The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-23 00:00:00

TRH SVNT, LONDON, TITURSDAYmortNrNG OCTOBER 235 1845.

wall, h p.—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 1 p.—Exeter,
Topsham, and Exmouth (Daw's line), % p.—Ditto (Head's),
1 p.—Exeter and Crediton, G.
HULL, Ocr. 21.

Our market, in the few lines in which business has been
done, has been more animated ; indeed, in all stocks sellers
are more firm, and the tone of the market much improved.

YORK, OCT. 21.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington Junction, New (Brandling), 5414—North British,
24,E Ditto, Carlisles, 4%—York and North Midland Ex-
tension, 281A—Axholme, s—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming-
ham, and Leicester, 2%—Grand Union, 2%—Leicester and
Bedford, 314—Newcastle and Berwick, 171/2—North Kent
and Direct Dover. 4"

T, -134.
EDINBURGH, Ocr. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 71. -Aber-
deen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. 145.-Airdrie and Bathgate, Si.
-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Ar-
magh and Portrush, 3/. Is.-Ayr and Dumfries, 40s. p.-
Banffshire, 24 128.-British and Irish Union, Si. 7s. 6d.-
Belfast and County Down, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Caledonian, 15/. 10s.
-Caledonian Extension, 54-Caledonian and Dumbarton,
51. 2s. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 61. IN.-Chelmsford
and Bury, 2/. 55.-Clydesdale Junction, 22/.-Cornwall and
Devon, ss. p.-Deeside Railway, 61. 10s.-Direct Birming-
ham and Leicester, 16s. p.-Direct East and West Junc-
tion, 7s. 6d. p.-Direct Northern, 3/. 55.-Dublin and
Enniskillen, 5/. 12s. 6d.-Dudley and Broseley, &c., 455. p.
-Dundee and Arbroath, 36/. 155.-Ditto, New, 18L-Dun-
dee and Perth, 121.-East of Fife, Si. 55.-East Lothian
Central, 51. 10s.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 4/. 125.-Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 76L-Ditto, Half Shares, 1314 prem.
-Ditto, Quarters, 191. 10s.-Ditto, New, 14/. 108.-Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, IL 125.-Edinburgh and
Leith Atmospheric, 325. 6d. p.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran-
ton, 251.-Ditte, Preference, 194-Edinburgh and Northern,
51. 95.-Ditto, Newport, 21. 55.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 2/. 10s.-
Edinburgh and Perth, 51.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 3/. 118.
-Forth and Clyde Junction, 4/. 2s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayr-
shire, 731.-Ditto, New Stock, 21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and
Belfast Union, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 451.-
Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 10s.-Ditto,-New Stock, 10/.
I 55.-Ditto, Preference, 21. 55.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and
Lesmahagow, 4L 12s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
44-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 20s. p.-Great County
Down, 34 165.-Great North of Scotland, 4/. 10s.-Great
North and South Wales, it. IN.-Inverness and Elgin, 11.
lls.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 7/. 12s. 6d.-Larne and
Ballymena, 17s. 6d. p.-London and Bristol, ss. 6d. p.-Lon-
don and Manchester (Rem.), 51. 2s. 6d.-London and Man-
chester (Ras.), 51. 2s. 6d.-London and Hounslow, 2/. 6s.
-London and Windsor, 14 95.-London and York, 71.-
Metropolitan Junction, 10s. p.-Midland and Eastern Coun-
ties, 17s. 641. p.-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-Moray-
shire, 17s. p.-Newry and Londonderry, 2/. 165.-North
British, ex new, 264-Ditto, Halves, ex new, 71. 55.-Ditto,
Fifths, 71.-Ditto, Carlisles, 41. 14s. 6d.-North Jamaica,
11. 12s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, New, 5/. 7s. 6d.-Perth
and Crieff, 31. 155.-Perth and Inverness, 3/. 2s. 6d.-Scot-
tish Central, 144 55.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc-
tion, 20s. p.-Scottish Midland, 61.-Scottish Northern,
3/. 4s. 6d.-Scottish South Midland, 31. 10s.-Scottish
Western, 21. 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 2/. 7s. 6d.-
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 71. 55.-South Mid-
land, 9/.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 155.-Strathern
Junction, 355. p.-Surrey Grand Junction, 7s. 6d. p.-Tenn
and Dove Valley, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Wishaw and Coltness, 57/.

CAUTION TO LONDON AND
COUNTRY NEWS AGENTS.

(From the Morning Herald.)
Having received numerous complaints of the conduct of
certain News Agents both in London and in the Country, in
supplying at times only the Supplement of the Morning
Herald, and at other times the Morning Herald itself without
either of the Supplements, we have thought it right to lay a
Case before the Solicitor-General and Mr. Peacock, for their
opinion, whether the Agents, both in London and in the
Country, are not liable to a penalty of 201. for each cony of
the Supplement sold, without at the same time delivering a
copy of the Paper itself; and we now publish, as a caution to
Agents, the Opinion of these eminent counsel :
CASE.
The Morning Herald having lately found it necessary tc
print one or more Supplements, some of the London News
Agents have, in the course of their business, and for theh
own convenience, supplied Country News Agents with the
Supplements, sending them down in a parcel by Railway, so
as to ensure a speedy delivery; and they send the News-
paper itself through the Post-office subsequently—the de-
livery through the Post-office being later than that by the
Railway.
The tountry Agent purchases the Newspaper of the Lon-
don Agent at the wholesale or business price, and sells to his
customers (or in other words publishes) the Newspaper in
the country town at the retail price.
Your Opinion is requested upon the following points :-
Ist. Is, or is not, the London News Agent liable to a
penalty of 20/. under the Act of Parliament relating to
newspapers, 6th and 7th Wm. 4, cap. 76, sec. 5?
2d. Is, or is not, the Country Agent equally liable to the
same penalties under the same clause, for every Supplement
which he may sell, deliver out, or publish, without at the
same time delivering the Newspaper?
OPINION.
Ist. We are of opinion that the London News Agent is
liable to a PENALTY OF TWENTY POUNDS for send-
ing any Supplement to a Newspaper to the Country News
Agent without sending the Newspaper with it.
2d. And that the Country Agent is also liable to a
PENALTY OF TWENTY POUNDS for every Supple-
ment which he may sell or deliver, and without at the same
time delivering out the Newspaper to which the Supple-
ment belongs. FITZROY KELLY.
Temple, Oct. 18, 1845. B. PEACOCK.

FOREIGN MAILS.
POST-OFFIOE NOTICE.—On Tuesday the following notice
relative to the days of departure of the next foreign mails
was posted at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :
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" The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon,
India, and China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched thence on
the evening of the 24th inst. Friday.
" The West Indies—The Clyde will sail from Southampton
" with the mails of the evening of the 2d of November for the— British and foreign colonies in the West Indies, except Ber-
— muds; and mails will also be dispatched the same evening
(the 2d of November) for Mexico, Honduras, Havannah,
New Granada, Venezuela, and Madeira.
" The next mails for the Mediterranean, Gibraltar, Malta,
Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, &c., via South-

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Rotherham, Oct. 20, 1845.
SIR,—An Old Subscriber would be much obliged by an-
swers in your next paper to the following questions
Case—A.B. has been allotted shares and signed the deed of
a railway company (whose Act is not obtained), which scrip
he has sold.

Query No. I—lf the Company do not obtain their Act,
and the expenses exceed the deposits, who are liable for the
further amount incurred—the directors and allottees, or the
directors only ?—[The allottees, as by signing the contract
they undertake to pay all further calls. ]
Query No 2—lf the Act be obtained, are the Company
bound to register the holder of the scrip as proprietor, whether
a man of straw or not ?—[ No ; they may, if they like, fall back
on the original allottee.]
Query No. 3--If the scrip holder be registered does the
further liability of A.B. absolutely cease, or does it only
cease until the registered holder has gone through the Ga-
zette ?—[The liability ceases when the scrip holder is
registered.]
Query No. 4—lf there be several further transfers and regis-
trations of change of holders, and the then holder be put
through the Gazette, can the Company hold A.B. the ori-
ginal allottee liable? Or, must they not first put through
the Gazette the previously registered holders, in the order in
which they have been registered ?—[A.B. is the only party
liable until the Act is obtained.]

At Greenwich Police-court on Tuesday, Richard
Folly, aged 15 years, apprentice to Mr. Landels, of Bride-
court, Fleet-street, was brought up for final examination at
this office. It will be recollected that the prisoner was
charged some days ago with forging two cheques in the
name of Mayor and Wallace upon Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
the bankers, of Lombard-street. The case was clearly proved
against the prisoner, who was fully committed for trial. A
letter from the prisoner to his brother-in-law, written while
he was in Maidstone gaol, which was intercepted by the
governor, fully admitted his guilt, and exonerated his fellow-
apprentice from any participation in it.
RAILWAY EXCITEMENT.—Two persons, in the dress
of officers of the buildings about the Stock Exchange, applied
to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house for information as
to the manner in which they should proceed to clear away
the enormous crowds of jobbers and stags, who thronged the
interior of the Auction Mart. It was, they said, quite use-
less in any of the servants of the concern to address them.
They only gave the names of their attorneys, or treated the
requests to leave the place with contempt. The Lord Mayor
said that he could not interfere, as the persons spoken of did
not commit obstructions iu the streets or thoroughfares. The
officers departed evidently disappointed.
RIOT AT CHARLTON FAlR.—About nine o'clock
on Tuesday night the visitors to Charlton fair were much annoyed
and alarmed by the appearance of nearly two hundred of the cadets,
attired in various disguises, some armed with cudgels, who com-
menced attacking several persons indiscriminately. They were
partially resisted by a body of ropemakers and some few others,
who were, however, speedily put to flight, many of them taking
shelter In the Crown and Anchor booth, into which the cadets at.
tempted to force an entrance, but being foiled in this, they delibe.
rately smashed the whole of the exterior illuminated devices. A
body of the police endeavoured to arrest their riotous and destruc-
tive progress, but without effect, and they further proceeded to
damage and destroy several gingerbread and other stalls. A party
of the artillery were sent for, which the rioters having ascertained,
contrived very prudently to make their retreat before the military
had arrived. About five years since a similar disturbance took
place, from which period, it is understood, the cadets, until this
occasion, have not been allowed to visit the above ancient suburban
fair.

THE LONG VACATION.—The long vacation, in
legal phraseology, " will cease and determine" on Thursday next,
;he 24th inst. Since the 10th of August there has been a legal
cessation, except in some trifling matters, in law proceedings.
Term begins on Monday week, as the 2d of November, the ap.
pointed day, falls this year on a Sunday.
A VETERAN.—A Spanish journal notices the
existence of a veteran of the army of Spain, who was born in
1731, and consequently is now 114 years of age. He remained
in the army till he was promoted to the rank of,sergeant, and
afterwards received his discharge. In 1815, when 84 years old,
he married a young woman of 21, by whom he has one child, aged
21. He is said to be still so strong and active that no one would
think him to be more than 70. His only infirmity is total deafness.
ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN POORE.—We regret to
state that a severe accident befel Captain Poore, of the 16th Hus-
sars, yesterday afternoon. While riding on the Loose-road, the
gallant captain's horse stumbled, fell, and rolling over him, caused
a severe injury on the head, and a fracture of the leg in two places.
The unfortunate gentleman was immediately carried to his resi-
deuce, and was placed under the care of Dr. Gordon.--Maidstonf
Journal.
NOVEL FRAUD—We wish to caution the public
against a parcel of fellows, the number of whom is unknown, who
have for some time been going about the country carrying on
their deceptive practices with, in many instances, a considerable
amount of success. The mode in which this novel and impudent
system of fraud is managed is the following :—One or more of
these rascals manage by some means to make themselves ac-
quainted with the fact of parties having friends or relations /icing
abroad in distant climes, and in some instances even obtain pos.
session of the actual whereabouts of the parties abroad, their
names, and even the town or place wherein they dwell. This
is no sooner accomplished, and which in some instances must
be a very difficult task, than one of them repairs to the
party here, mostly a person in humble, if not straightened, cir-
cumstances, to whom a present of any kind in the shape of
edibles or otherwise is of much importance, and states that
a parcel has artived by a ship from their relatives, men-
tioning fully the names, residence, Etc., of them, In order better
to deceive the person, and for the time disarm suspicion, and that
it is lying in the baggage warehouse of either of the docks In Lon-
don, waiting the pal meat of the proper duties due thereon, and
the dock charges, freightage, and other expenses, at the same
time proffering his servicos to pay the whole and possess the party
of it, if, as may be expected, a certain sum of money be advanced
to reimburse him for tne outlay which he will thereby Incur.
This being generally proffered in the seeming kindliest manner,
the fraud succeeds in many cases, and the party of course
finds to his or her cost that he or she has been duped, and that
no such package, so directed, is in existence. An instance
of this was discovered a few days since at one of the great
outports, where a party receiving such a piece of infornsa-
tian did not fortunately accede to the money portion of the
bargain, but made his application to the proper authorities, and
the collector of the revenue, wisely suspectihg the fraud, advised
the party to wait until a communication could be made to the
department at which the party said the package was deposited,
when of course it was found that no such package existed, and the
attempted fraud on the individual made at once evident. The
practice of these fellows is to state that they receive their informa-
tion from the mate of the vessel, mentioning a fictitious name both
respecting the man and ship. It is firmly to be hoped that, after
this caution, the fellows will have no further opportunity afforded
them of pursuing their vile practices, which have for their object
the plunder of those who are ill able to spare it, and the excitement
of feelings of a private and family nature, which are raised in the
most cruel and heartless manner only to be deceived and dis-
appointed.
MORE HARDSHIP.—An Act was passed during
last session of Parliament, allowing parties who bad formerly com-
pounded upon their as eased taxes to renew their contracts, and
authorising parties who have not hitherto compounded to do so
before the sth of next April. This Act will impose much in.
creased trouble on surveyors, clerks .to commissioners, and asses-
sors; but not a syllable is there in the Act granting any one of
those officers a single farthing for their increased trouble. Is this
the way, Sir Robert, that you expect officials to perform their
duties cheerfully ? What would you say to be thus served P This
is a " second edition" of the inadequate allowance wider the In.
come-tax Act.
THE POTATO CROP IN HANOVER.—The potato
disease has not, as far as is at present known, done much injury In
this country, perhaps owing to the sandy nature of the soil ; the
export, however, is forbidden to those provinces bordering on Hol-
land where the damage done is very great.
EXPORT OF POTATOES.—Considerable bustle pre-
vailed at Dundee harbour last week In shipping potatoes for the
Continent. Various vessels were loading with this staple produce,
and it is probable that several more will be put in requisition for
the same traffic.— Cakdonian Mercury.
FATAL OCCURRENCE.—NEGLECT OF A ROAD
CoNTRACToN.—On Tuesday afternoon, an inquest was held
before Mr. St. Clair Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, at the
George, Wardour-street, Soho, on the body of Mr. Alfred
Richard Harrison, aged 30, silversmith and jeweller, of
Pickett- street, Strand, whose death occurred under the
following melancholy circumstances. George Hill, tailor,
No. 9, Donne-terrace, Hackney, stated that about ten o'clock
on the night of Saturday. the 4th instant, he was walking
along Portland-place, Clapton, when, hearing a shout
from behind, he looked back, and saw a gentleman (who
proved to be the deceased) on horseback coming along, and
the rider at that tune seemed to be righting himself in his
saddle. Presently the gentleman passed him, and had
only proceeded a few yards before his horse stumbled over
some dirt in the road, and he was thrown head foremost to
the ground. Witness, on the accident occurring, went up to
the deceased, and asked him if he was hurt, but receiving no
answer, he raised an alarm, and assistance arriving, deceased,
who was found to be insensible, was carried to Mr. Hovell's.
surgeon (in the neighbourhood), and from thence home
to his friends in Wardour-street. By the Coroner: The
road had been taken up to repair the sewers, and the
mound of dirt over which deceased's horse fell was between
three and four yards from the pathway, and about eighteen
inches in height. There was no light to warn any
person of danger, but on the other side of the heap of dirt
there would have been plenty of room to have passed.
The horse, when witness first saw it, he should judge
was going at the rate of from ten to twelve miles an
hour. Deceased seemed to have perfect control over it.
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—LOCIICARRON.—The recent
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small takes an
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now very numerous. On Friday
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In Lochcarron and Loch Torridon herrings
when they once enter, which is owing to the narrow
to these large lakes, and the strong tide
quently runs at that entrance. The prospects of the flslniisne;
have considerably revived by this circumstance—the fisher-
men are again looking cheerful—the ennui which lately
lowered over them has fled, and given place to the bustle 6;
a good herring fishing.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
SINGULAR TRAIT OF HONESTY.—III the course t
Saturday, a shop-boy was sent to the bank with a 201. note
to get it changed into small notes, the which having got, hv
put them for safety into the crown of his bonnet. As he
was passing along Ingram-street, a sudden gust of win(:
blew off his bonnet, and the notes took flight in various di.

rections. The boy stood aghast, and, —as was natura...
shrieked in despair of his ever recovering a single note; but
fortunately for him, and as displaying a trait of honesty,
highly commendable to the denizens of Glasgow, various

parties, who had ran in pursuit of the stray notes, came, one
by one, till at length he was put in possession of the whole
twenty.—Glasgow Argus.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAIL •
WAY.—This sterling lino of railway :is highly thought of, and its
stock is sought after by those safest to follow in such matters.
ADVERTISEMENT.]—LADY B— AND HOLLO-
WAY'S PILLS.—Lady B---, the wife of a distinguished
Lord, was, a few weeks since, so alarmingly ill, occasioned by
a disorder in the liver and stomach, as to induce her physicians
to disclose to the Honourable Mr. L—, her Ladyship's son-
in-law, that they entertained but little hopes of her recovery.
In this state, and unbeknown to her medical attendants, she
was strongly advised to try Ilolloway's celebrated Pills, which
she took for only three weeks, when she found herself as well
as ever she was in her life. The accuracy of this extraordinary
statement can be proved beyond all doubt. Sold at Professor
Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all
medicine-sellers throughout the civilised world.

ORANGE MANIFESTO.
"TO THE PROTESTANTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
"In a season of great danger and trial, under much ob-
loquy and manifold provocations, we have deter mined to appeal
to you.
"We ask you to hear us calmly, and to give to our case
your earnest and practical consideration, not led away by
',ague prejudices and hasty judgments.
" There are some who use towards us the language of con-
empt and insult, and others who exhibit to our cause only
tpatliy or impatience ; and there are too many who are pro-
essors of Protestantism, but who object but feebly even to
he religious tenets of the Church of Rome.
"We address not such arthese--we expect no sympathy
from them ; but we appeal to those millions of our fellow-
countrymen who are still willing to maintain their protest
against Rome, and to uphold the religion of the Reformation.
" We feel that our cause is good, and that we can prove
it to be so; that our principles are true, and our conclusions
sound ; and, further, that the means we desire to adopt for
the defnce of our cause are not only necessary and effectual,
but righteous, legal, and constitutional.
" But to our success and safety it is essential that the good
will and cordial aid of British Protestants should be engaged
in our behalf ; and that their sober and solemn attention
should be given to the question of Irish Protestantism, and
the peculiar position of the Irish Protestants.
"It is our belief that the true principles of the reformed
faith are nowhere more ardently loved, or more soundly
maintained than in Ireland; and we mournfully believe and
fear that our fall would be felt throughout Christendom as
a blow to the cause of truth. '
"Do not look on our interests as remotely, but as very in-
timately connected with your own ; and when you read our
address, cast off all such impressions as may have been made
upon you by the levity, the unfairness, the bitterness, and
the scorn which have hitherto been too often manifested
towards this important question.
" No proof is needed of the eager support that was given
by Irish Protestants to the present Administration on their
accession to power. There were, indeed, misgivings amongst
some sagacious observers of events ; but the greater number
buried the past in oblivion, and again trusted those who
before had disappointed them. While there was then, as
there is now, no disposition whatever on the part of the
Protestants of Ireland to co-operate with the Government in
a truly liberal and conciliatory course towards their Roman
Catholic countrymen, and no desire to withhold from them
the advantages of civil equality, it was hoped and believed
that a Conservative Government would have endeavoured to
remedy and reverse the ruinous policy of their predecessors,
as regarded this part of the empire: that they would not
have encouraged the advancement of the Church of Rome;
but, guarding against its encroachments, that they would
have befriended the Protestant cause, and zealously consulted
its interests ; that, in questions relating to religion and
education in Ireland, due regard would have been paid to the
principles of Scriptural instruction, and to the claims of that
reformed faith which is interwoven with the Constitution, re-
cognised by the laws, and is the corner-stone of the British
monarchy.
" Such were our expectations. We challenge the most
moderate to point out in the policy of the present Administra-
tion any signs of affection to the Protestant cause, or any
symptoms of resistance or discouragement to the march of the
Church of Rowe.

" In the face of the remonstrances of more than a million
of British Protestants, the Roman Catholic College of May-
nooth has been permanently endowed ; the conscientious ob-
jections of Protestants to the national system of education
have been disregarded ; and a peremptory refusal has been
given to the reasonable petition of a large body of the nobi-
lity, gentry, and clergy of Ireland fur aid to instruct the
children of the Protestant poor in a manner conformable to
their faith.

" Whatever may be the judgment of the people of Great
Britain as to the merits of the Irish scheme of national edu-
cation, differing so much from that of England, few of them
will deny that the scruples of those who regard Scripture as
an essential part of education ought to be provided for as
carefully as the scruples of those who claim the authority to
exclude it.

" We are, therefore, compelled to the startling conclusion,
by manifold proofs, that the policy of the Minister is to at-
tempt to govern Ireland by means of the Roman Catholic
party, and to secure their influence and co-operation by con-
tinued concessions. _

" We cannot but apprehend, therefore, that heavier blows
and greater discouragements are still in store for us,—that
there may yet be a more direct violation of the Constitution,
as, for instance, by the endowment of the clergy and Church
of Rome--and that, from the policy of the Government, the
maintenance of the Established Church in Ireland, although
a fundamental article of the union, may be seriously en-
danred.
"But there are other and obvious causes of deep anxiety
to Irish Protestants; they find themselves encompassed by a
wide-spread and fearful conspiracy, and our fair country has
been made notorious amongst the nations of Europe as a land
of blood and crime : the perpetrator of the foulest murder
escapes into triumphant security, and the arm of the law is
utterly powerless.
" We will not dwell upon this fact; but we earnestly be-
seech you, in forming an estimate of the conduct and circum-
stances of Irish Protestant, to give full room and weight
to this sad ar.d horrible ingredient.
" To associate firmly and peacefully, in the earnest spirit
of men who feel the importance of religious truth, and with
the cordial loyalty which renders full obedience to the law,
has been the thought, and is the wish, of the Protestants of
Ireland ; let your judgment as to this desire be deliberate and
impartial.
" We have confidence in that veneration for constitutional
liberty which makes an Englishman jealously watchful over
the right of free expression of political opinions. We remind
you that the very first indication of a wish to unite for an
object we held to be legal, conservative, and religious, has
been met by the Government with an act both arbitrary and
harsh. In the late dismissal of magistrates all consideration
of their object has been discarded, and a principle established,
that to unite for a legal and Protestant purpose, and to unite
for an object illegal and unconstitutional, shall incur an equal
penalty, and must be treated alike.
. _ .

" HOW far is this principle to be pushed? Are we to un-
derstand that all Irish magistrates are prohibited from being
connected with any association, or any movement of a poli-
tical nature ?

" If so, any Government of the day may
_convert the magis-
tracy into a body of political partisans. Would such a course
be pursued or submitted to in England ? _

" We cannot believe that a cause so righteous as ours, and
so momentous to the destinies of this great empire, can be
wanting in support from the people of Great Britain. How-
ever this may be, we despair not ; the truth of God, which
we desire to uphold, teaches us not to fear, for there is no re-
straint with Him—' to save by many or by few'
" To our Protestant brethren in Ireland we would now
address a few words :—Undoubted loyalty has ever distin-
guished you as a faithful Protestant people. We trust you
would not stoop from your high position to seek aid from any
source which the spirit of the laws and Constitution forbids
or condemns. We need not urge you, we hope, against
weakening your union by administering oaths, or using secret
signs, a system which modern sedition has promoted, and the
law has denounced.
" The friends of that faith which you profess intently and
anxiously observe, whilst your enemies as keenly watch your
every movement, one act of disobedience to the laws by the
humblest individual amongst you reacts upon the character
of the Irish Protestant, and gives occasson to the enemy to
malign our glorious cause. It is ours and yours ; our interests
are vitally identified with yours, and ene member cannot suffer
without an influence upori the rest.

conscious of the severe trials which many of you
suffer—the state of insecurity and restlessness which the evil
policy of man has generated by the discouragement of tl-e
encouragement'that your principles can
of the bold and the
good
bad: a nEde calmloyal,
never perish.
" You can wield lawful weapons with all the confidence of
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tee
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confien
men who know their cause isrighteous. The great consti-
tutional arena is the House of Commons ; and therefore
every energy should be exerted to secure, to the utmost, a
faithful representation of your principles in Parliament. If
the registries are neglected, your political influence is para-
lysed; if perseveringly attended to, some, perhaps much,
benefit mays arise. We therefore earnestly implore you not
to be deceived, or persuaded to abandon the battle of the
registry. Political privilege involves political responsibility,
and your neglect or apathy is triumph to the foe.
You have, under every difficulty, the assurance that the
darkest cloud with which human tyranny can overshadow
you cannot obscure the bright bow of Christian hope, nor
obstruct the voice which ever invites you to hear Him who is
our peace. England cannot abandon you without sacrificing
her Protestantism, and forsaking her God.
" RODEN, Chairman."

John Bowes, Esq., M.P., has been appointed grand
master of the Freemasons of the province of Durham.

M.P., has resigned the chair-
manship
Herefordshire quarter sessions, in consequence
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of his health not permitting him longer to discharge the
duties of that office.

The Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Stafford,
Mr. Loch, &c, left Dunrobin on Wednesday last for Loch-
inver, where they intend to spend a week at the Duke's
beautiful house of Lochinver. Few spots in the north could
be selected of such an agreeable nature. The house stands
majestically on the banks of the loch, surrounded by towering
hills of the most picturesque appearance. In time of storms
from the west, the rolling of the waves is grand to behold,
and in time of fine weather the whole scenery is delightful.
—Ross-shire Advertiser.

Punuc DINNER TO Mn. HUDSON.—The public
dinner in honour of Mr. Hudson's return for Sunderland was
to take place on Tuesday, in the Polytechnic Hall of the
Athenaeum, in that town. Preparations on an extensive
scale had been made for some days previously, and it is said
that not less than 4001. has been expended itl fitting up and

ornamenting the building. The room, which is thg largest
in the borough, will not accommodate the number who have
applied for tickets, although the price is one guinea each.
The tickets were sold on Monday, at a premium of 1/., and as
high as 1/. 10s. Mr. J. J. Wright, Mr. Hudson's most in-
fluential supporter at the election, is to preside, and Mr. R.
Sporr, his seconder at the nomination, is to take the vice •
chair. Among the speakers will be Lord Seaham, Mr. M.
Bell, M.-P., Sir. John Lowther, M.P., Mr. llodgson Hinde,
M.P., the Rev. Dr. Townsend, canon of Durham, and several
local gentlemen, whose names are as yet unknown to fame.
The list of toasts includes the healths of the Duke of Wel-
lington, Sir Robert Peel, and her Majesty's Ministers, Mr.
Hinde, and the Conservatives of Newcastle; Mr. Bell, and
the Conservatives of Northumberland, with others of a like
description. The ball is to take place on the following even.
big, at which the Marchioness of Londonderry is expected to
be present. Mr. Hudson and her Ladyship will probably
lead off the ball. A sumptuous supper will be served at
twelve o'clock. The Hon. Member is a give. of Mr. C.
Bramwell, of Hendon House.
THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.—A
committee in behalf of Bendigo has been formed to raise a
subscription to defend the action now pending between Caunt
mid the stakeholder.

THE LATE ACCIDENT IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL
The Board of Ordnance have ordered that the son of the late
Michael Purcell, who lost his life by the late explosion in the
Royal Laboratory department of the Royal Arsenal, shall be
entered as a boy in the storekeeper's department, at a salary
of six shillings a week. The Board, however, do not re-
quire that he shall attend work until he is fourteen years of
age. He is now only ten years of age, and is at present
under the care of Mr. P. Fogarty, landlord of the Duchess of
Wellington, Green's-end, by whom lie will be placed in the
Roman Catholic school, at Somers Town. No communica-
tion has been yet received from the Lords of the Treasury
relative to the allowance to the widows and families of the
other unforttmate men, so that the paragraph which appeared
in some of the morning papers, a few days since, is altogether
false.

Mr. D. C. Movlan, recently elected Judgre Assessor
for Westminster, under the Small Debts Act, has been confirmed
n the appointment by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart.
went.

SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTIL—A paragraph has
appeared in some of the papers, stating that the Hon. Member for
Southwark was seriously indisposed. On inquiry in Lowneles-
square, Pimlico, it was stated that Sir William had been for a short
time slightly indisposed, but was so far recovered that he was ex.
pected in town from his seat, Pencarrow, Cornwall, in the course
Olt few days.

IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

DUBLIN, Ocr. 20.—The weekly meeting of the Association
held to-day was very much crowded. Mr. O'Connell entered
the hall at one o'clock, and was received with the warmest
demonstrations of applause.
Joseph Henry• Dunne, Esq., was called to the chair.

porporthmna,
The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last day's pro-
ceedings, after which he proceeded to read the following let-
ters Oct. 14, 1845.
from Lords Clanricarde and y
" Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your letters, and
the volume of essays, upon the question of a Repeal of the
Union to which it referred, and I have to express my thanks
to the Repeal Association for their kindness in presenting me
with this book, which appears to contain much useful and
interesting information.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
most obedient, humble servant,
.6 T. M. Ray, Esq."

" CLANRICARDE."
" Castle Howard, Oct. 16, 1845.
" Sir,—l beg to return you my best thanks for the hand-
some copy of the Repeal Prize Essays, which you have so
obligingly forwarded to me on the part of the Loyal National
Repeal Association of Ireland.—" I have the honour to be,
Sir, your very humble servant,
" T. M. Ray, Esq." " MORPETIL"
Mr. O'CoNNELL said that out of respect to the noblemen
whose letters had been just read, he would move that tdey
be inserted on the minutes.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. O'CoNNELL read a letter from the Very Rev. Dean
Burke. He had great pleasure in moving that this letter be
inserted on the minutes. The sentiments of the Very Rev.
Dean Burke were likely to be re-echoed by the youth of
Tipperary, and he (Mr. O'Connell) did not fancy that a
single one of them would resort to those colleges if they were
constructed, and it was quite clear that they would not be
constructed, unless, indeed, they were forced on by some of
the venerated Catholic prelacy of Ireland. It would be a
fearful thing in Ireland if the people were told that when
nineteen of their prelates had declared that a certain public
measure was dangerous to faith and morals, that any one
prelate should call on the people to disregard their advice
and to listen to him alone. He trusted that such an unhappy
day was not in store for Ireland, and that all the Catholic
prelates having declared unanimously against the Colleges
Bill, and nineteen of them having reiterated their disappro-
bation of that measure, the people of Ireland would not be
called upon to disregard their guides, and the advice of a
majority of the Catholic prelates on a subject of so important
a nature connected with the interests of their religion
(Cheers.)
The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that, on the next day of
meeting, he would bring before the notice of the Association
the subject of the Infidel Colleges Bill—in the absence of the
question of " mixed education," upon which there was some
difference of opinion—in order to obtain an expression of the
opinion of the Association with respect to it.
Mr. O'CONNELL brought before the attention of the
Association the differences at present existing amongst
the Repealers of the towns of Limerick, Loughrea
Sligo, and Waterford. It was deplorable, in his opinion, to
think that domestic division, to which was to be attributed
the manifold evils of the country, was again springing up.
Let the people recollect that it was by union they compelled
the Ministry, which declared that " Concession to Ireland
had reach its limits," to withdraw that declaration, and to
announce that they were prepared to concede anything
short of the repeal of the union. It was his intention to
proceed to Waterford, for the purpose of adjusting, if pos-
sible, the differences existing in that city; and he trusted
that, with the assistanct of the Right Rev. Dr. Torau, Sir
Benjamin Wall, and other influential persons, to be able to
effect this desirable object. Whilst in Waterford he would
not accept of any public compliment, but would confine him-
self solely to the object of his mission—the endeavour to
bring about a reconciliation among the Repeaters of that
city Mr. O'Connell expressed his astonishment that the
Government had made Lord Rosse a visitor of Maynooth, and
alluded to the opinions which that nobleman expressed with
respect to the moral and religious character of the Irish
people, at a meeting of magistrates on the occasion of the
murder of the late Lord Norbury. Oo that occasion several

Catholic clergymen attempt, d to address the meeting, but
were instantly stopped by Lord Ross, who said that no per••
son except a magistrate should be allowed to address the
meeting. That of course shut the mouth of the Catholic
clergymen, and Lord Ross made a speech declaring that the
Irish people were worse than the Turks and the Arabs, and
that the Catholic clergy were culpable for many oft he crimes
which were committed by their flocks.—(Hear.) And yet
that was the man who was made a visitor of the Catholic
College of Maynooth. If Lord Ross really believed what he
asserted about the Catholic priesthood, why did he consent
to become visitor to a college where such men as the priest-
hood of Ireland were educated ?—(Hear, hear.) But he
knew, at the time he made those assertions, that he was
uttering a base falsehood and calumny against the people
of Ireland and their revered clergy. He would not dilate,
further on that subject. but would merely move the insertion
on the minutes of the passages he had read from Lord
Ross's speech, for the purposes of reference, if necessary.
The motion was carried.
Mr. O'CoxxELL observed that a Committee of the Fine
Arts had been appointed to inquire what statues it would be
proper to have placed in the new Houses of Parliament.
They had recommended that one should be erected to Ste-
phen Langton, the Catholic Primate of England, who said
mass for the assembled Barons on the morning of the day
they compelled King John to sign Magna Charta ; but they
refused one to the Archbishop of Dublin, because his see
was not in England.—(Laughter.) They also refused one
to Thomas a Beckett, the man who protected the liberties
of England from the tyranny of King Henry 11., and at
Whose shrine one hundred thousand Englishmen assembled
in homage, because they regarded him as the protector of
their liberties. But this Committee of the Fine Arts had re-
solved on giving a statue to Cromwell and General Monk.
Why, they might as well erect a statue to Judas as General
Monk. Indeed, they only wanted a third to make the
trio complete—they should have added the devil, and
then the group would be perfect by the presence of their
master.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. O'Connell) considered that
they might have spared Ireland the insult of erecting a sta-
tue to such a man as Cromwell, and yet the Morning Chro-
nicle, the organ of the Whigs, had been the chief instigator
of that statue to Cromwell. If they were to have a statue
to Cromwell at the other side of the water, they would have
representations of his deeds on this. They would have paint-
ings representing his deeds of blood at Drogheda, Wexford,
and other places. He had been accused by the vile portion
of the London press with fabricating these enormities, but he
would prove to them from undoubted authorities that what
he asserted was true. The Hon. Gentleman then read ex-
tracts from Carte Lingard, and the Parliamentary Register,
dated October, 1649, which stated that public thanks had
been returned to the Protector for his services in Ireland. It
would be a subject for consideration whether these pictures,
when painted, should not be exhibited somewhere in the
neighbourhood of Westminster. And if the plan were ap-
proved of, he would undertake to procure a prominent place
for their-exhibition.

Mr. O'CONNELL again addressed the meeting, and said,
that as he had so often addressed them upon matters of de-
tail, he would confine himself on the present occasion to
two or three topics. The first of these was the feeling of
exultation which he felt at the three magnificent repeal de-
monstrations at which he had lately been present. The first
of these demonstrations took place in Kerry, and he could
confidently assert that 15,000 persons attended that meeting
to record their unalterable attachment to the cause of re-
peal, and to express their intention never to desist in their
exertions until their country was once more a nation.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Hitherto the county of Kerry had
been rather backward in advocating repeal, and it was not
much to be wondered at, when it was considered that the
proprietors of the land in that county were for the most part
opposed to repeal ; but the late demonstration in Kerry
afforded ample proof that the spirit of nationality ex-
isted as strongly in that county as in other parts of Ire-
land.—(Cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then
alluded to the monster meetings which were held in Castle-
bar and Sligo, and expressed himself delighted with the
spirit which was displayed at them He then proceeded
to say that he considered it advisable that no more monster
meetings should be held until after the next session of Parlia-
meet, but that the att' ntion and the energies of the people
should be directed to the registries, and also to the prepara-
tion of petitions for repeal to be laid before the British Par-
liament. The registries were peculiarly important at the
present period, and the return of sixty or seventy repeal
Members to Parliament would be most important in facili-
tating the achievement of repeal. No statesman could resist
the demands of sixty or seventy Members of Parliament,
backed by the entire Irish nation, and the declaration of the
late Earl Spencer, that if the entire Irish people demanded
repeal it must be granted to them, went far to corroborate his
(Mr. O'Connell's) assertion. The Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman, after some further observations, in the course of
which he inculcated peace, perseverance, and an abstinence
from secret societies on the part of the people, sat down
amidst loud cheers.

Mr. O'CONNELL announced the repeal rent for the week to
be 3771. ss. 2d., and a vote of thanks having been passed to
the Chairman, the meeting separated.

[JALIFAX AND HULL DIRECT RAILWAY, AND
HULL, GOOLE, GRIMBSBY, AND YORK, AND

NORTH MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,

The Provisional Committee of this line of railway held
their first general meeting at the Normanton Hotel, near
Wakefield, on Monday; a large number of gentlemen at-
tended.

NORTON, Esq., presided, and in a speech of considerable
length and ability explained the objects the company had in
view, which were to furnish Halifax and the densely popu-
laded and improving manufacturing towns and villages in its
neighbourhood, with a direct and convenient outlet towards
York, Selby, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, and the east, and in
conjunction with the West Riding Junction, the Liverpool
and Leeds and other projected railways, to form the most
direct communication, as well between the great ports of
Liverpool and Hull as between the great manufacturing
districts of the west and the agricultural districts of the
east.

The reports of the surveyors employed on the line having
been received, the meeting unanimously determined that
application should be made to Parliament in the ensuing
session; the various speakers expressing their conviction
that the project would not onlyibe favourably received by the
noble and other lauded proprietors through whose land the
proposed line would pass, but also by the public generally,
and that it would eventually receive the sanction of Par-
liament.

The executive committee and other officers having been
appointed, and a vote of thanks passed to the chairman, the
meeting separated.

SHIPWRECK OF THE MARY FROM SYDNEY..••••••
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.-By the arrival here to-day of the
Bucephalus, Captain Small, from Boml,ay, we learn the total
loss of the above vessel, and seventeen of her unfortunate
passengers, women and children. The Mary left Sydney,
New South Wales, on the 19th May, and all went on well
until the 24th., when the vessel, about midnight, struck on a
reef in Bass's Straits, and immediately went to pieces; the
passengers and crew, with the above exceptions, saving
themselves with much difficulty, and ultimately reached
Flirider's Island in safety, whence they were conveyed to
Launceston, New South Wales. Capt. Collins, a passenger,
has written a long narrative to one of the Sydney papers, in
which he deprecates in strong terms the unseaworthy state
of the vessel, as it appears she began to leak shortly after
leaving Sydney; he alsa says, that from the striking of the
ship to her parting arid going down, only seven minutes
elapsed. We subjoin a list of passengers saved and lost :
Saved : Captain Collins, 13th Light Dragoons ; Mrs. Collins,
Miss Elizabeth Collins' Miss Emma Collins, Miss Strathallen
Collins, Sarah Sarson, Mrs. Newby, Mr. Reeves, Mrs. Reeves,
Mrs. Stanhury, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Ilefferman, Mrs. Hefferman,
Stephen Dwyer, Mr. Thomas Newman, Mr. James Abbott,
M:. J. Jones, Mr. Joseph Wilkinson, Mr. Heather, Master
Arthur Heather, 11lichael Nicholson, George Hempson, Pa-
trick Gardiner, and all the crew. Lost : Mrs. Heather, and
two children, Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Turnbull, two daughters of
Captaiii Collins, three daughters of Captain Newby, Sarah
Fowkes, and six children of Mrs. Evans. The Bucephalus
received her report from the Indian, bound from Launceston
to London, which vessel she spoke on the 6th instant, in
lat. 37 N.

BISHOP OF. ELY'S ORDINATION.—The ordination
of the Bishop of Ely, which was to hare taken place last Sunday,
has been postponed until Sunday next.

MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERDA Y.)
CORN-EZCICANGE.

Only a moderate supply of English Wheat has reached us
since Monday; hence the show of samples here to-day was
rather limited. The finest qualities of both red and •svhite
commanded a Beady sale, at full rates of currency. In other
kinds comparatively little business was transacted. Free
foreign Wheat was in fair request, and previous quotations
were well supported. For corn, under lock, there was more
inquiry, and prices bad an upward tendency. The sales for all
kinds ofßarley were tirm,but we can notice no alteration in value
Superfine Malt moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at
late rates. The Oat trade was very firm, at fully the advance
noticed last week. Beans, Peas, and Flour, were more in
request, and the turn dearer.

Wheat.
2,230 qrs.

English ......
Irish ...... ..
Foreign ......

ARRIVALS.
Barloy.
1,220 qrs.

Oats Flour.
580 qrs. 1,980 sks.
2,630
1,560

16,020 1 -
Malt, 1,410 qrs.
WHITECHAPEI.

Although the supplies of Meat were somewhat on the in-
crease, the general demand was steady, at full prices. Beef,
from 2s 4d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d
to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per 81bs, by the
carcase.