The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-11 00:00:00

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LIFE ASS - 1 . 1 ANCE. .. . to ell the Ireeertant A d vantagee hitherto It: - d Corr' tile Publ:e ilietineenishes the S ' SIB ~ .ere UNION INSURANCE The i • 1•1)24i,,•ei-id ineinrp'oret'ed I,e. C0 11"A N V ‘ , .. 111 ._ ' B ,reent r Roesel Charter. •e'rf'ne te ' a l t :, i n i : : s l n i i a i t e l , e to t t : is,a l t : r.,c ' c l .:lffi o i, ; t i lo c - g th m i .t r s e e le.. i., of s t l h i e , lo)nrrsatitespooflicthie; * ` 4 ; and r e ti ng, Cla ss ; ec..edprevions to the Ist f A uguet with as le 0 . , eth seteelio.. aslng Insuring their Li es ; s9 as to Lei li ' l , delay ~,.. te , I , °flies, should make the roec::els Li ar '" or% ttp s - } ' , l' °- ' 11 ) 1 e. 1 r - on ,tay b e hi d , 0ri.,,,,, Proposals, and every informe.- iefe2s.9lfi eee Nor'. tri0,,1,,,141.icn to the Secretary, at the Chief 141 ; :sol.lf7r3is „nx;i0111..".,...e. 'West Strand ; or at the Cry 13renele c illiarn-:tree:, Mansion house, between ~,,,t le , l ees 'el m , e , e Four. . 419, it arcs arc proeosed (..,, , ,s Assurance, must be dyeset Sttaed 111 3''S Mesiteal Adviser, at the Office, No. ontrtl,,te R a‘t _ ~ on Tuestleys, at Eleven ®'Clock. Se p')• ' , are demanded for Australia and the Colonies ..-- - ° "' sll l7ni s nO , F. G. SMITH, Secretary. SE C 6- . tar es •T'Te. 449, West Strand, London. ! Iv 7,__________ __ tts) COLONY .OF NEW , et teal q e , ti, whoA LAND. tl,, tot :stl C e l e 'nen, are tegaged in preparing te found 'litr e Ih s Fie P e . , l i n N ets' Ze eland,' on a plan reeembling tis eof us nf th, , Ne°,:.one whicl' s emigrated in 1839, under the li i s i_ t :ther e I , h 0 ' A Z eaier el Company, invite the co-opera- Ils k it,ltereled • ff. nia 3',. disposed to join in the enterprise. 44 : l e i v olt, . - z ia n t ,t eh e, .cond Colony ehall be on a larger scale PD t r la l' , l". kJ d emigrate in a body during the en 4 iurthsr ,inf. 1) . ti , ,,Z 4 ;_eet, 4,1 t, iiL)..ition apply, by letter, or personally, every tiewe, c el , e 7 Le of Teclve to Four, to Bryan Edward . liis e - _ - . see ,ste Room, New Zealand House, London. ' 4 I.ii ---------- - _ I NDIA C seit e r y IA SUGAR COMPANY. Nqti e -5°,000 /., in 25,000 Shares of 101. each. *pe ed 'isl, , pepesit 1/. eer Share. sil t at t , , .-rehy given that Aceoents have been this day e4 t east:. p k i• • London and West- njneter Bank, I oth'oury, and 1 1 ,. e n is: `hrett:and F owter's-, `'rinses -street, in ' the names of hates ar ' t ?'al Tress ' l ea ee l ooe __ ees of the - above, Company, and that a, t o 144cehl,.1:oatiorravteii3sr,esei:af:alatololtotuetrt3:1:ri;t,a:ti.lie applicants to whom they ob'ain receipts from the kipti i or g In their deoets, and afterwards exchange - w f i s t Y Order, of the Board, ' Re," ICI N'e4ON end PAGE, f ees,, %i d , ,"'WA r: 'ON 11 ELM' RTON, } Solicitors. t e., ,e , l_ nail-yari • Feb. -• 'e ''' se, 4th i " last d e , s -') b a, 1841. eee ee _nsta ek . the.....orsessiiceiving applications for Shares is 1,. - - e --.2_,_ - e evie, i: e no reserve. a 4 A - . '' IS'S PATENT LOCK (Th e, . 0 COMPANY. 1-. ek having no Key-hole.) she e n Citpital .1-230,000. !he sh e e 'rep e 7 00 0 paid-up Shares of 5/. each. th e t sina,!! Y is formed for more advantageously working ettsetZaLtil'aat, which has been so highly spokn of by bath 45 es 4l Ln i e Provineial Pres' appreiye.t of y e n ost of the eise ts st kie; manu faettirere, ' ;Le ";anetioned by several of i tie l lss, ' , 3 ae h e ere ' s t' ,, fi n e oc rn e e q u and Institt.tio - ns, that any detail of its te ed es ma h Y.sare,, iatil it y (); see ''' , the remaining Shares and Prospec sekissee, if:wane the c em p ee y, 30, 13ucklcrebury. 'ittieee "'it . 1) :111.AMAH, VE it It - ‘ 7 4l ' \ T se ------ et - Managing Direeter. ; A a r , 4j A - --At Rl' AN FILTER INKsTAI\ D. tr 4 " a s th e ;Prev e , o - " t 7 r, C .. O. having effected considerable ; „"4 , 4 tr , el4 ll, r , •• in their FILTER INKSTAND, have k e'stl e - t oeCi .t) ' ann 'tin ce that a Second Patent has been 14104T-e4l;there i.:r.such improvernent, which they have united 14d e eft 0 t . i . .:ent, under the title et " DOVI3LE PA e th s , " 4,,,,„AN FILTER INKSTAND." The eulogy 443 e .1' r ef„,,,,' atent Filter Inkstand by the public Journals, le t tl4 et. t 4 tl, ll T4 - ", e t t uo_btained for thein oCer the commen Ink te ' 4. 4 ) ."od ee o P r ecedented. The present eovel , and sei tel,4r,e,V ins, th'°,PrPlying Clear . Ink to the Dipping Cup, and e e Ply, tleeseemreservoir is exceedingly simple, the action :rNt 4 4 sh reerely lifting up the lid to obtain a e d it're/eo,,lltting it down t - , withdraw it ; in this state it •litt e is e,„;ttpswrietever May be the chance of temperature, ' t'd, t!,, * Wil e : l ,es' from duet or other injury in any lae or 4 ' f t , 331. to tne iiiketend is filled. it is alsveve ready foie.se, 17,ii1144_e ate `i ll have a regular and daily supply of Clear 40Id ..eeaoeseinonths. eaSertiliiest:o;iree,rei.oannddenC;'). etenters and Manufacturers, i 41.i15, articles. also by all Stationers and other 4 , , glek - Re„---- . kix, 3/4re-STREET, PICCADILLY, (oppoite Si(er e ' se liep e , tl la York lintel), and hip'll' ! --et's:ll-STREET, BANK of ENGLAND. l' ti ' l !l 4 •ie,,,,, N J AI, N D HEARING - TESTI . 'AT . stl sel e r°l the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' 'tit IVe ' ECT ICU' LENSES and INVISIBLE 14 st'' th VOICE' .' , ti, -it, 'le ,e ers . • CON DUCroR for Deaf Person. : Ilis e t re eul , i , s °° i' l7 ued, ha ve b een f ar some t i me ma k ing 'th . te mane' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses •th e d ,Z r e li ef tfe e 'sl eer eci J ed • they afford to imperfect vision gives ti e e'"et, er ness of Preferen ze to every other kind of Lens b,Witl. l 4 et: elethr, t r aeisparency brings every object very 1, ;; ' , 4 1151. 1h r-rte a es -8 "ad' .victuals to view the most minute par ,r4:l4,,ehttl3,t, ee -- 11 4 .(r aracy. They are particularly pleasant 'll isli li •eY a ear cooling to the sight, and soften r Ain ' 4td,„ °tit p - 1p e s , Jtes . 4, le lists ,e . teq . „, 4., M.D., 1, Great George-street, West :tie te l' ete'''', e e 4 4th'"uti '.!! n- e , 11 " , Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street. : 4,„ ° ,,?1y , tk i e tl 'i '4 ; l M.D., F. R.S., Saville-row.. FidNtts! S kili e t* is !,' Esq., M.D. Broad-street-buildings. e. i ,"',.Per:E' ',sq., Surgeon, Parliament-street. ' e l: ei . el‘ e ,,Lei e l s l : 4 " S urgeen, 29, Newington-place, Kennington " i tes . fe rtlre - y e l "e Esq., M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street. .t‘he'e"tiffit'e''Surgeon, 26, Albemarle-street. , ks Dc; i , E N. ;Ind Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-strect. ' 5',, 1 ,1 i!,,,' tsq. zgeon, Isleworth. i ts 4 ll e ,...'as sr , Or t,e o n, 33, New Broad-street. * e'le n . . tire e . „'t„at•D., Exeter. !luree,; W e, p e ,'" r esq., N.D. Vie e ° N, t t l't slf.D., Bennett-street, Bath. It le *svtr e 4 1. , M.D., Illandford. i) eefsee 4°, Est .11 0 , on, a 1., - M.D., Tenby. *. 'ie °lne ee 0.. S urgeon -oculist, 21, South Audley-street. k' l lik k i r . t o, E s ,' -r-•,,,,,q., M.D., Cheltenham. *tile et'l-i'ohete",:','"•l)•. Brighten. . esteeek s',l , 3o;l&''''` , l•, M.D., Cheltenham. Ille a ttille ., 4 q., m. D. Wallingford. qsll ets i E sq_, 111. D Brigh t t7an 4tr,,glederi,ais,(l-, Surgeor:, Hammer ;mit h . 11 'Les i t 'i• Es q., Surgeon, Manehester-street, Manches ,, k i t t en/ ;11. ,rpg,,,,n"llrn""j.sq., Surgeon, Camden-town. ) l I 'IT:.,* ' '' ( l', Surgeon, "i, Harleyford-place, Ken -1,4111,°. ts ei Q it, kereelteee `3'lrgeon, 50, Parliament-street. RhoAire, E;„'s4;, Surgeon,_ 26, y , '4141.,: urgeon, Denmark-hill. Berkeley-square. . i . le Esq., Surgeen, 10, Charlotte-street, Blooms f` , ff. t v:‘ sq.t 'l " Sur geon, Kensington. te w iel ei 'ter ,s Surgeen, 32 Golde'n-square. e l e / 11\1' 13 4sqe lr e ,'4, ° °n, 23, Ch ' arlotte.street, Bloomsbury. ilekc' e , - "Is t& -u iZenn, 46, Davies -street, Berkeley-square ••ese. l , - 3 th e le , .9!urgeon Nuneaion Warwickshire.' ei t Sle l • e i,, -. a ueve list of Testimonials before the public, li k theed, Crelons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their Ile'tles eeeetrrERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by t,1 5 Or suf Deaf Persons hare been greatly benefited, 1 A thati , I s i 4 ,,Y of ,the a sev en -shilling- iece, and when fixed into e s ~k „Der e ~er ie soft and ease l ? and not more uncom fort- Vti ' : '' olle P e l e T o 4 tre than having a ' piece of wool in its place. I.o,, i. s sei ete ees. st whisper at a public assembly is heard 1 . 4% 4 . 3 th t 4l ,pnrt arl , 4 % 3 the ;kites 0 'elew inventions are patronized by their Ma se' th e lel-tees4°u Queen of Hanover and their Roeal HTlti- Ili sA %•e ee titeeassts Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High t 4 4.01ibi a t i e le,:';' ste rilaey, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, 3s i n eti e 'nu ei ll e ss Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces ~. stse le t , ,/el o. e anterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and .1 11 '' •' •44 ' .1 e -'' t ( r... , ~, i l t , - 'i-----____ ect, and 76, King William-street, Bank. ‘ 4 1() 4 1) a l A R y ------- - 11 , ,c;,,, hER , i _ for the CURE of ST R IC ' k ' CI Le . the URETHRA, SYPIIII,IS, GoNoR- N l ll j l tw t i l th r l J it P 4 N T A S, and all DISEASES ''' of the GENERA- Ite e l kle e li taeate e 11 • 1 * ORG A NS. Ill s *c t (144° tee e i' e g t le above Institution is closed, Patients Inky 1. 1 4 t at e„Ceee, e tue G RATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur tel ^ lte gl o se . ° ,_ n aY, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap -11 tr ek of A t , 0 octse instead ohe Charity. Nib. Sevej,ndance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings ." bet ee?,Nine in the Evenings.On Sundays in the :, ln th e , 0 _ )t s ~,, Evening. t'lYPrery of SeCrecy ~., 4 ,1 , „ ,i n i , l Sta,, .„.., consult the TREATISE qq., 0 7, p , r,,, 1 ;i andsymptom of the VENEREAL_ DIS : ee'lleh 'try suet most alarming forms, just published by Il e se, , tee , and c d, s . k l eo a nd 4 urgcons,' 4, great Charles-street, , 4, n , i nv 4, Al bion -street Leeds. kl eis 4l .: ‘t h q l l'o l B 44 l l ' s l .,i, little work ' is _given gratis with each Is te t c o ,' ed, uRIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price At t l'l %(o ) ikin t : !;',41 Ils. containing a full description of the W.„ , 1 ,1 1 ,Res ,r this by Engravings, showing the dif ehlea.V.fel eetlis tleplorabl'e and often fatal disease, as well 1 4 ' Irt tl 'ea, %,,nrisequences arising from the use of Mercury. t i,te'l l 'rtelTt St;, - ,, Ptc uus, and baneful effects of Lues Venerea, llsh i c.ls see 'lt teee-I'es, Seminal Weakness, &c , are explained Ill ee. t t all Yatie ea r ''''; to which are added very extensive prac r i ti;` r k t • d lt ,! T , sexual deby, brought on by a delusive 1 tr Yy ti c °l lsia itrikina't qmpathies considered, and the whole Nts - ety, - sn eee - g, r ises, accompanied with full and explicit ! lOse s *iitheet"'al and speedy cure, with ease, secrecy, ii kii"int s " t he aid of medicial assistance; it also con ssatq 'Spt;l(ldvice well worth knowing. le e ile e 4 tl I 1 RIEYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price2s. 9d., tr) t ,', i %s. (:' ! e red t. l l ,* box, is the mos' certain and effectual cure k1, 1,V 4 1 b o ' tl t i *r e eve rY stage and symptom of the Venereal 'No b•srepeo revery including G . onorrhma, iv se- ~,. hindrance ./ y 's they le, Iseke_'us, Strictures S - ' l ' Weaktiess, Deficiency, ilt e,, s i t e et, , s r oe .t i t urinal., Passages,semina , Gleets, Se ithout loss of time, t , 1 11 I , as eli: , l e,„,, eees from business ; have effected sqe, I r . 47 ati o 7 l , , not only in recent and severe cases, ee e die iee eh , an es' all other means hare failed. a tt t i i t ' ll , ti l f? t11 e , a3, , o°\,'Yin,latt that thousands fall victims to this n, t ‘ t i , l , l 'l, f ean 4 :: l f te t i. li' a t d o ea( t i l l i 3 c p u o n is s o li n il , fulne ss of illiterate men, mercury, ruin the con v'ith se tk ' i ght, i„,alLO.ll, blotches an the head, face, and body, 8 , 1 4 N,,,L1 n t t hi n b ite in the ears, deafness , obstinate glects, 4 / 1 01d: 1 1 3 . . al mi n .'l, ulcerated sore throats, ' diseased nose, ell e d 'lit ) , an ,' In the head and limbs till at length, a .f c o u nstitu l tior s i ' ensue ' s, and a me t' ' ll 'i.,, ''sl t e l: Puts u ss ci hied, et e try elle totCo,reerion,heir dreadful sufferings. leia'• Orleseati,`-•0., Surgeons, may be consulted at No. llstas"t, t., ' ll l o , e eet, Birmingham and 44, Albion-street, ik,iteee4teieealle,Personal visit is ' required from a country VI e tta ti 4 11 d efi . e '' , l t. advic e as will be the means of effecting a e Ter s ' e C ' ll cUre, after all ether means have proved I Pe `i'l'le 1 ,: a dvic e tat ~ 14e,,,, 4, ele c t, • net be post-paid, and contain the usual 1. ''55, 0 1 6 C ORD r N , N th; ' ' , l i te p erm -AL BALM of SYRIACUM is intended :1y : 1 , 4 5:41 , ho e r u u ' , who, 1?), an immoderate indulgence of 1 i ke e, th„ B, "lati le 0 , .eled their constitution, or in their way to S e , es kfr, pre e , oo, l thet deplorable state are affected with Ill a ,'' e„, ; " t lons ee ~sYroPtenis that betray its approach, as the lili es:letiet-;seitesss exec nervous system ohstinate lerts invo a 'er e , ~ rfeeee_e,cesees, irregularit • ' obetruCtion g of certain k. Ith 05 iry i t ue s, total itivoin t •3•-• barrenness, s & l c. . A k , 'lt '4 !'llds '", bas been tl l- 7 ha i kt l 'ord '"l° Ylne att ` t if reto* e iappy means of re teeing k e _ , e nt „ f lif ' , I . ng a great number to th• per- I * V t ath 'i. th e (1' „- It is remarkable for its efficacy in Ite e t nt ~ ?se Who,g Ai‘e organ s and is especially recom- IyeSees'udinee from the i rreularities Of yoful age, klt Pone a Pplic at , , tl, t)lt t , ent ~a t ,ton, or a life of pleasure, have fallen pt, th, c osern, nl ^ot mind, and that distressing train of 11 14, 5 , 55 , a a T i e ntal at);_ denominated the nervous. inauch per vlle i.l t • keerneanot less enfeebled than the corporeal "ti e ,Itl s ', Ith el orn ~r.ernede that acts with efficacy, without t ( l l : r e l l e lt s l re , i y u h o c, t t t l l le, a p4e,tleilifsabits, is Peculiarly desieable. _ It, cAtnericaj, 0117th' el; 'uldee , 0 for ee e t ; . each, or the quantity of four in ~,, s , ii a n d ~,_y b l, 3 which one I Is. bottle is saved, eetles es , ey ee .:',"!_ . had of all medicine venders in Lon `i , ,'etl.,')4lltt3r dated e a c n 4 ,,n y t i i l n l ? n e t otlfir Europe. the United ' liit 'e' y l p t l % l . t '17. , : . , t",,,,t1, g,g,ists, tloook s ellers,.patent p m:edie!ne .i yen b i . ; (2i l , .. •,•,, .. c' r . (..,:, t::• .•:', • : ' ? (tint, With n • , ~-; -,, pr. , ,- , : . •: , :!1, ~... ,-,- ~ ri llaie I I° usual allowance- •' • • of %ew e , to the trade , by most l ' nt 14 .e j '...C1Z1 . It houses in London' `'~;-~, re in brisk cl'llt f the i" )a i bed (l ai t y has ~ a. o•+d 325 • ) 3s, andc its decline for lard, nd the suPP I Y since Ibis M ho ! m e trade Ptl,r e so d f West W lB '4 a t un willing to s; , fio cs Ceylon, saa, le former cons lb?; in Is 1,1) ° ° 4 to pale a , t 71 " or I to 73 3 for to 6 1 dalc s g ;3 6.-13 64 0 damaged 25 5 tboo id to Is ab fi a e d . liA 703 to 7 0 '' v ' de sold. J a ; B roff 'or good 55 ' id ai reels were so The Cejita csold e o e n n . priecip allY wed of desire evi - 600 ti ade t d‘,tcrlP •titer imPrt) v i c dr ied , e d and k"%ding .8, notr;iths" s oli ity. Conn ours to 3 Sd ; 4d ; GOV" or re:cote° a ion 1 , for for cash P'r e ' = P g +d r rates acre er !ongeLl Unj nrchai inatly with s hort piu [y. - )pc2r u . n ot principal r fort oer ) li c sale atldwente 6d ° folio .he q" ct4-1 49 1 rlrc;irey 485 to d its formerl3s valoe, t° selling id' :rties n ill 1 ' 14 4 d to 6° f,p9se of th forol ei l bite , iniddijog ,; 3(33, sna Black, 1 9 l I n dio Dekcts E ° . a pr laPcpPer Easter'' , rid tly ry taken in, at full prie-5 p 0 r \VOL indiisthl :s.on• 23 6 ' 4 1 ° held for ••.' ol d Ywk, is at 01 0110.- , , rnlrket o''" r Fr ee' r cent r e cogll accepted' ilioP la s been 1837 hh d !q j li o ditto 163 3 ', 10d, p uns SPi rj . tl 3ritish C°locd" t rds were 0 business trancallecutt6 ither for ho,/, ld 3s , 32/. to . 0i or 5/. to 28 1 , t l , t ool )üblic sal e , * , O Oh, sold at 2 4 ‘, 8 F,O l , v 3, 6 tuns uns cf bo'Le 5' . 01 P tr lubber t3^ 49 i 41 pt• Ly New " 1 ' - Fr i ' to 961 1133 ',d , 0 01 tier 102 1 ; o n tbl Oil, parcel' 41 1 her inlP„r ° e- ,,1 0 India (1 o e Las undrg s ci p selP i m proved Nat Oil !veva f •if ier cwt• ye y to imp it 463 93 to i 4 to the rh el itll' i ry n - „ o h Imo month to, to 463 Of ° railed for 1,011 . ices were Ii cßainZ - 3. 0 14 Ii 11 To Si 0 6 0 AG 0 13 0 _ 0 14 0 0 21 —; e k 8,1. per , 45 :',ls • j i:sM•to ,21 g 5: t° . ri „.434d 6 74101, „ " Otu ) d , 3,4t 1 Per k ' 7•o the `.." 6 : '"1-9 ';; ~«.. . 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The PATENT DRY GAS METER has been tested by several London Gas Companies, and the advantages it possesses over the Water Meters are, steadiness of light, working by the slightest possible pressure ; and to show that the correctness and accuracy of its measurement may at all time; be depended upon, it is only requisite to mention that. the Gas Fittings are not injured by the impregnated water wills which the Water Meters are charged, and that the severest frost will not effect it; so that the Patent Dry Meter is emi nently calculated to surpass any other hitherto produced. To he obtained at DEFRIES and LUY'S Manufactory, 67, St. Martin's-lane, where all orders will meet with immesliate attention. REGULATIONS OF RAILWAYS. The following are extracts from the Itcrorts of the Railway Department, presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of her "Majesty : TO THE RIGHT HONOCIIABLE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARDO TRADE. In compliance with your instructions, that the should report to )ou upon tile !measures which our experience of the working of the rai!'vay system under the Act of last .ietsian for regulating railways has suggested as necessary to give efficiency to the supervision of rail ways vested in the Board of Trade, we. have the honour to report as follows : The objects which an effective supervision ought to embrace may be classed tinder three heads :—l. Sta tistical. 2. - Protection of public interests. 3. Pro viding for public safety. A reference to the provisions of the Act for regu lating railways,-3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 97, and to the Reports of the Select Committes on Railways, upon which that measure was founded, shows that the atten tion of the Committee and of the Legislature was chiefly directed towards the first and second of those objects, and that the third, which experience has since proved to be the roost iwortant, was, comparatively speaking, overlooked. With regard to the first two points, the principles upon which a Govcranteat supervision of railways ought to be based, were fully considered by the Select Com mittee, upon the authority of whose Reports we may con,ider it as establisia,d— 1. That Railway Companiei using locom o ti v e power possess a practical mo unpoly for the conveyance of pas sengers en their several lines of railway, and that, under existing circumstances, this monopoly is inseparable froin the nature of these establishments, end from the conduct of their business with due regord to the safety of the public. 2. That this monopoly is the result of circumstances contemplated neither the Legislature nor by the Companies themselves, t,tie extensive powers contained in their Acts of Incorporation having been obtained under the impression that the interests of the public were sufficiently secured by fixing a maxi:nuns rate of tolls, and providing for free competition in the supply of locomotive power and other means of conveyance. 3. That, under these circumstances, the Legislature is hound to 'provide that the public interests shall not suffer from the mistaken view taken in the infancy of the science of locomotion, and that for this purpose the powerful monopolies, in whose hands a large and in creasing portion of the internal communication of the country is placed, should be subjected to the supervision and control of the Board of Trade. 4. That, as an important part. of thiS duty, the Board of Trade should collect and register statistical information on all points of general interest connected with the railway system. _ 5. That, with a view to the protection of the public against any abuse of their irresponsible powers on the part of these monopolies, the Board of Trade should have the power of aacertaining precisely what the system is is enforced towards the public on every railway, and of dimllowing any part of it which appears ob viously arbitrary or objectionable, and also of enforcing the observance of all provisions beneficial to the public contained in Railway 2,cts. These points being fully established, after mature in quiry, by the Reports of the Committee on Railways, it will be sufficient for us, with reference to this branch of the subject, to show in what respects the Act of last Session fails of accomplishing the objects rccora wooded by the Committee, and what additional enact ments appear necessary in order to give them effect. With reference to the other branch of the subject, viz., providing for the public safety, little evidence was gone into before the Committee, and in their Report they expressly state that they postpone the expression of any opinion on the subject, from the belief that more satisfactory information would ho obtained by the Board of Trade. This information has been obtained more speedily than the Committee could have antici pated, in consequence of the rapid succession of alarm ing accidents which have occurred since the date of their inquiry. The steps taken by the railway department of the Board of Trade, in requiring returns of all accidents upon railways, and instituting inquiries into those which, from their nature and magnitude, seem calculated to throw light upon points of general importance, have placed us in possession of a number of facts with re gard to the causes of danger upon railways, and the means of providing for the public safety, the result of which we now proceed to state as the ground upon which we recommend an application to Parliament for additional powers, with a view to the protection of the public. _ The following is a list of accideniT — lttended with personal injssry, occurring in the course of the public traffic, which has been returned to the Board of Trade between the passing of the Act for regulating railways and the date of this Report. [Then follows the list of accidents attended with per.onal injury, occurring in the course of public tragic, from the 7th of August, 1840, to the 25th of January, 1841.] This list is confined to accidents of a public nature, and excludes the numerous cases of accidents which have occurred to servants of the Company under cir cumstances not involving danger to the passengers or public, and also of accidents which are attributable to carelessness or misconduct on the part of the person in jured. It is exclusive also of accidents unattended with personal injury, respecting which we have no , power of calling for returns. The term " defective arrangement" has been used in stating the cause of the accident, not as necessarily implying neglect on the part of the Company, but simply as stating the fact, that the accident is one which, under an improved system of arrangements, might have been prevented. The following results appear from this list :- 1. Out of thirty-five railway accidents which have occurred in the course of five months, twenty-one are attributable, among other causes, to defective ar rangements. ". Eighteen arc attributable to "misconduct of ser vants," and 3 Six are attributable to 'r mechanical causes," among which the breaking of axles occupies a promi nent place. With reference to these results, the following obser vations suggest themselves :- 1. The inherent danger of railway travelling is very small, and even under the present system less than that of other modes of conveyance. 2. It is not, however, by reference to comparative, but to absolute safety, that the question must be consi dered. The public have a right to expect that the maximum degree of safety that the nature of the case admits should be attained tvithout reference to the safety of other modes of travelling. This is the more necessary as railway accidents, when they do occur, are frequently of a frightful character, and calculated to cause a panic in the public mind, which materially di minishes the benefit which the country would otherwise derive from the improved mode of conveyance. 3. The maximum degree of safety is far from being attained in practice, as appears from the fact that a great majority of the accidents above referred to have arisen from causes not in any respect inherent in the nature of locomotive travelling, and which might have been avoided by the adoption of a better system of arrangement. This will appear more evident from a detailed state ment of what has actually occurred in the case of the eleven accidents which have been the subject of personal investigation by inspectors appointed by the Board of 'Trade. These accidents, which from their importance, and the degree of public attention they hare excited, may be called the " leading railway accidents," are the following :—Hull and Selby, two accidents ; Eastern Counties, three accidents ; North Midland, South Western, London and Bi r mingham, two a cc id ents ; York and North Midland; Midland Counties. (De itlaaiglseso.f)these several accidents fo ll ow , occupying several In concluding this review of the railway a cc id ents which have been the subject of investigation by the Board of Trade, we think it only fair to the Railway Compa nies upon whose arrangements we have had occasion to remark, to add that in a majority of instances they have evinced great readiness in adopting the recommenda tions of the Government Inspectors, and that the (Ai. cers intrusted with the management of the different li nes have shown a great desire to introd uce improvements and prevent the recurrence of accidents. RECOMMENDATIONS FOUNDED ON THE FOREGOING EVIDENCE, .AND REASONS FOR THEM, The powers given to the Board of Trade by the 3d and ; .Ith Victoria, c. 97, are totally inadequate to enable it to carry into effect the measures w hi c h from the evi dence above stated appear indispensable for the public safety. The only powers given by the Act which have any reference to the protection of the public safety are the following :- 1. A power of requiring returns of all accidents at tended with personal injury, to be made within thirty days from the date of the requisition ; 3d and 4th Vic toria, c. 97, s. 3. 2. A power of appointing inspectors to enter upon and examine any railway and the stations, works, build ings, engines, and carriages belonging thereto ; s. 5. 3. A power of directing prosecutions in any case in which it shall appear that any of the provisions of Rail way Acts have not been complied with, and th it it Me:11/ ' for the puhl;c pdvantae to enforce their per ; s. 1. The power of requiring returns is evidently insufli cient even for the limited purpose of obtaining informa tion of accidents which have happened. The period of thirty days given by the Acts for making the return is alone sufficient to render it inoperative, and the limita tion to accidents attended with personal injury is very objectionable, as accidents unattended with personal injury may be equally important, as throwing light on causes of danger and the means of prevention, and may occasion serious inconvenience by interrupting the public traffic. For the still more important purpose of enabling the Board of Trade to obtai❑ the information respecting regulations, signals, time-tables, andother de tails of management upon different railways, which is indispensable with a view to any effective supervision for the prevention of accidents, the Act does not at tempt to provide, and by expressly defining the re turns which the Board is empowered to cell for, ex cludes by implication all which are enumerated in the Act. Whatever information upon these essential points we have been enabled to obtain we owe to the courtesy of individuel Companies and their officers—a source: upon which it would be obviously unsuitable for a Govtre ment department to depend, the more especially as the temptation to concealment is strongest in those cases in which it is most essential to obtain information. rine Select Committee on Railways having in their Report expressly recommended " that the Board of Trade, should have the power of calling for any returns, financial or statistical, which it should consider neces sary for the performance of its duty," it is surely not too much to ask to be entrusted with the requisite powers of obtaining the information which is indispensiblo for the discharge of the most arduous and important part of our duty, viz., providing for the public safety. We accordingly recommend that in any Act which may be introduced in the course of the approaching Session, a clause should be inserted empowering the Board of Trade to call for returns of all accidents at 'ed with personal injury, or occasioning an interrup tion in the public traffic, and also such returns respect ing the arrangements for conducting the public traffic as the Board of Trade may consider necessary, with a view to providing for the public safety. This power, with that of inspection, would be sufficient to give us access to the requisite information. The possession of this infor mation, however, would be insufficient, unless our powers of acting upon it are extended. The only positive power given by the 3d and 4th of Victoria, c. 97, is that above mentioned, of directing prosecutions to en force the provisions of Railway Acts—a power which is useless for the purpose of enforcing the regulations and precautions which experience has pointed out as essen tial for the public safety. As the Act stands at pre sent the Board of Trade has no power of enforcing any one of the recommendations contained in the report of its inspectors, however obvious and necessary for the public safety. Although the Directors and officers of the different railway companies whose lines we have had occasion to inspect have, generally speaking, shown great readiness to attend to the representations of the Board,this has not been uniformly the case, and:instances have occurred which are sufficient to show the impossi bility of exercising any effective supervision, unless pro vided with the requisite powers of enforcing our recom mendations. With regard to the nature and extent of these powers, the proper distinction appears to us to he, that the Go vernment should not attempt to interfere in questions of an experimental nature, which are still subjects of dis cussion, and admit of a fair difference of opinion among practical men ; nor should it attempt to regulate mat ters of' detail, so as to take the management of railways out of the hands of the parties immediately responsible, viz., the Directors and their officers. On the other hand, the Government should have the power of enforcing, whenever it is found necessary, the observance of all precautions and regulations which are approved by experience and are obviously conducive to the public safety. For instance, upon such points as the comparative advantages of six and four-wheeled en- Ones, the best construction and mode of laying down rails, the best form and construction of wheels, axles, &c., and other points of a similar nature, upon which the practice of the best conducted railways differs, and the opinion of the most eminent engineers is by no means decided, it would be premature for the Govern ment to interfere until experience has solved the ques tions which may still be fairly considered as doubtful. But with regard to other points, such as the propriety of introducing upon every railway such arrangements re specting time-tables and signals as experience has shown to be necessary for preventing collision, of establishing a proper and uniform code of regulations for engine drivers, guards, and other servants placed in a respon sible situation, and for maintaining strict discipline, and generally of introducing upon all railways whatever has lacen adopted and protied e to_beseontlueisas to safety by -111-ePiakicireol" those which are considered to be the best conducted, no difference of opinion can exist, and if' the principle of Government supervision be admitted at all, it cannot find a more legitimate field for its exercise. The same distinction applies to the case of opening new railways. It would be impossible for the Govern ment inspector, upon a short inspection, to pronounce an opinion upon questions of construction so as to share the responsibility of the engineer under whose superin tendence the works were conducted. On the other hand, the Government inspector is fully capable of judging whether the works are sufficiently completed, and whether the arrangements for working the line are of such a nature as to present no obvious and unusual danger to the public in the event of its being opened at the time proposed. The pres:entAct establishes the principle of a Go vernment inspection of railways previously to their being opened for public traffic ; but if this principle is to Le maintained, it is indispensible to give the Government power to prevent :he opening of the railway in case the conditions considered as essential for the public safety are not complied with. As matters stand at present, the Government has the responsibility, without any of the power which ought to accompany it. The public naturally look to the Government inspector as a gua rantee that the line is in a fit state to be opened, while, in point of fact, the line may be opened in defiance of the representations of the Government and its inspec tor. The present Act is also defective in not obliging companies to give notice of the day when their railway will be ready for inspection, as well as of the day when it is proposed to be open it. Great inconvenience has been experienced from this cause, as, from the anxiety of railway companies to open at the earliest possible moment, the inspection has either been fixed se late as to afford no time for considering and acting upon the inspector's report, or, if fixed earlier, the works have been found incomplete. We recommend, therefore, Ist. That no railway or portion of railway should be opened for the public conveyance of passengers until one month's notice shall have been given to the Board of Trade of the intention of opening, and ton days' notice that the railway is sufficiently completed for re ceiving the public traffic in safety. 2a. That in case of an unfavourable report from the inspector appointed by the Board of Trade upon any essential point connected with the public safety, a power should be given to the Board of Trade of post poning the opening from time to time, for periods not exceeding one month. With reference to the exercise of this power, it should be a general rule never to sanction the opening of a railway until the works of construction are so far completed as to allow the permanent way to be devoted solely to the purposes of the public traffic, and of the ordinary repairs requisite for keeping the lino in order ; nor until the establishment for conducting the public traffic is placed in all essential respects an efficient footing. With regard to the provisions which should be intro duced into the new Act for the purpose of enabling the Board of Trade to exercise an effective supervision over railways after they arc opened, with a view to provide for the public safety, it appears to us irnpossi hie to dAne in any Act of Parliament the exact nature and limits of this supervision, and to provide before hand for every case which may arise in practice. Tho principle which we think ought to regulate the exercise of this supervision has been already stated, viz. that it should he confined to the enforcement of such rules and regulations as are approved by practice, and obviously conducive to the public safety. The following also may be stated as an outline of some of the principal regulations which we think ought to be enforced : TIME TABLES, &C. 1. That all trains employed in the public trafnc, whether of passengers or goods, should be worked by time tables, properly constructed with reference to the gradients, &c., of the line, and specifying the time of arrival and departure at each station. 2. That in the construction of these time tables it should be a general rule that no train is to start within less than fifteen minutes of another, or to succeed an other upon any part of the line at an interval of less than fifteen minutes. 3. That ❑o engine, waggon, truck, or any description of carriage whatever, not forming part of the regular trains, should be allowed to enter upon the line of rails devoted to the public traffic, without a pass ticket issued by a responsible officer of the company. 4. 'Flint it should bo a general rule not to allow any ballast train or waggon to remain on the line within half an hour of the time when a train is due, nor to allow return engines to approach within fifteen minutes of a train. 5. That every engine -driver and guard should be furniFhea with dm- tables, and also with printed in strue:ioas, specii,ing, among other things, the r noxi. mum speed upon different portions of the line, and the rules as to signals, &c., which are invariably to be adopted. 6. That the conductor, or head guard, of every train should be bound to keep a journal, specifying the times of arrival at, and departure from, each station, and the causes of acceleration or delay ; and that the chief clerk at each station should also note the time of ar rival and departure of each train, and be responsible for not allowing any train to leave his station before thf proper time. CONSTIII7CTION. 1. Every descripLien of passeoger carrioge shall be provided with buffer springs. 3. The last carriage, and at least every fourth car riage, in trains by which passengers are conveyed, to be provided with a proper break. MARVELLOUS PROPHECY. Th 7 Frankfurt, Gcrman paper, of the 11th of January, 1841, contains the following:— " In the French Pyrennees ( Haut Commingos) there lives, in great poverty and seclusion from the world, an old man named Bug de Milhas, who for more than half a century has been looked upon by his countrymen as a prophet, but he has not often prt;mulgated his predictions, " In the year 1780 he foretld the revolution of 1789. " I i 1793 the rise of Napoleon and in 1812 his fsll. " In 18fi8 he predicted the revolution of July, 1830. " Since then hq has been silent until now, when he sends forth the following astounding propliecy :—"Fhat in 184 a war will again break out, in which Great Britain will ha annihilated; Paris rcdueed to a mere spot ; and priests lawyers tlitapperix." flowerer Crazy in its zeparate pre dictions this last prophecy may appear, it is creating a great sensation in a large portion of France, amongst the super stitious masses." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 51ANCIIESTER-TUESDAY EVENING. Bloomsbury was again destined to shine conspicuous, The same gentleman who has on several occasions freely supported him laid, wilt considerable readiness, 63- to 1 in scores, then 70 to 10 twice over, and afterwards said " done" to 80 to 10 ; however, his closing offer, "to a sum," was 7to 1. This price would prob4bly have been pencilled down when the room broke up, as a party came forward and accepted 70 to 20 four times over on Blooms bury and Gallipot ; and, by way of cover, one of the gen tle:men seemed anxious to get 7 to 1 on Bloomsbury, but his staunch opponent had departed. 11 to Ito a little money, was laid against Gallipot ; and, in several instances 100 to 7 was ofEred against Retriever—it was wanted to 6. No one seemed disposed to make a fourth favourite. In vain indeed, did one of the leading turf gentlemen offer 100 to 6 to find out the fourth favourite. 20 to 1 was laid against the Young.un ; 100 to 6 offered against Tuly ; 100 to 4 agst Sir George (takers at 30); 100 to 4 agst Ernest the First (takers at 30); 100 to 3 agst the Jovial Bachelor (offered freely) ; 6 to 4 offered on . Bloomsbury v. Gallipot. Even money was laid that Bloomsbury runs, and even that he wins. THE DERET.-20 to 1 apper.red much wanted, to exe cute a commission, on Eringo, 19 to 1 seemPd the top offer; the same gentleman wanted 25 to 1 in scores on the Knight of the Whistle; 20 to 1 was offered agst each ; he accepted 600 to 20 on Rosalie; 15 to I in fifties was offered apt. all the fillies; and, in a very good quarter, 4 to 1, to a sum, v. " Scott's lot ;" 400 to 10 was offered at the close v. Brother to Tom, and 200 to 3 agst. Gam mon Box. We did not bear Palmmon and some others named, nor was the Oaks touched upon. THE ST. LEGER.-4 to 1 would have been taken that Scott wins. ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) A company of Newport gentlemen are about to apply to Parliament for powers to levy tolls of all vessels. goods, and passengers entering Newport River, for the purpose of deepening it, and building stores, wharfs, &c ; and the people of Cowes, conceiving they shall have to pay the principal part of the expenses without at all being bene fited, have appointed a committee to watch the proceed ings, and, if their trade is intended to be taxed, to take measures to oppose the Bill. The vvhcie arises from the very unnatural situation of the parties, the Corporation of Newport being conservators of Cowes Harbour, and their wish of converting Newport, an inland town, into a seaport. The frost continues very severe through the island, and great fears are entertained that the turnips will suffer se riously, which will be severely felt by the farmers, hay being a very short crop, and not to be obtained but at a very high price. l'he vetches also appear very much in jured. There is very little snow, but the roads, and in deed the country generally, is covered with ice, which makes it difficult and even dangerous to travellers on foot or horse. The river is frozen over for two miles deem, and all communication by water has been cut off for a week. The thermometer wages low as 20 deg. last Wednes day, and has been gradually getting up ; the wind fall ing, it is now only at 30. The barometer was nt 29 . 00 in. yesterday; today it is up to 29 . 40, wind N.N.E. Should the weather continue, and the wind moderate, Southampton River will be soon blocked up with ice. A gentleman who had been residing a few days at the Vine Inn at Cowes, was struck with the number of sailors continually pacing the front of the Inn (a keen north easteely wind driving them from the quay..) and was tempted to ask one of them, " How do you all live here ?" " Live here I" exclaimed the tar, "we don't live here." " Not live here l what then ?" " Why, we only bides about." DEATH FROM THE SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER.-- An inquiry took place ou Monday evening bcfere Mr. Payne, the Coroner, at the Three Tuns, Bridgewater-gardena, Barbican, concerning the death of Thos. Wells, who had been out of work for some time. lie had been out on Friday trying to obtain employment, and about ten o'clock that night he ran into the tap-rown of the Three Tuns, exclaiming. •• For God's sake give me sonic brandy ! I shall die!" lie threw himself on the floor ; and, as all attempts to restore him were unsuccess ful, he was conveyed home, where he died in a few minutes. Mr. Raines, the surgeon who was cAled to at tend him, said that the deceased was great:y emaciated, and, from the appearances, he had no doubt that his death was occasioned by exposure to the severity of she weather. Vet (het, " D:cd from natural causes." SINGULAR' CASE.—On Tuesday morning an elderly man, named Peter Buse, expired in the London Hospital, under the following singular circumstances: A few weeks since he accidentally scratched his kit hand with a pin, and took no notice cf the circumstance. In stead of the puncture, which at first was but slight, heal int?, ;t ,radually extendrd, and his arm became swollen to . , •12, ~-, and after enduring much pain death came to his relief. PRICE sd. ESTABLISHMENT. Undcr this bead it is impossible to state beforehand the precise raturc of the regulations which it might be come necessary to make from time to time, as the power vested in the Board of Trade ought to be considered merely as a check upon the possible circumstance away Railway Company reeucirg, its establishment below that found necessary by experience upon well-regu lated lines. It may be suffici-nt to state that the general prin. principle of enforcing nothing of an experimental nature ought to be strictly adhered to, and that companies ought not to be calicd upon to increase their establish ment until clearly insufficient for conducting the public traffic in safety, according to the practice of ether rail ways similarly circumstanced. DISCIPLINE. Under this head our task would be confined to en forcing, as part of the general code of all railway companies, the regulations adopted. unon the leading lines for maintaining the strict -di3ripiine among ser vants which is essential for the public safety. Amon; these may be mentioned the practice adopted by several railway companies of printing the provisions of the General itailwayeAct which relate to the pu nishment of misconduct on the part of servants, with the instructions to engine -drivers, guards, police men, &c., accompanied with a statement of the company's determination to enforce them rigidly on a►l occasions. Also a general regulation that all servants of the com pany shall be bound to report cases of misconduct which shall come to their knowledge. SIGNALS. 1. That all railways should adopt, as nearly as cir cumstances will permit, an uniform system with 'regard to signals ; " red" in all cases denoting danger, and " green" caution. 2. That every station should have a fixed signal-poet and revolving 13mp, and a signal-man who has no die tractinr, duties to perform. 3. That it should be an invariable rule to exhibit a red signal when a train stops at a station, and for a pe riod of not less than ten minutes after it has left or passed a station or entered a tunnel, and a green signal for five minutes longer. 4. That no engine or train should be allowed to travel after dark along the line without proper head and tail lamps, and a proper supply of hand signal lamps. We mention these as instances of the principal regu lations which we think ought to be generally enforced ; but, as we said before, it is impossible to enumerate all the measures which may be found necessary, and to anticipate all the precautions which a more extended experience may suggest. We recommend, therefore, that a general power should be given to the Board of Trade of issuing regu lations for enforcing upon railways in general, or upon any railway in particular, such arrangements and pre cautions as from experience appear necessary for the public safety. We are aware that such an indefinite power is apt to be looked upon with jealousy, but we sec no alternative between assuming it, and fettering the action of a supervising authority so as to render it prac tically of little use. The principle of Government su pervision necessarily implies confidence in those to whom it is intrusted. If the Legislature is afraid to intrust discretionary powers to public and responsible officers who have no conceivable motive for abusing them, this is an argument not for tying up their hands so as to de prive them of the power of doing good, but for dispensing with supervision altogether. In the present case, also, it must be remembered that an effective supervision for the prevention of accidents is as beneficial for the rail way companies themselves as for the public, and that it is especially for the interest of the best conducted railways to have the precautions which they themselves adopt generally enforced. Indeed, from what we have seen in our intercourse with the Directors and managing officers of many of the principal railways in the kingdom, we are convinced that a supervision exercised on the principles, and confined to the objects shave stated, would 444)sar,arded with anything but apprehension or distrust, and that we should find the Railway Companies generally willing and anxious to co-opet ate with us in the common object of insuring the greatest amount of safety to the Should the Legislature think proper to grant to the Board of Trade this power, it is evident that it ought not to ba fettered by a proviso similar to that inserted in the 3d section of the 3d and 4th Victoria, c. 97, compelling it to issue the same regulations in like manner and at the same time to all Railway Companies. As a general rule, the regulations should of course be as far as possible uni. form ; but there are many cases in which regulations proper on one railway would be improper on another, and there are also particular cases (as for instance those of railways having a common terminus, and using a portion of the same line in common) in vr'uish it might be neces sary to make regulations more in detail than would be necessary on other lines. The best check upon any abuse of these discretionary powers would be a proviso that no order or regulation should be issued by the Board without a minute stating the reasons for its adoption, the pro &action of which might be at any time called for by Parliament, We now come to another important recommendation, the necessity of which had been strongly impressed upon us by experience, viz., that all engine drivers should undergo an examination, and be licensed. When it is considered what a vast amount of life and property is absolutely dependent upon the skill, presence of mind, vigilance, disposition, and good conduct of this class of men, it does not seem too much to insist on every possible guarantee that none but fit persons shall he employed, and that persons guilty of serious acts of disobedience or neglect shall not be retained in a si tuation of such responsibility. That some additional security is required in this re spect is sufficiently evident from the fact above stated, that of thirty-five accidents which have occurred in the course of the public traffic, eighteen are clearly attri butable to the misconduct of servants as the primary cause. Of the leading accidents that have been de scribed in detail, five—viz., the second accident on the Hull and Selby, the three accidents on the Eastern Counties, and the first accident on the London and Birmingham, were mainly caused by inexperience, recklessness, or wilful disobedience of orders on the part of the engine -drivers. It would be unreasonable to expect that these causes of danger would be entirely removed by any system of licensing and examination ; but it certainly seems fair to suppose that they might be materially diminished, One grand advantage would certainly be gained—viz., that the necessity for prompt and implicit obedience to orders would be much more strongly impressed on the minds of engine-drivers than it is at present. A great defect of the present system is, that owing to the faci lity with which engine-drivers discharged from one railway get employment upon others, it is exceedingly difficult for the companies to enforce the strict sys tem of discipline which the nature of their duties requires. Either owing to this, or to other unexplained causes, it certainly appears that railway companies generally have shown reluctance to exert the powers placed in their hands by Lord Seymour's Act for the punishment of misconduct on the part of their servants. In several instances above alluded to, in which accidents oc curred in the course of the public traffic, owing to the misconduct of servants, the offenders have escaped with a degree of impunity which cannot fail to be productive or the worst consequences. The system of licensing would provide an effectual remedy, by making a strict and undeviating attention to character and conduct the necessary condition of obtaining and retaining em ployment. The adoption of such a system, in conjunction with the system introduced on the London and Birmingham, Great Western, North Midland, Grand Junction, and other principal railways, of giving premiums for good conduct, and taking measures for promoting the mental improvement and physical comforts of engine drivers, would, there is every reason to believe, soon raise their character to a standard which would afford much greater confidence and security to the public. With regard to the nature of the examination, it ap pears a fair suliject of doubt whether any high degree of mechanical knowledge is requisite on the part of en gine•drivers, and could be attained without sacrificing qualities of more importance for the discharge of duties which require great capabilities of enduring exposure and unremitting attention to a limited range of duties. However this may be, it appears better, in conformity with the principle already stated, of abstaining from interference in questions of an experimental nature, to confine the examination to those points upon the neees• sity of which no difference of opinion can exist For instance, there can be no doubt -Ist. That an engine driver should be able . to read his instructions, and should fully understand them. 2d. That he should have a competent experience and practical knowledge of the ordinary duties necessary what course t o a d opt i n for a t d h . e T m h a a n t ag h e e T h n o t u n kt k n now engine. any of tluf emergencies which can re fore', to arise in the course of his employment. 4th. That he should be able to prodube an unina l'chable character for sobriety, steadiness, attention to orders, and general good conduct'. These may be looked upon as conditions which the public has a right .to expect, and which ought to be introdtieed generally at the earliest possible period ; at the same time, however, it must be borne in mind, that great discretioniiill be necesdry, in the first instance, especially with regard to engine -drivers already in the employment of railway companies. With regard to the details of the system of license and examination, we should recommend :- 1. That it should commence at a period of three months from the passing of the Act, and apply to all engine -drivers employed in the course of the public. traffic. 2. That all candidates for licenses should be brought forward by railway companies. 3. That the examination should be conducted by not less than two persons nominated by the Board of Trade r one of whom, as a general rule, should be the engineer of the company by whom the candidates are brought forward ; the final decision of each case resting with the Board of Trade. 4. That the license should be kept by the company, by whom the engine -driver is employed, and a bacbc given with the license to be worn conspicuously. 5. That the Board of Trade should keep a register of licenses, and have power to cancel or suspend licenses . 6. That if an engine-driver leaves his situation, or is dismissed, notice should be given by the company to the Board of Trade, and the company should be bound to keep the license and badge until instructed by the Board of Trade whether to cancel, suspend, or give them up to the engine-driver. 7. In cases of emergency the Board of Trade should have the power of dispensing with the penalty of em ploying unlicensed persons as engine-drivers. STATISTICAL. We now come to the question of statistical infor mation. The committee on railways considered it in dispensable that the department intrusted with the super vision of railways should havejthe means el:obtaining full information on all points connected with the warlfing of the railway system, and they reported the following resolution to the Huse :--- "That it is the opinion of the Committee that this department should have the power to call for any re turns, financial or statistical, which in the judgment of this department may be necessary for the performauee of its duties." By the 3d and • 4th of Victoria, cap. 97, sec. 3, the power of calling for returns is limited to certain returns therein enumerated, viz., " Returns of the aggretisto traffic in passengers, according to the several classes, and of the aggregate traffic in cattle and goods re• spectively, as well as of all accidents attended with personal injury ; and also a table of all tolls, rates, and charges from time to time levied en each class of passengers, and on cattle and goods conveyed on the railway." And it is further provided, " that such returns shall be required in like manner, and at the same time, from all railway companies, unless the Board shall specially exempt any company, and shall enter the ground of such exemption in the minutes of their proceedings." The information which would be furnished by these returns, if literally complied with, is extremely limited, and comprises nothing which is not already voluntarily given to newspapers, and published for the information of shareholders at every half-yearly meeting. Tile subjoined forms of returns which we have issued contain several particulars, such as the average charge per mile on passengers and goods of different classes, distinguishing toll from charge for locomotive power, which will furnish the groundwork of much valuable sta tistical information. (The forms follow in the report.) Independently of the doubt which may exist whether all the particulars in the above forms are warranted by a strict construction of the Act, it is evident that much more is require:!. in order to make the railway depart ment of the Board of Trade such a register of statistical information as was contemplated by the Select Com mittee on Railways. Among the principal objects of statistical inquiry may be enumerated :- 1. The methods of construction adopted upon differ ent railways. . _ _ 2 'Filo. cost of construction, analysed into its differ. ent elcruent!. 3. The cost of keeping the permanent works in repair. 4. The methods of working adopted upon different lines, especially with reference to the nature of the en gines, carriages, wheels, axles, and other important par ticul trs, respecting which difference of opinion exists among practical men. 5. The cost of working analysed into its different clement 3, r.nd especially every particular calculated to throw Itght upon the cost of locomotive power. . .• . G. Tile amount and nature of the accommodation afforded to the public, including, as an important item, the rate of speed, the degree of regularity, and the ar rangements with other lines for forwarding passengers and goods. 7. Tar result of experiments tried upon different lines. 't - ) It i:, for the Legislature to decide whether the ac- quisijen of accurate information upon these and the various other topics of statistical inquiry necessary in • order to throw light upon the railway system consti tutes an olject of sufficient national importance to jus tify their adoption of the resolution of the Committee above referred to. Our duty is discharged in pointing out the limited nature of the powers confer red by the present Act, and the necessity of giving the railway department the more extensive power recom ntended by the Committee, if it is wished to render it efficient for the purpose of collecting and registering statistical information. PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC INTERESTS. The powers given to the Board of Trade by the Act for regulating railways may be classed under two heads 1. Enforcement of the provisions of Railway Acts. 2. Revision of by-labs. For the former object the provisions of the present Act (3 and 4 Victoria, c. 97, s. 11 and 12) appear sufficient ; and although, from the ample and indefinite nature of the powers given to railway companies, it does not appear likely that the public interests will often suffer from any attempt directly to infringe upon the provisions of their Acts, there can be no question that the power given to the Board of Trade is highly use ful as a check, and ought to be continued. With regard to the remaining power of disallowing by-laws, this is necessarily of a very limited nature, be ing confined to " by-laws, orders, rules, and regulations, which impose penalties for the enforcement thereof upon persons other than servants of the company." In a majority of cases no such by-laws or regulations exist. Of 77 railway companies to whom a circular was addressed, calling upon them to make returns of their by-laws, in terms of the Act, 43 have either made no return, or made a return that they had no by-laws within the meaning of the Act. Of the remaining thirty-four the by-laws and regula tions relate almost exclusively either to matters of little practical importance or of local detail. Most of those which inflict penalties are proper in themselves, and sanctioned by the precedent of provisions of a similar nature contained in the Acts of other Railway Com panies ; as, for instance, by-laws imposing penalties upon smoking, improper conduct, intoxication, wilful damlge to tile Compeny's property, and attempts to defraud. In all these cases the mal-administration, if any exists, must depend, not on the by-law itself, but on the manner in which its provisions arc carried into effect, over which the Board of Trade has no control. In the same way with regard to the booking of places and collection of tickets, the only subject of really practical importance which is brought under the juris diction of the Board of Trade by the returns in ques tion, the regulations imposing penalties afford little in formation as to the system actually adopted ?ponat t i o y particular rail wa y. A t t h e same ti m e we feel bound.to tion, and .h e o r w that the state that no compl a i n t s have been addresseda us since the railway department came into op that we have no evidence before us t which have been re. power exercised. e im re p is o e s d in . The by-laws and regulations imposing penalties by by-laws h ° as " been oppres sivelyturned to the Board of Trade appear a d of informality and technical defects ; but i n many instances open to objections on the g r e po wer of disallow ance asth to US to be intended for the protection of the pub given by the Act appi?carsin matters of practi ca l im portance, and not as a means of indirectly takin g th e enactme nt o f r 1?-y -15ws into our own bands, we have n o t thought it advisa ble to exercise it where no mor e sub stantial objection :ap p eared than the want o f un if orm i ty and correctness. We arc fully aware that it is objectionable that the public should be subjected to a different co d e o f by laws upon every different railway, and that it is desira ble to introduce more uniformity into the form as well as the substance of these regulations ; but we think it better to attain this object gradually and by the co operation of the railway companies themselves, than by straining the power of disallowance given by the Act. Indeed, from what has been already stated, it is evi dent that the Board of Trade could do but little with its present powers towards the enforcement of an uni form system of regulations upon all the railways of the kingdom, since more than half the number are relieved by the provisions of their several Acts from the neces sity of making by-laws at all, and therefore do not come, in that respect, within the jurisdiction of the Board. The first step towards the introduction of an nniform system must be the enactment of a generalßailway Act, co nso lid at i ng t h e sca tt er ed provisions similar e rent Acts of Incorporation which r elate to of the ff ob jects, and d e fi n i ng clearly the objec t s an d nature of the n sub-legislative powers give to companies, and the ob ligationsr dtheir exercise: regard to imposed upon them in In the meantime, unl ess the Legislature should thi n k fit to extend the duties (and powers of the Board of Ti ado with regard to the supervision of the arrange. ments of railway companies by w hi c h the publie inte rests are affected, the power of disallowing L „, . *‘'iffirdi