The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-15 00:00:00

CnURT CIRCULAR. Efis Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel, Bucking! am Palace. The Bishop of Oxford officiated. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales. Prince .Alfred, t},3 Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took air ings in carri iges on Saturday. The Royal Famii, toolsic 'their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the ggAen of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yes terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers Were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the lessons by the Rev. Mr. llomore, and the Communion service by the Rey. Dr., Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Ilf.jok, who took his text from Ecclesiastes, chap. 7, vev.es 16 and 17. The anthem was, " I will seek unto G od." (Greene.) Sir George Smart presided at the organ. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders was hold in the Town hall, Perth, on Friday, the 12th current, for the purpose of considering the Bills for that Company's Extension, an' for their amalgamation with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, Major Murray Stirling in the chair. The for the various extensions were submitted to the meeting, and approved of unanimously. In submitting the Bill for the proposed amalgamation, the CHAIRMAN stated that, from what he understood as to the sentiments of some of the shareholders, he was afraid that the same unanimity would not prevail in re gard to the arrangement with the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway Company. He felt it to be his duty to state that the directors had gone into that arrangement after mature deliberation, and upon the conviction that it was likely to prove highly advantageous to the Com pany. It was most important for them to stand on a friendly footing with a company like the Edinburgh and. Glasgow Company, who had the command of a very large portion of the best traffic of the Central line ; and by the arrangement which they had made, not only was this secured, but a conclusion put to the very pro tracted and serious hostilities in which they had been long engaged with that powerful company and whiih they were likely to continue to bo engaged in unless some arrangement had been come to. A guarantee of 5/ per cent. had been secured to the holders of the ori ginal Central stock, with an equal participation in the profits of the Edinburgh and Glasgow stock in the event of their exceeding a dividend of 5Z per cent. They were entitled to look to this, considering the great prosperity of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, as a most fa vourable alliance ; and the directors had thought it their duty to the shareholders to close with these terms. He was aware, however, that a different view was taken by some of the shareholders, and he would request the secretary to read to the meeting a letter which the directors had received on the subject from several large shareholders. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde, and the Ron. W. Ashley. The Duchess of sent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. Among the nobility present were the Duke of Cleveland, the Duchess of Beaufort. the Ladies Somerset and Palmer ston, MarTuises of Salisbury and Ormonde, Lords Ban don, Cawaor, St. Germans, Bessborough, Gosford, to n , IleAerton, Palmerston, Cantilupe, Cowley, Canter nry- and Byron. DThe Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, Lords Ta'Lot artmouth, and G. Paulet, and Sir Fred. Trench, at tended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook. The Rev. M r . A n d «rson w ill preac h t h e sermon on bunday next in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the P i Pen‘las of Cambrid g e, and Prince George, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday at Marlbo l'eAigh House. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, took an airing in 11 carriage on Saturday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal High !less the Duchess of Kent, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. The Queen 3 "- ) oWager was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde, Ron. Miss Seymour, Earl Howe, and the Hon. William Ashley. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper ; and the Du these of Cambridge was attended by Lady Augusta Ca dogan and Mr. E'Jmond Mildmay. Their Royal' lighnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloncester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday,: Her oval Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess 'of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House Tier 7 rtnyal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the T Liuke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cam bridge Rouse. A meeting of the Radcliffe trustees was held on Satur day it the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Downing-- g r eet There were present Sir Robert Peel, Mr. C artwright, and Mr. Bucknell Estcourt. Captain Pipon had en interview with Mr. S2cret-ry Gladstone on Saturday, at the Colonial office. The Ecelesiastiaml Commissioners for England had a committee mee•ang on Saturday, There were present the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Gloucester and Bristol, Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, Rochester, and Salisbury ; the Earl of Bessborough, the Right Hon. 11..flothouse, and the Right Hon J. Nichol]. Dispatches from the Governor of the Gambia were terJeived on Saturday at the Colonial office. The letter, which was in Vie following terms, was then read. London, June 8, 1846. Gentlemen,—lt was our wish to have attended the general meeting of shareholders, called for the 12th inst. at Perth, to consider the Bill for carrying the proposed amalgamation of the Scottish Central with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway into effect, but as our engage ments render that impossible, we take this method of bringing under your notice the views which we enter tain of the proposed arrangement, in which we are deeply interested, as large shareholders of the Central stock. ------- You need not be reminded that the Scottish Central was promoted, as forming a continuation of the great central trunk line of communication from England to the north of Scotland, afforded by the great southern companies and the Lancaster, and Carlisle, and Caledo nian railways. It was upon this ground that it was at first favourably reported upon by the Board of Trade, and subsequently sanctioned by Parliament, in the face of the strenuous opposition of the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway Company. The reason for this opposition was apparent, in the interest which that company had to prevent the north and south traffic from proceeding in the direct, its natural, course, and so avoiding their line. That same interest is still in operation ; and, doubtless, it was that which led to their offering the terms of amalgamation which are now before us. It is clear, therefore, that the public interests must suffer by an amalgamation, whatever its effects may be upon those of the shareholders. You will be met by this objection the moment the Bill goes into committee, and, for ourselves, we cannot doubt that it will be fatal to its passing. To hold otherwise would he neither more nor less than to hold that the principle which ' guided the Board of Trade, and which subsequently was established in Parliament, after the protracted contest of last year, is to be overturned this year, the facts re maining precisely the same. We, therefore, hold the arrangement with the Edin burgh and Glasgow Company to have, been from the first inexpedient, and in violation of the principle on which we obtained our Act. But we should, nevertheless, not have made any effort to disturb that arrangement, if it appeared cer tain that Parliament would sanction it. But when the reverse is the case—when the engagements made with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company are likely to be set aside, whether we desire it or not—and when we are compelled, by the resolutions lately passed in Par liament, to come forward and express our opinions afresh on the arrangements entered into by our directors, we think we are bound to consider it in all its bear ings, and to act in such a manner as a regard to our own interests requires. Better terms might, we think, have been obtained from the southern companies, in cluding a guarantee on the new as well as the old stock ; and it is within our own per sonal knowledge—and we vouch for the face— that these are still within our reach, and might be immediately secured, if we were in a condition to treat—in other words, if the present arrangement were put an end to at the meeting of the 12th, as we confidently trust it will be. An arrangement with the companies south of us would not be liable to the same objections in Parliament as the amalgamation now proposed. They are our natural allies—they have already been treated by the Board of Trade and by Parliament as such. Our interests are identical. The more closely we can be brought together the better both for the public and ourselves. For every reason, therefore, we conceive it to be for the interest of the shareholders to withold their approval of the present Bill, and so make way for the adjustment of terms with the Southern Com panies, in place of going before the committee and being defeated, as we apprehend they certainly will be. 'e feel it our duty to record our protest against the competency of the meeting, called for the 12th, giving 'heir approval to the proposed arrangements. The Bill deals with the new stock as well as the old, but the holders of the new stock have not been summoned, and we maintain that no binding resolution can be come to at that meeting in a matter in which their interests are so deeply concerned. It is most probable that many proxies may be trans mitted to you, to be used at the meeting in favour of the measure, by parties who are in ignorance of the true state of matters, and of the advantageous terms which may be secured from the Southern Companies, We submit that these proxies cannot with propriety be acted upon without an opportunity being first afforded to the parties of re-considering their position. We have to request that you will oblige us by directing this letter to be read to the meeting, and we remain, Gentlemen, Your very obedient Servants. To the Directors of the Scottish Central Railway. The Chairman then put the motion that the bill he approved of, which was seconded by Mr. John Murray. Major Richardson, a scripholder of the company's new stocks, was proceeding to address the meeting. when it was objected by Mr. Oliphant of Condie, that he was not entitled to take any part in the proceedings, as this was a meeting of the company incorporated by the Act of last year, and not of the scripholders. A meeting had already been held of the surioholders, and they had given their decision on the subject. Major Richardson stated, that his information was that this Bill had not been submitted to any meeting of scrip holders, who, it must be borne in mind, held one-third of the stock of the whole company, and had, therefore, a most vital interest in the measure, and begged to ask the secretary whether his information was correct or not. Mr. KERR, the secretary, stated that the Bill for the amalgamation had not been submitted to any meeting of the scripholders. . After some discussion as to the right of Major Richardson to be heard, the CHAIRMAN stated, that al though the meeting would be most happy to listen to anything which Major Richardson might have to urge on the part of the scripholders in regard to the subject before them, it was not, he feared, in their power to receive his vote. Major RicnitunsoN then stated that he appeared on behalf of himself and other large scripholders of the new stock of this Company to express their views in re gard to the proposed amalgamation, bywhich he conceived their interests to be most deeply affected. The two most important steps in a man's life were the choice of a wife and of a partner. Of the two, the latter was the more cri tical, because it was more difficult to get rid of a bad part ner than of a bad wife. The first point, therefore, for them to consider was, what were the liabilities of their proposed partners, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way? He should be very sorry to intrude upon them any exparle views of his own on this subject, but he was able to bring the most conclusive evidence from the most unexceptionable quarter. He held in his hand the evi dence of the Company's own manager, Mr. Gregson, be fore the Select Committee of the house of Commons on amalgamation, given so lately as the Ist of last month, from which it appeared that the Company were engaged in the promotion of seven new lines, and that they were connected, as guaranteeing a certain dividend upon a certain capital, with seven other railways, and three ex isting canals, In this way, while the original capital of the Company was only 1,687,5001., it was involved in schemes embracing a capital of between seven and eight millions. This was in itself a very startling fact, and the meeting ought to consider very deliberately before they entered into a partnership with a company %hich had so suddenly increased its liabilities to this enormous extent. They were justified in regarding the manage ment of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway with ex tremewhen they found from Mr. Gregson's had been secured with the view from the insolvent position of redeeming the Company evidence thatsp i suspicion, hisoii , services y to en ce of into which it had fallen. He was asked by the Chair man of the Commit tee, whether he was employedtake the charge of th ose railwa y s " in consequence hisnsequ tors of these re ply ? ~C ertainly. The proprie undertak ingssuch the state in which they w ere ?" and what was i f oun d that their affairs were n state that it required some person of much experience in the management both of railways and canals, to oughthe lheld th to e c k o e t y tr t to take charge of them with the view to obtain a dividend." Was this a company with which the Scottish Central alliancean the w h l ? thought not. '1 he . Sfriends . e ~e ottish Central, from its position, lli and himself must best, e h of Scotland, and . always be one of the es l t, if not the very best, line in Scotland. Let it stand dividend than the one, and it must yield a better teed ; and, if they did stand Edinburgh and Glasgow had guaran aloof, he was satisfied that better offers must be given by whose interests we re natura l ly identifiedthe south ern compan i es, to whom it was of th e last importance with th e i rs , an d eto secure this im portant link in the g rea t trun k line of from north to south. Besides, if the amalgamationum ieation approved of at this meeting, what would )e the were result . ? I' hey would go to Parliament with the certainty of being defeated, awl if they were defeated, the southern com panies r. ould not have the same incentive to offer them high terms as they had now. Those partners of the Company who were in the same position as himself, as holding only the new stock, had an additional reason for disapproval of this amalgamation, inasmuch as they had no guarantee, while they were made to undertake all the responsibilities of their copartners; he, therefore, begged to propose the following amendment:— " That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the arnalamation propsed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company with the Scottish Central Company, will not prove advantageous to the interests of the pro prietors of this Company in general, and that the terms are most unjust to the proprietors of the new shares in the Scottish Central Company, by excluding them from the Guarantee for the payment of 5i per cent. interest on their capital. "Teat, according to the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the amalgamation of the railway companies, and the recorded decisions of Parlia mentary Committees, there is every reason to anticipate that the proposed amalgamation with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company will not be sanctioned. That the meeting resolves, that the amalgamation with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company be not approved." great, but a comfortable fact.—(Cheers and laughter.) What they had accomplished that day was the practical answer which the Great Western Company gave to all the assertions that had been made against the broad gauge, and the various arguments by which attempts had been made to mystify and to falsify the statements of those who were its supporters.—(Cheers.) What they had accomplished that day was the answer he gave to the Report of the Commission on the Broad and Narrow Gauge—a report which her Majesty's Government, he was happy to say, speaking through their enlightened president of the Board of Trade had not thought fit to adopt.—(Cheers.) That Noble Lord notwithstanding the report of the commission, had thought fit to say, that the power of enterprise sbould not be limited within four feet eight inches.—(Great cheering.) Whatthe Great Western Company bad done that day all present had experienced; what they had still to do they and the public would learn. Owing to an accident that had oc curred—the breaking of one of the pumps of the engine near Slough—they had not attained the high rate of speed they had intended, but let the public only give them a fair field and fair play, and he had no doubt the broad gauge would ultimately triumph. — (Great clieerinff.) He would say, leave it to itself, and it would break down all the prejudices that had been at tempted to be raised against it.—(Cheers) It would be extended in this and every other country, and would give to all the great advantage of quick and secure travelling—(Cheers)—an ultimatum so greatly to be de sired, and so essentially necessary for a mighty com mercial country like Great Britain.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Chairman concluded by proposing " Success to the Broad Gauge," which was drunk amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits, Captain CLAXTON proposed the health of Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the company, which was drunk most enthusiastically. Mr. BRUNEL returned thanks. _ . The 01I4IRMAN then stated that he feared the amend ment could not be proposed to the meeting by Majer. Richardson, as he was merely a seripholder ; upon which Major Richardson protested against this decision, and requested his protest to be entered in the minutes. Mr. MARTIN, a shareholder, then stated that he was willing to adopt Major Richardson's amendment, and to move it. In doing so, he begged particularly to guard himself and the gentlemen concurring in his views, against any charge of breach of faith with the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway Company. In ordinary circumstances they would not have thought of disturbing the arrangement, however disadvantageous they might have thought it, after it had been approved of by a gene ral meeting, as this had been. But they were specially called on by the Government resolutions to reconsider their position, and to record their opinions anew upon these arguments. It surely was not intended that they were to meet merely to reiterate their former opinion, whether they continued the samo or not ; but that they were to be free to act as if no such opinion had been ex pres,ed. In proposing that the amalgamation should not bo approved of, he did not go so much upon the question v.'hether the terms obtained from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway were good or not. He was not prepared to go into an investigation of that Company's seven or eight millions of liabilities ; nor could he hope to satisfy any meeting such as this as to whether their liabilities were judiciously incurred or not. But what his friends and himself went upon was this—that how ever advantageous the amalgamation might be for the shareholders of the Central, Parliament never would sanction it. By agreeing to go on with the amalgama tion, the Central were again embarking in the expensive discussion of last year, whether the through traffic was to be given to the Central lines, or to the Edinburgh and Glatgow. and the coast lines running south from its termini ; and in doing so the Central would be driven to take up the very arguments which had been used against themselves last year, by this very Edinburgh and Glas gow Company, and which they had then succeeded in overturning. They would have against them the report of the Board of Trade, the recorded decision of both Hous-s last session, and, in addition to this, the very formidable opposition of the Great Central South lines, and a large portion of their own shareholders. That this struggle mnst end in defeat he could have no doubt, and its expense would form a very serious and profitless addition to their expenditure. He concluded by moving Maj or Richardson's amendment. The CHAIRMAN then informed the company that the train would start for London at a quarter before four o'clock. Captain CLAXTON said, before they parted, they ought to drink the health of the Chairman and the Directors. —(t3heers.) They had done much for the interest of the Company, and their exertions on an occasion like the present, ought to be duly appreciated —(Cheers.) He would, therefore, propose the health of the Chair man and Directors.—(Cheers.) Lord A. CHURCHILL made a few observations on this proposition, which were not heard in the part of the room in which we had taken our seat. The toast was most enthusiastically drunk. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. The desire of him self, and all those who acted with him was to promote by every means in their power the convenience of the public, and the interest of their proprietors, and he believed all would admit that they had succeeded in doing so.—(Cheers.) In stating this he should be acting most unjustly, if he did not admit that the success of the dii ectors and himself was mainly to be attributed to the exertions of those with whom they were joined in the more practical parts of their great undertaking.— (Cheers.) Brunel and Charles Saunders—(Cheers) — were men to whom the Great Western Company were indebted to an amount which they could never pay.— (Cheers.) Nor should he forget the name of Gooch, under whose superintendence and skill that monster machine, that had that day brought them to Bristol, was constructed.— (Cheers.) With such men associated with them, the directors would accomplish far more for the convenience of the public than they had hitherto done, and what they had already performed he thought all would admit was something.—(Cheers.) Mr. Davin RITCHIE seconded the amendment. The motion and amendment were then put from the chair, when there were found to be 206 votes for the motion, and 140 votes for the amendment. The result of this vote, we understand, will put an end to the amal gamaticn of the Companies. as the approval of " at least three-fifths" of the proprietors present at this meeting is required by the standing order!. Three-fifths of the votes is 207, while only 206 voted for the measure. The meeting then broke up, after a vote of thanks, on Le motion of Major Richardson, to the Chairman. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Captain CLAXTON then proposed the health of Charles Saunders, Esq., the Secretary, which was drunk amid great cheering. The company then broke up, and the work commenced of endeavouring to find the different carriages in which parties had performed the down journey. This was at tended with some little trouble, and, in some cases amid much laughter, the whole train having been reversed for the up journey . All confusion was, however, soon got over, and the ladies who had honoured the directors with their company having been safely ensconed in their res. pective carriages, the train started for London at two mi uutes past four o'clock. The highest speed attained on the return joarney was about 64i miles an hour and it was half-past six o'clock before the train arrived at the Paddington terminus. Thus a journey of nearly 240 miles was accomplished in less than five hours, and in this short space of time we passed twice the peaceful cemetery of Mensal-green ; Wormwood Scrubs, alike famous for its being the arena for the display of the household troops of cavalry, and the favourite spot chosen by duellists ; the head-quarters of the Earls of Essex and Warwick prior to the battle of Brentford ; the Priory of Berrymead, lately the residence of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, but now of the Sisterhood of Le Sacre Ceeur de Jesus ; the Abbey of Twyford, which owes its origin to the late John Willan, the opulent stage-coach proprietor, who, selecting this spot for a re sidence, little imagined that it would behold his favour ite and productive mode of travelling totally superseded; the Hanwell Asylum, generously devoted by the libera lity of Englishmen to the reception of the indigent in sane ; the village of Iver, which alike to the artist, the antiquary, and the angler, is replete with ob jects of interest and attraction ; the proud Castle of Windsor, the seat :of royalty from its foundation by the Conqueror; Eton College, famou • alike for the misfortune of the monarch that founded it, the learned men that received their education there, and its Eton Montem ; Runnemyde, where the Barons extorted Mugna Ghana from King John ; the seat of the descendant of the founder of Pennsylvania ; the church which suggested to Gray his Elegy on a Country Church Yard ; the village of Bray, famous for its vacillating vicar ; the remains of the once famous abbey of Reading, founded by Henry the Ist, and con secrated by the haughty prelate, :Thomas A'Beckett ; Chosley, rendered memorable for a monastery founded by Ethelred, in atonement for the murder of his brother, King Edward the Martyr ; Wautage, the birth place of Alfred tho Great ; the Box Tunnel, one of the most stupendous works of modern times ; Bath, oace so renowned in the world of fashionable invalids; but since the days of Beau Nash terribly degenerated, and Bristol, the Omega and Alpha of our journey, the " Metropolis of the West" and the " City of Merchant Princes." Accompanying the excursion were a number of scientific gentlemen and others conversant with rail way matters, who were unanimously of opinion that the engine had done all that was expected of it, and that engine, n iw o t n o oh t uhatlil;;egb beetnl been ac k nero e rnapositewti performance eo p ogrrr e aamk r bu f alg o fyno r e em a r aw n lpb t c rao o e suwvte h aads a as yet been paralleled marvellous,mstoTai l t ht e oh d u ht h asn a t sd t hp , tsefheoatdra trip iwpwo n hwu e eil w lndl dnot much fully e s shtg e po t eew t p l ec e eadorr mthfdienspee perfect safety, cno ‘ so ' ynan ß uf tve a ehi tx t nya t of nnhhgaaw f ss it t tha h hsbe e heyp G eeeunat a bv u blyi g oec es been loads, thata,a' displayed obtained still tl pda i al and bydh i y t will ei cgdoher tn deg b bi r n o e a r d e d e gwoai of speed the narrow gauge supporters. We trust that the time is not far distant when the directors will take another trip, in order, if possible, to settle finally the question so much of late agitated between the broad and narrow gauges. The public are entitled to this, and will doubt less look for it ; but when we say this we feel bound to admit that the public are greatly indebted to the directors of this company for what they have already done. Among those who attended the excursion we noticed Colonel Pasley, Lord Alfred Churchill, Mr. Brunel, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Samuda, Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., Charles Saunders, Esq., Captain Claxton, and several persons of rank and distinction. EXPERIMENTAL TRIP WITH THE MONSTER ENGINE (THE GREAT WESTERN) TO BRISTOL. We live in strange and stirring times, and it becomes our duty therefore to chronicle strange and almost un believable facts. In travelling, the slow and sure prin ciple of our ancestors has given way to the rapid and safe principles of the present day. A few years ago we should have been designated madmen, had we stated our belief in the possibility of breakfasting in London, taking our luncheon in Bristol, and returning to the metropolis in time for dinner. Such a feat, however, we accomplished on Saturday last, thanks to the daring energy and unflagging perseverance of those who have the management of that stupendous undertaking, the Great Western Railway Company : A select party were on Saturday invited by the Directors of the Great Western Company to accompany them in an experimental trip to Bristol, with the double purpose of testing the power of their new engine and of manifesting the advantages which they allege the broad gauge possesses over its rival, the narrow gauge. The engine in question was built by Mr. ' Gooch, for the company, and its powers on trial have been deemed so extraordinary as to warrant the di rectors in taking the most effectual means for testing them, and of placing the results in an unexceptionable shape before the pnblic. We believe it was at first in tended to tax the powers of speed of the new engine to their fullest extent, and to show what speed could be attained with a comparatively light load. It was at first contemplated to carry a load of 80 tons at a speed of somewhere about 78 miles an hour. It was under stood that the engine could accomplish this with com pel] tive ease, as in some previous experimental trips the engine attained the extraordinary rapidityof 79imi1es an hour with a light load. It was eventually decided that the trip should:be made with a load of about 110 tons, at a speed which would accomplish the distance be tween the stations at Paddington and Bristol, a dis tance of nearly 118 miles, in about two hours and ten minutes, including stoppages ; averaging, at this rate, a speed of upwards of 55 miles an hour ; but, allowing for stoppages, about 56 miles per hour. At a quarter to 12 the mammoth engine of the railway world, The Great Western, was attached to the carriages, 14 in num ber, weighing, as we have before stated, 110 tons, and at 10 minutes before 12 o'clock exactly the train set off at almost lightning speed. Nothing could be more delightful than the ease, smoothness, and safety of the performance of the powerful engine by which the train was propelled. Trees, hedges, villages, and sta tions, appeared and disappeared with the rapidity of thought, and yet the passenger—whirled along as swift as the wind—felt no other sensation than those of plea sure and complete security. We passed the Slough station, a distance of 18 miles from London, at 10 minutes past twelve ; Maidenhead station, 221 miles, at a quarter past 12 ; Twyford, 304 miles, at 24 minutes past 12 ; Reading, 35 miles, at 29 minutes past 12; PangbJurne, 41 miles from London, at 35 minutes past 12 ; Goring, 44+ miles, at 38 minutes past twelve ; and arrived at Didcot, 53 miles from London, at 12 minutes to one ; having accomplished 53 miles in 58 minutes. At this station we stopped seven minutes, and at five minutes to one we dashed off again in fine style on our way to Bristol. We passed the Steventon station, 56+ miles from London and 3+ miles from Didcot, at one minute past 1 ; Farringdon read station, 634 miles from London and 104 from Didcot, at nine minutes past one; Shrivenham, 71+ miles from London, and 18+ from Didcot. at 17 minutes past one, and arrived at Swindon, 77 miles from Lon don, and 24 from Didcot, at 24 minutes past one. At this station we stopped five minutes, and at 29 minutes HALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC past one the Leviathan engine was again in motion, and SYSTEM. again we were attempting to annihilate time and space. On Saturday a series of experiments were made at the We passed the Wootton Bassett station 82 4 miles from Rosemary Branch, Peckham, to illustrate the new at- London and 5 1 from Swindon, at 24 minutes to two ; Chi enham 93i- miles from London and 161 from m ospheric system discovered by Monsieur Hallette. The S w ind pp, , on, at 13 minutes to 2 ; Corsham, 981 miles from experiments, it is right to remark, have been daily made Lyndon, and 21+ from Swindon, at 8 minutes to 2 ; we for some weeks past, but:on Saturday a peculiar interest passed through the Box tunnel, li miles, in less than 2 a ttached to them, in consequence of its being understood minutes the Box station 1011 miles from London, that Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Vignoles, the celebrated ; , from Swindon and 2at 4 minutes to 2 the Bath engineers, with other scientific gentlemen, would be pre station,4l , ; 1061 miles from London, and 291 miles from sent to test the merits .of the system. Mr. Vignoles Swindon, at 1 minute past 2 ; Saltford, 111 f miles from having before been known to be favourable to the atmos- London, and 34;- from Swindon, at 8 minutes past 2 ; Keynsham, 1131 miles from London, and 36+ from proved pheric system, his warm approval of the system, as im tte, did not excite so much surprise. Swindon, 101 minutes past 2 ; and arrived at Bristol, 21 pastlBhio hours e ah s na f dv r i o n2 m g4 L ma o ci n cn d ou o mt i minutes. accomplished l. i s and h el:1 4 u : t + h fer readerso e m n tSwindon, entire willidldistance s tobserve, bn a se e t e r a v i f l, by M. Halle Mr. Stephenson has always been an avowed opponent of the atmospheric, as far as regards its practicability ; and, therefore, the greatest anxiety was manifested by the friends of Monsieur Halletts's [system to learn his from these details, that the greatest rate of speed opinions of it, after examining the portion of the model was between Swindon and Bath, in some parts of that line laid down at the Rosemary Branch. Before distance 75 miles an hour having been accomplished. referring to what Mr. Stephenson said of Monsieur Our forefathers would have held that to be a mere idle Hallette's system, it may be proper to mention what its dream, which is accomplished daily, and is n ,,,,„ a mere great peculiarity is. It is the construction of the matter-of-fact occurrence. We can understand the pro- horizontal valves, which are made en the principle of the digious velocity with which an avalanche of necessity human lips in their compressed state. The material of , descends an inclin e d pl ane , b u t t o fi n d th e same s p ee d the horizontal valves is India rubber , form ed into air realised by mechanical skill, on a plane in which the tight tubes, which, as soon as separated, by the train gradients are sometimes much beyond the horizontal running along, instantly expands by the force of the air level, is to the unscientific little short of miraculous. As acting on so elastic a substance as India rubber. One soon as the visitors were released from the carriages, very great advantage of the employment of India rubber they proceeded to inspect the wonderful engine apP ro- i s , t h a t it remains entirely unaffected by the seasons. It pristely named " The G rea t W estern "— w hi ch had per- is equ all y available in the summer's heat and the winter's formed such an unsurp asse d f eat . Th e l arge size, power, The engine weighed, as we were g i ven to understand, and beauty of the engine exc it e d universal admiration, irationfor the cold. Mr. Stephenson ha vin g carefull y examined paratus, and put various q uestions to the inventor , the ap • then Pressed purpose of his receiving very great information retd a mirat admiration particular t i t c h u e l ar points, not less than 20 t ons . Th e di rectors and visitors improvement adjourned to th e l ong room i n the station which M. Hallette ha d made in the atmos p heric s y stem. collation, comp re h en di ng t h e c h o i cest viands and'where wines,a " But, said Mr. Stephenson, " assuming the system to was spread in Niblett's best style. Turtle, champagne, be not only theoretically and scientifically good, but and claret were in profusion, and when ample justice had CITARLES RUSSELL, Esq., M.P., the chairman, said it even perfect, there are two important practical ques been done to all these aristocratic creature comforts, tions which I wish to ask its advocates. In the first ance at the present moment, not to delay the company place what would be the cost of construction and of was his intention, as time was of the essence of import- working a line on the atmospheric principle, as compared by any long speeches. He should onl y propose tv7o drink most enthusiastically. The first was the health of with one laid down and worked on the locomotive prin ciple ? Secondly, I wish to know whether the public toasts, both of which he had no doubt all present would could rely on its being regularly worked ?" their gracious sovereign, the Queen, and might she longln reference to the first question, Mr. Stephenson ed, since her acres-principle n l e a i y p i l n e g d downid nnot a nowsingle exceedline reign over a loyal and contented people.—(Great cheer" of or 7,0001. per mile, while the mere expenses of ing.) The anxiety she had display sisal to the throne, for the progress of science and the saidof on th th e e av l e o r c a o g m e locomotive working had been still further reduced. improvement of the condition of the people, entitled her Though the entire yearly expenses of the London and locomotivee st to the love and veneration of every loyal nglishmaes.-- Birmingham were 400,0001., the expenses of the locomo (Cheers.) tive department were only 70,000/. Mons. Hallette said The health of her Majesty was drank with nine times he could not speak so positively about the expenses of nine, and one cheer more. the construction of a line on his system, but he did not The CIIAIRMAN said next the toast he had to propos e think it would exceed 6,0001. per mile. In cases where was, " Success to the broad gauge and the Great Wes- . the trains ran frequently, the expenses of working would ' " seat cheering.) It was usual in the be . much less than on a line worked on the locomotive tern engine, (G of any Principle present day to denominate ~t he accomplishmentTheexistence With regard to the re 1• gu arity of 1; 1, -- Wore,ng tee thingatmos unused " a great fact. —(Cheers.) pheric, Mr. Stephenson had doubts, be great fact, i; cause if an accident of the Anti-Corn-law League was called a ' happened at ono of the en ' ouses, it would take a and what had been accomplished that day had clearly i , very considerable time to repair it. On the London and proved the broad gauge to be a great fact, and the Great 1 Birmingham line t m - accidents to the engines happened, Western engine a great fact also.—(Cheers.) That 1 on an average, every day ; but, ,having seventy stationary engine had drawn a train of fourteen carriages, . line,' en sines now en the and in a very short time there 110 tons in weight, a distance of nearly 6 d be 130• woul . always available, these accidents did not 120 miles in two hours and twenty minutes,being at a spe ed cause any sensible delay in the arrival of the trains. On of nearly 70 miles an hour ; such travelling,principle he and with , the atmospheric thought that accidents at such weight, he thought all would admit was another great fact ; and the ease, comfort, and i sense of safety th e y h a d all experienced m was not only a • unication from one end of the line to the other. Mons. BRITISH. INSTITUTION. The second division of tisee;h7ibiticTn - a; the British Institution for 1816 opens to-day. We were admitted to the private view on Sitturday, and it certainly is the most interesting exhibition, both in historical and in a rtistical points of view that has perhaps ever been pre sented to the pu 3 :itio The nature of it will ba best described in Ole words of the directors themselves in their__ Er. short ilavilhe Prefatory notice to the catalogue : ality of her Majesty and other patrons of art, en'-,pled the directors this year to exhibit a collection fsportraits of eminent persons, which they think cannot 1 to prove highly interesting to the public, from their r` -station to the history, literature and arts of this and other countries." The pictures exhibited are 213 in number, and there are specimens of almost every master, and portraits of almost every illustrious person who has flourished from the days of Holbien to those of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Among the Holbiena is the celebrated picture of Henry VIII. granting ale charter to the barber surgeons, Which has been. lent by that Company ; the portraits of dward VI. and of Queen Mary—the first the property of the Eati of Hardwicke—the second that of the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P. ; a portrait of Erasmus, and a portrait of Catherine de Bose, the wife of Martin Luther, both the property of the Duke of Sutherland. There is 1 , 4 Portrait of Luther himself, which is full of character -49 S. Perdioni—the uroperty of Viscount Alford, M.P. There is the celebrated portrait of Queen Elizabeth, Zucchero, which has been lent by the Marquis Salisbury; and a portrait of the unfortunate Earl of 117, z, by the same artist, the property of the Duke of ` csr € l . There is a portrait of Shakspere, by R. Bur 1-get the property of W. Nichol], Esq.; and Sir Antonio ,_ s es ) celebrated portrait of Sir Philip Sidney, l 'uith has been lent by the Duke of Bedford. 88.Iv a t or Rosa ' s celebrated portrait of himself (an exqui ra picture) has been lent to that Institution by the „..rquis o f W estm i nster ; an d i n t h e same room we find Titian's magnificent picture, the Cornaro Family, the Property_ of the Duke of Northumberland ; Tintoreto's Portrait of Cosmo 1., the property of Earl 'Amherst ; Rubens's portrait of Old Parr ; Van dyke's portrait of Lord Falkland, the property of the Earl of Clarendon, and Rembrandt's por trait of Van Hooft, (a remarkably fine picture), the pro party of Viscount Alford. There are also fine specimens of Lely, Keener, and the portrait painters of the first halt of the eighteenth century. Her Majesty has been gra ciously pleased to lend the directors the portraits of Lord Rodney, of William Duke of Cu mberland, of Admiral Barringt o n, of the Marquis of Ro ckin g ham, and of It awl Moira, ' by Sir Joshua Reynolds , a nd those of Earl St. Vi ncent and Lord Nelson, by Hoppner. The col legation is very rich in Sir Joshua's, having , in add ition to 'batty of his best portraits two celebrated groups, the property of the Society of Dilettanti. The Trinity 'f lO use have lent their portrait of Lord Howe, i Gainsborough l and among the works of the artists S ucceeding the age of Reynolds, we have a portrait of William the Fourth, when young, by Sir T. Lawrence, tho property of Lord de Lisle. Owen's portraits of Lo rds Eldon and Stowell, the property of the Earl of Eldon; and Phillips's portraits of Chantry, Scott, Byron, a nd Crabbe, the first lent to the institution by Lady '-""trY, the last three by J. Murray, Esq. This exhi bitiongaiey of r the British Institution. constituting as it does a of worthies of all ages and countries, is perfectly Would it be impossible to have engravings t,altee of all these portraits ? " The British Institution tkiiallery of Portraits for 1846," would he an excellent w tle , for such a series of engravings. Its publication "Ilid forward the progress of art, and, from the inter "tie , g - nature ef the portraits, it would be a safe specula 'son fur a publisher. SPORTIN ti INTELLIGENCE. TEN-BURY RACES.—Tuunsnay. The West Worcestershire Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 40 added, the second to save his stake. Two miles. (8 Subs.) Mr. Parr's Slipshod, 7st 101 b (Francis) 1 Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 5 yrs. Bst 121 b 2 Mr. Jones's Sailor, aged , B st 31 b 3 Mr. Knight's The Jolly B e gg ar, 5 years, Bst 41b Mr. Shepherd's Mudl ark, a g ed, Bst 51b 5 Won by a length. The Tally-ho Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, the second saves his stake. Heats, one mile and a quarter , over three hurdles. (6 Subs.) Mr. Herbert's Shipmate, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Turner) 4 1 2 1 Mr. Scott's Adrian, aged, list 91b.... ..... ... Mr. Williamson's Thurgarton, 5 yrs, lOst 71b 1 3 3 3 Mr. Powell's Cracksman, aged, 1 Ist dr. 4 4 dr. Mr. Pal m er s The Bird, aged, lOs t I llb ...... ••• 3 Mr. Walker's Graduate, 5 yrs, lOst 71b............ 6 dr. The Witlev Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, the second to save his stakes , two miles (4 subs.), were won in two heats by Mr. Parr's Slipshod, 4 y rs, Bst 41b (Francis), beating Mr. Kitten's Beggar-girl, 6 yrs, 9st 41b, and Mr. Davenport's Chester (late Step-and-Fetch-it), 4 yrs, Bst 111 b. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, the second saves his stake. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (9 Subs.) Mr. Jones's Charity, 6 yrs, lOst 41b (Turner) ... 4 1 1 Mr. Walker's Tipton Maid, 5 yrs, lOst Mr. Pearce's Florine, 4 yrs, Ost 31 b 6 6 '2 Mr. Palmer's The Bird , a g ed, lOst 41b Oat Mr. Thrift's Glideaway, 5 yrs, 21b Mr. Tr an te r 's Boa, 4 yrs, Sat 81 b Mr. Taylor's Linnet, 3 yrs, 7 st I llb Mr. Morgan's Brewood, aged , 9 s t 61b 3 8 dr Mr. Davis's Mermaid, 6 yrs, Oat I 11b.. .............. 5 7dr -----. THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN CHELSEA REACH.—On Saturday, Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, opened an in %airy at the Red House Tavern, Battersea fields, into the circumstances attending the deaths of three person s, a gentle marie a and two marri e d women whose lives were sacrificed by accidental upsetting of boat on Thursday evening last. The names of the deceased are James Clark, aged seventeen, a highly respectable young man, articled to a civil engineer, Charlott e Collinson, aged twenty-seven, the wife of a cab-driver, and E lizabeth Bunce, aged twenty eight, the wife of a fishmonge r , the room cleared, returned verdict of Accid en t a l D eat h i n each case. p I MM ENSE STEAM FACTORY. Th e central art , which is 204 feet long of the Portsmouth (American) martto?, s 3 lx stories high, the feet, of the other is now two-thirds up. The contra pis wings five stories. Height of the lower st e or b ; stories 12 feet. The length of the front will be 504 feet, or about a tenth of a mile. There will be about fbtr acres O factory. Number of spindles, 50, 000 ; number of operatives rflaoing Itvri.2oo to,in the 1,500. In the rear, two parallel buildings, two stories p ill be ex tended 800 feet back, from the junction of the main with the wings ; and betv,•sen those buildings, 50 feet from the mabl building structure, the boiler house is to be erec ted. Th e foundation of the chimney, which Is to be 140 feet high , is l aid, and i s in progress of erection. A gentleman who has been travelling the last yea r , i n pursuit of information respecting manufacturing establishments, and who has *visited more than a thousand factories, informs us that the largest factory building he has seen or heard of is at Manchester, in this stale, which is 440 feet in length. There is no factory in England to compare with it for size.—American paper. HOMEWARD-BOUND INDIA MEN.—Several large vessels passed up Channel on Tuesday, having been delayed by easterly winds and calm. The ship Vernon, Captain Voss, from Calcutta, with a cargo of sugar and silks, landed 15 passengers and some letters, at the Brighton Custom-house. by the Eagle pilot-boat, of Deal. The Carnatic, Captain Hyne, from Bombay, landed a few letters. The Hydrabad, Captain Harrison, from Calcutta and Jamaica, landed several passengers by the Twin, pilot-boat, of Dover. The gountstewart Elphiastene, Captain Hotten, from Calcutta, bound to London, also landed passengers. EARLY DELIVERY OF LETTERS.—On Wednesday night a notice, of which the following is a copy, was put up in the letter-carrier's branch of the Inland-office :—" His Lordship the Post master-General has given directions to 'stop the admission of any more subscribers to the early delivery, and to forbid the letter carriers to receive such upon pain of dismissal.—June 10, 1846." `• The head of LeCiirnt says one of the Paris - fournals, " has been examined by the phrenologists. It presents the external formation which, according to Gall and Spurzliehn, indicates 4 a propensity to murder. the forehead is depressed, the posterior Part of the bead is strongly developed, and the ears aro largo." TELE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1846. Hallette and other gentlemen dissented from Mr. Stephenson's opinion on this point, and maintained that any accident to the machinery on an atmospheric line could be repaired as promptly and easily as on a locomotive line. Mr. Stephenson futher referred to the inapplicability of the atmospheric system to such a line as the London and Blackwall, in consequence of the numerous intermediate stations. The loss of time by five stoppages in a line less than four miles in length, would be very great, and would prove a fatal objection to the atmospheric system. Last week 107,000 persons had travelled on the London and Black wall line, and it is calculated that two-thirds of the en tire traffic are between the intermediate stations. These stations, therefore, are necessary, and the required ac commodation could never be afforded by the at mospheric system. It was maintained on the other side, that the London and Blackwall was not a fair instance, because there was no other line in which the intermediate stations were so nu merous. Mr. Stephenson admitted this, and also ad mitted that the time lost by stoppages on the atmospheric system would be in a great measure made up by the superior velocity 'at which it proceeded when at full speed. Mr. Stephenson remarked that the atmospheric system had this advantage over the locomotive—that there were no limits to its velocity, while the locomotive had already attained its utmost speed, so far as scientific men at present knew. He repeated that he was willing to assume that the atmospheric, as now improved, is per fect, and that on some lines it would be much superior to the locomotive system ; but he still had his doubts as to the commercial superiority of the atmospheric to the locomotive system, and that was a very important ques tion in a commercial cc untry like England. WHAT THE PRINCE MUST NOT SEE. . . . W hat can this be ? Much has been said and written and printed on what the Prince Consort ought to see on his intended visit to Liverpool, and projects are afloat, and rumours circulated, and hopes entertained of his going to one place and another place within forty miles of Liverpool, as if he had nothing to do here, and must needs go " killing time" in various side-excursions just to prevent ennui. Many will be the disappointments if any such fancies are really indulged in ; for the hours and minutes during which his Royal Highness will be able to be absent from the palace are so mapped out that the only difficulty will be how to get through the programme within the assigned limits : so much has he to do ; so much has he to see. But one thing he really must be prevented from seeing, or it will blind him in the very act ; we mean the smoke, the dense, massive, black, heavy, dirty, suffocating, defiling, smear ing, begriming clouds of unconsumed carbon gushing out in interminable volumes from the summits of the funnels of the countless smoke boats on the river Mersey : a nuisance intolerable all around the heads and shoulders of the residents here ; disgraceful to us in the eyes, yea, and the mouths, too, of visitors from every part of the world ; injurious to the public health ; destrnctive to all pleasure in the vicinity of the pierheads and parades, damaging to anything like decent, not to say, elegant dress ; and which, in the crowds of smoke-boats which will blacken the whole atmosphere of the Mersey on the 30th and 31st July, will play havoc with the gay attire, splendid uniforms, and waving plumes of the Prince and his distinguished friends. There was a time when there were some steam boats on the river ; smoke, from them, was hardly ever perceptible ; and it is as well known as the situation of the Town-hall itself, that no smoke need to be percep tible, if the ready, simple, and undeniably efficacious plan of Mr. Joseph Williams be only at once adopted, which can immediately be done, entirely at Mr. Williams's own cost, till found to answer completely. There must be no cavilling about this now. The fact is reduced to a mere display of very discreditable obstinacy on the part of any proprietor of a smoke boat or a smoke fac tory, who, by the black ensign he issues from aloft, declares that he will glory in smoke ; that he will ex pend more money than he is required to do for fuel ; that he will defile the air and annoy his neighbours, and that he will do all this, as a wiseacre in Parliament-street said he would, " till he was compelled by law to stop the nuisance and to save his fuel." We say there must be no cavilling about this, and we refer, without the slightest fear of being contradicted on this point, to the unquestionable evidence to be examined on the subject at the following places, where proofs are so glaring that he who runs b w u i i t l h di s n te g a s m ; smoke—Josephsuperabundant, N b u u r t s n er o y,lyaltun; may read : furnaces may there be seen in full glow, Stringer F let - cher and Co., tobacco manufacturers, 3, Sir Thomas's and Mann, saw mills, 6 Seel-street ; M. Hutchinson, ropery, Lodge-lane; D. Chadwick, ditto,ditto; F. and T. Dutton, cabinet-makers, Great George-street; Maddy and Co., cigar manufacturers, Manesty-lane; J. Nicol and Co., saw mills, Stanhope-street; BootleWaterWorks, Egerton; J. Lawrence, brewery, St. James'-street ; Groves and Hartley, spirit, &c., depot, 100, Duke-street ; M. Neville, brassfounder, Ranelagh-street ; E. Graham, to bacco-maufacturer, 25, Whitechapel. There are similar proofs at Prescot, Northwich, Sheffield, and Manchester; but our object at this moment is so entirely local and urgent, that we will not go beyond the limits of the town, where the parties who have adopted the plan have certified, and will certify, not only the complete cure of the nuisance, but the saving of money, by the reduced consumption of fuel. —Liverpool Mercury. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. SIR PETER LAURIE AND STREET ADVERTISING vANS.- REFUSAL OF SIR JAMES GRAHAM TO RECEIVE THE DEPUTATION. On Saturday, at the weekly meeting of the Maryle bone Vestry, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, Mr. FLOOD, the vestry clerk, stated that pursuant to the resolution of the Vestry, on the motion of Sir Peter Laurie, relative to perambulating advertising vans, he' had written a letter to the Secretary of State, which, together with the reply, he would now read to the Vestry:— "Court House, St. Marylebone, 10th June, 1846. " Sir,—l am directed by the Vestry of this parish to infcrm you, that a deputation of members of the vestry has been appointed to wait upon you as her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, to repre sent to you the many evils arising from the present dangerous practice of perambulating advertising vans through the crowded streets of the metropolis. The deputation consists of the Earl Manvers, Sir Peter Laurie, and six other gentlemen ; and I am further di rected to request the favour of an appointment for an in terview at the Home-office. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " C. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk. " To the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., Secretary of State, &c." To this communication he (Mr. Flood) had received the following reply : " Whitehall, June 11, 1846. " Sir,—l am directed by Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th in- stant, and in reply to inform you that Sir James Graham regrets that pressure of public business at present places it out of his power to fix a time for an interview with a deputation of members of the Maryle bone Vestry, but Sir James Graham will be happy to attend to any written communication which tho vestry may desire to make to him. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant "H. H. D. O'BRIEN, Private Secretary. " C. Flood, Esq., Vestry Clerk, St. Marylebone."' Sir P. LAURIE said he considered this reply exhibited great courtesy on the part of the Secretary of State, and a desire to do something in the matter. There could be no doubt that at the present moment Sir James Graham had but little or no time to spare, and it would, there fore, perhaps be better that the committee should meet forthwith, and draw up a statement of the evils arising from the van nuisance to the public in writing. He would therefore move that a statement be drawn up for presentation to the Home Secretary. Mr. G. DANIELL seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL. On the application of Earl Manvers, the use of the Court-house was unanimously granted for the holding of a public meeting in order to aid the fund now raising for the completion of the St. Mary's (Marylebone and Paddington) Hospital, the foundation-stone of which, it will be remembered, was laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert on the 28th of June last. The vestry then separated. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FETE.—The second of the series of fetes given by this society took place on Sa turday at Chiswick, and certainly on no former occasion, with perhaps one exception, was ever so numerous an assem blage got together in the gardens. From two o'clock till four, or half past four, there were three continuous moving lines of carriages from Hammersmith to the entrance of the grounds. The whole of Turnham-green was covered with one dense mass of vehicles ; and within the walls of the gardens, in the course of the day, not less than 14,000 people were congregated. Large as is the space within the walls, and spacious as are the walks, there was little room to spare ; and around the bands of the musicians, as each band respec tively played, there was a perfect crowd. The flowers and fruits were, as on former shows, of the highest class ; indeed, nothing could surpass the splendid specimens of hor ticultural and floricultural science, exhibited under the enormous tents erected by Mr. Benjamin Edgington, of the Borough. A tent after the oriental style, erected by the manufacturer just mentioned, and decorated with the Turkish crescent and flag, was placed for his Highness Ibrahim Pacha, who was present in the early part of the day, and under it the hero of Nezib reposed, smoking his cigar, and enjoying the scene. It would be almost impossible to enumerate by name all the people of rank and fashion assembled, but it may be said that the whole elite of the metropolis were pre sent; so many elegant females were hardly ever collected together before on any occasion, nor was the fete ever more brilliant. The demand for ices and refreshments was un precedently great, and, notwithstanding the ample supply of Air. Gunter, the commissariat was at last exhausted. The arrangement of the music was very good ; the Coldstream, Horse Guards, and Artillery bands were in attendance. RICHARD COBDEN, ESQ., M.P.—A rumour has ap peared in some of the papers, that this distinguished leader of the Anti-Corn-law League is seriously ill, and a French paper has even spoken of his malady as " mortal." We are happy to say there is not a word of truth in the rumour. A Parliamentary friend of his assures us—" I think he is as well as I have known him for years." It is true, however, that Mr. Cobden is somewhat worn by his in cessant labours, and he himself recently said—" When I have done with corn, I must go out to grass."—Leeds Mercury. A SUN STROKE.—On Friday afternoon an elderly female fell to the ground in Regent-street, from the effects of a coup de soleil, or sun stroke. She was immediately taken into a surgeon's, and the usual means were adopted, fortunately with effect. In half an hour she was sufficiently restored to give her address, to which she was at once taken. NEW POTATOES FROM THE BERMUDAS.—On Friday an importation of new potatoes from the Bermudas was exhibited at the sale rooms of Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, in Montunent-yard. They consisted of 255 barrels, of an average weight of 1 cwt. each. The introduction is Interesting not only to the horticulturist, but for the general markets, as the potatoes grown from the most improved English sorts anticipate by about a month our ordinary supply. From a microscopical examination, they are quite exempt from the late destructive disease, the attacks of which were so much dreaded this season. On Friday, a communication was received at the ' metropolitan and city police stations, that Sergeant John William • Newett, of her Majesty's 38th Regiment of Foot, had deserted, and taken with him a large amount of money belonging to the public Mtge, GUtlllStecl tc , him for paying ystriowi LITERATURE. THE RANSOM ; a Tule of the Thirteenth Century. By Miss Laura Lewry. In the family of Philip Pounciforth Duncombe, Esq., of Brickbill Manor, Bucks, is preserved a strange and beautiful tradition. Sir Gerard Pounciforth, a gallant gentleman, who went to the Holy Wars, was, along with one of his companions, made prisoner by a Saracen Emir. The infidel told first Sir Gerard's comrade, and then Sir Gerard himself, that they should have their liberty for a very slight sum, provided they would main tain in every tilt and tourney that Zobeida, his daughter, was more beautiful than all the women of the west. The first knight, Edmond Fitzwalter, acquiesced in these ignoble terms ; but by Sir Gerard they were re jected. The Emir then furiously declared that the refractory warrior should not go free if he promised not to uphold in the games of chivalry, that the Saracen ladies in general (fur he would have him for his daughter's champion) were superior to those of Europe. " Thinkest thou," answered the captive scornfully, "that the knight lives who would thus insult the lights of chivalry—the matchless wives and daughters of Europe, by ranking them beneath thy harem slaves ? Saracen, thou ravest." " Dog of a misbeliever," ex claimed the enraged chief, " dost thou beard me thus? Nay, then, by Allah! I will take no ransom for thee, save one which shall put thy boasted beauties to the test. Either she whom thou lovest shall ransom thee with her own white hand, or thou shalt wither out thy prime of manhood in a dungeon!" Such was the barbarous con dition. to the brave maiden of those heroic times, whose lily hand submitted to the sharpness of the axe to rescue her betrothed, and to justify the con fidence and requite the love of Christian knighthood! And honour to Miss Lewry who has beautifully told so beautiful a tale! ROAD REFORM. By William Pagan. One of the greatest auxiliaries to the spirit of civi lisation is a well-modelled system of communicaticn among the populace of an empire and between the several nations of a continent. This truth is so notorious and indisputable as to have grown into a proverb. What the veins and arterial ramifications in the human structure are to the circulation of the blood, highways and bye-lanes are to the prosperity of internal or inter national commerce. Deprive a country of roads or a city of thoroughfares, either by obliteration or obstruc tion, and the immediate consequences are a stagnation of every wholesome or enterprising spirit in the com munity. The whole fabric of artificial life is deranged; the channels for nourishment are blocked up; the social irrigation is annulled, and the population wither away from very inactivity, or from the stoppage of their bodily sustenance. As well might we revert to the period " Wheu wild in woods the noble savage ran." Those great conquerors of the ancient world, the Romans, were conscious of this exigency; and that they were so the debris of their vast roads of granite in our own country sufficiently attest even up to the present moment. What, however, was advisable for them is absolutely essential for us, now that the population is so wonderfully increased, and that commerce is so mar. vellously extended. To us a rapid and commodious transit is everything; without the canals and the high ways, which cover England as with a network of com munication, we should literally cease to exist as a na tion, if not as individuals. Railways, however, are gradually monopolizing the traffic in goods and passen gers between our principal cities ; and doubtless, in the lapse of time, branch lines will extend to the less fre quented corners of the land, drawing the dwellers in towns and villages, and even hamlets, into im mediate intercourse with their fellow-countrymen elsewhere. Until, however, this possibility becomes an actuality, the cross-roads by which Great Britain is so profusely intersected will continue in existence and will continue to be used. The system by which they are preserved and regulated will consequently subsist for a considerable time, and to a certain extent will always remain a matter of serious interest to the community. That abuses of various descriptions are incorporated with that system no one can doubt for a moment who has travelled fifty miles over English ground. Mr. Pagan is animated with a feeling of genuine and disinterested hostility to these abuses ; he recognises much incon gruity in the manner in which funds are raised for the preservation of these highways, and his anxiety to benefit his countrymen by an exposure of the present system, and the substitution of one more rations,' has embodied itself in the volume before - us. We are not prepared to ana lyse the whole bearing of his proposition—namely, the levying of a rate upon horses in lieu of the turnpike toils —but as far as a hurried investigation will enable us to form an opinion, the proposition appears to be just and feasible. Our author occasionally enlivens his pages with humourous remarks and appropriate anecdotes ; and in his detestation of turnpikes as tyrannous obstruc tions to commerce, he appears to coincide with Mr. Weller, sen , in " Pickwick," that their keepers " are all on 'em men as has met with some disappointment in life. Consequence of which they retires from the world, and shuts themselves up in pikes, partly with the view of being soli tary, and partly to revenge themselves on mankind by taking tolls." Mr. Pagan's plan of " Road Reform " demands the highest consideration. MY DREAM, AND OTHER POEMS. By S. and C. Hersee (sisters). This is a very modest and unassuming little work, and we like it the better from its simplicity. The preface effectually disarms criticism. The young authoresses, full of diffidence and anxiety for this their first work, in its " present perilous position," thus forcibly and ele gantly express the moderate character of their ambi tion. " Many beautiful flowers shed their brightness and odour on the pathway of the literary world, but the simplest wild flowers have their homely uses ; we ven ture therefore to hope ours will not at once be cast aside to perish, though far too unimportant to be placed among the cultivated blossoms . ' "Simple Wild Flowers" is a most appropriate term for these poems. They are a wreath of early spring blossoms, whose charm lies in their freshness and their absence of all art. Without any peculiar merit of metre or composi tion, they please by the kindly feeling that pervades the whole, and the playful fancy which enlivens it. In the first and longest poem we have the following correct definition of a dream : "Yet there are thoughts that grow intensely deep— They yield not e'en to Death's twin •spirit, sleep, But struggle forth from chaos, till the theme Of waking fancy is a vivid dream." THE HISTORY OF MARGARET CATCH POLE. A Suffolk Girl. By the Rev. R. Cobbold. This is a work of rather extraordinary character, possessing all the interest of fiction, and the moral power of truth. The author is one well acquainted with the facts of the case, being a member of the family in which the heroine resided. He has given a full and particular account of her eventful career, and the volume is ornamented with numerous illustrations. The story of Margaret and the smuggler, Will Land—her (for a woman) most unusual crime of horse-stealing, in order to gain means to join her lover—her capture—her trial —her wonderful escape from prison, have all the air of a romance. While the moral reflections occasioned by her adventures will not be without benefit to the reader. FRENCH DOMESTIC COOKERY,COMBIN. ING ELEGANCE WITH ECONOMY. The preface of this work informs us that it is an adapted translation of "La Cuisiniere de la Campagne et de la Ville," a celebrated French cookery book which has reached its thirtieth edition, and of which upwards of 80,000 copies have been sold I After this, recom mendation appears needless ; a work approved at the high court of the culinary art must be gladly welcomed by its English votaries. The editor appears anxious to correct the prevalent notion that French cookery is ex pensive ; he assures us that the contrary is the fact, and we are inclined to believe him. This little volume will form an acceptable addition to the numerous stock of cookery books already extant. It contains many illus trations, and, what is far better, twelve hundred receipts. It gives us also directions for the management of the table, instructions for carving ; for making liqueurs, pre serves, and syrups ; hints on the management of wines ; and thirty-six different modes of dressing eggs, in ome lettes, &c. Above all, to show its thoroughly French character, we are taught how to cook snails and frogs. The following recipe will, no doubt, be highly acceptable to the English reader : •' Frogs' water, t a h n ig d h b s, oi r slightly; u let. take rn! t h em em ou into throw bil them into water, and drain them ; then put them into a fr tne ic m ass e e l e i . saucepan with mushrooms, a bunch of parsley, chives, a clove of garlic, and a piece of butter; pass them two or three turns on the fire, and add a good pinch of flour, a glass of white wine, a little bouillon, salt and pepper ; let them stew a quarter of an hour ; then take out the frogs' thighs ; strain the liquor, and reduce it; add a thickening of the yolks of eggs, a small pinch of parsley, chopped very finely, and let it thicken without boiling." RAILWAY RESULTS. By Sir Fortunaha Dwarris. p d le b a y s himself as the to call " an If we may regard theaathor's assertions as credible, this little pamphlet is actually issue skeleton a what he is fascetiously a ttempt to restore the Old English comedy.' There is ed a pleasant story of a cobbler in ancient times, who got himself into such serious difficulties by intermeddling with matters entirely b e that it has grown yond the capacities of his calling intoa proverb familiar to every schoolboy. Sir Fortunatus morfarom Dwarris will,l to or rather must, apply the ne s u t or ultra c repida m which himselor he will be come i nvo l ve d i n a dilemma extri cation is all but impossible. Does he imagine for a mo ment that the mere lacquer of a spurious Vi it can be tole rated by a nation so fastidious in its ideas of dramatic art as England ? Does he really plume himself upon the notion that such an absurdity as Fence will draw " crowded houses," when Malvolio is unattractive ? Does he seriously suppose that an enthusiasm for the sock and buskin can be revived by such a refined accumulation of slang, and by such au elegant intermixture of vulgarity and nonsense as the scenes, with which he has favoured us, in his " dra matic sketch." Apollo, we conjecture, has been making a new lyre for himself, and Sir Fortunatus Dwarris has picked up the shavings. These are received by the public with a contemptuous " phew !" and the precious shavings are dissipated for ever, and forgotten. The in tention of our playwright is so good that his exceeding failure must, however, be forgiven. If he cannot be commended, let him at least be tolerated. GILBERT'S NEW DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Part VIII. This work is really a most extraordinary undertaking —it is something between an encyclopaedia and a dic tionary, without the superfluous bulk of the one or the narrowness of the other. Not only does it give the etymology and the pronunciation of words, but it gives every technical phrase employed in all the sciences, the fine arts, and the learned professions. The eight parts which have already appeared, and the publication of which we have watched with interest from the corn mencernent, promise a book without any parallel. Un doubtedly minor errors have insinuated them selves, in the midst of so much elaboration, but these ate surely excusable And can be readily corrected in a supplementary part. Had this compila tion appeared many years back it would have been regarded as a wonderful literary achievement. Intrinsically, it is so still, though we have become so habituated to the recurrence of marvels, that the ap pearance of a hippogriff would scarcely excite any asto nishment among the populace. We are sucked at the rats of sixty miles an hour over the surface of the earth our clodpoles are become experimental chemists ; we talk to each other through wires when separated by many leagues ; and have grown familiar with various other equally marvellous proceedings. H ence we are but rarely seduced into anything like a display of astonish— ment. The present work is worthy of the present age ; it betrays the profound research and the continual in dustry of its editor. GILBERT'S MODERN ATLAS of the WORLD. Fora• Parts. Another of those cheap and useful publications which tend so much to facilit a t e th e en lightenment of the people. By issuing periodicals of this character, Mr. Gilbert evinces his anxiety to follow in the footsteps of the late Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and in acting thus, he shows his appreciation of the objects of that admirable institution. The maps are clearly printed, and the engravings pencilled with extreme neatness ; even the recent discoveries of Capt. Ross, in the neighbourhood of the South Pole, are in cluded ; and the work altogether is as complete as our present knowledge of the globe will permit. When completed, it will form an admirable addition to any and every library. MESMERIC SURGERY. • A surgical operation, performed by Dr. Loysel, at Cher bourg, on the 9 7th of May last, upon a mesmerized patient. has produced in that place an extraordinary sensation. The particulars, as they appeared in the Journal de Cher bourg, signed and attested by the Sous-Prefect, the maritime authorities, the principal medical men, and many distin guished inhabitants of the place, who were present at the operation, are as follows : " At 40 minutes past 4 P.M. of the day above named, Dr. Loysel, assisted by Dr. Gibon and three other medical men, performed, with remarkable talent and complete success, the operation hereafter described, upon a patient named Francois Bayssett, aged 18, who was previously placed in a state of mesmerism and absolute insensibility. " Since four o'clock the patient, being placed in an arm chair, had been brought int o the necessary state by M. De lente, by whom he had been several times mesmerised. After about two minutes, the eyes of the patient closed by gentle degrees; the upper eyelids, agitated by a gentle trembling, rested firmly against the ball of the eye, which appeared con vulsed under the eyebrow; the muscles of the neck gently relax pd, the head inclined backward; And rested upon the back of the chair. The patient had his arms crossz-d nikui chest, and his countenance bespoke the most absolute quietude. At this juncture the mesmerizer experimented upon the sensibility of the patient by puncturing the flesh repeat edly, but of which he appeared quite unconscious " In the meantime, Dr. Loysel had prepared his instru ments, and the medical assistants were ready to aid the operator. At 4h. 40m. the first incision was made, extend ing from the hinder part of the left lower jaw to beneath the s 3 mphisis of the chin. The operator then dissected with great caution, and speedily eradicated a mass, consisting of seven glands united, of which the largest was of the form and size of an egg. "The first dissection, notwithstanding the skill with which it was executed, did not last less than ten minutes, and during that time the patient continued in a state of utter in sensibility to pain, his features manifesting no motion, but continuing perfectly calm to such a degree as to denote the total absence of the smallest suffering. Nevertheless, several of the spectators, unable any longer to endure th e sight which this dreadful operation presented, quitted the apartment. "The pulse, of which the state was ascertained previolls to the operation, remained the same during and afterwards (84), and the heavings of the chest continued in a regular manner, and in perfect harmony with the beating o the heart. "After an interval of a few minutes rest, the Doctor ef fected a fresh incision on the right side, extracting in the like manner two other glands, the patient remaining the same as during the first operation, maintaining a state of calm immo bilit7 altogether inexpressible. " The two operations lasted altogether, including the in terval of repose, 29 minutes. After which one of the spec. tators, who appeared particularly interested by this pheno menon, questioned the patient in the following manner : " I - low do you find yourself?'—' Quite well, Sir.' " Do you suffer now ; I saw you suffered but a little while ago ?'—' of at all, Sir.' " At 31 minutes after five the dressing of the wounds com menced, which continued till three minutes before six, when it was accomplished ; then everything calculated to make a disagreeable impression upen the patient was removed from the apartment ; and, having washed and adjusted his dress himself, he was awakened by his mesmerizer in lees than a minute. " Restored to the ordinary state of life, with all the appa rent calmness of a comfortable existence, the patient declared to the numerous witnesses of the operation, who interrogated him upon the subject, with a lively emotion, that he had no knowledge or recollection whatever of what had just passed, that he was free from pain, and that, without the bandages which enveloped his head, he should have had no idea that the operation had been performed ; and after having affec tionately thanked the operator, the mesmeriser, and the medical gentleman, he retired and proceeded on foot, and without any support, to his residence at Egneurdreville, , about half a league from Cherbourg." FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Martin, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheapside— first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City. G. Goddard, tea dealer, Leicester—first div. of ss. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City. T. Mair, merchant, Broad-street-buildings, City—a div. of 27-64ths of a penny in the pound, on Thursday, June 11, and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. T. Lupton, flax spinner, Leeds—a div. of ss. in the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Clough, chemist, Huddersfield—first div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. Edwards, woollendraper, Huddersfield—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Roberts, farmer, Derwen-hall, Denbighshire—first div_ of 2s. 3d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. P. Owen, miller, Liverpool—first div. of 3 s. in the pound, ou any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. J. Mallalieu, cotton spinner, Halifax—final div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound (making, together with the former div., lOs. sd. in the pound), on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Houghton, builder, Birmingham—first div. of ls. Id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. G. James, draper, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—first div. of Is. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. R. Warr, auctioneer, Beaminster, Dorsetshire—final div. of 3d. in the pound (in addition to 7s. 6d. in the pound pre viously paid), on any day after June 15, at the office of Air. Ilernaman, Exeter. J. Austen, draper, Devonport—first div. of ss. in the pound, on any day after June 15. at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Jay, builder, London-wall, July 3, at two—G. Boggs, W. Taylor, and W. Shand, jun., merchants, Great Win chester-street, City, July 6, at twelve—G. Boggs, merchant, July 6, at twelve In the Country. R. Headington, laceman, Liverpool, July 2, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—O. Hughes, linendraper, Holyhead, July 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. G. Taylor and E. Guy, hosiers, Liverpool, July 3, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—G. P. Payne, dealer in nautical instruments, Liverpool, July 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Blundell, pawnbroker, Wigan. Lancashire, July 7, at twelve, at the Manchesetr District Court—J. Nicholson, linendraper, Blackburn, Lancashire, July 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—C. Reesby, miller, Stamford, Lincolnshire, July 7, at half past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Hoare, apothecary, Alstonfield, Staffordshire, July 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Cotton, rope maker, West Retford, Nottinghamshire, July 3, at eleven, at the Cutler s , Sheffield st —J. gso District Court —n,Eb.ossineerl,i,Lceglins, ulyisJ4cai2,steatr.eLleivnenco,lna-t a a l t l , eleven,ull T. at Nash, the Leeds - District inn k sh ee ire 'pe j , u S c l tan y our l s , fi a e t ld e , le Y v o en ris a h t i t re b,eJGuail y id2h, t. CERTIFICATES to be granted, _ unless cause be shown to the contrary, on The day herein mentioned. H. Walduck, chemist, New Bond-street, July 7.—T. Cooper, umbrella manufacturer, New Bond-street, July 3 J. Knox, carpenter, Black Horse-yard, Bond-street, July 3 —C. Pitt, licensed victualler, Bristol, July 6—J. R. Croft, commission merchant, Liverpool, July 3—R. Foulkes, cattle salesman, Soughton, Flintshire, July 3-0. Hughes, linen illayr, 9 ri — so l n \r , .victualler, N ashg draper, Holyhead, July 3—E. Hill, hosier, St our p or t, Wor cestershire, O in l g d h b am ur):, j Sh uly rop 4 s_hir T e . . July este r s 4 h — i r Te j . Sutton, jun., draper, Ath ers t on , Warwickshire, July 14—R. Freeman, hosier, Edward's-street, Portman-square, July 3 W. Harding, cotton manufacturer, Stockport, July 3—E. Todd, warehouseman, Bow Church-lane, J uly 3—J. C. Bar rett, carver, Strand, July 3—J. S. Gregson, grocer, Mau - chester July 3—. H. Ward, paper manu facturer, Widfo r d mill, Oxfordshire, July 3—M. T• Knight, upholsterer, Bath, July 3—R Cann, bootma ker, Woolwich, July 3—J. Clough, . L' 't oldsm'th A 1 chemist, Huddersfield, July 3—J. innt , s brokeruly 3—S. Hutchinson, stoc place, Regent-street, . L d Bradford, July 3—T. Lupton, flax spinner, ee s, July 3_ T. K. Rowbotham, book-keeper, Huddersfield, July 3. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 11. Palmer and W. L. 011ard, attorneys, Upwell, Cam. bridgeshire—J. Benstead and W. Star, Hamilton-mews, Lis son-grove—E. B. Pontifex and J. Barnett, coppersmiths, Great Dover-street, Southwark—J. Faning and J. Wey mouth, stationers, Plymouth—M. Wiseman and T. Cole, coach-makers, High-street, Kensington—W. Warwicker and T. C. Golland, drapers, Cambridge—C. Hoppe, C. E. Hoppe. and J. Hoppe, coal merchants, Pig's-quay, Bridewell-pre • cinct—W. Casterton and F. S. Dixon, attorneys, Angel-court , Throgrnorton-street—G. W. Dean and T. Winkley, silver smiths, High-street, Southwark—J. Whitelock and C. Moul trie, attorneys, Aldermanbury—J. C. Stato n and H. Newton, cement manufacturers, B ur ton-upon-Tren • t—W M`Lean -and A. Dinwoodie, stockbrokers, Manchester—E. Hewson and J. Simpson, stockbrokers, Horncastle, Lincolnshire— e l. and M. Webster, coal merchants, Adwalton, Yorkshire—M. and E. H. Mathews, printers, Bristol—S. Worth and J. Frith, architects, Sheffield—H. Mayhew and E. C. Grant, newspaper proprietors—F. H. Needham and E. Paxton, dress makers, Huntingdon—G. Humphrys, A. Keightly, W. Parkin, R. Cunliffe, and H. A. Beaumon, attorneys (so far as regards G. Humphrys and W. Parkin)—W, Evershed, J. Fames, W. Fames, and W. Evershed, jun., soap manufacturers, Cliffe, Sussex. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATION. John Anderson and Alexander Brown, smiths, Glasiowf. June 16, and July 7, at twelve, at the chambers or Mr. Burnet, Glasgow DISAPPOINTED FRlENDS.—Tuesday last being the annual meeting of the Society of Friends at Colchester, those living at or in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford had engaged a special train for their conveyance to the former place. At the time appointed a large number assembled at the station, when, without any preNious intimation of the kind, an additional sum of 5/. beyond that agreed upon was demanded, which the party refused to pay, and as the station officers would not forgo their demand, the trip was altogether abandoned.—Effa