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KINGDOM OF MOSQUITIA. The following Minutes of the Council of State of 1 Mosquitia, dated Sept. 10, 1845, have been handed to us for publication : In pursuance of letters under the royal sign maraud, convoking a general meeting to be held this day, the authorities ;of this town of Pearl Kay Lagoon , and various rivers to the northward, assembled in the Court-house. The grenadier and ligb t companies of the Royal Blue fields Militia took their station in Bidwell-street, as a guard of honour to receive the King in his progress to and from the Court-house. At twelve o'clock his Majesty issued from the British residency, accompanied on the right and left . by her Britannic Majesty's representative and the senior ma gistrate of Bluefields, the second magistrate bearing the crown, and the treasurer carrying his purse of office. The King being seated on the throne, and wearing his crown, read the following speech:— " Chiefs, Magistrates, and Officers,—lt has beer l deemed necessary to call you together, to announce t o you the steps that are abo u t to b e taken for reorganizing the internal government of my kingdom. " A commission waa Formed by my late fa l ther, in 1840, consisting of gentlemen all favourable tc, the in terests of this country. " A testamentary deed was about the same time exe • cuted,by which ray late father nominated and appointed the gentlemen comprising the said commission to be Re gents of this kingdom and guardians of his family during the minority of his successor. " The said testamentary deed has been found to be informal, inasmuch as it does not contain the date of the commission to which it refers, nor does it embrace the, names of the commissioners. " Under these circumstances, to provide for the diffi culties and responsibilities which the gentlemen. of the said commission would have to encounter if the duty devolved upon them of ts , king rigorous but just steps for the settlement of varirJus matters relative to property, and to obviate the iv:convenience which has been found to arise from the s!esence of a supreme local government in this country, it has been determined by me, by the advice of mx legitimate advisers, and with the approba tion of the principal inhabitants, to establish a council of state for the general government of my kingdom. My commission, appointing the council of state, will be im mediately read to you. " I trust, with the blessing of Almighty God, the continued assistance of her Britannic Majesty's Govern ment, and your faithful and loyal co-operation, this country may soon acquire a respectable rank among nations, and tbat peace and happiness, religion, and vir tue, may be established among us for all generations." On concluding his speech, his Majesty directed the clerk of the courts to read the royal commission consti tuting the council of state. The royal commission having been read, his Majesty directed the clerk of the courts to notify that the mem bers of the council of state were to meet on the follow ing day, at twelve o'clock at noon, in the Court-house; which notification the clerk of the courts made as fol lows: " It is his Majesty's command that the members of the council of state named in the royal commission just read meet in this hall to-morrow, at twelve o'clock at noon, to take their oaths of office, and to proceed with the business of the country. " God save the King." His Majesty then left the Court-house, attended as before-mentioned. Friday, Sept 11, 1846. Present,—His Majesty the King,—Councillors, George Hodgson ' sen., Alexander Hodgson, William Halstead Ingram, James Porter, John Dixon, and James Green. The following oath was administered:— " Mosquitia. We, George Hodgson, Alexander Hodgson, William Halstead Ingram, James Porter, John Dixon, and James Green, members of the council of state, do solemnly and sincerely swear upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that we will, as far as in our power lies, well and truly execute the duties of Councillors of State to his Majesty King George, and that we will impartially administer justice to all his Majesty's subjects, and others whom it may concern; that we will not conceal anything that we lay learn or hear prejudicial to the King's person, crown, or dignity, and that we will not reveal any matter or thing which the King, with the concurrence of the majority of the Council, may desire to keep secret, all in conformity to the royal commission, bearing date the 10th day of September, 1846, granted by his Majesty. " So help us God. " G. HODGSON. " A. HoteasoN. " W. H. INGRAM. " J. PORTER. " J. DixoN. " J. GREEN. " Sworn before the King in Council, this 11th day of September, 1546. " D. KILPATRICK. Clerk of the Council." On the oaths being taken, the members took their seats at the board accordingly. The nainutes of yesterday's general meeting were real, approved of, and ordered to be signed by the act ing clerk of the council. The council then entered into a discussion on the sub jects of land, militia, and municipal regulations, which resulted in Councillor George llodgson undertaking to draw up a Bill relative to land, Councillor Alexander Hodgson a Bill relative to the militia, and Councillor William 11. Ingram a Bill relative to municipal regu lations. In order to give the above-named Councillors time to prepare their Bills, the council of state ad journed until twelve o'clock on Friday, the 18th of the present month. DAVID KILPATRICK, Acting Clerk of the Council. STATE OF TRADE IN NOT TINGHAM. In con;equence of the false and mischievous state ments which have got abroad through the medium of some of the London papers, communicated as it would appear by ill-informed correspondents here, re-pecting the state of the various departments of our local indus try, we have been led to make more extensive and mi nute inquiries into the subject than we are ordinarly accustomed to adopt, though anxious at all times to afford to the public the most correct information in our power. The habit indulge] in by some of our contemporaries of always exhibiting the manufactures of this town as in a state of ruinous depression is, we are convinced, by extensive intercourse with respectable manufacturers and London salesmen and merchants, of the most inju rious tendency. Take the case now before us. It is bruited forth by one of the journals of this place, that the trade of the town and neighbourhood is in a condition of the greatest possible depression—that multitudes of men are in a state of the most extreme destitution, and wandering about in all directions in search of employment. This is copied into the London journals and meets the eyes of buyers in all directions, who are thus led, from an ex pectation of a reduction in prices, to keep out of the market : and in this manner, by degrees, the statement, originally false and unfounded, accomplishes its own fulfilment. But the evil does not stop there ; unprincipled and close-grinding manufacturers, seeing these statements made in the public prints of the town, and knowing that they will be certain to meet the eyes of the operatives and create some alarm among them, immediately gives notice of a reduction in the price ; or of their intention to require some extra work t o b e put i nto the goods made, as it may best suit their convenience or policy. And thus the poor man becomes the dupe:or victim of an insensate clamour which would never have been raised, had it not been f or t h e purpose of affording an oppor tunity to the wr i ters o f the paragraphs alluded t o to exhibit some crot c h e t s on the subject of the trade of the town, or on the general trade-policy of the country, which they thought could be rendered, under the cir cumstances, subservient to the interests of some party, or faction, whose prosperity they were engaged to sup port. As we, however, have no such petty interests to uphold, nor any such selfish feelings to gratify, we shall continue, as heretofore, to exhibit that simple faithful record of the state of the different branches of trade in this town and neighbourhood, which has pro cured for our articles o n thi s su bj e t so extensive a notice among the leading journals of both town and country. LACE.—There are general inquiries by buyers of goods in the rough state, and some extensive parcels have changed hands. It is now ascertained that stocks are unusually low ; and as the news from Liverpool and Manchester loads to fears of a further increase in the price of yarns, it is evident that prizes of plain nets and of coarse fancies must go up. Cost and selling rates have not borne any real relation to each other for the last two months. Thi s market is in a very s i ngu l ar state ; and it will be n o won d er i f in a week or two it revives in an extraordinary way. FIOSIERY.—Though ough there ex i s t s some dullness in the demand for particular articles in the trade, it cannot on the whole be considered as in a much worse state than is usually the case with it at this season of the year. S ome houses have large orders in hand, and others are in daily expectation of receiving such ; the advance in the price of yarns, equivalent, in heavy articles, to from 20 to 30 per cent., rendering it highly advantageous to buyers to enter the market whilst the present stock of goods are on hand ; it being certain that a considerable advance must soon take pla ce i n the price of many articles.- Nottingham Mercury. THE ENGLISH MATRON.—An admirable little volume, under the above title, has just appeared, from the pen of the authoress of " The English Gentleman." It is published at a most seasonable period, and will doubtless meet with great success, as it forms so appro priate and useful a p resent book for any lady ; adapted equally for the wife of the nobleman, the clergyman, the professional or mercantile man, and, indeed, for ladies of all conditions of life, In her former work, intended for the preparation of young ladies for society, the author enforced, in the most strenuous manner, the im perative necessity of cultivating the mind, and of form ing the habits. The present volume is calculated to show in what manner the previous efforts are likely to bear upon the happiness of a married life. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE WRITER.—The author of "Whitefriars" has, it appears, in his new work, Cie,:iar Borgia," drawn the character of the hero's cele brated sist er , L ucretia, in a totally different spirit to that is which she h as b een commonly represented in modern u ; but in a spiritquite accordant with history, and particularly with the historia n fo. he P account given by the distinguished Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. The doubts, therefore might have arisen . in the minds of some readers as to themni of this work, may be im mediately dispelled, andmtohwinmtaje safely proceed to the enjoyment of one of the works of fiction interestin g fail, sooner or Published of late years, and which later, to obtain for the auth or a place in the f ront rank Of historical romancists. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard an appeal from British Guiana " Chap man v. British Guiana Bank." Lord Brougham ga ge judgment di/mini/1g the appeal, 0.., a ....., THE SUN, LONDON, TrtURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1846. OUTLINE of a PLAN for IMPROV ING the FISHERIES of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND. By John Jagoe, Esq. FRE NCH AND BELGIAN RAIL WAYS. The fisheries attracting public attention, particularly as a means of improving the condition of Ireland, the following plan is proposed to effect such a desirable ob ject. Since 1830, when the functions of the Government Board for superintending and encouraging Irish fisheries t ceased, efforts have been made by private individ-uals to establish fisheries, which were unsuccessful pr:ncipally from the difficulty of procuring men capabP a of using improved boats and nets. This occurred i'd the case of the Derry Company, which sent to Killibs.!gs boats pur chased in Scotland ; similar attempts wv.sse made on the coast of Galway, which failed from the same cause. Hence it is evident that boats and fishing gear in them se:ives will be found ineffectual until me n are trained to 'the use of those of an improved structua e. It is not ne cessary to enter at any great length into the advantages of industrial education ; those acquafx,ted with Ireland must admit that it would be far more desirable to teach the boy to enable him in after life to. earn a subsistence than book education alone, which, in too many instances, makes him discontented with his sit,csation in life, parti cularly when he finds that the maze book-educated ex ceed the demand for that class to %which he belongs. Industrial education is much encouraged in Central Europe, where instruction is supplied to fit the pupil for the trade or profession in which he is to be employed. At Amsterdam schools are established for fishery and maritime instruction, which have materially assisted in raising the Dutch fisheries to a high state of perfection. The Russian Government give great attention to every foreign manufacturing invention, and encourage its in troduction to the utmost possible extent. Dr. Taylor says, " I hare always regarded, as v ery little short of a national calamity, the almost total want of the means for a mercantile and commercial education in this country. It is sufficiently obvious that any gmat revolution in the business of active life, any larger or more varied demand on the intellectual powers, must call for a wider exten sion of the cycle of school instruction, and a change in the system of preparatory training proportioned to the change in the ob.i,ects in which the trained minds will have to be exercised. In every branch of industry the head that plans becomes daily of more importance than the hand that executes. In plain truth, the manufacturing youth of the higher and middle classes are not trained for the order to which they must eventually belong." The report of the Com mittee of the douse of Commons on arts and manufac tures, presented in the year 1836, states, " Yet to us, a peculiarly manufacturing nation, the connexion between art and manufacture is most important, and for this merely economical reason (were there no other motive), it equally imports to encourage art in its loftier attri butes, since it is admitted that the cultivation of the most exalted branches of design tends to advance the humblest pursuits of industry, while the connexion of art with manufacture has often developed the genius of the greatest masters in design." Mr. Morrison, M.P., ' observes, in his evidence before the Committee, "It is a very extraordinary circumstance that, while in small states, where there are scarcely any manu facturers, one hears of schools of design, yet in this country, the head of the manufactures of the world, and where it would be of the utmost importance, we have nothing of this kind." It is strange, indeed, that a great maritime country like England, where it would be of so much importance to have trained fisher men and seamen, that their education is totally ne glected. Science is unceasingly applied in the construc tion of vessels to improve their sea-going and sailing qualities, yet when constructed, the difficulty of pro curing seamen presents itself, who are taken on board without any known qualification, except a medical cer tificate of health. As the benefit of agricultural schools is admitted, how much more essential would be the es tablishment of schools where the varied modes of fishing would be taught, the complicated implements for the capture of fish constructed, and science brought to assist art? To effect a permanent improvement in fisheries, it is essential that schools should be established to prac tically instruct boys in every branch connected with them, where they would receive an education to fit them for fishermen or merchant seamen. In these schools nets and lines should be prepared, maritime and fishery improvements explained, the use of the chart and com pass taught, as well as of inventions for assisting vessels in distress, and saving the lives of seamen. To each of the proposed schools there should be at tached a deep-sea fishing vessel properly equipped for the line and net fishery, and two row-boats for in-shore fishing and training. At first the best fishermen should be engaged for the vessels and boats; their services may in a short time be dispensed with, by taking six boys on every fishing voyage, who would soon bec)me suffi ciently trained to manage the boat. Connected with each school there should be a curing house, to teach the process of salting fish for the home and foreign markets. As the establishment of such schools would be of general importance, and though Ireland, from her peculiar cir cumstanc, s, ought to be the first place fer carrying out the proposed plan, Great Britain ought not to be ex eluded from the advantages : hence the direction should be in London. Monthly reports of each school should be made, em bracing its condition, the quantity and description of fish taken by the vesseb , , the bearings where taken, &c. This information being desirable, not only to show the progress of the establishments, but to afford informa tion to those who may be inclined to fit out fishing vessels. Large shoals of fish are met with off the Irish coast, when there are none in shore. The fishermen, if aware of the circumstance, cannot reach this mine of wealth, their boats being two small and fragile for such a pur pose. When fisli approach the shore for the purpose of depositing their spawn during their short visits, the greater part being unfit for food, they are generally cap tured in Ireland. COST OF THE PROPOSED FISHERY ESTABLISHMENT. Twenty-four dwelling-houses and industrial schools, at 8001. each Twenty four vessels at 500/. each Forty-eight row-boats, at 15/. each :31,920 To feed and clothe 960 boys, being 40 to each school, per year For masters per year 2,400 Half the fish taken would be sufficient to pay the wages of fishermen. The proceeds of the other half should ac cumulate to form a fund, to be applied in purchasing boats for six of the best instructed in each school, which would leave an opening for the admission of the same number of pupils. As this would occur annually, the distribution of boats would soon increase the fishing fleet and the number of pupils. The advantages of the plan proposed would not alone be confined to the instructed, as the model fishery esta blishment would benefit those who may desire to specu late in fisheries, as agricultural schools do the cultivators of land. The shipping interest would also be materially benefited. With the exception of Dublin, there are no pilot-boats in Ireland ; the fishing boats connected with the schools would be an efficient substitute ; a part of their duty may be to render assistance, and supply infor mation to vessels in distress. The next consideration is, how the necessary funds are to be provided—whether by private subscription or by the State. For the Irish establishments the sum may be advanced out of the Conso!idated Fund for building schools, the first vessels, and necessary outfit, which may be repaid in the same manner as the money lent for building Poor-law workhouses. The annual sum for clothing, feeding, and education might be assessed on the counties, or, as the expense of the constabulary is paid out of the Consolidated Fund, there could be no objec tion to pay the amount necessary for the present object in a similar manner. It may be said that this plan con templates only the education and support of future fishermen, which must be admitted ; but it would be un just not to afford some means to the present race, whose Ignorance and destitution can scarcely be attributed to themselves ; therefore 20,0001. should be voted to form a loan fund to be lent at the different fishing stations exclusively to fishermen, so as not to perpetuate the half farming and half•fishing class, who cultivate the land when they ought to be at sea, and at sea when the land requires their labour, which causes the neglect of both. The Norfolk News states that Mr. Benjamin Smith, in consequence of the state of his health, will not offer himself again for the representation of Norwich. A NEGRO PRIEST.—A manual, composed by the celebrated Abbe Gregoire, for his " children of colour," and which he published at his own expense some thirty or forty years since in Paris, was decorated with the portraits of some half-dozen black saints (of probably his own canonization). The following paragraph from the Moniteur Parisien of Sunday, the 13th instant, shows that colour is no objection to ordination, at least in the Catholic Church :—" A negro, the Abbe Moussea, who was ordained six years ago, will this day celebrate a solemn grand mass and preach a sermon at the church of the Petits P4res. This is a subject of great interest to us, and we think it worthy of the attention of the public to see one of those men whom the colonists treat as beasts of the field speak from the Evangelical pulpit even in the centre of the capital of the civilized world." FOREIGN Hors. —The members of the hop trade , have been rather excited by the statements abroad as to the probable competition they will be subjected to under the operation of the new tariff: As right views upon the subject are of importance, we subjoin the following in teresting particulars contained in a part of a letter dated New York, Nov. 14, and addressed to Messrs. Keeling and Hunt :—" We have exported from thi s c i ty from September Ist to November Ist, 2,585 bales of hops, averaging say 2251b5. to the bale. I should judge tbat about 1,000 of these have been sent to Havre,about 1,000 to the different ports of Germany, and the balance of 585 to England. In addition to this the city of Boston may have sent home 500 bales. We grow in this country a large surplus, say full 10,000 bales, and have consequently still a large surplus to dispose of. The quality, as far as the eye is concerned, of our New York growth of hops, is not as good as usual ; the outer leaf of the hop is browned by what is termed a rust. This does not affect the intrinsic quality of the hop, but I fear would render it unsaleable in your country. Our eastern hops, how ever, are entirely free from this misfortune, ; and al though they are not so strong a hop by full 20 per cent, as our western New York hops, stilt I am inclined to the opinion that they would sell full as well in England as the stronger article. Prices here range from eight to nine and ten cents, per pound for the best qualities, and I think they will fall s till l ower . I yet hope to send you a lot this season ; however, another y ear , to say - the least, we will be enable to send you a large quantity,"'—Maid stone Journal. CONSIDERATIONS BEARING ON TEIE COMPARATIVE COST OF WORKING RAILWAYS IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. The French railways are subject to several special charges heavier than they are in England. For example, the Government inspection on the Paris and Rouen line, defrayed by the company, amounted to (207,526 francs) 8,3001. The coke is more expensive in France. The system of charge for the passengers' luggage, and generally this branch of the traffic requires a greater number of hands in France, for its greater complexity. So with the goods' traffic, a large proportion of the cost of delivery, loading and unloading, which in France is wholly performed at the expense of the company, is borne in England by the carriers who perform the work. These observations are made with a view to explain the greater ratio which the working expenses bear to the nett receipts in France than in England. An important element that mat materially influence The skaters were very numerous at the Surrey Zoological Gardons yesterday, Vesuvius being still standing ; and the ladies promenading the borders of the lake, and the ornamental bridges, had a r aost pleas ing effect. The following are interesting extracts from the ap- PendiY, to the report from the select committee on Rail - way /sets Enactments just issued, pursuant to order o,f the House of Commons ; they are quoted from the " /,.bstraets of the Regulations of the French and Belgian, ,ailways :" FRENCH RAILWAYS. this proportion is the lower scale of charges in France, producing for the same number of passengers or weigh) of goods conveyed a smaller gross return. ABSTRACT OF REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL RAIL WAYS, OF WHICH THE ACTS ARE TO DATE FROM OR AFTER THE 15TH JULY, 1845. besons un to sr eligible to approved of b l compete for the grant a N n o t of person any orp railroad er unless the Minister of Public Works. Unless he shall have deposited, With the Accountant-General (a la caisso des dipOtt et consignations) the sum specified in the terms and con ditions annexed to the Act (Cahier des Charges) : With the Minister of Commerce two copies of the pro posed statutes of the company : With the Minister of Public Works the counterpart registers of the scrip issued. The deposit receipts not transferable. Subscribers to be liable for one-half the full amount of their shares. Each subscriber entitled to demand from the company all the shares assigned to him in the register deposited with the Minister of Public Works. These conditions to be printed on the deposit receipts. The projectors to be entitled to the refunding of the actual preliminary expenses only ; such expenses, duly vouched for, to be allowed at a general meeting of the shareholders after the concession has been obtained and confirmed by royal ordinance. The remuneration to the directors for their services to be fixed by a general meeting of the shareholders. All publication of the price of the shares before the final confirmation of the grant, to be punished by a fine of not less than 201., not more than 1201. Any broker who shall have been instrumental in ne gotiating the sale of bankers' receipts or promises of shares before the final concession, to be punished by a fine of the like amount. Unless when specially authorised by the Government, the company is prohibited (under certain penalties, ac cording to clause 419 of the penal code), from making, in favour of any carrier or carriers, arrangements, from the benefit of which other carriers are excluded. The works being of public utility, the company is clothed with the same powers and privileges as the Board of Public Works, in regard to the materials required for the construction and maintenance of the line ; and the compensation is to be determined by agreement or ar bitration, as in the case of public works undertaken by the State. The company to be subject to the controul and super intendence of the authorities, in all that concerns the maintenance and repairs of the railway, and generally all arrangements affecting the safety and convenience of the public. Power given to the Government to provide (if need be) for the repair and maintenance of the works ; the expense to be defrayed by the company, and reco vered by summary process. The expenses of superintendence to be defrayed by the company. If works not commenced within the time specified in the Act, the caution money to be forfeited. (In the case of the Great Northern of France, amounting to 160,0000 The amount of land-tax to be determined according to the area of land occupied by the works of the railway ; the quota to be calculated in the same manner as for canals, according to the provisions of the law of 25th April, 1843. The buildings and warehouses belonging to the railway to be rated in the same manner as similar property in the district. The Government duty on the passenger traffic to be calculated on that proportion only of the total charge which is described as the carrying charge. All bye-laws cf the company to be submitted for ap proval by the Government. The locomotives to be constructed on the best models; to consume their smoke; to be constructed in conformity with the Government regulations. The passenger carriages to be of the best construction: to be hung on springs; to be provided with seats. Three classes of carriages at least. First class to be covered, stuffed, and glazed ; second class to be covered, glazed, and to have the seats stuffed ; third class to be covered, and to close with side curtains. The goods and cattle waggons to be of approved con struction. Maximum duration of the concession fixed by the Acts. (The railway from Paris to the Belgian frontier limited to 41 years.) Government to fix the maximum and the minimum speed of the passenger and goods trains. Unless special exemption be given by the Government (which exemption may at any time be revoked), every passenger train is to comprise a sufficient number of car riages of each class for the accommodation of persons coming to the station. Should the company deem it proper at any time to charge either for the entire distance, or for portions of the line, fares and tolls less than those authorised by the Act, those fares and tolls cannot be raised before an in terval of three months at the least for passengers, and of one year at the least for goods. One month's previous notice shall be given by adver tisement of the proposed alteration in the charges ; such charges to be confirmed by the authority of Government. Wht n a reduction is made on the fares, it is to be apportioned pro rata, on the tolls and the carrying charges. Weight of luggage allowed to each passenger without extra charge : 661bs. Avoirdupois (30 Kilogrammes.) The company b )und to forward goods within two days from the date of delivery at the station. If consent be given by the consigner for longer delay, the charge to b e less than that authori se d by th Act, and according to a scale approved by the Government. Soldiers and sailors travelling singly on the public service, or on furlough, to pay half fares ; military or naval men travelling in bodies to pay quarter fares. If the Government have occasion to send to any point on the line troops, military and naval stores and mate riel, the company to place at its disposal all its carrying stock and plant at half charges. The Government engineers, and other Government officers on duty on the railway to travel free. The same privilege to belong to the collectors of rates, and the customs and excise agents, engaged on duty on the railway. All the service of the Post-office to be performed free of charge by the ordinary trains. The company to pro vide in every train a partition specially devoted to the use of the Post-office ; the size and form of the partition to be fixed by Government. Special trains may, more over, be demanded by the Government at such times as it may direct. The carriages required by the Post-office authorities, for special trains, to be constructed and kept in repair at the expense of the Government. The charges for these special trains not to exceed 11 id. per mile for one carriage ; for every additional carriage 3id. per mile extra. Those charges subject to be revised every five years, and settled by arbitration ; but in no ease to exceed the above rates. The company bound to convey, when required ; by every ordinary train, the wagons and carriages required for the conveyance of prisoners. These waggons and carriages to be constructed at the public expense, but their conveyance to be free. The Government officers, police, and prisoners travelling in such carriages and waggons to pay half third-class fare. Power to Government to construct an electric telegraph. At any time after the lapse of fifteen years from the date of the opening of the line, Government may pur chase the railway on the following conditions, viz.:— To determine the nett revenue from the railway for the seven years next preceding the date of the purchase, and to take the average nett revenue of the five most pro ductive years ou t o f the seven. This average to constitute the amount of an annuity payable to the company for the remainder of the term of the grant. In no case this annuity to be less than the nett revenue of the last year preceding the purchase. At the end of the term of the concession the com pany to surrender the railway in good repair, under cer tain conditions more minutely specified ; the Govern meat then to succeed to all rights and privileges of the company in respect of the line, and the works attached thereto. Any subsequent grant authorising the construction of roads, canals, or railways, in the same or neighbouring districts of country, not to entitle company to a plea for compensation. To allow of an easy comparison of the rates authorised by the Act previously analysed, with the English rates, it is necessary to add to the rates already given ten per cent, allowed to be charged, in addition, for the Govern ment duty, this ten per cent being calculated (clause 38) not upon the total charge authorised to be raised, but upon the carrying charge only. Police Regulations applicable to all Public Railways, and having reference to the safety of Passengers and others on Railways. Punishments in various degrees, up to pain of death, for wilful damage or destruction of the railway, or im peding of the transit. Further regulations relating to wilful impediments, or threats of impediments. Whosoever shall, either by imprudence, inattention, awkwardness, negligence, or nonobservance of the laws and regulations, have (not wilfully) caused an accident followed by wounds, or bruises, shall be punished by im prisonment, not less than eight days, nor more than six months, and fine not less than 5f., nor more than I,ooof. Engine drivers or conductors regulating the breaks 'who shall have left their posts during the progress of a train shall be punished by imprisonment, not less than six months, nor more than two years. Historical review of the two systems of constituting rail way companies in France; viz., by direct grant, or by grant by tender. Although the introduction of the railway system in France is comparatively recent, enough has been done to admit of a comparison of the practical working of the two systems, that of directs grants, and that of grants by tender. Revenue, for the year ending the 21st of December, 1845, are as follows: — Passengers, first class 397,608 Ditto, second class Ditto, third class 2,074,796 Soldiers, &c 27,612 Total passengers 3,470,678 producing £255,732 Luggage, 11,041,782 kilog == 10,867 tons, 17 cwt. 3 qrs., producing Parcels, 241, 661 single packages, at 60 cen times each. 45,061,340 kilog. 41,354 tons, 14 cwt. 1 qr. large parcels Goods of all classes, 645,501,654 kilog. 16,861 220,311 635,336 tons 5 cwt. 2 qrs. Specie, 32,848 parcels of money Carriages, 3,552 in number Horses, 2,499 do. Oxen and cows, 7,597 do. ~, i Sheep and pigs, 30,005 do. ) The working expenses, detailed as under, for 1845, amounted to 481 per cent. of gross re ceipts Nett profits for 1845 £255,691 Yielding an interest on an expenditure of 148,628,693 f., or 5,945,1481,0t:the rate of 4 1-3;per cent. per annum. The gross receipts for 1845 present an augmentation over those of 1844, of 1,154,056 f. 46,162/., notwith standing which, the produce of canal traffic in Belgium for 1845 also exceeds that for 1844 by 473,6401. 18,9451. The working expenses for the year 1844 amounted to 51 2-10ths of the gross receipts ; and for 1543, to 61 9-10ths of ditto. The working expenses are thus divided : Administration, superior officers, clerks, print.. ing-office expenses, and petty charges Maintenance of road, workmen's wages, and works executed, renewal of rails, chairs, and sleepers Locomotive engines, wages, coals, oil, tkc , tools, and materials, repairs of engines and carriages Carrying expenses, guards, porters, clerks, in spectors, delivering goods in towns, &c. Money department, clerks at ticket-office, and goods warehouses, rent of stations, light ing, &c. 14,480 63,165 'BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION CONTRACTS.—Contracts for rails for a portion of this company's line were taken to-day at prices that indicate another advance on the price of iron. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY. — The Directors of this company held a meeting at their offices at Birmingham yesterday, for the purpose of re ceiving contracts for the works on that portion of the line between Birmingham and Great Bridge, the dis tance being a little mpre than six miles. The number of estimates sent in was thirteen ; the one accepted was from Messrs. Hood, Hill, and Hll, of Ramsay, Hants, it being considerably under the parliamentary estimates. The works are to be completed within eighteen months, and it is understood to be the purpose of this company and of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction to expedite matters so far that the whole line from Fenny Compton to Wolverhampton shall be opened in two years. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.—The certifi cates of the shares in this company were issued at Bir mingham yesterday, and with the view to convenience shareholders, they were supplied to the brokers in all the large towns. The EASTERN COUNTIES and the GREAT NORTHERN are about conjointly to erect two immense docks at Wis. bech, in connexion with their lines there. One of the docks will cover an area of thirteen acres. DISCHARGE OF MASONS ON THE CORK AND BANDON. —On Tuesday last between sixty and seventy masons were, by directions of the company's engineer, discharged from the work between Innishannon and Bandon, many of them being from remote districts of the country, and who must by this step be subjected to sufferings and pri vations too obvious to need being mentioned. We are also in a position to state that, in consequence of this proceeding on the part of the company, the contractor will be compelled to discharge this evening two hundred poor people, employed on labour work collateral with the masonry, who have for some time past drawn their only means of subsistence from the extensive employ ment afforded on the line. We are requested to correct a report which appears in a contemporary stating that over sixty masons had been discharged from the work at Innishannon, and that no expectation of re-engage ment had been given them—the fact being that arrange ments were contemplated for affording increased employ tient on the earth-works adjacent—which resulted in the " temporary" removal of a much less number of masons than above stated ; and we are credibly informed that the number of men, including masons, will be consider ably augmented on the works near Bandon, in the eourse of next week. The same paragraph states that the com pany cannot avail themselves of the sessional grants lately made in favour of the railway, in consequence of the non-possession of the land in the two baronies for which the presentments were made. Such is not the fact, the company being in actual possession of the land required in one barony, and three-fourths of the required in the other, and would be in possession of the remain der before the grant could be fiated by the Treasury ; but we understand that this company, as well as the other railway companies, decline accepting the amounts voted, in consequence of the very stringent conditions insisted on by the Board of Works, which almost totally prohibit railway companies from availing themselves of the Treasury minute on this subject.—Cork Consti tution. 38,060 Total as above £240,473 The working stock at the end of 1845 consisted of 149 locomotive engines, of which 106 Belgian, 42 Eng lish, 1 American, 145 tenders, 654 passengers' carriages, 2,150 goods waggons, 394 trucks, for the service of the lines ; and there were in construction 1 passenger car riage of eighty-four places, on an American model, and on eight wheels ; 118 passenger carriages ; 4 Post-office ditto ; 375 goods waggons, various kinds. The total mileage travelled was 1,702,832 miles, of which 56 per cent, was for passengers' trains, and 44 per cent. was for goods trains. For the last five years the consumption of coke has been— Kilogs. per League. 1840 1841 . 100 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Edinburgh and Glas gow, 75 -Ditto, Halves, 10 1 4 p.-London and .N orth-West ern,l94l/2-Ditto, Quarters, 20 3 / 4 p.-Ditto, ditto, New, 12 3 / 4 p.-London and Manchester, and Birmingham, 75-Ditto, Quarters (A), 7% p.-Ditto, ditto (B), 71/ 2 p.-London and South-Western New, 50!. Shares (sc r ip), 14 p.-Ditt o , Tenths, 5%-Ditto, New 501. Shares (scrip), p.-Man chester and Leeds (late Huddersfield and Sheffield, 4 1 4 IN -Ditto, Extension 1 1 / 8 p.-Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 4 1 /, p.-Ditto . ( late ' Manchester, Bolton, and Bury), Fifths, 5% p.-Ditto, Extension, % p.-Midland, 127-Ditto, New, 4% p.-Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 10 3 4 p.-North British, 38 -Ditto, Quarters, 2% p.-Ditto, New, 18s. 9d. p.-Ditto, Thirds, 2% p.-North Union (B), 155-Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. 3, % dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, 38 2 -Ditto, New, No. 4, % p.-York and Newcastle, Ex tension, 7% p.-Ditto, Preference, 5 p.-York and Selby, Preference, 10 1 4 p.-East Lancashire, New, 3% p.-Ditto, New (scrip), Bs. 9d. p.-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 4 3 4 p. ex new-Leeds and Thirsk, New, Preference, % p.-Strewsbury and Ches ter (late N. M. W.), Halves, 2% p.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 1 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.- Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1 4 p.-Great Northern, Nos. 108,001 and up., cum int., 3 / 4 dis.-Newport, Hereford, and Aber gavenny, I dis.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North-Western, 13s. 9d. p.-Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 1 4 dis.-Shrews bury and Birmingham (A), 2 p.-Ditto ( B), 18s. 9d. p.- Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.-West Riding Union, 335. 9d. p.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 1 4 p. -Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 / 8 dis.-Great Luxembourg, 635. 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 p.-Birmingham and Ox ford Junction, 7 11-16 p.-Birmingham, Wolverhampton; &c., 2 3 / 4 p.-Direct Northern, % c. dis.-East Lancashire, 3% p.-Ditto, New (scrip), 1 1 ,/ p.-East Lincolnshire, 3 / 4 p. -Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 j p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 3 3 / 4 c. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 32-Ditto, Thirds, 1 5-16 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, par c. n.-Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, y 4 e. dis.-London, Manchester, and Bir mingham, 75q-Ditto, Quarters (C), p.-London and South-Western (scrip), 3 % p.-Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, Extension, 7,, p.-Marcheser and Southampton, lie. 6d. dis.-North Staffordshire, p.-North-Western, p. -Northern Counties Union, IN, dis.-Oldham Alliance, % c. p.-Preston and Wyre, Ralf 'Shares (A), 2 1 % p.-Ditto, Sixths, 4 3 A -Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 15-16 p. -Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 5-16 dis.-South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % p.-South Yorkshire, Doncas ter, and Goole, IA p.-Trent Valley, Midlands, % p.-West Riding Union, 1 11-16 p. LEEDS, DECEMBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, (Blackburn and Preston), 3112 p.-Ditto, New, 3 1 ,4 n. p.- Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.-East and West orkshire, 16s. dis. -East Lincolnshire, 15s. n. p.-Leeds and Bradford, 45 1 4 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% p. c. n.-Ditto, Half Shares, 6 p. c. n.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2 dis. c. n.-Ditto, New, par n. c. n.-Ditto, Preference, 18s. 6d. p.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 21s. n. p.-Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Huddersfield and Sheffield, 4% n. p.-Midland, New, 4 1 4 p.-North British, Extension (scrip), 20s. p.-North Staffordshire, 3 1 % p.-North-Western, 12s. 6d. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15s. p.-Wharfdale Junction, 12s. c. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Ils. dis. SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Docks, 2/. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 4 p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 11. p.- North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North-Western, 1% p.-York and North Midland, New, 10 1 / 4 p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid land, 12s. dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, is. p. HULL, DECEMBER:I6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market to-day is without varia tion from yesterday, with the exception of North British stock, which has improved. The amount of business done still continues limited. The sales are-North British, 36% -Ditto, Half Shares, 16s 3d.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 20s. p.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 16s. p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, % dis.-Northern Counties Union, 235. YORK, DECEMBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 3' 7 % 1 -East Lothian Central, 2 1 4-Ipswich and Bury, 10%-Loudon and York, 21. 45.-North British, Thirds, 3/. 175.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 185.-Ditto, Extension, 11. 145.-York and Newcastle, New, 12 1 / 2 -Ditto, Prefer ence, 71. Is. 6d.-York and North Midland, Preference, 12%, GLASGOW, DECEMBER 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 2344-Ayr and Galloway, 275.-Caledonian, New, 455. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 365. cum int.-Direct Bombay and Madras, ss. 9d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 451. -Eastern Coun ties, York Extension, 74 6d.-East of Fife, 443.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, Halve4;2ol.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 38 3 /-Ditto, 81.''3-Glasgow, Du m f r i es, and Carlisle, 6/. 75.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 455. -Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 4,3s._Kilmar nock and Ayr Direct, 375._manchester and Southampton, 295. 3d.-North British, Thirds , 80 s. - Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 335.-Scottish Grand Junction, 155.-Strathern June tion, 78s. TH --- FRANCE AN D OWERS. —E NORTHERN P (From El Espeetador.) The present state of European politics and the in terior of the Peniusular has allowed the Carlists to make their calculations respecting the future; and from these calculations they have deduced consequences, to them very advantageous. Th e Carlist party is reanimating itself; the Carlist party, considered by some superficial observers as a mere corpse, incapable of manifesting the feeblest signs of life, is sud‘!enly incorporating itself with all the energy of its impetuous youth; and ventures to anger its triumph with more security than during the first days which suc ceeded the catastrophe of Pardinas, and the retreat from Oran. Who can have galvanised the corpse of this party, when it found itself in such a state of decomposition that it was almost impossible to recognise it for what it had once been? The Carlists themselves explain this miraculous re surrection ; they themselves say, that if Montemolin could have directed the policy of France and Spain with his own hand, he would not have succeeded in directing it in a manner so favourable to his interests as those who are actually directing it. The treaty of the Quad. ruple Alliance—that treaty which imposed an insuperable barrier to all the absolutist pretensions—has been defi nitively broken by the disagreements produced by the Montpensier marriage between France and England ; whilst, at the same time, the latter is perhaps preparing to strengthen the alliances of the north, which are hos tile to all the reigning dynasties in the south of Europe, and to keep Louis Philippe, and the other monarchs over whom that sovereign exercises his influence, in continual check. Impotent in her state of isolation, France remains condemned to a shameful state of inaction, condemned to endure humiliations without the power of righting herself ; condemned to swallow affronts without force to avenge them condemned to behold lying on the ground the gauntlet so insolently flung down to her by the Holy Alliance without dar ing to take it up. In order to prove the estima tion in which they hold her, the great Powers incorporate Cracow with Austria ; and if she does not accept the challenge involved in this ihfraction 00 0 • of the treaty of Vienna, let her prepare for fre s h i n - v DIED. p_ the sults, from which it is certain that the great Powers of On the 14th inst., in Bl a ndford-squa r- a n i c atta., pug bt the north will not refrain. If the Napoleon of war were tJtd to rise from his tomb and see the state to which Francebas ter? • On n e Robertson, 6 1N t i ti . A i n . e L s a e d n y i senior cl Harrietal n Howard, second has been reduced by the Napoleon of peace, he would of the Earl and Countess of Wicklow- e, near 11 0 ,,. ..„ .0 01/ inquire, " Where is France ?—where is that nation On the 4th inst., in Frindsbury - J; ( 2. u_ cblig ed,! t ' op tto which resisted all the coalitions formed against her by Rev. Thomas Deacon, incumbent o r f . W u " Europe combined ?" He would ask, " Where is that nation—an army in itself—that at the first sound of the BrOitinsht On the 11th inst., Elizabeth, wife t trumpet made every man a soldier ?" Vice-Consulh 4 4th ins t. , at t t tVhaetnipelea,cell,l Ig N eo N d :i 6 1 .„ 1 2 1 11 i : : : isI CA : OOI , 4 -hil S. Unfortunately all that now passe s b e f ore our eyes of O Lavender n the 12th l 'inst urr _ , e at Shandwick-Place' is no more than a mare prelude to th a t w hi c h may ensue ; Esq., R.N., D e p u ty-I nspec tor of Hospi tal it is the brightness of the beaming liehtnirg and the re- On the Hui In:A. at. Leicester , echo of the W .:taw thtn,zier annia l u e e : , the te z o- Macau icy, id the 21st Regiment, , pest that is gathering in the north 4 Europe, and gra- YO Ca r 8 0 iluaily approaching to burst on the south, where its de- L 0114011: Printed snit Published by lkitrl , strancly i l otw" vastating ravages and its dismal convulsions will be Strand, Printer, at Vie sun office, I , lo.2 ffidoeses , felt. And, however terrible may be the fate of certain of the Savoy, in the County ' ll 7 dyne 4tieSt they may roigq themselves to it, Wad COh§ider "sib " 1; 1846, tli ___-------'/:: OA , 6 BIRTHS. , I r Ca le a E bo On the 27th of September, at I s hapore,n,, e- na hte r ' g r .- ady of Major William Anderson, ' C. 8., of a uot i— .o(l 4 " e' ,j On the Bth inst., in Harle • street, Cavell fok wife of James Coles, Esq„ of a y daughter. ~ 4 Georg e 13e On the 12th inst. at Cheltenham, the wife " 0 1 1 t ' Copeland, Esq., of a ' daughter. Virillia la I ,f On the 12th inst., at Edinburgh, Mrs. - , fs ' Verl ° l P i( of a daughter. On the 12th inst ., at the Vicarage, ChieveleYd' o plf - ~, J. E. Robinson, of a daughter, which s urvive ,611 17 a l'• " , hours. Fleming, Esq., r 1 ,3 1., oinfsat.d, daughter. the the W ire f Pi lag 47 • On the 14th inst.. at Bromley , Middlesex, tile tlie w ife t it Abbott, jun., Esq.. of a son. gen ts, 0, On the 14th inst., at Hatfield Rectory, Of the Rev. Richard Davies, of a son. Ina °. ' On the 15th inst. , in Norfolk-crescent, tbe - Philip Lee, of a son. untington, , Esq., iferi r i ;f On the 3d inst., at A44anßstegaff, EsseX, r".s9iUl_cbtaelflt, Esq., of Hither-green, E t sterre Hemsworth, Esq., of Shrophani, -013`0',1, Bth inst., at Lewisham Church, Jlej, Esq., N., to Mary Ann, eldest daughter gre o e f: L a e n: snot, BELGIAN RAILWAYS. Belgium is the only country which at once traced a general network of railways. In 1833, Malines being taken as a central point. lines were projected to extend east, west, north, and south; and this plan has since been pursued under all the disadvantages of politi,lal and commercial difficulties, with a perseverance deserving of all praise. The guiding principle of the Government in designing the first railways was to make the Belgian lines the great means of transit from the Rhine to the sea. Hence the choice of Malines as a central point. But the arrangement was purely artificial, and Brussels practi cally remains the principal point from whence all the trains start, Malines being of no more importance than an ordinary station. The Belgian Government lines now completed consist of 559 kilometres, divided into sections, as follows: Kilometres. 1. The Northern Line. From Brussels to Malines and Malines to Antwerp, with two branches .... 2. The Western Lines—Malines to Termonde, Termonde to Ghent, Ghent to Bruges, Bruges to Ostend, Ghent to Courtray, Courtray to Tormeny and the frontier... 200 3. Eastern Lines—Malines to Louvain, Lou vain to Tirlemont, Tirlemont to Waremme, Waremme to Ans, Ans to Liege, Liege to Chenio, Cheni3e to the frontier, Landen to St. Trond 4. Southern Line—Brussels to Tubise, Tubise to Soignies, Soignies to Mons, Mons to the frontier, Brain-le-Compte to Naun The above network commenced on the sth of May, 1835, and was completed in October, 1843. It consists of 235 kilometres of double way. 324 single way. Making a total of 559 kilometres. The gauge of all the lines is 1 metre 50 = 4 feet 81 inches. The space between the double line i• 2 metres 6 feet. The weight of the rails is 501bs. English to the yard. Kils. Miles. Francs. 235 a 145 of doubla line, cost 59,161,724 ==, 2,366,469 324 „ 202 of single line, cost 89,466,969 „ 3,578,679 559 „ 347 148,628,693 „ 5,945,148 The capital neoessary for the construction of these lines was raised as follows : Effective Nominal Capital. Capital. June 18, 1836; Loan at 4 per cent. 24,524,164f...26,886,439f. May 25, 1838 ; Loan at 3 por cent. 32,267,256 —45,857,439 June 26, 1840; Loan at 5 per cent. 69,472,643 ..73,557,947 June 29, 1842 ; Loan at 5 per cent. 24,000,000 • .23,484,487 150,264,063 f, 169,886,312 f. The mean rate of interest being 4 . 86 per cent. per annum. The average cost of the whole series of 550 kilo metres, or 347 miles, was 265,883 francs per kilometre, or 17,1321. per mile, which is thus divided . per mile, Fronts. Land and compensation . Earthwork, bridges, tunnels, &c. •• 111.227 „ „ 7,163 Permanent way 48,857 „ „ 3,146 Stations and buildings ........ Working 5t0ck........ ...... •• • 34,169 „ „ 2,207 Miscellaneous expenses.. • . 265,883 17,132 The actual:has exceeded the estimated cost by 128 per cent. The land required (estimated to cost 17,000,000 f.) cost actually 54,000,000 millions. The buildings, esti mated at 3 ,000,000, cost 9,000,000. The earthwork cost also three times its estimated cost. The permanent way, estimated with 351bs. rails to cost 24,000,000, cost actu ally 34,000,000, with rails of 501bs. per yard. The above lines have all been constructed by the Go vernment, and are worked entirely by the State. They constitute the only lines in operation in Belgium, with the exception of short irregular lines in the coal districts of Mons and Charleroi for conveying coals from the pits to the canals, and a short single line of railway for local traffic from St. Nicholas to Antwerp. Eleven lines of railway have been conceded to private companies, none of which are yet opened to traffic. The concessions are for terms of years, and, with slight modifications, embrace conditions very much re sembling those adopted by the French Government. On the expiring of the term of the grant, the Govern ment shall immediately become possessed of all the rights of the grantees. The shares shall not be quoted, either on the exchange of Antwerp or that of Brussels, until after the entire completion of the railway. The following is a list of eleven lines of railway which have been conceded to private companies. The term of the grant is ninety years from the date of the entire opening. The Tournay and Gurbise, and Landers and Hasselt lines only, are to be constructed by the company, but the Government will work them, paying to the com pany 50 per cent. of the gross annual receipts for ninety years. Miles. From Antwerp to Ghent, conceded to De Ridder and Co 3O Entre Sambre and Meuse, conceded to Parry, Richards, and Co 37 2.3 Louvain and Geraappe, conceded to Sherman and Co 34 1-3 Namur and Liege, conceded to Spittiswood and Co 43 2 3 Mons and Manage, conceded to ditto Dendre Valley, conceded to Sir Richard Jen kins, Sir John M`Taggart and Co 37i West Flanders, conceded to Parry, Richards, and Co Tournay and Jurbise, conceded to Mackenzie, Barry, and Co 3O Landen and Ilassent, conceded to ditto 2 Charleroy to Erquelincs, conced e d t o N ev ill o and Co l7 Manage to Erquelines, conceded to Oppenheim and Co l4l There are 118 new demands for concessions, upon none of which the Belgian Chambers have yet decided. TARIFF OF TOLLS FIXED BY THE GOVERNMENT. PASSENGERS. Pence per mile. First Class—On the State railways 1 22 Conceded lines The Entre Sambre and Meuse alone, on account of the small passenger train Second Class—On the State lines 0 .933 Conceded lines The Entre Sambre and Meuse line Third Class—On the State lines Conceded lines The Entre Sambre and Meuse LUGGAGE. p o rtiitn of receipts in. 1844 h as b een— FU On the State lines 0'483 p er cwt. Conceded lines Ther pas per cent. For light arid heavy goods 37 66 p er cent. Carriages, horses, cattle 3.8 4 41'5 P s r ngers and luggage ...... ........ 58 5 100 The mileage has been in 1844 Passengers trains .............................. 66 per cent. Goods trains ....................................... 34 The receipts have been -1843. 1844. From passengers Ist class 24 p'cent...lst class 26 p'cent. 2d class 37 ...2d class 36 3d class 39 ...3d class 38 The increase noticeable on the proportion of receipts for Ist class in 1844 is due to the mean distance travelled over having increased. The passengers' fares have not varied in 1844 from what they were in 1843; they have been : d. First class... 39 centimes per 5 kilog 11 per mile. Second class 29 " Third class 19 '' '6 " . - The goods fares have not varied materially in 1843 and 1844. In 1844 the nett revenue from the Belgian State rail ways has been 3.89, or nearly 4 per cent. on the capital expended, besides giving to the public gratuitous accom modation, valued at about 10,0001. per annum, for the gratuitous carriage of the mails, and the conveyance of materials required for several lines of railway free of charge. The State lines have further saved the Treasury con siderable sums in the conveyance of troops and prisoners carried at lower rates than other passengers. glf the, to several it ems b e t a k en i n t o consideration, it will be found that the nett annual profits on the State railways in 1844 exceeded four per cent. per annum on the capital. In addition to the services above enumerated, the State railway carries, free of charge, the goods of all emigrants proceeding to embark in a Belgian port, to encourage the emigrants to use the Belgian ports. And to encourage the export of native produce, a drawback of 50 per cent. on the carrying charge fixed by the tariff is remitted on the carriage of all Belgian produce on its way to a Belgian port, and consigned to a Belgian colony. And when the num b er of emigrants amounts to 30 per train, 30 per cent, is deducted from the usual third class fares. The goods traffic, whi c h was scarce ly th oug ht o f a few years since, has i ncrease d more rapidly in compari• son than that o f passengers ; it is principally to the carriage of hea v y goods that the increase in the revenue is due. The revenue has exceeded the estimates in the bud get by 25,2001. The object to be attained in fixing the Belgio-Rhenish tariff, is to attract to Belgium, and especially to Antwerp, the transit of Germ an roduce, which can only happen when the charg es b y railway from Antwerp to C o l ogne shall have been red uced to a level with or even b e l ow t h e charges on water carriage by the Rhine f rom C o l ogne p to Rotterdam. But to accomplish this it is also essential that no Custom House regulations intervene, to prevent this development of this trade by railway. The railway charges are now in most cases below, or at most, equal to the charges for water carriage. It is to the extension, says the Ministry, of the goods traffic, that the State must look for any new increase in the nett profits of the railway system. It having been found impossible to reduce considerably the charges on goods unless the waggons were fully loaded, it was necessary to subdivide the trade into that y of heavy and light goo d s. Th e h eav y goods to be car ried in full loads b trains specially su ited to the purpose; the light goods ( or parcels) to b e carr i e d in wa ggons forming part of th e usual p a ssengers trains. The Actium of N wuboro v Fologoro, Expeuditure, and 18,12 first five months last seven months 1 1843 1844 66 58 The saving effected in the last three years is due prin cipally to the arrangement by which a bonus is allowed to the engine drivers and foremen of locomotive stations, in proportion to the reduction effected in the consumption of coke,. By an order of the Ist of January, 1843, the engine drivers are to receive a bonus of 2i-d. for every 73Albs. of coke (25 centimes per hectolitre of 35 kilog.) saved upon the gross quantity allowed for consumption, by the di nister of Public Works. This regulation quickly showed its expediency in the result: for the consumption, which in the first five months of 1842 was 891bs. per mile, fell in the last seven months to 67 1-10 lbs. per mile. By an order of the 6th of May, 1844, foreman of sta. tions, charged with the management of locomotives, are to receive a bonus equal to a fourth of that bef, •re granted to the engine drivers, in proportion to the saving of fuel allowed for their respective stations. Under these two regulations, the consumption of coke has fallen to its present amount, the lowest expenditure yet obtained, 411bs. per mile (49 kilog. per league). The saving in the quantity of coke in 1844, as com pared with 1843, represents a value of 4,1271. per annum. The total amount of bonus paid to engine drivers and foremen of stations in 1844 was 1,1151. per annum.' The greatest saving in the consumption of coke results from the before cited regulations ; but a part of the saving is attributable to the improvements made in the locomotive engines. As a reward for his efforts to that end, a bonus of 6001. has been granted to the chief engineer of the loco motive department. By the adoption of a system of contract by public tender, the annual saving upon the local cartage and delivery of the goods carried by the State Railway has been 1,560/. Power is given by law to the Government and to the contractors to give up the contracts, upon giving three months' notice. In examining the returns for passenger traffic at each of the various stations on the State lines, the number of travellers and the classes they occupy appear so un equally divided, that it is evident there exist many secondary causes to influence railway travelling, and in crease or diminish the receipts under similar circum stances but in different localities ; seeming to indicate that by a proper adjustment of the tariff of rates the revenue would be increased, and without materially aug • menting the working expenses. It will obviously re quire much research to discover the invariable law that should govern the fixation of the fares of the three classes. It is, however, evident that they ought not to be calculated from one invariable basis for all parts of a country, ti aversed by long lines of railway. Thus the first-class passengers at the Belgian stations on the Prussian and French frontiers, and at Ostend and Ant werp, (the English frontiers), were respectively 16, 14, 17, and 15 per cent. of the total number of passengers from those stations, while the general average on all the lines, as has been already shown, was scarcely 10 per cent. ; and moreover, the receipts from these passengers were still more increased by the luggage that these tra vellers carry with them, which for one cwt. (nnd a foreign traveller would certainly bring that quantity of luggage), is charged 37i per cent., or 3.Bths of the amount he pays for second class fares; whereas the third class passengers at the first intermediate stations from Ostend and from Ghent (flansbeke and Plaschendai!) were actually 90:1 and 914 per cent. of all the passengers at those stations. The fares to and from the vicinities of great towns should, for second and third classes, be very low, because country people, whose business brings them habitually to towns once or twice a week to fairs or markets, would feel more severely the cost of conveyance occurring regularly, than those who travel for enjoyment. The influence of the seasons also should he taken account of in fixing the fares, and especially the greater or less agglomerated population in a particular district; a thinly populated province traversed by a railway will not sup ply a local or intermediate traffic in proportion to the number of inhahitants, as a densely crowded agricultural or manufacturing province, even at the same fares, for their industry and activity naturally leads them to travel from village to village, if the cost is but little. As to the extent of railway accommodation in various countries, and applying a proportionate standard to each, it appears that England, in the year 1843, had by no means a disproportionate extent of railways measured by its population. Taking the population of Great Britain as having been then 27 millions, of Belgium at 4,250,000, of France at 34} millions, and of the United States at 17,069,453, it is found that in 1843 there were: In Great Britain, 2,236 miles of railway opened, or 83 miles per million inhabitants. In Belgium, 347 miles of railway opened, or 83 miles per million inhabitants. In France, 1,087 miles of railway opened, or 31 miles per million inhabitants. In the United States, 6,326 miles of railway:opened. G ile re s a p t e u r r mion it i a l i l nan in d h u ab el i g ta it n im ts. or .530 5 , 3 h 0m are relati;i :e ly ari i l n l the thesa m number position of with passengers regard t o transported extent of railways. l t w h a e 5 84 t90 in England, on 1,430 miles of the principal railways, there were 13,705,000 passengers carried, or 9,600 per mile ; while in Belginm in 1845, on 347 miles of rail way, there were 3,470,678 passengers carried, or 10,002 per mile. The fares in England, as compared with those in Bel gium, must provide for the great outlay ; for the heavy parliamentary and legal expenses, to cover the interest of which there must be, of course, greater profits ; and also for the Government passenger duty, the taxes, and parochial and county rates ; from all of which, in Bel gium, the lines conceded to private companies are spe- cially exempt by a clause in the :law authorising them. The difference, however, is less than is generally sup posed. Taking, for instance, the ordinary mixed train from London to Dover, a distance of 88 miles, stopping at the intermediate stations, and performing the distance in four hours 15 minutes. s. d. First class fare from London -bridge to Dover 15 0 Deduct five per cent. for passenger duty, and four per cent. rates and taxes 1 41 be Bel epefrarfoersmaesd, beforewith s g t i o v p e p n a egf es t in five hours, Sum received by company l3 Comparing this with the railway from, Ostend t o B russels, gian C o nceded lines, of Id. 2 9-100ths per mile per pas senger, first class, we have:— s. d, First class fare from Ostend to Brussels 9 e di r s s tan n e n e d o n f p B p 9 l Add, lcwt. of luggage, at 4 83-I,oooths of a penny per mile yminigletsh, 3 7 Total ... . ... . ............. . ..... 13 Which is a very close approximation to the Dover fare. It is to be observed that the Government fare from Ostend to Brussels is somewhat less than the above; be cause the fares are rather lower on the State lines than on the conceded lines, and because also, on this particular railway, as well as on that to Liege from Brussels, the actual distance is diminished in estimating the fares by 10 kilometres, to compensate for the unnecessary in crease, of distance incurred over the ordinary coach road, by passing by Malines. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Instructions were received at the Castle this morning from Osborne House, for the private apartments to be prepared for the reception of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Royal Family, on Friday next. The Court will leave the Isle of Wight at an early hour on the morning of that day in the Fairy tender, for Gosport, and proceed thence by' a special train to the Farnborough station, where the Royal carriages have been ordered to be in at• tendance at half-past ten o'clock, to proceed with her Mlelesty to Windsor, where the Court will arrive about .ha pest one. 3,224 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. 4J6,128 240,437 8,252 Can............ . -. a 1........... .....................-...- ._ , it as only a .righteous expiation. They innY les " 7 although too late, that he who owes everything to is tilf people may not play the people false ; anel 0 0 ° 6 e impossible for him to maintain his ground for an i - , 1 length of time, except by the same Pr in c elP Of as those which were invoked for the purpo securing his elevation. An hour must arrive when thole._.. who have taken so much pains to stifle public ntbusiarsr, —in_which those who have dried up almost all 13 . 01 ' 4 by instilling into them, the narcotic poison of politio_. indifference, will draw back with horror before their 01; work, and seek in vain amongst the people for the P. a et triode ardour of other days. They will only ene,.n,to selfishness ; they will only find the deadly results of i'l l , venom i nocu lated with all the members, and penetrair:e the very marrow of the body politic. What w ill l o re t h e ir very , when the people who have been chastised for o f liberty, shall hear the cry of liberty raised by the o w individuals that considered it as a crime, and t he P e shall not reply ? word A But no ! we hope, at all events that the tiScred . the of "liberty" and "country" will find some echnulerietir generous hearts that formerly palpitated for susl l i t is objects, and that the rattling of the chains, wis e w ill intended to unite to those that are already bore, ,i 5, rouse the people from their lethargic slum pute the victory on which Absolutism, coufidently t 1 , 0 ing to the general apathy, has presumed to reli gr ope cherish hopes, at all events, that constitutional red for will not succumb to the yoke which is being Prerd r eadt leer, if she be liberated from that which 811 % ot iotis i bears, if those who are at the head of the CO nst v l o a irifr _ nations of Europe strive to re-animate the Public by handling other instruments, surrounding theme theit bers t rti ci s t. with more popular adviser% and banishing frndeopor sphere of action all liberticide influences. T he t y hu‘ of the Holy Alliance is not only offered to lihe t r 'did also to dynasties. The Absolutists deny it r i l . ° it ; ! Ail ( ' deem themselves too strong to think it vrorth tme WORKS Ony b ROBERT J. CULVERWELL alw ays e Shilling each. by post Oun aa . q LIF I ... 0 N SINGLE and Al A R t 0 1 1 7 1? P - (An Original Medical ills ..0 , ite stralf e t rii i --li ty is , . • CoNT:ENTs: Analysis of the Affections —Early Conven tle t;wo of l it ' s e l t AS,7 direction—Marital Anticipations and Resillie s-- ___cra .101_,e,0,.' ac,, Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestatnn t- gsr",-;pese n Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances - - L a g e „:ical ' Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-Wee - Year? 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P' whereby our existence and the issue thereof in, es in o to ltb states depend, the duties that - are expected. of l's the 4 ,019• ed capacities in the family circle, and the terms on .7,',, d D ove t ro sti_ e , happiness of the present and future race of niennthfallY, l it oplg, l ;A By such knowledge, and . which Ls herein . 1 0 - g, %, 010; ' A health will be found tes be in our own keep s be reoi er " o ilS9`l o within the attainment of all ; by the availlne n tage s on °_, l dobt.,, our duty to ourselves, we•secure the cilia advail_ eit te,, w if n to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our " eu a s the,e consistent with degenerate health, the mind s e s st w bec orties "'" , orit, be exalted to the summit of perfection, as b ._,,, ofr o a ra. of God's creations. & ens °t his r es° t in s The author's justification fur this seemto— e runs Os , na ps __moo ings, and the avowal of their integritYSt t 1',. / „, A gual7 14 1 . by their perusal—his accredited quaDu e f 4 " - ,„d p arse, A fis .or topics broached involve his legitimate stia.Y '`Z ro f ; i , ' e ' o rsDit; t To be had of sherwood, 23, Patertloste,L n d, 3 9 1 t oesdn',"l,o Fleet-street ; Hannay, 63, Oxford. street ; °7 O - tetr o dly. line , direct from the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Rg sed per fen Hil mattersarlboree, who may be a d . f rom e' 16°C daily ttiwEv ening ' a y A Tyra I,IF. tuj p 9 , - 4/11 A POPULAR TREATISE on the 11E°'" - 655. 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