The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-09 00:00:00

THE SUN,
_LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEIVIBER 9 1836 °

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eknew Captainßichardson,
41aLk-11 but not previous TIER MAJESTY'S SECOND VISIT
bathe 19th August. On that day prisoner came to theout TO FALMOUTH.
, and
went into the manager's room., He soon came FALMOUTH, SEPT. 8 —On Sunday, the 6th inst., at
ag3in, and asked notes for 8001. in gold. The half•psst six P.M., the inhabitants of Falmouth were de-
notes prod
Toe
aced are those he gave the prisoner for gold. lighted by the re-appearance of the royal squadron, on
to eprisoner said that the manager bad given permission its return from Penzance.
give notes for the gold. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert
re„ Abbot, messenger, 26, Cornhill—Knew visited Truro, Carclew, the seat of Sir Charles Lemon,
prisoner, Captain Richardson, having been employed Bart., and some of the copper and tin mines near
theY him occasionally. On or about the 90th of August Hedruth, and on the north coast of the county. He re•
ePrreiisgoner gave him a bag containing eight hundred turned at half past two P.m , and was escorted through
ns, and directed him to go to the Bank of Eng- Falmouth by lite mayor and corporation, under laurelj.d
' and and get notes for it. He received five one hundred arches, to the place of embarkation. A carpet was
datti
P"nq notes, and six fifties. He (witness) gave the down the whole length of the pier, for the accomtno
be-
aameCaptain William Richardson, 3, Royal Exchange- tion of his Royal Highness, who left the shoreinwtho 1:,1:(14),ga• He delivered the notes to Captain Richai-d- royal barge amidst the acclamations of thousands •
%yawn he met on the north aide of the Exchanger had gathered from far and near. After luncheon,
corning towards the Bank. • her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Alberlt,
Mr. Thomas Ager, clerk in the Bank of England, re- the Prince of Wales, the Princess 11,oaya ,
14eei,venl gold to the amount of eight hundred sore- and their attendants, proceeded in the iry
,igns, for which he gave notes to the same amount. up the beautiful river Fal, by Tregothnsn, the seatb oft
„Thee notes produced svera the same that he had given to the Earl of Falmouth, and nearly as far as. Truro; u
porter (the last wetness) whom he had seen before. time did not admit of their landing at either of those
, Mr. Archibald Griffiths, clerk in the issue office of the places. They then passed down the river, and through
-°aillt of E
for ngland--He had made an entry in the book Carrick•
.Roads to Swanpeol, in Falmouth Bay, where
notes which veere exchanged for 2001. in gold. they waited about half an I our, to watch the drawing
r. Clarkson.—That will be no evidence. of a ground sean. The royal party then re-entered
Mr. Bushe That
notes were found in Captain Rich- the harbour, and reached the Victoria and Albert before
fird
"in house
dark.
as„._ s continued—The notes produced were
Witr4es • • the This closed one of the most interesting days in the re-
-"Zs
collection of the inhabitants of Falmouth. It was fortu-
r• Fry on of the solicitors to the Company, was nate that the weather was serene, both for the multitude
esialrled into the we itness box, but he was objected to by of deeply latlen boats that dotted the hat hour, and clus-
th • Clarkson, on the ground that the witness was at feted like a swarm of bees around the royal yacht,. and
jr't time acting as solicitor to the company, of which for her Majesty's appreciation of the peculiar beauties of
Mr
rilichardson was an integral part. this neighbourhood.
tio"4 • Clarkson afterwards gave way until the ques- It is exceedingly gratifying, to state, that both her
itths_.6.l,orild be asked. . Majesty and her Royal Consort appeared 4.4 r raushe—Were you at a meeting of thedirectorslenthealth,
1.
toe 25th August ? to be in excel-
and much interested in their excursion.
• The royal squadron quitted the harbour this morning
• Clarkson—Was Captain Richardson then in the under a royal chair salute, and, if the. weather proves favour-
DI
•? Witness Ile was, able, it is understood her Majesty intends visiting Fowey
Clarkson--Were you• acting throughout as the and Torquay, and will reach Osborne House tomorrow
solicitor for the company ? Witness—Yes, throughout. evening.
34r- the
Then I object to any further
illiestions. •
Bushe then replied.
the"-tr;• Clarkson rejoined, and it was decided that
of E,,,.witness should not be examined.
n Robinson, clerk in the issue department, Bank
give iiglaud•--On the 20th August, he was applied to to
100/, :tes for 2001. in gold, which he did in one note for
Rieharded tWo notes fur 50/. The name given was Wm.
Mr. -as"- The notes were the same.
, saushe stated that a communication had been ree
iitoest from the manager of the National Bank in Ire-
untt, statin-
a g that he could not attend to give evidence
1411 he received the sanction of the directors.
Paine'
Soares Willis, clerk in the office of Smith,
and Co proved receiving a letter fram Captain
ae .
sae ardson, requesting that they would credit his agent
"',,th 300/. The letter was dated, Dublin, 3d of July.
d• 'h. Stevenson, 37, Upper Grosven r-street„one of the
p•ectors of the Tenbury, &c.., Railway—Knew Captain
n'ejlardsen. He 4ttended several of the board meetings
wh one and July. ,He did not recollect being present
anpl three the ties werar, drawn for 104, one for 1001,
ppe" one for 20/. He did not think he was
latis,eht,• Ile was "pr,sent at a meeting on the
log o°l' July. On that day there was no minute regard-
he noes." He found that on the next day (July 15th)
present. He was confident he was not pre-
Was ta Ile knew he was not, because Sir Wm. Young
tw ", ere, and he (Mr. Stevenson) had not seen him for
had e'venaonth. (A letter was handed to witness.) He
written ritten that letter, but there was no address on it.
,iicePulsford, secretary to the company, was called
reee' letter produced was addressed to him, and he
154Iead it on the IGth of July. He found that on the
4a_ ere were present at a meeting held of the directors,
Ise tithe
others Mr. Stevenson and Sir William Young.
Put these names down before he left the board-room.
att. s.
ion Levenson came in very late. He could not say how
before he stayed there. On that day he laid no cheques
the leetir'
, Stevenson for signature. On looking up on
, he found that Mr. Stevenson was not present.
LnaeoLass.eatamined by Mr. Clarkson—He would not
13 %that Mr. Stevenson was present or not on the 13th.
to Ybnlr. Bushe—On the 15th that gentleman appear, d
Wittier Present by the entry of his name by
Aar s 5, On the 13th, 15th, and 16th, Captain Richardson
letteal)resent, and the three cheques contained in the
Almareceived by witness from Mr. Stevenson were
10;7 before the board. He handed the cheque for
20a ata° Mr. Whittal, then present. He returned the
°apt -•"ecliie himself, and handed the 101. cheque to
earla!il Richard Son. On handing the 10/. cheque to
th4",ain Richardson, he said, " Shall I get you cash for
'tate sWa ir He said, "No ; let it go in its own legiti-
frot4
Ir to the person it is d'sawn for."—(The letter
kr. . Stevenson was then -.read by Mr. Clarkson.)
lam Pulsford's evidence, '
oaken on a former day, was
" Over.
feainination resumed,--He had never seen the cheque
r 10s
lar nee'
ath • Stevenson recalled—He found the minutes of the
heir July on the hook, but he had no recollection of
he I.Preserit. On looking at his memorandums
not signved that he was present. On that day he did
cheques,neitherdid he on the 13th sign cheques.
h_ received a letter from Mr. Pulsford inclosing three
to,v_clues for 20/., 104, and 100/. He received that letter
th'wenlut June or July, and after signing them returned
theto Mr. Pulstord. The name Thomas Stevenson
a.
wcheque for
d were
the cheques
, 5,0001. was in his handwriting,
for 100/. and 20/. He never
not on Messrs. Coutts for amounts
tlrollected a cheque to be changed
to No. 11, and he 1-Je toyed it was
He for e could swear positivel a small amount.
y that one of was
small amount. There were signa them
ttu•es to a for a
all the
Chequesbefore, he signed th, m.
• Cross-extsnained by Mr. Clarkson—On his solemn
oath hrad never signed blank cheques on Coutts for
ti is eowaany. In the month of June, or about that ht?;, captain Richardson called on him, and
an interview. To the best of hie belief
ti,aPtain Richardson did not hand over the ch•que-boo
~ae blank cheque being signed by Mr. Whitmorek.,
eVeai, he said that he did not at any time sign
hapes where the sums, were not filled up. He
no r
recollection of Mr. Richardson's saying
bi,ntis are some cheques, the amounts being
you a' which Mr. Whitmore has signed, have
ssehn,l3; objection to do the same? He never did sign
Unless other s• P-.1.e had frequently refused to sign chi ques
Mr tames were affixed.
that• 41Erckson then addressed the Bench, and contended
the inb Q offence did not amount to anything which
httiot,!enility of Mr. Bushe could bring within the ope-
iiseet.t•a'.ef the statute of forgery. They had already
aNpos,,,,lneda that the cheque was signed by the persons
teve,,,,-araeu, to do so. He would not refer- to Mr.
Srasa ii'- "s•l3 evidence at that time, because that gentle-
qtiaad that day sworn that he had not attended a
tiev 4 -which it was perfectly evident he did attend.
a the
asid only question for, the chief magistrate to
pate ter Was this—was the cheque which now stood
draw for 000/. the very cheque which had been
Pitspe• for 101. ? He contended that, for the
Instr 4e of
41. ttole proving forgery, the. cheque, or
.1.04
.I.llt itself, should bear some evidence, however
tl'Video);:ittt some alteration had been made
.in it. By the
ahnilets-' It appeared that the names as affixed to the
were in a different order than as they
itenwids•t'elleri the cheque for 5,000/. Mr. Bushe
them, no man - could tell better, that
toterera 11°t in the power of any chemist in Londo.n
hre What had been before written, and to substi-
sZe easlv-aitt„ they now found therein; and if such were
cross 'nen he contended that Allis offence, however
•11!0ao-r,ralid it might be deemed, could not be tortured
Ittiqkoaa'aser:Y. If his Lordship was satisfied that the
-4ence was only committed, then he would hum-
s ,Tt that his client might be admitted to bail in such
air'
as his Lordship might think proper.
sit. tuabe said that the prisoner was indebted for the
1"
in which he stood to his own declatations.
hins
bth self stated that a forgery had been committed
sitte alteration of 101. to 5,0001., he repeated this state-
Coore than once, and therefore he thought it would
11114 Lordship's bounden duty to refer the matter
tense its present aspect to another tribunal. He con-
,`" that if the 104 cheque had been altered, and the
the r'ller himself said it was altered, then he thought
Dtese'rgittnent a logical one that as the mass of evidence
l
fes-,s,ed against the prisoner, he should be sent for trial
to„`4e graver offence. Ile should, however, with his
tio,.qship's leave, crave a remand for a week to get addi•
Ire.l Ali a d important evidence from Liverpool and
411. and
NI, • Pry was recalled, and stated, that he had used
hYheffort to ascertain whether Mr. Whitmore could
4 Q Id to attend before his Lordship, but
4,241,1 d only ascertain generally that he was abroad.
peace 4 isoltnsufP did not think that Mr. Whitmore's evi-
t.hattawas necessary, and his decision was, therefore,
lag sus'le Prisoner be committed fur trial at the approach-
sio
ns.
1140,e• Clarkson most earnestly requested that Mr. Whit-
-144 o°ll3uld be had, in order that his evidence should be
etisoi,i' the depositions. He did not think it fair to the
the r that further and new Ritnesses should be heard
, Ir the case came before a jury.
11•13nshe said that it the reports which appeared in
414wsPspers did not bring Mr. Whitmore here, he
ea That no other rower could.
Itity Clarkson said that might possibly induce him to
/la, Was.
0f ..„4 (Laughter.) He repeated, that it was the
1 Thelue prosecutors to produce Mr. Whitmore.
c
•astan ase was ultimately remanded till Friday, the
t,

DEATH OF LORD METCALFE

We regret to announce the decease of the above
nobleman. His Lordship, whose sufferings during the
past few months, from the effects of cancer in the face,
have been very great, expired on, Saturday last, at Mal-
shanger House, near Basingstoke, whither he removed
from town about three months since.
It is with unfeigned regret we refer to the above an-
nouncement. That illustrious public servant has closed
a long career of honour and usefulness, and, in this age
of shilly statesmanship, we have all too much reason to
deplore his loss.
Singularly courageous and resolute in the assertion of
principles in whose value he confided, acute, self-com-
posed, and undaunted by difficulties, he contrasted strik-
ingly with the public men to whom for so long our des-
tinies have been confided. It is, indeed, noticeable that
•a Cabinet that sustained him in his bold and honest
course in dealing with the seditious Radicals of Canada
should also have approved the debile and faultering
policy of Sir Charles Bagot.
It was the fortune of Lord Metcalfe to have been
trained in the school of Lord Wellesley., It was therein
he learnt of how much worth nerve is to a statesman. It
was therein he was taught that the first duties of a
public servant are to the public, and that the obligation
alight often devolve upon him of postponing all personal
considerations to considerations of a public character.
Those who knew Lord Metcalfe the best are conscious
that not the least of his merits was a deep and abiding
sense of duty, and a preference of its claims to all other
reclamations.

His career in India was brilliant. He entered upon
public life, having scarce passed the years of boyhood,
as assistant to the Resident at the Court of the bold
Mahratta, Scindiah, the then Resident being .Mr. Henry
Wellesley, now Lord Cowley. He accompanied Lord
Lake during the war against Holka, and is understood,
on one occasion, to have headed an assaulting party
with a walking stick! Subsequently he was variously
employed, and always acquitted himself with credit,
until his appointment to the Residency of Delhi,
where the last remnant of Mahomedan sovereignty
still dwelt—nominis umbra. His conduct during the
time he filled this important and responsible post
obtained for him the respect and attachment of the
natives and the confidence of his own Government. His
unvarying good temper, his perfect self-possession, and
his affable and courteous manners, enabled him with
singular success to thwart the intrigues of the Durbar
without involving the necessity of collisions that might
have been fruitful of confusion, if not of bloodshed.
His qualities so tested, he was promoted to the Secre-
taryship of the Supreme Government, from whence he
was sent to Hyderabad, where the Nizam's affairs were
involved to an alarming extent. It is not to be con-
ceal& that, in the adjustment of these affairs, Mr. Met-
calfe was resisted by those from whom he ought to have
received succour and support. Still the firmness which
the petulance of Jamaica patriots, and the bullying of
Canada demagogues could not subdue, was proof against
the solicitations of the Esplanade of Calcutta. Indeed,
we should be glad, on many accounts, if, in tale Deccan,
the interests of England were now as vigorously asserted
as they were by Mr. Metcalfe from 1819 to 1825.
As Lieutenant-Governor of Agra, as Acting- Gover-
nor-General of India, Sir Charles Metcalfe mace him-
self eminent by the wisdom of his counsels and the liber-
ality of his measures. The Metcalfe Hall, now a chief
pride of the " Ditchers," is a standing testimonial both
to his merits and their appreciation of the same.
It was an evil day when he relinquished the trust of
this mighty province—an evil day when his independent
and heroic spirit surrendered the happiness of the vast
and mixed population of Hindostan to the feeble and
trembling hands of Lord Auckland. Perhaps one of
the worst features of the polity which Whig sagacity
bestowed upon our Indian empire was the regulation
which forbade Lord Metcalfe permanently resuming the
rule of a country with whose requirements he had shown
himself so perfectly acquainted.
In his Etc:ministration of Jamaica, Lord Metcalfe sus-
tained the high character he had previously acquired.
A disturbed population—a divided Assembly—a
passionate Governor, had rendered Jamaica a source of
anxiety and perplexity to the authorities, whose dwell-
ing is at the bottom of Downing-street. Your West
Indian climate is not the most favourable in the world
to equanimity of temper, and Jamaica formed no ex•
ception to the rule. Lord Metcalfe, however, dis-
covered himself equal to the exigency. He triumphed
over every difficulty that opposed him, and the sub-
sequent prosperity of Jamaica attested the wisdom of
his policy.
Summoned to undertake the government of Canada,
at that time beset with perils of no ordinary magnitude,
Lord Metcalfe did not shrink from exposing his failing
health to fresh trials. A constitution that had become
enfeebled on the banks of the Ganges had to endure
the climate that !Balks the shores of the St. Lawrence.

Probably the time has not yet come when we can
estimate justly the full value of Lord Metcalfe's Cana•
dian policy. It is enough to say it was like himself,
firm, intelligible, and national. If the principles of re-
sponsible government, which crochetty Lord Durham
had made--as became him—so silly a fuss about, had
been worked out in their intbgrity, under no one could
they have been safer worked out than under Lord Met-
calfe. The " ribbons" would have been safe in his hands.
Unquestionably his success throughout life was mainly
due to his conciliatory qualities. Even those who op-
posed, respected and liked him. Against him the shafts
of malice were not barbed. He had hardly one personal
enemy. Possessed of great wealth, he used it nobly.
Poverty found him a ready sympathiser. His purse
was never closed against the claims of indigence.

Sprung from the people, he has left behind him a
name men will not willingly let die; and through many a
country and in many an uncouth tongue will long be heard
the merited and honestly purchased praises of Charles
Lord Metcalfe !

His Lordship was the second son of Thomas Theophi-
lus Metcalfe, Esq., of Fern Hill, a Director of the East
India Company, who was created a baronet in 1802.
Sir Thomas married in 1782, Susannah Sophia Selina,
daughter of John Debonnaire, Esq., and widow of Major
Smith. He died in 1813,1eaving issue four sons and two

daughters, the second son being— the subject of the pre-
sent memoir.

The deceased Lord was called to the Peerage in 1845,
(while Captain• General and Governor•in-Chief of all
her Majesty's North American provinces) by the title
of Baron Metcalfe, of Fern Hill, in the county of Berks.
—Post.

NARROW ESCAPE FROM COLLISION ON THE MID-
LAND RAILWAY.—The lives of passengers on this line
of railway are being placed in extreme jeopardy, from
the possibility of a collision between two trains that pass
on the same line every day, in opposite directions, and
within so short a space of time of each other, that the
slightest variation from delay arising from any cause is
certain to produce a most frightful accident. The trains
alluded to are the sh. P.ll. train from Nottingham to
Derby, and the express train, sh. sm. P.m. from Derby
to London. The departure line from Derby till the sh.
sm. train arrives at the turn to the junction at Red llill,
is the same line as the sh. P.m. train from Nottingham
to Derby passes upon, after reaching the turn nearest
Derby to the junction. On Tuesday last the trains left
the stations as usual, and, on the Nottingham train
getting to the turn, the express train had only passed off
the line a few minutes before, nay, it was thought a
minute had scarcely elapsed, as the two trains were so
near each other ; had the express train been two minutes
later, or the Nottingham train the same time earlier, a col.
lision,must unavoidably have occurred. The passengers
in the Nottingham and Derby train, seeing the narrow
escape they had just had, expressed themselves very
strongly, and avowed they would not travel by the sh.
P. 351. train again, till an alteration was made in the time
either of that or of the express train, starting from the
station, as they feel quite convinced a fearful disaster
will inevitably take place. The directors ought imme-
diately to pay attention to this subject.
On Wednesday the Rev. W. Harrison, one of the
canons of Winchester Cathedral, expired at his house
in the Close, without any apparent previous illness. The
Rev.Crentleman, who was in his seventy-eighth year,
went to bed in his usual health, and finding himself ill
the next morning, got out of bed, and dropped dead a
few moments after leaving it. Besides his canonry, he
had, we believe, the livings of Farcham and Overton.
The death of the Rev. W. Harrison does not occasion a
vacancy in the Church preferment appertaining to the
cathedral, as, under the provisions of the Church Tem-
poralities Bill, the canonry held by him will be abolished.
—Rants Independent.
Prince Frederick of Baden arrived on the 3d inst.
at Strasburg, on a visit to the Prince of Montpensier. A
grand review was held in honour of his arrival. Prince
Frederick conferred the Order of Fidelity of Baden on
the Duke de Montpensier, who presented to him in the
name of the King of the French the grand cordon of the
Legion of Honour. In the evening a brilliant ball was
giYCA by the Aukobiteekte la9u9UXPf the MU%

414,
Va Lg FOR NEW YORK AND SOUTH AMERICA.—
't• 144..Y,a notice was issued at the General Post Office,
to tsn 1)111 grtn s le-Grand, that the -Great Western would
almail for New York via Liverpool on the 12th
and that the Antelope (O'Brien) steamer would
ti°at Mails for Bahia, Pernambuco, and Rio Janeiro
erPt of on the 10th inst.
t
th•
.-OENTATION OF BRECON.—In pursuance of a
117, Isitien
Ittki numerously and resp'ectably signed, L. V.
1-911vas'14' of Pennsyre, has commenced an active
`Oll3 of our borough. —Hereford Times.
,ltliwAßK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIA-
:'<i„-'4aSt evening, the annual meeting of this Asso
held at -the National School room, Borough-
-1% 'ue meeting was numerously attended, a depute-
lee fr°l4 the Protestant National Club being in attend-
tho Purpose of forming a union between the two
the fies.
,i; The chair was taken by C. Shaw, Esq. After
steb—nnver3' of several addresses, enforcing the necessity
()hi cif°rtiog the Protestant cause ia this country, a
4° tinsas Passed for the amalgamation of the two
li--, and the meeting broke up.
f,....4.l.L.s.lettil(3vlrtTe, APPLICATION TO A MAGISTRATE.—At
h4itaell " Police-court yesterday, an old woman, a
h"liee et, who had been deprived of her basket by the
"I.N, ollaPPlied to the magistrate to give her 2s..to,buy a
ee, as her only means of support was selling fruit.
"Ric stillbe, the magistrate, ordered an officer to go with
W91141%150 t 9 01415.9 hex cue.

THE RIVER PLATE.
(From the London Vazette of last Evening.)
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 7, 1846.

Dispatches have been received at this office from
Rear-Admiral Inglefield, in the River Plate, addreszed
to the Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the follow-
ing are copies or extracts :

11. M. Ship Vernon, off Monte Video, June 9.
Sir,—lt affords me the utmost satisfaction to have
it in my power to acquaint you, for .the informa•
Lion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
that by the arrival of her Majesty's stt,am-vessel
Alecto from the Parana yesterday evening, I
learned that the convoy, consisting of one hun-
dred and ten vessels of all sizes, had passed
the batteries erected at St. Lorenzo, by General Roses,
to obstruct their passage down that river, and had ar-
rived in safety at Obligado, with the exception of the
British barque Caledonia, and two Monte Videan ves-
sels, which, having grounded opposite the batteries,
were obliged to be burnt by our people to prevent their
falling into the hands of the Buenos Ayreans.
Captain Hotham's anxiety to 'communicate this in-
fdrmation to me, appears to have prevented him from
seeding •me by this opportunity an official report of this
operation, which cannot fail to reflect great credit upon
all who tools part in it ; as scion, however, as I receive
his report, I will forward it -for their Lordships' in-
formation.

In the meantime I should mention, that the English
and French steam-vessels were upwards of three and a
half hours engaged with the batteries of St. Lorenzo,
and although scarcely a vessel of the convoy escaped
being hit, yet moat providentially not a single casualty
occurred on this occasion on board any of the vessels.
I am sorry, however, to add, that the satisfaction ex-
pressed in the foregoing part of my letter is not un-
mixed with great regret for the loss of life on board the
Lizard on her passage up the river, of the, parti-
culars of which their Lordships will be informed by the
accompanying copy of a letter from Captain Hotham,
inclosing reports from her Majesty's steam-vessels
Alecto, Harpy, and Lizard, of their passages from Monte
Video to the Bajada of Santa Fe, the Commanders of
which vessels appear to have acted, while passing the
batteries, with great judgment and gallantry.—l have, &c.
(Signed) S. H. INGLEFIELD,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

H. M. ship Gorgon, San Lorenzo, May 30,1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to transmit official reports
from Commander Austen, of her Majesty's steam sloop
Alecto ; Lieut. Tylden, of her Majesty's sloop Lizard ;
and Lieutenant Proctor, of her Majesty's sloop Harpy,
accompanied by a- list of damages of their respective
vessels. It is my duty to bring the good conduct of
these several officers in their engagements with the.hat-
t( lies of San-Lorenzo to your notice.
The Alecto was especially placed at a great disadvan
tage, her progress was retarded by towing three heavily
laden vessels against a current of thr, e knots, and a head
wind; she was exposed to the fire of seven or eight guns
during an hour and a half, and unable from the height of
the cliff to make much impression in return.
The two little iron vessels, Lizard and Harpy, were
enabled, fri;ra their light draught of water, to run close
under the cliffs, and thus escaped many of the shots in-
tended for them ; the state of their hulls, and the list
of killed and wounded, prove that, notwithstanding the
precaution of their commanders, they suffered much ;
and those officers deserve Credit for the able way in
which their vessels were handled.—l have, &c.
(Signed)
CHARLES FIOTHAM, Captain.
11. M. Steam Sloop Alecto,

River Parana, 9th April, 1846.
Sir,—ln obedience to your orders, I have the honour

(o report to you, for the information of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, that on the afternoon of Mon-
day, the 6th inst., whilst passing up the river in her
Majesty's steam sloop under my command, with three
schooners in tow, I observed the enemy assembled in
force in the battery lately erected in the heights of San
Lorenzo. At twenty minutes past two I commenced
firing shell and rockets, with a view to disperse them.
At half•past two the enemy opened a fire with round
and grape from a masked eighteen-pounder, placed on
the edge of the cliff, which was immediately followed
by the rest of the enemy's guns, seven in number, all
of them apparently long eighteen-pounders. The fire
of the enemy was quickly returned from her Majesty's
sloop under my command with shot and shell.
In consequence of the current, and strong head-wind
blowing, our progress past the batteries was very slow,
enabling the enemy to keep up a smart, and, at first, a
well-directed fire with grape and round shot, for an hour
and ten minutes, within musket range.
Her Majesty's steam sloop was struck by eight round
shot in her hull, besides by numerous grape, but I am
happy to say, that, on this occasion, we had not a man
hurt.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WRITE FIALL, SErr. 7, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William
George Nott, 13. A., to the vicarage of Sutterton, in the
county and diocese of Lincoln, void by the death of the Rev.
Charles Boothby.

WAR-OFFICE, SErr. 8.
.sth Dragoon Guards—Major W. H. Archer, from the 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice King, who ex-changes,
Sept. 8.
3d Light Dragoons—A. A.M. Campbell, Gent., to be Cor-
net, without purchase, vice Sale, whose appointment has been
cancellep, Sept. 8.
14th Light Dragoons—Major J. W. King, from the .sth
Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Archer, who exchanges,
Sept. 8.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hon.
G. A. F. Liddell to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice J. I'. G. Taubman who retires; Ensign and
Lieutenant G. W. Mercer to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice Liddell; A. W. H. Bleyrick, Gent., to be 'En-
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mercer, Sept. 8.
12th Regiment of Foot—F. Sitwell, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Drew, who retires, Sept. 8; H. Cole, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sitwell, appointed to the
85th Foot, Sept. 9.
20th Foot—Lieut. G. Thomson to be Adjutant; Sergeant-
Major J. M'Gee to be Quartermaster; Ensign W. H._ Dow-
ling to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomson, ap-
pointed Adjutant; R. E. W. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Dowling, Sept. 8.
22d Foot—Ensign G. P. E. Morrison to be. Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Aplin; who retires; J. B. Gardiner, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Aborrison, Sept. 9; Sergeant..
Major W. Hughes to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hol-
brook, cashiered by the sentence of a general court-martial,
Sept. 9.

27th Foot—Captain Sir A. Brooke de Capel Brooke, Bar,

The schooners in tow were likewise fired into by the
enemies, and were hulled in several places. lam unable
to state what damages the enemy sustained from our
fire. .

I have the honour to inform you that, in passing
Tonelero, where, on the 10th February last, we were
engaged in her Majesty's steam-sloop Alecto with the
enemy's batteries, and had five men wounded, I ob-
served a large party at work, erecting embrasures along
the edge of the cliff.
I was enabled to make out ten altogether, three of
which are finished. From having suffered by the
enemy's fire at the same place on a priiious occasion,
and having reason to believe that guns were mounted
on the three finished embrazures, I opined fire upon
them with shells and rockets, but finding they did not
return, after a few rounds I ceased firing. I inclose a
list of damages received by her Majesty's sloop Alecto,
from the enemy.—l have, &c.
(Signed) F. W. AUST,EN, Commander.
Captain Charles Hotham, H, M. steam-ship
Gorgon, Senior Officer.

from half-pay 17th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Smith, promoted; Lieut. J. Lewes to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Sir A. Brooke de Capell Brooke, who retires;
Ensign F. C. Herring to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Lewes; Ensign E. Barnes, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Herring, Sept. 8.
28th Foot—Lieut. A. Browne, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Stirling, who retires; Ensign J. V. Ellis to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Brown ' • L. S. Cotton, Gent., to be
' Ensign by purchase, vice Ellis, Sept. 8.
•30thFoot—C. W;Clubley, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice D'Arcy, appointed to the 67th Foot, Sept. 8.
40th Foot—Lieutenant L. A. Forbes, from the Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, who ex-
changes, Sept. 8.
41st Foot—Captain A. J. W. Northey, from the 51st Foot,
to be Captain, vice Farmer, who exchanges, Sept. 8.
51st Foot—Captain T. M. Farmer, from the 41st Foot, to
be Captain, vice Nor:hey, who exchanges, Sept. 8.
• 67th Foot—Ensign W. D'Arey, from the 30th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Barnes, appointed to the 27th Foot, Sept. 8.
85th Foot—Ensign F. Sitwell, from the 12th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Thompson, appointed Adjutant, Sept. 9.
87th Foot—Second Lieut. H. S. Bawtree to be First
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cruickshank, who retires ;
W. Murphy, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bawtree, Sept. 8.
92d Foot—D. Erskine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase.
vice Gillies, whose appointment has been cancelled, Sept. 8.
97th Foot—Ensign W. 11. Beatty to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Bindon, appointed Adjutant ; Lieutenant
W. G. Bindon to be Adjutant; C. E. Stainforth, Gent., to be
Ebsign, vice Beatty, Sept. 8.
Rifle Brigade—Quartermaster P. Macdonald to be Ad-
jutant, with the rank of Second Lieutenant, Sept. 8.
3d West India Regiment—Captain J. Straker, from half-
pay York Chasseurs, to be Captain, vice J. P. Berry, who
exchanges ; Lieutenant E. Poitier to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Straker, who retires;. Ensign B. D. Wemyss to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Poitier; H. Crofton, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wemyss Sept. 8.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. P. W. Miller, from the 40th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Forbes, who exchanges; Cap-
tain J. E. Boggis, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be
Paymaster, vice Richard Jefferson, who retires upon half-
pay, Sept. 8; Lieut. and Adjutant H. G. Remmett has been
permitted to resign his commission of Adjutant only, June 16.
HOSPITAL, STAFF.--W. 1). Marchant, Gent., to be As-
sistapt-Surgeon to the Forces, Sept. 8.
BREVET.—Captain Sir A. Brooke de Capell Brooke, of the
27th Foot, to be Major in the Army ; Capt. J. Straker, of the
3d West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10;
Lieutenant and Brevet Captain A. C. Pears, of the Madras
Artillery (an officer to the Hon. East India Company's
Depot at Warley), to have the local and temporary rank of
Captain in the Army, while so employed, vice Thuillier, dated
Aug.
_2O.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire.
John Fraser, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Cooke, plasterer, Bridge- terrace, Harrow-road,
Paddington, to surrender Sept. 24, at eleven, and Oct. 20, at
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, offi-
cial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Willoughby and
Jacquet, Clifford's, Inn.
John Ditchman, builder, Thurlow -place, Hackney-road,
Sept. 25, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Overton and Hughes, Old Jewry.
William George Barley, draper, Northampton, Sept. 25, at
twelve, and Oct. 20, at one, at the Court ofßankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Mardon and Pritchard, Christchurch-chambers, kTewgate-
street.
Richard Walton, hosier, Wardour-street, Soho, Sept. 17,
at eleven, and Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Tayloe,
Lothbury,

H. M. Steam-vessel Harn, off San Lorenzo,
Parana, 11 th May, 1846.
Sir,—ln pursuance of orders from the Commander-
in-Chief, I beg leave to acquaint you, that I arrived
here in her Majesty's steam-vessel Harpy, under my
command, after experiencing, this morning, a galling fire
from the forts of San Lorenzo, both of musketry, field
pieces, and other guns, within a distance of about sixty
yards. The fire was kept up with great determination
for more than an hour, and we were followed up by
field pieces. together with a large body of concealed
troops, who lined the barks, firing musketry as we
passed. About ten minutes before we passed out of gun
shot, I was hit by a round shot on the fleshy part of the
right arm, but am going on favourably, although inca-
pacitated from doing duty. I am happy to state no
other casualty occurred on board. The Harpy is greatly
cut up about the rigging, and has many musket balls
and grape in her hull, funnel, topsides, and boats.
I beg you will bring to the favourable notice of the
Commander-in-chief, Mr. Bruce. mate, who took charge of
the ship when I was wounded, and also Mr. Ward,
second master, for his cool and steady conduct in attend-
ing to the steering of the Harpy; as also the other
officers and men under my command, for the able as-
sistance they rendered in their respective duties; the
pilot behaved with great credit, and has proved himself
so far an excellent pilot.
I am now repairing damages with all possible despatch,
and shall be ready for sea very shortly.—l have, &c.
(Signed) E. H. B. PROCTOR, Lieut. Commanding.
Captain Charles Hotham, A.M. Frigate Gorgon,
Senior Officer, Parana.

Joseph Graham, wholesale stationer, Jewry •street, Aidgate,
Sept. 22, at two, and Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-
street ; Waller, jun., Finsbury- circus.
Frederick Arnold, stationer and perfumer, Bond-street,
Sept. 25, at one, and Oct. 20, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Gell,
Carlton-chambers, Regent-street.
Edwin Augustus William Taylor, 'bookseller, Kirkgate,
Bradford, Sept. 22, and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Jones and
Co., John-street, Bedford-row; Harle and Clarke, Leeds.
Joseph Dodsworth Browning, cabinet-maker, Bristol, Sept.
24, at one, and Oct. 22, at two, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol;
Bevans, Bristol.
Thomas Wright, cheese factor, Derby, Sept. 24, and Oct.
at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Derby; Reece,
Birmingham.

11. M.'s Steam-ve6ssl Lizard, above Fort Lorenzo,
River Parana, Five r.m., April 21.
_ _

Sir,—l have the honour to state, for the information
of the Commander-in-Chief, that this morning, at the
distance of six miles from Lorenzo, I observed large
batteries had been erected on a commanding point,
and that the adjacent coast was lined with artillery
and field pieces. At half-past eleven A.M. the
southern batteries opened a heavy fire, and on ap-
proaching nearer, the other batteries and artillery
commenced a quick and well-directed fire also,
which was returned by the Lizard by rockets
and the forecastle gun, until the rocket stand was shot
away, and the gun could no longer be elevated suffi-
ciently to bear on the enemy; at the same time the
heavy shot, grape, and musketry riddling the vessel from
stem to stern, I ordered the officers and men to go be-
low, but the step, I regret to say, had not the desired
effect, two officers being killed in the gun-room.
_ .

Benjamin Carreg Sothern, coal dealer, Liverpool, Sept. 24
and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Kearns, Red Lion-
square. Holborn ; Tcdd, Liverpool.
Christopher Dickinson Johnson, victualler, Liverpool,
Sept. 18 and Oct. 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Norris and
Co., Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Toulmin, Liverpool.
John Birley, card manufacturer, Lancaster, September 21
and October 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Barker, Manchester;
Fisher and De Jersey,
John Hignett, sack-manufacturer, Manchester; Sept. 21
and Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bart-
lett's- buildings, Holborn.
James Tuckett, herbalist, Exeter, Sept. 23, and Oct. 14,
at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official
assignee, Exeter; Terrell and Roberts, Exeter; Terrell,
Gray's Inn-square.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
W. B. Pattinson, carrier, Liverpool—first and final div. of
20s. (and interest) in the pound, Oct 14, or any subsequent
Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
T. Fidgen, boot manufacturer, Liverpool—first div. of 4s.
4d. in the pound, Oct. 14, or any subsequent Wednesday, at
the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
R. Foulkes, cattle salesman, Soughton, Flintshire—first
div. of Is. 51d. in the pound, Oct. 14, or any subsequent
Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
J. Hilton, surgeon, Crofton, Lancashire—second div. of
4s. in the pound, Oct. 8, or any subsequent Thursday, at the
office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. Kewley, tailor, Liverpool—final div. of 21d. in the
pound, Oct. 8, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of
Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. Prior and H. Brady, brush manufacturers, Hull—a div.
(on new proofs only) of ss. in the pound, Oct. 7, or any
subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
J. and J. Woodhead, worsted stuff manufacturers, Brad-
ford—second div. of 6d. in the pound, Oct. 7, or any subse-
quent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
T. Fisher, linendraper, Selby, Yorkshire—a div of 34d. in
the pound, Oct. 7, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
J. A. Boden, razor manufacturer, Sheffield—first div. of
3a. 4d. in the pound, Oct. 7, or any subsequent Wednesday, at
the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
T. Henry, draper, Liverpool, Sept. 30, at twelve, at the
Liverpool District Court—D. MacDougall, factor, Liverpool,
Sept. 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—J.
Lythgoe, cooper, Liverpool, Sept. 30, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court—J. Morris, auctioneer, Manchester,
Sept. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J.
Johnson, timber merchant, Salford, Sept. 30, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court—R. Sutton, calico printer,
Cheetham, Lancashire, Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Manches-
ter District Court—R. Gill, grocer, Richmond, Yorkshire,
Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
T. I. Rayner, apothecary, Birstal, Yorkshire, Oct. 2—W.
Watts, millwright, Doncaster, Oct. 2—T. Suger, corn mer-
chant, Hull, Oct. 7—M. Hobson, corn merchant, Great
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Sept. 30—T. D. Weaver, shipbroker,
Liverpool, Sept. 30—A. and J. Alexander, opticians, Exe-
ter, Oct. 6—J. Parsons, edge-tool manufacturer, Wolver-
hampton, Oct. 17—J. Stavely, warehouseman, Manchester,
Sept. 30—R. Dare!), timber merchant, Upper Lisson-street,
Sept. 29—G..Wilkins, timber merchant, Upper Lisson-street,
Sept. 29—T. Jackson, worsted spinner, Salterhebble, York-
shire, Sept. 29—J. F. Corbett, scrivener, Worcester, Sept.
29—E. Soul, bookseller, Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, Sept. 29.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. E. Denham, J. Clark, and J. Smith, ship agents, Pud-
ding-lane, Eastcheap—R. Davis and W. Prebble, grocers,
Hertford-terrace, Ilaggerston—G. Gradwell and J. Pyke,
corn merchants, Liverpool—W. Hancock and M. Mirfin,
scale pressers, Sheffield— G. Gray and R. Byron, builders,
Nottingham —E. and N. -A Thomson, schoolmistresses,
fCO Croydon—J.
iorne—
W. . Bayley
Wilson
and
Burton and B. Shaen. cotton spinners, Manchester—R. Law-
rence, S. Lawrence, W. H. Cullen, and E. Cullen, milleners,
Old Kent-road—J. Monies and W. Watson, linendrapers,
andBJ; J. Wood, milliners, Hanley, Staf-
Morgan,
painters, Cardiff—M.
Bradford—D. Fridlington and S. R. Kemp, farmers, Louth,
Lincolnshire—G. Baker and J. Wilkinson, corn merchants,
Beverley, Yorkshire—M. and A. Wheeler, coach smiths,
val,
Wedshipbronesburykers, Philpot-rlane
, Staffordshie—M. W ilkin, jun., and S. Perci-
.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Dixon, farmer, Kingston, Haddingtonshire,
Sept. 15 and Oct. 6, at two, at the George Inn, lladdington.
Robert Bridges, engineer, North Berwick, Sept. 12 and
Oct. 3; at twelve, at the George Inn, Haddington.
Juhn Paton and Company, wine merchants, Glasgow,
Sept. 12 and Oct. 17, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Jefirey,
Glasgow.

The Lizard received seven shot between wind and wa-
ter, besides nine cannon, fourteen grape, and forty-one.
musket balls in the hull and bulwarks, and seven cannon
and grape in the funnel and steam pipe.
The boats, main mast, and rigging, fore and aft, are
shot through and through by cannon.
I hoisted three ensigns before we entered the fire, and
rejoice to state came out with two flying, only having
one 'at the main shot away.
The firing commenced at half past eleven A.M., and
continued with rapidity until twenty-five minutes past
one P.M., the wind and current strong against us, and
great quantity of water in the hold, delayed us much in
passing. I beg to say the officers and crew evinced
great coolness, particularly John Trillia, the pilot, who
conned the vessel with great judgment through the
whole of the action. _ _ _

A list of the killed and wounded are named in the
margin.

• KILLED.
Mr. Barnes, clerk in (barge.
Mr. Webb, master's assistant.
- William Fox, A.B.
Charles Williams, A.B.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
Mr. Miller, Assistant• Surgeon, and three men.
(Signed)

have, &c.
H. M. TYLDEN, Lieutenant,
commanding the Lizard.

SUICIDE BY A LUNATIC.._ Yesterday afternoon an
inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Cock and
Magpie, Worship-street, on the body of Mary Ann
Abrahams, aged forty, a married woman, residing at No.
4, Clifton-street, Finsbury. It appeared from the evi-
dence that the mind of the deceased was much affected,
and she had been confined to her bedroom. On Satur-
day, the Bth of August, she procured a knife out of a
closet in her room and inflicted a severe wound on her
throat. Her daughter immediately ran to her assist-
ance, and she was subsequently removed to St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital on the same day. She remained there
for upwards of three weeks and then returned home:
She became much attenuated and expired on Monday
last. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
CHILD DROPPlNG.—Yesterday information was
received by the police, that a female infant, apparently
four days old, had been abandoned by its unnatural
parent in the passage of the house of No. 19, New-street,
Golden square, in the occupation of Mr. Pennington, a
broker. The child was wrapped in an old blanket, is of
fair complexion, blue eyes, and dark hair.

A SHIP AGROUND OVER TLIE THAMES TUNNEL._
On Sunday morning last the tide ran out so low in the
Thames, that the Venezuela steam-ship, bound to Havre,
soon after leaving the St. Katherine Dock Steam-packet
Wharf, being deeply laden with passengers and goods,
grounded right over the tunnel, where she remained for
two hours, when the tide flowedanrdigshhet
Ogvoetrunthdeertuwnenigelh,
and no
again. Some alarm was felt for the safety of the tunnel,
but not a brick was started, although the Venezuela,
whicdamage
which
isa v
whatever
eryla rges
was
hip'_laid
done to the works.
At Southwark Police-court, yesterday, Robert
Smith, the driver of a horse and cart, was fined 40s. and
costs fer having driven over a boy thirteen years of age
ill the Difidif64lll9o? 94 the 5QT.4910 glulappu,

IRELAND.
THE WHIG REPEAL COMPACT.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 7.—The attention of the gentlemen,
young and old, Composing or lately composing the war
party in the Repeal Association, is respectfully solicited
to the annexed paragraph from the Mail of this even-
ing:—
" His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, representative
of our Most Gracious Sovereign, has made a special
party of kindred spirits to do honour to the man whom
Lord 'John Russell and the Ministers honour—Daniel
O'Connell, the agitator. A grand banquet is to be given
to the demagogue by Lord Besborough on Thursday
next, in commemoration of his abandonment of repeal;
and Mr. George Roe and other anti-repeal Whigs have
been invited to meet the Liberator (!) on the auspicious
occasion. The Premier and the Viceroy are playing
their game well—Dan, too, is looking cautiously to the
main chance; but Heaven help the poor dupes and gulls
throughout the country who still permit themselves to
be cheated into the belief that repeal is not cast to the
winds by their treacherous leader."
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting of the members of this
Association was held to-day in the Conciliation-hall.
There was a tolerably large attendance in the body of
the building, but the members' seats, and the seats ap-
propriated to ladies, were almost deserted. At one
o'clock, Mr. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Nicholas Maher,
M.P., Alderman O'Brien, M.P., Captain Broderick, and
Messrs: Clements, Steele, Fitzpatrick, O'Dowd, and
other members of the committee, entered the meeting,
and met with their customary reception. Upon the
motion of Mr. O'Connell, the chair was taken by Mr.
Charles O'Connell.
The CuAritivreze addressed the meeting at some length
to show that in his county, the county Clare, there were
no " Young Ireland" men, and that all repeaters there
were supporters of the moral force doctrines of the Libe-
rator, his illustrious namesake.—(Hear, hear.) The
Learned Gertleman also stated that the Roman Catholic
bishops and clergy were the warm advocates of peace-
able agitation in that county, and expressed it as hir
opinion that the speeches delivered by the seceders from
the Association had, before they left, given expression to
sentiments which he believed not only to be bloody, but
treasonable.—(Cheers.)
Mr. STEELE gave his testimony% to the extraordinary
patriotism of the " county Clare boys," and said it was
all owing to the exertions of their respected chair-
man.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said that a word had fallen from Mr.
Charles O'Connell which he wished to have corrected,
for he was sure it was unintentional inaccuracy.—(llear,
hear.) He had stated that treasonable language bad
been used in that hall by some of the:" Young Ireland "
party. Now he (Mr. O'Connell) never heard treason-
able language used in that hall.
The CHAIRMAN (interrupting)—l said used by them
" out" of the hall.—(Hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL—Then you are perfectly
.right-

IMARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of September 8.),
SUGAR.—Today importers of West India Sugar insisted
upon former rates for all descriptions, and there was a good
desire evinced to operate, but the private sales were 500
hhds and tierces, and the offers made at lower prices were
rejected.
REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were in much better
demand for home consumption. but the refiners were com-
pelled to accept 62s to 62s 6d for standard lumps, and 61s
to 61s 6d for brown grocery lumps. In the value of
Bonded Cruihed Sugar there is no variation to
notice, but there was little business transacted. At public
sale 30 boxes of Refined Sugar imported from Calcutta sold
at 61s for loaves of fair colour and quality equal to standard
lumps, and damp at 60s 6d per cwt., and were considered
cheaper.
MAyarrtus.—This afternoon at public sale 1,224 bags
were offered; the good and fipe yellow sorts went at full
rates, but inferior and brown sold upon rather lower terms—
fine yellow fetched 525, good 50s, middling 45s to 465, fine
brown 41s to 425, good 395, middling 37s 6d, low dark 34s to
355, washed 34s to 51s 6d, and syrupy 36s to 42s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there were six public sales of
Bengal sugar, con'isting of 5,960 bags; the white and better
qualities of 'yellow sold at the former value, but the brown
and lower sorts went a little cheaper.
FOREIGN.—Of Java a large quantity having been brought
to market and the demand not having been active, a fall in
the value of Is per cwt has taken place. At public sale 694
bskts and 2582 bags, duty paid, have been offered; white was
nearly all withdrawn, in consequence of the duty not being
finally arranged between the merchants and Custons.
COFFEE.—This afternoon 647 casks, and 277 bags Cuba
Coffse were offered at public sale, but nearly all taken in
above the value. Jamaica met with more attention and 82
casks 22 barrels and 26 bags at auction all sold at full rates.
Mocha is little wanted, and 189 bls at auction only in part
sold at about the former value. For Ceylon the market has
a dull appearance, and 464 bags at public sale only in part
sold at about the former value.
TEA.—The market has a dull appearance for both green
and black; none has been offered at public sale since this
day week, and privately little business has been transacted,
although there are sellers upon rather lower terms.
SPICE.S.—To-day Pimento met with attention, and 222
bags at public sale sold at full rates. 71 barrels Jamaica
Ginger went at 4ls to 48s for low and mid, and 51s for good
mid; 26 packages cultivated Bengal at 22s 6d to 23s for com-
mon, and at 21s 6d to 24s 6d for sea damaged. 12 cases
Mace fetched the full worth; 4 bags of Nutmegs brought
firm rates; 4 cases 1 bag Cloves fetched 2s to 2s 3d for Ben-
coolen, and is 2d for broken; 54 bags Sierra Leone Pod Pep-
per taken in at 955.

SPlRlTS.—Jamaica Rum is offered upon rather lower
terms; still only a limited business has been transacted, and
the quantity taken has not exceded 100 puns since Tuesday last.
Leeward Islands is little wanted, but at present holders are
enabled to obtain 2s 5d to 2s 6d proof strength, owing to small
supply. Calcutta has been in moderate demand at is Ild
to 2s proof with certificate, but there is a larger quantity on
offer. The market for Demerara is quiet, at present how-
ever prices remain at 3s 2d to 3s 5d for strong qualities.
Brandy has been largely dealt in, chiefly by the home trade,
old sorts fully sustained the former value, whilst
young Brandies broaght rather higher prices. Ge-
neva is wanted for export, common at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and
fine by the home trade at 2s 8d to 3s. British Corn Spirits
have been in good demand ; English at lOs 4d net cash,
and Scotch and Irish lOs 3d to lOs 4d per gallon. English
Gin, 22 per cent. under proof, 8s 10d, and 17 under, 9s. 4d.
Hors.—The duty for the kingdom is estimated as high as
200,000/. New Hops are arriving at market in large quan-
tities, in prime condition and of excellent quality ; the
factors are ready to make sales, and accept moderate prices
for all kinds.

misunderstood you.—(Cheers.) The. Learred aentle,
man then handed Captain Broderick an address from the
corporation of Waterford, presented to him a few days
since, approving of his moral force doctrines, and asked
leave to read it. He said he did not ask to have it read
from any feeling of private vanity, but in order to let
the world know what were really the feelings of thc
people of Ireland as regarded the policy he was pur-
suing.—(Hear, hear.)
Captain Broderick having read the address,
Mr. O'CONNELL moved its insertion on the minutes,
and said he was proud of a document-of such a nature
coming from so respectable a body as the corporation of
Waterford.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MAHER seconded the motion as a " peaceable
man."—(Laughter.)
The resolution having passed,
Mr. O'CONNELL stated, that the Bishop of Waterford
and the clergy under him, he was happy to say, agreed
with the laity; and he read the following resolutions
adopted by them on the subject.
" Resolved—That we are unshaken in our long-
maintained conviction of the necessity of a domestic
Legislature for the peace and prosperity of the Irish
nation, and that we are determined to adopt every legal
means consistent with religion, and with our sacred pro-
fession, for obtaining it, no matter what party possess
the government of the country, or what other measures
they propose, or promises they hold forth.
" Resolved—That we believe the principal means to so
desirable an end is union in mind and effort with
O'Connell, whom alone we acknowledge as our guide
and leader in all the political concerns of Ireland, and in
whose fervent attachment to our holy religion, wisdom,
integrity, and disinterested love of country, we have a
most thorough and unreserved confidence.
"Resolved—That certain opinions put forth in the
avowed organ of a party, denominated the • Young Ire-
land' party, have a tendency to infuse into the repeal
agitation a spirit with which we cannot sympathise; that
we are sincere and uncompromising professors of the
doctrine of moral force, and have joined the Associa-
tion on the faith of this doctrine being its foundation,
and shall remain members of it so long only as it con-
tinues to be so.
"Resolved—That we tender our gratitude and praise
to Mr. John O'Connell, for the prudence and energy
which he displayed in the meetings of the Association
on the 27th and 28th of July, and on the many other
occasions that he has shown himself worthy of his coun-
try and of the name he bears.
" Resolved—That our warm 'thanks are due to our
venerated bishop, for convening and presiding over this
meeting, and that he is requested to transmit the fore-
going resolutions to the Liberator."
These resolutions were also entered on the minutes,
after which
Captain BRODERICK, at Mr. O'Connell's request, read
the following document from the Bishop of Clogh( r, ap-
proving of the course pursued by the Association in
opposition to Mr. William S. o'l3ritn and his party:—
" Clogher, Sept. 5.
"My dear Mr. O'Connell,—lt affords me the greatest
pleasure to have to forward to you the accompanying
resolutions, which, within the last few days, have beet
unanimously adopted by the clergy in their conferences,
over which I have had the honour of presiding. On the
subjects to which they have reference, I have good rea-
son to know that these resolutions tot only speak my
own opinions, and the opinions of the clergy, bat also
the opinions and feelings of the whole body of our people
in this part of Ireland, who, having always placed them-
selves under your peaceful guidance, see now more than
ever the necessity of adhering with unshaken fidelity to
the principles of peace and order in which you have so
long and so successfully laboured to promote the true
interests and happiness of all classes of the community.
I constantly pray that the Almighty God may long pre-
serve you to promote these important objects, and bestow
his choicest blessings upon you in this life and in the
life to come.—l have the honour to be, my dear Mr.
O'Connell, your most faithful and most obliged humble
servant, " f C. MACNALLY."

RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice was in brisker demand pri-
vately, and 17s 6d to 19s 6d paid for low to fine white.
SALTPETRE.— To-day Rough was sought after, but stiffer
rates being insisted upon, checked business, and at public sale
1,698 bags Calcutta were all taken in rather above the value.
Oirs.—There has been a good desire evinced to operate in
Southern Oil of all descriptions, and the parcels disposed of
privately were at rather higher rates. Cod has been only in
limited request, but owing to the small stock, merchants in-
sist upon 27110 s to 28/, and refrain from bringing any to pub-
lic sale. Seal is held wigs firmness, and the operations are
upon a more extended scale. For Sperm the market has a
dull appearance, and prices are drooping, the quantity on
offer being larger than it was. Cocoa Nut Oil has been pur-
chased with increased freedom, and brought advanced rates,
although the market has been more freely supplied. Palm
has been in good demand, and prices continue firm, notwith-
standing the large stock. In Rape Seed Oil several purchases
have been made, but no further advance in the value has
taken place. For Linseed Oil the market has a firm appear-
ance ; large parcels have been taken by the home trade : some
shipping orders were executed, and the crushers obtained 24s
6d per cwt. In Olive Oil a good business has been done.
The stock is not so heavy as it was, and the consumption is
going on satisfactorily. American Lard Oil has been spar-
ingly dealt in at 331 to 40l per tun.
TALLOW.—The market has a firm appearance for Russian,
and the trade are still inclined to increase their stocks ; on the
spot large sales have been made, and 42s 6d paid for New
Petersburgh Yellow Candle of the first quality, 42s per cwt
for old, and there are not free sellers thereat. For forward
delivery a good business has been transacted, and 42s to 42s
6d given for the last three months of the year for new.
Home made has been largely dealt in at 41s to 41s 6d net
cash, but there is still a plentiful supply. All other kinds of
Tallow are wanted, and brought stiffer rates.

THE POOR-LAW AND WAGES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE.
SIR,—You have with great liberality from time to
me allowed me a space in your journal when the spirit
has moved me to write upon important subjects. I am
induced to offer a few observations on the above, trusting
they may be deemed worthy of a like indulgence. I fear
that the sad disclosures on the Andover Committee may
lead the nation into trouble, by turning the current of
sympathy into a demand for the old vicious system of
out-door relief, with all its concomitant evils.
The principle upon which the old poor law was
enacted was, to find, or rather to make work for the,
able and willing who could not otherwise find employ-
ment. In the course of its workings out-door relief
became a most serious and alarming evil, so alarming as
to threaten the very source of relief, by swallowing it all
up. I need not for a moment dwell upon the frightful
miseries and crimes of the old law, how unglincipled
farmers, &c., took advantage of it, and made the rates
pay half their wages, while the pauper was trampled
upon in every way that human caprice and depravity
could devise. To correct the monster evils of the old
poor-law, and to better the condition of the poor, the
New Poor-law Amendment Bill was enacted. How it
has operated it needs no aid of mine to depict, but if
anything can sully a nation's honour, the manner in
which the poor of England have been treated does so in
a serious degree. Why is this? Is it from a deliberate
intention of the supporters of the new poor-law to
" grind the faces of the poor?" I question it much if
even the Times, in its sober moments, would assert that
Russell and Peel, that Hume and Brougham, with a host
of other good men and true, did deliberately combine in
order to crush the poor or save the rates. That there
was no such criminal intention I do really believe—in
how far blame and censure lies, for experireentalising
in the dark, and causing so much misery, I am not able
to judge; I leave that to others, while I, as powerfully
as I can, endeavour to call public attention to the moral
of the case, to see if we cannot gain instruction from
the past, and so lessen, as far as possible, the amount of
future misery.
The promoters of the new poor-law imagined that it
would be an easy matter to keep the unemployed poor
out of the market by keeping them in the workhouse.
By doing this they thought to lessen competition, or,
rather, to remove morbid competition from the labour
market. By doing so they trusted that wages would
advance, that happiness would increase, and that ulti-
mately they would meet with fame, and all manner of
grand things, from a once mistaken but now convinced
nation.
They have, however failed in this ; and now comes
the question as to how and why they have failed? Could
we discover this even the new poor-law had not been
passed in vain.
The new poor-law is, to a great extent, founded on the
science of political economy. Now, one of the most
clear points admitted by the whole school of economists
is, that the average rate of wages is governed by the com-
parative amount of capital to population ; consequently
they imagine that if they can but increase the re-
lative quantity of capital to population, all further
care of the labourer may in a measure cease, as, undert
such circumstances, his wages will naturally rise in jus
proportion, &c. &c.
With this theory full in my mind—with a great fear
of the deceptiveness of facts, so far as I have been able to
watch them—l have, after a seven, years' anxious study,
and as long a period being actively mixed up with wages
receivers and their trade societies, been more and more
convinced that the comparative amount of capital does
not regulate wages—that it influences wages, but does
not regulate them. I fear that I am not able to point
out the importance of this point, but I am sure it is vital.
Indeed, I believe on the clearing up of the principle
which regulates wages rests
-the only hope of ever having
a proper poor-law.
Wages apparently rise and fall in the market just in
proportion to demand and supply, but really they do not
so in the same ratio. A slight depression in trade
serves to reduce wages, which frequently become fixed
for long periods at low rates, although demand mean-
time may be much brisker than before their fall. This I
know to be practically the case. Theory, I know, treats
practice as an ignorant brother ; but when theory her-
self is at fault it is not wise to despise practice.
Sir, I believe one leading error of the new poor-law to
be—that it tries to better the mental and physical condi-
tion of the poor by depressing those who are in the
workhouse, in place of endeavouring to elevate the
condition of those who are out of the workhouse. This
elevation cannot be accomplished without a full under-
standing of the principle which regulates wages.
I fear that your space cannot concede greater length.
have, however, mooted the subject, and should you
approve of my endeavour, I shall try and complete the
case in another letter.
I am, Sir, most respectfully,
A TIN-PLATE WORKER.
30, Kingsgate- street, Holborn.

"DIOCESE OF CLOGIIEIL
"On the 27th and 31st ult., and on the Ist and 2d
of this present month of September, the following re-
solutions were unanimously adopted in the Clogher, En-
niskillen, Clones, and Monaghan districts, by the clergy
assembled in conference; the bishop presiding:—
" 1. Resolved unanimously—That we deem, it cur
duty, at this particular juncture, to express our warmest
approbation of the principles on which the righful claims
of Ireland are advocated by our beloved Liberator, Mr.
Daniel O'Connell, who possesses now, as he has always
possessed, our fullest and entire confidence; and that we
ar6determined to co-operate with out people in supporting
him in his exertions to obtain for Ireland a restoration
of all her rights, and more especially of domestic lcgis-
lation, by purely peaceable and constitutional means—
the only means which he ever contemplated or we could
sanction.

SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.—A destructive fire took
place at Piddington on Monday. The out-premises and
some ricks of hay, the property cf Mr. J. Holt, farmer,
were destroyed. The fire broke out in a barn which
was stored with corn. The barn, a cowhouse, sheds,
&c., and some ricks of Hay, were burnt down. The
villagers exerted themselves admirably, and the dwelling-
house and some hayricks were saved. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Expresses were sent to Neuter and
Wotton House for engines. These calls were immedi-
ately responaed to, and both the Biccster and the Duke
of Buckingham's engines were dispatched to the scene.
It is feared that the fire was the act of an incendiary.
Mr. Holt's stock was not insured.

" Resolved unanimously--That we likewise deem ii
our duty, at this time, not merely to offer to Mr. John
O'Connell, the worthy son of the Liberator, the warmest
expression of our gratitude and thanks for the zeal
and ability, and uniform integrity of purpose, with
which, since his first appearance in public life, he has
on all occasions advocated the true interests of Ireland;
but also to express the joy with which we behold him
sustaining the peaceable and constitutional views of
illustrious father, and walking in every respect in hi,
footsteps, creating thereby a well-founded hope that
the name of O'Connell will long be a bond of union and
strength to all who desire the peace and happiness of the
people.
" 3. Resolved unanimously—That we have seen with
pain and disappointment the late session of the Imperial
Parliament come to a close without the repeal, or Leven
a change or modification, of the odious Bequests Act
and Irreligious Colleges Bill, measures which were
adopted, and which have been partly carried into opera-
tion, in utter disregard of the feelings and opinions of
the great body of the Catholic bishops, clergy, and
people of Ireland; and that we, therefore, most earnestly
entreat the liberal constituencies of Ireland, at the next
general election, to instruct their representatives to
prevent, so far as they can, all improper legislative in-
terference in the concerns of our holy religion, and,
above all things, to guard us against the mockery of
having offered to us as boons measures which involve the
compromise of the dearest interests of religion, and fill
the minds of the Catholic people of Ireland with disgust
and abhorrence.

" ' 4. Resolved unanimously—That, notwithstanding
our anxiety for the diffusion of knowledge, we can never
give our co-operation and support to any system of educa-
tion intended for our people, in which the authority of
their pastors will not be fully recognised, and that no
system of education can' or ought to give confidence and
satisfaction to the Catholic people of Ireland, which will
not be based on Catholic principles, and placed under-
Catholic control.

ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon last, Mr.
Philip Warburton, son of John Warburton, Esq.,
J.P., of Crinkle, earsonstown, met with a very serious
accident. Ho had been shooting, and afterwards par-
took of luncheon at the residence of John Ryall, Esq.,
at Kilmain. When leaving the house, the gun of a
young gentleman named Orr, who was in his rear, by
some means went off, and the contents passed 'through
Mr. Warburton'R thigh. The femoral artery is not cut,
but it is left bare for three inches, He now lies in a very
prec4riva

" C. MTALLY,
" ' FRANCIS MAGUIRE, Sec.'
" Besides the subjects comprised in our resolutions,
some matters of the utmost importance regarding the
national system of education, engaged our molt serious
attention at our meetings ; and, although in obedience
to the instructions of the Sacred Congregation, we ab
stain from publishing any resolution or discussion
thereon, it may be right to state, that it is the unanimous
prayer of the clergy that the archbishops and bishops of
Ireland would, at their next general meeting, take the
whole subject into their consideration, with the view of
enforcing the conditions and recommendations on which
the national system of education has been tolerated by
the Holy See."

Mr. O'CONNELL moved this document's insertion on the
minutes, and alluded to the separation with the " Young
Ireland" party. He said that the first difference with
them arose on the question of education; and he differed
with them on the subject of the infidel Colleges Bill,
because the heads of the Holy Church, of which he was
an unworthy member, disapproved of it, and he never
attempted to disagree with them, for he knew that they
could not be wrong—and the propriety of the protest
against that measure was fully borne out by the news
they had lately-received from Rome.—(Hear, hear.)
cluiztiviesecoded the motion, which was passed.

Mr. RAY read a letter from a Mr. Charles Edward
Stuart, enclosing 51. as his subscription to the Association.
Mr. O'CONNELL stated that this gentleman was a
Scotchman, and a descendant of the unfortunate Charles
Edward Stuart, for some time King of Scotland.
Mr. GARDINER handed in 131. 2s. ed. moral force
money from St. Paul's Ward.—(Hear, and laughter.)
Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to make the speech of the
day. He said he wished to draw the attention of the
Association to the position of Ireland, and to-congratu-
late her on her social and political position.—(Hear,
hear.) The first matter he had to allude to was a lament..
able one, and that was the state of Ireland as regarded
the failure of the potato crop. He hoped it would have
no bad effect on the people, or drive them to crime in
any locality. He would implore of them to commit no
violence, and he would promise them food.—(Cheers.)
The Government would feed them, and he would assist
the Government ; and, in order to do so, he would move
"That it be referred to the committee to draw, up and
publish a short synopsis of the mode necessary to be
adopted to procure relief from the Government in those
districts where it was required." Now, although the
Act had not reached Ireland yet, he could give them an
idea of what it was, which ho was sure would be satis-
factory.—(Hear.) It was an unlimited Act ; by it
20,000,0004 of money could be raised, if necessary,
to keep the people from starvation.—(Hear.)
It was not, however, to be given as a gift,
but was to be advanced as a loan, and to be repaid in
work.—(Cheers.) The Bill began by stating that if the
Lord-Lieutenant should hear of any district being par-
ticularly destitute, that he should step forward and put
the Act in force.—(Hear, hear.) The first thing to be
done was to inform his Eicellency—and anybody might
inform him, either clergy or laity—and then he was to
perform his duty ; for instance, Lord Bcsborough had
received 14 letters during the past week, and he had
proclaimed sessions to be held under the Bill for their re-
lief—the first time he (Mr. O'Connell) believed anything
good was ever proclaimed for Ireland.—(Cheers.) When
these proclamations were issued, the magistrates were to
meet, to set work on foot in their baronies, and the funds
wouldebe supplied by Government to pay for them ; and
if the magistrates refused to do so, the Lord-Lieutenant
was 'enabled to refer to the Board of Works and procure
relief.—(Hear.\ By thiOmployment would be given,
which would be well paid for, and which would be un-
limited. Now, he (Mr. O'Connell) calculated that it
would take at least from 10,000,0001. to 13,000,000/. to
feed the Irish people that year. That, however, was a
subject which would be more properly calculated by the
committee which he had moved for to draw up appli-
cations for relief.—(Hear, hear) It would, he
thought, take 10,000,000/a and it was not to be
paid back that year.—(Hear.) The Bill gave twelve
months for its repayment—gave a year's credit, so that
the poor people weld have a chance of a good harvest to
pay for it, and the very poor would never have to pay
tnything at alb—(Hear, hear.) All persons holding
tenements under 51., as rated by the poor-law, were to be
exempt from repayment; and persons holding tenements
.hove that sum so rated, would be obliged only to repay
three-eighths of the money borrowed, whereas the land-
lords would have to pay the other five-eighths. At this
the landlords of course had begun to grumble already,
end some of them he bdievedhad a good right to
Jomplain,—he alluded to good landlords—but many of
'hem deserved it.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell)
knew men who were good landlords, and took care of
their tenants; and they complained that the tenants of
had landlords shotild come to them for assistance.—
(Hear, hear.) But still, although they had lost by it,
they would be satisfied at - bearing a burden which
all landlords would be obliged to bear.—(Cheers.)
Bad landlords would grumble at paying this money, but
he had a remedy for them, and he would tell them
what it was.—(Hear, hear.) If they would come to that
ball and read his son John's book, and see what England.
owed Ireland, they would come and join him in look-
ing for justice, and thereby become good men and good
landlords.—(Cheers.) The English people were com-
plaining at their getting 1,000,000/. for drainage at 3i
per cent.; but they did not remember that they got, at
the same time, 2,000,000/. The Learned Gentleman
having stated that he believed it was_the intention of the
Government to do all in its power for Ireland, if allowed
to do so, said he would support them, but still stated
that no concession or no remedy could supply the place
of repeal. He then, in conclusion, announced his inten-

tion Of going to Darrynane in the course of the week, of
writing to the Association every Monday, and prepar-
ing during his sojourn three Bills to be proposed next
session, for the regeneration of Ireland—(Cheers)—and
he also stated, that when he departed this world he hoped
that the only epitaph engraved on his tombstone would
be, " Here lies the man who obtained repeal ;" and if he
did not live to see it carried, " Here lies the man who
struggled all his life to obtain repeal."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr.Ri.ir then read a communication from the repealers
of Manchester, enclosing 17/. Os. 3d., and expressing
some very complimentary terms to Mr. O'Connell, and
wishes for his happiness.
A voice—Amen.

Mr. O'CoNNELL—I am very much obliged to that gra-
uitous clerk.—(Laughter.) I move, sir, that the letter
'roan Manchester be inserted on the minutes.

The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. O'CortNELL then announced the state of the city
registry, showing a majority for repealers of 212.
Mr. N. MAnEn handed in 151. from Dr. Sinnott, of
St. Peter's College, Wexford.—(Cheers.) The com-
munication enclosing the remittance was ordered to be
inserted on the minutes, and the thanks of the Associa-
tion passed to the vriter.
A AIEMBER, whose name we could not learn, here ad-
dressed the Association from the rear of the chair, and
occupied no inconsiderable part of the time, if not the
attention, of the association. Referring to the late de-
parture of the " Young Ireland " party, he termed them
politicallymad who dared to dictate to the Liberator—the
greatest man in the world. What very fine boys they
were:—(Laughter.) The speaker concluded by express •
ing a hope, in the language of the poet, that he should
see his country—

" Great, glorious, and free,
" first flower of the earth and first gem of the sea."
Mr. RAY thou read a letter from Mr. Michael Joseph
Barry, who requc:.!ted his name to be struck off the roll,
but declined entering i.n.to the merits of the late question
of physical and moral force.
Mr. O'CONNELL said the letter was a most proper
one ; it was the letter of a go.ntleman whom he was
sorry to lose, but his name was alrly oft
Mr. RAY was proceeding to read a letter from Mr. D
Lane, expressing asimilar w*, when
Mr. O'CONNELL said—Oh, he's off too !
Mr. STEELE handed in an address to Mr. O'Connell
from St. Luke's Ward, London, which was ordered to
be inserted on the minutes.

Mr. O'CONNELL having announced the rent for the
week to be 1421. 155., Counsellor Fitzpatrick was called
to the chair, when a vote of thanks was passed to Mr.
Charles O'Connell, and the meeting adjourned for a
week.

THE ALLEGED ROBBERY OF NINETEEN BRASS
GUNS FROM WOoLivicii ARSENAL.—A considerable
time since, nineteen brass howitzers were missing from
the stores in the Royal Arsenal, and although a strict
inquiry was made at the time, they were not traced.
Suspicion, however, fell on two privates named Freeman
and Campion, of the Royal Sappers and Miners, who
were apprehended, and taken before Mr. Grove, the sit-
ting magistrate, and underwent a rigid examination, but
were ultimately discharged, nothing being discovered to
impeach their character. The Board of Ordnance then
offered a reward of 1001. for the recovery of the property
and apprehension of the thieves. It has since been dis-
covered that the guns were not stolen or lost, but " that
they had been cast into a portion of the Nelson monu-
ment, and that through an error they were omitted to
be entered in the official returns." It is but justicel to
state that these innocent men have been discharged from
the service, after twenty-one years' 'service, upon a
liberal pension, and are now employed in the same esta-
blishment.
THE PONIATOWSKI GEMS.—Yesterday, lir. Price
submitted to public competition. at the auction rooms,
Chancery-lane, Mr. J. Tyrrell's entire collection of
proof impressions from the antique gems of the late
Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski. They consisted of very
beautiful medallion "casts of the principal scenes and
events throughout the "Iliad," the " Odyssey," and the
" dEneid," together with the principal fabulous feats of
the mythological characters of ancient Greece and Rome.
The first portion offered related chiefly to the higher
divinities, and the whole of the lots of the first-class
realised seventy•two guineas.

SUPPOSED CASE OF POlSONlNG.—Yesterday, Mr.
Baker resumed and concluded an inquiry at the Cock
and Magpie, Worship-street, St. Luke's, on the body of
Mrs. Mary Ann Stroud, aged forty-seven, who formerly
hept an eating-house -in the above street. The evi-
dence adduced was very lengthy, from which it ap-
peared that onfi Saturday last deceased was suddenly
seized with dreadful pains and vomited much. Sus-
picion arose that she had been poisoned, and a surgeon
was sent for, before whose arrival she had expired. Mr.
Bowyers, the surgeon, had made a post mortem exami-
nation, and stated that her death was produced by natural
causes,

A NUMBER OF PIGEONS DESTROYED BY FIRE
About twelve on Monday night a fire broke out in the
pigeon shed belonging to Mr. Maynard, hoop binder,
Hodden's-place, King-street, Old Gravel-lane, Wapping.
The fire burned through the roof and destroyed a large
number of valuable pigeons, notwithstanding every'
effort was made to save them. It is not known how the
fire originated. The building sustained considerable
injury.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SOLDIER-At the.
County Office, at Rochester, on Monday, the magistrates
were engaged for some time in the investigation of
case, at at the instance of Colonel Weare, Commandant of
the Provisional Battalion, against George Cupitt, a
drummer in the 9th Regiment, which it was at first sup—
posed would end in a charge of forgery, the prisoner
having obtained 10s. from Barnet Harris, a clothes
dealer in Chatham, by means of a forged order, pur..,
porting to come from Sergeant Goodall, of the 31st Re.
giment, an invalid in the Military Hospital at Port
Pitt. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next
Quarter Sessions at 'Maidstone on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretences.

TDB BALLOON ASCENT AND DESCENT.—The
Royal Nassau balloon, which on Monday night ascended,
with Mr. Green, the veteran aeronaut, and eleven ladies
and gentlemen, from Cremorne Gardens, and by which
were suspensed two parachutes, in each of which was a
monkey, went in a northerly direction. After attaining
an altitude of about a mile, the aerial machine got into an
easterly current, when it was carried 'towards Hendon,
where it desanded in a field in lizael green, after a
rather boisterous passage. On the separation of tho
parachutes there was no apparent oscillation of the bal-
loon. These fell in a field the property of Mr. Rubigall,
Little Chelsea.
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Barracks, for his feat in Yorkshire.,