The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY, MORNING, NOVEMBER, 7, i 846.

we mean " The Avenger." It is being published
now for the first time, and it is suitable that it should
appear in this Magazine, seeing that its author, well
knoivn as the author of " The Provost of Bruges,"
and the latest of whose dramatiC productions, " Look
before you Leap," is now being successfully per-
formed at the Haymarket Theatre, has been some
time numbered among the many excellent contri-
butors to this periodical. It would be almost supe-
rerogatory to comment upon the various beauties of
" The Avenger," they are so generally acknowledged.
And supposing them to have been less familiar, we
should have abstained from passing any opinion upon
the tragedy at this moment, as only the first act is here
introduced to our attention. The nervous terseness of
the language, and the effective glibness of the dialogue,
should however be remarked, as they are among the
principal fine qualities of the writer's style of com-
position. " Nell Gwynne" is pursued with the same
blemishes as hitherto; it is one of those numerous
ieces constructed out of the mere tinsel and
spangles of romance. " Blanche Neville" deserves
less notice than the foregoing. Quite a multitude of
scraps, odds-and-ends of prose and metre, compose
the remainder of the Magazine. There is a " Con-
cise Description of Hong Kong"—a Very concise one,
by the way—occupying merely two pages and a
quarter; there is an article on "'[he Incorporation of
the Scholastic Profession ;" and beyond these a swarm
of facetious fragments, sentimental stanzas, sonnets,
proverbs and opinions, de omnibus rebus et quibusdam
aliis. " A Lecture on Authorship" would permit of
a very considerable extension, and no very incon-
siderable improvement, before it would absolutely
deserve the magnificent eulogium of the editor.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW.

Many very charming contributions are in this
number—paramount amongst which is the one upon
" L'Entente Cordiale." From the lengthy paper
entitled " The Whigs and the Church," the views of
the Young England party upon the present Govern-
ment, particularly in their relation to the Established
Church, may be gleaned. Lord John Manners con-
tinues his historical ballads; the present, being the
fifth of the series, is upon the demise of Prince
Henry Plantagenet. " A Flower from Jean Paul's
Autumn Garden," is a fantastic chapter which makes
us feel inexpressibly grateful that Richter was ever
in existence. In the review of the "Revelations of
Austria" we find this pithy and most suggestive
sentence :—" After fhe revolution of July, suspici
was aroused against the Duke of Richstadt, the grand-
son of Kaiser, Francis the First, and that grandson
died immediately." Never did career dawn amid
such supernal pilomises as that, of Napoleon the
Second ; never did career close more prematurely or
desolately. Born King of Rome, he perished a pri-
soner of his phlegmatic grandfather, and perished
mysteriously. It may be interesting to many to
know that according to an organical statute of the
t'amily of Habsburg, all the Archdukes are obliged to
learn a trade ;" and, in consequence of this eccentric
custom, it would appear that the late Kaiser, Francis
the First, was a sealing-wax maker, while the present
Kaiser, Ferdinand the First, is a turner. We
transcribe the following because of its singularity.
The perfidy and heartlessness of the Emperor Francis
is amongst the most execrable circumstances of tho
late war. While he "served their turn" like a
sceptered lacquey, the English looked with scorn
upon a man who crushed his son-in-law merely to
consolidate his own despotism, or bartered his daughter
for purposes of state policy:—
" "The friendship of German Princes had always been
found more dangerous and disastrous to France and its
sovereigns, than their enmity.
"' Atter a thousand combats lost, the vanquished and
humbled Kaiser changed his policy.
" ' From the moat implacable enemy, which he was, he
all at once became, in appearance, the stanchest friend,
the nearest relative of Napoleon. •
" As it has been said, amongst the baggage taken
by assault from the capital of Vienna, Napoleon found
the Archduchess Maria Louisa,' daughter of the Kaiser;
he repudiated Josephine, his guardian angel, and mar-
ried the Archduchess, the devoted political instrument of
Austria, and the cause of his degradation, and of the
humiliation of France.

" ' It would be wholly to misunderstand the nature of
man, to suppose that a vanquished enemy could so
readily become the sincere friend of his conqueror.
" It was self-deception to imagine that the Habs-
burgs were not seeking the means of revenging their
humiliation, or that they sincerely gave up their alliance
with E;igland.
" In Paris there was a great rejoicing over this mar-
riage, which was looked upon as the ultimate and con-
solidating result of the victories obtained, and as estab-
lishing French supremacy on an unshakeable basis.
There was rejoicing also in Vienna over this 'mesalliance,'
which was looked upon as a necessary sacrifice, as a po-
litical embryo, which was only engendered with the view
of undermining the power of France, of bringing about
her fall, and of raising Austria, and with her despotism,
" Germans were heard, immediately after this mar-
riage, to predict the downfal of Napoleon, and the ruin
of France, so fully were they convinced that this marriage
was only a snare on the part of their Kaiser. Those who
were immediately about the person of the Emperor
Napoleon, and took part in public affairs between 1810
and 1815, must agree that without this marriage, and
without the inspirations, and encouraging influences,
direct and indirect of the Germans, the chivalrous ad.
venture of the Russian campaign of 1812 would never
have been undertaken. Buonaparte, as a simple French
citizen, representative and chief of the generous French
nation, was the first captain in the world, the first French
citizen, and in some measure the defender of all the op
pressed. In his enterprises he consulted only his Own
intelligence and the welfare of France—his country ; he
distrusted all the princes crowned by the grace of God;
and was ever on his guard.
" As son-in-law to the Kaiser, ennobled, metamor-
phosed, and received within the pale of German aristo-
cracy, he consulted aristocratic appearances, consulted
his own interests, personal and dynastic ; consented to
restrain France within its former boundaries under Louis
the Sixteenth, provided he was left upon his Imperial
throne. He became the mere paladin of his wile, and
sank into the position of the last of legitimate princes.
To obtain their simulated confidence, he was obliged to
accord his own sincere confidence ; to render himself
worthy of being their chief, or even their equal, he was
obliged to become the champion of sovereigns, to sur-
round himself with clergy, and be the faithful companion
and zealous defender of all despots.
" After this marriage he appeared no more the van-
quisher of Jena, of Austerlitz' and of Wagram.' "
It is afterwards asserted by the writer that Maria
Louisa sent an act of divorce to Napoleon, when
that great man was reigning in Elba. We doubt it.
The ardent affection with which the Emperor al-
sof
ways spoke of the Arch-Duchess of Parma to the
companions of his exile at St. Helena is a tolerable
evidence that she had never insulted herrrhel
imperial
Ills husband in the manner intimated. "
Ireland "contain a singular quantity of information
upon the most important of all political topics.

THE KNIGHT OF GWYIVNE. No. XL By

Charles Lever.
Our frequently repeated commendationsuponth
this
serial story are only corroborated with the
publica-
tion of each additional number. The complacency of
the Darcys under their reverse of fortune is most hap-
pily conceived, and the absurdity of theindividuals
with whom they are consequently compelled to asso-
ciate decreases the melancholy tone of the narration
by a very happy contrivance. We subjoin a most
humourous description of a little priggish wine-mer-
chant, calling himself by the name of his firm, "Dodd
and Dempsey." The anecdote is told by his grand-
son, and is descriptive of this said D. and D. en-
deavouring to attract the observation of the Lord-
Lieutenant, by attending a review on horseback. And
such a horse !—" he held his head so high at one end,
and his tail at the other," says Mr. Lever, " that he'd
have frightened the stoutest fox-hunter to look at
him." Beyond this, "he went with his knees in his
mouth when he trotted, and gave a skelp of his hind
legs at every stride, that it wasn't safe to be within
four yards of him." Here is, the result:—

" Well, eleven o'clock came, and the whole of Abbey-
street was on foot to see my grandfather ; there wasn't
a window hadn't five or six faces in it, and every black-
guard in the town was there to see him go off, just as if
it was a show.

" Bad luck to them,' says my grandfather; • I-wish
they had brought the horse round to the stable-yard,
and let me get up in peace.'
" And he was right there; for the stirrup, when my
grandfather stood beside the horse, was exactly even
with his chin; but somehow, with the help of the two
clerks and the book keeper, and the office stool, he got
up on his back with as merry a cheer as ever rung out
shoutedfor
the
to welcome him, while a dirty blackguard, with two old
pocket-handkerchiefs foorioag ptoair of breeches,
au
get
appetite
out, Old Dempsey's going
oysters!'
" Considering every thing, 176 behaved very well; he
didn't plunge, and he didn't kick, and my grandfather
said,. Providence was kind enough not to let hint rear!'
but somehow, he wouldn't go straight, but sideways;
and kept lashing his long tail on my grandfather's legs,
and sometimes round his body, in a way that terrified
him greatly, till he became used to it.
" • Well, if riding be a pleasure,' says my grandfather,
people must be made different from me.'
" For, saving your favour, ma'am, he was as raw as a
griskin. and there wasn't a bit of him the size of a half-
crown he could sit on without a cry out; and no other
pace would the beast go but this little jig, jig, from side
to side, while he was tossing his head and flinging his
mane about, just as if to say, Couldn't I pitch you sky-
high, if I liked ? Couldn't I make a Congreve-rocket of
you, Dodd and Dempsey?'
" When he got on the 'Fifteen Acres,' it was only the
position ho found himself in that destroyed the grandeur
of the scene ; f .r there was fifty thousand people assem-
bled at least, and there was a line of infantry of two
miles long, and the artillery was drawn up at one end,
and the cavalry stood beyond them, stretching away to-
wards Knockmaroon. .

" My grandfather was now getting accustomed to his
sufferings, and he felt that, if 176 did no more, with
GorPf, help, I:e coold hear it for one day, and so he rode
on qui-tb oufswe h, crowd, mt ra,::tir,g, of e‘ilirse, a i'air
shaco of ob,4rv,iti.o., tor hr I!: Ihe
out sometimes a liztio behind or before it. Well, at last
there came a cloud of dust, rising.at
.the far end of the.
field, and it gott-thiclair and thicker, and then it broke,

and there were white plumes dancing, and gold glitter-
ing, and horzes all shaking their gorgeous trappings,
for it was the Staff was galloping up, and then there
burst out a great cheer, so loud that nothing seemed
possible to be louder, until bang—bang—bang, eignteen
large guns went thundering together, and the whole line
of infantry let off a clattering volley, till you'd think
the earth was crashing open.
`" Devil's luck to ye all—couldn't you be quiet a
little longer?' says D. and D., fur ho was trying to get
an easy posture to sit in, but just at this moment 176
pricked up his cars, made three bounds in the air, as if
something lifted him up, shook his head like a fish, and
away he went : wasn't it wonderful that my grandfather
kept his seat ? He remembers, he says, that at each
bound he was a yard over his back, but as he was a
heavy min, and kept his legs open, he had the luck to
come down in the some place, and a sore place it must
have been ; for he let a screech out of him each time
that would have pierced the heart of a stone. He knew
very little more what happened, except that he was gal-
loping away somewhere, until at last he found himself in
a crowd of peopledialf dead with fatigue and fright, and
the horse thick with foam.

Where am I ?' says my grandfather.
." You're in Lucan, sir,' says a man.
"'And where's the review?' says my grandfather.
." Five miles behind you, sir.'
" Blessed Heaven!' says be ; and where's the Duke?'
" God knows,' said the. man, giving a wink to the
crowd, for they thought he was mad.
" Won't you get off and take some refresemant ?'
says the man, for he was the owner of a little public.
" Get off I' says my grandfather; it's easy talking!
I found it hard enough to get on—bring me a pint of
porter where I am;' and so he drained off the liquor, and
he wiped his face, and he turned the beast's head once
more towards town.
" When my grandfather reached the Park again ho
wt's, as you may well believe, a tired and a weary man ;
ant, indeed, for that matter, the beast didn't seem
much fresher than himself, for he lashed his sides more
rarely, and he condescended to go straight, and he didn't
carry his head higher than his rider's. At last they
wound their way up through the fir copse at the
erd of the field, and caught sight of tjie review,
and, to be sure, if poor D. and D. left the ground before
under a grand salute of artillery and small arms;
another of the same kind welcomed him back again.
It was an honour he'd have been right glad to have
dispensed with, for when 176 heard it, he looked about
him to see which way he'd take, gave a loud neigh, and
with a shake, that my grandfather said he'd never forget,
he plunged forward and went straight at the thick of the
crowd: it must have been a cruel sight to have seen the
people running.for their lives. The soldiers that kept
the lines laughed heartily at the mob, but they hadn't
the joke long to themselves, for my grandfather went
slap at them into the middle of the field; and he did
that day what I }liar has been very seldom done by
cavalry, he broke a square of the 79th Highlanders, and
scattered them over the field. In truth, the beast must
have been the devil himself, for wherever he saw most
people, it vices there he always went. There were, at
this time, three heavy dragoons and four of the horse-
police, with drawn swords, in pursuit of my grandfather;
and, if he was the enemy of the human race, the cries of
the multitude could not have been, louder, as one
universal shout arose, of Cut him down! Cleave him
in two!' And do you know, he said afterwards, he'd
have taken it as a mercy of Providence if they had.
Well, my dear, when he had broken through the High-
landers, scattered the mob, dispersed the band, and left
a hole in the big drum you could have put your head
through, 176 made for the Staff, who, I may remark,
were all this time enjoying the confusion immensely,
.when; however, they saw my grandfather heading
towards them, there was a general cry of " Here he
eomes!here he comes! take care, your Grace!' and there
arose among the group around the Duke, a scene
of plunging, kicking, and rearing, in the midst
of which, in dashed my grandfather. Down went
an aid-.cle-camp at one side, 178 plunged, and off
went the town major at the other, while a stroke
of a sabre, kindly intended for my grandfather's skull,
came down on the horse's back and made him give
plunge the third, which shot his rider out of the saddle,
and sent him flying through the air like a shell, till he
alighted under the leaders of a carriage, where the
Duchess and the Ladies of Honour were seated.

'Twenty people jumped from their horses now to
finish him ; if they were hunting a rat, they couldn't
have been more venomous.

" Stop ! stop !' said the Duke, ' he's a capital fellow,
don't hurt him : who are you, my brave little man ? you
ride like Chifney for the Derby.'
" God knows who I am ?' says my grandfather,
creeping out, and wiping his face. I was Dodd and
Dempsey when I left home this morning ; but I am be-
witched, devil a lie in it.'

"'Dempsey, my Lord Duke,' said M'Claverty, com-
ing up at the moment ; don't you know him ?' and he
whispered a few words in his Grace's ear.

" 'oh. yes, to be sure,' said the Viceroy. They tell
me you have a capital pack of hounds, Dempsey ; what
do you hunt ?' _ _

" Horse, foot, and dragoons, my Lord,' said my
grandfather ; and, to be sure, there was a jolly roar of
laughter after the words, for poor D. and D. was just
telling his mind without medhing anything more.
" Well, then,' said the Duke, 'if you've always as
good sport as to-day, you've capital fun of it.'
" Oh ! delightful, indeed !' said my grandfather ;
never enjoyed myself more in my life.'
" Where's his horse ?' said his Grace.
" He jumped down into the sand-quarry and broke
his neck, my Lord Duke.
" `The heavens be praised !' said my grandfather, if
it's true ; I am as glad as if I got fifty pounds.' "
The embellishments by Phiz are rich in drollery.

IRELAND.

THE DISTRESS.—VOLUNTARY RELIEF.
DUBLIN, Nov. 4,—There are further gratifying evi-
dences of improvement in the accounts received from
the country this day, and there are far fewer statements
of destitution among the peasantry. The constabulary
returns received at the office in Dublin Castle, this
morning, do not report a single food outrage. The
system of voluntary relief i. extending. The public
works are now pretty generally in operation ; and alto-
gether the reports are much more favourable. But,
nevertheless, there is still a vast amount of destitution,
and of terrible suffering in almost all parts of the country.
There are, in every locality, hundreds who are unable
to work, and for whom the poor-houses cannot afford
accommodation. It is only by such measures as those
adopted in Clonmel that those unfortunate beings can
obtain the means of existence. The subjoined is a re-
markable illustration of voluntary relief :
" Clonmel, November 2.
"A very important meeting took place here to-day.
It originated with the Society of Friends (male and
female), whose character for humanity and benevolence
is so well known and appreciated. On this painfully-
interesting occasion the great principle of charity was
well sustained, all sects and classes having cheerfully
promised to co-operate with the good men who set on
foot a subscription for the purpose of establishing in
Clonmel a soup depot, where a substantial and nutritious
article might be obtained by all in need of it at a merely
nominal price.
" According to the present arrangement it is expected
that the committee a ill be able to give out daily 400
gallons, at about one penny per quart, and that the de-
creasing fund will be aided by occasional contributions.
The meeting to which I have just alluded in brief terms
was held in the Savings' Bank, and at which the mayor
presided. Considerable discussion took place ; but,
with the exception of differences as to minute details,
not a dissentient voice was heard ; all—all seemed in-
fluenced by one common impulse—namely, the desire to
rally round the poor at this season of awful privation.
Upwards of 1002 were subscribed on the spot, with a
promise of further aid when required. By Saturday,
I expect, the soup will be in process of distribution ;
and I have the assurance of a leading member of the
committee that the materials will be of the very best
description. c.

" rbelieve I may congratdate Clonmel on its being
the first town in the south to begin the good work. May
it go on and prosper ; and to our afiLuent neighbours I
would say--' Uo, thou, and do likewise.'
" The benevolent rector of Clonmel, the Rev. Mr.
Palliser, was the second chairman on this occasion." •
The following accounts are supplied by the provincial
journals :
COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—PUBLIC WORKS.

NENAGH, Nov. 4.—The expenditure on public works
in the baronies in this division of our county, namely,
Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and Owney and Arra,
under the county surveyor, A. 11. Crawford, D.q., and
Lieutenant Miller, Royal Engineers, amounts in the
present week to between 1,0001. and 1,200/.
The Rev. James Bermingham, P. P. of Borrisokane,
thus writes to the Tipperary Vindicator:—" The Board
of Works have exhibited unusual activity in this district
for the last ten or twelve days. The consequence is,
that our apprehensions of food riots are diminishing, and
the spirit of sullen discontent is beginning to subside.
This state of things must be attributed, in a great mea-
sure, to that excellent officer Mr. llolrveq, whose untir-
ing exertions to advance the public works and employ
the poor are beyond all praise."
OPPOSITION TO THE TRANSIT OF CORN —On SatUr-
day last, about mid-day, a large body of men. women,
and children assembled on the road near Birdhill, to
prevent about fifty car loads of corn from being brought
into Limerick. Seven loads of the corn belonged to
Caleb Going, Esq., who, not wishing to see the unfor-
tunate peasantry shot down, ordered his drivers to re-
turn with it to Traverston. Mr. Tabuteau had been on
the spot at the time, with a party of military from Castle
Connell, and read the Riot Act, but seeing that the
owners of the corn did not wish to proceed to Limerick,
but preferred returning home with it, no injury to life
or property occurred.—Nenagh Guardian.
MEETING OF THE FARMING CLASSEB.-4Ve under-
stand that the farmers of ArdFroney and Borrisokane
parishes intend to hold a meeting on Thursday next, to
memorialise his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant to grant
asum
quantityot' money 4 landbyway
of loan to farmers in proportion
to the they hold, to enable them to till
their farms, and procure seed for the ensuing crops,
many of them being totally unable to do so, and thereby
be compelled to abandon all tillage for the next season.—
Nenagh Guardian.
COUNTY OF MAYO.

CASTLEBAR, Nov. 3.—We have heard that a vast
number of the poor labo9rers throughout the county
have been set to work within the last week on the public
roads ; but we are sorry to say that a
greater number
still remain unemployed. It is really pitiable to see the
old and the young endeavouring to combat the raging
element in trying to earn a day's wages. Might not a
certain portion of the work be carried on under some
temporary coverir,g ? For instance, the breaking of
stones, and the preparing of other material for the
roads.

DEATH FROM STARVATION !—We have had occasion
to record the deaths of some victims to hunger ; one
other we have to add, which occurred at Blllycastle on
Thursday. The sufferer was a poor woman named
Bridget Tomish. At the inquest—after the examination
of Dr. Neilson, who deposed that there was about two
spoonfuls of flour and a small quantity of meal in the
deceased's stomach—the jury returned the following
verdict : " That the death of Bridget Tomish was
hastened by the want of sufficient food for a length of
time."—Mayo Constitution.

in the drawing-room, and hearing the struggle ran to
the assistance of the servant. Mr. Bunbury. his son,
two nephews, William Sanders, Esq., of Sanders-park,
at esteemed magistrate, and Mr. Magrath, of Charleville,
were in the dining room, and hearing the noise and the
screams of Mrs. Bunbury and children, rushed into the
hall. A fellow who was opposite the hall duor presented
his gun at Mr. Sanders, and snapped it at him. It was a
flint gun, and missed re. lie then ran off, followed by
Mr. Sanders, who, regardldss of his own danger, pursued
the ruffian several yards, until one or two fellows, who
were concealed among the shrubs, fired at Mr. Sanders,
who providentially was not killed, and regained the
house in safety, when the fellows went off baffled in
their attack. Soon after Mr. Sanders and Mr. Magrath
went off to Charleville for the police, who soon came to
the protection of the house, but could not find the
ruffians. In the morning a new cloth cap was discovered
near the house.

" This attack has caused much surprise and indigna-
tion in the country, and certainly could not be made on
the house of a gentleman more respected than Mr. Bun-
bury for his untiring and humane efforts to relieve the
victims of the prevalent distress. Mr. Bunbury is chair-
man, and Mr. Sanders is secretary, to a poor relief so•
ciety, and both had been using the most disinterested
and prudent exertions for some time to procure food and
employment for the poor. Indeed it was on business
connected with the relief society that Mr. Sanders and
Mr. Magrath had on this day come to Mr. Banbury's
house, and had remained at dinner. The wetness of
the night, under Providence, prevented the loss of life,
as the fire arms of the ruffians were wet, and missed fire."
TRAGIC AND MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.

On Sunday morning, Mr. John O'Grady, of Martins-
town, near Itilfinane, took away the life of his wife,
daughter of Mr. Henry Quinlan, of Ballyneal, near the
town of Tipperary, to whom he had been married about
six months, and more awful still he subsequently slaugh-
tered the servant-maid. The circumstances are briefly
these:—The servant was attracted by some noise to the
bedroom of her master and mistress, when to her horror
she discovered the latter weltering in her gore from a
fatal stab in the neck. She screamed and ran down
stairs, when she was pursued by Mr. O'Grady into the
stable, where, seizing a pitchfork, he stabbed her in
several parts of the body until he killed her. He then
left the house, and was not seen till yesterday (Monday),
when he was taken into custody by the constabulary. It
is stated by some that he surrendered himself, and by
others that be concealed himself in an outhouse. There
were forty police on the spot to prevent a breach of the
peace, owing to the expectation of a faction from Tippe-
rary, in reference to the property. As a proof of the
determined deliberation with which the deed was com-
mitted, it appears that he previously locked the outside
of the bedroom of his sister, doubtless to prevent her
giving any assistance or raising an alarm.
This horrible tragedy appears to ba shrouded in a
great deal of mystery, and what adds to it is, that a
short time since the whole family were nearly poisoned
by taking arsenic in bread instead of soda. We say it
appears mysterious, for Mr. O'Grady was comfortable,
and had no manner of embarrassment, and was very
much attached to his wife, living on most affectionate
terms with her. He was of a very quiet disposition,
while she was one of the gentlest of her sex—young,
beautiful, and accomplished, and of most enga.:ing
manners. He lately built a fine new house, and pur-
chased an elegant car for her, and everything teemed
calculated to render them happy. Yet there was one
source of unhappiness, and the only one to which the
dreadful occurrence can be traced. It is of a family na•
ture. Before his marriage, himself and his three
brothers had lived together most happily, and attached
to each other. When the marriage settlements were
being negotiated, some members of his wife's family, it
is said, insisted upon a breaking up of the old arrange-
ment, and that the brothers should no longer live in the
mite house with him. He would not consent to this, as
he said, for the finest woman that ever stepped, and the
marriage was delayed for some time, principally, we
believe, on this very account. Finding, however, that
he was firm to his purpose, Miss Quinlan's friends con-
ceded the point, and the marriage took place after
Easter last. Since that period, however, interference
was used by some of the lady's family, hich resulted
in his brothers leaving the house; and we have reason
to know that this preyed deeply on his mind, and it is
most probable ended in the temporary insanity under
whose influence he committed the dreadful acts we have
related.

An inquest was held yesterday, but the jury not
agreeing, the result has not yet reached us.—Limerick
Reporter of Tuesday.

THE TRIESTE ROUTE.

We have been requested to give insertion to the fol-
lowing letter:
" Trieste, October 23, 1846.

" Gentlemen,—We,• the undersigned, passengers by
the Austrian Lloyd's steamer ' Imperatore,' on her first
voyage direct from Alexandria to Trieste, beg to express
our entire and unqualified satisfaction with the arrange-
ments of your company.
" We have found Captain Pallina and the other officers
most polite and attentive, the table abundant and good,
the berths comfortable, and the performance of the vessel
during the voyage (of six days and two hours, in.:luding
a stay of eight hours at Corfu) excellent. Every effort
has obviously been made to insure the comfort and even
enjoyment of the passengers.
" We have to add that the facilities offered us by Lieut.
Waghorn for sending home heavy baggage complete all
that was wanting to make this route as convenient as it
is agreeable.
" E Bardon, purser, Ceylon Civil Service; E. Rey-
hold, minister Church of England; L. Schiff,
merchant; C. Verdimachi , James S. Willis,
Margaret Ilabulin, J. R. Barnes, major 95th
Reg.; William Glen, merchant; Hatcher Hares,
lieutenant 62d Regiment, R. 1.; G. F. Halst,
A. M. Knight, lieutenant 16th Lancers; Edward
Lyon, L. Moore, captain, retired list.
" To the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Trieste."

RAMSGATE.--The herring season seems at present
to be very profitable—at least if one may judge from th•
enormous number of these fish daily brought into the
harbour. They are:now selling at the rate of 40 for is.
One boat alone, on Friday last, brought in six lasts
(60,000).—Kentish Obse; ver.
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—The
annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday in the
Great Hall of the Freemasons Tavern, and was attended
by a numerous and highly respectable audience. Lord
Robert Grosvenor, M.P., who took the chair, was warmly
received on making his appearance. The proceedings
of the evening were commenced by the performance of
an anthem, followed by an imposing prayer from the
Rev. James Sewell. In the brief address which the
Noble Chairman delivered to the meeting, he congratu-
lated the Association in glowing language upon the pro-
gress it had made in increasing its members. and in ac-
quiring strength from the extension of its influence. His
Lordship concluded by expressing an earnest hope that
in the coarse of a short time it would exercise as exten-
sive and as beneficial a control over the movements of
the 3 °nag men of London, as did the excellent society
from which it had sprung—the Metropolitan Drapers'
Early Closing Association. Mr. Tarlton, the secretary,
then read the report, from which it appeared that' the
financial affairs of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion stood as follow :—Amount of expenditure, 3711.
14s. 10d. ; amount of subscriptions and receipts, 2841.
2s. 0 d. ; balance due to the Treasunr, 87/. 12s. 10d.
The meeting was afterwards addressed by several clergy-
men, bywhom a variety of resolutions in accordance
with the objects of the Association were submitted.
IMPORTATION OF PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED
STATES.—The General Veazie arrived at Liverpool
from New Orleans on Tuesday, with 2,284 barrels of
flour, 2,324 sacks of wheat, and 1,000 kegs of lard.
LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—On Thursday a notice was
issued by the Committee for arranging the procession
on Lord Mayor's day, that the several streets and tho-
roughfares between London-bridge and Guildhall, viz ,
King-street, Arthur-street, Cannon-street, King Wil-
liam-street, Poultry, Cheapside, and London-bridge will
be closed at ten o'clock in the morning of November 9.
Also the streets from Blackfriars- bridge and Temple-
bar to Guildhall will be closed from two o'clock in the
afternoon, and that no:cart or carriage of any descrip-
tion whatever will be permitted to remain in any such
streets without producing a ticket to Guildhall. The
state and dress liveries of Sir George Carroll, the Lord
Mayor elect, hare been this year executed by Messrs.
Simpson of Finch-lane. The design is gorgeous, but
tasteful and elegant in design and execution, features
seldom seen in matters of this kind. The ground is a
vivid purple, relieved by a bright edging, with a neat
and fanciful scroll in gold.
SUICIDE OF A SURGEON AT OXFORD.—A me-
lancholy event has occurred at Oxford. T. R. Fisher,
Esq., an eminent surgeon, of that city, dying by his own
hands in the prime of life, and while successfully prose-
cuting his profession. It appears that in July last, Mr.
Fisher was in a depressed state, and suffering under sin-
gular delusions. and, at the request of Dr. Jackson, went
to the Isle of Wight, and subsequently to Lincolnshire,
for the benefit of his health. On his return he appeared
much better, and partially resumed his professional
duties. On Tuesdsy afternoon his servant went to his
room, the door of which he found locked, and heard his
master groaning. The room wss shortly fenced open,
and Mr. Fisher was found quite dead, a bottle that had
contained prussic acid was found empty on the table.
The jury returned a verdict of insanity. Dr. Jackson
stated that there was no cause for his depression from his
bodily health or circumstances, but he could account for
it only from his having been overworked in the previous
term.

CORN RENTS.—EDMONTON.—On Thursday, a meet-
ing of the proprietors of land in the parish of Edmonton,
was held at the Angel Inn, for the purpose of estimating
the value of tithes, as dependent upon corn averages,
since the year 1800. In that year all the lands of the
parish were enclosed, subject to an arbitration that was
to take place every twenty-one years, and by which there
should be an estimate calculated of the annual profits of
the corn rents of the land. It appeared that there are
2,000 different allotments, and that in 1804 the price of
corn per bushel was 6s. 9d., which, in 1825, increased to
10s. 3d. when the last award was made. The object of
the meeting was to reduce the liability of the land to the
original amount, the late reduced tariff being the test of
the discussion, which, after being prolonged to a very
late hour, the meeting adjourned to ascertain the opinion
of the absentee proprietors on the subject.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—On Thursday a notice was
posted at the General Post-office, that the Peninsular
steam-packet, with the mails to-morrow, will not touch
at Corrunna, either on the outward or homeward voyage,
nor in December, January, or February next
TOE GUNPOWDER Thursday belvir the
ennirersary of the glmpowile:. plot, ei'ViCe aS
performed in most of the churches in the City. In many
of the parishes money has been left for the express pur-
pose of defraying the expenses of the said service.

REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.

A general meeting of the proprietors in this company
was hulc.; yesterday at the offices of the company, City-
road Basin, to consider the advisability of forming a
railway on the banks of the canal, from Paddington to
Limehouse.

J. E. D. BETHUNE, Esq., was called to the chair, who
read the report to the meeting, the substance of which
was that the proposed line, which is to run on the
northern side of the canal, would be 8 miles 7 furlongs
and 3 chains, with a further branch of 1 mile and 6
furlongs, the whole estimated cost for the main line being
640,000/., and that for the branch to Limehouse 45,000 L,
making the total cost of the li

—no 685,000/.
After reading the report,
The CRAIR3IAN stated that, in consequence of the Par-
liamentary Commissioners for central termini having re-
ported unfavourably to the formation of a central ter-
minus, it struck the deputy-chairman and himself that
in that report there was an intimation to the
Regent's Canal Company to secure to them-
selves the right of cart-) ing all the goods
from the outskirts of the metropolis to the Thames.
They had accordingly consulted Mr. Radford, their own
engineer, and the result was, the employment of Mr.
Itendell as the engineer for constructing a line of rail-
way along the banks of their canal. A meeting was
called on the 20th of September, invitations to which
had been sent to the shareholders, at which the repre-
sentatives of 4,000 shares were present, and a report
recommending the immediate application to Parliament
for powers to make the railway was submitted to them.
On Thursday he had had an interview with the head of
the Commissioners of the Woods and Forest, not for the
sake of inducing his Lordship to become a party to
their plan, but to exprass a desire that his Lordship
should not commit himself to any other party. To this
Lord Morpeth very readily acceded ; and he hoped that
the Government would support this project, by which all
the advantages, without any of the disadvantages, of
a central terminus would be effected. He concluded
by moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. GREEN seconded the resolution.

Mr. ROBINSON inquired on what principle the pro-
perty of the railway was to be apportioned? as he con-
ceived that many of the present proprietors of the canal
would be unwilling to take shares in the railway.
The CHAIRMAN replied, that it was proposed, in the
first place, to mortgage the whole property of the canal
for 500,0004 and to raise the remainder by the issue of
new shares, which were, in the first place, to be allotted
to the whole of the shareholders, and in the event of
any being declined, to allot the shares of the decliners
to those parties who had already taken the new sharesl;
then, in the further event of any shares remaining on
hand, they were to be thrown into the general share
market. But he should remark that the act of this
meeting would be a corporate act.
To further inquiries of Mr. ROBINSON, as to the power
of compelling unwilling shareholders,
The CHAIRMAN replied that there was already a power
under the Act of the Company to raise 277,000/. further
capital, and, in fact, to make a railway already, for the
Act gave them authority to pass over their route by any
other means than a canal; to erect steam-engines, to
form inclined planes, or to constitute any other facilities
that the company might deem advisable. He should
observe that arrangements had been made to prevent
the preliminary expenses from coming to more than 255.
a share.

In reply to other inquiries, the CHAIRMAN stated that
preliminary operations had been already commenced,
and had been in progress since July. It was
intended to retain the present waterway complete in
all its parts, all the wharfs, all the basins,
and usher property, with the slight exception of a little
alteration needed. by the line. The railway and canal
were to be conducted by the same directory, and were
indeed, to all intents and purposes, an identical pro-
perty, and in the event of the proprietors being unable
to raiae the 685,0001., the Act of Parliament would
become a dead letter, but that he did not apprehend.
He further observed, that the whole of the preliminary
expenses would, after this meeting, be payable out of
the corporate funds.

The report was then adopted, with only two dissen-
tients. Resolutions founded on it were passed, thanks
were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.

A special general meeting of the shareholders in this
undertaking was held yesterday afternoon, at the offices
.of the company, in West Strand, for the purpose of consi-
dering the propriety of leasing the line to the Great
Western Company.
Mr. Louis Vigurs, the deputy-chairman of the com-
pany, presided.
The report stated that it was proposed to lease the
line for five years, at 5 per cent. on the paid-up capital,
and for five years more, at r, per cent. and half the surplus
profits, with the option of amalgamating with the Great
Western Company after that period.
The heads of the agreement having been read,
Mr. ROACH took exception to several of the clauses,
and complained of their not being so simply worded as to
be intelligible. In the first place, he thought the ad-
vantages of the arrangement preponderated in favour of
the Great Western Company, who, for every 200 shares,
would be entitled to 100 votes, while the shareholders
of the Smith \Vales would only have 38 for the same
number. It would have been more satisfactory to the
shareholders generally had the Great Western Com-
pany liberally proposed to lease the line at 7 or 8 per
cent. rather than offer them a complicated and wordy
agreement, which required the mind of a lawyer to coin-
prehend.—(Hear, hear.) He decidedly objected to the
basis upon which the amalgamation was to take place
at the expiration of ten years, because their line would
only have been in working existence that period, while
the Great Western would have been in operation some
18 or 20 years.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said he could remove the latter ob-
jection, by simply stating that the directors, after the
agreement had been confirmed, would submit a resolu-
tion to the meeting, authorising them to negotiate for
expunging the clause respecting the amalgamation, and
amending the assignment, by making it a lease in per-
petuity.
Mr. SMITH had no doubt but that the line w‘-,uld pay
ten per cent., for, independently of the local trade, there
would be traffic enough coming from the south of Ireland
to make up 6of the 9 per cent. He thought, therefore,
that the Great Western Company ought to have dealt
more liberally with them.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. T. WILKINSON thought it would be more for
their interests to accept a lower rate of interest, with
an early participation in the division of prospective
profits.—(Hear, hear.) As the arrangement stood now
it would probably be eight years, calculating the works
to occupy three, before they would participate in the
surplus profits, and in the meanwhile they would have
to be content with a common rate of interest.—(Hear.)
The CrtAxamAN said they had duly considered all
these matters, and, in the present state of the money.
market, and the prospect of railway profits
being shortly redueed, they were of opinion that
the arrangement they had come to was the
best for the interest of the shareholders. They
had had to deal with two classes, the speculative
and those who embarked their money in railways for the
purpose of permanent investment. The amendment he
had mentioned, of a lease in perpetuity, would insure
their shares being taken up by the latter class.
A resolution, confirming and approving of the agree-
ment, was then put from the chair, and carried una-
nimously.
The CITAIR3IAN then proposed a second resolution,
empowering the directors to take the necessary steps to
amend the clause relating to the amalgamation, or sub-
stituting one making the lease a lease in perpetuity in its
stead.

A PROPRIETOR wished the arrangement to be
amended in another respect, namely, that the surplus
profits should be divided immediately on the opening of
the line,

The CHAIRMAN said the Great Western Company Ind
been asked to make that alteration, but they dt.clintd
doing so.
In answer to another question,
The CHAIRMAN said the subject of allowing interest
on calls was now under consideration of the directors.
The works wouli be all completed within the estimate,
and portions of the line opened in about two years.
The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.
Thanks were afterwards voted to the Chairman, and
the meeting terminated.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

A special general meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company was held, at one o'clock yesterday, at
the Paddington station, for the purpose of considering
the propriety of taking a lease of the South Wales line,
and of afterwards amalgamating the two companies if it
should be deemed expedient.
Mr. C. RUSSELL the chairman of the Company, took
the chair. He said that the present meeting was called
to affirm the arrangement that had been proposed to be
made between the Great Western Railway and the
South Wales Railway Company. When the report of the
meeting at Bristol, in August last, was laid before the
proprietors,rhe took the opportunity of stating the prin-
ciples which the directors had determined to take for
their guidance with regard to the proposed arrangement.
He stated, first, that the construction of the South
Wales Railway, and the charge and responsibility of it
should rest upon its promoters ;. secondly, that the line
should be placed in the hands of the South Wales Com-
pany till after a certain period had elapsed ; thirdly,
that in order to facilitate the completion of the line a
cartain and fixed value should be given to the shares of
the company; and lastly, that these conditionsea
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South-Western Company were to have no concern with
it till the main branches were completed from one end
to the other. The benefits to result were to be secured
to the company till the amalgamation with the Great
Western Company took place. The Chairman then
stated the conditions on which the line was to be leased,
which will be found in our report of the proceedings of
the South Wales Company, in another part of
this evening's paper. These terms the directors
hoped were sufficient to enable the South Wales Com-
pany to raise all the money they should require
The Great Western Company did not purpri., the
arrangement as one front whin any large n
to a( .rue. Their object was to secure complo on of
the line, and the profits they looked to were from their
own line, in connexion with the South Wales Compan
It was always the policy of the Great Western Companyy
to afford all the assistance in their power to the tribu-

tar), schemes in connexion with their cmn, but never to
drive hard baegaitis, and the Bristol _and Exeter line
and the Cheltenham Railway would bear ot. t the accuracy
of this statement,,and it was on a similar foe, ling the pre-
sent agreement was sought to be carried as. t. It was
with that view the directors submitted the repoCt which
the secretary would now read to them.
The SECRETARY then read the report, which aei forth
the conditions of the proposed arrangement between the
two companies.
The report, on the motion of the CHAIRMAIT, §econded
by Mr. HEYWOOD, was unanimously adopted.
The SECRETARY havirg read tie heads of the agree-
ment,

The CHAIRMAN then moved a Tesolution empowering
the directors of the Company"to carry them brio effect.
A PROPRIETOR seconded' the resolution, and would
take the opportunity of asliing who were to fix the fares
of the South Wales Company 'When the lease was
made, the power of fixing the fates would. follow as a
matter of course ; bat till that period he wished to knOw
who were to fix them? : • •
The CHAIRMAN took it for granted that the Sikh
Wales comrany would do so. The line was to coutinse
in their hands till then, and of course they would'regu=
late the fares for their ownbenefit. The Great Western
Company were only to work the hue till the lease com-
menced.

After some discussion,
The CHAIRMAN said that the heads of agreement would
be submitted to competent legal advice, and everything
doubtful, or likely to give rise to dispute, obviated.-
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then said that since the agreement had
been entered into some of the directors of the South
Wales Company had expressed an opinion that it would be
desirable, instead of amalgamating at the time specified,
to propose the Great Western Company should continue
to guarantee 5 per cent. with half of the surplus proSts in
perpetuity. The directors of the Great Western Company
wished, therefore, to have a power to treat with the South
Wales directors, should that modification be insisted upon.
After some discussion a resolution to that effect was
unanimously carried.
A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman,
the meeting separated.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 4, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Granville George Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sir Edward
Ryan, Knt , and Captain Henry Rowland Brandreth,
Royal Engincers, to be three of the Commissioners of
Railways.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 4.
Notice is hereby given, that the Right Honourable Edward
Strutt, the Right Honourable George Earl Granville,
the Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan, Knigh', and
Captain Henry Rowland Brandreth, R.E. appointed by her
Majesty Commissioners of Railways, under the provisions of
the Act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 105, will begin to act in
execution of the said Act, on Monday, the 9th of November,
1846; also, that the office of the said Commissioners is at
No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster.
DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 5.
_

The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Simms,
Esq., to be Assistant-Judge of the Supreme Court of Judica-
ture in the island of Newfoundland ; and Edward Mortimer
Archibald, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney- General for that
island.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles
Douglas Stewart, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General
for the island of St. Vincent.

Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Richard
Hayward, Esq., to be Colonial Surveyor and Engineer for
Sierra Leone.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 6.

7th Dragoon Guards—Nugent Chichester Nagle, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Johnston, who retires, Nov. 6.
2d Dragoons —Brevet Colonel Henry Salwey, rom half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice John Frederick
Sales Clarke, who exchanges ; Major St. Vincent W.
Ricketts to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Salwey, who retires ; Captain Henry Darby Griffith
to be Major, by purchase, vice Ricketts ; Lieutenant
Henry Thomas Coward Smyth Pigott to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Griffith Cornet William Wallace
Hozier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott; Ensign
William Cunninghame Bontine, from 15th Foot, to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Hozier, Nov. 6.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet William Bl'Mahon to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hodson, who retires; Herbert
Edward, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice M‘Mahon,
Nov. 6.
15th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Charles William Clayton
East to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hatchett, who re-
tires; Samuel James Blencowe, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase,-vice East, Nov. 6.

37th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James William Flemhig,
from the 70th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Nov. 6.
44th Foot—Ensign George Lethbridge Ottley, to be Lieu+
tenant by purchase, vice Noake, who retires ; William Fletcher,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ottley ; Lieutenant
John Allen Lloyd Philipps to be Adjutant, vice Noake, who
resigns, Nov. 6.

46th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander John Macpherson, from
half pay 6ih Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Yonge, promoted ;
Ensign John Edward Lyons to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Macpherson, who retires; Charles Somerville M'Alester,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyons, Nov. 6. •
66th Foot—Brevet Colonel Fielding Browne, from half-,
pay Rifle Brigade, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel William Longworth Dames, who exchanges; Cap-
tain Sir William Gordon, Bart., to be Major, by purchase,
vice Browne, who retires ; Lieutenant James Hunter Blair
Birch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir W. Gordon;
Ensign Robert Conner, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Birch, Nov. 6.
_ _

70th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John William Johnston,
M.D., from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Fleming, appointed to the 37th Foot, Nov. 6.
88th Foot—Lieutenant Edward John Vesey Brown to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Townshend, who retires; Ensign
Charles O'Donel to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown ;
John Salmon Bayley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice O'Donel, Nov. 6.
97th Foot—Lieutenant William Murray to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Kinderley, who retires; Ensign Henry George
Woods to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray; William
Frederick Norman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Woods, Nov. 6. _ _ _ _

Ist West India Regiment—William Sedgwick Saunders,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Johnston, appointed to
the 70th Foot, Nov. 6.
2d West India Regiment—Edward John Stephens Knap-
man, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Strachan,
whose appointment bas been cancelled, Nov. 6.
BREYET.—Captain William Holland Leckv Daniel Cuddy,
of the 55th Foot, to be Major in the Army, goy. 6.
UNArracHan.—Brevet Major George Thomas Parke, from
the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Major, without purchase,
Nov. 6.

MEMORANDO3I.—The date of the commission of Lieutenant
Bolton, as Adjutant and Lieutenant in the 31st Foot, is 22d
December, 1845, not 19th December, 1845, as erroneously
stated.

Commission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy
for the City of London.
Regiment of Royal London Militia--Claudius Stephen
Paul Hunter, to be Captain, vice Captain Henry Butterworth,
resigned, Nov. 5.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 4.
With reference to the announcement which appeared in the
London Gazette of the 3d instant, the name of Captain Fre-
derick Jennings Thomas has been added to the list of Cap-
tains of the Royal Navy who have accepted the rank of Re-
tired Rear-Admiral of her Majesty's Fleet.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 5._

With reference to the dispatches from Rear-Admiral In-
glefield, C. 13., dated the 9th and 17th of June, 1846, which
appeared iu the Gazettes cf the Bth and 22d of September
last, the Board have directed that Commander Francis
William Austen shall be promoted to the rank of Captain,
when he shall have served the required period at sea to qua-
lify him for that rank. The Board have also directed that
David Kamm, gunner, shall be advanced to the Second Class
of Warrant Officers.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 3.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Lane Swat-
man, of Lynn, in thecounty of Norfolk, • Gent., to be a Mas-
ter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.