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N°.18,695.] LONDON SATURDAY
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' 7 AUGUST 21) 1852.

HOPE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE and
lION EST Y GUARANTEE SOCIETY.
sta bl ish ed for Granting Assurances on Lives, Guarantee for

Honesty, Endowments, Loans, and Annuities.
Incorporated under Act of Parliament with a Guarantee Fund of
100,000/.
Principal Department, 4, Princes-street, London.
BOARD OF MANAGMENT.

Mr. Scrjeant Allen, Scrjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane ; the Elms, Craw-

ley, Sussex.
Charles De Bergue, Esq., Dowgate-hill and Blackheath.
Robert Douglass, Esq., Carey-lane, Cheapside, and Stoke Newington.
Lewis Glenton, Esq., Glenmohr-terrace, Blackheath.
Charles George Knox, Esq., LL.D., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Henry Philip hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Ba.nkruptcY
Court, and Osmond Thorpe Hall, Leeds.
James wng. Massie, D.D.,LL.D., Upper Clapton.
Walter Francis Robinson, Esq., F.R.G.S., 11, Air-street, Piccadilly.
Robert Theobald, Esq., 26, Paternoster-row, and Ken tistr-tow.t.
henry Morgan Vane, Esq , 42. Jermyn-street, St. James's.
Wm. White, Esq., 68, Cheapside, and Blackheath.
Thos. Wheelwright, Esq., Lower Phillimore-place, Kensington.

GENERAL MANAGER.
Henri Christopher Eiffe, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Rice Hopkins, C.E., Parliament-street.
Wm. Kent, Esq., 51 and 52, Paternoster-row, and Norwood.
Arthur Mere, Esq., F.1.8.A., 58, Pall-mall.

MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Campbell De Morgan, Esq., 51, Upper Seymour street.
Nicholas Parker, Esq., M.D., Finsbury-square.
Prior Purvis, Esq., M.D., Greenwich.
Ed. Johnstone, Esq., M.D., Regent-street, and Clapham.

STANDING COIINSEL.
Sir Wm. Page Wood, M.P.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Terrell and Matthe eis, 30, Basingliall-street.
The public in general are invited to a consideration of the compre-
hensive plan of this Society.
Whilst it transacts all the ordinary business of Life Assurance on
the most liberal conditions, it freely opens its doors to those exposed
to extra risk, and affords them advantages which have heretofore
been denied.
It grants Assurances against every contingency of life to persons
of all classes or professions, on terms equitably adjusted to the risk
incurred

SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES.
This Society grants Assurances on the lives of all classes, in-
cluding Seafaring, Military, and Naval Service, as well as persons
proceeding as passengers to foreign climates.
2. No extra premium charged on Assurers who desire to travel be-
tween any port in the United Kingdom and any of the ports from
Gibraltar to the Sound.
3. No extra premium charged for residence in any part of Europe,
in Australia, or Canadas, or any healthy parts of North or South
America.
4. Assurances may be had on the Lives of Mariners, to cover the
constant trade between the United Kingdom and any part of the
world, or the constant trade in any given place, as for instance be-
tween the East Indies and China.
The premium for a specific voyage may be obtained on liberal

terms.
5. The extra premium which is charged for residing in unhealthy
climates, or for actual service in military or seafaring pursuits, is
discontinued on return to, and during residence in, the United
Kingdom, or the healthy parts of Europe. The Policies are then
continued during residence at the ordinary premiums standing against
the of the assured at the time of effecting the assurance, evi-
denceage as to health being first adduced to the satisfaction ot the Di-

rectors.
6. The whole of the profits divided among the assured for life, all
of whom are proprietors, and possess control over the management
without responsibility.
7. Guarantee Policies for Fidelity of Trust, in combination with
Life Insurance, granted at little more than the simple rate for ordi-
nary Life Policies.
8. All Policies indisputable, except in cases of premeditated fraud.
No charge to the assured for medical fees, stamp duties, or any other
expenses in effecting a policy beyond the premium.
9. The Directors give favourable consideration to proposals from
diseased or non-select cases, at premiums proportioned to the risk,
a system especially advantageous to parties whose health may have
been impaired by over attention to business, foreign residence, &c.
From the principles which are here briefly stated, it is evident
that the system of assurance acted on by the Hope Office cannot be
too strongly recommended. To all who have any surplus capital it
offers a secure and profitable mode of investment ; it combines all
the advantages of Assurances and Savings Brinks together, for, in
the event of premature death, a large capital is at once created for
the survivors, that would require years to be produced by any other
mode of investment.

H. C. EIFFE, General Manager.

AT AN EXTRA.ORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of the HOPE LIFE ASSURANCE and
HO-NESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY, duly convened, and held
within their Offices, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank of England, on
Wednesday, the 21st July, 102, at the hour of One o'clock,
HENRY MORGAN VANE, Esq., in the Chair,
It was unanimously resolved—That henceforth the number of
Directors shall be increased from ten to twelve, and that
Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy
Court, Leeds, and Dr. Thomas Wheelwright, M.D., of Lower Philli-
more-place, Kensington, London, be elected Members of the present
Board.
It was proposed by JOHN STEWART, Esq., seconded by JAMES COB

BETT, Esq., and unanimously resolved—
That
the best thanks of the members are due and hereby sincerely
accorded to the Board of Directors and General Manager, for the
unparalleled success which has accrued to the Society by their ju-
dicious and zealous management.
It was proposed by EDWARD J",oliNs9N.,. Esq., M.D., seconded by

JoHN SHOVE, Esq., and carried by acclamation—
That the warm acknowledgments of this meeting be made to 11.
M. Vane, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Management for the
very able, lucid, and cheering statement rendered by him of the
Society's affairs.

By order,
lIENRI CIIRISR. EIFFE, General Manager.
London, 21st July, 1852.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
HONORARY PRESIDRNTS.
Viscount Falkland
Lord Elphinstone
Lord Belhaven and Stanton
William Campbell, Esq., of
Tillichewan.

Earl of Courtown
Earl Leven and Melville
Earl of Norbury
Earl of Stair
Earl Somers

LONDON
CHARLES GRAIIA
CHARLES DOWNES,
H. Blair Avarne, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident.
Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq.
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BOARD.

.M, Esq., Chairman.
Esq., Deputy Chairman.
J. G. llenriques, Esq:
F. C. Maitland, Esq.
William Railton, Esq.
F. IL Thomson, Esq.
Thomas Thorby, Esq.
TdEDICAL (*TIMMS .
PnysictAx.—Arthur 11. Hassan, Esq., M.D., 8, Bennett-street,
St. James's.
SOROEON.—F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834,
December, 1847, is as follows : to the 31st

Bum Time Assured. Sum addedto Sum addedto Sum payable
I
Xssured. PolicyinlB4l Policyin 1848 at Death.
I------
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
*lOOO 7 years '• 157 10 0 1157 10 0
• 500 1 year 11 5 0 511 5 0

* EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged
thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which
is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 1681. us. Bd. ; but
the profits being 2IA per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which
is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 1571. 10s. added to the
Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In-
surance is for Life.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Director.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent.
(less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital of the Shareholders will be
p...yable at the office, on and after FRIDAY, the 20th of August inst.
The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share-
holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount
made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive
all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, while, at the same
time, they will be completely free from liability, secured by an ample
Proprietary Capital—and the advantages of both systems will thus
be combined.
The assured will in future participate in the Profits in propor-
tion to the number and amount of the premiums paid between every
division, so that if only one year's premium be received prior to
closing the books, it will obtain its due share.
At the FIFTH DIVISION of PROFITS declared in January
last, the sum of 131 1251. was added to Policies then entitled, which
sum produced a BONUS varying with the different ages, from 24%
to 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid, during the preceding five
years ; or from 51. to 121, 10s. per cent. on the sum assured.
The next and future Bonuses may bo received in cash, or applied
at the option of the Assured in any otker way.
Credit will be given for half of the Annual Premiums on policies
for the whole of Life, for five years, at interest, to be paid off at the
expiration of that time, or earlier, or remain as a permanent charge
upon the Policy.
INVALID LIVES assured at rates proportioned to the increased

risk.
Medical referees paid by the Society in all cases.
Claims p aid in THIRTY DAYS after proof of death.
A copy of the last Report, containing full particulars, with the
New Prospectus, can now be obtained of any of the Society's Agents,
or by addressing a line to
GEO. 11. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary.
99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London.

1110 EMIGRANTS.—The following GUTTA
PERCHA ARTICLES will be found of great value to Emi-
grants, especially such as are proceeding to the GOLD
.DI.G-
GINGS, Gutta Percha Lining for Boxes, Buckets, Drinking
Mugs, Life Buoys, Flasks, Washing Bowls, Syphons, Gutta
Carboys for
Percha Tubing, Suctions for Pumps, Jugs, Gun-
e feet
powder, Miners' Caps, Boot and Shoe Soles. To keep th
dry is of the utmost importance to the emigrant. This may
tlbe
secured by the use of Gutta Percha soles, which ecy
waterproof; cheaper, and more durable than leather. They can
-c
be put on with ease by any one. This cannot be too extensively
known amongst Australian emigrants, -as it is now difficult to find a
shoemaker in that country. Gold Washing Vessels of every variety
of shape, may be had to order. Directions to emigrants for lining
.boxes with Gutta Percha Sheet (so as to preserve the contents from
injury by sea water), also for putting on soles of boots and shoes,
&c., may be had GRATIS, on application to any of the Gutta Percha
Company's Dealers.
THE Glif TTA PERCHA COMPANY, PATENTEES,
18, WAARF-ROAD, CITY-ROAD, LONDON.

R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho,
147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author
price One shilling each ; by post, is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
Health, tecreation, and Rational Use of Time."

Corrrstrrs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MO UNTAINS. Two Vols.
Vol. I.

A VISIT TO THE LAKES , SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c,
Vol. 11.
THE LAKES OF KILL &MEI( ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.

WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may ran.”
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vonsty-dehilitated health and ezteebleedbusin constessu, ittion, that
and ems
harasse
the young, besets the man of pleasur, or study,
bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
I Won of every-day life.

Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
"What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
ScnrEcT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The cual.
t es otlicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar.
r ttive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

, ---
V.
THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To be or not to he, that is the question."
PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature,
Time and
glen regarding marriage, to be cbservcd by either sex. .
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy otisn • ~ with the • t of rearing them.
, nn,„ sr
P bysical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c. society, and reli-
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.U.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
1824). Twenty-eve
matters. Reception hours daily till Five, EV01111)04 1143Ven till
years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
Nil* lot haull-plagef Regent treat
-s .

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowered by Special ,Act of Parliament, 4 Vitt., cap. 9.
CuAutstax—Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park.
• ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM.
A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and
to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary
purpose oily, but which may be kept up, if ne essary, throughout
the whole term of life.
HALF-CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre-
miums, the amount of the unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted
from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim.
51:731 ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE.
The amount payable at the death of the a ured, if he die before
attaining the age of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains
that age, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance
upon life.

ORPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH.
Established for the purpose of affording to parents and others the
means of having children educated and started in life, by securing
annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a
child, if a son, shall attain his 21st year, or, it a daughter, her 25th
year of age.
These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if
a ready' money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en-
tering into business or a profession.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current
year's premium.
Policy holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment
of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se-
lected.
Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not,
as is usually the case, for every whole year only.
Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the
assured, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given,
being liquidated out of the profits.
At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction
of 30 per cent. was made in the present year's premium on all policies
of five or seven years' standing.
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy.
Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports.

(PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.)
Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Participation
Credit Rates of . in Profits, after Seven Yearly
Premium. Payments
-- ---. ----.----
Half r Whole
premium 1 ( Annual) Half Quar-
,
a during premium Age. Annual Yearly terly
to
..4 First for Re- premium Pre- Pre-
Seven mainder mium. miens.
Years. of Life.
.---........----_-_--.....--- ----- ----
£ s. d. £ s. d. Years. , Months £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
25 019 7 119 2 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3
30 1 1 9 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 40 12 4
35 1 411 2 9 10, 6 2 7.10 1 4 60 12 5
40 1 9 22 18 41 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 6
45 1141039 81 40 0 330112 3 0 16 5
50 2 2 6' 4 5 0. 3 3 3 6 112 6 016 7
55 212 9 5 5 61 6 3 4 1 112 10 016 9
60 3 6 86 13 41 9 3 4 7 113 1 0....1.10

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a
Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, fn. Forty-two Stamps,
SELF-PRESERVATION; an
Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of
Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects
the health and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe-
diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile
solitary habits,
youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac-
tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment
of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local 'Weakness, Spermatorrhcea,
Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il-
lustrated by so coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro-
ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
7, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful
consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which
have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment
adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated
schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe.
The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under
the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few
legally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un-
divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short,
every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental
I to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and
' ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation
of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical
and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient
guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care
will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and
inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these

cases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket ; Mann, 23, CornhiLl ; or tree by post for forty-two
stamps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by
lettar, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight.

WAR WITH BITRMAH.
(From the London Gazette of last Evening.)
INDIA BOARD, AUG. 20, 1852.
E itTst
lenda House.foillowin
gdispatches have been received at the

LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. GODWIN, CB., COMMANDING
THE FORCES IN AVA, ARRACAN, AND TENASSERIM
PROVINCES, TO C. H. ALLEN, ESQ., SECRETARY TO
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

(Extract.)
Head-quart-rs, Rangoon, June 9, 1852.
I have the honour to report, for the information of
the Government, that, on the mornitp: of the 20th of
May, Martaban was attacked by a Burmese force, of
1,000 or 1,200 men, which was gallantly driven back by
the Madras Native Infantry in garrison there, under
the command of Major Rail. The operations are re-
ported to me as follows:--
At half-past six A.M. of the 26th of May, the pickets
at Martaban wore fired on in a desultory manner by
the enemy for npwards of an hour, wllett a strong skir-
mishing party led by Captain Stewart sufficed to dis-
lodge them. Oar loss has been very trifling; 1 private
killed, and 1 subadar, 1 naick, and 11 privates wounded.
During the day a party was sent cut by the officer
commanding to scour the country around, but they met
with no opposition, and the place had been unmo-
lested up to the time of the last report. On the opening
of the fire of our guns, the steam-frigate Feroze, which
had 200 mt.n of the Mat Light Infantry on board, landed
part of them at Martaban, to aid in the defence of the
place, and the remainder proceeded in boats up the river,
and took the enemy in reverse and caused them consi-
derable loss.

The troops appear to have behaved very well, and
the exertions of Major Ball, who commanded she post;
of Captains Rickards and Stewart, of the 49th Madras
Native Infantry, who commanded the party that went
to scour the country; and of Lieutenant Furvis, who
commanded the Artillery, were very meritgi
' ous. Cap-
tain Lynch and the troops on hoard the Peroze under
Captain Anderson, were as usual prompt, and the good
judgment displayed by the former officer tended to the
complete confusion of the enemy.
I have had excellent accounts from Bassein, of the 31st
of May, from Captain Darroch, whom I left in command
of the place, till the arrival of Major Roberts, of the 9th
Madras Native Infantry. These are highly creditable
to that officer, and to Lieutenant Craster, of the Bengal
Engineers, and show what a few days' well-directed
exertions may do in placing a post in a state of excel-
lent defence.

Captain Darroch further reports that everything is
quiet around Bassein; the enemy had Taft the neigh-
bourhood. and the inhabitants were coming in in num-
bers to seek protection under our rule.

The head-men of twenty-six villages had come to
tender services, and to bring provisions of all sorts for
the troops.

I have also the honour to report, for the information
of the Governor-General in Council, the operations of
a small expedition which I detached against Pegu on the
3d instant, under the command of Major Cotton, of the
67th Regiment Native Infantry, to co-operate with
Captain Tarleton, of her Majesty's frigate Fox, in
driving ont a strong force, either from Sitang or Baling,
who had taken possession of that city, so lately filled
with a friendly population, and where there was a large
granary. .

- I enclose Major Cotton's own report of his cperations,
which show great promptitude, good judgment, and
brave conduct, in himself and the troops he commanded.
The particulars, as to the conduct of the officers and
men, and also the cheerful assistance given by Captain
Tarleton, and his naval contingent, I feel assured the
Governor-General in Council will appreciate most
favourably.
In concluding my dispatch, I have only to congratu-
late the Government on the continued good conduct of
its troops, on their excellent health, and perfect state of
discipline for any duty they may be called of to per-
form. I have, &c., _ _

H. GODWIN, Lieutenant-General.

bIAJOR H COTTON TO CAPTAIN MAYHEW, ASSISTANT
ADJUTANT•GENERAL OF THE DURMAH FIELD FORCE.
Rangoon, June 9,1852.
Sir,—Agreeably to instructions furnished me by
Lieutenant-Colonel Start, commanding the 67th Regi-
ment Native Infantry, I embarked on board the East
India Company's steamer I'hlegethon, Captain Neblett,
on the morning of the 3rd instant, in command of
a detachment of the strength mentioned in the margin,*
to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, her Majesty's fri-
gate Fox, in command of the naval portion of the expe-
dition, in carrying out the instructions detailed in Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Sturt's letter, and I have the honour to
make the following report for the information of Lieu-
tenant. General Godwin, C. 8., commanding the Burmah
field force.

We reached the village Peinkeong the same evening,
and anchored; the next, morning the troops were ona•
barked in boats, and we proceeded up the Pegu river;
when within a few miles, heavy firing was heard a-
head, and from information obtained from the Peguers,
I learnt that the enemy were in force on the right bank
of the river opposite the town. I immediately landed
my detachment at half.past nine o'clock A rd. to attack
them, and Captain Tarleton agreed to take the naval
force, and co-operate on the right. I shall leave
Captain Tarleton to detail to Commodore Lambert his
part of the engagement. I proceeded in skirmishing
order with the detachment along the right bank of the
river, for nearly two miles through heavy swamp
.and
jungle, and drove the enemy completely across the river,
in the direction of the Great Pagoda; when, hearing
heavy firing from the direction of the boats, I returned
to render my aid to Captain Tarleton. I found,
on crossing the river, he had had a smart en-
gagement with the enemy, and repelled an
attack made by them on the boats, sad I was much gra-
tified to hear from Captain Tarleton, of the admirable
conduct of a section of the Rifle Company 67th Regi-
ment Native Infantry present at it, ander the command
of Captain E. W. Hicks. The men were by this time
(ono o'clock) much fatigued, and I resolved to remain
for a couple of hours, and then proceed to attack the
Great Pagoda, whither the enemy hal been seen to re-
treat, having arranged with Captain Latter, that he
should guard the boats with a party of Peguers.
We had not, however, rested very long, when a report
was brought from the picket that the Burmese
were
conning down upon us in great numbers from the pagoda.
I went down and ascertained that such was the case,
that they were coming down in skirmishing order, I
should say at least 1,000 men, and amongst them 30 or
40 were mounted upon ponies. I could plainly dis-
cern their leader from his dress and gold chattah. 1
immediately got my party under arms in extended
order, Captains Tarleton and Neblett, the former with
30, and the latter with 20. seamen, joining, When the
enemy had got well across the plain, in extent about
three-quarters of a mile, consisting of rice fields par-
tially covered with water, I advanced with the whole
detachment, and after a smart fire, drove them into the
jungle which surrounds the pagoda. I then formed my
detachment into column of sections, and, steadily ad-
vancing, stormed the south gate with the 80th and Sap-
pers, when the Rifles under Captain Ricks extended
to the lett, and rushed in at the west gate' So
sudden was the assault that the enem had not time to
fire their guns, which were found loaded, and covering
y
the entrance to the gates. At the west gate were four
guns, two brass and two iron, and at the south gate tw
guns and two gingala.
and sun-
We drove the enemy through the pagoda, ---
ceeded in killing and wounding a number of thotre
t. at:
pursue them, as the men were much knocked
they retreated down the gateway. It was impossible
been under arms since one o'clock in the morning, d
all overcome by the excessive heat and fatigue
encoun-
tered during the day.
land only
am happy to say that no soldier was killed,
two sepoys and one dooley bearer wounded; this small
loss is to be attributed to the fact that the enemy, for
the most part, fired too high. oar stay,
My detachment occupied the pagoda during
o'shes of
and I employed the time in carrying out the
wishes of
and I employed the time in carrying out t
parts of the
the Lieutenant-Genera in destroying some
his par done by
fortifications surrounding the pagoda; te- w" I beg
Lieutenant Mayne, Field Engineer, whose report
up., having
leave to attach.
In the town,
to carry
quantity of rice, which Ipermitted the Peguers
away in boats.
Surrounding the pagoda there is also another town, in
d to be burnt,
which much rice was found; this I cause v as much as
after allowing the inhabitants to carry away
they could.
under Captain
on the river side, there was a great
The co-operation of the naval force Captain
Tarleton
Phl getholi, was
Tarleton, her Majesty's ship Fox, and
Neblett, East India Company's ship - - °illy most sin_
most active and efficient, and I would
bueoLs; should be
core thanks and congratulations for 6
h ough the proper
conveyed to them, officers and men, t rt, I hope I may
channel. Before cnncluding this under
arals°trion at the gal-
b_ e permitted to mention my
.a--- detachment, in-
lantry displayed by all comprising
InaYnd men. The
eluding the naval parties, officers which existed are
.union, cordiality, and good feeling
omplaint was made
beyond all praise, and not a single Cc. I beg to notice,
against any one during the whole tim
in medical charge,
for the information of the Lieutenant-General, Captain
f her Majesty's 80th,
Ormsby, commanding a company a
and Lieutenants Amiel and Fraser, of the saisme Regi-
ment, end Dr. M`Kellar, East India
who, in addition•n attending to the
Company's patnoy -
his
Service,othe
duties, displayed great humanity
sic.
g eintosh, 52nd Re
Captain
Nativefl icks,lnfantry, commanding
Lieu-
tenant
wounded Burmese • Lieutenant
of the 67th. Regi-
d h Mayne,
gt:esuatpopMmer.paaNnenaytd,iv6Be7o'tlthilln,faßannetdgrYitn,ce7nd Lieutenant -
Assistant Field Engineer, who enter diet he pagoda with
greatest assistance,
RifiCClarke and Ensign ThetcPsen'
went, all of whom rendered me the
was much pleased. I left
and with whose conduct I
de n and—l
detachment in progress to Raagou ~have, &c.,
67th Regiment.
H. CoTT",
guns and
P.S. I beg to enclose a list of casualties—of
Pegu, at twelve o'clock, A.M. on Saturday last, with my

oot, under command of
Panra aervice
* too -------
oth Regiment Native In-
-I,4.netrY, under aptain Hicks. 30 Madras Sappers, under
Captain nioernwisbh,ce,r. Majesty's 80th
1,! utenant Alackintosh. Lieutenant Mayne, Madras En-
gineers, Field Engineer. Dr. DPlC.ellar, East India Cora-
, is Medical charge•

arms captured—also a plan of operations drawn by Lieut.
Mayne, Madras Engineers, Assistant Field Engineer.
Return of Ordnance captured at Pegu, Jane 4, 1852.
Small calibre-2 brass guns, good, carriages destroyed;
6 iron guns, 2 good, 4 very bad, carriages destroyed.
10 gingals, 3 sunk in the river at Pegu.
400 to 5001bs. of powder: 1001hs. used in blasting.
List of Casualties i❑ the Detachment under the com-
mand of Major Cotton, 67th Regiment, at the capture
of Pegu, Juno 4, 1852.
Wounded-67th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry-
-2 rank and file; 1 camp follower.

COMMODDBE G. It. LAMBERT, It N., HER MAJESTY'S SHIP
FOX, TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA.

Rangoon, June 8.
Sir,—The Lieutenant-General commanding having ex-
pressed his wish that a military and naval force should
make an attack upon the city of Pegu, I therefore sent
Commander Tar:oton, with the boats of her Majesty's
ship Fox and the East India Company's steam-vessel
Phlegethon, to perform this service, in conjunction with
230 troops under the command of Major Cotton, and I
have the honour to request you may be pleased to lay
Commander Tarleton's report of proceedings before the
Governor-General.
I enclose also a list of killed
avillhedaen,ds,c.,
wounded in the naval
force.
G. R. LAMBERT, Commodore.

COMMANDER TARLETON, R.N., TO COMMODORE G. R.
LAMBERT, R.N., COMMANDING THE NAVAL FORCES
AT RANGOON.
Her Majesty's ship Fox, Rangoon, June 8, 1852.
Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that, in pur-
suance of your orders, I proceeded on the morning, 3d
inst., with the boats expressed in the margin,' to the
East India Company's steamer Phlegethon, which ves-
sel, having embarked 98 men, Bengal Native Infantry
Rifle Company, Major Cotton commanding
Regiment,Miners of the Madras
ktayinn'stcloBshoMt;h Lieutenant Mayne,
CaptainCdoetpatcahie-
Mtija
Latter, Interpretrer to the
division,mA Ormsby;egse ts ; t
Assistant
'lOO men,
m n Engineer,
ine men,
Sappers
Lieutenant herr.
Lieutenant-General commanding the forces, also ac-
companied us.
We proceeded up the Pegu River as far as the village
of Poinkeong, which we reached a little before eight
P.M., it being then high water. The stream becoming
extremely narrow and shallow at this point I did not
deem it prudent to ascend it further, and therefore
we
Majorthe
hCeoettteo n
()fuer
tphreoc eheedxi nt
eweidt with
ihd
ei s,
detachment
woikt
for 91 hours, s tat ould
ihend foo
a r bout
h two A
c .m., but
not the
leave the
ebb ran
steamer before 5.30 A.M. on the 4th. At Peinkeong
Captain Latter obtained information that a large number
of Peguers had put themselves under the direction of
one of their countrymen
b named Moungta; that they ha
day previous they had been engaged with a body of
men under Moungyswik,
assembled on the right
tahnekßoi
rfm tahne
Governoriver, whoefr el)
etghd
ue.
B
dheeae worsted,situated
andy thehad villagers'
retired
iaectchoeundtirtheeetileantter ha
of
Z
ang e
on the river bank, immediately opposite Pegn. When
within about five miles of this place, the chief Moungta,
came off to the boats, and confirmed the reports which
had been previously received; his force, consisting of
about 5,000 men (imperfectly armed), lined the right
bank of the river, and advanced with the boats. From
his communication with Moungta Captain Latter was
satisfied that the enemy's chief strength lay on the right
d
bank. Major Cotton therefore decided on landing his
on that side, while I proceeded with the
boats (as soon as the men were disembarked), to co-
operate on his right flank. The river at this point is
not more than sixty yards wide; the present village
of Pegu stands on the left bank, which is steep and
muddy below highwater mark. About a quarter of a
mile in the rear of the houses there is a broad ditch, the
bottom of which at this season is a swamp; it rues along
the west face of the old wall of Pegu, for the distance of
two or three miles; the wall has originally been built of
brick, and the top (which may be twenty feet above the
bottom of the ditch) is now covered with jungle. The
village of Zsuguain, as I have before mentioned, stands
immediate opposite; it possesses a small pagoda, and is
surrounded by a low growth of jungle.
I had proceeded a short distance in the boats, when a
sharp fire of musketry was opened upon us from the
Pegu side. Feeling the disadvantage we laboured under
by being underneath the enemy's fire, with no effectual
means of returning it, I at once landed with the boat's
crow of her Majesty's ship Fox, and was shortly after
joined by Captain Neblett and boat's crews of the Phle-
gethon (see margin), in all about fifty men. The
Burmese fired upon us as we advanced, but were
driven from point to point until completely broken,
one party retreating by the river's side to the north-
ward, and the other within the old wall before
mentioned. Our object being attained, I was retiring in
close order to the boats, when a fire of gingals and
musketry was opened upon us from the wall. Deeming
it unwise to permit the Burmese to suppose we had re-
treated from them, I instantly engaged a native guide to
show us the causeway through the ditch, and then ad-
vanced to the attack. We halted afe re seconds to gain
breath under shelter of an old house, then rushed in
over the causeway, and through a breach to the right of
the gateway. On getting over the wall we found our-
selves among some fine trees, free from underwood.
Behind these the enemy stood with great resolution,
until they were, in many instances, driven out by the
bayonet. The defect in their firing was bore very ob-
servable, as their shot in most cases struck the branches
above our heads. We pushed them through to the plain
beyond, when they broke and fled, leaving many dead;
their number engaged might probably have been 100
men, and they also had a reserve of about 200 more
fficerssoernvhicoersweabsack),beyondwtihteh
only
reachnl
glad
a
(commanded
of musketry. The whole party retired within the Great
pagoda, about a mile and a half to the eastward. lam
d to
say
tby officers
this
one casualty on our aide, one man performedh _
having received a
severe sword-cut in a personal encounter.
Information was now brought me that our boats had
been attacked by another party of th enemy from the
down to their
southward; I accordingly hasteed
_ relief,
and happily found them safe. Mr. M'Murdo, mate of
her Majesty's ship Fox, who had been left with a few men
in charge, reported that a very heavy fire had
been
opened upon them, to which he had endeavoured to re ply
with the pinnace's gun and a small arm party, but the
water was too low to do this with effect, and, having one
man killed and two wounded, he judi • • ciously removed the
remainder to the right bank, sending
an application to
Major Cotton for support. A party of Rifles returning
fortunately met the messenger, and, coming on with all
speed, took up a position on the river side, from which
they kept up so true and incessant a fire across the water
that the enemy were compelled to abandon their attempt
and on our approach to retreat. Major Cotton having
overcome all opposition on the opposite side, now crossed
over with his detachment.
On a consultation with him, it was determined to
wait until three P.M, before we should advance to attack
the Great Pagoda, the men being absolutely in need of
repose after so muoh fatigue under a burning sun. The
Rifle company of the 67th was therefore bivouacked in
the wood within the wall, her Majesty's 80th Regiment
on the river face, and the seamen returned to their
boats. At two P.M. the alarm bugle was sounded, and,
on my landing, I discovered that the Burmese had
issued from the pagoda in considerable strength, with
the evident intention of attacking us. The troops lost
not a moment in getting under arms, and the seamen
(see detail annexed)4 came on shore.
The enemy fell back on our advance, a movement he
appeared to have so little expected that many of his men
were unable to regain their position in time to defend it,
and those who did were so taken by surprise that their
fire was inffectual, and their four guns, which pointed
down the steps leading up to the gateway, were found
loaded by her Majesty's 80th, who gallantly led the as-
sault; and this naturally strong place was happily car-
ried without a casualty on our side.
I returned with the seamen to the boats, as soon as
the pagoda was in our possession ; embarked the de-
tachment at noon 30th ; on the 6th reached the steamer,
at Peinkeong, at 5 r.v. ; she weighed on her return at
8 A.M. ; on the 7th, at noon, she took the ground, and,
as the tide was ebbing, and there was no possibility of
her moving for several hours, I ordered the Fox's boats
to take the canoe, with the camp followers in tow ; I
passed them in the gig, and arrived on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Fox at 3 A.M. on the Bth.
I have the honour to inclose the following list of
casualties :
Her Majesty's ship Fox—three seamen wounded.
East India Company's steamer Pblegethon—one sea-
man killed.
I beg leave to add that the conduct of both officers and
men under my orders has been most exemplary, and to
represent to you the valuable assistance and co-opera-
tion I received on all occasions from Captain Niblett,
commander of the East India Company's steamer Phle-
gethon.—l have, &c., J. W. TARLETON.

LIST OF MEN BELONGING TO THE NATAL FORCES KILLED
AND WOUNDED DURING THE ACTION AT PEGU, ON THE
pised wound of right shoulder, from
Fox—Andrew Walker, A. 8.,
wounded
-MFc sujaetjuv.eeN6HrtgeYeynBl r 8; yssi2l3hlcin gram, ordinary, wounded slightly;
superficial wound of the right shoulder, from a musket
ball. John Taylor, A. 8., wounded slightly; graze of the
right light, from a musket ball,
East India Company's steamer Plegethon—James
Shields, killed.

* her Majesty's ship Fox —Launch— Mr. 31' Murdo, mate;
Mr. Lucas, midshipman ; crew, 15 men. rm„o-31r.
Copeland, mate ; Mr. Hudson, midshipman • crew, is men*
Gig—Mr. Cott= ; crew, 6 men. Cutters2Mr. Alexander,
Mr. Lisboa; crew, 9 men each. Mr. Morgan, assistant-sur-
geon, her Majesty's ship Fox. East India Company's stboats.
Muzuffer—Mr. Harding; crew, natives,
A large canoe, fitted for the conveyance of the camp
1
lowers. in paddle-box I
oi.
c Sevenoskes,
t East India Company's steamer Fblegetlion—Two Cut-
ters—Messrs. T. M. Hulks, 3d officer; C. •
midshipman ; crew, 22 men.
i Her Majesty's ship Fox—Officers, men. Last
8 F
.111 r. Ill,‘,Murdo, mate ;
Mr. Iludson and Mr. Lucas, n—Captain Isiiblett
India Company's steamer Phlogetlio
midibipmen : .) ,
22 men.

[PRICE 51).

I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
TlMES.—Never were vigilance and alertness more
imperatively required at the hands of the public and
their representatives than now. The amalgamation cf
great railway companies, however plausibly it may
be described, must effect an entire revoluti tn in the
internal traffic of the country, and thin revolution, if
care be not quickly taken, may actually overwhelm
us by surprise.. Like the French natien, we shall find
ourselves some morning under a wholly new rule end
government, with our 07, II consent end sufferance
presumed and alleged for the change. Let the reader
only mark the language already used by the railway
presidents. "Public opinion," said Mr. Glyn, " had
been greatly altered upon this subject ;" in fact, "a
great railway authority" whose name he was "not at
liberty to disclose" had said as much ; " atnalgarea-
tion,' therefore, " must take place, and it would not
end with the Great Western." The text thus delivered
was promptly taken up, and, within a few hours of
Mr. Glyn's declaration, Mr. Edmund Denison, the
Chairman of the Great Northern, in addressing an
offer of commercial partnership to the Chairman of
the Midland, observed that, as " amalgamation, ac-
cording to Mr. Glyn's published (minion on the subject,
was inevitable," he " apprehended no Parliamentary
objections." Up to this time, he said, he had hesitated,
but
ut Mr. Glyn's example removed his doubts, and "jus-
tified" his overtures. Thus, the bare assertion of one
railway director, backed by an appeal to a single
anonymous authority, is magnified in the course of
four and twenty hours into a fixed and settled
Parliament prin-
ciple decisive of the whole question, and it is confi-
dently anticipated that will sanction the
project, for the simple reason tblfat, in Mr. Glynn's
opinion, "it can't be helped."
our-
selves as dogmatically to the o we expressed
prs. osite effect we should
fall into the same error as MesPsDenison and Glyn.
Our concern, on behalf of the public, is not to repre-
sent either one course or another In'
as absolutely pre-
destined, but to bring the subject before the commu-
nity with such plain and timely
trueil lustration that it
may be decided at last in theinterests of the
s
country, and not solely by the assertions of thosei who
are likely enough to be under considerable b
body denies that the present state of things is bad-
.
We .
We may go even one step further, and admit that
from much of the money lavished by bellieresontthcli-
rectors not the smallest public good is derived,
at
by the cessation of such " costly and harassing reef
P
tices" railways would gain, and nobody would lose.
Bat is the issue raised by railway chairman a proper
issue ? Is it absolutely inevitable that either " costly
strife and distracting,disputes" must continue to con-
sume the funds of the companies, or that all the in-
terests and duties of these companies must be forth-
with merged and confounded in one wholesale amal-
gamation ? Is there no possible alternative between
these two conclusions ; or, if there be none, can amal-
gamation be claimed for the benefit of the railways
without detriment to the rights and interests of the
public ? In the first place, let the reader consider
what these directors are confessing. By their own
statements they have deliberately involved themselves I
in brawls, conflicts, and cabals, which have drained
their treasuries, distracted the attention of their
boards, and left all parties just where they were at
first, minus the money sunk. In this description of
their proceeding we are quoting the very words of
Mr. Glyn and Mr. Russell. And what is it, then,
with such a lively conviction of their own deserts, that
they now propose ? To turn over a new leaf, abstain
from these unproductive broils, apply their funds to
proper purposes, and maintain that wholesome emu-
lation in the public service prescribed by the Legisla-
ture in the very charters which gave them existence ?
No such thing. They declare, by implication, that
they must and will go on squabbling and squandering
for ever, unless all temptation be taken out of their
way; that they cannot come to fair terms with each
other, but must inevitably grasp, fight, struggle, and
spend as long as there is a toll or a ticket shop which
one possesses and another does not; and that the
only remedy is to make all property so common to
all companies that there shall no longer be any ade-
quate motive for battle or pillage. This is the case
of the directors, according to their own showing.
They are desperate, incurable reprobates, who cannot
even promise, after all their suffering, for their future
good conduct unless they are relieved from every
visible inducement to sin. And how is the public to
fare under the remedy suggested by these candid
penitents ? Let the reader observe how the point
has been treated in the negotiations already repeated.
Mr. Glyn, in his first proposal to the North-Western,
talked with great fluency about the " the interests of
the public" and the " proper restrictions" which he
could not but feel the propensities of his class re-
quired ; Mr. Russell, with a very correct apprecia-
tion of the real value of such salvos, thought that
Parliament would look suspiciously at the pro-
posed scheme, " although guarded by some general
protection to the public ; ' while Mr. Denison,
in that " frank and direct style" which so
charmed Mr. Ellis, throws the public overboard
at once, and looks to his company alone, as a director
should. " Our railways," says he to the Chairman of
the Midland, " compete with each other in the south
and north ; they cross each other at two or three im-
portant points ; there are double stations at several
towns, and duplicate trains run where single ones
would, serve the public equally well. By amalgama-
tion,d therefore, a very large annual expenditure
and
ewdoultbe
be saved, which would improve the dividends
real value of both properties." This is very is
there
and direct "—nothing could be more so ; u
no other voice to be heard in the matter ? Mr. De-
nison, we suppose, has some half-dozen stout serving
men, who, in return for the discharge of their several
duties, receive some 1001. or 150 E
a year from him in
wages. What would he say,
if h
gotiation between a " Jeames' and: overheard" a ne-
Chawles" to the
purport following ?—" Our duties, you see, compete
with each other, in-doors and out ;we cross each other
at every turn of the premises ; we stand double be-
hind the same carriage, and two of us are worked
where one would serve our master equally well.
Let us amalgamate our work and our wages, and just
do what's wanted by turns. This would save us a lot
of trouble every year, and improve our property like-
wise ; for, as master would be paying for six, though
he only got the work of two, there would always be
four of us getting good pickings for nothing. This
is pure " amalgamation ;" and what, speaking as
paymaster instead of purveyor, does Mr. Denison
think of it ? How came the Great Northern and
Midland to compete with each other, and cross each
other, and intersect each other, and have double
stations in the same towns ? Because those identical
privileges were obtained from Parliament. And
how were they obtained ? By proof—and nobody
proved more forcibly than Mr. Denison and his
own colleagues—that such competition was good,
wholesome, and for the manifest advantage of the
public ; that the traffic of the country supplied
abundant aliment for double lines of railway
and that, new communications being usually ini:
provements upon the old in directness of route
and excellence of construction, the public was sure to
gain by the encouragement given to such adventures.
What, in short, is the Great Northern itself but the
very offspring and creation of these identical prin-
ciples which its chairman now discards? If anybody
could have borrowed Mr. Denison' words seven years
ago, and given them the force claimedsb for them att
present, there would never hays
King's-cross, nor one of the bebstrverneseehni Ea station abe-
tween that point and NewarklT:peisas
Lincoln.
clear as possible that companies can only ask for
amalgamation on grounds convicting both the policy
to
which they owe their being and the course which
they have allowed themselves to pursue. The vkeeriYr
application itself implies a virtual forfeit of their
original charters, for they confess theroselvreiset;,"
and
potent to discharge their duties with P
beg relief from those identical conditsiuo
have been
their privileges were conceded. Theefw ari isP n which
the
are
notoriously their own, and if
to be entertained, there but themselves nijot the slightest
themselves with the
pretence for visiting any
penalties. ersons, probably, have
CHRONICLE. dirtine, impression of the de-
been able to retain anlFtg,, Six-mile Bridge Homi-
tails of the inquessvon
ee which we recorded yester-
cides," the terrniinl,
therefore, before commenting on
day; and we sha
oceedings, briefly recapitulate the
the result of tbcessper.
On Thursday. the 22d of July,
outlines
a oohs -
of the
e
during ested election for ties' county of Clare,
six men.X were shot dead by a pasey of Ist Regi-
,at a place called Six-mile Bridge. A coroner's
w ent,
„ s immediately empeeneled ; but, in order to
gape time for t,la e popular excitement to subside, the
inquest was sojourned to Tue day, the 31 of August.
From that time it dragged on until last Wednesday,
on which day—the fourteenth of the inquiry—a ver-
dict was returned. The essential facts elicited by this
portentous investigation were, after all, but few. It
seems that a party of electors in the interest of the
Tory candidates were brought from Limerick to Six-
mile Bridge, one of the polling places of the county,
under military escort—the requisition for armed
protection having been signed by five magistrates.
Both the soldiers and the voters were subject, during
this expedition, to the no small amount of taunts and
intimidation • but nothing serious occurred until the
arrival of the party at Six-mile Bridge. Here the
riot became formidable. The voters were denounced

a,,__D

l as " convietA ; " anti raore circles of the Memo than;
Dante ever imagined were proclaimed to he ha et ores
for those recreants to their religion, and traitors to
their country. The women were eager in this tongue
warfare ; and certain Roman Catholic priests were
especially active and eloquent. One Dr. O'Connor
pointedly, though calmly, inquired, " Why the voters
did not vote for the Liberals ?" Father Bourke—
who came out for the day with the appropriate spi-
ritual weapons of " a horsewhip in one hand, end a
registry-book in the other"—preached a soothing
homily on the text, "Fight, boys, for your religion."
Father Clune, in more scriptural language, endea-
voured to kindle the reluctant spirits of his auditors:—
" You are standing here idle, doing nothing, and they
(the voters) are coming. Oh, what is this for ?" By
the time an attempt was made to poll the party under
military protection, these animating homilies bad
done their work. Stones flew in every direction ;
the voters were being pulled off the cars ; some of the
soldiers were knocked down ; Father Bcurke—fore-
most in the ;ray, though the first subsequently to
run—actually seized the muskets of the escort ; and
then—it is not ciesr wheeher by the express order
of the commanding officer—the soldiers fired, and six
men were slain. The milirary, it must be remarkfel
were accompanied by Mr. Delmege, a county naagis-
trete ; but cot the slightest evidence was offered that
he either ordered or sanctioned the firing. Contra-
dictory testimony was produced as to the amount of
violence and rioting on the part of the crowd ; and
end one witness, whose recollections must be singularly
bellicose, deposed that he had never known so
peaceful an election. Father Bourke—though a
whole host of witnesses contradicted him—flatly
denied that he had stimulated the people
at all, though he owned to the whip and the
registry-book. In short, the affair presented the
usual amount of contradictory 'evidence which cha-
racterises not only Irish inquiries, but all investiga-
tions into collisions between the military and a mob.
But the whole matter practically resolved itself into
the specific and single question—always, we admit, a
difficult and delicate one—which invariably recurs in
such cases. Was the amount of provocation offered
to the military such as to justify the commanding
officer in firing upon the mob, or were the lives of
the soldiers so far in peril that the necessities of mere
self-defence warranted them in falling back upon
their ordinary rights as citizens, and in firing without
orders ? For ourselves, we think that they were
justified. If to be forcibly attacked by rioters, and
to be knocked down with stones, is not sufficient
provocation—if cutting reins and bridles, and de-
stroying firelocks,doimpo
esnsosible
tcrstßituutt,e
aadcmaistetinofg realthe
peril—the thing is
extreme difficulty of fixing, to a hair's breath the
line where risk of life begins—admitting also that
there was some evidence of an unnecessary second
firing on the part of the soldiers—it is at least
certain that the sole alternative left to the jury
was to decide between a verdict of justifiable homi-
cide and one of manslaughter. We should not have
been surprised at the latter. Irish juries seldom un-
derstand evidence, or recognise the true purpose for
which a jury meets. They are usually incapable of
it. They mostly look at a verdict, in such cases, as
merely a strong mode of expressing their own per-
sonal political sentiments; nor is it only in Ireland
ny
that juries are very apt to return strong verdicts
t the military. There is a constitutional jes-
hloauvsey beeno f
soldiers.m ainngonthne present century there
inquests DurDur
as those in St. George's-fieldsec eaandwiatth riots,te r 1 sucho,
iin
which, contrary to the evidence, the troops have been
exaggeration, Ireland has o
declared guilty of manslaughter.
own included—in But,d with charac-
teristictohnee all previous
performances—her
per-
verting justice. A verdict of wilful
murwdeeyr haaf
ac-
tually been returned against eight soldiers ofthe3 s
t
--and, l
and, more scandalous still, against the ma •
seems to
Mr. Delmege. This preposterous decision magistrate,
have been suggested by an extemporaneous hint
which was thrown out by Mr. Counsellor Coffey,
when the Coroner had concluded his charge. we
subjoin both the suggestion and the sensible reply
which it elicited:—
" The CORONER then put to the jury the issues they
had to try, and said that it was for them to consider
whether their verdict should be one of manslaughter or
justifiable homicide.
" Mr. Coffey suggested that the verdict of ' murder'
was within the range of their consideration.
" The CORONER—With respect to murder,' the cir-
cumstances of the case, and the provocation received,
whatever it was, must do away with that. The provoca-
tion has been admitted."

In spite, however, of this distinct intimation of the
law of the case, the jury—by a majority of twelve
out of seventeen—returned a verdict of wilful mur-
der. A more outrageous and disgraceful exhibition
of party prejudice and religious rancour it would be
impossible to conceive.