed, and the island placed in a state of blockade, in order that the two persons—Vlacco and another—might not escape. The Under-Sccretery had asked if they had no commiseration for the High Commissioner? They did commiserate him, for he evidently was in a fright.—. (A laugh.) He had read the papers, and he must say a more ridiculoas case for proclaiming martial law—for employing 900 troops—for calling in ships of war, and for blockading the islands, had never been made out. In four chap from the breaking out of the insurrection the number of parties in revolt bad dropped down to forty.five, and yet for five weeks afterwards mar. dal law was continued. The only fault in Sir H. Ward's character which he could ever discover was, that he was too much a man of impulse. On this oc casion it had led him, he feared, into acts of unneces sary eruelty.—(Elear.) He was glad his Hon. Friend bad brought the question forward. The Under-Secre tary bad resisted the motion as he had resisted the Cey lon inquiry; hut for two years his Hon. Friend had per severed, and hod at last succeeded in developing such a st ate of curruptien, cruelty, and ounecessary severity. as no Government had ever exhibited. (Mr. flume dis sented.) The lion. Member was one of these who sought to suppress the evidence. In regard to the present case he thought inquiry was imperatively called for, and ho should support the motion. Lord J. RUSSELL thought the speech of the lion. Member was one which called for remark, for the lion. Gentleman had made an assertion from which he en tirely dissented. Sir H. Ward had informed the Go- vernment that there had been outrages in Cepheionia, that horrible murders had tern perpetrat- 0, and that the insurgents had surrounded a house in which were the master .and his family; that they had set fire to the house and murdered the inmates; that the insurgents were armed, but that he had been able to suppress the insurrectiou.—(Hear.) Hon. Gentlemen seemed to for get that Sir H. Ward had been successful in suppressing an insurrection, and that was at once presumptive evi dence that he should be brought to trial for so great an offence.—([Tear, hear.) That was generally the language used there, whenever a governor of a colony or a depen dency had succeeded in restoring peace and tranquillity to the districts over which he might he placed. What were the proofs in the present case? Why that Sir H. Ward, when he heard of that insurrection in Cephalonia, at once proceeded to the spot, and exposed himself to considerable danger and violence, when he might have remained at his seat of government and given his orders for its suppression. Hie (Lord John Russell's) belief was, that Sir H. Ward had done what a man of cease and spirit ought to do. If an insurrection were allowed to take its course, that which commenced with one murder would go on and be continued, and life and property to a large extent would be sacrificed. But if vigorous measures were adopted in time such evil results would be checked. Sir H. Ward had endea voured to do that; he had striven to put down insubordi nation and insurrection, and in doing so the danger to which he had exposed himself was not en imaginary or fancied one. Hon. Gentlemen seemed to think that be cause an insurrection was being put down, and had been put down, that an inquiry ought to be granted. They asked, " How is this? you are putting down a ninsurrec tion; why have you done so?—(Hear) —why have you exposed yourself? We must have an inquiry into all this."—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman seemed to doubt that the persons punished were persons engaged in the commission of murder, but if that was the case there was no cruelty in their execution. Then, again, it appeared that there was no outbreak, at all, notwith standing Sir H. Ward's evidence on the subject. There was sufficient testimony of British officers to show thus there had been an insurrection and a British force fired on. On that point they had the evidence of Major King, who stated that on the 31s1 he saw the hills of the neighbourhood occupied by country people, and one body consisting of some hundreds of men. Two or three .hots had been fired from the steamer, but when the de tachment oisembarked they had proceeded for little more than half an hour whets a shot was fired from the hills, which seemed to be the signal for a general a•- tack, which continued from the high grounds. Captain Cooke, another officer of the service, had borne testi mony to the same effect. The Hon. Gentleman had said that the proceedings adopted had been a great interrup tion to the commerce of the islands. Sir Henry Ward said the merchants connected with the trade of Cepha lonia were satisfied with what be had done. The per sons engaged in these disturbances were some of the greatest miscreants that ever existed, and had been pre vion.ly engaged in unlawful attacks, outrages, and re bellion. One of Sir H. Ward's first proceedings was— and if his conduct was to be called in question at all, it might be for its leniency—to proclaim au amnesty. Yet on the 28th of that month that attack had IN en made, and that barbarous crime committed. Martial law had been then proclaimed, and had continued for six months. In October an amnesty had been again granted. He (Lord J. Russell) could not think Sir H. Ward to blame for the measures he had taken. lie had acted with great determination, end had saved both life and property by showing promptitude and decision when attacks lead been made on life and property.—(flear, hear.) If they allowed such attacks to be made without attempting their suppression—if they allowed such in subordination to spread, they caused more loss of life and property than they would by checking it in the commencement. With respect to the general govern ment of the lonian Islands, be had only to observe that the object had been to grant large and liberal institu tion., and he was only sorry that the representative body had shown so little disposition to act practically for their own benefit.—(flear, hear.) Ia the year 1829 he had advocated the granting of free institutions to the lonian Islands; but he regretted to see that when the representative body was called upon to consider tee im provement of their country, and the general benefit of their country, they devaeed themselves to the writing of a long letter, which from beginning to end was nothing bet violent language against Sir H. Ward. The Noble Lord concluded by expressing his disapprobation of the proposed Cummission, as nut calculated to assist the Go vernment of the lonian Islands, nor to be complimentary to a governor who had succeeded in putting down an insurrection there. Lord Ds. STUART said it appeared when his Hon. Friend demanded an inquiry into a subject about which this country was ,anxious to be well informed, that he was to be ranked on the side of those who had commit ted murder. He could assure the House and the Noble L irti that they who acted with him had as little sym• , pa , hy for such miscreants as had been described as the Noble Lord himself. But they did not wish to see m artial law established in one of our colonies without some inquiry into the subject. Tney thought some reason ought to be shown for such an extraordinary pro ceeding, which would render it justify able. He cem feesel he could not see anything in the circumstances of the present case to justify such severe measures. He should not enter at large into that question. After the speeches made by his Hon. Friends below him, and which were still unanswered, it would not be necessary for him to trespass on their attention for any length of time. But there was one point to which he could not avoid referring, which he thought materially affected the character of the Governor of the lonian Islands. He had no hostility to Sir henry Ward. He could not boast of an intimacy with him, but he had the honour of his acquaintance. He had known him many years in that House, and had always respected 'him. He had supported the Hon. Gentleman in some of the great motions which He had made in that House, when he was one of the Liberal representatives of the people. He had heard with pain of an act of his Go vernment which it was impossible to justify. He alluded to a proclamation issued, as he was informed (he should be glad if it could be contradicted), in which the Go vernor had offered a reward for the apprehension of cer tain criminals to be brought to him, "dead or alive." He called on the Government to say whether that were or were not true? He should be glad if it could be de nied. But if it were true, he stood there as a Member of Parliament to record his detestation of the act. " Dead or alive Ward," he might bo called. Was not that a case more worthy the detestable Government of Austria, of Metternich, or Haynau, than of a British representative? It was not creditable to a British Liberal. For his part, he said, shame to the governor who had done so, and the Government that had passed it by without censure. He was told that statement could not be contradicted; that in a moment of excitement that proclamation had been issued. But it was said that though issued it had never been acted on, and that uo one had been put to death in con sequence. Now that would not do. It was not the Go vernor's fault that it had not been acted 00. He thought that solitary fact would be reason enough for the in quiry sought for by his Hon. Frend the Hon. Member for Montrose; but unless there were a searching inquiry into the matter, neither would this country be satisfied, nor would the honour of the Government, nor of Sir H. Ward be vindicated. Colonel DUNNE said every one who had spoken on that question had treated it as a. colonial affair, whereas it was no such thing. The inhabitants of the lonian Islands had their own laws; and it Sir H. Ward had proclaimed martial law, it was under those laws. Having done so, he had submitted his acts to the Senate of the country, and had received their approbation. He was only, as it were, an ambassador from this country, exercising a kind of protectorate authority over the islands. He was not responsible to Parliament for any act which he did. He had received the approbation not on l y o f t h e S enate , but of various local bodies, for his exertions in putting down the insurrection. With respect to the number of troops necessary to put down anything like an outbreak there, the great inequality of the ground, its broken surface, and general ruggedness, was such, that 900 men could not act succesfully. Even 100 men could bo scarcely said to be able to act together in many parts. Those who spoke about the law there were nut perhaps a ware th at i t was the Venetian law which was in force. When Sir H. Ward proclaimed martial law, he adopted the only means he could have recourse to in the circumstances in which he was placed. The very year previously a Mr. Parker was murdered in the mountains by a gang, f which this very Vlacco, of whom they had heard so much, %as at the head. As to sending out a Royal Commission, it would be useless, for those islands were, to all intents and purposes, a foreign country, and not a colony, and the Co ti would not. in C mscipienee, have rower to soaraon a :sleek , exct pt Queen's o::-de t.) effect au:Wainee 01 , y dintilti learn Lot only the Urgek leaguage, but the usages and ea&- toms of the people; for, as would be seen in the papers on the subject, one of the chief causes of the disturbance Was the discontent of the peasantry with the enforce ment of the payment of debts which they contracted for the purpo,es cf iheir racotte, or harvest. Mr. UINDLEY opposed the motion. He had con versed with several inhabitants of Corfu on the subject. and he found they entertained the highest opinion of Sir H. Ward. He trusted the House would, by rejecting the motion, show, that, however desirous they were of preserving the liberties of the lonian Islands,- they would not lend themselves to any course of the kind intimated by the motion. Sir IL Ward had reduced thy civil list LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1850. of those islands by 19,0001, and his own salary by 5001. a year; he had, in fact, gone on in tkegovernmetit of those islands in that direction which his career in that House should have led them to expect. Lord C. HAMILTON, from his own personal know ledge c f the people of the lonian Island=, contended that the inhabitants gave to Sir H. Ward that credit for just and high-minded conduct which the House had a right to expect from him, and which ho had, undoubtedly, exhibited in his entire administra tion. The inhabitants had testified to the humane and merciful manner in which Sir H. Ward had acted throughout the difficult circumstances in which he was placed. Sir DE LACY EVANS said that from their long experience of Sir H. Ward in that House, they ought to be ,low to censure his conduct. As to any argument founded upon the military operations, he must remind the House that 400 men, stationed as the insurgents were in the mountain fastnesses, could hold out for :long time against ten times their number. The small number of troops killed hail been urged as a proof of the trivial nature of the insurrection; but it this were made a ground ot . cerfture, :;overnors would take care that st.c't movrrnet.ts should make some headway before they ven tured to take any steps for their repression. Colonel THOMPSON said great complaints had brew made that Sir 11. Ward himself had not been heard in his own vindication; but he contended that, in point of fact, no one else had been heard. He had had it all his own «a?—f tr not one allegation had be ea made by his Hog. Frit:l2d the Member for Montrose which was not based upon his evidence. Again, it was asserted that no po litical prisoners were made—what said the dispatch? It aced that the political element had greatly preponde rated in the disturbances which had occurred. But the prisoners were not charged with political crimes; they were nut charged with what they had committed, and therefore he thought a strong presumption arose that they were charged with that which they had not committed.—(Oh, oh.) He asked where was the law by which prisoners were put to death by the troops of a civilized country after their capture ? He would sup port the motion. Mr. G. THOMPSON denied that the motion of his Hon. Friend would commit the House to a vote of cen sure against Sir H. Ward. Full justice had been done to his merits by those who supported the motion, who only regretted that ho should on this occasion pursue a course so much at variance with his previous conduct. He supported this inquiry because he thought it the only mode of clearing the character of Sir 11. Ward from the attacks which had been made against it. Mr. ANSTEY, who rose amidst loud cries for a divi sion, expressed his regret that a question of so much itn portance should be discussed at so late a period. He wished to state to the House very shortly.—(lronical cheers and confusion.) He wished to state very shortly. —(Renewed cheers and confusion.) Well, then, if that was displeasing to the House he would say he wished to state at very great length the reasons which would go vern his vote on this important question. It was all very well for the Noble Lord, who was the defender of Gene ral Haynau. to uphold such acts. Lord C. HAMILTON said this was the second time that the Hon. and Learned Member had made this charge against him. It was not the fact, and he could not suffer him to repeat it. Mr. ANSTEY appealed to the House whether, when both sides concurred in expressing their indignation at the atrocities committed by General Haynau, the only person who rose to express his indignation, not at those atrocitie►, but at the audacity of the Honourable Mem ber for Maryl. , bone, for daring to denounce them, was not the Noble Lord? He cared not whether it was Ge- neral Hayman or his master whose defenee he undertook —for one or the other he was assuredly the apologist. With reference to the motion before the House be begged to remind them that the acts referred to were dona under a proclamation of martial law, and no reasons had ever been stated in their justification. It was for this reason he was anxious for as inquiry. He was a sincere friend to Sir H. Ward, and wished to re lieve his name from the suspicii,n which at present rested upon it. For this reason, though most reluctant to take any step which might be construed into a censure on that gentleman, he would support the motion. Mr. HUME replied. The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... ... ... Against it ... ... ••• ... Majority .. ••• ••• ••• Mr. HUME moved that the evidence taken before the Select Committee on Ceylon affairs this session be laid before the House. 84 -71 Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to the motion. Agreed to. MERCHANT SERVICE. Mr. LABOUCHERE ruse to move for leave to bring a Bill tor the purpose of consolidating in one Act the laws relating to Officers and seamen in the merchant ser• vice, which _ were at present scattered over six oreigh different statutes. Ha had promised he would bring in the measure this session for the purpose of having it printed, in order that the subject might be consi dered in the recess. He did not wish to hold himself committed to any definite scheme, and would willingly receive any suggestions which might be offered on the subject. Leave was then given, and the Bill was brought in an read a first time. LABUAN. Mr. HUME moved that copies of the orders of Rear. Admiral Sir Francis Collier, naval commaader•in-chief on the East India and Chinese station, to Captain A. FLrquhar, of her Majesty's sloop Albatross, noticed in Captai❑ Farquhar's dispatch of the 25th of August, 1849. to Admiral Collier, when reporting the capture and destruction of 90 vessels, and the lime of 500 of the Borneons, by the naval force under his command, be forthwith laid before this House, as ordered March 21, 1850. Sir F. BARING said he had no means of furnishing the documents in question. The motion was then withdrawn. SAVINGS BANKS—IRELAND. Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX , CHEQUER a Bill was brought in to continue the A . ci for amending the law of savings banks in Ireland. LONDON-BRIDGE APPROACHES BILL. The House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill Mr. HUME objected to the 13111, as it imposed a heavy ax upon the coal consumers of London. lie moved that he Chairman report progress. Sir DE LACY EVANS supported the Bill. It pro pc sed to compensate poor persons who had been de piived of their habitations in Westminster and other places. Mr. MOWATT stated that this was a plain proposi- . - tion to rob one part of the community for the benefit of the other. Coal was a prime necessary of life, and they might as well tax corn for the benefit of the landlords of London. Hero they robbed the whole for the benefit of a few; whereas, by the corn-law, the tax on food went into the Exchequer for the benefit of the whole community. Sir B. HALL opposed this grant of public money. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, ob served that the coal duties were by law to be continued until 1862. The Bill was nothing more than carrying out the intentions of Parliament when it granted these coal duties for the improvement of the city of London. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY remarked that the fund for these purposes did not consist alone of coal duties. There were also wine duties. . The Committee divided on the motion that the Chair man leave the chair, when there appeared— For the motion 20 Against it ... . 59 Majority ... —39 The clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. To be reported this day. RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT BILL. The Lords' reasons for disagreeing to one of the amendments of the Commons were then considered. Mr. CHAPLIN remarked that the amendment had been carried in the Commons by a division of 77 to 15. He supported the amendment, which they had already sanctioned by a large majority. The Hon. Member con cluded by moving that the Lords' amendments be con sidered that day three months. Mr. LOCKE supported the amendment of the Hon. Member. This Bill would place the railways at the mercy of the landowners. The railway interest did not ask for this Bill. The Government introduced the Bill merely for the purpose of keeping the Railway Commis sion in its place. We owe nothing t> the railway inte rest that should induce us to pass a Bill for the purpose of keeping it in its place. If this Bill passed in its pre sent state, he believed that no railway company would avil itself of it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the pro viso alluded to as much as any one. He thought it most objectionable, and he had before spoken against it. But the question for them to consider was, whether they would have this proviso or no Bill at all. He denied that the object of the measure was to keep the Railway Commission in its place. He did not think that there was anything in the Bill that would induce a court of equity to compel the performance of a contract which they otherwise would not be compelled to carry out. He hoped the House would not consent to the rejection of the Bill altogether. Mr MULLINGS concurred in the amendment. He was in no way connected with a railway company, and therefore he could give a more impartial opinion on the question. If the railway companies did not want this measure, he thought it was the fairest course to reject this Bill altogether, and to leave the law in the same state as it was heretofore. Mr. P. WOOD supported the Bill as it stood, as he did not think it deserved the charges that were made against it as being arbitrary and unjust. Why, the objects and provisions of the Bill were to protect vested rights. He viewed the Bill as one brought forward on public grounds, and not to serve one particular railway company or another. _ _ Mr. LABOUCHERE was opposed to the provisio re ferred to, and voted for its rejeeti.m. The House of ( L i o o n r e d s, s 01: ow the ever, v a e l r t , inserted i e t f h , i i roviso a House gain, now a w n a d, s, having done SO, the alternative lfc thss House now was, either to accept the proviso or reject the Bill altogether. He would be extremely sorry that a measure calculated to confer such important advantages upon the public should now b 3 rej2c!ed. As far as the railway interest was c:)neerbeil, the Pleasure was perfectly optional, and therefore th(re v,its nothinx to be apprAende6 by that interest foni. its (greets.. Mr. MO WATT supported the rejection of the Bill. Mr. TURNER said that the proviso complained of was simply one that declared that nothing in this Act shall release railway companies from any liabilities they might have incurred For the purchase of land. He could not understand, therefore, why such objections should In made against it. Mr. SCULLY thought that this Bill was of top much importance to be rejected on account of this proviso. It was a most valuable measure, and he would regret its being thrown out on account of a proviso which after all could not inflict injustice upon any party. ' - • The House divided, when the numbers were— For Mr. Chaplin's amendment ••• 15 Against it 32 Majority against the amendment —l7 The Lords' amendments "ere then agreed to. The House adjourned at Two o'clock. - LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 9. (Betore Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN THE BANKRUPT CY OF ALA.RIC A. WATTS. His Horroua delivered the following judgment:— This was an application for a certificate by Mr. Alaric Watts, a gentleman well kuown in the literary world, who has had the misfortune to become a bankrupt. No opposition was offered; but as Mr. Watts asked for a first class certificate, and no discussion had taken place, I felt it necessary to postpone my judgment, that I might examine. the papers at my own house. The classifica tion of certificates was introduced by the law of last year, and it is, in my opinion, a very valuable reform; but, in ord er t o ma i nta i n it as such, it is necessary that great care should h e t a k en t h at none should be admitted to first class b u t th e really deserving. It is a great plassure to me to be ableto say th a t M r . Alaric Watts is luny entitled t o thi s hi g hl y honourable distincion. His present positi o n i s attr ib utable, not to extravagant per sonel ex heedless spe cu l at i ons , o r anything of that nature, but solely anti entirely to an oir( r-deveton to literary pursuits, and an over-confidence as to money matters ia those with whom he was connected in his lite- rary undertakings, and in whom, in justice to himself', he should have reposed no confidence whatever. It would he inconvenient to enter upon long details. One specimen will suffice t i show to what treatment this unfortunate gentle man had been subjected. In 1841 he found himself disa bled from meeting his pecuniary engagements, and he called his creditors together to make some arrangement. The result was that his creditors agreed to accept a sum of 1,500/. payable by instalments in three years in full satisfaction of their demands, and in order to secure the payments he bound himself by deed to insure his life forthwith for 1,5001. for three years. I confess lam no friend to these private arrangements. They are more expensive than settl ements under the superinten d ence of a court. They co ncea l k naveries, and deprive honest men of a public attestation of th e i r h on esty, and they are constantly defeated by p e t ty underhan d con t r i vances . In the present instance the attent i on o f t h e d e bt or was not drawn to the legal string ency o f t h e wor d " forth with." The deed required that he should insure his life " forthwith" for 1,500/., and instead of doing so " forth with" be paid the first 5001. of the 1.5001. about the end of the year, and then insured his life for 1,0001. Out of this trifling departure from the exact arrangements of the deed arose all his misfortunes; for his own attorney took advantage of this omission, sued him for his whole demand, and, by the technicalities of legal pleading, got judgment for the whole sum in defiance of equity and good conscience. The Learned Judge who de cided the case at common law on a demurrer expressed great regret at finding himself compelled by strict rules to decide against Mr. Watts. and intimated that it was a case for Chancery relief. Mr. Watts was then compelled to file a bill. The cause was heard by Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, who decreed a perpetual injunction, on the ground that the plaintiff-at-law had himself sanctioned the course pur sued by Mr. Watts. His antagonist appealed to the Lord Chancellor, who, however, dismissed the appeal, with costs. It is needless to say that against such ex penses it was impossible for Mr. Watts to bear up, and the result was, first, imprisonment for debt, from which I had the great gratification of releasing him, and then bankruptcy. His conduct under his bankruptcy had been in entire conformity to the law; and he has won my respect, and that of Mr. Canaan, the official assignee, who has charge of his affairs. One error, however, he has fallen into, that of addressing a private letter to me; but into that he was betrayed by an over-anxiety about character, and to convince me that he was a man highly respected by these who knew him best, for his letter con tained a vast number of testimonials to his worth from persons of eminence. This slight departure from the strict rule was, to a certain extent, justified by its object, which was to show that he had a claim to a first-cis , s certificate, as to which there had been no public discussion. But, right or wrong, I cannot regret it, because his letter records one more instance of the kindness shown by the late Sir Robert Peel to men of literary distinction when in circumstances of distress. After mentioning that Sir R. Peel had, without any ap • plication from him, appointed his son to a place under Government, he adds, "a few months on ly befure his death, having been induced to make inquiries respecting me from having been told by Mr. Christie that my por traits of Mrs. Siddoas, by Sir T. Lawrence, and of Sir Walter Scott, by Leslie (portraits well known to ama . teurs), were for sale, he wrote me a letter, which he dispatched to me in the Queen's Bench by the hands of his private secretary, conceived in a spirit of the most delicate generosity, offering me any pecuniary aid which might tend to alleviate the discomfort of my situation." I could not resist the pleasure of giving publicity to this additional proof of the private virtues of our great states man. And I do so the more because I hope that the opinion thus implicitly given by so great a man in fa• your of Mr. Watts may come in aid of the judgment I am now pronouncing, which is that Mr. Watts is better entitled to a first-class certificate than any bankrupt that ever came before me. The CHIEF BARON having suircmod up, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plai.utiff— Danisges, Is. His Lordship refused to certify. NORTH WALES ClRCUlT—Chester, Aul 8. CIVIL COURT.—(lit.f ro Mr. Baron PAlucii.) MILWARD V. LITTLEWOOD. This was an action to recover compensagion in damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The damages were laid at 2,0001. Mr. Evans and Mr. Wel6by appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Jones (alone) for the de fendant. Mr. Evans states] the case. The plaintiff was a widow, and kept a puelic•house at Sutton, tear field. The defendant is it machine broker. residing at Cooper's-bridge, near Eludderstield, Yorkshire. Mary Ann Barry was then called and examined by Me. WELsBY —A m a servant with Mr. Wilson, tee dealer and grocer in Macclesfield. Before living with Mr. Wilson I lived wish Mrs. Milward. I lived with her three years at different times. I went to live lase with her after she left the Wheatsbeaf, at the latter end of 1549. R 'members Mr. LitLiewood coming to her house at the beginning; of November to reside. was a stranger at that time. He came and asked could he have a bed for a few weeks, for he had bougt t ail the machinery at Wood's factory; that is near the Wheat sheaf. He was told lie couli be anon:mode:et?, end he became an inmate of the house, and t ruk hie meals with Mra. Mil ward and the children; I should ttiuk he was shout 45 and Mrs. Milward about :36. The next day was Sunday; Mrs. Milward went to church arid Mr. Littlewood stayed at home. As she was going out he said " That's the one for me. I believe she's got some money, hasn't she, Ann?" I said yes; and he asked me how much, and I said that was my businesa Nothing more was then said. 4 Ile paid great attention to Mrs. Milward on Sanday night. He told her that he would marry her, and that he would have no person but her. She said she thought it would be right. Heard him say that or words of that description many times. He always appeared in earnest. He stayed about three weeks or a month. Before leaving I heard him tell Mrs. Milward that she must give up her house and sell all abe had, as he had got a house in Yorkshire that he would take her to, and her family, and make her comfortable. He said he would buy the wedding clothes, and told the boys to call him father. After that they used to call him father. He said that Mrs. Milward was to call him Henry or Harry. She did so. The house and fixtures were taken by a Mrs. Stancliffe in December. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant JONES —I lived with Mr. Milward, first at Bollington about five years before his death. Her husband died in Barnaby week, in 1849, on the Saturday, at the Wheatsheaf. Mr. Milward died in very good circumstances. I know Mr. Parrott, at torney, at Macclesfield. He was engaged in attempting to settle the business. Have not heard that she was anxious to compromise with her creditors. Don't know of any person applying for their debts, and plaintiff not being able to pay them. Never heard of plaintiff's in. Lennon to part with the house until the second week after defendant came to the house. Saw Mrs. Milward on Monday last. She is now very near her confine ment. Can swear that defendant never slept with Mrs. Milward whilst I remained in the house, because I slept with her and never missed her. I only sta3 ed a week after she went to the new house. Mrs. Milward seemed very uneasy, and defendant asked her why she felt so low? She said she was afraid he was going to deceive her. He said lam not. Never saw anything wrong in his conduct. Elizabeth, lack confirmed the evidence of the previous witness, as to defendant having made repeated promises of marriage, and also that having been taxed on several occasions with being a married man, he denied it strongly. On the 22d of November, owing to certain rumours and suspicions, witness and plaintiff went to Oldham, and saw defendant's brother, who informed them that defendant was a married man, and that his wife was then living. Other witnesses gave similar testimony. Mr. Sergeant JONES addressed the jury at great length on behalf of the defendant, contending that the evidence for the plaintiff was so improbable that the jury could not believe it. He should show that the plaintiff had thrown herself on the defendant, and after she knew he was a married man had surrendered her virtue, so that in point of fact she was not entitled to even the He a then mne a ca b l y led se th rg e e f a e n l : is owingm J a o l lseesptwh amountlt V ne i l s s s o e n s w o—f a s damages.c called, and JONES—I am a mechanic, and reside at Oldham. In November last dinner, was m l a o n d d g :a i d n n g id thea kl t nseawi d y V m l ers h . , e La a in t : il l e e h a wn f oo . a nt have dw h6th,eamarried after has known the defendant t en years. Plaintiff asked me on the said yes, and have done for ten y ears. Sh e i nqu i re d was o daughters, one nearly twenty years of age. Nothing more passed that day. I observed that they appeared to be getting very loving. She wilted me several times it he was married, and I said he was. She said " Married or not married, I'll k ee p hi s company. " They kept talking and chuffing together. They remained friendly all the time I was there; I mean by friendly that they were very loving. Peninale Littlewood—l am the wife of Thomas Lit tlewood, brother of defendant. We keep the Royal Oak, in Oldham, and have kept it eleven years the 4th of last November. On the 22d November, two women came to my house, Mrs. Slack and the plaintiff. The latter spoke to me first, and asked ms if fleecy Littlewood was there. I said he is in Yorkshire with his wife and family; she was a stranger to me then. She looked very earnestly at me, and I said, " Cau't you believe me ?" I said his own sister was in the cellar, and I would call her up; she came up, and she said he was a married man and had two children. They sat down to a glass, and I sent my master to them. I had no more conversation with them. Daven port was there, and I heard one of them tell him, that if he would go with them and show them where Henry was, they would pay his expenses. They all went away. Other evidence having been given, The Learned JUDGE went over the whole of the evi dence, leaving three questions to tho jury —first, did the defendant promise marriage ? secondly, at he time he so promised did the plaintiff know he was a married man ; and thirdly, had the plaintiff been induced to sur- render her chastity in consequence of such promise? If the jury found in favour of the plaintiff on these points, they would say what damages she was entitled to. If the jury should be of opinion that the plaintiff had sur rendered her chastity, knowing at the time the defen dant was married, she was not entitled to any damages; and if the jury should also be of opinion that she had disposed of the public-house in consequence of her hus band's affairs being embarrassed, and not owing to the promise of marriage, she was not entitled to damages on that account. The jury consulted together for half an hour, and then found for the plaintiff on all issues—Damages, 2002 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Henry Davis, Shepherd-street, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having assaulted Ellen Thomas. The complainant said she took a gentleman into the defendant's house a few evenings ago, and agreed to pay a shilling for accommodation. Halt•a-crown was handed to the defendant, who said he would not return any change, as trade was just now very bad. She remon strated at this proceeding, and was immediately assaulted by the defendant, who called his daughter and woman servant to assist him. Complainant was much ill-used, and her clothes nearly tern off her back. The defendant said the story told by the com plainant was totally untrue. The facts were these. The complainant belonged to that class of loose women known as the " modest parcel" prostitutes. She walked the streets at night with a parcel, and dressed so as to pass for a lady's maid, or milliner's ap prentice carrying home a purchase. In the pursuit of her immoral calling, she was constantly followed by a rough looking fellow, with whom she lived, who acted the part of her bully. As soon as she succeeded in bringing - a well-dressed person into a house, this bully rushed in, asserted that the complainant was his wife, and seldom failed in extorting a sum by way of hush-money from the dupe. Having witnessed two proceedings within a few days, of the same kind, on the part of the complain ant and her bully, he resolved to baulk the third attempt, and accordingly when the complainant and the gentle man entered his house he warned the gentleman of his danger, and insisted on the complainant quitting the place. He was obliged to use force to accomplish this object. The defendant called one of his daughters, who was present all the time, to confirm his statement. Mr. !Lummox said the scene was one of unmitigated Iniquity. The defendant was getting his living by prostitutes, and without the least sense of shame or de cency, was bringing up his daughters to the same dis gusting trade. There was no doubt that the complainant had been severely assaulted, and ha should therefore in flict a fine of 40s. and costs. SOUTHWARK. William Spring, a horsekeeper at the Cross Keys Inn, Wood -street, Cheapside, was brought before Mr. Bing ham, charged with stealing a small box containing a 101. Bank of England note, six sovereigns, and a register ticket, the property of Jacob Hobart, a mariner. The complainant stated that having recently arrived at Liverpool from South America, he came up by the train to Euston-square, and at an early hour that morn ing met the prisoner in an omnibus on the way into the city. Complainant had a trunk in which was deposited a small box containing the above amount, the hard earned wages of his voyage. Oa the road, in the omni bus, he had occasion to unlock the trunk and take a so vereign out of the small box, which the prisoner saw him do, end then lock it. When they arrived at the Bank, the prisoner offered to carry the trunk over London. bridge to the North Kent Railway, complainant intend. ing to go down by the train to visit his relations at Gravesend. This was assented to, and when they got to the railway station, complainant proceeded to purchase a ticket, leaving the prisoner a short distance off in care of his trunk, but whoa he, returned he found that he had decamped, after baying broken open the trunk, and taken away the small box containing all the money . he had in the world. Complainant immediatrly proclaimed his loos to an active policeman, !lamed Sheeivau, cf Ate 1 I. divh ion,giviug as accurate description as he could of the thief and the cir cumstances attending the robbery. The policeman lost no time in making the requisite inquiries, and in the company of the sailor proceeded to the Cross Keys Inn, Wood -street, Cheapside, in the stables adjoining which they found the prisoner at work, and he was identified as the man who ,had committed the robbery. He (the prisoner) at first assumed to be u stranger to the ew e . plainant, and expressed his indignation that he should be thought capable of perpetrating such an offence; but the policeman, regardless of his protestations Of limo cenee, commenced a search in the stables for_ the stolen Money, and in a very short space of time he succeeded in discovering the sailor's small box, containing the whole of his money, concealed under a quantity of straw in ose Of tho mangers. The prisouer was then taken int ) cus.;ody. The prisoner, who said nothing in his defsmcz, was committed to the Central Criminal Court iJr. trial. The sailor, at the conclusion of the case, drew a sove reign out of the box found in the manger, and present ing it to the policeman, said that he was well entitled to it, as but for his activity in the business he would-in all probability never , have recovered any of the stolen money. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. CROWN-OFFICE, Atm. 8, 1850. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR LIAMENT. . _ _ Borough of Dungannon.—Tne Hon. Thomas Knox, commonly called Viscount Northland, who had accepted the otliee c f Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern ilundr. ds. Borough of Lambeth—William Williams, Esq., in the. room ut Charles P.:arson, Esq., who has accepted ine of Steward of her Nlajes - y's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR OFFICE, Amu. 9. 14th 11,?giment of Light Dragoons—H':gitnental Ser. gsant. M. , jor Thouias Bennett to be Quartermaster, vice Shearon, deceased, Aug. 9. 7th lti,gitn,ut ut FoA—Major Lacy Walter Yea to I e L'eutenant-Colonel, by purcoase, vice Brevet-Colonel Farquharson, who retires; Captain the Honourable St. Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge to be Major, by purchase, vice Yea; Lieutenant George Chrktain Wil son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Troubridge, Aug. 9. 13th Foot—Captain Alexander Essex F. Holcombe to be Major, by purchase, vice Meredith, who retires; Lieutenant George Talbot to be Captain, by purchase, vice Holcombe ; Ensign Hugh Maurice Jones to be Lieutenant, by purcha,e, vice Talbot, Aug. 9. 36th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel Tom to be Captain, by purchas.., vice Lecky, who retires; Ensign John Edmund Harvey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tom, Aug. 9. 43d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Ayshford Sanford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Ford, who retires; Lieutenant Frederick Sadlier Bruere ' to be Cap tain, by purchase, vi ce th e H onoura bl e T. G. Cholmon deley, who retires; Ensign the Honourable Henry Wil liam Crosbie Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sandford; Ensign Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bruere; Ensign Henry Jackson Parkin Booth, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paul, who retires, Aug. 9. 51st Foot—Captain William Henry Hare to be Major, without purchase, vice Rice, deceased; Lieutenant Au gustus Henry Irby to be Captain, vice Hare; Ensign George Oliver Nunn to be Lieutenant. vice Irby, Aug. 9. 56th Foot Acting Assistant- Surgeon Joseph Lawson to be Assistant-Surgeon; vice Cashel, deceased, Aug. 9. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Neville Hill Shute, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Jeffery, who retires; Ensign Augustus Applewhaite, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shute; Ensign Thomas Archibald Mackinnon, from the 92i Foot, to be Ensign, vice,Applewhaite, Aug. 9. 67th Foot—Ensign Charles Matthews has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his cont.. mis,ion, Aug. 9. 70th Foot—Captain George Durnford to be Major, without purchase, vice Edwards, deceased, May 26; Lieutenant Joseph Edward Addison to be Captain, vice Durnford; Ensign Augustus Penton to be Lieutenant, vice Addison; Ensign Leopold Brown, from the 89th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gray, promoted, Aug. 9. 77th Foot—Lieutenant,George Harry Smith Willis, to be Adju; ant, vice O'Brien, promoted, Aug. 9. 82d Foot—Ensign John Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase', vice Hutton, who retires, Aug. 9. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign Patrick Hopkins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Frend, deceased, June 26. Erratum in the Gazette of the 2d Aug., 1850. Tho date of Capt.iin William Edward Mulcaster's commission, as Brevet Major in the East Indies, should be Aug. 2, 1850, and not Aug. 2, 1805, as therein stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant 'of Southampton. North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry—The Honourable Robert Arthur Arundell, to be Cornet, vice Fleming, resigned, July 25. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—John Williams, M.P., to be Cornet, vice Lloyd, promoted; William Row land to be Lieutenant, vice John Roberts, resigned; Wil liam Henry Roberts to be Cornet, vice Rowland, pro moted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Ca valry—Cornet Henry Potts to be Lieutenant, vice Fen ton, whu retires; John Huristone Leche, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Putts, promoted, Aug. 5. BANKRUPTS. Richard Groves Ward, coach currier, Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, to surrender, Aug. 19, at twelve, and Sept. 20, at half-part twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee; Ward, Keppel. street, Russell square. Thom7ls William Dornforcl,' wine merchant, Suffolk lane, City, Aug. 16, at one, and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy; Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Inns s, Biliiter-street. Frederick Bennett, boll water manufacturer, Clap ham-rise, Surrey, Aug. 17, at twelve, and Sept. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Basinghall-street; Jones, Billiter-street. win Ilyruns, pianoforte manufacturer, John -street, Tottenham-court.ruad, Aug. 22, at halt-past twelve, and Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. Can aan, official assignee, Birchin-lone, Cornhill; Ccx, Pin ners'-hall, Old Broad-street. Henry Charles. Knell, timber merchant, Belvedere road, Lambeth, Aug. 20, at half past twelve, and Sept. 21, at eleven, am the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, otlicial assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Stenning, Basitighall-street.Williutn Uriddun, chemist, Bootle, Liverpool, Aug. 16, and S‘pt. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. 'forcer, official assignee, Liverpool; Holder, Liverpool. Thomas Clarke, grocer, Newport, Monmouth, Aug. 23, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assign( e, Bristol; Perkins, Bristol. Samuel Parnall, grocer, East Looe, Coriwall, Aug. 20, at-eleven, and Sept. 18, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Hobbs, Bristol; Stogdon, Exeter. George Willis Hinchliffe, manufacturer, Sheffield, Aug. 24. and Sept. 21, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Saxelbye, Hull; Horsf4ll and Harrison, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Mill, Bishopsgate-street Within, merchant, Sept. 4, at eleven—H. Tappenden, sen., Ashford, Kent, corn dealer, Sept. 10, at twelve—ll C. Brown, Winchester, builder, Sept. 4, at half-past eleven—R. Mills and G. Puckle, Southwark and Mark-lane, bon and corn-Factors Sept. 11, at eleven—J. S. Dobson, Harlow, Essex. sur geon, Sept. 5, :at twelve—J. Peake, Crickdale, draper, Sept. 10, at two. In the Country. J. Morgan, &n., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford, and Glasbury, Radnorshire, woolsTaplers, Sept. 17, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham —A. K. Holman, Wortley, Leeds, cloth manufacturer, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—P. A. Black and J. Whittingham, Liverpool, provision and general brokers, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —J. Clarke and E. Dearden, Bury and Radcliffe, Lancashire, grocers, Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. R. Mitchell, Lime-street, merchant, ld., on Tuesday, the 13th inst., or any Tuesday aster Nov. 1, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street. H. W. Hewes, Colchester, baker, Is. 6d., on Tuesday, the 13th inst., or any Tuesday after Nov. 1, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street- J. Baker, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, boot manu facturer, so.,onTueaday, the 13th inst., or any Tuesday after Nov. 1, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinehall•street W. Child, Cisertsey, Surrey, grocer, 10d. on Tuesday, the 13th instant, or any Tuesday after Nov. 1, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-Areet. J. Harbidge, Islip, Oxfordshire, miller, 35., on Tues day, the 13th inst., or any Tuesday arer Nov. 1, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall• street. J. Patching, Henfield, Sussex, brewer, qd, any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Whitmore, Basinghall-street. E. Dixon, Gravesend, oil and co l ourman, 6s. 4id., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, W. Chittenden, Tarlington-place, and Church -street, Paddington, draper, 6% 6d., any Wednesday between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Ba singhall-street. J. Ellis, Cremorne-house, Chelsea, licensed victualler, 10d., on Wednesday next, and three follow ing Wednesdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman -street. F. Whitmore, Lambeth, brewer. 1011., on Wednes day next, and three following Wednesdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Cole man -street. H. V. Stroud, Spettisbury, Dorsetshire, miller, ? i d., on any Tuesday or Friday after Aug. 18, between ten and two, at the office of Mr. Hernainan, Exeter. W. E. Gundry, Bridport, Dorsetshire, banker, 20%, on any Tuesday and Friday after Aug. 16, between eleven and three; at the office of Mr. Hemmen, Exeter. J. 'Thompson Phipps, of Darlington, draper, Is. fid., on Saturday, Aug. 10, or any following Saturday be tween ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wukley, New castle-upon-Tyne. B. R. Broadbent, Rechdale, Lancashire, flannel manu facturer, Id., on any Tuesday, between ten and four, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Worsley, Preston, Lancashire, cotton spinner, ss. 10 15-163., on any Tuesdae, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Noe!ton, Ashton-under-Lyne, innkeeper, 49. 81d., on any Tuesday, betwctu ten aad cue, at the office of Hobson, fklancht,tecr.' D. H. Bereeford, Stockport, Cheshire, linendrz.p.r, 100., on Tuesday, Auk. 6, and any following Tues day, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Smith and W. Derby s hi re , Manchester, dyers, 2s. 9(1., on Aug. 6, and any following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. ' W. Derbyshire, Manchester, dyer, 205., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, and any following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. • At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. J. Gill, Gloucester, auctioneer, Sept. 2, at one.--J. Perko, Cross-street, Islington, furrier, Sept. 2, at twelve —C. Veneer, Tonbridge-wells, Kent, builder, Sept, • t, at twelve—F. Taplcy, Warminster, Wil shirF, linendraper, Sept. 5, et eleven—W. G. Moss, nigh-street, Peckham, lieenz• - eu victualler, Sept. 5, at Lst eleven. In the Country. W. H. Griffiths, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, iron monger, Aug. 30, at eli.ven, at the Court, Liverpool-- J. Whittingham, Liverpool, provision and - general broker, Aug. 30, at elevea, at the Courr, Liverpool—T. Cowgill, Bradford, Yorkshirp, grocer, Sept. 16. at eleven, at !he Court, Boycot,- Kidderminster, Worcestershire, draper, merc•iT, and hatter, Sept 12. at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Stormont, and W. ' Stormont, Shiffnall, Shropshire, iron manufacturers, Sept. 17, at half'-past twelve, at the-Court, Birmingham —W. Jackson, Lichfield, %ilia merchant, . Sept. 17, 08 ten, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Luckes, Exeter, pro vision dealer. Sept. 18, at one, at the Court,.Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRAN 1'E1). W. Tyer, Gosport, boot and sliteinaker, certificate of the third class—T. Smith, Liverpool, cheesernonger and provision dealer, cot tifica:e of the first cla.s,•ot the ex. • piration of twenty-one d.Js from An;.;. Wars-lug, Liverpool, draper, certificate of the first class, at the ex- Oritii:n of twet , ty•orto days from Aug. 7—T. Niece, Bri”rley.hill, StAK)rdshire, , r end gasotr,ter maker. certificate of th,- second class—J. Sorby, Sh, (field, .0.t«.1- mt-lter and manufacturer, certificate of the second ease, at the expiration of six months fr,lni Aug. 3. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Job Jeves, Soutliwold, Sufi dk, stationer. Thomas °Whams, 'Werwickf•hirr, butcher. John Fenton, 11 alesworth, dancing master. Daniel Dtrngare, Northamptonshire, boot and shoo maker. Chat lea Wharton Dodil, L, arbington, licensed victualler. Mark Bicknell, Leamington Priors, butcher. John Cleaver,lun., Northatnron. John Turner Whitgrove, Dudley, grocer. David Richards, Hayes. Glamorganshire, cJrdwainer. William Atkins, Cardiff, butcher. George Garraway, Bristol, accountant. John Lock Millerd, Bristol, baker. John Roberts, Bristol, corn dealer. Richard Smith, Oxford, boot and shoemaker. Thomas Arnold, Oxford, bricklayer. James Slater, Oxford, carpenter. John Suter, Reigat., Surrey, plumber. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Forman, Pitfour, Perth, commission agent, to meet within the office of Messrs. Walker and Gloag, writers, Dundee, Aug. 12 and Sept. 2, at twelve. E. Woodhead, Edinburgh. surgeon, to meet withia Paxton's Coffee-house, Edinburgh, Aug. 12 and Sept. 2, at two. • A. 111 6 Pherenn, Dundee, draper; to meet within the Crown Hotel, Dundee, Aug. 15•ar.d Sept. 10, at twelve. ' D. Rodgers E.iinbur g h, war..housemun, to me e t within Dowell's Sale Rooms, Edinburgh, Aug. 15 and Sept. 4, at three. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Orford and W. M. Jackson, Liverpool, commission merchants—J. Drake and T. Drake, Addington., York shire, linendrapers—W. C. H. Jones and G. Haworth, L'wynenion, fire-brick makers--J. Innes, L. L. Hodge, and'J. Innes (so far as regards L. L. 11.)dge). Moorgate street, City— f. Beck end J. Adams, Sheffit-ld, joiners— H. W. Nixon, H. D. Thew, and J. Waygood (so far as re yards J. Waygood) Liverpool, Italian warehouseman —N. Hill and T. Hill, Coventry, watch-manufacturers— H. Milward and C. Mileward, Redditch, Worcnstershire, needle and fish-hook marinfacturersL-R. Hovil and J. R. Hovil, George-street, Minories, merchants—T. Lister and H. Charlton, Broseley and Ironbridge, Shropshire, wine and spirit merchants—Hannah Sandbrook, W. Sandbrook, and E. II) ley, Market Drayton, Shropshire, horse hair seating manufacturers—J. Miller and H. Nelson, Settle, Yorksbire, railway contractors—H. Cook and S. Westbrook, Oxford, printers—T. Caswell and T. Wilron, Birmingham, bydreulic engineers—R. Rutherford and J. Rutherford, Berwick-upon-Tweed, linen and woollendrapers—J. Louis and L. Leon, High Holborn, cigar manufacturers —D. Stroud and H. C. Stroud, Bleckfriars road, booksellers—N. Tregelles, J. T. Price, R. W. Fox, A. Fox, and C. H. Waring (so far as regards N. TregellPs) ironfounders—W. W. Hide and J. H. Dutchman, Kingston -upon-Hull, auctioneers —W. Nicholson and H. Fitton, Manchester, grocers-4 R. Mayor and J. Mayor, Bolton-le-Moors, grocers-4, Smart and R. Smart, Newport, Shropshire, tailors—n. Flynn and J. Fleetwood, Liverpool, grocers. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Ang. 6, 1850, exclusive of Custom Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatien thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 255. 7id. per cwt. From the Mauritius ... ... 245. 64(1. From t he East Indies ... —& —EL ~ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... . 255. 3&d. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Coinpany. Grocers'-hall, Aug. 9. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUll—Guildford, Aug. 9. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) PELLATT V. STIFF. This was an action for libel. Sergeant Shen and Mr. Bernard were counsel for th 3 plaintiff; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lush for the defendant. ac tion was brought against the d e f en d an t, w ho is the pro prietor of a cheap publicati on ca ll e d Th e W ee kly Ti mes , The plaintiff in this action is an attorney, and the to recover damages for a libel coutsined in that paper on the 26th May last. This case occupied the Court a con siderable time, and the circumstances under which the action was brought created a good deal of merriment. It seemed that the plaintiff, although at the prssent time he was represented to be carrying on a respectable busi ness as a solicitor, was for several years connected with the establishment in Bow-street, known as the Judge and Jury Society, presided over by Lord Chief Baron Nichol son, which is the title adopted by the president, and he was known there as the " double" of Lord Brougham, from the peculiar faculty he possessed of mimicking that Noble and Learned Lord. He had, however, given up this pursuit since 1843, and since that period he had devoted his attention to his business of a so licitor, and practised at the different county courts. It happened in the beginning of May, that a person named Dale, who was in the service of the dereadant, summoned him to the Westminster County Court for a week's wa ges , and Mr. Pellatt attended in support of the plaint, whi c h , in the result, was dismissed, and on the following Su n d ay the article appeared in the defendant's paper which formed the subject of the pre sent action. This article purported to be a report of the case at the county court, and was headed, " Lord Brougham in Court ," an d it then represented that upon Mr. Pellatt appearing as the advocate for the plaintiff, the judge asked who he was, and the usher replied that he was Lord Brougham. A supposed dialogue was then given, in which the usher was represented to have contrived to style the plaintiff " my lord," and upon the question being put to him where he resided, the plaintiff .was represented to have replied, "Go to the devil," amidst roars and shouts of laughter. The attorney, who appeared on behalf of the defendant upon the occa sion, was also represented to have reminded the plaintiff that he was in St. Martin's parish, and not in St. Ste phen's, and the judge was reported to have rebuked the plaintiff, and to have told him to conduct himself pro perly. This was the libel complained of, and for which damages were now sought to be recovered. Mr. F. Bayley, the Judge of the Westminster County Cana, and the Chief Usher, were examined, and they stated that none of the circumstances referred to in the report actually took place. The usher, however, ad mitted, in cross-examination, that when he saw the plaintiff he might have made the observation in a low tone that he was the Lord Brougham of the : Garrick'. Head. Mr. May, the attorney for the to produce a lett er sent b y p laintiff , was then called iess o him to P the defendant. Crud - eximined—Witness on went to the Judge and Jury Cl u b, i n Bow-street, cl) Baton Nicholson presided. Thuete they were drinking brandy-andewa , teri r e wa c na u ds r i s l a s h a e d f lied functionary" oking. Mr. CHAMBERS.—I b e li e ve the , e who presided was also drinking brandy -and- wa t er smoking 2--(Laugh ter.) Witaeas—lknow that he had an d a Bihar in hi s mout h, an d I have no doubt that he was drinking also.—(Much laughter.) Mr. CHAMBERS —Did yuu hear the names of any of the counsel—Mr. Busanquet, Thesiger, for instance? Witness —No, I did not. Mr. CHAMBERS—Do you recollect what cause was being tried? Was it an action fur libel against "Little Puddl e t o n Gazette and Flying Plemen,Evenin the Post?"—(Much laughter.) Witnees—l do not think igt was a libel. I believe it was a case of cr . im. con., or something of that sort. Mr. CHAMBERS—Did you see the plaintiff perform on that night. Witness—No, lam sure he did not. I was not aware that be had ever acted at the Garrick's Head until after the present action / vas commenc e d. Mr. CHAMBERS made a moatl humorous speech to the jury on behalf of the defendant, and the audience wore in a roar of laughter during a greater portion of his address. He characterised the action as being of the most contemptible character, and he asked the jury whether it was not really too bid for a man who for years appeared to have got his living by ridiculing others, without caring a farthing for their feelings, or for those who were connected with them, should lay hold of a simple squib like the article in question, and bring his action for libel, and ask for damages for injury that it had occasioned to his character? The nature of the judge and jury society at which the plaintiff enacted the part of " double" to a noble and learned lord was pretty clear, and there was no doubt that its object was to excite ridicule, and amuse the visitors by so doing; and surely if the plaintiff chose to put himself before the public and enact the part of Lord Brougham for their amuse ment, he ought not to complain if at a subsequent period a newspaper should ileciihc him as it had in this paragrap'a, "Lord BrUngilaiii in court." Tiie more ridi cule the plaintiff occasioned whila personating Lord Brougham the more the spectators laughed, and that was the object of the whole proceeding. Not only the Learned Judges, but the c ounsel and jury, sere all made the subject of ridicule' and it appeared to him th a t h e or any of his learned friends might just as well bring an action far a libel against the parties who personated them at this judge and jury club. as for the plaintiff to bring his action on the present occasion. The Learned Coun sel concluded a very able speech by Calling upon the juiy to treat such a case as it deserved, and he said that if ,they, should tea them s elves compelled to find a verdict .1 fur the plaintiff at all, he was assured they would give i as damages the very smallest amount possible. IRELAND. I DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.—SALES OF ENCUM BERED ESTATES.—'Tree important sales took place yesterday, the principal one being the estates of Mr. John O'Connell, of Grena, and his son, Mr. Mor;.,an John O'Connell, M.P. The first pr o p ert y offered was one lot of the estate of Mr. Jessop, in the county of Longford, containing 1,164 statute acres, yielding a rent of 9991., subjcct to 361. to the rent charge, and to annu lhiss and contingent annuities, which was purchased by Mr. Thomas PenAh,r;on for 8 5001. The estate of Mr. W. do M , nttporeney, Upper Court, in the county of Kilk enn y, w hi c h stood adjourned from I a former day, was next put up iu one lot, Containing 1,893 statute acres, producing a rent of 2,2541. 145., and valued, under the Ordnance valuation, at 2 614/. 145., was purchae.d, after a languid competition, by Mr. John Ssdleir, M.P., an eminent solicitor, for 30.1001.. being thirteen and a half years' purchase on the present rental. The Montmorehey family had expended a very large sum in er. c; ing the mansion-house of Uppercourt, a remark able building, in the Italian style, lat,ly occupied by Mr. George Bryan, of Jenkinstown. About five years since an English gentleman, Captain Keays, then anxious to reside in the tine hunting country in this part of Kil kenny, offered 60,0001. for this estate; but some dif ference arose about the timber on the property, and the purchase was not cornokt. ci. Mr. Sadlier, yesterday, purchased the estate in trust for a gentleman now re . siding ia England, who is a creditor to the amount of 8,0001.; and it appears that the priority of his encumb rance is a matter hereafter to be decided upon by the Commissioners. The O'Connell property, situate in the county of Kerry, was submitted for sale in twenty-four lots, all of which were sold but two. The quantity of land held in fee, and on leases for lives renewable for ever, or for a long term of years, was 13 ; 123 acres, producing an ag gregate yearly rent of 2,9611., from which are to be de ducted the two lots adjourned, containing 509 acres, producing a rent of 371/., leaving the quantity sold 12,614 acres, with a rental of 2,590/., which was sold for 39 3951., at rates of purchase varying, at every interme diate figure, from eleven to twenty-three years' purchase, according ,as the lots se(-med desirable for invest ment. At first, although the co urt was crowded, there seemed to be great languor in the competition; but after the sale of a tew lots the biddings proceeded with much animation all through. The average rate of pur chase on the whole of the O'Connell property is about fifteen and.a half years. The sale was considered a very good one. of THE COURT.—Although there will be recess for about two months, the routine business of the court will be uninterrupted. Petitions for sales are to be forwarded to the residence of one or other of the Commissioners; and, on being fisted, are to be trans mitted to the office in Henrietta -street, where competent officers will attend to enable solicitors to go through the necessqry preliminary proceedings. THE ILLEYEsT.—In the conflicting reports still re ceived, it is difficult to discover any data for an accurate judgment regarding the extent of injury already suffered by the potato crop. But I think the inference msy fairly be drawn, that the bulk of the crop is still com paratively unaffected, unless in Kerry and one or two otheroounties,and that if the weather should become favourable there would be an abundant supply for con sumption. allowing that a third of the produce might be lost. The chief source of danger arises from the damp ness of the atmosphere and the low temperature. The blight prevails to a cousiderable extent, but as yet not very seriously affecting the tubers; and there is no doubt that the withering of the leaves and stalks in many fields is merely the natural effect of the ripeness of the potato, on account of the sewing having taken place month or two earlier than usual. The same appearance of the fields, occurring in September or October, would not have excited any surprise or alarm heretofore. I have been assured, on competent authority, that the quantity of potatoes already completely ripe is larger than the entire crop of last year. The late sown crop of the present year is also very considerable, and its failure or safety will mainly depend on the state of the weather during the present and ensuing month. I have remarked that Kerry has suffered more than any other district from the potato blight. • The accounts from the south, received this morning, confirm the statement I made yesterday respecting the prostration of many corn-fields by the heavy rain. Wheat, in general, will be a deficient produce, but oats aro fine and most abundant; and the grain crops pro mise exceedingly well. THE TENANT CONFERENCE.—The closing meeting of the Tenant Conference took place yesterday. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Rentoul, a northern Presbyterian clergyman, the chair was taken by the Rev. Mr. Kear ney, parish priest of Kilkenny West. A report was submitted, and resolutions were considered regarding the mode of making valuations for rent. The conference having determined upon the formation of a .tenaut league, the first public meetirg of that association will be held this evening, in the Music• hall, Lower Abbey street; and it is unnonnced that the clergyman and others who have taken part in the conference will ad-, dress the meeting. DUBLIN STOCK AND SIIARE MARKET.—SaIes yester day:—Three per Cent. C,esols, 96*. ; Three and- Qnarter per Cent. Stock. 974, ; ditto, Account, Aug. 12, 971„ 1 ,- ; Bank Stock, 2032 ; Four per Cent. Ci►y Debt'., 68; Hibernian Bank, 25i Royal Bsnk, 11 ; Patriotic Insurance, 6i; Mining Compeny of Irelund, Railways: Daslin end Belfast Junction, 13; Mid. Gt. W. and R. Canal,26i}. [ADVERTISEMENT ]—There is nothing hatter than Holloway's Pills for Bowel Complaints, Diarrhcca,, and Dis ordered Stomachs.—Persons subject to these Cilniplaihts can not use a finer medicine than these invaluable pills, and it taken in moderate doses, and the diet properly attended to, a certain cure will be ellCcted. 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