The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-05 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNES A Y MORNING. NOVEMBER 5, 1845.

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auLteonE AND DELHl.—:line in respect of which only
'luminary announcement, without detail, has as yet ap-
Capital, 4,000,0001., in 80,000 shares of 50/. each.
;4r3. Rey, Blunt, and Co., are the solicitors.
• 4WCASTLE-UPON-TYME, EDINBURGH, AND (DIRECT)
w JuNerioN.—A line in conjunction with the Edin-
,o and Hawick and. Caledonian Railways. It runs from
Oeaitle, rid Coxlodge and Woodburn, across the border
170n.t0 Hawick. The capital is 1.500,0001., in 201. shares.
!u's J. and B. Green are the engineers.
9ALLLNISLOE AND KILKENNY.—A correspondent of the
Ilaiheay Gazette states that a company is about being
al for the purpose of making a railway from Ballinasloe
kilkenny, running in nearly a straight line through Par-
Ihitiown, Shinrone, Roscrea, Borris-in-Ossory, Rathdowney,.
wiltewo, Urlingford, Freshford, and forming a junction
(I." the Port of Waterford, by means of the 'Waterford
Icilkenny Railway, and Galway and Sligo by the Great
;stern Extensions. " A preliminary survey has been made,
ankh it appear that the proposed railway will be twelve
`• shorter than ,the line already before the public, with
kiiitiely any
by„, cuttings, embankments, or difficult:es of any
t'llt 4,.„'it°l3Tll AND Pustount.—This line, it is said in
Mikit;''uoinary announcement, "will commence at Dart-
Notated Passing Roar or through Dittisham, Ccrnworthy,
NI, renting, Blacksawtory, Stapton, Stokenbam, Chilling-
.keetoNmore, Charleton, Dadbrook, Kingbridge, Salcombe,
proceedQ, lord, Modburv, Yalmpton, and Plimpton, will
.allait% ''' Plymouth." The capital is 500,0001., in 201.
'butt
it'ul rya AND ABERYSIVITH DIRECT.—This is a line
ItAilwale jtoetion of the Welsh Midland and Stour Valley
Denbo Tye
Ludlow, to join various lines projected in
—„'luboy, 'uo capital is 1,250,0D01., in 20/. shares. Lord
"aulecCe heads the provisional committee. Engineer not
„ Roc!,
~,,ne ath,-1/ALE, HEYIVOOD, AND MANefTESTER.—A line on
*l444::°sPheric priaciple the ensineer being Mr. Joseph
' The capital is 200.000/.." ifl 201. shares.

Ott,
Oqlna :teen BOItOSAUX.—On Thurslay last the whole
metre distance between Orleans and Tours, being 114 kilo-
or 72 English miles, was run through by Messrs.
}eel and Brassey, and a party of guests whom they
llftrnted to be present on this interesting occasion. About
leytta "enibled on Wednesday evening at seven, at the Or-
te
t)ri minusr at Paris, and were conveyed in three hours to
them' aaa, where comfortable accommodation was provided for
• ker-n.t° Pass the night at the Hotel d'Orleans. The next
the Zing after breakfast the guests set out at eight o'clock on
le,,Perimental trip in eight carriages. Amongst the per-
r Present were the Puke de Mouchy, the President of the
C4l of Directors ; Baron de Richmond, Viscount de
4,1,3., General Scheider, Messrs. Allcard and Itu +di-
Irv.? M. Thoyat, en weer of the Pouts et Chaussecs ;
)ttlernls Janin, Ice., besides a number of ladies. The
thi e distance to Tours was pissed over in three hours and
iktrtY-eight minutes. On the arrival of the train in the-
to 1, t9wn, M. Walvein, the- mayor, was in attendance
receive the travellers and invited them to a splendid
I.l,Jninee at the Hotel du Faisan. Mr Mackenzie occu-
''d the chair of honour, and was supported by the Duke de
ee4ehy on the right, and General Schieder on the left. After
repast, the forme; prnpesed Mr. Mackenzie'e health in
r3r Nilo • • •
thst gtstic terms, to which a suitable reply was given by
Tours entleman. At half-past two the train started from
wtinionnuti::. return, and arrived at Orleans in three hours and
At she o'clock the guests left Orleans for Paris,
ea:re they arrived at nine o'clock, delighted with their day's
eainaabrsition. The works of art are stated by the gentlemen
les ofjudging of such matters, who went in the experi-
tea„!tl train, as admirably executed. Of the stock for the
be I°h, six locomotives are already in readiness ; others will
tf `?'ecillY delivered, and the remaining seven in the month
IfiessaY• The whole of the permanent way is already down
N'ijYt and the other one will be very shortly completed.
laeef:e eould be opened to the public in the course of three
but the directors intend. deferring the formal open-
Vint! January 1, 1846.
lalt Mints!
LINES.— The company for these lines have
the leeeived the ratification of the concession, granted by
reedia°tv,ernatent of the Two Cicilies. Not being able to im-
tietes !IY undertake all the lines at the same time, it has
frsajtled to commence by the most productive one, that
eapii,4Ples to the frontier of the States of the Church by
Swim
~eatleista Cause, Ocrt 24.—The Provisional Committee
,s`nataie• "' the following noblemen and gentlemen :—Marquis.
•ottet• t'aani, the chairman ; L. B. Migoni, Rocca, and Sons ,
NlF°4l(theee parties are from Genoa). Count Seyssel.
KerrdAiß and Sons, Barbaroux and Company (frog Turin) ,
I,ll,ttotta Vezoli from Milan, and Herr Cities from
I°hatry .11" e gentlemen who are of the most wealthy.in the
several of them 'having fortunes of nine millions or
laepar-we already subscribed a sum of 164,000 francs for
tbotakie Itt°n„rV operations. In a pecuniary view,
.the
,°,,"ers to the public a full guarantee of its stz.ibility,
""ste--i the carry' g of it out may be somewhat more difficult.
'Qe enginee:ltlif talent and character have asserted that
1'4,114/ !•0 ratio of the road though the pass of the Lukman,
LN,1.8,,1he lowest of all the passes in Tessin, Bundten, or
Irimi-V is ly 5,650 feet a=sove the level of the.sea, would
''llieC„"tincult then even that across Mont Ceti's, through
tee itia",e railway from Piedmont to Lyons is to pass. From
et° it inlet:not-id roads have been in use across the Lukman
rakeit,,T. It is said to have received its names Mons Lucu-
,l"llo > from the Lucumonians, the ancient inhabitants,
,l'ees"re said to have there held their religious feasts in
Lett4,,r,,of the sun. In 1374 John, third Abbet of Dissentis,
fopof hospitium in honour of the Virgin Mary at the
„4Steor Pats, 5,654 feet above the level of the sea; and
',l ye miles to the north lies the Hospitinm of St.
~s 3 Ite following seems to be the direction of the line
41541 Present determined upon :—From Rorschach by
Allstaedten and Ragaz to Cher. To Chur, and
take:rot' to Richeneliu, there are no difficulties of impor-
tlie „„ The construction of the line from Richeneau through
• °beeper 'Valley of the Rhine, or through the Bundner
Ads and to the foot of the piss, will be more difficult. The
feet: Wendt; from. Richeneau, E N.E. to W.S.W., about 3,400
Ititho The direction of the valley or pass is mostly straight,
any important curve.. Prom Rioheneau to Trans. the
tows' v.,.eJY narrow and rocky. At Ilauz, the first little
;rietrA"'e Rhine, it becomes wider. From Truns the
411 e aris,eenennnea more open, and the valley wider, until the
%/Its th at the beautiful plain of Dissentis. From Dis-
raile, , e line runs in a south-west direction for about thirty
line is tol-ilt
tie 't° the
tghneolli; not yet known.
„)..I:eltetaurafroSmt. Maria, on Mont Luktnan. Where
here and to reach the valley of the
of From Olne, through the valleys
acuities,egli° and Livin, there seem to he few engineering
`Prins The works could commence with the next
time arid the first rails could be laid down at the same
ttil''hafr°..lll liorsc.liach. to Char, and from Locarne to Olne. In
ta ears this gigantic work mLiht be completed,_ and the
qtll,4YcOrtiniUniCatiOn between the Bodensee to Turin and
be complete also.

VV, LEEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
b;" 44e glad to he ir that the preliminary arrangement',
dael),t.°ll.,Cgto Parliament fir an Act for this most important
:he ,:""ing. are progressing both rapidly and favourably.
'be ,e‘c which has been felt in the money market has -lad
k,;lieet of checking that wild spirit of speculation which
Ihre.l,lveeki ago was running riot at a speed s fearfnl ..s to
tnitt-:' the w.irst consequences; and will have the effect of
34.114 most of the bubble schemes which have been pro-
;44t °,,n bona fide and substantial schemes, however, like
;1,1 tll,- Ene Leeds and Carlisle, the effect has been, and will
tloliei,en,rl be, productive of good by clearing ayray un-
,ill -"ttil,rkt unsubstantial ot'structions. The followin ar
p;', which we have derived from an authentic source,
rri)e.,,read with great
factionsatisfacti by those interested in the
Leeds and Carlisle y :ki_
" THE SURVEY.
ttil 'The Much pleasure in informing you that the survey
line is already completed ; and the engineers
Ilitediscised that the plans and sections shall be deposited
on its ktkay's offices on or before the 21st proximo. The
the'thi t the line generally are very favourable,
.and the
and dall-14 •-e execution between the junction with
111-'lltCh:L-3,l,l4errxheirlisskt‘Railway (at or near Horsforth Wood)
ue 4t-Icaster and Carlisle Railway (at or near Clifton)
14,,,,SIPLIANCE wITH THE STANOING
.ORDERS. t
o'NrilePraarly: ZrcilointLidienratbhlee satisfaction in informing you that the
position to comply with the standing
a4l,llsati,°l, arliament, anil that notwithstanding the preselt
-1,4 14 the money market, the deposits in the company s
attli 'ive been, with few exceptions, paid up, and that
-4418 "" esti
erable h 111`1 °
lliw.!treneholders ofshares desire additional allotments.
10, gly 1. wed applications for shares have been made by
'lllitepte4Pectable parties who were overlooked in the al-
tht tiPllnsel of eminence have been specially retained for
oho
atl," Whilst the influence which the company will have
Dl34Tt' Inetnbers of Parliament will prevent any vexatious
:h al, TnE EXPECTED 'nu m° ON THE LINE.
Crates have said that this head would be probably the
°lliti:tee'iritY to the success of the bill. Mr.. Humphrg
'l),e 1111 e engaged to take the traffic. On the mile of this,
°n o
My appears to exist, viz., tha.t it must show a
th -"unerative traffic, when we consider that by this
I,'lesgo distance will be shortened between Carlisle and
Letweel: London and Leeds by more than 40 miles; (nor
the•r'n4land and Scotland only will this advantage arise,
°;,,ijkle ri,es3 and Carlisle line will also admit an economy
and q'aveiling from London and Leeds ti the North of
tXte;it't requires no argument to assert its importance

:rtija ~ "ITS POSITION WITH OTHER. LINES.
''*3
it were has a peculiar advantage, I conceive, in being
1/44v lipe-t6 sole possessor of the ground, and unopposed by
ii•rtle •
t,i414 or 13,15.1ects which will at all affect it, run either at
ttl)Mden(ltutoltiletta;eng!l s to it, and appear to have objects
LeadsM-
lid Carlisle. I di, not underrate
al't4lZ °f
the Y " d Cull 'le or the Glasgow Union
41c1 wooai to Ltile:34,areotrproposed to run from Carlisle to York,
R DIRECTION OF' TILE LINE.
between 30 and 40 miles apart.
"Th "TEFL DIRECTION ON THE LINE. .
I.(\eedS te0CC441.16.4 of the line will be as direct as practicable from
4il,eb,
.11aIeblit larrriline
It was at first proposed to ran thr iugh
kgq Tiara] it , , znents will be ente. red. into with the Le.eds
ed .4% al"vay Company for bringing that town yi !m-
-441 WaSlCcibp- Y-tolen„irlannestviththis line and the Leeds and fhirhk
e to whichproposed to be made by that
Cal:liileJourisnfrzl, Nov. 1, 1845.

„41144,,AL-1,„ novEa IN We refer with mach pleasure
;:11a-,-“nilneernentQiunilan-n.o—ther part of the paper, showing
.tiAr - -I"nnlittee has been formed, and subscription, are
press, with a view to confer some mark of public, gra-
hll 0 on Mr- Westlake the surgeon of the Andover Union.
E: -urt the poor of the 'country, and more especially those
are comvelled to take refige in workhouses, are under
kltikt obligattons. Re took up their cause with great spirit,
thsts at much ex He
44, conduct of the parties who had so grossly neglected their
prosecuted the tedious inquiry into.
:.' We observe among the subscribers the names of
feat gentlemen well known for their huManity, and among
le:or:e.that of Mr. Rawlinson, the senior magistrate of Mary
the Xelson Mnntxment, in Trafalgar-square, still
kna'aluee a disgrace to the nation—the Government pm-
1t,..e.(1, that- it should be completed without delay—Mr. P.
qa4r,L%,_ the sculptor, out of veneration for the hero, offered to
.it gratuitou;lv, but that was declined. A penny sub-
-014,),t1°,11 has been -instituted at Greenwich, and will most
444 -„,,u17 be followed up in other parts to effect the object.
%%a s' it may be said, characteristically enough, that ii
NnZeacernent has bean made to copper the base of tht.
tll4-11. It is really discreditable to the Board of Work .44, such an eyesore should be suffered to remain in its pre-
;',4tate.--.Cfnited Service Gazette.
t,i'IIOLLISION AT SEA. AND NARROW ESCAPE.-011
5tki461417 night one of the Brighton herring boats, con-
trbg two men, was run foul of by a Dutch sloop, and
'4.to ' 11Parit• One of the fishermen, named Salvage, was
V1,,,;n overboard by the concussion, ald the night being
I§b, as his companion could not see him to render him
wassistance, and he returned to shore with a heavy heart,
kri "cPtcting that Salvage was drowned. He related the
itl
trtlekasttrces on his arrival, and the friends of Salvage. were
t1N,,.. 'stress. In the course of Sunday morning Salvage
,s7,oght on shore by another fishing boat, to the grew
kr-ci,eis friends. He states that when he was. thrown over-
Itles of
illaa_cceedad in catching hold of and clunbmg up the
Illitiriar uuteb vesiel, and the drew of that vessel up Put him on board another herring boat.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNMG PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
CHRONICLE.—" It is impossible," as Sir Robert Peel
has long ago taught the world, both by word and dded, " to
say what constitutes an impossibility;'' but surely we
must be safe in assuming it to be impossible, that a Minister
who has charged himself with the task of regulating the
supply of food to the British people should, under the pre-
sent circumstances of the country, remain quiescent until
next February. Either by prerogative or by legislation—
by order in Council, or .by an early and special summons of
Parliament—we must beim that some effort will be made
to avert or mitigate a calamity, any near prospect of
which were enough to daunt the boldest and most reckless
'of rulers—a remote probability of which, to a Minister
so sensitive as Sir Robert Peel on the point of re-
sponsibility, must be sufficiently painful. That Sir
Robert Peel has made up his mind to the martyr-
dom of waiting to see his own corn-law take its
course during the next three months, is too extrava-
gant a supposition to be lightly entertained. With scarcity
officially proclaimed over the half of Europe; with our own
corn-harvest seriously deficient, both in quality and quantity;
with famine impending over Ireland, in consequence of the
failure of somewhere between one-third and one-half of the
crops which there supply the staple article of popular diet;
—it seems inconceivable that any Minister, in the present
state of public knowledge and feeling, should venture to await
the action of a law which, though expressly made to let in
foreign corn when wanted, exhibits, at this moment, the
monstrous coincidence of a prohibitory duty with (for good
wheat) a famine price. We should not, on any less decisive
evidence than his own acts, suspect our bitterest political
opponent of the cold-blooded infatuation of intending to sit
still end look on while the scale slides, shilling by
shilling, and week by week. The Premier must mean
to give the scale a push, to make it keep better
time with the growth of those national necessities the
relief of which he designed that it should facilitate. As
matters stand, our corn-lave is more than a mere obstacle to
the supplies which we need so sorely. Its opermi :n is not
merely obstructive. Under the present circumstances ef
Europe, it actually ceuses the re-exportation even of such
scanty supplies as the merchant venturers of the most perilous
of trades have dared, in defiance of pivots and rests, to land
on our shores. With the ports of Holland, Belgium, North
Germany, and Rtisia open to free importatio •, our sixteen-
shilling `duty, is virtually a sixteen-shilling Windy on expor •
tation. At this moment the corn merchants of Liverpool
are, it seems, sending their bonded wheat to Russia—Russia,
meanwhile, putting a premium on its importation, by exempt-
ing corn ships from port dues. Is it possible that any Minister
should let this go on ? We need not say that we do not
recommend a resort to the worse than equivocal
policy of forbidding exportation. To cure the
effects of one prohibition by another would be but the old
wife's recipe—" a hair of the dog that bit you." But to hold
out special inducements to the exportation of what little we
happen to have—when we want, and shall want, all arid
more than all, that we can possibly get—is downright
fatuity. We must start fair with our rivals in this race, In
the great European competition for the means of life we can-
not afford to give advantages. Those peculiarities in the
case of Ireland viehich especially call for prompt action, we
have noticed on a former occasion. At this season of the
year, before the frost blockades those northern ports to
which, so far as Europe is concerned, we must look for our
chief supplies of the coarser species of grain, every
week is precious. We must also entreat attention to
the singularly insidious character of that mysterious cala-
mity which now threatens that wretched country with
the worst horrors of famine. We already know enough
to justify the most distressing apprehensions; but we
likewise know that we do not, and at present cannot, know
all. The potato plague, or murrain. or whatever else it may
be called, which is now devastating Ireland, is described by
the Government commissioners. 'as "an enemy whose history
and habits are yet but imperfectly known." Nothing is per-
fectly known of this enemy, but that its ravages, are of im-
mense and unascertainable extent—that it attacks, on the
shortest notice, both growing and housed crops which were
previously considered safe—that the ;most promising signs of
vegetable health may turn out to be utterly deceptive—arid
that the enemy is beyond measure difficult to dislodge from a
soil of which it has once taken possession. Is this an enemy
to trifle and temporise with? We are almost ashamed to al-
lude to considerations which, in the view both of statesman-
ship and of humanity, should now be held undeserving even
of a passing thought. Yet we cannot forbear adding,
that the class interests to which protection professedly mi-
nisters can, at all events, have nothing to apprehend now from
the boldest and most sweeping of measures. All objec'ions,
or pretences of obj, ction, to " sudden" change, are nullified
by the circumstances of the present season. The change now
would not be sudden. The utmost that any change could
affect would be to maintain something like the status quo.
Though an order in Council slid down the scale to zero to-day,
and an Act of Parliament fixed it there to-morrow, farmers
are secure of their "remunerating prices." The landlords
may make themselves quite easy on the score of a possible
superabundance. Tamboff itself is effectually put hors de
combat. The men who dread a corn invasion now are of
that genus of alarmists who would have cried " fire" at the
general deluge. Even the poor agricultural labourer, whom
they dread " throwing out of employ menu" is provided for
too. The railways will take care of him if only Government
will take care of the railways, and of that which keeps rail-
ways going.
TIMES.—The minds of all who feel, not only an interest
in the condition of Ireland. but a sympathy for the priva-
tions of their fellows, are now fully aroused to the state of
the sister country. All men of all parties are unanimous in
pronouncing the necessity of prompt and energetic action to
arrest the progress of the Idlest calamity that can devastate
a nation. It is one of those striking emergencies wnich sus-
pend the operation of party tactics and the violence
of party passions. The Orangemman and the Pa.
pist, Tory and Repealer, Peer and tradesman, now
meet together on one common ground, and for one
common purpose, not, as heretofore, to mingle their
complaints or concoct their censures of an indif-
ferent and contemptuous Government, but to unite their ex-
ertions and combine their influence for saving the masses of
their countrymen from famiee and its satellite—pestilence.
It would be too much to expect that in an Irish assembly of
any kind—especially in one collected under circumstances of
national excitement, and composed of materials the most va-
rious and the most antagonistic—political allusions should be
wholly forborne, and political acrimony completely subdued ;
consequently, the little fracas between Admiral lDliver and
Mr. O'Connell, at the recent meeting in Dublin, may pass fi;r
nothing more than a slight and natural tribute to the public
spirit of their countrymen. But the firmness of the chairman
in checking this desultory altercation, as well as the
express determination of those assembled to fix their atten-
tion on one subject, proves the imminence and the magni-
tude of the apprehended danger. And while it must ever
be a matter of deep regret to Ireland, that those who are the
most able to do her service by their position, popularity, or
talents, generally seek opportunities rawer of division than
of co-operation, .feelings the reverse of pleasurable are sug-
gested by a consiiieration of the cruse which has now anni-
hilated dell rences and amalgamated factions. It looks as if
Irishmen required some great aud terrible calamity te remind
them of their common duties and to restore them to common
sense. At the same tint , it might be rash to expect that the
unanimity and goodwill which the fear of a great danger has
cons.eidated will last beyond the evil day; or teat the Iris
gentry will exhibit the same disposition to sustain the future
prosperity of their country, as they do to mitigate its present
more ueusual distress. lu such a crisis as that which we are
deploring we might reasonably expect to hear of numerous
and conflicting remedies. And this is the case. Various
methods have been proposed for curing the diseased pota-
toes, and preventing the progress of infection. The peasant
has in turn been advised to use acids, alkaline liquors, and
chlorine. But these modes of treatment, however appre-
ciable they may be by a chemi.t, and however valuable on
chemical principle% are wholly beyond the cotter's reach. If
he waits until his circumstances or those of his neighbours
enable him to make use of such scientific preparations,
he will wait till all his produce is consumed, and
all hope abandoned. The Irish peasant, even when
in -the best position and the most complaisant humour,
has but little love ler the experiments of science and
the tests of the laboratory. But when his existence
is at stake—when the delay of a few days may entail a dearth
of months—it is hard to impose on him a succession of trials
which may each in its turn fail, and which must each in turn
cost -him both time and money. In the suddenness of new
embarrassments, and the perplexity of confli ling recommen-
dations, he may lose not only the opportunity, but also the
hope of deliverance; whilst a timely resort to those more ob-
vious and simple means with which the nature of the soil and
the character of the country., and his own arm, have furnished
him, may enable him to secure a certain portion of his food
from infection. And this he should attempt. No thoughts of
comparative failure should deter him. Those who are really
and honestly his friends should impress on his mind that
it is his duty to save from the virulence of disease as much
as he can ; if he cannot recsue provision for six months, thee:
let him try that for five; if for five appears hopeless, let him
try for four, and so on. Only let him be made aware that
on his efforts--simple and laborious efforts, like those re-
commended by the Government Commission, depends
not only the question of more or less food at the beginning
of the next year, but of seed for that which is to follow
—in a word, the hope of future crops. But it is impossible
that any reflections suggested by the state of the Irish
people at this time should bound th emselves by a mere
consideration of the potitoe failure. The potato is
pronounced by all practical chemists to contain the
least possible quantity of nourishment in propor-
tion to its bulk. Yet this is the staple food of time
millions of our fellow-subjects ; and weak, inefficient
as it is, when most plentiful, it is now to be reduced one-
half, and perhaps two-thirds, in its supply ! Such are the
conditions of life to the Irish peasantry ! Alas ! whenever
one begins to investigate the sufferings of Ireland, the mind
becomes entangled in a labyrinth of distresses, such as no
other nation is subject to. One misery opens on another,
and one privation on another, greater than that which pre-
ceded it ; and the remembrance of its ordinary almost (Es-
' heartens us from attempting to alleviate its extraordinary
sufferings. But, the huge necessity of the case looms
through the mists of doubt and fear which gather round the
gaunt image of famine, and suggestions come forth
plentifully,— vague notions, sometimes more in har-
mony with the obscurity around them than with
the capability of execution. But, when did a crisis not
teem with impossible theories? Mr. O'Connell complains
that Ireland is exporting corn to England at this moment,
at the risk of starving her own people. Surely he cannot be
seeking to raise an agrarian clamour against the exportation
f wheat to this country. A more foolish cry could not be
raised. At no time has much native wheat been consumed
in Ireland; nor do we believe that. if all growing there were
kept back for home cousurnpi ion, its supply would materially
effect the aggregate quantity of food six months hence;
whilst the people would lack and starve irons lacking that
,realer abundance of teepee food, purchaseable by nioneyob-
iained in the English markets. We hope that, at all events,
the Irish, for their own sakes, will be cauteme not to inter.
• upt that commerce with England, which is of such inesti-
mable value to themselves just now. England might buy
corn front America; but where would Ireland find the means
d' buying grain for herself, after a self-exclusion from the
English markets? Among other recommendations, that of
opening the ports is one which has probably presented itself
to the minds of all ere this—one of which the aspect of affairs
both in England and Ireland warns us, but whice bides its
ime for execution, whilst that which seeks to give employ-
ment to the people embodies an idea not indeed new to those in
England who have studied the problem of Irish grievances,
but worthy of remark as proceeding from two mixed assem-
blies of Irishmen, and representing a sentiment common to
all parties in the state. The means of achieving this great
end will remain a subject for after-thought, when this
hearth shall have passed away. This is a topic which no
erosperity can make us slight, and no calamity make us
eorget. It grows upon the mind with every d'Cy. It in-
,olves the most profound considerations of social and poli-
tical happiness. It involves questions of race, of rank, of reli-
gion, of population—of everything'which a philosopher regards
with attention and a citizen with solicitude. And, whatever
may be the means eventually adopted for conferring on the
Irish peasantry that greatest boon, the boon of general and
remunerated employment—whatever may be the happy
neans devised for rescuing a peasantry from their territorial
•liraldom, and teaching them to combine the dignity of in-
dependence with the fruits of labour—every thinking man
will feel it to be a cense for gratitude that a season of peril
came on the land, which made one class of man care for
another, and, amid the whigpotinge of eat fear, elicited

the genial accents of benevolencp. The evil will have been
but tor a season ; the guod that shall follow—God grant that
it may be fur aye!

THE BASIN GSTOKE CANAL
NAVIGATION COMPANY. _ _

RAILWAYS VERSUS CANALs.,-On Mon I.', at two o'clock,
a general meeting of the Proprietors of the Basingstoke
Canal Navigation Company was held at the Gray's Inn Cof-
fee-house, Holborn, to receive the report of the affairs of
the Company for the past half year, ending the 30th Sep-
tember ult. Mr. R. Davy, a Director of the Company,
presided.
The SECRETARY read the report, from which it appeared
that the gross receipt amounted to 12,0431. 9s. 24d., includ-
ing 2,500. Exchequer-bills, and that after paying all neces-
sary expenses there remained a balance in favour of the Com-
pany of 881. 4.5. 7id. Among the receipts were 2,2591. for
tonnage, in which item there was a large reduction, in conse-
quence of the competition of the Great Western Railway,
compared with the previous year, in the amount of charge
per ton, though there was still an Wu ease in:the year of 78A 4s.
A, dividend of 21. per cent. on the nonded debt, applicable to
the year 1841, was recommended.
The report having been received and approved of,
Mr. 311Lis, the proposer of the resolution, inquired if there
was a probability of any railway company being likely to en-
ter into terms to purchase their canal.
The CHAIRMAN observed that he should be very happy to
find a company who would buy their property, which they
would be very glad to part with, seeing the state they were in.
These were the sentiments of the whole body.
Mr. Mims said he was in great hopes that he should have
beard of some proposition having been made. The Kennet
and Avon Canal had been sold to some advantage. Their
line would be a profitable speculation for any company.
A PROPRIETOR observed that it was a favourable line; a
perfect line, and 21 miles in length.
The CHAIRMAN remarki-el that he understood there was a
branch from the South-Western, the Company connected
with which he thought would have availed themselves of
their canal, but they were going to join the Great Western
Railway from Farnborough.
A dividend of 2/. per cent. was then agreed to; after
which, thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting
broke up.

THE BENGAL ARMY.
(From the Delhi Gazette.)
The long and anxiously looked-for relief has at last ap-
peared, and we give it here a prominent place. The arrange-
ments are in accordance with the reports generally bruited
abroad for some days past, and such as might be expected,
tho Ugh we strongly suspect that some of the corps will not
see the stations to which they are appointed this season.
How many alterations quietly crept ii to last year's relief,
subsequent to its publication, and how many more into that
of the year before? The only increase on the north-west
frontier arranged by the following, is that of one regiment
at Ferozepore, one only being ordered away for the two sent
thither. It mayafford matter for speculation that the greater
part of the frontier regiments are to be relieved before
quitting their present posts, so that in case of their being re-
quired, the' relieving and relieved regiments, as also those
proceeding to Sinde, will be available for any work that may
be carved out for them :
" Head. quarters, Simla, Sept. 15.
" With the sanction of the Right. Hon. the Governor-

General in Council, the following movements of corps and
dElact.ments are directed to take place, on the dates and in
the order• specified :

" HORSE ARTILLERY.

"4th troop Ist brigade, from Sinde to Meerut., when re-
ieved by the 4th troop 2dbrigade.
"4th troop 2d brigade, from Meerut to Sinde, November 1.

" FOO2 ARTILLERY.

" 2d company 7th battalion, with No. 6 light field battery,
from Delhi to Perozepore, October 15.
"3d company 7th battalion, with No. 5 light field battery,
from Sinde to Delhi, when relieved by the sth company 7th
battalion.
" sth company 7th battalion, with No. 13 light field bat-
tery, from Ferozepore to Sinde, November 1, to march with
the 15th Regiment Native InTantry.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Nov. 2.—THE POTATO DISEASE.—The weather
continues exceedingly favourable—as genial as a fine spring
—and the work of potato digging is proceeding under the
most auspicious circumstances. All reports agree that the
tendency of this state of the weather has been to check the
progress of the potato blight, and to afford the farmers a
better chance of securing the sound portion of the crop. All
through the country the resident gentry are co-operating
with the clergy and farmers in adopting measures to mitigate
the calamity ; for in any case a tremendous loss, chiefly
afflicting the poor, has been already suffered, and there are
yet no means of calculating the extent of the malady.
To-morrow the deputation from the citizens is to wait upon
the Lord- Lieutenant, and it is believed that his Excellency
will have received a communication from the Home-office
respecting the intentions of the Cabinet, and of course his
answer will be shaped accordingly. The general impression
here to-day—not of course based upon any certain informa-
tion—is, that the Government will not take any decided
step at present; that the ports will not be opened, nor dis-
tillation stopped, nor exports prevented; but that consider-
able facilities will be offered for extending employment by
public works. Before adopting any other precautionary mea-
sure, it is considered likely that the Government will wait
for the completion of the potato digging, in order to have a
better means of ascertaining the extent of the loss in the
potato crop.
Subjoined are accounts received from the country this
morning :
COUNTY OF MEATH.—PUBLIC MEETINGS.—DROGIIEDA,
Nov. I.—On Thursday an important meeting of landholders
of the parish of Nobber and the surrounding district was held
in the Sessions-room, Nobber, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the alarming state of the phtato crop, with a
view to devising or recommending such measures as may be
necessary to obviate or to lessen the evils which are feared.
We have great pleasure in stating that the Protestant and
Catholic clergymen of the parish, and the Protestant and Ca-
tholic gentry and farmers of the district were present, and
cordially united iu their determination to do all that lay in
their power to avert the destitution with which the poor are
th reaten ed. Wm. Smith, of Cregg, Esq.. was called to the chair.
Several of the persons present stated the result of their exa-
mination of the potatoes, and it seemed to be the general
opinion that about three-fourths of the crop was destroyed,
some thought as much as seven-eighths. A committee was
appointed to make an accurate examination of the potatoes
still in the ground, and those which have been pitted or
housed, with an instruction to report on the facts, and to
recommend a remedy, the report to be made to a meetina
that is to be held on the 12th of November instant. Col.
Cruise, the respected agent on Lord Gormanstown's estates
in the county Meath, was present, and took part in the pro-
ceedings. One of the measures which we would earnestly
recommend to be adopted, is the taking immediate steps
under the Drainage Act to have the river Dee, in that loca-
lity, improved, so as to give increased employment to the
population. At Moynalty, Meath, we learn that a meeting
similar to that held in bobber took place yesterday. We
understand that a meeting of the farmers and gentry about
the town of Louth will be held to-morrow for the same
purpose.
DROGHEDA CORN MARKET.—The markets have been
pretty well supplied during the week, prices fluctuating. The
merchants' stores are nearly all crammed with wheat, and
prices have receded Is. 6d. to 2s. per barrel since this day
week. Oats higher this morning than during the week; it
brings 16s. to 16s. 6d.
NAVAN, OCT. 31 —CURE OF THE POTATO ROT.—Having
in a former letter stated some particulars relative to the cure
of diseased potatoes—or, in other words, the prevention of its
progress—by Mr. William Boylan, of this town (Navan),
I have deemed it expedient to make further inquiries, and I
have now great pleasure in being able to state the following
facts, which I have from the persons named, viz., Mr. Philip
Reilly, of Navan, merchant, states thathe dug in his potatoes
on Saturday, 18th of October ult., and pitted thirty barrels
of them in his garden at the rear of his concerns • they
were dug in clean, examined by several persons, andi pro-
nounced to be all perfectly sound. On Tuesday following
Sergeant John Carolan, of the police, called on him, advised
him to open the pit, and examine his potatoes; he did so in
the presence of the sergeant, and in the ratio of two out of
every three of the potatoes it contained, they were speckled
with white pips on the surface, and symptoms of rottenness
set in. His servant that day, in preparing dinner, found it
necessary to cut away a large portion of the potato from
the greater number of them, and what remained were
found fit for using—the same potatoes were remark-
ably good before the digging in. Dr. John Timmon
advised his neighbour, Mr. Reilly, to send for Boylan, who
was said to be after curing forty barrels for Doctor Byron.
Mr. Boylan caused the potatoes to be removed from the pit to
a house, where they underwent a process in which fire and
smoke were engaged; the other components remain a secret;
certain it is a perfect cure is effected for the present, and it
is hoped, remedy against future injury. Mr. Reilly has in-
formed me the potatoes are now as wholesome and sound as
before they were affected. Mr. Richard Eason had seventy
barrels cured in like manner, and Mr. John Leonard has Mr.
Boylan engaged in the cure of his potatoes, which were very
bad, and feels confident he will perfect it. I had not a con-
versation with Mr. Boylan, who, as I am informed, is so con-
fident of his power over the disease, that he makes no charge
for his invaluable labour till May next, when his employers
will have ample proof of his ability.
ARDEE, Nov. I.—Digging has been going on rapidly in the
district for the last fortnight, but more particularly during
the early part of the present week, until stopped by the rain
on Wednesday. So far as my observation will permit me to
speak, the crop is turning out better than was expected;
there are, however, a good many instances 'where the malady
has proved fully equal to the worst anticipations, causing
serious loss and misery to many individuals. I have, how-
ever, seen crops dug, the injury done to which is really not
worth talking of, and in ordinary years would attract no
notice whatever. Therefore, putting the good and the bad
together, I consider we have nearly three-fourths of the
crop safe.
COUNTY or LOUTH, Oar. 31.—We have nct heard any re-

ports from Louth to lead us to believe that it is getting
worse there than it was ten days since. in Dundalk we
learn, by personal inquiry, that a considerable portion of the
crop is yet safe around that neighbourhood, the portion safe
wag grown in sandy and gravel!), soil.
KERRY..--It is the intention of the Earl of Kenmore, Mr.
A. Herbert, and other landed proprietors of Kerry, not to
press for their rents, provided the tenantry do not sell the
corn, for the purpose of keeping as large a supply of that
article of food in the country as possible.
BELFAST, OCT. 31.—1 regret to say that my advices as to
the potato crop, this week, do not tend to place them in a
better position than when I wrote on this day week; but on
the contrary, I fear the disease is spreading into districts
which were hitherto comparatively free, and has seized on
descriptions cf potatoes considered, up to this time, clear of
taint.

LIXERICEi Nov. I.—At Gort, the blight of the potato,
while on the ground, is nothing when compared to that in
the pit. It has carried itself to so great an extent, that many
pits of potatoes were covered perfectly safe for the last
twenty days, and are at present shovelled out entirely use-
less. Many, however, ars consoled by the hope that even
the spotted potatoes are recovering by the application of lime
and clay—one shovel of lime and two of clay. This will
preserve them for eating, but not for seed. Amongst what
is to be kept dry for seed, should be mixed the same quan-
tity of dry turf mould or bog guff, well dried. Both have
proved effectual.
NEW COLLEGE IN CONNAUGHT.—The Galway Mercury
says, " We have just heard that Government has determined
upon selecting Galway as the locality for the institution, and
that the Rev. Dr. Kirwan has received his appointment as
President."

REPRESENTATION OF Cum.—Maurice O'Connell, of Kil-
gorey, Esq., and John P. Molony, of Craggs, Esq., are re-
ported to be the new repeal candidates for Clare.
REPRESENTATION OF CASHEL.—The LimerickiChronicle
says, " Mr. Sergeant Stock has resigned the representation
of Cashel—he is to be advanced in his profession."

OPENING OF THE PORTS.
BELFAST TOWN COUNCIL.

On Saturday, the Ist inst., a meeting of the Belfast Town
Council took place, at which a most important resolution was
adopted in reference to the famine with which Ireland is
threatened by the failure of the potato crop. A. Mulholland,
Esq., Mayor, took the chair. After the minutes of a pre-
vious meeting had been read by the Town Clerk, and several
matters of merely local interest had been disposed of,
Alderman HAMILTON rose, and said he wished to direct
the attention of the Council to a subject on which great ap-
prehension was entertained by the country at large, namely,
the diseased state of the potato crop. That it had sustained
great injury there could be no doubt; not only the newspapers
supplied them with accounts of how much the crop was
already ravaged by disease, but private information to which
almost every one was accessible, confirmed the statements.
—(Hear, hear.) The subject was one in which they were all
deeply interested; it came home to all their hearts, and it
was their duty, if possible, to devise measures by which the
wants of the community might be provided for, and the
famine which threatened them might be averted from their
shores. He had no wish to view the subject in apolitical light,
nor was he there to say whether the corn-laws were right or
wrong. The measure which he would suggest might be
supported by men belonging to any party, and he trusted
it would receive the support of those whom he now ad.-
dressed. Unless some means of a preventative kind were
adopted, the poor were likely to be placed in a very dis-
tressed state. Ten months at least would have to elapse
before a new supply of potatoes would be furnished them,
and, as under the failure of the present crop the chief thing
which the people had to depend upon was oats, he thought
distillation, by which so much of it was consumed, should be
put a stop to—(Hear, hear)—and still more, to meet the
deficiency, that foreign grain should be admitted for a time
duty free. Mr. Hamilton concluded by moving a resolu-
tion to the effect, that the Council should petition the Queen
to open the ports for the free admission of corn, and to prohibit
distillation, in order that the scarcity of food with which the
comniunity was threatened might be averted.
Mr. BLACK seconded the motion after a desultory but
animated discussion, during which the majority of the
members stated their opinions.
An amendment was proposed by Mr. KANE, and seconded
by Mr. A. HILL, to the effect that, it was the opinion of the
Council that the motion was premature, and that it would be
better, before resorting to the step which it suggested, to
wait one month, and then take it into consideration.
The amendment was voted for by five of the Council, and
the latter by fourteen, consequently the motion was carried.
A committee was then appointed to draw up the required
memorial to the Queen, and the meeting separated.

SUSPENSION OF DISTILLATION FROM GRAIN.— As
a proof that the fe- ling with regard to the suspension of dis-
tiltatinn from grain is gaining ground, we may mention that
we have just now heard (four o'clock) that an eminent dis-
tiller of this city has purchased to-day four hundred hogs-
heads of sugar, which, of course, he intends to use as a
substitute for grain, in case it be necessary.—Dublin Pilot.
IV REX A M —INCENDIALLISM.—W hen we recorded
the maniac-like act of incendiarism at Cerrigydruidion, some
time ago, we had hoped never to
incendiarism
under the painful neces-
sity of recording another act of in this portion
of the principality. We are grievously disappointed, for on
Saturday last, between the hours of eleven and twelve
o'clock, a fire was discovered in the stackyard of Mr. John
Carrington, of Ty Bryth, Minera. Great exertions were made
by Mr. Carrington and his neighbours to stop the ravages of
the devouring element, but their efforts proved unavailing;
four ricks of oats, one of barley, and part of a stack of
hay, having been consumed previous to the arrival of
J. Burton, Esq., who sent off immediately for the Wrex-
ham fire-engines, which were very soon upon the spot.
They succeeded in preventing the fire communicating to the
remaining stack, and other property, and extinguished the
flames. Much praise is due to the various parties who used
their exertions to save the property from destruction—to
Mr. Burton particularly, and also to Mr. J. P. Hughes, ma-
nager of the fire engines, and police-officers Rowland and
Jones. A meeting was held in the Town-hall, on Tuesday
last, which was attended by R. M. Lloyd, Esq , and other
influential parties, for the purpose of investigating the cause
of the fire. The firemen and various witnesses were exa-
mined, and we are sorry to announce that, from the tenour
of the whole of the evidence, it was manifest that the fire had
not arisen from spontaneous combustion, but was the diaboli-
cal work of an incendiary. A reward of 301. is offered for
any information which may lead to the apprehension of the
ogendere...Carnarvos Herald.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
George Brooke, dyer, Huddersfield.
Matthew Ibbotson and John Ibbotson, paper manufacturers,
Ecclesfield, Yorkshir

BANKRUPTS.
James Reding and William Nicol Jadd, printers, Horse-
shoe-court, Ludgate-hill, to surrender Nov. 14, at twelve, and
Dec. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Goddard and Eyre,Wood-
street, Cheapside.
Edward Speller, tea dealer, Berners-street, Oxford-street,
Nov. 14, at eleven, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers; Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lane.
William Ashcroft, jun., cooper, Bere-street, Ratcliffe, Nov.
11, at one, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London ; Hartley,
New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
John Littlewood, hosier, New Bond-street, Nov. 4, at
eleven, and Dec. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ;
Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street, Cheapside.
George Staight, dealer in ivory Skinner-street, Snow-
hill, Nov. 13, at one, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Barber,
Furnival's Inn.

John Gadd, baker, High-street, Camden-town, Nov.lo, at
two, and Dec, 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, Aldermanbnry ; Hare, Coleman-
street.

John Spofford, linendraper, Chatham, Nov. 18, at twelve
and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee, Old Jewry; Sharp, High-street,
Marylebone.
Edward Turner, chymist, Princes-street, Soho, Nov. 12, at
half-past one, and Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Buchanan, Basin ghall-street.

John Whiteway, miller, Chudleigh, Devonshire, Nov. 14,
and Dec. 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzell,
official assignee; Stogdon, Exeter; Keddell and Co., Lime-
street, London.

Thomas Barnes Vaughan, linen-draper, Poulton cum
Spittal, Cheshire, Nov. 18, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the
Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Norris and Co., Bartlett's-buildings, London ; Norris,
Liverpool.
George Greenstock, ironmonger, Western super Mare
Somersetshire, Nov. 17, and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Bristo
District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol; Jone
and Co., Crosby-square, London; Peters and Abbot, Bristol.
(Dividends, &c., in our next.)

COLLISION ON THE MIDLANDS ILAILWAT.—Another
collision took place early on Friday morning last, close to
the Methley junction, just below Normanton station, which, ,
had it been a passenger train instead of a goods train, might
have been attended with the most fearful consequences.
From the particulars which we have been enabled to collect
from the guard, and from other sources, it appears that a spe-
cial waggon train was coming from the direction of York, and
that another luggage train was coming in a contrary direction.
The collision took place between four and five o'clock in the
morning, which was extremely. foggy at the time. At this
period a Midland passenger train was also due ; and the man
at the Methley junction, where the Midland branches off to
York, and whose duty it is to attend to the points, thinking
that it was a passenger train coming, turned the points in
the wrong direction, by which means he placed the luggage
train on the wins; line, and a most fearful collision took
place between the two luggage trains, three of the carriages
being entirely smashed to pieces. We are happy to state
that no other damage was done, nor was any person injured.
The line was speedily cleared of the obstruction, signals
having been sent to Woodlesford and Normanton stations
to stop any train from advancing until the line was per-
fectly clear.
MAIL COACH ACCIDENT.—OD Monday last a
rather curious accident befel the Gloucester down mail when
about midway between this town and Neath. It appears
that the fore carriage axle suddenly giving way, the wheel
became disengaged from the coach, and rolled off with a por-
tion of the axle in the box. The suddenness of the jerk
thus created threw Mr. Williams, the driver, into the road
without affording him much time for consideration. The
guard likewise became disengaged from the vehicle, while
the horses made off at a galloping pace. The coach con-
tinued running on three wheels for upwards of half a mile,
when one of the horses pulling rather stronger than the
others, caused both coach and horses to fall 'into a ditch on
the road side. The animals now commenced kicking vio-
lently until they disengaged themselves from the coach, the
front part of which they had completely battered in. Pre-
, viouslv to this the passengers, with a single exception,
jumped off the coach one by one, all sustaining more or less
injury, but none to any great extent. The passenger most
seriously hurtwas J. Johnes, Esq., of Dolcothy, who had his
shoulder dislocated, in leaping from the inside. The person
who stuck to the coach was the only individual who came off
unscathed.—Canibriam. _ _

FOOT RACB FOR FIFTY Porsns.—Tuesday the
match between Patterson, of London, and Gimbert, of Bir-
mingham, came off at Boxmoor. The race attracted a large
number of the fancy, and in betting, Patterson was the fa-
vourite. These men were matched to decide their race a
fortnight since, and they, met accordingly, but a dispute
arising in reference to the ground being roped and staked,
the affair terminated on that occasion in a dispute, and at a
subsequent meeting of the parties, an arrangement was made
to settle the issue at the above place. The contested dis-
tance was 120 yards. Patterson took the lead at starting,
which he maintained, Gimbert made an ineffectual struggle,
and the contest was brought to a conclusion by Patterson
running in the winner by a yard and a halt The London
fancy came home with flying colours.
CROP EXTRAORDINARY.—Mr. H. Raweliffe, Long-
ton, shop-keeper, has had this year, on a small extent of
ground lying to the south side of his house, about 32 perches,
or thereabouts, of oats, which have been so productive as
to yield the extraordinary quantity of three loads and five
score (2401 b. to the load) of meal, being after the rate of
rather better than seventeen loads to the aere.—Prestoss
Guardian.

FATAL RAILWAY Accumurrs.—About five o'clock
on Friday morning a melancholy accident occurred at the
Kilwinning station of the Ayrshire Railway, whereby, we
regret to add, a porter, named Henry Murray, lost his
life. The deceased, who had been assisting in pushing for-
ward two trucks, to attach them to the luggage train from
Ayr, incautiously attempted to do so when they were still in
motion, whereby he was so severely bruised that he died about
one o'clock in the afternoon. He was a sober, industrious
man, and has left a widow and small family.—About two
o'clock on the same clay a boy named Morrison, belonging
to Irvine, had, without the knowledge of the servants of the'
company, and contrary to their rules, got upon a luggage
truck, from whence he was removed by one of the porters;
but, having again climbed up, unperceived by the servants
who were pushing forward the trucks with their heads down
at the tim, fell between the two trucks and was killed on
the spot.—Glasgow Argus.
The Provost of Pollokshaws has received the fol-
lowing letter from Sir Robert Peel, in reference to the me-
morial of the magistrates and town council of Pollokshaws,
which appeared in our columns of Saturday last. We are
aware that the Provost communicated to Sir Robert Peel the
result of inquiries made in the Pollokshaws district, where
the failure of the potato crop has been very general, and we
are glad to observe that Sir Robert has considered the infor-
mation thus given as meriting his thanks, which it will be
observed he has conveyed in his letter to Provost Hector. It
would be very desirable that other corporations and official
persons were equally alert on this important matter :-
1 " Whitehall, Oct. 27, 1845.
" Sir,—l beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of the me-
morial of the magistrates and town council of Pollokshaws,
which was inclosed in your letter of the 22d inst., and at the
same time to return you my thanks for the information by
which that memorial was accompanied.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant, (Signed) " ROBERT PEEL.
"To William Hector, Esq., rovost of Pollokshaws, N.B.
—Glasgow Saturday Post.
STATE or TRADE.—Trade, we are sorry to say,
has been rather languid here for some weeks past, and a con-
siderable number of hands have been for a time idle, and find
it difficult to get employment. There is a general gloom
hanging over the trade of the country, particularly in the soft
goods department.— Glasgow Saturday Post.
THE POTATO CROP.—ORDERS FROM GOVERN•
MF.NT.—Orders were this day received at the Cork Custom
House directingreturns to be forwarded to the Castle, Dublin,
setting forth the quantity of potatoes shipped from this and
all the out-ports of the district, since the first of September
last; and also directing that returns should be made every
Saturday of the quantities exported during the week—dis-
tinguishing, in all cases, those shipped to England, coastways,
and to other places. This looks as if some step to prevent
the exportation of the people's food was in contemplation.
Cork Southern Reporter.
THE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION IN LIVERPOOL.—
We have received further details of the effects of the gun-
powder explosion in that town, the principal facts of which
were mentioned on Tuesday. Two of the men are so severely
injured that but faint hopes are entertained of their recovery.
Besides the powder that exploded about two hundred weight
and a half was found on the premises, and the wonder is that
that it did not explode also. The quantity that exploded
did not exceed 301bs. The explosion, it is supposed, was
caused by a spark from a candle when the shopman was'
weighing a small quantity from the canister.
Earl Fitzhardinge's fox-hounds commence hunting
the Cheltenham country to-day, the first meet being at
Broadway. For the ensuing week but two fixtures have yet
been made ; namely, Monday, Nov. 8, at Queen Wood, three
miles. Through Prestbury, on right of Winchcomb Road,
opposite Southern. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Puzedown, seven
miles. Through Charlton Kings, to the right of Andovers-
ford Inn, on the Oxford Road. The noble 'owner of the
noble pack is expected to arrive at the Plough Hotel to-
morrow, and will himself take the field on Monday. His
lordship, we undersand, has again engaged his old residence,
German Cottage, for the winter. In another year the rail-
way will, probably, render future occupancy tmpossible.—
CWeitenham .Loolust
DREADFUL MINE ACCIDENT.-011 Tuasday last
a very serious accident, which it is feared will terminate
fatally, occurred to a man named Daniel Simcox, who is en-
gaged as a puddler at Mr. Russell's works, near Wednesbn7.
t appears that Simcox had been drinking rather freely
during the whole of the night, and about three o'clock next
morning he purchased a bottle of ale for the purpose of
taking to his son-in-law, who worked in one of Mr. Bagman
pits. On arriving at the mouth of the pit there was no one
attending the machinery, and being rendered reckless by the
drink he had taken, he deliberately tied the bottle to his
coat, and seizing the rope, swung himself off the side of the
opening, in order to let himself down. He, however, mis-
calculated his ability to accomplish this dangerous exploit;
for the friction of the rope, occasioned by his rapid descent.
became so great, that when three parts of the way down, he
was forced to let go his hold, and his foot at the same moment
catching in a hook attached to the rope, he tumbled over.
and was precipitated with great violence to the bottom of the
pit. When taken up he was found to be quite insensible,and
suffering from a severe fracture of the skull. He was in-
stantly removed to his home, and attended by Mr. Reynolds.
surgeon, but the injuries he sustained are so serious, that very
slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. The pit where
Simcox made his hairbrained and perilous descent, is, we un-
derstand, upwards of 100 yards deep. —Birmingham Journal.
DREADFUL MORTALITY FROM MEASLES.—Upwards
of 40 children have been interred in the churchyard at
Middlesborough within the last seven weeks, and nearly all
of them have died from having caught cold whilst suffering

from measles.—Durhazn Chronicle.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S
GREABE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and falling off,
the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use
of the two above-named articles, applied alternately—the bo-
tanic water to cleanse the roots from send and as a stimulant,
and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any further evidence
was required of the virtues of bear's grease for renovating and
preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used,
and the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame-
rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and Sons,
119, and 12.0, Bishopsgate-street, who first introduced the use
of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and kill the ani-
mals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with
their names and address printed on the pot, or the chances are
their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to
the bait are warn than wit s&

LA W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 4.

Lord Chancellor took causes, lunatic and bankrupt
petitions to-day.

COVISTRIXC; V. COUI-STRn,TG.

Upon this case, which came before the Court yesterday,
being called on-day, it was atruck out of the paper, uone of
the parties being present.

LW RE PENDER.

The arguments in the part-heard motion on this else
were resumed to-day, and occupied his Lordship the whele
morning. The case was opened before the long vacation,
and the point involved in it relates principally to a ques-
tion of costs.

ROLL'S COURT, Nov. 3.
This being the first day of term Lord Langdale sat at a
;file after one o'clock.

Mr. Sergeant Shee, upon having a patent of precedency,
and ➢lr. Montagu Chambers, upon being appointed Queen's
Cousel, took their seats within the bar.

COOPER v. BATTERSIST.

Mr. Tt:llNitrt moved for an injunction to restrain the de-
fendant, James Battersby, from selling, disposing, parting
with, changing, or transferring certain shares, now standing
in his name, in the " Birmingham and Liverpool Grand Junc-
tion Canal Company." In June, 1844, the plaintiff, Henry
Cooper, purchased fifteen shares, at 121. 13s. per share, and
it was agreed, on the sth of July, 1844, that these shares
should be transferred into the name of the defendant for re-
sale. and that the profits on them should be divided, two-
thirds for the defendant and one-third for the plaintiff. Since
this transfer a new allotment had been made among the pro-
prietors, and seventy-five new shares were allotted in respect
of fifteen shares, subject to the same trusts. These new
shares were now greatly increased in value, but the defendant
had ,formed a scheme to exclude the plaintiff from the profit,
and had attempted to make a sale at a fictitious price. He
returned no answer to the plaintiff's letters of inquiry, but
said he had sold the shares for the price he gave for them.
The plaintiff had discovered that the defendant had sold five
~f the shares at 381. a share, and that the remaining ten
shares, continuing in the name of the defendant, had become
of increased value. The plaintiff had, in consequence, ob-
tained in October last a distringas to prevent the shares being
parted with, but the defendant had since given notice of his
intention to transfer them.—lnjunction granted.

NOVEMBLIL 4.
LORD NELSON V. I3RIDPORT.

The original question involved in this case relates to the
Dukedom of Bronti, and it a matter entirely of Sicilian law.
His LORDSHIP gave judgment on the exceptions by the de-
fendant to the Master's report as to the hearing of evidence
in the cause. The exceptions were seven in number, six of
which were overruled by his Lordship, one only being
allowed.

His Lordship was occupied during the remainder of the
day in the hearing of unopposed petitions, which were quite
devoid of public interest.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Nov. 4.
;(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
'lli Honour took cause petitions and motions to-day.
IN TfIE MATTER OF THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY COMPANY.
This case came before the Court upon the petition of the
mortgagor and mortgagees of a mortgage on certain land re-
quired by the railway, praying that a sum of 6001. paid into
Court by the Railway Company might be paid to the mort-
gagees in satisfaction of their mortgage.:Although the amount
was not sufficient for the redemption of the mortgage, the
mortgagees had consented to take it.
His Hoxoen made the order as prayed.
IN THE MATTER OF THE BLACKBURN RAILWAY COMPANY.
This petition prayed that the sum of 20,0001., which had
been paid by the Company into the Bank of England in the
name of the Accountant-General of the Court, in conformity
with the Standing Orders of the House of Parliament, might
be paid out, the Company having obtained their Act.
The COURT made the order.
IN THE MATTER OF THE BLACKWALL AND EPPING RAILWAY
COMPANY.
This case also came before the Court upon a similar peti-
tion, with respect to the sum of 18,750/. The Act in this case
had also been obtained, and
His HONOUR ordered the amount to be paid out of Court,
agreeably to the prayer of the petition.
The Court having disposed of all the unopposed petitions
on the paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the
part-heard case of _ _