The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO:N DON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1846.

into (Lffect, to afford time to the merchants and underwriters
iil I.n.,;land ard mje mcdificati(.l7 in tbe
terms of insurance, which the alterations might appear to
reqstire.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) W. SIMONDS, Sec.
To. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary for Lloyd's, London.

"Tither by Point Calymere, at the eastern entrance of the
Pamban Passage, and Junksevlon, on the coast of Tennas-
serim, or Cape Cornorin and Penang, including the Nicobar
Islands, as Government might determine."

MARKET CWS.-(THIS DAY.

1V1.11:112E

SmrritFlELD. Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 4/ ; Clover ditto
318 s to 5/ ; and Straw, 11 103 to 1/ 13s per load. A mode-
rate supply and a slow trade.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow, Hay, 21 8s to 4/; Clover,
ditto, 31 8s to 41175; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 14s per load.
Both hay and straw sold heavily at our quotations.
WHITECITAPE L.—Meadow flay, 2/ 5s to 4/; Clover
ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ ; and Straw, I/ lOs to 1/ 13s per load.
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.

AND I. WO) EN HALL .
Prime Beef and Mutton sold freely ; other kinds of meat
slowly, at our quotations. Beef, 2s 4d to 3s. 6d; Mutton,
3s 4(1 to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4il to 4s Gd ; and Pork, 35 4d to
4s 8d per 81bP.

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63s
HEAT. 1
46s
BARLEY. 127 sI27s
OATS. i46s
RRE. i4ss
BEANS. I
iOs PEAS.
PRICE •• 9d 8d 6d Od 9d Od
DUTY... 4s Od 2s Od Is Od 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od

PRIVY COUNCIL--(THIS DAY.)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
to-day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords
present were Lord Brougham, the Master of the Rolls
(Lord Langdale), the Judge of the Admiralty Court
(Dr. Lushington), the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn-
wall (the Right Hon. Pemberton Leigh), Sir E. H. East,
and Sir E. Ryan.

they remained those connected with both lines enjoyed
refer-ltr-,(nts p,hlrron. Nev pr heard that the de-
fendant had anything to do with the Oxford and Western
line. The defendant said if the plans were prepared in
time, with the aid of the Oxford and Western men, that
he should divide 50/. among them, and treat them to
champagne. The wine was ordered, with the consent of
Mr. Grey, and it was received, and he (witness) drank
part of it. Never heard that the plaintiff made any ob-
jection to supplying it. The defendant told the plaintiff
not to put the champagne in the bill, as he should pay
that himself, as he did not wish it to be s. en in the bill.
The plans were incomplete, and full of errors ; they were
deposited, but the Standing Orders Committee rejected
them. Mr. Higgins had become a bankrupt, and had not
paid him his claim in full. They had a very
good dinner on the Sunday, after depositing
the plans, and that was the occasion on which they
were treated with the champagne.—(Laughter.)
He was paid a certain sum per day by Mr. Higgins with
so much for expenses—eating, drinking, travelling, &c.
His engagement terminated on the 30th of November.

Re-examined—The room they were shown into was
the best in the house, and looked out back and front.
The defendant used the room like every one else. The
defendant went with the plans to the Board of Trade.
Edward Knuttley, examined by Mr. Sergeant SHIA—
Became a waiter at the Boar and Castle on the 29th of
November, the defendant and about ten other persons
dined on Sunday, the defendant occupying the chair.
The defendant gave him orders, and said on one or two
occasions to him that the gentlemen were to have what
they required. He was led to believe that Mr. Grey
was the responsible person. Brandy and water, cigars,
and slippers for the young surveyors were supplied on
his account.—(Roars of laughter.)
Cross-examined—Was not in the habit of receiving
orders from the chairman, because those who filled that
position had frequently nothing to do with the dinner,
except in their official capacity. He generally received
orders from a wine steward. Many of them had soda.
water, lemonade, and some preferred gin to brandy. A
party dined on Monday after Mr. Grey left.
Horatio Knight, head-waiter at the tavern at the time
in
_question, deposed that the defendant took the head of
the table. He always understood that he was the head
of the party. He generally gave him orders. The bill
produced was correct, and the charges were those of the
house.

Cross-examined—A bar book was kept by Miss
Saunders, the barmaid ; 121. 12s. was charged for the
three servants, including the chambermaid.
Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS—I am afraid the cham-
bermaid had little to do, as there was so little sleeping.
Mary Knowles, the chambermaid, said the party oc-
cupied six or seven beds, which they used by turns;
some sleeping in the day, and others in the night; when
one got up another took his place, and she had to make
the beds at unseasonable hours of the day and night.
This was the plaintiff's case.
(The case was proceeding when our report left.)

that there was every reason to suppose be must have
I seen his name in the advertisements referred to.
This was the case for tiro plairAiitf.
Dui ald 11Tarlane, of the Regis,:er Office, produced
the registery of the, company. The first registration was
in the name of Gadsden alone, but, subs( quently, the
names of a number of provisional directors were regis-
tered ; among others that of Mr. Nicholson. The names
were written all in one hand-writing, that of the secre-
tary he supposed.
Mr. Lees was recalled, and deposed to his having
been present ut the allotment of the shares, and that
100 were set apart for the defendant. It was, he believed,
in pursuance of the letter received from the latter. He
understood that letters were sent to all parties to whom
shares were issued. Mr. Jacobs was at that time pro.
tem. secretary, and it would be his business to send the
letters. At this time Gadsden had ceased to be secre-
tary, having been dismissed.
George Adam Jacobs said he was acting secretary in
November last year. On the Bth of December he sent
out the notices of the allotment to the applicants for
shares. They were given to a clerk to be posted. The
capital was fixed at 2,500,0001., but out of all the shares
issued there was but 1501. paid up. Not one of the
provisional directors had paid anything on their shares.
Cross-examined—The panic had taken place before
this time, but he could not say what the reasons were
that caused an allotment of shares under such circum-
stances. Ile was not aware that the provisional board of
directors were the real parties who were conducting this
prosecution, in order to place all the expenses on the ge-
neral provisional directors.
John Johnson, clerk to the company, proved the post-
ing of the allotment letters, and among others one to
Mr. Nicholson,

Tha CHAIRMAN considered the terms offered by the
Eastern Counties Company were very inadequate to the
value of their property, and he, therefore, b,pcd they
vould follow the example of the former meeting, and re-
ject them unanimously. He had no doubt whatever that
eventually the East Anglian lines would pay 101. per
cent., but still a bird in the hand was worth two in the
bush, and he should not object to the 7i- per cent.
The same resolutions agreed to by the former proprie-
tors were agreed to at the present meeting,

LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY.

A meeting of the proprietors of this line was then
held, and Mr. Lacy having resumed the chair, the reso-
lutions agreed to at the former meetings were then put
from the chair, and carried unanimously.

CAPE OF GOOD ,HOPE.
We have received private advices and papers from
Cape Town to the 10th of October. The items of mili-
tary news inserted below are interesting, though not
important. Colonel Hare, the Lieutenant •Governer,
had reached Cape Town, on his way to England, " his
health having sunk (it is stated) under the fatigues and
distractions of the frontier service." The copious rains
that have fallen in the region of the Kafir frontier had
restored the rivulets, supplied the tanks, increased the
volume of the rivers, and brought great relief to the ve-
getable and animal world. We add to our extracts from
the journals an official document relative to the finances
of the colony.
(From the South African Commercial Advertiser, Oct. 7.)
The principal news of this week is that Mr. Deputy
Commissary General Palmer proceeds to the frontier by
the Thunderbolt. Mr. Palmer is an able and active
officer, and, without ascribing blame to those at their
posts in this department at Port Elizabeth, Graham's
Town, or anywhere else, it has been felt that there was
a blank somewhere which he is expected to fill up. The
Commissariat is the real basis of military operations.
Powder and ball are not more indispensable than flour
and biscuit. A hungry horse is as powerless as an
empty cannon. This department has been roundly ac-
cused of inefficiency, and there has been much suffering
from hunger and cold among the " levies." But if their
mouths were not shut by the form of the service, it' is
affirmed by their friends that they could make out a strong
case in defence, partly by dissproving innumerable state
ments made to their disadvantage, partly by bringing
forward difficulties which their accusers are either igno-
rant of or willingly overlook, and partly by showing an
amount of work done for which the world would applaud
them, if duly informed. For instance, the loss of so
many scores of waggons laden with provisions and stores
to the enemy was through no fault of their department.
The obstruction on the lines of road, caused first by the
enemy and then by the drought, must not be placed to
their account. And if it be true, as has been publicly
stated, that some 25,000 people have been, and are still,
receiving rations from Government, notwithstanding dis-
comfiture and drought, this department cannot possibly
have been so deficient as individual sufferers may be led
to think, or individual censors to declare. In all wars
there will be suffering on both sides, and the character
of the enemy and of the country in the present contest
is peculiarly fatal to the collection and transmission of
stores for troops in the field. The main force of this
enemy is always in your rear, or on your flanks. He
yields before you as water before a vessel under sail, but
he closes behind you in the same manner, and your
march leaves no more solid or safe track for supplies' to
follow than a ship does on the sea. In all these con-
siderations there is the force of truth, yet the fact that
the principal officer in this branch of the service pro-
ceeds immediately to the frontier is universally regarded
as a piece of good news. And if he had authority to
take a few hundred mules with him, the news would be
better still, as those ,animals are superior ,to oxen for
emergencies in Kafir warfare.
Connected with the Commissariat, the latest intelli-
gence from Waterloo Bay is not altogether unfavour-
able, but it by no means relieves Government from the
duty of surveying the bay, or bight, or creek at the
mouth of the Buffalo in the centre, as it were, of tht
enemy's country, and of the future settlements and forts
to be placed, as they now must be, in advance, for thi.
protection of the colony. In that place Mr. John
Findlay, of this town, anchored, and remained at anchor
for 72 days, in 1835, and landed supplies within the rives
itself, without loss or damage to a single bag or package.
lie considers the anchorage good. The bottom re-
sembles that in Table Bay—sand above clay. He never
shifted his ground all the time the vessel lay there, and
on coming away be had a good pull to haul up his anchor,
on the palm of which there was stiff blue clay. The lay
of the lands and headlands is such that none of the
stormy winds blow directly on shore. In the most dan-
gerous gales the ship's head can be carried seaward, and
escape is easy. In northerly gales in Table Bay, and
southerly winds in Algea Bay, if you part from your
anchors, there is nothing but the beach for you. Mr.
Findlay is of opinion that anchoring is always safer here,
and landing goods practicable a greater number of days in
the year than in Algoa Bay. Such statements from so ex-
perienced a hand as Mr. Findlay, who knows and has known
for more than half a century what bays, and beaches, and
bars, and winds, and surfs, and rollers are in every part of
the world, but more especially on African coasts, justify, or
rather demand, his Excellency's most serious attention in
the present circumstances of his government. A good, or
even practicable landing for supplies at this point in Kafir-
land, in connexion with Waterloo Bay, is equal, in a
military point of view, to a force of 2,000 or 3,000 men,
500 cavalry, and thousands of draught cattle, constantly
in motion ; even a much greater force than this has not
succeeded in dragging and protecting supplies from
Algoa Bay to the neighbourhood of the Fish River and
Buffalo mouths, in time for effective service. A coasting
vessel, proceeding from Algoa Bay, may in a few days
land at the Buffalo mouth—if it be such as Mr. Findlay
thinks it —2OO tons of supplies, which 3,000 oxen, led
and driven by some 600 men, and guarded by nobody
knows how many armed men on foot or mounted, would
hardly convey to head-quarters on the Fish River or
Buffalo, in as many weeks, to say nothing of the compa-
rative expense, which would be estimated low as at
pounds to shillings.
Government may itself cause the Buffalo as well as
Waterloo Bay to be surveyed, and experiments made
of landing and shipping cargo ; or it may contract with
merchants to land supplies at so much a ton, or bag,
or cask, on the beach at either of those places, a
sufficient force being stationed at the Buffalo or at Wa-
terloo Bay for protection in the mean time. It may be
that landing may be possible at the one, when it is not
so at the other, and where such a war as the present is
protracted solely from insufficient supplies, no possibility
of procuring them can be neglected without incurring
blame, amounting perhaps to guilt.
Besides mules and horses, if to be had, Mr. Palmer
should be authorised to collect, or order to be made, some
hundreds of light waggons, or carts, or frames on wheels,
on which two or four of these creatures can pull along
1,000 or 1,500 pounds weight of provisions as fast as
troops can march, and almost wherever troops can
march. This lighter array could often act where heavy
waggons with from twelve to eighteen oxen are stopped,
or disabled by a few shots from the enemy, to the con-
fusion of a whole convoy, as at Block Drift and Trom-
petter's. The Kafirs are now scattered or rather dif
fased everywhere, in small parties, for the purpose of
procuring food for themselves, and with the design of
cutting off supplies, so as to starve the poits and ad-
vanced portions of the army. This is their plan. In
their circumstances a better could not have been de-
vised, though with them it is as much the result of
necessity as of science. To civilised troops such a' foe
is perplexing and even humiliating. They are baffled
by an enemy whom they scarcely ever see, or see only
as he flies from them. The parties are at pi esent hold-
ing each other in a state of siege or blockade, and the
contest will be determined by hunger at last. Hence the
incalculable value of an active and steady commissariat
—a commissariat that has resources, ingenuity, inven-
tion, foresight. The Kafirs 'are beginning to suffer from
hunger. This is a prelude to their submission, and un-
remitting vigilance must check their supplies. Indeed,
their commissariat stores, which have hitherto been in
the colony, are pretty nigh exhausted. Some more of
the chiefs have surrendered at discretion, as Stock has
done. The great chiefs still propose terms—but it is
expected that unconditional submission will be insisted
on After breaking faith and spurning friendship, they
must now be made to feel without mitigation the heavy
hand of a master.

FINANCES OF THE COLONY.
Chamber of the Legislative Council,
Sept. 30, 1846.
The subjoined minute and estimates of the probable
revenue and expenditure for the services of the year
1847, were this day read, laid upon the table, and di-
rected to be published.
IPM. HOPE, Clerk of the Legislative Council.
MINUTE—FINANCE.
Rafirland, Camp near the Fish River Mouth,
Sep. 15, 1846.
Fiona arable Gentlemen,—The cause which has de-
ferred the placing before you of the estimates of revenue
and expenditure for 1847 till this unusually late period
of the year, and which now prevents me from submitting
them in person for your consideration, renders the framing
of them more than generally difficult, and necessitates
the introduction into some parts of them of considerable
doubt and uncertainty.
The disturbance in our social system, caused by the
disruption of our peaceful relations with the neighbour-
ing Kafir tribes, and the ensuing war, will probably
affect some sources of revenue, and particularly will
lessen the amounts usually received from auction dues,
land rents, transfer dues, stamps, and sales of Crown lands.
I have, therefore, made an abatement in the estimated
receipts. under those heads; and you will find the total
revenue- available for 1847 to be 155,2351.45. 9d.
It is impossible to foresee accurately what items of
extra expenditure may have to be defrayed in the en-
suing year on account of the Kafir war; I have, there-
fore, omitted such charges from the estimate which I lay
before you, and have calculated the ordinary expendi-
ture at 161,8541. 15s. 10d leaving an anticipated balance
at the clos2 of 1847 of 3,380/. Bs. 11d. This surplus
will, I trust, be found applicable to the payment of any
unforeseen charges which may grow out of the present
war.

The notes which are appended to the several estimates
of expenditure for the various departments of the ser-
vice will explain to you the increase or decrease which
I propose! in the charges for the ensuing year, as com-
pared with those of 1846. The only points on which I
need specially remark are the following:—
The office of lieutenant-governor of the eastern dis-
tricts is still under the consideration of her Majesty's
Government. I propose, therefore, to retain the item of
2,765/. in the. estimate for it, which, under altered cir-
cumstances, will be applicable to whatever arrangements
may be me,de for the management of frontier affairs.
The termination of the treaties with the bordering
Kafir tribes will render unnecessary the continuance of
the machinery by which they have been made effective ;
but as some new charges are likely to arise in the place
of those), which will never cease, I have inserted under the
head or :aboriginal native tribes the item of 2,3111. 10s.,
which is 1,1541. 9s. less than the estimate of last year.
You v6ll understand that great uncertainty attaches to
this s.n the preceding item, which under our present
circumstances do not admit of accurate calculation.
Unuder the judicial department you will perceive an
increase of 1,000/., for the salaries of the four resident
magistrates who have been appointed in the room of the
late sp cial justices, at the rate of salary recommended
by you:selves.
You, will find a new head of expenditure in the present
estimates for the establishment of the British residents
anavng the tribes beyond the north-east border. The
, fav purl ale operation of the system, which has been there

partially introduced, will, I hope, convince you of
utility of this charge. For 11147 it will amount to 779/. "w'
I shall have also to ask you fur a supplementary vote for
the expenses of the establishment, from its commence-
i talent up to the close of the present year.
The only remaining item which I have to explain is,
Ithat of 5,0001. for the construction of water tanks in the
country districts. lam desirous that the mode of pre-
serving water which is practised with perfect success in
other dry countries should be attempted in this colony
on a considerable scale. If it succeeds here, as I have
no reason to doubt, it will relieve our greatest agricul-
tural want. It seems desirable that the Government
should take the matter in hand, and at least set an
example for private enterprise. If you approve this
view, you will probably concur with me in thinking,
that the route through the Great Karroo country, by
which droves of cattle are brought to markets, is one of
the most important tracts which we can select for our
experiment. Under these impressions, I submit for
your consideration whether we cannot afford to devote
5,0001. of the revenue for next year to this important
object. (Signed) P. MAITLAND.
AB

OLITION OP THE PUNISH-
MENT OF DEATH.

A public meeting waslield last evening at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to promote the abolition of
the punishment of death. There was a numerous at-
tendance, the large room being filled to excess. Alder-
man Sidney filled the chair. Amongst those present
were Rev. Dr. Mortimer, Mr. D. W,nWeeinret: Mitir..WF.rTankhorHn: borow, Mr. J. Meredith, Mr. Vincent,
Leuthall, Mr. T. A. Tagg, Mr. H. Rickman, Mr. C. Gil-
pin, Mr. J. W. Greene, and Mr. Joseph Marsh.
The CHAIRMAN said he had had some experience of
the effect of capital punishment upon the great mass of
society, and he had come to the opinion, after the most
mature deliberation, that the continuance of the system
was not justified ; that it was unnecessary in the present
state of society, as such exhibitions, instead of inculcat-
ing a deeper moral lesson, brutalised those who wit-
nessed them. He thought they were, therefore,
justified in demanding its abrogation from the
Legislature, or, at least, its suspension, for seven
years.—(Hear, hear.) Not many years ago, from
150 to 200 offences were punishable by death, but since
the extreme penalty of the law had been abolished with
respect to all save the crime of murder, not only had
those crimes diminished in magnitude, but in numbers.
On the grounds of expediency, morality, and, above all,
on the higher ground of. Christianity, they were per-
fectly justified in calling on the Legislature to abolish
' it. The omniscience of the law was often vaunted ; but
he had the authority of Sir Fitzroy Kelly for stating
that during the last few years fifteen innocent persons
had been hung—how many more might have died whose
innocence it might not have been in the power
of man to trace ; it was impossible to tell.
The commandment, " Whoso sheddeth man's blood by
man shall his blood be shed," was susceptible of more
meaning than the one generally received, but he could
not go to the length of stating that it was wholly un-
justified by Scripture.
Mr. D. W. WIRE eloquently dealt with the scriptural
-bjections to the abolition of the punishment of death,
and held that there was no authority in the Scriptures to
justify such vindictive justice. Even if the Scriptures
gave the power to inflict it where it was found beyond
doubt that the great end of punishment—the reforms-
Lion of the criminal was destroyed, and no example en-
forced, it was wholly unnecessary to continue it. The
time was coming on when juries would shrink with re-
pugnance from finding men guilty of murder on ac-
count of the punishment. He quoted the opinion
of Alderman Harmer, to show this reluctance to con-
vict on the part of juries, who were glad to find
out any crotchet through which they might acquit him.
If the punishment was exemplary, why not, to quote
from Punch, bring all the charit) schools and children to
behold it ?—(Cheers.) Example forsooth l it had been
ascertained that out of 164 executions which had taken
place, 162 of the malefactors had witnessed capital
punishments. It rather stimulated than deterred.
Thieves knew that murder was the only crime visited
with the extreme penalty of the law, and abstained
from it ; but when robbery was so punished they mur-
dered to screen their crimes.—(Hear.) Thousands of
punishments might be adopted more severe than the
punishment of death.—(Hear.) If a man were
imprisoned for life—if his name and memory were
blotted out—he would be living, a terrible example
to others. In Tuscany and Belgium capital punish-
ment had been abolished with excellent effect.—(Cheers.)
He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that
the punishment of death is opposed to the spirit of
Christianity—that it does not answer its design—that
its effects are demoralising—that it sometimes involves
the destruction of the innocent by judicial process, and
at others favours the escape of the guilty, thus foster-
ing the crime it was meant to suppress.
The Rev. Dr. MORTIMER seconded the motion. He
referred to an assertion made by Lord John Russell,
that the treatment of criminals was'a problem yet to be
solved—and contended that capital punishment was op-
posed to the true interpretation of the holy Scriptures
—that it cut off a sinner in the midst of his sin
—fhat it gave him no opportunity for true
repentance, and was opposed to the very
essence of punishment which ought to be remedial and
not vindictive. As the treatment of prisoners was yet
a problem, there was no reason that solitary punishment
should be alone adopted. There was great reluctance
in juries to find persons concerned in fatal duels guilty
on account of the penalty, but if there was a minor
punishment the reverse would occur. The same might
be said with respect to the crime of infanticide, as
nineteen out of every twenty charged with this crime
are acquitted of the higher and found guilty of the
minor offence.

Mr. HENRY BROOKS proposed an amendment to the
effect that the meeting deeply deplored and commiserated
the distressed condition of the people, and considered
that capital punishment ought to be abolished,
but the meeting, with but one dissentient, voted the
first part of the amendment irrelevant to the object for
which the meeting had been called.
Mr. HENRY VINCENT submitted to the meeting a
petition to the Legislature, praying for the abolition of
capital punishment. lie held, in a speech replete with
fervent eloquence, which was listened to and received
with great applause, that the scriptures did not justify
the taking away of human life—that Christ did not
come to the earth to preach revenge--to strike blow
tor blow, but mercy and forbearance, and it was im-
pious in fallible man to step in between the created and
the Creator, instead of allowing the man to liv( his
natural period and to meret his God, and to receiver
sentence at His hands. Murderers were not terrified by
the punishment which would be inflicted upon them if
they were discovered and found guilty. The actuating
principle was the fear of detection. He drew a vivid
picture of the neglected outcast children of London., the
children of the depraved and the criminal, being led by
curiosity to an execution, and of being thus perrerted
and brutalised, and fitted for the course of life which
their parents were pursuing. There was a strong and
growing feeling in favour of the abrogation of C 4 apital
punishment, and the people, if they spoke out, would
have their wishes complied with. Let them contio ue to
agitate, and let them take Lord John Russell a t his
word, and teach him how to solve the problem of cri-
minal.punishment.

Mr. J. MILLER seconded the adoption of the pet ition,
which was unanimously carried.
A vote of thanks having beenpassed to the Chaiiman,
whieh was suitably acknowledged, the numerous aks,sem-
blage separated.

CAPTAIN WARNER'S LONCir
RANGE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—The experiments with Mr.
Warner's apparatus for destroying ships or other oil jects,
at a " long range," have been tried, and, as we s ex-
pected, terminated in their total failure.
The officers selected by Government were CA Lptain
Chads, C. 8., Colonel Chalmers, R.E., and ID olonel
Dundas, R.A. The Master-General of the Ord name
(the Marquis of Anglesey) gave them a spot to ti 7 the
" long range," on his estate, in the island of Aug lesey.
It was a valley, eight miles in length, and at the ex treme
exact
to bearings
fire
e in were
that fdi uri ,fished.
, n ec
end there was a solitary tree ; of course this • could
not be seen from the ground where Mr. vuarner
butas the
requested
M wasr. placed,
Wa r 2 r was
and endeavour to strike the tree, or propel :s. shell
near it ; two of the officers stationed thei 1 I Ise ves
at proper distances to observe the
result; afte r some
time bad elapsed, in Mr. Warner
getting all: ready,
which he kept a profound secret, not being in I. rfered
with by any of the commi •
ttee, the explosion to' place,
but the shell fell very far short of theobject ; several
other trials afterwards were made, but on r Tasion
did the shell ever reach three miles. After som e time
Mr. Warner admitted that he had failed in his ex-
periments, and the investigation finished.
The foregoing is a brief statement of the result; of this
much agitated question. A sum of 1,5001. had be en ad-
vanced by Government to Mr. Warner, to enable him to
purchase the requisite materials and defray his ex:yenses,
which he was to refund if the experiment failed.. Now
that the Government have by this trial satisfiied the
public that
Mr. Warner's " long range " is an imergzinary
and impracticable scheme, and that the question: is set-
tled, the repayment of the 1,5002 will not be pre tsed.
The official report has been made to the Master-
general of the Ordnance. One of the officer 3 was so
satisfied that thee long range" would prover A failure,
that he stood under the tree during the explosi on.

A CHILD LEFT IN A HAMPER AT MISS BURDETT
Coms's.—Yesterday an inquest was held. before Mr.
Bedford, at the Barley Mow, Mount-stree`.4 Grosvenor-
square, on the body of a male child, found under the
circumstances :—Mary Hanl(.fy, the wife of
Burdettg Coutts's coachman, said that on Saturday
night she inshe was 'going in by tlra couch-house gates, in
Stratton-street, Piccadilly, -when she saw a hamper
placed on the outside. A policeman coming by at the
moment, she called his attention to it, ano he opened it.
It was found to contain the body of a fine male child,
wrapped up in a linen napkin., and a sheet of paper was
placed on the top. It was, taken to the workhouse, but
there were no marks to :lead to the discovery of the
parties. Mr. Bloxham, surgeon, had opened the body,
and had no doubt the child'. was born alive. On Examin-
ing the head, he found efeasion of the brain, which had
been produced in the labour:, and was the cause of death.
*Vcrdict" Died from natural causes."
SUDDEN D HATA AT A RAILWAY STATI0151:0II
Tuesday morning, a gentleman, named Francis, a soli-
citor, of Monument-yard, London, left Battings, with
his daughter, to go to London, but on their arrival at
the Brighton terminus, Mr. Francis, who, we and eratand,
was between sixty and seventy years of age, w'is, taken
suddenly ill, and before medical assistance could ?JO pro-
cured he was a corpse. _

•
The last accounts from the department Dv i Nord
speak of an almost general fall in the price of eorn.--•
Par i Rarer.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Nov. 30.—The usual weekly meeting of the
Repeal Association was held this day at Conciliation
Hall. Among the members present were Mr. O'Connell,
M. P., Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P., Capt. Broderick, So,
At one o'clock, on the motion of Mr. O'Connell, the
chair was taken by Mr. Ambrose Sullivan, T.C.
The Secretary having read the minutes of the last

meeting,
Mr. O'CoNreil rose to hand in the subscriptions o f
himself and sons for the month of December, and in
doing so said he would take the opportunity of mention-
ing that the tenth audit of the accounts of the Associa-
tion had just taken place.—(Hear, hear.) It had
lately been completed, and a balance struck, which he
was sorry to say was in his favour, for it appeared that
the Association owed him 971. 10s. 9d.—(Cheers.)
It was their tenth audit, and Mr. Ray, the Secre-
tary, was, as usual, ready to show the accounts to any
member who wished to see them, even from the begin-
ning,
if they choose ; and be would venture to assert,
and challenge denial, that no mercantile house in the
city could boast of clearer accounts ; he would challenge
even the Bank of Ireland. It had been said that they
destroyed all the vouchers after each audit. Now, he
wished to say, that there never was a greater untruth,
as the fact was, that every item, to the amount of three
halfpence, was vouched, and the vouchers retained—so
that they amounted at that moment to 73,348.—
(Cheers.) All those documents wens to be seen posted
in books, and numbered and dated, and easily referred
to. That was all he had to say as to the accounts. He
would not say more, and he could not say less ; and
he would not have gone so far, were it not better that
the public should know these facts. (Hear, hear.)
Having cleared his conscience on this subject, he (Mr.
O'Connell) would proceed to clear it regarding an-
other matter. (Hear, hear.) The Evening Mail,
and other Tory papers, had lately alleged that he
was giving up Repeal ; and in proof of their assertion
as to his being a traitor, they had stated that he
was invited to a dinner at the Reform Club some time
back, and refused to go if " Repeal" was not drunk,—
(Loud cries of " Hear")—and that lately he dined there
—(Hear)—when it was not drunk.—(Hear, hear.) Now,
this was another gross falsehood of the Tory press, and
he would explain the facts as they really existed. There
were two dinners proposed to be given by the club—
one a dinner to him (Mr. O'Connell) and the other an
ordinary house dinner ; to the former of which he re-
fused to go, if "Repeal" was not drank ; but as to the
latter, he, of course, could make no stipulation.—(Hear,
hear.) He refused to go to the only dinner offered to
himself, unless " Repeal" was a toast ; for no entertain-
ment would be a compliment to him if it was not drank.
—(Hear.) But at the other dinner he could not give it,
because he only presided in the absence of the Lord
Mayor, and because there were several persons present
in whose presence it could not be introduced. The
Learned Gentleman, in conclusion, handed in 201. from
Dean Burke, of Clonmel, and read a long letter from him
advocating the moral force doctrines of the association,
which he moved for insertion on the minutes.
Mr. STEELE seconded the motion, which passed, and
in doing so referred to the meeting of the Young Ire-
lenders advertised to take place on Wednesday evening,
and stated that Mr. O'Brien was never flattered by the
association whilst a member.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he could not but differ from the
Head Pacificator, for he felt that he did flatter Mr.
O'Brien.—(Hear.) He certainly never calumniated
him, but he threw a little too much honey into the
water.—(Laughter.)
Some more subscriptions having been acknowledged,
Mr. O'CONNELL again came forward, for the purpose
as he stated, of referring to the late dispute between
him and the Times.—(Hear.) That paper, as the pub-
lic were aware, published a paragraph with regard
to his tenantry, stating " that they were starving,"
which was intended to apply to him, and which he
was, of course, obliged to deny.—(Gear, hear.)
He denied it in the fullest manner, and the Times
left out his denial from their report, in order to attack
him in an article on the following day, in which he was
charged with not denying that those unfortunate tenants
were his.—(Hear.) At the last meeting of the Associa
Zion he (Mr. O'Connell) had exposed this conduct b.)
referring to the report of his speech in the Freeman's
Journal, and to the notes of Mr. Hodges, the Govern.
.went reporter ; yet, such was the justice of the Times
that it had made no apology for its error. Having said
so much, he was now done with the Times, he hoped, for
ever.—(Cheers.) The Learned Gentleman then made
his usual weekly report from the city registry, by which
it appeared that the repealers were in a' majority of 91.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL brought forward the third report
from the " Religious Grievance Committee," and, in
doing so, made a lengthened speech.
The Rev. Mr. WYNNE seconded the adoption of the
report. He referred to the Royal Hospital in the Park,
and accused the Governor with conducting it in a manner
so as to proselytise the Roman Catholics who were in it.
—(Hear.) He alsc said that of the thirty officers it con
tained there was not a single Roman Catholic; and then
called upon the Government to give equal encourage
meat to the children of the soldier of one religion as
Another, by appointing teachers of both creeds.—(Hear.)
Mr. STEELE having made a speech in support of the
motion, it was carried.
Mr. O'CoststEta. then (at three o'clock) came forward
to make the speech of the day. He said, that it was
their first duty to do something to work out repeal, as
they appeared there as firm, uncompromising repealers,
who would consent to no postponement or qualification
of the question. If incidents had occurred which
threw them out of the straight struggle, they should be
disregarded, and they should, under every circumstance,
work for repeal, and nothing less. He (Mr. O'Connell)
bad formed that Association, established it upon
its great " moral force" basis, and he was as free
then to carry out its objects as he was at the beginning.
Now, when he said it was their first duty to work out
repeal, he was of course obliged to listen to those who
asked, " what were their prospects and resources ?"
His reply, as to their prospects, was, that they were
melancholy, owing to the frightful state of the country,
which was in a condition of famine and misery. The
want of food was heard in every district—in fact, such
misery, even in unfortunate Ireland, was never known
'before.—(Hear, hear.) It was natural that they should
as:: themselves the cause of this misery, and he would
answer' the question—the Union was the cause of it.—
(Cheers.) No one would attempt to assert that the
mere failure of the crop of the article of food for a
single year would canse it, but for the Union, as he
would show to demonstration. The potato crop of Bel-
gium had failed during the previous year, but there was
no bad result, for she was a free country, having a Par-
liament of her own, and she got over the difficulty in
consequence. There the ports were at once opened to
supply food. Not so in Ireland, for although misery
and destitution were stalking through the land, no such
move was made. Now, in saying this, he (Mr. O'Con-
nell) did not accuse the Government or the Board of
Works with idleness, or negligence, for he knew
they had much to do ; but still he could not but feel
that Ireland would be in a better condition if she had her
own Parliament, because! it would be found that there
was no country ever placed in such a position as she was
at that moment, as to destitution—destitution which
ether countries similarly affected did not suffer ; in fact,
there was nothing in history which could be looked upon
as a parallel, and it was all owing to the Union. If it
should happen that an additional infliction should fall
upon them next year—if the frost, whieh had set in,
were to continue—what, he would ask, would be the
condition of Ireland that day twelve months ? He was
almost horror-stricken at the very idea of the food re-
maining in the country being destroyed.—(Hear, hear.)
He sickened at the thought, yet he did not blame the
Union for the famine, but he blamed it for having im-
poverished the country to such an extent that the Irish
people were deprived of the power which the Belgians
had of supporting themselves. The Learned Gentle-
man then went on to quote the speeches of Lord Clare
and Mi. Pitt on the question of the Union ; and next
proceeded to refer to the Young Inlanders, whom
he said, were all guilty of high treason • for, professing
themselves as the advocates of "physical force." They
had compared themselves to the "Literary Phalanx '
of France—and what was that Phalanx composed of ?
—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would tell them :
it was composed of three infidels, who had even gone to
the extent of burning the library of the archbishop ;
tut the Young Irelanders had fortunately no library to
burn, unless they went to the College ; and if they did it
was more likely the parties would have to resort to their
awn favourite weapon, physical force, and kick them
cut.—(Cheers.) What was their physical force com-
posed of ? The Nation.
Mr. STEELE—There organ.
Mr. O'CosekeL said the Nation was only a barrel or-
gan, and a very bad one. In conclusion the Honourable
Gentleman announced his intention of bringing on the
question of repeal in the Dublin Corporation, and calling
on all the municipal bodies to adopt the same course. He
anticipated the best possible result from this line of pro-
ceeding.
The rent for the week amounted to 461. 14s. ad.
THE DEATHS FROM STARVATION AT SEIBBEREEN.
The inquest on the bodies of the three men reported
to have died of starvation, were held in the Court-house
of Skibbereen on Thursday, before the county coroner
and a respectable jury, and the result certainly goes to
substantiate the charge of neglect so frequently urged
vgainst the Board of Works. After a F.!ient investiga •
ton, the jury brought the following ...:diet :—" We
find that deceased, Denis Bohdllte, died on the 11th in-
attnt, on the road at Drishane, from want of food, occa-
sioned by his not having received the fortnight's wages
due to him on the Tragumina-road."

EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER IN THE CAMBRIDGE
REGIS' ER.—The Register of Electors of this borough
for the next year was published yesterday, and we un-
derstand that a most serious blunder has been made by
the omission from the Register of the names of no less
than 49 persons who made their claims to be placed
thereon at the last registration, and whose claims were
allowed by the revising barrister. The number we have
mentioned is composed of 27 Liberals and 22 Tories.
We are unable at present to ascertain who is in fault in
the matter ; but whether it be the revising barrister or
any other person, most serious responsibility rests some-
where for this wholesale disfranchisement, and the mat-
ter
demands (what we doubt not it will obtain) the most
rigid investigation. If the law provides any means of
obtaining compensation in such a case we think that
those parties who took the trouble to make their claims
tad neglected their businessufuort the purpos of attending
the Revising Barrister's Court to support them, and
whose exertions are now utterlyr fruitless, will be per-
fectly justified in taking procdings against the cul-
pable party, be he whom he may.—Cambridge Adver-
tiser.

HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT Rooms.—Mr. and Mrs.
T. H. Severn give a grand evening concert this evening
at these rooms, when will be perform. d for the first
time, a serenata, entitled " The Spirit of the Shell," in
which Miss Birch, Miss Cubitt, an] other eminent
artistes, take part.