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i f MEETING. ',. FRE LAT E DESTRUC TIVE HAILSTORM. ~. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the London Tavern, ...I..ticpsi,"'ate-street, on 111otinmr, August 17, 1846. ~_. Ills ' , Val Highness the Duke of CA3IBRIDGE, K.G., in the Chair. To devise the best means of alleviating the distress and preserving the Metropolis rillaue_itnrotpl ose Nurserymen and Florists in the neighbourhood of d i n r T e rtiadl_ ha ilstorm. olistvho have suffered from the violence of the late r tte .„' -", , aht lion. the Lord Mayor and several Influential Noble . /1.11,ru G entlemen have promised to attend. ;L uis% ' ° 1 Yal Highness will take the Chair at One o ' c l oc k pre- A. , u C j om munications to be addressed to 4 ' ' SEVILLE, Sec. Royal South London. " It. j'i CUTLER, Sec. oricultural Societ Gardeners' Benevo- Hon. Secs. pro tem. " le nt Institution. °nlraittee-room of the Royal South London Floricultural Society, Horns' Tavern, Kennington. 3/1--------ILITART FLOGGING.—A Public Meeting .._ Win be held at Exeter Hall, on WEI:Q. - Emmy, the 19th inst., f ir 'il f ormation of a Society to promote the abolition of Flogging in N a h 3 , A rtnY and Navy, or for the adoption of such other measures as ,TaPPear requisite. -ilAs WAKLEY, Esq., M.P., has kindly consented to preside. o'clock _ l ' c ' Doors to be open at Four, and the Chair taken at Five -t.tock recisely. 20fdinission Cards to be had of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Chappell, at,. Itellent-street ; Messrs. James Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners g,!t; Messrs. Aylott and Jones, 8, Paternoster-row ; and Mr. 5 6 '''''ll Ri chardson, 23, Cornhill ; and Messrs. Ackerman and Co., Strand (opposite Exeter Hall). --.:,________ ):,,,VMTRACT FOR WELSH COALS F.OR HAULIsOWLINE. ..-PARTstElgr of the STOREKEEPER GENERAL of the NAVY, SOME USET-PLACE. August 13th, 1846. TRE commissioners for execu ti ng th e Office of a am Irelandrd H igh Admiral of' the United Kingdom of Great Britain t Ofi, do h ereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 27th inst . Mant e'cl oek, they will be ready to treat with such Persons-..!sire, 5t,,,,.., 4. RA. wi lling to CONTCT for SUPPLYING an d d e livering-at° -` at her 3Nesty's Naval Yard at Haulbowline, !It for 1,00 0 TONS of HANDPICKED WELSH COALS , the 8, , Th e -rt ice of her Majesty's steam-vessels, Tinder may be men atconditions of the Contract and a form of • the ell d offl No Tender will be rec - i 8 OR til t d ay „, ce. less rao party attends, or an agent ''' treaty, nor any noticed, on o. E ver for him duly authorised in writmc , • , ‘..-c t i lle ter one o ' clock, end be 3 Tender must be addressed to five' for Coals for tlaum ar i n n the left hand corner thr 4l ' rer ds `. Tendersn Somerset - place, ecretary of the Admiralty, tom„,_rlirle," and must also be ,eslvered at Some n r t i ac he,--.. by a letter signed bY i responsible pers n o ns , of 3001. for engagig to ole bound with the penal "deriil g' hie Performance of the contract. in the s ---......_ P.ttErrATRY ANNOUNCEMENT. LoN-DoN, OXFORD, and CHELTENHAM .41 RAILWAy/—' -(Provisionally Registered.)—A. Company has en formed to construct a direct and continuous line of the raeway the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham to Oxford to join the 't effecting and Birmingham Railway near Trrng, thus . effecting the most 'eet communication with London. Yhe Lar.cion and North-Western Railway Company have agreed t:llse:Abe a large portion of the capital, and to lease the line •in Pet'aity at a guaranteed rent of 4/. 10s. per cent. on-the cost Of the Zite and an equal dwlsi.,•,-11 of surplus profits. wishes of th e i n h a bi tants will be consulted in regard to the I t ltio n of town. the station at Cheltenham, a nd the niodo of approaching i o n will be published in a few days. ti ont "oleattons may in the meantime be addressed to the 1:u tnn 11•04,. °r t° s lesSrg. tiewman, Gwinnett. and Tieshurst, solicitors, ..,: e i teu 'V . ; or to Mr. James Boodk•, soliciLor, Cheltenham. NYE' ? ", -- c'SS AND ELGIN JUNCTION an Adiou - RAILWAY. Junction in rne d Ideeting of the Shareholders of the Invernes% and lb Victoria itiwaY Company, called by virtue of the Act 9th and o.- °banter 28, entituled, "An Act to Facilitate the Dls s - Cce r_eertain Railway Companies," and held in the Company's 4-4„t uhurch-afreet Inverness, on Monday, the 10th day ,846 , • , es Stith ° the er land, Esq., Prevost of Inverness, one of the Members 84.0,010,Ttruttee of Management, and Chairman o f tl e Meeting of 4 4 1 , ust ' ll of said Com any, held on Monday, the 3 .. d day t ot 1, 4 „. 6 1. W as again. ! P T th:e Members of the said Commit ee viL m , r 7olintously elected Chairman of this Meeting, and the "b 4 r,,,,ntlemen, namely, Mr. Lachlan Cumming, Comptroller l'4,,s's-':4,tortis at Inverness ; Mr. Kenneth Douglas, bookseller, In tsklie 6„..and Mr. Peter M‘Dougall, accountant there, Shareholdersntiia,„ - ,,'"PanY, and the former - crutineers, were again re-elected "ore to verify and take the votes of the Shareholders entitled !h t , linder the said Act, and to cast up and declare the same. elr,4linutes of the sad Meeting held, on the 3d day of August. che'rFere read. / 4 7 th Ilun,,ee, Morning Chronicle, and Sun, London newspapers, of & `gOst. ":,,a-lignst 1846 ; the Scotsman newspaper, of the sth of -its% "uo Edinburgh EVening Courant of the 6th; and the nitaintas,nd Edinburgh Evening Courant of the Bth of August, all was,„roilees of this Meeting. were produced. diss I.,`"en again duly mo ve d an d secon d e d th a t thi s Company sc u d ',;-"; and the question having been put by the Chairman, kens co oorutineers proceeded to take and record the votes of . such ,imnnstitating this Meeting as had not voted at the original uth, undersigned, nel rnade the following being theScrutineers elected at a Meeting ok,a',oo,hareholders of the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway, 1 / 4 1 wit Pursu ant to Act of the 9th and 10th Victoria, chapter 2S, lath the c m rt Oftl i Church-street, Inverness, the / r tbauLuf A • u gust, P ei n gl Y tt s een hundred and forty-six, do hereby racer -:d =find the total nusiber of Scrip and Receipts for Deposits ht .„43 rePresented by persons present at this meeting who had on•b'ett and ,the original meeting, amounts to one thousand nine rt3'-e thousand d that the following votes were givcia— net.; ana 'rr a l otne nine hundred and forty - eight i nt a e g o a u ni n s g t : ot e , neluLing the votes given at the pr I .teen ; ,;-!1 for dissolution were five thousand two hundred and ti le, it b the a gist, none ; and we hereby certify, that Y _ ,o .b as en decided that the Company shall be dissolved. bove xgi led) " LACE. CUMMING, " P. M`DOUGAL, Scrutineers..* t Whereo il 4 4 " KENNETH DOUGLAS, t the dr- the Meeting and the Chairman declared and resolved , 4 aeolon of tills Company had been carried, and that the dissolved accordingly. JAMES SUTHERLAND, Chairman. P. M'DOUGAL, KENNETH DOUGLAS, ISerntineers• LACE. CUMMING, r -----'. ° I3 E LET, THE WOOLPACK INN, 1 tube i t ile oldest established Commercial House in Doncaster. i a ate et, ni conse nence of the death of the late occupier with ,ii rental, l'"sessi on, q and before the ensuing Races, at a considerably 1; )k l - --, 1 : 1 e t V us e ell , a s e i c tu nstomed and old-established Commercial Ina. and to Ith a 4n g e • and t ie New in Doncaster, near the Theatre, the Corn lions. 3_, extenSst4ivenenw Ctllarr""" Markets, and the nearest Commercial House o._?..the London and York Railway, with good good Lock-up Carriage to nve "t ni , - el o i rn Char n b e ' rB 7 B l , i e ng, Lcose nti li re y a ' rds, and other suitable ! ) est and itl i re A' sp a n ifi ninerci t Ta e nd Market House, it is one of the iiierative __, table in the town, and in connexion therewith n a N rer 'Zany ° to Business in Wine and Spirits has been cart e o zar Years to a considerable extent. The Furniture and certain ti le W " t° be taken t and the whole, or any part of , hie a nd " . a a valuation, Appii, v ' P rita. Dos 'en to be made to airs. Wigleswortb on the premises. , 'easter, 4Ugust 12, 1846. l l° ~E PEREMPTORILY SOLD, Pursuant tc: ‘a. AJECREE of the HIGH CT-I , RT of cuANcERY, maof Sir i' n - "so of " LYLE versus HODSO 3,6:zirtshoittgearpopurortb,s4orLme.r. F i,, 111 N WlLsox Knight, on. a the th e I ,l itnio ' T utg and LYE, .1 . o.OTHER, LL. appointed by the . gsDAY, thee2P7etrsh persons s y of August, 1846, ~,4ster for the on Tim .„ -alley Cornhill, in 'he City of G , p urpose , ffee-house, Change -alley, 1,, arraway s co Odell , I b e t we en the hours of Twelve and One in the afternoon, ,Lots. ktisLEASEHOLD GROUND RENTS and other LEASE ESTATES, of the annual value of 1,0001., late the proper Ifr. Henry Hodson, decea ed, arising out of, and comprising, Four iNse's,42, 43, 44, and 45, Pcess-street, Edgeware-roa . Ia . !T I. Small Tenements, Nos 1,2, 3, and 4, Hardincton-mews, New pranis eh b - es tre i t s Ed i g , ew 4, ar B e , -r B o , ad i, 8, E B i , gh . te , en Dwelling Houses and I o 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, ),L.i.21, 22, and . 23, Hardington-street, New Church-street. Three Olfjellnia nom", Nos. 23, 24, and 25, William-street, Portland- L Three Dwelling Houses, Nos. 1,2, mid 3. Barrow-hill-road, qttiant. town. Five Dwelling House, Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, Is:°,a -terrace, Cromer -street, Brunswick-square. An exceedingly . aal.able P ublic-house, known as the Thornhill Arms, the cornerot iii, d l; l aniPton - street, and Thornhill-street, Pentonville. And the ih,',,-,YlinPortant Underlease of the last-mentioned Premises, with a td Ve twill of the extensive Trade tbtreof. And a Butcher's Shop ,reretnises adjoining the Thornhill Arms.. :-. ,everal properties may be viewed by permission of the l '''' and particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained 1 )4a„r) at the Chambers of the said Master, in Southampton ii;',ag, Chancery-lane, London ;Of 114 r. Lyle, and of Mr. Wm i . Southampton ;. tog`' solicitors, No 17, Bloomsbury - street ,' Bloomsbury ;3 r. tiesa thegntY, solicitoi, No. 12, Clements Inn, London ; Messrs. ale, 4„,__ No. 31, Fen street'ul; Weston, and Teesdale. solicitors, Fth-sqa ar ' ° Won and Mr. Jacob Vincent !, ii . olloitor, No. 10, 4k brottier e ' tlr aY's Inn, Lonon ; at Garraway s, and of Messrs. Cl ark, and ye, d oneaeplace, Stran Visiting the Sea CoLADIES TRAVELLING, ' , oust, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of tlizaor ail 12:8 the Sun, y will find a .... nd rel t.„ KA a L u most refreshing axatio allaying ee Complex ion, heatand irritability, and immedi .dispelling the cloud of Jar!. )3itit affording then' ki4 Ski n. Th ,, easig sensation atten ding restored elasticity of rn , e nurner eons Eruptions, Sun -1)), zi ; -r rankles, Tan' ous vari ties . t of en C s uta n n re pleasingly eradicated 11fif,LitalYdor, akin an u c i t tridDiscolo d u ee r: d l e _ i , d i cately soft and clear. l lts LI% Sin g and refreshin: rt re i n es have obtained its exclusive se ec ' ilia'C'e COUrt and th P e r Royal Family of Great Brit!in, and t A ho i s s e . etrae3,onttnent of' Europe, together with the " elite of the r tne ,kivi ti end " Ilante VcWee, ' " froml the sultry climes of India, and zar a 3-roonia of of the Calcirta and Madras, to the frozen realms old gi ld lie Salons f ' b h and Moscow .- Price 4s. 64. *„-..,d• Per bot 1 ° St. Peters arg thi s 'eware of te ' „ " containing mineral astrin ,kat : e terly zulnon stur te iou t s he ee K in aly pl d e ol• i s on, and which, by their repel 'lip:4lodanger h ea l th. Th e only gen____ ROWLAND nine has the words RALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. . repel -1! 8 ", 20, Hatt is also engraved (by desire of the I,, ,,4 • Colniui ssio.. _ o s n-garden, S old h ,,, „„ "ex )on the Government Stamp affixed on each '.ers. by the P roprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per- Ail oth , \*---- ---211:71 . _`slYdors " arc fraudulent counterfeits. k q c i„, _PCB BEAUTIFYING THE SKIN. rtEY'S EXTRACT OF ELDER itc vekitif • W.ERS Is strongly recommended for softening , improv- Ying, and preserving the SKIN, and in giving it a bloom clo.,uarming appearance, being at once a most fragrant perfume 'ghtltil cosmetic. It will completely remove ta n, su n burn , SlSa,.Bce, and by its balsamic and healing qualit i es , r ender th e pliable, and free from dryness, scurf, 844)., clear it from ~thqr : Mhlour, im, or ertion, and by continuing its use only time, the skin will become and continue soft and smooth, and h ,%.le,P l ezion perfectly clear and beautiful. "' bottles, price 29.9 1.. with directions for using it, by al venders and a3rfq nor 4. 1 _ 1, -" -, I 3ROWS, MOUSTACHES, and WH S IS; R S ed in a few weeks by using aa essential p of .114 from P h ue Aromatic Herbs, the peculiar properties tati a i N ik novn it o ce nl to the Inventor, and although perfectly inno ,a, a ciselc, W i ll Produce new Hair on bald places, caused by . weak: tt,, entm,e-"nstitution, or where Nature has not bestowed this erne 4 3'4,,,' the h uman flgure. It has beeit known to many of the Nobl br ni-'0" Gentry upwards Of eleven years, some of whom the Invehn t'!taint'i.csrelY thanks for their attestation of its merits, in t e „ngt h 0 ' restoring Hair and giving it additional lustre and - 4 0 fr - , Its virtno manifold—it prevents the Hair from fall -I°°:rti -unn ag gra s y r a n few drops on the crown of the head will e ehtled ,s.t!_al distressing pain in that part produced by or a.- t ' l h e lY e ai s s_k 4 t k alet n ea 8 ; and is acknowledg' d by the Faculty as the firv ie 'ans ( w iryti to cure that diseas n e om of e th o _e head .n called Porigo Olai ne l t iens reth e , ll causes the Hair a i patches) ; a few I to wonderfhl discovery is fully ex ben, „ hi 4 , are dandruff. q, nal/. niZ 4hl Phlet, containing t s estimonials to its regenerating / .„ (av til a n ,, 4,12,a1d places, entitled, " Three Minutes'_...*Alieeonthe ii l i t 'i e r a ier , eilh e n ',eservation , of the Human Hair," by M Brimstone,_ site-lo abcl a e s ,."-romatic Regenerator for the Growth .Ithe Human Perf, - 'sin preventative of headache and fainting ; also s. Herbary, High , S o f a -Tne----bearin the Inventor's signature, k i.. . ear L ow _ g *eta ,' enly i n s ' J i a cast thereon, i;' 7 5., at,. angular bottles, with name, &c. &c., al 4 -, bv ''" Cheer each Government stamp included, wholesale and D Pain '' al l Ch ' d Perfumers, and by speci t alent ar aists, Druggists , a n i ii -11. J. a A TRR F OLLOWING AGTNTS Jtsre. pi sh a" E. Atkinson, perfumers,"24l, Old LO Bond-street. N. Nt-"ager ,er and Toiler Chemists, Conduit stree tr t, oe S t onl-street. 4 ssr s. i i ,atelit Medicine Vendor, 150, Oafard-s Oxford-street. six ' h are ayCo.,Chemists, '' . Warehouse , Farringdon "''''' n annaY ' 4.1 C 3te 63, t hous eet, a) and Son, Patent Medicine t's k eati T: i l l ' kl ward, n `t' C hemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard. fi7 St Paurs-c hurchYard. t . liner, patent Medicine Waiehouse, • a"srii. t,, Medicine Warehouse, 4, Cheapside. el lareb" ' Sutton and C o.,Patent medicine Warehouse, Bow- R. a ohn Ya m. 11 Z+:11. tc patent Medicine Warehouse, 68, Carnlilli' -.' T La n' "‘°1"1, Brothers and Scott, Wholesale Druggists , 14.,45;3. ha,nies-streer. ' - 225 and --“Ywarci, Wholesale Druggists, Great Trinity,. !..n_..ni. Lutler R, went , ‘, .and Nitickley, herbalists, Covent-garden. ' tiena;nnedleine Vendor, 229, Strand. I, —, PCMiner, Tichborne-strect. "%che, Patent Meli o ci a ne m le x i c uro m r, T A El dvertiser Office. ley, ~. 4nedicine WarWarehouse,'les FOB EXETEII. North-street, Devonshire Chronicle ___ _......... • Pets' 1.,. ros BAISBI MY. . uQdleine Vendor, Guardian office- II la , .i.a.n , (~, . o F O.R. EN NISNII.L£N, IItZL IND. M4 gr, ' eolli ce. ~ , , r p• a . an(l R . o • 11-''' '' ' D'N ,-, n ,.. L ., " ;• " , 'L Stc . LenttK. t4l,' The "' ti mes and Co. ----jets. I ' d the I Is. size con a fo ur ,s. size contains two of the 45., al _..,...,... _ postflace Zfq it the quautity of the 4s. BY torwa .'" w g ' '419 74154 4 91 /34. 1 .1111 K ilanrill a pi WNW. ~---.~ . SAT t R DAY e t . x. 5(0 , 4 ,9. Lol °°N) 4 ,4 t A I ' 4l.Wi t ' 44 . AUGUST l5, 184 No. 16,819. HAVE YOU SEEN ? ENUS RISING FROM r- u -- m tull-street, Haymarket; and At the HALL of ROME, Great WiR AINB ow N yApijs . Ex the much-admired New Group, Exp"sitions by Mr. Oft-Io e wan, the only English Impro planatoryrformances commence at Three visatore of the various Poses. lett in the Evening. Stalls, 2s. ; o'clock in the Aft e rnoon a u ' Boxes, 18.6 d. ; Pit, Is. • ROYAL POI'PECHNIC INSTITUTION, A CHEMICLECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on the Evenings of t" Jaye, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 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Do not be deceived by a similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." SECOND HAND PLATE PURCHASED. B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. 14, • Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, inform executors and others, wishing to dispose of SECOND-HAND PLATE, -that, from having a ready sale, they can offer more ad vantageous prices than can be usually given by the trade ; payment may either be received in cash or the amount allowed in exchange for other silver. LAS INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 14. The House sat to-day at Three o'clock, for the purpose of giving judgment in several appeals. BOYLE V. FERRALL. Their Lordships gave judgment i❑ this case, affirming the judgment of the Court below, with costs. THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE V. SINCLAIR. Their Lordships also gave judgment in this case, reversing the judgment of the Court below. ALLAN V. GLASGOW. Their Lordships also gave judgment in this appeal, affirm ing the interlocutors appealed from. MAULE V. SIR THOMAS MONCRIgFFE, Judgment was also given in this case, affirming the inter locutors of the Court below. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, August 14. (Before Mr. Commissioner FA K.) IN RE TAYLOR.-NON-LIABILITY OF " ALL" ° FUTURE AC- QUIRED PROPERTY TO THE PAYMENT OF OLD DEBTS. The insolvent in this case was an attorney, and an appli cation had been made by Mr. Reed, on behalf of the official assignee, to " claim and obtain" certain property to which the insolvent had become entitled upon the demise and in pursuance of the will of a Mrs. Watts, of Brighton. A lengthened argument upon that application having taken place, The Learned COMMISSIONER said the case was one of too much nicety and importance to be decided without mature consideration, and now proceeded to deliver his judgment. "This insolvent petitioned the Court in 1843, and obtained his final order in the same year. In 1845 he became en titled to a legacy and other property, under the will of a Mrs. Watts, who died in that year. No creditors' as signee was ever appointed. Mr. Whitmore, the official as signee, having accidentally heard that the insolvent had ac quired property, ' claimed and demanded' such property from the insolvent personally, pursuant to the 9th section of the sth and 6th Victoria, chapter 116, on the 20th of July last; and, on the same day, filed a copy of his claim. ' Mr. Whitmore now asks that I should make an order authorising him to take possession of the estate and effects which the insolvent acquired under the will of Mrs. Watts. Mr. Whit more's application was opposed by Mr. Nicholls, as counsel for a Mr. Bertram, to whom the insolvent assigned his inte rest under Mrs. Watts' will, by way of security for a loan of 2001., by a deed dated the 15th of January, 1846. It was also opposed by a Mr. Edwards, as attorney to some trustees, to whom the insolvent on the 18th of July last assigned his property in trust for creditors who had become such since his insolvency. The question is whether I ought to give to Mr. Whitmore the authority asked? Taking the view Ido of the state of the case, I cannot authorise Mr. Whitmore to seize any property which came to the insolvent after the date of the final order which was not his property on the 20th day of July, when the claim was filed. It is represented to me that the insolvent had heard in June or July that the official assignee was going to make and file a claim under the 9th section, and that he lost no time in making the assignment of the 18th of July, expressly to de feat Mr. Whitmore's claim ; if so, his conduct was most un fair towards his former creditors, and it is possible that the official assignee might, by proceedings in Chancery, set aside the assignment by the insolvent as fraudulent; and to assist him or any creditor in making out sack case, I would execute an authority to Mr. Whitmore, in general terms, authorising him to take possession of any estates or effects acquired by the Insolvent, not effectually assigned away by him before the filing of the claim, subject, if necessary, to proper qualifications. The official assignee or creditors un der the old insolvency might also procure redress against the insolvent for his improper conduct, by procuring a rescind ing of the final order under the 12th sec., 5 and 6 Vic., c. 116, on the ground that he had not given due notice to his assignees of property acquired by him after the date of his final order." SUFFOLK PETT v SESSIONS. GROSS AND INSULTING MISCONDUCT OF A GAMEKEEPER. At the Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, Edward Foreman, gamekeeper, of Hengrave, charged George Herrington, a stout and respectable-looking labouring man, with having assaulted him. On the 30th ult. the plaintiff was passing on his pony a field, when he saw some men cutting barley in what he thought an improper manner, and he accordingly got off his pony and went into the field to remonstrate with them, when the defendant came up to him, tripped him up, and he fell backward.. Plaintiff never spoke to de fendant, except asking him, after being thrown down, what he meant ; and the question was scarcely out of his mouth when Herrington up with his fist and knocked him down a second time, and when on the ground shoved his knee into his body several times. Edward Herrington, brother of defendant, John Holmes, Abraham Spalding, Thomas Partridge, and Joseph Fir man stood close by. Defendant said, the fact was, his brother having some beer he went to him to partake of it, and hearing the gamekeeper talking to the men in an insulting manner, said, if talked to by any man in such a manner be (de fendant) would knock him down. The gamekeeper then came up to him, shook his whip over him and spat at him, whereupon, he would confess, he knocked Mr. Foreman down. He had plenty of witnesses who would convince the magistrates that he was not to blame. John Holmes. an old man living at Flempton, deposed that he saw Foreman come by the field where he was at work, on his pony, just before the men left in the even ing of the day mentioned. He stopped, got off, and came into the field, saying, if there was anybody who wished to drum him out of the field, he was there, and they might take it out of him if they could. Witness said nothing, but -kept on mowing, and Mr. Foreman then came up to him, took his scythe from him, and com menced immitating mowing, but he seemed in such a state that he couldn't mow. Took the scythe from Fore man, and the latter then went to the men and began flourishing his whip over them. G. Herrington came down the field for some beer, and said, looking at Fore man, who was still swinging his whip to and fro, " Why do you stand it ? I wouldn't stand it." Foreman then said, "0, it's you, is it, that won't stand it," and went up to Herrington, brandishing his whip. Herrington said, "If you do so to me I'll knock you down." Foreman replied, " Then I'll see," and went up to Herrington and spat at him. Herrington immediately knocked him down. Witness could not believe the gamekeeper was sober, for he was a good mower enough at other times, but on that evening he only seemed to be imitating mowing. Foreman whisked his whip over the other men also. A man named Spalding deposed it was getting on for sun-going-down when Forman came into the field and addressed them by saying—" Well, poachers." Wit ness asked him what he meant by calling them poachers? they Ai ere hard working men, and no such thing as poaching was ever proved against them. Foreman then brandished his whip over witness, and he (witness) was just about striking him, but forbore. The BENCH said there was no occasion to carry the case further. It was evident that the complainant had brought the castigation on himself. If he chose to go into the fields where men were working, and flourish his whip over and spit at them, he must expect to be knocked down, and he well merited what he received. , The case was dismissed, and Mr. Foreman had to pay the expenses.— Bury Herald. DARING ROBBERY IN THE ClTY. — lnformation has been forwarded to Bow -street that at about eight o'clock on the evening of the lath instant, some thief or thieves stole from the shop window of Messrs. Muneaster and Co., pawn brokers, No. 14, Skinner -street, Snow-bill, six double bottomed, engine -turned gold watches, with gold dials. The watches were very valuable, and the robbery was effected by cuttivg vat a pation of a peas of glut) with A Oland, RAILWAY COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT INDIA. REPORT OF THE ENGINEER OFFICERS. Report upon the Practicability of introducing Railways into India, and upon an eligible Line to connect Calcutta with Mirzapore and the North-West Provinces, from F. W. Simms, Esq., Consulting Engineer to the Government of India, and Director of the Railway Department; A. H. C. Boileau, Captain Bengal Engineers ; and J. R. Western, Captain Bengal Engineers, dated March 13, 1846. I.—We have the honour to submit our report upon the practicability of introducing a system of railways into India, and of their application to the peculiarities and circumstances of the country and climate; to answer the questions relative thereto, as proposed in the minutes of the Honourable the Court of Directors of the 7th of May. 1845; and likewise to make our report, from a personal examination of the country, upon the direction of a line to be recommended for a railroad from Calcutta to Mirzapore and the north-west provinces. 2.—We would commence by stating our opinion that rail roads are not applicable to the peculiarities and circum stances of India, but, on the contrary, are not only a great desideratum, but, with proper attention, can be constructed and maintained as perfectly as in any part of Europe. The great extent of its vast plains, which may, in some directions, be traversed for hundreds of miles without encountering any serious undulations, the small outlay required for Parliamen tary or Legislative purposes, the low value of land, cheap ness of labour, and the general facilities for procuring build ing materials, may all be quoted as reasons why the intro duction of a system of railroads is applicable to India. 3.—ln the minute of the Honourable Court of Directors of the 7th May, 1845, the following appears in the third para graph :—" Independently of the difficulties common to rail roads in all countries, there are others peculiar to the climate and circumstances of India, which may render it advisable that the first attempt should be made on a limited scale. These peculiar difficulties may be classed under the following heads, viz. :-Ist. Periodical rains and inundations. 2d. The continued action of violet winds, and the influence•of a verti cal sun. 3d. The ravages of insects and vermin upfn timber and earthwork. 4th. The destructive effects of the spon taneous vegetation of underwood upon earth and brickwork. sth. The unenclosed and unprotected tracts of country through which railroads would pass. 6th. The difficulty , and expense of securing the services of competent and trust worthy engineers 4.—To these difficulties we beg to reply as follows: I. As to the periodical rains and inundations, we do not expect that, with a judiciously selected and well constructed line, any serious mischief to the works may be anticipated from this cause; nothing but what a moderate annual outlay will set to rights. The practi cability of keeping a railway in order is shown by the existence of bunds and roads, both metalled and unme tailed, in various parts of the country, which are kept in order at a trifling outlay. It must, however, be borne in mind, that although this opinion is based upon what we have ourselves witnessed as the effects of a season when the floods were unusually high, both in Bengal and the upper provinces, yet, in after years, unprecedented inundations may occur, causing serious damage to works which shall have been constructed with a view to re sisting only the. highest floods hitherto known. 11. The continued action of violent winds and in fluence of a vertical sun. Suitable arrangements in the construction of the works will overcome any difficulty arising from these causes as to the line itself. These effects will be more felt in working the trains, especially the wind at high velocities, but no fears need be enter tained upon this subject as to the ultimate result, though, during the prevalence of the hot winds, more than usual attention will be requisite in watching and guarding against the effects of friction of such parts of the engines or carriages that may be exposed to the most intense heat. 111. The ravages of insects and vermin upon timber and earthwork. If the information we have received be correct, that the destructive action of insects upon the teak and iron-wood of Arracan amounts to nothing, or next to nothing, that question is at once disposed of; but should further investigation show that such is not the fact, recourse must be had either to the use of stone, or to the employment of one or more of the various pre parations for timber now in use in England, which it is probable may also be found desirable on the score of economy, to render the timber more durable. This, how ever, at present, is by no means certain; Captain Wes tern, who has been in Arracan, states that he would not guarantee teak as resisting damp and insects, but iron wood he knows, from practical experience, to resist both, and has seen a post taken up, after having been in the ground fifteen years, as sound as the day it was put in. To the earthwork no serious mischief is to be ap prehended from this cause, if the overseers and labourers on the line discharge their duties in a proper manner. It is true that earthworks in the upper provinces, con structed in a loose soil, have occasionally been damaged by the undermining of rats, crabs, otters, or other bur rowing animals, but it appears that constant vigilance would provide an effectual remedy for this, as well as for the next following difficulty. IV. The destructive effects of the spontaneous vege tation of underwood upon earth and brickwork. To ob viate this evil nothing more is required than a faithful discharge of the duties of the overseers and labourers in rooting up every germ of such vegetation as soon as it appears. Captain Boileau saggests that the attention of . the persons in charge of those portions of the line pass ing through young saul forests must be particularly di rected to this point, as trees of this kind, after having been cut down to clear ways for trigonometrical opera tions, have been known to spring up again an altitude of about fifteen feet in two years, and, in various parts of the country the rapid growth of palina christi (the castor-oil plant), the gigantic reed called surkunda and Nurrul, and many other such wild productions, may give considerable trouble, though the strong roots of the latter are admirably adapted for giving stability to an earthen bank. The roots of the peepul tree are par ticularly injurious to brickwork, but are tolerably easy of extraction. V. The unenclosed and unprotected tracts of country. A fence similar to our quick fences in England will an • swer through the open and cultivated parts of the country, which may or may not be employed through the dis , tracts covered with jungle, as circumstances may require. Such fence may be formed of the plant called berandu, or the Mysore thorn, or the prickly pear, all of which, and perhaps many others, if kept well trimmed, would snake a suitable fence. In several localities where stone is obtainable in abundance, this material might, and in certain cases where the soil is too barren for the growth of hedges, must be used for boundary walls, and in the vicinity of ,saul forests the exceeding straightness of this wood renders it particularly valuable for the con struction of posts and railing. • VI. The difficulty and expense of securing competent and trustworthy engineers. This difficulty, we make no doubt, will be overcome by a suitable arrangement by the railway companies, at an early period. Such, we should think, would be the sending of a few native or East Indian young men to England, to be trained, until some engines are ready to be sent to India; upon their return in charge of such engines, and under the super intendence of one or two English engineers, there would be laid the foundation for the training of as many native engine-drivers as might be required. Such native youths, while in England, should not only be instructed to drive an engine, but to repair them when Gut of order. s.—ln the second paragraph of the minute of the Honour able Court of Directors allusion is made to the probable re turns of merchandise and passengers; this appears to be one of the bearings to be investigated and reported upon by us, but, from an entire want of statistical information, we are at present unable to give any opinion. 6.—With the above view of the case we should not d e em it inexpedient or unwise to attempt th e i n t ro d uc ti on o f rail ways into India to any extent that private enterprise might be found willing to embark capital upon; subject, however, to whatever equitable conditions and regulations the Govern ment might think proper to require tor the promotion of their own and the general interests of the country at large; at the same time having due regard to that of the parties en gaged in the enterprise. 7.—As, however, the Honourable Court of Directors have, in the fourth paragraph of their minute, dated 7th May, 1845, noted for the instruction of this committee, that one of its objects will be "to suggest some feasible line, of moderate length, as an experiment for railroad communication in In dia," we beg to suggest that there is a line in the north-west provinces which would answer admirably as an experimental line, viz., from Allahabad to Cawnpore ; but if this line be thought too extensive as an experimental one, we believe that a line from Calcutta to Barrackpore would find no lack of British capitalists, both able and willing to undertake its immediate construction. B.—Having thus expressed our opinion, in general, upon the subject of introducing railways into India, we will pro ceed to describe the route we would recommend, from per sonal examination of the country, for a line of railway, con necting Calcutta with Mirzapore, and from thence to Delhi and the north west frontier. 9.—On the line from Calcutta to the north-west provinces, first impressions would lead to the supposition that the proper direction for a line of railway, connecting Calcutta with the north-west provinces, passing through Mirzapore, would be to cross the rifer Hoogly, at Calcutta, and proceed in the direction of Bankoora ; this course would take the rail way across a district of country not only subject to periodical inundations that are among the greatest in the lower pro vinces of Bengal, but, in the event of the breaching of the bonds of the Dumoordur and other rivers that it would have to cross (as was the case during the last rainy season), would be subject to the action of powerful torrents acting in juriously, if not destructively, upon the works of any rail way. These considerations led to an examination of the country further to the northward, w hich , commencing at Calcutta, was extended along the left or east bank of the Hoogly, past Barrackpore, and crossing the river a little below Chandernagore, at right angles to its stream. The line would then leave Chinsura and Hoogly on the right, and cross the trunk road to Benares, near to Mucklumpore, and from thence, nearly i n a strai g ht line , to Burdwan; at this place it would cross th e Banka null ah , and be continued nearly parallel to the tru nk road, and enter upon the l an d that rises above the gen eral level of the periodical inun dation. this apparent detour is o in or nia r k l i v n e g should in part escape the water flanking 10.—The the objectp udu m that flows towards the sea in the direction of that large river, but not be wholly free from its effects : and whenever an occurrence should hereafter take place similar to what took place during the late inundations (viz., the breaching of the bunds of the river), a considerable amount of damage would arise to the works of the railway. 11.—So long as the water is confined within the river banks, no material injury would arise to the works of the railway simply from the submersion of the country during the rains ; but upon the accident before named, the body and rush of water was so great as entirely to undermine and destroy a bridge nearoDulla Bazar, and to threaten destruc tion to the bridge over the Banks nullah at Burdwan, by which nullah the surplus waters, in a great degree, found their vent towards the river Hoogly. 12.—1 n addition to the foregoing considerations, it is pos.. sible that hereafter it may be conside red advisable to aban don the preservation of the river bunds, and to allow the waters during the rainy seaso n to ov erflow the surrounding country, 'in the expectation that the sedimentary matter that is now raising the bed of the rive r may overspread the country, and tend to raise the g e neral level (this has been hinted to us as a suggestion that h as b een made, but upon which we must be understood to give no opinion): such a procedure would have an effect upon the railway works that it is difficult to foresee or provide for, except, in all probability, by the generation et a larger quantity Qf viaduct for the free passage of the waters than would other wise be necessary, and thus increase the cost and mainte nance of the works. 13.—The above considerations and information obtained from Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes, Captain Anderson, &c., led to an examination of the country still further to the north ward, from which it appears that a very advantageous line of country for a railway exists on the left bank of the Hoogly, and crosses that river at a short distance below where it is first formed (or takes that name) by the junction of the Bhagiruttee and Idiughee at Nuddea, from which crossing it would proceed due west, and pass about 10 miles to the north of Bard wan, near to a place called Balkeshun. 14.—This line would quit Calcutta at its northern extre mity, skirt the gun-foundry at Cossipore, and take a direct line northwards nearly parallel to the Barrackpore road, which it would cross at the bend near Barrackpore. Hereabouts a station for the accommodation of that district might be ad vantageously established. From thence it might follow the general direction of the ricer, to accommodate Chinsura and Hoogly, &c., and onward by a straight course to Goonpulla, on the road between Barrasut and Ranaghat. 15.—As regards simply the construction of a railway, it might, with equal advantage to the works, be constructed in a straight line from Calcutta to Goonpulla, and thus, by avoiding Barrackpore, &c., would be a little shorter in dis tance than by that route; but it appears preferable to adopt the former line for the accommodation of that and the neighbouring localities of Serampore, Chandernagore, Chin sufa, Hoogly, &c., which would then more than ever become the favourite resort of the citizens of Calcutta, and be a source of remuneration to the railway itself. 16.—From Goonpulla the line would take nearly a straight line towards Ranagbat, near which it would cross the Ma - tabhanga river, and from thence proceed almost parallel to the road leading to Kishnagur, but gradually trending to the north-west, and cross the road from Kishnagur to Santipore, near to a place called Dignagur. It would then continue to curve until it crossed the Hoogly, near to an indigo factory, called Punchilla, which is south of the junction of the Iding hee and Bhageruttee, as before described. 17.—After crossing the river, the railway would be carried in nearly a straight line past Singalee, Baljoree, and Balki shure, which is the place before alluded to as ten miles north of Burdwan. 18.—The railway, if constructed by Ranaghat and Nuddea, would be about thirty miles longer than by taking it in the direction of Hoogly and the trunk road to Burdwan, which extra distance, although it would tell largely upon a short line of railway, becomes of less importance when it forms part of a railway of so great an extent as the one under dis cussion (namely, to the north-west provinces, about 900 miles in length); besides which, it will pass through and accommodate a rich district of counfry, in addition to afford ing the same amount of accommodation to the Burdwan district, and in all probability would hereafter form a trunk from which branch railways will be made to those parts of India north and north-east of Calcutta. 19.-1 n furtherance of this object, we extended our exa mination in November last to the country north of Kishenu gur, through Berhampore and Moorshedabad to Bhagwan gola, with a view to a branch railway from Kishnagur to those places ; and although the country is highly favourable for such a project, yet the great mart at Bhagwangola is of so unfixed a character, from the extensive and continued changing of the bed of the Ganges, that unless its continua tion northward and eastward be considered desirable, it would appear that a branch to Bhagwangola, simply to accommodate the trade that now passes along the Ganges to Calcutta by the Sunderbunds route, will not be found to answer as a commercial speculation; a permanent point, however, on the banks of the Ganges, exists at or near Rajmhal, which might be suitable to receive the great traffic of the river, and be connected with the trunk line a little northward of Burdwan, and be found advantageous to the general trade of the country, in like manner as the proposed canal of Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes would certainly have done, if that important work had been carried into execu tion. Such a branch railway would in no point be removed very far to the westward of the projected line of the canal in question. 20.—Also, as regards the comparative cost of the works on the above lines, we consider it would be less, mile for mile, on the Ranaghat line than on either of the others, that is in• dependent of the great bridge that must cross the Hoogly in either case, the cost of which would be less the higher up the stream it is constructed. 21.—The chief objection that appears to the above line is the fact that it involves the crossing of the Matabhanga river, near Ranaghat, in addition to that of the river Hoogly, which river must be crossed, at any rate, in order to bring the railway into Calcutta, unless it be resolved to terminate it at Howra, on the opposite side of the river to Calcutta, which would, at least, be very inconvenient for business, even supposing the country between that and Burdwan was as suitable for the construction of a railway, and offered as much general accommodation to the country, as the line further to the northward. Besides, the expense of construct ing a bridge over the Hoogly, at Calcutta, would be greater than a similar crossing sixty miles higher up the stream. 22.—With a view to the saving, if possible, of the extra bridge over the Matabhanga, which is a considerable river, we examined another line that would leave the last-de scribed line nearly opposite to Chinsura, and take a more direct course to the river Hoogly, which it would cross near the villages of Collipore, on the east side thereof, and Doomurda on the west, thence onward to Inchura, where it would cross a nullah, and, leaving Culna on the right, would curve to the north and west by Sacheroy, and, crossing the Bauha and Kurree nullahs, join the Nuddea line, near to the before-named Balkishun, about ten miles northward of Bnrdwan. 23.—The latter route would be about fifteen miles shorter than by the Nuddea line, but (pro rata) it would be more costly in its construction, and miss accommodating a very valuable district of country, which, in all probability, would pay for the extra length of railway. The crossing of the Matabhanga at Ranaghat, therefore, appears to be the chief consideration against the adoption of the more northern line, as compared with the line by Culna. 24.—Upon an inspection of the most eligible place for crossing the Hoogly on the Culna line, near the village of Doomurda, it also appeared that, in addition to the simple crossing of the stream, there was, on the left or east bank, a considerable extent of flat country between the wooded elevated land and the water, which is doubtless submerged during the rainy season, and seems to be the ground through which the river has wandered in former times and left dry, from the continued change in its bed. If this be correct, it will be necessary to construct a viaduct of very great extent to carry the railway over this recent alltivial deposit, in addition to the actual bridge over the river ; aL d the uncertain expense in founding and erecting such a work in that situation is so well known that the fact need only be named to insure a dissent from its adoption. 25.—Such was our opinion formed upon the spot ; but before a final decision be given upon the subject it might be advisable for the railway company who may undertake the work, to make a detailed survey and section of each line, and submit them for estimate and comparisons, as in a work of such magnitude the utmost saving of expense is desirable; but so impressed are we in respect to the public advantages to be derived from the more circuitous route, that we consi der a comparatively small saving should not be allowed to weigh in favour of the Culna line. 26.—From Balkishun, as a common point on the two northerly lines, the railway would proceed nearly direct to and cross the trunk-road at about Kagsa, where the southern or Chinsura line, after passing through Burdwan, and nearly following the course of the high road from that city, would be united with them ; from thence it would take the left bank of the river Dumoodur, pass through the Raneegung collieries, and onward to near where the river Barrakur, joins the Dumoodur. 27.—The line will next take up the valley of the Barrakur, and follow, approximately, the course of that river, nearly for its whole extent, to the summit of the country at or near the Dhunwa pass, where a very rapid descent occurs from the westernmost range of hills in Bengal to the plains of Behar. Up to near this place the gradients of the line will be very easy, and although steeper gradients will have to be here introduced to overcome this natural barrier, we do not expect, from the levels we have taken, they need be greater than can be * worked by assistant power when the trains are heavy, and it is the only place upon the whole line where favourable gradients cannot be obtained at a small cost as regards the earthworks. 28.—After entering upon the plains of Behar, the line will proceed nearly direct by Shuhurghotee and Nowrungabad to the Soane river. _ _ 2g.—The river Soane is a formidable obstacle to the cheap construction of a railway, being two miles and three furlongs in breadth, and the foundation, or natural substratum below (at present) an unknown depth of sand. The erection of a viaduct across this great river is, however, a matter of ex pense only, there appearing no difficulty in the case that perseverance and ingenuity will not overcome. The most suitable point for crossing the river seems to be about three miles higher up than where the trunk-road now crosses it, at the foot of the range of sand-stone bills, from which much valuable material for the structure might be ob tained, and for this purpose, also, granite of excellent quality may be quarried about two miles south-west of Nowrungabad, and about twelve miles south-east from the proposed site of the bridge. Lime also is obtainable on or near the spot. 30.—1 n the construction of this bridge, and of all others of great magnitude, as the crossing of the Hoogly and the Jumna, hereafter to be referred to, we would recommend that -- they be made of ample width, not only for the rail wa y, but also for a common highway, which may be separated from the railway by a screen of masonry. The additional cost of such extra width at the time of construction will be but little, in comparison with the cost of a separate structure for the public highway, and compensation might be given to the railway company for the extra outlay, either by Govern ment supplying an equivalent portion of the cost, or granting them the right of levying a toll for a given number of years. 31.—0 n the other hand, we would advise that all bridges of great magnitude erected by Government, for the purpose of any public highway, in any part of India, should be con structed of ample width to accommodate a railway also, if there should appear any moderate probability that such a work would become desirable for, or likely to be executed in, that direction within any reasonable period of time. 32.—From the river Soane, the railway will skirt the foot of the hills to the town of Saseram, two miles north west of the proposed bridge, and then in like man ner for about 74 miles, west by north, to the town and fortress of Chunar, on the right bank of the river Ganges, leaving the trunk•road and the city of Benares considerably to the right. This is done in order to obtain better ground for the construction of the line, and a branch to Raj Ghlit, oposite to Benares, 17 miles in length (leaving the main line nine miles before reaching Chunar) would answer all the purposes of that great city and the dis trict of country to the northward thereof. 33.—The railway will pass between the sand-stone hill on the south side of Chunar, which will all along furnish valu able building materials for the very numerous masonry works along the line. 34.—From Chunar to Mirzapore, a distance of 18 miles in the same direction, west by north, the lice will still keep along the foot of the hills, although a little circuitous, as it will be desirable to avoid the bad ground in the more direct course. 35. —Having now explained our view as to a suitable line for a railway between Calcutta and Mirzapore, we will, before proceeding further, describe the branches we should propose to diverge therefrom, to give the most extensive accommo , dation to the country at large, and to relieve the traffic of the Ganges proceeding to Calcutta from its great draw back during at least eight months of the year ; namely, the circuitous route by the Sunderbunds, when the waters of the Bhageruttee are too low to admit of the more direct route from the Ganges to the capital of India. 36.—The first branch should be from a point near Burdwan to Rajmahal, along the district of country selected many you§ ago byl Lieutenant-Q*lWl Forbes fig the Azyjmahal PB.ICE SD. Canal : such a railway will, in future, supersede the necessity for the canal, which, however, would have conferred great benefit on the trade of the country, if carried into execution when he first proposed it ; the fact that such a canal has been for many years a desideratum proves the same thing in favour of the more modern mode of intercommunication. 37.—Besides the accommodation of the trade of the Ganges, it will give accommodation to Purneab, Malda, Dinagepore, Rungpore, and the cou n t r y in th a t direction through which it may possibly hereafter be found desirable to extend this re- fineeniode octransit. 38.—After all that has been stated from time to time in favour of Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes's important work, no thing more need be added in favour of a branch railway in that direction. This branch would be about 120 miles in length. 39.—The second branch we would propose would leave the main line about five miles eastward of Shuhurghotee, and pass northward through Gaya to Patna and Dinapore, thus accommodating a very important district of country, as well as the military and civil stations above named, and, on the opposite side of the Ganges, the valuable districts of Tirhoot and Sarun, &c. This branch will be found about eighty miles in length. 40.—Another branch might probably be advantageously made from the main line, up the valley of the Soane, to the coal-fields westward of Rotasgurh,i but we do not lay much stress upon its immediate formation as a branch, until it be ascertained whether or not the main line from Bombay will take that course, as it appeared some time ago probable that such might be the case. Such a branch may be found desir • able, if not indispensable, to the interests of the railway com pany, as they might thereby obtain coal for their own pur • poses as well as to supply the public in that and the still higher parts of India. 41.—The last branch we should propose for immediate construction on this portion of the great trunk line from Calcutta to the north-west provinces, should be, as stated in para. 32, from about nine miles before reaching Chunar to Raj Ghat opposite Benares, a distance of about 17 miles. 42.—We have described our view of the most suitable direction for a line of railway from Calcutta towards the north-west provinces ; but it may be argued that the line passes through a comparatively barren portion of the country, as compared with the valley of the great river Ganges, which has been suggested by other parties as the most eligible route for a line of railway, and which is stated to have in its favour a great probability of becoming more lucrative than the line we have recommended. .43.—First impressions might be favourable to this view of the question; such a result might be expected if either line was dependent only for its suport upon the agricultural pro duce and population of the district through which it passes ; but, upon further consideration, it appears to us that the ul timate result will be favourable to the direct line; for, by means of its branches to Patna and Rajmuhal, it will take all, or nearly all, the trade likely to be transposed from the river to the railway, in either case, and give nearly as good accommodation to the country around, and to the district northward of the Ganges, as Tirhoot, Purneab, Dinagepore, &c., through which it will probably hereafter be found ad vantageous to extend the railway system, by starting from the opposite respective termini at Patna and Rajmuhal, and, in addition to accommodating the trade of the river and sur rounding district, it will bring forward a country now much neglected in consequence of its imperfect communication, a district which contains mineral wealth, and possesses great capabilities, as is evident from the proofs of recent improve ment, to a great extent contiguous to the line of the trunk road, within the last few years, a greater part of which until then was abandoned to the beasts of the forest : this great benefit will therefore be in addition to nearly the same amount of accommodation being given to the whole country as could be given by the river line alone; and, lastly, a direct line between the ex treme termini, where attainable, is always most desirable, especially in a political point of view, and in a country cir cumstanced as India is. Thus much for the traffic considera- tions of the subject ; and it only remains to be stated that w . e cannot give a decided opinion u pon the eng i neer i ng ques tion without a personal examination of the river line. 44.—0 n the exten s i on o f th e li ne f rom Mi rzapore t o D e lhi ; but little need be said respecting this portion of the pro posed works. In length it will be about the same as that of the line we have already described, Mirzapore being about midway between Calcutta and Delhi. The direction of the line will be nearly as follows : between Mirzapore and Alla habad it will trend a little to the south of a direct line, to secure better ground for a foundation to the works. Upon this portion of the line the railway will cross the river Tounse, and, in order to extend it into the Doab, the river Jumna must also be crossed at or near to Allahabad : a suit able spot for crossing exists near the present bridge of boats : thus the military magazine at Allahabad would be connected by railway with Calcutta, and, by the extension to Agra and Delhi, with the magazines at those places respectively. 45.—Leaving Allahabad the railway would keep on the south-west side of the trunk-road to Tuttehpore and Cawn pore; from thence it might take a direct line to Mynpooree, which would be its proper course if continued direct to Delhi ; but if it be finally resolved that the, line shall pass through Agra, and thence to Delhi, along the right bank of the river Jumna, it would be more desirable that the railway should pro ceed from Cawnpore by Shekoabad to Agra, as that line would not only be shorter, but would avoid the crossing of one or more nullahs that it would have to do if taken by Mynpooree. 46.—Supposing that its route would be through Agra, it would again cross the river Jumna at the latter city, a suitable site for which purpose would be a little northward of the present bridge of boats; and, passing the civil lines to the north of the Government offices, and Akbar's tomb at Secundra, take a tolerably direct course through Muthra to Delhi. 47.—A suitable place for a station at Agra exists where the rails continued from the bridge would become level with the present surface of the ground, about midway between the river and the civil lines; and, if necessary, such station could be connected with the banks of the river at a much lower level than the railway, by a branch descending to the water's edge. 48.—Before, however, determining that the main line should pass through Agra to Delhi, it is a subject for consideration, whether or not it would _be more desirable to take the line direct through Allyghur, and cross the river Jumna. at Delhi ; for this purpose a suitable place For crossing the river is immediately to the northward of the palace, from whence it could be continued along the bank of the river to a station on the vacant ground at the back of the magazine; and, if necessary, can at any time be prolonged northward, past cantonments towards Kurnal. 49.—The advantages of the direct line to Delhi over that by Agra, would be, Ist , The shortening of the distance between Calcutta and the frontier. 2d. Passing through probably a richer agricultural district than would be done on the route between Delhi and Agra ; and, 3d. In case of in vasion from the westward, a possible, though not probable occurrence, the railway would be protected by the river Jumna. On the other band, the city of Agra, at present the capital of the north-west provinces, with its magazine, would be less directly connected with the frontier and the magazine at Delhi, if situated at the extremity of a branch, than if placed upon the main line. The country also to the west of the river Jumna, although perhaps not so productive to the agriculturist as that in the Doab, yet is admitted to possess a very considerable trade. 50.—As respects the two routes, in an engineering:point of view there appears to be no great difference ' • for although on the direct line there would be the additional cost of cross ing the river }linden (no trifling matter certainly, unless, as suggested by his Honour the the Lieutenant-Governor of the upper provinces, the crossing be effected below the junction of the }linden with the Jumna, if the Jumna itself be as manageable there as at Agra or Delhi). The route by way of Agra would be about 20 miles longer, and conse quently, from that cause, increase the cost of construction to probably within a trifle of that direct route. 5L If Agra be accommodated with a branch line only, and that branch be terminated on the opposite side of the river to the city, it would be highly inconvenient and undesirable; but if a bridge is to be constructed at Agra, at all events, to carry the railway into the city, which it should by all means do, then the consideration would be greatly in favour of taking the main line by the Agra route, for the more perfect accommodation of that great capital of Upper India. 52.—Whichever of the two directions for the main line between Cawnpore and Delhi be finally fixed upon by Go vernment as most desirable, the line can, at any future time, be extended to Kurnal, and to the frontier, where a terminus might be established on the highest navigable part of the Sutlej, and thus connect the great rivers, the Indus and the Ganges. 53.—The branches to be recommended for construc tion on this upper portion of the main line from Cal cutta to the north-west would be one to Furruckabad, a second to Allyghur, a third to Meerut, and, upon the future extension of the line to Kurnal, a branch could be advan tageously constructed from thence north-eastward towards the bills on which the sanatory stations of Simla and Miss sooree are situated, or wherever else it may be found de sirable. 54.—The first branch, or that to Furruckabad, would leave the main line about 60 miles north-westward of Cawn pore, and proceed direct, the length being about 45 miles from the line, 'through bhekobad to Agra, and 32 miles if taken from the direct line from Delhi to Dlynpooree. 55.—The second branch, or that to Allyghur, would lead direct from Agra, and would be about 48 miles long ; but if the direct line to Delhi be adopted, this branch would not be required, as the line itself would pass through Allyghur. 56.—The third branch would be from Delhi to Meerut, about 36 miles long, and which, if the main line takes the right bank of the river, we• propose should terminate opposite to the city of Delhi, as it appears to us the traffic would not be sufficient to warrant the expense of constructing a costly bridge over the river Jumna for the purpose. 57.—The fourth branch, namely, from Kumal towards the Hills, re( luires no further remark at the present time than we have already bestowed upon it, dirsegcl—lf; thoo Delhi e e l v h e i r h it r o s u h g o h u l A d b i y e g u h l u t i r m b a e t el y adopted,resolvedthet hbartantchhe to Agra would leave such main line near to Sikundra, a dis tance of about 40 miles. 59.—We have given, as we consider, the leading facts on both sid( is of the question, necessary for the final choice of the dire( Won of the main line; these appear to us so nicely balanced that we would refrain from making a positive re common( lation upon the subject ; but if called upon to state which of the two we would prefer, we should be disposed to recomm( aid the route by Agra. 60.-1 'he general character of the works, &c.—The heavy works ui ion the whole line from Calcutta to Delhi, will, for the most part, be of masonry, consisting of bridges to cross the very numerous rivers and nullahs in its course, many of which al , e of great magnitude, and all very considerable. The earl hworki will be light, except at the summit of the country described in para. 27, at which place it may be found net :essary to undertake works of a heavier kind ; but, upon the whole, it is not to be expected that there exist in the world _ many lines of equal length requiring so small an amount oi 'earthwork to be performed. 61.—Ti se great bridges comprise those over the rivers Hoogly a nd Soane upon the lower portion of the line, and the cross; ings of the Jumna, at Allahabad and Agra, or Delhi, upon the upper portion; and although these structures will be very c ostly, yet there is nothing in their character that can caus e them to be considered as insurmountable diffi culties ; the chief difficulty will be in their cost. 62.-1 Vith a view to enable contracting parties to open the who le Line at the earliest period with the least possible outlay, it might be advisable to permit of the laying down, ht . _ the first instance, of a single line of railway, with all necessary passing places ; but this should distinctly al ply to the permanent way only, as the earthworks and masonry (but more especially to the masonry' wol ass) should be constructed for the reception of A 09011 i line ; thin latter 91;05eryilti9A regarding the masonry should apply alto to the branetea, se that At any future time a second line could thereon also be appliedi without difficulty. The earthworks upon the :Oranchesi might with safety refer to a single line only, as th ey will, in the branches already named, amount altogebe r to $ trifle. 63.—1 t is highly probable that a double line of rails w ill be absolutely necessary upon the main trunk line at no k talent period, if not required in the first instance, and therefo ye We would recommend, that in consenting to a single line to b egg with, it should be understood to imply that such single .line is only admissiole until the whole length is opened to Itta public, when a second line should be added forthwith, if till railwaycompanybe called upon by the Government to do so. 64.—We cannot but view the whole distance from Calcutta to Delhi as one line, for we are of opinion that as such it would be better worked and conducted under the manage ment of one company than if it were divided and in the hands of more numerous bodies; besides which, we consider that it would also be advantageons as well 1.345 fair, that the whole should be granted to one company, ii a sufficiently sound party will come forward to undertake it, because they would then have a great length of line for a reasemable ave rage outlay. The lower half, from Caloutta to _Mirzapore, costingconsiderably above that average, aid the upyer half, from Mirzapore to Delhi, as much below it. 65.—We conclude by adding, that in addition to the lino from Bombay joining the main trunk-line between Alla!Tabu/ and Calcutta, as before alluded to, it has been suggested to us by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of the North- West Provinces, that a suitable line of country may hereafter be found for the construction of a railway from Agra to Bonn bay ; by these two lines, the north-western provinces would be effectually supplied with comrnunication, not only with the seat of the Supreme Government at Calcutta, bat with the great seaports on the two opposite pasts of the continent of India. ( Signed) F. W. SIMMS, C.E. A. H. C. BOILEAU, Captain Ebgineera• J. R. WESTERN, Captain Engineers• Camp Sersoul, March 13,1846. (Tnie copy.) T. L. PEACOCK, Examiner of India Correspondence. East India llctue, Aug. 3, 1846. METROPOLITAN LABOURERS' SUBURBAN DWELLINGS SOCIETY. A public meeting was held on Thursday, in the Temperalace Hall, Waterloo-road, to explain the objects of this Society.. Mr. WILLIAM FowEr,r, having taken the chair at half-past eight o'clock, introduced Mr. OLIVER KELLY, who explained the objects of the Society. He said that a society would be formed, consisting of a chairman, secretary and treasurer, and committee of management, &c., having fur its object the bettering of thee condition of the labouring classes. This object would be. sought by purchasing ground some five miles along the' different railways, on which to build cottages, having an nexed to each of them a plot of ground suitable in size to the wants of the family. The cottages would vary in size from two and four to six rooms, and would be let at the s t ole rent with the ground attached as the working man was at present paying for a worse lodging in the unhealthy atmosphere of the worst parts of London. He said, they offered them thne country air, a plot of arable ground, and a cheap comfortable cottage, instead of the lodgings in London, which, in soma cases, were worse than the miserable huts in which their fellow subjects in Ireland eked out their sad existence. These he said were the points on which they rested their claims. lie then referred to an article which appeared on the 12th May last, in the Liverpool Mercury, in reference to the village of Crewe, which had lately started into existence, in connexion with the Grand Junction Railway. In that vil lage it was said the rent was from 2e. to 3s. 6d. a week; and to meet doctor's expenses, a boy, if he received 10s. a week, was taxed a penny, or a halfpenny if under this sum, a single man one penny, and a married man three halfpence ; that was all the charge made for doctors' attendance. Such, said Mr. Kelly was something similar to what they intended to erect. Ile then referred to au article which lately appeared in the Medical Times, describing the filthy and unhealthy dwellings inhabited by the poorer classes in London, and tho possible catastrophe to which they might be exposed, in case a pestilence, such as the cholera, should invade the locality. Mr. Kelly said that the rent p ro p ose d b y t h e soc i ety wouldinclude the charge of going to and from by the railway, which charge, accordin g t o an o ff er made them by the Railway Companies, would be one penny; and in case any of the tenants wished to go out or in at other hours, the society would endeavour to get the charge of conveyance reduced to the same sum as the society paid. Of course no bond was entered into, the tenant was under no constraint, if the terms did not suit him he could leave. He added, that among those already on the committee, was Earl Grey, Lord Ashley, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Ricardo, M.P., Mr. D. Wire, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. Grisell, and Mr. Smirke. Mr. BREARY then addressed the meeting on the advan tages of the society's project, and answered some questions tending to elucidate the working of the society. A Womuxa MAN suggested that the opportunity should be added of becoming the owner 'of his cottage; that if he should pay 2s. or 2s. 6d. as interest on the money laid out on the cottage, perhaps 1001., and 4s. or ss. rent, the rent should go to rubbing off the value. The CHAIRMAN said, that had not been considered by the originators of the Society. ANOTHER WORKMAN expressed his apprehension that he would lose the franchise if he went out of the borough, unless he because a freeholder. A show of hands was then taken on the merits of the So— ciety, when a large majority of those present voted in favour of the project, and none against it. • Mr. Busitnar read a petition, which he proposed the workmen should sign, praying their employers to become members of the committee of the Society, in order to protect the interests of their workmen. A vote of thanks was then unanimously accorded to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. A MURDER THIRTY YEARS AGO: The following romantic narrative appears in the Kilkenny Moderator:—" During the last week a circumstance was brought to light in this country, which in horrific interest vies with, if it does not exceed, the celebrated case of Eugene Aram, E nd requires but such another cordial fictionist as Sir E. Eulwer to weave it into a tale most supassing in romantic effect and tragical excitement. It appears that on Tuesday, the 4th inst., some labourers were engaged in removing a large heap of stones which had remained piled together, beyond the memory of man, in the demesne of Etossenarra, the residence of Mr. William Morres Reades, when they discovered con cealed within the heap, the perfect skeleton of a man, whose fiesh and clothes were entirely rotted-away, with the-amp tion of a pair of brogues that were upon the feet, and which are stated to be of a fashion and construction not in use for the last 25 years. On the following day an inquest was held on the remains at Kilmaganny, by Mr. T. Izod, county coroner, when it appeared from the evidence of Dr. Peile that the deceased had been murderd by a blow inflicted on the skull. No ether positive testimony could be procured, but amongst the country people the extraordinary circumstances of the case are accounted for as follows : —lt appears that about 30 years since, three men named Cornelius Cahill, his son John, and R---d L—y were committed to our county gaol on a charge of being concerned in the burning of a farmhouse. Cornelius Cahill escaped condemnation by becoming an approver, and, if the story of the peasantry be correct, his evidence actually hung his son, but L—y was acquitted for want of sufficient evidence. The tradition goes on further to state, that a man named Heany, known by the sobriquet of ' the Tresher'—a Tipperary boy, who did occa sional' handy jobs' for the people of the district—had been engaged by the before-mentioned parties in burning the house. Shortly after the escape of old Cahill and L—y, he came to the neighbourhood for the purpose of demanding a reward previously promised to him by them for his services. The hushed-up story amongst the peasantry at the time, and still well-remembered, was, that the parties having refused the re ward, the man threatened to become King's evidence and hang them, whereupon they murdered him, and according to one report, burned his body in a limekiln, whilst another, and, as it now appears, more correct rumour, pointed cut the very place in which the skeleton has been now found, as the spot where the murdered remains were secreted. Old Cahill died some time since at the age of 100 years, but L—y is a small farmer, still living in the neighbourhood, and bears the character of having. since the occurrence alluded to, conducted himself very properly. Strong, however, as the evidence of tradition is upon the subject, it is not probable that sufficient light will be thrown on this singular tragedy to bear out further its re semblance to the case of Eugene Aram, by the bringing of the perpetrator of the deed to condign punishment. The ver dict of the jury was That deceased was murdered a long time since by some person or persons unknown. That the injuries affecting life were a heavy fracture on the left temple, and the left malar bone; and that the skeleton had shoes or brogues on, and was discovered under a heap of stones, on Tuesday last, on the demesne of Rossenarra in this county.' " EXTENSIVE FIRE AT WELLTMORPE, NEAR BRENT FIELD.—On Wednesday morning, shortly before daybreak, a policeman of the Wellthorpe, division whilst going his rounds near the mansion of Major P. F. Henderton, of Hadley Lodge, Wellthorpe, observed a bright glare from one of the house windows; he immediately alarmed the inmates, and on the servants proceeding to examine the premises it was ascertained that a room on the first floor adjoining the library was on .fire. In the alarm and hurry that ensued the doors of the various rooms and passages were thrown open, and the large plate glass of rid passa g e room was broken in order to admit the water from a garden engine, but unfortunately the draught caused by the admission of air increased the volume of fire, which quickly communicating with the adjoining library, spread with fearful rapidity. Several engines from Brentfield and other places were brought into requisition with every possible dispatch, but their united efforts, combined with a plentiful supply of water, were un availing in arresting the progress of the fire. In less than an hour's space the entire of the left wing of the building was enveloped in flames. A number of the country people assisted in removing such articles of furniture and valuables as could be come at. By half-past four o'clock the fire had extended to a large portion of the main building, where it continued to rage until the whole was almost entirely con. sumed. By great exertions the fire was prevented from communicating with the remaining wing of the mansion, con sisting of the servants' offices, stables, &c. Several acci dents occurred during the progress of the fire. A fireman, attached to the Wellthorpe parish engine, fell from a ladder placed against one of the windows and fractured one of his legs. One of the female servants, in endeavouring to save some valuable property, became surrounded by the flames in one of the rooms. The woman rushed to the window, from which she dropped, but her person coming in contact with an iron verandah below, several of her ribs were dreadfully fractured, and her person otherwise injured. Another of the servants is missing. The property is supposed to be insured, but in the absence of Major Henderton, who is at present on the Continent, nothing certain is known about the matter. THE POTATO ROT IN DEVONSHIRE.—A corre-s pondent informs us that in the parishes of Cornwood, Plympton St. Mary, and all along the borders of the river Tamar, the crops of potatoes may be generally considered as perfect failures. Previous to the appearance of the disease the crops could not possibly look finer, but the disease seems in numerous places to have made its appearance entirely in a single night. Our correspondent thinks that the progress of the disease was more rapid during the prevalence of some heavy fogs which preceded hot easterly winds. The haulm does not appear to have rotted from moisture, but to have completely withered away from exposure to excessive heat, the whole of the top parts of the haulm being reduced to such a condition that they mat' be pulverised by pressure b e tween the fingers. The smel of the withered haulm is like that of moist hay, and much of it very offensive.— Plymouth Journal. NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —Mr. Ferguson Joseph inspected this line on Wednesday last, pursuant to his instructions by the spirited directors of the Midland Railway, for the purpose of erecting an electric telegraph, to communicate between Nottingham and the ancient city of Lincoln. The utility of these instruments be come daily more and more apparent, and very soon they will be considered an indispensable portion of railway machinery, as by these means, in case of sudden emergency, in a few minutes information can be transmitted, and regulations made which formerly could only be done by awaiting the de parture and arrival of trains. The erection of posts and w ne tres on the Nottingham and Lincoln line wil l be commenced 25! week, and in the course of one month, it is c.alculatTA,....pg • telegraph will be complete and ready for oporisww• Mt, telegraph PUBLICATIOSS. On the 27th inst., CHAMBERS'S MISCELLANY OF USEFUL TRACTS, Vol. XII. 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