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IHEREBY give NOTICE and request that no
GOODS may be sent to our house at. Glasgow, or without my
special order, as th 6 business will in future be carried on at Leek
alone, and on behalf of the subscriber,

JOHN GAUNT.

Leek, Staffordshire, *l7th September, 1846,

GLOUCESTER, ABERYSTWITH, AND
CENTRAL. WALES RAILWAY COMPANY.
At a Meeting held at the 'London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 1846, at the requisition of five Shareholders, the
Hon. Ilenry F. Berkeley in the chair, for the purpose of determining
whether the above Company.should be dissolved pursuant to Act 9
and 10 Vic., cap. 28, the total number of Shares represented amount-
ing to 2,293,
,and the number required to form a quorum being
9,625, the Chairman declared the meeting adjourned to FRIDAY
NEXT, the 25th inst., at One' 'clock precisely, at the same place, for
the purpoie of taking the votes of the Shareholders on the question
of the dissolution of the Company.
Shareholders intending to vote for dissolution, who cannot attend
the meeting, are earnestly requested to send their scrip or proxy to
the undersigned

a. D. CLARK, Agent to the Requisitionists.
11, Bueklersburs, Sept. 18, 1846.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW VOLUME of MR. JAMES'S WORKS.
On the 30th instant will be published,
61'111E BRIGAND; or, CORSE DE
LEON.
,Mpdium f"„ with Frgntispiece, price Ss cloth.
Being,the,TenthValume of the Works of
G. P. E. JAMES, Esq.
Ne* The previous volumes (each complete in itself) may be had se-
parately. Contents :
Vol I. The Gipsy. Vol. V . Philip Augustus.
11. Mary or Burgundy, VI. Henry of Guise.
111. The Ilugonots. VII. Morley Ernstein.
IV. One in a Thousand. VIII. The Robber; and
Vol. IX. Darnley ; or, the Field of Cloth of Gold.
Landem : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
_ Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—John Fletcher, jun., Esq.,
to be Captain, vice William Eraser, resigneJ, June 27.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant-of Northumtk-srland.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieu-
tenant John Cookson to be Captain, vice Wcaverson, deceased ;
Cornet Adam Atkinson to be. Lieutenant, vice Cookson, pro-
moted ; Cornet James Henry Hollis Bradford Atkinson to be
Lieutenant, vice Parker, resigned, Sept. 10.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

David Maiic;,. penmannfacturer, Houndsditch.
BANKSRUPTS.

John "Lamont, ship-owner,Weliciose • square, to surrender
Sept. 30, at two, and Nov. 5, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street ; Linklater, Leadenhall-street.
John. Richards, jun., banker, Reading, Oct. 2, at half-past
two, and Nov. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tux-
quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Holmes, Great
James-street, Belford-row.
William Evnns, draper, Piccadilly; Oct. 7, at one, and
Nov. 5, at two, at the • Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Frederick's- place, Old Jewry; Lloyd, Milk-
street, Cheapside.
Richard Benbow Bradly. j eweller, Bishopsgate-street With-
out, Oct. 2, at two, and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Lepard and Co., Cloak-lane, City.
Peter Thorn, bottled ale merchant, Castle-street, Leicester-
square, Sept. 30 and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Philp,
Great St. Helen's.
William Aston, mister, Lapley, Staffordshire, Oat. 3
and 31, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Gray's Inn ; Great-
wood, Birmingham.
George Grant, tailor, Kidderminster, Oct. 13, at ten, and
27, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Boycot, jun., Kidder-
minster.
Edward Swanrick Boult; stock broker, Liverpool, Oct. 6,
and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Cook-street, Liverpool ; Humphries
and Co., Gray's Inn-square, London; Forshaw and Co.,
Sweeting-street, Liverpool.
John Orange, boot maker, Liverpool, Oct. 6, at one, and
Nov. 5, 4 eleven, at, the Liverpool District Court. Cozenove,
official 'assignee, Liverpool ; Oliver, Old Jewry, London ;
Evans and Son, Liverpool.
William Lancaster, ship owner, Liverpool, Oct. 6 and Nov.
3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry-
chambers, London; -Pewherton, Liverpool.
P/Intthew jfin..; cubinet maker, Richmond, York,
Oct. 8 and NoV7 5; -at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official tignee, Leeds ; Jones and Co., John-street,
Bedford-row, London ; Harle and Clarke, Leeds.
Ebenezer Hodgson, ironmonger, Richmond, Yorkshire.
Oct. 7, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court,
Young, official assignee, Leeds; Fiddey, Temple, London ;
Simpson, Richmond; Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Count of-Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Bird, timber merchant, Club- row, Bethnal-green,
Oct. 15, at eleven-:-W. M. Smithson, printer, Canterbury,
Oct. 15, at one—H. and J. Wilkins, wool merchants, London-
wall, Oct. 15, at twelve—C,C. Barley, grocer, Wisbeach St.
Peter's, Cambridgeshire, Oct. 20, at twelve—J. Rudman,
oilman, Bath, Oct. 23, at twelve—R. Nelson, hotel keeper,
Great Portland-street, Oct. 23, at hal f-past'aeleven—C.Clarke,
draper, Goswell-road, -Oct. 23, at eleven.
In the Country.
11-Parker, 0. Shore, J. Brewin, and J. Rodgers, general
dealers, Sheffield, Oct. 30, at,eleven,..at the Town-hall, Shef-
field—A. Hall, innkeeper, Manchester, Oct. 16, at twelve, at
the_ Manchester Distri'tt Court—G. W. and J. F. Gee,
drapers, Leeds, Oct. 14, at one, at the Manchester District
Court—J. Taylor, A. Adshead, S. Garner, J. Warren, W.
Hulme, and W. 'Barnes, cotton manufacturers, Stockport,
Lancashire, Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—W. Rafe,. music seller, Manchester, Oct. 14, at.
twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the ebnirary, on the day herein mentioned.
T. 13. and.WWalter, ,grocers,'lpswiobr Suffolk, Oct. d 6—
W. Rouse, baker, Neptune-street, Rotherhite, Oct. 16—F.
C: Gray, 'lodgiiighouse' keeper, Dalstan, Oct. 16—J. R.
Miskin, grocer, Chatham, Oct. 16—R. Spooner, licensed
victualler, 'Buckingham-street, Oct. 16—W. M. Smithson,
printer, Canterbury,;Oct. 15—H. Elkington, chemist, Maida-
hill East, Oct. 23—8: L. M. Rothschild, diamond merchant,
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's' Inn fields, Oct. 21—D. A.
Morel, dentist, Langharn-place, Marylebone, Oct. 21—T.
Moger, poulterer, Holborn-hill, Oct. 14—G. Prince, wine
merchant, Ronisey, Hampshire, Oct. 14—T. Kempster,
builder, BlaCkman-streit, Southwark, Oct. 14—P. Garbanati,
carver and glicler;' Woolwich, Oct. 22—E. Hodgesovine
merchant, New-iotid, Oct. 22—S. Puckering and W. T.
Makins, woollen merchants, Hull, Oct. 14—T. P. Derham,
linendraper, Bristol, Oct. 15—W. Watts, builder, Chelten-
ham, Oct. 15—J. Hill, sharebroker, Leeds, Oct. 15—R.
Bleikley, builder,' Liverpool, Oct. 13—R. A. F. Kingscote,
merchant, Sandg,ate, Kent, Oct. 13—J. Scholes, general
dealer, Matieheste, Oct. 13—C. Allen, malster, Tadley,
Southampton; Oct. 13-7 G. Longtield, tailor, West Bromwich,
Staffordshire, Oct;l3

THE GOVERNMENiT AND THE

IRISH DISTRESS.

DEPUTATION FROM THE COUNTY OF CORK
TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
The deputation consisted of Edward Deane Freeman,
Esq., High Sheriff of the county of Cork ; Sir James
Anderson, Bart. ; the Very Rev. D. M. Collins, P.P. of
Mallow ; the Rev. H. Somerville, Rector of Doneraile,
and the Rev. C. B. Gibson, Secretary to the Mallow
Relief Committee.
The deputation were received by his Lordship and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his Lordship's house,
Chesham-place, at ten o'clock on Tuesday, the 15th inst.
The interview lasted for an hour and a half. His Lord-
ship and the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a patient
hearing to each member of the deputation, and appeared
not only disposed and anxious to hear their statements
respecting the condition of the county, but also to re-
ceive any hints they were prepared to offer respecting
future and more permanent legislation.
[A memorial detailing the prevalence of distress in
Cork, and suggesting the remedies applicable to its
relief, was then read. The substance of the document
will be gleaned from the proceedings that followed.)
The Rev. Mr. GIBSON, who spoke first, explained the
objects of the deputation. He said—We are, my Lord,
a deputation appointed to wait upon your Lordship and
other members of her Majesty's Government, by a public
meeting held in the county of Cork, at which deputa-
tions attended from the baronies of Duhallow, Orrery,
Kilmore, and Fermoy, representing about 400,000 per-
sons. It is the decided opinion of this deputation— we
say it with respect my Lord, but with a full conviction
of its truth—that neither the English pebple nor her
Majesty's Government are acquainted with the real
social condition of the country, either as it regards the
extent or the degree of distress. The members of the
deputation, although living in the midst of the distress,
were not fully sensible_p&ssonabeßressed with its nature
until theyset about inetitutieg inquiries oil the subject.
I beg to direct your Lordship's attention to the report I
hold in my hand.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Yes, I have read that report.
The Rev. Mr. Ginsow—Although the report I hold
in my hand has been drawn up with the greatest care,
this deputation feel your Lordship would not act or le-
gislate upon un-eflicial information of this kind. The
deputation would therefore press upon your Lordship
and the other members of the Government the necessity
that exists of forming a commission for inquiring into
the social condition of Ireland. The Devon Commis-
sion was a land commission, and therefore did not treat,
except incidentally, of the condition of those who have
no land. Mr. Nichol's report had respect to the distress
of the people in an artificial state of society, not in the
natural state. What the country wants is a Cabin
Commission—such a commission the deputation con-
ceive might be formed, and accomplish its work without
much delay or a penny expense, as it would not be ne-
cessary to prosecute inquiries in more than the pro-
vinces of Munster and Connaught, as the legislation
which would meet the destitution in these two provinces
could not fail to meet the distress in Leinster and Ulster.
The deputation also desire to call your Lordship's at-
tention to the Acts passed by the Government to meet
the present distress. It is the pious conviction of the
deputation, that works will not be passed commensurate
with the distress. Neither landlords nor farmers feel
disposed to tax the counties for such works. There are
many unemployed and starving for want of
public works which were thrown out at the ses-
sions. Those works are considered of questionable
utility (and perhaps this may be the case with many
of them already considered). The deputation would
direct the special attention of your Lordship to
the importance of employing the people on -the im-
provement of the land. Those who require money to
improve their properties will net be able to take advan-
tage of the million under the Drainage Act, inasmuch
as they cannot receive the money until two-thirds of
the work be executed. And as they are to pay the
labourer each week, they must go to the bank and raise
money at about (with expense of stamp) 6f or 7 per
cent. ; they must pay 3i per cent. to Government, and
if we include the enginerring expense, and other ex-
penses,, the landholder who borrows under this Act
must do so in the first instance at -a rate of interest
amounting to from 10 to 12 per cent. As other mem-
bers of the deputation are to address your Lordship and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I shall leave the
further illustration of the subjecal have laid before you
to them.'
The HIGH SHERTPF begged to direct the particular
attention of his Lordship and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to the working of the Drainage Act. He
possessed property which he was desirous of improving ;
but under present circumstance:3 it was impossible to
take advantage of the Act. He was also of opinion
that public works would be opposed at the presentment
sessions in Ireland. Gentlemen might agree to small
works near their own demesnes, but net to the opening
of good lines of road which awgiltimprove the country
and giapeaufficient employmeetclies thceaght the wages
of the country too low, and that laey should in no case,
on public works, be less than 10d. or Is. a day.
The Rev. Mr. COLLINS, P.P., Mallow—My colleagues
on this mission from Ireland to your Lordship have said
that the facts mentioned by them have broken suddenly
and unexpectedly on their minds, and that it was by
minute investigation that they became acquainted with
the extensive distress by which they were surrounded.
I cannot say the same ; unfortunately, I am acquainted
with wretchedness all my life, and, as a Roman Catholic
clergyman, lw daily contact with the poor, my feelings
are worn raw by the pressure of the hard old harness of
misery under which my afflicted countrymen groan.
Sustained as I now am by the presence of gentlemen
differing from me in creed and politics, I can make state-
ments to your Lordship which in their absence I would
not venture to notice ; for I would thereby only bring my
own veracity into question, without effecting the good
that may possibly arise from the interview with which I
am honoured by. your Lordship. The hotel where the
Relief Committee of Mallow hold their sittings was a short
time since surrounded by about five hundred persons, re-
presenting three thousand mouths, seeking employment
or relief. I, as parish priest, was deputed by the com-
mittee to address them, inculcating patience, peace, and
submission to the law. I did so, saying that the Go-
vernment after a few days would do something. I
was met by exclamations from them, declaring " that
every day was a fortnight, that the hunger was going
like thorns through their sides; that they could not go
home from excessive weakness, that they were miserable,
and their wives and children." My Lord, the potatoes
are so bad that the "stomach rejected them; they were
wild, and black, and offensive to the taste—and that it
was by a mixture of salt and water they were able to
swallow them." I, my Lord, have seen a mother feed-
ing her fever-stricken child with her own suck, adminis-
tered with a cup and spoon, and have seen a man go
three miles to earn eightpence a day, while he left his
wife and children in fever, with the house closed up, and
no one to give them a drink of cold water during his ab-
sence, and his mind weighed down with the apprehen-
sion that some of the patients may set fire to the house
in paroxysms of the disease, and all be a heap of cinders
on his return. These and the like scenes, harrowing as
is the mere announcement of them to your Lordship's
feelings, are not new to me nor to any of my reverend
brethren of the same persuasion. The recurrence of
them is as frequent and uniform as it is affecting.
The time is come for the mind of a great
statesman to act in regard to Ireland. The whole
social condition of that country ought to be closely re-
viewed and analysed, nor ought reference be made
to maxims of legislation growing out of a highly arti-
ficial state of society. The mere elementary principles
on which human society .is based ought to be brought
into action to serve as a foundation for a new system of
things in Ireland. To effect this, as well as to meet the
pressing wants of the people, I would with due humility
pray your Lordship to seek from the Legislature some-
thing like despotic power over landed property, so that
YOU could enter any lands to reclaim and improve them,
thereby to employ the people, and charge the expenses
on the lands thus reclaimed ; such a power ought to be
used with moderation by the Government, by their say.
ing to a landed proprietor, "improve your lands, they
are waste, or nearly waste for centuries; if not, we will
do it for you, making it the first charge on the lands."
The country gentlemen now dissipating their revenues
as absentees in foreign countries, or at home as loungers
in clubs, kennels, and news rooms, will be stimulated to
exertion, and the Government would achieve the great
work of raising the condition of the people by employ-
ment and wholesome industry. All classes connected
with land in; Ireland are in a state of bankruptcy, in-
capable of discharging their engagements to each other.
Things must come to a scramble, which among
large masses of mankind is always a work of blood.
Therefore the intervention of Government ought to be
prompt and decided. A doctrine was laid down that the
rate of labour on the Government works ought to be
under that of the country. Nothing can be more fal-
lacious and unjust to the working classes than that doc-
trine. The price of labour is already too low in Ireland,
and it ought to be the endeavour of Government to give
it an improved direction. The supply there is excessive,
and the demand almost nothing. Hence labour cannot
in the market being a fair price no more than the air we
breathe or the water we drink. Hence the principle on
which the wages of a working man should be calculated
is—what is necessary for the support of himself and
family.—(llere his Lordship gave a marked assent, on
which the Rev. Gentleman sat down.)
Rev. Mr. SOMERVILLE—My Lord, it appears to me as
if it would be an unnecessary eonsumntion of your Lord-
ship's time were I to attempt to add 'to the statements
which have been made to you with regard to the fearful
state of distress which exists in the different localities
which we represent on the present occasion. I am a
clergyman of the Established Church. I am lccated
in Doneraile ; I mix very much with the lower
classes of the people of the parish, and I can assure
your Lordship it would be impossible to exaggerate
the state of the destitution which exists there us well
as in the adjoining parishes. Sincerely indeed do I
hope, my Lord, that such measures may be adopted, such
steps taken, as may be adequate to meet the wants of
the people ; for, my Lord, I will not conceal it from
you, that unless some such measures be at once adopted,
I vastly apprehend that the peace of the country cannot
be preserved. Hitherto the patience of the people under
their great privation has been above praise, but I more
than doubt the wisdom of stretching their patience be-

yond its due limits. I can assure your Lordship that
I spend many a sleepless- hour at night in consequence
of the uneasiness which I feel—the-apprehensions which
I am under as to the tranquillity of the country. Humble
individuals as we may be, we come here representing
thousands ; thousands are awaiting our return, looking
with anxiety as to what may be the result of our mission.
Sir JAMES ANDERSON, Bart., said that no language
could adequately describe the misery of the Irish people
in consequence of the destruction of the potato crop. That
ho had made it his business to visit the poor in their
wretched hovels, where he had learnedto demonstration,
not only their privations, but also their fortitude and
Christian resignation. No other nation had set such an
example of practical philosophic patience. Though many
of the poor were living on it for food, the small remain-
ing portion of the potato crop, being in a rapid state of
decomposition, had become totally unfit for human
sustenance. Under such complicated distress it could
not be wondered that the people, being without employ-
pent, and consequently having no money to purchase
bread, had resolved not to starve, and in order to pre-
serves the lives of their young children and aged parents,
they would, unless speedily relieved, resort to the cattle,
sheep, and corn of their wealthier neighbours. He felt
it his duty to society at large to make Lord John Russell
acquainted with the determination of his countrymen,
expressed to him as one in whom they confided, and
urge on his Lordship's attention the dreadful .conse-
quences that must arise unless prompt measures were
taken to insure the peace of the country by affording
adequate and productive employment to the working
classes now on the verge of starvation. Owing to the
patriotic press of Ireland, the people were well aware of
those who had uniformly advocatad liberal measures, and
that as his Lordship had been consistent in politics, he
held a high place in public estimation. The people re-
membered that his Lordship had on all occasions voted
for Roman Catholic Emancipation. They knew that he
gave to Great Britain the Reform Bill, but they did not
4orget that that great measure, the tec-ond Magna C'harta,
would not have become the law of the land had not his
Lordship received the support of the Liberal Irish Mem-
bers, the members of the people. On this account alone
the Irish consider they are fairly entitled to the most
liberal assistance from the present Administration.
Viewing the magnitude of the calamity with which it
had pleased Providence:to afflict his country, he thought
Government could not be aware of the universal distress,
as the means of relief afforded to a starving nation were
totally inadequate. His Lordship caused 20,000,0001. of
money to be granted to relieve the blacks from slavery.
The Irish people thus were aware that the Ministers, on
great emergencies, had the power of using the public
money to promote the good of the nation—and bearing
in mind that the absentees had taken from Ireland since
the Union upwards of 240,000,0001., and that the largest
pOrtion of this most enormous sum had been spent in
England—they felt that they had a legitimate right to
expect that the Government would unhesitatingly cause
large loans to be granted to the landed proprietors and
others possessing real property, for the purpose of
affording permanent, useful, and profitable employ-
ment to the working classes ; and lest that money so
lent should not be applied to the purposes intended
without the employment of the people, the Go-
vernment ought to have the power of superintend-
ence, so as to secure the money reaching the pockets
of the labourers. Thus the working classes would
receive tilt full benefit of the loans. It is absolutely
necessary that the wages of the labourers should be in-
creased to one shilling a day, as one of the greatest
causes of the poor Irishman's misery is the very small
amount of money paid to him for his day's work. By
bold, honest, and decided measures your Lordship can
insure the permanent happiness and comfort of the Irish
people—you possess the power of introducing capital
into Ireland, all the country wants to make her a great
and flourishing nation. As the loans would be for the
benefit of the people, they should be made the first claim
upon the land and other property—thus may the national
peace of Ireland be secured for the future, and the misery,
and wretchedness of the Irish be for ever removed with-
out augmenting the taxes of the British nation. The
lasting gratitude of the Irish will be your Lordship's re-
ward—and'li acting fairly by a brave and loyal people
you will make Ireland the right hand of England's
strength, in place of being a thorn in the Ministerial
side, which she will continue to be until ample and liberal
justice be done to her.

Lord J. Itussuu, in reply, read a paper before him
describing the nature of the measures which have just
passed through Parliament, which he thought should be
sufficient to meet the present emergency. He acknow-
ledged they had no power of compelling presentment ses-
sions to pass works, but he did not think, under the pre-
sent state of the country, they would attempt to refuse
them ; for such sessions were not only responsible to the
GovOrnment for the faithful discharge of their duty, but
they were subject to a higher responsibility, that of the
county demanding such works. His Lordship was
deeply, very deeply sensible to the permanently dis-
tressed social condition of the country ; he acknow-
ledged that the measures just passed were not calculated
to meet it, and promised that the subject should
receive the earliest and deepest consideration of
the Government during the next session of Parliament.
There were subjects of great difficulty to be encoun-
tered in legislating for a country circumstanced as Ire-
land was. Those lands in the hands of Government
might be at once improved, but the case was different
with respect to those that were the property of indivi-
duals. Still his Lordship did not shrink from the neces-
sity or duty of Government interfering, oven in such
cases as these ; neither did he deny, that while property
had its owners and rights, that such ownership and
rights should not be flowed to interfere with the opera-
tions intended to develope the resources of the soil and

improve the social condition of the people.
The Rev. Mr. GIBSON directed the attention of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to the rules of the Lords of
the Treasury, requiring that the wages in connexion
with relief 'works shall be 2d. a day under the general
wages of the district.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the
rule on the principles of political economy, and referred
to cases where harvest work had been interfered with,
and also to the case of men leaving work on the Shannon,
where they were receiving Is. 6d. a day, for 10d. a day
on relief work.
Rev. Mr. Ginsox denied the truth of such state-

ments, and said that landlords and farmers were com-
bining to keep down wages; that this was one reason
for the opposition public works experienced at pre-
sentment sessions; that the Government did not
approve of combination in the labouring men and
mechanics to raise wages, and that it should not
therefore be set the example by combining with Irish
landlords and men of properties, to keep down the
wages of the people; that he could not look upon the
rule of the Treasury respecting wages as anything short
of combination to depress them. That the great evil of
the country was the low rate of wages, and that the
social condition of the country would never be improved
till wages were improved. Mr. Gibson proposed that
wages should in no case be under 10d. a day.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that 10d.
was a high rate of wages generally in Ireland.
Mr. GIBBON replied, that if it were the opinion of
English gentlemen that 10d. was a sufficient daily remu-
neration for the Irish labourer, God help the people!
The CHANCELLOR—" God forbid we should think so;
I merely mention 10d. as a high rate of wages in the
country. I think the wages should be improved; and
the minute of the Lords of the Treasury, requiring that
the wages should be 2d. under the standard of the coun-
try, is not the law, and, if necessary, it may be modified."
—Cork Reporter.

NAV AL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TIIESDAY.—The Ajax, a 74 reduced to
a 56, and converted into a steam guard, or " block" ship,
was undocked this day at Cowes, where her metamor-
phosis has been worked under the superintendence of
Mr. Fincham, jun. This ship, one of the class denomi-
nated " the 40 thieves," was built in 1809, from designs
of the then surveyors of the navy, by Messrs. Wigram
and Green, of Blackwall, admeasured 1,761 tons, and
was commanded by the late Admiral (then Captain) Sir
Robert Waller Otway, off Toulon, in Sir H. Blackwood's
partial engagement with the French squadron, and sub-
sequently in covering the siege of San Sebastian in 1813.
When formerly loaded, we are told she weighed 3,028
tons, but it is now expected that her weight, caused by
her conversion to a steam guard-ship, will be increased.
The reduction of stowage room, by the occupation of
much of that space by her machinery, will, of course, be
considerable, although not so much as to preclude her
carrying more than six weeks' provision for 400 men, as
has been stated. The following are her dimensions and
intended armament:—

Length of gun-deck
Extreme breadth
Depth in hold

ARMAMENT.

ft. in.
176 0
~ 47 6
~ 21 0

Quarter-deck

1 56-pounder 85 cwt.
2 B.inch 65 cwt. each.
Forecastle
Upper-deck
Lower-deck 26 42-pounders 66 cwt. each.

Total 56

If mounted and manned as above reported, she will
prove a formidable ship, and yet do a little " honest"
work. The Echo tug, with the Assistant-Master-At-
tendant and Foreman of Shipwrights afloat of this
Dockyard, went to Cowes this morning to tow the Ajax
to this harbour, where she will remain until her services
are required.
The Fairy royal yacht, as soon as her Majesty had
landed this morning at the Clarence-yard, was brought
alongside the Dockyard and dismasted, preparatory-to
being docked, a leak having been discovered somewhere
in the vicinity of her screw-propeller, as was the case
some time since. The dock not being quite ready, she
will not go in until to-morrow.
The Rattlesnake, 28, fitting for surveying service,
under Captain Owen Stanley, was undocked this morning.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Petley, master, left this
afternoon for the eastward, taking supernumeraries.
The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin,
was removed from the jetty to-day, to make room for the
Fairy to get her masts out. She came alongside again
immediately afterwards, and is now embarking the
baggage of the two remaining companies of the 74th
Highlanders, for Leith, with whom she will leave to-
morrow.

The Moozuffor, Hon. Company's steam-frigate, Cap-
tain Ethersey, sailed from Spithead this afternoon, for
Bombay.

APPOINTMENTS.

Dr. Thomas Graham, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Ma-
dagascar.
Coast Guard—Lieut. Everard Digby, Chief Officer.
Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.8., Captain, to the Poic-
tiers, and Captain-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard.
Owen Stanley, Captain, to the Rattlesnake.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON

MRS. CUMMING.

SEVENTH DAY.

The adjourned inquiry in this case was again pro-
ceeded with yesterday, at the Horns Tavern, Ken-
nington.
Mrs. Cumming was present, and evidently as firm and

composed as pre;iousl3%
The proceedings commenced with the cross-examina-
tion of Mr. Solomon, by Mr. Edwin James, and which
went to show that the several sums paid to Mrs. Cum-
ming was in the presence of Mrs. Mitchell, who it was
alleged exercised an undue influence over Mrs. Cumming,
but this witness (Mr. Solomon) put in several vouchers,
and gave the most satisfactory explanation on every
point to which his cross-examination went.
Mr. Stephen Hutchinson—l am a civil engineer. I
have known Mrs. Cumming since 1830. I have not
visited her, but I saw her in my house. For the period
I have known her (sixteen years) I never observed any-
thing in her conduct to induce me to believe that she
was not perfectly sane. The last time I saw her was
in May last.
Mrs. Anne Evans said, I was engaged by Mrs. Cum-
ming to go into her service, in September, 1844, in
South-row, New-road. Mrs. Inman was the nurse to
Captain Cumming. I heard the captain abuse her, and
call her the most vile names, even when she wished him
good night. The captain used to go out secretly and
take a cab. Mrs. Cumming used to order him to be
driven round Regent's Park. She used to be greatly
affected, and shed tears at the conduct of the captain.
I heard her say that he sold off her goods three times,
and he would sell them off again.' He used to object to
having his room cleaned. An opportunity of doing so
was taken when the captain was out taking the air.—
(This witness described at great length Mrs. Cumming's
attention to the captain, as to his food, supply of linen,
&c., detailing several acts of impropriety towards her-
self and other servants, in consequence of which she was
obliged to leave the house.) Captain Cumming on one
occasion pawned his spectacles and snuff-box for drink,
and Mrs. Cumming redeemed them. She was of a very
irritable temper. The house was very orderly kept.
At the conclusion of this witness's testimony, the
jury, as usual, it being two o'clock, retired for refresh-
ment. The interim was well occupied by the counsel on
both sides, who entered into a consultation, in which
they continued for upwards of an hour, when they re-
turned into Court. It was then announced that an
arrangement had taken place.
The COMMISSIONER said, however he respected the
opinion of the Learned Counsel, yet, he felt it his
duty, to protect the jury from any unpleasant posi-
tion; he would go and see the lady, as they were bound
to give Et. verdict on their oaths. After that interview he
would be best enabled to suggest the course which
should be adopted.
Mr. James said that the jury should know the terms of

the arrangement.
The Learned C,OMMISSIONER then, in company with
Mr. James and Mr. Petersdorff, went to have an inter-
view with Mrs. Cumming, and in about ten minutes
again returned into Court.
The C'ommissioNEß, addressing the jury, said that in
ordinary
.cases they might be discharged, as was the
practice in the common law courts by the withdrawal of
a juror (all parties consenting), but in the present in-
stance tat arrangement having taken place, the commis-
sion hawing been issued by the Lord High Chancellor,
a difficaity arose as to what report he could make to his
Lordship ; without first consulting him he could not dis-
charge the jury. In the arrangement great liberality
was sh by all parties, and he therefore proposed an
adjouri ui lent until he had taken the opinion of the Lord
Chant:nib o, when the jury would be re-assembled to
hear the ,result.
This was agreed to on both sides.
Mr.; Petersdorff said that before the jury separated, he
was b zippy to inform them that the person of the lady

was fi !vm-
On tihis announcement, Mrs. Cumming was imme-
diately. surrounded by and received the congratulations
of her friends on the happy event.
Dr. 3 lillingen, however, said that be had a claim to
retain tho lady under the certificate until she was legally
discha ri ;ed.
The. Learned COMMISSIONER said ho would take the
respoz .bility on himself, and would undertake that she
should -appear when the Court met again.
Mrs... Cumming then left the room in the company of
her fr is ads. She seemed deeply affected, and the un-
derlinAt of York llotbe greatly disappointed. She en-
tered a: • carriage with Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins, and drove
off fr.( un the Horns Tavern once more restored to liberty,
to they eevident gratification of the jury and many by-
stand ert ;.
WI lel t the jury re-assembled the Lord Chancellor's
opinion, as well as the terms of the arrangement, will be
corn= to icated to them.
Thug,. ; this singular and extraordinary inquiry has ter-
minatet virtually, though not formally.

F. aTiiTa ACCIDENT ON WESTMINSTER.-BRIDGE
Yestorda) afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the
Chequers, Tothill-street, Westminster, on the body of
Thom as Do üble, aged 56. The deceased lied been many
years \ valtet at Tindall's Hotel, Old Palace-yard, and on
Sundar:night 19th July, he was crossing "Westminster-
bridge„ -wheia his foot slipped in consequenr:e of treading
on a p iee a of oragge peel, and he fell from the kerb-stone
into tl ae -carriage-road, and fractured his r ight leg. He
was nun, 3ved to the Westminster Hospital, where the
limb I vas set ; but he gradually sank, and expired on
Saturday • last, from disease of the lungs, birought on by
the juju) cy. Verdict in accordance with the medical
testilvion y.
E or GOLD.—The premium on gad at Paris
is 16' :per mille, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 175... .100. pea ounce for standard goIZI, gives an
excha leg aof 25 ; and the exchanges at Paris on
Lor.dos at short being 25 77i, it folloAvs; that gold
is 0.17 per cent, dearer in London th an in Paris.
By a. 'Nit 'es from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435-1
per it tart :, which, at th e English Mint price • )f3l. 17s. 104 d.
per of Inc e for standard gold, gives an excha ng e of 1310 k;
and t he exchange at Hamburgh on Los edo n at short
being :3,3 101, it follows that gold is 0.06 per, cent. dearer
in L andon than in Hamburgh.
are informed that a favourite cat, belonging
to a family at Hovinghaw, having lost her 'kittens, ot her
owns cord adopted a chicken of the pheasa at fancy breed,
whicl 1. was domesticated. The chicken ap reared highly
Pleas: ea with her nurse, and puss on capt uning a mouse
or el itaininp.; any other food, carefully ca. mks it to the
chicl ;en, which has imbibed many of the p eculiarities of
the c et, and the two now lay comfortably tx gether, puss
putt; pg her paw over the bird to protect it fi 'om harm.
Yor, ',dare Gazette.
E IxBTEMPER AMONG CANARIES.—Seve. ral of the
can: try fanciers of this neighbourhood, have
lost their
mos ,t valuable birds during the last ten days b Y
a sort of
spa anodic cholera, the symptoms being simi/i I. to those
obs erve d in the human subject when labont ng under
tha it 04 ><tible disorder.--Lancaster Guardian,