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E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ETENING, AUGUST 20, 1846.

IRELAND.

THE REPEAL MAGISTRATES.

DUBLIN, AUGUST 17.—The Freeman's Journal of this day
publishes the correspondence between Lord Chancellor Brady
and Mr. O'Connell, prior to the reappointment of the latter
gentleman to the commission of the peace, from which he
was dismissed in the year of repeal, 1843. No.. hing can be
more complimentary than the terms of Mr. O'Connelrs
reply, and a contrast is drawn between the ex and present
Chancellors, which is, of course, all and away in favour of
the Whig functionary. Here are the official letters of
grace :

Secretary's Office, Four Courts, Dublin, Aug. 15.
" Sir,-1 am directed by the Lord Chancellor to acquaint
you that the attention of the Lord-Lieutenant having been
given to the circumstance of the removal of a number of
magistrates, at various times, from the commission of the
peace, on account of their conduct in relation to political
meetings and demonstrations, his Excellency has been
pleased to convey to him the opinion that these cases
might be severally reconsidered, with a view of deciding
upon the propriety of restoring to the commission such of
those gentlemen as be might think properly qualified for the
office. And the Lord Chancellor has felt it to be his duty to
act upon this opinion.
" In referring to lists of magistrates who have been so
removed, it appears, that pursuant to an order, bearing date
the 25th day of May, 1813, your name was removed from
the commission of the peace for the county of Kerry.
" Mr. Sugden's letter of the 23d of Slay, 1813, addressed
to you, and that to Lord Ffrench, of the same date, a copy of
which was inclosed in Mr. Sugden's letter, exhibit the
grounds of this order.
" On the best consideration he has given to the subject,
and to the circumstances under which your removal took
place, the Lord Chancellor is of opinion that these letters
contain nothing which ought to preclude your being restored
to the commission of the peace.
" He desires me in consequence to say, that if it should be
your wish to resume the otlic.3 of a magistrate, he is prepared
to give the necessary directions for your being replaced in the
commission.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your very humble and
obedient servant,
" FRANCIS WILLIAM BRADY, Secretary.
" To Mr. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., &c."
(CoP.Y.) . _ _

" 30, Mserrion-'square, Dublin, Aug. 15.
" Sir,—l have the honour to receive your letter of this
date, written to me by the direction of the Lord Chan-
cellor of Ireland, and containing an offer by his Lordship to
reinstate me in the commission of the peace for the county
of Kerry.
" I accept that offer with respectful gratitude.
" Residing as I do for a great part of the year in Dublin,
I accept the commission of the peace for Kerry, principally
because my doing so gives me the opportunity of expressing
my respectful gratitude to that eminent Judge, the Lord
Chancellor, for terminating the injustice done me by his
predecessor in office, Sir E. Sugden.
" I have also another and most powerful reason for ac-
cepting the commission : it is because I feel that the Lord
Chancellor has in this, his conduct to me, vindicated the
constitutional principle, that no man should be made to
suffer any penalty or punishment for seeking for the repeal
of an Act of Parliament by peaceable and legal means, and
none other.
" The Lord Chancellor has, therefore, not only done jus-
tice to an individual, but has overthrown a bad precedent,
and vindicated the constitutional right of every British sub-
ject to seek for an alteration in the laws by the exclusive
use of legal and peaceable means.
" I have had the happiness of being acquainted with the
professional and judicial career of his Lordship, and I beg
leave respectfully to express my conviction that, as on this
so on every other occasion, he will do equal and impartial
justice to all, and vindicate, in his exalted station, the con-
stitutional rights and privileges of his fellow-subjects of
every class and denomination.
"I have the honour to be, Sir,
"Your faithful and obedient servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL,
" To Mr. Francis William Brady, Secretary
to the Lord Chancellor."
THE POTATO PESTILENCE.
_

There is no variation whatever in the last accounts from
the provinces. If possible, affairs are looking still more
gloomy. The Tralee Chronicle, speaking of the rapid spread
of this pestilence in Kerry, observes :
" In every part of the county, east, west, north, and south,
the plague is abroad, with, to use the words of a respectable
Roman Catholic clergyman—' an Egyptian intensity.' Un-
happily, too, it is in those districts where the people are
poorest, and where fever in former seasons of distress has
been most rife, that the pestilence has more peculiarly deve-
loped itself. And yet it is with such a prospect as this state
of things must awaken up in the mind of every man with a
heart or a head, that Government has declared its resolution
of withholding those supplies of food which—be his political
views what they may—entitled Sir Robert Peel, in the words
of one of the most active and benevolent caterers of the Kil-
larney Relief Fund—David William Murphy—to the eternal
gratitude of the Irish people; it is at such a moment as this,
that the Board of Works have reduced the wages of the
labourers—that class, above all others, on whom will descend,
with a desolating effect, the fearful visitation stalking through
the land ; it is at such a time as this, we say, that the Board
of Works have reduced the wages of the labourers to Bd. a
day, and that upon works commenced but a few weeks since
at 10d.; as though they would insult the miseries of this
wretched class, or break down the patient spirit, which, let
partisans say what they will, hovers, like a glory, over the
hovel of our poorest peasant. And what is the reply from
the powers that be? In the absence of Lord Besborough, the
Lords Justices tell us that, forsooth, they do not see any
ground for interference.'"
The same paper gives a lamentable sketch of the state of
the barony of Iveragh. It is furnished on the authority of
the Rev. J. B. Tyrwhitt, a benevolent and highly intel-
ligent Englishman, and a clergyman of the Established
Church :
" His accounts of the prospects of the people of this very
poor barony, and all along from the River Kenmare, Sneem,
Darrynane, to Cahirciveen, and thence towards Killorglin,
is harrowing and startling. The whole potato crop is lite-
rally destroyed, while over a very wide surface, the oat-
crop presents an unnatural lilac tinge to the eye, at the
same time, in too many instances, the head is found
flaccid to the touch, and possessing no substance. The
barley crop, too, in many places, exhibits the effect of a
powerful blight. In some places, also, where turnips have
been grown, they present—a,' indeed, has been the case in
other parts of the county—a healthy exterior in top and
skin, but on being opened are found deeply impregnated with
a taint similar to that which has smitten the potato to such
an extent that one cannot stand in the blackened fields with-
out being overpowered by the offensive effluvia.
" In Cehirciveen, the centro of this scene of desolation,
while the people are crying aloud for food, and are ready to
pay for it, the store for Indian corn, under the direction of
the Coast Guard officer, closes this day; and so urgent was
the Commissary that here, as elsewhere, the door of execu-
tive relief should be simultaneously shut upon the people,
that the meal which, for effectual aid, should be sold out in
small quantities to the indigent labourer, was vended in sacks
to the solvent farmers.
" Contemporaneously with the Government order for clos-
ing the sale of Indian meal has been another from the Board
of Works to their officer, to suspend the works under his
management.
" The poorer classes, therefore, who are as peaceable as in
any part of Ireland, are already venting their complaints,
and—we say it in a spirit of regard for the interests of all
parties and classes, and imbued with hostility to none—that
there is danger, if prompt steps be not taken to introduce
food into the barony of Iveragh; the necessity will soon be
a more general one, but we now speak of Iveragh in particu-
lar—and, together with that food, extensive employment--
there is danger, we say, that the peace of the district will be
damaged.
" The Right Hon. the Knight of Kerry, cognisant of
this state of things, has, we have reason to know, written
to the Marquis of Lansdowne, and if our memory serves us
right, Mr. Tyrwhitt has addressed Lord John Russell on the
subject.
"Among the remedial measures in the way of employ-
ment that naturally suggest themselves to our mind are—the
drainage of bogs, and the reclamation of waste lands; esta-
blishing a packet-station at Valencia, the result of which
would be the formation of a line of railway, giving employ..
ment to thousands; the immediate systematised working of
the deep sea fisheries."
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The members of this body assembled to-day in the Con-
ciliation-hall. The attendance was particularly thin in all
parts of the building.
At one o'clock Mr. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. J. O'Connell,
M.P., Mr. N. Maher, Mr. T. Steele, Captain Broderick,
and Messrs. O'Hea, Dunne, and a few other members of the
committee, entered the Hall, and were cheered as usual.
Upon the motion of Mr. O'CoNNELL, the chair was taken
by Mr. J. H. Dunne.
The CHAIRMAN, in thanking the meeting and committee
for placing him in so high a position, said he fully identified
himself with the principles of Mr. O'Connell, and wholly
disagreed with the physical force doctrines of the " Young
Ireland party."—( Loud cries of "Hear, hear," and cheering.)
It was not his (Mr. Dunne's) intention to make a speech ;
but still he could not sit down without congratulating the
dismissed magistrates upon their restoration to office.
The SECRETARY having read the minutes, which were
confirmed,
Mr. O'CONNELL proposed a vote of thanks to the Limerick

repealers, which he said he omitted to do at the last meeting
—(Hear)—and then proceeded to comment on mistakes
which he observed in the Freeman of that morning ; he
alluded to the letter of the Lord Chancellor, and his
(Mr. O'Connell's) letter in reply, on the subject of the dis-
missal of the repeal magistrates.—(Hear, hear.) The Free-
man stated that he was the first person addressed by the
Chancellor. Now, that was not, and ought not, to be the
case.—( Hear, hear.) Lord Ffrench was the first to receive
an intimation of his re-appointment; and he (Mr. O'Con-
nell) was not a bit less grateful to the Lord Chancellor for
his re-appointment, because it was a proof that Repeaters
were again admitted to be as loyal subjects of the Queen as
any in England or Ireland. By the act of the Chancellor,
they were told, that looking for a repeal of the union was no
crime or slur upon their characters. He (Mr. O'Connell)
believed that the High Sheriff of Galway would not be
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the Protestants and Catholics,
glad to say that Mr. Steele had and he (Mr. O'Connell), was
been equally well received by
both parties, and that which was feared to be a scene of
bloodshed and riot, terminated in nothing more than a peace-
ful meeting.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN put the motion, which passed.
Mr. STEELE returned thanks, and proposed nine enthusi-
astic cheers for Lord Farnham, and the noble and truly hu-
mane leaders of the Orangemen in Ulster.

The meeting cheered the sentiment expressed.
Mr. STEELE next read a letter addressed to Mr. O'Connell
by the repealers of Edinburgh.
The following resolution accompanied the letter :
"The Nation having thrown out a hint that the members of
the Repeal reading-rooms might subscribe for that paper in
spite of the Association, resolved, that the Nutipn, having
adopted a policy directly opposed to that of the Association,
we indignantly repudiate any participation in its sentiments,
and will in future exclude it from our reading-rooms."
Mr. RAY next read a communication from the parish of
Ahascragh, in the county of Galway, inclosing 71., the re-
newed subscription of Lord Ffrench and his sons, &c. The
letter concludes as follows :

" I cannot omit to implore the attention of the Association
to the_molanctioly state 9f the potato crop, and t 9 feProgui

to that body to which the people look for sympathy under
this almost present famine, that that crop is a total failure..
In these united parishes all the potatoes are infected ; most
of them rotten, and the disease making rapid progress in its
destruction of the sickly remnant. Under these circum-
stances, if the people do not find continued employment, their
healths will be injured, and contagion must be the immediate
consequence. The Government will be responsible for the
most deplorable loss of life and property that must ensue if
immediate means of relief be not at once adopted."
" I have the honour to be, yours very faithfully,
" RICHARD M•LOUGIILAN.
• " Parish Priest of Ahascragh and Caltra.
" To Mr. Thomas M. Ray."
MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.

Mr. J. O'CONNELL said it was his duty to read a letter
from Mr. Smith O'Brien, and that duty was rendered some-
what painful by reason of some of the sentiments to which
the writer gave expressioh. The letter was addressed to
Mr. Ray :

"Dublin, Aug. 11, 1846.
"My Dear Mr. Ray—When, upon this day fortnight, I
retired from Conciliation Hall with a view to put an end to a
scene which was not less distressing to those who witnessed
it than injurious to the cause of Ireland, and disparaging to
the character of Irishmen, I indulged a confident hope that
Mr. O'Connell would be enabled, upon his return, to adopt
such measures as would restore harmony in the Repeal As--
sociation, and reunite the efforts of repeaters in every part of
the kingdom.
"The hope has been disappointed.
"Although unwilling to say anything that can tend to
widen the breach which has taken place in our ranks, I feel
that entire silence upon my part might be construed as ac-
quiesence in the late proceedings of the Repeal Association.
" Under these circumstances, I am compelled to record my
dissent from the resolution, by which the members and asso-
ciates of the Repeal Association have been deprived of their
right to receive the Nation newspaper, in consideration of
their contributions to the repeal rent.
" It is scarcely necessary for me to disclaim any connexion
with that journal; but lest there should be any misconcep•
tion upon the subject, I think it right to state that I have
never seen, previous to its publication, any article written
for that newspaper; and that since the death of my lamented
friend, Mr. Davis, I have enjoyed very little personal inter-
course or communion with any of the gentlemen who write
in its columns. In the Nation, as well as in other repeal
journals, opinions are occasionally put forward with which
I do not agree—expressions are used which I regret and
condemn ; but, while I thus refuse to identify myself with
all its sentiments, I professand avow admiration of the ability
with which it has been hitherto conducted. I admire it for
the extraordinary vigour of its style—for the dazzling splen-
dour of its prose, and for the glowing beauty of its verse—for
the absence of that scurrility by which -modern journalism
is disgraced; but, above all, for its burning enthusiasm in
the cause of Ireland. I sincerely believe that the aim of
its writers has been to raise Ireland to her proper station
amongst the nations of the earth, by the attainment of na-
tional institutions, and by the moral elevation of her people—
to make her renowned in literature and science, in arts and
in arms--to protect and uplift the poor without injuring the
rich—to inspire patriotic sentiment without demanding blind
servility of opinion—to combine respect for religion with en-
lightened toleration of adverse creeds—to unite the people of
this land in one great and glorious confederation, and upon the
basis of such a confederation to plant the standard of Irish
freedom, supported on the one hand by loyalty to the Queen
of this einnire, and on the other, by the wisdom, virtue, and
courage of an Irish Parliament.
"Believing that the Nation has rendered incalculable ser-
vice to the cause of repeal, I cannot but deeply regret its
severance from the Repeal Association. If this proscription
should have had the effect of destroying the journal, Ire-
land's cause will have lost one of its most efficient advocates.
If, on the contrary, it should be sustained by the public in
honourable independence, the Repeal Association will have
voluntarily thrown away no inconsiderable portion of moral
influence, by losing its indirect control over a powerful organ
of public opinion.
"I regret much that it has been thought necessary to sub-
ject to unfriendly and ungenerous criticism every expression
which has appeared in the columns of this newspaper. If
every article written in the repeal journals of Ireland—if
every speech made by the advocates of repeal, in times of
great political excitement, were in like manner to be sub-
jected to sinister interpretation, who amongst us could escape
censure? At the period when a popular outbreak was really
to be apprehended, it might have been proper to have adopted
coercive measures to restrain the use of menacing language :
but assuredly at no period during the last three years has
there been less pretext than at present for interfering with
the independence of the repeal press, either with a view to
protect the Repeal Association from legal snares, or to preven t
the Irish people from striving to attain a repeal of the union
by means of physical force.
"For my own part, although I have felt it to be my duty
to defend men who have been unjustly assailed, and, in
doing so, have cheerfully sacrificed that popularity andr
leadership' which it is supposed that I covet so much,
firmly repudiate the imputation that I am desirous to en-
courage the people of Ireland to struggle for their legislative
freedom by an appeal to arms; but, on the other hand, Twill
not consent to pamper the pride of England, or to encourage
her oppression of my country, by telling her that the Irish
people have for ever forsworn the use of the sword as the
final vindicator of their national liberties.

" A multitude of painful reflections suggest themselves to
my mind in connexion with the recent proceedings of the
Repeal Association ; but, as the expression of them would
exasperate rather tha❑ allay dissension, I shall add no more
than that I disclaim all participation in a course of policy
which seems to me calculated to defeat the consummation of
our national hopes at the very moment when we were upon
the eve of a final and glorious victory.
" I cannot conclude this letter, however, without renewing
to you, individually, the assurance of my unfeigned esteem ;
and I also gladly avail myselfof this opportunity of gratefully
acknowledging the uniform respect and kindness with which
I have been treated, not only by Mr. O'Connell and his
family, but also by every member of the Association with
whom I have been brought into personal communication
since my accession to the repeal confederacy.
" I remain, my dear Mr. Ray, yours, very sincerely,
"T. M. Ray, Esq." "W. S. O'BRIEN.

Mr. O'CONNELL said he was sincerely sorry to perceive
that in the letter just read there was not the least approach
or more than an implied wish, on Mr. O'Brien's part to join
again in tha labours of the Association.—(Hear, hear.) That
day week he (Mr. O'Connell) held out an invitation to Mr.
O'Brien to rjoin them, and they had no reply but that
letter, which could not be construed into an acceptance.
There was a great deal of matter, he regretted, in it, which if
he was disposed to treat with severity would require a great
deal of observation from him; for instance, there was a
feeling expressed to place a single newspaper before the
public as the great advocate of the repeal cause.—(Hear.)
Now, he would not consent to bandy arguments between
that body and the Nation, nor would he enter into a discus-
sion with them at all, for he had something else to do.
—(Hear, hear.) He had to look for repeal upon the prin-
ciples of the association, and in doing so, place all men upon
a safe footing in his capacity of Repealer and Irishman.—
(Cheers.) It was his duty to demonstrate, that there should
not be the smallest peril attached to their exertions; yet he
did not mean to undervalue Mr. O'Brien's exertions; on the
contrary, ke felt the full value of them, and would be proud
to see him again in their ranks; he would make a
" bridge of gold for him to recross." In fact, he
would make any sacrifice to have him again, but a
sacrifice of principle, and principle for no considera-
tion should be abandoned.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
(The Learned Gentleman then read a letter from Cork, en-
closing some money, and referring to the late rupture.) He
(Mr. O'Connell) could not agree in this expression, for he
could not agree to the doctrines Mr. O'Brien urged, and,
until he changed them for others, it was impossible for him
to coalesce with that gentleman. For he believed, that if
'they adopted his principles, they would be all liable to a
charge of high treason. That was his candid opinion
as a lawyer.—(Loud cheers.) The principles promulgated
by Mr. O'Brien and the Young Ireland party were to
act on peaceable measures if they could ; but, if they did
not succeed with them, to resort to physical force. Now, as
a lawyer, it was his conviction that it was high treason to
hold such principles as a body of men ; and therefore it was,
that peaceable measures alone were the fundamental prin-
ciples of that Association.—( Hear, hear.) The Lord Chan-
cellor admitted by his late Act that Repealers had a right
to agitate peaceably and legally for a change of the law; but
would he have done so if they resorted to force ? On the

contrary, the moment they did so, their conduct would
have been illegal. The difference between the two principles
were imprisonment and death, and liberty and freedom, and
if he (Mr. O'Connell) was to run such a risk as the Young
Ireland party proposed, he would be running the risk of the
lives of all the members of that body, and also his own life;
and for that reason he would not coalesce with Mr. O'Brien,
or any man advocating his doctrines.—(Hear, and cheers.)
The Tories sent him (Mr. O'Connell) to gaol for keeping the
peace—but they could not keep him there; because they had
no evidence of physical force doctrines to bring against him ;
but evidence could then be produced from the Nation, if
there was any connexion which they could be made liable to.
That was one of his reasons for disconnecting himself with
Mr. O'Brien and his party; and another was, for what the
Nation said as to the Association's connexion with France.
It said that they were promised assistance from France
through M. Ledru Rollin and from other sources; but there
was no foundation for such a statement, and he would hold
no connexion with a paper capable of asserting so gross a
falsehood.—(Cheers.) His principles were peaceable, and
lie would not accept repeal if obtained by revolution or
force, because the moment force was found to be a
successful weapon by one party, another was always pre-
pared to start up and use it; so that if they even got re-
peal by the principles the Nation urged, another nation
might start up to take it from them.—(Cheers.) He
would not, therefore, have repeal on any but moral force

letter said) "his sincerity and wisdom were again trium-
phantly attested."
Alderman DELAurrrY, Waterford, handed in 40/.
Captain SEAVER proposed the admission of Mr. George
Guy, jun., who, he stated was a most r€spectable merchant
in :Newry.—Motion carried. _ _

At this stage of the proceedings a respectably dressed
man, whose name we understood to be John Martin, rose
to address the meeting ; but was instantly interrupted by
Mr. O'Connell, who said he could not listen to him as he was
not a member of the Association, and, moreover, he had ad-
dressed to them a most impertinent letter.
Mr. MARTIN persisted in being heard.
Mr. O'CONNELL would not allow it.—(A Voice—" Pay
your 1/., Mr. Martin.) No, not 1,000/. could obtain his ad-
mis‘ion.—(Cheers. )
This closed the proceedings of the day.
Mr. O'CONNELL announced the repeal rent for the week to
he 2291. Is. 3d.

Mr. Foam:Ty, of Cobra Castle, was then called to the
chair, and the meeting separated.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMOAS, August 19.
THE ROYAL NAVY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

grounds, for then it would be permanent; but if otherwise,
the end of their victory would be a military despotism,
or a system. of anarchy. Revolutionary warfare had a hor-
rible effect on society. It had the effect of separating
husbands from their wives, mothers from their daughters,
and brothers from their sisters, and was always mixed up
with the confiscation of property—(Cries of Hear, hear ")
—which generally was a transfer of the property of the
good and the virtuous to the depraved and abandoned.—
(Cheers.) They got emancipation by moral force, and they
were not the worse for it.—(Loud cheers.) The Association
had a difficult raid to play, for they were attacked on all
sides—(Hear, hear)—for the young men attached to it also
wrote for other papers, which accounted for the support the
Nation got in some quarters. It was a pity to see young
young men of talent endeavouring to injure the cause of
Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) They said they were Repealers,
and agreed with the Association to a certain extent; if they
did, why did they not work with it to a certain extent? But
instead of doing so, they were throwing every obstacle in
the way of repeal, and doing everthing calculated to prevent
its being carried out. Was he to be told that moral means
would nor do? Had th not already succeeded by it ?
imploreduo
Mr. Smith O'Brien to throw
aWdoapstneodt caredopmhyasnicciaplatfioornce?
He
by it ? Talk of violence and
they would shut out every moderate man. What chance
would they have of the Protestant gentry in Ulster, or of
the Roman Catholic gentry of the other provinces, if they
cheers. Let that patriotic gentleman recollect that
on the state trials the chief document used against
the repeal traversers was the Aration newspaper,
sword.
which published that ridiculous poem, entitled—" Who
(Hear,
wr,ay hear.hi Hored.
fears to talk of '98?" He (Mr. O'Connell) did not fear
to talk of '9B, but he talked of it to condemn it.—Loud
cries of "Hear, hear," and Cheers.) That rebellion had
produced anarchy and blood, and but for it the Union
would not have been carried--(Hear, hear.) The Hon.
and Learned Gentleman then went on to say, that the
measures of relief proposed by the present Parliament
would not be successful, but had been of use. The argu-
ment against the repeal would have vanished the moment
that the failure was demonstrated. He had given the trial
—he could not do more.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Taey would have the repeal, and that repeal would alone
be achieved by moral force ; and though the Association
parted sorrowfully with those who differed from them, it
had confidence in the people, and, above all, in the mercy
and protection of a generous God.—(Loud cheers.)
Captain 13nonEn1am read a letter from Carrickmacross,
enclo,ing half notes for 81.; and also an address from the
Repellers of that town, reiterating their sentiments of con-
fidence is Mr. O'Qonnell M the present crisis, when c 8.5 the

Captain PECHELL hoped that the Gallant Officer
would not be daunted in his course by the observations
which had been made by the Hon. Member for Montrose,
and that in the next session he would be able to con-
vince that Hon. Member of the necessity of such reforms
as he had pointed out,
Captain CARNEGIE spoke in favour of the motion.
Captai❑ LAYARD said that great reforms were ne-
cessary in the army, and contended that no skill or assi-
duity could possibly obtain promotion in the army,
and would advise any gentleman upon no account to scnd
his son to the service, unless ha had great interest or a
large fortune, and he felt convinced that some change
would be made before long. He was sorry to hear
from the Government that no measures were intended
to be brought forward to remove this great and crying
evil. He thought the public would not long endure that
their regiments should be entrusted to the command of
young and inexperienced officers, while the older officers
were passed over and neglected. He maintained also
that those officers who had done their duty so nobly for
the country should not be allowed to finish their honour-
able career unrewarded, and hoped that the period was
not far off when distance of time would not be considered
a bar to honour and promotion.
Colonel VERNER thought, as an old soldier, that
the Gallant Member who had brought this motion
forward deserved the best thanks of the army and of the
country for so doing. The subject of rewarding the
officers of the Peninsula had been before the
public some years since, but, as yet, that mea-
sure of justice had never b en awarded to thoso
gallant officers.- He hoped that, even at this late
period thesa officers would have soma distinction
awarded to them while on earth, and which their
families might cherish when those who had earned and
deserved them were gone to their rest. _ .

Colonel REID wi.S sorry to hear that the Govern-
ment were ❑ot prepared to concede to the motion of the
Gallant Member for Westminster. _ _

Mr. FOX NIAULE said that the Noble Lord at the
head of the Government had not pledged himself in any
way in reference to the motion of the Hon. Member.
He (Mr. F. Maule) deprecated such a discussion in a
House like the present. His Hon. Friend had desig-
nated the system of purchase as a bad one, and though
in some respects he might agree with him, still he could
not concur in such a sweeping condemnation. The
distribution of the patronage at the Horse
Guards had been frequently called in question
in that House, but he believed that it was
administered in as unexceptionable a manner as the
system world admit of. It was very natural to suppose
that there would be much individual dissatisfaction, as
the number of applications frequently exceeded the
number of vacancies that would be at the disposal of
Government for twenty years. The question of going
into Committee had been so fully answered by his Noble
Friend at the head of the Government, that he would
not enter further into the question. With reference to
the question of decorations and medals, he thought that
that subject should be left to the Government of the day,
and it was now too late, he thought, to bring the latter
part of the motion forward.
Sir DE LACY EVANS replied. He was of opinion
that the speech of the Noble Lord at the head of the
Government would not be satisfactory to the House or
the country. his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary-at-
War had endeavoured to modify the speech of the Noble
Lord, by saying that he had not pledged himself in any
way to the motion, but this would not in his (Sir De L.
Evans's)opinion satisfy either the army or the public, and
he would say, in conclusion, that if the Noble:Lord did not
take the subject into his consideration during the recess,
and bring forward a measure to place the army, with re-
gard to promotion, on the same footing as the navy, he
would bring the motion on again early next session.
The motion was then by leave withdrawn.
RAILWAY BOARD.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the
appointment of a railway department. The Bill
was founded upon the resolutions which had been re-
cently come to by both Houses of Parliament. Its object
was to constitute a board for the regulation of all mat-
ters relating to railways ; and as the common consent of
both Houses was necessary to appoint it, the present
Bill was introduced for that purpose. He would
now briefly state its provisions. It was first pro-
posed that a board should be appointed, consisting
of five individuals—a president, who should be more or
less connected with the Government; two paid members
not connected with the Government; and two unpaid
members connected with the Government. The reason
why two of the commissioners were proposed to be
connected with the Government was, that there should
be a Member in either House ready at all times to
answer questions that might be put relative to rail-
ways. It was then proposed to enable them to have
transferred to their control the whole of the
business, officers, clerks, &c., at present in
connexion with the railway department of the Board of
Trade. It was also intended to impose upon them the
duty of seeing that all railways at present existing
should strictly comply with the provisions of their re-
spective Bills. There was a clause also to enable the
Board to carry on any inquiry which might be referred
to them by either House of Parliament, and to suggest
to the House what course might be most expedient to
adopt in reference to railway business in general.
There was one subject which, thought not part of this
Bill, he thought it would be desirable to revise
during the recess—he meant the standing orders of that
House relating to railways. One thing in particular he
thought should be considered—whether a longer
time should not be allowed to elapse between
the first proposal to construct a railway
and the bringing the Bill before tile con-
sideration of Parliament, so as to afford time to
make such inquiries as might be deemed necessary
during the interval. He had now briefly ex-
plained the nature of the Bill, and he was sure there
would be no objection to a measure which all must see
to be imperatively necessary in the present state of the
railway business of the country.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
Mr. MORRISON thought there ought to be some-
thing more than the mere transference of the present
powers of the Board of Trade to the Commissioners, to
do any amount of good. He wished to know if the
proposed Board would have the power to send for
papers and records, because, without this, little good
could be done?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that subject had not been considered by the Govern-
ment, but it would be, and an answer would be given in
the next stage of the Bill.
Mr. GREENE briefly supported the course proposed.
Mr. P. BORTIIWICK thought the Bill proposed was
a step in the right direction, only he considered the
powers should be much more extended than they were
proposed to be.
After a few observations from Mr. MORRIS,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in
answer to what some Hon. Members had said, intimated
that the Government only proposed now that which the
whole House might consent to, and with regard to more
extensive powers, the whole subject would be fully dis-
cussed and considered in next session of Parliament.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill,
The Bill was then brought in, and read a first time,
and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.
HOUSE OF KEYS, ISLE OF MAN.

Dr. BO WRING moved for the correspondence, or
extracts of correspondence, respecting the appointment
of Colonel James Campbell to the House of Keys, in the
Isle of Man, with copies of the warrant levying a fine
for his refusing to serve, and his protest thereupon.
Agreed to. _ _

The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Four o'clock.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH
COAST RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held
yesterday, at the London-bridge Terminus; Mr. A. Wilkinson
in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the report, from which we extract
the following :
"In the present session of Parliament branches from the
main line have been obtained to Wandsworth, East Grin-
stead, Steyning, Littlehampton, Newhaven, Hailsham, and
Eastbourne, and also an important communication with the
Thames at Deptford. A successful opposition has likewise
been made to the schemes of the South-Eastern Company, for
engrossing the whole county of Kent, and thus depriving
this Company of their due share of that traffic which has
hitherto passed over a portion of your line, and to receive
which it was partly constructed. It is believed that your
power of affording accommodation to that traffic, to that ex-
tent, and, consequently, your claim to it, is superior to any
which has been advanced by the South-Eastern Company.
" It will be proposed to you to sanction an application to
aPgarrelieammeenntt,wihnichthhears,exbet thet
into
wci
tohn fit ation
directors cf an
f
the Direct London and Portsmouth Company, for a complete
amalgamation of the two companies. A glance at the map
will suffice to point out the importance of this agreement.
ensesesnitoenredfoirn
By such amalgamation, and the other arrangements which
you have lately completed, you will have at your disposal very
extensive means of affording, to a large district, the most
satisfactory public accommodation. You will have lines
extending from London-bridge, on the one hand, to thigh-
ton, Lewes, Hastings, and Newhaven ; on the other, to
Epsom, Dorking, Petersfield, and Portsmouth; with coast
lines from Portsmouth to Hastings.
" The proprietors cannot fail to appreciate the advantage"
ous position which will thus be secured for this Company.
It should never be forgotten, however, that your only title to
it is an unceasing pursuit of the public welfare, as coincident
with your own. With this view, and having thus far se-
cure* system of internal communication for the south of
England, your directors feel that it would be incomplete
without an effective method of foreign extension. The only
obstacle to the more general adoption c f the route yid Dieppe,
the shortest between London and Paris, is the length of the
sea passage, and your directors have deemed it their duty to
do all in their power towards the removal of that obstacle,
by the cons:ruction of excellent boats, whi:h will portico
the passage with certainty in a single tide. As the powers
of your Acts of Parliament a 9 nvt eztoua to the accinapli4h-

ment of this object, it has been found necessary to raise
a separate fund for this purpose by a separate ccmpany—
whose directors, however, will' be the directors of this Com-
pany, and the dividend upon the capital of which will be
assimilated to the dividend upon the capital of this Com-
pany. The shares will be distributed pro rata amongst the
proprietors.
" Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, reports that the working of the
atmospheric system on the line between Croydon and London
progresses satisfactorily, and attains, daily, a greater degree
of regularity ; and the directors beg to refer for details to his
report, which will be read to the meeting.
" It will be necessary to raise additional capital within the
present year, for the pnrposes and under the powers declared
in the Acts of the present session ; and with this view it is
proposed to take a vote for the raising, by the creation of
shares, the -sum of 531,0001.
" It is proposed to take powers at this meeting to borrow
738,6661., under the authority of the Amalgamation Act;
'and to consolidate the shares of the two companies into a
common stock, as sanctioned by the Act of Amalgamation.

" The directors have only to add, in conclusion, that their
rule of action in the administration of your affairs will con •
tinue to be, to afford the greatest possible amount of accom-
modation to the public at the lowest rates at which such
accommodation can be fairly furnished."
A prospectus of a Brighton and Continental Steam-packet
Company, alluded to in the directors' report, was distributed
among the proprietors.
A resolution for amalgamating the Direct Portsmouth
Railway was agreed to, the Portsmouth subscribing one-
third of the capital.
Mr. Levy brought before the attention of the meeting the
indefatigable services of Mr. Young, the secretary of the
Croydon Company, and suggested that a handsome sum
should be awarded to him for the talent and great industry
with which he had ever promoted the interests of the Croydon.
proprietors.
The Chairman and several of the proprietors bore testimony
to the unceasing attention and activity of Mr. Young in the
Performance of the duties of his office, and the claim of that
gentleman on the consideration of the Company was left to
the directors to be dealt with by them as they thought
proper.
The remuneration- to the directors having been fixed at
100/. per annum each, and auditors appointed, a vote of
thanks was given to the chairman ,and the meeting broke up
RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room A.

MA.NCHESTMIL AND SOUTHAMPTON.
(Continued from our Afternoon Editioa of yesterday.)

Mr. Hoskins, one of the Tithe Commissioners, and for-
merly connected with the timber trade of the district, gave
evidence in favour of the line, as also did Major White,
Town Major of the garrison of Portsmouth; Mr. Moreley,
traffic manager of the Eastern Counties; Mr. Charles
Brines, manager of the Clay-cross Collieries; and Mr. Kent,
manager of Mr. Endall's hardware works, at Birmingham.
Mr. Bidder, tfie engineer to the line, was next examined—
E.Aithate per mile; 18,000/. ; total cost, 1,600,000/. The wit
ness repeated in detail the evidence given by him before the
Committee of the House of Commons, which appeared at
length at the time; in fact, the whole of the evidence adduced
was, with scarcely an exception, a repetition of that adduced
in the Commons.

The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Talbot,
and the Committee adjourned until to-morrow,

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSURANCES AND OTHER COM
PANIES' STOCK.

From tle Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18.
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LONDON
301 W

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Australasia •• •• •• •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 202
Brits!' North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 43
Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24%
^olontal ....... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 271 i
London Joint-Stock .• . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Metropolitan . . 25 0 0 710 0
Provincial of Ireland.. U. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 483,
Ditto, New... •• •• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 19
National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 21
Nat. Provneial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 35
Ditto, New.— •• •• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25%
Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11..

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
s. d. s. d.
Albion ....... •••• • • • 3/. lOs 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19%
Ditto Marine.• • •-• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 s
Atlas . . •
British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7%
Clericl,Med.&Gen.Llfe 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6%
County .• ..
Crown .......... •• • • 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
E:agle ••
Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
European Life ...• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe
Guardian ...... • ....• 5/: per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48
Imperial Fire ...... 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240
Imperial Lifo .. •. • ... • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29
Law Life l/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 52
Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 6
London Fire •• • • .... I Os. 25 0 0 12 10 0 144
London Ship .. ••.• • • I Os. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
Marine.. •. • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10%
Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 41. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 3
National Loam Fund.. St. per cent. 20 0 0 2. 10 • 0 -
National Life
Palladium Life ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. Os.
Phoenix • • - 205
Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s
Provident Life• •••• • .. 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
Rock Life.. ••••• • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 43i
Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. 198
Sun Fire.. • ..• • • ...
Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. 49
Universal Life • • lOl4/. pr cnt 100 0 615 0 22
• CANALS.
Names of p: Dividend '
Names of ai Dividend
Price.
Companies. per Companies. A
co Annum.
Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. p e 70 Nfonmouthsb 100 8/. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. 70 Afritgomrysh 100 51. 98
Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 38
Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• • • . 100 171. 340
Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. -
Cromford.... 100 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's •• • • 33 11. 55. 25
Derby
Ellsmre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropshire • . 125 81.
Erewash
Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11
GrandJunetn 100 71. 953 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 295
Grand Union 100 N. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 315
Glstr&Brkly 300 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. -
Grantham . • 150 12/. 100 Severn and} 26 1/. Bs. 32
Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avu 39 Is. 6cl. 91,6 Trnt & Mr-1
Lancaster 471 11. 10s. - sey, sh. ;so/. -
Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 Thains &Med 19 -
Leicester ..• • 140 10/. 105 Worcstr & 78 21
Leicstr &Nth 83' 4/. 60 Birming. 44
Loughborogh 142 701. 850 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11

DOOMS.

i Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of
Annum. Share.

Paid.

X s. d. £ 3. d.
Commercial .• - 80
East and West India .•• 6/. pr cent. • Stock. - 141
East Country • 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21
L Dndon . ... - 114
St. Katharine ...• • - 101%
Southampton ••-• • • • 141. per cent. ,50 0 0, 50 0 0 27%
WATER-WORMS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. i per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. I
East London.. •••• • • - • 8/. 100 0 0 - 204
Grand Junction ••• • - 37. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90
Kent ................ 21. 10s. 100 0 0 - 70
Vauxhall - 57
West 111,1,11esex • • .... 5/. ss. pr ent. 53 12 9 - 130
LIST or SCOTTIES conaParrxEs' PRECES,
..._
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per Of- Paid. I Price
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 171
Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 158
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 224
Commercial Bank - 100 .0 0 165
National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14%
Union Bank of Scotland 7% 1. pr, cent. -- 50 0. 0 92%
Western Bank.. . 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 85
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 71„
Clydesdale Bank.. • - 10 0 0 1334
Eastern Bank • - 10 0 0 11
Caledonian Bank - 210 0 4%
Edinb.Bs Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 716
City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. Ss
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 243. 9d
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Incur. Co. of Scetind• . 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9%
North British Insur 514 1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28
Caledonian Fire Insur lO/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22
EdiuSurgh Life Incur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18
Edin. &Glasg. Railway 11.103. perc. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74%
Ditto, 54 Shares- ••7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18U
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 :JO 0 0 171 m
Glanw & A yrshi r Bail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 75
Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 1614
Gisgw &Garnidrk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 40%
Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37
Standard LifeAssarnce.l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 g

NAL COURT.

CENTRAL CRIM
OLD COURT.

Benjamin Alexander Ford, 27, a well-dressed young man,
was arraigned upon seven indictments, charging him with
feloniously uttering forged cheques for the payment of -dif-
ferent sums of money, with intent to defraud.
The prisoner, who cried bitterly while he was at the bar,
pleaded guilty to the whole of the charges, and, upon the
application of Mr. Ballantine, judgment was postponed.
Crawford Lee Bartlett, 32, was indicted for stealing a large
quantity of valuable books and engravings, the property of
George Ackerman, and others, his employers.
The prisoner appeared in a most agonised state of mind.
He wept mot piteously, and before Mr. Straight, the Clerk
of the Arraigns, had finished reading the indictments, he fell
upon the floor of the dock, and it required the exertions of
two of the turnkeys to restore him. He at length sobbed
out the words, " I am guilty of all, and implore for mercy."
Mr. HUGHES, who was instructed for the prosecution, said
that the prisoner had been nine years in the service of the
firm, and he had always conducted himself well until the pre-
sent occasion. He was, upon this ground, instructed to re
commend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the
Court.

Mr. CLARKSON said he appeared for the prisoner, who, ever
since this unfortunate transaction, had been almost in a state
of delpair. He was aware that this formed no ground of
excuse, but be begged the Court to take into consideration
the recommendation of the prosecutor. Ile believed it had
been ascertained that the prisoner was about to get married,
and that he bad taken the property in question in order to
provide an establishment, and nu charge or complaint had
ever before been made against him.
The CommON SERGEANT, addressing the prisoner, said that
taking into consi:leration the recommendation of the prose-
cutor and the misery he himself appeared to have suffered the
Rate= would be much less thou it otherwise would hate