The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

THE RIVER PLATE.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 4.—The Danish brig Fides, Cap-
tain Closter, arrived off this afternoon, direct from
Monte Video, and on receipt of orders proceeded for
Antwerp. This vessel sailed from the Plate on the 4th
of September, and confirms the accounts recently re-
ceived by packet from Rio de Janeiro, as to the affairs
between the belligerent parties being likely to be soon
amicably settled by the intervention of Mr. Rood,
who had quitted Monte Video about the Ist of September,
in order to have an interview with Rosas, which, it was
anticipated, would conclude favourably and lead to the
early removal of the blockade. The Gorgon still re-
mained at Monte Video.

SECOND CROP or APPLES.-A Correspondent has
forwarded to our office a bunch of young apples and a
bunch of apple blossom, just gathered frfroma tree in the
orchard of Derry Farm, Glamorganshire. They are a
remarkable evidence of the mildness of the season, at
least in that quarter of the island. A new growth of
orchard fruit in November is something almost unpre-
cedented. It is some compensation, we must admit, for
the failures in vegetation by which the commencement
of this memorable year was rendered so lamentably re-
markable.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE....-In the Italian
journal of Milan (11 Pirata) of October 27, just come to
hand, we find the following declaration :—" We are
authorised by the celebrated singer, Signor Cavaliere G.
B. Rubini, to give contradiction (Ismentire) to the asser-
tions published by certain journals that he is engaged by
the new company at Covent Garden. If he should con-
template re-appearing in London, it will be at the theatre
of Signor Lumley, as he most formally promised to him;
the friendship so long existing betwixt them being the
same as ever.

Finn AND Loss or LlFE.—This morning, about
nine o'clock, a fire, attended with fatal results, took
place in King-square, Goswell-street. It appears that a
person residing in one of the houses retired to bed this
morning rather in liquor, and about the time above
specified the upper part of the premises were discovered
on fire. Messengers were sent for the engines, and very
promptly those of the A and B sections of the London
establishment, with that of the West of England Com-
pany, with firemen, arrived at the scene of the calamity.
There being no want of assistance, the engines were
most vigorously worked for nearly half an hour, when
the flames were prevented from extending their destruc-
tion, but not until the upper portion of the house was
destroyed. The firemen afterwards entered, and found
the lodger burnt in a most frightful manner amongst the
partly burnt furniture of the first floor room. Our in-
formant did not bear the deceased's name.
BRITISH ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSOCIATION.
Last evening a public meeting of the members and friends
of this association was held at the London Tavern. Dr.
T. Price occupied the chair, supported by the Rev.
Messrs. Miall, Mursell, Cox, Burnett, Stephens, Wad-
dington, and several other ministers and gentlemen.

IRISH SAVINGS' BANKS.
(From the Times.)
In another place our readers will find an official return
which will do much to allay the anxiety excited by the
prospects of Ireland, though it will also suggest other
less agreeable reflections. It is an account of the
sums paid in and drawn out of the Irish
savings' banks in the year ending October 10, 1846.
Were superficial appearances and popular statements to
be entirely trusted, we should be justified in expecting
an immense deficiency of deposits as compared with re-
payments. At a time when it is vehemently protested
that there is no capital or stock of any kind, no funds to
pay wages or rent, it is natural to fear that the savings'
banks have become almost superfluous establishments.
One expects to be told that they are shut up, the accounts
wholly closed, and Government seriously embarrassed
by the vast aggregate withdrawn from its hands. Such,
we are sorry to say, is the case at this moment in
Frances where, if people are not lifting up their voices
quite so high as in Ireland, the weekly returns of the
savings' banks prove that their means are undergoing a
rapid exhaustion. It is far otherwise in Ireland. The
savings' banks there, with one great exception, to which
we shall shortly advert, never were more prosperous
than in this year of unprecedented distress. What in-
creases the marvel is, that their prosperity, in different
districts, appears to be exactly in proportion to the ex-
tent of the demands on public benevolence. The
more the people have wanted, the more they have had.
Under increasing distress there has happily existed a
mine of increasing wealth ; and while the Treasury has
been lavishing its bounties with the right hand, with the
left hand it has received a back current of comfortable
deposits. Of course one is only too happy to be as-
sured by so undeniable a proof that after all there is
solid bottom somewhere to this slough of despond. With
a sound substratum of increasing deposits the nation will
not sink quite overhead in the mire. At the same time
one feels very sure that no other country under the sun
could ever have presented so remarkable an inconsis-
tency between words and deeds. Connaught and Mun-
ster are the provinces which obtained the greatest amount
of relief during the twelvemonth ; and Galway, Mayo,
Roscommon, Sligo, Clare, Kerry, and Limerick were
the counties which made the strongest appeal to the
Imperial Treasury, and with the most successs.
Our readers will look with some curiosity to see how
they severally stand in the ledger of the savings'
bank. The sums " paid in " and the sum " drawn out "
by the trustees in the province of Connaught are
respectively 9,6001. and 4,4001. ; so that the province
had 5,000/. more in the savings' banks, it is to be
presumed, on October 10, 1846, than on the correspond-
ing day the previous year, though in the interval there
were two famines, two great measures of relief, two
general sinkings or risings, prostrations or insurrections,
whatever they are to be called, of the peasantry. This
at least is singular. We have heard of bankruptcies
being very profitable affairs. A man twice bankrupt, it
is said, ought to be rich. This does for individuals. But
for a whole population commend us to a famine. A few
more famines, and Ireland will become one of the
wealthiest countries in the world. The anatomie vivante
got a handsome subsistence by eating nothing, till some-
body was wicked enough to dog him to a pork-shop.
The population of Connaught bids fair to thrive wonder-
fully on rotten potatoes well sauced with " relief "
works. There's the true remedy for this mysterious
disease, which the English savans were so long look-
ing for, and with so little success. The receipt is as
follows:—Empty a cart-load of the infected potatoes
on one side of the road, and set fifty men to shovel the
heap to the other side, giving them ls. each for the
day's work, and you will find that the men will not
only exist on the potatoes, but will put by. The receipt
answers admirably in Connaught. Thus Mayo, which
a whole tribe of M'Hales are always declaring to be at
the point of starvation, drew out only 2,3001., and paid
in as much at 3,2001. Roscommon paid in 3,3001., and
drew out nothing. Sligo paid in 1,800/, and also drew
out nothing. Munster exhibits equally wonderful re-
sults. The whole province paid in 80,6991., and drew out
only 53,8001., thus improving its account to the hand-
some extent of 26,899/. We have frequently heard
economists pronounce the potato rot the making of Ire-
land, but we think they could hardly have anticipated
such immediate results. The particular instances are
some of them exceedingly striking. Clare one always
hears of very early in a famine. It occupies an equally
prominent position in this return. The Ennis trustees
" paid in" 7,100/., and drew out 3001., the difference in
the favour of the Clare contributors being no less than
6,8001. Kerry seems to have done very well considering.
'The trustees at Killarney had paid in 7,3001. and drawn
out 3,1001.—n0t nearly half. Tralee has not been equally
fortunate, or equally ingenious. It has paid in 4,800 L,
and drawn out 2,7001., which is rather more than half.
Limerick beats them all. Its trustees have paid in
18,2001:, only drawing out 3,3001. Really, the county
of Limerick cannot do better than confine itself,
for the future, to the cultivation of rotten pota-
toes. The exceptions are generally insignificant. The
only one of any importance is that which occurs in
Dublin itself, and has nothing to do with either the
potato rot or the relief measures. As much as 223,0001.
was drawn cut by St. Peter's parish, Dublin, between
the 25th of October, 1845, and the 3d of January, 1846,
in consequence of a rumour that the funds of that bank
were not sufficient to meet the demands of the depo•
sitars. Such is the explanation, given in the return.
The circumstance that this happened to be exactly the
period of the panic in the railway market may possibly
have something to do with it. So large a sum of course
gives an unfavourable 'result as far as the whole of Ire-
land is concerned; hut, taking Connaught and Munster
separately, the excess of deposits over the sums with-
drawn is 32,0991. We repeat that it is most gratif3ing
to be able thus to sound the depth of Irish distress. A
savings' bank, to be sure, is not the best form of
saving ; it is too much like hoarding for us. Far more
satisfactory is it to see capital wedded to industry-, in-
vested in stock, entrusted to the grateful soil, and
returning a better interest to its owners than 31 3 per
cent. We must say it is something like burying a
talent in a napkin to lend 1001. to so indifferent a
banker. That, however, just now is a minor considera-
tion. If the Irish peasantry have not such large heaps
of potatoes as usual, it is ckar they have better deposits.
Somehow or other they have managed to make up the
deficiency. We would fain hope that it is by a more
honest process than that of the mendicant, who knows
that his craft is gone as soon as his sore is healed. Fur
the sake of the British name, as well as their own, we
tru.t the Irish are not a nation of malingerers. One
thing, however, vie have a right to ask, and that is, that
when the pecuniary result of the two famines has been
thus far so decidedly favourable to the Irish, they should
give the British Government some credit for supplying
the deficiencies and mitigating the visitations of nature.
It is plain by the infallible rules of Cocker that the par-
tial destruction of one potato crop and the almost entire
destruction of the other, ought to have left the popula-
tion generally very much poorer. The actual result,
however, is far otherwise. Something has qualified the
inflictions of Providence and the deductions of arithmetic.
The compensation has happily prevailed over the cala-
mity. It is proved, in pounds, shillings, and pence, that
the Legislature possesses a claim to Irish gratitude.
That the claim will be acknowledged, even in the face of
t is return, we dare hardly expect.

IRELAND.

THE DISTRESS.-VOLUNTARY RELIEF.

DUBLIN, Nov. 4,—There are further gratifying evi-
dences of improvement in the accounts received from
the country this day, and there are far fewer statements
of destitution among the peasantry. The constabulary
returns received at the office in Dublin Castle, this
morning, do not report a single food outrage. The
system of voluntary relief is extending. The public
works are now pretty generally in operation ; and alto-
gether the reports are much more favourable. But,
nevertheless, there is still a vast amount of destitution,
and of terrible suffering in almost all parts of the country.
There are, in every locality, hundreds who are unable
to work, and for whom the poor-houses cannot afford
accommodation. It is only by such measures as those
adopted in Clonmel that those unfortunate beings can
obtain the means of existence. The subjoined is a re-
markable illustration of voluntary relief :-
1 " Clonmel, November 2.

"A very important meeting took place here today.
It originated with the Society of Friends (male and
female), whose character for humanity and benevolence
is so well known and appreciated. On this painfully-
interesting occasion the great principle of charity was
well sustained, all sects and classes having cheerfully
promised to co-operate with the good men who set on
foot a subscription for the purpose of establishing in
Clonmel a soup depot, where a substantial and nutritious
article might be obtained by all in need of it at a merely
nominal price.
" According to the present arrangement it is expected
that the committee will be able to give out daily 400
gallons, at about one penny per quart, and that the de-
creasing fund will be aided by occasional contributions.
The meeting to which I have just alluded in brief terms
was held in the Savings' Bank, and at which the mayor
presided. Considerable discussion took place ; but,
with the exception of differences as to minute details,
not a dissentient voice was heard ; all—all seemed in-
fluenced by one common impulse—namely, the desire to
rally round the poor at this season of awful privation.
Upwards of 100/. were subscribed on the spot, with a
promise of further aid when required. By Saturday,
I expect, the soup will be in process of distribution ;
and I have the assurance of a leading member of the
committee that the materials will be of the very best
description.
" I believe I may congratulate Clonmel on its being
the first town in the south to begin the good work. May
it go on and prosper ; and to our affluent neighbours I
would say—' Go, thou, and do likewise.'
" The benevolent rector of Clonmel, the Rev. Mr.
Palliser, was the second chairman on this occasion."
The following accounts are supplied by the provincial
journals :
COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—PUBLIC WORKS.

NENAGII, Nov. 4.—The expenditure on public works
in the baronies in this division of our county, namely,
Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and Owney and Arra,
under the county surveyor, A. 11. Crawford, RA., and
Lieutenant Miller, Royal Engineers, amounts in the
present week to between 1,0001. and 1,200/.
The Rev. James Bermingham, P.P. of Borrisokane,
thus writes to the Tipperary Vindicator:—" The Board
of Works have exhibited unusual activity in this district
for the last ten or twelve days. The consequence is,
that our apprehensions of food riots are diminishing, and
the spirit of sullen discontent is beginning to subside.
This state of things must be attributed, in a great mea-
sure, to that excellent officer Mr. Holmes, whose untir-
ing exertions to advance the public works and employ
the poor are beyond all praise."
OPPOSITION TO THE TRANSIT OF CORN —On Satur•
day last, about mid-day, a large body of men, women,
and children assembled on the road near Birdhill, to
prevent about fifty car loads of corn from being brought
into Limerick. Seven loads of the corn belonged to
Caleb Going, Esq., who, not wishing to see the unfor-
tunate peasantry shot down, ordered his drivers to re-
turn with it to Traverston. Mr. Tabuteau had been on
the spot at the time, with a party of military from Castle
Connell, and read the Riot Act, but seeing that the
owners of the corn did not wish to proceed to Limerick,
but preferred returning home with it, no injury to life
or property occurred.—Nenagh Guardian.
MEETING OF THE FARMING CLASSES.—We under-
stand that the farmers of Ardcroney and Borrisokane
parishes intend to hold a meeting on Thursday next, to
memorialise his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant to grant
a sum of money, by way of loan to farmers in proportion
to the quantity of land they hold, to enable them to till
their farms, and procure seed for the ensuing crops,
many of them being totally unable to do so, and thereby
be compelled to abandon all tillage for the next season.—
Nenagh Guardian.
COUNTY OF MAYO.

MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total num-
ber of deaths from all causes registered in the metro-
polis for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 31, 1846, was
977. Of this number there were 948 cases of death
from other causes than violence, showing an increase in
the number of deaths from disease of 84, as compared
with the week preceding. The deaths from diarrhoea
were 26, from dysentery 3, from cholera 1. There were
1,345 births registered during the week in the Me-
tropolis.
ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday morning 1 between
eight and nine o'clock, the inhabitants of Field-lane,
Holborn, were alarmed by hearing loud cries of " Firer
proceeding from the house, No. 1, in the lane. Upon
the neighbours entering one of the rooms they found a
quantity of straw that had been used as a bed in a general
blaze. At the same time two or three children were in the
room, and the fire was burning most fiercely. After
some trouble the flames were extinguished; but one
child was so severely burnt about the body that it was
forced to be removed to the hospital. The outbreak
was occasioned by a spark flying from a lucifer-match
among the straw on its being struck against the box.
The engines from Farringdon-street station quickly
attended, but fortunately their services were not re-
quired.
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We understand that Mr.
Bremner, of Wick, civil engineer, at the request of the
underwriters concerned in this monster steam-ship, now
stranded at Dundrum Bay, has visited and reported
jointly with Mr. Alexander Bremner, of Liverpool,
upon the present state and position of this vessel,
together with the best means fur the prevention of
further damage, and finally as to tha practicability
of taking her off. We learn that the report of these
gentlemen is to the effect that this strong vessel has as
yet received comparatively little injury ; that means
may be used for beaching the vessel, by keeping
the stern to the sea until next season, and that then it
will be perfectly practicable to take her off the strand.
At present the tide flows and ebbs regularly in this
magnificent vessel, which sits nearly upright on the rock
which forms the substratum of the rock at Dundrum
Bay, and the officers and crew are still on board. To
meet the exposed nature of the bay and the great length
of the vessel, the Messrs. Bremner have proposed power
ful tackling, whereby to beach the vessel in stormy
weather, and a peculiarly original and ingenious con-
struction of timber over the stern resting at the top on
the vessel and on the rock at the bottom, and
strongly braced diagonally with chain cables therefrom
to the midships. This is intended to act at once as a
break-water, a support to the overhanging stern, and
as a means of keeping the vessel-end to the sea. With
these means, which have been sanctioned by the board
of directors, and are now being carried into execution
on this iron mammoth, the strong probability is that
the vessel will be preserved entire in her present preca-
rious position, and be got off early next year by these
gentlemen.—Glasgow Chronicle.
FATAL CART ACCIDENT.—Mr. Payne yesterday
held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the
body of John Wrath:nen, dealer in coals. He was riding
OR the shafts of his cart, which was descending Black-
friars-bridge, en the City side, about a month ago,
when, in trying to alight, to lessen the impetus of the
cart, he fell, and one of the wheels passed over his body,
causing injuries which ended fatally on Wednesday last.
Verdict, " Accidental death."
ACCIDENTS ATTENDING THE GUY FAWKES' EXIII-
BITIoNS.—During yesterday the following serious acci-
dents occurred, owing to the many Guy Fawkes' exhi-
bitions carried about the metropolis. In Providence-
row, Finsbury, a number of men with a boy upon their
shoulders, dressed up as a Guy, were about to cross the
carriage way, hurriedly, in consequence of the approach
of an omnibus, when one slipped, causing the whole to
fall down, and before they could recover themselves, one
of the party, named Watkins, was run over by the omni-
bus and sustained serious injuries. On the river, near
London-bridge, a lad dressed in the usual ludicrous style,
was placed on an elevated position in a boat, for the pur
pose of begging money of the steam-boat passengers,
when trying to catch a coin thrown towards him, a
youth fell overboard, and would have been drowned but
for the prompt assistance rendered from the shore. He
was taken to a public house in an insensible state, where
by means of the usual restoratives, he, in about a couple
of hours, was enabled to leave, although in a very weak
and dangerous state. In the neighbourhood of White-
chapel andj Poplar numerous accidents occurred, one,
particularly, in which a lad i4nited a squib, and threw it
towards a horse attached to a cab. The animal imme-
diately took fright and started off at a furious rate, and
in its progress knocked down and very severely injured
several foot passengers. It was ultimately stayed by
coming against a heavily laden dust cart. In one pro-
cession, here Guido was dressed up in costly parapher-
nalia, and was proceeding along the Belvidere- read,
Lambeth, an inebriated individual set fire to Fawkes'
dress, when the poor boy was placed in great jeopardy,
but he was released by the speedy assistance of his
companions.
HoLuonx-HILL VIA.ccT.—A company has been
formed for the improvement of the thoroughfare from
Holborn-hill, across Farringdon-street, and along Skin-
ner-street to Snow-hill, by means of a viaduct level from
hill to hill. The viaduct is intended to commence at or
near the south end of Snow-hill, in Skinner-street, and
to terminate on the south side of Holborn-hill, nearly
opposite to Ely-place, striding the dangerous valley of
Farringdon-street, by about a 95 feet iron bridge, and
an elevation of about 22 feet clear headway. The total
length of the viaduct will be about 900 feet, and the su-
perstructure 50 feet. From Holborn-hill to Farringdon-
street the approach will embrace a portion of the site of
parts of the present buildings on the south side of the
street, so as to leave forty yards of the present roadway
on the north side, and it is intended to form a new
elevation abutting upon the viaduct, with ornamental
shop fronts, and under the viaduct will also be shops
fronting the present roadway, and communicating with
Farringtlon-street. From the south side of Snow-hill,
in Skinner-street, to Farringdon-street, the approach
will embrace the whole width of Skinner-street (but
leaving the road along Snow-hill to Farringdon-street
untouched), and it is intended to open the properties on
each side of Skinner-street to abut upon the viaduct
with elevations similar, or as near as may be deemed ad-
visable, to those intended to be formed on Holborn-hill.
The estimated cost of the works is 200,0001.
In the evening of the 30th ult. the Custom-house
cutter Recherche, of Sherbourg, made a seizure in the
Bay of St. Anne, of an English boat, having on board
between 800 and 900 kilogrammes of tobacco, with a
hamper of pottery, which it was attempting to run.
ASSAULTS ON POLICE-CONSTABLES.—The Com-
missioners of the Metropolitan Police hare given direc-
tions to the different superintendents of divisions to
cause a report to be made out of all cases of assaults en
police-constables, which may be brought before the ma-
gistrates at the various police-courts, for the purpose of
having the names of those constables entered into a
book at Scotland-yard, s© that the men, if injured, may
receive sufficient compensation when applying for pen-
sions. Should, however, the constables be the aggres-
sors, the Commissioners have directed that their conduct
should be investigated, and he punished accordingly.
BANK OF CEYLON.—The general meeting of the
proprietors and directors was held yesterday at the
company's offices, New Bond-street. At one o'clock the
chair was taken by Thomas Young, Esq. The report
presented a favourable account of the banking operations
of the company during the last half-year, and recom-
raeannnudcm. d aTtvidend Gt the rate of seven per cent. per
profits for the past year, ending Jane last,
were stated to have been 11,4251., and the balance of
undivided profits on June 30,18,3341. The report an-
nounced the resignation, ill-health, of Mr. Stooks
as a director. The report was received, and after a few
congratulategparated. ory observations from the Chairman, the meet-
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CASTLEUAR, Nov. 3.—We have heard that a vast
number of the poor labourers throughout the county
have been set to work withi❑ the last week on the public
roads ; but we are sorry to say that a greater number
still remain unemployed. It is really pitiable to see the
old and the young endeavouring to combat the raging
element in trying to earn a day's wages. Might not a
certain portion of the work be carried on under some
temporary coverii.g ? For instance, the breaking of
stones, and the preparing of other material for the
roads.

DEATH FROM STARVATION !—We have had occasion
to record the deaths of some victims to hunger ; one
other we have to add, which occurred at Ballycastle on
Thursday. The sufferer was a poor woman named
Bridget Tomish. At the inquest—after the examination
of Dr. Neilson, who deposed that there was about two
spoonfuls of flour and a small quantity of meal in the
deceased's stomach—the jury returned the following
verdict : " That the death of Bridget Tomish was
hastened by the want of sufficient food for a length of
time."—Muyo Constitution.
COUNTY OF WEXFORD.

ENNISCORTHIC, Nov. 3. The Labour Act is now here
in full operation, so far as regards the town and its im-
mediate neighbourhood. There are, at this moment,
nearly two hundred labourers at work by task, at four-
pence a square yard, sinking sewers through the different
streets in the town. The task work will remunerate the
labourers, and give them an average of eighteenpence a
day.— !FateVord Chronicle.
COUNTY OF KERRY.
The Kerry Examiner publishes the following:—
" Killarney, Nov. 1, 1846.
" Sir,—The accompanying additional instructions, re-
lative to the formation of relief committees, having been
transmitted to me by order of his Excellency the Lord-
Lieutenant, I beg to place a copy in your hands, in case
you should be disposed to admit it into the columns of the
Examiner on Tuesday next, for the information of the
several relief committees in the county.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, " KENMARE.
" The Editor of the Kerry Examiner."
" Additional Instructions relative to the Formation of
Relief Committees.

" 1. The archbishop and bishops of the Established
Church and the Roman Catholic Church, to be mem-
bers of the relief committees in the districts where they
reside.
" 2. As in many cases the principal officiating clergy-
man may be prevented by other duties from attending
at the relief committees, he is at liberty to name one of
his assistants for each parish committed to his charge,
to act in his place; and in towns, one for each district
into which the parish may have been hitherto divided.
" 3. The Commissioners of Public Works to be mem-
bers of all committees."'
COUNTY OF DOWN—DESTITUTION OF THE

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1846

in the drawing-room, and hearing the struggle ran to
the assistance of the servant. Mr. Bunbury, his son,
two nephews, William Sanders, Esq., of Sanders-park,
an esteemed magistrate, and Mr. Magrath, of Charleville,
were in the dining room, and hearing the noise and the
screams of Mrs. Bunbury and children, rushed into the
hall. A fellow who was opposite the hall door presented
his gun at Mr. Sanders, and snapped it at him. It was a
flint gun, and missed fire. He then ran off, followed by
Mr. Sanders, who, regardless of his own danger, pursued
the ruffian several yards, until one or two fellows, who
were concealed among the shrubs, fired at Mr. Sanders,
who providentially was not killed, and regained the
house in safety, when the fellows went off baffled in
their attack. Soon after Mr. Sanders and Mr. Magrath
went off to Charleville for the police, who soon came to
the protection of the house, but could not find the
ruffians. In the morning a new cloth cap was discovered
near the house.

AUSTRALIAN INTERESTS.
(From the South Au,tralian Register, June 6.)

It is a coincidence somewhat out of the ordinary course
of events, that all the Australias—Eastern, Western, and
Southern—should have experienced a change in the
person of their respective rulers within a few months of
each other. Governor Robe has recently succeeded
Governor Grey in South Australia ; Governor Clarke
has just followed Governor Hutt at Swan River ; and
Governor Fitzroy is on his passage to take the place of
our own Governor Gipps. Whether these new brooms,
one or all, will be distinguished by that clean sweeping
for which new brooms are usually valued, time alone
can determine. The three colonies, so similar in soil,
climate, and pursuits, and so identical in national habi-
tude and predilections, have so far a community of
interests as to require that the same general prin-
ciples of Government, legislative and executive,
should be applied to the whole. And, notwithstanding
the clamours of some of our owu colonists for political

" This attack has caused much surprise and indigna-
tion in the country, and certainly could not be made on
the house of a gentleman more respected than Mr. Bun-
bury for his untiring and humane efforts to relieve the
victims of the prevalent distress. Mr. Bunbury is chair-
man, and Mr. Sanders is secretary, to a poor relief so.
ciety, and both had been using the most disinte'ested
and prudent exertions for some time to procure food and
Employment for the poor. Indeed it was on business
connected with the relief society that Mr. Sanders and
Mr. Magrath had on this day come to Mr. Bunbury's
house, and had remained at dinner. The wetness of
the night, under Provid-nce, prevented the loss of life,
as the fire- arms of the ruffians were wet, and missed fire."
TRAGIC AND MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.
On Sunday morning, Mr. John O'Grady, of Martins-
town, near Kilfinane, took away the life of his wife,
daughter of Mr. Henry Quinlan, of Ballyneal, near the
town of Tipperary, to whom he had been married about
six months, and more awful still he subsequently slaugh-
tered the servant-maid. The circumstances are briefly
these:—The servant was attracted by some noise to the
bedroom of her master and mistress, when to her horror
she discovered the latter weltering in her gore from a
fatal stab in the neck. She screamed and ran down
stairs, when she was pursued by Mr. O'Grady into the
stable, where, seizing a pitchfork, he stabbed her in
several parts of the body until he killed her. He then
left the house, and was not seen till yesterday (Monday),
when he was taken into custody by the constabulary. It
is stated by some that he surrendered himself, and by
others that he concealed himself in an outhouse. There
were forty police on the spot to prevent a breach of the
peace, owing to the expectation of a faction from Tippe-
rary, in reference to the property. As a proof of the
determined deliberation with which the deed was com-
mitted, it appears that he previously locked the outside
of the bedroom of his sister, doubtless to prevent her
giving any assistance or raising an alarm.
This horrible tragedy appears to be shrouded in a
great deal of mystery, and what adds to it is, that a
short time since the whole family were nearly poisoned
by taking arsenic in bread instead of soda. We say it
appears mysterious, for Mr. O'Grady was comfortable,
and had no manner of embarrassment, and was very
much attached to his wife, living on most affectionate
terms with her. He was of a very quiet disposition,
while she was one of the gentlest of her sex—young,
beautiful, and accomplished, and of most , enga..ing
manners. He lately built a fine new house, and pur-
chased an elegant car for her, and everything seemed
calculatedot nhutoraepnpdineresst,hem happy. Yet there was one
source
dreadful occurrence can abnedtrtalcieed. onlyrt oinseoftoa
fNavmhicilyh thna-
ture. Before his marriage, himself and his three
brothers had lived together most happily, and attached
to each other. When the marriage settlements were
being negotiated, some memLers of his wife's family, it
is said, insisted upon a breaking up of the old arrange-
ment, and that the brothers should no longer live in the
same house with him. He would not consent to this, as
he said, for the finest woman that ever stepped, and the
marriage was delayed for some time, principally, we
believe, on this very account. Finding, however, that
he was firm to his purpose, Miss Quinlan's friends con-
ceded the point, and the marriage took place after
Easter last. Since that period, however, interference
was used by some of the lady's family, which resulted
in his brothers leaving the house; and we have reason
to know that this preyed deeply on his mind, and it is
most probable ended in the temporary insanity under
whose influence he committed the dreadful acts we have
related.

An inquest was held yesterday, but the jury not
agreeing, the result has not yet reached us.—Limerick
Reporter of Tuesday.

THE TRIESTE ROUTE.
'We have been requested to give insertion to the fol
lowing letter:—

" Trieste, October 23, 1846.

" Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned, passengers by
the Austrian Lloyd's steamer Imperatore,' on her first
voyage direct from Alexandria to Trieste, beg to express
our entire and unqualified satisfaction with the arrange-
ments of your company.
" We have found Captain Pallina and the other officers
most polite and attentive, the table abundant and good,
the berths comfortable, and the performance of the vessel
during the voyage (of six days and two hours, int;luding
a stay of eight hours at Corfu) excellent. Every effort
has obviously been made to insure the comfort and even
enjoyment of the passengers.
" We have to add that the facilities offered us by Lieut.
Waghorn for sending home heavy baggage complete all
that was wanting to make this route as convenient as it
is agreeable.
" E Bardon, purser, Ceylon Civil Service; E. Rey-
hold, minister Church of England; L. Schiff,
merchant; C. Verdimachi , James S.
Margaret Habulin, J. R. Rames, major 95th
Reg.; William Glen, merchant; Hatcherflares,
lieutenant 62d Regiment, R. 1.; G. F. Halst,
A. M. Knight, lieutenant 16th Lancers; Edward
Lyon, L Moore, captain, retired list.
" To the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Trieste."

RAMSGATE.—The herring season seems at present
to be very profitable—at least if one may judge from the
enormous number of these fish daily brought into the
harbour. They are:now selling at the rate of 40 for Is.
One boat alone, on Friday last, brought in six lasts
(60,000).—Kentish Obses ver.
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—The
annual meeting of this society was held yesterday in the
Great Hall of the Freemasons Tavern, and was attended
by a numerous and highly respectable audience. Lord
were commenced by the performance of
Robert Grosvenor, M.P., who took the chair, was warmly
ed by an imposing prayer from the
received on making his appearance. The proceedings
Sewell. In the brief address which the
delivered to the meeting, he congratu-
aoNunf
vbt h.
anthem,l
ee jeavme
Chairman
si evening
expressing an earnest hope that
congratu-
lated the Association in glowing language upon the pro-
y time it would exercise as exten
,ress it had made in increasing its members, and in ae•
quiring strength from the extension of its influence. His
a control over the movements of
• men of London, as did the excellent society
from which it had sprung—the Metropolitan Drapers'
wthe:_YAouran Men's Christ Associa-
ip
ive
d
tion of expenditure, 371/.
itsELl hl:yesa:ni ACc goaacsrsios einbgeeolbeneficial
edafiecdi
shortalb
Association. Mr. Tarlton, the secretary,
then read the report, from which it appeared that the
flo
14s. ; amount of subscriptions and receipts, 284/.
2s. Oid. ; balance due to the Treasure r, 87/. Its. 10d.
fitinoanticsitaoloadffaaisrs
The meeting was afterwards addressed by several clergy-
men, by vs ,hom a variety of resolutions in accordance
with the objects of the Association were submitted.
IMPORTATION Or PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED
STATES.—The General Veazie arrived at Liverpool
from New Orleans on Tuesday, with 2,284 barrels of
flour, 2,324 sacks of wheat, and 1,000 kegs of lard.
LORD MAYOR'S DAY. Yesterday a notice was
issued by the Committee for arranging the procession
on Lord Mayor's day, that the several streets and tho-
roughfares between Loieon-bridge and Guildhall, viz ,
King-street, Arthur-street, Cannon-street, King Wil-
liam-street, Poultry, Cheapside, and London-bridge will
be closed at ten o'clock in the morning of November 9.
Also the streets from Blaekfriars-bridge and Temple_
bar to Guildhall will be closed from two o'clock in the
afternoon, and that no:cart or carriage of any descrip-
tion whatever will be permitted to remain in any such
streets without producing a ticket to Guildhall. The
state and dress liveries of Sir George Carroll, the Lord
Mayor elect, have been this year executed by Messrs.
Simpson of Finch-lane. The design is gorgeous, but
tasteful and elegant in design and execution, features
seldom seen in matters of this kind. The ground is a
vivid purple, relieved by a bright edging, with a neat
and fanciful scroll in gold.

dismemberment, or, as they are pleased to call it," sepa-
ration," we are inclined to believe, as we have said on
former oc,msions, that if some system of federal govern-
ment could be established, which, leaving each colony to
manage its own peculiar affairs, should exercise a com-
prehensive supervision over the whole Australian terri
tory, and legislate for what may be deemed national
as distinguished from sectional interests, the result
would be highly beneficial. There are at least two
great interests in which the Australias have a common
stake, and with reference to which it is desirable that
their administration should be uniform, and their efforts
in self-defence harmonised and combined. The first is

immigration. As with the heart of one man, they desire,
and, therefore, as with the voice of one man they should
call for, and as with the energy of one man seek to pro
cure a continuous influx of capitalists and labourers. They
alike require this as the essential both to the maintenance
of their present well-doing, and to the development of
their still dormant resources. Put a stop to immigra
tion and the wheels of the Australian chariot must
stand still, or drag on at a dull and sluggish pace ; give
to immigration an impetus, not violent, but adequately
brisk, and the progress of Australian prosperity will be
rapid and triumphant. With a territory nearly as large
as Europe, and larger than the United States of Ame •
rica ; with a climate including all the varieties of the
tropics and of the temperate zone : and with a seaboard
commanding ready access to the treasures of the Pacific
and Indian Oceans, and to the teeming islands of the
Eastern Archipelago, all we want, to give us fair play
in laying the foundations of new empires, is, that
England should send to us all the capital

for— which she has no domestic investment,
and all the population for which she has no
domestic employment. That capital and that popula-
tion would here germinate, and grow, and expand, and
fructify, so as to become an ornament on the face of the
earth, and a blessing to the human race. The other
great interest common to the Australias, and upon
which, indeed, immigration itself mainly depends, is the
land system. Of what avail is it that we are surrounded
by these spacious regions, fit for all the purposes of
civilised man, if a rapacious Government step in, and
what with its extravagant demands for the freehold, and
its despotic restrictions upon leasehold, places them be-
yond the reach of capitalists, whether as purchasers
or temporary occupants ? Let the waste lands be
offered for sale at prices which men of capital can
afford to pay, or for lease upon terms and conditions
with which it would be prudent and advantageous to
comply, and men and money will flow in abundance. But
let a contrary policy be pursued—as, alas ! it has been,
and is pursued—and men and money will wisely stay at
home, as we have bitterly experied for years past. This
train of thought has been suggested by the perusal of an
article in the Perth (Western Australia) Inquirer, in
which is given an extract of a letter written by C. Prin-
seps, Esq., of Calcutta. This gentleman, atter congratu-
lating the colonies upon the prospects open to them by
the Mauritius market, says—" Believe me, however,
nothing will give you an effectual start till you have
shaken off the I/. minimum price, which bars all emigra-
tion to your colony. The Procrustean bed which the
two last Colonial Ministers have subjected all Australia
to must of course operate to the total exclusion of all
absentee capital, and must be got rid of coute qu coute."
Upon this extract the editor of the Inquirer has
the following excellent remarks, which, so far as they
apply to Colonel Clarke, we would sincerely apply
to Sir Charles Fitzroy: —" The above is in per-
fect accordance not only with the popular feeling
throughout Australia, but with public opinion in
:ill parts, which is now most decidedly in favour of a low
Government price for land. For ourselves we are really
unaware of the existence of a single newspaper, pe-
riodical, book, or other print (with the exception of
the reports of the Land and Emigration Commissioners,
and the dispatches of Sir George Gipps), which now
advocates a contrary opinion. All the recent travellers
in New South Wales (including Hood and :array, the

latest writers of whom we nave—any account), have ex-
pressed themselves warmly opposed to the system of a

high uniform price throughout Australia, and have ex-
posed the evils arising out of it ; nay, we obser-•e by a
late edition of " M'Culloch's Dictionary," that ne, too,
has become a convert, and exclaims against the folly of
expecting that people will give 11. per acre for land in
Australia, when they can buy it in the valley of the Mis-
sissippi for a dollar."

THE BRITISH AT ADEN.
COLONEL MILNER.
(From the Maidstone Journal.)
The following copy of a letter from a corporal in the
94th Foot, to one of the servants at Preston Hall, Kent,
is so creditable to the writer, and bears such undeniable
testimony to the amiable character of our kind-hearted
neighbour, Colonel Milner, and to the love which is de-
servedly felt for him in the regiment, that we have much
pleasure in publishing it, as a just and pleasing testi-
mony to his character. The letter, too, is in itself highly
interesting, and highly characteristic of the feelings
IN bleb animate our gallant defenders against whatever
odds they may have to contend.
" Men, August 18, 1846.
" Your letter I received here on the 21st of June, and
nothing gives me more pleasure than to hear that all in
Preston Hall are well. Now, before Igo any further, I
must not keep you long without knowing that before No-
vember next you will have the pleasure of seeing the
Colonel once more in Preston Hall, as he expects to leave
this some time in October next. He has had very bad
health here lately, and is fully determined to proceed
home—and another reason is, we are on the eve of leav-
ing this place to proceed to Calcutta, and as he will be
in England in about twenty days from the time he
leaves this place, he considers this a very fitting oppor-
tunity to get two years' leave ; but as he is going to re-
main some time in Gibraltar, he may not, perhaps, be
able to get home, as I before said, until about November,
and I sincerely hope he may arrive there ail right and
well. He has already made application to the Com-
mander-in-Chief of India, for leave of absence for the
above period.

" We are now engaged with the enemy ; we are up
night and day watching for them. They are a very
savage race of people—Arabs as they are ; and the
force now against us is considered upwards of 6,000
men, commanded by one of their chiefs, who says
he is determined on taking this place. The batteries are
manned, and our out-lying pickets on the alert in case of
a sudden attack on their side. Every man of ours is
under arms from sunset until six the following morning.
They attacked our out-lying picket the night before last,
in large numbers, but our gallant fellows soon made them
retiro in double-quick time, with a parting farewell, let-
ting fly after them nine field-pieces, and a volley from
right to left. Our heavy guns continued their fire for
upwards of an hour,
,;fire-balls thrown, and tar-bar.
rels burning—and you might plainly see the enemy
take their dead up as they were cut down by
our musketry and artillery, and continued their
retreat. This morning a party of horse went outside
the wall, and discovered only two of the enemy—
one dead and the other wounded mortally. lle is now
in the hospital, and seems to say that we will in a short
time be attacked by upwards of 15,000, and they are
commanded by a religious enthusiast. They make sure
of destroying every man of us. They are well armed,
but if they wero a hundred times better, Britons stand
before them—and I only hope, as the Colonel is on the
eve of going, that he may have an opportunity, as he
commands the whole force here, of showing a specimen
of his military talents, as I know full well nothing is
giving him more pleasure at this moment than our ex-
pectations of an hourly engagement—and, for my part,
I only hope it may be a general one. lam one, these
last two nights, that is in charge of the colours, which
is counted a very high post. I must not forget letting
no
deed to say that the Colonel is going, of which I need
fyeoruskenanoewtitmhea.t llamamr
fwer
my own sake,
e,avnedryhsaevrerybeienn.
hardly tell you all—but again, when I consider, in all
he will come out seven years younger—that
tpaTnbi3a,bgilrintytifitel ben
sie
meaefit de
good
and, as
a- s fhroemhii, tntseilt re-
marked,cfer
time will be looked for by all now in our regiment with
the greatest anxiety.
" I must not forget letting you all know that he was
kind enough to make me a pres,ent of his own watch—
that he has had in his possession for a number of years;
it came from Maidstone, and for his sake will I always
keep it as long as I live ; and may I always hear from
him during his time in England, let it be short or long.
I am sure he will not forget writing to me as usual,
wherever he is. You must d
scaonfneoclhtuodfm oer—egi,le. conclude—God
M. hdt
S. a bless
letting
,iay
you
mtphe p
ikict,al,ottis•sd
prosperous all,
v
how he gets on with you when he arrives in England.
Give my respects to John D., Mr. G., father and sisters
—often the Colonel speaks of the old man. Remember
manedtso send
all
friends.
r e If
Jr willen
Corporalßelieve me to remain for ever, yours all sincerely,
nd)
passage when he does proceed. .
S.,
'o
Aden, Arabia Felix."

SUICIDE or A SURGEON AT OXFORD.--A
me-
lancholy event has occurred at Oxford. T. R. Fisher,
Esq., an eminent surgeon,
of that city, dying by his own
hands in the prime of life, and while successfully prose-
cuting his profession. It appears that in July last, Mr.
Fisher was in a depressed state, and suffering under sin-
gular delusions, and, at the request of Dr. Jackson, went
to the Isle of Wight, and subsequently to Lincolnshire,
for the benefit of his health. On his return he appeared
much better, and partially resumed his professional
duties. On Tuesday afternoon his servant went to his
room, the door of which he found locked, and heard his
master groaning. The room wss shortly forced open,
and Mr. Fisher was found quite dead, a bottle that had
contained prussic acid was found empty on the table.
'The jury returned a verdict of insanity. Dr. Jackson
stated that there was no cause for his depression from his
bodily health or circumstances, but he could account for
it only from his having been overworked in the previous
term.

CORN RENTS.—EDMONTON.—Yesterday. a meeting
of the 'proprietors of land in the parish of Edmonton,
was held at the Angel Inn, for the purpose of estimating
the value of tithes, as dependent upon corn averages,
since the year 1800. In that year all the lands of the
parish were enclosed, subject to an arbitration that was
to take place every twenty-one years, and by which there
should be an estimate calculated of the annual profits of
the corn rents of the land. It appeared that there are
2,000 different allotments, and that in 1804 the price of
cprn per bushel was 6s. 9d., which, in 1825, increased to
103. 3d. when the last award was made. The object of
the meeting was to reduce the liability of the land to the
original amount, the late reduced tariff being the test of
the discussion, which, after being prolonged to a very
line hour, the meeting adjourned to ascertain the opinion
of the absentee proprietors on the subject.
POST-OFFICE NOTlCE.—Yesterday a notice was
posted at the General Post-office, that the Peninsular
steam-packet, with the mails to-morrow, will not touch
at Corrunna, either on the outward or homeward voyage,
nor in December, Jannary, or February next.
TilE GUNPOWDER PLOT.—Yesterday being the
anniversary of the gunpowder plot, divine service was
performed in most of the churches in the City. In many
of the parishes money has been left for the express pur.
pose of defraying ttlo expense: of the sad service.

A RIGHT HONOUR ABLE IMPOSTER.—At York,
some time ago, the "Right Honourable Edward Frede-
rick Vernon," with imposing moustachios and imperial,
introduced himself to an elderly lady as the son of a
Peer, a temporary exile from home for a youthful in-
discretion. The old simpleton supplied him liberally
with clothes and money, and introduced him to many of
the " first families" in the city, by whom he was gra-
ciously received ; and, after living on the fat of the land
for three months, and making a pretty penny by court-
ing a young lady, he decamped, stating to the family of
his intended, his confidence, that he was about to de-
posit a casket of jewels with his London bankers for safe
custody. The jewels, he said, were formerly his mother's,
and would shortly, he hoped, be his bride's. It has
since been discovered that the case comprised a cold
tongue, two partridges, a bottle of sherry, and some
cheesecakes and currant-cakes, which the young lady
had given him from papa's pantry.
A Irishman, in writing a letter to his sweetheart,
asking whether she would accept of his, love or not,
wr;tes thus:—" If you don't love me,
the_letter without bpaking the sale,,, plase send back

DEATH of the GREEK GENERAL

LONDOS.

The papers lately received from Greece announce the
melancholy death of General Londos, one of the most
celebrated men of the Greek revolution. He was born
in /Egeum, in the Peloponnesus, of opulent parents, and
early evinced that he was destined to be a great man,
and a saviour of his suffering country. Scarcely had the
flag of liberty been raised, than the intrepid Londos
willingly espoused the cause, and devoted his life and
his all to the independence of his country. He lived to
see that hope realised, and since the restoration of peace
took a prominent part is the affairs of the country. But
what enhances the glory of this man is his co-operation
with General Kalergi and the rest of the Septembrians,
for the Greeks obtaining their constitution. The blood-
less revolution of the 3d of September must be fresh in
the memories of every lover of Greece. Ingratitude
on the part of those, however, who benefited by
the change, is the fruit that they who risked their lives
obtained, but the generous Londos never so much as
opened his mouth against the ungrateful. "We have
done our duty to our country," said he. "Ingratitude
is frequently the reward of those who risk their lives.
But the nation is not ungrateful, 'tie the enemies of the
nation who are so ; and of such I do not wish to have
even the gratitude." When Minister-of-War, Londos
committed a few political errors, but they were not of
such a magnitude as to deserve the exaggeration of his
enemies, and since the accession of the Coletti Adminis-
tration, when injustice and every atrocity were com-
mitted, and the constitution unheeded, both Londos
at•d his co-operators were justified. Such was this valu-
able man, for whom all Greece mourns, and for whom
all the Hellenic tribe will mourn when informed of his
death which took place on the 24th of September, acci-
dent-illy, by the firing of a pistol which he was placing
in a box after having loaded it for the purpose of taking
it with him on the morrow, being invited by his brother
to go and dine with him at the monastery of the Ponte
flown. As to his arming himself, when going out of
Athens, he was perfectly justified in consequence of the
present circumstances. His accidental death, however,
was construed into voluntary suicide by his enemies, and
Coletti, and the President of the Synod, a flatterer of
the Administration, denied sepulchral rites to this
benefactor of Greece. The latter bases his denial
on the 14th canon of Timothy, the Alexandrian ;
but without examining strictly, as the canon demanded
of him, in order to be convinced whether the sui-
cide was 'voluntary or accidental, M. Coletti screens
himself behind his responsibility, and dares even to deny
military honours to the deceased General. In vain the
report of doctors, to prove that they cannot confidently
say whether the suicide was-voluntary or accidental. In
vain the statement of the advocates, to show that, ac-
cording to Timothy's cause, the synod cannot deny ec-
clesiastical rites ; in vain did they prove that if the
Synod pertinaciously persist, military honours could not
be denied ; nothing can bring them to a sense of their
duty. His relations have resolved to embalm the body,
and wait for a period of decency and public morality in
order to pay due honours to one of the first martyrs of
the Greek revolution. What a state of things are these
in Greece ! Let Coletti take example from Mehemet
Ali, who, on the decease of the Greek Patriarch, ordered
his troops and the military bands at Cairo to accompany
him to his last abode. Such unheard of conduct
is a disgrace to the name of man. But Coletti
cares not a straw ; winds may blow and rains may
fall, he still reposes on the bed of roses prepared for
him by France. Strange, it will seem, why Greece, with
the co-operation of nearly all civilised nations, does not
prosper. But how can she when she has such miscreants
for her rulers, who are seconded by France, and whose
system of government is identified with such outrages
against every law and feeling of nature? A strange
coincidence must not be omitted here. When Sir Ed-
mund Lyons placed under General Kalergi's order the
steamer Geyser, to convey him to the lonian Islands,

in consequence of the. persecution of the Coletti
Administration towards all the Septembrians,
General Londos accompanied him to the Piraeus,
and on taking leave of him, as if forseeing that he
would be persecuted after death, addressed him in these
emphatic words:—" I am afraid, General, that not only
whilst living will they persecute us without a cause, but
that even after death they will deny us the sepulchral
rites." This has been related by General Kalergi him-
self, who is now in London, far from his country, in con-
sequence of the ingratitude of-those who are reaping the
fruits of his labours, and who think that, by persecuting
the Septembrians, and iu particular General Kalergi,
they do service to the monarchy, and will thus secure
for themselves those high offices in the state of which
they are totally unworthy.

REVIVAL OF THE SOUTHERN
WHALE FISHERY.

The most spirited efforts are now in progress, under
the auspices of some of the most influential names in the
commercial world, to restore the whale fisheries of
Great Britain. The progressive decline of this enter-
prising trade in this country, and its simultaneous and
enormous increase in the United States is fraught with
considerations equally humiliating and alarming. The
"British Whale and Seal Fishery Company" ap-
pear to have discovered substantial reason for believ-
ing that it may be revived with an unusual combination
of private profit and public advantage. They propose
to commence their Operations in the northern
fishery, where their expectations of success are
founded on statistical reasoning which seems to
be irrefragable. It appears that so extraordinarily
fluctuating is the produce of that fishery, from the state
of the seasons and the ice in the Arctic Regions, that
in one of a series of 32 years, during which the quan-
tity of oil retained by each ship has been accurately
obtained, the average quantity for each was less than
Ili tuns, involving, of coarse, the owners of all in enor-
mous loss ; while in another year the average quantity
was nearly 190 tuns, yielding to all a very large profit.
The same disparity is found to prevail between diflerent
ships in the same season ; for during the present year,
while one ship has obtained one hundred and seventy-
five tuns, another equally well navigated has returned
clean. It must be perfectly clear, that a trade so uncon-
trollably uncertain is, in its very nature, unfit for indi-
vidual operation; like fire or life assurance, it must, to
be profitable, be conducted on a large scale, and be
spread over a lengthened period. In individual hands it
becomes hula better than a gambling speculation.
The successful quietly pocket their gains, and retire ;
the losers throw up the game in disgust thus has the
Northern fishery decayed. The decline of the Southern
fishery appears to have been chiefly produced by other
causes, which, embracing evils• beyond individual
remedy, appear likely to be amended by a powerful com-
pany. On the whole, the Government having intimated
its approval by the grant of a charter limiting the la-
bility of shareholders, the leading merchants of the City
having afforded their sanction to its prospects by bccom-
ing its directors, and the objects being in the highest de-
gree patriotic and useful, its success, we are informed,
may be considered certain.

RAILWAY. SHARE MARKETS.

BISTOL, NOVEMBER 5

STOCI sale; are—Caledonian, 24 c.-3fanches-
ter and Leeds Extension, 114 —Midisnd, New, 414—Ditto, 6 p r
cent., Birmingham and Gloucester, 130 —Ditto, Quarters, 32 —North
Staffordshire, 2/. Bs. 9d. Taff Vale, 133% -York and Newcastle,
Preference, 4% p.
MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 5.

STOCK EZCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, nos.
ton, &c., 14 p.--Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 61,6 p.—East Lan-
cashire, No. 1, New, 3% p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Orms.
kirk, and Preston), 4% p. —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1014 P.—Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 4 dis.—lluddersileld, Halifax, and Bradford,
17-16 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 32
Ditto, ditto, 4% p. —Ditto, Thirds, 114 p. —Leeds and Thirsk, dis.
—Ditto, New, I % dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 8% p--
London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 7 p. —Man-
chester and Leeds, Quarters, 4 p.—Dilto, Extension, 1 1.16
Manchester and Southampton, 17s. dis.—Midland Railway Consols,
50/. Shares, 4 p.--ort British, Quarters, 21.1 p.—Ditto, Extehsion,
1 3-16 p. —North Staffordshire, 2 11-16 p.—Oldham, Birkenhead,
&c., 18s. dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, % dis.—Sheffield and Man-
chester, Quarters, No. 2, 23% —Shrewsbury and Birmingham, % p.
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, &c., 11-16 dis.—Shropshire Union, ti
c. dis.—South-Easf?,rn and Dover, No. 4, % P.—West Riding Union,
1 7-16 p.--Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), %
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 3.

STocs. EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Eaten.-
s° 4s. p.—East Lancashire (Blackburn and Preston), c. p.—
Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk, &c.), 43,‘ C. P.—Huddersfield
and Manchester. 5
p. Ditto, Extensions, 265. p.—lluddersfleld and
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Sheffield, 4% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 11 % p.—Ditto, Branches, 5%
p. —Di tto, Extensions, 15s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2 dis.—Ditto, New,
1% dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21s.
land,l. Preference, 4% p.—North British, Quarter Shares (late Car.
lisle Branch), 2% p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 235. 6d. p.—North
Staffordshire, 21. 10s. 6d. p. —Wharfdale Junction, 15s. dis. York
and Newcastle, New, 13 p.—Ditto, Preference, 4% p. —York and
North Midland, Preference, 8 p.,-Ditto, East and West Ridlll4,
is p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 49. 6d. P.—Direct
Northern, 128. 6d. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 16s. dis.—
London and York, 7s. 6d. dls.—North Western, 2s. 6d. p.—Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham, 20s. dis.—Shropshire Union, ss. dis.—West
Riding Union, 3% s.

HULL, NOVEMBER 5.
SToes EXCHANGE..-A very extensive business has been done to-
day, and buyers plentiful, at the closing rates, for Most descriptions
of shares. The sales are-North British, Quarters, 818.6d.-Ditto,
New Quarters, scrip, 245. p.-York and Newcastle, New, 18-Ditto,
Preference, 4% p.-York and North 3lidiand, Preference, 71. 16s. 3d.
p.-Amhergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 155.-East Lincoln-
shire, 225. 6d.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 155.-Great
Northern (London and York), 415.-Ditto, Half Shares, 2-Leeds
and Thirsk Extension, 2% dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Branches, 4
p.- Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 225. 6d.-North
Wales, 1 -North Western, 2s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 21. Bs. p.
-Shropshire Union, Cs. dis.-West Riding Union, 3/. 12s. scrip-East
Coast, 9s. 6d.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 21. 16s, 3d.
NEWCASTLE-UPOS-TY.NE, NOVEMBER 5.
STocs EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottinczham, and
Boston, ss. 9d. p.-Edinburgh and Northern, 16s. 6d. p.-Leeds and
Thirsk, New, 2% dis.-Manchester,. Buxton, and Matlock, 1 p.-
Newcastle and Carlisle, 108% -North British, Quarters, 51s. p.--
Ditto, Extension, 1%--West Riding Union, 1% p.
YORK, NOVEMBER 5.
STOCK EECRANOE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 2/. 165.-North British, Half Shares. 16% -Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 31. 193.-Ditto, Extension, 1/. Iss. 6d. -North Western, 11.
4s. 6d.-West Riding Union, 3% -York and Newcastle, 43% -Ditto,
New, 17% cum new-Ditto, Preference, 6% -York and North Mid-
land Extension, 40-Ditto (East and West Riding Extension), 19%
-Ditto, Preference, 9%.
EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 19%-Caledonian,
23%-Ditto, New, 455. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 12s. 6d.-
Direct Northern, 345. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 168 -Edinburgh and
Glasgow, Halves, 21-Edinburgh and Northern, 15% -Ditto, New-
port, 85s. -Great North of India, ss. 9d.-Great Southern, Madras,
68.-North British, 38-Ditto, Halves, 17%-Ditto, Quarters, ex
new, 768.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 325.-Scottish Central, 20%
-Ditto, New, 10%-Scottish Midland, 13% -Strathem Junction, 725.

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GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Aberdeen, 19%—Caledonian,
New, 465. 6d.—Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2,8/. P.—Dundee
and Perth, 23 —East Indian Railway, 16s. 3d. —Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, New, 20%—Edinburgh and Northern, 15% Ditto, Newport,
77s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 68 M —Ditto, Halves, 7%—Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 32s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar-
drossan, 31s.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 355. Great
Western of Bengal, Bs. 9d.—Great Indian Peninsular, 6s. 6d.— Kil-
marnock and Ayr Direct, 325. - London, Bristol, and South Wales,
23s.—North British, New Quarters, scrip, 335. 6d.— Paisley, Barr-
head, and llurlet, 525. 6d.— Scottish Central, 20% Scottish Grand
Junction, 11s.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 583.—Stirling
and Dunfermline, 24s.—Strathern Junction, 725. 6d.

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