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GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL.
The trial of Captain James Bull, of her Majesty's
57th Reginsent, by a general court-martial, commenced
at Chatham barracks on Thursday, and was continued
on Monday, the court each day being filled by officers
of the garrison, and a number of civilians connected with
the town.
At the commencement of the proceedings on Thurs-
day, Captain Bull pleaded guilty to the charge preferred
against him, but not to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline.
The prosecutor, Major Thomas Shadforth, previous
to his evidence being taken, expressed to the Court the
great regret with which he: appeared against Captain
Bull, who, he must acknowledge, had proved himself a
good officer, and observed that he had been prompted to
pursue the course he had taken only by a sense of public
duty and a regard to the good of the service. The Major
was then sworn, and stated in evidence, that he had come
home with the head-quarters of the 57th Regiment from
India. That on the 9th of July, 1846, they were lying
at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on board the barque
Mary Ann ; that about midnight of that day Capt. Bull
came to witness'scabin-door, and said, "Major Shadforth,
Mr. Allen, the master of the ship, has reported to me that
you came on board the ship in a state of intoxication, and
I think it my duty to order you under arrest." Witness
had then been in bed Upwards of an hour. On the follow •
ing morning he went to the poop of the ship, when the
prisorer came up to him and asked if he was aware that
he had last night been ordered into arrest by him?
Witness replied, " Yes; and it was a d— piece of im-
pertinence on your part, as you want to assume the com-
mand of the regiment. On this the prisoner went away,
and witness, calling to the acting adjutant, Lieutenant
Grant; desired him to send for the regimental pass-order
book, and to insert therein that be wished to meet the
whole of the officers at ten o'clock A.m. of that
day. Lieutenant Grant refused to obey his orders; and
witness, on leaving the poop, said in a loud tone to Cap-
tain Bull that his positive orders were that no officers of
the regiment should leave the ship without his leave.
Witness afterwards directed the Sergeant-Major of the
regiment to insert the order in the pass-book for a meet-
ing of all the officers at ten o'clock. After breakfast
Captain Stanley reported to him in writing that he had
been placed in arrest by order of Captain Bull, and wit-
ness then found that the prisoner had left the ship, in
disobedience of the orders which he had issued. Cap-
tain Bull remained absent till the next morning (the
11th), although he was detailed in the orders of the day
of the 10th to take his regular turn of duty as captain of
the day.
The prisoner was here about to cross-examine the
witness, but was told by the president that it was usual
for the Court to put their questions first. To this Cap-
tain Bull demurred, and the Court was cleared; and on
its being reopened, the president announced that it had
been decided that the questions of the Court should be
put first.
In answer to various questions put by members of the
Court,
Major Shadforth stated that no meeting of the officers
of the regiment took place, as he had ordered, on the
morning of the 10th, in consequence of the absence of
the prisoner and the acting adjutant, Lieutenant Grant.
It was his intention to caution the prisoner officially
as to his conduct at the meeting, if it had taken
place, but the absence of the prisoner prevented
him. Witness most decidedly did not relinquish the
command of the regiment in consequence of the pri•
Boner having placed him in arrest. It was his intention,
after pointing oat to the prisoner his unjustifiable con-
duct, to have placed him in arrest, but he was prevented
doing so on account of his absence from the vessel. In
answer to a question as to what course he adopted to-
wards the prisoner on his return to the vessel (a question
which the Major at first declined to answer, as leading
to other matters already investigated), he stated that
Captain Bull, on his return, brought a letter from toe
acting Town-Major at Cape Town, desiring hies (the
witness), by order of the Commandant, to consider him-
self in arrest, in consequence of a charge preferred
against him by Captain Bull, till a court of inquiry
should assemble to investigate the matter; that, in con-
sequence of this, he took no steps against Captain Bull
till after the proceedings of the court of inquiry on him-
self, when, in consequence of orders contained in a letter
from the acting Town-Major at Cape Town, he placed
Captain Bull in arrest. It was usual, in the 57th Regi-
ment, for officers to sign pass-orders.
On cross-examination by the prisoner, Major Shad-
forth stated that he had received, on the 11th of July,
another letter from the prisoner, besides that which he
had referred to and handed in ; but he could not say
where it was, or whether it went with his other papers
to the Adjutant-General. On the night on which pri-
soner ordered him into arrest witness did not deny that
he was drunk, or remonstrate with prisoner. He de-
sired him to go to his bed. lie could not say what
officer was with prisoner on that occasion, as his cabin
door was but partially open. lie believed that the ab-
sence of the prisoner from the ship was occasioned by
his having gone to Cape Town to report to the senior
officer in command what had occurred on board on the
night of the 9th.
By the COURT—There was no light in witness's cabin
on the night in question. Witness did not report Capt.
Bull's absence from the ship to the military authorities
at the Cape. lie considered he had no right to do so,
having the command of the regiment ; besides, he was
in Simon's Bay, upwards of 30 miles from Cape Town.
Captain Edward Stanley, of the 57th Regiment, swore
to his being placed in arrest on the night of the 9th of
July by Lieutenant Grant. because he would not leave
his cabin at twelve o'clock at night to be a party to what
he considered a most irregular proceeding, viz., assist-
ing, by his presence, Captain Bull to assume the com-
mand of the regiment. Captain Bull was detailed, in
the regimental orders, as the captain of the day for the
the 10th; but he that day left the ship, and did not re-
turn till the following morning, when he told witness
he had been to Cape Town, and had orders to place him
in arrest. Lieutenant Grant told him that he had been
desired by Captain Bull to order his attendance in the
toddy, but witness refused; and he was then told that
he was ordered by Captain Bull to place him in arrest.
Witness had previously told Captain Bull that he would
get no assistance from him in what he intended to do, as
he would be no party to taking his commanding officer
out of his cabin to see if he was drunk. He could
not conceive the slightest reason for Captain Bull's inter-
ference with Major Shadforth's authority.
Assistant-Surgeon Jackson spoke to the fact of Cap-
tain Bull having gone to Major Shadforth's cabin, as
already described, on the night of the 9th, and the cap-
tain's absence from the ship next day.
The Court adjourned at 4 o'clock.
On Tuesday the Court opened at 10 o'clock, when the
assistant-surgeon was again called, and stated that
Captain Bull was near enough on the 10th to hear
Major Shadforth's order that no officer should leave
the ship.
Captain Stanley was also recalled, and stated that
Captain Bull had placed Lieutenants Hunt and Logan
under arrest because he thought them drunk. One of
them, to witness's own knowledge, was sober, and the
other was only a little noisy.
Sergeant-Major Jones deposed that on the morning
of the 10th of July he received instructions from Lieut.
and Adjutant Grant to receive all orders from Captain
Bull, and to report to him accordingly. Afterwards
went with the Adjutant to Captain Stanley's cabin, when
the latter was placed in arrest by Captain Bull's orders.
Witness further coiroborated previous witnesses as to
what passed on deck next morning. On Captain Bull's
return to the ship, he published in his regimental orders
a garrison order from Cape Town, directing a court of
inquiry; he also directed a resimental order for a court
of inquiry on a private to be held the same day ; the
regimental order of Captain Bull was afterwards can-
celled by Major Shadforth on his resuming the command
of the detachment. Witness further spoke to the pass-
order book not being signed by Captain Bull.
Private James Marlystes, who was orderly on the
10th of July, took the pass-order book to Captain Bull
for his signature, but he refused, saying he had nothing
to do with the orders.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
of the barque
July he
ws
conversation
on the starboard side
The prisoner called
arA Ann, who
Ps.wAurlleen,
thatth eucuomaimeaunigdhert
of the eth of
uant of her Majesty
the gangway, and that as soon as
Shadforth come over d
of the quarter-deck,,ins
brigsapphwwhiethu thheafisraswt lltelauitue;
unchain,
staggeredoaxnid-
heHunt and Logan, both of whom
felTheowvins,
jbeurt
wgaost umpu
cated. Lieutenants
the' lajor, were also much intoxi-
cated.came on board with
steppe stepped
as on deck
fCroapnitatihnewhich might arise to the
began to reflect on the dung
and knowing the state in
dwecaklkhede.
ship from their having lights; b
went to the cabin of
which Major Shadforth was, e
After these gentlemenerretired to their cabins, he
the safety of the
asleep. He called upon him to look to
in dangr
who was in bed
vessel, as he considered the lives on hoard were
Captain Ball asked him
if he made his complaint officially. Witness replied that
most decidedlßliuglhl,tsthoef second in command,
y did, and his impression was that
he also asked him if he meant to take any further notice
of the matter, understand that
when witness gave him to
he would. C •securing
the Bull then took measures for
the safety of the ship. Captain Bull call
Witness heard
at the Major's cabin-door-
duty," or words to the 1 "Major Shadforth, come on
t
o
the door, put his head effect. Major Shadforth came
to go to his bed. He otitside, and desired Captain Bull
He considered that Captain
then slapped to the cabin-door.
light, to see what state hePtain Bull was able, from the
In answer to questions put was
in.
wit-
ness said he had never put by the prosecutor, the complain
from the lights before the complained of danger to the ship
not see any light in Major night in question.did
Shadforth's He
Cap-
tain Bull went to it. The prosecutor cabin when
the 9th of July, reportedthatt had on that day,
barque Mary Ann
sea
was not in a fit state to proceed to
By the COURT—AII that he requested.
was to see that the lights were put
uuof Captain Bull
that the lights which he saw below wereL Could
not say in the cabin of
Messrs. Hunt and Logan.
The steps taken by
Bull removed all apprehension of danger from Captain
as the light was extinguished in Mr. Hunt isn
mind,
Logan's cabin. [Here the Court remarked that d Mr.
not understand the evidence of the witness on this1t could
point.
it was so very contradictory. There was no alter
however, but to take it.] The witness considerendative,
Major Shadforth was in an unfit state to be that
called on
for the assistance whilh he required, on account of his

intoxication. It was a dark night when Major Shad-
forth came on board and fell. He could not exactly
swear that his fall was caused by drunkenness but, to
the best of his belief, it was. Was not aware that there
was anything on deck over which the Major might pos-
sibly have tripped, but there might have been such a
thing. Did not see any one assist the Major to rise, and
cannot recollect whether there was any motion of the
vessel on the occasion, or whether the deck was in a
slippery state. Witness did nut go to Major Shadforth's
cabin to see what condition he was in before he went to
Captain Bull; and he did not notice in the ship's log the
fact of the Major's intoxication.
It being four o'clock, the Court adjourned.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PonTemourrn, DEC. 15.—Charles Holden, able seaman,
of the Vengeance, 84, who fell off the maintopsail-yard,
in furling sails yesterday, is going on favourably under
the judicious treatment of the medical officers of the
ship. When in the Retribution he had fallen out of the
foretop, but received but little injury. Notwithstanding
the Vengeance has no lower deck guns, or stores for
such guns on board, nor a full complement of men, some
wiseacre fancies she draws too much water to go out of
this harbour, and accordingly the crew hare set to work
to-day, after dinner, to pump the water out of the tanks,
in the endeavour to lighten her to the draft of the sup-
posed depth of water on the bar.
The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, has got
her complement, and will drop out to Spithead in a few
days. In consequence of the " ragged regiments"
which have recently been so numerously sent, from va-
rious parts, for the purpose of manning the ships in
commission, and Captain Giffard having been supplied
with a sorry lot, he represented the case to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, setting forth the inefficiency of his
ship's company; the result was, that a survey •was or-
dered to be held to determine whether the men com-
plained of were fit for sea service or not; accordingly,
this day, Captains Pasco, of the Victory; Lushington,
of the Vengeance; and -Lae, *Cale Cyclops; and
Surgeons Acheson, of the Victory; Verling, of theVen-
geanee; and Williams, of the Cyclops, assembled on
board the Penelope, and made an investigation or exa-
mination of the ship's company, who, in the opinion of
the surveyors, were fit and able men for the service for
which they had entered, and would be fonnd useful and
good hands after a little drill and practice in the neces-
sary manual exercises.
The Mercury tender, and Duck and Goodwill navy
lighters, sailed to-day, the former for Poole and Wey-
mouth, to obtain volunteers for the navy; the second
with stores for Plymouth; and the latter for the eastern
yards with stores. _ _

WooLwica, Dxc. 15.—The Centaur steam-frigate,
having taken on board a sufficient quantity of coals
yesterday morning, went down the river on a short
experimental trip, and when she had her full steam up
to try her speed at the measured mile, in Long-reach,
the wheelrope broke, and she came in contact with a
collier, carrying away her own bowsprit and the head of
her figure, and the jib-boom of the collier. The Centaur
returned to Woolwich, and will leave to morrow (this
day) for Portsmouth, to be fitted for sea.
The Amphion steam-frigate, Capt. Williams, is ordered
to be fitted with one of Porter's anchors, of 52 cwt., and
it has been tested, and is now ready to be put on board.
The Amphion is nearly ready for sea.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, is hourly
expected at Woolwich. It has been supposed by some
that engines of 800• horse power are too large for vessels
of the size of the Terrible, but they are small in com-
parison with two powerful engines of 600-horse power
each, constructed at New York for a vessel to be named
the George Washington, nearly the sine of the Great
Western, and intended for the conveyance of the United
States' mail between Bremen and New York via Cowes.
The George Washington is also intended for naval
service in case of necessity; and her contractors antici-
pate being able to attain a rate of speed which will
reduce the average term of the passage in steamers
between England and New York to twelve days. The
Southerner, a fine New York built steam-ship, employed
in the coasting trade, has accomplished results which
seem to warrant the expectations of the builders of the
George Washington.

THE EAST INDIA COLLEGE AT

HAILEYBURY.
On Tuesday, being the day appointed for closing
the second term of 1846, a deputation from the
Court of Directors of the East India Company visited
the college, for the purpose of receiving the report of
the Principal upon the literature and discipline of the
term, and of distributing the medals and prizes awarded
to the successful competitors in the various branches of
Oriental, classical, and European literature. The depu-
tation consisted of the following members of the Court:
—Chairman, Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., M.P.; Deputy-
Chairman, Henry St. George Tucker, Esq.; Lieutenant-
General Sir J. Law Lushington, G.C.8., Lieutenant-
Colonel W. H. Sykes, John Cotton, Esq., W. H. C.
Plowden, Esq., E. Macnaghten, Esq., J. C. White-
man, Esq.
The deputation, on their arrival, proceeded to the
principal lodge, and thence to the council-room, where
the Principal's report was presented to them. The de-
putation and the professors then proceeded to the hall,
where the students had already assembled. The chair
was taken by Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., M.P., who was
supported on either side by the members of the de-
putation.
Amongst the visitors we observed Sir Robert Cunliffe,
Bart., Major Cuppage, R.A., Charles H. C. Plowden,
Esq., Captain Burford, Colonel Taylor, Colonel Dickin-
ton, Bombay Enginers, &c. The following civilians at
home were also present:—Robert H. S. Campbell, Esq.,
J. H. Craigie, Esq., Arthur Hathaway, Esq., A. Purvis,
Esq., Mosley Smith,
Esq., C. Fraser, Esq., James David-
son, Esq., Robert M. Bird, Esq., &c.The Chairman having taken his seat,
Mr. HOOPER, the clerk of the college department, read
the following report of the prizes and distinctions ob-
tained by the students :

MEDALS, PRIZES, AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINC-
TIONS 01 STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, DECEMBER,
1846.

Mr. Menckton —Highly distinguished, with medal in
Persian, medal in Hindustani, prise in Sanscrit and
Hindee.

Mr. Bright—Highly distinguished, with medal, in law.
Mr. Forbes—Highly distinguished, with medal, in
classics, medal in political economy and history.
Mr. Ousley Highly distinguished, with prize in
Persian.

Mr. J. H. rrinsep—Highly distinguished, with medal
in Sanscrit.

Mr. Chase—Highly distinguished, with medal in
Teloogoo. -
Mr. Ryan—Highly distinguished, with medal in ma-
thematics.

Messrs. Craster, R. Simeon, Russell, Keene, Glyn,
Nlackillop, Cooper, Floyd, Scott, and Elliot—Highly
distinguished.
Messrs. Havelock, Gordon, Spankie, and Lockett—
Passed with great credit.

PRIZES AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINCTIONS OF STU-
DENTS REMAINING IN THE COLLEGE.
Third Term.
Mr. J. H. Morris—Highly distinguished, with prize
in mathematics, in Persian, and in Hindustani.
Mr. G. L. Morris—Highly distinguished, with prize
in Teloogoo.
Mr. Pelly—Highly distinguished, with prize in classics.
Mr. Nasmyth—Highly distinguished, with prize in
political economy and history, and prize in law.
Mr. E. A. Prinsep—Highly distinguished, with prize
in Sanscrit.

Messrs. Campbell, Johnston, Watson, and Kindereley
—Highly distinguished.
Messrs. Bax and F. B. Simson—Passed with great
credit.

Second Term.

Mr. Forsyth—Highly distinguished, with prizes in
classics, in Sanscrit, and in Persian. _

Mr. Thompson—Highly distinguished, with prizes in
political economy, history, and prize in Teloogoo.
Mr. Holloway—Highly distinguished, with prize for
the best English essay.
Mr. Chester—Highly distinguished, with prize in law.
Mr. Stewart—Passed with great credit, and prize in
mathematics.
Messrs. Ritchie, Blair Dickenson, and Ashburner—
Highly distinguished.
Mr. Balfour—Passed with great credit.
First Term.

Mr. Oldfield—Highly distinguished, with prize in
classics, prize in law, and in Sanscrit.
Mr. Breeks—Highly distinguished, with prize in
mathematics.
Mr. Metcalfe—Passed with great credit, with prize in
law.
M gessrresa.t diAcrleexat.n der, H. Morris, and Martin—Passed
with
Mr. Holloway, a student of the second term, then read
his prize essay ; the subject—" The Influence of Edu-
cation on the National Character."
Mr. J. H. Prinsep read some lines from Thomson's
geextfrraocint from Dow's " His-
" Seasons," translated into Sanscrit verse by himself.
Mr. Chase read an extract from " The Rambler,"
translated by himself into Teloogoo.
India," translated by himself into Persian.
Mill's "History of
read passage
tory of Hindoostan," translated into Hindustani.
The following classification of the students about to
Misirr.. :11°o:eel:too: raelsaod
depart for India was then read:—..
RANK o
F STIIDENTO LEAVING COLLEGE, DECEMBER, 1846.
Bengal.
—Messrs. MOOckton
First Class , Bright, Russell, Crag-
ter, R. Simpson, Forbes, J. H. Prinsep, Ouseley, Cooper,
Mackillop. Keene.
Second Class—Messrs. Floyd and Elliot.
Third Class—Messrs. M`Chlery, Spankie, Rickets, and
Probyn.

Madras.
First Class—Mr. Chase.
Second Class—Mr. Gordon. (No third class.)
Bombay.

First Class—Messrs. Havelock and Glyn.
Second Class—Messrs. Scott and Rose.
Third Class—Messrs. Ryan and Lockett.
Notice having been given that the next term will com-
mence on Tuesday, the 19th of January, the ehaitinau,
Sir J. W. Hogg, delivered an impressive address on the
°cession.

The Hon. Chairman was loudly cheered throughout,
and at its close the applause was long continued.
The business of the day haring been coucludsd, the
deputation and friends returned by special train to
town.

IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

DEC. 14.—The weekly meeting of the Asso-
ciation, held this day, was very numerously attended.
Amongst the more prominent leaders of the movement
present were Mr O'Connell, M.P., N. Maher, M.P.,
Rev. Mr. Tierney, J. M. Mac Donnell, M.P., J. O'Con-
nell, M.P., E. Clements (barrister), R. A. Fitzgerald,
M.P.

On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, the chair was taken
by Nicholas Maher, M.P. for Tipperary.
The CHAIRMAN said he had intended to have alluded
to some of the proceedings connected with Young Ire-
landism in the county of Tipperary, and to have cor-
rected some errors which had crept into the press with
regard to that county, but as there was a shadow of
hope that a reconciliation might take place with Young
Ireland, he should not then discuss them.
The Secretary having read the minutes of the last
day's proceedings,
Mr. O'CONNELL handed in a number of remittances,
including 51., the renewed subscription of the Lion. Cecil
Lawless.

Mr. STEELE, at the-request of Mr. O'Connell, read a
letter from Mr. Doheney, barrister, a leading member
of the Young Ireland party, apologising for some ex-
pressions ho made use of at the recent meeting of the
"leaders" at the Rotundo, reflecting on Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. O'CONNELL could assure Mr. Doheney that the
expressions he referred to did not hurt his (Mr. O'Con-
nell's) feelings. If his feelings were to be hurt by the
abuse which was so constantly heaped upon him, he did
not imagine that he would then be in existence.—
(Laughter.) He was glad Mr. Doheney had written
that letter, for his sake as well as his own. He forgave
him, not as a Christian, which Sir Walter Scott said
meant not at all, but he forgave him as a man, and as he
hoped to be forgiven himself.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CLEMENTS read the following letter, addressed to
the secretary of the association :
"Blackhall-street, Dec. 14.
" Sir,—ln enclosing 5/. as a renewal of my subscription
to the association, I cau hardly refrain from expressing
how cordially I agree with those who would have a re-
conciliation with the party that has seceded. I would
also hope that the nick-names of Young Ireland,' and
' Old Ireland,' may be buried deep in the shades below,'
and that the common brotherhood of being Repealers
shall be a sufficient distinction for all parties in future.
After the breach is made good, I, for one, won't be sorry
at its having occurred, as it certainly has placed the
moral force principles much more clearly before the mind
of the country—indeed I might say of the world.
"I humbly implore of the association, the only public
political body in existence in Ireland, to lose no time in
addressing the Government to open the Irish ports.
" This is December, not July—the country has eight
long months to struggle through before next harvest.
Wheat is already at 435. per barrel, oats 225.; there is
an immense diminution in the usual supply f eggs—
poultry must follow—bacon can only be produced by the
gentry for their own private consumption—beef and
mutton must be substituted for these commodities, each

doubtless shall run up to very high rates; the winter too
is coming in severely, which must check out door labour.
The Government will hardly refuse to give an additional
impetus to the importation of foreign wheat into Ireland,
particularly as last session its members would have sup-
ported. Sir Robert Peel in a like measure, when the cause

for their doing so did not bear a fiftieth part of the pre-
sent emergency. Lord George Bentinck's party also
declared in favour of a measure of the kind last session.
The road is clear, the Government have the will to do,
let them act then in the name of God. _

.., ~.
" I trust this subject will meet with that consideration
from the Association which its importance deserves.—

I have the honour to be, sir, your very humble and obe-
dient servant, " ROBERT METCALF.
_ _

" To T. M. Ray, Esq."
Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to address the Association.
He considered that on the last day of meeting he had

accurately pictured the horrible state of destitution to
which the country was reduced; but it appeared that they
had not as yet reached the acme of the calamity.—(Hear.)
Snow and frost had set in, and the evils of the country
were consequently aggravated tenfold. It was horrible
to think of the contents of the communications from

the province of Connaught. Forty-eight deaths had
already taken place from starvation in that portion of
the island. About one hundred and thirteen letters had

been received detailing these horrible facts. The deaths
to which he alluded could not be imputed to any other

cause but starvation, the results oe the coroner's in-
quests exhibited but too true a verification of the fact.

It was with the deepest regret that he was obliged to
announce that the mercantile classes had, As yet ,done
nothing,_ The cities and great towns hkd not as yet
met to take-means to provide for the safety of their in-
itelitants. He'hoped the hint he felt it his duty to throw
out would not be lost, and, particularly so when it was
considered that many houses had already amassed large
fortunes by tha famine.—(Hear, hear.) He would call
upon them, in the name of the forty-eight murdered
human beings who had already fallen
_victims to starva
tion, to discharge the duties which their stations and
means necessarily imposed upon them.—(Hear, hear.)
The Times 'might sneer and laugh at him (Mr. O'Con-
nell), but, he asked, would it sneer at the sacrifice of
forty-eight lives? That it would sneer at the fact he
should not be surprised; such conduct would be quite
suited to the spirit by which that infamous journal was
actuated.(Hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would have to
attend on this day, when he left the association, a pre-
paratory meeting of the landed proprietors of Ireland,
and he trusted that their deliberations would be confined
to the real question at issue, the condition of the coun-
try, and these gentlemen would not allow their judg-
ment to be carried away by their feelings to make
any attack on the Government.—(Hear, hear.) This
morning an account had come to hand which stated
that an application having been made to an absentee
landlord whe derived a large income from this country,
for some assistance to relieve his tenantry, and that in-
dividual had sent but 31. for the purpose.—(Name,
name). He would not mention his name as yet, but the
moment he ascertained that the fact was correct he would
not hesitate to do so.—(Cheers). He would submit to
the association a letter which he had received from the
Right Rev. Dr. Colne on the condition of the country,
and which was well worthy of consideration :
" Loughrea, Dec. 12, 1846.
" My dear Mr. O'Connell,—As you always feel the
deepest interest in promoting the welfare of Ireland, and
are most anxious to alleviate not only the heart-rending
calamities with which its inhabitants are at present
visited, but also to prevent the recurrence of similar
visitations hereafter, I hope you will excuse the liberty
I take of submitting to your kind attention a few sug-
gestions, in hopes that, after being maturely considered
by you, they may become the groundwork of a simple
and efficacious plan to be submitted to Government, in
order to realise so important and happy a consummation.
"It appears that vast sums have been already ex.
pended, and, it may now be naturally asked, what real
advantage has resulted from such an expenditure of pub-
lic money ? I must in candour declare that, as far
as I can perceive, very, very little, short of mere daily
employment. Now, the plan which I recommend to
remedy this evil would not only afford temporary relief,
but also prevent a more alarming consequence, which
must inevitably follow if such or some similar system be
not speedily adopted by Government before the seed-
sowing season sets in.
" I would divide the inhabitants of each parish into
three classes ; the first comprising those who hold
twenty acres of land and upwards ; the second those
holding from ten to fifteen or upwards ; and the third
holding about five acres and upwards. I would then
recommend that a relief committee be appointed in each
parish, composed of the clergy of each 'religious de-
nomination, and also of a few of the most respectable
and intelligent of their parishioners, whose duty will
be to form a list of the destitute therein contained,
and recommend them for employment to the Board of
Works in the following manner:—To each person
comprised in the first class, ten labourers may be as-
signed, and placed under the control of the manager for
agricultural or any ot,her useful works he may deem ex-
pedient, with an obligation of allowing each man one
shilling per day ; for each person comprised in the
second class, six labourers may be assigned. for the
i aforesaidhalf
tobe
pa
ipaid purposes,
b by
tr
bhyire,one
Govern-
ment; those comprised in the third class to have three
labourers assigned as above, they to 13e paid at the sole
expense of the Government. According to this plan,
employer, er,t.htehe sameothe
theeanemd
their soil will be duly prepared for all agricultural pur-
poses, which otherwise will be totally neglected; but it
will be of little use to prepare the soil, unless the poor
people be supplied with seed; it will therefore be the
duty of the managing committee to ascertain, by per-
sonal inspection, the extent and nature of the soil which
each person possesses, so as to be able to calculate pre-
cisely the quantity of seed which may he requisite, and
to furnish Government with a report of the same, in
order that a necessary supply at cost price or lower
prices (as the case may be) be provided with as little
delay as possible.
"Having thus alluded to an arrangement which will
not only give employment to a great number of the des-
titute, but also make provision for agricultural wants
during the approaching spring, should any still remain
unemployed they can be placed under the superin-
tendence of the board established for draining, culti-
vating, and reclaiming waste lands, the expenses of
which are to be defrayed by the head landlord, as ex-
plained by Mr. Labouchere's letter.—l have the honour
to remain, my dear Mr. O'Connell, with sentiments of
the highest respect and esteem, your very humble and
obedient servant, " THOMAS COLNE.
" Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P."
It would be desirable (continued Mr. O'Connell) that
the names of the gentry who had come forward to assist
and support the people—it were well that those who had
so nobly exerted themselves to alleviate the
condition
of
their suffering fellow-countrymen should
be recorded,
and likewise that those who had remained backward
should likewise figure in an infamous list.—(Hear, hear.) i
In conclusion the Hon. Gentleman moved that it be re-
ferred to a committee to ascertain the names of d; ffelall,rent
Ireland,
landed proprietors in the various counties in d
distinguishing the residents from the absentees, who had

contributed to the relief of the poor, specifying the
names, sums subscribed, and the amount, as far as it
could possibly be ascertained, of their several rentals.
Some subscriptions having been handed in,
Mr. O'CONNELL again rose and said, he wished to
make a few observations on the present prospect of the
affairs of the association. He came there that day
anxious for conciiiation —anxious to work out conciliation,
and to show to the people of Ireland who those indivi-
duals were that prevented or retarded that conciliation.
—(Hear, hear.) There was one magic in politics,
and that was to be right, and to put your enemies in
thu wrong. He had been as=ailed for making offers of
a reconciliation ; and it had been insinuated that he
was afraid of Young Ireland—that that party had
gained a triumph over him ; but he thought, and with
justice, that the triumph was on his side. He had been
told that he had conceeded too much ; but he had not
conceded anything at all. It was true he was anxious
for a conference ; and, with the view of effecting the
object, he held out the olive branch of peace and the
right hand of friendship.—(Cheers.) Who, he would
ask, should be the first to make an offer of reconciliation?
The man who is in the wrong could not certainly do it.
The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to advert to the
secession, and having expressed his anxiety for a recon-
ciliation, stated to the meeting that he had deputed a
most respectable clergyman (the Rev. Dr. Miley) to
wait upon Mr. Smith O'Brien, at his seat in the country,
for the purpose of inducing that gentleman to aect de to
the offers of reconciliation that were held out ; but that
he had totally failed in his mission. Mr. O'Connell then
mad to the meeting a letter from Dr. Miley, describing
the details of his interview with the Honourable Mem-
ber for Limerick. Mr. ()'Connell having commented on
the refusal of Mr. O'Brien to accede to the terms pro-
posed, concluded by saying that his proposition had
been hailed throughout the country with acclamation ;
that it had received the sanction of every sensible and
'well-disposed man in Ireland ; and that if his efforts to
restore unanimity were not successful, the fault was
not his.

Alderman O'BRIEN, M.P., Mx. J. O'CONNELL, and
other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, the rent
for the week was announced to be 101/.

The meeting then adjourned.
EMPLOYMENT ON PUBLIC WORKS.

The following is an official return of the persons em-
ployed in one county, and a more curious and important
return has seldom been published in our columns :

" COUNTY OF LONGFORD-EMPLOYMENT OF THE LA-

D URING POOR UNDER THE BOARD OF WORKS.

" Weekly return, ending November 28, 1846, showing
the number of men, women, boys, &e., employed in the
six baronies of the county of Longford :

Able- bodied men
Infirm ditto
Women
Boys
Artificers

37,002
489

3,030
75

Total persons employed

Horses employed
Asses
Carts
Number of projects at work

113
4,247
4,373
217"

The following is the return of the staff of the Board
ofWorks in the county ofLongford for the same week:—
" Inspecting officers, 2; county surveyor, 1; assistant
engineers, 6; pay clerks, 6; cheque clerks, 7; overseers,
217: total, 239."

The whole official staff, including the overseers of
labourers, only amounts to 239, to manage 40,665 la-
bourers.

The most extraordinary fact, in reference to the re-
turn, is this, that the total population of the county of
Longford, according to the census of 1841, was 115,491.
Out of this gross population the Board of Works is now
giving employment to 40,665, more than one-third of the
entire! And still more works arc called for.

The amount presented at the baronial sessions in the
county of Longford was for 45,3721. for roads, &c.;
8,8481. for draining, &c. Total, 54,2211. Of this the
amount sarctioned by the Board of Works, up to Nov.
28, was 34,6301.

PUGILISTIC CONTEST FOR TWO
HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS A-SIDE.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE LIGHT WEIGHTS.
The anxiously-looked-for trial of fistic skill between
Johnny Walker, of London, and Samuel Simmonds, of
Bii mingham, was on Tuesday brought to issue at Laken-
ham-heath, a "pastorale in A flat," of some dozen or
two square miles in extent, on the borders of fenny
Cambridgeshire, and the vast levels of
.Suffolk and Nor-
folk, the mile potts marking 841 rrriltssfrom ShllrYditch.
Of the orderlysNaad excellent madhett in which the ar-
rangements fur a special train to covey the expectant
champions and their patrons to the spot we have not
space to speak; suffice it-to say tlikt Mildenhall, in
Suffolk, at which' place a convenient ground had beeti
marked out and cleared of snow, having, by some
misunderstanding, been passed, the three-hundred
"specials" alighted at Lakenham, and there, at a little
before noon (in the vicinity of an accommodating
rick-yard, whence liberal supplies of dry straw were
reasonably retailed) the veteran commissary staked out
a spacious outer and inner ring. The hitherto unsullied
mantle of wintry snow, which clothed the frost-bound
field, was soon shovelled and swept away, and all having
taken their places—the aristocratic patronssnugly seated
around the inner circle, the appointed ring police with-
outside them, forming a guard to protect their privileged
persons from the intrusion of the rustic and civic
" roughs," and the ring reporters, umpires, and referee
withinside all, close to the roped quadrangle—Simmons
first cast up his cap at 25 minutes past twelve, which
signal of defiance was promptly answered from the
opposite side by that of the London man. It was
observed by the curious in omens that Simmons's
cap fell short at the first toss, and required a second
exertion to throw it inside the ropes. Walker was
esquired by Jem Turner and Wharton (Young
Molyneux) ; the Birmingham hero by Evans " of that
ilk" and Harry Broome. In weight there was little
disparity, Walker barely drawing 9st. 71bs., while Sim-
monde touched 9st. 911b5., and had the advantage in
length of reach and height of stature. Their toilette
completed, the men shook hands at thirty minutes after
twelve, and immediately commenced offensive and de-
fensive manoeuvring. The style of Walker, who, con-
trary to expectation, followed his opponent into his
corner, was finished and artistic, his attitude easy, and
his motions, as he drew and feinted the provincial cham-
pion, displayed all the tact and readiness of the sparring
professor. Simmonds, on the other hand, though em-
barrassed and awkward, and evidently puzzled at the
" forcing" mode adopted by his skilful antagonist, looked
powerful, dangerous, and eager for an opening; no sooner
did he perceive what he supposed to be an opportunity
than he let go his left, Walker jumped back, and got in
his own left in return ; this he quickly repeated, and
finished the round by throwing his man, after lifting him
by the waistfrom the ground. The second and third rounds
were similar in character, save that Simmonds once got
Walker undermost in the close. It was thus early evi-
dent that Walker could deliver his left hand ad libitum,
and that he was too clever to allow Simmonds to make
his lunging right; this, of course, soon told its tale, the
unfortunate Simmonds became receiver-general, and
Walker, determined to carry out his attack, never left
him alone, jobbing him repeatedly with the left, until
the twelfth round (the longest in the battle), when, after
administering repeated visitations, he gathered up his
right, and met the rush of Simmonds with such stinging
severity, by an up hit, that the latter fell forward, a
beaten men. Loud shouts from the London division
greeted the triumph of their favourite, on the announce-
ment of " time" being expired, and Simmonds unable to
obe_y the call.
Thirty-one minutes sufficed for this decisive and
rapid defeat, from which must be deducted three
minutes consumed in an appeal to the referee as to an
alleged " foul " in the eighth round on the part of Sim-
monds, which was overruled. In brief, the Brum. was
so decidedly inferior, both at in-fighting, out-fighting, and
throwing, that the battle became from the second round
such a one sided affair, that speculation ceased, and the
question of whether it would last half an hour or an
hour alone was mooted. Shortly after three, two
hours having been burnt to waste by the usual lack of
punctuality observable on the Eastern Counties line, a
steam steed bowled into sight, and both the belligerents,
with their joyous or despondent partisans, were safely
landed in the great metropolis. Walker, on his arrival,
was without scar, scratch, or contusion, so far as his
frontispiece was concerned, but Simmonds's title-page
bore disfiguring proofs of the dexterity with which a
London "head-hitter" can make his mark. The ring
was admirably kept by the appointed " ring police," and
the order and regularity of the assemblage far exceeded
'hat commonly seen on less exciting occasions.

THE LATE CATTLE Snow.—The number of per,
spounbssciwc. hinorsApvieNscicttßieodlns,theexßeloeaetieDd Annual4oo;ooGoSlTithfield Club Cattle
the weekly meeting of the board of
Show, during the four days the exhibition was open fin
tors of the parish of St. Pancras took place in the board-
room in the workhouse, in King's-road, Agar-town, and
was very fully attended. Mr. Wagstaff, junior church-
warden, was in the chair. After the discussion of some
routine business, Mr. M'Gahey, clerk to the board, read
a letter from the Poor-law Commissioners, in which
they desired to be furnished wifh certain returns of the
parochial expenditure of St. Pancras. On some members
objecting to its being furnished, Mr. Prendergast said
that it would not do to play " fast and hose" with the
Commissioners, for by their concessions to the Poor-law
Commissioners on former occasions they bad, in his
opinion, committed themselves, and formed a precedent.
Still he would advise the board of guardians to obtain
the best legal advice as to their power to refuse the re-
quest of the CommissiOners, and should the legal opinion
be favourable to the directors to resist the Commis-
sioners to the utmost. Mr. Morris said he would only
furnish the Commissioners with such information as
\they were legally entieed to. Mr. Bermingham and
Mr. Crouch thought that the Commissioners by this
request had no sinisfer intention of extending their
authority, but merely sought for such statistic informa-
tion as the Legislature required. The following resolu-
tion was then proposed and carried, viz. :—" That the
returns be made in the usual way." After tho usual
1 business the board separated.