The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-03 00:00:00

£547 10 0

Annual repair of railway, at 151. per mile 180
Two enginemen •• • •• • ••• 150

6,580
It will be seen I have allowed a double set of en-
ginemen for the turnpike road, who will have to go
four times each oftener than the railway, which, I
presume, would be a greater public accommodation.
By the foregoing it appears, admitting both roads to
be level, that the difference in favour of the turnpike
road is, nearly 100 per cent., which, I imagine, will
most amply compensate for the ordinary undulations
of turnpike roads, and that, therefore, from 10,0001.
to 12,0001. per mile is the prudent limit for the cost
of ordinary railways ; otherwise the time may come,
and I think will come, when steam on common roads
will successfully compete with railways that may
have cost from two to four times that amount.
Entertaining these views ten years ago, I did all in
my pow 4 to prevent lavish expenditure on the Bristol
and Exeter Railway, but so spell-bound were the di-
rectors and shareholders, that my exertions were but
little heeded; though I believe 1 was a great means of
saving them many tens of thousands, at a sacrifice of
much time and many hundreds of pounds, which the
contractor for the works of the line will, and the
directors can, confirm. The original estimate for
that line was 1,250,0001., and which amount, if the
original plan, gradients, &c., had been adopted, might
have been amply sufficient, but which has ended in a
cost of about double that amount, notwithstanding
considerable alterations that were subsequently made
in gradients, &c., after my exertions and statements
were published.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
WEST DURHAM.
On Friday the annual meeting of the shareholders in
this company was held at Darlington. Mr. N. Plews,
the chairman of the board, presided. Among the direc-
tors present was Mr. George Hudson, M.P.
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by reading a
statement of accounts from the mortgagees, which
showed that a considerable reduction was made annually
in the liabilities of the company, and that upwards of
50,0001. was now in the hands of the receiver to be ap-
plied to the benefit of the public.
Mr. ALLISON moved that a committee of shareholders
be appointed for the purpose of investigating the accounts
and transactions of the mortgagees of the company,
three of those shareholders to form a quorum. That
the committee consist of Messrs. Abbot, Middleton,
Murray, and Thompson, and that they report the result
of the investigation to an adjourned meetiog to De held
on the 26th of October. carried.
for
Mr. ALLISON observe
Mr. BROWN. SeebOsnedryeeddlthheatihitawioonu,
ldwhbiechnewcaesssary
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c andmittee that authority shouldthecom-
be given to them for
om to have access to b.ooks of the
pany,
that purpose.
The CHAIRMAN said the committee would have no
difficulty in that respect, for everything would be
placed at their disposal.
Mr. ALLISON then moved that the committee now ap-
pointed should have power to call for and examine all
books, vouchers, papers, and documents relating to the
company's affairs.
Some other business having been transacted, and
several questions having been asked and satisfactorily
answered by the chairman, the meeting closed with a
motion by Mr. Abbot that the meeting be adjourned
until October 26.

On Tuesday the half-yearly meeting of the share-
holders in this company was held at their offices at
Lowestoft; Major Tyndale presided; and among those
present were T. Morse, Esq.. James Peto, Esq., J. 0.
Taylor, Esq., H. Bolingbroke, Esq., R. Till, Esq., and
other gentlemen.
Mr. TILL having read the advertisement convening
the meeting, the chairman affixed the seal of the com-
pany to the register of shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN then said there was no report of the
directors on this occasion, and the traffic accounts were
made out by the Eastern Counties Company. The works
of the harbour were progressing slowly; they were now
under the direction of the Norfolk Company, and they
would be so till they were completed. Last year they
were under the direction of the Eastern Counties Com-
pany. At the previous meeting, some of the proprietors
wished an application to be made to the Eastern Counties
Company for a free pass to attend these meetings. That
application had been made, and the Eastern Counties
Company, acting, he supposed, on the principle they
had adopted, declined to grant it. He regretted this ;
but the Eastern Counties Company did not mean to pass
their own proprietors free, and they could not, there-
fore, grant the privilege to the Lowestoft shareholders.
Mr. TILL said he had made an application on behalf
of the Norfolk Company, and had received a reply to the
effect that the directors could not comply with the re-
quest.
Mr. BOLINGBROKE said he had seen an advertisement
stating that the shareholders in the Eastern Counties
Company might have free passes to attend the next
half-yearly meeting on applying for them.
The CHAIRMAN said it would be so this year, but on
no future occasion would they have the passes.
Mr. TILL then read the statement of the accounts as

THOMAS MOTLEY, C.E.
Stangate, Lambeth, Bth month, 21.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Journal.)
The mining share market has been firm, although
the business actually transacted may be considered
somewhat limited.
Devon Great Consols have been done, and are still
inquired for ; the mine generally continues to main-
tain its most favourable appearances.
Tincroft shares have not been so much in request
this week; although the bi-weekly report confirms
the private letters received, showing the late improve-
ments to be continuous, and placing the mine in a
permanent position.
Lewis is represented in a prominent and highly
satisfactory state.
Tamar Consols is progressing in a most profitable
manner, although the returns are likely to be retarded
this month, in consequence of the prevailing epidemic
amongst the miners. East and South Tamar are also
in a similar position, arising from the same cause.
Business in each of these mines have been done during
the week.
Bedfords have also been inquired for; the profit
arising from the sale of July ores amounts to about
4001., and the mine is stated to be in the same en-
couraging position as last reported.
Shares in the following mines have changed hands
since our last :—Devon Great Consols, Trelawny,
South Frances, West Caradon, Trehane, Cwm Erfin,
Mary Ann, Tamar Consols, South Tamar, Bedford
United, East Tamar, South Melton, Tincroft, East
Buller, West Providence, &c.
At the North Pool meeting, the division of profits
for the months of May and June amounted to 2,2501.,
being 221. 10s per 100th share, leaving a balance of
1,2031. 13s. 9d. The financial statement shows a
profit of 3,274/. 18s. Bd. on the two months' working,
and the mine is represented to be looking very well.
At the Cwm Erfin meeting, a balance of
5221. 10s. 9d. was found against the mine, having
accumulated since the last account, held in ecember
last. A call of 10s. per share was deemed necessary
to pay off the liability. The report presented states
the mine to be in a most encouraging position, which
was fully confirmed by Captain A. Francis, who was
present, satisfactorily showing that the mine would
be in a way of making a profit of 1001. per month,
with an additional outlay of about 3001. for a small
steam-engine. The operations were greatly retarded
thewats
eurm, Trbi,oihn
iconsequence
wo to'
u theld sbcea rwc iht yo
loyf
remedied by the erection of the steam-engine.
theateSouth Wheal Josiah meeting, the financial
durings
cu. r.. At
ohowca w bolanoc of 2U. 10.. 2,1. iu favour
of the mine (inclusive of 121. 13s. unpaid calls) ; for
facilitating the works, a call of 10s. per share was
made. The agent's report states, that a very promising
lode had been discovered in the adit level, and pre-
parations making for more extensive operations.
At the East Wheal Josiah meeting, a call of 2s. 6d.
per share was declared necessary.
At the Wheal Calstock meeting the accounts
showed the mine cost to end of June, 2,2631.145. 10d. ;
by cash received on calls, 2,0921. 10s.—leaving ba-
lance of 171/. 4s. 10d.; to which add due various
merchants' bills and costs for July, and deducting
available assets and balance in hand, shows
amount against the company of 7681. 13s. Bd.
At the adjourned meeting of the Asturian Mining
Company, letters were presented from an influential
party in Spain, proposing terms for re-establishing
the company, and providing means for paying off all
liabilities, and carrying on the operations vigorously.
A committee was formed for the purpose of consider-
ing the proposition, and the result is to be communi-
cated to the proprietary at the meeting to be held on
or about the 25th September.
The demand for foreign shares has not bean active
this week, still business has been done in United
Mexican, St. John del Rey, Australian, Copiapo,
Asturian, and Alten.

Interest on capital ... —...
We.-ir and tear on stock, 9501.-
25 per cent ... •• ••• 237 10 0
Cost of fuel, labrur, &c., 255. per day 455 16 0
BAlauce, or profit ... ... ... 1,498 4 0

Total

£2,737 0 0

By 300 passengers, at 6d. each ... £2,737 0 0
Thus, it appears, that manual power, under the
circumstances stated, would be much more advanta-
geous than horse or steam-power, as the following
comparison exhibits :
By gain with manual-power ...
By ditto with horse-power ...

... £1,858 15 0

... 1,477 10 0

By ditto with steam-power ... 1,498 4 0
1, therefore, think, as far as respects power and
other advantages, manual power is, at least, 50 per
cent. cheaper than horse or steam-power to accom-
plish a given amount of work. tam quite aware, if
there should be traffic sufficient, that steam would do
at least double the work in the same time, causing
only the addition of about 2d. per mile for fuel. It
will be perceived that the foregoing comparison is
only to show the results of a given quantity of power
to accomplish the same amount of work under the
same circumstances, not as a calculation of profit or
lass of a railway project, although it might form a
basis on which to found an encouraging prospectus.
Now, if manual-power is as cheap, or cheaper, than
horse-power, is it not desirable to employ it, instead
of applying the produce of the land for the support of
horses ?—more especially where there is a large un-
employed population, as is the present case in Ire-
land, and even in many parts of England and Scotland.
I will conclude by observing, that I think the past
experience in railway making amply confirms the
view I entertain as to the rule that ought to guide
in constructing railways, which may be thus ex-
plained :—Suppose it be deemed desirable to con-
struct either a turnpike-road or a railway over a level
district, of say 12 miles, and imagine the difference
of friction to be eight times in favour of the railway
--viz., that one engine on a railway will do as much
as eight will do on a turnpike-road, then, doubtless,
it would warrant an outlay eight times greater to
y.
effect the railway. Telford estimated the cost of
making a good turnpike-roado
51 at 1,0001. per mile, and
to keep it in good repair per mile per annum, the
difference may bethus
thus stated :

Turnpike-road.
Coat of turnpike. road ... ...
Ditto of eight engines—say
...

Interest on 12,0001.
Wear and tear of engines-25 p. et. 2,000
Bepiir of Ned ... ... ... ... 600
Four (nolo:nen... ... •• • ... 300

Railway.
—say .. • •
ine ... •

... 12,000
•.. 8,000

20,000

LOWESTOFT HARBOUR AND RAILWAY
COMPANY.

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follows :
ACCOUNTS OF THE LOWESTOFT HARBOUR AND RAILWAY
COMPANY EXPENDITURE TO JUNE 30, 1849.
RAILWAY COMPANY ACCOUNT.
Amount expended to 31st Dec. 1848,
as per statement .4139,560 4 1
Further Expenditure to 30th June, 1849:

Surveying
Parliamentary and law charges ...•
Miscellaneous charged

84 7 10
694 19 4
11 6 0

£140,350 17 3
HARBOUR WORKS ACCOUNT.

Amount expended to the 31st December,
1848, as per statement 163,019 1 8
Further Expenditure to 30th of June, 1849 :
Materials for piers
Salaries
Solicitors' costs 35 16 4
Creosote works

Drainage account ..
Interest to shareholders
Direction
Lowestoft Dispensary
Dredging machinery and coal-lifters
Medical attendance

492 11 0
9,372 16 5
900 0 0
110 0 0
9,075 12 5
180 0 0

£330,735 13 0
Less sale of materials and sawing timber 11,669 13 10

£319,065 19 2

Receipts to June 30, 1849:
Amount received on calls and loans to
Dec. 31, 1848
Advanced by Enatern Counties Company 12,029 15 8
Further receipts to June 30, 1849:
Arrears on old shares 142 5 0

New 6 per cent 246 0 0
Advanced on ditto
Mortgage loan. B,OOO 0 0
Interest on arrears .... 2 8 0
Transfer fees

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
Captain Kirkland, 20th Foot, has been appointed an
Extra Aide-de-Camp to Lientenant-General Rowan,
C. 8., Brevet-Major Talbot, of the 43d, having suc-
ceeded him as Military Secretary.
Lieutenant Pennycuick, of the Royal Artillery, has
succeeded Captain Caulfield, 66th Regiment, as Fort
Adjutant of Tobago.
Lieutenant Barstow, of the Royal Artillery, has va-
cated the Fort Adjutancy of Dominica, being succeeded
by Lieutenant Orme, of the same corps.
Lieutenant Halahan, 3d West India Regiment, has
replaced Lieutenant Philan, Ist West India Regiment,
as Garrison Adjutant of Sierra Leone.
Captain A. C. L. Fitzroy, Royal Artillery, is Aide-
de-Camp to Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Governor of
Sydney.
Ensign Bayley has succeeded Lieutenant Gloster as
Acting Adjutant of the Depot of the 38th Foot.
Lieutenant Annealey, 63d Foot, is Superintendent
Officer of the Leeds Recruiting District, vice Captain
Skiffner.
Lieutenant Villiers, 47th Foot, has succeeded Lieute
nant Lightfoot, 34th Foot, as Superintending Officer of
Recruiting at Exeter ; and Lieutenants Molesworth,
27th, and Shervinton, 46, arc appointed to the Recruit-
ing Service in Aberdeen and Inverness.
Mr. Deputy Assistant Commisary General W. G.
Laidley has quitted the Van Diemen's Land Station.

9,198 13 0
1,412 15 5

Balance due to Norfolk Company

£319,065 9 2
Mr. TILL, in answer to a question, said that the un-
derstanding between the two companies was, that the
completion of the harbour should not exceed 30,0001.,
but there was no intention to spend any such sum of
money.
Mr. TELL, in answer to an obserratioe, said, under
their Act, the shareholders in this company had a
guaranteed rent of four per cent. upon their capital.
Some further conversation ensued, in the course of
which Mr. TILL stated that they had a Parliamentary
guarantee for their four per •ent., and that it was the first
guarantee of the Norfolk Company.—Norfolk Chronicle.

BRECON.—MIIRDER BY A LUNATIC.-011 Saturday
last some gipsy boys, with their parents, encamped in
the neighbourhood of Pankelly, near this town, were
throwing stones at an idiot lad who happened to be
standing on the bank of the canal, when the latter pur-
sued and caught one of the children, who was not above
four or five years old, threw him on the ground and
trampled upon him, and then mercilessly pitched him
into the canal, where he left him. The idiot then im-
mediately made off after the other children, saying he
would serve them in the same manner, but providentially
they were enabled to get out of his way before the dread-
ful threat could be put into execution.' In the mean time
the child who had been thus barbaronsly treated
breathed his last. All endeavours to restore animation
proved ineffectual. An inquest was held on Monday,
when a verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned against
the offender, who stands committed till her Majesty's
pleasure shall be known. The prisoner is quite insane,
and will no doubt be henceforth confined in an asylum.—
Bristol Mirror.
FORGED BANE NOTES.—SIMPLE MODE Or DE..

INEQUITABLE REDUCTIONS.—In consequence of the
reduction of the establishment of certain infantry regi-
ments from 800 to 750 rank and file, the contingent al-
lowance to captains of companies has been, by an order
from the War office, reduced from 23. to ls. 6d. per
diem since the Ist of February, 1849, inclusive; a most
unfair and disproportionate reduction, when it is con-
sidered that the strength of each company is only re-
duced by one-sixteenth, whereas the reduction in the
contingent allowance is one-fourth, and the expenses of
the captain of a company are besides in no way reduced
by the decrease of five rank and file.
GRAND MILITARY OPERATIONS AT PORTSMOUTH.—
We are enabled to state exclusively that, with a view to
another grand military display on the works of Ports•
mouth, the Noble and Gallant Lieut.-Governor of that
fortress has ordered a reserve of ammunition of ten
rounds per gun to be made until a given period. We
hope the Board of Ordnance will be more liberal on the
future than on the late occasion, and grant a proper
supply of ammunition, which cannot be expended in a
better, or, indeed, so good a manner, than in giving
practical instruction to the officers and men in his
command.
ENGLISH STEAMERS YOR FRENCH SERVICE.—We
understand that the French Government have purchased
the two very fast and beautiful steam-boats that were
built for the defunct Brighton and Continental Steam
Packet Company, to run between Newhaven and liavre
and Dieppe, and were only employed for a few months.
They cost about 15,0001. each, and we understand that
the French have bought them both for that sum. They
are destined to run between Marseilles and Genoa.
THE LITIGATED PRIZE MONEY FOR THE SCOUT.—
Some impatience having been expressed on account of
the delay in distributing the prize money granted by the
Admiralty Court, and confirmed by the Privy Council,
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claim the concession of the grant is in a great measure
attributable, have only this week received the mone •
and it will be forthwith advertised for distribution. 3,
THE LATE STABBING CASE AT MALTA.—Mr. Kiddie,
Second Master of the Medusa steam-packet, and not an
Officer of H. M. S. Howe, as related by a Malta paper,
captured the Maltese scoundrel who stabbed the soldier
at Sliema. Mr. Kiddie, it will be remembered, distin-
guished himself a short time since, and received the
commendation of the French authorities, in extinguishing
a fire at Marseilles.
ON DlT.—Lieutenant Mason, of her Majesty's ship
Powerful, 84, in the Mediterranean, is about to form a
matrimonial alliance with Miss Fine, only daughter of
Mr. Fine, the eminent and wealthy surgeon-dentist of
Malta.
PAYMENT OF DOCKYARD WAGES.—The Admiralty
have ordered the new system of individual payment of
dockyard wages by the storekeepers to be put in nma-
don on the Ist of October next. In the meantime,
clerks are ordered to Woolwich Dockyard from the
other establishments to make themselves acquainted with
the system.
Captain Hervey, of the 34th Regiment, has been ap-
pointed Staff Officer of Pensioners at Waterford, vacant
by the decease of Captain De Rinzy. Captain Hervey
entered the Army in November, 1832.
LIBERALITY. We have
great pleasure in recording
an instance of liberality on the part of the Government
to Master Gunner Robert Purcell, of Scarborough-castle,
who has been discharged from the Ordnance Depart-
ment, after serving upwards of 64 years, and has been
awarded a pension of 3s. 7id. per day. His character
had been exemplary, and his name did not appear in
any defaulters'- book. So high a pension to a person in
his rank has rarely, if ever, been awarded.

TRANSPORTATION.

TECTION.—A short time ago a paragraph appeared in
the papers cautioning the public against taking forged
notes of the Bank of England at that time endeavoured
to be circulated, and stating that a few days before a
101. note had been offered to and stopped by a respect-
able tradesman in Fleet-street, who being an experienced
engraver detected it to be spurious. It was also stated
that a 51. note of the Manchester branch of the Bank of
England had been returned to Mr. Austin, the proprietor
of Peel's Coffee-house, Fleet-street, eet, from his bankers,
which was so well executed that in taking it Mr. Austin
or his servants did not feel it necessary to mark it with
the name of the giver, so that he is himself the loser. A
clay or two ago a gentleman connected with the Bank of
England
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out to Mr. Austin the proofs of the note being a forgery,
and also submitted it to a simple but unerring test to
prove the fact. He took from his pocket a genuine note
and placing it alongside the forgery, damped both in a
part, when the water-mak was clearly visible, and in an
instant the difference was quite perceptible. In the
genuine note the moisture rendered the water-mark more
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1849.

of Half-and-Half Beer, to follow the Fashion. Pretty,
to see our Man sound the Depth of the River with a
Plumb, to resolve whereabout on our Lines to place
the Float, and glad to have him to put the bait on,
being Gentles, which I was loath to touch. Our
Hooks no sooner dropped into the Water than
Mr. Itchenbrooke did pull up a Fish about the
Bigness of a Sprat, though, but for the Punt Man, he
would have thrown it in again, saying that he never
heard of keeping any Fish under Half a Pound, and
that while such small Fry were killed there would be
no good Fish in the River. But Lack ! to see how
my Float did bob up and down, and me
.jerk at my
Line, but generally bring up a Weed. Did marvel
at the Punt Man flinging Lumps of Earth and
Meal into the Water to attract the Fish, which
methought would either have driven them away or
surfeited them, but did not, and the Trick did
much divert Mr. Itchenbrooke. We did catch Roach
and Dace to the Number of fifteen, which my Com-
panion did call seven Brace-and-a-Half: and I
caught the Half : I mean the Half-Brace. Our
Fishing did last two Hours, cost 3s. and 6d., besides
fur the Beer, but we had much Mirth for our Time
and Money, though little Fish, and yet more Fish
than some our Man did show us, saying they had been
at it all the Day. So to Dinner at the Star and Garter,
where a most brave Dinner and excellent Wine, and
pretty Discourse with Mr. Itchenbrooke of true
Sport in Fishing and the Art of Whipping for Trout
with an Imitation Fly, made out of coloured Silk
Thread and Birds' Feathers, which I do mightily
admire, and intend to practise if ever I have
Nothing else to do. But methinks I could catch
more Fish in a Thames Punt, having only to drop in
my Hook and pull it out again. Our Dinner ended,
cost me lls. 95. Od., went and bought 6d. worth of
Maids of Honour at the Pastrycook's, and did take
them Home to my Wife.—Punch.

POLICE INTELLIGEN CE.
GUILDHALL.
Mr. Reynolds, residing in Fleet .street, was brought
up in custody from Newgate before Sir P. Laurie,
upon an application that he might be admitted to bail.
Mr. Reynolds was formerly foreman to Mr. Storey, a
tailor in Fleet-street, but he had lately quitted his ,
employment, and set up in business for himself in the
same street. A. short time since Mr. Storey went
before the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court,
and preferred a bill against Mr. Reynolds, his (Mr.
Storey's) wife, and her sister for conspiracy. Mr.
Reynolds was accordingly taken into custody on
Thursday, and Mr. Storey's wife and her sister were
taxen on Friday, and imprisoned in Newgate. On
Friday application was made to bail the wife and
sister, and Sir P. Laurie, on hearing the circum-
stances, gave so strong an opinion on this application
of the grand jury system, that it was agreed that the
two ladies should be liberated upon one surety, which
was accordingly done.
When Mr. Reynolds appeared at the police-court,
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, stated that he was
provided with two substantial bails—viz, two re-
spectable tradesmen named Wilson and Burt.
Sir P. LAURIE denounced the system under which
Reynolds had been detained, and admitted him to
bail.

William Isaac Finch was brought before Alder-
man Sir P. Laurie, charged with embezzling divers
sums of money, amounting to nearly 8001., from his
employers, Messrs. Morgan, Martyr, and 0., of Far-
ringdon street, wholesale stationers.
The prisoner had been town traveller to the prose-
cutors, at a salary of 1601. a year, and had held the
situation for several years, in the early portion of ,
which his conduct had been extremely regular, but
latterly he had exhibited a penchant for indulging in '
sporting matters, kept his regular betting-book, and
was an attendant on the various sporting houses.
The prisoner was committed.
MARLBOROUGH-STRE ET.
Charles Dittman, the keeper of a coffee-house in
Lisle-street, Leicester-square, and Charles Scholler,
described on the police-sheet as a gentleman, residing
at 61, Fitzroy-square, two Germans, were charged
having attempted to strangle, or seriously injure,
Police-constable Moultan, 174 C, who was on duty
in Lisle-street about twelve o'clock on the previous
night, when he heard the defendants and several
other persons making a- disturbance. They refused
to go away, and told him he had no business to inter-
fere with them, as it was not twelve o'clock, and until
that hour they were entitled to make all the disturb-
ance they liked. As they continued to make a dis-
turbance, he asked Scholler to accompany him to the
station-house, and then he would soon learn whether
his conduct was legal. He took hold of Scholler's
collar very gently, and Scholler said he would not go
with him, and he was instantly surrounded by five or
six men, among whom was Dillman, who then
dragged Scholler from him into the shop. Being obliged
to draw his staff in self-defence, he struck Scholler
a blow on the head with it. Dillman forced the staff
from him with great violence, and he was then
dragged by the defendant into a back room, the door
of which was immediately locked. One of the de-
fendants laid hold of his stock, and twisted it so
tightly that the blood rushed from his nose and
ears, and his eyes were nearly forced from their
sockets.
The defendants said they had created no disturbance,
and that they were improperly interfered with and
assaulted by the complainant, who, to save himself
from being reported, took them into custody. The
• defendants were then committed for the assault, but
• were liberated on bail.

U PROTECTIONIST MEETING.
FA
THE CARDIGAN-
REI-4 13Re
momentous importance of the question
FeellsiLnliglßt
h
(says the Welshman), we dispatched our own re-
porter specially to Aberystwith in order that the
proceedings might have due publicity and promi-
nence. At twelve o'clock Henry Hoghton, Esq., the
High Sheriff, took the chair (being accompanied by
T. Roberts, Esq., the Deputy Sheriff), and at this
time there were not half-a-dozen individuals in the
Shire-hall. The Sheriff waited with exemplary patience
until nearly half-past one, when his equanimity gave
way under the provoking discourtesy which was so
evidently manifested by the persona "illy had ie-
quested him to convene the meeting. Eventually
Mr. Hoghton said, " Will some one be good enough
to inform the county gentlemen that I am waiting
their pleasure, and if they do not think proper to at-
tend, I shall adjourn the meeting forthwith." Upon
this about 60 individuals were hastily assembled, in-
cluding the Earl of Lisburne, Colonel Powell, M.P.,
Lord-Lieutenant of the county, &c., &c.
The HIGH SHERIFF, in opening the proceed-
ings, said that in compliance with a resolution
signed by ninety-three landowners and occupiers
o f land in the county, he had convened that meet-
ing for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the distress which pervaded' the agricultural
interest. He (the High Sheriff) was, however,
happy to say that if he might auger anything from
the scanty attendance at that meeting, its appearance
would inevitably manifest that the agricultural dis-
tress of the country had very considerably abated
since the requisition was presented to him.
Major LEWIS remarked that at the time the ques-
tion of a county meeting was originally mooted, it
was intended to petition Parliament upon the subject,
both Houses being then sitting. Delay had, however, oc-
curred in convening the meeting, and as Parliament has
been prorogued, he felt it would be occupying the
High Sheriff's time unnecessarily to allude further to
the subject. There was only a sectional part
of the
county at that moment assembled, and he believed it
would be better to refrain from making remarks re-
specting the existing distress until a meeting could
be held in a more central portion of the county.
Captain PRICHARD assured the High Sheriff that if
the meeting had been convened at Aberayron, not-
withstanding the necessity for attending to the harvest,
there would have been an assemblage of at least 2,000

THE RECENT EXPULSION FROM
THE WESLEYAN METHODIST: CONNEXION.

On Friday evening a meeting was held in the large
room at Exeter- hall, for the purpose of hearing the
Rev. Messrs. Everett, Dunn, and Griffith make
statements explanatory of their recent expulsion from
the ministerial office by the Wesleyan Methodist
Conference. The meeting was a densely crowded
one, and the rev. gentlemen, when they made their
appearance on the platform, were received with the
most enthusiastic applause. The proceedings having
been opened with prayer and praise,
Mr. J. KAY, who was called to the chair, briefly
explained that the meeting had not been called for
the purpose of discussion, but in order to hear state-
ments from the ministers who had been expelled from
the Conference. He hoped that the meeting would
preserve order, and support the authority of the chair.
The Rev. S. DUNN said that he and his brethren
did not dread the closest investigation, nor would they
shrink from discussion at any suitable time and place
with the president and secretary of the Conference, if
the doors were allowed to be open. Mr. Everett had
laboured for 43 years, he himself for 30 years, and
Mr. Griffith for 23 years as Wesleyan ministers.
Yet they had been expelled by the Conference
from the Wesleyan Society, deprived in consequence
of their incomes, and degraded in the eyes of the
Christian public. No charge was made against them
of preaching false doctrine, or neglecting their duty,
and they had been excommunicated because they re-
fused to answer an unfair and inquisitorial question.
Four years ago a new publication called Flying
Sheets made its appearance, of which the meeting
would not expect him to confess that he was the
author, because not one of the 500 members who
voted for his expulsion had any evidence to prove
that he wrote a line therein. The authors of the
Flying Sheets, while avowing their attachment to
Methodism, found some defects in its administration,
and especially in the department of the Mission-
house. This excited the wrath of the influential men
of the connexion, and a method was devised for find-

farmers.
Captain LLOYD suggested that the meeting should
be adjourned until next April, when Parliament
would have again met. Perhaps, however, it would
be better to postpone the meeting entirely, as the
prospect of an excellent harvest might materially
alter the case.
A farmer present remarked rather audibly that
" there would be no distress in the country if the
landlords lowered their rents."
After a brief private conversation, the High
Sheriff announced that the meeting was adjourned
sine die.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
SENTENCES.

Tho following is acorrect list of the sentences passed
during the late sittings of this Court :

Life—Horatio Nelson Spinks, Lewis Davis, Rober
_ _ _

Twenty Years—George Steel, John Martin.
Twelve Years—Frederick William Pentlow, Franca
Edward Brodrick.
Ten Years—James Dixon, Joshua Simmons, William
Aah, Thomas Rogers, Mary White, William Frederick
Williams, George Cojke, Charles Evans, Francis Baker,
John Tidd, John Luckhurst, William John South,
Robert Ward.
Seven Years—Joseph Holmes, John Brown, Stephen
Steer, Henry Mills, Catherine Murphy, Thomas Povey,
Charles James Walters, George Franklin, Elizabeth
Richardson, Mary Ann Clayton, George Duke, John
Broad, James Durant, Mary Mobbs alias Turner,
George Braxton, John Clark, John Parker, Thomas
Read, John Major Hallett, John Turner, William
Butler, William Dacey, George Collins, James Cordell,
James White, Charles Edwards, Mary Ann Galloway
alias Catherine King, William Daniels.

ing out the authors. Two years ago, at the Liverpool
Conference, Mr. Osborne proposed as a test that a
declaration should be signed by every minister in the
connexion, to the effect that those subscribing it
viewed with indignation and abhorrence the anony-
mous attacks made on the motives and character of

the brethren in a recent publication entitled
Flying Sheets. He (Mr. Dunn) entered his
protest against this proceeding, and refused, with
many others, to attach his signature to the declara-
tion. So strong was the opposition which it provoked
that at the Hull Conference, twelve months ago, no
mention was made of the test, and it was thought that

the thing had ended. The Rev. Mr. Dunn then pro-
ceeded minutely to explain the inquisitorial proceed-
ings subsequently adopted in the case of the Rev.
Daniel Walton, the Rev. James Everett, and the
Rev. John Burchell. He gave an account of the
manner in which the test had been revived and strin-
gently applied, and of the charges which were brought
against those gentlemen, himself, and Mr. Griffith,
for refusing to sign it, or to answer inquisitorial
questions addressed to them by Dr. Bunting and
other influential members of the Conference. The
Rev. Mr. Walton was deposed from his superintend-
ence and admonished from the chair. The Rev. Mr.
Everett was expelled from the Conference, and the
Rev. John Burchell was sentenced to be admonished.

He (Mr. Dunn) and the Rev. Mr. Griffith, having
strenuously opposed these tyrannical proceedings, were
the last victims marked out. No specific charges
were adduced against them, and they were expelled
for refusing to answer " yes" or " no" the question of
the President whether they were the authors of
the Flying Sheets. They might have avoided ex-
pulsion by complying with the following conditions,
which, however, they declined to do :-Ist, to stand at
the bar of the Conference and be censured by the
Chair ; 2d, to be deposed from the superintendence ;
3d, to discontinue the Wesley Papers; 4th, never to
write another letter in the Wesleyan Times; sth,
never, in public or private, to express any objection
to the law of 1835, and especially anything condem-
natory of the application of that law to the expulsion
of James Everett. If he (Mr. Dunn) had complied
with these conditions his character would have been
degraded for ever, and he could never have exercised
any influence in the circuits to which he might be
sent. He and Mr. Griffith had refused to accept such
conditions, and they had been expelled.
Mr. EVERETT then proceeded to address the meet

ing. He described the test alluded to by Mr. Dunn
as a man-trap, intended to protect the Wesleyan pre-
serves in the metropolis. He denounced the abuses of
Methodism which had arisen, and whereby snug seats
were reserved for all the lay and ministerial aristo-
crats of the connexion. He declared that his case
had been prejudged, that his sentence was tyrannical
and unjust, that he had been singled out as a victim,
and he pointed out the full effect of the expulsion
which bad been pronounced upon him by the Con•
ference. He concluded by declaring his unaltered
and unalterable attachment to the principles and doc-
trines of Methodism as laid down by John Wesley.
The Rev. Mr. GRIFFITH followed in the same strain,
and the proceedings closed at a late hour with the
adoption of the following resolutions :
" Resolved—That this meeting baying heard the state-.
ments of the Rev. Messrs. Everett, Dunn, and Griffith,
relative to their expulsion from the Wesleyan connexion,
and being satisfied as to the truth of their statements,
regard the acts of the Conference as equally at variance
with:the:ancient rules and established usages of Methodism,
and with the principles of the
,New Testament; and, in
testimony of their sympathy, hereby express their deter-
mination to support the expelled individuals in their
future labours as ministers of the Gospel.
" That, in the judgment of this meeting, the proceed-
ings of the Conference being in direct violation of the
essential principles of civil and religious liberty, justify
the Wesleyan community in taking into their immediate
2onsideration the best means of restraining that body
from pursuing a career of intolerance and exclusiveness
dangerous to the best interests of the connexion; and that,
tberefore, some gentlemen be requested to act as a com-
mittee to correspond with all the circuits in Great Bri-
tain, and ascertain whether the opinion of the societies
is favourable to an aggregate meeting of delegates for
the purpose of deliberating upon the present crisis of
affairs, and that the said committee be empowered to
receive subscriptions."

Orders have been given to
_expedite the paten
cxectting the Alm° a WAIN gitrl vt POEat