The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-16 00:00:00

TilF, SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1848.

*MARKET NEWS —(THIS DAY.)
as WrGALTa awn Za 111 a. -IT a .
These markets were t derably steady, to-d-ty, at lull
prices;—..Beef, from 2s 4.1 to 34 61 ; Mutton, 3s !to
4s 4d; Veal, 33 44 to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 81 to 4$ 8j
per Bibs by the camas?.

IItI4II,ILETS.
SourrrALL, Nov. 15.—Tue supply of fat stock on
in to- lay's m:trket was seasonably extenAve. Genr-
rally speaking, the d.7:inand ruled steady, at prices fully
equ,l to thos.e paid last week. Bee', from 3s 4:1 to
4s 2;1 ; Mutton, 3:: 8d to 43 103 ; Veal, 33 4d to 4s;
and Pork, 3s 101 to 43 41 per Sibs, to sink the offal.
ROYU'ORD, Nov. 15.—P, ime Boasts and Sheep COM-
taanded a steady sal,, at fully la,t :week's quotations.
Otherw►se the demand wit 4 in a slui.Nhh state. Beef,
from 3s 41 to 43 21; Mutton, 3s 8,1 to ss; Vcal, 3s 6.1
to 33 10 ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8 I per 81bs; Suckling
Calves, 183 to 233; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to
21a each.
LEWES, Nov. 14.—We had a steady trade, to-day, on
the following terms:—Beef, from 33 4,1 to 4s 2d; Mut-
ton, 4s to 53; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d
per B,bs.

RAT r/ZARKETS.
SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 8/ 14s; Clover,
ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 184 ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 103 per
load. A fair average supply, and a steady dein:Md.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 81 15s ;
Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 4s to
1/103 per load. Trade firm, at the above quotations.
WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 153;
Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 los
per loud. Supply good, and trade rather dull.

COAL MARKE'
Bata's West Hartley 15s 6d
Baddle's W. Hartley 163 Po.
DsVison'sWest Hartley i 16s Od
tact Adairs Main 148 o,'
Hasting's Hartley lss Gol
New Tantield 153 001
Ord's Redheugh
Bayensworth'sW.Hart 15s Od
Townley l4s 3u
Wall's End, &c
Acorn Close
Bewicke and Co.
Brown's
Xlrn Park
Clennell lss Od
Clarke and Co.
Heaton
Harton
Hotspur lss 9d
Hedworth .....
Killingworth l6B Od
Peareth
Eden Main .. ... l7s 6.,
Lambton Primrose

-YESTEAfAY.

Braddyll's Hetton lB5 6d
Haswell l9s 3d
Hetton
Lambton
Russell's Hetton 158 6u
Stewart's
Whitwell
Hartlepool
Hudson's Hartlepool— l6s 6a
North Hartlepool ... 17s Od
Ludwith Steam-boat 155 Od
South Hartlepool
I'hornley
Trimdon ... 17s 6d
Benson
fees ..... 18s 6d
West Hettoi l6s 6d
Whitworth lss 6d
atrwentwattrllartley 15s 9d
;-Ittrtley
loward's W. 11. Neth l6s Od
Nixon's Merthyr . 228 Od
Sidne3 's Hartley
Ships at market, 331.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Nov. 16, 1848, made up from thelleturns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Exgland and Wak s
per Imperial Quarter.
BARLEY. OATS. BEANS. .
PRICE .. 162s` I 'Od 33s 7d I 20s 10d 130 s RTE.
I Isd 378 2d 40sPEAS
2d
DU CIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
'lnar. I EARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. BEANS. I PEAS.
Gs Od 2s Sd 2s 6d 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
At the sitting of the Court tkis morning Lord Den-
man announced the following decisions:—
Hurls v. Esdale—Rule granted. Ferguson v. Cooper
—Rule for new trial granted. Fitzgerald v. Ford—Rule
refused. Doe on the demise of Charter v. Barnard—
Rule granted.—South v. Calvert—No rule. Warner v.
Buck—No rule. Childs v. Coles—Rule dismissed.
THE QUEEN V. COBBETT.
Lord DENMAN, addressing Mrs Cobbett, said the
Court had looked into the affidavits on this case, and they
found it was similar to the one the Court had decided
in a former term. The habeas corpus must therefore be
refused.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
• IN RE THE CHURCHWARDENS OF KNAPTON.
Mr. COWLING applied to the Court for a rule nisi
Calling upon the archdeacon of the East Riding of the
county of York to show cause why he refused to admit
Mi. Edward Robinson and Mr. Francis Ilobson to the
office of churchwardens of the parish of Knapton. The
gentlemen alluded to were elected by the ratepayers at
Easter last, but, upon their applying to the archdeacon,
be refused to admit them, on the grour,d that they had
not presented themselves i❑ a legal manner, in failing to
enter a caveat of their return. Subsequently they made
it second application, accompanied by an attorney, but
again they were refused, the archdeacon stating that in
the absence of others properly presenting thimselves he
had admitted the two former churchwardens. Now
these gentlemen had refused to give the parishioners an
account of their proceedings, and hence arose the elec-
tion of two new churchwardens, bat the archdeacon being
favourable to the obnoxious holders of the office, was
anxious to keep out their rightful successors.
Mr. Justice PATTESON, under the circumstances,
granted a rule absolute fur a mandamus in the first
instance.

. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
rOULKES V. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH
RAILWAY.
Mr. MARTIN applied for a rule to show cause why an
award made in this cave should not be set aside. It ap-
peared that Foulkes had a lease for aeventy• five years of
a piece of land, in the neighbourhood of Weymouth, which
he held from the Corporation, and that he purchased,
with the consent of the Lords of the Treasury, the re-
version of the fee simple for 1751. In 1845 the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth IZ,ilway gave notice under the
Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act that they would re-
quire a part of the land. The plaintiff claimtd the
sum of 7,000/. as compensation, but the company refused
to give that amount, and offered the nominal sum
of 51, for the purpose of having a valuation
of the property made. Accordingly a person
of the name t f Powell was appoint, d arbitrator, before
whom a number of London and other surveyors were
examined, and the lowest sum mentioned by any of them
as compensation for the loss of the property WAS 7,1001.
No witnesses were examined on the part of the com-
pany, but their counsel alleged that the plaintiff had ob-
tained the lease and reversion, who, he contended,
formed a mere colourable title, in order to get compen-
sation, and called upon the arbitrator to give a small
Bum. The arbitrator awarded that Foulkes should
.receive in respect of the property 1,73.51., and settlt d the
costs of the arbitration at 68/. 10s. The Learned
Counsel grounded his motion upon three points; first,
that the arbitrator was not properly appointed, as his
appointment was not signed by two of the Railway
Commissioners, as required by the recent Act; secondly,
that he should have given the real value of the property;
and thirdly, that he ought to have specified the amount
Of costs to be paid on each side, which ho had not done.
• The COURT granted a rule.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURcHELL.)
HOLMES V. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
The plaintiff in this action v<as a guard in the South-
Western Railway Company, and sought to recover the
of 61. 10s., balance of wages deducted by the corn-
Pany on the ground that he had misconducted himself by
acting contrary to the rules of the company.
The plaintiff's salary as a second-class guard on the
Southampton line had been 255. per wet k, but on the
22d of Jauuary last a deduction by way of fine was
bsade at the rate of ss. per week, aid he was paid
11, per week up to September (when he resigned), with
the exception of three or four occasions when the full
amount was paid.
evidence of a very tedious nature was gone into to
tove the different payments, and the Learned
be left suggested, that the matter should
left to a referee or referees, but the counsel for the
company declined, saying, that he had no doubt he
should be able to convince the jury that the company
had acted properly. The rules
and insttuctions of the
company was put in, and by which both guards were to
have the hand engine and tail lamps lighted at sunset, ur
in foggy weather, and by the 23d rule every person ne-
glecting any of the rules would be liable to fine or dis-
missal, whether an accident occurred or not, and by the
sth and 6th rules each guard was bound to have signal
lamps and flags, as therein described.
A witness said both guards ought to have their
hand lamps, and the head guard to see
the side and tail lamps. At Bishopstuko the town
divided one ft r Southampton, and one for Gosport,
and the second :guard went with the latter, and
took the duties of head guard. On the day in question,
plaintiff was guard of the express train which left Lon-
don at half-past fire in the evening. The lamps not
being correct, plaintiff signalled the train to stop at
Woking, a station at which they ought not to have
stopped.
Fur the defendants, it was contended that there was
o case for the jury, for there had been a breach of duty
not only by not having his proper lamps, but by stop-
Ping the train at Woking ; and, secondly, that plaintiff
had assented to the decision by receiving the money.
The UNDER-SHERIFF considered that there ought to
be a scale of fines, and it was a question for the jury
whether the fine was arbitrary and to the extent of a de-
duction in wages ; and, secondly, whether the plaintiff
assented.
The case then proceeded, and is likely to last much
longer.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Martin Williams and William Pau. Williams, father
and 800, were charged as follows :
Mr. James Brown, farrier, &c., of Swan-yard, Shore-
ditch, deposed that, on Sunday morning last, at about
eight o'clock, he found the windows of the sitting-room,
"jell is elevated from the ground several feet, par-
tially open. He also discovered that several articles had
been abstracted from that room during the night. In
the course of the following day the elder prisoner came
to witness and said, " All is right, don't fear, my son
took your things, and you will have them in the even-
ing.' They were not, however, brought, and prosecutor
Called in the police. The elder prisoner had been prose-
cutor's landlord, and lived next door to him.
Police-constable 76 H stated that on entering the elder
prisoner's premises he denied all knowledge of the stolen
property. W.tness on entering a bed-room and pulling
p the bed, discovered the stolen articles, so placed as to
Pa smooth surface above. The elder prisoner
said he knew nothing about it. The younger prisoner
said he saw two persons at prosecutor's door, at about
?Int) o'clock in the morning, and heard one of them say
u the other, " Bill, or Jem, is it all right?" but as soon
Tewittiess came up they each scampered off, throwing
''"
rsbundle into the street; hence his possession of them.
ir,f.olice-sergeant 17 H. said the elder prisoner, who was
""9uor at the time, told bite that his son had robbed hire.
S.
Yerel persona gave the elder prisoner an excellent
—.cuter.

Mr. 'lemma. said he should make a distinction be-
tween the two prisoners. He would at once c onmit to
Newgate for trial the younr,;er prisoner, but woul I tak.-
bail for the appearance at the s scions of the elder pri
soner.—Comm itted.

MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL.
REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(BY EXPRESS.)
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNLNG.
Last evening a meeting of the above association was held
in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street ; it was rather nume-
rously attended by working men, among whom were
sprinkled not a few persons filling the higher walks of life.
The association has for its object three important
points—the reduction of the national expenditure, the
economising the collection of the taxes, and the substituting
direct for indirect taxation, and the purpose of the present
meeting was to expound generally the views of the aisocia•
tion, to indicate the extravagant expenditure of the Govern-
ment, and to ask the co-operation of the public in their
movement. On the platform were Charles Robertson, Esq.;
John Finch, Esq., Brodribb, Esq. ; John Smith, Esq., of
the Liverpool Mercury; Richard Shiels, Esq.; Frank Boult
Esq.; A. S. Stewart, Esq. ; and Alexander Somerville, Esq.,
locally known as " One who has whistled at the Plough."
CHARLES ROBERTSON, Esq., in the absence of the Presi-
sident of the Association, Robertson Gladstone, Esq., was
called to the chair. After briefly complimenting the absent
chairman, and excusing himself for filling that important
place, Mr. Robertson went on to say, that it would be the aim
of the speakers to deal with facts, such as could not fail to
obtain attention, elucidatory of the enormity of the present
mode of taxing the people, and the object of those taxes—
the supporting idle and unproductive members of
society a system which imposed heavy burdens
on those least able to bear them, and light ones on men
whose position enabled them to contribute largely to the
public expenditure—a system which, being essentially
wrong, could not be made right, though backed by law and
custom—such a system, taxing the poor to give to the rich,
should meet with the reprobation of the country. He as-
serted that the men placed in power to administer
the sacred trust of the national treasure had aided
in squandering it by aggrandising themselves and their
their connexions. These gentlemen were then on their trial,
perhaps for the first time. Mr. Robertson sat down amid
universal applause, and -
FRANK BOULT, Esq., rose to address the meeting. He al-
most immediately adduced a host of facts and figures
bearing out the principles of extravagant and unjust taxa-
tion ; he approved of direct in preference to indirect taxation,
notwithstanding the opinion of the editer of the Times on
this subject. Of the blessing of indirect taxation a good in-
stance was afforded by the Customs, which, for the year
1848, were given at 21,000,0001. odd. The: lowest
foreign coffee, quoted at 245. per cwt., the value
of which was lid. per lb. paid 6d. per lb. duty;
this was for the poor man's use ; but the highest qua-
lity of colonial coffee, quoted at 120 s. per cwt., only paid a
duty of 4d. per lb. This is one of the monopolies which es-
caped Sir Robert Peel. The same unjust difference between
the amount of taxes paid by the poor man and the rich
was instanced in the case of foreign spirits; gin, at a
shilling a gallon, and cognac brandy being instanced. The
duty on tea was 2s. 2d. per lb. Bohea, the original value of
which was 2d.,. was taxed at the rate of 875 per cent., but
gunpowder, the first cost of which was 4s. per lb., paid a duty
of only 55 per cent. The article of tobacco paid no
less than 1,250 per cent. duty. The country was
deprived of the benefit of an enormous trade in
wines in consequence of this iniquitous system of
taxation, which deprived the poor man also of one of the
most agreeable drinks that can be taken, the light wine of
France. A Cologne merchant had told him that he (the
merchant) had wine at one penny a gallon and at ten shil-
lings, but when sent to England both were taxed alike.
Timber came next in the category, and was stated to be
partly taxed and partly free, such as is imported
for cabinet uses, as the making of furniture
coming under the latter bead, but when required for pur-
poses of shipbuilding, &c., restricted. Mr. Boult from the
Customs glided to the Excise, which, he said, was computed
at, for the last year, 13,000,0(01.—he wished to ask if any
just reasen could be given why Ireland should be exempt
from the duty on bricks, soap, malt, and post horses, and to
inquire if it were the will of our Legislature that the lower
classes of this country should be driven into mud cabins, and
to forego the use of soap, paper, sugar, tea, and coffee.
Having drawn a melancholy picture of the poor man's house
under these restrictions, he introduced the following lines of
Cowper :
" The Excise is fattened with the rich result of all this riot,
And ten thousand cooks, for ever dribbling forth their
base contents,
Touched by the Midas finger of the State,
Breed gold for Ministers to sport away.
Drink and be mad then ! 'Tis your country bids!
Gloriously drunk, obey the important call,
Her cause demands the assistance of your throats,
Ye all can swallow, and she asks nu more."
He then went on to show that the duty on common bricks,
selling at 12s. to 14s. per 1,000, was 6s. I%d. or 60 per
cent. A million a year was thus produced, chiefly from this
description of brick, the more expensive fire brick being
comparatively lightly taxed. In the article of malt, too.
the labouring classes were taxed to the tune of four millions
and a half, this grain being chiefly consumed by them. The
injustice of fine and coarse descriptions of paper heing
subject to one impost was spoken of, as well
as the fact of soap paying DAd. per lb. duty.
The department of Stamps in turn passed in review; this
department produces 7,000,0001. Mr. Boult happily
illustrated the enormity of the advertisement duty, by con-
trasting the two descriptions of appeal to the public—an
advertisement of a column in length, and one of three lines—
the former fraught with the eloquence of Mr. G Robins, and the
latter setting forth the want of a servant out of place, yet both
these very different interests contributed the same portion to
the Treasury, one shilling and sixpence. The different kinds
of bills were enumerated also, with a view to showing
that the small sums here also paid a much heavier
proportion than those of large amount—a 2/. bill being one
shillings, while one for 3,0001. was only 255. Bonds in like
manner—for one of 100/. 21. must be paid, but if for the
heavy sum of 20,000/. only 255. for each thousand was re-
quired. In like manner, the probate duty, though fairly
enough adjusted when moderate sums were bequeathed, was
singularly easy in the case of millionaires, ceasing to operate
after the first 100,000/. Mr. Boult then came to the assessed
taxes, which he stated amounted to 10,000,000/. He again
referred to the invidious exemption here in the case of
Ireland, and • also as regards our own farmers, and
reverted to the Act of 1815, which he described
as acting prejudicially to the farmers, as well as to
the inhabitants of towns, who instead of the landlords, had
to make up the deficiency in seasons of agricultural distress.
The window-tax came in for the next share of scrutiny,
and it proved to be based on the same principle as the fore-
going, every window up to a certain number after seven
paying a tax of Bs.; but when the number came to 45, the
tax suddenly fell to ls. 6d. Thence the speaker went
to the land-tax, which remains to this day pre-
cisely as when settled in 1692, at 4s. in the pound.
This tax ought to yield 20,000,0001., instead of the miserable
sum of 1,100,0001. He observed, in reference to this, that
Sir Robert Peel, when charged with the inequality of the
income-tax, had answered that Pitt had not dared to pro-
pose an equal income-tax, and neither would he. But what
was this but a confession that the aristocracy were the
dictators in each case?
A. S. STEWART, Esq., followed the last speaker. Ile
chiefly confined his remarks to the expenditure entailed on
the country by the war establishment. He took the
entire population at twenty-eight millions, and di-
viding the responsibility devolving on each, as regards
the national debt of 8,000,0001., he found that every man,
woman, and child in England, Ireland, and Scotland was in
debt 29/. From the national debt Mr. Stewart went to our
present liabilities for war. The army estimate for the present
year was said to be 20,000,0001., which, taking every.
individual at the rate of 14s.3d.per head, to which add 20s. per
head for debt, and there would be a total of U. 14s. 3d. due
from each individual, which, in fact, was under the actual
amount, inasmuch as this calculation includes infants,
women, paupers, and the like, who pay no taxes. The
standing army, rank and file, amounts to 123,992, of which
5,734 are officers, gentlemen who cannot stoop to business, yet
do condescend to dabble in the commission market,
for their own advantage. He would ask whether this large
force was required, and would reply that it had been proved
that our police was sufficient to contend with civil
tumults. And as to the argument that this force was re-
quired in case of war, he rejected it as absurd in princi-
ple. He reprobated the system of colonizatisn which
required 250,0001. to be expended, because we
refuse to allow them to govern themselves. He contrasted
the amount of exports with the cost of government, ;which
showed,: in the case of the North American colonies, that
for'every 20s. received for exports, 9s. was paid forexpense.
The exports for 1844 being 9,000,0001., and the cost of
government 4,000,0001, whilst for the same year we re-
ceived 8,000,0001. for experts to the United States, in which
only 15,0001. was expended, which, in fact, would be still
lower were it not for the fact of our paying more to our
Ambassador at Washington than the Americans paid
to their President. The speaker went on, with consider-
able force, to point out the items of expenditure con-
nected with the army, and the enormities of fashionable
regiments, which were most extravagantly over-officered.
The following are a few of the statistics adduced :
the list of generals contains three kings, two princes, one
royal duke, and one common duke, three marquises, six earls,
four viscounts, nine lords, twenty-one right honourables,
and nineteen honourables, making a total of sixty-nine.
There are 131 lieutenant-generals, and 84 major-generals; to-
tal ofgenerals, 284, which gives to each regimentjtwo generals.
The numbers of subordinate officers was shown to be on a
scale of equal magnitude—a remark which also applies to
the half-pay list, on which are 206 colonels, receiving each
11.75. 6d. per diem for doing nothing. If we were asked why
such things were allowed to exist, we would say
it was owing to the monstrous law of pri-
mogeuiure, which, in the words of Adam Smith,
makes one child wealthy and all the others beg-
gars; but this law was considered necessary to perpetuate
the honour of our ancient and glorious nobility.
Referring to the constitution of the House of
Commons, which is supposed to represent the people,
he proved how ,such a state of things was compatiable
with its functions, inasmuch as this deliberative
Assembly is composed of 656 Members, out of which 250
were officers of militia, six marquises, seven earls, 63 lords,
133 brothers or sons of peers, 56 baronets, 85 married to the
sisters or daughters of peers. Mr. Stewart concluded by
urging the importance of unanimity amongst the middle and
labouring classes to the success of the cause. After which,
Mr. JOHN SMITH addressed the meeting. He spoke of the
absurdity of the situation of obsolete offices in connexion
with the Court of her Majesty, such as the Master of tho
Hawks, who receives 1,200/. though he has no hawks to
tend. The Gold and Silver Sticks came in for a
share of his sarcastic observations. He did not
doubt but that were there a gold fiddle-stick
some ready member of the aristocracy would be found to
flourish it. Amongst other grievances, he complained of the
enormous expense of purchasing Acts of Parliament, which
he would call by no other name than public plunder;
in confirmation adduced an instance. The small
town of Southport requiring a short Act for
the management of their own affairs applied to Parliament,
and had to pay 1,5001. He reprobated the system of indirect
taxation, which he characterised as being invented to supply
the aristocracy with patronage.
Mr. JOHN -Fixes' concluded the business of the meet-
ing by announcing that the present was the initiatory of a
series to be held on the evening of each third Wednesday
in the month. He advised agitation as the only
means of success, which had been shown by
the Anti-Corn Law League, and concluded by re-
questing as many as could do so to become subscribers
to the association, the expenses of which, it was pre-
sumed, would not be more than 1,000/. per annum. He was
glad to say that at present the funds were in a prosperous
condition, there being a balance in their treasurer's hands.

I YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BER-
WICK RAILWAY.
In accordance with the wish expressed by a con-
siderable number of the shareholders in this railway,
the directors have prepared the following statement,
showing the present position of the company, and the
estimate which, after careful consideration, they have
formed of its present and future liabilities and pros-
pects.
The total amount expended in the works
undertaken by the company, to the Ist
of November inst., i 5....... £5,375,483
The estimated amount of the gross sum
which will be required for the comple-
tion of the works now in progress, and
of the new works proposed to be exe-
cuted, viz.: the Washington, Kelso,
Aln wick, and Warkworth branches,
the Tyne and Tweed bridges, the
Auckland Valley line, and the Tyne
Docks, and including, also,:the comple-
tion of the Pontop and South Shields
purchase, and the Sunderland Dock
subscription, is 1,869,228

Making the gross amount of the capital
to be ultimately raised

Or, in order to have a sufficient margin
for cuntingencies, say ... £7,300,000

It will be satisfactory to the shareholders to be in-
formed, that this amount of capital can be realised by
calling up what remains unpaid on the extension
shares No. 1 and No. 2, and by exercising the powers
of borrowing to the extent of 1,550,000/., including the
existing mortgage debt which at present amounts to no
more than 722,0731.
When all the works shall have been completed the
aggregate length of the several lines of railway in the
possession of the company will be 330 miles, and the
directors calculate that the gross income they may
fairly expect to derive from the whole will be not
less than 1,040,0001. per annum, which is after the
rate of 20,0001. per week.

This income will be subject to the following annual
charges, viz. :
For working expenses £300,000
For interest on borrowed, capital, taken at
1,550,0001. at 4* per cent
For rent payable to the Great North of
England Railway Company, including
interest on their debentures ...
For rent payable to the Hartlepool Dock
and Railway Company, including in-
terest on their debentures

69,750

151,400

89,880

Total . . £561,030

Showing a clear annual profit of 478,9701., which,
after yielding a dividend of 71. per cent. per annum
upon the share capital of 5,750,0001., will leave a
surplus income of 76,4701.

In estimating the prospective gross income of the
company at 1,040,0001. per annum, the directors rely
upon the following considerations. The revenue now
produced by the traffic upon the 270 miles of line at
present in operation, is after the rate of about
720,0001. per annum, or 13,8461. per week. This, it
must be remembered, is the produce of a year of
severe commercial depression, during which the de-
crease of passenger traffic upon railways has been un-
precedented. But there can be no doubt that the
revival of commerce will restore that steady progres-
sive improvement of railway traffic in all depart-
ments which has been previously experienced.
In the article of coal alone, the published re-

turns show that the quantity exported from
the ports of Durham and Northumberland
during the last four years has increased
after the rate of 45 per cent. in that short period.
The Auckland Valley line, which the directors pro-
pose to construct immediately, will open out a rich
coal field, and the directors confidently expect will
prove in the highest degree productive. The forma-
tion of the Tyne Docks, and the completion of the
Sunderland Docks, will afford vast facilities to the ex-
portation of coal, and cannot fail to assist most mate-
rially in the development of that traffic which is now
suffering considerably from the want of dock
accommodation. The improvement of the general
traffic of the line by the opening of the bridges
across the Tyne and Tweed has not yet had
time to exhibit itself to any extent, but that it will
produce a very large accession of revenue there
cannot he the slightest doubt. Upon all these
grounds, the directors feel great confidence in antici-
pating that, by the time the additional sixty miles of

line shall have come into operation, the gross annual
income will reach the amount at which they have
estimated it.

It is not the intention of the directors at present
to commence any of the works for which Parliamen •
tary powers have been obtained, besides those already
referred to.

The proprietors are aware that out of the money
raised by the calls already made upon the guaranteed
stock created for completing the purchase of the
Great North of England Railway, a large sum has
been passed, by way of loan, to the general construe-

tion account. This it is the intention of the directors
to replace; but they do not propose to make any
further calls upon the guaranteed stock for some time
to come. They have little doubt that when the
period arrives for completing the purchase the holders
of Great North of England Stock will be content to
accept the debentures of this company, at a moderate
rate of interest. Presuming such debentures to be
taken, the calls already made upon the guaranteed
stock of this company will then come into dividend,
and, calculating that such dividend will be after the
rate of 71. per cent., the amount of extra dividend and
interest, thenceforth to be paid, beyond what is
already charged, will be about 40,0001. par annum,
and this will be amply met by the estimated surplus
income.

The directors are happy to state that their engage-
ments with subsidiary undertakings are of trifling
amount. This company has a collateral interest in
the Sunderland Dock Company, to which the share-
holders authorised the directors to subscribe. Par-

liamentary sanction has not yet been obtained for
this subscription, in consequence of the requisite
power having, from accidental circumstances, been
omitted to be sought for last session, but in the
ensuing session this will be remedied. Another
undertaking to which the directors propose that the
company shall contribute, is the Aberdeen Railway, and
they have agreed to recommend to the shareholders to
subscribe for 50,000/. of the preferential stock issued by
that company. The directors think it highly expedient
that this company should possess an interest in the

lines on the eastern coast of Scotland, when they find
competing companies using great exertions to secure
the whole of the traffic north of Edinburgh.
Many of the proprietors are aware that the direc-
tors have entered into a provisional agreement for
leasing the Newcastle and Carlisle, and Maryport and
Carlisle Railways, and a considerable number have
intimated their disapprobation of the measure. The
directors trust it is unnecessary for them to state that
they would not embark in any new undertaking
unless they were persuaded that it would prove ad-
vantageous to the company. They do not, however,
intend to /Tress the acceptance of these leases upon
the proprietors in opposition to their wishes, being
quite prepared to take upon themselves the responsi-
bility they have incurred on behalf of the company.
In conclusion, the directors beg to assure the pro-
prietors that nothing can be more satisfactory to the
board than the present position of the company,
whether in reference to its traffic or to the expense
of working it, and they have no hesitation in express-
ing their unshaken confidence in the soundness and
stability of the undertaking with the management of
which they are intrusted. This confidence is founde d
upon their experience of the steadily increasing traffic
which every year has brought upon the lines notwith-
standing the check occasioned by the recent extraor-
dinary commercial depression, and upon their convic-
tion that, as a railway undertaking, the property is
wholly unassailable—that no traffic can be abstracted
from it by competing lines—and that an unfailing
source of continually improving revenue is secured to
it in the inexhaustible mineral wealth of the counties
of Durham and Northumberland.
By Order,
JOHN CLOSE, Secretary.
York, Nov. 14, 1848.

GRAY'S INN, Nov. 15.—William Tyndall Barnard,
Esq., was this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-
Law by the Honourable Society of Gray's Iwi.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Nov. 15.—Tbe following is an outline
of yesterday's proceedings in the Court of Queen's
Bench:—
The CHIEF JUSTICE, when the full Court sat, stated,
in reference to the question whether the Attorn-y-
General had the final reply, that in looking into the case
of the Queen v. O'Connell, the Court did not find it
there decided that the Attorney-General had not the
right to the reply, and the practice in this country hay
ing been to give him this right, the Court would conform
to that practice.
Mr. HOLMES was then heard on behalf of the prison, r.
and adverted to the objections which had been opened
by Sir C. O'Loghlen. lie principally relied on the ob-
jection that the challenge to William Duff, as a juror,
had been disallowed, although he was a burgess, and as '
such intcrested in the conviction, as the charter of the
old corporation, to whose privileges the present body
succeedk d, vested in the corporation the goods and
chattels of persons who were convicted of felony.
1 he ATTORNEY-GENERAL was heard in reply, and at
considerable detail proceeded to answer the objections to
the validity of the proceedings.
The CHIEF JUSTICE intimated that the case should
stand over for the consideration of the Court.
WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN
Mr. D. LYNCH applied, on the part of the Crown, for
a writ of habeas corpus to issue to bring up the body of
William Smith O'Brien, in order that he might assign
errors. He had been found guilty at the special com-
mission held at Ch nmel, on the charge of high treason,
and he (Mr. Lynch) applied to have Friday next fixed
as the day on which the prisoner should be brought up
to hand in the assignment of errors.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—Be it so.
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER, IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN.
Mr. LYNCH obtained a like order in this case; as also
in the cases of Thomas O'Donoghoe and Terence
Bellew M'Manus, who had also been found guilty of high
treason at the special commission.
Mr. WHITESIDE, Q.C., said that perhaps that was
the proper time to make an application that the place of
custody of all the prisoners concerning whom writs of
habeas corpus had been granted should be changed to the
Richmond Penitentiary.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it would be necessary
for Mr. Whiteside to make the application again on
Friday next.
The Court then adjourned to this morning.
THE NAPIER BANQUET.—His Royal Highness Prince
George of Cambridge and the Right Honourable the
Commander of the Forces have announced their in-
tention of attending the dinner in honour of the hero of
Sinde.

THE LATE OUTBREAL—The following address, signed
by the Marquis of Waterford and the leading persons of
influence in the vicinity of Portlaw, has been presented
to the Rev. Mr. Medlycott:— •
" Portlaw, Nov. 9th, 1848.
"Sir,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of Portlaw
and its vicinity, being deeply conscious of the very im-
portant services rendered by you to the country during
the late disturbances, beg to present you with this ad-
dress, in testimony of our appreciation of them.
" We cannot too strongly express our admiration of
the promptness and intrepidity you displayed on the 12th
of September last, in joining the police of this town, and
in your official capacity conducting the defence of the
barracks against the very large body of armed insurgents
who attacked it on that day.
"We consider that, under Providence, you were
mainly instrumental in giving a decided check to re-
bellio❑ in this neighbourhood, and think it particularly
deserving of notice that you are the only magistrate
in the country who has been in actual collision with the
insurgents.

" Your valuable and untiring exertions in the perform-
ance of your duties as a magistrate for the last twenty
years have gained for you the respect and esteem of all
parties; and we recognise in your conduct, during the
late critical period, a continuation of those services for
which you have always been distinguished. We further
desire to express our entire satisfaction with the humane
manner in which you have carried out those duties, ren-
dering justice in mercy.
" With sincere and heartfelt wishes for your future
happiness and !prosperity, we are, your obedient ser-
vants,

(Signed) WATERFORD, &c.
HIGH SHERIFFS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Names of the gentlemen returned by the judges of
assize to serve the office of high sheriff for the ensuing
year:—

ANTRIM.—James Stewart Moore, Esq., of Ballydi-
vitty, Dervock; Alexander Shafto Adair, Esq., Bally-
mena; Alexander Montgomery, Esq., of Potteyr's Hall,
Antrim.

ARMAGH.—The Viscount Mandeville, Castle,Tander-
agee; Richard Blackiston, Houston, Esq., of Orange-
field, Belfast ; Marcus Sinnot, Esq., of Ballymoyer,
Newtownhamilton.

CARLOW.—Thomas H. Watson, Esq., of Sumclone,
Carlow; William F. Burton, Esq., of Burton Hall,
Carlow; Thomas Kavanagh, Esq., of Borris House,
Burris.

CARRICKFERGUS TOWN.—Peter -Kirk, Esq., of Thorn-
field, Carrickfergus; Stephen Richard Birr, Esq., Car-
rickfergus; Henry Theophilus Higginson, Esq., Lis-
burn.

CAVAN.—Henry Theophilus Clements, Esq., of Ash-
field, Cootehill; Sir William Hort, Bart., of Portland,
Kilcoek; Henry Theophilus Kilbee, Esq., of Drumkeen,
Cagan.

CLARE.—Sir Edward Fitzgerald, Bart., of Carrigo.
ratn, Newmarket on•Forgus; Colonel Charles Synge, of
Mount Callan, Ennis; Major William H. Ball, of For t-
lergus, EnLis.

Coax.—The Viscount Kilworth, of Moor Park, I{il•
worth; Sir Gorge Conway Colahurst, Bart., of Ardrum,
Inniscurra •, Richard Wallis Goo:d Adams, E.g., of
Jarucabrooke, Cloyne.

CORK ClTY.—Thomas Ronanye Sarsfield, Esq., Cork;
William Wrixon Leycester, Esq., Cork; Major North
Ludlow Beamish, of Beaumont, Cork.
DONEGAL.—James Hamilton, Esq., of St. Ernans,
Donegal; John Ferguson, Esq., of Castle Horward,
Londonderry; Richard Maxw ell, Esq., of Birdstown,
Londonderry.
Neon, Esq., of Ballydergan House,
Downpatrick; Archibald Rowan Hamilton, Esq., of
Bally leagh, Donaghadee•' Alexander Stewart, Esq., of
Laurence-town House, Gilford.
DnoottEDA. TowN.—Francis Lealand, Esq., of Drog-
heda; Patrick Ternan, Esq., of Drogheda; John Chad-
wick, Esq., of Stameen, Drogheda.
DUBLIN.—John Ennis Esq., of Merrion-square East;
Robert Quinn Alexander, Esq., of Garristown, Swords;
John Brennan, Esq., of Kingston Lodge, Golden Ball.
DUBLIN ClTY.—William Digges La Touche, Esq.,
34, Stephen's-green South; John M•Donnell, Esq.,
Merrion-square East; Robert Kinahan, Esq., Carlisle-
buildings.

FERMANAGH.—John Caldwell Bloomfield, Esq., of
Castle Caldwell, Enniskillen; Thomas Armstrong Esq.,
of Lisgool, Enniskillen; Paul Dane, Esq., of Killyhev-
lin, Enniskillen.

GALWAY.—John Martin, Esq.,
Gort ; William Gregory, Eq s- of Tullis Castle,
CoolP ark, Gort; the
Hon. Anthony Nugent, of Pallas,.'of
Loug hrea
GALWAY Towsz.—Michael Morris, Esq., of Lenaboy,
Galway; William Andrew Blake Esq of Ferbo, Gal-
way; Henry Comerford, Esq.
KERRY.—Peter Fitzgerald- 'Galway.olnightstown,Va-
lentia ; Maurice James ' Esq.,
O'Connell, Esq., of Lakeview,
Killarney; Valentine Brown, Esq., of li-.'enmare House,
Killarney.
KILDARE.—Edward Beaurnan Esq., of Furnace,
Naas; George L. Mansfield Esq.,' of Morristown Latin,
Naas; William Palmer Es
KILRENNY.—james S. LT, of Itatieen, Clonrad.
• ne, Esq., of Shipton, Callan ;
William Lloyd Flood Esq., of Farmley Castle, Callan ;
to her. John De Montmorency, Esq., of
Castle Morris, Knock-
KILKENNY CITY.—John New port Greene, Esq., of
Lakeview,
Kilkenny ; Richard Birchfield. Kilkenny; Joh vw Smithwick, Esq., of
Cottage, Kilkenny. ade, Esq., of St. Conice's
KING'S COUNTY.—Thomas EEOrn an Mulock, Esq., of
Bellair, Ballycomber; Edward Bor, Esq,, of Ballindi;lan,
Edenderry ; John O'Brien, Esq., of ;tali' an Lodge, I ul-
lainore.
LEITRIM.—William La Touche, Esq., of Harristown,
Kilcullen; William Whyte, Esq., of Newtown, Droma-
hair; William Johnston, Esq., of Kinlough House, Bun-
doran.
LIMERICK.—SamueI Dixon, jun., Esq., of Kilkeedy.
Limerick; Bolton Waller, jun., Esq., of Castletown,
Limerick; Eyre Lloyd, Esq., of Prospect, Castleconnell,
LIMERICK ClTY.—David Leahy Arthur, Esq., of
Shanakiel House, Cork; William Spaight, Esq., Lime-
rick; the Hon. Standish Prendergast Vereker, of Rom-
borough, Limerick.
LONDONDERRY CITY AND COUNTY.—James John
Clarke, Esq., of Lurgantogher, Maghera; Robert Peel
Dawson, Esq., of Castledawson, Castledawson; Conolly
Lecky, Esq., Londonderry.
LONGFORD.—John Cooke,Esq., of Aughintemple, New
Ross; John Shuldham, Esq., of Moigh, Ballymahon;
Francis Fetherston IL, Esq., of Avonmore Cottage,
Arklow.
LOUTH.—George Macartney, Esq., of Lissanoro
Castle, Antrim; Sir John Stevenson Robinson, Bart.,
Ballymena; Major George Buxton, of Rahanna, Ardee.
MAYO.—Anthony Ormsby, Esq., of Ballinamona;
Robert Rutledge, Esq., of Bloomfield, Hollymount;
Charles Mahon, Esq., of Mount Pleasant, Ballyglass.
MEATH.—Richard Chaloner, Esq., of Kingsfort ;
William Martley I3lackburne, Esq., of Tankardstown
Hall, Slane; Michael Thunder, Esq., of Lagore, Duns-
haughlin.
MONAGHAN.—Thornas Forster, Esq., of Coolderry, of
Carrickruacross • Colonel Henry Edward Pattie, of Car-
rickmscross ; William Verner, Esq., of Churchill,
Loughall.
QUEEN'S COUNTY.—Richard Warburton. Esq., of
Garryhinch, Portarlington; Gerald Fitzgerald, Esq., of
Moyne, Durrow; Edward Wilmot Chetvrood, EFq., of
Woodbrook, Portarlington.
RoscommoN.—Arthur O'Connor, Esq., of Elphin
House, Eiphin; William Phibbs, Esq., of Seafield, Sligo;
John Irwin, Esq., of Leabeg, Ballimore.
SLlGO.—Charles William Cooper, Esq., of Cooper
Riverstovvn; Bernard Owen Cogan, Esq , of Lis-
carney House, Collooney; John Folliott, Esq., of Holly-
brooke, Boyle.
TIPPERARY.—Sir John Craven Carden, Bart., of the
Priory, Tetnplemore; Lieut.-Colonel Wray Palliser, of
Derryliesken House, Fethard ; George Ryan, Esq., of
Inch House, Thurles.
TYRONE.—Robert William Lowry, Esq., of Pomeroy-
house, Dungannon; Henry D'Arcy, Esq., of Neearn
Castle, Lowthers.town; Thomas Richardson Browne,
Esq., of Aughinstown, Clogher.
WATERFORD.—James Barry, Esq., of M'Collop Castle.
Fermoy; the Hon. S. Carew, of Woodstock, Waterford;
Edward O'Dell, Esq., .of Carriglea, Dungarvan.
WATERFORD ClTY.—George Meara, Esq., of May_
park, Waterford; Thomas Wyse, Esq., of manor of St.
John's, Waterford; Robert Carow, Esq., of Ballinamona,
Waterford.

WESTMEATIL—CoIoneI Caulfield, of Bloomfield, Mul-
lingar; Sir John Nugent, Bart., of Bailinlough, Castle-
towndelvin; Sir Fruncis Hopkins, Bart., of Rochfort,

WEiFOßD.—Edward Westby Nunn, Esq., of St.
Margaret's Wexford; Charles Arthur Walker, ,of
the Lodge, Wexford; James Power, &q., of Eder-
mine, Enniscorthy.
WICKLOW.—RoFert A. Gun Cunningham, Esq., of
Mount Kennedy, Newtown Mount Kennedy; Petkq. La
Touche, Esq., of Bellview, Delgany; the Hon. Charles
Stanly Mona, of Merrion-square,

EXHIBITION OF PUPILS' DRAW-
INGS AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION.
The exhibition of the copies from the old masters,
made by the students and probationers of the British In-
stitution, was opened yesterday, and will remain open
to-day. The exhibition is a most interesting one,
and the copies reflect infinite credit upon the students
of the Institution. There was not one bad one amongst
them, whilst some were so accurately true to the
original, that we were no longer surprised at the doubts
which are sometimes raised as to the authenticity of
certain pictures. The copies from the Angel of
Leonardo da Vinci were all excessively beautiful,
and the copyists in general had been completely im-
bued with the spirit of grace which is the peculiar
characteristic of this master ; the peculiarites of his
colouring are also excellently imitated. Some of the
copies from Ruysdael are fine specimens of landscape
painting. Indeed all are so good that we would fain
see these artists producing something original. As
we said before, the exhibition is one of much interest,
and reflects great, credit on all parties connected with
the British Institution.

IMPROVED FARMING.-HOPE

FOR IRELAND.

"Agricultural pursuits are the most natural occupa-
tion of Man."—WILLIAM PENN.
" All wealth lies in the field, the forest, and the mine;
and there it will lie for ever, unless your industry draw
it OUL"—ADAM

The benevolent intention of a number of the
Society of Friends to establish a model farm, or
agricultural seminary, in Ireland, of which some
particulars appeared in our last paper, induces us to
commend the subject, and other matters connected
with it, to the best attention of the public generally :
from that attention the greatest good may arise.
The population of the three kingdoms is increasing
at the rate of a thousand mouths per day; and, not-
withstanding this important fact, we verily believe
the land of the three kingdoms is not producing
one-half the food which it is capable of yielding
for the wants of man ; and yet thousands of men
are standing idle whose extra labour on the
land, under proper direction, would produce the
extra food that is wanted. This suicidal state
of things the proposed efforts of the Society of
Friends are calculated to obviate. With proper
management and steady industry England (we speak
of Great Britain and Ireland under that term) might
be an exporting country as to food; and in any
condition approaching such a state of things, and
with a proper system of internal currency, her
wealth would be sufficient for the well clothing,
well feeding, and well educating of fall
her people; while her command of the luxuries of life,
from every clime, would be equal to the utmost
rational desire with respect to them. We happen
to know an estate (a number of farms adjoining
each other) which in about twenty years has
undergone the following change the first
place, being under no degree of skilful manage.
ment, the rents were extremely low, and were
paid by the poor and ignorant farmers with great
difficulty (the rabbits seemed to have had the best
share of the few good things produced), and, after
paying fixed and incidental expenses connected with
an unproductive part of the domain, the whole left
the owner an annual revenue of only two hundred
pounds, And sometimes less. Under a more
modern system, in which rabbits were extermi-
nated, good drainage adopted, irrigation provided,
little tramways laid down, for the quick and easy
transit of manure from ene part of the estate to
another, the cost of improvements being added, by
a per centage, to the rental, and new valuations
occurring on changes of tenants and other circum-
stances, the condition of the property now is, that
its produce is more than double (nearly treble),
the farmers are never a day behind with their rent,
they give employment to more labourers, they all
have money in the bank, or in good investments,
and the owner receives a clear return of full five
thousand pounds per annum ! And all this is from
the same soil, but from superior direction : it is the
triumph of mind over matter; and the improve-
ments are still going on, with everything to
encourage them. We would name the estate but
for giving trouble to those concerned. Now, here is
hope for Ireland, and enough to give an impulse
to better farming everywhere. The advice we
gave on Tuesday, that a preference should be
given to green crops and animal food over
grain, an article which may bs had from the
antipodes, if needful, should go along with the
influence of the above statements ; and we ought
no longer to be at once scandalised and impoverished
by idle lands and idle hands being seen in the self-
same districts of our country. The author of that
admirable work, " The National Distress : its Fi-
nancial Origin, and Remedy," well describes the folly
of our present condition, by supposing the following
language to be addressed to an unemployed labourer :
—" There, you see, is land lying waste all around
you; its culture would yield you abundance of food;
your labour upon it is all that is necessary to extract
that food : but you shall not labour upon it; you
shall live by beggary or by theft, or starve to death,
and the nation must pay the additional cost of im-
porting food, raised by foreign labour, from distant
lands." We remember, in a wild part of the county
Wicklow, seeing a young woman standing at a lane-
end, half a mile from her cabin, with a single egg in
her hand for sale. 'What must have been the destitu-
tion of such a person, or of the family she belonged
to, when something was wanted which the sale of
one egg (a single halfpenny in value) would pur-
chase, they not being able to afford to eat the
egg themselves! Such an absence of the means, or
of the knowledge of the means, of rendering labour
efficient enough for ensuring common comforts, is a
proof of what is wanted; and to persons in such "need,"
the benevolent man of whom we spoke in the open-
ing of this article will be " Friends" indeed.—Liver-
pool Mercury.

THE OCEAN MONARCH.—The Government have
just presented a very beautiful pocket chronometer to
the captain of the Brazilian frigate Affonso, who dis-
played so much daring and humanity in his successful
exertions to save the passengers and crew of the Ocean
Monarch. The chronometer is a perfect model of the
marine chronometer No. 2, which obtained for the
maker in the year 1831 the Government prize of 1701.
Its size is that of an ordinary waistcoat pocket watch.
The following inscription is engraved on the inner
case :—" Presented by the British Government to Cap-
tain Joaquim Marquis Lisboa, of the steam-frigate Af-
fonso, of the Brazilian Imperial navy, in testimony of
their admiration of the gallantry and humanity displayed
by him in rescuing many British subjects from the
burning wreck of the ship Ocean Monarch, Aug., 1848."
A curious Custom-house case was discovered yes-
e
terday, eha ryadnma chant
offeringe,n
entered
to
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frd
pedadmus
st;i3doi
valuinge mmf ou
frc oehri
gmerrimentwatches,
them
ei7nt
3,Clt. hu
ase
apparentlynt
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at
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ghuAoas
etdm,r
afeort
offi-
cers, conceiving them in their wisdom to be much un-
dervalued, took the watches to account, and paid the
merchant importer the 770 L, with the ten per cent.
legally exigible and additional in such case. To-day the
watches were, in the usual way, put up to auction at the
Commercial-rooms, Mincing-lane, when for the first
time it was discovered that the watches were of brass,
tinselled over with gold, and not worth 701. It remains
to be seen whether the loss in this, as in other cases,
will be charged to the Treasury, the profits when such
there are, being always taken to account of the customs
fund.

CIIURCII OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY FOR
AIDING MISSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD.—On
Tuesday a public meeting of the members and sup-
porters of this religious association was held in Exeter
Hall, for the purpose of bringing the society more
prominently before the notice of the public, and
generally advancing the objects which it has in view.
The Honourable Arthur Kinnaird occupied the chair.
The proceedings having been opened by prayer, the
chairman explained that the direct object of the associa-
tion was the furtherance of missions, and that its in-
direct object was the spiritual good of young men placed
in different parts of the metropolis. It was true their
society was at present but a small one; still when he re-
membered that the Church Missionary Society, which
had now its missions in every; part of the globe, rose
from an equally circumscribed commencement, he must
say that his heart took courage, and that he despaired
not in a tew years seeing this society take such root
as to have enrolled amongst its members young men
in all parts of the kingdom. He was glad to add that
the number of members who had joined it in the
course of last year, and the number of branch associa-
tions which had been formed, held out great grounds
for encouragement —(llean) No resolutions ware sub-
mitted to the meeting, but the particular merits of the
society were fully and eh quently stated by the Rev.
Henry Hughes, M.A., Incumbent of All Souls, Gordon
square ; the Rev. W. W. Charnpneys, DI.A. ; Rev.
Hugh Allen, M.A., and other clergymen and gentlemen' •
and at the close of the proceedings a collection was en-
tered into in aid of the funds of the association.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 15.—The Greek Professor has
given notice that the subject of his next course of lee-
turns will be the Olympian and Nemean Odes of Pindar,
The lectures will commence on Tuesday, the 6th day of
February next, at one oelock, to be continued every
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
TILE DANISII MINISTER.—IiiS Majesty the King
of Denmark has placed one
..of his royal steamers, the
Skirner, at the disposition of his Excellency Count, Re-
ventlow, for the purpose of conveying his Excellency
back to this country, where he may soon be expected,
with full instructions to conclude the uegotitttiou of the
Schleswig-Liaatein question.

DREADFUL MURDER.

' The inhabitants of St. Leonard's were thrown into
great consternation about noon on Sunday, by the
report that the residence of Miss M. A. C. Moore had
been burglarious] v entered, and the cook brutally
murdered ; upon inquiry the report was found to he
sub-tantially correct. The house is known as "
Ca-
tharina Villa," and is the westward of several de-
, tached residences situate on the West-hill, the cliff
at the back of the church running parallel with the
road to the railway-station. The family consisted of
Miss Moore, her brother, Dr. Moore, coachman, and
footman, all of whom attended divine service at the
Baptist chapel at Hastings, whither they had gone
on the morning of the unhappy occurrence. The re-
maining members of the establishment are the house-
maid, who is at present at home in a delicate state of
health, and the cook (Mary Ann Newman), the sub-
ject of the atrocious attack. She was about sixty
years of age, and had been in her situation twenty five
years. On the return of the family from chapel, the
footman not being able to effect an entrance in any
other way, got in at the window of the drawing-
room (where it is supposed the burglars entered) and
discovered the room strewed with open trunks and
jewel cases. On going through the passage the cook
was found still breathing, and with three severe
wounds at the back of the head, one of which had
laid bare the brain. The alarm was given, the autho-
rities and police were quickly on the spot, but no
trace could be obtained, as the road is covered with
beach. It was discovered that several articles ofjewel-
lery, consisting of watches, brooches, necklaces, rings,
&c. &c., were stolen. During the afternoon a noto-
rious character known as "Turf Hyland," who was
concerned in the sacriligious entry of the church, was
apprehended ; but his statement being satisfac-
tory, he was again liberated. At eleven r sf. a man
named John Pearson, who formerly lived as coach-
man at the house, and who was frequently quarrelling
with the cook, was taken up on suspicion. The un-
fortunate woman lingered in a state of insensibility
till yesterday, Tuesday, at nine A.M., when she ex-
pired. At one o'clock, on Monday, the prisoner
(John Pearson) was brought up for examination be-
fore the mayor (Alfred Burton, Esq.), F. Ticehurst,
F. Smith, and G. Scrivens, Esqs. The inquiry was
strictly private, and ended in a remand to Thursday.
Superintendent Bolton arrived during the day, and is
actively engaged in assisting the police in their in-
quiries and in unravelling the mystery which yet
hangs over this diabolical occurrence.—Brighton
Guardian.