The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

h H E I, , _.................. aillr'eLaele• The wife of Sawney Bean was not a. •' -°4e diabolical being. And yet, after the eatastrop a e s 4 ° lt f the tale when she is confined in a mad-house ' li ti . tinearable maniac, Sir Edward Bulwer asserts s t e h ,, a a t v ;. 4 ,4 seen Lucretia in that horrible captivity, . 4m or e Squalid ferocious mockery of a human being , re aPpalling' d more fallen, than Dan d t%ev h e is r i Ya le . 4 la his Spectres, than Swift ever sc h o . ffe 1 to .11 ° °81 " lie declares, moreover, that is nolvel ofis I %piled from the biographies of two criminals v.rney (a h ilt tim es- One of these criminals, Gabrielni c,,aracter having rather an affinity for the d a c n har o d f bi at i r le Y ,of Scott, than for the tyabriel Var ° I t yla), is as astute and almost as Tit 'gal a as the notorious i - Well , plausible Quaker-murderer i hitle e ,ll . The other criminal, the cisief one ' th,_ 4 1 ' Lucretia Clavering, i ; , ei a ?Le nothing The. de s t r l u e e s _s . Ilea c 'adame Lafarge on wholesale. is ' l ot th life to her is a pastime ; cruelty her only ; ,Alt ~,,t _ i af pleasure ; she wanders about the ls il a m staircases bers • the!'leight clothed in black, creeping into chambers, .i -usi fle e Il g Poison into the medicinal draughts of the e iti Pe t „rs, and rendering the young, the innocent, the ‘V tt4 el equally her victims. She marries . m alibard, She at el is assassinated at her instigation. h 4444. Braddell, and Braddell is poisoned her upon y the !tlle ttli . She calculates with a hideous glee nd her ek e. 4 her uncle. She murders her son . 1 04,.. lier crimes are the most systematic, the most ; IA1") the most unsparing. Beyond all this, lo s o h d e , e t 1 ; 1 and b eg g ars, s 8 and satisfies her thirst for blood, i it 1? Il kit - Y th i and for revenge with the secresy of coward -1 Ne s . en, as the writer observes; treachery and 1 elite' hatch their brood amidst the olds of a hypp • kittL e°lc ardice." Here is the picture of Lucretia, , 47. w ith infinite art. - fit ilia 'ao i ~ , "1 „ . t ,0 be tall in woman;m tall—tallohdue but tioo ah beyond er. ~. - Z.... 41n g either awkward or masculine— i it, was now h sculptor. what Thei s t Zot e,'",thet day, unbecoming as we a deem s7 lee t e ne i v a e v r er s i e n r g ved wa fo s r , tl i •' eer i hole—dis 1 height t fi t g h n er re e dvantageous. , , o di --at least, on the sweep 11% ort „ • to her majestic L gri l or ~ mat gave greatlr ),1 1,71.4h4.1mb, while the classic thinness of the drapery • es . % arm tl ie exact proportion and the exquisite contour. 1 • 41 1..5., - ' 3 then were worn bare almost to the shoulder, ''' 1. 4 % eLe:_tia's arms were not more faultless in shape [ 4 •,. ) . -4 f j" ... "g ill their snowy colour—the stately neck, -' j , ,letill,„4 shoulders the firm, slight, yet rounded bust : ‘tlikvald have charmed ' equally the artist and the s s n en o - t ' , Zp% Fortunately the sole defect of her form wa , h _ 44., 4 t a distance': that defect was in the hand; it '. • k ,Pltfit i i t 'ue usual faults of female youthfulness—the Lt l it 0.,, Y of flesh, the too rosy healthfulness of colour; '1 ''' N al; -11tr arY it was small and thin, but it was, never lbeh,°re the hand of a man than a woman; the • '; ' 1 147 a man's nervous distinctness, the veins swelled 1 klitiell B ' the joints of the fingers were marked and 1 fore;t* of that hand, it almost seemed as if the ' iff O ' the character betrayed itself. But as w ld e ' • h he ti , 11 1 -, this slight defect which few, if seen, would i ' illSr e t o ie : L e l ci lY notice, could not of course be perceptible , . irghs, slowly up the room; and Vernon's eye, ' ' elit% ° ler the noble figure rested upon the face. • ieitakilds,ercte?—was it repelling? Strange that in I Vat, elkl Pretensions to the highest order of in beauty,_ eae 1 4 w.:"Ilt. that experiencedhat sentence eonnos to f i t 7 4 6 4 :h.:: 13 almost puzzledpronounce. fashion of the day, clustered l in a l itclkt4 l ' e lls over the forehead, but could not d c t o h n i c a a t 4 q w car wrinkle between the brows; e line, ' OPia,ela at any age, rare eve d n nmn a a n t her's, gave 47' 7: at once of sternnessthoughtan we i Rtkilltryebrows themselves 'gill morei,a shade . or two 4h1 P, 1411 ' . to the whole perhapsre straight, and not too light, a apparent in the lashes, the eyes were h il lit I it ", though bright, astonishingly . calm and t): 4.4 east • - p, in ordinar • moments; yet withal, they 'I ; '!tt e th ,,,_ e .arm of that ordinary and . open look, which . te ll - -.e to the heart, and invites its trust; their ex k 10, 4,,, , . rather vague and abstracted. She usually iain_4llt while she spoke, and this, which with had i ; liNitttarro_ra b ut shyness, in one so self-collected, t ' • ta tittC l ehood. But when, at times, if earne d s , th a a n n d ; • 1 11,41 1 „• er _ ° i n examining those she addressed 111)04-.6 .herself from penetration, she fixed those Itt illi lioatiWith sudden and direct scrutiny, the . gaz e t 'ape Powerfully, add haunted you with a / 1 ., e e l,: The eye itself was of a peculiar and dis -1 _ „ ar--not blue, nor grey, nor . black, nor hazel, t, ti ki 'lf that cat-like green, which is drowsy in the .i kbl e k ikiP ti d in the shade. 'The profile was purely 4 tip,; b ut .80 seen, Lucretia's beauty seemed . incontes ' -,j lk iip ' 4 th e :a front face, and still more when inclined be ' 4 ks:ttip Iv a. all the features took . a sharpness, that, ! 1.11,43-egular, had something chilling and severe; the lo th % ex : 1311 91, but the lips were thin and pale, and lti L edi,,? ession of effort and contraction, which added d ttkr„Pita, tll ,st which her sidelong glance was calculated ; t ell a, a n dA he teeth were dazzlingly white, but thans sharp , !toy, Th a the eye-teeth were much longer %et the IZ t aPlexion was pale, but witho ut . much deli %k ,Lett whicheess seemed not natural to it, but e ra . th s e e r ISA %,„ study and late vigils give to " 14,111,0ide-oted the freshness and the bloomof m e n; ,ppoi e of I t . than she was — an effect confirmed Y by an 10 tre, but °llodness in the cheek, not noticeable in the 1114 444 l'elld - r e ring the front face somewhat harsh as , 4 0 11 0 141) ' An s. word, the face and figure were not • %44tobea3'; th e -figure prevented you from pronouncing :- 41% 1 41 efttenline—the face took from the figure the ' 4 4 4414 11 alin aCY• It wag the head of the young 'l 4 , Ive cl ose P o n the form of Agrippina. One touch more, :" .14 ma a d escription, which already perhaps the altte(11),(•Y consider frivolously minute. If you had iti ll ocl °r e the mouth and lower part of the face a mask te 4e, th Si,. elim i . e. , e whole character of the . trf face would th e i l 4 at once; the ey glittering false -1 4;: 11 141,:1 1 /Vf its sinister eoentzlnoaesetttilotsn only you w " ht at beautiful, bait a qtkL,Pronouneed the face bandage suddenly away, t i k the wanlahlY• 'rake that startled you, and startled ••,,, %, th e :ante wculd have 00r am ore, because you could detect no sufficient de- 044 ,Pro ortion in the lower part of the counte zeli; '42. expl P ai n it. It was as f the mouth was the key N op whole: the key nothing without the text, the text VPrehended without the key." 7 ' Ittiteis absolutely impossible to conceive the abhor excited by the villanies of this monster without ~.:- Z.ting the novel from the title -pag e to the printer's -• r"..0 afford some feeble conception of ki....aitonishing vigour with which her demo ! !1117. .nature is delineated by Sir Edward Bulwer, , t i t , ,7 tr ascribe a single sentence, which condenses, as : lt,' , .7 , a world of infamy, of despair, and of woe. combs he, "amidst the punishments with which sek.hiLlhoye imagination of poets has diversified the t a b ,:r the tortured Shadows it had depicted some Ose,ittnned to look evermore down into an stii, Change to its gaze forbidden—chasm upon • . ti:ker,J4Wning deeper and deeper, darker and ti‘,, 4 0111 %Tess and infinite—so that, eternally gazing, NI Can, tit t as . -Le, as it were, a part of the abyss, te litiOcr et - , Il 'age would symbol forth the state 1 / 4 eve s 44 Mind." One gleam of redemption, • • kNe', W, aa left her, one means of re "g la humanity the love of William hittY.4rin 41„,a, this This solitary gleam is extin . -; !t -wn th e eggi,,l4.4ingle means is debarred her, a_ndthen— i v ti lt - lh the universe rose the eternal I." Not . 1 liNfret4P°te influence of ancestry could redeem bk. 4 411 themsins of degradation ; and the author h gik il Nk ß i ais that our fathers a m ade by death ' til ltn " gods," and that " pride of famil is the si ki l ett 3 lagel y innate of its heirs." Besides her own infidel 4 P, .4 m urder -- "II, Lucretia is fostered into an i ~' ti o er by Olivier Dalibard, to . whom at of• , coot evil were but subordinate genii, 1 • 114 04. 14% tri lat ld ,, of mind; they were the slaves ' 'kir at 1, --13 * This Dalibard—quite I He a Caesar lle'' ll ds ht This most powerfully conceived. 11 1" 14 Of • i Of a bu t i Arbaces in the " Last Days of Porn ' I V' volu N t 11. Possible, more of the fiend and less . i 1 41 4 Ntn4, l3 1417. Gabriel Varney again, has a cer „ hk e 4 AiL le , ll ° 6 to Lumley Ferrer; in " Maltravers , ' td, T h e ' a seeker of bodily enjoyment at all WoZiled , difference existing between these three ew Ni t s Ivil'ue:i depraved mortals is given in . a f ur. ' le t , of wh ere the ronaancist is speaking of their p . , % $ ll,ll vi sion „ thro , ugh bloodshed. ' for to r ue Of * . " elll ' ' ue a aYs, " the image p " r T es o ent G ed ab ft i s e e l l s f unlimited pleasure and Rrodigal_ . ' %%444tioli.lothpairi4etairaci it Wore the solemn majesty o l_ f 1 it was but the Eureka of a ca , NaSter n e p a l it reward of wile, and scheme, , - laalvtle:at t.ll4lla3Cteer° mops Among the other and - • ~ 4,2 the tn ,_, the book the most original, and, V et . a AL'‘ admirable, is Beck, the crossing a - s .* ki t , chvp i'''"er telling us that " all education w )1 t 11, 0 lieck, in " % Pees h 3° was_ a ' Charles 11 love " and that the •r i t Welfth, ~ c aracter was " as austere as v. til libt. t ied:i! the writer exclaims—" Through the ' l ittL .tglitlecrleh man's care had not moulded, nor books tts li ' 64 .l r 4v ) Tior the priest's solemn lore informed, still ketltied,l,, f ,, r Til the great parent source of Deity , k h. b„.. be and dim." In Beck as here delineated qt,5,c4,,,,.?een extracted from the ragged outcast qd Nes s lt h his broom " an isthmus of the kennel. 1 E n • t. j . N I I gli s h ohn is the very prototype of what an 4. eiai gentleman should be—generous, benevo :l Or it l ta 13') hearty, refined, and thoroughly domestic. tst:eille ch ar (with his " adorable impertinence' ) : ' Nt t 40 k:f a tter, and this would scarcely be antici- A tit 6 '14 4 ""e first description of him, to the effect 1 ti 6' lly 1:: 11 ° 1 e dr and air was not what could 1 ' ',' lilse - tv --` called foppish—itess was rather what at that ooly ealled rakish." Walter Ardworth cam , et di il l mkt i a p er get his disposition where he chuckles ' -114,1' teat' landsc la • " in this green banquet of t qA h alms " no ma le t ' A 1 -- e bird s ' ' , th. , out fl i N` , are an older family than the St. n itrs t r P a be r ed y lin , gw i r s e te g h i i ;e s n aolu t t O r ' 5 tl; Joh n ue Y don't throw t c h s o e i • i , l o 4 1 1 0 :11 I. a A rdworth, -e ' on the n • bill[ taai'v,..."lie reflections ; he is a splendid model of i' got „Ilar r ,7, gained by toil and patience. Although k w ttirt--‘ar remarks that Ardworth " did 41)1.i',te rith the muses, and that on the Ih il "8," . (11 „t, his mind few flowers could et t i l Pst4- , , ul i h e was endowed with reverie . and ' - t ti4Reni 4 ', ` the two wings of that spirit which we l l ot& I V, hieh * h 11 . is whole life is modelled upon a doc „Poa,„-getit, i.e,himself utters :—" What men want is, 'ti') to ael. is purpose ; in other word . s, not the "oet t "leve, but the will to labour.' And by H ark' io e _ , rttri t. or i n is sustained in publishing his first • 4 114 ' 4 b l:ce nt ° ming a daily uewspaper, or in entering lit e q,tie ti x l ,',.a_ a r epresentative. Percival St. John . lar4erainwering are, perhaps, the most exqui ; .. t th: r ,,,_ a Sir Edward Bulwer has ever imagined. - ` 44 bolietil crimes by which they are en. compassed their hearts are animated with a solemn and affecting holiness. " Lucretia," is adorned, in deed, with several ch arming contrasts of this descrip tion. For example, the first indication of depravity in the heroine is preceded by this beautiful and fan tastic fancy :—" The lights were out, all save the lights of heaven, and they came bright and still through the casements. Moonbeam and Starbeam, they seemed now to have the old house to themselves. In came the rays, brighter, and longer, and bolder —like fairies that march, rank upon rank, into their kingdom of solitude. Down the oak stairs, from the casements, blazoned with heraldry, moved the rays, creepingly, fearfully. On the armour in the hall clustered the rays boldly and brightly, till the steel shone out like a mirror. In the library, long and low, they just entered, stopped short —it was no place for their play. In the drawing room, now deserted, they were more curious and ad venturous. Through the large window, still open, they came in freely and archly, as if to spy what had caused such disorder, the stiff chairs out of place, the smooth floor despoiled of its carpet—that flower dropped on the ground—that scarf forgotten on the table—the rays lingered, upon them all. Up and down, through the house, from the base to the roof, roved the children of the air." They are followed by the imagination of the writer to the chamber of Lu cretia—" Moon and starbeam, ye love what lovers read by the lamp in the loneliness ;" to the chamber of Varney—" Moon and starbeam, ye love the slum bers of the child ;" to the chamber of Dalibard— " Moon and starbeam, ye love the midnight solitude of the scholar." In a very different scene, namely, in that incident where Tom Varney, the penniless artist, is elated on being invested with "the novel grandeur of the man sponged upon," Sir Edward has, unwit tingly, been guilty of a plagiarism. The exhibition of cruelty, in trying to put out the eyes of a canary with a red-hot tobacco-pipe, is plagiarised from one of Hogarth's powerful, but terrible paintings of the " Four Stages of Cruelty." As an expression of the author's yearning for the advancement and improvement of his fellow-men " Lucretia" must be regarded as successful. It is a lesson to society, but a very fearful one. It is fraught with evidences of how the man can be degraded to the fiend, but it also shows how he may he elevated to the angel. It is commemorative of the gloom of sin, but it is likewise inculcative of the effulgence of virtue. For that great people, which he has expressively termed " the shadow of an everlastinraudience," Sir Edward Bul wer Lytton has written " Lucretia"—if read rightly, it will not have been written in vain. NARROW E&CAPE OF THE KING OF SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 27.—Yesterday at noon an ill dressed young man appeared at the Palace, and with violent gesticulation, required Colonel Peyron, his Majesty's Chamberlain on duty, to procure him audience of the King. The Chamberlain declining to do so, he threatened the Colonel with a pistol, which he drew from his pocket, and soon afterwards aimed a secomd pistol at Count Horn, Governor of the Palace, who had hastened with some men from the guard-house to arrest him. The pistol was discharged, happily without in juring any one. From the examination of the prisoner, which immediately took place in the police-office, it appears that his name is Platen, and that he was quarter master in the regiment of Dalecarlia ; that he has been fora year in the lunatic asylum of Danviken, from which he was discharged as cured on the 20th of May, 1845, when he was sent back to his relations, and had only been two days in Stockholm. The two pistols were fully loaded with iron shot of different sizes. The reports of the physicians who have examined him state that he is completely insane ; and he will, therefore, be sent again to the hospital at Danviken. There is reason to believe that the intentions of this unfor tunate man were not so criminal as they at first appear. In consequence of the danger which threatened the King yesterday, the audience at the theatre called for the national hymn, which was sung amidst the loudest ap plause. The Post och Inrikes Tidninger gave what has been found the most authentic of the reports in circula tion. The so-called Colonel Van Platen, when he required the captain of the guard to introduce him to Colonel Peyron, was extremely dirty and ill-dressed, that when be announced his desire to have an audience of the King, the latter gave him an evasive answer, and desired him to leave the palace, and to come another day. He then repeated his refusal; upon which the man declined to state any particulars of what he desired of the King, and immediately drew out a pistol, and held it to the breast cf the Chamberlain, exclaiming, " An nounce me, or I will fire!" The Chamberlain turned aside the muzzle, and got possession of the pistol, sent to the guard• house and to the police -office, all which the assassin observed, but remained still, with his hand in his pocket. About an hour afterwards Count Von Horn, the Gover nor of the Palace, came from the guard-house, and ordered his men to arrest Platen, who stood behind a screen, and drew out a second pistol, and fired at the Count, whose cheek and temples were grazed by the shot, so that his hair was singed, and the bullet entered the wall. Platen was seized without much resistance, and taken to the police•ofce, where during his examination he spoke very boldly, threatened the officers, the French Ministers, &c. On examination he was found to have a large knife, a watch with a metal case, some printed placards in bad Swedish, which were to prove that his proper name was the Duke of Bourbon ; a bundle of papers, but not a penny in money. On being questioned, he stated that it was his intention to demand the punish ment of those who in the year 1844 bad placed him in the lunatic asylum at Danviken. Being asked why he went armed, he said that a Duke of Bourbon never went unarmed. In less than an hour he seemed to have for gotten everything that had passed in the forenoon. The physicians declared him to be insane in the highest de gree. Yesterday afternoon he was again conveyed to the lunatic asylum. He is a young man, between twenty three and twenty-six years of age, and has suffered mental aberration for many years, but without showing any violence. According to the Afton Blad, his name is A. G. G. Von Platen, born 1822, son of Captain C. A. Von Platen, and has served as quartermaster in the regiment of Delecarlia. GRATUITOUS MARRIAGES •T ST. JOHN'S CLERKENwELL.—On Monday morning, pursuant to a notice, some reek since issued by the Rev. Hugh Hughes, the rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, that mar riages would be celebrated by him gratuitously between parties who were too poor to pay the marriage fees, the Rev. Gentleman a ttended to perform the ceremony. In the district of S t. John's, Clerkenwell, comprising a population of above 9,000 inhabitants, the majority are of the lowest class, numbers of whom cohabit together without the performance of the marriage ceremony, in extenuation of which they almost invariably plead that they are too poor to pay the marriage fees. With a view of remedying this moral evil, the rector published notice that lie would twice a year, via., on the first Mon day in December, and on the first Monday in' May, marry such parties free of charge, and that the clerk should give notice of such banns without fee. Yesterday morning only two couples availed themselves of the benefit thus offered. The rector has further given notice that the children of the parish will be christened ah registered without fee on Advent Sunday and Whit Sunday in each year. SUICIDE OF A FEMALE IN THE PRESENCE OF HER CHILDREN.—On Monday, Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the Cannon, West Moulsey , o n the body of Mary A nne Wattord, aged twenty-four the wife of a ballast g a th erer . On the evening of 'Friday last, a person in whose house the deceased lodged was asto nished at hearing screams of children proceeding from the deceased's apartment. The children of the de ceased were found on the bed, and screaming most violently, and their mother was discovered hanging to the bedpost. The deceased was cut down, and a mcs• senger was sent to Hampton Court for medical assist ante, but by the time the surgeon arrived life was found to be extinct. It was proved that the deceased had been f o r some time in a low and desponding state of mind, arising from ill health. The returned a verdict, life " That the deceased destroyed her u whilst of unsound mind." SUICIDE IN THE STRAND UNION W ° On Monday information was forwarded to 38, a co!oner's office, of the death of Charles Fisher, aged street, nm t mate of the Strand Union Workhouse, Cleveland. re Pancras, who committed suicide under the following e,S . c i rcums t anc es:—The deceased (a baker) had beenre- St. re siding with his brother, of the same business, in Moor street, Seven Dials. In consequence of his exhibition of mental derangement, it was resolved by his friends that he should be placed under some restraint, lest he should lay violent hands on himself. On Thursday wee k he was removed to the above institution in a state of in sanity, where he was attended by Mr. Jones, the house surgeon. That gentleman not considering his case sufficiently bad for immediate confinement, the deceased was placed in the accident ward of the infirmary, on the fourth floor. The unfortunate man continued until nine the same evening giving vent to all kinds of incoherent expressions, when he suddenly arose, and proceeded to an adjoining closet, opened the window, and precipitated himself therefrom. An alarm was immediately given, and on being picked up he seemed comparatively unhurt; but on a medical examination it was proved that he had received severe internal injuries. He continued to linger until Saturday evening last, when death put a period to his sufferings. THE STOCK OF THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN COMPANY.—We understand that the directors of the above company, in consequence of the recent amalgama tion of the various companies in their interest, have re solved upon valuing the whole of their stock of locomo tive power, &e., and for this purpose have appointed Mr. M'Connell, locomotive engineer of the Bristol and Bir mingham Company, in conjunction with two other gentlemen, to examine and value the engines, tools, &c. The inspection and valuation of the stock will COMES !nee to-day, at Crewe, where a town has sprung up, since the Grand Junction Company commenced the making of the engines, carriages, &c., used upon their line. A few months ago we gave a description of this important ma nufactory, its various departments,works, extensive &c., and if access can be had to th e details of this vast stock, we shall again revert to the subject. Anyt ping like a rough estimate of the stock would be little short of conjecture. BODY or A CHILD FOUND.—The dead body of a new-born child, wrapped up in a handkerchief, was dis covered on Monday morning, shortly before 8 o'cl ek by a boy within the enclosure surrounding the parish church of St. Marylebone. It was conveyed by a policeman to the workhouse, where it awaits she CON- Ines inquest. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, X 846. PE I NINSULAR AND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The Annual General Meeting of this Company was advertised to be held yesterday morning at the Company's Offices in St. Mary Axe. Our reporter attended, but was refused admittance, on the ground that the Board had not been petitioned to allow him to be present. OPENING OF THE IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUNDS' RAILWAY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) This line was privately opened on Monday, and in a week trains will run for the conveyance of passengers. A special train, consisting of three carriages, two of which were elegant smoking saloons, was kindly placed at the service of the new line by the directors of the Eastern Counties, and left the Shoreditch station shortly before ten o'clock. It contained, amongst other gentle men, Mr. Waddington, [the Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Counties, and Mr. Roney, the Secretary Another train left Colchester at eleven o'clock, contain ing a number of ladies and gentlemen. On reaching Ipswich, after a pleasant and rapid journey, an amalgamation of trains took place, at about a quarter to one o'clock, a train of imposing length, drawn by two engines, and tastefully decorated with flags and evergreens, started for Bury St. Edmunds. An immense number had been invited. The line, which almost commences with a tunnel of a quarter of a mile in length, and of a rather sharp curve, proceeds in a north-easterly direction, and along the valley of the Gippint, to Haughley, in the vicinity of which the line to Norwich, and for which Parliamentary powers have been obtained, will branch, and from thence, in a north westerly direction across what is called the Table Land, to its destination. The line, the Act for which was obtained in 1844, is 26 miles in length; it was com menced in September, 1845, so that its construction has i occupied little more than twelve months, an incredibly short time, for the works in many portions of the line must have been extremely heavy, the soil moved being about 500,000 cubic yards per mile. The steepest gradient, which is at Norton Ward is 1 in 132. The country traversed is agricultural. There are seven leading stations exclusive of the termini, namely, Bramsford, Blakenham, Need ham-market, Stowmarket, Haughley, Delmowell, and Thurston. Nothing could be more gratifying than the way in which the train, and those it contained, were re ceived at the various stations. Notwithstanding the un favourable state of the weather, the inhabitants, the young and the old, and, in fact, the " halt and the lame," presented themselves in formidable array, and cheered the pageant lustily. At every station triumphal arches of evergreens were erected across the line, and flags and banners, displaying glittering and compli mentary allusions, were exhibited almost to profusion. On reaching Bury St. Edmunds a most imposing sight met the view. Not only the town, but the surrounding dis tricts seemed to have poured forth the whole of their inhabitants, for every available space within sight of the station, which stands on an eminence, was thronged with dense masses of humanity. The directors and the officers of the company were there met by the Mayor and the corporation of Bury, who headed a procession into the town, preceded by a band of music, which had enlivened the journey from Ipswich, and a number of flags. The works reflect great , credit on the engineer, Mr. Peter Bruff, and the contractors Messrs. Brassy and Mackenzie. They cost about 16,0001. a mile. The sta tions are in an unfinished state, but the line is in a per fect u orking order. The inauguration of the line was celebrated by an excellent dinner in the evening at the Assembly Rooms, Bury. There were between 300 and 400 guests. John Chevalier Cobbald, Esq., the chairman of the company presided. He was supp3rted by the mayor. A great number of influential gentlemen were present. Due justice having been done to the viands and supe rior wines, The CHAIRMAN gave the usual loyal and constitu tional toasts, which were warmly responded to. Two banners disported themselves on the walls, on which were inscribed, " Success to Cobbold and the Directors of the Ipswich and Bury Railway—" Success to Agriculture and Commerce, and the Ipswich and Bury Railway." In proposing the health of the Queen, the CHAIRMAN said She was a great patron of railways, as she had travelled over more miles of railway than any other Sovereign.—(Hear, hear.) Prince Albert, too, was a great railway traveller. He hoped he would' condescend to visit Bury, as many of her Majesty's progenitors had done. They had not only visited the ancient town, but had resided in it, and the Ipswich and Bury railway might be the means of again bringing royalty amongst them.—(Loud cheers). He then gave in succession the following toasts:—The Bishops of Norwich and Ely, and the Clergy of the diocese ; the High Sheriff of the county ; the High Steward of the liberty of Bury St. Edmund's (Earl Jermyn), whom he was glad to have seen at the station on their arrival ; the Lord-Lieutenant and the Magistracy of the county of Suffolk. To the last toast, The Rev. Mr. ANDERSON returned thanks. He said, when the railway was projected he thought it would be a frightful source of crime and outrage, but he confessed he had been disappointed, as he found that those who had been employed on it had conducted themselves in the best manner. Ile 'sipeerely hopedthat it would .be-a . source of great profit .0 its proJectors. The CHAIRMAN next proposed -" The Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses of the 13orough." It was most gratifying to both his brother directors and himself, and also, he was sure, to the long train they all came in, to have met with the reception they did on their arrival, from the mayor and corporation.—(Cheers.) Mr. GURDAN, the Recorder of the borough, briefly returned thanks, and congratulated the company on their safe arrival. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of the Mem bers for the County," which was drunk with enthusiasm. Captain BENNETT returned thanks. He regretted the absence of the other representatives of the county from unavoidable circumstances, and proposed the health of the Chairman. He said he not only looked upon him as a friend, but as a benefactor—as one who had done great service to his country—(Cheers)— and they had to congratulate each other that they could shake hands on such terms, for he was the prime mover and almost the completer of the great undertaking they had met to celebrate.--(Cheers.) They had to thank him for his great services in providing the country with efficient railways.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was warmly respondnd to. The CHAIRMAN said be felt quite unable to return thanks for the honour they had conferred upon him— the more especially as it had been made and received in such a flattering manner. He assured them he felt un worthy of the encomiums lavished upon him.—(Cries of " No, no l")—but ".he would do his best to thank them. Being within these walls brought many old aseo ciations to his mind, although thirty or forty years had passed away since he was last there. He went to school in the town, and it was most gratifying now to him to be present under such different circumstances. He, perhaps, ought to apologise for the imperfect state of the railway on their first visit; he should like to have seen it complete ; but he was sure • they would forgive the company, when he called to their recol -I,ction that it was scarcely more than a year since the works were commenced.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) The stations were not yet in the condition in which they would like to receive the gentry of their district, but he hoped they soon would be, and that they would give them credit for what they had accomplished. —(Loud cheers.) But they had good reasons for paying their respects to the town of Bury before the completion of the line, of visiting them a little b e f ore th e i r wor k men, w hich no doubt had had great influence on himself and his brother directors. In the first place, at this time of the year they were accustomed to see turkeys, hares, and game conveyed out of the district to London. Now they hoped to have the satisfaction of carrying some of these turkeys—(Roars of laughter)—in the next place there were a great many gentry living in London, who were not only too glad to receive such courtesies from their country friends , but they sometimes was s m s e en tbg t io inreturn s tilton cheese and oysters, which better than a mere acknowledgme nt through the penny post. He hoped they would have the satisfaction of conveying they would have the advantage both.—(Hear.) Besidesfom London in much less time than at of getting toand a good union e s. He should have done injus tice hope r d they had that day laid the germ of Ch er ) .I) . 2 ( weet e i the eastern and western districts h h dth ure of acting if whom e a e eas to those with royal to himself, because he he appropriated theirf being p present. o f th the e 13 'n associated with two deputy chairman,had the satisfaction o whose active, energetic, thing to think of, and the other for the development of and singular adaptation of talent county.--(Cheers.) to do.—(Cheers.) one whose coeimgprehensive mind left him no of the Railway." Mr. EAGLE proposed " The Directors their system, left him nothing ile said the duties Colonel BARLOW returned thanks. supported by much credit was due to them, as they were e d been mainly one who was in himself a host, and who had of the directors were extremely light, and, therefore, not uired ings of si m il ar i mportance . If th e directors req em instrumental in carrying out that and other undertak only stimul us , t h e hi gh comp li ment p as sed upom th by the assembly which surrounded him, would be a suiti cient inducement. He concluded by proposing "The Corporations of Ip sw i c h and Norwich. The MAYOR of Ip sw i c h returne d t h an k s . Mr. DONALD SON apo l og i se d f or the a b sence o f the Mayor of Norwich f rom an unavo i da b le engagement . The CHAIRMAN ne x t p ropose d t h e " Di rectors o f th e Eastern Counties, who were the first to project railways towards that part of the kingdom.—(Cheers.) They had not the honour of the chairman's attendance, but the deputy-chairman (Mr. Waddington) had done them the honour of coming from London, and of travelling along the Ipswich and Bury Railway, although he was obliged to travel on to Cambridge in order to fulfil an engage ment of long standing; but he had the pleasure of seeing several directors of that company amongst them. The toast was drunk in a bumper. Captain BUTLER returned thanks. Colonel IhuLow proposed the health of Mr. Saunders, the secretary. Mr. SAUNDERS, in replying, said the only credit that was due to him was for having followed the orders of the directors, who had neither swerved to the right hand nor to the left, and who had thereby obtained the confidence of the public, which had been so unequivocally manifested that day. He hoped that was not the last occasion on which they would meet to celebrate similar inaugura tions, for the line that day opened was but the first instalment of what the Eastern Union Company intended to confer on that part of the country.—(Loud cheers.) Whilst he continued in their service be should do his best to deserve the eulogy they had passed upon him and he should not be satisfied if Bury St . Edmund's ORIENTAL did not partake, in an equal degree of the benefits which railway had conferred on other parts of the country. The following toasts were then drank before the separation of the company at a late hour :—" The directors of the Ely and Newmarket," " Mr. Locke, the consulting engineer," "Mr. Bruff, the acting engineer," and "Mr. Few, the solicitor." A meeting was held at one o'clock this day, when it was fully expected, that the amalgamation of this line with the Eastern Union would be agreed to, TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 5, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Herbert Townshend Bowen, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General for the island of Trinidad. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 8. 14th Regiment of Light. Dragoons—Sergeant Major Emanuel Bradbury, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase, Dec. 8. 22d Regiment of Foot— Lieutenant Henry Allen Murray Deane, from the 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Frederick Mulkey, who retires upon half-pay 63d Foot, Dec. 8. 29th Foot—Breve-tColonel Henry Robartes Wyatt, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel James Simpson, who exchanges; Major Andrew T. Hemphill to be Lieutenant -Colonel, by purchase, vice Wyatt, who retires ; Captain Gregory Lewis Way to be Major, by purchase, vice Hemphill; Lieutenant Walter Kirby to be Captain, by purchase, vice Way; Ensign William Septimus Simmons to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kirby; George Augustus Ferris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Simmons, Dec. 8. 33d Foot—Ensign William Mortimer Pcchell to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Keane, promoted in the 56th Foot; Gentleman Cadet Frederic Smith Vacher, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign; vice Pechell, Dec. 8. 44th Foot—Lieutenant John Allen Lloyd Phillips, to be Captain, by purchases, vice Rodon, who retires ; Ensign William Henry Hotham, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Philips; George White, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hotham; Dec. 8. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Francis G. Scott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brickenden, who retires ; Ensign John Igna tius Macdonell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scott ; Otway Wemyss, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mac donell; Lieutenant William Stratton Prince to be Adjutant, vice Scott, promoted, Dec. 8. 76th Foot—Ensign Benjamin Rising to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W hitter, who retires ; James Fox Bland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Riding, Dec. 8. 81st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Edward Sorrell to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Edmonstone, de ceased, Nov. 13. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Charles A. Cobbe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thompson, who retires ' • Ensign Thomas Browne Feneran to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cobbe; Samuel Blomefield Kekewich, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Feneran, Dec. 8. 97th Foot—Ensign Hedley S. J. Vicars to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woods, whose promotion has been can celled, Nov. 6; Ensign Thomas Venables to be Lieutenant, by purchase, who retires; Osborne Barwell Cannon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Venables, Dec. 8. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant Robert Cas sells Oliphant, from the gOth Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Hunt, promoted, Dec. 8. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 8. Supplementary List of Non-Commissioned Officers and Pri vate Soldiers of the Queen's Army killed in the late Battles on the Sutlej, or who have died of wounds received in those Actions :- 50th Regiment—John Beck, Alexander Beardman, Wil liam H. Booth, George Bowden, Jos. Brindley,Johas Brooks, John Callaghan, Wm. Clifford, John Colegan John David son, Wm. Densley,MichaelDonahue,Dan ielDoolan, M. Dooley Richard Dunn, George Evitt, George Penney, Peter Fan ning, Brian Feemy, M. Fenton (Sergeant), William Garrett, Francis Gleeson (Colour Sergeant), John Goodwin, Anthony Hall, George Hancock, Charles Hawkins, John Hayes, Henry Hart, Robert Henley (Sergeant), William Hol well, John James, John Jeffery, John Ingold, James Kayns, John Kelly, James Kelly, Peter Lawler, Benjamin Lucas, John M'Cabe, Thomas M'Kean, William M'Knight, James M'Meeking (Sergeant), John Moran, William Mullins, Thomas North, James O'Leary, Thomas Pike, John Poole, William Quigley, John Reese, John Richardson, Edward Ridlestoff, Thomas Riday, Richard Ronald, William Shea (Colour-Sergeant), John Skates, George Smith. John Smith, George Stephens, John Stephens, Samuel Steele, William Thorp, John Travers, Francis Ward, John Whealdon, John White (Colour- Sergeant). Non-Commissioned Officers and Private Soldiers of 50th Regiment supposed to be dead, they having been missing since he recent Battles on the Sutlej. William Beckett (Corporal), Daniel Fitzpatrick, John Flinn, Frederick Harris, Matthew Healey, Frederick John son, Patrick Kelly (Corporal), William Minney, Edmond Murphy, John Murphy, James Palfrey. John Peel, Robert Wallace, William Wright. Private Soldiers of the 50th Regiment killed at Loodianah, 20th May, 1846, by the Storm, which blew down the Barracks, or who have died from Contusions received on that occasion. Michael Donahue, James Ford, Benjamin Frobisher, John Gibbons, Thomas Hatcher, Henry Hayes, Michael O'Brien, Thomas Todd. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEc. 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major William Henry Bent to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hornsby, deceased ; Second Captain George Sandham to be Captain, vice Beat; First Lieutenant Thomas Knox to be Second Captain, vice Sandham, Nov. 9 ; Second Lieutenant Archibald Motteux Calvert to be First Lieutenant, vice Knox, Nov. 19. The dates of promotion of the undermentioned officers have been altered as follows, viz.:— Captain Tyler, Oct. 14, 1846. Second Captain F. A. Campbell, Oct. 14, 1846. First Lieut. Phillips, Oct. 14, 1846. First Lieut. Godby, Oct. 20, 1846. First Lieut. Street, Nov. 9. 1846. Captain and:Bre'ret-Major Robert Clarke, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Blachley, retired on full-pay, Nov. 28. Second Captain Charles Vansittart Cockburn, to be Captain, vice Clarke, Nov. 28. First Lieutenant Charles Wright Youngliusband, to be Se cond Captain, vice Cockburn, Nov. 28. Second Lieutenant O'Bryen Bellingham Woolsey, to be First Lieutenant, vice Younghusband, Nov. 28. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of the City and County of the City of York. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Edmund Blayds, Gent., to be Cornet, Dec. 1. WHITEHALL, DEC. 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Shaw the younger, te ofbe a Burnley, i‘iaster E in xt t r h a e er c a o in u a n r t y y palatine of Lancaster , Gent., The Gazette of thi s evening contaiinnsthae noticeHg h from Curt f Speaker for the issuin g o f a new writ for t h e nor thern divi sionio th of Chancery. of the county of Lincoln, in the room of Charles Ander son Worsley Pelham, commonly called Lord Worsley, now a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BANKRUPTS. John Donaldson, coach-maker, Regent-street, to surrender Dec. 16 and Jan. 30th, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Dunn and Dobie, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn. Philip Howard, wine merchant, Hingham, Norfolk, Dec. 16, at one, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Trehern and White Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury. ha Sidneylf_past one, and d m u j s a i a c s l e 9 ll , e r a , tN one, w a e ßons, at d- t i t e r e c e e t r D t e e c f . B I a 6 n , k a t . ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Chapple, Chancery-lan. John Spence, dealer in china, Q ueen - s treet, Hoxton, Dec. 17 and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; liens man, Basing-lane. Edmund Jones Hows, china dealer, Deptford, Dees 17, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Sutcliffe, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Joseph Keed Bullen, tailor, Peterborough, Dec. 22, at three, and Jan. 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. James Bussev, ironmonger, Bear-street, Leicester - square , Dec. 18, at half-past one, and Jan. 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official) assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Townshend, Howland-street, Fitzroy square. Richard Satchell, jun., cowkeeper, Winsley-street, Ox ford-street, Dec. 17, at half -past two, and Jan. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rye, Golden-square. William Cameron, confectioner, Newcastle-upon - Tyne , Dec. 15, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 19, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; CLartres, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Shield and Harwood, Queen-street, Cheapside. Owen Evans, innkeeper, Liverpool, Dec. 18, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry Cham bers, London ; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool. John Julian Jackson, wine merchant, Birkenhead, Dec. 18 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Bridger and Co., London wall, London ; Dodge, Liverpool. James Barron Rodway, commission agent, Birmingham, Dec. 22 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dirtrict Court. Christie, official assignee, Waterloo-street, Birming ham ; Suckling, Birmingham. William Barker, hosier, Nottingham, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham. William Thomas, draper, Treforest, Glamorganshire, Dec. 22 and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Bird, Cardiff; Short, Bristol. Matthew Burton and Benjamin Sheen, cotton spinners, Manchester, Dec. 19 and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Pittendreigh and Stevenson, South-square, Gray's Inn ; Baker, Manchester. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. C. Hill, grocer, Reading—first div. of ss. in the pound, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. W. Chandler, chemist, Minories—second div. of 3d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and two following Wednes days, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. C. J. Edmonds, apothecary, Bluntisham, Huntingdon shire—first div. of ls. 2d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. G. Fife, physician, Bishopweannouth—fi na l d i v. of ld. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Taylor, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —second div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound (in addition to 7s. 6d. in the pound pre viously declared), at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. G. Mellor, s h o pkeeper, Shipley, Yorkshire —fi rs t div. of 9s. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. in the pound, y Saturday, J. Partridge, coa l merchant, Cheltenham —fi rst div. of 4s. in the pound, on a n y Monda y , at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. on w Y, Newcastle upon-Tyne. W. W. Spence, draper , Newcastl e- upon - Tyne--first div. G a . a Steele, g r oce r , aDurham—first t be office of f of a 9 k d ie of Is. in the pound, o n any Saturday, at th e o ffi ce o f M r. Waklev, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. F. poundWhitworth,on a , Shay Tuesday, aw fo rth, La n at a t s the ir office e —tirf of i t div. 1% r. p of 4s. 0 8 t t. in the Manchester. J. S. Chadwick, calico printer, Salford, Lancashire—first at the office Walsall, l3/ Staffordshire—fi rs t di v. o f edfivjm..oprf.alpgs.eo,ltmonda.aidcnebatehlseetre,pr.ound, on any Tuesd a y, 49. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. J. y Wednesd a y, a t th e —first . m anufacturer, iatbspeund,en Ca a s l t i le-street, So u th war k office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall- street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Hodges, wine merchant, Circus-street, New-road, Dec. 29, at eleven—M. Casanas, wine merchant, Fenchurch street, Dec. 29, at half-past one—W. Vann, upholsterer, Old street, St. Luke, Dec. 29 at two—R. Wilson, merchant, Stoke-upon-Trent, Dec. 29, at one. In the Country. T. Lane, coal merchant, Hereford, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—T. Bateman, victualler, Coventry, Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Hampson, iron founder, Manchester, Dec. 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—C. Carr, cotton manufacturer, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. N. Smith, T. L. Holt, and J. Neale, printers, Fleet-street, Dec. 30—J. Neale, printer, Fleet-street, Dec. 30—J. Plumley, builder, Reading, Dec. 30—S. Ward, shalloon manufacturer, Lillypot-lane, City, Dec. 29—G. Langford, grocer, Southamp ton, Dec. 29—M. W. o.borne, grocer, Birmingham, Dec. 30 —D. and J. Burton, cotton spinners, Lancaster, Dec. 31— H. Charles, share broker, Manchester, Dec. 31—W. A. Dorby, builder, Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, Dec. 29 J. Clarkson, plumber, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Doc. 29—W. Howe, builder, Boxford, Suffolk, Dec. 29—M. Norman, jun., cabinet maker, Richmond, Yorkshire, Dec. 29—W. M. Hig gins, lacernan, Birmingham. Dec. 29. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ R. Bridge and I. Mader., cotton spinners, Dunnockshaw, Lancashire—W. Harrison, H. Fletcher, and E. Hattersley, linen manufacturers, Barnsley, Yorkshire—J. M. Sanderson and E. Royde, land surveyors, King-street, Westminster—J. Brookman and W. Swales, hosiers, Wolverhampton—T. Pinder aLd J. Milner ' iron founders, Thornes, Yorkshire—P. F. Curry, H. H. Statham, and F. Horner, attorneys, Liverpool (so far as regards F. Horner)—H. ReeVe, E. Nunn, and L. Nunn, milliners, Baker-street, Portman-square—L. and M. Cherry, drapers, Bedford—T. Rackham and J. B. 13i1ham, printers, Norwich—T. Ratcliffe and F. Beckett, stone dealers, Saddleworth, Yorkshire—W. Richards and J. Bell, shipwrights, Liverpool—A. Rule and R. Anderson, builders, Lancester—J. Brown and J. T. Robson, builders, Gateshead, Durham—J. and J. C. Harvey, hosiers, Ludgate hill—T. S. Wright and R. F. Welchman, attorneys, Leam ington Priors, Warwickshire—W. Colwill and R. Williams, hat manufacturers, Tavistock, Devonshire—T. Rayner and C. H. Mitchell, woollen cloth manufacturers, Ossett, York shire—J. Kennedy and J. Copland, drapers, Exeter—D. Currie and F. W. Prattinton, goldsmiths, Long-acre—G. Harris and J. D. Cummins, carpet manufacturers, Hatton garden. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. J. and W. Stewart, share brokers, Glasgow, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12, at two, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and Eastern Junction, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1% p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 5 3 / 4 p. —Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7 p.—Caledonian Clydesdale Junction, 14 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 50 1 ,4 — Dundee and Perth, New, 5 p.—East Lancashire, New (No. 1 and 2), 31, p. ex new—Ditto, New Scrip, 1 3 / 4 p.—Edin burgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 18 1 -i t —Ditto, Halves, 10 p.— Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 21—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarters, % dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1 1 4 dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4% p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 114 — Leeds and Thirsk, 1 1 / 2 dis.—Ditto, New, I ,A p.—Liverpool, Crosby„ and Southport, 1 1 % p.—London and North-Western, 195—Ditto, New, 13% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late L. and B.), 4% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 5 3 / 4 p.—Midland, 12N—Ditto, New, 4% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 14 1 % —North British, Thirds (scrip), 2 1 / 2 p.—North Staffordshire, p.—North-Western, p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), dis.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1 / 1 dis. —Shrewsbury and Chester, New, 2% p.—Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Cheshire, 1% dis.—Ditto and Chester, New, % dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), p.—Shropshire Union, &c., 1 / 2 dis. —South-Eastern and Dover, 38%—West Riding Union, 365. 3d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5 p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 12% p.—Ditto, Preference, 9% p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 7 1 / 2 dis.—Limerick and Waterford, 11 3 / 4 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, p.—Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 / 8 dis.—Great Lux embourg, 635. 9d.—Paris and Lyons, par. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion, 7 1-16 p.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, par—Bristol and Exeter, New, 3% p.—East Lancashire, No. 2,3% p. — East Lincolnshire, 1% p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 3 / 4 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 32 1 / 2 —Ditto, ditto, 4 1 / 2 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2% ex n.—Ditto, Preferentials, 1 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % dis.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham (B), 7% p.— Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1 1 / 4 p.—Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Extension, 1 1 / 2 p.—North British Exten sion, 1 1-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 3 11-16 p.—North Union (A), 222—Ditto (B), 151—Preston and Wyre, Sixths, 4% c.—Sheffield and Manchester, No. 1,3% a. p.—Ditto, Quarters (No. 3), IA dis.—Shef f ield, Rotherham, and Goole, p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1% p.—Ditto, 91. 12s. 6d. shares (13), 1 1-16 p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford shire, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 9-16 p.— West Riding Union, 1% p. LEEDS, DECEMBER 7. STOCK EXCHANGH. — The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.—East Lancashire, 4% p. c. n.—Ditto, New Shares, 4% p. c. n.—Glasgow and Dumfries 3% p.—Hudders field and Manchester, 4 1 ,E p.—Leeds and Bradford, 45 1 / 2 n. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 11% n. p. c. n.—Ditto, Half Shares, 6% p. c. n.—Ditto, Extensions (green), 28s. p.— Leeds and Thirsk, 1 3 / dis. New, 2s. 6d. p. c. n. —Ditto, Preference, 225. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 20s. n. p.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 275. p.—North British, Thirds, 2 1 / 2 p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 2 1 / s p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 20s. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North-Western, Bs. n. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 16s. p.—Shrewsbury and Birming ham, 2 1 / s p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 9,4 p. —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Is. dis.—West Riding Union, 31.195. 6d. HULL, DECEMBKR 7. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—But a small amount of business continues to be done, and the market is wearing much the same aspect as it did at the close of last week, with a slight improvement in East Lincoln, and Glasgow and Dumfries. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, V. 14s. —East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Ormskirk), 43q p.—Ditto, New scrip, 1% p.—East Lincolnshire, 20s. p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, las. p.—lpswich and Bury, Norwich, 21. 18s. 63.—North British, Halves, 15%—North Staffordshire, 31. 13s. 6d. p. YORK, DECEMBER 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Direct Northern, 2 —Eastern Counties, York Extension, 3%—lpswich and Bury Exiension (Norwich), 3—London and York, Half Shares, 2—Newcastle and Berwick, 341—North British, Thirds, 31. 11s. 6d.— Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3%—North Staf fordshire, 11. 13s.—North-Western, 31. ls.—Sheffield, Ro therham, &c., 3%—York and Newcastle, New, 12%—Ditto, Preference, 71. Is. 3d. EDINBURGH, DECEMBIR 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Divect Northern, 41s. —Dundee and Perth, New, 18s. 9d.—East of Fife, 365. Edinburgh and Granton, 211.—Edinburgh and Northern, 16s. 3d.—Ditto, New, 925. 6d.—Ditto, Newport, 78s. 6d. ex new —Ditto, New, 535. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5 1 / s —.North British, Halves, 15 1 4 ex thirds—Ditto, Thirds, 76s.—Ditto, Quarters, 70s. ex thirds—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 33s.—Scottish Central, 22—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6 3 4—Strathern Junction, 78s.—Great Southern of Madras, 7s. 6d. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 455. —Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 39s.—Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ayr, 681.—Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 17%—Ditto, Halves, 81. ls. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 4s.—Glasgow, Kilmar noc k, and Ardrossan, 325. 6d.—Great Western of Bengal, 6s. 6d.—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s.—Manchester and Southampton, 28s. 6d.—Mid land, 331.—Ditto, Halves, 6% —North British, New, Quarters scrip, 325. 6d.—Scottish Midland, Junction, 131. 13s. 6d. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—The members and friends of the Metropolitan Early Closing Association, established to effect an abridgement of the hours of busi ness in all trades, held a soiree on Monday evening at the Queen's Concert Room, Hanover-square, in further ance of the objects they have in view. Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, M.P., presided; and the meeting, which was very numerously attended, was severally addressed by other influential gentlemen. In the course of the even ing sentiments, framed in accordance with the views of the promoters of the mcvement, were proposed and car ried unanimously. IMPORTANT RISE IN THE COTTON-MARKET...4)IIr Liverpool letters state that on Monday the sales of cot ton_amounted to 30,000 bales, at a further advance. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A tribe of individuals, calling themselves the "Tennessee Minstrels," appeared at this theatre on Monday night, going through aperformance similar to that of the Ethiopian Serenaders, though with the inferiority that usually characterises imitations. They are, however, a clever set of grotesques, and their quick steps, songs, and glees, are amusing. The worthy who flourishes the bones is comic after his own peculiar fashion; and the congo-tambo gentleman has also a small impulse of humour. SALE OF AN ALLEGED AUTOGRAPH OF SHAHS PERE.—Yesterday, a sale by auction of a curious collec tion of old plays, &c. ' took place at Messrs. Puttick and Simpson's rooms, in Piccadilly, and amongst them some manuscript notes and a signature presumed to be the autograph of William Shakspere. These were inserted in an odd volume of " Hollinshed's Chronicles," first edition, 1577, imperfect. The auctioneer stated that he would not guarantee the signature to be genuine, but that, as well as the manuscript notes, were presumed to be in the autograph of the "immortal bard." There was but one offer for the volume, viz., 5/, at which sum it was knocked down to a gentleman named Holding. In addition to the autograph, a copy of the folio edition (second) of Shakspere's histories, tragedies, and come dies, h e e s published edition, in date l63 16 2,s 0 6 1 4, d sold for7 f l o . r lO 9 l, whilstios The h a e fcopyonr fourth edition, published in 1685, sold for 31. 12s. 6d. A copy of Spenser's "Fainie Queene " in two volumes, black l e tter, imperfect, printed by William Ponsonby in 1590, sold for 4/. 2s. 6d. A mysterious murder took place on the night of the 27th ult., at Albi (Tarn). Two young girls of bad character occupied a rez-de-chaussee in the quarter de St. Affric. On the 28th, it being perceived that their windows were shut at three o clock in the day, the neighbours conceived suspicions that all was not right, and at last bursting open the door, discovered one of the girls lying on the floor with her throat cut across. In the next room lay the other girl in precisely the same state. Both were undressed and wrapped up in the bed clothes, out of the bed. Some money was found in their drawers, and none of their clothes appeared to have been taken away. The mark of a bloody hand was perceptible on the chemise of one of them. The greatest agitation was immediately caused in the town by the dis covery of this double crime. Two commercial travellers at once came forward and declared that they had visited the girls the evening before, but had left them all safe at about ten o'clock. The lodgers in the first floor deposed to having heard them singing and laughing as late as twelve o'clock. Nothing whatever has as yet been brought to light to lead to the discovery of the perpe trators of this murder. Some persons have alluded to the fact that a robbery of jewels had taken place in the town a few nights before, in which, it was said, three men and two women were engaged; and they ask, might not the deceased have been the females so engaged, and might not the men have murdered them to prevent de tection? All, however, is mere conjecture. A butcher, who was known to be intimate with the two girls, has been arrested.—Galignani. HEALTH OF LONDON ASSOCIA- TION. The following queries are now in course of circulation by this association, upon a sheet containing space for the answers to be annexed:— SICKNESS AND DISEASE. 1. Have you observed sickness and disease to arise from badly-constructed and ill-ventilated dwellings, from imperfect sewage, and from bad cleansing of the streets, courts, and alleys ? 2. Have the poor power to remedy these evils ? 3. Are there any nuisances existing, or are there any offensive trades carried on in your locality, such as tallow-boiling, slaughtering of cattle, pig -styes, the burning and boiling of animal or vegetable matter, &c.? 4. In your neighbourhood are there any noxious or offensive chemical works, especially lead, colour, mercu rial, and water-gilding factories ? 5. If so, have you found them injuriously affecting the health of those engaged in them, or of the neighbour hood ? 6. Would it be advantageous to the public, that an in spector of nuisances and a public offi3er of health should be appointed ? 7. Do you approve of the establishment of a council of health to watch over the sanatory condition of cities and towns, with power to rectify all those evils which are removable, and which are prejudicial to health ? 8. In the evidence collected on the sanatory condi- tion of the labouring classes by the Poor-lal - v Com missioners, and by the Government health of towns Commission, it is therein stated, that it would be a pecuniary saving to the rate-payers to remedy at the parish expense, the insufficient drainage, the bad cleansing, and the imperfert ventilation of houses, work shops, and public buildings, inasmuch as sickness, and the evils attendant thereon, entail heavy burdens on the public, not only through voluntary institutions, such as hospitals, dispensaries, &c., but add to the increase of poor-rates. Do you agree in this opinion ? SEWERS. 9. Are all the houses and streets in your neighbour hood provided with sewers and drains ? 10. Are there any open drains or sewers, and if any, are you aware of any case of disease having arisen from their effluvia ? 11. Should the sewers and drains be covered over ? 12. No general survey as to levels of the metropolis has yet been made, as a necessary preliminary for effi cient drainage. Do you think that such a step should be immediately undertaken by competent persons legally appointed ? 13. It is recommended by the Health of Towns Com mission, as well as by the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed April 30, 1846, to ex amine the application for local Acts, &c., that all water works, all work for drainage of towns, for sewage, and for paving, should be placed under one administrative body. Does your opinion coincide with these recom mendations ? 14. Are you of opinion that the new legislative mea sures are required, applicable to all towns and populous districts, for the introduction and maintenance, not only of an efficient and economical system of house drainage, sewage, paving, and cleansing, but also for the provision of an ample supply of water for public and private purposes ? CESSPOOLS AND PRIVIES. 15. Are there any cesspools and privies in the poorer neighbourhoods full and suffered to overflow ? 16. Are they productive of sickness among the in habitants ? 17. State what cases of disease you have known to arise from this cause. 18. Have the houses of the poor separate privies, or are the inmates compelled to use a common one, indis criminately as to sexes? 19. Are uncleanly and indecent habits created by the want of separate privies? 20. Is it practicable to introduce a water-closet into each house? If so, would it produce more decent and cleanly habits, and a better state of health? CABINETS D'AISANCE OR WATER-CLOSETS, AND URINALS. 21. Do not the public suffer in their health and com fort, and is not decency outraged, from the want of public water-closets and urinals in large cities and towns? WATER SUPPLIES. 22. Are the door adequately supplied with water? 23. What accommodation have they for keeping the water, and what is its general condition? 24. Is the charge for it reasonable ? 25. Does its scarcity conduce to uncleanliness and ill health, and are the comforts of the poor greatly abridged in consequence ? 26. Is it not the duty of the Legislature to produce an abundant supply of water, and to protect the poor from high and unreasonable charges ? 27. Would not a constant supply of water to the I public at large, and to the poor in particular, at high pressure, instead of the present intermittent supply at low pressure, greatly conduce to the comfort, cleanliness, health, and morality of the people ? 28. Would it not be advantageous if all dwelling houses capable of being benefited by an amply supply of water were rated in the same way as for sewage and other local purposes ? 29. Are the present water companies sufficiently under the control of Government ? VENTILATION AND LIGHT. 30. Is sufficient attention paid to the ventilation of workshops and houses occupied by the poor in your dis- :rict ? 31. Is the neglect of it productive of demoralisation, such as drunkenness, &c. ? 32. It is proved that the want of ventilation is a pro- lific source of disease, such as fever, consumption, scro fula, &e., among the inhabitants. Do you think that public means should be adopted for promoting a proper system of ventilation in all edifices for public assem blage and resort, especially those for the education of youth ? 33. It is likewise proved by the evidence taken by the Health of Towns Commission, that overcrowding in common lodging houses in poor neighbourhoods is a prolific source of disease and demoralisation. Are you of opinion that such lodging-houses should be placed under inspection and controul ? 34. Do you think that in the construction of dwel lings for the poor, provision for the efficient admission of light (especially solar light) and air should be en forced ? _ _ _ . .... 35._ Do you think it would be desirable to give power to parishes, or to the local administrative bodies, to raise money to purchase property for the purpose of opening thoroughfares whereby both light and air would be more freely admitted into the abodes of the poor? 36. Can you suggest any plan reconcileable with the feelings of the poor to remedy the evil of keeping the bodies of their dead (frequently for a week or upwards) in the same room with the living? STREET CLEANSING, 37. How often are the streets, courts, and alleys cleansed in your district, and by what means? 38. Are they effectually cleansed? . 32. Are the habits of the people as to cleanliness af fected by the condition of the streets, alleys, &c. 40. What is the reason that in some parts of the me tropolis the street, courts, and alleys are cleansed daily, while in others they are only cleansed at indefinite and irregular periods? 41. Are those courts which are private property cleansed by the public scavengers? 42. Ought mews to be kept as clean as the streets? 43. If the public thoroughfares were skilfully con structed, proper attention being paid to surface drain age, and efficient kennelling, would there, in your opi nion, be a diminution in the price to be paid for cleans ing them? INTERMENT IN TOWNS. 44. Is not interment in towns frequently attended with desecration of the dead, as well as with outrage on public decency, and is not the frequent disturbance of the earth in churchyards, saturated with the gases of decomposing animal matter, deleterious to health ? SMOKE AND GASES. 45. Are not the quantities of smoke generated in cities and towns injurious to the health and comfort of the in habitants ? 46. Ought not the Legislature to make every possible exertion to abate the nuisance ? BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. 47. The Legislature laving passed an Act to autho rise municipal authorities and vestries to establish baths and washhouses for the poor at very low rates of pay ment, are you of opinion that they should be brought into use in your locality without delay ? 48. Would you recommend baths being introduced into parish and union workouses and hospitals, not as a remedial measure only, but to promote the health and cleanliness of the inmates ? 49. Do you think that habits of uncleanliness are pro ductive of demoralisation ? 50. Should it not be an object of the Legislature to encourage the spirit of commercial enterprise in th e execution of the measures for sanatory improvement ? 51. If the expense for sanatory improvements should be charged upon properties, and be distributed over a term of years, coequal with the probable duration of the works, and if a special rate of small amount b e l ev i e d upon the occupiers until the capital and intere s t s h a ll have been repaid—do you think the burden would be felt by the people ? ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. On Saturday last an accident of a most alarming cha racter occurred at the Pinner station of the above rail way. Between one and two o'clock in the afternoon a policeman, named Charles Chadband, was on duty at the station, and giving s i gna l s to a l uggage train wh i ch was coming up amidst an unusual noise, and in turning round he was struck by the buffers of a pilot engine, and knocked down, and the wheels passed over his feet. The poor fellow is greatly bruised about the head, being cut in several places, besides sustaining the loss of three of his toes and other injuries. The injuries about the head are stated by the surgeon at the University College Hospital, to which institution he was at once re moved, to be of a dangerous character. NOT GIVEN TO CHANGE. —An elderly maiden lady, Miss Symons, died at her residence in Park-row last week, at the advanced age of 86. Miss Symons was born in the house in which she died, and never, during the period of her long life, resided in any other. The same rooms, to use a figurative expression, had seen her an infant and a decrepit old woman.—Bristol JournaL Loss OF WEIGHT ON COTTON.—The American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool has communicated to the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures of this town, and also the Manchester Commercial Association, the following resolutions :—" Complaints having been made of the frequent loss of weight on cotton imported from the United States, and it having been represented that in many instances this loss arises from invoicing cotton at the weights ascertained when it is first received from the planter, without having it reweighed on ship ment or delivery, it was resolved that with a view to remedy this evil, it be recommended to persons import ing cotton that in all cases they should instruct their agents abroad to have the cotton re-weighed on de liTery."—Manchater Guurdian, CRIMINALS IN ALGERIA . I We read in a letter from Algiers, published by the Con stitutionnel—" For some time past crimes have been committed here which have caused great uneasiness to the inhabitants. One night in particular lamentable cries were heard in the Rue Bab Asoun, in the heart of the city, where two or three persons were engaged in a. desperate struggle with several assailants. On arriving . at the spot, three police agents, who had been attacked, . were found lying on the ground, stabbed in several places by some thieves whom they had, attempted to arrest. The police endeavoured in vain to trace the offenders, until an unexpected incident occurred to aid ‘. them. Some time ago information was received that a murder had been committed during the night, on an Italian named Caesar Poggio, who kept a public-house. The officers of justice proceeded to the house, and there found an immense quantity of objects which had evi dently been stolen, with false keys, crow-bars, and other instruments used by burglars. It was inferred that Poggio had quarrelled with some of the malefactors, and that they had committed the murder. The police began by arresting his brother-in-law, a man of bad character. This led to further discoveries, and it was ascertained that there was an organised band of at least sixty thieves or receivers, forty of whom are now in custody for trial. They consist of Italians, Maltese, and Spa niards, of the class who quit their own country where they are too well known, and rush to a new colony to com mit further depredations." In the same letter we find the following curious statement:—" About ten years ago there lived at Oran, a Spaniard, of excessively mild manners, full of snbmission to the authorities, in fact, a highly-respectable ma,n in every respect - , in appearance, except that he exercised no known profession. Every year he was absent for three months, and it was noticed that on his return he had always plenty of money. This circumstance at length having excited suspicion, he was summoned before a magistrate, when, without hesitation, he recounted the secret of his existence. He stated that he had been a convict at Cadiz, and having served his time, had come to Africa to live tranquilly. When his purse was nearly empty, he embarked for Spain, where he committed robberies, and having got enough to supply him for the remainder of the year, returned to Oran. An expulsion to Algeria put an end to this mode of ex istence, which would make another chapter for the ad ventures of Gil Blas or Guzman d'Alfarache." THE WEATHER.---THE TEMPERATURE.—The snow which visited us on Saturday se'nninght, and which was followed by a partial and temporary thaw, and by rain, during Tuesday evening, has been succeeded by a keen, frost, with exceedingly low temperatures. We have elsewhere published a letter from Mr. J. Joule, stating that • about a quarter before eight o'clock on Monday morning last his thermometer indicated the low point of 6 degrees Fahrenheit; and at two P.M. that day it stood at 15 degrees, and on Tuesday morning it was not higher than 22 degrees. The thermometer of Messrs. Ronchetti, fell as low as 20 degrees during Sunday; and on Monday morning about five o'clock reached its lowest point of 16 degrees. On Tuesday morning it was as low as 20 degrees; and sleet and rain during the day were succeeded by hard frost at night. On Wednesday there was some little rain during the day; but the night was again frosty. On Thursday there was a sharp frost all day, and during the night the thermometer sank to 20 degrees, with a south-east wind. The frost continued with unabated severity during yesterday, and most of the ponds and pieces of water in the neighbourhood of the town are now firmly ice-bound, and afford sport to skaters. The most remarkable thing in the weather is the unusually early period of the season at which frost has set in. In December, 1845, the first appearance of frost was on Sunday afternoon, the 7th of that month; but the thermometer did not fall below 30 degrees, and the .next was a wet day; nor was it till Saturday, the 13th, that a sharp frost was experienced, and this only lasted a few hours, being again followed by the heavy rains which characterised that month. Even these frosts were earlier than usual; but this year there was a fall of snow and a frosty night on Saturday, the 25th of No vember, and the frost has (with the slight intermissions already noticed) endured ever since. In November, 1845, the lowest temperature was 27 degrees Fahrenheit; in the month just closed it was 16 degrees. In Decem ber, 1845, the minimum reached by the thermometer was 26 degrees (on the 18th); and, in the first three or four days of the present month, the minimum on two or three days has been 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The minimum point of Monday morning (16 degrees) is lower than the lowest temperature, even of December, during the last sixteen years; the nearest approaches being 17 degrees in 1830, and 19 degrees in 1841, and again in 1844. Manchester Guardian. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—On Satur day morning Captain Coddington, the Government In spector, accompanied by a number of the directors, en gineers, and shareholders, commenced his inspection of the line near Kendal, in a train of four carriages. Having inspected the line between Kendal and Penrith, the train arrived at the latter place about ten o'clock, and having remained there a short time, it proceeded on to Carlisle, where it did not arrive until after three o'clock, in consequence of a slight accident to the engine near Plumpton. The length of the line is forty miles. Captain Coddington and the directors dined together at the Bush Hotel, Carlisle, after which the Gallant In spector expressed himself in the highest terms of com mendation, bestowing the greatest rraise on the di rectors for the very complete and efficient line which they had made between Lancaster and Carlisle. It was arranged that the public opening shall take place on Tuesday, the 15th inst. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—" A paragraph, dated Bris tol, Nov. the 2Sta," says the Liverpool Albion, " has been gt in; the round of the papers, stating, in refer ence to the Great Britain, that the engineer, whose plan for getting her off hail been approved, represents that the late gales have so far strained and damaged her that she will not repay the cost which would neces sarily be incurred in the attempt.' That engineer is Nfr. Bremner, and he has not made any such repre sentation. We had an interview with Mr. Bremner a few days ago, and his advice is, to make the vessel as snug as possible for the rer2airder of the winter, and in spring he intends to take her off into deep water, an operation which he will perform on the first favourable opportunity. One of Mr. Bremner's sons, a gentleman of great engineering ability, we are sorry to say was compelled to leave th4S superintendence of the Great Bri tain by severe indisposition." RAILWAY MEETING AT WINDSOR.—A meeting convened by the mayor was held at Windsor yesterday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the com peting schemes for a railway communication from that town to London, via the Windsor, Staines, Richmond, and South-Western line, and the railway to connect Windsor with the Great Western at Slough. The meet ing was very fully attended, and great excitement ap peared to prevail on the subject. Amongst those pre sent were the Hon. Henry Ashley, M.P., the Hon. Capt. Fitzmaurice, M.P., Colonel Reid, M.P., Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P., Colonel Challoner, Sir Robert Sidney, Captain Bulkeley, W. G. Ilayter, Esq., M.P., C. S. Voules, Esq., &c. A resolution was moved by Mr. J. Minton in favour of the Sou.h-Western scheme; he said, he had the authority of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests to state that they had no objection to offer to that line. An amendment was moved by Captain Bulkeley to the effect that the connecting line from Windsor to the Great Western would best accom modate the inhabitants. Ile accused the Government of having been bribed by the South-Western Railway Company to favour their scheme by offering to contri bute money towards the projected improvements. After a very animated discussion, the amendment in favour of the Great Western communication was declared to have been carried, and petitions to Parliament in accordance with it were agreed to before the meeting separated. A BOY KILLED BY A HORSE.—Last night Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the NeNcington Arms, King-street, Walworth, respecting the death of Richard Jepp, aged twelve years, lately residing at No. 23, James-street, East-lane. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was the son of poor and industrious parents, and on I'Vednesday, the 2d instant, he was in a neighbour's stable, and whilst leading a young horse into the yard he slipped, and before he could get out of the way the horse trod upon the deceased's foot and left temple, whereby he was most seriously injured. He was removed home, and placed under the care of Mr. Otway, but lockjaw and inflammation ensued, from which he died on Friday last. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." WHITTINGTON CLUB AND METROPOLITAN ATHEn NAUM.—Last evening a meeting of the members of this institution was held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand. Mr. Jones in the chair. The secretary read the report, which stated that the object of the institution was to promote the literary and scientific education of the people, to meet their physical wants by providing club houses for the less wealthy classes, and to improve the moral and intellectual character of its members. Various rules, regarding the age, qualification, and subscription of candidates, were discussed and approved of, after which the meeting separated. WESTMINSTER-BRlDGE.—Yesterday all that part of the footway situate on the eastern side was re-opened b to e the public ; on Thursday the carriage -wa y opened for vehicles of light draught, when, betr s o h w ou n ld op th en e structure stand this test, the bridg e willas formerly. l o D n E , T a E ON B L ACRFRIARS THE SMITHrtEEDBCRITGrEE.L Y N e r s I t e s t A Z E. f A t e r c n c o drove of very fine oxen were p roceedin g over Blackfriars three o'clock, and when near the Bridge, shortly after Surrey side, the carr ia g e wa y was partially the oxen,blocked up by an omnibus and some waggons. Three of k n ocking down an old lady with a child in more infuriated than the rest , rush ed amon g the foot passengers, her arms, fortunately without injuring either. In their furious progress, however, a little girl named Trinder, residing in Upper Ground-street, was knocked down near the iron railings opposite the British Plate Glass Company's office, and was trampled upon, and severely injured. DISCONTINUANCE OF THE MAIL FOR ROTTERDAM. —Yesterday notice was issued at the General Post-office, St. Mortin's-le Grand, that the weekly mail made up and forwarded every Saturday evening by the Batavier for Rotterdam, was discontinued for the season. LORD DUNDONALD'S WAR PLAN.—The Scientific Commission appointed to examine and decide on the merit of his Lordship's discovery, is occupied with the investigation of its principle, which neither trenches on that of Captain Warner nor on the ingenious invention termed gun-cotton, but is, in regard to the latter, of a totally different nature. Cotton explodes instaneously, like the galvanic spark, whereas his Lordship's disco very effects a continuous evolution of intensely powerful elastic products—like the unremitting generation of steam from boiling water, the effect of which has been rendered familiar to the public by the steam-gun (or tube) of the ingenious Mr. Perkins, from which a stream of shot, following each other in close succession, pass through the atmosphere with less opposition, and conse quently transport their overwhelming effect to a greater • distance, than shells or shot propelled singly from artil - lery.—liampshire Telegraph.