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stlte that it waA fon nd impossible to bring her befoic the Court ant 1 this morning. In answer L.; Mr. TYiIIVIIITT, she stated that she h been in a good situation mar Russell-squire, and had been led to commit suicide in c9nsequence of an.)ther servant inducing her, t'vo nights since, to go out with her for a walk, and on returning Inter ;han she had in tended to the house, she found the doors locked, and she was in consequence compelled to walk the streets. Feel ing the disgrace of !raving 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 bad just lett 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 net which she had attempted to commit, and said it was as great a sin ti commit suicide as it was to commit murder. lie hoped that her master would take her back again and restore her to her former situation. Her friends having promised to 10, k after her, he should,. under the circumszanccs, hand her over to then', hoping that aLe 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 sey— " We would point out to you the injurious aft cts 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, 867,1211. 11s. ; the duty of le. 6d. each on advertisements, 15 8,1641. 16e. ; the penny stamp on newspapers, 350,2891. 9'. 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. An advertiser may be considered in the light of a steward to the public, spending a large sum, which is ulrimately 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 during 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 Is. 6d. each) of 103.64. ; 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 17/. 103. 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 smaller indi vidual editions, and this invaluable medium might be secured by a standing advertisement were it not 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 show this disproportion more evidently, suppose an advertise ment in a paper circulating 36,000 shall cost 75., which sum represents—share of paper, printing, com position, ss. 6d., and duty once, ls. 6d., Is. The same Put into a country newspaper circulating 1,500 would require its insertion twenty-four times to get 36,000, costing th e 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 have been carried on hitherto, mainly by the contributions, in time and money, of a few earnest friends to education who desired 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. tin The appoint men t o f L or d C ow l e y t o succee d the • -rc l uls of Normanby in Paris is a choice that will pre t we beli eve, very genera l sat i s f act i on. T he fi rst rkequisite for suc h a c h o i ce was t h a t t h e o bj ect o f i t bad taken no part in those struggles of parties and preference of persons which have agitated Paris. It would have been unwise to name any diplomatist, known as a n O r l ean i st , or i nc li n i ng to B onapart i sm. Th r i, alo ne wou ld set as i de a number of able men Ifrom the post of English am b assa d or i n Paris. Tile crquis of Clanricarde was spoken of; b u t h e i s o f e 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. which nothing could be more illiberal or reactionary. Lord Cowley has been out of the turmoil of English a nd, Fren c h po li t i cs. Though come o f a T ory stock, he took a decidedly liberal view of German politics. - T hose 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, a PPointed to watch over British interests in a country eve ry way so anomalous and new as F rance h as b ecome sl coe the accession of Louis Napoleon to unlimited Power. The Marquis of Normanby has shown himself "rY susceptible of newspaper reports_ We do not me an offence, nor fear denial, however, when we state that Lord Normanby was, however innocently, the caus e o f L or d P a l mers t on ' s res i gnat i on or dis. in t , lBB4l . Lord P a lmerston, it is well know n , expressed h imself in L on d on t o C o unt Walewski in t erms which . not harmonise with Lord Normanby's language In Paris. The President of the French Republic fl ientioned, an d s h owe d proo f s o f this dis c r e p ancy to Lord Normanby, who appealed to the Government at ho tne• These circumstances led to Lord Palmerston's Withdrawal from Downing-street, and Lord Nor manby's retirement from Paris. This mere outline of_. f acts will b e use f u l f or t h e apprec i a ti o n and under standing of debates that must ensue, as well as for affordi ng a clear view of the relative position of the two Governments.—Daily News. , • ' 1501:MIME& IMPROVEMENTS.—The Board of Ord• r hi nonce h o avep e lacedat the dispo sa l o f L or d F re d er i c k Fitzcla- W a ppli d ca tion of Major H arve y, A.D.C.) a mortar, Which Lord Frederick intends to be placed on a handsome stone pedestal with a suitable inscription, we believe in the Ciliate of the Governor's field, in comniemmoration of the Iroble Duke's landing here after the late war.—Portsmouth Guardian. Cunious DiscovEur.—A. manufactoryfe days ago, weref Messrs. Banks Son, the workmen in the as some of and Co., Gretna Pencil Works, e nergtticdt inwillanaldhaagrda log of cedar, the large saw came in which, on foreign substance near the centre of the n b o lades of a ha rifice ex examination, was discovered to b 3 one of n:liero, •vee ofbetre pair of, scissors about four inches in length. isted in, the timber around it, so that it must thrust into that position at an early period in the a tree, which subsequently, in the course of its natural growth, completely encompassed it. The depth of the timber, from the outer extremity of the scissor blade to the bark of tho tree, which must have been of subsequent growth, was io great as to demonstrate that about 70 years must have elapsed sines it was deposited there, most probably by 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 the above calculation, the article was placed in the position described during the height of the American War of Inde pendence. TII B LATE Ma. ROBERT BURNS.—It has been generally stated by the press that this young man, who was re cently murdered by the Bornean pirates, was a grandson 5 the Scottish bard. He is no relati on w h atever. Th e un lortunate Mr. Burns was a native of the north of Ireland, DLatrool . ul catne to Glasgow a feiv y draper o ears ago, as assistant to his er-in-law, a respectable n the south side of the river, Being of an enterprising disposition, however, he s kied from the Clyde for Singapore in the summer of 1846; and finally formed a connexion as a trader on the eas t ern il as, in which vocation he was employed when murdered by pirates. He was about twenty-seven years of age.— urt algow Herald. 'RA CONVICT PARDONED.-Mr. Therneroft (the se nt overseer) mentioned to the magistrates at the bench, t e n ili°nd ay, that a person named John Bellamy, who was asktenced last August, at the Central Criminal Court, to L e o ver i Years' transportation, for administering drugs to one 11_18a Meredith. for a criminal purpose, had very recently T e i !eived a free pardon under the following circumstances (Mr. Thorncroft) haened, a few weeks ago, to have Co ' n of the jury, who found Bellamy guilty, staying at his 3 ‘ ) . The subject of the trial came up, and the assistant theerseer felt satisfied in his own mind, from the character of pa r i r. °4l art she having been twice committed from this ki on charges for deserting her child, that Bellamy was t(`;‘,suilty, and he consequently mentioned the circumstance Scott Rontagu Scott, who was then 011 the bench. - cular requested the assistant overseer to draw up the parti -4,_.5, su far as he knew them, and he promised to com `nt3 with the Secretary of State on the subject The i n u t , rl3 Y magistrate did an ;•Itnted, and the result a free for Bellamy.- 4artgliton Gazette. pa rdon was inquiry b y Government was , ricke rn or HABIT.--Mr. Stumps, the celebt7ra d .er of the Ztogari Club , dining lately at a house where tuka children were brought down to a to roll an orange down the (' e ta ss b e l r e t 'fo w r as Ma tti , :""*. Stumps “ delivered " the or to !teed I!. bowled over the claret jug at t a C e M aster requested j ac e b y y . with such address that .. 4 e port and sherry, and flooded of apologising for his end of the table, between m i l l t s a ], l ego with the wine. a _signt of his cricketin enthusiasm P, Ir. Stumps, in the 84119 froid SAW 90 1 • g and with cha rac t er istic 914 `hat urn pire ?",—rhe itrontia. THE THE QUARTF,',IILIE. THE EDINBUPGII BEVIE IV. No. CXCIII. Descartes, the wonderful De,soartc,-, is the :11, All whose genius has in thy, 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 m as t er l y di sser t a ti on, t h a t although at various times of his life " playing many parts," he never appeared before the world really in any other character than that of a philosopher. His ad ditioi s 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 declered 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 chlrming fragments of nientql autobiography." Their value is somewhat remarkable as tending naturally to elucidate some of the more recondite myst,_ries of psyc h0!0 , 7,- The piety of the grea , , philosopher i n • his youth was somewhat remarlrible, and naturally enough cannot be overlookf.d by his more conscienti ous biographer. It is mentioned of him that. he once vowed a pilgrimage to the shrine of the 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. Cog ito, ergo sum—was the thesis of one of his argu men'e. "It is Descartes', roe o-rw," says the re viewer, " the starting point of his philosophy." Tra velling ever 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 t) 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. meat 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, amongst other restorations of Al , dimvalism, 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 Exhib 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— . . . . "0, Spirii of Moliare! 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," is 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 th e in s tance 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. LITERATURE. THE DELAMERESOF 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 equal t ly 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 meting chart:own Mrg. 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 Johv, 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 ,hem 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 thau the useful. It supplies the student with history, with anecdote, with memoir, with poetry, and the drama—it teaches him to appre ciate the Leautiful in art and nature--it familiarises him with descriptions of castles, and palaces, and temples, the cool portico, the l ong co l onna de—it holds up to his admiration heroic d ee d s , an d p a i n ts with the truthfulness of reality the beauties of blooming nymphs and shady trees and sparkling waters—it connects ever) - thing that is most graceful with everything that is most wise; and while it details the eloquence of Cicero and Pericles, the half Christianity of Socrates, or the philo sophy of Aristotle or Plato, it associates them in the naiad with the magnificent recollections of the Forum or the Capitol, or the lees severe beauties of the Groves of Acathanc. 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 Goon Hom—By the arrival of the Monarch from the Cape, with advices three days later than those previously received, we find that trade continued ex.. tremely 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 1,320,000 dollars, while their circulation had de r r s a d r e d b creased 92,000 dollars. The recent pressure was, therefore, considered to have.been entirely surmounted. A failure had taken p lace in the interior, the firm being that of Lewis and s e : d e: a : re :f it O swego . They were principally in the flour From, California their liabilities are stated at 200,000 dollars. station had ifornia the accounts are only one day later,but they a description of further rich discoveries. Advices had ordered reported that the British of le o d u. f d ro t m he Ja:n ri a r ica to the 6th of January, at commander of that which mceoirres Admiral on the mg a court of inquiry at Kingston the purpos e Express from Nicaragua, for learn from a clerical cor re s pondent , on the at vessel for firing • THE ARCHES' COURT.—we Gladstone has been for into the Prometheus. MIL GLADSTo N pendent, that the Rev. J. E. the instance of the Bishop Yf cited into the Arches' Court, at derstand, was put into the tbaLondon. The citation, we un- Wednesday afternoon.—Advenrtdi bends of the Rev. Gentleman on AN AVALANCHE IN Dea n rains of Tuesday evening occasioned YaSni".----The heavy cotton mill of Messrs. Hibbert and serious accident to the Derbyshim A large piece of ree l:J.ll ()Fit, of New Mills, liberated from an eminence having fai r e la n 'eil had become building, damaged a large portion of it, and down de upon the wards of forty looms. Fortunately the accidensttrred up_ about five o'clock on Wednesday morning, just previouappened arrival of the woikpeople, otherwise the consequence s the have been disastrous. Near 200 hands will, we regre t say, be thrown out of employment for at least three months. —Macclesfield Courier. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE —WORKSOP, TEttras.. DA/.—This morning the nuptials of Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., of Beaumonde Leyes, Leicestershire, and Lady Caro line Augusta Pelham Clinton, third daughter of the late and sister of the present Duke of Newcastle, were solemnized in the fine old abbey church in this tAp. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle gave away the bride. After the ceremony the bridal party returned to Clumber, where a recherche dejeuner a . etford station la four c h e t te was provided. The happy pair left C lumber in the aftern oon for the R . o f the Great Nor them Railway, whence they proeeeded by the express train to London, en route for I' will spendthe honeymoon. oundosk, near Windsor, where t he y . A SCOTCH INVENTION.---OO ingenious townsman, Dr. Dewar, has invented a machine a be, at one end of w te the reporter's short hand notes ar e placed , and at the other end of which, a few yards o ff, t hey produced at the ordinary rate of speaking, in clear, bo a g for being put into the bands of tie long hand, ready printer. An experi ment made on Thursday night ( includ ing the speech of Mr. Arthur's, slightly condensed, in o ur rep ort o f t h e F ree Presbytery' s meeting) was quite successful. To give an idea of the advantages that may be secured by this machine we may mention th a t f our co l umns o f thet reports by the Tim e s may be produced co mforta b ly tii med for in a couple of hours by o n e reporter; whereas, ' under the pre sent laborious and cumbrous plan, nearly eight hours would be consumed in the task by an ordinary re t por en—Ab er d een i Harald. S N, LONDON, SPORTING NOTES. No. CLXX. COMMENCEMENT OF TUE RACING SEASON OF ISS2.—LINCOLN t3PRING MEETING-. • TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. Ent,-6earcaly two menthe have elapsed since the racing reason of 1851 closed upon us, and . v.'e are already calisd again into the field by what bids fair to be the splendid season of 1 832—Lincoln, as last year, sounding the preparatory note. This early spring meeting of the sporting denizens of Lincoln has been gradually 'tierces leg 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. 'rho meeting extends over two days, and has a bill of fare consisting of a compound mixture of sieepleeliager, hurdle, and fl a t races, Tues day and We i l ues il i - i y b e i ng the days appointed for the sport'. The first race on Tuesday will be run at half-pest one o'clock, and is the Trial Stakes of 7 SOl'3. each, 3 ft, nith 40 added; three years old, 6st 101 b; four, Bst lib; five, 9,t; six and aged, 93t 31b; mares and Aeldiu7s allowed Sib, with ether allowances and penalties i'or being maidens or winners up to the time of starting. This almost; makes a handicap of the stakes. There are fifteen nominations, of which one, Nancy, is already declared a non-starter. The field, as far as I can judge at the present time, will consist of the toilowing:—The Ma id of Lincoln, Hie h Sheriff, Poetess, lan the, Dividend, Equal, Brawn, Elie,' Mickleton, and perhaps enother or two. ho race. from present appearances, would seem to he between the Maid of Lincoln, Mottle, High Sheriff, and Feetees; Lady Agnes, I imagine, wit! not start; Hungerford, Miss Fanny,'ann 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 the condition of several of the horses engaged in this race, but, so far as I can judge, the how SHERIFF end lANTRE will be first and second, with the Maid of Lincoln and Poctcss 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., &e., with 100 added, over about four miles of fair hunting country. Twenty-one nominations were made to this stakes, of *horn ten have accepted. It would he dif f icult to. say to-day whether Lucy Neal, Little Queen, cr 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. bhould 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 s t ar ti ng i s so uncerta i n, I will pass her chanc e o v e r , an d se l ect M ARIA. MONK as the winner, with the Cripple, Car 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 Itace, 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 I; only made to curry 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 Gener a l, Ormsby, View Halloo, Psyche, and, perhaps, another will go. This race I must, as a matter of course, all things considered, book to VIEW IIALLoo; 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 sow. Hunters' Stakes, with 25 added, closes the first day's sport. Wednesday's list is beaded 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 es being a very tiny 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 sous, 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 rum; for, with the exception of Lady Agnes, rant he, and Hungerford, not another animal stands a chance with him; so we may set it down as VIEW HALLOO's race, and put Lady Agnes, Hungerford, and lunthe in the second class, with the Red Veer colt heading the tail. The. Maiden Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, about three ruilep, doses on Monday. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. eauf, with 25 added, for horses of all deso- minations, one mile, is to close by eight o'clock on Tues day evening. 'File betting on these events has teen somewhat poiled, in two instances at least, the Hurdle Rice and Handicap, by View Ht.lleo's favourable weight; for the former but little more than 6 to 4 can be obtained about - and 2tol is his price for the Handicap. Maria Monk and Carrig divide the premiership for the SteeplE chase at 4to 1 each, and the High Sheriff at threes, Lathe fair, Poetess four, and the Maid of Lincoln five, are the figures for the Trial Stakes. am, bir, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. January 30, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The bating, which was dull until near the close, nobles 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; hut 14 to 1 would have been taken about Orolio, and 20 to 1 laid agst Kingston. We give the latest prices:— LINCOLN HURDLE RACE. ' 2 to 1 agst View Halloo 3 to 1 agst Melford LINCOLN TRIAL STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes 4 to 1 agst Mr. Pilling's High Sheriff—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. K Jones's Lathe 6 to 1 agst Mr. Inman's Maid of Lincoln—taken LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst La Gazza Ladra 20 to 1 agst Hard wicks—taken CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 aget Mr. Martinson's Nancy-28 to 1 Wien freely 33 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Grand Duke—taken 33 to 1 sgst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken 40 to 1 egst 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 darn of Duc-an-Durres—taken 3.000 to 30 rgit Ciptain Hareourt's Burn&le—taken 3,000 to 30 asst Mr. T. Mwson's Galvanism —taken 3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Meiklam's Wryneek co!t—taken 3,000 to 30 agat Duke of Bedford's Muse Etomburgh—t DEBBY. 2 to 1 agst Ld Zetland's Augur-13 to 1 taken freely 3 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 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist—taken to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Filius to 1 agat Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed_t to 1 eget Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson— taken and afterwards offered ,000 to 15 agst Lord Exeter's Ambrose—taken 25 25 30 30 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 upcn the security of the tolls and dues. Lady John Russell had an evening party on Wed nesday, at her residence in Chesbam-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 Minister), M. Tricoupi (Greek Minister), the Austrian Mi nister and Countess Buol, Baron Bentinck (Netherlands Mi nister), the Portugnese Minister and the Countess de Lay radio, the Prus , ian Minister, Duchess of Inverness, Duchess of Somerset, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the Earl and Countess of Minto and the Ladies Harriet and Charlotte Elliot, Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Romilly, Mr. Sandford, Mr. C. and Lady Georgiana Romilly, Miss Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Russell and Miss Russell, Mr. Grey, Lady Seaford and Miss Hardy, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Thackeray, the Dean of St. Paul's and Mrs. Milman, Lady Elizabeth and 'Miss Bulteel, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes and Miss Hawes, Miss Stuart,e(' a i r t g , , t i4 h Baines, the Misses Cole, Lady William and Mr. Arthur Rus sell,.Earl ofSeymour , Alb e marle, Captain Egerton, Mr. Saurin, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Sped ding, K ennedy, r_.casmi r C yG o b u ee n our t ,g N eL u ao g nr e dd n L t a , nadd G yL e n Ga e dr r ey a y l ,c C Lr a aan t d h y- - Mary Fox, Admiral and Lady Dundas, Mr. Villiers, Admiral worth, Marquis Old • oine, Lady Truro , M r. West, the Countess of Ellesmere and the Ladies ' Lady Tr I eve Yen , the Marquisof Egerton, Mr. Ogleby, Sir C. and Count and Mademoi 11 Clanricarde, Mr. W. Law, Berkeley, Sir Ed win su nd de I. lahault, Admiral and Lady Her Ladyship will have seer, Mr. Adam, and Mr. Roebuck. 11th, and W,dnesday, theevning parties on Wednesday, the CORNWALL RAILWA sth of February. (from Devonport to Y: --The contract for this line by Mr. Hennett, the Truro )cont is understood to have been taken to bo'a single line, With sid ings, for the South Devon. It is proceeded with without lngs, and it is expected will be Cornwall, which it is delay. This line, with the West anticipated will be opened for passen ger traffic in the course of the next month, will the railway communicati on complete from the metropolis to the Land's -End. A melancholy accident occurred en the 14th, at the Teatro Malibran of Venice, w h ere a company of rope dancers and tumblers have been for some time performing. A human pyramid having been formed, consisting of three upon on© another's shoulde rs , m en rs, t h e man who carried them all bagan running about with his load, when his foot s lipping, or catching somewhere, he lost his balance • in con sequence of which the uppe r most man fell, and had his brains dashed out upon the boards, and the second struck his breast so severely against the ground, that his recovery was des paired of. The horror and confusion of the scene may be imagined. Both the victims of this accident are fathers of 44419XQW1 fatilies. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30 5 1852. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 29. The following had the honour of dining at:the Royal table yesterday :—Eter Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal High ness, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir George Couper, Lieutenant- Colonel F. Seymour, and Lady Caroline Barrington. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and performed the following music : Overture, " Marit ana " Quartett, " Der Wildschutz" Larzing. Bayrische Oberlander Tanze. Romance, " La Part du Diable" Auber. Cbmur des Soldats, " La Fille du Re gitnent" ........ Nachtigallen Polka Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following selection:— Overture, " Z-rrline" Selection, " Robert le Diable" Airs de Bailet, Scene et Chccur, " L'Enfant Prodi gue " Auber. The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of 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. Seytneur, and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulpb. Lieutenant- Colonel Forester, Com manding Officer of the Royal Horse Guards ac companial 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 Ru'sel), Viscount Hardinge, the Countess of Shel burne, and the Right Ron. 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. The 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 ber Majesty. Mr. R. Montgomery Martin bad 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. a G. Lidd e ll , t h e Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). The Lord Chancellor left town atter the Cabinet Council yesterday for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation on behalf of the ballast-heaver s , in cluding M r . V ans ittart Neale (of Li nco l n ' 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 Hon. 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 the sub joined certificate that circulation in 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.—l am, Sir, &c., A. BUNN. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Jan. 29, 1852. INSTITUTION OF Oa Tuesday last, James Meadows Rendel, E-q., President, in th e chair, discussion was renewed " On the Alluvial Formations e and the Local Cha nges Coast of th e South-Eastern of England," by Mr. J. C. B. Redm a n, M. Inst.E ' and many of the vie ws stated by the auth or i n the paper were still further argued, It was stated that the formation of such points as Dungeness and Langley were always found to windward of the e l ite through of a rirQr, which, in the former case , passed a clay district, bringing down much deposit, forming an accretion, or delta, in the low, shallow water at th e ou tt a ll. This %las phenomena than t o assignnattuhral explanation of such action, of the waves, 0 em to the mere force, or which must have been ri the tidal currents, causes ages; and it was asserted,n Operation, unchanged, for mucheur to do w ith their formation. rents im possible for any btiaddal that it was physically coast which existed in the c hannel to have A shallow, shelvi ng f a vourable to the formationwas also thought to be , sea Bill was instanced as of these points, and Sel was actually in a a Case in which this accre tionDungeness and Langleystate of progression, whereas ne arly completed. 01 might be supposed to be these formations took placeer speakers argued that they simply formed the on clay deposits, whether t ru ded beyond it, and that coast li ne , or were pro formed on a nucleus of the Sh am bles shoal was ing of shells. rock, with a superficial cover- The depth at which shingle water was considered to be would travel under this question, as on it a very important point in ciples for executing many really depended the right prin actual experience it had beenengineering works. From travel at a greater depth than observed that it did not three fathoms ; so that when from two fathoms to an artificial work, as a pier or a natural headland, or or groyne, was projected into that depth of water, the pa it was arrested. ssage of shingle round Some difference of opinion appe a r e d t o exist as to the position of the largest of these banks. On the o pebbles on a cross section that they were invariably foundand it was asserted, greatest altitude ; that this es to have attained the Langley, and other beache s ' toas the case in the Hurst, it might be attributed to the force the eastward, and that wave being greater th --an that of of the approaching that large pebbles brought up ()f the receding one, so left, whilst the smaller ones by the former would be by the reflux. On the other i would be clawed away was cited as an instance to b hand, the Chesil B an k s mallest pebbles were stated b e contrary, where the be on the top. Both parties, some authorities to the largest pebbles were alw owever, agreed that the leeward point of the formation.ays to be found at With regard to the action of tides in the Channel, as shown the meeting of the Beechey, it should be b yobserved the charts of Capt. junction and parting ca,cillateds that the point of nearly sixty miles, and therefore over a sea board of over a corresponding latitude, and i t t i s ) action would be exer cise but little influence in isolated ca lls it could _The paper read was a "Description Viaduct erected at Manchester, forming a Cast Iron Joint Station of the London and IT part of the and Manchester, Sheffield, and Li n orth-Western, ways," by Mr. A. S. Jee, M. Inst. c eolnslaire Rail- Th object of this structure was to o h . accommodation for th 3 goods station of obtain increased com panies, which was formed on brick arches,the two of about 30 feet above the adjacent streets, at a level themselves being used as goods warehouses, the arches communication between the two levels b ases, and the by means of hoists. This extension was 7 ein g effected and 36 feet wide, and as it was necessary it 00 feet long without interfering with, the lines of should cover, low level, a row of Doric columns, o f W ay on the mounted by an entablature forming the cast iron, sur the station, was arranged, each about 20infelosure of from centre to centre, on the outer eet apart the space to be occupied, and on these b oundary one of end of a transverse cast iron girder was Placed, th e being supported by the brick arching. To theoher,,end trans verse girders, longitudinal cast iron girders each rail, were attached, and to these half , b one to balks of Memel timber were bolted, the whole bein g planked with 3 inch deals, on which t hree lines of wan and an ample supply of turn-table s for work ing the traffic were laid. To effeCt a communication between thi s station and a warehouse belonging to the Sheffie ld Co Store-street had to be cros sed, which was inpanyl done by means of wrought iron girders, 68 feet clear sp i an of peculiar construction. T g The top part of th ese ' rders consisted of a cylindrical tube , 2 feet in diameter, made of boiler plate half inch thick ; the middle w eb Was 3 feet 6 inches in depth, a nd for med o f 5 -16thS of an inch thick; the bottom ~,_ plates, 20 ines in width, and a t the Tage was a centre was composed of , three plates each 3 -Bths of an inch thi c k, di m i n i s h e d to one P l ate at the ends. These girders were each tested with weight of 60 tons at the centre, when the deflection was not found to exceed one inch. The whole of the cast iron work was of Stirling's Toughened I ron , by w hi c h a saving, in weight,i about one-fourth of the quantity that would of ee have been iron, necessary with ordinary was effected, without any diminution in the absolute strength. I Messrs. Robinson and Russell were the contractors, and they had most satisfectorily performed the work, the total cost of which, including twenty-one turn tables, was under 14,0001., or about 201. per lined. 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. RAIL WAY SU PERA UATION. London and South-Western Railway, York -road Offices, Jan. 21, 1852. Sir,---I am instructed, on the part of the directors of this company, to acknowledge the proposals of the com mittee of the General Railway Association, fir pro viding superannuation and other objects, modified as explained in the Circular of the 13th instant, and I am to isy before you the objectio ns to certain of these pro posals which lave been i-uhalittcd to the directors by the salaried officers in this establishment, the persons de signed to b; benefited by the proposed association, and whose opinions on the question at iszue are therefore en titled to reesorable consideration. The directors of this company believe these objections to be generolly 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 as to meet such objections. 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 cc 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 age of superannuation, the whole of the contributions paid by that member up to that period are 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 aspe c t 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 objects 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 runny 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, be 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 (viz , 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 ofsuperannuation, 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 net one which can be acted upon ;in practice, and that the attempt 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 II 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 th e case of death, still have had the benefit of the compound interest on such eontlibutions, and this it is submitted should suffice. I am, in conclusion, requested to press very earnestly on the attention of the Yrovisional Committee of the General Railway Association the two modifications con sidered requisite by this company in the 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 any, Sir, &c., WYNDEXAM HARDING, Secretary. A. Bee: ton, Esq. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH STAFFORDSLURE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices at Stoke-upon-Trent, Mr. Brodrick in the chair. T T h h e e c u n s I R preliminariessaido havingto b e been e g s o s n e bs through, 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 indi ca t e 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 bad 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 41. 6d. in the place of 3a. a share. Though by no means sanguine on the subject of railway undertakings, he yet thought that they met under more favourable auspices than ordinarily. He moved that the report be adopted Mr. H. HAMMOND expressed his regret that the chairman bad not entered into the details of negotiation which had been under consideration forthwith the North-Western. Rumour had given that the North-Western had offered them atthe of half their dividend. How far this was the begged to case he rat i knew not, but as an old shareholder be sasfiedwit say that he should be by no mea ns such an arrangement.—(Cheers.) He concluded b h y but by way of sub committe moving, not as an amendment, of a a stantive resolution, the appointm ent of shareholders, to inquire into matters into the nature of the negotiation w . of othertraffic and e he negotiation, com panies which might be pending% Mr. LAURIE seconded the Several questions were proposed with the view of eliciting information subject of t motion. hut it was resisted by the directors,several of whom t h e shareholders of the perfect spoke, end assured existed among their body, on the unanimity which Ultimately the re port was unanim ously adopted, Mr. Hammond's resolution was rejected by a very dividend of 3s. per share large majori:y, a d co nfidence in th e to, and a vote ofdirectors termi nated the proceedings. PARIS AND ROUEN. The half-yearly meeting of the Paris and Rouen Rail way wa s held on the 2 7th inst., a t th e o ffi ces , Rue d'Arnsterdam , Paris, M. de rEsgr6e, Presid on t of the board of the directors, in the chair. The directors present were MM.. Lawrence,, Simons, de Kersaint, N. D uc hatel, Benoist D Azy, Ch. Laffitte and Ed. Blount. M. Chibaudrau, general secretary, was in attend ance. 11,050 shares were represented. MM. Lassence and de Cheppre, the two largest shareholders present, were called upon to act"as scrutators ; and M. Michelot to act as:secretary to.the meeting. The number of shares represented was large enough, according to the terms of the Act, to empower the meeting to delibe rate on the ordinary affairs of the company, but not sufficient to enable it to come to a decision on the subject of the proposed agreement w i t h the company de la Ouest. For this purpose a new meeting will hare to be summoned. M. Chibaudrau, secretary, 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 th e last six months of 1851 produced a product o f 3,107.900 f. by th e tra i ns o f grand vitesse, and j 1,688,999 f., by o th er tra i ns; the miscellaneous re ceipts were 21,302,4431. Total traffic revenue, 9,009,890`: The exp ense s o f wor ki ng , strictly so called, were 1,719,757': ; the interest, tolls, and re payment of loans reaches 1,205,611 f.; and taxes and charges of surveillance, 105,46 , -3f. The total of Icharges and ex p en dit ure i s 3,090,837 1. , to which is to be added a loss of 7,293 E, during nine months working the line to Dieope. The net sum dispos able for dividends is 1,911,7191:, representing fer each share of 500° the sum of 25f., o f w hi c h one moiety is interest, and the other dividend. The interest and dividend on shares will be paid on and after Jan. 29, at the company's officee. The report discusses the reasons of the unfavourable difference between the revenue returns of the lust six months of 1851 and the corresponding period of the preceding year, and speaks hopefully of the circle of railways by which it is proposed to engirdle the capital of France. The accounts, dividend, and reports were approved. After the termination of the meeting the drawing took place for 52 shares for amortisation. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAlLWAY. —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 BLACIMALL RAILWAY. —Amount of revenue .31 . tho week ending Jan. 29 : Passengers Goods ,£7BB 9 2 ... 32 10 0 Total ... £B2O 19 2 Corresponding week last year ... 737 12 10 SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY. —Traffic receipts for the week ending Jan. 25 : Passengers £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 MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNG. MON 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 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—(IB9k miles opened.)—Return o traffic for the week ending Jan. 18 : Passengers, &c. Goods, &c. ....Z2,690 11 5i ... 4,587 15 112 Total £7,278 7 5i Corresponding week last year ... 7,119 8 9 SCOTTISH 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 [SS 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. Sus,—At any period of public alarm or excitemen .t is the duty of every member of the community, according to his several ability, to endeavour to dispel unnecessary terror, or, if danger really exists, to in dicate the bestmeans of encountering it. At the present moment there is a prevailing apprehension throughout this country of a hostile descen tof 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 11.1 r. 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 an 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 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, whil e th e su bj ect i s uppermost in men' s minds, it may be worth while to make a few observa tions relative to the defence of England against Fps - Bible invasion. To protect any land from aggression there must be a continued line of fortifications, or n forts closely planted ; b u t suppos i ng s uch erections o _ feasible on our shores, h ow cou ld w e man them ? d forts without occupants would only be so many points d'appui for invaders. Again, fortifications o f stone, or batteries on piles, are only effectual for the de fence of their immediate locality. Powerful work s at Portsmouth are of no avail for the protection of Plymouth or Pembroke : what England requires i n the absence of a continued line of fortifications, the ex pense of which John Bull would nots theend burees,tiaspa. defensive power which can quickly move ar oun d our island as required, and move rapidly a plication of steam can effect. Now this the Warner inventions fully accomplish; and I firmly believe that by means of these no invader could ever plant his foot on our soil : his destruction Would be ine vitable. I may las asked to explain how th ese mi salts can be brought to pass n .L gh ty re incredulous the English at everything their eyes —which i is w hich is not subjected barely to no t handled and turned inside out. A ll my Parlia mentary efforts to gain attention to th e W arner in ventions have been thwarted by this spirit of un belief. I have, on Captain Warner's behalf, offered that his inventions should_ be sub m itt e d t o t h e severest tests ; and m any they have triumphantly endured, as several distinguished officers have repeatedly tes tified. I assert, then, that by the Warner inventions the largest ships may be instantaneously, certainly, and cheaply destroyed a ed; n ct that an enemy's fleet may be so them inevit a bl e o beleagured that movementdetruion;t that any en y would entai l emy's port might be efficiently blockaded, without necessitating the constant and costly vigilance of a squadron, as in the late war ; and that our own ports, 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 rejecting 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, Ingestre, Stafford, Jan. 28, 1852 TALBOT. We have to announce to-day th e d eat h o f a highly respectable and popular ividual, 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 illustrious nobleman, but the prize bull lately belonging to Mr. Thomas Miller, of this town. This fine animal, aft er sweep i ng away every piece of plate in this nei ghbourhood for years, quietly-surren dered himself last week to th e h an d s o f t h e b u tcher, and, i f we mistake not, a part of his chine will to-day smoke on the table of his breeder.-8/icrborne Journal. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have arrived at their mansion in Carlton Gardens, from Broadlando, for the NANA. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Orders have been received at the several outporh 3 :to render the guard-ships fit for active sea service- The dockyards are to get the sea -stores for each' ship made complete and kept separate from other ) stores, that they may be ready at the shortest notice The Ganges, 84, 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 boy e, there was not a single one of them drunk The ima m cr in which the Ganges has been paid off affords another proof nt the improved habi:s of cur men•of wal'a meta I also reflects the highest credit on Captain Saith and his staff; for if they had not been good and correct officers, we are quite sure so grati fying a report of the conduct of the men could not be given. Ca l"in "Patrick Bahlie Hamilton (1847) has been appointcd to study steam at the factory, Wool wich. Surgeen—John. M.Whinnie (1847), late of the Frolic, 16, to the Vesuvius, steam-sloop, Devonport Chief liugineer—Beajarnin Hoar, to the Vesuvius. Assistant Surgeons—Edward W. Pritchard, to the Vesvaius ; Daniel a:auralers, acting, to th e Vi c t ory , fiag•ship at Portsmouth : Gunner—Charles liicis, to the Horatio screw guard-ship, Shetarness.. Boatswain—John Donohough, to the Horatio. Carpenter—Richard Cleverly, to the Horatio. PORTSMOUTH, J. 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. Whitten, 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' depots from their late reserve battalions, are ordered to allow tbeir 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, THURSDAY.—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 P. 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 Lisbon 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 depots. This arrangement will expedite the supply of fuel to steamers and diminish the cost of pilotage. WooLwicli, 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 hoard, and the former ready for mounting, which can be accomplished in a few hours The Amazon stevm-fzigrve 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 he taken to Shec rntsg, where she will be stationed a 3 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 IN THE POT:" A GRAVE QUESTION IN WHICH :DOCTORS DIFFER. There is one question relative to ttft, substitution of soft water for bard 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 botb. Until lately, it has been an axiom with our sten:lard chemical writers on toxicology en d medical police and jurisprudence, that the softer end hitherto purer the water, the more likely is it to act on lev, an d to be thereby poisonously impregnated; and that the harder the watir, the more likely is it to remain pare perfectly pure soft water, per se, will not act accredited a nd urimPr authors cg nate d h a b le admitted the lead. or T d r e u c e l ' a declared, on the one have explained the apparent inconsistency hand, that that,ontheon lead, and, on the other band, that hard water will. o ß f u: u then a they hand,gas, laration with their own important axiom, by alleging Prudential and most lead with pure soft water is liable to be so influenced by the air, and by carbonic acid dissolved as to become corrodtd, anu th en poison the water continuallyv;sp ~ ,atly water, ad while, on the other hand, Co usual in Lard water, with neutral sul lead with herd water, and t . is so acted on by the salts contained phates, such as that of li me, become incrusted with its mod in hard water, as to tected either from forth, own corrosion, and thus pro tributing any er waste in itself, or from continuedcon poisonous . water. Sincc: th o impregnations to the questicn, however agitationend of the metropolitan supply desire to sub,t,' , a the prevalence of a very general flute pure soft water for the hard and otherwhe shoeki nz i, • evidence has been - ' impure supply at present in use, p r essly to contradictn adduccA which, ex facie, appears ex- 4 F'o feel ittherefore absolutely- necessary to insist that fully e . o most important subject shall be forthwith examined, discussed, and settled. B ld at CT. T HE FOOT GuAnns.—The following are the changes of the stations of her Majesty's regiments of Foot Guards, or d ere d to take place in the first week in the month of Blarch neat:—The Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards will move from Wellington Barracks to St. John's-wood Barracks; 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 Port man-street Barracks. EXTRAORDINARY OccintRENCE. -- Yesterciay ITIOrn• ing, at an early hour, great excitement prevailed among the inmates of the workhouse, High-street, St. 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, unde r 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, aft er w hi c h severa l o f the other f em ales began to prepare f or the usual day's work, an d - when they considered the w a t er was sufficiently heated, one of them went to put som e c l othes into the boiling E l i quid, when a nd shoulder s projecting screamed at th e s i g h t of a woman's head . projecting from the copper. An instant a larm was raised, r when several men came to the spot, who found the deceased in a sitting position, and completely sent for, he boiled, flesh fo r peeledwhen sha was dragged out of the copper, the skin and off. Mr. Nash, the surgeon, of I;igh-street , being ‘sis,ance of a to foot. It was after on his arrival pronounced life to be quite extinct, as the de ' ceased was fearfully scalded from bead wards ascertained that the deceased nau . st t have elL go . t , on to the top of the copper by climbing LIP, v'7' l4 _ h _ then waited until it boiled. the liquid stool which had been placed by the side cc,pp o e f r wthheilceopper. The deceased had evidently got into quietly . night as a gentle mal,vp teas etherd he beforeu r o r N y , e i r n was cold, unobserved, and along Castle street, he `eater RonylLarealedict_o bTerhsehooutlhdeerrs. n, an ac 1 ma n in the garb of au a • street, he met a tall man agricultural la bourer, carrying e cke:x pickaxe e au - nr c ds 1 ' i the gentleman. Scarcely had the two passed c i h t h " . quaintan becom in g mils- also. ,!,, eother had turned suddenly bmaself turned . h.lh country mr,n stepped fer round, ickly, and grasping un by the shoulder,loo ke d ward quickly, ear nestlyf ce fora hew s• • • in his a. second; without speaking,. Sur dat this strange behaviour, and so '- prise tnewLaat apprehensive, h t'l .ritent* • indeed, of os ie . ions —for it was dark, and the street com paratively deserted —our friend drew back and asked the man what he wanted? Mester," e reply, in a deep hoarse tone, "my name's George Wright. I'm from Staf fordshire; and I'm clemming, b y G ~ fliers was no mistaking the haggard coantenance, the woful stare of the eye: the indices of starvation were complete. "If you've a wife and little children 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 bless you." Our friend put money into his band, which, though trifling in amount, seemed a fortune to the poor fellow, and received in return a benediction rude, but evidently from the depths of the heart.—Lererpcol Times. _ ..... The late adjudication of the Lyons and Alignon Railway has caused great activity in the iron foundries in the department of the Loire. Furnaces which have been disused fin aoule rears pat are sow re-lighted. ........ 1 to ....--' Opt• ...--.' AO' PO 0 it° )0 bil ....-- 2 10 6 a l6 3 6 16 Led , Liao aid s to bed for ,r 7 tit 0 la