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London, England, 1845-01-14 00:00:00

G REAT ,EAGUE MEET

I! COVENT-GARDEN.
n the
The NEe..e, .
eee AGGEGATE MEETING of the LEAGUE,
q.,_,
a a.m 'eIEATRE RNAL, GOVENLGARDEN, will be held
"'Row Eeeeee, the 15th inst.
‘OO-o,x E°rtGE Wits N, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven
Precisely,
a, The Meeting e, ereeting vs; be addressed by Richard Cobden, Eve,
he; Thomas ether Gibson, Eeq., M.P.; and W. J. Fox, Esq.
ares of admissiormay be had on application at the Offices of
ee, 0
,
Ind four o'Clocnk ~
• :
Ione)
Les
and Tuesday, between the eours n! &even
4•Pelications for `rivate Boxes to be made personally, or by
etre?, tie Monday.
pat
and le Cards of regeered Members will admit, as heretofore, to the
:2 eneri" )
ors to be opened at Half.past Six o'clock.LONDON. XND BRIGHTON • RAILWAY
COMPANY.
3 a SPECIAL 3ENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of
this ceeee
Ste ee i, eanY, lief
at the London Terminus, on Thursday, the
-linear'', je,e,
ertaiPtaiP
The adve B. M. KELLY, R.N., in the Chair.
Mot convening the Meeting was read by the Secre-
tali, and the folloeng Resolutions were passed :
seeltwee.°lved, That the Directors be empowered to apply to Par"'
te ' in the ennieg Session, for authority to make the following
ate Veu
, ' e'• RAIIWAYS, vie._
tea.rittheA branch ommencing from and out of the main line at o
of
r
Sussex. Three fridges Station, to Horsham, in the county
i
d.
RA b
(se
e„erae_3.
?led rzhloilmi,mencing front and out of the main line at
to Dorking, in the county of Surrey.
neara•_A branch ,otnrnencing from and out of the main line at or
PrislsCr°"".
e ~, eontnon to join the South-Western Railway, in the
Re ei` evarithworth, in the said county of Surrey.
339:8°Rv,ed. Fiat to effect the purposes aforesaid the sum of
he reised by the creation of new shares, in sixths, at
shere• eu• each That such shares shall be called preference
seinareet,oearieg interest in perpetuity at the rate of Si. per cent. per
the
eotettikel the amount paid tip on each share, commencing fr.om
f.
bee,tah° daY ofJuts, 1847, and payable half.yearly on the 31s, o
he iti, " and the 311th of June in each year. That such interest
I'l,o,e-s' before the Shareholders receive any dividend. That the
fhq, ilnett:ri of such Preference shares have the option of merging
elliseie. the general share capital of the Company, and of relit,
tehtioales4eh 31. per cent. interest on giving notice of their in_
:detl.iteit:; 400°, at any time not later than the 30th of June'
18
4
r
este evtiecale the holder of such merged shares sh_alihdecisato
or before the 30th day of June, 184 d. e . .n " Of ~ t° a dividend from such 30th day of June, arisi g
Peel tie,'" then next half-year's revenue, upon the amonnt
Vice —tilt,' tech shares, or in case he shall not declare such
,',"'ciee .eiler the 30;11 day of June, 1847, he shall continue
elei (v. tereet at 5 per cent. per annum up to the end of t. .
itid.4,"t half treat, from ana anci which dine he shall receive
0.,,
~..-.. accruing frem the then next halteyear's revenue. w:;'
istietatipr,F,
met:lt:tar:elders of the Compaey, in propurtion to t e
his share• That such shares be offbred to those
the ett)es who shall be registered in the books of the Company on
sac tad
•January next, in proportion to the number held by
toeito, 1 any Proprietor shall fail to accept the shares offered
et ee en °r before the 25th of January (being in the kingdom),k.
aet4)otrbbefore the 25th of February next (being out of the king.
Ithan be e seine, together with any other unappropriatecid
in
sue‘,
manner
e°ld by the Board of Directors at such times aric
mpany.n.
That a are they shall think fit for the benefit of the.xt,ho
share,
twitein
teeeePosit of 21. be paid upon each such
fee the a u days after the allotment, and a scrip. '
receipt given
Zie arne to each subscriber; and any subscriber who shall
t have e ie
shall
lereeit iea e such deposit within the time prescribed,
That no
siete,. ell right to the shares allotted to him.
„gee,
*red 'Ler for, or holder of, any such sixth shares, shall be
tee dividend
a Proprietor in the books of the Company, or be
fenatnityledletmo
s elyidend or interest, or other privilege, in respect o
Nike_
aueheer than six such sixths •
ir'tearli
. '.
aforesaid, who shall not have
elletee
,share, being registered as
and every subscriber for, or holder of,
C (ie..' t° Merge his shares in the general share capital. of the
thelan,tlh,..ahall, until the 30th day of June, 1848,.
.be entitled to
!elm; —eleghts and privileges (except receipt of dividends) as the
le 411 t Shareholders ; but from and after the 30th day of June,
1548'
every such subscriber or holder whose shares are
privileges, merged as aforesaid, shall cease to enjoy any right and .
ether than the receipt of 51. per cent. interest. That if, in the en.
„,elng session of Parliament, Acts are passed for making all
17 Proposed branchee, the whole 501. will be called
reaPect of each integral share; but if Acts are
ibtained
Act i. for making any two of such proposed branches, or an
obtained for making only one of such branches, then
e41441iYe,, s° much per integral share of 501. will be
11-,.."' for as is required for such two branches, or one branch, as
4tee case may be ; If no Act be obtained for making of
afropcled branches,and then after payment of the expensesany with
thee
all .l bee to the proposed branches out of the deposits, the surplus
se divided amongst the holders of scrip for the time being.
al Ott 4hat every such proprietor to whom such preference shares shall be
e ee as aforesaid,
shall, before he is entitled to such scrip re.
shpt as aforesaid, eecute'a deed or deeds of contract binding him.
seat, .
1.4 his n leirs, executors, or administrators, to the due and punctual
:Yeoeut of the calls as required by the Directors, in default whereof
0 hirn,°eh Proprietor shall lose all right and title to the share so allotted
' and shall forfeit his deposit.
Resolved, That the heads of the agreement, new read, which
A'lave been entered into between the Directors of the South-Western
way Company and the Directors of this Company be, and the
Siete are, hereby confirmed.
tctßesolved, That the shares authorised under and by virtue of the
of the 6th and 7th of Victoria, cap. 27, be, and the same are
ereby ordered to be,raised and allotted to and amongst the holders
of loan notes, in the manner and upon the terms directed by such
Act, with liberty, however, to the holders of such loan notes to
accept integral shares of 50/. in lieu of quarter share. of 121. 10s.,
Ii originally proposed ; and that the shares authorised to be raised
hinder and by virtue of the Aet of the 3d and 4th of Queen Vic_
toria, cap. 129, for the purposes of erecting the station and other
trorks at the London•bridge terminus, be, and the same are hereby
irdered to be raised, and that the same be allotted to the holders
'al. loan notes to s uch an amoun as the Act of the 6th and 7th
Ne
et°,la, cap. 27, is not sufficientt to effeCt.
B. MA RWOOD KELLY, Chairman.
te!"'efl, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chair-
eeee.e't'td Board of Directors for their exertions to protect the inte-
the Company. C. R. MACKENZIE, Secretary.

ttISH. of SAIN r AIARY, LAMBEII-1,
SURREY.
tite:b.r.Ntry,
xtq.itcui RAILWAYS rrom Nitfn I:lLikto
XltN ItOkl WATERLOO.BRIDGES; and from the
Th het Sp „„to the same places ; called the SOUTH WEST-
" '4l EASTERN RAILWAYS.
4 e Pal Part ' the land through which the above will pass, or the
4-414,4.11.44Lthere0f, have instructed us, the undersigned, to call
h. zit , I'IETING of all persons whose property,. benoigf
att-tkab°4 or near it, will be affected by the formation l
44 Ron, ,rwa,ls; and, such meeting will take place according y
Kennington, on TOURIDAY. the 18th day of
1/4°Pt% initant, aetruilei'Veennmou'gclock precisely, for the purpose of
114 t11,4,ch Ineasu appear necessary to oppose the same.
MlA7lBth dayreosfajamn aayry,lB4s.
"RITZLIANI WITHu AL, Parliannent.street, Westminster.
1.1-" RY HARPUR, Kennington-cross, Surrey.

IVIEHir,,,
b -,,,--04E SUPERSEDED by the use of
The arr' '-'AVIS'S CALORIFIC, or MEDICATED SHIELD.
tatfl eutet ii,
301,40. other mere
a.. -- 511% - Palpable and immediate ; one trial will suffice in all
•istho *ills r .
r , equiring a warm application, usually derived from
CO f in seal expensive means.
4,. vitt,,ut
..•-_‘' Packets, at 4s. 6d. and 7s. 6d., by J. Parsons and
tri Lokt.n '4B4e signature none are genuine), 9, Ave Maria-
'4l44 ;. " may be had of all the principal Stationers and
'" the a
kingdow.

APpY
"A......w.a_thi! is the 'season of pleasur:andlNio7y,
YEAH!
,rh- vould not much better a moment employ,
4,thand f°llow the accents of kindness sincere,
211-; Phleatippgya, to the public a happy new year I
-nay thrice happy, and bless'd may it be ;
Tal... trade still extend and our commerce be free ;
f the sunshine of peace in its glory appear, ,
~
And crown the bright hopes of 11 " a happy new year .
1 al the rich be endear'd to the poor by their
,worth ;
Zl.,a, concord and harmony dwell on the earth .
.4y justice and truth in their brightness appear,
And things combine for a happy new year!
la the
14h PQoPle be "clothed "as brave Englishmen should,
- is
thgarments " of usefulness—gorgeous and good ;
They„
of _
ti
Purchase yam, and then it is clear
save half their cash for a happy new year!
34a,
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4„; m's endeavours be proudly confirmed, , ti."' increase the brh already he's earn d
-`). fforts still brighten the vast hemisphere,
And. his
to the joy, of a happy new year!
l'h' ItYle of his garments, their beauty and make,
Are Rich as precedence must proudly now take;
s hilat the saving effected, distinctly dear!
41 half of your cash, on each happy new y
0ba,„...
'rite Ce"---All geruients at this establishment are marked the
4ticla env Plain figures, from which no abatement is made. Any
I. 1/I,,e,'anged, which is not approved of, or thomony
Pantech.
tethee. '.,'114, Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, "`i 46, Graeechurch.street.
Ilifflioni .., READY-MADE DEPARTMENT.
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Albert ''„,i'lan Envelope, frora ... 1 6 a
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Ifeweitt Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields, from II2 0
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.`° l'ailhlonable Vests, in endless variety, from ~ 0 7 o
Ostitaiillew jook,. entitled "The Age of Wonders," contai.ni.itigt.,a,
the- *I List uf Priccs, Fashions, and Description of matc.ii,
I,4i:resent season, cur be had by applying to Mr. L. In -
echnet4ca, 36, Gracechurch.street, London.

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from
LONDON to YORK by LINCOLN.
STATEMENT OF TIIE CASE AND MERITS OF THE ABOVE

LINE OF RAILWAY,

When the Direct Northern Railway WaB first announced to the
public its promoters pledged themselves to the principle of Ruining a
railway between Londuu ;ind York tei direct as the nature of
the country would admit.
The announcement of this principle was most favourably received,

and assurances of support were given to the Committee by numerous
Pasties possessing influence on the line, and others practically ac-
quainted with the results of railway cot nsonni cation, who were desirous
of this great means of public convenience and welfare, in this
instance, rightly applied. The direct principle claimed also the sup-
port of all that portion of the population of the United Kingdom north
of York, whose course of personal communication or of correspon-
dence lay through that city, and the Committee had great satisfaction
in Sliding this claim warmly responded to.
Sine:, that period the Committee have been actively engaged in
perfecting the numerous preliminary details essential for making
good their position as applicants for legislative sanction to their
motesurc. Until these were completed, and until the scope of the
various other schemes which have been recently proposed lbr esta-
blishing a communication by railway between the metropolis and
tha counties of Lincoln and York could be precisely ascertained by
the deposit of the plans, the Committee felt that they could not
usefully call the attention of the public to the character of their
undertaking. But now that the Committee have complied with
all the requirements incumbent on them, and that they are in
every resp,ct prepared to prosecute their application to Parliament
at the commencement of the erteuhtg .t.s.e. the
competmg schemes have been Cully developed in all their details,
they conceive that the time has arrived when it is their duty to
bring the particular merits of their proposal more prominently be-
fore the public, and to challenge a comparison between it and the
others which are in the field.

The principle above stated, of taking the most direct line to
York that the nature of the country admits of, has been steadily
kept In view, and the following results have been obtained :

The actual distance from London to York by the proposed line
la only 176 i miles, to Stamfurd 814, to Lincoln 1:11i, to Gains_
borough 134, to Selby 165, and to Hull, by the proposed Gains.
borough and New Holland line, 166. The main trunk at York is
carried onward by a bridge over the York and North Midland Rail.
way, and joii.s the Great North of England line at a point about a
mile and a half beyond the city of York, for the purpose of avoid-
ing the detention that now occurs to onward passengers, whether
proceeding north or south.

This mode of crossing the York and North Midland line has been
adopted in conformity with the following recommendation con-
tainvd in the fourth report of the Railway Commissioners in 1841
(p. 43) :—" We consider it improper that the traffic of any new
line should open upon the York and North Midland Railway, with
which so many lines are already in connexion as to render delay un.
avoidable, and collision not improbable. In consequence of the
numerous trains of luggage and passengers using this line nearly
two hours are sometimes occupied in passing over a little more than
thirty miles ftom York." Notwithstanding the opinion thus de-
cidedly expressed, the proposed competing line of the London and
York comes upon the York and North Midland Railway in the
very manner objected to by the Railway Commissioners as likely to
lead to danger and certain to cause delay.
The Direct Northern line supplies the benefit of railway inter-
course to a very large district of country intermediate between the
midland counties and the sea, which has hitherto been left unpro-
vided in that respect; and takes its course through nearly the
centre of that district at a distance varying from eighteen to forty
miles from the lines proceeding north from Rugby. It cannot,
therefore, be held to interfere needlessly with the interests of these

lines, which, although they have conferred great benefits on the
wealthy and populous districts they connect, were not originally
intended to be carried to York, and cannot consequently be re-
garded as furnishing such a communication as in the due applica-
tion of railway power the public have a right to expect.

The subject should be considered also in relation to cross lines
or branches which may sew or may hereafter be proposed to tra.
verse the same country as the Direct Northern, and to become con.
nected with it, as the progress of industry and of population may
require, and on this point the Committee believe that the best main
trunk line having been rightly chosen on the principle of direct
communication, that principle will be found to afford every facility
for the advantageous working and connexion of such lateral lines
or branches as the amount of local tragic may hereafter demand.
This important subject—viz., the relations of probable future
branches, has received the serious consideration of the Committee,
and they are prepared to promote and to co-operate in the forma.
lion of lateral lines, se as to arrange them with the main line to the
best advantage, and to render the communication, both direct and
lateral, as perfect as possible. But they do not propose to sacrifice
to the local convenience of a town of a few thousand inhabitants
(which may by other means be provided for), the interests, both as
regards time and cost, of the large masses of population that lie at
and beyond the termini of the line. On this ground the Provisional
Committee confidently rely on receiving from the northern counties
6f England, and from tl e whole of Scotland, cordial co-operation
and support.
The gradients are of a very favourable description, as the section
demonstrates, and they are obtained at a moderate expense. The
tunnels will be four in number, the longest being 1,450 yards in
length, and the aggregate length of the whole four less than one
mile and two-thirds. No engineering works of great magnitude or
difficulty occur, ornamental property is avoided, and the drainage
.t is.. e—• Iwc- iamtc.r .wl with. Tl.cs guw,o will tw7
the same as that of existing railways north of London, and the
line being for its whole length under one management, a higher
average and more equal rate of speed may be attained and ten.
dered compatible with safety, than can exist on lines where the
frequent change of Companies renders vexatious delay unavoidable,
superintendence difficult, and responsibility incomplete. Wher.
ever the Direct Northern may be connected with other lines, every
arrangement that experience has pointed out, or that a careful
study of the question can suggest, will be adopted to ensure the
safety and convenience of the public.
It is without doubt a most important consideration in regard to
safety as well as speed that the control and arrangement of the
traffic of a line of great magnitude should be subjected to one go.
verning body, as has been most forcibly urged in a communication
made to the Railway Commissioners by the Directors of the London
and Birmingham Railway Company. (See Fourth Report of Rail-
way Commissioners, 1841. Appendix, page 10.)
In regard to the cost of working, it needs no argument to prove
that, where gradients are the same, the shortest line through a
given country will be the cheapest worked, and that if the capital
required for its construction be the same per mile, the shortest
line will be the cheapest to the public.
The Committee believe that a general conviction now prevails
that, for the purpose of communication between the metropolis
and the north, a new and independent line of railway is required
between London and York, and they assume that such a work will
certainly receive the sanction of Parliament. It can be proved
that a better engineering line may be made to York 421 miles
shorter than that which at present exists; that by thus shortening
the distance, and avoiding the delays that necessarily attend the
transference of traffic from one line to another (the present line
belonging to four Companies), the time consumed in the journey
to York may be reduced from nine hours and upwards to less than
six hours, without any increase of speed, and likewise that the
fares and freight of goods may be considerably lowered. These
facts appear to the Committee to be conclusive in favour of their
undertaking, and they look to public opinion to confirm and support
their views,

In comparing the proposed Direct Northern line with other
schemes, the following most important fact should be kept in
view, via. :—Every additional mile of railway distance is equivalent
to a tax amounting to the fare charged per mile for every passenger
and ton of goods conveyed, that is to say, approxim•,ting on an
average to 2(1. per mile eaeh way, besides the time lost in the transit.

fact, that the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Rail-
way Companies have consented (after several years of opposition)
to join in the formation of a new line from Stafford to Rugby, 48
, miles 77 chains in length, at an estimated cost of about a million,
for the sole purpose of effecting a saving of 9 miles 39 chains be-
tween London and Staffoi d distance of 141 miles 15 chains),
and this, too, although the effect of the alteration is to carry all the
through traffic past and not through the important town of Bir.
mingharn, which is thus placed, as it were, on a branch with refe-
rence to the main line of communication. It is also remarkable
that the line in that direction originally contemplated and submited
to Parliament was laid down so as to save the distance now to be
curtailed at so great a cost, but local interests prevailed at the time
over the direct principle, and carried the line round by Birming-
ham. Successive alterations, at great cost, it is well known, have
also been made, or are about to be made, in several other principal
lines, via„ in the original Birmingham and Liverpool, the Bir-
mingham and Manchester, the Manchester and Leeds, the South.
Eastern, and others; all of which alterations must be considered
as adoptions of, or approximations to, the direct principle.
The Committee are confident that neither the Legislature nor
the Board of Trade will now sanction a line from London to York
on merely local grounds, but will regard the question as one of
general national importance. For it is evident that all persons to
the south of the London terminus, or the north of the York ter.
minus, who desire to travel or transmit goods in either direction,
have a clear interest in the formation of the shortest through line,
and (for example), while it may be for the convenience of persons
residing at Peterborough, when they wish to travel or send goods
to London, that the main trunk should be brought round by that
town, it is equally clear that it is not for their convenience that it
shou d benu round by Grautham..At.k.,war,,,n, when
they' ...in to travel or send goods to Yak, any more man it is
for the convenience of persona residing at Grantham,
Newark. and Doncaster, to be carried round by Peterborough, or
any other of the other towns, when they wish to travel or send
goods to London. In short, nothing but the direct principle
(facilities for lateral branches being always provided) resolves
the question of general aggregate convenience.

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lIALSE ON MEDICAL GALVAN 1 ''', M.
, "Air HALSE, late f this county,but now
tes.eat yi • - °
lyt.bi_.. rompton, London, has lately published. a pamphlet
have
really
asteni.‘;l, 41. GALVANISM, the contents of which
of s,Pelharn.
ttlr„. dosed us. If it bo true that galvanism can accompliash,
csoutcnh-
kel7dian are there stted, the galvanic apparatus must take
4... 2 a position over medical science as the steam-engine
keen
5,....n olechanical science. It is true thatgalvanism has long
")rte to as * •
f batteries were
does
thso
„_
eystain in their action u to almost do as much harm as.
9, di
til,, i, rood. Mr. liaise, like a true philosopher, conceived
ee, ' MAY be possible to select the good and discard the evil
• 4of the apparatus and after years of intense study be has
' c., eriplished what he d'esired—viz., to regulate the power ot the
e a 'tic aPParatus to the greatest nicety. We consider this to
til'bek as the greatest improvement which has ever been made in
t
ye, galvanic battery In the pamphlet we noticed an extract
e.,,r4 the 1 Shipping and' Mercantile Gazette' of March 14. We
Able,:act this article for the benefit of invalids:—, Our readers may
b°tieed several extracts we have given from Mr. Halee's pun-
t,set °O Medical Galvanism. We have reason to believe that every
4;,,,ated in that pamphlet is perfectly true, wonderful as they err.
b,'IY are; for a short time since, we called on Mr. Heise, and were
''trodue ''
The , to him by a gentleman who was undergoing the operation.
lien Patient informed us that it was not at all an unpleasant sensa.
Dit,4 ear
we felt it ourselves, and there was not the least un-
4,,,_anttless about it. This gentleman's case was paralysis, and he
„,,,,:red to us that before he came to Mr. Halse one leg had withered
4,„? tc.) a mere skeleton ; `but now,' said he, ' you perceive it is
14;__e.tout and healthy.' Such, indee,i, was the case. If we can
44;1.7 by the number of patients Mr. Halse has, we should say he is
kic‘lll?lt som ery wonderful cures, for his house is crowded from
4,4„, hg till hih A 8 he invites invalids to send to him for his
be plet on Medical Galvanism, we reoommeud them to do so_
eerit°"'ards it ratuitously. His residence is at 5, Pelham.cres.
4 14oraPton, London.' ".....Pteter Flying Post.

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It has been stated that the Direct Northern line does not accom.
modate the same amount of local population as the proposed London
and York ; but, by reference to the plans of both Companies, it
will be seen that th:s is not the fact and that all the towns of im-
portance on the route (Doncss'er not excepted) are brought
nearer to the metropolis and to York, and to places Intermediate,
by means of the Direct Northern, than by the London and York,
with the single exception of Peterborough, to communicate
with which the Direct Northern avails itself of the Northampton
and Peterborough branch of the London and Birmingham Rail.
way, now nearly completed, which it crosses at the distance of tour
miles and a half from Peterborough, making the total distance
from London to Peterborough only about a mile greater than by
the London and York—a result obtained by the latter Company at
a considerable elongation of their wain line, detrimental to the
locality itself in its traffic northward, and generally to the cha.
ratter of the line.

The Committee forbear to introduce into this statement other
topics which they might urge (such as th• priority on their part
in the proposal of a direct line from London to York, which priority
has been clearly established), as these might, perhaps, divert atten-
tion from the strength of their main position, upon which they are
content that their claim to legislative preference and to public sup-
port shall rest, viz., that, compared with all other proposed under-
takings for the same object, theirs presents a great preponderance
of national advantage, while, at the same time, it is the most
secure as a profitable investment of capital.
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3. That the Direct Northern not only satisfied these conditions
by being the shortest line between London and York, but it is
preferable by the character of its gradients, and its economical con-
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t. That the line being the shortest and cheapest possible, pas.
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of the original line, and that consequently none but direct lines
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By order of the Committee,
WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary.
Direct Northern Railway Offices, 64, 51oorgate.street,
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Population according to the Census of 1841, at or immediately be-
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The Metropolis
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THE FRENCH IN OTAHEITE.

We yesterday published a seriei of dispatches com-
municated by the French Government to the Chamber
of Peers, on the subject of the war with Morocco.
We continue to-day the publication of the documents
supplied to the Chamber, and will commence by some
relating to Otaheite :
No. 1. On the 30th of July M. Guizot addressed the
six following dispatches to M. Jarnac, our Chargé d'Af-
faires in London.

NO. 2.—CAPTAIN DRUAT TO ADMIRAL DE MACKAU.
Papeiti, Feb. 27, 1844.
Monsieur le Ministre,—Since the sailing of the frigate
Dublin, the ex-Queen Pomare, no longer trusting to an
intervention on the part of England in her favour, had
manifested dispositions which led me to expect that she
would not long delay to come back to us ; but, as I had
the honour to apprise you by my report of the 23d of
January, the chief Fati informed me that Pomare had
written a letter she was about to address to me. but that
she had been deterred from so doing by Mr. Pritchard,
who, it is said, threatened to send away the Basilisk.
Although I am without positive proof of this fact, I
nevertheless feel convinced of its correctness.

Emissaries wore sent into the districts, and I soon
learned, that several inferior chiefs, being jealous of
ftb.lidoninrr their lin, • •
them wrini, tney im6,3meu; tutu **ere withdrawing into
the isthmus of Tairabou, where, under the directions of
the chiefs Taviri, Pitomai, Farchon, and Titrai, a hostile
party was foriniug. I deemed it advisable to take prompt
and strong measures to repress the disturbances which
have broken out.

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The Phocion immediately sailed, and came to anchor
in the bay of Papeau, whence she could watch the move-
ments of the insurgents. MM. Molssin and Marian,
captains on the staff, whom I directed to go on board
that ship, in order to survey the land and make maps,
have taken measures for stopping the emigration. They
occupy bep:nd the isthmus a position which enables
them to obtain this end, and by means of small works
erected on shore they command the whole country, in
conformity with my instructions. The Indians who
come to return to their homes are allowed to pass freely ;
but the traffic in the interior, towards Tairabou, has been
formally interdicted.
These gentlemen have surveyed the canals, and have
found a new pass, which will permit vessels to anchor
near the isthmus. They find this to be an admirable
position as a military one and in respect to vegetation.
I sail this very day in the corvette Embuscade with
150 soldiers for the isthmus. The companies of the
Embuscade and the.Phocion will make up our force to
300 men.

I shall myself see the country, and see as to what I
have to do. Everything tends to lead me to expect that
the sight of such a force will suffice to intimidate the
Indians and make them return to their homes. Be that
as it may, I shall take up a military position to cut off
the communication between Tairabou and the interior.
The presence of some troops is indispensable t.,1 give
confidence to our partisans, and to intimidate the rioters.
I should have already acted had I not given the chiefs
six days to make their submission.

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Although the term fixed has expired to-day I have
allowed Captain Henry, who has great influence over
the Indians, to attempt to bring them back. Ho left
yesterday, and will have had 24 hours start of me. I
have taken every precaution here, where I leave the
Uranie and the Meurthe, and more than 200 troops.
BRUAT.

It is thus clear, that upon the amount of traffic which on the
most moderate estimate will pass over the line, an impost on the
public of many thousands per annum (independently of the sacri.
Tice of time to passengers, and of delay in the transmission of
mails) would be perpetuated by any needless elongation of the line.
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Mr. Pritchard arrested. This has been done ; he was
taken when out of his house yesterday, at five in the
evening, at the moment he was getting into a boat, ac-
companied by the Captain of the Basilisk, Mr. Colle,
&e., for the purpose of going on board the Cormorant.
NO. 6.--Copy OF A PROCLAMATION BY THE SPECIAL

COMMANDER OF TAE SOCIETY ISLANDS.

French Establishment in Oceania.
A French sentinel was attacked i❑ the night of the 2d
to the 3d of March, 1844.

In reprisal I have caused one Pritchard, sole daily
mover and instigator of these commotions among the
natives, to be arrested. His property shall answer for
all the damage occasioned to ours by the insurgents ; and
if French blood is spilt every drop will recoil on his head.
D'AUBIGNY.
(Correct copy) The Governor BRUAT.
Papeiti, March 3, 1844.
NO. 7.—x. BRUAT TO ADMIRAL DE MACKAU.

Papeiti, March 21, 1844.
Monsieur le Ministre,—The copies of the dispatches
addressed to me by the Commandant d'Aubigny during
my stay at Taravau will make you acquainted with the
necessity under which he found himself of putting Pa-
peiti in a state of siege, and of arresting Mr. Pritchard,
English ex- Consul. From the agitation the
not approve
12.91i8...1.11,eleirSCWilfe"IgtrW..o.f this arrest. However,
events were of so serious a nature, that I could not undo
what had been done without discouraging our own party
and strengthening the rebels.
Immediately on my arrival I had Mr. Pritchard trans-
ferred from the blcckhouse on board the Meurthe, order-
ing the Commander, Guillevin, to receive him at his
table. Considering that Mr. Pritchard was no longer
anything but a private English resident, whose influence
over the ex-Queen Pomare and the revolted party was
dangerous to the tranquillity of the island, I have written
to the Captain of the Cormorant, for the purpose of in-
ducing him to quit Papeiti, to which he had no mission,
and to take with him Mr:Pritchard, whom I promised
to place at his disposal as soon as the ship should leave
the port. . _

The sensation created in this country by the events
in Otaheite is thus described by M. de Jarnac, the
French Chargé d'Affaires :

NO. 8.-THE COUNT DE JARNAC TO N. GUIZOT.

London, Aug. 4, 1844.
Monsieur le Ministre,—The last intelligence from Ota-
heite has produced in England the greatest and most
general sensation. Since my arrival in Landon I have
never known an event in foreign politics to cause such
an impression.
The religious party, so powerful in itself, so influential
by its affinity with the highest sentiments, as with the
blindest prejudices of this country, has first been roused.
Meetings of saints have been convened all over England,
violent and bitter speeches have been delivered, copies
and engravings have been circulated containing M. d'Au-
bigny's proclamation of the 3d of March, and represent-
ing the various circumstances of Mr. Pritchard's arrest
and imp; isonment ; in short, nothing has been neglected
to obtain the popular sympathy, and to raise him to the
rank of the martyrs to the evangelical faith.
The political press has not on its side been behindhand;
founding itself on the most exaggerated versions of facts
and circumstances, those journals who usually support
the policy of the Ministers, as well as those who oppose
it, have been of one mind, to constitute into a national
affront the conduct of our officers. Without being will-
ing to recognise the real situation of Mr. Pritchard, in
public as well as in private society, it is said, that an
English Consul, the Queen's agent not only at Otaheite,
bat at another set of islands (the Friendly Islands), was,
during the full exercise of his functions, arrested, impri-
soned in a dungeon for several days, attended with such
measures of severity- that his health has seriously suf-
fered, and finally driven away without any intelligible
accusation having been brought against him. It is as-
serted that all the language and conduct of our agents
on this occasion bears the stamp of such animosity, of
such evident hostility against England, that it is impos-
sible for this country not to feel them deeply, and not to
foresee the extreme consequences of them. I have to
add, Monsieur le Ministre, that these sentiments do not
seem to me to be caused by our protectorate at Otaheite
or by the subsequent occupation of the island, but by
the events which the late intelligence has brought under
public discussion. I every day find Lord Aberdeen
more preoccupied with this new difficulty, and though
he holds to continuing as long as possible a confidential
and friendly character in all our communications, he
dues not the less seem to consider that reparation is im-
periously due to Gseat Britain. Always desirous of
leaving to your Excellency the initiative of any propo-
sition, he has not in any of our interviews expressly
stated any special measure, but he positively told ea-,
that he should not hesitate on his part to disavow and
blame highly any English agent who had held the offi-
cial language and conduct attributed here to one of our
officers ; and, on the other hand, the immediate and
direct sending back of Mr. Pritchard to Otaheite was
formally proposed and discussed in Council.
I do not discontinue, M. le Ministre, to warn Lord
Aberdeen, and all others with whom I think I may con-
verse on these events, against the deplorable confidence
thus granted to the first accounts given by the press and
interested parties. Ido not cease to call to mind that it
was with a view of meeting similar accidents and trials
to our relations, that a policy of mutual confidence has
been proclaimed by both Governments. But I must not
the less call the attention of your Excellency to thts state
of the public mind, and to request of you all such in-
formation as may enable me to correct a judgment evi-
dently so erroneous. For the moment, it is of import-
ance to get the acts imputed to Mr. Pritchard, and thus
give some precision to accusations which are as yet pro-
duced in the shape of vague and trivial assertions.
The affairs of Morocco, and the arrival in London of
M. de Nesselrode, had created some doubt as to the
maintenance of the intimate relations of the two Cabi-
nets. I hare grounds for fearing that without extreme
prudence on both sides, the policy proclaimed by the
two Crowns, not yet six months since, may be seriously
threatened.

M. Guizot replies in the following terms :
NO. 9.--31. GUIZOT TO THE COUNT DE TARNAC.

Paris, August 8, 1844.
Monsieur le Comte,—l have received the dispatch
which you did me the honuur to write me the 4th of this
month, and in which you give me an account of the
general effect produced in England by the news from
Otaheite, and point out all the importance of this inci-
dent. The more the public mind appears worked upon
by passionate feelings the more time it is necessary to
leave it to get calm. We shall, consequently, abstain at
this moment from all official communication and discus-
sion upon the subject. But this reserve on your part
must not be an inactive one, and I beg you to do every-
thing that may lie in your power at the Foreign-office,
as well as everywhere else, to rectify errors in facts, and
all those false ideas which may lead the public opinion
more and more astray, and even lead the British Go-
vernment to such resolutions and manifestations as may
render the solution of this delicate question still more
difficult. Unless I deceive myself, the irritation which
now manifests itself in England arises more especially
from the belief that Mr. Pritchard, at the time he was
arrested and sent oa board,. was invested with the post
of Consul to her Britannic Majesty. Now, Mr.
Pritchard, in a letter of the 7th of November, 1843,
addressed to Admiral Dupetit Thouars, formally declared
that he withdrew his flag, and ceased his consular func-
tions ; and, in fact, ho had completely ceased them. It
was consequently ouly as a simple private man, as a fo-
reigner,that he resided at Otaheito.Now, the right of send-
ing out of a colonial establishment, whatever be its form,
any foreigner, whose presence may trouble the public
order and compromise the safety of the establishment, is
not only a right universally recognised and practised,
but one which results to us there from our very treaty of
the 9th of September, 1842, which says, that " the direc-
tion of all affairs with foreign Governments, as well as in
all that concerns the residents, is placed at Otaheito in
the hands of the French Government, and the persons
nominated by it."
M. Bruat, the Governor, had consequently the incon-
testable right to send Mr. Pritchard out of Otaheite, and,
to judge by the facts as known to us up to the present
time, there is every reason to believe, that for the safety
of the French establishment in that island, as well as for
that of the French troops ordered to defend it, it had be-
come highly necessary to use ;that right, in sending out
of Otaheite the moral chief and principal instigator of
the insurrectionary movements which had broken out
upon several parts, and threatened Papeiti itself.
As to the circumstances which have accompanied the
sending away of Pritchard, I cannot pretend that they
can all and entirely be justified, and that there
rarso
are not
connected with them certain:proceedings and e
which are contrary to all equity, bun anity,d propriety.
But I ought not, and do not desire,anmpyepiine .
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The Count de Jarnac thus proceeds to explain the
feeling in the country on this subject :—•
NO. 10. THE COUNT DE TARMAC TO M. GUIZOT.
London, Aug. 10, 1844.
Monsieur le Ministre,— I have seen Lord Aberdeen
and Sir R. Peel several times during the last few days;
both of them have spoken in the most formal terms
of the importance they attach to the late events in
Otaheite. They have both of them pressed me with
much eagerness to demand of your Excellency as
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effervescence which they have excited in the country.
The Chief Secretary of State continues deeply to de-
plore the events which, contrary to the great desire of
the two Governments, have occurred to place Great
Britain and France in a contest with each other. But,
faithful at the same time to the principle which he laid
down in our first interview in the most friendly lan-
guage, he persists in assuring me that he will trust to
the justice and good faith o the King's Government in
every proposition for arrangement, persuaded that the
1 simple examination of the facts will fully establish the
I just and legitimate nature of the reclamations of Eng.
land. Consequently no demand fur satisfaction or