The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

Average Amount
1 Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney-Williams,
Clinch, and Co 11,285
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 47,603
Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co
7..'ecerborou;.,,,ll Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough-Messrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson,
White, and Simpson 12,127
Pe:abrokeshire Bank, Haverford west-J. and
W. Walters
13,222
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Batik, and
Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, Enthoven,
and Co
18,831
Reading Bank, Reading-%imonds and Co 39,005
Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and
Co
37,775
Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton and Co 5,225
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard
and Sons
11,630
Rochdale Batik, Raehdale-Clement, Bonds,
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter-Day and Nicholson
Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot-,
ner and Son
Royston Bank, lioyston--Fordham and Sons 15,673
Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 11.803
Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 92,185
Reigate and barking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and
Co 13,365
Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard
and Allaw ay
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
' Walden-Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and
Co 16,102
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall
and Co
Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews-
bury-Adams, Adan.s, and Co 9,003
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury--Rocke, Eytons,
and Co
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
-Valiance and Son 3,810
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton-Maddiann and Son
Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's-J. S. Story 2,165
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie 22,800
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury-Brodie and
King
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton-Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone-W, Moore 5,787
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge -Rufford,
Wragg, and Co 17,711
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12,587
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton,
Cayley, and Co. . . 31,693
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and
Robins
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
-Beck, Downward, and Co. 23,675
St. Alban's and Herta Bank, St. Alban's-Gib-
son and Stuart 2,358
Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 28,790
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and
Co
14,048
Thornbnry Bank, Thornbury-Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 12,265
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and
Co. 15,854
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 9,634
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick-
Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. . . 27,167
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox,
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co.
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 13,870
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester-Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
-Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth-Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W.
Hancock
7,341
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverha.mpton-Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender,
and Co.
12,884
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 88,988
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley
and Turner
Whitby Bank, W haby-Frankland and Wil-
kinson
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and
Sons
20,333
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster-
Everett and Co.
Wrexl,am Bank, Wrexham-J. and S. Kenrick 2,441
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-
Messrs. Fryer
11,673
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
51,305
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,694
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten 9,363
York Bank. York-Swann. Clough, and Co 47,022
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,774
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven ' 29,550
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford .... 19,470
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington .
34,280
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, 11,286
Coventry .
26,120
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,400
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
118,431
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
25.930
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,705
Dudley and West Bromwich yanking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,215
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington 28,380
East of England

Average Amount.
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 74,354
Welit Bidmg Union RlNking Company, Hud-
dersfield
•
SVhitchurch am) Ellesroera Banidog Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Bank; kig Company,
Worcester. .
York Union Banking Company, York 71,39S
York City and County Banking Company, York 92,143
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Stamps and Taxes, October 3, 1346.

WARWICK AN D WORCESTER
RAILWAY.

An adjourned meeting of this Company was held yes-
terday, at one o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, for the
pnrpose of completing the registration of the votes in
favour of or against the dissolution of the Company.
Mr. T. IV. Pocock occupied the chair. The entire
number registered in favour of the dissolution, up to two
o'clock to-day, was, 7,740 ; none against it ; 2,020 in
favour of its being taken as an act of bankruptcy;
a;.--,inst it, 4,970. The dissolution, therefore, was not
taken as an act of bankruptcy, and the Company was
declared dissolved.

4,916

8,569

A committee was then appointed to confer with the
three or,: with ri-sp,ct to its finance, and also with the
Birmingham Extension Company, with which this Com-
pany has b,e-n in some measure contented.

A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman, and
the meeting separated.

4,295

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Horace ilieatyard, a barrister, residing in Chatham-
place, and director of the Agricultural Cattle Insurance
Company, was summoned before Aldermen Wood and
Gibbs, for the purpose of obtaining an order from them
to compel him to contribute towards the support of his
mother, now a claimant on the parish.
It appeared that Mr. Meatyard's father died, leaving
a large family unprovided for. The defendant, Mr.
Horace Meatyard, and his brother, Charles Meatyard, a
surgeon at Stafford, agreed to join together, and support
their parent and brothers and sisters. The doctor, it was
asserted, was to support his mother, while defendant
was to support the others. Since then some differences
had arisen between the brothers, and neither would con-
tribute towards the support of their parent, in conse-
quence of which she was obliged to apply to the parish
of Holy Cross and St. Giles 3, Shropshire, and at the
instance of the parish offiers there the present proceed-
ings were taken.
Alderman WOOD observed, that whatever differences
the brothers might have, still there was a moral and
natural obligation which the defendant ought to comply
with. The parish officers only asked seven shillings
per week, and he thought it would be much better to
confer with the parish officers, and come to some ar-
rangement.
The case was, however, entered into ; but in conse-
quence of the solicitor's clerk not being able to prove
that Mr. Meatyard was in a position of life, and had the
means of supporting his mother, it was dismissed.
MARYL EBONE.
FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Josepq Allen, in the service of
Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, was charged with having
caused the death of James Fuller, a child eight years of
age, whose parents reside in Church-row, Paddington.
On Saturday last, about noon, between thirty and
forty boys, amongst whom was deceased, were running
across the Edgware-road, near Oxford terrace, on their
return home from school. A van driven by the prisoner
was passing along at the same time, when the unfortu-
nate child was run against by one of the horses and
knocked down, and received such injury that death ter-
minated his sufferings in a few hours after he was re-
moved. It was further shown the prisoner was sober,
and was driving steadily at the time.
The prisoner was bailed to appear again at the court
on Wednesday.
CAUTION To DRUNKEN CADMEN.—Devereu.7 Sawyer,
a cabman, was charged by Police-constable 125 E, who
stated that, on the previous night in Euston square, he
found the prisoner, who was very drunk, endeavouring
to raise up his horse which had fallen down in the road.
He was quite unable to effect his object, and under the
circumstances witness felt it his duty to take him into
custody.—Fined 405., or one month's imprisonment.
WO.RSHIP-STR.EET.

9,98

THE ALLEGED MURDER IN SPITALFIELDS. —Ann
Linner, alias Nance Ruifey, who had been remanded
from last Monday upon a charge of stabbing a young
Irishman, named Daniel Crawley, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Broughton fOr re-examination, charged now
with wilful murder, the man having died last Saturday
in the London Hospital.
The deceased, it may be remembered, stated in his
dying deposition that, about one o'clock in the morning
of Sunday se'nnight, he went into the prisoner's shop,
in Spitalfields, to purchase some cooked meat, which
was cut for him by an Irishman, a stranger to him, who
was then with the prisoner. The latter told him the
price of the meat was 21d., and he said he had not
enough by a farthing, but he would call as he passed by
and pay the farthing. The prisoner, however, took the
knife from the Irishman and thrust it into him, saying,
"Take that you —." Ile declared that he had not
uttered a word more to provoke her.
Sergeant King now informed the magistrate that he
had got the Irishman spoken of by the deceased, and
another man also present as witne,ses, but he was sorry
to say that they were under the influence of liquor.
George Brown, who seemed half stupified with drink,
was then examined. He said he knew the prisoner, but
could not now tell the name of the street in which she
lived. On the Saturday evening before last lie went into
the shop between the hours of seven and eight, to get
something to eat, and he remained about the shop until
about half-past one. He was standing behind the counter
with the pyiioner, when the man now dead came in and
ordered a quarter of a pound of meat, which the prisoner
asked witness to cut for him. He accordingly cat and
weighed it, and the prisoner said the price of it was 211
The deceased put only 2d. into the hand of the witness,
who placed the money on the counter, but the prisoner
said that was not the price. The deceased said is wit-
ness, "It's all right is it not ?" and leaning upon the
counter endeavoured to persuade the prisoner that lie
had paid for it. She said that he had not, and should
not have it till he paid 2id. ; and putting her hand to-
wards his face, called him a blackguard, and told him to
be off; and that she did not want his custom. She after-
wards took up the carving knife now produced, and cut
a bit of the meat off, telling witness that he had cut too
much, and he then sa-.v her strike the deceased with the
carving knife, saying, at the same time, " There's the
ha'porth for you." . The deceased clapped his hand to
his breast, and the witness then saw the blood gush out
between his fingers.
In cross-examination he said that the deceased did use
abusive language to the prisoner.
The magistrate was informed that the surgeons were
that day making their post mortem examination prepara-
tory to the inquest being held, and he remanded the pri-
soner for a week.

5,969

~,rigland Bank, Norwich
GloLcestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 157,425
Halifax .Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 17,339
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,064
hull Banking Company, Hull. 27,612
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,526
Haiifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
lielston Banking Company, Helston 1,484
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 24,435
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,718
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 57,516
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 54,373
Leamingtol Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Leeds and %Vest Riding Banking Company,
Leeds
420
Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 2,979
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,585
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 27,936
Nottingham and Nottinghamshiro Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle. Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 69,150
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
458,134
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 60,835
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 86,693
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
25,402
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 64,290
Pares's Leic.istcrshire Banking Company, Lei-
cester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,875
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 36,274
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stanarord
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and 1 iliiianshiro Banking Company,
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
- Company, SI; ~114.jcl
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond . 48,073
Stackton and Durham County Banking Com-
pany, Stockton
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company,
Shaftesbury
10,127
Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield .
Suffolk Banking C.onpany, Ipswich
Wolverhampton a.i.lStaffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton 37,243
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,648
Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven .
32 358
Warwick and Lew ou gton Banking Company,
Leamington
31,603
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol.
.. . 85,563

rnE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, IP4e.

IRELAND.
STATE OF TIM COUNTRY.

Dupuis, OCT. 10.—The intelligence from the pro-
vipices, received through the country papers, both yes-
terday and this morning, is extremely meagre. With
the exception of certain districts in the county of Cork,
there are no fresh symptoms of disturbance, beyond the
assereblvses, natural under the circumstances, of large
bodies or unemployed men seeking for work, in order to
procure the means of subsistence. Universal and well-
founded are the complaints of the long delays that have
ensued between the holding of the presentment sessions
'and the carrying out of the Labour Rate Act in the
spirit of its strict meaning. The landlords have, no
doubt, fu;filled their duties ; baronial sessions have met,
and gentry and cesspaycrs have quietly submit ted to a
taxation in many instances thrice exceeding the income
of the baronies, to be assessed according to the required
valuation ; but up to the present not a spade has been
put into the earth, no works of a " profitable" or " un-
profitable" nature have been set agoing ; and,' judging
from the time that has been already consumed, and as
Lord Besborough's recent circular necessitates the re-
holding of fresh presentment sessions, which are now at
liberty to assess for works of a reproductive kind, fur-
ther procrastination seems to be almost inevitable. In
the meantime, whether justly or not, this apparent su-
pineness is daily detracting from the confidence hitherto
reposed in the Government. At a very full repeal
gathering held in Cork, the Premier's inability to meet
the pending crisis was the theme of a leading speaker,
while—tell it not in Derrynane—Sir Robert Peel was
lauded to the skies as the trustworthy pilot, the only
statesman fit to weather the storm. In the following ac-
counts of the state of the disturbed districts of Cork,
abridged from the Southern Reporter, will also be found
some not over-complimentary allusion to the Whig Prime
Minister :
" SKIBDEREEN, MONDAY EVENINC.—On Friday last,
in my hurried communication, I stated to you that this
town and the country' surrounding it were in a state of
impending danger. I regret now to say, that my appre-
hensions were too well founded, a day of anxiety and
alarm having only passed, unattended, however, thank
God ! with any serious consequences, thanks to the
promptitude and vigilance of the authorities, and to the
exertions and influence of the gentlemen of the Relief
Committee, whose services, by the by, our Irish Whigs
would disregard. But of that more anon ; I will first
give you the particulars of the day. This was a day of
meeting here of the late General Relief Committee ; but
before the hour of meeting (12 o'clock) rumours of an
intended attack upon the town, from the labouring po-
pulation of Caheragh, which had been circulated at an
early hour in the morning, but disregarded, became
more rife, and before the hour of 12 o'clock the prin-
cipal inhabitants of the town had met, and were in con-
sultation with Mr. Michael Gallwey, the only magis-
trate in the town, for the purpose of adopting precau-
tionary measures, and, if necessary, to swear in special
constables ; when Dr. Donovan, who had been on pro-
fessional duty, rode in to say that a multitude of men
armed with spades were coming in, and then close upon
the town. And so it was, for in a few moments ap-
peared in full view of the town, winding by the angle
rimmed on the road near the workhouse, a body of from
800 to 1,000 as athletic men as I ever saw, marching in
line ; they came ten abreast, each with a spade
shouldered, on the polished iron of which an unclouded
sun shone, offering to the eye a very alarming and im-
posing appearance. Mr. Gallwey, with his usual
activity and zeal for the public peace, proceeded to the
barracks at the other end of the town, and, having or-
dered out the military, the bugle immediately sounded
to arms, and in an instant the town, but five minutes le-
fore enjoying its usual quiet and tranquillity, became a
scene of alarm and consternation. The military, who
had been scattered through the town, on the call of the
bugle were to be seen running in all directions towards
their barrack ; the men of business, all confusion and
haste, closing up their wihdows and shops (under order
of the magistrate) ; parents in every quarter anxiously
looking for their children to place them out of danger,
and the men of the town preparing to render every as-
sistance to the military and police. Whilst the military
were getting under arms the Rev. Mr. Fitzpatrick, the
valued and respected Roman Catholic administrator of
the town, whose indefatigable exertions during the pre-
sent crisis are beyond all praise, proceeded outside the
town, accompanied by Mr. T. H. Marmion, Dr. Dono-
van, and several influential gentlemen, and remonstrated
with the people, by which they were retarded for some
minutes ; and in the meantime sixty men of the 67th,
commanded by Captain Byrne, and some dozen pilice-
men, with Sub-inspector Pinchin, all under the orders
of Mr. Gallwey, took up their position on a rising ground
just at the entrance of the town, and within about fifty
yards of the multitude. This was an anxious and
critical moment—one hasty or false step taken,
and many lives would in all probability have been sa-
crificed. During the Reverend Mr. Fitzpatrick's remon-
strance with the people they stated that they would
be satisfied if Mr. Gallwey, Mr. M'Carthy Downing,
and the Rev. Mr. Webb went out to them. Shortly after
Mr. Downing arrived, as Mr. Somerville, of Drishane,
the excellent and respected chairman of the Relief Com-
mittee, was addressing them on their folly and illegal
proceedings, and having got into a field off the road, was
followed by the people, by which the immediate danger
of contact with the military was avoided. Mr. Downing
addressed them at length, and inquired of them what
could have led the inhabitants of so peaceable a parish
as Caheragh into so criminal a proceeding, which led to
answers that I would to God the Minister of England
could have heard. We have come,' said they, because
we are famishing ; because we have no food of any kind ;
we could suffer death from hunger ourselves ; but can
we look upon our children and our wives dying of hunger,
and we ready and anxious to work for bread, if we can
only get as much as will give us one good meal a day ?
But is is not Bd. a day will give our families a meal, and
Indian meal ls. 10d. a stone.' The truth and force of
this distressing appeal could not be re hied, but Mr.
Downing, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Donovan _assured
them that it was to the Government they should attribute
the price of toed, and upon whom the maledictions of the
hungry multitude were poured in uninemured terms.
During this conversation Mr. Gallwey again and again
called upon the people to disperse, and at length pis -
ceeded to read the Riot Act. But an universal shout
was raised, We might as well be shot as starved ;we
have not eaten a morsel for more than 24 hours.' Mr.
Downing then besought of the people to follow hint out
as far as the workhouse, and that he would procure them
bread as far as the town could afford it, which after much
solicitation they did, and regularly encamped on the
rising ground outside the workhouse, where they
remained until Mr. Downing returned with 503.
worth of biscuit, which he and the Rev. Mr. Webb,
assisted by the Messrs. Levis, distributed in the
workhouse yard, and about four o'clock the multitude
moved on for their dreary homes, yt t sullen, discontented,
and unhappy, saying, That while a stack of corn
remained in the country, they would not allow their
children to starve,' and denouncing in the strongest
manner the Government. The military were then with-
drawn, and I cannot close this recital without stating,
with the utmost satisfaction, that a better conducted
body of men was never stationed here, not one man
being seen drunk. Since their arrival they are greatly
liked by the people.
" Since I concluded I am informed on authority that
our commissary has by this day's post received an order
to raise the price of Indian meal to 15/, a ton, and bis-
cuits from 10/. to 12/. Oh, thank you, Lord John Rus-
sell, eternal gratitude to you, Irish Whigs ; your claims
on Irish constituencies at the next general election will
be large indeed ; remember, badinage aside, that the
cry amongst all will be, A Tory, Repealer, a Chartist,
anything but a mongrel Whig.' May I ask, through
your journal, where is O'Connell from us? or why does
he not denounce the base, bloody, and brutal Whigs?"
Under the head of " Apprehended Disturbances in
Bandon." the Reporter has the following:—
" In consequence of the following notice, which was
extensively posted through the Bandon Union on S in-
day, considerable apprehensions existed that a large and
excited assemblage of the people would take place in
Bandon yesterday:—

"`DISTRESS AND HUNGER.
" ' Take notice, that all and every one, both young
and old, that are in want of provisions, and pis() of em-
ployment to support their families with the sweat of their
brow, and expect no relief from gentlemen (our patience
is worn out), you are requested to come and assemble
from every parish in the district of the Bandon Union,
on Wednesday, the 7th of October, 1846.
" N. B.—To the poor-house of Bandon.'
" We have great satisfaction in stating that this mis-
chievous production entirely failed in its purpose; there
was no gathering of people at the workhouse, nor was
there the slightest indication of any disposition to violate
the peace of the town or neighbourhood. It is right,
however, to state that many attributed that to the public
works recently present 41 for having been commenced on
Monday morning, while others ascribed it to the severe
inclemency of the day, which, from the heavy torrents
of rain and starm during the forenoon, rendered it diffi-
cult to travel, even in the ordinary vehicles, through the
country. The magistrates, being apprehensive of the
consequences of allowing a multitude of excited people
to come into Bandon. took the precauttcn of obtaining a
reinforcement of military for the protecti, al of the town,
in ,addition to the usual number stationed there ; and,
accordingly, a detachment of the 55th Regiment, from
Cork garrison, marched in on Tuesday evening, in aid
of the civil power. They were under the command
of Major Daubeny, C. 8., with Captain Edwards,
Lieutenants Fairtlough, M'Coy, and Shipley, and
consisted of five sergeants, two drummers, and 110
rank and file. There was also a party of the
Ist Royal Dragoons, from Ballincollig, under the
command of Leutenant Gough, and a party of the
67th Regiment, consisting of 2 officers and 35 men. The
troops were placed under the direction of Mr. Little, re-
sident magistrate, and remained under arms all day,
ready to turn out at a moment's notit!e. Most for-
tunately, however, their services were entirely dispensed
with, the town being perfectly quiet all day, with the
exception of the bustle incidental to the usual monthly
fair, which was being held there. Shortly after dusk a
number of the unemployed labourers of the town assem-
bled about the Court house, asking to be employed next
day on the public works, and expressing the privations
they were enduring by reason of the want of employ.
meat hitherto and the high price of provisions. (Jr..
hearing this Mr. Little, resident magistrate, ordered the
Court-house to be opened and lights brought, and in a
few minutes a large concourse of them were collected in
that building, when Mr. Little addressed the assemblage
at some length, exhorting them to keep the peace, and
promising speedy employment; after which, the people
separated." _

The Rev. James M'llale, a parish priest in the
county of Mayo, and a relative, I believe, of" the lion of
the fold of Judah," writes of the state of his district after
the following fashion, taking care, however, to deal
more in generalities than particulars ; as thus:—
"Deaths, I regret to say innumerable, from starvation,
and its direful effects —plunder, robberies, and open at
tacks on property, are occurring every day; the bonds of
society are almost dissolved. Parliament has made am-