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state that it was found impossible to bring her before the Court unt 1 this morning. In answer to Mr. TYRWHITT, she stated that she hid been in a good situation near Russell-square, and had been led to commit suicide in consequence of another servant inducing her, two nights since, to go out with her for a walk, and on returning later than she had in tended to the house, she fou❑d the doors locked, and she was in consequence compelled to walk the streets. Feel ing the disgrace of having stopped out all night she had determined to put an end to her existence. The prisoner's sister here stepped forward and said she had hitherto borne an unimpeachable character, having been in the situation which she had just left for the last five years. With the magistrate's permission, she and her husband would undertake to look after her for the future. Mr. TYRWHITT, in a most kind and feeling manner, commented upon the rash act which she had attempted to commit, and said it was as great a sin ti commit suicide as it was to commit murder. He hoped that her master would take her back again and restore her to her former situation. Her friends having promised to look after her, he should, under the circumstances, hand her over to them, hoping that she would not do the like again. THE TAX ON ADVERTISEMENTS. The Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge have issued an address to the advertisers of Great Britain, in which they say— " We would point out to you the injurious effects of the duty upon advertisements, in the hope that we shall have the advantage of your subscription and in fluence to aid our association in bringing to a success ful termination our efforts to obtain the repeal of all taxes on knowledge. They amounted, during the year 1849, to—The excise on paper, 867,1'21/. 1 le. ; the duty of is. 6d. each on advertisements, 158,164/. 16s. ; the penny stamp on newspapers, 350,289/. 9s. 4d.—all three taxes directly tend to swell the costs of advertising, not so much by the amount of the duty, as by the impediment they offer to circulation. A n ad v ertiser may be considered in the light of a steward to the public, spending a large sum, which is ultimately to be repaid in the price of the article ; therefore any saving in the cost of advertising is a general and public benefit, as effecting a reduction in the cost of the article itself. The inequality and partiality of the duty consists in its being levied only on announcements in periodicals (leaving untaxed posting bills, cir culars, placards in omnibuses, or rail carriages, and all other announcements), and in the charge being without discrimination, either of the value of the thing advertised, the length (whether one or 100 lines), or of the number of impressions printed. The tables printed in the report of the Par liamentary Committee (which sat last session), show ing the number of newspaper stamps issued du ring thirteen years to the various papers in Great Britain, form a valuable guide as to how your money may be Judiciously invested when circulation alone is con sidered. From them may be gathered; that of an advertisement inserted in the seven best selling papers 350,000 impressions are circulated at a cost for duty (at ls. 6d. each) of 10s. 6d. ; and that the duty for the same number of impressions obtained from the average selling papers of Great Britain (taken at 1,500 each) would amount to 171. 10. i. This disproportion is Increased by bad debts, and must remain as long as the tax is levied in the present mode, and forms a serious impediment to advertisers who would avail themselves of the local and class papers, Which papers are those deliberately read by country gentlemen and men of leisure, and those which penetrate to the family interior. The aggregate of a six months' sale would, of course, compensate for the sm a ll e r indi vidual editions, and this invaluable medium might be secured by a standing adverti semen t were it no t that the duty is re-imposed at each change of date, preventing such an arrangement for price as would be equally advantageous to the advertiser, the news paper proprietor, and the public. To sh ow thi s disproportion more evidently, suppose an advertise ment in a paper circulating 36,000 shall cost 7s, Which sum represents—share of paper, printing, coin position, ss. 6d., and duty once, ls. 6d., 7s. The same put into a country newspaper circulating 1,500 would require its insertion twenty-four times to get 36,000, costing the newspaper proprietor as before for paper, printing, and composition, ss. 6d., but he would have to pay duty 365.-21. ls. 6d. The labours of our as sociation hav e b een carr i e d on hitherto, mainly by the contributions, in time and money, of a few earnest friends to education w h o d es ired to remove the evils of the taxes on knowledge. The present time offers every probability of effecting their final removal, if an energetic protest be made to the Government:' LORD CO WLE Y. The a p po i ntment o f L or d C ow l ey t o succee d the Marquis of Normanby in Paris is a choice that will Five) we believe, very general satisfaction. The first requisite for such a choice was that the object of it bad taken be, part in those struggles of parties and Preferenceof persons which have agitated Paris. It Would have been unwise to name any diplomatist, This , as an Orleanist, or inclining to Bonapartism. This atone would set aside a number of able men from the p os t o f E ng li s h am b assa d or i n P ar i s . The Marquis of Clanricarde; was spoken of; but he is of the known opiniun of Lord Palmerston. Lord Clarendon was mentioned, but he who is said to have refused the seals of the Foreign -office was not likely to embark in such a troublous sea of diplomacy at Paris. Lord Canning was thought of ; but his Lordship has identified himself of late years with the foreign politics of the Morning Chronicle, than Which nothing could be more illiberal or reactionary. Lord Cowley has been out of the turmoil of English and French politics. Though come of a Tory stock, he took a decidedly liberal view of German politics. Those opinions were fearlessly professed, though not carried out in any way that was intermeddling or offensives. We are glad to see a politician so liberal, at least so little bound by Tory or aristocratic tradition, %Voluted to watch over British interests in a country every way so anomalous and new as France has become since the accession of Louis Napoleon to unlimited Power. The Marquis of Normanby has shown himself very susceptible of newspaper reports. We do not Mean offence, nor fear denial, however, when we State that Lord Normanby was, however innocently, the cause of Lord Palmerston's resignation or dis missal. Lord Palmerston, it is well known, expressed himself in London to Count Walewaki in terms which did not harmonise with Lord Normanby's language In Paris. The President of the French Republic Mentioned, and showed proofs of this discrepancy to Lord Normanby, who appealed to the Government at home. These circumstances led to Lord Palmerston's Withdrawal from Downing-street, an . d Lord Nor- Manby's retirement from Paris. Th is mere outline of facts will be useful for the appreciation and under standing of debates that must ensue, as w ell as for affordin g a c l ear v i ew o f the relative position of the two Governments.—. Daily News. SOUTHSBA IMPROVEMENTS.—The Board of Ord Lance have plac e d a t th e di s p osa l of Lord Frederick Fitzcla rence (on the application of Major Harvey, A.D.C.) a mortar, Which Lord Frederick intends to be placed on a handsome stone pedest a l w ith a su i ta b le i nscr i pt i on, we believe in the centre of the Governor's field, in commemmoration of the -Noble Duke's landing here after the late war.—Portsmouth Guardian. CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—A few days ago, as some of the workmen in the manufactory of Messrs. Banks, Son, and Co., Gretna Pencil log of cedar, the large saw cm w e ere in en c g on ag ta e c d t in wi p th lae a ki h n a g rd a foreign substance near the centreto b of the timber, which, on examination, was discovered one of the blades of a pair of scissors about four inches * 6 ex isted in the timber around it, thatsoirlength. No orifice in the age of the thrust into that position at an early tszatural growth, .it must have been tree, which subsequently, in the courfieero7:l the timber, from grow b i vt of the completely encompassed it. The derh must have so the outer extremity of the scissor b ade to tree, which must have been of subsequent great as to demonstrate that about 70 years elapsed since it w deposited there, most probably ; y thrusting it into the tree. It was in perfect preservation, and was remarkably well finished for the period indicated by , the circumstance we have stated. The timber is believed to have grown in the vicinity of New Orleans, and according to thevabove calculation, the article was placed in the position described during the height of the American War of Inde pendence. THE LATE Mn. ROBERT BURNS.-It has been generally stated by the press that this young man, who was recently murdered by the Bornean pirates, was a g rand? on of the Scottish bard. He is no relation whatever. The un fortunate Mr. Burns was a native of the north of Ireland, and came to Glasgow a few years ago, a s assistant to his brother-in-law, a respectable draper on the south side of the river. Being of an enterprising disposition, however, he sailed from the Clyde for Singapore in the summer of 1.8 , 16; and finally formed a connexion as a trader on the eastern seas, in which vocation he was employed when murdered by the pirates. He was about twenty-seven years of age.— Glasgow Herald. A. CONVICT PARDONED. — Mr. Thorncroft (the as sistant overseer) mentioned to the magistrates at the bench, on Monday, that a person named John Bellamy, who was sentenced last August, at the Central Criminal Court, to seven years' transportation, for administering drugs to one Louisa Meredith for a criminal purpose, had very recently received a free pardon under the following circumstances : Ile (Mr. Thorncroft) happened, a few weeks ago, to have one of the jury, who found Bellamy guilty, staying at his house. The subject of the trial came up, and the assistant overseer felt satisfied in his own mind, from the character of the woman, she having been twice committed from this parish on charges for deserting her child, that Bellamy was not guilty, and he consequently mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Montagu Scott, who was then on the bench. Mr. Scott requested the assistant overseer to draw up the parti culars, so far as he knew them, and he promised to commu nicate with the Secretary of State on the subject. The ' w orthy magistrat e did so • an inquiry by Government was instituted, and' th e result was a f ree pardon for Bellamy.— Bright on G azette. FORCE mammathih l t r o en ro vi ll er aeo Of HABIT.—Air. Stumps, the celebrated cricketer of of the Zingari Club, dining lately at a house where o br ought rango down to cessert, was requested by Mr. Stumps " delivered ~ •such address that it bowled over the I the orange with down the table for Master Jackey. port and sherry, ar a t ju g the Instead of apologisin for flooded papa s legs 'with the wine. at the end of the table, between height of his cricketi g ng his mishap, Mr. Stumps, in the sang froid called out, '6 H enthusiasm, and with characteristic "V ' a that, umpire ?"-- The Noah* I 4 ... THE SUN, THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW: No. CXCIII.' Descartes, the wonderful Descartes, is the man whose genius has in the current number of the Edinburgh been selected for examination by one of the reviewers. It is well remarked of him at the outset of this very masterly dissertation, that although at various times of his life " playing many p a rts," he never appeared before the world really in any other character than that of a philosopher. His ad ditior a to the sum of human knowledge, and his ad mirable method in its arrangement, are alike spoken of in terms of unqualified and deservedly enthusiastic admiration. But the chief glory of his labours is well declared to be " the vast influence he exerted in the origination and development of modern philosophy." Due notice is of course taken of the glimpse of his career obtained through the medium of his " Letters," his " Method," and his " Me ditations" —as the writer calls them, " those charming fragments of mental autobiography." Their value is somewhat remarkable as tending naturally to elucidate some of the more recondite mysteries of psychology. The piety of the great philosopher in his youth was somewhat remarkable, and naturally enough cannot be overlooked by his more conscienti ous biographer. It is mentioned of him that he once vowed a pilgrimage to the shrine of thu Virgin at Loretto if she would but graciously smile upon his enterprise. Such was the illustrious Descartes when he commenced his glorious toils as a philosopher. Cogito,,ergi) sum—was the thesis of one of his argu men's. "It is Descartes', VOU a'rw," says the re viewer, " the starting poiht of his philosophy." Tra velling over the whole of the elaborate history of a man second only to the great Lord Verulam as a chieftain among modern philosophers, we come in due course to the famous doctrine (opposed to the hypothesis of Locke) of innate ideas, as main tained by Descartes. After this noble paper illustra tive of the progressive advances made in the develop ment of knowledge, we come to a vigorous polemical onslaught upon Henry Phillpotts, the Lord Bishop of Exeter. Had any one prophesied, a score of years back, says the critic, " that we should live to see a Bishop of Exeter solemnly and deliberately excom municate an Archbishop of Canterbury, we should certainly have thought the prophet a candidate for Bedlam.' " Yet," continues the Edinburgh— "This, amoLgst other restorations of Redizevalism, we have lived to see, in this culminating year of the nineteenth century, not a madman's dream, but a living fact; as real and palpable as the Submarine Telegraph, the Britannia Bridge, or the Crystal Palace. The same month which beheld the opening of the Great Exhibi tion, saw also the triennial visitation of Bishop Phil potts, and witnessed the astonishment of his assembled clergy, when he delivered to them, ex cathedra, the awful tidings that he had ' renounced communion' with his metropolitan." Thereupon the reviewer commences his grand attack upon the Bishop. Quoting one of the well-remem bered letters addressed by the latter to the Archbishop, the Edinburgh exclaims— "o, Spirit of Moli:ce! Surely the happiest strokes of the Tartuffe are surpassed by this devout ejaculation! It can only be equalled by the felicitous termination of the letter to the Archbishop, on which Mr. Goode so humorously enlarges ; where a long string of insults ushers in the signature of your Grace's affectionate friend for nearly thirty years, and your now afflicted servant, H. Exeter.' Yes! The Tartuffe of nature exceeds the Tartuffe of art; reality is more comic than fiction." _ _ An interesting summary of the changes effected of late in the laws of the land by the innovations of both Lords and Commons in Parliament assem bled, is then given under the title of " Recent Pro gress in Legislation." Following this article comes a highly intelligent and gracefully written little trea tise upon " Church Music," in the course of which we watch, among other things, the decay of English music under the Stuarts. To the next contribution we have already referred in our leading columns, as to a paper comprising "A Few Words on International Copyright." Besides the foregoing, we may also mention, as forming the remaining portions of the Edinburgh for January, an elaborate criticism on " Palgrave's Normandy and England," an important account of the " Ordnance Survey of Scotland," and the argument upon " The Expected Reform Bill," to which, as in the instance already mentioned, we have elsewhere directed the serious attention of the community. Among these diversified contributions, the first and third appear to us the most entitled to admiration, the other six being, however, each of them in their peculiar way, highly meritorious. LONDON, - SPORTING NOTES. No. CLXX. COMMENCEMENT OF THE RACING SEASON OF 1852.— LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. Sig ' —Scarcaly two months have e l a p se d s i nce th e racing season of 1851 closed upon us, and we are already called again into the field by what bids fair to be the splendid season of 1852—Lincoln, as last year, sounding the preparatory note. This early spring meeting of the sporting denizens of Lincoln has been gradually increas ing since its first establishment a few years ago; and this year has come out with large entries for all its stakes, and with a very good quantum of acceptances. The meeting extends over two days, and has a bill of fare consisting of a compound mixture of steeplechases, hurdle, and flat races, Tues day and Wednesday being the days appointed for the sport. The first race on Tuesday will be run at halt-past one o'clock, and is the Trial Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 3 ft, with 40 added; three years old, 6st 101 b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b, with other allowances and penalties for being maidens or winners up to the time of starting. This almost makes a handicap of the strikes. There are fifteen nominations, of which one, Nancy, is already declared a non-starter. The field, as far as I eau judge at the present time, will consist of the following:—The Maid of Lincoln, High • Sheriff, Poetess, lanthe, Dividend, Equal, Brawn, Eliza Middleton, and perhaps another or two. The race, from present appearances, would seem to lie between the Maki of Lincoln, lanthe, High Sheriff, anti Poetess; Lady Agnes, I imagine, rill not start; Ilungerford, Miss Fanny, and Eliza Middle ton, together with Rhesus and Master Friday (whether they go or not) I cannot for an instant imagine possess any chance of winning. lam not sufficiently aware at the present moment of tho' condition of several of the horses engaged in this race, but, so far as I can judge, the HIGH SHERIFF and lANTHEwiII be first and second, with the Maid of Lincoln and Poetess third and fourth. This race, be it remembered, is over the mile course. The second event of the day is the Lincoln Grand Annual Steeplechase of 15 soya. each, 10 ft., &c., with 100 added, over about four miles of fair hunting country. Twenty-one nominations were made to this stakes, of whom ten have accepted. It would be difficult to say to-day whether Lucy Neal, Little Queen, or Come again, will start for this event; but with respect to the Ace of Trumps, Carrig, A. Y., Maria Monk, Forest Lad, and the Cripple, they may be set down as tolerably cer tain starters , : Johnny Barrie is not likely to figure in the fray. Should the Lucy Neale party play off the same game that they did a short time ago, bring Lucy into the market at the last moment, which is not at all improbable, I think her quite good enough to dispose of the rest of the field, perhaps with the solitary exception of Maria Monk; but as Lucy's starting is so uncertain, I will pass her chance over, and select MARIA MONK as the winner, with the Cripple, Cm-- rig, and ,Ace of Trumps, as her attendants. Should any change come "o'er the spirit of my dream," the same will be duly noted on Monday. The third race of the day will be a Free Handicap Hurdle Race, to which thirty nominations have been obtained, fifteen of whom accepting. With respect to one or two of the horses in this race, the handicap is remarkably unfair; Little Queen being dosed with list 21b, while View Halloo is only made to carry lOst llb; their relative per formances do net by any means warrant this. The field, for this stake, will, in consequence of View Halloo's light weight, be very small; the majority being frightened out of,the field. I fancy Melford, Warwick, The General, Ormsby, View Halloo, Psyche, and, perhaps, another will go. This race I must, as a matter of course, all things considered, book to VIEW HALLOO; should any thing bowl him over, it would be the General or Mel ford, who will otherwise, I take it, be second and third. A 5 sovs. Hunters' Stakes, with 25 added, closei the first day's sport. Wednesday's list is headed with a Two years old Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; nearly half a mile. The youthful aspi rants for victory engaged in this stake are so entirely unknown in quality, and every other particular seem ingly, that it is difficult to select any to stand upon; I can only point to the b f by Orlando out of Gamelass as being a very tidy thing ; and that Ace of Trumps by Assault, and Youthful Days, are dash ing youngsters. The Gipsy colt, Hannah, Red Tape filly, Broughton, and Anteverta, are as yet very miserable specimens of the racehorse. The second stake is a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, &c., with 50 added, one mile. Twenty nominations have been registered for this stake, of whom a dozen have accepted. View Halloo figures in this race, as well as in the hurdle, at a very low impost, being made to give Lady Agnes only one pound for the difference of age. This very favourable handicap of Tally-ho's son (6st 101 b), all but decides the race in his favour before it has been rue; for, with the exception of Lady Agnes, lanthe, and Hungerford, not another animal stands a chance with him; so we may set it down as TIEw HALLoo's race, and put Lady Agnes, Hungerford, and lanthe in the second class, with the Red Deer colt heading the tail. The Maiden Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, about three miles, closes on Monday. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for horses of all deno minations, one mile, is to close by eight o'clock on Tues day evening. rho betting on these events has been somewhat spoiled, in two instances at least, the Hurdle Race and Handicap, by View Halloo's favourable weight; for the former but little more than 6 to 4 can be obtained about him, and 2tol is his price for the Handicap. Maria Monk and Carrig divide the premiership for the Steeple ' oha,e at 4 to I each, and the High Sheriff at threes, lanthe four, Poetess four, and the Maid of Lincoln five, are the figures for the Trial Stakes. I am, Sir, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. January 30, 1852. LITERATURE. TILE DELAIIIIRES j OF DELAMERE COURT. By the Author of " The Duchess." 3 Vols. Newby. This is a very amusing and interesting novel, the events of which are supposed to take place at the commencement of this century. The characters are varied, the pride of high birth in the representative of an ancient family being contrasted with the equally great pride of wealth in one who has raised himself from poverty to be one of the chief merchants of England. Mary Staunton, the heroine of the tale, is the daughter of the manufacturer, and though some what self-confident in her opinions is a very fasci nating character. Mrs. Delamere and Lady Carpen ter are equally attractive, and though we cannot say the same of Miss Blount, Mr. Toppings, and others of the same class who constitute the society of the re tired town of Delamere, and introduce themselves into the tale more frequently than is desirable, Uncle John, the missing relative of the Delameres, is the most extraordinary character in the book, having been absent twenty-seven years, and supposed dead, he presents himself to his astonished relations, representing himself as penniless, and takes up his abode with them telling them strange tales of his life in India. We will not disclose the conclusion, but subjoin the following extract : " Classical information is like novel reading—it fur nishes rather the agreeable than the useful. It supplies the student with history, with anecdote, with memoir, with poetry, and the drama—it teaches him to appre ciate the beautiful in art and nature—it familiarises him with descriptions of castles, and palaces, and temples, the cool portico, the long colonnade—it holds up to his admiration heroic deeds, and paints with the truthfulness of reality the beauties of blooming nymphs and shady trees and sparkling waters—it connects every thing that is most graceful with everything that is most wise; and while it details the eroquence of Cicero and Pericles, the half Christianity of Socrates, or the philo sophy of Aristotle or Plato, it associates them in the mind with the magnificent recolleCtions of the Forum or the Capitol, or th© less severe beauties of the Groves of Academe. All this, though admirable as a system of education for the man of taste, the orator, the aristocrat, the happy few who, born to the possession of supera bundant wealth, can pass life in endeavours to add to its charms, is worse than useless for the many who are com pelled to provide by labour for life's necessities. Yet of these last is formed the mass of the community; and the talent which may suffice for gilding the acanthus leaf is but a sorry means of subsistence for him who, ere he reaches the capital of the pillar, is forced to hew out its shaft and fix firmly its base." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—By the arrival of the Monarch frOra the Cape, with advices three days later than those previously received, we find that trade continued ex- tremefy depressed, and that the aspect of affairs generally had not in any way improved, business with the interior having been in a great measure stopped by the Kafir war. The accounts from New York by the Franklin contain nothing of much importance. There was increasing ease in the money-market, and the quarterly statement of the New York City Banks, just published, showed an im provement in their condition, their stock of specie having increased 1,320,00 0 dollars, while their circulation had de-, creased 92,000 dollars. The recent pressure was, therefore, considered to have,been entirely surmounted. A failure had ; taken place in the interior, the firm being that of Lewis and Beardsley, of Oswego. They were principally in the flour trade, and their liabilities are stated at 200,000 dollars. From California the accounts are only one day later,but they contain a description of further rich discoveries. Advices had been received from Jamaica to the 6th of January, at which date it was reported that the British Admiral on the commanderthe o a f t c h le a r t ie v a e l sse c l or fo r r es ti p r o i n n d g e i n n t 7 the Prometheus. Gladstone has been been formally cited into the Arches' learnMß- GLILDSTONE.—THE AR CHES' COURT.—We arternoon. Advertiser the instance of s the Bishop of London. Thec t i h ta e t io citation, Rev. Court, u E na . .; derstand, was put into the hands of the Rev. Gentleman on Ax AvALAri c E Wednesday IN DERBYSHIRE.—The heavy messrnsi.nfioccasioned a serious accident to the yains of Tuesday ev e n • cotton mill of , oth3erT?srening, Derbyshire. A large rybert and Allcock, of New Mills, liberated from an einin : n i c ee e e of rock which had become the accident happened building, damaged a larg e lu Fviog fallen down upon the about of forty looms. just previous to the consequences might Fozrtion of it, and destroyed up five o'clock on Wednesda natelY arrival of the workpeople hands have been disastrous. Near 200 say, be thrown out of employment for ats_will, we regret to —Macclesfield Courier. least three months. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE I ViroE KEO ,, rri DAY.—This morning the nuptials of Sir Cornwallis ' "-Hußs eyes Leicestershire, Ricketts Bart., of Beaumonde E ~ and Lady Care' lina Augusta Pelham Clinton, third daughter of the late - Duke of Newcastle, were and sister of the present solemnized in the fine old abbey church in this town. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle gave a way the bride. After the ceremony th e , bridal party returned to Clumber, where a recherche dejeuner a la fourchette was provided. The happy pair left Clamber i in the afternoon for the Retford station of the Great Nor thern Railway, whence they proeeeded by the express train to London, en route for Roundoak, near Windsor, where they will spend the honeymoon. A SCOTCH INVENTION.—Onr ingenious townsman, Dr. Dewar, has invented mac hine, at one end o f which the reporter's s h ort hand a notes are placed, and at the other end of which, a few produced at the yards off they are ordinary rate of SD r. in '' - ea ung c l ear, bold long band, ready for being put into the i ' ' Jands of the printer. An experi ment made on Thursday night (including the speech of ~ Mr. Arthur's, slightly condensert of - the Free Presbytery's meeting) was d in suc o c u e r r f er . o To give an quite idea of the advantages that may be secured by this machine we may mention that four columns of the y t e u, , pused for reports by the Times may be produced c t y tll in a om.or a 4 y couple of hours by one reporter • , whereas under the pre sent laborious and cumbrous plan, ne ? arl y eight hours would be consumed in the task by an ordinary reporter.—Aberdeen SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The betting, which was dull until near the close, enables us to submit a somewhat lengthy quotation, but was remarkable only for the spirit with which Nancy was backed for the Chester Cup, and for a rather heavy outlay on Augur, Lapidist, and Homebrewed for the Derby. We did not hear an offer about Hobbie Noble or Claverhouse; but 14 to 1 would have been taken about Orelio, and 20 to 1 laid agst Kingston. We give the latest prices:— LINCOLN HURDLE RACE. 2 to 1 agat View Halloo 3 to 1 agst Melford LINCOLN TRIAL STAKES. 3 to I agat Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes 4 to 1 agat Mr. Piling's High Sheriff—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. E. Jones's lanthe 6 to 1 agat Mr. Inman's Maid of Lincoln—taken LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agat La Gazza Ladra 20 to 1 agst Ilardwicke—taken CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Martinsonciancy-28 to 1 taken freely 33 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Grand Duke—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Cockcrow—taken 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe—taken 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Dashwood na colt out of the dam of Duc-an-Durras—taken 3,000 to 30 agst Captain Harcourt's Burndale—taken 3,000 to 30 agst Mr. T. Dawson's Galvanism—taken 3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Meiklatn's Wryneck colt—taken 3,000 to 30 agst Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburgh—t DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Ld Zetland's Augur-13 to 1 taken freely 13 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio—take 14 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Kingston , 20 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbing's Alfred the Great—take 22 to 1 25 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Filius 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Efomebrewed—t 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson— taken and afterwards offered 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Exeter's Ambrose—taken MEDINA RIVER NAVIGATION.—The standing orders were yesterday complied with before Mr. Examiner May in the case of this Bill. The object of the Bill is to en able the corporation of Newport to improve, the navigation from the sea to Newport, Isle of Wight, so as to permit the transit of small steamers at low , water. Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the engineer to the corporation, sets forth the esti mated cost at 14,0001., which the Bill seeks to raise upon the security of the tolls and dues. Lady John Russell had an evening party on Wed nesday, at her residence in Chesham-place. The company included his Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau (attended by Baron Roggenbach), the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, the Russian Minister and the Baroness de Brunnow, the Marquis d'Azeglio (Sardinian Baronreek M B i Minister), i n s t t j e a r c ) k , the (N e t Austrian s Mi nister M inister), - of Somerset, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby,r and a g es Ministerfuuße:sluei:n(liG'ster, Duchessand the of Inverness,Countess Duchess n a li d int i e o i rs , t) and t r theh) C i i . i p, o r . u ou rr n rst f ai e l• Earl and Countess of Minto and the Ladies Harriet Mr.d Charlotte Elliot, Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Romilly, Sandford, Mr. C. and Lady Georgiana Romi ll y , Miss Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. William Russell and Miss Russell, Mr. Grey, Lady Seaford and Miss Hardy, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Thackera y , the Dean of St. Paul's and Mrs. Milman, Lady Elizabeth and Miss Bulteel, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes and Miss Hawes, Miss Baines, the Misses Cole, Lady William and Mr. Arthur Rus sell, Captain Egerton, Mr. Saurin, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Sped ding, Mr. and Mra. Kennedy, Count Nugent, General Cath cart, the Earl of Albemarle, Sir George and Lady Grey, Lady Mary Fox, Admiral and Lady Dundas, Mr. Villiers, Admiral Stuart, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Campbell, Lord and Lady Cran worth, Marquis Oldoine, Lady Truro, Mr. West, the Countess of Ellesmere and the Ladies Egerton, Mr. Ogleby, Sir C. and Land'a.End•melancholy Lady Trevelyan, the Marquis oz Clanricarde, Mr. W. Law, Count and Mademoiselle de 1 lahault, Admiral and Lady Berkeley, Sir s S h i i r p E w d i w n in ha L v a e n e d v s e e n er ia , gMr.A partiesd am, on an iv d e lN d.a lr. es ß d o a e y b , u t c h k e . (from of l r t boc h m, io a aa ,D n st. i d iewnv W :Aln e eL d pr ,uo line,re t s il d t a aow y ;. , :r t whu h rA e oy 2: t h of February. phyroeMeerd. eiclienwniethtt,wtihtehocuont RAILWAY.—The sidings,uTn understood to l contractetdits to ehxa have eocrt expected dil beeniws ti el l lk i n eb n e e t d ra e c la Po y r . foirlthiselSinoeuthwDitehvotnh.e West t es is t Cornwall, which it is anticipated will be opened for passen ger traffic in the course of the next month, will complete the railway communication from the metropolis to the company of rope accident occurred on the 14th, at mtaLibbralenrsof have been Venice, wheref for some a n im si e sti P n e g rt o o f rm three the da n A e T e e r s a t andro A human pyramid having been formed, co t ofben w g h a ie h r u t n h n e i n u g about p pe m os uppermost t a h n h f i e s ll l , o a a n d d , h w a n d e when his brainsfoot or catchi ng somewhere, be lost his balance •, in con sequence men upon one another ' s shoulders, the man who carried ,ut upon the boards, and the second struck his br east themsdldashed pshpicn a ail gc, I B 'h o e th h t o h rr e o v r ie a t n im d s c o o f nf t u h s i i s on ae o e f id t e h a e t s a c r e e n e fa m t h a e y r s b e so severely against the ground, that his recovery was des paired in.mumageirnoeoudf.. families. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30 1 1852. COURT CIRCULA.R. WINDSOR, JAN. 29. The following had the honour of dining at:the Royal tEble yesterday :—Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal High ness, the Baroness de Spetb, the Earl of Carlisle, the E;rl of Aberdeen, Sir George Couper, Lieutenant- Colonel F. Seymour, am! Lady Caroline Barrington. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and performed the following music : Overture, " Maritana" Quartett, " Der IVildschutz" Larzing. Bayrische Oberlander Tanze Romance, " La Part du Diable" Chceur des Soldats, " La Fills du Re giment" Donizetti. Nachtigallen Polka ............... Kliegel. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following selection:— Overture, " Zerline" Selection, " Robert le Diable" Airs de Ballet, S cene et Chceur, L'Enfant Prodig ue " Auber. The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the P r i ncess R oya l, an d th e younger members o f the Royal Family, took their usual pony and walking exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon, attended by Lord A. Paget, Colonel F. H. Seyraeur, and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph. Lieutenant-Colonel Forester, Com manding Officer of the Royal Horse Guards ac companiad the Prince. The following have received invitationF, and are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, Lord and Lady John Russell, Viscount Ilardin ge , t h e Countess of Shel burne, and the Right Hon. Pox and Mrs. Maule. The Education Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council had a meeting yesterday at the Council-office. Th e members of the Committee present were the Lord President, Lord J. Russell, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir G. Grey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord J. Russell, accompanied by his Lady, left town after the Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Alajesty. Mr. R. Montgomery Martin had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earl of Carlisle arrived in town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle, for the purpose of attending the Cabinet Council. The Oxford University Commission had a meet ing yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing -street—present, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the , Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell the Rev. Prof es sor Powell, the Rev. G. IL S. J o h nson , and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). The Lord Chancellor left town after the Cabinet Council yesterday for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation on behalf of the ballast-heavers, in cluding Mr. Vansittart Neale (of Lincoln's Inn) Mr. Frederick J. Furnival (of Lincoln's Inn), Mr. Henry Mahew, Mr. Thomas T. Fynn, and Mr. Henry Bar thorp, had an interview with the Right lion. Henry Labouchere yesterday at the Board of Trade. DRURY-LANE THEATRE ; In consequence of the " sudden indisposition" of Mr. Sims Reeves last night, Robert the Devil was substituted for Fra Diavolo. The audience were not disposed to listen to any apology on the part of Mr. Bunn, who made sundry attempts to mitigate the vio lence of the house. In consequence of his inability to obtain a hearing, this gentleman has forwarded us the following letter for publication : To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. you be so obliging as to give th e sub joined. certificate that circulation your journal which it was impossible to obtain for it last evening : " I hereby certify that Mr. Sims Reeves is confined to his bed by very severe indisposition, and that it will be highly dangerous for him to attempt to appear on the stage this evening. " JOHN ERICHSEN, L.R.C.S. " Jan. 29, 1852." To my certain knowledge Mr. Sims Reeves made every effort to the last moment to appear, and nothing but the suddenness and severity of the attack pre vented his so doing. To avert any further disappoint ment, I have postponed his re-appearance until Tues day next.--I am, Sir, &c., A. BUNN. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Jan. 29, 1852. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday last, James Meadows Rendel, Esq., Pr On esident, in the c h a i r , th e di scu ssion was ren ew ed the Alluvial Formations and the Local Changes of the South-Easter B. Redman, M. Ins n t C Coast i of England," by Mr. J. ' and many of the views stated by the au th or i n the paper were still further argued, It was stated that the formation of such points as Dungeness and Lanogfleayrwiveerre, which, alwaysifnoutnhde to windward of the out f a ll former case, passed through a clay district, bringing down much deposit, forming an the low, shallow wa t er at the ac o c u re t t fa ir i. , or delta, in This his was thought to be a more natural explanation of such phenomena than to as s ' Igo them to the mere force, or action, of the waves, which must have beenor' the tidal currents, causes ages ; and it was asserted,ln possible for any tidalmcnur operation, unchanged, for e that n t currents whichi t was existed physically i n im possible channel to have had A shallow, shelving coast ch favourable to the to do with their formation. sea Bill was instanCedaas was also thought to be formation of these points, and Sel- Langley • tion was actually in a case in which this accre- Dungeness and state of progression, whereas formed nearly completed. these formations took Othermight be supposed, to be speakers argued that they simply place on clay deposits, whether beyond it, and e coast line, or were pro trudedthat the Shambles shoal was formed on a nu c l eus of ing of shells. r ock, with a superficial cov er. The depth at which shingle would travel under water was considered t this question, as on it roe i be a very important point in prin ciples for executing actual experienc e it had many man at ly depended the right that wheen travel at a greater depth ineering works. From been observed that it did not than from two fathoms to three fathoms ; so water ) the an artificial work, as a natural headland, or a pier or groyne, was projected into that depth of it was arrested, passage of shingle round Some difference of opinion appeare d t o ex i s t as to of these banks. On la rgest b pebbles on a cross section that they were invariablye one h an d it w as asserted, g reatest altitude ; that this was the case in the Hurst, it might be attribut e d to telle force of the approaching to the eastward, and that w ave being greater than that of the receding one, so that large pebbles br ought left, whilst the smaller up by the former would be by the reflux. On the ones would be clawed away was cited as an instance to hand, the Chesil Bank smallest pebbles were '3 the contrary, where the be on the top. Both statedparties by some authorities to the largest pebbles les, however, agreed that the leeward point of the formation were alwas to be found at With regard to the action tides in the Channel, as shown of the meeting of the Beechey, it should be observed by the charts of Capt. junction and parting oscil e i rved, that the point of nearly sixty miles, and thereforeated over a sea board of over a corresponding latitude, its action would be exer cise but little influence in isolatedel and thus it could The paper read was a 4, i, cases. Viaduct erected at Manch escription of a Cast Iron Joint Station of the Londe:ter, forming part of the and Manchester, Sheffield, an, and North-Western, Pail ways," by Mr. A. S. Jee, M. Inst. Lincolnshire Rail- The object of this structur e ns t• C. E. accommodation forth: goods panies, which was formed st w a a . s to obtain increased on bri tion of about 30 feet above the adj aec c ' themselves being used as 1, of the two com arches, at a level goods nt streets, the arches communication between the t wo l warehouses, and the by means of hoists. This e x t ensi evels being effected and 36 feet wide, and as it was necessary it should cover, low love], a row of Doric cola Imes of way on the mounted by an entablature forming f cast iron, the station, station, was arranged, each the inclosure of from centre to centre, on the about 20 feet apart the space to be occupied, and o n e outer boundary of transverse cast iron girder w as to rso one end of a being supported by the brick arcbined, the otheriend verse girders, longitudinal cast irong' To the trans each rail, were attached, and to thesesrders, one to Memel timber were bolted , the with 3 inch deals, on whic h th ree litt er being planked an ample supply of turn - tables for es of way, and Working the traffic were laid. To effect a communication between this station and a warehouse belong in g to th e shem sld Company, Store-street had to be crosse, w hich was done means of wrought iron girders d , 63 feet by clear span, of peculiar construction. The top pant of these girders consisted of a cylindrical tube, 2 feet in diameter, r made of boiler plate half inch thick • e middle web was 3 feet 6 inches in depth, an d ' f 5 -16ths of vii inch thick ; t 13,3 bottom of plates, 20 inches in width, and a t v _ tt ° II flange was composed of three plates each ue 3 centre was Bths of an inch thick, diminished to one . plate at the ends. These girders were each tested with weight of 60 tons at the centro, when the deflection was not found to exceed one inch. The whole of the cast iron work was of Stirling's Toughened Iron, by whic h a saving, i n weight, of m about one-fourth of the quf.n - - tY that would have been necessary with ordinary iron, was effected, without any diminution in the absolute strength. Messrs. Robinson and Rus , ell were the contractors, and they had most satisfactorily perform.d the work, the total cost of which, including twenL - y-one turn tables, was under 14,0002., or about 20/. per lineal foot. The paper announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 3, when the monthly ballot for mem bers will take place, was " The Construction and Du ration of the Permanent Way of Railways, and the modifications most suitable for Egypt, India, &c.," by Mr. W. B. Adams. RAI LWA'Y SUPERANNUATION. London and South-Western Railway, York-road Offices, Jan. 21, 1852. Sir,—l am instructed, on the part of the directors of ,his company, to acknowledge the proposals of the com mittee of the General Railway Association, for pro viding superannuation and other objects, modified as explained in the Circular nf the 13th instant, and I am to lay before you the objections to certain of these pro posals which have been submitted to the directors by the salaried officers in this establishment, the persons de signed to be banefited by am proposed association, and whose opinions on the question at issue are thel - efore en titled to reasonable consideration. The directors of this company believe these objections to be generally so far well founded as that they are not inclined to join, with their staff, the superannuation scheme of the General Railway Association, unless the regulations can be framed so a:, to meet such objection,. On the other hand, if these objections can be obviated the directors would be prepared to abandon the plan of a separate superannuation fund for their own staff, which has been prepared under the advice of an eminent ac tuary, and which presents in certain respects advantages over the plan of the General Railway Association, and would join the superannuation fund suggested by the General Railway Association, the whole of their present staff probably becoming members. A copy of the memorial presented by the general body of the officers of this establishment is appended to this letter. The modifications which are considered still requisite in the proposed regulations of the General Railway As sociation relate, in the first place, and principally, to that rule which enjoins— That in the case of the death of a member of the fund before the ago of superannuation, the whole of the contributions paid by that member up to that period aro to be altogether forfeited and lost to his family or re presentatives. - Under this regulation the proposed plan of superan nuation is made to assume the aspect of inducing the officers of railways to make a provision for their indivi dual comforts in old age, to the exclusion and neglect of any provision for their widows, their children, or other persons dependent on them. This is objectionable on many accounts; it frustrates one of the principal obj acts of the whole arrangements, viz. (in the words of the Report of the Provisional Committee):— _ "To relieve directors from the highly unpleasant task of adjudication upon applications from indi viduals, without any recognised rule for their guidance;" for it will be even more difficult for directors to dispose of the claims of destitute families than of those of su perannuated officers. This regulation will also practically prevent officers, who have already served many years in railway service, from making up their contributions as suggested (at five per cent., with interest) for past years service, even if they have the means to do so on the terms suggested, which very few will have, for they would be called upon to pay up their contributions for the past under the contingency that if they chanced to die the next day the whole would be lost to their representatives, a consideration which would effectually prevent such con tribution for past services being paid up and suggested. Any person now joining the railway service would thus, under the regulation as it now stands, bo placed in precisely as good a position as regards superannuation as the man who has served a company faithfully for perhaps ten years or more, which, it is submitted, should if possible be avoided- All these objections to the regulation in question, and others which might be named, would be removed by re turning the contributions (without interest) to the re presentatives of persons dying before the age of superan nuation. The fund would still have had the benefit of the accumulated or compound interest on these contribu tions. It is believed, without some such provision, the present plan will not be found to work in a satisfactory manner, and the directors are moreover confirmed in the opinion that such an arrangement is feasible under the proposed rate of premium (vi%., five per cent. on sala ries), by the opinion of an eminent actuary whom they have consulted on the general question. As regards Rule 14, relating to the resignation of an officer before the age of superannuation, and the modified proposal of the provisional committee to the effect that persons leaving the service of railway companies "in consequence of reduction or alterations in the establish ment are to receive back the whole of their contributions, or to have the option of remaining subscribers upon payment of the full rate of contribution," but in the event of persons resigning the service of railway companies they are to receive back only half their contributions, the directors conceive that the distinction here attempted to be drawn between the withdrawal of an officer from the service of a railway company by voluntary resigna tion, or in consequence of alteration in the establish ment, is not one which can be acted Ilion in practice, and that the attdmpt to do so had better be avoided. They do not concur in the propriety of making it a condition of railway service, that' if an officer who has served a company sees fit for any reason honourably to resign his appointment, he should forfeit 11 per cent. on his salary, during the whole period of his past services. If his whole contributions are returned to him, the fund will, as in the case of death, still have had the benefit of the compound interest on such eenttibutions, and this it is submitted should suffice. I am, in conclusion, requested to press very earnestly on the attention of th e P rov i s i ona l C o mmittee of the General Railway Association the two modifications con sidered requisite by this company in tho plan of super annuation, to make it such as would secure the approval of all interested in the question, and establish it as a general rule for the railway service,—l am, Sir, &C., WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. A. Beeston, Esq. meetingSTAFFOßDSHlßE.oftthis company RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The half-yearly N lf- O y ß ea T rry yesterday at the officesat St k r` o e-upon-lrent, Mr. Brodrick in the chair. was held The usual preliminaries having been gone through, The CHAIRMAN said he had to express his regret that the negotiations which had been on foot with the North-Western Company had not led to any result which might be satisfactorily communicated to the shareholders ; he could only indicate the result, which was that the terms held out by the North- Western with a view to an identity of interest be tween the two companies were such as the directors could not recommend the shareholders to adopt, nor did they feel justified in bringing them before the shareholders. He trusted that more than that would not be expected from the directors. The subject was a very delicate one, and the board were unani mously of opinion that it would be most prejudicial to the interest of the lines were the details of that negotiation at this time to be furnished. They had been entered into on the part of this board with the strongest anxiety to bring them to a successful issue, and although no successful issue had resulted, he felt bound to state that the London and North-Western Company had met them in the most friendly manner. He hoped that they were not drawing too largely on the confidence of the proprie tors in requesting that the details of that negotiation might be allowed to remain in the hands of the direc tors. He admitted that this undertaking had not produced such results as had been expected; but he was quite satisfied that, on comparison with any other line which had been entered into under similar circumstances and at the same time, it would be found that their proceeds had been larger than those of any other line which had not been leased to or guaranteed by some other company. In this state of their affairs he could not help reminding them that their revenue had gone on steadily increasing, and that, small as the dividend was, it had been progres sive and even rapid. The whole of their capital had not been called up, and they had consequently bor rowed more money than under ordinary circumstances they would have had to do, and the difference he be lieved would have enabled them to divide 45. 6d. in the place of 3s. a share. Though by no means e sanguine on the subject of railway undertakings, h yet thought that they met under mo re favourable auspices than ordinarily. He moved th at the report be adopted. Mr. H. Hammoma expressed his reg ret that the chairman had not entered into the details o f the negotiation which had been under consideration w it h the North-Western. Rumour ha d given it forth that the North-Western had offered them haecase at the rate he of half their dividend. How far this was t begged to be knew not, but as an old shareholder satisfied with say that he should be by no meanlise concluded by such an arrangement.—(Cheers.) way of sub moving, not as an amendment, but by e of a committee stantive resolution, the appointment of shareholders, to inquire into .matters of traffic and into the nature of the negotiation with other com panies which might be Piumgo.tion. Mr. LAURIE seconded the pro posed with the view o f eliciting informatien o n Several questions were t he su bject of the neg o ti a ti on, directors, sever. I r (4 whom hut it was resisted by the hareholders of spoke, and assured the e a mong s their bud the perfect unanimity which existed wa s ut a • y. s I 1111110llsly Ultimately the report was adopted, Mr. Hammond's resolutiono_ 34. rejected by a very large majority, s divid fi e dence l • per s are was agreed to, and a vote of con in directors termi nated the proceedings. , were called upon to act'as serutators ; and M. Michelot , to act as:secretary to the nieoting. The number of shares represented was large enough, according to the terms of the Act, to emp ower t h e meet i ng to delibe rate on the ordinar3r affairs cf the company, but not ' sufficient to enable it to come to a decision on the subject of the proposed agreement with the company de la Ouest. For this purpose a new meeting will have to be summoned. M. Chibaud rau , secre t ary , read the administrators' report. The payment of the amount due to the company from the State, for repa ration of damage approved by the company in February, 1848, has been arranged for. The sums due to the company amount to 370,092 f. On the other hand, the company owes to the State, for the loan which it has received, the indemnity of 370,492 f. The working of the Rouen line during the last six months of 1851 produced a product o f 3,107,900 f. by the trains of grand vitesse, and 1,688,9291., by oth e r t r ains; the miscellaneous re- , mints were 21,302,4431. Total traffic revenue, 9,009,890 f. The exp e nses of working, strictly so called, were 1,719,77 . . ; the interest, tollF, and re payment of loans reaches 1,265,6111.; and taxes and charges of surveillance, 105,4631. The total is of charges and expenditure is 3,090,837 f., .to wliien to added a loss of 7,2931., during nine mouths working the line to Dieppe. l'he net sum lisps able for dividends is 1,911,719 f, representing for each share of 500 f. the sum of 25f., of which ore moiety i s i n t erest , an d the °lila. dividend. The interest and dividend on shares will be paid on and after Jan. 29, at the compiny's offices. The report discusses the reasons of the unfavourable difference between the revenue returns of the last six months of 1851 and the corresponding period of the preceding year, r, and speak s h ope f ully of the circle of railways bv which it is propos e d t o eng i rdle the capital of France. - The accounts, divid en d , and reportswere approved. After the termination of the meeting the drawing took place for 52 shares for amortisation. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week ending Jan. 18 : Passengers Goods ... Parcels ... Mails ... . ••• " -. £2,120 18 4 1,093 11 3 ••• 119 6 1 223 4 2 Total ... ... ... £3,556 19 10 LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY. —Amount of revenue for the week ending Jan. 29 : Passengers £7BB 9 2 Goode ••• •• ••• ••• 32 10 0 Total ... £B2O 19 2 Corresponding week last iear ... 737 12 10 SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.--TraffiC receipts for the week ending Jan. 25 : Passengers 0.5.• 004 ... £499 8 4 Parcels, horses, &c. .... ... 35 5 6 Merchandise, minerals, &c. ... 954 8 0 Total .. ... ... £1,489 110 Corresponding week last year ... 1,472 4 6 MANCIIESTEA, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Jan. 25 : _ Passengers, &c. ... Merchandise ... ... £42 16 11 ... ... ... 70 13 1 Total ... ... £ll3 10 0 Corresponding week last year ... 86 13 0 CALILDONLLN RAILWAY.—(IB9I miles opened.)—Return of zatfic for the week ending Jan. 18: — Passengers, &c. ... £2,690 11 5i Goods, &c. ... 4,587 15 11i- Total .. ... ... £7,278 75* Corresponding week last year ... 7,119 8 9 Scorrisif CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending Jan. 25, 1852 Passengers (7,956), parcels, horses, and carriages ... ... ... £859 311 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ... ... 804 18 6 Total 1,664 2 5 Corresponding week in last year... 1,350 0 6 Perth, Jan. 27, 1852. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY .88 miles). Return of for the week ending Jan. 24: Passengers, parcels, &c. ~ £2,971 19 3 Merchandise and cattle 1,057 2 11 Total . ..., ... £4,029 2 2 Corresponding week last year ... 4,126 14 11 EARL TALBOT ON NATIONAL DEFENCES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At any peri o d o f pu bli c a l a rm or excitement it is the duty of every mem b er o f the community, according to his sev era l a bili ty , t o e ndeavour to dispel unnecessary terror, or, if danger really exists, to in dicate the best meansof encountering it. At the present moment there is a prevailing apprehension throughout this country of a hostile descent of the French upon our shores, and multifarious have been the communica- tions addressed to the public on the subject. Many of them are manifestly the productions of experienced men, who knew what they were writing upon, while others are as manifestly the crude notions of those who are scared by ghosts of their own creating. I have been more than once, during the pre vailing panic, asked whether my confidence in the Warner inventions which I formerly advocated so strenuously in the House of Commons remains un abated, and, if so, why I remain silent at such a moment as this ? My unhesitating and unequivocal answer, which I ask you to publish to the world is, that my belief in Mr. Warner's powers is unaltered, except inasmuch as my belief is strengthened by longer consideration, and I publicly announce my conviction, that in them the country might possess aD effectual means of de fence, without incurring the expense of erecting one additional fort or building another ship. Neither am I singular in this estimate of the public importance of the Warner inventions, for many distinguished officers of both services, as well the veterans of the last war, who have recently gone from among us, as those still surviving, are of the same opinion, though many are deterred from giving free utterance to their sentiments from an aversion to novelties, a reluctance to offend prejudices, or perhaps afraid to create that disturbance in existing institutions which they anti cipate from an adoption of the Warner weapons. That a great change would be thereby entailed I well know, and I also know that such change is not popular with the services, but I furthermore know that such a change would operate to the saving of many millions of national money, and therefore most culpable should I consider myself to be were I silent through fear of provoking derision or awakening professional displeasure. It was no part of my intention when I commenced this letter to enter upon any speculations as to the probability of a French invasion at all, and certainly far from my wish to excite an alarm I do not feel. Nevertheless, while the subject is uppermost in men's minds, it may be worth while to make a few observa tions relative to the defence of England against pos sible invasion. To protect any land from aggression there must be a continued line of fortifications, or forts closely plaited; but supposing such erections feasible on our shores, how could we man them ? an l ,, forts without occupants would only be so inanYPf_i_ 7 7 d'appui for invaders. Again, fortifications ofhsetodue or batteries on piles, are only effectual for w f i t works fence of their immediate locality. at Portsmouth are of no avail for r° 0 the d requires in of Plymouth or Pembroke : what er;otection the absence of a continued line of fortifications, endure, is a e n dow, the ex pense of which John Bull wouldklnot.ymove around our defensive power which can quickly move the best island as required, and move rapidl y Now this the Warner inventions ap plicationof steam can effect. and I firmly believe inventions fully accomplish; that by means of these no invader could ever plant his foot on our soil : his destruction would be ine vitable. o I may be asked to explain how these mighty hw incredulous the re sults can be brought to pass. lam fully aware English nation i s of everything which is not subjected barely to their ey es — wh i ch is not handled and turned inside out. All my Parlia mentary efforts to gain attention to the Warner in ventions have been thwarted by , this spirit of un belief. I have, on Captain \Varner's behalf, offered that his inventions should be submitted to the severest tests ; and many they have triumphantly endured, as several distinguished officers have repeatedly tes tified. I assert, then, that b largest shipsb y the Warner inventions the may be instant aneous ly, cer t a i n ly, an d cheaply destroy e d ; that an enem y' s fl e et, may be so beleagured that any movement would entail upon them inevitable d estruction ; that any enemy's port might be efficiently blockaded, without necessitating the constant an d the lat e war ; _ costly vigilance of a squadron, as in and t h a t at our own p o rts, roadsteads, and coasts might be rendered invulnerable, and all this at a small cost. I could, restraining myself within the limits of exact truth, proceed to declare the efforts which have been made to prevent the introduction of the Warner inventions into our service, but I forbear, and only ask you to publish my solemn declaration as to my belief in their vast importance, and my sense of the folly and danger of rejtcting them. If I have the misfortune to be disregarded, I shall regret such treatment—but at least I have done my duty, and liberated my own conscience. Your obedient servant, 'estre, Stafford, Jan. 28, 1852 TALBOT. Ing , We have to announce to-day the death of a highly respectable and popular individual, and who, if not born with a silver spoon exactly in his month, has been awarded dozens of that article in maturer age. We allude to his Highness the Duke of Devonshire—not the illustrioxs nobleman, bu t the prize bull lately belonging to Mr. Thomas Miller, of this t o wn. This fine animal, aft er sweep i ng awa y every piece of p l a te in this neighbourhood for years, quietly surread, v ere hi mse lf last week to th e h an d s o f t h e butcher,n d, 11 o n the m i s t a ke not, a part of hi s c hi ne w i l l to -d a y smoke table of his breeder.— Sherborne Journal. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have arrived at their mansion in Carlton Gardena, from Broadlands, for the season. PARIS AND ROUEN. The half -yearly meeting of the Paris and Rouen Rail way w a s held on the 27th inst. ) a t th e o ff ices , Rue d ' Ams t e rdam, Paris, M. d e l'E sgr6e, P res id ont o f in the chair. The directors the board of t he director s , present were MM. Lawrence, Simons, de Kersaint, N. Duchatel, Benoist D'Azy, Ch. Laffitte and Ed. Blount. M. Chibaudrau, general secretary, was in attend ance. 11,050 shares were represented. MM. Lassence find de Cheppre, the two largest shareholders present, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Orders have been received at the several outports to render the guard-ships fit for active sea service . The dockyards ,:re to get the tiea-stores for each ship made complete and kept sepa ra t e fr om ot h er stores, that they may be ready at the shortest notice The Ganges, 64, Captain Smith, C. 8., has been paid off at Sheerness, in the most creditable style The stores of the ship were returned with as little deterioration as could possibly be expected, although they were delivered in a very short time after arrival from a foreign station. And as to the men, their conduct was most examplary as they attended the pay-table and afterwards quitted the ship. They were quiet, orderly, and respectful, and out of a ship's company of 750 officers, seamen, marines, and boys, there was not a single one of them drunk The manner in which the Ganges has been paid off affords another proof of the improved habits of cur men-of war's men. It ti Iso refs eta the highest credit on Captain Swiih and his staff; for if they bad not been good and correct office wc ero quite sure so grafi , tying a report of foe coLfia of the men could not be given. Captiu, Cusp-:trick Manilton (1847) has been appointftd to study steam at the factory, Wool wich. Surgeon-44n 11.11Vhinnie (1847), late of the Frolic, 16, to th, -, Ve , ,ovios, Devooport Chit 4 Engineer—Benjami n Hoar, to the Vesuvius. Assi,tant Surgeons—Edwa:d W. Pritchard, to the Vesuvius ; Daniel Saunders, noting, to the Victory, flig-ship at Portsmouth. Gunner—Glories Hicks, to the Horatio, screw guard-ship, Sheerness. Boatswain—John Donohough, to the Horatio. Carpenter—Richard Cleverly, to the Horatio. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—The Gorgon steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, came alongside the jetty to-day to dismantle, prior to being paid off. The small freight she brought (8,000 dolls.) will be conveyed to the Bank of England by Messrs. Casher, freight agents and wine merchants, of this port, to-morrow. Mr. H S. Gibson, paymaster and purser of the Driver steam-sloop in the Pacific, came home in the Gorgon on Admiralty leave, and Mr. Whittall, clerk of the flag-ship Portland, has been made acting paymaster and purser of the Driver, vice Gibson. The Lightning Admiralty steam-yacht, Master Commander Allen, came into harbour this morning from the Channel Islands with the Committee of Ob servation and Survey, whom she conveyed thither on Sunday. The Adder steam-vessel returned to Sheerness last night. _ The Rodney, 92, Captain C. Graham, C. 8., has been taken over to her former moorings off Gosport. The Arrow ketch is being broken up in No. 6 dock- PORTSMOUTH GARRISON. We are informed the 7th, 48th, and 95th Regi ments, quartered in this garrison, have received orders to send out additional recruiting parties to augment their strength twelve men per company, or 120 men each regiment. The depots of the 42d, 36th, 67th, and 69th Re giments, recently formed into four companies' depits from their late reserve battalions, are ordered to allow their supernumeraries to volunteer into other regi ments. Guns of a larger calibre than the present (32- pounders) are about to be mounted at Fort Moncton, on the Gosport and Anglesey shore. The 7th and 9th Regiments have been practising the great gun exercise at the Platform Battery every day during the present week, under the tuition of the Royal Artillery. They appear to make great pro gress in the drill. PLYMOUTH, Tunitsper.---Her Majesty's steam sloop Hecate, 6, Commander Hand, having had defects made good, and taken in 100 tons of coal, is now in Barnpool, waiting orders. The Vesuvius steam-vessel is ordered to be com missioned forthwith by Commander F. L. Barnard. The steam-sloop Magicienne, Captain Ramsay, is ordered to be docked. The transport Diligence is ordered to take in stores and provisions for Libon and Gibraltar. The ketch Sparrow, 2, was paid off on Saturday. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the fri gates Bacchus and Lavinia to be moored in the Sound and Barnpool, as coal depUts. This arrangement will expedite the supply of fuel to steamers and diminish the cost of pilotage. WOOLWICH, JAN. 29.—Mr. Dinnen, Assistant In spector of Machinery at Somerset-house, visited the Horatio yesterday, at Sheerness, to inspect her ma chinery, and found the whole in good order and ready for sea service. With the exception of some work to be done to the rigging, which Captain the Hon. S. F. Carnegie is having executed, this fine ship, fitted with a screw propeller and engines of 250-horse power, is in a very efficient state : her guns and car riages being on board, and the former ready for mounting, which can be accomplished in a few hours The Amazon steam-frigate was also inspected by Mr. Dinnen, and her machinery found in excellent seagoing order. The Polyphemus steam-sloop, now ready at Wool wich, is ordered to be taken to Sheerness, wbcre she will be stationed as an advanced war steamer, and all the vessels ready for service at the various ports are to be fitted with their guns on board, and to be kept in such a state of efficiency as to be fit for service, if manned or commissioned, on the shortest notice. "DEATH Ilv THE POT:" A GRAVE QUESTION IN WHICH DOCTORS DIFFER. There is one question relative to the substitution of soft water for hard as well as pure for impure, which ought not to be allowed to remain longer in its present unsettled, contradictory, and dangerous position —namely , the question relative to the poisonous influence of leaden pipes and cisterns on water, soft or hard, pure or impure, or on both. Until lately, it has been an axiom with our standard chemical writers on toxicology end medical police and jurisprudence, that the softer and purer the water, the more likely is it to act on lead, and to be thereby poisonously impregnated; and that the harder the water, the more likely is it to remain pure and unimpregnated by the lead. True, these hitherto accredited authors have admitted or declared, on the one hand, that perfectly pure soft water, per se, will not act on lead, and, on the other hand, that hard water will. But then they have explained the a p parent inconsistency of such a declaration with their owa, n the onenproudentiala hand,ndmost it important axiom, by alleging tht lead with pure soft water is liable to be so influenced by the air, and by carbonic acid gas, dissolved in th e water, as to become corr oded, and then to impregnate and w ai n ne c d orr in osi l o in hard water, is so the other hand, with neutral sul ictosnot such as that of lime, so mu leadpois on withth the hardat water water'eont continually; I y e ; s pe while, eiala y a , n w d a water, thus a s pro tected to phates, hard 3 become acted on in lz r y us either from farther waste in itself, or the 8 411 6 con tributing an y continued poisonous from impregnations to the water. Since the 'agitation of the metropolitan supply question, however, water for the hard and and the prevalence desire to substitute pure soft of a very general ot h e rwise shockingly impure ev id e nce has been adduced which,s.upply at present in use, ex pressly to contradict these heretofore ex facie, appears We feel it therefore this vital and most absolutely necessary to insist that fully examined, important subject shall be forthwith ,discussed, and settled. Builder. T. RE FOOT GUARDS.—The following are the changes of the stations of her Majesty's regiments of Foot Guards,_ ordered t o t a k e p l ace i n t h e fi rst wee k i n t h e mon th of March next :—Th e I s t b a tt a li on o f G rena di er Guards will move f rom W e lli ngton B arrac k s to S t. J o h n ' s - w ood liVracks ; the 2d battalion from Windsor to the Tower of London ; and the 3d battalion from St. John's-wood Bar racks, to St. George's Barracks, Trafalgar-square. The Ist battalion Coldstream Guards will move from Chichester to Wellington Barracks, and the 2d battalion from Portman street Barracks to Windsor. The Ist battalion Scott's Fusi lier Guards will move from the Tower of London to Chiches ter, and the 2d battalion from St. George's Barracks to Ports. man-street Barracks. EXTRAORDINARY OCCDRlLENcE. — Yesterday morn ing, at an early hour, great excitement prevailed among the inmates of the workhouse, High-stseet, 6t. John's, Wapping in consequence of a female, named Sarah Torson, aged 69 years, being discovered in a copper of boiling water by one of the washerwomen employed in the establishment, under circumstances of an extraordinary character. The deceased had been in the workhouse several years, and was always considered of sound intellect. About seven o'clock yester day morning one of the girls proceeded into the washing room to light the copper fire, after which several of the females began to prep are f or the usual day's work, and when _ they considered the water was su ffi c i ent l y h ea ted, one of " 'd them went to put some clothes into the boiling .=cltu , when other she screamed at the sight of a woman's head and shousleerds, projecting from the copper. A n i nstant a l ar m wa! ff as ' ed w h en s everal men came to the spot, who found the deceased nen she i n a sitting position, and com pl e tely boiled, fbr , r te.'s dragged out of th e copper, the s ki n an d fie:eh e he Mr. Nash, the surgeon, o f High-street, being sent off. for, as the de on his arrival prono unce d lif e to be quite extinct t w o a s n to th e after ceased was fearfully sca ld e d f rom h ea d to foot. wards ascertained th a t th e d ecea sed must have g. . top of the copper by climbing up, ir. The stool which had been placed by the side of thecoPP . 'k .. deceased had evidently got into the copper while .t.n.e . . liquid was cold, unobserved, with the assts tance of a an d t h en quietly waited until it ,boiled. The water TA nonvliyNar ms._ TheeacheAdtohers otherhoue night as a es. of ours , was hurrying alongget Ale roan, an acquaintance in the garb of an street, he met a tall man agricultural pickaxessed each other before the gentleman. and spade over his oulder,estallsen: bourer, carrying a passed the other had turned suddenly n S e ca oo rc m e i l n y g ha c d o t il t o t tis w o , him by a nd grasping the shoulder,steppe d ear wardJor- quickly, in his face e r h a ehaviour, and s round, himself turned also. The se l c ' o h n e d c s oun . countryma n look 3cl wit out speaking. Sur omewhat appreb ensive, • f hostile intentions—for it was dark, and tin : street indeed, o ,„niparatively deserted—our friend drew back and as Iced the n ' what be wanted ? " Mester," was the reply, in a deep p n s e i s s t e lY d at this Strang . h o arse tone, "my name's George Wright. I'm fra ul Staf fordshire; and I'm clemming, by G.__. ~ Then. • was no mista ki n g the haggard co, ntenance the . woful at: 'ire of th e eye: the indices of starvation were ' com lete "I f you've a w if e and little childr en at home (the starving mAn conti nued); but no, I see its time enough for that yet; :however, give me a ha'penny to get bread with, and I'll bl,t , s s you." Our friend put money i nto his hand, which, though trilling in amount, seemed a f ortune to the poor fellow, and received in return a benediction rude, but evidently from tb e depths of the heart.—Liverpool Times. The late adjudication of the Lyons and I Vvignon. Railway has caused great activity in the iron founds ies in the department of the Loire. Furnaces which have bee n dismed for some years past are 110 W re-lighted. 0 0 0 8 00 1 og•