The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-24 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON MONDAY EvENING, SEPTEMBER 24 18 5 5
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LORD STANLEY IN TIPPERARY. , but I can state he is just as much acquainted with the of Lieutenant Wood, remembered being in the gun e 7th, and was maintained throughout the day; the fire should be defined more particularly than by being de- f
circumstances of each tenant on his estate as though he room on the afternoon of the 15th with the prisoner. was recommenced yesterday morning with increased vi- scribed as lying north and south of particular lines. I--
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resided here permanently among them. (Cheers.) Neither While there prisoner pushed him (witness), but did not goer, preparatory to an assault to he made by our Allies The COMMISSIONER said he had no objection whatever 1 I'IN BANKS, ,
PANT ES' STOCK .
DUBLIN, Saturday Morning.-The son and heir he nor I can ever forget that maxim which ought to be strike him.. On the same afternoon LieutenahtW. Wood on the Malakhoff, and subsequently by ourselves on the to define thentihby the
hnacffiees of
shouldthe streets,i,er in what- I
f the Earl of Derby has just made his first public written in characters of gold over the door of every land- did not strike him and knock him over two chairs Redan.l
oFrom the o.,ficial List. 1
appearance before an Irish audience, and the ha- lord, and particularly. of every Irish landlord- pro. captain's cabin. Had written no letter to the commas- 2. At noon the French were observed to start en masse After a short discussion it was agreed to define the ' F
perty has its duties as well as its rights." (Tremendous der-in.chief requesting an investigation into Lieutenant from their trenches and possess themselves in gallant wards as follows :- PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. ' S
preesion created by his debut has been highly fa-
Wood's conduct towards him. Witness was about to style of the Malakhoff Battery, on which the tricolor Ward No. 1, or South Ward.-So much of the parish ''l
vourable. On Thursday his lordship attended the applause.) . LONDON, FRIDAY, Sere. 21, 1855.
mention something that had been done concerning a let- flag was hoisted and the imperial eagles planted within as lies north of a line commencing at the cast boundary
meeting of the Agricultural Society of Tipperary ter in Lieut. Knight's cabin, when ten minutes of their quitting their trenches, of the parish adjoining the parish of Lambeth in the hbeh GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Union, and on the same evening presided at the Naval and Military Intelligence.
The President observed that evidence concerning any 3. The French flag was no sooner displayed on the road leading•to London over St. Siloath district church,
so Dividend ,Amount
dinner of the association. His lordship's speech letter would not he evidence to any of the charges, and maianhoff than our storming party issued from their running westerly along the centre of the said road and Name of Company. per I of Paid. Price.
upon the occasion does not altogether satisfy the The Powerful, 84, Capt. T. L. Massie, returned to
the question was withdrawn by the prosecutor. ,
trenches and assailed the salient angle of the Redan but the centres of High-street and the old Brighton-road to Annum. 1 Shale.
Witness did not recollect that Lieut. Wood called him the enemy were by that time prepared to meet them, the south-west boundary to the parish of Streatham, and
popular press, strong objection being taken to his Spithead from Malta (whither she recently conveyed
stores) yesterday with 23 naval invalids. She sailed
by any foul name on the occasion in the gun-room. Did and as the supporting party advanced a heavy fire of thence by the boundary of the parish next tho parishes British ••••••.• •• •• ~X s. d. X s. d. I -
1 _ , -
declaration of hostility to small holdings of land, as
from M.alta on the 15th ult. The Emeu steam-transport
hear prisoner once or twice call him by a foul name, grape and canister was opened on them, in spite of aof Streatham and Battersea to the west boundary of the Ditto Provincial -•• 71. ;20 o o 20 00, 20
inconsistent with the progress of agricultural pros-
left Spithead yesterday morning for Plymouth to receive
John Tomlin. private in the Royal Marines, was brisk fire kept up from our batteries on all parts of the parish at or bear the bridge in Nightingale-lane Brighton •.• •• •.. ••• •• ~ N. ;20 o 0 2,, 0 o Is
ceity of London ...... 4/. Os. ;100 0 0 150 0 0 -
perity. On the other hand, warm approval is ac-
troops for the East. The Saldanha and Great Tasmania
sentry at the ca'p'tain 's cabin on SeaturdaY, the 15th inst. Redan not assailed, a 3 well as on the flanking batteries. No 2, or South Ward-So much of the parisl; as lies
corded to other portions of the speech, such as his
transports embarked the head-quarters of the Berkshireontinental (4th Cap.) . - tO 00200 0 , - I
Opened the door to let in Lieut. Wood. Truel, the last 4. After maintaining the footing they bad gained for south.of the said line. Equitable •••••.. •• •• 21. 103. 150 0 0 all 35
adoption of the celebrated maxim respecting the Militia (380 in the former and 150 in the latter) at Ports-
witness, was just inside. As Lieut. Wood went in he some time, our troops were obliged to retire, tithe killed In reply to a question, iireat Central .. --• 8/ per cent. 'lO 0 0 all 10
rights and duties of property, as well as his vindi- mouth doekyard on Saturday. The Saldanha sailed the
struck Truel on the side, near the hip. Could not tell and wounded left on the ground sufficiently testifying The COMMISSIONER said that this parish and others Imperial --•• .• - I°/'& "aua'' 50 ° ° all l4B3'‘'
cation of the zeal and industry of the general body same evening, nd the Great Tasmania yesterday morn-
whether the blow was given with the open hand or the how gallantly they had fought. situated at some distance from the metropolis would Independent .......•• 51. ,43 0 0 -
of the hard-working Irish peasantry. The Vindi- ing, the latter putting in at Plymouth to embark an-
clenched fist. Heard no expressions fall from prisoner's 5. The fire from our batteries was kept up until dark, under the new act, which legislated in respect of the London.• .. .••• • •• _ 'to 0 0
1)0., Part.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 P 1 -
cator contains an ample report of the day's proceed- other_ regiment. The Rosamond steam-sloop, Corn-
lips at the time. Saw True' fall face downwards on two and at about eleven o'clock the enemy evacuated the sewers' rate; be most materially benefitted. In the first Peeix.••..• • •• •• .. 4i. per cent. 'GO fi 0 52 e
0 30%
ings, all of which, under the auspices of the noble mender Crofton, returned to Spithead from Lisbon on
chairs, then closed the doors, and saw no more till Truel Redan, after having fired a train that exploded the instance it would be compulsory on those who built small iitaileliff .. •• ... •• ... • 51. 100 0016 0 0 10
lord, passed off with more than ordinary eclat. In Saturday afternoon. The Emma Eugenie freight- ship
chaimm.e out with his hand to his side, and said it had hurt magazines. T lited General .... •• 2/. 103. ;50 0 0 all 'lO4
houses to drain them effectually, and in the outlying Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. ' 50 0 0 50%
, 1 1
Heard no altercation between them. Did not 6. This morning's light showed how successful and parishes, if sewers were constructed in a particular part of Ditto, New ........ - 150 0 0 10 • 0 9%
the absence at the dinner of the clergy of all per- went into Portsmouth harbour ye. sterday morningto
disembark. the recruits for the British German Legion .
think the blow was given by the prisoner in anger. complete had been the victory gained by the allied the parish where they were required, that portion of the
suasions, his lordship said grace, and having given
whom she brought from Halifax.WATEß-WORKS.
Rather believed that it was accidental, forces. parish would alone be rated, and persons residing in any
" the Health of the Royal Family," introduced
The three following screw steam-transports have ar- Samuel Hymen, gun-room steward, of the Castor, 7. The enemy bad evacuated all their positions on the other part of theparish would not, present, be
the toast of "the Army and Navy " with the fol-
rived at the Woolwich Arsenal, from Deptford, for the ~ Lieutenant
not
side harbour _ . , e as at
Baia
lowing remarks :- purpose of embarking ordnance and military stores for
in the gunroom oi the 15th. True' appeared to be Paul, and dockyard, were in flames, and their line-of- A vote of thanks to the commissioner for his courtesy
"They could not but admire the bravery which had the Crimea-namely, the Vedra, the Saxon, No. 212,
hurt. Heard no disgusting language from the Prisoner, battle ships had been sunk in the positions they were in listening to the suggestions of the parish officers and
and the Prince Arthur, No. 85. A captain and coma- I X s. d. £ s. d.
distinguished their arms in the marvellous struggle m
Truel at the time was taking off the prisoner's shoes. last seen in when :it anchor. the ability he had shown in dividing the parish, was East London
the Crimea-(cheers)-and, as that was the anniversary of piny of the Turkish Contingent will take passage out on
He was long about it, and the lieutenant gave him a 8. The conduct of the officers and men of the brigade unanimously agreed to ; and, as far as the parish of Clap- Grand Junction .... - . 4'. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 70
the battle of the Alma-(cheers)-it was an occasion on board the Regina, now shipping stores with all despatchKent.....• - een,
shove. When he got up Truel held his side, and Lieut. under my command Las been such as to continue to ham is concerned, nothing now remains to be done but
which they were particularly called on to rejoice for the for that corps in the East. Lambeth. - 'lOO 0 0 -
Wood laughed at him, and he (True') walked out of the merit the high opinion you have been pleased to express to transmit the return of the commissioner to the Home- New River Company - . 2L 10s.
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success of their achievements in the contest with Russia. The paddle-wheel steamer Dee, 704 tons, Master- 1 - - -
room. of them. office. Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cut. IWO 0 0 - 89%
He had seen that General Pelissier-Marshal Pelissier- Commander T. C. Pullen, arrived at Woolwich on Fri- e. I have the honour to enclose a list of casualties for West Middlesex •• • 5/. per cent. 161 0 0 - 91
. The case for the prosecution was now closed. -
(cheers)-when he got command of the French arrey in day, and was on Saturday morning taken into basin to un-
The Prisoner asked until Monday to prepare his the 7th and Bth.-I am, &c., LIMEHOUSE. BRIDGES.
the Crimea, was said to have been descended 'from load her cargo, consisting of 5,000 feet of mahogany
defence, and the court was adjourned until that day. (Signed) HENRY KEPPEL,
an Irish family-(loud applause)-and that his grand- from Plymouth. As soon as dischargedishe is to be re-
It is expected that when this trial shall be concluded, Captain Commanding Royal Naval Brigade. Mr. A. PULLING, one of the commissioners appointed
to carry out the provisions of the the Mnge- Name of Company. Dividend Amount .
father was Palliser, a Limerick man. (More applause.) Lieutenant Knight will be tried for quitting the ship Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, per of Paid. Price
Was genuine or not laden with machinery, and return to the above port..
On Saturday morning a company of five Russian de- without leave. e . merit Act as respects the division of the parishes into Annum. Share.
He did not know whether the story
Bart., inc., Commander-in-Chief.
-whether real or a flight of the imagination ; but this serters was escorted into Woolwich dockyard from wards, met the authorities of Limehouse on Saturday at
he did know, that the French army had done its duty . A LIST OF CASUALTIES llee THE BOYAR NAVAL the Town-hall. There were present the vestry-clerk, Hun Xs.d.4 8. d.
. Y Sheerness, in charge of a sergeant of the Royal Marines, 7,erford .... •• • .... - - - 12
as well as the British army, and that to the entire Bri-OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM REAR- BRIGADE, FOE. THE 7eu AND Ben SEPT., 1855. Mr. A. A. Walter, Messrs. Skillet, Linton, Paul, Sal- Southwark .. - r 0 o o - -
to be received on board the Fisgard receiving-ship, fora WOUNDED. 5
tish army Ireland contributed her share of those dis- passage to Constantinople, to join the Foreign Legion. ADMIRAL LYONS. SEPT. 7. losTv,hTe ucsoolni,mtes.ioNEß,
having opened the proceedings,
'oiler, the V E t.'
T RenaYneittCsi
tatLlF:ioeflorKeer Ditto New of 7% p.c. 17. per cent. .i 0 0 -
Waterloo• • - 1100 0 0 - -
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tinguished heroes who would have the satisfaction of They are enthusiastic in expressing their satisfaction at -.0 Wm. Skinner, Ord., Queen, severely
=elthteh:tes:'7l:leitil:eitezpneiatetisthheeaZallr=vheeotil. Ditto 01,i Ann. of 87. 17. 14s. 80. 60 0 0 - 32%
seeing their flag wave over the ruins of that which had the treatment they receive in their newly-adopted ( From a Supplement to Fridays Gazette. ) Wm. T. Goading, Ord, London, severely Ditto. NW ditto of 71. 11, 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - 28
been Sebastopol. (Loud cheers.) country, and confess that they had no reluctance in quit- ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 22. John Watts, Ord., London, slightly 965. 70 10 3 - 21%
" Captain DAWSON having responded, ting Russia, where their monthly pay was only ls. sd. John Buckley, Ord., London, slightly of persons rated as householders would be below that re-
" The noble CHAIRMAN said that in rising to propose The mortar-vessels Mandey, Mr. John Bosanquet, Despatches, of which the following are copies, have , Ord.,
John Gordon Queen, slightly quired by the act for the division, but various questions Vauxhall ..
DOCKS.
that toast which might be emphatically designated the had arisen with respect to the compounds, and in some Dividend Amount
boatswain, commander, and the Prompt, Mr. Ford, also been received from Rear-Admiral sir Edmund Lyons, John Carmichael, Ord., Rodney, slightly
KILLED.
insertedknueibtte
under
d ino: theel
houses
highway rate
n:.ee h,O
relating
1 bookls,g3 twon cs: Tape. I otherptadov7h raten,
aat:
dl3::2:6hk, so,
toast of the evening, he felt solicitous to claim at their boatswain, commander, arrived at Sheerness on Saturday G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and it bad been found that the tenants' names had been in
hands some indulgence •; for though it had been his for- afternoon from the Baltic. They have been ordered into vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. SEPT. B.Name of Company.
Annum. Share.
James Carnes, Captain Maintop, Albion X s. d. X s. d.
tune to address elsewhere meetings as numerous and the Basin for the purpose of landing their damaged mor- Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, Sept. 10. WOUNDED.
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almost as respectable as that which he had then the ho- tars. Sir,-Of the operations on shore, which have produced James Awiten, A. 8., Leander, mortally. observed that hy tbe Registrar-General's returns the Commercial .......... 5/. pr cent. Stock. Stock.
East and West India.. 62. pr cent. Stock. - -
nour to appear before-and that it was numerous and The Urgent, iron screw steam-storeship, Commander - -
respectable he was rejoiced to perceive-and although Phillips, is ordered to proceed to Portsmouth as early as the successful result of the singular and memorable siege Michael Collings, A. 8., Albioc, dangerously (since
dead) he thought sufficient doubt existed to justify him in
. holdingsaoTauh should
officersevbetfu;Rblj,lthei meeting.ccAlLyitEnspßi
tiK:afdti
ad: intyy, :go gen° teh:y en s i
thatrn
calculations eoo fft tot
gone
ufipitir: parish stselas East and
London .• •• • .•••• • . 51. pr cent. Atock. - -
a
he had been connected with their country not only by possible provided all goes well with her machinery on of Sebastopol, her Majesty's Government will be informed Lieut. H. L. A. L. Maitland, Albion, severely. Ditto Bonds •• •• - - -
St. Katnarine - S 5
, the ties of property, but by occasional residence among her trial trip, which is to take place today. Mr. Geo. by General Simpson ; but it is my duty to report to the Mr. Gordon C. Sinclair, Acting lelate, Wasp, severely outhampton .•
them-(cheers, and cries of `You are welcome)-still it Hargood Wells, master's-assistant (late of the Calypso), Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty what has taken Robert Hillier, A. 8., Queen, severely Victoria -
did so happen that he then rose for the first time to ad- took up his appointment to this vessel on Saturday, and Roger O'Brien, A. 8., Queen, severely
lace afloat and on the seaboard under my own observe-
o
Njaesorugneda,t!ztizttL:fthle:apral:a Parliament---vtotofigr:ko one of N
dress a public meeting at this side of the Channel. They joined. The Urgent has at present more than 40,000 P John W. Matthews, Captain Maintop, Queen, severely JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
were celebrating the first anniversary of the Tipperary rations of dry provisions in her store-rooms. tion. Lieutenant W. D. D. Selby, Queen, slightly
Mr. F. R. Llewellyn Second Master, Queen, slightly
in the rector and churchwardens, with an open vestry. Dividend Amount
Farming Society; and when he stated that, he might ache Orders have arrived at the General Hospital, Chatham, It had been arranged by Generals Simpson and Pelis-
Mr. W. V. E. Reynolds, Assistant-Surgeon, Niger, ... ame of Company.
Thequal
ipfiaevdi paving %tvhaes underposs o stsliloenc oonftrporl
re
rBt
y 4 commissioners,to the valo ot ---- - per of Paid. Price.
that they did not come into collision with any existing for Acting Aseistant.Surgeon Atkinson and Acting As- sier, Admiral Bruit and myself, that precisely at noon slightly Annum. Share.
society whatever. There was, some 15 or 20 years ago, a sistant-Surgeon Brown to hold themselves in readiness on the Bth instant the allied fleets should open fire upon Alfred Cogger, A. 8., London, slightly
small association established for the same purposes as to embark at Portsmouth on board the hospital-trans-
the Quarantine Batteries that enfiladed the approach William Bartlett, A. 8.. Rodney, slightly eustraiasia........... 1207. per cent. 4.0 Bei do. 4 ail d.
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those for which the present society had been formed. It Michael Fitzgerald, A. 8., Rodney, slightly 1,0001. in the parish, such parts of the parish only British North American ' Cl. per cent. 50 0 0 „ 69
Pert Great Tasmania, which takes militia for Corfu and
of the assaulting columns ; but unfortunately the wee-
confined to two or three properties-the area it em- Malta; and Acting Assistant-Surgeon Griffin and Act- Matthew Rouse, A. 8., Albion, slightly beingexisted r rated asan availedaet termedthemselves
a e conjunct
et
th the
act,a
for; and
llighting,
htthi
ne there Commercial of London. llOLper cent. ,100 0 0 20 0 0 -
braced was too narrow, its income, too, was small ; and. ing Assistant-Surgeon Moffat will proceed to the Cri- then, which had been fine for some days, changed on the John Warden, A.B. Albion, 51ight1y211?annia.t.............. :: , r 1: %err
cent.cent. , 19,9) . g 0
2255
(0) 00 _
it was found that year after, year the same persons gained mea. They are to embark at Southampton to-day. morning of the attack, and a north-west gale and heavy John Turk, A. 8., Rodney, slightly
William Carter A B London, slightly cleansing, and repairing the highways, under trustees eneeenal:.. .1z...07A..u5. , p - 20 0 o all o Tea
elected by the ve,,try, on a 5001. qualification, or a ratal London anti County •• I 10'. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -'
the same prizes, and therefore it did not hold out an ia- sea rendered it impossible for any vessels to act upon
to Ihnerzloyr otfo2(t)1/1.e p ecrzinzi
The order for the Medical Staff Corpse to the number
aonan and evestminstr ;14/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 44%
ducement to others to enter into competition, and the eon- of 180, of all ranks, who were to leave Chatham on Fri- John Naye, A 13 Leander,•. slfehtly "
batteries situated on the lee shore of this exposed road- Barney Quin, .0,:a., Diamond, 'slightly
sequence was it died a natural death. Then came the hard day, is countermanded. They will not now leave until
stead. It will however a ear b the enclosed re orts • CONTUSED. London -Joint-Stock ... ;121. per cent. Si) 0 0 10 0 0 32%
Provincial of Ireland.. 1,8 L per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 53/
N.fgctir,fiNone.i.a.,;(i....... ' 86f.di,ieerr cent.ceit. 15g 00 00
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times-those times of trouble and distress which they to day, ' '" y p Jose principleweuinogruet:hl
entered
e tud:
ino ppt•othouern.(riraeatdte.e,
htoliknn,daeatnro names
theircl foV the
theouavtvl
said that the conjunct rate was made out on the same
day, when they will proceed to Southampton to em- ph Dead A. 8., Leander, severely .
never could forget, and of which they prayed there bark on board the steam-ship Queen of Cho South for from Captain Wilcox, of the Olin, and Captain Digby,
Thomas Oates,' Captain Foretop, Rodney, slightly Nat. Provincial of Eng. 82. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
might never be
.a recurrence. (Hear, hear.) Thoee Scutari. This force will consist of stewards, assistant- of the Royal Marine Artillery (whom, as well as the William Crowurst, Ord., Queen, slightlyDitte, New .. •• •••• , V r cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
times brought a change not only in the ownership, but stewards, wardmasters, assistant-wardneasters, cooks, junior officers mentioned by them, I beg leave particu- Thomas Reeves, Gunner's Mate, Albion, slightlyOrientiU Bank Corpora. B'. Peet&bs. 25 0 0 all -
was a power of composition given for pro
compound,etyunbduert suronuitoli: Ao
fusLtroauldi
London
.ii
.. ... '
21: pp. cert . &cebnst.. 2550 00
in the occupation of the soil-a change of which they washerwomen, barbers, and medical orderlies. '1 hey have Earl . recommend 70
yto namend to the favourable consideration of (Signed) HENRY KEPPEL, Captain. Union of Australia.... 30'. per cent. 25
_0 0
0 102 1070' 0 -
had witnessed the commencement, but the ultimate re- been under training at the different hoepitals in Chatham 20/., or let for weekly or monthly terms, and power was
given to rate the landlord if he refused to p
sult of which it was impossible yet to see. (Hear.) He Garrison for some time, and the whole of them are pro- their lordships), that the mortar vessels attached to the _ _Ditto .............. 3)1. per cent.
0 nee
believed it to be the inauguration of a new era for Ire- flounced sufficient to take the duties required in hospital. fleets kept up a very effective fire from their position in in this parish the landlords compouuded voluntarily. Union of Madrid ...••
METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. The ratebooks were then produced, when it was found 40 0 0 all -
land ; and he was desirous, as they were all, that anyan- The depot of the 72d Regiment of Highlanders marched the Bay of Strelitzka,
tage should be takea in that neighbourhood of the op- on Friday from Fermoy to Queenstown to await the arri. As the day closed, things in the harbour seemed to be - that the total number of assessments was 3,387, the ., CANALS.
portunity for the improvement of agriculture. (Cheers.) val of a transport for conveyance to Edinburgh. The in the same state as they were in the morning, but, ISLINGTON. number of compounders who were non-resident 465, and
_., ,
The first question they proposed to themselves in the depot of the 82d Regiment, stationed in Stirling Castle, during the night, several heavy explosions were heard, Mr. A. .1. Wood, assessor, attended at the vestry- the number of rated householders 1,036. • Dividend
Names of El Dividend Names of Z 3 „„i.
formation of their society, theu, was this-What eetent is expected to arrive in Cork this week to replace it. A and at dawn we observed that the fortifications on the
composition
i\ir.
t i N T
owNarsepl givenied tuhnadtetrhtehree Paving i nogo
tA, . te- Price
The COMMISSIONER inquired whether any power of Companies. 14 per Companies. 4 AIL= Price.
room adjoining the parish church of Islington, to appor- H Annum. iz ,
of country should be brought within the operation of the large draught of the 72d will remain in Fermoy for de• south side were in flames, and that the six remaining
cbtnt no ques- _______.
society? There were some who conceived that it should parture to the Crimea. ships-of-the-line had been sunk at their moorings, leav- tion the number of vestrymen among the eight wards I X !
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embrace the whole county, or at least ono riding of it. in afloat no more of the late Russian Black Sea Fleet into which that parish had been divided. tion could arise upon that, as the Paving Act was only Ashtn &Oldhl 98 71. P. ete 139 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51%
Barnsley.... 100 - I - Ecath ...... 100 161. -
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It was thought that this would have been advantageous than two dismasted corvettes and nine steamers, most of There being no objection raised to the division which applied in about two-sevenths of the parish, and, that
lirknk&Abrg 150, 4L - Oxford.. •• .. 100 - 110
i 1 procuring a niore extended ratrenage, in gettiee in COURT-3IARTIAL ON LIEUT. C. O. WOOD, which are very small, e the assessor bad made of the parish, the attendance was being the best portion of the town, the whole of the Birmingham 40 4/. 93 Peak Forest. 78 5/. Os. 86
more subscriptions, in causing an increase in the 'nem- OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CASTOR. Soon afterwards the enemy were seen retreating tenants were rated, and their names appeared accord- Coventry.... 'loo' 25/. - Regent's.... 30 I/ 14%
exclusive] confined to the officials, whose assistance was
y
hers, and in attracting towards the society more general 4111, across the newly constructed bridge, until the south side ingly, and were taken into account in the 1,036. Derby .- - 'lOO 67. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11, 10s. GO
public notice. But against these considerations they DEVONFORT, Saturday. -A court assembled on board of the harbour, on which the naval and military arsenals, required fora pportioning the vestrymen. The COMMISSIONER remarked that in a case a few days Elismre&Chs" 69 2% p. ct. - Soinrset Coal 140, - -
GrandJunetn 100 31. pr. ct. 40 Do. Lk Fd-,t 121 - -
had others which prevailed, and they came to the reso- her Majesty's ship Impregnable, in Hamoaze, this morn- the public buildings, and the town of Sebastopol are The returns made by the collectors presented the fol- ago as many as 1,090 persons' names appeared on the Do., 6 pr. Ct.! 10 61. pr. ct. 12% Stftrd &Wore lio ' 281. 425
lutiou of limiting the area of the society to the union of ing, composed of the following officers :-Rear Admiral situated, appeared to be completely evacuated, and then lowing results :- highway ratebook which did not appear on the poor-rate, Brand P',,t'i•ey 100' -11.
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.Tirowsbury..l i 251 - -
_ ~,tecivtierrbilr,ildny.. i 1451 12/. 290
Tipperary, and of basing it on those rules which, while Sir J. Plumridge, K.C.B. ; Captain Kingcorne, Royal the southern portion of the bridge was hauled over to Persons rated. Rateable value. and asked the vestry-clerk whether he was prepared to itiLV
s:,:= 100, 1 0
3) 61. Osd.
certify that out of the whole number of 3,269 houses, as Lancaster .. 100 - . - Wye Raid I 201
_ affording sufficient scope for competition among the William ; Captain Lowe, Implacable - Captain Wise, the north shore. For Ward 1
Leeds &L'vrp 1004 251. - warwiee &I i 2/. 28
wealthier class of farmers, did not exclude from the field Impregnable ; and Captain Harvey, 'Havannali ; and It is now my pleasing duty to render justice to the 2
n/. 23V
of emulation the smaller and poorer class, in whose slic. John Eastlake, Ego. acting judge advocate, to try First admirable conduct of all whom I have had the honour 3
The 'VESTRY-CLERK could not undertake to say that
than 1,036 rated householders. Leicester •••• 1001 C 1.5/ 49% Birming. 51100 ,
1, Leicstr .-1-. Nth 83. - - Warwick & 1 ;
cess they were equally interested. (Loud cheers.) Lieutenant Charles betavius Wood, of her Majesty's and happiness to command during the last nine months 4 - Napton.. 1 1001 2/. 11
~
Local causes, no doubt, varied in each particular locality; ship Castor, 36, on the following charges, preferred of this arduous struggle, and whose duties I shared in 5 - - Worcstr &I 781 2/. 19
7 P
but, taking the general condition of Ireland as respected against him by J. Knight, first lieutenant Royal Marines, before ; for although, with the exception of the Naval 6
1) MeltriMwbry 1001 - - ,Wilts & irks -10 s. 00. 4%
agriculture into consideration, they came to the concha on board her Majesty's ship Castor :-1. That Lieut. Brigade in the camp, whose gallant bearing from the 7
f P
sion that mere advantages would be attained, that more Wood was drunk on hoard the Castor on the 15th inst. ; beginning, under the command of Sir Stephen Lushing.
t) s
INSURANCE COMPANIES.

DUBLIN, Saturday Morning.—The son and heir
of the Earl of Derby has just made his first public
appearance before an Irish audience, and the im-
pression created by his debut has been highly fa-
vourable. On Thursday his lordship attended the
meeting of the Agricultural Society of Tipperary
Union, and on the same evening presided at the
dinner of the association. His lordship's speech
upon the occasion does not altogether satisfy the
popular press, strong objection being taken to his
declaration of hostility to small holdings of land, as
inconsistent with the progress of agricultural pros-
perity. On the other hand, warm approval is ac-
corded to other portions of the speech, such as his
adoption of the celebrated maxim respecting the
rights and duties of property, as well as his vindi-
cation of the zeal and industry of the general body
of the hard-working Irish peasantry. The Vindi-
cator contains an ample report of the day's proceed-
ings, all of which, under the auspices of the noble
lord, passed off with more than ordinary eclat. In
the absence at the dinner of the clergy of all per-
suasions, his lordship said grace, and having given
" the Health of the Royal Family.," introduced
the toast of " the Army and Navy " with the fol-
lowing remarks "
They could not but admire the bravery which had
distinguished their arms in the marvellous struggle in
the Critnea—(cheers)---and, as that was the anniversary of
the battle of the Alma—(cheers)—it was an occasion on
which they were particularly called on to rejoice for the
success of their achievements in the contest with Russia.
He had seen that General Pelissier—Marehal Pelissier—
(cheers)—when he got command of the French arrey in
the Crimea, was said to have been descended from
an Irish family---(loud applause)—and that his grand-
father was Palliser, a Limerick man. (More applause.)
He did not know whether the story was genuine or not
—whether real or a flight of the imagination ; but this
he did know, that the French army had done its duty
as well as the British army, and that to the entire Bri-
tish army Ireland contributed her share of those dis-
tinguished heroes who would have the satisfaction of
seeing their flag wave over the ruins of that which had
been Sebastopol. (Loud cheers.)
" Captain DAWSON having responded,
"The noble CHAIRMAN said that in rising to propose
that toast which might be emphatically designated the
toast of the evening, he felt solicitous to claim at their
hands some indulgence ; for though it had been his for-
tune to address elsewhere meetings as numerous and
almost as respectable as that which he had then the ho-
nour to appear before—and that it was numerous and
respectable he was rejoiced to perceive—and although
he had been connected with their country not only by.
the ties of property, but by occasional residence among
them—(cheers, and cries of You are welcome)—still it
did so happen that he then rose for the first time to ad-
dress a public meeting at this side of the Channel. They
were celebrating the first anniversary of the Tipperary
Farming Society; and when he stated that, he might acid
that they did not come into collision with any existing
society whatever. There was, some 15 or 20 years ago, a
small association established for the same purposes as
those for which the present society had been formed. It
was confined to two or three properties—the area it em-
braced was too narrow, its income, too, was small ; and
it was found that year after year the same persons gained
the same prizes, and therefore it did not hold out an in-
. ducement to others to enter into competition, and the con-
sequence was it died a natural death. Then came the hard
times—those times of trouble and distress which they
never could forget, and of which they prayed there
might never be recurrence. (Hear, hear.) Those
times brought a change not only in the ownership, but
in the occupation of the soil—a change of which they
had witnessed the commencement, but the ultimate re-
sult of which it was impossible yet tai see. (Hear.) He
believed it to be the inauguration of a new era for Ire-
land ; and he was desirous, as they were all, that advan-
tage should be takes in that neighbourhood of the op-
portunity for the improvement of agriculture. (Cheers.)
The first question they proposed to themselves in the
formation of their society, then, was this—What extent
of country should be brought within the operation of the
society ? There were some who conceived that it should
embrace the whole county, or at least ono riding of it.
It was thought that this would have been advantageous
i i procuring a more extended eatrenagc, in gettieg in
more subscriptions, in causing an increase in the It:em-
bers, and in attracting towards the society more general
public notice. But against these considerations they
had others which prevailed, and they came to the reso-
lution of limiting the area of the society to the union of
Tipperary, and of basing it on those rules which, while
affording sufficient scope for competition among the
wealthier class of farmers, did not exclude from the field
of emulation the smaller and poorer class, in whose sire-
cess they were equally interested. (Loud cheers.)
Local causes, no doubt, varied in each particular locality;
but, taking the general condition of Ireland as respected
agriculture into consideration, they cause to the conclu-
sion that mere advantages would be attained, that more
practical good would be effected by a large number of
small societies, in which the smaller and poorer could
compete, than by a few large societies, in which compe-
tition should be confined to the wealthier. (Cheers.)
They bad reason to say t'iat the.result of their experi-
ment stowed that they had met with some success.
(Cheers.) When the idea was first taken r.p there
was no public meeting held ; there was no wide or ge-
neral canvass ; was done by a few private letter:, and
by interviews with the gentry of the country. The con-
sequence was that this their first meeting numbered 120
members—(cheers)--and the subscriptions amounted to
1701. That, he was glad to say, was their income ; and
he added with much satisfaction that more than half that
amount was contributed in sums of 11., so that they
could see the society was not formed by a few consider-
able landed gentry, but that it rested on the sympathies
of a large and widely-extended body. (Cheers.) He had
every hope, therefore, of its permanency. (Hear, and
cheers.) He had been going about among the farmers
for the last few days, and he found that many were not
aware of its extent, scope, or what might be expected
from its exertions ; but he was certain they world soon
perceive the beneficial effects of its operations. In Eng-
land the effects cf these societies, which had increased
there greatly within the last few years, bad given a de-
cided impetus to agricultural science, and the improve-
ment, consequently, was universal. Take an isolated
case. A farmer well to do remained at home, content
with what he had, and heedless as to how the world went
on, unaware that there was any farm superior to his
own, or any system of agriculture better than that which
he and his neighbours had acted on. Not so with the
farmer who had become acquainted with what was
passing beyond the limits in which he resided, who
knew what had been done to improve the soil, ta lin-
prove cattle, to advance farming in every particu'ar.
(Hear.) The last-mentioned farmer, actuated by that
principle of human nature which will not permit the
mind to rest where superiority is seen to exist with-
out an endeavour to emulate or excel, must endea-
vour to improve ; with eyes and ears open, he re-
turns to his farm with a determination to do what he
cars to make his farm as good as that of which he has
heard, or which he may have seen ; he finds that he had
not been so very improving as he had imagined, and he
sets about remedying defects of which he had no know-
ledge before. (Cheers.) Ho would not speak from inia-
g •
ina.tion or from fancy—he would not tell what he had
seen, and what they had seen, not only within the last
few days, but years ago. They enjoyed an unparalleled
climate and a soil the most abundant in the world.
They had seen fields and farms divided eight, nine, ten,
twelve yards from side to side, with fences which were
not only wasting all the land that might be used profit-
ably, but a nursery for all those weeds which overran
the fields, and for those blazing flowers of red weed
which they knew so well, and which appeared like an
overgrown crop in some localities. (Loud laughter and
cries of hear.) He had seen the farm-yard so well plan-
ned that all the refuse and manure of the yard and the
pigstye drained into it, thus not only wasting the manure,
which might be placed to profitable account, but poison-
ing that water which might be a source of health and
cleanliness co himself and to his family. (Cheers.) He
had seen whole families living in rags and in want on a
miserable patch of land which was not sufficient to afford
them sustenance for three months in the year, and they
lived on that wretched patch, in that misery and desti-
tution, because they preferred the dignity' of occupy-
ing iand to the labour of earning a livelihood from others
who could afford them employment. He did not talk
of introducing costly and cumbrous machinery at
weighty expense, such as they had in England. It
would be difficult at any time to introduce machinery
of that kind—their farms were too .small for it—
and they would continuo, he believed, always too
limited for the employment of such machinery as that
to which he referred. There were evils to be remedied,
but they were not of a nature that could not be
easily removed by the application of that common sense
which was so natural to the Irish people. (Chet rs.)
It was a calumny to say, as some had said, that the

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Shale.
--. —
X s. d. £ s. d.
British • • •• •• .. •• •• .. I
Ditto Provincial •• .. 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20
Brighton .• •••••• • • •, N. 20 0 0 2, 0 0 15
City of London .. •• •• 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 13 0 I
Continental (4th Cap.) . 50 0 0 20 0 0
Equitable .•• •• ...• •• 21. 103. 150 0 0 all 35
tireat Central .. •.... 8/ per cent. 10 0 0 all 12
Imperial .. • • ........ 10/.& bonus. 50 0 0 all bB3,‘,
Independent .......•• 5/, 43 0 0 ft -
L0nd0n..............- . 53 0 0 PP -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 C ~ -
Pcc ix ..• —•• •• •... 44. per cent. GO 0 0 52 () 0 30%
Rateliff .. •• . ....... 51.
,100 0 0 16 0 0 16
United General ..•• •• 21. 103. i 50 0 0 all 20V,
Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. ; 50 0 0 PP 50i,',
Ditto, New ........ 150 0 0 10 . 0 9%

WATER-WOIIKS.
Dividend Amount
. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
1 .£ s. 0. £ s. d.
East London
Grand Junction .... •
Kent.....•
Lambeth. ...... • . • •
New River Company - -
Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 1100 0 0 - 89%
West Middlesex • • ••
BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
lltingerford .... • • .... 12
Southwark .. •
... . 1100 0 0
Ditto New of 7Y2 p.c. 17. per cent. 1 5.) 0 0
Waterloo • • ... .. • • • • 1100 0 0 34
Ditto Old Ann. of 87. 17. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 32 }6
Ditto. NW ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 28
Vauxhall .. ....
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-
X s. d. £ g. d.
Commercial .......... 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock.
East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock.
East Country..
London .... • . •• •• •
Ditto ilonds •• ••
St. Katnarino-
outhampton .•
Victoria .. •• .. • •

The COMMISSIONER inquired whether any power of
composition was given under the Paving Act.
Mr. LINTON replied that there was not, but no ques-
tion could arise upon that, as the Paving Act was only
applied in about two-sevenths of the parish, and, that
being the best portion of the town, the whole of the
tenants were rated, and their names appeared accord-
ingly, and were taken into account in the 1,036.
The COMMISSIONER remarked that in a case a few days
ago as many as 1,090 persons' names appeared on the
highway ratebook which did not appear on the poor-rate,
and asked the vestry-clerk whether be was prepared to
certify that out of the whole number of 3,269 houses, as
given in the population returns, there were not more
than 1,036 rated householders.
The VESTRY-CLERK could not undertake to say that
that was the exact number of the houses, many having
been pulled down for the railway since 1351, when those
returns were made up, and others rebuilt ; but he did not
think there would be much discrepancy in the numbers.
Mr. LINTON and various other gentlemen explained
that the large number of compounds arose from the im-
mense amount of poor houses in the district.
The COMMISSIONER—And, as I understand, the
tenants' names are not entered into either the poor-rate
or the conjunct ratebook, and the names of the tenants
in that portion of the parish to which the Paving Act
is applied, and for which they are consequently rated,
appear in the poor-rate bock.
The VESTRY-CLERK.—Exactly; that is not compound
yr. perty.

DEVONPORT, Saturday.—A court assembled on board
her Majesty's ship Impregnable, in Hamoaze, this morn-
ing, composed of the following officers :—Rear Admiral
Sir J. Plumridge, K.C.B. ; Captain Kingcorne, Royal
William ; Captain Lowe, Implacable ' Captain Wise,
Impregnable ; and Captain Harvey, Savannah ; and
John Eastlake, Esq., acting judge advocate, to try First
Lieutenant Charles Octavius Wood, of her Majesty's
ship Castor, 36, on the following charges, preferred
against him by J. Knight, first lieutenant Royal Marines,
nn board her Majesty's ship Castor :-1. That Lieut.
Wood was drunk on board the Castor on the 15th inst. ;
2. That he was drunk on board on the 16th inst. ; and
3. That he did behave in an unofficerlike manner
on board the Castor, in striking down John Title!, a
seamen on board the ship, and in using disgusting lan-
guage on the evening of the 15th inst.
Mr. Beer, solicitor, acted as friend of the prisoner.
A great number of witnesses were called by the pro-
secutor. _

It is now my pleasing duty to render justice to the
admirable conduct of all whom I have bad the honour
and happiness to command during the last nine months
of this arduous struggle, and whose duties I shared in
before ; for although, with the exception of the Naval
Brigade in the camp, whose gallant bearing from the
beginning, under the command of Sir Stephen Lusliing-
ton, has been beyond all praise, and never more so than
during the last two bombardments under the command
of the Hon. Captain Keppel, it has not fallen to the lot
of the Navy on this occasion to perform distinguished
deeds of arms such as those of their gallant brethren
in the Army ; still, whilst straining every nerve, night
and day, under very trying circumstances, to supply
the means for carrying on the siege, in the glory
of which they could not share, the generous cheer
or encouragement, unalloyed by envy, has always been
heartily given in the day of triumph ; nor have sympa-
thy and assistance ever been wanting in the hour of dis-
tress and suffering ; the same sentiments have pervaded
all ranks— ciptains, officers, seamen, and marines, all
agreeing with each other in following, as I believe I have
said once before, the excellent example set them by my
able second in command and coadjutor Rear-Admiral
Houston Stewart.

Total

£468,205

Founded on these calculations, the learned Assessor
apportioned the vestrymen (120 in number) among the
several wards R 4 follows :
Ward 1
„ 2
ff 3
„ 4
~ 5
~ 6
7 l5 „
• It 8

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. X s. d.
Albion .• .. • • • . • • .. V. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 83
Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1814
Ditto Marine ..• .... cl. p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 30y,
Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 0 -
Atlas .. -
Argus Life ......... • • 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Cleriel.aled.& Gen• Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
County ............... 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Crown .............. I7s. Cd 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Eagle ..
Equity and Law...... 414 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5%
European Life IL 20 0 0 au 15%
General i...........
Globe .......... 51• per cent. Stock. ~ 105
Guardian ............ s'. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 51 A
Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 -
Imperial Life -
Indemnity Marine.... 11.3 s & 3/. 100 O. 0 20 0 0 -
Law Fire .. .. .. .. -
Law Lite.• • • • ..• .• • • • • - 100 0 • 10 0 0 59
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 534
London , 11.10 s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 2'
London Ship.... -
Marine... • • .......... 18s.per -share 100 0 0 28 0 0 30 %
Med.Drilid & Gen. Life 4% 1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3%
Mlnerva • • • .......... 5 p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6
M0narch.............- 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 n 2 10 0 -
Palladium Life ...
Pelican ~.. • • - • • .. • • - - - -
Pho3nix ... • • • • .. - - - 180
Professional Life • • • • .. 51. Per cent. 5 0 0 10 0 -
Provident Life ..... .... 'l/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 381 U
Rock Life .. ...... .. .. 7s. 5 3 0 0 10 0 8%
Royal Exchange ...... 101. per cent. Stock. all 226
Sun Fire ....., 6/. 10s. - -
91
Ditto Life ..... 1/ 14s. - •, I --
United Xingdom .... 4/. p et. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 I 5%
Universal• Life ... ..... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Victoria Life - 4 12 6 5%
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per I of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Assam Tea •• .. • • .... 51. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Luctii•in Mart.. • • - ••• 214 per cent., 50 0 0 - -
lustrallan Agriculturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 -
Australian Trust .... 81. pet cent. - 25 0 0 -
Austraitan Royal Mall 5/. 10 0 0 all
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 105. 10 0 0 all -
British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 GO
Canada ...;•• - .• • • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 175
Do. 5 percent Bonds Si; per cent. - - -
Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 61. per cent. - - 112%
City Navigation Bonds - - - -
Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 18
Ditto •• • • • • .. • • • • . ' - . - - -
Equitable Peversionry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 112%
Ditto New . - .• .• - 50 0 0 17 10 0 22
Gen. Revers. &Invest. 5 p. c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Gen•Steani'Natigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 20%
Hudson's 8a.y...• ...t -- Stock. - -
Flungerford .......... 21. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
London Ini3titution ... • - - - -
London Reversionary 5/ per cent• lb 0 0 I all -
Russell Institution.... - - 12 in 0 -
Prlce's Patent °and. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 -
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 -
Royal Mail Ream... . 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 -
South Australian Land' J 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 all 3614
Trust And Loan Comp.
Upper Canada .... -- 20 0 0 , 5 0 0 i -

Thomas H. Frazer, one of the masters of the Castor,
recollected seeing Lieutenant Wood on hoard between
four and eight o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th inst.
He did not think the prisoner was drunk then, though
not sober. The officers were smoking on the mainfleck
just abaft the mainmast at five o'clock. The prisoner
was there. He was sitting on a table, and was a little
sick. Witness thought it might have been occasioned
by tobacco smoke. Prisoner said it was caused by nuts
which ho had been eating. He was not in a state to do
his duty as commanding officer of the ship. Witness
attributed prisoner's sickness to what he had been
drinking as well as eating. There was no altercation
between the prisoner and the prosecutor. Prisoner was
highly excited, and had a difficulty in articulating.
Prisoner was sober on the 16th instant all day, and had
been carrying on the duty of commanding officer on the
15th. Prisoner was labouring under considerable ex-
citement in the gun-room about four o'clock on Sunday,
the 16th inst. Lieut. Knight, R.M., asked Lieut.
Wood for leave to go on shore, which prisoner refused,
and Lieut. Knight said he would or must go, and that
excited the prisoner. Had no recollection of hearing
prisoner use any disgusting language on the 15th in-
stant.

. . .
The dOMITISSIONEL—Then, I have no hesitation in
saying that I have no jurisdiction to divide the parish
into wards. You will, however, have to make the ne-
cessary returns to me. _ _ _

Total 120
The business of the meeting having been thus brought
to a close,
Mr. LAYTON, the vestry-clerk, said that it was vary
desirable to ascertain what wera the rights of public
companies with regard to voting for vestrymen, and he
wished to know whether the learned Assessor felt him-
self at liberty to give an opinion on that point.

Mr: PAUL.—We shall come under the 251. qualifica.
tion, I suppose ?

Tne. C631-11ISSIONER. —Yes.

Perhaps in closing this letter I may be permitted to
indulge in the expression of the gratification I feel in re-
flecting that under all the circumstances to which it re-
lates, my gallant colleague Vice-Admiral Bruat and I
have gone heart and hand together, and that the most
perfect understanding and hearty co-operation in the
great cause of humanity in which we are all engaged,
have invariably prevailed throughout both fleets.—l arn,
&c. (Signed) EDMUND LYONS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty.

Mr. LINToN inquired whether, if he occupied a 121.
house and compounded for several others in the parish
which raised his rating above 251., he would be eligible to
be elected as a vestryman..
The COMMISSIONER said that, although the question
did not come within his duty, he had no objection to
answer it. In his opinion, Mr. Linton would, and for this
reason—the ratebook merely stated that the rate was
payable by the Owner under statute, and that statute
not only gave power to compound, but provided that if
he did not compound he should be rated, so that in the
case put the party would be clearly rated to the extent
of the qualification required by the act, and would there-
fore be eligible.
The VESTRY-CLERK inquired whether the rateable
value or l;he gross estimated rental was to be taken.
The COMMIMSIONER said that where a person was rated
on a gross estimated rental, and that rental was in the
ratebook, that would be the only qualification necessary.
A vote of thanks to the commissioner for his courtesy
during the meeting closed the proceedings.

The ASSESSOR said that he did not feel himself at
liberty to do so, as the question was one which did not
come within the limit of those duties which he had to
discharge.

Mr. t AMON was prepared to contend that the officer
of a public company could, by virtue of a clause in the
59th of George 111., which was passed to amend the
act for the regulation of vestries, vote for vestrymen,
though not in the capacity of vestrymen, but as tenants.
By clause 2 of that act it was enacted, " That in all cases
where any corporation, or body politic or corporate, or
company, shall be charged to the rate for the relief of
the poor of such parish, in the name of such corporation,
or any officer of such corporation, it shall and may be
lawful for the clerk, secretary, steward, or other agent
duly authorised for the purpose of such corporate body
politic, or corporation, or company, to he present at any
vestry to be holden in the said parish, under the said re-
cited act, such clerk, secretary, steward, or agent shall
be entitled to give such and so many vote or votes at
such vestry with regard to the amount of rents, pro-
fits, and value of such lands, tenements, or heredita-
merits as by the said act any inhabitants assessed to
such rate present at such vestry might or ought to have
or be entitled to with regard to such amount, anything
in the said recited act to the eontrary notwithstanding."
His (Mr. Layton's) argument was that, inasmuch as this
Local Management Act had regard to property as well
carriedr out.
as to the number of persons rated, if the officers of pub-
lic companies were excluded from voting, as a vast
amount of property would alto ba excluded from being
rweopurledsennotet be fullydinthe vest y, nd to that extent the act
The ASSESSOR said that he did not see how the two
powers conferred by the act quoted by Mr. Layton and
the Metropolis Local Management Act could be made
to agree. The one gave the power to an officer of a
company of voting in vestry, but the other act concerned
the conferring of a power of votinz in the parish for the
appointment of a vestryman. He did not therefore
think that the clause quoted by Mr. Layton bore at all
upon the question.
Mr. ARMSTEAD said that the secretary of the Gas
Company used to vote for trustees at the poll, and he
wished to know whether the officer could now vote for
vestrymen, who were to discharge the same duties as
the trustees.

Strelitzka Bay, September 8, 1855.

Sir,—l have the honour to report that, in pursuance
of the orders which I received from you this morning, I
opened fire from the mortar vessels, at 8.30 a.m., upon
the Quarantine Battery, and a general and more rapid
fire, from noon until 7 p.m., upon the Quarantine Bat-
tery and Fort Alexander. Thu two outward vessels
were much exposed to the swell which set into the bay,
rendering a large object desirable, and I therefore dt-
rect(Al their Ere between Artillery Bay and the Bastion
de Quarantine, where I had been informed that Russian
reserves were placed.

Lieutenant Lofty, third of the Castor, said that on
the 15th, at five. o'clock, Lieutenant Wood had been
drinking, but did his duty ; left the orders with him
(witness) as usual. Considered Lieutenant Wood was
in a fit state to do his duty. He was not drunk. The
prisoner was excited on Sunday by what had passed
between him and the prosecutor, and not by drink.
Believed the excitement was caused by prosecutor's leav-
ing the ship in defiance of prisoner's orders.
Lieutenant R. L. Price, R.M., of the Castor, saw
prisoner soon after four o'clock on the 15th inst. ; consi-
dered he was drunk. Thought the prisoner was not then
in a fit state to perform his duty. Saw the prisoner sick
on the main deck. Had been nine months in the corps.
This was his first embarkation. Knew very little of the
duty of a commanding officer, but thought prisoner
could not have taken in sail in the state he was ia.
Judged him to be drunk from his inarticulate speaking
and his sickness. Prisoner had been coughing before
the sickness, and the latter was slight. Witness could
recollect very little of what took place -on that night
after seeing prisoner sick. Believed he went the rounds,
but was not sure. Conversed with some officers on
deck, but could not tell who. Slept in his own berth if
he slept in the ship, but was not certain that he did.
Could not tell where he was when ho woke on Sunday
morning, but recollected going to church.
The President hoped he would recollect next week
where he was this Saturday.
Rev. H. T. Clerk, chaplain of the Castor, noticed that
after four o'clock on the 15th inst. Lieutenant Wood
was unusually excited. Could not say ho was drunk.
The Lords of the Admiralty visited the ship on the same
day. They left between three and four o'clock. Con-
sidered Mr. Wood sober when in the gun-room on the
afternoon of the 16th inst. Heard prisoner say on the
deck to Mr. Boxer, naval cadet, " You look-like a
old admiral of 90." This was said in the presence of the
guard and ship's company. On the 10th inst. heard the
prisoner swear at the men several times. Could not say
the prisoner was then drunk.
Henry Richardson, surgeon of the Castor, deposed
that prisoner was in his opinion drunk at five o'clock on
the evening, of the 15th inst. He was not exactly sick;
he brought up very little, and it was undigested nuts.
Prisoner attributed the sickness to the nuts, and he was
apparently partially choked by swallowing tobacco
smoke. Lieutenant Wood was quite sober on the IGth.
Isaac Hearndean, clerk of the Castor, saw the pri-
soner on the 15th inst. about five o'clock. Thought he
was not sober. Did not think he was capable of doing
his duty at the time.
Mr. Ilaberfield, also a clerk of the Castor, deposed
that the prisoner was under the influence of liquor on the
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Mr. Frazer in the evening that the prisoner was not in
a state to conduct the duty of the ship, and it was a sub-
ject of general remark. I saw the prisoner drunk from
half-past four to five, after which witness did not see
him. For that half hour prisoner was incapable of doing
his duty.
Ferdinand 11. Flood, mate of the castor, considered
that Lieutenant Wood was drunk on the afternoon of
the 15th. Received leave and went on shore between
four and five o'clock in the evening. Was of opinion that
Lieutenant Wood, was suffering from excitement thretijh
drink, or from drunkenness for two hours previous to his
(witness's) going on shore. Prisoner was talking very
loudly, and his action was very violent. Noticed this
previous to the inspection by the Lords of the Admi-
ralty. Made no remark on it while the lords were pre-
sent, but afterwards it was talked of in the mess. Half
an hour previous to my leaving the ship prisoner ap-
peared much quieter than lie was before. Observtd
nothing particular in Lieutenant. Wood's demeanour at
the time when the Lords of the Admiralty were
mus-
tering the ship's company, to lead him to the suppo-
sition that the prisoner was drunk. Could not nnem-
ber any single act that led him to the belief that he
(Prisoner) was drunk.
John True], first-class ordinary seaman, and pert ant

The force of the wind find heavy swell which pre-
vailed were singularly unfavourable to accuracy, and
the general satisfactory nature of the firing was due to
the ability exercised by the officers of Royal Marine Ar-
tillery who conducted it ; and I beg to submit to your
notice the names of First Lieutenant Starr, First Lieu.
tenant Hewett, First Lieutenant Brookes, First Lieu-
tenant Festing, and First Lieutenant Pitman, the offi-
cers employed.
The non-commissioned officers and gunners also per-
formed their duties in a most satisfactory manner ; and
I may especially mention the services of Colour-Serjeant
Horner, who, in the absence of an officer, undertook the
firing. of the Firm, mortar-vessel.
Owing to the state of the weather, and the smallness
of the means at their disposal, the officers in command
had to overcome great difficulties in maintaining the
position of their vessels ; and I be; to be allowed to
express my high opinion of the services of Messrs. Leet,
Creagh, and Pearson, Brent, Hart, and Vaughan (mates)
who so ably performed these dutie4, and greatly contri-
buted to the success of the firing.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) G. DIGBY,
Captain Royal Marine Artillerj%
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons,
Bart., G.C.B.

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C mmercial Bank .• 71. per cent. 5c,0 0 0 100 0 0 21510 s
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Her Majesty's ship Odin, off Sebastopol,
Sept. 8, 1855.
Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you that, acting
in pursuance of your directions, and in conjunction with
Capt. Bachm, commanding four French mortar-vessels,
you did me the honour of placing under my command,
till 7 p.m., against the Quarantine Fort and outworks,
as well as upon Fort Alexander and the upper bastions
(where, near to the latter place, a large number of the
enemy's reserve were posted), keeping their fire so com-
pletely under that only a few shot and shell were re-
turned, and but few fired into the French battery and
advanced works before us. A small number of carcasses
were also successfully thrown into the town and upper
bastion, which produced a conflagration of some extent.
To Capt. Digby, Royal Marine Artillery, and the
artillery officer in each vessel, I must attribute the suc-
cessful practice, and lam glad of the opportunity of
bringing to your notice the indefatigable and zealous
conduct of Mr. H. K. Leet, Mate, in charge of the
firm, who, from being the senior officer of the mortar
vc3sels, has always ably carried out my instructions ;
and I am happy to bear testimony to the praiseworthy
conduct of Messrs. J. B. Creagh, T. L. Pearson, H. W.
Brent, A. F. Hart, and Henry Vaughan, Mates, in
charge of the other mortar vessels.
I have also great pleasure in stating that no casualty
occurred, and that neither the mortars nor vessels were
at all damaged by the heavy firing.—l have, &e.,
(Signed) J. A. WILLCOX, Captain.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart.,
&c., &e., G.C.B.

The ASSESSOR said that the qualification was dif-
ferent ; the secretary voted as a ratepayer before, but
now, if he voted at all, he could only vote as a vestry-
man, for the trustees would be elected by the vestry.
Mr. Churchwarden SAVAGE then proposed, and Mr.
Churchwarden SHADGETT seconded, "a vote of thanks to
the learned Assessor, for the able, courteous, and im-
partial manner in which he had discharged the duty in-
trusted to him with regard to the parish of Islington."
The learned gentleman made his acknowledgments,
and expressed his thanks to Mr. Layton and the collec-
tors for the efficient services which they had rendered to
him ; and he wished to say, as this was the last parish
in which he would be publicly engaged, that although
his duties bad been laborious, they had not baen alto-
gether without pleasure, for he believed that he bad
succeeded in giving satisfaction to all parties in every
parish that had been assigned to him, and he had cer.
tainly met from all the utmost courtesy and attention.
Mr. Wood has now brought his sittings to a close,
having divided into wards tho six important parishes in-
cluded in his list which contained the required number
of rated householders, and apportioned among them the
number of vestrymen to be elected under the Metropolis
Local Management Act.

peasantry of Ireland were naturally idle, he did not be-
lieve that ; he repelled that calumny. (Cheers.) Who
was it that made the railway ? Who was it that dug
the canal I Who was it that did all the hard work that
was done in all the great towns in England ? Who
that cleared the new lands in America and removed
the forests ? Who did all these things ? ([fear,
been lii nine eases out of ten ho was prepared to
answer it was the Irish peasant. (Cheers.) Who had
improved every country in the world but his own ? If
he went back to causes for this state of things no doubt
he could find thew. If he went hack to causes he could,
he repeated, find them ;but in stating them he should
say something that would not be agreeable to all, or
practically useful at the present moment. He believed
that much of the misery they had to deplore was caused,
not by one ciclay:., but, by all classes, and that all were
equally in fault. He would say let bygones be bygones.
lie believed that a new era had opened for Ireland, and
that they would now consult their own duties by taking
immediate advantage of its advent. (Cheers.) Let
them only use half the energy in the good work wlcich
they had wasted in feuds and in factions—in political
an i sectarian dissensions—let them, he said, do this, and
they world go far to make Ireland what God and nature
intended her to be, and what man had hitherto pre-
limited her from becoming—the garden of Europe and
of the world. (Loud cheees.) The noble lord gave,
amid prolonged applause,. 'Prosperity to the .Tipperary
(Jnir n Farinitig Seeiety.' The toast was drank with all
the honours, and amid great enthusiasm."
The " Health of the Earl of Derby" having
ben given amid enthusiastic cheering,
"Lord STASLEY rose, and said—l thank you in my
father's na ne—l thank you in my own name, for the
manlier in which you have received the toast. My
father has duties as a public man in London and as a
landlord in England which prevent his reiddence hire ;

INDIAN Hosnurs, &c.—A patent has been recently
granted 'to Lieutenant Cook, R.N., F.R.S;, Professor
of Fortification at Addiscombe, "for improvements in
the method of working gigantic fans, called nunkahs, for
agitating the air in hospitals, barracks, churches, and
other large buildings in tropical climates, and, in height
of Bummer, in more northern latitudes." These punkahs
may be worked by manual labour, or by horse, bullock,
or steam-power. The machine is so arranged that one
punkahs with comparative easb. This
the number 16
usually reqnired for fanning the occupants
in::fat3hn c 2
beds, arranged in pairs in adjoining rooms in an
Indian hospital. The apparatus may be so applied as
to work the punkahs in adjacent buildings, the connect-
ing links being brought to the same focus or moving
power, if that of horse or steam be used, while the action
of any single punkah may be arrested without affecting
the onward motion of the others, and set to work again
at the will of the patient. For private beds "revolving
fans" are used within mosquito curtains, which, by a
simple, moderately-expensive, and noiseless mechanism,
are made to fan the occupant for two, four, six, or eight
hours, according to the temperature of the room, and the
consequent sped required. Those only who have ex-
perienced the discomfort of restless nights in a hot climate
can duly appreciate the luxury of such a contrivance.
The apparatus is very portable, and can be went to and
applied in any part of the world.