The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

FATAL STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION. BRISTOL, DEC. 19.—This morning, shortly before nine o'clock, the utmost consternation prevailed in the neigh bourhood of the works of Messrs. Stothert, Slaughter, and Co., ironfounders and locomotive engine makers, Cheese-lane, St. Philip's, in consequence of the sudden explosion of the steam-boiler of one of their stationary engines, by which it was said that sevetal men were killed and severely injured. Upon inquiry as to the facts, it was found, notwithstanding there is a printed rule in the works to the contrary, that the men, in con sequence of the severe weather, have been in the habit of going into the different engine -houses, and sitting upon and by the boilers of the steam-engines for the purpose of the heat while taking their breakfast. This morning a boa, about sixteen years of age, named Thomas Thatcher, and four men, went into the engine. house, and were taking their breakfast, when suddenly an explosion of the boiler took place, and the steam and boiling water rushing out, they were all most severely scalded. As soon as the place became clear of stt-arn assistance was given, and the five sufferer!, all of whom were scalded in a dreadful manner, were removed to the Bristol Infirmary, where the survivors now lie in an almost hopeless state, the poor boy Thatcher having died from the extent of his injuries before reaching the infirmary. At two o'clock this afternoon an inquest was held upon ' the body, before Mr. J. B. Griudon, the city coroner, and a highly respectable jury, who having viewed the body, the whole surface of which, from the head to the feet, was covered with most extensive burns, returned to the inquest room, and were addressed by the coroner, who, after having explained the nature of the accident, stated that as the law empowering them to give deodands had recently been repealed, they could no longer do so, should the evidence be such as should induce them to wish to levy one. Their duty, therefore, would be to in quire whether the deceased had come by his death solely by the result of the accident, or whether the engine boiler had been allowed to get into a bad state, and the lad's death had been so caused by the negligence of any one, in which case they would give their verdict ac cordingly. Evidence was then adduced as to the nature of the accident, and as to the, positive rule that the men should none of them, except the engine -drivers, go into the engine -house. The engine driver deposed to his having been in Messrs. Stothert's employ for about ten months, and to his making, with the foreman of the works, a regular examinati on of the boiler every four wee k s , the last time he had exa mined the boiler which caused the accident having been on Sunday week, when he went into it with a lighted candle and a hammer, and thoroughly examined the joints and sounded the plates of the boiler with the ham mer, when he found it to be in a good state. At the time of the accident the engine was not at work, but he had been working it until half-past eight that morning, when everything was correct, and both the safety -valves j worked freely. The explosion had blown out the brick work, and it was found by examination since that one of the plates in the boiler had given way. Mr. Greig, the house surgeon, having deposed to the lad's death having been caused by the agony arising from the extensive burns and from his having inhaled some of the steam, which, scalding the air vessels, had produced acute in flammation tending to suffocation, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Another orthe unfortunate sufferers, named Joseph Walker, who was 24 years of age, and who had only been in the employment of the Messrs. Stothert three weeks, died late this evening. ALIWAL. SIR H. SMITH AND THE 52D REGIMENT. The accompanying letter has recently been received by the 52d Light Infantry from the distinguished hero of " Aliwal," whose signature it bears. " Cawnpore, India, July 29, 1846. " Sir,—The honorary distinctions recently conferred upon me by our Gracious Queen enable me to take sup porters to my family arms. I have, therefore, the ho nour to acquaint and to request you would make it known to my gallant comrades, the 52d Light Infantry, in full remembrance of the period . l was Major of Bri gade to the 2d Brigade of the immortal Light Division, of which the 52d formed so prominent and distinguised a part, involving the glori ous con t es t s o f the Peninsular war, I have adopted a soldier of the 52d Light Infantry and a • Rifleman ' my own regiment. The ma n y a ff a i rs and battles thi s brigade so nobly fought in (no man better knows than yourself) include the Coa, Pemba], Foy d'Anez, Sabugal, Fuentes d'Onori, siege, storm, and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, siege, storm, and cap ture of Badajoz (where you lost an eye as my brigadier), Salamanca, San Munoz, San Milian, Vittoria, the heights of Vera, that most irresistible attack, although on fortified mountain, Iran, crossing the Bidassoa, Ni relic, Nive, the many affairs near Bayonne, Tarbis, Orthes, and Toulouse, with the numerous skirmishes each of these actions entail upon light troops. To this brigade, and to the great school of the illustrious Duke of Wellington, am I indebted for that knowledge of my profession which has led to my present aggrandisement, and which has so lately acquired me the approbation of the Queen, the Duke of Wellington, and an expression of thanks from my grateful country. I pray you, there fore, Sir Edward Gibbs, and the 52d Light Infantry, to give me that credit for the feeling of a grateful comrade I desire to demonstrate, and that you, and the renowned corps may regard me as not unworthy to take a soldier out of your ranks to support me, in conjunction with their brothers in arms, a • Rifleman,' and as the means, in declining life, of remembering the gallant regiments who taught me to fight for my country.--I have, &c. SMIT Major " To Major-Gen era l Sir E. Gibb H s, , .o K.B. ,General. " Colonel, 52d Light Infantry." THE LOCOMOTIVE ESTABLISHMEN AT ASHFORD. —There can be no doubt that the approaching comple tion of the Paris line to the coast will materially increase the traffic of the South-Eastern Railway. It is not alone for this increase of traffic that the company are, by the erection of an immense locomotive establishment at Ashford, preparing. The North Kent line to Graves end will require a very large carrying stock. The im mensity of the river passenger traffic to and fro between London and this town, is too notorious to need particular remark. Experience teaches us that a great portion of this will inevitably pass over the South-Eastern Rail way. The directors are looking forward to the con struction of the stock necessary to work such a traffic. The ground on which the works at Ashford are being erected was originally a hollow, the surface rising in the direction of the railway (east and west), and to the south. This hollow has been filled up level with the rail. The works consist of a large engine shed, a ' repairing shop, smiths' and boiler shops and tender sheds. The engine shed, which is for the accommoda tion of 16 locomotives, with their tenders, is 208 feet 9, by 63 feet, parallel with the railway. Four lines of rail extend longitudinally through the whole length of the building. The repairing shop has room for 15 engines and tenders. The length of the building is 395 feet by 45. Attached to the front of this building is to be a stationary engine of 25 horse power, for driving the works. A tranverse crane will move on iron rails, lon gitudinally along the shop. It will be capable of lifting 20 tons at its centre. To the south, and parallel with the repairing shop, is the smithy. This will contain 20 fires. It is 176 feet long by 45 wide, and 28 high. These and other buildings comprise about one-half of the works that the South Eastern Company intend to carry out simultaneously with the construction of their new lines. —Kent Herald. Tun Mans.—SOUTIIAMPTON, DEC. 20.—The Oriental and Peninsular Company's steam-boat Oriental, Captain Keene, took her departure from the Docks at 10 A.M., this day, for Alexandria and Malta, with the East India and China mails, in charge of Lieutenant Tancock, R.N. The Oriental has a valuable cargo in bale goods, and takes out ninety-three passengers. On Friday evening (but too late for the train) the Gibraltar packet Queen, Captain Weeks, arrived in the Docks, and landed the mails, which were forwarded by early train yesterday. The Queen's dates are—Gibraltar Dec. 6th, Cadiz 7th, Lisbon 10th, Oporto 11th, and Vigo 13th, She brings thirteen passengers. WORSHIP-STREET.-02 Friday last Mr. Bingham made some observations upon the misconduct at tributec to William Cotton, the discharged soldier of the 22d Regiment. The facts of his case are, as we are informed, as follows : —He was enlisted on the 14th of December, 1835, at the age of 16 8.12 years, and was discharged on the 11th of June, 1844. His claim to a pensicn was for feited by three convictions of desertion, viz , on the 18th of May, 1837, the 31st of January, 1833, arid the 26th of December of the same year. He was besides conEned in prison for another crime, from the 11th of November to the 18th of December, 1337. His wound was received from the firelock of one of the guard at Sukkur, on an alarm of an attack at night, when a sentinel on his post, in February, 1843. THE FOREIGN Maros. —The following notice, fixing the dates on which the foreign mail., will be made up in London to be forwarded via Southampton Mar seriles, Liverpool, and Falmouth, and the dates on which the return packets will be due at the :said ports, wa s issued on Saturday at the General Post-office m a _ deira, British West Indies, &c.—The mails for Madeira, the British and foreign colonies in the %Veit Indies (ex cept Honduras, Bermuda, and the Havannah), and Vene zuela, will be made up on the morning of the 2d ofJanuary and evening of the 16th ; Mexico, Honduras, and Haven nab, on the morning of the 2d only ; Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the even ing of the 16th only, via Southampton ; mails due on the 7th and the 22d at Southampton. Mediterranean, India, &c.—The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China, will be made up on the evening of the 2d and morning of the 20th, to be forwarded vid Southampton. By the fortnightly closed mail to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., vid Marseilles, ou the evening s of the 7th anti 23d. British North America, &c.—The mail far Bermuda, British North America, and the United States, will be made up on the evaaing of the 4th, to be forwarded by the Hibernia steamer tat Liver pool ; Cambria due on the 15th. Madeira, Brazils, &c.—The mail for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, will be made up on the evening of the 4th, vid Falmouth; her Majesty's brig Crane due on the 27th. New South Wales, &e.—The mail for Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, an d N ew Z ea l an d , bb made up on the evening of the 31st, to be f orwar d e d y the monthly sailing-pa ck a vie" Gravesend. Franc e ', the monthly f or F rance and Belgium are made up via Dover, eve Tails at th e G eneral Post effi,el and forwarded Dover, Calais, and Ostend (Sundays excepted) ' • due e daily. H o ll and, every Wednesday and Saturday tuorn ing ; due Wednesdays ar e d v Thursclays. Flatutith, every Tuesday an d Friday ' ns, forw ar d ed by the Geinegra;l d4ie Tuesday s an d Saturday General team Navigation Company's packets from the Thames." BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, DEC. 18 A business has been done this week at former rate. steady market , d has closed with a firm er appearance. The the re.. fined ralr k e t is also more animated, and rather dearer, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ,EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1846. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OPENING OF THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. The completion and opening to the publ'c of this great national line, the last link in the chain of communica tion between London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, calls for an extended notice, more particularl as throughout its progress it has been the scene of some of the greatest engineering exploits of the age. From the records of the rise and progress of the line, we gather that the subject of a communication with Scot land, along the western side of the island, began, many years ago, to occupy the attention of railway specula tors, and of parties who were locally interested. Activity and enterprise on the eastern side of the island were early astir, and the proprietors of the Great North of England Railway, feeling assured that two lines would never be constructed, were anxious to secure the mono poly by priority of movement. However natural such a desire might be, the disuse of the western route would have greatly inconvenienced the manufacturers of Lan cashire, whose nearest and most direct course lay through Lancaster and Kendal, and would have been an equal disadvantage in the intercourse between London and Glasgow. The Westerns could not be expected tamely to surrender facilities they had long enjoyed, and not only so, but to see their road become a highway shut up. And, moreover, if railroad communication developed new capabilities, it was reasonable that they should par take of these advantages, and march on with the progress of improvement, as well as their neighbours. The feeling of indignation against the attempted mo ncpoly of the Easterns, was universal ; but the Westerns had their own feuds, and when they came to fix in what direction their line should proceed, the unanimity and warmth of feeling which had characterised the former proceedings, disappeared. The Caledonian, and the Whitehaven, Workington, and Maryport Railway Com panies, commissioned in 1837 Mr. George Stephenson, the " father" of th railway system, inasmuch as it was he who first introduced the locomotive steam.engine, to make surveys tetween Lancaster and Carlisle by the coast across Morecambe Bay, and also by Kirkby Lons dale, up the Luue and Penrith. Mr. Stephenson deli vered in his report, which was strongly in favour of the coast-line. He admitted that the coast line was 22 miles longer than the inland line, but he alleged that the latter would be much more costly in construction. The coast-line, from the fact of its being on a level through out, would also be passed oyer in an equally short time, the gradients of the latter being very steep, to say no thing of the difficulties created by the accumulation of snow on the Shap Fells. Mr. Locke, an equally great and trustworthy authority in railway matters, had surveyed the country in 1836, and had pronounced in favour of the practicability of a line np the Lune, past Sedbergh, and under Shap Fells, by a tunnel. The gradients on this line were thought at the time to be too steep, being about 1 in 150, and engi. neering skill being comparatively in its infancy, the tun nel was also deemed an objection, and he was directed by the Penrith and Kendal branches of the provisional com mittee to see whether these objections could not be ob viated. He accordingly reported, in the year 1838, upon two other lines, which he respectively called the Appleby and the Kendal lines. The Appleby line took the west of Kirkby Lonsdale to Borrowbridge and Tebay—thence by a detour to Sunbiggin Tarn—thence by Water Houses, King's Meaburn, Morland, and Cliburn, to Eamont bridge, where it was to cross the Lowther and Eamont, and proceed to Carlisle. The Kendal line was to go through Longsleddale, by a tunnel through Gates earth, on the west side of Hawse Water, to Thornthwaite and Bampton, following the valley of the Lowther to Askham, and thenc e by Y anwat h to Penrith. Mr. Locke stated that the Kendal line would be twelve miles shorter than the Appleby line, though the steepest gradient on the latter would be only 1 in 130, and he strongly urged the claims of our "thriving town," expressing, at the same time, his conviction that the Kendal line might be so modified as to avoid some of the great and difficult works which occurred upon it. He also repeated his preference for the line he had originally surveyed by Shap, and declared his opinion that the tunnel of 11 miles would present fewer difficulties than the route by Askham. The advocates of the inland line at this juncture put forth their strength in an animated controversy, on the merits of their respective schemes, and it is amusing, in recurring to the nature of the objections which were started, to see how completely deceived in many in stances both parties were in their ideas of the capabili ties of engineering skill. The inhabitants of White haven, of Ulverston, and of the intervening towns, led on by the late Sir H. F. Senhouse, ridiculed the formation of a tunnel through Shap as the dream of a madman, and were lifted into th e f ourt h h eavens when they talked of the magnificent embankment of ten miles which was to span the bay, and the thousands of acres of productive land which would be reclaimed from the sea. The perils by water were nothing in their account, when compared with the difficulties which the snow storms would oppose by land. The landsmen, on the other hand, drew ter rific pictures of the sweeping floods with which Old Father Neptune would avenge the presumptuous encroachment on his domains ; and the greater length of the coast line was alleged as in itself a fatal objection, even though, in all other respects, it was equally eligible. Each 'Party, in addition, asserted priority of claim, so far as amount of population was concerned, the only point on which they were agreed being that passenger traffic formed the most profitable item of a railway un dertaking. No satisfactory progress was made in either direction towards the formation of a company, and in November of 1837, a public meeting was held at Penrith, in order to promote a line between that town and Carlise. This was brought out as an independent scheme ; but it was intended, no doubt, as a step towards the formation of a continuous line from Lancaster, and if it had been carried out, the controversy between the mariners and the landsmen would have been brought to an end, and a speedy decision would have been also come to as to the I route to be taken from Lancaster and Kendal to Penrith, the only engineering difficulties occurring being at these places. The Penrith line met with great favour. All the leading gentry of the district came forward in its behalf, with the Earl of Lonsdale at their head. A meeting was held at Carlisle in its favour, at which the high sheriff, Mr. Dixon, presided, who promised the support of the Carlisle and Newcastle Company. Ap pleby, also, and other towns, made demonstrations in its behalf, and the share list made a very respectable progress towards being filled up; but too large a number of railway jobbers —a race even then in being though not so numerous as it has since become—got mixed up with the project, and it was judiciously resolved by the local committee to abandon it altogether. About its times, Mr. Nicholson, the late Mayor of Kendal, published a pamphlet " On the London and Glasgow Railway, through Westmorland and Cumber land." He pointed out, with great force, the injury which Kendal would sustain if it did not secure to itself the benefit of a railway communication, and a meeting was held in the Town Hall in the- month of December, 1837, at which resolutions were passed in favour of im mediate and active steps to protect the interests of the town. Mr. Locke was accordingly commissioned to in stitute a fresh survey of the country by the Lune and through Longsleddale; and he reported,in favour of the Kendal line, as being shorter than any other, the only considerable objection to its adoption being the long tun nel through Gatescarth, at the head of the valley. About the same period Mr. Lamer, employed by other parties, pointed out a line by the Lune, through Orton Scar, which, being of limestone, presented fewer difficulties in the way of tunnelling, besides requiring a shorter tunnel than the line through Shap, and the ad vocates of an inland line thought that every difficulty was now smoothsd before them. But the Gordian knot, says the Kendal Mercury, of these conflicting claims could not be unravelled by the parties who had assisted in weaving it, and it was left to the Government Commissioners, Lieutenant -Colonel Smith, RE., and Professor Barlow, who had been ap pointed to inquire respecting railway communication between London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, to pronounce between the competing schemes. Their first report was issued in 1840, and the lines which came under their con sideration were the Bay line. the sections of which were furnished by Mr. Hague—the Lune line through Orton Scar, just mentioned, surveyed by Mr. Larmer—and the Kendal line by Longsleddale, the sections of which were prepared by Mr. Job Bintly. The coast line was at once set aside as impracticable, the length of its em bankment and its circuitousness putting it out of the pale of further consideration. The Lune line was de clared to be most eligible, so far as engineering facilities were concerned; but the commissioners dwelt strongly on the advantages of railway communication to the population "of the lower part of the valley of the Kent, and to the thriving town of Kendal in particular," and intimated, if a route could be found which could bring Kendal upon the line without the long and difficult tunnel through Gatescarth mountain, they should feel bound to report in its favour. Mr. Larmer was accordingly employed en a fresh survey, and the result was the dis covery of the Grayrigg line, which united the Lune • and the Kendal schemes, the junction of the new line from Kendal with the Lune line taking place at a point about nine miles from Orton. Lieutenant Smith ex. pressed his complete satisfaction with this line, and it was warmly recommended to the Treasury, conditionally, however, on the formation of a local company. The commissioners had previously reported against a line on the eastern coast, and given the preference to a western line* The fear which they expressed that two lines could not be supported affords another mark of the rapid advance in public spirit and enterprise that has been made within the last few years, 5.8 it clearly indi cates what undiscovered capabilities the country pos sesses. An eastern line and a western sre both in course of completion, and there can be no doubt that they will be equally remunerative to the shareholders, as they will be convenient to the country. The line by Shap, as originally pointed out bylfr. Locke, does not appear to have come under the cognisance of the commissioners. It was, no doubt, the shortest route that could be devised, but it had a higher summit than the Gatescarth and the Orton tunnels, and consequently a steeper gradient to attain that summit, the rise being 1 in 75, while the rise on the other was only 1 in 150. If 1 in 75 had been proposed, the commissioners would in all probability have been startled, and another line might perhaps have been adopted. That gradient has, however, been found to work exceedingly well, 2nd her: we see again the progress of skill and enterprise within the last few years. The recommendation of the Commissioners did not commit either the Legislature or the company to the adoption of any one route, and progress being so far made, Mr. Lo.cke proceeded with increased zeal in fur thering the line by Shap, and ultimately the line as now modified and laid out was adopted: Everything was now favourable for the accomplish. ment of this much-desired object but the filling up of the share list. The railway mania had not at that time broken out, and the denizons of the north, sure but slow and cautious in their movements, were unwilling to era bark to the necessary extent in an untried project, and the matter was once more at a stand still. But strangers stepped in at this juncture to their assistance, strangers, however, who had a natural and legitimate interest in the undertaking, and whose co-operation the inhabitants of Kendal, Penrith, and Carlisle were entitled to claim. In August, 1841, there was a meeting held of the share holders of various companies, whose lines formed a con tinuous route to London, and it was determined at once to help it through. The London and Birmingham sub scribed 100,0001., the Grand Junction 250,0001., the North Union 85,0001., and the Preston and Lancaster 65,000/. The total proposed capital was 1,200,0001., with power to borrow not more than one-third of that amount in addition, and this was soon raised, and the company went to Parliament. We believe we are strictly correct in saying that there is not another in stance of a line where there has been so little of mere speculative investment, nor where the shares have so little changed hands. The slowness and hesitation manifested in the first instance by those who were so deeply interested in its formation, may be thought at variance with the usual enterprise and forethought of men of business ; but it has redounded to the solid and lasting benefit of the company. The Act was obtained in the month of May, 1844. The engineers of the line are Messrs. Locke and Er rington. The contractors are Messrs. Stephenson, Mackenzie, and Brassey. The prospectus, in the first instance, contemplated only a single line of rails ; but the directors, looking forward to the growing demands of the country, wisely determined to enlarge their plan, and having borrowed the additional amount that was requisite, proceeded at once to lay down a double line. The works were begun in September of 1844, as soon as practicable after the passing of the Act, and the con tractors undertook to have the line ready for opening within eighteen months atter their commencement ; but circumstances beyond control and foresight prevented the accomplishment of their intentions before the pre sent period, and it is no small proof of their energy and determination that the) have so speedily and so effectu ally vanquished the difficulties which presented them , selves. At Carlisle there is a communication with the New castle and Carlisle, and the Maryport and Carlisle lines, and when the Caledonian is completed, au uninterrupted route will be opened to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and thence by other lines to the n or th o f S cot l an d. It is proposed to have a general station at Carlisle, and if the scheme is carried out, of which there cannot be any doubt, the county town of Cumberland will possess facilities for traffic and locomotion second to few places in the kingdom. The total number of bridges on the line, exclusive of culverts and cattle. arches, is 180. As may be supposed, an undertaking of this magnitude has required a great force of men, and the number of labourers employed has ranged as high as 10,000 men, together with 1.000 horses. The navvies from their want of educational opportunities, and, indeed, partly from the very nature of their occu pation, are a rough, uncultivated sot, and the peaceful natives of some of our secluded localities expressed ex treme dread at the prospect of their introduction into the neighbourhoods ; but, with the exception of an occasional strike, they have shown themselves tolerably quiet and peaceably disposed. A riot, however, took place at Pen rith in February in the present year, which threatened at one time serious consequences. It originated in a dispute between an English " ganger " and an Irish ex cavator, near Clifton Moor, and the Irishman, indignant at being compelled to ob e y hi s su p er i or , rouse d his coun trymen, who mustered to between seven hundred and eight hundred ; and proceeded in a body to drive the Engish off the line. The spirit of nationality between each party'was roused, just as the faction-fights kindle the most savage frays between the clans in the Emerald Isle, and if it had not been for the promptitude of Mr. Hasell, one of the resident magis trates, who is also the chairman of the company, it is impossible to say what might have been the result. The Yeomanry Cavalry were called up, and continued on duty above a week. A composition was afterwards entered into, by virtue of which certain boundaries were pre scribed for the natives of each country respectively, and a proclamation having been issued by the magistrates, expressive of their determination to uphold the supre macy of the law, and, at the same time, to afford protec tion to all, without distinction, against outrage, the Pen rith riots were speedily numbered among the things that have been. Every possible precaution has been adopted by the contractors to prevent accidents upon the line, but in a work of such a nature as the formation of a railway, they are inevitable, and all that can be done, is to insist upon the observance of every possible care by the labourers. Fewer casualties have occurred upon the Lancaster and Carlisle, we believe, than upon any other line of the same length, yet there is too long a catalogue to record. Since the opening of the works there have been 72 acci dents resulting in death, but no small portion of that amount has resulted through the carelessness of the suf fering parties. The greatest number seems to have oc curred between Grayrigg and Shap. The directors have called for the full amount of the shares of 501., and they have also had to increase their capital by the creation of new third shares, but the line stands at a premium of from 17 to 19, a plain proof of the confidence which is felt in its ultimate prosperity. On Wednesday, at eleven o'clock, a train, consisting of nine carriages, left the Lancaster station, and pro ceeded at the rate of between twenty-five and thirty miles an hour, on its way to Carlisle. The sharp incline of one in seventy-five was ascended with a single engine at the rate of 22f miles an hour. At Penrith there was a large concourse of spectators, who hailed the arrival of the train with cheers. In Carlisle there was a general holiday. The whole journey was performed in less than four hours, including stoppages. At the grand banquet in the evening, the directors entertained upwards of two hundred guests at dinner in the Athenaeum. Mr. E. W. Hasell, Chairman of the Company, presided; and near him sat Mr. Greene, M.P. for Lancaster; the High She r iff of the county, Colonel Irtoe, Rifle Brigade; Messrs. Rotheram, of Liverpool, W. Marshall, M.P., David Hodgson, of Liverpool ; Joseph Locke, J. G. Evrington, John Dixon, E. Ralph, Mayor of Carlisle; J. Steel, G. E. Mounsey, W. Car rick, &c. Mr. JOHN DOUGLAS proposed the health of the chair man and directors. Colonel HASELL responded, and said the line will be of very material benefit not only to the country through which it passes, but to the nation at large, inasmuch as it will open out a great chain of communication along the western side of the land—between the populous districts of Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Lancashire —and it will finally connect these important districts with the mass of industry in the busy part of Scotland.— (Cheers.) There is no lino of railway calculated to . produce greater benefits, either national or local, than the Lancaster and Carlisle. Not individuals, but masses will derive advantage; the manufacturing, trading, and commercial communities of England will re ceive the blessings of speedy communication to all the chief towns of England and Scotland. The directors have spared no pains to accomplish the gigantic work. Our next great business is to see that the line is safely worked--to see that we do not go too fast at first, and so endanger the lives of our fellow creatures.—(Cheers.) The management of it, I am happy to say, has been entrusted to the engineers who made it, and I have no doubt that they will take such precautions as will effectually obviate all danger. It is only the Almighty himself who can preserve us from accident, and I hope we may have His ialessing in all we are doing ; but it is well to take every precaution we can to prevent risk to life or limb.— (Cheers.) That we shall do. We shall gradually in• troduce the traffic on the line, and by the middle of February I hope we shall be able to run our trains by night as well as day.—(Cheers.) In the meantime we shall have every man at his post, and let him know thoroughly what he is about. We shall, however, get all things in perfect working order before we encounter the difficulties of night travelling ; and by running safely and not too fast, we hope to deserve and win the good opinion of the public.—(Hear, hear.) The portion of our line between Lancaster and Kendal has been open for three months, during which time wo have been running eight trains in twenty-four hours, and completing the line in the intervals between them. In consequence of the excellent arrangements of Mr. Worthington, not a single accident has occurred since the opening. The result of our opening proves that the scheme was not imprac ticable, as it was represented to be, and it must be sa tisfactory to those who wish success to our line that whilst other parts of the country are enjoying the bene fits of railway communication, our own land of lake and mountain has not been denied similar privileges. For the means of laying down a line in so difficult a region we are, I repeat, indebted to Mr. Locke—(Loud cheers)—and I trust the line will prove speedy, and fitted for every purpose. Mr. S. IRTON. M.P. for West Cumberland, acknow ledged his health, and it was a matter of great satisfac tion to him that he was enabled to be present at the completion of an undertaking fraught with so much benefit to the country at large. He remembered, when in Parliament, it was thought impracticable t pass over Shap Fells by railway, to say nothing of difficulties on other parts of the line. Mr. DAVID HODGSON, late Mayor of Liverpool, pro posed " The Members for Lancaster." Mr. W. MARSHALL M.P., returned thanks. He could not help casting his eyes back a few years, when it was thou g ht in-uperable difficulties stood in the way of a line over Shap Fells. There was scarcely an engineer except Mr. Locke—(Cheers)—who would have dared to go on, or could have done what he has accomplished for us.—(lncreased cheering.) He felt assured that the Caledonian, when completed, would add to the prosperity of the company. Mr. THOMAS GREENE, M.P., for Lancaster, fol lowed. Lan cas t er might for a while feel that it had sustained a loss is ceasing to be the terminus of a rail way, as it had been for a considerable period; but the inhabitants, he was sure, would look upon the matter in its true light, and would see that no town could expect a state of increasing and permanent prosperity which did not possess the the means of railway inter course with all other parts of the kingdom.—(Applause.) He confessed that he was in the number of those who regarded with jealousy and suspicion the progress of those who belonged to the eastern part of the island, and he thought that great thanks were due to the gentlemen who had promoted, and brought to a happy issue, the construction of a line on the western side of the island, and it was with feelings of no small gratification that he attended the commemoration of that interesting event on the present occasion. —(Loud applause.) He was not one of those who were disposed to detract from the praise of those who had engaged in this great work, from the circumstance that they had embarked in it for the pur pose of private gain, and he hoped that they would re ceive the most ample compensation for the risks which they had run. Ile thought, on the other hand, that the country at large owed them the deepest debt of gratitude, and that they were entitled to be looked upon as public benefactors. There were many who were strongly in favour of the continental plan, where the contracts were all adopted by government; but he strongly felt that it was most desirable that they should depend - on private enterprise and on their own exertions, and he thought that one of the great sources of our national strength and prosperity was this reliance upon their own private efforts.—(Loud applause.) At the same time he was not prepared to deny that there should be some government supervision over railways, though such supervision was one rather to public opinion than required by any real necessity of the case.—(Ap plause.) There was one benefit which he must be allowed to mention as the result of this dependence on private speculation. If some of the existing lines had not been laid down to the best advantage possible, there had been many lines constructed where there would not have been anything of the kind had the control been in the hands of government, which looked only to the best termini. If it was found requisite that any of those lines should be shortened, individual and private enterprise would not be wanting, and at the same time other places would re tain the benefits of railway communication, which would not have been conferred upon them had the arrange ments been altogether in the hands of the Government. —(Loud applause.) He could not quit this part of his subject without adding a word of testimony in favour of his friend who had been placed at the head of the Go vernment Board. He (Mr. Greene) remembered that he had had a conversation on the subject, when the arrange. ments were in contemplation, with a gentleman who was opposed in politics to the Hon. Member who had been selected to preside over the Railway Board, and that gentleman, among other remarks, had said, " Give us five Strutts, and we shall have nothing to regret." And when he (Mr. Greene) heard the appointment announced, he could not help exclaimi ng, " what an admirable ap pointment I"—(Applause.) Ile mentioned this fact to show that this appointment was not to be regarded merely as a political appointment, but the appointment of an individual who was in every way fitted for the office, and in whom the public might place the utmost confidence and trust.—(Applause.) Colonel MACLEAN proposed the " Directors of the London and North-Western," and Mr. WIGHTMAN re turned thanks for those of the Caledonian. The CHAIRMAN said people at first laughed at the pro ject for a line over Shap Fells ; but the Directors of that line took good advice, and relied on it, because they were sure it was sound and good. What had become of the assertions against the gradients ? It had been said they were impracticable for travelling ; well, that morn ing many present had travelled up an incline of 1 in 75 at the rate of 221 miles an hour.—(Loud cheers.) The time was when the assertion that a locomotive and train could run ten miles an hour, even on a plane, was laughed at and considered dangerous to life and limb.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The objection to heavy gradients occurr i ng occasionally had ceased, and in the case of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, where an extreme gradient occurred, it had entirely vanished, and been disproved by their experi mental trip that day.—(Cheers.) The directors were told that it was practicable, and the man on whose opinion they relied was Mr. Locke, who would no d ou bt a ll u d e to the subject hi mse lf.—(dear, hear.) Of course those in the east did not wish those in the west of the island to have any traffic. He did not go so far as to wish those in the east to have none : he would rather say, let each side have the traffic that belongs to it, and both will have plenty to do.—(Cheers.) At all events com petition would do not harm. It remained to be seen whose fares were the lowest.—(Cheers.) There would be no harm to the public if the fares in the east were reduced ; in his opinion it would be beneficial to the public if they were reduced.—(Continued cheering.) His belief was that the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway would be worked successfully and well • and he founded his belief on t h e op i n i on of Mr. Lo cke—one, of the ablest engineers this country ever saw.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. LOCKE, the engineer, in reply to his health, ob served the Lancaster and Carlise is but a link in the chain which we first set out to form. We began by set ting out a railway from Preston to Glasgow, and I trust you will not forget that our scheme must be viewed as a whole.—(Hear, hear.) Circumstances have led to its constructi©a in detached parts, but I trust the whole length between this 'town and Edinburgh and Glasgow will be carried out quite as satisfactorily as the portion which we have so successfully opened out this day.— (Hear, hear.) It may be that lam a little premature, but I look forward to the time when the London and North-Western Company will extend their lines to the very northern extremity of the country.—(Cheers.) The working of the Lancaster and Carlisle line is but an earnest of that, and I believe the interests of the public will be furthered by the extension of their railway realms —of their experience and intelligence —as far as railways can be extended in the north of Scot land.—(Cheers.) I should like them to be car ried forward till you could scarcely tell where one railway begins and another ends—till the whole net work was so perfect that you should do away with the incon venience arising from interruption in the modes of tra velling from one part of the kingdom to the other.— (Hear.) I beg to assure you that there has not been a prouder day in my life than this, on which we have cele brated the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail way.—(Cheers.) So much for myself. I will not allude to my friend Mr. Errington, for he is able to speak for himself ; but I must be allowed to say that, in addition to experienced practical engineers, we have had the ser vices of experienced contractors (Messrs. John Stephen son and Co.)—contractors such as few railways can boast of, and who have executed the works in the most credit able manner possible. I can quote the words of Captain Coddington, who said he had never seen handsomer or more substantial masonry on any line in the kingdom. But, though I admire these works, my satisfactian is in creased by the knowledge that they are to be placed under the management of the London and North-Western Company, who are in every way qualified for that re sponsibility.—(Hear, hear.) We have opened the Lan caster and Carlisle Railway at an inclement season of the year; but there are great advantages in opening now. The peer want fuel, which they cannot get except at a great cost, and the roads over Shap are almost impass able. The line, therefore, is opened iao sooner than it is required. I hope you will make allowances for the first month or so, and I pledge myself that before the spring is over it will be as perfect a railway as any in the king dom.—(Loud applause.) Mr. ERRINGTON also acknowledged the compliment in a very appropriate address. "The health of Messrs. Stephenson, the contractors," of " Mr. Swift, the solicitor,' and of " Mr. Bolden, the secretary," were subsequently given. The latter, in ac knowledging the compliment, announced the gratifying, and as regards previous experience in railway enterprise, the unusual fact, that from the state of the finances it appeared that the lines would be made " within" the es timate?' THE CORPORATION CONFLICT. The members of the Court of Common Connell, who formed themselves, oa Thursday, into a committee, after the departure of the Lord Mayor, without putting the question as to the passing of the Members' Qualification Bill, assembled on Saturday to receive the report of the sub-committee, Walter Anderson Peacock, Esq., in the chair. The following resolutions were then, after some discussion as to slight verbal alterations, agreed to amidst cheers : " Resolved,—That th 3 Court of Common Council, con sisting of the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and a:number of commoners annually chosen by th e f reemen inhabitant householders of this city, have for ages possessed and exercised the right to originate and pass such acts and ordinances as have become necessary, from time to time, for advancing the welfare of the citi zens, an d i mproving its municipal institutions in unison with the spirit of the age. " Resolved—That in furtherance of a design to defeat the exercise of this right, the Court of Aldermen, on Thursday, the 17th instant, presented a protest against the passing of an Act for regulating the qualification of members of the Common Council ; and, although the Lord Mayor and Aldermen had at former courts con curred in the orders for the preparation of the Bill, and, in its being read a first and secon d t i me, when the third reading of the Bill was moved and seconded, the Lord Mayor refused to put the question to the court, and the Aldermen, after a long discussion, with one exception, quitted the court, which was thereby dissolved. " Resolved—That we the members of the Court of Common Council, have reason to believe that it is the determination of the Mayor and Aldermen to dispute the right of the corporation in Court of Common Coun cil assembled to pass the Bill now before the Court, mainly because they are aware that a Committee of the Common Council have, since the introduction of the present Bill, prepared another, to limit the Court of Aldermen in the expenditure of the public money. "Resolved—That we, the members of the Common Council, then protested, and now protest, against the proceedings of the said Mayor and Aldermen ; and, on behalf of the citizens of London, resolve to in sist upon their right, through their representatives, to insure their the outl a y o f th e i r f un d s , t h at we may their application to public and useful purposes ; and we resolve, and hereby pledge ourselves, to adopt and en force all such lawful, just, and reasonable measures as shall preserve to the citizens of London the right to alter their municipal institutions, to meet the increasing com merce of the city, and in conformity with the intelli gence and wants of the times." The thanks were unanimously voted to the chairman and the committee separated. P OLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. Edmund Webber, a person of very gentlemanly appear ance, who has been some years in the employment of Messrs. Gil es and Co., corn-factors, of Fowkes s-court, Tower-str eet, Was chargedhavi before the Lord M a y or w ith ng embezzled the sum of 7001. and the sum of 2001., the property of the firm. Mr. J. Kirton, corn-Chandler, of Charles-street, Mid dlesex, Hospital, stated that he dealt with Mews. Giles and Co : , and that on the 11th of December he paid to the prlsoner, 561. 6s. 3d. , on account of the firm, th e sum of Mr. P. M. S hePlier3, cashier at Messrs. Calvert's, the brewers, stated that he handed 991. 18s. 9d., which was eue to Messrs. Giles, to a person name d R o bi nson , p or t er to the latter, on account of the firm. Robinson proved that ho paid that sum into the hands of the prisoner. Mr. Henry Aste, c ern d ea l er, prove d t h a t h e p a id, on the 7th of De cem b er. into the hands of the prisoner, on account of M essrs. Giles, the sum of 7001. in a cheque. It was proved that not one of these sums had been entered on the books, or received by the firm. Mr. Hobler, who appeared for the prosecutor, sub mitted that there was no answer to any one of these ? cases. Mr. Ballantine (for the prisoner) admitted that there were undeniable grounds for committing the prisoner. The LORD Me.Yoa directed that the prisoner should be brought up on a future day, to be committed for trial. The prisoner, whose connexions are very respectable, wus deeply involved in railway speculations. SCILLY.—About ehrlity logs of mahogany have been picked up among the Islands withid the last week, the PrinciP 4l PlUt nem' the e y e e li t t euee.—W.est Briton. SNOW •STORM. For several years past we have not experienced such a snow storm as has prevailed since Thursday last. The thaw of Tuesday and Wednesday morning cleared the roads in the vicinity of the town, and though the snow still lay on the hills, it was imagined that communica tion with the south and north would not be interrupted. On Wednesday afternoon, however, the wind set into the north, the streets became crusted with_ice, and at lengh snow began to fall. By Thursday morning every thing was covered, and with little intermission the snow has since continued. Near midnight on Thursday one or two flashes of lightning were seen during a tempo rary cessation of the fall The roads in the neighbour hood are covered to a depth of from ten to eighteen inches ; but on the high grounds of the Perth road, on the east road and in Ross shire the depth is great. On some parts of the Perth road, particularly about Kingussie, the wreaths are in solid banks, perhaps twenty feet in depth. What is somewhat remarkable, about Dalnacareoch, where in general the worst weather is experienced, the fall of snow has been comparatively trifling ; but to the north of Dalwhinnie the coach is unable to travel. From Dalwhinnie, the mail, during the latter part of the week, has been carried on horseback, frequently as far as Moy, where it has been met by a carriage from Inverness. To keep the road is impossible, and of course regularity is not to be expected. Indeed, but for considerable daring, and the endurance of great harilships by coachmen and guards, we would not have the mails at all. To show the state of the road, we may mention that the mail of Sunday night, for the south, left Aviemore about nine p.m., and did not reach Kin gussie—a twelve mile station--until four o'clock on the following morning. The distance was performed on horseback, and in crossing the drifts net a little danger was encountered. The road to Aberdeen is in much the same state. Betwixt Forres and Elgin communication was difficult on Friday. The coach from Elgin on Friday morning returned ; and the Elgin, Star, and Defiance remained in Forres on Thursday night. The north road is also d , eply covered. Ou Thursday, the Thurso mail was upwards of two hours behind ; on Friday, eleven hours ; on S a t ur d a y, twenty ; and the mail which should have arrived at 20 minutes past one on Sunday morning, did not reach the post office until 7 A.m. on Monday. The Aberdeen mail of Thursday was an hour behind ; on Friday, six hours ; and the mail which should have arrived at 7 P.M. on Saturday, came in aboat nine on Sunday morning. There has been no mail from Aberdeen since, and three are now due. The Perth mail was also; of course, behind. The detentions of the Aberdeen mail of Saturday arose chiefly from the heavy fall to the south of Aberdeen. It is worthy of remark, as favouring the idea of a railway to Perth (which was thought by some persons so wild a project) that the Highland road, on this as on former oc casions, is less blocked up with snow than the line by Aberdeen. The Perth mail arrived about six o'clock last night, but brOught nothing from places to the soul h of Edinburgh, so that the snow-storm has in all likeli hood been general. Our ancient friend, John Maclean, the Centenarian, says, " this is just the old weather back again. In the first of my day, the snow-storms were mostly in Decem ber, and were heavier than even this, besides being ac. companied with extraordinary keen frosts, and it would generally be at the end of January before the ground was stript of its white covering. During these times, we had had to put our very water-stoups near the fire all night, and after all they would sometimes be frozen, and we had to br(ak the ice in the morning with the red hot tongs. The after-seasons, however, were grand. Early in February, the ploughman was at work ; we could hear him whistling at the furrow, but it was not easy to see him, for the fine warm smoke rose up from the ploughed land. And with regard to the summers, the heat was so great that men at field-work gave up for two or three hours at mid-day, and the foot travellers on the roads took their coats off. Near the town here, some fields of barley were cut in the beginning of July, and by the end of July shearing was general. If the poor folks were but decently off, I would never like to see December going out black, as the old saying is true, that a black Yule, or Ch r i s t mas , ma k es a fat kirkyard."' Poor John is but ill off himself in this inclement season, and we should be glad to see our Clachnacuddin friends remember the claims of their ancient townsman and chronicler, who has now nearly roundel his hundredth year, and led an irreproachable life.—lnverness Courier. DROVE ROAD-THE INVEROU - - - - RAN STANCE. An important point in the case now pending between the Marquis of Breadalbane and the sheep-farmers of the north, relative to the drove road in Argyleshire, has been decided by th e Fi rs t Di v i s i on o f t h e Court of 'Ses sion in favour of the farmers. After a full hearing on the 3d instant it was decb'ed that the defenders have a relevant case, a right to the drove stance if they prove possession. As this is the point on which Lord Breadal bane rested his case, it is very likely that he will not insist further, but if he does, the defenders must go before a jury and prove possession, a matter on which there can be no doubt. The Black Mount road, through the Breadalbane estates, from King's House, by Inverou ran and Tyndrum, to Falkirk, has been used for:cen turies for cattle and sheep, and the Inverouran stance, or station, has always been a resting-place on the jour ney.---Inverness Courier. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. COLLISION BETWEEN THE POOR.LAW COMMISSIONERS AND THE DIRECTORS AND GUARDIANS.—Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, a report was re ceived from the Secretary to the Board of Directors and Guardians forwarding communications recently received from the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. WILSON denied the right of the Commissioners to interfere in the affairs of Marylebone, or any of the me tropolitan parishes, and moved the re-appointment of the joint committee of the vestry and guardians who con ducted the opposition to the district asylums, and that the whole of the documents be referred to them. This resolution was ultimately carried nern. con. Mr. DANIELL then moved a resolution to the eff et'that the indiscriminate application of the workhouse test, as proposed by the Poor law Commissioners, and publtshed in their general order, was inconsistent with the powers of self-government given to the authorities of parishts under local Acts, especially injurious to the aged and in firm, and deserving poor, and opposed alike to the dic tates of humanity and a sound and enlightened policy. This was also carried unanimously. THE LATE CHARGES OF CRUELTY TO THE POOR AGAINST THE DIRECTORS AND GUARDIANS.--.Mr. G. DANIELL wished to know if any steps had been taken with regard to the refutation of the most disgraceful and unfounded charges made against the Board of Directors and Guardians as to the treatment of the poor in the Marylebone Workhouse by Mr. Charles Cochrane, who was endeavouring to make himself popular as a candi date for Westminster.—(Laughter.) The statements made by Mr. Cochrane and his clique at the Princess's Concert Room on Tuesday last were the greatest tissue of untruths ever concocted.—(Hear.) Sir JAMES HAMILTON observed that he had, as a member of the Rota Committee with his colleagues, felt it their duty publicly to contradict the statements made at the meeting at the Princess's Concert Room on Tues day. last. In reference to the two complaints, the one was that of a man who never went out but he came home intoxicated, and the other was not let out often because he was subject to epileptic fits.—(Hear.) Mr. GRANGER and one or two other vestrymen baying denounced the conduct of Mr. Cochrane and the so-styled " Poor Man's Guardian Society," in putting forth such unfounded statements, Mr. Maw moved tilt, appointment of a committee to draw up an epitome of the arrangements of the work house, with a view to show the absurdity of these state ments. The motion having been seconded, wa s carr i e d unani mously, and the vestry separated. PARlS.—(Extract from a private letter.)—Our old favourite Deshayes has just died in Paris. With De shayes departs the last glories of ancient choreo graphic art, which began when Louis XIV. danced, and was handed down, through Gardel and Noverre, to Deshayes. He was himself the very prototype and living compendium of this art, at the time when con ventional grace and dreamy poetry were pre ferred to energy of thought and execution. A more amiable and more courteous personage, never existed in the realms of the fantastic toe, nor was he devoid of inventive talent; her Majesty's Theatre having been indebted to him for Benyowsky, and several other excellent ballets. Lust season he came to visit the beloved precincts again, and being invited to a dinner with Taglioni, Cerito, and many of the first of the light-heeled fraternity, all the memories of his glories were revived, and he had so many toasts on the subject to drink in champagne, that he grew glorious himself afterwards; floated in cloudS of dreamy reminiscences, like the heroes of Ossian; and instead of going to bed, strolled into the fields, and nearly broke his ❑eck in a pit. However, he recovered with broken shins, and lived to die amongst his house hold gods in Paris, loved and esteemed by all who knew him. THE NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES.--W 9 observe with pleasure that a cheap re issue of this na tional work, is announced by Mr. Colburn, in fourteen monthly parts, price only five shillings each ; the first of which will appear with the Magazines on the Ist of January. A very treat circulation will doubtless be attained, for, as the Standard observes, "the family that shall want this book must be ungrateful to the memory of Nelson." In the words of the Quarterly Review," the nation expected, and was entitled to expect, that while cities vied with each other in consecrating statues in marble and brass to the memory of Nelsen, a literary monument would be erected which should record his deeds for the immortal honour of, his own country, and the admiration of the rest of the world." " That Literary Monument," says The Sun, "is here com pleted. It is a splendid memorial of the glory anti dig nity of the naval service of Great Britain. The Letters will hereafter be the Manual of the sailor, as the sister service has found a guide in the Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington. They will range side by side. Eng lishmen will associate their heroic deeds, and point their sons to these kindred works as the best memorials of their lives." FATHER EUSTACE, A TALE OF THE JESUITS.— In a former work Mrs. Trollopo dissected the social in fluences of Dissent with a bold and successful hand. In these volumes she undertakes a similar operation upon Jesuitism. The whole end and purpose is to show the in famy of the Jesuits, to draw the veil from their misdeeds, and to display the secret workings of their machinations in the heart of England. Th 9 work will awaken eager curiosity in certain circles. It will strike people with dismay, it will confirm the creed of some, and disturb the opinions of others. It will help to make Jesuitism more unpopular than ever; and in that way, perhaps, justify the excesses to which we have taken objection. There is no denial to be given to the broad impeachment, and it is this which will sink into the general mind, and leave a deep tend permanent impression behind.—Atlas. ( CLOSE OF GROUSE SHOOTING. The tenth of December legally ended the time .for shooting grouse, black-game, and ptarmigan ; but, this year, the elements, in an unusual manner, shortened the season several days, by smoothing over the wide expanse of moor and mountain with a deep snow-storm ; so deep that the sportsman determined to have a few brace for Christmas could bare:y attain his aim by stalking; the birds—" impatient floun c i ng th roug h t h e d r if te d heaps." Previous to, and after the 12th of August. complaints were rife that tape-worm had spread far ard near among the feathered flocks, and where coveys were not lessened by death they were generally lean and under the usual size. Latterly, there appears to have been a complete recovery from this wasting disease : the birds being plump and wall-clothed with their glossy plumage for the last two months. Judging from returns given, during the shooting, in our paper, as well as from the number of boxes sent south wards by the steamships and coaches, the season eas been an excelh•nt one for quantity ; and, - from the constant system of trapping, so universally adopted, no year, can now be a failure, as the numerous varieties of vermin, whose whole food was grouse, are kept within narrow bounds. We subjoin a few notes from the game- books of our northern sports men, and for the present we bid them adieu, in hopes to find them return next year to " the land of brown heath" —over the remotest parts of which their presence is hailed with welcome. At Glentnasarin, Mr. Clifton and Captain Boyd had 400 brace. The Messrs. La Tuuche, Dalmigavie, 580 brace. Nir. Robertson and Mr. Christie, Inverehasley, 700 head. The A uc hi nau l t party. M. ssrs. Berwick, Jackson, Garde, and Power, bagged 800 brace. Lord Hid, D. C. Matjoribanks, EA., and Mr. Broad hurst, on Killin moors, 1,600 brace of grouse, 100 ditto hares, and wild f iwl. At Lochalsh, the Messrs. Buxton and friends, 1,000 brace. From Conan and Highfield • moors, Captain Knight and Mr. Wigram bagged 2,000 head. Sir Hyde Parker had 500 brace at Balblair. Mr. Jones, Loubcroy, 1,700 head. ra, s<rs. Penrose, Col more, Young, and Wilson, at Dunmaglass, 1,400 b race . From Craiguanach, Mr:Trumbull and Mr. Timmins took 300 brace. Mr. Crompton and party, at Carrour, 1,400 brace. Mr. Wainman, Glendoe, 500 brace. Mr. Jones and friends, Rosehall, 2,800 head. Mr. Johnson, Gruids, 700 brace.—lnverness courier. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 19, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Glas gow, Halves, 10 1 A p.—London and North-Western, 194= Ditto, Quarters, New, 13 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 17 1 / 8 p.—Mid land, New, 4% p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, Nq., 3 • % dis.--South.Eastern and D over , C onso lid ated Thirds, 1 % 1 p.—Ditto, No. 4, % p.—York and Newcastle, Prefer ence, 516 p.—York and Selby, Preference, 10 1 h p. —East Lancashire, New (scrip), 31s. 3d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, New, 1 p.—Ambergate and Eastern Junction, 1/ s dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 3s. 9d. P.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, % p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1 4 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, 314 p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Shrewsbury and Here-, ford, 6s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2 1 4 p.— Ditto (B), 14 8 p.—Shropshire Unio n R a il way and Canal, 6s. 3d. dis.—West Riding Union, 1% p.—Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 1 ,4 c. p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 1 4 p.—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 1 1 4_ p.—East Lancashire, N ew (scrip), 1 1 / 2 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3% dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1 4 dis.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 75—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1 3-16 p.—North British Q uar t ers , 2 11- 16 p.—North Stafford shire, 3% p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 13-16 p.— Scottish Midland, 3 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2 1 A p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, %T. LEEDS, DECEMBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share trade has been inactive since our last. Prices are steady, and no indications of pre sent decline observable. Stock is not plentiful, or, we think, more business could have b een d one, as the small quantity offering has gone off readily at quotations. The sales are— East Lancashire, New, 3% p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 1 1 A p.— Huddersfield and Manchester, 378 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 1 1 4 p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, Half Shares, 5% c. p. c. n.— Ditto, Extensions scrip (green), 20s. p.—Ditto, New Extensions scrip (pink), 1 1 4 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, par c. n.— Ditto, Preference, 225. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 11 n. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1 1 / 8 p.—Midland, Preference, 4 1 4 p.—North British, Thirds, 595. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 20s. p.—North-Western, lls. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 18s. 6d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, Si. ls. 6d. n. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. dis.—London and York, Half Shares, 10s. dis. —London and Portsmouth, 16s. 6d. p.—Northern Counties Union,l l 4 dis. 7 West Riding Union, 31. 19s. WOI3Kkbj.3IIOBERT J. CULVEIZIVELL Mit• C '''' One eecti. by post ilnfi and anw"le ~.. ~ . ON SINGLE and MARItiED Li lFi (An Original Medical History.' CONTENTS: atralak 3l6 Analysis of the Affections —Early Conventional Re— d al' fera l direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities — L aw ' -- l itifoi: o ' Maternal • Influenee—Plic•::omena of Gestation —On lnie v es _ to/ Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances—Late _Ail,!arriagnefieo l‘latelies—Curiosities of Twenty-three Year? Ma c—*I f"1. Le. & - c. • • 2 • On CHASTITY and its . I NFRINGEME NTS (An Essay for 1846.) " Of human ills and frailties 1 disdonrse, ...4, l'hose tangtit by nature, and by al , , ••• , 4 • - Of griefs coneeal'd, and disappointments teen, and sag e, T W h i e lic lo n n 3 eTy ur fnd at t i lle g m e :a t t le ed —thi a e ll msautsutariend. In kindly spirit, herein, counsel's giv'n, `"' ~, g un. ° How health, how hope, how liappillos 3. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID I With Met Tables for all ComplaWts. a leen , * —How to ensure perfeet digestion, tran 4 , By WO 'a clear bead, and a contented titian ._, „, es !tioes herein containeC the feebler _ . ":„,se .lie mest shattered constitution, 31;jti the ere test amount of physical happiness, and reach 1:. , " full period of life allotted to man. ~„, shun, " How we should live—what eat, what drink, W"7, To reach in health full threescore years and ten. _ sub jects° These interesting little volumes, although bearing 111 )° !: of ion , very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be fell""llybigcrcr surable and general utility, for they tell of matters eve. r • Y ort eatio nl,o ture able t, understand ought to know, but which , 1 11 ,ted t wig) enlightened times, except that quail*" proud& these questionab e hamlets, is at a very terrible discount. ~,„Itrottaso In the exposition hereby offered of the tW now 1 11 ".e:,`„ 1 it is a , : nature, CI human disappentments and their ways et re_ t: , by siciso contended that ev ery ....der Fhail tecome his or ber ow a nnat W any more than their own it is insisted ni:`,"'n, the lab, slieuld know the simple princip.les'of our own organiz,,f erslWl,ll' whereby our existence and the i.sue thereof In their se, _,, i oceeo, states depend, the duties that I-ire expected of us in our he alth e n ' capacities in the family circle, and the terms on whic h f s ", e t o relf• ed baPPine. , s of the present and future race of niaskind b ase iraPal.to By such knowledge, and Which is Weill faitlo4 i t apl o ,, a , health will be " ld to be in our own kceeing, and io fuld r :„. within the attainment of all , by tha avail -tent bereft our offoPta3 obc o ot u nG r s.o d isc t i i t, t es y , - ict t r o ewaiti ourselves, we secure the lib e advant a g es . ° wllle ll Is i s. to figinw, and filially by the cultivation 31 - our faculttelhe bo dy in : , .h on d s e . generate health, the mind as wel l 4' 0 06 WO 13 C exalted to the summit of perfection, as bast becoul buret scilt The author's justification for this seeming en . 0105 t be a l , t tilt • 10 , 1 of Ills ° _ tags, and the avowal of their integrity of pUrPos e, „,,otee a l by their perusal—ills accredited qualifications 07st,, topics broached involve his legiErnate study' and PI" ( ;arvil'l l it ; 14 0 7 ; directTo b fr e oin ha t d he of Author, 23, PaterlloSter.," ; 3 9, Cl ew 1' ~.n t' Fleet-street; Hann.. 63 0 d Vann t Oe' c Y. , xfor • street; regen t-stre e „,, on tbe cr lO, Ar.,-yle-place, , , „ c oons Hi l ane. . tat Marlborough-street) who may be advi se- r soon t"" matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings &can Contents ood night's r& I , le inst of the I' .___._._._.___--.--------------vGOIM and A PO ' 1 ULAR,ItEATISE on ,:he.IIEALTII, LIFE. 11 0 pest NLNETEETII EDITION,' ' • Free lif on the lo price 2s. 6d. • . , WOO; ODIT y FUNCTIONS. (in iSe HE . Envelope) 3 1, ,,• fid ' ivieclica. es ra- Ss.of the re d cave SILENT FRIENP' s c"- t° With Mean r , ,e. Bon. The baneful effects pro u powers , , ee d strictu es,i.',a, dulgence, neg' e „migrated bi d D condary Synif ; ,to.—s, & o „ r o n f , l , n ,T v no nted out. . iv 0 , an gravings ; fo ll ow .1...., , I . a rriage• - PERRY and ed by observations on ,w doo. their resideeee. Pahl' Co', Consulting StfrgeonS, LP,,P had at ,te,ade Isi , led -by the Author.; and rlinY 'enodon, l -,-, o s jerd' Sold by btrange No 21 P " ow • -r d Co., .'" street; 1 , . , • , ate. , , t to , and urkis, Compton-street; -1, • Bann.) street, al Exchange and at oaddressed t o tbo of c ep Part I. of this Work is articularly hroissh teat tio a to i t l u re n ve i t i tted from forming a llPatrinionial Alliancealirable itrod° them ( !quallfleations, and will be; ound an n v o beed. e either p 'tans of perfect and secret restoration fore sof digits ; 0 ,04 in their primary treats .perspicuous 4 upon tlaose t!, infection,. , 400 1 how num pr i, imary or secondary state, arising from Ined i e dj an; ers who neglect. to obtain cellW ete Air oeted t° upon them . Th selves years of misery and suffering. w ive/ "' 0, bar• le CORDIAL BALM OP ' SYRIACIIII.I is e o . te nical ,Pe d ebili" .the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregultalyalbits, a ll ei . pot' reIINCSc • -, loss of appetite, indigestion, consurnPtive d 335. P ties arming Price 1 Is• a nd ant i ' .., from venereal excesses, Ste. , An o. tie. The F" •tv e-pound cases may be bad as' 5i1a•;,..140. , poet / The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ES'' - ', he bleo" a boa/ syphilitic hilitic remedy for searching out and purifying ' d, ise, and OM' • e e r a a l contamination, scurvy, blotches on the ben_ o ver, 110 ul tions, and those painful affections arising fr,...100. ; ment, secondary sym t and it eruptions of uln P 4s. 0., and 335. per b • P ("8' a •9d.. ity ettlo. rice 29 ' ture S 0 PERRY'S P and .. .. URIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS P ad ior stric pee fi i 1 s. per box, are the most effectual rano ~ at h ijair animation, irritation bladder, ifse. , W it° ~c e 15 ' lB. of the business. dea n of r ,- deoce. Consultation ig. A minute , the ir res_. , s al fee, if by Letter, ce 19,sf_LrY• Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance inel'yen t in in" Berners-street Oxford-street, London , fr °ln e e lve. flue till eight; ' and on Sundays front eleven till helve. ... A ND ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES ,-, ,-,F VIM ' • . 0 5, 0 ENG:tr e fors sisi n Pr p ic s MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED Just published, Twentieth Thousand, Ina s , e ,, al . r n posla e 2s. 64. or post paid, to any address, for 3s• e" direct from the Author's residence. Q ELF- PRESERVATION : A MoeudtuiennaldirAllar:trill i t s l e 11.-7uns.i.oantetdhewSietr Twenty-flee ~I nc h u r ry -i n t ir e l ers lat ° es i I(ol o l n i ltiv 'tne I° , - o rg e s'i 'l' 4l 0.,, , and ReP r a nd S. 0 0 Physiology, and Diseases of the Vr ol f unctions , a nd a ~a explaining their various structures, uses , an d „ tary , habits , ( Sell", the injuries that are produced in them, by fh " e Treat' aent %Ise ° excssses. With Practical Observations on - said „filer e s an Co d lo n ar is eT l D ebility, Local and Constitutional vi r ea Xness ' EO5. the Urethra, TING SWIG at/ Ey SAMUEL LA'MERT , E° l ` lStrL fi ' a re, Ilo r 9, Bedford-street, Bedford -so ot Edinburg,. entiste Matriculated Member of the U . _,lnveLleldYfoal societY, 146 Member of the London llespitt -- .Apothecaries' Hall, London, BLc.i,"' e ffE TarAT l s E • _,,,, its Ilindrsacel, an C d Er o ALT g E a a ti 0 1 .. CONTEN TS e ,,..- T a Alarrisge, W l ,'" l ive uniollto n d ii '&1 0 0 of the u thaf 00 CHAPTER 2. On the. Anatomy 4- I''secretions, Pro ving t hy 01 Organs, their functions structures, and on their h eal on 11 ' s, O a n n t d he on Philo sop..., h ,rPvarions effectinnicdon: Mental and Physical Power are dependant. m utts; their . t ,,, o f the o r i , --CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Animal Economy; concealed cause of DeoluY __„ nio ns f s . .., 0 , the Curetral ',‘,., ' * Infelicitou of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, an D'sorders .00 - s -and Uriproauc ,enero and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous an. _ 5 00 Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the : Lo a WI . Os Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHATTss Gouger the Disorder:. arising from indiscriminate Exces s ,, if' :I Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. 41/ au ot REVIEWS or VIE WORE. ._ is a le„ ri eee "The author of this singular and talented wort , , o pc ,fi fled medical man, who has evidently had considerabLe,. toils 9s, the trr Atment of the various disorders arising Iro n r e ° o l u' l' le" s frailties of early indischation. The engravings a re ai sc 0111 1 d ac ition, by demonstrating the consequences of. c%CeS s '," s ' ~ its r i f, Ar act ass salutary warning to youth and maturity , a r ,l -- 3 t - ~, many questions may be satisfactorily replied to,that a' -- kv: peal, eyen to the most confidential frid." ,,,nce , tioi Published by the Author, and maybe — ada - t . his feS lu 'd C 0146. from Kent and Richard : 4 7, s lc % bo P m aternoster-r h ow; Hafill a foorl'..4 ol Leadenhall-street, London ; Newton, Oxford-street, Starie e-street, Quadrant; ; L ic ll ' and by all Booksellers. . 10 1 .,,' , 00 At Home for Consdltation daily, fro Nine till I' W I ofi,":o ' ll9' Five till Eight 16 , Church-stite" ,OS ; and all letters immediately 'm plied to, f;IP" the fee of it., for advice, &c.-9 BEDFORD-LICEET 13 SQUARE. T.ONDO'sr ------ nr d ________. ecv-• SUDDEN DEATH.—It is with regret t h a t : 4 ol) i ' o s the death of Captain Joseph C. Dacre, of the . bis 17e' cil ment, at Chatham, who was found dead i1 1 „,, e ,. *( 9 , 5 0 0; Wednesday morning by his servant. This 0 1 ° 6 ' 0 o , ' o . duty the previous evening, and went round 3 '. 0 , tbs; at to see that his depot was correct ,_- an d, b n el o r 'e l ' e „stis i taro of the day, he tole the guard at t e- in his '', jjo right, and on- being relieved wen t to Lei „icsi' spirits. The cause of death is as ribei to eP" 11...-- had been in Indi a 23 years. , SIO S ' ' ,ried MARRIAGE 'WITH A DECEASED WIFES 0 fitlS - t 1 el l. At the Liverpool Assizes, on Mcnday, a the 035 ' os for bigamy. After the death of his first wi f e be illegal, he put her awa and her sister, but being informed that the ot her 111 oriel marrie d tili o n the g r° ose d lie w as acquitted, of thecharge o f bigm'af o ' f b i b s e ci b ee re e d i marriage with the s that his ister wife was null and void. A writ °f er ,; r on fi nallY° tie' or is °') res t ' in the superior courts to set the q ues v " ,„ l -- Sca le ge° P r f ,, g th O e q E DISTRESSED NEEDIEVN:t -",..---; exer.' -r ibe fr A t TH men of' the Inner and Middle Ten Vie 3- , n o, 0 13 0 lh a selves to get tfßa ball at the Hanover -I'o' •yen `, St ) " i instant, the proceeds of which .will b elle - e lse r - oe e% meritorious charity, the Distressed IN ee 4 sanb l ciety. We sincerely hope that their °3°- pectationA may be realised, in P 1 ok P I c oo of 1 • A curious instance of toleration, ti t he D fat her s Dantzic on the sth. Dr. Grabowski, 9j5 g o 00 9 pastor, at the batism of his see, eV -jl5 l, vi i i i .' 0116 froe r . . m the different religious sects of that e s rcsthe' ' ' Lutheran, one free Piotestant, one B °133 „1 oe s je German Catholic, one Calvanist, "" rd s I' ol vill Galignani. - n y./ VO / • PROBABLE ASTRONOMICAL DISC °° ,, -- g Of tli fda ilil l; the conclusion of a very interesting se ctil " - Willnod, ' Irish Acatleniy, on Monday evening. Sir 0 0 111 111 111 1,i milton stated the prob7;bility—n t u t !, ~. eer til ",foi P amounted almost to a certaitoy—that, by - s oicli m oier; thematical process, which he stated, " t o f liii,", be unintelltgible to the general reader-- e ptr -1 ' 0 01 approached; it he did not a 11 the star roandwhich the luminaryhire ctua y f l ou r o titi wa SY.„ed to ot 0 and his satellites revolve. Should O b i s be e rtgi si b l o ' ort demonstratively, the discovery will "' t -planedey---4 greatest achieved in the - present cell,„rnei during the period which has elapsed. s ' l , - vi o° ,/bi li have been' eitiectedL-one of them attended " Y r . i oire Le the last, probably, also, as well as Sat urti ' e- A pp s .1 . ring. —Dublin Evening Post. foo of ANKLE BY HOLLOWAY'S 0 ' E4PYERTISEDIENT.3 —A CUBE OF A ilti s.tr,'' 'l ltl,l 6. fiil letter from Ni , ssau. New g r ov 'l l E d N ei r A fiated Aats!nro ILI 011&,1 "To Professor Rollo, ay—Sir It give s lee' r4e Mucl , P`';:otir 111 ,11.0.`" i -D piLLs.-- i , 0 - 0 my testimony to the many who ' have been ' cured by A ;,,,'O,ll a pol l I Pills and Ointment. For a lei , time I sn ifere- er r ti %e ° ankle, which at last got so bad • b to spread all A °V -el° ‘1( .° applied a great many remedies, but as Ine s i% r found d. 1 14 0 ' used yours, which soundly healed it in a ghortP:,„rinarY D O w well as ever. (Signed) "J. F . ATTEND 4, 0 w, v e ESl a Sold by all druggists and at Profe ' sso i r Hollo way 224, Strand London. ' .1ei1aC.........a....0616. . 4,10.....11M11.6 Of the 81R711.4 i ine, On the sth inst t at Ardpat 'ck House, L I)" - fs , of Robert James Hebtlen, Esq., of a ciaughier',,, of . 1 ' 1 On the Bth inst Dorset-square,- the wiw - es r 1304 °4 ~ at Esq., of a daughter. „ , a ii 0 6 On the 14th inst , at Christ Church, Karla -2- wife of the Rev. Frank H • n of a sea rt - „„ ing tO " , ,e. On the 15th inst., in Pembroke-square, -c" -s TI PS°. wife of John Jackson, Esq , of a son. , ger, On the 17th inst., at Springfield Villa. -D X .0.0 /1 ' W. Whitchurch, of a son. ~„ G. 31 ' 13°11.1 On tin 18th inst., in Bermondsey, " 4- '"' of a daughter. On the s ls r t i h .n i e, tt Archibald, of G o n f B' Mr. Se net Jot.. e Claymont MA RRIED. .„ ti ar ~,e r muty, eldest btet it,ir. j. h t es or rent Pearl street, to Amelia, third e 0 11 G. On the 16th inst.. at Kith illalew Chard ], •,- , eo '6l O Faversham, 0a the 17th inst Mountat ,S-st;rGeeeto,rcgireo'ss.veiinaonr.osVle.triarrii7eorA,tier f Regt.eent. Tos e Faversham, • „ Jae, (1, solicitor, of the same place' solicitor; to t o 4ofthhtahrileloetgltaeitiletilenn3,arite:lll;enll.ll:ecrnsi _------- foo, w . 11 aiOOlcianiaaunttlhhiayee:l2aos7rfnttlol"tici` On the 15th ' 21st in 'fluent' 3 ro O nt n oi t iN h , e lle l , s a th oa in s s 2 t.., .M;:s. Mar thst., Gli.ucester-crescent, Beg' 4, pro , i h teitti t eti l : lt is . t , s. a q, . t 1,1, eilt.le: Leicester,:ge.hdDoBfn.l3,,a BarOlVe g. de 1 0 4 y r E s cio q n . a , s the e g e o l n 8 , t l U i pi inst., s e t r . , E s t Smit h fi e n l ( c : l° . l:3:3:A'r wrllinVf:i 1:o-i3f3eg:virl.:::: t il 're $ :; the 15th inst., Mr. W. H. T. Cooke, of Ate" tlO C1 011465' second son Of Robert Pocalti.lVinagitTne h a T g a e ll d , ss.sex',, James .ff 17 s O ci. n ;a the il li li th inst., Elizabeth An ' n, the wife 0 1 "'" ii . a Gi b° Lucas, of 1 ( 1 ) f e 1 1_ , ° 1 7 . i t t :l 3, l7i i n a i s y o r . . u , se, Mary No r fo i Ann, k. the wife cf the — el ~J 11) ' Becl O rkn n s.t t h b e e 1 1_ 8 7_ t r t h i ii inst., in Markh.au-square, Chelse —a " 111*- - 0 1. 6 1, relict cf the late W. Abel, Esq., aged II Oh On the 18th • • . inst., alltriGur.estr)isi,l'iicaltil,iJnotill,l4:l;fagf i1ic,.4,0 ,ong.olt: Printed ari,! pnbli. f ij - -- i 1 , c$ ir .imni5tee*5we........................ff ''' ..-- -- .., L C. f ille •ed b 3 A- • iN • , attn..% i dater, at The Sur: °lnce, N' `• tra.a. , so ool l of the . ! grno Yl' tri e... Savoy, ill th 3 , COLUti of X 144164024 comber 21, 1 . 846, A NEWCASTLE-UP Og-TYNE, DECEMBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 1 p.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 1 1 / p.—Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 10% p.—Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields, 13 p.—North British, 12%—Ditto, Quarters, 545. p.—Ditto, Extension, 20s. p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 10% p. HULL, DECEMBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North British, 37 Ditto, Quarters, 755. 6d.—Ditto, E x t ens i on ( scr i p ) , 20 s. p.— Ditto, Thirds, 21. 18s.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5 p. —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, is dis.—Birming ham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.—Northern Counties Union, 255. p. YORK, DECEMBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-London and York 2/. 4s. 6d.-North British, Halves, 16-Ditto, Thirds, 31 18s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 175.-Ditto, Extension, 1/. 13s, -North-Western, 31. Os. 6d. -York and Newcastle, New, 12/. Bs. 9d.-Ditto, Preference ' 71. Is. EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 18. Srocic EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 24/. 59.- Airdrie and Bathgate, 4/. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.- Ditto, Halves, 15/. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, 6s. 6d.- Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 6s. 6d.-Caledonian, 281. 10s.-Ditto, New, 24 Bs. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 1. 1 .-18 s 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 341.-Cornwall and Devon Cen tral, IL 155.-Deeside Railway, 3L-Direct Northern, 2/. Is. -Dunblane, Donne, and Callander, IL 75.-Dundee and Ar broath, 45/. ex new-Ditto, New, No. 1, :AL -Ditto, New, 281.-Dundee and Perth, 261. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 11/. 10s. -East of Fife, I/. 18s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 751. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 201.-Ditto, Quarters, 18/. 12s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 211. 10s. -Ditto, Preference, 214-Edinburgh and Northern, 15/. 7s. 6d. ex new-Ditto, New, 5/. Os. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 6/. 12s. 6d. ex new-Ditto, ditto, New, 31. 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 14 145.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 691.-Ditto, New Stock, 38/. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 7s 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 8/. 103.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 65.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 165.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411 -Ditto, Quarters, 104-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. lOs, -Glasgow and Greenock, 17/.-Ditto, Half Shares, 8/. 10s, -Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.:-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar drossan, 3/. 175.-Great North of Er:gland, 2371-Great North of Scotland, 2/. 55.-. Great Western, 134 L-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 1/ 3s. W.-London and York, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Newcastle and Ben wick, 34/. 10s.-North British, 37/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 161.25. 6d.-Ditto ' Thirds, 4/. 55.-Ditt o , Q ua rters, 3/. 17 s . 6d.-Ditto, ditt o , New, scrip, 1/. lls. 6d.-.Ditto, Fifths, 7! 10s.-North Wales Mineral, 20/.-Ditto New, 10/. 58.- Scottish Central, 21/. 17 s. 6d.-Scottish, Grand Junction 155.-Scottish Midland, 14/ 17s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Here ford, 155.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6/. 16s. 3d, -Ditto, New, 18s. 9d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 135.- Stirling and Midland, 2/. 103.-Strathern junction, 44 45.- Wishaw and Coltness, 48/. 10s.-York and Newcastle, 38/. ex new-Ditto, New, 15/ 55.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 2s. 6d -Direct Bombay and Madras, 55.9d.-East Indian Railway 125.-Great North of India, 55.-Great Southern of Madras ss. 3d.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s. 3d. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 241,4-Cale. donian, New, 475. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire 395. cum int.-Direct Bombay and Madras, ss. Od.- Direct Northern, 415.-Dundee and Arbroath, 451.-Ditto New, No. 1, 35/. -Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 294--Dundee an!. Perth, 271.-Ditto, New, 11%-East of Fife, 355.-E as t Indian Railway, 125.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20%-Ditto, Quarters, 18 3 4-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car: lisle, 6/. ss. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 775.._ Glasgow Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 44 5 .-Ki ltnar • nock, and Ayr Direct, 365.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 33. -Manchester and S.tuthampton, 295.-North British, New Quarters (scrip), 31s. 6d.-Scottish Midland Junction, 15/. Stirling and Dunfermline, 70s.- Wishaw and Coltness, 494 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's staghds meet the first hunting day, at Ascot Heath—at 11. ' York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Dringhouses; Thurs., Seri ven ; Sat., Skipwith Bridge-101 . Wh Sirinmoor Tatton Sykes's hds., Wed., S campston Bridge; Thurs., Earl of Harewood's hds., the first hunting-day, at the Ken nels-14 Lord Lonsdale's hds., Tues., Broughton Farm ; Fri., Hares foot-12. Sinnington hds., Tues., Kirbymoorside-10 Bedale l:ds., Wed., Camp Hill ; Sat., Constable Burton —lO4. V.W.H., Tues., Bibury; Thurs., Swindon; Sat., Crudwell —lO. Warwickshire hds. Tues., Milford Bridge; Wed., Upto n House; Thurs., Grandborough ; Sat., Whirnpstone Bridge. Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., Sunny Cross; Fri., Trenholme Bar-10%. Suffolk hds., Thurs., Rushbrooke Hall-10%. Lord Parker's lids., Tues., Holken Stone Pits Lord Redesdale's lids., Wed., Loughborough Gate; Sat., Barrington Park-10i. Devon hds., Thurs., Ingsdon Mill-11. Mr. Drake's lids., Tues., Souldern Gate; Thurs., Chilton Village; Sat., Warden Kennel. Mr. Hellier's lids., Tues., Horsington Mill; Thur=., Beni worth Guide Post; Sit., Caleeby Beck. Mr S. Lowndes's lids., Sat., Stoke Hammond-11. Oakley hds., Tues., Lidlington ; Thurs., Cranfield Sat., Skelton Gorse-11. Eastbourne hrrs., Thurs., Snap Hill; Sat., Willingdon Old Mill- 1 / 4 to 11. Glyndbourne hrrs., Wed., Piltdown (a deer). Thanct hrrs., Wed., Vincent. Ross and Sons being fully determined not to be " punched " down, even by that inimitable merry an drew, or " merry angry," Mr. Purch, beg to inform the public that they intend killing an enormous bear on Monday, the 21st inst., and exhibiting it on that and the three following days, at their establishment, when any one preferring it can have the fat cut direct from the animal, thus ensuring its genuineness. For preserving and strengthening the hair there is nothing equal to Uhl genuine bear's grew—Vide " Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length and thickness of hair obtained by the North American Indians.;' Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. MrsTLEY.—THE Fisli TRADE.—During this week we have had six vessels, of from 50 to 70 tons each, delivered their cargoes of codfish here, and forwarded to Billingsgate by the railway, instead of going to Gravesend, their usual place of delivery ; and also about 8,000 lobsters,in hampers, from Norway.—S'uffolk Chronicle. It should be generally known to the wood trade that the Board of Customs have consented that for the future, bleak cedar wood '(imported from Porto Rico) and PUS de Peroba, or yellow wood, and Sebastina de Arrada or wood of Sebastino, (imported from Bahia, South America) shall, be admitted t o a ll ports of th e United Kingdom duty free.