The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-23 00:00:00

IRELAND. fit , DY .Aux, SEPT. 20.—The meeting of tenant-1 ,:mers, at Hely Cross, has passed off quietly, not withstanding all the prognostications of the Tory lournals to the contrary. The proceedings, which -appear by " express" in the Freeman's Journal of this morning, are of a very pacific character; and although a monster meeting was anticipated, the reporters allege that only about 4,000 persona were present. On the motion of MICHAEL DouENT, Esq., the chair *s taken by Mr. William Loughnane, of Boy- tonrath, a tenant-farmer. Mr. JAMES F. LALOR was appointed secretary to the meeting, and briefly explained the objects for which it was called. He said the principal object was to establish in Tipperary the tenant right of Ul ster —(Cheers)—a right which declared that any man who obtained possession of land as occupying tenant, should be understood as having the perpetual posses sion of it so long as he paid the rent—(Hear, hear) — that the rent was not to be fixed by competition for the land by the landlord or agent, or be regu lated by the highest bidding, but by the general standard of the country, or by common consent, or by arbitration, or some equally fair and equitable m ode.—(Cheers.) So long as the rent was paid, the tenant right secured the tenant against l os i n g possession of his holding.—(Cheers.) He might sell it, but could not otherwise lose it while he paid his rent. Ejectments were unknown where the tenant right was established. The landlord could not make an entry ; but if the rent fell into arrear he might sell the possession, or tenant right, in the same way as his own estate would be sold for debt. This tenant right gave the tenant as clear a right to the possession of his building, while he met his engage ment, as the landlord to the fee. The object, then, of the meeting, was to establish the tenant right of Ulster, in Tipperary, to secure the tenant perpetuity in the land, and enable him to live as the tenant in Ulster lives.—(Hear, hear.) He would not detain the meeting longer than with these few observations, but would read some resolutions, and allow others to speak to them. Mr. Lalor then read the following resolutions : " That of natural right, on the grant of God, the soil of Ireland belongs to the people of Ireland, who have, therefore, a clear vested right of property in that soil to the extent of full, comfortable, indepen dent, and secure subsistence therefrom, which never could er can be parted with, pass, or perish • and which no power on earth, nor any length of adverse possession, can take away, annul, bar, or diminish. " That the people of Ireland have beet for ages deprived of the benefit of their natural right of pro perty in their own soil ; that their right has been in practical effect utterly defeated and divested, and that it now requires to be asserted, enforced, and estab lished. " That the claim of the occupying tenants of the soil to a full and sufficient subsistence out of the crops they have raised, and to a sufficiency of seed for next year's crop, is prior and superior to every other claim whatsoever. " That the subsistence of the people of Ireland is in danger, and requires to be defended, protected, and secured. " That in defence of our rights of life, property, and security for subsistence, we do hereby resolve and constitute ourselves into a public league or as sociation, under the name of the Tipperary Tenant League." Mr. JOHN CORMICR, a tenant-farmer, proposed the resolutions for adoption by the meeting. Mr. DORENY seconded the foregoing in a long and very able speech. Mr. LALOR then proposed the sixth resolution, which was put and adopted. " That the sole and only title that can be pleaded to any right of private property in the substance of the soil is merely and altogether conventional, and, in order to be valid, must be founded on common consent and agreement—be created by compact, and conferred or confirmed by the will'and grant of the people, as defined and declared in the form of positive and precise laws ; and as it is thus created by the law, the law, therefore, may regulate, restrain, limit, or qualify it." Mr. DONENY moved the adoption of the following resolution : "That the custom of tenant right now prevailing in Ulster, and hereinafter defined,:is founded on justice, and ought to be the law and custom of Tip perary; and it is hereby solemnly resolved, cove nanted, and agreed, that the first great duty of the league now formed shall be to establish and enforce it by every constitutional and legal means, and we hereby pledge ourselves to use every exertion con sistent with the law to effect it." The motion was seconded by Mr. JAMES GORMAN, and passed. The eigth resolution was proposed by Mr. LALOR, and was to the following effect : "That the tenant right above referred to is as fol lows—that it to say, that any person or parties, now having and holding the actual possession and occupa tion of any portion of the soil of this county, shall be deemed and taken to have a permanent and perpetual possession of the same, for, and during so long as he shall continue to pay such rent as shall be fixed and determined by the adjudication and award of sworn arbitrators, or other fairly constituted and impartial tribunal, such adjudication and award to be made and given on such principles, and in such mode as may hereafter be determined by convention and agreement between the landlord and occupier." The resolution having been seconded, was adopted. Mr. LALOR next proposed the following resolu tions : " That the landlords of this county are hereby requested, and called on to subscribe to and recognise the tenant right, as stated in the terms of the previous resolutions, and that all lawful means be used to in duce them to do so. " That tenant-farmers, and people throughout the several counties of Ireland, are hereby called on to adopt the declaration of tenant right contained in the foregoing resolutions, and to join in covenant and agreement with us, in asserting and establishing by force of public opinion the right and custom therein stated, as the standing law of tenure in Ireland. " That provision be made for organizing the league now established into divisional or parochial com mittees." The resolutions were seconded by Hr. CORNELIUS CALLAGHAN, and were carried unanimously, amidst loud cheers. Mr. LALOR—You see we did not come here to make speeches, but to do business. There should be a general committee of management to give effect to their resolutions, and a fund formed to be placed at the disposal of the committee. But the very first thing will be for the committee to endeavour to ob tain the assent of the landlords, for without their assent the object of the w h o l e w ill f a ll t o th e groun d . After an unavailing attempt to obtain a hearing, on the part of Mr. WILLIAM CONNOR, who was expelled from the R e p ea l A ssoc i ation, on mo tion of Mr. O'Con nell, for prop os i ng a resolution condemnato ry of the payment of rent, the following petition to Parliament was adopted : "The humble petition of the undersig ned tenant fanners of the cou n ty Tippera ry "Humbly Humbly showeth—That the statute's, miscalled law, which relate to the relation between landlord and tenant in this county, is partial, oppressive, and unjust, and have been productive of cruelty, insecurity, wre'chedness and bloodshed. Tbat there never can be peace, happiness, or permanent safety in Ireland, until this code is totally abrogated. That any law regulating the relation of landlord and tenant in Ireland, to be just, satisfactory, and enduring, should be based on the principles of tenant fright, as esta blished and prevailing in the province of Ulster, and should recognise the tenant's interest in the soil as a perpetuity, provided he paid a fair and reasonable rent to the landlord. That your petitioners respectfully call for a speedy adjustment of that question on those principles, arid they shall, as in duty bound, ever way." Mr. CONNOR again endeavoured to address the meeting, but was unable to obtain a hearing. A scene of much confusion ensued, in the midst of which the chairman retired from the platform, and the meet ing broke up. Mr. . Connor, however, con ti nue d t o address the people for some time after. RELEASE OF THE ISLAM. The American ship Isl am , seized at Galway for a quantity f having on board contraband tobacco, h as been released by ordervement. The Islam arrived at Galway unneuorn weeks ee wi ks th since, freighted by the citizens of Americ a, pro visions for the destitute people of the west. The Galway Mercury says—" This was but an act of justice towards a people who have done so m uc h f or the relief of Irish distress, and the promptitude with which the authorities have responded to the wi s h es of the inhabitants reflects credit upon them. Th e joybells rung out a merry peal in honour of the occasion." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa tion was held this day at Conaiation Hall—Alderman O'Brien, M.P., in the chair. Mr. JOIIN O'CONNELL animadverted in strong terms of disapprobation of the meeting at Holy Cross, and congratulat e d t h e country that not a single Catholic clergyman had identified himself with the movement, a circumstance which to him was quite conclusive that it was neither prudent nor judicious. Mr. J. O'Connell subsequently laid on the table a statement of the accounts of the Association, whict• on the motion of Mr. P. Costello, was receive. "" adopted. and The rent for the week amout ted " to 351 EXPRESS TRAINS - BETWEE N LONDON LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER.—We believe we be found correct in stating that the express train from Londo n to Liverpool, and the Trent Valley line, will perform the distance—viz., 200 miles, in five hours, or at the rate of 40 miles per hour, THE THE T EAST INDIA HOUSE. The quarterly general Court of Proprietors of East India stock was held at the East India House yes- terday, at noon. Mr. H. ST. GEORGE Tumen, on taking tha chair, communicated to the Court a letter from Sir G. Pol lock, acknowledging a communication made to him that the Board of Control had confirmed the Com pany's grant to him of an annuity of 1,0001. JUGGERNAUT. Mr. PoTtrDza, then renewed the motion which he made at the Midsummer Court, to refer it to the Court of Directors to review the arguments for the continuance of the annual payment to the temple of Juggernaut, having especial reference to their own dispatch to the Bengal Government of Feb. 20, 1833. The Rev. C. Lacey, a missionary, in describing the festival held in June and July, 1846, stated that, on the day of showing the idols, 180,000 persons sur rounded the car ; the deaths from cholera were enor mous. Mr. Lacey referred also to the disgusting ceremonies of the festival, and added, " But it is not lewdness only that is commended and encouraged; every kind of vice is applauded. There are few crimes in the catalogue of human offences which Krishna is not admired for having committed." No one could show that any pledge was ever given on the conquest of Cuttack which required the continuance of the payment in question ; and manifestly, those who were dispatched, as mere ministerial agents, to seize that province, had a very different work to do from setting up heathenism for ever. Rammohun Roy, when this question was before the King in Council, said to him (Mr. Poynder), "It is your own Government alone who have prevented India from becoming a Christian country long ago." Mr. LEWIS seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN believed the fact to he, that when in 1803, on the war with the Ma h r atta States, Col. Harcourt went to seize and take possession of the province of Cuttack, he guaranteed the continuance to the temple of Juggernaut of those privileges and revenues which it had previously possessed ; the treaty concluded by Sir A. Wellesley did not say anything about the temple, but, if there was not a direct , there was an understood pledge. Now, a payment of 60,000 rupees a year had been made by the Hindoo Govern ment there for the support of the temple. At a later period lands which had been appropriated to the sup port of the temple, paying a revenue of about 24,000 rupees a year, were made over to the Raja of Koorg, in whose territory the temple was situated, in order that we might have as little as possible to do with the management of the temple • and on a subsequent oc casion the Government of India, after considering the subject, saw ground for reducing the money payment to 23,800 rupees a year. That sum was due by legal obligation. It was, in fact, a compensation for syah (a sort of excise duty or tax) abolished by us. Pre viously to 1790 the landowners were permitted to erect bazaars, &c., for the convenience of commerce, and to levy certain fees ; Lord Cornwallis, finding that it led to great abuses in the shape of exactions, abolished the system, but compensation was to be paid Ito the parties who had the right of collecting these dues, and a regulation was made in 1793 with that view, and was recognised by the Act 37 George 111. Under that regulation this payment of 23,800 rupees was due, and could be compelled. We had no option about it. In a communication, dated the 7th of January last, the Supreme Government of India stated that they considered the original payment of 60,000 rupees to have been granted as compensation for syah abolished. Mr. SULLIVAN would move for a copy of that dispatch at the next Court. The question was now put on a new footing. After some discussion, Sir J. L. LUSHINGTON confirmed the statement that the company, in making this payment, were not acting upon a pledge—that ground had been aban doned; but upon a principle of justice, paying com pensation for the abolition of certain revenues which the Raja of Koorg had devoted to the temple. The CHAIRMAN suggested that Mr. Poynder had better put his motion in this shape—" That the Court of Directors be requested to inform this Court whe ther the money payment still made to the Raja or Koorg in respect of Juggernaut be in virtue of any supposed pledge on the part of the British Govern ment, or merely as compensation for syah, under the obligation of British law." Mr. POYNDER, however, pressed his motion in its original shape, and the ourt divided on it. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority —34 THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. LEWIS then moved, that the following corre spondence, viz., copy of a dispatch from the Secret Committee to the Governor. General, dated the 24th of March, 1846; of the letters of the 7th of June and the 18th of July, 1846, in reply thereto, with their enclosures, and of a letter from the Raja to the Governor-General, dated December 12, 1844, and of the Governor-General forwarding the same to the Court of Directors or to the Secret Committee thereof, and of all minutes and correspondence con nected therewith, or relating thereto, be printed for the use of the proprietors. It would be remembered that at a Court held on the 18th of March, 1846, Mr. G. Thompson stated the substance of a certain conversation between the Raja and Major Carpenter, the Governor-General's agent at Benares. It now appeared, by papers laid before Parliament on the 21st of July last, that the Governor-General, by desire of the Secret Committee, applied to Major Carpenter "to submit any explanation he might desire to offer" upon the subject. Major Carpenter, in his answer dated May 25, 1846, denied the alleged conversation, but, in accounting for various commu nications with the Raja, with a view to soften and ameliorate his condition, said : " When the Raja was consigned to my charge, early in 1840, I considered it necessary, for the effi cient discharge of my duties, to make myself fully acquainted with the causes of his dethronement, his general reputation for intrigue, and other circum stances connected with his character and conduct, to enable me to form a just estimate of the man with whom I had to deal, and to guard against the conse quences which might arise from any laxity of surveil lance on my part. To this end I carefully studied the whole of the voluminous documents connected with his case, and the result was a belief in his inno cence; and this belief has been confirmed beyond a doubt by subsequent disclosures, and by his pledging himself to prove it, if permitted to do so, in his letter to Sir Henry Hardinge of the 12th of December, 1844, forwarded through me, and which pledge I am fully persuaded he is able to redeem." This assertion of a conviction of the ex-Raja's inno cence, and of his ability to prove his innocence, was censured by the Governor-General as " unbecoming and uncalled for." For this correspondence Mr. Lewis now moved, and stigmatised the censure as wholly unmerited. The Hon. Proprietor also went briefly over the case of the Raja, observing that copies of the depositions against him were refused to him on the ground that the commission was a secret one, and that all that he could obtain was, that Mr. Willoughby read over to him " the substance" of the evidence taken against him on one of the three charges of which he was accused. Mr. SULLIVAN seconded the motion. Mr. FIELDING denied that there was anything in these papers material to the Raja's case. There was only the o pi n i on o f M a j or Carpenter • and there had evidently been an a tt emp t to impose Upon a man who w T a h s e agood old soldier, but nothing more.—(A laugh.) Major had no right to go into the political question. Mr. u he i‘ r . e T w ß a ° s ili n P o s° evidence NiM.P . i insisted that to this h produced directly crimi nating the Raja. The s o l e argument was that of authority—that this and that p erson b el i eved the Raja guilty. Major Carpenter s was an honest ' opinion, formed and avowed in the teeth of hi s in terest; and that opinion was shaking the judgment of many in the Court at that moment—(Hear, hear) and would decide the question with the people of Great Britain and with Parliament.—(Hear, hear.)—. But why were these papers suppressed so long, and not produced till two nights before the prorogation ? Why, because they contained this opinion of Major Carpenter, and in order that Sir J. Hobhouse and one or two others might get re-elected without being confronted by such a paragraph as that.—(Hear, hear.) How monstrous, too, to censure the Major ! Why, if the Governor of Norfolk Island sent such a statement respecting the meanest prisoner in his custody, would the Home Secretary censure him ?--(Hear, hear.) The people of India uni versally believed the Raja innocent • and ask any of the Comp any ' s old officers in the streets of London, and, if th ey h a d not set their hands to minutes of Council, they almost to a man laughed at the idea of his being rea h ll e y ar giiilt4 , of the charges made against 11. to the 4 G I v y e ' r n o e r v - e G n n l o 2 n th se o n f t 111 ,1 1n ia . 71 _(Hear, ow, by the House of t D of ec th en e l en n e dated wawas the te not produced ? It was or deredbePrresildBent Commons in made o the Board of Control ; yet 1845, with the still the only returnwas, i that it bad no t a t a:omenntry. (Mr. present been rece i ved in this Thompson) believ e d th at letter c accompanied by a deliberate tiss, ibis country oVanon of the Governor- General of India une,- 0, case.—(Hear, heap " le Merits of the Raja's prop M The „ iRAN coul d have no objection to the -action of the letters mentioned in the former part of this motion ; they had, as had been stated, been laid before Parliament already; but he believed the ,Raja's letter of December 12 , 1844 , was not in the possession of the Court of Directors. He (the Chairman) had never seen that letter; he knew nothing of its existence ; the motion must be quali fied as to that, or else the return could only contain such papers as could be produced, with an explana tion why the other letter was not. Mr. LEWIS supposed it might be in possession of UN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN Gr, SEPTEMBER 23, 1847. the Secret Committee, though not of the Court gene- • rally. The CHAIRMAN did not believe it had been received. Why any delay had occurred in transmitting it he could not undertake to say ; but, in fact, the corre spondence had not yet ceased. He would, however, propose to his colleagues that request be made to the Government in India to transmit the paper, as a public document, ordered to be produced by Parlia ment.—(Hear.) Major OLIPHANT inquired what were the "subse quent disclosures" referred to by Major Carpenter ? Mr. LEWIS felt that it was the duty of the Court of Directors to ascertain that, and, if they neglected it, he should propose an inquiry. The CHAIRMAN—I hope you will allow us to do our duty. The motion was then agreed to. THE AMEERS or SINDE. Colonel DICKINSON called the attention of the Court to the great delay in coming to a decision respecting these exiled princes. The CHAIRMAN wished he could state that some definite conclusion had been come to. There had been a great deal of correspondence on the subject with the authorities, but no definite arrangement had yet been made. Colonel DICKINSON felt it really shocking to re flect that as long since as the 21st of February, 1844, the Chairman of the Court, Mr. J. Cotton, said— " The Court are now engaged in reviewing the whole of the proceedings, and, above all, they would give their serious consideration to the case of the deposed Ameers, with a view of ameliorating their condition, especially such of them as may be free from any im putation of treachery." If it was allowed that some of them were so, surely the inquiry should be pro secuted with more zeal for the sake of those unfor- tunate persons. The CHAIRMAN believed the Court of Directors would be found to be justified in the course they had been pursuing. The Court adjourned at four o'clock. BRUSSELS FREE-TRADE ASSO- CIATION. The following is another and fuller account of this meeting, which appeared in our paper of yesterday : BRUSSELS, SEPT. 19.—A grand banquet was given yesterday evening to the foreign members of the Free-trade Association of Belgium, Count Arriva bene, one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. On the conclusion of the dinner, which was served up in the noble hall, (formerly occupied by the Philhar monic Society), the Chairman announced the first toast of the evening, " Commercial Liberty." He remarked that it was M. Lehardi de Beaulieu who first conceived the happy idea of assembling in Brussels a congress of economists. An appeal has been made to parties who had distingnished them selves in Europe by their study of political economy. He was happy that that appeal had been responded to, and that the protective system, as well as the free trade one, had been discussed with equal liberty. — (Cheers.) The latter system had triumphed at the Congress. "Let us hope," said the Chairman, in conclusion, " that the nations represented in the Con gress will become favourable to free ',trade, and that we shall soon see them entering upon a new era of commercial liberty."—(Great cheering.) M. V. Faider, in proposing the health of the foreign members of the Congress, observed that if the Free-trade Association of Belgium had any chance of prospering for the future, it would be indebted for it to the aid of the eminent men who had been pleased to attend the Congress, and who had laid down and discussed principles, the application of which would ameliorate the condition of the working classes.— (Cheers). M. Faider then complimented, in very apposite and felicitous terms, the Duc d'Harcourt, M. Anisson Duperron, M. Dunoyer, M. Wolowski, and M. Horace Say, who (he said) in the science of political economy, showed himself to be the worthy pupil of his (M. Say's) illustrious father. M. Faider next referred to Colonel Thompson as a " veteran of free trade, a man who, during thirty years, had passed his life in defending and propagating liberty in a social as well as a political point of view."—(Loud cheers). To Dr. Bowring " whose powerful voice had resounded amongst the Belgians, as it resounded a short time ago on the other side of the channel, and whose solid arguments, which caused the triumph of commercial liberty in England, are now well known in this country—arguments which show in what manner the masses may be acted upon."—(Great cheering)—and to Mr. Wilson, the director of the Economist, " who has rendered so much service to science."—(Great applause.) The toast was enthu siastically responded to. The Due d'Harcourt returned thanks. In the course of his address he observed that Belgium was one of the most intelligent, the most commercial, and freest nations of the world. Never could a better place be chosen for a Congress than Brussels. Bel gium had had always been coveted by the great Powers of Europe, and now, by an admirable ar rangement of Providence, she was destined to con quer her conquerors—(Cheers)---to present to them the standard of commercial liberty, under which all _ _ • the nations of the earth will, fora certainty, be yet ranged.—(Renewed applause.) Next to the Gospel itself, free trade was the most civilising of elements. " You are aware," continued the Duke, " that in 1789 a revolution was effected which made some noise in the world. That revolution had in view the de struction of privileges, but not the creation of new ones. Now, the gentlemen who sell cloth and cotton should not have privileges which are refused to the ancient gentilshommes.—(Laughter and cheers.) The former are even more dangerous than the latter, for the an cient gentilshommes were at least subject to the laws, but the new category make the laws, and generally to their own advantage. It is the abolition of those privileges that we demand.—(Applause.) Colonel Thompson (who, on rising, was greeted with loud cheers) said—A congress, gentlemen, is a formidable affair, but a dinner is the daily business of all men.--( Laughter and cheers.) On that account a little more liberty than usual should be allowed at a dinner. Gentlem - en, I have been commissioned to propose a toast, viz., "To all Issociations." The field is certainly a vast one, but my impression is, that particular reference is made to associations for the propagation of free trade.—(Cheers.) The institu tions of England and Belgium admit the principle and practice of freedom of association ; and I trust that these institutions will be adopted in every country in Europe. Englishmen love and respect Belgium, and are ready to defend it against any unjust aggression. But we desire to avoid the chance of any aggression, of any collision ; and what better means of effecting that object could we have than such peaceful associations as the one we have held ? associations tending to destroy every day more and more the germs of war.—(Cheers.) It is at meetings like the present one that the basis of perpetual peace may be laid.—The toast was duly honoured. M. Wolowski proposed the next toast, " The Working Men," which was drunk amidst prolonged cheers. M. Rittinghausen (Protectionist), after stating that all who assisted at the Congress entertained the most lively sympathy for the working men, proposed in appropriate terms the health of the president, M. de Brouckere ; which was drunk with even more than the usual Belgian honours. M. Suringar (a native of Holland) remarked, that when the gentlemen who assisted at the congress returned to their homes they were bound to do all in their power to promote free trade.— (Cheers.) War had been talked of, but he felt convinced that, if Sovereigns were foolish enough to think of it, the people were wise enough to prevent the execution of the idea.— (Applause.) The following toasts were duly responded to : " The Holy Alliance of Nations" (proposed by Dr. Bowring); " The Liberty of Nations, and Pope Pius the Ninth." The last toast was drunk amidst the most enthusiastic cheering, which lasted during several minutes. Colonel Thompson, "as the descendant of the most Protestant of Protestants," said he could not illustrious refrain from stati ng w h a t h o p es were en t e rt a ined in England Pontiff.i th respect All t o men t he w noble ereP enterprisesapissof whenthe they saw the Pope take in hand the general interests of Tthheehfuoimioawniruair were. — ( race.—(Great there a e t o c n i cheering.). e eri concluding ) toasts :—" To Belgian Hospitality " (by Mr. Ewart) ' • " Richard Cobden and F. Bastiat ;" " M. Rittinghausen '-" "Sir R. Peel " (enthusiastically received); anci" The 1 Chairman." ACCIDENTS ON THE BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—On Sunday night, the old man who has the care of the gate which crosses the road at Tavring, near Worthing, having forgotton all about the luggage train from Portsmouth to Brighton, closed the gate after all the passengers had passed, and went to bed. About midnight the goods train came along, and dashed through the gate, shivering it into pieces, but fortunately without throwing the engine off the line, and no one was hurt. Yesterday morning a similar accident oc curred on the same line, at Bedhampton. The gate was closed, and a train containing a quantity of silver bullion, which left Portsmouth at four o'clock, went through it with considerable violence carrying the gate and the posts with it. Some of the woodwork got up in the wheels, but did not throw the train off the line. It caused a delay of about half an hour, some of the wood• work having got entangled with the wheels. On near ing Hove, the train brought up, and instead of getting away from Brighton at six o'clock, as they expected, they did not leave till half. past seven. The great tunnel through the mountain on which stands the town of Weilburg, in the duchy of Nassau, formed for improving the bed of the Lahn ' has just been termi na t e d a f ter fi ve y ears ' cont i nous labour. 'The waters of the Lahn were to be let into the tunnel on the 12th, and two thousand gas lamps were to be lighted, 1 and always kept burning. The formal inauguration of the gigantic work is to take place on the 15th of October, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING. A meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the Clarence Hotel, in consequence of the following advertisement : " The affairs of this concern demand the immediate attention of all parties interested. The inconsiderate conduct of the directors, in making calls for money not immediately required, and the obvious incom petency of that body, arising from their known inex perience to conduct works of this nature, especially at a time of commercial depression, suggest the necessity of some special proceedings on the part of the share holders, to protect themselves from the consequences which must inevitably result from the absence of an experienced direction. The shareholders are, there fore, respectfully but urgently requested to attend a meeting of proprietors, at the Clarence Hotel, Spring Gardens, on Tuesday next, at two o'clock, in reference to the above subjects." The advertisement was signed by a shareholder. A considerable number of shareholders obeyed the summons. Mr. W. B. Newbery was called to the chair, and the Rev. William Birley at great length re viewed the proceedings of the directors, which he said were characterized by utter want of experience. They had made a call of 30s. at a period of great depres sion, and when it had only a new line of one mile and an alteration of another to the extent of only 3} miles to make. His last objection was that they were actually in possession of 24,0001., besides which many had not yet paid up the previous calls. He moved—" That in the opinion of this meeting, the call of thirty shillings per share made by t he direc -1 tors of the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Railway is, considering the existing pressure on the money market, ill-advised, and calculated to seriously injure the value of the property; and that the direc tors be, and they are hereby respectfully requested to withdraw the said call." Captain Cleather seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. A second motion was made by Mr. Heron, expressive of a desire for a change of management, but was with drawn at the suggestion of the chairman that a con ference would, perhaps, answer all the purposes of the motion. Mr. Heron then moved—" That a com mittee, consisting of the following gentlemen, Cap tain Cleather, Rev. Mr. Birley, and Mr. Thomas Greig, be appointed to communicate the previous resolution to the directors, and that they be requested to report the result of their interview to the share holders." In putting his resolution, Mr. Heron said the present objectionable call was in direct opposition to the understanding with the directors at the half yearly meeting in August, as expressed to Mr. Birley, and which pledge was the cause of Mr. Birley with drawing a motion to the sa , ;e effect. The motion was carried unanimously, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated.—Manchester .Examiner. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOS TON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION. A special general meeting of the shareholders was held on Wednesday at Nottingham, for the purpose of considering and determining upon the expediency of increasing the number of directors to 16, and of elect ing three directors to make up such increased num ber; and also to consider the propriety of confirming an agreement with the Eastern Counties Railway. Mr. T. Bishop in the chair. Mr. GEE said the shareholders would recollect that at the last meeting he opposed an increase of the directory. His opinion had not since changed, and in order to bring the matter to an issue, he would move that the question be adjourned to this day six months.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. KEWNEY did not think it necessary to have sixteen directors for twenty-three miles of railway, and as seven of the directors lived at a great distance, he would urge upon the meeting the necessity of adopting a system that would be economical and be attended with small expense. He considered it ex tremely wrong to increase the directory, and there fore he would second Mr. Gee's motion. Mr. BADGER said, that as he and the committee for which he acted represented from 40,000 to 50,000 shares, the question then before the meeting should be fairly tried. Mr. ROGERS explained at considerable length the objects for which the committee of the shareholders had been formed. In order to try the question, he moved as an amendment that t he directors be in creased to sixteen, in accordance with the arrange ment made` between the directors and the committee of the shareholders. Which was seconded by Mr. JENNINGS. Mr. BIRLEY expressed in strong terms his convic tion that the new directors were the tools in the hands of the Midland Company to swamp the Amber gate line. After some further discussion the amendment was put, when about 14 hands were held up for the amendment, and between 50 and 60 against it. A poll was demanded. The CHAIRMAN announced that the numbers stood —for the increase of the directors, 3,395 shares of persons present, and 21,572 proxies, making a total of 24,967 shares ; against an increase of the directors, 3,146 shares of parties present, and 1,796 proxies, making altogether 4,942, leaving a majority in favour of increasing the directory of 20,000. Mr. Thomas Roberts, Mr. Joseph Thornton, and Mr. E. Riley Langworthy were each proposed by the London committee. On a show of hands, there was a majority against them. Me. Rawson, Mr. Robertson, and Mr. Brathwaite were severally proposed as directors, and were de clared to be elected. A poll was demanded on behalf of the parties defeated. It was stated, that the question respecting an agree ment entered into between this company and the Eastern Counties Company would be postponed till the next meeting. Mr. Roberts's name was withdrawn, and Mr. Ro bertson's substituted, and he, with Mr. Kettlewortb, and Mr. Burton, were declared duly elected. The meeting then terminated. W SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 22. SRTOACKIELXCLIANGE.—Theshare mar k et d oes no t p re sent any feature materially different from yesterday. The sales are—Blackburn, Cl theme, &c., Preference, No. 1, lii p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 5% dis.— Ditto (late C. and P.), 22/. Shares, 4 dis.—East Lancashire, m Qu p a . r — ters, New, % dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, London and North- Western, 159% 4 ..... a iiidtStioos:u—tQhDuprittZs (G. J.), 1334 p.— L on d on , Manchester, and Birmingham , 61—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Quarters , No . 1, 1 p .— Midland Stock, 115— Nort h Staffordshire, 1% p. — S hrewsbur y and Chester, 101 . Shares , IANC JESTER, SEPT EMBER . 22.2 2 -3 f. — Dublin and Belfast Junction, 15 dis. P l% retere nce,2 p.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 , Thirds , dis.—York, Newcastle, and Be rw i c k (G. N. E.), 2% p. itto, Neiv i —D STOCK E XC ISANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshir e Junction, 5% dis.—East Lancashire, New, Quarters,ls-16 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1 13-16 dis.—North British, thirds, % p.—North Staffordshire, 1% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 11-16 dis. LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 22. -The sales E a ar b st Lancashire,e r g ate, Quarters,Ntntiing STOCK EXCHANGE. g ham, and Boston, 325. 6d. (Hs.- 175. 6d. dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Ri!) 365. B. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 15 dis.-Leicester I n d.:. Bed ford, ss. dis.-North British, Thirds, 2s. 6d. p.-Ditto Quar ters, 2s. 6d. C. p. - Nor th-Western, 745. n. dis.-York, New castle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New 13erwicks), 2/. 6s. 3d. ED INBURGH, SEPTEMBER 21. p. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 32/. 10s. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 261. -Ditto, Halves, 14/. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. lOs - Caledonian, 31/.-Ditto , New,l/. 18s.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 103.-Clydesdale Junction, 53/.-Deeside, 2/. 155.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Dun dee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto , New, No. 1, 29/. 103.- Ditto, New, No. 2,32 L-Ditto,L -Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. 7s.- Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 11s.-Dundee and Perth, 341. 155.-Ditto, New, 181. 10s. -Ditto, Quarters, 3/. Bs.-East of Fife, 4/. 53.-East Lothian Central, 11. 10s. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 7/. ---Edinburgh and 13/. Glasgow, 521.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. 158.---Ditto, Quarters, 12s. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith and Granton, 171.-Ditto, Preference, 201.-Ditto, New, 31. 195.-Ditto , Q uarters, 55.-Edinburgh 'erth and Northern, 191.-Ditto, New , 1/. 18s.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 155.-Ditto, ditto, New, 189.-Edin bur g h and I (New Co.), 1/. 2s. 6d.- Ditto, Halves, ss. k 6d.-Glas 155.-gow and Ayrshire, 107/. ex div.-Ditto , New Stoc, 41/. No. 2,9/. 103.- Halves, No. I, 71. 93.-Ditto, Halves,Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle, 8L -Glasgow and Garn kirk, 38/. 15s. ex div.-Glasgow General Terminus, 11/. 158.-Glasgow and Greenock, 171 28. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 8/. 173:-Ditto, Preference, Si. 2s. 6d. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardroasan, 3/. 155.-Great North of ss. Scotland, 11.- Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 3/. 6d. -Ditto (late London and York), IL-North British, 251. 15s. ex tish, -div.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 155.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), 10s. 3d -Ditto, Thirds, 1. 1 10s 2s.- Ditto, Fifths, 5/. ex div.-Scott ish Central, 2. - Scottish Grand Junction, 95.-Scottish Midland, 17/. 155. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s. -Shrewsbury, 0 1 9 /. and Chester, 19/. 15s. -Stirling and Dunfermline, ne, Stirling and Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Coltness, 45/. ex div.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 139/. -Ditto, Exten sions, No. 1, 14/. ss. -Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 71. 55.-Direct Bombay and Madras, Is. East Indian, ls. 6d.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, ls. 9d. -Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 18. 6d. GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Caledonian, New, d 1 I s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters , 65 5. 6d. -Edinburgh an r, 107/ ex Glasgow, 53%-Glasgow, Kilmarnock , and Ay div. ex new-Glasgow and Greenock, 174 -Great North ern, 655.-Manchester and Southa m p ton, 135.-North Bri tish, Thirds, 21s. 6d. EXTRAORDINARY TREE.--We regret to state that during a late heavy storm a portion of the famed lime tree at Neastadt, in Wurternburg, was blown down by the wind which prevailed. This tree, which was planted more than five hundred years ago, is thirty •six feet in circumference at the base, and the twelve main branches of this gigantic trunk were as thick as oak trees, being more than six feet in circumference. These twelve branches thickly covered with foliage, formed a circum ference of 450 teet. and rested upon 115 props which, since the year 1554 were for the most part set up by noblemen, bishops, and other persons of distinction. The trunk of this once majestic tree is now standing a mournful wreck of its ancient beauty. Dispatches were sent off on Tuesday evening for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 22. Two Commissioners sat yesterday, Mr. Commis sioner Shepherd, who disposed of a long list of unin teresting insolvency cases, and Mr. Commissioner Evans, to whom the following application was made : THE BANRUPTCY OF DONALD MACLEAN. The bankrupt, who was Member for Oxford up to the last election, has, through his solicitor, Mr. Law rance, made repeated applications for an adjournment of his last examination, on the ground of ill health. Mr. Maclean is in Italy. To-day Mr. Lawrance handed in the following affidavit, sworn before the British Consul at Naples, where the bankrupt is now residing:— " Naples, Sept. 9. " I hereby declare that the state of my health is such that I am not able to return to England, and that as soon as I feel myself in a condition to endure the climate of that country, I shall, without loss of time, do so. "DONALD MACLEAN." The above was supported by another affidavit, from Mr. Sansom Carey, his physician, who certified that the bankrupt's removal to a northern climate would in all likelihood be attended with danger. Mr. LAWRANCE said, that upon the former occasion his Honour had stated that unless an affidavit of a precise and specific character was produced, setting forth when Mr. Maclean would return, he would not grant a further adjournment. He regretted that the affidavits he now produced were not of that descrip tion, and did not, therefore, anticipate that the Court would direct a further postponement. In that case his application would be that the affidavits be put upon the files of the court, so that, in the event of Mr.Maclean being outlawed, a petition founded upon them might be presented to the Court of Review to reverse the outlawry. The COMMISSIONER said, that he would make no further adjournment. Why had not the accounts been sent in ? What they wanted was the accounts. Mr. LXIVRANCE said his client had no means of making up any accounts beyond those furnished to the official assignee. The official assignee's clerk said, that the accounts furnished amounted to very little. The COMMISSIONER refused to grant any further adjournment, and the bankrupt will be outlawed in the usual form on the 28th inst. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 22. IN RE EDWARD JONES. This insolvent, a miserable-looking old man, was opposed by Mr. Cresswell on behalf of the assignees of a bankrupt named Godfrey Abrahams. A clerk to the creditor's attorney was called, who stated that an action was brought against the insol vent to recover the amount of a bill of exchange, 981. 165., accepted by the insolvent, who pleaded non acceptance, and thereby entianced the costs from under 101. to 341. Bs. The insolvent, on being examined, said he received 10s. for accepting the bill, and was to have had a few pounds by way of loan, which never happened. He knew none of the parties until after he had accepted the bill. The Learned COUNSEL called upon the Court to mark so fraudulent a case with the utmost severity prescribed by the Act of Parliament. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said, half of the period fixed as the maximum punishment had al ready been undergone by the insolvent, who had been detained in custody at the suit of the opposing creditor since June, 1846. He could not, therefore, prolong the period of the insolvent's detention. Al though a great wrong had been committed, still it had been expiated by the punishment already suffered. The insolvent, who, in addition to the opposing creditor's debt, only owed 1/. 18s., was ordered to be discharged. IN RE WALDRON KELLY. This insolvent, late superintendent of the Hertford shire police, was opposed by Mr. Cooke, and supported by Mr. Nicholas. The case occupied some time, and was eventually adjourned for the production of further evidence to support the detaining creditor's debt, which, among other points, was alleged to be concocted for the purpose of enabling the insolvent to pass through this court. Mr. Baron PLATT, after conferring with his learned colleague, said that the offence of which the prisoner stood convicted was one of so serious a character to a commercial community, that, notwith standing the recommendation of the jury and the prosecutor, and the other circumstances that had been stated on the prisoner's behalf, he felt that his duty compelled him to pass a sentence of transporta tion, and he accordingly ordered the prisoner to be transported for seven years. The unfortunate man, who was in a fit during the greater portion of the proceedings, and who was evidently enduring dreadful mental suffering, was then carried from the bar in a state of insensibility. TVilliam Tomblings, 21, was indicted for uttering a forged cheque for 201., with intent to defraud Ed ward Brittain. _ _ Mr. Payne prosecuted and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The prosecutor in this case is a publican in Lea ther-lane, and it appeared that the prisoner was in the service of another tradesmen, named Dobson, in the same neighbourhood, and who was known to the prosecutor. On the 4th of August the prisoner brought a cheque upon the London and County Bank for 201. purporting to be drawn by Thomas Smith in favour of Mr. Dobson, and requested Mrs. Brittain to cash it for his master, and she accordingly gave him twenty sovereigns, believing the cheque to be ge nuine. It turned out that the prisoner had been dis charged by his master on the previous day, and that no such person as Thomas Smith kept an account with the London and County Bank. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and it appeared that there was another indictment against him for obtaining 201. on the 6th of August in a similar manner, and that he had also:been before convicted of felony, and had undergone six months' imprison ment. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS sentenced him to be trans ported for ten years. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Caroline Mary Russell, 25, a well•dressed young woman, was indicted for bigamy, in having felo niously intermarried with William Henry Stephens, her husband, Henry George Russell, being alive. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine for the defence. It appeared that the present prosecution was in stituted by the friends of the second husband, who it was stated is a youth not yet 20, and who at the time of contracting the marriage with the prisoner was articled clerk to an attorney. The first marriage was solemnized in 1841, and the second marriage took place in July last. The constable who appre hended the prisoner said that when he produced the certificates of the two marriages, the second husband, who was present, said, " It's all right, my dear ; it cannot be helped ;" and the prisoner then said that at the time of the marriage with Stephens he was per fectly well aware that she had a husband living. Mr. BALLANTINE, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, urged upon them that it was perfectly clear this prosecution was not instituted for the purposes of justice, but merely to obtain the private object of enabling the young man Stephens to break off his connexion with the prisoner. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, but accom panied it by a strong recommendation to mercy. Judgment was respited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday John Robinson, the man who was charged on Friday last with having tried to induce two men to rob and murder an elderly lady named Farquhar, residing in Ocean-street, Stepney, was brought up for re-examination. The particulars have already appeared in our columns. The prisoner, it will be remembered, met Thomas Whittaker and Charles Bennett several times, by appointment, at different public-houses, to arrange their plans, when he fully described the interior of the old lady's house, her habit of hoarding money, &c. The two men allowed the prisoner to continue his propositions to them, and accompanied him to the house of the intended victim of his scheme, at Stepney, where they called upon the old lady on a pretended mission from her son, and received six crown-pieces from her hands to give him. The two men had com municated the circumstances to a constable named Morris, N. 8, E division, who afterwards joined them in a second visit to the lady, from whom they re ceived 30s. for disclosing the plot, the money being divided in equal portions between the two men and Morris the constable, who, however, did not take the prisoner into custody until three or four days after- wards. The old lady, from whom 31. was received in all, was upwards of seventy years of age. Nothing new was elicited at this examination ; but the conduct of the policeman, first, in participating in the remuneration given by the affrighted old lady ; and, secondly, in hesitating so long to take the prisoner into custody, appeared in a still more unfavourable light, and will certainly require the fullest investi gation. Mr. JARDINE committed the prisoner for trial, but consented to admit him to bail if he could procure sureties—himself in 1001. and two others in SO/. each. WESTMINSTER. On Monday afternoon, a woman whose face, hair, and clothing were literally covered with blood from a wound in the head, came to this court and applied for a warrant against the person whose brutal treat ment had produced the appearances described. She said that having given evidence a few days ago at this court against two men for stealing a sovereign from a poor hard-working woman, she had been threatened by friends of the prisoners, and had been that morning waylaid, and received the injuries she at that moment exhibited. Mr. BRODERIP granted her a warrant, upon which the defendant, who is her own son, was subsequently apprehended. Mary Goldsmith, the injured woman, said, that the two men against whom she had given evidence were friends of the defendant's. On Monday morning she was coming down New-way-court when she was accosted by a young woman with whom the defendant cohabited, and after a few words between them, de• fendant came up, struck her a blow in the face, kicked her repeatedly in the stomach and on other parts of her person, and inflicted the injuries she bore at the time of her application for the warrant. She was taken to the hospital, where the wound on her head was dressed. Defendant, in answer to the charge, said, that his mother was always coming to his house if she had a little to drink, and calling him names. He admitted having struck her, but denied having kicked her. A witness was called by defendant, but he gave his evidence in so very unsatisfactory a manner that no reliance could be placed upon it. He even denied the assault which defendant had admitted. Mr. BRODERIP, after commenting in strong terms upon the condnct of the witness, fined defendant 51., and in default committed him for two months. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, SEPT. 21.—The tre mendous failures which have taken place in the me tropolis and in Scotland, have at length begun to pro duce their natural consequences in this town. The well-known firm of Burts, Watson, and Co., Moseley, street, suspended payment this morning; and their failure involves that of the house of Burt, 'Watson, and I3urt, of Leeds (the partners being the same in both), and it is accompanied by that of 'Watson, Brothers, and Co., of Liverpool, with whom the Man chester and Leeds houses were intimately connected. We understand that the engagements of the Man chester and Leeds firms amount altogether to about 100,0001., of which about 75,0001. is upon bills to which the Liverpool firm are parties, and on which it is pelieved there will be little or no loss. The re maining 25,0001. is due (20,0001. at Leeds and 5,0001. at Manchester) by Messrs. Burts and Watson on their own account; and it is feared that the assets will be inconsiderable. There is also, we believe, individual liabilities to some extent, arising out of share transac tions. Several Manchester houses are understood to be sufferers, but not to any large extent. Messrs. Burts and Co. were agents to the house of Gemmell and Co. which recently suspended payment at Glasgow; and they are understood to have sustained loss by that suspension. There is also another failure of small extent, that of Jackson and Simpson ; by which, how ever, no eventual loss is likely to be sustained. It is understood that the firm were holders of foreign bills to some amount on Reid, Irving, and Co., which, of course, they could not make use of, but which will, most probably, he honoured by the drawers. As may be readily supposed, these failures, and the general state of the money market, coupled with a continued decline in the price of cotton at Liverpool, have had a rather depressing effect on our market to day. The demand both for goods and yarn has been on a very limited scale ; and although spinners showed a disposition to accept low er p rices, very little busi ness has been done in yarn. For goods the prices remain tolerably firm. The notice for a reduction or spinners' wages at Mossley, to which we alluded a fortnight ago, ter minated on Friday evening ; and as the spinners declined to accept the wages offered, they did not return to their employment on Saturday, and the mills, with one exception, are all standing. A turn out also took place this morning at Ashton-under- Lyne, the object and extent of which were by no means clearly understood upon 'Change. It is stated, however, to be extensive, and connected with the proposal for a months' suspension of labour. ROCHDALE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.—We have had another good market to-day, the demand for goods having been quite as brisk as last Monday. We have had again some of the large manufacturers purchasing freely, which is only the case when pieces are wanted. Wool is stationary, both in price and demand. HALIFAX, SATURDAY, SEPTIMISER. iften."ETerf branch of trade in this district remains in the same inanimate condition, and the gloom seems rather to thicken than to diminish. The attendance in the piece hall to-day has been exceedingly small, and scarcely any business has been done. The yarn trade is pretty much the same, and in wools we have to note no alteration from our last report. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.---The market has been dull to-day, and fears are entertained that the present difficulties in the money market may be felt in our district. There is a demand for good patterns in the first-rate vestings and woollens. LEEDS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER We ha d scarcely so good a market to-day as last week; but considering the great stagnatibn 'xisting in every other branch of trade, we have no cause tomplain of the actual state of our manufacturing district.--: Manchester Guardian. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BATTLE.—The hops have been visited bandwind and rain that has blown them down extremely, bruised and wasted many. Had they been rip er, About among them would have been much gr eater. one-third less than last year will probab l y be the paw ing tity grown this year in this parish, the quality be good at present. t h e wreck BRIGIITLING.—We are now in the midst of Fick; ing. We have been visited with som e heavy gales adol w e wind and rain during the week, which have great havock, and blown the poles down an d the branches all over the gardens. Those that are stand" ing will be discoloured by being bruised with the wind. All these circumstances will still further re duce the crop. Still they weigh well, about sixty o sixty-five bushel only being required to the cwt.lent . BURWASII.—So complete a wreck have the vio winds of the past week made in our hop grounds, that many planters are compelled to move their companies, of pickers from garden to garden, for the purpose 13 ,; 1 clearing them of the multitudes of fallen poles, ariu, the large quantities of hops that have been blown and beaten off. Monday and Tuesday last were the day. on which nearly the whole of our planters commen_cecue picking. Their statements thus far, as to the produe. per acre, vary materially; ftora one-fourth to on half less than that of last year being of•most frequen t mention. We have not heard, and it is not likely. that we shall hear, of a single instance of the crop r this year equalling that of last. Several planters ha v e __. put a few pockets to scale, and (as is mostly theta" to with small hops) they weigh tolerably; frora Bil d Y er seventy being the number of bushels require b . cwt. Last year from eighty to ninety were sran,. l '; The smallness of the hop causes picking to be wearisome and profitless business. Several sill_ for higher wages have consequently. already tat:" place; in some instances successfully, in others p ot . EASTROTHLY.—The picking hereabouts is !V I A proceeding with ; indeed some of our planters h a v e proceeding• made an end, and re-stocked their poles. The._, high wind with which we were visited on Friday of has proved very destructive, and did a good d e „ iv . mischief in gardens that were at all exposed, de _ ing down the strongest poles, and scattering the h i ps in all directions. FARNHAM.—In consequence of the up favourable • of the weather this week, the backers of the d lt are out of spirits, and it has receded able tle. A great many planters have finished picking, a few or L", more extensive growers have a considerable nunlot of acres out, and it will take another week a least I" get them in. pa faVOUrsblo HEATHFIELP.—The violent winds of Thursday 3, _ Friday last have had such a disastrous effect on tnu hop gardens as is seldom seen. In some young ga r b ; dens, it is said, nearly or quite three-quarters of t d , poles are blown down, and very extensive damage has been sustained in most gardens. Many inst all %) are h to be seen, where for rods at a place not a 1 0 as been left standing; and still greater iniu r y been sustained by the hops on those poles that re' main. HORSMONDEN.—The wind has done immen se bee mage among the hops; they now present a deplort appearance. Previous to the wind visiting us , but samples samples were very fine and of excellent quality; l' - f it will be useless to expect any more same 're d good colour, as it will be impossible, in the ba t The state the hops are in, to restore the colour. ~iv hops are small, but weigh well, and the qua e x quite equals our most sanguine expectations .---,o"' Advertiser. hop s MAIDSTONE.—The high winds have blown the e about very much, but it is a great " eyesore" no healthi,t than damage. Where they are not quite t o has made them brown. The loss will n ot be 11111 b in their weight. If the wind had come a fortnit. earlier or later, it would have done much dar n ,,. a c r e ; They at most places come down quite to exPe e nitv. the hops weigh well, a sure sign of good qu a d There will be some exceedingly good N AND IVATERINGBURY, MEREWORTII, TESTO , . mmenced gene NETTLESTEAD.-The picking has CO ood but the rally, and the quality is spoken of bad, , . __ as samples. high winds have made the colour especially e they were getting brown before, and the quality is r - duced by the same means. w h o possesses xte.n: sive means of observation , says:—" The wind 0 1 03 . YALDING.—A corresponde nt, e_ cone the hops great injury. It will lessen the Citi ‘ il s, tity and spoil the colour a nd condition. My l a' say n ear../ bourers say one bag per acr e is lost—l 20,0001. duty." CRANBROOIC.—The hops come down short of exPe e* tation still. is W C ANTERBU RY.—The hop-picking, which Oin full full operation, progresses most satisfactorily, and / cl o t the exception of Friday last the weather has been I n v favourable. The quality and weight are gene ra ; said to be beyond the usual average. Some sli dication of mould has appeared, but is rather enter ception than a general rule. GOIUDIIIIRST.-In consequence of the very bn.,isl e'": t erous winds on Thursday, the duty mu st be dently lessened to a considerable amou nt, and frail:- calculation that I have made upon nearly 500 acre ° the parish, I find on the whole of the kin g domit would amount to nearly 15,0001. less. ea EDENBRIDGE.—Picking has generally coralue,_neraf in this parish and district. The produce fel"rt short of what was anticipated. The hurricane of last Thursday has caused great destruction SW'S o nd plantations, and must materially lessen the dutY . : b i c h enhance the price of choice samples, many e i " will be produced from this neighbourhood• u.voy dove HURSTGREEN.—The late high winds 5.- - do wn much injury to the hops here. The y COO° short of expectation, but weigh pretty ho 5 p core e , BETIIERSDEN AND SMARDEN.---The 44, bou down as well as was expected. They ar e i s— ,,,,n them weigh well. The wind last Thursday early, 13'°- about sadly, and injured the colour gr to ed in BRENCHLEY. — This parish is great ftl,,," is t e roti s respect to quantity and quality. 'The late ov e on; wind has damaged the uplands to an alarming vvell. One of our principal planters has not 00 1 9,.,,,b f • iio his order to his factor to sell, but since the 'J i b o f thi s he has bought a considerable quantity of hi: year's growth in London.—Maidstone Gaze it. The nhge , no. marketstw I.FOREIGN CORN CORN TRADE.—BRUSSELS, - big Nor thstan t gET• a d ß in r g ussels were well sup Plied i o ed ii a great steadiness is nia int ., tl flori og ' price of wheat, which has not been beloW , 0 .4 4 00 nor attained to 8.55 florins per hectolitre. An, c t r,t the sacks of potatoes, 7scto white and red, have been sold tWerP rate of 6f. ket at n' 69 Bf. 50c. The corn Mar re that' was ill supplied to-day. There were not „sore sacks of wheat and 113 of rye. Ther i e do or to rise. Wheat has rapidly risen from ' 2 ' to 12, 13, and 14 florins.—The nuraber of vesse,pot.ls, e lo n a t c e i re i d the port of Antwerp in the Week ending ''''',",,beett e_a wholly or in part with provisions, wa,,g; -. 00 kil.; flour, b,1 , 10 kil. • ? rye, 9 9 2,030 kil. barley, 1' 3151;.il• 136,900 kil.; rico, 235,855 kil.--total, 2,64 to is ~)I.l4troriiinvishricYhe tt SOVierse BIRTHS. On Tuesday, the 21st inst., at Nether StaiveY' Blob , the lady of Vaughan Prance, Esq. of a s el l '- i f . Joh° 131° On the 17th inst., at Anerley , IN9orwood, Ai r "' fro of a son. Gilliam On the 18th inst., at Swansea, the lady of i v, r I'. Struve, Esq., of a son vile o' On the 19th inst., at Denmark -hill, the ,' st - 1 ' Benecke, Esq., of a daughter On the 19th inst., the lad • of \V d liter. i $ 6:f Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, y• of a sag , ~,d, 0 4p , On the 20th inst., at Brighton, Mn s 11- -a",,,„, wife " On the 20th inst., in Pk 1 glens , ''''' it. Park-place - ga r dens , -p ace-ga e Mills Sparham, Esq., of a daughter . ..,;( of the i On the 20th inst., at Tunbridge - wells,the ' —e ~ P' 5 2 2q 1 1. 5 ,s ttb barrister-at-law, ir n nr s si t it , e, r a -aa t tt A -El m aals p_ rt t , osonfh- place, e l! a c , ti e ' 0 Benjamin Frederick Smith, Vesalius rettigrese' of a daughter. . 43 () f i lo o O n n Russell, t t h h e E e the rife go, Thom gurrel, --- _.......„,/ Nettleship, of • a son. liter. Go afrol the late M On the 18th inst., at City,StA"JaßmßleE-'sD•Dir. R b d il i ght er e of St. Helie ' St. b ' '3' tie Helier 's, to Frances Anne, third , 6 r. William Bowes Dadle). _ , CO R O On the 20th inst , at St. George's-,'ldanOVer-S.cljerl 1‘111;id Campbell M‘CalluM, Esq._, of the 7111 Reg" o f P c Native Infantry, to Maria Louisa, eldest daughter . %, lii On Lane, Esq., of Argyllstreet, Regent-str7iiiitfy,, On the 21st inst., at St. Peter's, Pimlico, gr•_,,•zA ket, Lee, of Chapel• street, Belgrave-square to k:jr,,•llstr' daughter of Allen Blizard, Esq , of 'llalf . s ' ° ` . Piccadilly. -------------- tiO rjf DIED. Ow. , _.., err O❑ the 21st inst., in her fifteenth year, of cl i fa' , " 110flacryraJnae.nceo,usretc,onFdiesetn.dstyroeeutngest daughter of g. ' dolt' pcl.? On the 27th of June last, 111ilan, Richard ,-, t befi l/ ' Orio, near Milan. On the 18th inst., at East Sutton-place, lel it ' v ''' ct 1 relict of the late David Munro, Esq., aged 63- ._ reli c t off johOnnstthraenlgBet,hEsigns.t., at Ryde, Mrs. John Strang" TO On the 18th inst., at Elmers Augusta Georgina, relict of William ' Thonia-P On the 19th inst., at Croxton Cottage, , ~ surviving son of Samuel Newton, Esq ., a gea °W. Digsnineyg,stEo9ntilns:gescie,:ojo. London : Printed and Published by No O MTIRDO YO to e Stran, Priner, at The Sun ffice, . 11/, Strata, 'iotettV'' Of the d Sayoy, t tbo Count; of Ifld dleaox. Tbar6llo CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice. WILLIAMS.) ~Richard Haynes, 28, labourer, was indicted for feloniously wounding Jane M'Casland with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. MELLOR conducted the prosecution. The prosecutrix, a young girl, who was still suffering severely from the brutal attack made upou her by the prisoner, said that on the evening of the 25th of July she was sent by her mother to fetch a jug of water, and as she was passing along Lant- street, Southwark, she saw the prisoner leading along a drunken woman. She turned round to look at them, and the prisoner suddenly dropped the woman and, rushing towards her, kicked her at the bottom of the belly with all his force, and she fell to the ground insensible. The prisoner said that it was his mother who was drunk, and he wished to know whether the prose cutrix did not call out and say that he had kicked his mother ? The prosecutrix denied having made use of such an expression, and declared that she did not say a word to the prisoner before he kicked her. Charles Somerville, a labouring man, said he saw the prisoner leading along his mother, and he was fol lowed by a crowd of children, some of whom were hooting, but the prosecutrix did not take any part in it. The prisoner suddenly turned round, and, ad dressing the prosecutrix, said, " If you don't get out of the way I'll kick your guts out,' and he instantly rushed at her and kicked her. [The boot worn by the prisoner at the time was produced. It was a very heavy one, and tipped at the toe with iron.] Mr. Heath, the surgeon who was called in, de scribed the injury inflicted by the prisoner as being of a most serious character, and said that at one time he considered the life of the prosecutrix in danger. She was still suffering, and would probably feel the effect of the injury for the rest of her life. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in summing up the case, told the jury that the material question for them to consider was the intent of the prisoner. It was not because serious injury was the result of the prisoner's act that they were therefore to infer his intention was to do that injury, and they were to judge, from all the circumstances, whether at the time he kicked the prosecutrix he intended to do her serious bodily harm, as was imputed to him by the indictment, or whether he was merely guilty of a common assault. The jury, after a short deliberation, found the pri• soner Guilty of a common assault. A police-constable informed the Court that a short time before this transaction the prisoner had been charged with committing a violent assault upon four boys, and he was under recognizances when he com mitted the assault upon the prosecutrix. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in passing sentence, told the prisoner that the act of kicking a girl of tender years, or indeed any woman, was most brutal and dis graceful, and it was fortunate that the jury had ac quitted him of the more serious intention, and had only found him guilty of a common assault. He should take that fact into consideration, and also the circumstance that at the time of the occurrence he was placed in a peculiar position with :a drunken mother, and that he had no doubt been aggravated by the crowd of children who were about him, and com mitted the assault under the impression that the pro secutrix was one of those who had annoyed him. The Court, however, felt bound to punish him with some severity, and the sentence was that he be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months. William Smith, aged 31, was arraigned upon three separate indictments for uttering forged orders for the delivery of goods. In the first case it appeared that the forged order, which the prisoner had given to a boy, was returned to him by that boy on his failing to obtain the pro perty, and, as no notice had been given to the rvionee rtddut p hier r tern i i s etn o hdan n i nr e odda r . to produce it, secondary evidence could not be given of its contents. In the second c ne as ehgra e efd;of t or h rarge e neec: j de u ,i ry thought there was not sufficient evidence of the forged order beingcwasheo. prove tt i hh n teehr t ab h eto e wyf p aa r swe i t s vh. o eo n r prisoner's hlr s ieet h st el a jeo n utd d re oy w du, handwriting in attendance to c v e e n rAd t i l ir y c.tß fr oa o fr m oNn t o h pt e GL Au p Ti r Tl i t s yt o o n il e na r l h u a c v k e y, s , e a n n t d e o i if sentenced ae himhad been to transportation. convicted s o e n h e r e h s h e o unl had d obe advisede certainly n very 7 p a r s c i a s not him jo t h o n b Chappell h v a e p r very ell careful ß en Bennett, t, f u 3 t 3 u , r e w . each the N felo niously uttering a forged acceptan Clapham ce Mr. in to dic a te h d il f l or ofex change for 421. 45., with intent to defraud Henry prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine appeared m intrade for the def ence . The char ge was c l ear l y b roug ht h ome t o th e opri soner, but the circumsta nces connected with the offence w ere o f a pa i n f u l c h arac t er . It appeare d th a t the prison er on hi s com i ng o f age rece i ve d 4,0001., and went into busi ne s s as a t a ll ow -chandler, and by losses and sa o e t r h ifi er oe circumstances atshreedwuhooed to whole of the hey was great distress, and with difficulty supported him self and his family. He had always borne an irre proachable character, and he appeared to have com mitted the offence while under great pecuniary diffi culty. He had a wife and three children now depen dent upon him. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended him faro )gly to the merciful consideration of the Court. Mr. PARRY said he was instructed by the prose cutor to join in the recommendation, as he believed that the prisoner had been induced to commit the act by the prese4re of great poverty. c( 1 the Tha lotic e t ber COrr