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Strangers should request 'to be landed at Battersea bridge for Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from Charing-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East end, 6d. Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. The Pyrotechnic• Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. Open for the Season. THIS DAY, July 26, a Grand Venetian Illuminative Gal .... rO- MORROW and FRIDAY next, Splendid Juvenile Fetes and Night italloon Ascent; with Fireworks, and early Bat d'Ete. _ O n MONDAY, August 2, and TUESDAY, August 3, Grand Fetes Ull. a rnpetres, for the Benefit of the Licensed Victuallers' School, with Innumerable and novel attractions. An Uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight, including Every evening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. in the newly-decorated .ravilion, in addition to the following attractions, Louis Soullier's Firclue Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu az; see Special Bills. •,,_ °ll . ll Y, this week, Great Musical, Terpsichorean, Equestrian, and .. - Y r otechnic Festivals, with all the immense resources of the Esta ullehraent. • _Daily, Grand Globe Ascent by Herr Franz de Bach, on a Narrow zlatfOrtn, 90 feet high. Macney, the Astonishing Negro Clown. Signor Devani the celebrated Ouraug-Outang Contortionist. T l lO Italian Brothers, in their Double Trapeze Performance, at an elevation of 70 feet. _ T lYt,Cretnorne Band, conducted by M. Bosisio, Mr. Hayward, L eader —Mons. Rochez and his Comical Dogs—Master Rochez, the l rPrialfig Contortionist—Madame Tallieu, the only Female Magician 441 gland—Branion Ledgers's Troupe of Ethiopian Harmonists— The Kafir Chiefs, and a Woman and Child, who will give a number ( t . 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Bowling Saloon—The Itlermit's Cell—The 4 1141 and Rifle Gallery, &c.. &c. Open at Three o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Children, Half-price. 01 1 Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee. . C IRQUE ORIENTAL. CREMORNE GARDENS. • Under the direction of Mons. Louis Soullier. cAnd of Fifty highly-trained Steeds, Poneys, and Ostriches g a _t n etPal Artistes:—Messrs. M`Cullorn, Albert de Bach, Franz de ,- _ , Jean de Bath, Devani, Macney, Victor Sou ther, Kem p , Leon Me 'Q r. Signor Vilderini ; Madlles. Clementine and Olga Souther. tve The renowned Devil Rider, Herr Wehle. Adr n aig r v _ening at a Quarter to Nine in the elegant PaYllion. Boxes, 8. , Z a the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and Phitheatre, Gd. TWELFTH OF AUGUST ~.' Comfort, Pleasur e d Success t Sportsmen are fully aware that proper sporting dress contributes an . much to their pleasure and atibeess on the event day very With this in view, Grouse Shooting commences. and novel system in cutting Sporting E. MO SS w a h n7 SON have adopted a peculiar Dress, which not only pro vides a correct fit, but gives the linabs thee power of free and pun restricted exercise with this addition e to the numerous , other y a have approved.render d E T '''.......18 so univileircshallh excellences which will be enabled to prolong their Gentlemen, when on the moots, r succes s the comfort MOSES and SON': , Sporting afforded by their Dress, and thesiDort in consequence of free, easy, and unconstrained which is essential to exercise of the members of th °°° y , the success , and in many instances to the will be facilitated e by . _the Safety, of Sportsmen. CI E Nothing o SPeTtSrean will fo rge t E, MOSES and SON'S Waterproof , nd Boots fo r th e Grouse Shooting Season. _ RANT S — Very little ob servat i on will convince you of what will be most us e f u l and profitable for you to t a k e ou t . When your l Passage is paid you are entitled to food during the voyage, but must provide your own Clothing and utensils ; you should therefore have an Outfit for the passage ; but it must be a suitable one, or it will ,Le of no use. Th e experience E. MOSES and SON h ave i n th i s reliefs enables them to provide Outfits better than any other tt_Thige- When you arrive you :namodlately require clothing. where will you get it ? and what will it cost you? E. MOSEi and • BON offer you adv an t ages ' wh i ch w i ll prove a surprising saving of time and money, and put you in possession of th e very goods you Will need. Clothing and Provisions will be your necessaries in . 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In short , every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and ultimate cure are . -escribed in d tail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Aiert, who hai taken! and academic honoura at home the is in itself a su ffi cient guarantee that those wh, and abroad, most distinguished medical will, in every instance, meet m w a r t consideration and in secrecy which ars h that delica 0 - these Place themse te lves ander his care CiffeB. 4° r equisite in the treatm ent r Published by the Author, stnd may Gilbert, 49, Pater 'heti...row ; H annay, 6 „ , oxibv be had of J. Ilsouuk s t,c . m it tutt. 23,e • .-Itzeet ; Starie, Tftehbrn , e-streot y t - o ' stattfml)4B4l44 fr7lrositbalasuathtuiar,,_'34lllll"otAttonsale' 4Y :6l .°i :ergo ' f°rntlll.fr, fort y-two w hy . TrOv 444 . ; Itolll Si; tlll Eightt f ,. 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' STS -.,. -'1 1, „ - ,, ~.. _ • IT • •, ~......- .., , ‘' - ----- -- - ------- GO OD W OOD RACES. TUESDAY EXPRESS TRAIN. - Au EXTRA EXPRESS TRAIN will leave the London-bridge '-kertninu9 for Drayton, and Chichester, on TUESDAY MORNING, at Nine o'clock. FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. London-bridge Terminus, July 24, 1852. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. The EX HIBITION being CL NOTICE OSED, Exhibitors are requested to send for their several Performances on Thursday or Friday next, without fail. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec. THE BUR N EYRAILWAir ACCIDENT. The labours of the coroner's jury in this case concluded near midnight on Saturday, having extended over three days, under the guidance of Mr. J. Hargreaves, of Blackburn. The result was unexpected —a verdict of 4 Accidental death," instead of that generally looked for, of manslaughter against Parker, the pointsumn, seho bad exposed himself to the charge by the manner in which he delegated a duty which devolved upon him to- unothorised persons. The fadts, stripped of verbiage; were developed in the course of - the 'investigation as follows: John Parker, the poinbsman, a man who had been in the eMployment of the company for a long time, and was well acquainted with the duties to be performed by -hitn in that capacity, had arranged that the two excursion traina which had gone out So York and C...eleshat day. should - on-tbeirr return bertutrulown a aamitniaanw-tf of the main line to the East Lancashire line, instead of running up to the usual arrival and departure platform, which would have been inconvenient, from the limbed space ,there at command. In order to pass the.train down the East Lancashire line, however, it was necessary that a pair of points, known as the East Lancashire points, situate about 100 yards from the sta tion, should be kept open, or the train would, of neces sity, run up to the arrival platform, where it was not intended to have it. Parker had himself made these arrangeinents with respect to where She train•was to go, and wae.quite cognizant of what was requisite in order to carry them out. As pointsman, it . was his specific duty to be at the most important points, those for turn ing the train upon the East Lancashire line, but, instead of being there, without telling any one, he delegated the duty to a man named Crabtree, who, without being paid by the company, or receiving any authority from any h h a e v e had let of their s u p er i or o ffi cers, had been ap p o i n ted as a points. man for Sund a y d uty i n t h e a b sen ce of Parker or th e guard. Ther e was not hi ng t o show that he was not remainedcompet ent w t h o e m re an h a e g w e as the t ' old poin t t o s, s a ta n nd dphoesswibolyulidf the train in properly; but he, without. any authority, told a man, named Bridge (a blacksmith, with such a penchant for railway jobs that he was accustomed, after u in the tie had finished his smithy labours, to stroll to the sta tion to take a turn there at the points when lugga ge trains were to be let in, or to assist the goods port ers ) , to do the work while he went up 'to see the tr a i n come evidence,, is partlytshtaatterotheent,engine w corroboratedhich ght bro by other train reqUired to be shunted by the .use of another pair of points (about five yards from the East Lance- Abire points) into the engine-shed siding, and that just after be had so shunted it, and before he could get back to the East Lancashire points, the carriages came down, passed the points which should have been open, and ran into the siding. The guard was quite unable to control it, and the fatal accident took place. Had he been at the East Lancashire points, " the train would haie been sent in the proper direction; but he declares he had not time to get back before the train was upon them. The train consisted of thirty five.carriages, and was laden with 1,070 persons. There were five breaks upon it, but only two guards to work them, and consequently only two were on, as the guard in charge alleged that he had calculated upon going down the longer distance, and with his two breaks he could have brought his train up. The eng ine had been taken off, so that the rever se mo tion could not be applied to retard the speed. The car .riage in which the people were killed was a third class without any compartments inside, and it was argued by the solicitors who watched the case as against the rail way company that that was a weak method of construc tion. The buffers, too, of the carriages appeared "to' have been of unequal heights, and it was urged that this had tended to rear the carriages up, and so lead to the accident. There was not a single extra man at the station to receive this large train, and those regularly there, when called on to give evidence, bandied the responsibility from one to the other in such a manner that it. was , impossible to discover on whom the responsibility rested: They all declared that Parker ought to have been at thr'irpoints, but he replied that his fluty was over at seven o'clock at night, and that really he need not have, b, en at the spot at eIL On the part of the company it was replied that-the carriages were - all carefully examined and declared sound by a competent person before they were sent on the joueney,land that the, framework of the one broken was uninjured in that part which would have to bear the shock of the col- Itsioa • that the two br ea k siwou ld h ave b een su ffi c i ent to take. the train safely down, supposing the points bad been attended to, and that iu the presence of Captain Wynn; the Government inspector, a train of 98k tons had be an brought to a standstill three times on the incline by the action of one break, less powerful than that on the train, which weighed 175 tons, and had two breaks. The irregularity of employing such men as Bridge and Crabtree was admitted; but Captain Binstead, the super intendent, said he had not the slightest conception of such a system being carried on. The jury were an hour and a half in considering their verdict, which they delivered as " We find that the four deceased lost their lives at the Burnley station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Way accidentally, in consequence of the return of the Goole excursion train running into the siding in stea d of the main line connected with the East Lancashi re Rail way, and coming in contact with the buffers fixed in the masonry abutment of the bridge at the terminu s o f the said siding, thereby causing wolent concussi on to those carriages at the head of the train, and thetooitnatladoenmotlhie he cause of the train bei ng thus run t w io e n re of fe l n he nd b . od l y of the carriage in which th e deceased y w h when no thethe train passed, p wood bridge b a r i i d d i g n e g tbehein jury r which should have been opened to shunt t h e train on to the main line. It appears to the j ury, from the ;evidence produced, that there were only two guards, each working a break, for this train C ons i st . ing of. thirty-five carriages, and containing upwards of one thousand pasbengers, which they consider q u i te inadequate to check the impetus of such a train de- Scending.an incline, and that, had more guards acoom. pt ied the train to work . the breaks, or had the en. genes not been detached from the train, and their action reversed in descending the incline, the jury are deci dedly of opinion this accident would have been, if not entirely prevented, very much less fatal in its cen se _ quences. The jury are unanimously agreed that the sole cause of this accident was owing to the deficiency o f guards and pointsmen to let the train safely down the incline into the station, and by the employment of in. competent and irresponsible men, to the want of order and discipline amongst the company's servants gene rally, and the total absence of any responsible Person to direct and superintend the safe arrival and unloading of the train; and they fe e l b oun d to state th at the greatest negligence was displayed by the executiv officials of the railway company on this occasion. It ' e the opinion of the jury that there is is great blam e to b attached to the seleetion of carriages for this train , e , mor e particularly on account of their inequality in • size and difference iu the height above the rails to the centre of the buffers, as given i n ev id ence. At the same time the jury wish to record that th e y h a d no opportun' tyo forming any opinion of their conditi on or constru ction, as die whole were removed before they were call e d to visit the station. In conclusion the jury b eg to a Pell mit to the directors of this railway that i n their oPini°R sub. the siding into which the ordinary arrival tra i ns run is fraught with danger, in consequence of being situated the bottom of an incline, and terminating apel•ai at net a strong dead buffer." SHIPBUILDING IN LIVERPOOL. Not eitintend* our many local advantages and the rapid rise of trade and commerce, it is remarkable there are only about half.a.do-"" unkn zeo shipbuilding-yards in this great port. From som e well. k a wn cause, whether the want thenf accommodation or the high price of labour, ports south and north of o e ha knows us far behind in the number and class of clipper ves se l a. ve .. l ,eft it is to be hoped this will not long continue. A. reaetin _ But pears to have sprung up amongst she shipbuilding e l m : a .. 1?: ready, and the present may be cons idered an era l a `,! history of shipbuilding in Liverpool. In a yard on the the side of the Brunswick dock the keel of a vessel of apurvbraedt of 2,000 tons has been laid. When completed she will be the largest merchantman ever built in England. The great fee_ tures in the construction of this vess el are th at she wili,ll; built of soft wood—pitch pine, with Amerizan oak floors, The great injury which the shipwrig hts of t his town have 'suffered through the influx of North American-built v essels which are sold here for about one - hal f of the coat of a g r i'' cess tish- built craft. will now probably receive a check. T he object of the builders is to compete with our Transatlantic f a o re fortnig ht a d aft brethren, and, accordingly, the American process of con struction is to be adopted throughout. A novelty in the art of shipbuilding in this country may now be witue,:sed. T he usual practice here is to join rib by rib to the keel of the vessel until her hull is completed, and then ensues the pr :nom .eex;ocifeedetthlaotngthoenvetssheel, keel, of planki ng . In the construction of this vessel the ribs are joined together on the stage, and hoisted en masse to their position. This renders the• work much more expeditious, a n d h l e a r i dl lines s y F O , l will be ready for sea in February next. She will b e will be fin h a w nd as from e* She is intended for the Australian trade, and, her long flo • Her cost is or, is expected to carry an immense cargo, charged for an expected o to be a little above half of that usually two more yardsthe last few ' -built vessel. Within , . weeks . have beenadded to the number in this town, a proof of the • h . • L' pool Mercury , increased demand for s ipping.— „v.. 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With Cases, showing its connection with Pulmo nsry Consumption and other Diseases. By THO vIAS BALMAN, M.D. M.R.C.S. and L.S.A., one of the Medical. Officers of St. Ann's Dispensary, Liverpool. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THE CHIRIQUI ROAD COMPANY, for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Provisionally Registered under 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110, to be Incorporated by Royal Charter, by which the liability of the Shareholder will be limited to he amuunt of his shares Capital £200,000, in 40,000 Shares of £5 each. The first payment (not to exceed 11. per Share) will be required when the Royal Charter shall be completed. DIRECTORS, _ Jonn David Barry, Esq., Director of Orleans and Bordeaux Rail way Company. James Davidson, Esq., merchant, Walbrook. William Brand, Esq., merchant, Fenchurch-street. Colonel Landmann, Kingsland (late R.E.) William Matheson, Esq., Gillingham, Rent. Tohn W. Itatbbone, Esq., Bell Vue, Lancashire. Tames Walkinshaw, Esq., Regent-street. AUDITORS. Assurance Cl e e n ' Directors -lane, L o e f m b il a a r d t c on s tr a et . Company.Be MEEKS. —The Commerci a l B an k of London. James Atkinson,cEssqq.:, Managingl3, J. C. Hardy, Baokans.—Thomas Moxon, Esq., Austin-friars; Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, Warnford-court. SECRETARY.--James M'Queen, Esq., F.R.G.S. Temporary Offices of the Company, 4, Princes-street, Bank, London. This Company is formed for the purpose of connecting the Atlan tic and Pacific Oceans by the construction of a plank road across the province of Chiriqui, situated in Terra Firma Proper, in the Re public of New Grenada, under many advantages unattainable by any analogous undertaking, especially the essential ones of good termin able harbourage, and safety, facility, and directness of access. A grant from the Government conferring all the land necessary for the construction of the road, and all necessary buildings, has already been obtained, with the exclusive privilege to the Proprietors of the road to establish and collect such toll and passage money as they shall think proper. The grant is for the period of 60 years ; at the expiration of that term the road is to be surrendered to the Governor of the province as provincial property, and the entire amount of the original ca pital accumulated by a reserved fund to be laid aside from the profit of the enterprise will then be repaid pro-rata to the proprietors of shares. The termini of the proposed road are in the Lagoon of Chiriqui, on the Atlantic coast, and in the Bay of Chiriqui, on the Pacific side. i The harbours and anchorage at th ese termini are excellent. nts very health y . T he coast on rY by her M a j esty ' s ship Thunder, the ThroughAu Atlantic thetic terminus h l line was the surveyed c u and that on the Pacific by her Maj es t y ' s ship Herald. These offi cial survo , s, copies of which have been obtained fromthe admiralty, fully establish the advantages here asserted, and are highly favour able to the proposed enterprise. The route has been long known and used as a provincial road. The highest elevation of the line of road between the two oceans is only 160 feet, and the steepest gradient only 18 feet to the mile. The distance from the Atlantic to the Pacific in a direct line is only 40 geographical miles, and the length of wood will not exceed 50 miles. The facilities for its construction are very great. The Chiriqui road may be open for traffic in one year, and i n f ull working order within 18 months from the period of its comm ence . ment. When completed the whole distance may be travelled within eight hours. This route is in the most direct line from Europe to the colonies of Australia and New Zealand, and as the route for the California emi gration, it is far superior to either the Panama or the San Juan de Nicaragua. It must also insure the transit of merchandise con signed to and from the west coast of America, both north and south, and a considerable portion of the specie from the same coast. A 00T tion of the trade between Great Britain and Au-tralia and New Zea land, and that of the other islands of the Pacific, may also be fairly calculated upon. A considerable portion of the g,ld procured in Aus trattin ho transmitted across this route. Notwithstanding the existing difficulties upwards of 100,000 persons crossed the Isthmus of Panama during the last year, and It 4. computed that the in creased inducements and facilities for trade and emigration fur nished by new lines of seam-ships will vastly increase the amount of traffic and travel across the Isthmus, placing it beyond doubt that this undertaking will produce immense returns. th 2o e o, sources above indicated, wiIIOWL, and th e revenue to be The amount of capitol necessary t o complete and open th e roa d i n derivedperfect order will computed be from only yield a net profit on the entire,capital of about 30 per cent., alter making a very liberal deduction' for expenses, and 5.100 laying aside a reserve fund sufficient to replace the original capital, and provide for any unforeseen contingencies. In submitting this undertaking to the public, the Directors deem it unnecessary to enlarg e on its importance, or the va s t advantages and facilities which will b e g i ven to commerial intercours e b y a safe, speedy, and econom i ca l mean s of intercom mun i cation, with e: t c la e o ll t e i n o t o h n spo pa u e r ific sadap Oceans. teto aTlloopy are permitted t o state, as a urPoses of trade, bet ween the gurrantee of its feasibilitv and realisation, that the Messrs. Wa r i ng , of London, railway con t ractors, are rea dy to un d ertake the con! struction of the road at the estimated cost, and will immediately at their own expense send their surveyors and staff to the locality to make the final survey. The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing th a t h er Majesty's Government have aczeded to the request of the pro moters for the grant of a Royal Charter of incorporation, by which the liability of the shareholders will be limited to the amount of their shares, and no payment will be required until the Charter shall have been completed. Applications for shares to be made to the brokers of the Company, or to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank, London ; where also may be obtained prospectuses, with accompanying maps, diowing the situation of the proposed rouse relative to the Panama aid Nicargua routes, and the proposed Tehuantepec and other routes, as also the relative distances of these routes across the Isthmus of Central America, and the dis tances to San Francisco, and to Sydney (New South Wales), by New Zealand, from England, New York, &c. 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We trust this may not beth to the non-medi detect any other equally flagrant evil which i last, if ho shall power to correct."—London Medical Gaaette,t ....may be in his —" The editor has conferred a great boon on the ' Ja y 3 0, 1851. distressing malady by translating this little iX)ok, ashurers from this the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, by layin esare cure a disease of which they know nothing, with who pro to than to fill their own purses. 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BY CAUTERBIZYATFI.DBN. am apparently Intractable Forms.6ndF" TbwyllitlicolistitiesfrßnaeEdietti4mids,oAst' ; CO R I:M in ENAY, Member of the Royal Colle of England. only w o h know not bow , o, e 'who complain most loudly are those T effictency and Danger. The practice of sur ggih:teuln thha: bbieestonrn::rf . 0 use the common instruments 'ndifference tions and l l the ain 4 Plo cure of diseases, and a passion for opera Surgical ge of Surgeons an horrors of surgery pure with all kinds of violence, an i .. na.--- In Proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay Observ e ati ez o ce "e? d y."—John Bell's)has 2 s ts:ty which removed in as many weeks. „,,,„ Mr; Syme adduced, and s on which he had operated great many ces uccessfully treated, as operated.' S are '''''' e s ix. al. xil . and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period pf twelve v gr in a d v u A r t a e t d i o n, characterseverityt, .th i.,. . s. treatment by dilitation, an d Was finally - — e•••• But cases xvili. and xix, appear, both than nd complication pl d ic e tad atio e n d symptoms,o h f ymr syin coif and d more t t a h g; treatment adopted by biz. Courtenay proved eminently successful." -_—_llofesscr Limo wa the Treatment of Otaictare. 111 7 JULY 26, 1852.. rbtrb Ztotton+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TA TT ERSALL'S.....—THIS EVENING. Sg o'cLoop Nothing doing. -and adwoneheto FRANCE- The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the grand gallery ' - which is intended to connect the Tuileries with the Palace of the Louvre, parallel to the rue de Rivoli, was performed at half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning. The principal who acted in the solemnity were M. Casabianca, Minister of ,State, the Prefects of Police and of the department of the . Seine, the members of the Muni cipal Commlssion, the mayors. of the arroudisements, and Other , public functionaries. Some general officers of the ary were also present in full uniforms. The clergy of the Church of St . Germain d'Auxer rois performed the religious part of the ceremony, 'and-pronounced a' solemn benediotion on the stone on which the future building is to be raised. The stone was placed irt the centre.of the deep trench dug for :tbefoundation, and nearly opposite the Palais Royal. persons Two tents were erected, with fauteuils, benches, and fables for the persons invited to the oeretnouyi and a phrinerenttedoftbe palisades raised on both sideavt-the grsidarmerie_4nobile kept the ground, from being encumbered. Coins of gold, silver; pper of the present date 'elm. pla ce d in a Vs wail enclosed in the 809 2 .e,and the other .folts. orinTrn. . : 414- --91 !lttiY"bickeiirliiiac...bw, Suitable Wrenn mere were_ by the functionaries present. _ The •state of the weather no doubt kept a way many persons, as the 'rain had fallen very heavily at intervals during a eonsiderable'.part of the day. The *Coustitutionnd announces' that a convention has been concluded between the Governments of Holland and Belgium, for the junction of the rail ways of both countries. . " The great artery," says the Constitutionnel— " Which begins at the port of Antwerp, will be ex tended to Rotterdam, and . there communicate with the Dutch railways. One may already foresee the import ance of such an operation, which will re-establish between the two countries former commercial relations inter rupted for some years by political events. We also learn from a perfectly authentic source that the Bare- 1 rihn Government has offered an indemnity of 1,400,000 &Irina to the administration of the Palatinate Railway, on condition that it - will complete within a abort delay the works of the Ludwigshafen and Wissemburg Rail road. It is in that direction the Strasburg line is to be prolonged, on the side of Prance, towards the frontier." GERMANY. The projected English railroad through the northern Turkish European provinces excites much attention in Vienna, and is pronounced by the Wanderer to be a matter even more important than the Egyptian Railway. It appears that six English engineers have already examined the country between Con stantinople and Belgrade; and in a letter from the latter city to ,Agram, a hope is expressed that the Servian Government will also construct a line from Alexinac (probably Alexinitza, near Nissa, on the western frontier of Bulgaria) to Belgrade. Four English vessels, laden with wrought and sheet-iron, are said to be on their way from the Main to Vienna. The cargoes, shipped at Liverpool, come by way of Rotterdam and Mayence to Bamberg; then along the Ludwig-Main Canal to Keblheitn, and thence down the Danube. The King of Greece is expected at Trieste on the 23d or 24th. INAUGURATION OF TEE. STATUE OF THE LATE. SIR-ROBERT PEEL. A ceremony peculiarly interesting in its character took place at Tarn worth on Friday—the inaugutation of a statue to - the, memory of one of the greatest of Eng land's statesmen in the town which he had for so long a period represented, and near which, he for the greater part of his lire,,resided. We have no time to dwell upon: the details of a ceremony which - brought to witness it all the gvntry from the surrounding district, large numbers of persons from the neighbouring manufacturing town of Birmingham, and in which the mayor and corpora tion, several memb ers o f t h e family of the late Sir Robert Peel, ar,d other persons of distinctiso took part. Suffice it to say that in front of the old Town-hall at Tamworth, on a massive granite pedestal, there now stands a majestic statue of the second Sir Robert Peel— The statue, w hi ch i s in bronze, of him fo r w h om a nation mourned. is a very striking like ed t ness of th e Ri g h t R on. Baronet; the size is 8, feet 4f.: inches; the attltudb - is g oo d , and she p ecu liarity b . feature which ch aracter i sed Sir Robert is well developed. The artist is /dr. Matthew Noble, who has certainly o done the fullest justice to th e great wor k entrust At two o'clock i n 'th e afternoon the final ceremo ny of inauguration took place in the open air, the statue. On the plettorm were Sir Charles Clarke,_ee,, mayor and corporation of Tumwortb, Sir Robert 1 l opposite to the Mr. Fred. Peel, M.P., Captain Townshend, MT, C a p.,, - , tam Peel, C. H. Bracebridge, Esq., of Atherstone-he" and a number of other persons of distinction in the neigh bourhood. Sir CuARLER CLARKE stepped forward and said — us Ladies and gentleman, th e occasion wh i c h hringe are. together this day must be looked upon as one of a WP our ful'eharacter; but the blow having been struck, H it is who duty to submit, not to question the will of - ina u are orders, and who expects to be obeyed. Many ° a you are orders, and who expects to be obeyed. Many ° atb of the not unaware of what took place hereafter the deth rhaps late Sir Robert Peel; to such as are_unt - F tna Y Pe be permitted to say that se soon - as possible after steps in telligence reached us of the death of our good friend; r , s uch were taken with a view to carry out some des mark as would enable us in a suiteble mannerto who our respect fur the memory of the g reat spirit, o f us had been snatched from us. A certain number de al's in the Town-hall, and mination to erect a monument to Sir Robert d the result was Peers memory. The question that next was, what that monument should b e; the fi r . t was a that suggested itself was a column—the ' nt x a column th itself t y g resented statue; now, it appeared to the committee that . a statue was best suited to perpetuate events, but t Ulawe deter was the beet memorial of an individual, an d t h e next mined on a statue accordingly. Well, tbe . ne was the question that presented itselt tor considerati" from the place of erection. Hint's Hill, a short distansot b _ 0 statue town, was a favourite site with some, r! might ho seen fr om a di stance; others wished that these who Statue should always b e in the presence p repon respected and lo ve d t h e man; and this f ee ling : derated, and the s t atue was erec t e d here. in the all fro - . place of Tamworth, opposite to that Town from b rme d , not m arket which his el, quanta had s o o f ten rung an d ohs his go od sense only the hear t s o f hi s b earers, but by hi s h enchained their understandings.—(Hear, r ) words lire for a occupy but a small space —they are born, t a : . A n ti„ ns brief time, and their echoes as briefly die a l v i , an d of the remain—the test of a public man's stl e r t l io l ee c reatures. amount of good or erg he effects for his feed itself for our — (Cheers,-) The next question that present loyed c onsideration was the material to be am p ii . the statue a for the statue; if this had been an Italian clim e ' v e been em ployed; ha roofed edifice, Camara marble won substantial but in this case there were be .; d we wished reasons why a more durable material should be abed of such a ma that the statue should be in the open. tenet as to stand the wear of the botscleh he encountered m ren s elements—a typ e of those boisterous elements ' t i e eloquence of the in the House of Commons, where _ man y years with late Sir Robert Peel shone forth for so he such distinguished lustre, and wher e We resolved then obtuined such world wid e — such lasting reputation. on what i s ca l led a br mr-, statue, an em blem capable of standing all weathers—the rainstorm and whose repute and the sunshine, alike typical of him whose character tion had withstood every shock, and who was alike the ct of the House of glory of his country—the ornatne Commons—and the friend of hisdthe large competition neighbours.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet next describe ecation of the monu which had taken place for the ex ntered the celebrated ment in this town; into Behnes, to whom was awarded sett statue having de 3etttfor the second best design, the glory of executing b .. the committee, upon v°l7 ed, after mature deliberation , Mr -Noble. Well, ladies, and gen tlemen (continued Sir C harles) the w or k is executed — t here he stands ; let ' wa s instantly removed him be exp ose d. (Th e covering nt es e ed, almost life-like, from the statue, and in it was D the late Si r R o b ert P ee l. It is , w onderful likeness, an d for several minutes t h e audienceso sorrowfully.) Sir Charles rrowf gazed on it silently, and• as mi g h t b e seen, peculiarity of th e s i te, Clarke w ent on to describe the the face b e i ng turne d, as it seemed to the rep orter, N W. by N. First (be said), t he blew had been struc k . which l a id Si r R o b ert Peel d called up on hi m for low, an that debt whi c h- a ll must Pay;the wo rld was then to t ever y ei ything; and by th e h im nothing—he had been to was repres en t e d : his s tatue the first of four po sit back w as turne d on the p groat assembly in w hi ch he years Played for so man y" so conspicuous a part, the House o f Commons;let " hope that he has found a h ome in hea ven. On the r a iht of the statue was the chu rc h in whi c h h e worsh i ppe d; °n the left, in the distance, palace which he built, an d which a I,e li ved Was to inhabit ; magnificent .:it; whilst, lastly, hi s f ace was not loner w here be was born —t o that Co unty where the wealth of his father was hon est l y and honour a bl y o b ta i ne d.-- (Cheers.) In con c l usion, Sir Charles Cl ar k e finallyPre presented to the May or of Tam worth the st atue . u t Sir Robert Peel. He char ge d him to p r otect it as he would a neighbour and a friend i n diffi m su cceeding may o rs, and from eal tY; he asked ibis fro he charged them to protect the the t own of a . r , amwor tb• .- ,_ Hobert Peel as an erudite sc h olar, statu e of the g teat Sir able and ambitious d gentleman, as an as an ac oom plishe He charged the town t o p rotect Memb er of Parliament. the statue of Si r Robert Peel as a good end a reli g i ous man; of one th or ouzblY a ttachedb a d to the town t o w hi ch and to wh om h e an d theya d been thoroughly attached, had a cloitetpl et acoepted doubt, thes be fully appreciated The MAYOR (W. a n d 0 he said, that the charge would carried into effect.—(Cheers.) trust, and pledged himself to see sentences, e h n e c es, K ni ght Esq.), in a few graceful that the charge of kindly remembered. ' Ills - .iiorship feelingly adverted to in conclusion, said---es of the late Sir Robert Peel; and, " Soflourish After this formal es and fades majestic man." the Town-hall, where s ome the company retired to proportion being ladiesome 300 persons—the larger served up by Mr. partook of an elegant dejeuner, Sir Charles Clarke again R hode s, of the King's Arms Hotel; Sir C. CLARKE (who hziresided. been Si r R o b ert ' s p h ys i c i an), w ith kindly allusion s to the Peel, gave the toast "To his ' domestic life of Sir R o b ert in solemn silence. memory," which was drunk The MAYOR of rr ...ANWOR TEt goo d health of Sir Robert Peelnext gave a to as t, " Th e f a mily. " , and the m em b ers o f hi s 'Sir ROBERT. PEEL briefly and 1 knowledged the compliment thus w.th great feeling ac in promising to convey t h e ex paid to his family; and went to his mother,: Lady Peel, ex pression of that compli. that ha.knew she would be deeply wh o was abroad, he said the moment she might be overc ome in and that for in her sense of gra.. titication at the kindness evinced i n ked, all who bore the na me " this occasion, as must, poasessed any .claima of kindred. of Peel and who isfaction at seeing the statue Placed in e7ressed his sa amworth mar ket phoe _ s spot irrevocably associated o nbli o career and p olitic al renown.—, _with his fath er ' s Hon. Bonne t proposed do Th e health o lmuse.) The Clarke." Sir Si r CHARLES ack nowl edged the comp l iment bri e fl y , and ,proposed the h ealth of the Mayor of Tamw ort h „idol his WorshipisbrieflY acknowledged. fs Mr. FREDERICK PEEL , M.P., who was r - Te d 4" '029._2t40130.94 cordialicordial . manner, in : a most el 11 Teelirli, alla'thOUghtrirlipeeoh;..galit-7-the.heattatt, artist emploYed, i n executing the statue, Mr. Noble, ei praising. hi s complete sense of the difficulties an artist must always encounter in the - endeavour to catch the soul and the spirit of the original in conveying by the a id o f the penMl and the chisel the subject to canvas or poke' feelingly of his illustrious father's to marble. He 8 fidelity to poplar institutions, and of his sympathy with and for the pFpoperity of the humbler classes in this country, an d expressed his satisfaction that not only here but throughout the country, his labours, his princi ples, and his p ublic Conduct were fully appreciated. - Mr. C. A. LI R AeKBRIDGE afterwards addressed the as sembly, chiefly in praise of the excellence of the statue; 1 and after Mr. Noble and Mr. Hanwell had respectively returne d thanks for their healths being drunk, the com party disperse d. . • They dispersed to even a pleasanter scene. Sir Ro bert Peel , had kindly thrown open his grounds and hie house and. , fine gallery of pictures to the public, whither the people flocked to view and admire the floe taste of the late Sir Robert in getting toge ther se fine a collection of his most celebrated contem poraries. • But no time is left to us to speak of Drayton Manor or its contentst in the cool evening the people reveren tially wended their way to Drayton Bassett, where Sir Robert lies buried, and tearfully they looked on his tomb. His school and form-fellow's grave at Hucknall Torkard, or Erskine's in the remote county of Linlith gow, are now ho more drearily situated than is that of 'the great ' Sir Robert Peel. But he is remem bered, and his memory will be cherished by English. men when those who assailed him and his policy a re forgotten. MARSHAL EXCELMANS. The deplorable accident which has terminated the life of Marshal Excelmans deprives the French army of al most the last of that illustrious generation of soldiers who won their first laurel s under the e y e s of the Em peror Napoleon, and held the rank of general in the divisions of the Imperial army. Whatever others may have had to say or to unsay on the events which have restored a member of the Bonaparte family to supr e m e power in France, Gen eral Excelmans had a right to act neon his well known and undeviating fidelity t o t h e Imperial cause. He was the officer who first rallied hi s division after the battle of Waterloo, and it was he who marched upon Paris, and chucked the advance of the Prussians by the brilliant skirmish at Versailles, which was the last incident of the war. During the Restora tion BO man was more suspected or persecuted than Ex cell:nuns. He was tried on one occasion by conrt-martial, on suspicion of keeping up a tre isonable correspondence with Murat, who was still King of Naples at that time, this charge being only supported hy a letter of civility which was seized by the French police in the private papers of Lord Oxford, as he was passing through France. He was subsequently banished from France altogether, without trial, and resided for some time in the Grand Duchy of Nassau. Even after he had permission to return to his native country, and was raised to the dignity of a Peer of France by Louis Phi lippe, he did not hold the high military appointment! or receive the first military honours to which ho was emi nently entitled by the length and brilliancy of his ser vices, It remained for the nephew of the Emperor to confer the staff of a Marshal of France on this venerable but vigorous survivor of the Imperial armies; and ac cordingly the first nomination to this high honour which Louis Napoleon had it in his power to bestow was very properly giv en to General Excelmans. His commission as a General of Division bore date the Bth of Sept., 1812; and General Haris P e is his only surv iving senior officer of that rank i n the whole army. Marshal Excelmans was born on the 13th of Novem ber, 1775, at .Bar-le-Du e i n t h at mart i a l prov i nc e of France which Louis Napoleon has just traversed. He joined the army very young, and distinguished himself in the 3d battalion of the Meuse udder the orders of Ge neral Oudinot in 1799. Shortly afterwards he was at tached to the person of Murat as his aide-de-camp, and their intimacy continued almost uninterruptedly until the close of Joachim Murat's adventurous and ill-starred career. At the opening of the campaign of Austerlitz he displayed extraordinary bravery at the affair of Wertingen, p rev i ous to the capitulation of Ulm. The Austrians were at dinner in a hamlet in advance of Wertingen when the advance of the French was an nounced. They sprang on their horses and rallied their men, whose fire checked the advance of the enemy. At this moment Excelmans, -than a mere captain of Dragoons, galloped•up; and his share in the honours of that day is thus recorded by the historian of the Empire: —"He dismounted, with 200 Dragoons who had volunteered, and, dashing forward with their carbinss in head, they cleared the spot of those who oc cupied it. Fresh detachments of Dragoons came up in the meantime; the Austrians were pressed closer and closer; they. were followed into Wertingen by the French, who passed through the town, and found them selves before a rising ground, with nine Austrian batta• lions formed into .one square, not extended, bat close and deep, and with artillery and cavalry on the wings. The. gallant Excelmans, without a moment's delay, charged the square, and in the shock had his horse killed under him. Colonel Meaupetit was killed by his side. Notwithetanding the vigour of the attack, the compact mass remained unbroken. At length Murat made his appearance with his masses of cavalry, and Lannes with the Grenadiers of Oudinot. Murat charged the enemy with his squadrons; and Lannes led his Grenadiers on the border of a wood in the distance to cut off the retreat of the Austrians. 2,000 prisoners, several pit ces of cannon, and some flags were captured. Lannes and Murat, who bad seen Excelmans actually on the point of the enemy's bayonets, commissioned him to convey to Napoleon the news of the first success obtained, and the flags taken from the enemy. The Emperor received at Donauwirth the young and brilliant officer, promoted him in the L gion of Honour, and delivered to him the insignia in the presence of the whole of the staff, in order to give greater distinction to the first recompense merited in this war " ...... Ile fought his way to the rank of General of Brigade on the field of Eytau, and shortly afterwards was sent with Murat to Spain, where he was employed in the nefarious plot of Bayonne, and conveyed the Royal Family of Spain out of their dominions, not without some difficulty in covering their ignominious retreat. Gad he not been taken prisoner shortly afterwards, and detained for three years in England, General Ex celmans would probably have risen earlier to the highest rank in the army. But he was exchanged in 1811, soon enough to serve in the campaign of Rus sia, and obtained the rank of Lieutenant-General, as we have said, in September, 1812, on the day after the battle of Moscow. In this capacity he served with ability in the campaigns of Saxony and Silesia in th e following years; especially distinguishing himself in the campaign of 1814, during which he was placed at the head of the cavalry of the Imperial Guard. He also commanded the 2d division of cavalry at Waterloo, and, as Napoleon attached the greatest importance to the tact and intelligence, as well as bravery, of th ose officers whom he especially selected for th at arm, a higher com pliment could not have been paid to the abilities of Ge neral Excelmans. After the loss of the battle he was almost the only officer in command of the scattered legions of France who appears to have retained his judgment and to have done his duty. Ile marched to wards Paris to support the resistance of the capital, i f any was made; but, finding that the war was over, he retired to Clermont-Ferrant and sent in his subniission to the King. His active life may thus be said to have terminated before he was 40 years of age, and anothergeneration of men sprang up to wear the favours of the Courtot' Louis the honours of the army. But the elect Seen He was Napoleon found him still in a vigorous 4.. g oltiaovour by the appointed Chancellor of ,the Legion °f and 3d of Do- Prince in August, 18'49'; and on the 2 d 6es ~ and the Boule cember last. when the Champs E l j u - , h with irresistible gener and yards were lined with troops liberties of France, force the resistance of Paris end a ged in securing to Marshal Excelmans was activelyhcenagraiy. the Government the supporlP e t t b best of those who fol- He. was as a man one of , oc , s fortunes, for he w as lowed in the train of Nalr' tlc; without ostentation, and without inordinate ambition, attached to his neafondlyrest without avarice. lie wass d i t was impossible to see • ' his domestic connexions , slightlysad bent with age, or to Watch tall war-beaten form, • . r( cognizing the his resolute countenance, withoutstamp of a soli There is som e thi ng pe culiarly termination melancholy i n t he abru pt of such a [PRICE SD. career by the stumble of a horse on a summer's evening ride from Sevres to Breteuil ; yet it is still more remark able how many of the companions in arms of liapoleoe, who escaped i❑ early life,the perils of innumerable bat tles, have died at last by more vulgar accidents. It is probable that the vacancy thus created in the list of Marshals of France will give additional force to the claims of those to whose military support Louis Na poleon is so deeply indebted. It was, however, already contemplated that the names of the new Marshals would be declared on the 15th of August, and this event will render their promotion more easy and natural, for there are now but four French Marshals in existence, of whom Jerome Bonaparte is one, and two more are disqualified tor service by old age. As political proscription has swept away the most prominent and worthy candidates for these appointments, and as time accustoms men to any caprices of fortune, we shall probably see General St. Arnaud and General Castellade in the highest rank of the French army.—Times. .t. t., . ~ r 7 1 .? / CUTTING OF THE KOH-I-NOOll. The first step was taken on Friday afternoon in the progress of an operation intended to bring forth the beauties of this celebrated diamond into a greater pro minence than they have hitherto exhibited. This pre cious stone, which was the cynosure of the World's Ex hibition of 1851, attracted, from the multitudes who last year gazed upon it, expressions of disappointment at the somewhat dim radiance of its lustre, not fulfilling the expectations entertained from the high flown descriptions which had been given of the Mountain of Light—a title which many beholders held to be a misnomer. This dis appointment having come to the knowledge of those.into whose possession it had passed, suggested the desirability, if practical, of effecting such alteration in the shape of the diamond as would remove the admitted defects of the oriental cutting, to which it had been subjected by its original proprietors. Wi t h t h is view vices seientific gentlemen m were taken, the opinions Oftfa• having been a tome doubts expressed a to the possibilitl Wt the gem without incurring a great risk of its destruction. Professor Tennant and Mr. Mitchell were especially requested to examin e and report upon th e practica bility of th e gentlemen accordinglysuggested improvement. Thes e sc i en tifi c prepared a report, where i n they ad m i tte d the improvement which the proposed alteration in shape would effect upon the Koh-i-Noor, but expressed fears that any lateral cutting would endanger its integrity. was then d e t erm i ne d to sub mit the matt er to the oopinionswn of practical l a pid ar i es; and with that v i ew the Haymarket, M essrs . Gar rard, of Panton•street, H a y were instr uc t e d to obtain a report fro m competent perso persons s t h e r v e e u r p s o e n d in diamond cutting. Th ose gentlemen i consulted Messrs. M. and E. C oster, of Amsterdam (the diamond cutting trade having been entirely of tto this country), who, while admitting the accuracy the fears expressed in the report of Professor Tennant and Mr. Mitchell, nevertheless were of opinion that the dangers were not so formidable as to prevent the in tended operation from being safely effected, provided the necessary skill of superior artists was employed. This opinion was sufficiently encourag ing to induce an order for the preparation of the requisite machinery to be erected upon the premises of Messrs. Garrard, and accordingly a small steam-engine of from two to four-horse power was erected, under the direction of Mr. Joshua Field, of the firm of Maudslay, Field, and Sons, which was on Friday after noon for the first time put into practical operation. his Grace the Duke of Wellington having manifested great interest in the precious gem, so associated with the land of the East, where his first, and not least glorious, lau rels were won, attended several times during the pro gress, of the preparations, and on Friday honoured the establishment in question with his presence, to personally assist in the commencement of the delicate operation about to take place, this being the largest diamond cut in Europe for at least one century. His Grace was received by the Messrs. Garrard, and the Kohti- Noor having been embedded in lead, with the excep tion of one small salient angle intended to be first submitted to the cutting operation, his Grace placed the gem upon the seatie—an horinontal wheel revolving with almost incalculable velocity—whereby the ex posed angle was removed by the friction, and the first facet of the new cutting was effected. This, the first step in the operation, forms but a small item of progress, as it is expected that the work, under the hands of the two Dutch artists to whom it has been entrusted, will occupy a period of some months, it be ing, t:s may be conceived, a work of great delicacy, in volving an sepal amount of skill and care. The Koh-i- Noor is intended to be couverted into an oval brilliant, and the two Finaller diamonds which accompany it are to he similarly treated as pendants. The present weight of the principal gem is 186 carats, and the process now in course of progress will not, it is anticipated, diminish in any material degree its weight, while it will largely increase its value, and develope its beauties. Some con versation took place respecting the doubts imputed to have been cast by Sir D. Brewster upon the identity of the Koh•i-Noor; but the general opinion amongst those hest acqqinted with the subject appeared to be, that it was impossible for Dhulcep Singh to have palmed off fictitious diamond, when his constantly wearing it on state occasions must have rendered it perfectly familiar to thousands who would instantly have detected any attempt at subsitution. The more probable assumption was stated to be, that the weight of the Mount%in of Light had been more Orientale somewhat exaggerated. We re g r e t to add, that Mr. Sebastian Garrard. in superintending the erection of the machinery, had the misfortune to fall throug h an aperture in the floor,an ; thereby breaking one of the small bones of his leg' accident which prevented hi s bein g present on Friay last. The brief historical sketch of this celebrated diamond is as follows:—The Koh-i-Noor was found in the mines of Golconda, and was presented by the Viceroy of the Deccan to the Great Mogul, from whose successors it was taken by Nadir Shah. On the assassination of Nadir Shah, it was seized, with his treasury, by his general, Abmeed Shab, the abdalee, who took it to his native country, Affghanistaa, of which he became the sovereign. Hi s d es cendant, S hah Sooja, when obliged to fly his country, took it with him, and h throw ing himself upon the protection of Ronjeet Sing, was , by a little torture skilfully applied to the mind and body, made to surrender it to hie generous host. On Runjeet's death it was inherited by Dnuleep Singh. and on the late revolt and defeat of the Seikhs was yielded to the British Crown by special clause in the treaty then con cluded. 1 ---------- _ RAILWAY IN TtLL tGENCE. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY S The works on the extension line of this railway, from Navan to Kells, are progressing, and it is expected that, in the course of a few months, it will be ready for trstfc. ENNISKILLEN AND ,SLIGO RAILWAY. —It appears that the grand jury at the last assizes in Sligo passed a reso lution approving of a project for a railway to connect the towns of Sligo and Enniskillen. and pledging them selves collectively and individually to promote it by everrmeans in their power. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The towns line 'of this railway opened on Thursday last, by which the town of Tuxford is placed in a position (as regards the transit of heavy goods, coals, agricultural produce, &c.) which it has never enjoyed before, having had neither n.he rail or water conveyance within six miles of the tow T opening of this line has long been anxiouslylooked for by the inhabitants, but no particular de monst ration took place on the occasion. A large party, consist ing of bub contractors, inspectors, & 0., of the works, with several of thq tradesmen of the town, sat down to an excellent dinner at the Sun Inn; Mr. Dexter, draper, see., occu pied the chair; numerous toasts having been proposed and responded to, and several _songs sung, the party separated, after spending a pleasant and convivial evening. It is further proposed to celebrate the open ing of the line, as far as this town is concerned, by a pub lic dinner, at the beginning of next month, a t Mannell:s Hotel, from whi c h inn _an omnibus runs to meet each train at the station.—Doxeaster Gazette. RAILWAYS IN SPAlN.—Projects for the improvement of the mea ns o f communication between one part of the country and anoth er , appear to b e receiving increased attention at t h e h ands of the Spanish Governme"eir 0011 - Madrid 00- Madrid G aze t te pu bli s h es the decree grantingo h er the ca cession cession to th e company f orme d in ta i n s the nalization of the Eb ro . The none P s P e it a drid to Iran , definitive concession of the railway frluiuthorises the sale and a royal decree at the same of public property to thiproviuctei Segovia, and Za- Avila, Logrono, Valencia, Salsa: l r e %. invested in the sweet Burgos, Valladolid, mora, the proceeds of which are Record. shares of this line.--.Railw a y __.:-......... BRIGHTON. Joitx.... - 11 — h t was slowly deep- A SCENE OF twill On Monday g eve upon our cliffs were seized suing - into night, 00001 of fear and terror. Every withenl the ii v liest h er be se en gathering in groups,. con whera the 7 °lg o : an d hurried tones, an d a ll di rect i ng yersing in " o 17 1 ( t 1 p a inful intensity, t owar d s an ob their g"isib ° ls an the verge of th e h orizon westward. t v jeot 142i rection were dimly to b e di scerned rising clouds In th ",,".,..1 An d a red glare refl ecte d on the still waters. of s mok e , .At first this appearance w as scarcely perceptible ; but it bee one momentarily mo re v i v id , the smo k e thicker, the fl am e brighter, a n d t h en there ran from one end of t he cliff to the other the exciting intelli gence that there was " a ship on fire in the O ffing." All was now confusion. Ladies were running to and fro on the Esplanade, demanding why some thing was not done—why somebody was not sent out? Gentlemen poised their telescopes, and, nautically astute, were heard to declare that " there was a fire in her hold, —a terrific fire in, her hold." " But why are th ere no flames ? " ask e d the bewildered crowd. " She's smouldering," answered they with the glasses; " burst out directly. Now, now. No, that's a signal of distress run up the mct. See, th e y' re an swering it at Worthing . " The crowd could see anything. They were answering at Worthing. The flames were bursting out; they could see them now, and sce the coast-guard rushing down to the beach, put off their boat, and make for her, while other boats were f o ll ow ing. Oh, shocking, shocking! In the midst of the excitement the red glare suddenly vanished. ," g one dews!" shrieked some excited spectator. " S he gone down," re-echo e d f ar an d w id e , an d t-I.IL ex. .... t preasions of sympathy and alarm were Puets' - / But suddenly the red light re-appeared. " She's come iup agin," cried some irrevent fester; but no ,ono laughed, the scene was too exciting, too awful, for laughkr. " She's making for the pier," was the sudden cry. Instantly everybody made for the pier. But, 1 between the Esplanade and the pier stands the Custom-house, and there to the general indigna• tion, the imperturable " watch" leant against the railing unmoved. " What —what ship is that?" asked everybody at once. " That?" replied the guard, slowly heaviig round and pointing. " Yes,, yes; that out there.' " Oh, that? Why, that's Captain Bullock's reventy, boat a surveyin' the cor.st, and she's signallin' to some of our men to go cut to her; that's all. There was a general expression of thankfulness and relief, a curse or two muttered against the system of signalling at.night, " just to frighten people," and the crowd dis peraed.-.—Brightcn Guardian. OREperiodwillT E elapseE G R be A lo P re ll ß S elfast is placed A very brief in direct communication esith the three capitals of these I kingdoms, as well us with the capitals of th e cont i- Ineut. Measures to this effect are progress, and will not, we aresaa ti t sfie pr d esent in meet with impediment or procrastinati on . The scheme of telegraph actually agreed to by the new comp v takes in Dover, London , Birmingham, Wolverhampton, M a nchester, Bolton, Wigan, Liverpool, preisitt°on, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Greenock, L.' Great Britain and Dentighadee, B e lf ast, Dub lin, Galway, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, C or k, and the intermediate towns in Ireland. Lines of eigh t wires are in daily operation between Liverpool, Wi gan, Bolton, and Manchester ; a six-wire line is to extend from the latter city to London and Dover; from Liverpoel to Carlisle the line, which i s subterranean, consists of four wires, and from Portpatrick to Donagbadee the company have al -1 ready made the preliminary arrangements . for sub merging a series of six insulated wires, prepared_ and made by the same eminent engineers by whom the Dover and Calais cable was fabricated. The two-wire line between Dublin and Galway has already given the most ample satisfaction to the directors of that line of railway; and the same may be said of all the other lines which the company have constructed in England and Scotland. We may state that the scheme above projected the company intend shall be carried out most fully, and, we will add, in a vary short time hence. As a proof of this assertion, it may be added that the wires for the Irish inland lines are at present at the Ulster Railway terminus ; th a t the wires for the County Down line are also at the County Down Railway Company's terminus ; and that the ~antes ror immersion aerubs the Channel are at Gates head, at the Messrs. Newell's works, undergoing the spiral laying of the iron wire which is to encase them. Inside the external iron wire casing i s a coating of gutta percha, in which the wires were enclosed by Mr. Statham, of the Gutta Percha Company, some time since. The process at the Messrs. Newell's must be nearly, if not already com pleted; and, on that being done, and the wires tested, it only remains to carry the rope to the harbour, and lay it across. That this final operation will be attended with no discomfiture that skill and ability can avert, is sufficiently guaranteed by the success attending on the great achieve ment of the Dover and Calais Submarine Telegraph—an enduring monument of their ability in coping with and overcoming obstacles which, to other eyes, seem well nigh impossibl e . Th at the company are en titled to every respect and confidence we our readers. can assure We have the authority of Mr. M'Neile, of the Northern Bank, for stating that the proprietors are gentlemen o f the highest standing in the commercial circles of England. What they engage to do there is no doubt but theywill perform ; and, under these circum stances, we promise our f ourselves the pl e asure of shortly congratulating the important undertakin rtiheands on th e com pl e ti on of in stantaneous communicationg with t is to place us in commerce in the wor ld . - - Northern principal seats of —l Vorthern Whig. • 'ND ON . SHOPS OF OLDEN TIME S ,tephen, who wrote i n t h e time of Be yIL . z nsays: " Men of all trades, sellers of all sorts r of labourers in every work, every mornin g are in their wares, distinct and several places." These situations were sometimes varied, and in the time of Stow are b y hi m described as follows:—" The goldsmiths of G uthren ' s lane and the Old Exchange are now for the most part removed into the south side of the West-Cheap. Th e pepperers and grocers, of Soper-lane, are now in Buck lersbury and other places dispersed. The drapers of Lombard-street and of Cornhill are seated in Candle wick-street and Watling-street. The skinners from St. Mary Pellipus, or at the Axe, into Bridge-row and Wall brook. The stock fishmongers in Thames-street, wet fishmongers in Knight Hider-street and Bridge-street," &c. &c. Before the settlement of the various crafts into rows of shops, they depended for the sale of their goods to a great extent on the regular fairs, which were then the principal means of traffic. At that period Bucklers bury and other localities of the several trades would consist of a sort of village of rude dwellings, in which the workmen carried forward their trades. In course of time some of the more active or skilful would exhibit specimens of their manufactures outside the doors and at the windows of their houses. Some would then add a stall covered, as a means of defence from the weather. These would gradually give place to permanent erections, projecting from the dwelling, similar to those we see in Aldgate-street, High-street, Camden Town, and other places where private house:, have been altered for the purposes of trade. Two or three of the shops in Fleet street, near the Temple, have been little changed except by the introduction of glass, &c., since the time of James I. Our re.ders passing that way may notice the heavy proji.ciion aad small windows peculiar to the period. Until within a short t i me Dv, a shop, one of the last of the bulk shops, bad probably remained with but little alteration since the time referred to.—Builder.. DRUItY-LANE THEATRE,. A general meeting of the Theatre Royal Druiy-lene Company of Proprietors took place on Saturd a y, i n the saloon bt the theatre, to receive the annual report of the committee; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., presided. The report stated that the committee were under the necessity of announcing that Mr. Bunn having declined to continue the lease since June leaf, the theatre had not been let at the latter portion of the year, as had been anticipated at the previous meeting. Those advantages, therefore, which would have resulted to the proprietors had the theatre been conducted by so experienced a ma nager as Mr. Bunn, had not been realised. That gen tleman on taking the theatre had had many serious dif ficulties to surmount, and a very heavy expenditure to incur, which had been materially increased by the limited period allowed for the completion of the works. The decoration of the theatre and the whole preparation of the opening had been effected by Mr. Bunn within the short space of ten days, which was all the commit tee could allow him by their agreement. Under these circumstances the committee had been unable to meet the current expenses of the season in full, while the lessee remained unremunerated for his outlay; but that outlay, which had been very considerable, remained for the benefit of the pro prietors. Negotiations were under consideration to enable tho committee to offer the theatre to another tenant, and confident hopes were entertained that they would be able to effect that desirable end. Adverti_sea ments had been inserted with a view of letting it, e an d d ate treaty was negotiating on the subject, but up 2_th gentleman of of the report no result had been arrived at. t o com mittee had appointed Mr. T. M. Nelson, great ability in his profession, to be t he architect theatre, in room of the late Mr. S. 1 3 g revicips balance of re ceipts during the year , he ee s a z r i c e h y i . tect of the 2151. 6s. 4d., had amounted i 3 j eav ieg a present balance disbursements to 3,438 1. 03. 6d., 145. 114„ and the bad received through the nclu to din_ 9 8 21 p of 54/, 14s. sd. The renters means at the disposal of trustees 59 5 / 4 but the limite d occasioned an arrear to the committee had necessa r ily charges, and an additional t of their rent them in respect arrest to the Duke 'of Bedford o n account of th e ground . rent. Messrs. Julli n and Gye had punctually paid up the rent of their e p o rtion of the past year, amounting , to mark was made upon the report, ~.,_ N o re 1,207/. tie- w hich was adop ted nem. eon. The retiring members of t he comm i t t ee wer e re - elected . The auditor and a sub committeeware appointed, and the proceedings termi be cus tomary compliment to the chairman. nate d with t BY MACHINERY. -We had the the operation of a machine for 131trel"nbEgtafdaa, at Messrs. Hart's, the Atlas Works, a g bricks with great rapidity, nicety of shape, end "I n - m in i - a of material. Mr. Hart, the inventor, is a young .froad, of witness ing man,nof no ordinary turn of mechanical ingenuity, having oombated, and we think overcome, the many di ffi culties which it is well known have hitherto prevented the introduc- Bo a r as o4 - h tion of a similar contrivance. By testing its capabilities we get 26,000 perfect bricks in ten hours, this being done ;from the beginning of the operation of bringing the clay in its rough state to the final stacking in walls for drying. Although new to ourselves we are told that the machine a already being used in various parts of Europe. The one we saw is intended for the Grand Yorkshire Agricultural Exhi bition at Sheffield, to take place early next month. THE PATENT LAW AMENDMENT AcT.-This Aot, which received the royal assent on the Ist instant, "for amending the law for granting patents for inventions," con tains fifty-seven clauses, and a schedule of forms. It will take effect from the Ist October next. The Lord Chancellor and others are constituted Commissioners of Patents for In ventions, three of whom may aet, the Lord Chancellor -o; Master of the Rolls bei ng one. T he Comm i ss i oners are f are to be use a seal, and to frame rules and regulations, whichde offices laid before Parliament. The Treasury is to prow jilted. for the purposes of the Act, and o ffi cers may be d a z. the Every petition and declaration is to be compare d n ti for letters provisional specification. " Every app lica ti on t he commis petent made under this Act shall be referred mill think fit. sioners, according to such regulations " they & be to one of the law o ffi cers. 'No lett ers patent are to o f the warrant -they issued after three months from the date t h e great seal, for the are to be valid, when issued under reg ister is to be kept of all whole of the United Kingdom. I letters. The fees and stamp to be paid are set forth in duties Act. the schedule annexed to the r RAILWAY STATION,- On Saturday morn ROBBERY AT HlG"liring thieves broke into the cashier's office at t h e HighburY g in some station of the East a nd -- Company, and stole 231. 13s. 3d. West India Dock Ra ilway CLOCK TOWER AT BILLINGSG ATE. -For T a , law CL--- workmen have been busily engaged in fi tting - at t Billingsgate with the works of the some days P tower a ,' the new clock t g the tones of the different bells erected in clock, and trymoinexion therewith, and for other parPme g • ' the tower faces o f the l clock on each of the tour sides of the tower The - - e viously completed, and the hands having been orn. I had been pr eviously . e the clock was set going on T yneilenpor , fixed ther ein, k t ver7 good time during the of t of d eP , will he grea t higt the Billingsgate improvements w thd with and at uon rv i c e to the numerous parties conne7 v ic i n ity of and on ' te e n - c li n g the market, a s well as in the ee, is of yery ' the river. The clock, which, as may be PP. sti anct the tones are 1 large dimensions, strikes the quart ers e cathedral church ' very sonorous, resembling those of a lar $ in quality, and may be distinctly heard at a considerable I ' distance. , f li~ ~:~~ 0° 3 ITt ell Fi fth* rn~,101; Po ° V 134 Me' ~~ 4 b 1