The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-07 00:00:00

ADVANCES TO IRISH RAILWAY COMPANIES.

The following communication was read at a meeting
of the'Waterford Relief Committee, on Friday, a reply
to the memorial for a loan to the Waterford and Lime-
rick Railway Company. The Treasury, it thus appears,
have declined to make any advances to railway compa-
nies ; but it is suggested that an application should be
made to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners :
" Treasury Chambers, April 29, 1846.
" Sir—The Lord Commissioners of ber. Majesty's
Treasury having had before them the memorial, signed
by you as chairman of a public meeting of the citizens of
Waterford, held on the lath inst., praying that a lean
of public money may be made to the Waterford and
Limerick Railway Company, to enable them to carry on
without delay that undertaking, and thus afford relief to
many of the labouring population during the present dis-
tress and scarcity, I have their Lordships' command to
acquaint you, for the information of ' the memorialists,
that my Lords do not consider it advisable to make ipe-
cial advances to railway companies who have undertaken
to make railways on private accounts exclusively for.in-
dividual advantage.

" It is open to those companies to raise money by
calls on their subscribers, or by loans ; and on applica-
tion to the Commissioners for Exchequer Loans, their
claims to receive 'a loan from the public funds, on the
same :conditions and securities as the undertakers of
other works of the same description, will be duly con-
sidered. •

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" C. L. TREVELYAN.
" The Mayor of Waterford."

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A RESIDENT MAGISTRATE,
On Saturday last Captain Duff, resident magistrate in
Roscommon, was accidentally killed by the kick of a
horse. The gallant officer had been several years in the
army, and had seen much service. A year or two since
he had been removed from Tipperary to the west of Ire-
land. Originally he bad been appointed a stipendiary
magistrate by the Whigs, and he.bore the highest repu-
tation as a zealous and judicious officer.
The following letter has been addressed to the editor
of the Evening Mail by Mr. Osborne, M.P.:—
" " Newtown-Anner, Clonmel, April 27, 1846.
Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a paragraph
in the Dublin Evening Mail 'of the 27th ult., purporting Itobe an Extract of a letter from Clonmel."The ac-
counts contained therein of the proceedings which lately
occurred in this vicinity are altogether misrepresented ;
and the passage stating that' their (the mob) much to
their honour, smashed the Captains windows, and tore
up and destroyed the paling about the house,' does not
contain a particle of truth. The said mob conducted
themselves with perfect propriety, and never came within
a mile of the house. Assuring you that 3ou have been
imposed upon by your Clonmel Correspondent,' and
trusting you will give this denial to the stateneat, I have
the honour to be your obedient servant,
" RALPH OSBORNE."
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of the Repeal Association, held
this day, was most numerously attended. Nearly all the
members of the Parliamentary Committee at present in
town were present. Amongst the more prominent were
Mr. Maher, M.P., Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jtm., Captain
Broderick, &c.;• there was likewise a strong mustering of
the "Young Ireland"
ahte-lcahwa.
from chair was taken by
William German, Esq.,
A long letter Barrister-at-law.
a party.r r ste r-
T Mr. O'Connell was read by the
secretary; also a
letter from Mr. Collett, M.P., enclosing
t aty guineas as hisfirst subscription to the association,
of which he was accordingly
enrolled a member amidst
great applause.
The great topic of the
there was a dif-
ference Mr. Smith O'Brien, on which subject
meeting was the imprisonment
of opinion,
as the association would not com-
mit itself by expressing its full approbation of that lion.
Gentleman's
adopted :
however, unanimously conduct. The following resolution was,
"Resolved, That having learned
the
ommons country with deep regret that
by a resolution of the House of
t 1. r
has bees deprived of the eminent
member of this eminent services of William
Smith O'Brien, and that
him the
as-
sociation himself committed to prison, we cannot allow
this opportunity to pass without conveying to
, and our assurance of our undiminished confidence in his integ-
rity, patriotism, and personal courage
admira-
tion
for the high sense of duty and purity of purpose .
which prompted him to risk his personal liberty in as-
sertion of a principle which he believed to be inherent
in the constitution of his country."
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UCILISM IN CHINA.—The art of self-defance is r
taught in China. Tracts are printed which would, in s
probability, accompanied by their wood-cuts, amuse the fancy in
England, though the Chinese have no pitched battles that we ever
heard of. The first lesson for a Chinese boxer consists in winding
his long tail round his head, stripping himself to the buff, then
placing his right foot foremost, and with all his might giving a heaty
thrust with his right fist against a bag suspended for that pur-
pose. He is directed to change hands and feet alternately,
restraining his breath, and boxing the bag of sand right
and left for hours together. The exercise the fancy call
"thumping doWn walls and overturning parapets." In the second
lesson the pugilist grasps in each hand a heavy mass of stone—and
having stripped, and arranged his tail as before, he practices, thrust-
ing out at arms' length these weights, right and left, till lie is tired.
This lesson is called " the golden dragon thrusting out hisclaws."
Next comes " a crow stretching out his wings"—a dragon issuing
forth from his door—a drunken Chinaman knocking at your door—a
hungry tiger seizing a lamb—a.hawk clawing a sparrow—a crane
and muscle reciprocally embarrassed," and other specimens of fanciful
nomenclature for divers feats of pugilism.—Sporting World.
The latnbink time in the northern counties, for bred
a heep, is now nearly over, and, from what can be learnt, the present
hs'sbeen a most prolific season, most of the ewes having had twins,
4114 Luiz~tancorsWOO and for at A birth,_lfaccattleNrcourncfr,