The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN 4- •COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE WEST INDIES The royal mail steam-ship Severn arrived at Falmouth on Monday. She brings dates from Tampico to the 29th of September. Vera Cruz to the Ist of October, Havan nab the 9th, Nassau the 13th, and Bermuda the 22nd, seven passengers, 1,005,475 dollars, 166 serons of cochi neal. She brings also important rews of the British flag being insulted by Santa Anna. The dares run respectively as follow :—Jamaica, October 9 ; Barbadoes, October 4 ; Demerara, October 4 ; and Trinidad,•October 3. The crops in all these islands, with the exception of Barba nade of the want of rain, ap- s, where comp pear to give favourable promise. At Demerara the plan tation Malgre Tout bad sold for 114,000 dollars. The firm of Hamilton and Co., of Dublin,were the purchasers. The biddings on this occasion are said to have been ldicative of improvement as been discovered in a cave at Dry of the excrement and reliquze of Harbou bats, covering to a considerable depth, a very extensive surface. It has bee❑ analyzed, and is like .y to prove, I nature of its ingredients, a valuable 'rom the chemic :om mod of agriculture, we may advert to a case of immigration, in which Mrs. Carter, of Troy Plantation, Trelawny, has acted a very distinguished and exemplary part, having imported and located on her pro perty thirty Europeans, and applied their labour, for WhilstOn the subject eighteen most successf-ully The immigrants have retained their health during that period, and are now comfortably and permanently settled. The lady in ques - bounty in such case provided by tion has obtained tl the Legislature. We may here notice a report which is gaining ground the Government intend removing the le regular troops from the several West India island, proposing at the same time to place the militia under more strict and military discipline. n this city, that er of t NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney papers to tI 6th of June have arrived, but . tents were anticipated by the advices received last week by another ship. Business appears to be still their ci guid state. the want of credit and - confidence pre vailing to an alarming extent, even among the best and oldest merchants in the colony. An abstract of the official accounts of the quarter's revenue, ending in March, d been published, and from these accounts it seemed revenue was £77,979 6s. Sd. The chief items in e falling off occurred were imported spirits ' im flice collection, and auction duty co, post SOUND number of ships that passed the Sound i n August, 1843, was 2,369, vii,—From . the North 'rom the Baltic, 1,171. Of these the English 5, viz.—from the North Sea, 390 ; from the Baltic, The Paris correspondent of the London Standard states, that there will take place, in the course of the en suing month, an extraordinary creation of peers. The list is already decided upon, and presents no fewer than twenty-four names. SPEED OF AMERICA); STEADIERS•—The steamers that )1y between Kingston and Montreal, when passing through he Cedar Rapids, runs at the rate of sixty miles an lour The new steamer Knickerbocker, made her first ,rip from New York to Albany (160 miles) in seven hours The New York papers contain accounts from the San - wich Islands, which state that Admiral Thomas had ar rived at Honolulu, when he had annulled all the acts of Captain Lord Paulet. They have also a notice from Senor Granja, Mexican Consul-General there, that by decree of the Mexican government the frontier custom houses of Taos in New Mexico, Paso del Norte and Pre sidio del Norte in Chihuahua, were entirely closed to commerce. MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL. —This event took place on the 4th of September last, at Rio de Janeiro ; the Brazilian-Neapolitan squadron having ar rived the day before from Naples. Rio de Janeiro was very gay on the occasion ; for, having been some time looked for, almost all the respectable people in the empire bad congregated to partake in the festivities and general rejoicing. The city was illuminated at night, and fire works resounded through and bespangled the sky. Her majesty's brother accompanied his sister ; and the Princess Januaria, the emperor her brother. People began to speculate on another princely wedding taking place.— Globe. The packet-ship Switzerland, brings dates from New York to the 22d of October. The commercial advices possess no peculiar novelty. The stocks were rather heavy. The return of Mr. Ryan, one of the Illinois commissioners, to Europe, is announced in the papers now received, and great satisfaction expressed that he had succeeded in the object of his mission for raising funds to complete the Illinois and Michigan canal. The acces sion of Messrs. Barings, Hope, and Co., Maigniac Jar dine and Co., and Rothschild to the proposals made, was accompanied, however, with certain conditions which have to be ratified and carried into effect by the Governor of the state of Illinois. In the meantime those houses have agreed to advance 12 per cent. on the canal bonds held by themselves, and on fulfilment of the conditions refer red to 191 per cent. more. It may be noted, however, that probably not a cent. of the 121 per cent. will be so advanced until the agent they have sent out shall have reported. For the rest the compact of these houses is not pretended to be binding on the other holders of these canal bonds. But they reserve the option to themselves of hereafter registering canal bonds to eight times the amount of their actual subscription. That is, should they see an advantage to be obtained they would purchase in the market bonds held by those not parties to the pre sent scheme, and so increase their interest. The certifi cates represeuting the new advances are of course and of right to take precedence in the order of payment of the original canal bonds. AFFRAY WiTll PIRATES.—A letter from on board her Majesty's ship Dido, dated Hong Kong, July 21, gives an account of a terrifick affray with pirates, off Borneo. It appears that on the 18th of May, Lieut. Hunt, a mate, a second master, 1 blue jackets, and four marines, started from that ship to cruise off Date Point for pirates. On the 20th, at 3 a.m., they fell in with two " proas," who came down upon them unexpectedly ; however Lieut. Kent swept his craft round, and they were then nearly touching. What took place afterwards will be best de- scribed in the words of the letter. " Lieut. Kent let fly the 6-pounder, loaded with grape, right into her, with great effect, and having taken the precaution to keep re duced charges on deck, the gun had no recoil, and she was worked round nearly as quick as a musket. After the fourth br fifth round the damage done to the pirate was really frightful ; his two guns were capsized, the fighting-boards were knocked up, and the mast and triangle cut away; he then ceased firing. They immediately turned their atten tion to their friend on the left, who until now had had all the fun to himself. They very soon served him pretty much in the same way as they did the other. Seeing it was all up with them many of the pirates jumped over board. They then went alongside, but on stepping on his gunwale, up the remainder of the rascals sprung with the intention of boarding, but with the butt end of the mus kets they were knocked down, and our proa was instantly shoved off and pulled under his counter, when they gave him such a dose of grape that all hands jumped over board ; some sank, others swam for the shore, and many were shot in the water. When they took possession of her they found 12 dead on deck, and several in the hold, but being half full of water, they could only see part of their bodies, It was now broad day-light, and they dis covered a large proa with two sampans pulling in from seaward to the assistance of the first proa they had engaged and crippled, which bad by this time drifted out of gun shot. The interpreter, Mr. Douglas, felt positive they would attempt to board ; and our people got ready for them. Lieutenant Hunt threw the guns and arms be longing to the prize overboard, and set her on fire, when she almost instantly blew up. This alarmed the other proa, who took his crippled companion in tow and made off to sea ; and, although Lieutenant Hunt endeavoured by every means in his power, by sails and sweeps, to get bp with them, they effected their escape, to their great mortification, and lost sight of them at sunset. The proa first attacked is supposed not to ha v e h a d a s i ng l e man left on board alive. Three days after this they found a slave on shore, who had escaped from one of the proas during the action. He said the two proas that attacked the English had 50 men and two guns each ; and the large one that came to their assistance was well armed, and had 100 men. They had the case tried in the Court at Since pore, and the Court have awarded £7OO prize money. ALES THE INCENDIARY FIRES IN WALES.—On Friday at the Manchester police-court, a sailor lad of the name of Markwell was charged by a man named Hardman with being the person guilty of these outrages. The latter re lated several very extraordinary circumstances, but it is suspected that he has given the information in the hope of gaining the reward offered for the apprehension of the 'Welsh incendiaries. He is, therefore, kept in custody (along with Markwell) until further inquiry is made, and If his account turns out a fabrication he will be prosecuted for perjury. TYE INCENDIARY FIRES IN DENBIGHSHIRE.—An individual who, it is not doubted, is the perpetrator of these cruel outrages has been apprehended at Bala. His name is Charles Jones, and he has been fully committed to take his trial at next Denbighshire assizes. He has just been released from Ruthin Gaol, where he suffered a term of imprisonment for stealing choice fruit, such as apricots, &c. Some of the farmers whose live stock, hay, corn, &c., have been burnt, were on the jury who found lira guilty of the offence; and others had refused to give lira a good character on his trial. Rumour says that he protested that he would make them suffer for it. FOUR GATES DESTROYED.—On Friday mornin g week 4 gates, a toll-house, and the toll collectors good s , situate in and about the town of Rhayader, Cardiganshi re, were utterly demolisbed . About two o'clock in the morning, a party, consisting of upwards of 200 persons, entered the town with their leader Rebecca, all armed, some with guns and others with bludgeons and various weapons, and dis guised with blackened faces, &c. They at once proceeded to the various turnpike gates, and in an incredibly short apace of time the gates on the north and east side of the town were levelled with the ground, the posts being sawn ?_fr a bout two feet from the bottom, The two gates lead .ng to the bridge quickly shared the same fate, and not content with their removal, they raised the toll-house, and destr o y e d the goods of the terrified collector. Having fired several voi le s from their guns, and given three cheers for t h e party fi led o ff as disguisedly as they had made their a ppear ance. From the qui c kness of their operations and the systenatii: 3 teod e of th e i r proceed ings, any one would infer " the ecca of Radno rs hi r e bad been under tuition with the "one" of Carmarthen- IRE LAND. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-MONDAY f From our Second Editionof Tuesday last.) The court was crowded to excess all day, it beint.un derstood that Mr. Barrett's counsel would move'for a mandamus to ,compel the magistrates of College-street Police Office to take the informations tendered against Mr. Hughes, the government reporter. M r. M . Donagh, Q.C. made the application, and argued at great length in support of his motion. . . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the motion, be made bond fide, but to pre- 'lse he bet I it was r judice the administration of justice. He did not wish to oppose an investigation, but to prevent the present ac cused parties being sent before the grand jury as witnesses before they had either ignored or found the present bills; when they had done either one or the other he had no objection to a bill•beiirg sent up against Hughes, and that his original information might then be sent up, but he earnestly entreated the public not to allow their minds to be poisoned beforehand. (The learned gentle man was much excited in tone and manner.) The Court finally ordered bills to be sent up against Hughes when the present bills against the traversers were disposed of. The grand. jury adjourned shortly before five o'clock. Only one witness was examined, Mr. Vernon, and it is not likely that he will be up again. Not a single member has been absent on any day from its sitting to its rising. It is impossible that a finding can be had before Wednesday. WEDNESDAY The court was very much crowded throughout the day, as it was generally rumoured that the city grand jury had brought their labours to a close. Messrs. Steele, Ray, Duffy, and others included in the state prosecutions, were in attendance. FINDING OF TRUE DILLS OF INDICTMENT Their lordships came into court at twenty minutes past three o'clock, at which time the inner and outer bars were unusually crowded. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Messrs. Brewster, Freeman, White side, M`Donogh, and several others of the counsel re tained in the prosecutions, were in court. . . At half-past three o'clock the grand jury came into court, and handed down the bill. The Clerk of the Crown read aloud—" A True Bill for self and fellows—George Frederick Brooke." One of the Jurors—My lord, I beg to express my dis sent from that bill. The Chief Justice—What is your name? Juror—My name is Richard O'Gorman. The Attorney-General—My lords, I have now to move that the defendants be called upon by their recognisances to appear Clerk of the Crown—Crier, call Daniel O'Connell. Mr. P. Mahony said that Mr. O'Connell would be there in a few minutes, but the court was so crowded that it was next to impossible to get either into or out of it. The Rev. T. Tierney, C. G. Duffy, and T. M. Ray having answered to their names, Thomas Steele was called. Mr. Steele rose, and, after one or two ineffectual at tempts to arrest the attention of the Court, he proceeded to speak as follows :—My lords, I stand before your lord ships in a peculiar position—one differing from that of the other traversers, as I, my lords, intend to defend myself on the present occasion, as I successfully did on a former trial, and I strongly object to be prosecuted by the present Attorney-General. (Loud laughter.) It is no laughing matter ; it is a matter closely connected with the due administration of public justice. I object to the Attorney-General, for he has manifestly prejudged my case, while the jury was sitting in consideration on it. I do net now speak for the rest of the traversers, nor do I know what their wishes are, but for myself I sincerely hope that he will have the sense of propriety, or I should rather, perhaps, say, the common decency. to retire from his functions in the present case, and leave me to be pro secuted by his highly-gifted, patient, and well-tempered colleague, the Solicitor-General. (Mr. Steele resumed his seat amid peals of laughter.) Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by his son, Mr. John O'Connell, here entered the court, and was accommoda ted with a seat at the side bar. All the traversers having answered to their names, The Attorney-General said—l have now to apply to your lordships, the defendants having appeared, to order that they do plead within four days from the present. The 60th Geo. 111., cap. 4, sec. 1, expressly provides to that effect ; and I beg to refer your lordships to an exact precedent in a case which came before this court in Ja nuary, 1831, in which a similar order was made—l allude to the King v. O'Connell. The Chief Justice—What is the condition of the re cognisanses ? The Attorney-General—lt is to appear in person. In pursuance of the recognisances entered into by them they have all appeared, and now I call on them to plead i❑ the time I have specified, in pursuance of the 60th Geo. 111., which enacts, " that when any person shall be prosecuted in the Coart of Queen's Bench for any misdemeanour, either by information or indictment, there found, or re moved into the said court, and shall appear in term time in such court to answer such indictment, &c., such de fendant shall not be permitted to imparl to a following term, but shall be required to plead or demur thereto within four days from the time of his appearance, and in default of his so pleading, &c., judgment may be entered against him for want of a plea." In pursuance of that act of parliament, the rule in the case of the King v. Daniel O'Connell will be found to have been entered on the 26th of January, 1831. I❑ that case the rule made was somewhat special, in consequence of the defendant not appearing when called on his recognisances, and the terms of the rule in consequence were that he should plead in four days from the day on which he should have appeared, and neglected to do so, that is in four days from the day preceding that on which the rule was made. I apprehend that the duty of the officer of the court will be now to state the charges against the defendants. Mr. Hatchell, Q.C., said that he was not aware of such a course of proceeding. He now applied on behalf of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, that he be turnished with a copy of the indictment, under the provisions of the same act of Par liament quoted by the Attorney-General. The various counsel for the rest of the defendants made similar applications on behalf of their clients, and Mr. Steele, on his part, made the same demand. The Crown-Solicitor said that copies should be fur nished that evening to the officer, who would transmit them to the defendants. Mr. Moore, Q.C., said that nothing could he done with the copies that evening. The indictment, he was given to understand, ran to a considerable length, and there should be no abridgment of the time to which the parties were entitled for perusing the charges brought for ward against them in the indictment. The Attorney-General having again read the words of the statute, The Chief Justice said—The act of Parliament is pe remptory, and the court has no discretion in this matter. The act requires that the parties shall plead or demur within four days of their appearance. Ido not say that if an application, on special grounds, were made to the court for an extension of time, we would not travel out of the act. [Mr. Shiel entered the court, and was accommodated with a seat by the high sheriff.] Mr. M`Donogh, on the part of the Rev. Mr. Tyrrell, argued that the parties were not called upon to plead until they had been regularly charged, and the parties could not be considered as charged until every syllable of the in dictment should be read. If the Attorney-General should persist in his motion, it was his (Mr. M`Donogh's) inten tion to call upon the officer to read that most voluminous document at length. The Attorney-General might have obviated the difficulty, by having copies served at an early hour this day. The Chief Justice—How could he furnish copies until the bills had been found ? Mr. M`Donogh thought it quite possible. The Attorney-General said it was not his wish, in the slightest degree, to evade the eighth section of the act. Copies of the indictment, as he had before stated, should be in the hands of the officer of the court, within an hour, and no delay should occur in transmitting them to par ties. If Mr. M`Donogh persisted in his motion to have the bills read at length, he (the Attorney-General) should not oppose the proposition for reading them. As to hav ing copies served at an ear ly h our t o -d a y, th a t was impos sible. There was no indiqtment until the bills had been found, and ten minutes had not as yet elapsed since the Jury returned the indictment into court. Mr. M‘Donogli said he should be sorry to be driven to the alternative of h av i ng th e i n di ctment read at length. To obviate this, we will take the copies to night, and be here to-morrow morning. The rule to plead can then be entered from to-morrow. The Court—Do you object, Mr. Attorney-General? The Attorney-General—Ye s ; and I call on the court to enter the rule according to the terms of the act. Judge Crampton—The parties cannot be called on to plead until they are regularly charged. Perhaps counsel would agree to hare the charges read briefly. The Solicitor-General—Vß e propose that the defend ants should be charged now. Mr. Whiteside—The indictment is against eight per sons, and therefore the officer must read it eight times-- (laughter.) Judge Crampton had a suggestion to offer. Would there be any objection to enter the rule to plead now, but not to run until to-morrow morning ? The Attorney-General—l understand the suggestion thrown out by Mr. Justice Crampton to be this—that the parties are to be charged now with the indictment—that the rule to plead is be entered now, but not to run until to-morrow. Mr. Justice Crampton—Just so. A lenthened discussion then ensued, and it was ulti mately agreed that Mr. Justice Crampton's suggestion should be agreed to. The Clerk of the Crown then read the first count, shortly, and having read the names of the parties charg ed, the discussion terminated, and the court adjourned at five o'clock. PROCRASTINATION.—The Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, was occupied a considerable time on Thursday with two applications by Mr. O'Connell's counsel, appa rently with a view to procrastinate the proceedings. The first was a motion for liberty to compare the copies of the indictment furnished to the traversers with the original bill. Those copies having been properly certified, with the original, merely to ascertain their cor- useless as unusual ; but there op ] an " ulterior object" in view—the ad- ❑%l to this the e witnesses ttorney-Gene- comparison) very properly aye a c made, that the traverser should be furnished with the cap tiou of the indictment, which neither in point of law or of fact has anything to do with the ,preparation of the tra versers' plea, the pretext upon which the application was made. Independent of the value evidently attached by. Mr. O'Connell to delay, we can well imagine the im portance his legal agents would attach to getting posses sion of the list 'of documents submitted to the 'Grand Jury ; and still more of the names of witnesses tendered for their examination, and sworn to give evidence, when called—and it is, therefore, that the Attorney-General felt bound to resist—a motion that would have the effect of laying bare to the traversers' agents the whole case of the Crown. These motions were postponed until-Satur day. On Saturday Mr. Whiteside, on behalf of the defend ant, Charles G. Duffy, moved, that the copy of the in dictment furnished to this defendant should be amended, by having the names of the witnesses endursed upon it. The A ttorney-General opposed the motion, on the ground that the indorse men t f orme d no p ar t of the -in dictment. The Court refused to grant the application. Mr. M'Donough, Q.C., moved for a copy of the caption to be added to the copy of the indictment furnished to his client. The Atto rne y -G enera l o pp ose d the motion, and Sir Coleman O'Loughlin arose to speak in its favour. The Court, however, adjourned the further discussion till Monday (yesterday). (From our our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) DUBLIN, Nov. 6th, Half-past 8 o'clock, p.m The following are the proceedings this day at the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD CONCILIATION HALL LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the Association took place this day in the Conciliation Hall, which was crowded in every part. The chair was filled by P. Lalor, Esq., of Tinnekill, ex-M.P. for the Queen's County. THE TRIBUTE. Before the arrival of the Liberator, - - - Mr. CLEMENTS, in an eloquent sPeech, moved the fol lowing resolution on the subject of the O'Connell Com pensation Fund : Resolved—That the Loyal National Repeal Association hold it a paramount duty, at this moment, to apply all its weight and influence to the suceessful furtherance of the National Collection for the O'Connell Compensation Fund, fixed for Sunday, the 19th instant : on that occa sion the Members and Associates of this National Body are especially expected to co-operate personally and ener getically with the respected and patriotic Clergy of their several parishes, in securing results for this imperative measure worthy of the crisis and the cause. Dr. GRAY seconded the resolution, which, after a few words from Mr. Steele, was carried amidst the loudest acclamation. A very lengthy address to the people of Ireland, signed " Daniel O'Connell," was agreed to. It exhorts the people to judge calmly of the position in which Ireland is at present placed, and represents the giorious results that are to flow from a repeal of the union. It deprecates the idea of any intention on the part of the repealers to esta blish Catholic ascendancy, in such language as the follow- -1 ` A Catholic religious ascendancy is, if possible, more easily demonstrated to be futile. In the first place, the very principle of the repeal of the union would allocate to purposes of charity and education the ecclesiastical state revenues as each of the present vested interests should terminate. The value of a state church ascendancy is to get at the state revenues, and, as those revenues would, as they fell in, go to the state for ascertained pur poses of education and charity, there would be nothing to make the Catholic hierarchy desire an ascendancy for their religion over any other. The money being disposed of, the ingredient of ascendancy would be blotted out for ever. " In the second place Catholic ascendancy would be ut terly impossible—for this reason, the Irish Legislature would be, two parts out of three, essentially Protestant. It is true that a majority in the House of Commons might be Catholic; but there necessarily would be a very great number of Protestants in that house. The Corporations of Ireland, having Catholic majorities, have returned almost all the liberal Protestants who sought to be elected. Besides, the Protestant portions of Ireland would return Protestants. On the whole, therefore, no measure inju rious to Protestants could possibly pass the House of Commons unless the Catholics in that honse were false— basely and shamefully false—to the principles they have ever avowed; and even then no such measure could pass that house without a vivid resistance from all the Pro testant members, and from all the Catholic members, who were liberal and conscientious. In short we are deeply convinced that any Catholic ascendancy measure would be, of necessity, rejected by a majority of the Irish House of Commons." The amount of rent was upwards of thirteen hundred pounds. A deputation of the Law Clerk of Dublin waited upon Mr. O'Connell to-day, and presented an address to Mr. O'Connell, accompanied with £lOO, to help to defray the expenses of the approaching prosecu tions ; the deputation, who were received most cordially, intimated to the learned gentleman, that they intended contributing a further sum for the same purpose. A general registry under the new arms act will take place at the ensuing quarter sessions throughout Ireland. The extensive bolting mills of Ballynona, near Middle.. ton, county Cork, the property of H. I - 1. Wigmore, Esq. were on Tuesday night consumed by fire. The Dublin Evening Mail says, that it is expected that the motion for a mandamus made in the Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday, will be the last, and that the pro mised bills of indictment against Mr. Bond Hugbos for perjury will never be sent up. The total sum of money paid by the State for the main tenance of Maynooth College, since its foundation amounts io £362,893. The following grants were made for Roman Catholic edifices in 1840-1 ; Nenagh chapel, £500; Kil rush, £1,000; Aghada, £300; Ballingally. £150; Atty moy Dhapel, £l5O. POPISH RAPACITY.—Between the 2d Occtober and 6th November the sum of £7OO has been scraped up in Ireland for the Popish Propaganda, being at the rate of about £B,OOO per annum. Pretty well this for the poor est country in Europe, fleeced as it is with O'Connell tribute, repeal rent, and priestly dues. CHINA TRADE OF DUBLIN.—After a lapse of two years since an arrival from the celestial empire to this port, the Scotland, a ship of 500 tons, put into dock yes terday morning, from Macao. Her cargo consists of 6761 packages or chests of tea. She is for the houses of Dud geon and Co., and Finlay and Co., of Liverpool.—Dublin Freeman. . THE REPEAL SECRETARY.—We have heard that a com plaint has been lodged with the Board of Trinity College, as to an avowed repealer being on the books of the Uni versity, and that Mr. Ray has received a certain interval to consider and determine whether he will relinquish re peal or give up the University, as one or the other he must. —Dublin Statesman. Within the last five years, 86 inquests have been held at the bridewell, Cork, on the bodies of deserted infants. These inquests, unhappily, do not express the full amount of desertion of offspring. At the last Cork sessions—one single sessions—the churchwardens applied for support for 353 deserted infants! We learn with great regret one of those mysterious movements, which in other counties manifested them selves in lighting of straws and making bonfires, has com menced here. In one district the houses of Roman Ca tholics have been singled out during the night by two dis tinct white marks. We have not been able to ascertain the real meaning of these demonstrations, but, no doubt, something political is intended.—Fermanagh Reporter. EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—At a late temperance meeting held in Dublin, it was stated by Dr. Yore, that he had attended at least one hundred and twenty criminals to the scaffold, every one of whom declared that drunken ness was the means of bringing them to their untimely end. Of four hundred and ninety-five persons confined in a lunatic asylum in Liverpool, two hundred and fifty seven were there from intemperance ; and in Dublin, Dr. Crawford stated, of two hundred and eighty-six lunatics in one asylum, one hundred and fifteen were deprived of their reason by whisky drinking. TRAITORS IN THE REPEAL RANKS.—The Ballyehan non Herald says—" That the Government are in posses sion of some frightful information respecting Ireland there cannot be a second opinion. The Attorney-Gene ral mentioned last week in court that when the proper time arrives he will lay before the jury, on the trial of the conspirators, a statement of as frightful and extensive a conspiracy against the peace of the country and the con stitution by law established as ever disgraced any coun try. We understand that much of this information has been communicated by a few of the leading repealers, who became alarmed at the height to which the con spiracy had arrived, RENT—A SIGN OF THE TIMES.—We have just seen a letter from a land agent in a southern county to one of his employers, from which, by permission, we make the following extract :—" Previous to the proclamation putting down the meeting at Clontarf, it was impossible to get a farthing from the peasant' y in payment of rents or any. thing else ; since that event there is no difficulty about the matter, and the rents are paid freely and quickly every. where." It gives us great satisfaction to he able to cor roborate and generalise the foregoing statement, so as to include the length and breadth of the land. For the last twenty or thirty years rents were never so easily collected as now, nor to anything like the amount, at this early stage of the November gale.—Dublin Mail. CURIOUS BARGAIN.—THE CERTAINTY OF REPEAL. —So thorough is the confidence of the Irish people in the eventual success of Mr. O'Connell's labours, and in the attainment of repeal, that no effort can disturb that settled conviction of their minds. As a singular instance of that belief, we may mention a fact which occurred this day in one of the markets of this city. A cert a i n gen tl eman re siding in Blackrock purchased a piece of beef, at 4 s. a pound, for which beef he is not to pay u n til the p ass i ng of the act repealing the Act of Union ! This gentleman, we believe, is a pleasant wag, who laughs heartily at the notion of repeal being ever carried ; but the honest-hearted woman with whom he dealt, like all of her class, is not in clined to regard the event as simply probable, but certain to take place ; and in proof of her conviction, was content to part with her beef upon the terms set forth in the fol lowing strange document :—" I agree to pay Ellen Hayes the sum of £l2 10s. for 621 pounds of beef, as soon as the repeal of the Legislative Union is granted between Eng land and Ireland • but no payment i s t o b e d eman d ed for the said beef until T the act of Parliament i s p asse d f or the ••I T • W. Y. t NRRIS." n of Brut in similar to the above has occurred in the where a side of beef was sold for £l6, to y, Nvlien the be paid t Union is y a gen sletl.—Cork Examiner BRUTAL MURDER.—On Wednesday a caretaker be longing to James Grove 'White, of Kilburn, Doneraile, Esq.,,named Lockwook, was placed on the lands where tenants of Mr. White were in arrear, and who ibe was afraid would remove their crops, and that on Wednesday evening Lockwood went out to inspect the grounds, to see that the crops had not been. taken off. Nothing further was known of him until the following day, when his corpse was discovered in a ditch. The skull was com pletely beaten in, besides wounds on several parts of the body.—Cork Constitution. THE STATE PROSECUTMNS.—The indictment against the repeal leaders embraces a period of nearly nine months —commencing with the meeting. At Trim, on the 19th of March, 1843 ; and, travelling through the other mon ster meetings in the following series, viz. :—At Mullingar, on the 14th of May ; at Cork, on the 21st of May ' • at Longford, on the 28th of May ; at Drogheda, on the sth of June; at Kilkenny, on the Bth of June ; at Mallow, on the 11th of June ; at Dundalk, on the 29th of June ; at Donnybrook, on the 3d of July ' • at Baltinglass, on the 20th of July; at Clontibret, on the 15th of August; at Tara, on the 15th of August ; at Loughrea, on the 10th of September; at Clifton. on the 17th of September; at Lismore, on the 24th of September ' • at Mullaghmast, on the Ist of October. It likewise charges the defend ants with a conspiracy to hold the meeting at Clontarf, on the Bth of October ; and includes several meetings at the Corn Exchange. THE CONSPIRACY.—UnwiIIing to "predicate the guilt of the parties charged," or prejudice the public mind against them, we dismiss their case entirely from consideration, and turn our exclusive attention to that far more important disclosure of which we have, in the speech of the Attorney-General, the first authentic intimation made by any member of the Irish government—namely, the portentous reason for the great and resistless arma ment with which the country is filled, and the sudden, prompt, and decisive suppression of such public meetings as that intended at Clontarf. We now learn, on official authority, what was long a matter of the clearest inference indeed—but to the public at large, of inference only—the existence in Ireland of " As wicked a conspiracy as ever yet was entered into against the peace of the country." This statement, coming from such a quarter, and on such an occasion, implies the discovery of the conspiracy on such sure information, as enables the government to counteract its devices, and to bring its contrivers and in struments to public justice.—Dublin Mail. STATE OF FEELING AMONGST THE PEASANTRY OF TIPPERARY AND LIMERICK.—A writer in the Carlow Sentinel, who has been sojourning for a month in the counties of Tipperary and Limerick, for the purpose of ascertaining the feelings of the peasantry on the momen tous events that are now passing in the political world, states as the result of his conviction, that "in these counties there is not the least mystification in the declara tions of the lower orders. They told me confidently (he adds) that the time had come for the total downfall of Protestantism and English rule, and for the consequent restoration of the forfeited estates; and in these expecta tions they are fortified by old legendary prophecies of the most wild and sanguinary description. The restoration of the forfeited estates is their darling theme on every oc casion, and the final expulsion of all the Protestant sects, without distinction, is looked upon by them as a neces sary step to the full enjoyment of ' Ireland by the Irish.' There cannot be a doubt that an ultimate appeal to rebel lion is cherished as a certainty by the peasantry, that they are regularly made up for it, and speak of it, without . the least disguise, as " only a question of time.' In several instances they regretted deeply that O'Connell should have cried peace' after the suppression of the Clontarf meet ing, and say they only wanted a hint to turn out at a moment's notice. Even the children who can do little more than lisp a few words, are imbued with the same sanguinary feelings." WARLIKE PREPARATIONS !—REMARKABLE LET TER FROM THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—Under the above taking heading the Cork Southern Reporter, of Friday week, has the following :—" We have heard, and from the respectability of the parties from and through whom the information is derived we have reason to believe that during the Caher races, which took place last week, a letter from the Duke of Wellington to the Earl of Glengall was seen by, and read to individuals, who had no hesitation in stating to others what were its con tents, the subject of which, as narrated, is to this effect : —That almost all the British army, certainly every regiment which can be spared and made available for set vice, will be concentratad in Ireland ; that camps will be formed in the different parts of the country, and particularly in the neighbourhood of cities and towns; that the army will occupy these camps,and that such bar racks as they now occupy will be made available for the reception of such families and persons as may be in appre hension that their lives or properties are or may be in dan ger; that, also, all possible facilities would be afforded to those who may wish to avail of them for quitting the country and taking refuge in England, or elsewhere, until the troubles are over and the rebellion subdued ; and that pending events, supplies of arms, ammunition, and sub sistexce of every kind would be continued to be sent into this country from England for the use of the army, by and-by, so as to make it independent, or not dependent upon the Irish peasantry and people. Such, as stated to us, is the substance of the letter, which, we have reason to believe, was alleged by trustworthy persons of Caher to have been received by the Earl of Glengall from the Duke of Wellington, and the contents of which the noble earl communicated to certain individuals in this town."— [The Dublin Mail denies that any such letter as the pre ceding was ever in existence.] THE OCT-PENSIoNERS.—The Dublin Evening Mail furnishes some interesting particulars relative to the out pensioners. To the military portion of our readers, it is well known that soldiers are generally placed on the pension list at the age of forty—often much earlier. At the time of being so pensioned, they are generally suffer ing under some of the numerous diseases contracted in service in the colonies, and which it requires only time, and their native air to eradicate. Those who survive, generally recover their usual health in the course of a year or two ; indeed it has been found by statistical in vestigation, that after the first year on the pension list, they are healthier than the general average of persons of similar age, who never served at all. Out of the 95,000 pensioners borne on the pension establishment, there are always from 20 to 30,000 of this class who are for the most part under fifty years of age. By the act passed in the latter part of last session, and to which it will be remembered so much opposition was made by the agita tion party, the government has the power of rendering the service of these men available as a local force, thereby relieving the regular troops for more active operations. They are all placed under staff officers, who pay and superintend them ; and whenever any call for their ser vices takes place, immediately put them under arms, and assume the command. To carry out this arrangement the whole of the united kingdom is divided into pension districts, so as to give to every lieutenant from five to six hundred pensioners to pay and superintend, and to every captain from seven hundred to one thousand, so long as no call takes place. For the services of these men the officer merely pays them, but whenever any disturbance takes place, he calls out the more effective, amounting to about a third part of the whole number, and forthwith becomes their commandant, and takes to his aid such number of half-pay officers in the vicinity as the circum stances of the case require. The arrangement will give to government throughout the united kingdom an army of reserve equal to 20,000 men, who will cost nothing when the country is quiet, but will take up arms the instant that disturbances call for their services. DREADFUL AFFRAY.—The Patent Saw Mills, in this town, held under the firm of John Wilson and Co., have been the scene of a third tragedy, and the most melan choly in its results—the first was the assault on Mr. Wil son, by throwing vitriol into his face, for which offence four journeymen sawyers were transported for life—the second the stabbing of a recruit by Mr. Wilson, and the last, the murder of the present proprietor, Dr. Michael Quarry. For some time past, Dr. Quarry and his late Partner, Mr. John Wilson, have been at variance, which has led to assaults and law proceedings, Dr. Quarry keep ing possession of the Saw Mill concerns, and the timber store below, and Mr. Wil son o f a su it of rooms over the front of the Saw Mills. For some time past Mr. Roger B. Evans, auctioneer, has had an execution on the esta blishment for a debt due by Mr. Wilson, and three of the men in the employment of Dr. Quarry were special bai liffs in the attachment. Affrays have taken place between the men of Dr. Quarry and those of Mr. Wilson, who were keeping possession of the upper rooms, and the ma gistrates have been frequently engaged in hearing charges of assault, threats, and rescues for the last month. On Saturday, about two o'clock, Mr. Wilson left town on the Charleville coach, leaving two fellows named Carroll in charge of the rooms which he held, and after seven, Mr. George Foster Delany joined them. Shortly after eight o'clock Dr. Quarry and some men attempted to go up stairs to see if all was right, when the former was met near the top by Thomas Carroll, who opposed his going up, and a scuffle ensued, when Carroll called out to his brother Denis to bring a blunderbuss, which being done, he pre sented it at Dr. Quarry, but it missed fire ; he then caught it by th'e butt end, and struck the Doctor on the head and shoulders, by which he was knocked down the flight of stairs. Then Donoghue, one of the assistants of the Doctor, came up, but got a tremendous blow from a sharp instrument, which knocked him down, and rendered him for a time insensible; when he recovered he saw Carroll striking Dr. Quarry on the head with a " saw buckle." The rest of the party seeing the Doctor so brutally used made an attempt to go up, when Carroll fired down on them, but hit no one. Smith, the apprentice, went down to the office and brought up a large pistol, which he dis charged at Carroll without effect, when the fire from the top was quickly returned, but fortunately without effect. Crowds of persons were now collected outside the mill, attracted by the report of shots, and Dr. Quarry being brought down to the store, a messenger went to the King street station for the police, when constable Daniel Cud more went to the residence of Captain White, J. P., who immediately came to the mills with a party of the police force. Captain 'White, Cudmore, and O'Connell, then went up stairs, when they saw Thomas Carroll with a blunderbuss presented and loaded, and Dennis Carroll a sword in his hand, and Mr. Delany, all three of whom they arrested. Dr. Harris, who lives opposite, being sent for, came over, and at this time Dr. Quarry was quite sensible, remarking to Dr. Harris, that he feared he was very much injured, that his right arm was broken, and that his head was very painful ; be then desired himself to be placed on a bed, which being shortly done, he be came quite insensible, in which state he remained that night, and all Sunday, when he espied at seven o'clock. He has left a widow and five young children. An inquest was held on the following day, when the following verdict was returned, " We find that Dr. Michael Quarry came by his death on Saturday, the 4th November, 1813, in consequence of wounds inflicted by Thomas and Denis Carroll, George Forster Delaney being present, aiding and assisting thereat." These three persons were then handcuffed and sent to gaol, and Mr. John Wilson has also been arrested as an accessary before the fact, and sent to 13ridewell.—Cork. Paper. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD In a Convocation holden on Tuesday last, John Robert Kenyon, Esq., D.C.L., Fellow of All Souls' College, was unanimously elected Vinerian Professor of Common Law, in the room of the late Dr. Philip Williams, of New College. At the same time,-the Rev. Archibald Hamilton Duthie, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem. In the Congregation holden on Thursday last, the fol lowing degrees were conferred : MASTER OF ARTS.—Charles Manners Lushington, (Fellow-elect of All Souls' College,) Oriel. Rev. Wm. David Hall, Fellow of New College. In a Convocation holden in the afternoon of the same day, it was unanimously resolved to grant, out of the Uni versity Chest, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds to the National Fund in aid of the Establishment, and support of schools in the manufacturing and mining districts. CAMBRIDGE There is a rumour that his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on the resignation of the present Chancellor, his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, is to be Chancellor of the University. It isnot generally known to what cir cumstance the rumour owes its origin, but it gains cre dence throughout the University. The Rev. William Hodgson, D.D., and master of St. Peter's College, has been elected Vice-Ch a n c ellor for the ensuing year. On the occasion of resigning his office, the late Vice-Chancellor (the Rev. W. Whewell, 8.D.,) de livered a Latin oration in the Senate-house, congratula tory of the auspicious event which had just taken place, and eulogising the general conduct of the entire academic body on the occasion'of the Royal visit. At the congregation just held. the following degrees were conferred : DOCTOR OF DIVINITY.—Jacob Henry Brooke, Trinity College. MASTERS Or ARTS.—Charles John Bayley, Trinity College. Frederick Edward Long, King's College. Saml. Longhurst, Queen's College. Alfred Hudson Shadwell, St. John's College. Charles Griffith Smith, Clare Hall. Joseph Spence, Christ's College. BACHELOR OF ARTS.—James Gawen, Trinity College. BACHELOR IN MEDICINE.—Henry William Fuller, Caius College. THE NEW BISHOP.—The Rev. John Lonsdale, arch deacon of Middlesex, and preacher of Lincoln's Inn, is appointed Bishop of Lichfield. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., has been unanimously re-elected Lord Rector of Aberdeen University by the Senatus Academicus of that seat of learning. Dr. Robertson of Ellon has been appointed by the Crown to the Chair of Church History, in the University of Edinburgh. The Rev. Dr. has also been appointed to the office of Secretary to her Majesty's sole printers in Scotland. The emoluments of both offices are about £BOO a-year. The Rev. John Sinclair, Vicar of Kensington, Trea surer, and late Secretary to the National Society, and Cqaulain to the Bishop of London, is to succeed Arch deacon Lonsdale in the Archdeaconry of Middlesex. It is understood that Archdeacon Lonsdale will not resign the Preachership of Lincoln's-inn immediately on his promotion to the Episcopal Bench. MR. NEWMAN'S SUCCESSOR.—The Provost and Fel lows of Oriel College, Oxford, have presented the Rev. Mr. Eden to the vicarage of St. Mary-the-Virgin, Ox ford, with the chapelry of Littlemore annexed, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. H. Newman, B.D. This result (says the Oxford Chronicle) has not been obtained without hesitation, if not opposition, on the part of the Provost of Oriel, on the ground of Mr. Eden's adher ence to the new doctrines, and not until Mr. Eden had pro fessed his willingness to discontinue the advocacy of Tractarian opinions. RECTORSHIP OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—We have reason to believe that it is the intention of the conserva tive students in the University of Glasgow, who are now a very decided majority, to relieve Mr. Fox Maule from his duties as Lord Rector, and to replace him by that accomplished and popular nobleman, Lord Eglinton. We have no personal ill-feeling towards Mr. Maule, but we are certainly not called upo❑ to sympathise with that gentleman in his present erratic and extravagant course; and we, therefore, rejoice to hear that our young friends have resolved to read him a short practical lesson previ ously to the meeting of parliament.—Glasgow Courier. OPPOSITION TO TRACTARIANISM. — The lay address to the authorities of the University of Oxford, cn the state of that university, has recently received the follow ing signatures (among thousands of others), and will, we believe, shortly be presented to the Vice-Chancellor : His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Man chester, the Marquis Cholmondeley, Earls Grosvenor, Denbigh, Morton, and Cowper; Lords Hill, Kenyon, Combermere, Lifford, Feversham, Farnham, Chetwynd, Bernard, M.P., Bective, Sandon, M.P., Acheson, M.P., Ashley, M.P., Howard of Effingham, Henry Cholmonde ley, Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Baron Dimsdale ; Right Honourables F. Frankland Lewis, Sir Geo. Rose, M.P. ; Honourables Wm. Ashley, R. Maxwell, F. G. Calthorpe, Captain J. P. Maxwell, W. Cowper, M.P., Captain W. Waldegrave, S. R. Curzon, S. Maxwell, M.P., G. Ryder, M.P., and L. Kenyon ; Sirs T. Baring, J. R. Reid, G. Cowper, W. R. Farquhar, J. Chetwode, J. Gibbons, T. F. Buxton, D. Mackworth, S. 0. Gibbes, E. Beaumont, B. W. Bridges, add . Blomefield, Barts. ; Alderman Thompson, M.P.; Alderman Copeland, M.P. Messrs. 3. Masterman, A. Smith, W. Beckett, J. P. Plumptre, S. L. Fox, J. Hardy, W. Bagge, A. t.efrov, H. Sturt, W. Evans, J. C. Colquhoun, E. Shirley, J. Barneby, of Christ Church, and E. B. Farnham, M.P.'s, &c. REV. Mr. SIBTHORP.—On his return to our pure and apostolical communion, Mr. Sibthorp, according to my own judgement, ought to receive all kindness at the bands of his brethren. For my part, I honour him not a little on the moral fortitude and strength of mind which he has exhibited. In an evil hour, and under the evident beguilement of mere jesuitical sophistry, he rashly, be cause without sufficient inquiry, leagued himself with that mystery of iniquity, the great demonolatrous apos tacy. Many a man, when he fbund his error, would have been deterred, by a fear of personal ridicule, from ac knowledging his error : and thus an act, originally rashness, but persevered in against the voice of conscience, purely to preserve a miserable semblance of reallydishon est consistency, would have operated as a fearful snare to the inwardly convinced and enlightened soul But, to his credit and his own great gain, which is far better, so acted not our once erring brother. With a noble triumph over one of the strongest feelings of our proud though fallen nature, and with an honest disregard of consequences in whatsoever shape, he promptly retraced his steps, as soon as he practically found that Romish terms of com munion are idolatrous. Hence, for his conscientious fortitude, I honour our returning brother : and I verily believe, that his fall and resurgence will, through God's mercy, have produced greater benefit to the cause of Christian truth, than if he had never fallen. To the sore discomposure of the Romanists, as plainly revealed by their not quite prudent organ the Tablet, he has pro claimed aloud what he has really found the Church of Rome to be. " Thus has become extinguished," says the Tablet, " the brightest light that Puseyism has yet brought us." But, to proceed with what 1 deem the moral of this said extinction: henceforth, after the solemn practical warning given by Mr. Sibthorp, any per son, under whatever training, who shall apostatise to the Church of Rome, will have no excuse on the score of de lusion. He will rush into idolatry with his eyes wide open ; he will know, from the case of Mr. Sibthorp, that a de mand will be made upon him, as an indispensible term of communion, to fall down and worship a creature : he can no longer plead that he has been beguiled and misled by the eloquent plausibilities of Dr. Wiseman. Thus, by God's blessing, may good come out of evii ; and thus may the experimental testimony of Mr, Sibthorp act as a check to that strange and senseless monomania, which leads so many in the present day, by a marvellous hallu cination, to discover beauty in deformity,—Rev. J. S. Faber's Letter. THE SCOTCH CHURCH. The free kirk has chalked out England into 17 depart ments, and organised as many missions to visit them, and give the people full information respecting the principles and objects of the new secession.—Scotsman. The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry has instituted a proceeding before the sheriff of Dumfries-shire, against the Rev. Win. Brown Clark, formerly minister of Half morton, and now the Free Church Minister of Canonbie, for having trespassed on his lands in that township, by erecting a tent upon the Moss at Canonbie, for the wor ship of the adherents to the Free Church. THE COURT. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—On Thursday last, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales attained the second Saar of his age, having been born on the 9th November, 1811. Tns Duke and Duchess de Nemours arrived at Wool wich, on Monday, on a visit to her Majesty. The duchess is first cousin to Prince Albert--and the duke, as is well known, is the eldest surviving son of the King of the French. His Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux, who had intended to visit London about the 15th inst., has defer red his journey for some weeks, in consequence of the expected arrival of the Duke and Duchess de Nemours. His Royal Highness will take advantage of this circum stance to visit some of our manufacturing towns, making excursions from Alton Towers, the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury, which will, for the present, continue his head quarters. The East India Company, in reply to a letter from the Post-office, have stated that they are ready to take charge of a mail for India and China, to be forwarded by the Akbar from Suez to Bombay. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BLOW LP PREMISES WITH GUNPOWDER.—On Friday night another attempt, ari sing out of trade disputes, was made to blow up the pre mises of a manufacturer with gunpowder. About a quar ter to eleven o'clock, the inhabitants of the neighbour hood of Furnival,street were alarmed by a loud report, which turned out to proceed from the premises of Mr. Eadon, brace-bit manufacturer, an attempt having been made to blow up a workshop by means of a similar infer nal machine to the one by which the recent outrage at the Globe Works was perpetrated. The consequence of this explosion was, that considerable damage was done to the floor and walls of the shop by their being much shattered.—Sheffield Mercury. Nov. 14, 1 RAILWAY INTELLIGEN CE• iscaY ef op T en h e e d B o i n sho w p ,ed A n u e c s kp y n . d T an h d e d W ay e b a e r i d n a g le u nustie sieo . great public rejoicings were observed on t he Pees this • c cOr fi NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—The junction 0.,00,00,• paty with the Bolton and Preston Railwa 3l !" o bsit + has already had great influence on the value of it t s il v o los The market price of a £75 share in the Ne t. 00 1 line, was, a few weeks ago, £7O ; now they csl3 be obtained at £B2. rig peal' RAILWAY DISPUTES SETTLED. The = o 7' e bes• -r disputes between the North Midland and the Al eti n t to O a and Leeds Railway Companies, as to the PaYte°letico e oa made by the latter for the use of the Leeds settled also also as to the toll to Normanton, have been se terms satisfactory to both parties. Ratl BRGHTON RILAY.—The present Brig.- ti or k.l l ; mana l gement, if A we W credit all we h ea r, do ne t oired moniouslv ; neither is their system altog ether a ero us the general body of shareholders.. The ci n i u vrye el ea tr u., j a ro i r e foo l ro i oi ll; e, ters received relative to the irregularity of the ~"„001 the charges made of removal of trustworthy tbe the view (so it is alleged) of placing patronage.eh 0` posal of some of the directors, are matters wble serve attention at the next meeting. i peeti n i:i PARIS AND ROLES RAILWAY.-- -- A genera . 4 belt , o f a the o proprietors rding a n opopfo opportunity i e t s y in t o this e undertakingngis. the P tors , $ll the Clarendon-rooms, on Tuesday,, for the company's engineer, to attend and giv e arl e Y ets s e c t' t tion in their power, as to the state and PrnsP n dre_q,,,,, concern. The meeting was most nurnerouslY limbo ably attended. The chair was occupied bY Esq. Mr. Reid read the report, which was v e " It art; nous, but of an extremely gratifying character. ostitnaoli rnenced by recommending a change in the lialf-Yetifte of the company, with reference to the regular easel meetings in France. It is stated that it t tc h e ir sl oth f o t se be i f eebe t , have 200 shareholders, representing °Pe tal, in attendance, with the view of rendering n ay t s dog ings legal, but that adjournments had frequ e o t ba t re , resorted to in consequence of that numhe r d t herel ti t ild been present. Delay and inconvenience he 'OO O t he been caused. To remedy this defect, a r esola is to 0, be proposed at the approaching meeting in Pa o r ns t tit e of effect, that a general meeting should be legallY e s f o urth when one hundred proprietors, representing °lrj a . of fl a re othe attendance,capital, should a second o p n r present; e e n o t n ; v anden convention that, on sbi:uelieforr tors amountwithi a month, eoanotiht,alwrietphroeustenrteefde.renTcehetEo n ri g. n b r o p roat ie bf t iest iee beS were requested to support the resolution in . ;lectors P ast by sending proxies and otherwise. The - It , t , the t o proceeded to congratulate the shareholdersZotocene results, and the future prospects. At th r o e million s ` 0, in July, 1840, it was stated that the lin e ° o allis o i, completed in three years at a cost halfn filtleo; raised on 72,000 shares. at £2O each, ine l- 6 1 by beta half in France, and the balance being obte,.„ o hau,bare and it was gratifying now to state, that the 11- no t a it b, completed within three years; that there wes We d i a ir o o ° in arrear ; that every contractor had been s n e f outand that,of the a t f w te o r remained whieh wo a u balance lanc e " or 01 ` s oce e ro of; o f cessary purposes. These results placed 0 " bis t°r ibe Rouen Railway in a position un arralleled tip tm di ~ railways. The traffic account had been rea ue n j 45 3 0 0 r, th up o o f n S a e n pt a e v m e b ra e g r e ,:h 1 e 6, l 2 i 4 n 4 e i h r av p i e n r g d b a e s e r no l ' lo o During that period, 2,166,834 francs had beene had beeo The r hod es ; t 2 le B , r1 5 e8 , d0 7 7i 6 2n3t p of a r saasneonsg. contracte r s, h e the xo pr r e e tn c hs e ee i s p s t hu s apdp fr bl o ye rn en w s h n es ° r s l 5 b f a r r l t e i and the profits 1,309,888 francs. The direet°,ocote%og power, and expressed their belief, th: ft thh ; Ye a c al nilec° re v r e : l P in a e ris w w ou it i h d ftuhlelysreeaa,litsheethreeseuxlpteseotaftitohne Pe r ' s roll)? as' s of its P. f disc i A brie m o set The report was received with applause. tc oP sion then arose, in which Sir John EasthoPer,,,,,pbo, tbe Mr. Reid, Mr. Locke. the engineer, Mr• S 5 t° tbe part, touching the propriety of obtaining.o„eeoirigf goods' station at Paris, with the view of 0 t he traffic; and of lowering the fares, with the re afro° 3 e of creasing the number . of passengers. It liPPeabe coe r ' r eil , replies of Mr. Locke and Mr. Reid, that irl i t d seel l or es a few days or weeks, the goods' station vo, u , e r th, e , t be' n ati tt old ri l d :rah t nte h ht a iar t glewmoowheuiedsl lowering n t t hegmeorrfe. vicinityw tßh a ee s imd n o o safal o oi pdbnajgter, he might oliwil t t o aosive l e ° dn i ttibuuei b rr e t vig f t u c,o : ll:6lo a tbefifirt b ridee e r that the dividend to be made at the aaPr c l rico $ are' meeting would be somewhere near twelve I st reee e , g bt which added to three and a half francs .' ll , A O' would make 151 francs a share, or so et per cent.—Mr. Mozlev, seconded by xr , f tbe which was w m a n s v a e g d re th ed e atod,op-atnidonthaendinceiertcinuglatsione r ° ate d. to o f d 996e 4 113 The usual average return of the liabilitiesta 0 the iy eti the Bank of England, embracing the Peri"! ,Tusil e i g „b 0. l i g o f TAhuagtust the average tl' e 4t 1: f theNlo3 weMember,eks e n b u oll 1) le . /4 1 , o' the following results, viz.: ~,, the '` l 3 Wee vember, as compared with the aver a g e 44, ft Of t 1 000 ending the 12th of August, shows — .• • 238,° 0 ° 0 0 ° A decrease in the circulation of.. ...... ••• • • ,il3 , A decrease in the deposits 0f.......• • • • ~• •• • :: ° d ijtiel Anud.haenreinfocrreeaisteaipnpetahresstthoactk tohfebduelcliroenasoe'ii;sibienlit;triot:" is £282,000, and this represents the decrelie 4tb t he vtbe, quantity of money in the 13 weeks enking o diog t r ., of t b vember, as compared with the 13 weVnistrati°- of of August, in so far as regards the au r°— ~e r oge n t currency by the Bank of England. __The 9"-go e° of The yearly comparison is as follows' 043." ytll - the 13 weeks ending the 4th of November, tbe ~ en 7 , •41 pared with the average of the 13 weeks - 58'0 November, 1812, shows— •• • 9 06 'ne A decrease in the circulation of.. •• • . 1 '3 9 v ••• 2, i l tie s An increase in the deposits of • • ••• • * •• .. • • lie t o ts An increase in the stock of bullion of • • "i • r , the "ibe t "lo , Wherefore it appears that the increase ase in o f is,., the ic e re t, 4tb. g I P is £1,319,000, and this represents . the die 6 . 0.• quantity of money in the 13 weeks endinge eks ea dO3 lO vember, 1843, as compared with the 13 w d , the 9 sth of November, 1842, in so far as reggjod• tration of the currency by the Ban k of ''•'.. BANK OF ENGLAND cel F ebrate some time p known encooorwi Shortly a s p y li b s ef e ir , e RACE FOR ONE II uiv nit ero be s t i f f°' :e V "' — ' --L-.. =3tachs____________------" ~, off h the American Deer. It waste 0 00 ° r deP g ` on Tuesday Beehive sh Tavern, near the Surrey Zoolqoede tbletioor pearance, the betting, however, was &clu e rod, rvapeer of Byrom, and at 4 o'clock coin tne '0 su been taking the lead, the race ~b o r 1 hod ~ which he kept consideris,stoee Roe Pa., until nearly three-fourths of the wholefuldailofbat a,,els tronyrnic oft he American Deer, boo ° 'l ac e r 20 9,,e mal wit . , h the greatest agility, until he °"" ists - ? sing his opponent, and winning by t ea r nib abed a od , i ' . competitors ran twice round theirsl toiriAatoli;ta"- being a mile, which was performed ' 11, an " goo lift *l l 6 friends and the w4hen seconds by the winner. Both men rso W e e in so lit t e , standing the swiftnegs of their pace, were Wa s , 10 03 and but l'ttl d• -i e 'stressed—the American his task affected as to ting " T he appear capable of repea --- diately. 11 5 ' alt 0 a , A THOUSAND „ i n ~ ar le. d b, MILES IN A THOVSh." s ae- oo- • 5 termination of this match, s hould jar e ne i s ittl % ce bl e Tigser, perform the task,Q of wh i c h the r e 0 0 1 4 6 0 will take place on Sunday • 1 t but t° w ill s" coa Y aY n i g ' ' cv he ill itca io• to walk till Monday .when a' band of rae, in IS ' t . e . 0 9 pany him, to and fro, from the ShalPatber Otteio I; lane, Leeds, and the Peacock, which is r c aple' I ,be o il te a mile distant. In the minds of some InaptP of ' t s ve a y gined that the pedestrian has e vaded b; b° striete, allotted to him during the silence of olits b een st tit e, assured from the best authority, that be “ et ie ra t e h e is t, watched both day and night . 1)Y t he ilng on ',oos tl i,'B s rested. and who have heav - sums deP en levious. -- d U. ',be We have made some in tiiilles into the r br irig,° 3 o ot " e i, tional habits of Searle, grind find that h l t s he CO E ,' eltli e• e , been of a description little superior to tareil,,,er f 4 back regions of the Cape of Good floPieliar in 0: 1 ; s ble v encing the comforts of a bed, and floe is e i 0 spects with every hardship the hum an 110W'll'id' enduring.—Leeds paper. , , The !° 6u r i Si DINNER ON LORD MAY .1-,A": „. dine.' -a 0 1 - e y a copy of the general bill of fare, at. the toree„,bet,.. hall, London, on Lord Mayor's day • ttles of soctiero, ut!, turtle (containingN 200 b ° a OYS 5 , 5 !", dishes 5 pints each!, _ rko ys an, o poe .7 of fish, 30 entrées, 4 boiled to 6 ditto tol oteoP f, 5 roast pullets, 60 dishes of fowls, 4 (oenarae f b ee 0, French pies, 60 pigeon pies, 53 hau ls (barn baro ns : rdifea tongues, 2 quarters of house lamb', , s sirloio o ; n os _,? rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps of beet, d i s hes _l,,,rovi a ;), and ribs of beef, 6 dishes of asparags;,u,v4 it Trteaguie!„,/j and other potatoes, 44 ditto of shell'fi o _, ta rts (`', 8 10n r 0 140 jellies, 50 blancrnanges, 40 dishes u` 4o do. 0 ; p ies , o 0 30 do. of orange and other tour!es, If octio e eret 'of dis hes 6le • bes pastry, 20 Chantilly baskets, 60 ke ys, 1 5 dIS frOt ° salads. The Removes. -80 roast turtri dges , les. i , ice pheasants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of W ow p i n e all o , c o a , public o'clock a oc fi afternoont his oi ßs esn i bY nce r p e o : e rr otn i n o r : pvpe e p e a e d e te n t ei n e d r it ih dS occi r r : '‘i r : s. nsile.v, g . _t irj,:, so: i g i cii ec 01 liked cikayti v s: od e it 6 01 , ri. , 1 j i so :e t i. 6 o°°' e rvt o pr t ot ,t : 0 i t br e ,: os 6 ,01 1 : : e y r c c i . _ I t. es ror . i ..., , e 0 ' is .t ppr i r g e o s tio0 . 0; wild fowl, 2 pea fowls. Dessert. --1° e gral' e '6O 'a r id 2 to 31b. each, 200 dishes of hothous _, pscs! of ti al to creams. 50 dishes of apples, 100 ditto o fio d ie tt r, 6 0 i o f rfuri route u a t n e d a reserves, scehriviless,, 4560titiltittot ditto o f rnented Savoy cakes, 75 plates of uteri %jog tier, SPEEDY RECOVERY OF STOLL'S charged' S d A l b fil l calling himself Richard Garth, wag no tes , o n t Oar' lb, on Wednesday, with stealing XSS in e go ber, t he!! „ e ot in gold and silver, from the personnolaPPeare'at dineiing. innkeeper, at Bolton -le-Sands. lodging ben ts ot prisoner had been for some time Past s, soi l t b y 0 0e his inns in the north, under false nrete,ogniseu, 0°1306. French leave. Having been rF.; be 161;,:ben „ace his victims, in the Lancaster tral.",i'stodYc 0 , he 5 0$ arrival at Preston, given into ; h i s Mo n _ 'aigbY a er 10s. was found upon hiro• Of liospecto: the prisooer so unsatisfactory an account whichthat tow n the the °'ll,ier sent to Lancaster and Kendal. to disco s ' Lane? ja% had recently visited, to endeavour d between,,,,ot JO ° in were ,- I b e ba d a and Bolton-le-Sand., Garth a nd Pathief, vow a be ot , at a furious rate, in' pursuit oft o: n - day l a st, sci t „.., e ad e ° ° J O of the stolen property. On the r . oa wife 1 n bau h 0 company with the former on M ' . r • elearlY '''' Os a , f b rparneil stolen the money. The case was se ? fo r t rish „,,,to 0 where he had been on TuesdaY, 0 ° ''' l9 and the prisoner was fully coramittetor ',', from Ks did not miss the money till he tett tionee.",n,ioe..-_ 4 , tP, , ou.r",,ooter ' O 6 Si . rather odd coincidence, lie went back t 'Ag"tbitber'stole; same carriage with Rigby , wh n wns goner of tbehe eras ready mentioned, in seal ch of the owla _ e as t cash. The prisoner has given the same' _ITs, theft. secutor, which is sunnosed to bet ticinriorotticir perfect strangers to each other.--Pesto I ‘, ov. tt it R D , ~b oP ea,Tile 4 e c o ': in th 'oh cb s ? er 41444 eqUest 4it • r t gleata 114 )V t l . of oberii6el k To