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Jlot.r, Esq., and resolved unanimously, 'That it is the opinion of this meeting, ti - at Mr. Alderman Wood's claim to the distinguished honour Of becoming the Chief Magistrate of this City for the ensuing year is indisputable. That his high legal attainments, combined with upwards of eleven years of indefatigable zeal and assiduity in the discharge of his Magisterial duties, as well as his able and dignified discharge of the 'lmportant office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex, well qualify him to perfor the high anti important duties of Chief Magistrate; an office - and an honour to which, by every conAderation, he has a rig it to aspire, and the only office within the power of his fellow-citizens to bestow at all coalmen curate as a reward for the long-tried and faithful discharge of his Ma gisterial duties. HALL OF S ROME, I. GREAT . WINDMILL- Professor TURNOUR begs most respectfully to inforn the Nobility, Subscribers, and Public, that he has produced that novelty never before attempted, viz., the introduction of FEMALE MODELS of COLOUR, who will appear every Afternoon and Evening, in varied groupings, expressly arranged for them. Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. Doors open at Half past Two in the Afternoon, and commence at a Quarter past Three punctually. Evening performance, Half-past Eight o'clock. Venus will rise from the sea tin further notice. to be called, h e t h oug h t t h at t h ey would be doing in three years that w hi c h oug h t to occupy them a quarter of a cent ur y. H e t h ought very highly of the lines, and that they would pay a remunerating profit to the Man chester and Leeds Railway. The CHAIRMAN SAM it Wris not the wish of the direc tors to press heavily on any shareholder. They would not make any call before the end of February or the beginning of March, and he believed that the amount of that call would not be more th an 21. per share, and he believed further, th a t n o t mrre that* 21. per share more would be required throughout the nextyear. The branch from Huddersfield to Bradford would be a profitabl. - ? one, and between Halifax to Bradford there would be consi derable traffic.--;-(Ariplause ) Messrs. Briggs and Walker were appointed auditors. INVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK ING MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) are respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious consideration to the new appo'ntitcnt of DEMONSTRATOR in M ECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to tlit Visitors the Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearnes and simplicity. The Lectures now comprise. the ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful Optical Exhibitions, &c. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools. Half-price, I STAMPS ani TAXES, SOMERSET-HOUSE, Seey23taza, 1846. Whereas, in pursuan•ze of 1 and 2 Will; c. 22, the following ARTICLES have, on the days stated, keen r& . 9sited in the Hackney Carriage-ofnee, in this department, by the . .IVERS w h o FOUND the same. Notice is hereby given, that liass each articles be ciainied by their respective owners, between k !! gars Of Ten, a.m ., an d T hr ee. P. 111., within one year from th e w4Of deposit, they will be dispc:a 'd of as directed by the above Act. THOMAS KEOGH, Assistant-Secretary. 115 1846. 1 84 6 . Parasol - May 221451 B ag - - ; Umbr ! Parcel - - 22 2 Coat -1? Coat ella --- 23 4 Umbrella " . . - 23 4 B ag - Um brella - 231 8 Umbrella Ditto 9 hit - 23 1 461 Cape -to l9O t , - .-25 2 Shirt - , ill°. P ocket.b 25 3 Umbrella k - - - 25 4 Ditto - • Parasol - 8/I • - 25 7 Bag rabrella - • 25 8 Redlcule -41 e p o u a rs t e - - 26 471 Umbrella - 26 1 2 Ditto - - I Para sol - : : 261 7 Ditto - -•oak 4l a . - 26 480 Ditto - • • Pera-glass - - 271 2 Ditt o - ; nag - 27 4 Ceat • 27 5 Boa - - 8 Co t a oo t ea - k -27 6 O pe r a - g l asi 188 se - 27 7 Umb•ela - ,p at 28 8 Coat - aras o l - 28' 9 Cardinal - uPera - glass - - " 490 Parasol - - 4 Bitoefttk-ca..e. 28 28 2 1 p U a n pa ib r rella . 7 p ara4ol - - -30 5 O per a-gkula , 6 LIU ° 9 i ku - - -30 9Pa as o l - - - 30 504 C oa t • - - .681 p '17 . 0; " a b to e 1 11; : Jima 3 7 P araso l - - - 3 9 Cost —, to . . 3 510 Cap an d B oo k a J o i nbreila 3 2 Hdkerchief ? p C o ot - . - - - an 3 7 Basket - 8 J.t . r!isol - 4 520 Umbrella • Coat_ - - 4 4 P arasol - 110 P arasol " - - - 4 6 Ditto - - -5, 7 Paper - 6 8 Parasol - 17 caera-glass - - - 6 530 Umbrella 9 br t - - - 1 Parasol - Para g 8 tto 81 3 Ditto - 9 m ' du , 4 Ditto 900 Parasol . loi 7 Cape - Dtra.ol - - 10 1 8 Parasol - 4 o rar eel - 540 umbrella 7 I. : o n a i t - - 10 1 Ditto - I brella - 10' 3 Parasol - 21 0 - • - 10 4 Coat - n ZFe a l -10 i 5 Umbrella I.n r 'glass - 10 6 Mackintosh , co Ar, ol • • • 11 8 Coat . Co at 6 CI 00 . - - - I I 335 Cloak Bank-note -- - -11 l 7 Basket - P ' - - - 11 8 Umbrella - ' 3 - - - - 12. 9 Parasol - - : a Sh Chan eque " 12,5601 Cloak Snuff-box - _ - 12 - - - 121 2 Parasol • - 6 Par - . - 16 4 Coat - 7 P ' 15 , & Ditto pocket -book - • g Aet-b oo k - IS. 7 Parasol - - gt,71 1 41: - - of . - - 151 8 'eat - „.. 151 9 - p7ra-glass 16 573 Coat Umbrella - - c Ur si - • - 16 5 Parasol - - • p oat . - - 16 8 Keys - • 9 1, 4 4.41 - 16 : 9 Umbrella - 1 hit 4741 - - 16.382 Handkerchief • t'o a t - - 17 3 Parasol - • - 7 p'`to - 17 4 Umbrella - • 7, 5 1 0 ;- , ,°: . : l3 ' . f r c) 4 l . e l i i i i. w a r api per 1 Co at i 4, C. - , •at 1 111 7 777 8 765 fJ CCala l le b te rel; - a -:• a pr'ng-mi - - 18'591 Coat - rasol - 18. Ditto - - - 'o.! . glass . - 18 6 whip - - , e - -19 7 Parasols - - Oi „oat ni t . - - - 19 600 Pocket-book . 2 c io `o - - 19 1 Parasol' - - • Pa i . a „ k , - - - 19, 2 Spectacles - - ° P - 20, 8 Umbrella - - I. 4 tesoi - - 20 9 Ditt o - - - • torifolio - - -20 610 Coat • • - - 14 - - - 22 1 U m b re ll a - - - 1 4 '. AL": °l - - - 22 1 2 Ditt o ' - - -15 " - - - 22! 4 Dit to - -•-• • 15 c rr e i - - - 23 5 Sh aw l - - - - 15 l i. to - - - 23 6 -Umbrella - - 17 P- '23 9 Ditto - - - 17 arcs.l,- 1 - • 24 921 Coat - - • - 18 3, . I ^ l lote - 24 3 Cape - - 18 • ta D , b - -24 4 Coat - • - IS 1, • rol a - 25' 8 um:yella and parasol - 19 I Di tto - - 25 632 Parasol - . 20 ke t y t ? ' - - -25 3 Snuff-box - - -20 1 7 8h - - - -25 4 Silk' • - 1 1 , 1 1 14 it, - - 24 , 5 Cloak - - - - - 25! 6 Umbrella - Air us- . - • - 26 8 10 Ditto - • 5 -flew hion -27 3 Parasol • - - 27 4 Ditto . - I llt Wtto ` ua - 27 5 Coat • ' Dtt • 4( pay . -30 7 B igo - ' - - - 30 652 Rug - - Par mot - 30! 5 Umbrella - boThreii - - - 30: 8 Coat - - _la, a - - 30 9 Umbrella - I t • to . - 30 662 Bag - oh o • . 30. 3 Coat - 13 9 - .• .30 4 Umbrella - 11l tralb r ' - - 30 6 Chain and seal 4 N t July 1 7 Parasols • •g key, - - • - 1 9 Coat U S'ela - 1 672 DittO 7 1, 4, 1)411 7 1; 3 Cloak li l - - r•isca - 1 4 Ditto .141 5 Umbrella - I. 7 Keys • - .8 t r acel et - 2 631 Cape - C:4 l4 eila - . - 2 2 Parasol - a. t 'oo- - - 2 3 Shawl - p, br gua . - 2 5 Coat • Ula Peel - - 3 6 Ditto - 6 9-4 ' 1 . 4 - 3 8 Hatbox • ;baw l g - - 3 9 Shawl - pail4r -4 " • 3 690' Cloak - • • 44, 4 2 8 01 - - • 4 - 1 Pocket-book car- Der - - 4 3 Boa - • I oat - - - 6 694 - Parasol • I tlP t ta.eq - 6 6 Parasols' • - t - - 6 7 Parasol - • - - - 6' 9' Ditto • . ,1 ' - 7 700 Cloak.. - ip P aras ol - - 7 1 Parasol - 4 ethrelt a - 8 '2. Nag • • ' - 8 3 Coat • - ,Urnbracnz,nd --ves - 8 '4 Cloak -18; filrfue - - 9 5 Coat - 4 unZ i r k , i rehief - ' - 9 6 Gun-case - stick la - • 10 7 Bag - - '" r4,0 1, and p 9 Parasol - o arasol - 10 719 Cast - - (13 a se Der a - giass 11 Coat, ace. 6 1. - - 11 2 parcel - :o k b reii - - I I 4 Coat - - { e • i f it ° 11 7 flat-cas e • - mi - 11 8 Parasol - - - p u Thlon - - - 13 9 Coat • - - p,,rassot - 13 720 Brooch - • g • - p •4l 'ease . • - 13 1 Umbrella • - ,: tt o - 14 2 Ditto - °at- - - - 14. 3 Coat - . th r ,_ - - 14; 4 Umbrella - 'lla . - 14' 5 Shawl - v ers o - - - 14 6 Coat - • 1 - - 15, 7 Parasol N{-8 - • - 15 1 8 Box - • "tit, oar - 16' 9 Purse - ha Al - - 16 730 ,Coat - • • - - - 17 1 - • • „ (.Ess,s • NEW SAUCE, for general pin . - 't, l 4 to,,p , baying gained such great approbation, and the demand b4th'tkiii4uing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most t4 4 -ti r u r , to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public tta ' r al Patronage of the same • its utility and great convent -141;611, con!limAtes have recommended . 1. to the most distinguished ,4t uections, who have all spoken 'highly in its recommends- N, to fs.PrePared by them only • and for preventing disappoint :. • ,,,beit,; l ' i lies, all possible care ' has been resorted to, by each scaled on the cork with their firm and address, as well 011)4.Its; b ating their signature, without which it cannot b e it kt4e!-IC and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed 44 4•0 1 ti ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after • —.liner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many ,t,ti t s4l " 4, e. 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. aur al CTION in LAMP OIL.—A PATENT ) ,I),' Is 1-7,,,"K'S PATENT SPERM OIL, only Os. per imperial. Lek tin i'Llght ' as crysta - lin'the coldest weather, and lasts longer r itt It burn in all descriptions of Argand Lamps The 4 - i•et of . Sperm Oil and the trouble of common oils, can now 1? , a pleLure. It is admirably suited for Solar t.t 61i t t 4 11 5 4, 44 Y will not want cleaning for years, and being so pure, r' (a g° as far as five gallons of any common oils so, in , 01 8 Ito,11•40s Patent Sperm Oil is cheapest. Families laying in ° f• SPermaceti or Wax Candles, Soaps, &c. &c., will 30 per cent. in their outlay. This is no fiction, and ' l ll;',Dles equitable charges the public will support. t ( .l • 4 rti o i n t hi London, and list of prices, with description of the -0 4 k ta a t ,0 4 6 e a m en o t en o y n , aii i p le ll i V in io o n n t e o e all Lamp, parts 0 . 1 , 1 f, the world. Depot, Ntlit Str 41 , ten doors from Lowther Arcade. Np, e ER'S CHINESE LIQUID, HAIR DYE. fhiel h tiv, „ Th otuanda of individuals who for upward& of twenty ey ext 4s ed this cel e brat e d li qu id, p ronou n ce it t o b e t h e only 4),(4tir," Which effectually changes, in a few minutes, r e d or 64 trowhiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black. by ble (by Amply combing it th - rough the hair), and pro lit 'l4 ne aPplleation a pleasing and permanent change ; and it li f t f t7;ofttestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy k, Po ll 3 their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing t .'' lll t4 tlll .the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and {e s . t i ,t k : of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fleldgate 14;Butt j ilt eellapel-road, London • also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn -110: lay side ; Prout, ' 229, Stranff; Sanger, ISO, Oxford ,pare F P arringdon-street Atkinson, 24, Old Bond- Oie l ooPer, 43, King William-street, London bridge Finnigin, Ik7l4,ltreet, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most Y oia,.'4 and medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to (1 4 ,- 1 4 , of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. to ask for •• Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." \<tile Proprietor's addre-s is on the wrapper. I, • - 30 • August . 3 - 3 • 4 • 4 - 4 - 6 6 - 6 - 8 . S - In - 10 - 12 • 12 - 14 - 20 - 21 • - • 22 - 24 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 26 26 - 26 - 27 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 29 • • 29 - - 29 - - 29 • - 31 - 31 - 31 - Sept. • - I • - I - - I 1 - . 2 . 2 - - 3 • . 3 - - 3 - - 3 . . 3 - - 3 • • 4 • - 4 - • 5 - - 5 - 5 - 5 5 - 7 • • 7 - - 7 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 • 7 - 7 - 8 • 8 - 8 - 8 sot h.. LADIES TRAVELLING. -.' the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find „,_ - 9y LAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshi ng ,4 kti7 linraration for Cie Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan iktY4frZtlaxation, alla3ing all heat and irritability. and imm 54kia7 1 ,,,N1 the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of 't t , Pr e „ l , he numerous Teri ties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun lip,,ut 1t.'," , e11, Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated ng".2rdor, and the skin rendered delicately seft and clear. Its trilby t h ‘nd refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec- Itt;ileo4 Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain. and those ii, key 4"tillent of Europe, together with tli " elite" of the' Aria t4vrirlectVolie," from the sultry climes of India, and the 4 44.414 1. „!fts of Calcutta and Madras. -to the frozen realms of the s 5 1. e A 'e Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 64. ti t t: h;;Per.llo(n e. N ett,,49"e of spurious "Kalyilors" containing miner a l as t r i n• .4,,acti o T ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel -114"1112%; endanger health. The only genuine has the words N swltra KALTDOR" on the wrapper. and A. ItyIVLAND ,t‘tottt?s, osi ll n a e t r to s n-garden, is also engraved (by the L 14 14 ) on the Government Stamp affixed desire on of each by. 4 , e. `.4 Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per si,, 41 1er o ~._ Ne - • ----.... nAlydera" are fraudulent counterfette. It t i pT APERIENT AND ANTIiSILIOU 3112.DICINE FOR nkite ENERAL USE 1 2% eff.' -t PTON'S G PILL OF H EALTH which ~ .4 Sotlectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa bkkhs-t griping or prostration of strength. They remove I NN r... - ' 'lckness dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly h ni th e , A I , t stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve MI 4hl. ' d epression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and I,lllk I, "tipcontinually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, 1 ' h a : at the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not kpttis 42,Preciated. 'key, teanZeino has fiir many years received the approval of the vki tii,-;3table classes of society, and In confirmation of its ern thq ih rt 4llo w i,_ ,S,, g letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Front, i on '_•ion to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect -4 k,. to its author:- 4 ' •rroat, 229, Strand, London. li el gl a , ON ' I feel i " ileavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. ,Iti,„Neastrre in being able to bear my strong and unso- LtliZ' ~,;::nnY to the excellence of your " Frampton's rill or ,7 , , oi t e , ll I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very saperior Njel av ' l enle. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and NO t s,. tr 0; t s 1 or mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse 4ci tx t ,zicilies for a long periodof years ; she has recommended n .tkh2Dtt,C v elY, and in one instance' n which she induced a person nhzufei n , and supplied the first box herself, they baste proved or ;tif:lFti b `Y efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any k l i k m frik ic r h a i ll e pa!ent medicines before the public of equal value '741 ati 14 0 72 12110 PY on ed all occasions to give none iv possessed .thetamy o f i n s d n i s P - e i dr superior claimsr e con i -441d, ' 144 un, Sir , " Your obedient servant, tk l i Ntt iki ; L' Pre . tit, 229, Strand, London, price Is. I % Il d. C an fi d 25 . . ' 9ol ' . A R ria.'"' by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the 1441 < tiati 1430 1 , 0 km Nis PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the , 444 rose oc . Tho rium 'tout, 229, Stand, London." on tae It was moved by JOHN PITTMAN, Esq., and seconded by JAMES HARTLEY, Esq., and resolved unanimously, That the unabated confidence of this meeting in Mr. Alderman Wood cannot be more forcibly'expressed thanty.awearnest assurance that each and every individual composing it will use his utmost en deavours to secure the election of the worthy Alderman to the Civic Chair. It was moved by Irtivrorit HARMS, Esq., and seconded by Joun YATEA, EVI., and res.lved unanimously, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions - be forwarded to the Right Iron. the Lord Mayor, with a request that he will he pleased to sub mit the same to the Court of Aldefmen, at their next meeting. WM. if UI)I)ELL, Chairman, REMOVAL nR..CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, AROTLL-PLACE. EGENT-STREET, (leading* to Great Marlborough-strect,), where he may be consulted, as usual, Daily till Three, and In the Evening from Seven till Vine; and where also Hs several publications, of which entirely new and en larevrt whtions have recently been published, may be obtained. LEICESTER' AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. lie Shareholders in this line are already aware that it was after a severe contest, and opposition to comp,ting lines for two sessions of Parliament, defeated in the House of Commons, and in answer to many Inquiries on the financial affairs of the Company, the Directors beg to ,tale that they are ollecting In and proce. (ling with the In wis!lgation of the accounts, and perfect and lay the same before the Shareholders at the earliest possible moment. By order, S. S. BAXTER, Solicitor. Abingdon-street, Westminster, Sept. 16, 1846. THE LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND 'JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, mid MIDLAND JUNC TION RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Sessions House in Wakefield, on MONDAY, the 28th day of September instant. at One Alock hi the of ernoon, for the purpose of laying before the meeting the accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the said Company, and of determining whether the said Company shall be dissolved under the provisions of the Statute 9 and 10 Vict.,.c 28, or, whet/ler the affairs of the said CoMpany shall not be wound up, or whethertt hall be expedient to prosecute the said railway in the ensuing ses alon of Parliament, and, if necessary, to empower the Directors to enter into arrangements with certain other Companies upon the terms and conditions to be laid before the said meeting, and gene rally to transact all other business whatsoever that can be trans acted under the provisions of the said stat Tate. Dated this 10th day of September, 1846. • EDWARD• TEW, Chairman. HENRY BERNERS, iectetary. THE LONDON, OXFORD, and CHEL TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) CAPITAL 1,500,000/. in 75,000 SHARES of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. • PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. (With power to add to their number.) The Right lion. Lord Dunally, Chel gnham • Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., Deepdede, Surrey, and Mansfield-street London James Aspinall, Esq., Liverpool and Cheltenham Henry Bell, Esq., Chalfont Lodge, the Park, Cheltenham John Burton, Esq., Andover Lodge, Cheltenham ATr. William Bidtnead, Cheltenham Samuel Carrington Esq., Cheltenham Thomas Aquila Dale, Esq., Malvern House, Cheltenham John Eldridge, Esq., Promenade, Cheltenham Baynhain Jones, Esq., Cambray House, Cheltenham Mr. Henry Haines, Cheltenham Major Charles Pratt Kennedy, Lansdowne-crescent, Cheltenham James Brotigh Lawson; Esq;,•Pine Villa, the Park, Cheltenham John Smith Rlviere, Esq.. Cheltenham Richard Scholes, Esq., Polefleld, Cheltenham James Webster, Esq., Ilatherly Court, Cheltenham Richard Warwick, Esq., Wyddrington House, Cheltenham Mr. George Arthur Williams, Cheltenham John Wadley Hughes, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester William Montague; Esq., Gloucester Wlll , am Washboarne, Esq., Gloucester Mr. Henry Akers, AVitney William James Clinch, Esq., Witney J: S. Browning, Esq., Oxford Henry Hall, Esq., Siswell Barton, Oxfordshire, and ManSfleld-street London - • Thomas Mal:am; Esq., Oxford - Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Steeple Clay don House, Bucks The lion. Philip Sydney Pierrepont, Evenly Hall. Brackley, Nor thamptonshire Humphrey Humphreys, Esq ; Buckingham Robert Benson, Esq. • • • James Brewnell•Boothby, Esq. Edward Cropper,. Esq. Frank Somerville Head, Esq. Joseph Ilornby, Esq. Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq:, M.P. Capt. Conkantine Richard Moorsom, R.N. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. Thomas Smith, Esq. • sir James Duke, M.P., I, Devonshire-ter••• yac,, London Peter Davey, Esq., 1, Sussex-terrace, Re gent's Park . Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park, Kent VrectorA of the London and North Western Railway Company. Directors of the Oxford, %Vitney, Cheltenham. and Gloucester Inde pendent Railway Company. COMMITTEE OF Henry 'Thomas 'Ripe, Esq. James Webster, Esq. Mr. George Arthur Williams J. S. Browning, Esq. Sir James Duke, M.P. William James Clinch, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Robert Benson, Esq. MANAGEMENT. J. B. Boothby, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq. 'Frank Somerville Head. Esq. Joseph H .ruby, Esq. Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N. Patrick M. Stewart, Esq. M.P. Thomas Smith, Esq. ENGINEER. Robert Stephenson, Esq. BANKERS. .ondon—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Company. Oxford—Messrs. Wootten and Company. Witney—Messrs. John Williams Clinch and Company. Cheltenham"' The County of Gloucester Bank, Gloucester S The Gloucestenhire Banking Company, SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticehurst, and Cheltenham. James Boodle, Esq Messrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, 1, Lincoln's Ina , fields, London, Samtiel Carter, Esq., Birmingham. . . . . . Messrs. H. and W. T00g00d,22, Parliament-street, London. SECIETART PRO TEM. Wyndham Harding, Esq. 'PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to construct a direct and continuous :the of railway, on the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham, through Northleach, Burford, and Witney, to Oxford, and thence, by Thaws, to form a junction with the London and Birmingham Railway, at once opening the shortest r,ute froni those towns and the surround ing districts to the metropolis, and by means of the Oxford and I &Willey, and other lines in connexion therewith, to Bedford, Cam bridge, Norwich, and the whole of the eastern side of the kingdom. The un'iertaking is promoted by parties locally interested in the Jistrict through which the line will pass, in conjunction with the shareholders in the Oxford, Watley, Cheltenham. and Gloucester Independent CiiiiiPany; who Introduced a Bill into Parliament during the session which has lust dosed for making the line between Oxford and Cheltenham, which failed upon technical objections only. It will be the anxious desire of the Committee to consult the wishes of the inhabitants, as to the terminus and mode of approaching the town of Cheltenham. A large proportion o fthe capital will be subscribed by the London and North-Western Railway Company, who have also agreed to lease the line in perpetuity, at a rent equal to four and a half per cent. upon the outlay, with an equal t ivision of surplus profits. This line will rucluce the distance between Cheltenham and London to 100 miles, being a saving of twenty-two miles as compared with the present route, and the distance between Oxford and London will be shorter than by the Great Western Railway, without taking into account the saving in time arising from the more convenient position of the London Terminus at Euston •square as compared with Pad dington; which, to parties going to the City and most parts of the metropolis, may be considered as nearly equal to ten miles of rail day travelling. An unbroken narrow gauge communication will also be effected by means of this line between the Docks and Port of London and those of Gloucester, and there is no doubt eventually with Bristol, an object of considerable commercial importance. Worcester, and the important district of which it forms the centre, will also be brought by this line within the same distance of London as by .any other lines sanptioned by Parliament. ItlXving been decided by Parliament that (with some exceptions, not applying to the present case) all new lines of railway shall here after be constructed on the narrow gauge, it is obvious that the traffic of the districts accommodated by the proposed line will be best deve loped by a Company in connexion with the existing narrow gauge lines, giving, at the same time, to the public the advantaces of that competition which the Legislature have recently evinced their anxiety to establish between rivalCompantes.' ' Applications for Shares may be made, in the form 'given below, to the Secretary, at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 29, Great George. street, Westminster. -In the allotment of Shares, a prefer ence will be given to parties resident on the line, or having local interest. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional committee of the London, Oxfir 1, and Chelten ham Railway (provisenally registered). Gentlemen.—l request you will allot me shares in the above undertaking on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to accept the same or such less number as you shall allot to me. And I undertone to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Sub crlbei's Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required so to do. Dated this day of 1846. Name •• •• ... .... • • Residence .. •• •••••• • • Description •• •• •• •• Reference •• • • • •• • •* •• rintlE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! _ To be had at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross. The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, fhe advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com bustion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the fin( st fabric. Objections have made to the Introduction of gas in dwellin•-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS Iluz/cElt-" As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is com monly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candl., with the avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing every other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Enzineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, Sir,Tous RENNlE.Presklent, in the Chair. " A gas burner 01 a novel and Ingenious construction was exhibited. stemt hem o i middle (1: h e e o f button, the b bonier, The principal nsvelty was the introduction of a s.reain of air to the button in centre of the flame b h r e h a e te a d i , r an p r p s a in ss g ed u o p ut by two series of tire-holes around the periphery, and I.npinging with force on the flame o , the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, whle the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carhuretted hydrogen gas, produced a very p.qt,ct combustion, The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric rine burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, Mc Niel, and Co,'s Universa 3Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless turners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 to 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer. ROUT. LONGBOTTOSI, Secretary, CERTIFICATE, "In a series of experiments mado upon Clark, Mc Niel!, and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta Wished in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against argand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tall burners, No. 4, 40 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rior to any other burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. The UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER Is used nightly at the Poly. W Wit:iz 1111605114 C titution, and may be had and lean from ll till 4, at the gt.ISIA I MP; 411 Atka. • • LITO T WE TRAVELLiNG-.-SEA- 1 . jt_ SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, - only at 22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal - Exchange ; and the chief tlatna Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a Alin i yof name. placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the fieMitsittrhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped '• H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." N ATIONAL. LOAN FIJND LIFE ASSUR • ACE SOCIETY. 26, COItNIIILL LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured. has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the oremiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in— terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years ate granted on the lowest possible, rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying , from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. , t 56 P us In gg a Assured 0 p 0 reml u m . if I :ZIT . II l Cash. 5 g g may ?... = 13orrovr. _=l —._. _ _ _ _ ! _"----"•--- ---I—______ X X s. d. r 118371 ,18381 1000 3 4 1'1839 1840, :18411 , 1 .£217 15 I 'XI O O 011' I 192 3 0 87 1 4, 165 11 10 74 1 9' 116 7 6 54 0 101 111 6 8, 49 10 01 £l6 0 4X445 0 0 , 13 10 2 395 11 1 11 3 11 346 2 3 7 18 10, 296 13 4 710 41 '247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. T HE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 20, PALL-MAL L. Capital, 400,0001. JOHN ELIJAH BLUNT, TRUSTEES Esq. JOHN CONOLLY, M.D. SAYILLE CRAVEN HENRY OGLE, Esq., M.P. BANKERS. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co. Messrs. Martins, Stones,. and Martins. This Company effects every species of Life Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment. Four-fifths of the profits divided amongst the Assured on the par ticipating scale. This Company grants Tontine Annuities in Classes, according to Age, with benefit of Survivorsh, viz. : Class 5 including 20 to 25 years of age £3 11 5 Class 9 40 to 45 3 18 0 Class 13 60 and upwards 4 15 1 Example.—A party investing 1001. in Class 13 will, from the day of Investment, receive an Annuity of 4/. 15s. Id. per cent. per annum ; and on the completion of the number in his class, his Annuity will increase as his Companions die off, until it reach , s the sum of 1,001. per annum which be will enjoy curing the remainder of his life. Prospectuses may he had on application at the office. FERDINAND GRUT, Actuary and Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. 'On Thursday next will be published, in 12mo. ZUMPT'S SCHOOL GRAMMAR of the LATIN LANGUAGE. Translated and adapted for use in English Schools, by Dr. L. SCIIMITZ, F.R.S.E Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. With a Preface, written expressly for this Translation, by the Author. London; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ; Of whom may be 110, Svo. price 14s. cloth, ZUMPT'S LARGER_ LATIN GRA3I3tAR. Translated and adapteirbf Dr. SCHMITZ ; with the ARthor's sanction and co operation. " The best Latin grammar in existence. A work that ought to be in the library of—not only every Latin student, but every Latin scholar.",-Atheiimum. Just published, price 6d. plain, or Is. coloured (6d. extra If sent by post), T• FIE ORGANIC 'IIIEORY-of DOCTORS EXPO=.ED by the THIRD HYGEIAN PRINT, illustrating the various ways in which the Medical Profession (as a body) are in terestea in keeping up and teaching a fals e th eory i n M edicine, and also in using rank poisons in Medicine. This print tends more to open the eyes of the public to wrong medical treatment than any thing which has yet appeared. May be had at the British College of Health, New road; and at the - ilygeist Office, 368, Strand; London. It is the third illustration brought out by the British College of Health on this important question. COURT OF ALDERMEN. - =On Tuesday the first Court after the holidays was held. THE LORD MAYOR - CONSERVANCY OF THE UPPER PART OF THE TFIANES. The report of the Lord Mayor's visit to Oxford, and hia conservancy trip in the western district within his jurisdiction, was brought up and read. The following are extracts. We exclude a good deal of matter descriptive of the exceedingly warm reception given to his Lordship and the numerous party by which he was accompanied, at Oxford and other places to which the visit was extended. Atter having described the ele gant hospitality with which Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, of Bareldon House, entertained his Lordship and party, the report in substance goes on thus:— On Friday . morning, the - 7th of August, the Lord Mayor was, joined, a t R ea din g b y Thomas Raymond Barker, Esq., the chairman of the commissioners of the Thames navigation, and also by the Mayor of Reading, and embarked on board the state barge soon after eight o'clock. A large number of the inhabitants of the town were assembled on the banks to witness his Lordship's departure, and a considerable company were on board a barge decorated with Bags- and garlands of flowers, and attendcd by a• band of music, who accom panied the Lord Mayor nearly as far as Henley. During the progress down the river Mr. Barker ex plained to the Lord. Mayor the various works for the improvement of the navigation which had been executed by the commissio ners since Alderman Wilson's view, and Particularly the new bridge ar.d high towing-bridge just completed :thrive Henley lt appears that the Kennet and Avon Canal is now used in pi eference to the Thames and Severn Canal, as a - more desirable communiestiun between London and Bristol, in cons,quence of the present improved state of the navigation in the upper districts, and when the import ance of trade, by rail and navigation, between the citie) of London and Bristol, and the adjoining counties and districts, is duly considered, and how essential it is to the interests of all parties concerned that every facility should he afforded to retain and, if possible, increase the same, which can only be done by maintaining the line in the most efficient gate, and by suitable modification and reduction of tolls where it presses heavily on the public, it becomes obvious that surveys of a similar nature to the present, having fur their view those desirable objects, are requisite and important, as well as tend to keep up. a friendly communication and in tercourse between the local commissioners and the magistrates of the Corporation of London, rho, by virtue of their office, under the authority of Parha m( nt, are likewise commissiorers of the upper districts of the river Than .:s as batbre stated. The Lord Mayor, as c +nservator of the river Thames, feels it his duty to draw the park-ajar attention of the c;eirt to the various Acts of Parliament which have been passed from time to dine for Ire improvement of the navigation of the rivers Thames and Isis, and more particularly those of the 1 Ith tLe. 111., cap. 45, and the 35th Geo. M., cap. 106, under the provisions of which the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London f.ir the time being are constituted and appointed Commissioners of the upper districts from the City of London to the town of Crick lade, in the county of Wilts, feeling fully confident that unless the navigation in those districts is properly a'- tended to, the lucks and other works kept in good order and repair, and suitable reductions made in the tolls and lock-charges, it will be impossible for the barge-owners successfully to compete with the carriage of goods and merchandise by means of railway, and that consequently all interests connected with the abase portion of this noble river must be most seriously affected, if not ulti mately destroyed. His Lordship cannot refrain from alluding to the statement of the Chairman of the Com missioners as to the necessity of reducing the tolls on the whole line, and his hope that the private lockholders would consent to an unanimous scale of reduced tolls throughout the whole navigation. The Lord Mayor has now to report that he assured Mr. Barker that himself and his brethren, the aldermen, would readily attend the meeting of the commissioners whenever it was thought their attendance, advice, or assistance would in any way tend to promote the interest, or render any benefit to the navigation of the river. The Lord Mayor feels he cannot conclude this report without expressing his approbation of the general state of the work, both in the upper and the city districts, and of the improvements now being carried tut for the further benefit of the navigation ; and he avails himself of the present opportunity of conveying the assurance of the commissioners (as expressed by their chairman) of their satisfaction at visits like the present, which ma terially tend to keep up that mutual good understanding and friendship between all parties connected with the navigation of the river Thames. The Lord Mayor hav ing received from the town-clerk of Oxford a statement of their proceedings at the coronation of King Charles ti!e Second, on their claim to attend with the citizens of London and assist in the King's butlerage upon that occasion, on which they expressed in high terms the attention they experienced from the mayor and alder men of London, his Lordship annexed this document to the report. THE SCHOOLMASTER WA:WED.-SIX marriages were s.detnnised at our perish church on Sunday last. and, out of the twelve newly-married persons, only one could write his name. 01 the twelve witnesses to the ceremony not one could write. Thus, of twenty-four whose signatures should be in the register, twenty-three had to affix marks.—Prest on Chronicle Five pirates, one of whom is the famous George Negro were arrkd at Syra towards 049 ?Ad 9f last mouth, end throwa taco pm& BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—To-day, the excitement eaused by the visit of Prince Albert has passed away, the town has resumed its wonted appear ance, and the proceedings of the sections have observed their usual course, without the disturbance caused by the arrangements for " amusing his Royal Highness,'' as the president of . one of the sections observed, when a popular abstract of a paper had been read, instead of the paper itself. Nothing is said of another visit from the Prince, and the Brent gun of th e meet i ng, t h e gun cotton of Professor Schoenbein, will be fired off to-night with out the presence of the royal patron. In the hurry to save the railway train last eyeing. it was impossible to do more than give the results; oe,: Mr. Scott Ressell's ex perireieets en the resistsnce of railway trains at different velocities, I now return to that and to one or two other subjects which there eras no time to notice in yesterday's prticeedings.. RESISTANCE TO RAILWAY TRAINS.—The result of Mr. Scott Russell's experiments are so remarkable, and so opposed to all previous 'notions on the sub ject. that their iteenrucy may not unreasonably be questioned ; and dUring the discussion that ensued, when he was rr quired to detail the mode by which the re sults were attained, there seemed some reason to sup pose that the resistances noted were caused under dif fering eucumstances, so that the actual varying resistances by different velocities alone were not correctly given. Some of the results were taken from experiments made at different times and under various 'conditions, and a s most of the new experiments were made on actual work ing teaies, it may well be supposed that a difference vitt arise. Nevertheless, it is very remarkable, that otleosiy circumstances of the experiment, the resist ;met-steels velocity of 45 miles an hour should be less than at a velocity of 31; and still further strange is it, that whilst between a speed of 32 and of 33 miles an hour there is no difference in the resistance, that there should be between the velocities of 46 and 47 miles an hour, an increase of resistance from 23.11b5. to 33.71b5., arid be tween 50 and 51 miles a diminution of from 32.91b5. to 26.41b5. per ton; whilst between the velocity of 51 miles an hour, and of 53 there should be an increase from 26 41tes to 41.71b5. In the formula which corresponds to lerably closely with the results of experiment, Mr. Scott Russell estimated the friction at a constant quantity of about 61bs the ton; the next element in the resistance was the atmosphere, and this he estimated by multiplying the area by the pressure and by the square-of ,the velo city. The residue consisted of the various other causes of obstruction which tended to impede the progress of the train and occasion loss of power. One of these causes was the concussion of the earth by the moving train; for it was impossible the surface of the earth could be continually agitated by the passing trains without a great loss of power. Mr. Scott Russell offered no expla nation of the causes that could produce such extraordi nary results as his experiments exhibited. In s , the dis cussion that followed, Dr. Robinson. stated, in reference to the agitation caused by railway trains, that in his astronomical observations he:had perceived the 'surface of the mercury agitated at a distance.upwards of 7,000 feet from a moving traits, and as the concussion would be ex tended both ways, it would amount to an agitation of the earth over an aiea'bf the diameter of 1,500 feet. GEOLOGICAL 'TRUCTJRE OF • AUSTRALIA.—Among the papers read at the geological section yesterday was one by Mr. Jukes, giving a sketch of the geology of Australia. A portion of the sketch was of course only conjectural, but observing that a chain of hills passed -from New South Wales in a direction nearly parallel to the eastern coast, consisting of granite and other pri mary rocks, and that the order.of stratification was the same as in Europe, he concluded that the great level tertiary formations on the opposite coast were in the same order of succession, and that the geological axis of that country lies in the chain of hills from New South \Vales, and that there is no greatly elevated districts in the interior. EVENING LECTURE.—Yesterday evening. Mr Lyell de livered a discourse in the Assembly Rooms, " On the Valley and Delta of the Mississippi, and other points in the geology of the United States, from observations made in the years 1845 46.". The lecture was illustra ted by gigantic diagrams, exhibiting the principal rocks and strata, and their dispositions, iu the United States. There, as in this country, the same formations are ob served, and following in the same order. It is Mr. Lyeli's opinion that most of the geological formations were produced by the gradual though slow operations of time, and in the valley of the Mississippi he found abun dant evidence in support of his views. To the deposi tion of the mud and vegetable matter brought down by the stream of that mighty river he attributed the forma lion of the large peninsula of Florida ; and the appear ance-a the banks of the Mississippi, with parts of .the trunks of trees groWing over each other at all levels, formed, he thought, the eleinsnts of future coil fields. The room was very well attended, and the lecture was received with trilieh applause. ELECTRO-P'HYSIo7.• r. —This morning Matteuci mud,- a communication in French in the physical section, containing the summary of his researches in electro physiolegy. lie attributes muscular contraction to elec trical force, and he contended, that by the forms of the muscles end of the nerves, they were calculated to form voltaic batteries, and to become in the positive and nega tive states of electricity. The communication was re plete with interestit g speculetions and demonstrations ; but, as Professor Owen observed, they required to be read and considered before they could be perfectly un derstood. Sir J. Herschel said the Cause of muscular force had been hitherto not satisfactorily explained, and he made a few suppositions, merely with a view of discussion, to the effect that it, was possible that muscular contraction might be caused by the altered position of the muscles of muscular fibrine, supposiug them to continuous be ellipsoids, and that the changes of p , sition might be produced by electrical currents. Mt-. Carpenter maintained, on the contrary, that tri uscularcen traction is not due to nervous influence in many cases, and he felt confident that muscular fibrine is composed of tubes divided into sections longer than their dia meters. The contraction of these fibres, he said, was produced, not by reversing their positions, as conjec tured by Sir John Herschel, but by the depression of the longitude of sectional divisions. Another communication en a similar subject was made however, without refer r"bnye e Dr. to J t h o e s e a p c h t i B o n u o l lta electricityin w h ich ; merit of a bird from the egg, he described the devel o p- The proceedings in this section were considerably distal bed by the rattling of plates and knives in the ad joining room, preparatory to the general dinner, which is to take place this evening, INFLUENCH OF SPONGY PLATINA.—The Rev. Dr. Robins, n read a paper in the chemical section," On the Influence exerted by finely-dividNl Platina on the Elec trodes of a Voltameter." Thou g h the communication occupied a lorg time, the principal point which Dr. Hobinson's experiments were calculated to show was, that when the electrode s of a voltameter are covered with a finely-comminuted platina, the decomposition of water is effected nut only by a less powerful current of electri city, but when, in fact, there js apparently no active current whatever. He thought this effect analogous to other instances in which the 'inherent forces or attrac tions of bodies are increased by bringing them into closer , orif tier, by extending their surfaces. Mr. G Itt:VE agr - eed %sith' Dr. Robinson as to the cause f the incrtased and in cominenting on the subject he alluded to the peculiar fact, that ebullition in no cir cumsNnces seems to take place excepting from the sur fazt.e of solid bodies. The bubbles of air in a glass of Champagne, for example, always rise from the bottom or sides of the glass, and the steam of boiling water always collects in bubbles against the solid surface, and never rises from amongst the particles of the liquid. He was of opinion that, supposing it possible to heat water without con t act w i t h a solid surface, fluid would not boil till the whole mass burst into ebullition at once. THE TUBULAR BRIDGES.—In the mechanical section to-day Mr. Fairb‘h n read the whole paper, of which an abstract only had been given yesterday, respecting the proposed construction of tubular bridges over the river. Conway and the Menai Straits. The discussion that took place after the reading of the paper was very inte resting. The bridge at Menai, which is to be called the Britannia-bridge, will be supported on four piers, and the distance between the central piers will be 450 feet. The weight of the metal is estimated at 1,200 tons, and it will be constructed of wrought iron. Mr. Eyton sug gested that it would be better to strengthen the tube by inverted iron arches, to protect it from the action of the wind. Dr. Robinson said that, though the bridge might be quite strong enough to bear a dead weight, he thought the engineers ought to ascertain what was likely to be the resilient force on the sudden rushing of the engine on to the bridge. He apprehended also that the vibrations might be cumulative, and increase as the train advanced, until they produced a serious effect. At the same time he trusted to the skill and caution of the engineers, that they would make the tube sufficiently strong, and with respect to the calculated action of the wind at 50Ibs. to the square loot, he thought they had exceeded all possible effects of storms by one•half ; for a wind .acting with the power o f 501b s. o to f the square foot must be moving with the v e l oc it y 110 miles an hour. During the severest storm that he had known the velocity of the wind was not more than fifty miles an hour. Mr. Fairbairn, in reply to these and to other remarks, said chat not one-sixth of the estimated breaking weight could be placed on the bridge. The plates on the outside at the top would be nine sixteenths of an inch, and those inside would be half an inch thick. The bridge, from bank to bank, would consist of one rectangular tube, rivetted together and resting on the supports. To avoid the effect of vibration it was intendeti to lay the rails on vulcanised India rubber, about two inches thick. The tube would he elevated to its position in compartments, to be after wards rivetted together when fitted. The first compart ment nearest the pier would be raised on pontoons at high tide, and fitted into a rest at the bottom of a groove fixing the bridg e in the pier. u p w h ic h i t would be elev ate d by hydraithe p yi r a (: s a u h rti g . h Th w e in o d nly du r r is in k g to th b e e f r e a a i r sin ed g in the first compart ment, for when that was fixed the remainder would not he attended with risk. With respect to the stn.ngth the bridge to bear a lateral pressure, he said that had not yet been tried, but it would be efficiently tested on the model bridge, and the suggestions of Dr. Robinson respecting sudden impact, and the effect of continued vibration, should be attended to. The Presieent was compelled, by shortness of time, to put an end to the . disctussiou. CDINEESE METHOD OF BORING.—Mr. Vignolles read a paper in the mechanical sectivn on the Chinese method of boring, as practised on the Continent, and as appli cable to the boring of Artesian Wells, and for the venti lation of mines. The Chinese method, which has been in successful operation for two thousand years, consists in having a heavy weight, at the bottom of which is fixed the cutting tool, attached to a long rope, which is wound round an axle. The weight is drawn up for a few feet, and then allowed to fall, like the monkey of a pile-driving engine. By this means the .labour and time required to remove a rigid heavy rod, to withdraw the rubbish, is greatly saved, and the work proceeds far more quickly, and at much less cost. Though this method has been introduced on the Continent very suc cessfully, the prejudices of English workmen have pre vented its adoption in this country. The followitig is the list of all the papers read yester day:— . . SECTION A.—HATHEDIATICALAND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Phillips, Professor —Report on anemometry. Sykes, Colonel—On the fall of rain on the coast of Travancore. Brookes, C., Esq.—On a new self-registering ba rometPr, thermometer, and psychrometer. Miller, J. F.—On the fall of rain in the Cumberland Lake district. Lee, Dr.—On meteorological observations made at Alten in F►nmark, and Lee, Dr.—On the aurora, at Alten, in Finmark ; Christiana in Norway. Rankin, Thos., Esq.—Account of a halo, paraselene, and remarkable aurora borealis. Dolland, G., Esq.—On an atmospheric recorder. Childers, W. W., E,q.—On the meteorology of Jersey. SECTION B.—CHEMICAL SCIENNE, INCLUDING . ITS APPLI CATIoN TO AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS. Forchammer, Professor—On comparative analytical researches on sea water. Oersted, IL C., Professor—On the changes which mercury sometimes suffers in glass vessels hermetically sealed. Rose, IT., Professor—On a second new metal (pelo pium) in the Tantalite of Bavaria. Leeson, Dr.—On the crystallography and a new goniometer, illustrated by apparatus and models. Connell, Professor—Analysis of the American nema lite, Daubeny, Dr.—On Cavendish's experiment respecting aie production of nitric acid. Percy, Dr., and Miller, Professor—Report on crystal ine slags. Gassiot, J. P., Esq., F.R.S.—On the electricity of .ension in the voltaic battery. SECTION C.-GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Buckland, Very Rev. Dr.—On the applicability of M. Fauvelle's mode of boring artesian wells to the well at Southampton, and to other wells, and sinkings for coal, salt, and other mineral beds. Forbes. Professor E.—On some natural history phe nomena bearing on geology, observed since the last meeting. Forchhammer, Dr.—On arctic currents, as exhibited in the distribution of the north drift. Jukes ' J. 8., F.G.S.—N o ti ce o f some tertiary rocks in the Islands, stretching from Java to Timor. Ditto—Sketch of the geological structure of Australia. SECTION D.-ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. Owen, Professor—On the vertebral structure of the skull. Thompson, Mr. W.—Zoology of Lough Neagh (the entomological part by Mr. Halliday). Portlock, Captain—On the natural history of Corfu. Allman, Professor—On the structure of Christatella mucedo. Owen, Professor—On the embryogeny of pulmogrades and ciliogrades, by Mr. J. Price. SECTION F.-STATISTICS. Guy, Dr.—On statistics of life in professional men. Neeld, Mr.—Report on the criminal and miscellaneous statistics of the police in Manchester. Knowles, Mr.—On the supply of coal in Great Britain. Porter, Mr. G. R.—Report on the iron manufacture of Great Britain. SECTION G.-MECHANICS. Sharp, Mr.—On gas meters. Ricardo, Mr. M.—A description and models of sett, registering mechanism for recording the velocity and resistance of railway trains. Fairbairn, Mr.—Gave a short account of the experi ments in connexion with the proposed tubular bridges across the Conway and Menai Straits. The subject will be renewed to-morrow, Tuesday, the 15th inst. Russell, Mr. Scott.—Account of some recent experi ments on railway trains, for the determination of the resistance at high velocities. SUBSECTION OF ETHNOLOGY. Jukes, J. 8., Esq.—On the aborigines of Newfound land. Lytham, Dr. R. G.—Remarks on a Newfoundland voeahulary. Jukes, J. 8., Efq —Varieties of th%hunian race in the neighbour h..rod of To rres Straits. Port Essington —On the inhabitants of Port Essington. I)avit•s, H. 8., Esq.—On the Tasmanians. Von Middendorf, Professor—Ethnological notes on Siberia. Brien, Captain—On the Africans of the neighbour hood of Bonny. Freeman, Rev. T. B.—On the inhabitants of Prince's. Island. Retzins, Professor—On the ethnological distribution of ronnd and elongated crania. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST RIDING UNION. The first general ordinary meeting of shareholders in the West Riding Union district of railways, was held on Monday, at the large room of the White Lion Hotel, Halifax. Upon the motion of Mr. G. POLLAND, H. W. Wick ham, Esq., took the chair. Mr. Orri.Er, the secretary, read the report of the directors, which glanced at the formation and progress of the company. In the last stages the supporters of the West Riding Union Railways received an unfavour able reverse at the hand of the Standing Orders' Com mittee, and it required the greatest exertion of the Manchester and Leeds directors and the Members of Parliament for the borough and the riding to obtain a second reading before the Committee. In the end the directors of this company conceded terms to the Liver. pool and Leeds Company, whereby the opposition of that company was withdrawn. The Bill was next opposed by the Huddersfield and Manchester Company, who applied for a branch to Bradt4d, which was a vital part of the West Riding scheme; but their application was unanimously rejected. The directors reported that it was the opinion of Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. Randshaw that the project of the company, as at present sanctioned by Parliament, was more complete than any of the rival schemes brought forward last year; and those gentlemen were of opinion that the directors acted properly in withdrawing from their original scheme. The capital of the company was two millions, in 100,000 shares of 201. Of these the number of 29,070 had been allotted to the Manchester and Leeds Company, 29,070 to the scripholders in the late West Riding Junction Company, 29,070 to the late West Yorkshire Company, .9,375 to the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Company, and 3,417 in part dis charge of 12,000 , bares agreed , to -be given to the Liver-• pool and Leeds Company, and the residue of the 12,000 shares to be borrowed from the Manchester and Leeds Company. The total length of the lines. including three short works, is 45k, and the sum of 194,7111. 9s. 10d. had been received in deposits. The directors were not able to state the exact liabilities of the company; but the following was as near the mark as possible:— Deposits received with interest 'Disbursements paid far land, engineering, &c. £27,283 Property at Bradford Interest due to Mr. Wright.... £30,964 Balance in hand The directors expected to be able to cut the first sod of the railways at the latter end of October, and the Right Honourable Charles W oo d, ;M.P., hadbeen requested to perform the ceremony, The whole of the shares of the company would be conveyed to the Manchester and Leeds Company on the 18th of November, and Manches ter and Leeds scrip would be issued for the same. It would be necessary to adjourn the present meeting,.to affix the seal of the company on the register of proprie tors ; and it was proposed to adjourn the meeting to the 17th of November next. The meeting would also have to appoint auditors, and the directors recommended Messrs. Rawdon, Briggs, and William Walker to the office. The CHAIRMAN next briefly addressed the meeting offering his sincere congratulations on the result of their, labours. They had bad a very arduous battle to fight, and the district had been anxiously expecting the forma tion of those lines of railway. He believed that the lines which had been adopted by the engineer to the West Riding Union had given general satisfaction to the people in the different districts. Consequently the directors did expect on their arrival in London to have an easy game before them, but this had not been the case. They had, however, felt the utmost confidence in the correctness of their books of reference, which had been compiled with great labour and care. After paying a compliment to Mr. Hawkshaw, the Chairman stated that in a short time this company would be amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Company, this company having the advantage of receiving dividends upon any of the lines as soon as they were completed, and he had no doubt but that the result would be increased returns to both companies. It was intended to proceed with the works with all possible dispatch. Some of the tunnels would be immediately commenced, as they would be a work of considerable time, and the lines leading to them would be commenced afterwards. The object of the directors, however, was to start every main line, in order that the 33,000 inhabitants of the district might receive the benefit of railway accommodation at the earliest pos: sible period.—(Applause.) He should be happy to answer any question that might be put to him. A SHAREHOLDER asked the Chairman' whether one remark which he had made was not at variance with the Manchester and Leeds policy. It appeared that they were going to have the branches of the West Riding Union scheme commenced all at once. Wh en they took into • • COiildellt4oll the mount of 0404 t h at would wo EXETER LINES. The railroad question still maintains an unabated in terest in this good city. The county, both east and west, has been seized on by the surveyors, and rumour is active in preparing the public mind for an extraordinary development of projects both broad and narrow, to occupy the attention of the forthcoming session of Par liament. The Great Western Company are suddenly enamoured of a short line, and claim a right to put the hest gauge upon the shortest route. The South-Western Company are prepared to meet them with a comprehen sive harrow gauge project, which shall study the requite naents of the whole western district of country. The several companies which appeared in connexion with the South-Western last year, are now to be merged into a South-Western Extension Company, which will be iden tified with the South-Western itself, and the stock of the old companies is probably to be exchanged for the South-Western Extension stock. Negotiations to effect this arrangement are, we understand, now pending. The Great Western have been taught a severe lesson. They hare learnt that a cathedral city is not to be so easily extinguished as some of their flatterers imagined, and that a community of some 40,000 souls possesses a means of operating on public opinion (especially when it has justice and common sense on its side) with a degree of effectiveness and power which even a great compaey cannot afford to despise. It is unnecessary now to ask if a line of railway preferring the northern coast as much as it well can on its road to Exeter, and thence crossing to the south coast, and begging that from Exeter ti Plymouth, and thence to, Falmouth, can be received as the sole trunk line of the west ? Common sense answer:: that it cannot. The Great Western Company have a right to ind u l ge i n a great roundabout prepensi y. They hare a right to neutralise the merits of the it gauge by the circuitousness of their route—they have a right to clap ten miles of way upon the natural distance between Exeter and Plymouth (considering perhaps that now our good bishop talks of beginning to think about corvine back to his palace a few years hence, the further these two towns can be placed apart the better)—the great company hare a right to outrage common sense, and to set at nought public feeling, and to scorn L.cal advice, and turn a deaf ear to local eppeals—but having neg lected to take the straight path, and to construct the trunk line of the West of England, they have no right to stand as obstru c tiv es i n th e wa y o f persons ready and willing to do the work which it is their fault that it now remains to be done. The trunk line must and will be made. The Great Western people have decided that it is to be a narrow gauge line, for they have steadfastly refused to make a broad gauge trunk line. Circumstances render a narrow gauge the best line, because the Legislature has deter mined to limit the extension of the broad gauge, and a narrow gauge line restoring to Exeter, in the first place, her old direct line of route to London, and the revival of her connexions with the several towns thereon—and in the second place connecting the great arsenals of the empire together, and placing the western port of Fal mouth in junction with London, Manchester, and the great marts of commerce, by an uninterrupted and un broken line of communication—all this, we say, will show the citizens of Exeter, and the community at large, the importance of supporting the direct line. With respect to the speed of the two gauges, let it be remembered that we are in the infancy of the atmos pheric system of traction, and that it is calculated that a speed of 75 miles an hour may be obtained upon it ; this rate of speed is frequently attained on the Croydon line, although the machinery was made with the imperfection necessarily attendant on inexperi ence. If the atmospheric succeed, the great charm of the broad gauge is lost, and the expen siveness of its construction will alone remain. The triumph of the atmospheric will be a tower of strength to the narrows, and that triumph the broad gaugers are doing their best to consummate. We are assured, on all sides, that the atmospheric principle is daily surmount ing the difficulties which novelty and inexperience en tailed upon it, and that when the South Davon line is opened with it, the locomotives will be banished. We should entrust the South-Western wit atabsolute power as reluetan ly as we should the G rea t W estern . But it is due to the South-Western to say, that they have never outraged public opinion 8) offensively as the Great Western have ; nor have they di•.regarded local feeling so much ; whilst they have studied the feelings and comforts of the poor third class passenger to a very eminent degree. We do not want to prefer one com pany to the other, we want to prefer both to either— give us the old direct road—and above all, give us cum • petition. . The success of the atmospheric will equalise the bpeed of both the gaug..s.— Westem Timcs. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BECKLEY, SEPT. 12.—The hops are a little better than last week; they average about 65 bushels to the cwt. Duty estimated at 200,0001. BURWASH, SEPT. 12.—Hopping goes on vigorously; some planters, whose grounds have been cleared pretty fast, will finish in a few days. Many plantations are be ginning now to indicate the necessity of proceeding with the picking as fast as possible: a high temperature is pro ducing a rapid change in them. The weight of the hops has improved a little during the past week. Opinions here are against the present high estimate of duty. Ex perienced planters will keep tieir produce at present out of the market, in the belief that better prices than those now prevailing, will be realised. EASTHOATHLT, SEPT. 12.—The hop-picking here abouts is proceeding rapidly. Ni vir was weather more favourable for the pickers; in many instances their la bours have been brought to a close, and the poles stripped and stacked, which gives to the gardens a very winterly appearance. Many have still a fortnight's pi:king, but we fear by that time the quality of the hop will be much deteriorated. The weight in general about here will come far short of what was at one time expected, but the number of bushels grown doubtless far •:xceedi, that of many years past, in some instances supassing the num ber of hills on which they. were grown. GOODHURST, SEPT. 12.—We are progressing very nicely with our hop-picking, getting more bushels than we expected, but not any more in weight; some pieces are going off very much in colour, in consequence of the severe drought; there will be but very few more good coloured samples. The duty is considered too high at 200,0001. eIIESTLING, SEPT. 12.—The hops in this and the neighbouring parishes are very large and plentiful. At many places pickers are obliged to leave off before night, in consequence of getting more hops than the oast can take. Samples are very good, but require 70 to 73 bushels per cwt. HOItSMONDEN, SEPT. 13.—We have a general com plaint that the hops do not weigh well, though the number of bushels anticipated is in most cases realised. There are some splendid t , amples produced in this parish. but at present prices we trust our planters will not be so insane as to part with their hops, as Irom the great deficiency in their weight we think the duty very much overset. lIURSTOREEN. SEPT. 13.--The hop-picking is draw ing to a close in this parish, Salyhurst, and adjuining parish, Etchinghatn; many of the farmers will finish this week. The hops still continua very light-70 or 80 bushels to the cwt.; and the general opinion is that the duty is estimated too high in London ; the set here is about 185,000/. IDEN, SEPT. 12.—The hops are a little improved since my last report, as it does not require so many bushels to the cwt. as they hitherto have done. MAYFIELD, SEPT. 13.—The picking goes on rapidly. The weather still favourable for the planter. Never was there a finer season. Should the fine weather pre vail another week or ten days, it will be brought to a close. In some instances the red rust has got bold of the hop, but not sufficient to injure the samples; and they weigh considerably better than at the commence ment of the hop picking. Do not consider the duty over set. NORTRIAM, SEPT. 12.—The hops weigh a trifle bet ter than they did at the commencement of the hop pick ing, but they are still light; we hear of none coining under seventy bushels to the cwt. The picking will pretty generally close this week. In many grounds the hops are going off very fast. WADRURST, SEPT. 13.—Hop•picking still goes on most favourably, owing to the fineness of the weather, but the hops do not weigh much better than last week. One gentleman's hops run about 65, whilst others re quire 75 bushels to make a cwt. We have plenty of pickers, and the consequence is they do not work long days, as was the case last year, which makes than rather dissatisfied, many of them coming froin a °rm•at distance. Duty set at 195,0001., and many emiir. nt planters think that. too high, as some of the hops w. re picked before the condition had arrived at its maturity. The mould makes sad havoc in some few instances Sussex Advertiser. The young Prince de Montfort, second son of Jerome Buonaparte, and nephew of the King of Wurtemburg, arrived in London on Saturday last. He proceeded immediately to Bath, where he intends to his cousin, Prince Napoleon Louis. It is known that, by the death of Louis Buonaparte, ex-King of Holland, the chief representa - tive of the Imperial family, is now the ex-prisoner of Ham, Prince Napoleon Louis. There is now' exhibiting at Valencia, says the Espanol of Madrid of the sth. a child 14 months o!d, half of whose body is black and half white, covered with ex traordinary marks. Its legs are deformed—one of its arms is nearly in the natural state, but the other is like that of a monkey.. Mohmi La! agd (Suite las arrived is Pails, en role for &mils. • ' TILE DOUBLE MARRIAGE, (From the Times.) With all our affection and admiration for the Spanish, we must say that - they are a most provoking people. They are always a day too late for actien. They quietly allow • themselves to be circumvented, and then affect the utmost indignation andsurprise when they find them selves at the Mercy of a stranger. To be sure, they do More than affect indignation ; they are apt to give it even a too genuine end actual expression. He a ho - en. traps a Spaniard, to use a proverb which Sancho Parma would doubtless have expressed in the idiOM of La Mancha, has only succeeded in "catching a Tartar." His work is to Come. The most furious and practi ca l vengeance, howev e r, - makes but poor amends for an evil which might have been prevented. Spain knows too well whom it has to thank for the unfortunate lapse it now so vehemently deplores. It knows how little satis faction the progress of Spanish affairs can possibly have given to England for several years. What encourage ment was there for us to interfere ? Nay, what possibi lity? What right had we to step in and dictate to Spain an utter renunciation of the blood royal of France ? Spain is not like the Celestial Empire, secluded from "barbarian " intercourse, and restricted to the immediate kindred oldie moon for its imperial alliances. leis one of the European family, and, like the other members of that family, it has good reason to desire for its princes foreign, rather than domestic, intermarriage. The question then re mains, " Who. are the Infantas of Spain to marry?" • Spain is a_ nation, and the Spaniards are men. It is for them to answer the question. Spain will soon or late assert and maintain its independence of action. Woe to the nation that attempts to interfere! Had we volun teered ever - SO judicious advice at this juncture, had we seconded that advice with the necessary amount of im- • portunity, intrigue, and intimidation, and had the result aver so thoroughly . justified our wisdom and honesty, we should still have inflicted an incurable wound on jealous Castilian pride. Where nations are concerned, the greater the kindness the less the obligation. At the very moment that this question came on Spain was in the attitude of a masked arid energetic ind-•pendence, as far as this country was concerned. We positively have had no more to de with the present state of affairs at Madrid than %%WI those mysterious revolutions which the palaces of St. Petersntegti will sometimes accomplish with se.mucli'-eo44rier and eff et. We were invited when our service*. wer=e required, and dismissed, with scarcely the civility of a bow, the moment that Spanish liberty thought it could do without us. So far from taking umbrage at this cavalier treatment—note withstanding the serious cost and scandal of the support we rendered to the throne of Labelle—notwithstanding the fact that Spanish liberty is a defaulter to a prodie gious amount on the British Exchange, we can still con sole ourselves by remembering that, at all events. Spain is goy. ruing her.,elt: Self-government is a men d prin ciple in England. We forget all sacrifices, we endure all ingratitude, when we bear that a nation is free and inde pendent. To diffuse over the world the constitutional liberty we enjoy is the height of our simple ambition. We bad once the consolation of believing that we had im parted that liberty to Spain. Full Ilium. That consolation is no more. Have we no right to feel aggrieved? . Had we no claim to be consulted? The King of the French and his own Ambassador shell answer this question. If his Majesty. has not done us an injury, why does he adopt so gratuitously the• appearance of an il licit transaction? The man whose h',ur is the midnight, whose entrance is the back lane, and whose implements ere the dark-lantern and the bar, we may he well assured is conscious of some impropriety in his errand. Louis Philippe is the very worst consulter of appear ances in the %odd if he has not committed a crime against Europe. Go to Madrid. Who is this that slips out of the palace at seven o'clock in the morning, so early for business, so late for fe s ti v i t i es ? What orgies have been celebrated in the domicile of two royal maidens for whose safety the chivalry of Europe is en gaged? There are gentlemen in the Freneh metropolis who derive the distinctive name of their peculiar indus try from the unembarrassed air with which they walk out of a house early in the morning, after spending the night in appropriating the flower of its contents. This man is a Frenchman. Is he one of the class ? 'The chevalier d'industrie who is practising on the sim plicity of the natives of Spain is no less a person than the accredited and most confidential agent of a great King. He carries off an Infanta in his sack. Couriers and telegraphs, and the still speedier movements of that infallible sympathy which plays between the soul of am bition and its instruments, inform Louis Philippe of his prize. The fact thus far accomplished, the Spanish people is at liberty to know what Christina and the French Ambassador have done with its Sovereign and the'presumptive heir to the throne. If it has the curiosity, ale), to inquire into the means, it may learn a few particulars which possess now no more than a merely historical interest. But between Louis Philippe and • Christina the -matter is settled. That is enough for Spain. We are not unreasonable in questioning that which invites suspicion. Does the etiquette of royal marriages in Spain enjoin the formalities of a bur glary ? Unfortunately everything that one hears tills out the character which the authors themselves have impressed on the act. Two little girls in the heart of a palace, importuned, cajoled, beleagured, menaced, and no mortal man can say what besides, by a Christina and a M. Bresson, for days and for nights, till they should surrender, present a drama which would not be attempted in any other country than Spain, and which no other than Spain would endure. We, indeed, are accustomed to midnight consultations, but it is when e hundiVs are arrayed against hundreds, men against men, in Vie man!v a - Feeeet of a popular senate. No British statesman can preterid to a parallel with the . a nocturnal triumphs of thi s dipl oma t s , , Lothario, nor say with him— "Once, in a lone and secret hour of night, When ev'ry eye was closed, and the pale moon And stars alone shone conscious of the theft, Haply I stole unheeded to her chamber. That minute sure was lucky." But the same colour of artifice, and something evert worse, extends to every circumstance of the affair. The time of the year was happily chosen, when neither the British nor the French Parliament was sitting. The former had almost that very day closed its long annual labour. The whole representative system of Etirops was in abeyance. Cabinets were dispersed. Public men of every class, worn out with the busiest year that the chronicles of peace ever showed, were off to rustications and tours. The world was from home. There was one who surveyed the political solitude, as other men, not more ingenious in their line, will survey at this moment one of our west-end mansions. That was his time. The work might then be done and digested by Pat".litt meets, Chan hers, and Cortes at ti -, eir leisure. The British Legislature would have been formidable; but, in February, how many other affairs will have overhici marriage in Spain! As fur the British Cabinet, so long as they had no absolute right:to forbid the banns, what mattered their dumb; or at least inefficacious disgust ? It is out of the question to mention another party, whose acquiescence, if not approbation, might have been desi derated. The name of Queen Victoria belongs to a wry different order of things than the clandestine affair at Madrid. The Spanish have put themselves almost last in the question. Volenti non fit injuria. If they really in tend to receive the blow, they almost disarm their foreign protectors. Still, friendship, unavailing and un appreciated as it may be, requires us to mention h ow Spain has been treated. Is there the least, the hollowest pretence, that this alliance is tolerable to the nation? We say not the employes. but the nation. The Cortes will soon be convoked. The harangues of that debating society, so respectable if it had only something to do, will be duly recorded, under Ministerial correction, in the journals of Madrid. With these harangues the mat ter will end. Louis Philippe knows with whom he has to deal in that quarter. They do not excite very lively apprehensions. If there is an error in the policy of France it is that its estimate of Spain is too clearly re vealed. But perhaps this is superfluous criticism. An indignity which is swallovted cannot be considered very impolitic. Other nations may feel for Spain. but what is that when Spain does not feel for herself? Should her Nav sensibilities r aez recalled beexcittto h d tois post.a Theninconv menieann of h inconvenientpitch, behold situacion is at hand. The French know how to lay by, and how to resume a weapon. They can adapt the means to the end. The bully will b•!ck up the abduc tion. Christina will return to Paris, and Narvaez to Madrid. Difontpensier will wait the consolidation of that " French party " of which the Spanish nnister has the courage to be est. Such is the 'new phase of Spanish affairs. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDLING JUNC TION RAILWAY.—SUNDERLAND, MONDAY NIGHT.—This morning an accident of a very serious nature occurred on the above railway, which is a branch line of the York and Newcastle (late Newcastle and Darlington) Com pany. A variety of reports, most of them grossly c xage gerating the occurrence, are afloat, but the following particulars may be relied upon, having been collected from parties who witnessed the accident, and other authentic sources :—The half past five down train from Newcastle lett Gateshead station for Sunderland as usual. It proceeded safely, and without the least danger being indicated, until it arrived between Ful well and Cleadon, about two miles from the Monk weannouth terminus, and near a farm-house called the Blue-house. Here the connecting rod of the locomotive engine snapped in two; one of the pi_ces was forced into the groend,- and the engine and tender were thrown off the rails, on the west side of the.road, a short dis tance from the way. The chain by which the carriages were fastened instantly broke, and by the violence of the jerk these were Need off the line, on the east side of the road, and two of them fell completely over. The carriages Ml on some stone blocks or sleepers, which had been taken out to have wood sleepers substituted, and were smashed to pieces. In the train altogether there were eight carriages, six of a hick did not receive any damage. The guard was seated on the top of the latter, and he retained his seat until the tram was brought to rest. When he got off he, saw the fireman, a young man named .Joseph Henri, rsn, lying on a stone block, having been thrown from the tender. He wra ;..severely bruised about his shoulder and neck. , The engiaemart, Richard hall, was next found t r at the end of the engine, in a state of insensi bility, with his head seriously cut, and his body scalded. The passengers fortunately were few, owing to the early 1., ur al which the tram started —net numbering More than eight altogether, and of thee only two, a boy and an old woman, were in the broken e,irt iage% • They were tOund lying in the bottom of the carriages in a state of great terror,.but. happily, beyond the shock they had not received ,pny ,iejury, The two poor fellows, Hall and Henderson, were, removed to Sui.derland in a cart, and taken to a house in Thereas.-street, where medical aBq,-tnce was provided for theni. "Hall is so severely injured that he is not expected to eeetiver; -Henderson was doing well whet' the latest inquniesewere made, although by no means out of da ,, ger. lied this accPent happened to any train on Sunday, in all probability many lives would have been sacrificed. To STAR G AZERS .—The planet Saturn is now visible on clear nights, in the south-astern quarter ,4erreilil 1/01W0ell Cep and Glom o'clwk.