The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, , _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 12, 1848.

TEE 'MfASII -SM;:-E 0 PERATIO:NS

AT CHATHAM.
The siege operations, which have for some time
been looked forward to with so great a dtgree of
interest, took place yesterday, under the most favour-
able auspices. The storm of the preceding evening ap-
peared to hare wrought a favourable change in the
weather; :the barodeter bore early indications of a fine
day, and with it rose the spirits of the expectant
thousands, crowds of whom at an early hour were seen
flocking to the scene of action. Later in the day, whilst
the stream of pedestrians still continued unabated, con•
veyances of every description thronged the way, from
the rich equipage of the opulent to that of the most
humble. The Gravesend and Rochester Railway also con-
tributed its numbers to the general mese, while the
Medway Steain-packet Company supplied the means of
transit both above and below bridge, two steamers for
that purpose being apportioned to the inhabitants of
Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppey; and, for the first
time, a steam passage was opened to the inheldtants
of Maidstone, the Prince Alfred having been chute d
for that purpose. Many of the directors and other,
connected with the Honoerable East India Company ar-
rived here on the previous evening, and she inns
were crowded ; amongst them were the Chairman of the
Court of .Directors, Lieut.-General Sir James Lushing-
ton, G.C.B. ; General Caulfield, General Galloway,
Major-General Sir C. Paeley, Major Oliphant, the Hon.
1). Melville, Sir James Hogg, Sir Henry Withal, Col.
Hay, Colonel anmer, H. Alexander, Esq., W. B. Bailey,
Esq., J. Shepherd, Esq., Francis Warden, Esq., W. If.
C. Plowden, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, Esq., &c. &c.
Previous to the commencement of the operations,
every spot from which a view could be obtain( d was
occupied by the public, the space filled by those admitted
by ticket to the more favoured situations being thronged
with ladies.
The ordinary works of a siege, on a small scale, hav-
ing bet.n carried on during the present summer for the
practice of the officers, nonecommissioned officers, and
men of the Royal and East India Company's Engineers,
and sappers and miners, on 'the space between the left of
Chatham Lines and the old Hornwork, which is bounded
at one extremity by the Terrace Bastion, and at the
other by, Prince Frederick's Bastion ; it was pro-
posed on the present Occasion to consider the
trenches ,as having been brought to their present
state by a beseigirig army and then abandoned
and the siege raised in consequence' of the arrival of a
superior force of the enemy, the attack ,to
,be renewed,
as it were, on the 11th of August, by the following ope-
rations..—First, the storming of the outer line; and se-
condly, the re-occupation of the trenches, so as to ad-
mit of the more advanced works of the siege being
pushed on by mining and the formation of lodguaents by
the Sap.
These pperatiorts on a,grand scale were this day prac-
tically developed in the presence of Lieutenant-General
Sir ,James Lushington, G.C.8., Chairman,-and the Court
of Directors of the Hon. East India'Conapany, by the
Royal Engineer establishment and 'the garrison of Chat-
ham, under the orders 'of Colonel James Simpson, the
Commandant; Lieutenant-Colonel A. R. Harrison, com-
manding, the Royal Artillery of the Medway district,
co-operating in the arrangements of the day,
directed the Artillery operations: The general arrange-
ments for the attacks were made by Colonel Sir Frederick
Smith, K.H., Director of the' Royal Engineer establish-
ment, according to the ordersreeeived from the Com-
mandant. In the general 'arrangement of the various
operations Sir F. Smith was assisted by Captain C.
Fanshawe staff-officer of the Reiyal Engineer establish.
went; Lieutenant Lane Fox, of the Grenadier Guards;
and Lieutenant and Asljutant A. C. Gleig, of the Royal
Artillery, acting as staffofficere in the attack.
For the first operations Captain 'De W. Tylee, of the
Royal Engineers, prepared the defensive (with the. ex-
ception of the mines, which were conducted by Captain
the Hon. Alexander Gordon and Lieutenant Lane fox,
of the Grenadier Guards); and Captain J. S. Barry, of
the Royal Engineers, the offensive works. For the
second operations Captain TYlee prepared' the offensive,
and Captain Barry the defensive workt, which were
lined wfth troops from the .easematee to St. Mary's
Creek, artillery being placed in the flanks and in the
right branch of St. Mary's Hornwork. A squadron of
cavalry from the depit at Maidstone,detachments of the
"Royal Artillery, of the Royal and East India Company's
Sappers and Miners, and of the provisional battalion,
constituted the garrison, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel T. E. Kelly, of the: provisional battalion, as-
sisted by Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, of the Grenadier
Guards;' Captain J. B.,Pilgrith, Of the' 15th Hus-
sars; Captain Lord G. A. Beauclerk, of the 10th
Hussars; Lieutenant G. 4.. Schanberg," of the Royal
Marine Artillery; Captain D. W. Tylee and Lieutenant
H. Y. Dt Scott, of the Royal Engineers. ' In the first
eeries of the operations, Colonel Sir Frederick Smith
having the general direction of. the attacking forces, the
assaulting party consisted' or three columns—the left
column under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J.
Stoyle, was formed of the left wing, and ono company
of the right wing of the 17th Regiment, the light com-
pany of that regiment being thrown Out as skirmishers
to cover the left and centre columns. The centre
column consisted of the Royal Artillery, commanded by
Captain W. T. Crawford, and the remainder of the 17th
Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel P.
M'Pherson, C. 8., of that corps. The right column,
commanded by Captain J. G. iNt'Kerlie, R.E., assisted
by Captain P. J. S. Barry, was composed of Royal and
East India Company's Sappers and 'Miners, detachments
of the Royal Marines and of the provisional battalion,
covered by skirmishers and preceded by an infantry
pontoon bridge, carried by 100 men of the provisional
battalion, Ensign P. D. Vigors, of the 11th Regiment,
being in charge of the pontoon party, and which bridge
was thrown across St. Mary's Creek.
The officer of engineers in command of the Sappers
and Miners of the right column, sent forward two par-
ties, each under command of an officer, to breach the
stockade that closed the passage round the left of St.
Mary's, and likewise to form a breach in the enclosure
wall of the fire barns, the first party carrying two bags
of powder, each of 100 lb., and four sand bags, and the
second party a similar number of sand bags, together
with two bags of powder, weighing 301 b. each. The
powder having been lodged at the foot of the enclosure
wall, the party of Royal, and East India Company's
Sappers and Miners, under the command of Captain
Tylee, now evacuated the fire barns, and the explosions
which followed were most effective and inagniticent, and
became the signal for the advance of the right column
across the creek, which being accomPlished, an attack
was made on the fire barns, which weree eventually occu-
pied by the assailants. The Sappers and Miners, pro-
vided with tools and gabions, as soon as the first parallel
had been occupied by the other 'two columns, de-
bauched from the fire barns, and proceeded along the
approaches to the third parallel.
Simultaneously with the crossing of the creek by the
right column, the centre and lett columns advanced to
the escalade of. the outer lines, covered by their skir-
mishers, but did not open their fire until they arrived at
the couritersearp, when a brisk musketry fire was opened
on the gunners and infantry lining the parapets, the
skirmishers firing kneeling.
When the assailants reached the fence on the glacis,
the garrison opened a steady fire of artillery, and a rol-
ling tire of musketry, whica they contiuued until the
ladders of the besiegers *ere placed against the scarp,
when, to avoid accidents, the " cease firing" was sounded,
and the garrison retired to the reverse of the first pa-
rallel. There were two sets of ladders; those first placed
on the couuterscarp were removed across to the scarp,
and were replaced at the counterscarp, by a second set,
the ladders being carried by detachments of the provi-
sional battalion, a party Sappers and Miners at the
head of each detachment directing the operation of plac-
ing them. So soon as the storming parties had formed
in the ditch the skirmishers ceasdfiring, closed to the
ladders, descended the ditch, and formed the rear of the
assaulting party.
A squadron of cavalry was then seen to sally from
the lines to take the assaulting left column in flank, but
after harassing the infantry they retired within the works
and again debouched for a similar attack behind the
casemates, and finally withdrew to the inner line. This
part of the proceedings was brilliantly executed. On
the retirement of the cavalry, the left column imme-
diately formed on the rampart in celUmn of quarter dis-
tance, facing the inner line, and preparers, to " form
square" to resist a charge of cavalry. The Royal Ar
tillery, who 'were the first to mount the ladders, detached
as many men as would suffice to man the captured guns,
removing them into the besiegers' batteries, previously
firing on the cavalry and retreating infantry. _ The re-
in mainder of the. centre column then fornaed,.at.4uarter
diso,4ce, facing the inner works, - and deployed and
tett opened a brisk fire on the retreating garrison; they then
advanced, and occupied the right of the first parallel,
thus forming the right wing of the besieging force; the
left wing formed of the left column at the same time de-
ploying and occupying the left of the first parallel.
The garrison, on retiring, disputed every inch of the
ground, and was supported by a fire of artillery from
Prince Frederic's and the Duke of Cumberland's bas-
tions. The attack of the field works next followed,
both wings forcing their way on to the second parallel,
driving the garrison within the interior works. The
sappers, moving on with gabions and tools, occupied the
approaches between the second and third parallels; the
assailants having first occupied the first, second, and
third parallels, gradually and under cover of the fire of
the troops in the third parallel, pushed on those from
the second to occupy the fourth parallel and the French
cavalier. The garrison, atter being driven from the
trenches, manned the left face of Prince Frederic's bas-
tion, both faces of the ravelin, and both faces of the
Duke of Cumberland's bastion. The French cavalier
and the head of the right sap were then most effectually
destroyed by mines.
Now commenced the attack on the inner line, the
Sappers working at and pushing on the trenches; the
Sappers being pushed forward to crown the entonnoirs,
and thus connect them by flying sap. The entonnoirs
were occupied by light infantry, who kept up a well-
regulated fire on the ravelin, and on the Duke of Cum-
berland's bastion, and a lodgment was formed by flying
sap under cover of the fire. The ravelin having been
moat successfully breached by mines, and the assault
made on that work, the garrison retired from thence,
and passed through the sallyport to the inner lines, and
the " cease firing ' was then sounded on both sides, thus
terminating the first series of the operations.
After an interval, the second series of the operations
commenced by the original garrison being marched
down, passing Field-work-terrace, in order to occupy
the trenches of the right attack. The previous assail-
ants now became the defenders of the front, extending
from the Duke of Cumberland's bastion to the Terrace
bastion, and [occupying the redoubt in front of the
former. A steady fire of artillery and musketry was
kept up on both sides, and under this fire the redoubt
was taken by escalade. Previous to the evacuation,
lighted portfirer were placed in connexion with charges
under the redoubt, and by powder the stockade was
thrown down so as to open the gorge, the besiegers having
withdrawn from the redoubt to avoid accident
from the explosions fired by the garrison

• RAILWAY RETURNS
Takmc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Balla
^an for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
resPectire returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
wok in th
e previous year :

Week
eating

Last kV
week. E.
U

mg.

4
1,488
'SU
924
6,027

852 1,1
1,109 1,
1,336 1,
620 -
4,563 4,
2,745 -
16,109 15,
1,352 1,
1,335 1,
2,545 2,
1,470 1,
3,622 2,
23,610 23,

•226
12,355 10,
2,549 1,

153
$0,178 49,
1,254 1,
12,999 12,
11,178 11,
2,907 2,
636
25,127 24,
911 1,

- I 2,

3,871 2,1
5,084 8,1
2,093 3,1
1,168 -

in -their Vatican A' breach— was. -then- effected •in
the Duke of Cumberland's bastion, which was entered
by the assailants simultaneously with art escalade of the
right face of the Terrace bastion. Thu right wing of
the besiegers consisted of the Provisional Battalion, un-
der the command.of Lieutenant Colonel T. E. Kelly, as-
sisted by Captain C. Fanshaw, of the Royal Engineers,
lb dottimand of a detachment of Sappers and Miners.
The left wing consisted of Sappers and Miners, arid de-
tachments of Royal Marines, and of the Provisional Bat-
talion, under the command of Captain McKerlie, assisted
'by Captain Tylee, R.E. The defence of the right wing
of the garrison was entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel A.
It Harrison, RA., assisted by Captain W. T. Crawford,
of that corps, and Captain P. J. S. Barry, of the Royal
Engineers; and that of the left wing to.Lieut.-Colonel J.
Stoyle, of the 17th, assisted by Lieut. M. Clifford, of the
Royal Artillery. •
The above is a detailed outline of the operations per-
formed on this interesting occasion, whiC,h were all car-
ried into effect with the most admirable precision, and
must have been watched with lively attention by all mi-
litary men, of whom we observed a large number in plain
clothes amongst the general crowd. To the civilian,
also, they were a matter no less of wonder than ef in-
terest. The arcana of the battle- held was thus, as it
were, in miniature laid open before them, only unat-
tended by the. -terrible casualties of war. The inte-
rest which they took in the grand drama enacted before
tin m may be imagined from the fact of this vast multi-
tude, amounting to some 30.000 souls, patiently remain-
ing on the ground from half-past ten o'clock in the
morning, when the pontoon operations commenced, until
six o'clock, when the mimic struggle terminated, in spite
of hunger, in spite of rain, which, during the last hour,
fell pretty briskly. At the conclusion of the mimic
struggle the band played " God save the Queen," and
the mighty throng of spectators marched away to their
several destinations, all evidently animated with a strong
feeling of admiration of the gallant bearing of the brave
men who defend an empire upon which the sun never

sets.
After the construction of the pontoon, and the cros-
sing of the besieging force, a long interval took place,
'during which the Directors of the East India Company,
the several military visitors, and others capable of en-
tering into the details of such matters, inspected the
various works both for defence and offence, which had
been prepared on either side of the hill. It was two
o'clock before the troops belonging to.the besieged gar-
rison marched down the bill to prepare a hot reception
for the foe; but before, either party could fire a shot a
lull hour,and a quarter, was occupied in. clearing the
ground of the miscellaneous multitude of neutrals who
had quietly taken possession of the ground. " A clear
stage ' saving been at length obtained, by gently per-,
suading the crowds of spectators to retreat into the
marshes; the operations commenced, and were thencefor-
ward carried- on with wonderful vigour. The brilliant
charges of cavalry upon' the left flank of the besieging
force, repeated three or four times, and the effective
resistance offered by the latter forming in chevaux
de frize, with fixed bayonets, 'was in particular
an incident, which was watched with the liveliest interest,
as the scene of the hostilities chatged from spot to spot,
the crowds of civilians, undaunted by warnings of mines
being prepared here and there, followed closely upon the
heels of the belligerents; in many instances so closely
that the flying earth and stones from exploding mines
tell about their shoulders. We only heard of one acci-
dent during the day, which occurred to'a brave private,
who was knocked down by a piece of wood falling from
an exploded stockade. He was picked up, as was re-
ported, with his leg broken, but With'Such a•spirit was
the brave fellow engrossed in the duties of the day, that
he refused to allow his musket to be taken from him, in-
sisting upon carrying it with him to the hospital.
In the evening a splendid dinner was served up at the
Sun Hotel, given on the occasion by invitation from the
Hon. Court of Directors to a party of sixty,, including
the principal officers of the garrison and East India Com-
pany's service, at which Sir James Lushington, the
chairman, presided.

MDLLE. JENNY LIND.
Yesterday evening a very elaborate and massive silver
salver was presented to Mdlle. Jenny Lind, by the Com-
mittee of the Hospital for Consun3ptioti, as an expression
of the high sense of gratitude entertained by them for
her generosity in giving a concert for the benefit of the
institution. The plate bore the folloWing appropriate
inscription:—

"In the name
of the sufferers relieved
by her bounty,
this humble Memorial
of one of her noble actions
is presented to
JENNY LIND,
by the Committee of Management of
the Hospital for Consumption,
at Brompton, London,
as a slight token of their esteem and gratitude,
and in commemoration of
the Concert •
given by her on the 31st day of July,
IVDCCC XLVIII.
On which occasion, through the exertion of her un-
rivalled talents, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-
six pounds were added to the funds of the Charity,
and a solid foundation laid for the completion of the
fabric—the unfinished condition of which had excited
her generous sympathy."

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORN E, FRIDAY.
The Queen and his Royal Highness walked this morn-
ing in the grounds at Osborne.
The Prince of Wales rode in the Park, and the
younger branches of the Royal Family drove and walked
in the grounds as usual.
The Count and Countess Dietrichstein arrived at
Osborne last evening, on a visit to the Queen, and, with
the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, were included in
the royal.dinner party yesterday.
The Count had his audience of leave to-day, and re-
turned to London in the afternoon.
Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Hohenlohe Langenhourg,and the Prince Victor, and the
Princesses Eliza, Adelaide, and Feodora,, are expected
to arrive at Osborne this afternoon, and to remain on
a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert.
The Queen held a Privy Council this afternoon. It
was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Lord President, the Secretaries of State for the Home
and Foreign Departments, the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. the
Postmaster• General, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord
Steward, and the Master of the Horse.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in 'Waiting.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had an 4udience of her
Majesty.
leCnoiupnott e
iDitiieatrr3i.c hfrsot eim n
t,
hAe mEbina spseardoorr.
oEt. x t r
Austria,ao rdin a
had
yand
Pa
d an
Queveni,setoountatl,teralelamveer.
awuads i te of he.
by
ie
introducedt
Majesty's Principal Secretary of Stsattorien'isfoGEr.excli'leloi.lr'eeigceOr.
Affairs. •

Mr. Arthur Bullet had an audience of her Majesty,
and had the honour of kissing hands on his appoint-
ment. Mr. Buller was introduced by Sir George Grey
(officiating for Earl Grey), one of her Majesty's Prin-
.. ..

Secretaries of State.
The Marquis .of 'Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanr_
carde, the Earl of Auckland, Earl Forte-cue, Ear
Spencer, Lord Campbell, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir
George Grey, travelled from town to attend the Court-
ed by a special train on the London and South-West-
ern Railway, and. crossed from Gosport to East Cowes,
in the Lightning steam-p ,cket.
The Ministers and Officers of, State partook of a
ajeune at Osborne, and after the Council took their
departure'. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Austrian
Ambassador and the Countess. Dietrichstein, the Earl
of Auckland, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pal
Lord Campbell, Earl Fortescue, Earl Spencer, Hon. W.
Bathurst, and' Mr.' 'Arthur Buller, embarked at Os-
borne in the' Lightning steam-packet, crossed to
Gosport, and returned to town by a special railway
train. The Duke'of Norfolk and the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde also left Osborne.
attended b y her
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager,
suite, left her residence, Marlborough-house, yesterday
morning, for Bushy-house, Bushy-park.
Jler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied by their,Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
.flohenlohe Langobtirg, the Prince Victor, and the
Prit -.eases Elia, Adelaide, and •Feodora, and attended
by Lady Anna Maria Daws-eni and Sir George Couper,
left her residence, Clarence-house, St. Jamets, at half-
past ten o'clock yesterday morning, for Cowes, Isle of
Wight. The Royal Duchess proceeded to the Waterloo
Bridge Terminus, and left by the London and South-
Western Railway, for Gosport.
A deputation, consisting of the Rev. H. Mackenzie,
Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Messrs. P. Palmer
and R. H. Jarvis (Churchwardens); and Mr. J. Leonard
(District Surgeon), had an interview with Viscount
Morpeth yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests.
A deputation from the Bethnal-green Sanitary Asso-
ciation, consisting of Mr. W. A. Mackinnon, M.P., the
Rev. T. Gibson, the Rev. W. Kerry, the Rev. T. G.
Williams, Dr. Hector Gavin, Mr. Samuel Byles, and
Mr. Thomas Dean, had an interview
yesterday with
Viscount Morpeth.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of the North American
Colonies.
A deputation- from the Adelphi had an interview
yesterday with Viscount Morpeth. The deputation in-
cluded Messrs. M'lntosb, Brooks, Henry Latter, John
Cole, and George Rook.e.

Mr. Reginald J.. Blewitt being compelled to attend
as a witness at the Monmouth assizes on Tuesday last,
was prevented voting in favour of Mr. H. Berkeley's
notion on the ballot,.
THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY. Yesterday
a meeting of governors of the above society (of which
her Majesty is flu) patron), established in 1817, for the
relief of sick and diseased seamen in the port of London,
was held at the o ffices, 74, King William-street, City.
The lion. Captai n Maude, R.N., presided. The report
of the committee for the past year suit a, inter taut—
" The continued patronage of her Majesty to the hos-
pital entitled he r to the grateful thanks of the com-
mittee. His Maj Testy the King of Sweden had presented
a donation of 10L d. The number of patients admitted
last year was 2,', 712, exclasive of. advice and medicine
given to 1,941 os at-patients, making 4,653 seamen re-
lieved by the hot spital in that period, and since the first
establishment, a total number of 84,238.
His Highnes s the Prince Callimaki and suite, ac-
companied by tl ie Ottoman
morning by
M. Zohrab,
left Worthing 3 esterday by the
.South Coast
Railway, to visi t Portsmouth, in which
. neighbourhood
a number q trkish youths of distinction are being
educated.,

not only at the election but at the previous eke:
Mott itl 1847. At that election Mr. raven Ber-
keley and Sir Will inghby Jones were the candidates,
but Mr. Berkeley was unsuccessful. On a petition,
however, Sir Willouglity Jones was unseated, and at
the late election Mr. Berkeley was opposed by the pre-
sent petitioner, Mr. Gardner, who proposed to prove acts
of bribery committed by Mr. Berkeley's agents.
Mr. E. JAMES, on behalf of the sitting Member, took
a preliminary objection to the petitioner being allowed
to go into evidence of treating or bribery committed at
the election of 1847; but the Committee after hearing
the arguments, pro and con., decided the petitioner had
a right to give such evidence.
The return and other formal evidence were then ad-
duced, and the Committee immediately afterwards,_ with-
out going into the merits of the case, adjourned till.
Monday. • -

Tnomes FINCH stated that No. tB, a new engine,
which had only been on the line about six weeks, and
cost about 2,5061., being one of Mr. Bury's last new power-
ful engines, had been burnt by one of the new drivers,
as also engine No. 9. Last night, or rather that morn-
in.', a collision had taken place on the line, about a mile
an% a half on the other side cf Harrow. No. 169 en-
gine was the train engine, and 206 was the pilot. James
Brandard told him that the driver, a new man, at this
point, put On his steam and broke the coupling. There
were 60 waggons, and after running some distance,
although his mate continued to signal him to keep on,
he put his break on, and caused the separate portion of
the train to run into the other portion. Several wag-
gons were broken and the line was blocked up on both
lines for an hour and a half, causing a stoppege of the
mail bags, which had to be carried on to the Harrow
station and dispatched from thence to London.
V. ALLEN, engine-driver, said, the Aylesbury train,
which was always proverbial for punctuality, had, under
the guidance of a new driver, been yesterday one hour
and twenty-five minutes late, and two hours and a half
late to-day.—(Hear, hear.) It ought to have arrived at
half-past three and did not arrive till six. As-a proof
of the competency of the new hand, the engine got out
of gear whilst on the Aylesbury branch, and the engine•
driver could not tell what was the matter with her, but
ultimately the guard found it out.—(Hear, hear.)
The preceding statements are of course given solely
on the authority of the persons by whom they were
made. _

Other similar statements were also made with afi
view to the inefficiency of the new men.
It is understood that the negotiations having failed,
the whole of the tßen from Rugby to Carlisle will forward
their resignations on Monday•
A letter was read from Northampton, stating that the
engine drivers and firemen there had been induced to
withdraw their notices from a mis-representation; but
they had since recalled their withdrawal, and were de-
termined to resign if they had only bread and water for
six months, _

The meeting terminated at a very late hour.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.

North-Western Railway Company upwards of six years. t In the Country.
We never had any eispute with our employers up to the J. Coop, Radcliffe, Lancashire, timber-merchant, Sept.
time Mr. Bury left; t-ad lam as certain an lamof my oen ;4, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. Cooper,
existence that, if we bad a kind-hearted man to deal with, Yorkshire, sharehruker, Sept. 1, at ten, at the Court,
there is nothing the directors could have asked us in rea- Leeds—T. Hil!, Tremadoc, and H. Stock, Portmadoc,
son that we would not have readily submitted to. And Carnarvenshire, manufacturers of slate goods, Sept. 5,
this brings me to the official document published in the at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
eJ.vJen, a
ohnt the
scin,
Court,
the papers of yesterday, relative to the new duties of ford, Lincolnshire, hosier,Sept. 8, at eleven,
the head euerds. It is there stated that the new engine- Nottingham—N. Hingley, Cradley, Worcestershire,
men are perfectly competent to take charge of engines. cable-manufacturer, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, at the
We have in our possession abundance of information to Court, Birmingham-4, Boyce, Birmingham, umbrella
show that this statement is founded on sheer misinfer- furniture-manufacturer, Sept. 2, at eleven, at the Court,
naation. After reading an extract from Mr. Glyn's Birmingham.
speech at the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of At the Court of Review, Sept. 1.
the North-Western Railway, held yesterday, the chair- J. Warmington, Tottenham, farmer—T. Rooney,
man in continuation said, I feel obligated to give some Liverpool, tailor—ll. Bentley, Salford, Lancashire,
of Mr. Glyn's statements a complete refutation. You roller-maker—G. Wilkins, Bristol, builder—J. Knight,
will have observed, that Mr. Glyn states that they have Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, brewer—B. Wool-
had able assistance from the north. Where this efficient ston, Stamford, Lincolnshire, brickmaker—R. Stockley.
northern assistance is I do not know. You are all in Re nesgate, upholsterer.
the knowledge that none of the new men have had that PARTNERS HIPS DISSOLVED.
experience as engine-drivers, which is necessary to work E. Duncan and J. 11. Brown, Lime-street, wine mer-
the immense traffic of the southern division of the Len- chants—D. Hillary, I'. Hillary, G. Hillary, son., S. At-
don and North-Western Railway. Statements have kinson,' and J. Glover, Shipley, Yorkshire, delvers and
been made here to-night how the trains have been rue, stone merchants (so far as regards S. Atkinson)—ll.
and the narrow escape of life, to say nothing of the Rossell and M. Bentley, Sheffield, file manufaceurers—
destruction of property.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. Glyn F. Limbach and G. G. Ingram, Kingston-upon-Hull,
again states that the charges made by us are more ship brokers—J. Bancroft and D. Bancroft, Ilalitsx,
of a personal character against Mr. M'Connell than flour dealers—J. Treffry and J. Tretrry, jun. Plymouth,
against the company. I believe the whole of flour merchants—J. Wild and J. Jackson, Oldham,
you will agree in this statement. I have already pawnbrokers—J. Wild and :J. Winterbottom, Salford,
stated that nothing but discontent has prevailed pawnbrokers—T. Flint and T. Wilding, Liverpool, ship
since Mr. M'Connell came on the line. We never even chandlers—A. 11. Rees and A. Rees, Queen's-row, Pim-
insittuated a charge against our directors. I shall now !leo, watchmakers—J. Fothergill and J. Fothergill, Not-
call upon those individuals who, from their own personal tiegham, siaturs—J. Dudley and R. Dadley, Stratford-
knowledge, know how the new hands have worked the upon-Avon, cutiers—Mary Mackford and J. Chism,
trains during the last three days. I deeply regret to Liverpool, provision and general merchants—C. veceay.
state that your committee were egregiously misled last sell., 1). Veasey, and C. Veaseynjun., Huntingdon, mer-
night. We were courted to appear at Euston- square chants—J. Horsfield and T. Vickers' Holston, Cheshire,
this morning, under the impression that some amicable bone vinders—J. Cochran, W. Cochran, and R. Ouston,
arrangement would be arrived at; but, to our mortifies- Kingston-upon-Hull, fruit merchants (so far as regards
tion, we found that it was nothing more than a scheme to R. Ouston)—W. Jones and H. N. Abbinett, Liverpool,
keep our last night's proceedings from appearing in the boat builders--J. Wright and S. Stock, Woodbridge,
newspapers this morning, so that the proprietors at the Suffolk, tailors—J. 11. Attwood and W. Short, Bratn-e-
-half-yearly meeting should not be made acquainted with ton, Cumberland, miners—W. Johnson, sen.,_ and W.
the impolicy of the directors supporting Mr. M'Connell Johnson, iun., Exeter, coal merchants—E. M. Cowell
in his insane scheme. Mr. M'Connell states that and J. E2.l3urt, Calcutta, merchants—G. Gill and T.
ten of nhe oldest hands in the Camden station have Smith,. Kettering, Northamptonshire, ironmongers—S,
withdrawn their notices. Those oldest hands are in the Hoopel- and G. Hooper, Fleet-street, stationers—W. I.
room—will they be kind enough to state to this meeting Catline mid J. Cook, Terrace, OA Kent-road, printers.
if Mr. M'Connell's statement is correct. When your . INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
committee was at Euston-square this moring they Robert Edwin Robinson, Leeds, bookkeeper.
were informed that'several passengers made inquiry if .Joseph Hopps, Kirkstall, Leeds, bookkeeper.
the train was to be conducted by new drivers or James Childs, Leeds, retailer of beer.
old ones. They were informed that the former were to Matthew Delaney, Exeter, riding-master.
conduct the train, and they immediately left the station , James' Harding, Nantwicb, Cheshire, builder.
and proceeded to the Eastern Counties to get to Peter- William Sutherland Meek, Tarporley, Cheshire, surgeon.
borough. The chairman Concluded by calling on any James Ashton, Northampton, journeyman upholsterer.
man present to state what he knew as to the state of the William Weston, Northampton, leather seller.
line and its safety; but to state nothing that he could not William Woolrich, Baschurch, farmer.
vouch for.
George Benson, Shrewsbury, cigar and tobacco dealer.
THOMAS FICTON said that there was a collision on the John -Palmer, Shrewsbury, mercer's assistant.
previous evening, at the Euston station, by the half- George Freeman, Wakefield, greengrocer.
past three o'clock train being run into by another train, Arthur Watson, Arthuret, Cumberland, tea-dealer.
consequent on the inefficiency of the driver of the en- Simon Smyth, Ipswich, baker.
gine, one of the new men. He smashed a first-class car- Sarah Barnett, Oxford.
riage and a horse-box, and was at once discharged. Caleb Forsdike, Stradbrooke, wheelwright.
The CHAIRMAN said the damage sustained by the John Moore, Claydon, Suffolk, baker.
company was about 4001. ,It was attempted to be shown Abraham Borley, Sapiston, Suffolk, journeyman broom
that the man had never been employed at all.—(A maker.
laugh.) He was, however, proud to be one of Mr. Donald APPherson, Ipswich, dealer in tea and tobacco-
M'Connell's efficient new men. This happeued on the SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Euston' incline. A. Gilmour, Lochwinnoch. Renfrewahire, farmer, to

meet within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, Aug: 17
and Sept. 7, at one.
J. Gardiner and J. Cattanach, Glasgow, silk mercers,
to meat within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 18 and
Sept. 8, at one.
J. Moodie, Cocklaw, Fifeshire, to meet within APliab's
Hotel, Caper, Ang. 16 and Sept. 16, at one.
J. Ballundene, Perth, banker, to meet within the Star
Hotel, Perth, Aug. 17 and Sept. 14, at one.
J. Wadii,ll, Muiravonside, farmer, to meet within the
Red Lion Inn. Falkirk, Aug. 18 and Sept. 8, at one.
A. Shaw,lTillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, baker, to
meet within, she Crown Hotel, Alloa, Aug. 18 and Sept.
8, at one.
A. Mackenzie, Dingwall, merchant, to meet within
the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall, Aug. 17 land Sept.. 4,
at, twelve.
J. Rankin, Airdrie, grocer, to meet within the Star
Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15, at twelve.

MONEY ORDERS.—Pallasgreen, in the county of
Lime4ck, having been constituted a post town, the
post-office there will be opened for the issue and pay-
ment of Aioney orders, on and after the 13th of August.
BRISTOL SUGAR-MARRET, AUGUST 11. -- About
300 hogs,qeads of West India have found buyers this
week at e.isicr rates ; in other descriptions there is very
little doing. The refined market continues firm.—
Bristol Mercury.

Yikount Palmerston receives a large circle of
Parliamentary friends at dinner this evening, at his
Lordship's residence in Carlton-gardens.

Lord Gormanston, accompanied by the Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. I-"reston, arrived in town on Thursday morn-
ing by the steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We
believe we can now announce the preliminaries to have
been arranged for the marriage of Lady Jane Fitzgerald,
only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, and
Mr. G. W. J. Repton, for St. Alban's, son of Mr.
George Stanley and Lady Elizabeth Repton, and grand-
son of the late learned Earl of Eldon. • •

THE CAPTOR CT O'BRIEN.—W. Hulme, the indi-
vidual who apprehended the " King of Munster" at
Thuries, was the superintendent of a station on the
Ssutli-Western Raila ay. and for several years was one
of the railway guards between this town and Man-
chester. Ile had previously observed O'Brien near' the
station, but did not attempt to apprehend him until he
was wirli-n the wails and bad taken his ticket for Lime-
leis. O'Brien u:ado no resistance, but suddenly changed
colour, and complained that the affair had net turned out
what he had been led to expect. The en imive having
hem safely lodged in gaol, Hulme made appTication for
the reward of COOL, which was readily granted. His
person, however, had since become so objectionable to
he insurgents that his life was considered to be in dan-
ger, and it was therefore deemed prudent to remove
-L-leline to England, and accordingly he came to Liver-
pool on Wednesday, on his way to London, with a letter
from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to Sir George
Grey, for the payment not only of the reward, but for
the prceuration of a situation, it not being held safe that
lie hould remain in Ireland under any circumstances.
On passing through this town, on Wednesday evening,
by railway, on his way to Leek, his native village,
Titans° was recognised by several old acquaintances and
friends, and congratulated upon his signal success in life.
—Zlockport Adrcrtiser.
SHOP-FRONT ARCHITECTURE.—Frequent as are the
opportunities, and great as seems to be the solicitude, on
the part of the occupiers of shops to render theta as
striking and attractive as possible in point of decorations
there is, in reality, very little of novelty or variety of
shop•front architecture:—scarcely a dozen different OK-
!tipples can be pointed out in the metropolis of any parti-
cular merit for their design. This is certainly not owing
to the excess of economy, as many are got up regardless
of expense. Nevertheless such is the case; nor is it at
all to be wondered at when the generality of tradesmen
uuiversally begrudge, if not their money, the requisite,
space for architectural design. So long as the greatest
surface of window is made a sine qua non, it is hopeless
to look for propriety of architectural character; either as
regards front of house, or architectural decoration in
shop front. The whole of the lower part of the elevation
becotnes in appearance a mere gap, without piers, or any
visible support to the mass above, which produces an
effect as if the glass sustained the whole weight.—
Builder.
(FROM A. SNICTATOR.)—At twelve o'clock last
nignt the condition of Hon. Members in the two gal-
leries of the House of Commons was most pitiable.
Legislation is evidently much more fatiguing than the
hardest agricultural labour. Who ever saw in the heat
of harvest a dozen of labourers fast asleep in a field of a
few perches? And yet last night, in the highest fervour
of legislation, within a smaller compass, I saw at least a
dozen of our legislatorial labourers recumbent at full
length on the downy cushions of the galleries, and:buried
to all outward seeming in the most profound repose. It
would be invidious to mention the names of the
dozen sleepers ; but a high legal functionary was
among them, who snored on unblushingly through a
long debate. A metropolitan Member,
as if ashamed
b
of his somnolency, did his best to sleep with decency
covering his face with both his hands;
but
another,es of
tlp t ottio s_e Deport
progress, At
without the slightest regard to the usual convenana
most
society, turned his face to the "a
extensive surface to the admiration•ll and exposed
of h
half-past twelve o'clock ;ler° was ala
progress, but all in vain. The only
was that the cry for a division woke
Mem-
bers, who shook themselves gloomily, and then sheered
rt sehsueale sleeping
ptihneg motionmem.
not 10,
tbutot
labour which at
enable them to encounter the prolonged
out: wtoithßetollieryin'sg tsoteposbtaanindssio°mwe
Times.
FRIDA.T.—The
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Ihßo had
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weather during thenhgar y harvest
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ti days
and has been bweehneattolecruatbtilnyg is
fa-
vourablein this neighbourhood. The supply of
verywhe geatisnelarragl e, and the trade slow at the prices of this
day se'nnight. Oats and shelling make rather more
money. In beans and other articles no change.
MoDERN GLASS PAINTINGS.—Those, says Mr.
Winston, which have been executed within the last
twenty years, are very interesting to all who hope to see
a real revival of the art. It would, no doubt, be unjust
to include all those works under one common condemna-
tion, yet truth compels us to admit that even the latest
of them, taken collectively, are far from being satisfac-
tory, or worthy the cost which has been expended on
them—except so far as they may be considered to have
been the means of improving the skill of the painter anti
the taste of the public. They are, for the most part,
servile and faulty imitations of other examples; and,
like imitations in general, are apt to magnify all the de-
fects of their originals without seizing upon any of their
beauties. These evils are, I apprehend, in great mea-
sure owing to the narrow view which is usually taken of
the subject; according to which the merit of a glass
painting depends on the chance it possesses of being
mistaken for an old one by ordinary observers. But a
standard such as this is calculated to foster only a low
style of art.—Builder.
PARLIAMENTARY GRANT TOR WORKHOUSB
ScnooLs.—The Committee of Council on Education
having resolved, as appears from a Parliamentary docu-
ment just issued, to devote 30,0001. out of the Parlia-
mentary grant for the salaries of the teachers in work-
house schools, the Poor-law Board, in March last, drew
up a circular to be sent to the guardians of the various
unions, which was submitted to the Lords of the Trea-
sury, and their Lordships were pleased to approve of the
same, aad of the course the Poor-law Board proposed to
adopt in regard to the grant in question,

At the Court, Basinghall-street.
T. Wright, Poland-street, Oxford-street, builder, Sept
1, at eleven—J. Masson, Lime•street-square, City, mer
chant, Sept. 2, at eleven.
In the Country.
L. Woolf and M. Woolf, Penzlnee, brewers, Sept. 7
at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. J. 1). Millman, Ply
mouth, tailor, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court, Exeter-6
Belly, Barnstaple, Devonshire, grocer, Sept. 7, at one
at the Court, Exeter—J. Galpin, Broadwindsor, Dorset•
shire, innkeeper, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court, Exeter.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
11. J. Hammon, Threadneedle-street, architect, and
Greek-street, Soho, jewel case maker, Is. lid., any day
until Wednesday, Aug. 16, between the hours of twelve
and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall- street.
D. G. Porter, Great Tower-street, City, wine mer-
chant, 2s. 3d., any day until Wednesday, Aug. 16, be-
tween the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr.
Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
C. Green, St. Mary Overies Docks, Southwark,
whurfinger, 65., any day until Wednesday, Aug. 16, be-
tween the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr.
Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street.
J. Hope, Tunbridge-wells, grocer, Is. 3d., on Wednes-
day, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in October,
between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr.
Turquand, Guildhall-chambers.
F. Francis, Folkstone, Kent, ironmonger, 24.6 d., on
Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in
-October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office
of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers.
J. Webber, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehouseman,
Is. ld., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednes-
days in October, between the hours of ten and two, at
the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers.
J. F. Kemp, Uxbridge, grocer and cheesemonger, ls.,
on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in
October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office
of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers.
F. Tier, Harley-street, Marylebone; Pentraheilen,
Shropshire, and Hammersmith, bookseller, 45., on Wed-
nesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in October,
between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr.
Turquand, Guildhall-chambers.
G. Beck, Watling-street, City, warehouseman, Bs., on
any day until Wednesday, Aug.
.16, between the hours
of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street.
R. T. Bartlett, Watling-street, City, warehouseman,
6s. 6d., any day until Wednesday, the 16th inst., between
the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Coates, Watling-street, City, warehouseman, 3s. 4d.,
any day, until Wtdnesday, the 16th inst., between the
hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Softlaw, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, wine mer-
chant, 6id., any day until Wednesday, the 16th inst.,
between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. B. Falkner and B. Fabian, Old Broad•strett, City,
merchants, 25., any day.until:Wednesday, the IGth inst.,
between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
W. H. Osborn, Sheffield, wine and spirit merchant, Bs.,
on Saturday, Aug. 12, and on Monday and Tuesday,
Aug. 14 and 15, and any Saturday after Oct. 17 next,
between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Freeman, Sheffield.
B. Tipper, Maiden-lane Queen-street, Cheapside,
wholesale stationer, Is. 2id. any Wednesday, except
between Aug. 17 and Nov. 1, between the hours of eleven
and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-
street.
J. J. Bellchambers, Strand, bookseller, 3s. 6d., any
Wednesday, except between Aug. 17 and Nov. 1, be-
tween the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
M. Biddle, Brighton, grocer, ss. 60., any Wednesday,
except between Aug. 17 and Nov. 1, between the hours
of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore,
Basinghall-street.
E. Benton, Tottenham-court-road, pawnbroker and
silversmith, Is., any Wednesday, except between Aug.
17 and Nov. 1, between the hours of eleven and three,
at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
J. J. Ferens and R. Ferens, !Durham, drapers and
grocers, 45., on any day before the 16th inst., or any
Saturday after the Ist of October next, between the
hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
A. M'Donald, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, confectioner, 65.,
on any day before the 16th inst., or any Saturday after
the Ist of October next, between the hours of ten and
three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
F. Kesteven, Camden-street, Camden-town, builder,
es„ on any day before the :16th inst., between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

W. Howitt, Strand, bookseller, Sept. 1, at one—W.
Wheatley, Ruxted, Sussex, wheelwright, Sept. 1, at
eleven—T. Witney, Panton-street, Haymarket, licensed
victualler, Sept. 1, at twelve—J. Neaves, Cole-terrace,
Islington, plumber, Sept. 2, at one—L. S. Butler, Lud.
gate-hill, coal-merchant, , Sept. 2, at twelve—G.
M'Donell, Trinity-square, City, wine and spirit-broker,
Sept. 2, at eleven—Z. Bowden, Warrington-street, Oak-
y-squaro, st. Pancras, Wider, Sept. 2, at two.