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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1846.

the chance of unwholsome vapours being generated ?
Would any system of dietetics during the dangerous
periods render our military less liable to the afflic-
tion ? Surely any trouble of research into the means
of avoiding such wholesale dangers would be amply
repaid to Government, whenever those means were
discovered ; and any reasonable expense in endeavour-
ing to defend our troops from decimation would in the
end prove absolutely economical. Something should
be done to save our armies from a similar destruction
in future. We advance millions to defray the cost of
conquering some hostile nation for encroaching upon
our frontiers, or for placing the lives of our people in
jeopardy by marauding excursion; but we are
either niggardly or literally apathetic in at-
tempting to vanquish an enemy by which
our defenders are destroyed en masse !
Sir C. NAPIER has recently been demolishing the
fortifications of Kurrachee, and filling up the sur-
rounding ditches with a view to the diminution of the
mortality. It would, therefore, appear that some
changes are requisite in the drainage, and that the
soldiers are in too confined an atmosphere. Why not,
in the name of Heaven, rectify these errors beforeyou
are driven to do so by the sudden death of fifteen
hundred able-bodied men ? In one instance a whole
regiment perishes under the ruins of a ricketty bar-
rack—and it is then sagaciously discovered that such
buildings should be erected with a greater regard to
strength and durability. In another, the wives
and children of our soldiers are afflicted by
a contagion, from want of proper shelter
and wholesome provisions—and the gentlemen of
the commissariat department are instantly satisfied
that a reasonable number of beds and generous food
should be supplied for similar convoys. And now
several hundred men are swept away—and forthwith it
would seem that the stagnant waters around liurra_
chee should have been removed, and a better
ventilation supplied to the garrison.
It is hinted by other individuals that an alteration
in the period of the arrival of European troops in such
places as Kurrachee or Hyderabad would materially
diminish the possibility of cholera being felt in this ter-
rific manner. We cannot undertake, of course, to decide
upon which of the many nostrums advanced should
be selected, but we do most distinctly and empha-
tically aver that the merits of each should be can-
vassed by the local authorities ; that an active
interference is incumbent upon the supreme
Government ; and that in conscience and honour
and honesty some immediate steps should be taken
for the better protection of the lives of our gallant
veterans. The existence of a soldier is already
sufficiently precarious to render it a matter of indif-
ference whether he be carried off " in the full blossom
of his sins" by the abrupt encroachments of an avoid-
able epidemic. The battle-field needs no assistance
in its work of death from the fever hospital. Gal-
lantry in our regiments had better be rewarded by
preserving their health in time of peace than by
decorating them with flaunting ribbons.

The war against rents is rapidly extending itself
throughout Ireland. Already has it spread from
Tipperary, where it had its origin, into Limerick and
the King's County. It is the first fruit of the in-
flammatory and exciting harangues on the subject of
physical force that have recently been pro-
mulgated, and to which Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN
to a certain extent lent the sanction of
his name. Once satisfy the lower and un-
edurated classes of the lawfulness of an appeal
to arms, that there may be any possible combination
of circumstances that will justify them in setting the
authorities at defiance, and arraying themselves in
open hostility against the law of the land, and they
will easily and speedily be convinced that the time has
come for a display of force, and for a universal
opposition to any law by which they may feel them-
selves incumbered. The present moment is unhappily
too well calculated for the creation and extension of
such a feeling. The small farmers and cottiers have
beheld with dismay the mysterious visitation that
has prevailed throughout the entire country
blighting the crops, and spreading desolation
in every locality ; they have witnessed the total de-
struction of that species of food to which atone they
looked for support and maintenance during the
autumn and winter. By other kinds of produce
they procured means for the payment of their rent,
and the few and trifling necessaries with
which they were so easily contented—for
the possession of comforts or luxuries never en-
tered into the most sanguine imagination—but the
potato was to them literally the staff of life, they
lived on it, and it alone. If the supply was plentiful
and the quality good they were contented; and if
they could add thereto an occasional salt herring, or the
thick sour milk from which the cream had been re-
moved, they envied not the tables of the great ; but
a scarcity thereof was attended with misery
and sufferings that could scarcely be cre-
dited in this more favoured country, and
which could only be endured by a people patient
under privations, unrepining and submissive under
the most grievous afflictions. If an insufficiency of the
potato was attended with such lamentable and heart-
rending results, what can be looked for-
ward to, or hoped for, when there has been
a total, an universal destruction. The people have wit-
nessed the progress of the disease with feelings to which
it would be impossible to give expression. They have
regarded their helpless families with the most
gloomy forebodings, and have almost given themselves
up to despair. It is then at such a time that they
are peculiarly exposed to the seductions of the
tempter—that any the wildest suggestions find a
ready response ; there is no proceeding or line
of conduct, that holds out the slightest
prospect for the future, which will not
readily be adopted. A rude and natural logic
convinces them that rents can only be paid out of the
surplus produce of the land, after the wants and ne-
cessities of the occupiers and cultivators of the soil
are first met and provided for; famishing and hungry
multitudes will easily be persuaded of the propriety
and justice of retaining in their own hands the means
of support, of keeping life and soul together. Great
conciliation and forbearance is necessary at
such a crisis on the part of the landowners, and any
undue severity, any harsh or oppressive act, at once
inflames the passions, and fans into flame the elements
of combustion. Of course there are persons, as there
ever have been, blind to the signs and the necessities

of the times, who look only to their owe wants, and by
any means, however oppressive, seek to enforce a sa-
tisfaction of their demands ; the law in all its
stringency is put into operation, and the
cottier's hut is swept of its wretched furniture; the
pig, which can alone make use of the diseased potato
and turn to some profit the rotten mass, is taken from
him ; and the horrors of his all but hopeless position
are increased and aggravated by the cruelty and
heartless rapacity of his landlord. Then comes the
open and undisguised opposition to the law, in which
he is supported and joined by his sympathising
neighbours, who think that his case may
speedily be their own. They assemble in
multitudes at the place of sale, to overawe and in-
timidate those disposing of the property and those
who might haply become purchasers. Their opposi-
tion
is crowned with success ; the landlords who have
recklessly provoked the collision shrink from the

consequences of their own acts, and in a cowardly and
timid manner abandon the distresses they have made,
and suffer the law to be set at defiance

with impunity.

The intelligence spreads like

wildfire through the country. The same course
is pursued in every instance, even where there are
not circumstances of equal hardship; the mischief
commenced by cruelty is consummated by pol-
troonery, and a fierce and universal warfare is waged
against the rights of property. It is only to the vast
and well-founded influence of Mr. O'CoNNELL, and
the cordial co-operation with him of the pastors and
religious instructors of the people, that we can look
for a termination of this fearful state, He has obtained
their confidence, he has led them through many try_
ing scences, to the attainment of triumphant and
bloodless victories. They know that they can place
implicit dependence on his wisdom and sagacity--
that he will do all within the power of man to
conduct them in safety through the difficulties with
which they are environed. His conduct bears the most
honourable testimony to the purity and integrity of
the motives by which he has been actuated through-
out his useful career. He has not seized the oppor-
tunity now afforded to him of further exciting the
popular mind ; on the vntrary, his counsels all are of 11
peace and tranquillity;; ha has pointed out, and

brought prominently forward the good intentions of
the Government—he has implored the people to refrain
from crime and violence—he has promised that
the people shall have' fool. Must sincerely do we
hope that his exertions may be crowned with suc-
cess, and that no acts on the part of the people may
delay the attainment of that to which they are justly
entitled, and which can only be postponed by unwise
or injudicious conduct on their own parts—viz., the
obtaining of a full and perfect equality with England
in all their civil, political, and municipal institutions.

The Vienna Gazette states that the instructions of
Prince METTERNICH to M. MUNCH BELLINGHAUSEN,
President of the Diet of Frankfort, on the subject of
Holstein, relate only to the ties which bind Holstein
to the German Confederation.

" The question of succession, the only one alluded to
in the letter patent of the King of Denmark, is left out
of the question. Prince Metternich does not think the
Diet a competent judge in the matter, it must be decided
by the great powers, three of which at least are favour-
able to Denmark.

The protest of the Duke of A UGUSTENBURGH against
the letters patent of the King of DENMARK has been
delivered to the Chaucellor of the German Diet.

The Augsburgh Gazette contains a letter, dated
Tauris, July 28, which states that, on the Persian
Government receiving information of the outrage
committed on its Minister by the populace at Erze-
roum, ALI EFFENDI, the Turkish Consul residing at
Tauris, was arrested, and put into prison.
We find the following in the Post-Ampt Gazette of
Frankfort, under the date of St. Petersburgh, 27th
August :

" The commercial relations established since last year
by the Governor-General of Trans-Caucasus, between
the Russians and the mountaineers, are producing the
most beneficial effects. The markets held at certain
periods of the year, for carrying on barter, contribute
much to connect the two people, and to inspire them
with a love of peace. The annual market, held on the
Bth of June in the town of Ekaterinodav, was very bril-
liant, and the inhabitants of the Transkuban communes
attended it in great numbers. Before entering it the
mountaineers were requested to lay aside their arms, to
which they consented. The amount of business effected
in barter is estimated at 10,000 silver roubles (the
silver rouble is little more than four francs). The
mountaineers would only take roubles, refusing paper
money or bills. The trade in leeches, which are be.
coming scarce in Europe, begins to increase in Trans.
Caucasus. Erivan, Imezetia, Mingrelia, and some can-
tons of Georgia, produce a great number. It is scarcely
two years since they began to take them. Several
foreigners wished to establish a monopoly in that trade,
but the Government preferred its remaining free and
exempt from duties."
Madrid papers of the 3d have arrived.

The announcement of the approaching marriage
of the QUEEN with Don FRANCISCO had been received
with great joy throughout all the provinces, but that
of the proposed union between her sister and the
Duke DE MONTPENSIER had created universal dissa-
tisfaction. Don FRANCISCO D'ASSIS will on his
marriage be appointed Captain-General of the Army.
His father, Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA is about to
occupy' the Lapartments in the palace which have
been hitherto occupied by the INFANTA. Senor
SIMON DE RODA has been appointed Political Chief
of Madrid. The journals, with the exception of the
Herald°, continue to protest against the marriage of
the INFANTA with the Duke DE MONTPENSIER as
illegal and contrary to the constitution of the
kingdom.

It is reported that Mr. BULWER, on being informed
of the intended marriage with the Duke DE MONT-
PENSIER, addressed a note to the Spanish Cabinet,
stating that "he had learnt with surprise that it was
the intention of the Spanish Government to carry
into effect the marriage of her MAJESTY and the IN-
FANTA simultaneously, and at a very early period ;
that the proposed marriage of the latter with the
Duke DE MONTPENSIER could not be regarded
as a private and merely internal question
but was, in every sense, a European one, and of
transcendant importance, and which might lead to
the most serious complications; that in consequence,
in the absence of any precise instructions from his
Government, he should limit himself to protesting
against all proceedings in the matter until he should
receive further instructions."

These papers contain intelligence from Portugal to
the 29th of August. It is said that an absolutist
guerilla force has appeared in the neighbourhood of
Braga, andidefeated a part of the garrison of Chaves,
which had been sent against it. These abso-
lutist guerillas, however, are not Miguelites, for they
proclaim Donna MARIA DA GLORIA absolute queen,
or, which is the same thing, with the Government of
Don JOHN VI. The movement, however, is most
probably suppressed ere this, as a considerable body
of troops were marching to put it down.
MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 3.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 35i for cash ; the Four per Cents, at
21; ; the Five per Cents. at 224- ; the Debt, without
interest, at 64 ; and the Coupons, 201.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
They contain scarcely anything further on Spanish
affairs. The Siecle, however, announces that MARIA
CHRISTINA will, on the marriage of the QUEEN and
her sister, come and reside in France ; and the Cour-
rier Francais says, " that the triumph of M. GUIZOT
in the affair of the marriage of Queen ISABELLA was
only obtained at the price of an immense concession
made to Great Britain by the Spanish Cabinet. This
concession consisted in a treaty of commerce, of
which the preliminaries were concluded between Mr.
BULWER and M. ISTURITZ, after'a long conference
held on the 30th of August last at Madrid."
The Spaniards in France denounce this marriage
as a betrayal of their QUEEN, and a banding over of
Spain to the power of her implacable enemies.
The Journal des Debats contains a long article on
the state of crime in France, and from the official
returns which have been made, showing the number of
recommitments which take place, it comesto the conclu-
sion " that the reforms in detail which have been tried
in the central prisons have not produced the expected
results, or rather that they have been completely in-
efficacious; that prisons as at present constituted and
hagnes are irremediable sources of corruption, and
that the only remedy for the evil is to be found in
penitentiary reform."
The Commerce is by no means pleased with the
partial suspension of the ukase imposing a heavy
duty on French vessels entering Russian ports. It
says :
" The Ministry, by dint of notes and conferences, and
after having twenty times told France that it was about
arriving at a solution, at length obtains purely and
simply the suspension of a ukase which has caused
irreparable injury to our commerce, and this suspension
is not general for all the ports of Russia ; moreover,
it only regards our trade with the Gulf of Finland,
which will soon be interrupted by the ice, whilst the
Cabinet of St. Petersburgh maintains against us all its
rigours on the Black Sea, where our vessels can navi-
gate in almost every season. The transactions
of Odessa and the movements of its port are nevertheless
of sufficient importance; and for Marseilles, amongst
others, it holds out a sufficiently serious interest to have
induced the agents of M. Guizot to procure the suspen-
sion of the fatal ukase to be extended to that market.
Independently of its corn, Odessa carries on with Mar-
seilles and a great number of intermediate ports of
Turkey, Greece, and Italy, a considerable export trade
in tallow, wool, iron, leather, wax, caviare, potash,
salted meat, cordage, sailcloth, tar, butter, and isinglass;
its import trade consists of sugar, coffee, dye woods,
wine, brandy, cotton goods, grocery, cutlery, oil, tin,
dried fruits, paper, silk, &c., and, if at the time when
our vessels were not burdened with an enormous differen-
tial duty, the port of Odessa only sent to France the
average yearly value of 300,000 roubles, it received in
French produce, or in foreign produce from French
depots, to the amount of 2,500,000 roubles. After
Turkey, France ranked first in the import trade of the
port of Odessa ; England came after us. Our Ministry,
as it may be seen, does not confine itself to offending our
moral interests ; it injures also our material interests,
by its half satisfactions—by commercial negotiations,
always incomplete ; all this proceeds from the same
source : when a Cabinet is not national in its, policy, it
cannot be national in any other point of view.'
M. DUMON, the Minister of Public Works, has left
Paris for England. During his absence his duties
will be performed by the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion, M. SALVANDY.

The following report of Captain MARTIN, of the
brig Furet, recently returned from the western coast
of Africa, is published in the Semaphore de Mar-
seilles:—

" During my stay on the coast," says Captain Martin,
" I was often visited by English and French cruisers,
and I cannot speak in sufficient terms of praise of their
conduct towards me. I met on every point numbers of
English,,American, Brazilian, Sardinian, and Hamburgh
vessels. The competition was, consequently, great,
and the transactions difficult. This stage of things
was aggravated by the intestine wars,- which pre-
vented the tribes of the interior from bringing their
productions to the sea. At Gabon trade was impre.c“
ticable. The native merchants, overwhelmed with de:Dt,
no longer offered any guarantee, and the authorities
had not been instructed to prosecute them. The eap.

reme kindness of the French officers has been badly
appreciated by them, and we have no influence whatso-
ever over them. Mr. Wilson, an English Methodist
minister, settled in a village not far distant from Fort
Aumale, makes many proselytes, and does not inspire
them with the love of the French protectorate. The
Catholic missionary, on the other hand, has been aban-
doned by the few natives who had collected round him.
It is not from any want of zeal orinstruction on his part,
but in order to succeed he should be allowed a certain
sum of money, independent of his wretched appoint-
ments. The negro only respects the rich. Mr. Wilson
is in that favourable condition in consequence of the
funds placed at his disposal, and which enables him to be
generous."

The news from Algiers is to the 2d inst. It would
appear, from the following extract from the Ahbar,
that Ann-EL-KADERIS acquiring immense influence
in Morocco :
" We have been informed that at the moment when
an attache of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs landed at
Tangiers, from the steam corvette Veloce,‘ to deliver dis-
patches to our Consul-General, the population of the
town, the European in particular, were in a state of great
uneasiness. Alarming reports were in circulation relative
to the influence acquired by Abd-el Kader in the east
of Morocco. The intelligence received by land is
not of a less serious import. The Emir is said to
have approached Tana, a Moorish town, twenty-five
leagues distant from the frontier, and to be openly con-
spiring against the Emperor. If our information be
correct, it.is to be feared that a revolution will shortly
come to pass in Morocco. The Emperor Abderrahman
is in an embarrassing position. If he attacks the cham-
pion of the holy war, surrounded as he is with the sym-
pathies of the faithful, he risks his throne, and even his
life. The danger for being remote is not less great, if
he suffers him to go on. Under those difficult circum-
stances, the Emperor will probably confine himself to
look on whilst we act, and pray for our success, which
will rid him of a dangerous enemy. A French expedi-
tion into Morocco consequently appears imminent."
The Siècle publishes the following remarks on the
present position of Algeria:—
" Abd-el-Kader is acting with absolute authority in
Morocco, either from the connivance or want of power
of the Emperor to resist, who confines the exercise of
his authority to the towns, the populations of which are
less fanatic. The Emir is not only recomposing his Deira,
but is remounting his cavalry, and recruiting his batta-
lions with Moroccomen. A generally accredited report,
therefore, is, that he will this year take advantage of the
absence of the Governor-General, and make a new attempt
on Algeria. This does not appear to us to be without
foundation. Abd-el-Kader is condemned by his position
to act whether he has or has not hopes of success. He
must, at any price, keep up the fervour and fanaticism
of his adherents. To him repose is abdication. But,
although the Emir is forced to attack, it does not follow
that he must succeed in surprising our columns, and
throwing Algeria into alarm and confusion. The
system of government adopted by Marshal Bugeaud
may be condemned and often with reason; his military
tactics may be criticised ; this is a question on the art
of war on which competent men may differ. The Mar-
shal will defend himself by arguments or facts—that is
his affair. We only protest against the assertion that
Algeria is not in a condition to put down in an instant
whatever attempts the Emir may make. That assertion
is void of truth, and yet it causes anxiety in the minds
of those who have sons fighting in Africa. Abd-el-
Kader will, probably, again make an irruption into
some part of the colony. This will happen this year,
and again and again in subsequent years. Even the
death of Abd-el-Kader would not put a stop to such en-
terprises ; it would only render them less dangerous.
Algeria is on the confines of a barbarous empire, in
which the authority of its rulers is ever precarious.
Half a century will, probably, pass before our frontier
towards Morocco becomes perfectly tranquil. The ques-
tion is, to prevent these inevitable incursions from
penetrating into the interior. After what passed in
1845, it may be seen that this question was solved
by the presence of 100,000 men. It remains to be
solved by the establishment of a French population
capable of protecting itself. It is said that the Go-
vernment has just come to a decision on a system of
colonization to be adopted there. Civil colonisation
is, it is believed, to be employed on the territories
marked down as civil in the ordonnance of April, 1845,
and military colonisation on the mixed territories.
This resolution, if really come to, will be in conformity
with the opinions we have long ago esepressed. But it is
not our intention to open at present a discussion on this
subject. We wish only to calm those inquietudes that
may have been created by alarming reports. Abd-el-
Kader could not succeed last year, when everything con-
spired in his favour, neither will he be more successful
now, when our army, warned by experience, is keenly
watching the Arabs."

" The Minister of War," says the Constitutionnel,
" anticipates the necessity of applying for an ex-
traordinary credit of 25,000,000 francs, to provide
for the subsistence of the army in Africa. In Al-
geria and the south of France the corn harvest is
confidently expected to be below the average, and
that the barley and potato crops will be very deficient.
This will certainly not amount to a dearth, but it
will, in the apprehension of the Government, require
a considerably increased expenditure in providing
food for the army."
The same journal states that a reinforcement of
1,600 men will be sent to Oceania.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 84f. 40c. ; the Five per Cents., 119 f.
25c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,282 E 50c.; Rouen,
980 f. ; Havre, 730 E ; Great Northern, 735 f. ; Avig-
non, 955 f. ; Vierzon, 640 f. ; Bordeaux, 582 f. 50c. ;
Boulogne,
_495f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 365 f. ; Basle,
225 f. ; Fampoux, 4051: ; Dieppe, 390 E ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 507 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 516 f. 25c. ; Paris
and Lyons, 537 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 495 E 25c.;
Bordeaux and Cette, 490 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 561/ ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 34 ; Ditto Pas-
sives, 61%.

The following are the quotations for the new lines :
MARSEILLES, SEPT. 4.—Marseilles and Avignon, 915 f. ;
Northern, 712 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 527 f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 9.
Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—Direct Bombay and Madras, %
Dutch Rhenish, 6—East Indian, %. —.Northern of France Consti•
tuted, 13%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 894 —Paris and Lyons Con-
stituted, 6 lA—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 47,,.

IPSWICH, NORWICH, and YAR-
MOUTH RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was
held to-day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of
determining whether the Company should be dissolved.
F. VALENTINE, Esq., having taken the chair, and
Messrs. Borrit, Stephens, and Maquecn having been ap-
pointed scrutineers, reported that the requisite number
of shares represented were present. They amounted to
20,735.
From the report it appeared, that previously to en-
gaging in the Parliamentary contest, the directors took
the necessary steps to ascertain the feelings of the
shareholcers, and having found that they had a majority
of 20,000 votes in their favour, they felt justified
in taking the Bill before Parliament. On the rejection
Committee,
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scrip was produced for registration. The directors had
now determined to return a further dividend of 4s. a
share. The report concluded with a compliment to the
secretary (Mr. Frederick Bigg) for his ability and inte-
grity in conducting the affairs of the Company.
From the balance sheet annexed to the report, it ap-
peared that the total expenditure had been 29,3431.
Bs. 11d., and the balance in hand 11,6671. ls. id.
The CHAIRMAN said, the question' next to be
proposed was, whether the Company should be forthwith
dissolved ?
Sir EDWARD BUXTON, Bart., said, that before
that motion was put he would say a few
words on the present position of the Com-
pany. Some of their directors had had interviews
and negotiations with the directors of some great com-
panies in that part of the country through which the
line was to have passed. It had been proposed by the
Norfolk Company to take up their line. That company
would either provide the requisite capital, and after that
they would give them (the present company) an advan-
tage to the amount of perhaps half the stock—(Hear)—
or they (the present company) should dissolve; then the
Norfolk Company would give an equivalent which should
be considered to amount to half of the profits. That
negotiation was at present going on. They could not
certainly come to any resolution on the subject on the
present occasion, but he thought the shareholders
should be made acquainted with the matter. The
Eastern Counties Company had expressed a most friendly
feeling towards them, and were every way inclined to
assist them. What he proposed under these circum-
stances was, that these matters should be left in the
hands of a managing committee, and if anything definite
were concluded upon that the shareholders should be
apprised of the same, with a view of ratifying such,
should it be approved of by them.—(Hear, hear.) The
Hon. Baronet then proposed that the Company should
be dissolved.
The resolution being seconded,
The CHAIRMAN said, as Chairman "of the Company
he would submit a few observations on the transactions of
the Company. At the last meeting that he had the honour
to address them, he stated that he thought the expenses
would not be more than 10s. per share. The Company
originally consisted of somewhere about 60,000 shares.
All the shares taken by the directors were still retained,
and there was nothing of jobbing in their transactions.
Out of the number of shares that had been allotted,
53,665 shares had been paid up on. (The Chairman
here passed a high eulogium on the engineer, solicitor,
and other officials of the Company, and read the report
of the Chairman of the Committee on the Bill, which re-
jected the Bill on the ground that they did not think
Yarmouth entitled to have a competing line for eight
miles, but expressed a hope that the parties interested
would enter into some arrangement for the construction
of a line analogous to the present, and be prepared with it
by next session. Now the feeling on the part ofi the
Com-
mittee was, that these two opposing lines should have
eamal-
gamated. He had to say a word with respect to the
expenses that had been incurred. He had pledged him-
self that these expenses should not exceed ten shillings
a share, and the directors were anxious to carry out that
pledge, not only with respect to the expenses already
incurred, but with respect to any future expenses. They
had been met in a very liberal spirit by their solicitor,
engineers, and other officers, who had reduced
their demands considerably. Notwithstanding, how-
ever, they had incurred expenses to the extent of
11s. 9d. per share. The Chairman concluded by some
wry Qmplinieingui observati9P3 with respect ‘Q the
„.

conduct of the secretary, and suggested that after the
proposed dividend should be paid, they should apply
the surplus of lid. or 2d. a share to a pecuniary re-
compense for the service of the secretary and the other
officials.

The resolution for a dissolution of the company was
then put and carried unanimously.
It was then put to the meeting whether the dissolu-
tion of the company should be taken as an act of bank-
ruptcy, and unanimously negatived.
A SHAREHOLDER here stated, that when he heard of
the Company's being about to be dissolved, he consi-
dered it as some trick of the directors. He applied,
however, for some information on the subject, which
was afforded him with the greatest readiness, and the
result was such as to impress him with a conviction of
the rectitude of the directors. The accounts, &c., were
subsequently submitted to his solicitor, who expressed
his satisfaction of the conduct of the directors,
who, it appeared, so far from reaping any ad-
vantage, had sustained some losses from their
connexion with the company. He would propose that
the surplus mentioned by the Chairman should be ap-
propriated to the remuneration of the secretary and
the other officials.

This motion was postponed till after the legal business
of the meeting had been concluded, but it was then
carried.

I❑ the interim thanks were voted and acknowledged
by the Chairman.

The meeting then separated.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN RE ELLIOTT.

This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a corn
merchant in Petworth, Sussex, came up to pass his last
examination.

In the course of the proceedings a proof was tendered
on behalf of Messrs. Henry and Co., of Mark-lane, for
the sum of 2731. Ss., on a bill of exchange discounted for
the bankrupt.

The Solicitor to the assignees objected to the proof,
on the ground that the claimants had agreed to take
seven shillings in the pound of the drawer, and that,
therefore, the amount of proof ought only to be for the
difference. He urged that it was the general practice
of the Court, but could not quote any cases.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said that he was not of
that opinion. Where a person had obtained an award
which could be enforced, or where he could have re-
ceived a dividend and had not done so, then it was
clearly fair to consider the amount as a payment on ac-
count; but a mere agreement with a party which might,
or might not be performed, could:not be taken as such.
The Learned COMMISSIONER admitted the proof for
the full amount. —The bankrupt passed his examination.

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)
A 3 oung woman, named Eliza James, with an infant
in her arms, was charged on Monday last with dis-
orderly and outrageous conduct in Shoe-lane, Fleet-
street, on the preceding Saturday, and committing a
violent assault upon her husband.
The complainant, Henry James, stated that he was a
waiter in a coffee-house in Shoe-lane, and that his prin-
cipal duty was to wait upon the printers and
others belonging to the Morning Herald and Morning
Advertiser newspaper-offices with tea and coffee,
during the night. In pursuing hi; duty, he was con-
stantly annoyed by the prisoner, of whose contrivances
to persecute him he gave a pitiable account. She was
in the habit of knocking the trays out of his hands, and
scattering the provisions, cups, saucers, teapots, and
plates, on the pavement. Her ungovernable temper had
compelled him to separate from her, and he allowed her
10s. a-week ; notwithstanding which she worried him in
such a manner that he could not keep his place. The
complainant on that occasion received an excellent cha-
racter from several persons in attendance, who described
his case as one of great hardship.
The MAGISTRATE ordered the prisoner to find bail, in
two sureties of 401. each, to keep the peace for six months.
This morning the husband presented himself before
Air. Alderman Sydney, and stated that his wife had not
been able to obtain the securities required, and that as
she had now been locked up since Saturday last, with an
infant at her breast, he was desirous that she should be
released from confinement. He was so much satisfied
with the sincerity of her penitence that he was willing to
become bail for her himself, though no one else would.
The worthy ALDERMAN accepted the proffered secu-
rity, and hoped that his kindness would not be abused.
The woman was accordingly discharged.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Peter Baugh, a powerful-looking young man, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with
cutting and wounding his sister-in-law, Norah Raugh.
While the complainant was giving her evidence, the pri-
soner's father, James _Baugh, was in Court, and con-
ducted himself in a very disorderly manner, and, as she
stated that he had committed an assault upon her, he was
placed at the bar with his son.

- The complainant, who was covered with blood, and was
so faint as hardly to be able to give her evidence, said
that she lived with her husband in the same house with
the prisoners and their family. She had a quarrel with
her husband this morning, in which the prisoners took
part, and on her remonstrating with them, the younger
prisoner snatched up a knife and stabbed her in the
side. He also struck her and kicked her several times,
and beat her about the head with an iron saucepan. She
managed to get the saucepan from him and threw it
out of the window. While this was going on the elder
prisoner struck and kicked her, and so did his daughter
and another woman who was present. In fact, she was
set upon at once by five persons—the two prisoners, her
husband, and the women she spoke of. She wished to
have the latter apprehended.
The- iron saucepan spoken of by this witness was
produced by policeman F 131, who had taken the
younger prisoner into custody.
The prisoners were very vehement and disorderly in
their defence ; so much so, that, while they were both
talking loudly together, neither the magistrate nor any
one else could understand a word of what they said.
The policeman said that the complainant charged her
husband with beating her with a poker last night, but
the inspector would not entertain the charge.
Mr. JARDINE remanded the prisoners till Saturday,
but said he would admit James Raugh to bail, if he could
give two sureties in 101. each for his appearance on that
day. They must also be bound fur his keeping the peace_
in the mean time. The younger prisoner must remain
in custody, as his was a much more serious charge.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
EIAY MATIMETS.
SzurrnmErm.—Old Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41; New ditto,
2/ 8s to 3/ 14s ; Old Clover, 41 12s to 5/ lOs; New ditto, 31
lOs to 41165; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs
to 1/ 12s per load. Trade dull, at late rates.
CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 318 s to 412 s ; New
ditto, 218 s to 31 15s ; Old Clover, 4/ lOs to 51 Ss • New ditto,
Si lOs to 4/ 12s ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs; Vheat Straw,
11 lOs to 1/ 13s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy
demand.
WmTEctrArEL.—Old Meadow Hay, 318 s to 41; New ditto,
2/ 108 to 31 14s; Old Clover, 4/ lOs to Si 15s; New ditto.
31103 to 4/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 108 ; Wheat Straw, 1/
10.:- to 1112 s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull.
MEAT riIARILET S.
SOUTHALL, SEPT. 9.—We had a very steady trade here
to-day, and prices had an upward tendency :—Beef, from 2s
10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 64 to 4s 104 ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ;
Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 83; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs.
ROMFORD, SEPT. 9.—Each kind of prime stock moved off
steadily at higher rates, while the value of other qualities
was well supported:—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton,
3s 6d to 4s 84; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to
4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s
to 28s; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Mich Cows,
with their small Calf, 16/ to 18/ each.
LEWES, SEPT. B.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d
to ss; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and
Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Trade firm, at the above
quotations. _ _

NEWGATE AND MEADENHA7.6.
We had a very steady trade here to-day, and prices were
well, supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d
to 4s 8d; Lamb. 4s id to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and
Pork, 3s 8d tc 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Sept. 10, 1846, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

WHEAT. 'BARLEY] OATS. I RYE. BEANS. PEAS.
PRICE... 493 Od 31s Od 23s 2d 32s 7d 40s 4d 37s ld
DUTY... 10s Od 3s 6d Is 6d 3s 6d 3s 6d 3s 6d

Lord Dundonald has, through the instrumentality
of George Robins, sold his beautiful villa in the Regent's
Park, and in consequence all the valuable miscellanies
and the furniture throughout the mansion are to be sold
by auction next week. The 'public view commences on
Monday and Tuesday, and the sale continues Wednes-
day, Thursday, and Friday. The Noble Earl has dis-
played ranch of his acknowledged taste in the works of
art which he selected during his sojourn in Italy some
years since. The splendid chef' d'oeuvres of Rossi are
added to the collection ; the figures of " Eve at the
Fountain," and " Musidora," will alone repay a visitor
for a journey to see them—they are equal to anything
of Canova's, and there are others that approach them in
merit. There are a few pretty pictures from the Dutch
and Flemish galleries, and some beautifully executed
bronzes. Then comes, la 4, " though not least in our
dear love," (Shakspere), the incomparable wines. No
one ever doubted the Noble Earl's taste, and it will be
found exemplified here.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The following
notice was yesterday issued from the General Post-
-office:—" By command of the Postmaster General--
Much inconvenience having been occasioned in some in-
stances, owing to no person being in readiness to receive
the letters from the letter carrier on his morning de -
livery, and in others from parties refusing to take in
letters, in consequence of not being prepared with the
means of paying the postage, or not being properly
authorised to receive them, the public are requested to
provide for the reception of letters on the letter carrier
going his rounds, as if there are no means of delivering
the correspondence when first presented, it may be
taken back to the office to be sent out by another oppor-
tunity."

FATAL FALL FROM A STEAM-130AT.—.011 Tuesday
evening, about five o'clock, whilst the Vivid steam-boat,
Captain Styles, was proceeding down the river, and when
near Kew-bridge, a child between ten and eleven years
of age, who was playing on the vessel, suddenly fell over-
board into the water. The father of the child (Captain
Styles) immediately ordered the boat to stop, and turn
astern, but the child almost instantly disappeared. A
number of small wherries were soon at the place
where the deceased fell, and every endeavour
was made by a hat of watermen to save the un-
fortunate child, but without success ; and up to a late
hour yesterday the body of the deceased had not been
recovered. The father of the child upon learning that
his son was drowned, became so dreadfully excited, that
it took several men to hold him. The mother, who was
iikeWilie vn board, was equally affected.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales, 6,000 bales, at previous rates. Shares were dull.
By ship arrival we have accounts of May 10 from
Melbourne, Port Phillip. These read satisfactorily
upon the whole, and, except that the colony was pro-
gressing quietly and steadily, we see very little to notice.
The intelligence from the East Indies, received to-day,
is satisfactory in a commercial point of view.
The Funds have been steady to-day, in the absence of
any extensive dealings. Consols are 96 to 96* for pre-
sent transfer, and 96* f for time. The premium on
Exchequer-bills is still rather flat at lls. to 155., which
is the result of money being somewhat dearer. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have iieen qatoted
at 98i, and the Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961
to *. Band Stock is worth 210 to 211, which is the full
advance of yesterday.
The transactions in the Foreign Market are for the
most part at slightly easier quotations. Spanish Five per
Cents. have been quoted 26f ; and the Three per Cents.
38 to f. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 421 to
43 for time. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are
97, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59*. Mexi •
can Stock is at 25i 4, and Equador 3i -a. Brazil Bonds
have realised 89k.
In Shares there is very little doing, and prices re-
main in most respects the same as yesterday.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE C'CLOOK. •
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2103/ 211 210
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961/2%
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 961/2
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726... ........ 951/2
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
'Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO% 7-16
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 11,6 d.
1,000/.
5001.
Ditto Small — 11 15 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
• Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B9l/2
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Do. Deferred

Dutch 21A per Cents
Equador Bonds 3l/2%
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 25%
Ditto for the Account 25143/4
Portuguese 4 per Cents 43
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto for the Account 26%
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ..
Ditto for the Account. 3814 38
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent 97
Dutch 21/2 per Cent
Ditto for the Account 59%
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent 95 941 A
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. rza SHARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%
Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% . —., to
Aylesbury and Thame l% to
Belfast and County Down .. 21/2 .. ..
Bideford and Tavistock ..... 1% — to
Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......
Do. New (iss. at 71/21 dis.).. 171/2 321.A
Birmingtiam & Oxford June... 2
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.. 2% — ..... to
Boston, Stamf, , & Birming... 225.
Bristol and Exeter
Do., New 5 — to
Bristol and Gloucester 3O
Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% — to
Buckinghamshire..- 42s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Extension
Cambrian and Grand Junct.. 425.
Cambridge and Oxford
Central Kent 2l/2 ......
Chester and Holyhead 27% 26
Churnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 42s.
Cheltenham and Oxford
Clydesdale Junction
Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225.
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford ll/2 —
Cornwall
Cornwall and Central Devon 2% ' to
Derby and Crewe 2% to
Direct Lincoln, East Retford,
and Sheffield Junction— 2% to
Direct Manchester (Rem.)... 2% .....
Ditto( Rastrick's) 54 ... .
Direct Northehi
Direct Norwich 1
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21/2 to
Dublin and Galway
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 71A — to
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22%1/2... to
Do. New lOl. 16s 7% p... to
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d —
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... ...... to
Do., York Extension los. ...... 21,814... to
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Eastern Union 35

Ditto, Quarter Shares 834 — ..... to
Do. Extension to Harwich 1% — ..... . to
Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% — to
East Lancashire
East Lincolnshire ll% — to
East and West of England... 1% — to
Edinburgh and Glasgow SO
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares l2l/2 171,E to
Do. New Quarter Shares... 121,2 —
Edinburgh and Northern ... 10
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and Sligo 2l/ — to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester PA — to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. 1/4 Shares (5 per ct. gua ) 12% .....
Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen.
of Wales
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 425.
Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% %..... to
Great Eastern and Western... 21/2 — —.... to
Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 25
Great Munster ... 2% — . ..... to
Great North of Scotland 2% to
Great North of England 100 229 -to
Ditto, New
Ditto, New ...... 15
Ditto, New 1%...... ...... to
Great Western B5 —

__
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto,
Ditto, Quarter Shares lO — to
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Guildfd.,Farehm., &Portsmth. 5
Harwich and E. C. ;unction 2 .... .
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Quarter Shares l2l/2 to
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25
Inverness and Elgin 2 ......
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 9
Do. do. and Norwich
Irish North Midland
Isle of Axholme
Killarney Junction
Kendal and Windermere 1%...... ...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle
Do. New 5 ...... 103/4 to
Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425....... to
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leizester and Bedford 225....... % dis. to
Leeds and Dewsbury
Leicester and Tamworth, &c. 425....... par
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction ~. 2% 17,3/4... to 2
Liverpool and Bury l4
London and Binning. Ex-ten. 1% — ..... to
London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d 8 ...... to •

Do. New .
Do. Extension
London and Brighton
Do. Fifths 3O
London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d — to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .....
London and Greenwich— 121. 15s. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d..
London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . ....

.
London and North Western..loo .203% 204 to 202
Do. Quarter Shares
Do. do. New ...... .... ......
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Eighths G. J. 12% — to
Do. New Quarters ...G. J. --
Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 6 ......
London and S. Western.... 411. 6s. 10d. .
Do. New consolidated 8 ths.. 40
Ditto New
Do. New

London and York..., 2l/ 2 ..... to
Ditto Half Shares
London and Windsor ... 1%......
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 21/ — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 121/2 — 'to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 121/2 ...... to
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds B2 .....113
Ditto Half Shares ... 38
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths ...
Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 814 — to
Do. Extension
Manchester and Birmingham 40 775%..... to .....
Ditto Quarters (A)
Ditto Quarters (1.1) ... 5
Ditto Quarters (C) .. 1
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425.
Manchest.r, Birmingham, and
MouldJanction — - ...... to
Manchester and Southampton 2
Midland 100 .. „an% ti

Ditto Fifths

2 ...,

`,O --

..•
Ditto, New 24 ...... 36% to
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo 114
Midland and Eastern Counties 2% -...
to
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 121 h — to
Newcastle &Darlington dune. 25
Ditto New
Newcastle and Berwick
Do. No; th Shields 25 . ... .. to
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newport and Abergavenny. . 2% — to
Newry and Enniskillen
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1% — ...... to
Norfolk
Do. Half Shares
Ditto Extension
North British
Ditto Half Shares, . ll
Ditto Fifths 5
...... —: ..,... to
Do. Carlisle Extension ll% 414%.•• to
North of Norfolk - • I,lk--
Northern and Eastern SO
Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New .„. 1
%
North Kent & Direct Dover 2% lto —'
North Staffordshire... 42s.
North Wales 3l/¢ .• • •
North. & South. Connecting 2% to
Northampton, Banbury, and .., R
4, --
,
X 74
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