The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-09 00:00:00

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admitted failure of the grain and pulse crops, and, it is apprehended,
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ORD GEORGE BENTINCK stated at the
meeting at Coleshill, on the 9th of September, that by the de-
struction of the Potato crop as preyed, food to the value of 10,000,0001.
had been lost ; and that France, through the failure of the crops,
would require 2,000,000 quarters of grain. This vast demand must
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DEATH of the EARL of WALDEGRAVE, in
his 31st year !—llere is a man who has died in the prime of
his life under what is termed regular medical treatment. No in.
quiry has been made, and his remains are consigned to the silent
tomb. Now let us for one moment consider what would have been
done if his Lordship had happened to die after a dose of Morison's
Pills, even though he had been at the brink of the grave when he
commenced them. In the first place, we should have had the coro-
ner's inquest, before which would have been painted, in horrible
colours, by the doctors, the appearances after death, enough to
frighten the poor jurymen out of their wits. The doctor-ridden old
ladies would have cried, " Oh, what a horrible case, these nasty pills
should be put down ; a young man of thirty-one," Sec. Then would
have followed in due course the usual verdict, " Died from taking
Morison's pills ;" which announcement would have gone the round of
all the papers, both in town and country, with comments not the
most favourable. This would have closed the first act. The second act
of the play would have been for a doctor to charge, if possible, some
person with manslaughter for administering to his Lordship the pills,
which farce the doctors would have brought in due form (as they did
lately against the chemist and druggist at Exeter, where they were,
however, most luckily detected by the Judge, Platt) before one of
her Majesty's judges, In order to give importance and éclat to their
proceedings. The usual verdict of " guilty" would have been re turned, and the doctors would have ti iumphed. What a victory ;
The papers would of course all have contained a full report of the.
trial, verdict, and sentence, to frighten naughty children. But how
widely different is the scene when the party has died (it matters not
how) under what is called regular medical treatment. Not a word
is said. The theory under which the doctor acted is never ques-
tioned, although it is well known that scarcely two of them agree.
The story then is, " Ah, poor fellow, his time was come ; everything
has been done," &c. " The doctor told us how it would be. What
a clever fellow." But is this case of Lord Waldegrave's isolated ?
Don't we see every day in the newspapers deaths of persons in the
prime of life, who, we are justified in presuming, have had the regular
medical treatment ? Then we ask again, in the name of justice and
common sense, why are not inquests instituted in such cases? There
is no law that states that no inquest shall be held where the party has
died under regular medical treatment—the law professes to make no
distinction—are not suck inquests, then, on parties who do not and
will not have doctors' treatment, a flagrant interference with medical
liberty? Is it not saying, in other words, "Employ a doctor, and
pay him his felts, or there will be an inquest ?" We cannot conceive
•
anything more disgraceful to an enlightened country, or a more
underhanded way of putting fees into the pockets of a particular
class. To insure the doctor being paid, the clergyman is not to bury
without his certificate. Here's a pretty wheel within wheel for you,
gentle reader !

Everything connected with the British College of Health, from its
commencement, nearly twenty years ago, has been carried on above
board, and in the world's light. They have nothing to conceal; and
the Hygeian agents throughout the country, amounting to many
hundreds, are open to public examination. With respect to the
secrecy which doctors talk about respecting Morison's Pills, in order
to attach the epithet "quackery," it is a weak invention of the
enemy, there being no secret; the only thing contended for is that
that medicine is the best vegetable purgative known to Hygeists.
Invent a better, and they will immediately adopt it. With respect
to the important fact, viz., the cases of cure effected by Morison's
Pills, now amounting to upwards of 500,000, we shall place that
question, as Dr. Cobb, of the City (a most respectable medical prac-
titioner) placed it, who, in answer to Sir Frederick Pollock, the pre-
sent Lord Chief Baron, said, " Either my theory is wrong or the
witnesses for Morison's Pills are perjured! " which admission of Dr.
Cobb's the public will bear in mind amounts to this—either the wit-
nesses for Morison's Pills were perjured, or that such poisons as
prussic acid, arsenic, &c. &c., should not be given " medicinally," for
it is quite clear that if these witnesses spoke the truth they must
have been eured without the help of such poisons.
_ _

Issued by the Members of the British College
of Health, New-road, London, for and on be-
half of the Body of Hygeists.
* Doctors may think nothing of cutting up a dead body for the
purpose of an inquest, but how is it with friends ? Would they like
to see a dear relative mangled and paraded about before allay ?
N.B.—lt should never be forgotten that the British College of
Health owes its rise and progress to the people, and not to the sub-
scriptions of the rich or great.

OBSERVE.—This Establishment will be closed on, MONDAY
the Pith, and TUESDAY, the 13th instant, and re-open on WED.
NESDAY morning, October 14th, at seven o'clock.
THE ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR
In London, the yearly election of Mayor
Is counted a very important affair ;
Each man has his friends who support him right hearty,
And each has his foes, just according to party.
But party is out of the question with us ;
We, have nothing to do with the candidates thus.
We don't have a wish ('tisn't right that we should)
To meddle with Carroll, or Hooper, or Wood.
In fact, this selection of subject is made
With a view just to hint at the Lord Mayor of Trade.
'Tis MOSES, in this sense, that's Mayor of the City ;
Let's sing him a " Car-r-of-1," let's sing him a ditty.
While Lord Mayors in general only appear
As " Majesties" during the space of a year,
The Lord Mayor of Trade, through the fame he has earn'd,
Is year after year to his office return'd.
When MOSES solicits the public support
His canvassing battle is easily fought,
For no competition can stand in the way,
But MOSES is certain of gaining the day.
Yes, MOSES, fam'd MOSES, elicits the votes
On account of his trewsers, his waistcoats, and coati' ;
And ev'ry one shouts, " Lend your old 1 lend your aid 1"
That MOSES may still be the Lord Mayor of Trade.
LIST Of PRICES.
AZAD"! II•DE.

lie• ;a; .
.• • • • • • • • • • • from
0 7 6
Tweed Tagßoni ....... . £ s. d.
Chesterfield and Oedrington•i• ;
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Summer Coats in every description and• • • • • • • • • • • 0 16
6
the registered Coat ....ascription snake, iiciading
••••. . • • • from 0 2 3
Blouses in every material .........::::• •••••• • • • • • • 1 2 0
Summer Vests.
..............
...... 01 2
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•••• .•• •• •
cSpalsehnmdiedrepaatntedraPerstan ditto, in endless varlet •—— • •
Black and Fancy Satin, ditto .............!.. : : •••• •.. to 4 6
Fancy Trousers ..•• .• •• •• •• ••
••
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................... 0 4 :
Black, ditto.. ••••••.• .• • • .. •• ..........
......
.... a 6 6
Dress Coats.. • • • • • " • •
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2 1 00
Frock ditto •••• • • • .... •• ••
MADE TO MEASURE. •• •• •• 1 3 0
Coats, of every material adapted for the season, in am,
variety of style and fashion, to 0rder.......... .•
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Ditto, Cloth or Cashmere ditto ••••••••• • • . . • • . . • .... 0 ~ '
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Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto
Spring Trousers, in every pattern. •••• • • • • ••••• • • • • 0 10 6
Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto ••.••••• • • • • • • 0 19 0
Best Mack Dress ditto ••• • • •
, „ .... •• 1 12 0
Ditto, best manufactured ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 15 0
Frock Coats ....... ..... ...• ••••••••• • • • • • • • . from 1 15 0
Ditto, best manufactured .. • • .... ••••,•••• • • • • • • • • • 3 3 0
Mourning, to any extent, at live minutes notice.
Any article purchased or made to measure, if Rot approved of,
will be immediately exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat.
!era, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be
bilged to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned
that the untradesmanlike falsehood of ' being connected with
them," or it's the same concern, has been resorted to is many in-
stances, and for obvious reasons, they have no connexion witk
any other house in or out of London.
And those who desire. genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent
disappointment, call at or send to the Mlaories, and Aldgate, City,
London.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosier.,
and Outfitters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories, and 83, 84, 85,
and 86, Aldgate, City, London.
NOTICE.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84,
Aldgate.
Ire business transacted at thii Establishment from sunset on
Friday evening till sunset on Eiaturday evening, when it is resumed
tl4 IWC4TO eVock,

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Respecting the new
opera speculation at Covent-garden Theatre, we gather
the following curious facts from our Parisian contem-
poraries :—" A small cloud has just obscured the horizon
of this affair. All appeared terminated, but an unfore-
seen incident seems to have thrown difficulties in the
way. When M. Salamanca, the banker, the entrepreneur,
hired Covent-garden Theatre, he took upon himself all
the rights and obligations of the proprietors; but he
was not, it is said, aware of the fact, that every share in
that concern, of which there are not less than 400, gave
the holder the right of free admission to every perform-
ance. These rights of admission were lately to be had
at very low prices; but no sooner were the public aware
of the Row prospects for unfortunate Covent-garden,
than they were bought up by speculators, and from 255.
each these rights of admission rose in the market to 101.
a piece. The shareholders have, doubtless, found their
advantage in this arrangement, but not so the rich
banker, who is, of course, very little gratified to find out
that at each representation he will be compelled to admit
400 persons gratis to his theatre."
FAIPAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAlLWAY.—Wednesday an inquest was held at the Nor-
folk Arms, Shoreditch, before Mr. W. Baker, respecting
the death of Joseph Langdon, aged 28 years, late a
guard on the Eastern Counties Railway, residing in
New Norfolk-street. From the evidence of several
witnesses employed on the above railway, it appeared
that about a fortnight since the deceased was assisting
in turning one of the carriages, when the " buffer"
struck him a violent blow on the right side. Ho fre-
quently complained of pains, but still continued to per-
form his duties. On Sunday night last he appeared very
unwell, and repeatedly put his hand to his head. The
following morning his wife was alarmed at his altered
appearance, and before a surgeon arrived he expired.
Mr. Wildbore said he had examined the body of the de-
ceased, but could not discover any marks of violence.
He attributed death to apoplexy. It was probable that
the blow he received might have accelerated his death.
The deceased never complained of any one, and often
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FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT KENNINIITON.—
Wednesday afternoon, about four o'clock, a frightful acci-
dent occurred at Kennington, by the fall of a new build-
ing. For some time past a large number of workmen
have been engaged in the erection of several new dwel-
ling-houses, and at the time stated four men named
Thomas Saker, aged 28, the foreman of the bricklayers,
Edward Dowall, a bricklayer, Daniel Williams, a la-
bourer, and Richard Green, a labourer, were all at work
on the upper part of the end house, which is imme-
diately facing the Greyhound Tavern, when a strong
gust of wind carried the outer wall and the scaffolding
into the street, whereby the four unfortunate men were
burled with frightful violence to the basement of the
building, where they were buried with the brickwork and
the falling timber. They were extricated, and taken to
Guy's Hospital, where Saker lies in a very precarious.
state, having received extensive lacerations of the scalp
and injury to the skull, with fractured ribs and contused
body. The man Green is also seriously injured, and is
in an exhausted state. The others, who are less injured,
are going on favourably.
A valuable prize has just been brought into Kings-
town harbour, Dublin, to reward the vigilance and
activity of the Coast Guard. It is the Leon, of Flush-
ing, a smuggler, having on board a cargo of tobacco
valued at 4,0001. She was taken off the Mountain Foot,
county Down, where she made two attempts to land her
cargo.

RAILWAY LABOURERS IN MID.LoTHIAN.—We
understand that the number of railway and other la-
bourers employed at present in this county is greater
than at any former period. On the Hawick branch of
the North British (two additional sections of which, ex-
tending in length about fourteen miles, have been com-
menced within the last few days), there are 2,436
labourers at work ; on the Dalkeith branch of the same
railway, 120
; and on the Caledonian, 633. If to these
be added 290 men employed on the Edinburgh Water
Company's works at Bavelaw, it will make the gross
number of labourers employed in Mid-Lothian 3,509.
The different portions of railways at present in the
course of formation in the county presents an aggre-
gate of about 56 miles. It is satisfactory to know
that, beyond an occasional fight on pay nights, there has
been no serious breach of the peace for some time in the
district where the labourers are employed.—Edinburgh
Advertiser.

" Sir, —I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to in-
form you, that his Excellency has had under his consi-
deration the various representations which have been
made to him of the operation of the Poor Employment
Act, and of the difficulty of finding, in the greater num-
ber of baronies, public works' upun which it would be
expedient or beneficial to expend money to the extent
requisite for affording employment to the people during
the existence of the present distress; and with a view of
obviating the bad effects of a great expenditure of money
in the execution of works comparatively unproductive,
he desires that the Commissioners of Public Works will
direct the officers acting under them, in the respective
counties, to consider and report upon such works of a
reproductive character and permanent utility as may be
presented in the manner hereinafter mentioned, at any
sessions held under the above Act. And his Excellency
will be prepared to sanction and approve of such of those
works as may be recommended by the Board, and so pre-
sented, in the same manner as if they had been strictly
' public works,' and presented as such in the manner re-
quired by the Act.
" 1. The Presentment Sessions will estimate the sum
which it may be necessary to raise off the barony for the
purpose of affording employment.
" 2. They will also ascertain the proportion of such
assessment, which, according to the last poor-law valua-
tion, may be chargeable upon each electoral division of
an union, or portion of an electoral division (if the whole
shall not be included) in the barony; and they will ob-
tain for this purpose, from the clerk of each poor-law
union, a copy of such valuation.
" 3. They will present for such useful and profitable
works to be executed in each electoral division, to the
amount of its proportion of the assessment ascertained
as above.

" 4. In the case of drainage, however, and subsoiling,
so far as it shall be connected with drainage, an under-
taking shall be given in writing, and transmitted with
the presentment, by the person or persons whose lands
are proposed to be drained (being ' proprietor' in the
terms of the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, chap. 89), stating that
the money so to be expended shall be a charge exclu-
sively on the lands so to be improved, and be levied from
the same, according to an award to be made by the Com-
missioners as under the last-mentioned Act and its
amendments.
" His Excellency wishes it to be further understood
that, in case these regulations are not acted upon, and
the portions of the assessment which would be leviable
from each electoral division, are not presented to be ex-
pended on some work within such division, the pro-
ceedings at such sessions must be considered with strict
reference to the provisions of the 9th and 10th Victoria,
cap. 107.
" His Excellency considering also that many baronies
have already held sessions under that Act, to which
baronies the opportunity of making applications in the
manner now prescribed has not been afforded, it is his
desire that all works already sanctioned in those baro•
nies, or applied for, and which it may become requisite
to sanction, in order to afford continued employment,
shall be proceeded with until other sessions may be con-
veniently held in such baronies.
" His Excellency. in taking upon himself the respon-
sibility, under the urgent circumstances of the case, of
inviting the magistrates and cess-payers to provide em-
ployment from the people by the execution of useful
and reproductive works, confidently trusts with their
assistance and the blessing of the Almighty on their
united exertions, that the calamity with which it has
pleased Providence to afflict Ireland may yet in its result
become conducive to the production of greater abund-
ance of human food from the soil, and to the future
permanent improvement of the country.—l have the
honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
" H. LABOUCHERE.
" Chairman of the Board of Public Works."
THE CORK MAGISTRATES.
The magistrates of Cork have announced their deter-
mination to resign their commissions, unless imme-
diate means are given them of relieving the distress of
the people.
ROBBERY OF A MAIL CAR.
ROSCREA, OCT. s.—The mail car from this town to
Clonmel, was stopped yesterday a few minutes after
leaving the post-office here, by two men—one armed
with a gun, the other with a pistol—who demanded the
mail-bags and money, which the driver was taking to
Mr. Bianconi, his employer, with which they decamped.
The public ought not to venture sending whole notes
post. This occurrence is only the beginning of what may
be expected to be practised throughout the country
during the winter months, unless the mails be guarded.

DEATH OF THE REV. DR. CROTTY BISHOP OF
CLOYNE AND Ross.—lt is our melancholy duty to an-
nounce to our readers the death of one of the venerated
prelates of Ireland—the Right Rev. Dr. Crotty, Catholic
Bishop of Cloyne and Ross. The Right Rev. Dr. Crotty
filled the episcopal office for thirteen years, having been
consecrated on the 11th of June, 1833.-lubhn paper.
MEETING OF IRONMASTERS.--WOLVERHAMPTON,
WEDNESDAY.—To•day the usual quarterly meeting of
ironmasters in the district of South Staffordshire took
place, at the Swan Hotel, for the transaction of business.
There was a very large attendance of ironmasters, and
many dealers,' who evinced great spirit in their pur-
chases. There was a fair amount of business done, but
iron
trade orders to any great extent were given. The
trade still continues in a very healthy condition, and
is
likely to continue so. The prices fixed at the prelimi-
nary meeting of the masters were fully maintained, and
no attempt was made to reduce the prices of any descrip-
tion of iron. Last week an order for 10,000 tons of rail-
way iron, and 3,600 tons of chairs, was received by a
firm in the neighbourhood, for the Shrewsbury and Wol-
verhampton Railway. Many who wanted to make pur-
chases have delayed until the meeting at Birmingham
to morrow, when the decision of the masters will be
more fully known. It is, however, all but certain they
will be quite happy to maintain present prices during
the ensuing quarter.
MONSTER TRAIN.--On Saturday last, a train of
merchandise left Manchester for Crewe, composed of
101 waggons. Its gross weight was 600 tons, and its
length 1,550 feet. , The-distance, 30 miles, was accom-
plished in two houts utigapine minutes, being at the rate
of fourteen miles per hour, over gradients varying from
dem Madame Town ; his Excellency the
Van de Weyer have takename
1 in 377 to 1 in 880.—Manchester Guardian.
BRIGHTON, OCT. 7.—The Marquis of Camden has
taken
Belgian
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No. 11, Brunswiek;terrace ; Lady Joddrell has taken
No. 2, Brunswick-terrace ; Lord and Lady Willoughby
de Eresby are expected on the 15th ; the Earl of Cork
and the Countess Dungarvon and family arrived yester-
adt thate Norfolk Hotel
Brunswick-terrace ;
Hotel ; the Countess
yester-
day at the Norfolk Hotel ; Lady Mary Hoare has ar-
rived at the Bedford Hotel ; the Dowager Countess of
Lady
remainsarrive
of Dundonald has arrived at Junction House ; Mr.
Raikes Currie, M.P., has taken No. 8, Eastern-terrace.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first meeting for
the autumn season was held. on Tuesday afternoon, at
the rooms of the Society, in Regent-street, when the
chair was taken by R. W.
.Burchard, Esq. The exhibition
was particularly rich in fruit,there being no less than nine
distinct varieties of pines from M. r. Wilmot, of Isleworth,
the smallest of which, an Antigua pine, weighed about
41b. 9oz. Amongst other specimens there was a Queen
the prize,
was given to
from the Rev. Mr. Thoi:neycraft, weighing 91b. 140 z.,
and so successful was this department 0e
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besides two other prizes. From Mr. Hardy was also a
singular exhibition of a new melon, called the boa con-
strictor melon, a hybrid between the snake cucumber
and some esteemed variety of the former species. One
of the most interesting subjects brought before the meet-
ing was the exhibition of grapes,
of which no less than
six sets were exhibited, and on which it was observed by
Dr. Lindley, that were the seasons to be as congenial as
the last, the extensive cultivation of this fruit would be
an object of consideration in this country, the specimen
in question having been obtained in the open air. The
plants from the gardens contained several new and in-
teresting specimens, the result of the society's recent ex-
plorations in China. In addition to the prizes previously
announced, a large silver medal was given to Mr. Ray,
and a silver Knightian medal to Mr. Rollison, for their
collections of orchidaceous
and
; in addition to which
seven Banksian medals and three certificates of merit
were distributed.

The attempts 'Made to rescue the Great Britain from
her unfortunate position have now entirely failed. Until
the springs of the ensuing winter no new efforts can,
with any probability of success, be made, and meanwhile
she must sustain the storms of the winter.
The melancholy intelligence was received in Liver-
pool at an early hour this morning, by the arrival of the
steam-tug Dreadnought, Captain Gillespie, from Dun-
drain 134 y, whence she sailed at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Our last account, it will be remembered,
stated that on Monday the state of the weather, and the
heavy seaway prevailing in the bay, had prevented the
approach of the two steam-tugs hence, and of the
powerful Belfast steamer Sea Nymph. We now learn
that during the whole of the ensuing night and through-
out yesterday the weather underwent no improvement,
and consequently all hopes were relinquished. The
steamers, therefore, left the bay, the Sea Nymph steam-
ing to Newry, whence she arrived at noon to-day ; the
Albert steam- tug to Warrenpoint to take in coal, pre-
paratory to starting for this port ; and the Dreadnought
to Liverpool. Both of these fine vessels have lost their
anchors and chains, and last night, off the Calf of Man,
the Dreadnought encountered a gale of wind and a ter-
rific sea. The weather now continues severe and
threatening. The sea in the bay is described as running
"mountains high."
The Great Britain must now, therefore, winter in
Dundrum Bay, and such, according to the best infor-
mation we can obtain, is the intention of her commander.
She now occupies a most favourable position for this pur-
pose, having, during the gale of yesterday, been carried
so far up the beach, that in ordinary tides she will be
out of danger from the sea. At low water she will be
left high and dry, and, happily, upon a hard sandy
beach, where there is little chance of her being imbedded.
Her bearing is now N.N.W. to S.S.E., and according to
the information of a competent judge she does not ap-
pear strained.
In the meantime every preparation will be made to
render the position of the ship secure. The erection of
a break-water for her protection is said to be con-
templated ' • and measures will be taken to repair the
leak which has proved so disastrous to the fortunes of
the ship.
A few facts may be added. An attempt was made
on Saturday night, it will be recollected, to get the
Great Britain off by the the two steam-tugs. Ac-
cording to the statements received yesterday, little
was accomplished beyond bringing the steamer's
stern round into a more favourable position. The
results were, however, of greater importance. The
steamer afterwards swung to the sea, and, had the
weather on Sunday been moderate, there is little doubt
that she would have been got off. The weather, how-
ever, proved most unfavourable, and ultimately the in-
creasing danger caused by the leak rendered it necessary
for the safety of the ship that the six anchors run out
astern into the sea should be let go. This was done, and
the ship consequently was forced higher upon the beach.
The following letters will be read with interest:—
TO MESSRS. GIBBS, BRIGHT, AND CO.

Great Britain steam-ship, Oct. 5.

Dear Sirs,—My letter of yesterday, and the weather
of last night, if you have had the same, will have pre-
pared you for what I have now to acquaint you with.
As the tide rose the sea increased, and about seven
o'clock we found the ship making much water. Worked
the pumps all night. The anchors again came home,
and on the flowing tide this morning, finding the
ship making at least two feet water per hour more
than the pumps threw, I thought it best to get some
sail, and force her as high as possible. Captain Claxton,
R.N., who came on board last evening, coincided
in opinion with me, and we did so, letting go all our
cables and halsers. The ship is now so high that I
think she will not take much more harm. Captain
Claxton leaves as soon as he can leave; at present the
surf is too high. I presume you will communicate our
situation to the underwriters of Liverpool and Glasgow.
I shall make the best of everything until I have further
directions from my directors and the underwriters. Until
then I shall, as I have done, keep the entire management
in my own hands.—l remain, dear Sirs, yours truly,
JAMES HOSKEN.

TO THOMAS COURT, ESQ.
Warrenpoint, Oct. 6.
Sir,—l returned from Tyrella this morninn, and regret
much to inforin you that the Great Britain had ten feet
of water in her hold yesterday morning's tide, and is
now high up on the beach, with her stern about S.E.
We had severe weather on Sunday, and part of yester-
day. I fear now there will be little chance of getting
this fine vessel off the -shore.•:—.l am, Sir, respectfully,
your obedient servant,

LEONARD WATSON.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, OCTOBER 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Sites areßristol and Exeter, 84%
mingharn and Oxford Junction, 534—Bristol and South Wales Junc-
tion, 2s.—Great Western, Halves, 19%—Ditto, Fifths, 11 p.—Ditto,
New, 5% p.—Manehester and Leeds, Extension, 1 1-16 p.—North
British, New, 141. 13s. 9d.—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3k—North
Staffordshire, 21. Is. 3d.
MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 34 p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 1 ys p.—Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, 3% p.—Cambridge and Oxford, 14 p.
Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, 114 p.—Direct Northern, 1
dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, N p.—East Lancashire
(late Blackburn and Preston), 2% p.—Exeter and Exmouth, 14s.
dis.—Grand Union, 14s. 6d. dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad-
ford, % p. —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1,6 die.
—Leeds and Thlrsk, 6 dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 12s. dis.—Liver-
pool and Bury New, % p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
2 5-16 p.—London and North-Western, New, 14% p.—London, Man-
chester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 734 p.—London and York,
js dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, p.—Man-
chester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—North Staffordshire, 1 15-16 p.—
Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 21s. 6d. dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 dis.
—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, p.—Shropshire
Union Railway and Canal, 12s. 6d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover,
Halves, No. 4, 34 p.—West Riding Union, 1 p.
LEEDS, OcTonKa 7.

STOCK ExcrwmE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New, 38s. 6d.
—Huddersfield and Manchester, Is. 3d. dis.—Huddersfield and Shef-
field, 3 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, c. dis.—Ditto, New, 3% dis.—
Manchester and Leeds Extension, 19s. p.—North British, Carlisle
Branch, 2 p.—York and Newcastle, New, 9% p.—York and North
Midland (East and West Riding), 10% p.—Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, 12s. dis.— Grand Union, 14s. Gd. dis.—Great Eastern
and Western, 30s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and ➢Midland, 17s. dis.—
Leicester and Bedford, 12s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
21. 4s. p.--Manchester, Bm4on, Matlock, and ➢Midland, I Is. p.—
North Staffordshire, 211 s. p.—North Western, par—Shropshire Union,
12s. Gd. dis..—West Riding Union, 31. ss.
HULL, OCTOBER 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc— North British, Carlisle
Branch, 66s.—York and North Midland, East and West Riding,
11 %—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 43s.—Liverpool, Orals-
kirk, and Preston, 2 p.—West Riding Union, 3/. 21.—Leicester and
Bedford, 10s. 9d.

YORK, OCTOBER 7.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 2 —Direct Northern, 1 —Leicester and Bedford, 18s. 6d.—
London and York, 1/. 16s. scrip, c. div.—Malton and Driffleld Junc-
tion, 21. 12s.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2%—
North British, Carlisle Extension, 31.4x.—North Staffordshire, 41. 4s.
—West Riding Union, 3}(—York and Newcastle, 10 4 —York and
North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 11%.

EDINBURGH, OcTonEa 6.
STOCE EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 141.-Airdrie and
Bathgate, 4/. 55.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares,
15/. 10s.-Armagh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 11.
6s. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 35.-British and Irish Union,
2/. 35.-Caledonian, 201. 155.-Ditto, New, 11. ss.-Caledonian and
Dumbarton, 1/. 45.-Clydesdale Junction, 271. 10s.-Cornwall and
Devon Central, 1/. 1 ls.-Deeside Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-Direct North-
ern, 1/. 11s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 251.-Dundee
and Perth, 251.-East Indian Railway, 13s. 6d.-East of Fife, 19s.
-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
72/. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 18/. 10s.- Ditto, Quarters, IN.-Ditto
ditto, New, 181.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Prefer-
ence, 20/. 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 101.-Ditto, Newport, 2/.
Bs. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 195.-Forth and Clyde Junction,
21. Os. &1.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 691. 52.-Ditto, New Stock, 361.
-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 171. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 51. 2s. 6d.-Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 125.-Glasgow and Dundee Junc-
tion, 1/. 13s. 6d.-Glasgew and Garnkirk, 401.-Glasgow General
Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock,
8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 135.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar-
drossan, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great North of Scot-
land, 14s. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 10s. 3d.-London,
Bristol, and South Wales, 1/. 3s. 6d.-London and York, 21.-
Ditto, Half Shares, 11. 155.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-
Newcastle and Berwick, 271. 155.-North British, 321. 155.-Ditto,
Halves, 141. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, cum new, 31. 65.-Ditto, New
Quarters, Scrip, 11. 35.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 10s.-North Staffordshire,
41. 9s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, 201. 12s. W.-Ditto, New, 91. 12s.
6d.-Scottish Central, 191.-Ditto, New, 91. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Cen-
tral and Caledonian Junction, it. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.
- Scottish Midland, 111.-Scottish Southern, 11. 175.-Shrewsbury
and Hereford, Bs. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5/.-
Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. Is. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 21.
165.-Strathern Junction, 2/.-Wishaw and Coltness, 47/. 10s.

GLASGOW, OCTOBER 6.
STOCK EIcUAs4OE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 275. 3d.—
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 265. 6d.—Cornwall and Devon
Central, 31s. 6d.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 13s. 3d.—East Indian
Railway, 13s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Quarter Shares
(5 per cent. guar.), 17%—Ditto, halves, 5/. Is. p.—Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 325. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan,
275. 6d.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 30s.—Great
Indian Peninsular, ss. 6d.—Great North of India, ss. 9d.—Perth and
Inverness, 325.

AN UNWELCOME VlSlTOR.—Wednesday, as some
oxen were being driven along New Tothill-street, West-
minster, one of them mounted the first-floor stairs of No.
24 in that place. Mrs. Lawrence, who resides in that
part of the house, hearing such an unusual noise on the
stairs, inquired who was there, when the answer was
made by the bullock thrusting his head in at the door.
Mrs. Lawrence was dreadfully alarmed ; her right arm
being in splints, her only means of escape appeared to re-
treat as quickly as possible under the bed. Her screams
brought assistance, and, after some trouble, the bullock
was safely backed down stairs and Mrs. Lawrence re-
leased from her unpleasant situation. Whether the
bullock had been over-driven, did not appear.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.—
The President, Vice-President, and Council of this So-
ciety held a couverzatione on yesterday evening, at the
Society's rooms, 17, Bloomsbury-square. The attendance
was extremely numerous, and among the visitors were
Professor Rose, of Berlin, Michael Faraday, Esq., and
several other distinguished chemists. The library and
lecture-room were opened for the reception of the com-
pany, and were ornamented with a selection of rare
plants and a variety of philosophical apparatus. Among
the objects which attracted most interest were several
living specimens of the coccus cacti, or cochineal insect ;
a working model of Mowbray's patent fixed-air safety
whistle ; a magnificent galvano-magnetic apparatus, and
various applications of the gutta percha, or new elastic
gum. The company did not separate until after eleven
o'clock.
FRUIT BY WElGHT.—Within the present season
the plan of selling apples, pears, and some other de-
scription of vegetables by weight, instead of by measure,
has come extensively into operation in many parts of
the eastern districts of the metropolis. The plan appears
to give more satisfaction to the consumer, on account 01
its ensuring him always an uniform quantity in his
purchase. It is thy usual method of selling fruit in
Scotland.

TIMES.—In a few Jays the double marriage of the
Spanish sisters will probably be celebrated ; a Queen
will have received an unwelcome consort, and a Princess
been entrapped into a forbidden alliance. It is, perhaps,
calculated that a step irretrievable will cease to be ois-
cussed, that what cannot be cured will be viewed in the
usual light of such cases, and that a grand reversionary
property will have been secured at the cheap expense of
a little dishonour and a great deal of noise. The results,
however, of these breaches of national faith are neither
so superficial nor so ephemeral. Even if the present
effects be confined to the " passing jealousy and ill-
humour" which the most temperate of our neighbours
anticipate, it would ,be very unsafe to conclude that such
a termination was final. Too many rules have b( en in-
fringed to leave the precedent so harmless and unim-
portant. If the current and uncontradicted rumours of
the friendly conference at Eu contain any truth, the
promise of a statesman at a most amicable and confiden-
tial interview has been unintelligibly evaded. Omitting
this unauthenticated assertion, it is undeniable that the
French Cabinet selected a discreditable season for pro-
secuting with abruptness and haute a measure of which
they well knew the doubtful legality, and of their in-
tentions concerning which they had left false impres-
sions on a friendly Power deeply interested in the event,
and possessed of a rightful claim to be consulted. At
the Court of a common ally they enveloped their pro-
ceedings in the secrecy and mystery characteristic
of an unlawful transaction ; to the last stage of
the negotiation they suppressed the negotiation of
an act demanding peculiar openness and honour ;
they left the British Ambassador uninformed of a step
of which, by the first rules of diplomatic decency, he
should have been cognisant they dictated prevarica-
tion and dishonesty to, the Court at which he was re-
sident, and resorted to the most notorious violence to
secure the acceptance of their proposals. When at
length they allowed their dealings to struggle into offi-
cial light, they met the temperate remonstrances of the
English Minister first with equivocation and then with
discourtesy. Our last dispatches from Madrid stated
that the Spanish President had informed Mr. Bulwer
that he could not enter into any discussion
upon the subject of difference. The note of
our Ambassador at Paris, though as decisive
as was consistent with existing relations, was left
unanswered. The whole policy of Versailles was that of
a Court perfectly conscious of its unjustifiable conduct ;
well aware that it would be exposed to remonstrance
and rebuke ; concealing its craft as long as possible ;
waiting with some anxiety for the catastrophe and its
consequences ; overjoyed to find them less serious than
conscience had taught them to dread ; shrinking from a
discussion they felt it impossible to sustain ; desperately
hurrying on the project to its completion ;, and trusting
to the lapse of time or the chances of the game for
making matters smooth again afterwards. Secrecy and
speed are proverbially necessary to violence or fraud,
but are seldom imperatively demanded in peaceable and
upright transactions. 'Deeds that love the dark are
not often fitted for the light. If the Montpensier al-
liance were as reasonable a project as the French re-
present it —as grateful to Spain as becoming to
France, and as desirable to. Europe—how, or why
should England oppose it ? What iaipediment could
possibly arise either from proclaiming or postponing it ?
With what face or what arguments could England
forbid the bans ? The most gratuitous malice has
scarcely ventured to .suggest that she was a rival
competitor. It was clear that she could urge nothing
for individual advantage. She could advocate nothing
but the independence of Spain and the tranquillity of
Europe, and the treaties that define the rights and the
limits of her intervention gave also a guarantee that it
could neither be officious or vexatious. What must be
the character of that transaction which, by the avowal
of its authors, could never have borne consideration or
delay, which could only have been effected by stealth
and completed by precipitancy, and which, it is con-
fessed, must have been dropped had an opportunity been
left for the notice of that Power, which could only base its
interference on the stipulations of solemn treaties or the
requirements of European peace? France has gained
an object; with what results it remains to be seen. The
nation chiefly insulted has still to speak, and will, per-
haps, speak when her voice is least expected. If, at the
moment when the Court of Madrid is congratulating
the Court of Versailles upon the lull of the storm and
the security of the haven, the Count de Montemolin
should call the Carlist party to arins, professing, unlike
the Bourbons, his readiness to foiget and forgive; or if
a sudden democratic tempest shotild drive the intruders
over the Pyrenees or the Tagus, these would be events
only conformable to, the precedents of Peninsular his-
tory. It was not usitilothe Austrian party were quietly
quartered in Madrid and Ttilqdo, and Charles had been
peaceably proclaimedin the capitalas King of Spain and
the Indies, that the people of Philip gave a sign of spirit
or sensibility. Yet in twelve months Philip was a King
again, and the Spanish cause was gained at the moment
it appeared to be lost. Still less occasion is there for
congratulation or triumph in the policy practised to-
wards England. The success achieved by France could
at any time be achieved by any nation willing to pay
the same forfeit. She has calculated the offence she
might give an allied Power without provoking extremi-
ties. She has put out of her reckoning the damage done to
her credit—has set off against the risk of more substantial
damage the greatness and value of the spoil, and decided
on seizing it at all hazards and trusting to fate for the
results. It is generally in the power of any individual,,
with a current character for honesty, to overreach
another in any one negotiation, but the least scrupulous-
will sometimea estimate their reputation too highly to
barter it at a single bargain. King Louis Philippe has
extorted for the Duke de Montpensier a greater dotation.
than ever was voted by a Parliament. France had better
have paid in coin than in character. Breaches of inter-
national confidence are acts quite as disgraceful, and pre-
cedents almost as dangerous, as breaches of international
law. It is not every outrage of either that will provoke
a war, but the least tends to injure the influence of that
conventional code which secures the peace of the world
In a time of peace, and in a friendly country, England
has seen the spirit of solemn contracts slighted, and her
temperate protests entirely disregarded. She may not,
as was probably calculated, conceive the occasion as
calling for the last appeal of nations, but the occurrence
will not therefore be overlooked or forgotten. There are
licenses of conduct in which both nations and individuals
may indulge without being actually or immediately shot
at, but the transgressor seldom fails to pay a propor-
tionate price for his freedom and his folly.
POST.—We are borne out by the fast. In spite of all
speculative criticisms, the Wellington statue is no failure.
Very far from it. It reflects very great credit upon
the artist by whom it was designed, and—in spite of
sneerers—We go further, and say that it reflects credit
on the committee to whom its erection is due. The

likeness of the man is unquestionable. Those who
knew him best at the time he purchased, by his skill and
his valour, the great laurels that now he can boast of,
are willing to bear witness that Mr. Wyatt has given us
the features of the great Wellington of Torres Vedras,
of Vittoria, of the Nivelle, of Toulouse, and of Water-
loo ! Yes ; in " historic brass" we have before us the
likeness of that great warrior who never advanced but
to victory, and who never retreated but, like the leader
of the Ten Thousand of old, in his retreat to eclipse the
glory of his advance 1 It is a very painful thing to think
that silly jealousies, and trumpery party partialities, have
deprived a triumph of so much of its honours.
Wretched and miserable personal feelings were
suffered to interfere with what ought to have been a
national ovation, and it is with us a source of deep
regret that these feelings were prompted and stimulated
by a certain portion of the London daily press. Lord
Bacon says that certain things are exempt from satire.
We should think that our contemporaries must have in-
deed been in lack of a subject when they selected that to
which we advert. Our London statues are scarcely so
unexceptionable as to allow us to talk grand, still less to
throw stones. The deficiency in artistic merits of Lon-
don, as a city, nobody ever ventured to question ; but,
despite it all, we dare pronounce the Wellington statue a
good statue and its site well chosen. There is a cant in
criticism as well as in politics. We hear about " high
art" as we heard about " high " politics. But as the
latter got us into the ditch, we are not very trustful of
the former. We earnestly entreat of our readers to
eschew this cant. We are willing to abide by the un-
prejudiced, unbought, unsought opinions of those who
have viewed this statue since its elevation. Every one
that has seen it with unprejudiced eye seems to concur
with us in the belief that it is the noblest memorial ever
raised in honour of the greatest hero.
CHRONICLE.—A general assemblage of Irish landed
proprietors, at the present extraordinary juncture, is a
measure for which plausible reasons may be assigned in
abundance. The scheme, however, is scarcely more
than plausible. The promise which it holds forth, of
bringing to the relief of Ireland in this alarming emer-
gency the collective wisdom and knowledge of her edu-
cated and propertied classes, is in the highest degree
unlikely to be made good. The meeting, if it should
have the luck to escape being turned to the purposes of
repeal, will simply reiterate the truths and the fallacies
which have already come to us from the resolutions of
county meetings, without attempting to apply to the
evils which it may condemn any practical remedy. Mr.
O'Connell's game in reference to this project is obvious
enough. In the presence of famine ho does not forget
repeal, and with many professions of moderation and
forbearance, he strives most ingeniously to give the
proposed assemblage a repeal character. Ile will
have it a meeting, if . not of repealers, at least
of precursors. Nay, he is no longer contented__,lth a
mere meeting, which was the. first thought. His last
letter insists upon the "necessity of forming in Dublin
a central body board, or association, from amongst the
landed proprietors of Ireland," which, by the power of
local knowledge and popular confidence, may control
and direct the Government. The design has the merit
of simplicity. It is simply to make an Irish Parliament
off hand. This, however, is but the face which Mr.
O'Connell chooses to Rut upon a movement of which it
is by no means clear that he will or can have the direc-
tion. We have no right to attribute such imbecility to
the. gentry of Ireland as would be implied in the suppo-
sition that they could not assemble to consult fo' the
common safety, at a great national crisis, without be-
coming the puppets of Mr. O'Connell. But giving them
full credit for the capacity to take an independent
course, and assuming that if they should come together

lin a great national conclave they will be able to move on
the edge of a repeal precipice without the least danger
of toppling over, we are still constrained to doubt whe7
ther discussion of any kind is just now the most press-
ing duty of Irish landlords, and even if it were, whet;:er
the views and feelings at present prevailing amongst them:.
would, by a collective expression, lead to any useful re-
sult. In the first place, the idea of journeying to the
capital to make speeches and pass resolutions, when
famine is stalking abroad in the provinces, savours far
too much of the disposition to take refuge in talk from
the pressure of an emergency which requires action.
The place of an Irish -proprietor just now is upon his
estate. The poor, who are to be employed and fed=the
ignorant, who are to be guided and saved from the
ruin which violence might bring upon them—these are
the parties (hard enough, it may be) to deal eith, but '
with whom it is now the primary and inevitable duty of
the Irish landlord to deal in the best way he can. Ho
may shut his eyes to the stern and menacing realities,
of his own situation, or he may-fly from their pressure,
List he does either at his own peril. An Irish landlord ,
eite, upon any pretext whatever, shrinks from or
neglects any effort in hig power to a'leriate that portion
of the public calamity which shows itself at his own dtenn is
preparing for himself a day of strict and fearful reckon-
ing. In the second place, we may be sure that those!
who leave the post of action and danger to harungues
and recommend, will lay stress upon sOnnethit
which is to be done not by themselves, but by othe sr.
,
'This tendency shoWs itself in Iri-land town extent which
ie disheartening. Everybody...is 'cud and
"eloquent ins
enforcing what is 'to be done by somebody else. The
landlords, the priests, the repeaters, are called upon by
turns, and all with one voice join ill imposing impossible
tasks upon the Government. The Government is to
employ the people, and it is also to feed them. Ii is to
give them wages such as they never yet obtained fron
independent labour, and it is to prevent the natural in-
fluence of scarcity from being. felt in the price of bread.
In this strain speak the assembled magistrates of coun-
ties, and to the same purpose,- but oi-
Bi
dlam speaks Mr, John O'Connell
ciation. The reckless and ignorant 'disregard thus shown
of the impassable limits by which 'the powers of gas ern-
meats are hennaed, and the tendeney evinced. ,to thiew
upon-" them- a vague-ands immeasurable responsibility;
forbid us to expect very useful or practical results from
the propOsed Dublin meeting.
ADVERTISER—The question of opening the ports
to the untaxed importation of foreign corn is hourly
becoming more urgent. It is the subject of universal
surprise, that Lord Jelin Ruisell should not have resorted
to this expedient some weeks ago. In the omission of an
act so urgently called for he has been guilty of a grave
dereliction of duty. We should like to know
,'or_ what
grounds the Noble Lord will attempt to justify his ne-
glect. He does not doubt his power to throw open every
port in the kingdom to the reception of -foreign' corn,
duty free. An Order in Council is all that Would, be re-
quired preparatory to the adoption of such a step. And
not only wouldlhe measure
.be constitutional, but the
Premier could urge innumerable precedents for re-
sorting to it. Had Sir Robert Peel been in office, there
can be no doubt that he would, , before now, have
caused the ports to be thrown open. lie had deter-
mined to have recourse to that expedient en the Ist
of November last, although the then destitution in
Ireland bore no comparison to what it is now. It
is' true his intentions were defeated, owing to
a majority of his colleagues taking a less -alarm-
ing view of the distress at that time existing
in Ireland. But, though. defeated in the Cabinet, Sir
Robert Peel attested the sincerity of hig convictions and
the integrity of his purpose, by breaking up his admi-
nistration, because the power of carpiog out his wise
and statesmanlike resolves was withheld from him.
Who then can doubt that, in the present far more alarrb-
ing state of matters, the ex-Premier, had' he -still' been
at the head of affairs, would, without' hesitati6n, have
unlocked the ports of the United Kingdoin to the ad-
mission of foreign corn? And shall Lord John Russell
shrink from doing what Sir Robert Peel would have
been forward to do? The Noble Lord has a high repu-
tation for moral courage. Nothing, we are told, daunts
him. Only—say his friends—convince him that a par-
ticular course of action accords with the principle of
justice, and no apprehension of consequences will deter
him from adopting it. It would be paying a • com-
pliment to the Noble Lord's -integrity at the ex-
pense of his discernment, were we to suppose him
insensible to the exigencies of the existing crisis.
We cannot divest our minds of the conviction,
that he is fully alive to the perils which
environ the social system in Ireland, in consequence of
the dreadful condition of affairs in that country. And
yet he has hitherto failed to take those decisive and
energetic steps, in dealing with Irish evils, which the
emergency requires. It is difficult to conceive what can
be the cause of the Noble Premier's hesitation in re-
ference to the opening of the ports. Not only has he
precedents before him, in all similar cases of a deficiency
of food of home growth, but he knows that such a nsea-
sure is loudly clamoured for both here and in Ireland.
There is not, an the other hand, a man in the country
who would arraign the necessity or propriety of such a
step. Even Lesrtit George Bentinek, emphatically the
champion of protection to the farmer—even he would
not object, in this' emergency, to the, opening of the
ports. He and his party while assailing the Ministerial
corn-law measure of laskssion, admitted That had Sir
Robert Peel then decided on throwing open Cie ports of
Ireland, they would have given him, in that particular
instance, their most cordial support. 'they made it, in-
deed, a matter of grave irdputation on the statesmanship
of the Right Flon?Baronet that be did nut adopt that
step. Of course, awn, a sense of decency would restrain
the protectionists from opposing any proposition made
by Lord John Russell for opening the ports to untaxed
foreign corn, when it is felt and confessed on all hands
that the present state of Ireland is tenfold more alarming
and perilous than it was in November last year. What,
then, the public are curious to learn, can be the reason
of the Premier's hesitating to adopt a measure so ur-
gently called for by the necessities of the case, and to
which the slightest objection would not be offered from
any quarter. At present the conduct of the Noble Lord
is enshrouded in mystery. It is giving great pain
to his best friends. It seems to indicate a deplorable
want of humanity. and an entire absence of en-
lightened and statesmanlike views. Has it not
occurred to the Premier that lie is placing his sup-
porters in an awkard position, by ndt at once adopting
the only obvious course by which four millions of people
can obtaiu the amount of food necessary to keep soul
and body together? Has the idea not crossed his mind,
that contrasts most unfavourable to himself will be in-
stituted between him and his predecessor in office ?
What defence the Noble Lord can offer for his conduct,
in allowing the peasantry of Ireland to perish far want,
and to place the tranquillity of the country in the most
imminent peril, when the adoption of the course we are
recommending would avert such terrible evils, is one
of those things not dreamt of in the philosophy of any
one but himself. How he can repose on his pillow at
night, with so fearful a load of moral and constitutional
responsibility resting on his shoulders, is more than we
are able to divine.

IIERALD.—The guerilla nature of that contest of
which Southern Africa is now the scene continues to
excite much uneasiness, chiefly arising, however, from
its own indeterminate and irregular character. The
accounts which we have received for a considerable
period have consisted almost wholly of a series of ma-
rauding exploits, in which the enemy and the colonists
are alternately the actors. Three or four hundred head
of cattle are descried at a distance in possession of the
Kafirs ; a score or two of men dash after them without
orders, and often in utter defiance of all military
discipline. Sometimes they are foiled, but more fre-
quently are successful in plundering the enemy of that
which had been the sole object of the attack. The affair
may be characterised by a brilliant charge, a gallant con-
test, a valuable booty, and a safe return ; but the next
day, perchance, is marked by reprisals : and while such
a warfare continues, the prospects of a final settlement
become more remote than ever. In the same way, in-
telligence may be received that the Kafirs will attack a
given post on a given day. Provision made be made for
repulsing the enemy and avenging the insult, but when
all this is performed and completed, the war stands just
where it was. In contests with uncivilised nations, who
are utterly ignorant of our vast military resources, and
wholly unconscious of the amount of that power
which they hare provoked, petty successes of this
kind are vain and purposeless. It may be asserted,
with some plausibility, that attempts must unceas-
ingly be made to recover from the enemy that cattle
which the latter has swept off from the frontier ; but
no one will venture to say that the property thus re-
covered is in any instance restored to its old owner, or
that any effectual ',compensation is now being made to
him for the beggary and destitution to which he has
been reduced by the robbery of his stock and the murder
of his servants ; on the contrary, cne of the reports con-
cludes with the statement that—" about 300 head of
cattle had been here picked up, which afforded a very
seasonable supply of meat to the hungry troops." Of
course, the famished soldiers who recovered them could
not part with this reward of their labours, nor waste
their valuable time in the attempt to search out the old
owners, or to distribute the cattle equitably among the
plundered colonists, while their own physical necessities
were unsatisfied. But such facts, manifest as they must
be to the most cursory observer, completely discounte-
nance the idea that these excursions are undertaken for
the recovery and restoration of stolen property. It is
evident that a pressure for immediate supplies, or the in.
dulgence of predatory tendencies on the part' of the
troops themselves, dictates these skirmishes—either of
which suppositions are in the highest degree discre'-
ditable to those who actively influence the current of
affairs.

During the visit of the King of the French to the
fortresses on Friday, his Majesty perceived a female
with a wooden leg, and wearing the decoration of, the
Legion of Honour. The King, learning from General
Gourgaud that this woman had obtained her dectcration
at the battle of Friedland, in which she figured as a non-
commissioned officer of hussars, made her a present of
100 francs.

DEATFI Or FREDERICII LANE, EBQ.—L7NN, OCT. S..
—lt is our melancholy duty to record that Mr. Lane,
who was severely burnt at the late fire at Tavanues, in.
Switzerland,' breathed his last at 5 o'cicck in the,morn-
ing of the 25th ult. His loss, and the very dis'tre':ssing
circumstances attending it, will, we are assured; excite
the deep sympathy and sorrow of a very numerous
circle of friends. Mr. Lane was distinguished amongst
the members of his profession for the remarkable rapidity
and sagacity of his judgment ; and aruengstill his.at •
quaintances for a most warm-hearted hospitality in so-
ciety, and a most liberal hand to the poor and needy.
There were 38 strangers. staying at the hotel., Six of.
them perished in the flames. Most of the travellers
were Englishmen, and amongst the inmates were Miehael
Stocks, Esq., solicitor, with his eldest daughter,' zezid 0.
Gleadhall, Esq , all of Halifax, but happily they.,escapq.4
with their lives. In escaping from a window. three
stories high, Mr. Stocks unfortunately broke his 14.--
Bury Yost.
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