The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-19 00:00:00

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Amt viaii,r; ............ 2L/2 . ..... .... 6 KS. JOINT STOCK BAN .O. Atistralasta • British Nortli.krneri;jr; t ) tonirnercial of London 20 Real d el Monte 'Unread MINES _ .3% 3 .-- - 31,2 4% 1% 10% 7% 4% 81: „,, - 4itYrING INTELLIGENCE. AT CHESTER.—TTESDAY. 3 3 to DERBY. 1 agst Old P or t—taken freely. erg to b ack the field a st twelve. g otlun o else mentioned. g CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 1 5 agst m Cn—taken. 100 0 to 15 apt Erin-o-o Bragh. THIE AENVPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CIIISE. 9 to 2 agst Discount—offered. 5 to I agst any other. low no-vpo CopRT PAGNELL STEEPLE CHASES. AGINTELL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The fol *rid4 horses have arrived for their engagements to-day and „ ,3 thmo T re h , e Annual Steeple Chase. I... k o rr i tra s Switcher,l2st 61b (including extra Is let 4 • Powell's Sauce an 12st—Mr. Lambden's D isco unt_ I I lb-_ iivott E a l g r i e T l i l i bu t rL't p Cu ' lverthorpe list 61b—Mr. E. U. NVinillb"--Mr. 'P. Ro — lt' M r. s eStkeirrvisnimg'psle,Chlritto—phmerr.N orth, trelltittitso.seiNimble Harry (late Why , -not), llst—Mr. J. El , . <let (h b), Ilst—Mr. Elmore's Everton Andenon's Cigar, lOst 121b—Mr. Pembe ' rton ns llst— k ats lOst 121 b Marmeluke, lOstl2lb— lOat. Smith's Tranip, lOst 121b—Mr. Jeffrey's Grenade, :114 1 C. Turner's SL Swithin, lOst 81b ; Mr..Jessop's 01 b), lOst 71b—M r . B ruce ' s Si r William, lOst-7- 'T i. tsy at tr's it 101 b. tle Tommy, 93t 101 b —a nd M a j or Boyle 's 9 st Or d Q , The Aristocrat Steeple Chase. ' t ratlitnore'c Eugene Sue—Lord Strathmore's S7R- Petui Z socs i ti t: Pee y l n s s The Retured—Mr. C23er's L!tte ' -a ptain. Bo d' Mahomet n —and Captain p Gambier'ls ~Cabta • The Hurdle Race. ,_aliri a ' In Campbell's Crcesus, list 121 b —Mr. Smith's Air. 4 1, llst 81b- -Captain Gambier's Red Lance, list 61b— ,,1a1b....ra Spect a tor, list 21b—Mr. Ehnore's Everton, lOst 'eciin,,l-r• Evans's Redstreak, lOst 131b—Lord Strathmore's )Ic. e "", lOst 12,93 r. Hawkin's Teresa, lOst 71b—Mr. -...10 Valeria, 10:At 71b —Sir H. Bruce's Evergreen, lOst 71b tl* t. Markham's T b lOst 61b—and Mr. Langham's im ea n _, ___ b. om op, LA T ' " 1 31 Po theT li Errix'a.—Off ers t o t a k e 4 to 1 about Discount th e utiZrlenhi!a S weple Chase, and 4 to 1 ags t Redstrea k f or BORGIA.—The princial character in the aQW nistori 1 4 , 4 Borg i a," the author 44f a romance, C aesar . by the t_otetriars," is Lucretia, the beautiful daughter of Loured erribl ?ope Alexander VI., a persona/le w . ho . Prominently in the annals of the Ecclesiastical 1,,, 5 t, wh en the capital of the Christian world was the itzraSi ea by h,... quar ters of l uxury, chivalry, and magnificence. isa)rtiyoi; on a f h Lueretia., her b eauty, h er adventures, an d t to the S upreme Pontiff and his equally ile e iui :td eG Ue i s, p afford te most p the ower author sources has availed eilitt,r, vit . h a rnatact and delicacy that will be fully Appre % 4/11%1Q admirers. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. A.NAITN,77m - z EVTDENCE OF MESSRS. E> T PEDIENC Y Olf KETR,OPOLITAIN George Carr Glyn, chairman of the London and North Western, states that the surveys for an extension of the Loudon and North Western, proposed to be made in the ensuing session, were made for the extension to the City, and the notices given ; but the Bill not carried to Parliament. They deposited the first plans, but not the last. This was done just before the last session of Parliament. The estimates were all made for the line from the Camden station to Farringdon-street, the ter minus proposed. It was proposed that this line should go eastward from Camden. town until it caree to the high level above 'Pentonville ; from thence by a tunnel under Skinner- street, to Farringdon-street. This plan, pro bably the one which could have been executed with the least inconvenience and the least expense, a considerable portion of it being carried by tunnelling in that way. It was found, however, that the cost was so much above the calculation originally made, that they were induced to give it up ; the original estimate contemplated an outlay of from 600,0001. to 700,0001. for the line and station. The detailed estimates amounted to upwards of a million, and it was not thought worth while, from the advantage to be derived from it, to incur such an outlay. The unexpected increase was to be laid principally to the station. The idea of a station in Farringdon-street was merely for goods. They might occasionally have run a train from thence for local t raffic. It was, how ever, chiefly intended for a goods station. Mr. Stephen son's model is almost entirely appropriated to goods traffic. They never contemplated working their long passenger trains from thence, but thought it very likely that two or three trains in the course of the morning, and again in the afternoon, just for the people using the City for business, and living in their villas, might be convenient and useful. Their passenger traffic into the City bears a very small proportion to the traffic to the west-end; even taking the division of London at Euston square, the great proportion would be the other way. The area of the station at Camden-town is about thirty acres ; this not all appropriated to goods ; the part ap propriated to roads is rather more than fifteen acres. In addition to which, Pickfords have their separate establishment of about two acres. The area of their station at Farringdon-street would be two acres and a half. A project, in lieu of the Farringdon-street exten sion, is at present entertaiued, in connexion with the East and West India Dock Company, and by some parties in the City, by which a line is to be carried from the Cam den station down to the East and West India Docks. As regards the export and import trade generally in goods, a better position than that cannot be conceived. The export dock of the East and West India Dock Company is very large, as well as their import dock ; there is more accommodation there than in almost any dock in London, and they have plenty of space to make a sufficient sta tion ; they can give six acres at least for that purpose. The Dock Company join with the London and Birming ham Railway Company in this scheme. It is proposed to come down to the basin at the entrance of the West India dock on the east side. This plan will give a water communication from the City and the other docks to this point, either through the City basin, or down the river, as may be most convenient. In addition to the dock traffic, they also expect a considerable traffic from the wharfs along the river and the other docks. They propose carrying passengers down to the docks ; but that is not the foundation of the plan ; they look almost entirely to a goods traffic. They will load the trucks at the docks station, and which will be conveyed to their destination without breaking bulk. ' There will be no transhipment, no change from one truck to another ; but they will come from Manchester, Leeds, and so forth, straight down to the West India Docks, where they will be discharged. Consider this a great advan tage ; it is one of the best plans for the trade of the city of London that witness ever heard of. The cost of cart age and of transhipment avoided by . this plan ; and also breakage of the goods and pilfering. They have not much power of enlarging the goods station at Camden town ; they are enlarging the passenger station at Ens ton-square very considerably; they have made very large purchases. They will nearly double the area at Huston square ; at present it is about six acres; by the new pur chases it will be nearly twelve. From the experience of the last year, it is quite certain the increased area will not be too much. The traffic on the London and Bir mingham Railway is so much increased, that the York shire and Lancashire trade will in future be worked as two distinct branches of business at two sides of the station. This arrangement is absolutely necessary from the great increase of traffic. Inconvenience and delays in respect of mails described as arising from confined span of station. The goods traffic going to the West India Docks will very much relieve the station at Camden-town. That is one object that they have in view, as well as to save the merchants and importers the very heavy expense of cartage. The expense of cartage in London, compared with the expense of bringing goods from Manchester to London, is very considerable. Pick fords the largest carriers on the London and Birming ham line ; Chaplin and Horne next. All the large carriers using the north of England have establishments at Camden-town. As far as possible, all goods intended for exportation, would be loaded at the towns themselves for their destination at the East and West India Docks. There must, however, be some re-sorting, but not much. Their waggons contain something less than five tons. Five tons the maximum; five tons of goods, besides the weight of the truck. Decidedly prefers a smaller load than this; would rather put two tons into a waggon than incur the risk of re-packing and re-sorting; breaking bulk, till the good; come to their destination, to be avoided as much as possible. They like them to be sheeted over at the provinces, and not disturbed till they come to the place of delivery. Does not consider a ter minus for passengers at Farringdon-street at all desira ble for the Birmingham Company. A central station, unless with a large space of ground, which it is almost impossible to command in any central point in London will do no good whatever. In a central station the traffic of every railway to the north side, must be pro vided for. And unless separate divisions are made, to allow each company to carry on their own business dis tinctly and separately, the confusion will quite mar all the good effect of the measure. It is impossible to give every railway a separate division. It is not only start ing the passenger trains, but they must have depots of carriages, of waggons, and booking-offices ; and, in fact, a whole establishment ; not, perhaps, quite so large as the parent establishment at Euston-square ; but it must be a very considerable establishment ; and if that is mul • tiplied for each railway, it becomes almost an impossibi lity. It must be multiplied as regards carriages, and so forth, though not as regards clerks so fully. In addi tion to the difficulty of obtaining sufficient room for transac ting the business of the station, great inconve nience would arise from the distribution from a central point, through the existing thoroughfares, of so much traffic accumulated in one point. If the London and Bir mingham terminus alone were brought to Farringdon street, it would greatly impede the present thoroughfares in the neighbourhood ; but if in addition to this, several other railways also had their stations there, the streets would be enti rely blocked up. Ludgate-hill and Fleet street would not be suffici ent regards E at this moment, from their having the whole traffic there to themselves, there is little or no impediment to arriv ing 'f e ar of being mista en ing • a man can calculate ken t p r o a i ffi nt e w p i r t e h s o s u es t very much jus t at this reachingbutwttnkees s de n s e ti v n e a r ti y o e n t witnessed any impediment e c r o a u i dw talc s late e to be brought to one focus, no p, freely and without difficulty. Paddington. The uncer the same remark applies to a l s f s e a n l l g e t h r upon arriving with certainty or punctuality at the point; thoroughfares in the to the greatest and t he most thronged t a i n ty would be still great er if t hat focus were adjacent metropolis, east d difficult. Conn or Fleet street at present ar e slow an t . n and west. The passages along Holborn for should be under cover ; it i s absolutely necessary ders it very desirable t hat the p latform at the station the convenience of a passenger station. It is also very desireble that all the carriages in the station at night should be under cover. To provide for this, very large sheds have recently been erected at Euston-square ; it is very difficult to find accommodation for them all at certain periods of the year ; the traffic of a large railway varies so much according to the season, that it is almost impossible to provide sufficient space. The number of trains per diem on the. London and Birmingham Rail way is 22 each way, and 10 goods trains. Mr. George Hudson, M.P., Chairman of the Eastern Counties and Midland lines, states that the former are promoters of a project for the extension of that railway to Farringdon-street. The great object of this extension i t s k t e o w g e e s t t - a e s n t d a t ion d a t s k e c e c n i t t ) r as A pp .—Approves s r s o i v b e l with se ofthe rfre lo e c a e y e t o o f. Farringdon-street for their terminus. —They have no in tention of abandoning their station at Shoreditch; it would still be useful for that part of the town.—Should divide the trains in some cases, and in other cases run certain trains on to the station at the West-end; some trains would run to Shoreditch and others to Farringdon street.—Believes that their station in Farringdon street, provided no other termini were brought there, would not inconveniently crowd the streets in the vicinity. —But if in addition to the Eastern Counties terminus in Far ringdon-street, other schemes are carried out, bringing the termini of several other railways near the same locality, i t will undoubtedly cause considerable incon venience to the daily traffic of the metropolis.---Any great central station would be unmanageable in the centre of London.—The station arrangements could not be carried out.—The thoroughfares would not be always passable.--It is desirable, where it can be accomplished, to have a central station; admits that most fully.—At Newcastle is centralizing the whole of a number of rail ways at one given point ; there it is manageable ; but in London the traffic is too large; there would be delays in entering the station ; the arrangements would be too complicated; there would be delay also in getting away from the station.—The same objection would apply to a number of stations brought very closely together, with out the confusion of station management which there would be in one common station. There would, however, be the same confusion in the streets.—Has no doubt, that if the Eastern Counties succeed in getting their ex tension to Farringdon-street, other railway companies will also desire to get termini in or nearer to the City than they are at present. Thinks the case of the Eastern Counties one really demanding either a West end sta tion or something equivalent to a West-end station. The Eastern Counties have a large quantity of traffic which must come up to the West-end ; and if they are extended to York, the traffic will be very much increased. As far as the West-end traffic is concerned, therefore, it is im portant, if they cannot get a West-end station, that they should have one uniting, in a great degree, both access to the City and to the West-end; and being the traffic of one set of rails, there would be no difficulty in ma naging it. But if the Birmingham and the West of England traffic is brought to the same point, it would make a double amount of traffic, and cause the greatest possible confusion at the station. Is perfectly satisfied that a central station embracing the whole of the railway termini, or any great portion of glow, in ono / / / THE SUN; LONDON, THURSDAy INI[pRNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1646. given point, would be perfectly unmanageable. A s re gards goods, the object of establishing a communication for goods between the different railiVays round London night be carried out with less inconvenience to the public iby a connecting railway rather wide of London. Something like the west of London, which forms a con nection with the Great Western, which might be carried on very easily round to the South Western. There might be a junction got by the Eastern Counties with that, if there was any necessity for it. The proposed railway from the Birmingham line to the docks, as it will cross the Eastern Counties, that might be made available for goods traffic. Thinks it of importance to the Eastern Counties, if they are to obtain any portion, or put themselves in a position to compete with the London and Birmingham for the northern traffic and that of Scotland, that they should have a station which would be considerably nearer to the West-end, and more accessible than the present station at Shoreditch. The. Eastern Counties contemplate running down to Edin burgh and the north of Scotland. Without reference to any other scheme, the Eastern Counties will eventually, under any circumstances, become connected with York either by one route or another. Is quite satisfied that if the London and York line is granted, still the Eastern Counties will find its way to York. A station more cen tral than the present station at Shoreditch is therefore absolutely necessary, to provide for the great access of traffic consequent upon the numerous extensions in the northern and eastern counties. The Eastern Counties have a Bill before Parliament for enlarging the station at Shoreditch. If they get power to go to Farringdon street, it would be four or five years before they could get there. Their large traffic now amounts to about 8,0001. or 9,6001. a week, and which will be before long 14,0001. a week, nearly up to the London and Birming ham original traffic, therefore increased accommodation at Shoreditch is necessary. Should not object to a sta tion at or near Easton-square as a station for the Eastern Counties, as it would bring them up to the west end. Is interested in the Midland as well as the Eastern Counties. The Midland traffic comes to Euston-square, but will not always do so. By the lines now making a connexion between the Eastern Counties and the Mid land is established. Evidence as to the course of traffic in the different thoroughfares about Farringdon-street in reference to the establishment of a terminus there. The Artillery-ground has been thought of as a station for the Eastern Counties line ; considers it a very good site. This scheme abandoned for the present. Is decidedly opposed to any enlarged central station in or near the city. The enormous traffic in the London streets and thoroughfares forms the chief objection to the central station ; is quite clear as to the advantage of connecting the railways in or near London ; it is most desirable in reference to goods. To attain this object would rather go north or south of the great bulk of property ; north on one side and south on the other, than go through it. Present stage of the Eastern Counties Bill for the exten sion to Farringdon street. Was at first rather in favour of something like a central station ; but is perfectly satisfied, on considering the whole question, that it is an impracticable thing, and it would accommodate very few parties ; it would inconvenience the many for the few. As far as witness's experience goes, thinks there is not one person in five hundred who wants to go direct from one railroad to another. Pretty nearly the same objections which apply to a single central station apply to a collection of stations very near together in the heart of the metropolis. Is aware that the Northern and Eastern and the Eastern Counties at one time worked three or four miles conjointly. That arrangement caused great confusion to both lines. Example of the inconvenience experienced at Normanton from this cause. Public safety endangered by these com plicated arrangements. The number of passengers desirous to go right through London without stop ping so few that they are not entitled to the slightest consideration in considering the necessities for a general terminus for all the railways. Inconve nience experienced from divided management ex exemplified in the case of the Brandling Junction, which was originally worked by two:companies with two sets of directors. It was utterly impossible to work the station under such circumstances with any satisfaction, either to the public or to any parties concerned. One company was compelled to purchase the sole right. Thinks it quite possible to carry into effect the joint occupancy of a short line and station by two companies as proposed by the North Kent and South Western at London bridge, or the South Eastern and South Western at London-bridge. It may be done when all parties are desirous to harinonie; but even with that witness's experience is decidedly against anything like a joint management. Should decidedly object to a great ter minus along the north bank of the Thames, extending from Westminster-bridge to Southwark-bridge. Thinks it would be a very fearful experiment; and if failed would be productive of great inconvenience and loss. ON DITS AND GOSSIP. • It is understood that the bargain of the Wishaw and Coltness, made by the old directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, but declined by the new, had been taken up on more favourable terms by the Caledonian, who will com mence carrying passengers up the Wishaw district, in conjunction with their Garnkirk trains, from the Town- head station. The Dundee and Perth have just entered on their lease of the Dundee and Newtyle. The Ayrshire, it is understood, have come forward to relieve the Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, of the whole of the expense incurred last session, besides consenting to renew the former agreement to lease the line guaran teeing a fixed annual return of six per cent. upon the capital. Mr. Strutt, M.P., Lord Granville, Sir E. Ryan, and Captain Brandreth, whose appointments as the members of the railway board we announced weeks ago, have been gazetted. On Monday last the new Commissioners, in pursuance of notification, opened their offices in Great George-street, Westminster, late the offices of the Birmingham's branch lines. The Midland have abandoned the route, for which they obtained an Act, for a branch to the Leicester and Swannington. It is not expected that they will experi ence much, if any, opposition for a new Act, as they have arranged with the principal proprietors of land. Surveys are in progress for a continuation of the Stour Valley line from Sudbury to Clare. GENERAL RAILWAY TERMINUS IN GLASGOW.—Cap tains Codrington, R.N., Evans, R.N., and Harness, R.E., appointed to institute an inquiry regarding a general railway terminus in Glasgow, have commenced proceed ings in that city. At the first meeting, on the 9th of November, it was stated that the commissioners proposed first to take the evidence of those who had signed the memorial to Government for the appointment of the commission ; and following it that of the authorities of Glasgow, the representatives of trades, the bridge trus tees, the Clyde trustees, and the police. Mr. John Platford, who, owing to ill health, was obliged to give up the managership of the Sheffield and Manchester, has been succeeded by Mr. Eborall, jun., assistant-general goods manager at the Birmingham station of the London and North Western. Mr. Har greave has been appointed superintendent at the Sheffield terminus, and Mr. Burney goods agent. A dinner has been given to Mr. C. A. King, manager and secretary of the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge, on the occasion of his being presented with a service of plate, and a gift of 1,2001., by the directors and various shareholders in that railway, in consideration of his .ser vices, he having been manager from the opening in 1829 till the present time, when it has become vested in the Caledonian. CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC.—The power of the 15-inch atmospheric pipe, over the New Cross incline (1 in 100 for about three miles), it is expected, will be tested a b m a v a e z n b g e l e y e p d o e p u n b l l a e r t e li t e s L e y t n b n a . t w T e h r e e within a fortnight. week's have s e e i a p r t e s first anticipated. The Scottish Society of Arts have awarded their silver medal, of the value of ten guineas, to Mr. W. Anderson, m ail guard, for his description and drawing of a railway indicator, at present only in use on the Dundee and Arbroath. TEMPERANCE PROMOTION.—The Grand Junction di rectors have granted a free pass between Birmingham and Crewe to any of the agents of Mr. G. S. Hendrick, a large iron-founder at West Bromwich, who employs four or five to travel through the country in the promo tion of the cause of temperance, to which he devotes himself. Mr. Stewart, the manager of the Glasgow station of the Edinburgh line, has been appointed superintendent of the Kilmarnock station of the Ayrshire. So general and unanimous is the feeling said to pre. vail in York in favour of the election of Mr. Hudson once more as Lord Mayor, that it is rumoured the on Gentleman has intimated his willingness to accept the office. Nor th- has given Mr. Lid- In a communication to the Town Council of ampton Mr. Hudson states that he s th dell, the engineer , instructions, to lay out the ou Midland line in the best manner to serve Northampton, consistently with general advantage. Mr. E. Clark declines the honour of superintending the works at the Britannia -bridge. He says Mr. F. Forster, civil engineer, is the resident engineer of that portion of the Chester and Holyhead, and under his most able superintendence the works alluded to have been car ried on ever since their commencement. Railway " navvies " appear to have their feelings as well as other folks. One of them, Eli Jackson, was killed in the Darwen and Bolton tunnel, and a subscrip tion, amounting to 161., was immediately made up among his fellow " navvies " for his widow and children. An other favourite trait is furnished in the fact that a ‘ navvie," nam e d J oe Si ng l eton , age d 68, who was found ‘ dead in his bed, was followed to his grave by a l ar g e body of his comrades, on the works of the Lynn and Dereham. At a me • eting of the Peace Society,Dr. Bowring observed, truly enough, that steam and railways were among the greatest agents of peace • both tended to raise the standard of man to a higher level, broke down the barriers which separated states, and empires. and blended and bound nations together in common interest. A pneumatic machine of 200 horse power, and a con densing engine of 20 horse rower , have just been tested on the Paris and St. Germain Atmospheric. M. Flas chat, engineer, condhcted the experiments, which were ih every respect successful. Several • railway companies are stated for to have written to the Paris Acade m y o f S c i ences following question : —Wh en a train a is runningn answer to the speed across a zone over w hi c h a at great thunderstorm breaks, what conduct should be pursued for the interest and security of the passengers: should the train ba stopped ; should its speed be reduced ; or should it continue at the same rate ?—Raiiway Chronicle. BAL MASQUE IN A CAVERN.—A. bal 771(28.;716 of a singular character was given on Monday evening at Blackheath. Near Trinity Church, on Blackheath-hill, is a cavern, supposed to have been constructed by thJ Danes, 180 feet below the surface. -In this unpolished ball-room 1,500 persons assembled, and kept up their amusements with spirit until day-break, ANNEXATION OF CRACOW, (F-r‘tq ho Times.) s made by Lord Palmerston upon his return to Office last summer contained an em phatic declaration in Parliament, that the Northern Powers would do well to remember that the great public treaties, which are th e b as i s of political society in Eu rope, are no less binding on the Vistula than they are upon the Rhine and on the Po. The Northern Powers have,however, taken so little account of this declaration, that they have not hesitated to perpetrate on that tame Vistula the most flagrant, direct, and unwarrantable vio lation of the Treaty of Vienna which has ever yet been attempted by any of the Governments of Europe. Im portant changes h ave , i n d ee d, b e f o re been effected in the provisions of that important instrumentby the irresistible . force of events, which have subsequently been ratified or accepted by the consent of the five great Powers. But the policy of th e th ree N ort h ern C ou rts towards Poland, and especially to war d s th e " f r ee, independent, and strictly neutral city" o f C raco w, forms a signal exception to this rule. Rus s i a , A ustr i a , an d Prussia have carried on their work of s p o li at i on an d o ppression alone by the gradual violation of every pledge under which Cracow was assigned to their protection, and the systematic subversion of every institution which might have made that city prosperous and free; they have now crowned these encroachments by the total annihilation of the republic itself, the absorption of its territory, and the unflinching violation of all the treaty engagements by which the existence of that last fragment of the Polish commonwealth was guaranteed. And these are the pro. tecting Powers to whose care the city and territory of Cracow were assigned in trust ! Since the Congress of Vienna no act has ever been consummated more thoroughly revolutionary in its spirit, or more subversive of that general principle by which the existing territorial ar rangements of the Continent are upheld. Cracow was, indeed, almost the least of the independent States of • Europe, hardly exceeding in size those free cities of Germany who se p o li t i ca l ex i stence res t s upon the foun dation of the Ger man C on f e d era ti on . But if we required evidence of the public, which co ncentrate d i n i tse lf a ll th a t remained of political significance of this little re - Polish independence, we should find such proof in the extraordinary care with which the State of Cracow was determined by the Congress of Vienna, and in the extraordinary perseverance, deceit, and audacity which have been employed in the destruction of that work. In all the several treaties signed on the 3d of May, 1815, between Russia, Austria, and Prussia, hav ing reference to Polish affairs, the independence and neutrality of Cracow was solemnly proclaimed. In the additional treaty of the same date between the same three powers the first article runs thus : One " The city of Cracow, witliit; territory, shall be re garded in perpetuity as a free, independent, and strictly neutral city, under the protection of the three high con tracting parties." The subsequent articles of the same treaty determined the extent of its neutral and independent territory ; se cured the entire freedom of its commerce, as well as that of the adjoining Austrian town of Podgorze ; for bade the introduction of an armed force under any pre text whatever • and, finally, con f erred on the c i ty a f re e constitution, Which was textually inserted in the addi tional treaty. " A copy of these articles," of Cracow, oBn oflfo a st Cs s h: rbe a i aymcc p top e ohw r one m ri rt pw a a e n lnees e trsn n eoi o t pf to be solemnly deposited in th e arc hi ves of the f ree c ity p e s omni a soete y afi nlas clauses, oryl aifa t the stes e shpi oe ge l esf n B a,ga et t ai e h edi nndt dheoi reennosputpt clause,hhose wece era ' 9gir ' l ntel si especially ciples adopted towards it by th e t h ree h i gh P owers. e .' ffoptothi Vienna, those touching the freedom, i n d ependence, an d str i c t r ' n o f e e Au r j a t u l l r a n a ll t e i c h : t ey l and it was, moreover, provided by the 118th article of that treaty, that the separate treaties relating to Cra cow, " should be considered as' integral parts of the arrangements of the Congress, and have everywhere the same force and value as if they were inserted word for word in the general treaty." Never were engagements more precise or more solemn. Never have such engage • ments been flung to the winds with more thorough in difference. If these clauses are so worthless that the ir completedirect nt aengagementn d o their pen a annihila tion i r h k itt of e- t t o n e e ofP destructiono C w , e r a r i Powers Polandowf the t h there Northrebyh e d is not may treaty of Vienna which can stand against the will of any Power disposed to break it, and to talk of the faith of treaties is an extravagant fiction. They, be it remembered, have set the example on the Vistula ; let them ilot• be surprised if it be imitated elsewhere. They have, however, arrived at this determination by slow steps ; and more than ever we must now regret that there was no diplomatic agent of England on the spot to mark from the first the whole tendency of these changes. In 1833 the three protecting powers began by substituting a new constitution for that which had been incorporated in the treaties of Vienna, and thus transferring the supreme power from the magis trates of the city to their own Residents. In 1836, upon the most frivolous pretences, the city was occupied by Austrian troops; false reports of disturbances and re volutionary schemes were studiously promulgated by the Austrian police; and 200 or 300 victims were dragged without trial from the neutral territory and banished to Western Europe or America. At Tceplitz, in the same year, a proposition is said to have been made to Austria to annex the city to her empire, but at that time the offer was declined. The events in Poland and Galicia in the spring of the present year appear to have conquered this repugnance of the Court of Vienna. Caused, as those events undoubtedly were, by the misgovernment and incapacity of the Austrian authorities exaggerated to the last degree by the servile newspapers of Germany, which are wholly under Austrian control and augmented by the gross misconduct of the Austrian troops, who were terrified by the lies of their own police, the dis turbances of last February a re the pretext for trampling on the last remnant of Polish nationality, and breaking the last promise of mercy made to Poland. The Aus trian Government has - shown the world in its own pro vince of Galicia to what brutal bands that portion of the spoil of Poland was consigned. The city of Cracow is now, it appears, to be annexed to it. The statesmen who have literally repeated the 'sanguinary trick of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, by arming and inciting one class of soc i ety aga i nst the other, are to turn the palace of th e J age ll ons i n t o Austrian barracks, and to guard the t om b s of John S o bi es ki and Kosciusko ! This is, indeed, th e last insult to the Pol ish name. Under Russian auth or i ty C racow m i g ht have had at least a tranquil subjecti on ; un d er Prussia the city might h av e enjoyed the protection of a firm and honest administra tion ; under that rule which has so lately covered Ga licia with ruin and bloodshed, Cracow and Poland are condemned to sink beneath the feeblest of their foes. Bat whilst we feel the strongest commiseration for the fate of this unhappy city, which has l i t erall y been persecuted t o th e death, and whilst we abhor this repetition of the partition of Poland on the last fragment of Polish territory, the nature of the transaction, the violation of the treaty, and the insolent indifference to the voice of public opinion and the claims of Western Europe, are even more important in our eyes than the act itself. Nor can we shake off the sus picion that the Northern Powers would not have dared to strike such a blow at the established order of Europe without at least the secret acquiescence of the French Government. We shall see the result ; we shall see whether the Court of the Tuileries is prepared to descend to the base conspiracies of Laybach and Verona, formed for the destruction of the liberties of Europe. We have not yet learned to think so meanly even of our opponents. But this thing will put it to the proof. France is ple d g e d with Engl an d to uphold the treaties of 1815 ; France is more earnestly devoted than England herself to that cause of Peland, which she celebrates by an annual pro testation of her Legislature. We shall see by the con duct of France with reference to the annexation of Cracow, whether the sacrifice of ber independent judgment is already made, or whether she repudiates and resists the resuscitated policy of the Holy Alliance. King Louis Philippe has miscalculated his strength if he hopes to bend the spirit of the French nation to so de grading a compact. FlRE. — Tuesday afternoon, about one o'clock, the neighbourhood of Barclay and Perkins's brewery, in Southwark, was greatly alarmed, in consequence of a fire having broken out in a small house, occupied by some poor people, in Angel -court. It appeared that the woman of the house lighted a fire in a room, in which there had not been one for some time past, when some sparks communicated with the soot—the chimney being very foul—and instantly the whole was in a blaze, and the neighbourhood half suffocated with smoke. The utmost exertions were made by the poor woman to ex- tinguish the fire, but finding it 1. - ,urn fiercer, and it being evident that some part of the wood in the flue had caught fire, the engines were sent for ; before their ar rival, however, some ladders were obtained, and by the exertions of several men the fire was eventually subdued. The engines arrived shortly after, but their assistance was not requisite. FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.—O n Tuesday evening an inquest was held:by Mr. Bedford, at St. George's Hos pital, on the body of Luke Shaw, aged 51, a drover. The deceased was in a very weak state of health, and on Tuesday afternoon last he was driving a flock of sheep along the Bayswater-road, when near the Craven Hill, a barouche, drawn by one horse, belonging to Mr. Thos. Orton, of 1, Orme-square, Notting-hill, and driven by that gentleman, passed. The horse suddenly jibbed, and a person who was on the box got down , and suc ceeded in ge ttin g the animal to p r oceed , and whilst he was jumping uP on to the barou c h e aga i n the deceased, who was unnoticed by Mr. Orton, was knocked down by He was picked up in an i nsens ibl e state, an d ve t h e horse, and th e hind wheel of the carriage passed over him. to the above hospital, wh ere h e ex pi re d on Friday last, fro m fracture to the base of the skull. Ver dict, " Accid ental death." FATAL ACCIDE NT.— On Tuesday morning, at about half-past nine o'clock, as a y oung l a d y was cross ing Hyde-par, kin the direction of Upper Grovesnor-plane, she was knocked down by one of the Brentford omni sb u e w s e s . conveyed She was taken to St. George's Hospital, in the i m mediate vicinity, but life was found to be already extinct. A NOVELTY IN FRUITS.—On Monday there were several dishes of raspberries exhibited in Covent-garden market. These were not the produce of forcing, but were natural crops, grown in the open air in a gar den near Turnham-green, being the second supply this season. T ug NATIONAL CLUB.—Tuesday evening a public ee ti n g o f the inhabitants of Kennington and its vi cinity was held at the Horns Tavern, in support of the recently formed National Club, at which Lieutenant wee addressed by the chairman and several Colonel Sir Digby Mackworth, Bert., presided. The orntretrinsgpeakers, and resolutions were passed for the for mation of a branch association under the title of " Surrey Protestant Alliance." Lord John Russell arrived at his residence, in Chesham-place, Belgra,ve-square, yesterday afternQvn, from a Visit to her ildit,jeslY a 6 Wiudsor Castlc. THE ANNUALS. SH fi G ni - s it he o: , DRAWIN G- o ß rg o e o ou K s FIWeIEIdR do the the D “ R h A igh W ly IN . for 1847. Edited by the lion. Mrs. Norton. binding, and elegant appearance of this beautiful volume prove its right to its aristocratic appellation. Yet it has other and far higher qualitities than that appellation might be supposed to imply. In its way it may serve as a not insignificant "sign of the times,' as an evidence of the new sentiments and opinions which now find entrance into the most refined, and, hitherto exclusive regions. Very different is the Drawing-room Scrap-book for 1847, from the many various-coloured silken volumes which annually adorned the salons and boudoirs some years since. In place of the fancy portraits of some romantic 1 heroine or the miniature illustrations of some fictitious tale, in this audacious volume—styling itself par excellence the chosen of the drawing-rooms—we find, as a companion for that of her Majesty, of Prince Albert, and of many a scion of the nobility, a like ness of Mr. Cobden 1 While in the verses which ac company these and the other illustrations, sentimental " stanzas," and senseless panegyrics have given way to a brilliant variety of lively raillery and caustic sarcasm on fashionable faults and follies, mingled with pure and holy thoughts and high and earnest aspirations for the popular welfare, from the talented grand-daughters of Sheridan. Consequently to assert in 1847 that the Drawing-room Scrap-book is worthy of its name implies that its attractions are of a cha racter totally different from those which might have obtained for it such a commendation in the " good old times." The thirty-six engravings which adorn this volume are not originals , " done for the occasion," but, what is far better, a collection of beautiful subjects, which have already, in various forms, claimed public approbation. They present a pleasing variety of portraits, landscapes, fanciful scenes, and what, for want of a better name, must, we suppose, be denominated, interiors. Of this latter class are some of the most beautiful engravings of the whole collection—representations of the interior of the Chapel of the Virgin in the Abbey Church, St. Denis ; of that of St. Gudule, Brussels ; of the Gallery of Henry 11., Fontainbleau, and several others of a similar kind, from most elaborate drawings by Allow, most admirably engraved. Yet after admir ing these works of art, which commemorate the great achievements of men's hands, it is almost refreshing to turn to others which endeavour (at however great a distance) to portray the infinitely greater works of nature. Among these is a view of the Rhine, with Coblentz and Ehrenbreitstein, the "broad stone of honour." The great charm Of this beautiful picture consists in the sudden effect produced by simply turning over the page which contains it, when, as if by magic, the whole expanse of country appears spread out before us. Many of the portraits which adorn this volume—among others those of Sir Robert Sale, of Lord Hardinge, and of Mr. Villiers—will meet with a cordial welcome. The frontispiece represents the accomplished editress, to whom Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has addressed some most complimentary lines of exceeding beauty. The likeness of Mr. Cobden, to which we have already alluded, is undoubtedly a correct one, yet it is hardly the Mr. Cobden most foniliar to the great multitude. He does not stand before us with the kindly smile and cheerful air with which he was wont to make dull matters interesting ; his countenance has hardly that look of unwavering confidence and firm conviction so prone to inspire confidence in others. He is repre sented as in deep thought, as we may suppose him to have appeared while the mighty project was forming in his brain, and great facts and immutable truths were presenting themselves before him, to be by him freed from the errors and prejudices of long years, and reduced to their primitive simplicity. So entirely does the appearance of this portrait carry out this idea, that we may easily suppose, that even while the artist was at his task, the thoughts of his " sitter," forgetful of his situation, were flowing in their habitual channel. The portraits of the Great Free trader, ani his brother-in-arms, Mr. Villiers, are both accompanied by suitable poems by Mrs. Norton ; the concluding verse of that one, in honour of Mr. Villiers, is most appropriately addressed to the British public at the present time : " But forget not, in that hour When the strife is all gone by The earnest hearts whose power First led you on to try What the might of gathered multitudes might do. Turn back, and let your cheer Sound gladly in their ear— ' We never should have conquered, but for YOU 1" Among the many interesting pictures in this volume, is a portrait of the eldest son of Lord Ashley, appa rently a high-spirited, intelligent child. As the portrait of a child, it will be viewed with interest, and as that of one of the " children of the nobility," it may attract many curious glances from the bright eyes of the drawing-rooms through which the " Scrap Book" is destined to pass. But how earnest and how intense would be the interest it would excite among the inhabitants of the factory regions : how many a mother would turn anxiously to look on the picture, and gratefully to implore blessings on the head of the child of him to whom her own young children are so very much indebted. In addition to numerous poems, varying from " grave to gay, from lively to severe," with which the editress has illustrated many of the engravings, the drawing room scrap-book is rich in poetical attractions. Lady Dufferin has contributed some very sprightly and amusing pieces, one of which suggested by a group of Chinese going out in grand procession to " Meet the Spring," is rendered most effective by the sudden transition from raillery to feeling; she begins— " Well! the assurance of some person! Just conceive so bold a thing, As those horrid Chinese monsters going out to meet the spring," and then proceeding in a lively strain turns the whole ceremony into ridicule. " I have never been to China," she observes, " But I know the sort of place it is—as well as wiser pates — From different Works on China,' illustrated with plates." And so on, till after an ironical enumeration of various peculiarities of the country and the ceremony, con cluding— " But enough! my soul turn from them 1' Let the creatures take their fling, Only, don t join that procession going out to meet the spring I" She suddenly exclaims, changing her tone and check mg her mirth,— ' Oh, thou mocking tongue, be silent I Is there so much joy on earth, Thou wonld'st grudge the simple pleasures, that in Nature have their birth? Dust thou scorn the meek-eyed people? Dost thou deem that worship wrong, That would welcome back God's blessings, with a grateful heart and tongue?— That would greet the glorious Summer, with its sun shine and sweet air, As a precious gift from Heaven b be hailed with song and prayer?" These and many lines of a similar character, both by Lady Dufferin and Mrs. Norton, are introduced with peculiar effect amid their lighter pieces— evidencing the kindly feelings of their hearts, notwithstanding their somewhat sarcastic ob servations, and proving that their wit is of that harmless kind which "loves to play, not wound." " The fountain of Vaucluse and Petrarch's castle, " have suggested some very beautiful lines to r. Monckton Mines, commencing (though without acknowledgment), in the very words of Byron on the very same subject, " There is a tomb in Arqua." The enduring celebrity of Petrarch's sonnets as surviving his more learned compositions, is described with forcible simplicity : " High on the shelves, in dusty dignity, His un-read wisdom may for ages stand; While on the shaded garden-seat you see That maiden with her sonnets in her hand. And thus Vaucluse—not Arqua—is the spot, That Fetrarch's memory in full justice claims; The statesman and the scholar are forgot, 7 — Petrarch and Laura rest as household names." We must not omit calling attention to one among the fanciful illustrations whic h is entitled " Poland," an engraving of singular beauty, singularly appro priate to the subject. Two beautiful females, one with an infant in her arms, are kneeling in tears upon the field of recent carnage. Such a scene - is peculiar to no country or no period—many a similar one might, doubtless, have been witnessed on that dread ful field, where "Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell ;" and so the picture may be, perhaps, literally correct. But we would rather regard it as a figurative re presentation (however unintentional on the part of the designer). The beautiful women, bowed down with grief, clasping each others hands in the sad fel lowship of sorrow, too truly exemplify their unhappy land in the hour of her darkness and desolation ; but in the lovely child, all unconscious of surrounding trouble playfully clasping the cross which hangs frcnct his mother's neck, as his bright countenance beatas with artless joy, we would fain imagine we behold an embodiment of Poland's better genius; tho - agh now perchance only in its infancy, weak and powerless, yet clinging resolutely to the emblem of faith, and looking forwards with a smile of hope. We must not close our notice of this truly beautiful book without making mention of an admirable repre sentation of an ancient lady "threading her needle," while, with the assistance of Lady Dufferin, she thus laments the degeneracy of the present times :- 1 " Ali deary me what needles I well really I must say, All things are sadly altered—(for the worse too) neitherpair a h i r e a o d f s s n c o i s r s o p r o s i n o tsf the —the g o n o e d e d o e d s . 7.l s ie in p c i e n m s h y a d v a e y n l e have no eyes, .And there's ne'er a fashioned size The very bodkins now are made in fine new-fangled ways, And the good old 13riti,11 thimble—is a dream of other Nowthat comes of machinery 1-I'm given to under stand, That great folks turn their noses up, at all things done by hand,' Altho' its easy proving to the most thick-pated dunce, That things ar'n't done the better—for all being done at once. I'm sure I often ponder, with a kind of awful dread On those bold spinning jennies,' that go off, of their own hr ad Thoe powcr-looms and odd machines—those whizzing things with wheels, That ever-more keep moving !'—besides, one really feels So superannuated-like, and laid upon the shelf— When one sees a worsted sto c ki ng , get up, and knit itself Ah that comes of those Radicals !—why life's a per fect storm,— A whirlwind of inventions ! with their ' Progress' and Reform !' The good old days—the quiet times, that calmly used to glide, Are changed into a steeple chase,—a wild 'cross country ride ! A loud view-holloa„in our ears—away ! away I we go ; A-levelling all distinctions, and a-mingling high and low ; All spurring on, with seats so tight, and principles so loose, Whisk over this old prejudice 1 slap-bang ! thro' that abuse ! No matter why,—no matter where ! without a stop or hitch, And nobody has time to help his neighbour in the ditch ! And then, what turns and changes ! Good lack ! I'd rather be A joint-stool in a Pantomime,—than some great folks I see ! Because in Pantomimes, a stool may turn to anything. You're not surprised, if chairs step out to dance a Highland fling ! " A coffee-pot perhaps becomes a mitre by-and by,— And everything is something else—and nobody asks why ? But there's a rage for questioning, and meddling now a-days ; And what one does, don't matter half so much as what one says ; And a minister can't change his mind, without such stir and fuss, That one would think the ' public voice' was some huge omnibus Which takes you to a certain point, whereat you must remain, Until the same old Buss may choose—to take you back again For (odd enough), in all this change, they keep some order still, And when they turn,—turn all at once, like soldiers at a drill ; But wont allow a public man, a private pirouette, When once his part of Harlequin, or Pantaloon, is set. Al.d that's what makes their Pantomime so dull, and such a bore, That !heir joint-stool must still remain—a joint-stool ever more. Now that comes of Newspapers! I know in my young days, Least said, and soonest mended,' was a maxim worthy praise; But were I to give counsel to the Public—as a friend, ' Little said--and nothing written,' is the rule I'd re commend. Such snapping-up--and setting down ! Reporters left and right! All bent on pinning down a man to lie, in black and white! Such raking up of Hansard ! such flinging in one's face, Any little lapsus linguae' that may once have taken place! Sush a-fending and a-proving—and a-calling over coals; As if it really mattered to our poor immortal souls, That thingumbob should think or say, on question so and so, That foolish things he thought and said—some forty years ago! There's one thing in those papers, tho', I'm very glad to see, That many more old women think very much like me: I'm even told that certain Dukes will echo back my groan, And sigh for those dear golden days, when we ' left — well, alone!" THE JUVENILE SCRAP BOOK for 1847. — Edited by Mrs. Ellis. The editress of the Juvenile Scrap Book, "believing that her young friends will never find themselves more happy than when thinking on subjects worthy of thought," has presented them not only with a volume, the numerous illustrations and outward adornments of which render it a desirable gift, but also with one of which, the internal attractions, combining interest with information, are calculated to afford both a profitable and agreeable employment of time. The illustrations are of a varied character. Among the most interesting are a portrait of Pope Gregory XVI.; some children's miniatures, by Sir W. C. Ross ; a Peasant Maid by a Mountain Stream ; the Interior of Rutland Cavern, Derbyshire, the rugged and for bidding appearance of which, as made visible by many lamps, is very forcibly portrayed; an Egyptian Feast, where a human skeleton, more terrible than Banquo's ghost, is seated among the revellers; some fanciful scenes by Allom, one of which, entitled " Evening Hours," represents a domestic group con templating the moonlight on the waters, and is of exceeding beauty, both in execution and design. Mrs. Ellis has taken the beautiful frontispiece as a theme for a little poem, " The Mountain Stream," an imaginary dialogue between the peasant maid and the streamlet which inculcates the useful lesson of content. " Thoughts for Evening Hours," con tains some interesting information, chiefly concerning the ancient Egyptians, mingled with serious reflec tions of a by no means gloomy character. " Self importance ; or, a Fable of the Rooks," and " Parties of Pleasure," although also tended to convey instruc tion, serve, together with " Aunt Emily's Visit," and other poems, to establish the juvenile title of this volume. By far the most interesting article is that which accompanies the portrait of the Pope, in which Mrs. Ellis gives a very graphic description of St. Peter's Church, and a papal ceremony she herself witnessed there, together with some account of the Etruscan or Gregorian rooms. As will be seen from this brief analysis of its contents, the "Juvenile Scrap- Book" for 1847, contains much that is worthy of perusal. To those young readers only anxious for a "story-book" we cannot certainly recommend it, but to those who find pleasure in the acquisition of knowledge it will prove a most welcome present. The last pages con tain a beautiful little poem " Woman's lot," in reply to those exquisite, but mournful, verses of Mrs. Hemans. "her lot is on you !—silent tears to weep." Mrs. Ellis in enumerating a woman's various duties, satisfactorily disproves the assertion that her lot is hard—commencing as follows : " Oh I say not woman's lot is hard, Ilex path, a path of sorrow ; To day, perchance, some joy debarred May yield more joy to-morrow. It is not hard—it cannot be To speak in tones of gladness, To hush the sigh of misery, And sooth the brow of sadness. It is not hard, sweet flowers to spread, To strew the path with roses, To smooth the couch, and rest the head, Where some loved friend reposes. THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1847. The present Is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office London Directory," and a truly marvel- lows effort of compilation it is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under the ma nagement of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the ma nager of this work, there were divers other Directo ries in the field. They have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office DireCtory" now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. He is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office Directory" for 1841, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrangements than any former edition of the book. The extent and minuteness of the details furnished render the work indispensable to every com mercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, however, is this multifarious information digested . and arranged, that there:is not the slig htest di ffi culty , experienced in referring to the part icular page re quired to furnish the information—a marvellous instance of clearness of arrangement in a work con sisting of upwards of two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages. Its contents are ar ranged under various heads, as, for instance, the Official Directory, the Street Directory, the Com mercial Directory, the Trades Directory, the Law Directory, the Court Directory, the Parliamentary Directory, the Postal Directory, the City Directory, ) the Conveyance Directory, the Banking Directory, and some others. Many important alterations have been in troduced into the Postal Directory. The new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into operation on the Ist January next, will effect very considerable changes in the rates of postage to places in the Aus ; trian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, Hamburgh, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wirtemburgh, &c. &c. These changes are fully detailed in the Postal Di rectory of the pr , ent volume. The work, more over, is illustrated by a dearly engraved and accu rately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three inches to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indis pensable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the completeness and fulness of the information fur nished, and the enormous outlay of time and of capital that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the information, the very reasonable price at which the work is published is really wonderful. REPORT on the IRISH FISHERIES. The fourth annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works, addressed to the Lord-Lieutenant on the fiisheries of Ireland, having been printed, a brief abstract of its contents is subjoined. The commissioners say that throughout the year 1845 they had been able to trace the general improvement in the fisheries of the country. Since the last report was issued two Acts have been passed in reference to them, s o n n d e roeylsatteirngfischheiriefleys, tosedthethreegitt)itlhaetir having fiethe for sa its lmon object the encoura gement o f the constructiong of piers, harbours, and other works for fishing purposes. The following abstract sho ws a progressive increase in the g th a e ge p d re i v n i e n o u m m p b a e r r ed of w v i e ih ss t e h ls e r a e n g d ist m ry en fo e r n o t u h s e y fi e s ar he ;_ ries, as In the year 1844 the number of first-class vessels were 2,237 ; men and boys, 11,193. In 1845, vessels, 2,371 ; men and boys, 12,175. In 1844, second-class boats, 15,718 ; men and boys, 73,515. In 1845, second-class boats, 17,512 ; men and boys, 80,898. Total in 1844, vessels and boats, 17,955 ; men and boys, 84,708. Total in 1845, vessels and boats, 19,883 ; men and boys, 93,073. There can be no doubt, it is added, that the fisheries will continue to pro g ress in extent and importance, aided, as they will be, by the enactment for promoting the security and increasing the accommodation for vessels employed in the trade, and by improved facilities for in ternal communication. It is matter of congratulation that during the past season there have been few or none of those disputes among the fishing communities which prevailed, more or less, in former years. The different fisheries are then classified, and obser vations are made under each division. DEEP SEA FISHERIES.—In this department the com missioners have abstained from introducing restrictive provisions or bye-laws as regards the modes or times of fishing in the open sea ; and, by this course, coupled with suitable explanations, and the force of example and increased experience, prejudices are being removed, and the way prepared for the introduction of skill and peaceable habits. In former reports allusion was made to the establishment of a small fishing company at Dunmore, county Waterford. The success of the com pany led others to follow their example, and the boats of five companies are now fishing in the same locality. There are in all twelve fine cutters, averaging a weekly produce throughout the year of nearly 1001. The pre judices of the native fishermen against the use of the deep sea trawl net are nearly extinguished, and the people are solicitous for the increase of the number of large vessels, in order that they may obtain berths. Dealers and exporters have sprung up in the neighbourhood of Waterford, and the companies need no longer trouble themselves about the disposal of their fish. On the average of three years the returns of one company exceeded fifteen per cent. on the capital invested. Though much of the success obtained is attributable to daily steam communication with England, and a steady remunerative price, yet, independently of these, there is sufficient to encourage the trader (who should com bine a system of curing with his traffic in fresh fish) to make exertions similar to those of the Waterford companies in many of the more westerly stations on the - • coast. A more general adoption of a system of curing would be a very important step in the advancement of the Irish fisheries. Advantages might be derived from adopting the practice prevalent in England of proprietors and other persons in the neighbourhood of fishing sta tions advancing capital for tile construction of improved boats, fishing gear, &c., on the security of shares, held in a sort of partnership with the fishermen in the boats and profits of fishing. This would be a legitimate and safe mode of encouraging the fisheries. OYSTER FISHERIES.—This subject was treated fully in the last report. The Act since passed (8 and 9 Vic toria, cap. 108) affords, with previous enactments, all that appears necessary in the way of legislation for the regulation and advancement of this branch of the fisheries. It is hoped that through the instrumentality of the coast guard, and increased exertions on the part of the con stabulary on shore, the strict observance of the close season will be enforced. Attention is now being directed. to the formation of artificial beds or layings. LOBSTER FISHERIES.—An attempt to introduce new modes of capture off the southern coast of Wexford has been frustrated for the present by the jealousy of the neighbouring inhabitants. SPRAT FISHING BY MEANS OF FIXED NETS OR WEIRS. —As the object is useful, with a view to the supply of bait for the deep sea fisheries, it is proposed to grant licenses in all cases in which a prima facie prescriptive right is shown, taking precautions against any injury to the salmon fisheries during the close season. SALMON FISHERIES.—CLOSE SEASON.—After speak ing of the difficulty and dispute in which this subject is involved, the commissioners express a hope that the time is not far distant when one uniform close salmon season will be established by law, both in Great Britain and in Ireland, the habits of the fish being substantially the same in both countries. As regards the sea and tideways, no objection can be made to the ob servance of a uniform close season ; but a slight departure from uniformity in the upper or fresh water portions of rivers will be found judicious. In order that the rivers may be fully stocked with a supply of early breeding fish (a most important object for all parties) there should be a cessation from all kinds of fishing for salmon from an early period of the autumn. The opening during any part of the month of January would, on the whole, be injudicious ; and the few who might derive immediate advantage from it, would be amply rewarded for any temporary loss which they might sustain from being prevented from fishing in that month. It is therefore proposed— " That in the upper or fresh water portions of rivers throughout Ireland there shall be a uniform close season, as regards every mode of fishing for salmon, from the 15th of September to the last day of February inclusive. " 2. That in the sea and tideways there shall be a uni form close season from the Ist of September to the 31st of January inclusive. "3. That all net fishing for salmon and trout shall cease in the upper portions of rivers on the 31st August; and that angling only for the fish shall be permitted until the 15th of September." Some doubt having been expressed whether angling should not be permitted later than the 15th of Septem ber, after due consideration it is thought undesirable that angling should form an exception. The commissioners further observe that the rivers being the natural nurseries both for the fish within their banks and at their mouths, and for the public fisheries on the coast, the times to be al lowed for fishing therein must be regulated by a regard. for the public interest. It is remarked that the altera tion made in the size of meshes and nets by the Bth and. 9th Vie., c. 100, has removed many objections which were urged during the salmon fishery inquiry. The re port concludes with a suggestion for the " assessing all parties benefited by the fisheries, for the purpose of rais ing a local fund for their protection." It is signed by IL D. Jones, B.T. Ottley, J. Radcliff, and W. T. Mulvaney. When the ship Jeremiah Garnett, which arrived here a few days ago from China, called at St. Helens, potatoes were selling at 24 per sack in that island.— Liverpool Atbinx. DUTCH TURKEYS.—The vessel, Jonge Charles, ar rived at the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, from the Dutch port Flushing, has brought, in addition to several cows and 176 sheep, ten live turkeys, the produce of Holland. We are not aware of a similar arrival having been included in previous supplies from that fruitful country ; and although the number in the p resen t in stance is inconsiderable, the importation is by no means unworthy of remark, as it gives an earnest of future arrivals of a similar character, and may be the means of causing a greater abundance of this esteemed bird to ob tain at the forthcoming festive season, than has been the case during those of former years, and thus place the luxury more surely or probably within the reach of those who have hitherto, in consequence of their high. price, or comparative scarcity, been deterred from their purchase. broke maLs t o e u r out ALARMING FIRE AT A MALSTER'S.—On Tuesday morning, at an early alarming hour t , o an mr. in the premises belonging . T. Johnson , fi ra flames first showed Brick-lane, Spitalfields. The. carrying on an extensive business in Montague-court, room, The engines soon extended to the screening. engines they had . them selves in the kiln, and before any assistance could be had, flames were not extinguished until the soon arrived, and no time was lost in setting them to work, but t he burnt out, and a small building over severely kiln, the screeni n g room, and the kiln house were com pletely damaged. Mr. Johnson, whose loss is considerable, was uninsured. It could not be ascertained how the fire originated. DEATH OF MR. RICHARD YOUNGE, THE COME DIAN.—This esteemed performer, who was many years at Drury-lane Theatre, but latterly almost exclusively at the minors, expired on Tuesday, after an illness of some continuance, at his residence in Warren street, White Conduit-street, Pentonville. - Mr. Younge embraced the stage at a very early age, acting at New castle and other theatres in the North, and having created a considerable impression, he was engaged in the York circuit, where he remained many se asons . H ere he met the daughter of Mrs. Harlowe (who now, i n h er 81st year, is still in the enjoyment of good health), by whom Mr. Younge had several children, three of whom. oungedie dsome years are zon living. i el g s . su Mr cce s s . s l: in York attr ac t e d the attention M r Elliston, who was scouring the • provinces for actors and actresses. Mrs. H. Hughes, Messrs. _Rayner, Browne, Sherwin, Archer, and many others made their first bow at Drury-lan e , where Mr. Tom e app eared in season of Kean ; he was 1822-23 as 'a go t o the Othello g emi nently successful, but his great namesake, Charles Young, was that season engaged, and the new actor sunk . down to parts of minor importance. His last engage. ment was at the City of London Theatre, under the di rection of Mr. R. Homier. His voice became affected, and as he was getting almost inaudible, he retired from. the stage. Not without prolonged application did he get upon the Drury-lane Fund, the annuity from which. he has not lived many months to enjoy. About two years ago Mr. Younge led his second lady to the altar, -Ths deceased was about fifty-fire years of age. -