The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-04 00:00:00

ITAVANNAII CIGARS.—A letter from the ilavanr.th
informs us that the cultivation of tobacco is increaF,ing
immensely in Cuba, in consequence of the great demand
for Havannah cigars, whilst in many districts of the
island the cultivation of coffee is on the decrease. The
system of traffic in tobacco is very loose and unsatis.fac-
tory, the commodity is chiefly brought to the city on
horses, and there offered for sale on the so-called " cal-
:Leda," in eating-houses and inns. The business is in '
the hands of certain speculators, who purchase the
goods of the country people by anticipation, and the sale
is then effected by small cigar manufacturers and brokerl;,
to treat with whom the utmost caution is required.
rumour was recently afloat that the Governor wished •
t o
remedy the evil, and to erect a store magazine for th e
deposit of all tobacco destined for sale, arranged ar
classified by sworn brokers, but hitherto (July 11))
nothing has been done. The crop of this year is re cast
prolific, but there is a prejudice against the quality in
certain cases, as the buildings for drying, sorting, and
packing the tobacco were too small in proportion to tire
quantity, and the tobacco was brought to market in aa
immature state. Still, the demand continues to excees the supply by a great deal. The preparation of cigars
occupies a great portion of the population; with the in--
creasing consumption, the exportation to all parts eV
the world continually augments ;in proof of which wt 3
shall merely observe, that the French regle has fourae I
itself compelled to conclude a new contract for 40,00( boxes of cigars a year, whilst the preceding one fot
80,000 remains still in force.
TRAVELLING FROM FRANCE TO ENGLAND.—The
service by the Northern Railroad, which will be opene
from the Ist of September, renders the intercourse be -
tween France, England, Belgium, Germany, and Swit
zerland, greatly more easy and rapid. By the triCi:
which leaves Paris at half-past eight in the mornirtA
travellers will arrive the same evening at Boulogne a n, i
Calais, and by that which leaves Paris at seven o'clo k
in the evening, will reach Boulogne and Calais at twel.l e
the next day, and may be in London by the dinner here
The same train which leaves Paris at seven in the eve aa-
ing, arrives at Mons the next morning at twenty minuta past seven ; at Ghent, at eight ; at Brussels, nine ; sat
Antwerp, eleven; at Ostend, at a quarter.past eleve tt;
sat Liege, at one in the afternoon; and at Cologne, b: y
the Rhenish Railroad, at seven in the evening. Heno
the way into Switzerland is by the Rhine steam-boats ,
the German railroads, and that from Strasburg to
Basle.
The following not very probable shooting adve ta, •
Lure is given by the Journal de la Meuse :--Two day 3
ego H. 13achet, of Consenvoge, was out with a party,
when he saw his dog mining a hare hard, and behi
ncl
the dog a ferocious wolf, following with evidently sinister •
intentions. Preserving his coolness, he fired hies doub,te -
barrelled gun, and first killed the hare, and next the
wolf, by a shot from the other barrel. The dog appeared
completely astounded at being thus at once deprived~
bit prey, and delivered from a formidable enemy.

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DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS-
MOUTH RAILWAY.
The fi,:st ordinary meeting of this Company was held,
yesterdrky at the London Tavern, for the transaction of
general business.

W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., took the chair.
Mr. R. S. YOUNG read the report.
The CHAIRMAN then, after commenting on the
severity of the struggle in which the Company had been
engaged while getting their Bill, proceeded to point out
certain mistakes in the speech of the chairman of the
South-Western, at the recent half-yearly meeting of that
company. He then read long extracts as reported in a
newspaper, and apologised for having used the words
" madly" and " stupidly," in speaking of the alleged
breach of agreement by the South-Western. The
chairman, having reported the statement of Mr. Chaplin,
with regard to the Brighton Company having broken off
the agreement, concluded by moving the adoption of tire
report, which was agreed to.
The directors were then appointed, and 1,200/. was
voted as a remuneration, for their past service's, the
same sum being also voted for the succeeding year.
Mr. Young was appointed secretary, with a salary of
400/. per annum, and a resolution was pass'ed, autho-
rising the directors to take the necessary strips for car-
rying into effoct the amalgamation with the London,
Brighton, and South Coast Company.
Two auditors were appointed, at a saki's.; of 201.; and,
adjourned
after thanks to the Chairman, the meetir
•

THE GREAT EAST/it:RN AND
WESTERN RAILW
'
A preliminary meeting of
shareholders of this
London Tavern, in
Company to,le place to-day at
pursuance of the following advesreisement :
We, the undersigned, being respe4tvely Shareholders in the Great
Eastern and Western projected 'AP.ilway Company, in virtue of the
powers given by an Act passed, In the present session, cap. 28, Intl-
tided " An Act to Facilita 'se the Dissolution of Certain Hallway
Companies," having left a*.; the registered place of business of the
said Company a requisiV.on calling on the Members of the Provisional
Committee of the said 'lompany to call a meeting of the Shareholders
or the said Company, and the said Committee having neglected or
relnsed to comply with the said requisition, do by the authority
aforesaid hereby Call a meeting of the Shareholders of the said Corn-.
pang, to be held at :the London Tavern, Bishops€;ate-street, in +.llO
City of London, on Thursday, the .3d day of 'September sent,
at
Half-past Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for. the purpose rf dKer-
mining whether the Partnership or Conapar.y formed, or tnteno.ed to
be formed, shall be dissolved, and in Wl',at manner the affa,.rs of the
said Company shall be wound up.
As witness our hands the 21st de.; of August, 18 46,
E. W.. COHEN,
lir_..NRY SMITH,
(Y. H. OXLEY,
FRANCIS PAWLE,
PREECE and EVANS.
The meeting, as nit appears by the advertisement, was
interned
of tended to be a goneral one of the proprietors, but in
meeting some informality in the notice, the
n was In a,de only preliminary to one to be held, a
week hence.
At one o'clock, the hour appointed for the meet'..nee
great numbrir of shareholders were present, atra Mr. J.
E. Mauber t was unanimously called to the cheAte
The C%-fAIRMAN, upon taking the chair, after ascer-
taining that none of the gentlemeh of the committee of
direction or any of the provisional committee were pre-
sent observed that there was no way of making the
wishes of the shareholders known, to those gentlemen
but through the medium of the present meeting, aided
by the press.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it was due to
the whole body of railway shareholders that the present
meeting should come to some strong resolution upon the
subjece on which they had met. Looking over the
prosTeoctus of the present Company, he saw the names
of persons of the highest standing in the country, and,
considering the course that had been pursued, they
neust excuse him if he said that it was something
:like an attempt to induce the public to take
shares in a company by the weight of their great names,
and that when the winding up of the concern came they
were found non est inventus. By the prospectus, those
geratlemen stated that the expenses wove not to exceed
los. per share unless a public meeting was called to
sanction a greater expenditure; trpon those terms the
shareholders had acted, they hal' paid their money, and
now they were offered 15s. per share to be returned.
He considered that the sharoholders had a right to re-
ceive a return of 21. per tare, and he hoped they would
be satisfied with nothing less.--(gear, hear.)
Mr. COHEN said that he had endeavoured for months
to get something like a statement of their accounts, but
to no purpose. He had called several times at the office
of the Company for that purpose, and had always been
met by the statement that they were only waiting for
the passing of Lord Dalhoueie's Act, when a statement
would be made of the state of the Company's
affairs, and a proposition made for its dissoluti,en,
Now, what was the fact? The Bill for the Great Ea stern
and Western Railway Company had been throven out,
and yet the directors were going on from day to day
inserting expensive advertisements in the newspapers,
and squandering the money of the shareholders in every
possible way. Notwithstanding all this, the share-
holders could not get them to call any meeting, and
they were left in total darkness on the eubject.—(llear,
hear.) He trusted the meeting would come to some
strong resolution on the subject.
TheCHAIRMAN observed that the directors and com-
mittee of management proposed to. return 15s. per share,
but they would not do so unless the scrip was given up
to them.—(Hear, hear.) Now what was the object of
that? Why to enable therm to use it against the other
proprietors.—(Hear.) -fie thought they 'were bound
with all their might to resist such a proceeding.
Several shareholders here stated that they had called
several tunes at the office of the Company, and could
obtain no information with respect to the prospects of the
Company.
Mr, SrAcxmati said that the present meeting was
only preliminary to one to be held on Saturday or Mon-
day week. This course bad been rendered ne- 1
eessary in consequence of some informality in the;
notice that had been given of it. He had •.‘r,..
ceived several letters from shareholders in the
country, stating their determination to co-operate with
the shareholders in town in their exertions for the, dis-
solution of the Company. He had letters to that 'effect
from Barnsley, Bradford, and Newcastle. The. men
who, before the passing of Lord Dalhousie's Act, said
they had not the power to dissolve the Com-
pany, were now doing all they could to pre-
vent its" operation, and among them wore the
managing committee of the Great Eastern and Western
Company; for after he had served the notice upon them
they were going on spending forty or fifty thousand
pounds for the purpose of getting into their
bands a sufficient quantity of scrip to prevent the share-
holders constituting a meeting if they called one.—
(Hear, hear.) It was a farce to say they could not hold
a meeting because Mr. Ward had sustained an irre-
parable loss.
A PROPRIETOR—It don't prevent his attending thg
Italian Opera.—(Laughter.)
Mr. SPACKSIAN considered the course pursued by the
managing committee most disreputable.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BLURTON, a Worcester shareholder, said that the
proprietors in that city were determined not to accede
to the proposition of the managing committee.
Some considerable discussion then took place, which
ended in the adoption of the following resolutions:—
"That we, the shareholders attending the meeting, halt-
ing been induced by the terms of the prospectus issuod
by the Great Eastern and Western Company to becon re
holders of shares to a considerable amount in that
Company, upon the understanding that our lia-
bility to expenses should not exceed 10s. •per
share without the sanction of a general meet ing
of shareholders, and no such meeting having been called,
we hereby determine to take such steps as we may 13e
advised to obtain the return of 21. per share.
" That a Committee be now formed to protect the
interests of the shareholders, and to communicate on the
mode they may deem most expedient, the result of the it
inquiries, and that Messrs. Webster, Cohen, Spackma-n,
Smith, and Maubert, be such committeemen."
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated.

IRELAND.
ADDRESSES TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.

llis Excellency returned a most gracious reply.
When the deputation from the Royal College of Sur-
geons had retired, a numerous deputation from the
King's and Queen's Colleges of Physicians were ushered
into his Excellency's presence, for the purpose of pre-
senting to him An address from the President and Fel-
lows of that niversity, which Sir Henry Marshe, Bart.,
read as follows
" Wb, the President and Fellows of the King's and
QuP.en's College of Physicians in Ireland, beg leave to
v'tvoach your Excellency with sentiments of profound
respect, and to offer you our sincere and warm congra-
tulations on your arrival to assume the Government of
Ireland as the representative of our most gracious Sove-
reign.

"We gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity to ex-
press our deep-felt satisfaction at this proof of her Ma-
jesty's regards for the welfare of this country, in dele-
gating her authority to an Irish Nobleman so distin
guished by high personal endowments and capabilities
as a statesman.

" While we offer our sincere regards for your Lord-
ship's happiness, and our best wishes for the success of
j our administration, we at the same time tender to your
Excellency our devoted services in the promotion of any
of those measures devis;s2d for the public good which may
he directly or indirectly connected with the sciences cul-
tivated by us, whenever it may please your Excellency
to command our co operation."
When Sir Henry Maxshe had concluded, his Excel-
lency returned the following; reply ;
"I have great pleasure in receiving an address from
such eminent persons as the President and Fellows of
the King's and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland,
and I feel much flattered at the expression of your ap-
proval of the choice her Majesty has been pleased to make
in appointing me to the government of this kingdom.
" I accept with the greatest satisfaction the assurance
that I shall receive from you your support in those mea-
sures which may be necessary for the public good, and
which may be directly or indirectly connected with the
sciences to which you have so usefully devoted your-
selves."

The deputation then withdrew.
Ills Excellency has appointed to• morrow (Wednesday)
for receiving the address of the inhabitants of the town of
Carrick-on-Suir and its vicinity.

ARRIVAL OF MR. LABOUCHERE.
The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Secretary for Ire-
land, arrived in Kingstown this morning, by the Prin-
cess steamer, and shortly after proceeded to Dublin
Castle. The Right Hon. Gentleman was accompanied
by his family and a large suite of attendants.

I)ISTRESS IN IRELAND.
COPY OF A TREASURY MINUTE, DATED
AUG. 31.
My Lords have before them the Act 10th Vic., cap.
107, " To facilitate the employment of the labouring
poor for a limited period in distressed districts in Ire-
land," and proceed to consider the revised instructions
which the provisions of this Act, and the experience
which has been acquired from the operations for the re
lief of the people suffering from the failure of the potato
crop in Ireland, since the month of November last, ren-
ders it desirable should be issued to the Board of
Works, and to Commissary-General Sir R. Routh, who
is in charge of the duties lately executed by the Relief
Commission.
No authority can, from the present date, be given for
the execution of any new works under the 9th Vic.,
cap. 1 ; and such works as may be hereafter required
for the relief of the distress, must be presented and
sanctioned according to the provisions of the lOth Vic.,
cap. 107.
The Board of Works were instructed by the Treasury
minute, dated 21st ultimo, to bring to an early close all
the works under 9th Vic., cap. 1, which were not rt-
quired for the relief of urgent distress ; and the Board
were informed that if the parties interested desired that
works so discontinued should afterwards be recommenced
and completed, it was open to them to take the usual
steps to provide for that object, either by obtaining
Josue secured by grand jury presentment, or by other
men Is.
Their Lordships desire that the Board of Works will
report to what extent works have been discontinued
'under these instructions on the ground of their not being
really required for the purpose of giving relief, and that
it may be understood, in accordance with the passage
above adverted to in the minute of the 21st July, that it
should become necessary to recommence any such works,
the renewal of them must be provided for either in man-
ner above referred to, or under the 10th Vict., cap. 107.
With a view to give every practicable assistance to
the presentment sessions, the Board of Works should be
prepared with plans and estimates of those works in each
district in which relief is likely. to be required, on
which the destitute poor might with the greatest pos-
sible advantage be employed ; and an officer of the
board should be in attendance at the sessions, to furnish
every explanation that may be called for.
In order to prevent labourers from being induced to
leave their proper employments and to congregate on
the relief works, in the hope of getting regularly paid
money wages in return for a smaller quantum of work
than they have been accustomed to give, the following.
rules ought, in their Lordships' opinion, to be strictly
observed:—
No person should be employed on any relief works
who can obtain employment on other public works,
or in farming or other private operations in the
neighbourhood.
The wages given to persons employed on relief works
should, in every case, be at least 2d. a day less than
the average rate of wages in the district.
And the persons employed on the relief works should,
to the utmost possible extent, be paid in proportion
to the work actually done by them.
Their Lordships suggest, for the consideration of the
Lord Lieutenant, that it may be advisable that in every
case in which it may be determined to assemble extraor-
dinary sessions for the presentment of works under the
10th Vic., cap. 107, instructions should also be issued to
the Lieutenant of the county, to re-assemble the relief
committees of the districts in which such works are pro-
posed to be carried on, making such changes in the in-
dividuals composing the committees as circumstances
may require ; or, if no relief committees have yet been
organised in the districts in question, to appoint new
committees in accordance with the rules prescribed by
the Relief Commission.
Their Lordships also suggest that in order to obviate
inconveniences which have been experienced during the
late relief operations, the following alterations should be
made in the instructions under which the local relief
committee have hitherto acted :
First, with regard to the assistance given by the relief
committees in the proper appropriation of the relief
provided under the 10th Vic., cap. 107, by means of
public works:—
That tickets should not hereafter be issued by the
relief committees entitling persons to employment on
such public works. That, instead thereof, the relief
committees should furnish (according to a form to be
supplied to them for that purpose) the officers in charge
of the works on the part of the Board of Works, with
lists of persons requiring relief, noting them in the
order in which they are considered to be entitled to
priority, either on account of their large families or
from any other cause ; that the committees should re-
vise these lists from time to time, as occasion may re-
quire ; and that the officers of the Board of Works,
acting on the information contained in these lists, or
acquired by them from other sources, should themselves
furnish tickets entitling persons to employment on the
relief works for certain limited periods, according to the
circumstances of each case.
Secondly, as regards the functions performed by the
relief committees, independently of the relief works
carried on under the provisions of Acts of Parlia-
ment :
Their Lordships consider that donations in aid of pri-
vate subscriptions may be made, when necessary, as
heretofore, from public funds placed for that purpose at
the disposal of the Lord-Lieutenant ; and that these do-
nations may continue to be, as a general rule, in the pro-
portion of from one third to one-half of the amount of
the private subscriptions, according to the extent of the
destitution and the means of the subscribers.
But their Lordships are of opinion that, in consideration
of the assistance so to be given from the public purse, the
proceedings of the relief committees in the appropriation
of the funds administered by them, should be subjected
to any degree of control on the part of the Government
that may be considered desirable; for which purpose their
accounts and correspondence should at all times he open
to the inspection of Government officers appointed for the
purpose, and any further explanations that may he re-
quired on any particular point should be immediately
furnished.

' In order to keep in check, as far as possible, the social
evils incident to an extensive system of relief, it is indis-
pensably necessary that the relief committees should not
sell the meal or other food provided by them, except In
small quantities, to persons who are known to have no
other means of procuring food—that the price at which
the meal is sold should, as nearly as possible, be the
same as the market prices which prevail in the neigh-
bourhood—that the committees should not give a higher
rate of wages, nor exact a smaller quantum of work, in
any works carried on by them from funds at their own
disposal, than is the case in respect to the works carried
on under the superintendence of the Board of Works,
and that works should be carried on by them only to the
extent to which private employment is proved not to be
antil4ble.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 1.--This day a numerous deputation,
composed of the President, Council, and Fellows of the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, waited upon his
Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant for the purpose of pre-
senting him with an address on his appointment to the
'Government of this country. On the arrival of the de-
putation at the Vice-Regal Lodge, Phamix Park, they
were ushered into the presence of his Excellency, when
the Secretary, Dr, W. C'usack, read the following ad-
dress:—

" We, the Presidtrat, Council, ar.il Fellows of the
Royal College of Surgeons in 1-...1.e1and, beg leave to ap-
proacl Sour Excellency to congratulate you upon your
arri-ial in Ireland, and to assure you that we are much
gratified at taming an opportunity afforded us of thus
expressing our feelings of respect, a gratification much
enhance'd by the circumstance of our being able to claim
your Excellency as a fellow-countryman.
" We beg leave to assure your Excellency that we
shall at all times be prepared to contribute by every
means in our power towards advancing the welfare of
the public service in our particular department, and that
we shall be glad to receive from the Government such
suggestitras as it may think proper to make, to enable
us to r.,arry these, our determinations, into effect.
" We are anxious to avail ourselves of the present oc-
4asion to solicit, most respectfully, the attention of your
Excellency to the state of the medical institutions of
this country, and to express a hope that you may be
pleased to extend to our profession that protection and
support which, from its public services, it is entitled to
claim."