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

ritiE STTN, LONDON, T,UESDAY EVENING, NOVEII/11,git

REMARKABLE EXPOSURE OF AN

ANTI-MESMERIC DOCTOR.

The following castigation (revised• and abridged from the
Leamington Spa Courier), was recently administered by Mr.
Spencer T. Hall. It was at the close of a course of lecture.s,
before a numerous and highlyrespectable audience, that. Mr.
Hall came forward and said— He held in his hand a news-
paper—the Warwick Advertiser of Saturday—upon a letter
in which not mesmerism only,_ but humanity, demanded that
he should now make some remarks. That letter, entitled
" Mesmerism in a Dilemma," and signed " Scintator," could
not originally have been intended for the paper in which
it appeared, but for the Leamington Courier, for it began as
follows :

"To the Editor of the Warwick Advertiser.

"Sir,—l happened to be in Leamington in the early part
of this year, when a person named Donovan was lecturing on
Mesmerism, and also on Wednesday last, when Mr. Spencer
T. Ha'l gave his first lecture on this subject. I was amused
and ;ratified, in common with the visitors and inhabitants of
your beautiful Spa.—(do any of you know of a Spa at War-
wick; asked Mr. Hall, amidst laughter ?)—" by the straight..
forward, prompt, and effective manner in which Dr. Lietch
exposed the hollow pretensions of the former lecturer, and by
the manner in which he followed it up, as I saw by your pa-
per, proving that the four Leamington boys who ex-
hibited the 'phenomena' on that occasion were rogues all.'
I was glad to see that the aulience on Wednesday last,
warned, I suppose, by their former mistake, did not attempt
to hiss down the gentleman alluded to. In my own
opinion, and it was the opinion of many who sat near me on
Wednesday evening, Mr. Hall's exhibition was the most
lame, ridiculous,,and transparently artful, on the part of the
boys, that could well be shown to an audience a-gape for
wonders. The two young rogues should be well whipped,
and taught some honest way of livelihood." • * " Mr.
Hall, though evidently wishing to shirk the subject of clair-
voyance, was compelled, by the questions of the querist, to
assert that he believed in clairvoyance." * * " Havires
got all this distinctly asseverated by the lecturer—as, indeed,
with his book, and all books on the subject staring him in
the face, he could not well avoid doing—Dr Lietch then very
naively declared that, for his part, he believed in the old
fashioned way, that people saw with their eyes, and with
nothing else.'
Then comes (said the speaker) Dr. Lietch's challenge, with
further compliments to Dr. Lietch, and abuse of myself ; and
the letter ends with a date from " Leamington." Now, it
will be found in my book of " Mesmeric Experiences,"
which Dr. Lietch says he has read, that there is a history of
my connection with the cases of Wm. Holbrook and Henry
Wigston, the youths alluded to, one of whom is a native of
Nottingham, and the other of Leicester, in which towns re-
spectively they are known to persons of station and in-
fluence, who can speak to their characters—characters in
which I knew no blemish. I have at my command, at
least four hundred cases in different parts of the
country, for any one of which I could send on
an adequate occasion, but I prefer, at present, to
operate upon these, because I have the most per-
feat faith in their integrity. " Scrutator" has ventured to
assert that they are " rogues ;" and, away as they are from
their parents, by whom they are entrusted with me as their
temporary guardian, I have felt myself called upon to repu-
diate, in the most emphatic manner, such a false imputation.
—(Cheers.) It was in this capacity, and from a due regard
to the feelings of Henry Wigston, who is more specifically
alluded to in this gross libel, and to the feelings of his
parents, to whom his character and future prospects are most
dear, that I called this day upon Mr. Sharpe, the publisher
of the Advertiser, to demand the name of the author.
Having myself been connected with the public press, for
nearly sixteen years, and having in that time been identified
with the management of several leading provincial journals,
I am not unaware of the liability of an editor to be imposed
upon by unconscientious contributors. Although knowing
that the publisher_of the paperwas liable to an action. for libel,
In rensideration.of. what I have now stated, 'I felt that-it
svoald. be snfficient for the present Case if theiname of the
writer were given up to me, that I ' might deal with him
CAllingupon the publisher (Mr. Sharpe), he told me
that he did'not know the author;- anti argued somewhat irra-
tionally in extertuhtion of the libel; tut refttredine to the
editov,(Mrs. Horsed *his, without/ lieeltetier, -and in the
most, prompt.. end; eoarteous s marindroinforined- me that Dr.
Lietch himself was the guarantee for its insertion—(Cheers.
and -ceisfusion.) -As a further confirmation that it was Dr.
Lietch who had thus been complimenting and endeavouring
to raise himself by abusing me and my patients, I can now
repeat what I have already stated, that the day before that
paper was published, Dr. L. used precisely the same lan-
guage to me which he there applies to the boys, against
whom he cannot prove a single act of dishonesty. In
whom, then, is the deception ? The boys or Dr.
Lietch ?—(Cheers, hisses, and signs of interruption from
some individual in the back seats.) Now all that I require is,
a fair hearing and clear justice. When Dr. Lietch wrote
that letter, I was not there to interrupt him, nor will I now
be interrupted by any man in my reply. Dr. Lietch has
complimented himself on the " name' manner in which he
professes to have drawn me into certain admissions regarding
clairvoyance ; and having told us that he regards clairvoyance
as the key-stone to Mesmerism, and that if it fails the whole
structure falls, he considers that he has completely established
his point. You have most of you heard the anecdote of " the
brow-beating barrister," in 'i'yas's "Heads of the People,"
who, having done all in his power to shake the testimony of
a conscientious witness without success, boldly asks him if he
has ever been at Birmingham? Being answered in the
negative, he repeats the question with still greater pertinacity,
" have you never been at Birmingham ?" " No." Then
tell me, and remember you are on your oath, have you
never been at Manchester?" " Yes. " There's a pre-
varicating fellow," concludes the barrister, and turning
to the jury with a leer, says, " I do not think it
necessary to ask such a witness -as this any more
questions." Just such was the course of conduct pur-
sued by Dr. Lietch. When I was lecturing upon a class of
phenomena totally different from clairvoyance, and whilst
confessing that at that time I had no certain means of illus-
trating it, he "naively" drew me into the simple admission
that I believed it, and then professed to have disproved all
the rest I had shown, and you, Mr. Chairman, and others
bad tested. As well might he have argued that because
clairvoyance could not. in circumstances inimical to its de-
velopment be proved, that would be sufficient evidence that
James Wombell's leg had not been amputated without pain.
Presuming (and fairly too for the reasons I have shown),
that Dr. Lietch, either wrote or dictated " Scrutator's" letter,
he further compliments himself, and endeavours to depre-
ciate me and Mesmerism, by alluding to the "naive"manner
in which he exposed Mr. Donovan and his boys. Not being
acquainted with Mr. Donovan, of him in this case I can say
nothing; but there are gentlemen of veracity and honour in
this room, at the present moment, who have furnished me
with incontrovertible documentary evidence as to the trap
baited by Dr. Lietch to catch one or more of the boys ; gentlemen
who will come forward and support it with their names should
it be questioned. After these boys had been mesmerised by
Mr. Donovan, Dr. Lietch took a policeman.(Cries of "No,
no.") Well there was one present at Dr. Lietch's house, as
if in attendance to apprehend a criminal.—(Mr. H. Young
here exclaimed—" Only part of the time.") This observation
was followed by mingled cheers and jeers.) Mr. Hall con-
tinued—Be it so—" only part of the time." That a police-
man was there, with handcuffs, is established by the fact that
he received a fee for his services, and was subsequently repri-
manded by his superior for taking any part in the transac-
tion.—(Cheers.) By way of invalidating mesmerism, Dr.
Lietch then told one of the boys, in a stern manner, that if
be did not confess that he had been tricking those who be-
lieved in mesmerism (the handcuffs having been displayed
before his eyes), he would be taken to gaol.—(Sensation.)
After this confession, thus wrung from him, he received
from Dr. Lietch five shillings as a reward for his
delinquency.—(More sensation.) You have all heard
of Jonathan Wild, the thief-trapper, who, to satisfy
his own selfish ends, bribed Jack Sheppard and
others into one crime, and frightened them into another, that
he might afterwards receive the benefit of their conviction.
—(Hear, bear, and hisses.) Is not Dr. Lietch, so far as
science is concerned, in a position strictly analogous to this ?
—(Cheers.) Have we not many instances in the history of
our race, not of merely poor uneducated boys, but of great
men who• for years have endured the severest persecution
rather than relinquish a faith upon which they believed the
eternal salvation of their souls to depend, but who at last
have been driven by fear of the screw, and other tortures, to
confess to imaginary crimes rather than incur the pains and
obloquy of further persecutions. And may it not, therefore,
have followed that the boy to whom I have alluded, with the
handcuffs and gaol before his eyes, and with no extraordinary
degree of moral courage to sustain him, was, by the stimula-
tion of his fears, and the other means used on this occasion,
driven into betraying his conscience, unjustly to Mesmerism,
and for the gratification of its opponents ? And let me ask
whether or not, if a professor of Mesmerism, had ever
employed similar means to induce a boy thus to belie himself
in his favour, any man wculd have been more ready to con-
demn, and to hold him up to shame, than Dr. Lietch ?
(Cheers.) There is at the present time in Leamington a do-
cument, signed by the same boy, in the presence of a gentle-
man of the highest respectability, in which he avers that he
really had been put into an abnormal condition by Mes-
merism by that gentleman, subsequently to the scene at Dr.
Lietch's, and further that he had been induced to confess what
he had done there, although that confession was false, by the
fear of the punishment, and the hope of a promised bribe
from his tempter and convictor—Dr. Lietch !—(Cheers). Now
for myself, it is of comparatively little consequence what Dr.
Lietch says of me. After all that I have done and endured,
in defence of this great truth—to say nothing of the reputa-
tion I enjoyed as a literary man before—l may be considered
as one belonging to his country and his age, and not to
be judged by a single locality or the doings of a single hour.
Misrepresentation has done its worst for me,—persecution has
been carried to my fire- side, and invaded the sanctuary of
my dearest affections ; but whatever I may have done,—
and we all do somethingto repent of,—although there may be
errors of judgment which were life to come over again, I
would carerully avoid ; I defy any one to injure my moral
character, either as a private or a public man, if I can only
have as impartial hearing, and both sides be fairly judged;
and that hearing I can obtain, because I have not only
some degree of influence with the public press, but can,
if occasion require it, write my sentiments in a book,
and print, and bind it with my own hands. But it is
different with these boys whom I have brought before
you; and considering the faith they have in me, and
in humanity,—a faith that no one is justified in abusing,
—considering that, from time to time, they have allowed
me to pass them into conditions, for the elucidation of truth
and the promotion of science, conditions in which they have
no command of themselves ; 1 should ill be performing my
duty to them, their parents, and my own conscience, if I did
not stand up and defend them with as much energy as I
would defend myself from the libellous attacks of Dr. Lietch,
or any other man.—(Cheers.) Two very strong motives to
good conduct, especially in youth, are self-respect, and the
estimation in which others hold us. Take away these, by
imputing to a boy faults of which. he is not guilty—perse-
cute hint for those imaginary faults, and you will soon make
his existence so degraded or so intolerable that it becomes of
little consequence to him, so far as this life is concerned,
whether his practices be right or wrong, Therefore, I hold
it to be one of the highest crimes, first to pollute the- mind
of a youth by stimulating his fears or tempting him with
a bribe, and then to damn humanity in his estimation
for ever, by his tempter turning round and becoming his
accuser,—(Cheers), And who after all is Dr. Lietch ?
(Cheers). Cuvier, the great naturalist; Liebeg, the great
chemist ; Archbishop Whateley, a divine ; Shelley, the poet;
C9Mbe, the mental philosopher; Dr. Elliotson, the physic).
;cosi ; Dr. Dick, the astronomer, and others scarcely less
eminent in every' walk of science and literature; these are
virtually celled dupes and impostors, by Dr. Lietch, who Im-
putes imposture or delusion to all who believe in, or advocate,
Mesmerism ;—and again I ask, who is Dr. Lietch ?—(Cheers
and laughter,) One word mere for hint, and I have done. Had
he known me better, he had let me alone ; but since we have
become acquainted, this I can promise him, that should he
on any occasion think fit to apply for the situation of a police
spy. a thief-trapper, or a minister to some inquisition, if he
will rags to trip) will give him a recommendation.—(Con-
fusion.) Dr. I.ieteli. l a heaen to attack me through the
newspapers ; let him if he will &Aug. himself' in the
same way ; or if ha does net pfqer That 'coufie; atilt
the same chance 04 I have, tliat of g 4.4 r1:0111
which he may, if he
and giving a lectufo, honestly 9f me, as
likes, speak as boldly and as
I have' nzie done of him.—(Cheers.) Per !!!‘.'
satisfaction of this large, respectable, and attentive audience,
I have now to state that, as I have tq stay in this town for a
short period, in the Femalea of my Onto datiesi if it

moderate number of candid and intelligtet gentlenon will
form th4mselves into a Cominiftee- Trivestißatlan, I shall
be exCeeclinzly happy to associate with them for the purpose
of bringing Mesmerism to such tests as those best acquainted
with its practice consider most legitimate and fair. These
gentlemen shall have the choice of subjects for me to operate
upon : my next lectures (to be given in November) shall be
exclusively illustrated, if required, by experiments on the
parties, thus chosen, and the surplus proceeds, if the pheno-
mena are not perfectly satisfactory to the Committee, be de•
voted entirely, as those of the first lecture of this course have
been, to some public charity.—(Cheers.)

REL AND.
TIIE POTATO DISEASE.-FEVER.

DUBLIN, Nov. 9.—lt has rained, with little' intermission
by day or night, since Thursday last, and last night very
heavily. This very unfavourhble state of the weather will,
.weyear' greatly extend the calamity of the potato blight. The
reports from the country, with few exceptions, are of the
most afflicting kind. Those who had been, a week or two
since, confidently calculating upon the preservation of two-
thirds of the crop, now despair of saving a third part.
Already there are accounts of the appearance of pestilence in
the poor and crowded suburbs of some provincial towns. In
several cases landlords are acting with great cruelty in the
exaction of rents; but the far greater portion of the landed
proprietors seem disposed to treat their tenantry with kind-
ness and forbearanee.

1-
LORD .A.TA—YOWS DAY.
*.
THE THNS ER: T GUILDHALL.
• The inauguration dinner of the Lord Mayor took place at seven
o'clock, last evening, at Guildhall, which, as usual, was illu-
minated with refulgent splendour, the beautiful star of the Order
of the Garter shining conspicuously forth midst the general blaze
of light. From half.past three o'clock the arrivals of various dis-
tinguished personages were incessant, and considerable interest
was manifested as each new comer was announced and made his
appearance. A flourish of trumpets ushered in the new Lord
Mayor and his lady, who were greeted wtth a warm reception as
they passed through the ha .) Sir James Graham soon after fol-
lowed, and was welcomed with cheers. The Right Hon. Baronet
repeatedly acknowledged the compliment as It was repeated.
The Lord Mayor took the chair at seven o'clock, and was sup •
ported by the late Lord Mayor (Alderman Gibbs). Prince Hilal of
Muscat and the Right Hon. Sir James Graham sat near his Lord-
ship on his right, and the Lady Mayoress occupied the scat on his
Lordship's left. Amongst the company present we also observed
their Excellencies the Foreign Ministers, the Marquis of Salis-
bury, the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of
Eldon, Lord W. Lennox, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Jocelyn, Lord
Dudley Stuart, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord
Montford, Lord Harris, Lord Chief-Justice Tindal, Chief Baron
Pollock, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron
Platt, Mr. Vice-Chancellor Wigram, the Attorney-General, the
Solicitor-General, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, the Right
Honourable Henry Pierrepont, H. T. L. Corry, Esq., M.P., W. B.
Baring, Esq., M.P., the Dean of Westminster, Col. Wood (Brecon),
M.P., Col. T. Wood, M.P., Hon. H. Fitzroy, M.P., Sir R. H.
Inglis, M.P., Sir W. Heathcote, Bart., Sir F. B. Head, Bart., Sir
Edward Antrobus, Bart., Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., Sir Heskcth
Fleetwood, Bart., Sir Harry Goring,- Bart., the Governor and
Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman and
Deputy. Chairman of the East India Company, Sir C. S. Hunter,
Mr. Alderman Lucas, Sir J. Key, Bart., Sir Peter Laurie,
Bart., Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Mr. Alderman Kelly, Mr. Al-
derman Wilson, Mr. Alderman Harmer, Sir J. Pixie, &c. &c.
There was more than the ordinary number of ladies present.
The following is the general bill of the fare which was provided
for the occasion :-
250 tureens of teal turtle, containing 5 pints each ; 200 bottles
of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 entrees, 4 boiled turkeys and
oysters, 60 roast pullets, 60 dishes of fowls, 46 ditto of capons, 6
ditto of Captain. White's Selim's true India curries, 50 French
pies, 60 pigeon: pies, 53 hams ornamented, 43 tongues, 2 quarters
of house lamb, 2 barons of beef, 3 rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps
of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef; 6 dishes of asparagus,
60 ditto of mashed and other potatoes, 44 ditto of shell fish, 4 ditto
of prawns, 140 jellies, 50 blacmanges, 40 dishes of tarts creamed,
40 dishes of almond pastry, 30 dishes of orange and other tourtes,
20 Chantilly baskets, 60 dishes of mince pies, and 56 salads.
The Removes-80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, 80 pheasants, 24
geese, 40 dishes of partridges, 15 dishes of wild fowl, 2 peafowls. .
Dessert-100 pineapples, from 21b. to 31b. each ; 200 dishes of
hothouse grapes, 250 ice creams, 50 dishes of apples,. 100 ditto of
pears, 60 ornamental Savoy cakes, 75 plates of walnuts, 80 ditto
of dried fruit and preserves, 50 ditto of preserved ginger, 60 ditto
of rout cakes and chips, and 46 ditto of brandy cherries.
At the conclusion of the dinner, the customary loving cup which
the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs drink to their invited guests was an-
nounced by ;the renowned toastmaster Toole in a most emphatic
style, which excited general applause.
Grace having been said,
The LORD MAYOR rose and proposed as the first toast " the health
of our noble and generous Queen, and long life to her,' which was
drunk with three times three.
The LORD sfairoa next proposed " the health of the Queen
Dowager," which was duly responded to.
The next toast was "the Duke of Wellington and the Army,"
for which Sir J. Burgoyne returned thanks.
The LORD Mavoa then proposed a toast, which from some over-
sight had not been given before, " the health of Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, and the other branches.of the Royal Family."
The toast having been duly honoured,
The LORD MAYOR, next gave—" Sir 'G. Cockburn and the
Navy." . •
-Sir G. COCKBURN returned thanks for the honour which had
beet' done to the profession to.which he belonged. He was aware
hoer much the country was indebted to the exertions of her sea-
men, and he need not-say that the British - navy, whenever its
services might be required,.would ever be found ready to perform
its duty and vindicate thehonour of the conntry.—(Cheera.)
. • 'the Loan Matott then proposed—' Prosperity to the Trade and
Cornihefee of the City of London." His Lordship, In giving this
toast„ accompanied it by several observations which we 'regret to
say did, not
~ reach us, as the voice of the speakers generalry was,
to a certain degree, • lost 'in the vastness 'of we hall in which
they spoke.
The Loan MAYOR next gave—" the health of the late Lord
Mayor ;" for which
Mr. Alderman Gratis returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " the health of Her Majesty's
Ministers.''
The toast having been drunk with the usual honours,
Sir J. GRAHAM, in returning thanks, was with difficulty heard,
but was understood to say—ln the first place, he had to express
regret on the part of his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the
Government for his absence on the present occasion. Nothing but
severe indisposition, from which he had partially recovered, would
have prevented his presence; but for his Right Hon. Friend who
was absent, and for himself, and all his colleagues, he would un-
dertake to state that it was to them a matter of real pleasure and
satisfaction to accept the invitation of the citizens of London, on
an occasion like the present. They felt, as had been truly stated
by the Lord Mayor, in proposing the toast of " Prosperity to the
trade of that great city," that the prosperity of the city of London
was connected with the welfare of the country at large.—(Hear.)
The administration of the government of such a country as this was
at all times an arduous task, and from time to time occasional
difficulties must arise, which no human prudence could antici.
pate, and no human wisdom or power could avert. His Right
Hon. Friend (the Lord Mayor) had said that the present Govern.
went possessed the general confidence of the present assembly. He
could not but presume that in so large a meeting there must be a
great difference of opinion, but when he looked around those walls,
and saw assembled within them those whom he regarded as the re-
presentatives of the wealth, intelligence, industry, and enterprise of
this great community, he could not but think that whatever diffi-
culties Ministers might have to encounter, they would be sup-
ported as long as they had one honest purpose in view—that Mas,
without favour or affection to devote their abilities to promote the
welfare of their country.—(Hear. hear.), For himself, in the situ-
ation which he held, he could state that he had at all times and
occasions received, without reference to party, co-operation and
cordial assistance from the city 'authorities in upholding the peace
and good order of the community, and, in conclusion, he congra-
tulated the Lord Mayor upon attaining the highest point of honour
which his fellow.citizens could bestow upon him, and begged to
propose his health.
The toast having been drunk with three times three.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, stating that it was his
determination to perform the functions of his office in a manner
which lie believed would be satisfactory to his felldw-cltizens.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " the health of the foreign
Ministers."
The Belgian Chargé d'Affaires returned thanks, and in con_
elusion gave " the health of the Lady Mayoress"'
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks for the compliment, and
immediately afterwards the Lady Mayoress and the other ladies
retired.
The next toasts were—the Lord Chief. Justice Tindal and the
judges; the Attorney-General and the bar; the Court of Alder.
men; and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex; which were
and the company separated about a
quarter
rivpealsyt
10 o'clock.
to,
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.„.--- IiRITISII CORN. 4.1 . ',' i*.
.
A reaction-has taken place inpublie opiniorr since our last,
and it is now the general belief that there is no foundation
for the rumours which have been circulated by a portion of
the press during the past fortnight, respecting the probabi-
lity of an immediate Ministerial interference with the exist-
ing corn- laws. The effect of the reports alluded to on the
trade in grain has undoubtedly been of a mischievous ten-
dency; the regular course of business having been disturbed
thereby. All parties, whether sellers or buyers, have na-
turally, whilst any doubt was supposed to attach to the main-
tenance of the present regulations, refrained from entering
into fresh engagements. Under these circumstances the 1
transactions of the week have been on a comparatively re-
stricted
scale, and it is probable that, until uncertainty O'rt
this important subject be wholly removed, merchants, mil-
lers, and others, will continue to employ more than ordinary
caution in their operations. The fall of 2s. per quarter, which
has taken place in the price of wheat must be mainly attri-
buted to the depressing influence of the state of doubt, and
uncertainty above described. The auspicious weather exs
perienced for the conclusion of the northern harvest may have
had some effect ; but this alone would not, we think, have
been sufficient to occasion a decline in the value of wheat, t'
je
quantity of that grain grown in the north being, in a 1-at'
tonal
point of view, unimportant. We are, therefore, •
iiiclined
to believe that the present languor will prove *
in orary,
and see no cause to alter the opinion we ha-
.. '
ereNP-ious I v
expressed, viz., that prices of bread stuffs •
will Pbe higher
than they have yet been, either before tb
will
termination of
the present or early in the ensuing year., .
be our conviction, we have not the sr
ightest desire to aid
those who have for some time been ' ;
to produce
In stating this to
that alarm they profess to dread. T'
atlabouring
yield
the of wheat
is defective, as well in quantity w. ; ;rat
doubt; but to represent the det.e ,
encs-to quality,be so great as to
admits of no
threaten a famine is a gross ... -
true that prices are likely to e- 'aggeration. It is perfectly
frAle much higher than in any
previous season since the iv went corn-laws have been in
force ; but, indifferent as ha.
nent, we have no doubt ws been the 'harvest on the Conti-
supplies from foreign corms been
be enabled to draw sufficient
ries to make good our deficiency.
' value of the articles must • rise here
so To
as dot
o this,
cause
twheev
dutyer, tlste
•o fall
sapper requires an average of 725.
o fall to a low, if not the lowest,
point. Under the exist
at l. qr. duty, whilst the last
per qr. to admit wheat
.3 kingdom is 60s, id. per qr. It must be
weekly return for the
recollected, howeve s., that a large proportion of the wheat
•
usually thrashed soon after the completion of the harvest,
consists of the u-
Lost inferior qualities, and that the condition
of even the wo
.st will be improved after it shall have been
subjected to t'
ne action of frost. It is, therefore, very pos-
'ei
sible that a ne of Gs. to Bs. per qr. on the present prices
would be sntricient to lower the duty, without any interfer-
ence of the 'Legislature, to a point to encourage importations.
That sue}-t will. take place we fully expect ; but this does not
necessarily imply that misery and want are to be the portion
of theTpoorer classes of the community. We need not look
back. 'many years for a period when wheat was much higher
than. it would be were the anticipated rise on present rates
realit,ed; at the same time there was a great want of employ-
men t for our artizans and labourers; but even then, though
the pressure was severe, things were not nearly so bad as the
alrsrmists prognosticate will be the state of affairs during the
coming winter. The flourishing state of trade in the manu-
facturing districts, and the increased employment created by
the formation of the numerous railways, afford a guarantee
against the distress predicted ; and as far as regards England
and Scotland, we see no grounds for gloomy forebodings.
As respects Ireland, we must admit we entertain serious
doubts. The potato failure appears to be morepeneral there than
on this side of the channel, and though the grain crops have as
a whole probably turned out better in the sister isle than
•
witle'uS, the 'people are; iiinfortuliatelY,:foo poor ,te obtain
even. oatmeal as a substitute fur their staple article of foocl ;.
and without assistance in one :v.ay.or the otherfrom England,
lunch misery must result:,. 9overhmetiihavolAr some time .
been aliVe to this state. of things., and should..the potatd-krop•
re I,7proVe So bad as^represented, the )Legislature.rnust in-:
to ere. .
~ r , . , . . , , : . , • ; ,: • .
. : he arrivals 4 wbeat ceastwl,seAnte .Lenden have been
fat 'the epVatAitit reporteft Nib, ,tio ,thi,44s4turklay)„exertiug
amotinting:tp 8,05 qitairiters. ' .4.;.ohsideral4 proportion., of
1
the sii-dceiling We'dk's_ssilpply,liaving, howevg, remfinea tyl,,,
.3044,. 40411 as tlieipajor,ort filtotithiyi's abun 'V: laud
cstrriiget, frerri E'sgesi,lcetif, and-Suffolk', the stands have been ,
,well -filled. The millers have throughout the week acted with
the utmost caution, being anxious to have all doubts re-
moved regarding ie Ministerial intentions relative to the
talked-of Order in Council to admit grain free, before they
replenish their stocks. On 'Wednesday scarcely a transac-
tion took place; indeed, so unimportant were the sales, that
quotations were perfectly nominal. On Friday affairs under-
went a slight improvement, and at a trifle below Monday's
currency the greater part of what had previously remained
unsold was cleared off.

Holders of free foreign wkeat have firmly refused to sub-
mit to lower terms, and where it has been necessary to buy
old for mixing, purchasers have had to pay previous prices.
The advance established on bonded wheat about the close of
the preceding week has been maintained, but the high rates
demanded hate checked speculation, and comparatively few
contracts have been closed, either as regards parcels on the
spot, or cargoes to arrive. _

The averages rise so tardily, in consequence of the very
inferior quality of much of the new wheat, that it has become
questionable whether the duty will, for the present, fall below
13s. per qr., unless circumstances should occur to give a fresh
impetus to prices. The last weekly return for the kingdom
is 60s. hi. per qr., though moderately good qualities have for
some time been worth at least 70s. per qr. at the principal
consuming markets. It is not at all probable that holders of
wheat in bond here will enter for consumption unless the
duty falls considerably lower than it appears at present likely
to do, the chances tieing greatly in favour of higher prices
in the spring.
The sale of town-made flour has not been lively since our
last, but the previous value of the article has been steadily
supported. Ship flour has been more pressingly offered, and
in some cases Norfolk household and similar marks have been
sold at prices which would not have been accepted the pre-
ceding week. Canada flour has also moved off somewhat
tardily at late rates ; nor . has there been much doing in
United States and other sorts under lock.
Though the arrivals of barley have not been by any
means large, this grain has been rather difficult of disposal ;
it has, therefore, been impossible to recover the decline of
Monday; indeed, for all but choice qualities, the rates then
current have been paid with considerable reluctance, and
present appearances indicate a further abatement.
The inquiry for malt has been of a retail character; but
the quantity of superior quality on the market being small,
the best sorts have brought quite as much money.
With slightly increased supplies of oats (23,256 quarters
having come to hand, including foreign, within the past
eight days) the upward movement in price has been
checked. It being the general opinion that rather a large
supply must be on pissage from Ireland, which the pre-
vailing westerly wind may be expected to bring to hand,
the principal dealers have refused to purchase, and though
prices at least la. per quarter below those at which
sales were made on Monday would have been ac-
cepted on Friday, factors were unable to make sales of any
importance. Meanwhile the stocks in the hands of the large
dealers have been reduced into a very narrow compass, and
their actual wants will soon oblige them to purchase more
extensively ; it may therefore be questioned whether the
value of this grain will give way much more. The duty
fell ss. per qr. on Thursday, and will be down another step
next week; this being, however, anticipated, it has not had
much influence on prices of bonded oats. Archangels have
been freely offered at 265., and other sorts at corresponding
rates.

There was not much passing in beans either on Wednesday
or Friday, but former terms were well maintained.
Peas of all kinds were scarce, and brought high prices.
The duty on beans has for some time past been at Is. per
qr., and that on peas also declined to the minimum point on
Thursday last.

spjfix
sf)f the, PUBLIC JOURNALS
. Flom TILE ,:IORNING PAPERS CF Tins DAY.

CHRONIC L. Er---It is of no use any longer trying to hope where
there is no hops t. It would now be sheer trifling to affix: to con-
ceal from ours. rives the truth, that " nothing will be done." The
law of artificial . faroine is to take its course. The sliding-scale has
three months given to Co its worst. Three months—three winter
months—of B ritish scarcity and Irish famine, before the Govern-
ment will lift ;'zi little huger for prevention or relief All the Ca
billet (.ounce' la of the past ten days, with their adjournments and
re.adjournms ens s, have come to nothing; and Cabinet Ministers are
quietly slippi ; out of town to enjoy the rustic otium cues dignitate
!which hat bee n so disagreeably disturbed. The exigencies of a
crisis the nios' - alarming that has occurred for a quarter of a cen-
tury, are gra .vely ignored, after protracted deliberation, by the
man who Tr akes.believe to govern the empire. The country
is turned 7,i3 rift, and left to the tender mercies of potato.plague
and aver BR 2S. The amazement with which one corium.
plates tno reckless and daring hardihood of this deci.
stars of. S.r Robert Peel's, rejects, as totally inadequate,
all the ordinary language of mere political censure. Indignation
',s, fot the mament, lost in astonishment. We did not believe that
the man lived, out of Be Clam, who would dare to assume the re.
spOnsibility of three winter months of famine prices and prohibi-
tory duties. Least of all could we have imagined that Sir Robert
Peel—a statesman so nervously irritable at the bare mention of
" responsibility," and so thoroughly well cognisant of the nature
and power of those terrible realities with which his legislation has
brought us face to face—could be the man to charge himself with
this burden, That " Sir Robert Peel has a heart, after all," we
did not take it on ourselves to affirm very positively ; but we cer-
tainly never supposed him to have those nerves of iron which he
will need between now and next February. We knew, of
course, that he would hare some trouble with certain of
his colleagues; but the well understood relative posi-
tion of Premier and colleagues in the Peel Cabinet
left little to be apprehended on this score. We had
always considered that the egotism se conspicuous in the Pre-
mier's Parliamentary oratory was something more than a mere
piece of rhetorical bad taste--that it accurately indicated a real
domination of his mind and will over the second and third-rate
men with whom he has surrounded himself; and we made no
doubt of its being asserted to good purpose in a crisis so momentous,
Little as we were justified by experience in looking for a simple,
straightforward, and timely act of statesmanship from Sir Robert
Peel, we did not think it necessary, in this instance, to make ex-
perience the rule and measure of expectation. Exigencies so
novel and alarming would, we believed, suggest and enforce
new counsels. Necessity has no law; and this seemed a
necessity strong enough to overpower even the law of
habit and character, and to extort wise and decided measures
from a Minister who never, in all his life before, did the
right thing at the right time. That Sir Robert Peel would venture
to disappoint a national presentiment so strong and general as that
which has pervaded this country during the past fortnight, and
which reiterated and protracted Cabinet meetings had raised into
a sort of certainty, we freely took for granted to be morally and
politically impossible. This strenuous inaction of the Govern-
ment is the more amazing, when it is remembered that not only
has nothing happened, since the first summons of a Cabinet
Council, tending to abate public and Ministerial anxieties, but
everything has contributed to their confirmation and increase.
The accounts from Ireland, with some few partial discrepancies,
have, in the main, been more and more gloomy and ominous. The
last intelligence is ever the worst. The " enemy whose history
and habits are yet but imperfectly known"—and to whose malig.
flout sway Sir Robert Peel has now made over that miserable coun-
try—has continued and extended its devastations. Every day cuts off
many days' food from four millions of the Irish people—accelerates,
by many days, the arrival of the last horrible reality.
And yet, knowing this—knowing this officially—the Prime Minister
of the empire, instead of instantly sweeping away his sliding-scale
and his shillings, and raising the siege of the averages, insults the
world with the promise (if ite are to believe 'Llie-alinouri9mellt, "13y authority," of the Dubliii
of intelligent and experienced ;(;)11thrs toini Csrder the -measureswhich' itlmay be:- iittop et to take with. a :4few..to 'Rroiitle,"
Se
" ExPerienced "In what, we'shohiffli like to tria'vit, Are these ntficers
to be ? In checking putatia rot,'e't Me. rOttan potatoes
sound again "The selection' Of persons," wp aro, yolly told,
"his occasioned some delay ;" the writer does not "s!,ate .sliat the
liotrito rot is delayed in the meanwhile,
,134-`t ;rtrex,rxrigetnepts, arestow nearly completed, and it'll'hogitiVat'in drew-days the pm-
tiiisiotiers will tie able to eommente the brdimtis and responsible
dutips " of improving the fastenings
,of the .stable!cloor after the
.steed is stolen. 'l4leaiiivhtle the same taiarriltY- is making fearfully
rapid strides in certain districts of this country. We shall pre-
sently have a little Ireland of our own in our southern counties,
Our readers will have already appreciated the signifi-
cance of the dismal fact, that the " enemy whose history
and habits are yet but imperfectly known," is committing
the most deplorable ravages in the agricultural districts cf
the south of England. Already the mischief done is enormous.
It is now for the people of Great Britain, from one end of the
country to the other, to protest, in a tone which no Minister can
dare pretend not to hear, against the insane and criminal obduracy
of maintaining the prohibitory duties in the very face of famine.
The protest must be prompt, loud, unceasing, and unsparing. We
warn the country—though the warning is now superfluous—that
it will take a mast determined effort to bring to his duty the
Minister who shamelessly abdicates the functions of Government,
after having distinctly acknowledged the urgency of the crisis call.
ing for their exercise, and who manifests a hardened indifference
to the reality of that " responsibility," the merest allusion to which
he affects to resent as an outrage.

TIDIES.—We have recently had occasion to remark, that the
annual supp'.3, of food in the world is se determined by the laws of
Providence, of nature, and of trade, that we are always dependent
on the products of the current year, and that a slight defalcation in
the harvests, or the failure of any one species of food, immediately
inflicts considerable and inevitable privations en a large portion of
mankind. The scarcity which at the present time threatens Europe
is not, perhaps, of so frightful a character as the famine sometimes
occasioned by the total failure of crops in particular districts, but
the evil is general and almost universal in extent, and no country
can expect to derive much assistance from any of its European
neighbours. To establish this fact, we have endeavoured to ascer-
tain from our own correspondents, and from other sources on which
implicit reliance may be placed, what are the real prospects of the
supply of corn in different countries ; and we shall leave our
readers to draw the obvious inferences which are suggested by the
following statements. The principal countries of the west
and south of Europe are at no time exporters of
wheat. In France the export and import of corn is about
equally balanced in ordinary years; but wheat is not the cus.
tomary food of the French people, and the demand for it and for the
lower kinds of grain must be increased beyond the average, if not
beyond the supply, by the failure of the potato crop this year. The
harvest in France is, probably, not much below the average, but It
is insufficient to compensate for the destruction of other food. In
Spain and in Italy the harvest has been indifferent, and very little,
if any, corn can be exported from either country. The progress
of population in the Spanish peninsula for the last century has been
far more rapid than the extension of tillage or the improvement of
agriculture. The consequence is that Spain has comparatively
little agricultural produce to export; and her own colonies of
Cuba and I'orto Rico now draw their supplies of food from the
United States. Throughout the Austrian dominions, with the
exception of llungary, great privations will inevitably be felt.
'lle large stock of corn usually warehoused at Trieste for the pur.
poses of foreign trade has never been known to be so much reduced
as at the present moment. From Fiume we have received no
recent accounts, but that place is the sole port of Hungary to the
west; much of the corn grown upon the plains of the Danube is
brought thither up the Save; and it is not unlikely that a supply
might be obtained from thence by foreign vessels, if measures have
not already been taken by the Austrian Government to appropriate
it to the uses of the empire. But although the harvest of Hungary
is abundant, the surplus of that country will certainly not suffice
to satisfy the wants of all its neighbours. In the lower provinces
of the Danube and in Moldavia the scarcity is already great, espe-
cially in those districts which are within reach of water commu-
nication ; higher up the country the crops are reported to have
been better, but the means of transport are wanting. The pro-
vinces of Russia and Poland, which are usually the most fertile
wheat lands of Europe, are this year dependent on foreign
Importation; and as a necessary consequence, the Prussian ports
of the Baltic, which commonly export the produce of the
interior of Poland, of Western Russia, and in part of Sile-
sia, will be unable to furniish any considerable amount of corn to
the foreign market. Sweden and Norway do not once in five years
grow their whole consumption ; but it is a curious circumstance,
that in the midst of this sweeping calamity, which has impoverished
empires, and threatens to spread famine over so many parts of Eu-
rope, the little kindgom of Denmark has been blessed with a har-
vest of singular abundance, and may export a quantity of corn,
large in proportion to its territory, though very small as a measurq
of relief to the necessities of other countries. We turn then
with the deepest Interest from this dreary picture of Enopean
agriculture to the boundless lands of America, and eqe`eially to the
corn- growers of the United States. There at least it is admitted
that the harvest has been excellent, and the crop of Indian corn
especially abundant. The potato disease ISas, we fear, shown itself
in New England and some of the nol:thern States, as well as in
some o f the British North Amerielin colonies; but the consequences
of this disaster are lesi fortnidable in America than in
Europe. Let its, then. ;:,squire what are, in a good year, the re.
sources of the Unifred State for the supply of food ? The answer to
such an inqui.:y is a matter of great interest, not only as it affects
our press.ni necessities, but with reference to the whole questiou of
the torn duties ; and we have no hesitation in replying, upon the
authority of tables and statements of great minuteness and accu-
racy which are now before us, that the agricultural produce of the
United States available for the purposes of food in foreign markets
has been greatly exaggerated by the hopes and fears of contending
parties in this country. It is demonstrable that in the United
States, as well us in most other countries, the consumers of agricul.
tural produce increase more rapidly in numbers than the producers;
and that the progress of the production of wheat has not been more
rapid than that of the population. In 1790 the population
of the Union was 3,929,328, the estimated produce
of an average crop of the wheat lands was 17 millions of bushels of
601 b., and the quantity of wheat exported was 4,750,000 bushels,
or 28 per cent. of the whole wheat crop. In 1840 (a year in
which the export was unusually large) the population of the Union
had risen to 17,068,666 ; the estimated produce of the wheat crop
was 80,000,000 bushels; the export was l 1,300,000 bushels, or
14 per cent, of the whole wheat crop. The states of New England,
Maryland, and Virginia no longer produce wheat enough for their
own consumption ; and we are told by an able writer in the Phila-
delphia Commercial List for 1842, that—
" If we make a natural line of the Mississippi to the confluence
of the Ohio, and up this river to Pittsburg, and thence draw an
imaginary line north to Lake Erie, and continue it round the
northern and eastern frontiers of the United States, it will be
found that at this time the wheat raised in all this section of the
United States is about equal to what is consumed in it, and that the
whole surplus shipped from the United States 'to foreign countries,
including Canada, is, in act, produced in the states and territories
north and west of the Ohio river."
By calculations based upon the official returns made by the Mar-
, shale in the United States in 1840, and taking into consideration
the constant progress of the population, it appears that the utmostb
amount of wheat and wheaten flour which may by possibility e
exported from the United States from the present time to 1850,
with average harvests, will not exceed twelve millions of
s con-
siderably annum.* The whole wheat produce of the country
below 100 millions of bushels. The greatesto bushels buof
iquantity
ever exported was in 1840, when it reached 1,7206 '8
wheat, and 1,897,501 barrels of flour; but in 1837, when the
preceding harvest had been below the average,_ no less than
3,921,259.bu5he1s were imported into the Union from foreign
countries. If this be the whole available produce of the United
States, it is evident that the proportion of it which will reach the
English market is still more limited. The largest quantity ever
exported to England direct was 615,972 bushels of wheat and
620,919 barrels of flour in the year 1840 ; but the effect of the
Corn.laws has of course been to render this trade excessively
variable ; though for the last five years another branch of
the same trade, by the export to the British North American
colonies, has been regular and considerable. But it 'must be
borne in mind, that under any circumstances almost all
the West Indian islands draw a large portion of their
supply of wheat, as well as of Indian corn, from the United States.
Our own islands take about 250,000 barrels of wheaten flour per
annum ; the Danish, 50,000 ; Hayti, 40,000 ; and Brazil more
than 200,000 barrels; and this is independent of a consumption of
about 364,000 barrels of Indian coin meal in the West Indies
alone. It is true that we have here confined our observations to
the American wheat crops, and that in computing the supply of
food in the United States, the enormous production of Indian
corn is the most important element, and constitutes the bulk of
the food of the people. But to the people of England in ordinary
years the supply of wheat is the principal question. Indian corn
is little known in this country; and it never will be known,
except under a very extraordinary degree of pressure, as long as it
is subjected to the same duties which are levied on foreign barley,
and is therefore, for all practical purposes, a prohibited article.

* Or 1,500,000 quarters. It may be convenient to remind the
reader that the American barrel of flour contains 196 lb.. and is taken
by act of ParlialWallt to Do opal to g 41104 Of W 14014.

„,

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10.
STOCK ExcnAxoE.—The sales are—Chester and Bir-
kenhead, 20/. Shares, 9—Eastern Counties, In—Liverpool
and Manchester, 40/. Shares, 52—Liverpool, and Birming-
ham, 214—Ditto, Thirds, 4211—Ditto, Eifths, 221—Man-
ehe:.ter and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 133N—Nlidland,
133—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 20—Runcorn Gap, 34—Sheffield and
Manchester (Quarter Shares), No. 3, sq—South-Eastern,
and Dover, 35—North Wales Mineral, Halves, 444—Abel1-
deep, 7;b—Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 26—Caledonian,
9;g—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 14—Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, ::!—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 15 i—Leeds
and Thirsk, 7:!3—Oxfof d, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
164—Scottish Central, 164—London and York, 44—Cam-
Dumf
bridge and Lincoln, 4—Ditto, Extension, 3%—Glitsgow and -
ries, 9V,—Liverpool Ormskirk, and Preston, 4—Birkert-'
head, Lancashire, and Ch&liire Junction, 7%—British and
Irish Union, 4—Caledonian Extension, 3—Leicester and
Bedford, 2—Maticheste-, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 2—.
North Staffordshire, 51A—Nottingham and Grantham, 4%—.'
Oxfo:d and Birmingham, 31,,--Shrewsbury, Wolverhauip.-
tun and South Stafford, 3:7-,—South Midland, 53/—Dutch
Rhenish, 6.1 i.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 10.
STOCK ExcnAsou.—The sales are—Boston, Newark, and
Sheffield, 3!,,,—lludley, Iron Bridge, and Sheffield, 2:4—
Edinburgh and Perth, 4:!i—Fleetwood, Preston, and 11 est
Riding Junction, 2%—Grand Union, 1 15-16—Huddersfield,
ILffifax, and Bradford, t*—Hudderstield and Manchester
Railway and Canal, 8% c. n.—Leeds and Thiisk, 13—
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction,
pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 37;3—London and Manchester
(Rem.). 3—London and York, 44—Manchester and Bir-
mingham, New. 121/.2c. n.—Manchester andlLeeds, 130—Man-
chester and Southampton, 34—Manchester, IVigan, and
Southampton, 2—North British, Carlisle Branch, 4—North
Staffordshire, 54—Oxford, Whitey, and Cheltenham, I%
Min
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, I7—Shropshire
eral, 24—Trent Valley Midlands, 2%—Worces'
Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union 1%.

EXETER, Nov. 10.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, and
Dorchester, 4 p.—Exeter and Creditor, s—North Devon,
rs p.— Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth (Brunell's line),
p.—Cornwall, 51/4 —Eastern Counties, 21.

BRISTOL, Nov. 10.
STocal EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 80
—Ditto, New, 714—Birmingham and Gloucester, 124-13ris-
tol and South Wales Function, 2%—Great Western, Quar-
ter Shares, 17—Poi tbury Pier and Railway, 21h—South
Wales, 43/4.

SHEFFIELR, Nov. 10.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The saes • are—Birmingham and
Gloucester,l23%—Sheffitqd oft Lincolnshire, 34—Wakefield
and Harrogate, -21,3 s Ott," •
LEEDS, Nov. 10.
STOCK ExcfrAxo E.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 12 [A—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 16 4—Leeds and
Bradford Extension, 3814—Leeds and Dewsbury, 20 c. n.—
Leeds and Thirsk, 1214—Newcastle and Berwick, 134._.
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 47—London and York, 4%
—Clitheroe Junction, 3%—Grand Union, ss. p.—Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Liver-
pool Direct, 2s. 6d. dis.—Leeds and Yolk, par—Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 6s. p.—Manchester and
Southampton, 3—North Staffordshire, 414—North Western,
3N—Nottingham and Boston, 12s. 6d. p.—Nottingham,
Erewash, and:Ambergate, 3—South Midlands, 21. 6s. p.—
Wakefield. and Bradford, ss. P.—Wakefield and Harrogate,
20s. p..—Welsh Midlands, 21/.'2.

HULL, Nov. 10.
STOCK' ExcitAxGE.-7The sales are—Hull and Selby (10
per cent. guardiiteed)", Half Shares, -18 N —Coventry, Nun-
eaton, .I.%—llerby and Gainsboroligh, I.%—Grand
•Union, 1•N--London and Manchester_ (Rein:), 3—Notting-
ham and nosten, 2%—South Midland, 4/..175.
• • - , YORK, Nov. 10.
STOCK Exenkx4E.:-:-The salei iire•:2•York "and North
Midland Extension, ''26 %- 4%-New-
castle and: Berwick; :1314—Noith British, Neiv Carlisle
Branch, 3!4—(3m-entrn 'Nuneaton, Birmingham. and. Lei-
cester, I%.'s —Grand linion, 11. 19s.—Leeds and York, par—
Leicester and 13edrerd, -11:18s: 9,l:2—Lierpool;llancliester,
and Newcastle Junction, 4t/2—Welsh Midland, 3.

IRISH HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1845.
The following are the names of gentleman returned by the
Judges of Assize to serve the office of High Sheriff for the
ensuing year

ANTRIM.—James Leslie, Esq., Thomas Morris Jones, Esq.,
John Thompson, Esq.
ARMAGIL—Arthur Cope, Esq., Maxwell Cross, Esq, Ed-
ward Bond, Esq.
CARLOW.—liobert Newton, Esq., Samuel Elliott, Esq.,
Hugh Falkiner, Esq.
CARRICKFERGUS Towx.—John Legg, Esq., Hill Watson,
Esq., Valentine Wm. M'Gill, Esq.'
CAVAN.—The Earl of Bective, Richard Fox, Esq., Henry
Theophilis Clements, Esq.
CLARE.—Edward Fitzgerald, Esq., Michael Finucane, Esq.,
Colonel Charles Synge.
CORK.—James 11. Standish -Barrv, Esq., Edward Deane
Freeman, Esq., the Hon. W. White Hedges.
CORK Coppinger, Esq., Horatio Town-
send, Esq., David Leahy Arthur, Esq.
DONEGAL.—George Young, Esq., William Fenwick, Esq ,
Thomas Conolly, Esq..
DOWN.—Aubre William Beauclerk, Esq., Robert Batt,
Esq., Richard B. Blaekiston Houston, Esq.
DROGHEDA Tows.—James Gernon, Esq., St. George
Smyth, Esq., Thomas Carty, Esq.
DUBLIN.—The lion. Edward Lawless, Thomas Thompson,
Esq., Robert Shaw, jun., Esq.
DUBLIN ClTY.—Alexander Boyle, Esq., Henry Sneyd
French, Esq., William Digges La Touche, Esq.
FERMANAGH.—J. J. N. Blake, Esq., John Madden, Esq.,
Henry D'Arcy, Esq.
GALWAY.—Christopher St. George, Esq., Sir James Fitz
gerald Ross Mahon, Bart., Michael Joseph Browne, Esq.
GALWAY Tows.—Lachlan M'Lachlan, Esq., Michael, P.
Browne, Esq., Thomas A. Joyce, Esq.
KERRY.—Wilson Gun, Esq., William Talbot Crosbie, Esq.,
Daniel Cronin, jun., Esq.
KILDAP.E.—WiIIiam Palum, Esq., Nathaniel Barton, Esq.,
George Mansfield, Esq.
KILKENNY.—Lord Walter Butler, George Bryan, Esq.,
William Lloyd Flood, Esq.
KILKENNY ClTY.—Miebytel Cahill, Esq., William Grace,
Esq., William Oliver Wheeler, Esq.
Kiwa's COUNTY.—Henry P. L'Estrange, Esq, Guy Atkin-
son, Esq., Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq.
LEITRIM —Robert La Touche, Esq., Guy Lloyd, Esq.,
Loftus A. Tottenham, Esq.
LIMERICK.—WiIIiam H. Barrington, Esq., Edward Croker,
Esq., John F. Fitzgerald, Esq.
LIMERICK ClTY.—Michael Gavin, Esq., William Roche,
Esq., William Howley, Esq.
LONDONDERRY COUNTY AND CITY.—John Barre Beresford,
Esq„ Leslie Alexander, Esq., Richard Hunter, Esq.
LONGFORD.—WiIIiam Ledwith, Esq., George Macbonchy,
Esq., John Cooke, Esq.
LouTn.—Lewis Upton, Esq., George IlPCartney, Esq.,
Thomas Fitzgerald, Esq.
MAYO.—Thomas S. Carter, Esq., Charles Lionel Kirwan,
Esq., Patrick Crean-Lynch, Esq.
MEATH.--James. Waller, Esq., Henry Coddington, Esq.,
Anthony Strong Hussey, Esq.
MoNAGnAN.—Thomas Oriel Forster, Esq., William Wood-
right, Esq., John Richardson, Esq.
QUEEN'S COUNTY.—Chidley Coote, Esq., Charles H.
Bowen, Esq., John 11. Leeky, Esq.
Roscosprox.—Edward Ring Tennison, Esq., John Fitz-
gerald Grace, Esq., Sir Gilbert King.
Smcm.—Edward Joshua Cooper, Esq., John Wingfield
King, Esq., Alexander Crichton, Esq.
TIPPERARY.—The Viscount Suirdale, Lieutenant-Colonel
Purefoy, John Trant, Esq.
TYRONE.—Francis Gervais, Esq., Richard Lloyd, Esq.,
Robert William Lowry, Esq.
WATERIOBD.—Sir Robert J. Paul, Bart., Richard Muss,
grave, Esq., Simon Bdgge, Esq.
WATERFORD ClTY.—Thomas Sheppard, Esq., William
Christmas, Esq., William Sewell Doyle, Esq.
WESTMEATIL—Sir Francis Hopkins, Bart., Sir George F.
Hudson, Bart., Williani Henry Magan, Esq.
WEXFORD.—Henry Alcock, Esq., Edward Westby Nunn,
Esq. , John Rowe, Esq.
WicKnow.—Robert Gun Cunningham, Esq., Charles
Tottenham, Esq , Peter La Touche, Esq.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.
The Avon steam-ship, of the Royal Mail Company, Cap-
tain Norton, arrived at t'outhampton yesterday from Mexico,
the West Indies, &c., w:t!i the usual mails. The latest dates
she:brings arc—From Tampico, Sept. 26, Vera Cruz, Oct. 2,
Havannah, Oct. 11, Honduras, Sept. 20, Chagres, Sept. 25,
Jamaica, Oct. 9, Carthagena, Sept. 28, Demerara, Oct. 5,
Trinid id, Oct. 7, Barbadoes, Oct. 10, Grenada, Oct. 11, St.
Thomas, Oct. 15, Porto Rico, Oct. 13, Jacmel, Oct. 11, St.
Jago de Cuba, Oct. 6, St. Juan de Nicaragua, Sept. 23, and
Bermuda, Sept. 22.
The Avon brings on fi•eight 2,751,193 dollars, being by
far the greatest number ever y‘t brought by one of these
steamers. Of these, 74,895 are from Vera Cruz, on account
of the Mexican dividends; and 6,000 from Tampico, which,
cons:dering the state of affairs in that distracted country,
may be considered as a pretty fair remittonce. There are
also on board 505 ounces of gold dust, 147 serons of cochineal,
15 lb,. of platina, and a box of pearls, beside 30 turtle, oil
consignment.
Her Majesty's ships Eurydice and Persian were at Sacrifi-
cios (both healthy); as also the American man-of-war Fal-
mouth, of 24 guns ; ditto St. Mary's, 22 guns ; ditto Sara-
toge, 20 guns; ditto John Adams, 20 guns; ditto Sormes, 10
guns; ditto Porpoise, 12 guns; ditto Union steamer, 16 •
guns Likewise the Spanish steamer La PalpaBttagr
uonntasE,.aonif
e2tot,
guns;
Her
Majesty's
etsht3e,
,sErenchii
surveying-vesselian-of-u'a man-of-war
triintfidne,r,Ocf
wax at Bermuda, but about to sail for Nassau, N.P,
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Tweed, Captain Par-
sons, arrived at St. Thomas's on tha 14th of October, and at
Greada on the 10th. The Medway, Captain Andrews, left
Havannah for the Gulf on the 10th. The Forth, Captain
Chapman sailed from Bermuda, on the 22d October, for
Nassau. The schooner Lee sailed from Havannah for Hon.
duras on the Bth of October.
The Josephine was off Tampico on the 26th of September,
waiting a smooth bar. The Bathurst, in Ireland Dock, Bei--
muds, was to sail for Jamaica the day after the Avon 'left.
The Susan brig arrived 'at Vera Cruz on the Ist of October,
spoke the Gem, of Halifax, on the 6th of November, in lat.
47 deg. N., long. 18 W.
The Avon, according to the Post-office arrangements, was
due on the 7th ; but in consequence of being detained at
Bermuda for the West India mails, she did not leave there
until the 22d: computing, therefore, the average duration of
the passage, she is only a day and a quarter over due at
Southampton. And even this is satisfactorily accounted for
in the very tempestuous weather she has undergone. The
Avon has encountered a succession of gales from the N.E.,
wit4s heavy seas the whole of the passage. Part of her pad-
dle-boxes are washed away, and she has sustained some
other trifling damages. In the Gulf of Mexico she ex-
perienced two " northers;" and on the 12th of October,
whilst in the Gulf of Fl n-ida, another terrific gale sprung up,
which lasted 48 hours; and from the 15th to the 21st, the
Avon had a most boisterous time of it. Captain Norton re-
ports, that taking the whole voyage together, he never saw
such weather, mad notwithstanding the noble vessel necessa-
rily labourel a great deal, she rode out the gales admirably.
MEXICO.
Everything was quiet in Mexico when the Avon left, but
matters looked someohat warlike. The troops (such as
•I
they are) were being drilled and exercised from daylight
until dark, and guns have been mounted on every available
space. The appearance of the seven American men-of-war
at the Sacriticios had, however, rather dismayed r.
Mexicans. With the English, French, and Spanish, t
are eleven altogether, and the fleet had somewhat an
43
01;.
posing appearance. The ex-President General Coma
and son, with the Minister of War, Bussandre took
passages from Vera Cruz to Havannah, to join Santa
This latter personage, it appears, is wonderfully gettirg,ip*.
itt ~
favour again. A completereaction has taken place, unotjt
the opinion of many that ere long he will be
all his former honours.
There is no news of particular umueut
.nclia islands,
the
pvh—m

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ittAtiaVVAit INTELLIGENCE.
HUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION.

HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 7.—Yesterday an extraordinary ge-
r.eral meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held
at the Guildhall, Huddersfield, for the purpose of authenti-
cating the register of shareholders ; to determine upon the
extensions and branches to be applied for in the next session
of Parliament ; and to consider an arrangement entered into
between the Directors of this Company and the Directors of
the Manchester and Leeds, for the sale and amalgamation of
this railway.
Joseph Armitage, Esq., chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided, and Mr. Thomas K. Rowbotham read the following
report :
"The Directors have called the shareholders together for
the special purpose mentioned in the advertisement and cir-
culars to the shareholders, and they therefore deem it pru-
dent on the present occasion to refer only to the grounds and
reasons which have induced them to do so.
" It may not, however, be out of place to state, that the
works of the railway, and all other matters connected there-
with, are progressing rapidly and satisfactorily.
" The shareholders will be aware that some time ago an
arrangement was entered into between the Huddersfield,
Halifax, and Bradford Company, in which this company is
interested, whereby the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford,
along with the West Yorkshire Railway projects, became
utfited as one company, the whole hereafter to form part of
the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
" The Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford project being
a direct continuation of the Huddersfield and Sheffield, and
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, having become con-
nectedi_with the Manchester and Leeds in the manner just
mentioned, it appeared to the directors that, in working the
lines when made, considerable advantages would be gained
if the *hole were under one management. There were
other very important objects to be attained by forming an
alliance with the Manchester and Leeds Cont any.

" lirrst. It was desirable so to identify the interests of the
Blanchester and Leeds Company, and of the general West-
Riding schemes with the Huddersfield and Sheffield, as to
seture a certain and permanent traffic in goods and passen-
me from north to south, through the town of Huddersfield,
eel tbeis place Huddersfield in direct communication with
the tdtvns and districts of Halifax, Keigpley, Bradford,
Bipgley, Skipton, Todmorden, and other intermediate places
au districts, as well as render the Huddersfield and Sheffield
Railway part of the great trunk line from Glasgow and'Edin-
burgh to London.
" Second. It was desirable to secure to the shareholders
all immediate and satisfactory income, and thus render the
shares a safb and certain investment.
"Third. It was desirable to protbet the Huddersfield and
Sheffield against all competing schema.
" For the above, and for other reasons which might be
given, the directors live entered into an arragement with
the Manchester and Beds Company, of which the following
is a copy :

" Halifax, Sept. 27, 1845.
" The Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Company
agrees to hand over and convey in perpetuity their powers
and their contiacts, Sic., so as forthwith to amalgamate the
same with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, on receiving
ten thousand six hundred and forty fifty-pound shares,
which shall be Manchester and Leeds shares, and receive
dividends as such, from the time of completion of the line,
and shall take part of such new stock as shall be sanctioned
in any session of Parliament subsequent to that of 1846, it
being agreed that the interest to be conveyed in
consideration of the said shares in the Manchester and
Leeds stock is to include all extensions contemplated by the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Company, option of shares or
other interests in neighbouring projects, and every other
advaptage and benefit 'prospective or otherwise not yet dis-
tributed, possessed by the Huddersfield and Sheffield Com-
pany, and that Messrs. Armitage and Brook qualify and be-
come members of the Manchester and Leeds Board, as soon
as va,;aucies applicable to such nomination can be obtained,
that the superintendence and control of the works on the
proposed line be in the Manchester and Leeds Company. That
the influence and support of the parties to this agreement be
given generally to the Manchester and Leeds and West
Riding Union Company in their measures and applications to
Parliament.
"It is understood:that the conditions already made with
the preprietors, that four per cent. shall be allowed upon the
calls until the line be opened, shall be continued, the same
being made chargeable to the capital.
". J Hout.nswonnt JOSH. BROOK
IL W. WICKHAM C. H. JONES
EDWARD ARKROTD WK. TIIOMrSON.'
JOSEPH AI MITAGE

" The Directors trust the above agreement will, if sanc-
tioned by the Shareholders, effect all those important objects
to 'iich the Directors have alluded in this report.
"It will be observed that the agreement was entered into
under an impression, on the part of the Directors, that
under the powers of the Act, an immediate amalgamation
with the Manchester and Leeds Company might take place.
Doubts having arisen as to the ability of this Company to
pmcaed under the powers of the Act, to an amalgamation
with the Manchester and Leeds Company, until an Act of
Parliament has been obtained, it will be necessary for the
Shareholders, if they approve the arrangement, to pass a re-
solution enabling the Directors to carry out the agreement by
Act of Parliament, or in such other manner as they may be
advised to be necessary.
" The Directors have fcr a considerable time past contem-
plated the making an extension from a point on the line
near Hoeing, proceeding by or near to Barnsley, and so to
the Midlands Railway, at such point as shall appear most de- i
sirable. They have themselves personally inspected the
country, with a view to determine the most eligible line,
and they have also had plans and surveys taken. An ex-
tension in this direction would very considerably conduce to
the interests of this railway, as well as of the town and
neighbourhood of Huddersfield. The proposed line will
accommodate Clayton West, and will be the direct line to
the Midlands. It will open out the Silkstone and Barnsley
coal-fields, pass through or near to the important town of
Barnsley, and will be the means of access to the great
mineral districts lying between Huddersfield and Sheffield,
and the Midlands.
" It having become necessary to apply for an Act of Par-
liament to carry out the amalgamation, it is also necessary
that this company should on its own account provide for
obtaining the extenison, subject to such arrangements as
may hereafter he made with the Manchester and Leeds
Company. The directors are now in course of negotiation
with the Manchester and Leeds Company, who concur in the
propriety of the measure with reference to this branch.
" In conclusion, the directors would hope that their endea-
vours on the behalf of the Company may meet with the ap-
probation of the shareholders; and they trust that the ar-
rangements to which they now ask their sanction will tend
very greatly to the interests, not only of the shareholders,
but of the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield."
The CHAIRMAN then proposed, for the adoption of the
meeting, a resolution confirming the agreement with the
Manchester and Leeds Company.
Join BROOK, Esq., seconded the resolution.
Dr. ALEXANDER moved an amendment to the resolution.
The grounds upon which he felt it his duty to bring forward
such an amendment were, first, the advantageous position
which this Company held as an independent concern; and,
second, because such an arrangement would preclude any
possible agreement with the various projected companies
north And south, which might be' advantageous to it. He
more especially alluded to the Sheffield and Manchester, and
he must say that a proposition like this came from this
Company with only a bad grace (when they considered the
great services that Company had rendered to the Huddersfield
and Sheffield both in Parliament and otherwise). He con-
cluded by proposing his amendment, which was in the
following terms :—" That in consideration of the very ad-
vantageou.s position which this Company holds per se as an
'independent line, and in consideration likewise of the pro-
bable arrangentents—better calculated to the ultimate
saccess of this undertaking—either with the Sheffield and
Itancliester Railway Company on the south, or the Keighley.
Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway Company on
the north', or other projected lines in these directions, it is
undeirable to annex this Company, on the terms specified,
with the Manchester and Leeds Company.
In answer to a question from Mr. John Clay, C. H. Joss,
Esq., done of the Directors, said—According to the new plan,
on arid after the Paeliamentary session of 184 G, this Com-
pany would participate in all subsequent extensions of the
Manchester and Leeds Company. When the Directors en-
tered :into this arrangement, they did not know what the
route mplated extension to be made by this Company would
result in; therefore they thought it desirable to confine
themselves to as.simple an arrangement as possible, in order
tat there might be no future cavil. If any extension should
be contemplated hereafter, they were to be matters of future
negotiation ; the object of the Directors had simply been to
sell their line to the best advantage.
Th., CHAIRMAN said, the shareholders must bear in mind
that the Directors had secured them four per cent. upon the
calls rtntil the opening of the line, which was a matter that
the Manchester and Leeds Company greatly objected to at
the ti me.—_(Hear, hear.)
Mr. C. H. JONES said, the real effect of the agreement
was ttunt this Company sold their line to the Manchester and
Leedi Company, for as many of their shares as amounted to
the same stock in quantity as this Company now possessed.
They sold the line with all their interests, having an under-
standing that on all calls made upon the proprietors from the
present time to the opening of the line, four per cent. would
be charged, which four percent. would be chargeable to the
capital ; but of course the whole capital would become Man-
chester and Leeds stock.

Mr. JoSEPIA Bitoox further explained, that if in making
the line there should be any excess of expenditure, it would
have to be paid by the Manchester Company. The four per
cent. on the calls would also be paid out of the amalgamated
fund. The interest of the Huddersfield and Sheffield share-
holders in the Manchester and Leeds line would be equal to
the amovnt of capital raised for the construction of their line.
Mr. JohN BROOKE said, he supposed the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Company could not themselves make any exten-
sions if the amalgamation were confirmed?
The CHAIRMAN—At without the consent of the Manches-
ter and. Leeds Company.
Mr. J. BROoKE inquired if it was probable the Manchester
and lagels Company would apply- to Parliament next session
for any extensions from the Huddersfield and Sheffield line.
He Asked this because it appeared to him that if that Com-
pany applied in the next session they might derive the ad-
vantage from so doing, whereas if they deferred it until
another session, this (the Huddersfield and Sheffield Com-
pany) might derive the advantage which might arise from
an earlier application.
Mr. C. IL Jomis explained. The Directors had seen the
diflieulty they were in, inasmuch as it was uncertain whether
.the agreement could be carried out without an Act of Par-
liament, and they had deemed it prudent, under these cir-
cumstances, to consult the Manchester and Leeds Directors
about this extension, which was felt by them to be of so
much importance, and to ascertain whether, in the event of
the amalgamation not going on, or not being sanctioned by
Parliament, it should not be understood that this extension
belonged to the Huddersfield and Sheffield Company, and
such was the present understanding. The Manchester and
Leeds Company conld not, therefore, go for this extension
airless the amalgamation took place.
Mr. J. BROOKE asked what proportion the capital to be
ral..ed for the extension would bear to the original capital of
the Corr puny.
The ,C,ll,llltatAN—At a rough estimate, from 320,000/. to
350,000 L would be required for the extension. The original
capital WM. about 560,0001.
In antrivel to another question,
Mr. J. Bitooft said that in the event of the amalgamation
twin, to he ratified, then the extension would become the
propertv of this Company, and the expenses of the appli-
cation no Parliament would have to be defrayed by this
Company.
Mr. Cfi.a.v, solicitor, inquirad whether, supposing the amal-
Comation was carried out, this or the Manchester and Leeds
Company would find the capital for the extensions?
Mr. C. H. JONF.-8 said, if the amalgamation was completed,
All extensions would be made by the Manchester and Leeds
Company, find the Huddersfield and Sheffield proprietors
would hc'e a proportionate benefit in them with the other
Nanchester and Leeds shareholders.
The Athem:ment fell to the ground without a seconder, and
the oral resolution was put and carried.
Resolt ttions wes then adopted authorising the Directors
to apply to Parliarmznt for powers to carry out the amalga-
Mation,
and arp4wing of an extension from the Hudders-
field at Hozene to a point on the Midland
I
and authorising the Directors to proceed
fiin!e i
near and
,Barnsley,
to rithiam, lip next session for powers to make it.