The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-22 00:00:00

.-•;~ ':, j. ~..... i'"t - 4 r . ~~.i CALEDONIA.N RAILWAY. OPENING of the CARTLECARY I3TANCII, and COMPLE TION of the DIR4ICT LINE of RAILWAY between LOND)N, PERTH, DUNDEE, ARBROATH, MORf ROSE, &c. EXPRES3 TRAINS between LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLAS GOW, PERTH, DUNDEE, and AMMO tTli. Between London and Edinburgh.......... in 12 hours. Iltween Loudon and ..... In 12 hours and 10 min. Between London and Perth •• • • in 14 hours. Between London and Dundee . • - hours. Between London and Arbroath •• in 15 hours and 45 min. N.B. Th. line of .Raiiway is continued from Arbroath to Mon trose, and fast coaches run between Montrose and Aberdeen. Passengers by the Mail Train leaving' London at 8.45 r.u., and reaching the Gre en hill Junction at 2.0 r.m., will be taken on by the Express Train to Perth, &c. TIME ABLE. • On and aft er A ugust 7, latS, T and until further notice— ARBROATH, DUNDEE, PERTH, EDINBURGH and GLASGOW, to CARLISLE, MANCHESfEIt, LIVERPOOL, BIRMING HAM, LONDON, &c. Trains leave Arbroath .. Dundee Perth Zdinburgh.. Glasgow.... Arrive at Carlisle Newcastle • Preston • • • anchester Liverpool • Birmingham Itugby ...... London LONDON, BIRMINGHA LISLE, &c., TO El)] b UNDEE, AND . ABB Ttabie leave l'Ondon L L v erPool - 7,w .. heater, Preji o . , • Xe"astle 5 151 9 50 i 3a'll' 0 P.M. 9 16 2 15 P.M. 1 45 7 45 1 55 7 55 3 30 .. 4'30 .. 3 20 .. Arrive at ZelLuburgh,. rertb Dundee .:1.. Arbroath 9 16 A .M. 9 0 9 10 11 0 12 20 12 50 *B- No change of carriage between Londo n and Edin London and Perth- ham g • ' u sengers are booked to and from Bristol, Gloucester, London, Coventry, Rugby, Cewre, Stallard, LeamiE ,!" gham, Tamwcirth. ' Wo l ver h am pt o n, Liverpool, Manche "I. Preston, Lancaster, Kendal, Windermere, and Penn • • • By order, J. W;CODDINGTON, Se( Company's OtTices,.l22, George-street, Aug. 5, 1848. burgh and , Chelten - igtou, ISir !ster, Bo'. th. 3retary. CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. OPENED' THROUGHOUT TO HOLYHEAD. • London to - Dublin iu Thirteen Hours. 4,T he CHESTER. and HOLYHE AD RAIL WAY is NOW OPEN .t r uItOIJOILOLIT, with. he exception of about four miles adjoining the . I . ?nal Straits, for which the Company have prov i ded properly-ap '"lnted Conveyances, the charge for which Ls Included in the railway fare. The Admiralty's and CdriMany's splendid Steam-packets, 670 tons, 370 horses power, run between Holyhead and Kingstown, in con junction with the following Trains, performing the passage in about fora hours. LONDON TO DUBLIN. 1. Froni Easton-square, London, at a Quarter to Nine in the Eve lug, with the Irish Mails, and from Chester at a Quarter to Four 1 11 the Morning, leaving Holyhead for Kingstown (and Dublin) at a Quarter to Seven in the Morning, and arriving at Kingstown about ai alf - Past Ten, Dublin time. 2. From Euston-square, London, by Express Train, at Nine o'clock the Morning, and from Chester at a Quarter to Three in the Af ternoon, leaving Holyhead for Kingstown at a Quarter to Six in the "Artevnoon, arriving at Kingstown about a Quarter past Nine, Dublin DUBLIN TO. LONDON. 1.• From Kingstown at Half-past Ellett in the Morning, Dublin unle, arriving at Chester at Ten minutes past Five, and in London at 14. Mplist Ten in the Evening 2. The Admiralty Packet, with the Mails from Kingstown, at Half past Eleven in the Morning, reachintr Holyhead shorty atter Iwo, The Train in conjunction therewith leaving Holyhead at Twenty !!!!iontes past Six, arriving. at Chester at...Twenty-Ave minutes past Nine in the Evening, and in London at a Quarter to Five the next ' lo ruing. Only the Admiralty Packets and Mail Trains (as above) run on the Sunday. - August 12, 1848. • Alga RAILWAY. At the Ninth Half•yearly General Meeting of the Proprie lora of thfi Midland Railway Company, convened by the Directo rs, Pursuance of the provisions of the Company's Acts of Incorpora tion, held at the Railway Station, Derby, on Saturday, the 19th day " A ugust. 1848, . • GEORGE HUDSON' Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the Chair. The following Resolutions were agreed to : Reiolved, " That the Report of the' Directors now read be received, adopted, Pi sated and circulated amongst the Proprietors." • Resolved, That a Dividend is hereby declared of 31. upon each 1001. of the Midland Consolidated Stock, of 31. upon, each 1001. of the Consoli dated Preferential St oc k, a f te r the rate of 6 per cent. per annum upon the amount paid (421. 10 s . p er Sh are ) u pon the Erewash Valley iii i hares, and of 2/. 6 5. 31. upon each 100/. of the Consolidate d firming am awl Derby Stock. The Dividend to be payable on the 4th of September next. (Signed) g e l d eft the ChaCtirE,ORGE litm s°lc' r . Hudson ha It was resol ve d , Chairman. That the and attention to t t h h e e i C a h te a r i thanks of this Meeting be given to Company."lnterests s on of and Board of Director s f or their zealthe By order, J. r. BELL, SecretUry. ROME, Naples, Florence; Genoa, Milan, Mantua, Verona, and Venice, are.allilescribed fully and f a i t hf u ll y i n 35dr. BUCKINGHAM'S RECENP TOUR in ITALY, which includes also a Visit to Herculaneum' , .hd Pompeii, an Interview with Pope Yius IX., and other Remarkable• Personages. Published by Peter Jackson (late Fisher and Co.), London, in Two handsome octavo Volumes, with Twelve quarto Steel Engravings of the principal Cities visited. ,Price 28S. bpund in cloth and lettered. Orders received by all Booksellers, or by the Author, at No. 4, Park- Place, Regent's-park, London: THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Most important Lecture V Isham Baggs, Esq., on Asiatic Cholera and its dependence on the Electrical State of the Atmosphere, with Neiv and Practical Suggestions for its Treatment, on Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday, at Two o'clock, and in the Evenings of Tuesday, Thnr 'daY. and Saturday,-at Nine.—Popular. Lectures by Dr. Ryan IVDr. Bachiloffuer.—Diorarnic effects are exhibited in the new Dissolving Views, which, with the Chromatrope and Microscope, ._a!'e shown on the large disc.—Experiments with the Diver and Div- Machinery and Models described. 'Pen daily from. Eleven to Five; and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seyep till Half-past Ten. Admission, is. —Schools, Half-price,—The New Catalogue, is. GRAVESEND BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. Fares, to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ; ''''' ool l and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Yore Cabin. ..... .• 9d. Saloon •••• .. • . Is. Na other Packets call at tke Grays or Greenhithe Piers. ?rent The Terrace Pier. Gravesend, at 7, 814,* 9%. 1116, 1,2, 3, LA. 6,6%, 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7, 8%,* 10%, 11%, 1,3, 4,5, 6, 6 1, 17 . Ng, and 8. -rom the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell. at 9,9%, 10. 10%, 11, 12, ii ) ‘• 5%.* 6, sad 7.. Sundays, at 9,9%, 10, * 1%, 2%, 3%, 5,6, 7, * and 734. 5 ones TRAINS starting one quarter of an h our before each of these ti. .aauges•m to stop a at Piers or rked * ar for Boa run direct, the Packets not being per . Alts. °n nibuscs from Fonchurch-street Station to all p arts of London every quarter of an hour. TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 4/. 4s. : Six Months, 21. 15s. ; % .,Lee Months, 1/. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, ranswick Wharf, Blackwall. For P ackets for Excursions apply to Mr. Morgan, Star Office, Fen *arch-street Station, Blackwall Railway. June 10 1848 • ELEGANT TOILET REQUISITES, EACH OF INFALLIBLE ATTRIBUTES. Is hi& 7 ROWLAND'S MACASSOR OIL essi• —. and universally appreciated for creating and sustaining lux --`4"t Tresses. 14.4 ROWLAND'S KALYDOR .' e Paration of unparalleled efficacy i n im p rovin g and beautifying ...in and complexion; and • h ROWLAND'S. ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE, for its beautifying and preservative effects on the teeth gunk 'term _ l4l v:tat patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, and the se r,,rie erelgns and Courts of Europe, and the confirmation by exp. Ic e ; I, lc e of the infallible efficacy 'of these creative renovating s p ed.- brit ve, characterised them wills perfection, and give th em a cele -4,11)1gallele. Be cl Iv a * BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. do offered under the implied sanction of Royally, and the : r nreent Departments, with similar attempts at deception. The hat genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS' " preceding • the Article on the Wrapper or Label. • k..., i n,...BROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and W HlS rvp,.."-r-44._ RS produced in a few weeks, and Baldneri remo , v , ed is and d, 4 1 - X, 4 . 1 by the use of GAIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGE,- E, few', All essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers " drops et which cure headache he a few minutes ; it is also a bust do-htful, fragrant' toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular ' bOttle a -•6 I, . , Prote,lted by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, ~; ~ and doublethis size, Ils.'each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con ' A ---ain, Zjestinio nials of undoubted authority, entitled 4 . Three Minutes' V . p ic e s e tn t . " ci e Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, Bcc." slold whol ' Ilerbary Highgatn, near .. 7s. ad„ and 125., for money orders aolv. tclaion.,..,e Only at Grimstone s var.w.,:t..... by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farr . ingdo ' n-etreetiSanger, C0n4.,,, reet; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, ..g-str andu by 411 fit' Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • -44. ltatthis.9leraists, Perfumers , and others For Edinburgh, .I. and Stier-liaith-walk; for Meta l cheater, eresehe and Son, Adveri: . . This lad y ad TO THE LADIES. paikor on A n,. 7 t he following letter Inserted in the " Times" news the Paper by th e . 1546 . Reader, remember, this letter was put into Mrs. Weekle *laity of pubnei. 3 '.," . '"•ny herself, as a testimony to me. gate for the efficacy of 11 b • High- No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor - " `uanking mr W. Grimstose, of the er al", igerely restored the hatrhiornias and the whole of her hat head , ma after using it about four months, much ticßegenerator, in having cons ter stronger and more luxuriant than Xever was before the .4 haldnitss appeared. Mrs. W e ekley inserts this testimony to - the virtues of Mr. G.'s g' Hater , feeli ng assured that many ladies would gladly purchase • Sal la. bottl e if tiny were as certain of its virtues as she is, from el-- Perim ice, net on l y in the restoration and production of hair in abun since, .finas a cur e of nervous headache ; as a toilet Perfume Ili far bej•ond any to her taste . She will feel a pleasure in answering any 144 f of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, B,,rough." Is leases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drop vent a en the cr own he h turnip fro coming of the h ea d occasionally, every week, will pre- Prove t nt itaway with the comb, maze it strong, and few ' -ups on your grey, rend er i ng the hair luxuriant and curly. A d.hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the , hair h rilliancy, causing it to curl. Moat The a.romatic most delicate la dios may n se this delightful product o f the herbs and towers with confidence; its refreshing . "dour re moves headache and makes it a most necessary companion Ito the talet. In cases of nevous headache, pour tea or twelve drops el th, 'b rown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an k m , in most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces Imo on 'children's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' leads. it %as such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre „nut eon , nisiens. as well 44 promoting the growth of hair.—See ' 'Pamphlet o ItlsUnl____ollials• ...._ 1111etters V! 6 .9 °4 " * !.. 1 : 9 'Wain Orialelone Ilerhary, }Magid*. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. tfR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d„ or post-free, from the Author, Ibr forty-two Stamps, siELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise ;70 on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and ila turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With For'/ coloured Engravings, . illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, an l Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, 31. D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary 3lember of the , 'London Hospital Medical Society, &C. Marriage requires the fhlillment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. ExcesSes are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation' is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused. the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on the nature and consequence of whieh this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early hie or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, ho forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of lisease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'aIERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas -,ertify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a snarantee for his professional experienee, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, s 2, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Manscll, 115, Fleet street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from *he Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally os by letter, daily, from 'fen till Two, and from live till Eight, at his • rosidence, 37, Bedford-square, Loudon, UP TRAINS, 1, 2,1 1,2, & 3. & 3. P.ll. • P.M. • • • • • • 130 5 0 120 450 7 20 10 0 E x press, Ist class. 6 45 7 3(I 8 30 10 30 to 20 P.M. 1 22 4 5 6 .7 6 17, 7 45 d 10 30' I, 2, PL 3 A.M. 7 0 8 0 9 0 11 15 11 5 3 43 7 30 7 h 3 9 40 l 0 0 A.M. 1 0 1 20 6 50, 680, II 30 P.M. 2 40 3 50 5 52 6 2 11 15 11 5 P.N. 3 48 8 15 8 3 9 40 10 0 A M. 1 0 14 45 :VERPOOL, SIANCFIESTEI RGli AND GLASGOW, P INtsUl ,UOAT DOWN TRAINS. Ex pies: Ist class. 1 & 2 SUNDAY 1, t, & 3. TRAINS 8 45 12 30 3 23 5 15 9 16 P.M. 1 45 1 65 1. 2, & 3, 1 & 2 only to Car lisle. 10 0 9 0 • 1 P • M ' I 12 1q 3 11 s ssl A.M. § 30 110 1 0 .32.5. 35 5 16 '4 0 r - A.N- • 8 45 T M. 12 30 3 231 7 45 7 55 6 301 10 40 10 50 P.M. 12 30 ,145 HO ao 15 ,A l t a r i j‘ INI 2\l A n f eg 9- I:.';:o,'N't' • 46)A t),,, r77 c.sr=o. I • Tt ,4 ?/ .. " ' 1 „ I Ic • • D I'. r firrl rTli7r rr-t7 z 1 5 443 LONDON TUESDAY 10 t---1 .41 ELLA- sta r.L;a No. 17,14:3.] A WEEK'S CHANGE OF AIR, XCURSION to GUERNSEY, JERSEY, and 4 1 the CHANNEL ISLANDS, via SOUTHAMPTON, starting on FRIDAY, August 25, from the Waterloo Bridge-station, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, returning any time the following week. THERE and BACK, 265., Rail and Boat included. • This Excursion pres•nts it-favourable opportunity for Tourists to visit the Channel Islands, remarkable for: their beauty and various objects of interest. Perfect arrangements have been made to ensure the comfort of Passengers, and they will be enabled to remain two Or three hours in Southampton prior to embarking* on board the South Western Steam Navigation Company's Steam Ships, landing at their option either at tinerrisey or Jersey. Hoard and Lodging May be obtained at the first Hotel 4 at the rate of 4s. per day. Ample time will be affor.ted for visiting this interesting group of Islands, as the Tickets arc available until Friday, September 1, by any of the Company's Boats leaving the Islands. Early application should be made for Tickets, the number being limited. Tickets and every information to be obtained of Mr. 11. Barber, I, Exeter-street, Strand; the various Agents in London ; and at the York Hotel, NVaterloo-road, near the Station. tti ONE Y.—Any amount IMMEDIATELY ADVANCED upon the PERSONAL SECURETY of Gen tlemen of responsibility, Hers to Entailed Estates, Officers on Full , pay, awl also upon Freehold or Funded Property, Annuities, and Re iversiona under Wills or Marriage Settlements. . . This emanates from a party of the highest respectability, in whom full confidence may be placed, of which undoubted references will be giren, and all communications deemed strictly confidential. Address to M. 8., care of Messrs. Jupp and Son, 222, Regent street. F OR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. Price 2s. 6d. Patronised by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Mr. THOMAS HOWARD'S SUCCEQAKEITM, for Stopping De cayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft stare, without any pressure or pain, and soon becomes as hard ,as the enamel, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years ,rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the further progress of decay. All persons can use Mr. Howard's Seccedaneum them selves with ease,as full directions are enclosed. Price 2s. 6d. Prepared only by Thomas Howard, Surgeon Dentist, 17, George street, Hanover-square, who will send it into the country free by pest. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford. street ; Starkie, 4, Strand; Butler; 4, Cheapside ; Johnstone, 68, ; and all Medicine Vendors. Price 28. 6d. Mr. Howard continues to supply the loss of teeth on his new system of self-adhesion, withbut springs or wires. This method does net re quire the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful operation whatever. —l7, ueorge-street, llanover-square. At home from Eleves till Four. 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH, 52, FLEET-STREET. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change col ur or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastics- Hon.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. FOURTIFTHS, or EIGHTY PER CENT., of the PROFITS of LIFE INSURANCE divided amongst the participating Policy-holders of the ROYAL FARMERS' and GE NERAL FIRE, LIFE, and HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Offices, Strand, London. Capital, 500,0001. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. The guarantee of an ample Capital and exemption of the Assured from the liability of Partnership. Low Rates of Premium. Th, wpm' Commission to Solicitors. ..... ... Table showing Additions — actually made up to March 25, 1848, to the undermentioned Policies, being a portion of the class of the Po licy-holders who availed themselves of Participation In Profits : Sum I Annual I Addi- Assured. 1 Premium. I Wm. Sum Annual Assured. Premuim Addi tion. Zi9oo £lB2 13 2 £298 £looo £l6 0 0 £44 2000 . 44 1 8 100 5 0 #.,, 96 3 23 1500 - ::,0 12 6 80 300 . " 615 9 16 ' FIRE INSURANCE of every description at moderate Premiums. LOANS granted. Prospectuses and every information may be obtained of the Agents, or at the Head Office. _ _ _ . WM. SIIAW, Manning Director. the Mechanical Section, where gutta percha articles 4' a great variety of kinds were displayed. Mr. Wiihaw undertook to be the explainer of the varieties uses to which that valuable product is applicable, .imong the not least curious of which are the speak ing tubes. Tubes were conducted from the plat form to the farthest extremity of the room, and ,ounds were transmitted instantaneously. A whistle or calling attention is a novel addttion to the speaking uhe, an a 1 to ono WaS EfilXfqt a flute, which played" God save the gaeon" at s u b end of the room, by Mr. Wishaw's at the other end. Some beautiful imitations of N.-od carvings were fixed to the walls, and a gutta percha lite, that produced a very full tone, was handed about the room. It was stated, as great practical advantages of gutta percha soli s for shoes, that they not only effectually keep out the wet; but a working mau might easily, by means of the gutta percha cement, sole his own shoes at avery small cost. Mr. S. SCOTT ItussELL explained the recent improve ments that have been made to steam navigation. The Guological Section was occupied for a long time by the reading of vipers by Sir Henry de la Becheon toe geology of portions of S out h . W a l es, Glouc estershire., and Somersetshire. The following is the official record published this morning of the papers read in all the sections yesterday : MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Mallet, Robert, Esq.—Notice of Reports on Earth. quakes, and the Seismometer. Powell, Prof.—A Catalogue of Luminous Meteors, from September, 1833, to July, 1848. Powell, Prof.—Observations of the Annular Eclipse of October, 1847. Powell, Prof.—On a new case of Interference of Light. Powell, Prof.—On an 'explanation of the " Beads" and " Threads" in Annular Eclipses. Harrison, Mansfield, Esq.-4)n the Self-Registering Thermometer, with Twelve Months' Tracings of its work. Roberts, George, Esq —On a remarkable Tide in the Bristol Channel, Friday, July 7, 1848. Rankin, Rev. Thomas—On the Recurrence of the No vember Atmospheric Waves at Iluggate, from 1840 to 1848. CHEMICAL SCIENCE, WITH ITS APPLICATION TO AGRI• CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Schanck, Dr. Edward—Report on Colouring Matters. Hunt, Mr. Robert—Report of Progress of the Investi gation of the influence of Carbonic Acid on the Growth of Ferns. Ward, Mr. W.—On a Galvanometer. Exley, Rev. Thos.—On the Motion of the Electric Fluid along Conductors. GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Buckman, Professor James—Remark s on the Plants of the " Insect Limestone" of the Lias Formation. Buckman, Professor James—Notice of the Discovery of some Speciaceous Remains in the Lias of Gloucester shire. Ibbetson, Captain L. L. B.—On the Position of the Chloritic Marl, or Phosphate of Lime Bed in the Isle of Wight. Hopkins, Evan, Esq.—On the Polarity of Cleavage Planes, and their Influence on Metalliferous Deposits. Struve, William Price, Esq.—On the great Anticlinal from Newbridge, in the Taff Valley, to Cefn Bryn, in Gower. A R R I A Gr E. 11/ One half the wend are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em sitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea at caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un zomprosing hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, end broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justicedemancl that health sheuldform an item in the compact; it alone dignifies, the alliance. Blighted hopes or seglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little IIEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. 3ach (by post, In stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, .a• prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but ror the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other tale publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, es , post Is, 6d.) • called " What to Eat, Drink, and avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely ,)amphlets, but equal in quahtity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always Jn the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, Cornhill ; Naison, 467, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who niay be conferred with personally, m irnings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street; and all tOntcsollem. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATI ONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA- Illustrated by 26 Anatomical C o l ou red Engravings on Steel. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pag es. Just p ublished, price 2s. 6d., or CITY, .AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, ' fIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on .1.. the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. 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The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures et the repro ductive Organs in health and disease; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve as a beacons to warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa ;sions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta tion, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle ‘' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long experience and reputation in the treatment of these paint ul diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir culation."—Era. " ' Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nice-tenths of the cases of young per sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con sumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Six to Bight in the Evening. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of this association commenced on Wednesday, the 9th instant, at Swansea. The general committee held its first meeting in the theatre of the Royal Institution, which was numerously attended. Colonel SABINE (the secretary) read the report of the council, which announced that the following names had been added to the list of corresponding members of the association:—M. Struve, of St. Petersburgh; M. Le Verrier, of Paris ; Charles Bonaparte, Prince of Ca nino • the Chevalier Bunsen ; Professor Neilsen, of Sweden ; Professor Esmark, of Christiania; Dr. Van der Hoven, of Leyden ; and Dr. J. Mylne Edwards, of Paris. The first general meeting of the association was held in the evening, at the Trinity Chapel, in Park-street. Sir R. INGLIS, M.P., having taken the chair, addressed the meeting at great length upon the transactions of the association during the past year ; and, on concluding, re signed., according to form, the presidency, and inducted the Marquis of Northampton, the president elect, into the chair. . The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON said that unless the institution • had come to Swansea, or to some other place in South Wales, South Wales would have re mained unvisited, and a largo geographical por tion of the island would have been unknown to the association. Again, Wales comprehended an important and separate population of the island— a people to whom, at one time, the whole of it be lenged—a people speaking a different, a more ancient tongue, civilised when the Saxon and Norman ancestors of the London and Oxford, and Cambridge of modern times were heathens and barbarians—a people who had seen among them a Julius Caesar and a Constantine. The Noble President then . alluded at considerable length to several of the subjects of scientific investigation which at present occupy the learned world. In the course of his remarks he said:—At our meeting at Southamptom, Sir John Herschel first intimated, as I believe, to an English audience, the remarkable astronomical discovery which he so soon after announced to the whole world, and which added an unknown planet to our system. I had the honour, as President of the Royal Society, to give to M. Le Verrier the medal awarded to him by our council; my predecessor in this chair had the sa tisfaction of receiving at Oxford both M. Le Verrier and Mr. Adams, the two gentleman who had simultaneously though without concert, pursued the same original and lab9rious investigaiion in search of the great celestial globe that discovered the course of Uranus. Of the two discoverers of Neptune, I fear I cannot hope to see the illustrious countryman of Laplace ; Mr. Adams, perhaps, may honour Swansea with a visit. Certain lam that you, gentlemen, would delight , to honour the two philosophers whose names will now shine together like a twin star, as long as astronomy shall be considered the sublimest of sciences. lam sure, gentlemen, that the members of the British Associa tion must have derived the liveliest satisfaction from what I may call one of the principal events in science that has occurred since our last meeting. I mean the publication by Sir John Herschel, of the results of his arduous labours at the Cape of Good Hope. Although, the British Association did not take any part in the re commendation of the expedition sent out by the Govern ment under Sir J. Franklin, and have, therefore, not the same immediate interest in its success that they had in Sir James Ross's expedition into the South Polar region, yet I am sure that we must all feel the most anxious desire for the safety of our gallant countrymen. I wish it was in my power to give you any satisfactory information on this point. Alas! I cannot do so. I cannot do more than express the hope that the same gracious Providence that shielded Sir James Ross amid antartic icebergs may stretch out its arms and bring back again our brave navigators. Professor Grove having congratulated the assembly on the British Association meeting in the town of Swansea, and Sir H. de la Beche having alluded to the wide field which the neighbouring district presented for scien tific research, the meeting separated. SWANSEA, Auo. 10.—The real business of the asso ciation commenced this morning by the reading of papers and by discussions in the various sections; though, as usual on the first day, the subjects were not of first-olass importance, and many of the sections concluded their business before the usual time for adjourning. The sections were well attended. In the Chemical Section, the presence of Dr. Faraday, and his frequent observations on points referred to him on electrical science, gave special interest. The first subject, however, was a report on colouring matters, by Dr. Edward Schunck, which from its length drove most of the ladies away. . . Dr. LYON PIAYFAIR said that the results of Dr. Schunk's experiments had been so recently known, that it could not be ascertained to what extent they were practically useful. A paper read by the Rev. Mr. ExEEY, on the pas sage of electric currents through circuits of wire, gave occasion to Dr. FARADAY to state, in his felicitous manner, the actual condition of know ledge respecting the nature of electricity. Each hypothesis, whether it considered electricity as one fluid o r two fluids or more, or whether it was an undu latory mo vement i mparted to matter, could, he said, be equally p t the ed morein indeed, e d well suppo rte d. Th oug h at one ti me h e h a d tbecameo tthink n open en that to electricity consists of two is dis posed, up hi s m i nd on the subject, the more he studied it forces acting i n opposite directions, but of the nature of these forces ho m ust a d m i t his wa s complete ignorance. In the Geological Section, which is usually the most attractive, there were few papers of interest. Mr. R. Roberts exhibited a very curious little imple ment, which was termed in the paper " a new element of mechanism," by means of which various differential movements may be obtained on the same shaft. The following are the names of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents appointed to the different sections:— SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. President—Lord Wrottesley. Vice Tresidents—The Dean of Ely, Rev. Dr. Whewell, Lord Adare. • SECTION 13 —CHEMICAL SCIENCE, INCLU DING ITS AP. PLICATION TO AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS. President—Richard Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents —W. R. Grove, Esq., F.R.S.; Dr. Faraday, F.R.S.; 1)r. Percy, F.R.S.; Johu Dillwyn Llewelyn, Esq., F.R.S. SECTION C.—GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. President—Sir 11. 'l'. de la Beehe. Vice-Presidents—G. B. Greenough, Esq.; the Dean of Llandatf; the Dean of Westminster; Sir Philip Egerton, Bart. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. President—L. W. Dillwyn, Esq., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents—L. L. Dillwyn, Esq. , F.G S.; W. Spence, Esq., F.R.S.; G. Bentham, Esq., F.R.S.; D. ‘Vanish, 11. D., SUR•SECTION.—ETHNOLOGY. M. V l i , c ra e h P er r n e e Si , d m en .A ts— ., F.R.S. t n h d a s m . , A E . , Dr.M C . D. R C. Meyer.; ev J. SECTION F.-STATISTICS. President—J. H. Vivian, Esq., M.P. Vice-Presidents—Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. ; Thomas Tooke, Esq., I.R.S. ; Lieut.• Colonel F. U. Sykes, F.R S. SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. President—The Rev. Professor Walker, M.A., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents—Joseph Glynn, Esq., F.R.S. ; John Scott Russell, Esq., F.R.S., Ed. ; John Taylor, Esq., F.R.S. SWANSEA, Auo. 11.—A discourse on the metallurgical Operations of Swansea and its neighbourhood was deli vered by Dr. Percy last night, in the chapel in Park street, where the general meetings are held. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, who presided, having thanked Dr. Percy for his discourse, called on Dr. Fara day and Sir Henry de la Beche for some remarks on the subject, but they offered little more than their thanks to Dr. Percy for the able manner in which he had treated the subject. Before the company dispersed, Professor PHILLIPS announced that the numb e r of p er son s w ho had t a ken tickets at the present meeting of the Association already amounted to 760. At the sections this morning there was an ample amount of papers to be read, and some of them of con siderable interest. In the Mathematical and Physical Section, a paper on " the effect on sound of the rapid motion of the observer," by Mr. J. Scott Russell, pre sented some very curious facts. In the same section Sir David Brewster brought into notice the singular effect of colours of different refrangi bilities, producing the appearance of difference of dis tance on the same plane. In the Chemical Section, M. Claudet read a paper on " the action of red, orange, and yellow rays upon iodised and bro:no-iodised silver p l ates after they have been wherein he menti one d man y curi ous Mr. IL HUNT, at the co nclusion of M. Claudet's paper, affeeLdtsbcyondtaiyeclitgehdtith photography. , W stated the results of some investigations on the same sub ject, which had led him to the singular conclusion that light has nothing to do with producing Daguerreotype ietures. Professor Gnova observed that it seemed not impro- Jable light produced very different effects on the visual organs of different animals, and ho conceived that what is light to the eyes of one animal might be darkness to the oyes of another. The explanation and exhibition of the various appli cations of gotta percha occupied considerable time in NATURAL HISTORY. Jeffreys, J. G.—On the recent Species of Odostomia, a Genus of Gasteropodous Dlollusks, inhabiting the Seas of Great Britain and Ireland. Illustrated by specimens. Reeve, Lovell.—On a new Species of Argonauts, with some Observations on the Animal of A Gondola. Dillwyn. Lankester, Dr.—Report of Committee on the Registra tion of Periodic Phenomena. Blackwall, John—Birds observed in the Years 1847 and 1848. Hancock, Albany—On the Boring of Mollusca into Rocks, and on the Removal of portions of their Shells. Forbes, P ro f essor E., an d - M'Andrew, Robert—On some Marine Animals from the Bristol Channel, with living Specimens. - SUB-SECTION OF ETHNOLOGY. Latham, Dr. R. G.—Report on the Present State of Ethnographical Philology. Part 2. America and Poly nesia. STATISTICS. Balfour, Edw., Assistant Surgeon Madras Army— Observations on the Means of Maintaining the Health of Troops in India. Crawford, John, Esq.—Vital Statistics of a District in Java; with Preliminary Notes, by Colonel Sykes, V . P. 11. S. Hume, Joseph, Esq., M.P. Communicated by)—On :he Annual Increase of Property, and of Exports and [mports in Canada. MECHANICS. Glyn, Mr. J.—Report on Hydraulic Pressure En gines. _ Whishaw, Mr. F.—On the "Velocentimer," with its Applications. Whishaw, Mr. F.—On a Sub-marine Rope for Tele graphic Communications. Roberts, Mr. F.—On a new Element of Mechanism. Struve, Mr. W. P.—On a New Apparatus for the Ven tilation of Mines. This afternoon the meeting of the Association in Swansea was enlivened by a regatta in the bay, and a boat race in the harbour. The pilot boats of this and neighbouring ports competed for the prize in the bay, and there being plenty of wind, the sailing qualities of the different boats were well tried. The visit to Singleton, the grounds of J. 11. Vivian, Esq , about two miles from Swansea, was greatly marred by the weather, but the rain did not deter a numerous company from taking advantage of Mr. Vivian's hospi table invitation. SWANSEA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE.—At the opening of this section this morning, Mr. Whishaw exhibited the telokouphonoo, or speak ing telegraph, which is nothing more nor less than a ,peaking tube, formed of gutta percha, which, from its flexibility and other qualities, is admirably adapted for such an application. Mr. Wishaw also exhibited the gutta percha subma rine rope or telegraph, which consisted of a tube perfo rated longitudinally, for the conveyance of telegraphic wires, and which, for the purpose of preventing its being acted upon by sea water or marine insects, was banded al- braided round by small rope, and being perfectly pli able, !could easily be conveyed along the bottom of deep water. Mr. J. SCOTT RUSSELL then proceeded to describe the improvements that had been made in steam navigation, which be explained by appropriate diagrams. Mr. JOSEPH PRICE then gave some interesting details connected with the screw propeller, Colonel SYKES read an elaborate paper on tbe statistics of legal affairs in the Government of Bengal, which gave rise to an interesting discussion. Mr. S. RUSSELL next read a paper on the effect of sound on railways. Sir I). BREWSTER read an interesting pap e r to show the effect of colour without form, in supOlYlng the de. ficiency of mere form. Some valuable papers were read by Mr. STOKES on the subject of refraction of light, which closed the day's business of this section. SWANSEA, SATURDAY NIGHT.—This day the mem bers of the Association and their friends have been en gaged in a series of excursions of the most interesting character even in this more than ordinarily interesting district, the day being fortunately very propitious. Dr. LANKESTER made some remarks on vegetable monstrosities. Observations on the development of pollen were brought forward by A. lIENFRF:Y, Esq., in illustration of certain points concerning the formation of cells. Mr. ROBERTS, of Manchester, exhibited:and explained the construction of a mechanical contrivance, by which in a very simple manner movements may be effected, for which more complicated mechanism is frequently employed. The discussion of this new element of mechanism ex cited very great interest, and it was stated in the room that it was likely to lead to ver y im p ortant results. Mr. STRUVE read a paper en the ventilation of col lieries, with a description of a new mine ventilator. i The paper commenced by describing the ventilation of col. Holies to be produced by larg e furnaces being placed a t the bottom of the upcast pits, the rarefacti on created thereby causing the air to a scend, simi lar quantity de scending the downcast pits. The great obj ect i ons to this system were the variations which arose from the neglect of the furnace-men, as also from barom etrical and ther mometrical changes in the a tmos p here. The paper next described the great destruction which arose to the flat chains, flat ropes, and cast-iron tubing of upcast pit, causing larger annual expenditure. It proposed, as a remedy for these evils, a new mne- ventuator, worked by a five-horse-power engine, which had been inv en t e d and patented by the author, calculated to extract from a mine an unlimited quantity of air. This was accom plished by converting the whole area o f (:). the upcast pit into an air channel, connected with the ventilator, by means of a culvert of a similar size. The ventilator con sisted of two larg e air-chambers, som et hi ng like gaso meters moving up and down in water contained in a tank, constructed of Masonr y . The Chamb ers b alance d each other, and wer e surrounded with external cases, so as to form double pumps. The inlet and the outlet valves, when opened , p resented the sameamount of area as the upcast pits for t he in g ress and egress of the air, so that the only resista nce to be overco me in ventilating the mine was that which arose from the friction of - the air in the passages of the mine, and in the parts of the apparatus, and which would be of small amount. There was a mine ventilator on thi s p rinci p le now in the course of construction at the Eagle's Bush Colliery, calculated to pass through that mine 40,000 cubic feet of air per minute, and the cost of erecting the ventilator would not exceed 1,0001. MONDAY, AUG. 14. —Among the Papers rea d this day ,were—" On Berkeley'a theory of vision," hy Sir "On on the l aws of chemical David Brewster, in sec. A.; combinations and the volumes of gaseous bodies," by the Rev. Thomas Exley; " On soma properties of allu mina," by Mr. Richard Phillips; " On the peculiar cool ing effects of hydrogen and its compounds in cases of voltaic ignition," by Professor Grove ; and " On the influence of carbonic acid on the growth of ferns," by Dr. Daubeney, in section B. "On the drainage of a portion of Chat Moss," by Mr. G. W. Ormerod ; "On the submergence of ancient land in Wales, the accumu- 7 AUGUST 22 , 1848•, lation of new strata around and above it, and the re appearance of the sameland by denudation and elevation," by Professor Ramsay; " On some new eystidene, dis covered since the last meeting of the association," by Pro fessor E. Forbes; " On some experiments and borings in search of coal," by Professor James Buckman; " On the recent species of odostomia, a genus of gasteropodous mollusks inhabiting the seas of Great Britain and IN — land," by Mr. J. G. Jeffreys, in section D. In the sub section of ethnology, the Rev. Professor Elton, of America, read a paper "On the Ante-Columbian di-ca very of America." In section F, Archdeacon Williams read a paper on the Gael and Cymry. In section G, Mr. C. Williams brought forward his model of a ma chine for raising water, by suspending two pumps on a balance, and thus make one contribute to work the other. Papars were likewise read to-day in the botanical section by Dr. Daubeney, and Mr. Hunt, Mr. Henfrey, Mr. Thwaites, Dr. Carpenter, and Mr. Williamson. In physiology. by Dr. Waller, Professor F. Save, and Mr. Lpnnard. In ethnology by Sir R. Schomburgh and Dr. Beke. In the statistical section by Mr. Fletcher, Sir J. P. Boileau, and Mr. Harding. And in mechanics by Professor Hodgkinson, Mr. Stru , e, Mr. Glyn, and Mr. Budd. A meeting of the general committee was held in the afternoon, the Marquis of Northampton in the chair. It was resolved to hold the next meeting of the Association at Birmingham, in September, 1849. The Rev. Dr. Ro bertson was unanimously appointed President; and the following noblemen and gentlemen were appointed Vice- Presidents:—The Earl of Ilarrowby, F.R.S.; Lord Wrottesley, F.R.S.; Sir Robert Peel, Bart., F.R.S.; Charles Darwin, Esq., F.A.S.; M. Farraday, LL.D., F.S.S.; and Sir D. Brewster. A series of other resolu tions were passed, after which the committee separated. At half-past four this afternoon a large concourse as sembled on the Burrows, to witness the exhibition of the firing of Mr. Carte's rockets for rescuing sailors from stranded vessels. The trials were in every respect most successful. In the evening Dr. Carpenter delivered a discourse on " Recent Microscopical Discoveries," in the general meeting room, Park-street. On Tuesday there was an excursion, with which the geological section seemed much pleased. Several in teresting papors were read in the sections. On Wednesday the general meeting was held, at which thanks were voted to the inhabitants of Swansea for their hospitality. This terminated the public proceedings of the association for the present year. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND. Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the share holders in this company was held at the De Grey Rooms, York. The attendance was numerous, and G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., presided. Mr. GREY read the following report : _ " The directors present to the shareholders the half-yearly statement of accounts up to the 30th of June last, as well for the revenue as the construction account. On the former the receipts for passengers, parcels, and mails, amount to 94,206/. 19s. 3d. ; for merchandize and cattle; to 104,327/. 10s. 2d. ; and for rents and staithe dues, to 6541. 3s. sd. The working expenses during the same period amount to 62,8431. 18s. 9d., and the interest on debentures to 18,612/. lls. 6d., leaving a balance 0f133,038/. 2s. 11d. The receipts on account of traffic have not equalled the expectations whith the directors had formed at the time of the last meeting. Events have occurred during the interval which could not have been anticipated, and the traffic on the lines of t this company has been very materially affected by the general com mercial distress, and more particularly by the im pediments to the traffic with the continent. The direc tors recommend that a dividend be declared after the rate of 8/. per cent. per annum on the consolidated stock of the company ; and after the same rate upon 15/. per share of the East and West Riding shares, deducting income-tax. The total amount of this dividend will be 99,904/., after payment of which, and of the rent of the Hull and Selby and Brid lington lines, due on the Ist of August instant, a balance of 1341. 2s. Ild., will be left to the credit of the company. The directors feel that this company is peculiarly affected by the inequality of the half-yearly amount of traffic. The receipts of the second half of the year have always considerably ex ceeded those of the first, en the whole of the lines, but more particularly on those to Scarborough, Bridlington, and Har rogate, as the summer traffic is very much greater than that of the winter and spring months, without occasioning any material increase of expenditure. The directors have gone into a careful investigation of the expenses of the company, and arrangements have been made by which, without dimi. nishing the accommodation to the public, they hope to re duce the expenses to the lowest possible scale. The directors subjoin a statement of the particulars of traffic for the half year :-Passengers :first class, 63,796 ; second, 125,412 ; third, 286,699 ; Government, 141,551. Total, 617,458. Horses, 2,615; carriages, 444; goods, grain, coal, coke, and lime, 512,706 tons; cattle, 24,460; sheep, 78,777 • pigs, 11,765." Appended to the report was the usual cash statement, from which it appear tlgton capital account there had been paid,i to December 84s, 1847, the sum of 3,799,297/. 25." The further charges during the half-year ending June 30,1848, amounted to 380,012/. 7s. Bd., making a total of 4,179,3091. 9s. Ba. This sum had been realised by receipts on shares and debentures prior to December, 1847, amounting to 3,393,264/. 6'. 6d. ; received during the half-year on account of shares. 217,156/. 16s. 3d. ; on debentures, 359.703/., making 576,859/. 16s. 3d.-less debentures paid off, 96,500/. ; net re ceipts on half-year, 480,3591. 16s. 3d. ; loan from six per cent. guaranteed stock, 30:3,000/.; balance, 5,685/. Gs. 11d.; total, 4,179,303/. 9s. Bd. The revenue account showed the balance brought from last half-year, 15,396/. Os. Id.; receipts from passengers, parcels, and mails, 94,206/. 123.3 d. ; merchandise, 104,327/. 10s. 55. ; rents and staithe dues, 654/. Ss. 5d.; total, 214,494/. 13s. 2d. The expenditure had been-in maintenance of way and repairs, 5,8891. 15s. 4d. ; locomotive ex , penses,duty, 2,820/. Os. 85. ; direction, 750 1 . compensation, 497/. 9s. 2d. ; gas insurance. &c., 1,3391. 19s. 3d. • rates and taxes, 6,369 t. 4s. 25. ; printing, advertising, and stationery, 1,759/. 19s. 4d. ; salaries of en gineer, secretary, and clerk s, 3,167/. 6s. 7d. ; wages of porters, &c., in merchandise department, oil, waste, tallow, 3 m 5 e 2 1, 1 1) 78 7 3 t porters, ,; a co n v d e g rs u , ar & d c s: waggons, &c., 3,478/. 6s. 4d. ; law and B79 N 6 o l ; m i s a . n L i n d ..3 station w ag e e x s expenses, speosi,i policemen, charges, 210 e 17s. Bd. ; total, 62,843/. 18s. 9d. ; interest on repair of carriages, debentures. 18,612'. Ils. 6d.; total payments, 81,456/. 10s. ad • l eav i n g 133,028!. 2s. 11d. available for dividend and Hull and Selby rent. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the diminution which this company had sustained in its revenue was such as he almost foretold at the last meeting, yet events had occurred which could not he then foreseen, which had tended to make that diminution greater than was anticipated. Although the income was much larger than last year, had things remained in a quiet and peaceful state. and had commerce revived, he had no doubt they would have seen a very large addition to the traffic this day. He felt satisfied that if the harvest was well got, that the company would soon regain the position which it for merly enjoyed. The directors contemplated a revision, with a view to greater economy in the working of their line by a reduction in the number of their trains. Negotiations, he Great a roee s aatc h te h a r p no o p : y r ttwihti would Northern nal company's amount pnl aw e on r ua e 3yn„ st going ttroa on Companyffi this, sc t:: txw b h_ e oai t t tr we hk i e rhe n ef He reference o i n m re ke s e t l a cof believedotm n h d ept. aha t n h p. ay e t . would work the line up to Doncaster with certain powers as to running on each oth er ' s li ne, and to accomp li s h t hi s th e York Company w ou ld h ave to construct a short line at a cost of probably 80,000/ . and this they would proceed with so as to be able t o o p en i t early next year. Shoul d t h e ne gotiation be concluded, they would shortly be able to send large quantities of north coal to Hull, from which source they expected a large traffic. After some further general observa tions he moved the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend be now de clared of 4/. per cent. on the consolidated stock of the com pony, and of 12s. per share upon the East and West Riding shares of the company, deducting income-tax, payable on the sth of September next. Carried unanimously. This concludedto a gutehseti question, business of the meeting. In reply The CHAIRMAN said, with reference to the line from Be verley to Market Weighton, he did not feel disposed, until the prospects of the harvest were ascertained, to enter into contracts for constructing this line; but he was happy to say arrangements had taken place with the landowners by which a very large saving in the works would be effected. R. DENISON, Esq., proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair man and directors, which was carried unanimously. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in the De Grey Rooms yesterday; George Hudson, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. CLOSE, the secretary, read the following report of the directors:— " The directors beg to present to the proprietors the usual statement of accounts for the half year ending 30th of June last, showing a balance of 193,2411. 3s. sd. in favour of the company, on the revenue account, after deducting working expenses and interest. The directors recommend that a divi dend be declared at the rate of eight per cent. per annum on the consolidated stock, and upon 1014 per share of the Ex tension Shares, No. 1, and that a dividend at the same rate Le paid upon 151. per share of the original Newcastle and Berwick and the North Shields Purchase Sharesrespectively, and at the rate of five per cent. on the remaining 101. per share of the North Shields Shares. After the payment of these several dividends and the half-year's rent of the Great North of England Railway, a surplus of 34,6501. Bs. 6d. will remain to the credit of the company. The unsettled state of the continent has occasioned a very serious diminution in the exportation of coal during the past half-year, and in ad dition to this circumstance the general depression of com merce has operated quite as injuriously upon the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company as upon that of any other railway undertaking. It is, therefore, the more satisfac tory to the directors to be able to report that the average receipts per mile (including the length of new line opened in the interval) are nearly equal to the corresponding half-year of 1847. It affords the directors much pleasure to announce that the works of the Tens High Level Bridge are so far advanced, that on the let of next month a continuous line of railway will be completed from the Gateshead station across the river and through the town of Newcastle. The di rectors hope that the bridge from Tweedmouth to Berwick will be opened early in October next. During the last half vear the works have been let for the construction of the Aln wick and Warkworth branches. The branch from Northal lerton to Bedale was opened for traffic in March last. The directors have obtained, during the present session of Parlia ment, the following Acts, viz. :—An Act for enabling the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, and the Great worth of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Coln pa ny, to lease their respective railways and works to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company ; also, an Act for enabling t he York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Cempany to improve their main line of railway, and to make certain branches in the county of Durham, and for other purposes also, an Act for enabling the York, Newcastle, and Berwic k Company to deviate, or alter part of their Thirsk a nd Malton Branch Railway, and to abandon part of the sa me, and for other purposes. The directors add the usual cash s ta teme nt, ii-e and also the following details of traffic fo r the last a if 3ar , viz. :—Passengers, first class, 114,312; second d itto, 499,56, third ditto, 820,953 ; Governmen t ditto, 73 ,558 ; t ot al, 1,508,370. Horses 2150 ; carriages, 346 ; dogs, 1,291 ; sheep, 56,119 ; cattle, 40,055 ; pigs, 5,370 ; goods, 218,177 tons; minerals, 1,261,799 tons. Capital Account:-Amount received to December, 1847, 3,930,2851. lls. 2d. Received on account of shares during the half-year, 343,381/. 103. 4d. ; ditto, debentures, 140,9501. (less debentures paid off 22,4001.); net receipts on half-year, 461,9311. 10s. 4d. Loan from Great North of England purchase stock, 350,00 C/. ; balance, 296,0381. 4s. 6d-total, 5,038,255/. 3s. The pay ments to December, 1847, were 4.466,526/. Is. 2d. Vor the half-year ending Deceinhar, 1848. they were 571,72 f/ Is. 10,1.; making a total or 5,033,25:1. 3 s . R evenue count ;-Balance from last half-year, 45,58: 4 /. 13s. 10.1. Received for passengers, horses, carriages, parcels, and mails 117,317/, • - -s. 111.; goods, 48,26r1 13s. 10,1. ; coal, 107,79;':1 6s. 7d. ; cattle, 10,155/. 7s. 61. ; rents, 3,214/. 9s. sd. ; demurrage, 1,942/. 19s. 21. Total assets, 334,5751. 13s. 3d. I The payments have been for maintenance of way and works, 13,4D01. Bs. 41. Working and repairing engines, stationary engines, &c., 49,5031. ss. 81 Coach and waggon repairs, 10,795/. 7s. 3d.; coaching account, including salaries to clerks, wages of porters. guards, and police, 17,013/. 13s. 31 ; horse hire,fuel, gas, arid stores, 1,7081. 15s. 11d. ; shipping and lading expenses, 1063/. 18s. 101.; war leaves and da mage ground rents, 8,5214 12s. ; rates and taxes, 6,168/. lea. 91.; Government duty, 3,088/. ss. 91.; niiscellaneons expenses, 401/. 19e. Id. ; direction, 1,2501.; auditors, 501. ; stationery, advertising, and printing, 1,2271. Bs. 61; com pensation, 1841. 18s. 71.; debenture interest, including Great North of England debentures, 17,782/. 18s. Id.; dock expenses, 305/. 19s. Bd.; income-tax, 2,6221. 4s. sd. ; insur ance, 1391. 3s. 9d.; total payments, 141,3341. 93. 10d. ; leav ing a balance of 193,2411. 3s. sd. available for dividend to shareholders and Great - North of England rent. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he supposed they would all be agreed about the dividend ; but in reference to the No. 2 (New Berwick) Extension Shares, it was a question on what amount they would be entitled to dividend for the coining half-year. Upon looking at what he stated on a former occasion he had come to the conclusion that it would be expedient to pay a dividend next half-year upon the 51. now called, that dividend of course being for the four months during which the call would have been paid prior to the next meeting. By this arrange ment the No. 1 and the No. 2 Shares will rank equally from the Ist of July last. With reference to the lease of'the Hartlepool Dock and Railway he had no hesitation in re commending that measure to the meeting, because he believed that from the increase of traffic that was going on in that district, it would leave a considerable surplus towards the next half-year's dividend, after paying the rent. The lease is for ninety-nine years, commencing from the Ist of July last, the rent to be not less than 8 per cent., and if the shareholders in this company receive more, then the lessors to have a like augmented rent. Everything was going on most satisfactorily respecting the Tyne Bridge, and the directors were warranted in expecting to effect a con tinuous communication by the Ist of next month ; this, together with the completion of the bridge across the Tweed, would cause a large quantity of coal and coke to be con veyed to Edinburgh, and in other ways greatly to augment their revenue. The report was then put and adopted unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that a dividend be now declared at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the consoli dated stock of the company, on 151. per share of the original Newcastle and Berwick shares; of 151. per share on the North Shields Purchase Shares; and of 10/. per share on the Extension No. 1 Shares; and at the rate of Si. per cent. on the remaining 101. per share of the North Shields Furchase shares. Such dividend to be paid, deducting income-tax, on the sth of September next.—Carried unanimously. The meeting was then made special, and The CHAIRMAN proposed the following resolution :—" That the terms of the lease of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway, and of the lease of the Great North of England, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction Railway, now submitted to this meeting, be approved of, subject to such alterations as the directors of this company may think desirable." This resolution was carried unanimously. A conversation then ensued; in which Mr. RAND and Mr. BARROW put several questions; in reply to which, The CHAIRMAN read the resolution adopted at the meeting in August, 1847, when the relative interests of the several shares were arranged at the time of the amalgamation of the York and Newcastle, and the Newcastle and Berwick Com panies, and by which resolution it was provided that the original shares of the Newcastle and Berwick Company, when fully paid up, and the North Shields shares, should become the same as York and Newcastle shares, and should re ceive equal dividends therewith, viz., on 151. per share from July, 1847; and on 201. per share from the Ist of July, 1847; and on 251. per share from the Ist of January, 1849 ; and tat the new Berwick shares receive dividend and rank equally with the York and Newcastle extension shares from the Ist day of July, 1848. The chairman also appeared to approve of a suggestion that parties in arrears of calls should be charged six per cert. interest, and that a circular should be issued requesting payment of arrears. He also promised that at the next meeting a statement should be made of the amount expended in the purchase of the Great North-Eastern shares, out of the six per cent. guarvate e d st oc k. a' • Mr. P. BROUGII, Paisley, made a feobNervations regard ing two circumstances : the opening ofthe bridges, AN the arrangement with the Direct Northern. To both of these causes he looked for producing very increased traffic on the northern lines. 111 r. JON RAND, tf:l3 l ilkdfurdivroposed4 vote of thanks to the cli'airinanlnd directors, which was 'carried by accla , mati6n ; an& ito • Mr. HUDSON briefly returned thanks. GREAT WESTERN. [The following report has been omitted for want of room. The twenty-sixthhalf-yearly general meeting of the Great Western Railway Company was held at the Bristol Station on Thursday; Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., in the chair. There was a numerous attendance of proprietors. The SECRETARY having read the notices convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN rose, and said it was the duty of the direc tors at this meeting to lay before the proprietors the results of their proceedings in Parliament during last session, and he should discharge the duty which fell upon him with greater satisfaction, because he earnestly hoped that it would be the last occasion on which he should have to perform such a duty. —(Hear, hear.) Ha believed the company had now done with Parliamentary proceedings for many years to come.— (Cheers.) The Parliamentary proceedings of the company during the last session had been confined within the narrowest limits; they had not introduced one new measure, but had confined themselves entirely to reviving those new measures which were indispensable to make good their position against the South-Western Company.—( Hear. ) At the last meeting he had expressed the conviction of the directors that they would be able to obtain a Bill for the branch to Windsor. They felt that their claim to that branch rested on such strong grounds of honour and justice, that it would be im possible to deny it. They were not disappointed. They ob tained the Bill, and it was the intention of the directors to proceed as rapidly as possible with that short branch.— ( Hear, hear.) The object of that branch was to prevent the traffic to Windsor being taken away by the South- Western Company, and he believed it would be effectual for that object.—(Hear, hear.) • An opinion had been en tertained that the extensioa of the South-Western line to Waterloo-bridge would have given that company the advae tap) of the traffic from Windsor; but he did not believe it. Investigations hitherto made proved that the bulk of the traffic to the metropolis came through the west, and not the east, of London. Some portion of the traffic through the county of Surrey was quite new, and would un doubtedly be carried ou the South-Western line; but the great bulk of the traffic by Windsor would continue to use the Great Western line. On the other hand, the South- Western Company had obtained their Bill, suspended from last session, for making a line from Salisbury by Yeovil to Exeter. But in these days the passing of a Bill for making a line of railway, and the actual constructing of the line, were by no means synonymous terms. The line of railway from Basingstoke to Exeter had yet to be completed, and it em braced a distance of 150 miles. Putting the cost of this line at 20,0001. per mile, the capital necessavy for its construc tion would amount to 3,000,000/.—(Helr, bear.) No rational commercial man would be of opinion that people could be found in these days to make a railway, costing three mil lions, over Salisbury Plain, and through such towns as Shaftsbury and Sherborne. But if it were possible to con struct that line, still he believed that it would not abstract anything from the western traffic of the Great Western Com pany, which, this session, has obtained a Bill to make a line from Hungerford to Westbury. The Bristol and Exeter Corn pany had also obtained a Bill to make a line from Castle Cary to Torquay; on the completien of these two short intervals, the Great Western would have a direct line to Exeter, only one mile and a halt longer • than that of the South- Western Company--(Hear, hear)—passing through populous and wealthy districts, and constricted with that power and speed which peculiarly attached to the broad gauge.— (Hear.)_ He was by,no means appalled at the success of the South-Western Company in obtaining the Bill. The delibe rate conviction of his own judgment was, that if the South- Western Company should ever be so, ill-advised as to con struct that line, it would prove more destructive to their in terests, and more utterly ruinous than' the attempt to establish a Newbury and Windsor traffic. He did not mean to criti cise the South-Western Company, they wereithe best judges of their own interests, and of the wisdom of their own mea sures; but when their proceedings brought them into colli sion with the Great Western Company, he thought he had not exceeded his duty by making these observations upon ' the effect of those proceedings.—(Cheers.) He knew it had been said that if the South-Western Company had been the aggressors in the south, the Great Western Company had been the aggressors in the north. It had been asked, what business had the company calling itself the Great Western to proceed to Rugby, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton? His reply to that was, that it was against their wishes, and in opposition to their remonstrances; and in fact it was with great reluctance that they were there. They resisted going to Rugby and to Wolverhampton until the North- Western Company concurred with the South-Western Com pany in forming a line on the narrow gauge through the ' tract of their district, by Newbury, Didcot, Banbury . , Ox - ford, and further on. They never thought of going to Birmingham, until the London and Birmingham Company concurred with the Midland Company in passing throu g h a narrow gauge line to Bristol.—(Hear h e ar.) He did not advert to these circumstances to rip which ought to be forgotten—(Hear, h up) ohlut w h o e u n w d a s s , a anxious, on the last occasion on which subject,shouldeheer to enter probably have an opportunity of alluding ti cas t on the Great a justification against the: Western Company from variousimputation the ,quarters,)-, contumacious and pugnacious co North-Western Com pany.—(Cheers.) The m end the aggressors upon the London London, s at least Birminigthwamas, only nld. waitingoxfor for the Royal assent ;d Junction Bill had now push.ed hoped that by it the dissen sions between them and n d the London and North-Western Company would b t e rminated.—(Cheers.) Every im portant point in dispute had been settled, and he hoped there would be no wish to renew them. It was the duty of every company to protect their own traffic, but he said most sincerely on the part of the Great Western Company, that they had been desirous to permit the. most amicable rela tions to exist between them and their neighbours, and they thought that a more favourable opportunity had never been presented for each to consolidate their own interests. proprietors internal state of their affairs, he must refer th e to the published report and accounts, which had been distri buted among them. It was true (that their receipts had not been so large as they would have been under circumstances of greater national prosperity, but he thought they must be regarded as satisfactory, when they considered the violent disturbances which had occurred in all their political rela tions, and of the utter prostration of all commercial interests, not in this country alone, but everywhere abroad. He did not believe that the traffic would suffer by a compatisonarith that of any other line in the kingdom. M an y of time lines teaue large extensions, had had less traffic before; others had remained stationary, while some hi creased. Tie was glad to say they were in the last cap Their traffic had increased, and they would find the stated in the report. That increase, however, had ni proportionate to the length of new line opened. But must bear in mind that the new line to Hungerford hat been opened eight or nine months—a space of time quit ficient for the developement of the traffic, although iyeag progressively increasing. That line was mad e no t merelrfolgi e I the purpose of local accommodation, but with the ultimate view of a contingency, which had since arisen, to make a more direct line to Exeter. Its advantages were not yet developed, nor would they be until it formed part of the entire line. The expenditure had increased with the new establishments; porters, policemen, and clerks must be placed in the new stations along the new lines. There had been also an in crease in the expenditure of the locomotive department ; but then it was to be considered, at the same time, that the trains had run over 55,000 miles more than in the former, period. On making a careful review of the accounts, the directors telt justified in recommending them to maintain the usual half-yearly dividend of three.and-a-half per cent.—(Cheers.) They were aware that the half-year ending;il>t December was always most productive ; and it was in consideration of that subject, as well as with reft reflect to other twitters, that the directors reserved a large :amount of balance on the last 31st of December and if the meeting toil; the accounts from the 30th June, 1817, to 30th June, 1848, they N%ould find that the receipts of that period justified tl:e directors in recommending the dividend of 7 per cent. for the entire year.— (Cheers.) The Chairman then referred to the depreciation which had taken place in the value of railway property, and said the directors were anxiills to reduce the expenditure within the narrowest pos sible limit. A Committee were now sitting to see what re duction could be made consistent with the primary object of safety and efficiency.—(Cheers.) The receipts and expend'. Lure of railway companies depended on many causes beyond the control of railway direction; but whatever could be done ought to be done, and the directors were fully alive to the necessity of adopting measures for strengthening the financial position of the country —(Cheers. ) The secretary, Mr. SAUNDERS, then read the report. In answer to a question by a proprietor, The CHAIRMAN said, with regard to the reduction of fares on the Great Western line, a question bad been raised on the construction of two Acts of Parliament which had lately been passed. The question was, whether by those Acts, the direr... tors were compelled to reduce their fares, and the opinion of most eminent c .unsel had been taken thereon. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, in the court of common law, and Mr. George Turner, in the Court of Chancery, had decided that the company would not be called upon to reduce their fares until the Bir mingham and Oxford Railway, and the Dudley and Wolver hampton Railway came into their hands. The Attorney- General had, however, given a different decision ;so it was possible that litigation might arise ont of this matter. It was, therefore, desirable he should say no more on. this, subject with reference to its legal aspect; but as to the common justice of the case, it would not be fair that the Great Western Company should be called upon to submit to a reduction of tolls until they had received possession of that which was intended as an equivalent—(Hear, hear)—and he could not believe that a narrow construction of Acts of Par liament should be brought forward to work an injustice upon the company.—(Cheers.) If they should be obliged to re duce their fares, he believed they would not suffer by that alternwiye ; on the contrary, he believed the company, viewing the question as one of mere profit and loss, would be gainers by it. They would have to give up some of the ad vantages which the public derives from the number and speed of the express trains, and the class of people which travelled in them, and the same accommodation could net be continued to the public in many other respects. Several questions, on matters arising out of the directors' report and accounts, were put to the chairman, and satisfac tory answers having been given thereto, The CHAIKMAN moved the adoption of the report, which having been seconded, was unanimously carried. A dividend for the half-year was then declared, at 3% per cent. A motion that the directors be empowered to raise capital not exceeding 130.0001., for the construction of the Windsor branch, was then unanimously adopted, and Thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meets broke up. EXPLOSION IN ALBANY-STREET. The adjourned inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Wakley, at the London University College Hospital, and afterwards at the Orange Tree, New-road, respecting the death of Mary Bentley, nursemaid to Mr. Loten, late of 60, Albany-street, Regent's Park, who lost her life by the ex plosion which occurred on the 7th inst. The Coroner having been informed that Captain Loten was not able to leave his room, proceeded. accompanied by the jury, to the ward in which that gentleman was lying, and took his depositions. He said he had been visit ing his brother at No. 60, Albany -street. On the 7th 'init., at five minutes before ten o'clock at night, he went down stairs with Miss Burgh into the back parlour. He smelt gas very strongly, when Miss Burgh said, " Had we not better go and see where the gas escapes?" Witness took up a candle, and opened the shop door, when the explosion occurred, and he knew nothing more until he found himself in the ruins at the back of the house. He was then covered with dust and block so that he could hardly see. Having groped about he laid. hold of Miss Burgh, and succeeded in getting her into the Windsor Castle public-house. ~he and witness were after wards conveyed to that hospital, where they had retrained ever sire.—By the Coroner—For three weeks previously he had experienced a strong smell of gas in the building, but could %o'er find out where it came from. The explosion tooleplilict3 before the door was opened a foot. lie tarried the candy rather higher than his head. He was quite sure there was no gunpowder or gun cotton in the place,—ln an swetNto a question from a juror, witness said that whilst the boy Neils shutting up the.shop, in drawing (we of the shut ters out of the box heaccidsntilly,struck the meter and turneil.off thews. 6. 4 1 Miss Jane Burgh, sisterinklaw to Mr. Loten, dapeied - to the main facts in the previo u s rvidene-e, and added, that she had lived in her brother- in-law's house about twelve months, during which time she had been greatly annoyed by the gas escaping. Her sister had written to the gas company, and the inspector came and examined the meter. He said that there was too much water in the pipes. He examined the pipes before last Christmas. Mr. Howell, living in the same street, c.ane repeatedly to examine the meter. lie at last said that he could not attend to it any longer, unless he re ceived an order from the gas company. There were two burners in the window, one in the shop, end another to light the stairs. — Cross-examined—Witness, as she caine down stairs, smelt gas stronger than usual. Captain Loten asked her to go with him into the shop and see that all was safe. Ile took a candle in his hand, and was opening the door when the explosion took place. Witnees could not recollect whether there wks any flash or report. She believed she was found on the balcony at the back of the house. Captain Loton got her out. She was very much burned. Witn ess generally turned off the gas. She - did so on the night of the explosion. The meter was kept in the shutter-box, under the stall board of the shop front. On the night of the explo sion the gas was turned off before nine o'clock. The meter was not injured. A juror said that meters were former)y made of iron, but now fcr cheapnesa they were made of tin, and it would be almost as safe if the gas could be wrapped up in a sheet of brown paper instead of the cheap machines. The Coroner said it would be desirable to see a meter fixed like the one at Mr. Loten's. Dr. Arnott, of 38, Bedford-square, said that explosions had engaged much of his attention. He maintained that coal gas, if sufficient quantities could be got, would produce al most any effect. One measure of ordinary coal gas and tea of atmospheric air would give the greatest explosive power. In his opinion the gas had been escaping for some time, and had filled the apertures in the walls and under the flooring.. If an opening was made in the chimneys it would be almost impossible for an explosion to take place: Gas ascends to the top of a room, and there remains usually at the top d the air as oil does upon water, as it becomes mixed with atmospheric air the more explosive it becomes, and the pro;. bability is, in this i ns t ance, had Captain L t oten held the candle lower there would have been no explosion. The surest remedy is to have a ventilator at the top of each room in the chimney. Gas ascends about much more freely than ordinary smoke, and the draft in the chimney would be sure to carry it off, inasmuch as a chimney is always an air- PuTP. Loten said he had occupied the house since Maim" mer, 1847. The gas was laid on when he went there. The meter and pipes were in the same condition as when he went there, up to the time of the explosion. About three weeks before the explosion, the gas escaped very much and smelt strong. There was nothing unusual in the construc tion of the shop, except that leather had been placed w)und e the doors. On Monday or Tuesday before the explosi on h smelt gas and took a lighted match, but found no escape. On the Sunday before the explosion, witness and his wife went to Thames Ditton, and were not at home when the ex— plosion took place. The CORONER said the results of that explosion were most extraordinary. He thought the parties who had had theit houses damaged would be more than re-imbursed, if they were to make an exhibition of their places. Other witnesses having given corroborative evidence, police-constable Francis, 146 S, who was on duty in the Collosseum on the night in question, said that on •hearing the report he went and found the whole of the gas lights in the street extinguished. Ile found the deceased lying on t li° pavement opposite the third house from Mr. Lotan's pre raises. Her head was knocked to pieces. The CORONER said it would be most desirable for a Jury to see a meter fitted up similarly to that at Mr. Loten's, and be adjourned the inquiry till Wednesday evening next, to allow the officer time to inquire in the neighbourhood whether any meters were so fitted up there. • uLT I J property,l tA . L pito PRECAUTION pERTy. T° IN exte C n A t s o E f da oF m F age ialts in to rv a stance greatly m in individual cases, is almostf every the whole pro creased through the practice T;icAuiGtuarlacl li upon a te y one spot, and that 1 contiguous to, a f d r u e c ci e ne o n f t t l h y e i f n ar t m he in m o id n s e t s e ta f ck o y r % i rd: m o w r thus t w re e n n d l e d ri h n e g e t x h o e ee d d eat ing ru ly ctionof desir ableho ul that i divide esone their having large quantities of hay an d corn stacks as much as possible, and t a k e care thema 3s whole of t h a a t l cmhoesdt buildings, inevitable. s n that no stack should be so ne ar a buil ding as to comtnuni mcaanteya fromifinrsetanc es eto the other. We are awa re t h at in where the premises are confined suc h a course i s no t practicable , but these more frequently occur where the amount of produce is small. Where the bulk of produce is large, and consequently the premises extensive, the precau tion we recommend can easily be take n . B e i ng now on the eve of harvest, we venture to make this suggestion as worthy of consideration. THE MOORS.-Notwithstanding that the accounts from the Moors in the Highlands of Scotland are generally g u a n in fa e vo o u n ra t b h l e e, m y o e u t a t a h in e s co n n n a t r f a e r l 3 l 'e i i s n t t h h e e fact t with resp e ct noao th . The hut birds are tolerably well feath ere d , numerous, and 'plump, unusually wild, and the broods have congregated into very large packs, which the sportsmen account for by-reason othf ethleavheirnyetw.,ehtasttattheaotfdtehy was ew a mosteatherim gloriousme immediately oo lyp e r , ec h ed ei i n n g g fair and sunny, and a tolerably stiff breeze. Mr. T. Fether stonhaugb, Mr. S. Tinkler, Mr. .1. Richardson, and Mr. J. Young, 0 R Rodrip fell, near Alston Moor, bagged respectively 12, 11i, 11, and 10 brace. Sir George Musgrave bagged 10 brace on Hart Side, end his son Master Philip, only age d 16, brought down 19 brace. Of his age, this young gentleman is one of the best shots in the north. On Shap fells the Ron. Colonel Lowther, M. P., and his son, Captain Lowther.. of the Life Guards, shot 20 and 24 brace respectively. Grouse are selling at 4s. per brace. THE TRIAL MACHINE.--A series of experiments was made beneath an immense tent or awning in Cremorne gardens yesterday afternoon, to test the powers of a maohine invented by Mr. Stringfellow, to sustain and propel itself throughout the air. The day was most unpropitious, and it would be hardly fair to pass a judgment on the powers of the machine to carry out the assertions of the inventor, or those who have witnessed it under more favourable circumstances_ It certainly possesses a propelling power, and it would appear that, with the addition of a sustaining power, it might form. an important aid to aerial or balloon experiments. A groat many scientific gentlemen and others connected with. inven-• tions were present. The attempts will be repeated to - morrow (this day), and as the thing is of rather more du .n ordinary interest, the friends of science have an oppernuetty of forming their own judgment of its merits. LI WI a I. N t.,41:4.... ,_-,...;.... tatft" ~..., , t ..r. - 7 - i -, . , -,•t.....rfiety... ! , theis,,..\ 1",-,zv•si , 4,, itt.ii.;r-- :: ---,-„ 2 ,.. 1 . .._.--, j ,4ta P which bad had made large exTc SUNDAY TRAINS. 1,2,&3 (from Carlisle Ist only). 9 15 9 5 A.M. 1 20 5 39 7 4 7 14 9 55 P.M. Et, CAR - L'ERTH, 1,2, & 3. 1 & 2 Glom Preston ist only) 9 15 9 5 A.M. 1 20 5 29 7 4 7 14 9 55 10 20 F.M. 1 0 5 16 5 0 9 16 A.M. 1 30 1 40 , 1 ert* i 419 tf ),7_,,..u,,,.., „.....t,14,, Oft ,v,. /- -, r,i ,;'\ ,"- 011 c ia -ffeltyi 4 '. 1 •af. r", 1 4 ' • V 4, [PRICE SD.