The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

BANK CIRCULATION.

The following is the return of the Bank of England
average weekly circulation, &c., from May 18 to the 10th
instant:—
Circulation, Now
Last time

Increase ......

78,000

Deposits, Now
Last time

Increase

113,000

Securities, Now 22,908,000
Last time 22,471,000

437,000
Bullion, Last time 15,767,000
Now

Increase ......

188,000
Rest, Now
Last time

Decreas© ~

Increase

IMPORTATION or FRUlT.—Application having been
made to the Customs authorities, setting forth, that the
cargoes of fruit, which are daily arriving by the steamers
from the Continent, are generally of a very ripe and
perishable nature, and requesting that fruit and vege-
tables of the kind may be landed from the Vessels with-
out waiting for the usual entries to be passed, which
causes delay, and very frequently deteriorates and in-
jures the goods, orders have been issued that, on a written
toms, at the station where the ship is lying, giving the
request being made to the principal officer of the Cus-
name of the vessel, the marks and numbers of the pack-
ages, the number of packages, the description of the
goods, and the supposed value and duty, fruit and veget-
ables of a ripe and perishable nature may be allowed to
be unshipped from the vessel, on a deposit being made
of the duty, and on conditions that if the vessel be not
alongside the wharf or quay, the goods be removed
thereto, by craft in charge of an officer of the Customs,
the Crown being put to no additional expense ; and that
the same be landed and examined during daylight. The
quantity of fruit imported from the Continent into this
country is very great, and from the necessarily close
manner in which it is packed, and its perishable nature,
it is requisite that it should be exposed to the air as
quickly as possible, to prevent its decay.
DIABOLICAL ACT.—An atrocious act of villainy
was perpetrated on Wednesday se'nnight, at Andrew's-
house Colliery, near Whickham, by some fitting disciple
of the fiendish leaders of the pit population—Beazeley
and Co. About twelve o'clock at night, a metal pipe,
about fourteen inches in length, loaded with powder and
pieces of metal, &c., was discharged through the house-
door of a pitman, named William Glasper, in the direc-
tion of the bed whereon he and his wife were lying.
Fortunately, however, the charge flew above the bed,
and lodged in the wall and ceiling, leaving the inmates
totally unharmed. Glasper's offence, as will be sup-
posed, consisted in his having deserted the ranks of
Bewley and Co., and returned to earn his living by
work, instead of prowling about in idleness, and turning
out his wife and children as mendicants and vagrants.—
Durham Chronicle.

SERIOUS CASH ROBBERY AT WASEFIELD.—On
Wednesday Ann Higgins, of rkgate, Leeds,,was
placedat last,tb Kirkgate, of the Wakefield Court-house, charged
with receiving a large sum of money stolen from Mr.
Exley, of Wakefield, corn-merchant. The particulars of
the robbery were, that on the 31st of July, Mr.
Charles Exley gave to his brother, to take to
having,with him, but, on examine-
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it in the counting-house. On returning to the counting-
house, the money was not there, and nothing further was
detected offering part of
heard of it for some days. Suspicion had attached to some
adwedriesplda good deal of paper
money, and the prisoner, Ann Higgins, along with a Mrs.
Lengthorn, Ann Meehan, and a young man who was
and Ann Meehan
partiesafterwards
the stolen money at various shops in Kirkgate and
were both admitted evidence for the prosecution, and
clearly swore that the notes they had endeavoured to
get changed had been given to them for that purpose by
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Leeds,
discharged,w hob
Ann Higgins. The final detection of the delinquents
Briggate, Leeds. Mrs. Lengthorn
was made by Mr. Pegler, draper, of Briggate, who, on
having the 301. note offered to him by Elizabeth Long-
thorn and another woman, suspecting it to be stolen,
took it to Messrs. Beckett 's bank, where it was identified,
by number and description, as one of the notes stolen
from Mr. Exley. Several tradesmen from Leeds at-
tended, and proved having changed notes for the parties.
After a careful investigation of the corroborative cir-
cumstances against the prisoner, Mr. Tew committed the
woman for trial at York assizes. The money was sup-
posed to have been stolen by a son of the prisoner, now
an inmate of York Castle, for brutally maiming a man in
Leeds. The prisoner, although repeatedly cautioned not
to do so, said, in her defence
Ellen
" Last Saturday week,
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there came a young woman, en Tide, into my house;
it is not a house, but a cellar. Ellen is a bad woman ;
she came and asked if my son had come home. I said,
no ; she said he would soon be here, &c. After a little
while, Peter came in, and she took something out of her
breast, and gave it to him. _ They went into the coal-
hole tegother, and stuffed it (the money) under the coals.
That night I got a sup of drink, and took the money out.
I went into Lengthorn's house next morning, and her
eMrs. Len thorn) and fother woman robbed me of it—
very penny." The prisoner, who is an Irishwoman,
here made a strong asseveration of the truth of her state-
ment, and declared that Mrs. Lengthorn had told her that
Ann Meehan bad robbed her. If this statement is cor-
rect, the case bears the singular feature of money stolen
by the paramour of a son, having been re-stolen from
•
the son by his mother, and again re-stolen from the
guilty mother, while in a state of drunkenness by another
party. -

IRELAND.

ROYAL IRISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-
THE BANQUET AT THE THEATRE.

DUBLIN, AUG. 17.—This really splendid banquet took
place in the Theatre Royal, on Thursday evening. The
house was fitted up in a very striking and picturesque
manner, and was very brilliantly lighted. Nearly nine
hundred persons, including an immense number of coun-
try gentlemen, sat down to dinner. The chair was taken
soon after six o'clock by the Duke of Leinster, the Earl
of Erne. being Vice-President. Amongst those present
were—the Marquis of Downshire, the Marquis of Kil-
dare' Lord Crofton, Lord Castlemaine, Lord Cloncurry,
Earl of Miltown, Lord Clancarty, Sir Percy Nugent,
Bart., Sir John Power, Bart, Sir R. Bateson, Sir Lucius
O'Brien, Bart., Sir Nicholas Fitzsimon, the Hon. F.
Ponsonby, Right Hon. the Recorder, Henry Grattan,
Esq., M.P.; W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P.; N. Maher, Esq.,
M.P.; James Power, Esq., M.P., D.L.; G. A. Hamilton,
Esq., M.P.; Christopher Fitzsimon, Esq., D.L.; George
Roe, Esq., D.L. ; J. L. Naper, Esq., Colonel Munroe,
Colonel Henry White, Colonel J. White, Hon. J. Law.
less, Peter Purcell, Esq., Daniel O'Connell, jun., Esq,
Hugh Morgan Tillie, Esq., J. Finlay, Esq., LL.D. ;
Nicholas Doylan, Esq., James Grattan, Esq., Surgeon
O'Reilly, Surgeon Carmichael, Surgeon Round, J. A.
Knipe, Esq., C. Roper, Esq., Edward Lucas, Esq.
After the usual loyal toasts had been disposed of,
Lord CLONCURRY gave " The Royal Agricultural Im-
provement Society of Ireland."
The Secretary, Mr. BULLEN, here proceeded to read
the list of prizes, which occupied a considerable time,
and the enunciation of some of the premiums, especially
that to the little Kerry bull (Paddy Blake) caused much
merriment.

The next toast was " The Highland and English
Agricultural Societies," which was acknowledged by the
Marquis of Downshire.
The Earl of ERNE, who proposed the next toast, spoke
at some length. His Lordship said he was well aware
that the Irish landlords had been grossly maligned and
vituperated. It was too much the fashion in England to
cry them down, and abuse of them had now become a
popular cry in Ireland. It too frequently happened that
the landlords were abused and vilified by men who had

neither property nor character cf their f;wn, and, there-
fore, were at liberty to say whatever theysupposed would
best suit their purpose ; but he asked those gentlemen,
did they understand the question upon which they had
undertaken to express their opinion so flippantly, or had
they, before they commenced their attack, taken the pre-
caution of visiting the property of the resident landlords,
and ascertaining by personal observation the real anal
actual condition of the tenantry upon their estates ?
Improvements, and great improvements, had been re-
cently effected in the condition of the tenant classes in
Ireland. He made the assertion fearlessly, for he was

in a position to vouch for its veracity. Great improve-
ments had, he repeated, been effected in their condition,
and by what agency, he asked, had these salutary
changes been brought about? By:w hom were they effected
but by the landlords ? By what other agency could
they be effected ? Surely it was not the large sums
of money which were collected from year to year, from
month to month, and from week to week, that could

have done this 1 [The enunciation of this sentiment
produced a marked sensation amongst the company—
some cheered loudly, others hissed and groaned, and,
amid loud cries of " order, order," from all parts of the
house, Mr. Smith O'Brien, who was seated in the vicinity
of the chairman on the right-hand side, rose from his

chair and walked out of the theatre. He was followed
immediately by Mr. Nicholas Maher, the Member for
Tipperary, and both the Honourable Gentlemen were
cheered loudly by the great number of those who were
sufficiently near them to observe their movement.] The
vice-chairman continued his address unconcernedly, and
again repeated his conviction that it was to the resident
landlords alone that the country was indebted for those
salutary changes which he described as having taken
place in the condition of the tenant classes.
The next toast was, " The tenantry and agricultural
labourers of Ireland."
Mr. NAPER, of Loughcrew, a most excellent landlord,
responded to this toast, and, in the course of his obser-
vations, said that he hated the idea of raking up old
feuds. The hour had come when they should forget
the past, and look nobly to the future. They should
cthoemirmaegnriceeeulpteornal interests, e
and a w system ;
he
they h se ho
wouldu reorganise
desire
that
success should attend his projects as an agriculturist in
n
this country, should make it his study to apply not only
to the hands, but to the sound head and the warm heart

of the Irish peasant.—(Cheers.)
Other toasts followed, which were responded to by the
Marquis of Kildare, Lord Crofton, Mr. Stewart Blacker,
&c. The company separated at eleven o'clock.
LORD ERNE AND MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.
The offensive allusion of the Earl of Erne to the Re-
peal Association, noticed in the preceding report, in-
duced Mr. Smith O'Brien to address the following letter
to the secretary of the Agricultural Society immediately
after he had retired from the dinner :
"82, Lower Mount-street, Aug. 15, 1844.
" Sir,—A circumstance occurred this evening, at the
dinner of the Agricultural Society, of such a nature as
to render it necessary that the subscribers of the insti-
tution should be informed upon what principles it is
founded. _ . .

" For my own part, I became an original member of
the society, under the impression that every successful
effort to augment the amount and value of the agricul-
tural produce of Ireland could not fail to confer benefits
upon all classes of our population.
"I attended the dinner this evening, under the belief
that the political opinions of the managers of the society
would not be allowed to manifest themselves in such a
manner as to wound the feelings of any section of the
subscribers. The speech, however, of the Earl of Erne,
one of the vice-presidents, was of a character so offen-
sive to those who, like myself, seek to secure the welfare
of their native land by procuring for it a national legis-
lature, that it left me no alternative but either to quit my
seat or to convert the meeting into a political debating
society.
" I preferred the former course, even at the risk of
appearing to shrink from the vindication of my own
opinions, and of those with whomit is my pride to concur.
" I have now to ask, respectfully, whether the council
sanction the language used this evening by Lord Erne ?
" If his Lordship's conduct meet their approval, I take
the liberty to request that you will remove my name
from the list of subscribers.—l have the honour to be
your obedient servant, " WM. S. O'BRIEN.
" To the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society."
" P.S.—As I propose to leave Dublin to-morrow
evening, I shall feel obliged if you will transmit your
answer to me, addressed to Cabirmoyle, Rathkeale,
unless you are enabled to send it to 82, Lower Mount-
street, before five o'clock to-morrow."
This admirable letter—so remarkable for manliness,
good temper, and forbearance, for the sake of a Society
established to promote and foster agriculture in Ireland
—caused a meeting of the council of the Society yester-
day, at which Lord Erne attended, and in a manner
highly creditable to him, expressed his unqualified
sorrow for the offensive expressions which he had uttered
on the previous evening. Immediately after the meet-
ing of the council, the subjoined abstract of their pro-
ceedings was transmitted to Mr. Smith O'Brien, by Mr.
Bullen, the Secretary :
" Dublin, 37, Upper Sackville-street, Aug. 16.
" Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of
the 15th inst., which I laid before the council this day,
when the enclosed resolution was agreed to, a copy of
which I have been directed to send you.—l have the
honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant,:
" EDWARD BULLEN, Secretary.
" William Smith, O'Brien, Esq., M.P.,
82, Lower Mount-street."
" ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY 07
IRELAND-MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
" Friday, 16th of August, 1844.
" The Marquis of Downshire in the chair.
" The council having been specially called together in
consequence of a letter from Mr. S. O'Brien, M.P., in
reference to some expressions used by the Earl of Erne,
at the banquet yesterday, at the Theatre Royal, and
Lord Erne having come forward and expressed in the
promptest and most handsome manner his regret that
any observations should have fallen from him of a poli-
tical tendency, and calculated to offend the feelings of
any member of the Society, and which expressions were
contrary to one of its fundamental rules :--
"It was unanimously resolved—That it is a matter of
the greatest gratification to the council that so satisfac-
tory au explanation has been given by the Noble Earl,
retaining as they did the strongest conviction that the
security and prosperity of this great society can only be
preserved by a complete abstinence, at all its meetings,
from allusions of a political tendency.
" Resolved—That a copy of the above resolution be
forwarded by the secretary to Mr. Smith O'Brien, in
answer to his letter, and that these resolutions be pub-
lished in the newspapers of this evening.
"DOWNSHIRE, Chairman.
" The following members of the Council were present
on this occasion :
"The Marquis of Downshire in the chair ; the Duke
of Leinster, the Earl of Erne, Sir R. Bateson, Bart. ;
Mr. C. Fitzsimon, Mr. C. Roper, Mr. D.Wilson, Mr. F.W.
Barton, Mr. John Sharman Crawford, Mr. George Roe,
Sir James Stronge, Bart. ; Mr. Naper, Mr. Wade, Mr.
Peter Purcell, Mr. George A. Hamilton, M.P. ; Mr.
Andrew Ball, Mr. Archbold, M.P. ; Sir John Kennedy,
Bart. ; Mr. William Tigh, Mr. Charles W. Hamilton,
Mr. Thomas Hutton, Mr. William Owen, Mr. Thomas
Ball, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Mr. Denis Kirwin,
Mr. F. Donough, Mr. William J. Armstrong, Mr. J. B.
Bankhead, Mr. Thomas Butler, and Mr. Thomas R.
Hardy."
Mr. Smith O'Brien, in the following communication,
accepted the explanation of Lord Erne, conveyed
through the society, in the spiritin which it had been
offered :

" 82, Lower Mount-street, Aug. 16, 1844.
" Sir—l have had the pleasure of receiving your
obliging communication of this date, in which you
transmit a copy of the resolution passed by the council
of the Royal Agricultural Society, in reference to the
occurrence which gave occasion to the letter which it was
my painful duty to address to you last night.
" I trust that the prompt, honourable, and explicit re-
paration which has been offered by Lord Erne t- those
whose feelings may have been hurt by his unguarded ex-
pressions, will be deemed as satisfactory by others as it
is by me, and that this incident may prove serviceable
rather than injurious to the interests of one of the few
national institutions in regard of which Irishmen of
every class, creed, and party are enabled to co-operate
for the common good of all.—l have the honour to be
your obedient servant, W. S. O'BRIEN."
" To the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society."
THE AUCTION IN THE SHOW-YARD.
Yesterday there was an auction upon a very large
scale at the Coburg-gardens, of a portion
sopfeatkhien
which had been exhibited, and: generally g, the
prices obtained were remunerative, and in some instances
very high. In the class of bulls the sums obtained were
not in general more than an average, but the cows and
breeding stock brought large sums. Paddy Blake, the

little Kerry bull, was sold for 5/. 15s. ; Prince Albert's
cow, which had obtained the prize in her class, was sold
to a Dublin butcher, it is said, for 501.

THE AGRICULTURAL BALL.

One of the most brilliant—indeed, we may say, one of
the most agreeable, and in every way unexceptionable—
public balls given in the city fur many years, took place
last night in the Theatre Royal, under the management
of the Agricultural Improvement Society.
Among the company were the Earl of Leinster, the
Marquis of Kildare, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord
Castlemaine, Lord Crofton, the Chief Baron, Sir Percy
Nugent, Mr. A. Lyle, Mr. J. L. Naper, Mr. E. J. Cor-
belly, Mr. Kincaid, Mr. Hatchell, Q. C., Mr. G. Roe,
Mr. John Sharman Crawford, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P.,
the Right Hon. F. Shaw, Mr. C. W. Hamilton, Mr. J. R.
Barry, Mr. D. O'Connell, jun., &c. &c.
THE QUEEN—THE CORPORATION.
On Thursday there was a special meeting of the Cor-
poration, held for the purpose of adopting a congratula-
tory address to her Majesty on the birth of a Prince.
The Lord Mayor presided.
The address was adopted with much enthusiasm, and
it was arranged that it should be forwarded to Sir James
Graham, fur presentation to her Majesty.
A Privy Council sat in Dublin Castle on Thursday,
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Bishop of
Meath and Kildare, the Master of the Rolls, the Chief
Baron, and ex-Justice Moore were present. It was
ordered that the Archbishops and Bishops now in town
do prepare a form of prayer and thanksgiving to
Almighty God for her Majesty's safe delivery of a Prince,
and that such form of prayer and thanksgiving be used
in all churches and chapels in Ireland, upon Sunday, the
18th of August instant, or the Sunday after the respec-
tive ministers of such churches and chapels shall receive
the same.