The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-17 00:00:00

FIRST DAY.

Only ono match took place. The weather was calm,
ti~ith baffling winds.
For a Cup, value 501., for yachts of any Royal Club,
above 15 tuns and not exceeding 25 tons, the following
started:-

Prima Donna... 25 tons ... J. Ives, Esq.
Secret .. 25 tons ... John Wicks, Esq.
. .

Fleur de Marie, 25 tons ... T. Hodges.
Won by the Secret; the Fleur de Marie gavo up the
contest.

There was a number of boat races and duck hunts,
which caused considerable animation.

SECOND DAY.

There were two sailing matches, which, at dusk, were
❑ot decided. Her Majesty was present this day in the
afternoon, and was saluted by the Commodore's yacht,
the Gem, in fine style. Her Majesty returned to Os-
borne about seven r.m. The weather was nearly calm
throughout the day, and the yachts in one match drifted
outside the Needles, at nine r.sr., on their return, off
ltyde, but as they are to go round the Nab, they cannot
be expected at the goal before to•morrow morning.

GEORGE STEPHENSON, THE AUTHOR OF THE
RAl',way. SYSTEM .—The merchants and manufacturers
of Liverpool and Manchester began to consider the
possibility of availing themselves, for the transport of
raw and manufactured goods between these two great
towns, of those means of transport which had been
found so useful in the coal tracts of Northumberland
and Durham. They did not at first contemplate any
thiag more than a solidly constructed tramway to be
worked by horse power. Fortunately they placed the
execution of their project under the direction of George
Stephenson, at that time one of the most eminent of
the colliery engineers—a man whose mechanical ge-
nius is of that order that it may, without exaggera-
tion, be asserted, that if Watt bad not previously in-
vented the steam-engine, he was capable of achieving
it. Burn in the humblest rank of life, self-educated,
endowed with an industry, energy, and indomitable
perseverance which rendered his manifold and emi-
nently practical abilities fully available to his employers,
he early obtained an independent position and a high re-
putation in his profession; but he might have lived and died
unknown beyond the district of his earlier labours,
had it not been his well-deserved good fortune to com-
mence and complete a work which, in extent, grandeur,
and utility, rivals even those roads which, after with-
standing for centuries the attacks of time and barbarism,
still testify the power and wisdom of ancient Rome.
Others before him prepared the way ; others since have
contributed valuable improvements in detail ; but to
George Stephenson unquestionably belongs the proud
title of the Author of the Railway System. He gathered
the many threads of ingenuity, and enterprise and
weaved them into the wide-spreading net-work which
promises, in its manifold extension, to envelope the
whole world in bonds of commerce, civizilation, and peace.
But with all his far-seeing genius, and all his talents, he
does not possess those minor arts which contribute not
a little to secure cotemporary, in addition to posthumous,
applause: arts by which lesser men keep themselvaensdcosne:
&tautly before the eyes of an admiring. audience,
cure constantly re-echoing applause for conquering.dif-
ficulties by themselves created,—Sidney's Railway Sys-
tem Illustrated.

[ADVERTISEMENT.].—Scorbutic humours Cured by
Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from
Mr. George F. Williams, of Blackrock, near Cork, dated
June 14, 1848.—T0 Professor Holloway, Sir —I beg to
state for your satisfaction and for the information of
the afflicted, the wonderful effects your Ointment and
Pills have had upon me. I have suffered severely from
Scorbutic humours, and for the last seven years my eyes
have been dreadfully sore; during that period I tried
almost every remedy without obtaining the least relief ;
at last I was prevailed upon to use your invaluable me-
dicines, which I did, and I am delighted to say that I am
perfectly cured by them. Sold by all Druggists, and
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand,
London.

SUSSEX ARCH2EOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— The annual
general meeting of this society was held at Lewes on
Thursday last. The Earl of Chichester presided, and
among the numerous and distinguished persons present
were—the Bishop of Chichester, the Earl and Countess
of Chichester and the Ladies Pelham, Earl and Countess
02 Sheffield, Lady Susan Holroyd and the Hon. Douglas
Holroyd, the Earl and! Countess of Morton and the
Ladies Douglas, Lord and Lady Headly, Lord Dufferin,
Lord Abinger, Lord Pevensey, and Sir Henry and Lady
Shiffner. With the exception of the members of the
society paying visits to the Castle, the churches of St.
Ann, St. Michael, and St. John, and the new De We-
renne Cemetery, the proceedings. of the day were chiefly
confined to the reading of some interesting papers, and
the exhibition of various antiquities. Upwards of two
hundred persons partook of the collation, but the unfa-
vourable state of the weather doubtless prevented a much
larger number from being present.
Papers from Belize, Honduras, to the end of June
state that the mahogany cutters, not considering the
prospect of affairs encouraging, were discharging their
men. Under these circumstances it was not anticipated
that business would improve. The refugees from Baca,-
lar remained at Belize,-but they are represented as
being in a desperate plight, barely subsisting on the
remnant of property they had saved, in the shape of
trinkets, &c. The Government of Guatemala was not
yet relieved from its difficulties, but no certain informa-
tion of the progress of affairs could be ascertained, mail
communication having been for some time suspended.
The letters from Havre received yesterday afternoon
continue to give a favourable report of the state of busi-
ness in the cotton market. The demand for the various
descriptions was} AcOver at a further improTenleut in
prim,

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIAItES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. rca SHARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 33/4 —
.Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 16 .. ..
i3irmingnam & Oxford J unc... 20
Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... .
Biz-ming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshirs Junction..
Boston, Staint., & firming... S
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire..- l9/. Is 4 dis to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 2 ,/2 2 7.'s ••••• I. 3
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead... 47% ....
Ditto, Preference
Clarence. .... 7814 •••••
. ~
...

Do., Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10

. .
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 — to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 ......
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
wad L. & D
Ditto, 181., E. & 11.
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 31,4 —
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 5
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 133. 4d — ...... t.
Do., do N 0.2,61. 138.4 d... Iri die.... to par
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do., Quarter
Do., New
Eastern Union, Claws A (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1
Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 171,4'2 4
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10
Ditto, ditto
..

Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per et. o% — to
,ast Lancashire
Ditto, Now .. ........... .... . 19
Do., New Quarters -
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Share 214 2 1/2 ...... to ......
East Lincolnshire ... 23
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares - 9 .. ... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25
Ditto, New 61% — ...... to
Ditto, New port l3
Ditto, ditto, New 3% — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 63.8 d — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15 .....
Great Northern
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 421/2 to
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New 404
Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ...
Ditto, New 154-- ... ...... 14 ...... .
Great Western
Ditto, Halt Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Do. New 17/.
Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. ...
Ditto, Thirds
Qua and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares . - ...... 25 .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50
Do.,Thirds ... lO
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares — 43 —
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths .......... 6;11...... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.)
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 2% — to
Do. Liverpool tied Bury... 43
Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 38
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole
Do., West Riding Union... 6 .... . - to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 91A — to
to
Leeds and 3radford
Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches. 50 . .
..... ...... to —.
Half Do., alf Shares
..
to
Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 20 ,4 — ...... to --
Leeds and Thirsk .......•.. 50
.
to
Ditto, New .... .. 30 . ....
Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. ....
Liverpool. Crosby, and Soul h-
-3% — to
port..
Liverpool, Manchester, and
.Newcastle Junction ... 2% — to
& Blackwall --IN. 6s. 8d....
London
Do. Extension
Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 50
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 .
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... ..
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... 45
Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 3 ...... _
...
Condon and Greenwich.- 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lB/ lis 2d... ...... to
London & North Western.....loo ll4 x d.... to 113
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
Dl. New -
...
7 ii;3- .... to 7
Do. Fifths
.. to
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M 20
Do. 10/.... 51. and B. (A.) 9 .••• • ..... to --
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 9
•--40
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ......
"•••• to --
London and S. Western...-. 50 •• ••• to
Ditto, New 50/........ »..... 421/2._ .. -_ , to 40%
Ditto, New 40/.... ..... .. .. 34 . . 2i ,i.
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 . .....
''''''to —
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 ...
--
•• •••
DitW,Thirds ...... ..... to
111. 138.4 d ... 54 43/d.
,4 t 4 5

per cent. guar.
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ......
Ditto Quarter Shares -
Newmarket
Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. —
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor -
Norfolk lOO -
Ditto New 20/. lO ......
Ditto Extension 5 per 0t... 20 - ...... to ....
Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 ~
Do. do. Waveney Va11ey... 2
Northern Counties Union .... 4
North British : 25 .. ... ..... to
Ditto Half Shares...—.
Do. Quarters:
Ditto. Extension
Ditto Thirds ... ........ ...... 41,4......
North and South-Western... 2 ....
North Staffordshire..... 1214...... 8% to —.
North Wales -
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton -
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 71,(
Royston and Ilitehin ..... .. 1N..... .....
Scottish Central -
Scottish Midland ... ....... ... 25 —....— -
Ditt0,Nevr......... ............ 17% — -
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole 7% — .•••• to --
Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. NV. Min.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... .. . ... to --
Ditto, Uswestry l6 ...... -
Ditto ~New) 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref...... 10
Shropshire Union... 4 .•• ... 14 to ---
South Devon -
Ditto, Preference
South Staffordshire..., 5% — ea .• to •••••
South Eastern
Ditto, New, No. 1 - ••••• to --
Ditto, New, No. 2
Ditto, New, No. 3 25
Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 -
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway 17% --to
Taw Vale Extension ........ 6
to
Vale of Nestle ... 4 - .. ••• to
Waterford and Kilkenny 16%......
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 45 .....
Waterford, Wexford, Wi claw,
and Dublin .. 3 ...... .... •to --
Wear Valley 6 per Cent
Guaranteed
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do. ...... .. 74... —— . • ... to
West Cornwall
Whitehaven and Furness l3 ..... ..... to --
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western 91,4 — ..... to .
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 35
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 -
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 -
Do. Extern No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8
York and North• Midland .. 50 ..... ...... to —.
Ditto, rreference
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ....• 64 to ...•
Central of France ( Orleans
and Yierzon) -
Ceylon ..•. ss.
Demeranz.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ....
Dutch Rhenish 8 -
East Indian . ..
Great Indian Peninsular
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Louvain dla Sambre ...... ... 71/, — ...... to
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege ..... .... ..... 20
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans..
Paris and Rouen
Paris & Strasbourg ........... 8 ......
Reuen and Havre 2O -
Sambre and.lleuse
Strasburg and Bale l4
Tours & Nantes ... ..... ..... 9 - •••.•• to --
Tournay, Jurbisa, Landen,
and Hasselt •••••• „. 2e ••••.. —..-.. to --
West Flanders BN — ...... --
JOINT STOCK EANKS.
Australasia
British North American .... 60
Colonial ..... ......... ........... 25 ..... .
Commercial of London ....... 20 ....” --
London Joint Stock ...
London and Westminster. .. 20 ...... 214 to
National Provincial of Engld. 35
Ditto, New
National of Ireland ...... 22% — ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New lO - to
Union of Australia
Ditto, New 2% to
Union of London ...... .. ._.. 10 -
Union of Madrid 4O -
MINES.
Anglo Mexican
Asturian Mining Company l2 ......
to —.
to
Australian oi ,
... /2 ..... to
Bhienarvon Iron and Coal ... 50
Bolanos Scrip
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 2414......
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ....
Galvanized Iron ..
Ditto, New
Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. .. ... to
Do. Black Debentures
United Mexican -

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Pleasant breene
and fine clear dry weather.
__ _

DEAL,fAuc. 16.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E.—Acrd. Anna
Maria, Strangfeld, Surinam, and sailed for Amster-
dam. Arrived from the River ~and sailed, 16th, St.
George, Jones, Sydney, New South Wales ; Reliance,
Robertson, St. Helena ; Elio, Mules, Demerara ; Co-
verdale, Benson, Quebec ; Jane, Seller, ditto. Arrived
from the River, 16th, Meteor, Oldfield, Sierra Leone.
NEATIL AUG. 14.—Arrd Viola, Quebec.
CARNARVON, AUG. 15.—S1d. Hindoo, Quebec.
GURNSEr, AUG. 7.—Sld. Swift, Pernambuco; Ocean,
Newfoundland ; 14th, Caledonia, Havannah ; 15th,
Queen Victoria, Bahia.
BRISTOL, AUG. 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Salisbury,
Crowe, Malaga. Sailed, 16th, Lord Nelson, New York.
GLOUCESTER, AUG. 16.—S1d. Britannia, Cape Horn.
NEWPORT, Auc. 14.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Yeoman,
Pardin, ilavannah; Olga, Reay, Quebec; Ann, ditto.
DUNDEE, Auc. 14.—Arrd. Queen, Gellatly, tituebee.
GUERNSEY, AUG. 13.—Arrd. Jessie, Davis,' 011111118.
15. Admiral Windham, Allcock, Rotterdam; British
Queen, Lowther, Danzic.
GRANGEMOUTH. AUG. 14.—Arrd. Furchia, Nagger.
ston, Stralsund; Louis Charles. Wilson, Archangel.

SEAHAM, Auo, 15.—Arrd. Eliza Ann, Rotterdam.
HARTLEPOOL, AUG. 14.—Arrd. R Burrell, WilBol3,
Hamburgh; A. Elizabeth, Lauritzen, Hernosaad, Fay-
ette, Lauritzen, Brevig, Jeune Adele, Fardell, Orient.
STOCKTON, AUG. 16.—Wind westerly.-12. And.
Teesdale, Storey, Quebec.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 15.—Arrd. Duke of Cornwall
steamer, Dublin, and proceeded for London.

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LONDON AND WESTMINSTER. BANK.-.yesterday
a special general meeting of this company was held at
the establishment in Lothbury, for confirming a reaolu-
tion for enabling the annual general meeting of pro-
prietors to be held on the third Wednesday in January,
instead of the first Wednesday in March . The chair
was taken by David Salomous, Esq., Alderman, who
stated that the effect of the resolution 'now submitted,
and which caused an alteration in the 57th clause of the
deed of sqtletnerit, would be, that the dividends would
become payable at an earlier period, and that the annual
meeting Would be in future held on the third Wednes-
day in January in every year, instead of March, as
hitherto; and a half-yearly meeting might be called
specially by the directors, either on the third Wednes-
day in July, or on any other day when it might be
deemed expedient by the directors. 'rho resolution
having lieen read end agreed to unanimously, the meeting
ac j( qlrtie(!.

EXTItAORMNARY CASE —A few weeks ago, when
the ,Ith Royal Irish Dragoon Guards were stationed at
Nottingham Barracks, two of the privates qaarrelled,
and une bit the other in the finger. The wound festered,
and at length the man's whole body became affected, the
bones, denuded of flesh, protruding through the skin.
The sufferer lingered until Monday, when he was- re-
lieved by death. A dispatch had been sent to Manches-
ter (where the regiment is now stationed) for witnesses,
and with orders fur the man who so savagely attacked
the daeased to be taken into custody, piepa-
rutory to an inquest being held on the body. The
case has excited great interest ill a medical poiut of
view.

THE O'CONNOR LAND SCHEME.
(From the Examiner.)
The whole of the evidence taken by the Committee
on the Nationsil Land. Company being now published,
we aye in a condition-to state the results of its ope-
rations as exactly as its strangely-kept accounts permit.
Nineteen thousand subscribers have paid their shares
in full, and are entitled to stand the ballot for the pur-
poses of being located. Fifty thousand six hundred
and sixty-nine have paid in part (the average of their
payment is 2s. 2d. each individual). Two hundred and
thirty have been located. On the land already acquired,
five hundred and forty-six, or one-thirty-fifth of th
lo-
e
number entitled to stand the ballot, may or can be
cated. On the most favourable calculation, the whole
of the subscribers to the scheme cannot possibly be lo-
cated in less time than a period intermediate between
150 and 225 years.
Even this result can only be anticipated on the as-
sumption that every person placed upon the land suc-
ceeds in obtaining from it the very high returns of
produce held out by Mr. O'Connor, and that the
land scheme and the banking scheme are in full
operation. The estimated produce appears, from
the evidence of a practical agriculturist, to be in ex-
cess of what can possibly be obtained by at least one
half. A vast majority of the subscribers have to begin
their apprenticeship to the trade of agriculture. In or-
der to enable the bank to play its part effectively, a ca-
pital of 1,638,342/. would be absolutely necessary. But
the bank has only 16,000/. in deposit, and its only ap-
parent capital is the property of the Land Company.
This is a fair and tolerably exact statement of what
has been gained by the subscribers, and of what pros-
pects they have of further gain. Let us now see what
they have actually paid, and what liabilities they have
incurred, as the price of these advantages.
Mr. O'Connor, who is sole agent of the company, and
sole manager of the bank, has received in all 108,0151.
Is. id. Of this sum 850/. accrued from the profit on the
re-sale of a purchased farm-an irregular and acci-
dental gain-a windfall; 346/. 9s. 3d. from the sale
of the rules of the society; 4,2221. 7s. 2d. from a tax
imposed upon the subscribers to defray the expense
of management; and 6,3911. Os. 2d. as a loan from
the Land Bank (i. e., from the company to the
company, out of the monies of its depositors). In short,
the apparent funds of the company have been irregu-
larly swelled by a sum of 11,8091. 16s. 7d., to mend ap-
pearances. The actual receipts of a fair business cha-
racter are-Subscriptions, 90,714/. 18s. Id.; from the
operations of the Lands' Purchase department, 1,148/.
10s.; sales of farm produce. 2,845/. 1 Is. ld.; interest
and profits on Exchequer-bills, 1,1711. 75.; interest on
Bank balances, 324/. 18s. 4d. But for windfalls and
extra contributions, the money available for the com-
pany's purposes would only have been 96,104/. 14s. ld.
The expenditure of the Land Company, when Mr.
O'Connor has been paid 3,298/. ss. 3d. of his own
money expended in its name, and when the Land
Bank has been repaid its loan with interest, will leave
on hand only 2421. is. I Id. All the rest of its money
has been spent. We shall now recount the assets
of which it has come into possession in return for
this outlay. In the first place, 1,618 acres of land,
for which 36,672/. of purchase-money has been paid,
and in bringing which into condition, in stocking and in
setting the occupants at work upon them, 90,3314 16s. sd.
has been expended. The land and its stock have
cost the company this sum; but they cannot expect
to sell it for nearly so much. The land is not
worth to them the money it has cost. In the
second place, of 6,1751. held by Mr. O'Connor in
Exchequer-bills, 2,876/. 14s. 9d. appears to be the
property of the company. The company has further
about 500/. in small remittances; 965/. 16s. in hand at
the Gloucester Bank; and 18/. 18s. 2d. at the London
Joint-Stock Bank. Now, the company's land and stock,
at a large valuation, would not at this moment bring
60,000/. in the market; the utmost value of its assets,
therefore, is 64,3611. Bs. 11d. Upon this sum there
are the following liabilities :-Sum required to complete
the purchase money of 500 acres, 13.545/. ; mortgage on
297 acres, 5,0001. ; mortgage on 268 acres, 5,800/. ; two
life annuities on 103 acres, 400/. ; cost of completing
purchase of the 500 acres, 3501. The liabilities of the
land are 25,0951., and by so much the value of the assets to
the partners must be reduced. The company has in:point
offact only 39,266/. Bs. 11d. worth of property. Out of
this it owes, in principal and interest, 6,853/. 10s. 2d.
to the Land Bank ; and the whole assets of the corn•
pany are liable for the payment of the 16,000/. of
deposits in the bank. De facto, the company possesses
property worth, to it, 32,412/. 18s. 9d., and this property
is liable for any short-comings of the bank in the re-
payment of •16,000/. This is all that the subscribers
have got to show in return for 90,714/. 18s. ld. of sub-
scriptions, and 4,2221. 7s. 2d. of extra contributions to-
wards expenses of management! And the property is
so invested, that had Mr. O'Connor died suddenly any
time within the last year or two, his personal creditors
might have seized the whole of it !
Assuming that Mr. O'Connor deceived himself at the
outset by his own estimates and calculations, this is not
sufficient to exonerate him from a large amount of
culpability for leading so many poor men into such
a wretchedly bad bargain. Common prudence re-
quired that before commencing operations he should
have taken the opinioris of experienced practical agri-
culturists and skilful actuaries on the feasibility of his
scheme; and had he done so, they would have told
him that nothing could come of it but what has come of it.
He has shown culpable rashness, to say the least, in vest-
iug air" toottey of tho poor upon a desperate hazard-in
inducing men with families, by flattering promises,
to quit their employments on a desperate chanc,.,
of bettering their condition. Mr. O'Connor, moreover,
has profited by the game he has been playing. He
holds Exchequer-bills for the money ho is said to have
paid out on account of the company over and above what
he received. His printing establishment has had jobs
to the value of upwards of 1,000/. from the company.
The sale of his newspaper and its profits have been in-
creased by being made the channel of communication to
the subscribers. He was in every way benefited by the
management of a concern which he established and
puffed in the most reckless manner, and which turns out
to be a gross.delusion. He is in the exact position of
/he empiric who makes money by putting and vending a
medicine, of which he cannot even say with confidence
that "if it does no good, it can du no harm"

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.
DIVIDEND.
In the Country.

G. D. Carey, Basford, Nottinghamshire, hat manufac
turer, Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Gone, Birmingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

N. Batho, Manchester, machine maker and iron and
brass founder, 45., on Tuesday, Aug. 15 and Oct. 15, and
every followir, Tuesday. between the hours of ten and
one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
C. I. Roberts and H. P. Freeman, Manchester, and
New York, merchants, ld. and 31-64ths of a penny, on
Tuesday, Aug. 15 and Oct. 10, and every following
Tuesday. between the hours of ten and one, at the office
of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
W. Edmond, Edmond, and R. M'Kay, Liverpool and
Bombay, merchants, Is. 3d., on Tuesday, Aug. 15 and
Oct. 10, and every following Tuesday, between the hours
of ten and one, at the office of Nr. Hobson. Manchester.
S. Stocks and M. L. Tait, Manchester, and Heaton
Mersey, Lancashire, bleachers and finishers, and mer-
chants, 2s. 5d., on Tuesday, Aug. 15 and Oct. 10, and
every following Tuesday. between the hours of ten and
one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
R. Smith. Baxenden, and M. Smith, Manchester, Lan-
cashire, calico printers and bleachers, 4s. 6d., on Tues-
day, Aug. 15 and Oct. 10, and every following Tuesday,
between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.
F. H. Aar, New Windsor, Berkshire, grocer, 3s. 6d.,
on Wednesday, Aug. 16, or any Wednesday after Oct.
7. between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
J. Adams, Finsbury-square, surgeon and apothecary,
Is. 4d., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, or any Wednesday after
Oct. 7, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
G. Morgan, Warminster, Wiltshire, maltster and hair
manufacturer, 2s. 9d., on Saturday, Aug. 12, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green,
Ald,rmanbury.
IV. Hughes, jun., Chatham and Stoke, Kent, grocer
and cheesemonger, 2s. 10d., on Saturday, Aug. 12, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Green, Aldermanbury.
R. Cole, Oxford-street, cheesemonger, Is., on Saturday,
Aug. 12, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Aldermanburv.
E. D. Holditch, Bankside, Southwark, cider merchant,
205., on Saturday, Aug. 12, between the hours of
eleven, and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder-
manbury.
G. Holditch, Bankside, Southwark, cider merchant,
ls, Bd., on Saturday, Aug. 12, between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder-
manbury.
J. F. Holditch, Bankside, Southwark, cider merchant,
165., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
Paterson, Walker, Boydell, and Roper, Kingswinford,
Staffordshire, ironfounders, 165., any day after this date
until the 14th inst., at the office of Mr. Richard Valpy,
Birmingham,
Hobs, Newport, Isle of Wight, draper and tailor,
nn Wednesday, Aug. 16, and the three last Wednes-
days is October, between the hours of ten and two on
each day, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-
chambers.

A. Bal •
dwm, Bulstrode-street, St. Marylebone, licensed
victualler, 45., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last
Wednesdays in October, between the hours of ten and
two on each day, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guild-
hall-chambers.
H. M. Low, W. M. Westermann, and C. A. Canter,
Calcutta, merchants and agents, 17 per cent., on Wed-
nesday, Aug. 16, and the eal
asdt Wednesdays in Oc-
clundhaitiwo on each day, at
tober, between the hours of ten aa
and -anthers.
the office of Mr. Turquand
Aug.Ntildenhall, Suf-
. T. Woods, Cambridge, Barnwell,
16, and the
folk, draper, 2s. 2d., on Wednesday
three last Wednesdays in October, between the hours of
ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand,Guildhall-
chambers.
J. F. Cork, New Bond-street, coach builder, 9 6d
on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays i
October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office
of Mr. TurqUand, Guildhall-chambers.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
F. Coker, Shipdbam, Norfolk, timber dealer, Sept 5,
at one—S. Gaward, Holland-street, Christ Church,
victualler, Sept. 8, at half-past eleven—J. Robertson,
eomerset-place, Kennington-common, baker, Sept. 8, at
twelve.

• In the Country.
J. Lovely, Cheltenham, librarian, Sept. 7, at eleven,
at the Court, Bristol—T. Boddington Salford, baker,
ept. 6, tit twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Broad-

bent and J. Hughes, Walmersley•cum-Shuttleworth,
Lancashire, paper makers, Sept. 6, at twelve., at the
Court, Manchester—R. Jones, Tot tington Higherend,
Lancashire, cotton spinner, Sept. T, at eleven, at the
Court. Manchester—W. H. Spurr, Liverpool, builder,
Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Hard-
ing, Bridgwater, draper, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court,
Exeter—F. O'Hanlon, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devon-
shire, linen draper, Sept. 7. at one, at the Court, Exeter
—C. Morgan, Leeds, tea dealer, Sept. 8, at eleven, at
the Court, Leeds—W. Cole, jun., Calverley, Yorkshire,
consulting engineer, Sept. 8, at ten, at the Court,
Leeds—J. Carden, Birkenhead, auctioneer, Sept. 5, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Hughes, Liverpool,
laceman, Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J.
R. Duncan, Liverpool, woollen draper, Sept. 5, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool—T. Kemp, Birmingham,
builder, Sept. 12, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birming-
ham—J. Baker, Staunton-upon-Wye, Herefordshire,
victualler, Sept. 12, at half-past ten, at the Court, Bir-
mingham.

At the Court of Review, Sept. 1.
R. Knight, Lewes, Sussex, butcher—J. W. Braddick,
Silverton, Devonshire, brick and tile maker—T. Southall,
Tipton, Staffordshire, iron master—Catherine Barclay,
Birkenhead, confectioner—T. J. Fenton. Falcon-square,
City, wine merchant—G. D. Deveroux, Leominster, He-
reford, innkeeper—C. J. Edwards, Great Sutton-street,
Clerkenwell, currier—J. Waters, Great Wild-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, baker—N. T. Hawke, Penzance,
Cornwall, grocer—A. Ball, Wells, Somersetshire, inn-
keeper—A. Harrison, Bootle-cum-Linacre, Lancashire,
joiner and builder—W. Prythercb, Llantrisant, Angle-
sey, cattle dealer—Elizabeth Green, Almondbury,
Yorkshire, common brewer—George Oddy, jun., Brad-
ford, Yorkshire, innkeeper—E. Phillips, Shrewsbury,
confectioner—C. C. Coils, High-street, Poplar, draper—
R. Abram, Liverpool, wine merchant.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Driver and W. C. Watts, Liverpool, wine merchants
—W. Starkey and J. Hey, Batley, Yorkshire, rag mer-
chants—J. Rostron, junr., and W. Houghton, Manches-
ter, makers up and packers—S. Cooper and F. Bennett,
Holland-street, Brixton-road, soda water manufacturers
—Betty Barnes, H. Barnes, E. Barnes, and W. Barnes,
Whitebirk, Lancashire, bleachers (so far as regards H.
Barnes)—W. Lindsay and A Thompson, Liverpool,
merchants—F. White and J. Hammond, Princess-street,
Great Garden-street, Whiteehapel, blacking manufac-
turers—Arabella Klugh, Ellen Klugh, and Mary
Ann Klugh, Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
milliners and dress makers—C. Barnes and J. Sims,
Curtain-road, Shorediteh, timber merchants—J. Watson,
J. Turnbull, and J. Proud, Ouseburn, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, block and mast makers (so far as regards J. Watson)
—J. Clerk, I. Powell, Elizabeth Pickard, and Mercy
Rhodes, Manningham, Yorkshire, stone merchants—C.
Earith, H. Earith and A. Earith, Goswell-street, St. Luke's,
dyers and fringers (so far as regards A. Earith)—T.
Lang and J. Foster, Ilminster and Bridgewater, Sol:per-
setshire, corn factors—J. Longdin and S. Haslam, Sad-
dleworth, Yorkshire, railway contractors—T. Eyre, E.
Pinkess, G. Jordan, and R. J. Linnington, paint, colour,
and varnish manufacturers (so far as regards I'. Eyre)
—C. Bailey, S. Pegg, and W. Bailey, Bankside, South.
wark, iron merchants (so far as regards C. Bailey.)
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
•
George Oakley, Birmingham, builder.
William Garnham, Ipswich.
Samuel Gartside, Manchester, warehouseman.

George Calver, Stanton, Suffolk, blacksmith.
Thomas Francis, Neath, Glamorganshire, butcher.
Mary Anne Powle, Maidenhead, Berkshire, school.
mistress.
Matthew Marshall, Sheffield, table-knife grinder.
Robert Marshall, Sheffield, table-knife grinder.
Sylvester Parkin, Sheffield, steel roller maker.

John Norman, Nottingham, assistant-surgeon.
Frederick Walter Green, Sheffield, engineer's draughts-
man.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Aitken, Edinburgh, baker, to meet within
Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Aug. 21 and Sept. 11,
at one.

A. Young. Glasgow, writer, to meet within the
Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, Aug. 23 and Sept. 13, at
two.

J. Couper, Dundee, baker, to meet within the Royal
Hotel, Dundee, Aug. 24 and Sept. 11, at one.
T. Craig, Glasgow, coach proprietor, to meet within
the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12,
at one.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)
CHELTENHAM.

This Committee was engaged the whole day with evi-
dence of bribery and treating on the part of the sitting
Member, Mr. Craven Berkeley.

HORSHAM.
This Committee was also engaged the whole day with
evidence of bribery and treating on the part of the sit•
Ling Member, Mr. Fitzgerald.