The Sun.
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the proposed railway. Ile said that there were varinta
opinions as to the advantages of a railway to Halsted,
but the railway was sure to be brought there, and there-
fore he thought it would be policy in those rho did
object to it to support it.
The CHAIRMAN said he believed that the majority t f
the inhabitants of Halsted ivere in favour of the railway.
The resolution was adopted, as were others, embody-
ing the sentiments of .the meeting with respect to the
proposed line of railway, after which the meeting sepa-
rated.

IRELAND.
THE LATE STATE PROSECUTION.

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DUBLIN, Nov. 10.—On the part of the traversers in
the late State prosecution, a motion is to be submitted to
the Court of Queen's Bench ; it will probably be made
to-morrow by Sir Colman O'Loghlen—to the effect that
the recognizances, in which Mr. O'Connell and the seve-
ral other tra‘ersers gave bail for their attendanoe in
Court, from term to term, until discharged by the
Attorney-General, shall be returned to the solicitors in
the cause.
The affidavit of Mr. Forde, the solicitor of Mr. O'Con-
nell, upon which this application will be grounded, sets
forth, in chronological order, the various uroceedings
adopted—the binding over of the traversers at the house
of Judge Burton, personally and by sereti, s, to attend
to answer such charges as might be pre, rred by the
Attorney-General—the finding of the bills of indict-
ment—the trial and the conviction—the sending of Air.
O'Connell and the other traversers, in close custody, from
the Court to the prison of Grangegorman—the lodging
of the appeal to the House of Lords ; and, finally, the
result of that appeal, quashing the judgment of the Court
of Queen's Bench, and releasing the traverers from im-
prisonment. suffered under an illegal sentence. But al-
though the traversers have been restored to liberty, they
are still formally bound, and their sureties, on their te.
half, for their continued attendance, until discharged by
the Court. To obtain this dis;charge, and the return of
the recognizances, is the object of the motion to be made
by Sir Colman O'Loghlen to-morrow.
It is said the Crown will resist the application in this
form, on the ground that the recognizances, being re-
gistered in th Crown-office, cannot be returned, but the
Attorney-General will consent that a discharge should
be entered on the recognizances.
This motion will operate as a curious reminiscence of
the State prosecution before the Court wbosejudginent has
been quashed. It is not at all likely that Chief Justice
Pennefather, who is still indisposed, will be in attendance
to-morrow.

PROSECUTION AGAINST THE " PILOT"
NEWSPAPER.
Mr. Long, the Vice-regal coachmaker, has filed a de-
claration in the Court of Common Pleas against Mr.
Barrett, proprietor of the Pilot, one of the traversers
in the late State prosecution, for a publication in that
journal charged as libellous and defamatory. Although
the paragraph which forms the subject of action was a
mere political squib, Mr. Long has laid his damages at
2,000/. ! The obnoxious publication was a commentary
upon a statement in a Tory paper, friendly to Mr. Long,
describing the visit of Lord Heytesbury, the Lord-
Lieutenant, to the coach factory of the plaintiff, in Mary-
street, in this city. The Pilot suggested that the politics
of Mr. Long might procure for tim the patronage of the
Viceroy, in preference to other manufacturers of less
decided political opinions.
Thf case is to be tried in the sittings after the present
term, in the Common Pleas, before Chief Justice Do-
herty and a special jury.
APPOINTMENT OF MR. ERLE—TORY
DISCONTENT.
The Irish Tory organs of all shades appear unani-
mous in condemnation of the late appointment of Mr.
Erle to the bench. The Londonderry Sentinel,• the
principal organ of the ultra-Tories, winds up a long
article by saying " The Conservatives of Ireland have
been more disheartened by the cold and contumelious
manner in which they have been treated since the pre•
sent Adm.nistration came into office than they were by
the rampant insolence of Whig-Radicalism while it dis•
pensed its favours in Ireland at the beck of Mr. O'Con-
nell, and endeavoured to prostrate the time-honoured
institutions of the empire.'
MUNSTER DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL.
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Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., is to preside at the dinner
to be given to Mr. O'Connell, in Limerick, on the 20th
inst. The Limerick Reporter of yesterday says—" No-
thing can equal the enthusiasm that prevails throughout
the entire province for the forthcoming demonstration.
The mayors and corporations of Limerick, Cork, Clon-
mel, Waterford, Cashel, and Kilkenny will appear in
their robes ; and the town commissioners of Ennis,
Mallow, Nenagh, and Galway will be also in attendance.
The procession on the occasion will be the grandest and
most imposing imaginable."

THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK.
The Evening Packet (Government organ) of last
night says—" We have reason to believe that the vacant
ribbon of St. Patrick, worn by the late Marquis of
Donegal, has been conferred upon that eminent scholar
the Earl of Rosse."

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
We mentioned last Thursday, as the result of the
meeting of the Court of Directors held on that day, that
the Bank of England was about to charge a commission
on the sums remitted to various parts of the country by
means of the branches. We are now enabled to give a
detailed account of the system of charge which will be
adopted, and which is based on the principle that parties
keeping an account with the Bank, or its branches, should
have a preference over strangers.
First, with respect to remittances.—All sums advised
for the credit of a person having a drawing account at
:the Bank, or a branch, are to be subject to a charge of
Gd. per cent., the minimum charge to be Is., and every
'fraction of 100/. to be considered as an entire 1001. Thus
'2OO/. will pay Is., and 3001. will pay is. Gd., 4001. will
pay 25., and so on.

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Secondly, with respect to payments.—Where neither
the party lodging the money nor the party receiving has
an account, the charge will be i per cent. on sums not
,exceeding 5001, the minimum charge being 2s. 6d. On
sums exceeding 5001., but not exceeding 3,000/., the
charge will be 4 per cent. on the first 5004 and f per
cent. on the remainder. When the sums exceed 3,000/.
there will be the above charge fer 3,0004, and Is. 6d. on
the excess. If, on the other hand, the party lodging the
money have an account, the commission on sums under
100/. will be 2s. 6d. per cent., the minimum charge being
Is. On sums of 1001., and under 300/, the charge will
be 4s. 6d. per cent.; on sums of 300/., and not exceeding
3,0001., it will be Is. 6d. per cent. ; and on sums exceed-
ing 3,000/., it will be is. per cent.
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The measure will, it is understood, come into opera
ion on Monlay next.—Times.

TIIE WEATHER IN SCOILAND.—The weather has
hitherto been most favourable for farming operations.
The fields are now clear of their last season's crops, with
the exception of turnips, which are still growing as if it
was the month of January. The autumn-sown wheat
is in most instances beautifully brairded ;
" And ploughmen, oure weel-furroved fields,
At auld Scottish ditties sing cheerly.
Ploughing and farming are in rapid progress, and well
forward for the season. These remarks will apply not
only to the country around Paisley, but also to the neigh-
bouring parishes, through which we have passed within
these few days.—Glasgow National.
WHALES.—On Monday morning a whale was
found near the shore at Rosneath, and towed in by a
fisherman. On the opposite shore another made its ap-
pearance, and, being sickly like i a fellow, was soon
caught. The fishermen, being afraid of the claim made
by the landlords in the whale eases, prudently anchored
the fish, to prevent the landlord claiming anything of the
prize. This monster of the deep was no sooner secured
than a gentleman offered to buy it, and whether the bar-
gain was eventually concluded or not we cannot say, as
our informant left ere the parties could agree. The
whales were from twenty-five to thirty feet in length.—
Glasgow paper.

LONDON FRIENDLY INSTITUTION.—Last evening
this Society, which has for its objects the providing of
the industrious classes of the metropolis with a weekly
payment and medical attendance and medicine free in
case of illness, upon their contributing a sum in time of
health, held its annual meeting at the George Hall, Al-
dermanbury, City. It was formed in 1824, and enrolled
agreeably to Act of Parliament, its main object being to
carry into effect the principle of benefit societies upon a
solid and permanent basis, by means of an improved
plan of management. The twenty years which have
elapsed since the formation of the Institntion have fully
established the justice of its claims. Since its establish-
ment to the close of last year, above 14,5001 had been
paid to its afflicted members, besides providing medical
attendance and medicines free ; and it has now a re-
served surplus invested in Government securities, and a
floating capital (s, I,ly the property of the members, and
not liable to any claims of annuitants) which amounts to
more than 6,0004 John Masterman, Esq., M.P. for the
.City, took the chair, supported by Dr. Blackmore, S.
Elison, Esq., C. Brady, Esq., Dr. Bainbridge, and a
great number of other gentlemen. The report, which
was read by Mr. Joseph Palmer, stated that the Socit ty
was going on most pt.(' ,erously; had received dui n;
the year, no less a arm than 8,4421 Bs. 4d., and ht d a
balance in hand, fies of all charges, of 6,2931 lia. sd.
The ninth( rof members now was 1,409 ; there being
710 members for sickness and death benefits united, 622
for sickness, 70 for death, and 7 for endowments. The
report was carried unanimously. Eight new Directors
were appointed by ballot. The chair was taken by Al-
derman Challis during the latter part of the evening, in
consequence of Mr. Masterman being obliged to leave ;
and votes of thanks wera then passed to both chairmen,
an 1 to the medical officers, which was responded to by
all present. Arrangements being made for the members
di,iing together during the ensuing year, the meeting
closed.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATII.—The Rev. Rowland
Hill, who has been residing at Bowness, Windermere,
for the last three months, was suddenly taken ill in the
shop of Mrs. R. Barrow, draper and grocer of that place,
about half-past twelve on Thursday, when with great
difficulty he was carried into an adjoining room, and he
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returned a verdict that the deceased died from some in-
ward fit.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A sad accident occurred
two days ago in the Faubourg St. Antoine. One of the
apprentices of a turner in wood having brought to the
shop a fowling-piece which had been given him, was
amusing himself by snapping the lock with the heads of
chemical matches instead of capsules, at the same time
pointing the piece at his companions. No accident ec.
curred until the master himself took the gun, and did the
same thing, pointing it at the apprentice to whom it be-
longed. The gun, which happened unfortunately to be
loaded with large shot, this time went off, and the youth
fell dead.—Galignani.