The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-29 00:00:00

CO.UMERCIAL NEWS.

The commercial acccunts received per the Europa re-
present business generally throughout the Union as being
in a very quiet state.
Money was abundant, and the exchanges were heavy;
that on London was quoted at I tOi to 1103-.
Cotton—The market was still active, prices advancing
slightly. The crop accounts are of the same character
as when last reported of.
BreadstutEs—There is no change to report in the-
breadstes market. Prices are unaltered.
There were but few transactions in provisions. Freights
inactive.

LATEST FROM PERN AMBUCO.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

The Columbu., Captain Greene, haa just arrived
from Pernarnimen, after a passage of 36 days. She
left on the 21st ultimo.

She reports having passed yesterday a fleet of ships
inward bound.

Sickness had almost disappeared previous to her
departure.
There is no political intelligence at hand.
The following we select from the commercial
advices

IMPORTS.
Butter—The stock of Irish is very much reduced, and
retailing at 240 to 300 rs. per lb.; liclter qualities at 500
to 640 rs. per lb. A shipment of superior to arrive
would command 600 to 640 rs. per lb. wholesale; late
importations from Havre sold at 380 to 400 rs. per lb.
Coals are less abundant, and one or two moderate-
sized cargoes might obtain 10 dollars per ton.
Flour—Stock, 9,000 barrels only, retailing slowly.
Of gunpowder, lead, arms, and saltpetre, although
prohibited, sates have been made in bond; gunpowder
much reduced in quantity.

EYPORTS.

Cotton rules high, in consequence of wet weather and
the advice& f:orn England; last week's purchases were
made at 7 dolls. 100 is., priucipolly for Spanish and
French account. Receipts since July 1, 35,491 ban's.
prices, 7d. to 7 3-16 d. par lb.
Sugar—The few purchases making are for native
ports, prices being too high to meet European
Stock very small, and of ordinary quality. The crop
was nearly at its close, and would be shorter than last
year's. Prices :—Common, 21s. 34d. to 225. 111,13. per cwt.;
low ditto, ISs. sd. to 20s. 5?.1.; muscovados, 13s. IQd.
to 15s. 7:1d.; cases of white, 20s. lid. to 21s. oil
Hides scarce, at 102 to 105 rs. per lb.
Exchange en London declined to 261.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

BRADFORD REFORNI ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Wednesday the 24th, the Sunday Trad-
ing Prevention Bill was read a second time, with a
majority of 101 against 22. One reason for this
approach to unanimity may be assumed to be, that
the Bill is considered as being in reality much more
of a permissive nature than a prohibitory. It goes to
relieve the public on many points from the Anti-
chrietian oppression meditated by designing or ig-
norant parties ; and as such, ought to he accepted and
if practicable strengthened, by those who maintain the
Christian liberty of the community. In this view,
it is amusing to see the mal-reasonings thrown out
by well-meaning objectors. " You permit one
thing, and you do not permit another thing ; on what
principle therefore can we accept the permission of
the first ?" Is not this like saying, " You propose
to take my cloak, but not my coat ; o❑ what prin-
ciple can I submit, to your leaving me my coat ?"
The policy of a wise man in such circumstances would
appear to be, to keep all he can, with leave to add
to the quantity.
As an instance of the use of sticking up to a point
in Parliament, and not yielding to the cry of, " 0,
this is theology," it is interesting to see what a with-
drawal there is of the claim to represent this and kin
dred questions, as resting upon theological axioms. The
truth being that the theological evidence has been
proved to be against them. It would be as difficult
now to find a knot in the House of Commons who
would support Sabbatarian observances on a religious
ground, when it is plain that the law-givers of Chris-
tianity have forbidden them, as to find a party to
support the right of the claimants of St. Peter's
chair to depose kings, on the ground that it was so
written in the Scriptures.
On Thursday the Small Tenements Rating Bill
was passed, after much opposition of the kind majori-
ties call " factious."
On Friday the, dullness of the House was relieved
by the appearance of the Member for London at the
table, demanding to take the oaths and his seat. On
the first oath being proffered to him, he asked to be
allowed to take it on the Old Testament. On which
the Baronet the Member for the University of Ox-
ford rose, and in terms which irresistibly suggested
the idea of a Mufti protesting against the admission
of a Christian to political rights in a Mohammedan
country, objected on the ground of the absence of
precedent for the entrance of " Jews and other un-
believers" into Parliament ; which he subsequently
embodied in a motion. Upon this the Member for
London withdrew, and it was moved by the Attorney..
General as an amendment, that he should be
heard by himself or his counsel at the bar of the
House. In opposition to the ground taken by the
Member for Oxford " gown," a remarkable
fact was stated by the Member for Youghal,
which was not received with all the atten-
tion it deserved, and may be matter of amus-
inc, inquiry and examination to the curious. The
Member for Youghal stated that in the reign of
Henry 111. a Parliamentum Judaicuin was assembled,
for the purpose or with the result of giving a subsidy
of 20,0001. to the Sovereign, and with a special di-
rection that the members should be sworn super
librunz suunz, on "their own book," to wit the Old Tes-
tament. It may not turn out that the precedent holds
water on every point ; but it is a strong antidote to
the prejudice. of the Member for the "gown" and• his
followers, that nobody ever heard of such a thing as a
Jew Member of Parliament.
It was subsequently proposed by the Member for
Oxford " town,' that in consequence of the Member
for London having declared he did not ask to be
heard at the bar, the amendment of the Attorney-
General should be withdrawn, and the question raised
whether the Member for London should or should
not be permitted to proceed to take the oaths in the
manner he required; with theadded understanding that
no opposition should then be made on his part to the
debate being adjourned. This being acceded to, debate
arose on the time to which adjournment should be
made. And on the question being put that the House
adjourn till Monday at twelve, with an amendment
for proceeding on the same day (Friday), the first
was carried by 191 to 62.
The point to be next stood to, is that the oaths
should be disposed of one after another as they arise.
The lawyers on the other side irresistibly prove, that
it would be better for their side that the oaths should
be settled in a lump, which is equally strong proof to
men of common knowledge, that it is for the interest
of the liberal side that they should be settled sepa-
rately. And there has been a want of strategy or
concert somewhere, that this
,has not been more di-
rectly moved upon. On the whole however, the
battle is at present going on well, and whatever
may be the quantum of immediate success, must tell
effectively, on the final decision of the struggle.
In the evening sitting, the attention of the House
was attracted to the late extraordinary report from
the Select Committee on Ceylon. The Committee
deeply regret that measures were not taken to send a
Commission of Inquiry to Ceylon. They also regret
that they are not able to make a complete report ;
and therefore they make none. And they are of
opinion that the serious attention of the Government
should be called to the evidence taken by themselves,
which evidence they at the same time decline to give,
and they repeat the recommendation that a Commis-
sion be sent to Ceylon.
The meaning of all this would seem to be, that
there are things in Ceylon most deserving of notoriety,
but which the Committee do not think themselves
the men to deal with. This unusual humility de-
serves the attention of the public mind.
On the same evening the Attorney-General was
hotly pressed to extract from him his reasons for de-
clining to give his signature to the proceedings for an
injunction to restrain the intended Exhibition in
Hyde Park. The Attorney-(es'eneral promptly
answered, that it was because he thought it would be
contrary to the duties of his office; and so the state of
siege was dissolved.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, July 29, 1850.

We have carerully abstained from the enunciation
of any confident opinion upon the important questions at
ssue between the Customs and the Dock Companies; and
iwe have, on this very account, felt that it was inexpedient
to enter warmly upon a controversy either for or against either.
At the same time, we could scarcely believe that the Cus-
toms authorities, with their ample experience, and great
facilities for obtaining information, would commit the
grievous error of preferring false or trivial charges, and were
inclined patiently to await the evidence that may be forth-
coming at the trials in November next. The solicitor to the
London Doc is has enumerated the nature of the
information laid • and certainly, if his enumerations
were correct, they would be "trumpery," compared
with the magnitude of the total business transacted.
Sweepings, or a single bag of coffee, would be no warranty
for grave charges of fraud. But the statements made to us
of about 10,0001. worth of property being now under seizure,
go far to prove that it is highly expedient to suspend our
judgment, and not cast unlimited censure on the Customs.
Farther the " black stuff " described as filth, truck scrapings,
&c., is said to be by no means so contemptible in the judg-
ment of competent revenue officers, and it is remarked that
since these proceedings were instituted more care has been
exhibited in making good deficiences of weight in bales of
Various articles, though it is true that the cause of the defi-
ciency-is alleged by the dock servants to be " the detention
cf the warehouse sweeping-3 by the officers of
her Majesty's Customs." The grand point to be de-
cided is whether the dock companies have been wronged
by their own servants, for if so the merchant is
quite as much interested in the vigilance cf the Cus-
toms as is her Majesty's revenue. The Customs officials
affirm that they have full and sufficient cause for their strin-
gent proceedings, and deny the imputation of bribing the
dock servants, &c., though it is true that information has
been obtained through several of the latter, and that one
p;ritlyunniptayrtiiscduelaerplpyointed out fifteen years ago to her Ma-
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SLAUGHTER HOUSES.—The premiums offered in the
month of April last for the model plans for public and private
slaughter-houses, have been awarded by the directors of the
Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company—that for a
public slaughter-house, to Messrs. Ellis and Ilussev, of
Canonbury-villas, Lower-road, Islington; and for a private
one, to Thomas Turner, Esj., of No. 24, 13ucklersbury.

THE BRAZILS. DEATH OF COMMANDER SCHAW.
FALMOUTH', JULY 28.—The Linnet packet, Lieu- The navy has heard with the deepest regret of the
tenant James, hes arrived this morning with the death of Retired Uozeinander Frederick David Schaw, in
. 7 ... " ~ • -7"- 7"" 17's sees. The a7..liant darescei vs as
eleep°: c.x.c,nsivo
to t a
spiet. We are gled to find that at Pernambuco the
lanthroplc insLete.,ee°
teeer feld entirele dissnpearetl, and bu4ness had re- pport of bevev..e.isint 110
knosvii to V:e -Level corn. rreerc,itw ant'da 'eon •
suened its usual ;.ictivity. At Bahhs business was but
stant subscriptione and does'.•). •cr
eaens to the :twee of seose
nocielies eoeneeted with the 11;17-& 5(,7103, The
elowly recoverine ; the fever was reulovel from
amongst the ieliebitants, but there wen., still some officer's parse was always open, arid an appeal to it, for
fatacasestacaseswith the crews on board theshippieg. At the good purposes of charity, was always respended to
Rio do Janeiro business eras dull, but in Scion degree. in the most generous manner. At least the whole of his
ecoeeriv, from the ef'ects of the fever, the eouetry half-pay fir may years has neea distributed ameng ;a-
che:lers beim!. Still afraid to eater the city to nialtc • stitutions connseteei wit,l- : teat service le which in early
fillaedia'o4eght end bled, and many a poor esker's
' ..occae'en te.bICS3 him as their friend trod
rgielsl:l saems ;ontgletsituVbteiirliepies.jeorge btuhrfeessw,xe:o,.maiesliioatt-Liej
benefactor in the hoar of tribulation and adversity. The
cases.
In)aarvt}i.evu-di.llrlryc'gbreCtauths: liea ewe the°f Commander
steady frienSdc Schorr
me
ta);
porter of the "'oval Naval Bei:rodent Society, to the
f aline e Linnetec
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27frie
,dle7tJhainerierronatl:bu9otoh,
223. ;nlßßalai°ia
funds of which institution he had contributed, we believe,
Freight, 5,2001. first and lust, to less than 7001. Commander Schaw is
(nom TEE RIO MERCANTILE JOURNAL.) of the family of Sir ;Ishii Schaw, of Greenock, and -his
Rio DE JANEIRO, JUNE s.—The business of the month i career in tae service is thus given in " O'Byrne's Bio-
was upon a moderate scale. The fever, although mate- graphy :"—" This officer entered the navy in November,
rially diminished, has not entirely subsided. The few 1793, on beard the Excellent, 74. In April, 1794, he
cases which occur would not, probably, be noticed in was midshipman of the Alexander, 74, which.ship on
ordinary times, but serve, just now, to feed that want of her homeward rassage, after having escorted convoy to
confidence which is ever destructive to commerce. Our a certain lattiiude, was captured, Nov. 6, in the seme
relations with the interior are, by this means, still par- year, despite a glorious resistance, attended with a loss
daily suspended, and hence some of the most valuable to her of 40 men killed and wounded, by five French 74's
branches of our import trade continue exceedingly de- and three frigates under Rear-Admiral Neillv. During
pressed, the greater part of the transactions of the month the height of the coufliet a piece of the foremast was
having been restricted to articles of a perishable charac- carried away, and passed so close to Mr. Schaw that he
ter and to other estiva merchandise. During the latter . fell senseless on the gaese ;way. On being exchanged,
part of the month produce was active, the transactions of after several months of painful captivity, he was re-
the Money Market were, in amount, less than in the like ceived, about July, 1795, on board the Dryad, 36. In
period of preceding years. ' October, 1796, he was nominated acting lieutenant of the
Exchange was veryfirm on the 3d, when considerable Dictator, 64, Captains William George Rutherford and
amounts were passe upon London, principally at 283. l Thomas Western—a vacancy on board that ship being
Oa the sth the market was flatter, and at the close of the first that had occurred since his arrival. Rear-
business this day, the general rate was 27k. I Admiral Bligh being soon, however, succeeded by Sir
Hyde Parker, Mr. Schaw was by the latter, ia De—
cember, 1796, superseded and ordered to do duty as
mate of the signals on board his flag-ship the Queen, 98.
In the spring of 1797, a coup de soieil, occasioned by con-
stant observations made through a telescope at the mast.
head under a broiling sun, having rendered imperative
a change of climate, he returned home on boatel the Ca-
nada, 74. Previously to this he bad been nominated by
Sir Hyde Parker acting lieutenant of the Hermione, 32,
Captain Hugh Pigot, at the time on a cruise; but the
appointment being cancelled before her return in conse-
quence of the advent from England of an officer, Mr.
Douglas, on the Admiralty. list for promotion, he never
joined, and. he was thus preserved from sharing in the
untimely end which the officers experienced at the hands
of their mutinous crew. Continuing in the Canada tin,.
der the command of Sir John Berlese Warren, Mr.
Schaw saw much boat and other service on the coast of
France. After assisting in the boats at the subsequent
capture off the Gironde, of a convoy, protected by a gun-
brig, which was driven on shore, he was sent home in
charge of one of the prizes. With much difficulty, ow-
ing to the badness of the weather, the inefficiency of the
crew, and the rottenness of the sails and gear, he
succeeded in reaching Plymouth, but in such, a state
that the vessel was run on tho mud to prevent her
sinking in deep water. On his passage to rejoin
the Canada, Mr. Schaw contributed to the re-
capture of an English brig, in command whereof he
returned a second time to port. On Oct. 12, 1798, being
again on board the Canada, he aided at the defeat of the
French squadron, under Commodore Bompart, intended
for the invasion of Ireland. Owing to a recommenda-
tion from Sir John Warren, Air. Schaw, a few weeks
after he hat passed his examination was made lieutenant
Feb. 8, 1800, into the Pomona, hired armed brig, Capt.
Thomas Innes, employed in convoying the trade to the
Baltic. Wken watering, about January, 1802, at Tetuan,
preparatory to proceeding up the Mediterranean, an at-
tack of typhus fever obliged him unfo:tunately to invalid
home on board the Ajax, 74, Captain Hon. Alexander
Cochrane. Until placed at this time on half-pay he had
not been ten days absent on leave since he had entered
the service, At the commencement of the late war be
volunteered to serve on half-pay in any of the ships
more immediately opposed to the force destined by the
enemy for the invasion of England. His exertions on
different occasions, particularly in saving IFe and pro.
perty from wrecks, broeght on at last an attack of spas.
medic asthma, and in October, 1804, he was compelled
to seek half-say. He became a retired commander on
the junior list Nov. 26, 1830, and on the senior July
26, 1844.
In 1803 Commander Schaw proposed to the Admiralty
a plan for annoying the fleet in Brest Harbour by means
of a fire-ship—but the execution was considered fraught
with too much hazard. He also suggested the possi-
bility of seizing a large quantity of timber collected
periodically in different ports of Norway; whither their
Lordship, adopting his views, dispatched a small squad-
ron
under ;he late Sir Robert Stopford.. On the arrival
of the latter, however, it was found that the timber had
been removed from within his reach. At the commence-
ment of the general peace Commodore Schaw made two
propositiois to the Government—one to the effect that a
certain amount of compensation money should be given
towards the reduction of the half-pay list to such as
chose to accept; and the other that the rank of retired
commander should be conferred on those lieutenants who,
unfit for service, were willing to assume it without in-
crease of ,pay or expectation of future promotion. On
the accession of William IV. to the throne the latter
measure was introduced.

HARROW SCHOOL, JULY 27.—This day the Harrow
Scholarships were adjudged to J. H. D'Arcy and H. G,
Monro. Examiners, the Rev. P. Freeman and Mr. G. Butler.

A Court of Conservancy of the river-Titarnea was
held on Saturday, at which the jury stated that they con-
sidered Battersea and Putney bridges to be obstructions to
the navigation of the river. The Lord Mayor said he would
hand their presentment to the City law officers, who would
advise them what to do in the matter.

COCKERMOU'7II AND WORKINGTON RAILWAY.—
The directors of this railway have issued their statement of
accounts for the half-year ending June 30, showing an avail-
able balance on ievenue account of 689/. 9s. 101, which
will admit of a dividend of 3s. Ed. per share. The dividend
for the same period in 1849 was 2s. 6d. per share.—Carlisle
Patriot.

A few days Ego some strawberries were gathered
from the garden of Mr. Henry Burns, at the west end of
Cockermouth, sim of which weighed six ounces, and one of
them an ounce and a half, and measured seven inches round.
They were as ddicious iu flavour as remarkable fig size.
Mr. Burns has been long known fur his successful cultivation
of strawberries.—Cumberland Pacquet.
We understand that the interesting experiment of
conveying messages by a submarine telegraph from Dover to
Calais will take ?lace in the course of ten days or a fort-
night. A compaoy, consisting chiefly of English share-
holders, has been Constituted in Paris, where all the shares
have been taken up, and the entire length of wire is com-
pleted, and in a condition to be laid down. House's tele-
graph, which has been in long successful operation between
New York and Philadelphia, is the one that is to be used,
and should the experiment succeed, the public may shortly
be gratified by the sight of printed communications trans-
mitted from shore to shore at the rate of more than 100 let-
ters per minute.

ISLE OF MAN.--On Tuesday
last Thomas Corlett,
who murdered the boy Stephen, at Baliaugh, in May last,
was tried at the court, Castletuwn. The circumstances of
the murder, which was one of a most horrifying character,
were given in our paper at the time of the occurrence. The
prisoner was known in the village of Ballaugh by the name
of Tom Dick, and his victim was the son of Mr. J. Stephen,
of Glaik House. The boy was sent to the priaoner's
house to borrow a gorse back, when Corlett, without
the least provocation, seized the weapon and thrust it
through his eyes. He then drew out the weapon, and re-
peated the blow, fracturing the boy's skull, and killing him
upon the sp:.t. The prisonersurrendered himself immediately
utter the commission of the crime, and showed no signs of
alarm. When in prison he exhibited symptoms of mono-
mania , saying he had no enmity against the boy, but lie
longed to be hung, and appeared pleased at the fate which
awaited him. He intimated that he would make an ascent
from the scaffold to heaven, where he Nvduld share amongst
the glorified the rewards of the righteous. The trial lasted
the whole of the day, and the court was much crowded. The
jury acquitted the prisoner en the ground of insanity, and
he will consequently be imprisoned during the remaining
period of his life.— Lireipool Mercury.
VISIT OF PARISIANS TO THE METROPOLIS.—Last
evening a large number of holiday Parisians arrived by spe.
cial train at the London-bridge terminus of the South-
Eastern Railway, where they were met by a considerable
number of their relatives and friends, resident in this country.
These visitors left Paris by a special excursion train for
Calais, where on Saturday evening they passed the night,
and 740 of them embarked for Dover a little before noon
yesterday (Sunday). The excursionists are to return on
Tuesday evening. We understand that this is the first of a
series of excursions to be continued during the ensuing
month; and return visits are in course of arrangement, at
extraordinarily low fares, via Folkstone and Boulogne, as
well as Dover and Calais.

SUlClDE.—Saturday an irquest was taken bsfore
Mr. Langharn, at the Prince Albert Tavern, Upper St. Mar-
tin's-lane, as to the deatli.of Mrs. Emma Pease, aged 31.
The deceased was the wife of a dyer, living at 20, Lichfield-
street, Soho, and for the last ten. months has .sutrered in-
tensely from some internal complaint. It was arranged that
she should go on Wednesday morning wi.h her father to his
residence at Oxford, to tee if a change of air would be of
any service to her. On that morning she asked him to get
ready, but not to leave the room, or she should throw herself
out of the window. A few minutes afterwards she requested
them to go out of the room for a moment, which they did,
and she instantly rushed to the door and locked it. The
fattier was much alarmed, and begged of her to open the
door, when she said he should come in directly; a fall was
then heard, and the door being kicked iu she was found
lying on the floor weltering in her blood, with a razor in her
right hand, with which she had inflicted a terrific wound on
the left side of her neck. She never spoke, and died almost
instantly. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary In-
sanity."
EXTRAORDINARY FABRICATION.—It is curious to
observe the manner in
_which the Protectionist papers are
perpetually taxing the invention of their conductors in de-
picting the deplorable. To the people of Leeds, the follow-
ing,
hi this town), will, which we copy from the .1V ewcastle Journal (the more
we are sure, be news:—"lt appears
extraordinary because published by a person formerly a resi-
dentthis country, extensively used
that the miserable food resorted to by the starving
Ts now forwarded by rail from
peasantry on the sea coasts of Ireland, the common ' sea
and Leeds, by women who gather it
wbsyhe ei
theeill`reed,'
s istt)b poorecfoTir'i food.e
Manchestery cl' it
from the rocks at Tynemeuth ; and on arrival at its destina-
tion,and that. the poor have seldom
providing themselves with it is regularly sold in the markets for from :3d. to 4d.
per pound." It is really
.remarkable how far the Protec-
tionists
weed is, we believe, sometimes
at the present time allow their judgment to be
blinded by prejudice.
.We are happy to say that Leeds is in
abun-
danta
beenl iig lwiinhs tiaoal
better
wholesome
used in cloth-dressing, but its. regular sale hi the public
markets of Leeds, and the prices named, are purely ima-
ginary. To purchase sea weed at threepence or burpence per
lb. for food, while 1107 potatoes can be bought at One hall.
penny per lb., would manifest as little judgment on the part
rePprEsciPi. position
of the poor of Leeds its
the above stupid paragraph reflects
credit upon the veracity of author.—Lecds jiler eury,

TH.E NATIONAL LAND SCHEME.
Mr. Samuel Fry, of the firm of Messrs. Fry and
Holt, of Pialbrock-house, solicitors, appeared before
Mr, Alderman of the for the pm--
, ahJiying toe. a .larrions against i.,argus
O'Connor, M.P., to recover the sum of 50./., bein,T the
amount stated to have been received by him for the
sale of property bequeathed to a Mrs. Watson, en
whose behalf he applied. He stated that the lady for
whom tha application was made was in her ninetieth
year, and that her brother, in 1313, happened to be
one cif the fortunate allottees in the Niltional Land
Scheme, of which Mr. O'Connor was the sole direc-
tor. The brother died, bequeathing the property to
his sister, who at that time residd in Scotland. Mr.
Fry then read the following letter, 7lddr.essed from the
corresponding secretary of the .Natinnal Land Com-
pany to Mr. Watson (the husband of the lady above-
mentioned) on making application for his allotment a
short time previous to his death :
" National Land Company's-oflice, 144, High
Holborn, London, March 15, 1549.
" Sir,—lc has not been in my power to return you any
positive answer respecting your farm until this day. The
farm at Suig's End, to which you are entitled, is, as you
are aware, ono of those inferior ones upon which wood
formerly stood, and for which, in consequence of its in-
feriority, an allowance of two years' rent was to have
been made to you. I find, however, that Mr. O'Connor
has sold that farm to some other party, and therefore the
directors have decided that you shall have instead a three-
acre farm at Lowbande, one immensely superior iu qua-
lity to the one at Snig's End. I am, however, instructed
to say that it will not be in the power of the directors to
give you any aid money. There is one due to the ex-
pense fund, the usual expenses up to the close of the
year, and if you hold any shares upon which the full
amount has .not been paid, you will Owe twopence per
week per share since the 18th of November, 1848.—Re-
spectfully yours,

- - " Tawas CLARK, Cor. Sec.
" Mr. D. Watson."

In October following Mr. Watson wrote again to the
proprietors of the Land Company, complaining that
the original allotment to him should have been trans-
ferred to another party without obtaining first his
consent to such a proceeding; and the following was
the reply he received from the corresponding se-
cretary

144, High Holborn, London, Oct. 26.
" Sir,—lt is true that a party has taken possession of
your three-acre farm, but he did so without the know-
ledge and against the express commands of the direc-
tors. He was to have taken one of the unoccupied four-
acre farms, but not having capital sufficient for the cul-
tivation of four acres, he took possession of the three-
'acre farm; and had the place ever been formally given
into your possession, you might have prosecuted him
for his conduct. But the fact is that the farm has
never been duly and property given up, even to you,and,
therefore, you have no legal claim upon the place, and
could not prosecute him. Ido not say this for the pur-
pose of setting aside your undoubted moral right, but
simply to show you that, as the property has never been
delivered into your possession, either by the landlord
(Mr. O'Connor) or any agent f his, that you could not
prove possession at all. I am, however, of opinion that
you had better take no notice of the transaction, but ac-
cept of the four-acre farm, which ought to have been oc-
cupied by the present tenant of the three-acre farm,
especially as your object is to sell; for the four-acre
farm will realise a larger sum than the three-acre one.
If you like, I will advertise the four-acre one for you. I
do not dictate this course to you, but simply suggest it,
as one which is certain to procure, a larger sum of
money. In fact, lam fully persuaded that you will be
a gainer by losing the three-acre farm. You will, hog•
ever, pursue whatever course you may think right, but
I reiterate the opinion that four acres will be better for
your purposes than three acres can be.—l am, sir, yours
obediently,
" Mr. D. Watson." " THos. CLARK, Cor. Sec.
Mr. Watson, on receiving this answer, wrote to the
effect that he might receive the value of his allotment
in cash, when he received the following answer from
the same gentleman :
" Land Company's-office, 144, High Holborn,
London, Nov. 16, 1849.
" Sir,—l was at Low-bands on Monday last, and re-
turned home yesterday. I saw Mr. Burrell, and received
from him 301. towards the sum of 50/. He will send the
residue when he gets cash for a bank order which he
holds, payable, I think, on a bank at Sunderland. We
had possession of the house, but by whom it was given
I cannot say, as it was never given by the directors to
you or him. Mr. Burrell will send tho rest of the cash
here, and when he does so I will send it to you minus
the items of transfer, rent for half a year, taxes for that
period, and the repair of a window in which some pines
of glass are broken.—Yours,

Mr. D. Watson." " THOS. CLARK, Cor. Sec.
Shortly after the receipt of this letter Mr. Watson
died, leaving his claim upon the land company still
unsatisfied, and bequeathing it to his sister. After
repeated applications for the amount of money for
which the farm had been sold, she (Mrs. Watson)
complained to the delegates in Scotland of the con-
duct of the company towards her, and they imme-
diately, thinking that she had been very badly used,
communicated with the director or manager in
London, when the following letter was forwarded to
one of the delegates in reply:—
"National Land-office, 144, High Holborn,
London, July 3, 1850.
" Sir—l am instructed by the directors of the National
Land Company to inform you that there is a three-acre
allotment in possession of the said company situate:] at
Lowbands, in Worcestershire, which is at the disposal of
Mrs. Watson, if that lady thinks fit to avail herself of it.
"Faithfully yours, &3.,
" SAMUEL BONHAM.
" N.B. Have the kindness to inform me by return of
post should this offer prove satisfactory.—S. B."
After waiting some considerable time for the money,
she at length wrote to Mr. O'Connor, at 24, Not-
ting-hill-terrace, Bayswater, who at once forwarded
her the following worthless document, as it is writ-
ten upon;fan unstamped piece of paper :
" I shall pay Mrs. Watson the sum of fifty pounds in
six months from this date, being the amount of a trans-
fer at Lowbands, in the Land Company.—Dated this
19th of July, 1850.

" FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
" 34, Notting•hill-terrace, London."

Immediately on receiving this document Mrs.
'Watson scraped together a little money and came to
London, where she was robbed while passing up
Fleet-street of every shilling she had in the world,
and also a return ticket she had obtained to go back to
Scotland with. She gave information at the police
station of that district, and through the kindness of
Inspector Scott, she obtained a fresh ticket.
But, before returning, she determined to see Mr.
O'Connor personally, and she accordingly called
at his residence, when she was informed that he
was from home. She called the following morning
early, and on sending in her name she was in-
formed that Mr. O'Connor was at home, but not up,
and requested to call again in an hour ; but be-
lieving this was only a ruse to get rid of her, she said
she would wait an hour in the hall, upo❑ hearing
which Mr. O'Connor dressed himself and came
down. The result of the interview was, that Mrs.
Watson was left to get what she could, and how she
could, and she was advised to apply to a solicitor, and
to place the matter in his hands. Accordingly, Mr.
Fry was requested to attend to the case, and after
writing several times to Mr. O'Connor without being
able to elicit any kind of an answer, he determined to
apply to this court for a summons against Mr.
O'Connor, to show cause why he detained the amount
claimed by Mrs. Watson.

Aldernian CHALLIS said he could not grant a sum-
mons, as the case was not one that could come under
his jurisdiction. The amount was for 501., and that
was beyond the sum allowed to be received by a sum-
mons in a court of summary jurisdiction.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and the
Ladies Lennox left Portland-place, on Friday, for Goodwood
Park, Sussex, preparatory to entertaining a succession of
distinguished visitors during the races, this week, on the
ducal domain. Lord and Lady Stanley, the Earl and
Countess of Besborough, and the Hon. Francis Villiers, have
already arrived on a visit to the Duke and Duchess for the
race week. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Earl
and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Eg-
linton, Viscount and Viscountess Enfield, Viscount Clifden,
and a large party, assemble .at the house to-clay to partake
of the princely hospitality that will reign at the ducal seat
during the week.

SAN FaANcrsc o.—We have great pleasure in stetting
that the attention of the committee for managing the affairs
of Lloyd's has been called to the essential service rendered
on several occasions by Captain Shepherd, of her Majesty's
ship Inconstant, and Commander Johnson, of her Majesty's
steam- sloop Driver, to British vessels lying at San Francisco,
and that the committee have addressed to those officers let-
te7s expressive of their best thanks for their prompt exer-
tions, and the zeal manifested by them in protecting the inte-
rests of the mercantile navy, which letters have been for-
warded to those officers through the Lords of the Admiralty,
who have expressed to them their satisfaction at such con-
duct.

The potato blight, we regret to state, has mane its
appearance, and is fast increasing in .the island A cold
rainy fog enveloped us on the evening of Sunday last, and
on Slonday (the very day which is noted in the " Financial
Almanack" as the time when this destructive disease spread
over England in the year 1848) the crops bore unequivocal
appearances of having been attacked; luckily most of the
early sorts are fit for the market, and we trust, therefore,
that the damage will not be entirely irremediable. Some of
our gardeners have resorted to the plan of cutting away the
haulm close to the ground, an experiment which is said to
have succeeded in former years, when the blight was seen on
its first appearance upon the green stalk.—Hampshire In-
dependent.

STRONG ATTACIIMBNT TO lIoM7.—A gentleman
from the neighbourhood of Bath purchased and brought
home a large flock of sheep from one of the counties of South
Wales. The morning after he had placed them in his field
he found the entire flock gone. Search was made for days
without the slightest trace. At last an old shepherd sti-
gested that they might be found in their own fiehls
in
Carmartheushire, and there, sure enough, they were. They
must have travelled an immense way to have crossed the
Severn.

There is no foundation whatever for the statement
in two of the London morning papers of yesterday, that Mr.
Fitzstephen French, M.P., will be presented by the Govern-
ment with the appointment of Inspector of Prisons in Ire-
land, vacant by the death of Mr. Long. We believe we may,
however, announce that Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P. for
Tralee, has solicited the " valuable" office from Lord Claren-
don. Weekly Chronicle.