The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 185'0.

impediments that bad heel a :thrown in his way
between London and Pet erborougb. The line
from Peterborough to Y. ark, he need hardly
say, was completed last year. Notwithstanding all
that had been said cgainst it, be was happy to say
that they had arrived from Lc ndon to Peterborough
by an outlay of about 3,000,000 e. He (the Chairman)
had gone over the line, and as far as he was concerned
he thought it was one of the best constructed lines of
railway in the kingdom.—(Hear, hnir.) Satisfactory
progress was making at the station at King's cross.
Since the last meeting the directors had selected a
general manager and a locomotive superintendent.
For the first they bad selected Mr. Seymour Clarke,
who bad been for many years with the Great Western
Railway Company, and for the latter c ffice Mr. Stur-
ruck, and it was his firm belief that both those gentle.
men were likely to turn out most valuable servants
to the company, and he was happy to say that the
salary of both those gentlemen did not amount to the
sum that had been given to one previous officer of the
company.
A PROPRIETOR wished to know what were the
salaries to be given to those officers.
The CHAIRMAN said that the salary cf Mr. Seymour
Clarke would be 0001. a year, and that of Mr. Stnr-
, ruck 5001. _ _ _

The CHAIRMAN resumed, and having gore into a
long statement of the liabilities and prospects of the
line, and referred to the agreement entered into with
the York and North Midland, stated that if the pro-
prietors would enable them to raise from 300,0001. to
500,0001. the whole of the works might be completed.
The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of
the report.
Mr. CLOUGH, a banker at York, moved the follow-
ing amendment :
" That the directors postpone their proposal of
abandoning the line beyond Askerne, and that a cir-
cular be issued to each of the shareholders, requesting
them to give their vote in writing as to the abandon-
ment of that portion of the line between Askerne and
York, and that three directors and three of those
friendly to its completion in its integrity prepare the
circular, to be issued by the secretary at the same
time as the report of the meeting ; the voting paper
to be returned to the secretary by the 30th of Sep-
tember. Those not returning their papers to be con-
sidered neutral."
Mr. WATERS seconded the amendment. He be-
lieved that in abandoning the line between Askerne
and York the directors were adopting one of the
most suicidal acts that could possibly be conceived,
and it was one of thcse unfortunate acts for which rail-
way directors were notorious.—(Laughter.)
Mr. HUGHES suggested an adjournment of the con•
sideration of the question of the adoption of the
agreement.
The CHAIRMAN felt it to be his duty to press the
question to a division of the meeting, believing that
the agreement would be highly beneficial to the
shareholders, and that the adjournment of its adoption
would be dangerous to the interests of the company.
He should persist in moving the adoption of the re-
port in all its integrity.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from a
shareholder, said that by the agreement the North
Midland were bound to send their traffic on the
Great Northern Line ; if they did not do so that was
their look out, and not the present company's.
After some considerable stormy and irregular dis-
cussion, and after Mr. B3gster, the solicitor of the
company, had explained the provisions of the agree-
ment by which the Great Northern Company con-
sented to forego the prosecution of the line from
A-kerne to York, and stated that the company had
power to run over the Lancashire line—
The CHAIRMAN, in replying, stated that he felt
convinced that if the proprietors compelled the di-
rectors to make the line to York it would cost them
500,000/., and added to this, they would make an in-
fluential company, that was now their friend, their
enemy.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment of Mr.
Clough to the meeting, and declared, upon a show of
hand., that it was lost, there being only eleven hands
held up fur it, and an immense number against it.
Mr. CLOUGH submitted that a vote of the share-
holders ought to be taken upon it, as they had been
taken by surprise.
The CHAIRMAN denied that such had been the case,
and stated that the notice to the proprietors of the
intention of the directors to submit the agreement to
the meeeting had been given some time since.

The CHAIBMAN then declared the amendment to be
negatived. and put the original motion for the adop-
tion of the report, which was carried by an over-
whelming mrjority.
A resolution was then carried, authorising the di..
rectors to raise a sum of 106,6661. for the purpose of
the Lee is central station.

A resolution was also carried forfeiting 7,722
shares upon which only 51. had been paid.
A resolution was also carried authorising the
directors to issue 121. 10s. shares, bearing preference
dividends of 5 per cent. in perpetuity.
A vote of thanks was then proposed and carried to
the chairman and directors, and the Chairman having
returned thanks, the meeting separated, after lasting
upwards of three hours.

CALIFORNIA.

CIIAGREF, JULY I.—We reached tYs place this

morning, after a short passage of nine days from New
York. 2,ha Americans have now two lines of
steamers between this latter town and the river of
Clizgres, each consisting of two vessels of an average
tonnage of 1,000 tons, and from 450 to 600 horse-
power. There are two departures on the lit, and
two on the 13th of each month. The fare from
New York to Chagres is 125 dollars by Aspinwales
line, and 100 by tte competition one. The accom-
modations are indifferent by both ; indeed, the
crowd of passengers is such, each steamer carry-
ing about 25C, that comforts are completely out of
the question. _ . .

There is a third line of American steamers con-
nectiug New Orleans with Chagres, via Haianeali.
The Alabama and Falcon, two old boats with rickety
engines, keep up the communication in this quarter.
These are pretty golden times for the American steam
shipowers. There is not a single case in which
their capital does not yield them 1,000 per cent. clear
profit.

Chagres has an altered and improved appearance.
On the right, as you enter the river, stands the Ame-
rican town, consisting of some 50 wooden houses, all
of which have started up within the last four months.
E ich of these structure* bears the name of some
fashionable hottl in New York, such as Astor or
Towing. house. The accommodations they afford are
wretched in the extreme. The bill of fare never
comprises metre than two dishy-3, salt beef and cheese,
and these have to be imported from New York or
Europe. The American town is, however, better
situated than the old Spanish one of the same name,
both as regards commerce and health. The latter is
ensconced behind a high promontory, capped by a
dilapidated fort, and therefore shut out from the sea
bre' v.-5' which can alone counteract the malaria
arising from the mass of stagnant and putrified vege-
table and animal substances which obstruct the en-

trance to the river. The former, on the contrary, lies
exposed to these breezes, which spring up invariably
in the evening, and sometimes blow keenly enough to
drive ships on shore.
Ship generally cast anchor opposite the mouth of
the river in five fathoms water. The moorage is un-
safe, and the danger great when it happens to blow
strong from sea. I noticed, however, the Alabama
lying within the bar under the promontory, a position
into which no English steamer has yet ventured.
There were several large schooners unloading close
to the American tow❑ and also within the bar, in so
favourable a position that the merchandise , could be
landed without the intervention of boats or luggers.
This Pact struck me as one of considerable mercantile
interest.

There is a brisk trade now going on between Ja-
maica and Chagres in fruit, sugar, vegetables, chiefly
the potato, and English merchandise. There are few
articles which do not bring high prices; the payment
being made in French silver coin, which is abundant
on the Isthmus, or in gold dust. The immigration
of blacks and mulattoes from Jamaica is also consi-
derable. On the Spanish side of the river nearly all
the boats and hotels belong to dark emigrants from
Jamaica or from the Dutch island of Curneoa.
There had been a species of civil war at Chagres a
few days before our arrival, The population of the
American town, a most gregarious set of deserters,
gamesters, runaways from justice, took into their
beads one evening to organize themselves as a dis-
tinct and independent community. They drew up a
string of resolutions expressive of their firm resolve
to obey thenceforward no other magistrate than a
fellow called Taylor, a notorious drunkard and
gamester, whom they appointed provisional president.
Taylor entered upon his functions by opening a warm
fire from rifles and revolvers on the inhabitants of the
oli town. The latter assembled in considerable
number, and repelled the assailants. A gun was
c
discovered by them among the ruins of the fort,
and pointed on the American
ui
ricandtttodwn? v
pletely commended. Stateshi Con
sulitco m_
in-
terfered, but only received kicks and cuffs from his
country men fur Lis pains. It was only when they
saw themselves on the eve of bring driven into the
sea that the Americans would listen to reason. The
matter as at length hushed, ifcer several Jives
having been lost on both sides, but the old animosi-
ties still remain, and will undoubtAly burst forth
the memeet the Americans find themselves strong
enough fur another encounter. It was believed that
the attention of the Government at Bogata had been
called to this anomalous state of things, and that a
company of troops would shortly arrive to protect
the New Grenadine territory, and the inhabitants of I
Chagres.
There is at length a fair prospect of the railway
acro-s the Isthmus being taken up in earnest. The
c;ntractors? the Messrs. Aspinwall, of New York,

have secured the adhesion of the West India Steam-
packet Company. The latter consent to hear one
quarter of the entire expenses, leaving the American
Company free to go any length they think proper.
It is now believed that ere eight months elapse the
works will be so far advanced that travellers may
pass in a covered carriage from one ocean to the
other. The starting-point will be Table bay, a point
of the coast about 20 miles to the west of Porto
B-110. A system of carriages with two horizontal
interior heels is to be introduced, catching or press-
ing on a middle or third rail. It is hoped that very
high declivities may be ascended and descended by
this means 1,1 ithout the expending of labour on cut-
tings. The system has not, that I am aware, been yet
tried on a large or practical scale in Europe.
You are no doubt aware that the American Com-
pany have obtaii ad from the New Grenadine Go-
vernment a privilege for conveying across the Isthmus
the mails of all nations. Against this privilege Eng-
land has protested through her Charge d'Affaires at
Boger', but as yet without effect. The matter is of
considerable importance, and it seems strange that
France, which is equally interested, should as yet
have taken no steps therein. Surely the pnAers of
Europe, however engrossed by their internal bicker•
ings, cannot shut their eyes to the danger of allow-
ing such a monopoly to be claimed and exercised by
America on the high road to the Pacific and Cali-
fornia.

PANAMA, JULY reached this place yesterday,
after a hard pull across the Isthmus. People may say
what they please, but a trip from Chagres to Panama
is no child's play. You have, in the first place, the
river to ascend as high as Gorgona or Crucis, the
current being against you all the way; then you have
the mountains to cross to Panama. A word of in-
formation on the nature of the difficulties that are to
be encountered may not be here misplaced.
When you land at Chagres from the steamers you
are forthwith assailed by a whole battalion of boat-
men—white, black, and blue, of all hues and coun-
tries ; in a word, each making a tender, in Spanish
or English, of his canoe, and praising its qualities to
the skies. Don't be impatient—don't close with the
first that offers. Make your choice carefully, and re-
member that, as you have to go against a current
seven knots strong, the light, smalt, and delicate skiff
is the better one. Of the boatmen, too, the whites,
whether European or American, are the worst. They
are, in general, a set of drunken banditti, who know
nothing of the stream and to whom it would be un-
safe to confide either your person or your goods.
Single outjthe bronze-coloured swarthy:children of the
Bosco del Toro who have learnt their profession at
Carthagena. You can easily recognise them by their
breadth of chest, sinewy arms, and retiring look.
Treat them liberally, and if it be an object with yeu
to get up the river as speedily as possible, promise
them an additional dollar for every hour they may
gain on the average time. Next to these the Ja-
maica and Cure coa boatmen are the best, if they are
provided, as is usually the case, with a man-of-war's
gig.

- My bargain was soon made. For an amount of
100 dollars I secured a small gig, which bad formerly
belonged to a British man-of-war, with a Curtcoa
padrone and three fine Bocco del Toro rowers. We
commenced our task at six in the evening, and pro-
ceeded to Gatoon the same day. There we foubd a
whose fleet of canoes, gigs, and boats, all warped in
to the shore waiting for day to proceed on their jour-
ney. The right bank of the Chagres is ornamented
in this place by a group of some fifty or sixty huts,
constructed with branches and covered with pandanus
or palm leaves. From the bottom of the village where
we landed we could distinguish the entire population
assembled around a group of youngsters who were
footing it away in a glorious " fandango." Heavens !
what a confusion of sounds. All the tongues, kettles,
and horns on the isthmus seemed collected in this one
spot. A great devil of an Indian acted as master of
the band, the. perspiration trickling from every pore
whilst he scrumped a gigantic dried bumpkin covered
with a sheep's skin. As for the dance, the less that
is said of it the better. A Parisian travelling com-
panion, an old habitué of the Chamiere, told me that
he recognised several of the more eccentric hops of
that classic haunt. " Corbleu' " remarked he,
were there a municipal guard or policeman on
the spot the whole party of dancers would be sent
to the police correctionnelle, for " contravention aux
bonnes mceurs." A little further on, the whirl of a
roulette table was heard. We came upon a knot of
dark gamesters assembled round this interesting
piece of machinery, and a number of monte tables.
Our " padrones" and rowers having now secured
their boats, came and joined one or the other party as
their fancy led. Many of these poor devils spent,
before my eyes, all they were to gain by two days'
hard pulling up the river, and which, according to the
regulations that prevail at Chagres, had to be paid
them beforehand.

At four in the morning we renewed our struggle
with the stream, and succeeded in reaching at eight
the same night the village of San Pablo. The fol-
lowing morning at nii:e we took leave of our " pa-
drone" at the village of Gorgona, one of the two
starting points for crossing over to Panama.
Several attempts have been recently made to navi-
gate the Chagres by steam, but all have failed. The
difficulties to he overcome are of two kinds, rapids
and snags. The former divert the steamer from i,s
course, carrying it in among the bushes, where the
machinery gets entangled ; the latter destroy the
wheels. And yet it seems to me that the application
of steam is quite possible here, were the boat armed
with a sort of advanced scythe or knife to cut the
snags, and only to draw from 14 to 18 inches water.
If any of your engineering readers can solve this
problem he may reckon upon realising a fortune of
20,000/. within less than one year, or indeed any
amount he pleases, as he will hold in bis hand the
key which unlocks the navigation of the isthmus,
now become the high road of nations.

At Gorgona you must be careful whom you apply
to for your mules. The price is generally sixteen
dollars for crossing over to Panama, a distance of
about twenty-two miles. Examine your beast well,
and see he fail not on the road, leaving you to splutter
on, as I have seen numbers do, up to tbeir waists in
mud, and amidst the thickets of a dense forest. The
wisest plan is never to lose sight of your baggage, and
to keep your revolver in order. There are now hordes
of disappointed Californians on the isthmus who have
very little respect for the tenth commandment.
The Gorgona road, which is quite impracticable
during the winter season, is preferable to that ( f
Crucis in summer. A good horseman can make his
way from either point to Panama in nine hours.
At Panama I find nearly two thousand Americans,
all from the western states, who have been detained
for the last two months, the steamers being too
crowded. Whcever comes to Panama unprovided
with a ticket may look forward to a disappointment
of this kind. What renders it doubly painful is the
crowded state of the wretched inns at Panama, and
the horrible filth of the town. The Americans, who
have now nearly edged every native out of Panama,
seem to have improved on the habits of the latter.
Heaps of offal and filth block up all the principal
streets, and water-closets are luxuries totally un-
known. No wonder that the plague and the cholera
morhus have selected this town for their head-
quarters.

rit,i,tein, and certain administrative advantages for
Schleswig being guaranteed, the Cabinet of Vier na would
declare itself ready to accede, if necessary. to the bUC-
c scion of the family of OldeLburgo, although it would,
perher, have prerorred giving its vote to the house of
Hesse."

EGHAM RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

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TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.

Six o'CLocw.

No betting.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
fare Mr. WrrnAst.)
John Henry, 20, William IT'a ker, 16, and Frederick
Might, 20, were indicted es'ernay fur hayin stolen
a w..tch of the va!ue of idi from the person og f Tho-
mas Loake.

Mr. Payne defend( d Wright.
On the 15th inst., Police-constable Reeve, A 424, was
n
et had assembled to see her
Majesty go to prorogue Parliament, end be paid great
o,kduotuyt,i in plainn
the
crowdclothes,
husk
attention to the movements of the prisoners, knowing
Henry to belong to the swell mob, and having seen
them try the pockets of several individuals. He tul-
lowed them up to Buckingham Palace, where several at-
tempts upon pockets we re made by them, but unsuccess-
fully, and alter brie fly consulting together they retraced
their steps towards the Horse Guards. They passed
through into Whitehall by the Canteen and took their
station in front of the Banquet-house, where the officer,
knowing the skill of Henry as a pickpocket, placed him-
self in a position to command a full view of their opera-
tions. Henry tried the pockets of several p-rsons
standing in the crowd, and at length he fixed upon the
prosecutor, whose watch he caretutly lifted out of his
waistcoat pocket. Finding that it was strongly fastened
to a chain, and that he could not at that moment dif-
conn(ct it, he very chx!erously replaced it in the
prosecutor's pocket to await a more favourable oppor-
tunity when the crush was greater. Presently there
was some crowding at that spot, and he then
again slipped the watch from the pocket, but as the
crush lasted but for a moment, he bad not time to unscrew
the swivel, and then 'fur the second time he returned the
watch to the prosecutor's waistcoat pocket. As the
Royal corlige emerged from the Horse Guards there was
a great rush; and availing himself of that opportunity,
Henry, for the third time, drew the watch from the
picket, and was in the act of breaking it from the
chain, when the officer reached over his shoulder, and
laid hold of bis head with the watch in it. The prose•
cutor then became aware of the lieerty which was being
taken with his property, and he celled "police" lustily.
The officer said it was a!I right, that ho was an officer,
hut the prosecutor, suspecting from his not being in uni-
form that he was one of the gang, declined to resign
the watch into his hands, Two officers in uniform
arrived the next moment, and that satisfied him, the
watch was given up, and the prisoners secured.
The prisoner Henry cross-examined the witnesses
with some tact, and in his defence lee said that the watch
was accidentally pulled from the pocket by one of his
coat buttons getting caught by the chain, and singularly
enough it dropped into his hand, He was about to re-
turn it when the officer interposed.
Welker, in his defence, denied all knowledge of the
other prisoners.
Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for Wright, who be
said was (as he certainly looked) " half foolish," the re
sult of an attack of small-pox. The Learned Counsel
then called witnesses, whose evidence showed that
Wright was very respectably connected, and that he
was of a very excellent character. He dined with his
family very shortly before the robbery took place, and it
was suggested that he bad accidentally fallen into con-
versation with the other prisoners.
The jury convicted Henry and Waller, and acquitted
Wright.

Loc kyer, one of the officers of the Westminster Prison,
proved six former convictions against Henry, whom he
described as one of the cleverest pickpockets of the day.
The last sentence imposed upon him was one year's hard
labour, and that was by Ibis court.
Mr. WITHA3I said it was tint., the country was rid of
such a character as Henry, whom be sentenced t be
transported for ten years; and Walker was sentenced to
six months' hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MAI? E B 0 NE.

Mrs. Telrer, the wite of Mr. Adam Telrer, formerly a
smith, engineer, and iron-(.,under, in Psiddington, who
was abandoned by her husband two years ago, and who
has since encountered oreat privations, again waited
upon Mr. Long, who desired Mr. `Phillips, the clerk,
to hand over to her the donations, amounting to 81. 55.,
forwarded by various t enevoltnt persons who had read
an account of her very distret.siog case.
Mrs. Teller, who is in an ill state of health, and who
was much agitated, expresied her thanks to the worthy
magistrate for his kindness and courtrsy.
Mr. LONG said no thanks were due to him, but to the
very kind persons who hid forwarded the money. He
was merely the almoner of their gilts.
Andra', Deranagh, an Irish labourer, was charged
befoie Mr. Long, with defrauding the London and
North- Western Itail!ay Company of the sum of ss. 31.
by riding a greater distance than for which he bad paid.
Mr. Thomas Barker, superintendent of the London
and North-Western Railway Company, stated that he
was instructed to bring this case before the court, not

for the purpose alone of punishing the defendant,
but to mention another circumstance that had
occurred, and nearly attended with fatal con-
loquences. The drfendant and another man named
Canines, it appeared, walked from Birmit,gl.am to
Weedon, a distance of forty miles. At the latter place
they took two third-class tickets to Gayton for which
they paid 7d. each. Instead of getting out of the train
at Gayton, they came on to Leindon, and on arriving at
the him, ost-bill tunnel, Canines, in order to evade the
4xcess of fare, jumped out of the traio, which was tra •
yelling at the rate of 35 miles an hour. On the train
arriving at the Camden station, Devanagh state' to the
guard that Ca!lines bad jumped frt.ra the train. Mes-
engrrs were immediately dispat.Theil, and, to their great
surprise, they found him in the policeman's Lox at the
north end of the tunnel, with his 14 ft arm broken, and
suffering el, ead'ully from other injuries. Upon his arri-
val at the Euston station he (Mr. Ba•ker) put turn in a
csb and had bins conveyed to the Univeratty Hospital,
where he at present remains in a very dangerous state.
tie (11r. Barker) did not wish to press the charge, but
thought that the publicity given to the case would act as
a caution to others for the future.
Tte defendant was adinonished by Mr. LONG, and
discharged.
Daniel Dossett was charged with committing a tres
pass upon the Great Western Railway. The charge
having been proved by Superintendent Collard, the pri-
soner was committed fir 14 days.
SOUTHWARK.

George Smith, a young man, h.te shopman in the em-
ployment of Mr. Emanuel, pawnbroker end silversmith
of
with
th being
lsrjeus
ilr.
yI
e.
hiln t
eeriry h
eg, chi as rged
em-
ployer's premises, and, stealing property, consisting of
gold and silver watches. gold neck chains, gold rings,
diamond studs, about fifty gold pins, together with a
quantity of gold and silver coins, to the amount of 5001.
It appeared that Mr. Emattuel's house was broken
into at an early hour of the morning of Thursday, the
11th ult., and plundered of the property above enume-
rated. Information of Y. the robbery was immediately
communicated to the 04lice at - Southampton, and from
their inquiries on the spot, it was suspected that it was
effected by five London thieves, that number of strangers
having been observed lurking about the neighbourhood.
Information was also 'dispatched to Scotland.) ard, and
Inspector Field and Inspector Whicher of the Detective
force were employed to discover the offenders, and if
possible to trace out how the property was disposed
of. They ascertained "that George Smith, the pri-
tshoener,ihnsapderietunirttedanMdr.sEeraigaenaunetl's service about a month
previously to the robbery, and had left Southamp-
ton fur town. Acting upon this information,
having that
been
by dint of inquiry
discovered the prisoner's place of abode, and
found
lodging, and that he
exhibited nothing to indicate that he was concerned in
such an extensive robbery, none of the articles stolen
ehneewxahsibiattedan obscure
bhim, or been seen by the
y
people with whom he lodged. The officers, however,
found that the prisoner Ilv Si in treaty with a brewer for
a public-house, called the Moulders' Arms, in Redcross-
street, Southwark, and that he had agreed to pay down
a deposit of 1001., to enter upon the business upon a
certain day. This discovery at once convinced them
that Smith must have come dishonestly into the posses-
sion of such a sum of money, as when he li fc his late
employei'a service he was known to have but a small
sum arising from the payment of his wages. They,
therefore, took the prisoner into custody, and on exam-
ining his pockets a gold watch and chsin were found,
which he claimed as his own, but which, upon being
shown to Mr. Emanuel, was at once identified by him as
forming a portion of the property of
was plundered. Subsequently it which he
was found that
the prisoner had taken an apartment at the
Col Jnial Coffee. house Newington-causeway, and
upon examination being instituted there fifty
sovereigns were found in his trunk, besides pawn-
brokers duplicates relating to jewellery, consisting i f
watches,
rings. find other articles, amounting to 200/.
It was also discovered that he had sold upwards of sixty
gold rings and pins to a man named Joseph, in the
Waterloo-road, end that he bad es,so disposed of several
~
watches to another tradesman at Newingt ,n- butts.
Since then a considerable portion of the property has
been seen by Mr. Emanuel, and identified by him as his
own. Amongst the property stolen was a quantity of
gold and silver coins, consisting of doubloons, imperials,
ducats, dollars, &c
which it is suspected have been
melted down, as none—of them have been traced, not-
withstanding the activity displayed by Inspector Field
and Sergeant Whicher in the detection of the offender
and the recover f t.ortion of the stolen
...
y o the greater fi
property.

Mr. HENRY said that as the robbery was effected at
Southampton, the circumstances attending it would have
to ut.ch rgo investigation there, and for that purpose he
should direct the prisoner to be :;t once token there.
The prisoner was accordingly conveyed by the train to
Southampton.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AUG. 28.—A scene was enacted yesterday
at the meeting of the Dablin Corporation which tx-
ceadtd in viol( ace and excitement even the extraordinary
exhibitions glade by that body a few months ago. It
appears that one of these who then took a leading part
in the e'ection of a pseudo lord mayor in opposition to
Mr. Reynolds was Alderman Rooney, who h:s since
that time occupied a very unenviable position i❑ point of
popularity. At some recent ward meetings the Li:rd
Mayor (Mr. Reynolds) took occasion to comment in
severe terms en the conduct of Alderman Rooney, on
the occasion referred to; and, so far as the public could
judge, the worthy Alderman intended by his conduct
yesttrday to show how much he reseated the language
directed against him by the Lord Mayor. In the course
of the proceedings he accordingly addressed the chair
offensively, and refused to retract his expressio❑ until he
was entr, att.d to do so by a junior member in the name
of the Council. During the confusion which took place
the adjournment of the meeting was moved and the fol-
lowing scene then ensurd:—

LORD MAYOR—I give him notice now, that when I
preside next over a meeting of this b_.dy I shall take
good care to assert my authority by all the power that
my position can exercise, and by throwing myself on
the support of the Council; and if Alderman Rooney, or
any other member of the Council, on my declaring him
to be (in reason) out of order, shall reuse to submit to
the chair, I shall be compelled to have recourse to a pro-
ceeding which I should much ra!her avoid. I never in
the course of my life received from any member of this
Council, a more gratuitous, and, in ray judgment, un-
provoked insult, than I received to-day. I thank the
majority of the Council for nct countenancing it, and I
trust that for the future order will be preserved here, and
that the Lord Mayor will not be insulted in this chair
with impunity. The Council is now dissolved.
Alderman ROONEY—I have only to ray, Sir, this—
LORD MAYOR--You are to address me as Lord Mayor.
Alderman RooNEY—I say that you have called me
a scoundrel, Sir; and I telt you that that assertion is
false.

LORD MAYOR—You shall not address me as Lord
Mayor in that way.
Alderman ROONEY—The n ecing was over.
LORD MAYOR—IL is Dot over.

Alderma❑ ROONEY—I wish to he heard in explana-
nation, and I say this, that the language which you have
used in reference to me is most uLfounded, and wil-
fully so.

LORD MAYOR—Send out f r the police.
Aldettnan ROONEY—Oh the bodyguard, the body
guard l__

Mr. NUGENT—I entreat of Alderman Rooney not to
be making a bear• garden of this place.
LORD MAYOR (to Alderman Rooney)—l arrest you
now as chitf magistrate of the city.
Aldt rman ROONEY—The house was broken up when
you attached me.

LORD MAYOR—I arrest you in the Queen's name, and
I will bring you to the police office.
Alderman R, ONEY—Oh! do now, only bring me there.
I won't stir. Do, and tee it I don't make you pay for it.
Mr. LAMBERT said that some allowance ought to be
made for Alderman Rooney losing his temper, when the
Lord Mayor had applied to him such lauguage as ha
(Mr. Lambert) had read.
The LORD MAYOR said that he would not allow any-
thing ihat omit-lel in ether places to be mixed up with
the proceedings cf the Coaneil.
Aldermav ROONEY—Oh! !f I had been at the mating,
I promise you, you would not have used such language.
I tell you that.
Aliliermaii Rooney here went towards the door.
LORD MAYOR—I ::m very happy that you are going.
Is not all this very creditable to the Council?
Alderman ROONEY—CaII off your bodyguard, and
don't abu-e me in my absence, coward that you are!
LORD MAYOR—I hope it will go forth to the public
that he returned to assault me.

Mr. BARLOW—If he meant to do so, be would take
some other way than by walking out.
The Council then broke up evidently highly excited by
the scene which they had just witnessed._ _

Much dissatisfaction prevails among the respectable
inhabitants of Belfast at the conduct of the town council
of that borough in arrogating to themselves all the ho-
nour of entertaining the Lord-Lieutenant at his ap-
proaching visit; the invitation sent to his Excellency
being in the name of the council alone, and without any
opportunity tieing afforded to' the other citizens to join
in the compliment, while in reality the citizens at large
would have to pay the expenses out of the borough funds.
Meetings have been held, and a committee of most re-
spectable mercantile gentlemen and others has been ap-
pointed to prepare an address fur presentation to his
Excellency, and it has been resolved that any invitations
to their banquet which the council might issue should
not be accepted. The Lord-Lieutenant ,has intirnafed
his intention of accepting the invitation of General Bain-
brigge to remain at his house during his visit to Bel-
fast. His Excellency proposes pa) ing a visit to his
relative the Earl of Cab don, and is expected to arrive at
Caledorphill on Saturday r exr.
The complaint of a want of sufficient labourers to
save the harvest is now be coming very general through,.ut
Ire!and. Labourers cannot to precured in some districts
of the c, unary for any wages.
The Right Rev. Dr. M•Geitigan has been appointed
by her Majesty one of the Commissioners of Charitable
Donations and Bequests tor Ireland, in the room of the
late Most Rev. Dr. Crony.

PLYMOUTH GRLAT WESTERN
DO KS.
PLYMOUTH, Auc. 26.—The halcyearly m. eting of
this company was held at Plymouth this day; Colonel
Harris in the chair. There was a good attendance of
shareholders and directors present. •
The dir.ctors report stated " that although several
portions of the company's property have net been
brought into productive operation, or only imperf+ctly
so, the gross ineotne.from tolls and dues for the hat•--
year which ended on the 13th of Jone had t xc•-eded, by
2004, the amount received during the preceding half-) ear."
It then proceeded to say " tLat this increase may be re
lied on as et -adily peageeasive, atal the important privi-
leges racently obtained from the C ,Innyss!oners of Cus-
toms may be regarded al among the principal soure, s of
such augmentation. The pier had been constituted a
sufferance wharf, and is available for the landing and
shipment c f a great variety of go, ds which were pre-
viously inadmissible; and the building erected at the
pier for the accommodation of the officers of the Cus-
toms being now completed, dill-Bay wail become one
of the principal boarding stations in the port, a hich
cannot but lead to a corstderable increase of its
trade. The traffic by steamers to the pier con-
tinued undiminished, and the directors had com-
menced the erection of a cotumodious hotel,
which will add greatly to the public accommodation,
and Ile for the pecuniary advantage of the company.
The report of the engine' r explained the progress made
during the past half-year in the works of the inner basin.
Suffinieut advance had been made in filling up the north.
eastern angle of the bay, to warrant the expectation that
the greater part will be accomplished within the present
year. When this is completed, un area, comprising in
the whole ',early three acres of ground, gill be available
fur building purposes."
The statement of revenue account showed on the
debit side an expenditure for establishment charges of
611. 15a. 8,1,; stationary and printing, Ba. 61; harbour-
mester's d. partment, 921. 9s. 10d. ; annuities and in.
terests. 513/ 15s. 5d.; proportion of rent charge to the
Duchy of Cornwall, 61. 14* 3d.; and to balance carried
over to next hall-year, 2181. Ils. 10d.; making a total
of 893/. 15s. 61 On the credit side the receipts by
rents of house property, Sc.c., were 951. 13s. 3d. ; and by
harbour and pier dues, 7981. 2a 3d.
Mr. T. STEVENS called attention to the fact that a
ship had been compelled to lie outside the harbour for
four days, because there was not a depth of water of
11 feet 4 inches to allow of her passage within the pier;
and, after some conversation upon this matter,
The Directors said that this was the first time that
they had heard of it, and that they could take care io
have the stones removed which had prevented that
ingress.

It was further stated, in reply to questionp, thst in
hotel, at an expense of 1,2001., was hi course of erection
near the pier.

Mr. SEIMAN called attention to the fact that on an
expenditure of 2,6311. Iss. for works they were paying
5001. a year to Mr. Brunel. He then said that that 4.,(n-
-tleman had by tr.e nature of his works, and his indiff r
ence as to whether his (expenditure gave any return,
brought distrebs and ruin upon hundreds of familits,
and he therefore moved that he be di,missed the com-
pany's service.

- Mr. WHITEFORD explained that the small amount of
expnnditure would not be a measure of the amount of
work which Mr. Brunel bad caused to be done, and
stated that as the engagement with the angineer would
terminate at Michaelmas, it would not be renewed with-
out proper consideration.

t;EAMAN said that under those circumstances he
would withdraw his motion.
A motion was then put from the chair, that the t.c-
counts be received and adopted, and a vote of thanks
having been given to the chairman and directors, the
meeting separated.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE IMPROVE-
MENT of the HACKNEY C ithRIAGE TRADE.
On Tuesday the members cf this association celebrated
their first annual meeting by an excursion to Erith, and
a dinner in the grounds attached to the Pier Hotel, to
which about 130 sat down, under the presidency of Dr.
Blundell. Mr. W. S. Long, in proposing the toast of
the evening, stated that the taxes imposed on the hack-
ney carriage trade exceeded twenty times the amount
paid by any other business. In the reign of ‘Vm. 111.,
when this kind of impost was first re sorted to for the
purpose of revenue, the tax on a sedan chair was fixed
at ss. a year; it was subsequently increased to 103., but
now the proprietor of any sort of hackney carriage was
compelled to pay that sum every week. Though they
were so highly taxed the Legislieture seemed determined'
to increase the degradation which existed amongst them,
by passing enactment after enactment of so stringent a
character that it was impossible to comply h them,
and then the drivers acre sent to gaol, as if that was
the place to teach them their moral or social duties, Mr.
E. Hider, the acting manager of the society, said that
the association hsd been scarcely a year in existence.
It was originated and almost entirely supported by
persons engaged in the trade, and its obje eta were, by
combining tog. they, to resist the wrongs and exactions
to which as a class they were subjected, and to
interest the influential classes in their favour. They
also intended to establish a benefit and benevdent so-
ciety in connexion with the association. He denied that
the character of the cab-drivers of the metropolis was
so bad as was usually supposed. Of course there were
many dishonest individuals in that as in other employ-
ments, but on an examination of the facts it would be
found that, takieg 6,000 individuals (the number thus
engaged in Loudo) from any other class, as large a