The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-04 00:00:00

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S3P' on, Qu c. re . rrived here,,, to r 01.12 Qtte bl lyt by a ses leeks ; los t oilati one man o r. n o. much 11 „160, piled—Efe re 'llio e Erskin e, a, , do.; Stll 3—Fortuna, 00, ' Necker o ' poi near Fu l nh e her cargo. god" cence, on tbn A 100 board, a n °l fr° rd Cohen, e bec' urns, 42' 1 r o , e Derav vit o; )9St. Tb ° (2 116 ' Jawrennel w with' Sank, but inique 4.„ a 1t0 1 the 19th water. iy, 10.30 & 13fl Orlean 11 s ;51 , 3 ), 10 /1 welt, fof ie d 0 0 ; she 87 2 ,,fe' Banks 0 l EGR.O O.) id a y, 10 i''o, ffe. P tilllll gen ; Ly, 9. 111'.111 : j ndon ' l ' iere b l e c ; froratig.e 'or Ge'°—. ...avoll / . 1 DREADFUL MURDER IN BUCKS. The picturesque parish of Burnham, situate at the southern extremity of the county of Bucks, within about four miles of 'Windsor, has been the scene of an appaling and mysterious tragedy within the last few days. The victim of the barbarous act is a young woman named Mary Ana Sturgeon, whose friends reside in Suffolk, but who had been living for some years as a domestic servant in the family of Mr. Bailey, at Britwell Farm, previous to her taking the situation of housekeeper to Mr. Ralph Willis Goodwin, of the Burnham Abbey Farm, about three months ago. On Wednesday an in quiry was opened before Mr. John Charsley, coroner for Bucks, at the Mile-house on the Colnbrook-road, and adjourned for the production of further evidence. According to the testimony already taken, it appears that Mr. Goodwin, who is a highly-respectable young man of the class of gentleman farmers, is unmarried, and that his household consisted of the deceased and a groom named Moses Attow. In the farmyard there is a cottage occupied by John Bunce, the groundkeeper, who lodges in his house several labourers employed on the farm. In the evening of Tuesday, Mr. Goodwin left his home soon after 6 o'clock, on a visit to a neigh bour, and returned about half-past 11. During Mr. Goodwin's absence deceased called at the cottage of Bunce, where she remained until about 9 o'clock, when she returned to the house, for the purpose as she said, of preparing the supper for the groom. The groom states that he was served with his supper by the deceased, and that he soon afterwards went to bed. The farmhouse, it should be stated, is a modern and conve nient dwelling, built some years ago on the site of the ancient Abbey of Burnham by the late Mr. John Pocock, a part of whose large estate it formed. The kitchen in which the groom had his supper is separated from the other part of the house, at night, by a door, which he says was locked on Tuesday night by the deceased, the groom himself sleeping in a small chamber approached by a ladder from the kitchen. He further says, that when he had been in bed some time he was aroused by a noise as of some one falling down, and he thereupon got up, and proceeded to the cot tage of Bunce, who was partly dressed, with the intention of looking round the yard, as he feared something was the matter with one of the colts. This proved to be the case ; and, after the animal had been attended to, Bunce and Attow went round the yard, but could observe nothing wrong. At half-past eleven Mr. Goodwin came home, and Attow took his horse as usual. Letting himself into the house by a latch-key, Mr. Goodwin was surprised not to find his candle burn ing, as was customary, and on walking along the passage upstairs, after be had provided himself with a light, he discovered on the floor a human tooth and hairpin. He also perceived a dense mass of smoke and a strong smell of burning, both of which appeared to proceed from the bedroom of the deceased, at the further end of the passage. Calling Bunce and Attow to his as sistance, he went to the housekeeper's room, and there a horrifying sight presented itself. The bedroom is pro vided with a fireplace, and, in contemplation of a visit from some relatives, Mr. Goodwin had ordered fires to be lighted in that and the other chamber. When the door was opened, and objects could be distinguished through the smoke, the body of the unfortunate woman was found lying with her head near the mantelpiece, her legs on the hearthrug, in the direction of the bedstead, and on her legs and the lower part of her body was a mass of fire still burning furiously, arid consuming the flesh of the deceased ! A dressing table and a quantity of linen had been used as fuel. The fire had burnt through the floor of the chamber, and was already con suming the joists. Had Mr. Godwin's return been de layed one half-hour the house would have been on fire, past redemption. On examining the body of the deceased it was found that both legs had been burnt off nearly close to the trunk, from which they were completely separated. The head and upper part of the body were not injured by the fire, but exhibited marks of great violence. One of the teeth was missing—the tooth found by Mr. Goodwin in the passage. The head was injured as if by some blunt instrument. Near the head of deceased was a large pool of blood, and on the door of her apartment and on the handrail of the staircase there were marks of blood. When the reporter visited the room on Thurs day the remains of the deceased had been removed, buc, the apartment was left as it appeared when the fire was got under. It was indeed a sickening and heart rending sight, and the smell of the roasted human flesh was quite apparent. . That the deceased was foully murdered downstairs, aid her body then taken and set fire to in her bedroom, is the general belief, but no distinct clue has yet been obtained to the guilty parties. Suspicion at first rested on the groom, but the result of the inquiry, so far as it has proceeded at present, tends to establish his innocence. At first it was believed that nothing had been stolen from the house, and the absence of plunder rendered the barbarous deed still more mysterious ; but yesterday Mr. Goodwin discovered that some valuable rings, a gold pencilcase, and other articles, were taken from his bedroom. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. of William Dargan.' (Loud and enthusiastic cheering, and waving of handkerchiefs in every part of the building.") To this we are told there was an expression of the " utmost enthusiasm," and the very appropriate air, "Had you the luck to see Donnybrook Fair," was sung as the most fitting finale to the chairman's speech. Mr. Dargan then responded as follows :—Mr. Chair man, my lords, and gentlemen, I thank you most deeply and most sincerely for the honour you have done me, by the cordiality, the good feeling, and the approbation which I discovered in that hearty cheer with which I was rejoiced and delighted. (Hear, hear.) There are many classes of men in the community performing their own duties with every attention, every care, and every justice ; but the man who, by his own intelligence in the application of his own energies, who in the applica tion of that gifted mind which so peculiarly belongs to the manufacturer, the artist, and the genius —who, whilst he is prosecuting his own legitimate objects for his own advantage, spreads benefit and blessing which the employment of labour gives to sustain the rich and support the poor—that man represents one peculiar class, and it is from this class of men, which I believe to be a valuable stay of human society, that I have now received this distinguished honour— (cheers)--and I can truthfully may, there is no compliment that could have come upon me with equal force and with equal feelings as that conferred upon me by men of my own station and prosecuting my own duties. (Cheers.) I may now tell you who have contributed so largely to what we all, thank goodness, are able to say has suc ceeded. (Cheers.) Though at one time there may have been, or rather there was a great doubt of our success, that it has been successful through your aid and under the guidance and the management of a number of gen tlemen, who took up their duties without prospect or hope of any reward except the approbation of their countrymen, and who performed those duties with a zeal, an activity, a judgment, a skill, and an untiring perseverance that I never saw equalled. (Hear,lhear.) As I said before, there was a time when even the most sanguine amongst us were doubtful ; but it is a very high gratification to have come to this period and to feel as I think and hope—and as I believe this evening gives evidence—that in our experiment we have been successful. (Loud cheers.) If no other result had happened from our Exhibition than the visit of our gracious Queen, coining to stamp with her notice and with her dignity her appreciation of labour and its results, and of art and genius, such as was displayed before her in that Exhibition, I think it would have amply repaid us for all the trouble we had. (Hear.) But I do hope that other and more lasting results will come from it. (Hear.) I hope that now we know the way, and that we know what can be done by labour, and in telligence, and genius, having had not only the result of our own exertions, but the co-operation and kind assis tance of persons and exhibitors from all countries— (hear) - r who have placed before us the products of their skill as a lesson to ourselves and our people, I do hope that this Exhibition, which has been so kindly and generously managed by those gentlemen, as I men tioned before, who gave their time to it, and by you who so nobly came forward to aid and embellish it, will not pass away without permanent results. (Hear, hear.) As regards myself, in connection with it I may justly say that I have never had greater pleasure in any undertaking with which I was connected. (Ap plause.) With its results I am still better pleased ; and if anything were wanted to gratify and to satisfy me as to the value and the advantage to be derived from it, it would be this cordial co-operation, and this generous tribute that is paid to the committee and to me by the exhibitors. (Cheers.) I need not say more—other topics may be better touched on at other places, and there is much to be said this evening I believe. I will not trespass on you further, but 'I am deeply grateful and sincerely hopeful. Mr. Dargan resumed his seal; amidst the warmest acclamations. Mr. Dargan then proposed the Chairman's health, who, of course, when returning thanks, expressed his " utterly inability" to do so. And thus, after a few more speeches, terminates an event which might have been creditable to those concerned in it, but which, so far as we can gather, leaves Mr. Dargan to glean his renown and honourable distinction from the common sense of the world, rather than from the generous sym pathy of his own countrymen. Thus they estim tte their great men in Ireland ! NEW REFORM BILL. (From the Times . ) Among all the subjects which will engage the public mind next session there is none so important, or per haps so difficult, as that of the elective franchise. A faulty distribution of electoral districts, an imperfect manner of taking the suffrage—almost any mistake may be remedied except that which relates to the franchise ; but here an error is not only most important but most irretrievable. France was, indeed, able to recall a fran chise rashly conceded, but the revocation was immedi ately followed by the total loss of her liberties, and a nominal return to the abrogated franchise by way of compensation. If we place our franchise too high it is easy to lower it ; if we place it too low it i impossible to raise it. This is the lesson of all constitutional his tory —a lesson which never ought to be absent from our minds. BANQUET TO WILLIAM DARGAN AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. DUBLIN, Thursday.—The Great Exhibition of 1853, the opening of whioh, it will be remembered, was com memorated by a grand banquet, given by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, caused at its conclusion another display of public feeling, no less illustrative of the gene ral interest it excited, and which proved no less the high esteem in which its great originator is held by all `classes and ranks of society. A banquet to the Execu tive Committee and Mr. Dargan, from whose enterprise and public spirit the Exhibition arose, by the exhibitors, to whose liberality in contributing their goods so much of its success is due, was indeed a happy thought, the carrying out of which formed a fitting termination to the Exhibition season. The arrangements for this de monstration were on a large and magnificent scale, and the anxiety to procure tickets perhaps unprecedented. The banquet was served in the King's Room of the Mansion-house, which was appropriately ornamented with mementoes of the Exhibition. The chair was occupied by Wm. Fry, Esq., T.C. On the right of the chair sat William Dargan, the guest of the evening, and on his left Geo. Roe, Esq., Chairman of the Executive Committee. Amongst the noblemen and gentlemen present were the following :—The Lord Mayor ; Earl Clancarty, Lord Massereene, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Lord Ward, Lord Gough, Lord Rossmore, Earl Bective, Lord Besborough ; Sir Hervey Bruce, Sir A. Brooke, Sir P. Nugent, Sir J. Benson, Sir W. Somerville, Sir C. P. Roney, Sir J. K. James, Sir E. M'Donnel, Sir R. Kane, G. Roe, Esq., W. D. La Touche, W. Dargan, J. Pennefather, T. Hutton, W. Fry, J. Barton, Hon. J. Vereker, William Pare, L. E. Foot, Walter Sweetman, W. J. Murland, R. Andrews, J. Classon, W. H. Porter, Rt. Hon. More O'Ferral, W. Tefford, Sir James Murray, Robert Cassidy, Dr. Orpen, Thos. Connolly, M.P. ; Anketell T. M. Gresham, Alder man Gresham. Alderman Hoyte, the Mayor of Cork, the Mayor of Belfast, - the Mayor of Limerick, Mr. Chap lin, Mr. Fishbourn, Mr. Todd, Mr. Purdon, Mr. Coulson, Dr. Lover, Prof. Gluckman, Mr. Bell, Mr. Sibthorpe, Mr. M'Kay, Mr. Bagot, Mr. Fairbairne, Mr. Carlton, r. Reed, Dr. Steele, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Kerr, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Codd, Mr. Delany, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Can nick, Mr. Papworth, Mr. Vance, Mr. Hodges, Dr. Thomell, Mr. Hirsch, Mr. Willans, Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Box, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Cordner, Mr. Baird, Rev. Ogle Moore, Mr. R. F. Mulvany, Mr. Stephens, Alderman Guinness, Dr. Barker, Mr. Austin, Mr. Woodhouse, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Gray, Mr. Roche. This banquet was given ostensibly to the great founder and promoter of the Irish Exhibition, without whose help, in all probability, the Exhibition would never have taken place at all. To Mr. Dargan the entire country owes a debt of gratitude, for he did, out of his impulsive generosity, what no Irish noble in the whole lengt l l and breadth of the land either could, or was willing to do. Yet, mark the result. In the long report of thes e proceedings, published in Saunders's News Letter, we find long, tawdry, wordy speeches, full of the silly rub bish emanating from an after-dinner mind "in honour" of people who had no more to do with the Exhibition than with the building of the Tower of Babel, while the man of the day, greater on this occasion than any man there, had the honour, forsooth , of having his health proposed by the chairman in the following cold and mo dified terms Gentlemen, we have now arrived at the toast of the evening. (Cheers.) Never in my life did I feel so in competent to the performance o any task I had under taken as I feel at this moment ; and I know that I can only cast myself upon your indulgence for the few words which I shall endeavour to address to you. In looking at the position which Mr. Dargan holds this evening, let us contemplate it in connection with the Great Ex hibition which has just now closed. Had that Exhibi tion never taken place, Mr. Dargan would be one of the greatest manufacturers of this country, one of the largest employers, and one of those who set the brightest ex ample of industry and enterprise. Nevertheless, his name is inseparably connected with this Exhibition. Gentlemen, we cannot think of it without naturally re verting to the Great Exhibition of 1851, and we naturally compare our Exhibition with that one. You all recollect that the idea of the Exhibition of 1851 originated with Prince Albert. Tae chairman then reviewed the history of the Exhibition of 1851, remarking that the committee of that project did riot proceed to carry it out until after they had obtained subscrip tions to the amount of 80,0001. and a Parliamentary guarantee. He then adverted to the circumstances under which the Exhibition in Dublin had been started, and went on to say, the only guarantee which Mr. Dargan e luired inr elation to it was, that nota shilling should b 3 advanced for its purposes by any one but himself. (Cheers.) That guarantee was given, and he required an >ther, which was, that under no circumstances should he have a shilling profit out oF its proceeds. These were acts quite in accordance with the spirit for which he is so distinguished. (Hear and cheers.) Gentlemen, my great desire this evening is to speak to some practical Purpose. My great objec, is to speak not so much of Mr. Dargan himself as of his works and of his character, and to endeavour to impress upon you, as I hope I have Impressed upo n myself, the exam pl e w hi c h h e h as se t to . country. It is only in this point of view that I can look on this banquet as of any national importance. Gentlemen, in one word, I feel totally incompetent t o do ludlee to this toast. I therefore give you The health and respectability. The operatives yield to these per suasions, and are now linked together in the insane de sign of effecting the ruin of their masters, and, through their ruin, their own. These, surely, are not the people to whom we can entrust the management of our affairs. It will not be, we apprehend, for them that we shall make a new Reform Bill. The man who cannot manage his own concerns with ordinary prudence is un fit to be trusted with those of others, and he who is too stupid, too weak, or• too unruly to conform to the regu lations of a factory, has little claim to a voice in the government of an empire. We are an old country, en cumbered by debts and complicated relations of every kind, with ancient institutions adapted to modern pur poses, with a machinery of government so delicate that few beyond ourselves understand it, and we cannot afford to risk this noble, mechanism in the rash and un tutored hands than are stretched out to grasp it. Ex tend the suffrage if you will, down to the present limit, but forbear to lower that limit so as to include men of whom we need say nothing worse than that they are likely to be as bad stewards of our interests as they have been of their own. 100 8 184 100 100 SOUTH-EASTERN AND CONTINENTAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday at the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge, for the purpose of further and finally resolving on the expediency of a dissolution of the company, Mr. James Macgregor, M.P., the chair man of the company presided. 100' 100 The following report of the directors was submitted to the meeting :—The accounts of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, now submitted to the proprietors, show an available balance of assets at their disposal of 135,0911. Bs. 11d., which includes the sum of 99,4061., which will be paid by the South- Eastern Railway Company for the eight steam ships belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental Steam packet Company on their transfer, and a balance in cash at the bankers of 38,366/. 18s. 3d. It will be observed in the accounts that the company still has outstanding claims to settle, to the amount of 1,8171. Bs. 4d., and that there is a sum of 9881. is. due to proprietors for dividends which have been declared, and which are in course of payment. The number of shares which have been paid up by the proprietors is 11,099 shares ; and the number upon which calls are still due is 23 shares ; and the amount of calls due is 1241. The directors will submit the following resolutions to the proprie tors : all 111 100 , 17t 114 all 1. That it is further and finally resolved, that a dis solution of the company (such dissolution having been recommended by the directors) is expedient. 2. That the report of the directors, the profit and loss account, and the balance-sheet of the accounts of the company now produced to this meeting be and the same are hereby approved. _ _ _ 50 40 25 25 812 s 3. That the drift deed of release submitted to this meeting be and the same is hereby approved ; and, in order to the final winding-up of the affairs and concerns of the company, the directors are hereby requested to pro cure the execution by all proper parties of a deed in conformity therewith, and they are hereby authorised to require every person to whom any part of the assets of the company is to be paid, or to whom any debenture of the South-Eastern Railway Company is to be issued in lieu of payment, to execute the deed on such pay ment being made, or such debenture being issued to them. 4)I 174 all 100 3-1 100 The directors will be prepared to pay to-morrow, the 4th inst., to each proprietor, on his executing the deed of release, 121. per share. After payment of the 121. per share, a balance will now remain in the hands of the directors of 1,6271. Bs. 11d. ; and any balance in their hands on the final winding-up of the company's affairs will be available for distribution. The proprietors in London who have deposited their certificates with the secretary in terms of his circular letter of the 29th ultimo, inviting them so to do, will find their cheques ready drawn, and at their disposal to morrow or any following day, from eleven to three o'clock, at the South-Eastern Railway Offices, at the London-bridge Terminus. Duplicates of the deed of release will be sent to Liverpool and Manchester, for execution by proprietors resident in Lancashire, on Tuesday next, the Bth inst., of which notice by circular will be sent to each proprietor there. The directors cannot take leave of the proprietors without thanking them for the honourable confidence they have been pleased to place in them since the estab lishment of the company. St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 1100 13i 20 20 50 DR. BILANOE-SHEET, Nov. 4, 1853. To creditors, viz., dividends in course of payments, 988/. Is. ; sundry creditors, 1,8171. Bs. 44. To profit and loss : Balance at credit of that account, as per statement, 23,8711. Bs. 11d. To capital : 11,142 shares, at 101. per share, 111,220/. ; amount divisible among the proprietors 20 20 50 20 10 21s. 100 20 11 § 100 £137,896 18 3 CR. By South-Eastern Railway Company : Amount of purchase money of eight steam-ships, as agreed between the two companies £99,406 0 0 By arrears of calls By cash : Balance in hand St. With reference to the elective franchise, there are two questions and two ways of increasing the numbers e titled to its exercise—the one by its extension, the othtr by its reduction. The principle of the one, carried out to its extreme results, would be to take the lowe t existing franchise as a minimum, and to reduce all exist ing qualifications down to that level. Tne principle of the second would, if carried to its extremity, lead us to universal suffrage. In favour of the extensioa of the franchise is the consideration that, notwithstanding all prophecies of its evil working, the ten-pound franchise has been found a safe measure of the capacity of voters for the election of members of Parliament. The ten pound franchise in a town extends to a much lower class than in the country, and, as it has been found safe to give the right of voting to the tenants of the high-rented houses of our thriving boroughs, it seems reasonable to conclude that it will be equally safe to enfranchise the inhabitant of a ten-pound house in a village or moderately-sized market-town, where, rents being lower, the position of the occupant is easier, and the probability of his intelligence greater. There is no class in this country so unfairly treated at this moment as the occupants of houses between the value of fifty and ten pounds per annum not situated in Parliamentary boroughs. They possess the property which, by the confession of the Legislature, should entitle them to the possession of a vote ; but, because that property is situ ated in one part of the country instead of another, the criterion of intelligence and competency, which is suffi cient for others, is of no avail, and they are deprived of the suffrage, not from any demerit or unfitness of their own, but from the wish to preserve entire the agricul- ' tural character of the county constituencies. We there fore apprehend that no reasonable objection can exist in any unprejudiced mind to the extension of the county constituencies to the same point as has been already con ceded to the boroughs. It is not, however, equally clear that a reduction of the franchise may be advisable, although that reduction was sanctioned on a former occasion by the high autho rity of Lord John Russell. This is no abstract question to be decided by arguments on the rights of man, but a mere point of wisdom and convenience, depending on the fitness of the lower orders for the receipt of the elec tive right. Its decision will vary according to the dif ferent wills and inclinations of those who have to decide it. Some may think that we cannot make the basis of our constitution too broad, and may use in favour of further enlargement the very same arguments which were employed in favour of the increased franchise in 1831. Against this opinion, however, we may oppose many, and those very practical, considerations. Where is the evidence that those to whom we are asked to intrust the franchise are able to discharge that duty satisfac torily ? We admit that the basis of representation should be made as wide as possible, but if, in order to be com prehensive, we intrude persons too ignorant or too venal for the faithful discharge of their duty, we do the great est injury to the body politic, and through it to those persons themselves. The object is, not to find the largest, but the most liberal and enlightened constituency —not to throw the representation of the country into one class, but to give each and all their due weight and prominence. Now, there is this peculiarity in lowering the franchise, that the class that we should admit by any considerable reduction is numerous that it would swamp all the others, and v's:;aally rec_sopolise the representation itself. Its numbers are to lxge that all others would be insignificant in comp:.rison. The change would be properly described, not as the aimission of the five-pound householders to the 1.-anchi:,e, but as the vesting of the whole representation of the country in the five-pound householders—not the admission of that class to a share in the government, but the making it really the governing and dominant class. Now, before we take the government of this country out of those hands in which it has been hitherto vested, and place it in hands in which it has never been vested at all, we ought well to consider the grounds for making such a revolution, the demerits of the persons whom we propose to deprive of power, and the merits of those on whom we propose to confer it. Our present constitu encies have, upon the whole, sapplied us with an amount of working ability adequate for the busi ness of the country, and the faults of which we have to complain in them are not such as seem likely to be remedied by a lowering of the franchise. If there has been venality, we must seek for it among the freemen and the poorest of the ten-pound house holders, and we can scarcely hope to cure it by the ad mission of a poorer and more dependent class. If there has been prejudice, and ignorance, and a preference of I mere local interest to higher qualifications, we see no reason to expect that these defects will be remedied by going lower in the scale of property and intelligence. Jr we regard the conduct of the unenfranchised classes in matters not remote and difficult, like questions of State policy, but easy and within their own experience, we sea every reason to doubt the soundness of their judg ment, and to shrink from placing our affairs in hands so little able prudently and judiciously to administer their own. Look at what is now passing in the manu facturing districts. A period of prosperity has arrived which offers the working man the means of saving, over and above the wants of the moment, money enough to provide him against the subsequent fluctuations of trade. Terms are offered him by his employers which he him self considers liberal, and which he would, in most cases, thankfully accept. But here step in those whom, in an evil hour, he has constituted his leaders, and to whom he yields a servile and indiscriminating obedience. They tell him, contrary to his own knowledge, that his mas ter fattens on his ruin ; they encourage him to claim ' the ridiculous privilege of fixing the rate of his own wages, and urge him to endure any misery, and inflict any wretchedness on his own family, rather than sub mit to terms which would enable him to live in comfort £137,896 18 3 By balance, divisible among the proprietors £135,091 8 11 Note.—The above amount of assets will be sufficient to pay the sum of 121. for each share, equal on 11,122 shares to 133,464 0 0 And leave a balance of 11,627 8 11 DR. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To dividend, at the rato of 51. per cent. per annum, declared Sept. 16, 1853 To balance CR. £26,651 18 11 By balance at credit, after payment of divi dend declared in March last By reserve fund—Balance at credit of that account, 53,8171. 3s. 7d. ; less balance at debit of "steam-ships account," 32,988/. lls. 2d. By interest on purchase-money of ships and stores, to date, at 41. per cent, per annum, as agreed, less income tax, 3,1451. 7s. 7d. ; sundry interest, 8841. Os. 9d. By balance of sundry reserves, &c., now transferred . 10 64 50 4,029 8 4 657 16 0 £26,651 18 11 The CHAIRMAN said it would be seen from the report that any gentleman who had deposited his certificate, and would apply to-morrow at the office of the company, would receive 121. per share, and that after the payment of that sum to each proprietor there would remain in the hands of the directors a balance of 1,627/. Bs. lid. for further distribution at a later day. Some small claims on the company still remained unsettled, and the directors thought it proper to retain that sum in their hands until those claims should be finally disposed of, and then it would be their duty to make a further dis tribution of the assets of about 3s. per share. He concluded by moving the first resolution contained in report. _ _ St. 16 St. St. Mr. RENSHAW (the deputy cha, irman) seconded the resolution, which, after a desultory conversation, was agreed to. _ The second resolution was also passed. The CHAIRMAN then moved the third resolution, re questing the solicitor to the company to read the draft deed of release therein referred to. This having been done, the resolution was agreed to. Mr. WRIGHT then proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, directors, and other ofEcers of the company, which was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment, said the affairs of the company had been a source of great anxiety to the directors, who had felt the peculiar deli cacy of their position as directors and arbitrators be tween the railway company and the steam company, and it was gratifying to find that they had discharged their duties between the companies to the satisfaction of both. He congratulated the proprietors on the happy issue of their affairs, which was far better than remaining in an anomalous position, supposing them to be entitled to a dividend of 5 per cent, without the means of enforcing it in a legal manner. He also congratulated the South- E lstern Railway Company on their possession of eight steam-ships, unrivalled for the performance of the business in which they were employed. (Cheers.) This was one of the most impo:•tant branches of the service, and he considered the possession of these vessels eminently cal culated to promote the permanent prosperity of the com- pany. (Cheers.) 10 25 10 1.0.6 100 all 3 100 In reply to a SHAREHOLDER, The CHAIRMAN said, that in addition to the duplicates of the deed to be deposited at the terminus at Liverpool and Manchester, where the great majority of the share holders resided, a duplicate would be sent round to other parts of the country for the accommodation of the other shareholders who he trusted would execute it as speedily ag possible. The meeting then broke up. NEW SIIN.—A Mr. Goldbammer has astonished the people of Berlin by li:s experiments of his so-called elec tr'ic sun. Or Saturday right he placed his apparatus on the brlcony ot.: the Hotel de Russie, and, directing the rays upon the museum, distant 350 yards, lit up the whole vicinity, so that it was easy to read small print. THE Loss OF THE LEONA RA, OF LLANELLY. — We find from what our correspondent relates that the fears ex pressed as to the loss of the above vessel in our last week's Flerald have proved to be only too true. Since our last it seems that a rumour was spread in the neigh bourhood, of a portion of the crew having arrived home. But upon inquiring it turned out to be false. There is no doubt now entertained by the owners, Messrs. Wil kins and Co., as well as by the relatives of the crew, that she was the vessel referred to in our last th a t was seen going down off St. Ann's Lighthouse. It seems that two other schooners, names unknown, were seen going down near the same place, all the hands of which, it is feared, have perished. Captain Charles was an ex cellent seaman, an affectionate husband, and kind father. He has left a widow and five young children to lament his loss.--Swansea iderald. 10 20 20 20 20 20 8 4 10 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1853. SHARE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. 194 -20 i 4 8 - 91 13 —ll dial 16 - 18 54 - 94 - 96 522 - 53 154 - 13 - 15 44 . =- .4.6 7i - 8} 41 4i 3 - 34 12,f - 12 38 - 42 27 - 29 64 - - 66 58 = 6 ii - ii 8I 82 57 59 121 - 126 ;103 - 102 80 - 81i1 !86 -- 89 11 -13 p 64 -- 65 7t 5 -4,; 12t -- 134 -- - iPni 96 -- 98 d 103; - 101 par 6 p 72 -74 r 14 -13 d 13 -12 d 19i - 20 - 61 - 61', 33 - 35-1 53 55 d par 5 401 48 561 4 3d 27 ... 28 8 101 14 - 2 7 - t 4 6 - 5d 7e 71 par 2 T) 38 - 40 87 89 53 - 55 60 - 62 55 - 65 - 15 -- 17 7i— 8 : 11 -- 13 4 -- 3id 14 -- 16 60i - 61. - 34 -- 35 i 1 -- - 'i 25 - 25, 15 16 1 ii* = 63 64i 9 - NEI 4} 4.7 -- 48 •E SHARES. 66 - •.. - ...SCI 6 - 61. 3 - 38 4. - 5 - 1p - lip 13: 1i - Isp - 14 Business dono this day. 52i al 2i 16 i 3 - 31 Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi& Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do., Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Grand Trunk Canac! Shares and Bonr's Gt .Western of Cana, a Shares . Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) .... .... Do. 6 p. et. prof Lyons & Mediterran I Vladras Namur & Lieg e ( w itl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of Franco Do. 201. 3 p. c (fnly. B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegiauTruukPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders [Do. SA per c. Pref.,., Ill? = ici 108 -- 110 i - i P 7i 8 4 ! 99 -- 101 95 100 95 -- 100 id -- pax, 134 -- 141 1 2 - 3 124 13 6 7 9 9:e * IS9 141 id i' , i 1-ii 103 -- 105 A ipra 91 -10 i 16i -- 17 9i --10 / 12 -- 14 par -- p 23i -- 24/ 98 -- 102 19 -- 20 ... - ... d 96 98 id pa;, 4i 12A a 2d 14 ld 13 - 2ipi - V4l - 3 Vp D - lip - 24 p - 2i lid 4 4 d n 1 id p - 7/ - if -34 i 12i -- 13 . 74 -- 8 16i -- 160 39 -- 41 2 36i -- 4-- 36i p 3 -- 1 18i -19 A ld -- par 8 -- 8A id p 2 -- 4 p 81i 1 2i 58 3 4 .P1 ld p 81 801 P m 64i i 5 4i 96 7 1034 12 73 2 Business th!s day. 611 1 i 28 i 6O i li 60i 6P 4 11; 48 7 81 Pm Pm 13,i i 1191 1101 96 7 DREADFUL AND FATAL INUNDATION AT CORK. 84 5d i 7i 34i 4 The Cork, Examiner, of Wednesday evening, contains an account of the disastrous effects of an inundation with which that city has been visited, involving the loss of several lives and great destruction of property " The most terrible flood," says this journal, " which has ever appeared in the city is now raging, not only in the river, but rushing like a millrace through the streets, flooding the houses, and suspending the whole course of business. At an early hour this morning the western part of the city was covered to a con siderable extent with water, but this attracted no great alarm, as that portion is the first to suffer from the ef fects of deluging rains. But as it was observed to spread across like a sea, bearing down portions of trees and fragments of timber buildings, apprehension became ex cited. About 10 o'clock the Grand Parade became flooded, and the stream, separating itself there, bore down rapidly along Patrick-street and the South-mall, and gradually extended itself over every portion of the flat of the city. By 12 o'clock the rush of the water through every street necessitated the closing of the shops, and business was totally suspended. The aspect of the city now became very threatening, and the alarm general and intense, but this feeling was changed to horror when, about half-past twelve, the account of a fearful calamity came to add to the ter ror of the scene. At that hour the turbid and swollen water was rushing under Patrick's-bridge in large and rough waves like those of the sea ; the bridge was as usual crowded with passers-by, some of whom were gazing with mingled alarm and curiosity at the menacing waters, when suddenly a crack was heard, and in a second the western portion of the pier near Camden-quay gave g alo w n i g th . it Iv a h n a u t m t b h e e r o w t ay pe a r n so d ns fe w ll ho int h o ad the be t e i n de, pa c s a s r i r n y g in numbers were is not accurately known ; there are various and conflicting accounts, some saying so high as 20, but the more general and believed account esti mates them at between 8 and 12. At present no notion even can be formed of who those unhappy persons were. Not one of those who fell was saved ; not a hand or head was seen above the waters in which they were carried down. " Great fears are entertained for the safety of North Gate-bridge, the water rushing through which is literally foaming over the parapets. " Accounts have reached town that the whole country for 30 miles round has been inundated to a terrible ex tent, and a fearful amount of damage has been done, but of course we cannot as yet estimate to what extent, or give any particulars. A blacksmith, whose whole house and workshop were carried away by the flood, came floating down upon a bed, to which he clung desperately. He appeared to have come a considerable distance, but, being a large, powerful man, he still retained his strength and self-possession. As he came near the Anglesea bridge, while the most breathless interest was excited by the spectacle, repeated and, we are glad to say, finally successful attempts were made to save him. Ropes were thrown from several of the ships, one of which he grasped, and was carried frequently under the bottom of the vessel by the terrific rush of the water, but was at last dragged ashore safe. It was stated that his son also had been saved, and that his wife and child were drowned. " Thousands of spectators crowd the quays, in some cases to their imminent danger, and notwithstanding all the efforts of the police, watching the various objects that are brought down by the flood. One of the most singular of these was a tree, upon which a live turkey was perched. "We have heard that the flood on the Blackwater exceeds anything that has occurred within living memory. Vast trees are said to have been torn up from their roots and carried away, spreading destruction to every obstacle they encountered. At four o'clock the accounts are—Judging from pre sent appearances the flood is not likely to rise higher ; but we cannot say that great dangers are not yet to be apprehended. Business, of course, still remains suspended, and boats are to be seen in various parts of the streets. The flood appears to have been general in the south. From Water ford we learns of a deplorable accident to a coach at the low part of the road between Mullinabro'-aate and Dunkitt, where th e d e pth o f wa t er was at least b lO feet. The coachman, unaware of the great depth of water, the night being very dark, drove on the horses until they and the vehicle turned over into an unprotected dyke, and coveredou t , and t a w ere instantly covered with water. The inside passengers broke the upper window, and three succeeded in getting remained till assistance was affordedxtbryeated from' o scen th d e in ir g the railway navvies, and were by them i the breasts wheel clingingwith water, thereto, wheresom althoughetheoy establishment, and formerly a perished, together with was unable to escape, and The horses, their perilous perilous situation. Mr. Naylor, the equally unfortunate coachin r coachman, swam to ing been freed by the p a o n ° ,l, on the same night, land. In the same place mule laden with fowls, was driving a a poor man, whothe fate of his d and the mule met also was drowne , mrn a basket of the fowls was float driver. Nesthi was a cloak. It is therefore supposed a ing, on et a watery grave. r c , h t a r e n a t ve a l t l traveller teoxfaortdea, woman has also m Bii9 !Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk.; £5O and £25 Cons. 1D0.,.220..... ....... 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Dubliu&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New..,.,, East Anglian... Do., (XfB E & H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New ...... East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.)' Great Western.. ...... Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds ........... Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lend. Bright &S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do .10/. 5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Liuclu Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle IV ewmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Ne wry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint jand Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties UY North British North Devon, No. 11 Do., No. 2 Do., 1 A Deferred Do., 1 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn, June Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi s mg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteec l Steak,,, Shrewsby, & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. MM ; Do. Halveso. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern.., South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do 'Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Purchase IYork & N. Midland PREFERENI iAberdeen. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. iDo. 4p. c. Shares , lealedoniau £lO IChester & Holyhead Guar. 5? per cent Cork &Baudonsip.e Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (X3los; 6 per cent Do: (£5) 7 per cent. Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 100 100 100 6 100 100 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash.6 p. CI'S Ediub Prth.&D undee 5i per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i p.c. Scrip Gt, So (lain. dtWestm (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (oerks & Han Lc Ex. 5 p. c) Do. coy, red. 4 t i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. C. Stock . London and 3righton' Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds all all 8. 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 10, all 1i all Londonderry& Coler Shares fondy. & Ennis. # Sh. Man., Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. X 6 Harypt & Carl. 4 p.c Do. 42 per cent Do Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 44 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. Guar. per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Jls, 6 p.c Do (Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. r)o. 4i per cent. Pre. •i.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Bcrwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do York&N. Midland H and S. Parch FOREIGN. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leming Compans. Closing Prices yesterday. RAILWAYS. 1 Paid.l 304 304 304 304 St. 50 St. 50 25 12 13i 20 all 100 all 100 Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lou.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Mauch. Bxtn. and Matlocl Middlesbro' & Redcar [London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do L.&N.W. Caledon... Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y.&NMO Do Do all all all all all 100 Eastern Do (Norfolk. L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Aidld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre 99 - 101 49 - 51 139 - 141 30 - 32 107 - 109 534 - 264 -97 A 13. - 21 lll 2i - 3 ---- 100 I E. Count, D 0... 100 100 18a !Do.. 60 - 62 Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. 11 Do. ShepLh Shef.Roth Goolte g. 5 p. c. S. Staflordsb. Wear Valleygi 6 per cent Do Wilts&Sonarstll L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do all' 100 GtNorthn ;Do Lancash& Yorksh. tli.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do IGtWestn 37 - 142 - 142 dlB 2 lid 30 - 32 96 - 98 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria - Pi 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold td par 10s. r. 11 Anglo Californian d— par 10 2 Australasian ll d 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera A id 1 all Australian Freehold td 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Bader (Gd. Duchy o 7 4d par 1 all Bri'asl Austrin. Gold g d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 243 Brazilian Imp.(issued at .£5 pm 6 7 7 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 21 2i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 34 —CS 1 1 Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 4l —43 421 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo St. all C ,pper Min. of End*. 5b —65 25 all Do. Pref. 7n p. cent. 5 7pad 5 all English and Austrin., Copper Smeltg. Co. 24 3 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget. vein —a p 2 all Do. Regis.ered 3 all Great Polgooat 1 all Lake Batraurst 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond. &Cal' 9 orn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co. .1 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Wexican&S.Americn 6 7 1 all New Granada d— par 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 p 1i 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 'ort Philip — 4 d 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — 30 10 Santiago de Cuba 1 all Qouth Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 5 7 281 3 all United Mexican 3 3l 3a 1 all Waller — dis 1 all Wesi. Granae d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba - 1 d MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agrieult. 42 42 42 3 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 50 381 Brit. American Land 58 C 2 60 100 32t, Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace 1 —li p 61 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 16 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land..., Ad 3} 20 10 Nrth.ofEu. ope Steam 50 all Peninsrlar Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail steam 25 25 South Ap .Land 36 38 1 all ,Submar. Telegraph — 1 5 2 Univeral Emigration) and Calonization.... 100 28,Van Diemen's Land 1 15 —l6 15 ? JUSTICE TO SCOTLAND. A crowdcd public meeting was held in the Edinburgh Music-hall, on Wednesday evening, in favour of the objects of the "National Association for the Vindication of Scot tish Rights ;" the Earl of Eglintoa, the president, in the chair. The leading speakers were the chief men of the defunct Protectionist party in Scotland, namely, the Earl of Eglinton ; Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. ; Sir James Walker Drummond, Bart. ; Professor Aytoun, &c. Among those prominent on the platform were the Earl of Buchan, Lord Gray of Kinfauns, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, Bart., Admiral Sir Charles Napier, &c. &c. Letters of apology were read from the Earl of Erroll, the Earl of Caithness, the Earl of Dundonald, Lord Ber riedale, Lord Cochrane, Lord Colville, Lord Elibank, Sir John Stuart Forbes, Sir James Colquhoun of Luss ; Mr. Cowan, M.P.; Mr. James Baird, M.P. ; and from the Provosts of Dundee, Dumbarton, Portobello, Crail, Kirk cudbright, Sanquhar, Ayr, Inverness, and Banff. The Earl of EGLINTON, who wore the insignia of the order of the Thistle, then addressed the meeting. He said— It is most satisfactory to find that this, the first call made on the nationality of Scotland, by an association which has for its object the preservation of that nationality, has met with so noble, so generous a response, not only from the people of Scotland, but in the place in which it is fit and proper that such a movement should originate. (Applause.) Ido not indeed rejoice at the aspect of this meeting, because it tells me that Scotland is in earnest in her efforts to uphold her rights. (Applause.) And when has Scotland failed when she has been in earnest ? (Loud applause.) I rejoice that the meeting has taken place, be cause it gives me an opportunity of laying before the pub lic the motives by which its originators are actuated, and to remove, I trust, many of the aspersions which have been cast upon it. In the first place, I must most dis tinctly and emphatically avow that nothing can be farther from my thoughts —as I believe, also, from the thoughts of all those who are associated with mo in this movement — nothing can be farther from my thoughts and wishes than to weaken or interfere with the cordial and intimate amal gamation of feelings and of interests which has been established between the two nations. (Applause.) I am not rash-headed enough to wish that the Union, which has been established so happily for the peace, and tranquillity, and prosperity of both, should be inter fend with. I am not foolish enou g h to i mag i ne t h at, if such were my wish, any efforts of mine could sever those who, I trust, are indissolubly united. (Applause.) I can only say that, if I thought that the result of this association would lead to such a misfortune, I would not remain in it one other moment. I would not remain in an association which I should then consider as dangerous, and as prejudicial to the best interests of Scotland. (Hear, and applause.) But when I say that I rejoice in the blessings of union—when I say that I rejoice that we have one Sovereign, one Parliament, one imperial interest—l am not the less desirous, ay, and determined, to stand up for the rights and privileges of Scotland—(great applause, lasting for some minutes)—and to claim that justice, and to claim that equality, from the hands of her sister, which is her right. (Applause.) It is by carrying out the prin ciples by which that treaty was concluded—it is by dis pensing equal justice between the two nations—that you will make that union more firm and more popular. (Hear.) It is by fostering, and not repressing, the spirit of nation ality that yen can make a nation great, and prosperous, and self-reliant. (Applause.) You may make a Scotsman discontented, but you will never make him an Englishman. (Cheers.) I know the penalties which we have to pay, and which we are ready to pay, for the blessings of union. I know that the Sovereign must, for the most part, hold her permanent Court in the metropolis of Great Britain ; and where the Court is, thither will follow the rich, the titled, and the powerful. I know that, for the sake of the tran quillity of the United Kingdom, we musL, bear, without re pining, the loss of our Parliament; but I do not know why centralisation should be carried beyond the limits which are necessary to carry out the meaning of the treaty. Because the crowded thoroughfares of London hardly suf fice for the traffic which is incessantly pouring through them, and the grass grows in the wide streets and squares of Edinburgh, why is that inequality to be increased ? Because London has absorbed whole counties, while Edin burgh is only growing at the rate of a country town, why is that disparity to be promoted ? Why are all the offices and boards which we require for the management of Scotch affairs to be removed to England, and placed in English hands? (Hear, hear.) We do not complain that a por tion of the imperial revenue, to which we so largely con tribute, is expended in the maintenance and improvement of the royal palaces in London, or in making Windsor a fit residence for the beloved Sovereign of this mighty em pire. (Applause.) We do not grudge England her palaces and parks—her national galleries, her museums, her arsenals, her harbours of refuge ; but we do point, with, I think, feelings of just indignation, to the reverse of the picture here—(applause)—to the neglect of our royal palaces, to the destruction of our royal parks, to the absence of all assist mice to our national schemes, and to the neglect of our national feelings. (Applause.) We have no Windsor, no Buckingham Palace, no St. James's, no Kensir gtou, no Hampton Court—we have only poor old Holyrood—(ap plause)—poor old Holyrood, with her falling galleries, he. ' roofless chapel, and her wasted park. Think you, if Linlith gow had been within the reach of a short excursio i from London, it would now be ruined and uncared for ? (Ap plause.) Hampton Court, with her show-suites of apart ments, her pictures, her gardens, and her fountains, tells a different tale. And I believe that the who'e ex') di ture on the birthplace of Mary, and the last residence of gallant James before he went to the fatal field of Flodden, has not surpassed 35/. ; and, if I am not greatly mistaken, 51. was the amount of money laid out on it during the last year. We have no Hyde-park, and the Green-park, St. James's-park, Richmond, and Windsor—all are provided in rich abundance for our southern brethren ; and now Victoria and Battersea are added with unsparing and most unniggard hand ; while the royal garden of Holyrood is let to a market gardener. Hundreds of thousands have been laid out in England in national galleries, in museums, and in arsenals, while I really cannot tax my memory with any thing being given to any public institution in Scotland, except, I believe, some 15,0001. to the building on the Mound, which must have been done in some moment when the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being was asleep, or Mr. Brotherton's motion for the time disre garded. (Laughter.) Tho winds blow as hard on the Scottish shores, and the eastern coast is as bleak as any that mariner has to contend with ; and the Scottish sailor's life is as dear to his family and to his country as that of any other. (Applause.) But wo have no Dover, no Harwich, no Portsmouth, no Jersey, no Holy head ; there is not a harbour of refuge from Wick to Berwick. (Hi sses .) Education is at present, I believe I may say, on the increase over the world ; but in Scotland —as far as any assistance from the Imperial Government goes — it has been for many years positively discouraged. (Hear, hear.) He next referred to the absence of encouragement to Scotch professorships, and proceeded :—Now, can anything be conceived more unequal than our representation, as com pared with that of England. (Applause.) England, with her population of 18,000,000, has her 500, or, at all events, upwards of 400 members ; while Scotland, with her popu lation of 3,000,000, has but 53 members. We have small boroughs in England sending two members to Parliament ; while populous counties in Scotland have only one. In England there are 20 small boroughs which send 40 repre sentatives ; while Glasgow, with a constituency of 16,000, only sends two. The Universities of Oe:ford, Cambridge, and Dublin, send each two representatives ; while the Universities of. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and St. Andrews, remain unrepresented. Well, gentlemen, it is said—l have heard it said—" Yes, but you are a province —you are an integral part of the United Kingdom." But, we reply, " You do not treat us as if we were a province ; treat us as you treat Surrey and Middlesex ; give us the proportion of members which Devonshire and Shropshire have, and then see whether Scottish interests and Scottish claims will be disregarded." (Loud Applause.) It is to remedy this inequality, and to put an end to this injustice, that this association has been formed. (Applause.) It has sprung from long repressed, but now openly avowed, feelings of injustice. Scotland says that she will no longer be neglected, and claims that equality for which her fore fathers bargained. (Applause.) He then complained of the inferior position assigned to the royal arms of Scotland, and contended that in emblems and devices i n Scotland they ought to take precedence of th ose in England. As his imperfections, long, he said, as man exists wit h all his p assions, imperfections, or his good qualities , so longnati national will remain; and I for one will not submit without a murmur to the degradation of the ancient arms of Scot.lan d. (Applause.) He then wont on to express hi s sur p r : having so long submitted to the anomalous e said, :e at Scotchmenonsible n d irresp though governme nt of the Lord Advocate,tahlent, and great no doubt a man almost invariablyt and of hisover-worked—wi p ro fessional ability, was ilk-Paid a tt e nd to ; was never in his own professional business to on in the Privy Council— the Cabinet, and seld om thm takeetvhe Ministers under whom h o serves —ready enough changing oftener even T i o, prase for any me asures which may be popular, but totally irresponsible when the measures are contrary tendency. Gentlemen, h e con of a ,roat officer of state who shall tinned, we want be re sponsible for the g overnment of Scotland—(L ou d applause) — w ho will no t allow Scotch business t o b e neglected and _ s h e lved, and turned over to anybody who may happen to take an inter est in it. The inter ests of England are we ll c ared for. They have their Prime Ministers, their Lord Presidents, their Home Secretaries, their Board of Trade, their Lords of the Treasury, the colonies, the army, the navy, the Post-office ; and even that very important branch of the service the Duchy o f L ancaster has generally a re presentative in the Cabinet. (Laughter.) Ireland has her entire separate Government. Scotland alone is left to the tender mercies of a lawyer, who is looking far more to his professional prospects, and, perhaps to the upper seats of the bench, than to making for himself a great po litical ch arac t er. (Loud applause.) Was there no one— although we have a Scotch Prime Minister—was there no one to suggest that, when three noble lords were to be invested the other day as Knights of the Thistle, it i might have been done old capital of Scotland, is impossible to conceivo gone on so long, allowing in this most anomalous, factory manner, and I do association—whatever olse before her Majesty, before representatives in both Hi sity of this change. (App] ciation because I am opposed which has been carried too far 1, .10 good of this country. (Applause.) I have joined this association because I be- hove in my h ear t S co tl an d h as been t rea t e d with unfair ness and neglect. I believe that this movement will be successful because it is based on justice, and because it will be carried on with earnestness but with moderation (Loud applause.) I beg to read the resolution which I intend to lay before you, and which I trust will be re c,3ived with acclamation. I lay it before you as the basis on which this association is founded, and which we mean to act. It is in these terms :—" That the treaty of union between Scotland and England recognises the supremacy, asserts the individuality, and provides for the preservation of the national laws and institutions of Scotland ; that any attempt to subvert or place those institutions under Eng. lish control, under the pretence of a centralising economy, would deprive Scotland of the benefit of local action, would to injurious to her welfare, and an infraction of the true spirit in which that treaty was concluded." (The reading of the resolution was followed by the audience rising en masse and cheering vociferously, and waving hats and handkerchiefs.) The noble earl, after saying, " I conclude that this resolution is passed unanimously.," resumed his seat amidst loud and protracted applause. The Lord PROVOST of Edinburgh moved the next re. solution as follows :—" That this meeting considers it ne cessary for the better administration of the public busi cess of this part of the United Kingdom, and for securing to Scotland the practical benefits of a United Legis lature, that the office of Secretary of State for Scotiand be restored, with all the rights and privileges apper taining thereto ; and this meeting invites the coun cils of cities and burghs of Scotland to petition her Majesty to this effect." His lordship showed that the office of Scotch Secretary of State had continued from the period of the union down to about 1740, when it fell into abeyance. He maintained the necessity of the restoration of the office from the inability of our Lards Advocate to manage the overwhelming amount of business, legislative and professional, now entailed upon ti em. With reference to the representation of Scotland, ho instituted the following comparison between Ireland -nd Scotland—lreland has a population of six and a half millions, Scotland has three millions, and England eighteen millions. If, then, population be taken as the criterion of representation, Ireland will be entitled to this in the pro portion of 6j to 7i—or, in other words, she would be enti tled to 153 members. But if you take the element of finance into account—that is, how much she contributes to the National Exchequer, the question assumes a diffe rent aspect. Ireland contributes 4,000,0001. out of the 52,000,0001., or one to thirteen; Scotland contributes up wards of 6,000,0001. of the 52 ,000,0001., or about one in . eight and a half. If you take the finance aspect, then Ire land, in proportion to her contribution to the revenue, would be entitled to 51 members, although, as to her popu lation, she should have 153. Take the mean of the two sums, and Ireland will be found entitled to 102 members. Now, Ireland has 105 at the present moment. Ireland has, therefore, got justice on that principle, and that was the principle on which Schedules A and B were passed in the Reform Bill of 1832. Now, let us have justice to Scot land. That is all I ask ; and, just by the same process as that which I have applied to Ireland, Scotland is entitled, in respect of population, in the proportion of three to 271, or 73 members ; she is entitled, in respect of taxation, in. the proportion of one to eight and a half, or 78 members. Add these together again, and take the mean, and Scot land would be entitled to 75 members. Ireland, then, on this principle, would be entitled to 102 members, and Scot land to 75. Whatever principle, however, Parliament in. is wisdom should think fit to adopt respecting the frau ehise in England, Scotland should be satisfied with that, but with nothing less. (Cheers.) The LORD PROVOST of Perth seconded the resolution, .vh;ch wascordially adopted. Bailie GOURLAT, of Glasgow, proposed the next resolu tion, namely, " That the representatives returned by Scotland to the House of Commons are not in the relative proportion of her people, or the amount of her revenue, as compared with those of England ; and that this meeting is of opinion that, in order to give the voice of Scotland RA just weight in Parliament, that number should be in. creased to its fair proportion." Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE, of Lamington, seconded the resolution, which was carried. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON said—So great is the strength of our case—so powerful and so appalling are the facts which we can adduce—that we have nothing to fear from argument or from declamation ; we have to fear nothing but misrepresentation, and that, accordingly, is the weapon Iwith which we have always been assailed. Fully admit ting the benefits of the union to Scotland, he proceeded to Imention ono or two fact. to show how Scotland has been Itreated in comparison with other p ar t s o f th e emp i re . What has been done (he asked) by the Imperial Govern- Iment for the great object of national defence in Scotland. (Hear, hear ?) We are not to be told that the peace of the world is never to be brokel. It never was in greater 1 danger than at the present moment, and, for aught we know, a war may even now be breaking out in the East of • Europe which may involve us next spring in determined 1 hostilities with perhaps the greatest military power in the I world. Let me tell you what preparations have been made p for this war in England, Ireland, and Scotland. The people 1 of England expect—and I hope with reason —that if a war were to break out they could mus.er 140,000 armed men-- 40,000 regular troops, 80,000 militia, add the dockyard bat. talious. In Ireland there are 22,000 regular troops, and 12,000 police, admirably equipped, equal to soldiers of the line, and paid by tie Government. What is the state of matters in Scotland ? Here we have only two battalions of infantry, and one regiment of cavalry, mustering among them some 1,800 combatants! We have no militia ! Thera is a militia force of 80,030 men in England, where the people take good care of themselves ; but there is neither paid police nor militia in Scotland, where the whole mili tary force consists of two battalions of infantry, and one regiment of cavalry. What are we to do in the case of a war breaking out ? And recollect that the Emperor of Russia has always in the summer as many ships of the lino in the Baltic as could transport 30,000 men in a short space of time to any part of our coast. I need not tell you where the invading force would come to in the first in stance. Why, they would just come to the Firth of Forth. If they came there, they would find the harbour of Gran• ion prepared for them ; and, after threatening Edinburgh with conflagration and plunder, and levying a contribution of one or two millions, they might march to Glasgow, fol low the same Course there, and then return to the Baltic before England got a man of war ready. I am not to be told that this is not possible. What took place at Largs many hundred years ago ? The Sea-kings of the Baltic came there, and were only defeated by the Hays of Lull carty. lam glad to see that the nobleman who now so • worthily represents that gallant and patriotic family be. belongs to our association. (Cheers.) We perfectly admit that the centre of the country, where the arsenals, the har bours, and all the great points of the national defences aro to bo found, will be the principal obj s e u c m t ofofatamtock money w and hieh r put those those plac es i n a proper m am ay sur he e e N o v n e si w d o e u re l d d n n e o ee t ss v y d te ge state of defence. For my own part, I hope the time is not far distant when the country will concur in the opinion than en adequate sum should be voted by Parliament to make the arsenal at Woolwich as strong as the citadel of Antwerp. (Cheers and hisses.) t n h e e c e d s s e i f t e y n e o e f o l o f o k i theng o i e n n the ral first instance, anti But while we fully ch a i d e m fly it , t t h e o r n possibly Chatham, and Portsmouth as secu k o as they parts of t and Portsmouth Lonon, and of making London, ca Deptford, be, w e see no reas on w h y Scotland should bo left utterly defenceless, w ithout any force whatever, either maritime or m ilit ar y, to repel an invasion. lam convinced that if , were in danger, and if the Government assured us that they could not afford regular troops for service in this part the ° kingdom, a militia of 30,000 strong could be ra i se d n S e otland in one week ; and I do not think there is any ma n bold enough to say that the militia of Scotl an d , what evor may be said of the militia of other places, cou ld not be t rus t e d, for fidelity to misfortune, to Que en an d „ mu . try, has never boon wanting in the Scottish nation. (Cheers.) The learned baronet th en proceeded to conside 1 r e f uge.m th o e vi q u u g e t s h t le io f n oll o o f w l i i n a g rb r o e u se r l s ut o i f ou:_,,T ThatHeconcludedconclud ethis e b a y ! : v,h ing does not wish to c l a i m for Scotland Government as sistance for objects which are better served by local efforts yet, neverthel ess, i t is of opinion that a manifest iceP i n is inflicted up on Scotland by its exclusion fromtitust d e . vautages of participating in the public expenditure, for imperial and important local purposes of a nationa 1 char acter, to the same proportional extent as in England and Ireland, and that such - • exclusion is contrary to the inten tion and meaning of the treaty of union." Mr. MITCHELL, of Moorepark, seconded the resolution, which was also carried. Mr. HENRY INGLIS, W.S., proposed the fourth resolu• tion, which was as follows :--"This meeting is of opinion that the present state of the Palace of Holyrood and its neighbourhood is discreditable to the capital and the na- tion ; and farther, that the royal property and buildings of Scotland should be administered by some Scottish board, so as to apply the revenues arising in Scotland to their re pair, maintenance, and embellishment ; that no further sales of the Crown property in Scotland should be made, and that the purchase-money received from the recent sales should be placed to the Scottish account." Dr. ALEXANDER WOOD seconded the resolution. Sir J. WALKER DRUMMOND moved the fifth resolution, namely, "That the National Association for the Vindica tion of Scottish Rights, which devotes itself to the accom plishment of the objects embraced in the resolutions adopted by this meeting, is one deserving the cordial sup port of every true Scotsman." Professor AYTOUN seconded the resolution, w hi c h was carried. After a vote of t hanks to Lor d Eglinton for pr esidin g, and a cheer for A dmiral N a p ier, the meeting separated. a few weeks previously in the a. (Loua..iiipphu4s4 .No 11 3 that t :1:14401774:1011.1 wing 0., . eto be govein 113,Q,5t 13114 hold se may 'flati, r be tO Parliam4oi - Afing ( ire our oil , louses ofliament, the news- plause.) I have joined this asso- )sed to the spirit of centralisxtion, o far for the good of 1.1“.